The Sun. — London, England, 1844-03-07 00:00:00

/7/ <.~,% `_ J ''. ,,, M11 "led rf. 77 mow - t.l f_*. • ---- • IT 7 cr " V ! '.?r4lok, • . fr.f Ve,'• • f . r9l S I • • 1• j f 43 "I 71" 04g-4x' , „ 5 , _ • AN •-• &-• DIE 4 4 , ..i5." tit sliv, .)orr. ti ' . • .... , ~~~~~= ut thli .4. ,t to earrrni, ereforeo r ience o th . a s t ; the 11 u 14111C° Ll`r - AND WAKEFIELD RAILWAY Capital, n0,000t., in 15,000 Sharce cf 557. each. 146 130 No. 16,088. LONDON, THURSDAY MORNING SUN, MARCH 7, 1844. PRICE sd. THE SUN is Published EVERY MORNING at FIVE O'CLOCK, an Time for t)e EARLY TRAINS and TOWN. DELIVERY; a SECOND EDITION (Evening Sun) is Published in Time for the AFTERNOON . TRAINS and a THIRD EDITION at SEVEN 0 COCK, for POST, containing PARLIAMENTARY-and all other NEWS in LONDON up to that Hour. • '-` - . - Deposit, 51. pc Share. than PROVISIONAL COMMITIIIE. . .1,, e• r. Grenfell, Esq., London. - -pi'as Hoiridavrorth, Egq., , M:P., London. j.„!"411On 51 arshall,-Esq., Penwortham Hall, Preston. ~r i l Ilegaa, Esq., Liverrool. ',eoe t Gill, Esq., 34anstield, Woodhouse, Notts. • e't lienld sworth,.Esq., Manchester. ' . . alz,na.ln Laws, R.N„ Manchester.. . . lirliii SchUste r. Esq..- 3lanchester. ant Entwistle, Esq., Londoil.. With power to add to their ntimber. -• )14 4 x ) 4 ....., E xcnanna-- Thomas L. Gooch, Esq; ~. t,ie rr '',7* e lsrit. Cunliffes and Brooks, London and Manchester. tl.ttis L I , '.43---51essis. Brackenbary and Lewis, - Manchester. dt ieu 4; of 54 miles in length; is intended to connect the great % , , olit, ontagricultural district of Lincolnshire, and the towns of to and e it - t i t i t sbe rotlgh and Doncaster; with Wakefield, the principal 4,..1.44,48,0 market for the manutacturing population of Yorkshire i„,7srie,„wro, and with the series of large and mnportant towns -' b o entir e ' its Pe n the line, or the Mancheater and Leeds - Railway through . e I.ll t i. 4 1, It nev er ou r se• The country i n t o • w hich- this lino will. extend tnief „, Possesaed the advanta ges o f ra il wa y communication with ,rtej i , t ',"tr_ ket for it s produce, which has been thus compelle d to ° l l4 r "` ICutullou s sand tardy conveyance, this:undertaking - will t:::,f th 4, e. nNIRY of this difficulties with which the home-grout ica, er e - fl ' l ghtiourhood -ha, hith e rt o vontended in maintaining Its it . t.s ; 4 , ~ tO.ILS OWII market,. ugainstthe hnportation of fpreign ' l l cb, n ' 'no same time that it offers in return the . means of rapid tfth„ ID car t % Net `44.° hilt coke, stone, salt, ' and !Erna, more especially At 4 .. a cv articles, lin a-very large extent;- for - agricultural pur it rtico`otietion of probably •not 'less:than 50_ per cent.of.their 0 % er eD t ' BY this . rneans d return cargo would be assnred for all ir,b ~o • Yed lir the cotiVerance bf agrlcniturnl produce to Gains- Is / u -Lincoln • ". • r hi% Nar t i ß , • Mt 4 ctsv, Passenger traffic, a Considerable intercourse-already Di•i i k e n the several towns on Clic proposed line, as, Well as 4 , do ubt Meld and the nianufaeturing districts, and there can be proved h,.. '41 r0i I,, th ' it 4 similar increa se to that which has - alwa y s resulted L'lei and rapid:.commtinicatlon, may .be justly antici to t he bein g .• . .. . NB,„ ti te th ,-confined exclusively to the tra ffi c peCuliarly be -4414te r e e l ocality of this line, It is unnecessary to enter into spo- . no tt „ - nsi deratlens as to the•prohibility 'of. any extension . { of the 6,,4,4;45Y5tem la that Important portion of the kingdom. i; ; T i r leet i t , 4 ,. Ur reY of the country through which the line passes, the lltlitt l i.7„' r oDorted t 6 the Committee that.the works will be of easy titer; .'' so pensive, and the gradients of a very favourable th. , the l ate Okti ' tron a s especially a matterol.paramount importance ki/ f I nil eal vrorking• of the very large . goods traffic that will is, T 4P, arr ah ° ' 4. 'Von this line. This object will be still further secured 1, 4 , N thi gs.Ment• with' the Manchester . and Leeds' Company for I. 41 ini ar ' 11 . 11 trht conjunction with their own, which will be a suf, : t e,l 4 , ed rites that this important item of railway expenditure will Ir, t 'lore i e „, ° 4 very Moderate amount. 1, 1. tinimetairnate projeet cannot he .contemplated than this, which ) „.2,N .4 connecte r the productiveAndustry oft he farmer with the i:ti on " g r owing demand - of a rapidly increasing manufacturing de Do tt i " Nett • 4 -. 0 be aid o the 11 tment of the Shares, and. on the KAN 'north banker's P • n '" 1 ' dll ' ‘4,,•-•tei t i,„,, o receipt for the same, scrip will ha e vered: POI i o - 'Zus for Sharei may be made in .the.anncied form ad t:stt.y.__,e Secretary a the Provisional Committee, No. 9, New 9 1, 4 '...,_4. We stminster :---- : - ra 1 vletexAx,' COMMITTEE OF THE LINCOLN AND WAKE! 14 8 4 p lllei i t 241 ~ Immo RAILWAY COMPANY .- . • tolla,„1 will allot me - l ' shares In the proposed iti t Z ._ ~tga t o me , Railway. and I • •agree to take such shares as o me and pay the deposit of tho same, and execute 1141 ;i 'b to a sp y tnt4r contracts m when the subscribers' agreements, hen • Name of Applicant ' Description - • ,), 5, ... I. .. • Residence- • - Data of application " Palace:yard; Westminster, Feb.-19, 1844.- • ci.Tti-----,--------_______, -,, sou,HERN-... and WESTERN / , ' /Its , . RAILWAY. , -• . • ,t DIVISION from. DU*LIN to CASHEL, •L , a BRANCH to. A.THY and CARLOW.- • _, • 94 1 ;1 1 44 o„ . Length, 123 - Statute Miles. , alt e t," B Million. Sterling, in 20,000 Shares at 501. each. • ) tllt. der to be liable; beyund the amount of his subscription. u N sti t 44 cell. 10s.. 'I P 1 Th r 'net toe xceed 21. 10s: sper Share, at intervals of not - Ve t , Le Sf-onths, until after the cominencerneht of the 'works, vr lttelt Will regulate the amottnt of the subsequent calis. 'N4 t . / (4,,, L PEOvIsIONAL COMMITTEE. • 44 1, 'Of b ) LTEII PURCIELL, Esq Chairman. • _ pfdente on 1 • John Ennis, Esq. t ., .ligl e , • Peter Eekersley, Esq. - pi 1 '47.ltlett, ESq., M.P. 11: R. Guinness, Esq. , t ,.",. Ca ti ' 3 ,, - ' 17 4 1 q. . • ',; - . Thomas Hutton, Eeq.- ,' tp IL l i , sq. , _ - William Haugliton,:Esq. '. ti: I Y, Esq. Tho th aS Mooney, Esq. . . ..'. IV' IliArk °r°4 l l / 1 , Bart. -,- Edward 31`Donnell, Esq. ' , l , l, l Ztit a 13 e- , Bart. . . , - James. Porry, Esq.. • ~kide.t itle r, Bart. ' ' Sir David Roche, - Hart., XP.. 4 1 , ,, c,,,-:epii Boy ce ,. •• !, David Henry Sherrard, , Esq. . tt.„'. tsq. : Richard Williams, Esq.. iEgq• - - - • .- - - • • kh •t,„ -,- -- - - - • - •: - - 0k,... 1 , ltizia•-•:-.john - MacneW, L.L.D., F.R.S. t,, 4r rn, Sot, and Co., Dublin ;„ and Fladgate, '41 , 4 Young , and J&kson, London. 'it t William Taylor, Ran k , 4, College-green.' 4. 4 :tt hA•-ttlittx BawifEas—The of.lreland. , I 'llt t , Lo:,, k taa—Cllyn, Halifax,~ Mills:- and Co,- 67. Lombard ft ' , lihk.- - °n; The Manchester add Salford Bank, Manchester ; S i t bm, °llli'erpool, LiverP°ol. k,NT l ,,'llnizi elt hi,.._ :ll_ exists between Dublin and the south and f somuathin c,cqt or a .",:?, f Ireland, fully justifies the construct on o a , ti i „ evr, oelly from• Dublin to Cashel, with a branch to Athy Ztl n ,,thea ,„' r ata this main trunk the country is , most favourable brho vtim, Ki Clonml, Limerick, and Galway, and of being exten eik''24l4,4 , poi nted out in the Report of Sir. Macneill. - • 4 74 4, 1 ,6 f 4 . ',..,T be traversed is singularly favourable for the con to; !, t, .'Y th - "aY, and, with - a slight - variation, la the line recom bc`ll4,llll,,,e, G overnment Commissioners In their Report, present -1,1 't I?, t)r ~,,l e ft or obstacles of any kind, and requiring but little, ,kli• t ii t •N t "' ) .ankin g , w hi c h en a bl es the Engineer to pledge himself ~tko t , 41.'1'111 not exceed I 300 000/ for the entire work, including k, t ; ,, tok" rp• h i rY ii i ' e l establishment, ' ice . ..-co . co mplete, being at' the rate of ,Nl4l N fti 'r ' Mac in , 1 - 1 1•„„ttrid „ Ile -- 8 great professional experience, and from the e.tt.t. 'ttl'n2 -011 0mical manner in which he has just brought the 04,4' ttrq•Zretiliedißiatity works to a completion within his es -41:14t1' iii *t rn tt ., Itt6e has every confidence that the calculations ha- Oki , th,, '"r: the ~ present , work will be found sufficient. It is k, la i r ,. t he •hature of thocountry•through which the line is to ~kiz„.%„,-,91, that, in the event of the atmospheric principle of ); till'aiile,, ° Ya,t l from experience to; be .preferable to that of loco itZlii ,:ate t ',...,t,t niay be applied to this Railway without any' Op p rt4mil..alsadvantageas no deeper cuttings or embankments 10, t p l itt.m,,..._ a d‘ for the locomotive, than would be prudent or desir '4l Vpt,_ . 4 fltt i s - waPheric principle. 14,,111,4ti.37qtt'obabiy not exceeded on any line of equal extent in I hto ln 'tat O m at present unoccupied by-a- railway, and holds k, I,,aelit, v t lucements, for the investment of capital... The re telt,ettZ, the calculation -of traffic is founded, are taken from t tt h in - ` by the 'Railway Celinnissioners, and which, ' by a c i*';‘ ll7 .T, are found - to be considerably tmderrated. F romm Yearly incOme of . • • • •.. . .. .. X 182,000 Iv hie . deduct mainteriance and °--- . 1 1& at 40 per cent ..... .... • . .. • • • • 4 1 N1 c. h . - . - • \ t i p, IC l b a Leaving a profit 0f.... • .£109,000 per ann. Id, e ttnital ofOrte Million, and' a loan of X 300,000, would ~1404 hi ild ef9 t i ' , I t • le„ w per cent. It is to be observed, that any amount A rl ivio t ~- • i a from Government, thereby lessening the extent of ItNt t 1 ',, 4(1 uPofnustnetess ' arily be attended . by an increase 1i tn.. ,1 c,'. 4 il - rAubscribers. l' 4- eg ')n e : „ ° . r abares to be made to the Secretary, at the office, I 'l4T i Z t 'i,',a It;Z e ea, and to Messrs. Richard Williams and Sons, 'lre l t4:'• Johnßallion and Son, _Manchester; Mr. James k4 ci ii- n , ant ; and to Mr. George. King, Secretary to the -°l Yheed Railway "Company, 62, Moorgat e -streot, h. .-.. . . i i*SX AND COMFORT IN SHAVING. t„ -. ., , A„..,,5, 5 . , B. and 'S. CO, IVVAIsT'S invaluable .41 ,:li A ii r ,u.ki STROP, or QUADRILATERAL CHINESE Zi,t e ,'" th,:`' , INER, renders the operation 'orshaiing no longer ;Dril g"'„Re,;,,Mest tender skin. fly a very simple process the ,lit,lllt;.'eir, - ', , R Peedily be give n . lathe bluntest razor or penknife. 'hqq, • tit tic n 's peculiarlylempered razors and shaving po7der. 'N - "", ° 11 tl 4„ d eiStrnps are now exhibiting at the Roal Polytechnic 14,11'4eItthhik:'t ft ,7 t 4 e i rin A g d c e e la r i ti l t e ica ( t ; _s_ all ; r i:e ee Lowthe r sn , Arcade,. from ,54,, , ,,, B. nud S. CO e WYAN, 164, Fenchurch-street, Ilt,, Al i ke. 1 '''e., may be obtained, as well as of all ro:pectable t ko t ,' a it the Un i ted Kingdom, pr i ce ss. 6d., '7d. 6d., and 4Llt 04,1„,ei. Ibe had Cowvan's Cantonper box. ,Razor Strop Paste, at t' he Shavi ng P ow d er Is. 6d. ae are genuine , except those.those. marked and Spelt t, ti. ndS N 4 liberal all a , %ranee to CONY A the ttade and shippers. 73,000 to b r ''' ar g O M iulous P ; her ; 005 1 I t n io d n 0( 0 0 id ng for a do3 l °'' , o bet lie n u ba d De rp d lain' og he d. Co o n' ;0 , 1 of, 033 t)j • , Nt)TICE. Wi h ~3 4, :•OXFORD-STREEr viel),, its ' t '4,WNERS.. CAPTAINS: AND OTHERS. I„ •N 4 ,'„ e stirtionials,- Gra, fa. by•al I Agents. EYE SNUFF.-- - -Under the 4 , .1 4 u Ni e •4. aw.„ his late • Majesty, her - Royal Highness the g, t LI °Y th e `!ne Lords of the Treasury. is universally saddle)re . for its ef fi cacy in removing disorders a. tt)the , • -- NERVOUS HEAD-ACHE AND tt,,tvh,`Ne iron e-Al• NESS CURED! • , . k. 1 . 4 14 Ye h, ,d eligh tful,'and fra rant . Compound 144 1 , Is iyeri ae — ' e n naught *Rh pleasure; Many thousand 1 ts rn a npe,::!np li sned by its use, at a trifling expense. yet thetrials If testimonies be necessary to induce the r ia '' K i"ffs, Lord.t, and Commons hare tilted it. VI., 4 1 , Itch es , tasn . ty have sanctionedits use: Their fate Ma -4'i'''lni",,vith t " Kent, the most eminent Oculists; Medical s!, e lebr at tV• glitat die balance,.the Press- , have eulogised lierbaceous Compound, known as " Grim -4 l Its e ff icacy in removing all diseases incident kis_' !enter (I. J. Guthrie, Dm. FRD See J..R. Each- Q( '7,ent,4o44lng,.••hitehall. I.)r Th M'as Dr. AndreWS - calls It e, - itp r l t c;:trh eh6 &Ports * to u ching its ' utilitY.. The late —anY others, rec u mend Grimstone's Eye s.' ntkl * the' -- qin's best Friend.'! u a m od' the 'fStudent's Vade (N. 4 1 alitttllY thousand fetters of Testimonies, of un• 'tab 'itY, with others of the first respectability. Nottingham, Aug.2B, 1841 i• 4DTP el l g in4T Y tine i iAI r i Snuff (4testect by Mr...lames Wileocksow, fe e l ••nd tigar Merchant Nottingham. NNI, •J Ale P ir- 111 r. W. brimstone, i t e ' a ' t !hlei,',!'ltac t 4 ti a :u . r . ! in sending you 'the particulars of my i f ,t;t k - ot or Yt i B n ft. ;.Ijrre,performed on myself, by using your tq °ir °, l tand, have ' 4 lru en uO i W n •I n hif r i nY co ' u n t7t7r ty-t tw ' e r nt;-sirl 4 41 411 1 1 , ) ,It t t o ' t .rnr ! I _'age of climate, or my adv y anced age, I t krt, ! !!t e e ii ri e , a7 I . have been deprived of eiht, !here ortf 4 f i n uus 'ness. Ido most sincerely ' believe I 41 , 44 t, e ,y o , 4 l len d _ar Kum. and pain bur for the kind recom- Ohj,t> ..Agen t, `,lr Ynu..r invention I rchased 4d. f th a ack . ilcuckson, t obacc osist, who knows th?ti a Jleci at ', roost bear witness to my extraordinary I„.(te theas estimahl,. ble,sing of our life--I'Perfect '4l ftpteriia:Zeeded from the use of your. Eye" Snuff: ° th e OViij rin g• You may. ake what vse you. please .Inffererucs kt:ntilnd many others will vouch ter- its ~ , r k N quin la gentleman. being your Agent, 03.4 1 /foam. • Ir • aal, Sir, • N t acti,,Tosr•lsh • Your obliged servant, lid AN.NNIS ZENIA MASSENIA. e p e 4l 7 t c ,74 antan,,,, t ` k u ,loti vi•tice without stating my relict t Perse, • eies became clear and free from fz tkt lf i , 4,, nri p r i n e t rin i tl . in its use very frequently, lam t! (), _ • oout the aid of glasses, and contirme ;10.vervtlain. recor4zeant! tree from pain I have reason to be th e Your from Snuff to all I know. Nelt - 1 9 g,`" o 4tio A. E. M. 4 let s3 doti r .'"•nne ▪ Gni Als L'Ori ' , a; hin PrePared b ONE is the sole inventor, °'^t it°, S I. Ilerh bh.,tl„tti, t l '„t :'cl aCe In Corn • - `l` id. 4. pollild of Herbi is sold in r4,„ii, al e ti er en d Sl(jNk Nub, and 15s: fid. each, by the &ate of V . ! 9. 434, Oxford-street, Totten. . t t t4;t a 44 i ttgte 9 , Broad -street, insßloobury), liktietl sins a iti ea nu ,cast also be obtained all the t zt , l q , I, .101 V en A liberal allowance to Shippers, kh, citieurglh,pi,e4 do_rs of Gdmstone's Eye Snu ff . This 1, - I.,t . n ette _eve ry e V,! l _ l quarters of tie globe, and retains "II hi q Z, ; „ "' l ate. All Snuffs and Cigars shipped ,• ~~ tIIB:li ,~u, ~ =• ADVERTISEMENTS INSERTED in ALL THE ,THREE pApeßs, Morning, Noon, and Night, thereby insuring a TOWN ono! COUNTRY CIRCULATION, at ONE CHARGE. 'RIG! EL AND SOCIETY OF LONDON. A GENERAL COURT of this CORPORATION, to celebrate the ANNIVERSARY of the BATTLE of ALEXANDRIA, will be held at theTREEMASOXS' TAVERN, on THURSDAY, the 21st inst. Dinner at a Quarter before Seven precisely. Lieut.-Gen. Sir JAMES 'MADONELL, 1C.C.11., and K.M, President, in the Chair. Members of the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland and of the. Branch Societies of Madras, Bombay, Nova Scotia, Aberdeen, &c., are admissible without introduction. . _ • Members desirous of procuring admission for visitors, will hive the goodness to apply td the Hon. Secretary. Members' Tickets may be procured at the Tavern. GEORGE BAIN, lion. Sec. • DISASTROUS GALES.---The- BOARD of - MANAGEMENT of the- SHIPWRLCKED FISHERMEN and MARINERS'BENEYMENT ,SOCIETY have received- letters from various of their auxiliary branches, Containing the most painittl accounts of the wrecks occasioned by the late unexpected gales. In many instances fishermen and mariners have perished, leaving their 'widows, orphans, - and aged parents lii complete destitution 4 and in other cases where the lives of the crews of vessels and boats•have been preserted, the men have lost . all that they possessed, and been landed at a distance from their own homes. The demands upon the funds of the Society have, there fore, been both heavy and numerous to, administer to the neces sities - of the surviving relatives of the deceased, and to clothe, shelter, and forward to their families the castaway mariners. The Board of Management entreat that the pnbUc will continue to render them that assistance which they have hitherto so generously afforded. It may he mentioned, as one amongst the benefits Which this .In= stitution must confer upon the inhabitants' of this kingdom, inland as well as upon the coast, that it must put an end to the practice of imposters travelling - the country, representing themselves as ship wrecked seamen, inasmuch.as the public. feeling assured that all true cases of distress from storms at sea will obtain, prompt and efficient relief from this Charity, by the means of its extensive agencle# (633 in number), may suspend affording alms to all such applicants, and by contributing to this Institutton (the annual subscription to which is only 2s 6d.) mitigate real sorrow, and defeat the designs of such unprincipled persons. Donations and subscriptions thankfully received by all the honorary secretaries and gentlemen (a list of whom may be obtained upon application) ; by Messrs. Williams, Deacon, and Co., the bankers of the Society; and at the Centfal Office, 26, Bucklersbury, London. EDWARD WEST; Secretary. ARIS AND STRASBURGH RAILWAY 'Total Capital, 60,000,000 France. • To be divided into 120,000 Shares of 500 f. each. An amount not exceeding a moiety of the same, to be raised in" England, In 20/. Shares. , - , I.ophoze COMMITTEE, WILLIAM THOMPSON, Esq., Alderman, M P. CHARDS. BARRY BALDWIN, Esq„ M.P.: JOHN .CROSTHWAITE, Esq., Liverpool: WILLIAM SAMPSON', Esq., London. T. M. WEGUELIN, Esq„ London. E. W. KENSARD, Esq., London. PARIS COMMITTEE. Le Comte de MOLE, President, Pair de France. Le Marechal Comte GERARD, Pair de France. Mons. de CHEVANDIER, Pair de France. ' Mons. ETIENNE, Pair de France. Mons. MAGNIER de MAISONEUVE, Depute, de Bas Rhin. Mons. GANNERON, Banquier, Depute, de la Seine. Mons. de L'ESPEE, Depute, de la Meurthe. Mons. ETIENNE, ills, Depute, de la Meuse. BANEERS IN LONDON. Messrs. DENISON, HEYWOOD, KENNARDS, and Co. Sir CLAUDE SCOTT, Bart., and Co. BANKERS IN . LIVERPOOL. , • Messrs. LEYLAND, BULLINS and Co. BANKERS IN PARIS. Messrs. GANNERON et Compaigne. . - GENERAL ADVA_NTAGES. The limited investment of British capital in the c,onstruetlon of Railways in France has hitherto been attended with both success and profit. The proposal, therefore, to establish a railway communica tion between the French capital and Strasburg, the point of depar ture to and from Germany, must command public attention and con fidence; more particularly when•it can be shown that peculiar faci lities are afforded, by the French Government, and that those risks and expenses will be obviated, which, to so great au extent, affect si milar undertakings In England. BENEFITS PECULIAR TO FRENCH RAILWAY INVEST MENTS. Conformably to the Law of the 11th June, 1842, the French Go vernment have resolved on the formation of a railway from Paris to Strasburg. It is necessary to state that, by the terms of that law, the land will be purthased, and the earthworks, tunnels, bridges, sta tions, &e., will be executed by the Government, at their own ex pense and risk. A lease of the line for working will be made to the Company, whose investment will be limited to the ballasting of the road, the supplying and laying down of the rails, and providing the engines, earriages,'B4c. The ratification of this lease, the duration of the grant, the conditions of working, and the tariff of rates will be the matter of a special law. COMPARATIVE ABSENCE OF RISK. , All the advantages of "railway investment will thus be secured to the Shareholders without those risks involved in the purchase of land, and error, in the estimate of cost, which have so frequently oc curred in similar undertakings in England. The only object of consi deration will be tho conditions to be obtained from the French Go vernment for the working of the line, and there are mufilcient data to convince the Provisional Directors that favourable terms will be granted to the proposed company. RATIFICATION OF THE LEASE. Negotiations have already - been entered into for a Lease, and it will be the endeavour of the Provisional,Directors to secure its immediate confirmation by the Government, which they have every reason to anticipate will be ratified by law during the present session of the French Chambers. VFECIIPS FAMOUS -BAGATELLE TABLES, kVA_ manufactured on the premises, 4, Leadenhall-street, London, make long evenings appeatshort„ and combine calculation with amuse ment.—Price 31. 10s., 41. His., 51. 10s,, up to 121.. Sold also by his Agents—Speirs and Son, Oxford ; Lounge, Leeds ; Eastree, Liverpbol ;'Briton and "Williams, Dublin; Woolfield, Glas gow;- Pratt, Bradford ; Thompson, Nottingham; Stephenson, Hull ; Squiers, Dover ; Steel and Rix, Norwieh.--None are genuine without Meehi's Name and Address. • 91111 E DIRECTORS of the NATIONAL LINEN COMPANY, in giving _publicity to" the unprecedented prices at which they are selling LINEN MANUFACTURES, beg to ap. prise families residing, either in town or country, that goods are for warded for approval previous to payment. A few price. are an. nexed, to which they respectfully invite the attention of families, hotelkeerers, &G : Table Linen—magniffbent table cloths, five yards Jong, each 155.; napkins to match, yard square, 10s. 6d, per dozen ; fish napkins, 2s. 6d. per dozen ; very fine ditto, 17s. fat ; cortimon table cloths, yard and h half square, Its. 6d. per dozen ; larger sizes in proportion Sheetings—stout Irish sheeting., 12s. 6d. per pair; Bets, three yards wide, without a seam, lbs. ; common, for servants' use, 44. 6d.. per pair. Irish linens—stout qualities, the piece of 26 yards for 21s. ; ditto, fine, 26 yards, Vis. ; and ver fine and stout, ‘.'6 yards for 355 .; the Company's y and Wide, cur iously fine, yards, 40s. tosos. ,• Irish cambric handkerchiefs, equal in ap. pearance to the finest French, 12s. 6d. pet dozen; common lawn handkerchiefs, 4s 6d. per : dozen. The Company are likewise bleachers of long-floths, calicos, coun terpanes, &c. These warehouses are stocked with every description ofoods suitable for householdpurposes. Prospectuses containing full particulars of the various goods for sale, with lists of ;vices, can be had at the warehousai, or by post. Retail entrance, 105, Fleet-street, corner of arringdon-street, bottom of Ludgate-hill. N B. The nobility can have their own crests made to order on any size table cloths. Various superb designs now in the stock. Families waited on with samples if required. ME' BEST APERIENT" . AND ANTIBILIOUS MEDICINE FOR OCCASIONAL USE. - FA-ALMPTpI•T'S • PILL. OF HEALTH efflictuallyrelievesthe stomach and bowels by gentle relaxa tion, without griping or prostration of strength. They remove head ache, sickness, dizziness, pains in the chest, &c., are highly grateful to the stomaib, promote digestion, create appetite, relieve langour and depression of spirits ; while to those of a full habit and free who are -continually suffering from drowsiness, heavines, and singing in the head and ears, they offer advantages that will not fail to be appreciated. Sold by T. Front, 221) Strand, London, Price Is. 1 1 4 d. per box and by the Vendors of Medicines generally throughout the Kingdom. -Ask. for FRAMPTON'S PILL of HEALTH, and observe the Name and Address o('' ThomasProut,29lo, Strand, London," on the eir'ernktig _ - - - 4461 .0 TIVITISI-1 INSTITUTION, PALL-MALL. -Jur The GALLERY Rene EXIIIBITION and .SALE of the WORKS of BRITISH ARTISTS is open -daily from Ten in the Morning until Flee in the Evening. , - ..A.iltniaslon, Is. ; Catalogue, Is. WILLIAIE BARNARD, Keeper. GALLERY, 53, PALL-MALL; adjoining the British Instittition. The Amateurs of Painting are respectfully Informed that the COL LECTION' of PICTURES by the OLD MASTERS will remain ON VIEW at this Gallery until the End of the . present Month' of March, when it will be re-occupied by the Neve Sikletro? Painters in Water. Colours., to whom it belongs. Tbe Names ofSubscribers to the SALE of SITARES in the'Prdperty of the Pictures now on VieW, are received by BENJ. DACOSTA, Secretary. Admittance, One Shilling. WIL S ON'S SCOTTISH ENnRTA.IN _ - • . MENTS, MUSIC STORE•STAEET, BEDFORD-SQUARE. - On-MONDAT Z_VENING, March II; at Eight o'clock, • Mr. Wilson will give his celebrated selected Entertainment on the - • SONGS-OF SCOTLAND. - • Pianoforte, Mr. LAND. PART, ain fireside—Saw ye my wce thing ?—Auld Robin Gray—The Laird o' Cockpen—Lizzle Lindsay—Scots wha ha'o wi' Wallace-bled--Mary Zforrison—Get up and bar the door. - -PART IL—Farewell to Lochaber—My boy Tammy-,.My Nannie's awa—Allister M'Allister—There's nae luck aboot the house. In the tress, the MUSIC in MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS. Frail Seats, 2s. fid. ; Back Seats, 2s. ; Private Boxes for Six, 155.; for Eight, 11.. Programmes and Tickets may be had at the Music shops, and at the Music-hall. Mr. WILSON VAR, in the course of the season, produce the follow ing, which he litschad some time In 'preparation :—Jacobite Relics — Wandering Willie's Jameses of Scotland—The Wallace and the Brnce—A Haiver wi' Jamie Hogg. 11MR. e: H. ADAMS'S ORRERY durihg LENT. THEATRE ROYAL LYCEUM, OR ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE; - • To-Monaow EVENING, FRIDAY, and every WEDNESDAY and bATJ Mr. C.ll. ADAMS will deliver ids LECTURE on ASTRONOMY. To begin at Eight precisely, and end about Ten. Balcony,4s. ; BOXC9, 2s. ; Pit, is., Private Boxes, One Guinea and Half-a-Guinea. Tickets, - &c., at the Box-effice, from Ten till Four, and fit the principal Libraries. R OYAL POLYTECHNIC rN,STITtITION. Amp > POPDLAR LECTURES in. CHEMISTRY and NATURAL PHILOSOPHY are delivered daily by Dr. Ryan, Professor 13achhoff ner,- and ether Lecturers, illustrated by. Apparatus of the most vain able kind, including ARMSTRONG'S' HYDRO-ELECTRIC MA CHINE (which is exhibited daily at Three o'clock, and at Eight in the Evenings) ; LONGBOTTOM'S OPAQUE MICROSCOPE ; NEW DISSOLVING VIEWS, COSMORAMIC VIEWS, Esc., &c. MODELS of all kinds of STEAM-ENGINES and other MACHIN ERY in MOTION, DIVER working under water, and the DIVING BELL, &c. kc. Admislion, 1s ; Schools, Half-price. Prospectuses of the Classes for Private Instruction may be had Qf thelscretary. .I:JIATENT.,ELECTRO PLATED and GILT ARTICLES in every_ variety, at the Establishments of the Patentees, • , ELKINGTON and CO., _ WEST-ENR=-22, MEGENT-STREET, corner of Zermyn-4t4Tet; - CITY-45, MOORGATE-STREET. _ The Patent Eleciro processes being extensively adopted under their license, the Patentees beg to state that they confine their monufac ture to. gbods,of d superior and warranted quality only, which in variably bear their mark, "E. and Co., uncle:x*4i crown."—Old articles re-plated and gilt. - . - BY AUTHORITY, of his MAJESTY the EMPEROR of AUSTRIA.—WiII take place irrevocably on the 16th•.f March, 1844, the DISTRIBUTION of NINE beautiful ESTATES' of a value from 1,480,054_ Francs, and MONEY PRIZES from 150,000 Francs down to 125 Francs of Common Bonds, and in ?ha Special Distribution of the Red Bonds 32,509 gains will be obtained, and each Red Bond must gain a higher or lower amount. Price of a Common Bond, 11. ; a Red Bond, 21. ; for Si. Five Common Bonds and one Red Bond ; for 101. Eleven Common Bonds and Two Red ; for 201. Twenty-three Common Bonds and Three Red. Apply, Without delay, to Messrs. JACOBS and Co., Bankers, Frank fort-on-the-Maine • or to save Postages, Letters 'say be addressed to Mr. Jacobs; 34, Wellclose-square. PUBLICATIONS. A NOVEL FROM INDIA. Just ready, in 3 Y 015., P EREGRINE PULTEN_EY, _ OR, LIFE IN 1ND1A.... London : John Mortimer, Adelaide -street MR. AINSWORTH'S NEW HISTORICAL ROMANCE. Immediately, in three vols., post Byo., W H I T'E II A L L. A Romance of the reign of William the Third. 13y W. HARRISON AINSWORTH, Esq., Author of the " Tower of London," "'St. James's," &c., &c. Illustrated by GEORGE CRUIESHANK. John Mortimer, Adelaide-street, Trafalgar-square. D R. CULVERWELL'S MEDICO-PHYSIO LOGICAL PUBLICATION& "-Hail wedded love! Mysterious law !—true source Of human °Spring. • ss' • _fly thee Relations dear, and all the charities Of Father, Son, and BrOther,first were knoWn."—Miurow. NEW SERIES. Price toalether tis., by post, 9s. 6d., Tho PHYSIOLOGY of the PASSIONS their Manifestation and Purpose. On Chastity, its influence on health, morals, and progeny; its maintenance and neglect. On sound health, long life, and happy feelings. On morbid derangements, nervous postations, and despair. On the casualties of Incontinence. An admonitory yet consolatory address to those needing such counsel, entitled " Lecture to Young Men." Price Is, by post, Is. 6d. The INSTITUTES of, MARRIAGE; a Medical Brochure for the closet perusal of those denied or diffident, yet desirous of securing marital attributes, domestic happiness, and healthy perpetuity. Price 2a , by post, Ss. PORNEIAPATHOLOGY ; a comprehensive Vasie-mecum on the concealed infirmities of human life (1( 0 Engravings). "The Modern Aristotle," " The most extraordinary work ever published.' Price 35., by post, ss. These publications combine rationality, explicithess, and integrity of purpose. Their perusal will enlighten and protect the invalid from the empyricism so fearfully exercised in the infirmities they re late to. The author is a Doctor of Medicine, a member of the Col lege of Surgeons, and a Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, and his writings are founded upon the experience of 20 years' exdusivedevo. Um to the subjects they treat upon. To be had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Carvalho, 147, Fleet street; Hannay, 65, Oxford - street; Mann, 59 , Cornhill; and the author, 21, A r undel-street, Strand. At home daily till two—evenings, seven'to nine. LAME itT .ON DEBILITY, NERVOUSNESS, AND ALL DISORDERS ARISING FROM EXCESS, grc. " He who in pleasure's downy arms • Wet lost his health or yonthfificharms, •' A 41e70 ,lives, and justly can Exclaim, in me beho'd a man I" Just published (in a sealed envelope). Tenth Edition. price 2s, 6d., or sent by po N at, free, to any address, Si. 6d., ELF-PRESERVATIO : a Popular Essay - on 1,7 those concealed •disorders originating in youthful . excesses, and terminating in Nervous Debility, Local and Constitutional Weakness, Indigestion, Insanity, and Consumption. With Practical Observations on Marriage, and on the Anatomy. Physiology, and Diseases of the Reproduc tive Organs, with plain Directions for their perfect Restoration • By SAMUEL LAMERT, Consulting Surgeon, 9, Bedford street, Bedford-square, London , Matriculated Member of the University of Edinburgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital'Medical Society, Licentiate of Apothecary's Hall, Lon don. &c. " The various positions of Lover, Hosbandoand Parent, the in herent privileges of mankind, are frequently marred and.prevented through the follies and frailties of early indiscretions. To such, among others; this Essay addresses itself; and by Its "perusal many questions may be satisfactorily adjusted that admit of no appeal even to the most confidential friend "—Stafford Gazette. " The design of this work will be tolerably obvious from its title, and we cordially recommend the author and his book to all who are suffering from nervous debility and general weakness."—Wakefield Journal. • . Published by•the Author, and sold in London by S. Gilbert, 51 and 52, Paternoster - row; Starie, 23, 'fichborne.street, Quadrant, Regent street ; Gordon, 1451, Leadenhall.street ; and by all Booksellers. At home every day till "I hree; and from Five till Eight. REMOVED FUOM'BIRMINGHA'MATO LONDON. - Just published, price 2s. 6d. and free by post (kg sealed envelope), THE 'SILENT FRIEND ; a :Medical Work on -IL Physical - Decay. its causes, and the baneful effects of exces.. sive indulgence. and infection, illustrated by .engravings, with ob. serrations Ain...Marriage, Wand directions for the removal of certain disqualiiirsuions- Bill. and L. PERRY andC0.... .... Published by the Authors', and Sold at their Residence, 19, Berners. street, Oxford.street4 ahio by Strange, 21, Paternoster-row; Compton-street, Soho; Jackson and • Co., 130, New Bond-street; Oxford.street ; J.. Gordon, 10,,1:.eadenhall-street; ton= don ; Ouest 31 ,. Bull-stiget„ Birmingham.; and by all Booksellers In Town and'Cotintry. •• • • The cottor AL BALM of 6YRIACIUM * directed for.the cure Of nervous and muscular debility impuissance, &e. Price lis and . Ms. per bottle. Sold by, all. Me dicine Vendors, of whom may be had the "Silent Friend." The Five Pound Cases manbe had as usual. PERRY'S PURIFYING SP ECIFIC rtrAts are the most effectual cure for syphilis, and secondary symptoms,inboth sexes, price 2s. 9d , 4s. 6d.. and 1J.6. per box. • , • Consultation fee, if by letter, 11. ')!..minute detail of cases is ne. cessary. Mews. Perry.ire in. daily attendance for Consultation, at. Aber Itsidence, 19, Berriersstreet, Oxford-street London, from 'Eleven tlll.Two, and Five till Eight. 'and on Sun days from,'Ten till ,Twelve. (14e persenal Viilt Only is riecessaiTtO effect apernianenf cure. ' •-• HEALTH' AND STRENGTH. Just published; in *Sealed Envelope, price 2s. 6c1., and sent tree, on receiving a Postoffiteorder for Three Shillings, ORGANW,' TIE A.TATII 4 a Comprehensive - and Physiological Treatise .on a peculiar and delicate class of Nervous'Complaints,. a r ising. Ilom the declinn of Manly Strength— ill-restrained gaiety.,.. excess tropical cllmate...late hours...seigabuse or infection. Addressedlo the NOBLEMAN —STA EbM A N.—CLERGY M AN PARENT. , -TUTOR TR A VEIL R ;and especially.to.the.ANGLO. , NDIA N. By DOSS and .CUMPANY,..Consultmg Surgeons. 7, Lancaster. .place. Strand (near .Waterloo.bridge, London. GYNO MI A.;.0r.. the. Physiology. of Woman, in a sealed envc. lope, priC42s. 611...hyp0.5t. 35.. ..... .. . .... TESTIMONIALS . • ; " These works can be safely _recommended, as well for the moral truths contained, as for the extensive and successful result of the au thor's experience.".,,London.M.orning Journai. , • . " We agree with the Editor of.the London Morning Journal, and recommend Mr. Goss's publications for general perusal."—Edinburgh Weekly Pape__ • , • he precepts contained in these works are interesting and useftil." -:Edinbtugh Paper.' "This publication, while it neither spares the aged voluptua r y, nerthe youthful prodigal, offers to both the most important advan tages."—Glasgow Paper. . 1 These works are properly called an analysis of certain complaints ; they arc written in a very peculiar style of moral admonition."— Dublin Morning Journal. 4 * Utility is combined with simplicity, and we recommend the works accordingly."—Dublin Weekly Jou rn al. The above may behad 9t Sherwood and Co., 23, Paternoster-row, I cmdon ; Porter, 72, Gra ft on.street, Dublin; and of all Booksellers. Price es. - 6d. each, in a - sealed envelope. Messrs. (10 . 4 , S may be consulted, every day,at their house ; and Patients in the remotest parts of the country can he treated success_ fully on their describing minutely the case ; and if enclosing a fee of It. for advice, an answer will b 'lmmediately sent. Medicines can ue forwarded to any part of the world ; no difficulties can occur, as the Meamines will be securely packed, and carefully protected from observation. 7, Lancaster.p.dc., Strand, near Waterloo-bridge, London, !• • The work will be lorwarded by pos ton receiving a Post-office order for Three Shillings. .GOUT OR RHEUMATISM CURED'FOR A SHILLING . fENRY'S MAGIC- PILLS, f or th e cure o f the Gout, Rheumatic Gout, Rheumatism, and all Rheumatic Attectiona.—This most extraordinary medicine, which I now offer to the p4blic. is decidedly the most convenient, safe, and exPeditieus remedy in the world for the cure of the gout, rheumatic gout; rheu matism, and, indeed, for all rheumatic affections under the various names of face-ache, tic-doloreux, sciatica, lumbago, &c. It contains antimony, ou t orrheumatism in an hour or two, gives sooth. nor any other noxious substance . ; _re. r ing and refreshing sleep, and, in many cases , I h ave k nown p at i ent! m fit erc ot u t ry he g walk well and easy in less than tWenty.fo ur h ours. i n i e e i v t es he They are sold wholesale, by Marclays,Farringden.street;.Edwards, St Paul's; Suttons, Bow Church-yard; Butler, 4, Cheapaide; and Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford.atreet, London. Price is. per.box and dte - BtlitaESS'S NEW SAUCE, foi general pur posetytitrring gained such great approbation, and the demand for It continuing to increase, .TOIIX BURGESS and SON beg most respectfully to offer thus their best acknowledgments to the Public for their liberal patronage of the same ; its utility and gfeat conysni mice in all elimatm have recommended it to the most distinguished foreign connections, who have all spoken highly in Its recommenda tion. it is prepared by them only ; and for preventing disappoint ment to ihmilies,. all • possible care has been resorted to, by each bottle being sealed on the cork with their firm and address, as well as each label. having their signature, without which it cannot be genuine. JOHN BURGESS and SON'S long-established and mne,h-esteemed ESSENCE of ANCHOVIES continuos to be prepared by tkens after tie lame manner that has giren the greatest satisfactlei for many years. warehouse, 107, Strand, corner of gs.voy Steps, London. inrEINZ BROTHER AAL during a very port Lim DIVIDENDS to their Correspond DIVIDENDS or .£25 . ,000, .£lB,OOO, £9,000, £5,000, £3,600 to London, £3,600, £800,,f700 to Edinburgh, £3,600 to Dublin, • £3,600 to Beverley, £3,600 to Bali ax, £1,200 to Porthleaven harbour, £9OO, £7OO, £7OO, £6OO to LI IS, having RIIIITTED " 5 verYlfirffl 4 1 nPuilts 310.1•TBY ants in Great Britain and Ireland ; DXVII DS or , £900; /600 Afanchestr, £7OO to rast Retibrd, Notting , hamshire, • £7OO to Colne, Lancashire. £7OO to,nyde, Isle of Wight, £6OO to Cork, £6OO to 13radford, £6OO to Bideford', £3OO, £3OO to Lisbellavr, Ennis killen, verpool. £9OO t. Hull, £9OO to Newesatifrapon-Tyne, . They beg to CALL THE ATTENTION of those desirous to obtain LARGE MONEY DIVIDENDS to the APPROACHING TIVEN. TIETH DISTRIBUTION of LUBECK," eIUARANTEED by the GOVERNMENT. - . This distribution offers the possibility or obtaining mere than £20,000 upon One Share, Owing to the great number of Money Dividends contained in this Improved and unrivalled Distribution, EVERY TWENTY-TWO SHARES OBTAIN TWENTT-ONE MONEY DIVIDENDS, and EVERY HOLDER of ONE SHARE has a CHANCE - of TIVENTY- ONE is his FAVOR to ONE cDNLY ONE) AGAINST ULU, as to the receipt of a Money Dividend. Price of One Share, £1 ; Two Shares, £2 ; Three Shares, £3 Four Shares, £4 ; Five Shares, £5 ; Six Shares, £6 ; Seven Shares, £7 ; Eight Shares, £8 ; Nine Shares, £9 ; Ten Shares, £lO. Direct for Shares, WITHOUT DELAY, to HEINE BROTHERS, at LUBECK. *,,,* The full Prospectus, with all particulars, may he had GRATIS upon addressing a line to HEINE BROTHERS, at LUBECK. January 1, 1844. N.A.TIONAL LOAN sc 'UND LIFE ASSUR ANCE 26, CORNHILL, LONt.olr. Capital X 500,000. - Empowered by. Act of Parliament. . . The many novel and varied advantages bestowed. , by this Institu tion, both in its life assurance and deferred annuity departments, par ticularly the power to borrow two-thiNs of premiums without ex pense or forfeiture—the great reduction of rates on short policies— the,option of selecting benefits and converting policies so as best to suit the interest or necessity of the policy-holder during life, as well as to afford the full benefit to his family at death, and annual division of profits, have already been so well appreciated by the public, that the Society's great success and growing prosperity enabled the Di rectors, at their General Meeting in May last, to add to each policy on the profit scale a bonus averaging fifty-live per cent. on the amount already invested ; and this bonus, according to an equitabie scale, may either be paid in cash, or applied in reduction of nature premiums. riAMPHINE LAMPS--SUPERB LIGHT. X...) The CAMPIIINE or VESTA LAmr, for intensity of light finds its equal only jn the brilliant Bude. CLARK and• Co. have invented an opal enamelled Shade, which considerable advaitages, gi ves th e C am phi ne or V es t a L a mp a nt appearance, and ma k es i t perfectly shadowless. A lso, re tr nel u e ly rs elega a Fireproof Chimney, which is so necessary for these Lamps, the Light being too powerful for common glassest A really splendid Show -of Lamps for Oil or Candles, all at manufaeturers' prices. The Camphine or Vesta Table Lamps, com mencing at 278. 9d., all complete, and -o on from price to price, to the dbsigns suitable for the mansion of the nobleman. - Highly Rectified Spirit, 3s. 7d. imperial gallon. carnifiline Or Vesta Lamps always • kept burning, fitted with ena mel, and shaded for public inspection. : • Please copy the Address --Clark and Co:, 447,• West trand, ten doors from Lowther Arcade. ' Orders can now be executed immediately. Agents wanted. These Enamelled Shades are highly Suitable for Gas. THE .SKIN AND, COMPLEXION. GOWLAND'S LOTION .—T h e use .of Lowland's Lotion is speedily followed by the disappearance of every species of eruptive malady, dlscolburation, &c., and the establishment of a pure surface of the -skin, Ittompanied by the brilliant circulation which constitutes the tint of beauty, whilst as a refresher it preserves the most delicate complexion, and sustains to a protracted period the softness of texture and vivacity peculiar to earlier years. " ROBERT SHAW, London," is in white letters on the Government stamp, without which none is genuine. Prices 24. Pd., 6s. 6d., quarts Bs. 6d, Sold by all n erflamers and Medicine Vendors. -• this e s seekof A le li y been VII ASS'S PALE ALE.—The annexed Report of ip re t c h e e ived rri CALCUTTA : Rupees. December 22, 1848-,Ba.ss„„ I ;e th o e ve t r h l rc an e d Presedencies I4iail of India has „ SO per bhd. Actual Sales.. . A usoPp 7O to 75 do. as par prices Current. Hodgson -- MADRAS: RD. AN. December 26, 1843—8a5 5 .... . . 6B 8 per Mid. • Actual Sales. Allsopp 6 5 do. as per prices Cur.- _ . Hodgson -.. rent. ZOANIAT : ItUPERIL January 1, 1844 —Bass—Nonein the marketi o per prices Cur. • Allsopp ........ lent Hedgsen„..„4B The shipments of Beer, from the Ist October IRS• to - the Ist inst., arc as follow : To. , Bombay. . Calcutta.. Madras. Total iihda. 8a5a.........•.. 4,774 Allsepp Hodgson, Ms particular kind of ALE i s prescr ib ed to invalids by the moat celebrated Physicians. Dr. Prout, who has examined it, in his work on" Diseases of the Stomach," &c., after condemning common ales, especially recommends this to weakly persons. In excellent con dition, in Casks and Bottles, at their appointed Agcnts, HENRY BERRY and CO., 3, St. Jeraes's..streot.—Feb. 10, 18.14. - = • Haw icJc.,-L-Lorcl" Dielgund,: - eldest son of Earl Minto, and heirto - a4ery ghoa landed estate, has declared himself in favour of a total repeal of the corn-laws. - His uncle; the litelaeinber for koxburgshire, has sent in his ad hesion to the League.„ - HIGH TIDE.—Q 4 :Tuesday another of those extraor dinary high tides, denoMinated spring tides, occurred at half past two,o'clock in the, afternoon. , The tide, which was still flowing,tind ( *toad continue to do so 'for some minute's, had risen so high that the towing-path between Putney and Ham riteramith was 'between-two and three feet -under water, so that those barges, which are dependent upon horses for tow ing them up the river, were unable to proceed. At Putney bridge, a barge laden wi th timber got jammed in, in attempt ing to pass through the centre arch, and all efforts•to extri cate her were; until the receding of the. tide, deemed use less. The Thunder, one of the Putney and London steam boats, was obliged, instead of laying to at the pier off the Bells Tavern until her Anne of starting (half-past two), to quit her 'moorings, pass through , the bridge, and anchor off the College 'of Civil Engineers, the autho r iti ee ' o f w hi c h establishment kindly -permitted passengers going to Lon don to pass. through their grounds to the steam-boat. Wands worth and .Putney fields were flooded, and the water side at Wandsworth was rendered impassible for more than halt an hour," and the baieinent floors of such of the fishermens' dwellings, the i door 7 ways of which had not been effectually barricaded by pieces of wood and clay, were from two to three feet'under water. Proceeding further down„ the river-pre sented, the appearance of a sea. The Chelsea Lammas lands and osier beds, that cover many acres, were indistinguishable ; the whole was one great flood. That part of Chqnewalk contiguous to the oitchurch, Chelsea, was also flooded, and the omnibuses and other vehicles were obliged to go through it with the water up to the horses' knees. Battersea-fields were in many. parts covered with the tide: At Chelsea Hos pital* the tide rose to within a few inches of the summit of the river-wall. Had it overtopped this, the - damage done to the gardens, which are greatly below high water mark, must have beenvory great. At Vauxhall' and Lambeth the tide poured into the:ground4ioors . of the factories and warehouses along the river -side; and did considerable damage. fpre- - street, Lambeth, was flooded, and Bishop's-walk was rendered inaccessible to foot 7 passengers, in consequence of the tide flowing up to the very gates of the Archbishop's palace and the old church. The Horseferry, Millbank, was all under water, and the tide even rose to within: a foot of the level of the river wall in front of the new Houses-of Parliament, whieh wall understood to be three feet above the highest of the tides: . . SINGULAR tOISCOVERY OF CPi'PER ORE..---It IS' a well-kn Own -fact; that coppe r mining in Cornwall is 'of com paratively recent origin, and that the mines in this county were,-at: no. 'Veep remote period, - Worked only for tin, the t c h 9p rol e vii r . o a r s e id b e. ein A g o c i o n n iu si i d a e r re c d omfi as: in le t i o es n -S - f) a f ti t t s co h n as seq j n u e s u t tly oc curred in' widening the rOad in the neighbo ur h oo d of Chace water. • -Captain DaVies; - the contractor, in removing the old hedges; perceived nmong the stones of which - they were com posed' a considerable number that contained copper, and has actually selected from them several tons of "copper ore? These stOnos,J)ad, iuj, doubt, heen. raised by miners r in search of tin, at a period . when their value was not knoW n ,. an d use d as materialsfor constructing the hedges' in which - they were found. Captain Davies ? in contracting for the job,- has been so:fciittuitit6 alto secure Ile-stones of,the oldliedges and is, consequently, .; a . po#4nrallle ping i s,y alk 4 o: LONDON' AND WESTMINSTER JOINT-STOCK BANK. The usual . Annual Meeting of the Shareholders and Directors of this Banking Company was held yesterday, at their establishment in the city. Shortly after one o'clock, the chair was taken by PATRICK MAXItELI. STE WART, Esq., M.P., who said that before the Proprietors would have submitted to them the Report of the business of the bank, they would perhaps allow him, on the present occasion, to interpose hiniself for a very few minutes, between them and•the reception of that Report. He asked them to do so be-. cause he thought the present time was one of marked importance to the establishment in which they were all so zealously. concerned. This Bank had been established for ten years. The present was their tenth anniversary meeting -, and in the history of banks, as well as other things, the close of ten years was held to be a sort of epoch, at which a,.retrospect of the past might be taken, and _ the Trospect for the future considered.—(Hear, hear.) Within those ten years every joint-stock bank in London had risen into existence, and he might claim for the London and Westminster Bank priority in point of time, as to its establishment, of all the joint-stock banks in London. It was the first esta blished here, and with - that distinction they incurred those burdens and ineumbrances from which honours were not at any time quite free—he meant that they had had to encounter formidable opposition to the planting such establishments as that was, and all he would add in. referring to that circumstance Was to con gratulate the Proprietors of the bank on their having overcome, all those obstacles without, he believed he might say, the lois of one friend or the creation of a single enemy amongst the class of the private banks of London, or their more formidable opponent over-the way (the Bank of England.)- 1 -(11 - ear, hear.) In looking back, in order to mark out their best course for the future, he might observe that the principle of action adopted by the Directors at an early period of the existence of the establishment, had been found to be good and, well adapted to all circumstances. As an illustration ' ,he might remark that money s easons , lik e the natural seasons, had their changes, sudden and vio lent. In seasons Of abundance of money, they- had always avoided hearkening teeny temptation to lock up their funds, and the consequence had been, that in seasons of scarcity and adversity, they • had had it in their power to do that which was not only sound in the principles of banking, but also gratifying in a humane point of view, namely, to help their friends when occasion required it. He might add that notwithstanding the variations of the seasons through which they had passed--seasons of scarcity as well as of plenty, - t1 ey - tiever had had, up to the present time, occasion to re-discount any one of the bills which they, had' in their possession.—(Hear, hear.) The profits of the bank had been under the present direction freely and liberally appropriated to the use of the Proprietors in the shape of divi dends and otherwise. In illustration of that, he would mention that the reserve fund had been annually increased, and was now becoming a distinct re servoir of security for seasons of need. They had paid in dividends to the shareholders, during the ten years past, upwards of 300,000 L SO far for the past. In look ing to the future, the present was a most important pe riod as regarded joint-stock banks. This year would occur a break in the charter of the Bank of England, which had been renewed in 1833. In the speech from the throne, at the opening of the present session of Parliament, they had been reminded that there would be an opening for the consideration and regulation of the laws which govern the Bank of England and the joint-stock banks of the country. There were two matters which - they had pressed upon the considera tion of the Government. The first was the right irse parable from a banking establishment created by law, and upheld as their . establishment now was, by the interest, power, and voice of 89 great a proportion of the community—the right of accepting bills under" a shorter date than six months. In the original charter of the Bank of England, in 1708, there was a clause prohibiting all banks, having more than six partners, from borrowing, owing, or taking up money on bills payable on demand, or at a less period than six months. That clause was aimed at certain speculative companies, which at that period resorted to the issue of notes under their common seal. It never could have been aimed against the exercise of banking privileges by country. banks, drawing, as he might say, upon their London agents. He believed the fact was, there was not a country bank in existence a t the time acting under impressions of this kind ; their bank had drawn bills of exchange ; and in consequence they were followed from Court to Court, until in 1837 judgment was given against their exercise of: the privilege by the reason of the clause in the charter of 1708, to which he had referred. Accordingly, they had desisted from any further practice of that branch of banking. That restriction was unjust to the innumerable members of the commercial community. It was un just 'to foreign and ' colenial banks, to joint-stock banks throughout the country, and to those in London. The country was deeply interested in the question, but he only touched upon it then as it would, in the course of the revision which the banking laws of the country were to be subjected to this session, be fully considered elsewhere. Joint-stock banks ought not to be deprived of the coininon privileges of banking establish ments. They could all remember that the failure of the bank of Pole and Co. in 1825 brought on the panic of 1826. The !other subject which the Directors had urged upon the Government was that of suing and being sued in the names of the establishment. A Committee representing the joint-stock banking companies of the country lately had an interview with. Sir R. Peel and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, previous to which they had trans mitted a letter containing detailed views on those points, and he was happy to be able to tell them that the interview was very satisfactory as far as it went. In 1834, when they had pressed those matters before on the attention of Government, there was no argnment used against them, but' a 'promise had been given to certain parties that those privileges should not be' granted. From Sir R. Peel's words they, were led to infer that thei rs was h e ld t o be a perfectly fair one, and the Right Hon. Baronetstated that he ha,clpurpotely abstained from giving any promises to any parties, in order that the claims from all quarters on this important question might be fully considered and justly settled at the proper time. He (the Chairman) had, then no doubt in concluding that they would obtain those privileges; and when the bank had worked so well and successfullyhitherte, he thought he was not too san • gnine in saying that, with an increase of its facilities of action, - would come an increase of its prosperity. They had copied their :enemies and warmed their friends in the contest. in which they had hitherto been engaged, and he, had •every hope of a continuation of prosperity to the establishment.--'-(Hear, hear.) The SECRETARY then read the following Report : " The Directors have-the pleasure of presenting to the' Shareholders' their Tenth Annual Report. The net, profits of the past year, after defraying all the current expenses, paying the income-tax, and making pr ov i s i on f or all bad and doubtful debts , __ amount to 51,696/. ss. 7d. Out of these profits the Directors paid laSt September a dividend at, .the .rate of six per cent. per annum,•for the half-year ending the 30th June, and they now declare a dividend at the same rate for the half-year ending the 31st of December. After the payment 'of these dividends, amounting together to 48,0001., there will remain from the profits of the year, a surplus of 3,696/. ss. 7d., which, added to the reserved fund, makes thepresent amount 66,822/. 16s. sd. " Throughout. the whale of last . year money was 'exceedingly abundant, and consequently cheap. But, although a low value, of money effects most severely those banks which have the largest paid-up capital, and which have been so managed as to retain the full com mand of their funds, yet the Directors did not suffer the desire of obtaining a higher rate of interest to betray them into advances upon doubtful or inconverti ble securities. As the Speech from the Throne has called the atten tion of. Parliament to the state of the law with regard to the privileges of the Bank of England and to other banking establishments,' the Directors have co-operated with the representatives of other joint-stock banks in bringing under the consideration. of the Government the defects of the laws relating to Banking. Companies, which they feel confident the Legislature will not refuse to remedy. " The three Directors who go out by rotation this year are Frederick Biirmester, - Esq., Henry Harvey, Esq., and Patribk Maxwell Stewart, Esq., M.P., who being eligible, offer themselves for re-election. PROFIT AND LOSS. Dr. Payment of the dividend on the 10th s. d. September,' 1843, at the rate of six per cent. per annum, for the half year ending the3oth June 24,000 0 0 Payment of the dividend now declared at the rate of six per cent. per annum, for the half-year ending the 31st De cember, 1843, Balance.of unappropriated profits 66,822 16 5 4114,822 16 5 s. d. Cr. Balance of unappropriated profits, on the 31st December, 1842 Net profits of the year 1843, after de-. fraying the total expense of manage ment, • paying the income-tax. and making provision for all bad and ' doubtful debts - 51,696 5 7 £114,822 16 5 • Balance of unappropriated profits I lArgught•down L,3froWALKER moved the adoption of the Repot, and toolCodeasion to comp liment the Directors 'on their able management of the C ompany's affairs. ItrAvlAiunsLEY seconded the motion. `Air:IV/Nusw . wished to know from the. Chairman, firsl, what was the increased value of the reserved considering the increase that had taken place in 'the pgbliq_., §pcitEities.2l—jiext, whether all the branches of the establishment were paying? and lastly, whether, in urging their claims to the privileges mentioned by the Chairman, it would be well to strengthen the hands of the Directors by a petition to the Legislature on the subject, signed by the Share holders?, • The CHAIRMAN, in reply to the first question, said, that the reserved fund had not been kept distinct and separate from the other capital of the Company, but was along with it and other large - -amounts, well and securely in vested. In reply to the second question, he had to state that the establishment had five branches, each . of which returned a profit to the establishment—Mear, hear) — and lastly, as to the suggestion of the Hon. Proprietor, if they were not satisfied with the change to be made by the Government in the banking code, of which they had not then a knowledge, they would avail themselves of the aid of the Proprietors. The question of the adoption of the Report was then put from the Chair and carried. The thanks of the Company having been voted to the Chairman, Directors, and Managers respectively, The CHAIRMAN acknowledged the compliment. The.three Directors mentioned in the Report as going out of office were then re-elected, and the meeting sepa rated.. SPIRIT: Of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM r.ng DAILY PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. GLOBE.—We are happy to hear Lord Devon express himself with so much confidence as he did last night, that the Commission, of which he is at the head, would be able to point out the beneficial alterations in the law affecting the relations of landlord and tenant in Ireland. • The speech of Lord Devon tended to correct mistakes as to the character of the Commission ; and, at the same time,• to viiiiiicate to the Commissioners the unquestionable right to entertain and report representa tions of individual grievances arising out -of the present law and practice affecting the occupation of land. Nevertheless, we repeat, we are of opinion that there is this inconvenience in the inquiry —that it tends to rivet the minds of the Irish people on that one subject exclusively, on which they are only too much addicted to brood already with angry feelings, and to nourish <expectations (if disappointed, engendering in creased 'resentment)'of something to be done by Govern ment which shall render the land all-sufficient to the people. Now, in the first place, it is impossi ble that a - people so exclusively dependent on raising the 'rudest food directly from the soil for their daily wants—a people so destitute of all other employment and capital—so destitute even of agricultural capital, and so little advanced in -agricultural skill—it is impossible that a people thus situated, and thus habituated, can be suddenly raised by any agency confined to modifying the mere occupa tion of the soil. The curse of the people is that their whole dependence is on -that mer e occu p a ti on ; —th a t labourers wages, as well as farmers' profits, have no source but the soil—and are paid in little other currency (when they are paid in that) but permission to grow potatoes. This state of things cannot at once be altered by any measures solely relating to occupation of the land. The " monster-evil" is the insufficiency of the land as a sole resource. And let it not be said that the exportation of produce deprives the people of subsis tence. Ireland exports people as well as produce, in very great numbers to the sister country. The same paying-power which attracts Irish produce, attracts Irish labour likewise. The problem to be solved is not the' finding of means to stop either export—but the finding of means to create a counter-attraction of English capital towards Ireland. The moment a current of this kind should begin to set in (and we hold that it is the duty of the Government to accelerate that moment), it would be found that Irish produce would begin to find nearer markets—agricultural production a new stimulus—labour new resources in arts and manufac tures. We have declared our opinion that Government ought to favour the flow of capital towards Ireland, and take the initiative in those works which tend more than any other to render available and acces sible the natural resources of such a country. We hold that Government should set the example of con fidence in investing in Ireland our surplus wealth. Where is that example to come from, if it comes not from public authority ? Ireland is not in that condition to which ordinary chrematistics apply. A moral impulse must be given, which money calcu lations, at the first start, may not appear to justify. The misfortune of Ireland is, that it is not far enough off— that its "aboriginal inhabitants" are not savages—that the omne ignotum pro magnifico cannot be brought to operate on the speculative mind in its favour. We have seen calculation set at defiance—millions sunk—thou sands self-expatriated—provided the venture were wild enough. But enterprise at our own doors is, in Ireland, scared by a lion in the path. It would seem that confi dence in new fields .can only be raised not inversely, but directly as the square of the distance. STANDARD.—In the House of Lords last night the Marquis of Clanricarde interrogated the Earl of Devon very closely as to the special objects of the inquiry pro secuted by the Land Tenure Commission, and as to the progress made in the investi ga ti on . The Earl of Devon replied by an explanation which ought, in our opinion, to be satisfactory, because it indicates that the Commission does not limit its researches to any special objects, and that, having exhausted no department of investigation, it cannot be said to have made any definite progress, extensive as is the number of facts accumulated. Now this, in our judgment, de scribes precisely the - course which ought to be taken by men to whom is confided so grave a duty as that as signed to the Land Tenure Commissioners. It is true, as Lord Clanricarde complains, that there are many, ignorant persons who, having assumed that some prompt remedy for the social state of Ireland is available, and that the Commis sioners are - appointed merely to find this charm, feel very impatient at the delay of their Report, They can be; at least they ought to be, the most ignorant only who give way to such impatience; and if, as the Noble Marquis suggests, some newspapers are to blame for having encouraged the notion of a remedy for the social evils of Ireland, at once effectual and easily available, we claim not to belong to the number of th e cu lp a bl e . When; the Commission was proposed we distinctly stated that it never could find the imaginary remedy that was to set all right in a day or in a year, though we gratefully ad mitted that the labours of. the Committee could do much t owards creating such a remedy. The case, in fact,, appeared to _us, and still appears, precisely that symbolised in ./Esop's fable of the farmor and his sons. The farmer on his death-bed assured his sons and successors in his fields, that a pot of gold was hidden somewhere on the farm; the young men, ahe story tells, turned up carefully with the spade elry field of their patrimony: they found no pot of gold, but they found- the worth •of many pots of gold in the increased produce of the soil, conse quent upon their toilsome search. The story is old and familiar, but it describes so exactly the good effect which we anticipate from the Land Tenure Commission, and exhibits also so well the neces• sity for the investigation being complete, patient, and slow in coming to conclusions, in order to produce the good of which it is capable, that we cannot forbear borroVring a page from ./Esop. If we expect a more permanent value for the labours of the Land Tenure Commission, it is because we trust that its aim goes beyond any temporary object, and because we be lieve that the result of its investigation will be, not to add to the pharmacopoeia of political nostrums, but to demonstrate that there is no specific remedy for the social state of Ireland, any more than there ever has been for the social state of any country ; consequently, that if the patient is to be cured, quackery must be abandoned, and regimen, and above all rest, resorted to, for the means of recovery, This 'view of the matter must; no doubt, as much disappoint and dis= concert the empirics of Parliament and of the news papers, • craving something for the day, as the Bath quacks were disappointed and disconcerted by the simple plan of Mr. Sinipkin B—. This view is, however, the true one. Rest, without any other application, would do nearly everything for Ireland, and without rest from political agitation, all the remedial measures that can be tried to the end of time will do nothing. This is a truth, which we would press earnestly upon such noblemen as Lord Clanricarde, who, if they are not themselves the destroyers of their country's rest, at least encourage and protect those destroyers. TlMES.—There is nothing more praiseworthy• in public or private life than a well-timed economy. To a. Minister of State no less than to the father of a family, it is a matter of grave importance to avoid all unnecessary expense, and dis courage every approach to prodigality. And as there is no thing in the intercourse of private life, where delicacy is so much required as in those admonitions by which a wary and considerate friendship attempts to check the career of heed less extravagance, so in political discussion there is nothing demandi the exercise of -tact and discretion more than the character of a friend to retrenchment and economy. But if in the former case men are at once annoyed and disgusted by the impertinent interference of garrulous busybodies, they . have an equal right to condemn and disavow the gratuitous platitudes of-political quacks. It is bad enough to have a friend who tells one that you are going to the dogs at a fear— ful pace—that this expense is unnecessary, 'that scandalous, • and a third ruinous—who pulls a long face, and aids one think of-one's wife and children, when he hears of a newly purchased horse, or a projected amusement. A friend of this kind is a bore, and is accordingly sent to Coventry. All doors are closed against him—all confidence is denied him. But to what place ought those indefatigable croakers- to. he consigned, who make the necessary expenses of the nation their staple of reprobation, and the House of Commons the victim of their querulousness ?, They cannot all be sent to . Coventry,; and if they could be, this might only make them worse. Seriously, we think that the ultra-economical prin ciples periodically developed by certain Honourable Members are hardly saved by their absurdity from beingboth offensive and injurious : and were any moderate man to sit down and analyse the recent debates'on the Army and NavEstimates; he would be at a loss to explain the language and the senti-.: meats of those who advocated retrenchment by any othe4., hypothesis 'than th a t th e spea k ers did no t mean w h a t they' said, or if they did mean it, that they have but a poor notioni of their duty as the representatives of a great nation. Re , duce I reduce ! reduce ! :was the reiterated, but attenuated;. cry Of the •very few gentlemen on whose shoulders del-oh - es t 4 self-imposed office of carping -at the-two establishments. _ "'Therare too large," screamed one ; " They-are too costly groaned a second ; " They are unconstitutional," mttrmure4 a third ; and if the prevalent opinions of this small party could be interpreted into the exposition of a popular belief; fitly intellige n t foreigner sitting in the gallery mi g ht h ave inferred that the only occupation of our soldiers was to collect taxes at the point of the bayonet ; and 'that-the English army. was the grand instrument whereby a despotic Ministry plundered a defenceless and untesisting people. • There is luckily less mischief than folly in important rchiefie drel tsht the t state services.of antiquatedt- h - e P i.) enog casepbl b e try. - 1 7:T ao thus, decrying and. endeavouring • to--::impair -the.- eftl erinic_woefl-r b-eWianhgtwatto,e -standing army and an -unconstitutional force. They know, that so far front exceeding the exigencies of the empire, our military ferce is hardly! sufficient to meet the demands of our distant and extensive dependencies; they.know that both in Australia and at the Cape the number of troops is insufficient to cope with any sudden difficulty, or to perform any ar duous expedition; and they also know, that owing to the disproportion of our regiments to the service expected from them, many have been detained in remote and unhealthy colonies far beyond the period which a regard either to their sanatory condition or to the fair distribution of service might have justified. They know, that owing to the pressure of events in - other parts of our empire, more than one regiment has been kept in India for upwards of twenty years. But, though - this-sort--of- popularity-courting cant is more foolish than mischievous, it is not without its ill effects. It tends to keep alive in Minds susceptible of grievances a morbid irrita tionagainst the just and complete integrity of two establish ments, whose unimpaired efficiency is absolutely indispinsable for the preservation of our national dignity and power, and it acts, through the medium of grievance-mongers, on the minds of cautious - Ministers. It has acted this year in a manner which whilst we regret to observe it now, we may have occasion to deplore hereafter—in - effecting the reduction of our navy es tiniates to an extent which will require a practical abandon ment of our maritime supremacy. It would be useless to en large on the dangers of such a corn -sal but should disasters ensue,- it will be no consolation to be told that a retrench ment so hazardous as this is has been made to gratify the Radical section - of the community. Economy is a very good thing; but parsimony is more ruinous than extravagance. National stinginess always punishes itself and its abettors by after-years of fruitless expenditure. Those who would pare down our-regiments and dismantle our ships should recollect, that as a great nation cannot have a little war, so it cannot afford to possess a petty army and a puny fleet—that power, honour, and possessions must be retained by the same means by which they were won. It is, doubtless, a fine thing to save a few thousand pounds by the disbanding of a regiment or the dismantling of a frigate in time of peace, but should you And yourselves precipitated into a war, your troops un traitied-and undisciplined, - your ships rotting in your har bours, and your sailors forced, by want of employment at home, into the service of another Power—how kindly will you feel to those who preached up the doctrine of " frugal establishments" in the House of Commons ! ADVERTISER.—Lord Worsley has obtained leave to bring in a Bill for the inclosure of commons, and lands held in common, which he stated lie had framed with a due re gard to the rights of the poor as well as to the owners of the property. By this Bill a Commissioner, on consent of two thirds of the parties interested, is to be sent down to examine and take into consideration the expediency of inclosing com mon land. The Inclosing Commissioners are to be the same parties as the Tithe Commissioners, before whom claims and objections are to be laid. In its nature it is, therefore, no thing less than a general Inclosure Bill. Wehave repeatedly expressed our objection to the practice of inclosing commons and wastes, by which the people, the natural lords of the land, are despoiled of their birthright, not for the general benefit, but for the advantage of 'a few wealthy landowners. The facility with which appropriation and inclosure Bills .pass _.through Parliament, is one of the numerous proofs that exist of a defective representation of the people ; for it is not to be supposed for a moment, that if their voice had its due weight in - the Legislature, their individual and collective interests would bp sacrificed to gratify the covetousness of individuals. There is something insiduous in the principle of the present Bill, which, theugh it acknowledges the right of the com moners to compensation, leaves the Mode and amount to the decision of Commissioners, who are to be appointed by Parliament. . As, the right to comp ensa ti on can be founded only on a previous right of ownership, the question at issue in every case of inclosure under this Bill, lies between the actual owners and the persons who desire to possess their property. The value of such , property, it is evident, ought, since there is no individual owner, to be esti mated by arbitrators, equally agreed upon by a majority of the .owners and the parties intending to ap propriate the land. • In this case, should the Bill pass into a law, the latter will be said to be the country a t large, but until people are fairly represented, these parties will.in reality be the members of the Legislature ; and thus, the, very persons who desire to make the inclosures are to have the sole power of choosing the arbitrators. The Com missioners may be very upright men, but it is equally possible that they may be the reverse ; an d whether so or not, it is certain that as delegates of the landowners constituting the legislative class, they will have a bias in favour of those from whom they derive their .official existence, and receive salaries. We have looked through this Bill anxiously, in order to - discover any means by which the common pro , prietors may be assured of impartial justice; but the main provision on this point is such as we have described it. The - Bill takes no care whatever to secure to the commoner his just compensation. The Commissioners are to be ap pointed by Parliament, and maintained at the public charge ; but who is to advocate the rights of the poor man before this tribunal ? We 'object to all general Inclosure Acts, on ac count of the directness of their tendency to abridge the com forts of the poor, and to remove their means of healthful re creation. By converting commons into corn-fields, the pea sant is deprived of pasture for his cow, his sheep, or his horse, and thus pauperism is increased. Pasturage of this description is not less valuable to him than the corn-field is to his wealthy neighbour; and by what pretext can the seizure of this common property be justified? Certainly not on the condition that the terms of compensation shall be fixed and awarded by the agents of the virtual seizers ! As the means of affording healthful recreation to the rustic populace, com mons are even more valuable than many descriptions of cul tivated ground, and therefore every resistance ought to be made to • proposals like Lord Worsley s, of which the ultimate object is to sustain the corn-laws —to keep up the present high prices of food, by shutting out foreign com petition in agricultural produce, on the- plea that we grow enough of our own. There is no other motive at the bottom of this attack upon the rights of poor com moners, and we do not hesitate to affirm that, if agri cultural produce were. suffered to find its own level in the general market, the absence of any just pretence for inclos ing commons and wastes would be manifested by the abun dance and cheapness of all the necessaries of life. On the following specific grounds it behoves every man, whether holding a direct interest in commons and wastes, or not, to oppose this Bill in all its stages; that, on no proof of neces sity, It will deprive the poor of their pastures and play grounds, without giving them assurance, or hope, of equitable compensation, supposing that any pecuniary consideration can be a sufficient equivalent ; that, in turning all our op en plains into closes, tlilb public will be precluded from all places of recreation in the air, except the high roads ; that, through its operation, large tracts of land, now valuable to the com moners, will be converted into severalties, or be each ad joined to an estate, for the purpose of cultivation, under circumstances in which further cultivation is neither neces sary nor desirable ; and that the covert object of the mea sure is to promote the interests of the agricultural classes exclusively, and to uphold the landlords in their present exaction of high rents, at the expense iof every other class of the community. MONEY.MARKET and CITY NEWS. CITY, TUESDAY EVENING. TIMES:—The premium on gold at Paris is 12i per mille, which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 104 d. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25 464 ; and the exchange at Paris on London at short being 25 60, it [follows that gold is 0.54 per cent. dearer in London than in Paris. By advices, from Hamburgh, the price of gold is 4334 per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 178. 104 d. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13 9}; and the exchange at Hamburgh . on London at short being 13 IN, it follows that gold is 0.51 . percent. dearer in London than in Haniburgh. The course of exchange at New York on London is MI per cent.; and the par of exchange between England and America being 109 23-40 per cent., it• follows that the ex change is 0.33, per cent. against. England ; but the quoted ex change at New York being for bills at sixty days' sight, the interest hiust be deducted from the above difference. IMPORTANCE OF THE LINE. It will be perceived that the line now'proposcd, from Paris to Stras burg, visaing through Meaux, Chalons, and Nancy, must establish an International Communication, traversing the richest and most industrious provinces of France, and commercially -uniting England, by the port of Havre and the Freach metropolis, with Austria, Ba varia, the manufacturing province of .Alsace, Switzerland, and the Rhine ; bringing into readier and closer intercourse, not only France and Germany, but Great Britain and the whole Continent, the city of Strasburg being already the point of departure for travellers from and to the Germanic Provinces; and the point to which the national railwayi of GernianY are intended to converge. RESOURCES OF THE COUNTRY TO BE TRAVERSED—PRO- EARLE EXTENT OF TRAFFIC. ' • No doubt can exist as to the great extent of traffic to be anticipated from the construction of this line. The report of M. Correard, an eminent divirengineer, whith will be deposited - at the office of the Company for reference, has been obtained, and M this it is announced that the agricultural, commercial, and manufacturing resources of the provinces bordering or within easy distance of the' line, lare those of fifteen of the richest provinces in France;—viz., Seine, Seine et. Oise, Seine et Marne, Aisne, Ardennes, Marne, Aube, Haute-Marne, Manse, Moielle, Metirfhe; Vosgetf,llaute-SaorticHaut-Rhin, and Has ' Rhin, abounding in forests, mines, collieries, iron works,, mills, and factories, as well its In rich vineyards; and various agricultUral pro-, ductions. All of these provinces import much of what they consume, , and have abundant surplus produce to extort. The interme diate traffic on thin route is considered to be greater than in any other part of France, the total annual trade being estimated at - 100,000 French tons'• between Strasbfirg and Paris ; while that between and among the. various localites enumerated embraces double this amount. The total population is about six millions and a quarter, and the total land revenue 320,000,000 E, or 12,800,0001., double that of the wholCkingdomdf Belgium. PRELIMINARY CONDITIONS OF ,INVESTMENT: The' amount •of capital intended. to be raised at present is 60,000,000 f., or 2,400,000 Z., in nearly equal parts, in England and France. The deposit to be 50f. or 21. ;on payment of which receipts will be granted' by the respective bankers of the Company, to be exchanged for eertificates of shares, at the Company's Office in Lon don, when the contract shall be ratified. The remaining instalments will only be called• for at' intervals of not less than three calendar months, at the rate of 21. each ; the first instalment not to be called for sooner than three months after the passing of the law constituting the Company. 'After full- payment of the amount due in respect of his shares, each Shareholder will have the option of receiving cer tificates payable to bearer. INTEREST AND PROFIT ON INSTALMENTS The instalments will bear interest at 4 per cent. from the data of the passing of the law, until the Company shall be in full operation ; and such Shareholders as may pay their calls in London will be en titled to any profit accruing from the assumed, exchange at 25f. per 11. LIMITATION OF LIAUTLITIES. The Vrivilegei of a Sdciete Anonyme he Vecured to the Com pany by a Royal Ordinance, which win limit tl4 liabilities of the proprietors to the amount of their subscription, as in the incorporated railways of England. and tha - statutes of the Paris and Rouen, and Rouen and Havre Railway, which have been proved to work well, will be; as far as practical4e, adopted in the constitution of the Company, MANAGEMENT OF THE COMPANY. The exebutf4e management of the Company will be con?lncted by o Board of Directors sitting in Paris, attended by an English resident director, and their proceedings will be regularly communicated to the. English directors, who will have the privilege of voting by proxy. An office W111 . 13a established in . Lonatinfor the transfer of shares, the payment er dividends, and the furnishing of information to the Proprietors. ' • APPROPRIATION OF PROFITS. _ After the opening of the line, the profits, at each declaration of• dividend, will he, thrill appropriated. 'Au allowance of 5,0001. per annum to be made to,the'Directors, including the remuneration of the English resident' Director,, and after payment of a diiiidehd to the Shareholders of five per cent., one per cent. Will be reserved as a sinking fund ,; or, instead-of this allowance of 5,0001., the Directors may, at their option, claim one-twentieth of the remainder, after the above dividend, and reservation. The surplus to be again di vided into twentieths ; eighteen twentieths to be apportioned to the Shareholders. and the remaining two-twentieths to the projectors. PROVISION IN CASE OF. NON-CONSTITUTION OF THE . COMPANY. _ _ _ In, the event of the, Company not being constituted; the deposit money will be returned- to the Subscribers without deduction, but without interest, the prdjectors, in that ease, bearing all expenses. -POWER AND RESPONSIBILITY_ OF. THE DIRECTORS. It is Obvious that in such an important undertaking as the present hill power should be given to the Directors, and it must be understood that the Subscribers are bottnd by such terms as the Directors may accept on their behalf; but the Subscribers, may rest assured that In all negalatlbne the Directors will bare a strict, regard for - the general interest of the body they represent. ENGINEER. , An English Engineer of eminence will be appointed by the English Directors as soon as they are in it position to require his services. APPLICATION FOR SHARES. - • -- Applications for Shares to be made'to Mr. Wm Inkenole, at the temporary Office of the Company, 27, Austin-friars ; tO Messrs. Beau an and Anderson, solicitors, 2, Adelphl-terrace, Strand, LOndon; and to Mr. Wm. Bildges, 6, Parliament-street, Westminster. NEW ILLUSTRATED HISTORICAL ROMANCE. MATiDt MARSDEN; or, the CAMP and COURT of the MERRY MONARCH : an original Tale, by a Popular Novelist, is now beini published in THE NEW PARLEY LIBRARY, n tirst-class Weekly Periodical, price One Penny, splen didly Embellished, which contains 32 closely printed columns of ori ginal and instructive matter, upon every stNect. • Onwhyn, 3, Catherine-street, Strand ; and all Booksellers, EXAMPLES. Entr Pn Annual Cash m Bonus Pre m . y . Added. Bonus. Reduced. ic li tt e !' Ag e . Sum . X X s.d. s.d. A s.d. aE s.d. 1837' 39 59 1,000 67 8 4 132 14 6 58 19 9 819 4 1838 ll4 56 3,000 . 175 15 0 296 9 7 123 0 6 16 9 7 Another Bonus will be declared in the present year. DIf:FEHRED ANNUITIES, The best and most varied provision for after-life hitherto offered — every 21. 12s. per annum, paid from the age of twenty, will, at slaty live, give the policy-holder the choice of an annuity of 471. 16s. 6d., or 3491. 1 ls. cash, or policy at death of 4661. Similar advantages at fifty, fifty-five, and sixty, through an increased annual payment— two-thirds payments lent at any time, and two-thirds returned to re presentatives in cases of premature death. . I-FERGUSON* CA.11211017X, Sec. T WILLIAM MARRIOTT, the younger, at present and fot ten years past, residing at No. 33, Saint Andrew's-road, New Kent-road, in the parish of Saint Mary, New ington, and :county of Surrey, and being a hat manufacturer, and during part of the time in partnership with Samuel Burton, under:the firm of Marriott and Burton, as hat manufacturers on the same pre- Mises, do hereby give notice that I intend to present a p e titi on t o the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street, effects,London, prayingandto be be t examined minfredom all toitchi p n r g oe netsys upon making. and . a full discl osure and surren der of such estate and effects for payment of my just and lawfb,l debts ; and I hereby further give notice that the time when the matter of the said petition shall be heard is to be advertised in the London Gazette and the Morning Sun newspaper one month at the least after the date hereof ; as witness my hand this 29th day of February, in the year of our Lord, 1844.. W. MARRIOTT. Witness, H. T. Roberts, solicitor for Wm. Marriott, 33, Bazutg place, Waterloo-road, Surrey, and 2, Bride-court, Bridge-street, Itlackfriar§. City. - _ ripHE . FIRST ANNUAL SALE •of INDIA, 1 BRITISH, AND FRENCH SHAWLS, Silks, Satins, Velvets, Cloaks, Furs, Printed Cashmeres, Worked Muslins, Fancy Goods, Damask Table Linen, &b., &b., will commence on MONDAY the 11th, and continue till the end of March. ___. GBAHAM and SMITH (late Everington and. Graham), having added vast connexions to their house by the economy of a ready money system, applied to rich and fashionable goods, as well as to the plain and usetttl, beg to announce their determination, that in future the overplus stock, extremely reduced in price, will .be sold 'on the pre mises each year; pre - lore to the cummcnoomo.t of tiho 6prina Tirsa.. By this arrangement considerable advantages 'will be distributed through their own coniipction,lnkead of pursuing,the old plan ' which for thirty years has given an immense mass of beautiful goods, at little more than half-price,: to shippers for foreign sale. 10, LUDGATE-STREET, seven houses from St. Paul's, India Shawls bought or exchanged. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. - - • LONDON,' Mutat 6. - Wind this day at noon, fresh, northerly breeze, and fine clear weather. Poarsmourn, MARCII s. —Wind, N. to N.E., light airs.— Arrd. Poictiers, London, for Madras. Ski. Colombo, Mau , ritius and Bombay; Richmond, Algoa Bay; Vigilant, Cape of Good. Hope; Prince George (transport), West Indies ; Prineess Charlotte, Honduras ; Montreal, New York ; Milton, Mobile. Off. Cleopatra, Bothwell, Demerara. RAMSGATE, MARCH s.—Ski. Ida, Angra, Peguna ; Aua, Havannah. The Autumn, in going out, damaged her bow 7 sprit against the' East-pier, and put back. The schooner Kara, in leaving, got in contact with the barge Three Sisters, and damaged her sails, Sze. DEAL; MAncrr s.—Wind N.N.W., moderat e.—Arrd. Sappho, Dtmlop, China; Makur, Karberg, Batavia for Harnburgh ; Tell, Keircks, Porto Cabello for Bremen ; Martha, Shields, for Madras; Sid. Pekin, Madras; Scotia, steamer, Malta; Pleaides, St. John's, New_ Brunswick. A large fleet of vessels from the north for the westward have passed during the day. YARMOUTH, MARCH s.—Wind S.W.—Sid. Meanwell, Rio. PooLE, nuten s.—Sld. Steadfast, Honduras ; John Thompson, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Faith, Newfoundland. TEIPNMOITYII, MARCH s.—Sld. Rover, Newfoundland. SatkannE; MARCII s.—Sld.lPatchina, for Africa. PLYMOUTH, 'MARCH s.—Wind variable.—Sld. Amazon, Calcutta. FALMOIMI, MARCH s.—Wind variable and light.—Off, Habneb, Hacgvil, Buenos Ayres, and sailed for London. The Royal William,. Shepherd, from Newport to Venice, which put in here yesterday With cargo shifted, has commenced landing in order to restore the same. SwAwsKA, MARCH 4.—Arrd. Pulla, Adams, Valparaiso. LIVERPOOL, MARCh! s.—Wind northerly, moderate.—Arrd Rival, AugraPegrina ; Thomas Leech, Golding, Pernambuco, Jan. 25 ; Express, Maranhain ; Denmark, Frost, New Orleans. Sld. Amelia, Buenos Ayres; Brazilian, Bahia; Nightingale, Pernambuco; John Herrocks, Berbice ; Victoria, Barbadoes ; Mary Jane, Hayti ; Amo, Havannah ; Elizabeth and War man, La Guayra ; Adrian and 'Glasgow, New Orleans ; Da mascus Mid Victory, Mobile; Roger Stewart and Washing ton, Charleston ; Jefferson, Virginia • P. P. Nevins, Bal timore ; South Esk, Boston; Caledonia (steamer), and Adelaide, Halifax ; Caledoni a , M ontrea l ; Creamore, New foundland. CAMPBLETOWN, MARCH I.—The sloop Success, of Dundee, went ashore on the Island of Gigher, 26th ult., and was ex pected to become a wreck ; crew saved. Xtßen 4.—The William, of this port, ashore on the Herd, went to pieces this afternoon, and the Evadne is expected to break up this evening. DUBLIN, MARCH 4.—Arrd. Duchess of Kent, Atkinson, Calcutta. Sld. Demerara, Demerara ; Garonne, Antigua. Hum e , MARCH s.—Wind N.W. moderate.—Sld. Constantia, Gravell, Greenland. LOUTH, MARCH 4.—Arrd. Paella (sth ult.), Gibraltar. WORTHING, MARCH 4.—The Oswy, Pilbeam, came off the beach to-day, without apparent damage, and is expected to proceed to little Hampton. GALWAY, MARCH 2.—lt is blowing a gale from N.N.W. The Josephine, Marseilles to Falmouth, was spoken with on the 23d ult., off Lisbon, by the Oscar, arrd. at Falmouth. Woovwxcii.-Tueiday . Ralph Thompson, an en gineer belonging to Woolwich Dockyard, was accidentally killed on board of her 'a steam - frigate Styx ; while Majesty engaged in repairing the floats of the pddle-wheel, the the lonian wheel wag accidentally set in motion s and he was so crushed that he died almost immediately he r r rro ' m hence on POST-OFFICE NOTTCES.—The following notices appeared an Tuesday at the General Post-office, St. Martin'''. e iam ne p x t t or m , a .,,i ils ll f t o e r If s a p lt a a, t T e I le sl - an Gr d azd v IS " o Th utl the morning of the 14th instant; and for E the Ist of April. The Avon for the W mit and India on 18th Snag , : . ' .' • ~ Feet Indies mails of the ..to genuine, except. tnose. marieu ana opntt I\l ft. and S CONY AN eral all.wance to the trade a nd - shippers. IP F. k t Ll' NVENTED SPECVACLES, 1 ",) , 9 t, sti`,,N9i',.oPiLt!C INSTRUMENTS for DEAFNESS, TELE. 1 hi,141- 7 m h;' -.1 GLASSES, MICROSCOPES, &c. &c. - "411, 4 ) Bedford, hg oT Hanover, • her" Grace this * t- Z 4 " 4. their Graces the Archbish a c i i . r b g o ?n, "sst e ; 6 4 of Norfolk, Devonshire,Argyle,'3l gh, k Y: • kb„ -4 rt. 9 utotc - AL TESTIMONIALq. . t he'nial;;* a nd. B. Solomons' newly-invented Spectacle Lenses L Att • i til relief to extremely imperfect vision. We give ! ,.N l, 6,1 tr;'„ Preference to every other kind of .Lena.—the clear. „trili,4t),",iivicf,:i4Parency brings exery object very . 'distinct,- and 14'41 t s th e , ' 4l l to view the most minute -particle with perfect tsir, t h e Plrticularly pleasantby candlelight, v the l. _and so ft en bright and_hr e i s ll t i m ar l i n t s l t th . ts F J. peal_ ht ro~Str,tit W 8, w , J Ranisbottom, 'Esq., M.D. 41'( k in galjtite_ . ,_ - Faq, Surgeon, Parliament, ILY i 441 4 1 ' 3 1: 4tr-salibaM A. M. 0., 5, Frederick No de" 7, ' Upper Gower street ; IT. Go'iburn, Esq., - 7niford- lace, Kennington .! Alexander Farquhar, kll t ; i4 kt. b - ",!Q.or e ' r it Cad_ og P an 7 place, ,Belgrave-square W. Day, Esq., Hooper, Esq., Surgeon, S9 r Newington.' 1, 1 4 4, snr, LOMONS, Opticians and Aurists , - SO,' Albe .i,C,4it? to ? Oen -- I"'",y , opposite the York kigtel. Invisible and all Nit ' 4 4 • toe l'invesited and imPrOved AC6USTI ofNSTRU. -.e i ndividuals at an advanced age, -and4o and 50 k4r4 extreme deafness, instantly to join in general con. i ss t e . . is:heatch the sound of a distant low speaker at Church,. 1. 1 ' 4 r tio Y Pour the - eonve , sation•into the ears to such an rhos s evere . cases deafness cannot be observed. ~11,t teth4r itp t i obLtin,wernil Newly-Invinted ACHROMATIC. OPERA 4 4 . ",n a re inva;uable on the race-course, as well as a, for th e ‘,„;.,t pock t possess extraordinary I . l . h tP k -1 1, 41bs 1 0b!..._ ° ?t ,. !)i. sea purposes , &C. ;and with- stand* for Dar ser e . with the celebrated Lenses of the m_ ost Di illianc th o ers are soreat over all others, '4o b Y - w ,t - h ritin,„ right arid brilliant . -that the most-minute objects di n .s .t04,-..J4distance are brouiht completely under the eyes. •th and Sea-side Visitors, will here have a great k ti. LIA N . 4 4 d r 7 ii l l 4"q4' ° f iFu nd MICROSCOPES, by which the circulation d a flea can he seen flowing in great streams. 4 11 1 - Ati l Y .c o n 8 . and B; Solomon, Opticians and Aurists, aye k4n,,,,l_sei,h,,r_inected with a Perron of the same Name in their I ;. ' "h.r.!-r'^ - -_-- , !, nor in any part of the country. To pre. P: 4 utioll;', and F ork • only to be bad at 3i), let astilly; opposite the ' hotel. 11%.•