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( 11, r ..- i ~ s.,___-_,e ./)„,, , i 4 ~. • - 1.4 , 1 ' t .el li D-ROIL. , • \‘k --- , i. t. ~ (~,,,...z . , ~ c _i .5,?,t) , ' z ' ' . ' --.- (', '.- _BRISTOL and SOUTH WALES JUNCTION RAILWAY. Nonce is hereby given that the ALLOTMENT of SHARES took on the 17th instant. The Provisional Directors having re ;:t7d appiications for upwards of Sixty Thousand Shares, many "...e3 have been necessarily" excluded ; and, as the applicants were er Y numerous, letters will not be sent to parties to whom Shares hav e not been allotted. great artists should be carried from one country to another, because painting was a common gt)od to all the world.' We are told, too, there was a period when works were looked upon in Greece as public trea sures, whereof the enjoyment was due to all. "In modern times, the engraver has extended; tb delight afforded by the contemplation of works of arm a wide circle, and the processes now in progress el development may enable him to fulfil literally Apelles , wish, and make a fine picture a common good to all the world. If we look back hardly a century, and note the state of arts in England at that time, the utter disregard of them which was shown, and the prevailing °pimp that Englishmen had not the qualifications necessary for the successful practice of them, and remembering what has been done since, observe the important movements now making in favour of the fine arts, we shall fir rfason to be hopeful. Amongst the most recent effortA in this behalf is the Bill now before the Legislature to. enable town councils to establish museums of art for the benefit of the public—to provide galleries for the recep tion of April . 18 I gORGE SHAPLAND, Secretary, pro. tcm . . WATERFORD anti LIMERICK RAILWAY. the __Tra ß NTED to PURCHASE, ONE THOUSAND SHARES !EICK and WATERFORD RAILW.AY. (Address, with price, to F. G., Jamaica Coffee-house. Nu. 16,43 LONDON, WEDNESDA LN G su N 9 APRIL 2:3, 1845 PRICK sd, LONDON and BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY. t ee On and after th e I s t o f M a y nex t, a n Express Train, for the vaswntnodation of the Lancashire traffic, and conveying First Class s..: 4 ' n gere only, is appointed to leave the Euston Station at Four 411 d arrive in Birmingham at about Seven P.M. A correspond pastxPress Train is appointed to leave Birmingham at 20 minutes Seven P.M , aid arrive in London at about Half-past Ten. The is ~,; s'L Ferformance of the whole journey from Londou to Liverpool LiPilted at a little more than six hours, and from Liverpool to berme,' at six hours and a half, allowance having been made for clic be of Longitude. On the same day the following Reduction will h .flade in the Fares of this Cmpany between London and Binning aud in proportion for intermediate distances : THE SUN is Published EVERY MORNING at FIVE 0 CLOCK, i n Time for the EARLY TRAINS and TOWN DELIVERY; a SECOND EDITION (Eeen:ng Sun) is Published in Time for the AFTERNOON TRAINS and a THIRD EDITION at SEVEN 0 CLOCK, for POST, Containin g PARLIAMENTARY and all other NEWS in LONDON up to that Hour. ADVERTISEMENTS INSERTED i n ALL THE THREE PAPERS, Morning, Noon, an d Ari g ht, Thereby insuring a TOWN and COUNTRY CIRCULATION at ONE CRARGE. AATARWICK AND CHELTENHAM JUNC TION RAILWAY. ETTERS of CREDIT on INDIA.—The UNION BANK OF LONDON, as AGENTS for the WESTERN BANK OF INDIA, are authorised to issue LETTERS of CREDIT for any Moneys paid t.) them, ,to be repaid in Rupees, at the current rate of exchange on the day of presentation, at the offices of the Bank of Western India, in Bombay, Calcutta, and Colombo. Similar Letters of Credit may be obt deed at any of the Branches of the National Bank of Scotland, and of the Provincial Bank of Ireland. SOCIETY OF PAINTERS IN WATER COLOURS. The FORTY-FIRST ANNUAL EXHIBITION WILL OPEN, at their Gallery, 5, PALL-MALL 'EAST, on MONDAY, April 28. From Nine till Dusk. Admittance One Shilling. Catalogue, Sixpence. J. W. WRIGHT, Secretary. This day, price 9s. cloth, AST AND PRESENT POLICY OF In consequence of some difficulty arising from tha issuing of the Stamped Allotment Letters of the Warwick and Cheltenham Junc tion Railway, Notice is hereby given, that they are RE-CELLED, but the holders of Leicester and Coventry Shares, on producing their Scrip at the office, No. 3, Church-court, Old Jewry, and paying the deposit and signing the Parliamentary Deed and Subscribers' Agree ment, between the hours of Twelve and Four, until MONDAY, the 28th instant, will have their proportion of the said Warwick and Cheltenham Junction Scrip Shares delivered to them. By order, HENRY GASSIN, Secretary. ENGLAND TOWARDS IRELAND. `- Gems of art And genius, ravished from the grasp of Time,' - - ---- ------ ------Present -- Reuced Dap 51. ; 4 . !111 Fares. Fares. ]First and Express Trains, Ist Class ........ 30s. 275. Ini Class / st, *4 Trains V 235. Ist Class .. .. .. .. 275. 175. 2nd Class ••• • —18 s. 11~IVing and I . ..,, Train s • •• • Th e c . - 2nd Class ••• • • • 165. fro n , 'toPping Trains will be the Eight A.M. and One P.M. Trains T r .., London to Birmingham, and the Seven a.m. and Twelve soon u nis from Birmingham to London. (By order) R. CREED, Secretary. ----....av Stati ßuM on, April 18, 1845. THE CITY of NANKING.—JUST OPENED, at the PANORAMA ROYAL, Leicester square, a VIEW of NANKING, the ANCIENT CAPITAL of the CELES TIAL EMPIRE, with its unrivalled PORCELAIN TOWER, the Yang-tse-Keang River, and Heights and Scenery adjacent : com prising also Portraits o f Si r H. Pottinger, Lord Saltoun, Sir H. Gough, and other officers, in friendly communication with Eleppo Ke-hing, and Nien Thien, the three Chinese Commissioners, and various native groups. The View of NAPLES by MOONLIGHT is now open, and BADEN-BADEN still continues on view. " This is a remarkalrly moderate, able, and well-informed book. It embodies the rational and thoughtful conclusions of a quiet, ob servant English gentleman, who has taken the trouble to look into history, and honestly to state his impressions."—Examiner. _ _ By order of the Directors, W. W. SCRIMGEOUR, Manager. Union Bank of London, No. 8, Moorgate-street. Edward Moxon, 44, Dover-street FOR INDIA and the COLONIES.—The next publication of the ATLAS for India will take place on THURSDAY, tho 24th of April. In consequence of the new postal arrangements with India, a semi-monthly communication has been establisher, and the Indian Edition of the ATLAS will be dispatched in futura on the 7th and 24th of every month. The news will be brought down to the post hour, and the general contents, with the original articles, are peculiarly adapted for Indian readers. rrlee 10d. Office, 6, Southampton-street, Strand, April 23, 1845. April 17, 1845 1 1REG PROVISIONY. 11E ESSEX ISTERED and SUFFOLK RAILWAY, rOßD,',roul MALDON to BURY ST. EDMUND'S and THET • ofne_with a BRANC H to CLARE. , No. 24, Moorgate-street, London ; and Sudbury, Suffolk. (te w _Capital, 1,000,000/. in 40,000 251. Shares. imPIY with 7th and Bth Vic., cap. 110), 11. 7s. 6d. per Share. TRUSTEES. William R. Bevan, Esq., Sudbury. William Strahan, Esq., Banker. Strand. For Provitional Committee see Prospectus. kraz,. Cha notaN—ROßEßT BEVAN, Esq., Banker. 'aa.t----Robert Ilapletoft, Esq., J. P., St listed, near Bury St. Edmund's, Suffolk. ll°as-3lessrs. N. Stevens and Fearon, 1, Gray's Inn-square, London ; Geo. W. Andrews, Sudbury. Rr LOCAL AGENTS. 11, 1 , t t ee • • • . • . • -Henry Jackson, Esq. Itala,, ea d • • • • • • .. Messrs. Sperling and Harris. " Coda, Esq., jun., and Messrs. Crick. Coy •• • • Messrs. Clarke and Son, Town Clerk, &c. 4-'SrLTING) IN Braithwaite, Esq , C.E.h () win CIING ENGINEER—Joseph W. Bazalgette, Esq., C.E. rt oni th g t° the great support which this undertaking has met with i Ikr y to e PUblie, a survey of a branch from the main line, near Suc - "naaith ett l en disli, and 'the market town of Clare (Suffolk), has been the, /tw ee .. with a vi ew o f e ff ect i ng a di rec t co mmunication from shut Stour to th e i n t er i or o f S u ff o lk , w hi c h i s a t present nearly bigtor°ll,t f rom any s uc h i n t ercourse. Th e l eve ls of the country are Is sona!,a vour able to the und er t a ki ng , and the actual existing traffic , euiat c unt M return an ample dividend on the outlay, with out • fro in ; iiPon the very large increase which must necessarily cl_ arise be aCcom in ac log the rich agr i cultural inland di str i c t w hi c h willthus gt ' 4l,4 tr °dated in direct communication with a navigable river. The etk e ol atb at e eri " a n n d 3 e , Pendently of passengers (already very considerable), si ate ;chan, increased b the large additional quantities of coal, manure, bri y cks, timber, deals, iron, oil cake, stone, janpozand other heavy articles of merchandise, which would thus he arid I;`,, e ' d at a cheap rate into the whole of the surrounding country, Pro,l 4 ' the back carriage of corn, flour, wool, and other agricultural Pro,i,, e° ,, • To m eet the expense of the proposed extension, and to rise i:'Shareg ,gainst a n y i ncrease in the original est i mate f rom the la he price of iron, it is intelded to raise 10,000 additional scrib er . t° , be allotted, in th e fi rs t i n stance, to the present suh theoi. ',al the proportion of one share to every three now held by riaitt ee anY shares which may remain at the disposal of the Coliined kt betl7). 1 be allotted to the public without any reserve, if app affo r a the Ist of May next. As the proposed branch will Ict orwl e i; Le means of effecting a junction with the London and eoo stru Direct Railway, near Sturmere, should an Act for a its the ju ir eti ° o be obtained, which is scarcely to be expected after lin e fr,,avourable report of the Board of Trade, the rest of the 4%1 61 1 1 Sudbury to Thetford would, in that event, be aban tarned 37 the Present Company. and the surplus capital re how, to the Shareholders. A direct communication would, bar y, ' T r i still be effected between the populous towns of Sud troin th —ala ead. and Braintree, and the metropolis, as well as Ng lmt *_ese towns, Chelmsford, and the whole of East Essex, to to 11. e o ; While the important traffic from the port of Maldon a m Aintree and the interior of Essex, and also to Chelmsford bko re op ' would still be preserved. The traffic estimates have te* , . h _ s ed, and, with the addition of the usual Parliamentary allow iuct 1 ,6p0i.,.?' a return of over 7% per cent. on the increased capital of after deducting 40 per cent. for cost of working and other the ,ou'raci,expeesss, and without calculating upon any increase from aPtilicaj Mentioned. rek rn _ Lions for the surplus shares may be made, accompanied by orok er uee, to the Secretary, solicitors, or local agents, and to the Sire, 1 of the Company. D. Angel-court, Throgmorton- J., London ; Wm. Mason, Bradford ; Tate and Nash, Bristol ; nt ith. Birmingham ; Beaumont and Langworthy, Exeter ; di Ore a Z.° aad Flint, Hull; J. Gatliffe and Co., Huddersfield ; J o h n erpool ; James Jamieson, Leeds ; Card we ll an d S ons , Wril`",e,ster and to E. M'Cullum and Co., and J. Moffat, Edinburgh ; Prove2lunlth and Set on an d R e i d, Glasgow ; of whom detailed Na l `%_Seil, with a plan, and forms of application, may be obtained. irr.„__ a l lie necessary deeds being prepared, the scrip be will issued the additional shares are allotted. YPROSPECTUS OF THE OItK and _ CARLISLE, and DURHAM, A„ WESTMORLAND, and LANCASHIRE JUNCTION h2.1- B WA . Capital £ 1 ,500,000, in ao,ooa Share. of 450 each. - A "' e n . it x 2 i4s. per Share. Provisionally Registered, pursuant to , f and 8 Victoria, c. 110. sir ceora, mas Musgrave, r : lt E o d V e l a ßlO . N i t , L cu n in nt b z e cj ia o i a .id s. Ron, colonel Lowther, B , liarlt.P., Westmorland Villiam Thompson v Esq., MX., Underley Hall, Westmorland 40bn Bowes E E sq., . 3 . ~ Streatlam Castle 'lames Steele' Thcia t , o E L K., layer of Carlisle it ebert ,t! mdloSS, Esq., Mayor of Kendal , loh t , e nd isuu, Esq., Mayor of Appleby V. c " ( V , Esq., Kendal 11,11 rackanthrpe, Esq., Newbiggin Hall, Temple S t e h w e erby Lancaster and a r i 3, ii ll°w ard, Esq., Greystoke Castle, Director of j oh ., ,sle Railway s the ii.a.,laketleld, Iti t h 4 7. ster and Carlisle and Direc o T r Esq., Sedgwick t Hou o se f iheDpaluedtya-niChanairmßailanwaoyf a ° ll 4 4... T lflkler, Esq., Eden Grove,Temple Sowerby Itall.7 t ertnan, jun., Esq., London, Director of the Caledonian Cor, ii " , Y , Lao s . V lellelBoll, Esq., Cowan Head, Kendal, Director of the I , h 4 seph Rter and Carlisle and of the Caledonian Ralway - 1 1 4 ` as e,iun., Esq. South End, Darlington " 44 t(i —e Ynell Esq York, Chairman of the Stockton and Dar -I.llo4Ata' -.' J olla QProudfoot, Esq., Af.D., Kendal keha.' n „, ~,,itwell, Esq• Kendal e s - raters eh . Stai a ,„ l , l l Rail way s qg i Blackheath, London, Director of the Cale - alael - Lancaster and Carlisle Rail r,,,Way can, Carlisle, Director ofthe n _•-eo. \v im -'4ll I' - " an ' , sq., Lartington Hall, near Barnard Castle rl. ia cungstaff, Esq., Barnard Castle 4°1 U1 . 1 r"rs uu Es Kendal alill ' Es ' i3 q " J a h n c ree. q , ank Foot, Appleby Rees (.. "I, Esq., Kirkby Thore " i llia '4r " 3., EN Heaves Lodge, Westmorland Jose-AlfrtWilltweii . aitchi n , Esq., Kendal It a ll Tray. ,„ A., Esq., Darlington \V."' lir i " ' I4 Y, Esq., Rastrick, Huddersfield ashilli k'v!..hwaite, E sq., Kendal g , dkinsen, Esq., Warcop, Westmorland and Carlisle' adield E aq got R • .' ro h, 'eta t rait , ailvea ft Lodge, Penrith, Auditor of the LallCSAtel Ilry > 'Mahe Esq., Kend a l Ch4liatttoial'ate'hvEa",' Darington, Director of the Stockton and Dar ,lo.C. sttleYil Br aithwaite, Esq., Kendal ilk h4 h2o:t l i k t il t % r ase, Esq., Barnard Castle --'-' Taylor, i - L i rn, Esq., Kendal , .sq., Barnard Castle 11, 1 ". With power to add to their number, %LI Exci . es ' s" ' ' '.EI"---11 3lasterman, Peters, and Co., London. d 'i F.R.S. . 1 . eire as _„ . x , Eta IN CLIIEF—J. M. Ben e ,Esq.,New all, au Liverpool ; h ar ms ,h /," - !srs• Mallaby, Townsend, and N ii Qrrison, Esq. 'rh ugton. : Droe ssm , Kendal ; and Francis Mewburn, Esq., taking part of the Cotth I. E 111 '1 18 intended to commence at a point on the Great It a ' Ol linell.glaJal Railway, near Northallertun, sirit'_ll,ll dir,,Richmend, now before_ Parliament, thence following the south 1i 5r ,,,7 the Tees j . east of its terminus,and diverging from the line of the ancient 6t e ""ri Wa s \ alley, up the Greta, Dh e4 Yto B r° over hort distance of Kirkby kid , , th ro ugh, forward within a a by .„,,,,,, of Apple b y, 1, .01, the ugh the rich valley of the Eden, r`"'Clifton, south bra I.litii. Lancaster a Carlisle Railway nea aeli tdverti from this line, southwar a nd *ill rig dof Stainmore, a Lancaster ti s , - anis', R ,,,,' - '.‘•ed through Ravenstonedale to join the Borrow Bridge. The direct di (4 the "uwaY between Orton and Borr lug the mail-coach tiny'dis o% I. ,; ° Posed line is north-west, following least sacrifice of ‘tay ~ in eon to Carlisle, and involving eat trunk lines of rail- T i l e ae ten flg together the two island . o f ?he and. western sides of the . th will be sixty-one miles ; i s , e ft ,„ rout Northallerton to Penn with the branch e5,; 11, ,n, ,„ I lve Miles will be new railway, which, a. total distance of P , iy.t -`venteen additional miles, will form The w 0 Mil %ch. ea Ditat s • fifty pounds te t , Oa etb :wlll be 1,500,0001., in 30,000 shares of _ d at the disposal of the itite'aster „,,dtl-----50 0,0001.--of which is place the parties in g ested ,•1,•-i Carlisle Board, to be appropriated amongst be derived from Pas be4ll tra„,,,,,,,hat Company. The revenue will island south of th glop to l ing from all the eastern districts of the 4r4 be nt o scotl and Nor ts of Durham / it ri aa ,, , and, and from the coun_England, and Ireland. t uto,, s4,l ltl ' l ' ° „ , L ancashire, and the west of a very large escec Will to the proceeds from passengers and goods, of the 4 1, ,At rY. ''' accrue from the extensive mineral re -ton i A bet Lead Mines of Mid. - a_. l . ter access will be made to the The line will the ~,,4 a r a "sc lale, And to those in Westmorland. th e 'ial sr Ilrge district of iron-stone, and become the channel for flrth . ,_ urharn to pass into East Cumberland, Westmorland, i of the Wyre. It •tgi fo r w eSt of Yorkshire, and Lancashire nort f i 4 - 4 " 4 ill the Wear and the T o l _ana th _ fiction between the Baltic ports Fletw o ood, and Liverpool. l '' b rie o 44 se ;Z es t tern ports of Lancaster, e importing harbours, new docks d a fr,:v IDs traffic at t ll i c to these lar d g t e he Ts river has been declare ),,, T lier 1'1)4 " to an Hartlepool, an 4 , e are n vessels. competing rail -44. Th 0 canals in the district, and no direct 11 the through °n me t, e local traffic is now conveyed by carts, wh e York on the fir, d, from Manchester to Newcastle by for the rai l ' i cini a ;•; , * by Carlisle on the other. Stabimore is thethe route .1.1 4 if di: t ' ti lu'educe of Cumberland passing intocolliery and ihr - "A gen e e ts Of Durham. th e cral traffic has been estimated to yield an adequate return v, ?or the ca • ." 1 1 i I ' 4 Dur Mal ' Branch will be made Ib it , V t , t i Dose of securing the coal trade a Bridge and Bones. Nt el , lararie?.Uetland to the line between Great th the Coal District as A t ' ti as aiveutNvill connect Barnard Castle wi th-west and to the 1 orth. eh. "est a it ,,°_,t l at town a road to the so d u is already open in every ; 1 7 1 oh b y ‘- i. '-!plti the Durham coal-field tr 4 1 ' usu al e ?uways already formed. Act, for limiting the liability , areh ni. , LaUse will be inserted In the , . ___. 'l'l4i ."4 to the tt er eali oh f , amo of their respective Snares to M or tihares tube made, on ( r before Thursday, the the w'),elters,o to Jhn Whit ell, Esq., Honorary Secretary, Kendal , or as above. 1. " , the P lovN o FORM OF APPLICATION. j l / 2 „„ 'cr nal Committee of the York and Carlisle, and Durham, "4/ Zi.leraeestitiorland, and Lancashire Junction Railway. 4 4 4 , 1 1 •41 . 'VI, la ii;il request that you will , t me shares, of tjl i g , n nltib er t un h d ertaking, and I agree to accept the samo, or any Ali Q th e 1 , at may arli be allotted to me, to pay the deposit therion, anientary contract and subscribers' agreement when I am, Gentlemen, your obedient Servant, Name(in • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • ...... • • • Business or profession • • Residence . ............. Date • Reference to Banker, or other well known party • • • ... b - b' ROYAL HIGHNESS is ,1 0 4 4t 0 - , - , ALBERT and the ROYAL FAMILY. Shaving t 1: 4 rii.fle°,llParative luxury by the application (after the opera ed) of the celet;rated and fashionable Chinese Cos 4q4Z MEEN FUN," or Celestial Skin Powder, which en 'trifr Of al l i t Zacts the truly unpleasant effects arising from the use of tvi i4 Dro,l 4. , Inds, containing alkalis h'ghly pernicious to the skin, u 4aluT,',ing eruptions, blotches,!pimples, and a variety of o fu l tble 'hose with delicate skins, this Cosmetic will be found in -I.i."oktgt4ll by all Perfumers M and Chemists Town and Country, ) 4, l 'D rieto 35 . 6d. and 7s 6d each ; and wholesale for the sole at „ Lo and Co (late Watson, FaVan, and Co), 24, "ReNirl lane ulon without " whose signature on the labels none Country agents required. 1,0011 E,, 4, tn. HERBAL EMBROCATION, an iae ettlal Cure for the 'Looping Cough, without Internal 1.g4 • h• 's The i 14)R ,°lll3' discovery affordir, a perfect cure, without " internal Medicine the' difficulty and inconvenience of 41; • bittiew- 411 disorders particnlarly incidental to Children, are too 44e'inbr,,„") need any comment. The Inventor and Proprietor of ticary „-,ation can with pleasure and satisfaction declare, that its 4,4 (ickn'oeets hare been so universally experienced, and so gen..te etir,eeestaWledged, that many of the most eminent of the Facukcyt• ii*ithol2tlY recommend it as the only known safe and per et% 41111 y t 44 restriction of diet or use of medicine. etlr,t`lßands of ehil iren are cured annually by this remed(y; few Urea attack,tiibtst an immediate application of the EMBROCATI the complaint taking any hold of the constitution, and a 4,i Uri:4114,41g often completely cures. In most cases, one bottle 40‘jettoen t cethLe desired effect. The Pioprictor, therefore, earnestly A*ll, I, lously recommends it to Parents, Guardians, and all 4 I;E 'We the care of chPildren. Eretection of the üblic, and to prevent imposition, "J. ,11tr zve ' Of t,4 signed thole the Label accompanying each bottle, and the sole ale Agent, Mr. Edwards, 67, St. I aulis, t,t'rtitr,Vl47 the Government Stamp. Price 4s. per bottle. Sold t St. Paul's Churchyard, London ; Sanger, 150, Oxford e, 24, Corahill ; and b 7 most respectable Chemists. NEWPORT, ABERGAVENNT, and HERE- - FORD RAILWAY ; with Extensions to Monmouth, Brecon, and Merthyr Tydvil, and branches to all the important works in the district of Pontypool. Capital, 2,000,0001., in 40,000 Shares of 501. each. Deposit, 2/. 105. per Share. DIRECTORS. John Barnes, Esq., Chorisy Wood House, Berts James Brand, Esq., New Broad-street . . John Brightman. Esq., Waterloo-place John Chapman, Esq., Leadenhall-street The Chisholm, Chapel-street, Grosvenor-Place The Hon. W. E. Fitzmaurice, M.P., Chesham-street, Beloave-square Henry Garritt Key, Esq., Tokenhouse-yard John Lawrie, Esq„ Charles-street, St. James's • • , W. M. Nurse, Esq., Cavendish-square With power to ad i to their number. Soucrrons—Messrs. Johnson, Farquhar, and Leech. PARLIAMENTARY AGENTS—Messrs. G. and T. W. Webster. ENGINEERS—Messrs. Rennie. BANKERS. London : The Union Bank of London. Hereford and Brecon : The National Provincial Bank of England. This undertaking will, in connection with existing and projected lines of railway, bring into immediate communication with Birming ham, and the whole midland and Northern Districts of England, the great mineral fields of Monmouthshire, as well as those adjoining Car diff and Merthyr Tydvil ; at the same time it will furnish to the im portant agricultural counties of Hereford, Worcester, Brecon, and M onmouth, a ready channel for the transmission of their produce to the dense population inhabiting the mineral districts of South Wales. - The object of this company will be very materially aided, first, by the existing line from Cardiff to Merthyr: and, secondly, by the lines intended to be formed by the Welsh Midland Railway Company. The line will commence at Newport, and will thence proceed northward by. Pontyplol and Abergavenny to Hereford, where (in that direction) it will terminate. From Abergavenny a branch will extend eastward to Monmouth, and another westward to Brecon. From Brecon au extension will be made to Merthyr, to join the Taaff Vale Railway, ending at Cardiff. Thus will be established, in addition to a free intercourse with more distant localities, a complete chain of railway communication amongst the important towns and districts just enumerated, and which are now wholly unproyidcd in that respect. The portion of the line extending westward from Monmouth will also promote the most direct passenger route that can be adopted from Monmouth to Carmarthen, and the South of Ireland. . In addition to the main line and extensions above indicated, the Directors propose to place themselves in immediate communication with the proprietors of the most important works in the several dis tricts traversed, in order to fix the situation and the course of the minor branches, which will be necessary to complete the comprehen sive scheme of communication intended ; and to this object regard has been had in fixing the capital of the Company. The investigations which have been made en the subject of the traffic fully justify the conclusion that the undertaking is eminently ealculated for the advantage and convenience of the public, and that it will prove a most profitable investment of capital. In conclusion, it may suffice to observe that it is well known that the scheme of a comprehensive system of inland communication in the districts in question has already engaged the serious attention of the tribunal appointed by the Legislature for the initiatory examina tion of railway projects ; and the Board of Trade has, in its report on the Tring and Oxford schemes, fully recognised the great im portance and necessity of the chain of communication of which the present undertaking will form a material link in the following man lifer :—" The accommodation of Herefordshire, Worcestershire. South Wales, and the important districts lying to the west of the present lines of railway will evidently, at no distant period, require not only a wide gauge railway along the southern coast, to place them in com munication with London, but also a narrow guage railway, to place them in direct and unbroken communication, through Birmingham, with the manufacturing districts and the great railway system of the rest of the kingdom." The engineering capabilities of the course of the line and exten sions have been ascertained to be excellent, and the capital proposed will be ample for the construction of the 125 miles of railway intended to be formed. _ — Application to be made for Shares addressed to the Directors, at the Company's Offices, 65, Moorgate-street, London, or to the undermentioned Brokers :—Messrs. Carden and Whitehead, Thread needle-street, London ; Mr. Anthony Laurie, Liverpool ; Mr. Isaac Miller, Liverpool; Mr. May, Liverpool; Mr. Parsons, Liverpool; Messrs. Brady and Stainforth, 11, Manor-street, Hull ; Mr. S. Grin drod, Manchester ; Messrs. Cardwell and Co., Manchester ; Messrs. Watson and Co., Leeds ; Messrs. E. King and Co., Leeds ; Messrs. Samuel Hutchinson and Co., Bradford; Luke Arnold, Bristol ; George Edwards, Bristol ; Thomas Sanford, Exeter ; G. R. Gllddon, Exeter ; Robert Allan, Edinburgh ; M'Ewen and Auld, Glasgow ; Andrew Brand, Glasgow ; William Gordon, Aberdeen ; Boyle, Low, Pim, and Co. Dublin ; Bruce and Symes, Dublin; Beaumont and Lang- ; of whom plans and prospectuses may be had. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Directors of the Newport , Abergavenny, and Hereford Railway. Gentlemer.—l request that you will allot to me Shares of 501. each, in the proposed Newport, Abcrgavenny, and Hereford Railway; and I undertake to pay the deposit and sign the necessary deeds. Dated this day of 1845. Name •••••• • • • • • • ...... . .• .. Residence.. • . • . • . • • • • • ............ . Trade and Profession .•••••••• • • • • • • • • THE WORCESTER, SHREWSBURY, AND CREWE UNION RAILWAY, Sixty-seven Miles in Length. Capital 1,500,6001., in 30,000 Shares of 501. each. Deposit 21. 10s. per Share. PROVISIONALLY REGISTERED. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. Wiuiam Gabbett Beare, Esq., Porchester-place, Connaught-square Enoch Baldwin, Esq., Stourport Pearce Baldwin, Esq., Stourport Henry Brinton, Esq., Kidderminster Henry Dann, Esq., 46, Duke-street, St. James's Captain Thomas Fothergill, 37, Bedford-square, and Kingthorpe, Yorkshire Captain James Grignon, Charles-street, St. James's Richard Heath, Esq., Stourpoit John Heath, Esq., Stourport George Harris, Esq., Stourport John Knill, Esq., Thames-street Major-General Brook Parlby, C. 8., 18, Rutland-gate Joseph Rogers, Esq., Stourport Anthony Morris Storer, Esq., 5, Upper Hyde-park-street, and Purley park, Berks Jonathan Worthington, Esq., Stourport Frederick Watson, Esq., Stourport With power to add to their number. ENGINEERS. Sir John Rennie, P.R.1.E., Francis Giles, Esq., C.E. SOLICITORS. Meisrs. Johnston, Farquhar, and Leech, London. Netlam Giles, Esq., London PARLIAMENTARY AGENTS. Messrs. G. and T. W. Webster. BANKERS. The Union Bank, London Worcester Messrs. Lech Co., me r e Ld , o a n nd o n c Messrs. Nichols, Baker, and Crane, Bewdley Messrs. Messrs. Ro Pri e c k h e, ar d,Broseley E tons, and Co., Shrewsbury Messrs. Taylors and Lloyds, Birmingham This project, whether viewed as means of private investment, or as a great public undertaking, presents advantages seldom equalled. Forming a junction at Stourport with the London, Worcester, and South Staffordshire Railway, the proposed Railway will pass up the valley of the Severn, and through, or in the immediate neighbour hood of, Bewdley, Kidderminster, Bridgnorth, Much Wenlock, Madeley, Iron-bridge, Coal Brook Dale, to Shrewsbury, and thence near Market Drayton, Audlem, and Nantwich, to Crewe, where it will terminate by a junction with the Manchester and Birmingham, and Grand Junction Railways. Besides giving the above exceedingly populous and thriving places the benefit of a direct communication with each other, and railway accommodation to a district now entirely destitute of it, the proposed railway will alsl establish the shortest route fl'om the North of England, Manchester, Liverpool, Ireland, Holyhead, North Wales, and Chester (through Shrewsbury), to Worcester, Cheltenham, Gloucester, South Wales, Bristol, Bath, Exeter, Falmouth, and the south-western counties, and moreover will form the high-road into the centre of Wales from the northern and midland counties. Thus, the manufactures and minerals of the extensive and rapidly increasing iron works, and collieries of Shropshire, and the salt works of Cheshire, as well as the immense agricultural produce from those counties, the Valley of the Severn, Herefordshire, and the centre of Wales, will reach the markets and ports of Lancashire, Worcester shire, Gloucestershire, Devonshire, and Cornwall, by a rapid and cheap transit. It is considered that the present traffic between the various towns on the line of the proposed railway will secure a profitable return upon the capital ; hut when the increase which will arise from the completion of the railway, and the through-traffic consequent thereon are taken into account, there can be no doubt that the undertaking will prove one of the most desirable investments in the kingdom. As the line from Stourport to Shrewsbury will traverse the Valley of the Severn, the works in that district must of necessity be light and easy ' • the country also between Shrewsbury and Crewe is well adapted for the cons ruction of a railway. Applications for Shares to be addressed to the Solicitors, or to the undermentioned brokers :—Messrs. Carden and Whitehead, Thread needle-street, London ; Mr. James Pearson, Birmingham ; Mr. Anthony Laurie, Liverpool ; Mr. Isaac Miller, Liverpool ; Mr. May, Liverpool ; Mr. Parsons, Liverpool ' • Messrs. Brady and Stainforth, 15, Manor-street, Hull ; Mr. S. Grindrod, Manchester ; Messrs. Cardwell and Co., Manchester ; Messrs. Watson and Co., Leeds ; Messrs. E. King and Co. Leeds ; Mess , s. Samuel Hutchin son and Co., Bradford ; Luke Arnold,; Bristol; George Edwards, Bristol ; Thomas Sanford, Exeter ; G. R. Gliddon, Exeter ; Robert Allan, Edinburgh ; M`Ewen and Auld, Glasgow ; William Gordon, Aber deen ; Boyle, Low, Pym, and Co., Dublin ; B ruce and Symes, Dublin ; Beaumont and Langworthy, Exeter; Mr. W. Collis, Stourbridge ; of whom Plans and Prospectuses may be had. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. TO THE DIRECTORS OF THE WORCESTER, SHREWSBURY, AND CREWE UNION RAILWAY. Gentlemen,—l hereby request you will allot me Shares of 50/. each in the proposed Worcester, Shrewsbury, and Crewe Unicn Railway ; and I undertake to pay the deposit and sign the necessary deeds. Dated this day of Name• ••• • • .• •• • ...... •• • • Residence•• •• •• •• Trade or Profession • • • • • • • • Reference................ SILVER SUPERSEDED, and those corrosive and injurious Metals, called Nickel and German Silver, sup planted by the introduction of a new and perfectly matchless ALBATA PLATE. C. WATSON, 41 and 42, Barbican, and 16, Norton Folgate, aided by a person of Science in the amalgamation of Metals, has succeeded in bringing to Public Notice the most beautiful Article ever yet offered ; possessing all the richness of Silver in appearance, with all its dura bility and hardness—with its perfect sweetness in use, undergoing, as it does, a Chemical Process, by which, all that is nauseous in mixed Metals is entirely extracted—resisting all Acids—may be cleaned as silver, and is manufactured into every Article for the Table and Sideboard:— Fiddle. Threaded. King's. Table Spoons and Forks, 16s. 6d. doz. 30s. 355. Desert Ditto ••• • • • 12s. 6d. 255. 255. Tea Spoons • Sugar Tongs C. WATSON begs the Public will understand that this Metal is peculiarly his own, and that Silver is not more different from Gold than kis metal is from all others—on its intrinsic merit alone he wishes it to be tested, and from the daily increasing enlogiums he re ceives, he is convinced that nothing can prevent its becoming an article of universal wear. C. Watson's handsomely Illustrated Catalogue and Price Currant is just published, and Families who regard economy and elegance should possess themselves of this useful Book, which may be had Gratis, and Post Free, from the above Address. PATENT PARAGON CAMPHINE LAMPS. The perfection of these Lamps over the Vesta has been happily attained by the invention of two parallel flat rings—a larger and a smaller forming a cone round the margin of the wick, which cause a rapid reverberation of air against the flame—thus condensing every particle of volatilized vapour, it is free from smoke or smell, having perfect combustion, and in full action, emits a light equal to 16 wax candles. C. Watson's Warehouses, 41 and 42, Barbican, and 16, Norton Folgate, will contain, throughout the season, all the most elegant recherche and new patterns, comprising Or-molu, China, Glass, and Opal. Old Oil Lamps fitted with the Paragon Head for 21s. And the Paragon Apparatus applied to the Vesta for 6s. The Spirit analysed and recommended by Dr. lire, is delivered in screw cans by C. Watson's carts, at 4s. per gallon. 4 1 & 42, BARBICAN, and 16, NORTON FOLGATE. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. The ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY, exhibited by a working Model Fifty Feet long, having a power to carry visitors from end to end. A Curious MECIIANICAL HAND on a person who has lost his natural hand. Dr. Ryan's first Series of LECTURES on the Chemistry of Domestic Life daily, and on the Evenings of Wednesday and Friday. Professor Bachhoffner's varied Lectures with brilliant experiments. Lectures on Character, with Musical Illustrations, by Mr. .1. Russell, - accompanted by Dr. Wallis on the Piano-forte, on the evenings of 'Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday, r,t Eight o'clock. New and beautiful Objects in the CHROMATROPE, PHYSIOSCOPE, PROTEOSCOPE, and DISSOLVING VIEWS. Submarine Experiments by the- DIVER and DIVING BELL. Working Models described daily. Admission, Is. ; Schools, Half-price. CHRIST- CHURCH, EXETER The recent melancholy events which have disturbed the Diocese of Exeter, and which, it is feared, cannot be satisfactorily settled, have largely contributed to establish the necessity for a Free Episcopal Church. The party within the pale' of the Establishment, who denounce the Protestant Reformation, and labour without ceasing to subvert its principles, cannot be sufficiently held in check in a diocese like Exeter, where they are notoriously favoured by the Bishop, without some large and determined effort to provide for the due celebration of the services of the Church, in connexion with the faithful ministry of the Gospel, free from the control of the ecclesiastical ruler. To provide then Mr those who have been driven from their paro chial edifices by the semi-popish teaching of the clergy, it has been felt needful to obtain ground in a central part of the city, on which to erect a large and commodious church ; the hall opened a few months since in Fore-street having proved quite insufficient to ac commodate the numerous congregation. Christ Church is now erecting in East Southernhay—one of the best situations in Exeter, and on the borders of the two populous parishes of St. Sidwell's and Trinity. It will be constructed to seat 1,400 persons ; four hundred of the sittings will be free. The cost of the ground and building, with other expenses, will exceed 4,0001. The friends of Protestant truth throughout the country are re spectfully invited to sympathise with their brethren at Exeter, by aiding with their contribw ions this spirited undertaking. An opportunity is thus afforded them, not only to strengthen the hands of a small band, who, trusting in God, have commenced this work, but to record their attachment to those principles which have been esteemed the glory of Great Britain, and the distinguishing excellence of her religious institutions. Contributions for the Christ Church Building Fund will be received for Henry Crofts, Esq., the Treasurer, at the City Bank, Exeter ; and at Messrs. Roberts, Curtis, and Co., Bankers, London. TO be DISPOSED OF, a valuable PATENT for the manufacture of an article of daily and increasing de mand, as well in the United Kingdom as in the colonies and abroad. offering a secure investment for capital, free from all risk, and yielding handsome profits. A gentleman with about 3,0001. will find this a very desirable opportunity to employ his time and capital. Apply to Mr. De Bemardy, 21, Cork-street, Burlington-gardens. SHIP TORB %X TAVERN, PIER HEAD, GREENWICH. R. THOMAS GODSELL feels great pleasure 11/1 in tendering his best thanks to his Patrons,and begs to as sure them that he continues to keep a similar stock of well-selected . Wines, Spirits, Ales, &c., on the premises, which has gained for the Tavern its present celebrity. The above Establishment combines first-rate accommodation with economic principles,—comprising spacious Dining and Club Rooms, with separate Smoking Rooms, also private Rooms for Select Parties. Joints, Steaks, Chops, Soups, White Bait, &c., as usual. Ordinaries on Sundays, at Two and Three o'Clock precisely. Beds constantly well aired. N.B.—Business conducted also (on the above principles) at the Bengal Arms Tavern, Birchin-lane, Cornhill. Ordinary from One to Five, daily. JENKS respectfully informs his country ea friends, and the trade in general, that being about to leave Fleet-street, in consequence of declining the retail part of his busi ness, in future his WHOLESALE CABINET, UPHOLSTERY, and LOOKING-GLASS trade will be carried on at his WAREHOUSE and MANUFACTORY, No. 107, DORSET-STREET, SALISBURY SQUARE, FLEET-STREET, where their kind commands are re quested to be directed, which will meet with every attention as well as gratefully acknowledged. April 24, 1845. PATENT BELMONT MOULDS, 60. per lb. of a dark colour, but burning without snuffing, as well as the finest wax or sperm. PATENT BELMONT WAX and SPERM, Is. per lb., expected to be within a short time the only candles used by the upper classes. PATENT BELMONT COMPOSITES, 10d. per lb. PATENT BELMONT SPERM OIL, purer than the finest animal Sperm, 4s. per Gallon. Any of these, as also Price's Patent Candles, and the Vauxhall Composite Candles may be ordered through any dealer in town or country, and are supplied wholesale to the trade in London, by Edward Price and Co., Belmont, Vauxhall ; Palmer and Co., Sut ton-street, Clerkenwell ; and William Marchant, 253, Regent circus, Oxford-street; in Manchester, by Richardson and Roebuck, Market-place; in Bath, by T. and G. Butcher, No. 4, Saw-close ; in Cheltenham, by Mathews and Co., 400, lifgh-street ; and in Salis bury, of C. Stokes and Son. Parties wishing to try any of these articles, but finding difficulty in obtaining them, are requested to write to Edward Price and Co., Belmont, Vauxhall, who will then send the address of a dealer whom they know to keep the Candles and 011, or should there be no such dealer in the neighbourhood, will take other measures to furnish samples. WATCHES by WEBSTER and SON' Chronometer Makers to the Lords of the Admiralty and the East India Company. Webster and Son's manufactory has continued in Cornhill 134 years, where may be selected from one of the most extensive Stocks in London every description of superior manufacture in Chronometers, Watches, and Clocks, finished under their immediate inspection on the premises, and at the lowest prices consistent with security for the maintenance of that reputation for superior work manship which has distinguished their house for so many years. Compensated duplex and lever witches, to counteract the variations of temperature, upon the principle of their chronometers, to which Government awarded the prizes three years in succession; small elegant lever and horizontal watches in gold cases, engraved or engine -turned for ladies or gentlemen ; small fiat silver detached lever and horizontal watches, for youths, at very moderate prices ; marine and pocket chronometers, new and second-hand; ornamental and every description of clocks ; regulators upon the most approved principles. Superior workmen are employed upon the premises in the repairing department for English and foreign work. The utmost value allowed for old watches in exchange. WEBSTER and SON'S Publication, with their Equation Table for the Present Year, will be sent free on the receipt of 4 postage stamps. A large selection of fine Second-hand Watches at very low prices. 74, Cornhill. THE ORTHOCHRONOGRAPH, patented by WEBSTER and SON, 74, Cornhill, Chronometer Makers to he Lords of the Admiralty and the East India Company. This newly-invented instrument will determine the correct per formance of Chronometers, Watches, and Clocks, and show their dis tance from the correct time at any place. The simplicity, porta bility, and the ease with which the results are obtained, will enable the most inexperienced to ascertain mean time to a correctness not hitherto attained but by experienced persons in the use of astrono mical instruments. It may be adjusted to its position in two minutes. An explanatory paper, with their publication, forwarded free, upon inclosing, 4 postage stamps. Price 4/. 10s. 74, Cornhill. LEA and PERRINS' WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE is pronounced by connoisseurs to be " the only good sance" for enriching gravies, or as a zest for Ilth, curries, soups, game, steaks, cold meat, &c. ; and its rapidly increasing sale has induced the Proprietors to open a warehouse in London. The very general and decided approbation bestowed on this sauce having encouraged imitations, the Proprietors have adopted Betts's metallic capsules, on which are embossed the words "Lea and Perrin' Worcestershire Sauce," as a means of protection. Sold, wholesale, retail, and for exportation, by the proprietors, Vere street, Oxford street ; Crosse and Blackwell, Soho-square ; Barclay and Sons, Farringdon-street ; Metcalfe and Co., Southampton-row; and by vendors of sauces generally. THE BEST ENGLISH WATCHES. 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 Cans, with the Detached Escapement and Jew elled, the prices are Four Guineas and a Half, Six, and Eight Guineas each ; or in 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 QUEEN'S DRAWING-ROOM Many hints might be gathered, we humbly presume, From the recent display at the Queen's Drawing-room : The splendid equipments—the gorgeous attire Presented a scene which we all might admire. No doubt there were many appear'd at the Court Whose elegant dresses of MOSES were bought ; And much greater credit would here have been done, If all had been dress'd by E. MOSES and SON. Had such been the case (as it ought to have been) The Queen would have gazed with delight on the scene ; And to show her respect for the credit thus done, She, perhaps, might have sent to E. MOSES and SON, And invited them both to the next Drawing-room, As a kind of reward for their matchless costume. This honour, however, we do not require— But while we are fam'd for such matchless attire — We merely request, as we often have done, That the public would purchase of MOSES and SON, Can you anywhere purchase such articles? No ! If we thought that you could, we would gladly say " Go." But sin .0 such attire can be rivall'd by none— We gladly exclaim—" Come to MOSES and SON." A new work, entitled " THE LEVIATHAN OF TRADE," with full directions for Self-Measurement, may be had on application, or forwarded post-free. _ LIST OF PRICES READY MADE. £ s. d. Tweed Taglionis Do. do., a superior quality, with silk collar, cuffs, and 0 13 6 Codrington and Cnesterfields, in light and gentlemanly ma -0 18 6 Cashmarette Coats in every style and make, including regis tered Peltees ...... • . '•• '' ..'' •••••• • • • • • •. • . 1 2 0 Milled Jean, grand Drill, and diagonal Blouses 0 3 6 Splendid Summer Vests Cashmere and Persian, in endless variety.... 0 4 6 Black and fancy Satins.. Cloth Trowsers ... •• • • -from 0 9 0 Tweed do. ••• • • • • ..... •• . 0 4 6 Dress Coats ••..• • • . . Frock ditbo, ditto •••••••-• • • • • • • • • 1 3 0 MADE TO MEASURE. Tweed Coats, trimmed with silk Cashmarette in any shape, handsomely trimmed, made in the first style of fashion .. • • .••• • • • • 1 5 0 Saxe Gotha do., handsomely trimmed... Quilting Vests, 6s. 6d., or Three for 19 0 Cashmere in choice patterns .. •••••• • • • • • • 8 6 Satin do., plain or fancy ... Spring Trowsers in great variety ••..••• • • • • • 0 10 6 Tweed do., in choice patterns....... ..................... 0 13 6 Single milled and Albert plain Doe Trowsers.• •• • . . Best quality black or dress do Dress Coat Ditto, ditto, best manufactured •• • Frock Coat •••••• • • • • • • • . Ditto, the best manufactured ••••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • • ...... 3 3 0 Mourning to any extent can folio be be hadprice at fi : ve minutes' notice, a t th e s 0 12 0 Men's Suits, dress coat, vest, and trousers frc'm 116 0 Ditto, jacket, vest and trousers • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • from 0 ls 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 Woollen Drapers, Outfitters, and General Warehousemen, 154, Mino ries, and 86, Aldgate , Ci t y , opposite the Church. CAUTION.—E. Moses and Son a re obliged to guard the public against imposition, having learned that the untradesmanlike false hood of being connected with them, or it's the same concern, has `Rea resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons. They eve no connexion whatever with any other establishment, in or out of London, and those who desire genuine Cheap Clothing should (to prevent disappointment, &c.) call or send to 154, Minories, or 86, Aldgate, opposite the Church. N.B. No business transacted at this Establishment from sunset on Friday till sonunset Saturday when business is resumed till twelv• o'clock. LAW LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, Fleet street, next St. Dunstan's Church. April 10. 1445. Notice is hereby given, that the DIVIDENDS on the Capital Stock of this Society, fo r th e year 1 844 , are in the course of pay ment, and can be recei ve d any day (Tues d ay e xcepted), between the hours of Ten and Three o'Clock. By order of the Directors, GEORGE KIRKPATRICK, Actuary. UNITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE ANY. TEMPORARY OFFICESCOMP DURING THE ALTERATIONS, No. 24, REGENT-STREET, WATERLOO-PLACE, LONDON. Established by Act of Parliament in 1834. DIVISION OF PROFITS AMONG TILE ASSURED. This Company, established by Act of Parliament, affords the most perfect security in a large paid-up Capital, and in Ilia groat success which has attended it since its commencement in 1834, its ANNUAL INCOME , being UPWARDS of 72,000 L In 1841 the Company declared an Addition to the Shareholders of one-half of their Stock, and also added a Bonus of 21. par cent. per annum, on the Sum Insured to all Policies of the Participating Class from the time they were effected. The Bonus added to olicies from March, 1834, to December 31, 1840, is as fellows : Sum Time Sam added Sum Time Sum added Assured. Assured. to Policy. Assured. Assured. to Policy. £5OOO 6 yrs. 10 mths. £683 6 8 £5OOO 4 years £4OO 5000 6 years 600 0 0 5000 2 years 200 The Premiums, nevertheless, are on the most Moderate scale, and only one-half need be paid for the first Five Years, where the Insur ance is for Life. Every information will be afforded on application to the Resident , Directors, gdward Boyd, Esq., and E. Lennox Boyd, Esq., of No. 23, Regent-street, Waterloo -place, London. GREAT BRITAIN MUTUAL LIFE AS SURANCE SOCIETY, 14, WATERLOO -PLACE, PALL-MALL, LONDON. THE CHISHOLM, Chairman. • WILLIAM MORLEY, Esq., Deputy-Chairman. Great advantages offered to Policy-holders by this Institution. A large and immediate accession of Assurances by the transfer of the Policies of the " Achilles British and Foreign Life Assurance Society." Iltorris.The whole of the profits divided annually among the sufficient to afford complete to the fund continually MEAAnlßamEpßleS,gafuartearnpward ecnatriotfalii,vienfunaanndydusitaluimopn accumulating from Premhuns. security. Casnrr.—Credit given to MEMBERS for half the amount of the first five annual premiums, without security. Loans granted on Assurances being effected. Art extremely low rate of Preraium, without participation in the Profits, but with the option, at any time within five years, of paying the difference between the Reduced Rates and the Mutual Assur ance Rates ; and thus becoming Members of the Society, and entitled to a full participation in the Profits. Extract from the Reduced Scale of Rates, for an Assurance of 1001. Annual Premium. Age. One Year. Seven Years. Whole Life. 5. d. a. d. L s. d. 20 10 9 1 1 6 1 13 11 30 32 9 1 3 2 2 1 40 1b 6 1 7 6 216 4 50 113 9 21 6 41 11 60 33 5 317 0 r 8 3 Full particulars are detailed l A n I P l Rs l pNeEct,ums.anaging Director. ARGUS LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, 39, THROOMORTON-STREET, BANK. EMPOWERED by SPECIAL ACT of PARLIAMENT, • 5 and 6 Will. IV., c. 76. THOMAS FARNCOMB, Esq., Alderman, Chairman. WILLIAM LEAF, Esq., Deputy Chairman. Richard E. Arden, Esq. James Clift, Esq. William Banbury, Esq. Rupert Ingleby, Esq. Edward Bates, Esq. Thomas Kelly, Esq., Alderman Thomas Camplin, Esq. Jeremiah Pilch-r, Esq. John Humphery, Esq., Alderman, Lewis Pocock, Esq . M.P. PuistaAN—Dr. Jeaffroson, 2, Finsbury-square. SURGEON—W. Coulson, Esq., 2, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry. Comuumuu Acurear—Professor Hall, of Ring's College. . LOW RATES OF PREMIUM. In addition to the subscribed Capital of 300,000/., the Assured have the security of the Company's income of nearly 60,000/. per annum, yearly increasing, and an accumulating Assurance Fund invested in Government and other available securities, of considerably larger amount than the estimated liabilities of the Company. _ ..... _ The rates of premium are reduced to the lowest scale compatible with the security of the Assured, and the stability of the Company, thereby, in effect, giving to every Policy Holder an immediate and certain Bonus without risk, in lieu of the deferred and frequently delusive prospect of a periodical division of Profits. ANNUAL PIT►MWM TO I:BSURZ LIOO. Age. For One Tear. 20 30 40 50 60 £0 17 8 1 1 8 1 5 0 1 14 1 3 2 4 For Seven Years. 1 Whole Term. ! £0 19 1 1 2 7 1 6 9 1 19 10 3 17 0 XI 11 10 2 0 7 2 14 10 4 0 11 6 0 10 One-third of "Whole Term" Premium may remain unpaid at 5 per cent. compound interest, as a debt upon the policy for life, or may be paid off at any time without notice: In Assurances for Advances of Money, as Security for debts, or as a provision for a family, when the least present outlay is desirable, the varied and comprehensive tables of the Argus Office will be found to be particularly favourable to the Assured. The Medical Officers attend daily at a Quarter before Two o'Clock. EDWARD BATES, Resident Director. A liberal Commission to Solicitors and Agents. BRITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE COM PANY, I, Princes-street, Bank, and 448, west Strand, Lon don, March 1, 1845. a Notice is hereby given, that in p ursuan ce of a resolution p assed unanimously at two successive G enera l Meetings ofProprietors, MUTUAL ASSURANCE BRANCH o f this Institution ha s been established on terms peculiarly advantageous to the Assured, and that such Branch is supported by the entire subscribed capital of the Company, together with the accumulated Auld of Premiums derived from upwards of Six Thousand Policies, already effect ed in the Pro prietary Branch. Full particulars are stated in the P rospec t u s, which, with ever y re quisite information, may be obtained on application at the office. PETER MORRISON, M^ Director. • To the PROPRIETORS of the BRITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE the establishment of a Mutual A ssurance Branch, • . COPA.NY. GENTLEMEN,—In calling your I attention to the annexedbeg Noticleave eof address a few observations to yo u re l a ti v e to the Past t ransactions, and the probable result of the prop ose d ex tension of the op erations of the Company. t he decided and (I That the " Britannia" Company has 'o ed e y to trust I may be permitted to say) deserCednjapprobation of the public , sessed by the Company, it is only necessary is clearly proved by the unprecedented fact of upwards of 6,000 policies having been issued in the short space of eight years. In order, however, to show the high degree of credit and influence posh respectable and well-established Life Assurance Companies have successively transferred their business to this establishment. year 1840 ; the The former of these transfers took place in t he latter in the course of the past year. It is in consequence of this last-mentioned transfer, which included a large number of Policies effected on the mutual assurance plan, and this plan, which they have hitherto been COMP for me to state, that two also in consequence of the numerous applications for Assurances on the Directors at length determined on the establishment of a Mutual prospectus, after it Assurance Branch, on the plan set forth in the had been submitted to, and unanimously approved by, two succes sive General Meetings of Proprietors, specially convened on the compelled to decline, that occasion. The general objection to Mutual Assurance Societies, that (in their infancy, at least) they do not afford that complete security to the Assured which is supplied by the subscribed capital of Proprietary Establishments, is completely removed in the Mutual Branch of the " Britannia" Company ; for not only arc the Mutual Policy-holders protected by the entire subscribed capital of the Proprietary Branch, but the large and continuall y -i ncrea sing fund, accumulated from the onsti- Preminms on 6,000 Policies already effected in that Branch, c a m ent of the claims of tutes an immediately available fund f or the p y the Assured, who will thus enjoy all the security a fforded by an old established office, and, at the same time, become entitled to all the benefits to be derived from th at s ys t e m of Mutual Assurance which experience has proved to be at the same ti me the safest and the best. Another serious objection to the Mutual Assurance Plan (as gene rally acted on) is the high rate of premium required to he paid, in the Asst Instance, in order to form a fund—not only for the payment of the claims, but also for the distribution of large bonuses among the policy-holders. This objection also is entirely removed by means of the half credit system detailed in the prospectus. For, by allowing half the amount of the first five annual premiums to remain for five years in the hands of the person assured, and a pp lyin g the bonus (to which he would otherwise beco me entitled) to the gradual liquida tion of the debt thus incur red with the Company, the policy-holder enjoys the rare advantage of a very low rate of premium, in the first instance,proflts c.onibined with that of a full participation, eventually, in the benefit and accommo- In availing myself of this opportunity of congratulating my co shareholders on the extraordinary success which hitherto has at tended the operations of the Britannia Life Assurance Company, I trust I shall, at no very distant period, have still ihrther to congratu late them on the complete success of the Mutual Assurance Branch, which, after the most anxious care and attention, has been founded d on at a e t p h la e n p I cannot, in justice to the Directors, conclude this address without calling your attention to the able and cordial co-operation which has calculated,ubic. in every possible way, t o been afforded to me on their part, not only on the present important occasion, but also in every other instance in which their advice and assistance have been needful for promoting the interests of the Insti tution. 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The ninth annual meeting of the Art-Union of London took place yesterday at the Theatre Royal Drury-lane, the manager, Alfred Bunn, Esq., having kindly lent the theatre for that purpose. The doors were opened shortly after eleven o'clock, and the boxes and pit were almost immediately afterwards filled by a most fashionable audience, the majority of whom were ladies. The stage was also completely occupied long before the commencement of the proceedings. The tickets and prizes were placed in the respective wheels, and the wheels were repeatedly turned so as to mix the tallies before the commencement of the proceedings. At twelve o'clock precisely, his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, the President of the Society, en tered the theatre, and was conducted to the chair by the officers of the Society. His Royal Highness was loudly cheered on his appearance, and the cheering continued for some minutes after his Royal Highness bad taken his seat as President. His Royal Highness, who looked remarkably well, was accompanied by his Serene Highness the Duke of Mecklenburgh Strelitz. Among those present, we observed Sir C. Hopkinson, Captain Bowater Vernon, Captain Foskett, the Rev. H. Hyde, General Sir Gord n Drummond, Admiral Sykes, Lady Green, Mr. Alder man Humphery, M.P., Mr. Alderman Wilson, Mr. B. Bond Cabbell, Mr. J. P. Deering, R.A., Mr. W. Wither ington, R.A., Mr. T. Uwins, R.A., Mr. Edwin Landseer, R.A., Mr. D. Maclise, R.A., Sir Richard Westmacott, R.A., and Miss Burdett Coutts. The proceedings were opened by the Duke of CAM BRIDGE, who addressed the Society as follows : Ladies and Gentlemen,—l have great satisfaction in in forming you that in the last year your subscriptions have increased full 6001.—(Cheers.) This year the subscription amounts to 15.400L—(Cheers) —white last year it amounted to 14,800L—(Cheers.) Now, when we consider that in the year 1837, when we first began we only collected 4901. I think there is every reason for saying that we are thriving— (Cheers)—and I most sincerely hope that we shall con tinue so.—(Cheers.) After saying these few words, which I trust will be satisfactory to you, I will call upon Mr. Godwin, the secretary, to read the report.—(His Royal Highness sat down amidst loud cheering.) The SECRETARY (Mr. Godwin) then came forward and read the following report, which seemed to give ge neral satisfaction : " For the ninth time the Committee have the great satisfaction of announcing ' tbe continued and increas ing prosperity of the Art-Union of London, a more extended and better appreciation of its great objects. and clearer evidence of the goodness of its plan and working. " The subscription for the present year amounts to the sum of 15,432/. 125., and would have been larger, but for the misapprehension that Lord Monteagle's Act (under which the present distribution is made) applied simply to the past year, and that as no fresh Act on the subject had been passed, we were not recognised by the Legislature. In reality, however, the Act in question remains in force until the 31st of July next, before which time, as there is every reason to believe, the Association will be placed on a firm and perma • nent basis by an Act of Parliament, to be brought in by the Right Hon. Thomas Wyse, as Chairman of a Com mittee of the House of Commons appointed in June last to consider the objects and results of Art-Unions, and the most expedient and practicable means of refl• dering them most subservient to the improvement and diffusion of art through the different classes of the com munity. The minutes of evidence and the repo rt the Parliamentary Committee have been p rinted, and, when made public, will doubtless afford many va luable suggestions for the future conduct o f th e Association. "It is gratifying to find that the late agitation of the subject and this inquiry have not had . the effect of changing the opinion of any early friend to the Art-Union of London, so far as is known ; while it has even already induced many, who entertained doubts on the 'natter, to give it the advantage of their countenance. And here they cannot omit offering publicly respectful thanks to his Royal Highness the' Duke of Cambridge, President, for the interest his Royal Highness manifested in the successful issue of the late proceedings, and his personal endeavours on several occasions to obtain it. His Royal Highness has himsel brought the subscriptions of various members of the Royal Family, and has been graciously pleased at all times to give assistance to the Committee. " The list of provincial and foreign secretaries has been increased considerably, and now numbers 338. In addition to New York, Mexico, Nova Scotia, Hobart Town, Ceylon, Bombay, and Singapore, mentioned in the last report, the Society has now active correspondents at Coblentz, Wiesbaden, Aix-la-Chapelle, New Bruns wick, Dominica, Monte Video, La Guayra, Toronto, in Montreal, and last, but certainly not the least in im portance, at Canton, in the Cele.tial Empire I " The prizeholders of last year purchased 253 works of art, including two pieces of sculpture. These were exhibited for the usual time, at first to the subscribers and their friends,. and afterwards gratuitously to the public, and were visited by 250,000 persons without the occurrence of any accident. _ _ _ "Relative to the selection of the works of art on that occasion, it is the painful duty of the Committee to re prebate in the strongest terms the conduct of one of the prizeholders, who bought unworthily to divert the fends of the Association from their proper course fur his own pecuniary advantage. The artists to whom he applied proved themselves men of honour and integrity, and his scheme failed. The Committee minutely investigated the occurrence, and received the fullest proof that the selection ultimately made was a bond fide transaction, or they would assuredly have declared the prize forfeited, and allowed the subscriber to seek what remedy he might. They deemed it right, however, with a view to the attainment of the objects of the Association and the protection of artists, to make the Regulations as to selection' more stringent than they were before, and have accordingly provided that no arrangement what ever shall be made, or attempted to be made, between a prizeholder and an artist, or by any p ar ti es on their behalf, in the selection of a work of art, by which a prizeholder may obtain, or attempt to obtain, the return of a portion of the amount of a prize, or other valuable consideration ; that no prizeholder shall sell, or attempt to sell, the right of selection; and that should any at tempt to evade the published regulations be discovered, the amount of the prize shall be forfeited and merge in the funds of the Society. In this determination they aro quite satisfied they will receive the support of all who appreciate rightly the real objects of the Association, and they would state emphatically, it is only these they desire to find in the list of subscribers. The engraving due to the subscribers of last year, The Castle of Ischia,' will be delivered, in pursuance of the notice al ready sent to every subscriber, on and after the 7th of May next. " The Waterloo Soldier Convalescent,' engraved by Mr. G.T. Doo, after Mr. Mulready, R.A., due to the sub scribers of the present year, is approaching completion. In addition to this print the subscribers will receive for each guinea paid, a series of designs in outline illustra tive of Thomson's Castle of Indolence,' made . by Mr. William Rimer. The drawings have been placed in the hands of Messrs. Webb, Whitfield, H. W ard, and Joubert, and the engravings from them will be distri buted as soon as they are completed. "Every subscriber for 1846 will receive an impression of a line engraving, Jephtha's Daughter,' after Mr. O'Neil, by Mr. Peter Lightfoot, which is already far advanced, with such other advantages as the Committee may be able to afford. "For the subscribers of some future year the Com mittee have been enabled, by the kind permission of the artist and of the proprietor, Mr. Willes, of Goodrest, Berkshire, to place in the hands of Mr. C. Rolls and Mr. Frederick Heath, two pictures by Mr. Uwins, R.A., • The Last Embrace,' and The Neapolitan Marriage,' to be engraved by them for the Society and distributed as a pair. "The Committee look anxiously to the result of the offered premium of 5001. for the best original picture illustrative of English history. The cartoons are to be received in competition on the Ist of next January, and the Committee venture to repeat to the artists of the United Kingdom their earnest hope that a work will be obtained for engraving creditable to them and to the country. - " A - statement of the engraving account, still open will be published with this report. " In reply to the offered premium of 60/ for the best consecutive series of not less than ten designs in outline, illustrative of some epoch in Biblical or British History, or of the work of a British author, nineteen sets were received, from which the Committee selected a series from the Revelations of St. John,' afterwards found to be by Mr. George Elgar Hicks, of Lymington, Hamp shire, as entitled to the reward. Considering that much talent was displayed by some of the competitors, and anxious to stimulate young artists to exertion, they fur ther awarded honorary premiums of 20/. each to Mr. G. E. Sintzenick, Mr. W. Cave Thomas, and Mr. G. Scharf, jun. " With the view of inducing the production of finer and more elaborate works in lithography than are now general in this country, the Committee some time ago placed in the hands of Mr. Templeton Mr. E. M. Ward's excellent picture, La Fleur's Departure' (selected by a prizeholder in the last distribution), to be executed on stone of a large size. As this is not yet finished, it will be made to form part of the next year's arrangements. " In continuation of the Society's endeavours to en courage the production of bronzes, Mr. John Bell's statue of the Eagle Slayer,' exhibited in Westminster Hall last year, has been reduced by Mr. Edward Wyon, and of this twenty copies in bronze will be distributed to-day. The thanks of the Society are due to Mr. Bell for the liberal manner in which he placed this figure at the disposal of the Committee. For the ensuing year Mr. Foley's statue, The Boy at the Stream,' has been reduced by Mr. Cheverton's machinery, and will be pro duced in bronze by Mr. Foley himself. " Your Committe have long borne in view the con nexion between manufactures and art, and have felt the importance of leading one to the aid of the other. Con• sidering the porcelain manufacture to be of considerable consequence, and greatly dependent on art, they pur pose to reduce a statue to a convenient size, and to issue a certain number of copies in that material. Mr. Gib- SOP, R.A., when in England kindly offered the use of any of his works for this purpose, and the Committee have determined on adopting The Narcissus' for the first experiment, his diploma piece at the Royal Academy. Some difficulties which arose at the Academy have de layed the completion of the intention, but these are now removed, and the work will be proceeded with imme • diately by Messrs. Copeland and Garrett. Mr. A. J. Stothard has completed the medal commemorative of Sir Joshua Reynolds ; the Committee propose distri buting to-day to thirty subscribers the right to receive an impression of it in silver. Any subscriber who may desire to have a copy of the medal in bronze, in lieu of the engraving for the present year, will become entitled to do so by forwarding to the office a note to that effect. " The want of encouragement in the art of gem en graving, at present seriously felt, has been urged upon them in several quarters. It has been shown that we have no artists in this department capable of engraving a figure equal to those which were produced in England a few years ago, and that there is not sufficient inducement to lead engravers to pursue such a course of study as would enable them to execute works of first-rate excellence; the Committee take this upportunity to draw public at tention to the fact. "Since the last meeting Thomas Griffith, Esq., M.A.; George John Morant, Esq.; W. J. Smith, Esq., F.S. A.; Henry G. Atkinson, Esq., F.G.S.; and Arthur Tooke, Esq., M.A., have retired rom the Committee ; and the Right Hon. the Earl of Arundel and Surrey ; the Rev. Edward Coleridge, of Eton; T. C. Harrison, Esq., F. L.S.; and: Mr. Sergeant Thompson, have been elected to fill the vacancies thus crested. The account of receipts and disbursements is as follows : The amount set apart, according to the foregoing statement, for the purchase of works of art, viz., 9,6501., will be thus allotted :- 40 Works of Art of the value of 10/. each. 55 Works of Art of the value of 15L each. 39 Works of Art of the value of 20/. each. 37 Works of Art of the value of 25L each. 25 Works of Art of the value of 301. each. 25 Works of Art of the value of 40/. each. 14 Works of Art of the value of 50/. each. 12 Works of Art of the value of 60/. each. 10 Works of Art of the value of 701. each. 10 Works of Art of the value of SOL each, 6 Works of Art of the value of 1001. each. 3 Works of Art of the value of 150/ each. 2 Works of Art of the value of 2001. each. and 2 Works of Art of the value of 300/. each. To these are to be added twenty bronzes of ' The Eagle Slayer,' and thirty medals of Reynolds. To save the time of the meeting, the medals will be allotted to the first thirty names drawn consecutively at the close of the general distribution. " The reserved fund now amounts to 1,5251. 2s.,con sisting simply of th e i laterest on subscriptions received, the sums unexpended by prizeholders, and the profit on the sale of catalogues at the exhibitions. In order to enlarge it, the Committee renew their exhortations for the payment of subscriptions early in the year. "The Committee are anxious to increase to the utmost the efficiency of the Association. " The various new modes of multiplying works of art, the announcement of which has recently startled the public, will not be disregarded by them, so far as they may be likely to assist in spreading abroad universally works of fine art. The steam-press has made good literature cheap, and the increased demand consequent has made it cheaper still, without weakening in any degree its worth and power. The delight and instruction it gives are extended to all and lessened to none. So it should be, and will be, with art. It is recorded of Apelles that he could not endure -that a picture should have but ono master ; ho thought that the works of and to adopt the most efficient means of rendering-theta educationally useful. " Emanating, as this Bill does, from a member of their body, Mr. Ewart, to whom, in conjunction with others', the public are greatly indebted for the establishment of schools of design, and believing that if carried out effi ciently by the local authorities, public taste will thereby gradually be improved, and that much good will result, the Committee feel entitled to allude to it in terms of sincere commendation. The connexion between manu factures and arts is generally admitted, and has been always urged in the reports of your Committee ; it is asserted that we cannot compete with foreign manufac turers in some branches of trade because of the want of knowledge of the arts of desip on the part of the opera tives. By providing collections in each town of the finest casts of the ancient forms of beauty ; giving general access to them, and making drawing a part of ordinary education, we might speedily overcome this re proach, and become independent of foreign aid. " The increased facilities of access to - national and private collections now enjoyed by the public, wax threatened by the recent demolition of an ancient relic.. The law being found defective—a proof, amongst others, of the indifference towards the fine arts which has been entertained by our Legislature—a Bill for the protection of works of art has been brought into the House of Commons, and will speedily be made law ; is to be hoped, that should any evil-disposed persorreoteisoit similar outrage, he will be punished with 'lour ; have an interest in maintaining the security of worksiif art publ'ely exposed, and thereby preventing the renewal' of an unjust stigma now nearly removed. " The remission of the duty on glass will be advan tageous to painters in water colours, and lead many to adorn their howes with prints, who otherwise would not have done so. " The increased attention paid to the fine arts at our. Universities, the important proceedings of the royal commis ion for their encouragement, the rabid spread oF a d( sire for artistical decorations in our buildings, and other evidence that the love of art is penetrating the mind of the country, would afford important matter for congratulation and commeu.t. - It is not too much to assert, that the proceedings of the Art-Union of London have greatly assisted in pro ducing the movement now apparent, by leading multi tudes to talk and think of art who otherwise had disre garded it, and obtaining a more extended consideration of its value and uses. It will be the duty of the Com mittee, as it is their pleasure, to aid in giving this move ment a right direction, and they call upon the subscribers, and they call upon artists, as they have before done, zea lously to assist them in the endeavour. _ _ . " :The great end of art,' says a philosophical writer of the last century,* has been so little considered, that many are accustomed to look on pictures as they would on rich hangings. It is true that some kinds of pictures, like some kinds of books, can do no more than please. But the first object of high art is no more to be orna mental than the first object of an author is to decorate a library. Like poets, historians, and philosophers. painters have the power of instructing whilst entertaining the mind.' To painters we say, exercise this power ; produce works to teach as well as please, and rouse art to her proper station amongst us ; and to the public we say, purchase these works when produced, and so lead others to follow the right path—to advance the character and increase the enjoyments of their coun trymen. Seek excellence in every department, from the lowest to the highest, and remember, that by rewarding mediocrity to the exclusion of genius which may await your assistance, you depress talent and commit injustice. " Let us all bear in mind, that the great object of our Association is to elevate and diffuse art. " GEOR 3E GODWIN ? Hon. Secs." LEWIS I'OCOCK, I * Richardson's " Art of Criticism." X a. d. 1845. Expenses, printing, advertising, pos tage. & c.; Sum allotted for purchase of pictures 9,650 0 0 Ditto for bronzes. 450 0 0 D:tto for medals. 2OO 0 0 Su' reserved for engraving, &c., on out- 960 0 0 lines Balance reserved for the engraving of the year. 2,383 14 2 13,440 5 0 1,796 10 10 Net stnount to be expended this year in works of art 13,643 14 2 His Serene Highness the Duke of MECKLENBURGIL STRELITZ moved, and Sir C. HOPKINSON seconded, the adoption of the report. The in , tion was put and carried by acclarnaticn. Mr. T. UwiNs, 8.A., then moved that the thanks of the Society be given to the Committee for their services during the past year, and that they be requested to con tinue those valuable services —(Cheers) He was sure that they must all feel that a lake debt of gratitude was due to the members of the Committee, who exerted such activity in the support of the Institution. The artists' also felt that a deep debt of gratitude was owing to those gentlemen, and, as an artist, he was delighted to stand forward to give expression to the gratitude that was felt by the whole body.—(Cheers.) Artists were not men of words, nor were they accustomed to address public audiences in public places; but they felt deeply grateful to the Society and to the Committee for the assistance they had rendered to the cause of Art. —(Cheers.) By the aid of the Committee, genius had been enabled to emerge from obscurity, which might otherwise have been hopeless.—(Cheers ) He had great pleasure in moving the resolution.—(Cheers.) Mr. COOPER, R. A., in seconding the motion, said that he had always found the Committee anxious to listen to any suggestions for the benefit of the Society, or for the promotion of art—(Cheers)—and he had no doubt but that the establishment of this Society would prove of great advantage both to the. artist and to the public.— (Cheers.) The resolution was then put and carried by accli mation. Mr. W. 11. Roper, R.A., an Mr. Haggard, were ap pointed scrutineers of the drawing. Hiss White and Miss Roy were the ladies who drew the tickets from the wheel. At this part of the proceeding his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge left the theatre, amidst loud cheer ing, it having been explained that his Royal Highness had a previous appointment to keep. The chair was then taken by B. B. Cabbell, Esq., and the drawing com mencee. The principal prizes drawn were as follows : . Mrs. A. Packe, Grantham £2oo Mr. W. Gow, Hungerford Wharf Mr. J. J. Stone, Kensington-terrace, Bayswater 7O Mr. G. Lancaster, Wyndham-road Mr. F. Allen, Pershore BO Mr. R. H. Green, Manchester Mr. P. Brown, George yard, Lombard street BO Mr. Henry Brough, Oughton, Cheshire Mr. 11. W. Dobell, Kensington BO Miss Connell, St. James's-place Mr. W. G. Bull, Newport-Pagnell 5O Mr. I'. H. Hughes, Henley-street. a bronze, value 50 Mr. G. 11. L. Wood, New Bond-street 6O Mr. James Carrington Potterm, Bedfordshire Mr. W. Christall "-0 Mr. W. Durrant, Norfolk •.. 70 Mr. T. Longman, Paternoster-row Mr. A. G. Frazier, Halifax, Nova Scotia Mr. F. Cooper, Worcester 7O Mr. Butler Williams, Waterloo-place Mr. G. Twiss, Cambridge l5O Mrs. Puget, Finchley-road 6O Mr. C. Clayton, Cambridge lOO Rev. A. R. Lloyd, Whittington 2OO Mr. W. Macdonald, Glasgow lOO Mr. E. Shepherd, Coventry 100 Mr. John Jarm rda a w n, in hi g a h lf aa Mt e io o n n - c s l t u r d ee e t d thanks were voted the Ladies who had assisted a st b o l i r r l t\ . Ehy Sh.e.ein,Ee.rtirDi3o, Secretaries, B . o m Bombay wheel, and to the Chairman, after which the meetingt3tZe parated. THE MURRaIV IN SCOTLAND.—A good deal of excitement has been caused throughout the north generally, and also in the southern cattle markets, by various conflict ing statements at present in circulation with respect to the appearance of the murrain in Ross and Caithness. The Aber deen Herald the sth instant contained the following para graph :—" The murrain has broken oat with great vielence in Ross -shire and Caithness, both in cattle and sheep, from which it has been conveyed to Edin burgh by stock from the north —many of which have been obliged to be carted from the ship to be slaughtered, and has made the trade very dull there. Every precaution should be used by dealers and fanners to keep the infection from this county." The John 0' Groat Journal states, " that there is not the slightest ground for believing the report thus circulated, and that the cattle exported from the north were shipped in excellent order, and were only seized with the distemper when infested in the stalls of the Edinburgh cattle agents." A correspondent in Ross-shire informs us that the first appear ance of the disease occurred about five weeks ago, amongst the stock of a gentleman who had brought a bull from London. This animal was admitted into the byres in a diseased state, and ere it was discovered that such was the case, the infection had seized all the cattle, young and old. The pestilence next spread among the sheep, to such an extent, that, from the time of its appearance up till the 4th instant, no fewer than thirty-fonr lambs alone had died. Dire as are the effects of the pesti lence amongst bestial, the woolly people suffer much e evil] We trust the desolating progress of this devouring measures ill speedily be arrested, and that prompt and _ the malady.— In SALE OF THE FLEET /1 . 1 of this town I r l rr b ll e e,:s ad c o o p u t r e i d er. to prevent PRISON. --On s s o p s re ._ ad o of n Monday the the City sold were the materials composing auc tioneers; the portions so the w 0 f coffee and wine.roonta, and the northern the chapel, the ianecmonidnaptourrtei,o.nwaof %h es e .samleedofbythembxrlds.initruenand Son, materia ls prison. The prosiuee of the day's sail was upwards of 11004