The Sun. — London, England, 1845-12-11 00:00:00

NATIONAL ANTI-CORN-LAW LEAGUE. THEA .T .TtEAT LEAGUE MEETING in GOVENT-GARDEN beL ite . 6l7 kClL of the NATIONAL ANTI-CORN-LAW LEAGUE LtAd° announce that t AGGREGATE MEETIMIS of the x i k,E. In the. Theatre he Royal, Govent Garden, will RE-0031- ,-, on WEDNESDAY NEXT, the 17th of December. iti c ,_ r GEORGE WILSON, Esq., hi the Chair. °xi d Cobden, Esq., M.P. ; John Bright, Esq., M ; and W. J. .1, will address the meeting. NMITEIPIELD . CLUB PRIZE CATTLE Te a nnual itt h SHOW, 1845. Exhibition of Prize Cattle, Seeds, Roots, Implements, 1144:Pen Tnts D AY an d two following days, at the Horse Sing Street, Portman-square. In place of the usual handsome permanent building, with gallery, has been 41 4 and the arran gemen ts f o r this year are altogether on a a extended scle. Ladies are enabled to view this National Ex ok with perfecta comfort. Thr ee n t ol ll Daylight till Nine in the Evening—Lighted up after a the Afternoon.—Admittance, One Shilling. IYtth Y TECHN IC IN STIT U TIOIN , knd the Lecture on the PREVALENT DISEASE in POTATOES . , b e d e l i I nns of extracting the Starch as an Article of Food, will '' t l eek nr a verer. Ryan daily, at Half-past Three, and on the of by M D ondays, ' Wednesdays, and Fridays, at Nine Professor Rachoffuer's 'varied Lectures, with expe tb,4i,,Lß one of which he clearly .explains the principle of ‘r, L b , RAILWAY, a model of which is at work Daily. thepb„," w ite, the celebrated Flutist, accompanied by Dr. Wallis on /r4rdi — ' ° f•te, will perform a DUET CONCERTANTE, and after 4eY fav ourite FANTASIA, at Three o'Clock en Tuesdays, Thurs kettiapd Saturdays. Coleman's NEW AMERICAN LOCO ktftgiv.,,' UGINE, for ascending and descending Inclined Planes. ~`,_ne "%cent COLLECTION of MODELS of TROPICAL FRUITS. "rrier, u very heantifni series of DISSOLVING VIEWS. Ne . w bt. I N:STRUNIENTS, &c. Experinaents with the AIVILII " DELL, &c &c. /Omission, One Shilling. Schools, lialf-price. NI AT IONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR- ALICE SOCIETY, 26, COENHILL, LONDON. Capital A 500,000. la,L 4 • 8 11 Empowered by Act of Parliament I,rs wit rutu tion ours important and sunstantial advan i,l4l.TBPect both to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. 67 8 or " 88 . on all occasions, the power to borr yw, wifshout ea iwublei7eitare of the Policy, two-thirds of the premium paid, * l4 , int 4, 2380 the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion int 4. 7 4, II to meet other conveniences or necessity. Assurances " Years are granted on the lowest possible rates. Lhe g 4 ,,„_ DIVISION OF PROFITS. iitotfr ett '7 BB and increasing prosperity of the Society has enabled moors, at the last annual investigation, to declare a third 44 1 < t01 14 1111g from 30 to 75 per cent. on the premiums paid. on c r erected on the Profit scale. ,„,....„......" -.....i..1 on Idle rrolii. musics. . ii., : 3 0 CA2 &t: PLE Benas in ~. k % 11 }•! e ..... e: C . .! n 1 added . Cash. E f,;"; & 6 g I' . 1 , p i imii ..,,, ; nib A is iv . 4 • _ . ~ 1 --- ----- --, 10 : g .... 4 a ,--- -- ti l l I. d. 1837 1191 13 5 £B7 13 5 1 A13 17 1 £395 Il 1 7 4 g 4 1838 165 13 0 74 13 10 11 8 6 346 3 3 1839 138 13 6 61 14 3 9 210 296 13 4 1 ', :" - ---_ 1840 89 0 0 41 13 4 6. 0 947 4 s '.£395 Il 1 346 1 3 14 247 4 5 I po! Itl/4 41111 0 n of profits is annual, and the next will be ma de in Do be Present year. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, See. - -- k it AND EASTERN AND WESTERN METROPOLITAN CEMETERIES ASSOCIATION. 110, 8 17 nder the sanction and immediate patronage o ltigimess the Duke of CAMBRIDGE, K.G., G.C.8., Mk G.C.11., &c. &c. &c. (P ro C4ooo /., in 40,000 Shares of 201. Deposit IL 2s. per Share. visionally Registered according to Act of Parliament.) 4,4)11 COMMITTEE. (44tIfi ti ll t. -MI., Upper Bedford-place Uke Moore, Esq., Arlington-street ettish,.. 4 2ustus Brown Esq., Gower-street, Bedford-square J its ss ".lVlu . • ' nun Hillary, Esq., Cadogan-place 424 o'atY, Esq., Great Winchester-street lllg e ."iner, Esq., Avenue-road, Regent's-park Zliti4 e le3' Cotter, Esq., Norfolk-street, Strand eZlio n .4 1 msley Torrington, Esq., Great Winchester - street b7s L e „. B. Greville, Esq., Cambridge-terrace, Hyde-part p oi lue Lee, Esq., Gower-street, Bedford-square Esq., Q.C., F.R.S., 20, Montague -street, Russell tt4l7:ters Irvine, Esq., Travellers' Club, Pall - mall C r _lss hr r et t:t sq., Pall-mall 7 ggi r:""'vt Thompson, Esq. Winchester House rederisk Minton, Esq., ' lterners-street. 441 )11% n ANkitls—The Commercial Bank of London. c ou t:um—Mr. Sergeant Chanaell ; Thomas Bourdillon, Earl_ Soracrroas--Messrs. Bourdillon and Sons, SURVEYORS—Messrs. Hoggart and Norton. `t ie object SECRETARY—Edward Hoare, Esq. cC o of the Association is to carry out the recommendations Miasioners appointed to report on the " health of towns, tt:llain — , the interments of the dead in or sear the habitations of by establishing two extensive cemeteries on the banks of 1 4 41; wh le, at a convenient distance east and west of the metre lit,b:tiezu by their position, in addition to the usual mode of L 'ret ot .:' Will afford the facility ' of a more economical conveyance t aa t• Olt of ho Most crowded thoroughfares of the metropolis, even in the ae oth aen!avity and crime, we see grave-yards towering abeve us, Ze..tottl'ap.elitial effluvia tainting the very atmosphere in which we al?by 'led to live. Our Christian feelings are continually out ito,revolting details of violated sanctuaries, and gross and hor oil ;Tttles offered to the dead, to the great scandal of our na t,TebeZl,..llloll and character as a Christian people. Many attempts o ? tad r `i Made to remove this nuisance and reproach from among 114 14 m e events occurring in Spatlelds and other burial-grounds ko" . .., ° P c dia, as described in the public journals and in the evi ,aacoe" oefore tho Committee of the House of Commons, have ia'a, o n , c ae general feeling of horror and indignation in the public ril e - '4 ll anxious desire on the part of the Legislature to abolish, l er treat fOr evor, burials within the limits of the metropolis and ,t of the empire. t i - Zaa t r 1 Y desirable to unite economyof expense with that decent atlo n ! Which is due to the remains of all, however lowly their tiraol4%eeuring to the wealthier classes the facility of indulging in iZlire,,i l ,aaid testimonials of respect to their departed friends; and (1,71 od y 'ers believe that the public wilt see and duly appreciate the tiat b oti tte,, l r , , - ; ;; l t i a ti g n e g w e hi ve c r h y will be derived by this method of conveying to . the Cemetries, the choice of mode of burial being always advantage possessed by existing . suburban Lary t • Water conveyance must, therefore, be considered as au 0 , and not as replacing the present mode, being introduced N eh: ale view of general accommodation, and securing econo- N: is or ,cs, than for any purposes of novelty and display. 1Z444 f .,,P b scal to purchase extensive tracts of land, having a river %la fo rt Z'r the reception of funerals by water, and approaches by k 4" Of e usual mode of intermentestablish stations on both ttlk ooi . Tke,river for . the temporary reception . of bodies destined for % A or th .ala will strictly accord with the spirit of the recommends t!calth of Towns Commission, by obviating the distressing ~,Lblurious necessity which arises from retaining for days, in 'tioo . `%Pled by the living, corpses in the various stages of decom 10,avo steam and other boats will be constructed for the purpose to p , eri: t i ag the dead, the mourners, and friends of the deceased to r,lklat, " 08 , with all due regard to decorum, and equally adapted cito iet. !nd private funerals. CrOod i v al ave become highly popalar la this country and most ;they are equally is favour with the Legislature and k6Teen, i , c 2 4 general. Many of then are, however, situated at such LCi l ,,:blent distance as to place them wholly beyond the pecu al‘tillood . 11 % of the humbler classes, except in their immediate nFigh tonDresttbeY are also small, when compared with the necessities of t ot %I , fru. and future generations. The Grand Metropolitan Ceme tiZallit; laid out in an appropriate manner, suited to the sad 4 i , of the dead,whilst theylare not unattractive to tke living v.4 ` character of the ancient mode of burial in large mouse to n i g .. ' n be added the beauties of Pere la Chaise, and other fee feZ r oeteries. The grounds will be portioned off, in deference th e 4 ,g_ s of every sect and religion, and their great extent will t„ . om er •asociation to meet the requirements of all. tit? Watt, carry out the recommendations of the Parliamentary r, e to their fullest extent, and to facilitate the abolishment tZkie r - ',. in the metropolis, the Association proposes to adopt such V ii ka, '4. may be found necessary to ensure economy of burial when tit oi,„ W ell as due decorum of conveyance and interment. o,Loit .a,a for the chapels, entrance-gates, and ornamental dispe eo‘eeki;,te grounds, are now under serious consideration, an the fl Will be built with the view of affording accommodation i k ki lao, r % of charges the most economical. Grounds for interrneat at al4btoi„ tt es, either in perpetuity for families or seperate bodies, may f riend s with every facility to erect such memorials as their sur er 11 % c "14% may de g fit. i'ttPital of the Association will be 800,0001., with power to in toZ,9-ci_tbe original Shareholders having the preference of the '4 tea shares. It will be divided into 40,000 shares of 201. 4% a llosit of 11. 2s. per share to be paid at the time of subscrib lea, Will be followed by calls of 21. per share, as may be re• l y Aplree Months' notice being given of each call. V, "on for prospectuses and shares to be made to the Seer e- Z'htilt offices of Messrs. Bourdillon and gene , 30, Great mete r - street, of whom all further information may be obtained. % tat eerelaart of the Parliamentary Committee will be furnished at TO the FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARE S. - ` o visional Committee of the Grand Eastern and Western ts,ohbtielhen Metropolitan Cemeteries ASBOOI4OIOII. 1 14 4 . 1 4 th e request yon will allot me shares of 10/. fie, or above undertaking, and I hereby agree to accept the i t ' tit. 'ay less number which way be allotted to me. and to do Posit of 11. 2s. per share within the time limited and pre y4ll).,-,.by, you, and to execute the Parliamentary contract and t o agreement, and all other Necessary deeds, when required I am, gentlemen, your obedient servant, Name in lull •... Usual Signature • • Place of 'Business (if any) • • • • •• • • • • Trade or Profession ....... ......• Date •••• • • • • • ... • •• • Profession ••••••••••• R.•..•••••. • • • • • • • . f`,„ TA - - rri lONERY, DRESSING-CASES, Travel 4-„g.. Blottin Writing Desks , Envelope-cases, Ladies' Companions, booksPort g, Inkstands, Gold and Silver ever-pointed .4,4Yer.as, plain and Ivory Tablets, Cutlery, &c.; Bibles and 1 and elegant bindings. Name plate engraved for eb ,?" best cards, Limhird's Patent cemented Enve ht, t w 'lating the use of wax or, wafer, is. the 100 ; embossed with eats s s. °, or three initials, Is. 6d. the 100 ; superfine letter paper 117,, , Or a , th e ream ; note paper from 3s. the ream ; with every ar s„ates 'Benery, of the beet quality and lowest prices.—At LlM ie !.143, Strand, facing Catherine-street. Envelopes, 6d., Pd., Ithe lOO, 1 11 „ 4 , NDY AND CAPSULES.—Mr. BETTS I, l , :tni l ` r .• late firm of J. T. BETTS and CO.), Patent Brandy a t a. ti; 7, Smithfield Bars feels it due to himself and the public to ad at th oro., ",, • Manufacture of the PATENT BRANDT was not, W ' ES so been knows to any person except to himself and one e t , , Y, •• And that ho was succeeded in the busine ss of the Smithfield Bars, by his sons, J. T. BETTS, jun., and CO., ret t „,,_ tt t i‘r. therefrom, in 1843. r ,,,,7TS further states, that he is the sole Patentee, nianufae- Il t ,the l'aador of the M e tallic Capsule, (or solid metal covering I se n ,TT'sr,,, nt bs of bottles), that no other Brandy in Ergland, except 11 4 `talli. TATINT BRANDY, is thereby protected ; the Patent Capsule it if, therefore, applied to any other Brandy, Milist - surre c ptiously obtained. "tit% Capsule Manufactury, 1, Wharf-road, City-road. E TT S'S PA TENT BRAN DY, certified by the 1. th e vs aeulty of England to be the purest spirit, and guaranteed I.4 4 entl in 4e llt lletallic Capsules, embossed " Betts's Patent Brandy, *Oect a b i ela- bars," is sold at U. 6d., bottle included, by the most %,,kerf, e dealers, lists of whom inly be o btained at the Distillery, ap p Quantities of cot less than two gallons, in bulk or bottles, are --44 Address, 7, Smithtleld-bars. r Et I L R GESS'S NEW SAUCE, for general pur , f 'it —R es, having gained such great approbation, and the demand ialieT:olltinning to inorease, JOHN BURGESS and SON beg most T. t _' ll Y to offer thus their best acknow)edgments to the Public libtral patronage of the same ; its utity and great convehnid .?opei.,.. 111 all climates have recommended te e the , ost dostinguis e SI-""lnections, who have all spoken highly in its recommenda- N Prepar' ally d b possible i famllle ; e cars has been resorted to, by each t:to nl ,g sealed on the cork with their firm and address, as well I l "lth ie s 4 .el having their signature, without which it cannot be t), -1 S BU RGESSiqp,,, and SON'S long- es tablished and much-esteemed Of ANCHOVIES continues to be prepared by them after 444'4° rt anner that has given the greatest satisfact i o n for man y 8. Ver, 1..—...1 . _ . eb2n5c, 107, Strand, corner of Savoy Steps, London. IE ITCER'S CHINESE LIQUID HAIR DYE NM I thaw. ske,„ . 0 % in a few minutes, without trouble, red or gr e y hair, - ‘repi v eyebrows, moustaches, &c., to a dark brown or black, by a comb wetted with the liquid. One application will a Pleasing a n d perment change. Price 3s. 6d., 68., and o Pe i fttbot tle (tr ee . an h!id of th e Proprietors, 29, N o ttingham-place, Fiehigato - Llu ; t ,v lutechapel-r oa d London • also of Mr. Johnstone , 68, Co rn- Str eet '? utler, 4 , Cheapsid; ; Prout, ' 229, Strand ; Sanger , 150, Oxford- S in o' PerrinOwl-street ; Atkinson, 24, Old . Bend c'oPer, 43, King William-street, London bridge ; Per- on , a treet, Batt; Ehnore, Bull-street, Birmingham ; and of most aap a -gr.s and Medicine Vendors in town and country. sent to of tlia kingdom by receiving a remittance, past-paid. , Ohs a.s e rv : k for " Spencer nd Co.'s Chinese Liquid Hair Dye.' tho Proprietor's address a is on the wrapper. - - ri) }l 7" -- CITIT IG IIS , COLDS, ASTHMAS, AND CONSUMPTINS. DELL'S IMPROVED BALSAM OF HON ftr: m r U .Dwards F.Y.of fifty years, this invaluable medicine has main blai„tla re putation as a most effective remedy for the above coin , 41 140tt , and, u nass i sted be advertisements, has foun d i ts wa y into With ev erY family in the United Kingdom. , It is still prepared L e 44 4 care and attention by Mr. Henry Cundell, 47, Mino -4% ori, (%a ll , who re.frains from all eulogy on its valuable properties, It i t ) kal Bullices to prove its ed , Acacy to the most sceptical. thet i c a : ' 11 . 14 .1t1 bottles at United s.l2s. 6d., of all re ' nl ecliduis Tendon in the Kingdom. .. . - . .-- - . .. .- - • . , . Pl. • , --- - ~ ... ..,--" .-----,(-----.''' , ~. 41. . \ . - ___- ~ ....--- ..12,- Z- Z .'_ . -Z,...-.4, .e .. - e-Y____,/ ----- - --1 "- - -' X 'f , - •-.,,'-' . „ f . , — e __ - _-------- ---- GY--e. ---- e_ _-- - 7 ~ ..- 7.---- , .., ---- . --................. 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NORTHERN LINE.—It is stated that the company has `the intention of bilosine• into operation the section from Paris to ^Pontoise in the month of January next. Its opening will not 'be delayed unless the administration of ponts-et-chaussess li - not . ready with the station at the Faubourg St. Denis. PARIS AND STRASBURG LINE—RHEIMS BRANCH AND SARREBRUCH EXTENSION.—III the terms of the conces sion of this line, the company must construct a branch to Metz, and extend the line to Sarrebruck. The follow at Longeville, or in front of the village of Ars; a stone bridge of twenty-one metres over the Rue de Mad, near Amaville; another bridge of 140 metres over the Mo selle, in front of Frouard; two bridges over the Canal de la Marne-au-Rhin; seven viaducts, and thirty-six level passages across common roads. As the Metz line is traced in the valley of the Moselle, the gradients will be very slight, except at the approaches to the brselges, and also the approaches to the principal line. But for these, the gradients would not be more than four milli metres in a metre. LITBECH AND SCHWERIN.—A letter from Hamburgh, of the 2d of December, states that the decision of the Mecklenburg Chambers regarding the Lubeck and Schwerin projected railway, is anxiously awaited in that town. The complaints of the towns of Wismar and Ros tock, the letter also states, find no echo in Hamburgh, where the opinion was, that instead of suffering any in jury from that railway, they would derive from it as much advantage as any other towns. SCHWERIN, DEC. I.—HAGENOW AND SCHWERIN LlNE. — Operations on this line have commenced to-day, hear the "Field Gate" of this city ; Baron von Lutzow, the Minister of the Interior, raising the first sod of earth in the presence of the Town Council, the Directors of the railway, all the officers employed in the department of Public Works, and an immense assemblage of the inha bitants of the city. The sod having been raised, M. Arndt, the architect, wheeled the first barrow of earth. The line will be 20 miles in length, and the expense of each mile 150,000 Hamburgh marks. Few difficulties pre .ent themselves between Hagenow and the Ostroff Lake, since there will be but few cuttings and embankments, and those of no great magnitude. In the vicinity of Schwerin, however, several natural obstacles will have to be surmounted. The Schwerin station, the length of which will be 2,400 feet, and the breadth 960, must, to be placed on a level with the road of the Lubeck, be sunk twelve feet into the ground. From the station the tine will proceed partly through and partly round the town, making occasional curves, to Lake Ostroff. Cut tings of 6,000 feet in length, and 30 feet in depth, will ;sere be required. The ground from these cuttings will - )e made use of for the formation of the great dam to be made across the lake. The other works of art which de serve mention are a bridge over the river Sude, and a runnel under the road of Wittenburg. This town, being the central point of all the Mecklenburg railways, 4 manufactory will be built at the station for the con •truction of the engines, the cost of which is estimated at 200,000 Hamburgh marks. MISS CUSHMAN AND SHERIDAN KNOWLES.—Thi apri , i onne e r e redf o etri : emi p etl : aja i lo s nask i tes , acco m plished fortnight actress,erwwtrnoefiraager: e,tsvSheridanafter fil tGbl ie,hin ( y i ee e rfi3 li Ktig admirableahno n t on i nw n es g i re sai t : , h gus the Glasgow adp G ni\dya l v a s yNee l vlo o ,re,fi w enerdi eTn perform ances, gratif=iedree.r f audiencesrovrrnf Wife to see an overflowing house. We understand that she has proceeded to Newcastle-upon-Tyne, to fulfil a short engage ment in that town, prior to appearing in London on the 29th instant. On this occasion she will perform the part of Romeo, and her sister, a lady who is no stranger to the American stage, but who is new to this country, will make her appear ance as Juliet. We should not omit to mention a little in cident which occurred before the curtain rose on Saturday. Mr. Sheridan Knowles, whose great admiration for Miss Cushman's acting is no secret, was observed to take his seat in the boxes, and though he seemed to shun observation, not to court it, he was observed by some persons in the pit. The fact of his presence spread rapidly through the house and a round of applause—renewed again and again— saluted the poet, and showed in a most gratifying manner the respect of the people of Glasgow for his genius and character.— Glasgow Argus. THE STAFFORDSHIRE POTTERIES.—The trade of this district has never been, probably, in a more flourishing state than at the present moment. Every branch of " the potter's art" is in full work, and good hands are sought after. We believe that without exeeption every manufactory is in active operation, and it is satisfactory to state that compara tively little is doing for stock, but almost entirely to order.— Staffordshire Mercury. COMPETITION CARTOONS FOR THE ART-UNION OF LONDON.—In order that the Committee may determine what accommodation will be required for the exhibition of the cartoons to be submitted in competition for the premium of 5004 offered by the society, artists were each requested to send to the office on or before Monday last, a sealed letter containing his name and address, and having on the outside the title of his intended painting, and a motto or device, by which the cartoon must also be distinguished. In compli ance with this request, 26 letters have been forwarded to the office, and the Committee are now seeking a fitting gallery to receive the designs. It may be well to mention, that artists who have not sent intimation of their intention to forward a cartoon are not thereby disqualified ; this was simply a re quest, not a stipulation.—The Builder. NEVER TRESPASS ON A RAILWAY.—OH Friday evening as the engine-driver of the Python, from Chester to Crewe (Joseph Rhodes), was approaching within two miles and a half of Crewe, with the mail train up, he saw some thing lying on the down-line like a human being, which he reported to the inspector at the Crewe station, who immedi ately returned with the engine and picked up the body of a respectably-dressed woman, who had been struck down by the second-class train. Her head was broken to pieces, and her left arm and foot cut off. It appears that the deceased is the daughter of a respectable fanner near Bolton. Her name was Ann Gregory. She had lived with Mr. Hill, of Wor lastone Rookery, and it is supposed was repairing thither to see some of her old fellow-servants. The deceased, to econo mise mid reach her destination on as good a road as possible, bad chosen to trespass on the railway, using the precaution to allow the express train to pass her, and, not being aware that another followed so quickly, she fell a sacrifice to the second train. This sad accident should operate to warn every one not to trespass on the railway, which is more dangerous than those unacquainted with the traffic may be led to suppose. Let us reiterate, however sautious any one may think himself, never trespass on a railway.—Liverpool Albion. DISCOVERY OF TEssELATED PAVEMENT AT COL CHESTEIt.—During the past week another relic of antiquity has been brought to light in Colchester, in the shape of a Roman tesselated pavement, of considerable extent, of the plain red description, without any variegated design. The scene of this discovery is in a garden recently purchased by Mr. Bryant, of High-street, in the rear of the line of houses on the eastern side of North-hill. It was dis covered by a man employed in double-trenching the ground, who, finding his spade obstructed by some hard substance, carefully removed a portion of the earth, and then called the attention of Mr. Bryant, jun., to the circum stance, by whose direction a larger space was laid bare, and disclosed a portion of the pavement in question. This encouraged him to further excavations, and a space several yards in length by two or three in breadth has since been uncovered. In the course of this operation remains have been discovered of fresco-painted walls, and from portions of charcoal and other appearances it is supposed that the building of which the pavement orieinally formed a part must have been destroyed by fire. Portions of urns, the remains of human bones, and a coin in a fine state of pre servation, have also been found. The latter bears on the obverse—" VRBS ROMA," with helmeted head ; the re verse, Romulus and Remus with the wolf. The extent of the pavement has not yet been ascertained, but from an ex cavation to the westward, where some of the same kind has been found, it is believed to be continuous to that part, in which case the length will exceed 100 feet. In its present state it is, we believe, the largest yet found at Colchester. — Ipswich Express. HANDSoME BEQI.TEST.—The treasurer of the Phi lanthropic Society, of Se George's-fields, has just received the handsome sum of 2,0001. from the late Mrs. Ann War ring, as a legacy on behalf of its funds. It was reported at the last quarterly meeting of essvernors, held on Friday evening last, that a donation of 50/. had , been sent by Mr. John Salte. Out of the 55 boys a emieted during the past year, all but four had turned out well, and a resolution was passed to admit the children of convicts, recme mended by a magistrate, by the payment of their board only, The re form school and other buildings in the course of eniption by the society are now very nearly completed. There are at present 70 boys in the institution wholly maintained and educated. THE SEASON.—We have passed suddenly from the temperature of spring to winter. During the whole of last week the Welsh and Yorkshire hills have been covered with snow or sleet, and yesterday morning the ice was very , thick on the ponds. This severe weather will check, at least for a time, the disease amongst the potatoes, and will improve the quality of the corn brought to the market.—Liverpool Times. EXTRAORDINARY FORTITUDE.—The Edinburgh Weekly Chronicle narrates the following extraordinary in stance of presence of mind and fortitude. A few days ago, Samuel Mason, tenter in one of Mr. Swan's mills near Kirkaldy, met with a severe accident in the following man ner :—llaving observed a cord entangled with one of the belts, he went up a ladder to relieve the same; but, on doing so, the slack portion of the cord took a turn round his left instant swt with h t destruc tionsingular thumb and arm as it was dr awn onward by the movement of the b w elt 6is n f or titude and presence o f mind, he g rasped a column close b y i e f l d e ra w Being i u n p g : o h t u h s tined,e pnlpulley y he by foresaw his a with his arms and legs, and held on till his arm was literally sawed and torn asunder. Being thus relieved, he slid down the column to the floor, took off his bonnet and clapped it on the bleeding stump, holding it with his hand, rushed out, and across the street to his father-in-law, where, ex hausted and breathless, be fell on the floor, before the engine was set off, being the first means by which any assistance could have been rendered him. An express was immediately dispatched for surgical aid to Kirkaldy, a distance of more than two miles, when his arm was amputated above the torn part ; but finOing the bone so much injured, they made an other amputation a little below the shoulder-joint He stood the operations well, though he must have been much ex hausted from the loss of blood and the unavoidable length of time that elapsed before surgical assistance could be rendered. Nevertheless, after being carried to his own house in a chair, he went up his own stairs oe his feet, and has since been doing wonderfully well. MEMOIRS OF LADY RESTER STANHOPE.—The -fol lowing is the character of Lady Hester Stanhope, as drawn by the Quarterly Review, in its account of the very interest ing memoirs of her Ladyship lately published, and which are attracting so much attention :—" Lady llester Stanhope was the grand• daughter of Lord Chatham ; she ha d all his spiri and fire, much of his penetrating quickness, some of his fancy, not a few of his eccentricities. In the great teculty of seeing clearly into character she excelled to the last, and was sel dom mistaken, unless when her temper or tier prejudice . dug pitfalls for her judgment. Her courage was undaunted at all times; her pride towering like that of all her house; her honour, like theirs, pure from every stain ; her generosity so boundless as to spurn all the limits which her means pre scribed. In her ideas and projects there was ever somewhat of the romantic—much of fancy—little of reason or reflection —vet with all this, which points to the ideal and impractic able,' she acquired an influence, an ascendant, over those with whom she came in contact, whether public or private partie 4, which seems all but fabulous. She might well have r been the chosen solace of the Private hours of Mr. Pitt. She was the daughter of his favourite sister, and lived with him for the last years of his eventful life. With her great talents, her lively and various conversation, her admirable manners, her frankness, so likely to relieve one whose shyness was. ha bitual and painful—Ole became the favourite associate of hia leisure, and was quits necessary to his existence." No. 16,637. LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING SUN, DECEMBER 11, 1845. PRICE SD. NNATIONAL PROVIDENT INSTITUTION for MUTUAL ASSURANCE on LIVES , & c. 48, Gracechurch-street, London. The TENTH ANNUAL MEETING of the MEMBERS of this INSTITUTION will be held at the LONDON TAVERN, Bishops gate-street, on MONDAY NEVI', the 15th instant. The Chair will be taken at One o'clock precisely. JOSEPH MARSH, Secretary. London, Dec. 8, 1845. BIRMINGHAM and MANCHESTER DIRECT RAILWAY. The Committee of Management beg to acquaint the public that, in compliance with the standing orders of Parliament, the Plans, Sec tions, Books of Reference, &c., have been depo sited at the Board of Trade, and at the offices of the several Clerks of the Peace. By order, R. HENRY RYLAND, Secretary ;ate, December 5, 1845. ' Moorg; 1, PETERBOROUGH and NOTTINGHAM JUNCTION RAILWAY. Notice is hereby given that the Plans, Sections, and Reference Books, prepared by the Engineers and Solicitors with the greatest possible care, having been deposited in conformity with the orders of Parliament, counterparts of the deeds will lie for signature, and scrip will be delivered, at Northampton—At the Angel Hotel, on Saturday, Dec. 20. Stamford—At the Office of James Atter, Esq., on Monday, Dec. 22. Peterborough—At the Office of N. Wilkinson, Esq., on Tuesday, Dec. 23. Boston—At the Peacock Hotel, on Wednesday, Dec. 24. Grantham—At the George Hotel, on Friday, Dec. 26. Nottingham—At the George the . Fourth Hotel, on Saturday, Dec. 27, and Monday, Dec. 29. Leeds--At the Royal Ifotel, on Tuesday, Dee. 30. Edinburgh—At the Regent Hotel, on Thursday, Jan. 1, 1846. Glasgow—At the Wellington Hotel, on Friday, Jan. 2, and Sa turday, Jan. 3. Liverpool—At the Adelphl Hotel, on Monday, Jan. 5. Manchester —At the Imperial Hotel, on Tuesday, Jan. 6. Birmingham—At the Hen and Chickens Hotel, on Wednesday, Jan. 7. Exeter—lt the Office of Henry W. Hooper, Esq., on Thursday, Jan. 8. Southampton—At the Office of Messrs. Deacon and Long, on Sa turday, Jan. 10, Each day between the hours of Eleven and Four. The Deeds can be signed, and Scrip obtained, at the Offices of the Company, in person, or by power of attorney, where the plans may be Inspected. WALKER and GRIDLEY, Solioltors. Comapauy's offices, I, Gathlhall-chambers, Basinghall-street, London. DUDLEY, MADELEY, BROSELEY, and IRONBRIDGE RAILWAY EXTENSION to SHREWS- BURY. The Committee of Management beg to state, for the information of the Shareholders in this Company, that they have been most anxiously and unremittingly engaged in' investigating the causes which prevented the sections being duly deposited, and that a full report will be submitted to the Shareholders at the earliest possible period. By order, W. S. DARKIN, Secretary pro tern. tourbridge, Dee. 9, IMS. GREAT SOUTHERN and WESTERN, and WATERFORD and LIMERICK JUNCTION RAILWAY. CLONMEL to TIIUR LES. The Committee beg t• inform the Shareholders that their Plans, Sections, and Books of Reference have been lodged to conformity with the standing orders ; that 10 per cent. on the required capital paid up, the execution of the deeds nearly completed, and the strictest economy observed in preparing everything necessary for a❑ early application to Parliament. By order, W. CHAYTOR, Secretary. Committee-rooms, Clonmel, Dec. 5, 1845. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, EDIN BURGH, and DIRECT GLASGOW JUNCTION RAIL WAY, with a Branch by the North Tyne to Ilexhaxn. Capital, 1,100,0001., in 75,000 Shares of 201. each. Deposit, 21. 2s. per Chars. (Provisionally Registered, pursuant to 7 and 8 Vic., cap. 110.) PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. Sir Charles M. L. Monck, Bart., Belsay Castle, Northumberland Saville C. H. Ogle, Esq., M.P., Kirkley-hall, Northumberland William Henry Charlton, Esq. Hesleyside, Northumberland Robert Charlton, Esq. Lee-hall, Northumberland Thomas Cookson, Esq. Swinburn Castle, Northumberland Mr. John Crawford, paper manufacturer, Warden, Northumberland Mr. Edw. Campion, iron manufacturer, Mareshaw Ironworks, North- ROYAL NORTH OF SPAIN RAILWAY. The Directors hereby give notice that a General Meeting of the Shareholders of the above Company will be held at the London Tavern, nishopsgate-street, on FRIDAY, the 19th instant, at One o'clock precisely, when the Directors will submit a report of their entire proceedings to the proprietary, and a statement of the present position of the affairs of this Company, for the purpose of taking into consideration the most desirable course to be adopted under ex isting circumstances. By order, T. S. CETBILL, Secretary No. 1, Royal Exchange-buildings, Dec. 10, 1845. umberlauld Ralph Wm. Grey, Esq. Chipchase Castle, Northumberland Mr. John Green, iron manufacturer, Ridsdala Ironworks, NorthmL RUGBY, DERBY, AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY. Notice is hereby given, that a Meeting of the. Shareholders in this undertaking will be held at the London Tavern, Rishopsgate-street, 011 WEDNESDAY, the 17th day of December instant, at 11, for 12 o'clock precisely, for the purpose of receiving a report from the Com mittee of Management, and deciding upon the steps it will be advis able to adopt with reference to the prosecution of the undertaking in the next session of Parliament, or otherwise. (Signed) MATTHEW PIERPOINT, Chairman of the Committee of Management. WM. RICHARD SCOTT, I Secretaries. lIORACE GREEN, 33, Gresham-street, December 9, 1845. Berland Mr. Wm. Grace, Saltwick, Northumberland J. Haggerston, Esq. Reedsmouth, Northumberland Nicholas Manghan, Esq. Newbrough-lodge, Northumberland Charles Atticus Monck, Esq. Hurnshaugh, Northumberland Thomas James, Esq., Otterburn Tower, Northumberland Mr. W. R. Rayne, paper manufacturer, Haughton, Northumberland Smith Stobart, Esq. - banker, Hexham Abbey, Northumberland Captain R. Jobling, Newton-hall, Northumberland Rev. Wm. Kell, rector of Corsenside, Northumberland W. C. Trevelyan, jun. Esq. Topsham., Devon Sir John Fife, Knt. Newcastle-upon-Tyne Mr. Thomas Gray, tobacco manufacturer, Newcastle-Open-Tyne Mr. Charles Rayne, merchant, Newcastle-upon-Tyne Mr. Henry Glynn, C.E. Newcastle-upon-Tyne Mr. Win. Anderson, jun. coal-owner, Newcastle-upon-Tyne Mr. Wm. Hunter, colliery reviewer, Newcastle-upon-Tyne Mr. John Coulson, Newcastle-upon-Tyne Mr. Alexander George Gray, merchant, Newcastle-upon-Tyne Captain John Kelly, Newcastle-upon-Tyne T. C. Granger, Esq. M.P. Durham Andrew White, Esq. Tunstal-lodge, Sunderland Richard White, Esq. Thorney-close, Sunderland A. J. Moore, Esq. Hill• house, Sunderland Mr. Michael Brown, merchant, Sunderland Hugh Dixon, Esq. manufacturer, Sunderland Thomas Bell, Esq. alkali manufactory, South Welds Mr. Joshua Greene, merchant, Gateshead William Hymen, Esq. J.P. Gateshead Sir Thomas Dick Lander, Bart., Grange and Fountain-hall C. Craigie Hackett, Esq. Lawhill John Dick Lauder, Esq. jun. Grange and Fountain-hall Andrew Wilkie, Esq. one of the magistrates of Edinburgh William Girdwond, Esq. magistrate of Leith Robert Laurie, Esq. merchant, Leith John Anderson, Esq. jun., merchant, Edinburgh John Gibson, Esq. provost of Lanark Thomas Brownlie, Esq. Convener Trades-house, GlasgeW William Bankier, Esq. provost of Calton, Glasgow Sir John Trevelyan, Wallington, Northumberland James Wolfe Murray, Esq. St. Andrew's, Fife Walter Calverley Trevelyan, Esq., Wallington, Northumberland William Oliver Rutherford, Esq., of Edgerton, sheriff of the county of Roxburgh (With power to add to their number). BANICEIII. L EEDS, HUDDERSFIELD, and SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE DIRECT RAILWAY. The public are hereby informed that the Plans, Sections, and Books of Reference, have been duly deposited at the Board of Trade, and at the offices of the several Clerks of the Peace, in compliance with the standing orders of Parliament. lay order, R. SHELTON MACKENZIE, Secretary. 1, Moergate, December 4, 1845. DERBYSHIRE, WORCESTERSHIRE JUNCTION RAILWAY. The Acting Committee have much satisfaction in informing the shareholders of the above line that the Plans, Sections, Books of Reference, &c., were duly deposited at the Board of Trade. and at the offices of the several Clerks of the Peace, in compliance with the standing orders. By order, R. SHELTON MACKENZIE, Secretary. 1, Moorgate, December 3, 1845. E AST DEREHAM AND NORWICH RAILWAY. The Committee of Management have the pleasure to inform the shareholders and the public that they have concluded arrangements for leasing the above railway to the Norfolk Company, at a rental of 41. per cent. per annum on the outlay, and an equal division of the surplus profits. The Plans and Sections relating to this undertaking have been deposited at the Board of Trade, and with the several Clerks of the Peace, in conformity with the standing orders of Parliament. In order to comply with the standing orders of the House of Lords, as recently altered, it is necessary that the deposit of 11. already paid should be increased to 2/. 2s. It is also necessary that the scrip should be called in and re-issued, and new Parliamentary deeds executed. The shareholders are, therefore, required to pay, on or before the Ist day of January next the further sum of 11. 2s. per share on the sharos respectively held by them, and for this purpose to deposit with the Secretary, at the Company's offices, Norwich, the scrip now hold by them, together with an application for registry and exchange, in the annexed form, on or before the 24 th d a y of December instant. The requisite order ' to one of the Company's bankers to receive the increased deposit will be issued within three days after the registry of the scrip, and on the production of the banker's receipt, and the execution of the new Parliamentary contract, the new scrip certifi cates will be issued. All scrip, in respect of which the shareholders shall fail to take the necessary steps for payment of the required deposit within the speci fied period, will be forfeited. London—Messrs. Glyn and Co. Newcastle-upon-Tyne—Northumberland and Durham Distrist Bank, ENOINEER-IN-CHIEF—John Miller, Esq., C.E,, Edinburgh. LOCAL ENGINEERS—Messrs. John and Benjamin Green. SOLICITORS. Mr. John Brown, and Messrs. Laws and Glynn, Newcastle-npen-Tyne Messrs. Prichard and Collette, 67, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London. LIICAL AGENTS. Mr. C. R. Sinclair, S.S.C., 11, South -bridge, Edinburgh Messrs. J. and R. Gibson, Hexharn Messrs. Strang, Yuile, and Keydon, writers, Glasgow Mr. William Blackwood, Banker and Solicitor, Peebles Mr. Simon Scott, writer, Jedburgh Mr. George Oliver, writer, Hawick Messrs. Curie and Erskine, writers, Melrose. PARLIAMENTARY AGENTS. Messrs. Spottiswoode and Robertson, Great George-Street, Lon.lon. SECRETARY—MT. James Potts. Offices of the Company, 11, Eldon-square, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Applications for prospectuses and shares to be made to the soli citors, and to the following brokers :—Messrs. Warburton and Co., Central Exchange, Market-street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Messrs. Tucker, Barnett, and Ellis, 11, Birchin-lane, London ; Robert Allan, Esq., Messrs. Pillans and Home, and Anthony Shiels, Esq., Edin burgh; Messrs. ThEwin and Auld, Glasgow; Messrs. William Reynolds and Sons, and Messrs. D. and J. B. Neilson, Liverpool; Messrs. Alsop and Son, Hull; Messrs. Beaumont and Williamson, Leeds ; Messrs. Robertson and Bates, and Messrs. Thomas Cardwell and Sons. Manchester ; Mr. J. E. Lane, Birmingham ; Messrs. Walmsley, Woodhead, and Co.. Bradford ; Me;srs. Low and Tunstal, Bristol Messrs. Win. Moore and Co., Huddersfield ; Mr. J. N. Balme, Gloucester ; Mr. W. Pollard, Lin coln ; Messrs. Warburton and Crossland, Sheffield ; Messrs. Halli well and Davis, Halifax ; Mr. T. C. Maynard, Durham ; Messrs. Ilills and Allason, and Mr. W. I. Barker. Sunderland; Mr. Wm. Davison, Alnwick ; Mr. T. Glover, South Shields ; Mr. John Hurst, Louth ; Mr. .Jos. Nelson, Settle ; Mr. Joha Sturrock, Jon., Dundee ; Mr. Jas. Ross, Perth; and Mr. Walker Thompson, Berwick. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Provisional Committee of the Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Edin burgh, and Direct Glasgow Junction Railway, with a Branch by the North Tyne to Hexhals. Gentlemen, —I request that you will allot to me shares of 201. each in this Company, and I undertake to accept the same, and to pay the deposit thereon, or upon any less number that may be allotted to me ; and I also undertake to execute the Par liamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when required. Name in full •• • • .... .. EDWARD WILLETT, Chairman, Norwich, Dec. 8, 1845. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR REGISTRY AND EXCHANGE OF SCRIP. To the Committee of Management of the East Dereham and Norwich Railway Company. Gentlemen,—l herewith transmit scrip for shares in the above Company, in respect of which I request you to issue me new scrip, and I agree to pay the further deposit of 11. 2s. per share on or before the Ist day of January next, and to execute the new Parlia mentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when required. Dated this day of December, 1845. Name in full .• .• ...... Description . • . • • • • • • • • Address in full ••.•••••••• • • • • • •• • • • The form must be tilled up in the handwriting of the applicant. T OURS AND NANTES RAILWAY. MACKENZIE, PATERSON, AND CO. REPORT TO THE IHAREHOLDERii. Your Directors hive the satisfaction to announce the amalgama tion of eight principal Companies to competition for the lease of this Railway. Among these competitors, your Company occupied a proud posi tion. They net only presented a subscription list of the very first class, and comprising mach that was calculated to inspire public confidence, but a depeiit fund, amounting to 6,425,000 f., or more than double the caution -money required by the French Government. It is gratifying to your Directors that, by common consent, even amongst their competitors, the first place was conceded to yoar Coin- Residence ...... • • • • • • • • • • • Trade or Profession (if any) .. • • • • •• • Place of Business ••• • .• . Reference ••• • • • ...... ••• • • • Address of Referee •• • • ••••••• • • • • • • Date of Application ••.. • • ...... • ALLOCATION OF SIIARES. The Committee of Management have now the satisfaction to in form the subscribers and the public that the Plans, Sections, and Books of Reference of: this undertaking have been completed, and de posited in compliance with the standing orders of the two Houses of Parliament, which will enable them to apply for an Act in the en suing session ; and as none of the ether lines projected to Hawick (including the London and Edinburgh Direct and Darlington and Ilawick Junction Railway) have lodged their Plans and Sections in conformity with the Standing Orders, this Company is, therefore, tke only one in a position to apply to Parliament in the ensuing Ses sion for powers to make a Railway by the midland route to Edin burgh and Glasgow. The Committee have also much pleasure in stating that the result of their surveys is such as completely to answer the objections which hare been made to their line in various quarters, and that they are cofirmed in the opinion which they at first held, that the line would be n of o easy formation, and that the tunnel through the Carter would not exceed one mile and a quarter in length. And they hereby give notice, that no Application for Shares will be received after the 15th of December, and that the allotment will be made as soon after that date AS possible. By order, CHARLES ATTICUS MONCK, Chairman. JAMES POTTS, Secretary. Offices of the Company, 11, Eldon-square, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Dec. 3, 1845. At a MEETING of LANDOWNERS, held November 10, 1845, at Belsay Castle Inn, the following resolution was adopted : .• We, the undersigned, landowners on and near the line of railway proposed to be made by a Company calling itself Kohewcas o tle-- Tyne, Edinburgh, and Direct Glasgo w Railway, ita branch to Ilexham, having considered the proposed line, and explained with Mr. Monck, the Chairman of the Managing Committee of the said Railway Company, are of opinion that the proposed line of railway, both in Its main line and in its branch , wil l be beneficial both to the line of country through which It will pass, and to our own estates, in af fording the shortest and easiest communication between Glasgow, Edinburgh, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and in opening out to use the lime and other minerals which may be now lying unwrought in our lands. We are of opinion, therefore, that the projectors of the pro posed line ought to have our consent and support, subject to such re servations in regard to all private and personal interests as is usual in such cases." Belsay Castle Inn, Nov. 10, 1845. signed) John E. Swinburne. Chas. M. L. Ironer. Thos. Anderson. Thos. Atkinson Earle. John Forster. W. B. Dent pany. In the actual state of the money market, and in the present do pressed situation of railway property in general, your Directors deemed it prudent to prefer rather a fraction of a concession, obtained upon the very beat terms, than to run the risk of a probably reckless competition, that could not fail to be ruinous to the Company who should obtain it. To arrive at a resnit se much to be desired, and to include in this arrangement all the bona fide competing Companies, your Directers made many successive sacrifices. They have succeeded in retaining one-fifth of the stock, and seven Directors (four French and three English) in the consolidated Company, viz. : CAPITAL. Francs. Mackenzie, Paterson, and Co. .. •• • • 8,000,000 Cnrretto and Co. •••• • • • • ........ .. Dronillard and Co. •••.•• • • • • • •••• . • • • Raig4COUTt and Co. .. • ......... . Lefevre and Co. • • O'Neill and Co. • • Delamarre and Co. ••• • • • ............. • . 4,500,000 Buse Loire • • • • • • • • • • 40,000,000 Directors—Messrs. The Baron Sarget, Regent of the Bank of Bordeaux ; Edward Caillard and Bagnieres, Directors of the Messa aeries Generates of France; Monternault, anclen magistrat ; William Mackenzie and J. D. Barry, Resident Directors in Paris; and Richard Paterson as a member of the Board in London. The ether members of the London Board are Mr. John Anderson, Mr. Bagshaw, and Captain Chamfer, R.N. The competition of the " Postmasters' Company" did not in the least alter the determination of your Directors as to their bidding. They had made up their minds, whatever might be the number of competitors, not to accept the lease of this railway unless for a term that could not fail to be highly remunerative to the Shareholders (considered only with respect to the actual traffic), in addition to the mathematical certainty of the repayment of the capital in the term of the lease, by the operation of a moderate sinking fund. The result of the adjudication is, a lease to the consolidated Com pany for a term of 34 years and 15 days, to be computed from the period of the opening of the line to the public, throughout its entire length front Tours to Nantes. The maximum term fixed by the law relating to this railway was 35 years. As to the general conditions of the grant, it may suffice to say, that they are precisely the same in every respect as those of the Or leans and Bordeaux Railway, except that in the case of the Tours and Nantes Railway the Compa n y are bound to repay tile Govern ment the actual cost of the land for the seat of the railway and its accessories. The Company will thus have t o support only a bout one-half of the entire cost of an admirably constructed railway, stocked and appointed in the most efficient manner. They will, consequently, have only one-half the capital on which to pr vile a dividend, with the whole net revenue of the line applicable te that purpose. After the distribution of a return equal to eight per cent. per an num to the Shareholders, the Government is entitled to one-half of the surplus profits, but not until after the first five years of the open ing of the line throughout to Nantes, and net even then unless the aggregate profits of the preceding years shall have been g equal to six per cent. on the capital actu all y expended, plus a sinkin fnnd. Your Directors would just observe, that a sinking fund of one and a half per cent., improved at four per cent. compound interest nu , mb e (i. e., r ex tinguishing a four per cent. st ock, by paving o certain of Shares annually), will liqui date the whole capital of the Company in 33 years 46 days. There will then remain nearly one year of the lease unexpired, together with the value of the stock, materials, and stores, to be repaid to the Company by the Government, or the fhture lessees of the railway, within three months after the determination of tile term of the lease. The revenue of the last year of the term, together with the amount of the valuation of the stock end stores of the Company, will amount to several millions of francs, which will be either distributed in the shape of a bonus to the ultimate Shareholders, or the annual sinking fund may be reduced to one and a quarter per cent. on the capital from the commencement, as the Directors may determine. Considered in all its bearings, and more especially with respect to the strong presumption that the first lessees of the French railways will be lessees in perpetuity, subject to a fine of some sort on renewal of the term, your Directors are led to believe that the grant of this railway, upon the terms upon which it has been obtained, will be one of the best, if not the very best railway property in France. The foregoing arrangements as to the distribution of the capital amongst the competing Companies will enable your Directors to give one share in the consolidated Company for every five of the reduced shares in this Company. Parties entitled to fractions of shares may render them available by joining several together, and dividing the I whole shares afterwards, for which every possible facility will be given. The rights off the Shareholders will be preserved intact, although they may have omitted to exchange their old receipts for new encs in time for the late competition. The adjudication pronounced in favour of this Company, on Tues day, November 25th, was approved by Royal Ordinance, in the offi cial " Moniteur" of Friday, the 28th of till same month. Such is the favourable light in which this consolidated Company is viewed by the Government, that the Royal Ordinance approving the statutes of the Company, usually a work of some mouths, has been already obtained. The Company is thus definitely and legally constituted a societe anonyms, by which the liability of a shareholder is limited to the number of shares of which he is the proprietor. The first duty of your Directors will be to return to the Share holders the excess of the deposits paid, after retaining 51. per share on the consolidated shares, at the same time to give a voucher for the number of shares to which each shareholder is entitled. This duty will he entered upon as soon as the necessary fonns can be prepared and printed, on Friday, 12th of December. The Certificates of Shares in the names of the Proprietors will be issued as soon as they can he got ready. The statutes of this Com pany permit that the Shares may be transferred to bearer, when 101. per Share shall have been paid up, after which no transfer will be required. The works of construction are in a great state of forwardness nearly throughout the whole line, but more especially so on the first and most important section, between Tours and Angers. No time will be lost in taking the requisite measures for bringing this highly pro ductive section into early active operation in connexion with the section of the Bordeaux Railway between Orleans and Tours. Finally, the capital is more than sufficient for the completion and stocking of the railway, Paris, Docenibix 6.1,845 P. G. Ellison (for Ralph Batas, J. S. Ogle. Thomas Jaraeg. X. C. Askew, fir self acid the Atlases Darldes PUBLICATIONS. Just published, post Bvo, cloth, 55., X P L AN ATIONS. By the Author of " Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation." London : John Churchill, Princes-street, Soho. Elegant Pocket Edition, price is., by post Is. 6 d. D R. CU LVERWELL ON MARRIAGE, its HINDRANCES and OBLIGATIONS. " To be or not iobeTiiifiii;thequestion."—Shakspeare. 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VALUABLE FREEHOLD ESTATES (a small part only copy. hold), containing nearly:3so Acres, let to excellent and im- proving tenants, at a rental of upwards of 4001. per annum. MR. W. W. SIMPSON has received instructions to OFFER for SALE by AUCTION, at the Angel Inn, Halesworth, on WEDNESDAY, December 17, at Two in the Af. ternoon, in Five Lots, Very desirable ESTATES, comprising five compact farms, con. taining together about 350 acres of productive arable and pasture land, with farmhouses and homesteads attached. Lot I—Comprises 79 acres of land, let to Mr. H. Archer for a term of eight years, at a rent of 1001. per annum. Lot 2.-56 acres of land, let to Mr. J. Woolnough for nine years, at a rent of 601. per annum. • Lot 3.-51 acres of land, let to Messrs. John and William Keable for five years, at 531. per annum. Lot 4.-85 acres of land, let to Messrs. Emily and John Davey, for eight years, at 1201. per annum. Lot 5.-75 acres of land, let to Mr. George Cook, for six years, at 701. per annum. The property is eligibly situate In the parishes of Westhall, Brampton, Chediston, Linstead, Ashfield.emn-Thorpe, and Met field, in the county of Suffolk, within a short distance of the ex cellent market towns of Halesworth and Harleston, Debenham, and Framlingham, and Is all freehold, with the exception of 22 acres, which are copyhold. Mr. Simpson is sorry that, in the Particulars of Sale, he has omitted to state that Mr. George Cook, the tenant of Lot 5, is not only one of the best farmers in the county of Suffolk, but that his farm is In the highest state of cultivation. The estates may be viewed, and particulars with plans may be had of Mr. Booth, Chediston, near Halesworth; of Messrs. Francis and Son, solicitors, 4, Monument-pird; of John Read, Esq., solicitor, Halesworth; at the place of sale; and of Mr. W. W. Simpson, 18, Bucklersbury. The MANOR of EWYAS LACY and MICHAELCHURCH COURT ESTATE, in HEREFORDSHIRE. MR. W. W. SIMPSON is directed by the Assignees of Thomas Daniell, a bankrupt, with the con sent of the mortgagees, to SELL by AUCTION, at the Mart in London, on MONDAY, December 22, at Twelve, in one Lot, The MANOR, or reputed Manor of EWYAS LACY, extend ing over many thousand acres, with the fines, chief rents, rights of common on the Hatterhill-hills or Black-mountains, Maescods, &c., abounding with game, the ancient residence of Michaelchurch Court, water corn-mills, farms, woods, and cottages, containing about 1,217 acres of inclosed and highly productive and improve able land, situate about six miles from the Hay, fourteen from Hereford, and twelve from Abergavenny. The chief portion is compact and lying together, and bounded by two rivers, justly esteemed for the quantity and quality of their trout. The views are diversified and beautiful, and to a sportsman the estate presents very peculiar advantages. The whole producing a rental of 9631. 6s. Printed particulars, with plans and other information, may be obtained of Mr. D. S. Bockett, 60, Lincoln's Inn-fields, the solici tor to the assignees ; Mr. Bailey, of 5, Stratford-place, London, the receiver of the rents; of Mr. Heraiman, at Exeter, the official assignee ; or of Mr. W. W. Simpson, Bucklersbury. M the COUNTY of DONEGAL, 13 MILES from LONDON- DERRY. Free•simple Estate, comprising upwards of 4 , 10 0 Acres. MR. W. W. SIMPSON has received directions from the Proprietor to offer for SALE by AUCTION, at the Commercial-buildings, Dublin, in the ensuing month, A very valuable and desirable and FEE-SIMPLE ESTATE, situate in the parish of Desertegney and Barony of Enishowen, three miles from the port and market town of Buncrana, and only 12 from the flourishing city of Londonderry; consisting of the four quarter lands of Ballyanan, Gortlick, Skarragore, and Tene duff, adjoining each other, and comprising numerous tewnlands, containing altogether upwards of 4,100 statute acres of arable and meadow land, including a large quantity of pasturable moor and bog, which is of great importance to the arable surfaces. It is let to industrious and improving tenants, at will, and produce, at the present low rents, 765/. per annum. The sporting varieties are excellent, and there are many beautiful sites upon the property, suited for a nobleraan's or gentleman's residence and demesne, commanding delightful views of Lough Swilly, and the splendid mountain scenery of Donegal. Particulars and plans of the property may be shortly obtained of M. Lloyd, Esq , London-street, Derry ; William Elliott, Esq., Strabane; at the place of sale; and of Mr. W. W. Simpson, IS, Bucklerskury. IRELAND, COUNTY of ANTRIM. One of the most improving and extensive Fee simple Estates in the United Kingdom, containing 50,000 Acres, the greater part situate in the manufacturing district of the country. Mit. W. W. SIMPSON has the honour to an nounce that he has surveyed, by order of the Noble Pro. prittor, and intends to offer for SALE by AUCTION, in the ensuing spring, at the Royal Hotel, in Belfast, The GALGORM or GLENAHERTY, the Braid, and Kells ESTATES, in the county of Antrim. A large portion of these estates is rich and very productive land, lying in the valleys of the river Main and the Braid and Kells Waters. The Galgorm Estate includes the fine mansion of Galgorm Castle, on which a considerable sum has been recently expended in valuable im provements. Attached to the castle is a demesne of about 150 acres of superior land in hand. On the property, which embraces a great volume of water power, there are many ex tensive bleach greens, beetling and corn mills, in the occupa tion of wealthy and respectable manufacturers, and several of the tenantry are engaged in or connected with the various branches of the linen trade ; the majority are Protestants, and in the highly-favoured province of Ulster are remarkable for their in dustry and intelligence. The bogs attached to the estates are very valuable, and there are extensive tracts of pasturable and easily reclaimed mountain lands abundantly stocked with game. The property is in the immediate neighbourhood of Ballymena, and approaches within a quarter of a mile of this the largest inland town in the county, and is only 20 miles distant from Belfast; the entire of the estates include a surface of about 50,000 acres. The Belfast and Ballymena Railway, the works of which are contracted for, passes through the property, as well as also two other railways in contemplation. Particulars are in preparation, and may, in due time be obtained of Messrs. Reeves and Sons, solicitors, Met , . rion.square, Dublin; at the place of sale; and of Mr. W. W. Simpson, 16, Bucklersbury. Mr. Simpson, while drawing the attention of capitalists to the above valuable estates, wishes to state that a second edition of his pamphlet has been published, on which the " Times " newspaper made the following review : " Mr. W. W. Simpson, the well-known and deservedly re spected auctioneer and land valuator, has recently published a pamphlet entitled ' A Defence of the Landlords of Ireland, with Remarks on the Relation between Landlord and Tenant.'" The " Dublin Evening Packet," in reviewing this work, gives the following character of its author:—." Mr. Simpson, we scarcely need provement and value of land in his own coun rtierms i r n e d la o t u in r g r t e o ad t e h r e s i , m is an Englishman of vast experience in mat. try. He is, moreover, a gentleman of most comprehensive views, and possesses an understanding naturally strong, and a stock of practical knowledge and sterling sense which falls to the lot of very few persons in his own or any other, rank of life. With the social condition of Ireland he has made it his business, almost as a matter of necessity, to make himself thoroughly acquainted. He feels for her wants, and has contributed as much perhaps as any man in his time to improve her resources, by encouraging the in vestment of British capital in every department of Irish industry. Such a witness as this we therefore hold to be beyond the reach of suspicion on the score either of interest or partiality. His tes, timony must be regarded as invaluable, as it is unquestionably un impeachable." LOWESTOFT SUFFOLK. BREWERY, INNS, PUBLIC AND BEER HOUSES. MR. W. W. SIMPSON has received directions to SELL by AUCTION, at the Mart, London, in the month of January, (unless an acceptable offer be previously made by Private Contract), The FREEHOLD BREWERY, with Spirit Trade attached, situate in the High street, Lowestoft, and carried on successfully for many years by Messrs. G. and W. Everitt, but in consequence of the death of Mr. George Everitt the property will be sold, and only n l co n s e offers an eligible opport un i ty f or i nves tment, as skilfulness and industry y iwouldconsiderable. able. Th e required home in bethe management to realise an extension of th e f ree an d private trade, which is atpresent premises comprise an excellent residence, br ew h e use, w ith tun rooms and stores, yard and stabling. The fixed plant, which will be included in the purchase, consists of a 15• quarter tun, two brewing coppers, one of 38 and the other of 19 barrels, and all other requisite plant in proportion. Also 14 inns, public and beer-houses, which are all freehold, with the exception of one copyhold ; six of the houses are in Lowestoft, and those in the country are generally at convenient distances from the brewery : a rnalthouse with 15- quarter steep, two working floors, &c., maltster's cottage and yard. A considerable portion of the purchase-money may remain on mortgage, Particulars are in preparation, and may be had in due time of Mr. William Everitt, the proprietor, who will now on application show the premises, and give all Information required ; of Henry Ling, Esq., solicitor, St. Gies's, Norwich ; and of Mr. W. W. Simpson, estate, brewery, and distillery agent, &c., Bucklersbury. t p F ri r c it e il 2 ty .. , 6 wl 4.r i rr C ee ol b o y ur p tl ;t E on ngr a a s v e i ai n ed gs. FOIThtTEENTII EDITION of the SZLENT FRIEND on Human envelope) 35. 64., T HE SILENT FRIEND ; a Medical Work on Just published, the Infirmities of the System 71 both sexes • and on the lose of the reproductive powers , with means of reetoration. The banefhl effects of indulge' ce, &c., are fatly poiated out. Illustrated by En gravings; followed by observations on Marriage. By R. and L. PERRY and Co., Consulting Surgeons, Londo n. Published by the Authors, and may be had at their residence 19, BERNERS-STREET, OXFORD-STREET. Sold by Strange, 21, Paternoster-row ' • lisuanay and Co. , 63 ' Ox ford-street ; Gordon , 146, Leadenha ll - street Pkis reet ; ur s, Compton street, Soho ; and all Booksellers. " We regard the work before us, the ' Silent Friend,' as a work embracing meet clear and practical views of a series of complaint, 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 must however confess that a perusal of this work has left such a favourable impression on cur minds, that we net only recommend, but cordially wish every one who is the victim of past folly, or suffering from India cretion, to profit hy the advice contained Ia its pagea."—Age and Argue. The CORDIAL BALM of SYRIACUM is exclusively directed to the cure of nervous debility, irregularity, weakness, loss of ap petite, indigestion, consumptive habits, and debilities arising from excess, &c. In bOttles, price 110., er the quantity of four in one b o ttl e, for 335., '4 , which lls..are saved. The Ave-pound cases may be had as usual. The CONCENTRATED DETERSIVE ESSENCE, A remedy for searching oat and purifying the blood from scurvy, blotches en the head, face, and body, ulcerations, and those painfel affections arising from improper treatment or the effects of mercury, removing secondary symptoms, and ail eruptions of the skin. Pries lie, and 335. per bottle. PERRY'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS, price 2s. 94,, 4 8. 6d., and I Is. per methan e thi r dalt effectual remedy 'for strictures, Whin. motion, &c., t ance to business. Consultation fee, if by letter, it. Minute detail of cases neoessary, Messrs. R. and L. Perry and Ce.; surgeons, may be consulted, as usual, at 19, iternere-street, Oxford-street, London, dail y,y and at 106, Duke-a eet, Liverpool, every Thursday, Friday, aturday ; 1 and at 10, St. John-street, Deansgate, Manchester. on Monis'''. , Tuesdays, and Wednesdays. BISHOPSGATE-STREET, IN THE CITY OF LONDON. To HOTEL and TAVERN-KEEPERS, SPECULATORS, and OTHERS. Valuable Freehold Property, land-tax redeemed, comprising the Bull Inn and Tavern, Coach and Waggon-offices, and extensive Premises in the tar, &c., producing rents amounting to 8451. per annum. „ MR. W. W. SIMPSON has received instruc. tions from the Trustees to offer for SALE by AUCTION, at the Auction Mart, early in the month of February, in Lots, That extensive and old-established TAVERN and HOTEL, called the BULL INN, desirably situate in Bishopsgate-street Within. The property comprises a spacious coffee-room, bar, bar parlour, with several well-arranged sitting.rooms, and thirty-six convenient sleeping apartments, appropriate domestic offices and servants' rooms, arched beer cellars and wine vaults of an extent commensurate with the business which has heretofore been carried on. A house and tap in the yard, which from the situation com mands a good trade, underlet to Mr. J. Kerrison. The above pro. perty is let to Mr. T. Ginger, who holds until Midsummer-day next, under the terms of an expired lease, at a reduced rent of 3001. per annum. Also, in. the rear of the inn, extensive range of pre mises, comprising 'Coach and waggon offices, spacious warehouses, coach-houses, stabling for 74 horses, with lofts over, in the occu. potion of Mr. R. M. Shorter, whose business Is of that magnitude as to require and fully occupy every portion of these premises, and who holds under an agreement, at a rent of 5201. per annum. A house in the yard, also in the occupation of Mr. Shorter, at 251. per annum. The above property, situate in the heart of the City, immediately adjoining the Excise-office, and in the vicinity of magnificent improvements now in progress, thereby greatly enhancing its prisent and prospective value, would be well adapted for a depot or terminus, should it be required by any railway companies now about to be formed, or for a brewery or distillery, or for any other purposes where extensive premises and surface are required. Also a sub stantially.built Freehold House and Shop, desirably situate, No. 91, Bishopsgate.streeoet on lease to Mr. Peacock, for an unexpired term of 21 years frqm Michaelmas last, at a ground,rent of 391. per annum, and in the occupation of Mr. Tyler, at an annual rent of 1401. The property may be viewed by permission of the tenants, and particulars, with plans annexed, may be had in due time of Messrs. Desborough and Young, solicitors, 6, Size.lane, City ; at the Mart; and of Mr. W. W. Simpson, 18, Bucklersbury. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. CONTINENTAL LINES.-TRAFFIC ON GER MANeNsDpr eo : Bn LlNES piDntgzvmE2 F oiBsn i t_Bh ß 6, plSafBsEost florins n7 T gs SEPTEMBER.. M.C.raMs Passengers, E . 3 ; g s e 3 l r e s ; n , g g 2 t 0 ,2 11 0 1 d 1:7: 6 g m9 o i C l.lo ) e d .3s s l:9 , I 6 eNC 3 wz , : s r 6 Ar; 4 cwt.; receipts, 26,187 florins M.C. Since January 1, 1845 : Passengers, 14,099 ; goods, 487,402 cwt.; receipts, 199,122 florins. 2. LINz AND GMUNDEN.-Passengers, 15,071; goods, 80,989 cwt. ; receipts, 25,457 florins M.C. ; length, 9 miles. Corresponding month, 1844: Passengers, 17,651; goods, 75,442 cwt.; receipts, 23,646 florins M.C. Since Jan. 1, 1845: Passengers, 114,477; goods, 622,226 cwt.; receipts, 176,989 florins M.C. 3. EMPEROR FERDINAND'S NORTHERN.-Passengers, 71,648 ; goods, 188,111 ; receipts, 211,362 florins M.C.; length, 42 miles. Corresponding month, 1844 : Pas sengers, 68,550; goods, 189,276 cwt.; receipts, 167,565. Since January 1, 1845 : Passengers, 494,854 ; goods, 1,535,167 cwt.; receipts, 1,338,718. a BRUNNER (BRANCH). -Passengers, 38,680 ; goods, 175,706 cwt.; receipts, 196,734 florins, KC.; length, 39 miles. Corresponding month, 1844: Passengers, 32,512; goods, 166,467 cwt. ; receipts, 150,671 florins, M.C. Since January, 1845: Passengers, 247,221 ; goods, 1,380,271 cwt.; receipts, 1,222,299 florins, M.C. b STOCKERAUER ( BRANCH). - Passengers, 32,968 ; goods, 12,405 cwt. ; receipts, 14,628 florins, M.C. ; length, 2 miles. Correspending month, 1844 : Pas sengers, 36,038 ; goods, 22,809 cwt. ; receipts, 16,888 florins, M.C. Since January, 1845: Passengers, 247,633; g00d5,,_154,896 cwt.; receipts, 116,418 florins, M.C. 4. VIENNA AND GLOGNITZ.-PasEeng ers, 138,955 ; goods, 154,924 cwt. ; receipts, 121,740 florins, M.C. ; length, 10 miles. Corresponding month, 1844: Pas sengers, 141,835 ; goods, 96,474 cwt.; receipts, 109,600 florins, M.C. Since January 1, 1845 : Passengers, 860,167; goods, 414,466 cwt.; receipts, 773,497, M.C. 5. IMPERIAL AUSTRIAN STATE RAILWAY.-No re turns as yet made. 6. BAVARIAN STATE.-Passengers, 67,142 ; goods. 58,062 cwt. ; receipts, 56.990 flor. Rhen. ; length, 21 miles. Since Ist Jan., 1845 : Passengers, 53,478; re ceipts, 404,185 flor. Rhen. a M UNCHEN AND A UGSBURG. -Passengers, 27,754 ; goods, 60,700 cwt.; receipts, 29,179 flor. Rh e n. ; length, 8 miles. Corresponding month, 1844: Passengers, 19,818 ; receipts, 27,899 flor. Rhen. Since Ist Jan., 1845: Passengers, 178,351; receipts, 227,052 flor. Rhen. b A UGSBURG AND DONAU WORTH.-Passengers, 11,806; receipts, 9,054 flor. Rhen. ; length, 5 miles. Since I:.t Jan., 1845 : Passengers, 89,861 ; receipts, 53,967 flor. Rhen. LUNATIC ASYLUMS. The following examples given by the Metropolitan Commissioners in Lunacy in the years 1843 and 1844, of the state and condition of the inmates in some licensed houses, will convince the reader of the neces sity of providing the means of checking the abuses and defects thetiein pointed out. The report is ad dressed to the Lord High Chancellor of England. In noticing the houses to which the Commissioners more pointedly allude, we deem it unnecessary in every in stance to mention the names of the governors or of the county. One asylum reported, was formerly a small gaol, the cells and rooms in which, when visited, were apparently in their original condition ; windows had not been added, excepting to the part that faced the public street. The food and other necessaries were contracted for; the rooms were deficient in every com fort and almost every convenience; they were small and ill-ventilated; some of the lower rooms almost dark, and the interior of the asylum altogether out of repair; the two day roomssyene containing seven males, the other five females, evil measured about twelve feet by nine feet; the floors were of soft stone, and parts of them had been torn up and destroyed. There was no seat, table, or any article of furniture in the women's room, and nothing except a table in the men's room. The men were standing; the women standing or sitting on the floor; but in the presence of the Commissioners, a long board, or seat, was introduced and fixed against the wall, upon which, however, only four could sit; there were large holes in the walls and ceilings; the airing courts were small and cheerless; the floors were strewn with large atones, either fallen or forced from the buildings, which were dangerous weapons in the way of two of the pa tients, who were mischievous ; there was also among the seven male patients one fastened in a chair, in a se parate room on cell. The dress of all was dirty, ragged, and insufficient ; the stockings on the female patients such rags only as are occasionally seen on heaps of rub bish ; not a single change of linen, either for the beds or the person ; there were only sixteen straw beds, in a most filthy state, for the eighteen patients. One patient (a boy of nineteen), slept on loose straw, upon a stone floor, in a small dark cell ; another patient (a girl), who was convalescent, slept in the same room with the keeper and his wife, on a bed belonging to them. Two patients were confined in strong chairs, to which their arms were fastened. Two were thus confined separately in small rooms, to which scarcely any light was admitted through the gratings ;• osp, a woman, was entirely naked on both the days on whi,ch the Commissioners visited the asylum; both dirty patients, and the stench was such as to be scarcely possible'to remain there. No place for exercise during wet weather ; no books or amusements ; prayers Here never read ; no clergyman attended, although a female patient, who was occasionally depressed and ima gined that she had not done her duty to her child which had died, appeared especially to require the consolation of one. The allowance to the keeper and his wife (the matron), who was well-disposed to the patients, was the same rations as the pauper patients, and 20/.: they kept no servant ; on the first visit of the Commissioners the keeper was absent at work for some person in the neigh bourbood ; water only was allowed for drink ; culm and clay for firing ; chopped straw for beds ; bread made of barley meal and wheaten flour. On the second visit to the same asylufa the Commissioners say that, although some symptoms of improvement were manifest, the place was wholly unfit for the treatment and care of the insane. Alluding to an asylum to which many pauper patients are sent from this county, the Commissioners say, " It is situated in a densely-crowded neighbourhood; the yards are dull and confined, and the internal accommodations are inconvenient and defective ; and it has no land what ever for employing its paupers." "At our first visit to another house," the Commis sioners say, "we found a gentleman residing as a hoarder without certificate, whom we had known as a certified patient in one of the houses in the metropo litan district ;, this person was evidently unfit to be at large. The owner stated that he had been in the habit of sometimes_esiceiving low-spirited or desponding per sons as boarders. He also said that he had on several occasions permitted patients in his establishment to exe cute deeds affecting property, but that before doing so, he always satisfied himself that the act was proper. There are three different houses belonging to the same person, which are licensed, and also a cottage (since licensed) to which parties are sometimes removed." In a paragragh immediately following the above, the Com missioners say, "It is questionable whether a proprietor of a licensed house who receive boarders of this class, or who permits deeds to be executed by persons who are under confinement as patients, ought to be entrusted with a license." Instances are mentioned, referring to other places, wherejnabecile persons in asylums have signed deeds, the nature of which they did not understand. The report, we regret to state, does not contain a house which is spoken of by the Commis_ as a per fect example. Bedford is said to have been greatly im proved of late. The Commissioners frequently speak of houses in language of condemnation, as concerns their condition, as well as to the reprehensible state of accom modation, and the cruel system of restraint which is practised in, them, notwithstanding the services and so licitude which the county and borough magistrates have evinced under the several Acts to perform a very pain ful duty. The Commissioners speak of numerous es capes of lunatics, some of which have been attented by the most melancholy consequences ; in one instance the insane person'murdered his wife and daughter in a vo lent paroxysm of epileptic mania, and in a most savage and horrid manner. It is recommended that asylums, which are generally shut on a Sunday, should be open to labourers, the relatives of the patients in particular, who cannot afford to visit them at the sacrifice of a sixth part of their week's wages. Among other suggestions of the Commissioners for the amendment of the laws, are the following:—That the number of patients in one asylum shall not exceed 250—that some provision be made, from time to time, for the removal of incurable paupers to a workhouse, to be exclusively appropriated to such a purpose—that every county and public asylum or hospital have a resi dent medical officer, and a visiting physician—that a full account of all receipts and disbursements, with the pro perty of every county asylum, the sources and amount of income, and the application of the same, be published annually. According to the last official return of lunatic paupers in this county, there were 325, of which number, it is stated, there is accommodation for two only in a private asylum ; there therefore remains 323 uprovided for. Among the examples given in the report of the cost of land, buildings, furniture, &c., is that of Bedford, where there is accommodation for 90 male and 90 female paupers ; the total expenditure, including 9 acres of land, 20,500/. Average cost per head, 114/. Another example may be mentioned, where the number provided forspproaches nearer to that required for this county, viz,s,Wakefield, in Yorkshire. It is thus de scribed : Land.—ln addition to pleasure-garden and grounds, 40 acres are cultivated as farm and kitchen garden. The cost X 8,846 Buildings, fittings, &c 38,000 C NURNBERG AND BAMBERG.-Passengers, 27,582 ; receipts, 18,756 florins Rben.; length, 8 miles. Since Ist Jan 1845 : Passengers, 276,516 ; receipts, 143,164 florins Rhenish. 7. NURNBERG AND FURTIL-Passengers, 48,114 ; re ceipts, 5,428 florins Rhenish ; length, 1 mile. Corre sponding month, 1844 : Passengers, 51,032 ; receipts, 5,836 florins Rhenish. Since Ist January, 1845 : Pas sengers, 360,236 ; goods, 1,171 cwt. ; receipts, 41,222 florins Rhenish. 8. TAuxus.-Passengers, 95,025 ; receipts, 64,187 florins Rhenish ; length, 5 miles. Corresponding month, 1844 : Passengers, 93,639 ; receipts, 60,039 florins Rhenish. Since Ist January, 1845 : Passengers, 598,664 ; receipts, 358,635 florins Rhenish. 9. BADEN.-Passengers, 219,144 ; goods, 135,451 cwt. ; receipts, 205,527 flor. Rhenish. iength 36 miles. Corresponding month, 1844 : Passengers, 171,611 receipts, 128,353 flor. Rhenish, Since Jan. 1, 1845: Passengers. 1,343,907; goods, 843,150 cwt ; re ceipts, 1,080,767 flor. Rhenish. 10. HAMBURGH AND BERGEDORF.-Passengers, 22,158 ; receipts, 10,640 marks ct. Length, 2 miles. Cor responding month, 1844 : Passengers, 29,609 ; receipts, 12,874 marks ct. Since Jan.; 1, 1845: Passengers. 70,626 ; receipts, 78,920 marks ct. 11. ALTONA AND KEEL.-Passengers, 36,383 ; goods, 157,392 cwt.; receipts, 76,10.3 M.C. ; length, 14 miles: Corresponding month, 1844: Passengers, 16,314 ; re ceipts, 20,506 M.C. Since Jan. 1, 1845: Passengers, 290,000 ; receipts, 500,000 M.C. 12. GLUCSTADT AND ELMSHORN.-Passengers, 5,929 receipts, 4,379 M.C.; length, 21 miles. Since Jan. 1 1845: Passengers, 16,000; receipts, 11,000 M.C. 13. RENDSBURG AND NEUMUNSTER.-Passengers, 3,528; receipts, 3,312 M.C.; length, 41 miles. Since Jan. 1: Passengers, 3,528; receipts, 3,512 M.C. 14. BERLIN _AND ANHALT. - Passengers, 35,721 ; goods, 65,446 cwt.; receipts, 73,822 dolls.; length, 20 miles. Corresponding month, 1844: Passengers r 43,967; goods, 59,737 cwt. ; receipts, 81,532. Since Jan. 1, 1845 : Passengers, 262,182; goods, 410,498 cwt.; re ceipts, 498,998 dolls. 15. MIDERSCHLESIEN AND MIRKLAND.--Passengei s, 37,965 ; goods, 20,291 cwt. ; receipts, 32,202 dolls.; length, 19 miles. Since Jan. 1, 1845 : Passengers, 305,563; receipts, 289,196 dolls. a BERLIN AND FRANKFORT.-Passengers, 18,392 ; goods, 17,007 cwt. ; receipts, 20,211 dolls. Corresponding months, 1844: Passengers, 21,957; goods, 11.750 cwt.; receipts, 22,592 dolls. Since Jan. 1, 1845: Passengers, L 3l A , c U 7B t 4. A ; 5 AND D p r e ce i pt s , a L ss l e E n G gI N DeI Ar, T 9l: : : 0:1 3d p P 3O as tif l 81 dolls.; C es; gge goods, rrgsst,, length, . 4 1 80 9 1 m , 56 6 ,4i 6 515( 3 :0 ; ;. 171,678; goods, 211,921 cwt.; receipts, 299,817 dolls. c g s w o i n b o lt c d 6. ;e. s l , 3 rJ 3 R ßeac , E 2 Ene s B ßi receipts, s ts 79 AND. 579 d P o o ll T s ; goods, 12,956 cwt. ; receipts,'l7,66o dolls. Corrrsponding month, 1844: Passengers, 52,961; goods, 9,712 cwt.; re ceipts, 20,193 dolls. Since Jan. 1, 1845 : Passengers, 315,518 ; goods, 128,758 cwt. ; receipts, 135,426 dolls. ; length, 3i miles 17. BERLIN AND STETTIN.-Passengers, 28,295 ; g00d5,58,062cwt.; receipts, 41,873 dolls; length, 18 miles. In September, 1844: Passengers, 28,823 ; goods, 54,302 cwt.; receipts, 44,613 dolls. Since January 1, 1845 : Passengers, 203,850 ; goods, 640,005 cwt. ; receipts, 327,600 dolls. 18. OBERSCHLESIEN.-Passengers, 26,158 ; receipts, 18,022 dolls ; length, 10 miles. Corresponding month, 1844: Passengers, 24,077 ; receipts, 14,971 dolls. Since January 1, 1845: Passengers, 184,945; receipts, 124,053 dolls. 19. BRESLAU, SCHWERIN, AND FREIBITRG.-Passen gers, 24,301 ; goods, 80,016 cwt.; receipts, 17,826 dolls.; ' length, 8 miles. Corresponding month, 1844: Passen gers, 26,158; goods, 27,437 cwt.; receipts, 14,163 dolls. Since Jan. 1, 1845: Passengers, 198,487; goods, 640,272 cwt.; receipts, 140,437 dolls. 20. SAXONY AND BAVARIA.-Passengers, 30,356 ; goods, 60.373 cwt. ; receipts, 27,659 dolls. ; length, 9 miles. Corresponding month, 1844: Passengers, 23,417; goods, 32,901 cwt.; receipts, 18,765. Since Jan. 1, 1845: Passengers, 165,511 ; goods, 376,090 cwt. ; receipts, 1 1 .4,601 dolls. 21. LEIPZIG AND DRESDEN.-Passengers, 53,256 ; goods, 101,180 cwt.; receipts, 67,937 dolls. ; length, 151 miles. Corresponding month, 1844: Passengers, 46,174; goods, 93,775 cwt.; receipts, 60,049. Since Jan. 1,1845: Passengers, 348,011 ; goods, 736,479 cwt, ; receipts, 489,192 dolls. 22. MAGDEBURG AND LEIPZIG. -Passengers, 73,2 9 5; goods, 127,3631 cwt.; receipts, 77,325 dolls. ; length, 16 miles. Corresponding month, 1844: Passengers, 85,641; goofs, 120,115 cwt.; receipts, 81,719 dolls. Since Jan. 1, 1845: Passengers, 510,946; goods, 963,5461 cwt.; re ceipts, 508,301 dolls. 23. MAGDEBURG AND HALBERSTADT.-Passengers, 22,867 ; goods, 43,6881 cwt. •, receipts, 14,964 dolls.; length, 71 miles. Corresponding month, 1844 : Pas sengers, 21,497 ; g00d5,.26,325 ; receipts, 13,957 dolls. Since January 1, 1845 : Passengers, 166,325 ; goods, 393,4101; receipts, 110,092 dolls. 24. BRAUNSCHWEIG.-Passengers, 47,355 ; receipts, 24,339 dolls.; length, 13 miles. Corresponding month, 1844 : Passengers, 46,719 ; receipts, 22,795 dolls. Since Jan. 1, 1845 : Passengers, 384,264 ; receipts, 183,374 dolls. 25. HANOVER.-Passengers, 19,295 ; goods, 32,580 cwt.; receipts, 12,891 dolls. ; length, 8 miles. Corre sponding mouth, 1844: Passengers, 23,242 ; goods, 22,097 cwt.; receipts, 12,197 dolls. Since Jan. 1, 1845 : Passengers, 137,276 ; goods, 308,436 cwt. ; receipts, 95,286 dolls. 26. DUSSELDORF AND ELBERFELD. - Passengers, 35,881 ; goods, 105,073 2-3 cwt.; receipts, 17,507 dolls.; length, 35 miles. Corresponding month,: 1844 : Pas sengers, 32,248 ; goods, 96,516 cwt.; receipts, 16,776 dolls. Since Jan. 1, 1845: Passengers, 251,858; goods, 785,214 2.3 cwt.; receipts, 129,782 dolls. 27. RHENISH.-Passengers, 54,250 ; goods, 243,649 cwt.; receipts, 65,752 ; length, 111 miles. Correspond ing month, 1844 : Passengers, 49,468 ; goods, 254,502 cwt.; receipts, 67,144 dolls. Since Jan. 1, 1845: Passen gers, 49,197 ; receipts, 100,644 dolls. 28. BONN AND COLOGNE.-Passengers, 76,846; re ceipts, 50,054 dolls.; length, 34 miles. Corresponding month, 1844: Passengers, 80,791; receipts, 14,789 dolls. Since Jan. 1, 1845: Passengers, 491,187; receipts, 100,644 dolls. Total in September, 1845 - Passengers, 1,335,465; goods, 1,569,836 cwt.; receipts, 1,791,589 florins. Total in 1844-Passengers, 1,220,1001; goods, 1,293,508 cwt.; receipts, 1,533,822 florins. Increase in 1845-Pas sengers, 115,3944; goods, 276,327 cwt.; receipts, 25,767 florins. The mile spoken of in the above is always the Ger man mile, which is eq ual to 4 English miles. 46,846 Average cost per head on 420, the number accommo- Lord Wharnoliffe, Lord President of the Council, was ratherlotter yesterday, dated, 111/. - [Half the qnstntity of land, at one-half the price, --- ---- would reduce the average cost p er head for the like PARIS AND ORLEANS. —On the 24th of August, 1843, number to about 1001. ; below that average we do not M. L e , v 6, of Orleans, was robbed of twenty-nine s h ares find mention made of an asylum being built and fur- in the Paris and Orleans Railway. These shares were niched.] ' presented to M. Vandermarcq, agent de change, by aM. The Coilimissioners recommend elevated situations Forteau, for the purpose of selling them at the Bourse. with extenkive grounds, and that employment be af- M. Vandermarcq sold at 668 francs, each of the shares forded to all : patients, whether private or pauper ; and which had been confided to him, and gave the sum to that they should be induced to occupy themselves as which they amounted, 17,367 francs, to the person who much as is consistent with their bodily health ; not, had brought them. This sale was not known till 18.14. however, with the view of deriving p rofit from their when the shares were again presented at the Bourse by labour, but solely for the purpose of relief or - c ure. the Company . Ilottinguer, which had become the own( r, The number of insane persons ascertained to exist . in M. a extoris, agent de ch ange , h av i ng o b ta i ne d th em f or England and Wales exceeds 20,000 ; two-thins # it. All was then revea l e d . M. Lev e , f rom w h om t h e of whom are objects of charity , a nd are maintained en , 1 s g h u a e r t e a s , h o a r d ie b an ee s n , stolen, but complaint at the Per ! tirely at the public expense. the made thi e f his could no t In most of the counties, where sums equally large i Lett' having commenced legal proceedings against M. have been required, a considerable portion has been Vandermareq, whom . marcq, he held responsible, to recover we anticipate the contributed' by private donations, and . 1 from him the amount of the shares, judgment was, on many liberal acts of the pleasure .of .havin to record the Gth instant, delivered in the Tribunal Civil de la like description.—E ss ex Herald. Seine. The substance of the judgment was, that the court held M. Vanderrnarcq irresponsible for the sale of the 'shares, the demand of M. Lev•S badly founded, and i condemned him to pay the vista of the proceedings. The works on the railway from Paris to Sceaux, urged SPALDING, LINCOLNSHIRE. FREEHOLD BREWERY. with 25 INNS, PUBLIC, and BEER HOUSES, &c. MR. W. W. SIMPSON has received instructions from the Proprietor to offer for SALE by AUCTION, at the New Bell Inn, Spalding, in the month of January, in Lots, The ALBION BREWERY, situate in Double -street, Spalding, comprising a convenient residence (occupied by Mr. Proctor, who has the management of the concern), a paved yard inclosed from the street by folding gates, in which is the brewhouse, with tun rooms and extensive malt and hop chambers, counting-house. cooper's shop, and cask sheds. Across the lane leading to the river is a spacious store room, large yard approached from Albert street by folding gates, an excellent malthouse with 16-quarter steep, two working floors, kiln, and screening room, with barley chambers affording an abundant supply of brick-built and slated, and in a very perfect state of repair ; they a ex w c e e l l l l possess a commanding frontage of nearlY 260 feet to the river e b n a t u w se ale i r n to w t h h ie e h br i ew a e w ry elaindairmera Welland, which communicates with Stamford, and is navigable to the sea, thus the property must always be exceedingly valuable from their great extent and the facilities afforded by the cheap transit of water carriage, a nd the brewery buildings and yard at a very moderate outlay m ight be rendered available for any other mercantile business ; together with twenty-five inns, public and beer houses, &c., situate in Spalding, Pinchbeck, Gosberton, Donington, Thurlby, Weston, Moulton, Whaplode, Holbeach, Fleet, Gedney, and Crowland. The property will be sold in lots, and particulars may be had in due time, of Messrs. J. R. Carter and Son, solicitors, Spalding ; of Mr. William Proctor. who will new on application show the home premises; and of Mr. W. W. Simpson, estate, brewery, and distillery agent, &c., Bucklersbury. To be SOLD, pursuant to a DECREE of the HIGH COUR I' of CHANCERY, made in a cause " HILL against HANSON," with the approbation of ANDREW HBNRY LS NCB, Esq., one of the Masters of the said Court, some time in the month of February, 1846, of which due notice will be given, at the Auction Mart, London, by Mr. W. W. SIMPSON, the person appointed by the said Mas ter to sell the same, THE Next Presentation to the Vicarage of Felsted, in the county of Essex. The tithes of the parish, extending over 6,219 acres, have been commuted into a rent charge of 5231. 17s. Id. per annum, exclusive of the glebe, con. taining 28 acres. The turn to present is contingent upon the Earl of Mornington surviving the Rev. Jeremiah Audry, the present incumbent. Particulars and conditions of sale may in a short time be had gratis at the said Master's Chambers, in Southampton-buildings, Chancery-lane, London ; of Mr. Thomas Smith, solicitor, 15, Furnivare Inn ; of Mr. Cuthbert Singleton, solicitor, 21, Great James-street, Bedford-row; at the Auction Mart; an 4 cf Mr. W. W. Simpten, 16 llhaskletlWri. 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 Lobillty and gentry, and numerous ladies, who have declared that he is the most extraordinary horse in the world. The principal journals have spoken in the highest terms of this remarkable animal General Washington is the largest horse in the world—he is twenty hands in height, and weighs twenty-live hundred pounds. He will be exhibited by Mr. Carter for a short time, previous to his departure to America, at the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly, from Eleven, a.m., till Nine, r.m.—Admission, le. aced w(0 not an/ OS a 4:;1111 'U O such he 0 n der r b° S.) cf iSer wig coy o 003 ;.) die° ,eft. uoto al be e 0,611 1 0 ge oid Y heel ,fore e the I unto the ° of selk ;Crir leCel‘ 7 1 0 IJO 0611 iith ° ' boli , ler cide rs ; best -421. 13" F iAl* 6 1V 61,4/ o tiff ',self . 1 :o f 3f- od. f•lft' ... 5, )06 l e 4 , 5 $Oll )9 1- r' d : on es. 'De / f k the Port' Job° ier ern Ilell' f -. ° ll 11.ik ry w