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REPTA PR 2E MION DISTRIBUTION. The PRIZE HOLDERS in Mt s. PARKES'S GREAT FINE A.RT DRAWING are respectfully informed that, conformably to the arrangements made by her Committee with the Shareholders, at Covent-garden Theatre. on Monday last, the numerous Prizes will he prepared and READY for DELIVERY in SIX WEEKS, dating itom the day of drawing. Those Subscribers who have not received their Engravings are alb informed that a large number are new being prepared for selection, and will he ready for inspection, and delivery, in one month from the date Of this Advertisement. Mrs. Parkes's Country Agents will be supplied with Engravings for selection and delivery at the same period. 12, Golden-square, October 4, 1844. TILE SUN is Published EVERY MORNING at FIVE O'CLOCK, in Time for the EARLY TRAINS and TOWN DELIVERY ; a SECOND EDITION (Evening Sun) is Published in Time for the AFTERNOON TRAINA and a THIRD EDITION at SEVEN O'CLOCK, for POST, containing , PARLIAMENTARY and all other NEWS in LONDON up k that Hour. ADVERTISEMENTS INSERTED in ALL THE THREE PAPERS, Morning Noon, and Night, thereby insuring a TOWN and COUNTRY CIRCULATION, at ONE CHARGE, ONDON and YORK RAILWAY. A Several advertisements having of late appeared, headed " DIRECT NORTHERN RAILWAY," and having attached thereto the names of Sir John Rennie, Mr. Oravatt, Major Amain°, and others, in which it is asserted—that by the Direct Northern Line the distance from London to York will be twenty miles less than by the line proposed by this Company—that the scheme to connect London with York originated with, and was first projected by, Sir John Rennie and Company—and that upwards of seventy miles of their scheme has been appropriated by the London and York Company—the Committee of Direction feel called upon, in justice to themselves and the shareholders, to give these assertions the most direct and unqualified contradiction. To the first they reply—that the difference in distance between the projected lines from Landon to York, instead of being twenty mike, is ■ot more than two miles and a half. Sir John Rennie's, by his own account being 180 miles in length—that of the London and York being In reality upon the line, as finally laid down, 185} miles. ONDON AND TORK RAILWAY. I .4 NOTICE. SCRIP CERTIFICATES are ready to be Issued to the Share holders at the Offices of the Company, 7, Lothbury, London, in EX CHANGE! fur their BINKERS' DEPOSIT RECEIPTS, The Parliameetary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement will lie here daily for signature, and must be duly executed before the scrip certifleMes will be delivered. FINIPLOYMENT.—Persons having a little time to spare are apprised that Agents continue to be appointed In London, and country towns, by tile EAST INDIA TEA COMPANY, or the sale of their celebrated teas. Offices, N.. 9, Great St. Wen's-churchyard, Bishopsgate-street. They are packed in showy leaden canisters, from one ounce to a pound, with the price and weight marked on each packet, and but 'We trouble is occasioned by the sale. The license is only I Is. per annum, and many during the last nineteen years have realised con siderable incomes by the agency without one shilling let or loss. Application to be made (if by letter post-paid) as above. ham, Oct. 29—8. Norman, ironmonger, Cheltenham, Oct. 25—C. Killick, paper stainer, Blackman-street, Bo rough, Oct. 25—J. L. Loraine, wine merchant, Newcas tle. upon-Tyne, Oct. 25—E. B. Lamb, builder, Burton crescent, St. Pancras, Oct. 25-1. Munro, builder, Princes-street, Leicester-square, Oct. 25 —T. Cox, fruiterer, Porchester-street, Connaught-square, Oct. 25 —J. Young, laceman, Aldermanbury, Oct. 25. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. E. Ellis and E. Farnden, maltsters, Walberton, Sussex —G. Mercer and J. Peil, cigar manufacturers, Liverpool —W. and J. Alexander, plumbers, Fordingbridge, Southampton—J. Embley and J. Davies, warehouse keepers, Bristol—W. Day and E. Climenson, waggoners, St. Ives—T. Harris and Co, malt distillers, Bristol—R. Gordon and L. Davies, ironfounders, Heaton Norris, Lancashire—S. Jones and T. Bye, grocers, Witney, Ox fordshire—J. Underhill and W. Powell, dealers in Go vernment Securities, Stock Exchange—E. and G. Black burn, bricklayers, Limehouse—S. Summers and T. Tearle, brewers, Kingston—J. M. Gutch, J. Martin, and F. Hooper, printers, Bristol—R. D. Little and 11. Weaver, land surveyors, Chippenham, Wiltshire—Jil lard, Spencer, and Co., brewers, Oakhill, Somersetshire —T. Chapple and C. Clarke, linendrapers, Great Dovor street, Southwark—Ja. and Jn. Fielding, tea dealers, Rochdale, Lancashire—G. E. Tarleton and A. Jones, hemp dealers, Liverpool—J. and D. llepworth, dyers, Halifax, Yorkshire—R.:and T. Wight, cast-iron founders, Sunderland—P. M. Parsons and T. W. Bunning, civil engineers, Cranmer-place, Waterloo-road—G. and E. Henry, merchants, Bread-street, Cheapside—P. Atkin and S. Ryder, tea dealers, Liverpool—J. G. Sherwin, J. Cope, and J. Heaton, engineers, Cumberland-street, Shoreditch (so far as regards J. Heaton)—H. Hathway, J. Seater, and It Hathway, stationers, Tower Royal, City—W. and J. Rumsey, tailors, Wapping-wall. their d to them upon the adopted, o some of T HEPTAPR.EMION DISTRIBUTION. MRS. PARKES begs to t e nd er the b es t ackn)wledgments of irh hasgrateitil heart for the kind symp a thy arid generous support which expericn ed from her Frien a and the Subscribers to the Ia IiE s tPTAPILEMION, the Drawing of which t oo k place on Monday The Deposit Receipts must be left at this Office on Mondays, Tues days, and Wednesdays, between the hours of eleven and three o'clock, and the scrip certificates will be delivered iu exchange three clear days afterwards, viz., on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays, between the same hours only. M rs. PARKES has caused a LIST to be printed of the TICKETS, ,I.l:he ord.• r that they were drawn ; at.d of the PRIZES to which the fortunate ho'ders are entitled, and which LiA can be had by becribers on the presentation of their Tickets at her house in Colden ti squareof her Agents. Mrs. PARKES cannot with lice to to her feelings omit to especially express her gratitude • o the :GenCereen cemposing her Honorary Committee, f)r the anremittmg es.,,..i.eetkotildhoeeisnrclibatiniasri ~t t. ..e ntlo n they were kind enough to pay to her int:rests, and for the t f e e r, s ib t o e uc d tti.o to n4: see that full just.ce was done to the Sub, 1844. luire any tended to nts which upon the v Zealand le against it has ap 'hich have y our for ust of ne me, if net proceed pedient to into this affair at were lost, h we have :press our and more duties in entrusted, the Corn of all re shed, and utual for- . - Early notice will be given when the Subscribers' ♦greement and Parliamentary Contract will lie far signature at Liverpool, Manches ter, York, and other principal towns. J) AVIES'S CANDLES, 50. per lb.—Wax Candles, is. 2d.—Fine Wax, Is. sd.—Male's Superb Composite, requiring no snuffing, 101 d. Genuine Wax, 2e. 3d.— Transparent Wax, 2s. 2d.—Genuine Sperm, 3s. 2d. Extra fine Moulded Candles, with the improved Waxed Wicks, 7d.—Yellow Soap, 465., 525., and 58s. per 112Ibs.— Mottled, 60s. and G4s.—Windsor, Is. 4d. per packet.—Palm, Is. 4d.— Old Brown Windsor, Is. 9d.—Rose, 2e.—Superior Almond, 2s. 6d.— Superfine Sealing-wax, 4s. 6d. per lb.—Refined Sperm Oil, 7s. per gallon—Solar Oil, 3s. 6d. For Cash, at DAVIES'S Old Established Warehouse, 63, St. Martin's-lane (opposite New Slaughter's Coffee-house), Charing-cross. J. R. 110 WATT, Secretary, 7, Lothsnry, London, September 21, 1844. OFFICE of the GOVERNOR and COMPANY of COPPER-MINERS in ENGLAND, Old Broad-street, London, 2d October, 1844. The COURT of ASSISTANTS of the GOVERNOR and COM PANT cf COPPER-MINERS in ENGLAND hereby give Notice, that a DIVIDEND for the Half-year ending at Michaelmas last, has been this day declared, at the rate of Five per Cent. per annum (free of Income-tax), on the paid-up Capital Stock of the Company, and will be PAYABLE at this Office, on and after THURSDAY, the 17th Inst., between the hours of Eleven and Three. GEOLOGICAL MINERALOGY. R. J. TENNANT, F.G.S. will acvcommene a Alutac°l7Rse of LECTURES on MINERALOG . Y, with i ew 1 . 0 , — fx Substancest._ hi the ARTS. The Lectures will be illustr. ted r by an /61Collection of Specimens, and will begin on WEDNESDAY t_______b„ (i'-',o4,,tlhes4:th of October, at the o'clock. They will be con -I;4rticlien °a ' h succeeding We inesday. Li e s e,rvi Particulars may be obtained at the Secretary's office, Oclob t ; e ge• London. R. W. JELF, D.D., Principal. FDIVARD PRICE and CO. beg respectfully to request that all parties wishing to purchase their COMPO SITE CANDLES will ask In the shops simply for " Price's Patent Candles." Since these hare attracted public attention, many Imita tors hare made candles, and called them by the name " Composite," used by Edward Price and Co. ; but the process by which the real Composite Candles are made, being a patent one ; and E. P. and Co. granting no licenses, none of these imitation candles are at all the same as the real ones. The chief properties of these latter are their burning, without snuffing, more brilliantly than the best wax, ROA their all'ordiag so large an amount of light, that they are cheaper, taking this into account, than the commonest tallow candles, one of them giving the light of three ordinary moulds. They may he had of most of the respectable tallow-chandlers throughout the kingdom, and are supplied to the trade wholesale by Edward Price and Co., Bel mont, Vauxhall ; and by Palmer and Co., Sutton-street, Clerkenwell. 2. This scheme was still by Cambridge. Report of Commis sioners in 1841. By °rata of the Court of Assistants, W. INGLIS, Secretary. MONEY.— GRAND DISTRIBUTION of 70,1701. sterling, authorised by his IMPERIAL MAJESTY and the GOVERNMENT of AUSTRIA. The NEx r DRAWING of the IMPERIAL AUSTRIAN LOAN will take place at Vienna on the 2d of DECEMBER, and be paid in British money. There are 700 prizes, of 23,000/., 5,000/., &c.; the lowest prize 50/. A few tickets, 3/. each, shares, 125., with prospectus —six tickets for 151.—may be obtained of Messrs. J. Straus and Co., Bankers and Receivers-General-office, 26, Bouverie.street, Fleet street,. London. „ Remittance can be Made by Post-office Order. Goverment lists of the drawing will be sent to each purchaser. Office-hours from twelve to three. POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. Daltio kl%°,llti9TEoscorE, an original Optieal Instrument, unli t° It 1,4;•G. - nuances to Natnre and Art, a highly valuable ad dition I "trE '°l7 °At'S OPAQUE MICROSCOPE. The Pictorial 11-Inemc 1nemc "'aid Passions, from Collins's Ode, with Vocal and Instrn at a '" U ne) te the first subject exhibited by the PHYSIOSCOPE, ?: t dor ti. to Fire o'clock in the Afternoon, and at a Quarter So Ivi tlQON''''reolng. Dr. RYAN'S present daily Lecture is on p►miabet their ANTIDOTES, at half-past Three, and on the win s "114 Menday, Wednesday, and Friday, at a Quarter to mil: Professor EACHAOFFNER Lectures on the alternate Eye ryDßn_Thi. • Lectares abound in Interesting Experiments. The Ito ..131 CTitre MACHINE, DIVING-BELL and DIVER, Doe. 4111 c is Composed and Condneted by T. WALLIS, Mus. . • . Admaission Is • Schools, Half-price. EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. , t . he COI ESTER AND CAMBRIDGE LINES. th e Direc 'er 4 have t o announce that the change of gauge, with conse q ue nt alterati on o f the engines and carrying stock, which tile been proceeding with for the last month throughout both lin e s, Will be completed on Mownev next, when the Trains will run w ith their accustomed regularity ; and the Directors, in expressing their lEaret that the public have been necessarily inconvenienced during the progreqs of this important change, by occasional delays, have, at the same thne, the satisfaction to state that the passenger-traffic on ottlet themalu lines has not, for a single day, been stopped, and that with _ c slightest accident having occurred. OM e 9 • , London Terminus Oct. 4, 1844. DIRECT NORTH:PAM ItAILWAY LO NDON to YORE . b y LINCOLN. allPital 4,000,0001 ., i n 5e,000 shares of 501. each. Deposit, V. le a. per share. from II PROV ISIONAL CONNITT R . Vile els. William Ashley William Gambier, Esq. John M. _ .1. Braeksaabury, Esq. C o l onel William Gravatt, R. E . Erlghtsraa, Esq, Michael Brae, "sq. Majprorp.T, R.C.B. George Marriott, Relseet W alter Carden, Ewe. Willß.C.B..s. Edward T arot Carver m Morley, Esq. he Chisholm William Mountford Nurse, Esq. T , Esq. John Picke rsg ill , E sq . out.-Coloaol James Nisbet Col- Thomas Raikes, E sq . quheua, ILA. Edward Sherman, Esq. lames Farquhar, Esq. Edward Winslow, Esq. (With power to add to their numbers.) aa el 9 / 1 Sir John Renni e, F . R .S. ; Win. Gravatt, Es q.,E.R.s. bati B aNgettS—The Union Bank of Lond on. oefono—ltiesess. Johnston, Farquhar, and Leech, Moorgate. street, London. ilantiallanla s l n A :P aarra— s a n laLe - y: f ar a es d j :W s .w . in W ek. . Webster, Old eaG i t l in lia la i dt ak erT m .' s 7111 Alleviation of a Direst M a i n -T run k Railway, for the ha. P or tant purpose of c onnect i ng t h e north of England a n d S cot l an d , be York and Limpets, with the metropolis, btasebeenecniddedranutapegega, h a fter mature i nvest i gation and conviction of public snob a Hoe of eonamunietion. The line will anarneneo near Kin Most central situati on i n the metropolis, seal and the Qty; it proceed s by Chipping Barnet, Biggleswade, St. Nets, Munti ng d on, near Peterborough and Mar ket Deeping by Stamford, to the wes t o f Bourn, east of Ch g' King's-e r ase, o se, la the New.read, the th as regards the West h m west of Sleaford , anta and east of New ar k, to Lincoln, an dthenc e Thorne, Snaith, and S e lb y, to York. ' by Gainsborough, The distance by it between London and York o w th i n fi r b p e ru l pon ell e :i l l i es ne .. will be about Re miles shorter than by distance bring New_ consequently by the same . t will reduce by 59 miles the present di a st n a y nc* between distance and York, and In polls, while th e London saved between Londe* and castle and Edinburgh nearer H to ul t i and Sheffield ; thus h w e ilr b e e tr n o e less than 42 milos. I it will form the nearest route to Leeds, radford, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, Colby,Pontefract,. Hull, Hal if ax, Wakefield, es Well as the traffic from the north of 2 aartmanding the traffic of the o fmanufact E ur n in l g an i ct i , st s r c ic u t t s land, productive country, It ern- Lincoln- Aire, and the other agricultural districts through which it passes. Vak lnll its course through a highly pr an _ i 1,.:...; ;tll:114: t m il s ar ket towns of 41 01,,,,, au im districts r t an , d and the connectsmetropolis. a l 1 fib L i i n k : manufacturing communication between Norfolk and Su Mil the w est a eas y drainage of the Th e line, a 1:1 North of England. , w hilst it embraces the most important felitlleboo seen tr b y the map, does not interfere with the Markets and towns fun thatydistrict. a The inclinations of extremely favourable, and are obtaln f ed r a e t at Moderate expense, there not being any engineering work o Latnitude en the line. The guage will be the same as theofexgtiimete iog lines the the m anufacturing districts , and all loss trunk In travelling will be avoided, as the line will be an integral 110 nude ene management. The expanse of construction being moderate, and the distance so t e mu ch reduced, the f ares will be proportionately less, / and an amp p r ofit is s u f f i ciently shown by the annexed abstract of the traffic t ables, whieli are the result of a moat rigid investigation, and ars, P r epared as evidence for Parliament. The capital proposed to be rai sed, namely, 4,000,0001., is a sum eX visable toceeding the e allow ngineers' estim ate. It ha s, h owever, b een t h oug ht ad an ample margin for any increase of prices above those of the present time. The surveys Were commenced is October last, and in March last, the Direct orthern Line, and its advantages (to gether many ether trial lines, and their d isadvantages), were carefully brought to the consideration of many gentlemen well qualified to with Ism an opinion en such matters, and finally the:prospectus, accom panied by a map on a sufficient scale , wasp üblished en the 4th of A 1844. This prospectus and , rani'Xing's-erase.map show the London terminus At this line d ate there of r was not b e f ore the public any other project than hr a di rect r a ilway from Londo n to York ; but when more a ro enth had elapsed from the tim e of the publication of the Prospectus and Map of the Direct Northern Railway, the Cam bridge and York via Lincoln Railwa Company (who had up to that time adhered to an indirect li n e by Cambridge to York) changed their title to that of the London and York Railway Cosn -1401, and their stated capital, which previously had varied from 11,1156,41101. to 1,400,000 J., was then, for the first time, named at 4,000,00 e/. In their new, was the London and York Cora. parry also adopted Xing's-cross for their London terminus. Of the sense entertained of these encroachments by the pro- Co Mo tors of th e Direct Northern Railway, the York and Lends* Miley were duly apprised by a circular addressed to each metie r of their Committee ou the 15th of May last, and signed by the keretary, Major Amsinek. A amp of the London and York Railway was , Isited la the latter part of August last, which, to the surprise of however, pub. the promoters of the Direct Northern Line, showed an attempt to oPPropriate upwards of 70 miles from London of the published line et the Direct Northern Railway. Still the Prejeet of the London and York Railway Company falls * err far abort of a direct lino from London to the north, as will be Nei free the following data:— Prom Tondo ben to York the di stance by the p resent line of rail- W is 1119 miles ; muaym,SOO miles ; by brho the proposed London and York line, stated to prop:mod Di rect Northern Railway, 1110 Daring the progress of this undertaking, a very large proportion of the laatlowners en the line have been eommunicated with, and (*united In reference to it, and the ftall concurrence of that im portant interest is, with very few exceptions, confidently relied on. Publie attention having been lately tiona, drawn to the atmospherio principle, tho Committee wish to observe that they are in a con dition to take advantage of that principle, should it eventually be Shown to be for the helmet of the undertaking. The sections of the country through which the line p from Lead*. Is York ean be seen at the offices of the Company, 64, bLoorgato.atreet. Every explanation, also, will be afforded with regard to the traffic and other matters. The Parliamentary plans, IC., are in eourse of preparation, and 4PPlient Will be ERIN for an Act of Incorporation in the ensuing & Milos of Parlianaont. The deposit of il per cent., or RI. 10s. per share, is necessary to mkt the requirement of the Parliamentary standing orders, but the 'Preliminary expenses will In no event exceed 10s. per share. Interest at the rate of 41. per cent per annum will be allowed on all s ails made after the passing of the Act till the opening of the xailway, The sUbcribers' agreement and Parliamentary contract will bo taady firssgnature on the payment of the deposit. A large proportion of the shares having been ady applied for, 1M application for shares can be received after the nth of October .14,_0 011aZ/. up of to whic h period they m a y b e addressed to the Secretary, at `llces the Company, 54, Moorgate-street, London, where lit, stroeteses and plans may be obtained ; or to Messrs. John Rail. "la and Son, and Messrs. Cardwell and Sons, sharebrokers, Man ""ter 1 Thomas Bell, Esq., sharebroker, Birmingham ; Messrs. Garton and Wright, aharebrokers, Sheffield ; Messrs. Edward tint *ad Co., sharebrokers Leeds ; Francis Stamp, Esq., shat *al Hull; Messrs. Collinson and Flint, share ,, °kW% Ilan ; Thomas Broadman, Esq., sharebroher, Black "urn ; W. H. Morrico Esq., sharebroker, Blackburn ; J. lttn"tes, H. sharebroker, Bradford, Yorkshire ; W. H Cow cll.!' %N. sharebroker, York ; Messrs. Henry Davies and ~,„"*.• sbareb'rokers, Liverpool; Robert Allan, Esq., aharebroker, •r-lblaburak Messr s. / M'Ewon and Auld, or J. Watson, Esq., sh arak , .... --`ero. Glasgow; or to William Gordon, Esq., sharebroker, ...Weft d• lislltrlated in c o m e, calculated on the usual Parliamentary data, Doe e tb ° C I A 144" e t:........ Printed, and m a y Ise a ctual returns, which are irer sengers 4:350,1t, • 0 Parcels Co ........................... Merchandise .............. 49,565 0 0 nve yance of li ve stock .... 145,628 0 0 tato of p r i vate carriages, horses,. . and do g s 50,715 0 0 24,578 0 0 i neral and agricultural produ ce NCNet fbr maintenance °fibs line and working atPcssee 40 per cent ......... 032,606 0 0 253,066 0 0 3 144 1 *bola 9 per cent. on th e capital of 4,000,000/ . 79,600 0 0 Form of Application for Shares. To the Committee of the Direct Northern Railway. :41., Gettlernen,—l request that 3ou will allot to me shares of slash In the proposed " Direct Northern Railway," and I "Ldert,t. - - ,4 to Pay the deposit and sign the necessary deeds. to* t Its day of 111144. Nare.. 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The PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE of the DIRECT NORTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY from LONDON to YORK by LINCOLN, having before them an advertisement pub. fished in the Morning Papers of this day, headed " LONDON and YORK RAILWAY," and signed " J. R. Mowatt, Secre.. tary," and observing the very discourteous spirit which pervades it, feel that they might have contented themselves by simply giving a peremptory denial to the statements contained therein, so far as they impugn• the prospectus and line put forth by this Committee, of which they are prepared fully to establish the integrity at the proper time and before the proper tribunal; yet the Committee, thinking that it is due to the public to furnish a specific reply to the aforesaid statements, now proceed to do so as follows : ADVERTISEMENT. ANSWER. PROOF. 1. That the pro- 1. This was not a The Parliamentary ject for"a new railway direct line from Lon- notices in the " Lon from andon to York don to York, but don Gazette" and the was formed by Mr. went by Cambridge, Records of raffle- Gibbs in 1836, and in with a London termi- meat. that year carried into nus at Whitechapel. Parliament. 2. That in 1840 Mr. Gibbs again brought his scheme! before the Parliamen tary Commissioners, and it is detailed by them in their Report in 1841. 3. That such scheme was never! abandoned by him (Mr. Gibbs). 4. That on the 16th • of April, 1844, " thel l project" was announc. , ed by advertisement in the" Times," under. the name of the Great! Northern Railway, before any advertise ment of Sir John Ren. nie had appeared. 3. Admitted that Mr. Gibbs never aban. doned his scheme by Cambridge. 4. Denied that this The City article of advertisement related the " Morning Post" to the above project of of the 12th of April, Mr. Gibbs. 1844, contains, The promoters of amongst other re . the Direct Northern marks on the subject, ,Railway, on the 4th the following : of April, 1844, pub- " The formation of lished and extensively a direct railway from circulated the prospec. London to York, by tus and plan of their way of Lincoln, for present line, having its the purpose of con. London terminus at fleeting the North of King's .cross,and going England and Scotland direct to York; and with the metropolis, as a subject of public has been decided on. importance and inte. Prospectuses have rest, it was noticed by been issued, together the press. with maps explana. tory of the mode of proceeding Intended. It appears that the pro. posed line is to commence near King's.cross, in the New.road, and, independently of any other line, to take its course through Hert ford, Bedford, Huntingdon, Peterborough, Stamford, Sleaford, and the other important towns, to Lincoln and York; the distance by the adoption of this line being less by nearly 40 miles than it can be travelled by any existing railway. The capital required for the execution of the work is estimated at or under 4,000,0001., the length of line being 180 miles. The work will be placed under the superintendence of Sir John Rennie and Mr. William Gravatt, Civil Engineers"— And the following is extracted from the "Times" city article, April 15, 1844: " A Direct Northern Railway from London to York by Lincoln, having in view the connexion of the North of England and Scot. land, by York and Lincoln, with the metropolis, is also another project recently started. The line is to commence from King's cross, pass through Chipping Barnet, Biggleswade, St. Neots, Huntingdon, and Peterborough, to Lincoln, and thence by Gains. borough, Thorne, Snaith, and Selby to York. The capital required is 4,000,0001., in 1001. shares. Among the advantages which it is stated this route will possess, are—that the distance between Lon don and York will be 39 miles less than by the existing railways; that it will reduce the distance between London and Edinburgh 39 miles; and that it will be the nearest way to Leeds, Selby, Hull, Hali. fax, Bradford, Huddersfield, Wakefield, Pontefract, and Sheffield, 5. The advertise- 5. There have been ment gives " the most many schemes for con. direct and unqualified necting London with contradiction" to the York by railway; but assertion "that the Sir John Rennie arid scheme of a new rail- this Committee do cer. way to connect Lon- taint) , claim to have don with York, mi. originated and first ginated with, and was projected the connec. first projected by, Sir Lion with these cities, John Rennie and Co. as well as the North of England and Scot. land with London, by a Direct Main Trunk Railway. Further, the Messrs. Rennie, in 1827, about the time they were engaged in car rying the Liverpool and Manchester Rail way Bill through Par. liament, laid down a plan of a direct line from London to York by Lincoln, and have never abandoned that project. Maps in Messrs. Rennie's office, pro. duced to this Com mittee. 6. The advertise ment states " that the difference in distance' between the two pro.' jeeted lines from Lon. don to York, instead of being 20 miles, is not more than 5i miles" (in favour of Sir John Rennie's line); and also that the line of the London and York Company is, in reality upon the line, as finally laid down, 1851 miles. " The trunk line was, in round numbers, 200 miles, and its ramifications would be still more extensive." This report is sub sequent in date to an advertisement of the London and York Rail way Company, in the " Railway Times" of the 27th of July, 1844, which contains these words :—" The precise line throughout has been determined on in a manner satisfactory to the landed and other interests, and in a few days the Proprietors will receive a sketch of the line, with particulars, from the Engineer's (Mr. Locke's) Report." Apply to the above a common process in arithmetic : Miles. Length of line, as stated by Mr. Mowatt 2OO Length of Sir John Rennie's line 6. This can only have been accom plished, as this Coin. mittee are advised, by a further appropria tion of Sir John Ren. Inie's line, and a fur ther abandonment of Mr. Gibbs's line of 1836,1840, and 1841. In the " Stamford Mercury" of the 30th of August, 1844, is a report of a public meeting held at Stam ford, containing the following as part of a speech by Mr. Francis Mowatt, Tice-Chair man of the London and York Railway : The result in favour of the latter is 2O The Committee wish to assert their confident belief, that from the tone of the advertisement under comment, it cannot have received the sanction of the noblemen and gentlemen whose names are so ostentatiously paraded in connexion with it, and who, it is a matter of notoriety, do not now form the Provisional Committee of the London and York Railway Company. In conclusion, this Com mittee cannot but call attention to the announced fact, that the line adopted is, with modifications, that of Mr. Gibbs, thus conveying that the London and York Company are not indebted for their line, as finally laid down, either to Mr. Walker, the distinguished Engi. neer to the first line, viz., the Cambridge and York via Lincoln Railway; or to Mr. Locke, who has just resigned his office; or to Mr. Cnbitt, who is at present advertised as the Engineer.in-Chief to the Company; but to Mr. Gibbs, whose name has not previously appeared as professionally connected with the London and York Railway Company.—By order of the Committee, WILLIAM AMSINCK, Secretary. Direct Northern Railway of f ice, 64, Moorgate. street, London, Oct. 3, 1844. POST.OFFICE.-CAUTION. 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" We do not hesitate to recommend, from experience, DEL CROIX'S ODONTO, or the Queen's own Dentifrice, as the most valuable means of puifying, preserving, and embellishing the Teeth and Gums, hitherto offered to the Public."--Court Gazette. *.* The Bouquet Duke of York is the last new fashionable perfume of the season 1844; but though the last, is not the least in perfection, as it happily combines the preceding excellence of all the royal bouquets, with the delicate and delicious fragraace of the white moss rose. Let hint who Is a true born gentleman, And stands upon the honour of his birth, If he suppose that I have pleaded truth— From off this briar pluck a white rose with me. Messrs. J. 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Whether this difference of five and a half miles can be realised by Sir John Rennie's line Is yet to be proved, and, if realised, whe ther such a difference would be compensated for by the London and York line having its course through the towns of Hitchin, Huntingdon, Peterborough, Grantham, Newark, Tuxford, Retford, Bawtry, and Doncaster, not one of which is approached by Sir John Rennie's line, the public will be able to determine. To the second and third allegations the Committee of Direction of the London and York Company reply, that while Sir John Ren. nie and Co. state that their surveys were commenced in October, 1843, and their prospectus published in April last, the project for a new railway between London and York was formed by Mr. Gibbs in 1836, and in that year carried into Parliament. That in 1840 Mr. Gibbs again brought his scheme before the Parliamentary Commis sioners, and it is detailed by them in their report of 1841. That such scheme was never abandoned by him, but in February of the present year the details of the London and York Railway, as now, with modifications adopted, were explained by him to Mr. Biekett Denison, M.P , who• suggested several alterations, and Mr. Francis Mowatt, the Vice. Chairman, and arrangements were made for per fecting the plan by levels and surveys, which were completed in the month of March following, and on the 16th of April the project was announced by advertisement in the Times, under the name of the " Great Northern Railway," before any advertisement of Sir John Rennie had appeared : and the Committee of Direction dis. tinctly affirm that the course over the first seventy miles from London was adopted on actual surveys made by Mr. Gibbs, and not suggested to them by any other parties; and they beg further to observe, it is only now within these few days, that after the Lon. don and York Company has been before the public for a period of five months, after its whole capital of five millions has been sub. scribed, and its shares has attained a high premium in the market, that Sir John Rennie and Company have come forward with what is intended to be a counter.project, and with the mis.statements here disposed of. All comment upon this course would, in the opinion of the Com mittee, be idle. Subjoined, for the information of the Shareholders and the public, is au accurate table of the actual distances, and also a list of the Provisional Committee of the I.ondon and York Company, pub lished in May last, including names that will be taken by the pub lic as a guarantee against any such conduct as is implied by the as sertions of Sir John Rennie and Co. By order of the Committee of Direction, J. R. MO WATT, Secretary. Offices, 7, Lothbury, London, October 8, 1844. TABLE OF DISTANCES. The division of profits is annual, and the next will be made in De cember of the present year. This institution offers many important and substantial advan tages with respect both to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. 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Prepared by Price and Co., 26, Lombard-street (late Price and Gosnell's), and sold by Delcroix and Co., 159, New Bond-street, and nowhere else in London, price 3s. 6d. per pot, Is. per square, in cakes for boxes Is. 6d. and 2e. 6d. *** Mr. Price will have pleasure in presenting any brother traveller with a square of the Rypophagon gratuitously, who may do him the honour of A call at Moutpellie; House, 2V, Lombard street, Present Distanee by Distance London and Distance by existing Yorkßailway saved. Railways. by Doncaster - Miles. Miles. Miles. London to York ........ .. London to Hun • 243 203 40 London to Leeds B y f oakensbaw 205 185 20 / By Wakefield 205 187 18 London to Wakefield .. London to Bradford London to Halifax .• .. London to Huddersfield TO BE PEREMTORILY SOLD, pursuant to an ORDER of the HIGH COURT of CHANCERY, made in A Cause of LANPHIER ♦. BUCK, with the approbation of Sir GIFFIN WILSON, one of the Masters of the Court, at the Royal Hotel, Nor wich, on SATintnAr, the 12th day of October, 1844, between the hours of Three and Four In the Afternoon, in Two Lots. The IMPROPRIATE RECTORY of GREAT ELLINGHAM, In the county of Norfolk, consisting of the Tithes of Corn and Grain of about 1,773 A. la. 10p. of land, which hare been commuted, under the Tithe Commutation Acts, at a rent-charge of 4301. a year. Also a Barn, and lA. Oa. 39P. of Pasture-land (tithe-tree) in Great Ellingham, occupied by Robert Large. The land-tax on the premises has been redeemed. Particulars and conditions of sale may be had (gratis) at the said Master's Chambers, In Southampton-buildings, Chancery-lane, London; of Messrs. Trehern and White, 13, Earge-yard Chambers, Bucklersbury, solicitors ; Messrs. Bridger and Blake,. No. 68, London-wall, solicitors ; of Mr. Gilman and Mr. Press, Hingham, Norfolk, solicitors; of Messrs. 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A Price Current, illustrated by Drawings, and containing every information relative to the purchase of Silver or Sheffield Plate, Islay be had on application, •r will be sent into the country, free of postage, in answer to a paid letter BANKRUPTS. LENY DEIGHTON SMITH, HENRY SMITH, and GEORGE FREDERICK SMITH, crape-manu facturers, Gutter-lane, London, to surrender Oct. 9, at half-past twelve, and Nov. 19, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Old Jewry chambers; Kirkman, King William-street. ALFRED TULLEY, grocer, Hackney, Oct. 15, and Nov. 13, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Norton and Son, New-street, Bishopsgate-street. FRANK HOWARD, publisher, Tonbridge-place, Hoxton, Oct. 15, and Nov. 13. at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street buildings ; Bird, Lincoln's Inn-fields. JOHN METCALF, silk manufacturer, Macclesfield, Chester, Oct. 18, and Nor. 7, at twelve, at the Man chester District Court. Hobson, official assignee, Man chester ; Milne, Parry, Milne, and Morris, Temple, London ; Ainsworth, Macclesfield. GEORGE CROXTON, china dealer, Manchester, Oct. 18, and Nov. 7, at eleven, at the Manchester Dis trict Court. Pott, official assignee, Manchester; Jaques and Edwards, Ely-place, London ; Chew, Manchester. GEORGE ALEXANDER, innkeeper, Beaminster, Dorset, Oct. 18, at one, and Nov. 14, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. Hernaman, official assignee, Exeter ; Newman and Co., Yeovil ; Raven, Temple, London ; Terrell and Roberts, Exeter. INSOLVENT PETITIONS. J. C. Walker, pilot, Lower Shadwell, Oct. 23, al twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, officii assignee. G. Boorman, butcher, Canterbury, Oct. 16, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee. J. W. 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CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary, on the day herein-mentioned. F. G. and W. Plowright, wine merchants, Wells, Nor folk, Oct, 29—R. Musgrove, woollen draper, Diming- PRICE OF SUGAR. Tke Average Price of Brown or bluscevado Sugar, for the week ending Oct. 1, 1844, is 325. Sid. per cwt., exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the im portation thereof into Great Britain. BANK OF ENGLAND. (From last Night's Gazette.) An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Vic toria, cap. 32, for the Week ending on Saturday, the 28th day of September, 1844. ISSUE DEPARTMENT. X. X. Notes issued ... 25,362,830 Governmentdebt 11,015,100 Other securities 2,984,900 Gold coin and bullion Silver bullion X 28,362,830 M. MA: Dated the 3d day of Octot £28,362,830 RSIIALL, Chief Cashier. ,er, 1844. BANKING V X. capi tal Rest 3,568,518 Public deposits (including Ex chequer,sayings' banks, Commis sioners of Na tionalDebt,and dividend ac counts) 6,010,235 Other deposits 8,286,772 Seven day and other bills 1,052,280 .£33,470,80i M. MA Dated the 3d day of Octol .£33,470,805 ,SHALL, Chief Cashier. r, 1844. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS rROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. GLOBE.—We see with unfeigned satisfaction the sort of revival which seems taking place, in the sense of social relations between the wealthier classes in the country and its peasantry. An instance of this will be found in our columns in the meeting at Ongar, addressed by Mr. Raikes Currie. We cannot, however, dissemble to ourselves that there art lions in the path -to a more healthy harmony between lower and higher classes. That the atmosphere, in some way or other, will at length clear itself, cannot be doubted ; but that it will clear itself without storms, we dare not pre dict. There is so much to readjust, after so long an artificial regimen, and so little certainty, at any time, amongst mankind, of vigorous measures of improve ment from higher quarters, and definite and moderate views in lower ones—or rather, there is so complete a certainty, at all crises, of more or less deficiency in both—that, while we rejoice in the evidences of an improved spirit, we cannot but rejoice with trem bling. This is the way to be dubbed alarmists —a charge for which we care very little. Those who can view without alarm the incongruities of our present situation, and the provocations to criticism of that situation administered from higher quarters to multitudes, who were never so expressly called on to canvass their condition before—those who can look upon all this, and remember that, whoever may stir social questions, there are always aspiring or embit tered spirits in society eager, in great numbers, to work them, and to possess the people, called to discuss those questions, with belief in the efficacy of only such measures as only men malcontent with the whole order of things would propose—but which must find a fearfully sympathetic chord in breasts enduring hardships under that order—those who can regard these commencements, and contemplate those hardly to be shunneA consequences, without alarm— shall be welcome to call us alarmists, without ruffling our equanimity. The truth is, that the higher order of men (we mean higher placed socially) whom awakened feelings of social relations prompt to express generous sentiments to those classes which have least reason for attach ment to their existing state, and perhaps a little too apt to enjoy the pleasurable novelty of their own posture, without fully appreciating the claims and responsibility which must ensue. We consider Young England, in some of its abler organs, a little in this predicament. A gentle glow of enthusiasm in the privileged may pass by a too easy transition into a fierce and uncontrollable fanaticism in the unprivileged. The labouring people are little ac customed to excitement on social questions ; but let them be once fairly excited on them, and we di not think a second Coningsby, or a second Bolingbroke (see Smythe's " Historic Fancies "), will prove their congenial or lasting orders. For such reasons, or under such impressions as we have slightly indicated, what we most desiderate at the present crisis are two things—sobriety and decision. Sobriety in the sentiments which are now so widely ventilated on social themes—decision, and self-sacrifice, in the measures of practical improvement. These may be too much for our hopes, but they are net too much for our needs. We are deeply persuaded that sanguineness in words, and selfishness in acts, will soon come to a settling day. Poets and novelists may excite agree ably " the new generation ;" but excitement of suf fering men will be no poetical or imaginative matter. Stern realities must either be soberly and unsel fishly dealt with by our statesmen ; or sterner realities will spring out of that very awakening which has now begun amongst gentlemen. Generous sentiments are a luxury ; indolent ease is a luxury too. The utterance of the one, and indul gence of the other combined—will be public ruin. It is, therefore, we read with particular pleasure speeches like these of Mr. Raikes Currie ; and we entirely agree with him in regarding religion as the great principle of social harmony. But then it must be social religion—it must be something really bind ing and connecting classes. It will no longer do to recommend religion, like cheap soup, as an excel lent thing for the poor. The sense of religion must be shown in public action ; not in mere preachments. In holding out to the peasantry the consoling 'prospect of a future life, gentlemen must deal with the affairs of the country, and with their own, so as to show that their own souls are not swallowed up in the present. Inequalities involving miseries must be mitigated—those of style end station excite no envy amongst the masses, because they do not stand near enough to them. The enviers of the se are a rather higher class; though it may i !ap formerly it has happened, that the "proud supply 's con tumely," as galling those just below, may PPlyleaders for the more substant ia lly suffering multitudes. STANDARD.—We copy from the Times a long, and not very temperate, article upon some recent transactions in the island of Jersey. We do not pin our faith, as it is pretty well known, upon the accu racy of all our Morning Contemporary's statements ; nor are we very confident in the candour with which it reasons, even from facts which it states accurately. Upon the merits of the par ticular case referred to, th ere f ore, we offer no opinion. Still there is enoug h i n the anomalous condition of the Ch anne l I slands to suggest a suspicion that some great change in that condition is required, not only for the good of the empire generally, but for the benefit of the islanders them selves, and particular inquiries have led us to the conviction that in Jersey, at least, scarcely any change can be made which must not be an improve ment. We are no admirers of innovation, and hold still, as we have always held, th at eXistine :PARTMENT. Government secu rities (includ inglleadWeight Annuity) 14,554,834 'Other securities 9,795,840 Notes Gold and silrer coin institutions have this twofold presumption in their favour—that they have obtained the approbation of the good and wise of successive generations, and that society has commonly so adapted itself to these institutions as to render a violent revulsion from them likely to produce as much evil as good. But this presumption, of course, involves the qualification that the institutions have really been approved of by free agents, and that the social state has not outgrown them, instead of adapting itself to them. Now this qualification applies, as we think, fully to the State of Jersey (we confine ourselves, as far as possible to that among the Channel Islands, as the on e to which our investigation has been most particularly directed). The constitution of government in the island is a singularity in the whole civilised world, the sole exist ing remnant of the political system of the eleventh century. Now, to believe that this constitution has had the deliberate approbation of the Jersey people for eight centuries, is to suppose that the inha bitants of the island differ from all the rest of mankind. The history of the island, however, at tests the fact, that the people of Jersey have not been free agents in the matter, If by free agency we are to understand the exemption from a sinist e r influence, as well as fro4=brute force. The history of the island tells why the Jersey people have rejected the benefit of English law, and the honour of consti tuting an integral part of the metropolitan state of this great empire ; or, if history do not give full satisfaction upon the point, perhaps the matter will be found fully elucidated in the records of the Customs' Board. And how has this political isolation operated upon the people of Jersey ? Good laws are among the first wants of a people, and what sort of laws have they in Jersey ? The old Norman code, the old martial law of a purely military age—the law which has been rejected by all the nations of Europe that ever submitted to it, and to which in its extent England never would submit. The COM. hinder is still the " institute" of Jersey law, and even its language is preserved in legal proceedings five centuries after that language has been rejected from our English courts. " The common law of England," that wisest code that ever was framed by hu man wisdom, because resting upon the p rimary . principles of justice ; which few and nciples were, by the provisions of our S ancestors, adapted to the equal benefit of all of the people—the common law of England, the basis of our own legal constitution, and the basis of tha constitution of the United States as well as of the Code Napoleon, by which so much of Europe it . now governed—the common law of England hair no place, never had any place, in Jersey. In England men are sure of having justice aclmi,pis tered in consonance with equity and reason ; in the United States also, and in France, we meet only the principle of our common law, but between the shores of France and England, and in the dominions of Queen Victoria, we find a law which no Englishman can fully understand, and which, as far as it is intelligible, fills one with disgust. The Englishman on one side and the Frenchman on the other have spurned this most absurd law (most absurd as applied to our age); but it is the law of a British island, but a few leagues from London, according to our present rate of travelling not above 10 or 12 hours' journey from Westminster Hall. If this were simply absurd, that would be bad enough, for absurdities cannot be safely in dulged in matters of government ; but it is now greatly worse than absurd. The Channel Islands, hitherto and still of little value to the empire, may be made of great importance in the new mili tary and commercial relations which Europe has been made to assume by the introduction of steam navigation. But, in order to obtain this importance, they must be made rich ; and to be made rich they must be made thoroughly and in all respects English—English in language as they are already in habits and interests ; subject to English laws and to the English system of revenue. Rich the islands will never be while Englishmen fear to trust their property, and even their persons, to the mercy of the local laws. In such case the highest destiny of the islands must be to con stitute a refuge for insolvents and an en trepot for smugglers. Surely the inhabitants will be ambitious of a higher destiny. Private interests will of course excite an opposition to such a reform, but it cannot be that the mass of men living within sound of British law, and having it offered for their acceptance, will reject so great a benefit. What the Channel Islands are may be easily told. What they would be with augmented wealth and improved harbours no man can imagine who does not fully appreciate—as who does ?—all the wonders that are about to be developed by steam na vigation. We are firmly convinced, from all we see, the value of these islands would be multiplied tenfold to the islanders themselves within a very few years of their perfect incorporation with England ; while the gain to the empire, even under the bead of abolish ing the contraband trade, would be enormous. IRELAND. MINISTERIAL POLICY IN IRELAND. DUBLIN, OCT. 2.—On Friday last an address fzm the Remonstrant Synod of Ulster, composed of the uni tarian clergy who had seceded from the Presbyterian Synod of Ulster (now designated the Irish General As sembly), was presented to Lord lleytesbury by a depu tation, consisting of the Rev. Dr. Montgomery, Rev. Fletcher Blakely, Rev. W. B. Minniss, and Mr. K. G. Smith. I subjoin the address, with the important and very significant reply of his Excellency:— " To his Excellency 13aron Heytesbury, Lord Lieutenant- General and General Governor of Ireland. " May it please your Excellency,—We have th e ho nour to approach yo u , on behalf of the Ministers and Elders of the Remonstrant Synod of Ulster, specially as sembled, to offer our most respectful cong ra t u l at i ons on your Excellency's appointment to the chief government of Ireland. " Our satisfaction in making this customary homage to the representative of the most beloved Sovereign who ever swayed the sceptre of these realms, is greatly en hanced by the consideration that you occupy your pre sent exalted position in consequence of the distinguished ability and prudence so long displayed by your Excel lency in other lands, in discharging the delicate and im portant duties of high offices connected with the► honour and interest of the British empire. " We should feel ourselves guilty of deep ingratitude, did we not also declare that we approach your Excel lency witk still augmented satisfaction, as a nobleman en joying the confidence of her Majesty's present Ministers, to whom all the Nonconformists of these countries are so largely indebted for the late extension of the principles of justice and toleration, in passing the Dissenters' Chapels Bill, and to whom we ourselves are under special obligations for th• peace and security in which we now enjoy those most valued properties, transmitted to us by our ancestors, or created by ourselves, for the promo tion of what we humbly believe to be pure and un defiled religion.' " As lovers of our native land, and all its inhabitants, we rejoice to believe that your Excellency brings to the arduous task of governing a population of mixed races and creeds, the invaluable qualifications of sound consti tutional information, great political wisdom, an earnest desire to administer existing laws with scrupulous im partiality, and a full determination to recommend such conciliatory changes and improvements as may tend at ono to secure the peace and prosperity of Ireland, and to confirm the iitegrity and power of the United Kingdom. "The people of this country are proverbially ' fond of justice,' and pre-eminently sensible of kindness—both of which your Excellency's established reputation assures us they shall abundantly experience at your hands ; so that, under the blessing of Divine Providence, your Ex cellency may enjoy the delight of beholding confidence superseding distrust, affection displacing alienation, aid the chaos of religious and political strife settling into the organised forms of social harmony and national prosperity. "For ourselves, we unhesitatingly rely upon the con tinuance, by your Excellency, of that equitable and impartial attention to our civil rights, as a church, which we hare uniformly experienced from your Excellency' s predecessors in the chief Government of this country ; and, on our own part, we pledge ourselves to the conti nued use of our best exertions in promoting loyalty to our most gracious Sovereign, obedience to the laws, awl the extension of mutual forbearance and good-will amongst all classes of our fellow-subjects. "Signed at Belfast, this 24th day of September, 1844, on behalf the ministers and people of the Remonstrant Synod of Ulster. " W. B. MINNISS, Moderator. " FLETCHER BLAKELY, Clerk." To the foregoing, his Excellency made the following reply : " To the Ministers and Elders of the Remonstrant Synod of Ulster: " Gentlemen, —I the address with which y ou hav e assu ming t " The to my services has;received with much sati s f ac ti on Battering h o Government expressions s o i f th is o ns honoured me, on my i country. t contains, with respect in foreign countries, demand my warmest acknowledgments : and I am no less bound to state my conviction, that her Majesty's Ministers will derive the highest gratification from the assurance you convey to me, ' that the Nonconformists of these countries con sider themselves largely indebted to them for the late extension of the principles of justice and toleration, in passing the Dissenters' Chapels Bill, and for the peace and security in which they now enjoy those most valued properties, transmitted to them by their ancestors, or created by themselves.' "As regards myself, Gentlemen, you may be assured it is my earnest desire 'to administer • • existing laws with scrupulous impartiality, and with a full intention to re commend such conciliatory changes and improvements as may tend at once to secure the peace and prosperity of Ireland, and to confirm the potter and integrity of the United Kingdom. " Happy, indeed, shall I be at the close of my admi nistration to find, as you are pleased to predict, eonfi i denco superseding distrust, affection displa c in g aliena tion, and the confusion of religious and political strife settlin g into social harmony and natio na l p ros p er ity. " Yo ur patriotism, Gentlemen, has always been un doubted ; but I hail with gratitude the pledge you now offer, of your continued determination to contribute, by every means in your power, to promote ' loyalty to our most gracious Sovereign, obedience to the laws, and the extension of mutual forbearance and good-will amongst all classes of your fellow-subjects.' N FIRYTBSBURr." athis, irrey. an ey, [uare, )(the °rasa nott, 'rale, ate. G, of 114 y of