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BIRMINGHAM anti OXFOId) JUNCTION RAILWAY, with a BRANCH to STRATFORD-ON - AVON. Capital .i.tioo,ooo in Shares of .Z2O each. Deposit .£2 per Share. Provisionally registered pursuant to Act 7th and Bth Vic., c. 110. • -J PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. The Mayor of Birmingham The Mayor of Stratford-on-Avon John Adams, Esq. Sergeant-at law, London .1. T. Alston, Esq., Liverpool W. C. Alston, Esq., Elmdon Hall, near Birmingham John Aston, Req., Birmingham Robert Janice Atty, Esq., Ingon Hal', Stratford-on-Avon F. I'. Barlow, Esq., London Colonel Charles Oldfield Bowles, North Aston Park W. E. Boyes, Esq., Alkerton, near Banbury James Butlin, Esq., Westfield House, near Rugby C. H. Corbitt, Esq., Admington 'John Crostl.waite, Esq., Liverpool Sir Georle, Daahwood, Bart., Kirtlington Park. Oxon /n Villiara Dickens, Esq., Cherington, near Sh i p sto Rev, 'Edward Dudley, Broom Rectory , ne a r Stourbridge R iv. John Ellis, Wootton, Henley in Arden ;Malin Branton Fere, Esq., Stratford-on-Avon .1. Gardiner, Esq., South= Darwin Galton, Esq., Eustone Ilall, near Stratford-on-Avon Robertson Gladstone, Esq., Liverpool John Greaves, Esq., Radford, near Warwick John Griffiths, Esq., Alveston, near Stratford-on -Avon J. Haddon, Esq., Leamington William Judd Harding, Esq., Baraset House, near Stratford on-Avon - Lawrence Heyworth, Esq., Liverpool Captain Ilitchins, Edlicote, near Shipstone Charles Lawrence, Esq., Liverpool John Lechmere, Esq., Steeple Aston George Lucy, Esq., Charlecote Park, near Stratford-on-Avon Charles Mann, Esq., Leamington William Marshall, Esq., Husbands' Bosworth, Leicestershire William Mathews, Esq., Edgbaston, Birmingham J. W. Miles, Esq., Bristol Rev. Robert Morris, Eatington, near Stratford-on-Avon John Moss, Esq., Liverpool Rev. Charles Palmer, Lighthorne J. G. Reeves, Esq., Birming,hain John Roskell, Esq., Bath Francis Rufford, Esq., Bellbroughton, near Stourbridge Charles Fussell, Esq., M.P., London Charles Shaw, Esq., Birmingham Major General Smith, Rugby Gustavus Thomas Smith, Esq., Goldicote, near Stratford-on-Avon John Staunton, Esq., Titlinington, near Shipstone Samntel Edward Steward, Esq., Leamington T. 11. Thorne, Esq., Leamington Rev. Townsend, Honnington, near Shipstone GeOryte Richard Walker, Esq., Heathfleld House, Bletchington, Chaj3e9 WOAdhAM, Esq., Avonhurst, near Stratford-on-Avon (With power to add to their number.) BANKERS. lbieFsrs. Robarts, Curtis, and Co., London. 3lefors. Attwood, Spooner, and Co.; and the Birmingham Bank • ing Company, Birmingham. Meters. Miles, Hartbrd, and Co., Bristol. Meters. Moss and Co., Liverpool. Tho Leamington Priors and Warwickshire Banking Company, and The Warwick and Leamington Banking Company, Leamington and Warwick. SOLICITORS. 3fessrs. Pattersqn, Ilaymes, and Banbury, Leamington and Warwick. W. O. Hunt, Esq., and Charles Stevens, Esq., 10, Whitehall, • , Mews. Clay and Swift, Liverpool. The p niod having elapsed for making application for Shares, the Provisi. ,nal Directors beg to give notice that they are proceeding to make the allotment with as little delay as possible ; but from the un precedented demand for Shares, amounting to ten times the capital requir ed, a few days must necessarily elapse before the letters of al lotmcnt can be issued : and the Provisional Directots take this op- Portrtnit3r of intimating to all parties, who within fourteen days shall not receive such letters, that they must understand their repuest can nel, be cemplied with for the reason above assigned. London, 449, West Strand, April 1, 1845. LONDON AND YORK RAILWAY. • The detailed Report of the Board of Trade having been pub _l4le(l, the Committee of Direction of the London and York Company deem il. right to observe upon a few of the most glaring mistakes, ap- Parent on the face of it. The Committee, however, must first acknowledge the favourable o pinions expressed of the London and York, compared with the rival sl themes in the following passages of the Report, viz.:— - 1, 1 regards local accommodation, we are of opinion that the Merits or the two schemes are equally balanced, and that eith er w°lo, l afford a very good Trunk Line between London and York ;" Penait,gain, If we disregard for the present all considerations of ex 'who/ e, t may be consider e d th a t th e L on d o n an d Y or k sc h eme , on th e presents a larger and more comprehensive system of commu nicatioi 12' The Report, nevertheless, rejects the London and York :Vine, upon the ground o f it s b e i ng t oo ex p ens i ve , an d asser t s th a t e sante ends may be obtained at much less cost, by means of 218 lies of new railway instead of 327, the length of the entire London and Y°flC. scheme. The Committee call attention to the fact, that :Zilst 'the report on this plea of economy rejects the London and fork soheme, the whole of the lines actually recommended by that LePort s substitutes, contain no less than 334 miles of new railway, t‘ . le asing the public to travel from Cambridge to London (a dis ,ce of more than 50 miles) upon the existing Northern and Eastern au . I Y. wad throwing the trunk lines into the hands of three sepa bn rate oornPanies. air; question of cost, the report of the Board of Trade states That the London and York scheme, as now proposed, could not be coM pleted with stations, metropolitan terminus, and the requisite worki. speck of engines, carriages, &c., for a less sum than ''' , .„`"mr, 8001." But the Committee beg to observe, that the carrying establishment (which the report very meet; 'over estimates, at an average of 3,3881. per mile, or about 1,000,0001.) 'was riot included, not being required by Parliament to be included in 'their estimate. The estimate sent to the Board, was for works only, And amounted to 6,500,0001.. the difference therefore between that es ._4k.Ate, and the estimate put forth by the Board, is only 500,000/. ; ''''not when the Committee state, - that no question or explanation upon t he estimate was asked by the Board of Mr. Cubitt, their Engineer, nor the slightest intimation given that its accuracy was in any de- Vet quefdioned ; when it is also well known to the Board, that upon capita.l of 6,500,0001., Parliament gives the power of borrowing ? ,166 ,00 1 .1/, further, the Committee deem themselves warranted in " a Ying, the conclusion of the Board has been far too hastily ar rived nt. Al/ether economical detail given by the Report is, that whilst the e-io'ndem and York would cost 8,000.0001., the lines necessary to supply its place would only cost 4,250,0001. On this head the same kind of 'fallacy prevails : the London and Yotk scheme is estimated, including carrying establishment, the others excluding that expense. Moreover (as will be seen by the table below) instead of 218 miles at a cost of 4,250,0001., the Report recommends 334 miles at an expense of 8 ,785,0001. (a sum only 715,000/. short of the London and York esti %late), and if the carrying establishment of 1,000,0001. be added, ata e test of 6,785,0001., which would be only 1,215,0001. short of th 8 ,000,0001., at which the Board estimates the London and York 'theme ; still leaving the trunk trait:: to run over more than fifty Mlles of the existing Northern and }:astern Railway. Tice London and York Committee are strongly impressed by the fact that no one of the estimates for the lines approved in the report M the Board of Trade exceeds 18,000/. a mile (excepting the Far ttntedon-street Extenslon, and except also the North end of the Direct -I"Torthern, which is estimated at 22,000/.), whilst two of them stand !'t• 8,0001. a mile, the Mldlar.d schemes at 13,0001., and the Grimsby - , m_r 60 m iles through Lincolnshire, at 10,000/. per mile. The whole Zrilhe lines north of 'Cambridge which traverse precisely the 14, e country as Via"; of the London and York, do not average ehat t Der ile; • and there can be no reason for saying leilieh h nl o t p r (i nn anti York lines in those parts would on the whole be the it ex pensive. With regard to the London end of the line, ePort, vith ecullar inconsistency, charges the London and e ork with 9 •') ' ,000/. p per mile, whilst it sanctions the Eastern Counties e el e t : M i n P:om Hertford to Biggleswade, through twenty-five miles of countr - at 18,000/. per mile. The Committee are assured eo b ".`m r • c Cubitt, and the Board of Trade's Report furnishes additional e - ,,",,„"n to rely upon his accuracy, that the original estimate of " e ' uu, '6oo/.—about 20,0001. a mile—will be sufficient for every part of the lcork. nisi the subject of traffic the Committee will only remark, that eel the Board of Trade is satisfied that the traffic of the district will tint only remunerate the outlay of 6,785,0001.—the estimates fer the lines they approve—but that it will also pay a mileage toll ;von fifty miles of the Northern and Eastern—that toll would .1) l /abundantly sufficient to remunerate the outlay of the additional 115,000/., making 8,000,000/., which would, even in the Board's *pinion, suffice to construct the integral line projected by the London eind York Company, ten miles shorter in its trunk, and more corn- Prehensive in its local accommodation. By the schemes approved, er rather suggested, by the Board of Trade, the traffic of the district would be collected upon 334 -I- .50 384 miles of railway, and the same traffic would be concentrated by the London and N'ork Railway upon 327 miles. The Committee are prepared to %how that the local traffic between Newark and Chesterfield, and ketween Snaith and Wakefield, on the lines by the Board's Report /s ubstituted for those lines from Bawtry to Sheffield, and from Don caster to Wakefield, would not add materially to the amount. The Zotmi's comparison of the London and York estimates of traffic with title income of the Eastern Counties and Midlands, must be neces sarily inconclusive; since the Eastern Counties is not sufficiently ad -canced to enjoy the benefits of a through line, or even what may be termed an extended line ; and the Midland average of 411. per mile Per week is made up for the year ending June, 1843, (and not 1844, as seated in the Report) of the aggregate of three lines—the North Midland, 72 relies bringing 54/. ; the Midland Counties, 57 miles, bringing 421. ; and the Pirmiugham and Derby, 48 miles, bringing Per mile—the last line being a competing line with the second. The entire. Midland returns for the half year ending December, 1844, are equal to 59/. per mile per week for the year, and this includes only 4/. tier mile, for carriage of minerals, whereas, if, as the projectors of the London. and York assert, and the Board of Trade are pleased to ad 'snit, the district of the London and York and Eastern Counties will be supplied with coal by those lines, the mineral traffic alone must ' n ecessarily be equal to 201. per mile per week. The Committee are not enly fully prepared to prove the ample t raffic on their line—and that their estimated income of 1,000,000/. is not, as a ll ege d i n th e Report of the Board of T ra d e, exaggerated bile so far from their income being dependent upen the difference between three halfpence and twopence-farthing placed on part /af their passenger income, or won their security from compe:ition, l heY are in a condition to show that even one-half of their whole estimated passenger traffic, and 6/. instead of 20/. p er m il e per week n Mineral traffic, would give an income of 5/. per cent. upon a c apital of eight millions, after deducting 401. per cent. for working expenses, ( ne Re allusion to the accommodation of th e grea t county of Lincoln, end port further states, that, "by a double lin e or l oop, the London York scheme requires the making of 150 miles, partly of difficult _ coest ruction, to provide for the same tr a ffi c w hi ch would be accom rndated in tionle respects better, and in others almost equally as well, ,t,y about 100 miles, all of very easy constructi on. " S o far from this I' o / 1 8 correct, the public will be surprised to find :the reverse is th e /act, for whilst that part of the London and York scheme which lies _ thin the co un t y o f Li ncoln, comprises only 1 I lee miles, the lin es ir ellosett by the B oar d o f T ra d e within the same county extend to 121 Mile!!! the measurement being taken in both instances from the I, a nith border o f Li ncolnshire to Newark, and to Gainsborough on the 11 1. The accom mo d at i on afforded by the London and York lines -trig preferred by the inhabitants. , The Report of the Board of Trade contains various other errors and i nconeistencies too numerous to be treated of here, but which the London arid York Committee will take care shall be ffilly set forth when the merits of the case of the London and York shall be under the consideration of the Parliamentary Committee on the re assembling of the House of Commons. In conclusion, the Committee beg leave to reiterate, that where (as in the case of the London and York) the district through which new railway is projected, is urgent and unanimous in ;a favour, and th e requ i s i te cap i tal is subscribed, they cannot be lieve that Pa r li amen t w ill refuse its sanction, out of regard to the in terests of existing railways, which make the main trunk longer, and th e lo cal accommodation neither so compre h ens i ve nor sat i sfactory to e inhabitants. teTtl„c feeling of Parliament and of the country, with reference to o"feitBl,ol_ndon and York Line, when coupled with the acknowledgment merits by the Board of Trade, and the manifest misconception e,. a ", wn 'r g h t i ve h e t v h e e e_cono ft in d ical t conclusions of that Board have been ley eon ence o e . Committee of the ultimate ZIT 0{ ?f the echeme—and the Committee are per Parliament r ecognise the public importance of an integral line under one !tient, "*Y",e 01)Stacles t and Its vast superiority over a serie e. s of lines, which in : o the traveller at every chang LIB E S APPROVED OR SUGGESTED BY THE BOARD OF TRADE. LENGTH. otal Cost T per Mkt. Chns. Cost. Milo. Z. •Z 1. p a .. ..- Mbridge and Lincoln .. farringdon-street Extension ••• • • • 8 3 • "6 1,62°°50:000000 1"°0 ° Direct Northern .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 7 5 201 1,300,000 !.. Boston Branch 22,000 ° Stamfbrd and Spalding ditto, sug- 32 -- 240,000 8,000 6 _ Res ted by th e B oard of Trade .... Eastern Counties Biggleswade, in li lesweu of L ondon and York to Big- 24 50 450,000 18,000 ril. g.tdo • • • • " .**' • • • • • • • • • • • • • (11-ord, Lond on and Birmingham .4 lieu of London and York Bed a. fo rd Branch 16 ..... —— -- 16 31 125,000 8,000 Swinton to Gainsborough, in lieu of/ 33 _ 5 iv . ~_Lbltdon and York lin e t o Donca.ster 3 430,000 13,000 akefield and Goole (pa r t o f) i n li eu of 21 miles the Wakefield 22 270,000 12,000 10. Branch of London and York.... •• vark and Chesterfield, with} 32 60 500,000 15,0 0 0 To Slcaford and Grantham, sug gested by th e B oard of Trade in f eu of L ondon and York Line, l through Grantham, Newark. Ret - j 28 420,000 15,00 0 ford and 13 awtry, to Sheffield° ..• . p: . al —...—. The .6,:..........__________ • •• •• .. 334 27 5,785,000, Toi h - eta undermentioned, aecoml Bee daelteme, arc left wh o ll y unprovided wird of Trade. b l '? n d°n to "• • • ••• • • • 22 Miles. oTgleswaie to Iluntingdon ••• • • • ******* ••• • ' • IS liStamford to Grantham •••• •• ••• • • 18 " e wark to Baurtry ... ••• • • • ••'•••• • • • • • • 2:3 " manied by the London And 1 for by the schemes of the file RePert gives no estimate of these Branches, but 15,0001. a auu n'Qd, being the same cost as the 31ain Line. J. It. MOWATT, Sec. °Zll5l7 ' 749t1ab1 z7 , leawkon, NOMuth, 1845. 83 Miles. if'e of iel' tor' 'Ps" Or V eirit) S, 4 .151 Ve4 4:.... 7 - : ...:.,..,,--: '4" ' •... . •,,, . d.. ~-, ' . , ....„,..., .. 4 . t„... , ...,.„ , .7 ,• ••. ~; (I :--- • ilk s. - ' 4 ,- 4 . et' • 3 / 4 ~,,,er'^ (A • , ..1 1 .: , , ••;'' ' ,!„'. l .„.- 1 '",.. ► re , 'N , - • --- - 7 -, • • - OkP - k , 4„., , -, vA rl ir!ci-i ii ,‘ ‘ i 4 .. % Avi ........,, - 3 , i t . 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The PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE hervhy give Notice, that APPLICATIONS for SHARES in this undertaking CANNOT he re ceived later than TuuasnAT, the 10th day of April instant, after which the Committee will proceed to allot the Shares. JOHN CLINCH, Secretary. Exeter, April 1, 1845 PROSPECTUS OF THE INVERNESS AND ELGIN . RAILWAY, Passing through the Towns of NAIRN and FORTIES, with Branches to FINDITORN, anit LOSSIEMOUTIT, or BUROHEAD. Capital 300,0001., in Shares of 20/. each. Deposit IL per Share. T'IIOVISIONAL COMMITTEE. The Provost of Inverness The Provost of Elgin The Provost of Nairn The Provost of Cromarty Andrew Belford, Esq., of Glenfintaig Donald Cameron, Esq., of Lochiel Sir Duncan Cameron, of Fasstern, Bart. Arthur Cant, Esq., of Millfield J. P. Clark, Esq., of Fingask Alexander Cumming, Esq., merchant, Inverness Duncan Davidson, Esq., of Tulloch Patrick Dewar, Esq., banker, Nairn John Ferguson, Esq., wine mQrchant, Inverness Alexander Forbes, Esq., chemist, Inverness James Forsyth, Esq., merchant, Inverness George France, Esq., Wester Lovat Robert Fraser, Esq., Brackla Simon Fraser, Esq., merchant, Inverness Donald Fraser, jun., Esq., merchant, Inverness E. S. Gordon, Esq., advocate, Edinburgh General W. A. Gordon, of Lochdhu, C.B. Donald Grant, Esq., dean of guild, Inverness Patrick Grant, Esq., county and sheriff-clerk of Inverness-shire Thomas Houston, Esq., Kintradwell Sir Thomas Dick Lauder, of Grange and Fountain Hall, Dart John Macewen, Esq., merchant, Inverness Neil MaAlean, Esq., factor on the estates of Kilravock, Cantry, &c. Cluny Macpherson, of Cluny Macpherson Major Macpherson, of Glentruim • Major D. Macpherson, Inverness James Macgregor, Esq., factor for Lord Ai:ginger and others John Mackay, Esq., hanker, Inverness Dr. John Mackenzie, Kinellan, Commissioner for Sir Kenneth Mac kenzie, of Gairlock, Bart., and for Colonel Hugh Baillte, of Red castle, M.P. William Mackenzie, Esq., of .Muirton Colin Lyon Mackenzie, Esq., of St. Martins Mackintosh of Mackintosh William Mackintosh, Esq., of Geddes, Convener of the Connty of Nairn Georp Mackintosh, Esq., yr. of Geddes Charles Mackintosh, Esq., of Aberarder John Mackintosh, Esq., wood merchant, Nairn Colonel I). Macpherson, Burgle House John Malcolm, Esq., senior bailie, Nairn David Munro, Esq., of Allan Archibald Hill Rennie, Esq., of Ballilisk Arthur J. Robertson, Esq., of Inshes Bailie D. Bose, Inverness Hugh Ross, Esq., of Cromarty John Bethune Ross, Esq., advocate, Edinburgh Colonel .John Gray Ross, of S - rathgrave John Ross, Esq., Berbice Cottage, Inverness William Simpson, Esq., merchant, Inverness Andrew Smith, Esq., senior bailie, Inverness Thomas Smith, Esq., merchant, Inverness Captain J. Stewart, of Lesmurdie, Elgin James Suter, Esq , Inverness Charles Waterston, Esq., manager, Caledonian Bank, Inverness With power to add to their number. ACTING ENGINEER—Joseph Mitchell, Esq., F.R.S.E. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Martin and Ross, Edinburgh. G. and P. Anderson, and C. Stewart, Esq., Inverness. BANKERS. he Caledonian Bank, Inverness, and its Branches. Ilse Union Bank of Scotland, Edinburgh. Do. do. Glasgow. Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, Trltton, and Co., London. Manchester and Liverpoool District Bank, Liverpool In submitting to the public a scheme for the construction of a rail way along the south shore of the Moray Frith, and connecting the towns of Inverness, Nairn, Forres, and Elgin, the Committee con sider that there is no situation In Scotland which affords a more cer tain prospect of profitable investment. The co: ntry through which it passes is nearly a perfect level. The length of the line, with the branches to the ports, is 44Y, miles. The main line passes from Inverness to Elgin, through the towns of Nairn and Forres. The whole adjacent district is rich and fertile, and con tains a large and thriving population. It includes ten of the most im portant market towns of the north of Scotland, in which at least fifty considerable markets arc annually held. Within this district, also, and branching off to the south of the main line, lie the fertile valleys of the Spey, Findhorn, and Nairn, and the Great Glen of Scotland, between which and the different towns along the line, and the sea-ports, there is an extensive and daily increasing intercourse. This district is so situated, that all the main highways from the north and west, Including those by the ferries of Kessock and Fort George, centre upon it. Besides the ports of Inverness, Nairn, Findhorn, Burghead, and Lossiemouth, it comprises the basins and quays of the Caledonian Canal, and the military station of Fort George. Along the main line from Inverness to Elgin, besides a large pas senger traffic, by posting and private conveyances, there are eight daily coaches (four each way). The traffic must he greatly Increased when a more rapid communication is opened up between the termini and the intermediate towns and villages. Another and large additional traffic will be brought upon the line by the London, Leith, and Aberdeen steamers, which call at Locale mouth and Burghead, landing their passengers for Inverness, Nairn, and the country beyond, at either of these ports, instead of taking them, as at present, by the circuitous route to Invergordon, where they are detained for several hours. The line will also afford great additional facilities to the trade which has hitherto been carried on by a steamer and sailing vessels, plying between the Moray and Nairnshire coast and the Little Ferry in Sutherlandshlre, as, on the opening of the railway, regular and efficient steam communication between these points and others on the Sutherland and Caithness coasts will necessarily be established. By these arrangements, in addition to the existing traffic by land, and that carried on by steamers to Inverness, the greater part of the traffic, both in goods and passengers, from Inverness to Sutherland and Caithness, will he brought along the line. The inquiries into the traffic, which have been carefully made, show the following results:— The annual number of passengers of all sorts, and doubling those by coach and other conveyances, between Inverness and Elgin, and the towns along the line, according to the Parliamentary rules, amount to 87,640, which, at the average of 4s. for each passenger, yields ....... . For mails and small parcels, &c .................... 2,024 0 0 Tre probable revenue arising from the transport of car riages, gigs, horses, dogs, &c., taken at an average of only three per cent on the passenger traffic, the per • tentage usually taken in similar lines being five, yields 525 0 0 Cattle and sheep.. General merchandise, heavy goods including stone from the Quanies in Morayshire and Nairnshire to the west, timber, farm produce, coals, manures, fish, spirits, &c. ..... ••••••• • • • • • • .. Goods traffic on the Branches ...... •••• • • • • . 2,500 0 0 Passenger traffic on do.. ........ •• • .. 468 0 0 AE31,145 0 0 The engineering works of the line, from the unusually level nature of the country, and its passing over a light gravelly soil, are of a very s imple character. There are no tunnels or viaducts, and the country abounds in all the materials , with the exception of iron, ne cess try for the construction of a Railway. The capital has been set down at 300,000/., and the revenue, as above stated, after deducting the usual allow ance for working ex - penses, and assuming one-third of the capital to be borrowed, ac cording to the ordinary practice of Railway Companies, at the usual rate of interest, shows a clear return of upwards of eight per cent. It is proposed, in the first place, to lay down a single line of rails, with the usual passing places, until the traffie shall be more fully de veloped. The bridges are, however, to be built, and the land pur chased, for a double line. Besides the advantages above enumerated, arising from the local traffic, there are other and important sources of revenue, to which it is proper to advert. The west end of the line will connect with the Caledonian Canal, which originally cost 1,000,000/., and on the im provement of which 200,000/. arc now in the co , 'rse of being ex pended by Government. These improvements, which will be com pleted before the railway comes into operation, will greatly increase the navigation, both of steamers and sailing-vessels, on the Canal, along which, even at present, two s earners ply twice a week, while a large and powerful steamer is to be placed, on the opening of the Canal, in the direct Liverpool trade, The whole of this extensive traffic fr,.m Glasgow, Liverpool, &c., towards the counties of Banff, Nairn, and Moray, must necessarily pass along the proposed Railway. On the other hand, towards the cast, the line will be continued by the contemplated railway from Elgin to Aberdeen—thus connecting all the tomes and manufacturing districts on the west of England and Scotland, through the Caledonian Canal, with the rich agricultural country to the east of Elgin, and onwards to the city of Aberdeen, and other towns on the east coast of Scotland. Besides constituting an important link in the direct east and west communication of this part of the kingdom, the present railway must of necessity form the northern outlet of the contemplated great direct Central Railway from Perth to Inverness, in continuation of the Scottish Central and Caledonian Railways, thus completing the shortest possible line between England and the southern counties of Scotland and the north ; and, from its position in this respect, the Inverness and Elgin Railway will become the channel through which will flow the whole traffic between the north and south. The Capital wllll;ediVided into 15,000 Shares of 201. each. The Parliamentary Deposit of five per cent. to be paid upon the shares being allotted, and the Subscribers to sign the Parliamentary Con tract and Subscribers' Agreement when required. Power will be taken to pay interest at four per cent. on the amount of the subscription paid up till the line is opened, and no subscriber shall be answerable fur more than the amount of his subscription. Application for shares to be made, In the form annexed, to Messrs. G. and P. Anderson, solicitors, and Mr. Charles Stewart, solicitor, Inverness, the interim joint secretaries ; to Messrs. Martin and Ross, 37, Castle-street, Edinburgh ; Messrs. Edward M'Callum and Com pany, stockbrokers, and Mr. William Clelland, stockbroker, Edin burgh ; Mr. James Grant, writer, and Mr. George Gatherer, writer, agents at Elgin ;Mr. William Sclanders, writer, agent at Forres ; Mr. Adam Davidson, town-clerk, agent at Nairn ; Messrs. Seton and Reid, sharebrokers, Glasgow ; Mr. J. Oliphant, sharebroker, Perth ; Messrs. Oswald, George, and Company, sharebrokers, Aberdeen; Messrs. Scott, Carthorn, and Scott, No. 16, Throgmorton-street, Lon- don ; Mr. J. B. S May, sharebroker, and Messrs. Fraser and Tay leur, sharebrokers, Liverpool ; Mr. Henry Wodehouse, sharebroker, Manchester; Messrs. Grayston and Earle, sharebrokers, York; and Mr. Jonathan Drowry, sharebroker, Newcastle. SHREWSBURY, WOLVERHAMPTON, and BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY. At a numerously attended Meeting of Shareholders in this Rail way, held this day at the London Coffee-house, Lu igate-hill, JOSEPH ANDREWS, Esq., in the Chair, the following resolutions were put and carried by large majorities. Ist.—lt was moved by Mr. LAWRENCE, and seconded by Mr. MILLER, That the report of the Committee of Inquiry now read be adopted and confirmed by this Meeting. 2d.—Moved by Mr. ABRAHAM and seconded by Mr. BLOND, That, as from the facts communicated in this Report it appears that a very large proportion of the Provisional Committee have never taken any part in the management of the affairs of this Company, and have in many instances withdrawn from it or expressed their disapprobation of the course pursued, and as tire actual administra tion has in consequence fallen into the hands of a small section, who do not represent the local interests,but are wholly under the guidance of the London Solicitors, and seeing that the results have been so disastrous in the occurrence of so many deplorable errors in the legal and engineering departments, together with the expenditure of an amount of capital much larger than was warranted by the circum stances of the case, Resolved, that this meeting cannot too strongly express their opinion that the Committee of Management have acted most imprudently and unjustifiably, and have deservedly forfeited the confidence of the Shareholders. 3rd. Moved by ME.IIENDERSON and seconded by Mr.CoLLETT,M.P. That further and strict inquiry be instituted into the conduct of those Directors concerning whom so many reports have been circu lated, that they have exercised the powers confided to them for pur poses other than those for the general benefit of the Shareholders, which reports the late advertisements as well as the reluctance of the Committee to give any account of their proceedings to the Share holders have tended considerably to confirm. 4th. Moved by Mr. THORNTON and seconded by Mr. WAGSTAFF, That the Members Of the CoMmittee of Inquiry, together with the Gentlemen hereafter named, be appointed a Committee to represent the Shareholders, and be fully empowered to take whatever steps may appear to them necessary for the following purposes, viz.—To call upon the present Committee of Management to retire from the direction of the Company. To take measures for the avoiding any further waste of tire Capital in a Parliamentary opposition which must prove most expensive and of doubtful issue. And to follow whatever course may be best calculated to protect the Shareholders and advance the interests of tire undertaking. That the Committee shall request Mr. Gore and the lion. Mr. Clive to join their number and assist in carrying out the measures that may he adopted for tire benefit of Subscribers. _ _ . The following Gentlemen to be added to the Committee — Patrick Stewart, Esq., M.P. I William Mayhew Esq, William Tite, Esq. William Chadwick, Esq. William Freeman, Esq. With power to add (Signed) Thanks were then unanimously Meeting separated. John Crawford, Esq. 'William Blond, Esq. to their number, J. ANDREWS, voted to the Chairman, and the H ER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY THE QUEEN Having been pleased tt send a Donation of 201, to the Fund now , aising in consequence of the late Calamity on the Scroby Sand ; and the Subscriptions already received from several Noblemen, Public Companies, Insurance Societies, Private Individuals, and others, to gether with the Inhabitants of Yarmouth and the neighbourhcod, amounting to a considerable sum ; the Committee confidently hope that the benevolent objects contemplated in the following appeal, and stated in the concluding paragraph, may be fully realised through the increased assistance and sympathising liberality of the public at large. AUTHORISED STATEMENT OF THE CALAMITY AND LOSS OF LIFE ON THE SCROBY SAND, OFF YARMOUTH BEACH, On SUNDAY, JANUARY 2:, 1845. TO THE NOBILITY, GENTRY, AND CLERGY, AND TO THE SHIPPING, MA N; UFAC TURIN G, AND TRADING POPULA- TION OF ENGLAND. It is well known to those acquainted with the Eastern coast of Norfolk. that, during heavy gales, the immedi ite vicinity of Yarmouth Roads is one of the most dangerous parts of the entire coast of England. The number of wrecks which occur on the Barber, Cross, Corton, and especially the Scroby Sands, ha 3 long ago induced a hardy, brave, and intrepid race of men to devote their entire lives to the saving of property and life along the coast. A number of boats called yawls, measuring from 50 to 80 feet long, and from 30 to 50 tons burden, have, at an expense of from 3001. to 4001. each, been built by the joint contributions of the Beachmen, who have f rmed themselves Iwo companies for that purpose. 'With these they often leave the shore at the moat imminent risk of their lives, not only when the chance of saving property holds out to them the hope of a large reward in the shape of salvage, but with no less earnestness and intrepidity when the only satisfaction they have in prospect is rescuing from a watery grave some of .their fellow creatures. On no occasion is it remembered that this noble and disinterested daring was more magnanimously displayed than on Sunday, the 26th of January, 1845, on which day, during a very - heavy gale from N. W. and by W. no less than five brigs were in distress, four upon the Scroby Sand and one upon the Barber. In no one of these cases was there, at the time of their condition being discovered, the slightest probabi lity of saving anything like property. Nothing, therefore, but the warm promptings of humanity could offer any inducement to the Beachmen to man their boats : yet they hesitated not a single mo ment, but at once launched their gallant barks and set forward to the rescue. Happily their efforts, in four instances, were successful in saving all the crews. The Caister Beachmen, with their yawl, Storm, succeeded in saving the crew of the Elizabeth, of Scarborough, nine in number. The Holkham Company, in their Yawl, the Red Rover, 38 tons, went off to the brig Jane, of Whitby, from which, although the yawl sustained considerable damage, they succeeded in rescuing the crew, nine in number. The Young Company, with their yawl, the Sailor's Friend, of 48 tons, succeeded, at very considerable risk, in taking off the crew of the brig Choice, of Newcastle, also nine in number. The Star Company, in their yawl, Phcenix, went off to the Ann, of Sunderland, from which, after splitting the stem and carrying away the mast of the yawl, they rescued and safely landed the crew of nine men. Having thus far been enabled to record the meritorious and suc cessful conduct of these gallant men, who, in addition to the immi nent risk of their lives, have suffered considerably in the injury done to their property—for which no remuneration can be anticipated but from the benevolence of a British public, it remains to relate the me lancholy catastrophe which forms the climax to this statement. The Beaehmen of the " Phoenix" having safely landed the crew of the " Ann," and being themselves much exhausted, a fresh crew of the same Company re-manned the yawl, and immediately proceeded to another vessel lying in distress on the Scroby ; the wind was then blowing a hurricane. On nearing the vessel, they found the sea running over her, and made an unsuccessful attempt to reach her ; failing to do so, they let go their anchor and veered down ; unfortu nately the force of the sea drove the yawl upon the brig and dashed her to pieces ; when the Beachmen—with the exception of one man (named Abraham Wetherell), who sank with the yawl—got on board the brig, which was now drifting, and every sea breaking with tre mendous violence over her bull. The accident being witnessed from the shore several men belonging to the different Companies manned the life-boat and flew to their as sistance. The danger of all was extreme, and those on shore trembled alike for the poor fellows on the brig and those in the life-boat. Hap pily she reached the brig though too late for many, some of whom were carried overboard by the falling of the brig's masts, and some drowned on the wreck. Six only of the " Phcenis crew were savedi; and of the brig's crew, who were in a state of exhaustion when the " Phcenix" first reached ber, the whole perished. Thus in the noble attempt to save the lives of their fellow-men, seven of our gallant beachmen found a watery grave, leaving behind them four widows and fourteen children (ten of whom are under twelve years of age) totally unprovided for, as well as the aged mothers of the three single men. Their naves were Abraham Wetherell (leaving a widow and nine children), James Shreeve (widow and three children), Lanham (alias James) Billing (widow and two children), James Boulton (widow), William Warner, George Points, and James George, single men, but upon whom their widowed mothers, or aged parents, depended for subsistence. To provide a fund to relieve the necessities of the bereaved—to re ward the noble fellows who so gallantly risked their lives for others — to assist in replacing the serious loss suffered by the boatmen—and to form a nucleus for a permanent fund for the relief of sufferers under similar calamities in future—is the object of the present appeal. Subscriptions will be received at the banks of Messrs. Barclay and Co., and Sir R. C. Glynn and Co., London ; and at any of the banking houses in Norfolk and Suffolk. Signed on behalf of the Committee, W. HURRY PALMER, Mayor of Great Yarmouth, Chairman. Committee-room, Town-hall, Feb. 24, 1i345. DINNER SERVICES, TABLE GLASS, &c. SANDER and CO., 319, II OL BORN - , corner of Southampton Buildings, opposite Gray's Inn Gate, have on view the largest Stock in London of Table Mass, Dinner, Dessert, and Tea services, ornamental China, Chandeliers, Lustres, Lamps, Hall Lanterns, &c. N.B.—A considerable number of Dinner, Dessert, and Tea Services at a great reduction in price; these patterns are not those of the pre sent year, but the ware is of the best quality, and they will he found worthy of attention—some of the Dinner Services in question are porcelain—ln addition to which, there are a few suspending Drawing Room Lamps, Lustres, and Hall Lanterns. BURGESS'S NEW SAUCE, for general pur poses, having gained such great approbation, and the demand 'or it continuing to increase, JOHN BURGESS and SON beg most respecffully to offer thus their best acknowledgments to the Public for their liberal patronage of the same ; its utility and great conveni ence in all climates have recommended i, to the most distinguished oreign connections, who have all spoken highly in its recommenda tion. It is prepared by them only ; and for preventing disappoint ment to families, all possible care has been resorted to, by each bottle being sealed on the cork with their firm and address, as well as each label having their signature, without which it cannot be ;ermine. JOHN BURGESS and SON'S long-established and much-esteemed ESSENCE of ANCHOVIES continues to be prepared by them after the same manner that has given the greatest satisfaction for many year& Warehouse, 107, Strand, corner of Savoy Steps, London. LONDON and BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY. A TRAIN, consisting of a limited number of FIRST-CLASS CARRIAGES, which is to perform ths.journey between LONDON and BIRMINGHAM in THREE TIMIS, will COMMENCE RUNNING not later than the Ist of MAY next. Particulars will be given in a fixture notice. By order, R. CREED, Secretary. Elision Station, April 2, 1843. the Morning till Five in the BRITISH INSTITUTION, PALL - MALL The GALLERY for the EXHIBITION a nd SALE of the Evening. WORKS of BRITISH ARTISTS is OPEN D AILY, from Ten in Admission, Is.—Catalogue , WILLIAM BARNARD, Keeper. WIL S 0 N'S SCOTTISH ENTERTAIN MENTS. At the MUSIC-HALT, STORE-STREET, BEDFORD-SQUARE, On MONDAY EVENING, April 7, at Eight o'clock, Mr. WILSON will give his new selected Entertainment on the SON GS OF SCOTLAND. PART I.—Ye Banks a n d B raes o ' Doon—Of a' the Airts the Win' can blaw—Last May a brave Wooer—Auld Robin Gray—Dun can Gray came here to woo—John Anderson my J o—Jenny ' s Bawbee. PART IL—Thou art gane awa frac me, —Jock o' azeldean—The Birks of Aberfeldy—My jo Janet—Wha wadna feet for Charlie. Mary—John o' Ba d e n yon H Piano-forte--Mr. LAND. Tickets, 2s. Reserved Seats, 2s. 6d. Private Boxes for Six, 15s, for Eight persons, 1/. CLARA SEYTON'S NEW ENTERTAIN MENT. Miss CLARA SEYTON will give her ILLUSTRATIONS of the DRAMA and the OPERA, received with the most enthusiastic ap plause, at CROSBY HALL, BISHOPSGATE-STREET, on TUES DAY Evenings, and on THURSDAYS, at the MUSIC HALL, STORE-STREET, Miss CLARA SEYTON will give RECITATIONS from Ancient and Aloden Dramatists, and sing admired compositions of Mozart, Weber, Schubert, &c. ; also three novrartn4S by Mr. T. Cooke. The rlntertainment will conclude each rei'enlr.e with Albert Smith's hrillianUv successful Comic Medley Scena, " A Musical Scamper •ver Europe." Doors open at Half-past Seven, to commence at Eight. Tickets 2s. Rini 2s. 6d. each, to be had of all Mosic-sellers ; at the Hall ; and of Miss Clara Sefton, 4, Argyle-street, Regent-street, of whom alone Prii-ate Boxes for Store-street (One Guinea each) may be obtained. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. Dr. Ryan's first Series of LECTURES on the Chemistry of Domestic Life daily, and on the Evenings of Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Popular Lectures on Natural Philosophy, with Brilliant Experiments, by Professor Bachhoffner A New Series of Objects, exhibiting beautiful effects in CHILDE'S CHROMATROPE, in the PHYSIOSCOPE, and the PROTEOSCOI'E. The SHRINE of the NATIVITY is one of the latest additions to the DISSOLVING VIEWS. A Curious MECHANICAL HAND, exhibiting daily on the person of an individual who has lost his natural hand. A Work ing Model of the ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY, Fitly Feet lojig, and other working Models and New Inventions explained. SAmarine Experiments by the DIVER. The DIVING BELL, MICROS COPE, &c. &c, MAGAZINES--(CONTINUED). AINSWORTH'S' MAGAZINE. The present number is one of the richest that has appeared. Passing over the powerful romance, " Re velations of London," by the Editor, we come to an article, entitled " Horace for the Million," which might have passed upon us for an effusion of our lamented friend Maginn, if there were not elsewhere in the volume too much to remind us, that that fund of wit and learning has been exhausted. The following travestie of the grand ode " Integer vi w," is worthy of Maginn, except for its profane familiarity with the almost divine lyric. That the reader may be as ranch di-posed to pull the wag's ears as we are, let us give his doggrel as it is : The man whose heart and purse are light, Whom adverse fortune can't affright, Needs no police to watch at night His goods and chattels. Whether he rambles through St. Giles', Or wanders by the two Turnstiles, His time away he calmly , wiles, And fears no battles. For instance, 'twas but t'other day, When, wavering 'twixt the grave and gay, Thinking of Grisi and the play, I met a beggar. Sturdy he was, as Russian bear, A face that would a judge outswear, And such a varmint head of hair, And bullying swagger. I did but raise my weather eye, Without the echo of a cry— My wig ! to see the'fellow fly, In Irish fashion.* You would have laughed, for ten police— Men, warranted to keep the peace, Could not have won me much release, With all their dash en. Then what care I for street or alley, Through all the lanes I fearles sally, And scatheless still, without a pal, I Securely tottle. In Piccadilly, or the Park, I take my morn or ev'ning lark ; And when I'm tired, or it grows dark, I tap my bottle. The " Nelson Dispatches" is a clear and interesting review of the hero's life and thoughts. It i , worthy of the subject. But the most novel, and, therefore, to us, the most interesting, paper in the number is Mr. F. Ainsworth's sketch of Zenobia's retreat on the Euphrates. The volume concludes with some grace ful verses to the memory of " Laman Blanchard," which testify that fiction is not even a necessary ele ment even in poetic eulogy. In page 354 will be found a real curiosity of literature—a Greek fable by Kenealy—Englished, enriched, and illustrated by Maginn. These are the verses : On a couch of sweet roses reclining, Fair Venus in slumber was laid, And a robe, of the brightest star-shining, Was thrown, her fair form to o'ershade ; From her neck, as a swan's whitely glowing, To her knee did the mantle extend ; Laugh'd the zephyrs, as over her blowing, They felt the sweet incense ascend. I'an, his haunt in the woods ever keeping, Was wandering, perchance, through the grove, And as Venus alone there lay sleeping, Stepp'd sort to the goddess of love, And he kiss'd her sweet bps, soft and taking ; But what more he'd have ventured to try, We can't tell ; for sweet Venus awaking Put all notions of love-making by. * One leg before the other. FORM OF APPLICATION. To the Provisional Committee of the Inverness and Elgin Railway. Gentlemen,—l request you will allot me Shares, of 201. each, in this undertaking, and I agree to accept the same, or any smaller number that may be allotted to me, to pay the deposit thereon, and sign the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when required.--I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant, Name Profession •• • Date•... N.B. It is requested that parties in, or connected with the North, who intend to apply for Shares, will do so without delay. THE BEST APERIENT AND ANTIBILIOUS MEDICINE FOR GENERAL USE IS FRAMPTON'g — PILL OF HEALTH which effectually relieves the stomach and bowels by gentle relaxa tion, without griping or prostration of strength. They remove head-ache, sickness, dizziness, pains in the chest, fire., are highly grateful to the stomach, promote digestion, create appetite, relieve languor and depression of spirits ; while to those of a full habit, and free livers, who are continually suffering from drowsiness, heaviness, and singing in the head and ears, they offer advantages that will not fail to be appreciated. This Medicine has for many years received the approval of the most respectable classes of society, and in confirmation of its effi cacy, the following letter has been kindly forwarded to Mr. trout, with permission to publish it, and, if requisite, to refer any respect able person to its author : " To Mr. rreut, 222, Strand, London. " Ileavitree, Exeter, April 24, 1844. . . " SIR,- -I feel pleasure in being able to bear my strong and unso licited testimony to the excellence of your " Frampton's Pill of Health," which I consider a most safe, efficacious, and very superior general medicine. The widow of an officer, an elderly lady, and near relative of mine, has used them—very rarely having recourse to other medicines for a long period of years ; she has recommended them extensively, and in one ir:stance in which she induced a person to adopt them, and supplied the first box herself, they have proved of extraordinary efficacy. I think that perhaps there is scarcely any other of the many patent medicines before the public of equal value as a " friend in need"—certainly none possessed of superior claims. I shall be happy on all occasions to give them my individual recom mendation, and am, Sir, " Your obedient servant, * • * •y, Sold by T. Prout, 229, Strand, London, price Is I%d. and 2s. 9d. per box; also by the Vendors of 'Medicines generally throughout the Kingdom. Ask for FRAMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH, and observe the name and address of " Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London,' on the GOTtigllnent Stamp. JELLY and BLANC MANGE. CHOLEFIELD'S Original CONCENTRATED Li 7 PREPARATIONS for the instantaneous production of these delicacies, combiting every essential ingredient, and merely requiring dilution, are becoming daily more and more patronised throughout all classes of society, entirely superseding those made upon the old complex principle, by which half the kitchen utensils were called into requisition, The purity and intrinsic merits of these articles are fully assured to the public by the unquestionable certificates of those dis tinguished chemists Dr. Ure and Professor Iferapath, combined with a galaxy of flattering testimonials from other professional men, gour mets, and the public press throughout the country. Sold in pots, sufficient to fill twelve glasses, Is. 3d. each ; whole sale, at the manufactory, 7, Trafalgar-place, Kentish-town ; by Barclay and Sons, Farringdon -street; Crosse and Blackwell, Soho-square ; T. Snelling, Fenchurch-street. Retail by most respectable chemists, grocers, Italian warehousemen, confectioners, and bakers. Note.—As there are several fraudulent imitations, ke careful to procure Scholefleld's. PATENT BELMONT SPERM CANDLES, ONE SHILLING per lb. ; PATENT BELMONT SPERM OIL, FOUR SHILLINGS per Gallon, burning more brilliantly than the ordinary Sperm Candles and Oil, and differing from them in being principally prepared from a pure vegetable material, instead of an impure animal one. PRICES PATENT CANDLES, 103rd. per lb. VAUXHALL COMPOSITE CANDLES, B%d. per lb. PATENT BELMONT WAX CANDLES, Is. per lb. Families wishing to try any of the above are recommended to order them through their own tradesmen, taking notice, however, that these being the London Cash Prices, the Country Dealer must charge higher to cover his expenses of carriage. Where no dealer can be found willing to sell them, Edward Price and Co. will supply quantities of not less than 5/. worth, direct from their manufactory, at Belmont, Vauxhall. On receiving a Post-office order for this amount, they will forward Candles and Oil in the proportions that may be directed ; or, to parties wishing for samples and unable to obtain them, they will, on receiving a 1/. Post-effice order, forward a box containing 31bs of each of the four sorts of Candles, and a gallon of the Oil. They fix the price of the sample box so high, to avoid all suspicion of their wishing to in•erfere with the retail trade of the Country Dealers. The trade may obtain the above Candles and Oil wholesale, in London, flora Edward Price and Co., Belmont, Vauxhall ; Palmer and Co., Sutton-street, Clerkenwell ; and W. Marchant, 253, Regent circus, Oxford-street; in Manchester, from Richardson and Roebuck, Market-place; in Bath, from T. and G. Butcher, No. 4, Saw-close; and in Cheltenham, from Mathews and Co., 400, High-street. FROM ROCHDALE, 31R. HOWARTII—In Chronic Diseases, Blind ness, Fits, St. Vitus's Dance, Dropsies, White Swellings, Bilious Affections, Rheumatism, Gout, and Wounds, from one to twenty years' standing, cured by dressing once a week without pain, In all cases, if not approved, no cha. ge. 9, Brewer-street, Pimlico, Ten to Four Daily. Notes to 437, Oxford-street, attended to. FISTULAS, SCROFULA, ULCERATED THROAT, &c. RESPECTABLE REFERENCES to 1,000 CASES. GOWLAND'S LOTION.—This well-known and highly appreciated appendage of the British toilet has for nearly a century past maintalaed unrivalled reputation as a perfect remedy for all impurities of the skin, together with the valuable pro perties of a preserver and sustainer of the complexion of the most genial nature, removing every trace of sallowness and discolouration, and promoting the transparency and brightness of the skin, which constitute the peculiar graces of a fine complexion. " Robt. Shaw, London," io in white letters on th e Government Stamp, without which none is genuine. Price 2s. 9d ; lis. 6d. ; Quarts, Bs. 6d. Sold by all Fettuners and Chemists. SUMMARY OF NEWS AND Vublit eptuton. Who runs may read." FOREIGN. On Monday the King of the French gave a private audi ence to Count de Pontois, the French Ambassador in Switzer land. On Sunday evening their Majesties received the Duke d'Albufera, Count Mollien, Count Jules de l'Aigle, the Baron de Montmorency, Vice-Admiral Rosamel, Generals Colbert and Marbot, and the Prefects of the Seine, Calva,los, and Haute Garonne. The statement of the accounts of the Bank of France, for the first quarte:. of 1845, made up to the 25th ult., shows the following results :—Actif: The Bank had then in hand, cash, 266,290,265 f. ; in discounts and loans, 119,582,907 f. ; branch banks' accounts, 70,592,862 f. ; rentes, public securi ties, and reserved fund, 64,840,974 f. ; credits and various items. Passif: Amount of bank-notes circulated, 256,317,227 f. ; accounts current, 178,309,582 f. ; capital and reserve, 81,90a,000f. ; different items, 4,348,946 f. The dis counts, advances, and loans, made daring the quarter, amounted to the sum of 286,547,368 f.; movement of ac counts current (private), 2,847,063,1381'. • ditto (pub lic), 218,118,380 f. ; general movement of the caisses, 3,349,455,366 f. M. Pierre Laureau, historiographer to Charles X. and De puty in the Legislative Assembly, has just diel at St. An dre, in the 97th year of his age. The price of bread at Paris for the first fortnight of the present month is fixed at 30 centimes the kilogramme. The Mayors of Boulogne, Neale, Pasay.,,and Auteuil, have just issued notices forbidding all persons to smoke amongst the trees of the Bois de Boulogne. A case of almost unheard-of barbarity was brought before the last Court of Assizes for the Ardeche. A woman was tried and convicted of having murdered four new .born infants entrusted to her at different times to carry to the Foundling Hospital ; fur each of which she received 15 f. to remunerate her loss of time and expenses. She was condemned to hard labour for life. . . The latest excavations made at Pompeii, by M. Vilain XIV., the Belgian Charged'Affaires, has been exceedingly interesting. A house was laid open in the quarter of the people. Twenty workmen were employed at the task, and the entrance- room furnished about twenty-live articles, vases, cups, altars, and bronze patene. Another room, from which a narrow passage led to the kitchen, contained some large earthernjars. In the kitchen, the. tinning of the saucepans was still bright. A large boiler, two jars with handles, light and transparent, objects exceedingly rare in collections, were also found there. The next excavations were to be made in the workshops of sculpture of the town. A letter from Vienna states that the breaking up of the ice on the Danube took place on March 21, without causing much damage. The pieces of ice carried away an arch of a bridge of .the Northern railroad. The waters of the river, which had suddenly risen several feet, had again fallen, re• moving all fear of inundation. _ _ _ 11.A.W AND POLICIII. At Oxford Lord Chief Baron Pollock sentenced John Pring. Edward Gibbon, and John Coles, for violating Catha rine Jones, at St. Woollos, on the 18th December, to trans portation for life. An action for false imprisonment, brought by a journeyman cabinet-maker, named Sanderson, against a master, named Macdonnell, was tried at Liverpool. It appeared that seve ral of the men had struck for wages, and afterwards entered the defendant's workshops, where others were at work, for the purpose, as they stated, of searching for tools. A row ensued, and several of them were given into custody, and brought up before a:magistrate ; among these was the plain tiff. A heavy fine was inflicted on the others, but there was no charge made against the plaintiff. The jury found a ver dict for him, with one farthing damages. At Chester, Mr. Justice Cresswell, sentenced Winterbottom, the Stockport attorney, who had been convicted of forgery at the last assizes, to transportation for life. The notorious Captain Henry Pratt was remanded from the Mansion-house, by the Lord Mayor, on several charges of obtaining money under false pretences. At Guildhall, John Matham, a porter, was finally exa mined, charged with stealing six pieces of merino and other goods, saved from the fire at the premises of Mr. Newton, in Gutter-lane. Mary Ann Chapel, and James Dolan, a tailor, lodging at 22, Old Bailey, in whose premises the goods were temporarily lodged, were charged with receiving the goods, knowing them to be stolen, and were fully committed for trial. Alexander and Charles M'Coy, in the service of Mr. A. Rumsey, wine-merchant, of No. 37, Old Bond-street, were charged with having robbed their employer, and fully com mitted for trial from Marlborough-street. COURT—FASHIONABLE. The French Ambassador entertained Lord Dufferin, Lady Dufferin, and a small party at dinner, on Tuesday evening, at Manchester House. The Duke de Broglie on Wednesday visited the model prison at Pentonville. Dr. Lushington entertained at dinner, on Tuesday evening, in Great George-street, several dinlngutshed French naval officers, come over on business connected with the right of search question. The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland and the Ladies Leveson Gower have arrived at Stafford House from Trent ham, the Noble Duke's seat in Staffordshire. The Duke of Devonshire has returned to town from his villa at Chiswick, where his Grace has been passing the Easter recess. Sir Charles and Lady Wetherell have arrived in town for the season. Viscount and Viscountess Beresford have been entertaining a small family circle at Bedgebury Park during the holidays. Mr. Henry Thomas Hope, her Ladyship's eldest son, is shortly expected to return in the Zephyretta schooner yacht, accom panied by the Hon Captain Cecil Forester, from a cruise in the Mediterranean and the Levant. MISCELLANEOUS. We understand that a requisition is in course of signature to Viscount Holmesdale, to allow himself to be put in nominati n as a candidate for West Kent, to supply the vacancy caused by the elevation of Lord Marsham to the peerage, by the lamented death of the Eurl of Romney. An important arrangement has just been completed by the Post-office authorities, with reference to the transmission of letters and newspapers to and from the Channel Islands. The mails are to be despatched thence vid Southampton, in stead of as at present by way of Weymouth, and in lieu of two departures and two arrivals weekly, there are to be three of both. The new regulations will come into operation on Saturday, the 26th inst. On Tuesday, at one o'clock, P.M., the mortal remains of the late Right Rev. Bishop Allen were deposited in a vault in the choir of Ely Cathedral, and in front of the altar. On Monday afternoon, at five o'clock, the minor canons, the pri vate friends of the late Bishop, and his Lordship's tradesmen, with their families, were admitted to the chapel, where the body lay in state. The coffin was covered with rich purple velvet. The furniture of the coffin was gilt, the mitre form ing a promir.ent ornament. On the lid of the coffin was a gilt plate, whereon was engraved the name, title, and age of his Lordship ; a little above that was another plate, on which were engraved the arms of the deceased Prelate, and those of the see of Ely. The room was hung with black and lighted with tapers. The ceremonial was imposing and affecting. The clergy of Devizes are at war with their parishioners on the subject of the innovations introduced into the Church service. A meeting was held, akw days since, on the sub ject. It was resolved that, in the event of the rector's de clining to accede to the wishes of the parishioners, an appeal should be made to the Lord Bishop of Salisbury. On Friday last the Lord Mayor gave a splendid entertain ment to the trustees, directors, and other officers of the Lon don Life Association, of which his Lordship has been for many years an active and highly-respected member. The Philharmonic Society of Liverpool gave a concert on Monday night, which attracted an audience of about 1,500 persons. Vieuxtemps, the eminent violinist, was rapturously received ; and the singing of Miss Dolby, Miss E. Birch, Mr. J. Calkin, and Mr. John Parry, elicited the greatest ap plause and several encores. The Dutch steam-ship Batavier arrived at the St. Katha rine's steam-wharf on Wednesday morning, for the first time this season, having been detained in the port of Rotterdam since November last, on account of the Scheldt being frozen over and impassable. She had several head of Dutch horned cattle on board, which were landed immediately, and cleared • for the London market. The arrival of the Batavier an nounces the dispersion of the ice on the Continent, and the opening of the German rivers for mercantile traffic, which will be fully appreciated by those to whom the stoppage has been productive of great inconvenience. On Wednesday evening the annual meeting of the South wark Auxiliary to the London City Mission, was held at the Surrey Chapel, Blackfriars-road, the Rev. James Sherman in the chair. The Secretary having read the pro ceedings, the substance of which has been already made pub lic, addresses were delivered by the Rev. Drs. Cumming and Morrison, the Rev. J. Robinson, &c., and the meeting separated. The first of the AnCient Concerts for the present season took place on Wednesday, being under the direction of the Duke of Cambridge. The concert was conducted by Sir 11. Bishop. The concert was of a very high order, and worthy the illustrious dilletante under whose direction it was given. A new agricultural association has been formed at Good hurst, Kent. of which A. J. B. Hope, Esq., M. P., has been appointed president. A meeting of the association took place last week, which was numerously attended. STATE OF TRADE.—To-day's market has on the whole been rather quiet, with a tendency to a little lower prices, and not much business done. T his a pp lies to both goods ' and yarn.—ROCHDA LE FLANNEL MARKET, MONDAY, MARCH, 31.—The market to-day has been ex tremely flat, and very little business has been transacted. In the wool market there is no change to report.—Man cheater Guardian. HER MAJESTY'S VISIT TO IRELAND.—We have great satisfaction in announcing that the anticipated visit of her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert to the sister island is definitively fixed to take place during the en suing summer. Her Majesty's anxiety to visit this portion of her dominions has for some time past been very generally understood ; and circumstances, to which it is unnecessary more pointedly to refer, appear to render it advisable that the gracious intention should be carried into effect forthwith. The precise day for the departure of the Court for Ireland has been mentioned to us, but, at the present time, it will pro bably be sufficient to announce that her Majesty is expected to leave England, for the Irish capital, early in July. We have further to state, that, in order to allow the attendance of the various Cabinet Ministers upon her Majesty, the business of Parliament will (if at all practicable) be brought to a clos e this session at a much earl ier p eriod than usual.—Post. INCENDIARISM IN NOTTINGHAm.--Yesterday a Go vernment proclamation was issued throughout the metropolis, offering a reward for the discovery of the persons who set fire to the valuable estate known as Whigsy Farm tingham. The occupier of the property, of Pap- Mr. Riley,Rilenear Not plewick, who is much respected, has himself offered a reward 9f 1054 Admission, Is. ; Schools, Half-price. BATTLE OF WATERLOO. New Model, upon a large Scale, representing the Splendid Charge in the earlier part of the Battle by the British heavy Cavalry under the Marquis of Anglesea, and by the British Infantry under Sir Thomas Piston. EGYPTIAN HALL, PICCADILLY. Open from Eleven Morning to Nine Evening. 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Fawcett and Preston, of that town, which is intended to replace the one that burst on board the Princeton American war-steamer, a short time ago, killing the Secretary of State, and wounding several other official personages. It is made of malleable iron, is 12 feet long, and weighs 11 tons 3cwt. 2qrs. 111 b. The Princeton has been ordered to the Itlecliterramazi. BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY. The " Literary Retrospect of the Departed Great" is by far the best article in this number. It is written by one who evidently was well acquainted with the best painters and sculptors of the day, and though, perhaps, a little overcharged and somewhat romantic, gives a real picture of Wilkie, and Lawrence, and Northcote ; and possibly also does justice to Chantrey, but certainly it does not ten 4 to raise him in public estimation. The article, however, chiefly relates to Wilkie, and some of the anecdotes and particulars of his life are so graphic and correct that they cannot fail to be of use to some future biographer. The history of the " Blind Fiddler" is interesting : it is told by the widowed mother of the artist, in her Doric dialect, while she was residing with her son at Kensington, and bears all the marks of truth. In answer to the question whether Sir David had early displayed much talent in drawing : " Aweel,' said she, ' I mind that he was aye scrawl ing, and scratching, I did Ea ken what, and he had an idle fashion o' making likenesses and caricatoores like of all the folk as came. And there was an auld blind mon, Willie, the fiddler, just an idle sort of a beggar-mon, that used to come wi' his noise, and set all the women ser vants a jigging wi' his scratching and scraping ; and Davie was ae taking o' this puir bodie into the hoose, and gieing him a drap o' toddy ; and I used to cry shame on the lad for encouraging such lazy vagabonds about the hoose. Weel,' pursued the old lady, but ye maun ken he was an ill-favoured, daft sort of a creatur, that puir blind bodie, weel eno' in his way, but not the sort o' folk to be along wi' Davie ; yet the lad was always a-saying to me, " Mither, gie's a bawbie for puir blind Willie.' This,' she added with a sigh, Sir, was when we lived at the Manse.' "‘ A-weel, Sir, they told me—it was mony years after the puir blind body was gane hame, Sir—that Davie had painted a grand pictur ; and he wrote m e to _go to Edin burgh to see it ; and I went, and sure eno' there was puir Old Willie, the very like o' him, his fiddle and a'. I was wud wi' surprise : and there was Davio standing a laughing at me, and saying, Maher, mony's the time that ye ha heard that fiddle to the toon o' the Camp bells are coming.'" There is also a life of the Rev. Sydney Smith, with a good portrait, taken some thirty years ago, detailing the more remarkable incidents of his life, from the time he wrote his first article for the Edinburgh Review (the life of Parr), in the sixth story of a house in Buccleuch-place, till he ended his career, as Canon of St. Paul's. In the life of this admirable writer and thorough reformer, it is curious to observe how he changed his tone on church reform when the cathedrals of which he was installed a defender were attacked by Lord John Russell and the Bishop of London. lie still however admitted the necessity of reform, but thought the department to which be be longed was the least liable to complaint, and that the Bishops with their princely incomes and gorgeous pageantry should have led the way by cutting down their incomes and patronage to an amount befitting the age of reform. He could not see why every suc cessor of Charles James should have a house in St. James's square, a palace at Fulham, and 10,0001. a year, nor why the domestics of Archbishop Howley should stand with swords and hag wigs round pig and turkey and venison, to defend, as it were, the orthodox gastronome from the fierce Unitarian, the fell Baptist, and all the famished children of dissent. The other articles are much in the usual style, but require no particular notice. COLI3URN'S NEW MONTHLY. This is an excellent Number of this popular pe riodical It opens with a continuation of " Passages in the Lives of Celebrated Statesmen of Europe." The subject of the present paper is Baron Bulow, with sketches of his colleagues in the great confe rences of 1831 and 1840. From these sketches we extract the following account of Count Pozze di Borgo : " Count Pozzo di Borgo was a still more extraordinary man. The deadly feuds of his native land drove him from Corsica, imbued with all the wild, headlong feel ings characteristic of his race. For instance, long after his leaving Corsica, he was so superstitious that the wife of one of his most hospitable entertainers and intimate friends, suspecting his foible, having urged him to come and see a ghost in a back parlour, and having shown on the balcony General Paoli, in the shape of her mad-cap cousin, wrapped in a sheet and bedaubed with flour, he swore she was a witch, and had a deadly aversion to her and family until the last moment of his life. The trials of those eventful times, his adventures in the many lands he traversed in the search of fortune, smoothed the out ward ruggedness of his nature, and consecrated all the fire of his character on diplomacy and ambition. Hi s hereditary feud against the Buonapartes, likewise, all concentrated On Napoleon, was the cause of his fortune. Through Lord Minto he got recommended to the best i diplomatic service—that of Russia. In this service he acquired not only rank, but an immense fortune ; for his intercession in Paris in favour of the old dynast of the B ou rbons, at the first inva s i on o f France b y the allies, he received from Louis XVIII. alone which ch yielding had its s urv i ve d place as a cadeau. In the latter days ss o, rulingnd parti n g passionlast all ude e to, another love of gold. youth, was de- Laboriously polite, still did the hot, fierce, jealous under- current of his nature, as well as his native shrewdness and experience in strategy, make him a dangerous col league to deal with in diplomacy." It was out of mere hatred to Bonaparte D . Bongo brought brought about the restoration of 1815. It is curious to trace the restoration, the hundred days, IV l ater 00, of francs the revolution of 1830, and all its consequences — past, present, and to come—to a private feud between two obscure families in the semi-barbarous island of Corsica. Thus— " Great events from trivial causes spring." " What we're doing and what we're coming to" is a s nart quiz upon the existing railway-share mania. It is a lively witty .article, and sparkles like a glass of champagne. It is from the pen of Angus B. Reach. " The Left-hand Glove" is a tale of horror. The object is to show the danger of trusting to c' . . cumsiaiitta ev . ing condemned t,) death for the murder of her husband:: the chain of circumstantial evidence is complete against her, when at length her innocence is made manifest, and she is acquitted—the fact being that her husband had committed suicide. The tale is well told, and the interest is kept up to the last. Mrs. Trollepe continues " The Eobertses on their Travels," and gives us several piquant sketches of society at 13aden. " A Field Day Nsith the Portuguese" is a lively narrative of an ad venture at Vittoria in 1837, during the time that General Evans's English legion and the Portuguese forces under Das Antas were quartered in that city. Lights and Shades in the Life of a Gentleman on Half-pay, and the Excursion up the Oronooko are both continued in this number. " The Conversations in the National Gallery " are likewise continued. The present conversation contains much valuable cri ticism on the paintings of Leonardo da Vinci, and of Raffaelle, although we think the author scarcely does justice to the merits of Leonardo: Agnes Strickland furnishes one of those delightful tales which she so well knows how to write. Her present production is entitled" Kate Wilson, or Sea-side Wooings." It is a pleasing tale, pleasantly told. The Talleyrand Papers are continued. The present number relates entirely to the reminiscences of Talleyrand, of the state of society in France before the Revolution, when, as M. 14 Abbt'_! de Perigord, he was the pet of Madame du Deffand, and the great star of the salons of the witty and accomplished Madame de Brignole. There is a'.so an elaborate review of " Thiers' History of the Consulate and the Empire," and a short notice of the new novel, " Maids of Honour." • e 5 THE ILLUMINATED MAGAZINE. The conductors of this magazine announce their intention of commencing a new series next month, when the Illuminated will appear as a handsomely bound small octavo volume. This arrangement will be a great improvement, for the present size of the Magazine is exceedingly inconvenient, and rather unsightly. The contents of the present number are of average quality. We extract the following eleL• gant little poem, from a paper on the coning of the Spring : Soon nature will resume her dormant powers, Immortal as in triumph over death ; The spring will soon be te . th us. Many flowers The earth will hallow with sweet forme and breath, And thousand b:,soms with delight be rife. Those symbols welcoming again to life. • They will arise o'er many a wooded hill, In lowly spots 'mid many a pleasant vale— Will gem the brink of many a gurgling rill; And who will deem their charms of slight avail, . Wooing us to regard their blossoming, Telling us silent talcs of our warm Spring ? Fond hands will place them in the sick man's room, Their presence gleaming like a ray of light And beauty, peering through its saddened gloom; And with their scent will visions, calm and bright, Lulling in soft delight the sense of pain, Arouse the faintness of the sick one's brain: A flush will overspread his faded cheek, A brightness fill again the sunken eye; And friends will bow to hear him softly speak Of health and vigour, life-renewing, nigh; A blessing will be with them —that they keep Hope from raving into weary sleep. • And shall we not love flowers, if they but raise Our thoughts a moment from the worldly din That stirs our hearts too deeply in this maze Of toil, ambition, passion, or of sin ? Oh, are they useless? Every flower we see To sight and sense betokens purity-. GEORGE CRUIKSIIANK'S TABLE-BOOK. George Cruikshank, this month, opens with "A Young Lady's Vision of the London Season," which may be called rather a picture-gallery than a picture. It is full of spirit, piquancy, and meaning—is exqui sitely drawn and beautifully engraved. The two illustrations to the tale of " Separation" are admirable. The stage countryman is a glorious bit of fun, and the editor, Gilbert A'Beckett, gives the following admirable sketch of his appearance and habits:— " The co.tume of the stage countryman is - arranged with an eye to the picturesque rather than the practical. lie frequently wears a very light sky-blue coat with is waistcoat of the gayest chintz, as if somebody had given him a window curtain, and he had been seized with the hers? euse idle of having a vest made out of it. He has dark blue stockings, which are made of silk if he is the first countryman, but are ordinarily of grey worsted if lie is only one of a party of rustics getting in the harvest., or assisting at a village festival. The re mainder is made up of a red wig and a hooked stick, with a small bundle slung across it, and a pair of danc ing pumps, in which he is always prepared to walk to London, for the purpose of righting poor sisther Phoebe,' or telling the great squire' that he (the stage countryman) has got feelins like,' and that he the(stage countryman) is as good a men' as he (the spire :) thof he (the squire) have gotten a fine coat on bis back'—a home truth which sometimes throws the squirt' into a state of pitiable penitence about something or other which there is no proof of his having been guilty of. " Though the dramatic rustic is vividly alive to any wrong, real or imaginary, inflicted on his own sister, he is often, as far as his own treatment of the fair sex is concerned, little better than a domestic ruffian. He is either contemptibly soft, accepting as a wife some village coquette, who has been dt clined on account of her flirt ing propensities, by some former lover, or he is brutally hard, refusing to fulfil the vows he has plighted to some unfortunate village girl, and setting the yard dog at her if she persists in pursuing him. " The occupations of the stage countryman are usually of the very vaguest character. lie appears to have no thing on earth to do but to avenge his sister for some wrongs not very clearly made out, bully the landlord about fearther,' who is a most unpunctual old man hi the payment of his rent, flirt with village maidens, grow sentimental about poor old ' mither; and 'done the young squire." The illustration to " Alice Brompton" is admirable. The remainder of the illustrations are all thoroughly embued with the true Cruikshankean spirit; while the literary contents of the present number are of s higher character than those of any of its predecessors COLBURA'S UNITED SERVICE MAGAZINE The article of greatest immediate interest to the general reader in the present number is the one entitled " Martin Zurbano." his a brief but spirited sketch of the career' of that celebrated chieftain, whose heredi tary hatred to the French seems to have been the cause of his ruin. Detesting his ferocity and . his cruelty, it is impossible not to admire his fierce fidelity to the cause of his benefactor Espartero. His were the virtues and the vices of a semi-savage, and no one who reads the story of his life but must lament his fate. Savage as he was, he was worth a host of such mere self•seekers as Narvaez. Spain has produced many a worse man than Martin Zurbano. The article on the War of Succession in Portugal is also a very interesting article. The other contents of the magazine, although of a more professional character, are well worthy of perusal. THE RAILWAY REGISTER and RECORD of ENGINEERING and PUBLIC ENTER PRISE, for April. We refer our readers interested in railway compa nies to some useful and just remarks on the decisions of the Railway Department of the Board of Trade, in reference to rejected lines. This is a fruitful subject for inquiry, as the rejection injures not only the sub scribers, but the populous districts through which they were intended to pass. This number contains several well executed railway maps. TROTTING MATCH AT LEWlSllAM.—Yesterday morning a trotting race of two miles in harness came off over that distance of road near Lewisham. The match was between Mr. Gray's mare and Mr. Tomlinson's galloway, and the race was for 10!. a side. The start having been effected, they went away at good speed, and at the termination of half a mile the galloway had the lead of twenty yards, which he maintained, and concluded the first mile in three minutes and twenty-five seconds, and was proceeding to the second mile when it broke out to a gallop, and was immediately pulled and turned. By this time the mare came up and passed her opponent, but was quickly overtaken by the gal d loway, oer e uer e nk FEARFULand sret ateoer(thin ne c k, dtoisl f. e an d al;rtueet tn o wlog n Ehg t sm i eo n n, na u i Tsnt e h d eAtvehc t ee o no g w. we winner. galloway_ n e e r till r. and when within half a mile of the goal they were r againi, within etime broke, rothree occupied hu which n - in accomplishing the two miles was six minutes and fifty about half-past ten o'clock, a cow belYonegsitengrdteoyflorr.ebmorte: cowkeeper and dairyman, of No. 64, White Lion-street, Pentonville, calved at the back of the above premises. Mrs. Iloyte, who had prepared some gruel for the animal, pro ceeded to the cowhouse for the purpose of administering it, when the cow, in an infuriated manner, rushed upon her and tossed her with its horns several times in the air, and then trampled upon her. Her screams attracting the at tention of her husband, Mr. Hoyte repaired to her assist ance, when the animal made a similar attack upon him, tossed him twice, and gored him very severely, and whilst on the ground violently trampled upon, and injured him also in a dreadful manner. A labourer, who happened to be in the yard at the time, perceiving the danger to which himself and Mr. and Mrs. Iloyte were exposed, took up his pitchfork and endeavoured to keep off the animal, but it rushed at him, and would have served him in a similar way, but he struck the prongs of the pitchfork at its eyes and ears, which induced the animal to retreat until it got into a corner, and then, fixing the prongs of the fork into the animal's neck, he kept it in that position until assist ance arrived, and it was secured by ropes, and prevented doing further mischief. Mr. and Mrs. Hoyte were then re moved to their residence in a state of perfect insensibility. Each of them had several ribs broken, and they were other wise so considerably injured as to render their condition ex ceedingly dangerous. The injuries were principally caused by the trampling of the animal. FALL IN THE PRICE OF BREAD.—Yesterday, the bakers in the borough of Southwark and neighbourhood lowered the price of the 41b. loaf to 4d. and 4id., and In some places as low as aid. At two shops in Blackman street the poor assembled in great numbers, and literally besieged the shops, to purchase bread at the reduced price, and the bakers were compelled, in self-defence, to close their shops as early as fi ve o'clock. being unable to satiafy the demand, and to gi notice that no more bread conid,be supplied till the morning. . . PEorLE OF ENGLAND! If you want to know why doctors hold nut to the public that poisons, such as Prussic Acid, Arsenic, and other deadly drugs and chemical preparati , ns are medicines when advised or adminis tered by them—read the 45th Number of the " 111 GEIST" for APRIL, 1845, just published at 368, Strand, London, price One Penny, or Twopence if sent by pos t prepaid. 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