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LETTERS OF citmrr ON INDIA The UNION rIANK OF LONDON, as Agents for the BANK ( 2! WES TERN INDIA, aro authorised to issue LETTERS of CUE DI T for any Moneys paid to them, to be re-paid in Rupees, at the torrent rate of Exchange en the day of presentation, at the offices of the Bank of Western India, in Bombay, Calcutta. and Colombo. Similar Letters of Credit may be obtained at any of the branches of the National Bank of Scotland, and of the Provincial Bank of IrpianN By order ofthe Directors, W. W. SCRIMGEOUB, Manager. Union Bank of London, No. 8, Moorgate-street. NOTICE. CORNWALL AND DEVON CENTRAL In con RAILWAY sequence of the numerous applications for shares in this LallwaY which have akeady been received, the SHARE LIST will 7 CLOSED on the nth instant, after which no further applica -41" can be received ; and the Committee will at once proceed to allot the shares to unexceptionable parties, to whom notice of the allotment will be given. By order of the Committee. kteg, Old Broad street, London, Nov. 13, 1844. THOMAS HARVEY, Sec. CORNWALL ANI) DEVON CENTRAL RAILWAY, Car& FROM FALMOUTH TO EXErER. - —..1,500,000/ ., in 6,000 Shares of 25/, each. Deposits 11. ss . per Share. Of f ices, 66, Old Broad-street, London. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. It" ' John C. W. Vivian, M.P. Cant.' ir - — 0 J. Plumridge, R.N., M.P. T.2.°,lePh Sawle Graves Sawle, Bart., Pen rice. ;74 William Buck, Esq., M.P., Moreton. illllani Fielden , Es M.P. 44co und Turner : q. Esq., M.P. Gilliam James Chaplin, Esq.. Chairman, 1 .olbros J o , Humphrys, Esq., Deputy Chairman, I Directors Vi ncent L ewis Eyre,Es of the Lie utenant -C o l onel Ey re, South Lieutenant -Colonel Henderson, Western Joh n ~. 3 zubbert, Es q ., Railway 7 , -° "n King, E sq., Company. l i t °2 EsqJ ncis Mowett ESQ . De ut Chalrman of the London and York Sallwa ?mewSt Leger Grenfell, Esq., Director of the London and Bir wblingharn Railway Company Z' . A• H. Arndell, E sq. , Litton Park v. '. Avery, Esq., Delabole, Boscastle C. Bea s l ey, Esq., Inner Temple .„ G ully Bennett, E sq. , Tresillian House a ‘ieor ge Stuckley B uc k , E sq., H art l an d Abb e y , 3 _2. A. Bos se, E sq., Penzance ige Braginton, Esq., Torrington ; s un . n Bull, Egg., House , Marlborough Falmouth B. Chanter, Esq., Mayor of Bideford "ZePben Davey, Esq., Bochim !Itchard Davey, Esq Redruth J. John E nt h oven, Esq., Old Broad-street ", R e q., Treged na , F a l mou th r7ard Gard, Esq., Exeter Remould Req., Knapp, Bideford I r,: J. L. Hardi ng, M on k le i g h Col ' : °idle Harding, Esq., Monkleigh z:_, a° Harvey, Esq., Pengreep .e• .o..ard Harvey, Esq., St. Day : t ill, Esq., Lieutenant, R.N., Falmouth "Zb,,lhe ~Peter Hoblyn, Esq., Colquite, Bodmin Esq Truro " •, Jo hn 1 ,.••• Hooper, Esq., Penhargard, Bodmin T r _ n _ n a• Jag°, Esq., Corran 4. 7e en James, Esq , Broad-street-buildings • Kennard, Esq,, Lombard-street ca ci n'Y Kendall, E sq., A ust i n f r i ars J. P st* G. E. Lawrence, R.N., L os t w ithiel .6 ;.LeY, Esq., D urran t , Bid e f or d ..jr L ey, Esq., Penzance ames Ludgater, Esq., Bishopsteignton namesnames Oliver M ason, Esq., New Broad-street tMasterman, jun., Esq., London at'h Mallet, Esq , Ash Rat Mitchell, Esq. Truro Wil liam Michell, Yr-11'ijarrsdonti,ic Esq., hel E E . s q q . , Truro M.D., Bowe n Lieutenant, R.N., Falmouth eh ard Pearce, Esq., Penzance "!. F. Pete rs, Esq., Crigtnurrian !.. rna uel Pidwell, E sq. , M ayor o f P enzance Z n. Rodd, E sq., T rebartha Hall o t!I Inas Rosevear, Esq., Barn Park 'Charles A. Reynolds, Esq., Trevenson House ,y.../..:lliam Richards, Esq., Redruth .I v .. E. Snow, Esq., Tresiegar-square, London W.llllaol Sloggett, Esq Boscastle . C. Seton, Esq., Park.place, Maida-hill, London John Sillifant, Esq., Coombe if„Commodore Sulivan, C. 8., Mylor, Falmeuth Tardrew, Esq., Annery House, Devon Jo hn Taylor, Esq. , F.R.S., Duke-street, Adelphi , London ~_ Taylor,• " Great Wood, Cornwall E. ownshe T nd, Esq., Doctors'-commons Charles W. Turner, Esq., Truro Matthew Usielli, Esq., London C. K. Vigers, Esq., Truro Willyams, Esq., Carnanton John N ort h Woolcombe, Esq., Ashbury, Devon Alakir Wren, Lenwood, Bideford (With power to add to their number.) ENGINEER—Joseph Locke, Esq. 11E811011NT ENGINEER—Richard Thomas, Esq. XJll4u4lia—lYlesars. Willyams, Hodge, and Co., Miners' Bank, I'.."uro and Camborne ; Messrs Ricketts and Co., Truro, Pen zans,e, Falmouth, and St. Colun.b; Messrs. Masterman and Co., Sir J. Lubbock and Co., Messrs. Denison, Heywood, Kennard, and Co., London. aot tc rro as —Messrs. T. and F. Edwards, Gray's Inn, and Messrs. Bircham and Dalrymple, Bedford-row, London ; Messrs. Bull and Tilly, Falmouth. SECRETARY—Thomas Harvey, Esq., Falmouth. This line will, in connexion with the proposed railway from Salisbury to Exeter, effect a saving of nearly fifty miles between Itahnouth and London over the route by Plymouth, Exeter, and Bristol, and will be about ninety-eight miles in length from Fal nkouth to Exeter. It will pass through the most populous and fertile portion of Central Devon, by way of Crediton, Bow, aia therleigh, and Oirehampton, on to Newport by Launceston, and 111 2 ermle by Bodmin on to Truro and Falmouth, penetrating the cen . _ of the great mining district of Cornwall. It is approved by the landowners interested in the property in -4.--,,r,,Sected by it ; it is beyond the reach of successful oppos i t ion ; in 183 6 received the sanction of a Committee of the House of Commons. A PPlication for Shares in the Cornwall and Devon Central -7 11 waY may be m a d e t o th e Secretary, to the Solicitors , to Messrs. ..asthope and Son, Lotlibury ; or Messrs. Charles and Henry Hill, 23, T hreadneedle-street ;or to Richard Williams , E s q ., 2, Duke atreet • A.delphi, London ; Messrs. Neilson, Liverpool ; Mr. John s . , 7 i th• Sharebroker Commercial -buildings, Leeds ; Thomas Sand r'34.. Exeter ; Mr. Edward Wilson, 9, Temple-street, Bir ;:ghara ; or to J o h n B arn ard Locke, Esq., Manchester — from 'thorn Prospectuses may be obtained. The Committee will the ti's Shares to unexceptionnble parties in the order in which I PPlik`ations may be made. In all cases refe rences will be re quired. 68 . Old Brnad-street, Londqn, Sept. 18, 1844. FORM OF APPLICATION. 114 G ZI: ein rov:ional Committee of the Cornwall and Dev on Central Railway Company. ' request you will allot to me --- Shares of 251. each' end in the Cornwall and Devon Central Railway, on the terms c ondition s of the Prospoctus ; and I undertake to pay the do ?Resit' "4 the Subscribers' Agreement and P arliamentary on ratt when called up on . _ Dated the day of 1844. Trade or Profession (if any)---- Reference • C°RI`TIVALL AND D'EVON CENTRAL bitheniConirni RAILWAY. 'nee that the observa ttee have the pleasure to announce _ , (o'7i% traffic taken for the Committee appointed by't.` , .c county of tternlit then all in 1840 (by Mr. Francis Fox), in connexion with the to a c ong . a made to carry out a central line of railway, have, e suit is erable extent, been revised by that gentleman, and the r - ii ii - f ef the , e M ost satisfactory character, c l ea rly showing that there or:wallusincng Off in the general traffic of the counties of Devon and It, 1840, and that there is evidence of a large increase r " IGea e,- entr lities, whi c h must beneficially affect the traffic of the al Railway, cwri, (Si g ne d) RICHARD TAYLOR, Cha irman. nittee-room, Truro, Nov. 18, 1644. 0 R N WALL AND DEVON CENTRAL RAILWAY. Truro, il- \Toe 1844. 1 vaSlT—The Committee of the Devon and Cornwall Centraiß c a oti. , Y Company have instructed me to inform you that no one R ...efts r. . --.1., has given his ected "h t hem has on any occasion stated that Frederick le- and Corn to the Devon Ivall centralpersonal support The Railway, been Inssi e b ° y lli Me ntion of Mr. Ricketts individually which has ifir,,,i. any member of this Committee was by myself, in ad o, Trur ''g Aliublic meeting of the inhabitants of the borough r It ick ° ctta h ' d °n t he `.!Bth of October, when I alluded to . Mr t . ~,), ini,4dectiliar and delicate position in order to guard against . 4 the firn l T, taT 'ding which might arise from his being at the , n Central :Ind D 5 5 .0 '''° had tendered valuable assistance to the Cornwall " The:— ono c head of that firm in the following words :- --?' Air. Ricketts, is so situated, that no Director of the an identi fY birn i ndividually with our interests; he is a a Exeter u n d cr ., ~_e Great Western Chairman of the Bristol and the direction of the South Devon Railway Com l',nY. and it is not to be expected that he should join us ; but . I 'lB firrn come 10 us and say, we will take a large interest in ,:tMr Conapativ ns ' a,0,:g0 you a - a Lora fidinvestment ourselves, and we will t- , "n a party of capitalists in London, connected with . u t s t our friends, Who will be guarantees for a very large portion U Your Capital." heth" I IlaVe this day received permission from a representative at firm to 'say, that In the course o f a few days, as soon as can communicate what has passed this morning, and get an answ ers their names will appear ou the Provisional Committee." r am further directed to inform you that the Committee of the Cormvall and Devon Central Railway never have stated or implied that the banking firm in Cornwall, of which Mr. Ricketts is the ileac], has engaged to make a large advance of money to the Central li ne, but thae; they have engaged to give it that degree of support Uhich is descri: , ed, in th e wor d s above quoted as spoken b y my !elf at Truro, of wli.'ch a simple an d p l a i n proof i s, that f our o f the five partners constituting that firm have joined the Provisional Committee of this Comtvny, and are actively and energetically engaged in promoting its SUCc,.SS. By the request of the Committee, (Signed) RICHARD TAYLOR. Chairman •f the Managing Committee. B. Badham, Esq., Bristol and Exeter Railway.oftice, Broad.street, Bristol. ov. 1 Messrs. Rick e tt s, Enthoven, and Tru Co., ro , TNruro. 8, 1844. Gtntltlnett—A statement having been published by Mr. Bad. l 'am, by order of tI Bristol and Exeter Railway Company, tal i'lg a misrepresentation of the connection existing between )9ur firm and this Company, accompanied by a letter from Frede rick Ricketts, Ekq., alluding to an unauthorised use of his name. I am requested to inquire of you whether your connection with Us was cortectly stated by me at the meeting held at Truro, on the nBth of October, as also whether you are aware of any use of Mr, i ti cketts's nam e, as i mply i ng that this Company had obtained his ersonal support.—l have the honour to be, your obedient servant, (Signed) RICHARD TAYLOR, Chairman of the Managing Committee. Truro Bank, Truro, Nov. 18, 1844. • % ir,—We ftel no dlfli cu l ty h i rep l y i ng to your letter of this day's irate. The statement made by you at the public meeting held in this town, as regards the support which a portion of our firm in_ tended to afford to the Cornwall And Devon Central Railway Com l'anY, is subststniallv correct. We ats‘: beg to state that we are not a w are, nor do we believe, that the Corninits7- hare, on any neca- B tated that M r . Ricketts, the head of our nrs - 2 1 had given his , . erso nal support or i n t erest to the Cei.tral Line of through Co rnwall and Devon.—We arc, Sir, your obedie n t servan t s, Si "e (1 ) RICKETTS, ENTHOVEN, TURNER, MASON, and JAMES. Co nw4l To Richard Taylor, arid Devon Central Railway Committee, Truro, ' yu No. 16,310. LONDON, MONDAY EVENING S Ny NOVEMBER 25, 1844. A- t-e--# 1111 • dee.-0 . - A a - • ." -"' .gIION , . ( 4 41 4,,A l %CV / , • /bt 0 _ Aft frt 4 , „ , 4 • - ♦ rs• MAIL; W, • A Att _ -1301 4 t PRICE sd. THE SUN is Published EVERY MORNING at FIVE O ' CLOCK, in Time f or the EARLY TRAINS and TOWN DELIVERY ; a SECOND EDITION (Evening Sun) y is PUblisked in Time for the AFTERNOON TRAINS and a THIRD EDITION at SEVEN O'CLOCK, for POST, et tea:ming PARLIAMENTARY and all other NEWS i n LONDON up to that Sour, ADVERTISEMENTS INSERTED in ALL THE THREE PAPERS, Morning Noon, and Night, thereby insuring a TOWN and COUNTRY CIRCULATION, at ONE CHARGE. C ORNWALL AND DEVON CENTRAL RAILWAY. At a highly respectable and influential public MEETING of the Inhabitants of Falmouth and its vicinity, favourable to the construction of a direct Railway to Exeter, held in the Guildhall, Monday, Sept. 16, JAMES BULL, Esq., in the Chair. the following resolutions were unanimously passed : That it is the opinion of this Meeting that the projected coast line of Railway from Falmouth to Torpoint, "with a very doubtful passage across the Hamoaze, on the lower part of the Tamar," and a distance of a mile and a half from the beach, to join the South Devon line, would be of little comparative advantage if effected, and is highly objectionable, as tending to prevent the formation of a eentral line of railway, which would alone be beneficial to the county of Cornwall, and that it does net comply with the principles laid down by the Railway Department of the Board of Trade as the basis for all future extensions of railway communication, viz., " The advantages to be obtained, In a national point of view, in completing or extending important lines of railway communication; the amount of local advantages afforded to the towns and districts more immediately affected ; the engineer ing circumstances of the line, as far as may be necessary to form a general judgment of the' Character of the undertaking ; the esti mates of cost of construction and of traffic and working expenses so far as may be necessary to judge of the probability of the tine being completed and efficiently worked ;" and by making Plymouth the real terminus of the Railway, must evidently prevent a more western port from reaping the advantages of Its position in a com mercial point of view. That by a direct line of Railway from Exeter, instead of a coast line by Plymouth, - by which the Cornwall line will be a mere branch of the South Devon line, there will be a saving of up wards of twenty miles, which is of great importance bdth as re. gards time and expense, and, in the words of Captain Beaufort, the Hydrographer to the Admiralty, "There can be but little doubt that Falmouth will again have the mails, and, moreover, be.. come a port of far greater consequenee than it has yet beers." CORNWALL AND DEVON CENTRAL RAILWAY. At a highly respectable and influential public MEETING of the inhabitants of Penryn and its vicinity, convened by the Mayor, and held at the Guildhall the 21st day of September, 1844, THOMAL GREY TRENERY, Esq., in the chair, the following resolutions were unanimously passed : That it is the decided conviction of this Meeting that a Central Railway from Falmouth to Exeter is the only line which combines all the requisites for such a mode of communication through the county of Cornwall, and Is also entitled to support, as calculated to restore the packets to Falmouth Harbour, and to afford all those facilities for the transit of passengers and traffic which are required, both in a national and local point of view, besides securing to the port of Falmouth all the advantages of its geographical position. That in the opinion of this Meeting the proposed railway to Tor. point, " with," in the words of Captain Moorsom, the engineer, " a very doubtful passage across Hamoaze," on the lower part of the Tamar, is highly objectionable, and in no respect calculated to afford that amount of accommodation to the great mass of the population of Cornwall which they require, and none to that of the North of Devon, and by tending inevitably to transfer the trade and commerce which would be concentrated at the most western port to its rival Plymouth, would be most detrimental to the in. terests of this county; and that this Meeting pledges itself to give such South Line its most determined opposition. CORNWALL AND DEVON CENTRAL RAILWAY. At a Public MEETING of the Inhabitants of Redruth, held on Tuesday, the let of October, WILLIAM DAVEY, Esq., in the chair, the following resolutions were unanimously adopted :- 1. That this Meeting cordially recognises the principles pro pounded by the Railway Department of the Board of Trade for re gulating their inquiries into all proposed schemes for the extension of existinglines of railway, via.:—" That regard should be had to the advantages to be obtained in a national point of view ; to the amount of local advantage afforded to the towns and districts more Immediately affected ; and to the engineering circumstances of the line; and is decidedly of opinion that a central line of railway, in preference to a coast line from Falmouth to Exeter, completely em. braces these important objects. 2. That in a national point of view it is of the utmost import ance that the connection of Falmouth harbour with the metropolis and the great manufacturing districts in the north of England and Scotland should be encted in the shortest possible space of time, and, therefore, with the view of securing to the country generally, as well as to the county of Cornwall, the full advantage of " the beat port in the kingdom for the embarkation and landing of the mails for the West Indies, the Peninsula, the Mediterranean, and all our transatlantic possessions," as well as to insure the convenience of passengers, and the cheap transmission of morehandixe, a central line of railway from Falmouth to Exeter is pre-eminently entitled to the support of Cornishmen. 3. That in addition to affording the greatest aecommodation to the greatest number, it is especially essential, in a local point of view, that a railway should secure the quickest and cheapest means of transit, not only to the London markets, but to those of the midland and northern distiicts, of those early and rare vegeta bles and fruits for which the western part of Cornwall is so oele. brated, and which would form se considerable a portion of traffic, as well as to ensure to our fishermen a profitable sale of that inimitable supply of the finest fish with which our coasts abound, and that a central line of railway can best effect those objects. 4. That, from the report of the Committee appointed at a county meeting convened by the High Sheriff, for the purpose of obtaining information as to the feasibility of constructing a railway through Cornwall to Exeter, it appears that a survey of the central line was made in 1840-41, by Captain Moorsom, C. E., in which he states, " That a Central Line combines the greatest amount of accom. modation, both local and general, with the least drawback in respect to the works involved and the expense incurred in construction and working." 5. That from the said report it also appears that, from traffic returns actually made and carefully revised, such line would, after deducting 40 per cent for working charges, yield a profit to the Shareholders of upwards of V. per cent.; whereas it appears, from the prospectus of the projectors of the Plymouth and Falmouth Railway, that the estimated returns on the capital will be only " 61. per cent. and upwards," thereby clearly proving that, even as a speculation with a view to profitable investment only, the Central Line is best entitled to public support ; and that there are good grounds for believing that, if the Central Line to Exeter be properly brought before the country, it will at once obtain the sup port of Cornishmen and capitalists generally. CORNWALL AND DEVON CENTRAL RAILWAY. At a Public MEETING of the inhabitants of Bodmin and its neighbourhood, convened by the Mayer, on a requisition of the inhabitants, JOHN WARD, Esq., Mayor, in the chair, .he following resolutions were unanimously carried : That, however much it may be to the private interest of asso. elated companies, or of individuals, to promote the formation of other railways through this county, and whatever may be the plausibility with which such undertakings are urged upon the at tention of the public, this meeting sees no reason to doubt the cor rectness of the recorded opinion of the county, that a central or direct line from Exeter to Falmouth is indispensable in a national point of view, and would afford the greatest amount of local ac commodation. 'that as affbrding the best line in a national, local, and engi neering point of view, the projected Central Railway may be as sured of the sanction of the Board of Trade, and as approved by the landowners through whose property it passes, it is placed beyond the reach of successful opposition In Parliament ; whilst, by run ning through, or bordering on, and connected with, the principal towns and populous mining districts of the county, it will receive the support of the commercial and mining interest, and by offering, as shown by the estimate of traffic, a profitable investment for money, there is no longer reason to doubt that it will command the requisite capital for carrying it into effect, thus removing the only objection ever urged against a Central Railway, even by the promo ters of the Southern Line. That, looking to the large and wealthy district on the north of Bodmin, to the increasing importance of the trade at Wadebridge, and to the fact that Padstow (the harbour of which has been lately placed, by Act of Parliament, under the superintendence of Com missioners with powers for its improvement) forms the most conve. nient port for embarkation to the south of Ireland, this Meeting trusts that an effbrt will be made to afford this part of the county a railway in communication with the metropolis, by bringing the main trunk of the Central Line of Railway into immediate con nection with the Bodmin and Wadebridge Railway, and that the Padstow Commissioners and the Directors of the Bodmin and Wadebridge Railway will aid in forwarding so desirable an object. That a memorial from this Meeting, in favour of the Central Line of Railway, be forwarded to the Board of Trade. That the Members for the county be requested to give their sup port to the projected Central Line of Railway between Falmouth and Exeter, as being best calculated to promote the public interests of the county, and that the Mayor be requested to forward a copy of this resolution to the county Members. That the town of Bodmin being the place at which the assizes, quarter sessions, and all the county meetings are held, requires a rapid and direct means of communication with all parts of Cornwall, and the adjoining county of Devon, as also with the metropolis. That the Members for the borough, be, therefore, requested to co operate in furtherance of the proposed undertaking, as tending to the prosperity of the town and borough, and that the Mayor be re quested to forward a copy of this resolution to Sir T. S. Spry and J. D. Gardner, Esq. CORNWALL AND DEVON CENTRAL RAILWAY. At a numerous and influeutial public MEETING of the Inhabit. ants of the town and neighbourhood of Penzance, held at the Guild hall, on Friday, the Bth of November, 1844. by requisition, JOHN BATTEN, Esq., Mayor, in the chair, the following resolutions were passed unanimously : That it is thedecided opinion of this Meeting that the Central Railway is the only one calculated to meet the requirements of this town and neighbourhood, and the county in general. That this Meeting is quite convinced that in a national point of view the Central Line will Insure greater facility of intercourse and certainly of communication than any tine that should depend on " the doubtful passage across Hamoaze." That a memorial in support of the Central Line be prepared for presentation to the Board of Trade. That a Committee be formed for the purpose of conferring with the Committee of the coast line, with the view of inducing them to co-operate in carrying out a measure which they have so repeatedly stated to be of such vital importance to the county. That the cordial thanks of this Meeting be given to Edward William Wynne Pondarves, Esq., and Edmund Turner, Esq., for their generous determination to maintain the interests of the county, by withdrawing their support from the Plymouth and Falmouth line, when they found that a Central Line was at. tainable. That the Members of the county be requested to promote by every means in their power, the Central Line, which is of such essential importance to the welfare of this county. That the Mayor and Corporation be requested to co-operate In carrying out so important an object to this town and neigh bourhood. CORNWALL AND DEVON CENTRAL RAILWAY. At a public MEETING held at St. Columb, on Wednesday, the 23d of October, 1844, HUMPHRY WILLYAMS, Esq., In the chair, the following resolutions were unanimously adopted : That the statement which has been made by Mr. Tilly to this meeting has fully satisfied it of the feasibility anti superior advantage of a Central Line of Railway through the county of Cornwall, in a national and provincial point of view. That this meeting will promote a Central Railway by every means in its power, and call particularly on the members for the county to give it their best support in the House of Commons. CORNWALL AND DEVON CENTRAL RAILWAY. At a numerous and highly respectable public MEETING of the inhabitants of the Borough of Truro, held at the Town-hall, on Monday, the 28th of October, 1844, NICHOLAS F. BASSETT, Esq., Use Mayor, in the chair, ,he following resolutions wore unanimously passed : That this meeting is convinced of the perfeot practicability of the Central Line of Railway through Cornwall and Devon, and of its great superiority over the proposed Coast Line from Plymouth to Falmouth, both In a national and local point of view. That a railway with a single line, interrupted by " the very doubtful passage across the Hamoase," is wholly unfitted to the wants and requirements of this county. That the following memorial to the Board of Trade in favour of the Central Line be adopted by this meeting, and that the Mayor ire requested to sign the same on behalf of the meeting; and that the Members for this Borough be requested to present the same to the Board of Trade, and to give their strenuous support to the prayer of the memorial; and that a petition to the House of Commons in favour of the Central Line, assimilated to the memorial, be prepared and taken from house to house for signature, and that the Members for the borough be requested to present the same at the proper time, and to support it in the House of Commons. "To the Honourable the Commissioners of the Railway Depart- CORNWALL AND DE TON CENTRAL RAILWAY. Exeter, Nov. 9, 1844.—At a public MEETING of the Inha. bitants of this city and neighbourhood, held this day, in compliance with a requisition most numerously and respectably signed, The Right Worshipful the MAYOR in the chair, the following resolutions were unanimously adopted : That the city of Exeter and its neighbourhecxl, from its popula tion and geographical position, is entitled to the advantages of the railway system on a more extended scale than it at present enjoys ; and that this meeting considers that the construction of a direct line of railway from London through Yeovil to Exeter, and its con. tinuation through the centre of Devon and Cornwall to Falmouth, would be an undertaking of great national importance, and highly advantageous to this city, and especially entitled to the support of all who feel interested in its prosperity. That this Meeting regards most favourably the construction of a railway to Barnstaple, through Crediton, which will open a corn. munication between the North of Devon and the various lines of railway which may be concentrated at Exeter, That this meeting pledges itself to use every exertion to promote and carry out the objects of the foregoing resolutions. PATRONISED BY HER MAJESTY, HIS ROYAL HIGH NESS PRINCE ALI3EIIT, THE ROYAL FAMILY AND NOBILITY, AND THE SEVERAL SOVEREIGNS AND COURTS OF EUROPE. ROWLAND'S AIACASSOR OIL, for the Growth and Preservi ng an d B eau tifying the Human Hair. Price 3s. 6d., 74., Family Bottles (e q ual to four small), 10s. 6d., and double that size, 214. C AUTIO N.—The words " Rowland's Macassar Oil" are engraved on the Wrapper of each genuine bottle; and on the back of the Wrapper 1,500 timer, containing 29,02 d letters. Without this, None are genuine." ROWLAND'S KALYDOR or Improving and Beautifying the Skin and Complexion. Price .6d. and Bs. 6dd. per bottle, duty included. ROWLAND'S ODONTO, )'EARL DENTRIFICE renders the Teeth beautifully White, prere.rycs the Gums. Price 2s. 9d. per box, duty included. UTION, Unprincipled Shopkeepers, i4.e the sake of gaining a trifle more profit, vend the most deleteriouS bernpounds as the " genuine" 114.CASSAR OIL, KALYDOR, and ODONTO. 4 is therefore necessary 00 purchasing either article, to see the word " ROW. LAND'S" is en the Wrapper. t er the protection of the Public from fraud and Imposition, the r- Honourable pommissioners of her Ma ;esty's Stamps have authorised the Proprietoes Signature to be en graved on the Government :. 4 .lslTrin thus ; . A 110 WLAND k SON, 20 HArroN.GAIIDENI wiliwt is ailived on the KALYDOR and ODONTO. &Old by them and i.y• Chemists and Perfumers. others Are I k4PuLarr cppiTichaZ TS. York. 9ro JAMES BRYDEN, Esq., LONDON, SE CRETARY to the PROMOTERS of the GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY from DUBLIN to GALWAY. Sir,—The interest which I feel in tha construction of a Railway to the West of Ireland, induces me to ask you fir an answer to the following questions, In order to enable myself and others to Judge who are the parties most likely to accomplish this desirable object, and therefore moat deserving of public support. First—Who aro the promoters at present forming your Provi. sional Committee, and upon what number of shares has each mem. ber of the Committee paid the deposit P Second—What Is the whole amount of deposits actually paid on the share.) for your Company, and where is such money now de. posited ? Third—How many, and which of the persons who have signed the declaration publi s h ed b y you, and dated 11th instant, i n favour of your project, have p roved their confidence by taking shares i n i t, and paying the depo s it s t h ereon, and what is the aggregate num. her of shares so tak en ? Fourth—Has any account of the traffic on your line been taken or any calculation made of its amount, and if so, what is the amount of revenue calculated on, distinguishing the amount ex pected to be received for each separate branch of such traffic ? The public have a right to expect a plain and full reply on these points, and if not given at once, I must only infer that they cannot be satisfactorily answered. Your obedient servant, AN APPLICANT FOR FIFTY SHARES. London, Nov. 2:2, 1844. VIV ANTED, at the following places, active and influential AGENTS, for a well.established LIFE ASSURANCE OFFICE in LONDON, prssessing an ample ori. natty paid-up capital, besides a very large accumulated sum of pre. minims since its commencement, having ap annual Income above 80,0001., besides the new business everyday coming in. Gentle men applying for the agencies will please give references as to their eligibility and respectability, and at the same time recommend a medical reference, on whose opinion the Company may place conti deuce as to the health of lives proposed to be insured. Letters to be addressed to A.8.C., care of the Union Bank of London, Charing-cross branch, Pall-mall East :—Bath, Bangor, Beccles, Bedford, Birmingham, Boston, Bradford (York), Bridge water, Bristol, Bromsgrove, Buckingham, Burslem. Bury (Lan cashire), Bury St. Edmonds, Cambridge, Carlisle, Chelmsford, Chel tenham, Chester, Chesterfield, Chichester, Cirencester, Congleton, Devonport, Doncaster, Dundee, Dunfermline, Gloucester, Goole, Grantham, Guernsey, Hereford, Honiton, Ipswich, Kendal, Knaresborough, Leek„ Leeds, Leicester, Lewis, Lichfield, Lincoln, Liverpool, Maidenhead, Manchester, Mansfield, Maryport, New eastle-under.Lyne, North Shields, Nottingham, Oundle, Penrith, Penzance, Plymouth, Rochdale, Shaftesbury, Shrewsbury, Stroud, Southampton, Thrapstone, Wakefield, Warwick, Wenlock, White haven, Wigan, Winchester, Yarmouth, York. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY, 96, CORNIIILL, LONDON. Capital X 500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. DIVISION OF PROFITS. The steady saccess and increasing prosperity of the 3octety has enabled the Directors, at the last animal investigation declare a second Bonus, averaen: 60 per cent. on the amounts Inv on each Policy effected on the Profit scale. EXAMPLES. t. 4 1 Banns Bonusg 5 ® g Premium.' 4 added. Cash. g 3 • Yi s. d.II s. d. s. d. s. d. £ a. ds 1837 170 9 3 77 5 1 12 3 9 346 2 3 40,1000 74 3 4 .1834 144 2 2 64 5 6 9 16 4 296 13 4 1 '1839.116 16 0 51 511 711 9 247 4 The division of profits is annual, and the next will be made in De zember of the present year. This institution offers many important and substantial advan tages with respect both to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The assured has, on all occasions, the power to borr )w, without ex etnse or forfeiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the premium paid, (see table) ; also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his interests to meet other conveniences or necessity. Assurances tOr terms of years are granted on the lowest possible rates. F. FERGUSON GLIIROUX, See, THE CHEAPEST TALLOW CANDLES. Those who burn these are recommended to make one trial whether PRICE'S PATENT CANDLES do not give so much more light as to be in reality cheaper. They may bo had of respectable dealers throughout the kingdom, if care be taken to prevent any imitations being passed off as the Patent Candles; and the Trade may obtain them wholesale from Edward Price and Co., Belmont, Vauxhall, and Palmer and Co., Sutton-street, Clerkenwell. SIR W. BURNETT'S PATENT The cheapest and best process for the Preservation of Timber, Canvas, Cordage, Cotton, 'Woollen &c. Licenses granted to Noblemen and 'Gentlemen to use the Prepara tion ; and to others for the purposes of Trade, on advantageous, terms. Hydraulic Apparatus and Tanks, for the expeditious preparation of the above materials, at the principal station Aillhvali, Poplar, nearly opposite Greenwich. Numerous Specimens and Testimonials may be seen, and every in formation obtained at the Office, No. 53, King William-street, Lon don-bridge. T " I. P OLISII B A 14 L. Rejoice, ye Poles ! your wrongs shall be redress'd , Awd Poland, hapless Poland, shall be bless'd ; Though scatter'd by a cruel despot's hand, Ilej , nce! for you will re-possess your land. An open, British heat is ever free To succour helpless exiles such as ye, The grand assemblage at the splendid' ball," While congregated in the civic hall, Bore striking proof,that Poland shall maintain Her • lorious nationality again! MOSES and SON, to make these blessings more, Have matchless clothing, In ahundint store, Whose price is so astonishingly low, 't hat hapless Poles a vast advantage owe. When Poland shall, once more, assert her reign, And flourish, as she did—a free domain, Let ev'ry Pole his gratitude express, By patronising such unequall'd dress. The Mart of MO 'ES has a wide control — Rs fame, in fact, is spead from " Pole to Pole." MOSES and SON are ready to "re-dress" '1 he hapless Poles whom Wants would oppress. Those exiles boast of many friends—but none tan vie with MOSES, or with MO it:s' SON• m A EN n o e7 ,,, w w o i r ti k i , ful entitled directio " n T s "THE seCiOfiuMelluEurilsCleAnLt. OuPH:Trips: 'ion, will he forwarded poet free. HEADY MADE. X a. d. Beaver Taglionls IP 0 6 Ditto Ole, terfields.„..„7 ..m " • 0 10 6 Ditto Codringtons .... ........ ..••••••••••:;. ........ 13 6 Ditto Perehrokes, Attmls, ....... .............. every des . criPti" of Winter Cost, handsomely trimmed 1 5 0 Bo Winter Coat; in every t 1 0 8 6 s y C.••••••••-•••••• 0 4 6 Warm Winter Trousers, lined ...----••••••••••"" Ditto Doeskin ...... ........ Dress Coats, edged, .... ... .. "." 1 0 0 Frock ditto.ditto .......... ••••••• ...-... 1 3 0 Rolling Collar Vest . 0 I Doubly-brvested Ditto Boys' Hussar Suits 0 17 6 Ditto Tunic, neatly braided ..... ........ MADE TO MEASURE. Saxe Gotha Coats, velvet collar and cuffs from 1 18 0 Winter Coats, in every style and Shape, handsomely trimmed I 5 0 Milled Tweed Wrappers 0 17 6 Ditto, ditto, Trousers 0 8 6 Buckskin Ditto Doeskin Ditto, any pattern II 12 0 Best, or Dress Trousers ....... I 6 9 Cashmere Vest 0 7 0 Winter Ditto, in endless pattern ti Dress Coat Ditto, ditto, best manufactured 2 15 0 Frock Coat Ditto, the best manufactured....... ......... ..... Boys' Hussar Suit 1 7 0 Ditto Tunic Mourniug to any extent can be had at five minutes' notice, at the following prices : Men's Suits, dress coat, vast, and trousers... ..... 1 16 e ditto, jacket, vest, and trousers from 0 18 0 IMPORTANT.— Any article purchased or ordered, If not approved of, exchanged, or the money returned. Observe—E. MOSES and SON, Tailors, Wholesale and Retail Woolen Drapers, Outfitters, and General Warehousemen, 154, MI. nories, arida% Aldgate, City, opposite the Church. Cstrrion.—E. Noses and Son are obliged to guard the public Against imposition, having learned that the untradesmanlike falsehood of being connected with them, or it's the same concern, has been resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons. They have no connexion whatever with any other establishment, and those who desire genuine Cheap Clothing should (to prevent disappointment, &c.) call or send to, 154, Minories, or 80, Aldgate, opposite the Church. N.B. No business transacted at this Establishment from sunset on Friday till sunset on Saturday, when business is resumed till twelve o'clock. FORD'S PECTORAL BALSAM OF HORE HOUND, prepared by Mr. FORD, the PATENTEE. This celebrated Medicine still maintains its high position in public est;mation. For the cure of Coughs, Colds, Influenza, and Pulmo. nary complaints, it remains without a competitor. Toe well—known properties of the herb, with the elezanee and extraordinary Bal samic qualities of this preparation of it, has secured for the Pectoral Balsam of Horehound the highest and most extensive patronage. Suffureis from the complaint:above mentioned, arc earnestly recom. mended to have recourse to this medicine ; one trial will convince the most sceptical of its healing qualities. influenza and common Colds wid be found to yield to its benign influence in a few hours ; and in Asthmatic complaints, of however long standing, allevia ion and relief will certainly follow the use of it. Mr. Ford respectfully requeots purchasers to observe that his sig. nature wilrbe on the outside wrapper to each bottle, and that the name of his sole wholesale agent, Mr. Edwards, 67, St. Paul's Church. yard, is engraved on the Government Stamp. Sold in bottles at Is. iht , 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., and Ws. 6d. each, by Sanger, 150, Oxford. *treet; White 14, Cornhill, opposite the Royal Exchan g e ; an d by most respectable Chemists. TO MR. PROUT, 229, STRAND, LONDON. E Copy of a Letter from Wilson, Esq., Clifton, near "Clifton, York, Feb.s, 1344. " Sir,—lt is with the greatest pleasure that I inform you with what success Blair's Gout and Rheumatic Pills have affected a cure in me For many months I have had the Ithetimaism ; and, iu spite of all I amid do, I was not able to Wain the least relief, until a friend recommended to me !hair's Pills, which, after a few trials, effected a complete cure. " You are at liberty to use my name if it will be of any service to you. " Yours, truly, " WILLIAM WILSON." The above recent testimonial is a further proof of the great efficacy of this ♦aluable medicine, which is the only effective remedy for Gout, Rheumatism, Sciatica, Lumbago, Tic Dolorous, Pains in the Head and Face, •f eu mistaken fur toothache, and f..r all Gouty and Rheumatic Tendencies. It le also gratifying to have permission to refer to the following gentlemen, selected from a mtutitude of others, whose station in society has contributed to advance this popular medicine in public esteem :—J. U.. Mandell, Esq. ' Coroner, Doncaster, the Rev. D r. Blomberg, the Chevalier de la Garde, Lieutenant Masters, late of the Royal Newfoundland Veteran Companies, Mr. Miskin, brewer and maltster, Dartford; Mr. Richard Stone, Luton ; John J. Esq , Frimley ; Mr. Inwood, Perbright ; all of whom bare received bened by taking this medicine, and have allowed the propripte,r the privilege of ptibliching"the same for the berieils of t7io afftictod. Sold by Tlibmas Front, 20, St and, London; and by his appoint ment by all respea4ble Meciicine Venders tliton6lient the United Price 3s Pd. per box. Ask for BLAIR' SG OUT mid RHEUMATIC PILLS and observe !be name and addre s of " Thomas Pruitt, V, Strand, London," opressed upon the GoveruniciutryitaistS sassed to cec bog of the thisuino bledidatit. 4! = -,•-•-- MISS CLARA SEYTON'S MUSICAL and DRAMATIC ENTERTAINMENTS, CROSBY HALL, B ISHOPSGATE-STREET. O❑ TUESDAY EVENING, November 26, the Lecture will be on ENGLISH COMIC OPERA, in the course of which Miss CLARA SEYTON will sing the following Songs•—" Heart! the seat of soft delight"—" Can Love be controlled by advice ?"—Oh! Nanny, wilt thou gang wi' me ?"—" The Country Wedding" (composed for Miss Clara Seyton by W. Masters)—T. Cooke's minstrel song, " Your beauty, Ladye Payre" (composed for Miss Clara Seyton, and accom panied by herself on the harp)—" Pray Goody"—" Lullaby"—" Love among the Itoses"—" I once was a Maiden," and " Wapping Old Stairs." Pianoforte, Mr. W. MASTERS. Tickets, 2s. Reserved Seats, 2s. Gd. To be had of the principal Music-sellers. FRENCH GENTLEMAN, a Graduate of i. the University, having resided Four Years as Private Tutor to a thmtly of p eat respectability, teaching the Cla.sics, Mathe matics, several Modern Languages, and Drawing, is desirous of meeting with another such engagement, or as Foreign Clerk in a Mercantile house, or as Secretary to a Nobleman or Gentleman. Unexceptionable references wil be given on addressing (post paid) to L. P., care of Mr. Broadwood, 17, Cadogan-place, Beigrave-square TO COMMERCIAL GENTLEMEN VISITING EDINBURGH. MRS. DOW, 57, North Bridge-buildings, Edinburgh, returning her grateful acknowledgments to those gentlemen who have hitherto favoured her with her support, begs respectildly to assure them, and all who may patronise her, that every attention to their comfort will continue to have her un remitting care. Mrs. Dow's lodgings being centrally situated betwixt the New and Old Town, and within a few minutes walk of the Poet, Coach, Rail way-offices, 'and Banks, are peculiarly calculated for the convenience of commercial gentlemen. SARACEN'S HEAD HOTEL, LINCOLN. JOHN - STEPHENSON, in announcing his re tirement from the Saracen's Head, respectfully returns thanks for the many years' patronage with which he has been favoured, from the nobility, gentry, commercial gentlemen, and the public in gene ral, begging at the same time to recommend to their notice Mr. J. lieseltine, as his successor, who was his head-waiter seven yeas e, and during the last three yeah proprietor of the Royal Motel, hull, feeling confident he will give every attention, and endeavour to add to the comforts of his customers. JAMES IIESELTINE having taken and entered upon the Sara cen's Head Commercial and Family Hotel, Lincoln, most respect fully solicits a continuance of that kind and generous support so long and so liberally bestowed on his predecessor: and he embraces this opportunity of saying that it will ever be his study to merit the same, by rendering every attention and comfort to commercial gentlemen. families, and the public generally. Stage-coaches, Post-horses, Hearse and Mourning coaches, on the shortest notice. BURGESS' ESSENCE of ANCHOVIES JUO Warehouse, 107, STRAND, corner of the Savoy-steps, London _ JOAN BURGESS and SON, being apprised of the numerous en deavours made by many persons to impose a spurious article for their make, feel it incumbent en them to request the attention of the public, in purchasing what they conceive to be the original to ob serve the Name and Address correspond with the above. The gene ral appearance of the spurious descriptions will deceive the un guarded ; and, for their detection, J. B. and Son, submit the following cantions:—Some are in appearance at first sight, " the genuine," but without name or address ; some " Burgess's Essence of Anchovies," and others " Burg:ss's ;" and many more without address. John Burgess and Son, having been many years honoured with such dis tinguished approbation, feel every sentiment of respect towards the public, and earnestly solicit them to inspect the labels previous to purchasing what they conceive to be of their make, which they hope will prevent many disappointments. _ _ BURGESS' NEW SAUCE, for general purposes, having given such great satisfaction, continues to be prepared by them, and is recora• mended as a moat useful and convenient sauce ; will keep good In all climates. Warehouse, 107, STRAND, corner of the Savoy-steps, London. The Original Fish-sauce Warehouse. CANDLE NOTORIETY.-W. S. HALE'S Superb COMPOSITE, 101(1. per lb., requiring no snuffing, on comparison and trial are allowed to surpass all others of the present day for beauty and brilliancy of light. There is no patent for Composite Candles, neither will those called patent burn so long a time by hours as the flee waxed-wick tallow moulds, or is the light equal. Sold fbr cash, at DAVIES'S Old Established Warehouse, 63, St. Martin's-lane, opposite Now Slaughter's Coffee-house. WINTER OVER COATS, WRAPPERS, &c. Messrs. BURCII and LUCAS (late J. Albert) respectfully Invite gentlemen to view their new and fashionable assortment of PATENT and IiEAUF'ORT BEAVERS, FANCY VESTINGS, TROUSERINGS, &c., for the approaching season ; the style and cut of every garment aro guaranteed equal to any of the first houses at the West-end, at prices in unison with the economy of the times, fueling confident that gentlemen who may do them the honour will be perfectly satisfied with any garment that leaves their establish ment. A large assortment of Great Coats kept ready made in all the different and most approved forms, agreeable to the prevailing taste ; being made under the superintendence of the proprietors, they are enabled to speak confidently as to their superiority over all gar ments of a slap description, the which are entirely excluded from this establishment. 52, King William-street, London-bridge, apposite the Statue, SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. TIMES.—Our readers scarcely need to be reminded of the ingenious mode of operation adopted by the authors of the Constitution of the United States for the purpose of conducting the election of the President with the requisite order and dispatch. In the month of No vember preceding the actual election, the whole consti tuency of each state names as many electors or delegates as it sends members to Congress, who are invested with the function of electing the President, and are of course pledged to what is termed " the ticket" of one or other of the leading candidates. The votes of these electors are subsequently transmitted by sealed lists to the Pre sident of the Senate, by whom they are opened and counted in the presence of Congress ; so that, in reality, except in those cases in which neither candidate has a majority of the whole number of electors appointed, when the House of Representatives proceeds to ballot for the President, the preliminary nomi nation of electors is the most important and tumultuous part of the .proceeding, and when there are but two candidates in the field, the final result of the contest may thus at once be ascertained. This nomina tion of the presidential electors has just bsen completed, and it appears to leave no doubt as to the triumph of the Democratic party, and of their candidate, Mr. Polk. The surprise, and, we must add, the apprehensions and regret, which this event will produce in Europe, are in creased by the fact that it is the great States of New York, Pennsylvania, and Virginia, which have turned the scale. Far from exercising that moderating power, and, if we may so speak of auxthing in America, that Conservative influence which might seem to belong to their position, their wealth, their mercantile interests, and their exemption from slavery, Pennsylvania has in this instance obeyed the same influences which have already connected her name with bankruptcy and anarchy, and New York has followed her example. Of Mr. Polk we know nothing, except that he has achieved a triumph over the most able and respected man in the Union, although he was scarcely more known in that union a few months ago, than ho now is in Europe. He has not been chosen for his past ser vices, or his political experience, or for civil eloquence, or for military fame; for these qualities would doubtless long ago have brought him within our notice, if Ift had possessed them or any of them. But the less of personal greatness or influence he could boast of, the better was he fitted to answer the expectations of his adherents. Whatever he may turn out to be hereafter, we can only judge of him at present as the delegate or instrument of the passions by which he has been thus strangely raised into this conspicuous position. As such, then, we must remark with no ordinary concern, that with the single exception of the tariff question, on which he is pledged to a more liberal commercial policy than his opponent, his election to this im portant office is the triumph of everything that is worst over every thing that is best in the United States of America. It is a victory gained by the south over the north—by the slave states over the free—by the repudiating states over the honest ones—by the partisans of the annexation of Texas over its opponents—by the adventurous and unscru pulous democracy of the new states, and the foreign population in those states, over the more austere and dignified Republicanism of New England, No one in Europe has failed to observe the rapid decline or the United States in public morality and in public estima tion, in their policy and their principles as a nation, and in all that renders a people permanently strong and prosperous, during the last few years, and more especially during the accidental administration of Mr. Tyler. The death of General Harrison was indeed in more ways than one a national, and more than a national, calamity ; but we had not ceased to entertain the hope that the party which brought him into office four years ago would now be strong enough to carry Mr. Clay's election. It ap pears that the evil has already gone too far. By pander. ing to the passions of the populace, Mr. Tyler has not only let loose, but instigated the worst tendencies of de mocracy. To his treaty with Texas, which drove Mr.Vau Buren from the field, Mr. Pell: may be said to owe his election. Until that question had been brought forward, the name of Polk was unknown except at Almack's. The Whig candidate has perished in the attempt to stem this fierce current of misdirected popular excitement. The Whig party have been beaten, when everything depended on the possibility of restoring moderation and probity to the Government of the country by their in fluence ; and it is scarcely too much to say, that Texas has already given a President to the Union. If Mr. Polk wiliert to the pledges under which his electors are likely to raise him to the chair, he is pledged to a foreign war. The grounds on which General Jackson and his friends have given their support to Mr. Polk are before the world ; and we have already combated their arguments and their assumptions. They amount to the strongest expressions of hostility against the sup posed influence and designs of Great Britain on the North American continent ; and either the means they have used to gain the popular suffrages are as insincere as they are false, or they hold that the acquisition of Texas, by arms, if necessary, is the first duty of a Pre sident of the United States. They can hardly escape from the dilemma in which they stand between excessive rashness and excessive deceit ; but we cannot expect that they will have the energy or the power, any more than Mr. Tyler has had them, to resist or control the popular excitement which has brought them into office. It has been observed by the most judicious ob server of the institutions of the United States, M. de Tocqueville, that political parties in America rally round an individual as the symbol of their own theories ; and that parties are strongly interested in the election, not so much with a view to the triumph of their principles under the auspices of the President elect as to show by the majority which returned him, the strength of the supporters of those principles. It must not be presumed that the success of the democratic party on this occasion is so complete as at once to have decided in their favour all the great questions of domes tic and foreign policy. If the election of a President irrevocably decided the policy of a United States Go vernment for the next four years, the country would be not only agitated but convulsed by such a contest. But the strict limitations imposed by the Constitu tion on the power of the chief magistrate. and more especially the control exercised by the Senate of the United States over his relations with foreign Powers, render the triumph less signal and the danger less im minent, Be the indiscretion of a President what it may, ho can scarcely plunge the country into war or confusion as long as the Senate remains faithful to its trust. What, therefore, we chiefly deplore on the present occasion is, the defeat of those men who were most able and most willing to have laboured to restore the financial and political credit of their country ; who, if they were unable to shake off the curse of slavery, would at least have striven to prevent the consequences of slavery from becoming the guiding and general law of the public policy of the union ; who would have ab stained from rapine, maintained peace, and adhered to the doctrines which once shed honour on the characters of American statesmen. Clay and Webster are still en titled to that name ; but the time is past when they could guide the destinies of their country, and by casting theta off in the hour of trial, the people of the United States have only rendered the vices of their present condition more conspicuous, and prepared the way for the increas ing evils and excesses of their future career. — CIIRONICLE.--The Government journals continue to devote a good deal of their efforts to the circulation of the fact that the Anti-Corn-law League is dead. There is quite an extraordinary degree of anxiety manifest in the repetition of the statement. Now and then, indeed, we find that " dead" is to be taken as a rhetorical ex pression for " dying," for it cannot be concealed that the monster still moves, although, by all the rules of art, it ought to have been stiff and cold long ago. Thus we were informed a couple of days ago, that the League was at the last gasp of its wicked existence, and might therefore be permitted to escape the legal punishment due to so foul a conspiracy. It so happens that this decaying association was then, and is at the present moment, carrying on a new and vigorous agitation in Lancashire, the spirit of which sufficiently appears in the proceedings at the Rochdale meeting, reported in the Chronicle of Saturday. Mr. Cobden and his friends are in the right track when they endeavour to make an im pression on the county constituencies. So far as opinion goes, an immense progress has been already made. The confidence of the farmers in the continuance of the corn-law, which was a main source of its strength, has been everywhere shaken, and in a largo proportion of cases wholly destroyed. Whether protection be good or bad, men have ceased to rely on it. Nearly everybody thinks that sooner or later it must go. This uncertainty has provoked numbers to examine into the merits of the principle, who took them for granted before, and such examination rarely ends In confirming the errors which preceded it. The more clear headed amongst the farmers U persuaded in their heart of hearts that a clean ewe 4- of the corn-law, and a corresponding adjustment of rents, would leave them infinitely better off than they are at present. But many things conspire to prevent such men from speaking out, and still more from acting upon their real opinions. The power of their landlords, the terms of existing contracts, framed with reference to supposed protection prices, and the disagreeable consequences of opposing prejudices in their own class, concur to prevent a direct movement amongst the more enlightened farmers in favour of free trade. Thus the faith in protection and the desire for its continuance may be, to a great extent, undermined without altering many votes at county elections, and, of course, without changing the character of the county representation. Under such circumstances, the qu"stion presents itself whether there is any necessity for leaving the county representation everywhere, as it is practi cally, in the hands of a class so dependent on the land lords 1 and it is obvious that no such necessity exists in counties large manufacturing popul a ti on . Thefo containingrty-shilling county qualification is within the reach of many who could hardly obtain tray other fran chise. Mr. Cobden has shown how this qualification may be obtained, and how, by means of it, a new and value.bio class may be added to the constituences of such a county as Lancashire. It is not uncommon for indus trious operatives to accumulate eueugh for the purchase i —e.....---- --- - . ' ' • of a forty-shilling freehold, and if !they priie a.ciitinti:/: .1 :1 11 vote, there is no reason why th e i r sa vin gs should iiihV be -. 1!! ' so invested. There would be nothing ille ga l_ o r imiirdpii, :i l';" in this, no creation of fictitious qualificationik: Thefirol - -,.... thus acquired would be acquired on the gicriniiii jai . 1 -, rally contemplated by law. It would J4e - negitired • aiui, those only who had that degree of indu V stitljta , and interest in public affairs which the possession of a property qualification is presumed to indicate. A class of such freeholders, too, would have that deep interest in the preservation of peace and order and the stability of sound institutions which is Flip• posed to - arise from having " a large stake in the country," but which, in fact, is quite as sure to be found in the possessors of small properties. Very important indirect advantages would thus arise. New links be tween different classes would be created, new motives to industry and accumulation would be presented, and the whole :structure of society in the manufacturing districts would be improved by the influence of a body of humble but independent proprietors. That thii rcheree will be carried into effect with the usual enf-n:y ( f the League there can be no doubt. The Rochial.. nit etiog shows how they are at work. They very pp rly begin at home. In South Lancashire the exzukaplc tenet be set. Success there is indispensable. The ex,:iiir I• of South Lancashire, however, will soon be followci. 'When that great constituency has been reformed Mr. G.ii len and his coadjutors will have little difficulty in a:1.• .. her manu facturing county. MISS MARTINEAU.-MESiERISM. The Athenwum of Saturday contains a Icing communi cation from diss Martineau detailing the particulars of a wonderful cure which, she says, has been effected by ' mesmerism, after a serious illness of five y , ars an'i a ' half. Of the character of the disease under eiiich she ' suffered she thus speaks :—" This is riot the place in which .to give any details of disease. It will be sufficient to explain briefly, in order to render my !eery feud& gible, that the internal disease under which 1 suffered appears to have been coming on for many yean ; that, after warnings of failing health, vilieh I careless;). over looked, I broke down, while travelling abroad, in June, 1839 ; that I sank lower and lower for three years after my return, and remained nearly stationary for two more Precedin last June. During these five years I never - telt wholly at ease for one single hour. I seldom hail severe pain, but never entire comfort. A besetting sickness, almost disabling me from taking food for two years, brought me very low, and. toe+ her with other evils, it confined me to a condition of almost entire stillness—to a life passed between my bed and my sefa. It was not till after many attempts at gentle ex ercise that my friends agreed with me that the cost was too great for any advantage gained ; and at length it was clear that even going down one flight of stairs was imprudent. From that time I lay still, and by means of this undisturbed quiet, and such an increase of opiates as kept down my most urgent discomforts, I passed the last two years with less suffering than the three preceding. There was, however, no favourable change in the disease. Everything was done for n e that the best medical skill and science could suggest, and the most indefatigable humanity and family affection devise, but nothing could avail beyond mere alley estion. 'Ty dependence on opiates was desperate. My kind and igilant medical friend— the most sanguine man I know, end .the most bent up on keeping his patient hopeful—avowed to me last Christmas, and twice afterwards, that he found himself compelled to give up all hope of affecting the disease— of doing more than keeping me up, in c dlateral respects, to the highest practicable point. This was no surprise to me, for when any specific medicine is taken for above two years without affecting the disease, there is no more ground for hope in reason than in feeling. In Jene last I suffered more than usual, and new measures ef alleviation were resorted to. As to all the essential points of the disease I was never lower than, immediately before I made trial of mesmi rine." Miss Martineau then gives the following narrative On Saturday, June 22, Mr. Spencer Hall and my medical friend came, as arranged, at my worst hour of the day, between the expiration of one opiate and the taking of another. By an accident, the gentlemen were rather in a hurry—a circumstance unfavourable to a first experiment. But result enough was obtained to encourage a further trial, though it was of a nature entirely unanticipated by nee. I had no other idea than that I should either drop asleep or feel nothing. I did not drop asleep, and I did feel something very strange. Various passes were tried by Mr. Hall ; the first that appeared effectual, and the most so for some time after were passes over the head made from behind, passes from the forehead to the back of the head, and a litle way down the :pine. A very short time after these were tried, and twenty minutes from the begin ning• of the seance, I became Sensible of an extra oreinary appearance, most unexpected, and wholly unlike anything I had ever conceived of. Some thing scenic d to diffuse itself through the atmosphere, not like smoke, ner steam, nor haze--but most like aclear twilight, closing in from the windows and down from the ceiling, and in which one object after another melted away till ecareely anything was left visible before my Hide-open ee es. First, the outline of all object. Vs t ts blurred; then a best, standing on a pedestal in a strong; light, melted quite away; then the opposite bust; then the table with its gay cover; then the floor, end the ceiling, till one small picture, high up on the opposite wall, only remained visible, like a patch of phosphoric light. I feared to move my eyes, lest the sineuier ap pearance should vanish; and I cried out, ' 0 1 deepen it ! deepen it 1' supposing this the Precursor of the sleep. It could not be deepened, however; and when I glanced aside from the luneinous point I found that I need not fear the return of objects to their ordinary ap pearance %%bile the passes were continued. The busts. re-appeared, ghost-like, in the dim attuosp!wro, like faint shadows, except that their outlines, and th.• parts in the highest relief, burned with the same phosphoric light. The features of one, an Isis with bent head, seemed to be illumed by a fire on the floor, though this bust has its back to the windows. Wherever I glanced all outlines were dressed in this beautiful light; and so they have been, at every seance, without exception, to this day; though the appearance has rather given way to drowsiness since I left off opiates entirely. This ap pearance continued during the remaining twenty mi nutes before the gentlemen were obliged lo leave roe. The other effects produced were, first, heat, oppression, and sickness, and, for a few hours after, disordered stomach, followed, in the course of the evening, by a feeling of lightness and relief, in which I thought I could hardly be mistaken." The second application of mesmerism was ma d e ley Miss Martineau 's maid. " Mr. Hal'," says Miss Mar tineau, " was prevented by illness from coming over, too late to let me know. Unwilling to take my opiate while in expectation of his arrival, and too wretched to do without some resource, I rang for my maid, and asked whether she had any objection to attempt what she saw Mr. Hall do the day before. With the greatest alacrity she complied. Within one minute the twilight and phosphoric lights appeared ; and in two or three more a delicious sensation of ease spread through me—a eoel comfort, before which all pain and distress gave way, oozing out, as it were, at the soles of my feet. Durieg that hour, and almost the whole evening, I could no more help explaining with pleasure, than a person in torture crying out with pain. I became hungry, and ate with relish, for the first time for five years. There was no heat, oppression, or sickness during the seance, nor any disorder afterwards. During the whole evening, lb. stead of the lazy, hot ease of opiates, under which pail is felt to lie in wait, I experienced something of the iR• describable sensation of health, which I had quite lost and forgotten. I walked about my rooms, and was gey and talkative. Something of this relief remained tillthe next morning, and then there was no reaction. I was no worse than usual, and perhaps rather better. " Nothing is to me more unquestionable and more striking about this influence, than the absenoe of all re action. Its highest exhilaration is followed, not by depression or exhaustion, but by a further renovation. From the first hour to the present, I have never fallen back a single step. Every point gained has been steadily held. Improved composure of nerve and spirits has followed upon every mesmeric exhiriration. I have been spared all the weaknesses of convalescence, and carried through all the usually formidable enterprises of return from deep disease to health, with a steadiness and tran quillity astonishing to all witnesses. At this time, before venturing to speak of my health as established, I believe myself more firm in nerve, more calm and steady is mind and spirits, than at any time of my life before. So much in consideration of the natural and common fear of the mesmeric influence as pernicious exeitementeeets a kind of intoxication." Miss Martineau mentions several incitlents.—" An• other striking incident occurred in one of the earliest of my walks. My mesmerist and I had reached a headland nearly half a mile from home, and w tre resting there, when she proposed to mesmerise me a little---partly to refresh me for our return, and partly to see whether any effect would be produced in a new place and while a fresh breeze was blowing. She merely laid her hand on my forehead, and it a minute or two the usual appear ances came, assuming a strange air of novelty from the scene in which I was. After the blurring of the out lines, which made all objects more dim than the dull gray day had already made them, the phosphoric lights appeared, glorifying every rock and headland, the horizon, and all the vess e l s i n s i g ht. O no o f tLe dirtiest and meanest of the steam tugs in the port was passing at the time, and it was all dressed in her,,venly radiance— the last object that any imaginattc would select as an element of a vision. Then, and often before and since, did it occur to me that if I had been a pious and very ignorant Catholic;, I could not have escaped the persua sion'chat I had seen heavenly visions. Every glorified object before my open eyes would have been a revelation, and my mesmerist, with the white halo round her head, and the illuminated pro fi le, would have been a saint or an angel." ADVERTISEMENT. 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THEATRE ROYAL DRURY - LANE.—Nothing is now talked of but the forthcoming opera, on Wednesday next, at this theatre, of The Daughter of St Mark, of which Mr. Balk has composed the music, and Mr. Bunn written the libretto, as in the instance of The Bohemian Girl. We hear, on all sides, that, in addition to the character of the music being of a much higher order than any Balfe has yet composed, there are some beau tifhl melodies in it, peculiar to this gifted artiste. Mdlle. Dumilatre's last porformancs are to. night and to morrow. 7 went of the Board of Trade. " My Lord and Gentlemen, —Your memorialists, the inhabitants of the borough of Truro, in the county of Cornwall, in public meet. ing assembled, in the Town-hall, on the 9.Bth day of October, 1844, respectfully show forth to your Hon. Board— " That it has been proposed to construct a line of railway from Plymouth to Falmouth, passing along the southern district of this county, and arriving at Plymouth by a passage across the Hamoaze from Torpoint. " That it has also been proposed to construct a line of Railway from Exeter to Falmouth and Penzance, passing through the centre of the counties of Devon and Cornwall, at about an equal distance from either sea coast. `• That by the Central Line the distance of twenty miles would be saved between Exeter and Falmouth, no engineering obstacle exists on the line, the land is of comparatively little value, the central highlands of both counties are much less broken or in. tersected by deep valleys than where the sea coast is approached, as on the proposed Southern line ; the colt of construction will be moderate, and owing to the superiority of the gradients the working expenses will be proportionably less than on the proposed Southern Line; the prospects of traffic accruing from the population of both counties, northward and southward of the line, are much greater than by a Southern line, as the Central line would accommodate in Cornwall alone, out of a population of 341,000, about 325,000 in a greater degree than the proposed South line; whereas, if the latter line were adopted, 16,000 only would be accommodated in a greater degree than by the Central line) and in regard to Devon, the benefit of the Central line would be extended to a population of 60,000, within six miles on each side of that line. " Another advantage which would result not only to Govern recut but to the rommercial cominunity, by the adoption of the Central line, would be its adaptation to the electro-telegraph, which might be made the medium of instant communication be tween the port of Falmouth and the metropolis. " That the Central line is proposed to be a double line, and to be worked by locomotive engines; whereas the Southern lino Is to be a' single line, and to be constructed on the at mospheric principle. " Wherefore your memorialists pray your honourable Board to report in favour of the Central Line of Railway from Exeter to Falmouth and Penzance, whenever the competing lines shall be presented to your consideration." That this Meeting will support the Central lino by every means in its power, and earnestly solicits the Members for the county of Cornwall, and for this borough, to place their names on the Pro. visional Committee, and to give the Central Line their undivided support in Parliament and elsewhere. lidraund Turner, Esq., M.P., stated his determination to sup port the Central line by every means in his power, and requested his name to be placed on the Provisional Committee. "" . 7~: SHEFFIELD PLATE. MESSRS. HORTON and Co., Silversmiths and Jewellers, 38, Ludgate-strcet, St. Paul's, opposite Messrs. Everington's, offer to their Friends and the Public, at im mensly reduced prices, their STOCK of GENUINE PLATED GOODS, which they warrant to be the manufacture of the first Sheffield Houses, and are of the most tasteful and modern designs, comp ising Dish Covers, Corner Dishes, Waiters, Ice Pails, Cake Baskets, Coffee and Tea Sets, Candlesticks, and every uther article useful and ornamental. 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'- London: John Mortimer, Publisher, Adelaide-street, This day is published, BRITISH AND FOREIGN REVIEW, No. XXXV. CONTENTS :- 1. English Cathedral Music. 2. The Three Fausts—Ooethe, Marlowe, and Calderon, 3. Republic of San Marino.—Alberoni. 4. The Works of Charles Nodier. b. Education in India. 6. Recent Historians of Holland. 7. Eugene Sue.—Les Mysteres de Paris. 8. The late Revolution in Greece. 9. The French in Aftica.—Algeria. London : R. and J. E. Taylor, Red Lion-court, Fleet-street ; and all Booksellers. THE NINTH EDITION. Just Published, in a sealed envelope, price 2s. ed., and sent free , on receipt of a Post-office Order, for 3. 6d., MANLY HEALTH : a Popular Inquiry into the Concealed Cause of its Premature Decline ' with Instruc tions for its Complete Restoration. Addressed to those suffering ' from the destructive consequences of excessive indulgence, terms-' sating in mantal and nervous debility, local or constitutional weak. ness, indigestion, and censumprion. 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PER RY'S PU RIFILNO SPIVCIFIC PILLS are the most eflbctua cure for syphilis and seeandary symptoms in both sexes, price 2s. 9d. 4s. 6d., and Ile. per box. Consultation foe, if by letter, IV , 41 minute detail of cases is ne cessary. Messrs. Perry are in daily attendance, for Consultation, at their residentle, 19, Rernersitreet, Oxford-street, London, from Eleven till Two, and Five till Eight, and on Sundays from 'reis till Twelve. One personal visit only is necessary to effect apermanent cure - - WHOLESALE NVRECKING.—The Courrier du Havre of Monday contains the following narrative, which re minds us somewhat of the wreckers in Cornwall. About nino o'clock on Saturday night about 100 people with baskets, sacks, bags, and shovels, assembled on the Place de l'Euro, and gathered up the coffee scattered along the shore from the wreck of the Deux Paulines, and oven took possession of fragments of the vessel. Two officers of the customs endeavoured to stop the plunder, but were soon overpowered by numbers and beaten off. They would have fared much worse but for their own prudence in making a timely retreat. The pillage was continued throughout the night, and in the morning the predatory band was increased. One man took away, on a horse which he brought for the purpose, 1,2001 b. of coffee, but of this quantity 7001 b. was found in his house, and t 4 kon away and lodged in a warehouse. Th 9 officers on duty at the citadel compelled all who entered through it into the town to deposit their 194 UNh r the vault of the Porte de hec(rm, where they still remain.—Galignam l 4 Messenger. Dispatches from the Qovernor of otise coast were reeiyeci PA Saturday at the Colonial-o oe. CORNWALL AND DEVON CENTRAL RAILWAY. At a public MEETING, convened by the Mayor , aon •I. tion signed by 160 inhabitants of Falmouth and its vicinity, requ held in the Guildhall, on Saturday, the 19 th of October, STEPHEN BROUGHAM, Esq., Mayor, in the chair, the following resolutions were unanimously agreed to : That, from the time that a Railway through Cornwall was first contemplated, a central or direct line from Exeter to Falmouth has ever been deemed the most advantageous, both in a national and local point of view, and from the report of Captain Moorsom, C.E. , m ade in 1841, to the Committee appointed by a county m eetin g , it appears is that course which, with the least practical objection in its features, whether in construction or in reference to subsequent working, gives the greatest amount of accommodation to the county of Cornwall. That it is the decided conviction of this meeting that the pro. posed Railroad from Exeter to Falmouth. via Plymouth, would, Irom the acknowledged difficulties of its construction, the loss of time in effecting " a very doubtful passage across the Hamoaze, on the lower part of the river Tamar," and the expenses of travelling a distance of twenty miles more than by a direct line from Falmouth to Exeter, sacrifice a ll the advantages possessed by the port of Fel mouti;, from its geographical position, as " the best port in the kingdom fer the embarkation and landing of the mails for the West Indies, the Feninsula, the Mediterranean, and all our trantatlantie possessions." That, as the interest of the Right Zion. Lady Bassett, and the Right Hon. Lord Wodelrouse, and their respective tenantry, aro deeply involved in the construction of the most advantageous line of railway through Cornwall, this meeting respectfully solicits the Right Honourable Lady and the Noble Lord will be pleased to give their support to the Committee for forming the Central Line of Railway from Exeter to Falmouth. That the representatives in Parliament for the county, and those for Penryn arid Falmouth and the other boroughs of Cornwall, be also solicited to add their names to the Provisional Committee, for the purpose of securing to Cornwall a line of railway which fully complies with the requirements of the Railway Department of the Board of Trade, both as regards the advantages in a national point of view, and the advantages to the towns and districts more imme diately interested. CORNWALL AND DEVO N CENTRAL RAILWAY. At a Public MEETING of the inhabitants of Wadebridge and its vicinity, held at the Molesworth Arms Hotel, on Tuesday, tire 2'7.d day of October, 1844, EDMUND HAMBLY, Esq., in the Chair, The following resolutions were unanimously agreed to : That this meeting is decidedly of opinion that a central li to n ethe of railway through Cornwall to Ex eter would be found greatly advantage of the county, and in a public, local, and national point of view, superior to a communication based on a coast line. Falmouth That by a central line the distanc e from the western ports of and Penzance to the metropolis would be considerably tho difficult and dangerous passage across the Hamoaze shortene avoided, d, and the requirements of the county best provided for. That the members of the county and the different boroughs' be requested to give their utmost support to the Central Line, and per mit their names to be added to the Provisional Committee of the Cornwall and Devon Railway. That a memorial be , prepared and ,presented o th erm oa ll and rd of Trade, pointing out the superior advantages of t t he wa Devon Central Railway, both in a national and local point of view. CORNWALL AND DEVON CEN TRAL RAILWAY. At a Public MEET ING of the inhabitants of Padstow, held at Rawlings' Commercial Hotel, this 23d day of October, 1844, T HOMAS TREMA IN, Esq., in the Chair, the following resolutions were unanimously carried : That a Central or Direct Line of Railroad from Exeter lo Fal mouth has ever been regarded as the.most advantageous both in it a nat ional and local point of view, and that this meeting pledges self to support a Central Line. ' • That the representatives in Parliament for the eastern division of the county of Cornwall be Soicited 10 support a Central Line, for the purpose of securing to the l county a line o f railroad which fully complies with the requirewenta of the Board of Trade, both as re gards the advantages in a national point of view, the county at large, and this in portant port in particular. . _-----__.----------- C ORN WALL AND ILWAY. DEVON CENTRAL RA At a public MEETING of the inhabitants of Helston, convened by the Mayor on a requisition of the inhabitants, the Chair, THO MAS ROGERS, Esq., Mayor, n i the following resolution s were uimously carried : nan That this meeting is deeply impressed with the importance of a Central Railway, and pledges itself to promote the success of such an undertaking. That this Meeting Is satistled of the superiority of a Central Line, zirat also that the requisite capital can be easily obtained. The A memorial from this Meeting in favour of the Central Line be forwarded to the Board of Trade. That it is the opinion of this meeting thet Cornishmen should forward the Central Line by applying for shares in the COrnwall and Devon Centrel Rail Way Company without delay. That the Mayor be requested to communicate the unanimous opinion of this Meeting in favour of a central Line to the Member for this borough, with an urgent request that he promote the un -1 dertakic2:, and allow his name to appear in tl4 mmittee. Tha list a riov!sional Co t the Members to z the County be urgently' requested pro mote the Central Railway to ;Ern, V/ 123 &13g -1 the )ner, bad any )0* rp rub