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IN +21, - PG •I': . ,:t '.C.%:', .i;r:T,i , F , :',.; i .,,,, ,4 : r ••• • :;:l .. . "N DO MONDAY MORNING SNy DECEMBER Fg 2, 18454 DUDLEY, MADE LEY. BROSELEY, IND IRONBRIDGE RAILWAY, WITH EXTENSION TO SHREWSBURY. At a meeting of the Managing Committee of this Company, held at the Stork Hotel, Birmingham, on Thursday, the 10th of Decem ber, 1845, WILLIAM COLLINS, Esq., M.P., in the Chair, The following Report of the Committee was read : The Managing Counnittee of the Dudley, Madeley, Broseley, and. Ironbridge Railway Company, with extension to Shrewsbury, feel that it is due to themselves and to the Shareholders. to lay before them, at the earliest possible period consistent with due inquiry, their present position, consequent upon the circumstances which will be found detailed in following Report:— Mr. Francis Giles became the engineer of the Company on its for mation, and the Committee were induced to place confidence in him from the fact of his having been employed by Mr. Robert Stephenson, in his absence, to lay out several important lines in the vicinity of the line of railway 'injected by this Company. Mr. elites attended a meeting of the Committee at Birmingham, early in October, when he gave positive assurances that he was ra pidly proceeding with his work, and had made such arrangements as would enable him to complete it in good time; and from that pe riod till the end of Nov( miser he constantly rea crated those assu rances to the Committee, to the respective solicitors, and to the se cre:ary, both orally and in writing. Every assistance was rendered which he required, and extracts front the correspondence will atom dantly testify that all was done by the Committee arid the oilleers of the Company to enable hint to complete his work by the 29th of No vember. His applications for money were, in every case, complied with, and the sum of 4,0 01. was at various periods advanced to him, on account of his own and the surveyors' charges ; the last payment of 2,0001. having been made, at his own solicitation (though not with out consab rable hesitation on the part of the Committee), in order to avoid the possibility of his operations being rutar ied for want of funds, or to afford any possible pretext for their being incfficiewly performed. Of this suns, Mr. Duerdale Houghton, the Company's surieyor (Mr. Giles's brother-in-law), has accepted his (Mr. Giles's) liability to into for 2,0011/., and Mr. tiles lies paid Mr. John Brettell, another surveyor, $OOl., thus leaving him (Mr. Giles) the sum of 1,7001. The anxiety expressed that all should he ready In time was only equalled by Mr. Giles's assurances that there were no grounds for apprehension, as the following extracts from the correspondence on the sunject will show: — On the 17th of October, Mr. Collis, one of the Company's solici tors, thus addressed Mr Giles— " Great anxiety is entertained as to the sections and surveys being ready in time. Ido hope you will use every exertion to get them done, and well done." Oil the 28th October, Mr. Coils writes to Mr. Giles— " I trust you will get the sections of the Dudley and Madeley line completed without delay, as time runs on. I am glad to tell you that all goes on favourably, and everything now rests wills you. You have, of course. made proper arrangements as to the engraving." On the 31st, Mr. Collis says la a letter to Mr. Giles— " I assure you most unpleasant rumours are abroad amongst our proprietors that our sections and plans will not be properly do-:e or ready, as Ougdale Houghton will have told you. Now I have done elite all In my power to put a slop to thtteportses I entreat of you to have the sections of the whole line from Dudley to Ironbridge and to Shrewsbury, as well us the survey s, most carefully done. You have, of course, made due arrangements as to the engraving of the sec- ' dons." In a letter to Mr. Collis, on the 9th of November, respecting the Oldbury branch, Mr. Odes says, in reference to the plans which he had received— " The plans are, as I consider, in good condition." On the 10th of November, Mr. Collis thus writes to Mr. Giles— " I know you will pardon my expressing deep anxiety as to every thing being done in due time, particularly that we may have the Sec tions aed surveys finished, as the middle of November is nearly arrived." Three days afterwards, viz., on the 13th, Mr. Collie says— .. I hope you will use every means to complete tilt sections with the least possible delay. I assure you we all feel extreme anxiety on the subject. Should you want me, or if I can do any thing to for ward you, pray send for me, or let me know immediately." The next day, the 14th, Div. Collis again urges Mr. Giles onward, by saying— " We quite rely upon your having all ready, and that the sections are in He hands oh the lithographer. Be -r in mind that the 29th is only twelve clays off, and that the sections must be sent before then to us, and be early to deposit. I trust you will excuse my most earnestly beseeching you to use every possible exertion to complete everything as quickly as practicable. The general impression is, that we shall not he ready. We must not spare exertion Many kind ; fu fact, we must keep faith with the public." On the 19th, Sent:chic writes— " i have just heard that Houghton thinks there is some misunder standing between you and the lithographer. If there be the slightest foundation for this, I beg and pray of you not to lose an instant in setting this matter right. Excuse my per •onally entreating you to use every exertion, as f am daily pressed on the subject." To this Mr. Giles replies on the 20th— " I know of no misunderstanding between me and the lithographer. Don't give credit to such nonsense." The seine day. the 20th, Mr. Collis writes to Mr. Giles as follows— " I am desired by the Committee to beg and entreat you to see that the sections are completed, and placed in the lithographer's hands as speedily as possible. I do hope you will excuse my writing se ur gently to you. Ido seriously assure you that we all feel that our honour and characters are at stake, to say nothing of the large sum of money that would be sacrificed If our plans and sections are net duly deposited." On the 21st, Mr. Giles replied as follows— " I beg that you will not be in any anxiety about lithogrephing the sections. Mr. Houghton will get some done in Birmingham. I will get all the rest done, and have provieed for it. You shall deposit on tke 29th. I come to Birmingham to-morrow night, by express train, to meet my troops, who are all to assemble at Dee's to-morrow night." Mr. Collis's next letter to Mr. Giles is dated November 21st, in which he says— "l know you will not like my troubling you with these repeated urgent letters, but I confess I am so strongly pressed by numbers of people doily, that I feel painfully anxious that we should not fail in keeping goal faith with our shareholders." Mr. Giles replies on the 22d— " If you come to me to-morrow, in order to be made certain of my work being done, I will even show you my plan and arrangements for it—otherwise be assured of it." The Committee, feeling that the foregoing extracts abundantly confirm the asserton with which they set out, will now refer to the statements made to them by air. Joseph King and Sir. Heath, two active memberreof the Committee, who were in Birmingham, watch ing the later proceedings. Mr. King states that he went to Birmingham, at the urgent re quest of Mr. Collis, in company with him and Mr. heath, on Thurs day, the 27th of November, ai.d that he remained there till Satur• day night, with the cXceptiOn of a few hours on Friday, during which period he had every reason to believe that the business was pro ceeding satisfactorily. Mr. Heath reports that he accompanied Mr. Collis to Birmingham on the 15th of November, at his request, to have an interview with Mr. Giles, who had stated that he should be there that night. They and Mr Wainwright saw Mr. tides after midnight. at the Royal Hotel, when 14 gave them the most positive assurances that every thing would be ready in time. The following Monday, the 24th, Mr. Heath again went to Birmingham with Mr. Collis, when Mr. Giles repeated his former assertions that everything would be ready. Three days afterwards, Thursday, the 27th, Mr. Heath, at Mr. Collis's request, once more went to Birmingham, accompanied by Mr. Collis and Sir Joseph King, and remained there until he had sees the various gentlemen start on Sunday night to make their re spective deposits. About five o'clock on Sunday afternoon Mr. Heath saw Mr. Houghton deliver the plans to the several solicitors, in doing which lie (31r. Houghton) expressed his obligations to them and the other gentlemen connected with the Company, for toe assistance they had rendered him, adding that the sections would be ready in half an hour. After this interview with Mr. Houghton, the party left to prepare for starting, and returned to Mr. Ilougliton's office about half-past live o'clock in the afternoon. where they remained until twenty minutes to nine in the evening, and during this period, facts of such importance are spoken to, that the Committee feel bound, not withstanding its length and the reluctance of Mr. Heath, to give a la , ge portion of his report in detail. After stating that they fliund Mr. Joshua John Petle, of Shrewsbury (solicitor to the Wor cester and Crewe, and also to the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Rail way Companies), and Mr. Hood (a relative of Mr. Roy, the other so licitor to the Shire a shury and Birmingham ('ompany), in Mr. Hough ton's waiting room, ready to convey the Worcester and Crewe plans for deposit, Mr. Heath thus proceeds : " Between seven and eight o'clock Mr. Peele was sent for by 3lr. Houghton, and he remained in Mr. Houghton's room until after the delivery of the sections by Mr. Houghton to tine respective solicitors. At this period I became very anxious. and requested Mr. Collis to see Mr. Houghton. Mr. Collis accordingly went into Mr. Houghton's room on the first floor, but immediately returned and told us that Mr. Houghton positively insisted on his leaving the room. Shortly atter ths Sir. Giles came out of Mr. Houghton's room, and on my asking him respecting the sections, Str. Giles said that they had been out of his hands some time, and that they were under Mr. Houghton's care, upon which I again requested Mr. (Solis to go to Mr. lloughton. Mr. Collis, consequently, went a second time, but came lack directly and said that 31r. Peele (whom I saw in Mr. lloughton's room when the doer was opened) refused to admit him, telling him (Mr. Collis) that Mr. Houghton would soon hand out the sections. Mr. Collis further said that he had remonstrated with Mr. Peele on the impropriety of his being in Mr. Houghton's room at such a moment. Thus matters stood, the solicitors and myselfrem alining in a small room adjoining Mr. Houghton's, in estate of great anxiety; a person being then stall tied in the passage leading to the door of Mr. Houghton's room, who positively refused to allow any one of us to pass to it. Soon after eight o'clock Mr. Peele, from Mr. Hough ton's doom, called the respective solicitors of the Company, who ac cordingly went into the room, whither I followed them; and where I saw Mr Houghton give to each of them certain rolls, which he said coetained the sections of the Hadley and 31 adeley line com plete, except the section of the branch front Rudge to Wolverhamp ton. which he said should be deliv‘ red out in a few initiates, if it could be fouiel, adding that they were then engaged in looking for it. We then left Mr. Houghton and went into the anti-room, where we consulted together as to the propriety of the solicitors at once pro ceeding to their respective destinations (the evening being so far ad vanced), to deposit such sections as they had ; but it was at length agreed that Mr Houghton should be again distinctly asked if the rolls ne had given to each of the solicitors contained the sections of the whole line, except the Wolverhampton branch ; for which pur pose Mr. Collis once more went to 31r. Houghton's room, Mr. Wain wright, another of the Compauy's solicitors, following him. ; Mr. Collis returned immediately, and reported that Mr. Hough ton had told him, contrary to what he (Mr. Houghton) had previously stated, that the respective liu , dies did not contain the whole of the acetone with tho exception of the before mentioned branch. Upon this the solicitors and myself held another con ference, during which Mr. Collis partially unrolled one of the bundles of Sections, and it appearingthat Dudley was upon one sheet I and Shrewsbury upon another. the solicitors and 1 came to the con elusion that the rolls which they had received comprised the sections of the entire main line, contrary to Mr. Houghton's last statement. Immediately upon this discovery being made, Mr. Peele called from I Mr. Houghton's room for Mr. Collis, whither he went, returning directly, and satin; that Mr. Houghton had now informed him that their respective rolls did contain the whole of the Sections of the line, with the exception of the Wolverhampton branch. The same state neent as to the correctness of the rolls was made by Mr. Houghton to the ether solicitors of the Company. Mr. Collis and his colleagues then stsirted, at twenty minutes before nine o'clock." Mr. Heath concludes as follows :—" Observing, with much pain, that attempts have been made to Impute blame to the solicitors, lii reference to their conduct on Sunday, the 30th of November, and preceding days, and particularly that a scene of gross confusion and ! disorder occurred in the surveyors room, in which they aro implicitly charged as participators, I feel that though I have shown they were rigidly denied access to Mr. Houghton's room, I owe it to the Com- ' pang, to these gentlemen, and to myself, as a member of the Manag ing Committee, to declare that a more unfounded calumny could not have been uttered. I was with these gentlemen during the whole of Sunday ; I had many opportunities of observing their unremitting exertions on the preceding days—l may say nights also ; and I have great pleasure in stating that, with whomsoever the blame of this failure may rest, it was in no way attributa ble to any wont of ar rangement or zeal, or acivity, on the part of the solicitors, or of the secretary, their conduct throughout, and especially during the most critical period, having been praiseworthy in the highest degree." The Committee have also received reports from the solicitors, re ferring to the circumstances detailed by Mr. Heath, and speaking in the highest leans of the exertions made by Mr. Houghton to com plete his Thation of the work in good time, up to the period of the of a LE T'F Elt from delivery of the plans ; but they do not think it necessary, after quot ing at so great a length from Mr. Heath's statement, to allude to COURTNEY, Esq. them further at present. To Kr. THOMAS PROUT, 229, Strand, London. Notwithstanding the foregoing facts show it was next to an impos- Church Fenn, Barton Stacey, near Andover Railway sibility to make the deposit' in time at Slu ewseury and London, the Stations, Hants, October 26, 1544. Committee think it 110 more than justice to state, that the most t ilDeri en ` C c od alt i not help . expressing my astonishment in the effect I have strenuous exertions were made to do so, Mr. -s nstice posting to the v aa t i nt n taking your . Pills ter the Gout. .I wax taken on Thurs- ' former place, a distance of forty-five miles, in three hours and twenty naltly severely with It . as to be with difficulty able to get out seven minutes, and Mr. Wainwright arriving at the Board of Trade, aroa, as aia and atter I arose I had severe pains, tollowed on with in- in sondon, upwards of oae hundred and fourteen miles, by the aid of :dna, e'en ef the foot increasing. alto k three of your Pills, and a special engine, in three hours and torty-six minutes, both srenile 'fees , hours I found the lai ntirely cease. I afterward! 1, 1 ` W a Tillmen havine been retartled on their way by accidents on the road. Pills at a dose . twice in the . day, and I am, thank God, this I The journey to Stafford, twenty-six miles, mi g ht have been readily ilre ab alale to walk without the slightest Inconvenience. I found In accomplished by Mr. Collie, but he was detained a long time on the ite s .'s` j , l very severe attack very great relief ; I had the pains in road between ltirminghain and Walsall, in consequence of the great !lav a a s,s l. and thizlts so wry severe at that time, I thought I must maconduct of his postbors, which was such as to induce suspicion tith e ;",e , i, anti that it must have gone into my stomach. At that ! that unfair means had been employed to retard his journey. By ao , s e !lad resort to your , 'ills, and they relieved me—within two greet exertion Mr. Collis ultimately reached Stafford in due time. kno w ,' Was quite easy. The use of these Pills ought, really, to be Sir. Hou liton made the deposit at WO. cester else, in good time. line ar ,s- 1 1 over the world. I have a brother, a young man, t han I As sool ' i as the tailure in the deposits was known, a meeth g of the beets . 6 , e n "railay with it, and his greatest relief end preventive has Ire Ju na Pi Committee was hastily summoned at Dudley, when Mr. Giles and ly 11s. Make what use you please of my report. —, ours Mr. Houghton attended. The former offsred no excuse for his con ' A in aesPectffilly WI LLI COUISTN EY. duct, further than that he haul been disappointed, adding that no h. ant the many discoveries that characterise the present age, 11011 S ! parties could hove behaved better or acted more handsomely, then aevs conoof tribut nor eel so much to the comfort and ease of the community, ; the Committee and the officers of the Company had behaved towards !ant such a boon upon soffering humanity, as the armor- I him: and he at once admitted, that even if the lateness of the de di the s a io Ze o r f y of . BLAIR'S GOUT AND ItHEIT3IATIC PILLS, ! posits could be got over, his sections were in some iestances so de which has been •ested by t our clay. and recom- I fective, Visa they would not bear a searching examination. n te, for gout many of the greatest men of our (lay. They are effee- swer to queetions whioh were pressed upon him, he said " That the :eiatica,lllml; and rheumatism, to all its various forms, including sections of the cross line from Stourbridge to Wolverhampten were C. pains in the head and face, frequently treated as I strictly correct ;in fact, he believed the sections of the whole scheme tino ki na " , a it a n ae d . I,, T a hees . require neither coufinement nor attention of were complete, with the single exception of the branch to Wolver u'aill. or othe riahly prevent the'diteaso attacking the stomach, hampton." Mr Houghton expressed his sorrow at the failure to de ws,s r vital nart. tposit, and his regret at the misantatement mode by him to Mr. Collis ta sa 7a 0 3' Thomas Prout bY all , 229, trawl, T,ondon ; an by his appoint on Sunday ,:venire; ; juetifying himself, nowever, by saying that he eetnea, respectable medicine vendors throughout the United • w as greatly excited at the time, front his previous exertions, si s z,as sr. _,Price 2s. 9d. per box. I and three be 'corrected himself immediately. This, the asoo t ia BLAIR'S GOU f AND REIEUMATTC PILLS, and oh -1,,5" the aanowandaddiese " `Committee mayeirmark, is opposed to.. Mr.. 'statement, by of Thomas Prout.22o•Strand,•London," which it appears that some time elapsed before Mr. Houghton re (torment lump allied tea los of the ° a i d vi Follow aurfferp and this geittleraan is 00nartned bf the 44 4 , BENJAMIN BOND CABBELL, Esq., Secretary. itabi ts ` nrs Council are very anxious to encourage among the man ._ industry, cleanliness, and neatness of apparel, they beg to that a present o' Fifty Pairs of Trousers, or One Hundred Smock Ir c ks, vein b , ' . _ ' ' u 4 4„, Th e Long r fo '„ Brooms, or Mops, to a Donation of 101. ktipti ons u ? v ving Bankers have kindly condescended to receive Sub 17.4laede Scott, Rant., and Co. Prescott, Grote, and Co. 84 "doh and Westminster Banbury' ft, , d Co. nk . b ruin ' and its Branches Sir Charles l'rice and Co. Ilet. "2 "nd and Co. Cocks, Iliddulph, and Co. k.._ ,erie and Hankeys and Co. 17i l l f ; Itn sad Co. - 4 It Co.o 'terries and Co. tr 4, se e k of London, and its Fuller and Co 14tebes London and Dublin Bank ksiZ r '2 l, and C o. National Bank o f I re l an d kos 4 : and Co , At the Hall of Commerce ‘,ltt and Co. The London Tavern -‘ 44t 1 7 , b, sj ,l lr t o l - gd.Ssetary of the Association, at the Offices, 20, Vera '•°'"'"-- By order, J. DAVIES, Secretary. S9I T T A•R ' K BRIDGE. ti th e i to , ti le , , s hercty given, that a DIVIDEND will be PAYABLE o gAt t g . 'th of January to the . PROPRIETORS of the 2.rEvr t1,1 ) , 1 ; , . and te the' SU BS..RIBE ItS of the 13/. advanced on the e ( - 4 , ' I MES of SOCTIIWARK BRIDGE, at the rate of 1/. 10s. NI b, e '; Per annu m , an d t h a t t h e Tra' s,cr-Books of the Company 1 " 8 ed from the 27th instant iintil the 15th of January next. By order of the Court of Directors, Nee • A Dec_JAMES LEITH, Secretary. p t ',:lueen-street-place, . 19, 1845. 0 C. , - -- 1 iMAIL RCIA L TRAVELLERS.—Every i tße . ription of solid and other LEATHER CASES, for carrying O N ," stock, made to order. Solid Leather and other Portman iiTt.44 opet Bags, Hat Cases, &c. &c., in great variety, always in klZ).......llthgate and Son, manufacturers, 76, Watling-street, London. V . It t N AMEND; for the DRA V.. IN G- ROO M, ti tts -wk -41 11ARY, and DINING-ROOM, consisting or an elegant ent 1 k k, k i , ~.. Of Vases, Flpires, Groups, Inksands, Candlesticks, it a' watchstands, beautiful Inlaid Tables, Paper-weights, &c., iik, 4l, —. i o Alabaster, Marble, Bronz4, Derbyshire spa, &c., imported ' i ttittlitit, oetured by J. TEN ANT, late Mawe, 1.19, Strand, London. L■ 4 1 rolnerakyy, concliology, of geology, can be supplied with in X collection's, to facilitate the study of those Intetesting fi t 4 4 of science, at 2,5, 10, 20, to 50 guineas each ; together l . , tls,4lTellt variety of Sll, _Minerals, and Fossils ; Geological ''' t oPs, Books, Hamm he er s s, &c. ill' l tGES'S' ESSENCE of ANC 110 V 1 ,40ti /t .arehouse, 107, STRAND, corner of the Savoy-steps, London. Okr, B URGESS and SON, being apprised of the numerous en made by many persons to impose a spurious article tor .liet• 1"41; 7 1 it incumbent on them to request the attention of the C : tnrchasing what they conceive to be the original to ob :tittaili2ltnie and Address correspond with the above. The gen , e 'ante of the spurious descriptions will deceive the un t13:48.; d, for their detection, J. B. and Son, submit the following ng isi , orrie are In appearance at first sight, `'the genuine, " but et t :alne or address ; some " Burgess's Essence of Anchovies," INtai " Burgiss's ;" and many more without address. John 044" d Son, having been many years honoured with such dis qB4,4Plorobation, feel every sentiment of respect towards the " Qarnestly solicit them to inspect the labels previous to pr or What they conceive to be of their make, which they hope k:yentd • Nt .. otas ,ts s apr:, C r r ents. ISeltsfactiOn A tin U ues , th o h r e general purposes, having given such W co ' n prepared by thm, and is recora '4l%, a s a moat useful and convenient sauce ; will keep good in all Nei n 413 e, 107, STRAND, corner of the Savoy-steps, Leaden. The Original Fish-sauce Warehouse . _ DRAWING-ROOM CLOCKS. ti:o k 4: ps7l..tohnedyon. k t. SAVORY and SONS, No. 9, Cornhill, opposite the Bank of England, invite attention to liZuClt, 4 d variety of Rosewood, China, Bronze, and Ormolu go for eight days, and strike the hours and half hours. mll. l ' t Guineas, Seven Guineas, and Ten Guineas each, and up -4 11 4 41 : 4 , 4 „ _ 4 + performance is warranted. -`lain — Pillet, with detailed lists of prices, and illustrated with 'andhad on application gratl , or sent to all parts of Ireland, postage free% in answer to a paid letter. -A.RLY ACCOUNTS ' n , e Present year is very nearly ended, ' ;yid folks begin to count what tiey've expended. ere another year its course commences, „leis a rule to calculate expenses. 40en don't (mit" when making up accounts, And • „, noting down your several amounts, 2 number in the year, before it closes, The many savings you have made by MOSES. T ake pen in hand, and calculate aright, And Put your estimates in black and white; Vid doubtless you will find in this event R emember sav'd enough to pa; a quarter's rent. what you've sav'd in Spring attire, 451 ' 1 Summer dresses, too, which all admire ; T e rnember, too, your garments for the Autumn , Y: l id don't forget your savings when ou bought 'em _ , member what your Winter dresses cost, Take all these various things into account, end highly pleas'd you'll be with the amount You'll determine that, .-hen this year closes, yo u'll deal another year with Messrs. MOSES LIST OF 'PRICES. RELIVE WADE. T A s. d. from 6 8 6 , 11 : 1, 1s or •odringtons .... •••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • 9 10 6 it;'iatV• Att.oll, embroke, and every cescription of Nirt ywr b.... 6 41.4 4 ter • oats in every style 0 8 6 h,.."`"kili,,, t, ters, lined •••• • • • 0 4 6 0 10 6 "‘•1 lible CPi l ° l itt • • • . ar .. 31' b reasted ........ ... .............. 0 2 6 usrar and runic ........ • • .......... 0 Is 6 - 44; "%Mot. r0u5er,....... .................. 03 0 MADI4 TO MEASWII3. Or Coats, in every style and stiape, handsomely biOnsed ••• • • • ..... .. . 1 8 IV4cbdti Great Coats, velvet collar and cuffs ...... 1 12 0 b 4 Wrappers . 0 8 6 Li ti t e,,r Trousers, in all the new patterns •• . 0 12 0 " . ..... 0 18 6 u reh. 44 *litY, or dress do bit t, Costa rre t i C best quality made .. .. 5 2 0 t b _lto... )/ hst quality made ... Bd v tsts .. ........ 8 g 6 h , b ., plain or fancy ........................ 0 12 . 0 t e "re 4 ''Llssar and Tunic suits • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • " 6 Th e s) 14 6 , 11 1f: W Work, entitled the " Monarch Mart," with full direction} tl,,s43',lurenient, may be had, on application. " Pest Free." ' q b,k3l:. N T. — An article purchased or entered, if not approved oi yos ,, , or the m oney returned. h es- E• MOSES and SON, Tailors, Wholesale and Rota —r aPera, Outfitters, and General Warehousemen, 154, Mino t n il Is L:11. Aidgate, City, opposite the Ghureh. busiesstransected at this Establishment free) sunset, or. "%ck slinset on Saturda), when business is maned at twelv ,- t • 1 41 4110 1 t •----. Yeses and Son are obliged to guard the public Ir . 2o3ltion, hayi learned that the untradesmanbike false. hi u :' l3l B connected ng with them, or its the same concern, has ittt, 'led to in many instances, and for obvious reaseus. They St o co unexton whatever Is kth any other establishment, in or 0 , 0 41 4 :1 ,4 1t n • and theme who desire genuine Cheap Clothing should (to i 4 aPPointment, &c.) call or send to 154, Mleorias. or 00, ' 4l) Posite the Church. tt i W • I • • • bit _ I ANDS MALASSAR 0114, Lrt„.,:_erves and reproduces the flair ; prevents it from fallng ii `t , ittig grey; restores grey hair to its original colour frees t it t ket 4 4 rf and dandruff, and renders it soft, silky, curly, and glossy r or A bundautly proved by innumerable testimonials, which are 05e . I "Pection at the' proprietors. As a mild stimulative, cor- VII _ a nd preservative agent, ROWLAND'S MACAsSAR OIL Zok . t _X n qusive patronage of the several Sovereigns and Courts of p. 1 54 . 4 ,4 d with rank, fashion, and discernment, supersedes all ii: . )l 4 "gotis of professed similar import. A small pamphlet accom- Cte.„ eft, th bottle of Rowland's Macassar Oil, wherein important Szl--"!1 advice will be f quid on the culture of the hair of infancy, I ts preservation and beauty through the several stages of t A tt life. : r ION.— Unprincipled shopkeepers, for the sake of gaining a t h ‘lit,:re profit, vend the most spurious trash under the title of s ' l ' l l ve, rer Oil." It is therefore imperative on purchasers to see that th. 4 ls G ROWL A.ND'S MACASSAR OIL, are in two lines w : wrapper of each bottle, and on the inside of 014 4 Pner nearly 1,500 times, containing 29,02 S letters. 7s. Family Bottles (equal to tour small), 1 03 .6 d., and t,Altcet size, 21s. per bottle.—Sold by the Pioprietors, A. ROW trtg and SON, 20, llatton-garden, London, and by Chemists and All other Macassar Oils are Fraudulent Counterfeits. • lt THE PATROIYAGh: OF MANY OF Tur. NORM fY. -f -L LS N's COMPOUND ANTIBII.IOUS prepared by Thomas Allen, late of Mile-end-roak niL ' A or the It val College of Surgeons, London, and Lioeutiate ,7 4 ebr' , Detliecaries ; Company, and a pupil of the late eccentric and ;•ted John Abernethy, Esq.,twenty-two years a prin- N s l lriteon to St Bartholomew's Hospital. During a practical ttg4, twenty years,.. these Pills have been found an invaluable ' N b, cases of indgestio, liver, ad bilious complaits. For Cti tA a ''ntents of the di g digestive organs and obstructions, a n sluggish Cr, t V the liver and bowels, which occasions acidity , ! . 3 nUtoms, viz., heartburn, giddiness, headache, ti t , Spasms, and latulent distention' or the stomach and f e _ 4 l; 'rewsiness and dimm-ss of sight, an uncomfortable sensa likeerienced at the pit of the stomach soon after eating, with a weight of oppression, appetite inipair,d, enderness about the region of tlie liver, bowels irregular, some . t,n stinately costive with languor and depression of spirits. ▪ s „ In boxes at ls. 1%c1., 2s. 9d., and 4s. 6d. g l i i tt t cli„ air. Allen, jun.. Chemist, 24, Grafton-street, Fitzroy-square, t' and Sons, Edwards, Dietrichsea. and Hannay, Sanger, and Ce., London; and the principal tnedicino venders through " •Lneflom. nt for Mile-end. Mr. Wilkes. Druggist. CONVULSIONS IN TEETHING. AIRS JOHNSON'S A MERICAN SOOTHING 1 11 1'114 SYRUP. Iry --caciatts remedy has been in general use for upwards of N l .,e o .4 ars, and has preserved numerous Children when suffering 1, nvillsions arising from painful Dentition. As soon as the Sy rolslrubbed on the Gums, the Child will he relieved, the Gums "Ri the inflammation reduced. tt is as innocent as efficacious, 1i -Iq t o produCe• the Teeih with ease ; and so pleasant that no v,.7111 refuse to let its Gums be ruhued with it. Parents suould ,l'ko Particular to ask for dOPINSON'S AMERICAN SOOTHING t ittwi u on l and to notice that the names of Barclay and Sons, 95, Far 14te .I"reet, Loudon (to whom Mrs. Johnson has sold tho recipe), the Stamp affixed to each Bottle. Price 2s. 9d. per Bottle. eopy WILLIAM several solicitors. Mr. Giles, after informing the Committee that he had known amended ..eetions deposited after the 30th of November to be received in Parliainent, where notice of such etnendations had been given to the landowners, offered to make correct sections at his o'vn expense, to enable the Committee to apply for their Bill ; and Mr. Boughton also offered his personal s,rvices, free of eharge, In the event of their d.,tennining to proceed, and the application provig tinsucce,,lul. Under these circumstances, taking into consideration the fact that the cr. ss line from Stourbridge to Wolverhampton formed a very important, and to a certain extent independent por tion of the projected railway, and that it was probable, from what Mr. Cites had stated, that they should be in a position to apply for a Bill for it In the en4uing session with a reasonable prospect of suc cess, the Committee agreed that the solicitors should forthwith take the opinion of the Parliamentary agents, Messrs. Dyson, Hall, and Company, as to the course the Committee should pursue; and also send competent persons to ascertain what sections had really been deposited. Mr. Giles had stated that he should at once proceed to make entire new sections of the whole line. The deliberate written opinioa of the Parliamentary agents has been obtained, to the effect that it was " a very reasonable and proper ease to bring before the Standing Orders Committee, with a view of obtaining a decision in favour of ,the Bill proceeding." But information was afterwards received from the parties sent to search at the offices of the Clerks of the Peace, that the sections of the im portant cross line from Stourbridge to Wolvehampton had not beets deposited, that sections of several miles: of the main line had also not been deposited (despite the decisive statements of Mr. Giles and r. Houghton, the latter of whom delivered out the sections), zu.d that those which had been lodged were extremely incorrect in detail. In the altered circumstances of their affairs, the Committee were at once convinced that their only course was to advise the share holders to abandon all thoughts of an application to Parliament for a Bill in the ensuing session, and to consider what steps should he taken to protect the shareholders from the consequences of the con duct which it has been their painful duty to detail. With this object, as well as with respect to the future operations of the Company, the Committee have culled .111 r. Sergeant Allen and their Parliamentary agents to their aid, and they will mot anxiously and carefully consider the propriety of taking such steps in reference to competing lines in the next session as they may be advised. One course which the Committee propose to adopt, is forthwith to return to the Proprietors the sums of 21. per share, on such condi tions as counsel may deem necessary for the purpose of enabling the Committee to prosecute the undertaking in the session of 1847, should it be found expedient to do so. The liabilities of the Company will be forthwith ascertained and discharged ; and the Committee beg to inform the Shareholders that every regard has been paid to economy consistent with the progress of the scheme ; and further, that no expenditure has taken place since the 30tli of November, saving such as was actually necessary for ascertaining their real poFition... . _ . The Committee desire to record their unabated confidence in the intrinsic excellence of the I:ne, and to express their regret that a scheme, supported by such an array of noblemen, Members of Par liament, landowners, ironmasters, and other gentlemen, whose in terests demand its construction, together with a large proprietary of unexampled respectabllty, thll one-half being local, should have been :rustruted.,by Ole circuastavegnwkkeb larreweet! Tiltl'eW fl W, however, by the eunviction that a rallivay so Im pe , atively demanded by the !many, possessing gradients superior to any other line in the district, ac,ommodating South Staffordshire and Shropshire in a manner that no other scheme can do, bringing the respective places in its course much nearer to each other than any other project does, and gaining, as it has, so great an amount of public favour by its undoubted merits, must shortly be carried out. It now only remains for the Committee to say that they should fail in fully discharging their duty, if they did not express their per fect satisfaction with the conduct of the solicitors and the secretary, all of whom have paid the most unremitting attention to their re spective dut , es, and hay used their utmost exertions to advance the interests of the Company. _ . . - - . The report having been read, the following resolutions wore unanimously carried : -- 1. That the report mtw read to the Committee he adopted snd published, at the discretion of the Committee, in the local and daily newspap,rs. 2. That the further services of Mr. Francis Giles, as engineer to this Company, be at once dispensed with. 3. That the Committee of Management take such proceedings against Mr. Giles, their late engineer, as counsel may advise. 4. That the warmest thanks of the Committee are eminently due to Richard Heath and Joseph King, Esqs , for remaining in Birming ham during the eventful period ending with the 30th of November, and lending their valuable assistance to secure the deposit of the plans and sections. WILLIAM COLLINS. 5. That the thanks of the Committee be presented to Mr. Collins, M.P., for his able and impartial conduct in the chat' . WILLIAM CHANCE. OXFORD, THA ME, HIGH WYCOMBE, ♦N D - UXBRIDGE JUNCTION RAILWAY Notice is hereby given, that no further application for shares In this Company will be received after the 27th Inst. By ord,r, R. MORTON CALET, Secretary. 43, Moorgate-street, Dec. 17, 1845. CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. ROYAL LNSTITUTION, Lectures for this period of the year, by Dr. Ryan and Professor Raehoffner in CHEMI 4TRY and NATURAL PHILO SOPHY will be illustrated by interesting and brilliant experiments. A Lecture (01 the PREVALENT DtsEASE. i., rOTAT I) ES will lie delivered by Dr. Ryan, and also on the ATMOSPHERIC RAIL WAY, by Professor Bachoffner, a Working lklodel of which, car rying several persons, is exhibited daily. The additions to the OPAQUE MICROSCOPE, DISSOLVING VIEWS, and CHROMA TROPE are very effective. Tho PHYSIOSCOPE. Submarine Ex periments by means of the DIVER and DIVING BELL. Among the various addition s t o th e W or ki ng M o d e l s i s (:`,oleman's NEW AMERICAN LOCOMOTIVE EN GI N E, for ascending and de scending inclined Plan e s. A magnificent Collection of TROPICAL FRUITS. Mr. Dewne, the celebrated Flute Player, will take part in the Music, conducted by Dr. Wallis. Open from Eleven to Half past Five, and. from Seven to Half-past Ten in the Evening. Admission, One Shilling. Schools, Bair-price' tA HEAT WESTERN RAILWAY X C lIRISTMAS. . Notice is hereby given, that the usual Return Tickets, at a Reduc tion of One-third of the Fares, will be allowed to passengers travel. ling on this Ilia, reckoning Christmas-day as a iiuuday. All the Daily Trains will, however, run on that day. By order of the Directors, C. A. SAUNDERS, Secretary, E ASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY COMPANY. Extensions from CAMBRIDGE to YORK, and from TOTTEN- lIA.Nt to FARRINGDON-STREET. Notioe is hereby given, that In accordance with the resolutions unanimously passed at a special general meeting •f the Company, held on Thursday, Oct. 30, 1845, every person whose name shall appear as a Registered Shareholder of the Company on the 4th of January next, will receive a Letter of Allotment for York Extension Shares in the proportion of three such Extension Shares for every eight shares of 41. 16s. of which he is the proprietor, in the consoli dated stock of the Company. The holders of Scrip Certificates for the New I:hares of 141. 16s. each, being si :titled to Extension Shares in the same proportion, these Certificates must be sent to the offices of the Company for en dorsement, n .t later than the 31st instant, accompanied by a letter from each holder of the subjoined form : To the Secretary of the Eastern Counties Railway Company. December, 1545. Sir,—Herewith I forward to yen scrip Certificates for New Shares of 141 its. each in the Eastern Counties Railway, in respect of which I desire to obtain a Letter of Allotruent tor ltiy rateable proportion of Share. of 201. each in the York Extension capital Name in full ••••••• • • • •• • Usual Signature.. • • •• • • • •• • • Detcrip: ion ...... • • .. • • • Place of Abode ••' . •. • • This form mu.t, in every ease, be filled up in tie handwriting of the applicant. The receipt of the scrip Certificates win be immediately acknow ledged, and they will be subseituAitly returned endorsed, together with a Letter of Allotment for t.e number of Extension Shares to which the applicant is entitled. GEORGE HUDSON, Chairman. By order, ARCHIBALD MJLKELEY, Secretary. Offices, Shoreditch, Dec. 17, 1835. AD ETS f.r IN i )lA.—Every inforn ation con nected with OUTFITS for INDIA, partic,ders of Passage by Ship and by the Overland route, detailed Lists o' Outti's both for Ladies and Gelitletven, with the necessary variations for officers, writ.,rs, cadets, as istant•surgeons, and others, rm.' be had on ap plication to Messrs. THRESHER a'.d GLENNT, 'East India and fiuttitters, 152, strand, London, where all outfits are sup plied at the wholesale prices. E KAL s'rEAM IN AN' IG ATI O.N AL COMPANY'S splendid and powerliti first-class STEAM -airs are appointed to leave the Custom House or Tower for— HAMBURG 11, carrying her Majesty's Mails —Every Wednesday ,nd Saturday 31ornina. ROTTER D AM, carrying her Majesty's Mails—from Blackwall Pier —Every Wednesday and Saturday at Tea, Morning. ANTWERP—From Blackwall Pier—Every Thursday, at Ten, Morning. HAVRE—From St. Katharine's Wharf—Dec. 25 and 30, at Eght, Morning. From London Bridge Wharf, for— OSTEND —Every Wednesday and Saturday Morning. BOULOON E—Every Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday. CALMS —Every Thursday and Stutday Morning. HULL—Every Tuesday and Friday, at Eight, Morning. YARMOUTH—Reduced Fares—Tuasday and Saturday, at Six, Evening. _ _ _ From Brown's Wharf, Poplar, for — EDINBURGH—Reduced Fares—Dec. 24, 27, and Jan. 3, at Ten Evening. From Downe's Wharf—Redueed Fares—for— NEWCASTLE—Every Ntaturday, at Eight, Lventng. BRIGHTON and I)IEPPE—Rvery Saturday. u) ER and WU - LOON E-1 he Magician—Dally. To secure Berths, for Freight and Bills containing hours of departure, fares, &c., apply at the Offices, 69, Lombard-street ; 37, tiegent-circus ; and 35, Leadenhall-street. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSti.l3.- &NOE SOCIETY 26, CORNIIILL, LONDON. Capital .6:600,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. This institution offers important ano substantial adver tages respect both to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The asured has, on all occasions, the power to bornw, without ex pense forfeiture el the Policy, two-thuds of the prensiutr, paid. (see tahe); also the option of se acting benefits, and the conversion of hi :nterests to meet other convenlonces or necessity. Assurances for terms of years are granted on the lowest possible rates. DIVISION OF PROFIT*. The sq•.;cess and increasing prosperity of tko Society has enableO the t•frectors, at the last annual investigation, to declare a third Bonus, varying front 3u to 7d per cent. on the premiums paid on each Policy efectea on the Front scale. EXAIsI PLIAS . MR. CARTER'S MAMMOTH HORSE. The colossal Horse, GENERAL WASHINGTON, the pro perty of Mr. Carter, the Lion King, has been 'visited by many thou sand persons, including the nobility and gentry, and numerous ladies, 'Who have declared that be is the most extraordinary horse in the world. The principal journals have spoken in the' highest terms of this remarkahie animal General Washington is tkc largest horse in the world -he is twenty hands in height, and weighs twenty-flve hundredpcNnds. He will b• exhibited by Mr. Carter for a short time, previous to his departure to America, at the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly, from limn, ♦.M., till Niue, P.M.—Admission, Is. 4hi ~, , . ?.,,. f , 4- ro Bonus senor in gh , Nt ,4- AG , c =l,, § Premium. 2 c $41.10.1. Cash. rig': & 6 ..r. ...'. ~. • :. , 44 :1 .. a -- -- - --;- -- --, 1 z .t s. d 1837 £•9l 13 5 Xll7 13 5 Sl3 17 1 £395 11 1 601000 74 3 4 1835 165 13 0 74 13 10 1 1 8 6 3" 3 1839 138 13 6 61 .14 3 9 210 296 13 4 .1840 89 0 0 41 13 4 6 0 6 24.7 4 $ durision of protitz la annual, and the next will Ue made in e sem fir et the present year. F. FERQUAOII CAItROVX, Sae. NOTICE TO EQUITABLE POLICY HOLDERS. UNITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, - . IMMENSE BILE OF LAMPS AT HALF-PRICE. (ILARK and COMPANY, 447, West Strand, lIJJ beg to announce that th ey intend making extensive alterations in their establishment, and, in consequence, are compelled to dispose of a large portion of their immense and excellent stock of lamps. The stock consists of the New Light, Clark's Patent Cared Oil Lamp (the best oil lamp ever made), Solar Lamps, and all other oil lamps. Young's Vests Spirit Lamp, the Gem Spirit Lampe, Oil and Candle Chandeliers, Candf labras, an d O rmo l u C an dl est i c k s , an d richly cut Lastres ; Palnier's Magnum C an dl e L amps , an d ever y description of Palmer's and Clark's Candle Lamps that can be required. In fact, their immense variety provides a choice for all, and gives all satisfac tion. The whole will be sold con s id era bly nnder the usual charges. The reduction in prices commence Tuesday, 16th December, and will only eentinue one month, or perhaps less. ri ease write down Address, CLARK and Co., 447, WEST STRAND, the Immense Lamp Depot. No. 8, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London. The attention of Equitable Policy Holders is particularly Called to the HALF CREDIT SCALES of PREMIUM of this Company, by which table the bonus to be declared at the next investigation, in January, 1850, may be secured at a pfesent annual payment of one ball the rates charged by other companies. In the event of death the sum insured will he paid less the =Mint of premiums on credit. Should the life insured survive the declaration of the bonus, the policy may be allowed to lapse, and the Company will ten , . once all claim for the half premiums which may be due thereon , or, ht the event of the party heist., at that time its hat health, the policy can be kept ,up by commencing to pay the full premium of the age as When first accepted. The above plan, originating with the Company, was found peculiarly advanta4eous at the last equitable division in 1840, whet it was largely adopted. and many of the policies then effected are still in force, and latge bonuses have been aided to them on the scale, of the following table; — Sum Assured. Time Assured. Sum added to Policy. ...... • • 6 years 10 months •• • • X 683 6 6 5,000 ........ 6 years •• • • 600 0 0 5 , 00., 4 years ••••••• • • • • • • • 400 0 0 5,000 ........ 2 years ......... ••• • • 200 0 o Prospectuses and every information may be obtained on application to the Resident Directors, Edward Boyd, Esq. , and F. Len n ox Lloyd , at the ofitees. 8, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London. tIItAINDY AND CAPSITLES.-Mr. BE 'l7§ (the late Arra of J. T. BETTS and CO.), Patent Brandy Distiller, 7, Smithfield Bars, feels it due to himself and the public to state, that the Manufacture of the PATENT BRA.NDT was not, and never has been knows to any person except to himself and ens of his eons And that ho wos suceeeded in the business of the Dis tillery, 7, Smithfield Bars, by kis sons, J. T. BETTS, jam., and co on his retiring therefrom, in 1843. Mr. BETTS further states, that he is the sole Patentee, manafac turer, and veador or the Metallic Capsule, (or solid metal covering ter the mouths of bottles), that ne other Brandy its England, except BETTS'S PATENT BiIAN'DT, is thereby protected; the Patent Metallic Capsule if, therefore, applied to any other Brandy, ma s t have been surreptitiously obtained. Metallie Capsule M a nufadury, 1, Wharf-road, City-road. AMEIIICAN STATESMEN OF THE LAST FIFTY YEARS. In a few days, in 2 vols. Bvo., THE LIFE and TIMES of the HONOURABLE HENRY CLAY, Late Senator, Secretary of State, one of the Commissioners of the Treaty of Ghent, &C. With Extracts from his Speeches, Correspondence, &c. By CALVIN COLTON, Author of " Four Years in Great Britain," Ike. This work may be regarded as a faithful picture of the political history of the United States since 1810. Wiley and Putnam, 6 Waterloo -place; and at all the Libraries. BETTS'S PA ('ENT BRANDY, certified by th e Faculty of England to be the purest spirit, and guaranteed by the i'atent Metallie Capsules, embossed." Betts's Patent Brandy. 7,.Smithfield-bar," is sold at lis‘ 6d., -bottle inclUded, by the most respectable 'dediers,lists of whom may be obtained at the Distillery, weer* quantities of not lose than two salient, la balk or bottles, ea 111.14114 IClegant rocket Edition, pries Is., by pest Is. id. D R. CU LVE It WELL ON lIARRIAGE, its HINDRANCES and OSLIGA.TIONs. by rxt is. 6d. " Te be or net to be, that Is the question."—shek otare. Contents :—On Matrimonial Eligibility and Unattsess—Laws of Paternity—Ytenemena of Gestation — On Maternal n t a iieeee _ on infelicitous and unproductive I.7xlens—Cariesitios of M e di ca l Experi ence, Cases, &c. &e. CIAS A T I TT C Y7i P t a s n A/1 1"- 1 1 (72 Idngravings). These two interesting little volumes are net intended for idle er in discriminate perusal, but they are earnestly sacred is the attentive consideration of these who may be more legitimately and perhaps painfully Interested. Sherwood, 23, Paternoster -yew; Carvalbe, 147, Fleet-street Mann, 39, Cornhill, and all booksellers, or direct from the Author, 21, Arundel-sweet, Strand. At home daily till 2 ; livenings, 7 iii 9. i oc ex al ce o ss r iv c e ons in t d it o u lg tr e o i n ic eli , / Just Published, 6d., and seat tree, receipt of a Post-of fi ce Order for 3s. 6d. . 2 in LalerenEvyopTell, p E ri D ce lT 2 l . ol'. MANLY 11EALTEI: a Popular Inquiry into the Concealed Cause of its Decline, with Instructions i for its Complete Restoration. Addressed to tlisse suffering item terminating in Weakness, In , digestion, and Consumption. .7ocludlng a comprehensive Dissertation 1 I the xt ental destructive andNe r c v oLi ssequeii Debility,e s. o L f ion MARRIAGE. Illustrated with Cases, Bye By C. J LUCK and Co., Consulting Snrgeons, London. CAUTION. —Complaints having reached us that several persons wishing to purchase 0.,r work, entitled " Manly health," have had placed in their hands a fraudulent infringement of our copyright, pro ' duced by illiterate and disho nourable men, and which, though bearing . a close resemblance of title, is utterly valueless; ye deem it a duty, ' by way of protection, to cauti on the public against being dupw , 7 such base imitations. 1 Persons desirous of obtai ning the above work, 'ad NA wishing to apply to a bookseller for the same, may, t,,, insure secrecy, have to direct from the Authors, by enclosing is. t, 1., or Postage stamps to that amount. May be had of the Authors, No. 60, Newman -street, oxford „trent, and sold by Brittain, 11, Paternoster-row; Milne)* and Co., 63, Oxford-street; Noble, 114, C hancer y -lan e ;J. Genie!' 146, Leaden hall-street; G. Mansell , 3, Kin g -street, Southwark , London; T. Bowler s Courier-office, 4, St. Ann's-square, Manchester; W. ilmen, 75, Dale-street, Liverpool; W. Wood, 78, Highstreet, BirmingLa.m; W. and H. Robinson. 11, Greonside-street, Et..`tiburgh , T. Price, Dame-street, Dublin ; 'bid all Booksellers. "The best of all friends is the professional friend, and in no ei.ape can he be consulted with greater safety and secrecy than in' Lucas ; en Manly health.'—The New Bell's Weekly Ai - Asesiger. Messrs. Lucas and Co. are to be consulted froo. Ten tail Two, and from Five till Eight in the evening, at their residence, Ns. CO, New nan-street; Oxford,striet, -London, and count ry patients may be ; tTeatad. On minutely clOderibing glair cut, t ad gflcT,l , sing i ii i t g aVaa did. tor aloe. PUBLICATIONp. NEW NOVEL, BY THE AUTHOR OF " THE TRADUCED." Now ready, to be had at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., post Bvo., T HE EVENTFUL EPOCH. BY NICHOLAS MICHELL. Author of " The Traduced," " The Fatalist," Ste. London : Simpkin, 'Afarahall, and Co. Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd. NEW AWACULTURAL MAGAZINE. On Thursday, January ISt, will be published, No. 1, to be continued 3louthly, in Svo., with Two Engravings, price Half -a• Crown, of T HE PLOUGI-1 : a Journal of Agricultural and Rural Affairs. London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longman. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 19. STocitExcmorais.—The sales are—Birkenhead and Holy head Junction, 3% p.—Boston, Newark, and Sheffield, ss. p. —Caledonian, 2 p.—Chester and Birkenhead, New Shares, 27 3 / 4 —Ditto, New 201. Shares, ss. p.—Clitheroe Junction, par—Derby and Crewe, 1% p.—Glasgow, Perth, and Greenock, Half Shares, 94—Grand Junction, 236—Ditte. Quarter Shares, 33 p.—Ditto, New Quarter Shares, 32% p.— Great Grimsby and She ffi eld, Q uar t er Sbares,lss. p.---GreatWestem, Quarter Shares), 13 3 / 4 p.—Huddersfield and Sheffield, 8:p. —Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 14 p.—London and Birmingham, Fifth Shares, 20 p.—M a tl oc k an d Midl an d , 1 1 / p.—Mi dland, 140—Preston and Wyre, 30%—Sheffield and Manchester, Quarter Shares, No. 2, 4 p.—Ditto, Quarter Shares, No. 3 (scrip), 3 p.—Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, and South Stafford, p.—South- Eastern and Dover, Con solidated Thirds, Half Shares, 7s. 6d. p.—West Riding Union, 3% p. MANCHESTER, Dic. 19. FOITRTEENTM EDITION of the SILENT FRIEND on Human Frailty, with Coloured Engravings. Zest ed publish, price 2s. 6d.. fr ee by post (i n a sea l e d enve l o p e ) 3 s . 6d.. THE SILENT FRIEND ; a M e di ca l W or k on the Infirmities of the System a both sexes ; and of the loss of the reproductive powers, with means of restoratioa. The baneful effects of indulge- ce, &c., are hilly painted oat. Illustrated by En gravings; followed by obsbrvations on Marriage. By B. and L. PEARY and Ce., Consulting Surceons, London. Published by the Authors, and may be kad at their residence 19, BBRNERS-STREET, OXFORD-STREET. Sold by strange, 21, , Paternoster-row ; Maanay and Ce., 63, Ox ford-street; Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street ; Purkiss, Compton street, Selo ; and all Booksellers. "*e regard the work before us, the ' silent Friend,' as a work embracing most clear and practical views of a series of complain*, hitherto little understood, and passed over by a majority of the me dical profession, for what reason we are at a loss to know. We mutt however confess that a perusal of this work has left such a favourable impression on our minds, that we act only recommend, but cordially wish every one who is the victim of past folly, or suffering from indis • cretion, to profit by the advice contained In its pages."—Age and Argns. The CORDIAL BALM of SYRIAC - UM is exclusively directed to the cure of nervous debility, irregularity, weakness, loss of ap petite, indigestion, consumptive habits, s.nd deb il ities arising from excess, &c. In bottle:, price l le., or the quantity of four in one. bottle for 335., by which I ls. are saved, The live-pound cases may be bad as usual. The CONCENTRATED DETERSIVE ESSENCE, a remedy for searching out and Purifying the blood from scurvy, blotches en the head, face, and .body, ulcerations, at 4 those painthl affections arising from luipreper treatment or the effects of ?mercury, removing secondary symptoms, and all eruptions of the skin. Price lls. and 335. per bottle. PERRY'S PI7RIIYLNIG SPECIFIC PILLS, prise 2s. 9d., 4s. and 115. per box, are the most effectual remedy fot strictures, inflato motion, &e., without hindrance to business. Consultation fee, If by letter, 11. Minute detail of oases neesssar). Moisrs. t. and L. Pc.rr* and Co.; surgeons, may Us twinned, as usual, at I`, itcrnors.atreat, Oxford...greet. Lentbn. dyly. and at 1116. Dulr.e-e eft, Live , p6ol. ;very Thursday, Fridr.T, and liatard y ; and a:. 10, St. Jur n-serost, Dearutute, Man Its der, on Mondays, Tuesdayi, and Wednesdays. STOCK EXCTIANGE.—The sales are—Blackburn, Derwen, and Bolton, New, 2 3 /—East Lancashire, No. 1, 16—Fleet wood, Preston, and West Riding, 22s.—Lancashire and North Yorkshire, 494:—Manchester and Leeds, Fifths, 1114—Man chester and Southampton 2—North Staffordshire, 945. 6d.— Sheffield and Manchester, Quarters, No. 2, 8 1 ,i—Ditto, ditto, No. 3, 5 1 4—South-Eastern and Dover, Consolidated Thirds, Halves, 3. LEEDS, Dxc. 19. Srocx EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Great North of Eng land, New. 10 p.—Manchester and Leeds, Fifth Shares,t 10 p. —Sheffield and Manchester, Quarter Shares, No. 3, 5 1 ,4 — Huddersfield and Sheffield, I6%—Leeds and Bradford. 18- -North British, New Carlisle Branch, 2—Wakefiold, Pon tefract, and Goole, 32—Direct Northern, 1 3 / 4 —West Riding Union, 51.14s.—Leeds and Liverp oo l Di rec t, 1 4 —Leeds and York, 10s. dis —Northumberland and Lancashire Junction, 12s. 6d. dis.—North Western, 2k—South Midlands, 2 3 / 4 p. —Wakefield and Bradford, 17e. 6d. p.—\Vakefield and Liar • rogate, ss. dis.—Welsh Midlands, 11/ 4 . HULL, Due. 19. STOCK EXCHNGE.—In the absence of news of the new Ministry being formed, cur market presents few trans actions, although some buyers at low figures presented them selves. The sales are—Derby and Gainsborough, I—Ax holmes, 2. _ _ _ YORK, DEC. 19.. SrrocK Excrusala.—The sales are—York atitlNorth iiid land Extension, 25—London and York, 31A. BRISTOL, DEC. 19. Sroert EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Bristol and Exeter New, 614-Midland, New, 2334-Taff Vale, Quarter Shares, E a F n F d l ß E r l : D df , o D rd 7. 27 1 / 2 . and Bolton, 6-Leeds and STOCK EXCHANGE.- The sales are-Blackburn, *Darwen, Dewsbury, 9 1 / 4 -Isle of Axholme and Goole, 2%-West Riding Union, 514. EDINBURGH, DEC. 17. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-British and Irish Union, 598.-Caledonian Extension, 525. 6d.-East of Fife, 355.-Editiburgh, Glasgow, and Dumbarton, 155.-Edinburgh and Northern, 71s. -Ditto, Newport, 215.-Ditto, Lochgelly, 305.-Edinburgh, Portobello, and Musselburgh, 308.-Forth and Clyde Junction, 405.-Glasgow and Lesmahagow, 575. 6d. -Great North of Scotland, 545.-Lanark and Galloway, 405.-London and Hounslow, 405.-North British, Exten sion to Carlisle, 365. 6d.-Scottish Central, 13%-Aber deen, 4%. GLASGOW, Dim 18. 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YORKSHIRE AND GLASGOW UNION, AND YORK AND CARLISLE--It is understood that the proposed York shire and t;lasgow Uhion will be united with the Great North of England by the intended branch from the Northallerton station to Bedale, from which place it will proceed by the way •cor Middleham, Leyburn, Hawes, in a north-west direction, and fall into the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway at or near Clifton. The York and Carlisle is also intended to commence at a point on the Great North of England, near Northallerton, and pro ceed to the north west by a different route, by way of Richmond, Barnard' Castle Brough, and Appleby, to join the Lanca,ter arid Carlisle at or near Clifton. TUNNEL UNDER TRENT.—At the last meeting of the Committee of Management of the Manchester, Hud dersfield, and Great 'Grimsby Direct, the engineer of the line stated that the proof bearings had been made, and that the strata was particularly favourable for the con struction of the proposed tunnel. After he had minutely described the nature of the works, and submitted plans of the sections, the Committee expressed themselves perfectly satisfied of the practicability of the under taking. The expense will be much less than was anti cipated. The roof-above the tunnel to the bed of the river will be nearly thirty feet, and the gradient will be extremely easy. BURY CENTRAL STATION.—A meeting of the Council of this borough was b4d this day, to take into consideration a report of the Terminus Committee. The report detailed the correspondence with the various companies, the upshot of which was, that all had declared their inability to bring the terminus to the west of St. Andrew's-street, except the London and Bury Direct, and the Ely line, which had intimated its intention to do so, but in its plans and sec tions stopped short at the Northgate. The Committee, therefore, recommend that mea,nres he adopted to op pose every line not "proposing to make its terminus in conformity with the' resolutions of the Council and the publie meeting of the town. A long discussion took place, in which severil councillors urged the impracti cability of accomplishing the desired object, and the ex pense of opposing the Bills ; and the north side of Ris bygate-street was suggested as practicable for a terminus, but, ultimately the report of the Committee was adopted, and it was agreed that the whole Council should meet in committee on Saturday.—Bury Post. NEW TELEnaam.;—Our attention has been drawn to an exceedingly ingenious application of electro-magnet ism to the purpose of a telegraph, which bids fair to super sede all similar plans at present in use upon railways. The apparatus in question is the invention of Mr. George Smith, Garden-lane, Red-bank, Manchester, who, it ap pears, has been long directing his inquiries as to the most eligible means of carping out his object. The chief advan tages which his plan possesses over the contrivances at present in use, are, the economy of construction, sim plicity, and consequent probability of continuing in working order, and; above all, the rapid manner in which intelligence is capable of being conveyed. In order to accomplish this latter object, all arbitrary signs for the purpose of indicating letters have been discarded, each letter of the alphabet being repre sented upon the dial plate, and pointed out with a rtpidity and precision which certainly , astonished us; and, all the time, with so much sim plicity that, although we were seeing the invention for the first time, we were enabled to read the intelligence it conveyed with as much ease, and nearly as much ra pidity, as if an ortlinary book had been before us. This latter advantage appears to us to be a very decided one over the telegraphs 'now in use. As the invention, we believe, is not yet patented, we are of course usable to disclose anything further of the principle upen which Mr. Smith has fornied his exceedingly ingenious appa ratus; but it is our.firm conviction that its merits cannot fail to recommend it to the notice of railway companies and others, upon the score of simplicity, durability, and economy.—Mqnchester Courier. WINDING-UP.—We learn that the Provisonal Com mittee of the Sanquhar and Muirkirk Junction Railway have resolved to call in the claims against the Company, for the purpose of liquidating them, and then dividing the deposit amongst the scripholders, minus these necessary expenses. The reasons which have led to the resolution are, we behave, that the chances of success in the ensuing session of Parliament are not such as to justify further empenditure ; and' the Directors have resolved to return the money to fructify in the pockets of the public rather than keep it lying at bank interest far an indefinite period. This course we considered to be an honest and straight forward one, and creditable to the gentlemen at the head of this project. It is earnestly to be hoped that it may have its effect, lay urging a similar course on the directors of other reeentfry formed railway companies, whose prospects of; Parliamentary success are not the brightest; and it must be remembered, too, that the present unsettled aspect of the political world has lessened the likelihood of remuneration from several of the new rail way plans, at leag for a time. The decision of the San quhar and Muirkirk Junction directors contrasts most favourably with the dead lock system of some of the En glish companies which have recently been figuring before the Lord Mayor at the Mansion-house, and the officials connected with which seem neither prepared to go to Parliament nor to return any of' the deposit money which they have received from the allottees.—Glasgow Herald. LUBECK AND SCHWERIN.—HAMBURG, DEC. s.—The news arrived by express to-day that the States of Meck lenburg hid refused to grant the law of appropriation for the•projected - railway between Lubeck and Schwerin. In consequence, the scrip of the Hagenow, Schwerin, and Rostock, which might have been bought at 87 yesterday, rose immediately, to 91, but fell again at the close of the Exchange to 89. In my opininn the accomplishment of the line between Lubeck and Schwerin would operate score in favour than to the disadvantage of the other Mecklenburg line, as the joint use of a town like Lu beck, and all the localities between that town and this, would have contributed a great deal to the traffic of the whole net, without injuring Rostock and Wisinar. The refusal is a severe blow to Lubeck, and it falls heavily on one part of Mecklenburg. CASSEL AND HANOYER.—It is now certain that the negotiations with Hanover, on the subject of this line, have been brought to a favourable termination. The Conamisioner from Cassel, Herr Schwedes (upper min ing director), is ..expected to return in a few days, and there is some grotind for believing that the presence of his Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Co-Regent in Hanover has done much towards softening down the difficulties. These negotiations were more on the sub ject of the Minden and Hanover line ; but it is believed that, in the many leisure hours of the two commis sioners, the Hanover and Cassel line was brought on the i lapis, and the: question of its terminus at Cassel dis cussed. That would be of great importance to. Frede rick William's northern line, as no decision on the direc. Con of the' line in the circle of Cassel can be arrived at previously. 'The works Lift the whole of the rest of Ithe line, from the Prussian boundary at the Diemel to the Saxon andVburingian line, will be allotted on the sth of January; in the coming year, to the several con tractors, so that. the works on the whole of the line will be, at- one and-the same time, in operation in the year 1 1846. The works for the tunnel* will be continued dur ing the winter, THE AGRICULTURAL PARTY. Whether Lord John Russell or Sir Robert Peel be the Minister to whom, among the endless changes of party, the task of carrying a repeal of the corn-laws be committed, it will not be lost time to contemplate a little more closely the prospects of the approaching campaign. If Lord John Russell be the new Premier, he, we may conclude, is pretty sure of the bulk of his own party, and may also reckon, not unfairly, on the more sensible and patriotic members of Sir Robert Peel's. If, on the other hand, it be the fate of our late Minister to resume the office he gave up to abruptly, he will carry with him not only those who would have given a disinterested support to his rival, but no small proportion of that large party who, having consistently voted with him when in power, will, whatever might have been their course in opposition, be but too delighted at an opportunity of re taining their seats on the Ministerial aide. An opposi tion, however, there certainly will be—the opposition of the agricultural party—that is, of the political party which, in spite of a vast change and diversity of sentiment in the agricultural classes, arrogates to itself the representa tion of their interests and opinions. Such is the party which will stand alone before the nation and the civilised world, in this great theatre of politics, arts, and virtues, unassociated with any other public, or moral, or sacred cause, and fight single-handed the great fight of monoply. That truth and justice will conquer we doubt not. Yet it is most desirable that we should be spared a struggle inconvenient to the business of the Government and the interests of the country, and certain to do irreparable damage to the character and social position of many respectable but mistaken men. In order, if possible, to avert, or to smooth this struggle, we will venture to call the attention of the agricultural party to the utter weakness of their political position. There are two views of the question. It is a question of argument, and a question of power. Leaving the argument alone for the present, we wish to impress on the agriculturists that they must not presume the least on that social momentum—that brute force— which they once possessed in their numbers, their union, and their enthusiasm. They have now no other resource than what the ....qt. of their cane may haply .nnnlY.• It is no time for threatening and blustering, or even for vexatious opposition. They cannot throw the sword, or gold, or num bers, or any other makeweight, into the scale. To the in trinsic rights of the controversy they will do well to give their undivided attention, and not hold out one moment longer than their argument stands its ground. The agriculturists ate gone by as a party. As a class, of course, they contain the usual proportion of able and enlightened men. But the party which once made its own terms with the Minister— the party which once assumed to be the leading interest of the country—the party which once invited the Church to its alliance, and to a partnership in its prejudices and its fortunes—is, as a party, all but extinct. Various reasons have conspired to its downfal. The first of these is the gigantic growth of the manufacturing interest, which has welcomed,.nursed, and developed that population which the narrow limits and narrower genius of agriculture could not retain. Then comes the excessive and intolerable presumption of the landed interest, which, notwithstanding its confessed incompetence to employ and feed the people— notwithstanding that it has never ceased to throw out an annual swarm of outcasts, yet clung to the obsolete figment of a territorial and prescriptive dominion. But what has must weakened the party is its own want of unity and coherence. The agricultural party has long ceased to be co-extensive with the agricultural class. Year by year,at every new con flict and sitting of opinions, its best, its freshest, its strongest, its ablest members have fallen away to other schools. We now meet as many landowners, and even almost as many farmers, of one opinion as of another. If there are two neighbours, there are two parties; and ten to one the most sensible and well informed of the two is half, if not wholly, a free-trader. The party, therefore, has dwindled away, not merely because it has been out numbered, out-manceuvred, or overpowered by hos tile influences, but by internal divisions and decay. Hence its utter and fatal debility. It has been insinuated that because we refer to the notorious fact that the agricul tural party is actually powerless, that therefore we must think the opinion of an agriculturist good for nothing _ There is no connexion whatever between the two ideas. What are the opinions of the agriculturists? Many—as many almost a,s there are men. We respect the opinions of a farmer or a landowner nuite as much as the opinions of a millowner or a merchant. But if we are to go by the opinions of either class, it will be necessary to take their votes one by one ; and, after all, no one will expect us to swear by a mere majority, what ever it may happen to be. If in twenty agriculturists ten are of one way of thinking, and ten of another, or if they divide twelve against eight, it is obvious they have lost the unity and weight necessary to make them a political party. They pull some one way and some another. They can neither do good nor harm. They cannot contribute pre ponderating weight to a Minister, nor can they offer any serious resistance. It need not be a discreditable circum stance that they are thus divided and powerless. It may be the gradual desertion of error—the slow and somewhat en feebling process of repentance and improvement. So it is, we believe, in this instance. The agricultural party is losing the force of error, and has not yet acquired much of the force of truth. In every qualification of a party there has been a great and evident decay. Its numbers have shrunk, its zeal has flagged, its money has run short. It is found impossible either to recruit the rank and file with ordinary partisans, or to fill up the commissions of the odious service. In vain do a few would-be leaders persevere, or rather affect to persevere, in their gro tesque endeavours to " get up the steam." They cannot find either hearers or speakers, or readers or writers. They can neither raise funds, nor discover what to do with the money when they have it. They tax the brains of men who can not argue, and the pens of men who cannot write; and when they have flung the waste paper broadcast over the land, the committee reports that no more tracts are wanted, because those already distributed have not yet been read. Could we suppose the assemblage of a corn-law monster meeting, there would be nobody competent to address them. Could we suppose a corn-law agitator of common sense or elo quence, he would have to " waste his sweetness on thedesert air," for there would be none to listen. A corn-law meet ing, a corn-law speech, a corn-law pamphlet, a corn law argument, a corn-law fact, a corn-law sentiment, a corn-law Duke, a corn-law limber of Parliament, are things which the public is prepared to find the very worst of their kind, and is never by any chance disappointed. The only mitigation of the failure is that there is not even that mediocrity which escapes the ridiculous. The agricul tural movement has not stopped at common-place—htitTili f for the patience of the public, it has dwindled to iijoke. there are any protectionists who think that public opinion is still su-ceptible of a reaction In their favour, or that there is the least vitality in their cause, we beg to call their attention name come they can. Has a single clergyman of any _ t least, in support of the for ward,corn- within these two years a laws ? There are fifteen thousand clergymen in England, a • of whom are enthusiastic, able, tolerably to a remarkable fact, which we challenge them to deny if large proportion well informed, a little disposed to be forward, confident, and, in fact, with every quality for agitation. An unusual propor tion also are writers—writers on many other subjects besides theology. Moreover, according CO the more prevalent opinion of anti-corn-law authorities, though, we are bound to add, contrary to our own, the clergy are meat of all 'kinds, milk, b u tt er , c h eese , spec i a lly interested in maintaining the corn-laws The Tithe Commutation Act leaves their income ex actly dependent on the price of corn, and throws out of count all other kinds of agricultural and titheable produce, Underwood, ice. Now, it i s th e genera l expec ,sfrteraewtr'ade in food will pe rmanen tly l ower the but raise the pri c e o f a ll t h ose ot h er art i c l e s, ittyynryag of the characte r o f „l uxur i es , an d b e i ng , there e fore, come into inc r e ase d d eman d o n the more gene raltaspes aggur iteciphos employment sfittokahuhkcorn,alal and prosperity of the people. On this view the income of the titheowner will fall on the repeal of the corn laws, and his expenses rise : so that he will be impoverished in the midst of agricultural prosperity.. This view, problematical as we think it, is a very common one. The clerical tithe <Milers have, notwithstanding, kept entirely aloof from the PL'o - c:Omlaw movement—ore should have Pad 0 4 a Men LETTERS of CREDIT on INDIA.—The UNION BANK of LONDON - , as Agents for the Orien 1 1 4114 , are authorised to ISSUE . ETTERS of CREDIT for any t Z,75 Paid to them, to be re-paid in rupees at the current rate of ii ii ulge on the day of presentation at the offices of the Oriental k a " , in Bombay, Calcutta, and Colombo. Similar Letters of Credit ge,_ _be o btained at any of the branches of the National Bank of 'Md, and of the Provincial Bank of Ireland. By Order of the Directors, W. W. SCRUMGEOUR, Manager. of ni London, No. 2, Princes-street, Mansion House. CLEAN STREETS, and EMPLOYMENT TlTlrlolkt. IL the POOR, and RELIEF of 3LET::OPOLITIC DES . Th s Mad 'onttnissioners of Sewers for the City of London having Perrnitted the " Association far the l'romotion ot Improved hert.2l, Cleansing, Drainage," &c., to demonstrate to what state of th e ; t ti ou the st reets may be kert clean, the public are informed that Ch °ll "ing etr, ets are now being cleansed by the Association : Ilr ee : l l . lde, Cori hill, Bank, Royal Exchange, Newgate, King, tohenttnougY, Moorgate, Thregatorton and Threadneedle•streots, and tight ard. Y men are now employed at 2s. 6d. per day. tle ne Whole of the operations are supported by voluntary contrilm- No. 16,646. PRICE SD. c. 19.) lead firig °- o e; there s business s the rates e demand isposed the week I with in •at es were 'ld 'brown led Sugar ality. almosb and 120 nparatirs s 6d to 3s arket for to 51s 6d, vn 46s 6d j , syrup,' scriptioos purchases , ave beet' Java and met Wit ti ! t o acceP t ras there Aders are g any si declared, wriplions anah has h holders consider , still our difficult little st t 36s for Os to 321 less re• blic sale 39 casks " s old at ) 703 64 55s, sJ Li ne ; 12 at 5 05 ;is wi th- Lst Jodi* : 4 7, 3 to •••• .51 WS ,_ . ~.... , . . • ... .• ..... ,-04-, . --...,...„‹. „t 4.....,,,,, . , , ere it not possible that 4 4 ~ .i. s'' ' .4 . .\ "V., ,,,.• con • .-..z e l d Iii „ :11 6%:1 , .....q. 1714...... .., . 1„, , . 04, t i.r.A y ... , 1 ' ../- . ' ..., ;.: sgr i Lta . . .. ,2 , , t i : - - " ' , . ',:f '- • 44, '*' • .. oeit - - ` , ... --,1, . "4.....1' • ` • .r." -'",,,, \- %" i • ‘,..;:/,. N ' e'. .5. 4 at . .: 4 . * 7 i-, , WI I,' ' ..* e t- 2 407‘ , 411113 k, • --- .- - --- ~.. i . .•., . 4 "2. , 4 4 0 4isi kt ....-. t., . --- y. i 11....• ...V, --1.:::',” , ...'.G... f° .. • a ''' W. . -rc . 4, ..,,, ~..- ~ MALjo i d aii i 4 4,42 , ..;, ' 7' t" 1 !': Tz-' 014 , ••• ,„ ~, r,t , 4 .:,-..... , r. V-- --. ~.., , , I I At•-:.f 4 • ri-' , " - .• ..Le . „ , ' ' ' *i‘C... = ' ~- i'. 4IW"- /~Jf-~~. , here and there some good easy sou, had been trepanned by his squire into an agricul tural dinner, and perhaps into a minute and a half of protec tionist talk. That the fact, however, is as we state it, we may appeal to a very unexcepti,nable authority. There are, unfortunately, among the chief agitators against the corn laws one or two who would only be too happy to spy out a stray parson in the ranks of the enemy. Have they done so ? Can they mention one clerical pamphleteer, one speech maker, one agitator ? They cannot. Now this is a signifi cant circumstance, and worthy the attention of those who a few years back had great hopes of uniting the titheowner and the landowner into one " Church and horned cattle interest." Protection cannot boast either clerical sympathies, or clerical intellect. We are not disposed to overrate the sa gacity and information of clergymen, but we must say that it augurs ill of a cause that it cannot allege the support of one clerical writer out of fifteen thousand educated and, as it is commonly thought, interested men.— Times. NAVAL IN TELLIGENCE. PORTS3IOLITN, DEC. 19.-11er Majesty's steamer Lizard is to be ready for sea and paid wages to-moS',)w, and if the weather will admit, to proceed direct to the River Plate with dispatches and some officers appointed to the squadron at the Brazils. The Comet steamer returned last night from Sheerness. Her Majesty's ship Endymion, at Devonport, has had her compasses adjusted by Commander Strange, and is lying in the sound ready for sea; she is intended for the West Indies, and will carry out dispatches for her Majesty's ship Pique to proceed up the Mediterranean. The weather has been so boisterous that the Alarm frigate was compelled to put back to St. Helen's, and only got away yesterday; from the present appearances, she will very pro bably have to return. The Rodney and the Superb have struck top-gallant masts. The shipwright and other apprentices in the dockyard, amounting to upwards of 200, from the several trades in the Arsenal, have concluded their half-yearly examination. The subjects brought before them are questions in arithmetic, a little algebra to such as are in the senior school, geography, and divinity, The selection of them reflects great credit on Mr. Bennett, who conducts the education, and he has adapted them to the capacity, and in numerous instances to the trade of the pupil. The following are a few of those which were given to the upper class to answer:— " If you were directed to cut a piece equal to a solid foot from-'a 2i inch plank, 8 inches wide, what length would you cut off? " If you were directed to cut a piece equal to a square foot from a board i A inches wide, what length would you cut oft? _ _ " Her Majesty's steam-ship Scourge is armed with a mortar. New the weight of the bomb-shell is 217} lbs., and its diameter is 13 inches. Required its thickness. Note Dr. Hutton says that a 4-inch solid iron ball weighs 9 lbs. "`The 'Testing-house in this yard contains a beautiful ap plication of Brainah's press, for the purpose of ascertaining the strength of chain cables, anchors, &c. The diameter of the pump piston is in., and the diameter of the cylinder is lq in. Moreover the piston of the cylinder is of solid iron, one part of which exactly fits the cylinder ; and the other part is 5a in. diameter, and protrudes through a water-tight collar at the end of the cylinder, so that the water acts on a shoulder, or on a surface the area of which is the difference between two circles, having diameters respectively bf 10i and 54 in. Now, admitting the pressure on the pump piston to be 1,0001b5., what is the power of the machine? "On the 14th September,'lB2s, her Majtst'sy ship Princess Charlotte was launched at this dockyard; on which occasion a fearful accident occurred by the giving way of the gates of. one of the decks. Now, supposing that the gates were 57 feet wide, and that the water was 25 feet high, how many tons pressure were against them? "Our mixed metal sheathing nails used for securing the copper on her Majesty's ships are composed of copper, tin, and zinc, in the proportion of 281 b. of copper, 31b. of tin, and 11b. of zinc ; now the specific gravity of copper is 7.788, of tin 7.291, and of zinc 7.191; what is the specific gravity cf the nails? " In the building and equipment of a ship, what stores come from abroad, and from whence do they come ?" The whole are interesting, and in some cases very amusing to the younger lads, at the same time combining instruction. The questions in divinity are simple and practical, and which every boy who reads his Bible can readily explain ; they are arranged by the chaplain of the Dock-yard. SHEERNESS, DEC. 18.—The Bittern, 16, Commander Thos. Hope, having completed her fittings in a most hurried man ner, was discharged from the basin yesterday, and is now having her compasses adjusted in the harbour. She will go to the Nore to-morrow to take in her powder, and undergo the usual inspection by the Commander-in-Chief, and will probably sail on that day, or on Saturday, for Spithead, from whence she takes dispatches to Ascension, as already stated. One subaltern and one private of the Portsmouth division of marines are to embark on board on her arrival at Spithead for a passage to Ascension. It is understood that theßittern will ultimately go to the East Indies. The Electra, 18, and Snake, 16, refitting fyr commission, will be ready by the middle of January. The Dido, 20, and Ferret, 10, will not be ready before I'ebruary. The Dido must have a new keelson, many new timbers and planking. This vessel, though only built in 1836, is almost destroyed by the dry rot. The Havannah, 20, razee, continues her fittings for com mission in the basin. The figure-head of this ship when viewed obliquely from behind on a line with the bow-post, presents a most admirable and striking likeness of the late Premier, Sir Robert Peel. The Horatio, 44, intended for one of the block-ships at this port, is in dock, having her copper stripped off; her housing and ordinary fitting have been removed. The Fury steamer, building, is complete, with the excep tion of her paddle-cases, which are being proceeded with ; the artificers are still at work on her from 6, A.M., to 8, P.m. The Cockatrice and Magpie schooners are refitting at Chatham—the former as a victualling vessel for the coast of Ireland, the latter as a water-tank for the general service of the port. Commander the Hon. Walter Bouchier Devereux, who re cently paid off the Snake here, from the Mediterranean, has been promoted to the rank of post-captain. The committee appointed by the Admiralty to inspect the various metals at the Government establishments, composed of Captain 11. It. Brandreth, director of architectural and en gineering works; Mr. Lloyd, chief engineer and inspector of. machinery at Woolwich ; and Mr. Owen, superintendent of the metal-mills at Portsmouth, paid an official visit to Chat ham Dockyard, on the 10th instant, and to this dockyard on the following day; and, attended by Captain Mould, R.E., director of works, the master smith, the conductor of the lea , l-znilla at Chatham, and MP leading man of millwrights, made a long inspection of the several metals at these yaius. The penant was hoisted on board the Sampson steam frigate, on Wednesday, by First-Lieutenant Henry S. Hawker, Captain Henderson not having yet arrived. In Harbour—Trafalgar, 120, flag-ship ; Ocean, 80, ordi nary guardahip ; Bittern, 16; Raven,3 ; and Wildfireateamer. EARLY CLOSING.—On Friday evening a meet ing, which was numerously attended, was held in the new School-room, Union-street, Borough, to assist in the movement now going on with the view of shortening the hours of labour in all trades. On the platform we noticed the Rev. Mr. Curling, the Rev. J. Adey, R. D. Grainger, Esq., lecturer at St. Thomas's Hospital ; Mr. Mayler, of the firm of Poole and Mayler ; and Mr. Brooks, of High-street, Borough, drapers. The Rev. Mr. Curling, the chairman, commenced the business of the meeting in a speech showing the great mental, physical, moral, and religious injuries which were inflicted by the late hour system, and demonstrating that it was not sought to favour the interests of one class at the expense of those of another. R. D. Grainger, Esq., de: tailed the physical evils consequent upon employment being continued for a great number of consecutive hours. He then proved, by official documents prepared on the health of towns, that in thirty years the wealth of the country had increased in the enormons proportion of 136 per cent., while human life had undergone a similar alteratior, but in an in verse ratio. The value of life, in some of our large manu facturing towns, had decreased from fifty to fifteen years. He concluded by calling upon the meeting to pledge them selves, individually and collectively, to use all means in its power to carry out the object for which they had met; and which, having been seconded by Mr. Brooks, was carried unanimously. Several other resolutions were passed, and the meeting separated. CURIOUS CAPTURE.—On Sunday afternoon, as seve ral youths were amusing themselues at golf at the top of the living objec a t t , id ev a e ga ry in n d ow isa a p n p d ear th in e g n ris F in ro g in North Inch, their attention became attracted to evidently a surfacee ggl ofe the water , to th t e h the animal, they . were persuaded it was attached to some thing, and believing it to be a salmon at some poacher's line, they took measures to get it ashore. Accordingly, they un whipped the cords from their clubs, and having fastened the strings together, they tied a stone to the end by way of a creeper, and a ft er a good deal of perseverance and trouble got the line to land. Their surprise may be imagined when, instead of a salmon, they found a wild duck affixed to one of the hooks, and five fine whiting.—Perthshire Courier. Cows MILKED BY PIGB. Mr. Harrison, farmer, of St. Helen's, near Barnsley, has, for some time past, had his cows milked, but in so mysterious a way he never could dis cover the person that committed the mischievous act. On Tuesday last, however, on going into the farm fold, he dis covered two of his pigs, which are about sixteen weeks old, standing upon their hind legs sucking the bag of one of the cows, which seemed to stand as comfortably , as if one of the domestics had been performing the operation in a regular way. —Dmwastier Chronick. ESTABLISHMENT OF A WOOL' AND CATTLE MARKET AT Aanuossax.—A very influential meeting of agriculturists was held on Friday last at Ardrossan, for the purpose of esta blishing a wool and cattle market there. Upwards of forty proprietors and farmers attended—Lord Eglinton and Winton in the chair. After considerable discussion, a committee was appointed—James Campbell, Esq., of Craigle, convener who resolved that a market for the sale of wool, cattle, sheep, &c., should be held at Ardrossan in July, a few days preceding the In verness market; and that two trysts should be .held for cattle, sheep, and horses, each month, in September and October, a week preceding those held at Falkirk in the same months. A sum of about Isl. was collected on the spot to defray the expense of adv ertisin g the resolutions of the committee, &c. Lord Egl inton afterwards entertained the whole party to luncheon in the hotel ; and the meeting broke up highly satisfied at the progress made in n the under taking. From the central position of Ardrossa, and t h e facilities afforded for the conveyance of stock from the op posite shores of the West Highlands by steam, we shoubl think the Ardrossan trysts will turn out to be of vast im portance to the country.—Ayr Observer, BRITISH ARCHEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION.—The ordinary meeting was held on Wednesday evening at the r ooms of the Society in Leicester-square, when the chair was taken by T. J. Pettigrew, Esq., P.R.S., the treasurer. Mr. Crofton Croker, the secretary, read a paper by Mr. Cunning on the pilgrim signs and leaden tokens discovered in excise vating for the foundations of the new London-bridge. The greater proportion of those found in this pesition were those of Thomas a Becket and our Lady Walsingham. Mr. Planche described the progress of the excavations now being made on the site of the °ice Abbey at Lewes, and particularly of the discovery of a singular well twenty-two feet in depth, with which several leade' pipes were connected. From Mr. W. Henry Brooke was read au account of the very numerous and interesting fresco paintings at Battel Church, in Sussex, which having been partly relieved from the whitewash with which they were defaced by the Puritans, have been finally obliterated in its recent repair s. The y were coeval with the reign of Edward 1., and t he drawings made by Mr. Brooke, under the auspices of the association, are now the only relics of their former value and beauty. DAILLY, Dxc. 15.—Au accident of a most painful nature happened at Dalquharran colliery, on the evening of Saturday last, by which a eoung man, of the name of Andrew Bryden, son of A dam Br y den, lost his life. Having finished hi s week's work, he had Just gone into the cr eel, at the pit bottom, in order to ascend the shaft. when the ascending_ l creel at the top struck against the side, by which co p on the top of the creel was precipitated down on te_ _ It struck thelittplesa youth between the h ead and shoulders, and he expired in a moment — Ay r Observer WORTHING.—The herring, fisher)" is brought to a close, with less success than it promised at its commence ment. The fishermen are alr ead y p reparing for t he mackerel season, which In a very *h o l t time , will begm.—Brifkam Gaseffg •... ?~/ Roug li Z oil 69 ' e rate' ) c i ith •ations atten • CeY" r Aus 4os to casks 6a to Ti AT 11) -0r I smed . s treec , to A COW ° 3 pre.oi : lot -0, - iced 1 0 - 9t-