The Sun. — London, England, 1845-01-04 00:00:00

"tOF XSIONAL, COMMERCIAL. AND AGRICVT— TUR AL GENTLEMEN. ANGEL INN (Two Doors trem the Post.office), ANGEL. STREET, STIEFFIELD. VVILLIAM IVALKER begs to express his tbe Ar_cere acknowledgment:: to his numerous friends for b_ -11 patronage conferred upon him :luring the period he has _yen I , c9:fe•or of the King's Arms Ihn, and respectfully an 40unet.i, that he has taken that old established Commercial Inn arid p, mi , 7 Hotel, the Ange! Inn, Angel.strect, Sheffield, which 1 ": 3 up in a style of eiegnnee ani comfort. ," e Louse wilt be opencrd to: business on WunNusnay, the Bth ' anu arY next. Wm W.:I.LKER begs to assure Ma future patrons that they "Y re: e' . • crY attentio.: accommodation, combined with era , to 4:l4,,geoutts Save been , r,aje fof 0:: I ONTINE OMNIBUS *ad U for Comircrcial Gentlemen and others, at the st. : l , tor ail th e Midland Trains. I.ec 27 1844 ' • REtsISTERED. RESIIANI AXE NU.li A SSOCT ATION. capital, 000 0n0. , ., in 3,000 Nemince Shales of 1001. each. Al,l- ?ousters trsinta ' , us ACT 7 AND 8 sic. drtoAE MOORE Esq 12, Eidsletzh.street, Tav,stock w,. sc , are ill SI -1 AI)BOLT, Esq., Croorne's-hill, Greenwich. rlOm A PROVISIONAL CeMNLITTER. KELLY. P Esq.. Aide: - unii 1.118, fIUMPI-1 ER Y, Esq., Akidenn:tn, e l/ 'IAS FAIINCOMB. Eaq., Ahiennan pRE4,II,LE.D., BURLS, Esq., Bridge-strect, Blackfriars itip,,,,4-'-e•PICK WILLIAM C LI)WELI„ Esq., Golden-square NgZ , R i CH ARLEA CHILTON. Esq., 7, Chancery-lane joltvillA NIEL GOULD, F.so., Barge yard, Bucklersbury J oti t HOWELL, Esq., Firieplierd - s_bush THZ AS WHEELTON. Esq., Bat, ..street, Newgate.street — M WILE,INsos, Ego., 012, Cornnill Basra aits—Tl e Loaders -Stock Bank. „44.01.ichrosts—.'.1esars. Bischoff and Coxe, 19, Coleman-street. C4 trzer AND 'I . I RVEYOR—Mr. William Barnes, Church Court, Old Jewry. Samna av- -Mt. Peter Jeffery. Th ey T EMPORARY Oeinoss-30, Buckiersbury. ss uociation is nrmed for the yurpoie of constructing an !hue or arcade from Bartholomew-lane to London.walL tx, T he hous es to be built on this site will be adapted for offices, I,lli4tin g-h ouses, and sh o p s , accor di ng to the situation. They be , light, well venthsted, and periectly secured, and the whole r „„ Bi ,•ala% Fight, a handsom e an d commo di ous err:roach to the Bank of the City. Royal Exchange, and generally to the most central parts si lt is 131.° Pcised to raise the capital au 3,000 shares of 100/. each, CI ft 'l , t et ten shillings co berraiol on the shares being allotted, lo c h '" a nce with the proout of the new Registry Act, and iurther sum, not exceeillig 101 ' per share' maY he re. t)t' Previous to applyir.v Parliament, ou complete registra. , being effected under the Act 7 and S Victoria. b _ kill the Act of Parliament being obtained, and for which all the "Z.cessary notices has been given for the ensuing session, each sub w'iser evil! be required to 11 , mi:slate a good and Insurable life not e eding twenty, nor l ess than five years of age. A subscriber at be limited in the numaer of his nominations, provided that .7 More than the shares are d e p en d ent upon any one life ; such 'arse to be at al', times transferabi. c, On the Act bei ng o b ta i ned, the remainder of the capital to be ie d ~a t such times as the Committee nisy require, one month's pre. notice being given. t7uProvisional Committee have arranged with certain Life reance Offices, whereby 4es will be everT subscriber, or hls representa. secured the receipt of 200/. on the death of his no. for each 1001. paid. to the rental will be applied, in tie first Instance, in paying the xsarY P r emiums for insura nce. Th e surp l us r ental will lee eve, Y five years, by xv:zy at bonus amongst the proprieto ill ,‘ existing nominations, and which, it has been calculated, w Unt tr. 6 per cent per annum on each 100/. subscribed, in. he 7ne, owever, in amou,.. A t; at each ,-abseinent division, as t ei tn4l fall in. th. 3 ' soon as the number 4: outstandinp, shares, by the death of A ' uoin flees, chap fail to v ;thin 590, the whole property of the 114'citill0 nio ir.veste and divided amongst the holders of Plu s ~ R uiti anu qt,,,eings , nay ne teen, :.ina a deueied prospectua nu Q(l * on appiication r Ole Areinteet, Mr. %I/titian) Barnes, coLlergla.court, rTal lewr? the Solict,oi a, Messrs. Bischoff and ZO, r. ucColern4n street : and at the Offices )f the Association, okie rahtirr„ O - . • • REGISTEREI) PROVISIONALLY. PiIRE WAT.ER COI4PANY- Cli'ltat,loo,ooo/.. to oo Lierc a u t.e.4101/100/. Ii deemed expedient, In Share-iof ICI, smelt; tieposit,fei, pei Share. Tnt 'T.' - tie Aer Is etasioet,. 107 3 E B::;' I, Esq.. Cheraw-cross 1 •1 OM AS 41 IIISSELIC.„ Esq.. Lambeth t'aq.. Bcr , ,,gb Bank. k,:.• At 441\TAL CC:AA:In - /FS. JA 51E5 F IORNE Lsq., Aosoc., fast,. C.E., &c., CI sr: , man. • BENfili P.IIID . Esq. , tin^.ra.eck x;11 HUGH 'ECM; DITCI-1, Eq.. Kee,' Sod J. B. ER?? Lmnbetf: EnW.A.tll - JOUR/ EVA/ Esq., Illseiktnars.road ENZG:.....1. ND. Ettq. Surtersquare Canter.', LW BANS.,.<:naeies -meet. !it_ . 1 - I Tnee 3 itl N Ht./ NV, Esq.. AR; It ~./11 I MAREHAM. Eta., Aciol. C. NOllBis, , a , ter pl SEN.; A MIN SRA W Esq,, act HEN Ily el 4 0t , 1 . D ., • Kilburn Priory Wester:, rt. t .,,: e n E wl , . ncotEng (Director of the Great NY . 7 ebtiLlA I liaktitai—Me srs an • l a` ktriars-road. Westoi. and j Messrs. EKGINEE.I—Janwi Eaton, 1;7, ostove, Southwark. "%In Souuloll3-11,1essra. Birch and' riarnah, tt, Great Winches.ter street, John Goliswerthy , 19, Eiy _ phice. ZuabZThis Cc mpany is cstAti)!Eited ior th.s purpose of afford' to the itata s of the south side of the. 'Tham es a „ P r ur_ civ e and abundant au P e r t, ' l 7 01 water. It is ft he taken Cite m the Rimier th, 4 '-atnner its to r v ail t o the mill and other property but terit~laitn trearn, and the heavy compets ;Minn conseqrent thereupon hr th":lllhitnertorraved ttn.• great betacie to the nse of its water Purf.osts prolto r os.cif H•n Purtti , l of whatever (leapt' iption new finding their way ti,e Wand,' • Mee t m at , __ ; • 0 w.ll be conveyed clt .ewhere, and the water in this "v. l l be takea above the, Tide Mills, at Wandsworth, I•eservoir; rt pill oe creetral the necessary works, and thence pumped to *N I 'lila V iaudswarth-commc L, and Brixton-hill where an ti -441 ": . I°lW4 Sat . 'lent for ti a meet efficient supply to the ‘2,11 question ". salth.; 4 ters ot • L OO4 =ay tm be t, '-uis river have bee n pronounced by unquestionable c ' t• London " e Pures.t and me , wholesome in the neighbour az t• an ong Pas 5 04 their abunda ce has again been tested dur. 1101,:.Trier. T s he result slit is vs thxt no less than 24,000,000 tl 'er -" . 'UPtil -,. . 1 -. lnt° t•' Thaines, a quantity equal to four times This .1 the th. ree existing water companies south of that oula - 'untlane wf.t. , of er, •added tit a very general opinion that it at , t' , e 'ph" "Y taken in ether p a rte of London, now supplied of w a i t tere a : rn an es , ties etermir.ud t S a projectors to cross that river I " Q• legorn " to the int abitants of Chelsea the luxury 1- ' 0 -I) water - th e tra Accordingly eitimates bave been made, and 13.tny ,„` 3•3 zliament e ampiled with, so as to enable Ultae,ied.i-uthe increased emelt nit of capital above-mentioned opal aprli ea r . rY out this obje tt. tli v i 4 ", So e ' 4ll °U has proved t, tat an ample tenantry will be 1-dead . to guara utee the re, Sept, of a large and increasing 1 , Tl, r tith er uses rn ay y„„ the aer Lad of, and t pplication for shares made to, •••"'neediea itree t " ° r 3 , and Mc art i. Edward Elba and Co., 53, th e p, o ,9 ll xt op A -.PPLICATI DIN FOR SHARES. c ore.ninteee Attie S ith Metropolitan Pure Water „... entl n eitee Corerui prep eaed ~`"l : l P any, ) 0 .1 to alit t the Shares to your artd 'll bep osit accept the P. same or any less number, other ontra et 4"lsign the necessary Parliamentary 1) 41 At this W:Je a required. .16 4 5 N am I .ddreso , ',3ccni pat!, EIRTeD 1C).31 -01 1 1i ICE.— 4: ktiflON. T., v.. and uo , pertan errs to her Majesty, 28, l Ate i'll'aPl•atreet .(Iste Priv mid Grim ell's, .and for mer .y htsry . 11 : 11 1' L _r ice, end Co's.;, by t b e tecommendation of the Ntilen,;„'' Post-othne heg to • . ,alpreire upon their Corre. 1, 1 , 44 f "' ''l* li'xessitv et ' r ' . - I 'ia the address of all letters in. N tlicp -" , the n'," thu a P p7i7,: ct am i t C.." (and not "Price and pit odi,. --that . '" - In ceased to exist in 183 i), as the only means k of 111 ki l titainst the fraudulent coruls ,ct ot individuals who ta e 41 , 4 11, :„T" letters and orders lute,* Jed tor Price and Co., by . IL eat th e - ' 4ll ellit the firm of " Price • and Gowen," well knowing 'Y ',ever were 'ii anv w,y cent p eeted witl , "'At firm OTHERWISE THAN AS SEitir ANTS. /t n. etak 1"d Ce: ; Perfure fry ir oozy perior to any other, and . . in sti t ch rtakii, t ' %band, that many shopke 'pets are basely deceiving tle kill 7 1 s and, . ini ow , 'mit a , arms. Price and Ce. respect. v;thuut the 4 1 1 ;1 4 , 144 : , 4;7 aettg.,tieL:li" and Gent% wharf they purchase not to . Pre.tect ifbbi label, from a design by Sir ' PA% e . ,sTr• 4 liming affixed to it, with the signature of %its *IC o I ), ' k and " 28" conepi_Ast i in 4 -J ambard.street, In resin' . N oe 43 centr e 4 '14 :c . Ail the sole Whore quo Agents for 4p ro 1,„ het s .,_ I.`ELCROIX'S V 4 kLYDOR-. - "i;tri g ih—nlebe, surpassing an ( g '. ems tor preserving and beau " Nest, - „, e e°r epleitlon, prepared to tr. the use of her most gracious kelp' cen , — "e 21,,een, and her Maiest p the Queen Dowager, by es -"nhncl, arid protected ay let tr Ts patent. Price 4s. 6d. trip., DELCROIX'S MAC./ ,SSA R OIL, /Il e tts; ll InH- Iti the sanction <4 th .t " Lords of the Treasury," for Ills ~I f het Most gracious Majtspri and their Royal Highnesses ho s e i' l ee ef Wales, the Prlueors Re yal, rte., is also protected . by W as bereir4ntll.eXec"L ' a cerre'r't Mentes sea, in embossed medallions, _. 11. I 144 i t attr and his Royal Hit It news Prince Albert. Price ti: As t ti DELCROIX'S a DONTIO. - c t n rs e "' t hesitat4 co eccnr enend, (rem experience, DEL 431u's s','ONTO, or the Quee o'e own Dentifrice, as the most 1,,7 e nem). ns w im. ~ - ‘''. Purifying. pri serving and embellishing the *. 'ranee, hitherto offered i x. the Publi r t Gazette. tere..ll4 Bouqu e t D uke of Y ark 13 the lest new fashionable ith...—'°': a e season 1 4 4; but though the last, is n e t the least 1447 ettien, as it h appily combin, up the preceding excellence of all irt, ite ) ' 4 osel4 I)euguets. with th e delicft 4 . anal delicious fragrance of the Lut him who is a true bore gentleman, And stands upon the tempo rof his birth If he suppose that I hav: is: need truth— Nl_ Prom off this briar pluck ir w hit e rode with me. 34 4 7". J. Deicroix and Co., l6it, / Tray Bond-street, have pleasure f th e :, this their last bouquet of the seam, and beg toin rd o a rr i 14 t ", °ll ilitY and their Patrons that, during the recess, all m o b.. 14 e . t : i rr “ unique catiefte• ot seam containing the six ro d y mbert 1 `ri,,,,,_ 05 °lie raine a , empriV.ng the I iouquets de la Refine, '. , L:" I Wales, D Ike of York, Pt inceme Royale. 1%, - ;',.• Will be forwaided to any part of the country, carriage pai d. . and Prin's lure the getiolve, particular a:AI ra tion If required in observing % V.. , ." 15 8. New Pond- street, 1.4 'radon, be upon each case and spi,.. , übttle, a: worthless countertei tat, for the sake of profit, are 14 Druggists and ILlrdrcesers I n town and country. VII, SHAVING A I ..HXURY. il l , •CR and co.', RYPOPII AG ON surpasses every Int— I *, .1i for b o ng. sh Oue trial Nei 6 prove that the luxury of e a It,.:Lte.ve can n)eyed only byl soap ever there who use Price and Co.'s . teitsl.l,gon. which Tendons sbavii ig (hitherto disagreeable and I, i rktrtil) pleasant and easy. flttiePared by Price and Ca., Ca. I mnbard.street (late Price and 44 4.ll'')' Lid sold by neler eiX at Ai Cc, 1531, New Bond-street, k i 4where else in tsindoi„ price 3 add per pot, Is. per square, • t t l fee boxes Is. 6d. And :at tid I fsr 4 l . - Me. Price will have pleas MC in presenting any brother 40 Girt With a square of the It . rye ?hagon gratuitously, who may it t. 4 the hon wir tO Cali at M .on tpellier House, ‘-le, Lombard . -*----- . . tl-ss----------------FOflb AND - .OA m P Ailt. A . e - LAY'S; AS 1 HMATIC CANDY has ; L-s, i ,%theZ r T. ! 'Tears. bt'en , 'revel an effectual Preservative w t 1 1 ~... e•Atts Di the F . dogs an d Damp Air, which , in the Winter , i tio:, .v SO pie; /lent . ClurAte. Its effects are to expel pii,4 l 2 . reat!rve Zl,c stol4inatchh”. 1, 4 ,,p,,,, ed n05e ut o .,,, er fr.,,,, • i t ) t i n '_the aclin , fssion . of I);txpir, and ti I. illy of breathing, N •tor.. "n'Y by Parclal ~,,, (),... ,; t4no y„,„, • ..._ . • .ar. ri Sons OS Parr ingdon.street, ,1114Z I I rd., ' ; ,e".. i i nod t : , ) t , vir an,, , ii tment, by Sanger. 4 11 1k i t c;i% ',.; :4 . Co ' rblii l " d i '' 4 ' 'ld ti Iltirtield, litO, Strand; ~,rs,„_ ‘iet,..ast , f ariows, l)ri ttxtst tei, Hi h •ttreet Is , N , l - 4 ,, ,, ,," ,, ,, e ta ..... 1 \„;: i ligli ß; u p e ry ... g r t. , :t i ,..l , rii 3i ~ , , ,( :, - . 4. .i t i r d e :. % !, , , - K ickg i ie'y. ; a . ..a by . : qe 0, 4 ti ;"! h t,. , - , tt }« :amine, ~ici tfri iiinne t ; nt o r t )' '. Barclay and " , sJap A.11..3.;:5i ki.::.l II . gOX. 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It may be done by a staff of °Moors comprising abent one-half of the officers already employed. • The 'Dais. and Customs are managed by able and competent per sons. The army and navy are paid by properly ap pointed . parties. Every department of Government has its efficient management ; and there is no reason wby the administration of the poor-laws should not be a de partment of Government, and be equally well managed. The unions remaining as at present, andehanged as cireuinstances may require (wefulness alone being the guide), the following offieers would be requisite:--A paid chairman, a clerk, the relieving officers, the governor, the surgeons, the taskinaeter, the schoolmaster, the nurse, the porter. The following would be dispensed with :—The anditoe, the removal officer, the assistant overseer and settlement officer, the collector of poors'-rate, the treasurer. The chairman would be the general officer of a dig trict comprising at tho least five unions. Ile• would' be able to attend to five unions, leaving Saturday and Sunday at his own disposal. Ile would be removeahle I at pleasure by the head department from one district to another district ; and as he would he a superior etncer, he would efficiently control the clerks, the relieving officers, the surgeons, and other officers of each %More under his supeentendencxe The duties of the surgeotie and relieving officers and clerk would remain as they are at present ; and this paid ehairmau would be in place : of the present herd. Now, as under a general system, statistics would be everything, this paid chairman would be sufficiently controlled -Ist. As to the granting sufficient relief ; and, 2d. As to an effectual check upon the expenditure. The local nuthorities, the coroner, the magistrates, and the public press, would he ample means to ensure euffa cient relief being granted to distress ; more ample than what is ensured at present ; because, with a local board of guardians (irresponsible as it is), its local influence has power over local authorities, over the coroner, the ma gistrates, and the press—a, power and influence which a paid officer would not possess. The proposed plan would, therefore,. not lost in comparison with the pre sent system. Any alteration, therefore, must be In favour of sufficient relief being immediately granted to distress. And now as to the second head:—An effectual check upon the expenditure would arise from the authorities in the head office, or Government department. If a paid chairman's district presented an unfavoterable compari son with the results arising from the statistics of relief in similarly situated districts, information would be re quested ; if not satisfactory, the chairman would be re• moved to another district, and some other chairman tried with his district. It' a chairman proved himself incompetent, the statist;cs of office or the complaints of the local authorities would discharge him. And now as to the saving. This in a national point of view I cannot exactly determine, but I can at once determine it as regards my own union. It is as follows: The entire cost of the anion establishment at present is as fellows:— Audit r. Removal cffieer 5O Expenses of removal incidental charges , Law expenses 'Collectors and Assis tant Overseers Treasurer 4O Assessing property 842 £2,648 The average expenditure of our union is 16,000 L The saving would be 2,648 L, or nearly one-sixth of the whole expenditure. Surely such a saving alone, especially when combined with greater efficiency and humanity, ought to be suffi cient to call for the change. But it is impossible to say what the exact saving would be to the community at line. The poors'-rate being entirely abolished, the loases'lncurred in collection, the misery caused by distraint warrants, the peculations of local oficers, the large amount of bookkeeping at present required, and the difficulties attendant on the superintending the collection of the rate, would be avoided. I cannot estimate these as regards the com munity at large at less than 20 per cent. As to the numerous objections which may be ratseti against the abandonment of poors'-rates on account of the county rates and other charges, which at present two paid from these sources ; such objections are beet an swered by stating that the inclination of the Legislature has been already evinced to throw these payments on the Consolidated Fund. One-half of the criminal prose cutions is now paid by the Government ; and crime being a national curse, prevention ought to be a national care sad expense. It is already deemed right for the country to pay half, it must ha equally right to pay the whole. These objections I will not further notice—their answer is ob vious if they are raised. The 2d objection :—Tbat at present the comparative expense to some townships is light, and why should they lose their present advantage The answer to this is, that every township will par ticipate in the national advantege derived from a more systematic relief and cure of pauperism. It cannot coat the lightly-charged-at-present township more than it does at present ; whereas, it will ba a great, and season able relief to the heavily-at-present-charged township. The present advantage of the lightly-charged township is merely an advantage when compared with another township more heavily charged ; and the inequality of such local charges is a very great blot upon the, pre sent system. Efficiency, economy, and humanity will all be served by abolishing eettlements ; and the general taxes of the country are the only proper sources from whence relief for national evils should be taken. In Ireland and Scotland difficulties in Four-law relief and management exist; and why? Because there is no national cure for national distress. Would not the pro posed plan enable the Government to avoid all the dif ficulties of the present system? Ireland and Scotland are integral portions of the kingdom, and ought to be equally dealt with, as regards pauperism. Not being a financier, it is not part of my duty to show the " ways and means ; " but a national tax for poor-law purposes, I apprehend, would have all the difficulties of the present system, and be little or no improvement.. The only improvement in that ease being the more systematic giving of relief. The same staff of officers for collecting such a tax would have to be kept up. The whole charge should theeefore be placed upon the " ways and means" of the country; and the land owners would reap a rich reward for their support to this measure, by their entire freedom from pi;ors'-rates. The poor man would, from his consumption of taxed articles, be indirectly paying towards the national purse, from which in case of want his relief would be supplied; and as regards the fairness or unfairness of legislative taxation, 1 am quite prepared to leave that question to be decided by the Legislature, acted upon as it may be by our free constitution. If parties will first ascertain the cheapest, most humane, and efficacious method of dealing with pauperism, they may depend upon it that method will be the best for their future interests ; and that the question of greater or less expenditure to their own localities will, when compared with ultimate results, sink into utter insignificance. I have now stated the suggested plan, I think suffi ciently for the purposes of your request ; I have had considerable experience in poor-law affairs, and am con vinced that few plans could be devised worse for the leypeyers than the present law and practice of settle ment. But when treating a malady, cure it. 'This can only be done by a complete change ; and if this sketch is at all instrumental in such a result, it will be a gratifying recollection that I have beoa in the slightest degree inetremental therein. It may In added, that this letter has been laid before a Committee of the Stockport Board of Guardians, and • received its unanimous approval. I have the honour to be, yours faithfully, HENRY COPPOCIi, Clerk to the Stockport Union. Stockport, November 16, 1844. Manchester, Nov. 16, 1844. At a meeting of the Society of Clerks of Unions for the Northern District of England, John Latham, Eq., in the chair, the above letter being road and approved, was ordered to he referr?d to a special Committee, con sisting of Mr. Gardiner (Manchester), Mr. Latham (Charlton-upon-Mediock), Mr. Woodhouse (Bolton), and Mr. Coppock (Stockport), with instructions to print the same, and forward copies to the clerks of the Society, with a view that the same should be laid before their boards of guardians, for their consideration. JOHN LATHAM, Chairman. Nov. 22, 1844. Approved on reference , NEB. GARDINER . JOHN LATHAM. [ADVERTISEMENT.] -ANOTHER EXTRAORDINARY CURE OF ASTHMA BY HOLLOWAY'S PlLLS!—Patrick Casey, residing at No. 1, Compton-p1ac,.. , , Brunslvieir square, had suffered from a Chronic Asthma: for more than three years this poor man was so great a sufferer, that, he did not dare to go to bed for fear of the phlegm choking him ; indeed he could not even lay his head upon a table for half an hour, lest he should be suffb cuted. Nevertheless, this person is now labouring from morning to night, sleeps as well as ever he did in his life, and, in fact, is completely cured by the use of Holloway's Pills.—Sold (also Holloway's Ointment) at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand (win re advice may be had gratis), and by almost all respectable vendors of medicine throughout the el‘ilised world. HILLINGDON HALL; A TALE OP COUNTY LIFE. —" This is, beyond all question, the cleverest, the 'wittiest, the most humorous, and most amusing work that has been pnblisht.d for some time. The writer ia already well known in the fields of literature as the ,author of ' Handley Cross,' a work which placed hint at once amongst the first and most distinguished writers of the day. In the w..rk now before us, he has eclipsed himself. Every page in these volumes abottnds in the most exquisite passages of rich and genuine humour. Laugh out right heartily the reader must, whether he be sportively inclined or not. The satire throughout is polished and keen; the portraitures of the different cha racters are touched off in a style of the richest and most exquisite finish. 'Hillingdon Hall' is a work which could be read over and over again with feelings of un diminished pleasure."—Sunday Times. Mr. J. Parker, M.P., and a deputation of the " Company of Proprietors of the River Dan Naviga tion," consisti of Messrs. John Read, Watson, and Bartholomew,ikansacted business yesterday at the Board of Trade. • )I)PERTISRMENT.:•i IYSERTED i, ALL THE THREE PAPERS, Morning Noon. and Nigkt y thereby insuring a TOWN and COUNTRY CIRCULATION, at ONE CHARGE. NOW OPEN. UNIQUE EXHIBMON.-BATTLE OF WATERLOO. Ne.ve Nindel, upon a very Lage representing the Splendid Charge in the turner part of the Battle ey the Br fish heavy Ca. vales urder the Marquis of Angleiea, and by the British Infantry unue: :_r Thomas Piston. EGYPTIAN HALL, PICCADILLY. Open from Ten till Five; and in the Evenings, brilliantly illuminated, from Seves till Ten. Admission, One Shilling. GENE P., A. I. I'OM THUM B. The AMERICAN MAN in NTINIATURZ has returned to London and is now holdinc his PUBLIC LEVEE!. at the 4-7. lery, in Suffiilk.street, Pall-mall. The General has been visiting tne principal towns in England, Scotland, and Ireland, and has met with unprvceden,ed succeel. Whilst in Edinburgh the General was presented with a beautiful Highland dress, of the Royal Stuart Tartan, manufactured by Messrs. Meyers and Mortimer, in which he will app-ar at each exhibition, in addition to his Citizen, Napoleon, and Court efress. Hours of Exhibition from Eleven to One, Three to Five, and from Seven to Nine. Doors open half an hour previous. Admission (regardless of age), One Shilling. The General's Miniature Equipage will be exhibited daily from Four to Half.past Five, and from Eight to Half-past Nine, P.M. at I'2l, Pall-mall, at the trifling charge of Threepence, merely to defray the rent of the room. DRAWING-ROOM CLOCKS. AB. SAVORY and SONS, No. 9, Cornhill, • London, opposite the Bank of England, invite attention to a plendid varietyof Rosewood, China, Bronze, and Ormolu CLOC Ks ; hey go for eight days, and strike the hours aid half-hour 3. Price Four Guineas, Seven Guineas, and Ten Guineas each, and upwards. The performance is warranted. A Pamphlet, with detailed lists of rrices, and illustrated with sketches, may be had on application, gratis, or sent to all parts of (treat Britain and Ireland, postage free, in answer to a paid letter. MARINE VILLA. Opposite the Duke of Devonshire's. TO BE LEI . FOR A TERM OF YEARS. AMARINE VILLA, vis-a-vis to hi.; Grace the* DUKE of DEVONSHIRE'S MANSION IN KEMP. TOWN. It may be well to observe that the Residence to be let has just arrived at its completion; it has been created at an immense ex pense under the guidance of Mr. Beasley, the celebrated Architect, and completed by Mr. Reynolds, who has justly acquired so much fame and celebrity in his erection of the Kensington Park Villas at Bayswater; it is fitted up in the most perfect order throughout, and for tact and elegance the ensemble claims to have no successful rival in - Brighten. There is a double Coachhouse, 4-stall Stable, and four convenient rooms for the male portion of the establishment over the same. The Rent for 14 or 21 years, 250 guineas a year. It is fitted throughout with elegant massive Statuary and other marble Chimney-pieces and corresponding stoves in every room, with a kitchen apparatus most perfect. The following is a short summary of what will be conspicuous within :—There are 4 superior Bed-chambers, 5 smaller ditto, and 3 Dressing-rooms ; 2 noble Drawing-rooms, with elegant Conservatory, Balcony and Verandah, 2 excellent Dining Par lours, Library, Lots of Closets, and 4 Commodities. The base.. resent is faultless—it includes Housekeeper's Room with bed-room attached, Store Room, Servants' Hall, Footman's Room, and Butler's Room, Strong Closets, a famous Kitchen capitally fitted up, cool Larder, Coal, Wine, and Beer Cellars, kc. &c Particulars •f Mr. George Robins, at his temporary abode, 4 Brunswick.terrace, Brighton, end at his offices in London. DRAWING GALLERY, 181, Maddox-street, Hanover square. In a few days this Gall,ry will be re-opened for the Study of Model, Drawing and Practical Perspective—the Human Figure and Anatomy. Further information respecting the Evening Classes may be ab• tained at Mes,sm Dickenson and Son's Lithographic Establishment, 114, New Bond-street. ROTAI. P(). I ,YTECHNIC INSTITITTION. Christmas Holidays. One of the brilliant novelties is CHROMATROPE, New Suhiects in Nature and Art for the PROTEOB,7OPI:. The PITYSIOSCOPE. The first Ex hibition 6; a *cries of beautiful DIASOLVENV VIEWS. On the Ev , ,nliut , of I ti,xlave an' Tharsd*s str. C. IIOR"-7 lectures on th.. MUSIC of DIFFEEENT NA'fIONS. De. RYAN'S aid Pro fessor BACIITIOFFNER3 varied LE'C'r CTRESI duly. Dr. RYAN also Lectures on the Evenings of , londay, Wednesday, and Friday. The whole of the Lectures abound in interesting Experiments. 8171331ARINE EXI'ERIMENTS by means of the DIVING-BELL and DIVER. Tho COLOSSAL ELECTRICAL MACHINE. Actmiggion, is.; Sonatas, dB.4f-PT/0,.. A Now Edition of the CATALOqUE, containing Three Plnudroel additional Works of Art, &c., innce the last revisal, Is just published. price is. FM.PI,I Y ENT.—Persons having a little time to spare are apprised that Agents centlnue to be appointed in London, and country towns, by the EAST INDIA TEA COMPANY, or the sale of their celebrated teas. . Offees, No. 9, Great St. Liam's-churchyard, Itishopagate-stryt.l They are packed in showy leaden canisters, &mu one ounce a pound, with the price and weight marked an each packet, aid but lttle trouble is occasioned by the sale. The license is only I Is. per annam, and many during tke last nineteen years have realised con siderable incomes by the agency without ens shilling let or loss. Application to he mate (if by letter post-paid) as above. PURSUANT to a DECREE of the HIGH COURT of CHANCERY, made in a cause CORBYN against 11ER MAJESTY'S ATTOIINET-GENERAL, the NEXT OF KIX of MARY PIIILIPPS, spinster, formerly of Halifax, Nova Scotia, in North Americc., afterwards of River-street, in the city of Bath, then of Great Russell-street, Bloomsbury, in the county of Middlesex, but late of Boulogne-Aur-Mer, in the kingdom of France (who died at a very advanced ego at Boulogne, in the month of December, 1842), living at her death, or the personal representative or representatives of any of them who havo since died, are by their solicitors, on or before the 12th day ofJanuary, 1845, to conic in and prove their kin dred, and make out their claims before Sir GIFFIN Witsoar, ono of the Masters of the said Court, at his Chambers, in Southampton buildings, Chancery-lane, London; or in default thereof, they will peremptorily be excluded the benefit of the said decree. The father of the said Mary Philipps was John Philipps, who carried on the business of a chemist and druggist at Halifax. afore said, from the years 1765 to 1800, and who died and was buried at Kensington, in the county of Middlesex, in the year 1801. The mother of the said Mary Philipps is said to have been " Judith," otherwise " Jude," ono of the daughters of Dr. Wood, Rector of Annapolis, in the same province, whose other children are said to have been Mary, the wife of Mr. Day, of Halifax aforesaid, mer chant, and Jane, wife of Captain Shaw, of a Highland regiment, in the service of his then Majesty. PRICE and BOLTON, Plaintiff's Solicitors. AND LIFE ASSUR 131PANY. 1 the Entrance of the Old Post London. 3CTOIL7. S, Esq., Chairman. , Esq., Deputy , Chainnan. „Lewis Loyd, jun., Esq. George Lyall, Esq., M.P. Stewart Marjoribanks, Esq., M.P. John Martin, Esq.. M.P. Rowland Mitchell, Esq. Robert Milford, Esq. Henry R. Reynolds, Jan., Esq. John Thornton, Esq. Jamea Tulloch, Esq. Togs. G UARDIAN FIRE ASCE CO 3Zo. 11, LOMBARD-STREET, at office, I DJaR JAMES MORRIS JOHN LABOUCHERE, Henry Hulso Items, ; John W. Buckle, Esq. John Dixon, Esq. Francis Hart Dyko, Esq. Sir IV - alter R. Farquhar, Bart. Thomson ILeakey,jun., Esq. John Harvey, Esq. George Johnstone, Esq. John Loch, Esq. AUDI' A. W. 12oharts, Esq I Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq. Samuel Jones Loyd, Esq. George Stone, Esq. Acit;AaY—Orittith Davios, Esq., F.H.S. fit the Lipp; DEPARTMENT, s. Bonus wag secured in June 1824, .excceciing one per cent. per annnin on the eums insured, on an average of the diffnent Ages; and two subsequent divisions of nearly cqusl amounts wcro made up to Christmas 183:5 and Christmas 1842. On an average of the three divisions the Reversionary Bonugeo added to the sever'!] Policies at the end of every seven years amounted to about 27 per cent. on the total premiums paid thereon during those seve❑ years, and the whole amount of Bonuses allotted at the three Septennial divisions exceeded ;.:?'l,OOOl. In the FIRE DEPARTMENT, a Return of profit wati declared on the sth of June, upon the premiums received on all Polieics which had been in force seven years at Christmas 1543, and the same is now in course of payment dr.!ly (Friday and Saturday excepted) between the hours of ten and three o'clock. Notice is hereby given, That Assurances which expire at Christ mas must be renewed within rifteen days et this Office, or with Mr. SAMS, No.l, St. James's-street, corner of Pall Mali ; or with the Company's Agents throughout the Kingdom, otherwise they become void. GEORGE KEYS, secretary. NATIONAL MERCANTILE LIFE ASSU RANCE SOCI4TY. Arthur-street West, Landon-)ridge. Established in 1837. DIRECTORS. EnwAits 13A.KER, Esq. GILES REDMAYNE, Esq. w)B3RT WILCOXON, Esq. GEORGE MOORE, EBq. PETER MILT, Esq. GEORGE CERMIAM, Esq., M.P. BANKERS. Mes'rs. PRESCOTT, GROTE, and CO. Lives continue to bo assured in this °Mee ON EVERY KNOWN SYSTEM—Annuities Immediate aid deferred. THE FINEST WAX AND SPERMACETI CANDLES.—Those who burn these are respectfully recommends/el to make one trial whether PRICE'S PATENT CANDLES, at one-third of the cost, do not burn better. They may be had of respectable dealers throughout the kingdom, if care can be taken to prevent any imitations being passed off as the Patent Candles; ant the Trade may obtain Om wholesale from Edward Price and Co., Belmont, Vauxhall, nd rainier ant Co., Sutton-street, Clerkenwell. Price 3d. ; stampod 4d. THE GREAT GUN, No. 8. Extraordinary Illustrations. Tlic cheapest publication ever issued from the Press. Twelfth Night Characters: comprising Twelve Caricatures by Doyle—Burieiques and Pantomimes at the Haymarket, Lyceum, Princess's, Adelpht, Dru-y-lane, and Covent-garden, with Seventeen Comical Cuts—lllustrations of Albert Smith's " Latch-key," and " A Bell that ltang the Old Year Out," by Phlz—The Gun of an Evening party, by Alfred Crowquill—Fireside Farces, with Four Cuts, by Henning—Pleasure f rips, Sergeant—Sporting—The British Must clans—Facetise—The Prtsidssat's Message--Fine Arts—Nuts and Nut Crackers, &c. Office, 63, Fleet-street; where back Numbers nay be procured. Nos. G and 7, with upwards of 60 cuts, owing to the demand, have been reprinted. May be had of all Booksellers and Newaveaders in town or country. Day of publication on Thursday morning. TEE PHYSIOLOGY OF THE PASSIONS. " What passions hurt the body, what improve ; Truths as mitred as Athens even heard." The Fiftieth Thousand. Forty Engravings, price ls., by post, Is. 6d. ON CHASTITY—its Abuses and Diseases—On Matrimonial Eligibility and Unfitness—Oa Infelicitous and Unproductive Unions—Curiosities of Medical Experience—Law o Divorce, &c. By R. J. CULVERWELL, M.D., Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, Licentiate of the Hall, and twenty-three years Resident Practitioner in Loud. " Of human ills and frailties I discourse, Those taught by nature and by art acquir'd. Of griefs conoeal'd, and disappointments keen, Which young and gentle—the matured and sage— The lonely and the mated—all sustain ; In kindly spirit herein counsel's given, How health, how hope, how happiness to gain." Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Carvalho, 147, Fleet-street , 'Janney, 63, Oxford-street; Mann, 39, Cornhill ; and the Author, 21, Arundel-street, Strand.—A• home daily till Two : Evenings, Seven till Nine. A NEW AND IMPORTANT EDITION OF THE SILENT FRIEND ON HUMAN FRAILTY._ _ Just published, price 2s. 64., and free by poet (in a sealed envelope). Price 3s. 6d., THE SILENT FRIEND • a Medical Work on Human Frailty and Physical Lacey, its causes, and the baneffil effects of excessive indulgence and infection, illustrated by engravings, with observations en Marriage, and directions for the removal of certain disqualifications. ft. and L. PERRY and CO. Published by the Authors, and sold at their Residence, 19, Reimers. street, Oxford-street ; also by Strange, 21, Paternoster-row ; Pinkie, compton-street, Soho; Noble, 109, Chancery-lane ; • Hannay and Ca.., 63, Oxford-street; .1. Gordon, 146, Leadenball-street, Lon don ; and by all Booksellers in Town and Country. OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. We regard the work before us,'' The Silent Friend,' as a work embracing most clear and practical views of a eerie@ of com plaints hitherto little understood, and passed over by the majority of the Dledical profession, tot what reason we are at a lout o know. Weinust, however, confess that a perusal of this work has left such a favourable impression on our minds, that we not only recommend, but cordially wish every one who is the victim of past folly, or suffer ing from indiscretion, to profit by the advice contained in its pages." —Age and Argus. 4 The Authors of ' The Silent Friend,' seem to be thoroughly conversant with the treatment of a class of complaints which are, we fear, too prevalent in the present day. The perspicuous style in which this hook is written, and the valuable nuns it conveys to those who are apprehensive of entering the marriage state, cannot fail to recommend it to a careful perusal."— Era. The t:OIWIAL BALM or SYR). AC IJM is exclusively directed for the curs of nervous awl muscular debility, Impuissance, tte. Price l Is. and ?Ss. per bottle. Sold by all Medic tee Vendors, of whom may be had the " Silent Friend." The Five Found Cases intiv he had as usuaL • fiEß.ft " S i U Ulf IN (4 SPEfI TIC PILLS are tne tnost etibctua for syphilis and secondary symptoms lb both sexes, price lb. WI. 4«, c•. 1., and I la. per box, Consultation Ice, if by letter, 11. A minute detail of cases is ne • ck'ssary. klessrs Pell - , are in attendance, for Consultation, at *hr.* resik:encs, le erriet a-street, ')xforci.str eet, ,:ncicn i from 4. , 11 Twn. li d o tve till i;,1 1, t, and ,'n busyl-y$ "ren 'MA Tat L.:mt . !. eft“:l,iitiroruierst cure DIR ECT NORTHERN RAILWAY from LONDON to YORK, by LINCOLN.—The Committee have prepared and printed a statement of " Tho Casa and Merits of the Direct Northern Railway," Copies of which may be ob. Weed by Shareholders and parties interested in the line by per. ' sonal application at the Offices of the Company, or by letter, post paid, stirred to the Secretary. By order of the Committee, WILLIAM AMSINCK, Secretary. Direct Northern Railway Company's Offices, 64, Moorgate. street, Louden, Jan. 1, 1545. DIRECT NORTHERN RAIL, WAY from LONDON to YORK, by LINCOLN.--The Committee beg to intimate to the Sh,ireholders that the several Parliamentary and Parish Deposits, as well as the Notices to Landowners, Les seea, and Occupiers, hare been duly completed, and the whole of the Standing Orders complied with up to the present time, so as to enable the Committee to proceed to Parliament. By order of the Committee, WILLIAM AMSINCK, Secretary. Direct Northern Railway Company's Offinee, 64, Moorgate street, London, Jan. 1, 1845. ___ DRAWING FRon MODELS -EXETER HALL—on the METHOD SANCTIONED by the COMMITTEE of COUNCIL on EDUCATION. CLASSES under the DIRECTION of Mr. GANDEE, Teacher of Perspective, Drawing, &c., will commence on TUESDAY, Jan. 7th. Terms, and further particulars, may be obtained at the Hall. FRIDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. DOWNING-STREET, JAN. 1, 1845. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Thomas Thompson, Esq., to . be Superintendent of Police for the Island of Ceylon. CROWN-OFFICE, JAN. 3. MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PARLIAMENT. BOROUGH or DARTMOUTIL—Joseph Somes, Esq., in the room of Sir John Henry Seale, Bart., deceased. WAR-OFFICE, JAN. 3. sth Regiment of Foot—Ensign G. S. Home, from the 55th Foot, to ha Second Lieutenant, vice Shipley, who exchanges, Jan. 3. 25th Foot—Lieut. C. J. S. Wallace, from the 26th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Roberts, who exchanges, Jan. 3. 26th Foot—Lieut. B. M. Roberts, from the 25th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice C. J. S. Wallace, who exchanges, Jan. 3. 36th Foot—Lieutenant T. Southall to be Captain, without purchase, vice Robert Woodhouse, who retires upon full pay ; Ensign E. T. Gloster to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Southall ; Gentleman Cadet C. F. T. Daniell, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Gloster, Jan. 3. 74th Foot—Lieutenant R. T. Farren to be Captain, without purchase, vice Vernon, deceased ; Ensign J. H. Lowndes to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Farren ; Sergeant-Major S. Pilkington to be Ensign, without purchase, ♦ice Lowndes, Jan. 3. 55th Foot—Second Lieut. R. Y. Shipley, from the sth Foot, to be Ensign, vice Home, who exchanges, Jan. 3. Ist West IncLa Regiment—Ensign G. Allan to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Wieburg, who re• signs ; C'..npany Sergeant-Major H. Jones to be Ensign, vice Allan, Jan. 3. Cape Moutitel Rifiernen—J, F. Borg, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice William Fraser, cashiered by the sentence fis General Court-martial, Jan. 3. HosenAL STAFF.—G. A. F. Shelton, M. 8., to be Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces, vice Brown, deceased, Jan. 3. UNATTACHED —Brevet Major John De Lacy, from 36th Foot, to he Major, without purchase, Jau. 3. MEMORANDUM.—The Christian names of Second- Lieutenant Deere, of the 21st Foot, are Philip Charles. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Worcestershire. R.Spo , ater,Ese„, to he Deputy Lieut•itant, Dec. 16,1844. COMMIS6iOnt, by the Lord Lieutenant of Buckingham shire. Royal Bucks, or King's Own Militia—Sir H. Verney, Bart., to be Major, vice Sir W. L. Young, deceased ; R. E. Smith. Gent.. to be Lieutenant, Nov. 29, 4844. WHITELI ALL, DEC. 27, 1844. The Lord Chaneellor has appointed George Edward Sharland, of Gravesend, in the county of Kent, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. Liverpool—J. E., J., and R. Barnett, gunmakers, Mi nories (so far as regards R. Barnett)—J. C. C. Walton and R. C. Webber, printers, Greenwich—J. and W. Baker, stone merchants, \Vickersley, Yorkshire—C., J., and J. Sykes, cardmakers, Almon(lbury, Yorkshire—W. Notman and W. Young, grocers, Bishopseate-street Without—T. Allen and E. Chareptaloup, merchants, Lawrence-lane, Cheapside—A. Wilson, sen., A. Wilson, jun., and W. Jones, dealers in boots and shoes, Crawford-street, Bryanstone-square—H. Evers field and J. Mabbott, printers, Gravesend—J. Churchill and T. Spencer, alkali manufacturers, Eccleston, Lan cashire—ll. Grazabrook, H. Grazebrook, jun., and E. Senior, iron merchants, Liverpool—G. Jaulerry, H. Mil Bred, and J. V. De Goyeneche, Broad-street, City—T. Forsyth and M. L. Pritchard, sharebrokers, Liverpool— H. Woodhouse and C. Evart, sharebrokers, Manchester —J. Lees, T. Lister, and W. Lees, ironmongers, Man chester—A. Rogers and G. Thorpe, merchants, Riches court. Lime -street, City—G. Jameson and T. Wilson, linendrapers, Newcastle-upon-Tyne--J. and J. Blannin, shipwrights, Bristol— J. Biddulpb, jun., G. J. Webb, W. Williams, R. Nevill, jun., and C N. Broom, timber merchants, Llanelly, Carmarthenshire—W. Gutch. and L. Fox, surgeons, Broughton, Southampton—J. Smith, R. Ouston, and J. Cochran, merchants, Hull—S. NeaT and J. C. Gant, attorneys, Austin-friars, City—J. Hodg son and T. Taylor, printers, Liverpool—S. 0. Percival, J. Parton, and R. Mackenzie, brokers, Liverpool—A. Steele and W. Hobbs, cotton spinners—C. Bainbridge and R, Waddington, ironmongers, Lincoln—A. Zipfel, M. Ganter, M. Waldvogel, and J. Tritschler, clock makers, Oldham (so far as regards J. Tritschler)—C. Hoar and G. D. Leary—C. Milner and A. Boyne, to bacconists, Cannon -street, City—G. Atkins and J. Hill, grocers, Thrapston, Northamptonshire—J. Turner, W. Thomson, and J. Spivey, woollen cloth merchants, Hud dersfield—R. H. Blacker and H. Bambrick, booksellers, St. James's-street, Westminster—ll. Chorley and G. Bulmer, surgeons, Leeds—T. Castle, F. Luck, 11. W. Castle, J. Jones, and J. Wortley, Love-lane, City (so far as regards I'. Castle)—G. Jones and W. W. Williams, joiners, Liverpool—B. P. and J. Nunes, merchants, Bra bant-court, City—H. Flint and W. Shaw, brewers, Kingston-upon-Thames—T. Evans and G. Cox, ship builders, Northam, Devonshire—C. Smith and H. White legge, traders in white muslin, Manchester—T. Sotham and W. Wing, auctioneers, Wootton, Oxfordshire— R. W. Jackson and J. Bury, jun., attorneys, Stockton upon -Tees—S. Lloyd, E. Brodribb, and J. Stewart, tea brokerq, Liverpool (so far as regards J. Stea art)—W. Lanfear, jun., and S. Locke, hearth-rug manufacturers, Lant-street, Southwark—S. and S. B. Bucknill, surgeons. Rugby, Warwickshire—A. E. Heath and H Coupland, chemists, Liverpool—S. Jones and W. Corlet, tailors, Liverpool—W. Ridgway and F. Morley, china menu. facturers, Stoke. upon-Trent—J. and J. Wright, millers, Churchill, Cheshire—C. Busbey and D. Basset, meal men, Uxbridge—H. and W. Anderson, New Orleans— F. and H. Headly, farmers, Cherryhinton, Cambridge shire—G. and J. White and T. Goulden, sen., cabinet makers, Canterbury—J. I3lackburne and C. Bell, tailors, Liverpool—W. and J. Naylor and W., J., and G. F. Sykes, coal masters. Birstal, Yorkshire. THE LAW OF SETTLEiIIEitiT. TO THE SOCIETY OF CLERKS OF THE UNIONS OF THE NORTHERN Disntic OF ENGLAND. In complying with your request that I should furnish in detail the plan of national poor-law relief suggested by me at our meetings during the past year, in order that its bearings might be considered with reference to the suggested Bill, as introduced into the House of Com hmaotnn j u ri s t i t t h a e i p c d l o , s , e A o f ß t i h i I tn a st e n s n e s s o s t i ) d n a they and Sir J a a m m e e n s d G t r h a e - DUNS relating to Parochial Settlement, and to the He naoval of the Poor;" I am fully aware of the great re sponsiaility and difficulties attendant on the course of any one attempting an alteration of existing laws, or opposing settled opinions and fixed prejudices. I will premise that it has now become a maxim of our consti tution that no poor person in England shall exist in want for a longer period than his requirements shall become known to the proper authorities for the relief of the poor. To trace dawn the laws of settlement and relief from Henry the Eighth to the present time, which I at first contemplated (and which laws have wade this maxim), is rendered unnecessary by the able report which since your request I have had placed in my hands from a Committee appointed by the town council of the borough of Leicester. It were a work of supererogation again to travel over ground so well occupied by that report; and I proceed to the statement of facts connected with our union of Stockport, and to the plan suggested, which has been so favourably received by a body of gentlemen connected as you are with a population of several mil lions, and with the principal manufacturing districts of the north of England. Under the laws so ably traced by the Leicester re port, the borough of Stockport has grown up from a small ville, and become a populous manufacturing dis • trict, containing 60,000 inhabitants. For the purposes of the poor-laws it is divided into five districts or townships, each maintaining its own poor—namely, Stockport, Heaton Norris, Brinnington, Cheadle Bulkelev, and Cheadle Moseley. Stockport being the township originally located, has become built up, and the population has extended into the adjacent townships of Heaton Norris, Brinnington, Cheadle Bulkeley, and Cheadle Moseley. Stockport township has the largest amount of' poor, and from its local position and from giving the name to the district, it has also the disadvantage of paying for ail casual paupers ; its neighbouring townships receive all the advantages of the trade of Stockport, without any of the disadvantages. The poor-laws have been intended as a national ar rangement, and have become part of our constitution ; but the method devised by our ancestors to carry these laws into operation, was through the medium of arbi trary local divisions called parishes. These parishes have in many cases been sub-divided into smaller arbi trary divisions called townships ; and by the Poor-law Amendment Act these parishes and townships have been united into larger districts called unions ; but in these unions the relief of the poor of each township is kept strictly separate, tied each township is exclusively charged with the expenditure caused by the relief of its own particular paupers. By thus localising the charges of maintaining the poor, whether in parishes or townships, much misery has been and still is caused. Boards of guardians will act on different principles : some paeperise whole districts ; others depopulate them. Landowners cause the surplus population to migrate. Manufacturers, in time of com mercial distress, send back again this originally agri cultural surplus population. Local authorities, as it were, shoulder the miserable wretch requiring relief out of their locality; and struggles in each district aro con tinually carried on through the medium of assistant overseers, relieving officers, removal officers, magistrates clerks, attorneys, and barristers-at-law, in reference to pauper settlements; which struggles entail an enormous expense on the parishioners; and all this to prevent the necessity of a few shillings being given in time of need to a pauper by one set of local authorities called over seers, which according to law declared through all the . mazes of legal technicality, ought to be given by the overseers of another locality. And as the relief in dis puted cases is generally given unwillingly (it may be said as a general rule, with great parsimony), miserable is the wretch who awaits the decision of a parish law suit, to ascertain by what parish his necessary relief must be given. What is the real remedy? Is it by destroying all settlements but that of birth? or by changing the birth settlement by a settlement to be acquired from time to time by a five years' residence in any other parish? This would merely continue the evils of the present system; nay, if possible, it would aggravate them. It would cause the landowner to pull down every cottage on his estate not absolutely required for his own labourer. It would be a premium for cruelty. It wauld confer different settlements by the mere result of the accident of birth, on different members of the same family—(a family of eight children might each have a different birth-settlement); and lastly, by this legislative altera tion of existing settlements, in would cause one town ship to gain that which it would cause another township to lose; and this without any sufficient reason, without compeesation in any way. The present law of settlement is well ascertained. There are no difficulties now, save those as to the facts, and those which arise from technicalities. Remove the technical objections as soon as pos..ible. This may he done; but the facts, in case of dispute, will always have to be settled by evidence, and this therefore you cannot settle by Act of Parliament. Not one appeal in ten at the present day is decided on the merits. But few set tlements are disputed on a difference of opinion as to what the merits are; technical objections, and those only, are the questions decided by the courts. And I hold it to he a disgrace to our Legislature, and to the parties who expound the Acts of the Legislature, that every advantage is given in our courts of law to tech nical objections. The rule of the courts of law is not. Is the prisoner guilty ? or, Is the pauper really settled ? but, Is the commitment technically worded, or the examinations a perfect specimen of special pleeling ? If after hearing a bug, learned, and elaborate address from counsel, proving that according to law certain words omitted ought to have been inserted in commit ment or order of removal, the Court of Queen's Bench or quarter sessions, agreeing in opinion with the advo cate, were to send the commitment or order back to the magistrate for correction, or correct it by oae of its own officers, there would be no premium for technical objections—justice would be done ; but much business would be abolished, and criminals would not escape, nor parishes be mulcted, as they do and are at present. What, then, is the real remedy, the humane and Christian-like remedy, for the evils of the present sys tem ? It is to make the relief of the poor purely na tional—to make every part of England where a poor man may reside really and truly his home—to prevent removal officers by law separating him from the place where his happiest days have been spent—to snake the relieving officer the real messenger of charity—to relieve distress when and as soon as it arises—and to banish for ever those insane struggles and legal fights to decide from which local purse the necessary relief must be abstracted. And how is this to be done ? By abolishing the poor's-rate altogether, and placing the relief of the poor upon the Consolidated Fund. The army and navy are kept out of this fund, and why should not the poor ? The poor are caused by distress, agricultural and com mercial. In times of distress the Legislature is always appealed to, and professes to be able to give a remedy ; and surely for the purposes of this letter we may take it for granted, that the Legislature is more or less answer able for the continuance of distress. It will be granted that no individual township can in itself have any power to cause, avert, or prevent national distress. Stockport cannot cause or prevent distress as regards Heaton- Norris, nor the converse. No one township, therefore, ought to be detrimented by local distress. The law of settlement was caused by a desire to prevent hordes of beggars from rambling across the country, and maraud ing without warrant The destruction of it in the pre sent day would prevent them from rambling in the same way with warrant, accompanied by official parties, at immense expense to the parishes concerned. To such a comprehensive plan as a general abolish ment of the poors'-rate, and with it the law of settle ment, I know there will be a horde of objectors. The parish officer's occupation, who ferrets out settlements, would be gone, and he is generally the clever man in each union. His hostility would be roused against any such plan. The removal officer, who journeys with paupers from Land's End to Scotland, would be dis pensed with; would his evidence be in favour of such a plan ? The magistrate's clerk, who receives now very large fees for the examinations and removal orders, would find his fees diminished; and he is a pe rson of n o slight influence. The attorney-at-law, who conducts the appeals and sessions business incident thereon, would be minus his bill ; and I am not one to underrate the influence which the attorneys have in this country. The barristetsat-law, who only receives a fee after the ease is fairly launched in court, would have no appeal busi ness. And let any one attend the Yorkshire sessions for one appeal-day, and see the entry of settlement appeals at Pontefract, and then ask if the barristers, as a class, can be sufficiently patriotic to abandon settlement liti gation? I do not mean to say all the before mentioned in dividuals will oppose a comprehensive measure beneficial to their country. There are individuals at all times ready to come out from their class, and advocate views detrimental to their class-interests. But in classes class-interests Kill predominate; and it may fairly be inferred that all those classes will oppose a genet al and comprehensive view of the subject. There are several ways of objecting to an alteration. I will endeavour to deal with those which 1 can anti cipate. Ist. It will be said, how can you make it a national charge, and at the same time have a local distribution of the relief ? 2d. At present, the comparative expense to some tnwnshipe is light, and why should they lose the present advantage ? Tho first objection, which is in reality the only one, SALES BY AUCTION In BELGRAVE-SQUARE, the VICINITY of her MAJESTY'S PALACE, a SPLENDID ABODE for a FAMILY of DIS TINCTION, with commensurate accommodation throughout, Stabling for Seven Horses, Standing for Three Carriages, a large Garden, and every comfort that ingenuity can desire. MR. GEORGE ROBINS has received instruc tions from the Executors to SELL by PUBLIC COMPE TITION, on the Premises, on THURSDAY, the 23d of January, at Twelve o'Clock, (and to the highest bidder), a SINGULARLY ELEGANT AND UNUSUALLY CONVE. NIENT MANSION, OF FIRST-RATE IMPORTANCE, No. 2il, IN BELGRAVE.SQUARE, on the south side, and for several years the favoured abode of WM. KNIGHT DEHANY, ESQ., DECEASED. . _ . . This delightful town residence was fitted up by the late re spected possessor, regardless of expense, with a fixed determination to secure every comfort a family of distinction can desire. That he succeeded " a merveille" will be perceptible at the first glance, since ingenuity would be puzzled to find a real want neglected. Of the situation, it may be desirable to observe that it is N THE VERY CENTRE OF FASHiON AND GAIETY, AND ON THE VERGE OF ROYALTY, and the tenure secures the possession, subject to the original ground rent only, for a period. "STILL EXISTING OF EIGHTY YEARS." The outward form displays se much of architectural taste that it Las long been the subject of unvarying praise, and within, will be seen (from a condensed statement about to follow) is without a single alloy. There are three upper chambers, for seven beds ;on the third story, three best bedchambers, and a commodite ; the second tl,or, three delightfully airy bedchambers, a dressing room, and commod;te. The principal suite are of noble apportions, and the decorations getite in the presant taste. The sal , r ce cempagnie is In communication with the stone colnnnade said oalcotiy, TWO NOBLE STONE STAIRCASES, and the paved hall, to which may be appended THE LUXURY OF HOT AND COLD BATHS, admirably placed, with a shower-bath in • — ninexion with it. The grand entree is of suoerior character and design, Nr b a nsble stone st aircase to , he principal suite, a lofty salle a manger, 30ft. by lift, a library about 110 ft. by 15ft., a gentleinan's muming room, and commodite well placed. THE BASEMENT IS QUITE PERFECT, everyt l :;l.. , onducive to comfort, in its extended meaning, is pro minent t: ughout 'fl-le STABLE DEPARTMENT IS FAULTLESS. There are SEVEN CAPITAL STALLS, STANDING FOR THREE CARRIAGES, harness-room, with servant's sleeping-rooms ever; and a depository for hay and straw ; a garden alone separates them from the man. sion. There id water laid on throughout the abode and °fliers, indeed, the whole appears allied to comfort, although it is not in. tended to diFguise the fact that a lady outvogeously straight-laced may, by dint of ingenuity, find the opportunity to display her tact in renovating some of the decorations. The purchaser will have the opportunity to take, at a fair valuation, THE ELEGANT FURNITURE AND APPENDAGES of every kind, and in the best taste, observing that Dowbiggin was the artiste in furniture. It can only be seen by tickets ; to be had of Messrs. Parke and Freeth, solicitors, Lincoln's lon.fields; and at Mr. George Robins's offices, Covent-garden. DEVONSHIRE-PLACE, PORTLAND.PLACE. THE GROUND LEASE OF A NOBLE MANSION, CAL CULATED FOR A LARGE FAMILY, AND WITH IMMEDIATE POSSESSION. MR. GEORGE ROBINS is instructed to sub mit to public competition, at the Auction Mart, •a TUESDLY, January 21, at Twelve, A most admirable RESIDENCE for a Banker, Merchant, or Family of Opulence, situate No. 1, DEVONSHIRE-PLACE, CLOSE TO PORTLAND.PLACE, and contiguous to the Regent'a.park, which in its domestic ar. rangements, offer the most complete and ample accommodation for a large estallishment : the sleeping chambers, eight in number are spacious and airy ; the reception rooms of noble proportions; whilst the ground Boor possesses an excellent dining.roorn, morning room, lath room, A HANDSOME LIBRARY OF LARGE DIMENSIONS. The domestic offices are numersus, and very complete, communi cating at th• rear with an excellent six-stall stable, coach-house for four carriages and servants' roams over. Th• Residence is held under the original Lease, forty-threo years being unexpired, and at a ground rent of only 181. a year, •ffering the oppor tunity of investing money for Its purchase, with every certainty of possessing a secure income. _ _ . _ May be viewed until the sale, and particulars bad on the pre mises; of Messrs. Kerly and S. Ware, Solicitors, 5, Gray's Inn. square ; at the Auction Mart; and at Mr. George Robins's Offices, Covent.garden. UPPER BROOK.STREET, close to PARK-LANE. A CLEAR INCOME of 4651. ss. PER ANNUM, SECURED UPON A FIRST-RATE TOWN RESIDENCE, cm LEASE for the WHOLE TERM to GENERAL SIR MOORE DISNEY, K,C.B. ,R GEORGE ROBINS is instructed by the 71 * Administrator of the late R. DEVERELL, Esq., to sub mit to PUBLIC SALE, at the Auction Mart, on THuasnmr, January 30, at Twelve o'clock, - - , A most ELIGIBLE and SECURE INVESTMENT of the first character, presenting an opportunity of rare occurrence for the em ployment of capital most satisfactorily. It is secured upon THE NOBLE TOWN MANSION, No. 26, UPPER BROOK-STREET, GROSVENOIt-SQUARE, being the fourth house from Park-lane, and partaking of all the advantage arising from ITS IMMEDIATE PROXIMITY TO HYDE PARK, containing accommodation of a superior order for a large family and establishment, with double carriage house, and six.stall stable, opening to the mews at the rear. The residence is let upon lease to General Sir Moore Disney, K.C.8., for the whole term, AT A CLEAR RENTAL OF 5001. A YEAR, and is held under the Marque of Westminster, by an origivial lease, of which there is an unexpired term of twenty.four years, at a ground-rent of only 281. a year, the lessee insuring. Particulars may be had twenty-one days prior, at the office of E. Coulthard, Esq., Solicitor, 4, Gray's Inn.square ; at the Auction Mart; and at Mr. George Robins's offices, Covent.garden. GLAMORGAN. TO CAPITALISTS, COLLIERS, AND IRON MASTERS. 3,11 - R. F. GLOVER will SELL by AUCTION, on WEDNESDAY, the Bth day of January, 1845, at the Mackworth Arms Inn, Swansea, at One o'clock precisely, That valuable MINERAL PROPERTY, known as the Gwaun Cae Gurwen Anthracite Colliery, situate at Gwaun Cae Gurwen, in the parish of Langwicke, county of Glamorgan, extending under 717 acres, and held for an unexpired term of 91 years, at the very low royalty of 7d. per 1 ton 2i cwt. mineral. The col liery has been established at a very great outlay,and the main shaft sunk to a depth of 90 fathoms, intersecting various seams of coal and winning the big or Milford vein five feet three inches thick, which is now working of the most pure and best anthracite in the mineral basin of South Wales. The works are connected by rail. way with the well known shipping port of Llanelly, distant 18 miles, at which place the produce of the colliery is delivered at the low rate of led. per ton per mile, inclusive of locomotives, waggons, &c. They are also distant from the flourishing port of Swansea 14 miles, and of which distance the Swansea Canal ex tends eight miles, and a branch railway has been commenced from the colliery at a cost of about 4.0001., which from various facilities may be completed at a moderate outlay, and a junction made with the Swansea Canal, only distant six miles, which on completion will connect the colliery with the best shipping ports in Glamorganshire and Carmarthenshire. The iron ore is of the very best quality and in abundance. and the taking offers ens of the most eligible sites for the erection of iron works and for the purposes of smelting and manufacturing iron in the kingdom, there being plenty oflime. stone in the vicinity. The machinery and plant are nearly new, of the beet construction, and in excellent order. Further particulars may be obtained of Messrs, Taylor, Kemp, and Kingston, solicitors, Bath ; Alfred Russell, Esq., solicitor, Dartford, Kent ; Messrs. Atkinson and Pilgrim, solicitors, Church. court, Lothbury, London ; and at the auctionetr's, 3, Castle-street, Swansea. ADVANTAGES. A BONUS of TWO-THIRDS of the PROFITS allotted to the assured. LOWER RITES of PREMIUM ck9.rged fur aasttraneee without Profits. . PREMIUMS payable Annually, Half-yearly, or Quarterly. AMONGST OTIIER DESCRIPTIONS of ASSURANCES granted by this Office, is the important one, originated by the Society, of securing a sum t• the assured—himself on his attaining any given age, or to his family in the event of his earlier death. CREDIT ♦LLOWED (without Security) for Ono-half the amount of the first Five Annual Premiums, paying interest thereon at 51. per Cent. per annum. FRED. BANKART, 2 soeretarie,. JOHN L. EYANS, PUBLICATIONS , MODEL (?) HOUSES FOR THE POOR—OVERHEATED FLUES. THE BUILDER; a Journal for the Architect, Engineer, Operative, and Artist. No. 100, for SATURDAY, January 4, contains :--your beautiful Illustrations of the Ancient Norman Font in Stanton FitZNYRZTOD Church, Wilts—A View of the Brampton National Schools, and the Tomb of Sir Thomas Gresham—Address of the Editor—Strictures on the Model Houses for the Poor, now building by the society for im proving the condition of the Labouring Classes—District Surveyors' .Association—Law of Dilapidations—Fire from Overheated Flues — Constructions of Handrails of Stairs, with Three Illustrations —Royal Institute of British Architects—Notices of New Books—Contracts — Competitions—Timber Sales—New Patents, &c.; and the Archi tectural News of the Week. Price 2(1. Office, 2, York-street, CoTent-gardon ; and all Booksellers. K NIGHT'S WEEKLY VOLUME FOR ALL READERS Price One Shilling. The publication of this Series commenced on Saturday, the 29th of June, 1844, and will be continued every succeeding Saturday. The following works will appear in the course of January : January 4th. The LIFE of Sir THOMAS GREMIAM. • 11th. The PURSUIT of KNOWLEDGE UNDER DIFFI CULTIES. Vol. I. „ lath. CABINET PICTURES OF ENGLISH LIFE:— CHAUCER. „ 25th. The PURSUIT of KNOWLEDGE UNDER DIFFI CULTIES. Vol. 11. MOTIITHLY SUPPLEMENT to the " WEEKLY VOLUME." Ja.mary Ist, The CABINET HISTORY of ENGLAND. Vol. Is. sewed, and Is. ad. in cloth. To he completed in Twenty Monthly Volumes. London : Charley Knight and Co., 22, Ludgate-street. BANKRUPTS. George Edward Lanham, builder, Southampton, to surrender Jan. 15, at half-past eleven, and Feb. 13, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee ; Jones, 'grinder, and Tudway, John street, Bedford , row. John Weightman, wharfinger, Northampton, Jan. 10, and Feb. 14, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pen nell, official assignee, Basinghall-street, London ; Wel ler, King's-road, Gray's Inn, London ; Pell, North ampton. Benjamin Wyrnent Palmer, coach-proprietor, Da ventry, Northamptonshire, Jan. 13, at one, and Feb. 22, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, Sam brook-court, Basinghall-street, official assignee ; Wim burn and Co., Chancery-lane ; Gery, Daventry. Andrew Padbury, jun., grocer, Epsom, Jan. 14, at half-past one, and Feb. 11, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman-street; Cattlin, Ely-place. John Newbold, tailor, Nottingham, Jam. 15, and Feb. 12, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Bit tlestou, official assignee, Birmingham ; Bowley, Not tingham ; Harrison and Smith, Birmingham. James Ward, engineer, Manchester, Jan. 17, and Feb. 6, at eleve n , at the Manchester District Court. Pott, official assignee, Manchester ; Wathen, St. Swithin's lane, London ; Johnson, Manchester. John Woodhead, clogger, Todmorden, Yorkshire, Jan. 18 and Feb. 6, at cloven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds ; Wigglesworth and Co., Gray's Inn, London ; Barwick, Leeda, DIVIDENDS DECLARED. J. J. Brez, --- of 103. in the pound, on Wednesday, Jan. 1, and any subsequent Wed nesday, at the office of Mr. Morgan, Liverpool. W. Hall and R. Rainbow, corn and coal-merchants, Stratford-upon-A von —fi na l div. of 2d. and 5-IStha of a penny in the pound, on Thursday, Jan. 9, or any sub le quent Thursday, at the office of Mr. Bittleston, Bir mingham. J. Hedderly, druggist, Nottingham—final div. of Is. sd. and 7-16ths of a penny in the pound, on Thurs day, Jan. 9, and any subsequent Thursday, at the office of Mr. Bittlebton, Birmingham. J. Grundy, jun., a oollen-manufacturer, Ramsbottom, Lancashire—first div. of 6s. Bd. in the pound, on Tues day, Jan. 7, and any subsequent Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Stanway, Manchester. J. Harman, common brewer, Whitefriars, City—first div. of Is. 9d. in the pound, on any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Bainghall-street. T. M. Morton, eating-house keeper, Bishopagate-street Within, City—second div. of sd. in the pound, on any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Basinghall- Lreet. T. and J. L. Kew;ley, tanners, Long-lane, Bermondsey —third dividvnd of 1-16th of a penny in the pound, on any Wednesday, at the office of hir. Pennell, Basinghall. street _ J. C. Clarke, wine-merchant, Water-lane, City—first div. of Od. in the pound, any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Basinghall-street. H. J. Canning, Scotch warehouseman, Wood-street, Cheapside—second div. of Hid. in the pound, any Wed nesday, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Basinghall-street. W. Mott, laceman, Regent-street—second div. of 2s. 2d. in the pound, any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Pannell, Basinghall-street. T. Watson, licensed-victualler, Caniomile-street, City —first div. of 2s. 4d. in the pound, on any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Basinghall-street. E. Holmes, warehouseman, King -street, Cheapside— first div. of 3s. Bd. in the pound, on any Wednesday, rt the office of Mr. Pennell, Basinghall-street. E. Edwards, draper, City-road—first div. of Bid. in the pound, on any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Pen nell, Basinghall-street. W. Starie, carpenter, Cutler-street, Houndsditch— second div. of 6kd. in the pound, on any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Basinghall- street. J. Waddell, insurance-brokkr, Lime -street, City—first div. of 9d. in the pound, on any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Basieghall-street. H. Tisoe, carpenter, Hertford—first div. of 2 8 . 11d. i n the pound, on ahy Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Pen nell, Basinghall-street. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. W. Cook, grocer, Bungay, Suffolk, Jan. 24, at eleven. In the Country. J. Crick, maltster,Sheffield, Jan. 30, at eleven, at the d 3 ,orn deale r , 0 C at eleven,Leeds District Court—T. Fisher , linendraper, Selby, Jan. 30, at eleven, at the Leeds DistrictC at the Leeds Court—J. Jackson, innkeeper, e c e o p u e r r t_ , Hull, Jan. Thorn ton-le-Clay, Jan. 30, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court—W. Jackson, baker, Liverpool, Jan. 24 at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court—G. Grantham, grocer, Manchester, Feb. 1, at eleven, at the Manchester Dis trict Court—T. Robinson, wine merchant, Leicester, Jan. 25, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary, on the day herein -mentioned. F. B. and W. Stacey, wari.hout-,orneti, Lawrence-lane, builders, gton' New Bond- Jan. 24—. J. F. Cork Cheapside, Jan. 24-1 G. Webb, mineral water mann- fa o c rk ture a rlos j. am L o . n n d e -b e ui t i r tin . g c s o , ae l h slin Bond street, Jan. 30—R. B. Palmer , watchmaker, Bath, Jan. 28—S. Askham, com mission agent, Bradf o rd ; J an . 27 B. Jones, victualler, Birmingham, Jan 25—J. Peoples, woollonitraper, Liverpool, Jan. 24—It. Watson and H. Morris, brokers, Liverpool, Jan. 24—G. Ball, carpenter, Bath, .lan. 24—J. Grundy. woollea manufacturer, Tot. tington, Lancashire, Jan. 24. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. - F. W. Casson, E. Twining, anti R. Casson, surgeons. Hu!!--C. Chaloner and J. Orrell, merchants, Liverpool D. Bradshaw, J. —E. Edwards, syn., W. C. Short. and E. Edwards, jun., a ( w .; ! t jii --- n., merchants, Had- Roan, cattle salesmen, t sed e e a rhscti d fie riii i lr i s :l;:i ,G A : ! iib , i ( 3 : l + , : ai r: h i _tililrfaidnde, J. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. Alexander Stevens, stationer, Edinburgh, Jan. 8 and Feb. 1. at three, at Dowell's Rooms, Edinburgh. James Edgar and Thoreas Fraser, tailors, Glasgow, Jan. 8 and 29, at twelve, at Wilkies' chambers, Glasgow. William Galloway, manufacturer, Paisley, Jan. 10 and 31, at one, at Martin and Hodge's chambers, Paisley. J. Campbell, merchant, Balfron, Jan. 9 and 23, at eleven, at Stewart's Inn, Balfron. STATE OF TRADE. There has been a great degree of quietness in business for the last week, yet we have every reason to believe that the present year will progress with more advantage to the mercantile community than they have experienced for a considerable period. Prices of produce are low, and the means of the people are sufficient to warrant calculations founded on a very extended consumption of the great staple articles. Just now, we see no reason to fear any unnatural speculative investments in eoods, and as our present stocks, and the supplies we have in prospect, are generally adequate to the requirements of the trade, we may confidently expect a continu ance of moderate prices, which, it is to be hoped, will be further insured by a liberal policy on the part of the Government, when dealing with those great questions, which will occupy so much atten tion on the re- assembling of Parliament. The ac counts we receive from the manufacturing districts are very satisfactory, and both the manufacturer and the operative have every reason to be content with the present position of affairs, as contrasted with the state in which they were up to the beginning of last year. There has been no excitement in the cotton market ; a moderate business has been got through, and prices are not so firmly supported as they were a week ago. The American accounts have had no influence beyond, perhaps, inducing sales, on the ground that imports at present rates leave a handsome result. The rate of exchange continued high, and specie had been again shipping even from the southern markets. There is, however, no lack of money here, and just now we need not the dollars of our transatlantic creditors yet here again we refuse many of their commodities, and with cotton and tobacco we are as well supplied as with money. We are yet anxiously waiting arrivals, kept back in the Channel by the un favourable weather of the past week, to the very serious loss and inconvenience of the owners both of ships and cargoes. In guano, of which we shall here immediately heavy arrivals, there is little doing for consumption, and although there is no diffi culty In selling at about 51. 10s. per ton, yet it seems as if the buyers were only speculating for a rise as the season advances. The share market is very buoyant, and prices advance nearly every day, under the influence, as it would seem, of deep speculative excitement; however, the proceedings of the railway branch of the Board of Trade have dealt a severe blow ; which must have time to work before we can judge of the probable result. It is now too clear that many of the new schemes will be officially opposed in Parliament. —Liverpool Mercury. STATE OF THE HOSIERY AND LACE TRADES.—The condition of the principal branch of the hosiery trade, namely, the manufacture of cotton hose by forming the articles of a continued thread, and shaping them by removing the loops, is still extremely dull, the hands in the surrounding manufacturing villages being put to great inconvenience in obtaining a scanty supply of material, they having in many instances not more than half work. As a matter of course, this dearth of employment affects the general prosperity of the district, and many complaints are heard from the shopkeepers of want of business.—The cut-up cotton hose trade is much in the same situation.—The drawer branch, though not improved, is not considered worse, though the hands are very short of employment.—The cotton glove branch is rather dull, but not to the same extent as other branches.—There is no real improvement in any of the branches of tbe silk hosiery manufactures, notwithstanding many small floating orders, which ex cite hope,"the forerunner of dieappointment —The bob bin-net lace trade continues very dull. Some few de scriptions of goods are in demand, but they are very limited in number. There has been a little excitement respecting the new patent invention for making lace with scolloped edges. A person of Snenton has offered his method to a portion of the machine owners, who have been for some time averse to taking licenses from patentees, concurring that all inventions nueht to be thrown open to the public, for which they have given him 1001. His method, we understand, is to accumu late the warp threads one upon the other, and to gather up the unemployed bobbin threads by the pearl thread, which is actuated upon by a worm and wheel, on the beam which draws the pearl thread the required tight ness to form the scollop. By this method, we arc told, he can only make the indentation from four to six holes deep. He does not use extra point bars. Upon this latter fragile ground the subscribers hope the patent is evaded ; but the patentees claim the method of using the whole number of threads, as in scolloped cushion laces, by whatever arrangement of machinery effected ; therefore the using of extra traversing point bars by the patent method is only a secondary claim. Several parties, aware of this, have already taken out licenses, for which the patentees charge 7s. 6d. per in. per an. —The warp lace trade is further improved.—The sill( blond branch, which has suffered so much for a long period, has revived, and many frames are set on. The lap, press, and tatting branches are in a very healthy state. The dispute respecting the warp jecquard patent, which seemed likely to occupy our courts of justice, is amicably settled, by the manu facturers and frame-owners taking licenses under 100 inches, at 3s. ; above 100 inches in width, at 3s. 6d. per inch. Frames being built after this time, above 100 inches, are to pay 4s. per annum.—Arottingtham Review. CHIPPENIIAM.—We are sorry to learn that a re duction to 7s. per week has been made in the wages of some agricultural labourers in this neighbourhood. We trust the parties reducing to so low a sum the earnings of their workmen are few ; we should be happier were they none at all. A distribution of coal, meat, and bread, has been made from the subscribed fund for the relief of the poor during the winter. 401. has been thus distri buted out of the 1 051 . subscribed.— Wilts Independent. Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening from the Colonial-office for the Governor of the North Ame rican Provinces. Dispatches were received from the Governor of Hong-Kong. 4' . ...' --• I I