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wow 0 RLEANS, TOURS, AND BORDEAUX RAILWAY. Capital 65,000,000 of France, in 130,000 Shares of 500 Francs each (2,600,000 d., in Shares of 201.), Of which 70,000 are subscribed in France, and the Deposit paid ; the remaining 60,000 to be subscribed in England. Deposit—One Pound ter Share, To provide the usual Caution-money, or Deposit, required by the French Government, and which will be returned, without any de duction whatsoever, but without interest, upon the production of the Banker's receipt, if this Company shall not become the Lessees of the Railway, pursuant to a Law of the present Session of the French Chambers. SOUMISHONAIRES OR EsEMANDANTS OF TOE LEASE. Mi. ALPHONSE LAURENT, Banker, Blois; ANTOINE LUZARCHE, Chateau de Clavieres and Berry; WILLIAM MACKENZIE, of Liverpool and Paris. STANDING COUNSEL. M. de Haut, Avocat of the Cour Royale, Chevalier of the Legion of Honour, late Chef de Cabinet to the Minister, and now , S tanding Counsel for the Department of Public Works. (The Directors in France will comprise some of the most dis tinguished Members of both branches of the Legislature, locally connected with the districts traversed by this Line, when the law shall have been voted by the Chambers.) DIRECTORS IN ENGLAND. Sir WILLIAM PLUNKET DE BATHE, Barthe, London; THOMAS HOULDSWORTH, Esq., M.P., Manchester; WILLIAM GLADSTONE, Esq., London; ROBERT WILLIAM KENNARD, Esq., London; LEWIN MOSLEY, Esq., Banker, Liverprol; RICHARD PETERSON, Esq., London. SOLICITOR IN LONDON. R. E. Vanheythuysen, Nag., John.street, Bedford.row. BANKERS. Messrs. Denison, Hey,vo4,Kennards, and Co., London; The Union Bank of London; Messrs. J. Earned and Co., Liverpool ; _ The. Bank of Liverpool; Messrs. Cunliffes, Brookes, and Co., Manchester. CONSTITUTION AND OBJECT OF THIS COMPANY. _This Company is founded on the law of the 11th of June, 184 2 , w..nieh provide* for the carrying out of an extensive system of ?nin Trunk Li nes o f -Railway in France, by the joint contribu ,°:s o f the public treasury and private enterprise, and for granting Lease of the Railway to a Company, upon terms to be agreed upon. Among the Railways comprised in this law is the great Line 244 Paris to the Spanish frontier, by Orleans, Tours, Poitiers, Itiler:tie, and Bourdeaux, to Bayonne. The first section; from Paris to Orleans, has already been con. tapt i t° a Company, who constructed it wholly with their own The It was opened to the public in May, 1843. te ase ori ginal purpose of the present Company was to obtain the rtrt h f the second section comprised between Orleans and Tours; av ing obtained a larger amount of capital than would be __ e q Ui red for th a t o bj ect, an d enc ouraged by the terms offered-by the Minister of Public Works, the present proposal of the Com. )Niles,ll embraces the whole distance from Orleans to Bourdeaux, 295 ,7 passing by th e populous c i t i es an d towns o f Bl ois , A m b o i s e, 2 1 ass Chstelleroult, Poitiers, Ansoulentc, and Libourne, to Pordeaux. The works to be executed, at the cost of the State, on the por_ tion between Orleans and Tours, are already so far advanced, that, in the hands of this Company, that important extension of the P alle and Orleans Railway could be opened to the public in tke s tintrner of 1845, with an expenditure of not more than 51. per shire on the whole capital. The Company is reconstituted for this purpose. The Statutes k _ l3l. the Paris and Rouen and the Rouen and Havre Companies have "eon adopted, so far as they are applicable to this Company. The French portion_of the Capital, 35,000,000 francs, is all .nbeeribed, and the Deposit paid, in Paris and in the provinces. Of the 30,000,000 francs reserved for England (1,200,0001.), a n Onsiderable portion is engaged by the Shareholders in the Orleans lad Tours Line of last year, who paid their deposits. • The Board of Directors will consist of eight French and eight English, two of the latter resident in France„2B the representatives a nd guardians o f th e E ng li s h interests in the administration of the Waits of the Company. There will be an Office in London for the registration and transfer of Shares, for which every facility will be a ff orded, imme. m_ 'el! after the Company shall have obtained the authority of a Royal Ordonnance. Weekly reports will be transmitted to the ""glish Directors for.the information of the Shareholders. The Staff of the Company will be composed of the most efficient Persons whose services can be obtained, at the head of every de. P a ttnient requiring practical experience in the details of Railway ra inagera en t. TERMS AND , CONDITIONS OF THE LEASE. The Minister of Public Works has demanded of the Chambers, n the present Session, a vote of 54,000,000 offrancs, to be spread r_ ar Period of six years, for the construction of the works be 'eeu Tours and Bordeaux. Of this sum 4,000,000 of francs will s PPlicable to the service of the present year, 1844, and 0,000,000 for that of 1845. The Proj e t d e L o i , or Bill, for this purpose, and for defining tho t and conditions of the Lease to be granted, has been sub. milted for the approval of the Chamber of Deputies, and is now before a Commission, namely, in that stage which is termed in the billish Parliament, " in Committee on the Bill.'' The following are the principal conditions proposed by the Mi- M Wer and embodied in this Bill. The obligations of the State at e fixed by the Law of 11th June, 1842; and there is good rea. . 8% t o hope that the conditions to be required of the Company, in ir °lll , will not be materially, if at all, modified by the Commis ", or in the subsequent discussion in the Chambers : The Minister of Public Works, its the name of the State, en. Sages to Pay for the. land, and compensation to landowners; to execute the earthwork, masonry, stations, workshops, police sta rs, and buildi ngs o f ever y de sc ription ; in short, to make the itrne, an d its dependencies, up to formation level, be the cost what t naY ; to maintain the earthwork for one year, the masonry r °t two years, and the buildings for five years, after delivery to the 'ftePany. The Company have only to provide, lay, and ballast the perma bent ; way ; fence off the Railway, supply the locomotive and car. i`bl3 stock, work th e Li n e, and maintain it during the term of their Lease. To these alone their liability extends. A Lease for a term of years sufficient to liquidate the Company's !Mire capital, by the operation of a sinking fund of one per . cent., the roved wat compound interest. if so improved, at four per cent., terimould be 41 years and 16 days; if at three per cent., it would extend to 46 years and 324 days. The latter has been pro r3iled by th e Mi n i ster . Th e term commences f rom t h e d e li very, ' the Government to the Company, of the whole of the works on the entire Line to Bordeaux. The entire Line is to be delivered to the Company in work. "le lengths —my between first class stations, and two years after "eh delivery are allowed to the Company for the opening to the Public. The State is to participate equally in the nett profits of the e( "Pany, after ten per cent. to the Shareholders upon the capital UPended namely nine per cent. dividend and one per cent. sinking hind. , The right of the State so to participate in the nett profits does h ot arise until after the first five years of the opening of the Line throughout to Bordeaux. This will Sive to the Company about twelve years of undivided Tours, of the nett profits of the section between Orleans and it The Company are required to surrender the permanent way and tit ie Pendencies, at the expiration of the term, without compensa s but are to b e p a id the actual value of their carrying stock, me tals, and stores, either by the Government or the new Lessees,h it : Within three months after the term of their Lease shall !. %Piro& The tariff, or rate of charge, for the transports of passengers and w. el tbandise is to be the same as on the Paris and Orleans Rail. 7. With a small addition for third-class passengers, to meet the w hi r 4 expense of covered-in carriages, with curtains at the sides, 01 this Company will be bound to provide. RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF SHAREHOLDERS. (Extracts from the Statutes of the Company.) B, rs ,. t ,_ery Share represents a proportional part of the whole Capital of the Company, and will be issued at par. The liability of Shareholders is limited to the amount of the a t ,°ek held by them—a " Societe anonyme" in France, being pre .7tlY the same, in" this respect, as the Railway Company in " d igland, authorised by Act of Parliament. The liability of the original Subscribers to the Company extends n.s, ,71 to three-tenths, or 61. per share, of the amount of their - „ l ntiption. That amount paid up, the shares may be transferred without restriction, and the liability of the original Subscriber eea ses. The anfOunt of each Share shall be payable as foil mvs :--One twentieth on a ll o tment ; one-twentieth within two months after Il e Concession of the Lease shall have been obtained; the re - Wilder by tenths, as the Directors may see requisite, but at in tervals of not less than four months between each call, until the whole 20/. sha I have been paid up. The calls bear interest, after the rate of 4 per cent. per annum, 4 Pon the amount called up, to date from the Royal Ordonnance 4 . U thorising the Company, and payable half-yearly, until the open- R I of the section of the Line between Orleans and Tours, after which the Shareholders wilt be entitled to share, pro rata, in the 41 ' 4 Profits, divided half-yearly. The Shares lilt be in the names of the proprietor by subscrip. tine or purchase, until the whole amount shall have been paid up, *tite r Which the bearer shall be deemed to be the prop rietor, a nd the y Pass from hand to hand like Exchequer bills. eelkilh Possession of one or more Shares carries with It all the nd obligations of the original Shareholder. P ROBABLE VALUE AS AN INVESTMENT FOR CAPITAL. it Wray be laid down, as a general rule , that any R ailwa y havin g „, p ips for one of its termini cannot be otherwise than good. Every 6h areholtler in the English Railways will readily see that the least Productive amongst them would be so, if the dividends were to ba ZnPuted only upon the capital required for completing the uppe r ; kg, fencing, and stocking the Line. This is precisely the case 511 the French Railways now, before the Chambers. The result of one year's experie nce (Ma y , 1844) after the open. l eg the Paris and Rouen, and the Paris and Orleans Lines, and, Et traffic as yet but partially developed, on either, is conclu sive as t o t h e grea t value of the French Railways, as an Investme nt, ender good and economical management. The receipts on the Paris and Rotten Line, upon a length r of : I ghtr-four miles, for the month ending April 30 th, 1844, were , lin B ritish currency, 19,984 1 ., or at the rate of 258,6621. p er Ra U hl• The dividend actually paid from the 9 th M a y to 30th i'teraber last (145Idays) was after the rate of eight per cent. per . 3. ?:, 1 , 40 , exclusive of a sinking fund. The present market price of - ,`2 1 . Share is 371. 10s. rile receipts on the Paris and Orleans Railway, upon a length ei„,ghtr-two miles, for the month ending April 30th:1840, were .1.:' 611 . 71. 2d ,or at the rate of 312,797/. 13s. 2d. per annum. m ere is a . capital of 5(1,000,000 of francs (2,000,0001.) to be Provided for. The present market price of a 20/. Share is 381. It must be borne in mind that, in the case of both these Corn. ' l4 , lee, the whole cost of the land , works, buildings, and of a cot& Ipete carrying establishment, was defrayed out of their own capital. the case of the Orleans, Tour s, and Bordeaux Com p an y , at least;_, one-half, perhaps three-fifths, of the whole cost of the corn. Railway, in the most efficient working condition, will be de. fray by the State! The difference between the capital of the Paris and Orleans .7, E ) Pall (2,000,0001.) and that req uired for the Orleans, Tours, Bordeaux Railway (9,600,0000 which is amply sufficient, is ▪ t erY considerable; while the latter is nearly four times the fertile, of the former, and traverses some of the richest, most and most populous regions of Western, South-Western, s'nd Southern France. The Importance of this Railway may be inferred from the fact th at the twenty-five departments traversed by, or collatera l ly con. p,. _ ted with it, comprise an aggregate population of 9,318,000 " 1 1 ▪ 14 , and contains 283 cities and towns, with a population of 4i16.61"0 persons, to whom the advantages of railway communi. tanthnewin bo_thus afforded. promoters possess the most complete body of statistics ex . relating to the tra ffi c of every description. The details are round, upon official documents, obtained from the Government In Paris and th e l oca l au th or ities in the provinces, under the s anction of a Royal Ordonnance. The Tables are comp lied u p on uponplan pursued by Mr. Robert Stephenson, in his ab l e Re p ort n the Line from Paris to the Belgian frontier. They exhibit the actual traffic only, computed at rates under the Tariff autho. . r !ed to be charged. Th ey w ill b e comm unicated in due time to the Shareholders. A pplications for the remaining Shares, and only in the printed form P r escribed, may be m a d e to M r. W. P. N ee dh am , a t the Temporary cmc s of the Company, 27, Austin.friars, London, of whom, and at the Comp any ' s Banke rs i n t h e coun t r y, Prospectuses and the "_ n of Application for Shares may be obtained. don, 10th May, 1844. NTHE BEST MEDICINE FOR INDIGESTION. 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COURT CI L., VI. f A: ~ it x, - - .. -. 1, - , - , - .:.. , C, 4 , The Right Hon. john 71, oli,J .3 . • e Advocate -444 ..,,, ~ , , General had an audien:,. ... := ,i . : , loterday at iii;k \...44,, ' ' ' s ,'''l l,; ;: r' llife4-4 . --‘c'. tr ir - 1 .7.114-. 4113 .----- * 4 lk, • J ~..,..,;,, _, __„, __ , . ~ __.. r.— . *, ; 64 ' pi, ds, i 13uckingham Palace a , (..,e4 , 4ittid -to Afte ;*ajesty the proceedings of some atirtmartia)..._ 44 1 ,..... , ,f- ,' -.-. ,s. _. . .. • . Her Majesty and Piittee •.4,iert" wlked_ y_esterada • j -4 '` ,3 1 , 00 illi, Lm a.> - „ .., 6 i . : ,,, ,, ' ,44.111 14.111 " .1 4,1.:, : lb" ' t?,.(rA., ...:. , . 4111 : 141e_ " 4 :, 4., -,,,-- _ morning in the Royal Garden; _ _ ,de itoya, - The Prince ifterwl as rode out on horsebac ,attended Oolunel - Wylde, Equerry in Waiti ng . I'h \ 'e Roy a l Family were'tAten their 'accustothed daily airings yesterday in the rtisyvi Gardens of;•Akchingham Palace. His Royal Highness Prince Albert presided yesterday afternoon at a meeting of the Commissioners for pro • moting and encouraging the fine arts in the re-building the Palace of Westminster. His Royal Highness arrived at Gwydyr House, at tended by Colonel Wylde. • The Commissioners present were, the Duke of Sutherland, Viscount Palmerston, Lord Colborne, borne, Sir R. Peel, Sir Robert Harry ;Inglis, Mr. Henry Gaily Knight, M.P., Mr. Benjamin Hawes, M.P., Mr. H. Hallam, Mr. George Vivian, Mr. Thomas Wyse, M.P., Lord Mahon, and the Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay. The meeting broke up at five o'clock, when his Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Colonel Wylde, returned to Buckingham Palace. Lady Caroline Cocks and the Hon. Miss Devereux have succeeded the Hon. Miss Stanley and the Hon. Miss Hamilton as the Maids of Honour in Waiting to the Queen. The Royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace yes terday evening included the Earl of Liverpool, the Earl and Countess of Morley, the Viscountess Hawarden, Lord and Lady Leveson, and Captain Francis Seymour. A self-acting ventilator, for theatres, and other plain's of public resort, intended to admit precisely such a quan tity of external air as will purify the internal atmos phere, and bring it down to a determined point, was sub mitted to his Royal Highness Prince Albert, by Mr. Thomas Wroughton, at Gwydyr House, yesterday. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, attended by her Ladies in Waiting, left Marlborough House in a carriage and four yesterday forenoon, for her residence, Bushy House, Bushy Park, where her Majesty dined, and in the evening returned to town attended by her suite. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloutester was sufficiently recovered from her recent accident on Thurs day, to take an airing in a carriage. her Majesty the Queen Dowager took an airing in a carriage and four on Thursday afternoon. . The Health of Towns Commission sat yesterday and on Thursday, at Gwydyr House, Whitehall. The Com missioners present were the Duke of Bnccleuch, Sir Henry de la Beche, Mr. R. A. Slaney, Dr. D.:B. Reid, Mr. J. R. Martin, and Mr. Smith, 9f Deanston; The Committee of her Majesty's - I'4v Cfinneil on Education, held a meeting yesterday 'at the Council office. The Lords present were—the Lord Lieutenant, Sir Robert Peel, Sir James Graham, and Lord Gran ville Somerset. -4 4 - " A Deputation from the Canal interest, including Mr. P. E. Townley, Mr. W. Beckett, M.P., Sir F. Head, Mr. J. S. Stanhope, Mr. E. Buckley, M.P., Rear-Admir a l Dundas, M.P., Mr. W. Maude, Mr. J. MeadOws, and Mr. T. Wilson, had an interview with the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, yesterday, at the — olfice of the Board of Trade. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England, had a meeting yesterday afternoon, at thi office in Whitehall place. There were present, the Bishop of Rochester, the Bishop of Salisbury, the Earl of Besboroiigh, and the Right Hon. H. Hobhouse. Mr. John Wood, Chairman of the Excise, had an in terview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday. Mr. Lamont had an interview with Mr. Gladstone yesterday, at the Board of Trade. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yesterday. The appeal, " Brownrigg v. Burdet," from the Mauritius, was resumed. Mr. Homily, Queen's Counsel, was heard for the respondent, and Mr. Wigrain, Queen's Counsel, replied for the appellant. The Right Hon. T. Pemberton Leigh, gave judgment on'the part of their Lordships—that there wore not sufficient grounds to disturb the judgment of the Court below ; the appeal must therefore be dismissed with costs. An appeal from the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, " William Meddowcroft v. Harriet Huguenin," was opened by Dr. Phillimore. Dr, Addams was heard for the respondent. The Court rose shortly before four o'clock, and ad journed the case for further hearing. The Lords present were Lord Brougham, the Vice- Chancellor Wigram, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Cornwall, and the Judge of the Admiralty Court. The Marchioness of Hastings and family left Par rance's Hotel, Belgrave-street yisterday, for Donington Park, Leicestershire. IN RE THE WILLS FORGERIES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—In consequence of my name having been most unaccountably introduced in the report of the " Wills Forgeries," I sent the inclosed explanation to the Times. They refuse to insert it, upon the plea that my name was introduced as they reported it at the trials. This I believe is very true, but nevertheless I am not to he continued a victim to this false statement, to which their report gave currency, because a solicitor's clerk used my name instead of his grandfather's, Mr. John Robins, of Regent-street. Probably you will adopt a better and a kinder feeling ; I ask no favour, but merely that the saddle should be removed from me, and placed on the right horse ; this has been denied to, yours, &c., GEORGE ROBINS. Covent-garden, May 11, 1844. THE SUN is Published EVERY MORNING a t FIVE O'CLOCK, in Time for the EARLY TRAINS and TOWN -DELIVERY; a SECOND EDITION (Evening Sun) is Published in Time 'Or the :AFTERNOON TRAINS and a THIRD EDITION at SEVEN O'CLOCK, for POST, Containing PARLIAMENTARI and all other NEWS in LONDON up to that Sour. ADVERTISEMENTS INSERTED in ALL THE THREE PAPERS, Morning Noon, and Nighf, thereby insuring a TOWN and COUNTRY CIRCULATION, at ONE CHARGE. NOTICE THE LONDON OFFICE OF THE STAR PACKET COMPANY IS REMOVED FROM LONDON-BRIDGE WHARF, TO THE OLD SHADES PIER, ABOVE LONDON-BRIDGE, THE PACKET LEAVES EVERY MORNING AT NINE. N B. No charge for wharfage or passengers luggage. Star-office, Thornton's Wharf, April 13, 1844. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. NOTICE OF ALTERATION OF TRAINS FOR WEDNESDAY, MAT 15. In consequence of the Post-Master General having served notice for a change of time in some of the Mall Trains, and for the service of the Mails to and from Exeter to commence on WEDNESDAY , the 15th instant, NEW TRAIN BILLS will be prepared and reauy for livery at all the Stations. The Up Day - Mail Train from Devonport to Bristol is to leave Exeter at 12 46 instead of 11 30, as at present, which will require the London Train from Bristol at 2 30 to be 1 hour and 10 minutes later, leaving at 3 40, and arriving at Paddington at 8 15, instead - The Night Mail Up Train will leave Exeter at 9 35, and arrive at addington at 4 45, Instead of 5 20. The other changes will be seen by the Train Bills. By order of the Directors, CHAS. A. SAUNDERS, Secretary. CALEDONIAN ASYLUM. The FOUNDATION STONE of the BUILDING for the Ex tension of the benefits of this Charity to Female Children will be LAID by the Right Hon. the EARL OF ZETLAND, M.W.G., Master of the F. and A. Masons of England, attended by the Grand and other Lodges of Freemasons, the Highland Society of London, and other Mends of the Charity, on FRIDAY NEXT, the 17th instant. Tickets to view the Ceremony may be had on application to the Directors and Stewards. On the Evening of the same day the Twenty-Seventh Anniversary Festival will be held at the Freemasons' Tavern. His Grace the DUKE of RUCCLEUCH and QUEENSBERRY, K.G., K.T., the President, in the Chair. STEWARDS. His Grace the Duke of Montrose, P.C. His Grace the Duke of Roxburghe, K.T. - The Most Noble the Marquis of Huntly, K.T. The Right lion. the Earl of Dunmore, The . Right lion. the Earl of Zetland. The Right Hon. Lord Haddo. The lion. li. B. Johnstone. Sir George Clerk, Bart., 3i.P., F.R.S. Major-General Sir James Cockburn, Bart., G.C.H. Sir John Kirkland. Major-General Aitchison. Major Anderson. Arthur Anderson, Esq. Benjamin Buad Cabbell, Esq., F.R.S., F.S.A. Edward Calder, Esq. David Dickman, M.D. Thomas L. Donaldson, Esq., of Willlamshaw. William Ewart, Esq., M.P. Robert Ferguson, M.D. • George Forbes, Esq. William Forbes, Esq., of Callender, M.P. Alexander Gillespie, jun., Esq. Alexander Grant, Esq., of Abcrdour. William Hamilton, Esq. George Johnstone, Esq. Robert Low, Esq. A. 11. Macdougall, Esq. W. A. Mackinnon, Esq., of Mackinnon, M.P. Neil Malcolm, Esq., of Poltalloch. James Matheson, Esq., of Achany, M.P. Eneas 3Pintosh, Esq. Charles M'Lachlan, Esq. George Gordon M'Pherson, Esq. James Nisbet, Esq. William Rutherford, Esq., F.R.A.S. Crawford Simpson, Esq. Lieut.-Colonel W. H. Sykes, F.R.S., F.G.S. Dinner on the Table at Six o'Clock. Tickets 20s. each, to he had of the Stewards; of the Directors; at the Bar of the. Tavern ; and of the Secretary, at the Institution, Co penhagen-flelds, Islington. ALEXANDER AI`KENZIE, Acting Secretary. COMMERCIAL BANK OF LONDON, lIJJ 3, MOORGATE-STREET, LOTHB CRY, and 6, HENRIETTA STREET, COVENT-GARDEN, MAy 6, 1844. DIRECTORS. RICHARD WALKER, Esq., 31. P., Chairman. GEORGE BULPETT, Esq., Deputy Chairman. Henry Barnewall,Esq. I John Harvey, Esq. Thomas Barnewall, Esq. Edward Stillingloet Cayley, Esq., M.P. W. R. Collett, Esq., M.P. Jonathan llopkinson, Esq. Edward Oxenford, Esq. George Rennie, jun., Esq, John Shewell, Esq. James A. Douglas, Esq. Thomas Grimsditch, Esq., M.P. John, Taylor, Esq. Charles Weld, Esq. 3IAsAGEn—Mr. Alfred R. Cutbill. SOLICITORS—Messrs. Amory, Sewell, and Moores, and Messrs. Norris and Sons. Notice is hereby given, that an EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of the Shareholders of this Bank, will be holden at the Banking House, 3, Moorgate•street, in the city of London, on MONDAY, the 3d day of June next, at One o'clock precisely, at which the fol lowing resolutions will be proposed for the approval or disapproval of the Proprietors, viz.:— Resolved-1. That the denomination of the Shares of this Com pany be reduced from 1,0001. each to 1001. each, and that such altera tion be carried into effect by the insuring of Ten New Shares of 1001. each, in exchange for One Share of the present amount. 2. That so much of Clause 62 of the Deed of Settlement, which pre scribes the number of Votes each Shareholder shall possess at the General or other Meetings of this Company, be repealed, and that the following scale of voting be substituted in lieu thereof, viz.—holders of One Share of 1001. One Vote ; Thirty Shares of 1001. each, Two Votes ; Fifty Shares of 1001. each, Three Votes ; Ono Hundred Shares and upwards of 1001. each, Four Votes. 3. That so much of Clause 51 of the Deed of Settlement which re quires that the qualification of a Director shall be One Share of 1,0001. be repealed, and that in future the qualification of a Director shall he Ten Shares of 1001. each, and further, that the words " Six Months" contained in the sante Clause be expunged. and that the words " Thirty Days" be substituted in lieu thereof. 4. That the - Dire'ctors he empowered t declare a Dividend out of the profits of the Bank half-yearly, if and when they think fit, and without calling a meeting of the Shareholders for that purpose. By order of the Directors, (Signed) A. R. CUTBILL, Manager. MONEY. GRAND DISTRIBUTION of 70,170/. sterling, authorised by his Imperial Majesty, and the Government of Austria, on the Ist JUNE NEXT, at Vienna. Highest Prize, 23,0001.; Lowest, 501.: 700 Prizes.—Apply for pro spectusos, to Messrs. F. E. Fuld and Co., Bankers and Receivers.. General, Frankfort ; or, to save postage, at 26, Bouveric-street, Lon don, by letter only, from Twelve to Three. SALE BY SH ARE S; OF THE FOLLOWING VALUABLE PROPERTIES:— I. A PRINCELY CHATEAU, with the Grounds and Ap purtenances belonging thereto, situate on the banks of the Lake of Geneva, Switzerland, valued at • • • • • • • • • • • • £32,000 2. A SPLENDID MANSION, and Its Dependencies, situated in the town of Vevay, Switzerland, valued at • • • • • • • • • • 3. A FINE BATH HOTEL, and its Dependencies, with a very abundant Spring of Mineral Water, situated on the banks of the Lake of Geneva • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • - 5,000 3,000 Forming a Total (In 40,000 Shares of LI each) 0f...... £40,000 The Sale will positively take place in - the town of Sion, Canton of Valais, Switzerland, on the 16th of SEPTEMBER, 1844, whatever may be the number of Shares sold at that time. The value of the Shares sold will be deposited in the hands of Messrs. Rougemont, Brothers, London, until the transfer of the property to the new proprietors. For Shares, Conditions of Sale, Prospectuses, &c., &c., apply, post paid, to Mr. Frederick Quin, General Agent for the United Kingdom, No. 25, Southampton-street, Strand ; or to Mr. Joseph Thomas, No. 1, Finch-lane, Cornhill, London. IMPERIAL RUSSIAN-POLISH LOAN of 150,000,000 Florins (of 1835), IMPERIAL AUSTRIAN LOAN of 30,000,000 Florins (of 1839), guaranteed by their Majesties the Emperor of Austria and the Emperor of Russia. GRAND DISTRIBUTIONS AT WARSAW AND 'VIENNA. In the Russian-Polish Man the following Dividends will be reim bursed :—One of 1,000,0000., one of 300,00011 , two of 150,0000., six of 25,000 ff., eight of 14,00011., &c., together 7,000 dividends, gaining 7,970,0000. Smallest dividend 75011,1argest 1,000,00011. In the Austrian Loan 700 bonds will obtain 701,700f1 , in lots of 230,0900., 50,000f1., 15,00011., 10,0000., &c. Smallest dividend 5000. 10 florins are equal to IL sterling, a trifle more or less, as per day's exchange. The prices are -1 Russian-Polish Scrip for £2 10 1 Austrian Scrip for £3 0 4 do. do. do. 10 0 6 do. do. 15 0 9 do. do. do. 20 0 13 do. do. 30 0 Payable by bank notes, remittances, or drafts. Dividends re-hn bursable at Frankfort, Paris, London, or New York, at the option of the holders To save postages, foreign subscribers may apply to his houses in Paris, New York, and at Mr. A. Schwarzschild's, 1, Plough-court, Lombard street, London, by fetter only. Prospectuses, with full particulars, and Lists of the Distribution, promptly forwarded to every share holder abroad . J. A. SCHWARZSCIIILD, Banker and Receiver-General. Frankfort-on-Maine, April, 1844. A Florin being 25., it follows that a fifth share at 12s. in the Austrian Government Distribution is relatively much more valuable than ono Red Bond in the private speculation of the 25th. R OWL AND'S ODONTO, Or, PEARL DENTIFRICE. Under the Patronage of her Majesty the Queen, the Royal Family, and Nobility, and the several Sovereigns and Courts throughout Europe. A fragrant White Powder, prepared from Ofi ntal Herbs of ines timable virtue for strengthening, preserving, and cleansing the Teeth. It eradicates the factitious formation of tartar, and by the removal of that extraneous substance, lends a salutary growth and freshness to the gums. It removes from the surface of the teeth the spots of in cipient decay, polishes and preserves the enamel, substituting for dis. colour and the aspect of impurity, the most pure and pearl-like whiteness ; while, from its salubrious and disinfecting qualities, it gives sweetness and perfume to the breath, bestowing at onceclean. liness, and the appearance and reality of health. Price =s. 9d. per box, duty included. CAUTION.—To protect the public from fraud. the Hon Commis sioners of her Majesty's Stamps have authorised the Proprietor's signature to be engraved on the Government Stamp, thus— A RO WL AND & SON, 20, Hatton-Garden, Which is affixed on each Box. Ask for " Rowland's" Odonto, All others are Fraudulent. Coun. terfeits. EXTRACT FROM OLD MOORE'S' ALMANACK FOR MAY, 1844. " CARE OP HEALTR.—The human frame often suffbrs greatly during this season, the hurtful influence of which is assisted by the premature adoption of the dress of summer. Those on whom the blight of consumption has fallen, frequently sink under it about this period, though the disease had commenced its ravag . s many weeks or months anterior to its fatal close. Al l unnecessary exposure on the part of such delicate persons to the morning and evening chills, should be carefully avoided. Also the full and plethoric will be be. nefitted by the use of cooling medicines, as PA ltR'S LIFE PILLS, and very temperate diet; as a tendency of blood to the head is not uncommon among such, giving rise to apoplexy and other fatal die. eases of the brain. Young and stout persons even require some cooling purgative, as PARK'S LIFE PILLS, which will lessen the heat of the akin, and perfectly cleanse the system." PARR'S LIFE PILLS are sold b all respectable Medicine Vett ners. See the words PARR'S LIP E PILLS, in white letters on a red ground, on the Government Stamp.— Sold in boxes at Is. 134(1. 2s. 9d., and family packets Ils. each. MORISON'S PILL S. GENERAL AGENTS FOR THE SALE OF THE ABOVE MEDICINE IN LONDON AND ITS VICINITY : Medical Dissenter Office, 388, Strand. Mr. Field, 65, Quadrant, Regent-street. Mrs. Good, 53, Cambridge-street, Edgeware.road. Mr. Lofts, 3, Park-place, Mile.end-road. Mr. Chappel, 81, Lombard-street, Cornhill. Mr. J. Kaines, 20, New-road, St. George's-in.theEast. Mrs. E. Dare, 55, Watling street. Mr. Baldwin, 33, Great Tcwer-street. Messrs. Hannay and co., 63, Oxford-street. Mrs. Mueller, 128, Tottenham-ceurt-road. Mr. Norbury, Post-office, Brentford. Mr. Loose, 7, Sloane-square, Chelsea. Mr. Batten's Library, Clapham. Mr. H. Langley, 53, Great Chart-street, East-read, Hoxton. Mr. R. Johnson, Pa fumer, &c., 68, Cornhill. Mr. William Hallet, 83, High Holborn, Mr. Porritt, High—street, Deptford. Mr. Killick, Dorking. Mr. Harrowell, Epsom. Mr. Lincoln, Finchley. Mrs. Merchant, Walham.green, Fulham. Mr. Saw, Grocer, Hammersmith. Mrs. Boulter, London-road, Kingston. Mr. T. Hussey, Peckham. Mr. Edmonds, Poplar. Miss smith at the Library, Straines. Mr. Porritt, 9, Royal Hill, Greenwich. Mr. S. Thompson, Library, Barnet. Mr. Kempson, Chsrsey. C A UTlON.—Boware of Counterfeits. No Chemist or Druggist is authorised to dispose of this medicine. None can be genuine without the words " MORISON'S UNIVERSAL MEDICINES" are engraved on the Government Stamp, in white letters upon a red ground. British College of Health, No, liamiltql•plAch New•road liondon. BANK EIItiLAND, MAY 7, 1844. TLE COURT of DIRECTORS of th e GO TERROR and COMPANY of the BANK of ENGLAND give Notice, That the GENERAL COURT, held at the Bank this day, is ADJOURNED till MoNpar NEXT, the 13th instant, at Eleven for Twelve o'Clock. JOHN KNIGHT, Secretary. NATIONAL ANTI-CORN-LAW LEAGUE. THE WEEKLY MEETING of the LEAGUE JL will be held in the THEATRE ROYAL COVENT-GARDEN, on WEDNESDAY EVENING NEXT, May 15. GEORGE WILSON, Esq., will take the Chair precisely at HALF-PAST SEVEN O'CLOCK. The meeting will be addressed by James Wilson, Esq. ; Rev. John Burnet, of Camberwell ; Mr. Turner, of Othery, Somerset shire, farmer ; and other gentlemen. Cards of admission may he had on application at the Offices of the League, on Monday and Tuesday, between the hours of eleven and four o'clock. Applications for Private Boxes to be made personally or by letter on Monday. The cards of registered Members will admit, as heretofore, to Pit and Galleries. DOORS TO BE OPENED AT SEVEN O'CLOCK PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY. The FOURTH CONCERT will take place on :MONDAY EVEN ING NEXT, when will be performed Mozart's Sym. in E flat, Men delssohn Barth°May's in —, Beethoven's Overture, Leonora Fidelio (first time in these Concerts), and Spohr's Faust. Solo Performers—Piano Forte, Mr. W. S. Bennett : Violin, M. Auguste Pott. Vocalists—Mademoiselle Castellan and Herr Staudigl. Single Tickets, One Guinea each, and Double Tickets 1/. 10s. To be had of Messrs. Cramer and Co., 201, Regent-street. WILSON'S SCOTTISH ENTERTAIN MENTS, MUSIC-HALL, STORE-STREET, BEDFORD-SQUARE. On MONDAY EVENING, MAT 13, at Eight o'clock, MR. WILSON will give (Second time) his Entertainment, entitled JACOBITE RELICS, In which he will sing some of the most popular Stomp of the 'l5 and the '4.5. PROGRAMME. PART I.—flavors and his Ilighlandmen—Share hae ye been sae brew, lad?—When the King comes o'er the Water—Mother, Mother, hear the News—The Chevalier's muster-roll—The Blackbird— Donald M`Gillivray-0 cam ye here the fight to shun—The Piper o' Dundee. PART 11.--Kenmure's on and awa, Willie—Lord Derwentwater's Good Night—Awa, Whigs, awn—The sun rises bright in France— Wha will ride wi' gallant Murray—Oh send Lewle Gordon hame— He's coming again. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (YESTERDAY.) CLE-RKENWELL. Six young women, aged about 17 years, named Mar garet Glynn, Margaret French, Mary Willis, Sophia Cole, Mary Brown, and Eliza Maynard, were charged with creating a riot in the Clerkenwell workhouse, of which they are inmates, with assaulting the master, and tearing his coat. It appeared from the evidence of Mr. Harnet, the mas ter, that the prisoners, who have been repeatedly con victed of misconduct in the workhouse, were, at half past seven on the previous evening, at the windows of the establishment, and " larking " with some young men who were outside the walls, and throwing stones over the walls. He had repeatedly told the prisoners not to go into that part of the house, and on this occasion desired them to leave it. French, with an oath, exclaimed she would not leave the place. Willis likewise refused. They then went into ward 28, and became very riotous. Witness called Smith, the gate-keeper, and then at tempted to remove French; but all the other prisoners attacked them in the most violent manner. Cole, Wil lis, and Brown snatched up saucepans, plates, pots, and pans, and flung them at witness, swearing they would murder him. Willis swore she would job his eye out. Willis—Yes, and so I will. - Witness—French said she would run me through With a knife. French—And I'll do it yet.. Witness—They sharpened a knife in the presence of the overseer, a few clays ago, and swore they would stab four other girls, who refuse% to join them in their mutiny against the workhouse authorities. Witness proceeded to say that the prisoners tore his coat almost into rags, and kicked him on the legs and body ; they would have overpowered him, had he not obtained the assistance of four of the male paupers, and some police-officers, by whom the prisoners were ultimately. secured. The whole workhouse was in a state of uproar ; the paupers jumped out of their beds, and 200 of the inmates were drawn to the place by the silents and screams of the prisoners. Four other witnesses gave testimony to the same effect. The conduct of the prisoners resembled that of Furies. Cole flung a chair at the master's head, which by stooping he avoided, and the chair was shivered to atoms against the wall. They hallooed, swore, screamed, and fought like Amazons, and nothing could exceed the consternation and excitement which prevailed in the workhouse. The prisoners, in their defence, stated that two of the men the master bad called were lunatics. Mr. BROUGHTON inquired if such were the case, and the master admitted that two of the men were of diseased mind, but it was in a case of necessity he obtained their aid. In answer to another question, Mr. Hemet said there were 510 paupers in the house. _ Mr. BROUGHTON said the visiting justices at the pri sons, in their reports, had stated that the greatest con fusion and disorder were introduced to the prisons by the workhouse paupers who were confined there ; and they complained of the magistrates sending so many of them to prison. In Marylebone parish a person had contracted to take 200.0 f these disorderly characters to the colonies, but the interfereriCe of a Member of Par liament put a stop to it. Nothing could be worse than the conduct of the prisoners ; but that of the master, in bringing those demented . poor creatures into a conflict of this description was injudicious and indiscreet. He would sentence French and Cole to pay a fine of ten shillings, or six weeks' imprisonment ; and the other , four prisoners to three weeks' imprisonment, without fine. George Osborne, a weather-beaten old seaman, was charged by Gri ffi ths, an excise-officer, with unla wfully exposing for sale a pint of bandy. The offence was clearly proved, and the prisoner fined 251., or three months' imprisonment. Maria Graham, a young woman of mild and pre possessing appearance, was charged with endeavouring to drown herself. The officer being on duty . near the New River at Newington on Wednesday night last, between eight and nine o'clock, heard a loud splash in the water, and on running to the place saw the prisoner struggling in it. She had left her bonnet and cloak on the. bank. After some diffieulty he succeeded in dragging her out, and, on turning his lamp upon her, was surprised to recognise her as it modest and respectable young woman, whom he had known for years. She was very decently con nected, and her conduct had always been a model of' propriety in the neighbourhood in which she resided. She cried bitterly, but 'refused to tell why she had attempted to destroy herself. He removed her to the Hackney workhouse, as she was very ill, and there she had remained since. The poor creature, on being questioned by the Magis trate, sobbed bitterly. • She said her mother was alive, but bed-ridden, and unable to support herself; and she (the prisoner) was a dress-maker by trade, but became so much reduced that she felt herself obliged to seek parochial aid, and went into the Hackney workhouse some time ago, where she stayed until Monday last, when she left it to see her sister. She remained with her - sister at Kingsland until Wednesday evening, when she again applied to be received into the Hackney work house;but the officer there refused to admit her because she did not -return on Monday night. Mr. Dawson gave her an order for admission to the house for the desti tute, but her feelings were so 'wounded at being obliged to stop in such a place that she resolved to destroy her self, but was very sorry for what she had done. Mr. BROUGHTON said he lamented to see a person of such respectable appearance, and apparently virtuous disposition, in such a condition, and would be happy to afford her all the assistance in his power. For the pre sent, however, he would send her back to the workhouse. MARYLEBOIVE. Yesterday a very well-dressed man, about 35 years of age, who at the station-house said his name was James Thompson, but refused, on account of his connexions, to give his ad dress, was placed at the bar before Mr. Long, charged with having conducted himself in the following most extraordi nary m anner towards the wife of Mr. William Gutteridge, a highly-respectable gentleman residing at No. 28, Upper Montagu-street, Montagu-square : The lady was not present, but her husband, who wit nessed the shameful behaviour of the prisoner, and who was therefore enabled to give all the required particulars, was sworn. He stated, that upon several occasions within the last week or ten days the prisoner had called at his residence, which was to be let furnished, and that he represented him self to be Sir Arthur Shield. He spoke particularly . as to his wish to have stabling for his horses and carriages ad jacent to the house, and, after a little conversation, he was requested to call again, which he did, and he then grossly in sulted his (complainant's) wife. Mr. LoNG—Is your wife present? Complainant—She is not, Sir ; but I think that my evidence will be sufficient with out her, as I saw all that took place with regard to the offence for which the prisoner is brought here. Mr. LONG (to complainant, who seemed very much ex cited)—Be more calm, and state slowly all that you know of the matter. Complainant—The prisoner had been at the house at twelve o'clock yesterday at noon, but nothing was then defi nitively agreed upon ; and at six o'clock in the evening he paid another visit, when he fell passionately in love, all at once, with my wife. Mr. Loxo—Were yOu present at the time you speak of, or do you not state merely what your wife or some one else may have told you? Complainant—l bad just been admitted into my house, Sir, after being out nearly the whole of the day, and while I was on the first landing I heard the prisoner, who was in the drawing-room with my wife, say to her, " To tell you the truth, I am very much in love with you ; and, will 20 guineas a week be of any service to your house?" My wife immediately said, "What do you mean, Sir; I don't understand you ?" And at the same moment he exposed to her his person. Mr. LONG—In what situation were you placed, so that you could observe this ? Complainant—l could see all that oc curred through the opening which there was between the back part of the door and the wood work to which the hinges were attached. The door was partly open at the time. Mr. LONG—Having seen what you have mentioned, what did you do? Complainant—Hearing my wife scream out at the time of the infamous behaviour taking place, and having seen what I have described, I instantly rushed into the apartment, at the entrance to which my wife flew into my arms ; I collared the prisoner, whom I shook and designated as a rascal and a villain, when he screamed out " murder " as loudly as he was able. A police-constable came to the house in the course of a few minutes, and he (prisoner) was taken into custody. Complainant produced a book of a grossly indecent nature, which the prisoner had thrown from him prior to his being given in charge, and it was also shown that he had torn up several cards and pieces of paper on which were written the addresses and names of various lodging-house keepers, with their terms of rental, &c. He was searched at the station house, and in his possession were found a number of gold rings. The prisoner was further questioned as to his name and place of abode, but he positively, refused to give them, saying that the disclosure thereof might seriously affecthia interests. He admitted having conducted himself improperly and indis creetly, but denied that he had acted so infamously as had been described. Mr. LONG regretted that, as no assault had been proved, ' he could not punish the prisoner, inasmuch as the offence al leged against him had not been committed in a streetorpub lie place, and he must, therefore, be discharged; an indict ment might, however, be preferred against him. Ile was subsequently charged on a warrant hw with having threatened to do injury to Mrs. Walters, 4 , odged, and that Paddington, with whom it was proved he l Soutick-st his name was James Whiting.' He was held to bail to keep the peace. WORSHIP-STREET. Yesterday a stylishly dressed man, named Thomas Wright Esterbee, was charged before Mr. Bingham with the following outrage upon Mrs. Caroline Hancock, a respectable ma rr i e d woman residing in Shaftesbury-street, New North-road. The c omplainant, a delicate -looking woman, and evidently in an ill state of health, stated, that while proceeding through the New Nort h- ro ad on the preceding evening between 9 and 10 o'clock, on her way home, she saw the prisoner, who was a few paces in advanceof her, seize hold of a modest looking woman, and attempt to take improper liberties with her. The woman repulsed him indignantly, and succeeded' in getting away from him, and the witness, fearful that he might serve her in a similar manner, left the pavement and went into the carriage way to avoid him' ; but the prisoner, who saw her do so, instantly sprang after her, and began puffing her about in a - very offensive manner. She pushed him from her and tried to escape, when the prisoner raised his fiat ezd struck her 4; the face 3 ate indignantly gays hinl a slight box on the ear, upon which the prisoner repeated his blow, and, seizing hold of both her arms, shook her violently. She succeeded iu extricating he rse lf from his grasp, and hurried down her own street, but was quickly followed by the prisoner, who again seized her by the arms and con tinued holding and striking her, until an elderly gentleman, who had been a witness to a part of the outrage, came up to her assistance, and rescued her from the prisoner's hands. Mr. H. Lara, the old gentleman just referred to, said he was coming up Shaftesbury-street, when he saw the com plainant struggling energetically with the prisoner, who had a tight hold of both her arms, and occasionally let go of •one of them to:strike her repeated blows on the chest. He went up and remonstrated with him upon his unmanly conduct, but the prisoner refused to relinquish his hold of her, and the witness was obliged to forcibly drag him away from the complainant, on doing which, the latter, who was greatly terrified and exhausted, instantly fell to the ground. The prisoner then took to his heels and ran down the road, but a person who now came up, and who had seen the latter part of the transaction, pursued him and gave him into custody. The prisoner, in defence, said he had been drinking with some friends and had become inebriated, and that he really had not the slightest recollection of acting in the manner that was imputed to him ; if he had, he was very sorry for it, but he thought that the assault must have been accidentally committed. Mr. BINGHAM inquired what station in' life the prisoner occupied ? The prisoner said, he was an officer in the service of the London Dock Company. , Mr. BINGHAM said, if a person in a humble station in life were brought before him for this offence, he should have ample powers, in proportion to that person's means, to inflict upon him an adequate punishment; but he regretted to say that the Legislature had not invested magistrates with suffi cient powers to deal with offenders in the station the prisoner occupied. He, therefore, felt it his duty to call on the pri soner to find bail to answer the charge at the sessions, to which he should send it, as any fine he could inflict would be wholly inadequate to the merits. The prisoner was about to be removed, when the corn- plainatit stepped forward and begged the Magistrate to spare her the pain and annoyance of appearance again in a public Court, and urged him to deal summarily with the case. Mr. BINGHAM, after some hesitation, said, that in conside ration of the delicate state of the prosecutrix's health, he should, though with great reluctance, accede to her applica tion; he should therefore sentence the prisoner to pay the highest penalty it was in his power to inflict, namely, 5/., and in default of payment he must undergo 21 d a y s ' imprison ment and hard labour in the House of Correction. The fine was immediately paid, and the prisoner dis charged. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. CITY, FRIDAY EVENING. TIMES.—The premium on gold at Paris is 12 per mile, which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 10id. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25 451 ; and the exchange at Paris on London at short being 25 571, it follows that gold is 0.48 per cent. dearer in London than in Paris. By advices from Hamburgh the price of gold is 435 per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 31.175. lOid. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13 10; and the exchange at Hamburgh on London at short being 13 .94, it follows that gold is 0.12 per cent. dearer in Hamburgh than in London. The course of exchange at New York on London is 1081 per cent., and the par of exchange between Eng land and America being 109 23-40 per cent., it follows that the exchange is 1.08 per cent. against England. But the quoted exchange at New York being for bills at 60 days' sight, the interest must be deducted from the above difference. SUN.—Consols leave off scarcely so good as yesterday, being 991 to;. There were no sales of importance how ever. The New Three-and-a-Half per Cents. were 1021. There was no alteration in the unfunded debt. The rise in Spanish Bonds was supported up to the termination of business. The Five per Cents. being 241 4 ; and the Three per Cents. 35i to j. Mexican Bonds improved to 351 to ; and Venezuela were at 40 to 39f. Dutch Five per Cents. brought 100 f. The additional transactions in Railway Shares have been these :—Birmingham and Gloucester were 9 ; Blackwall, 9f to ; Brighton, 5f- ; Harrowgate and Knaresborough, f discount ; Bristol and Exeter, 7 to # ; Eastern Counties, New, 61 ; Great Western, 42i to 42 ; Birmingham, Quarter, 251 ; Manchester and Birming ham, 19 ; Norwich and Brandon, 7 to 1 ; Sheffield and Manchester, Quarter, 6 ; Paris and Orleans, 18 to ; and Paris and Rouen, 17 I s premium. The exchange on Paris, Amsterdam, and one or two other of the leading continental cities were firm this afternoon. COURSE OF EXCHANGE.-(YESTERDAY.) Amsterdam CE. 12 6 Gibraltar — Ditto, at sight l2 4 Leghorn 3O 50 Rotterdam 2U. 12 6i Genoa 25 90 Antwerp • 25 95 Milan — Hamburgh M.B. 13 15 Venice 47 Altona — 13 15 Paris, 3 days' sight 25 65 Ditto, 3 months 25 85 Marseilles Bourdeaux 25 90 Frankfort on Maine 122 i PetarsbuFgh, 3Us 364 Berlin 7 Vienna, effee. fl. 3 M 954 Trieste, ditto Madrid 364 Cadiz Bilbao 36 Barcelona 36 Sevilla — Naples 39 Palermo, per oz ll7 Lisbon 534 Oporto s3i Rio Janeiro 23 Bahia 23 Buenos Ayres — NewYork,2ldys sight Philadelphia — PRICES OF BULLION, PER OZ. Foreign Gold, bars. .£3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin 3 17 5 New Doubloons 0 0 0 New Dollars 0 4 9 Silver in Bars 0 0 0 SOUTH LANCASHIRE ELECTION. MANCHESTER, THURSDAY, EIGHT O'CLOCK.—Expectation is on the tiptoe here as to who are to be the candidates, neither party up to this hour having launched their man. So much anxiety and excitement on a question of the kind was never known to exist here before. A great many names on both sides have been mentioned, but rumour is but little to be depended on. The Tories at their county meeting held yesterday, at Newton, are said to have seriously named but three men—Mr. Pemberton Leigh, of Wigan, a retired bar• rister, holding the office of Chancellor of the Duchy of Cornwall, and at one time a Member for Ripon ; Colonel Wilbraham (brother of the deceased Member) ; and Mr. Egerton, third son of Mr. Egerton, of Tatton. Of these gentlemen, all belonging to well known aristocratic families, it is said that Mr. Pemberton Leigh was decidedly the favourite, but it is now currently reported that all of them have been waited upon, and declined the contest. On the Liberal side equal uncertainty prevails. At a meeting last night, it is said, a deputation was appointed to wait upon Mr. Charles Townley, Mr. S. J. Lloyd, and Mr. Pascoe Grenfell, which left town by a late train on its mission ; but.that letters from London this morning had brought in formation to the effect of a proposition having been made to the gentlemen mentioned, anticipating the deputation, and all of them had positively declined to come forward. In the meantime the League, who, it is expected, will no minate a candidate in the event of a free trader not being started by either of the pblitical parties, is looked to with something like impatience ; and Mr. Cobden's name is on almost every tongue, not only in Manchester, but in Liver pool, Ashton, Bury, and otherlarge towns ; and he is spoken of both by Tories and Liberals in a manner that implies the confident belief that he would carry everything before him if put forward, and that such an opportunity of showing the progress of free-trade principles in this great county, ought not to be lost. The only explanation we can give on this point at present is, that the time for the League to step for ward with a candidate is not yet arrived. TEN O'CLOCK.—Since writing the above, a report has been generally prevalent in Manchester, that the Tories having failed in all other quarters, have waited upon Mr. W. En twistle, a retired manufacturer, and have prevailed on him to stand. In the face of this a placard has appeared on the walls, calling a meeting of the Conservative electors for four o'clock to-morrow evening, " when a candidate will be announced," and it does not seem probable that if they had already fixed upon a man they would wait till to-morrow evening before they announced him. The greater probability is, that they are "yet at sea" for a man, but expect by that time, through some of their deputations now sent out, to have been more successful. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) . MANCHESTER, FRIDAY MORNING.—The free-traders have fairly got the start of the monopolists in bringing out a can didate for the suffrages of the electors of this division of Lan cashire, and this evening the address of the candidate will be circulated throughout the country. The gentleman who has thus manfully come forward to fight the battle of free trade is William Brown , Esq., Liverpool, the head of the extensive house of William and James Brown and Co., who are well known for their him' e mercantile transactions. th e ir e c t a i n- The Tories, it is expected, will not settle up n didate until Monday next, when they holdanoth er , ng at Newton-in-the-Willows. Sir Georg e Murray and William Garnett, Esq., are spoken of. Catholic, rather too much o board, because he is a Roman Manchester Chairman of the League, Sir George Gerrard has been unceremoniously thrown over- f This a dose for some of the Liverpool and Tories to swallow. Esq., Esq., of the council of the League,to Liverpool went as a deputation to with vn . It is expected that he will be in Man chester,Georgßrooks and will publish his address, this evening. The most sanguine expectations exist that the monopo lists will be defeated. During the last three years the Free Traders and Liberals have paid great attention to the state of the register, and they are iu the highest spirits as to the result. EXTRAORDINARY SCENE IN A POLICE COURT.— - Y T esterday a female name d Sh e pt on wa s s u mmoned at Union-hall by another female named Evans, for assaulting her in the public streets. The defendant, who was far ad vanced in pregnancy, exhibited during the examination VMptoms of approaching labour, and her groans led Mr. Traill to believe she was about giving birth to a child. He ordered Kent, the officer, to convey her home in a cab to No. 10, Park-street, in the vicinity of the Court, and send her husband to become bound for her future conduct. On her arrival home the officer assisted her up stairs, where she was put to bed, and having seen that everything was pro vided for her comfort, he left her. About an hour after wards the complainant came into the Court and informed the magistrate that on her arrival home she was assailed by the defendant, who was laughing at the deception she had played upon the Magistrate. Mr. Traill thereupon or dered a warrant to be issued for her apprehension. • Lord Brougham, who has not presided at any public meeting in Exeter Hall since 1838, is to take the chair at the anniversary meeting of the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society, on Friday the 17th instant. Many well-known and old friends of the cause are likely to be pre sent, and among the rest Daniel O'Comell, Esq., M.P., has signified his intention to attend. • SALES /Si AUCTION PERIODICAL SALE OF REVERSIONARY INTERESTS, ANNUITIES, LIFE POLICIES, and all descriptions of SECURITIES dependent upon human life, ADVOWSONS, NEXT PRESENTATIONS, SHARES, DEBENTURES, &c. MESSRS. FULLER and MARSH, having adopted the system of periodical Sales by Auctlon,are enabled to offer to persons expectant or otherwise interested in the sale of the above description of property the most prompt, economical, and satisfactory mode of disposing thereof, as by ciassifying these interests and properties in the same particular and for the same day much expense is avoided and a far greater competition secured. The Periodical Sales fbr the present year will take place as follow :—Thursday, June 6 ; Thursday, July 4 ; Thursday, Aug. I; Thursday, September 5; Thursday, October 8; Thursday, November 7 ; Thursday, December 5. .. _. The next Periodical Sale will take place at the Mart on Thurs day, June 6. Messrs. FULLER and MARSH beg to call the attention of the public to the economy and and expedition of this system of business, as they are, thereby, enabled to put up each property for the small sum of two guineas and a half, in cluding all expenses, should a sale not be effected. Parties desirous of disposing of property of the above descrip. tion, in the next Periodical Sale, should forward the full psalm. lars, on or before the 20th inst., to Messrs. Fuller and Marsh's offices, 2, Ch arlotte.row, Mansion.house. MESSRS. DEBENHAM and STORR wil SELL, at their Rooms, King-street, Covent-garden, on WEDNESDAY, May 15, at 11, a very extensive assemblage of FOR FEITED PROPERTY, comprehending. gold and silver watches by the most. esteemed makers, elegant diamond rings, pins, brooches, and studs, fine gold chains, necklaces, bracelets, rings, and other orna ments, modern plate and UFtlbeld plated articles, capital double and single-barrel guns and plSlbls, linen and Woollendrapery, hosiery and silkmercery, a large assortment of ladies' and gentlemen's apparel, table and bed-linen, bed-furniture, looking-glasses, carpets, household furniture, and effects, pledged in'months prior to June, 1843, with the following pawnbrokers, viz. :—Debenham, Queen's-row, Pimlico ; Fleming (the late), Brewer-street, Golden-square ; Greenley, Broom field-place, Deptford ; Herbert, Farringdon-street ; Lamb, late Thompson, Sloane-street, Chelsea ; Thomson, East-street, Mulches= ter-square ; Vaughan and Cotterell, late Mr. Vaughan, Strand. May be viewed and Catalogues had at the Rooms on the day pre ceding and morning of sale. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY, 26, CORNHILL, LONDON. Capital -£500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. The many novel and varied advantages bestowed by this Institu tion, both in its life assurance and deferred annuity departments, par ticularly the power to borrow two-thirds of premiums without ex pense or ferfeiture—the great reduction of rates on short policies— the option of selecting benefits and converting policies so as best to suit the interest or necessity of the policy-holder during life, as well as to afford the full benefit to his family at death, and annual division of profits, have already been so well appreciated by the public, that the Society's great success and growing prosperity enabled the Di rectors, at their General Meeting in May last, to add to each policy on the profit scale a bonus averaging fifty-five per cent. on the amount already invested ; and this bonus, according to an equitable scale, may either be paid in cash, or applied in reduction of Mum premiums EXAMPLES. Policy. Annual Bonus Cash Prem. Entry. No Age. Sum. Prem. Added. Bonus. Reduced. X X s.d. X s.d. X s.d. £ s.d. 1837' 39 59 1,000 67 8 4 132 14 6 58 19 9 819 4 1838...... 114 56 3,000 175 15 0 296 9 7 123 0 6 16 9 7 Another Bonus will be declared in the present year. DEFERRED ANNUITIES. The best and most varied provision for after-lifehitherto offered — every 21. 12s. per annum, paid from the ag e o f t wen t y , w ill, a t sixty five, give the policy-holder the choice of an annuity of 471. 16s. 6d., or 3491. 11s. cash, or policy at death of 466/. Similar advantages at fty, fifty-five, and sixty, through an increased annual payment— two-thirds payments lent at any time, and two-thirds returned to re presentatives la cases of premature death. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Sec. pROMOTER LIFE ASSURANCE and AN NITITY COMPANY, 9, CHATHAM-PLACE , BLACKFRIARS, LONDON. Established in 1826. _ .... This Society is supported by an ample subscribed Capital, and by a considerable accumulated premium fund. Assurances are effected at a low rate of premium, without profits, or at an increased premium, with participation in the profits of the Office. A Bonus in ready money, at the rate of 15 per cent. on the pre miums received (equivalent to a reversionary bonus of about 30 per cent.) was declared in May, 1842, on all beneficial policies on which three annual premiums had been paid in the previous De cember. A division of the profits takes place every five years, and the hold ers of beneficial policies can receive their bonuses In ready money, or have them applied in augmentation of their policies, or in reduction of their future premiums Assurers may contractt o pay their Premiums either in one sum, in a given number of payments, in annual, half-yearly, or quarterly pay ments, or on the ascending or descending scale. Officers of the Army and Navy, on active service, Persons afflicted with chronic and other diseases, and such as are going beyond the limits of Europe, are also Assured at moderate rates. Prospectuses and all necessary Information may be obtained at the Office. MICHAEL SAWARD, Secretary. G UARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSUR ANCE COMPANY. No. 11, LOMBARD-STREET, at the Entrance of the Old Poet- !Aire. kozillon- DIRECTORS. JAMES MORRIS, Esq., Chairman. JOHN LABOUCHEAE, Esq., Deputy-Chairman. Henry Hulse Berens, Esq. John W. Buckle, Esq. John Dixon, Esq. Francis Hart Dykc, Esq. Sir Walter B. Farquhar, Bart. Thomson llankey,jun., Esq. John Harvey, Esq. George Johnstone, Esq. John Loch, Esq. Lewis Loyd, jun., Esq. George Lyall, Esq., 31. P. Stewart 3f arjoribanks, Esq., M.P. John Martin, Esq., M.P. Rowland Mitchell, Esq. Robert 3litford, Esq. Henry R. Reynolds, Jun., Esq. John Thornton, Esq. James Tulloch, Esq. A. W. Robarts, Esq I Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq. Samuel Joues Loyd, Esq. George Stone, Esq. ACTUARY—Griffith Davies, Esq., F.R.S. In the LIFE DEPARTMENT, a Bonus was declared in June 1829, exceeding one per cent. per annum on the sums insured, on an average of the different Ages ; and two subsequent divisions of nearly equal amounts were made up to Christmas 1835 and Christmas 1842. On an average of the three divisions the Reversionary Bonuses added to the several Policies at the end of every seven years amounted to about 27 per cent. on the total premiums paid thereon during those seven years, and the whole amount of Bonuses allotted at the three Septennial divisions exceeded 530,0001. In the FIRE DEPARTMENT, a Return of bi per cent. was de clared on the 7th of June, upon the premiums received on Policies which had been in force seven years and upwards at Christmas 1842, and such return is now payable at this office daily (Friday and Sa turday excepted) between the hours of ten and three o'clock ; or by the respective agents in the country. GEORGE KEYS, Secretary. PUBLICATIONS. T HE BEST AND CHEAPEST ILLUS TRATED RERIODICAL OF THE DAY. THE BUILDER, an Illustrated Weekly Journal. A publica tion fitted alike for the drawing-room, the studio, the office, the workshop, and the cottage. Price 3d. ; stamped, 4d. The Numbers may be had separately, or in Monthly Parts. Vol. 1., containing up wards of 300 illustrations, elegantly bound in cloth, lbs. 2, York-street, Covent-garden ; and of all Booksellers. e A C c hri e°u st n i t an of - • - SECOND EDITION OF MAJOR lIARRIS'S SHOA. This day, 3 vols. Bvo. Map and coloured Plates, 425. THE HIGHLANDS of ETHIOPIA; being Em bassy t: h th e c E o i ur gh t te o e f n s 3 h fo o n a th . Author of " Wild Sports of Southern Africa." Second Edition. 1,.." Independently of its interest as an animated narrative of travel s il ' Residencey3laior C. W. avßrHitiAßsh HARRIS, and adventure in an unexplored country, Major Harris's work, from the means of communication with the interior of Africa which it dis closes, is one of the most important which have appeared in the pre sent century, and one which promises to point the way to extensive good."—Colonial Quarterly Revie.v. London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. Medium octavo, in arabesque binding, price 10s. 6d. WALKS ABOUT THE CITY AND EN VIRONS OF JERUSALEM. By W. H. BARTLETT. Illustrated by Nine Engravings on Steel, by Cousen, Bentley, and 13randard; a Map ; and nearly Forty super i o r Woodcuts. The object of this Work is to give a correct idea of the present state of this memorable city, from personal observation. The Walks" embrace th e p r i nc i pal o bj ec t s o f i n terest ; many of whi c h have not been dra wn or d escribed in any prev i ou s publication. London : Georg e Vi r t ue, 26, Ivy-lane, and sold by all Booksellers. Just out, No. 2, Price 2d. CAPTAIN PIDDING'S CHINESE OLIO and lJ TEA TALK. CONTENTS :—Chineso Theory of the World, and the Origin of Go vernment—Desperation and Ferocity of Chinese Tartar Wars—Life of Tsin-che Hoang-jo, Emperor of China, Builder of the Great Wall, and Incendiary of the Books of the Chinese Empire—Chinese Proverbs— China Quicksilver—Life of Candida Ilia, a Christian Chinese Lady, grand-daughter of a Chinese Cala°, or Chief Minister of State. " Her loss was bewailed by the poor as their benefactress, by the converts as their pattern, and by the Missionaries as their best friend." Med hurst—Missionary—China, its State and Prospects. The TEA TALK, besides other matters interesting to the Tea Trade, contains a Weekly View of the Tea Markets. Published by the Proprietor, Captain John Rhodes Pidding, at No. 22, College-hill, Thames-street;, and at No. 11, Crane-court, Fleet street. Sold by all Booksellers in Town and Country. Twenty Thousand of No. I were disposed off the first week. Svo. cloth, full gilt back, price 45., THE SISTERS; or, ENGLAND and FRANCE. A ROMANCE of REAL LIFE. By H. COCKTON, Author price edges, with numerous Wood 3s. 6d., of " Valentine Vox," Stanley 'Thorn," &c., illustrated with 70 En gravings, designed by Kenny Meadows and Alfred Crowquill. 12m0., complete in lEvnsrol. THE DRAMATIC WORKS of SHAKESPEARE. With Life, by Chalmers. a Selection of Scripture Stories, In Square 16ms•, elot g h extra, pee Prose and Verse, illustrated with 6 Engravings on Steel. London: G. 331, Strand, Opposite Somerset House. PrToIIEIktOTIIEI.toGeIF:T. Itein6 TIIE PHYSIOLOGY OF THE PASSIONS. " There are passions grateful to the breast, And yet no friend to life : perhaps they please Or to excess, and dissipate the soul, Or while they please, torment." Elegant pocket edition (20 engravings) price Is., by post Is. 6d. THE. PHYSIOLOGY OF THE PASSIONS, their Purport and Control. On Chastity, its abuses and diseases arising therefrom—on Marriage; its duties and denials—on infeli citous and unproductive unions.—Law of Divorce, &c. By It. J. CULVERWELL, M.D., Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, &c. " But happy they, the happiest of their kind, Whom gentler stars unite; and in one fate, Their hearts, their fortunes, and their beings blend." Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Carvalho, 147, Fleet-street llannay, 63, Oxford-street; Mann, 39, Conadll ; and the Author, 21 Arundel-street, Strand. At home, daily, till Two; evenings, Seven till Nine. INFLUENZA AND FEVER. DR. NORRIS'S DROPS are a certain remedy for Fevers, Colds, Influenza, and all Diseases that arise from obstructed perspiration. The Medicine here recommended to the Practitioner, and the Public, possesses qualities of the most mild and beneficial nature; it is composed of articles known to be the most anti-putrescent, combined with the ingredient known to the profes sion, as the only certain antidote for Fevers of every description. When the disease is produced either from cold, obstruction, bad air, swampy and damp situation, or putrid miasma, whether malignant or epidemic, or by other causes, this medicine is certain in its opera tion and effects, it produces the most gentle and salutary perspiration. and by a specific quality, peen , iar to Itself, not only expels the disease, but restores and invigorates the system. These celebrated Drops have had the unbiassed testimonies to their invariable effects, of numbers of the Nobility,:Gentry, and Medical men of this Kingdom, and the extensive dema nd fo r them Com . the West Indict and America, prove that in those countries they are held in equal es- Imation. The Genuine will have engraved on the Government stamp, Thomas Norris Moore." • _Sold in bottles at 2s 9d.", lls.; and family biAtles, at 225. each, by awards, 67, St. Paul's Churchyard ; Sanger, MO, Oxterd-str.eet White, 24, Cymbal and ulpst sopectable Cberqieti. Pianoforte, Mr. LAND. Front Seats, 2s. 6d. ; Back Seats, 25.; Private Boxes for Six, 155.; for Eight, 11. Programmes and Tickets may be had at the Music shops, and at the Music-hall. In the Press, the MUSIC in MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS. Mr. Wilson's Morning Entertainments at Two o'clock, in the Ha nover-square Rooms, on Wednesdays. HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY of LONDON. EXHIBITION AT THE GARDEN. The First Meeting will take place on SATURDAY, the 18th of May ; subjects for Exhi bition must be at this (Alice on Friday, the 17th ; or at the Gardens before half-past Eight o'clock, A.M , on the day of Exhibition. The gates will bo opened at One, r.st, Tickets are issued to Fellows at this office, price ss. each ; or at the Garden, in the afternoon of the days of Exhibition, at 7s. 6d. each; but only to orders from Fellows of the Sociey. N.B. No Tickets will bo issued in Regent-street on the day of Exhibition. 21, Regent-street. MUSIC OF ITALY. Without Extra Charge to the Public, at the ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. The Directors have engaged Mr. C. E. HORN, to deliver A. SERIES of LECTURES on the MUSIC of EIGHT different NATIONS. The MUSIC of ITALY commences on the 13th instant, and will be continued during the week, on Monday, Wednes day, and Friday Evenings, at Eight o'clock ; and on Tuesday, Thurs day, and Saturday, at Three o'clock, with VOCAL and INSTRU MENTAL ILLUSTRATIONS. All the other LECTURES and EXHIBITIONS as usual. LONGBOTTOM'S PHYSIOSCOPE and OPAQUE MICROSCOPE. NEW DISSOLVING VIEWS, ARM STRONG'S HYDRO-ELECTRIC MACHINE, &c., &c. Admission, Is.; Schools, Half-price. GUILDHALL, MAY 9, 1844.—The COM MITTEE for LETTING the CITY'S LANDS will MEET at Guildhall, on WEDNESDAY, the 29th day of May inst., at Twelve o'clock at noon, to receive TENDERS for a Deputation and Lease for three years, from Midsummer next, subject to a power of resump tion, of the °Mee or place of COLLECTOR and RECEIVER of the CITY'S TOLLS and DUTIES at Whitechapel-bars, and all the Li berties of this City from thence southward to the Custom-house, to gether with the same tolls and duties. Also a like Deputation and Lease of the City's tolls and duties at Bishopsgate-bars, and all the Liberties of this City, from thence westward, to the site of the late togetheriltelii. t o h s p t h i t e a l ;ti, i a n n e d t e l l a s s a t w n d a r d d . t t i c o s Wh A i l t s e o c h a a l p i e k l e - b p a r e s, pu t e a l i c o l si ve, and Lease of the City Tolls and Duties at Aldersgate-bars, and all the Liberties of this City from thence eastward to the site of the late Bethlem Hospital, including Cripplegate and Moorgate, together with the same tolls and duties. Also a like Deputation and Lease of the City's Tolls and Duties at Smithfield-bars, and all the Liberties of this City from thence eastward to Aldersgate-bars, exclusive, to gether with the same tolls and duties. Also a like Deputation and Lease of the City's 'rolls and Duties at Holborn-bars, and all the Liberties of this City from thence southward to Temple-bar, and eastward to Smithfield-bars, exclusive, together with the same tolls and duties. Also a like Deputation and Lease of the City's Tolls and Duties at Temple-bar, and all the Liberties of this City, from thence southward to Puddle-dock, together with the same tolls and duties. A deposit of three calendar months' rent on each district of the tolls is to be made at the time of the meeting of the Committee on any tender being accepted, and to be forfeltei on non-performance of the contract, and three calendar months' rent is to be continued to be paid in advance. The conditions for letting the said tolls may be seen at the Comptroller's-office, Guildhall. The Tenders arc to be sealed up and delivered at the said Office, before Twelve o'Clock on the day of the Committee's meeting, after which time no tender can be received ; and the party tendering must attend the Committee at One o'Clock precisely. THOMAS SAUNDERS, Comptroller. GEORGE AND ANGEL COMMERCIAL INN, STAMFORD. L. LASEGUE has the honour to thank the C• Commercial Gentlemen who have so liberally patronised his House, and begs to solicit a continuance of their favour, assuring them that nothing shall be wanting to promote their comfort, &c. Wines and Spirits direct from the Docks. Home-brewed Ales. Loose Boxes. ... a. IRONMONGERS.—A GOOD WHOLE SALE and RETAIL GENERAL IRONMONGERY BUSI NESS, in a flourishing market town in the west of England, TO BE SOLD. For particulars, apply to Mr. Etheredge, commission agent, Yeovil, Somerset. F.MPLOYMENT.—Persons having a little time to spare are apprised that Agents continue to be appointed in London, and country towns, by the East India Tea Company, for the sale of their celebrated tea. Offices, No. 9, Great St. Helen's-churchyard, Bishopsgate-street. They are packed hi showy leaden canist ers , f rom one ounce to a pound, with the price and weight marked on each packet, and but little trouble is occasioned by the sale. The license is only I Is. per annum, and many during the last seventeen years have realised con siderable incomes by the agency without one shining let or loss. Application to be made (if by letter post paid) as above. SELLING OFF, CARPETS, CHINTZES, SILK and WORSTED DA MASKS, TABOUR ETS, and CA BINET FURNITURE. LUCK, KENT, and CUMMING, of No. 4, Regent-street, opposite Messrs. Howell and James's, beg respectfully to inform their Friends and the Public, that in consequence of one of the Partners retiring, they intend relinquishing their West-End Establishment, and are Selling Off at less than Prime Cost. A splendid Aubusson Carpet, 18 by 15, at Half Price. The Lease of the Premises to be Disposed Of. OLD PATTERNS BRUSSELS CARPETS. Ladies who do not object to purchase Carpets of last year's de signs, have now an opportunity of selecting from upwards of 1,000 Pieces of magnificent dining and drawing•room BRUSSELS CAR PETS, at an immense reduction from the original price. Thus the richest white grounds and C-Intz colours, Comber patterns, original price ss. 9d. and Os. 6d. per yard, will be sold at 3s. 9d. to 4s. 3d. Three threads reduced from 48. 9d. to 3s. 6d. per yard, and the best medium Brussels 2s. 6d. to 2s. 9d. per yard. These goods, originally intended for shipping, are consigned for sale to the NATIONAL LINEN COMPANY, and are for i ns p ection at their Warehouses, 105, Fleet-street, corner of Farringdon-street, tot born of Ludgate-hill. Patterns sent to any part of London. IVERYTHING . for the TOILET at mEcurs MANUFACTORT, No. 4, LEADENHALL-STREET, London. Superior hair, nail, tooth, shaving, and flesh brushes ; clothes and hat brushes ; combs, washing and shaving soap, various nail and corn instruments, razors, razor strrps and paste, and shaving powder ; ladies and gentlemen's dressing-cases, either with or without fittings, in russia leather, mahogany, rosewood, and japan ware ; ladies' com panions and pocket-books, elegantly fitted ; also netting Voxes, en velope cases, card cases, note and cake baskets, beautiflil inkstands, and an infinity of recherche articles, not to be equalled in London. INEVILLE DANIELL, at present, and for I twelve months past, residing at Charlotte-street, Fitzroy square, in the parish of Saint Pancras, and county of Middlesex, and being a dentist, do hereby give notice that I intend to present a petition to the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street, in the city of London, praying to be examined touching my debts, ostate, and effects, and to be pro tected from all process upon making a full disclosure and 'surren der of such estate and effects for payment of my just and lawful debts ; and I hereby further give notice that the time when the matter of the said petition shall be heard is to be advertised in the London Gazette and the Sun NeWspaper one month at the least after the date hereof ; as witness my hand this 29th day of April, in the year of our Lord, 1844. NEVILLE DANIELL. Witness, H. D. Rushbury, 3, Mitrc-court, Ely-place, Holborn, Mid• diesex, solicitor. IJOHN COLLINS, at present, and for six , months past, residing at No. 20, Blackfriars-road, in the pa rish of Christchurch, and county of Surrey, and being a dealer in toys and fancy articles, and for twenty-four months previous residing at No. 17, Bateman's-row, in the parish of Saint Leonard's, Shoreditch, and county of Middlesex, and being a dealer in toys and fancy articles, do hereby give notice that I in tend to present a petition to the Court of Bankruptcy, Ba singhall-street, praying to be examined touching my debts, estate, and effects, and to be protected from all process, upon making a full disclosure and surrender of such estate and effects for pay ment of my just and lawful debts ; and I hereby further give notice, that the time when the matter of the said petition shall be heard is to be advertised in the London Gazette and in the Morning Sun Newspaper one month at the least after the date hereof; as wit ness my hand, this 29th day of April, In the year of our Lord, 1844. JOHN COLLINS. Witness, Henry B. Silvester, attorney, 19, Great Dover-street, Newington, Surrey. IJONATHAN PATTEN, at present, and for 9 twelve months past, residing at No. 27, Paradise-street, in the parish of St Mary, Lambeth, and county of Surrey, and being a messenger in the Colonial-office, and also during part of the same time having an office in Birchin-lane, in the city of London, as naval architect, do hereby give notice that I intend to present a petition to the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street, London, pray ing to be examined touching my debts, estate, and effects, and to be protected from all process, upon making a full disclosure and surrender of such estate and effects for payment of my just and lawful debts ; and I hereby further give notice, that the time when the matter of the said petition shall be heard is to be advertised in the London Gazette and in the Morning Sun Newspaper, one month at least after the date hereof; as witness my hand this 6th day of May, in the year of our Lord, 1844. JONATHAN PATTEN. Witness, J. T. Johnson, attorny for the said Jonathan Patten, 86, Cornwall-road, Lambeth, Surrey. SILVER-PLATED DISH COVERS. AB. SAVORYand SONS, Manufacturing • Silversmiths, 14, Cornhill, London, opposite the Bank of England submit for choice in their Plate rooms, many Patterns of SILVEILPLATED DISH COVERS, of Sheffield Manufacture, from Fifteen to Twenty Guineas the set, viz. -- . Double Dome Pattern. The Melon Pattern. Size. £ s d. Size. £. s A. Plated Dish Cover, 20in. 5 13 6 1 Plated Dish Cover, 20 in. 5 17 0 Dish Cover, 18 in. 4 7 6 1 Dish Cover, 16 in. 4 14 6 Dish Covers,l6 in. 512 6 2 Dish Covers, 14 in. 6 6 0 111MIMIO=M11.•• .MM.1101• Per set £ l5 13 9 Per set he above have silver handles and mountings, and silver shields for engraving the crest or coat of arms. A Price Current, illustrated by Drawings, and containing every information relative to the purchase of Silver or Sheffield Plate, may be had on application, or will be sent into the country, free of postage, lit iiapvcr to a paid let*. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIME. Covent-garden, May 7, 1544. MR. EDITOR—With all my regard for publicity, I beg to observe, that I only covet it in its pure and legt. timate form; but I must not be mixed up, nor have my name used gratuitously in such a case as " The Will Forgeries." The moment I read the statement which I no v extract from your journal, I lost not a moment in writing to Mr. Bramall, whose clerk (Robert Peckham) had made, it should seem, this involuntary blunder; thus I endeavoured without delay to get an antidote to the poison; but I have been obliged to receive Mr. Bramall's illness as his excuse for this long silence. I first give the very equivocal terms in which my name was introduced. It will easily be inferred that, with a very independent reliance on my name and character, I am, nevertheless, exceedingly.averse to having any allusion made to either in such a nefarious transaction. Now mark how a plain tale shall correct this voluntary association. Just let me observe, that neither directly nor indirectly db I know one single person included in these trials, and I thank my stars, not one who was instrumental in these robberies—. that I never received or benefited a single guinea by the will of any human being duting my life. Tbis will probably put an extinguisher on: any one who might have been sceptical about this 1,000/. On 'Perusing the following equivocal lines in the"lrfrnes, of April 15th, the evidence given by Robert Peckham, bier to Braman-- -7,-- l'here are three besides this, which form the sub ject of indictments ; there is another which is sot the subject of indictment ; and there is one in -Which Mr. Bramall, my present employer,las since received 1,0001., for which he is very thankful. That was the case with Mr. George Robins." I instantly wrote the following to Mr. Bramall:— " IN RE WILL FORGERIES. "Covent-garden, April 18, 1844. " Sin—l am anxious to know what is the circum• stance that has connected my name with this affair. Your clerk, Robert Peckham, has introduced it, and as' I have no knowledge whatever of any of the parties, or their deeds, that could render the use of my name essential, I shall feel obliged, if you will enable me to correct this in the public journals. I am, &c. "ToJ. E. Bramall, Esq. " GEORGE ROBINS. " 5, Verulam-buildings, Gray's-inn." His reply to the above, it should seem, has been de layed by illness, but it is betterlate than never : " 5, Verulam-buildings, Gray's Inn, " May 4, 1844. " SIR—I beg to apologise to you for not having before answered your letter, but I was confined to -my bed for some time by severe illness, and my clerks, in the hurry of business, neglected to write you as instructed. I trust you will pardon the neglect. The report in the Times was incorrect, as my grandfather's name was John Robins, and he is the party re/erred to. The 1,0001. was obtained from the unclaimed divi dends about two years ago, and paid into the Court parties entitled to be a of Chancery, to the account of the suit of' Ullerton v. Robins, and I am one of the sharer at my father's death. trust this explanation will be satisfactory, and am, your obedient servant, .4 T o George Robins, Esq. " J. E. BRAMALL. Es. My grandfather was Mr. JOHN Robins, late of Regent-street." In conclusion, it should seem this said gentleman in- tended his observations to apply to his grandfather, John Robins, of Regent-street, who was not in the slightest way related to me. It is very disagreeable to direct pub lic attention to anything personal to myself ; but, as I have, on several occasions, been complimented on my good fortune in the receipt of this 1,0001., I hasten to correct the impression. —I am, your obedient servant, GEORGE ROBINS. SUSPECTED MURDER.—lnfOrthatiOD has just been communicated to the Windsor police of a singular discovery which was made a morning or two since, in a field belonging. to Mr. Murrell, a farmer residing near Surley-hall (about two miles from Windsor), which leads to the supposition that a murder has recently been committed in that vicinity. Two labourers, in the employ of Mr. Murrell, found in a field of wheat, on the farm, a very handsome red silk velvet bonnet, and also a lady's cap, trimmed with lace, with the riband torn off, and lying near it. Close to the same spot were also found a lady's false front of plaited brown hair, and a dark shawl. Upon making a further search the men discovered, in another part of the field, where there was every appear• ance of considerable struggling between two or three parties having taken place, a lady's silk waistband, and likewise a pair of men's braces, with the button holes evidently forcibly torn away. From this point footsteps were clearly, traced to a hedge (leading into another fiilth--in the direction of the Thames), where a quantity of human hair was found hang. a es m of murder ing to the branches. This spot is secluded from the public, and upwards of one hundred yards from an y path or road. A respectably-dressed woman was seen walking with a 5(4. p Bier e r r e l a w t S e r u e r l d e i y s c - o h v a e l l r c o d n . t h u e n e c l i - c e r n t i n h g e i b li e l f p o r r es e s t i ohne that articl has been perpetrated, and that the body has been thrown into the Thames, the river has been dragged for a consider able distance, but no traces have been discovered of the body. The Windsor police have been actively engaged in the endeavour to unravel the mystery in which the affair is involved. NAVAL INTELLIGEKCE, WOOLWICH, MAY 10.-.- The Sydenham, steam-vessel, Lieut.-Commander Mapleton, will be ready for sea to-marrow, and is under orders to ea& on Sunday, May 12, from Woolwich for Cronstadt, to bring home Loid Stuart de Rothesay, from the Court of St. Peters -1 burgh. The Hon. Frederick Curzon, promoted from the \Royal Victoria and Albert steam• vessel, has been appointed additional lieutenant to the Sydenham ;. and she will take out Mrs. Kuper and family to Elsineur, and Mr. George Gordon, Secretary of Legation, to Stockholm. 3 • of tro or of tlt• Lts 0 11. oat re 13 :10 dord )1 . of l' , r icic- of At r