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._ ______ _ .1 - "7, 1 'w.• - ' . • ,/ I. 1 - 2 . , 1 17:-/ - eq . ' • _ 131' COMMAND or THE POSTMASTER-OENDRAL. NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC. rt. o , ))f i f . - k .. , , j , GENERAL POST-OFFICE, FEBRUARY, 1849. t ~, Vi[.: f i', ", „si" er4-1, ,:, rixt • 4 tit.. .,,, ,. A , , ..,. 1 - ~Ippr7l- : 7 1 0 , , kis i 4# I"'',Z, ' 4 . 45016 ,„::: ‘-' ,. b ,„ .- 4 ,,,,.-.-.,,:, 5."` 4 , ' s, Persons having occasion to forward Money by the Post are ~ I I. strongly recommended to transmit it through the medium of the s , ° i \ o FT - 'o - ,o°' .: "`ti „- 7 1 e 1 :-...L t* , ' '4.4lk - i i,,, '-' Z Lillmor Money -order Office; and they are also advise NOT to transmit * 4 ,1 ..,. - ' ~..:1 Coin in Letters under any circumstances. ' • - 1 4 , Money Orders may be obtained for any sum Rot exceePng 57. at tt 1....,' 4. ' VP , ;‘, ,4— .7- , .,„ • - ~- - 1v . .. - J" . , ' , 7: „.. -.N._ , owl •i _ , • ~ii,,tA .... :„I t 1 ry..... , the following charges, viz.:- :44. w `l . / „MK 1 1 ,' 1, f.,i, ' - -i ,',, 70 , A-p 14" ' ,11 CL' ' - ----‘- e \‘,. 41' -- V . . - \ + 4 ~ , •.(gr' ,, .....-3.: .., "ts " --traly..L. rig 't -...- • -.,; --Lz~ ..- ~---- 0 0- <4% _ ~ ' ~ Not exceeding £2 ...... 3d. £5 ...... Gd. Those persons who desire „ to remit Money in Letters, by Bank• notes or Drafts, payable to bearer, or any articles of value, are cau. tinned to Register all such Letters. No, 17,591.3 LONDON, SATURDAY EV E G , 7 FEBRUARY 10, 1849, scanmaaworimswernazr [PRICE SD. Vatrbr Mbition GUILDHALL, FEBIWABX 1, 1849. THE COMMITTEE for LETTING the CIT Y'S _ LANDS will MEET at GUILDHALL o n WEDNESDAY, the 14 th day of February instant, at One o'cloc k p recisel y , to receive TENDERS for LETTING on LEASE, for twenty-one years from 140 Y-day next, a House, No. 14, on the north side of Broad-street tuildings ; a House, No. 28, on the south side of Broad-street-build inga ; a House, No. 38. on the south side of Upper Thames-street. •X .Also, to receive TENDERS for L ETTING on LEASE, for 18 years (less three days), from Lady-day next, a House, ISo. 22, oa th e eas t s ide e Finsbury-street; and a House , N o. 15, Ar tillery-place, on the west side of the City-road. Further particulars may be obtained, and plans seen, by applying at the Office of Works, Guildhall. THOMAS SAUNDERS, Comptroller. METIWPOLITAN COUNTIES AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 27, REGENT-STREET, WATERLOO -PLACE, LONDON. INCORPORATED PURSUANT TO ACT OF PARLIAMENT. TRUSTEES. S Pencer 11. Walpole, Esq., M.P. I R E i d e i h y a ar rcl d y Sp a o n o s n it e t r a , r E t N sq e ., ra l u f ;E P. sq. henry Peter Fuller, Esq. DIRECTORS. Samuel Driver, Henry Peter Fuller, Esq., t l e ' h i c a c l a n d 13 I y. United Service Club, and Capt. P I LIk n. G G rI . III F n . , Esq., noth ato,nurn_ RN., United Cheapsid e . Brighton. s I -wood- ani par ' k K . ent. Edward Lomax, Edward Legh, Esq., ~setgth J i m o h e n ' dl t Neale, Esq., South ey-s reet. E. Vansittart u Samuel Miller, Esq. , Lincoln's-inn. 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 braces : Assurances upon single or joint lives, contingent surgivo: - hip, 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 reoresentatives 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 new 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., iA one single payment, for the whole period of life. EXAMPLE.-1 person may by one single payment of 5/. assure to kis family or others the stun of 1,0001., to be paid in the event of his losing his life by railway travelling in Great B:iitin or Ireland. F . FERGUSON CAMEO UX, Manager. GUARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSUR ANCE XL 11, COMPANY. LOMEARD-STILEET, at the Entrance sof the Old Post office, London. DIRECTORS. DJ..T91 , 7, Esq., Chairman. J 011 1 ,7 -MiI I tTIN; tub, M.P., Deputy-Chairman. rienry Hulse Berens, Esq. Lewis Loyd, jun., Esq. Francis Hart Dyke, Esq. George Lyall, Esq. Sir Walter It. Farquhar, Bart. Stewart Marjoribanks, Esq. Thomson Hankey,jun., Esj. Rowland Mitchell, Esq. James Morris, Esq. John 1 John o g Johnstone,.Hubbard, 'E E s s q q . . Henry Norman, Esq. Henry It. Reynolds, jun., Esq. John Labouchere, Esq. John Thornton, Esq. Loch, Esq. James Tulloch, Esq. TORS. ever A. W. Roberts, Esq. I Samuel Joßes Loyd, Esq. Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq. ACTUARY—Griffith Davies, Esq., F.R.S. in the LIFE DEPARTMENT, Assurances may be effected at io_ Rates without p ar ti c ip a tio n i n the Profits ; or at moderate Rates With P a rticipation in one moiety of the Profits every seven years. At : ea chif the th ree Septennial Divisiens wh i ch t hi s C om p an y has made, he Bonuses amounted to about 1 per cent. per annum on the sum assured, or about 27 per cent. on the amount of premium received ; sad the whole amount of Reversionary Bonus allotted by the Com pany ex ceeded 530,000/. A- N.S granted on Life Policies to the extent of their values, pro atZtenoh Policies sh a ll ha ve b een effected a sufficient time to have attained in each case a va l ue no t un d er 50/. In the F IREDEPARTMENT, a Return of profit was declared in the 7th of J une, upon the prem i ums rece i ve d o n all P o li c i es Which in force seven years at Christmas 1847, and the'same bet: e ° ,l rse of payment daily (Friday and Saturday excepted), en the hours of ten and three o'clock, at the Head Office; and "*". by the Agents in the Country Districts. GEORGE KEYS, Secretary. ROITWICH PATENT SALT COMPANY. `. The Proprietors of the Company are hereby informed that the icini-Yearly General Meeting of the Shareholders will be held at the rebruar" nead Tavern, 25, Poultry, London, on TUESDAY, tie 27th Y, at Two o'clock precisely. By order of the Directors, • W. CLAT. CLARK'S _ ROYAL WAX CANDLES.- lions J.CI PUFF,—(Only 1I 1 , d. per 113.)—Luxuriant Light; mil ..lu,c Will admire. The chief of Candles, a Royal title bears—A h . er Y name—Transparent as Wax.—They snuff themselves.—A re care as alabaster—Glossy as glass, and cheap as common Tallow a,Tlles is their true character. T he Patine will know the Candles, for every 41b. packet bears a E2yl Label "CLARK'S ROYAL WAX CANDLES, 447, WEST 131!1AD." All not bearing this Label are base deceptions. , Other Candles and Soap are reduced is price, and may they long continue so Metropolitan l e l w il The Eight N Lights can be seen at fie Establishment of the PaaY, 447, IV e3t Strand, next door to the Company. I UB LIC NOTICE. WAR AGAINST " RIGHT. —The Diamond Lamp is perfect—Buy no other.— The so-called Car ce l L amps are leaky and worthless. All who have bought them, k now 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 Camel Laams. The Metropolitan Light Company, to end these impositions, give this notice, so that by all demanding the Diamond Lamp, the de e'bePtive Carol Lamp can no more h e sold.—The Diamond Lam IkPrBll.p Label, on whi c h i s i nscr ib ed " CLARK'S PATENT DIA-. „"ND OIL LIGHT," so all can know the Lamp. 4. Ditunond with Eight New Lihts are alw : 'ng at the Establishment of the Metropolitan Light Companyay.s burn RICHARD CLARK, Resident Manager, 447, West Strand, neat door to the Elect le Telegraph Company. N consequence of the great rush of Visitors to see N ,,TIANVARD'S GRAND MOVING PAINTING of the MIS -I.,"''IPPI and MISSOURI RIVERS , at the EGYPTIAN HALL , P i ccadilly, the Proprietor respectfully announces Two Exhibitions every day during the ht.lioays. This immense Painting is the ergest in the tVorld, and exh:bits more than 3,000 miles of Ameri can scenery.—The Day exhibition will commence every Afterno3n, I !t Half-past Two, and the Evening at Half-past Seven o'clock; ' o ols open half ui hour before commencing. Admission, lower atats, 2s. ; gallery, Is. THE TEETH and GENERAL HEALTH. It may be fairly s.iid, the state of the teeth depends greatly 41), '1t the state of the bodily health, and the state of the bodily health IPends greatly upon the state of the teeth. The homeopathic prin ne'Ple of infinitesimal does in all cases of weakness and nery ,usness is most • d ° ,, t cl e T i bt the right one, as nature is not then overpowered, but as- The United Dentists' Tooth Powder carrie3 this out to its ut extent telt), s t „,, ,as some ot ie i.' tl nest strengtheninl art:eles in the Ma absorbAre4 are contained in it, and a smal portion being gradually ant e ‘'''` "ell day, not only strengthens the gums, but the whole Eloyi nl• It likewise thoroughly c'eanses the teeth, gradually re mit n g t tartar, purifies the breath, thereby preventing infection, e °rre s acidity in b o th mou th an d s t omac h. cress, ROSS and SONS, 119 and 120, Bishopsgate-street, London. -....___ TIC DOLOREAUX CURABLE. TOOT HCHE. ba l d ntta n t aneous relief from Uwe A excruciating complaints may be TIC ijoL o st iizu J l tMES'S Celebrated ASTILIAN TINCTURE for TOOTHACHE, PAINS in the PACE, GUMS, &c. [IMPORTANT TESTIMONIALS.] " Liverpool, Dec. 13, 1843. " T 6 Messrs. Carson and Co, Yoglt i 8 , With much pleasure I communicate the great efficacy of Astilian Tincture' for the Tic Doloreux and Toothache, it Alic a n t f cu red my 'wife of the former in a few minute , after the ap reher:?ll. "11 Your She suffered dreadfully for some time, and could get no tincture was applied. (Signed) 14, na ttbone-street, Toxteth-paric." ' THOMAS GUT. " Liverpool, Dec. 14 , 1848. ! T o Messrs. Ca rson an d C o. , d erfu 'i Is with feelings of gratitude that I inform you of the won- Tin etu cure effected by the th.e of Jalres's Celebrated Astilian „, re' for the Tic Doloreux and Toothache, prepared by you. thre'elY wife had been suffering the most excruciating agony for WeuldW,eeks, night and day; she tried everything that we thought to t of any service, but all in vain ; she was then recommended eppli e try Your Tincture, which she did, and in four minutes after the ation she was quite cured. r (Signed) Ol iver -street, Windsor." " WILLIAM REID. " Liverpool, Dec. 23, 1848. " G entle fou nd Men,...After six months' experience in its sale I have th Your Astillan Tincture' to be all but uniformly successful e eUre of Tic Doloreux and Toothache ; indeed only one case of sUere de I know of in that Vine. Although generally averse to thin gs, yet you may, if you choose, make public use of this -44 . 1,1 Yours, faithfully, " THOMAS LOWE, ~, "Dispensing Chemist, 38, Islington, and 40, N or t on -street. l' '.S.—You may send me another three dozen of the smaller size. "To Messrs. Carson and Co." R''' r ePared by Carson and Co., St. Anne-street, Liverpool, sole pro tors, from whom it may be had, or thr oug h any of the Wholesale uses in London, Birmingham, York, Edinburgh, &c., and retail aroßl any respectable Medicine Vender throughout the Kingdom. In Bottles, at 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., and 118. each. REMOVED TO 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE. DR. LA'MERT ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY.—Ii'ITH 40 COLOURED ENGRAVINGS ON STEEL. aUst published, and may be had in French or English, in a Sealed amvelope, 2s. 6d„ or post-free, from the Author, for forty-two S Stamps, tttLLF-PRESERVATION ; a Medical Tr eatise two on the Physiology of Marriage, Infelicitous and Unpro d uctive M athe and the Secret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and enervate th e 3r i usually acquired at an early . peri h od aa o d f l e i re e irYeleal and mental powers, diminish Manhood Practical Oboe fie ' and exhaust the vital energies of fifd'e;ewb,lvnieitethhnenatur.al Wheth e ati ons on the Treatment of NervoulDideyb,ileiiry the influence l l a n fi dig e e n s e t e lon et , tr°Pl -r arlatng trom these causes, close study, 12 Syphilis, ttrieettiralec:llnates; Local and Constitu e retle a and all Diseases and Derangements , Al4 ttota . W ith Forty coloured Engravings, c:_ i n i `n t I I e a li t t ' li t t h e Y i r s I o e l t o r a g y e , t u j a n e d e , i uses,se a s c and o fii n _ t e-unrge'sne resulting e r , a i nlua illustrating rN h a' eo e t mi various nesgr mng :l thels '`oetlea. ' are Produced in them by solitary II Y SAMUEL LA'MERT, D habits,_ excesses, and le • tor ee 37 1,21x D FORD-S QUARE , urgh, Lle eatt .• Matriculated , b l't -eine Member of t Ml' ho O• U N" n D ive O rs N it ' y of &lin er - - . ‘ , Ol the L00d,,,,,..' of Apothecaries Hall, London, Honorary Merob A.,waarria w , ~" -Liespital Medical Society, &c. , Eat it may mires the fllifilment of several conditionS. I 'M which' eall the cause of mutual happiness. Cam t, A ..,_ cove fi e the origin of domestic wretchedness, in order be raised, It " -a° l 'ollrce in every instance disclosed, in how max could ki ntli ktn t° WlYisieal di e qualifications and their attendantyclisap attedeeline!roteod. eElrattees oi rs are - always injarious ; the gift, which when is fraught with advantage, becomes, injury to the' ~rte Prolific source of mischief and of greater or less laj the riai'mstitutional and vital powers. The particular excesses, on ed ur „ B , 4 44 , d consequence of which this Treatise professes to dilate, . " t rt t ti - " 4v ° of greater severity of misery to the human tram!, t ~,,,,_ i other to which it is subject. , 1 Ar l Z o 3 wvork contains an accurate and complete account of the 14 ,, eir na r,',„„ i ntd Plays! 1 of the Reproductive Organs,of tri. n ... air e . ra -... o ti r v e o conditinons in health and disease. It deservedly ue o t " more closest attention and study, for what subject can b t , , Of tii ,, naPo rtance than the preservation of the health Doss ' physical capabilities of which every man should i ll , e ttin e e t e :_ e d• .It unfortunately happens that the unhappy ~i';early Liteessive indulgence and vicious habits, whether acquired '''', th i, ,°_, or from the follies of advanced age, while su erfog f,''''' , ' ' :," l " 7 aricfsf•-• , ...,,ur.vriZely enfertnin, a le' , ..r of ap 4''''Ditatf; T ialifie dr4iici l l e n for s rzlief. Shane and the dre.7-1 so ' °l : 4l tl,' unt er.reneousiv entertained that these cornp . laliitsr e for 4sista,%:ae,,,..biif art, alike restrict, him and prevent his eo eking, forg et , be procured. In acting thus, he di, ettse that 4 `, e ' ura e te al oi one it canioatien ill ascertaining the causes of b ., 114 b1Y c'l3T4,l),_4thY with the ser sufferer, and, above all, .secreey, inva n-cdical ? 1 ,'„„ "crtse the intelligent and practical physician, and to the ' 4 alifleati,, - :t Who can show by his posse .lion of the requisite legal sionai pursingsat he is entitled to esteem and respect in his profcs -14.1114„1, the utmost confidence should be extended. Dr. , erti t:) „ a`-,,,uas obtained the highest medical honours, as his diplomas t4solute- and as great extent of his practice for many years is a te --` 'us Professional experience which has reference almost Pebli ho treatment of these diseases' 151, Pat: ila ) V the Author, and may be had of Kent and Richards, atNt, rnoster-rew • Hannay 63, Oxfordeet• Starts Tiehborne- Leztcle ia Yniarke ,. . m ~ ' 115 ' st- ' eet • derdon, 146, fte 44 Qtreet - ' an ' ell ' ' I leet. ." ra .h e A , , London ; or, free by st for 1 orty-tm e titamim, who may be consulted on o these disorders person illy Sr by artier-,Ltlior, tesiae,„. d allY,trorn Ten till Two and from Five till Eight, at I IA -Tye, 3; Bedtord-square Leaden. /0MM•71.... 5. ---.--.. ' ;k 1.,,....4 , , 1 I N. 1 ......,:_:„ In the Press, THOUGHTS on the SUBJECT of RAIL WAY COMM UNICATION from the ATLANTIC and PACIFIC. ENGLAND'S This day, oct G avo, NAVIATION-LAWS no PROTECTION to BRITISH SHIPPING. By JOHN ItEYANS. London : John W. Parker, West Strand. yo RK NEWCASTLE, and BERWICK RAILWAY. The Half-yearly General Meeting of Shareholders of the York, Newcastle, and Berwick Railway Company, will be held in the De Grey Rooms, in the city of YOTS, on TUESDAY, the 20th day of February, 1849, at half-past Twelve o'clock in the Afternoon. At this meeting the terms of eel isin agreements for Leasing the Newcastle-upon-Ty ze and Carlisle Railway, and ,he Maryport and Carlisle Railway, to the York, Newcastle, and Berwick Railway Company, will be submittnd to the Proprietors ;or their approval. At this meeting It will also be proposed to convert or consolidate all the sl - a, es now existing in the capital of the Company, and in respect whereof the whole money subscribed has been paid up into a general. capital stock, to be divided amongst the shareholders according to , their respective interests therein. Immediately after the business of the Company at such Half-yearly Meeting is over, a Special General Meeting of the said Company will be held at the same place, for the purpose of submitting to the Pro prietors, for their consideration and approval, the drafts of the follow ing Bills, intended to be applied for in the Session of Parliament in 1849, viz. : " A Bill for enabling the York. Newcastle, and Berwick Railway Company to mike certain Branc'ies in the counties , of Northumber land and Newcasoe-upon-Tyre, red :or o"lfer parpo:cs." "A Bill. for enabling the Newcastl2-upon-Tyne and Carlisle Rail way Company to Lease Coen: Railway and Wor's to, and to amalga mate with the York, Newcostle, and Be - wic't way Company." " A Bill for enabling the Maryport vrd Carlis'e Railway Company to Lease their Railway and Works to the York, :Newcastle, and Ber wick Railway Company." GEORGE HUDSON, Chairman. - ROBERT DAYIES, Deputy-Chairman. The Books kept by this Company ,or the Registration of Transfers of Stock and Shares N% .11 he Closed from WEDNESDAY, the 7th, to TUESDAY, the 20th day of February nest, both days inclusive. JOHN CLOSE, Secretary. York, January 25, 1849. YORK and NORTH MIDLAND RAILWAY. The Half-yearly General Meeting of Shareholders of the York and North Midland Railway Company will be held the De Grey Rooms, in the city of York, on TUESDAY, the 20th (1. - .. y of February, 1849, at Twelve o'clock at Noon. At this meeting it will be proposed to convert or consoldiatc all the shares now existing in the capital of the Company, and in respect whcreof the whole money subscribed has been paid up into a general capital stock, to be divided amongst the shareholders according to their respective interests therein. Immediately after :he business of the Company at such half-yearly meetino: is over, a Special General \1 eeting of the said Company will be held at the same place, for the purpose of submitting to the pro prietors, for their consideration and approval, the draft of the follow ing Bill, intended to be applied for in the Session of Parliament in 1849, viz.:— , . " A Bill for enabliner the York and North Midland Railway Corn• pany to d- viate their Railways between Market Welghton and Be• verley, and Copmanthorpe and Todeaster, rol in the county of York, and for other purposes." GEORGE HUDSON, Chairman of the Directors of Vie said Company. The Books kept by this Company for the Registration of Transfers of Stock and Shares will be Clo,ed iTOM WEDNESDAY, the 7th, to TUESDAY, the 20th day of February next, both days inclusive. By order, IVINI. GRAY, jun., Secretary. York, January 25, 1849. NORTH WALES RAILWAY. At a numerous Meeting, convened by public advertisement, issued by the Proprietary representing more than half the capi tal of the Company, and he'd the GIP/Iliad Coffee-house, Friday, the 9th day of February instant, the foPowinl resolutions were car ried almost unanimously, there being oily two dissentients, holding together 35 shares. J. D. LOWDEN, Esq., in the Chair. FIRST RESOLUTION. It having been found in exp:Oient to persevere in the construction of the North Wales Railway, anl it having been Elesirable to invest the property of the Company to the best advantr 're consistent with its safety until the of airs of the Company could be w•und up, and the Shareholders having by their oles authorised the Directors to realise a higher rate of interest than couicl be obtained by its former investment, hereby expr- s themselves satisfl - 1 with the conduct of the Chairman and Directors, and have every rel'ance and confidence in their prudence and integrity, and likewise in the security of the funds. SECOND RESOLUTION. That the Shareholders have seen with regret the course pursued by Lord Monteagle in summoning their Chairman, Mr. Chadwick, be fore the House of Peers to force upon Ihn an invidious disclosure of the accounts of the Company pending a judicial inquiry in the Court of Chancery, as tending to depreciate the value of their shares, to produce and prolong litigation. and as being otherwise injurious to the interests of the Proprietary. TIIII:D RESOLUTION. That a Committee he chosen from this Meeting to draw up and present a petition to the house of Lords, expressive of the feelings of this meeting, and that they consist of the following gentlemen : The Chairman of the Meeting, J. D. LOWDEN, Esq. J. CRAWFORD, Esq. W3l. HENDERSON, Esq. EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. • TWENTY-FIFTII C ENERAL MEETING. Notice is hereby given, that in pursuance of he Act of Incorpora tion,, the, Half-yearly General Meeting of tbe • Rareholders of the Company will be held at the London Tavern. ,Hishopsgate-street, London, on - WEDNESDAY. the 2sth day of Felfreitty, 1849, at One o'clock precisely, tar the purpose of receiving a Report .rom rectors of the progress of he undertaking, and for the transaction of other business. The Transfer Books of the Company will be closed on'Saturday, the Fith February, and 1.01 not ba o,:ened until Thursday, the Ist of March. GEORGE HUDSON, Chairmai DAVID WADDINGTC.N, Deputy Chairman. By order, _ C. P. RONEY, Secretary. Bishopsgato Statism, February S, 149. fE W DT A R K E T RAILWAY COMPANY. Notice is hereby given, that the Febi aary Half-yearly Ge nrral Meeting of the Proprietors of the Newmarket Railway Com pany will be held at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, London, on WEDNESDAY, the 23th day of February instant, at One o'clock precisely; and that the Books in which Transfers of Shares of this Company are registere 1 will be CLOSED from Saturday, the lith to Wednesday, the 2qh, laoth days inclusive. GEORGE MANNERS, Chairman. JOHN GRIFFITHS' FRITH, Deputy-Chairman. GEORGE WILLIAIII BROWN, Secretary. 117, Cheapside, Feb. 10, 1819. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.. Notice is hereby given, that the next HALF•YEARLY GE NERAL MEETING of the Proprietors of this Company will he held, in London, pursuant to the Act of Parliament, at the Paddington Station, on THURSDAY, the 15th of February next, at Twelve for One o'clock precisely, for the Election of Three Directors. in the place of the same number who will retire by rotation, and for other purposes of business. The Chair to be taken at One o'clock precisely. CHARLES RUSSELL, chairman. BARRINGTON, Deputy-Chairman. The Directors retiring are re-eligible under the provisi•ns of the Act. The Transfer-books will he CLOSED on and from MONDAY, the sth of February, and will not be RE-OPENED until after the said-Half yearly General Meeting on the 15th of February, and the Dividend for the Dalf-year ending the 31st December last, will be paid to the Proprietors who may be registered on the Company's books when closed. By order, CHAS. A. SATJNDERS, Secretary. 11th January, 1849. IVEIDL AND RAILWAY. TENDERS FOR SLEEPERS. The Directors of the Midland Railway Company are prepared to receive Tenders for the supply of 40,000 SLEEPERS. Specificat;ons may be seen, and particulars obtained at the Office of the Company's Engineer, at Derby. Tenders enclosed in sealed covers, marked " Tender for Sleepers," and addressed to the Secretary, are to be delivered at the Company's Office, Derby, on or before the 20th day of Feb t nary. By order, Derby, Feb. 5, 1849. J. F. BELL, Secretary. A R P. I A G E. i.V Ono half the world are desolately single, and the other supposing them married, questionably contented. Diffidence, or a sense el right determine the former, and miscalculated hopes em bitter the latter. The solitary one may shield himself under the plea of caution and worldly prudence, and the indissoluble, regret un emprosiag hurry; but the truth lies deeper. Physical incapacity, and broken health, are the great hindrances to domestic happiness and social content. The dowry should not be the only marriage set tlement. Ilonoar and justice demand that health sheuldform an item In the compact ; it alone dignifies the alliance. Blighted hopes or neglect wound more sorely than poverty or misfortune. Reader, if these surmises concern you, procure Dr. CULYERWELL'S little UEMOIRS "On Single and Married Life, " pub. In 2 vols., ls. each (by soot, in stamps, Is. 6d. each). Let no imaginatively refined, or prudish feeling deter you, by their titles, nor be hindered DY Mi sinterpretation of their supposed contents, from obtaining them They are not intended certainly for mere idle curiosity, but for the closet perusal of those more deeply interested, to whom they are offered as antagonistic to the empyrical trash put forth on the above subjects, by unqualified authors, which alone or together, are a disgrace to the age. Furthermore, two other ottle publications claim your attention (same price Is. each, by Post Is. 6d.) called " What to Eat, Drink, and Avoid," and "'low to be Happy." They are not merely pamphlets, but equal in quantity a library volume, nor are they the mere ephemeral scrffiblings of the hour, but the study of the author's life, who owes his present existence, health, and position to this ob servance of the maxims he would inculcate—to do unto others as he would be done unto—to live after nature's laws—and to keep always on the " sunny side of the way." The above works may be had of Sherwood, 23, Paterncster-row ; Carvalho, 147, Fleet•street • Mann, 39, Cornhill ; Nelson, 457, W est Strand; or direct (by pest or other wise) from the author ( w h o may be conferred with personally, mornings and evenings), 10. Argyll-plaee Regent..street; and an Booksellers. Illustrated by 26 Anatomical Coloured Engravings on Steel. ON PHYSICAL DISQUALICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCAPA CITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. New Edition, enlarged to 196 pages. Just published, price 2s. 6d., or by post, direct from the Establishment, 31. 6d. I n postage stamps, THE SILENT FRIEND, a Medic a l Work on the infirmities and decay of the generative system, from ex cessive indulgence, infection, and the inordinate use of mercury, with remarks on Marriage, and the means of obviating certain dis qualiacations. Illustrated by 21', Coloured Engravings. By It. and L. PERRY and CO., Consulting Surgeons, 19, Berners-street, Ox fore-street, London. Published by the Authors : sold by Strange, Afitternost(4-row ; Hannay, 63, and Sanger, 159, Oxford-street; Starle, 23, Titehbome-street, Haymarket; and Gordon, 146, Leaden hall-strect. PART 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 resultlng front excessiNc indul gence, and their lamentable effects on the - system, producing mental and bodily weakness, nervous excitemeat, and generativelueapacity. Illustrated by Three Explanatory Engrar logs. 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The Concentrated Detersive Essence, au anti-syphilitic remedy, for purifying the blood In cases of infection, secondary symp toms, eruptions, and the abuse of mercury, I Is. and 333. per bottle. ferry's Purifying Specific Pills, 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., and I Is, p e r b ox , a certain remedy for go norr h oea, 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. Packets, with advie,„ to be had at the Establishment only, by which the fee, 11., is caved. Messrs. Perry, Surgeons, are in atten dance Beraers-street, Oxfbrd-street, London, irons Ele vtal dally at 19, an Five to Eight on Sundays from Eleven to One. i THE COUNTRY MARKETS WAKEFIELD, FEB. 9.—The arrival of wheat is large, good of barley, and moderate of other articles. We have a fair de mand for wheat at is per quarter below the rates of this day week. Barley is rather cheaper, and only a slow sale for ordi nary samples. Oats and shelling, as well as beans, fully main. tain last week's currency. New. Old. s. WHEAT, per qr. 8 bushels 601 b s. 8. , Suffolk. Essex, a , d Kuit, red ... 47 to 50 Ditto, white ... ••• ... 49 —53 Norfolk and Hunts, red ... ... -14 —47 Ditto, white ... 47 50 Lincolnshire and Cambridge, red ... 43 46 Ditto, w hit e , ... ... 47 51 Yorkshire, red . ......... 44 -46 '— Ditto, white •.. ... 47 —5O Dantzic and lionigsburg;white .. 48 52 48 Lowerßaltic and Hamburgh, red... 44 —46 43 —46 Mediterranean, red ... •.• ••• —— 36 —l6 BARLEY, per quarter of 8 bushels:— Norfolk and Suffolk... ... 28 30 Lincolnshire and Yorkshire .. 27 30 Scotch ••• ••• ••• 000 29 31 Grirding per 80 stone ... 25 —2B Foreign ... 23 —25 BEANS, per quarter of 8 bushels 631 b : Small, fine ... ... 29 —3l 32 Ticks ... 27 29 31 Foreign ... 26 —2B 28 OATS, per stone : healing • ••• 9d to 10d —d to Feeding 8d to 10d —d to Foreign ... ... 8d to 9d —d to SHELLING, per 1021 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 to - 34 - 33 - 30 ... 36 - 40 ... 30 - 32 FALS. ABAI Qrs. Wheat ... 18,640 Barley ... ... 5,196 Oats ... 684 Beans... ... 1,053 324 Rapeseed ... Shelling ... ... ... Linseed .. ... .. Malt ••• ••• • • ... Flour ... ... ... Tares ... ... ... ... Qrs. 69 570 LIVERPOOL, FEB. 9.—The business at our Corn Exchange this morning was very unsatisfactory to holders. Wheat was 2d per bushel and Flour 6d per barrel lower than Tuesday, and not much of either article could be sold. Oats and oatmeal stand at Tuesday's quotations with a limited demand. Barley, beans, and peas were all difficult to move. The best samples of yellow Indian corn were 6d per quarter cheaper, but white and mixed corn were not lower than on Tuesday, and there was a moderately fair demand for Ireland ; 32s per 4801bs was an extreme value of an American yellow corn. NEWBURY, FEB. B.—The quantity of wheat in offer to day is extremely small, for which there is a good demand, and prices generally advanced is to 2s per quarter from the rates of last week, a good clearance being effected. Barley, mode rate supply ; only a very small portion of fine malting quality, which commanded a ready sale at an improvement of Is. per quarter ; other sorts sold freely at late rates. Beans and peas short supply, and is per quarter higher. Oats in good re quest, and must be noted 6d to is per quarter higher than last week. CHELTENHAM, FEB. B.—Wheat, old, was 52s to 545; ditto, new, 48s to 525. Barley, malting, 28s to 32s ; ditto, grinding, 243 to 28s. Oats, old, 26s 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 average of last week for wheat, was 49s ; barley, 30s ; and oats, 22s per qr. SCARBOROUGH, FEB. B.—Corn—wheat, 5s 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 10d, and old ditto, led to lld per stone. Superfine flour, 38s to 40s, and seconds litto, 33s to 34s per sack of 20 stones. Provisions— Bacon pigs sold at 53 9d to 6s, and pork ditto from Gs to 6s 3cl per stone ; beef, 6d to 7d ; mutton, 6d to 7d ; veal, 6d to 7d ; bacon, 6d to 8d ; hams, 9d to 10d ; pork, 6d to 7d ; lard, 6d to 7d; and butter, 13d to 14d 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 5s each. Eggs, 20 to 22 for is ; onions, 8d to 12d, apples, 16d to 24d, and potatoes, 10d to 12d per peck. _ . • WETHERBY, FEB. B.—The following are the prices of corn in our market this day::— White wheat 205 to 21s 6d ; ditto red 17s to 20s ; beans 12s to 17s; barley 30s to 33s per quarter ; oats, 9d to lld per stone. RIPON, FEB. B.—White wheat, 6s to 6s 9d; red ditto, 5s 63 to 6s 3d ; beans, 4s 3d to 4s 6d per bushel ; barley, 29s to 325; oats, 14s to 22s per quarter. YARMOUTH, FEB. 7.—White wheat, 50s to 525; red ditto, 44s to 47s ; barley, 27s to 31s; oats, 18s to 235; beans, 32s to 33s ; peas, 345. BUNGAY, FEB. B.—White wheat, 48s to 50s; red ditto, 463 to 48s; barley, 26s to 325; beans, 28s to 30s ; peas, 29s to 31s. Averages for the week ending Feb. 8 :—wheat, 308 qrs., 21 4s ; barley, 764 qrs, 11 Os 2d ; beans, 53 qrs, 1/ lOs BaisTor„ FEB. B.—Wheat:—English, new, 42s to 48s per imperial quarter; Foreign, wbite,•bOs to 545; ditto, red, fine qualities, 45s to 50s; ditto, ordinary qualities, 45s to 475; ditto, Farcl„:4ls to 44s per 480Ibs. Barley :—English, malting, 32s to - ba per imperial quarter ; ditto, and foreign grinding, 24, to 28s per 400 lbs. Oats :—Devon and Welsh, I&,‘ _64_ to 175 per imperial quarter ; Irish, white, les to 19s . per 3201b5; Irish, black, Iss 6d to 16s 6d per imperial quarter ; foreign, none. Beans :—English, 35s to 40s per imperial quarter , ditto, foreign, 21s to 34s per 4801 b. Flour:—English, se conds, 36s to 38s per sack ; American, &c., sweet, 27s 6d to 28s per barrel. Mon), FEB. 7.—Wheat, 16s to I7s ; barley, lOs to 1036 d ; oats, 5s 6d to Gs per hobbet ; potatoes, 1 lb for 1d ; mutton, 6d; butter, Is Id per lb. INVERNESS, FEB. 6.—New wheat, per qr, weighing 621 b per bushel, 40s to 455; barley, 541 b per bushel, 235; Oats, 541 b per bushel, 18s to 19s. Oatmeal, per imperial boll, 16s; second, 15s; barleymeal, 1 Is 8d; peasemeal, 14s to 155; bran, per stone, 6d to 8d; first flour, per 2801 b, 405 to 4 . 25; 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; Teal, 4d to 6d ; mutton, 44 to 7d ; pork, 4d to 7d ; fowls, each, 12d to 15d ; chickens, per pair, 12d to 16(1; eggs, lan dozen, 6d to 7d; butter, fresh, per Ib, 9d ; salt, Ild to 12d ; croudie (curds) lid ; four•pound loaf, cash, 6d to 7d, credit, bid to 7d; coals, per cwt, 9d ; hay, per stone, 6d. MINING INTELLIGENCII COPPER ORES SOLD AT REDRUTH, FEB. B.—Total, 2,145 tons. Average produce, 9 ; quantity of fine copper, 192 tons 19 cwts ; amount of sale, 11,819/ is Od; average standard, 911 16s Od. LAST SALE.—Standard, 951163 Od; produce, 7i. COPPER ORES FOR SALE AT REDRUTH, FEB. 22.—Wh. Josiah, Wh. Fanny, Wh. 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—Phcenix Mines, 22—Tamar Slag, 21—Pol gooth, 9—Total, 2,9fJ. COAL MARKE' ‘...-.YESTERDAT. Bate's West Hartley... 14s Gd Wharncliffe Buddle's W. Hartley.. 14s 9d Eden Main Carr's Hartley Hartlepool W. Hartley 14s 9d Braddyll's Hetton lss 6.1 Holywell Main ... ..... 15s Od Lyons l4s 6d New Tanfield l3s Gd Hetton .. 155 9d North Percy Hartley l4s 6d Haswell l6s Od South Pontop .. ...... 12s Od Lambton South Peareth Tanfield Moor .... ranfield Moor Butes... 12s Od.Stewart's Walker's Primrose ... 12s Od Caradoc ..... .. .... Wylam West Hartley Wall's End, &c. I Trimdon ... 135 9d Bewicke and Co. Iledworth l2s Od Denison l4s 3d Hotspur ..... 13s 6d South Durham l4s 3d Hedley Killingworth l3s 6d Howard's W. 11. Neth. 153 Od Percy Bensham l 3a 6dl Ships at market, 206. PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com puted from the returns made in the week ending February 6, 1849, is 245. 10d. per cwt. RAILWAY 6HARE MARKETS. - BRISTOL, FEB. 9. STOCK ExcuArmt .--The market continues to improve, and better prices are obtained for most descriptions of shares. Great Western, Quarter Shares, were done at IA dis.—York, Newcastle, and Ber wick, No. 2,2% p. LIVERPOOL, FEB. 9. STOCK EXCHANGE. —The sales are—Bolton, Blackburn, Clitheroe, and West York s hi re, 51,4—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire, 311. Shares, 91. Bs. 9d. dis.—Eastern Counties, 1131, —Great Northern (11 Sharer), 6 per cent., 134 dis.—Lancashire and Yorkshire (late Manchester and Leeds), 10 dis.—Ditto, Fifths, 21. Is. 3d. tbs.— Ditto, 101. Preference, 6 per cent., 1 7 ,4, p.—Ditto, Halves (late Hull and Sheffield), 9% dts.—Ditto, Halves (late Liverpool and Bury), 8% dis.—Ditto, Fifths (late West Riding Union), 3% dis.—London and North-Western, 139—Ditto, Fifths, 79 p.—Ditto, New Quarters, p.--Ditto, Quarters (C), 3/. 18s. 9d. p.--Ditto, Thirds, 9% — Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Eighths, OA—Ditto, 10/, Preference, 111. Bs. 9d.—Ditto, 201. Shares, 1014 dis.—Midland Stock, 94%—Ditto, New Half Shares, 4% dis.—North Staffordshire, 21. 13s. Pd. dis.—Shrewsbury and Chester, 101. Preference, guaran teed 8 per cent., 14%;, c.—South- Eastern and Dover, No. 1, 8 dis.— Ditto, No. 4, Thirds, 714—York, Newcastle, and Berwick (Exten sion, No. 1), 2 1 ,4 c. , p.—Ditto (N. and B. Extension), No. 2, 2 1 % c. p. Rhe Ditto nish, 61. Bs. 9d. di Pur s chase), 6 per ce n t . guaranteed, 1% o. p,—Dutch MANCHESTER, FEa. 9. STOCK EXCHANGE.—TIIO sales are —South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4, 7 13-16—West Riding Union, 3 5-16 diseds, Fifths, 1% dis.—lluddersficid and Manchester,:27y2—North Staffordshire, 2 9-16 Grimsby, 201. Shares, 101/4 a s North and Birmingham, Quarters (C), p.—London and North-Western, Fifths, 7% p. Leeds, Quarters, 2 , /, dis.—Manchester and Birmingham, Quarters, (A and B), 13.74—East Anglian, 31. 105. Shares, guaranteed 6 per cent., 2%. I'En. 9. STocx EXCHANGE.—The business do ne in the Stock Exchange to day has not been large ; last prices rein:lined firm. The only quota tions were--Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A), 491 dis.—llitto (B), 3 die. YORK, Fur. 8. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The bushes transacted to-day was as fol lows :—Great Northern, 91. lis. 3d. —North British, Quarters, 37,', York, Newcastle, and Berwick (Original Newcastle and Berwick), (Extension), No. 1, 22—Ditto, No. 2 (late New Berwicks), 22 Ditto (G. N. E. rurchase), 9 1 / 2 . NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, FEB. 8. STOCK ExcusNGE.—The sales are—Newcastle and Carlisle, 109 cx div.--North British, Thirds, 4:34—York, Newcastle, and Berwick (Original Newcastle and Berwicks), 30. . GLASGOW, FEB. 8. STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The following are to-day's transactions:— Eastern Counties (New guaranteed 6 per cent.), 111. 12s. 6d.— Edinburgh and Glasgow, Halves, 16—Ditto (Stirling and Midland Junction, 5 per cent. guar.), 151. 7s.—Glasgow and Garnkirk, 38— Glasgow Harbour Mineral, 16s.—North British, Quarters, 3/. 17s. 6d. York, Newcastle, and Berwick, Extension, No. 1 (York and New castle), 211. 15s.—Ditto, No, 2 (Newcastle and Berwick), 211. 15s. Mr. John Wood had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday. Lord Monteagle had also an interview yesterday with the Right Hon. 13trouet, at his official residence iu D9wning•street. ► SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MAITCHESTER.—FRIDAY. METROPOLITAN HANDICAP. —9 to I agst Canezou-10 to 1 agst Lugar-12 to 1 agst Flatcatcher-12 to 1 agst Dacia —l5 to 1 agst Clarissa-14 to 1 agst Loupgarou-20 to 1 agst Backbiter-20 to 1 agst Do-the-Boys (offers to take). LIVERPOOL STEEPLE CHASE.-10 to 1 agst Curate (t)- 12 to 1 agst Prince George (t)-15 to 1 agst Knight of Gwynne (0-100 to 6 agst Proceed (t)-290 to 8 agst Ed ward the First (t). CHESTER CUP. —lB to 1 agst the Tartar-20 to 1 agst Joe' o Sot-27 to 1 agst Inheritress-33 to 1 agst Blucher -30 to I,agst Geraldine --40 to 1 agst Cossack-40 to I agst Dacia-40 to 1 agst Lady Wildair (t)-45 to I agst Peep o'-Day Boy (offers to take)-500 to 10 agst lodine (t)-50 to 1 agst Farewell-50 to 1 agst Rathmines. Da %BY.— Plenty o f o ff ers, Nunnykirk and Uriel im proving three points ea c h, b ut not a bet laid. CHELTENHAM STEEPLE•CHASE--FRIDAv. Free Handicap Sweeps of 10 sous. each, b. ft., and 50 added. Font miles. (14 Subs.) Mr. Holman's Verax, aged, lOst 31b (Archer) 1 Mr. Tollit's Sauterut, lOst 21b - 2 The following also started, but were not placed :—Captain Barnett's Marengo, list 41b (F. Lisby) Mr. R. T. Moore's St. Rath, aged, lOst 91b (Hotham)—Mr. King's Kathleen, 6 3Ts, lOst 91b (Stagg)—Mr. Lan ham's Ball bar aged, 10A 71b (H. Bradley)—M r. Oliver's Frances, lOst 71b (C. Boyce)—Sir J. Malcolm's Dunlayan lOst. 71b (Jacks)—Mr. Theobald's Coverhack, lO st 51b (Lowe)—and Mr. Vaver's Vengeance, lOst 51b (Oliver.) 2 to 1 agst Vengeance (5 to 2 taken), 3 to 1 agst St. Ruth, 4 to 1 agst Verax, and 6 to I agst Dunlavan. Won in a canter. The Selling Stakes were Won by Lincoln (Oliver), beating of l 00, Ploughboy, and sev era l o thers. The Hunters' llst 71b each. Two miles and a half. Resolute, Plat Mr. King nd The Farrier ... ••• ... Captain Barnett's India-rubber ••• .. ••• Mr. Theobald's Dyspepsia ... .. ... ••• ... . ... Three others started. Won esasy 3 , by a length. INTELLIGENCE EXTRA. CROXTON PARK, /849. THE GRANISY HANDICAP of 20 sovs. each, h. ft. and 6 only declared on or before the 17th of February. • st lb , Pyrrhus the First, 6 yrs 12 13, Collingwood, 6 yrs :12 13 Diplomatist, 5 yrs .... l2 5 Wanota, 5 vr5...... l2 4; Alogador, S yrs The Tartar, 5 yrs New Forest Deer, aged 12 0 Vesta, 5 yrs Humdrum, 6 vrs Fireaway, aged Glutton, 4 yrs ll 5 Postilion, 4 yrs Roscius, aged ll 4 Marquis of Conyngham 6 yrs Escape, 4 yrs Rathmines, 5 yrs The Magnet, aged ll 21 Lord Saltoun, aged Swordplayer, 4 yrs Campanile, aged Distaflina, 4 yrs . Conceit, 5 yrs Tomtit, 5 yrs Finvaragh, 6 yrs .. Pavilion, 5 yrs Voyager, 4 yrs ..... Sampson, 4 yrs (King) at lb Sheraton, Wide-awake,6 y r 4 s Pell-mell, 5 yrs yrs ;Lucy Ashton, 4 yrs Chat,s yrs ....... .. 10 9 4 1 d Y , r s s .... ..... . . Subduer, aged .... 10 8 y 1100 7 The Hatter, 6 y rs Jest, by Jerry, 4 yrs 5 Watchdog,yrs 10 7 (Prince Charlie, 4 yrs st. Cracow osw , a Confederacy, 4 yrs .. Venture (Victor), 4 yrs 10 5 !Paladin, 4 yr 5.......,,,,, 10 4 Smuggler Bill, 6 yrs ... 10 4 (Bird of Paradise, 4 yrs . 10 4 Linnxus (h b), 5 yrs... 10 3 Deryforth (h b), 4 yrs. 10 3 Chevreuil, 4 yrs . ....... 10 2 Portrait, aged........... 10 1 The Farrier (h b), aged 10 0 Miss Nipper, 4 yr 5....., 10 0 Counterfeit, aged 10 0 Acomb, 4 yrs ............ 9 13 r First-chance, 3 yr 5...,.. 9 7 Bunney, 3 yrs ... 9 0 If the highest weight accepting is under 12st it will be raised, and the other weights in proportion, at the option of the stewards, to any weight not exceeding 12st, which will be declared seven days after the acceptances. A Gold Cup, added to a Handicap Sweepstakes of 20 soya each, h It, and 5 only if declared on or before Feb. 17. st lb st lb Pyrrhus the First, 6 yrs 12 12 Voyager, 4 yrs Diplomatist, 5 yrs The Tartar, 5 yrs New Forest Deer, aged 12 0 Sheraton, 6 yrs ...... 10 10 Humdrum, 6 yr 5......,,, 11 10 Chat, 5 yrs lO 9 Vesta, 5 yrs ll 9 St. Oswald, 5 yrs ...... 10 7 Fireaway, aged Postilion, 4 yrs ... ..... 11 6 Prince Charlie, 4 yrs lO 7 Swordplayer, 4 yr 5..... 11 3 Lucy Ashton, 4 yrs ' Escape 4 yrs .. ....... 11 3 Jest, by Jerry, 4 yrs lO 4 The Magnet, aged ll 2 Bird of Paradise, 4 yrs 10 3 Lord Saltoun, aged ll 1 Miss Nipper, 4 yrs lO 1 Distaffina, 4 yrs ll 0 Cherreuil, 4 yrs 9 13 Conceit, 5 yrs lO 18 Counterfeit, aged ...... 9 12 If the highest weight accepting is under 12st, it will be raised, and the other weights in proportion, at the option of the stewards, to any weight not exceeding 12st, which will be declared seven days after fhe acceptances. WAKEFIELD HANDICAP STEEPLE CHASE. The following are the acceptances for this race, of 25 sous. each, which is to come off on Wednesday, the 21st. inst. : st lb st lb Mr. Salt's The Doctor 11 9 Mr. Allcott's St. Leger 11 7 Mr. J. G. Murphy's La Sylphide ll 0 Lord Chesterfield's The Victim Mr. Mason's, • jun , Peter Simple lO 12 Mr. Bedford's Lincoln 10 10 Lt. Buchanan's Alfred 10 7 Mr. J. F. Rowland' Flvcatcher.,... ..... 10 Mr. R. Clifton's ns Little Fanny lO 7 Capt. W. Peel's Aler rirnan Mr. Cattwright's Thurgarton .... lO 4 Mr. Haworth's ns Young Hamlet lO 4 Mr. Braithwaite's Du bious lO 2 Mr. Atkinson Ll 3 Ariel 10 0 Kr. Stebbing's ns The Quaker's Wife 9 7 The Sweepstakes of 2 tors. each, with 25 added, will close on the 14th inst.; and the Post Entry, of 2 sovs. each, with 10 added, will close in a quarter of an hour after the second race. NEWMARKET COURSING MEETING.-FRIDAY. The Port Stakes—Third Ties. Fancy Boy beat Brush—Diamond beat Blucher. Deciding Course. Fancy Boy beat Diamond and won the Stakes. The Derby was won by Locomotive—The Cup by Brides. maid—The Oaks by ➢loreen—The Exiling Stakes by Faith. ful—and The Bottisham Stakes by Bard. ASHDOWN PARK. COURSING MEETING. The Cup was won by Mr. Le Brewer's Babylon; Sir St. George Gore's Olympus ran up. The Ashdown Park Stakes were won by Mr. Lawrance's Vray Foy; Mr. Stone's Slow Boy ran up. The Weyland St a k es were won by Mr. Biggs Blazing Billy; Sir St. George Gore's Snowdrop ran up. The Craven Stakes were won by Lord Sefton's Syntax; Mr. Le Brewer's Grief ran up. The Claret Stakes were won by Mr. Etwall's Elf. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Her Majesty's slag hds. Mon., Wheatsheaf, Virginia Water; Wed., Richings; Fri., Maidenhead Station, 11. Worcestershire hds., Mon., Ombersley; Wed., Ken nels; Fri., Bransford Bridge-10i. Mr. Giles's hds., Mon., Wall Hills; Fri., Brooms berron Heath. Herefordshire hds., Tues., Wall Court. Warwickshire hds. Mon., Whimpon Bridge; Tues., Whatcote; Thurs., Lower Shuckburgh House; Upton House-101. Wheatland hds., Tues., Co un d ; F r i ., Lodge Coppice. Brighton harrs., Mon., Pateh am; Wed., Race Course; Fri., Dyke-104. Fri., Brookside harrs., Mon., Newmarket Hill; Thurs., Telscombe Tye-10i. Crawly and Horsham hds., Mon., Hasfod, Three Bridge; Wed., Deune Park ; F r i ., H an d oross -102. B. V. 11., Sat., Marsh Common—lo'. Mr. Dean's harrs., Tues., Hunter's Lodge—l°. Devon hds., Mon. Lindbridge-11, Mr. Marshall's h ds., Mon., Ashwater Village-10i. Mr. Roe's hds., Wed., Filham ; Wed. Rabland Gate. Lord Elcho's hds., Mon., Bewick ; Wed., Crookham; Fri., Kyloe Cottage; Sat., Etal ; 10i. The Society for Promoting Christian will complete its 150th year on t h e Bt h o f M a rch next, on which occasion the Ar c hbi s h op of C anter bury will preach in St. Paul's Cath e d ra l. Knowledge - THE LATE CONFESSICWOI, MURDER AT POTS• MOUTH.—Before giving any further particulars of the horrible disclosures made by the miserable inmate:of Portsea Island Union. house, on Thursday week last, re lative to the murders perpetrated by her and her accom plice, we will correct one or two errors in that state ment, which we are enabled to do on the best living evi dence. Horrible as were the details we published in The Sun of Monday last, what we are now in posses sion of tends to prove that we understated by one-half the amount of crime. Instead of two murders, there have been four. And the events, instead of having taken place ten, occurred twenty years ago. The clerk of the person named in the confession disposed of the body of the first child by throwing .it down a privy in Gosport (where its remains were since found). The deceased atter that became enceinte with twins, which were destroyed by abortion ; and she subsequently was delivered of a male child in the open air at night, which was destroyed by the father and taken a way b y him in his silk p oc k et h an dkerch ief. The witnesses to these details are not, as may have been erroneously imagined, persons of discreditable or loose ch aracter and life, but persons m ov i ng in an industrious and re spectable sphere, whose testimony is above taint. We have been waiting all the week to see what steps the county magistracy would take in the matter, but none have been taken as yet. Yesterday, however, we heard that some investigation was about to be instituted. Pending that we withhold further particulars for a day or two. FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENTS.—AII engineman and a fireman have both lost their lives by an accident on the Clarence railway. Their names were Richard and John Holmes. The former was twenty five, and the latter twenty-two years of age. They left Stockton past seven o'clock. As the iunig)otot-fit'heces2, dwiintlsitathnet,fiartsht aplar.ssenger train, on the morn train approached Stillington, seven or eight miles from Stockton, an accident happened to the engine ; a bolt gave way, by which the machinery was deranged. Richard Holmes, the engineman, was instantaneously killed, being completely crushed between the engine and the tender ; his brother, at the same time being most dreadfully scalded by the boiling water, and ho died on Sunday last. To increase the melancholy event we are detailing, the father of these two young men, two and half years since was killed by an engine on the Clarence railway, and the mother has thus been be reaved of a husband and two dutiful sons by an accident of the lame nature. The merchandize was attached to the passenger train, and was thus the means of keeping the carriages on the line, otherwise more lives might have been lost. Inquests were held on the two bodies, and verdicts of "Accidental death" were recorded. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY.--Traffic for the week ended Feb. 4, 1849:—Coaching traffic, 8551. 10s. Id. ; parcels 401. 17s. 6d ; goods and cattle, 1961. 130. stoma-I:4th Isl 4 181,8 d. Wotal, 1,2251, 01. 2d. I MARLBRO'-STREET-(THIS IJAY.) THE MURDER AT ST. GILES'S. J. Manley, a plasterer, residing in Phoenix-street, St. Giles's, was again brought before Mr.,Hardwick, charged with murdering his wife. The first examination took place on Wednesday, the principal witness against the prisoner being a widow woman of the name of Gurden, whose evidence went to show that early on the morning of that day the deceased knocked for admission at witness's door, affirming that her husband (the pri soner) had turned her out of his house ; upon which she was requested by witness to enter, and reposed for some time upon witness's bed. About seven o'clock the pri soner entered the room by forcing open the door, and after drag,ging deceased from the bed by her heels, he dashed her on the floor, and whilst she was lying there, kicked her about the head. Saying, "I will be the death of you." He then rifled her pockets, and left her lying upon the ground, a corpse. Since that day a post mortem examination of the body has taken place, and, in accordance therewith, the fed lowing deposition was made by Mr. W. Simpson, sur geon, High-street, Bloomsbury :—" I have, since the last inquiry, made a post mortem examination of the body of the deceased, and found no external marks of vio lence; the cause of her death was owing to a rupture of ono of the blood-vessels of the brain, which might have been produced by a fall." In addition to what has already been reported, Jane Daly, of 3, Phoenix-street, stated that the prisoner and his wife occupied a room in the same house with herself Between twelve and one o'clock on Wednesday morn ing she was in bed, and heard the deceased on the stairs; she appeared intoxicated, and was abusing the prisoner, who seemed to be trying to cause her to come into the room. After that there was a silence until about two o'clock, when she again heard her on the stairs. She did not hear the prisoner at that time. Deceased cried for a few minutes, and she heard no more. Deceased was very much in the habit of drinking, particularly so the last three weeks. The prisoner was fully committed for trial upon the charge of wilful murder. FRAN CE. The Siecle has the following just observations on ,he conduct of those who endeavour to prevent the consolidation of the Republic, in order to bring about a monarchical restoration. It says— " Now, of what colour is your restoration? Is it an 18th Brumaire that you want? Is it a legitimate or quasi-legitimate monarchy? Suppo3e an 18th Bru maire. We have already said that there is wanting to the Empire only a man--the Emperor. A legitimate monarchy? The Duke de Bordeaux has a principle in his favour, we allow, and a principle too which for ages has sustained the throne of his fathers ; but what ap pearance can the principle of legitimacy make in our days? How many days will you be in a humour to support the white flag gentlemen of the Chamber, and proces sions? The Gazette de France and the committee of the Rue Duphot, it is true, tell you that there will be great improvements in all that. We tell you that if Henry V. changes a word in his programme, he has no longer a party, he is nothing but an ordinary exile, without grandeur and with out power. Hi s glory is to deny no thing, to die what he is, the last of the Bourbons, the last of the Kings of divine right, carrying with him to the tomb the principle of which he is the supreme incar nation. Lastly, a quasi -Legitimate restoration. Most cer tainly, we do not wish to speak of Madame d'Orleans but with the greatest respect; her name calls to mind high cou rage, great intelligence, rare virtues, and touehingireminis cences. But when have you ever seen a revolution finish with a regency, and in what way will you act to support the reign of a woman and a child? One word more. Whilst you are shooting each other, Imperialists, Legi timists, and Orleanists, over the dead bodies of the Re publicans, what do you suppose the Socialists will do? In their turn they will effect a February 24—a February 24 without Lamartine and Ledru-Rollin, as the Peuple has promised with such naiveté not long since. There fore, return to your senses; let mifchiefAnakers be in agitation, and imagine that the sterile movement which they exhibit is a proof of cleverness and political conduct. But, on your side, follow the spirit of the times. Endeavour to resolve pacifically and regularly the great problem which Providence places before you— the problem of the democratic organization of French society. Judge with resolution the state of that society; do not deceive yourselves as to the virtues of the past. If the remnants of that past aro in the dust, it is because they were fated to perish. Life is not in the vaults where the dry bones of kings moulder away neglected, but in the definite constitution of that democracy, the stormy infancy of which will pass away, but of which the ele ments will remain to furnish forth the new aliment of life to France itself." The following is a return of the situation of the Bank Feb. 8: ASSETS. f. 158,847,615 84 . . 127,305,360 00 115,394 90 Cash and ingots Ditto in branch banks Bills past due ." Bills falling due in Paris, of which 14,793,649 f. 17c. arc from the branch. banks 53,645,367 Bills in the branch banks ~. 95,856,523 Advances on coins and ingots... ... 19,227,104 Ditto on French public securities ... 31,576,423 Ditto by branch banks... ... 1,554,337 Ditto to the State on Bons du Tr6sor... 50,000,000 Ditto on the loan of 150 millions ... 50,000,000 Rentes of the reserve fund ... 10,000,000 Rentes, disposable funds ... 42,622,313 Investments of the new branch banks in the public funds ... 12,806,741 Hotel and f urn i ture of the Bank ... 4,000,000 Real property of the branch banks ... 2,273,729 Loan of 10,000,0001. to the city of Paris 7,000,000 Interest in National Discount Bank ... 200,000 Ditto branch banks 230,000 Bills protested at Paris 9,327,284 Ditto at the branches ... ••• 4,776,836 Expenses of administration of the Bank 127,501 Ditto of the branches 130,752 Miscellaneous ... 633,173 Advance to the department of the Seine ••• ••• Loan of 3,000,000 f. to the City of Mar seilles •,. 2,000,000 00 550,000 00 f. 684,799,454 44 LIABILITIES. Capital . . f. 67,900,000 00 Ditto of the Branch B an k s ... • 23,350,000 00 Reserve fund ••• 10,000,000 00 Ditto of the branch banks ... • 2,980,750 00 Reserve-immobiliere ..• 4,000,000 00 Notes to bearer, in circulation ... 407,738,400 00 Ditto of the branch banks ... .., 13,896,100 00 Ditto to order (post-bills) ••• ••• 525,833 00 Account -current with Treasury creditor 31,406,463 65 Various accounts current ••• 80,623,242 80 Ditto in branch es •.. ... 25,226,162 00 Bills payable at sight ... 4,497,800 00 Ditto at branches ..• .. 782,101 00 Bills of the b ranc h b an k s paya b le by the Bank ... ••• ••• 6,447,829 00 Ditto of the Bank payable by branches.. 2,473,316 00 Dividends payable ... . • ••• 544,875 25 Liquidation of the Algiers Bank ..• 249,654 04 Discounts, interest, and expenses ..• 645,743 43 Ditto branch banks ... ••• 668,773 00 Re-discounts of the last six months ... 246,169 85 Ditto in branch banks ••• 460,643 OA Miscellaneous ... 135,658 22 f.684,799,454 ' 44 AUSTRIA. The following is the last army bulletin "According to a telegraphic dispatch which we have just received, the fortress of Leopoldstadt surrendered at discretion yesterday, the 2d instant, at nine o'clock in the morning, after having been bombarded for an hour. Field-Marshal Lieutenant Simunich will without delay advance in two columns by way of Gross Topolesan, Neutra, and Verebely to occupy the mining towns (Schemnitz and Kremnitz), as Major-General Gotz, to gether with the Brigade Jablonowsky, after the ocenpa tion of Neusohl, closely pursued the routed rebel hordes under Georgy, as also the small bodies of insurgents collected by Ballogh, near Assenberg. " We have just received the following report from Field-Marshal Lieutenant Dahlen, dated Agram, Fe bruary 1, 1549:--' I have just had the news that Major- General Baron Trebersburg, on the 30th January, at five P.N., attacked the suburbs of the fortress Essegg, and took them by storm. At six o'clock our victorious troops had got possession of the three suburbs. We captured 100 of the rebels in their attempt to retreat into the fortrest; among them were several cavalry officers. The commanders of the storming columns were--Colonel van der Null, cf Gradiska Regiment; Colonel Ilalavanya, of Brood Regiment; Major Dragich, of Peterwardeiu Regiment; Capt. Tarbuck, of St. George Regiment (these are four of the redoubted military frontier or Croat regi ments); and Capt.Bari:sich of the Imperial regimen t Arch duke Leopold. At six o'clock the lower town was bore bArdad from the fortress during an hour. General Tre barsburg then sent an officer with a flag of truce to summon the commander of the fortress to surrender.' " The Brigades Paltry and Dietrich, belonging to the Corps of the General of the Ordnance, Count Nugent, occupied Fiintkirchen without any resistance being offered, as has already been made known. Count Nu gent has dispatched troops from the last-meutioned town in pursuit of the rebels under Neureygei, who have iced towards Essegg, and has also sent a detachment to oc cupy Mohacz, there to effect a union with the Servians operating on the left bank of the Danube. " Field-Marshal Lieutenant WELDEN, Civil and Military Governor.; " Vienna, Feb. 3, 1549." ITALY. Letters from Rome of the 31st ult. announce that the Roman Government has sent a new capitulati on to the Swiss for acceptance, in virtue of which they will be in the service of the Roman States, and not in that of the absent sovereign. The two Spanish ves sels that had arrived at Gaeta have no troops on board, as had been stated. The other five vessels still keep the open sea. The Risorginiento of Turin, of the 4th, states that as Count Plessa, the Piedmontese Minister, had not been admitted to an audience of the King of Naples, Charles Albert has ordered passports to be delivered to Count Ludolf, Neapolitan Ambassador at Turin. The Costituente Italiana of Florence of the 2d states that a retrograde demonstration, headed by the nobility, had taken place at Siena. A crowd, pre ceded by the Tuscan, instead of the Italian flag, went t o th e grand-ducal palace, crying, " Down with the Constituent ! Long live the King of NAPLES ! Death to the students!" The movement was evi dently encouraged by the Governor. The students, offended at the hostile feeling evinced towards them, have determined to leave Siena, and continue their studies at Pisa. The Alba of Florence, of the 2d, publishes the sen tence of the military tribunal at Rome, in the affair of the attempt of the 19th. Two of the soldiers have been condemned to death ; twenty to the galleys for life, fifteen to the galleys for twenty years, eleven for fifteen years, and three for five years. It is believed the sentences to death will not be executed. THE ARMY AND NAVY. (From the United Serrice Gazette of this day.) HOUSEHOLD BRIGADE OF GUARDS. The half-yearly exchange of quarters of the Infantry of the Household Brigade will take place on the Ist of March, as follows: GRENADIER GUARDS.-ISt Battalion From St. John's- wood to Portman -street Barracks. 2c/ Battalion —From the Tower to Windsor. 3d Battalion —From Portman street to Wellington Barracks. COLDSTREADI GUARDS. -Ist Battalion—From Wind sor to St. George's Barracks. 2d Battalion—From St. George's Barracks to the Tower. SCOTS FUSILIER GUARDS.-ISt Battalion —From Chi chester to St. John's-wood. 2d Battalion—From Wel lington Barracks to Chichester. SCHOOLMASTERS FOR THE ARMY.—The first party of young men educated under the new system intro duced by the Rev. Mr. Gleig, Chaplain-General to the Forces, at the Royal Military Asylum at Chelsea, will leave that establishment in the course of next month, to join those regiments in which ♦acancies have occurred consequent upon the discharge of those Sergeants under the old system. THE OLD PENINSULAR WARRIORS AT CHELSEA HosprrAL—Last Wednesday proved a glorious day for the old veterans of many a hard-earned fight, upon the occasion of the reception of the long and anxiously looked-for Peninsular medals. The distribution was under the superintendence of Colonel Sir John Wilson, C. 8., the Adjutant of the establishment, who took the opportunity of commenting upon their gallant conduct in the cause of their country, and expressed a wish that each of them would live many years to wear their gra cious Sovereign's mark of her approbation of their ser vices. THE GOVERNOR OF MALTA.—It is strongly reported that it is likely that Mr. More O'Ferral will relinquish the Government of this island very shortly, and that the Governorship will be amalgamated, as previously to his appointment, with that of Commander-in-Chief, Lieu tenant Ellice holding both appointments. It is said that Mr. O'Ferral is heartily sick of the " srnytches," and their intolerable hostility towards English men , and more especially th e B r i t i s h army. Mrs. M. O'Ferral has been absent from Malta for the last six months. SHELLS AND SHELL -ROOMS.—The Admiralty have or dered that in ships where the shell-rooms are already fitted, the supply of fitted shells is to be according to the number the shell-room is calculated to hold. THE EARL OF HARDWICEE.—We have authority for stating that Captain the Earl of Hardwiake did not so licit employment from the present Government ; but the command of the Vengeance, 84, having been offered to him (with what view and for what reasons let our readers infer themselves), the Noble Earl, who never re fused service, accepted the command. Lord Hardwicke, it will be remembered, is on the Senior Captains' List, the 67th only from the top ; and not having served his term for his flag rank, it may easily be imagined that the Noble Lord was most desirous of making up his two years as soon as possible. No doubt the present Govern ment, and the Admiralty especially, were heartily glad to get rid of a troublesome customer on the Navigation Laws' question, as also on the reduction of our naval forces. It happened in this instance that the Noble Lord's disposition to serve afloat jumped with the disin terested desire of the Government to employ him. THE NAVAL COMMAND IN THE MEDITERRANEAN.— It is currently reported that Vice-Admiral Sir W. Par ker, Bart., G.C.i3., will return to England in April next, end that Rear-Admiral Dundas, C. 8., will succeed the gallant Vice-Admiral in command of the .I!4editerra nean squadron. REAR-ADMIRAL CA.RROLL.—The Mayor of 1356 has called a general meeting of the inhabitants, for the pur pose of presenting some testimonial to this gallont offi cer, as a mark of esteem for his great assiduity in the performance of his duties during a period of 14 years. The officers and men of the police force of Bath have also presented their late esteemed chief officer with a very handsome silver snuff-box, as a small token of gratitude for his continual anxiety for their welfare and comforts. THE VERNON FRIGATE.—The Admiralty having de termined that the Vernon, 50• gun frigate, shall be re paired at Chatham, at a❑ estimated cost of 54,5001., have strongly enforced upon the Shipwright Department there the necessity of observing the strictest economy in the work; that is, according to Somerset-house prac tice, " wherever you can slopo off any portion of the charge on any other ship, don't hesitate to do it." ROYAL NAVAL ASSISTANT-SURGEONS.—A deputation from the London College of Surgeons, headed by Mr. Green, have sought an interview with the new First Lord of the Admiralty, with reference to the grieuances of the assistant-surgeons of the navy. THE RLv. Du. MORGAN.—The venerable and uni versally-esteemed Chaplain of her Majesty's Dockyard, Portsmouth, is so dangerously ill that he is not expected to survive. Dr. Morgan has just completed the 80th year of his age, NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. Captain Bartholomew J. Sullivan has obtained per mission of the Admiralty to settle at the Falkland Islands, and has proceeded thither with his family from Falmouth, in the Australia, Harrison. Ho has taken with him farm stock and other requisites suitable for comfort and convenience as a settler. He has laid before the Government a suggestion for a number of pensioners to be allowed to emigrate to the Falkland Islands. Cap tain Sullivan surveyed the Falkland Islands in the Phi lomel, a few years since, and afterwards proceeded to Monte Video, and bore a prominent share in the Points Obligado affair in the Parana, but was not fortunate enough to obtain any share of those honours which a more lucky officer, not half so much exposed on that occasion, so profusely received. APPOINTMENTS. Lieutenant Russell Patey (1344), to the Bellerophon, 78, at Naples. Midshipmen—Robert Roberts and Alexander F. 0. Young, to the Centaur steam-frigate, for coast of Africa; Thomas M. M. %Vynyard, to the Dolphin, 3, coast of Africa; Henry R. Stewart, to the Impregnable flag-ship, at Devonport; Marcus E. Smithett, to the ()clean flag ship, at the Nore. PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 9.—The Comet steam •vessel has been removed from the basin, having been repaired, re- fitted, and rendered complete for service. The Sparrow, surveying-ketch has been got int o th e basin and masted. The Arrogant, 46, auxiliary screw steam-frigate, was docked to-day. The extra riggers are proceeding in the fitting this ship with considerable dispatch. The Blenheim, 56, is to be docked, as soon as the Su perb has been overhauled and repaired. IN PORT AND FITTING. The Victory, 22, Port-Admiral's flag-ship; Illustrious, 10, Admiral Superintendent's flag-ship; Victoria and Albert, Royal yacht; Excellent gunnery exercise ship; Superb, 80; Blenheim, 56, steam guard-ship; Rolla, 6, exercise brig for naval apprentices; Driver steam-sloop; Fairy, Myrtle, F ire Q ueen , and Bee, steam-tenders; Echo, steam-tug; Fanny, Port-Admiral's yacht; Ports mouth, Admiral-Superintendent's yacht. At Spithead—The Hashemy convict-ship. . In Dock—The Princess Charlotte, 104; SO; Vindictive, 50; Flying Fish, 12; Arrogant, 46 steam-frigate ; and Devastation steam -sloop- 80; Defence In the Basin—The Pembroke, 72; Superb, convict depot; and Sparrow ketch. steam guard-ship; In the Steam-basin----The Ajax, 56, . t 2. p hwn i x; Collingoo_cl , Otter, Ur- Cormorant, and Birkenhead steam-sloops; . packets and tenders. Retribution and Termagant steam gent, Fairy, and Bloodhound steam-packets Commander-in-Chief The crew of the Victory, the flag-ship, were paid wages to-a and cloudy weather. flap e , Wind W., moderate breezes , k Prince, 72 guns, river yesterday by the Monkey, was towed down the steain. vessels. She was under the Charon, and Zephyr ' an master to the Fisgard frigate, WooLwicir, FED. 9.- - charge of Mr. taos . a) , to the Black The Black acting mas t er Eagle steam lack Prince was to be brought up at during the night, and taken to Chatham Sheerness , a L ,, n e d se lll . r. i tet i ten ii , to-day. The latest accounts of the Plover appeared in the Quebec Gazette, under the following head : .. The Franklin Expedition—Among the glowing ac counts from the ' gold region' we notice the folio wirg paragraph, dated San Francisco, October 11 t h, 1 848, re ceived overland from San Blas to Vera Cruz : " ' The Plover sailed from Honolulu on the 24th of Ross should ld th h e e I l s i l a i v o he e a r o r f i v e t h d e i n b tohi boiler -vini c a i n k i e t r y s . ' '' August for Behrin g ' s S tra i t, with supplies for Sir John who are to leave the factory at Woolwich in consequence of a re duction to the extent of 50 from the number at present employed have forwarded a memorial to the authorities to obtain a passage to Canada, as they are desirous of becoming settlers in North America. Two of the black smiths in the factory department 'eve YoluntarilY Olio . PENINSULAR MEDALs.--Colonel Thomas Weare, K. 11., Commandant of the Provisional Battalion, and Lieute nant-Colonel P. M'Pherson, of the 17th Regiment, re ceived their medals yesterday; Colonel M‘Pherson's war medal has nine clasps to it, being a greater num• ber than any other officer's in the service. LATE COLLIERY EXPLOSION. WORSBROUGH DALE, FRIDAY. After our parcel was dispatched yesterday, two more witnesses were examined, when the inquiry was ad• j ourned. The proceedings were resumed to• day. Mr. W. W. Smyth, mining geologist to the geological survey of the kingdom, expressed his perfect concurrence in the opinion given by Mr. Wood with respect to the origin and localities of the explosion. Some further evidence was given, and the inquiry was proceeding when this parcel was dispatched. MU RDEIt NEAR BRIGHTON. BRIGHTON, Fan, 9.—Notwithstanding the most un remitting exertions of Mr. Chase and the Brighton po lice, and the East Sussex constabulary, under Captain Mackay, no clue has yet been obtained of the murderers of Mr. Griffith. Four men were apprehended in Brigh ton by the local police, who, as a matter of course, had received instructions to look out for man who might be spending money more freely than usual; but in each case a slight investigation was sufficient to induce their discharge. The magistrates of the Brighton bench have held • meeting in conjunction with the police committee of the Brighton Commissioners, relative to the offering of a reward for the discovery of the assassins ; and the re sult has been the issue of handbills offering a reward of 2001., to be paid by the Commissioners. A description is given of such of the property stolen from his person as it is thought might assist in detecting the murderers. Among the rest was a check on and " crossed to" the London and County Bank, Chichester, drawn by John Bower, and payable to Henry Bowley; a EL-note of the Brighton Union Bank, torn in two and pasted together, No. D 4, 712, dated June 24, 1848; and a flat gold Ge neva watch, with gold dial, figures painted black, se cond hand, with engine -turned back, and part of a cable gold chain attached. Immediately the inquest has terminated, application will be made to the Secretary of State, should the same mystery still hang over the case, to offer a Government reward, accompanied by the usual promise of pardon to any accomplice. This step, however, cannot be taken till the termination of the inquest, lest the verdict of the jury should be thereby prejudiced. As may be imagined, the subject still engrosses con• versation among all classes. STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian.) MANCHESTER, FEB. 6.—The spinners of the 'mime qualities of 20's to 60's mule twist have raised their quotations in some degree since last Tuesday. The buyers, however, not being prepared to pay any ad vance, have confined their operations within the narrow range of casual bargains, at previous rates. These transactions have been mostly for India, but in part, also for other markets. Water twist, of all counts, is heavy and drooping. Double yarns continue in good request, at full rates. As regards goods, there has been a disposition to purchase to a moderate extent in shirtings, and other fabrics of light texture, on India account; and various widths and qualities of printing cloths have been in request, both for the home market and fur exportation. For such articles the manufac turers have demanded, and, in some instances obtained, rather higher prices ; but they have thus greatly re stricted the amount of business. There is little call for the stouter shirtings; and domestics and long clothes continue flat and drooping. The present position of ,the market is exceedingly perplexing. In a large pro rpoitiou of yarns, the rise or price from the lowest point is not nearly equal to that in cotton. Under such cir cumstance, ar.d with little stock on hand, while the period for continental business is approaching, spin ners are of course ready to raise prices, the moment there is any appearance of inquiry ; and, in many kinds of goods, the upward tendency is still more apt to show itself, in consequence of a greater absence of stock and fulness of contracts. But as the previous advances have not been fully realised in foreign markets; as the cir cumstances of the European continent impose more than ordinary caution upon its dealers and manufacturers; and as, besides, much uncertainty exists in reference to the value of the raw material, the merchants feel that their safety lies in buying little, until commercial affairs assume a more decided character. ROCHDALE, FEB. s.—There is no great change to re port in the flannel market to-day from that of the pre. ceding Monday. The manufacturers are unable to ob tain better prices for their goods, notwithstanding wool being more difficult to buy at former prices. The wool market continues inactive, and the business transacted has been upon a limited scale. HUDDERSFIELD, FEB. 6.—The wool sales, which commence on Wednesday, have again had their in fluence on the market, and although the general nn. pression is that the prices of last sales will be main tained, if not improved, but few are inclined to specu late until the result is known. The fancy manufac turers aro exerting all their energies in producing pat terns for the forthcoming spring trade. HALIFAX, FEB. 3.—There has been an improved in quiry for fancy goods in the Piece Hall to-day, and a pretty fair quantity changed hands, at the late trifling advance. For plain goods there was not so much de mand. Stocks, both of plain and figured goods, are getting low, and better prices may be expected. The spinners are still full of orders, and yarns are firmer, with a slight tendency upwards. The demand for long wool is steady, and prices are firm. There is a little more doing in short wools, and higher rates are asked. LEEDS, FEB. 6.—Although there was not as much business done at our Cloth Halls to-day as the general aspect of things would lead one to expect, yet there was an avarage attendance of merchants, who might have bought more freely, but for the lowness of stocks in the hands of the makers, and the higher prices asked by most of them. At present, the actual demand for export exceeds that for the home trade. PARLIAMEN TARY COMMITTEES. STANDING ORDERS. —— In:the Examiner's Court yesterday, the promoters:of the fol lowing Bills were declared to have complied with the stand ing orders, and reports were ordered to be made to the House accordingly : Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway (purchase of the Stratford and Ayon Canal Navigation). Caledonian and Edinburgh and Glasgow (pur chase of the Dundee and Perth and Aberdeen Junction, Dundee and Arbroath, and Dundee and Newty!, Rai l way). s i (lease Glasgow BSI w y Caledonian and Edinburgh and C. of the Scotch Midland Junction Railway)• appointed to meet The Standing Orders Committee wa' sufficient number of met for the first time Railwayson,an. isesmtebrdearsypafrefseernntooton,mhauktetahere o was iu. not a session. Mr. Fez Mita' preparatory o.eli Elections ulitri es t yesterday, il° . the petitions ofj a was tering upon re-appointed Chairman. and General agreed Committee to the of f q g ueres p reliminaries u.ei 1 BRISTOL SUGAR ---=—kiT ~ET, FEB. 9 . —The t ransac . week GLA sG haveowb. enA destructive unimportant, effected prices arc ales ' 1 Mercury. s dull.- 1 IRERristo u n altered. Tho l.l the few refined market in out partly occupied by Mr. in Mitchell-street , Glasgow, early on Thursday morning, in ions , of thee T William Cowan, wright, and partly by Messrs. _Brown and a building situated in a timber -yard, Scott, packing-box makers. A range of buildings, likewise, entering from Mitchell-lane, occupied by Mr. S. Wool-- field, desk and dressing-case maker, Messrs. R. York and Co., calenderers, Messrs. James Jackson, tin-plate workers and gas-fitters, and others, became ignited, and although every effort was made to stop the progress of the flame, al most the whole range was included in the destruction. The fire, however, assumed its most alarming aspect at the corner of Mitchell -street and Gordon -street, where the flames rolled out of the windows in such immense volume, that it was ex ceedingly painful to stand within forty or fifty yards of the place ; and as another proof of the intensity of the heat, it may be s t a t e d t h at a large portion of the strongly-built , ashler front of the building fell before it. The damage ia estimated at 20,0001. at the least.—Xorth Briti s h M a il, CONSUMPTION IN PAISLEY.-I\lr. Lorimer, the town chamberlain of Paisley, has, for several years. drawn tip and published the bills of mortality for that town. From the bill for 1848, it appears that the mortality in Paisley during that year amounted to 1,630 ; 770 being m a l es , 7 66 females ; 43 sex not stated, and 78 still-born. The mortality during the years 1845, '46, and '47, was respectively 1 , 268 1,522, and 2,167. The deaths during 1848toro, therefore, within a f rac ti on o f 33 per Cen the t. i the deaths during 1847. C onsum pti o n p roved belw most fatal of all dis eases i n P a i s l e y, no fewer than 296 having died of th a t di sease 356. The deaths during 1848. I a 1847, the numbers w e r e as hi g h as from consumption, th e ref o r e , formed 18 per cent. 19 per cent. o f ' the total mortality in 1848, and . all in y the nature of the occupation 1847. The peculiar habits, but especially o f a large p roport i on of the inhabitants of Paislry— a manufacturing p opu l ation confined to the close sir of cotton and other m ill s and manufactories—is no doubt the cause of this unusual pro: putip 4 deashp t9m OrgantiQuotlitOicai Timm week, being about to sail next week for the "uld digs gings" in California. The Neptune, hired convict-ship, arrived at moorings, opposite the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, on Tuesday, and on Wednesday morning, Nos. 1, 5, and 11 Waterman steam-packets brought down 100 convicts each front Millbank Penitentiary for conveyance to Ilobart-town. CHATHAM, FEB. 9.—The Juno, 26 guns, Captain Blake, which arrived here on the 6th inst. , is unshipping her stores for the "dockyard, and will e paid oe Ott Tuesday next without any of her bulkheads or other ins ternal fittings being removed. The Black Prince, 72, sent hence on the 16th of No. vember last to be fitted for a convict hospital-ship al Woolwich, and not being required, is expected here tbis day, to lay in ordinary. The Rochester, Sudweeks Master, is loading with stores for Devonport. The remaino Despatch, the slipl6 guns, un t until ead) directions for are given by the launching, is ordered to Admiralty to launch her. The corps of the Royal Marines of this division, con sisting of twelve companies, is to be re,clueed nine men of each company. No officer will be placed by this reduc tion on half-pay, but the full-pay retirement is to be opened to twelve old captains, and the subalterns of the reduced companies are to be absorbed as vacancies occur. It is stated that the commandants of the divisions are to vacate their commands after five years service in that rank, and that the second commandants are to be abo lished on the promotion of the present holders, and the first quarter-masters are in like manner to cease to exist on the promotion of the officers now holding those appointments ; that one adjutant of each division only will be retained on the preferment of the four seniors; and that officers who have permission to live out of barracks are not to be entitled to quarters, which will thus be made availa ble for those who do reside, and may wish to reside, in the barracks. iTATES'S ROYAL HOTEL NEWCASTLE-ON -TYNE. CHARLES STATES solicits the patronage and support of Com mercial Gentlemen to the above Hotel, which is most centrally si tuated. The Commercial-room will be found one of the most com modious and suitable, and " en suite," the )Hotel, In point of accom modation, second to none in the North. CALEDONIAN SOCIETY OF LONDON. The ANNUAL BALL will take place on 'WEDNESDAY, the 14th February, at the Hanover-square Rooms. Lists of the Stewards for the issue of vouchers can be obtained at the Rooms, and of the Hon. Secretary, 15, King William-street, City. Captain LAMONT, R.N., President. er— his :ep ers ght. ght ,ght ise the 001 lan Lir ble al ire