The Sun. — London, England, 1844-12-30 00:00:00

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' Z :ti /1 .' 4 ' % '''s‘, •• . ek- -- --,-- ► 1 ..,350 4( a. - trE ,--irl- trf.t. -„, x ,,,,, i i ...,..,_......,..., ROI . ''''' 9 0 ~"14,‘• ' .1..„ ... ~ ~ . ... . . . . . . .. . . ... . - . woo ° s are !Kiss tire d. s day terial ticer laud° GREAT WESTERN AND CORNWALL JUNCTION RAILWAY, from Exeter to Falmouth, Capital, 2,000,000/., in 100,000 Shares of 20/. each. Deposit, 1/. 10s. per Share. The line proposed by this Company commences at Cowley_ bridge, in the vicinity of the city of Exeter, uniting at that point with the Bristol and Exeter Line, traverses the centre of the county of Devon, and the great mining district of Cornwall to the town of Truro, whence it takes a southerly direction to, and ter sninates at, the port of Falmouth. The line is integral between its termini, and will, by means of the Bristol and Exeter and the Great Western Railways, connect the port of Falmouth and the western counties with the metropolis and the chief manufacturing towns in the north of England. The line was surveyed, at a great expense, in 1836, by the Lon don, Salisbury, Exeter, and Falmouth Railway Company, the pro !rioters of which applied to Parliament in the session of 1837 for an Act of incorporation, which had, after a protracted and search. 'log investigation, the sanction and report of a Committee of the House of Commons in its favour. The present Company has, by an arrangement with the Share holders of the former, acquired the valuable plans, sections, and other documentary evidence in support of the line, and it is thus Flir4ii..kl ROBBERY at Messrs. ROGERS a n d e nabled to present an undertaki ng sanc ti one d b y a C omm i ttee of A. CO.'S, the Bankers. the Legislature —a feature which distinguishes it from all the rail. CAUTION. ways of recent projection. The Public are respectfully requested to pay particular attention The notices and deposits of plans requited by the Standing Or- to the Numbers anti Dates of all 51:, 10/:, 20/., 30/., 401., 50/., ders of the Howes of Lords and Commons have been perfected. lOOl., :2001., 300/., 500/, and 1,000/. Bank of England Notes A deposit of 1/. 10s. per share to be paid to the account of the that may be offered in payment ; and before changing them to Acting Committee with the Bai.kers of the Company upon appro_ examine the same, and compare them with the Lists of the Bank priation. But in accordance with the arrangement entered into Notes which have been stolen from Messrs.' Rogers and Co., and with the Shareholders in the London, Salisbury, Exeter, and Fal- which have been advertised successively in the Daily and Weekly Mouth Railway Company, their Shares will be recognised on the Papers. DaYraent of ss. per share, part of the deposit, and the further sum ; Payment of all the stolen notes is stopped ; and it is particularly " U. per share will entitle the holder to a certificate in the pro_ ' requested that those parties who have obtained lists of the stolen lent Company, representing a deposit of 1/. 10s. ; the Subscribers' notes will continue to preserve them for reference ; and also that agreement and Parliamentary contract being previously executed, those persons who have not yet had lists will be pleased to send for In the event of this undertaking not receiving the sanction of them, by post or otherwise, to any of the Banking houses in Lon_ the Legislature, the Parliamentary deposit of 1/. per share will be don ; Messrs. Rogers and Co., bankers, Clements-lane, Lombard. returned to the Subscribers without any deduction. I street, London ; Mr. Francis Hobler, Solicitor, 26, Bucklers- No application for shares can be attended to, unless made in the bury, Mansion House, London ; John or Daniel. Forrester, Man following form:— sion House, London ; to any of the Station houses of the City or To the PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE of the GREAT Metropolitan Police; or to Messrs. Blades and East, printers, Ab. WESTERN and CORNWALL JUNCTION RAILWAY. church-lane, London. GEscrtEstEst,—l request you will allot to me shares of 20; each, or any lesser number of shares, in the Great Western and Cornwall Junction Railway Company, on the terms and conditions of the prospectus ; and I undertake to pay the deposit and sign the su bscribers' agreement and Parliamentary contract, wherein I am called to do so. been ea sub' Total average of private noes in Eng land and Waits On a comparison with the return for the month ending the 9th of November, this shows— A decrease in the notes of private banks of £197,484 A decrease in the notes of joint stock banks of 141,611 No. 16,340 LONDON, MONDAY MORNING SUN, DECEMBER 30, 1844. 1 thl w ar. anti umP s 6d. PRICE sd. TIE SUN ix Published EVERY MORNING al RIVE O'CLOCK, in Time or the EAITLY T. „A I'S and TOWN DELI VERY ; a SECOND EDITION (Evening Sun) is Published in Time for the :AFTERNOON TRAINN and a THIRD EDITION at SEVEN O'CLOCK, ,for Pbrt, containing PARLIAMENTARY and all other NEWS in LONDON up b that lour. ADVERTISEMENTS INSERTED in ALL THE THREE PAPERS, Morning Noon, and Night, thereby insuring a TOWN and COUNTRY CIRCULATION, at ONE CHARGE. Total decrease last month £339,095 And as compared with the month ending the 9th of December, 1843, it shows— A decrease in the notes of private banks of A decrease in the notes of joint-stock banks of Total decrease, as compared with the same period last year . . The fixed issue allowed by law to the private and joint-stock banks in England and Wales, as given in the Banking Alm nach for 1845, is as follows : Private banks allowed to issue £5,153,407 Joint-stock banks to issue £95,491 82,473 , ils I go; 6res PUBLICATIONS. Illustrated by " Phiz," price One Shilling, No. 11. of ANNY, THE LITTLE MILLINER; Olt, THE RICH AND THE POOR. By CHARLES ROWCROFT, Esq., AutbOr of the " Tales of the Colonies," &c. CONTENTS :—Chap. IV. The Journey—The Tidings—Black Will Chap. V. The Labourers' Meeting—The Sufferings of the Poor—lte-, becca—A, Desperate Project—An_Unexpected Intrusion—Chap. VI. Rebecca's Wrongs—The Revelation of the Plot—Lord Samuel Peril. —Chap. VII. The White Woman's Pit—The Virtues of the Poor— Reflections and Resolves—Little Fanny. Total £8,648,853 From a comparison of this statement with the above monthly averages, it appears that the Private banks are below their allowed issue £715,850 Joint-stock banks below their allowed issue 416,886 London : John Mortimer, Publisher, Adelaide-street ARMY AND NAVY. Published every 31unth with the Magazines, price 3s. 6d., THE UNITED SERVICE MAGAZINE, AND NAVAL AND MILITARY JOURNAL. Independently of a succession of Original Papers on innumerable interesting subjects, Personal Narratives, Correspondence, Anecdotes, &c., each number comprises Biographical Memoirs of eminent ()di cers, Reviews of New Publications, either immediately relating to the Army and Navy, or involving subjects of utility or interest to the members of either, full Reports of Trials by Courts Martial, Distribu tion of the Army and Navy, Promotions, Appointments, &c., with all the Naval and Military Intelligence of the Month. " This is confesseily one of the ablest and most attractive periodi cals of which the British Press can boast ; presenting a wide field of entertainment to the general as well as the professional reader."— Globe. OFFICE OF THE GAS LIGHT and COIa COMPANY, 19, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars, London, Dec. 28, 1844. I do hereby give notice that, pursuant to the Bth Bye-law of this Company, HENRY SAMUEL KETTLE, Esq., FRANCIS LYSONS PRICE, EN., And The First Number for 1845 comprises 17 Articles of high interest ; and the New Year being a favourable opportunity for commencing a Periodical, those who may desire to take in " The United Service Mag•rzlne" are requested to send their orders immediately to their re spective Booksellers. Dated the day of 184 . Name-- Residence Trade or Profession Reference - Applications for prospectus and for shares to be addressed to the SeCretary, R. Moore, Esq., at the Company's offices, 15, Old Jewry. ch ambers; to the Solicitor, William Bevan, Esq., 6, Old Jewry ; to Messrs. J. Shewell and Son, Tokenhouse-yard ; to the Commercial D ank of England, Lothhury, and Henrietta-street, Covent garden, , tc hdon; at the respective branches a nd agenc i es o f th e N a ti ona l 'rovincial Bank of England; to R. I'. Head, Esq., solicitor, and kr• Charles Dean, surveyor, Exeter; to Messrs. Burd and Son, lolicitors Okehampton, Devon; or to Mr. John Ellis, sharebroker, Pairnouth. LONDON, SALISBURY, EXETER, and FALMOUTH RAILWAY COMPANY. The holde rs o f cer tifi ca t es o f s h ares i ssue d b y t h e London, Wis. bla Exeter, and Falmouth Railway Company, are requested to transmit the Dates and Numbers of their respective Certificates to ,he Secretary of the Great Western and Cornwall Junction Railway "' l rgiPany, at their offices, on or before the Ist day of January next, Order that they may be registered preparatory to their exchange 'r the scrip of the latter Company, upon the terms and in accord. ice with the arrangement on which the undertaking is based. R. MOORE, Secretary. Old Jewry-chambers, London, Dec. 23, 1844. • bRAIVING GALLERY, 181-, Maddox-street, Hanover.square, to OPEN January 6. EVENING CLASSES for the study of the Human Figure and Anatomy, Model Drawing, and Practical Perspective. Class for Ladies, Tuesdays and Fridays, from Six to Half-past en. Class for Gentlemen, Mondays and Thursdays, from Six to Half. Not &even BURGESS' ESSENCE of ANCHOVIES 'warehouse, le7, STRAND, earner of the Savoy-steps, London wOTIN BURGESS and SON, being aprrised of the aumerows ea 44.,:rottrs made by many persons to impose a spurious article for their vti T , ,e, feel it incumbent on them to request the attention of the i i4l : 4l c ill purchasing what they conceive to be the original to ob -41,'• the Name :tint Address correspond with the above. The gene- N tr aPpearance of the spurious descriptions will deceive the mi ,,ded ; and, for their detecti on , J. B. and Son, submit the following t4,lonsi—aome are in appearance at first sight, " the genuine," but thout name or address ; some " Burgess's Essonce of Anchovies," 7 Q others " Burgiss's ;" and many more without address. John u„ r1 415 and Son, having been many years honoured with such dis ,ltushed approbation, feel every sentiment of respect towards the and earnestly solicit them to inspect the labels previous to ..,'haslng what they conceive to be of their make, which they hope "•i i ; r:re, .Tht many disappointments. g r , NEW SAUCE, for general purposes, having given such 4 :lt, satisfaction, continu es to be prepared by them, and is reeone ekuuted es. as a most useful and convenient sauce; will keep good in all ItA raLosise, 107, STRAND, corner of the Savoy-steps, Leaden. The Original Fish-sauce Warehouse, IiETTS'S PATENT BRANDY CAPSULED. Bran Consumers of Brandy are respectfully informed, that dETTS, jun., and CO., will not be responsible for avy Bottled /A .4 „,_ , that is not protected against fraudulent Kite:Unlike'. by the t'i•NT METALLIC CAPSULES, embossed with the words hy tliS'S PATENT BRANDY, 7, SMITHFIELD BARS." Sold most respectable Wine and Spirit Merchants its Town and 1 1 14 Y, at 31. 641. per bottle, the bottle included. ' n tt ''s Patent Brandy is used, in preference to Foreign, at Guy's, Alp"e ,, rge's, and the other principal Hospitals, &c., throughout the ky Val. Attention is especially requested to the security afforded Patent Metallic Capsules. k,rntrY dealers are advertised in the provincial journals ; and li s t s tits — ,.!;elon dealers may be obtained at the Distillery ; w h e r e quanti n't not less than Two Gallons may be supplied, i n bulk, at 18s. %isl I :llor,; and in Bottb , s, cases and bottles included, at 20s. per 7. SMITHFIELD-BADS. SILVER SUPERSEDED, and those corrosive .111 4 ,, and injurious Metals, called Nickel and German Ser, sup- •41 . ,;ed by the introduction of a new and perfectly m ilv atchless r ,"AT.A. PLATE. WATSON, 41 and 42, Barbican, and 16, Norton Folgate, aided by Zpe son of Science in the amalgamation of Metals, has succeeded in tinging to Publi c N otice the most beautiful Article ever yet offered ; es 111 g all the richness of Silver in appearance, with all its darn. mid hardness —with its perfect sweetness iu use, undergoing, as .7,°es, a Chemical Process, by which, all that is nauseous In mixed ..7,7 e als is entirely extracted—resisting all Acids—may be cleaned as r, and is manufactured into every Article for the Table and -,seboard Table ct Fiddle. Threaded. Ring's. -line Dittod Forks, 16s. Gd. doz. 30s. 355. Te.sert .. t i e l a SPeons 6s. 6d. —12 s. 6d. 13s. 6d. gar Tongs he , - -TSON begs the Public will understand that this Metal is 11,4".ar1Y his own, and that Silver is not more different from Gold } els metal is from all others—on its intrinsic merit alone he " It to be tested, and from the daily increasing enlogiums he re -414:1,8 4 e is convinced that nothing caa prevent its becoming an of universal wear. j,,,,7 Va tson's handsomely Illustrated Catalogue and Price Currant 1 114„,'; Published, aid Families who regard economy and elegance Possess themselves of thia seful Boot, which may be had and Poet Free, from the above Address. PATENT PARAGON CAMPHINE LAMPS. ilzp • Perfection of these Lamps ever the Vesta. has beet attained by the invention of two parallel flat rings —a larger suaaller forming a cone round the margin of the wick, which 8. rapid reverberation of air against the flame—thus condensing 4 1C; i 7 Particle o f vo l a tili ze d va po ur , it i s f ree f rom smo k e or smell, ii .24 Perfect combustion, and in full action, emits a light equal to candles. twZ.:Watson's Warehouses, 41 and 42, Barbican , and 16, No r t oi IttZte• will con t a i n , th roug h ou t th e season , a ll th e mos t e l egant 15 14%1: 1 t he Cud new patterns, comprising Or-mole, China, Glass, and '41 1i1 4 : 011 Lamps fitted with the Paragon Head for 21s. And the lid O r' Apparatus applied to the Vesta far 6s. The Spirit analysed TP.4.,:scoslatnetided by Dr. tire, is delivered In screw cans by C. 11'; 8 carts, at Is. per gallon. 42, BARBICAN, and 16, NORTON FOLGATE. 4 FAREWELL ODE TO 1844. Farewell to 'Forty-Four! Another year lias very nearly finish'd its career. And lo ! the term whose sands are well nigh spent, Is signalised by many a great event, Which Father Time, like some historian sage, Has noted down, to fill another page. Farewell to 'Forty-Four ! With grateful hearts We bid adieu, wh le thus the year departs. I'o this important era we may date, Success in glorious streams, and triumphs great. Prosperity has crown'd us more and more— A memorable year was 'Forty-Four ! Farewell to 'Forty-Four! But not farewell To that success of which we gladly tell, F ,r when the present season shall have pas', MOSES and Si success, we trust, will last. And, then, their mighty mart shall be display'd The most astounding monument of trade. Farewell to 'Forty-Four ! and many thanks To pubic frier.d. ' who form such hum'rons ranks. 111 0SES and SON, with heart-telt warmth express, Their inward gratitusle fcr vast success; And, in return for this, they promise more Than what the public had In 'Forty-Four ! 'WELCOME T 0 1845. We'er,me to 'Forty. Five! May this be found The happiest year that (ver ran its round ! May young and old, throughout the coming year In glad prosperity alike appear ! May trade and commerce limply revive, And glorious'y distinguish 'Forty-Five! Welcome to 'For ty. Five ! Throughout this term MOSES and SON will signalise their Firm, Inventions and improvements shall appear, Such as will rival each preceding year • And v *tit advantages 'hall all de-ive, Thioughout the coining year of 'Forty-Five. Welcome to 'Forty-Five! May we ' e crown'd With bright'ning prospects,while it hastens round. Stay show'rs of patronage incessant pour, And quite eclipse the trade of 'Forty-Four. And may the glorious House of MOSES stand A universal wonder in the land. Welcome to 'Forty-Five! Let all who hear Unite in joyful welcomes to the year! Let rich and poor combi ne in one loud chorus, o welcome in the year which sisal es before us. for much it will unfold—and, when it closes, You'll gladly give three hearty cheer s for MO 'ES. p IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT! 111081!blie are specially informed that during the re-erection of t4 b140 and SON'S premisas in Aldgate, the entrance to their Ijott.:t, t ie merit is only at 154inories. 4 a4c, t ;'' Work, entitled " THE COMMERCIAL PHENO _ . , with full directions fur Felf-Measurement, on applica v:irNet` be forwarded, post free. e Xch " e r-- Any article purchased or ordered, If not approved or the money returned. MOSES and SON, Tailors, Wholesale and Retail l•le ra l ,. 0 , rs, Outfitters, and General Warehousemen, 154, Mi lt:Uri-6Z Aldgate, City, opposite the Church. 4 let Moses and Son are obliged to guard the public LI, IrnPosition, having learned that the untradesmanlike connected with them or it's the same concern, yy regorted to in many instances , and for obvious reasons. .141 tho"slieve no connexion whatever with any other establishment, W ho desire genuine Cheap Clothing should o p C t.ltent,c.) call or send to 154, Almories, or B'6, Aldgate, -@, "Q Church. d N 0 business• v et 4 7 ti ll transacted at this Establishment from sunset on sunset on Saturday, when business is resumed till twelve PROUT, 229, STRAND, LONDON. of a Letter from William Wilson, Esq., Clifton, near a, ob. „ C.ifton, York, Feb. h, Ht 44. •sP o 7earll l l 4 t i i! with the greatest pleasure that I inform you with what ` 4 44 4 iti e Gout and Rheumatic Pills have effected a cur, in me t ett .1 onths I have had the Ithoursmtism ; and, in spite of all I eln k 'ettie ro vr es not able to eb..ain the least relief, until a friend l'ltte s'ed to me Pills, which, after a few trials, effected a y glin t leg. are at liberty to use toy n ame if it will ee of any service et t h 9 abo ve " Yours, truly, "Vs ILLI A MILSON." 1041'414 ,retent testimonial is a further proof • •f th e reat efficacy Rhehasle medicine which is the only effective remedy for atiCkane t . e tistri Sciatila Lumbago, Tic Doloroux, I'ains in the I"eurn-'!". • f en mislakc n for toothache, and far all (souty tet,file rlaatTendencies. , !el n f g o to have permission o o to h refer to o t s h e e , f t o a l t l i o n w a itl Lit:ei.:7„.4looleitritiutedr In to aadvmau nce i u t de is t h popular 'medicine in public A14, 41 . 4 ere h i t Esq Coroner Doncaster, the Rev. Dr. 'tho ",..seYLif Chevalie, de la Garde:Lieutenant Masters, late of 4 4 4 7.„altster`ertoundland Veteran Companies Mr. Miskin, brewer !lartford; Itlr. Richard Stone, L uton; John J. Gi'es, "tivi i " e t t a i4 ll r. Inwood, Perbright ; all of whom have received liel d t of I , ub f. this medicine, and have allowed . the proprietor the c t ent the same for the benefit id the afflicted. Prout, Vti9, St and, London ; and by his appoint. ,k;Zeba, pr`fsPectable Medicine Venders throughout the Utiited the ....for 1ii . k,„ 9 8 Sd. per box ft 6 eLle'er,_, 9 and B GOUT and'RHEUMATIC PI LLS, and observe ''aol t h: Up on of Thomas Prout, ta, Strand, London," lisceinute G overnment 'Stamp affixed to each box o t the !sir. a to WILLIAM MORLEY, Esq., Three of the Proprietors of this Company, have severally given me notice in writing of their intention to stand for the office of a Director, to supply the vacancy which has occurred in the Court of Directors by the decease of William Allen, Esq., at the Election which will take place at this office, on Fatuay, the 10th day of January next. By order, CHARLES BURLS, Secretary. BRITISH AND FOREIGN INSTITUTE, PATRON—His Royal Highness the PRINCE ALBERT. PRESIDENT—Right Hon. the EARL of DEVON. The SESSION of 1845 will COMMENCE in January and ex. tend to the end of June, Including Fifty-two Evening Meetiugs, Rad the Arst of each class will bear the following dates : First House Dinner Thursday, Jan. 9. First Cenversasione Friday, Jan. 3. First Lecture First Soiree Wednesday, Jan. 8. First Discussion Members may obtain their cards for the cession, and every re quisite information, at the Institute. JAMES S. BUCKINGHAM, Resident Director. 16, Geerge.street, Hanover-square. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION, Christmas Holidays. One of the brilliant novelties is Ctild's CHROMATROPE, to which may b,: added, Subjects in Nature and Art for the PROTEOSCOPE. The PHYSIOSCOPE. The first Ex hibition of a Series of beautiful DISSOLVING VIEWS. On the rvenings of Tuesdays and Thursdays Mr. C. E. HORN lectures on the MUSIC of - DIFFERENT NATIONS. Dr. RYAN'S and Pro fessor BACIIIiOFFNER'S varied LECTURES daly. Dr. RYAN also Lectures on the Evenings of Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. All these Lectures abound in interesting Experiments. SUBMA RINE EXPERIMENTS by insane of the DIVING-BELL and DIVER. The HYDRO-ELECTRIC MACHINE. Admission, Is.; Schools, Half-price. A New Edition of the CATALOGUE, containing Three Hundred additional Works of Art, &c., since the last revisal, is just pablished. price Is. GENERAL I:0M THUMB . The AMERICAN MAN in MINIATURE has returned to Loudon and is now holding his PUBLIC LEVEES at the 44,1 lery, ise Suffolk.street, Pall-mall. The General has been visiting toe principal towns in England, Scotland, and Ireland, and has met with unprecedented success. Whilst in Edinburgh the General was presented with a beautiful Highland dress, of the Royal Stuart Tartan, manufactured by Messrs. Meyers and Mortimer, in which he will appear at each exhibition, in addition to his Citizen, Napoleon, and Court dress. Hours of Exhibition from Eleven to One, Three to Five, and from Seven to Nine. Doors open half an hour previous. Admission (regardless of age), One Shilling. The General's Miniature Equipage will be exhibited daily from Four to Half-past Five, and from Eight to Half-past Nine, P.M. at 121, Pall-mall, at the trifling charge of Threepence, merely to defray the rent of the room, ANGEL INN, ANGEL.STREET, TWO DOORS FROM THIII POST. OFFICE, SHEFFIELD. FfILT ES, Professional, Commercial, and Agri cultural Gentlemen, are respectfully informed that this old established and celebrated Commercial Inn and Family Hotel will shortly be RE-OPENED for general purposes, by Mr. WILLIAM WALKER, of the King's Arms, in this town. Mr. WALKER has for some time been engaged in furnishing and fitting up the above In a superior manner ; and it is his de termination that on its opening, it shall equal in comfort, com bined with the most assiduous attention and economy, any cow. mereial establishment in the kingdom. Fires are kept in the rooms daily. The house will be opened in a few weeks, of wialch notice wi: be given. King's Arms, Sheffield, Dec. 13, 1644. N ATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY, 96, CORNHILL, LONDON. Capital X 500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. DIVISION OF PROFITS. The steady sitcom ani increasing prosperity of the Society has enabled the Directors, at the last aaaaal iaveatlgatJon declare a second Bogus, averaging 60 per cent. oa the amounts inv en each Policy effected on the Profit scale. EXAMPLES. Mob o i 5 • 1 4 tl 1.1 Beans Bonus la ?I 410 b ,. 0.. c4l 1 Proration. I 4 added. Cash. Ean : pe l i a 0 1 • 5. • 1 1 £a. dIJ IX s. d. Xs.d.Xa. d. X a. ds 1837 170 9 3 77 5 1 12 3 9 346 2 3 1•01000 74 2 4 1838 144 2 2 6 4 5 6 9 1 6 4 293 13 4 I 1839 116 16 0 .1 511 711 9 247 4 5 The division of 'refits is annual, eember of the present year. the next will be made in De- This institution offers many important ant substantial advan tages with respect both to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The assured has, on all occasions, the power to burr )W, without ex pense or forfeiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the premium paid, (see table) ; also the option of selecting benefits, and the cenversien of kis interests to meet etker conveniences er necessity. Assurances for terms of years are granted on the lowest possible rates. F. FERGUAW CAMROUX, See. THE DISSENTERS' and GENERAL LIFE FIRE ASSURANCE COMPANY. lustitnted 1827. Empowered by special Act of Parliament, 3d Vic. c. 20, 62, King William.street, London-bridge, London ; 21, St, David-street, Edinburgh ; 6, King-street, Queen-square, Bristol; and St. An orcw's Hall-plain, Norwich. Capital, One Milliom. TRUSTERS ♦ND DIRECTORS : George Bousfield, Esq. Thomas Piper, Esq. homas Challis, Esq., Ald. Thomas B. Simpson, Esq. Peter Ellis, Esq. Edward Smith, Esq. Joseph Fletcher, Esq. Hon. Charles P. Villiers, M.P. Richard Hollier, E'q. John Wilks, Esq. Charles Hindley, Esq M.P. Edward Wilson, Esq. On the return of the Christmas Quarter, the Directors beg leave to remind their Friends snd the Public that, in the Fire Depa, traent they receive Risks of all descriptions, including Chapels, School toms, Mills, Goods, and Shipping in Dock, Fsrmi ng Stock, &c., at the same reduced rates as other respectable Companies, and make no charge on policies transferred from other offices. In the Life Department they continue to teansact all business relating to Life Assurances, Annuities, and Family Endowments, upon the most liberal terms consistent with sound principles and public security. Loans also are granted on equitable terms to life assurers on life interests or satisfactory personsl securities. To all agents and solidi. tor•, auctioneers and surveyors, liberal allowances will be made. By order o f the Directors, THOMAS PRICE. See. PUBLICATIONS. LAMERT ON DEBILITY, NERVOUSNESS, AND ALL DISORDERS ARISING FROM EXCESS, &c. .‘ He who RI pleasure's downy arms Ne'er lost his health or youthfu 'charms, A hero lives, and justly can Exclaim, in me behold a man I" Just published (in a staled envelope), Tenth Edition, price 6d., or sent by post, free, to any address, 3s. &1.. QELF-PRESERVATION : a Popular Essay on those concealed disorelers originating in youthful excesses, and terminating in Nervous Debility, Local and Constitutional Weakness, and all those Sinkings, Anxieties, and Tremors, which afflict the Weak, the Sedentary, and the Delicate. With Practical Observations on Marriage, and on the Anatomy, Physiology, and Diseases of the Reproductive Organs, with plain Directions for their perfect Restoration By SAMUEL LAMERT, Consulting Surgeon, 9, BEDFORD-STREET BEDFORD-SQUARE, LO NDON, Matriculated Member of the University of Edinburgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate of Apothecary's Hall, London,&c. The various positions of Lover, Husband, and Parent, the in herent rrivileges of mankind, are frequently marred and prevented through the follies and frailties of early inedscretions. To such, among others, this Essay addresses itself; and by its perusal many questions may be satisfactorily adjusted that admit of no appeal even is the most confidential friend."—Stafford Gazette. 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WILLOUGHBY and Co., 61, Bishopgate-street. With out, and all Medicine Venders, in bottlec at le. I%d. or 211. gd each SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. I .FROM THE DAILY PAPERS OF SATURDAY. • CIIRONICLE.—The sentences, with which a French King opens his Chambers require much more and circumspection on the part of his Ministers, Man those, in which our English Queen addresses her IT'Aiiiament, demand from the wisdom of Downing `street. French parties have been rendered so imps rtient by a recess, that they are no sooner marshalled in each others presence, than they rush to action, not merely in masses, but in separate squads. And amidst the diversity and multitude of ambitions, in terests, opinions, susceptibilities, during a struggle which lasts three weeks, there is no knowing what result an ill-chosen term, an intemperate expression, or an insidious amendment may lead to. A debate on the French address has, thus, much dramatic interest. For, however well enabled one may be to count and calculate the respective strength of Ministry and Opposition, there remains still a large space to be occupied by the chapter of accidents; and the strongest champion often receives a wound in such a melie, which sends him maimed and powerless from the contest. Last year M. Guizot, dangerously and fiercely menaced, met his enemies boldly, and with sotnething of defiance. The outcry against him being his friendship with England, he, instead of de nying it, valiantly boasted of an entente cordiale be tween the Governments. Although these strong expressi ms were replaced in the address by weaker ones, the Ministerialists carried it by only 220 votes against 190, a majority little calculated to excite confidence in Ministerial strength. This year the speech of the King of the French is more circumspect and cautious, both in the announcement of, and in the choice of terms announcing, the happy accord between the two countries. But, independent of the cavils of opposition, M. Guizot could not this year have repeated the phrase uttered twelve months back. In Dec., 18-13, M. Guizot made his Sovereign declare his hopes and expectations, that the entente cordiale between France and England would lead to an issue of events favourable to Spain and to Greece, in both of which countries monarchy was to strengthen itself by a respect for the public liberties. Now, really had his Majesty Louis Philippe been endowed with the clairvoyance of Alexis, or of the best of the Mes meric tribe, he could scarcely have, in 1843, hit upon expressions so fully and exactly, yet so ironically pro phetic of the results, in 1844, of the entente cordiale in Greece and in Spain. All Europe is by this time pretty well aware that the triumph of the exclusively French party, both in Madrid and in Athens, has led to a suspension of all liberty and all constitution, and to the substitution of a purely military, despotic, and sanguinary rule. We blushed for our Govern ment at the time, seeing that it allowed itself to be bound up with French policy in Spain, against which it should have protested, or from which it should have at least held aloof. We feared, yet could scarcely contemplate, the degree of infamy and disgrace into which those Governments, set up by French intrigue and guided by French councils, were likely to fall. But now that this system has attained its full development of horror and misrule, working more harm to the cause of constitutional govern ment than ever was yet achieved by despot or demo crat, we do hope that the English Government will shake off from itself the odium of being a sharer in the policy of the French Government. It is too bad, if, after having been deprived of influence in these countries, and cheated, politically and commercially, of lei per, we should at the same time be made to share in the odium of having joined in or even silently sanctioned the liberticide and selfish trickery of the French Government and its agents. In 1843 M. Guizot boasted loudly of all that he had achieved in Spain, and contrasted the state of that country in 1840, when French influence was null, to its situation in 1844, when French influence was completely predominant. Most justly did M. Thiers even then reply to the Minister, that, as far as Spain was concerned, he saw no room whatever for congratulation. We must, however, do M. Guizot the justice to admit, that he seems somewhat stricken with remorse and shame for what he has done in Spain. The royal speech, for the first time, makes no mention of that country, nor of Greece. And the good understanding between France and England, which was to have insured the welfare of these young constitutional countries, is declared to be limited to their not quarrelling about Morocco or Otaheite. The French Government, having got up those two causes of strife for its own glorification, congratulates the country, that England has not quarrelled with it on those accounts. The King of the French and M. Guizot must be allowed, indeed, to have sufficient skill to push provocation and hostility towards this country only to that certain point beyond which they know it will not be borne. And Lord Aberdeen is the most useful of Ministers to them, because he stretches this point to the uttermost. The four first and chief paragraphs of the speech having been devoted to Morocco and to the relations with England, it proceeds to dwell on the national prosperity and the increase of the royal family. In deed, with a change of proper names, Sir Robert Peel or Prosperity Robinson might have written the last half of the King's speech, to put into our own Queen's mouth. There is no t a wor d o f th e r i g ht o f search, nor even of the law of public instruction, an nounced last year from the th rone , th oug h s t rang l e d by faction. It is remarkable how accurately the purport of the speech was k nown i n th e political circles of Paris several days previous to its being pronounced. In general the wording of the French King's speech causes much discussion and difference in the Cabinet, and excites p ro l onge d d e bat e s even to the very morning of the royal sitting. This time all was quietly and definitively pre-arranged, M. Guizot being, as he deserves, uncontrolled leader. Our correspondent sent us, two days back, a most correct report of the chief paragraphs of the speech. The T a i n in d e , s, ln w i h ts ic p h et i t i y ad j n e o si t ou a s n y: in a k ce li u n s g e s o f our it, saying what h e did not sa y, an d o f r cg e oe p rt r sr e eu s s e pp n oa t n i dc n ea g nvitl'of Louis Philippe as having interpolated the word fletri into the royal speech of last year. Our correspondent made no such assertion. The word iletri was introduced into the address, it is well known, at the royal injunction, which is all our cor respondent meant to convey. The said fletrissure of the Belgrave-square levee gave a spirit and life to the commencement of the last French session, which is apparently wanting in this. The war cry is evidently on the wane. The Right of Search will probably give rise to more length than vigour of speeches. Mo rocco ; and Otaheite is a question so howes to stir, that we do not see we ll t a a r t t e . TIM. Guizot is to beaccu s ed o f s , itis inglorious can a t a bo it e alla g acc ompli pi having sacrificed the influence and diminished the power of France, then certainly it will not require any great effort of his oratory to show the contrary most tri umphantly. So that against the mere war party, the mere anti-English cry, M. Guizot is invulnerable. But if orators, unmaddened by Anglophobia, should come forward to ask M. Guizot what use he has made of the power and resources of the great country en trusted to him, and should point out the results of M. Guizot's policy in Spain, and in Greece, and in the Pacific, we fear it would be but too apparent that the French Minister, though he has succeeded in pre serving peace between great States, has at the same time been most merciless to the small. No adminis tration has been more destructive of liberty in other countries under French influence than M. Guizot's. None have spilt more innocent blood, or caused it to spilt. None have set on foot more intrigues, or prac tised more rivalry, or sent forth more petty expedi tions—all attended with more disgrace than profit, all equally narrow in their ends as in their aims. We doubt if free discussion could ever endow M. Guizot with Sir R. Peel's sole political virtue —that of being a safe man. Certainly no effort of political rhetoric could prove M. Guizot to be a great man. TIMES.—It is not to a speech from the throne that the world looks, except in times of great doubt and difficulty, for an announcement of political novel ties, or for the signals of party warfare. A consti tutional Sovereign, like the King of a tournament in older times, rides unarmed, except with his white truncheon, across the lists, and takes his state apart, whilst the real combatants in steel and mail are pre paring for the encounter ; but, though he take no part in the fray, he presides over the is sues o f th e struggle, and at the most critical moment his wand may turn the fate of the day. It will require all the habitual ingenuity of our French neighbours to weave all the usual topics, which may raise a p ar t y di v i s i on or justify a party speech, into the reply to the neat and appropriate expression of the sentiments of the Crown with which King Louis Phi lippe opened his Parliament on Thursday last. A French address has many of the properties of an Irish echo; and it is inure apt to soar into a counter-harangue than to subside into the modesty of a reply. But, in this instance, with the excep tion of the treaty with Morocco, which is very happily disposed of by the words " Peace has been as prompt as victory," the speech appears to contain no allusion to the great questions of the session—the Education Bill, the much-desired grant to the Duke de Nemours, the state of Spain, or any present negotiations, or future acts of legislative importance. We should be ungrateful, however, if we did not acknowledge with the greatest satisfaction the terms in which the King speaks, not only of the marks of reciprocal friendship which he has received from the Queen of England, but of the manifestations in favour of the long dura tion of the general peace, which met his Majesty at every turn in this country. The visits of a Queen of England to France and of a King of France to England, at a time when the malignity and intem perance of party warfare had fastened upon our in ternational relations, are memorable triumphs of the personal dignity and good feeling of the two Sovereigns over all petty causes of jealousy and strife ; and they will not be without their just effect on the approaching debate. We have often had occasion to point out the vices of the system of political discussion practised in the French assemblies, where the debate is alto gether artificial, and got up for the occasion, not growing out of the importance of the subjects or the pressure of events. The French Opposition have got so much in the habit of speaking without any prac tical question at all before the Chambers, that their annual parade of patriotic sentiments has lost all the spirit and the power of a real political demonstration. Nobody doubts the sincerity of their zeal to turn out the Government ; but it is unfortunate that they have not hit upon a single specific measure of improve ment, or even of a popular character, to which they can attach their e ff or t s , an d for which they may claim the efficient support of the interests and opinions of the country. Such an Opposition as this is has all along been treated by the Government with far more respect than it deserved. It has always proved powerless, often insecure. If it had come into office, it would have copied M. Guizot, except in those par ticulars in which M. Guizot has so demeaned himself as to copy the Opposition. Every concession he has made to them, every modification of his own palicy and genuine intentions which he has attempted to justify by his inability to do better, has turned out ill. For acts of this kind were acts which the Opposition itself, if in power, would not have attempted. Their grand object appears to have been to mislead him, like a tra veller in a fog, by f a l se cr i es ; an d , not infrequently, he has thought it safer to trust to the good feeling of his allies than to the good sense of France. But these deviations from the wonted severity of his course have always led to inconvenience, even more at home than abroad ; and we are convinced that if he had always shown a firmer determination to fulfil his whole policy, especially towards this country, be would have stood considerably higher than he does at present; and he would not have left it to others, his opponents, to boast that in their h an d s th e a lli ance with England would become more secure and more productive than in his own. As far as the party com binations of the Chamber of Deputies are concerned, the French Cabinet runs no risk. The old questions of right of search and the like will be dressed up for the de bate ; but, like the painted forts and dragon-banners of the Chinese, they were always unreal, and they are now tattered and threadbare. Great questions gain by successive discussions; false ones expire. The soundest part of the Liberal party which acts with M. de Tocqueville and M. Odillon Barrot have severed themselves from M. Thiers, and they will be joined in their campaign by the knight-errantry of M. de Lamartine, whose ardour to attack the nominal head of the Opposition exceeds even his desire to overturn the head of the Administration. But, as affecting the great practical questions of the distribu tion of power and the government of the country, all these are outward feints, flourishes, and pretences. The duration of the Administration turns, in reality, on a much smaller point—a point so small, indeed, that we know not in what corner of the reign of George 111. or George 11. we can find an analo gous case. Wbilst the political horseriders and scaramouches artskinnishing round the ring, their master has his pi pee in the centre. The royal will is fixed upon a sin gig object, with the tenacity and with far more th j the ingenuity of George 111. It is a peculiarity of - the mind and character of the King of the French to make great questions ancillary to small ones. The peace of Europe and the pros perity of France are no doubt the honour of his reign ; but one might imagine that the chief object of that reign was to obtain a paltry grant for the Duke de Nemours. Whoever can engage to carry that grant may be Prime Minister of France to-mor row. Already, on the question of the choice of a President for the Chamber of Deputies, the King and the Journal des Debuts support M. Dupin, whilst the Ministry adheres, more from private regard than public gratitude, to M. Sauzet. What can be the reason ? A very slender one. M. Dupin is said to have dropped his resistance to the dotation project ; and, if that be true, his assistance will be invaluable in carrying it through the Chamber. Louis Philippe may say with Bishop Phillpotts on a recent occasion —"Paradoxical as it may sound, I rejoice that the battle is to be fought for these trifles." The more contemptible is the object in view, the more absolute is that power, the more crafty is the skill, which can accomplish it in the teeth of the whole nation. At such times as these, with an attempt on the one hand to exasperate and delude the public mind against the best foreign ally of France, and a preconceived resolution on the part of the Crown to risk so much in order to gain so little, the path of a French statesman is neither straight nor smooth. But the more necessary it is for the man who stands at the head of affairs in that country to defy calumny, and to crush intrigue by the whole weight of his per sonal dignity, and a firm adherence to his political principles. His antagonists may hope to clamber into office by promising what he could not do but they would remain there only by completing what he has left undone. For the real interests of our own country and of our relations with France, it is now of comparatively small importance who may hold office there ; for almost all parties seem agreed that our good will is more desirable than our enmity, and the politicians who have talked loudest of war in Opposition, would be equally strenuous partisans of peace when in power. But a Government brought in by such means would inspire no confidence at home or respect abroad. It would owe its hybrid existence to a popular delusion crossed by a royal intrigue, and we confidently anticipate that the des tinies of France will not be transferred from the hands of those who have now governed them for more than four years. POST.—The political " understanding" between Great Britain and the Court of Rome, for ecclesiasti cal and general purposes, to which we alluded yester day, has already become a topic of no small alarm among the fiercely radical body of the Mayaooth priesthood in Ireland. Hints are already muttered of throwing off allegiance to the Pope, and to this extremity we doubt not the Irish priests might come. They could soon make a Pope of their own. Nay, the mitred brawler of Tuam is almost ready-made to their hand, and very much suited, in all reflects, to their taste. The organ of the Romish priests in the metropolis of the south of Ireland, exclaims, in alarm :—" It is more than a rumour that Rome and England are now forming an alliance, by which the former is to give into the hands of the latter power over the Irish Church. On this subject we shall not dwell. It is startling as painful, and reflects no honour either on the policy of the Court of Rome, or on the Government of England. It would be s base betrayal of a faithful fold on the one hand ; and a mean, underhand, poi fidious, but characteristic scnetne on the other. To be sure, the question—one full of imminent peril to our beleaguered Church, and our endangered liberties—would arise, whether the clergy and people of Ireland would obey the delegated autho rity, or acknowledge the right of Rome to makeover the spiritual obedience of the Catholic clergy and laity of Ireland to the temporal power of a Protestant Go vernment. Should such a crisis a. ise, this question must come on for future discussion, and is only adverted to now to give the reader some notion of the many meshes which the hostile Anti-Catholic and Anti-Irish spirit of our hereditary and still-envenomed oppressor is preparing to enfold our Church and enslave our own people." There is nothing new in the doubt ex pressed in the above extract, whether the Romish Church in Ireland would obey the see of Rome, if that see should withdraw its countenance from the dominating policy which the Maynooth clergy have ever aimed at. That threat of separation has been said to have operated more than once upon the policy of the Vatican, and unless some new agent be at work, of which Lord Aberdeen and the Pope know more than we do, it may very possibly operate again. Rome would not willingly lose such a province as Ireland, and how she is to retain it, except by giving way to the will of her Hibernian subjects, does not very clearly appear. To yield, for the sake of go verning, has been her policy for the last twenty years in respect to Ireland. The Charitable Bequests Act, and the arrangements made with certain members of the Irish Romanist hierarchy, to act under Govern ment appointment in carrying its provisions into effect, is the cause of the present clamour. The Church of England has quietly enough submitted to place some of its most important interests in the hands of Commissioners to be appointed by the Civil Government, but the Romish Church in Ireland cannot so easily brook such interference : "In the first place, it places the nomination of com missioners entirely in the hands of the existing Go vernment, whether they be Whigs or Tories, pre tended favourers of Catholic claims, or open and avowed antagonists of a Church which is pronounced by law, as by their favoured organs, idolatrous in its tenets and in its practices. If it he their will, at any moment, they c an t urn t h e three present Bishops adrift, and appoint in their place three pliant tools fitted for the worst purposes of corruption or tyranny. Suppose the Act good—that it did not revive the penal spirit of the Relief (!) Bill—that it did not out law an exemplary, useful body of men and citizens— that, in fine, it was unexceptionable in all its remain , ing clauses—still, it is dangerous in the power of nomination by the Government, and the facility of removal at will. The second section does provide that five, and not more than five, shall at all times be persons professing the Roman Catholic religion.' Why not say that three of the five shall at all times be Archbishops or Bishops of the Catholic Church ? Oh, no! professing Catholics, who have a religion to sell, are far more valuable to an English, Protestant Government than Bishops who have a Church to guard, and a people to defend." Such sentiments from the organ of the Romish priests in the south of Ireland show very clearly how much has been done by " concession" to reconcile these persons to the sway of an "English Protestant Government." The storm, however, is but in its beginning. Unless the discipline belonging to the Romish system shall pre vent it, we must have, ere long, a hurricane of agita tion in the Hiberno-Romish Church. GLOBE.—In the United States, as in England, there is more uncertainty than usual, as to what the new year will bring forth. Great changes seem to be impending in the commercial policy of both coun tries, but their indications are yet extremely vague. This is especially apparent in America. Every paper in the Union presents us with a different opinion, not only of what the President elect means to do, but of his ability to do it. His position is, in some respects, not unlike that of Sir Robert Peel in 1841. It is pretty clear that a few months will put him and his party in power. He is about to take office upon the understanding that his policy will differ materially from that of his prede cessor. Yot what is to follow, no man ventures to predict, with even the appearance of confidence, and no two men predict alike. Polk and Peel are alike inscrutable. No art could reach the designs of Sir Robert—no cunning in a strategy, no bitterness of taunt, availed to obtain a glance at the prescription, till the physician was regu larly installed, and the fee paid. He could not be either driven or wheeled into depriving his mea sures of what power they might derive from their novelty when brought forward for application. Mr. Polk has taken a similar course ; and there is a real resemblance in the two cases which seems to justify the imitation, if it be one. When the elevation of a man to responsible office is already determined, any particular declaration of his policy is often un necessary ; it always operates as a tie, and, under ordinary circumstances, can purchase nothing. Even in the present positions of these two statesmen there is enough to continue the resemblance. A dis cussion of the expediency of continuing the income tax, with its inevitable pendant, a discussion of our tariff, is looked forward to as certain in the approach ing session. And everybody expects that a modifica tion of the United States tariff will be one of the first measures of their new Government. There is now no room to doubt, that if either tariff be touched, it must be for the purpose of making a further application of the principles of free trade. So far, all is as clear as political anticipations well can be. We see the chart, and our probable course upon it, but (in both cases) the man at the helm persists in keeping his mouth shut ! Shrewd politicians, desirous of trimming their sails to the coming breeze, congregate around Mr. Polk, but can gather no indication of the quarter it is to blow from. He meets and wards off' their well-meant thrusts at his internal man with a cool, unvarying, and impenetrable " politeness" in the ex ternal ; and they retire to spread, not reports of what Mr. Polk says and intends, but rumours that he is turning out a much cleverer fellow than anybody ex • pected. In the heat of the recent contest he was called a " Repudiator." Now few seem inclined to say more on this point than that he is not disposed to ha zard the existence of the Union in a desperate attempt by the federal Government to coerce the delinquent States. Even the slavery question is admitted to stand upon very similar ground. A secession from the Union, of the States implicated in slavery, would undoubtedly ensue, were the question now raised and pushed to extremities. The particular evil would not be lessened, but another, of incalculable import ance to America, would be created—the substitution, as to two great sections of the Union, of division and weakness for union and strength, would be unavoid able. On the tariff, but one course seems open. Yet, there are grave obstacles to that. Mr. Cal houn's opinions cannot fail to have considerable weight, and it is well known that liberal prin ciples of commercial intercourse between nations never had a stauncher or more consistent advocate : but even in the United States there is an anti-free-trade party, and that of no contempti ble strength. In this country, public opinion already shows a tendency to favour the retention of the income-tax, provided it can be made the basis of corresponding relief from taxation in other and still more oppressive forms. The Customs' duty on raw cotton, the Excise on paper, and the Assessed Tax on windows, are already put prominently forward for reduction or repeal ; and as the time for action draws near, we may expect that other taxes will fi n d th e ir especial foes— and that " proviacial Chancellors of the Exchequer" will again incuraber the facile Premier with their aid, and draw down the mild thunders of the Treasury Bench. All this, however, while the oracle is silent, will only thicken the fog in the political world. England and America, then, are now in the hands of men who have at least the ability to keep their own counsel ; and to both it does a double service : it makes what power they possess more effective, and leads people to think them much wiser than they are. It is not impossible that the coincidence marks the commencement of a new era of statesmanship—in which taciturnity and mediocrity is to do the work of eloquence and wit. Were there a fair prospect of the work being better done, we should have nothing to object to the change. But this, as yet, is sadly wanting. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS JF SATURDAY. CITY, FRIDAY EVENING. lIERALD.—Money continues in great abundance in proportion to the demand, and first, and even a good deal of what is usually considered second-class paper, is discounted daily below the Bank of England rate. The consequence is, that all descriptions of solid secu rities are buoyant, and, as customary in such a state of things, speculators take the advantage, and extend the stimulus to many that have no solid foundation whatever. TIMES.—We have received a communication from Messrs. Rogers, Olding, Co., stating that the night fol lowing the robbery committed on their premises, Mr. nobler dispatched his principal clerk to the Continent, to stop the circulation of the stolen notes, and that that gentleman has just returned, after having visited the chief commerciaT cities of France, Belgium, Holland, and Germany, in all o f w hi c h t h e various bankers, money changers, tavern-keepers, and traders have been served with notices, le gaily authenticated, so as to render any one of them " who, , as it is said, "might unfortunately change a note " personally liable for the loss of the amount. Thecommunication concludes a s tb the een British b r y e a d adding— " readily Con sulates d y i n a g 1 — " Independent and assistance to wn o d extensively givQ,n in furtherance of the obj ec t." T he gentleman who undertook this task mus t h ave h ad a police of c e thin, of the each very arduous dirty to perform, and the only wonder is, how, in the course of so short a time, he was able to surmount all difficulties, and get the entire communities of the places he visited so securely within the grasp of the law as the statement above alluded to would lead us to suppose. It; therefore appears that no clue to the robbery or the disposal of the proceeds has at present been traced. One thing is commonly noticed in respect to this matter, which has afforded much room for com ment, and that iv, that little or nothing is heard of the activity of the Forresters in the business. Annexed are same remarks made by a correspondent on the new Royal Exchange, which, as they refer t.) an inconvenience capable of a very simple and easy remedy, will no doubt h aye attention paid to them : " On a visit .to the Royal Exchange I was astonished to find the entrances were without doors, and that a sharp current of air must be produced even on a calm day. " It is true the. old building had four entrances in the saint) position, but they were protected by doors, which were occasionally shut, and Sweeting's-alley and Castle court have vanished into open space. " Pray call the attention of the authorities and the public to this evil, and I am sure its cure will save the lives of many." . . . The returns of the circulation of the private and joint stock banks in England and Wales for the four weeks ending N0v.16, 23, and 30, and Dec. 7, -as published in the Gazettes, when added together, form th© aggregate cir- Total below the fixed issue .£1.132,736 A few banks have made arrangements for issuing Bank of England notes since the publication of their fixed issue in the Gazettes, and this causes the fixed amount as quoted monthly in the Bankers' Magazine to be somewhat under the limit above stated. CHRONICLE.—An opinion is entertained amongst those interested in the preposed lines of railway, that the Government intends te issue a Crown commission, for the purpose of instituting en investigation, by commis sioners possessed of "adequate practical knowledge of rail way science, into the merits of each line, including the probable cost of construction, taking into view the loca lities through which they would pass, the public advan tages which would result from their formation, the in fluence which they would produce on capital invested In the competing lines, the reduction in fares, and all rela tive contingencies. The adoption of such a step would be tantamount to a supersedence of the functions of the Rail way Department of the Board of Trade, and would be attended:with an inconvenient delay and suspension of railway business in Parliament, as the various Commit tees, to whom the immense mass of applications for new lines must be ref. rred, could not usefully proceed with their labours until such time as the report of the supposed commissien was placed before them. The appointment of such a commission has, probably, been sue gested by the apprehensions entertained respecting the fitness and qualifications of the gentlemen forming the railway department of the Board of Trade, to discharge with efficiency the im portant duties confided to them. The reasons which have caused so much anxiety in the public mind on this subject are now familiar to those interested. As they do nut take due evidence, nor can be supposed to have examined personally the districts through which the new lines are to be made, it is to be feared that a report emanating from such sources cannot be the groundwork fur solid and impartial legislation. These objections are not without weight. A report from the Board of Trade hostile to any of the numerous competing lines, either as respects the sufficiency of the estimates, the engineering difficulties or other points, adopted without personal exa mination, and based upon no other evidence than the plans and sections, or other voluntary information given by its promoters, may be attended with much injustice. A fa vourable report upon any particular line, grounded upon such incomplete materials, may be also equally unjust, and it is net enough to know that such injustice or de fects in the report of the Board of Trade may be reme died before a Committee of the House of Commons. The parties concerned have that tribunal open to them, it is true, but they would appear before it in a disabled state, and would incur much labour and expense in re • covering their position. But the railway department of the Board of Trade are, no doubt, perfectly aware of all this, and will make it their study to avoid any statement in their report which is not based upon corroborative facts. They must set forth in the preamble of their report, or in an appendix, a succinct account of the data on which it is drawn up, and should it appear that their conclusions are net warranted by the premises, full oppor tunity will be afforded to those who may have reason to complain, to take steps in order to get the obnoxious passages expunged. It would be premature to condemn the powers granted to the Board of Trade with respect to railways, before we have seen how they perform their work. That they are entrusted with extraordinary powers, and that immense interests are involved in the stakes which they have in their hands, is a truth well known, and must have impressed those who hold the scales with ad e office. e p s e T a h s e e r of the e judgingtsi sei • es e r y po rt ns importance, hea sei reson ponsibility n w stw,u h r pe i c pi s h iolhs a all t a ell t tithc c hha h e t e rt s ethhf t eo o ey i m h att e abr i ye r . fr o a liveul ei stain fully ext cute the duties entrusted to their keeping. If no such tribunal had been established, had no preliminary forms, at least in the shape of provisional registration and de posits on shares, been enforced by Parliament, it is very plain that, during the prevailing thirst for speculation which has existed for seme time past, multitudes of vi sionary schemes and bubble companies would have been set on foot, and a monetary crisis, accompanied by the usual disastrousrevulsions, would have been experienced, which has been prevented • and for this esca p e f rom panic the publi c i s much indebted to the stringent action of the Legislature, through the authority assigned to the Board of Trade in the last session of Parliament. OBSERVER.—The commencement of the year 1845 will be marked by a state of things which, in all proba bility, will tend to advance the best interests of Great Britain. Among the commercial, as well as the mone tary and other trading classes, not only of the metropolis, but also of Liverpool, Bristol, and other principal dis tricts of the country, a degree of confidence exists wholly unprecedented for, at least, a quarter of a century. The National Securities are advancing, though within the last ten years very nearly a hundred millio ns o f cap i ta l has been invested in home and foreign railways. Mer cantile pursuits are now followed with an avidity quite refreshing to those interested, when compared with the lassitude and indecision which, to a greater or lesser extent, has existed since the " monster" panic of 1824-5. As stated on many previous occasions of late, the broker s find it difficult to obtain Stock th at they have been in structed to buy for their clients. The almost daily in vestments by the Commissioners for the savings-banks, and on other accounts nearly drain the market of sup plies. They take now principally the New Three-and a-Quarter per Cents., and the consequence is that a value equal to 31 per cent, above par has been paid for this new security. A most important fact is this in strength ening the opinion that the Finance Minister will make another and successful move towards further reducing the interest of a portion of the Public Debt. Since the commencement of the year, the improvement in the Three per Cents. has been about 4f per cent., and in the Three-and-a-Half per Cents. (now Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents.) 3 per cent., while Bank Stock has risen full 25 per cent. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, Duc. 27.—The Lily, 16, was commis sioned on Monday by Commander C. J. F. Newton. The Locust steam-vessel was commissioned by Lieute nant Henry Eden (1837) on Tuesday. The Siren, 16, was dismasted on Tuesday, having been paid off._ The Comet steam-vessel, Lieut.-Commander Pretty man, returned on Wednesday from Chatham. The Lightning steam-vessel, Master-Commander Ro berts, arrived from Sheerness on Wednesday, with ma rines from the Queen and Hornet, belonging to the Ports • mouth division. The Aron Royal Mail (West India) steamer, docked on Monday for repair, was found to require none, and consequently she left the dock on Tuesday, and pro ceeded to Southampton on Thursday. The Emerald tender, which proceeded to Devonport on Saturday, with supernumeraries for the vessels fitting out there, returned on Wednesday. The Mercury tender returned from the relief of the wind-bound vessels in the Channel on Thursday. The Lightning steam-vessel, Master-Commander W. Roberts, left last evening for Devonport, with upwards of seventy supernumeraries for the ships fitting out at Chatham and Sheerness. They were chiefly newly entered hands. The royal yacht Victoria and Albert is ordered to be paid off immediately. When re-commissioned she will only have one lieutenant. The Nautilus, tender to the yacht, is also to be paid off. The Vindictive, 50, is ordered to be fitted for sea ser vice immediately. The orders arrived yesterday. She will be fitted for a flag. In Harbour—The Victory, Excellent, Victorieuse (flag hulk), Nautilus (tender), Sparrow (ketch), the Comet, Echo, Dwarf, and Fearless (steam-vessels), Lily and Diligence (naval t rans p or t s ). In Dock—The St. Vincent, P r i nce R egent, Victoria and Albert, Vengeance, and Athol. In the Basin—The Neptune, Alagicienne, and Locust. CHATHAM, DEC. 27.—The Rolla, 10 guns, is ordered to be immediately fitted for commissioning. The Pearl, 18 guns, was put ou t o f d oc k on Th urs d ay, the 26th inst.; and till! Fantome, 16 guns, Commander Sir Frederick Nicholson, taken in to clean her bottom. She will go out again in a day or two, when the Comus, 20 guns, Commander Thomas Spark Thompson, will be taken into dock for the same purpose. The Retribution steam-frigate, ordered to arrive at Chatham to be fitted for service on Saturday next, the 28th inst., will not arrive, on account of the contractor not having completed her engines. The Eagle, 50 guns, Csptain G. B. Martin, is still in dock fitting, and fast progressing in her equipment. The Janus steam-vess,-1 is still in dock fitting. Ship wrights, engineers, and boiler-makers, are all actively employed in completing this extraordinary vessel for. el vice. Accounts have been received of the death of Mr Scales, postmaster of Hong-Kong. SCILLY.—On TliurmiLly, the 19th instant, the schooner Amy, Johnson, cf Ipswich, from Liverpool, with a cargo of salt, in riitering the harbour of New Grimsby, struck on a :,unkun rock, and before she could be got into the harbour, was obliged td run ashore on the rocks where she filled with water, and the salt in a few tides was entirely dissolved. The vessel, which has since been got off and brought in, has received consider • able damage, particulyrs of which are not yet precisely known. We have now nearly a hundred sail of vessels, in the different harbours, the masters of which, particu-. larly those from foreign parts, loudly complain of oar want of a regular post communication with the mainland, being anxious to advise" their owners, consignees, and friends, of their arrival thus far on their passage home. Webt Briton.