The Sun. — London, England, 1845-12-25 00:00:00

- i ~I ",%L-~-~~ z_ *ding, lib narks a plsc! my meet t` hing like d its talent° irists of W I niche in Of Le of Curi BOOMS OF LAWEIETH.—ERPEAL OF THE CORN-LAWS PUBLIC N (4. will be held on — TUESDAY evening, Dec. 30, IMS, at the Horns Tavern, Ken ton. The Members tor the borough will attend. The ( la dr to be taken at Seven o'clock precliely. J. DONKIN, C.E., Old Kent-road,/ J. A. LYON, Secretaries for the Meeting. t t 4 i j . • - t \j. 1 1 7 4 1 i "if stik, r . 4 4 ••• ‘l2l tit o c j -- •.7 Aik 4 % .. `g,t • A‘'' • • ) • '43r -r. • .t w - • -- ,r; ' • se, ' 4 44 < A r _ 77. . •,, I.: 2. ."4 , 4g —; 1 0, ‘ 6l 0 I. F. U l4' 7 NEW ZEALAND. PORTSOKEN WA,RD. At a Court of Wardinote, holden in and for the said Ward, before the IVorshipthl Francis Graham Moon, Esq., Alderman of the said Ward, on Monday, the 22d day of December, 1845, being the morrow of the Fe st Day of Saint Thomas the Apostle, a. d continued by adjouinments on Tuesday, the 23d, and Wednesday, the 24th, daps of December, 1845, , It was resolved unanimously,—That the cordial thanks of this Wardmote be presented to the Worshipful Francis Graham Moon, ~ Alderman of the Ward, for his indefatigable attention to the umerous and arduous duties which have devolved upon him during the Past year as one of the Magistrates of this City ; for his anxious desire to promote the local interest of the Ward ; for his courteous V i El impartial conduct whilst presiding over this Wardmete; and for s kindness and urbanity at all times evinced towards the inha bitants. That the foregoing resolution, signed by the Ward Clerk, be in serted in the usual morning and evening newspapers. W. M. BATIIO, Ward Clerk. ;übscriUer t' ARIgEB• N RSDAY MORNING' s DECEMBER 5, PKICE SD, No• 16,649. NEW S " EvEratel i standing 0° message. tb e rever, is ID mperfect Dot MO ° id other se' ig systems , '" a very /are sales mac e price. th e te vhen view . rn of Sir,F e 'a ve orals , vented •eeable fee'" i diffused b t l >n from tu t 4 its expest!,.: urpose-- 11 ',7 uy, of now offer"; ies ; and " ,_,• s r. iy pupa curie. l,ll „,t rkets. The e arisen be' ably not e ll cons ider nt the were Ynts any re- At this period I became very anxious, and requested Mr. Collis to see Mr. Houghton. Mr. Collis accordingly went into Mr. Houghton's room on the first floor, but immediately returned and told us that Mr. Houghton positively insisted on his leaving the room. Shortly after this Mr. Giles came out of Mr. Houghton's room, and on Ind asking him respecting the sections, Mr. Giles said that they had been out of his hands some time, and that they were under Mr. Houghton's care, upon which I again' requested Mr. Collis to go to Mr. Houghton. Mr. Collis, consequently, went a second time, but. came back directly and said that Mr. Peels (whom I saw in Mr. Houghton's room when the door was opined) refined to admit him, telling him (Mr. Collis) that Mr. Houghton would soon hand out the sections. Mr. Collis further said that he had remonstrated with Mr. Peele on the impropriety of his being in Mr. Houghton's room at such a moment. Thus matters stood, the solicitors and myself remaining in a small room adjoining Mr. Houghton's, in a state of great anxiety; a person being then statLned in the passage leading to the door of Mr. Houghton's room, who positively rettmed to allow any one of us to pass to it. Soon after eight o'clock Mr. Peele, from Mr. Hough ton's room, called the respective solicitors .f the Company, who ac cordingly went into the room, 'whither I followed them ; and where I saw Mr. Houghton give to` each of them certain rolls, which he said coutained the sections of the Dudley and Madeley line com plete, except the section of the branch from Rudge to Wolverhamp ton, 'which he said should be delivered out in a few minutes, if it CHRIS CHAS HOLIDAYS. ROYAL Put, I T.ECHN IC I NSTITUTIO N , Lectures for this period of the year, by Dr. Ryan and Professor Bachofflter in CHEMISTRY and NATURAL PHILO SOPHY will be illturrated by interesting and brilliant experiments. A Lecture on the PREVALENT DISEASE I , i FOTATOES will oe delivered by Dr. Ryan, and also en the ATMOSPHERIC RAIL WAY, by Professor I3aehoffner, a Working Model of which, car ryl,:g several persons, is eihibited daily. The additions to the OPAQUE. MICROSCOPE, DISSOLVING VIEWS, and CHROMA TROPE are very effective. The PHYSIOSCOPE. Submarine Ex periments. by means of the DIVER and DIVING BELL. Aur•ng the various additions to the Working Models is emieman's NEW AMERICAN LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE, for as , ending and de scolding Inclined Places. A magnificent Collection of TROPICAL FRUITS. Mr. Dowue, the celebrated Flute Player, will take part in the Music, conducted by Dr. Wallis. Open from Eleven to Half past live, an i from Sevea to Half-past Ten in the Evening. Admission, One Shilling. Scheel., Zialf-price. OCTAVE CANDLES., 7d. per lb. for the common candlestick. PALMER and CO.'s patent stripe wick tallow Octave Candles have two_wicLs, and one undivided and very brit lituit. flame ; they give the light of at least two moulds; they bum away slowly, and more steaillY than any other candle, and require no snuffing. IRELAND. REPEAL ASSOCIATION. Ireland—it raised their expectations—it gave them the ' certainty of success, if they were true to themselves and to ther country.—(Cheers.) What cared they for ' Whigs or Tories ?—(Cheers.) Their cause was the cause of Ireland—they were on a majestic march to na tionality, and the changGs and shiftings of Administra tions only exhibited the throes and struggles of that sp, cies of political tyranny that would debase them, di viding and separatin g them froel each other. The pre y. was the time to rally together —every man should be a repealer now—(Cheers.) On that day week he had expre:sed his concurrence in the sentiments expressed in the letter of Mr. Smith O'Brien. That patriotic gen tleman called emphatically tbr a " s h out f or repeal, 'and no compromise." And he (Mr. O'Connell) re peate 1 his words, and added to !hem " repeal and no compromise"—(Cheers.) No reatter who was Mi nister, t otbing should ever be able to divert them from the pursuit of their object. Last wet khe had expressed his in:entien of suppirting Lord John Russell on the subjGct of the corn-laws ; he had pi omis,d to attend constantly during the debates on the corn question, and that he would use his influence with the Irish Mem bers to attend likewise—that he would vote, and !hat he would induce his friends to vote in every division with Mr. Cobden and Mr. Bright—(Loud cheers.) He had no great liking, for Sir Robert Peel ; he knew what kind of a trickster he was, but still he would be equally ready to support him if he would undertake to make food plentiful and give cheap bread to the people.—(Cheers.) But, while he said that he would not hesitate to do ample justice to Lord John Russell. That Noble Lord had placed himself-in a per manent station of the highest order.—(Hear, and cheers.) Whatever his conduct as a'Whig might have been, it was impossible to contemplate his conduct and mode of acting with regard to the corn-laws without feeling a veneration for his person and °incurrence in his opinions.—(Cheers.) Lord John Russell had behaved admirably on that occasion, and he would go with him so far as he behaved himself; and net one inch further. lie (Lord J. Russell) had pledged himself to a fixed duty and against a total repeal of the corn-laws; but he found that famine was approaching in England, that distress was increasing in the agricultural districts: he saw at once that the amount of wages paid in the manu facturing districts would diminish; he beheld great want in lenglatd, and he perceived that in Ireland we were approaching to a famine, and consequently, pestilence; he did not allow the fear of being taunted with incon sistency to retard him in his career—he abandoned, and manfully threw up his former opinions when he arrived at the conclusion that they were wrong, and adopted opinions favourable to the health and prosperity of the people of both countries.--(Loud cheers.) A VOICE—More power to him.—(Cheers.) Mr. O'CONNELL—More power to him.—(Loud cheers.) But he wished it to be understood that he was not jus:i lying any other act of his. He was not justifying the con duct of the Whigs, or speaking in their praise as a party; but he apeke in honest commendation of their leader. 110 was vindicating the ancient fame of his family, which had given many martyrs to liberty, and produced many friends to the constitutional freedom of thie.eountry,—(Loud cheers.) lie therefore loudly and distinctly applauded the recent conduct of Lord John Russell, hut tie'iyould not the less vote with Sir Robert Peel, if Sir Robert Peel declared in favour of the abolition of the corn-laws. The lion. Gentleman, having proceeded aecensidereble length to point out the means by which 114 eon'sidered the repeal cause might be advanded, then obsereed that this plan at present was to get 'rid' of the corn-laws, and by that means put a stop to the famine and consequent destruc tion of the Irish people. He would give no preference to Whig over Tory, or Tory over Whig-if ever 'he ' had given a party vote he would never do so again, nor would he ever vote for any measure except that which he considered beneficial to his country. In conclusion, he gave notice that he would, on the next day of meeting, call upon the repeal members to assemble together, and determine upon what line of conduct they ought to pursue under existing circumstances. In his opinion there would be further changes before an Administration would be formed. DUBLIN, DEC. 22:-The weekly meeting of the Asso ciation was held this day, Edward Clements, Esq. (bar rister) in the chair. _ FIDDLE AND PRINCE ALBERT'S PATTERN PLATE. 1 , 11. • B. SAVORY an d SONS, Man u fa c t u ri ng Silversmiths, 14, Cornhill, London, A opposite the Bank of England—The best wrought SILVER SPOONS and FORKS, Fiddle Patterr, 7s. 2d. per ounce ; the Prince Albert's Pattern, 7s. 6d. per ounce. The articles may be bad lighter or heavier. at the same price per ounce : .. .. . . Mr. O'CONNELL com mence d the business of the day by reading the tollowingletter from Mr. John Aegustus O'Neill, on the position lot the Repeal Association with rugard to a Whig Adin.nistration : M IDLAND RAILWAY. • •THE MIDLAND RAILWAY COMPANY is prepared to receive LOANS on SECURITY of their Deben . 8 for periods of Three, Five, or Seven Years, in sums of not less .. " Ln 1 ,0001. each, at interest after the rate of 41. per cent. per ann um. ,APplications to be made to the Secretary, at the Company's Office, }:y order, D ec. 16, 1845. J. F. BELL, Secretary. 1 1/I[ETROPOLITAN RAILWAYS JUNC TION COMPANY. An adjourned Meeting of the Shareholders of this Company will ; held at the Company's Offices, No: 11, Clement's . lane, Lombard reel, on MONDAY, the fifth day of January, 1846 , at One o'clo ck 10 . e !h€ l 3', for the purpose of laying before the Shareholders the re of the negotiation for amalgamation with another Company, and ‘ 4 O to decide upon future proceedings. By order, J. T. CROFT, Chairman. JOHN CHEESE, Secretary. 7 • " Williams Park, Dec. 22, 1845. " My dear Sir,—You are aware that influenza prevents my attendance at the Mansion-house Committee, and at Conciliation-hall ; I claim, thrrefore, the privilege of an invalid, to submit my sentiments to the Repeal Associa tion at tlb, present crisis, and. whilst it is still quite un certain what Ministry may be formed. " Both Whigs and Tories have declared against repeal with equal vigour, but there are many most valuable measures for. this country which an anti-repeal Cabinet could grant, and it seems to me the only course and bounden duty of Irishmen of all.cla:sea to welcome and - The F iddle. oz. a. d— s. d. 12 Table Spoons 30 at 7 3..10 15 0 12 Dessert ditto 20 at 7 2.. 7 3 4 12 Table Forks 30 at 7 2..10 15 0 12 Dessert ditto 20 at 7 2.. 7 3 4 2 Gravy Spoons :0 at 7 . 2.. 3 11 8 4 Soup Ladles 10 at 7 1..- 3 18 I Sauce ditto 10 at 7 11.. 316 8 4 Salt Spoons (gilt strong) 1 0 0 1 Fish Slice •• • • •• • 210 II 12 Tea Spoons 10 at 78.. 316 81 l'air Sugar Tong s • Ol5 O i 3lessrs. Savory and Sous recomi It Is rely novel and of unexampled Prince Albert's. oz. s. d. 4s. d. 12 Table spoons 40 at 7 G.• 15 0 0 12 Dessert ditto 26 at 7 G.• 9 15 0 12 Table Forks 40 at 7 6.• 15 0 0 12 Dessert ditto 26 at 7 6.. 9 15 0 2 Gravy Spoons 12 at 7 6.- 4 10 0 1 Soup Ladle 12 at 7 G.. 410 0 4 Sauce ditto 12 at 8 0.. 416 0 4 Salt Spoons (strong gilt) 2 2 0 I Fish Slice ••••• • • • • • • 3 10 0 112 Tea Spoons 14 at S 0.• 5 120 1 Pair Sugar Tongs•• •• 1 5 0 mend the Prince Albert's pattern. beauty THE' MAMMOTH Hu SE —MR. CARTER, the Lion King, respectfully informs the nobility, gentry, and tia,'publici that his Mammoth horse is now entirely recovered from the effects of the late accident, and Vat is will be Exhibited for a few days only at the . EGYPTIAN HALL, Piccadilly, from 11 A.m. till 9 rad. Admission Is. The thousands of ladies and gentlemen who have recently seen this remarable animal, have exaressed their admiration and astonishment at his wonderful size and perfect sym metry. This remarkable horse is 20 hands in height, and weighs 2,Wolbs. could be fund, adding that they were then engaged in looking for it. We then left Mr. Houghton and went into the anti-room, where we consulted together as to the propriety of the solicitors at once pro ceeding to their respective destinations (the evening being so far ad vanced), to deposit such sections as they had ; but it was at length agreed that Mr Houghton should be again distinctly asked if the rolls he had given to each of the solicitors contained the sections of the whole line, except the Wolverhampton branch ; for which pur pose Mr. Collis once more went to Mr. Houghton's room, Mr. Wain wright, another of the Company's solicitors, following him; Mr. Collis raurned immediately, and reported that Mr. Hough ton had told him, • contrary to what he (Mr. Houghton) had previsusly stated, that the respective buAles did not contain the whole of the sections with the exception of the before-mentioned branch. Upon thls the solicitors and myself held another con ference, during which Mr. Cells partially unrolled one of the bundles of Sections, and it appearingthat Dudley was _upon one sheet and Shrewsbury upon another. the solicitors and came to the con . . . . PUBLICATIONS. bupport whaiever Guvvr►iment will do most for Ireland, no matter what name may be given to it "In several newspapers there is an unwarrantable in ference drawn from. Mr. O'Connell having declared that he would support Lord J. Russell in a repeal of corn-law and other popular measures.. I cannot see how, with common consistency he could have avoided saying this. I repeat this expression, and protest against the infe rence that' supporting a Government in certain good measures is an abandonment of the principle that Ire land has a right to demand the restoration of her Parlia ment. • N V EST LONDON RAILWAY. aIE Notice is hereby given, that a SPECIAL GENERAL Gof the West London Railway Company will be held at "e Company's Offices, No. 11, Abehurch-lane, in the City of London, ° P WEDNESDAY, the 14th day ofJanuary, 1846, at One o'clock in the Z u ernoon precisely, for the purpose of confirming the declaration by r Directors of the Company of the Forfeiture of certain Shares in t ` ' 4 undertaking ; and of authorising the Directors to dispose of the luie Share s, or any of them, in the manner directed b y the Act of i 'ecr,)oration. (Signed) H. H. GROUNDS, Chairman. Offices, I I, Abchurch-tine, December 20, 1 815 . LEEDS AND CARLISLE RAILWAY notice COMPANY is hereby given, that a Meeting of Shareholders of el Company, will take place at the City of London Tavern, , 4 hopsgate-street, on MoNnAv, the sth of January, 1846, at One I : 4 l °ek precisely, to lay before the Proprietors the terms of the q ,.. 4 i n.. t.fama tion which has been agreed to with the Yorkshire and (,1 4 owUnion Railway Company, and the general state of this -onipany. By order of the Committee of Management, C. LOCOCK WEBB, Secretary. G resham -rooms, Basinghall-street. ( I ,TUNT, 57, STRAND, LONDON.-WEL LINGTON BOOTS, tnade . to Measure, ONE GUINEA. Su perior workmanship, the finest French leather, very durable, and pleasant for tender feet.—Cash on delivery. AFNL ARGE MEN T OF THE ATHEN/EUM. On and from January 3, THE ATHENJEU2II will be PER 'St INENTLY ENLARGED to Twenty-Four Large Quarto Pages. Price Fourpence. CRAVEN ARMS COMMERCIAL INN AND FAMILY 1107'Li COVENTRY. LI S. HACKMAN, lately of the Black Horse • Hotel, Salisbury, with grateful thanks for the kind pa tronage he received; begs to inform his commercial friends and patrons generally, that he has entered upon the above wt , ll-known Ceinmercial Hotel, where he respectfully solicits their favours, and a- continuance of that patronage and support which has been so kindly rendered to his predecessors, assuring them that no pains shall be spared to render their domestic comforts complete, and that the wines, spirits, &c., shall be of tirst-rate quality, and at moderate charges. Agricultural gentlemen are respectfully informed that the Market Ordinary will be continued at the visual hour, on an extended scale of liberality. FINDEN'S ROYALGALLERY of BRITISH ART, dedicated, by special permission, to her Majesty, and published under the immediate patronage of the President and Coun cil of the'lloyal Academy. Part 12 of the First Edition, and Part 6 of the Second Edition, will be ready on the Ist of January, containing Sickness and Health, Nell Gwynne. and the Old Temeraire, engrayed in the highest style of the art by F&nden, Stocks, and Willmore, after pictures painted by Web ster, Landseer, and Turner. Published by J. Hogiith, opposite the Opera House, Haymarket, Loudon. itinues have °P e : was about elusion that the rolls which they had received comprised the sections of the entire main line, contrary to Mr. Houghton's last statement. Immediately upon this discovery being made, Mr. Peele ealled froth Mr. Houghton's room for Mr. Collis, whither he went, returning directly, and stating that Mr. Houghton had now informed him that their respective rolls did contain the whole of the Sections of the line, with the exception of the Wolverhampton branch. The same state 'rent as to the correctness of the rolls was made by Mr. Houghton to the ether solicitors of the Company. Mr. Collis and his colleagues then started, ate rienty minutes before nine o'clock," Mr. Heath concludes as follows :—" Observing, with much pain, " To press this demand was the principle, but not the sole object, for which I considered the Association to have been embodied. I looked upon it as established to promote (in every practicable way without compro mise of a great principle) the interests of this nation. I entertain the opinion that the more prosperous a country becomes the better able she will be to assert her own rights, and I wouldwithout the least hesitation withdraw from the Repeal Association, if being a member of it gave an implied pledge that I should not join in seeking tor my ill-fated country any of the many practical measures by which all classes would be benefited, and, above all, measures which -would secure food to, and provide employment for, two millions and a half of my country men, declared in official records to be in a state of desti tution. d. suppo•rt e , he suipen an Govern: t oc k caus e Lcly, as 05 DICSICAL PRESENTS. RATO RIOS- awl CEI 1511 C MUSIC for Voices, Art . trilian o: Pianoforte accompaniment.—The latest and best arrangements No. I The Messiah, from Mozart's score, by John Bishop, 15s.—The Creation, by ditto, 15s.—The .Seasons, by Clement!, 218.-- The Mount of Olives, arranged by Warren, 128. Rossini's Stabat Mater, by ditto, 15s.—Tallis's Order of the Daily Services, by John Bishop, 68.—Iiitto, in parts, each 2s. 6d.—Clare's Psalmody, 12 books, each 3s.—Warren's Rules for ChaNting, 2 books, i each 4d. be Foreign msterdaw, , r than 4'° U IVE EISA L GAS:.LI6-1-1T COMitAN Y. PREL 151 IN A ltY ANNOUNCEMENT. capital 100,0001., In 5,000 Shares of 201. per Share. Depoint 10s. per 1001. Shares, in accordance with the Act. (Provisio ally Registered.) Under the Management of a Provisional 6ommittee. ASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. DEPOSIT ON EASTERN COUNTIES YORK EXTENSION per miiec 103 d. Per .;J ge o ,r a at 5 bc' r : per cell" SHARES. cYhe Directors beg to give notice, that having ample funds of the p arliament ar y at their disposal, it is their intention t o p a y the necessar y Deposits on the Capital to be subscribed for the Ex ;810/1 Line from Cambridge to York, and 'the ot her undertakin g s to Zpornoted by the Company, in the ensuing session of Parliament ; r ch . n , t har, instead of a Deposit of 2/. per Share being required as h erlY announced, a deposit of Ten Shillings per Share only will ve to be paid under the allotment letters to be issued. If Acts of ll,iantent be not obtained, the deposit of ten shillings will be re led without deduction. GEORGE HUDSON, Chairman. B R 4S O . NEY, Secretary. ' Ofti Shnreditch Station, Dec. 23, P 3, CONSULTING CHEMIST —Protil•sor Ryan, M.D., LL.D., Royal Col lege, Portsmouth, and Royal POlytechnic Institution. Ezoiszut—Henry Francis, Esq., Patentee, 40, Elizabeth-street, Eaton-square. BaNzzas—Sir Claude Scott, Bart., and Co. SoraciToit—F. S.W. Fesemneyer, Esq., 23, Bedford•row. SECRETART—MT. William NiChOISOII. London : Published only by Messrs. Cocks and Co., G, New Bur lington-street, MUsicsellers to the Quern. Also, gratis, Cocks and Co.'s Catalogue (tivo., 600 pages) of New Music. Offices of the Company and. Working Factories, 159, Drury-lane. The Company is formed for the purpose of carrying out, more ef fectually working, and bringing into general use, an invention se cured by letters patent for an improved manufacture of gas. The apparatus in so portable it can be fitted up on any flescrip tion of building, even at a kitchen range, without affecting the do mestic arrangements, and the fire used in ordinary in generating the gas will be ample to produce steam for warming the most extensive premises. The most eminent engineers and chemists unite in opinion that the invention is not only practicable and free from smell or annoy ance, but by this valuable patent is secured the manufacture of a pure and superior gas, not only on, new, but sound, scientific, chemical, and mechanical principles, which have been hitherto overlooked in the common modes of manufacture ; besides, this gas possesses more of the illutninating power, and will burn longer, than that now in use, in the proportion of 40 per cent. in favour of the invention. Ihe patent method is applicable o lighting generally, but more especially small towns, villages, lighthouses, colleges, churches, dock yards, theatres, public offices, prisons, barracks, railway stations, to nufactories, printing-offices, msuluou-es, hospitals, and schools, and warming the buildings, without extra expense. The benefits which would accrue to lighthouses, dockyards, and numerou localities, where the ordinary gas cannot he conveyed without the formation 9f many new Acts and Companies, or at im mense expense, would be sufficient to obtain for this Company the most prominent and prosperous position. -The great saving to the consumer, the small portion of room requi site for the erection of the apparatus, the simplicity of its working, and the brilliancy of the gas, will insure the adoption of the invention throughout the kingdom ; and although the public can be supplied at a price which will defy competition, the Company can confidently hold out to the shareholders a return upon their capital of nut less than fifty per cent. NEW MORNING PAY,Eit, to he commenced early in the new year. The DAILY NEWS, a Moraine Newspaper of Liberal Politics and thorough• Independence. The leading features of the paper may be briefly stated wider the following.heads Its City News and Commercial Intelligence, collected from the highest sources, will be scrupulously impartial, and always early. Its Scientific and Business Information on every topic connected with Railways, whether in actual operation, in progress, or pro jected, will be found to be complete. An extensive system of Foreign Correspondence in all parts of the world has been for some time, and is now, in cour+e of organisation. Its Parliamentary Reports, its Law Reports, and every other item of such matter, will be furnished by gentlemen of the highest qua lifications. Among the wrirers of its Leading Articles, its Criticisms on Books, the Drama, Music, and the Fine Arts, are some of the most distin guished names of this time. The Literary Department of " the Daily News" will be under the dirfction of Mr. Chalks Dickens. *.* The Counting-Tiouse, and Office for Advertisements intended for insertion in " the Daily News," will be at No. 90, Fleet-street, London ; to which place any communications to the Editor should be addressed, until the Publishing Offices in Whitefriars shall be completed. " This evidence has long since been laid before Sir Robert Peel's Government ; and not a single step did that Ministry take to alleviate the sufferings of this im. mense body of their fellow-subjects. " The Association will recollect that I have spoken favourably of what I believed to be the good intentions of Sir Robert Peel, but in my work on Inland, published two years ago, I said that lie himself. had made Ireland his difficulty by calling to his councils men whose feelings were notoriously anti-Irish, and on the downfal of such I shall congratulate my countrymen. " After having given the corn-law question deep atten tion, I some years ago was enrolled as a member of the Anti-Corn-law League, by my esteemed acquaintance, its respected leader, the Hon. C. P. Villiers. At the same time the worthy Joseph Sturge enrolled me in the Universal Suffrage Society, and I hope the day will never arrive when a repealer will fear to say that he will give his cordial support to any Ministry—Whig, Tory, or Radical—which will introduce such measures, and evince a sympathy with the people. " I regret Sir Robert Peel's failure. for obstinacy was not amongst his fault.; but I shall rejoice in the discom fiture of his administration, if it excludes from return to office the anti-Irish, anti-popular portion of his cabinet, and cordially do I desire to see such_ men replaced by statesmen like Lord J. Russell and Lord Morpeth, though I fear they will not go far enough. " Will you do me the favour to read this letter at an early period of this .day's business, and to believe me, with esteem, very truly yours, " J. A. O'NEILL. " To T. M. Ray, Esq., &c. &c." . Id is 43 3 17s. OP, of 13 gi; at sh t 'l !Tit. dearer .11 Of tbe 1 d wing, orllUbee:der lave ri 5 , gen' in taking tASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY COMPANY. 14 , tensions from CAMBRIDGE to YORK, and from TOTTEN HAM to FARRINGDON-STREET. Th. s N otice is hereby given, that in accordan,e with the resolutions C 3 7, i nittiously passed at a special general meeting of the Company, On Thursday, Oct. 30, 1845, every person whose name shall elicar as a Registered Shareholder of the . Company on the sth of tV a b arY next, will receive a Letter of Allotment for York Extension c, r , e s in the proportion of three such Extension Shares for every 1; 4 . ; shares of 41. 16s. of which he is the proprietor, in the consoli dated stock of the Company. The holders of Scrip Certificates for the New Shares of 141.165. 2e entitled to Extension Shares in the sarae proportion, C e rtificates must be sent to the of fi ces of the Company for en . wttlureent, not later than the 9 th of Jan uar y next, accompanied by er from each holder of the subjoined form : To the Secretary of the Eastern Counties Railway Company. December, 1844. 14 I rt - -Herewith I forward to you Scrip Certificates for Shares of 141. 16s. each in the Eastern Counties Railway, in tZeet of which I desire to obtain a Letter of Allotment for on % Dit to proportion of Shares of 301. each in the York Extension porno` , 11 i s r oot ontaiDs.if mi nercuP Jar clocu. Elegant Pocket Edition, price is., by post is. 6d. D R. CU LVER WEL L ON MARRIAGE, its HINDRANCES and OBLIGATIONS. " To be or not to be, that Is the question."—Shakistare. Contents:—On Matrimonial Eligibility and Unfitness—Laws et Paternity—Phenomena of Gestation—On Maternal Influence—On infelicitous and unproductive Uniens—Curlosities of Medical Experi ence, Cases, &c. &c. Also Companion to the same, price Is., by plst is. 6d. The Conipany being far advanced, will be in a situation, when fully registered, to take contracts immediately. Applications for shares, in the usual fermi, to be made to, and further particulars obtained of, the Solicitor, and also the Secretary, at the Company's offices, where may be seen the apparatus at work, and the brilliancy of the gas exemplified. CHASTITY ; its ABUSES and DISEASES (71 Engravings). These two interesting little volumes are not intended for idle or in discriminate perusal, but they are earnestly offered to the attentive consideration of those who may be more legitimately and perhaps painfigly interested. Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Carvalho, 147, Fleet-street Mann, 39, Cornhill, and all booksellers, or direct from the Author, 21, Arundel-street, Strand. At home daily till 2 ; Mvenings, T till 9. Name in-full .... • • • • • • Usual Signature.. • • •• • • Description • • .. • • • • • • • . • • • • • • • • Place of Abode • This • .... • • ••• • • • form mast, in every ease, be filled up in the handwriting of a)plicant. ijlie receipt of the Scrip Certificates will be immediately acknow titg,6'l. and they will be subsequently returned endorsed, together a Letter of Allotment for toe number of Extension Shares to — lt the applicant is entitled. By order, GEORGE HUDSON, Chairman. C. I'. RONEY, Secretary. • lihorediteh, Dec. 17. 1645. AL?UDLEY, MADELEY, BROSELEY, AND IRONBRIDGE RAILWAY, WITH EXTENSION TO ZWBBURY. At ;meeting of the Managing Committee of this Company, held him.* Stork Hotel, Birmingham, on Thursday , the 10 th of Discern tads, is, WILLIAM COLLINS, Esq., M.P., in the Chair , "s! following Report of the Committee was read : Irpa . Managing Committee of the Dudley, Madeley, Broseley, and het Railway Company, with extension to Shrewsbur y , feel til t " Is due to themselves and to the Shareholders, to lay before 1144 , et the earliest possible period consistent with due inquiry, their l 'sll ) „ i 't Position, consequent upon the circumstances which will be Ott detailed in the following Report : Illsti*trancis Giles became the engineer of the Company on its for ,llo and the Committee were induced to place confidence in him th ia `de fact of his having been employed by Mr. Robert Stephenson, 4 bsence to lay out several iportant lines in the vicinity of 1, de of railway projected by this Company. e,,,,Tr• Giles attended a meeting of the Committee at Birmingham , in October. when he gave positive assurances that he was ra llywith his work, and had made such arrangements a, , Proceeding wtJuld e nable him to complete it in good time; and from that pa till the end of November he constantly rei • erated those assu rances to the Committee, to the respective solicitors, and to the se tretary, both orally and in writing. Every assistance was rendered Which be required, and extracts from the correspondence will abun dantly testify that alt was done by the Committee and the officers of the Company to citable him to complete his work b y she 29th of No lerdber. aptqications fur money were , in every cue, complied "'tn, and the stun of 4,0 01. was at various periods advanced to him, nrl account of his own and the surveyors' charges ; the last payment 7 1 ,0001. having been made, at his own solicitation (though nokwith -li considerable hesitation on the part of the Committee), in oruer to .:241 the possibility of his operations being retarded for want of or to afford any possible pretext for their being inefficien.ly s,`,..orTned. Of this sum, Mr. Dugdale Houghton, the Company's (Mr. Giles's brother-in-law), has accepted his (Mr. Giles's) es d "itY to him for 2 , 0001 . , and Mr. has paid Mr. John Brettell, O Us er surveyor, 30111., thus leaving lum (Mr. Giles) the sum ' 11 s le anxiety expressed that all should be ready in time was only sni s ,,`,Clecl by Mr. Giles's assurances that there were no grounds for ti;,'rehension, as the billowing extracts flom the correspondence on subject will show the 17th of October, Mr. Collis, one of the Company's solici 're, thus addressed Mr. Giles— r Great anxiety is entertained as to the sections and surveys being e I ld3' in time. Ido hope you will use every exertio n t o get t h e m do ne, and well done." ;' l l the 28th October, Mr. Collis writes to Mr. Giles— : I trust you will get the sections of the Dudley and Madeley line I ,, i n "44 Pleteti without dela, as time runs on. I am glad to tell you 11 all goes on favourably, and everything now rests with you. You of course, made proper arrangements as to the engraving." un the 31st, Mr. Collis says in a letter to Mr. Giles— " I assure you most unpleasant rumours are abroad amongst our r iPrieters that cur sections and plans will not be properly done or t▪ rIY as Dugdale Houghton will have told you. Now I have done in my power to put a stop to these reports. I entreat of you to Sh rewsbury, the sections of the whole line from Dudley to Ironbridge and to t ",,rewsbory, as well as the surveys, most carefully done. You have, „Lcourse, made due arrangements as to the engraving of the sec "'unit" in a letter to Mr. Collis, on the 9th of November, respecting the 4a:wry branch, Mr. Giles says, in reference to the plans which he d . - eceived— T.he plaits are, as I consider, in good condition." Dir ti s , e 10th of November, Mr. Collis thus writes to Mr. Giles— thing being' done in due time, particularly that we may have the Sec °nl and surve ye finished, as the middle of November Is nearly ,h,..., Thre e days afterwards, viz., on the 13th, Mr. Collis says— ‘. I hope you will use every means to complete the sections with t._ least possible delay. I assure you we all feel extreme anxiety on `% subj ec t. Should you want me, or if I can do anything to fbr " , ard you, pray send for me, or let me know immediately." b The next day, the 14 th , Mr. Collis a g ain ur g es Mr. Giles onward, laying— . " We quite rely upon your having all ready, and that the sections 'to in the hands of the lithographer. Belt' in mind that the 29th is ZnlY twelve days off, and that the sections must be sent before then ", and bet eady to deposit. I trust you will excuse my most o arnestly beseeching you to use every possible exertion to complete l'erYthing as quickly as practicable. The general impression is, that 0 shall not be ready. We must not spare exertion of any kind; in tact, w e must keep faith with the public." Oil the 19th, Jt r. ('ollis writes— " 1 have just heard that Houghton thinks there is some misunder qa.nding between you and the lithographer. If there be the slightest r ellu dation for this, I beg and pray of you not to lose an instant in 'letting this matter right. Excuse my personally entreating you to use *r erY oixertion, as I am daily pressed on the subject." To this Mr. Giles replies on the 20th— " I know of no misunderstanding between me and the lithographer. Don't give credit to such nonsense." The same day, the 20th, Mr. Collis writes to Mr. Giles as follows— " I am desired by the Com mittee to be g and entreat you to see that t he sections are completed, and placed in the lithographer's hands as I Peedily as possible. I do hope you will excuse my writing se ur lently to you. Ido seriously assure y ou that we all feel that our h onour and characters are a t stake, to sa y nothin g of the large sum ~ Itlolley that would be sacrificed if our plans and sections are not 'WY deposited." On the 21st, Mr. Giles replied as follows — "I beg that you will not be in any anxiety about lithographing the I kelions. Mr. Houghton will get some done in Birmingham. I will set all the rest done, and have provided for it. You shall deposit on t 4 l 2s , th. I come to Birmingham to-morrow night, by express train, , rneet. my troops, who are all to assemble at Dee's to-morrow night Mr. Collie's next letter to Mr. Giles is dated November 21st, in W idth. he says— "l know you will not like my troubling you with these repeated Urgent letters, but I confess I am so strongly pressed by numbers of Ple daily, that I feel painfully anxious that we should not fail in keeping good faith with our shareholders." lir. Giles replies on the 22d— " If you come tome to-morrow, in order to be nade certain of my being done, I will even show you my plan and arrangements for it—otherwise be assured of it." Thy committee, feeling that the foregoing extracts abundantly eunern; the assertion with which they set out, will now refer to the h tutentents made to them by Mr. Joseph King and Mr. Heath, two active members of the Committee, who were in Birmingham, watch ing the later proceedings. Mr. King states that he went to Birmingham, at the urgent re quest oe sir. Collis, in company with him and Mr. Heath, on Thurs. 1 11 Y, the 27th of November, and that he remained there till Satur• 'ay night, with the exception of a few hours on Friday, during which 'Period he had every reason to believe that the business was pro seeding satisfactorily. Mr. Heath reports that he accompanied Mr. Collis to Birmingham On the 16th of November, at his request, to have an interview with Mr. Giles, who had stated that he should be there that night. They and Mr Wainwright saw Mr. Gilts ,fter midnight.. at the Royal /loud, when he gave them the most positive assurances that every thing would be ready in time. The following Monday, the 24th, Mr. heath again went to Birmingham with Mr. Collis, when Mr. Giles r epeated hid former assertions that everything would be ready. Three days afterwards, Thursday, the 27th, Mr. Heath, at Mr. Collie's request, once more went to Birmingham, accompanied by Mr. Collis and Mr Joseph King, and remained there until he had teen the various gentlemen start on Sunday night to make their re spective deposit , . About five o',clock on Sunday afternoon Mr. Heath saw Mr. '"dughton deliver. the plans to the several solicitors, in doing which he (Mr. Houghton; expressed his obligations to them and the other gentlemen connected with the Company, for the assistance they had rendered him, adding that the sections would be ready in half an hour. . After this interview with Mr. Ihughton, the party left to prepare for starting, and returned to Mr. Houghton's office about half-past t he o'clock in the afternoon, where they remained until twenty minutes to nine in the evening, and during this period, fasts of such i mportance are spoken to, that the Committee feel bound, not withstanding its length and the reluctance of Mr. Heath, t give a la , ge portion of his report in detail. After stating that they round Mr. Joshua John Peele, of Shrewsbury (solicitor to the Wor ceder and Crewe, and also to the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Rail, way Companies), and Mr. Hood (a relative of Mr. Rey, the other so licitor to the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Company), in Mr. Hough ton's waiting room, ready to convey the Worcester and Crews plans for deposit, Mr. Hes.th thus proceeds : " Between seven and eight o'clock Mr. Peels was sent for by Mr. Boughton, and he remained in Mr. Houghton's room until after the delivery of the sections by Mr. lloustou to the TooPecUTO Solicitors. that attempts have been made to Impute blame to the solicitors, in reference to their conduct on Sunday, the 30th of November, and preceding days, and particularly that a scene of gross confusion and disorder occurred in the surveyor room, in which they aro Impliedly charged as participators, I feel that though I have shown they were rigidly denied access to Mr. Houghton's room, I owe it to the Com pany, to these gentlemen, and to myself, as a member of the Manag ing Committee, to declare that a more unfounded calumny could not have been uttered. I was with these gentlemen during the whole of Sunday; I had many oppertunities of observing their unremitting exertions on the preceding days—l may say nights also ; and I have great pleasure in stating that, with whomsoever the blame of this failure may rest, it was in no way attributable to any want of ar rangement or zeal, or activity, on the part of the solicitors, or of the secretary, their conduct throughout, and especially during the most critical period, having been praiseworthy in the highest degree." The Committee have also received reports from the solicitors, re Testing to the circumstances detailed by Mr. Heath, and speaking in the highest terms of the exertions made by Mr. Houghton to com plete his portion of the work in good time, up to the period of the delivery of the plans ; but they do not think it necessary, after quot ing at so great a length front Mr. Heath's statement, to allude to them further at present. Notwithstanding the foregoing facts show it was next to an impos sibility to make the deposits in time at Shrewsbury and London, the Committee think it no more than justice to state, that the most strenuous exertions were made to do so, Mr. Anstice posting to the former place, a distance of forty-five miles, in three hours and twenty seven minutes, and Mr. Wainwright arriving at the Board of Trade, in London, upwards of one hundred and fourteen miles, by the aid of a special engine, in three hours and forty-six minutes, both gentle men having been retarded on their way by accidents en the road. The journey to Stafford, twenty-six miles, might have been readily accomplished by Mr. Collis, but he was detained a long time on the road between Birmingham and Walsall, in consequence of the great misconduct of his postboys, which was such as to induce suspicion that unfair means had been employed to retard his journey. By great exertion Mr. Collis ultimately reached Stafford in due time. Mr. Houghton made the deposit at Woy caster also in good time. As soon as the failure in the deposits was known, a meeting of the Committee was hastily summoned at Dudley, when Mr. Giles and Mr. Houghton attended. The former off , red no excuse for his con duct, further than that he had been disappointed, adding that no parties could have behaved better or acted more handsomely, than the Committee and the officers of the Company had behaved towards him; and he at once admitted, that even if the lateness of the de posits could be got over, his sections were in some instances so de fective, that they would not bear a searching examination. In an swer to questions which were pressed upon him, he said " That the sections of the cross line from Stourbridge to Wolverhampton were strictly correct ; in fact, he believed the sections of the whole scheme were complete, with the single exception of the branch to Wolver hampton." Mr. Houghton expressed his sorrow at the failure to de posit, and his regret at the mis-statement made by him to Mr. Collis on Sunday evening ; justifying himself, nowever, by saying that he was greatly excited at the time, from his previous exertions, and that he corrected himself immediately. This, the Committee may remark, is opposed to Mr. Heath's statement, by which it appears that some ttme elapsed before Mr. Houghton re called his previous answer, and this gentleman is confirmed by the several solicitors. Mr. Giles, after informing the Committee that he had known amended sections deposited after the 30th of November to be received in Parliament, where notice of such emendations had been given to the landowners, offered to make correct sections at his own expense, to enable the Committee to apply for their Bill ; and Mr. Houghton also offered his personal services, free of charge, in the event of their determining, to proceed, and the application proving unsuccesrful. Under these circumstances, taking into consideration the fact that the cross line from Stourbridge to Wolverhampton formed a very important, and to a certain extent independent por tion of the projected railway, and that it was probable, ftom what Mr. Giles had stated, that they should be in a position to apply for a Bill for it in the ensuing session with a reasonable prospect of suc cess, the Committee agreed that the solicitors should forthwith take the opinion of the Parliamentary agents, Messrs. Dyson, Hall, and Company, as to the course the Committee should pursue ; and also send competent persons to ascertain what sections had really been deposited. Mr. Giles had stated that he should at once proceed to make entire new sections of the whole line. The deliberate written opiniott of the Parliamentary agents has li,en obtained, to the effect that it was " a very reasonable and proper case to bring before the Standing Orders Committee, with a view of obtaining a decision In favour of the Bill proceeding." But information was afterwards received from the parties sent to search at the offices of the Clerks of the Peace, that the sections of the im portant cross line from Stourbridge to Wolvehampton had not been deposited, that sections of several miles: of the main line had also not been deposited (despite the decisive statements of Mr. Giles and Mr. Houghton, the latter of whom delivered out the sections), and that those which had been lodged were extremely incorrect in detail. In the altered circumstances of their affairs, the Committee were at once convinced that their only course was to advise the share holders to abandon all thoughts of an application to Parliament• for a Bill in the ensuing session, and to consider what steps should be taken to protect the shareholders from the consequences of the con duct which it has been their painful duty to detail. With this object, as well as with respect to the fhture operations of the Company, the Committee have called Mr. Sergeant Allen and their Parliamentary agents to their aid, and they will meet anxiously and carefully consider the propriety of taking such steps in reference to competing lines In the next session as they may be advised. One course which the Committee propose to adopt, is forthwith to return to the Proprietors the sums of 21. per share, on such condi tions as counsel may deem necessary for the purpose of enabling the Committee to prosecute the undertaking in the session of 1847, should it be found expedient to do so. . . The liabilities of the Company will be forthwith ascertained and discharged ; and the Committee beg to inform the Shareholders that every regard has been paid to economy consistent with the progress of the scheme ; and further, that no expenditure has taken place since the 30th of November, saving such as was actually necessary for ascertaining their real position. The Committee desire to record their unabated confidence In, the intrinsic excellence of the line, and to express their regret that a scheme, supported by such an array of noblemen, Members of Par liament, landowners. ironmasters, and other gentlemen, whose in terests demand its construction, together with a large proprietary of unexampled respectability, full one-half being local, should have been frustrated by the circumstances which they have set forth. They are consoled, however, by the conviction that a railway so im pe. atively demanded by the locany, possessing gradients superior to any other line in the district, accommodating South Staffordshire and Shropshire in a manner that no other scheme can do, bringing the respective places in its course much nearer to each other than any other project does, and gaining, as it has, so great an amount of public favour by its undoubted merits, must shortly be carried out. It now only remains for the Committee to say that they should fail in fully discharging their duty, if they did not express their per fect satisfaction with the conduct of the solicitors and she secretary, all of whom have paid the most unremitting attention to their re spective duties, and hay used their utmost exertions to advance the interests of the Company. The report having been read, the following resolutions were unanimously carried:— 1. That the report now read to the Committee be adopted and published, at the discretion of the Committee, in the local and daily newspapers. 2. That the further services of Mr. Francis Giles, as engineer to this Company, be at once dispensed with. 3. That the Committee of Management take such proceedings against Mr. Giles, their late engineer, as counsel may advise. 4. That the warmest thanks of the Committee are eminently due to Richard Heath and Joseph Ring, Esqs , for remaining in Birming ham during the eventfhl period ending with the 30th of November, and lending their valuable assistance to secure the deposit of the plans and sections. WILLIAM COLLINS. 5. That the thanks of the Committee be presented to Mr. Collins, M.P., for his able and impartial conduct in the chair. WILLIAM CHANCE. CANDLES at CLARK'S REDUCED PRICES N,—/ Palace Wax Candles (finest wax made), Is. I Id. per lb. : Orient Wax, Is. 9d. ; Transparent Wax, Is. 64. ; Queen's Sperma ceti, le. ; Sperm, Is. 64. and le. 2d.; Clark's Royal Wax, Is.; Patent Sperm, Is. ; Clark's Solar, superior to all composite, 10d. ; Kitchen Candles (six months old), 5)44. Yellow Soap, 395. 485., and Clark's Superb Soap, 58s2per 1121bs. ; Mottled, 565. pe,r 1121bs. ; Sweet Almond,' Fs. 9d. per lb. ; Orient Rose, le. 9d. ; Old Brown Windsor, Is., the finest, Is. Bd. ; Royal Musk Windsor, 2s. ; Scented Curd, Bd. Sperm Oil, 6s. 3d. and 6s. 94. per gal on ; Chit k's Patent Sperm only ss. ; Saar, 3s. 4d. At CLARK'S Old-established Candle and Immense Lamp Depot, 447, WEST STRAND. . Please write down address. BRANDY AND CAPSULES.-Mr. BETTS (the late firm of J. T. BETTS and CO.), Patent Brandy Distiller, 7, Smithfield Bars, feels it due to himself and the public to state, that the Manufacture of the PATENT BRANDY was not, and never has been known to any person• except to himself and one of his sons. And that he wee succeeded in the business of athnd e Dis tillery, 7, Smithfield Bars, by his sons , J. T . BETTS, jun., CO., on his retiring therefrom, lit 1843. Mr. BETTS further states, that he is the sole Patentee, manufac turer, and vendor of the Metallic Capsule, (or solid metal covering for the mouths of bottles), that no other Brandy in Ergiand, except BETTS'S PATENT BRANDY, is thereby protected; the Patent Metallic Capsule if, therefore, applied to any other Brandy, must have been surreptitiously obtained. Metallic Capsule Manufactury, 1, Wharf-road, City-road. BETTS'S PA TENT BRAN DY, certified by the Faculty of England to be the purest spirit, and g,aranteed by the Patent Sfetaillc Capsules, embossed " Betts's Patent Brandy, 7, Smithfield-bars," is sold at 3s. 6d., bottle included, by the most respectable dealers, lists of whom may be obtained at the Distillery, where quantities ef not less than two gallons, in bulk or bottles, are supplied. Address. 7. Smithfield-bars. THE BEST APERIENT AND ANTIBILIOUS MEDICINE FOR GENERAL USE IS bIRAMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH which effectually relieves the stomach and bowels by gentle relaxa tion, without griping or prostration of strength. They remove head-ache, sickness, dizziness, pains in the chest, &c., are highly grateful to the stomach, promote digestion, create appetite, relieve languor and depression of spirits ; while to those of a full habit, and tree livers, who are continually suffering from drowsiness, heaviness, and singing in the head and ears, they offer advantages that will not tailto be appreciated. This Medicine has for many years received the approval of the most respectable classes of society, and in confirmation of its effi cacy, the following letter has been kindly forwarded to Mr. Front. with permission to publish It, and, if requisite, to refer any respect able person to its author:— "Ta Mr. Front, 229, Strand, London. " Heavitree, Exeter, April 24, 1844. " SIR,- -I feel pleasure in being able to bear my strong and unso licited testimony to the exaallenge of your " Frampton's Pill of Health," which I consider a most safe, efficacious, and very superior general Medicine. The widow of an officer, an elderly lady, and near relative of Mine, has (Ned them—very rarely having recourse to other medicines for a long period of years ; she has recommended them extensively, and in one I , 4tance in which she induced a person to adoptthem, and supplied the first box herself, they ..ave proved of extraordinary efficacy. I think that perhaps there is scarcely any other of the many patent medicines before the public of equal value as a `" friend in need"—certainly none possessed of superior claims I shall be happy on all occasions to give them my individua recom cnandation, and am, Sir, Your ohedient servant, * * •,, Sold by T. Print, 229, Strand, London, price Is 114 d. and 2s. 9d. p" box ; also by th.e VelMors of Medicines generally throughout the Kin;dom. Ask for FItAMPTON'S PILL OF fIRALTH, and observe the name and addreee of " Tilonlea PIMA/ 49,4,44n4 London;' on the Uoverumeat Uunp. _NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUK• AIME SOCIETY, 26, CORN - HILL, LONDON. Capital £400,000. EmTowered by Act if Parliament. This institutieu offers Important and substantial advan tares with respect both to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The ass fired has, on all occasions, the power to borryw, without ex pense sr forfeiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the premium paid, (see table); also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of hi interests to meet ether conveniences or necessity. Assurances for terns of years are granted on the lowest possible rater. DIVISION OF PROFIT:. The silicas and increasing prosperity of the SoCety has enahlec the o:rectors, at the last annual investigation, to declare a third Bonus, varying from Jo to 7t per cent. on the premieres paid on each Policy effected on the Profit scale. EXAMPLES. . 4 • . ▪ to . 1- Premium. * E 4 B° "' added I A A 1837 £ , 91 13 s GO 1009 74 d. 3 4 1838 1" 13 • 1839 138 13 6 . 1 1140 89 0 o, I A la 17 fi 11 S 6 9 2 10 6 0 0 ! ..4:395 II 1 346 9 296 13 1 247 4 8 ;reol lo is they or de aising ,ection m the vy the ion of Ten . 9 moth gbout eal of w ere , two freS'_ dDY „ pe r re -stt to r the t the Jun e ures , ,ften rail" and AN , 90 po 'bird ro ut ate, %se ; ght ur Ivo' and 7 6 ;4' Bf,ntts in 9 Cask, • • • r, .£147 13 5' 74 13 10! 61 14 3; 41 13 4) T iu di:vision of pronto is annual, and tke next will be made in De earn ler of the present year. F. FF.ROTTSON f7.kIfROUX. Si 4e. L ONDON, EDINBURGH, AND DUBLIN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, 3, Charlotte-row, Mansion-house, London The success which has attended the system of Assurance pursued by this Company is illustrated by the fact, that at the General Court, held en the 9th day of .July last, there was declared A REDUCTION OF 25 PER CENT. on the current year's premiums of all participating policies opened on or betbre the 9th day of February, 1841. Thus, a person aged 40, who opened a policy for 1,0001 in A a. d February, 1841, at an annual premium 0f.... Is called upor to pay this year only ...... • • • And if this abatement be applied to pay the first year's premium of an additonal policy„the party will be further assured to the extent of .. ••••• • • • .• .............. 215 lit 4 Proportionate benefits accrue to policies on all ages. Copies of the report of the last investigation of the affairs, contain ing a full exposition of the principles and practice of the Society, and any other information required, may be obtained by applying per sonally, or by letter, at the head-office, or any of the agencies. BOARD OF MANAGEMENT. RICHARD SPOONER, Esq., M.P., Ch'irma'. BENJAMIN IFILL, Esq., Deputy-Chairman. • DIRECTORS. The Hon. Frederick Ponsonby James Hartley, ESQ. Joint Boyd, Esq., M.P. Kennett Kingsford, Esq. Alex. Anderson, Esq. John 31‘Cluffie, Esq. John Atkins, Esq. John M. Lee, Esq. Captain Brandreth J. M. Rosseter, Esq. F. Harrison, Esq. Wm. Wilberforce, Esq. MEDICAL ADVISERS. Marshall Hall, M.D., F.R.S. ; Alex. Anderson, Esq., F.R.C.S. SECRETARY—H. Kift, ESQ. AUDITORS—R. E. Alison, ESQ. • , H H. Carman, Esq. SOLICITORS—Messrs. Palmer, France, and Palmer. ALEX. ROBERTSON. Manager. THE AUSTRALASIAN, COLONIAL, and GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE and ANNUITY COM PANY, 126, Bishopsgate-street, corner of Capital, 200,0001., in 2,000 Shares. DIRECTORS. Edward Barnard, Esq., F.R.S. Gideon Colquhoun, Esq. Robert Brooks, Esq. C. E. Mangles, Esq. Henry Buckle, Esq. Richard Onslow, Esq. John Henry Capper, Esq. William Walker, Esq. TRUSTEES—Edward Barnard, Esq., F.R.S. ; J. H. Capper, Esq.; Edward Thompson, Esq. AuDrroßs—James Easton, Esq., -nd C. Richardson. Esq. Soucrroas—Messrs. Maples, Pearse, Stevens, and Maples. BANKERS —The Union Bank of London. COLONIAL BANKERS—The Bank of Australasia (incorporated by Royal Charter, 1835), 8, Austin-friars. PHYSICIAN—Dr. Fraser, 62, Guildtbrd-street, Russell square. ACTUARY AND SECRETARY—Edward ltyley, ESQ. The following are the specimens of the rates of premium charged by this Company for the Assurance of 1001.: WITH PROFITS. Axe. Annual Premium. Age. Annual Premium. 20 £l 17 1 20 .£1 10 8 25 2 2 1 25 1 14 11 30 • • 2 8 2 30 2 0 7 35 2 15 2 35 2 7 0 40 3 4 0 40 2 15 3 45 3 15 6 45 3 6 6 50 411 8 50 • 4 ' 1 8 55 5' 9 7 55 5 0' 5 No extra Premium is charged for residence in the Australasian or North American Colonies, or at the Cape of Good Hope. " - Peculiar facilities are afforded for the assurance of the lives of persons proceeding to or residing in the East Indies. Premiums m +y be paid, and claims settled, in Australasia and the East Indies, by indorsement of the policy. Immediate and Deferred Annuities are granted by the Company on very favourable terms, and it is a peculiar feature in its constitu tion thai Annuitants participate in the profits. The following are specimens of the annuities granted for every 1001. sunk : ' Male Female Age. Lives. Lives. 35 £7 1 5 .£6 13 5 45 718 1 7 4 9 55 9 13 0 8 8 9 Male Female Age. Lives. 65 £l2 12 0 .619 19 0 75 18 9 2 16 3 5 80 25 8 9 20 2 7 Prospectuses, with Tables, Forms of Proposal for the purcha,e of an Annuity or for making an Assurance, and every information, may be obtained by application at the Office of the Company. E. RYLEY, Actuary and Secretary. B URGESS'S NEW SAUCE, for general pur l.' poses, having gained such great approbation, and the demand tor it continuing to increase, JOHN BURGESS and SON beg most respec'fully to offer thus their best acknowledgments to the Public for their liberal patronage of the same ; its utility and great conveni ence in all climates have recommended 1; to the most distinguished oreign connections, who have all spoken highly in its recommenda tion. It is prepared by them only ; and for preventing disappoint. :nent to families, all possible care has been resorted to, by each bottle being sealed on the cork with their firm and address, as well u each label having their signature, without which it cannot be ;ermine. JOHN BURGESS and SON'S long-established and much-esteemed ESSENCE of ANCHOVIES continues to be prepared by tkem after .he same vsumer that has given the greatest satisfaction for many years. Warehouse, 107, Strand, corner of Savoy Sven., London. FOR STOPPING DECAYED Tr.cru. Price 2s. 6d. Patronised by her M ajesty, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent. MR. THOMAS'S SUCCED ANE USI for stopping decayed Teeth, however large the cavity. is placed in the tooth without any pressure or pain, and will remain.. Arm in the tooth for many years, rendering extraction unnecessary, 150, Oxford-street ; arresting the further progress of decay. All persons can use Mr. Thomas's Succedaneum themselves with tams, as full directions are inclosed. Price Is. 6d. s g, ee S t t ; ra S n a d n ; ge Lhnson, 6s, Cornhill ; Hannay, 0, Oxford-street ; 4nd all medicine vendors. Bntrieldr,b4y, savory, cl,eapsi d 2020;, grout, t . 1 Mr. Thomas continuos to supply the loss of teeth upon his new system of self-adhesion, without springs or wires. This method does not require the extraction of any teeth or roots, or any painful ()per:Aloft wllatever : Mr. Tuomm, s ufg eo Dentist, 64, Rerners-street, Oxfhrd-st ree t . . _ ..----,-------,--___ • FOR . COUGHS, COLDS, ASTHMAS. .ANI )-(20 -N , e; Air isto, -- s .. C LINDELL'S IMPROVED BALSAM .OF HONEY. . i For upwards of fifty years, this invaluable medicine has main-• ained its reputation as a most effective remedy for the above cona plaiuts, and, unassisted by advertisements, has found its way into almost every family in the United Kingdom. It is still prepared with the same care and attention by Mr. Henry Cundell, 47, mi n° . ries, London, who refrains from all eulogy on its valuable properties, as one trial suffices to prove its efficacy to the most sceptical. May be had in bottles at 28. 9d., 4s. 6d. , and 12s. 6d.; of all r•- ipqable meOciav i maga ii 4 We - WOW l‘ldoU3 FOURTEENTH EDITION of the SILENT FRIEND on Human Frailty, with Coloured Engravings. Zest published, price 2s. 6d., free by p os t (I n *sea l e d enve l ope ) 3s. 6 d.. THE SILENT FRIEND ; a M e dical W or k on the Infirmities of the /System a both sexes ; and on the loss of the reproductive powers, with means of restoration. The baileft.l effects of indulge - ce, &c., are fully pointed out. Illustr-ted by En gravings; followed by observations on Marriage. liy it. and L. PERRY and Co. ' Consulting Sur:eons, London. Published by the Authors, and may be had at their residence 19, BBRITERS-STREET, OXFORD-STREET. Sold by Strange, 21, Paternoster-row ; Hannay and Co., 63, Ox ford-street ; Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street ; Parkin, Compton street, Soho ; and all flookaellvrs. "We regard the work before as, the Silent Trisnd,' as a work embracing most clear and practi cal views of a stiles of complaint, hitherto little understood, and passed over by a majority of the me dical professiot, for whist reason we are at a loss to know. We mint however confess that a perusal of this work has left such a favourable impression on our minds, that we net only recommm,l, bat cordially wish every one who is the victim of past folly, or suffering from lulls cretion„ to profit by the advice contained i a its pages. "—Age and Argus . The CORDIAL BALM of BYRIACUM is excnislvely directed to the cure of nervous debility. irregularity, weakness, loss of ap petite, indigestion, wrisumptive habits, und debilities ariefue from excess, :Lc. In bottles, price lis., er the quantity of four in our bottle for 33e., ›y which 1/s. iire saved. The five-pound cases may be bad as usnal. The CONCENTRATED DETERSIVE ISiENCIS, a remedy for searching oat and purifying the blood from scurvy, blotctes en the head, face, ailectiou; arising from impr.per treatment or the eftects of mercury, std body, ulcerations, a. , cl those painful removing secondary symptoms, and all eruptions of the skin. Price I Is. and 335. per bottle. ___ _ PERKY'S PITHIFYLNG SPECIFIC PILLS, price 2s. 93., 4s. 6,:., without hindrance to business. m an a d tio l i n s . . B.. p c er ., box, are the most effectuttl remedy tot s trictures, inflam- Consultation tee, If by letter, 11. Minute detail if clues nc:eetrar3. Messrs. R. and L. Perry and Co., surgeons, me ly, lterners-street, O xford -street, Landln. da ly, aAd at ," "a consultei. as II:)e -s eat, Llvellool, ' v ery Thursday, Pridt.y, and Caturd•y ; tO, St. Jo a-street. D eansgata, Maz u akl da der. on McidaM and T ul ( l' a uG e a '3 day s . and Wednesdays. TILE TWELFTH EDITION. Just Published, in a sealed envelope, price 2s. 6d., and seat free, on receipt of a Post-office Order for 3s. 6d. MANLY HEALTH : a Popular Inquiry'into the Concealed Cause of its Decline, with. Instructions for its Complete Restoration. Addressed to th se suffering from the destructive consequences of excessive indnlgekau, terminating in Mental and Nervous Debility, Local or Constitutional Weakness. In digestion, and Consumption. Including a comprehensive Dissertation on MARRIAGE. Illustrated with Cases, ice By C. J LUCAS and Co., Consulting Surgeons, London. CAUTlON.—Complaints h av i ng reached us that several persons have had wishing to purchase our w ork, entitled " Manly Health, " placed in their hands a fra u d ulent infringement of our copy right, pro duced by illiterate and dishonourable men, and which, though bearing a close resemblance of title, is utterly valueless; ve deem it a duty, duped t y by way of protection, to cauti en the pu b l i c against b e i ng such base imitations. Persons desirous of obtaining the above work, ..2n4 rot wishing to apply to a bookseller for the same, may, t o insure secr ec y, h ave to direct from the Autho rs , b y enclosing 3s. tl, or Postage 'Stamps to that amount. and sold by Brlttain, 11 , Paternoster-row; Hsnnay and Co., 63, May be had of the Auth ors, No. 60, Newman-street, O xford-street ; Oxford-street; Noble, 114, Chancery-lane; J. Gc,-don, 146, Leaden hall-street; G. Mansell, 3, King-street, Southwark, London; T. Sowler, Courier-office, 4, St. Ann's-square, Manchester ; W. Howell, 75, Dale-street, Liverp ool; W. Wood, 78, Highstreet, BirmingLanit W. and It. Robinso n , 11, Greenside-street, Ed. l .nhurgh, T. rdee, Dame-street, Dublin ; and all Booksellers. " The best of all friends is the professional friend , and in no sl.ape can he be consulted with greater safety an d sec recy than in 4 I. ucas en Manly Health.' — The New Bell's WeeklyMlssenger. Messrs. Lucas and Co. are to be consulted frou Ten till Two, and from Five till Eight in the even i ng , at their residence, X). CO, Nevr man-street, Oxford- street, London, and country patients may be successfully treated, on minutely describing their cams, and enclosing the astral fee of If. for Melee. THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS. On Tuesday the following was the result of the poll for the several Wards for the election of common coun cilmen : BILLINGsGAT F ,*PhiIIipps 55, *Williams 42, Curling 55, Old 50, Bow er 58, Knil 50, Johnston 50, Roberts 53; Barnes 37. BREAD. B2 , REET. .....g a ughan 60, Hawtry 55, Duncan 52, * Laurie 51, Bridge 53, Dignum 48, Laurance 47, Poland 46, *Mutrie 22. BROAD•I3TREET.-COrneY 88, Gadsden 85, Jupp 83, Wart :n 81, Marriott 78, Foster 78, White 74, *Baker 71, * Casterton 33. • DpWGATE.-Brown 36, White 35, *Ribble 34, Prior 32, *Harker 31, Cousins 27, Gandell, 25, Mortimer 24. FARAINGDON WITHOUT. - Bedford L 34, Edkir.s 134, Bum 131, .Williams 127. Obbard 1 27, Isherwo o d 122, Stokes 121 ; Andertoi 12 1 , *Lynch 118, H ar d ing.llB, Buckmaster 115, Charles 114, Hodgson 112, B arnar d 105, Taylor 102, Ramshaw 88 . Prendergast 77. . PORTSOICEN Wiltn.-Wright 90, Ch r i st i e 86, Parker 81, Judson 77. Haywa rd 73, Da n f or d 62, Killby 82, Thompson 68; a Vile 37, * Scoones 37. QUEENHITHE.7-GOw 40, Acocks 40, * Rathbone 40, Tyler 39, Curtis 38, Sykes 24, * Simmon s 16. The new members hare, an asterisk attached to their names. BEXLEY AND CRAYYORD SOCIET Y YON THE PRO MOTION or USEFUL IC.NowumoY.—On Tuesday evening last a lecture was delivered to • the ,members and friends of this society, at the Infant's National School - roam, Bexley heath, by Mr. Charles Mackie, On the Five Senses." The subjects were treated of in a most interesting manner, and afforded much instruction and the higkest satisfaction to a numerous and highly - resp ect able • audieike. At the conclu sion of the lecture the Rev. A. C. Langdale moved a vote of thanks to the lecturer , a nd als o to Mr. Henry Davids, the respected secretary to the society, which were severally and unanimously responded to. Mr. Mackie then said, that in consequence of the very flattering reception he had met with from the officers of the institution, he should be most happy to deliver a lecture gratuitously to the members of the society at such time as would suit their convenience. The announcement was received with much approbation. A lecture will be delivered early in Jatuary by the Rev. A. C. Langdale, on electricity.—Kentish Independent. t a h l: g but the weather has Wednesday. Birds have been very p le n tiful with r terminated theate d game o on majority of sportsmen generallydo on a r t l i e h r e s e , m a o s n e ob d a rsee s . ai n t n pu l lower prices om p u g r r i r Aa c o e bd u s i e :t e e h rft ero a rns the' s: • RAILWAY SCALE OF MANNER9.—We have often beet) struck with the difference of manner assumed by rail way Shut your eyes, and you voices whom they are addressing. will best illustrate cur towardsfTrole from ftohlleo*ioi !lngtone differenteoxf examples e e : meaning. The railway potehtate is calli ng upon t h e pas sengers to get their tickets read y . tie calls ;.—to the Third Class (fortissimo,: "Tickets, ti c k ets; come, get your ucne offi ci als l 1 • tickets ready."--ro the . Second Class (Arto : "Ticiiets, ready, ent I gents.; get your. t ickets g -Se" the First Class (piano); "Get your tickets ready, gentlemen, if you please; tickets ready, if you please, gen delnen."—P u nch. A CAPITAL SPEC.-A great deal of money might be made by taking extensive premises in the City as soup rooms, and Ainch of selling nothing but the Norfolk S ou p. a t two pence a basin.Pcurry costs about a farthing, and as hot water may be had for almost nothing, the profit on every basin of Norfolk Soup would be at least 150 per cent. This seems a more promising undertaking just now than even the Railway.—Punch. In moving the insertion of the - letter on the minutes, he observed that the sentiments it contained were those which would pervade, the mind of every rational re pealer, had Lord John Russell been so fortunate as to be able to form a Government. He then read a report of his mission to Waterford, for the purpose of recon ciling the differences which existed amongst the re• pealers in that town ; and stated that his success had been unrestricted, unlimit , d, and complete. In future no person would have any chance of representing the constituency of Waterford but a real " t lonciliation-hall" repealer; and es a proof of their devotion to nationality, they had that dayforwarded the sum of 40Z to the fund s of the Association.' - Sjr Winston Barron and Mr. Wyse should yield at the next election to the better claims of Sir Benjamin Morris Wall and Mr. Meagher, unflinch ing advocates-of domestic legislation. In conclusion, he read a letter. from Dr. M•Hale, Archbishop of 'Nam, which abounded, as usual, with abuse, and denounced the Bequests Act and the infidel Colleges Act. There was not (continued Mr. O'Connell) a sentiment in that letter which would not be echoed by every Irish man. They were for Ireland, no matter what party was in power—no . matter what section of statesmen was in office—they were for Ireland.—(Cheers.) Mr. J. O'CONNELL read the following letter from the lion. Pierce Butler, M.P.:— " Imperial Hotel, Sackville-street, Dec. 21, 1845. "My dear O'Connell,—l inclose you my renewed sub scription to the Loyal Nation Repeal Association. I had hoped it would have been in my power to have attended y, , ur meeting to-morrow ; but letters from the country domand my immediate presence in the county of Kil kenny. I regret much, and I know you will join me in that regret, that the number of misguided wretches ready at a moment's warning, and for a small bribe, to take the lives of their fellow-countrymen, is increasing. If the Government be not strong enough, or wise enough, to prevent this mischief, and this stain upon Ireland, I think the Association should at once take the business in hand, and put down such a disgraceful system of oppres sion. The Roman Catholic clergy are doing their duty, by denouncing the murders ; but they stand in need of the vigorous and prompt co-operation of a firm Govern ment, or of the Association. " This is a painful subject, but it is one that demands immediate attention. "If Lord John Russell succeed in forming an Admi nistration, I trust that Ireland will show firmness, pru dence, and generosity, without any compromise of her avowed principles. Lord John Russell must restore the magistrates, Orangemen and repeaters. He must give a powerful but judicious support to our railway specula tions in Ireland, so as thoroughly to employ our labour ing population. He must impose a tax, a reasonable tax, upon the absentees, for charitable purposes in Ire land. In fine, he must make Ireland what she ought to be. As for the late Ministry, I have no feelings but those of contempt and indignation, whefi I think of their incalculable follies in regard to Ireland. " They remind me of the well-known lines of the ancient dramatist,' in reference to the uninformed and aboriginal inhabitants of this terrestrial globe : ' They saw, indeed, and heard. But what to them availed Or sight, or sense, or hearing? all things rolling, Like the unreal imagery of dreams, in wild confusion tossed.' " With best wishes to your father, whose health I am happy to hear is as firm as ever, believe me, my dear O'Connell, very faithfully yours, " PIERCE SOMERSET BUTLER. " John O'Connell, Esq., M P." Having moved the insertion of the letter on the minutes, he observed that it was horrible to think of the dreadful assassinations alluded to in the letter he had just read, which were of daily occurrence in various parts of the country. He bad no hesitation in saying that Divine Providence would continue to afflict the people of this country and perpetuate their miseries in just punishment of these atrocious crimes.. It was the duty of that As sociation' to cry • out ltgainst the• perpetrators of th ese horrible crimes : they had done so frerently ; there was not, in fact, an eftrne in their s that was not put in motion to prevent these atrocities, and it was, therefore, rather unjust in his honourable friend to make the charges he had preferred against them. On no sub ject had the Association exerted itself more than in en deavouring to repress crime ; and, if the Hon. Gentle man had attended its meetings, he would have seen that such was the fact. He was sure Mr. Butler had no in tention of harking-in with the cry of the magistrates of Tipperary and Westmeath, who called out for a. Coercion Act because of the crimes of a few individuals. He was happy to say these magistrates had received a very decided slap in the face even from the late Government, as the gentleman sent down to inquire into the necessity of special commissions (prayed for in their memorial), had asserted that there was no such necessity. It would in his (Mr. O'Connell's) opinion tend materially to the preservation of the peace if the dismissed magistrates, in whom the people had such im- I p f li Lod citrcojnofihdnenßceu,s3wdeirheadrebsetoernedablteo to o the c i a r r rycomnm theis s vernment of the country there could be no doubt but he o i G on o s : would have done so. THE CRISIS. Mr. O'CoNNELL having moved tl.e adoption of the report said he was anxious to address a few words to t`ie meeting on the subject of the crisis at which they ha', arrived. They wer, in a strange state of puzzle. Sir Robert Peel was Minister ten days ago—Lord John Russell had become Minister in the interval, aid he believed he was correct in saying that there was no Minister at that moment. That was the state of England. He did not consider that the Tories would, in all probability, be able to form an Administration. They could assured'y have no con fidence in Sir Robert Peel—they had declared that fact loudly and bitterly—they could have no reliance on him. It should likewise be remembered that they (the Irish) could have no confidence in him. Last week he was a Leaguer, this week he may be a Protectionist, next week he may be for something modified ; and he was so much attached to a sliding scale, that he might get on a sliding scale himself, and slip through their fingers.— (Laughter.) They were placed in a curious position. They had no Government, and no pervin coal precisely tell why, They could not tell why the Whigs did not form an Adminiatration—they could not tell why the Tories ceased to be a Government.—(Laughter.) All they knew was that both Whigs and Tories had quarrelled amongst themselves, and that they agreed upon nothing but to differ.—(Laughter.) There was only one point on which they were p , rfectly unanimous, and that was to differ among themselves.— (Laughter.) What was all that to Ireland? that was the re al quesiii to consider. The present crisis was must beneficial. Lo Mr. GRATTAN, M.P., having addressed the meeting, the rent for the week was announced to be 2181. 18s. 2d. The meeting then adjourned. ATTEMPT TO MURDER GEORGE READE, ESQ. The Carlow Sentinel contains the following :—" We learn from a respectable correspondent, that a desperate attempt was made on Monday night last, about nino o'clock, to assassin ate George Reade, Esq., of Duneeshal, near Carnew•, county Wicklow, or rather on the bounds of that and the connty Wex ford The particulars of this dreadful attempt to assassinate a respectable gentleman as com municated to us upon unquestionable authority, are as follows :—Mr. Reade had dined with a friend who re sides in his immediate neighbourhood, Mr. Sawn, of Torebrain, and on his return home at the above hour, he stopped midway between Tombrain and his ow❑ resi dence, at a stream which crossed the road, to water his horse, when a man leaped over the ditch, presented a pistol within a yard of his person and tired, but without effect. The villain then stood to see whether his in tended victim had fallen, and while in that position, Mr. Reade had full opportunity of identifying him as a work. man and tenant of his own, named Ronayne, who, find ing the isle)t had not succeeded, turned round and fled through a fox ccver. Mr. Reade returned back to Mr. Swan's and rode without delay into Carnew, and calling out the constabulary, they proceeded in pursuit of Ronayne, whom they arrested in his bed. His shoes were fitted to the tracks found on the spot by the police, and were found to correspond precisely. Being fully identified by Mr. Reade, who was thus providentially spared to his family, Ronayne was committed to Wex ford gaol on Tuesday, to abide his trial at the ensuing assizes." The following additional particulars are given by the Wexford Independent :—" We are informed that the cause of this horrid attempt was, that Mr. Reade had, on Monday, refused to give gang or quarter land to the man in question, as he was giving it to other men in his employment. Tne reason he assigned for his refusal was, that the man had an improvident family, and he had focnd it requisite, a few months before, to forgive him ten or twelve pounds. At that time he decided on paying his wages weekly, and did so thenceforward. such were the reasons which Mr. Reade himself assigned to the man for refu,ing to give him the quarter land. As the unhappy individual is now in custody, we forbear from further observation. We have reason to hope, however, and indeed to believe, that there was nut a second person in any manner concerned in the dreadful design, nor aware of it. Mr. Reade has nearly fifty persons in his employment, as he occupies about seven hundred acres of land, a great part of which is under tillage. It would be a severe loss to the several poor families thus sup plied with the means of supporting themselves, that the life of their employer should be madly or wickedly taken away. We are sincerely rejoiced that he has escaped without injury ; and, next to this, we feel pleasure in believing that no other individual in his employment, or residing in his neighbourhood, had any part in the nefa riuus intention to terminate his existence." RAILWAY SR sR.E MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, Ditc. 23. STOCK EXCIIANGPL—The sake are—Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool, New Shares, 2 p.—Derbv and Crewe, 2% p.— Grand Junction, 242—Ditto, New Quarter Shares, 33 1 4 p. —Goole and Doncaster, 2s. dis.—Liverpool and Leeds Direct. 20s. dis. —Manchester and Leeds, Fifth Shares, 10 1 / s p.— North Staffordshire, 2N p.—North Wales Mineral, New Shares, 312—Sheffield and Manchester, Quarter Shares, 6 p.—Somersetshire Midland, 1! , 4 dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, Consolidated Thirds, 2 1 4 p.—Ditto, Half Shares, 12s. 6d. p.—Teau and Dove \ alley, is. 6d. dis.—Dutch Rhenish, 2%. MANCHESTER, Dsc. 23. STOCK EXCHANGE. —The sales' are—Clitheroe Junction, 27i 4 —Coventry and Leicester, 1 1 ,4—Eastern Counties, New, 121.165.—Ea5t Lancashire, No. 2, 83,i—Huddersfield, Hali fax, and Bradford, W. 12s. c.—Lancashire and North York shire, 43s.—Leicest-r and Bedford, 228.—Liverpool and Leeds Direct. I%—Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 33A—Man chester and Birmingham, Quarters, 11—Ditto, ditto, 9 Manchester and Birmingham Continuation and Welsh June tion„%—Manchester and Leeds, Fifths, 11 1 4—Manchester and Southampton 2L,—North Staffordshire, 51. Os. 9d.— Shropshire Union Railway and Canal, 87s.—South-Eastern and Dover, Consolidated No. 3, Halves, 3-IVest Riding Union, Si. 14s. 6d.—Nottingham, Erewash, Antbergate, and Manchester, 2—Sheffield and Manchester, Quarter Shares, No. 2, 8 4. HULL, Dac. 23. Srocx Excws.wox.—The news this morning from the Lon don market has ratter tended to revive the drooping spirits of holders here, and consequently there is rather less disposi tion to sell. Reports about ale irregular deposit of plans, &c., as also the incorrectness of many deposited, render tran sactions in scrip of projected lines not only difficult but dan gerous. The sales are—North British (Carlisle), 2% — Grand Union, par—South and Midland Junction, 255. YORK, DEC. 23. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—York and North Mid land Extension, 27—Newcastle and Berwick, 104 —London and York, 3%—Grand Union, IX Welsh Midland, 0/ s . BRISTOL, b)sc: 23. SToexEXCITANGE.—The only sale WAS—Bristol and Exeter. New, 7 1 ,4. _ _ SHEFFIELD, Dee. 23. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are —Grimsby and Shef field, 97 f i—Gnmsbv Extension, 113. p.—North Western, 2% —Wakefield andifitrogate, 11. Bs. 6d. GLASGOW, Dtt. 22. . _ _ STOCK EXCIIANOIC.—The Sales are—Aberdeen, Banff, and Elgin, 35&—Caledonian, New, 10s. p.—Caledonian Ex tension, 584.—Caledonian and Ayrshire Junction, 39 5 ._ Dundee and Perth, 81.—East Indian Railway, 185.—Edin burgh, Glasgow, and Dumbarton, 16s.—Edinburgh and Northern, 725. 6d.—Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 40a. —Glasgow, Eilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 65 s.—Glasgow H ar b o ur Mineral, 39s.—Great North and South Wales, 12s. 6d.—Scottish Central, 13/.—South Midland, 85c.—Stirling and Dumfermline, 425. 6d. INCNNDIARISM.—On Tuesday the metropolitan and city police received information that the outbuildings of Mr. Ktlborn, farmer, of Desly , rough, Northamptonshire, had been set on fire by some vile incendiary, and a barley rick, a pea stack, a bean hovel, a qultaity of straw•, a waggon, and several valuable agricultural implements were entirely destroyed. 1-1 A ME. —A letter from Naples says, "The Em. peror of Russia is expected here. The beggars and pick pockets are all in prison, to be carefully kept there till his visit is over." Perhaps it is well enough to imprison the beggars; but we do not see why the thieves should be denied a sight of their Imperial brother—the pickpocket of Poland.—Puack, (Fitoes A CORRESPONDENT.) The following account of the actual state of this de • voted island may be depended upon. The writer is a telen.ed gentleman, with much industry, and has a wire and eight children totally dependent on his singe exer • tuns. Every word he has uttered is truth. The Direc tors of the Company must rejoice at the departure from office of the trou under Lord Stanley, in a firm beliet that their successors will do quickly, what Lord Stanley Las I:itely most unwillingly promised. There never was a colony so cruelly used or neglected, and • the sooner the Director s of the Company and the relatives of those . unfort u n a t es ' w h o went out under the protection (as they believed) of an honest Government, SPEAK OUT—AND lit LANGUAGE NOT To BE kISUNDEHSTOOD —THE BETTER. It is cruel—it is barbarous—so long to have left them unheeded and unprotected, there to remain the victims of the fearful misrule of the late Governor. Extract of a letter from Moulds; Nelson, New Zea land, May 30, 1845 : I should, indeed, under presetit circumstances, be very cautious how I induced any one to come cut to New Zealand—not that my opiuion of hs , or capabilities is in the emalli st de'grce shored; neither do I see any reason to change the opinion I then formed of the evils lrch were likely to result from the ma! administration of the Company's affairs, the defects of their original plan, and the continued hostility of cur local goverimeht. And yet I am one of the Irene eful in our little .communitv. I believe that vie shall eventually succeed, and that in the face of circumstances discouragieg in no ordinary degree. No vessel leaves our port a about taking away some of our colonists—the last, I am told, taking thir teen families in the steerage ; and of the educated class, out of about fifty, ten were enumerated to me lately as making preparations for leaving. The effects of the original deceit become more and more palpable, and as in all such cases, sooner or later, are now recoiling on its authors. They asserted a body of capitalists Mere prepared to go out to found this settlement. of Nelson. Not one ever came out. They arranged a scheme of I,leo sections of land, and fund a place with barely 500, so that one-half their purchasers must draw a blank, or, what is equivalent, land not worth the experre of cultivation. If this settlement is to prosper, it must be by the representations of actual colonists to their English friends. Now I will venture to assert that not one person can be found here to advise a friend to put his hand in the ballot- hex; and the New Zealand Cern pany itself, if it wishes to preserve any reputation for honesty or fair dealing, cannot allow any one to do so after the strong statements which have been forwarded to it from here. But I much doubt if the Directors will have the opportunity. The late events at the Bay Cf Islands (of which, when you have read the accounts in the Nelson Examiner, on the files of the New Zealand Company's house, you will know as much as we do here), although three hundred miles off, will deter all from venturing to so unsettled a country, where Go vernment tells colonists only thirteen miles from the capital, Auckland, that they are out of the pale of protection. And here again the chalice is returned to their own lips. A Governor sent out to rule 8,000 or 9,000 Englishmen, fixes his seat of government 300 miles off, where thelaxid is already sufficiently occupied by native tribes, most of whom, by pre-ents and mis sionary persuasions, he, induces to sign a treaty making them subjects of Great Britain. lie believes lie can govern these half:civilised, lalf-concerted savages by motel influence aloneovithout any physical force to back him. He dies, and his successor, imbued with the same ideas, as well as conscious of his own inability to enforce compliance with his orders, begins by slurring over the murders atte - xvi,,lfau;tillovit all indiVidual acts of' native aggression, robbery, and vii lence. to go unpunished, and drawing the greater part of his revenue from the Com pany's settlements, tells them en masse they ire inter lopers and trespassers, and if they dare to resist native aggression will do so at their peril. But his Maori sub jeets begin' to be troublesome. They say they did not understand that in signing a treaty they were to pay more for their flour,, sugar, and tobacco than formerly; and, lo the Governor abolishes the customs. They next complain that the treaty does them an injury in preventing them from disposing of their lands to whom soever they please ; and again an ordinance is passed allow. ing all men to buy of them on payment of one penny per acre. Nothing now remained but the mere shadow of allegiance, and accordingly some who did not sign the treaty very logically refused to be bound by its provi sions, and cut down the British flag, once, twice, and a third time, on the last occasion being joined by another party, who, after a sharp fight, enter, sack, and burn the settlement of Russell. They now threaten Auckland, which has already as a settlement for peaceable people received its coup de grace, and withottt a very strong military force and much bloodshed will nor, in my opinion, exist a twelvemonth hence. 'Welling ton has its own troubles. The natives refuse to leave the lands for which they had been paid over and over again, in the hope of still more ; the settlers are, so to speak, penned up in the sown, and how they get on at all is a mystery. Here, at Nelson, we have got on our lands, and the Maoris are too few to annoy us ; and we feel only the moral effects of these distant comtnotiona, being, as it appears, overlooked by our Governor, a ho has never visited us since his ertival, 18 months ago; so that the cause of our standing still must be looked for else% here, I believe thetn to lie mainly in the particulars I have already enumerated. Take my own case, for example. The scheme talks of concentratien and its consequent advantages Of"lnutual aid, protection, and society. I have one neigh bour half a mile off, and one only. The land around is ex cellent, but silent and waste; several settlers would wil lingly have set down beside sue, but cannot; before and fly hind me are native reserves, and on each side unsold allotments, which may remain so my lifetime. 'Low, then, can I ask any one to join me? You will leaner from this account that the agency of your land is merely nominal, and that, with the exception of your town ace trs, you have no title yet given you fer a single foot of ground in New Zealand. Your land at Ma nawatu for years to come will be useless ; that in the Hutt, leading to an extensive inland valley, the Wairarapa, will be valuable as soon as the native& are brought into subjection. Selling or exchanging your land for wood is at present out of the question, even your Hutt land, and as to that at Manawatu, the Cote. parry not being able to give possession, is, I fancy, bound to return the purchase-money." THE ARMY, COURTS-MARTIAL. CIRCULAR ON THE RETURNS 07 Cu It having been deemed expedient to discontinue the detailed half-yearly returns of courts-martial hitherto required from regiments and depots, from the lit Jan. next, I have it in command to notify the same to you, and to call your attention specially to the following instructions, rendered necessary in order that the series of records preserved in this department may be continued uninterrupted by the proposed arrangement:— " Horse Guards, Dec. 6, 1845. "The inner sheets, containing the entries of courts martial up to the 31st instant only, are to accompany the summaries furnished at the first half-yearly inspection after the receipt of this older. Subs. quently to that inspection, general officers are to forward, with their confidential reports, the summaries (without the inner &fleets), and the 'general abstract of the summaries, &c.,' filled up as at present. " The size of the monthly return of courts-martial has been somewhat reduced, and the form slightly altered. As the return will be bound up and preserved as a record in the Adjutant-General's office, commanding officers of regiments and depots are strictly enjoined not to allow the slightest deviation therefrom in any par ticular, and after the Ist of January, 1846, no other Corm of return is to be used. " The greatest attention is to be bestowed on the preparation of this return, and previously to its trans mission it must be carefully examined, and if necessary-, corrected by the general officer, who will make such re marks as he may deem fit in the column se'. apart for that purpose. " As this new form will nut reach regiments at many of the stations abroad in sufficient time to be used for the month of January, 1846, commanding officers, not withstanding they may have already forwarded returns of the old form, are to prepare others of the new one for as many months as the old ones may have been for warded, commencing with the above month, and transmit them to the Adjutant-General. " I have the honour to be, Sir, your very obedient humble servant, (Signed) " JOHN MACDONA...II, Adjutant-General." --- SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. ItiAmciiEsTEß, • TUESDAY Evt:xuso.—Very few subcribers present ; nothing done. SCARCITY OF GRAIN IN INDIA.—The price of grain has again risen in the Calcutta market. Immediately after the recent inundations the prices bad become extremely ex orbitant. Some days after the traffic in rice for exportation was suspended, but has since been resumed, and the people Now are obliged to pay for the &dam rice which they eat, at a rupee and 14 annas per maund, while there is every pros pect of further increase in the price to 2 or 2} r u p ees per maund be . The[nice of grain has likewi se b een enhanced. It cannot procured under a rupee and 10 annas per maund. Other articles, especially those adapted for exportation, have risen in price. It is difficult to say to what extent suffering and distress may be prevalent among the humbler dame, But still the fall of rain in the commencement of Kartick re vived the hopes of good crops. To what, then, is to be ascribed this scarcity of grain in the markets ?—Cal tuna Bhashur, Nov. 4. ANTI-CORN -LAW AIERTING AT DEVONPORT.— The Devonporf Independent says that one of the largest meetings that ever took place at Devonport, assembled within the walls of the Town-hall on Ihursday even ing, for the purpose of considering the propriety- of petitioning her most gracious Majesty that the ports of the country may be thrown open for the free inipor tationshowing the great of corn and every article of food. The requisition to the Mayor to convene the meeting was signed by upwards of 1,200 of the most respectable of the inhabitants, cons prising iterest ‘ t \ tile l t i ß n a a di q ea u l es e ti n o d n ee of u sl r l ' i .a i t m i‘ p ' Ortance to the future comforts, nay, existence of millions of our fellow-subjects in this country and in Ireland. The Mayor took the chair at seven o'clock, and a petition in favour of opening the ports was agreed to with enthusiasm. Mr. Hutchinson, of Trinity College, Cambridge, was received into the Roman Catholic Church, at Birming ham, on Sunday last. We understand that above thirty of the late parishioners of the Rev. Marshall, of Swalloweliffe, Wilts, have, together with their pastor, conformed to the Church of Rome. Mr. Oakeley, late Fellow of Balliol has entered als a student in Theoloo at St. Edmund's College, Hertfordshire, under Dr. Griffiths, Vicar Apostolic Of the London District. Viscount and Viscountess Villiers and the Hon. Miss Villiers arrived in town on Monday, from Upton House, Warwickshire, and on Tuesday went to Worthing, for the ad vantage of the sea air, her Ladyehip being extremely delicate after her recent severe illness. Viscount Morpeth has left Grosvenor-place for Castle Howard. t: p;.•