The Sun. — London, England, 1845-03-19 00:00:00

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Any Proprietor t ntending be% tisl , candidate, or to propose some other Proprietor as a candidate, sv 1 urteeu dais tita,:lognit'Y his intention in writing, to be left at the Company's at least before the day of election. a POP °9111 : or Ire o l et ioe e 00 101 1 00 be 0; 0 Lindue,c9oll p ool as Pra dried' t, ; °,ON 00N., WEDNES!)A MORNING SIT N 7 MARCH 19, 1845. sp e c bu ir [On " J . 0A• . By order of the E. PELL, Secretary. 44, u .Loorgate-street, March 19, 1845. PRIOR sd. THE 9UN i s Published EVERY MORNING at FIVE 0 CLOCK, in Time for the EARLY TRAMS and TOWN DELIVERY; a SECOND EDITION (Evening Sun) is Published in Time for the AFTERNOON TRAINS and a THIRD EDITION at SEVEN 0 CLOCK, for POST, containing PARLIAMENTARY and all other NEWS in LONDON up to that Hour. ADVERTISEMENTS INSERTED in ALL THE THREE PAPERS, Morning, Noon, and Night, thereby innering a TOWN and COVNTRY CIRCULATION at ONE CHARGE. SPANISH PASSIVE BONDHOLDERS!! CAUTION. .. __ RE HOMEOPATHIC TREATMENT THE LATE INQUEST ON MR. CORDWELL. the jury they could not prosecute the inquiry any fur ther, the evidence of the medical men being so conclu sive, the Coroner concurs in the monstrous ejaculation of this jury. The REASON is now to be inquired into. Do not be tempted by the trifling rise in this Stock to sell. Your Stock is now scarce, and remember M. Mon, the Spanish Minister of Finance, has pledged himself to propose to the Cortes a settlement of the whole Foreign Debt of Spain. Is the Active Stock, then, only to be converted, and our interests be neglected? Believe it not. YOU': 1001. Bond is now worth but 71. If you will but be firm, another month will make them worth 171. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS N nR--------------- E W SBUKY and BIRMINGHAM Th e Nit to RAILWAY. b .! . to tb _ _ TEE of MANAGEMENT think it their duty to i f ,'", t Flig b e "L rroprietors that the negotiations which have been gt . l . l_e p ur Z s een this Company and the Grand Junction Company, 41 0 ,;` , of TV of carrying out this line, as recommended by the - ttlai s. g , hare ceased ; and, consequently, that no amalgams. I,llm— ' ' 5 in oontemplation.—By order, `----,.:_-,..!tt ste GEORGE KNOX, Secretary. gel „ eet, March 18, 1845. ti L/14 ') Az SFORD and BURY RAILWAY. 4 41ti k TRAcT f t tt.,_ET B OARD the REPORT of the RAILWAY DE- V iwilln s , of t he BOARD of TRADE, on the Sehemes for 0 00 ,...= RAILWAY COMMUNICATION In the COUNTIES 44 6 .1 . 711 and SUFFOLK. i k , ith r e lloumt f Conunons to be printed, 4th Marsh, 1845. .I,,,Neet i to the London and Norwich Direst Railway scheme, 11 4 ,Zei t tb ;r RIC map will show that it does not fully ae•ommo 111111iur.thinlY-Peopled district through which it passes. It goes iii.•__mi s z? but the convenience of the smaller towns between ;7411 4 .11nsted is sacrificed to obtain a short line. We are con "oFteitzliCsrteihregh-traffic will not, in this case, be suffice, sit to ee. - -4 e,„.. railw ay ; and we believe that both the through and ,- 1l —em• be called into action to ensure a 'moderate return on 114 7 . ' L k 4 sees r titi ''eh a „orY, in this part of our report, to advert to a railway ktk il ther o ',..srisford and Bury Railway,' projected but not tk...itte t b ed ' 'ornament, the plan, and section, and trans tables of kel; t ilte i n submitted to the Board of Trade. This railway : 4 4: he treyi,creiri accommodate a more populous diftre p t . than t that 1 - Nt l e oeshow. that b i T m th e e e L b o e nd d o o n ne si a d t a l'i m o moderate te lrec t • R ai l way. therei v 1( b h 1, 1 feeling in its favour, evinced by the memorials ' which 1,4 1, 1114til recelred by the Boad of Trade fl•om the inhabitants le% e ll ; Halstead, Sudbury, and other places between Chelms -14721 p i ,, who ae of opinion, that if the direct line be sane illite ti ;'ontent, r they will be debarred from all chanoe of being li k i t ili k t t-"" * placed on a line of railway ; moreover, its promoters , , r . to distance, it gives as short a communication to ‘l%2l',w h erY as does the London and Norwich direct line. e ' w inter: 'Peaking thus ef the Bury and Chelmsford scheme, I kltsit o urselves against implying that we have formed an , kikiliet r i t — La erits orclemerits, or to whether or not it is required Nltliesi,"' We now only advert to the scheme in order to show in_ *e h 15 direct and short line of railway between Bury and „ tt itsZ, 4 l kne s ,i ric l ui rld. line alleged to be as direct end as short , lik Do —, 'which, at the same time, will accommodate a more it, skin teation. And, further, that as the London and Nor 11/4&lsvee ft e ,,, tr "erees a district but thinly inhabited ; that as it - e vhi 'grd the best accommodation to this district; that as I; ib, eit tn ., ° might come upon it, supposing the Ipswich and :l b - 0 4 .7 0 n line were made would not be sufficient to support 51(1414 l td' if it were required, an equally, if not more usetal 'tit to td, we are of opinion that there are public reasons ; litti decisive against it." 4 > U SPORD AND BURY RAILWAY, 1 l ' l P l kTill ), -x. REE, DOCKING, HALITE (D, SUDBURY. 1 414rkli (whit(whitprojected extensions to 'Thetford and e Mal- Thirty-nine Miles. , k retets4 * PitaL 750,0001., in Shares of 251. each. Deposit, 11. 75. 6d. per Share. P r ovisionally pursuant to Act 7 and I Tic., c. 110. le t i /dg ~ PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. h b - r Arkin-, Bart., Melford Mall, Suffolk. h . B o LT.Tssen Tyrell, Bart., M.P. for Essex, Dorehain atee7 'tear Chelmsford. li - 7 el T 7 ° Wood, Bart., GLatenwood House, Revak. 1102.16.: • Addison, Chilton Lodge, Sudbury p i'_'oordiston, Esq., the Ryee, Sudbury. J . p:7lMet. Jun., Esq., Rougham Hall, Bury St. Edmonds. '4l%47:Edward Bull, Pentlow Rectory. L it cZewster, Esq., Little Maplestead Hall, Essex. i' 45 ., tel e ter, Esq., Lyston Hall, Essex, and Liverpool. esti en.2_nzrtauld, Esq., Foley House, Bocilag. Itlitap7.sltler, Esq., Friday-street, Len•ion. , t1. 4 1117,,,,, U nd5, Esq., Sudbury and London. 'liew -- ` u . o . ett, Esq., Peckham. ili.‘4. B. Faulkner, Westgate House, Mellbrd. 11:„:11. c,, 47 . Esq., Sudbury and London 4:1 1 / 4 fi ree "‘"..i7, Esq., Sudbury. ~. _-yt t 4 "yawl, Esq., Bank, Halstead. ' J o lOil ti 43 'cook. Esq., Chelmsford. N.54;117,...e, E s q ., y Inn. ti."' Lr d , Sible Hedingham. ILohe -4al lifax, Esq., Chadacrehall, near Bury St. Edmunds, ii s liftbard-street, London ft.' gti, Lsllitax, jam' . Esq., Berkeley-square, and Lombard o d * l i _ on I' l l t ) . .it i 4 n innings, Esq., Sible Hedingham, Essex. 11 l( e u g' EN., Bank, Sudbury. it4 te f t .,,,ll; o E real sq.,LAubdcbehurceb;leanthiee,n,LoEndoenry, Essex. ( t ), 1 1 , 11 .t . Y4 W ' Usteyard, Es Y q ' ., Chatham-plan, Blaekfriars. i'wite t ; ul Onley, Esq., Stisted Hall, Essex. q:ll4N24e•rge Parker, Esq., Springfield-place. Chelaufbrd. ),tto - jr,', riper, Esq., Colne Engaine, Essex. kma I t „euer Poley, Esq., Boxted Hall, Suffolk oh s ue r Peley, Esq., Bested Hall, Suffolk. iZtp 7,! .. _ 11 , Esq., Halstead. . 1/I,7 4 Te; l 7,,`°•iallian, Eeq., Sudbury. 44,11terf' Esq., Bible Iledinghtun, Essex. blo kos le„,1" , Esq. 6, Wernford-court, London • r 2, Esq. the Howe, Halstead. . (A l ts , ' Esq., Manor Hence, Weathersdeld, Essex. Power to add to their number). INEINEER. ON % I. W. Thompson, Eeq., C.A. 4 SAMOSA.. tiAs -- 27 11 . Halifax, and Co.. Lombard-street; Brown, kti14,31.,,T) "Ad Co. Abchurch-lane. et ts kd kr, ....,Cd Braintree—Messrs. Sparrow and CO. ...... s. neon and County Bank. 47,14...a5e1iar5. Alexander and Co. tt Pool - ' l) ,, • Oakes, Bevan, and Ce. 1 6._ 'Mk of Liverpool. . e,Zl.lr ht , SOLICITORS. . ' , I. pu:`. REd literrett, Lincoln 'arm-field& (4414e1i1,:r;ottlitler and Westwood, Gray's Inn-square. k lit, LOCAL AGENTS. Isilltzt.:-.,:rarnea Parker, Esq. 1 1 ; 15 de kr, ---.17 551 „_ rs• Cunnington, Teley, and Ctmnington. Niii ....1 / ' Sewell, Esq., and G. P. Arden, Esq. S t e r eigh ir rere Stedman. 1 . km. Richard Almack, Req. Il i , i:_ ° ollirs the public are referred to the Prospectus, l 'k tiolikLi -- "' i l be obtained at the Company's Offices, Ns. 61, .. t, 'S- to o 7 11 ; of the Solicitors or Agents to the Company, lek tia.k ii Al4:ned Brokers. ks ll o,l7 , lten er or A e g s en to ts be en i c t i d e d i r s ess e f e l t t h e e th fe e n C ew eT u p g ai i i' re s x O e ffi rs c , ee, 1 Lllt4Aern:brd- , court, L ia ondon e ; st T er ho . me_s ess Fo rs rs . ylh t E an erl d .. ,W 1 ,„1. wurn n, Esq.. h Messrs. Bull 'nikh i ._ aro. Mason, Esq., Bradford, Yorkshire. messrs. - " i on. Glasgow ; and at the Angel Inn, Bury ht. Ills 7,-- RAILWAY I ,Z. I, I %T rr D TE,s L oR Y IG O rc N AL S comrAxy.) ‘ll.l,hg_ChZitZttftltte, patroitrcToas. * - Z ' Esq., 13, Upper Seymour-attest, Portman l'air de France, Paris. , 15, Upper Grosvenor-street, Londe*. v44Lbl i bi l it4ilo u l , lAdelpl B l t lZr e r u a r ct s Lldon. erie. Royaies, Paris. Ny t trri a. e Berignieres, Administrateur des Messageries IV4 g t. 4 l a, P.... ~ - Fiv 2 , erpool N h King William-street, London. t sE t tj o i l ";l: .l . 11~ M.P., London. htit t al i t cl :- Esq., Nicholas-lane, London. ellsalone, P ar i s. i ii ; 4 l44 - 671., 62, King William-street, London. ilwa Com- Nt a ;‘,%rtv:l'l l l!,ttee t . o t f i th t e h Paris and o Li th on e s F ß re a nch 73overn atheoamipansy a e ble and willing to reimburse the , 4 4 4 11 41: 1 4;1r b e e hi re th q 9lo e i d it t i b c r ur t r: e d, en a t n i d re to con un s d t e ni rt c a t k io e n al o l f ftnirie kt,4o444lll4l._ _upon increasing the capital to the full amount • ts.. til',‘"P ° se. In conformity with the terms of sub the circular of the 10th August last, which eon 'ider:°,,,Lalligency, they have resolved upon offering 'tu t li abili t r r a New Shares for every Old Share, sub tubjees of increase or diminution hereafter, as in the 6 4, glisr et also to any further call which may be found re.— be holders who may wish to avail themselves of LioUojZted to apply at the office, and to produce the N l e_ by :teen Tuesday, llth, and Saturday, 22d inst. h: mv sti, that all parties not applying within the pre ,Nyijif-bOnsidered to have waived their claim to the ad h. • will be otherwise appropriated. By order, ED. AIME, Secretary. street, March 6, 1845, I, FN hy,! € 4 „-„,hex, 1 3 41 „ c l SUFFOLK RAILWAY, and BRANDON RAILWAY, at Tllr 7- MELFORD, ,-.IIDBURY, HAL \ 14,k1Trit:i.,TREE, to the EASTERN COUNTIES RA1L- L1) . ,0...` 13 , near CHELMSFORD, and thence to the kwsliit,:aPital 750 • , 4 ) 1 ,, , ,„ ,0401. in 30,000 251. Shares. ;1)1 1 _ f k ilt to Act of Parliament), 11.75. ed. per share. tg q ',"aovisioNat, contorrix. 4 . t. : hei sea "ytt h e '4ll 4 ,,i . t. roxearth Hall, Essex ; u 4 61 1., Ballingdon Grove, Essex the Monk, Bury, and tiuditary aid Bonghana. , 2. 4 Cranmore, Mefferd V et 'hill, Sudbury . an uacturer Lon • b f Mltbrd Sffolk Downes Wl g iarf, e Lond ' on u t‘/ Ne lt i ve llil ° e Yta, Rector of °tilts' C;re k 'n t Ne-4 1 fitaY, Essex luract.nriskaP,ler, Lavenhitut N(.4 budbury r4,l4Alderman, Sudbury ,ara Hall, E g a g r a x t, n. ::: Su Lyston hall, Essex \, dbury `Zi,l . ll,? r t.; i4tl4rip7ell, Suffolk arehant, Sadbury 1 11 , 1,4, 0 rt Es 9 Castle liedingliam, ➢Boom Eiq T d nn, Essex .-ar enhern tan B eTch amp I nk , Esq., lielchamp Hall, Essex , Rester of Middleton and Vicar of Eultrier 1 4 4%' , 1t 4 1., ' tag• Belchamn Hall ‘ttr , qtp S y Bi ll, l ' ais.r garetting r St "bur t sr , Y t., A ttwood's, Halstead ~,• *0 • 1 1 ° rtsr ,til tiee b race, Regent's Park tA ki Three Ash, Rear Malden, and London %sett and Pakenkain Suffolk 7tlliZeE"%.,ltaPler, Lavenham 4 ' , It Over Hall • • , , Gusetingthorpe Yston Hall Esse b Power to ad i ' to OIL number. ~tltl, arch 0 l i tALTaii l i t i tt,.. , tkes itant.yat, sir J. , D <o., Lombard-street. Paul, and Ce., Strand. ei 'ZT, e S t pltrr e ,'„, R lTaa zcr and Co., C o l . (i Bury and Sudbury. d a on and Halstead. South Wales Bank, Bristol. 4 4 tr e *Oben t apletoft, Ssq. , Merited, Suffolk. ' , ter m _ a. SOLICITORS. r, ? ~4 t cc t r. Fearon, Gray's Inn, London. It _B, Sudbury. I,ll4'Llititetry. Jackson, AGINTI. li se ri , cickson, Esq . "" ) r1 " 1 111 'P a rting and II la • A arr_, 'rot -, tiers , ( 7. 1 Esci• and Messrs. Crick. ‘ , lot h *ll4'‘-ait— j : -- ars , a and on. vt e (l t sui ° se ph Bazalgette Esq t h n?itted) be found to ' be laid down in accord -04,1,4„,5, t ';," , Principles of the Board ef Trade as expressed o':es_seliemes for extendin Railway ' coma tvNorfolk and Suffolk g i t ,;` , t words of the Re port) • " That one Railway lk i much as it to tie„, or th e Bury traffic can maintain," and ,' ltd. hav t 'ng to Bury " such a communication °en 'us by Railway to Norwich," the pro "tiN " 1 Y -; Whi ch se cure the Norwich and London traffic to lop t , tf k , t hn i . ) , it has hitherto pass I at the earns time j, l l l ttre 4 , but to Lavenham e' ll ' elford and Sudbury 1?4-4 '''• 4, • W ell eni = la rlY require it),. ' a - direct communication thj" , zoldoil and k 1 , , e,t 14 11), ! ti1,,t 14,4 3 , Li wh ole of h ie Nvo n u addition opening advantagestothemth atr - ord r . of England; 'llk4lr'l44l:eatA Ong 10rt,',",, con not the distance between Bury and London " is ` 1• , 11 111 , tof lahlon to Halstead, Bock- N, l l Ni at : t ( t : l l l,o th the n ie t n erior of Essex, the promoters and Mahlon traffic, AN 0 4,10,,.0141 brigs 'ne of Rail ‘ 3 1, 4 ,1 . 1e 4i5 q d _lies of , way from Braintree, and saving 4 4 . h tr ectly_p arti unnecessary Railway (three miles v tet , et‘t i bet ,lel with the Eastern Counties) at a °muses 'With t'''een Bury and London. 1, , 4 , \f& , Rot6e „,, traffic tables, and a plan may be had at Atlti J ters tne Company- I e , ,ray Inn-square, or of h, 4 ter . ' and Local k, til n i . i , t , t i i r tiesc)4 orea,„ , nts ; and of Messrs. Cardwell ' Leeq, ; Collinson and Flint, William Mason, Bradford, and Tate 1t, 4 7r tt;'l,hti, n fo 40 04 1 , 1u r Share s has far excee d ed the number at r be 'LI le L et : tan be received after Thursday, d to except to the form pre- _ x J• of r- d• Lor i v os >IO I A )10 0 '1 R. COO . o bi 1001 EtO ert ,i 0 0 7,0 _ra d , 11 — O4 o' el colon CE WHISPER, A RGUS LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, 39, THROGMORTON-STREET, BANK. EMPOWERED by SPECIAL ACT of PARMA MBNT, 5 and 6 Will. IV., c. 76. THOMAS FARNCOMB, Esq., Alderman, Chairman. WILLIAM LEAF, Esq., Deputy Chairman. Richard E. Arden, Esq. James Clift, Esq. William Banbury, Esq. Rupert Ingleby, Esq. Edward Bates, Esq. Thomas Kelly, Esq., Alderman. Thomas Camplin, Esq. Jeremiah Pilchor, Esq. John Humphery, Esq., Alderman, Lewis Pocock, Esq. M. P. Pnysictert—Dr. Jeaffreson, 2, Finsbury-square. Emmert—W. Coulson, Esq., 2, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry. CONSULTING ACTUARY—Professor Hall, of King's College. LOW RATES OF PREMIUM. In addition to the subscribed Capital of 300,000/., the Assured have the security of the Company's income of nearly 60,000/. per annum, yearly increasing, and an accumulating Assurance Fund invested is Government and other available securities, of considerably larger amount than the estimated liabilities of the Company. The rates of premium are reduced to the lowest scale compatible with the security of the Assured, and the stability of the Company, thereby, in effect, giving to every Policy Holder an immediate and certain Bonus without risk, in lieu of the deferred and frequently delusive prospect of a periodical division of Profits. ANNUAL PREMIUM TO ASSURE £lOO. 1 For One Year. 1 For Seven Years. I Whole Term. £0 17 8 1 1 8 1 5 0 1 14 1 3 2 4 £0 19 1 1 2 7 1 6 9 1 19 10 3 17 0 £1 11 10 2 0 7 2 14 10 4 0 11 6 0 10 One-third of " Whole Term" Premium may remain unpaid at 5 per cent. compound interest, as a debt upon the policy for life, or may be paid off at any time without notice. In Assurances for Advances of Money, as security for eebts, or as a provision for a family, when the least present outlay is desirable, the varied and comprehensive tables of the Argus Office will be found to be particularly favourable to the Assured. The Medical Officers attend daily at a Quarter before Two o'Clock. EDWARD BATES, Resident Director. A liberal Commission to Solicitors and Agents. UNITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, 8, WATERLOO-PLACE, PALL-MALL, LONDON. Established by Act of Parliament in 1834. DIVISION OF PROFITS AMONG THE ASSURED. This Company, established by Act of Parliament, affords the most perfect security in a large paid-up Capital, and in the great success which has attended it since its commencement in 1834, its ANNUAL INCOME being UPWARDS of 72,0001. In 1841 the Company declared an addition to the Shareholders of one-half of their Stock, and also added a Bonus of 21. per cent. per annum, on the Sum Insured to all Policies of the Participating Class Prom the time they wet e effected. The Bonus added to olicies from March, 1834, to December 31, 1840, is as follows : Sam Time Sam added Sum Time Sum added Assured. Assured. to Policy. Assured. Assured. to Policy. £5OOO 6 yrs. 10 mths. £683 6 8 £5OOO 4 years £4OO 5000 6 years 600 0 0 5000 2 years 200 The Premiums, nevertheless, are on the most moderate scale, and only one-half need be paid for the first Five Years, where the Insur ance is for Life. Every information will be afforded on application to the Resident Directors, Edward Boyd, Esq., and E. Lennox Boyd, Esq., of No. 8, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London. BRITANNIA LIFE OFFICE, 1, Pri noes-Areet Bank, and 448, West Strand, Lo' don, January 1, 1845. Notice is hereby given, that the BUSINES of the LONDON and WESTMINSTER MUTUAL LIFE ASSUR ONCE SOCIETY has been TRANSFERRED to this Company ; and all persons holding policies issued by the said Society are informed that, as soon as the renewal premiums thereon shall become p, gable, new policies will be granted to them by the Directors of this Company, a+ the same rates of premium which they now pay, and without any charge for stamp-duty; and all claimants on policies issued by the said London and Westminstor Mutual Life Assurance Society are informed that such claims will be discharged by the Direc tors of this Company, a soon as the the same shall have been substantiated. PETER MORRISON, Resident Director. BRITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE COM PANY, 1, Princes-street, Bank, London, empowered by spe cial Act of Parliament, 4 Vic. c. 9. HALF CRI HIT RATES OF PREMIUM. Persons assured according to these rates are allowed credit (with out security) for half the amount of the first seven annual premiums, paying interest thereon at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum, with the option of paying off the principal at any time, or having the amount deducted from the sum assured when the policy becomes a claim. Policies may thus he effected at lower rates than are generally re quired for the term of seven years only ; whilst the holders have the same security for the payment of their claims, whenever death may happen, as if they paid double the amount of premium, which would be charged for assurances effected in the us ial way. Extract from the Half Credit Rates of Premium. Annual Premium required for an Assurance of 1001. for the Whole Term of Life, Age. Half Premium for seven years. Whole Premium. after seven years. X 5. d. 1 1 9 1 4 11 1 9 2 1 14 10 2 2 6 2 12 9 3 6 8 X s. d. 2 3 6 2 9 10 2 18 4 3 9 8 4 5 0 i 5 6 6 13 4 PETER MORRISON, Resident Director, SCHOLEFIELD'S Original CONCENTRATED JELLY and BLANCH-MANGE requiring neither Savouring nor sweetening, having acquired in a short space of time a celebrity hitherto unparalleled, they are extensively patronised in the cuisine of the families of the highest distinction, while from their cheapness they are placed in the reach of sickness. Old in pots, sufficient to fill twelve glasses, Is. 3d. each; whole sale, at the manufactory, 7, Trafalgar-place, Kentish-town ; Crosse and Blackwell, 21, Soho-square ; Barclay and Sons, Farringdon -street; Sutton and Co., Bow Churchyard ; T. Snelling, Fenchurch-street. Note.—As there are several spurious imitations, be careful to pro em** Scholefield's. CAUTION TO CONSUMERS.—DRY GAS METERS. DEFRIES'S DRY METERS have successfully stood the testo six years' trial. Among the 10,000 in use, they have been adopted by the official authorities of the Houses of Parliament, Woolwich Dock-yard, Somerset-house, Foreign-office, Thames Tunnel, United Service, Reform, Conservative, and other Clab-houses, the Queen's Theatre, Chinese Exhibition, and many other large establishments. Upwards of 20,000,000 cubic feet of gas have passed through some of these meters without regula tion or repair, aid which are still working to 'the entire satisfaction of the gas company and consumers. All gas consumers who study economy and a good light are invited to avail themselves of the advantages and comfort to be derived from the use of Defries's Dry M eter, but, to prevent the substitution of im perfect imitations, it is necessary at all times to order Defries's Dry Meter, and to observe his name on the brass badge in front of all his meters. Testimonials from the most eminent and scientific men and large consumers can be had on application (or will be f, rwarded by post), free of expense, at the Manufactory, 67, St. Martin's-lane, London. Warranted to keep correct in all weathers. TEA TRAYS, Tea Urns, Knives and Forks, Dish Covers, &c., at C. WATSON'S, 41 and 42, BARBICAN, and 16, NORTON-FOLGATE. Established half a century.—A set of 3 Paper Tea-trays, including the largest size made, 355.; very richly ornamented all over, 5.18. a Set of Three, and up to 141. ; Ja pan Tea-trays, is. 6d. a Set, and upwards ; a Five Quart London made Bronze Tea-urn 355., with the newest patterns up to five gui neas ; a Set of Six patent raised London made Dish Covers, Its. 6d. ; but Imperial raised, 35e. 6d. Set of Six. Elegant silver shape, h2s. 6d. Set of Six. Ivory Table-knives, 11 s. per dozen, Dessert, 95.; Carvers, 3s. 64. ocr pair. TABLE. DESSERT. CARVERS. doz. doz. pair. handsome balance handle .. Od. 14s. 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Mr. llayward appeared for this Bill. Mr. Burke, Mr. Walmisley, and Mr. Parker appeared upon several petitions, complaining of non-compliance with the standing orders. The Committee took the unopposed parts of the case, and adjourned the remaining part of it. The Committee on this Bill met again yesterday at twelve o'clock, Sir W. Heathcote in the chair. Mr. BURKE appeared for the petitioners against the pro posed line, and called a witness to prove that no notice bad been given to one of the petitioners, Mr. West, the owner of property on the line—namely, in Bermondsey. The allegation was sustained. The Committee was occupied the rest of the morning in discussing allegations of inaccuracy in the markings on the plans, the particulars of which were so minute and technical, that it would ba quite hopeless to attempt making them in telligible in a newspaper report. CIIURNET VALLEY RAILWAY. The Committee proceeded in the same way with this case. The Committee adjourned at half-past Four. SUICIDE BY A LADY.—On Saturday evening Mr. Wakley, M.P., held an inquest in the Marylebone work-. house, on the body of Miss Eliza Chace, aged 37, a lady who lived at 21, High-street, Camden-town. The deceased, who was in independent circumstances, left her residence at five o'clock last Thursday evening, having previously ordered her servant to keep up her fire. She proceeded to the sus pension-bridge over the ornamental water, Regent's-park Having deposited her bonnet, cloak, reticule, and boa on the bridge, she leaped over it into the water. The deceased's brother stated, that about 13 years ago she had been in a private lunatic asylum, and that she was always eccentric in her habits. Verdict—" Insanity." Sir,—After having been accused of a fact from which I have been exonerated by the accusers themselves, I have been condemned for another without having had the power of defending myself. The only resource left to me is to make an appeal from a one-sided judgment, formed without any explanation having been previously sought, to the impartiality of the public, who, before deciding, will require to hear both the accusation and defence. I hope, whatever your personal opinion may be, your liberality will permit me to make the following obser vations. In all ages the medical profession has been divided by conflicting opinions, and the violence of the struggle has been in propertion to the degree of importance of the new ideas sought to be promulgated. At such periods, those who have not been placed by nature above the old routines have shown them selves constantly unjust and passionate to such an extent as even to deny the most palpable facts. I am, therefore, not surprised at the struggle which the homoeopathists have to encounter with the old ideas, nor at the passion and injustice shown by the practitioners, who, although men of unquestionable abilities, will not admit any novelties of importance, even when the wel fare cf society depends on their reception. lam an ho moeopathist from conviction. Al the inquest which has just taken place my qualifi cation as a physician was duly ascertained, and as, in addition to this, it was found that my medical treatment could not be called in question, it became necessary to find some other point on which an attack could be founded, and, if possible, so conduct the charge as to leave me without the power of defence, or of entering into any explanation that might remove the false opinions thus sought to be created. My regimen has been judged and condemned. It is admitted, however, by many phy sicians, whether homceopathists or not, that aliments are hurtful in different ways in a morbid condition of the system. The most common reason is, because they can not be digested, or with much difficulty, or imperfectly. This happens even when the principal seat of the dis ease is not in the intestinal tube, and, of course, it is much more to be dreaded when the disorder has the sto mach and intestines for its seat, and when those organs are seriously affected. I shall not here detail the numerous effects or imper fect digestion, the inconveniences and dangers which are its consequences, but only remark that it prevents the aliment administered from producing the effect we aim at, since it is not what we eat that nourishes us, _but what we digest. Therefore the first among all the dietetic rules is the following :—Whatever may be apparently the want of aliment never give any if it cannot be digested, and in no case give more than the digestive organs can deal with. These organs, when diseased, become often much worse under the influence of food, which produces irri tation, and even when digestion is still possible, though difficult, the influence of the organic action required by it may spread much beyond the apparatus by which it is accomplished. It suffices to consider the sort of febrile action which always attends digestion, even in the normal state, to understand that it cannot but increase the fever or in flammation if such conditions of the organism exist, or hasten their development if any predisposition should be present. In the case of Mr. Cordwell all the :symptoms indi cated serious alterations in the intestines. The typhoid fever was at hand, and the least irritation of the mucous membrane of the digestive organs could not but aggra vate the state already so serious. The disease and food were both to be dreaded ; the aliments could not nourish him, as he was not able to digest them. The correct ness of this opinion has only been too sadly demonstrated by the unfortunate trial made by our honourable medical brethren, who, having an opinion contrary to mine, tried various kinds of food—" first one thing, and then an other"—which were vomited by the patient up to the time when vitality, exhausted by the struggle against the aliments, was finally extinguished. The beef-tea, not being able to go through the stomach, was found in that organ at the posit modem examination. The regimen which has just been made a subject of attack does not rest on any crude idea. Its efficacy is not merely supported by theory or by a simple hypo thesis. We can demonstrate its good results by the report of cases at our Homoeopathic Hospital in London, where 2,753 patients have been treated, of which number only 53 have died, showing one death in 51.503 cases. Very few hospitals in the world are able to set forth similar results, and these results will appear still more remarkable when it is remembered that homceopathy being still a new practice is very little known, and con stantly misrepresented, and that patients consequently come to the institution where this mode of treatment is applied only as a last resource. Moreover, it is not only from my own personal practice that I can bring forward proofs, but also from that of Dr. Ozanne of Guernsey, of Dr. Hanson at Melton Mowbray, of Dr. Chepmell, resi• dent physician of our hospital, and of all the homoeopathic physicians who prescribe the same regimen. Besides this, it is a curious fact that the propriety of our regimen has been so fully demonstrated, that since the homoeopathic cures could not be any longer denied, a great many medical men, our opponents, have attributed them to that very regimen in older to deny the power of our medicines, while we now find that it is the regimen which is the basis of accusation. Our adversaries ought to be more consistent if they wish to escape the appear ance of partiality. That the regimen is safe, but that it is not the regi men but the medicines which cure, will be shown by the fact that there have been cured at the Homoeopathic Hos pital, in Hanover-square :-38 cases of cerebral affec tions, 48 epilepsy and paralysis, 26 amaurosis, deaf ness and dumbness; 5 cataract, fungus, fistula ; 57 scrofulous opthalmia ; 218 gastritis, cutiritis, and both complaints combined ; 285 pneumonia, pleuritis, hydro thorax, bronchitis, &c. ; 36 hooping-cough, 65 phthisis, 90 cutaneous diseases, scirrhous, cancerous affections, &c. ; 36 scrofulous affections, 44 mercurial affections, &c., in not one of which cases will it be pretended that diet alone could prove effective. In conclusion, I will merely add that the institution where the mode of diet and regimen which has been condemned is carried out in conjunction with the homoe opathic system is widely supported (as will be seen by a reference to the list of subscribers) by the illustrious, the noble, and the talented of the land. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, P. F. CURIE, M.D. AN ADDENDA, BY A FRIEND TO " FAIR PLAY." Mr. Wakley put this question towards the conclusion of the inquest to Dr. Roots, the eminent physician of the old school—Do you consider, from the knowledge you have of the whole case, and after hearing all the evidence adduced to-day, that death ux,s causedby a natural disease? Dr. ROOTS—I DO. Mr. Hardland, a general practitioner in the old school, was next re-called, and when asked the same question, expressed an opinion entirely corroborative of that given by Dr. Roots. Extract from Miss Jane Maguire's evidence, sister of the landlady of the house, in respect to this poor fellow's state of health previously : Examination resumed—l never received any directions from Dr. Curie as to the treatment or diet of the de ceased. They must have been given by him to his nurse in attendance when no one else was present, except, per haps, Miss Sharp. On one occasion the deceased told me he would not take anything the doctor had net or dered him, desiring me at the samo time not to interfere. Mr. Wakley—Have you any means of knowing what he did take ? Witness—The first two or three days I made him barley-water, which he took. He had also grapes, figs, and those kind of things, which I procured for him about the same time, but after that I do not know what he took. lam sure he took the barley water, because 1 gave it him myself. Mr. Wakley—Did the deceased ever express to you any apprehension of being in danger ? Witness—HE HAS TOLD ME THAT HE NEVER HAD A DAY'S HEALTH IN HIS LIFE, but he did not speak of being in danger until the Saturday before his death, when he asked me to write to Dr. Curie, which I instantly did, and sent a servant with the letter. At that time he said he thought there was a change. This was about three o'clock on the Saturday. I had not then seen anything of the discharge of blood which had been spoken of. From the first to the last the deceased had in attendance upon him two servants anel six nurses— that was from the 19th or the 20th of February until his death. ..... Mr. Wakley remarked that deceased seemed to have been subjected to the homoeopathic system of attendance at any rate. From this testimony it is clearly proved—first, That bath the medical men agree that death was caused by natural disease. Then, what does Mr. Waliley say? Why, he addresses the jury thus After the opinion ex pressed by the medical gentlemen who have been called as witnesses, it must be utterly useless to carry the inquiry any further." But this is not all ; for we have the declaration of Miss Maguire that the deceased assured her he NEVER HAD ONE DAY'S HEALTH IN HIS LIFE ; and yet the jury append to their decision, after first giving a very honest verdict, to the following effect_ Thus it is, " We find that H. Cordwell died from exhaus tion, caused by loss of blood from his intestinal canal, produced by natural disease." Now l e t us see w h at follows, that could by pNssibly induce the jury to im• pugn their own verdict, and to induce them to come to the following mysterious conclu- ion " The jury c annot refrain from expressing the strongest feeling of indignation and disgust at hearing it proved by the testimony of the nurses and other per sons that the afflicted gentleman had been c rue lly ex posed to a system of starvation whilein a state of most extreme debility, during at least ten days previous to his death, he having, during that long time, been allowed nothing but plain water, under the express di rec ti on o f his medical attendant." This discrepancy we leave to Mr. Wakley to explain. It should seem, after telling FROM TUE EVENING PAPERS OF MONDAY. GLOBE.—We are mach of the same mind as the Examiner —both ae to Whig prseive obedience, and ex-Radical active adulation to thellinistor of the income-tax. It really seems to us that to vote (as Mr. Curteis complained, rather patheti cally, Lord John Russell did) in the Ministerial majority against Mr. Buller's amendment, almost amounted to throw ing down his brief as leader in the cause of Opposition, on trial before the great national inquest. Lord John Russell, as every one knows, has a way of his own • and none more respect and admire than we do his personal indepen dence at critical epochs. The spirit that prompted the "Let ter to the Electors of Stroud" often may damage a party, but always stamps individual character and courage; and these after all are the qualities men look up to with permanent confidence, whatever be the temporary fate of parties. But it is one thing to declare an unpopular conviction, just when State-craft would suppress it—and quite another tiling! to sacrifice partisanship at:the expense of sacrificing conviction too. Lord John Russell's principles of financial policy have been embodied in public measures. With those measures the contents of the present budget are inconsistent. If the selection for reduction of duties of the great objects of popular consumption was right, the present selection is wrong, and the difference - draws after it an income-tax. Now we can readily understand how Lord John Rus sell, or any man of candid mind, may view with a sort of qualified approval the serpentine advance of this Ministry. Such opponents may admit that from Minis ters so brought in ltss might have been expected. They may admit that, from Ministers so supported, more could not well be expected. This makes it their duty, doubtless, to join those supporters on all occasions on which Ministers are likely to be whipped out of Court for their virtues. But how can it be the duty of the Opposition to sink their own views, not to preserve Ministers from any danger incurred by liberality—not, indeed to preserve them from any danger at all—but simply for the satisfaction of adding their votes to a majority, overwhelming by reason of the very dif fisrence of Ministerial measures from those they would have proposed ? Surely it cannot be denied that this is the case of the income-tax majority. " The country " (as country gentlemen call it) support it for the sake of the retained protection which renders it ne cessary. Sir Robert Peel denies any other necessity for it than that resulting from his policy. lie does not deny that re duction of the great articles of consumption would give larger immediate relief. It cannot be denied they would give larger revenue. Now, those who think colonial and home objects, of still more importance, involved in their retention may disregard these considerations. But Op position, who believe nothing of the kind—why should they give sanction—or semi-sanction—in their speeches, or in their votes ? We cannot help thinking there is some mis take as to the function of honest Opposition. That func tion, in our view, is, on all occasions, to put forth the right principles of measures. They cannot expect, and need not desire, to supersede those of the parties officially re sponsible, or even to alter them much in detail. Whey may fairly acknowledge whatever they think g ood, or less bad than expected, in those measures. But they should sacrifice no jot of their principles, by supporting Po licy founded on other principles. They should miss n° opportunity of presenting them in contrast, wherever they are contrasted. Only in this way can the publr ever be taught preference for those which are rea ll y preferable. The function of Opposition is neither paltry nibbling, nor factious obstruction. But it is steady declara tion of general views, on every subject involving them. Nu merical strength, or immediate prospects, should have no in fluence on this mode of action. While a minority they have simply to consult their convictions what course of policy is the best practicable. If they think Sir Robert's such, let them speak and vote for it (but if they think so, they for swear their own past)— And while along the stream of time his name Expanded flies, and gathers all its fame, Say, shall our little bark attendant sail, Pursue the triumph and partake the gale? STANDARD.—We cannot help entertaining a hope, hows ever improbable such a result may appear, that much national advantage may accrue from the discussions, although painful for the time, which are taking place between the New Zea land Company and the Government. The usual faults have probably been committed on both sides, and by bringing those faults prominently forward, a better system with regard to colonisation generally may at last be matured. When we speak of probable faults on both sides, we have no particular view to this or that individual, either in the Government or in the Company. The quarrel, though it now includes Lord Stanley and his Under-Se cretaries, would equally have existed had the Administra tion remained in office under whom it originally began. The ground of the dispute consists in that entirely op posite course of action which has always been taken by trading companies on the one hand, and by Govern ments on the other. Speculators will ever be found to move too fast, and all Governments up to the present time, have, we think, moved too slowly. The New Zealand Company has had the argument, up to this time, very much to itself. Many of the newspapers, and nearly all the pamphleteers. have sided with the Company against the Government. One pamphlet, however, has recently been sent to us, entitled, " The New Zealand Company ; its Claims to Compensation considered," which exhibits some part of the case on the other side; and shows, that if the Company might justly complain of the dilatoriness of the Colonial -office, the latter had some cause to find fault with the eagerness of the Company. Let any one conceive a plan, by which the duty of colonisa tion should be adequately undertaken by a Government ; and the first points he would be sure to set down would be, that a good sight for a colony should be leisurely selected ; the land properly and justly gained by pur chase ; the intended colony properly laid out by sur veyors ; and then bargains made at home with settlers, who could safely purchase, and be at once conveyed to the land which they had so made their own. Such, however, is not the mode in which trading companies carry on their work. They could not afford to wait the course of years which would thus be required. Thus it appears, that immediately after its formation, the New Zealand Com pany sent out an agent to purchase land ; that then, without waiting for a report from him, which could hardly have reached England in less than a year, the Company began to sell land ; and had dispatched from England nine ships full of settlers before it had received from its agent any report as to his purchases. The agent, too, knowing that ships would speedily follow him with settlers, felt himself compelled forthwith to effect some pur chases ; and it is from the misunderstandings with the natives, touching these first hasty bargains, that all the subsequent mishaps have arisen. The New Zealand Company contains on its direction some of the best names that the City of London can show. But we fancy that the tone of some of its advocates in the House of Commons is, of itself, sufficient to prove that some degree of eagerness and vehemence must have marked its proceedings from the very outset. We have expressed a hope that good might, after all, result from these discussions. We cannot, indeed, be sanguine that any great and lasting plan will be struck out at a heat. But surely it will be impossible to observe these proceedings without being struck with the desirableness of a greater amount of action, of control, of enterprise, and of outlay, on the part of the nation, act ing by its Government, than has ever yet been be stowed. Surely it is lamentable to hear of fifty-three ship., containing eight or nine thousand settlers, sent to a shore where the possession, justly and lawfully, of every acre of land, is disputed by the natives; and where the Governor, when called upon to interfere, feels compelled to declare that there have been faults on both sides ! Meanwhile we trust, that, without widening the breach by personal attacks on this or that official authority, the New Zealand Company will be able to submit to Parliament some tangible question, some really remedial measure; and we have little fear that such a proposition, if it be a possible thing, will be gladly embraced, both by the house of Commons and the Go vernment. FROM TRAI EVENING PAPRES OF YESTERDAY. GLOBE.—If Mr. Goulburn had but a little wit he would exemplify Falstaff's notion of valour. The worthy knight, deeming discretion " the better part" of that quality, gave to it the better place—he put it foremost. Mr. Goulburn, being a bungler, puts the cart before the horse—he is coura geous first, and discreet afterwards. If charged with a blunder, he first stoutly swears it is not one ; but press him home, and he clumsily confesses and amends it. When the Sugar Duties Bill was in Committee on Friday night, clause 13 was objected to, as an unnecessary and unwise interference with the provisions of the Ware housing Act. Hitherto the sugar has been weighed both on entering and on being cleared from bond, and the duty levied on the weight cleared. It was pro posed, by the clause in question, to discontinue the practice of weighing on clearing the sugar, and to charge the duty on the weight as entered in the first instance, without any allowance for loss, by drainage or otherwise. The only reason Mr. Goulburn could assign for this was a probable saving of some 8,000/. a year in the salaries of officers, &c. The effect upon the merchant was not deemed worthy of consideration. The loss of weight in bond was lost sight of altogether, and the duty was to be taken upon more than could reach the consumer. This loss has always hitherto been recog nised and allowed for. By 3 and 4W. IV., c. 57, sec. 19, the maximum allowance for drainage, &c., unless the sugar has been stored in a warehouse of special security, is fixed at 3 per cent. for the first three months, and 1 per cent. for each succeeding month. Now the average period for which sugar remains in bond is about seven months. Seven per cent. upon 145., the duty on Muscovado sugars, amounts to about 11d. ; and this upon the quantity imported last year (say 125,000 tons) gives 109,8951. as the amount of duty upon sugar not delivered to the merchant. Of course, this would, in effect, have formed an additional tax upon the article ; and, like the rest, must have been paid by the consumer. But its bearing would have been most heavy upon the lowest qualities of the article, these being most liable to loss of weight from drainage and eva poration. All this was, by the Chancellor of the Exche quer, either unseen or unheeded ; and it was not until he caught a glimpse of the possibility of an adverse division upon it, that he gave up the clause. This he did last night, without hazarding a debate on the subject. He covered his re treat, however, with a threat of introducing it in some other form. There are those in the City who are obliged to him for the hint, and will keep their eye upon him. We should advise Mr. Goulburn to make a different disposition both of his courage and his caution. They are sadly misplaced at present, and the result is a waste of both, while none can doubt that both need careful husbanding. To keep the former ever in the van—to make it bear the shock of every encounter—is the way to wear it out ; not to mention that a weapon battered by use so constant and indiscriminate soon ceases to be effective for more creditable purposes. STANDARD.--Mr. Miles's motion was last night rejected by a majority of 213 to 78—a pretty plain proof that it was not considered a motion the success of which could be calcu lated to benefit the agricultural interest. Mr. Miles, in deed, narrowed his proposition to a point bearing no pro portion to the magnitude of the principle asserted in his original resolution, and scarcely reconcileable with the argitinents of his speech. The point was. a transfer to the Consolidated Fund of 300,000/. or 400,0001., now posed on the county rates, to cover the expense of criminal prosecutions, &c. Mr. Allies's speech, however, canvassed the whole commercial policy of the present Government, treating it generally as unfavourable to the agricultural interest, and on this ground challenged a v e ry f u ll r eply from Sir James Graham ; but let us say it with all respect, the speech of Mr. Miles and the reply of Sir James Graham were alike beside the practical question before the House ; and, though both very able addresses, concerned topics too familiar to com mand much interest. The practical question to which we refer is the propriety of a transfer of the expense of criminal prosecutions from local to general taxation. Now, on this point there is something more to be considered than any question between what may be regarded as rival into. rests. We must consider the whole subject of the administration of the criminal law. It undoubtedly does appear a hardship that the innocent people of a district should be fined, in county rates, for the crime of an individual who, perhaps, never visited that district, but for the few minutes neces sary for the perpetration of the act that involves it in a heavy expense—as in a very recent case, a man may proceed from the City of London by railway into Buckinghamshire, and commit a crime, for the successful or unsuccessful prosecution of which the people of Bucks will have several hundreds of pounds to pay. At first sight it may seem that such a manifest injustice— an injustice which, if the effect were upon a greater scale, would render local authorities less vigilant and alert in the vindication of the law—ought to be re medied by transferring to the whole public the burthen of defending what is a common interest. We are, however, to look to the other side. Justice may be a little too active, as well as being too sluggish ; and certainly the activity of justice might be sometimes stimulated by an assurance that all her expenses must come from the public purse. Is it quite certain that the present three hundred thousand or four hundred thousand pounds charged upon county rates might not grow to much larger dimensions when supplied from the Consolidated Fund ? and this without any corresponding advantage ; for it may be that we have al r e a dy f u lly enoug h o f p rosecu ti on s a n d commitments, notwithstanding the (we were going to Fall it salutary) check of county rates. Suppos ing the cost of prosecutions to be only increased fifty per cent. by the prop ose d c h ange , wou ld no t th e agriculturists, who undoubtedly, in one shape or another, pay greatly more than two-thirds of the taxes, be losers by the bargain ? But it may be said, a public prosecutor, with a staff of solicitors, other officials, &c., &c., under the imme diate control of the Home Secretary, might be appointed to control the expenditure of the public money. Now, we think that a public prosecutor at the Old Bailey and in, perhaps, half-a- dozen other very large towns, as well as London, would be a very great improvement; but we have seen enough of the administration ofjustice in France and other countries, in which the whole administration—of criminal justice is in this manner engrossed by the executive, to feel convinced, that such a monopoly is neither the most economical nor, for the pure administration of justice, the most effectual system. It is enough, however, to open this slight view of the consequences, wholly unconnected with the money question which m us t f o ll ow th e a d op ti on o f M r . Miles s only practical proposition last night, to show that that proposition deserves very deliberate and serious con sideration before adopting it ; it is in truth a question involving the whole foundation of the system upon which the criminal laws are administered in this country. Mr. D'lsraeli took the opportunity of the discussion to recite a scene from " Vivian Grey," or some other of his trashy novels, half fustian slang, half personal provocation. Mr. D'lsraeli is fond, as all novelists ought to be, of illustra tions from la belle passion, and drew an analogy between Sir Robert Peel's conduct towards the Conservatives before his sic , cession to office and since, and that conduct which distin guishes a lover from a husband. We are not aware of any truth in the analogy. Sir Robert seems to us to ct towards the Conservative party precisely as he acted from 1831 to 1841, supporting all their substantial interests, protecting them from all wrong and insult, and differing from any of them only upon those paints on which he, fifteen years ago, declared he must differ from them— more emphatically declared it in his administration of 1835, when he opposed the proposition of the Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, and, indeed, gave a faithful outline of the system of financial and com mercial policy which he is now realising. This may be the conduct of a husband. but it is the conduct of an affec tionate and faithful husband, and we hope that all our fair and unmarried readers may find such ; but, though e are not aware that Sir Robert Peel ever played " the passionate lover " to any party, we know that the Right Honourable Baronet has been the object of uncommon ardour and tenderness from at least one poli tical Clod (please pronounce the word as a dissylla ble)—witness the following fragment of a billet-doux written under the name of " Runnymede," in 1836 : " They cannot taunt you now with your vague promises of amelioration ; you can appeal to the deeds of your Cabinet, and the plans which the applause of a nation sanc tioned, and the execution of which the intrigues of a faction alone postponed. Never, too, since the peace of Paris, has the great national party of this realm been so united ,as at the present moment. It is no exaggeration to say, that among its leaders not the slightest difference of opinion exists upin any portion of their intended policy. Pitt himself in the plenitude of his power, never enjoyed more cordial confidence than that which is now extended to you by every alleged section of the Conservative ranks; all private opinions, all particular theories, have merged in the resolute determination to maintain the English con stitution in spite of Irish rebels, and to support, with out cavil and criticism, its eminent champion in that great course of conduct which you have expounded to them." Poor Clod Runnymede, however, sighed in ram, like the Mrs. Felix Lorraine of " Vivian Grey"—she was, it appears, slighted, and we all have read that "Hell has no fury like a woman scorned." And to this root of bitterness may, we apprehend, be traced some recent ebullitions of virulence that have lately reflected little credit upon the House of Commons. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. 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And those ladies who are to be presented are hereby informed, it is absolutely necessary that their names, together with the names of the ladies who are to present them, should be sent in to the Lord Chamberlain's office, be fore twelve o'clock on Tuesday the Bth of April next, in order that they may be submitted for the Queen's approbation ; it being her Majesty's command, that no presentation shall take place unless the name of the lady presenting, togethor with that of the lady to be presented, shall appear on the card to be delivered, corresponding with the names sent in to the Lord Chamberlain's- office. DOWNING-STREET, MArclt 17. The Queen has been pleased to appoint John Pope, Esq., to be Clerk of the Works and Civil Engineer for the Island of Hong-Kong. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. William Henderson and James Henry Veysey, chemist, Moorfields, Gloucestershire. BANKRUPTS. William Williams, victualler, High-street, St. Giles's, to surrender March 31 and May 5, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Sambroek-court, Businghall-street ; Futvoye, John-street, Bedford-row. Henry Hester, tallow chandler, Ratcliffe-terrace, Goswell road, March 31 and May 5, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Young, Vallings, and Young, St. Mildred's-court, Poultry. Thomas Clegg, coal merchant, Tanners- hill, Deptford, March 31, at one, and May 6, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street ; Jones, Mincing-lane. Frederick Sharman, bootmaker, West-square, Southwark, April 1, at one, and 29, at twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry; King, St. Mary axe. George William Stocks, linendraper, Norwich, April 2, at half. past two, and 30, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-buildings ; Clowes, Wedlake, and Clowes, King's Bench-walk, Temple. Charles Douglas Hope, wine -merchant, Manchester, March 27 and April 17, at eleven, at the Manchester Dis trict Court. Hobson, official assignee, Manchester; Adams, Old Jewry-chambers, London ; Moseley, Back King-street, Manchester. William Daniel, cabinet maker, Manchester, March 28 and April 18, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Pott, official assignee, Manchester; Soles and Turner, Alder manbury, London; Atkinson and Saunders, Manchester. William Hulley, tailor, Derby, April 1 and 28, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser, official assignee, Manchester ; Tattersall, Great James-street, London ; Broad /int, Sheffield • Todd, Manchester. Thomas O'Rookee and William Birks, commission agents, Manchester, April 2 and 28, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Holt, official assignee, Manchester; Chilton and Acland, Chancery-lane, London ; Slaney, Birmingham ; Foster, Birmingham. Henry Woodgate, horse-dealer, Kingston, Dorsetshire, March 28 and April 25, at two, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzel, official assignee, Exeter; Parr and Son, Poole; Holme and Co., New Inn, London ; `Warren, Exeter. _ William Ibb . otson, merchant, Sheffield, April 2 and 29, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Freeman, official as signe,! ; Moss, Cloak-lane, London ; Branson, Sheffield. Richard Brown, joiner, Kingston-upon-Hull, March 31 and April 18, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds; Hicks and Marris, Gray's Inn, Lon don ; Galloway and Bell, Hull ; Payne, Eddison, and Ford, Leeds. William Granger, paper manufacturer, Belly-mill, Dur ham, March 28, at half-past eleven, and May 7, at one, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, official assigneee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Harle, Newcastle-upon- Tyne ; Smith, Durham ; Chisholme , H all, and Gibson, Lin coln's Inn-fields, London. John Price, draper, Oaken Gates, Shropshire , March 29 and April 28, at eleven, at th e Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham; Garbett, Welling ton, Shropshire ; Hamson and Smith, Birmingham. DIVIDENDS DECLARED. R. Roberts, linen draper, Blackman-street, Southwark— first div. of 3s. 10d. in the pound, any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Whitmore, Basinghall-street. A. Lett, timber merchant, Commercial-road, Lambeth— first div. of 4s. 10d. in the pound, any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Whitmore, Basinghall-street. J. T. Milner and C. Bedford, confectioners, Hull—final div. of 23. 94d. in the pound, March 18, or any subsequent Tues • day, at the office of Mr. Hope, Leeds. J. T. Milner, confectioner, Hull—first and final div. of 20s. in the pound, March 18, or any subsequent Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Hope, Leeds. C. Bedford, confectioner, Hull—second dir. of 4s. in the pound, March 18, or any subsequent Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Hope, Leeds. C. S. Militerman, grocer, Croydon—fast div. of2s. 3d. in the pound, March 22, and two following Saturdays, at the office of Mr. Groom, Abchurch-lane. linen draper, Selby, Yorkshire-=Tv.: of ss. in the pound, Marclib, or any subsequent Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Freeman, Leeds. G. Harriott, beer brewer, Ormskirk, Lancashire—second div. of Is. 7',4d. in the pound, March 26, or any subsequent Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Morgan, Liverpool. R. Smith, attorney, Worcester—third div. of 6d. in the pound, any Thursday, at the office of Mr. Christie, Birmingham. W. IL 'Bates, factor, Birmingham—second div. of 6d. in the pound, any Thursday, at the office of Mr. Christie, Birmingham. S. Sedgley, grocer, Dudley—first div. of Is. 10d. in the pound, any Thursday, at the office of Mr. Valpy, Birmingham. J. C. Lister, wine merchant, Wolverhampton—first div. of Is. 6d. in the pound, any Thursday, at the officeof Mr. Valpy, Birmingham. J. N. Sargent, grocer, Nottingham—first div. of ss. 6d. in the pound, any Thursday, at the office of Mr. Valpy, Bir mingham. J. Glazebrook, carpenter, Birmingham—first div. of 6d. in the pound, any Thursday, at the office of Mr. Valpy, Birmingham. T. Dobson, sen., J. Dobson, and T. Dobson, jun.—first div. of 3s. 4d. in the pound, and second div. of 218 d. in the pound, any Thursday, at the office of Mr. Valpy, Birmingham. J. Goren, scrivener, Orchard-street, Portman-square—se cond div. of 4d. in the pound, March 22, and any subsequent Saturday, at the office of Mr. Edwards, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry. J. Beaten, ironmonger, Paddington- street, Marylebone— first div. of Is. 6d. in the pound, March 22, and any subse quent Saturday, at the office of Mr. Edwards, Frederick's place, Old Jewry. C. Newton and C. Worssam, engineers, Kingsland-basin, Kingsland-road—first div. of 4s. 6d. is the pound, March 22, and any subsequent Sziturday, at the office of Mr. Edwards, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry. T. Miller, baker, Green-street, Leicester square—first div. of is. 4d. in the pound, March 22, and any subsequent Satur day, at the office of Mr. E iwards, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basingball-street. G. Francis and T. Francis, jun, corn merchants, Cambridge, April 15, at eleven—G. E. White, tailor, Reading, April 9, at one—R. Marshall, stone mascn, Deptford, April 8, at twelve —T. Johnson, sen., W. Johns( n, and C. Mann, bankers; Rom ford, April 7, at eleven—C. Mann, banker, Romford, April 7, at eleven—G. B. Rudge, japan-leather manufacturer, Glou oester-street, Shoreditcli, April 10, at eleven—F. Dudley, builder, Rockford, Essex, April 9, at one—J. Gale, sen. ' and J. Gale, jun., rope makers, Love-lane, Shadwell, April 10, at eleven—J. Lorden and N. Hadley, builders, Ilerne Bay, April 8, at eleven—N. lladley, builder, Herne Bay, April 8, at eleven. In the Country. B. Pountain, wine merchant, Derby, April 10, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court— T.liearsle3, , and T. Watt, bone merchants, Runcorn, Cheshire, April 9, at twelve, at tho Manchester District Court—T. Daniell, copper smelter, Bou logne, April 10, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court—.G. Stanw•av, confectioner, Stoke upon-Trent, April 11, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary, on the day herein mentioned. A. Wehnert, tailor, Leicester-square, April B—J. Moutrie, music seller, Bristol, April B—J. Argent, victualler, Golden lane, Barbican, April B—T. Cooper, coffeehouse-keeper, Ald gate High-street, April B—T. R. Withers, merchant, Rum bridge, Southamptonshire, April 15—G. E. White, tailor, Reading, April 15—J. and D. Hepworth, cotton warp dyers, Raistrick, Yorkshire, April 18—J. Staples, plumber, Cotten ham, Cambridge, April 9—W. Clarke, builder, Sheffield, April 10—II. Craven, corn miller, Wakefield, April 18—E. L. Ro binson, fellmonger, Moulton, Lincolnshire, April 1 I—M. Tom kinson, linen draper, Kidderminster, April 14—T. and J. Jones, tallow chandlers, Liverpool, April B—E. Scott, miller. Ilillborough, Norfolk, April B—W. Richardson, glass manu facturer, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, April B—P. J. Meugens, broker, Dunster-court, Mincing-lane, April B—W. Jackson, paper hanger, Charlotte-street, Fitzroy-square, April B—A. Seed, licensed victualler, Liverpool, April B—R. Blockley, linen draper, Crewe, Cheshire, April B—J. Ward, engineer, Manehester, April B—B. Creigh, cartwright, Newcastle-upon- Tyne, April 8. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. 11. Woollright and J. Pearson, linen drapers, Canterbury —P. and J. Broad, melters, Brighton—T. E. Greenhow and R. E. Huntley, ship brokers, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—J. Haw kins, .J. Cooper, and W. Fieldhouse, china manufacturers, Foley, Stoke-upon-Trent (so far as regards J. Cooper)—G. Freeman and T. B. Beesley, nail factors, Birmingham—G. and S. Reynold, corn dealers, Salisbury-street, Lisson-grove —W. Townley, R. Townley, and W. 11. Cartwright, cotton spinners, Blackburn—J. Knapp, W. Bray, and H. Edmonds, clothiers, Bradford—J. L. Butler and W. Paton, coal mer chants, Liverpool—W. H. Austin and G. W. Tinkler, com mercial agents, Harp-lane, Lower Thames-street—T. Sander son and H. J. Cook, coal merchants, Liverpool—J. Dyer and li. Culliford, drapers, Banwell, Somersetshire—E. Phillips and A. G. Favenc, wine ►xerchants, Lower Thames-street-- T. W. Dean and E. Law, artists, Nicholas-lane, Lombard street—G. and J. Blindley, haberdashers, Coventry—C. R. Wessel and F. Stapleton, music publishers, Frith-street, Soho —W. Reed and R. Taylor, linen drapers, Brunswick-parade, Is lington—J. Cowing and A. Peacock, silk men, Spital-square —J. Dobson and C. Nixon, marble dealers, Dent, Yorkshire —C. C. Evre and F. J. Burge, surgeons, Hammersmith—A. Toft and J. Austin, engravers, Tinkersclough, Shelton Pot teries-4. Pritchard, B. A. Pritchard, and J. Railton, timber dealers, Liverpool (so far as regards J. Railton)—J. Darby, J. Higgs, and 'l'. Pickering, coal masters, Kingswinford, Staffordshire. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. James Semple and Co., grocers, Cambuslang, Glasgow, March 21 and April 12, at twelve, at the chambers of H. Smeaton, Glasgow. Alexander Kay, merchant, Dundee, March 24 and April 15, at two, at the Royal Hotel, Dundee. SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. The seventeenth half-yearly general meeting of the Pro prietors of this Company was held yesterday, at one, at the Terminus, London-bridge, for the purpose of having sub mitted to them the report of the Directors for the half-year ending on the 31st of January last. There was a numerous gathering of the Shareholders. Sir John Kirkland, the Chairman of the Boord of Directors, pre sided. On the proposition that the advertisement calling the meeting be read, Mr. GILBERTSON, before hearing it read, would wish to know from the Chairman why copies of the report were so long delayed from the Propnetors. lie had only received his copy on entering that room, when he had fully expected to have seen it printed last Saturday. The CHAIRMAN explained, that unfortunately in the midst of the preparations tor that meeting the chief accountant was obliged, under a subpoena, to attend with his books at the Maidstone Sessions. It was impossible, therefore, for the Directors while the books were there to put the Proprietors into possession of the report on the preceding Saturday. The accounts were not audited till the previous midnight, and he (the Chairman) did not get the report till within ten mi nutes of the hour of meeting. The advertisement was then read. The CHAIRMAN said the next duty was to affix the com mon seal to the registry of the Proprietors, and he moved that that be done. Mr. GILBERTSON asked whether the Proprietors had a right to inspect the registry of shares, and if they had, when, where, and how ? - . _ The CHAIRMAN said that no Proprietor would hare any difficulty i❑ obtaining access to the registry at the proper season. Mr. GILBERTSON was dissatisfied with the answer. He wished to know if he could, on application, see the names of each Proprietor, and the number of shares to that name? The CHAIRMAN was sorry that the legal adviser of the Company, was not present to answer the Hon. Proprietor's question. He was, unfortunately, obliged to attend a dis cussion before a Select Committee of the House of Commons, to inquire into the schemes of the North Kent Railway Company, which, they were aware, was opposed to the South-Eastern. His own opinion was, that, whether the law were favourable or otherwise to the wishes of the Honourable Proprietor, the Directors would refuse no information that it was consistent with the interests of the Company to give. He hoped that the Hon. Proprietor, therefore, and the meeting, would feel satisfied with this explanation. The common seal was then affixed to the registry. The Secretary, Captain O'Brien, then read the report, which stated that the gross revenue for the half-year was 139,042/. Ils. 2d., while the expenditure for the same period was 69,288/. Os. 2d., showing a balance of 70,444/. 17s. 7d., out of which the Directors recommended, without deduction of income-tax, a dividend of fifteen shillings and fourpence per share, on the paid-up shares, and one shilling and eleven pence per share on the No. 1 shares, which, on the 41. paid previous to the 31st of January, 1845, ware entitled to a proportionate dividend ; the total amount of this dividend would be 45,616/. 13s. 44., and there would remain a reserve fund of 24,828/. 4s. 3d. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said that he had to congratulate the Proprietors on the improved and the improving prospects of the Company. It was a source of great satisfaction to the Directors that they were enabled to recommed a dividend of 15s. 44, (j. the paid up shares, without any deduction for the income-tax, The extension lines they were then forming would, he trusted, improve the interests of the Company, and he could not conceal the gratification he felt in comparing the cost of maintaining their permanent roads with that of the cost which he found acknowledged by most of the other great Companies. It could not fail to be agreeable to them to know that while the maximum of other Companies was 4041. per mile per annum, and the minimum, 1301.—(he could refer to nine great Companies who paid those sums)—the minimum was that paid by the South-Eastern Railway. They had heard by the report that the Company had now got possession of the Greenwich ; and they would hear also with pleasure that there was a great improvement in the traffic of that line. They had no reason to regret that they bad obtained pais would sanction session of that line, more especially when it was they con h considered de a r d e d everytha that it confidence was t e k key e t o Legislaturethe them in constructing. The Chairm an then referred to the Steam Company which bad been establishe d in con nexion with the South-Eastern Company (to be called the South-Eastern Continental Steam Company). The number of passengers to Ostend and Boulogne who had passed along their line in the last half-year (decidedly the worst season of the year), was 13,545 ; and he argued therefrom an in creased traffic to the line from this circumstance, and from the construction of the Great Northern Rail way of France. He also referred to the custom-house to be established at Folkestone, and thought that the port would he used for the importation of light and valuable - French goods. The Chairman concluded by moving the adoption of the report. Mr. Rim seconded it, and after some discussion it was re ceived and adopted unanimously. Feilden, Esq., The Directors who wen t out b y rotat i on, name l y, William M.P., Henry Rich, Esq., and William Henri Thomas, Esq., were again re-elected. The meeting, after a vote of thanks to the Chairman, then separated. The Right Honourable the Speaker of the Hous• of Commons gave his last Parliamentary dinner on Saturday last, when the guests of the Right Honourable Gentleman in cluded Lord James Stuart, Lord Frederick Gordon Hally burton, Viscount Duncannon, the Right Hon. C. Tennyson D'Evncourt, the lion. Captain Howard, the Hon. Charles lloward, the Hon. C. A. F. C. Ponsonby, Sir John Eaathope, Mr. W. 'Villiers Stuart, the Hon. Edward P. Bouverie, Mr. J. llnme, Mr. W. Hutt, Mr. J. Matheson, Mr. E. Turner, Mr. M. Forster, Mr. A. Bannerman, Dr. Bowring, Mr. J. H. Lang ston, Mr. T. S. Duncembe, Mr. E. Roche, Mr. T. Gill, hfr. H. Mitcalfe, Mr. Duff, and Mr. C. E. Rumbold. CHANCERY.—It was expected the Equity Courts would have risen in Lincoln's Inn on Saturday, Friday being the last day specified in the Seal paper. It appear s , however, the Courts will sit up to Thursday . next, and rise en that day for the Easter holidays. There is a considerable amount of business now before the Courts, and it is stated they will resume their sittings for one week before Easter Term, and that Tuesday, the Sth of April, will be the first Seal day of thole fittings. leo" apn / 002. 31OW 0/'' ' Age.