The Sun. — London, England, 1845-12-17 00:00:00

.NATIONAL ANTI-CORN-LAW LEAGUE. GREAT LEAGUE MEETING -in GOVENT-GARDEN 11 1%A.TRETfte . COUNCIL of the NATIONAL ANTI-CORN-LAW LEAGUE -1 p to announce - that the AGGREGATE MEETINGS of the ;VOCE in the 'theatre Royal, Govent Gard e n, w ill RE-COM 'ICCE Tins EVENING, the 17th of December.. is G e I y EOR GEWILSON,X.,sq.,..viII take the Chair at Seven o'clock pre °nu The Meeting . will be addressed by Riche.: d Cobden, Eeq., 'Mx.; Bright, Esq., M P. ; and W. J. Fox, Esq. Tickets efadmission to all parts of the house may be had as usual a t 67, Fleet -street. cliFeats will in future be reserved for all farmers who Inay make ap • ca tion at the Offices of the League, 67, Fleet-street, up to the hour I, ` meeting' anti their attendance, whether favourable or opposed to ree Trade, is especially requested: No application for tickets by letter can't* attended to. N OTICE.-ALTERATION OF TIME AND REDUCTION. OF _FARES. .GRAVESEND for 6d. or 9d., plLand railway included. The STAR and BLACKWALL .-liETs 4 are now running at the above reduced fares from the Vunswick 1 ishick*all, at 9%, 10%, 12, 1%, 3%, and 5. e id aYs, 12 and ' 3% excepted. From the New Terrace Pier, r avesend at 8 1, I 9% .11% 1,2% and 5. Sundays 9% and 1 es sbe2 i d Fare : Fore Cabin and S ec o n d Cl a s s R a il wa y, 6d. ; S a l oo n el First Class, 9d. star thee, Gravesend, Oct. 11, 1845. _GLASGOW via FLEETWOOD and AR DROSS AN, every MONDAY, TUESDAY, THURSDAY, and ‘. l) tv by the new Iron Steamers, 6. HER MAJESTY" and I ,s a-1, CONSORT,'-.700 tons and 350 horsepower. le m 7 above Ships.leave Fleetwood, on the arrival )f the trains that ea Eu ston-sguare, London, at 7.30., 8.45., or 10...5t. Passengern thr:!se-booked througli to Glasgow in London. Carriages taken by „?. 45 train only. ' Daily communication with the Isle of Man. tri4tlher particOlars may be had at 8 St. Swith n's-lane; or the ( 7 7 r sal-oftlee, Regent-circus, London; or of the Agents, Kemp Fleetwood and M`Kean and Lament Glasgow. 9 ATIONAL - LOAN FUN t) LIFE ASSUIs ~- ANCE SOCIETY, • - 28, CORITHILL, LONDON. Capital£soo,ooo. lids Empowered by Act of Parliament • 1. 4 „. institution offias important and substantial advn 1. Tl 7 With respect both to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. ' Dei me ass oi 3 d has, on all occ TlOvrer to bornw, without ea *, t or, forfeiture of •olicy, two-thirds of the premium paid, f l l l- - , -e); also option of selecting benefits, and the conversion fer. t t,: nt eroits Meet other conveniwnces or necessity. Assurances \ Ol ' "Is of rears are.grAnted on the lowest possible rates. 4 ~The 8 ,-.- - • DIVISJON OF PROFIT. tii4—cess and increasing prosperity or tee Socfety has enabler. ',g0t..1., :le ir ectors, at' the 'last annual investigation, to declare a third • * 4 , 1 ' 4 , 1, ''' eY vary effected on the Profit ing from 3u to 75 per scale. cont. on the premiums paid on „,.. EXAMPLES. mthm. Bonas added. • 1. E 1837 X-91 13 11.87 18- ,f 413 17 7 4 8 .; 1838 i 65 13 II \ .. i4 13 1 3 01 11 8 1 IU3 6 A 1 14, 1 . 9 210 1840 11 41 13`-4 ;• 6 0 0, . Bonas in r 4 6 g Cash. E 5" gr 5 4" 4 2. 1 g if' 4395 II 1 .346 2 r• 21)6 13 I 247 4 431 4er "'9lAWn of profit' ld thieWtrts l the next will he made to De er 'he present-yipte... FERGUSON CAMROUX. sea. 4 4 0 NDON, EDINBURGH, AND DUBLIN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, Th, 3, Charlotte-row, Mansion-house, London. il) B , nec ess which has attended the system of Assurance pursued orid k , opan is illustrafed bthe fact, that at the General Court, bn the 9th y day of July last there was declared col lb A REDUCTION OF 25 PER CENT. current year's pr of all participating policies opened on 1114; Or the 9th day of February, 1841. p s i , a Person aged 40, who opened a policy for 1,0001 in s. d I ,st a i l r i u ltrY, 1841, at an annual premium 0f.... lad llpor to pay this year only ..................24 7 6 Dr, 11 is abatement be applied to pay the first year's 4 8 - "lam of an additional policy„the party Will be further fired to the extent of ........................ 215 9 4 co Proportionate benefits accrue to policies on all ages. 'OR :les of the report of the last investigation of the affairs, contain tago.Vl exposition of the principles and practice of the Society, awl 80444...er information required, may be obtained by applying Per ri or by letter, at the head-office, or any of the agencies. BOARD OF MANAGEMENT. RICHARD SPOONER, Esq., M.P., Cheirmaa. BENJAMIN IFILL, Esq., Deputy-Chairman. Dr DIRECTORS. J0e,44 Boyd, Frederick Ponsonby James Hartley, Esq. Esq., M.P. • Kennett Kingsford, Esq. j oh ::. Anderson, Esq. John M`Guffie, Esq. r: 4 4 Atkins, Esq, John M. Lee, Esq. 3 111 Brandreth J. M. Rosseter, Esq. 4 arrfe on, E sq. Win. Wilberforce, Esq. lifer , MEDICAL ADVISERS. - "uall Hall, M.D., F.R.S. ; Alex. Anderson, Esq., F.R.C.S. SECRETARY—H. Kift, Esq. ArDITORS—R. E. Alison, Esq. ; H. H. Cannan, Esq. SOLICITORS—Messrs. Palmer, France, and Palmer. ALEX. ROBERTSON. Manager. V A C—, 'ABLE NEWSPAPER PROPERTY AND PRINTING MACHINE. • M i t HARRIL will SELL by AUCTION, at 7, t , the Commercial Sale Rooms, Corn-steet, Bristol, on TUES ' 4 4l t4 'e 6th January, 1846, at One for Two o'clock in the Afternoon '' c, tie e 3 Previously disposed of by private contract, of which due shen due be given, and subject to such conditions of sale as will he Th e 'al there produced), 1 4 ), I owing valuable NEWSPAPER COPYRIGHT and PRINT- T01 1„ 4 •CIIINE, which will be sold either in the undermentioned , Loi"` ot herwise as COPY be agreed upon at the time of sato. Alq..; All that ' the RIGHT of the " GREAT WESTERN ctittelisi'VPlSEß AND CHRONICLE," for two years past the most Lkted v elY circulated paper in the West of England, and one con- N cl plan similar to that of the "North British Advertiser," dt qll t,l3l i s "elland counties Herald." 13 aPer, from having been most extensively patronised, and rtu., l l 3 ' . enlarging its advertising connexion, offers a most eligible ppLot 2 — ' 9 ' for investment. 1t All that new and valuable Four-sheet Royal PerfeFting a :Ner MACHINE, which wGrks in the most exact register, tBt 4aPtedAct for printing the largest newspaper sheet allowed by '444lon'ttber Particulars, or to treat by private contract, apply to the 'Joh ' yr, Bristol or to Mr. William Harrington Bush, Solicitor, et, Bristol. t i MENSE SALE OF LAMPS H. RK AT and COMPANY, 447, A West Strand, 4theiru`_.to announce that they intend making extensive alterations ki,tablishment, and, in consequence, are compelled to dispose bee Portio n of their immense and excellent stock of lamps. b t ,;' , consists of the New Light, Clark's Patent Carcel Oil Lamp tNi;pil lamp ever made), Solar Lamps, and all other oil lamps. IN ey !esta Spirit Lamp, the Gem Spirit Lamps, Oil and Candle qt,„ Candelabras, and Ormolu Candlesticks, and richly cut 1h 0t 4 1 , 1 ! , e,i r's Magnum Candle Lamps, and every description of and Clark's pandle Lamps that can be required. In fact, izilse variety provides a ehoice for all, and gives all satisltic *,, p eth , jnin,uie win ue sold considerably under the usual charges. 0417' 710 hi prices commence Tuesday, 16th December, and th rk a ' e continue one month, or perhaps less. e / 4 ,, 4 write down Address, CLARK and Co., 447, WEST STRAND, 1311 se Lamp Depot. I tf------______tkNpy AND CAPSULES.—Mr. BETTS ktih,• he(t late firm of J. T. BETTS and CO.), Patent Brandy 4, tii . ' , Smithfield Bars, feels it due to himself and the public to l i ' r kl hev El the Manufacture of the PATENT BRANDY was not, Otis e f has been known to any person except to himself and one ,n ) , he was succeeded In the business of the Di5,111,'..., ,111,'..., Smithfield Bars, by his sons, J. T. BETTS, jun., and CO., F: fskr. BETTS 8 further states, that he is the sole Patentee, manufac qth, " 4 Yenclor of the Metallic Capsule, (or solid metal covering L.l,oBlnutlis of bottles), that ne other Brandy in England, except d oe PATENT BRANDY, is thereby protected ; the Patent ',ll, be Capsule if, therefore, applied to any other Brandy, must Zen surreptitiously obtained. N --__ e _ t al S liC Capsule Manufactury, 1, Wharf-toad, City-road. l i t iV ' S PATENT BRANDY, certified by the by P th e 1 F acuity of England to be the purest spirit, and guaranteed t , s hi ,„ , atent Metallic Capsules, embossed " Betts's Patent Brandy, jNk e 'plield-bars " is sold at 3s. 6d., bottle included, by the most k ber -41 4e dealers ' , lists of whom mabe obta at the Distillery DoZ qUantities of not less than two gallons, i n ned bulk or bottles, are ed • ' Address, 7, Smithfleld-bars. C i rttATlS! GRATIS! GRATIS! THE PALACE OF BEAUTY. 2 \ .. 0 doubt many persons are anxious to look At What we have said in the new winter book; And we beg to acquaint them this book is now printed, You'll that many a fact of importance is hinted; L ol l'll find that we've not been remiss in our duty, "'hen you read what we state in "The Palace of Beauty." This book costs you nothing (It couldn't cost less), And that is a fact upon which we lay stress ; If You just write a letter applying for one, ottr request will be granted by MOSES and SON; :): 11 0 are never accus'd of ne:lecting their duty, With regard to transmitting "The Palace of Beauty." , I T O ;matter the distance at which you may dwell, iretsend in the town and country as well ; 411 that which, perhaps, will surprise you the most .I• 8 the fa t that we also agzee to pay post ; T,,,. 11 i5i proves that E. MOSES and SON do their duty, When'er they're asked for" The Palace of Beauty." LIST OF PRICES. BEADY MADE t i?4 " 4 te X 9. d. .! ........... ..... ......from 0 8 6 tlir . elds or odrlngtons ................ 0 111 6 'rsa.ty, Attols, embroke, and every deseriptloa of 147, 111 to ter ' reoats • • ........... ...... ........... 1 b oats in every style . . ... ......from 0 8 6 e skin, . .......................... 0 10 6 t h , ,.. 4 . 8 Coats, edged . t;„It.ditto•••••••••••• ••• ... Cellar Ve5t............ • ..... .................. 0 1 9 g' u ble•breasted ...... ......................... 0 2 6 3 : 3 ' litts%ar and Tunic 0 18 6 1 )4 4 , Winter ronsers ••••.• • • • • • •• • • ...... •• ••• • • • 0 3 0 o. ditto Vests ••• • • • •••••••• • • • " '• • ..... MADE TO MEASURE. Witlter Coats, in every style and shape, handsomely k t,rinanied „ ......... 1, 'lied cloth Great Coats, velvet collar and cuffs ...... 1 12 0 18 6 11:1to Trousers .. • • 0 8 6 Inter Trousers, in all the new patterns • • .... ...... 9 12 0 hZ:skin ditto.... •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• .................. 0 10 6 t quality , or dress do ~.. 1 6 0 bitt a " cc"best quality made •••••• • • • • • • `l , 1t Coats • • •• . Ditto, best quality made • • • • • • • • L: Onhere Vests— ••••• • • • : ••••• • • • . atin do., plain or fancy 0 12 0 f".Y B ' Hamar aid Tunic suits. eat Coats •-••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • • or !_lCevit Work, entitled Monarch Mart," with full directions h t l 'u - tncasurement, may be had, on application, " Post Free." ek t , ? earsirr.—Any article purchased or ordered, if not approved of 0 4 , s 'anged, or the money returned. • serve--E. MOSES and SON, Tailors, Wholesale and Retat. 11: 8 °1.1 ea Drapers, Outfitters, and General Warehousemen, 154, Min°. I ?.. , !tid 86, Aldgate, City, opposite the Church. '". No business transacted at this Establishrscat from sunset on ritt 4 0 3 - till sunset on Saturday, when business is resumed at twelve el tek. o, (2 4 : k oTtow.—E. Moses and Son are obliged to guard the public 110 ' n4 t Imposition, having learned that the untradesmanl ike same concern, h false 14z1 of being connected with them, or its the as ba„' resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons. They on...ye no eohnexion whatever vi ith any other establishrnont, in or out Dr e ""elon,' and those who desire mains Cheap Clothing should (to 4 1 41nt disappointment, &c.) call or send to 154, MlAories. or 86, onnonite the Chnrch. FOGS AND DAMP AIR. IiARCL AY'S ASTHMATIC CANDY has, for many years, been proved an effectual preservative from the s o effects or the fogs and damp air which, in the winter season, are Pr avaleat in this climate. Its effects are to expel wind, to pre -I,r;ll'e the st o mach from the admission of damps, and to relieve those 1 1 ) suffer from difficulty of breathing. a ° , !Pared only by Barclay and Sons, 95, Farringdon-street, Lon ktr" ; and sold retail, by their appointment, by Sanger, 150, Oxford ; Gifford, 104, and . urfled, 10 Strand . Johnston, 68 ; Hallows, druggist, H 2, 8 l High-street B I , slington ; ; Heudebourck, 4 8glat, Church-street, Hackney ; and all respectable Medicine e nders in town and country. r, erve--None can be genuine unless the natnest of "Barclay and '-•••Z„ .. 4 are on the stamp affixed to each box. lIOWLAND'S• KALYDOR, an eminently tt „„,. balsamic preparation, is equally celebrated for its safety in tts for its mild and soothing operation, in thoroughly %lag She skin of all redness, pimples, spots, freckles, tan, and _ see lourations ; producing a healthy freshness and transparency of L i atiplexion ; and an admired softness and delicacy on the hands, and heck l • le 'n caseslof chilblains, chapped skin, or incidental inflammation, it ▪ P r e - eminently successful, and gentlemen after shaving will find it moo all irritation and tend , mess of the skin, and render it soft, anti and pleasant. Balmy, odoriferous, and creamy, its purifying refreshing properties have obtained its exclusive selection by , the 'Court and the Royal Faintly of Great Britain, and those of theConti- Zelit or Eirope, together with the "elete" of the aristocracy, and hattte volee." Its high repothtion induces unprincipled shopkeepers to offer the "▪ krioutt " Kalydors" for sale, composed of mineral astringents, utterly ruinous to the complexion,' and by their repellant action an- tit ealth "Rowlands refore, imperative on purchass to see Laza the words Kalydor" ere im the envelope (an en- Raving of exquisite beauty from a steel plate y Messrs. Perkins, aeon, ?mid Co.) and that A. ROWLAND and SON, 20, Hatton garden, are engraved (by authority) on the Government Stamp affixed ta each battle. Price 4s. 6d. and Ss. 6d. per bottle. Sold by the P aPrietors, and by chemists and perfumers. r * 4 All other Salydors are fraudulent imitation!! No. 16,642. • • ,_ ~,..., „. ,• , .!:, , -• . 1 ,, ~,.:4t*: \ , ~. ~,..._ \ •, , . , ~.,./ • •,::4„,.....,.. ..,,,, .),.. ), ,_ , DUDLEY, - MADE LEY, - .BROSELEY, AND IRONBRIDGE RAILWAY, WITH EXTENSION TO SHREWSBURY. At-a meeting of the .Managing. Committee of this Company, held at the Stork Hotel, Birmingham, on Thursday, the 10th of Deeem ber,lB4s, WILLIAM COLLINS, Esq., M.P., in the Chair, The following Report of the Committee was read : The Managing Committee of the Dudley, Madeley, Proseley - , and Ironbridge Railwav Company, with extension to Shrewsbury, feel that it is due te, themselves and to the Shareholders, to lay before them, at the earliest possible period consistent with due inquiry, their present poittion, consequent upon the circumstances which will be found detailed In the following Report : Mr. Francis Giles became the engineer of the Company on its for mation, and the Committee were induced to place mitidence in him from the fact of his having been employed by Mr. Robert Stephenson, in .his Absence, to lay out several important lines in the vicinity of the line of railway projected by this Company. Mr. Giles attended a meeting of the Committee at Birmingham, early iii; when he gave positive assurances that he was ra pidly proceeding with his work, and had made such arrangements as would enable him to complete it in good time; and from that pe riod till the end of November he constantly rely erated those assu rances to the Committee, to the respective solicitors, and to the se cretary, both orally and in writing. Every assistance was rendered which he required, and extracts from the correspondence will abun dantly testify - that all was done by the Committee and the officers of the Company to enable him to complete his work by the 29th of No vember. Ills applications for money. were, in every case, complied with, and the sum of 4,0'01. was at various periods advanced to him, on account of his own and the surveyors' charges ; the last payment of 2,000/, hiving been made, at his own solicitation (though not with out considerable hesitation on the' part of the Committee), in order to avoid the possibility of his operations being retarded for want of funds, or to afford any possible pretext .for their being ineflicien'ly performed. Of this sum, Mr. Dugdale . Houghton, the Company's surveyor (Mr. Giles's brother-in-law), has accepted his (Mr. Giles's) liability to him for 2,010/., and Mr. Giles has paid Mr. John Brettell, another, surveyor, 3001., thus leaving him (Mr. Giles) the sum 'of 1;700/. •• • " . • • -• • The anxiety expressed that all should be ready in time was only equalled by Mr. Giles's assurances. that there were no grounds for apprehension,asile following extracts from the correspondence on the subject will show: — On the 17th of October, Mr. Collis, one of the Company's solici tors, thus Addressed lAr. Giles— • " " Great anxiety lfeetertained as to the sections and surveys being ready in time.. I do likit you will use every exertion to get them done, and.well done." '.. . . tdu the Bth October, Mr. Collis , writes to Mr. Giles— "l trus ou will get the.sections of the Dudley and Madeley line compl6te without delay', 'as time rani "on. I am glad" to tell you that all g AOn favourably, - andshing now rests with you. You liatr, --- of ootirse, atiftroper arrantits as to the engraving." On the 31st, Air: Collis says hi a letter to Mr. Giles— " I assure you most. unpleasant rumours are abroad amongst our proprietors.that ounsections and plans will not be properly done or ready, as Dugciale Houghton will have told you. Now I have done all in my power to put a stop to these reports. I entreat of you to have the sections of the whole line from' Dudley to Ironbridge and to Shrewsbury,.as well as the surveys, most carefully done. You have, of course, made due arrangements as to the engraving of the sec tions." In. a letter to Mr. Collis, on the 9th of November, respecting the Oldbury branch, Mr. Giles says, fu reference to the plans which he had received on " T t h h e e p d yr it r i i o t n e. . " to Mr. Giles— " I know you will pardon my expressing deep anxiety as to every thingrah' a o r f e k a()svelnacboenrs,id3elr;. in Sh e : being done in due time, particularly that we may have the Sec tions and surveys finished, as the middle of November is nearly arrived." Three days afterwards, iiz., on the 13th, Mr.'Collis says— "l hope you will • use every means to complete the sections with the least possible delay.. • I assure you we all feel extreme anxiety on the subject. Should you want me, or if I can do anything to for ward you, pray send for me, or let me know immediately." The next day, _the 14th, Mr. Collis again urges Mr. Giles onward, by saying— " We quite rely upon your having all ready, and that the sections are in the hands of the lithographer. Deer in mind that the 29th is only twelve days off, and that the sections must be sent before then to us, and be ready to deposit. trust you will excuse my most earnestly beseeching you to use every, possible exertion to complete everything as quickly as practicable. The general' impression is, that we shall not he ready. We must not spare exertion of any kind ; iu fact, we must ke6P faith with the public." On the -19th, 11r. Collis writes— " I have just heard that Houghton thinks there is some misunder standing between-you and the lithographer. If there be the slightest foundation for this, I beg and pray of you not to lose an instant in setting this matter right. Excuse my personally entreating you to use every exertion, as I am daily pressed on the subject." To this Mr. Giles replies on the 20th -44 I know of-no misunderstanding between me and the lithographer. Don't give credit-to such nonsense." . -The same day, the 20th, Mr. Collis writes to Mr. Giles as follows— " I am desired by the Committee to beg and entreat you to see that the sections are completed, and iilaced in the lithographer's hand 4 as speedily as liossitile. I. do hope you will excuse my writing so ur gently to you. rdo seriously assure you that we all feel that our honour and characters are at stake, to say nothing of the large sum of- money that would be sacrificed if our plans and sections are not duly deposited." . , • , , , • . • .• jktti*-.115 -4t. g .,,,,„*: 1 / 4 .t.,...ti.,T.44....er, ~,,-A , )(1 V .otyo, " - 49 , 111, -,-- "11 ,41, • *IV, '''' ~. . 'V . " •Sit l / 4 ..... 'l--44 - ...,'''it'-''' ',j, 4 4 , • v . ,_„.... .- - %7, ' :16 6 :WP ; 71. , . Q.r.r. 0., te• .. • 7' AY A , q , • . - .4 43 5 '...- P ' ..,„., , , - - .... ::, 5- 1 ~, 7, ..4 ----- r.-.. -e \A z ..,,p.tilkk.. • 40 1.. 74.(4‘ ~.. " je ,,--ear-..; g: Nis 4.. „y ......_ ~ , . ~_ , ,-, s 4 1 ;.........;,,y , -ROIT ~,e, q ,f;• , -,. , . :,...... - • . , r', i :-...-- • - several solicitors. Mr. Giles, after informing the Committee that he had known amended sections deposited after the 30th of November to be received in Parliament, where notice of such emendations had been given to the landowners, offered to make correct sections at his own expense, to enable the Committee to apply for their Bill ; and Mr. Houghton also offered his personal services, free of charge, in the event of their determining to proceed, and the applcation proving unsucce,eful. Under these circumstances, taking into consideration the fact that the cr,ss line from Stourbridge to Wolverhampton formed a very important, and to a certain extent independent por tion of the projected railway, and that it was probable, from what Mr. Giles had state!, that they should be in a position to apply for a Bill for it in the ensuing session with a reasonable prospect of suc cess, the Committee agreed that the scilicitors should forthwith take the opinion of the Parliamentary agents, Messrs. Dyson, Hall, and Company, as to the course the Committee should pursue; and also send competent persons to ascertain what sections had really been deposited. Mr. Giles had stated that lie should at once proceed to make entire new sections of the whole line. The deliberate written opinion of the Parliamentary agents has been obtained, to the effect that it was " a very reasonable and proper ease to bring before the St.nding Orders Committee, with a view of obtaining a decision in favourof the Bill proceeding." But information was afterwards received from the parties sent to search at the offices of the Clerks of the Peace, that the sections of the im portant cross line from Stourbridge to Woliehampton bad not been deposited, that sections of several miles: of the main line had also not been deposited (despite the decisive statements of Mr. Giles and Mr. Houghton, the latter of whom delivered out the sections), and that those which had been lodged were extremely incorrect in detail . In the altered circumstances of theic affairs, the Committee we/ e at once convinced that their only course was to advise the sbe re holders to abandon all thoughts of an application to Parliament for a Bill in the ensuing session, and to consider what steps sliest/Id be taken to protect the shareholders from the consequences of the con duct which it has been their painful duty to detail. With this object, as well as with respect to the future operations of the - Company, the Committee have called Mr. Sergeant Allen and their Parliamentary agents to their aid, and they will most anxiously and carefully consider the propriety of taking such steps Ir. reference to competing lines in the next session as they may be adf.sed. One course which the Committee propose to adopt, is forthwith to return to the Proprietors the sums of 21. per share, on such condi tions as counsel may deem necessary for the purpose tof enabling the Committee to prosecute the undertaking in the 'session of 1847, should it be found expedientdodo so. The liabilities of the Company will be forthwith ascertained and discharged; and the Committee beg to inform the Shareholders that every regard has been paid to economy consistent, with the progress of the scheme ; and further, that no' expenditura has taken place since tho 30th of NoVember, saving such as wS•s actually necessary far ascertaining their real position. • The Committee desire to record their unabated 'confidence in the intrinsic excellence of the line, and to express their regret that a scheme, supported by such an array, of nobles nen, Members of Par liament, landowners, ironmasters, and othe r gentlemen, whose in terests demand its construction, together with a large proprietary of unexampled respectability, full one-half being local, should have been frustrated by the circumstances which they have set forth. They are consoled, however, by the conviction that a railway so im peratirely demanded by the locany, poss essing gradients superior to any other line in the district, accomvaodating South Staffordshire and Shropshire in a manner that no other scheme can do, bringing the respective places in its course muc'a nearer to each other than any other project does, and gaining, as it has, so great an amount of public favour by its undoubted merits, must shortly be carried out. It now only remains for the Committee to say that they should fail in fully discharging their duty„ if they did not express their per fect satisfaction with the conduct of the solicitors and the secretary, all of whom have paid the most unremitting attention to their re spective duties, and have used their utmost exertions to advance the interests of the Company. The ' report having been read, the following resolutions were unanimously carried:— I. That the report now read to the Committee be adopted and published, at the discretion of the Committee, in the local and daily newgpapers. 2. That the fhrther services of Mr. Francis Giles, as engineer to this Company, be at once dispensed with. 3. That the Committee of Management take such proceedings against Mr. Giles, their late engineer, as counsel may advise. 4. That the warmest thanks of the Committee are eminently due to :Richard Heath and Joseph King, Esqs., for remaining in Birming ham during the eventful period ending with the 30th of November, and lending their valuable assistance to secure the deposit of the plans and sections. • WILLIAM COLLINS. 5. That the thanks of the Committee be presented to Mr. Collins, M.P., for his able and impartial conduct in the chair. WILLIAM CHANCE. 1.1.11 STA F 'ORDSHIRE POTTE RIES and LIVER PON AND MANCHESTER DIRECT RAILWAY. Notice is lb erehy.given, that the SUBSCRIBERS' AGREEMENT and PARLIA MENTARY CONTRACT will LIE for SIGNATURE, from Elevens till Four each day, at the following places:— London —A t the King's Head, l'oultry, on Tuesday, Wednesday, and ThursdAy , the 13th, 14th, and 15th` days of January, 1846. Manche ter —At the office of Mr. Burdett. solicitor, 6, Marsden street, on We dnesday and Thursday, the 17th and 18th of December Inst., and on. Monday, the sth, and Monday and Tuesday, the 19th and 2011 i of January, 1846. Ediuhr rgk—At the Royal Hotel, Princes-street, on Monday and Tuesday, the 22d and 23,1 or December inst. Glasgo Vir—At the Black Bull Hotel, on Wednesday, the 24th, and Friday, tlt s 26th day of December inst. t Liverpo A—At the Wellington Hotel, Dale-street, on Tuesday, the 30th of IS ceembtr Inst. Witpur; -At the Eagle and Child, on Wednesday, the 31st of De cember inst. Pxestoo —At the Victoria Hotel, on Friday, the 2d of January,lB46. Lancaster—At the King's Arms, on Saturday, the 3d of January, 1846. Sheffield---At the office of W. H. Aldam, EN., solicitor, on Mon day, the sth of January, 1846. Leeds—At the Royal Hotel, on Tuesday, the 6th of January, 1846. York—At the White Swan, on Wednesday, the 7th of January, 1846. Lincoln—At the Saracen's Head, on Friday, the 9th of January, 1846. Gloucester—At the Rams Hotel, on Friday, the 16th of January, 1 1846. Birmingham—At the Hen and Chickens Hotel, on Saturday, the 17th of January, 1846. Manchester, 1, Hope-street, Piccadilly, 16th December, 1845. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION, A Lecture on the PREVALENT DISEASE In POTATOES, and the Means of extracting the Starch as an Article of Food, will be delivered by Dr. Ryan, daily, at Half-past Thvee, and on the Evenings of Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, at Nine. Professor Bachoflner's varied Lectures, with experiments, in one of which he clearly explains the principle "of the ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY, a model of which is At wq/k Daily. Mr. Downe, the celebrated Flutist, wilt perform, at Three o'Cisck, on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. Coleman's NEW AMERICAN LOCO MOTIVE ENGINE, for ascending and descending Inclined Planes. A beautifill series of DIIISOLVING VIEWS. New OPTICAL IN STRUMENTS, &c. Experiments with the DIVER and DIVING BELL, Re &c. THa; BEST ENGLISH WATCHES. • N ORFOLK RA ILWAY.-GOODS TRAFFIC. The Directors respectfully giye notice to the public that the goods trains are now running. On the 21st, Mr. Giles replied as follows-- " I beg thafyou will not be in any anxiety about lithographing the sections. Mr. Houghton will get some done in Birmingham. I will get all the rest done, and have provided for it. You shall deposit on the 29th.. I come to Birmingham to-morrow night, by express train, to meet my troops, who are all to assemble at Dee's to-morrow night." Mr. Collis's next lett6* to Mr. Giles is dated November 21st, in which he says— "l know you will not like my troubling you with these repeated urgent letters; but I confess I am so strongly pressed by numbers of people daily, that I feel painfully anxious that we should not fail in keeping good faith with our shareholders," _Mr. Giles replies on the 22d If you come to me to-morrow, in order to be made certain of my work being Will'even show you my plan and arrangements . _ for It—otherwise be assured of it." _ The Committee, feeling that the foregoing extracts abundantly confirm the assertion with which they set out, will now refer to the statements made to them by Mr. Joseph King and Mr. Heath, two active members of the Committee, who were in Birmingham, watch ing the later proceedings. Mr. King states that he went to Birmingham, at the urgent re quest of Mr. Collis, in company with him and Mr. Heath, on Thurs . _ day, the 27th of November, and that •he remained there till Satur day night, with the exception of a few hours on Friday, during which period he had every reason to believe that the business was pro ceeding satisfactoyily. Mr. Heath 'reports - that he accompanied 'Mr. Collis to Birmingham _ . . . on the isth'ef November, at his request,' to have an Interview with Mr. Giles; who had stated that he should be there that night. They and Mr Wainwright taw Mr. Giles after midnight. at the Royal Hotel, when he gave them the most positive assurances that every thing would be ready in time. The following Monday, the 24th, Mr. Heath again went to Birmingham with Mr. Collis, when Mr. Giles repeated his' former Assertions that everything would be ready. Three days afterwards,' .Thursday, the 27th, Mr. Heath, at Mr. Collis's request, once more went to Birmingham, accompanied lay Mr. Collis and Mr Joseph King, and remained there until he had seen the yariuus gentlemen start on Sunday night to make their re spective deposits. About five o'clock on Sunday afternoon Mr. Heath saw Mr.. Houghton deliver the plans to the several solicitors, in doing which he (Mr. HoUghton) expressed his obligations to them and the other gentlemen connected with the Company, for the. assistance they had rendered him, adding that the sections would be ready in half an hour. . . . . After this interview with Mr. Illughton, the party left to prepare fOr starting; and returned to Mr. Houghton's office about half-past five o'clock in the afternoon, where they remained until twenty minutes to nine in the evening, and during this period, facts of such importance are spoken to, that the Committee feel bound, not withstanding its . length and. the reluctance of Mr. Heath, to give a la , ge portion of his report in detail. After stating that they found Mr. Joshua Jblin Peele, of Shrewsbury (solicitor to the Wor cester and Crewe, and also to the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Rail- Way Companies); - and Mr. Hoed (a relative of Mr. Roy, the other so licitor to the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Company), in Mr. Hough ton's malting. room, ready to convey the Worcester and Crewe plans for deposit, Mr. Heath thus proceeds : " Between seven and eight o'clock Mr. Peels was sent for by Mr. Houghton, and he remained in Mr: Houghton's room until after the delivery of the sections by Mr. Houghton to the respective solicitors. At this period I became very anxious, and requested Mr. Collis to see Mr. Houghton. - Mr. Collis accordingly went into Mr. Houghton's room on thefirstiloor, but immediately returned and told us that Mr. Houghton positively insisted on his leaving the room. Shortly after this 'Mr: Giles - Came out of Mr. Houghton's r oom , an d on my asking' him' respecting 'the sections, Mr. Giles said that they had been out - of-his "hands- some time, and that they were under Mr. Houghton's care, upon which I again requested Mr. Collis to go to Mr. Houghton. Mr., Collis, consequently, went a second time, but came, back • directly: and said that ;Mr. Peele ('Whoml saw in Mr. Houghton's room when the door was opened) refused to admit him, telling him (Mr. Collis) that Mr. Houghton would soon hand out the sections. Mr. Collie Ihrther said that he had" remonstrate d w i t h Mr. Peele on the impropriety of his being in Mr. Hought on ' s room a t such a moment. Thus matters stood Ethe-solicitors and myselfremaining in a small room adjoining Mr. Roughton's,.in a state of great anxiety; a person being then stationed in the passage leading to th e d oor o f -Mr. Houghton's room, who positively refused to allow any one of us to pass Wit: &ion after eight o'clock Mr. Peele, from Mr. Hough ten's room, called the respective solicitors of the Company, who ac cordingly went into the room, whither I followed them; and where I•saw Mr. Houghton give .to each of them certain rolls, which he said contained the sections of the Dudley and Madeley line com plete, except the section of the branch from Budge to Wolverhamp ton, which lie said 'should bo &livered out in a few minutes, if it could be Ibund, adding that they were then engaged in looking for it. Ire - then left Mr: -- Houghton and went into the anti-room, where we cronsultedlogether as to the propriety of the solicitors at ence pro ceeding to their respective destinations (the evening being so far ad vanced), to deposit such sections as they had; but it was at length agreed that Mr. Houghton. should be again distinctly asked if the rolls he hied "given to each of the solicitors contained the sections of the whole line, except the Wolverhampton branch; for which pur pose Mr: Collis once-more went -to Mr. Houghton's room, Mr. Wain wright, . another of the Company's solicitors, following him. Mr_ Collis ,returned immediately, and reported that Mr. Hough ton had told him, contrary to what he (Mr. Houghton) had previously stated, that the ,respective bindles did not contain the whole of the sections with the Oteeption of the before-mentioned branch. •-Upon - this • -the solicitors and myself held another con ference, during which Mr. Collis partially unrolled one of the bundles of. Sections, and it appearingthat Dudley was upon one sheet and Shrewsbury upon another. the solicitors and .1 came to the con clusion that the rolls which they had received comprised the sections of the entire 'main line, Contrary to Mr. Houghton's last statement. Immediateir upon this discovery being made, Mr. Peele called from Mr. Houghton's room for Mr. Collis, whither he went, returning directly,.andatating that Mr. Houghton had now informed him that their respective rolls.did contain the whole of the Sections of the line, with the exception of the Wolverhampton branch. The same state ment as to the correctness of the rolls was made by Mr. Houghton to the other solicitors of the Company. Mr. Collis and his colleagues then started, - at twenty minutes before nine o'clock." Mr. Heath-concludes as fellows :—" Observing, with much pain, that attempts have been made to ,Impute blame to the solicitors, in reference to their conduct on Sunday, the 30th of November, and preceding days, and particularly that a scene of gross confusion and disorder occurred in theoiurveyor's room, in which they are implledly charged as participators, I feel that though I have shown they were rigidly denied access to Mr. Houghton's room, h owe it to the Com pany, to these gentlemen, and to myself, as a member of the Manag ing Committee, to declare that a more unfounded calumny could not have been uttered. I was with.these gentlemen during the whole of Sunday ; I had many opportunities of observing their unremitting exertions on the preceding days 7 --I . may say nights also ; and I have great pleasure in stating that, with whomsoever the blame of this failure may rest, it was in no way attributable to any want of ar rangement or zeal, or activity, on the part of tile solicitors, or of the secretary, their conduct.throughout, and especially during the most criticalicriod, having been praiseworthy in the highest degree." The domaiittee have alsc; received reports &mit' the solicitors, re {erring to thb ciieurtistances detailed by Mr. Heath, and speaking in the highest terms• of the exertions made by Mr. Houghton to com plete his -portion of the work-in good time, up to the period of the delivery of the plans; but they do not think it necessary, after quot ing at so great a length from Mr. Heath's statement, to allude to them further at present. Notwithstanding the foregOing facts show it was next to an impos sibility to make the deposits in time at Shrewsbury and London, the Committee think - it • no more - than • justice to state, that the most strenuous exertions were made to do so, Mr. A nstice posting to the former place, a distance of forty,flve miles, in three hours and twenty seven minutes, and Mr. Wainwright arriving at the Board of Trade, ip London, upwards of one hundred andfourteen wiles, by the aid of a special engine, in three hours and forty-six minutes, both gentle frien having teen retarded on 'theft way by accidents on the road. The journey -to Stafford, twenty-six 'miles, might have been readily accomplished by-Mr..Cullis, but -he -was detained a long time on the road between Birmingham and Walsall, in consequence of the great misconduct of his postheys, which was such as to induce suspicion that unfair Means had been eMployed to retard his journey. By great exertion Mr.' Collis ultimately reached Stafford in due time. Mr. Houghton made the-deposit'at Worcester also in good time. As soon as the failure in the deposits was known, a meeting of the Committee was hastily summoned at Dudley, when Mr. Giles and Mr. Houghton attended. The former °Mud no excuso for his con duct, further than that he had been disappointed, adding that no parties could have behaved better or acted more handsomely, than the Committee and the officers of the Company had behaved towards him; and jw at once admitted, that even if the lateness of the de posits could be got over, his sections were in some histances so de fective, that they would not bear a searching examination. In an swer to questions which were pressed upon him, he said " That the S'ectlons of the cross line -from Stourbridge to Wolverhampten were strictly correct ; in fact, he believed the sections of the whole scheme were Complete, with fhe single exception of the branch to Wolver hampton.''Mr. HotighfollenreSsed his sorrow at the failure to de posit, and regret at the mis-statement made by him to Mr. Collis on SundaY 'evening ; justifying himself, nowever, by saying that he Was greatly excited -at the 'time, froth his previous exertions, And - that- • he - corrected himself • • immediately: This, the Committee may remark, is opposed to Mr: •Heath's statement, by which it appears that some time elapsed, before Mr. Houghton re called his pi moue answer, and Ale gentleman is confirmed by the AB. SAVORY and SONS, Watchmakers No. 9, Cornhill, London, opposite the Bank, request the atten tion of purchasers to their stock of London-made PATENT LEVER WATCHES, which are manufactured by themselves in their own house. In Silver Cases, with the Detached Escapement and Jew elled, the prices are Four Guineas and a Half, Six, and Eight Guineas each; or is Gold Cases, Ten, Twelve, Fourteen, and Six teen Guineas each. The very large stock offered for selection in cludes every description, enabling a customer to select that which is more particularly adapted to his own use. The Company undertake to forward all sorts of merchandise, grain, cattle, &c., between Yarmouth, Norwich, Attleborough, Thetford, Brandon, and London. The classification of goods, and scale of rates, may be had on ap plication at the Secretary's office, London, and to the Superintendent of the Norwich Station. RICHARD TILL, Secretsry, Guildhall-buildings, London. LEEDS and CARLISLE RAILWAY. Notice is hereby given, that an amalgamation, on terms m utually advantageous, having been effected with the YORKSHIRE and GLASGOW UNION RAILWAY COMPANY, by which an expensive Parliamentary opposition is obviated, the Shareholders in the Leeds and Carlisle Railway Company are requested to forward their scrip to the offices of this Company on or. before the 31st of December, 1845, in order to have it stamped, agreeably to the ar rangement entered into by the Directors. By order of the Committee of Management, CHARLES LOCOCK WEBB, Secretary. Gresham-rooms, Basinghall -street, London. THE OXFORD AND SALISBURY DIRECT RAILWAY. THE MINISTERIAL CRISIS. (From the Times.) Notwithstanding the confident impression on the minds of his partisans—that Lord John Russell has de termined to form a Ministry, it remains a matter of curious speculation in what manner he will be able to carryout this design—which section of his followers he will exclude—as it is tolerably clear that his Cabinet cannot include all the elements of which his party con sists. This makes the formation of a Ministry a diffi cult and delicate task to him. The example of the last few days shows how easy and how ruinous is the de struction or desertion of a party by its chief. The labour of years may be undone in an hour ; but the destructive CHAIRMAN—Thomas Dowglasso, Esq. Excixszn-IN-Cnixr—Samuel Charles limes, Esq. Simmons—Messrs. Elmslie and Preston, 47, Moorgate-street. SECRETARY—Z. Hubbiasty, Esq. The Committee of Management have the satisfaction to announce that, in compliance with the applications and suggestions of several gentlemen of experience, they have instructed the several bankers named in their Letters of Allotment to continue to receive the pre liminary deposits from this time until the 7th of January next, in order that those parties to whom Shares in this Company have been allotted may consult their own convenience by paying the first de posit at the present time, or paying the whole deposit on or before the 7th of January neat. prOcess sweeps in its train the character and influence of the leader by whom it is executed. Lord John Russell is bound to his party by stronger ties than those which united the Conservatives and the ex-Premier. He is By order of the Beard, • Z. lIUBBE/tSTT, Secretary. . .. Ifoorgate-cheinbers, Moorgate-etreet, Dee: 9, 1845. bound to his little army not only by community of danger and of fortune, by the success of f or m er , and the reverses of atter days, but also by old associations of family and friendship. He, will, there fore, tend their interests with a more kindly care and a more protecting solicitude than Sir Robert exhibited to wards those whom he led in. evil, and abandoned in prosperous fortune. The Whig leader will be cautious not to commit his followers to a dilemma whence they cannot extricate themselves, except at the cost of their honour or their stability. But it is not easy to see how he can fashion a Cabinet in the present position of affairs without compromising his own integrity or theirs. His recent letter to the electors of London now turns out to have been less well-timed than it was at first considered. Instead of tripping up his rival it has entangled himself. He has committed himself to a course which was easy for him as leader of the Opposition, but is-very diffi cult for him as a Minister. On the benches of the former, and certain of a minority to support him, he might talk loudly and vote boldly for the total and unconditional re peal of the corn-laws. But as head of the Queen's Go vernment he is beset with difficulties whichever way he turns. It will suggest itself to any one who bears in mind the opinions of his probable colleagues, that some of the most influential and distinguished among them would display the most positive repugnance to a scheme so sweeping and immediate in its operation as that which he has recommended. It is beyond the reach of imagi nation to dream of making the corn-laws an open subject in the Cabinet. He would, therefore, in the first in stance, meet the strongest opposition from many among his own friends, if he attempted to form a Ministry upon the basis of instant and unconditional repeal, and would be compelled to resign all hope of their support, or to adapt his plans to theirs. In the latter case be would forfeit his word ; in the former, his power ; in both cases he would inflict a serious injury on his party; in neither would he further the c a use of whi c h h e has become the tardy, but not the least redoubtable champion. But suppose that Lord John Russell, after one whole week's deliberation, declines to un dertake the arduous embarrassments of forming a Cabinet, on whom will that most delicate task devolve ? In accordance with established forms, her Majesty would probably send for some other leadeT of an anti- Peelite party. Perhaps, for the chiefs of the Protec tionists. Well, then, suppose Lord Stanley orethe Duke of Richmond intrusted with the composition of a Cabinet. Would they accept the trust ? They are both bold men, and they would be strong in the House of Lords ; they would have a party formidable in eumbers, at least in the Commons ; but that a Protectionist Ministry should, if by any miracle formed, continue in existence six con secutive weeks, we hold to be a vision of the most Utopian description. Meanwhile, what becomes of the hero of the Peeliad ? Imagine for a moment that he retires into the shades of Tamworth and Opposition ; that he is succeeded in office by the Whigs ; that they introduce a—but not a sweepi n g —C or n B i ll. What course will he take? He will support them in any moderate mea sure, not without some sly insinuations at their weakness and his own generosity, with many lung and oracular sentences about the abstract principles of free trade and the universal duties of moderation. But if they go beyond thi s —if t h ey propose a sweeping measure ofin stant and unconditional operation—we believe that on such a contiugency he would rise in his place once more as the -" farmer's friend," depredate intemperate baste, reproach the " un-English and unfair precipitation with which Hon. Gentlemen on the other side are hurrying on a momentous decision," and amid the cheers of the Commons and the gratitude of .the country gentlemen, quietly step into office once again —to follow his own plans, and, it might be, to lead his late followers as be fore. But if, on the other hand, he made way for a Protectionist Ministry—a Ministry ready, one and all, to bleed ifor the sliding-scale—what would be his cue ? First of all, we believe that he would en joy the fun of the thing immensely ; hug himself over ducal difficulties, and chuckle over Ministerial blunders. By degrees, tired of placid contemplation, he would seek to gratify his humour by some of those grave performances in irony for which he is so cele brated. He would set his honourable friends right so very often that people would fancy they were always in the wrong ; he would condole with them on their failures in a strain of such vehement earnestness that they would wish him in Heitien all the time ; he would unmask so many of their s blunders in his plausible efforts to defend them, that they would willingly ex change his - dangerous friendship for open hostility ; and then, perchance, if they did- keep their seats a month -together on the Treasury benches—but we conceive it superfluous to argue on such an , hypothesis. To us he still seems to have very good cards in his hands. What ever be the ultimate phase of events, he must throw away great opportunities to escape from the possessio n o f p ower , if not of o ffi ce. If he resume his Ministerial functions, he resumes them under beatpttleeerdmagubesas nds p r i r c aas est i h npgmis arnocwonihemenso,and with heresigned. di,y_eon With a Cabinet purged of adverse colleagues, w i t h a caodzecrieenntcse void drgoedf that fidence, he will have the whole expanse of political measures and maxims to choose from; he will be tied to none—pledged to none by implication or by promise. The country will expect everything, but will have a right to demand nothing. If, again, he prefer to repose on the shady benches of the Opposition, he will—he can —hardly remain idle. He has already broken up two parties in his life; he may amuse himself with consoli dating a third. He will have plenty of elements whereof to frame it; and experience has furnished him with skill enough to make him a dangerous antagonist to any rival Minister—whether he be Whig or Tory— Leaguer or Pr, tectionist—Lord John Russell or the I Duke of Richmond. CITY of TORONTO and LAKE HURON _ _ RAILWAY C0:',11'..1 NY. _ _ _ The shareholders in the above Company are hereby Wormed that the Deed of Settlement Is now ready for signature at the Company's office, 13, St. Helen's-place, Bishopsgate-street, and they are requested to attend to sign the same, between the hours of Ten and Four o'clock, on and after Friday, the 19th Inst. By order of the Board, W. T. SMITH, S ecre t ary. 13, St. Helen's-place, Dec., 1845. Basil Montagu, Esq., the Accountant in Bank ruptcv, is to retire on a pension, and Mr. Ri c h ar d Cl ar k e , the dancellor's Secretary of Bankrupts, is to succeed him. The salary is 1,5001. a year. ) ' g• e5..11.4.• +4. " 7, ;27 EDNE 0 DAY "A.A. " • _ DILI:CEAT_RE:II MONEY MARKET and CIT V NEWS. CITY, TUESDAY EVENING. TIMES.—The opinion that the decrease of bullion in the Bank of England may in great measure be attri buted to a recent absorption by the Scotch and Irish banks, seems to be considered the true one. This. how ever, is totally unconnected with the subject of railway deposits. The Act affecting the Scotch and Irish bankers came Into operation at the beginning of this month, and the notes which they have in circulation are more in number than is allowed by its provisions, unless the excess can be represented by a corresponding amount of bullion. Under these circumstances they hale, it. seems, collected t gether as much bullion as possible to keep up their circulation at the existing amount. As for the notion that gold has flowed out of the country, that is entirely unfounded. There has, on the contrary, been an uninterrupted influx for some time. -Some of the companies formed to bid for railway lines in France have addressed circulars to their sub scribers, in which th e y c l a i m the payment of Is. on each share, in consequence of the impossibility of reeking any profitable employment of the deposits for the short period during which they have held them. This proposition seems to have been received with much indignation by parties who were led in the first instance to b lieve that, if unsuccessful in obtaining the line contended for, the sums deposited would be repaid without any deduction whatever. Though the sum seems a small one, it is not the less a breach of the original engagement entered into when those proj , cts were first announced in London; and it is generally under stood that, besides the use of the money, some profit was made by the rate of exchange at which it was re mitted. Only the inferior companies, however, it is probable, will resort to this course; and the parties con* cerned ought not, it is evident, to consent to any such deduction. The shares in all the French companies being very numerous, in consequence of the small amount of each share, even a charge of is. would produce a very considerable sum. The annexed remarks are fOzn a correspondent !hose direct connexion with railways gives him the best meant of information:— " You have frequently asked where are the 10 per cent. deposits on the new railway schemes to come from? But it appears from ,a careful analysis of all the new railway schemes quoted in the Liverpool market, that out of 135 only 43 have paid the 10 per cent., even ac cording to their own statement ; and several of these, it i is notorious, have not got the deposit paid on near all their shares ; and 48 have only paid 5 per cent., or thereabouts. The standing orders of the [louse of Lords require, without exception. that 10 per cent. shall be paid, subscribed for, and deposited in the bank on every new railway, before the Bill is introduced into their House. The question arises, will this 10 per cent. ever be paid ? The probability seems to be it will not ; for, referring to the same list, you will see many of these new lines are now at a discount, and others at such a trifling premium that a call of 5 per cent. would soon send them to a discount •, added to which, it is not only the payment of the call that is required, but a subscription deed with 10 per cent. entered by the party subscribing as paid up, must be obtained Now, who will sign such a deed ? The original sub scribers will mostly have sold their shares, and they will be too glad to get quit of all further liability, and refuse to do anything. And the purchasers, who are now the holders of the scrip, will they be willing to pay down an extra 5 per cent., and enter into a deed to pay all future calls ? They will see that it is not only the paytaent of this extra 5 per cent. now, which they can most likely ill afford to pay, but it is also paving ,the way for their having heavy calls made upon them after the Act is passed. Will they not have the prudence at once to see that the first loss is the least, and refuse tn pay any more money, or enter into fresh liabilities, but have the concern wound up,. the expenses paid, and the ba lance returned to them; having learnt by experience that they have risked too puch already, and that it will be better to get a little bear, or even lose all they have paid, sooner than send good money to look after bad ?" A railway company, which seems to find some diffi culty in getting in its deposits, has resorted to au ex pedient not new in principle, but stronger, according to appearance, than any that has been tried yet. A circular is sent to the applicants for shares, not simply telling them that they ate liable, but calling on them to pay a portion of their deposits on ascertain fixed day, or to give the name of a solicitor who will appear for them in Chancery. This looks formidable, and the threat has created no little alarm among those who heedlessly be came applicants. SHOCKIMI EXPLOSION AT BOL TON—NINE LIVES LOST. BOLTON, TUESDAY.—Yesterday afternoon an explo sion of a steam-boiler, attended by a frightful loss of life, took place at the cotton-mill of Messrs. Bothwell and Kitts, in this town. The mill in question is en old mill, to which, in the year 1833, a new end was built, and about 250 hands were employed on the premises in the various departments. During the: -dinner-hour yesterday, it is understood—for at present nearly all is conjecture—the engineer was preparing to start the en gine, for the purpose of the mill working after dinner, when it was found that the air-pump was out of order. At a little past one o'clock nearly all the hands were upon the premises, and every exertion was being made to get the air-pump in artier, the engineer, Mr. Kitts, and one of the overlookers, assisting at the work, when one of the boilers—an old one — s i tuate inside the ' mill near the engine house, blew up with a tremendous ex plosion. The entire of the new end of the building was shattered to fragments, falling principally Inside, and burying great pa r t o f th e p ersons employed thereabouts, and in the rooms above in the ruins. The workpeople in the old part of the mill being completely astounded at the explosion, and imagining that the building was going to fall about their ears, rushed to the main staircase, but these being blocked up with bricks and rubbish, they tore up the floors and got out at the lower windows. Many of them were much hurt in their endeavours to escape, but it is quite preposterous to attempt enumera tion or description of their injuries. Of course the report made by the explosion drew many people, including the county police, to the spot, and the good-natured people of the neighbourhood used their utmost exertions until midnight to extricate the bodies from the ruinous mass. The entire of the new end was a heap of rubbish, and the defective boiler was hurled, torn into an indescribable form, into the yard of the railway company; on the opposite side of the mill wall. Several surgeons, including Mr. Sharpe, of the Dis pensary, Messrs. Ferguson, Hampson, and Chadwick, were speedily on the spot, and many persons were ex tricated from the ruins, some of them severely injured, but we give a list of those found (Lad in the ruins, and the others who were taken to the Bolton Dispensary, where we understand they are doing well. Mr. Taylor, the Coroner, has summoned a jury for to morrow, but it is understood that the examination of the witnesses will not taken place until Thursday. • ; The following is a list of the dead and wounded, so far as is known to the authorities of the police:— DEAD. Edward Bothwell, aged 23, nephew of the late owner. His parents live at Carlisle. He was learning the business, and was instantly killed in the street adjoining the mill, by some missile striking him. Alice Hampson, a young woman, taken dead out of the ruins. Peter Greenhalgb, the manager, taken out of the ruins quite dead. Priscilla Scholes, taken dead out of the ruins. Alice Edge, a young woman, taken dead out of the ruins. Thomas Mort, a boy, about seven or eight years of age. had taken his brother's dinner, and was warming himself at the boiler door. His brother Richard was also much hurt, and was taken to the Dispensary. A young man, named Willia m Fl etc h er, was also much hurt, near the same place ; but it is believed that both the latter will recover. • ". \.____-,L . _ - _, _ Ak i , ••,..‘- • . . . .... _ . „•:•: • : „ . .,„„ .. ,.. vi o k , ! 1f , .1.-. 1 •. - 1 .... s 464-1.,0 l `~~ f g ~~h ~ ti, PRICE SD. "'' -- ---"G • • ' "_.-,, ' RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. THE BROAD AND; 'NARROW GAUGE ENGINES. —EXPERIMENTS, UNDER THE COMMISSION , OF THEIR TP;ACTIVE POWERS. Yesterday a se . .-ies of experimental trips took place on the Great Western, under the direction of the Govern ment Commis ;ion on the gauges, for the purpose of testing their tr . .,ctire power, and rf ascertaining the maximum ..Teed a t ta i na b le on the broad gauge, as compared wit'a the narrow. The occasion was one of considerable scientific interest, and. the oil) , riments having, it - is supposed, originated in a sort of challenge on the part of the advocates of the broad and narrow gauges. Who have been battling so long for the palm of speed, and the supremacy of space. The idea of testing the relative powers of the traction and velocity attainable by the two systems, at alternate periods, on the Great Western and Birmingham, arose during the inquiry before the Commissioners on the gauge question, Sir P. Smith anti Professors Barlow and Airey, having been sedulously employed throughout the recess in taking evidence pro and con. from the principal en gineers and promoters of each system, with the view of either removing or mitigating the evils consequent on a diversity of gauge, and of ascertaining the effect of its present want of uniformity at important points upon the locomotion and commercial relations of the country. The6e evils, arising principally out of damages from transhipment and delay, are nut to be un derrated in their magnitude and effect, since the delay as regards bOth commercial and military emergencies, is -- known to be very great, and tantamount to the crossing of a ferry. The subject assumes still greater importance when considered in relation to the proceedings in Par liament in the ensuing session, when so many lines, both arterial and lateral, will have to be adjudicated, con nected with England, Ireland, and Scotland, completing the international route of the railway system, whose usefulness will mainly depend upon its simpleness and - comprehensivenes s as a whole. At present the narrow gauge has connected with it the major amount of the country's locomotion, the broad gauge being indigenous to the west, where it was first planned and planted by - Brunel. The general conjecture appears to be that to the west the broad gauge will be confined, and that Rugby will be its boundary to the north, thus re stricting it entirely to the geography of the west. The nate ow gauge has at present territorial domi nion of 1,667 miles, the broad of 278. The length of narrow gauge now constructing is 522. The length of narrow gauge obtained last session was 2,386, and for broad 455. It has been calculated that the narrow gauge district embraces a population•of 1111 sold the broad of three millions, exclusive of the metro polis. The question as to how the gauges work com mercially is the all-important point, and secondarily comes the question as to how they work at relative rates of velocity and speed. Mr. Bidder, one of the cham pions of the narrow gauge, asserted before the commis sion that the stamina and stout build of the Birmingham engines on the narrow or 4-foot Bk-inch gauge, were capable of accomplishing as much as the Goliah engines of the Great Western, running on its great gauge of 7 feet wide. This being disputed by Mr. Brunel and Mr. Gooch, the commissioners determined on an experi meld= cruet's, fixing yesterday for their trip on the Great Western, and deferring for a future day that on the Birmingham. It being impossible to run on parallel lines simultaneously, or, in other words, to make a rail way race of it, it was resolved that trials of proportionate loads should-be made on the respective lines, and it is understood that on the result sums of money are staked, and ,will undergo mutati on f rom h and to hand. The route selected by the Great Western was probably on the best appointed portion of their line ; namely, from Pad dington to Didcot, the departure point for Oxford, a dis tance of fifty-three miles, consisting principally of sur face line, but characterised by considerable curvatures. The London and Birmingham, it is undt rstood, do not intend to select their own line, but some portion of the Manchester and Birmingham. The first experimental train, consisting of e i g ht car riages, six first-class, two second, all six whe e l s with 24 passengers, and weighted to a "gro ss l oa d" with' iron to 80 tons, exclusive of the engine and tender, which may be taken at 26 tons more, and equal to a train of 342 persons, started from the first mile: past beyond Padding ton, at six minutes past ten, containing Sir Frederick Smith, K.C.8., Professor Barlow; Sir John Burgoyne, K.C.8., Major-General' Pasley, inspector -general ; Captain O'Brien, secretary of the Board of Trade ; Mr. William Watson, secretary of the gauge commission ; Mr. Brunel, Mr. Gower, Mr. Charles Saunders, Mr. Bidder, C.E., Mr. Gooch, C.E., Mr. Windham Harding, C.E., Mr. Berkley, Mr. Barlow, and several scientific gentlemen. The engine chosen was the Ixion, with machinery of immense power. She was driven by Mr. Brunel and Mr. Gooch, with Mr. Bidder and Mr. Berk loy on the platform. As the engine was. working itself into rapid action, so as to accomplish the given distance in a spell, a slight obstruction ecctirted after passing the first mile post, and at the junctio n p o i nt w i t h t h e West London, which crosses, in consequence of a transverse train being in . sight. The . breaks 'hasJ to' be applied, but the time lost was not more than half a minute ere the steam was up again, and the speed reco vered. A perceptible retardation of speed was occa sioned by a high wind from the north-west, which of course beat upon the broad base of the engine and the breasts of the after carriages; and this on a glance may be gathered from the variable velocities indicated in the tubular collocation below. Another probable cause may have been the difficulty the bilge wheels had in coping with the curves, more particularly in the case of the car riages, which are six- w heeled. Looking, however, at general results, and the minute observations made, the speed was remarkable and steady. The maximum on the first down trip being one mile in one minute and five seconds; the maximum on the up trip, two miles in two minutes and sixty-two seconds, or at the rate o fifty-two miles in one hour five minutes and sixty-tw seconds, with the given amount of tonnage. On anise e ing at Didcot the party left the train, and corresponding weights were placed in the carriages in order to keep up the fixed tonnage. The return from Dideot was at eight minutes past tw e lv e . At t h e second mile from the Pad dington station the breaks were put on, and the train reached the first m il e post at onehour and nine minutes, completing the fifty-two miles in one hour and forty minutes, or at the rate of fifty-one miles , an how?. The second trip from Paddington to Didcot, with seventy tons, was accomplished in - sixty-four minutes, and up, with wind in its favour, in fifty-five minutes. TILE PEN! . SOUTHAMPTON, Dec. ental Company's s'f•atil atrivtd at -half-past two and lancled the Peninan!ar and other mails, which were forwarded to London by the three o'clock train. Her da•e6are, Gibraltar tha 7th, C9diz the 10Th, - Oporto ViLisbon the Vigo 12t1, and Corunna the.l3th. The Queen kls the followina passengers :—Mr. New ptirt, 'Mr. and Mrs. Sieith s Mr. Radicle, Viicount Car reira, Mr.- Ahnerda, and Mr. Drieiman. - The Tagus was seen on the 9th -off Cape St. Vincent, and on the 12th the Royal Tar ranning intoVigo. The Queen bus the following cargo :-516, boxes oranges, 5 boxes of date., 16 boxes eggs, and the,usual quantity of specie. The pacha steam yacht, Captain Burney, will leave the docks to-morrow en route for Gibraltar, with the Mediterranean and Penineuhr, mails, 25 passel - zeta:, and a full cargo of manufactured goods. The Avon, Captain Norti,n, x ill 'peso this port to morrow, with the West India mails, 45 passengers, and a full cargo of stores belonging to the company. The Forth, .Captain Chapman, may be expected on the 21st int,tant, with the Ilavannah mails from St. Thornaci's. The Oriental steam ship, Captain Soy, will take out the India and Chinese mails of the 20th instant. • THE TEN' HOURS BILL. Mr. Ferrand, M.P., has ads resse I the fellowing. I, tter to Mr. Arrowsmith, of Manchester, in reply to an invi tation to dine with the operative cotton-spinneri and self-acting winders of that town and its vicinity, on Sa turday next ; their object being to express their senti ments on the important question ofshortening the hours of labour for all factory workers : " hotel du Rhin, Place Vendome, Paris, Dec. 14, 1845. " Sir,—Your letter has bean forwarded to me at this place. I leave to-day for'England ; and, as the political aspect was so uncertain when the last papers left home, I cannot state how I may be engaged on Satur day -neat.---- ---=--- -- - - - ------- " The shortening of the hours of factory labour has been one of the dearest objects of my public life, and if my being with you on Saturday next will be of ser vice to you (my engagements in England allowing me), I shall be most happy to he present at your dinner. " Should I not be able to join you, let me warn you against allowing any one in whom you may confide, or have confided, to snake your sacred cause a subject of barter for the advancement cf any political object or personal advantage ; for I have reason to believe that the most base and most perfidious public man that ever - tclisgriCed the page of history will hereafter attempt to enhild himself in its hallowed mantle, to enable him once more to hold up his head in the House of Commons, and there propose that ' the Ten Hours Factory Bill' shall form ' part of an enlarged and comprehensive system' of legislation. " Your holy atul righteous cause has hitherto been kept aloof from even a breath of the political atmos phere ; men of all parties have joined band and heart in supporting it ; and now that it is a second time on the threshold of victory, it would indeed be hard to behold it again blighted by the touch of the man who, though wallowin g in wealth extracted from your fathers' sinews, has resisted (with a virulence which can only have been whetted and excited by a sensitive feeling of the debt of gratitude he owes you) every attempt that has been made to achieve for you and your cause a glorious vic tory, and for advocating which he persecuted the im mortal Sadler to death.—l am, Sir, yours faithfully, " W. B. " Mr. W. Arroismith, Manchester," FERRAND. THE LATE HIGH TIDE. Yesterday, English, one of the summoning officers be longing to the Lambeth Police -court, who had been desired by Mr. Henry, on the day before, to make the necessary inquiries as to the condition of twelve families who were represented to be severe sufferers by the disas trous high tide on the night of Thursday last, made his report to Mr. Henry. He said he had visited each of the twelve families occupying so many small cottages in Wellington -grove, Lambeth, and found them in a very deplorable condition. One of them, a pipemaker, who had just erected a kiln, for the purpose of baking his pipes, at an expense of la, had the kiln, as well as all the made . work and the material in a state of prepara tion, totally destroyed, end was quite ruined. Several of the families had nothing left but what they puthastily on on the morning in question; and some had escaped in a state of nudity. One family had not only to contend with the water, but with a fire; and between the destruction of both, the whole of what they possessed was destroyed. In the course of his inquiries, he (English) had ascer tained that the parish officers had contributed to the immediate relief of the sufferers, but still they were left without the means of getting en again, having lost their tools, &c. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, Dac. 16. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales art-Boston, Newark, and Sheffield, par-Chester and Birkenhead, 44 3 4-Derbr and Crewe, 1 3 / 4 p.-Edinbur g h an d Glasgow, 66 1 ,4-Grand 'lune. tion, 233-Ditto, Quarter Shares, 33 p.-Ditto, New Quartl Shares,. 32 p.-Ditto, 401. Shares (LK), 52 p.-Gool and Doncaster, par-Manchester, Midlaiid,'and Great Grims by, 2s. 6d. p.-Man c hest er , Sh e ffi e ld , and M i dland, par- 4 111idland, 140-North Union (A), 208-Dit to (B) , 1 4 3- f North Staffordshire, - 2 1 ,4 p.-Oxford and Birmingham June. tion, p.-West Riding Union, 3 1 4 p.-Whitehav en and Furness, 10s. dis.-Dutch Rhenish, 2 p. MANCHESTER, DEC. 16. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Blackburn, Darwer, and Bolton, 7-Cambridge and Lincoln, 1 ,4-Edinburgh and Glasgow, Halves, 121,4-Gr a nd U n i on, 23 5. 9 d .-Huddersfleld and Manchester Railway and Canal, 6-Lancashire and North Yorkshire, 443. 6d.-Leeds and Thirak, 9 3 /-Liverpool and Bury, 21 1 / 2 c.-Manch es t er an d Birmingham, 70-Man,. chester and Leeds, Fifth,, 1 1 1 ,4-Manchester, Sheffield, and Midland, 4%-North Staffordshire, 955. 9d.-North Union (A), 207-Sheffield and Manchester, Quarters, No. 3, 51/4--!- South Midland, 925.-Trent Valley Continuation and Holy head, 2-West Riding Union, 5/. 17s. SHEFFIELD, DEC. 16. Smelt EXCHANGE.-The sales are-South Eastern, 34% -Leeds and Dewsbury, 17-London and York, 3 j - Sheffield and Lincolnshire, 3/. 38.-South Midland, 4%-t• Wakefield and Harrogate, 1/. 12s. BRISTOL, DEC. 16. , STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Manchester and Southampton, 2.4-Midland, New, 25%-Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth, 2 1 / 2 . LEEDS, DEo. 16. STOCK ExCHANGE.-The sales are-Great North of Eng land, 12 p.-Manchester and Leeds, Fifth Shares, 101.35. 6d. p.-Leeds and Thirsk, VA-Newcastle and Berwick, 10%_. Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole, 31 a. n.-Cambridge and Lincoln, n-West Riding Union, 5 1 4-Lancashire and North Yorkshire, 2s. 6d. dis.-Leeds and York, 7s. 6d. die., Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 31& p.-North Western, 2 1 41-Wakefleld and Bradford, 12s. 6d. dis.-Wake field and Harrogate, 2s. 6d. p.-Welsh Midlands, 1%. HULL, DEC. 16. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The transactions in our money-mar ket continue very limited, and until a new and strong Mi nistry is formed, which may indicate what is to be the result of the great political questions now agitating the country, no great improvement can take place, a lth oug h persons are san guine that, under all ordinary circumstances, shares bare seen their lowest. As regards the new lines, it is hoped that the present political. Crisis, by affording time for reflection, will induce their promoters to examine well the plans, sec tions, finances, &c., and weigh well . how far, as honest men, they are justified in proceeding to Parliament. Where they are not fully satisfied with their position, they would act the part of honourable men, and immediately w ithdraw fro le m sui, prosecut ingpor. their schemes, and.return as early tion of the depo s it s as may no t h ave b een expended. the - qUat tity of 'lakes n' give of new lines, a g reat majority cannot at present have any ground to even _ N suppose ort h they can succeed. The sales areMatlocksßritish, 22-Ditto Carlisle, 2 --Ditto, Dalkei aspossible Out of ib , a 1,,N 53/4P • 5 3 /.-Hull and Selby N • k , and 100-Leicester and Bedford, s s. Boson, Newark, Sheffield, 2/. lls. 9d. YORK, DEC. 16. STocx Excla llo s.-The sales are--York and N or th Mid land Extension, ~ 5 1 / _.-Newcastle and Berwick, 10%-N orth British, New Carlisle Branch, 1 %-London and York, 33A-- 1/. 65.-Manchester, B uxton, Matlock, and 11 ,G i r i a d n la d nd U X GLASGOW, DEC. 15. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are -British and Irish Union, 605.-Caledonian Extension, 50-Caledonian and Ayrshire Junction, 355.-Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junction, 458.-Dundee and Forfar Junction, 605.-East Indian Railway, 175.-Glasgow, Xilmarnock, and Ayr, 66/.- Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 425. 6d.-Glasgow, Kilmar nock, and Ardrossan, 535.-Perth and Inverness, 375. 6d.- Renfrew and Ayr, 24 5.-Scottish Central, 13/.-South 'Mid land, 3%. - Mr. Henry observed, that there was a small fund which the magistrates had the control of, but it was in tended to assist those individuals and objects of a diffe rent kind ; and therefore he thought be would be going beyond his trusteeship in devoting them to the present object. As, however, the calamity was so sudden, and no forethonght could have prevented it, be should have no objection to give 21., not to be added to any subscrip tion, but to be expended by the officer in providing for the immediate necessities of the poor sufferers. Dunn, one of the parish beadles, here said that the whole of the poor persons mention d had been relieved by the overseers of Lambeth on Saturday last, and they were a:1 ordered to go before the board on that day, with the view of being furtlit r relieved. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY DEC. 16.—CoNcRza A- Troars.—The following are the Congregation -days of the ensu ing Lent Term : Saturday, Jan. 24 ( B.A. Commencement), at ten ; Wednesday, Jan. 28, at eleven ; Wednesday, Feb. 11, at eleven ; Wednesday, Feb. 23, at eleven ; Wednesday, March I I, at eleven ; Friaay, March 27 (M.A. I ncep t ors ) , at ten; Friday, April 3 (end o f Term), at ten. TH E ROYAL FREE 11 0SPITAL.—CORONER'S IN QVEST.—An inquest on the body of Susannah Stephens, who died on Friday last, and with reference to whose case several letters signed" Humanitas," have appeared in the Times, was held yesterday at the Sun public-house, Gray's Inn-road, be fore Mr. Wakley. On this occasion there were present the Rev. Dr. Worthington, the Rev. Mr.Packman, Mr. Pritchard, High-Bailiff of Southwark ; Mr. Walmesly, Dr. Marsden, and other gentlemen connected with and interested in the Free Hospital. The receiver 'and other officers of the London Union were in attendance., After the usual preliminaries, the Coroner and jury proceeded to view the body, and on their return the Coroner inquired' if the officer of the City of Lon don Union was . present.. The answer was in the afirmative. The Coroner asked if he had taken three patients to the hos pital onWedfiesday, the 19th of November ? The officer— My son did. The Coroner—Where are these patients now ? Offioer—One is still in the hospital, but Ido not know Where 'the other' two, - Ann Morgan and Ann Lever, are. The Coroner said that in his opinion . it was essential to the inquiry that the three girls should be present. The officer said that he had made every exertion to find them, but without effect. The Coroner then inquired if any of the gentlemen' connected with the Free Hospita_ were present? The Rev. Dr. Worthington—Yes. After some further conversation, the Coroner said that he thought the evidence of the girls so necessary, that the inquest must be adjourned until they were found. Doctor Marsden said that one of them was still in the hospital ; and although ill, she was not so much so as to prevent her being carried in a cab. He thought that as the other two could not be found, one of the three would be sufficient for the purposes of the inquiry. The Coroner said that it was his firm conviction that two out of the three girls should be present; and that being so, if the examination of the one were proceeded with that day, an adjournment would at any rate become 'necessary to get the other. He, therefore, thought it better that they should adjourn at once, as it was most desirable that the investi gation should come on and terminate on the same day. After a warm discussion, the inquiry, was adjourned until Tuesday next. FIRE ON CLERKENWELL•GREEN.—This morning, between the hours of twelve and one, an alarming fire broke out upon the premises belonging to Mr. Maddox, painteraed glazier, No. 9, Clerkenwell-green. The first discovery was made by the pc-lice-constable on the beat. Smoke which he saw breaking over the roofs of the houses made him aware of the alarming fact. Without loss of time the officer aroused the inmates of the' contiguous buildings, and dispatched a sr.essenger for the fire-engines. The parish engine was im mediately on the spot, and was followed by the brigade en gines from Farringdon-street and Holborn stations. These were instantly set to work from an abundant supply of water furnished by the New River Company. The West of Eng land, County, and several other brigade engines followed in rapid succession, as did also two escapes belonging to the Royal Society .for the Protection of Life from Fire. The firemen and police exerted themselves to the utmost, and by two o'clock they happily succeeded in extinguishing the flames. As to the origin of the tire, or whether or not the sufferer was insured, we were unable during the confusion that prevailed to learn. THE NELSON LETTERS AND DISPATCIIII, EDITED BY SIR . HARBIS NICOLAS, G.C. M.G.—The fifth volume of , price Is. 6d.-3, the above work is published this day, by Mr. Colburn, of Great Marlborough-street, and may now be had of all book -2byvoGise.oBrgveo. C2a4t:e—rm6.6lAe, sellers. Mr. Colburn has also just published :-2. The New T E i v n e i n m i t n ; gs a a l t lo H m a a d n d c o e n ol ia L i j o , nden, Post 8 " . 1 vo l., with 24 steel engravings Hester Stanhope's Memoirs, n r i t ra d i e t } s ,::& n ., e s . —5. Memoirs of Prince Disraeli, Esq., 3 bir s. t 6 h d e . b li o r u st nd a — rti 4w s . t i s tL , 4a f d i o, second edition, 3 vols., M.P., author of Consort of George 1., 2 vols. tivo.—And 8. 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Bedford held an inquest at St. George's Hospital, on the body of Frances Allen, aged forty-fire years, lately residing at go. 6, Alfred road, Kensal INew-town, who died under the following dread ful circumstances :—Frederick Saunders stated that he lodged in'the same house as the deceased, who occupied g room on the first floor with her husband, a bricklayer. O n the morning of Sunday last, about a quarter to one o'clock, witness was awakened by hearing loud cries of "Fire, fire." Witness got out of bed and ran to the room, and there dm covered the deceased enveloped in a body of flame. Her hus band was in the room, and rolling heron the floor, endeavou r . ing to extinguish the fire. Witness procured a jug of water, and threw it over the deceased, who appeared to be burned completely over the whole surface of the body, She was . placed in a cart and removed to the above hospital, where she expired at half-past one on Sunday afternoon. Witness • asked her.several times bow it occurred, but as she was is such a deplorable state she could not speak as to the origin of 'the fire.. "Verdict, "That the deceased died from the effects of burns; but haw caused there was no evidence to sbow." , The Bari of Durham, Lady Mary Lambton, and. 11;e lion. Cbronel and Mrs: Greer 'wick Hotel, jermyn-street; yesterday, for ntention of 'wintering at that watering-' • SECESSIONS TO ROME.--Mr. Stokes, a distinguished member of' Cambridge University, a nd l a t e s ecretary of the Camden Society ; was received into the Roman Catholic Church on Sunday last, at St. - Chads, Birmingham, in the Presence of a very large congregation. The number of re cent converts to the Church of Rome now exceeds 70, of whom more than,3o are clergymen of the Establiducient. l Gj Grer, - left the Brunsv or Elastings t ylUhe i .p.--"` .place. , 1••‘- ' 'cr \ .41,,, ~ „. ,,, ,A i.....‘, .i % 1 . ,..ri.), c - ,...., : y, r :•; .. 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