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- I ~~ ~~ .~~ ~~ ~ - - ~ ; ~_~~~ ;. THE BRITISH BANK. To bo Incorporated by Charter, For receiving Deposits at Interest, Discounting Bills, making Ad vances on approved Securities, granting Cash Credits, and trans acting every other description of Banking business on the SCOTCH SYSTEM. T em porary Offices, No, 52, Threadneedle -street. Capital, 500,0001., to be increased to 1,000,0001., in Shares of 1001. each. 250,0001., or 501. per Share, to be paid up before commencing business. TRUSTEES. Arthur Anderson, Esq., M.P. William Cash, Esq., of Wood-street. John Mixon, Esq., of the Regent's-park. DIRECTORS. John Macgregor, Hsq., M.P., Governor. R. Hartley Kennedy, Esq., Deputy-Governor. Archibald W. Blame, Esq. (Deputy-Governor of the Australian Agri cultural Company), King's Arms-yard, and Salt Hill, Slough. Hugh Innes Cameron, Esq., Palace-yard, and Dingwall, N.B. Francis Edwards, Esq., estborne-trrace, Hyde:park. Edward Esdaile, Esq., Ci t y Saw - mills , Regent's Canal. David Fergusson, Esq., Eastcheap, and Champion-park, Camberwell. Thomas How, Esq., Eastcbeap. and Gordon House, Turnham-gre n. R. Hartley Kennedy, Esq. (Deputy-Chdrman of the Oriental Bank), Waibrook, and Resington Lodge, Notting-hill. J. W. Learmonth , Esq., of Long-acre. John Macgregor, Esq., M.P. for Glasgow. Apsley Pellatt, Esq., of Holland-street, Blackfriars, and Staines, Middlesex. Thomas Ritchie, Esq., of Bishopsgate-street Within, and Dorset square. which has long distinguished the sthpower to add to their n umber. Scotch System The great succe W s i of Banking, and which has attended its aconymtpoaztlievveslythraetceanot,oibnut-t partial extension to London, indsceasctrn its business on the prin- Stock Bank in the Metropolis— d eiples and according to the to be beneficial to the public, and very profitable to Its practicen of Scotch Banks—could proprietors) The Scotch Banks div ide from 6 from 10 to 94 cent. per nt. The present to per annually cent. . and their stocks sell at premium s ranging undertaking, and it has therefore time seems propitious for such Banks formed n i sta tute, rendered sti their is been determined to reify y it otustanhderch Joint-Stock Ba the above title. o f the Act of 7 and 8 Vie., can Though the passingpros p rev i ou sly so the p 113, attained both h ere and havem of a t y hat t the ti aidind, sta bili ty unquestionable, wtihnouScn eqwelly certain that its requirements and the conditi ons on which the British B ank is to be incorporated, will insure to all who may be interestedeven from the date of its institu af security which could formerly be obtained orly tion, a degree from the accumulan of years of uninterrupted rosperity. The guaran t e es afforded tio by this Act for the security of the Shareholders and Customers of the British Bank—the first to be incorporated tinder its provisions—are such as the constitution of no other Joint- Stock Bank in England offers. It is intended to establish Branches in the most important of the metropolitan districts which have been hitherto unprovided by any Banking establishment. Some of these are separately more populous and opulent than many provincial cities. As the sphere of the Bank's operations will thus be greater than that of any of the Scotch Companies, and as its mode 01 trans acting business is intended to be mo-e adapted to aid the trading and middle classes than Is allowable by the constitution of the other Joint-Stock Banks of the Metropolis, it may reasonably be expeqed that the profits to its proprietors will be proportionably increased. A statement of the assets and liabilities a the Bank will be pub lished monthly, and the Deed of Constitution and Charter will pro vide that its affairs shall be wound up, if at any time one-fourth of the paid-up Capital (i.e. 121. 10s. out of 501.), have been lost. The Accounts will be audited annually by Auditors chosen by the shareholders themselves, and a copy of the Report communicated to every shareholder. A General Meeting of the shareholders may be convened at any time, by any nine of their number holding collectively twenty-one shares. Depositors, therefore, can incur no risk uhatever, and shareholders know that their liability cannot exceed one-fourth of their paid-up stock, instead of their risk being, as in almost other Banks, unlimited. Though the whole of the Capital must by law be subscribed, it is intended to call up only•one-half of it before commencing business, TEN Pounds per Share are required to be paid on or before execut ing the Deed of Constitution. The remaining forty pounds will be called for by instalment. These payments will be deposited in the Bank of England in the names of the Trustees of the British Bank, and if the Company be not incorporated, the money will be returned to the subscribers in full. Applications for shares with satisfactory references, will be re ceived by the Secretary at the temporary offices of the Bank, No. 52, Threadneedle-street, Lendon, where a detailed prospectus and form of application for shares may be obtained. METAOPOLITAN COUNTIES AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 27, REGENT-STREET, WATERLOO-PLACE, LONDON. -INCORPORATED PURSUANT TO ACT OF PARLIAMENT. TRUSTEES. Spencer fi. Walpole, Esq., M.P. I Richard Spooner, Esq., M.P. Henry Peter Fuller, Esq. Edward Vansittart Neal*, Esq. DIRECTORS. Samuel Driver, Esq., Whitehall. Henry Peter Fuller, Esq., Piccadilly. John Palk Griffin, Esq., Ironmonger-lane, Cheapside. Capt. Hon. G. F. llotham, RN., United Service Club, ant Brighton. Edward Legh, Esq., the Limes, Lewisham, Kent. Edward LAMAS, ESQ., St. John's-wood -park. Samuel Miller, Esq., Lincoln's-inn. E. Vansittart 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 m. Mites : Assurances 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 the half-premium plan for the first five years. Loans granted on an entirely ne , v principle. RAILWAY ASSURANCE DEPARTMENT. _An persona , of whatever class, travelling by Railway In Great aritain and Ireland, assured in the event of loss of life by accident Whilst so travelling, at the moderate premium of 10s. per cent., ix one single payment, for the whole period of life. _ EXAMPLE.—A person may by one single payme nt of 51. 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 CAMROUX, Manager. METROPOLITAN COUNTIES and GENERAL LIFE ASiURANCE SOCIETY. 2 7. Regent-street, Waterloo-place, London. Notice is hereby given February 12, 1849. per Annum, up to the 31st December last, on the Capital Stock of this , that Interest at the rate of 51. per Cent. Society, is NOW PAYABLE, and Proprietors may receive the same on application at the Office, between the ,bours of Eleven and Three. By order of the Board of Directors, F. FERGUSON CAMItOUX, Manager. 1J DER MI ESPECIAL PATRONAGE OF HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY THE QUEEN. THE ROYAL NAVAL, MILITARY, EAST INDIA, and GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 13, WATERLOO-PLACE, LONDON. Colonel Sir FREDERIC SMITH, K.H., R.E., Chairman. Major T. H. SHADWELI. CLERKE, K.H., 1.R.5., Deputy-Chairman. Admiral the Right lion. Sir. G. Cockburn, G.C.B. Major-General Sir J. Cockburn, G.C.11. General Sir Thomas Bradford, G.C.8., G.C.H. Major-General Sir P. Ross, G.C.M.G., K.C.H. Lieutenant-General Sir John Gardiner, K.C.B. 3 4 tajor-General Sir Hew D. Ross, K.C.8., B.A. Captain Sir George Back, R.N., I.R.S. Major-General Taylor. C. 8., E I.C.S. Major-General Edward Wyiiyard, C.B. Major-General Arnold, K.1D1., K. R.H.G. Archibald Hair, Esq., M.., late Captain William Lancey, R.E. William Chard, Esq., Navy Agent James Nugent Daniell, Esq. Wilbraham Taylor, Esq. Major-General Sir John Roll, K.C.B. Major F. S. Sotheby, C.B. Lieutenant-Colonel Alderson, R.E. Major-General Sir George I'ollock, G.C.B. BANKERS—Messrs. Coutts and Co., 59, Strand. ACTUART—J. Finlaison, Esq., the Government Calculator. life, are granted upon the lives of persons is every station se re. and for every part of the world , upo n p articularl y favourable .` Person s assured in this office may change fro m one countr y to eno ii,er Without forfeiting their policies. A lIONUIS AMOUNTING TO TIIIRTT PER CENT. on the actual value of Policies was apportioned to the assured at the First Septennial at e et . 111 C, held in the year 1844. JOSEPH C. BRETTELL, Secretary. THE BELLE SAUVAGE ESTATE, LUDGATE-HILL. The Worshipful Company of CUTLERS give notice, that at Mi chaelmas, 1849, the Leases of the BELLE S AUVAGE ESTATE will L l Pire, and that they shall shortly be prepared to receive TEN- EltS for renewed Lenses thereof, in whole or in parts. The Estate occupies an area of nearly 30,000 square feet, and ad joins on one side the open space, formerly the site of the Fleet Pri son, It comprises the extensive and very desirable premises within the gateway of the Belle Sauvage-yard, Ludgate-hill, consisting of ten houses and warehouses, numbered from 1 to 10, of which the Belle Sauvage Hotel forms a considerable part. There is also a large range of Stabling, Arc., at the back or north end of the yard, and approached by the second archway. The Premises are most conveniently situated, and are admirably adapted for an Hotel, Chamber-, Warehouses, Club-houses, and for almost any establishment requiring extensive accommodation. For plans and further particulars, apply at Cutlers' Hall, 6, Cloak lane, or to Messrs. Beaumont and Thompson, solicitors, 19, Lin coln's Inn-fields, or to Mr. Richard Tress, architect, 23, Little St. Thomas Apostle. JAMES BEAUMONT, Clerk. LADIES and GENTLEMEN'S DRESSING NECHT, 4, Leadenhall-streeCtA, L S e E nd . on, invites an in s p ec ti on o f hi s advantages both in quality and theinternal fittings of dress ing-casespurchasebecause are often very inferior. Those who has will be sure of having everything of the best, bestowed , and been ce l e brated for the superiority of his cutlery, and has long equal pains in bringing to perfection his tooth, nail, hair, shav ing-brushes, and other necessaries. In fact , he considers r it essential that each article in a dressing - case should b e perfect in itself, to render the whole us elui and com p lete. Those who desire to have so as Particulars, may obtai n a catalo g ue, g ratis. The lar g est assortmea In London of papier-mache manufactures, and the usual stock of ar ticles suited for presents. :Niceties peculiar steel razors 7s. and 10s. Per pair. His magic strops Is. 6d. to 6s. 6d. ; paste 6d. and Is. per Cake. Cutlery ground and repaired daily on the premises. REMOVED TO 37, REDFORD-SQUARE. D— LA'MERT ON THR SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY.—vraii 40 COLOURED ENGRAVINGS ON STEEL. Juit published, and may be had in French or English, in a Sealed Envelope, 11. fid„ or post-free, from the Author, for forty-two SELF-PRESERVATION; a Medical Treatise anions, on the physiology et M arria g e, Infelicitous and Uaproductive and the Secret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and Ma trY, usually acquired at an early period of life, which enervate Physical and rrental powers, diminish and enfeeble the natural .eelin gs, and exhaust the vital energies of Manhood; with Practice. o bservations.. on the Treatment of Nervous Debility and Indigestion, ther arising from these causes, close study, or the influence et climates: Local and Constitutional ' Weakn i ess ico S m yhilis, triet Indis cretion d Engravings, illustrating the e, and all . Diseases and Derangements result lig With Forty co loure d eee„, Aus ' °l4 Y Physiology, ard Diseases of the Reprod an u d eti t v h e e O v r ari ga o ns . , C,ll''‘lning their stractin es, uses, and functions, er ise that are produc e d in them by solitary habits, excesses, and c fe e t wa. BY SAMUEL LA'.MERT, 27, BEDFORD-SQUARE , L ONDON. Do e _ e,,‘" ? 'el edicine Mat riculaed Member ef the University of Rain eirjh, Lic M entiate ' of Apothecaries t ' Hall, London, Honorary Me mber London Hospital Medical Society, &c. that — aB reitaires the fulfilment of several conditions. ix order utay be really the cause of mutual happiness. Could the • which covers the origin ef domestic wretchedness, be raised, and i t Its true source in every instance disclosed , in ho w man y could p ottl e , , traced to physical dinquali fi cations and their attendant disap nsea4n e nts. Excesses are always Injurious ; the gift, which when abused,- moderation is fraught with advantage, becomes, when to th e the prolific source of mischief and of greater or less injury the e eouatitutional and vital powers. The particular excesses, on nature and consequence of whieh this Treatise professes to dilate, ha p r oductive of greater severity of misery to the human frame, 4 , 411 3' other to which it is subject. This work contains an accurate and complete account of the th_,_• ' Oll l.l and Physiology of the Reproductive Organs, and of relative conditions in health and disease. It deservedly - C'• i u ires the closest attention and study, for what subject can of th e ,. I mportance than the preservation of the health h, a l et the physical capabilities of which every m an s h oul d • P o ssessed. It unfort un ately happens that th e unhappy of excessive indulgence and vicious habits, whether acquired early 111 a or from the follies of advanced age, while suffering P yl "urn their invariable consequences, unwisely entertain% a fear of ap .,e to a qua lifi e d p h ys ician for relief. Shame and the dread s o qh, „„ b, but erroneously enterta ined that these com plainta are rend the reach of art, alike restrict him and prevent his seeking essiatance where alone it can be procured. In acting thus, he 4 8 r :eta th at accurate discrimination in ascertaining the causes of sYmpathy with the su ff erer, and, above all, secrecy, lava_ redid characterise the intelligent and practical physician, and to the .'edical man who can show by his posse don of the requisite legal . 4 1 ,, al tneationa that he is entitles to esteem and respect in his prefes "n4, Pursuits, the utmost cor.fidenee should be extended. Dr. - istERT has obtained the highest medical honours, as his diplomas • and the great extent of his practice for many years is a for his professional experience, which has reference almost Y to the treatment of these diseases. r b a li te s rn he o d ste byr.rothew;fiainia Author, an y. d may be had of Kent and Richards, e 63, Oxford-street; Starie , Tichborne *nt, Haymarket; Mansell, 115, Fleet-sfreet ; Gordon, 146, i l,TIQ9:, 11 1all-street, London ; or, free by p os t for forty-two stamps, - street, who m m ± y a be Consulted on these disorders personally L i i_ 4449,ls7essiti n e tt ca 4 4 a:tad from Five till E ight, at bt N0,17,597.] LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING STATES'S ROYAL HOTEL NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE. CHARLES STATES solicits the patronage and support of Com mercial Gentlemen tl the above Hotel, which is most centrally s 1• tuated. The Commercial-room will be found one of the most com modious and suitable, and " en suite," the Motel, in point of accent• modation, second to none in the North. OF FRIDAY. ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA. Seventh Edition. Edited by Professor NAPIER. The work is now completed in twenty-one volumes quarto, and may be had in every variety of binding. An Index of 68,000 References, compiled with great industry and judgment, is appended to the work, forming a ready key to its mul tifarious contents. Adam and Charles Black, Edinburgh ; and sold by all Booksellers. LOUDON'S ENCYCLOPADIA OF AGRICULTURE. The Fifth Edition, with Supplement, in One very thick Volume Bvo., with nearly 1,300 Woodcuts, price 50s. cloth; AN ENCYCLOPEDIA of AGRICULTURE. By J. C. LOUDON, F.L.G.Z. and H S., &c., Author of the " Eacyclopmdia of Gardening," &c. The Supplement, illustrated with 65 Wood Engravings, may be had separately, ss. By the same Author, AN ENCYCLOPEDIA of GARDENING. 50s. ' HORTUS BRITANNICUS. 31s. 6d. AN ENCYCLOPIEDIA of PLANT S, 735. 6.1. ENCYCLOPEDIA of RURAL ARCHITECTURE. 635. AN ENCYCLOPEDIA of TREES and SHRUBS. 50s. London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. The Eighth Edition improved, in foolscap Bvo., with Plates and numerous Wood Engravings, price 7s.- 6d, cloth, MISS ACTON'S - MODERN COOKERY IT BOOK. For the use of Private Families,_ " The whole of Miss Acton's recipes, ' with a few trifling excep tions, which are scrupulously specified, are confined to such as may be perfectly depended on, from having been proved beneath our own roof, and under our own personal Inspection.' We add, moreover, that the recipes are all reasonable, and never in any instance extra vagant, They do not bid us sacrifice ten pounds of excellent meat, that we may get a couple of quarts of gravy from it ; nor do they deal with butter and eggs as if they cost nothing. 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Translated from the French, with Prefatory Remarks and Notes, by H. F. W. PROWNE,B.A. London : Effingham Wilson, 11, Royal Exchange. T HE ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION, REGENT-STREET. The Art of Magic or Conjuring illustrated and explained in Lec tures, by Mr. Shaw, late partner with M. D'Augvigney, daily at Half put Three, and every Evening at a Quarter to Nine. Dr. Ryan's Lecture on the Chemistry of the Breakfast Table, in which Mr. Moore's Patented Process for Preserving Milk for long voyages will be explained daily at a Quarter to Three o'clock.—Dr. Bachhoffner's Illustrations on Astronomy, Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, at One o'clock.—A View in the Gold District of California is a Ided to the New Dissolving Views.—New Chromatrope.—Microscope.— Machinery and Models explained, &c., &c.—The Music is directed by Dr. Wallis. Open daily from Eleven to Five ; and in the Evenings (including -aturday) ttom Seven till Half-past Tett. Admission, ls.—Schools, Half-price.—The New Catalogue, Is. CLARK'S ROYAL WAX CANDLES.- NO PUFF, —(Only 11%d. per lb.)—Luxuriant Light; mil lions will admire. The chief of Candles, a Royal title bears—A ilvery flame—Transparent as Wax.—They snuff themselves.—Are hard as alabaster —Glossy as glass, and cheap as common Tallow Candles is their true character. _ _ _ The Public will know tbP Candles, for every 41b. packet bears a gold Label " CLARK'S ROYAL WAX CANDLES, 447, WEST STRAND." All not bearing this Label are base deceptions. Other Candles and Soap are reduced in price, and may they long continue so The Eight New Lights can be seen at the Establishment of the Metropolitan Light Company, 447, R est Strand, next door to the Electric Telegraph Company. EAST INDIA HOUSE, FEBRUARY 14, 18 49 . THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EA ST INDIA COMPANY do hereby give notice, That after the let March, 1849, no Ship will be engaged by thi Company for the passage and accommodation of Troops to any o' the Presidencies in India, unless the Master and Chief Mate shall have passed, or before the sailing of the ship shall pass an examina tion at the Trinity House, or at sotae other authorised Board, and that a preference will be given to those ships offered for the freight o 1 Stores whose Masters and Chief Mates shall have passed a similar examination. JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. TWENTY-FIFTH GENERAL MEETING. Notice is hereby given, that in pursuance of the Act of Incorpora tion, the Half-yearly General Meeting of the Shareholders of the Company will be held at the London Tavern, Bishopegate-street, London, on WEDNESDAY, the 28th day of Febretafy, 1849, at One o'clock precisely, for the purpose of receiving a Report from the Di. rectors of the progress of the undertaking, and for the transaction a other business. The Transfer Books of the Company will be closed on Saturday, the 17th February, and will not be opened until Thursday, the Ist of March. GEORGE HUDSON, Chairman. DAVID WADDINGTON, Deputy Chairman. By order, C. P. ItONY, Secretary. 111shopagate itatioz, February 6, 1849. TN consequence of the great rush of Visitors to see BANVARD'S GRAND MOVING PAINTING of the MlS si SSIPPI and MISSOURI RIVERS, at the EGYPTIAN HALL, Piccadilly, the Proprietor respectfully announces Two Exhibitions every day during the htileays. This Immense Painting is the Largest in the tS , orld, and ex,. bits more than 3,000 miles of Ameri can scenery.—The Day exhibition will commenee every Afternem, at Half-past Two, and the Evening at Half-past Seven o'clock; doors open half Ail hour before coMmencaag. Admission, lower seats, 2s. ; gallery, ls. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the lath day of February, 1849, present: the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council. This day the Right Honourable Thomas Wyse was, by her Majesty's command, sworn of her Majesty's Most Ilonourable Privy Council, and took his place at the Board accordingly. FOREIGN-OFFICE, FEB. 15, 1849. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Senor An dres,Montoya as Vice-Consul in Landon for the Re public of New Granada. CROWN-OFFICE, FEB. 14. MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT PAR- LI&)IENT. County of Devon (Southern Dirision)—Sir Ralph Lopes, ot Maristow-house, in the county ot Devon, Bart., in the room of William Reginald Courtenay, commonly called Lord .Courtenay, who has accepted the office of Steward of her Majesty's Chiltern Hundreds. Borough of Cardigan—Pryse Pryse, E,q., in the !wan of Pryse Pryse, Esq., deceased. WAR-OFFICE, FEB. 16. 6th Dragoons—Captain Robert Douglas Barbor, from half-pay Unattached, to be Paymaster, vice Charles Francis Gregg, who retires upon half-pay, as a Lieute nant, Unattached, Feb. 16. 14th Light Dragoons—Cornet William Spilling to bo Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Boyd, whose promotion, by purchase, has been cancelled ; Sergeant Henry Blink horn, from the 16th Light Dragoons, to be Cornet, with out purchase, vice Spilling, Feb. 16. 7th Regiment of Foot —Captain the Hon. James Lyon Browne, from 64th Foot, to be Captain, vice Cochrane, who exchanges, Feb. 16. 9th Foot:-Lieutenant John William Percy, from 67th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Loinsworth, who exchanges, Feb. 16. 17th Foot—Thomas George Duptel Payn, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, Feb. 16, 25th Foot—George Skene Haliowes, Gent., to be En sign, without purchase, vice Arnold, promoted, Feb. 16. 59th Foot—Lieut. William Bridges t o b e Captain, by purchase, vice the lion. A. E. Paget Graves, who retires; Ensign Edward Frederick Chadwick to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Bridges; Gentleman Cadet George Tom, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Chadwick, Feb. 16. 63d Foot—Lieutenant Henry Ferguson Barclay, from 87th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Delhoste, who ex changes; Henry Lee, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Luard, apponted to the 82d Foot, F e b. 16. 64th Foot—Captain Charles Stewart Cochrane, from 7th Foot, to be Captain, vice Browne, who exchanges; Standish De Courcy O'Grady, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Bell, promoted, Feb. 16. 66th Foot—Sergeant-Major Harry Firth to be Quar termaster, vice Reilly, appointed Adjutant, Feb. 16. 67th Foot—Lieutenant Charles William Loinsworth, from 9th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Percy, who ex changes, Feb. 16. 71st Foot—Lieutenant-General Sir James Macdonell, K.C.8., from 79th Foot, to be Colonel, vice Lieutenant- General Sir Thomas Arbuthnot, K.C.8., deceased, Feb. 8; Lieutenant William Hamilton Fortescue, from 36th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice English, promoted, Feb. 16. 79th Foot —Major.General James Illy, C. 8., to be Colonel, vice Lieutenant-General Sir James Macdonell, K.C.8., appointed to 71st Foot, Feb. 8. 82d Foot—Lieutenant Charles Thomas Vesey Bun bury Isaac, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Puleston, who retires ; Ensign the Hon. Alfred Bury to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Isaac ; Ensign John Dalbiae ' Luard, from 63d Foot, to be Ensign, vice Bury, Feb. 16. 87th Foot—Lieutenant D. C. Augustus Delhoste from 63d Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Barclay, who exchanges, Feb. 16. 92d Foot—Clifford Parsons, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Benny, who retires, Feb. 16. Rifle Brigade—Thomas Harvey Bramston, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Lord Clan. morris, who retires, Feb. 16. 3d West India Regiment Major-General William Wood, C. 8., to be Colonel, vice Major-General Sir Guy Campbell. Bart., K.C.8., deceased, Feb. 8, Cape Mounted Riflemen—Walter 'Henry Gill, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Steele, died of his wounds, F, b. 16. ~lISSORANDUM. The names of the Hon. Captain West, of the Ist (or Grenadier) Regiment of Foot Guards, are " Mortimer Sackville West." Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Devonshire. Hon. Dudley Francis Fortescue to be Deputy Lieu tenant; Montague Baker Bere, Esq., to be Deputy Lieu tenant, May 11. Royal Ist Devon Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry— John Newcombe Stevenson, Esq., to be Captain, vice Smith, resigned; Stafford Henry Nor;hcote, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Stevenson, promoted, Oct. 25, 1841 ;,John Barnes Smith, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Sanders, re signed; William Watts, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Smith, promoted, Dec. 2, 1848. North Devon Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry.— Henry St. George Priaulx, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice pra g inton, promoted ; Bourchier Mervin Marshall, Gent., to be Cornet. vice rriautx , promoted ; Charles Colville Turner, Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Caddy, resigned, Oct. 25. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Middlesex. Uxbridge Yeomanry Cavalry—Hugh flammersley, Gent., to be Lieutenant, Dec. 30, 1848; Frederick William Cox, Esq., to be Captain, Feb. 10. THE COUNTRY MARKETS. WAKEFIELD, F.En. I6.—We have a pretty good arrival of wheat, but the show of samples is not great; the trade is more lively than last week, and at Is decline a good business passing. A much firmer feeling prevails than on Tuesday, and there is a decided improvement from that day. Barley is sold on much the same terms as last week. Oats and shelling are quite as dear. Beans without alteration. New. Old• s. WHEAT, per qr. 8 bushels 601 b s. a. Suffolk. Essex, and Kent, red ... 46 to 48 Ditto, white ... ... 49 53 Norfolk and Hunts., red ... 44 —47 Ditto, white ... ... 47 50 Lincolnshire and Cambridge, red ... 43 46 Ditto, white ... 47 51 Yorkshire, red ... ... 44 46 -- to Ditto, white ... ... 47 —5O Dantzic and Konigsburg, white .. 49 52 48 —5l Lower Baltic and Hamburgh, red... 44 —46 43 —46 36 - 4. Mediterranean, red ... ;•• —— BARLEY, per quarter of 8 bushels:— Norfolk and Suffolk... ... .. 28 30 Lincolnshire and Yorkshire .. 27 30 Scotch ••• ... ... ... 29 31 Grinding per 30 stone ... 25 28 Foreign ... 23 25 BEANS, per quarter of 8 bushels 631 b : Small, fine ... 29 —3l 32 —34 Ticks ... 27 —29 31 —33 Foreign ... 26 —2B 28 —3O OATS, per stone : Mealing • ••• 9d to 10d —d to —d Feeding ... 8d to 10d —d to —d Foreign ... 8d to 9d —d to —d SHELLING, per load of 2611 b ... 25 —26 MALT, per load of 6 imperial bushels 37 39 PEAS, per Imperial Quarter Blue and white boilers Grey and Feed --- ~ ... 30 - 32 - - -. ABA: Qrs. Wheat ... ... ...11,884 Barley ... ... ... 4,431 Oats ... ... ... ... 351 Beans.— ... ... ... 1,271 Rapeseed ... NIP .• • Shelling ... 140 Linseed .. ... .. Malt •• • ••• • • ... Flour ... ... ... Peas ... ... 561 Tares ... NEWBURY, FEB. Is.—The quantity of wheat pitched to day exceeds the supply of the last few weeks past, and the con dition of it is much improved. The reported decline in Mark • lane has given a dull tone to the trade here ; and although generally offering at 1s to 2s per qr. less than last week, yet but little business has been done. Barley a large supply ; the demand is slack, and the turn in favour of buyers. Beans, peas, and oats, moderate supply, and there being some demand for seed, late rates have been fully supported. In seeds but little passing. Live/wool, FEB. I6.—The arrivals of most articles of the grain trade the last two days have been liberal ; at the same time the demand has been inactive. There was a fair attend ance of millers and dealers at this morning's market ; wheat and flour were in moderate request, at an abatement on Tuesday's rates of Id per bushel on the former, and 6d per barrel and sack on flour. Oats were saleable, at full prices, but oatmeal was easier to buy. Egyptian beans were 6d per quarter cheaper. Barley and peas were in limited request. There was a fair sale for Indian corn, at a small concession on Tuesday's prices. EXETER, FEB. 16.—t attle—From its being Exeter Fair on Wednesday, the market was scantily supplied, whilst prices still remain very near the same as late quotations. Fat bullocks were on dull sale, and the market was a shade in favour of the buyer ; 8s 9d per score being about the top price. Barreners, and cows. and calves were the turn dearer, the former being worth 5s to 6s per scare, the latter selling at 101 to 141 each. Steers were not much inquired for, some good ones were on offer at 25/ to 3 the pair. Fat sheep about the same as last week ; wethers, 5%d, and ewes, 6d per lb. Corn Exchange—A very large at tendance of growers, but as the millers refuse to give as mud' as last week, the farmers do not seem inclined to give way ; the business transacted has not, up to one o'clock, been extensive. English wheat sold at from 6s 6d to 6s 9d per bushel, in best samples ; foreign, ditto, from 47s to 57s per quarter ; barley, 3s 9d to 4s ; oats, 2s to 2. 6d per bushel; fine flour, 38s to 40s per sack of 280 lbs. CHELTENHAM, FEB. 15.—Wheat, old, was 52s to 545; ditto, new, 48s to 525. Barley, malting, 28s to 32. ; ditto, grinding, 241 to 28s. Oats, old, 26. to 30s ; ditto, new, 22s to 265. per qr. Peas, white, 5s 6d to 6s Od ; ditto, grey, 4s 6d to 5s Od. Beans, old, 5s 3d to 5s 8d ; ditto, new, 4s Od to 4s 8d; and vetches, 7s to 8s per bushel. Hay. new, 65s to 70s ; ditto, old, 70s to 80s ; and straw, 40s per ton. The general average of last week's sales was, for wheat 49s 6d; bar ley, 28s ; and oats, 23. per qr. TEWKESBURY, FEB. 13.—Wheat, 21 10s 10d; barley, 1/ lOs bd. SCARBOROUGH, FEB. Is.—Corn—Wheat, 53 6d to 6s 3d per 5 stones; malting barley, 27s to 29s per quarter of 32 stones ; grinding ditto, 24s to 26s per ditto ; new oats, 8d to 9d, and old ditto, lttcl to 11d per stone. Superfine flour, 38s to 40s, and seconds ditto, 33s to 34s per sack of 20 stones. Provisions— Bacon pigs sold at 5s 9d to 6s, and pork ditto from Gs to 6s 3d per stone ; beef, 6d to 7d ; mutton, 6d to 7d ; veal, 6d to 7d ; bacon, 6d to 8d ; hams, 9.1 to 10d ; pork, 6d to 7d ; lard, 6d to 7d; and butter, 12d to 00d per lb. Ducks, 4s to ss; fowls, 2s to 3s; and rabbits, 2s to 2s 4d per couple; turkeys, 4s to ss, and geese 4s to 55 each. Eggs, 20 to 24 for is ; onions, 8d to 12d, apples, 16d to 24d, and potatoes, 10d to 12d per peck. WETHERBV, FEB. 15.—The following are the prices of corn in our market this day :—White wheat 19s 6d to 21s ; ditto red 16s 641 to 19s 6d ; beans 12s to 17s; barley 303 to 33s per qr ; oats, 9id to lid per stone. RIPON, FEB. 15.—White wheat, 63 to 696 d ; red ditto, 5s 6,1 to Gs 3d ; beans, 4s 3d to 4s 6d per bushel ; barley, 29s to 325; oats, 14s to 22s per quarter. INVERNESS, FEB. 13.—New wheat, per qr, weighing 621 b per bushel, 42s to 455; barley, b4lb per bushel, 245; oats, 541 b per bushel, 18s to 19s. Oatmeal, per imperial boll, 16s; second, 15s; barleymeal, 111 8d; peasemeal, 14s to 15s; bran, per stone, 6d to 8d; first flour, per 2bOlb, 40s to 423; second, 30s to 325; oatmeal, best, per stone of 141 b imperial, is 8d; second, is 6d; barleymeal, Is 2d peasemeal, is 6d; first flour, 2s 9d cash, 3s credit; second, 2s 3d cash, 2s 6d credit. Pota toes, per stone, 3d to 4d ; beef, per pound, 6d to 8d ; veal, 4d to 6d; mutton, 4d to 7d; pork, 4d to 7d; fowls, each, 12d to 15d; chickens, per pair, 12d to 16d; eggs, pr dozen, 6d to 7d; butter, fresh, per lb, 9d ; salt, Ild to 12d ; croudie (curds) 2id ; four -pound loaf, cash, 6d to 7d, credit, bid to 71d ; coals, per cwt, 9d ; hay, per stone, 6d. DENBIGH, FEB. lb.—Wheat, 16s to 17s Od ; barley, 9s to 10s ; oats, 5s to 6s per hobbet. RUTHIN, FEB. 12.—Wheat, 16s to 17s; barley, 9s to 9s 6d, oats, 5s to 5s 6d per hobbet ; fresh butter, is lid per lb; beef 6d to 7,1 ; mutton, sid to 6d ; pork, sid to 6d per lb. SHERIIORNE, FEB. 15.—Wheat 5s to 7s 6d per bushel; barley 32s to 365; oats 23s to 255; beans 40s to 46s per quar ter ; flour 39s to 40s per sack. Bread 6d to 7d per 41b loaf. Butter lld to 12d per lb. Eggs, 9d to 10d per dozen. WELLS, FEB. 15.—Cows and calves fetched from 121 to 161; heifers 7i to 111 each. Beef 6d to 7,1 ; mutton 7d to 8d ; pork 6d to 8d ; veal 6d to 7d ; bacon Sd per lb. Wheat 445 to 50s; barley 303 to 32s ; oats 20s to 21s per quarter. Bread 6d to 7d per 41b loaf. Butter 10d to 12d ; bacon 9d to 10d per lb. Eggs 9d to 10d per dozen. LLANERCHYBIEDD, FEB..l4.—Beef from 4d to 4id ; mut ton, 5d to 6d; veal, sei to 6d per lb ; young pigs, 9e, to lOs ; stores, 18s to 25, each ; fat pigs, 3!d to 3.id ; fresh butter, 12d to 121 d per lb. LLANGEFNI, FEB. 15. Wheat 53s to 54s per quarter; bar ley 28s to 29s ; oats 16s to 17s. Beef 4d to 6d per lb ; mut ton 6d to 6id ; veal 4d to 5d ; fresh butter 12d to 13d. Fowls Is 6d to is 8d per couple. Eggs 12 to 14 for 6d. MINING INTELLIGENCE. COPPER ORES FOR SALE AT REDRUTH, FEB. 22.—Wh. Josiah, Wh. Fanny, Wk. Maria, and Wh. Anna Maria, 1,526 West Caradon, 289—Fowey Consols, 260—Wh. Friendship, 242—Mark Valley, 150—Bedford United, 116—West Wh. Jewel, 66 —Wh. Mary Consols, 57—Wh. Pink, 55—Holm bush, 50—Treleigh Consols, s—Wh. Bucketts, 46—South Wh. Fortune, 31—Phoenix Mines, 22—Tamar Slag, 21 —Pol gooth, 9—Total, 2,990. COPPER ORES FOR SALE AT FARQUHARSON'S RED LION HOTEL, TRURO, MARCH I.—United Mines, I,427—Par Consols, 296—South Caradon, 263—Wh. Comfort, 211— Tresavean, 198—Creegbraws, 135—West Trethellan, 34 Total, 2,564. COAL MARK E' Y ESTE aDAT. Carr's Hartley Chester Main l3s 3d Morrison l3s 9(1 East Adairs Main..... 12s Od Russell's Hetton Ilolywell Alain ... ..... 14s 6d Stewart's New Tanfield 123 6d' Benson Ord's Redheugh Rayensworth's Pelaw. 12 s 6 d l South Hartlepool South Pontop .. ...... lls 6cl Thornley l'antield Moor .... l2s Od Adelaide Tees Townley l2s 9diDenison Wylani ... 133 o..fiSeymour Tees West Hartley Wall's End, &e. Tees Brown's Gas . l2s IX Cowpen Hartley Iledworth ..... Hedley Braddyll's Hetton lss Oo Nixon's Merthyr . .... 20s 6d Bell Hetton _ ___ QUEEN ADELAIDE'S B.OsPITAL.—The anniversary ball (the twentieth) in aid of the funds of this valuable institution, took place last night, at the Hanover-square Rooms. It was numerously And most respectably attended. CROWN-OFFICE, FEB. 16. Days and Places appointed for holding the Lent Assizes on the OXFORD CIRCUIT. Mr. Justice Coltman. Mr. Baron Platt. Berkshire—Monday, February 26, Abingdon. Oxfordshire—Thursday, March 1, at Oxtord. Worcestershire—Tuesday, March 6, at Worcester. City of Worcester—The same day, at the City of Worcester. Staffordshire—Saturday, March 10, at Stafford. Salop—Saturday, March 17, at Shrewsury. Herefordshire—Thursday, March 22, at Hereford. Monmouthshire—Saturday, March 24, at Monmouth. Gloucestershire—Wednesday, March 29, at Gloucester. City of Gloucester—The same day, at the City of Glou cester. WHITEHALL, Jeri. 29. The Lord Chancellor has appointed James Radford. of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, in the county of Northum berland, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. Jeremiah Addison, corn dealer, Great Ouseburn, Yorkshire. BANKRUPTS. Samuel Bennett, draper, High•street, Islington, to surrender Feb. 23, at one, and March 29, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street; Abrahams, Lincoln's Inn-fields. Charles Jepson, innkeeper, New Melton, Yorkshire, March 2 and 29, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds ; Lever, King's-road, Bedford-row; Scholfield, York; harle and Clarke, Leeds. John Edward Christian, ship broker, Liverpool, Feb. 27 and March 20, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Bird, official assignee, Liverpool; Bridger and Co., King William-street ; Dodge, Liverpool. Richard English, wine and spirit merchant, Sunder. land, Feb. 23 and March 20, at one, at the Newcastle upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, official assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Loveland and Beckitt, Lincoln's Inn-fields; Cooper, Sunderland. James Cairsfield Allen', brewer, North Shields, Feb. 23, at half-past twelve, and M arc h 29, at one, at the Newcastle-upoh• Tyne District Court. Baker, official assignee, Newcastle-upon-Ty ne; J„bling and Fleming, Newcastle; Lutch and Kewney, North Shields; Bell and Co., Bow Church-yard. William Solomon, tea dealer, Union-street, South wark, March 3, at half-past one, and March 31, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Guildhall-chambers ; Matthews, St. Mary-axe. Joseph Busst, timber merchant, Walsall, Staffordshire, March 3, at twelve, and April 10, at half-past eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official as signee, Birmingham ; Hinebclille, Westmbromwich ; Hodgson, Birmingham. Richard Cooper, licensed victualler, Chipping Ongar, Essex, Feb. 22 and April It, at half past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Guildhall Chambers; Turner and Son, Mount-place, Whitechapel-road. George Latham, hotel keeper, Liverpool, Feb. 26 and March 28, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Morgan, official assignee, Liverpool; Keighley and Co., Chancery-lane ; Woodburne, Liverpool. Charles Henry Huskisson, licensed victualler, War wick, Feb. 27, and March 20, at the Birmingham Dis trict Court. Valpy, official assignee, Birmingham; Wright, Birmingham. Thomas Dixon, grocer, Dawley, Shropshire, March 1 and 28, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Birmingham ; Phili ps, Shif- Whitmore, offiicial assignee; nal ; Motteram, Knight, and Emmet, Birmingham. William Irving, draper, Warwick, Feb. 24, and March 23, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court, Valpy, official assignee, Birmingham ; Neild, Manchester ; Hodgson, Birmingham. William Roden, miller, Shiffnal, Shropshire, Feb. 22 and March 20, at ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmor e , official assignee, Birmingham; Glover, Shiff nal ; Knight and Emmet, Birmingham. Levi Davis, needle manufacturer, Redditch, Worces tershire, Feb. 28 and March 28, at twelve, at the Bir• mingham Dristrict Cuurt. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham; Hodgson, Birmingham. Francis Paynt , ,r, attorney, Penzince, Feb. 27 and March 27, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. HU tzel, official assignee, Exeter; Helston, Cor nwa ll. George Kinnell, spinner, Bolton-terrace, Waivrorth, Feb. 26, at two, and April 2, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman -street; Dickson and Overlsury, Frederick's. place, Old Jewry. Francis George Harbord, spirit merchant, Liverpool, Feb. 27, and March 20, at eleven, at the Liverpool Di strict Court. Turner, official assignee, Liverpool ; Maples and Co., Old Jewry; Green, Liverpool. Augustus Mongredien, merchant, Liverpool, Feb. 26, and March 28, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Cazenove, official assignee, Liverpool ; Surr and Gribble, Lombard-street; Avison and Prett, Liverpool. Henry Preston Wills, victualler, High Holborn, March 3, at two, and March 31, at one, half -past at the Court ig Bankruptcy. row, 91Ec i g §,.. PUBLICATIONS. MONEY. —The Article under this heed, in the Seventh Edition of the ENCYCLOP.rEDIA BRITANNICA, is contributed by J. It. M'CULLO'CII, Esq. The subject is consi dered under the following Sections :- 1. Circumstances which led to the use of Money—Properties that every commodity used as such ought to possess—Not a sign or a measure of value, but a real equivalent. 2. Circumstances which regulate the Exchangeable Value of Money. 3. A moderate Seignorage on Coined Money advantageous—Princi ples which should regulate its amount. 4. Expense of a Currency consisting of the precious Metals. 5. Paper Money—Principle on which its value is maintained. 6. Whether Gold or Silver should be adopted as the Standard of the Currency', or whether it should consist of both. 7. Degradation of the Standard of Money in Great Britain, France, and other countries—P ern i c i o us effects of this degradation. 8. Tables relative to the Money of Great Britain. PUBLIC NOTICE. -- WAR AGAINST RIGHT.—The I)iamond Lamp is perfect—Puy no other.— The so-called Carcel Lamps are leaky and worthless. All who have bought them, know this too well. These Carcel Lamps are puffed off for the Diamond Lamp—What a delusion! What an absurdity to think thus to triumph over public opinion. The language that describes CLARK'S DIAMOND LAMP is copied to eulogize these Carcel Lamps. The Metropolitan Light Company, to end these impositions, give this notice, so that by all demanding the Diamond Lamp, the de ceptive Carcel Lamp cm no more be sold.—The I.iamond Lamp Dears a Label, on which is inscribed " CLARK'S PATENT DIA- N OM) OIL LIGHT," so all can know the Lamp. The Diamond Lamp with the Eight New Lights are always burn ing at the Establishment of the Metropolitan Light Company. RICHARD CLARK, Resident Manager, 447, West Strand, next door to the Electric Telegraph Company. THE TEETH and GENERAL HEALTH. It msy be fairly s dd, the state of the teeth depends greatly upon the state of the bodily health, and the state of the bodily health depends greatly upon the state of the teeth. The homoepathic prin ciple of infinitesimal does in all cases of weakness and nery usness is no doubt the right one, as nature is not then overpowered, but as ;feted. The United Dentists' Tooth Powder carries this out to its ut most extent, as some of the most strengthening articles in the Me tals Medica are contained in it, and a sma:l portion being gradually absorbed every day, not only streng:hens the gums, but the whole system. It likewise thoroughly c'eanses the teeth, gradually re moving the tartar, purifies the breath, thereby preventing infection, and corrects acidity in both mouth and stomach. Address, ROSS and SON:.4, 119 and 120, liishopsgate-street, Landon. TUC DOLOREAUX CURABLE. TOOTHACHE. Instantaneous relief from those excruciating complaints may be had by using JAMES'S Celebrated ASTILIAN TINCTURE for TIC DOLOREUX, TOOTHACHE, PAINS in the FACE, GUMS, &c. [IMPORTANT TESTIMONIALS.] " Liverpool, Dec. 13, 1648. " To Messrs. 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" Gentlemen; After six months' experience in its sale I have found your Astillan Tincture' to be all but uniformly successful in the cure of Tic Doloreux and Toothache ; indeed o ly one case of failure do I know of in that time. Although generally averse to such things, yet you may, if you choose, make public use of this.—l remain yours, faithfully, "THOMAS LOWE, "Dispensing Chemist, 38, Islington, and 40, Norton-street. "P.S.—You may send me another three dozen of the smaller size. "To Messrs. Carson and Co." . . _ Prepared by Carson and Co., St. Anne-street, Liverpool, sole pro prietors, from whom it may be had, or through any of the Wholesale Houses in London, Birmingham, York, Edinburgh, &c., and retail from any respectable Medicine Vender throughout the Kingdom. In Bottles, at 2s. 91., 4s. 61., and 115. each. A A E. Lill. One half the world are desolately single, and the other supposing them married, questionably contented. Diffidence, or a ~nse of right determine the former, and miscalculated hopes em ---,ter the latter. Thu solitary ono may shield himself under the plea of caution and worldly prudence, and the Indissoluble, regret un MlTtprosilig harry ; but the truth lies deeper. Physical Incapacity, Ant broken health, are the great hindrances to domestic happiness end social content. The dowry should not be the only marriage set- Cement. Honour andjusticeelensand tkat health should form au item in the compact; tt alone dignifies the alliance. Blighted hopes or neglect wound more sorely than poverty or misfortune. Reader, it mese surmises concern you, procure Dr. CULVP.RWELL'ii little MEMOIRS "On Single and Married Life, " pub. in 2 vols., Is. each (by vest, in stamps, is. id. each). Let no imaginatively refined, or prudish feeling deter you, by their titles, nor be hindered misinterpretatior, 01 their supposed contents, from obtaining tnem. 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The above works may be had of 3lierwood, 23, Paterncster-row ; Carvalho, 147, Fleet.street • Mann, 39, Cornhill ; liaison, 457, West Strand ; or direct (by post or ether w:se) front the author (who may be conferred with personally, nvirnirigs end evenings), 10, Argyll-place ItegentAtreet al: Booksellers. Illustrated by 26 Anatomicai Coloured Engravings on Steel. ON PHYSICAL DISQUALICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCAPA CITY, &ND 111 PEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. S'ew Edition, enlarged to 196 pages. Just published, price 2s. 6d., cr by post, direct from the Establishment. 3s. 6d. in postage stamps, THE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on the infirmities and decay of the generative system, from ex essive indulgence, infection, and the inordinate use of mercury, with remarks on Marriage, end the means of obviating certain dis qualifications. Illustrated by 26 Coloured Engravings. By R. and L. PERRY and CO., Consulting Surgeons, 19, Berners-street, Ox ford-street, London. Published by the Authors : sold by Strange, 21, Paternoster-row ; Hannay, 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street ; Starie, 23, Titchborne-street, Haymarket; and Gordon, 146, Leaden hall-street. Parr I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the re-productive organs, and is illustrated by Six Coloured Engravings. PART 11. treats of the consequences resulting from excessive indul gence, and their lamentible 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 :he primary or secondary form, and contains expEcit directions for their treatment. This section is illustrated by Seventeen Coloured Engravings. FART IV. contains a Prescription for the Prevention of Disease by a simple apptication, by yrhich the danger of infection is ob viated. This important part Of the Work should not escape the reader's notice. .P.taT ♦. 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. TMLCOADIAL BALM OF BYRIACOM is exclusively employed in treat ag nervous and sexual debility, impotence, &c., 11 s. and 33t. per bottle. The Concentrated Detersive Essence, an anti-syphilitic remedy, for purifying the blood in cases of infection, secondary symp toms, eruptions, and the abuse of mercury, 11 s. and 335. per bottle. Perry's Purifying specific Pllls, 55. 9d., 4s. 6.1., and 11s. par box, a Portaln remedy for gonorrhoea, gleet, stricture, and chronic inflamma tion of the bladder. Consultation fee, if by letter, 11. A minute retail of the case is required : age, habits, and position in society. 5,. Packets, with advice, to be had at the Establishment only, by which the tee, 11., is saved. Messrs. Perry, Surgstons, are in atten dance daily at 19, Berr.ers-street, Oxford-street, London, trom Ve va' till Two, and Py9 . to 4414 on bandage trcna Eleven to One. S 11 N 7 FEBRUARY 17, 1849. brook-court, Basinghall -street; Barrow, Great Portland street. (Dividends, &c., in our next.) PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, corn puted from the returns made in the week ending February 13, 1849, is 255. 2 1 /d. per cwt. LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. The usual half-yearly general meeting of this com pany was held yesterday, at . the Euston Hotel; Mr. G. C. Glyn, M.P., chairman of the board of directors, in the chair. Mr. STEwART, the secretary, having read the advertise men., convening the meeting, the minutes of the pro ceedings of the directors were confirmed, and the common Foal was crdeied to be affixed to the register of shareholders. The CHAIRMAN then proceeded to address the meet ing. He said it was a source of satisfaction to the directors that the exertions of their officers had enabled them to place the accounts in the hands of the proprie tors several days before their being called together. It was to be regretted that the expenditure of the com pany still continued exceedingly heavy, but this cir cuinstauee was to be traced to the severe opera tion of Lord Campbell's Accident by Rail ways Act, which had forced them to pay upwards of 10,0001. in the shape of compensation for damages which parties had sustained through travelling on their line. There was another and, perhaps, a more important cause which might account for the extent of the expenditure. It would be seen by the report that they had had a more extended plant to work in the past than during previous half-years. It would also be ob served that the passenger-traffic had very materially fallen off, but that result was reasonably to be expected, when they remembered the convulsions which had recently oc curred on the continent, the distress which had per • vasied the manufacturing districts, and the suff, rings witch the country had encountered from the commercial crisis of 1847.—(Hear.) In the goods' traffic, however, he was happy to say there had been a gradual improve ment ; but perhaps that increase was not so much owing to any buoyancy of trade, but rather to the change which had taken place in their carrying department. It would no doubt, be remembered, that some short time ago, loud complaints were made by the public of the char ges im posed upon them for carrying their goods these charges were not incurred upon the railway, but in the process of intermediate delivery between th e rail way and the destination of the goods. At that period the carrying trade was in the hands of independent or private carriers, and an intimation was conveyed to them that unless they re duced their delivery charges the company would be com pelled, for their own sakes, and for the protection of the public, to take the trade into their own hands. Those warnings were not regarded, and eventually the com pany changed their travelling system, and the result had been as he had already stated, an increase in their traffic, so much so indeed, that while the passenger traffic since 1846, the period of the amalgamation, had only in creased to the extent of 3,2711., the merchandise trade had been increased ,by 91,1401.—(Cheers.) Some dis satisfaction had been expressed out of doors as to the remuneration of the directors. It was said that the directors were too many in number, and overpaid for their services. He did not agree with that opinion. He could not bring himself to believe that 1001. a year each was too much, nor could ho think that for a great company like this, forty-seven directors formed too numerous a board for the management of its affairs. (Hear, hear.) With regard to the accounts, the pro prietors would perceive that a change had been made in tne mode of making them out, particularly as regarded the debenture debt. This change it was anticipated would tend to improve the condition of their finances, and he hoped soon to see the day when their debenture debt would be reduced to two millions only.—(Cheers.) He saw no reason why they should not in the course of time reduce the debenture debt to that amount, without making any call upon the proprietors.—(Hear, hear.) He would now glance for a moment at the cir cumstances which had recently so much depressed their stock. He had no hesitation in attributing that de pression to a conspiracy which had been got up amongst the jobbers; but now that the proceedings of that class had been exposed, he trusted the proprietors—those who bought shores as a permarnent investment—would no longer be induced by Stock Exchange manoeuvres to entertain doubts of the stability of their property. — (Cheers.) He felt that he had already detained the meeting sufficiently long; but he could not sit down without making a passing allusion to the abortive nego tiations which had recently been carried on fur effecting an amalgamation of the three great metropolitan cam patties. While he regretted that the negotiation had fallen to the ground, he was bound to admit that they were met by the South-Western and Great Western Companies in a most liberal spirit, and he yet enter tained a hope that some arrangement would be eventu ally come to, though not to the extent that was originally contemplated.—(Bear, hear.) An erroneous impression bad gone abroad, that had ;the three parties agreed the amalgamation would have been smuggled through, Now nothing could be more fallacious than to suppose that it was for the interest of public men to pass such measures as this surreptitiously, and he could assure the meeting that had the arrangement come to maturity three distinct opportunities would have been afforded to the proprietors for expressing their opinion of the measure ; and had one of the three bodies dissented to it the scheme would not have been persisted in. —(Cheers.) He was not aware that there was any other topic calling for observa tion, and he would not detain them further.—(Cheers.) Mr. STEWART then read the report, of which the fol loss ing are extracts:— " The causes to which the directors alluded at the last meeting, as operating setiously against the traffic have continued to affect the receipts in the passenger depart ment. The diminished resources of the public, the de crease of continental travelling, and the contrast with the additional business produced by the meeting of Par liament in November, 1847, have combined to affect the comparative returns of the half-year just concluded. The receipts under this head are 18,0001. less than in the pre- YiOUSperiod. " On the other hand, the merchandise department ex hibits that steady improvement which has been apparent each halt-year, more especially since the company took the management of the business into their own hands. The increase during the last six months, notwithstand ing the depression in trade, amounts to 11,000 L, the ex penses of conducting the department remaining nearly the same. " The traffic of the company was amalgamaied in December, 1845, and the following comparison will show the satisfactory progress of the merchandise business since that time;— Receipts. Expenditure Half• year ending Dec. 31, 1845 £281,930 £56,517 Ditto ditto 1848 393,774 81,197 Increase (The expenditure includes :repairs and renewals of wagon stock.) In the former year the carriers were on the line—in the latter period the traffic was conducted exclusively by the company. " The balance-sheet in the hands of the proprietors exhibits a further amount to the debit of working stock. The engines ordered for new branches were delivered before the lines which have bean retirded in their comple tion were ready for them, and they have, as received, been passed into store. Feeling the importance that is natu rally attached to this item of expenditure, the directors have, on this occasion, placed detailed information before the shareholdera, which it is hoped will satisfy them of the correctness of the:mode adopted with regard to this portion •f their capital. It has frequently been explained, that the practice of the London and North-Westesa Company is to maintain the working plant at its full effective value, repairing it as required, and replacing it when worn out, from the current revenue. This has been carefully at tended to, and in addition to the heavy ordinary repairs, new stock to the extent of 22,0001. had been infused dui ing the last half-year. Since the opening of the railway, a sum approaching half a million, has now been thus appropriated out of income. The working stock is generally in excellent condition, and the service has been conducted with great regularity. " In accordance with the sound policy of providing for the deterioration of the rails, and their gradual renewal, the directors have appropriated out of revenue a farther sum of 10,2504 for this purpose. " The Leeds and D wsbury Railway was partially opened for passenger trAffic in the autumn of last year; and both this line and the Huddersfield and Manchester Railway (which, together, will form a new and improved route between Leeds and Manchester), will be opened to the public early in the ensuing summer. " From the statement of the half-year's accounts it will be seen that the not proceeds aro ..• ...,4596,202 9 0 To which must be added the balance carried forward from the lust half year ... ..• ... 44,368 1 0 £640,570 10 0 Less further allowance for the renewal of rails of ... ... ... ... 10,250 0 0 Leaves disposable ••• ...£630,320 10 0 Out of this sum the directors recommend a dividend of 31. 10s. per cent. for the six mouths, amounting to 558,9221. 9s. 10d.; leaving a balance of 71,3981. Os. 2d. to be carried to the next half-year's account. " The directors desire again to bring under the serious consideration of the proprietors, the onerous and exces sive charges to which their property is subjected under the head of local rates and taxes, amoun ting for the year just ended, to 58,6501., exclusive of incidental charges. " The directors expect that the vario us works in which the company are interested will be completed in the course of next year, from which period, the amount to be received on calls will be applicable to the reduc tion of the debenture debt. " Mr. Creed having retired from the office of Secretary, Mr. C. E. Stewart has been a pp ointed t o succeed him. Mr. Benbow, M.P., baying resigned the office of director, has been succeeded by Mr. Creed. In conclusion, the directors may congratulate the proprietors upon the f avoura ble auspices under which the present halt-year has commenced. The returns of traffic fur the first six weeliN 9 1849, illefY ma income ver the cureipooipg ' l ".N•ii!..!• , s .."---------- // ' ~,, r; ),—, ,, (04 -t -- -07 t. ' 72,Z---- [PRICE SD. period of 1848, of 14,4001., which the directors trust may be regarded as the commencement of that enlarged traffic to be anticipated from the returning prosperity of the country, and which the proprietors need not be re minded will be necessary to maintain the present posi tion of the concern, as the various subsidiary and branch lines (in which the company have a large vested capital) shall severally come into operation." The CHAIRMAN then moved that the report be adopted, and the accounts, which have already been pubiished in The Sun, be confirmed. - Mr. LAWRANCE, the Deputy-Chairman, seconded the resolution. In answer to a question, The CHAIRMAN stated that it was impossible to fix the periods when the future calls would be made, nor could they exactly close their capital account while they had extensive works going on in Liverpool, Manchester, and London, but he could assure the proprietors that so far as the main line and working stock were concerned, the capital account had been closed. No negotiation was going on for leasing the North Staffordshire line. The adoption of the report was then agreed to, after which the dividend was declared payable on the 26th instant. Resolutions in accordance with the report were then proposed, and having been duly seconded, they were put, and the vote carried unanimously. A vote of thanks was then passed to the Chairman and directors, and the meeting, which was very fully attended, broke up. SHREWSBURY AND BIRMING- HAM RAILWAY. The usual half-yearly general meeting of the pro prietors of the above railway was held yesterday, at the London Tavern; Mr. Ormsby Gore, M.P., in the chair. The report stated that the directors had been enabled, by the means which the proprietors had placed at their disposal, to press forward the works with every possible dispatch, relays of workmen being employed in those parts which were of a heavy description, and would otherwise retard the opening of the line. The stations were also in a state of forwardness. The one' at Shrewsbury was so far completed as to be used by the Shrewsbury and Chester Company; and the contracts for that at Wolverhampton and the in termediate stations would be let in a few weeks. The lease of the Stour Valley Company to the London and North-Western Company, at a perpetual rental of two thirds of the dividend of that company for the time being, having been formally confirmed by the share holders, it was proposed to separate the portion of the class A shares, which formed the con- tribution of this company to the Stour Valley Company (equal to 31. 13s. per share) into a distaict stock, to be called " London and North-Western Guarantee( d Stock;" and, thereafter, to reduce the class A shares to the same nominal amount as class B, making both classes as to dividend, and in all other respects, equal; the sum exclusively applicable to class A shares was 190,087/. 10s. On this sum th• rental of two-thirds of the London and North-Western dividend, for the time being, would be payable after Ist July, 1850; the pro prietors in the meantime receiving 4 per cent. interest. The directors saw no reaso❑ to alter their opinion of the probable cost of the main line (including the stations and working stock for the same), which they had estimated at 1,000,000/., or about 33,0001. per mile; and which capital, after the passing of the Bill now before Parliament, would be represented by 104,000 shares of 91. 12s. 3d. The main object of the Bill which would be submitted for approval to a special meeting, was to substitute a shorter and cheaper line to Madeley and the Coalbrookdale district, in lieu of the line men tioned in the last report, as staked out from Shiffnal. The saving thereby would be about 20,000/., besides superseding altogether the necessity of an additional branch from Madeley, in the direction of Wellington. Power was also taken to shorten the Low Level Fork line, from 2i miles to 5 furlongs. A clause was inserted to confirm the creation of the preference shares, and to give the fullest legal effect to the dividend guaranteed thereon. The balance-sheet represented that the total receipts, up to the present time, amounted to 792,7221. 17s, Gel., and the expenditure to 767,8191. ss. Id., leaving 24,903/. 12s. sd. in hand. The total increase of calls amounted to 26,9451. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, congratulated the proprietors upon the prosperous state of the concern. The line, it was expected, would be opened throughout in August, and there was no doubt whatever that the traffic of the district through which it passed would prove highly remunerative. The resolution for the adoption of the report having been seconded, was put to the vote, and carried unanimously. The shareholders then resolved themselves into a special meeting, and passed resolutions in conformity with the recommendations of the report. In answer to a question, The CHAIRMAN declared his conviction that the Shrewsbury and Hereford line would eventually make and prove a highly profitable undertaking. Thanks were then voted to the Chairman and directors, and the meeting tefm/nated. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF QUEEYS BENCH, Feb. 16. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) TIIE QUEEN V. KENDALL AND OTHERS. The jury found a verdict of Guilty against all the defendants. SECONDARIES' COURT, Feb. 16. (Before Mr. Secondary POTTER.) WOOLF 71. THE CITIZEN STEAM-BOAT COMPANY. This was an action to recover damages for an injury suffered by plaintiff in consequence of the negligence and misconduct of defendants' servants. The defendants suffered judgment to go by default, and the damages were laid at 1001. Mr Cobbett, Q.C., and Mr. Hawkins appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Sergeant Jones for the company. Mr. COBBETT stated the case. The plaintiff went on board one of the Citizen Steam-boat Company's vessels on the 4th of July, 1847, when, in conse quence of proper care not being observed on board the steam-vessel, the rope by which. it was moored to the pier got twisted round the plaintiff's ankle, and as the vessel was cast off, the friction was so great that the plaintiff's boot was ripped off with great violence. The pain was so great, that plaintiff cried out that his leg was off, and ho fainted. He was subsequently laid up for about eight weeks. The Learned Counsel said that there was no doubt of the facts, as defendants had admitted their liability. The only question, there fore, for the jury was the amount of compensation the plaintiff was entitled to. A great number of witnesses were called to make out the plaintiff's case, and that he made from 51. to 121. per week by attending at sales, but he did not pay in come-tax.—(Laughter.) Mr. Sergeant JONES addressed the jury, but did not call any witnesses, and the jury gave a verdict for 381. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORTHERN ClRCUlT.—Lancaster, Feb. 14. Yesterday being the commission-day, Mr. Baron Aldersen and Mr. Justice Coleridge arrived by the mail train, and proceeded to the Castle to open the com mission. This morning their Lordships attended Divine ser vice, and immediately afterwards proceeded to the courts. The criminal calendar is very small, and the offences are of a very light character, six prisoners only being charged with larceny, one throwing corrosive fluid, nine with night poaching, two bigamy, three coining, two forgery, one damaging warp, one manslaughter, one false pretence. The civil list is likewise very light. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Baron ALDERSON.) John Dagger was charged with having, on the 15th of September, at Singleton, thrown a certain corrosive fluid on the person of Anno Clarke, with intent to do her grievous bodily harm. Mr. Blair appeared for the prosecution; Mr. Gardner defended the prisoner. The prosecutrix, Anne Clarke, stated that she was 16 years of age, and servant to Mr. Archer, of Singleton ; that the prisoner had courted her for two years previous to July last, when she forbade him to come to see her ; that on the night of the 15th of September she went with Margaret Foster and Margaret Hull to Mr. Woods, the clergyman at Singleton, and that as they were re turning home, and were on a footpath which runs through a plantation, the prisoner rushed out, and pulled her into the wood, threw her down, and committed an indecent assault upon her, and said, "I'll tackle you for this." She felt something sharp, like burning, and the prisoner then let her go. She screamed out, and shortly after fainted from pain. Tho two women assisted her home, and a surgeon was sent for. Robert Harrison Bowness, a surgeon, at Poulton, said that on the 15th September he was called in to attend Anne Clarke, and found large inflammatory spots o. that et the inside of the thighs, and the lower part of th e b ody; she was seriously injured, and was between two a n d three h s months under his care, and that the injury ryas done by aqua fortis. Mr. Gardner addressed the jury for the defence. Verdict—Guilty.. His Loarisnir, in sentencing the prisonear,ndeonrladregreedd upon the cruelty and b rutalit y of the offence, him to be transported for 11 teen years. N IGHT POACHING.-- William Hutchinson and John Gillow were charged with having, at"the townshipeot entered T urn stall, on the 18 th January last, unlawfully certain enclosed land by night, together with others, armed, with intent to take and destroy game. Mr. Overend appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Cobbett for the prisoner. Mr. CORBETT addressed the jury for the defence. His LORDSHIP, in summing up, said that the verdict e' of the jcry must depend on the question of whether the e vidence was sufficient to convince th em th at the pri soners were in pursuit of game in the plantation referred to by the indictment. The jury, after a very short deliberation, found the prisoners Not Guilty. Lancaster, Feb. 15. CROWN COURT. —(Before Mr. BARON ALDERSON.) William Bracewell was indicted for having, at Culne, on the 9th of September last, uttered a forged bill of exchange for the sum of 451. 108. Mr. Whigham prosecuted ; Mr. Joseph Pollock de fended the prisoner, and urged that James Watson and Go9t b§d been ;nixed up in bill truitictipo together, • .7t7 I , 4 ' • 71/4 , 44 T t , iN4 411 ). -.1 4 , r 0 1 , - - XIV • , A , \ ^fi 7 At "C, 1 ,4 1 ' 4rj Cit; n \k %Nomigip. , -''• 'ALS. Qrs. WO that James Watson might hare authorised either on. or the other to affix his name to the bill. Verdict, Not Guilty. Mary Clegg was indicted, under the 7th and Bth George IV., c. 30, tz. 3, for having maliciously damaged a warp of cotton, the property of Margaret Walker, by applying . oil of vitriol to the same, with intent to render the same useless. __ Mr. Segar and Mr. Blair conducted the prosecution. and Mr. James and Mr. Joseph Pollock defended th• prisoner. An alibi was proved, and a verdict of Not Guilty re• turned. PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. (From the Vote* and Proceedings of the lionse of Commons.) FRIDAY, FEB. 16. STANDING ORDERS COMMITTEE. The following Resolutions were reported from the abort Committee:— _ _ _ Thatiiitbe case of the Great Indian Peninsular Railway Company petition for extending the time for the second reading of the Bill, the standing orders ought to be die pensed with : - That the ti me for the second reading be ex.- tended to the 15th day of March next. That in the case oi . the Taff Vale Railway (Extension in Merthyr Tidfil) petition for referring the petition for * Bill, with the report of the Examiner thereon, to the Select Com mittee on Standing Orders, the standing order, No. 150, in respect to the presentation of the petition for the Bill, ought to be dispensed with :—That the said petition and report of Examiner thereon, be referred to the Select Committee on Standing Orders-Resolutions agreed to. The undernamed Railway Bill was read a first, and ordered to be read a second time : Leeds and Thirsk (Power to guarantee Interest on certain Shares, &c.) NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL OFFICE. The following Railway Bills are ordered to be read a second time on Tuesday, Feb. 20:— York, Newcastle, and Berwick (Newcastle.apon•Tyne and Carlisle Railway Lease and Amalgamation). London and South-Western (Extension of Time for the Purchase of Lands and Completion of Works on the Basing stoke and Salisbury, and Farnham and Alton Lines). Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan Railway, and Ar. drossan Harbour Acts Amendment. Caledonian (Lease or Purchase of the Glasgow, Barrhead, and N eilston Direct). Caledonian (Purchase or Lease of Wishaw and Connie. Railway). York, Newcastle, and Berwick, and hiaryport and Carlisle Lease and Amalgamation. Edinburgh and Northern (A—Dunfermline Branch Devi. ation in Dunfermline Parish, and so as to pass under Town. hill and Halbeath Tramways; Branches in connexion with I those Tramways ; Repeal of Agreement with Lessees of Halbeath Colliery; Increase of Capital and Amendment of Acjs). Edinburgh and Northern (Additional Capital and Amends ment of Acts). PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. (From the 117otes and Proceedings of - the House of Commons.) FRIDAY, FEB. Ic. HABEAS CORPUS SUSPENSION (IRELAND) BILL. Report considered ;—Clause (And whereas doubts have arisen whether the powers of the Act of last session, 11 and 12 Vic. c. 35, which are continued by this Act, may not be improperly applied to the restriction of the right of the sub ject to petition Parliament, and to address the Queen in legal and constitutional manner, and to convoke, hold, at tend at, and take part in meetings for the purposes of pre paring and adopting peacefully and legally such petitions and addresses : And whereas such restriction Is and would be contrary to the spirit and purposes of the aforesaid Act, and of this present Act continuing the same, as well as to the Constitution of these realms; Be it therefore declared and enacted, That nothing contained in this Act, or in the before-mentioned Act of 11 and 12 Vic., the powers of wkicla are continued in this Act, does, ought to, or shall be con strued or taken to warrant the application of the said po*ers, or any of them, to the cases of parties convoking, assembling. holding, attending at, and taking part in such l ega l, peaceful, and constitutional meetings, for the aforesaid legal and con stitutional objects and purposes) brought up, and read a first time. Motion made, and question put, " That the said Clause be now read a second time." The House divided:— MI NORITY—AYES, 12. Fagan, James O'Connor, Foargus Scully Francis Greene, John O'Flaherty, Anthony Sullivan, Michael Meagher, Thomas Power,' Nicholas TILLXU. Morgan, H. K. Reynold , , Jouh O'Connell, John O'Brion, Timothy Roche, E. B. Grattan, Henry MAJORITY-NOES, 94. RELIEF OF DisTitEss IRELAND. Resolution reported; " That the Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland be authoriseci to direct the issue out of the Con solidated Fund of the said United Kingdom, of any sum, not exceeding 50,000/., for affording relief to certain distressed Poor-law Unions in Ireland." Amendment propesed, at the end of the Resolution, to add the words," but that the 50,000/. to be issued out of the Consolidated Fund, for the purpose of affording relief to cer tain distressed Poor-law Unions in Ireland, be advanced by way of loan, to be repaid by means of a rate to be levied on the whole of the Unions in Ireland exckpt the Unions re ceiving such relief." Question put, " That those words be there added." The House divided : Bouverie, E. P. Cowan, Charles Gwyn, Rowel Hark=le, J. A. MINORITY—AYES, 9. Hodgson, W. N. Willoughby, Sir 11. Seholetield, William TZLLIBI. Thompson, Colonel Stuart, LortlD. auns, H. Pigott, Franc!.; MAJORITY—NOES, 157. Question put, " That this House cloth agree with the Com mittee in the said Resolution." The House divided : MAJORITY—AYES, 128. Abdy, T. N. Hawes, B. Rawdon, Colonel Adair, R. Shaft., Hay, Lord J. Reynolds, John Anson, Colonel Ilayter, W. G. Rice, E. H. Archdall, Captain Herbert, lienry A. Rich, Henry Armstrong, R. B. Ilobhouse, Sir John Robartes, T. J. A. Arundel, Earl of Hood, Sir A. Roche, E. B. Bagshaw, John Howard, Lord E. Rom!Ily, Sir John Baines, M. T. Howard, C. W. G. Russell, Lord J. Baring, Sir F. T. Jervis, Sir John Russell, P. C. Barron, Sir 11. Ketopel, G. T. Sanders, Joseph Bellew, It. M. Labouthere, Henry Scholetield, William Berkeley, Captain Lascelles, W. S. Scrops, G. P. Bernard, Viscount Lewis, G. C. Scully, Francis Birch, Sir Thomas M'Naghten, Sir E. Seymer, H. K.. Blackall, S. W. Macnamara, Major Sheil, It. L. Bourke, It. S. 111'Cullagli, W. T. Simeon, John Boyle, Colonel M'Gregor, John Smith, M. Tucker Brackley, Viscount Mahon, Viscount Somerville. Sir W. Brockman, E. D. Maitland, Thomas Spearman, H. J. Brotherton, Joseph Matheson, Alex. Stanton, W. H. Butler, I'. S.. Matheson, Colonel Stuart, Lord D. Carter, John B. it Fox Sullivan, Michael Cavendish, C. C. Maxwell, lion. J. P. Tallourd, ; ergeant Cavendish, W. G. Milner, W. M. Tancred, 11. W. Clements, Charles Monsell, William Taylor, T. E. Craig, W. G. Moore, G. H. Tenison, E. K. Crowder, It. B. Morgan, 11. K. Thornely, T. Devereux, J. T. Di ulgrave, Earl Towneley, John Dundas, Admiral Napier, Joseph Townshend, Captain Dunne, F. I'. Norreys, Lord Vane, Lord H. Ebringtou, Lord Nugent, sir s Percy Villiers, Charles Elliot, J. E. O'Brien, J. Ward, IL G. Evans, William O'Brien, T. Watkins, Colonel Ferguson, Sir It. O'Connell, J. Westhead ,J. P. Fitzpatrick, J. W. O'Connell, Si. J. Williamson, Sir H. Foley, John 11. O'Flaherty, Anthony Wilson, James Forster, Mathew Ogle, S. C. Wilson, Matthew Fortescue, Chichester Paget, Lord A. Wodehouse, E. Fox, Richard M., Paget, Lord C. Wood, Sir_ Charles Glyn, G. C. Paget, Lord. George Greene, John Palmerston, Via. TELLIII4. Grey, Sir George Parker. John Tanen, IL Grey, Ralph W. Peto, Samuel Hill, Lord Marcel Hamilton, Lord C. Raphael, Alexander lIIINORUY—NOES, 39. Adderley, C. B. Hardcastle, J. A. Spooner, H. Blair, Stephen Hustle, Alexander Strickland, Sir G. Bouverie, E. P. Hustle, Archibald Thicknesse, H. A. Cobbold, John C. Henry, Alexander Thompson, Colonel Coles, 11. B. Ilildyard, It C. Trelawny, J. S. Cowan, Charles Hodgson, W. .N. Waddington, 11. S. Dodd, George Ilornby John Walsh, Sir J. B. Duncan, George Hudson, G. Wavrn, J T. Duncult, John Kershaw, James Willyams, H. i Dundas, G. M orris, David Willoughby, Sir H. East, Sir J. liullings, J. B. Wood, W. P. Ferrer, James Pechell, Captain TRLLEItI. Fordyce, A. D. Pilkingtou, James Aglionby, 11. ♦. Gwyn, Rowel Plowden, W. 11. Hume, J. BANKRUPT LA W CONSOLIDA TION BILL. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—In the 7 imcs of to-day it is stated that Lord Brougham, in moving the second reading of this Bill, " ran over the heads of it in a conversational tone of voice, so very indistinctly audible in the gallery, as to. defy all attempts to give an ac cura t e account o f t h em :- nor does your own report, although better, very much mend the matter. I confess I consider this very odd, and very unfortunate. Odd—because I was below wo th n t bar all the time, and heard very distinctly everj t r he Bill his Lordship uttered; and unfortunate-- is one of very great importance, and baslcoemmunity. interest throughout the entire mercant il e commun ity. bad ____,__ After stating that the Bill and la st clge_+ oinn : ittee l : i r t i i r , bec z al ged much been fully examined by of witnesses of all fifteen days, and calling a variety respecting the law kinds and of all: shades of opinion, h2ta report had been unauis of debtor and creditor, andt made a Select C in favour of the digeit, the practitioners, and th e t h e jud ges, as mo a us g li: eaatgr boon eed to the and m favour of most of the alterations but referring one or two . . .contro vertedpfoposed in further discussion thin traders, a . nd th a e ls l o aw, session. his points for v exes lions creditor , s in the Lordship ed by the Bill, and and greatly in stated that all bankrupt law p explained in detail the improvements • - F°P f ° a l our of 0 • hisfavour, were added to those n ruptcy now existing..... ag Levy of andpetitioning Execution, of these were . in Creditor Arrangement Act. Secondly, half-pay and pensions were made liable to distribution. Thirdly, the i mportant law of fraudulent preference was extended OS transfer of goods within two months of bankruptcy', whether by compulsion, or threat, or voluntary, an 4 though not in contemplation of bankruptcy—the making equitable mortgage or other conveyance—the granting warrant of attorney to confess judgment—and the giving cognovit. Then, fourthly, the creditor is to be allowed to prove for interest, though none has been stipulated. Fifthly, the important remedy, so often desired by traders and creditors, is given of making the certificate revocable fur misconduct, concealment, and other fraud, and giving a direct power of punishing by imprisonment. Then tho Debtor and Creditor Arrangement Act is ex tended to trader. And, lastly, the Scotch law is intro. duccd (most salutary in its provisions), of distributing • deceased debtor's estate, without driving the creditor to file a creditor's bill in hancery. The Bill, his Lordship said, contained six• sections t but the digest was (us we see by the print) in 1 2 chapters, 32 sections, and 370 articles. I may have omitt e d o ne or t wo h ea d s; I am sure the above are the most material. I ani, Sir, your obedient servant, AN OFFICER OF THE COURT Of BANKRUPTCY'. Court of Bankruptcy, Friday, Feb. 16, 1849. According to Mr. Macgregor, ALP. , the total ex penditure on account of Ireland, during the hit thi rty years, has exceeded the total revenue collected thereby from two to four millions Per annum, whilst thr ee . fourths of the taxes levied in Scotland have been rad illi9 this l o rapariel exchequer. red 170; Per rid .0. IV. 14 ...." of a, r fi 110