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SIR ROBERT PEEL'S BUDGET.—DUTY OFF GLASS. SUPERIOR GLASSES, AND SPLENDID GILT FRAMES. CRAKE, Carver and Gilder, 181, Waterloo ') road, begs respectfully to inform the Nubility, Gentry, Artists in particular, and the public, that he has been to an immense expense in removing the partition walls, in order to allow more room for business. He has since furnished his shop with an unequalled stock of Picture Frames of every description and quality, at very low prices. All regular sizes kept ready for immediate delivery. H. C. begs to remind the public that, owing to their friend, Sir Robert Peel, they will be enabled to ob!ain Looking-glasses of any size, and other Glass at nearly half the price they are at present, 17 applying at 181, Waterloo-road—the duty shortly coining off. The Advertiser calls upon the public to look up all their prints that they would like tastily framed, and send them to CRAKE, of 181, WA TERLOO -ROAD, where he is willing to do every one justice who Will patronise him. Lists of prices sent post-free on application. Returned cases quar ter price. Recollect the duty will, after the sth of April, be taken off, and the public must look up a job or two for Crake, Carver and Gilder, 181, waterloo-road, Lambeth. SILVER-PLATED DISH COVERS. A B. SAVORY and SONS, Manufacturing • Silversmiths, 14, Cornhill, London, opposite the Bank of England, submit for choice In their Plate-rooms, many Patterns of SILVER-PLATED DISH COVERS, of Sheffield Manufacture, from Fifteen to Twenty Guineas the set, viz. : Double Dome Pattern. 1 The Melon Pattern. Size. ,Z s d., Size. X s.d. I Plated Dish Ccver, 20 in. 5 13 6 1 Plated Dish Cover, 20 in. 5 17 0 I Dish Cover, 18 in. 4 76 1 Dish Cover, 16 in. 4 14 0 2 Dish Covers, 16 in. 5 12 6 2 Dish Covers, 14 in. 6 6 6 Per set • • • ....... £l5 13 6' Per set.... • • .• £l6 17 6 _The , above have silver handles and mountings , and s il ver s hi elds ror engraving the crest or coat of arms. A Price Current, illustrated by Drawings, and containing every Information relative to the purchase of Silver or Sheffield Plate, may be had on application, or will be be sent into the country, free of postage, in answer to a paid letter. CLARK'S NEW BRILLIANT LIGHT. Have you seen it ? The nobility, scientific men, and all who have, admit its positive superiority, and admire its simplicity. This light causes no smoke, cannot emit blacks, breaks no chimneys, creates no smell, requires no cleaning, and in its construction is so simple, that any person can trim it. It is so economical that, while Producing the light of two argand oil lamps, or the light of twenty candies, it costs no more than two candles. Thts Perfe e ct lamp fitted to persons' own pedestals, for 23 shillings, 11l complet. To be seen burning at Clark's Lamp Depot, 447, West Strand (op posite Warren's Blacking Manufactory). Clark and Co. have also an improved Oil Lamp used by Govern ment. and all the great light houses in the world, and only just now introduced to public notice. N.B. To prevent imposition, Clark and Co. put their name on all these lamps. TEA TRAYS, Tea Urns, Knives and Forks, Dish Covers, &c., at C. WATSON'S, 41 and 42, BARBICAN, :?; (1 . 16 , NORTON-FOLGATE. Established half a century.—A. set Paper Tea-trays, including the largest size made, 355. ; very 4 • 1 7 ornamented all over, 50s. a Set of Three, and up t o 141. ; J a- Pan Tea-trays, Is. 6d. a Set, and upwards ; a Five Quart London Made Bronze Tea-urn 355., with the newest patterns up to live gui neas ; a get of Six patent raise.l London made Dish Covers, 18s. 6d. ; best imperial raised, 355. 6d. Set of Six. Elegant silver shape, 525. 6d. Set of Six. Ivory Table-knives, lls. per dozen, Dessert. 93. ; Carvers, 3s. 64. per pair. TABLE. DESSIJAT. CARVERS. doz. doz. pair. at-In. handsome balance handle .. • • 184. Od. 14s. Od. 6s. 6d. 4-In. balance handle, largest and best made• • ..... •••• • • • Ditto with Watson's Albata Plate handles, equal to silver.— •• •. 225. 6d. 183. Od. Bs. 6d. Forks half the above price. C. Watson's handsomely Illustrated Catalogue and Price Current Is Just publbthed, and families who regard economy and elegance should poss'as themselves of this usethl book, which may be had gratis, and post free, from the above address . Sole inventor of the celebrated Albata Plate, which Is so rapidly superseding Silver. THE LAMP WONDER, C. WATSON'S PARAGON CAMPIIINE LAMP. The great fault which has proved fatal to the success of the Vesta Lamp, viz., the em'ssion of black smuts and smoke, is entirely ob viated in the Paragon—the brilliancy and purity of its light surpasses any other yet seen, and burns for one half-penny per hour. C. Watson's Warehouses, 41 and 42, Barbican, and 16, Norton Fol gate, are replete with every variety. The Spirit, analysed by Dr. ITre, is sold by C. Watson, at 4s. per gallon. Contracts given for Chapels and Public Buildings. NO N IMPOSIT. S PENCER'S PUFF CELEOR BRATED ION CIIINESE LIQUID HAIR DTE.—The thousands of individuals who have had the pleasure of using Spencer's Chinese Liquid Hair Dye, pronounce it to be the only dye extant which will effectually change, is a few minutes, rod or grey hair to a dark brown or black, and it can be proved incontestibly that it is the safest dye in its use that ever was prepared. Red or grey hair, whiskers, eyebrows, mous taches, &c., are changed without trouble, by simply using a comb Wetted with the liquid ; one application will produce a pleasing and a permanent change. The colour it imparts to the hair can never be discovered to have been effected by dye, it being so perfectly natural, and neither washing, perspiration, or anything will in the least fade 01' affect the _colour produced. Hundreds of ladies who wore false hair, because their own became grey, wear new their own. Also, thousands of gentlemen who had grey or red whiskers, which was a great disfigurement, have become quite dark from the use of SPENCER'S CHINESE LIQUID HAIR DYE. Any lady or gen tleman may dye their hair with ease and secrecy in a few minutes Without trouble. Price 3s. 6d., 65., and 10s. per bottle. To be had of the sole Proprietors, 29, Nottingham -place, Fieldgate street, Whitechapel-road, London ; also of Mr. Johnstone, 68, Corn hill ; Butler, 4, Ch ea p s id e ; F ront, 229, Strand ; Sanger, 150, Oxford- Street; Barclay, 95, Farringdon-street ; Atkinson, 24, Old Bond street ; Edwards, 67, St. Paul's Churchyard ; Connell, Camberwell green ; Kennaby, Brothers, 10, Westmoreland-buildings, Aldersgate street ; Finnigin, 30, Mllsom-street, Bath ; Elmore, 31, Bull-street, Birmingham ; Shirley, 40, George-street, Hastings; and of most Per- Miners and Medleine Vendors in Town and Country. Sent to any Part of the kingdom by sending a remittance, post-paid. Please to ask for Spencer and Co.'s Chinese Liquid Hair Dye. Merchants and Captains will receive a liberal allowance for expor tation.—Observe, the Proprietor's address is on the wrapper. THE MONSTER BE LL I FOR YORK MINSTER CASIIEDRAL. No doubt, gentle reader, you've lately heard tell Of the size and t c weight of the " York Minster Bell". This bell, which was cast by the famed Messrs. Mears, Is upwards of twelve tons in weight it appears And eighteen strong horses are n ee d e d to draw The " Monster," whose equal your eye never saw. When we think of this Bell and its number of tons, We cannot help wishing 'twere MOSES and SONS'. For 'tis certainly suited remarkably well To ring for that house which has long " borne the Bell." Its sound, which is doubtless a powerful one, Is just the right thing for E. MOSES and SON. How loud could it speak with its ponderous dapper Of a beautiful " Frock," or a " Vest," or a " Wrapper," With the rest of that choice summer dress, which discloses The taste and the elegant fashion of MOSES. Another in use might be made of this Bell, By letting it toll competition's sad " knell." For all competition must quickly " expire" Since MOSES and SON have provided attire. No tradesman in Europe can ever excel E. MOSES and SON, who have long " borne the Bell." A new work, entitled " THE LEVIATHAN OF TRADE," with !nil directions for Self-Measurement, may be had on application, Or forwarded post-free. X a. d. READY' MADE. Xeaver Taglionts —— ••••. • .. . ...... ... from 0 8 6 0 10 6 Ditto Chesterfields ••• 0 13 6 bilto Codringtons • • • • • • Ditto Pembrokes, Athols, Peltoes, and every description of 1 5 0 )IVinter Coat, handsomely trimmed 0 8 6 ts Ys' Winter Coats, in every style 0 4 6 Warm Winter Trousers, lined. 0 10 0 Ditto Doeskin • • • • Dress Coats, edged, Bce ............. ?rock ditto. ditto .. . • .•••.. . • • :. ......•• " • 1 3 9 ..... .. • • • • • .... • 0 1 9 Rolling Collar Vest . •..............•••••• 0 2 6 Double-breasted Ditto • • • 0 17 6 Boss' Hussar Suits • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 0 18 6 Ditto Tunic, neatly braided MADE TO MEASURE. t.axe Gotha Coats, velvet collar and cuff5............fr0m 1 18 0 0 0 winter Coats, in every style and shape, handsomelytrimmed 1 Teed Wrappers ............ 7 8 6 6 Ditto ditto Trousers ... • • • 0 12 6 Buckskin Ditto ...• . 13 12 0 Doeskin Ditto, any pattern ....... ...... ......• ••• •••• •• • .•" Cashest, or Dress Trousers ... .. . ...... ...... ..... ..... Wintemere Vest •••• • • . • .. 1 6.•.• • • • • .... ••••.....••• .. .. • . . . 0 7 0 r Ditto, in endless ;them.. ...................... 0 8 6 1 12 0 Dress Coat .'..... '• P . 2 15 0 Ditto, ditto, best rn . aLP Ictured Prock Coat .. .. ' . . BDitto the hest manufactured ....•"..... •• • •••• •• • : : •- . • • • • .• .• • • • • ooms ' ... 3 3 0 Ditto Tunic • ** 14ourning to any extent can be bad at live minutes' notice, at the inollowg p rices : G len's S u i ts, dress coat, f es vt, and trousers .** ...from 1 16 0 Ditto, jacket, vest and trousers.. ...... ..........from 0 18 0 IMPORTANT.—Any • article purchased or ordered, if Rot approved of, exchanged, or the money returned. Observe —E. MOSES and SON, Tailors, Wholesale and Retail Woollen Drapers, Outfitters, and General Warehousemen, 154, Mino ties, and 86, Aldgate, City, opposite the Chu rc h. C ullaN.—E. A' oses and Son are obli ged to guard the publ i c ligainst im position, having learned that the un t ra d esman li ke false -2% P°d of being connected with them, or it's the sa me concern, has ren resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons. They no connexion.whatever with any other establishment, in or out .1 London, and those who desire genuine Cheap Clothing should (Jo A l a disappointment, &c.) call or send to 154, Minories, or 86, Ala f gaw, opposite the Church. li ~,..r i d e, td No No business t ransacted at this Establishment from sunsot on c • l 9, 3' clock. So nunset Saturday when business is resumed till twelTe pENINSUL AR MAIL STEAMERS ALTERATION of TIME of DEPARTURE and REDUCTION Of RATES of PASSAGE MON EY. The PENINSULAR and ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY beg to announce that by order of the Lords Commis stoners of the Admiralty the steamers conveying the Peninsular Mails will in future be dispatched from Southampton on the 7th, 17th, and 27th of every month, instead of every Thursday as heretofore. When the above dates fall on Sunday the steamers will leave on the following day. The first departure under the new arrangement will take place on the 7th April next, and the steamers will thencefor ward call at Corunna both out and home, thus affording a direct and expeditious communication with Madrid. For further particulars apply at the Company's Offices, No. 51, St. Mary-axe, London. DRAINAGE and IMPROVEMENT of the FERGUS. It is Intended (under the provisions of the Ist and 2d William IV., cal). 57) to open the River Fergus, so as to admit sea-going vessels to Ennis, the capital of the fertile county of Clare, Ireland, and to re move the obstructions up to its source, by which operation a large quantity of valuable land will be drained, embanked, and improved, and a chain of lakes lowered and discharged into the sea. Forms of proposals for shitres to be had on application to me, at the Drainage Office, 18, Austin-friars, until a Committee is formed ; and, if no commission be obtained, the money, without interest, will he returned. k JACKSON BAItWISE, Secretary pro tern. f 1 REAT NORTH of ENGLAND RAILWAY. N. CONTRACT FOR COAL WAGONS. The DIRECTORS of the GREAT NORTH of ENGLAND RAIL WAY are prepared to RECEIVE TENDERS for the SUPPLY of 600 COAL WAGGONS of superior construction, spring -mounted, with malleable iron wheels, and calculated to carry about Six Tons of Coals each. Tenders will be received either for the Wagons with springs and wheels complete, or for the bodies of the Wagons only. Tenders will also be received for Springs and Wheels separately. Plans and specifications may he seen at the Great North of Eng land Railway Office, and a Pattern Wagon at the Works of the said Company, at Darlington, on and after Wednesday, April 2. Sealed Tenders to be delivered to the Secretary, before the 15th day of April next, H. PARKER, Secretary Great North of England Railway Office, Darlington, ➢Larch 27, 1845. EXETER, YEOVIL, and DORCHESTER RAILWAY. Provisionally Registered. NO APPLICATION for SHARES in this undertaking will be re ceived after THURSDAT, the 10th day of April instant, immediately After which the Committee will proceed to allot the Shares. JOHN CLINCH, Secretary. Exeter. April 1, 1845. rHE DIRECTORS of the ASTURIAN MINING COMPANY congratulate their Shareholders on the now certain prospect of the FORMATION of the ROYAL NORTH OF SPAIN RAILWAY. This line, as the Shareholders are probably aware, passes through the principal mining concessions of this Company, and will at once secure a clteap and ready access to the seaport of Aviles for its coal and other mineral produce. The establishment of this Railway will supersede the necessity of the Tram Railway contemplated in the original Prospectus of the Asturian Mining Company—the expense of which was estimated on survey at 90,0001. The Directors have further to announce, that the whole of the Mares of the Conipany have been appropriated, and they have every reason to hope that the funds at their disposal will he amply suthetent to meet the currant demands, as well as the expenses of the Iron Works now In progress of erection, without any additional call during the present year, by which time the Iron Works will be in full and larofitable operation. The reports lately received on the Quicksilver and other Mines are most gratifying, and may be seen at the office. AW.—The Profession is respectfully informed that the FIRST NUMBER of the FIFTH VOLUME of the LAW TIMES will be published o❑ S4TURDAY, April 5, affording an excellent opportunity for new subscribers: The Volume just completed contains all the Written Judgments of the Two last Terms verbatim, as taken in Short-hand, with a Report of every Case in all the Courts, and all the Legal Intelligence of the time. Law Times Office, 29, Essex-street. N.B. Niunber as a Specimen sent to any person inclosing Four Postage stamps to the Publisher. v _ ~,~ - • • =. 4 • ‘ t , a t ,' • 3. 14 z• \ \ t, 'mss • *VI"44 F07.070/#11k: - 11111 1' 27'^ h- r7" 1"1111ahL--"'-- --- Iv • 1 171, 4 .r ."' , ; ""AM I ) '0 IT % " ;:•• _ . . 16A20. LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING SUN, APRIL 2, 1845. PRICE sd. THE SUN is Published EVERY MORNING at FIVE 0 CLOCK, in Time for the EA RLY TRAINS and TOWN DELIVERY; a SECOND EDITION (Even;ng Sun) is Published in Time for the AFTERNOON TRAINS and a THIRD EDITION at SEVEN 0 CLOCK, for POST, containing PARLIAMENTARY and all other NEWS in LONDON up to that Hour. ADVERTISEMENTS INSERTED in ALL THE THREE PAPERS, Morning , Noon, and Night, thereby insuring a TOWN and COUNTRY CIRCULATION at ONE CHARGE. WANTED, a YOUNG MAN who has been ac customed to TRAVEL through North and South Wales, and who has a good connexion amongst the Drapers and Hatters. Applications, with the usual references, addressed to 11. Box B 80, Post-office, Manchester, will have immediate attention. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. Dr. Ryan's first Series of LECTURES on the Chemistry of Domestic Life daily, and on the Evenings of Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Popular Lectures on Natural Philosophy, with Brilliant Experiments. by Professor Bachhoffner A New Series of Objects, exhibiting beautiful effects in CHILDE'S CHROMATROPE, in the PHYSIOSCOPE, and the PIIOTEOSCOPE. The SHRINE of the NATIVITY is one of the latest additions to the DISSOLVING VIEWS. A Curious MECHANICAL HAND, exhibiting daily on the person of an individual who has lost his natural hand. A Work ing Model of the ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY, Fifty Feet long, and other working Models and New Inventions explained. Submarine Experiments by the DIVER. The DIVING BELL, MICROS COPE, &c. &c. _ BANK RETURNS. Average Amount. Stock Banking Company, Newcastle 70,017 National Provincial Bank of England, Birming ham, Head-office, 112, Bishopsgate-street, London North Wilts Banking Company, Melksham 55,173 Northamptonshire Union Bank, Northampton 76,201 Northamptonshire Banking Company, North- Average Amount. Norwich Crown Bank, Norwich-Harveys and Iludsons Norwich and Norfolk Bank, Norwich-Gur neys and Co 67,407 Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Bank, Not tingham-Hart, Fellows, and Co 10,566 Nuneaton Bank, Nuneaton-Craddcock and Co 4,747 Naval Bank, Plymouth-Harris, Harris, and Co 26,425 New Serum Bank, Sarum-Hetley, Everett, and Co 13,057 Nottingham Bank, Nottingham-Smith and Co 2 8983 Oswestry Bank and Oswestry Old Bank, Os weatrv-Croxon and Co 15,254 Oxford Bank, Oxford-J. and R. Morrell 13,289 Oxford Oldßan k, Oxford-Robinson, Parsons, and Thompson Old Unlit Tonbridge, Tonbridge and Tonbridge Wit. Old Bank, Tonbridge and Tonbridge Weil. and Sevenoaks Bank, Tonbridge newhing ind Sons Oxfordshire Witney Bank, Witney-Williams, Clinch, and Co 9 ,977 Pease's Old Bank, Hull, the Hull Old Bank and Beverley Bank, Hull-Pease and Co 47,378 Penzance Bank, Penzance-Batten and Co 10,041 Peterborough Bank and Oundle Bank, Peter borough-Messrs. Yorke Peterborough Bank, Peterborough-Simpson, White, and Simpson 10,145 Fambrokeabira-Bank, Jlaverfordrater-J. and 'W. Walters Penzance Union Bank, Falmouth Bank, and .Truro Bank, Penzance-Rickets, Enthoven, and Co Reading Bank, Reading-Simonds and Co 32,315 Reading Bank, Reading-Stephens,Blandy, and Co Richmond Bank, Richmond-Stapleton:and Co 5,031 Ringwood and Poole Bank, and Town and County of Poole Bank, Ringwood-Ledgard and Sons Rochdale Bank, Rochdale-Clement, Royds, and Co 4,340 Rochester, Chatham, and Strood Bank, Roches ter-Day and Nicholson Romsey and Hampshire Bank, Romsey-Foot ner and Son Royiton Bank, Royston-Fordham and Sons 15,032 Rugby Bank, Rugby-Butlin and Son 11,399 Rye Bank, Rye-Curteis, Pomfret, and Co 25,368 Reigate and Darking Bank, and Reigate, Croy don, and Darking Bank, Reigate-Nash and Co 12,256 Ross Old Bank, Herefordshire, Ross-Pritchard and Allaway Saffron Walden and North Essex Bank, Saffron Walden-Messrs. Gibson Salop Bank, Shrewsbury-Burton, Lloyd, and Co 17,115 Scarborough Old Bank, Scarborough-Woodall and Co 23,458 Shrewsbury and Market,Drayton Bank, Shrews bury-Adams, Adams, and Co 8,328 Shrewsbury Old Bank, and Shrewsbury and Ludlow Bank, Shrewsbury-Rocke, Eytons, and Co. 40,030 Sittingbourne and Milton Bank, Sittingbourne -Valiance and Son 3,748 Southampton Town and County Bank, South ampton-Maddicnn and Son Southwell Bank, Suuthwell-Wilde and Co 13,755 St. Alban's Bank, St Alban's-J. S. Story 2,880 Salisbury Bank, Salisbury-Messrs. Brodie 20,270 Shaftesbury Bank, Shaftesbury- Brodie and King 9,442 Southampton and Hampshire Bank, Southamp ton-Atherly and Fall Stone Bank, Stone-W. Moore 6,965 Stourbridge Bank, Stourbridge -Rufford, Wragg, and Ce Stafford Old Bank, Stafford-Stevenson and Co 12226 Stamford and Rutland Bank, Stamford-Eaton, Civic", and Co. Stourbridge Old Bank, Stourbridge-Bate and Robins Shrewsbury and Welshpool Bank, Shrewsbury -Beck, Downward, and Co. 22,656 St. Alban's and Herts Bank, St. Alban's-Gib son and Sturt nn TiVfzataPtahaTiotattik-tYar, l icuivanl; ULM " " 12,254 Co Thornburg Bank, Thornburg-Rolph, Yates, and Parslow Tiverton and Devonshire Bank, Tiverton-Duns ford and Barne Northam ton- Th r apston and Kettering Bank, p shire, Thrapston-Yorke and Eland 11,090 Tring Bank and Chesham Bank, Tring-But cher and Son Towcester Old Bank, Towcester-J. and S. Percival Union Bank, Cornwall, Helsto n-Vivian and 15,039 Co. Uxbridge Old Bank , Uxbridge-Hull, Smith, and Co. .............................. 23 , 782 Wallingford Bank, Wallingford-Wells and Co. 12,030 Warwick and Warwickshire Bank, Warwick- Kelynge, Greenway, and Co. ................... . 28,163 Wellington Somerset Bank, Wellington-Fox, Brothers ............................................... West Riding Bank, Wakefield, and . Pontefract Bank, Wakefield-Leatham, Tew, and C 0.... 47,159 Whitby Old Bank, Whitby-Simpson, Chap man, and Co 12,633 k Winchester, Alresford , a nd Alton Ban, Win- Winchester, and Co. .. Winchester and Hampshire Bank, Winchester -Wickham and Co , 4,736 Weymouth Old Bank and Dorehester Bank, Weymouth-Elliott and Pearce Wirkesworth and Ashbourne Derbyshire Bank, Wirkesworth-Arkwright and Co. Wisbech and Lincolnshire Bank, Wisbech- Gurney and Co. Wiveliscombe Bank, Wivcliscombe-P. and W Hancock Wolverhampton Bank , Wolverhampton-Good and Holyoake. 12,333 Worcester Bank, Worcester -Farley, Lavender, and Co. Worcester Old Bank and Tewkesbury Old Bank, Worcester-Berwick, Lechmere, and Co 78,491 Worcestershire Bank, Kidderminster -Farley and Turner Whitby Dank, Whitby-Frankland and Wil kinson ............ . Walsall Old Bank, Walsall-CharlesFoster and Sons ................................................... 19,175 Warminster and Wiltshire Bank, Warminster- Everett and Co. ..................... Wrexham Bank, Wrexham-J.nd S. Kenrick 2,595 Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton- Messrs, Fryer Yarmouth and Suffolk Bank, and Halesworth and Suffolk Bank, Yarmouth -Gurney, Birkbeck, and Co. Yarmouth, Norfolk and Suffolk Bank, Great 11,099 Yarmouth-Sir B. K. bacon, Bart., and Co Yeovil, Old Bank, Yeovil-E. and J. Batten ... 8,777 and C 0•... 43,847 York Bank, York - S wann, Clone. JOINT-STOCK ,714 Bank of 'W es t mo reland, Kendal ... . ........ 9 , 9,827 Barnsley Banking C om p an y , Barnsley B ra dford Banking Compa n y , Bradford 47 ; 49 , Bilston District Banking Company, Wolver hampton 2 Bank of Whitehaven, Whiteha ven Bradford Commercial Banking Company, Brad ford , Burton, IlAtoxeter, and Staffordshire Un ion Banking Company, Burton -u p on-Trent Chesterfield and North Derby s hire Banking Company, Chesterfield Cumberland Union Banking Company, Work ington . Cheltenham and Gloucestershire Banking Com pany, Cheltenham ................................. 11,849 Coventry and Warwickshire Banking Company, Coventry ...... . ............................ 25,991 Coventry Union Banking Company, Coventry.. 13,896 County of Gloucester Banking Company, Chel tenham .......................... ................... 123 ' 060 Carlisle and Cumberland Banking company, 23 792 - (From the London Gazette of Tuesday.) An Account, pursuant to the Act seventh and eighth Victoria, cap. 32, of the Average Amount of Bank Notes, of the several Banks of Issue in England and Wales, in Circulation during the Week ending Satur day, the 22d day of March, 1845 : Average PRIVATE BANKS. Amount. Abingdn Bank, Abingdon—Knapp and Co 426,845 Andover Bank, Andover—Heath and Co 14,478 Ashford Bank, Ashford—Jemmitt and Pomfret 11,887 Aylshara Bank, Aylaham—R. and B. Copeman 5,723 Aylesbury Old Bank, Aylesbury—Bickford and Hunt 39,263 Baldock Bank and Baldock and Biggleswade &Ink, Baldock—Wells, Hogg, and Lindsell... 36,273 Barnstaple Bask, Barnstaple—Drake and Co 14,824 Basingstoke and Odiham Bank, Basingstoke-- Cole, Seymour, and Co. Bedford Bank, Bedford—T. Barnar d .. 33,044 Bedford and Bedfordshire Bank, Bedford — Trapp, Halfhead, and Ce. Bewdley Bank, Bewdley—Nichols, Baker, and Crane Bicester and Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford Bank, Bicester—Tabb, Wootten, and Co. Birmingham Bark, Birmingham -- Att woods, Spooner, and Co 22,573 Birmingham and Warwickshire Bank, Binning htstn---Lewis, Meilliett, and Co .... 14,198 Blandford Bank, 131andfted--Bastard and Oak . 8,861 Baton 'desk, Bostdh—kilizfit Isis& Co. 50;77 4- Boston Bank, Boston—Gee and Co 11,192 Bridgwater Bank, Bridgwater—E. &J. Sealey 9,669 Bristol Bank, Bristol—Miles, Harford, and Co. 39,529 Broscley and Bridgnortb, and Bridgnorth and Broseley Bank, Broseley—Messrs. Pritchard Buckingham Bank, Buckingham—Bartlett, Parrott, and Co. Bury ar.d Suffolk Bank, Sudbury Bank, Market Bank, Bury—Oakes, Bevan, and Co Rant ury Bank, Banbury—Gillett and Tawney Banbury Old Bank, Banbury—Messrs. Cobb Bati - . City Bank, Bath—Moger and Son Bedfordshire Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton Buzzard—Bassett and Grant Birmingham Bank, Birmingham—Taylor and Lloyds Bradford Old Bank, Bradford, Yorkshire—H and A. Harris Brecon Old Bank, Brecon—Wilkins and Co Bridport Bank, Bridport--S. and W. E. Gundry Brighton Union Bank, Brighton—Hall, West, and Borrer Burlington and Driffield Bank, Burlington— Harding, Smith, and Co Bury St. Edmunds Bank, Bury St. Edmunds — .1. Worlledge and Co. Bromsgrove Bank and Stourbridge and Broms grove Bank, Bromsgrove—Rufford, Briggs, and Co. Cambridge Bank, C a mbridge—Mortlock and U NITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, 8, WATERLOO-PLACE, PALL-MALL, LONDON. Established by Act of Parliament in 1834. DIVISION OF PROFITS AMONG TIIE ASSURED. This Company, established by Act of Parliament, affords the most perfect security in a large paid-up Capital, and in the great success which has attended it since its commencement in 1834, its ANNUAL INCOME being UPWARDS of 72,0001. In 1841 the Company declared an addition to the Shareholders of one-half of their Stock, and also added a Bonus of 2/. per cent. per annum, on the Sum insured to all Policies of the Participating Class from the time they were effected. The Bonus added to olicies from March, 1834, to December 31, 1840, is as follows : Sum Time Sam added Sum Time Sum added Assured. Assured. to Policy. Assured. Assured. to Policy. £5OOO 6 yrs. 10 mths. £683 6 8 £5OOO 4 years 4400 5000 6 years 600 0 0 5000 2 years 200 The Premiums, nevertheless, are on the most moderate scale, and only one-half need be paid for the first Five Years, where the Insur ance is for Life. Every information will be afforded on application to the Resident Directors, Edward Boyd, Esq., and E. Lennox Boyd, Esq., of No. 8, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London. ampton North and South Wales Bank, Liverpool 45,197 Pares's Leis:3st( rshire Banking Company, Lei- nester Saddleworth Banking Company, Saddleworth 6,337 Sheffield Banking Company, Sheffield 34,411 Stamford, Spaloiag, and Boston Banking Com pany, Stamford Stuckey's Banking Company, Bristol Somerset shire Bank, and Somersetshire Bank, Lang port Shropshire Banking Company, Shiffnall Stourbridge and Kidderminster Banking Com pany, Stourbt idge Sheffield and liallamshiro Banking Company, Sheffield ... Sheffield and R )therham Joint• Stock Banking Company, ShelliA Swaledale and Wensleydale Banking Company, Richmond.. Stockton and Purbam County Banking Com pany, Stockt-r. Storey and' Tliiquas's Banking Company, Shaftesbury _ _ 6,510 10,297 ,and - Rot toulßank, Sheffield .. Suffolk Bankinz Company, Ipswich 2,134 Wolverhampton and Staffordshire Banking Com pany, Wolverhampton 33,001 Wakefield and Barnsley Union Bank, Wakefield 13,473 Whitehaven Juint Stock Banking Company, Whitehaven . Warwick and Letanirgton Banking Company, Leamington West of England told South Wales District Bank, Bristol. Wilts and Dorset Banking Company, Salisbury 68,647 West Riding Union Banking Company, Hud dersfield Whitchurch and Ellesmere Banking Company, Whitchurch Worcester City and County Banking Company, Worcester..... York Union Banking Company, York 67,924 York City and County Banking Copipany, York 87,129 Yorkshire Banking Company, Leeds P.l March 29, lus. ANS,Registrarefßank Returns. Stamps and Taxes, 24,043 26,095 30,849 76,283 33,243 44,055 3,594 34,957 9,686 32,210 12,467 62,352 22,709 32,919 10,446 4,273 3,117 14,492 Sons _ Cambridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, Cam bridge—Messrs. Forsters Canterbury Bank, Canterbury—Hammond and 22,287 50,110 Co _ Carmarthen Bank, Carmarthen—Morris and 28,631 Sons Chcrtsey Bank, Chertsey—Messrs. La Coste Colchester Bank, Colchester—Round, Green, 20,318 2,799 and Co. Colchester and Essex Bank, Witham and Essex Bank, and Hadleigh Bank, Suffolk, Colchester —Mills, Bawtree, and Co Cornish Bank, Truro —Tweedy and Co Coventry Bank, Coventry—Little and Wood cock City Bank, Exeter—Milford and Co Craven Bank, Settle—Birkbecks and Co Christchurch Bank, Christchurch—Tice, Welsb, 21,654 40,103 43,241 9,262 20,746 75,584 and Co ....... Cardiff Bank, Cardiff—Towgood and Co ......... Chepstow Old Bank, Chepstow Bank, Mon mouth Old Bank, Monmouth Bank, Brecon Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Chepstow—Bromage, Snead, and C 0.......... Derby Bank, Derby—Messrs. Evans Derby Bank, Derby—Smith and Co. Derby Old Bank and Scarsdale and High Peak Bank, Derby—Crompton, Newton, and Co Tl Tkere7ailg l oO — '' Diss Bank, Diss—Oakes, Fincham, and Co Doncaster Bank, Doncaster—Leatham, Tew, and Co. Doncaster Bank and Retford Bank, Doncaster — Cook and Co. Dover Union Bank, Dover—Latham, and Co li Bank, Durham Bank, and Stockton- 6,515 12,468 34,935 26,710 17,920 10,262 12,558 53,642 8,180 - farlington Banx, iurhat, ....._._ ...-- -- on-Toes Bank, Darlington-Backhouse, and Co ...................................................... . 76,421 )evonport Bank, Devonport-Hodge and N0r ................................................... 8,715 man Dorchester Old Bank and Dorsetshire Bank, Dorchester-Williams and Co. .................. 43,149 East Cornwall Bank, Liskeard-Robins, Foster, and Co. ................................................ 90,280 East Riding Bank, Beverley-Bower, Hutton, and Co. ......................................... ...• 48,033 Essex Bank and Bishops Stortford Bank, Chelmsford-Sparrow, Walford, and C Exeter Bank, Exeter-Sanders and Co .......... 37,062 Fakenham Bank, Fakenham-Gurneys, Birk beck, and Co. ...................................... 20,240 Farringdon Bank and Bank of Wantage, Far ringdon-Barnes and Medley ......... : .......... - 8,484 Farnham Bank, Farnham-Messrs. Knight. ..... 13,775 Faversham Bank, Faversham-llilton and Co. 5,536 Godalming Bank, Godalming-Mellcrsh and King Grantham Bank, Grantham-Kewney and King 17,303 Guildford Bank, Guildford-Messrs. Hayden... 13,130 Grantham Bank, Grantham -Hardy and C 0.... 28,233 Hastings Old Bank, Hastings-Smith, Hilda, and Co. ................................................ 32,460 Hereford City and County Bank, Hereford- Mattpwsand Co. ........... . .................... 18,503 liertfddshire Bank and Ware Bank, Ware- S. Adams and Co. ................................. 23,166 Hull Bank and Kingston-upon-Hull Bank, Hull - Smith, Brothers, and Co. ..................... 19,060 Huntingdon Town and County Bank, Hunting don-Rust and Veasey ........................... 48,918 Harwich Bank, Harwich-Cox, Co bbold, and Co. 5,345 Memel Hempstead Bank, Me mel Hempstead- Smith, and Whittingstall ........... .. ............. 23,710 Honiton Bank, Honiton-Flood and C 0.......... 13,326 Hertfordshire, Hitchenßank, Hitchen--Sharples and Co. ...... ; ......................................... 38,289 Hereford, Ross, and Archenfield Bank, and Ross and Archenfield Bank, Hereford -Morgan and Hoskins .......................................... 26,212 21780 Ipswich Bank, Ipswich-Bacon and Co. , Ipswich and Needham Market Bank, Suffolk, Jiadleigh Bank, Manningtree and Mistley Bank, and Woodbridge Bank, Ipswich- Alexatders and Co. .............................. 78,653 Kentish Bank, Maidstone-Mercer, Randall, and Mercer King -ton and Radnorshire Bank, Kington - J l)avies and Co ................................ Knighton Bank, Knighton-J• Davies and Co 7,425 Knaresborough Old Bank and Ripon Old Bank, Knaresborough-Terry and Co ,and Co. 4,540 20,935 Kendal Bank, Kendal-Wakefield, Crewdson, and Co. .......................... .. Kettering Bank, Kettering- Gotch and Sons 8,350 Ilamy and Son l i r e peaa s n ta k ff ,L o a rd m b pe ih te e r3 a T i m E a v n a e n l ad-C. 51,880 Leeds Union Bank, Leeds-Pir.Williams, Brown, and C.). ......... . .................................... 37,296 Leeds Bank, Leeds-Beckett and Co Leek and Staffordshir e Bank, and Leek and Congleton Bank,Leek-Fowler,Gaunt, and Co. 3,386 Leioester Bank, Leicester -Pa g ets and Kirby._ 28,259 Lewes Old Bank, Lewes-Molineux and Co-, 37,072 Lichfield Bank, Lichfield -Palmer and Green... 19,405 Lincoln Bank, Lincoln-Smith and Co 84,365 Llsmedy -David overy Jonesßankand and Ll c. andil , Llando yroo Bank 13,550 Loughborough Bank, Loughborough-Middle. Brocklehurst Regis tins and Cradock Lynn 13,822 Lymington Bank, Lymington-C. and S. St Barbe Lynn Regis and Lincolnshire Bank, Lynn Regis lAy ‘ n i n a -Gurneys and Co 39,864 - and Wilts Macclesfield ssßegiseyand n a ßd n d acnok., Norfolk . )s. a.c..c. I.e.s. fi .e.i. Bank, (1 L and Co. Manningtree Bank,Manningtree-Nunn and Co. 7,109 Old Bank, Marlborough Old Bank, Marl- Marlborough Bank, Marlborough Hu Old Bank and Hungerford Bank, and Hungerford Bank, Marlborough-Tanner and Pinckney ......................... . .............. 14,233 Marlborough and North Wiltshire New Bank, Marlborough--Ward, Merriman, and Hillier 10,214 Merionethshire Bank, Dolgelly-Jones and Williams ....... .. .................................. 7,665 Miners' Bank, Truro-.Willyams and C o 17,384 Monmouthshire Agricultural and Commercial Bank, Abergavenny-Baileys and C o 27,281 M onmou th Old Bank, Monmouth Bank, Brecon Bank, Chepstow Bank, Chepstow Old Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Monmouth -Bromage and Snead 13,055 vvwt Old Bank, Monmouthshire:7 Newport -W. Williams and r- SO - ng Newark Bank, Newark-Godf rey: .. 4:44 Newark and Sleaford Bank, and Hutton 25,892 Newark Bank, Newark -- Handley, and Sleaford and and Co ............... Handley, PeACOCIC, . Newbury Bank, New. 13.;; Newmarket Bank, IsTev f ---- Bunny sod Slocock 29,816 mond, and Son .... market-T l ;aton, Ham' .......... Norfolk and Suffolk Bank , ..... :.. " 20,843 Dyson ~. ...-T... • 1 ^.. ...- i .!!!.u , ........... --,, 5,575 Carlisle _17 : 544 Carlisle City and District Bank , C arlisle ....... .. Dudley and West Bromwich Banking Company, 36,825 Dudley Derby and Derbyshire Banking C om p an y , Derby 19,720 Darlington District Joint-Stock Banking Coin 7pany, Darlington 25,411 East of England Bank, Norw ich Gloucestershire Banking Company, Gloucester. 141,316 Halifax Joint-Stock Bank, Halifax. ................ 17,501 Huddersfield Banking Company, Huddersfield.. 36,206 Hull Banking Company, Hull . ..................... 29,448 Halifax Commercial Bankint Company, Halifax 12 , 308 Halifax and Huddersfield Union Banking Com pany, Halifax 43,706 Helston Banking Company, Helston Herefordshire Banking Company , Her eford 19,589 Knaresborough and Claro Banking Company, Knaresborough . Kingsbridge Joint-Stock Bank, Kingsbridge 4,145 Lancaster Banking Company, Lancaster 57,739 Leeds Bankinc , Company, Leeds Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester Lincoln and Lindsey Banking Company, Lincoln 49,305 and War . y.Tickshire Banking Leamington Priors: v Leamington Prior s CoMPan ' w es t Biding Banking Company, Leeds and --- 18,059 ............................ Leeds.. • • 13,241 Leeds Con 9,558 Banking Company, Leeds 9,558 Ludlow awl :fe.nbury Bank, Ludlow ;neon's Nottinghamshire Bank- Moore and Rot.. ' , Atingham 33,799 i " - r " --- v- IN., • --Ilainsilire Banking .............. 28,325 - on Joint ROYAL FARMERS' and GENERAL, FIRE, LIFE, and HAIL INSURANCE INSTITUTION. Empowered by special Act of Parliament. Capital, 500,0001. Offices, STRAND, LONDON. The Proprietary of this Company exceeds 1,960 in number. All persons whose Insurances with this Office fall due on Quarter Day, are respectfully reminded that, to preserve the benefit of their Policies, the Premium should be paid within fifteen days from that date, and that the Receipts are now in the hands of the Agents. FARMING STOCK Insured, withouttbp„Average Clause, at-3s. per cent., no duty. COMMON INSURANCE.—Private Houses and Shops, Is. 6d. per cent. Hazardous, 2s. 6d. per cent. Double Hazardous subject to special agreement. HAIL-STORM INSURANCE.—Premium 6d. per acre for Wheat, Barley, and Peas ; 4d. per acre for Oats, Beans, Turnips, and Po tatoes.—Glass in Hothouses, Greenhouses, or Private Houses, 20s. per Cent. Insurance of Lives on an equally moderate scale of charges. Annual Premiums on Life Insurances for 100/. Age 20 I 30 I 40 I 50 I GO I 65 £1 16 1 I 2 7 1 I 3 3 5 I 4 10 3 I 7 5 5 I 9 3 4 Endowments of all kinds tOr future or existing children. Prospectuses may be obtained at the office, or will be forwarded, post-free, upon application. Tho usual Commission to Solicitors. Agents are appointed in the Principal Towns in the Kingdom. W. SHAW, Managing Director. H E LICENSED VICTUALLERS' and GENERAL FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, ADELAIDE-PLACE, LONDON-BRIDGE; 444, WEST STRAND ; 23, THISTLE-STREET, EDINBURGH; WASON'S-BUILDINGS and MATHEW-STREET, LIVERPOOL; and GREAT BRIDGEWATER-STREET, MANCHESTER. Empowered by Act of Parliament. The Company transact business in every department of Life and Fire Assurance, in Annuities, Reversions, and Loans. LIFE DEPARTMENT. ACTUARY.—J. T. Clement, Esq, At the last quinquennial meeting there was added a bonus to the Life Policies equal to 25 per cent. on the sums paid, and a bonus of 5 per :cent. to the Shares, in addition to the payment of the annual interest. For the convenience of parties wishing to assure for a specific sum, without a prospective bonus, a new table at lower rates has been calculated, on which, as well as on the participating scale, one-half the premium may remain on interest at 5 per cent. for five years, thus enabling a person to insure his life fur 1,0001. on the immediate payment of the premium for 5001. only. The following are the annual Premiums for the Assurance of 1001. for the whole Life, one-half of which may remain for five years by merely paying the interest annually at five per cent. ; and should the Policy become a claim in the interim, the amount due will then be deducted. Age 20, without profits.. £1 13 0 With profits ••• • • . £1 18 0 • .... •• • 2 5 8 40 . . . .... 4 9 6 For short periods the Premiums are considerably lower, and for any ages or contingencies not usually advertised information may be obtained on application to the Actuary or Secretary. FIRE DAPARTMENT. The Company insure houses, furniture, stock in trade, farming stock, and every description of personal property, against loss or damage by fire. The Directors beg to remind their friends whose Premiums become due at Lady-day, that no extra charge is made at this Office for the transfer of Policies, and that they will be rated on terms peculiarly favourable to parties insuring. Insurances may be effected for any period of time ; if for seven years, the Premium and Duty will only be charged for six. March 20, 1845. JOHN BIGG, Secretary. LONDON, EDINBURGH, AND DUBLIN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. 3, Charlotte-row, Mansion-house, and 18, Chancery-lane, London. DIRECTORS. KENNETT KINGSFORD, Esq., Chairman. BENJAMIN IFILL, Esq., Deputy-Chairman. Alexander Anderson, Esq. James Hartley, Esq. John Atkins, Esq. John M'Guflie, Esq. James Bidden, Esq. John Maclean Lee, Esq. Captain F. Brandreth J. Mannadukeltosseter,Esq. AUDITORS—H. 11. Cannan, Esq. ; Robert E. Alison, Esq. MEDICAL ADVlSER—Marshall Hal M.TI _F T,. and F. 01111 e rs on , Solacrroas—Messrs. Palmer, France, and Palmer. THIS IS THE ONLY COMPANY who are bound by their Deed of Constitution not to dispute any policy unless they can prove that it was obtained by fraud, and for this purpose the Company have, by a clause in their Deed of Constitution, unhesitatingly deprived them selves of the power of objecting to any policy unless they undertake to prove that it was obtainedfrom them by fraudulent misrepresentation. TIIIS IS THE ONLY COMPANY who give to the assured on the mutual principle the whole of the mutual accumulations, and also guarantee the sums assured. THIS IS THE ONLY COMPANY who bind themselves to pay the full amount of the policies, although the debts for which they were effected shall have been liquidated before the claim arise. THIS IS ALMOST THE ONLY COMPANY who grant in favour of creditors whole world policies, whereby the debt is secured al though the debtor should go beyond the limits of Europe. BY THE HALF PREMIUM PLAN ONLY one-half of the fisrt seven years' premium i s required, the other half being payable at the convenience of the assured, thus allowing a policy to be continued for seven years, at one-half of the usual rate, or to be dropped at one-half of the usual sacrifice. Prospectuses and schedules are forwarded free of expense, ALEX. ROBERTSON, Manager. A RGUS LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, 39, THROG3IORTON-STREET' BANK. EMPOWERED by SPECIAL A CT of PARLIAMENT, 5 and 6 Will. IV., c. 76. THOMAS FARNCOMB, Esq., Alderman, Chairman. WILLIAM LEAF, Esq., Deputy Chairman. Richard E. Arden, Esq. James Clift, Esq. William Banbury, Esq. Rupert Ingleby, Esq. Edward Bates, Esq. Thomas Kelly, Esq., Alderman. Thomas Camplin, Esq. Jeremiah Pilcher, Esq. John Humphery, Esq., Alderman, Lewis Pocock, Esq. M.P. PHYSICIAN—Dr. Jeaffreson, 2, Finsbury-square. SURGEON—W. Coulson, Esq., 2, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry. CONSULTING AcTuar—Professor Hall, of King's College. LOW RATES OF PREMIUM. In addition to the subscribed Capital of 300,0001., the Assured have the security of the Company's income of nearly 60,0001. per annum, yearly increasing, and an accumulating Assurance Fund invested in Government and other available securities, of considerably larger amount than the estimated liabilities of the Company. The rates of premium are reduced to the lowest scale compatible with the security of the Assured, and the stability of the Company, thereby, in effect, giving to every Policy Holder an immediate and certain Bonus without risk, in lieu of the deferred and frequently delusive prospect of a periodical division of Profits. ANNUAL PREMIUM TO ASSURE £lOO. Age. For One Year. I For Seven Years. 20 f.. 0 17 30 1 1 40 1 5 50 1 14 3 2 £0 19 1 1 2 7 1 6 9 1 19 10 3 17 0 Whole Term. £1 11 10 2 0 7 2 14 10 4 0 11 6 0 10 One-third of " Whole Term" Premium may remain unpaid at 5 per cent. compound interest, as a debt upon the policy for life, or may be paid off at any time without notice. In Assurances for Advances of Money, as security for debts, or as a provision for a family, when the least present outlay is desirable, the varied and comprehensive tables of the Argus Office will be found to be particularly favourable to the Assured. The Medical Officers attend daily at a Quarter before Two o'Clock. EDWARD BATES, Resident Director. A liberal Commission to Solicitors and Agents. BRITANNIA LIFE OFFICE, 1, Princes-street Bank, and 448, West Strand, London, January 1, 1845. Notice is hereby given, that the BUSINESS of the LONDON and WESTMINSTER MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY has been TRANSFERRED to this Company ; and all persons holding policies issued by the said Society are informed that, as soon as the renewal premiums thereon shall become payable, new policies will be granted to them by the Directors of this Company, at the same rates of premium which they now pay, and without any charge for stamp-duty; and all claimants on policies issued by the said London and Westminster Mutual Life Assurance Society are informed that such claims will be discharged by the Direc tars of this Company, a soon as the the same shall have been substantiated. PETER MORRISON, Resident Director. BRITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE COM PANY, 1, Princes street, Bank, London, empowered by spe cial Act of Parliament, 4 Vic. c. 9. HALF CREDIT RATES OF PREMIUM. Persons assured according to these rates are allowed credit (with out security) for half the amount of the first seven -annual premiums, paying interest thereon at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum, with the option of paying off the principal at any time, or having the amount deducted from the sum assured when the policy becomes a claim. Policies may thus be effected at lower rates than are generally re quired for the term of seven years only ; whilst the holders have the same security for the payment of their claims, whenever death may happen, as if they paid double the amount of premium, which would be charged for assurances effected in the usu.' way. Extract from the Half Credit Rates of Premium. Annual Premium required for an Assurance of 1001. for the Whole Term of Life. Age. Half Premium for Whole Premium , seven years. after seven years. .£ s. d. X s. d. 30 1 1 9 2 3 6 35 1 4 11 2 9 10 40 1 9 2 2 18 4 45 1 14 10 3 9 8 50 2 2 6 4 5 0 55 2 12 9 5 5 6 60 3 6 8 6 13 4 PETER MORE [SON, Resident Dire, C) URES of SMALL PDX by MORISON'S PILLS, of the British College of Health, New-road, London : To Mr. A. Charlwood, Orford Hill, Norwich, General Agent for iforison's Dear Sir,—l am rather surprised that you hare published no cures of Small Pox, that have been so long prevalent in the City ; and I see by a bill put into my hands this day, that it is still spreading to an alarming extent, and that there has been three hundred deaths, most of these, I suppose, under the care of doctors. My two youngest children caught the disorder, and I employed no doctor but Morison's Pills, which I gave them daily, and kept their bowels well open; ore soon recovered, but the youngest had it very severe, and was blind five days; but I persevered with the Pills, and fisily believe they were the means of saving her life. I know this is contrary to the opinion of some that say the bowels ought not to be kept open in Small Pox. I can only say it was attended with the best effects on my children. Yours respectfully, T. WOOD. Magdalen-street, Norwich, March 25, 1845. P.S. I forgot to state that I gave a few doses to several persons whose children were very bad, wills good effect in every case. In all the cases of cure published by the British College of Health, the name of the street, and number of the house, is always put, in order that the tidiest inquiries may be made. For other cases of cure see the " Guide to Patients," to be had of all the agents. . . _ N.B. No Chemist or Dgiggist is allowed to sell Morison's Pills. — The principal agents in London are the Hygeist Office, 368, Strand ; Mr. Yield, 65, Quadrant ; Mr. Lofts, 3,. l'ark-place, Mile End-road ; Mr. Chappell, 84, Lombard-street ; Mrs. Baucher, 128, Tottenham court-road, Admission, Is. ; Schools, Half-price. BRITISH AND FOREIGN INSTITUTE. 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Address Ross and Sons, 119 and 120, Bishopsgate-street, the cele brated Perruclitiers, Perfumers, Hair-cutters, and Hair-dyers. N.B. Parties attended at their own residences, whatever the distance. Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening from the Colo: nial-office for the Governors of the West India colonies. The Earl and Countess of Enniskillen arrived at Farritnepts from Hatfield. Motel yesterday 1,770 6,457 RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. REPORT OF THE RAILWAY DEPARTMENT OF THE BOARD OF TRADE ON THE SCHEMES FOR EXTENDING RAILWAY COMMUNICA TION TO PORTSMOUTH. Railway Department, Board of Trade, Whitehall, 31st March, 1845. The Board constituted by the minute of the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade, for the transaction of railway business, having had under con sideration the several schemes for extending railway communication between London and Portsmouth, and in the intermediate district, viz., the Brighton and Chichester—Portsmouth Extension ; the Direct London and Portsmouth; the Guildford, Chichester, Portsmouth, and Fareham Branch ; London and Brighton—Horsham Branch ; London and Portsmouth, with branches to Shoreham•bridge, Fareham, and Reigate, have deter mined to submit the following report thereon for the consideration of Parliament : Portsmouth is too well known to render it in the least necessary for us to enlarge on the desirableness of giving to it an east and west communication along the coast, as well as a more direct connexion with London than it at present possesses, by means of the Gosport and Bishop stoke Branch of the South-Western Railway. To effect these objects, the following railway schemes have been projected, viz. : The London and Portsmouth, with Branches to Shoreham•bridge, Fareham, and Reigate. The Direct London and Portsmouth. The Guildford, Chichester, Portsmouth, and Fare ham Branch. The Brighton and Chichester—Portsmouth Exten sion. A. ußbinuthu anal:Jam:ion nas not equalled the expecta tions which were formed by the original projectors of the South-Western Railway according to the statements made to Parliament when its sanction was obtained to make the branch from Bishopstoke to Gosport. It has been alleged that the traffic 'would have been much greater if the projectors had carried the branch into the town of Portsmouth, instead of only to Gosport, since much inconvenience and delay arise from the necessity , of using the floating bridge to cross Portsmouth Har bour ; but as there are four companies in the field to effect these communications, in a greater or less degree, and the returns of traffic which they bring forward are sufficient to show an expectation of a moderate profit, we may assume that the question is reduced to one of preference between the competing schemes. The London and Portsmouth scheme, which has been termed for the sake of brevity and distinctness, " Stephenson's Line," is the same, or nearly so, in its gene ral character, with that which Mr. Robert Stephen son originally projected between London and Brighton, and which was rejected by Parliament in favour of the line now in use. This line, leaving the South-Western Railway near Wimbledon, passes close to Leatherhead, through the valley of the Mole, to Dorking; it passes a mile to the westward of Horsham, near which it throws off a branch to New Shoreham; the main line being continued by Arundel, Chichester, Havant, and Ports mouth. The Direct London and Portsmouth Railway is pro posed to be worked on the atmospheric system, being in fact a continuation of the Epsom and Croydon line, for phich a Bill was obtained last year. From Epsom it take: a course by Leatherhead through the Valley of the MoL: to Dorking, whence it proceeds by Godalming, Haslemere, .Peterstield, and Havant, to Porstmouth. In the session:of last year an Act was obtained for the purpose of making a railway from the London and South-Western Railwa;., near Woking, to the town of Guildford, its length beZng six miles. The South- Western Railway Company having made arrangements to purchase this Guildford Railwoy, and to continue it by Godalming to Chichester, and from Chichester by Havant to Portsmouth. The Brighton and Chichester Railway Company, whose works are in course of construction propose to extend their line from Chichester to Portsmoutk. These companies, with the exception of the Direct Portsmouth, also propose to complete the coast communication by connecting Havant with the South-Western Railway at Fareham. In comparing the three schemes for giving direct communication between London find Portsmouth, it is necessary to observe that all of them axe of an expensive character. Stephenson's line gives direct accommoda tioa to Horsham and to Arundel from London, but fails to serve a wide extent of country which lies between its proposed course and the South-Western Railway. Be sides, its branch to Shoreham would render it a directly competing line with the Brighton Railway. And here it is right to call the attention of the Committee on the Bill to circumstances connected with the first formation of the London and Brighton Railway. Three distinct projects were in the field in the year 1837 to accomplish this object. In order to enable Parliament to form a correct judgment between them, a Government engineer was directed to report on the competing schemes ; and in consecienee of the report so directed to be made, Parliament s Znctioned the line which is now in opera tion, to the exclas:. °ll of Mr. Stephenson's proposed line. Since that time the .iiiiestion has been raised whether , notwithstanding the repot: of the Government engineer, the best line, under all the cirt:mstanees, was selected ; but this is immaterial, as the proi.;:inent facts to be re but are, the efficiency of the prese:t railwaP t;l 2 t l .. te . what amount of protection its proprietors Ye fairly en - what No fault can be found with the direct;less_ol:.eth.es line or the speed at which the trains are run ; ant it, I . generally acknowledged that considerable aFc M With exist, therefore, on the ground of inefficiency. lion is afforded by the CompanY. No 9bjec°tion can the views of Parlia claims, as they carried into effect _. ~ hem srespect to protection, the Company h av ereas onable elves safe, at any rate, from any competition with a ment at an immense outlay of capital, belining t line which had been pronounced by the Legislature to be worse than the one which they were obliged to adopt. 'if the established Company refused to extend accom ,2 the/howocualsde.havTehneyo ground for fo al r li c a o n m ee pla w i i n t but h the '-hester,no proposing to extend to desire to make a branch to na p such r ; : 1 : is s o n not and .. Horsham, to give railway Portsmouth ; and they ~ n et than is proposed e Jamunication with the me tropolis in a m C or r e - convenient ma: Stephenson's line, which only comes a m il il t e h o e fthattowii. to be given by Mr. Le radon and within about g a circumstances of the Le Brighton Company, it might appear hard on te2rn if the proposed line of railway were permitted to corn,: close to theirs, unless some great public advantage were to be derived therefrom ; but in this instance no great public advantage is perceptible. With regard to the Direct London and Portsmouth, and the Guildford, Chichester, and Portsmouth liiies, the earthworks and tunnelling are fur beyond an average with regard to extent and cost upon each. The differ ence between the two lines with respect to gradients is considerable. On the direct Porstmouth the gradients are very severe; the whole line is divided into 65 planes, of which 10 are at 1 in 80, one of these being two and a half miles, and the three others about two miles in length —the whole amounting in the aggregate to fourteen miles twenty-five chains: 19 planes, extending over sixteen miles, 'are at 1 in 100, and the greater portion of the remainder of the line is subject to a steeper gradient than 1 in 200. The South-Western scheme shows nothing steeper than 1 in 100; at this gradient aro 4 planes extending over four mile 3 seYenty chains; from 1 in 100 to 1 in 110 •• are 6 planes extendi . ng over saven . miles ' trntains, and 4 planes ex ty chains, from 1 in 110 to lin 200. The remainder is either level or flatter than 1 in 200. These gradients are severe, but not nearly so objectionable as the, gradients on the Direct Portsmouth line, But the la tter is proposed to be worked atmospheri cilly, while on the former locomotive engines are to be used, and the advocates of the atmospheric system con tend that bad gradients are more easily overcome by their method than by the other method. This brings before us the whole atmospheric question. It is there fore necessary to repeat what we stated in our report on the Newcastle and Berwick Railways. " The experiment at Dalkey may be considered, to a great extent, conclusive as regards the success of the atmospheric system, considered merely as a mechanical problem. It is demonstrated that trains may be pro pelled by means of it at high veloeities, with safety and convenience to the public; and there appears not sufficient reason for doubting that, as far as mere mechanical ar rangements are concerned, the same result may be at. tamed when the separate consecutive portions of line over which the trains have to pass are multiplied inde finitely. This, however, is a point which will soon be brought to the test of experience by the experiment about to be tried on the Croydon and Epsom line. " It is impossible, therefore, not to feel the highest interest in the progress of an experiment whose success hitherto has bees sufficient to induce eminent authorities to entertain strong hopes that the result may be an acceleration of speed in travelling, combined with the general introduction of a system of very frequent - trains and low fares. " The question, however, assumes a different aspect when we are called upon, in forming a judgment upon competing schemes, to assume the complete success of the atmospheric system, not merely as a mechanical theory, or as applicable under peculiar circumstances, but in a practical and commercial point of view, as ap plicable to railways generally. " While we wish to guard ourselves against being supposed to express any opinion whether the atmospheric system may or may not be found ultimately to be so ap plicable, it becomes necessary for us to state a few obvious reasons why we should not be justified at present in allowing the assumption of such success to enter as an element in the comparison of such lines as are now under consideration. " Assuming for the moment all mechanical difficulties to he overcome, the question still remains by which the practical success of any system of propulsion must be tested, viz., that of expense. Under Ohs head the im portant question is not yet fully solved, whether a double hne may not be equally required with the atmospheric as with the locomotive system for the converient work ing of a large and mixed traffic over an extended lime. Upon this point the opinion of some eminent authorities has been strongly expressed to the effect that a double line, with double tube, &c., would be indispensable, un less upon a short line, where the traffic should consist of a certain number of trains starting at regular intervals from each end; nor is there anything in the expe rience of the atmospheric system, up to the present time, that would warrant us in assuming this opinion to be altogether unfounded. But if we were to assume a double line to be necessary, the first cost of construction under the atmospheric system would be so greatly in creased, that no reduction in the rate of working ex penses could compensate for it, unless the traffic NI ai exceedingly large. The cost of the atmospheric appa ratus is estimated by Mcssrs. Samuda, in their evidence last year before the Croydon and Epsom Committee, at 4,0001. per mile of single line, independently of the cost of stationary engines, which is estimated at about 5,0001. for every three miles, or 1,7001. per mile. The actual cost of the propelling power by the atmospheric system was stated by the manager of the Dalkey line, in his evi dence before the Croydon and Epsom Committee, last year, to have been a fraction over 7d. per mile.; and, including the cost of maintenance of way, the com parison was stated, by the same gentleman, to stand as 9d. per mile under the atmospheric system, against Is. 4icl. per mile under the locomotive system. It is evident, therefore, that even if we could assume the sufficiency of a single line under the atmospheric system, we should not be warranted in assuming the success of that system, in a commercial point of view, as an established fact, espeecially when the traffic is not likely to be large. It is also the opinion of many prac tical men, that the atmospheric system could not be applied with advantage when the traffic is of a mixed character, consisting, in a great measure, of heavy trains of goods and minerals, and there are, as yet, no sufficient data to warrant us in assuming this opinion to be alto gether without foundation. " Under these circumstances, and considering that, on the one hand, a good locomotive line can always be ren dered available for the atmospheric system, should that system be found to succeed; while, on the other hand, a line laid out expressly for the atmospheric system might not, in the event of its failure, admit of being readily converted into a good locomotive line, we have not thought ourselves justified, when comparing two rival projects presented to us, in assuming the complete suc cess of the atmospheric system, which is still under experiment, bat have thought ourselves bound to form our opinion upon them with reference to the present, and not to the future or possible state of the science of rail way locomotion." We shall proceed therefore to compare the lines, apart from all considerations as to South-Western scheme possesses a great superiority over the Direct Portsmouth; but if these better gra dients were to be obtained at the sacrifice of a greatly increased cost in the construction, and if the inferior gradients were attended by a proportional economy in the first cost of formation, it would have been a ques tion of degree as to whether the advantages, together with the greater outlay, were on the whole to be pre ferred to the smaller outlay, coupled with the attending disadvantages. But the reverse is the case : the line with the better gradients has not only fifteen miles less railway on the main line to construct, but the construc tion will be less costly, as there are 3,717 yards of tun nelling on it, compared with 4,243 yards on the other scheme, the earthworks being about on a par. The Direct Portsmouth scheme does not offer any connexion between Havant and Fareham; so that if this scheme were carried into execution the communication along the coast would necessarily be carried on by means of the Gosport and Bishopstoke branch of the South- Western Railway, and be subject to the interruption caused by Portsmouth Harbour, which interruption would prevent the continuation of the electric telegraph, and interfere with the national advantages afforded by a continued coast communication. It is manifest that, from Havant to Fareham, the construction of a railway can never be remunerative simply as a mercantile specu lation; and as it would compete with the existing branch from Gosport to Bishopstoke, the South-Western Rail way Company never would have proposed to construct it, unless with a view of excluding other parties from that portion of the district, and at the same time providing national advantages which should render their entire scheme as comprehensive as possible. The completion of a chain of coast communication has been adverted to by Parliamentary Committees as an object of great public importance. On this point the Direct Portsmouth is defective, and any railway scheme through this district which does not afford this uninter rupted communication is manifestly incomplete. The Brighton and Chichester Extension affords a good coast communication, but fails with respect to the direct communication from London to Portsmouth; and, considering that three distinct companies have come for ward for the purpose of affording such direct communi cation, we are of opinion that public reasons are not sufficient to justify the sanction of the Brighton and Chichester Extension, to the exclusion of the others. Thus, then, we have three schemes ; the extent of railway which each has to construct being as follows : South-Western Scheme. M. cu. Guildford to Portsmouth Fareham Branch 6 0 Total 5l 60 London and Portsmouth Direct. Epsom to Portsmouth Chichester Branch 8 65 Total 69 10 Stephenson's Line. Wimbledon to Arundel 47 50 Arundel to Chichester Chichester to Portsmouth l5 75 Sh ore ham Branch ' 16 12 Total B5 47 9 co Deduct about u n th and to C L hi ondo 7 n 9 b 4 y 7 these od n ist ac an e c o e u s nt f o ro f m the p ß or r t ig sm ht o o c h es t e r Railway, for which an. Act h as already been obtained, leavi ng The schemes respectively are, by the— South-Western scheme, 77 • les to Hungerford bridge. miles London and Portsmouth direct, 79 miles to London bridge. Stephenson's line, 81 miles to Hungerford-bridge. From Chichester to London the distances will be re spectively, by the— South. Western sch • bridge. eme, 62 miles to Hungerford- By the London and Portsmouth Direct, 80 miles to London-bridge. By Stephenson's line, 65 miles to Hun for d- ri 1; • er dge. equally Even if these three schemes were g good in all their points, we think that the South-Western Railway Company would have a claim for preference, in conse quence of that Company having already expended, on their Gosport branch, a capital of 400,0001., upon which, as yet, very :little profit has been realised, and which wou Ll be rendered entirely valueless if the Direct Ports mouth line were made. H av i ng the refore taken into consideration tha t the Guildford, L ,' , ichester, Portsmouth, and Fareham branch sc h eme , h as f m ,:est miles of railway to make ; that it affords the shorted route between Portsmouth and LcaZion ; that it corny. fetes the coast communication , c and that it. does not inter- sere unnecessarily . with the existing interests of railway. already sanc tioned and executed in the district, „, e mote Ilcid are sufficient ed that there are o public reasons which , in our (Olden, induce us to report to Parliament that. it is to be pre ferred to the Brighton, Chichester, and P ortsmouth Fa tension ; to the Direct London and Portsmouth ; and to the London and Portsmouth,i w ith branches to;Shoreham b r idge, Fareham, and Reigate schemes. In treating of these projects, we have not noticed the branches to Reigate proposed by the Direct London and Portsmouth, or by Mr. Stephenson's scheme, as they are - of minor importance, and do not in any way affect the main question. If the principal lines be not construe the branches must necessarily fall to the ground. _ The London and Brighton Railway Corapany have lodged plans for th e p ur p ose of making a b ra nch from their line at the Three Bridges station to Horsham, whith will be about eight and a half miles ill Ingth. ‘,___. 6,182