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SBREWS BURT, WOLVERHAMPTON, DUDLEY, and BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY COMPANY. WILLIAM ORMSBY GORE, Esq., M.P., Chairman. The Hon. R. H. CLIVE, M.P., Vice-Chairman. W. R. COLLETT, Esq., M.P. DONALD MACLEAN, Esq , M.P. THOMAS CHARLTON WHITMORE, Esq., M.P. WILLIAM FEEHNEY BLACK, Esq., M.P. RICHARD LLOYD, Esq. RICHARD NORMAN, Esq. STEPHEN PHILIPPS, Esq. JOHN PRITCHARD, Esq. R. AGLIONBY SLANEY, Req. Sir WILLIAM YOUNG, Bart. The Committee of Management have the satisfaction of inform. 1 4 the Proprietors of this line of railway that the duplicate Plans ""i Sections have been lodged as required by the Standing Orders of the House of Commons. By order, GEORGE KNOX, Secretary. Moeriatastreet, Dec. 2, 1544. WATERFORD AND KILKENNY RAILWAY. Capital £240,11.0, In 12,500 Shares of £2O each. Deposit Li per Share. COMMITTEE IN IRELAND. ‘4l ike Most Noble the Marquis of ORMONDE, Chairman. The ?tight non. the Earl of BESBOROUGH. The Right Hon. the Earl of DESART, D.L. The Right Hon. the Viscount DUNCANNON. SMITHWICK, Esq., Mayor of Kilkenny. 'MONIAS MEAGHER, Esq., Mayor of Waterford. M. ARDAGH, Esq., Waterford. WILLIAM PONSONBY BARKER, Esq., Klillcooley Abbey, county Tipperary. sir H. W. BARRON, Bart., M.P. ;D.L., Belmont House, We. terferd Ho n. Col. BUTLER, 11. P., Ballyconra House, county Kilkenny u S. BUTLER, Esq., M.P., Lodge Park, Freshford eolorel BRYAN, D.L., Jenkinstown, Kilkenny b • CANE, Alderman of Kilkenny i,r CONNELLAN, Esq., D.L., Coolmore, Thenaastown, county Kilkenny SIDENHAM DAVIS, Esq., Thomastown BE MONTMORENCY, Esq., D.L., Castlemorree, Knock - - toPher F. FINN, Esq., Tullaroan, Kilkenny v.. W. H. •REENE, req., Sion House, Kilkenny 87• GRACE, Esq., Kilkenny LANGRISHE, Bart., Knocktopher r F. LOFTUS, Bart., Mount Loftus, Goresbridge JOL IN M'CRAITH, Esq., Kilkenny ti p'• MILWARD, Esq., Waterford jr , MURPHY, Esq., Waterford HN O'CONNELL, Esq., M.P., Dublin —r J OHN POWER, Bart., D.L., Kilfane, Thomastown, County Kilkenny 11... c. "RY RYAN, Esq., Kilfera, Kilkenny 13 . SAVAGE, Esq., Kilcreen House, Kilkenny '`• S ULLIVAN, Esq., J.P., Kilkenny 11. ARREN, Esq., Sandford's Co rt, Kilkenny --331 AS WYSE, Esq., M.P., The Manor, Waterford. GEORGE COMMITTEE IN LONDON. —“GE ANDERSON, Esq. CH ARLES BARRY BALDWIN, Esq., M.P. , D.L. TH OMAS WENTWORTH BEAUMONT, Esq. J AL FRED OLIVER MASON, Esq. s. RICKETTS. Esq. QOMUND TURNER, Es', M.P. (With power to add to their number.) Th. I, RANCE'S. -Ank of Ireland, the Provincial Bank of Ireland, the National Bank of Ireland, and their Branches. CONSULTING ENGINEER. Captain W. S 111001ISOM. ACTING ENGINEER. JOHN VALENTINE, Esq. •RCEITECT. CPIARLES FREDERICK ANDERSON, Esq. Tlin SOLICITORS IN LONDON. "AAS and FRANCIS EDWARDS, South-square, Gray's Inn. SOLICITORS IN WATERFORD. Messrs. ELLIOTT and NEWPORT. SOLICITOR :N KILERNNT. HARVEY DEVEREUX, Esq. SECRETARY. W. BRIDGES, Esq. til T he proposed line from Waterford to Kilkenny is 3 1 English es in length. The total cost, including outlay for stock , statio ns, kc., will not exceed 8,0001. per mile. ! t w ill he perceived that the line is intended to meet the pro. ;, " 2 1 branch of the Great Western Railway from Gloucester te " I blivard (the South Wales line), and that it must necessarily c° ,,, , nd a great portion of the traffic from the West of England ; ii if extended to Dublin, will constitute Waterford one of the t important ports of the empire. in ° 'wer will be taken far the further extension of the line to the Irish' Metropolis in the event of such a measure being deemed ad . / isabie ' ; T he port of W a t er f o d ran b e entered at all times of the tide by i i . ebetw vessels. of 1,008 tone . The export trade of Waterford arid the ire. eeu Waterford and Kilkenny are considerable, and *rein the increase. T he exports of Waterford in 1835, according to the Report of the Irish Railway Commissioners, amounted to the value of 1331,2411 ., and the imports to 1,274,164/. At present the ex. Pens are represented by the local authorities to exLeed two z4iiii " , , and the imports one million and a half. Al least one-third of the exports from Waterford may be pre. now .„, "to pass thr oug h th e co unty of Kilkenny, and this traffic —:.'11,1 necessarily receive a great stimulus by the construction of 4 Ilae of rapid communication with the interior of the country. t The probability of a remunerative return from a railway opening I P 4 ver alnunicatron between Waterford and Kilkenny, with a view co the economical s o f its future extension to Dublin, will be enhanced by the adoption principle upon which it has been determined to ntstruet the line, which insures a reduction of at least 80 per ..,. co tkeprinsary investment. ~.:Imnecessary plans and surveys, with all other preliminary ar incorp:rnts, will be ready, se as to apply to Parliament for a Bill to rest at th te t he Company early in the ensuing session ; and into their dep o e it 'at. " 41. per cent. will be allowed to subscribers en Uubjoin ta, uritil the railway is completed. Coach traffic, Nit bable profit:_, "I I a statement of the present through traffic and pro. Car t 0 raMe, four journeys a day, 40 passengers at Si. X. 3,74 II rchandise, l o oms I, six days in the week, 100 _ e Passengers, at 21. 6d. Y 100 , 0 00 tons,cattle included, at 50. pee ton 25,000 834,640 t 4 "urantg an increase of only double the present traffic, we have oer„ ,2 ; showing a divisible profit, after deducting 50 per cent. F orking expenses, of 32,6401., or nearly 12 per cent. on the Subscriber Will be responsible for more than the amount of —4 Share . e h. Th s and the form of application for Shares may be 4 7 at the Offices of the Company, 6, Parliament.strcet, West- A . ,7,° t er. and 36, New Broad.street, London ; Messrs. W. and F. k,,;;; rl ' ° n, 8 Threadneedlc.street ;of H. Devereux, Esq., Kil. ; Messrs. Elliott and Newport, Waterford ; Mr. Thomas tar : a '', Broker, Edi n b urg h ; Mr. 1. It. Owen, Broker, Manche.. Cod the Company's Bankers. To the FORM OF APPLICATION. Provisional Committee of the Waterford and Kilkenny Railway. k zar•,.eonen,—l hereby request you will apportion me "' In the above proposed Railway, and I engage to pay the to Posit " 11. Per Share upon such allotment as you may be pleased k en 7e, and to sign the subscription contract required by tarlia. and else the subscribers' agretment. I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant, Name Profession, Trade, or Calling Residence Date •f Application lB4 AVA•TERFORD anti KILKENNY RAILWAY. No t i_ REGISTERED PROVISIONALLY. ih thi. " la hereby given that NO APPLICATION for SHARES Dth undertaking will be RECEIVED after MONDAY , the "" Of December. By order, GEORGE HADLEY, Secretary to the London Committee. 144. 1 d November 30, 1844. DUMFRIES, and CARLISLE Ittp ob RAILWAY. zT OF THE PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE TO THE 4,ZREHOLDERS OF THE GLASCWW, DUMFRIES, your C ARLISLE RAILWAY. ee+diCommittee have delayed making any . Report of their pro. ei,, t , i n i gs, until they could lay before you . sufficient information to %An 1 ., e a, not only to form a correc . t opini h on of the merits of your be, rki n e but to understand the various schemes more or less con- The wi th it, for which Parliamentary notices have been given. int er -u mber of these schemes, and their complex bearing on the Itepor of your u n d er t a king, render it necessary to prefaceh 1,1,e..e0l some general observations. ha p , et l fo ur existing railways of greatest importance le Scotland, in Gle ip of length, capital, and traffic, are---the . Edinburgh and brae"' Railway, connecting the two largest cities in Scotland, as tlia, aa t he two seas; the North British Railway, forming part of 11 4 414 t runk line from Edinburgh to London, by way of Berwick, Doti e r, la i and York the Glasgow and Greenock Railway, an im. d ' ink in 1h ; communication between the manufacturing an u g t owns of the west of Scotland; and the Glasgow, Paisley, 4f Sa 4Nael t, and Ayt Railway, connecting the western metropolis tOti - , °tla nd with one of the most thriving mineral and ma f nu A fac r . Tr -1 districts in this country, including the seaports o t e; °4 : Irv ine and Ardrossan, from the latter of which there is a a )141U o i i. ,_, st earn.boat communication with the North of its an thern ten "(Mined, by means of your projected line fro t m o 't become son the ', t eat h? i , at Kilmarnock to Dumfries and Carlisle, e,C e t u , :road between the north and west of England, and the 'ae vs, "ally important district known under the general name of e irclt r ei t of Scotl an d " Th e on ly link awanting te complete the entire to rwii a n - h r n itilw aTs leading down the east coast of England and Scotland and "rah, acr oss t o Gl asgow , an d up the west coast of Scotland ISurah Vend back to London, is from the terminus of the Edin. Glasgow Railway in Glasgow to the joint terminus of the no t i ces and Ayrshire Railways in the same city. Parliamentary rail: have keen given for this short line, which is not above half w th length, and which will of pa the city. partly in tunnelling, and -11 arches, th roug h a att est es e existin g an d pro j ecte d railways, which intersect the "istri c ; and, as might be expected, the richest and most populous a fitie n iL b° th of England and Scotland, almost the whole of the . ierasr-iw`eal, r nanufacturin mining mercantile, and shipping in. °f Great Britai be connected, and a direct, rapid, and th_nonaieal means ef tr n ansit secured. The accompanying map will vi u u n Mor distinctly the course of these great leading lines. .There tr a ffith" e remain, so f ar as Scotland is concerned, only one line h of our nnaccommodated,between Edinburgh and the nort of f Scotland and Lancashire It is true, the existing amount ter en hying out urse between these districts is as yet limited, but still, in It _ the lines of communication between the two countries, ,(4,:asential to keep it in view ; and it fortunately happens, .that h zerEde.i.nburh to Havii Parli!the many schemes promoted for local objects, and for which reentary notices have been given, there is one, viz., a ck, which, if extended to Carlisle, Mu nk ' : e n en this cross traffic the full benefit of railway corn. anloitala. " c m ) , at the expense of ; very small additional outlay of the alPlain this, your Committee again request your attention to l ine T )raPan Y i nft mai>. From it you will observe that a straight carhei drawn nearly due north from Birmingham, Lancaster, or thi ndee e' ~..W ou ld pass through or close to Hawick, Edinburgh, and Irould " o n' 'which last point, by a slight deviation eastward, it f,oach Aberdeen. Now, it so happens that this straight line Passes through the most practicable country for a nin th bet ween its n orth and south termini, but opens up by much i teso m c sc i tenot ficrt dian i d, fertile thriving of th ose di s tricts in the south and which the great trunk lines would not them. T he rinorttiot. n portion o f the line of communication thus described liareant already take "' UP by parties of influence and capital. Par. I,, hoie an' notices have been given for railways extending the Von), _ wa y from Burntisland, on the north side of the Frith of I,C..rPPosie Edinburgh to Perth, Dundee, and Aberdeen. The 14.17 . rs 3 is called, the Edinburgh and Northern Railway, forms ot t . section of this line to the north of Edinburgh. It avails Gr th e improved steam ferry across the Forth, established by sad ittaeore t he Duke of B uccleuch and Mr. Gladstone, of Fasque, A s _ SeCtS the ri c h mineral and agricultural county of Fife. tante-Tr" with any li ne b y way of Stirling, it shortens the die. ,otth _tween Edinburgh and the most important towns in the south Qrof Scotland, from. thirty to fifty miles. The section to the Edinburgh is that projected by the North British Railway 'I the PanY t• Ilawick , already ment i oned. general system et' International railway communication 1 6 04. 6 ' 13 A 9 ',, . 4 " A 6 3 6 5" limit, week vibe Illy to . n d ces Iforrnsi p L sure te d )on t: -41 s of W °°l dily 01 ; ales r ° i f fr o 9 " dur ivß bin°° ria / 34e6. :17 9 ,60 0 ,i 99 .--- , 979 )I+o. ~ 0111°3 , 4 of 00 . 0 g gssrt ore, jo ho „tile„tile i, 01 , re, S ,-- ir . re' l CA P- C '5 13. col, .• O A" !O A°. SEP r, VI , , • D ° b P 4 ,0 r, Av dtl iCes ra° 0 DA II „tee: l l 6 li ? ree ne P ' 1 0 * 4 e, b r lfor h ? d, 61 1,. °ern' . 130. P s 9 ,ll ' cl i `' do• ;I) l ‘ ir)s ' 3 1 0 0- 1 1 :f so . t y , .Ca9ll No. 16,317. LONDON, ITTESDAY EVENING SUN, DECEMBER 3, 1844. r i 4 r • f_ • 7. • 1 V.A. 4 , , h,, „. *NA , 7,; . :44, 111 f 60 1 . 44 -111; 464 , , ab- PRIOR sd. THE SUN is Published EVERY MORNING at FIVE O'CLOCK, i n Time for the EARLY TRAINS and TOWN DELIVERY ; a SECOND EDITION (Evening Sun) is Published in Time for the AFTERNOON TRAINS and a THIRD EDITION st SE YEN O'CAOCK, for POST, farefaining PARLIAMENTARY said all other NEWS in LONDON xp that Reur. now described, it will be seen that three principal lines are pro vided. The first of these gives the most direct line from Lando* to Edinburgh ; the second the best line from London through Lancashire to the West of Scotland ; and the third the shortest Caledonian Branches .. 202,544 West of Scotland Railways ... THREE THOUSAND POUNDS REWARD. STOLEN, the under-mentioned BANK of ENGLAND NOTES, £1,200 in GOLD, and various BILLS ef EXCHANGE, from the Banking.hous• of Messrs. ROGERS and CO., Cle ment's-lane, Lombard.etreet, London, on the night of the 94th of November instant. FIVE POUND NOTES, Nos. Date. 59,145, October Ist 47,401 ..• 38,974 .•• 69,177 ... 71,201 ••• 71,202 71,203 ••• 71,204 ••• 71,205 ••• 71,206 ••• 71,207 71,208 71,209 !Pea 71,210 •.• 71,211 ••. 71,212 71,213 ••• 71,214 71,215 ••• 71,216 71, 217 71,218 71,219 ••• 71,228 71,221 71,222 ••• 71,223 ••• 71,224 ... 71,225 ••• 71,226 ... 71,227 ... 71,228 ... 71,229 .. 71,230 71,231 71,239 71,233 71,234 71,235 71,236 71,237 71,238 71,239 71,240 71,241 71,242 71,243 71,244 71,245 71,246 71,247 71,248 71,249 71,250 71,251 71,252 71,253 71,254 71,255 91,256 71,267 71,258 71,259 71,260 71,261 71,262 71,263 71,264 71,265 71,266 71,267 71,268 71,269 71,270 71,271 71,272 71,273 71,274 71,275 71,276 71,277 71,278 71,279 71,280 71,281 71,282 71,283 71,284 71,285 71,286 71,287 71,288 71,289 71,290 71,291 71,292 71,293 71,294 71,293 71,298 71,297 71,298 71,299 71,300 86,481 86.482 86,483 86,484 86,485 86,486 88,487 86,488 86,489 86,490 86,491 86,409 86,493 86,494 86,495 86,496 $6,497 86,498 86,499 86,500 ... 91,334, August 2d 40,242, August 3d 72,269 ... 16,896, September 2d 52,285, March 84 33,156, October lit 33,121 •• 61,093 ... 84,740, October 13th 47,903, April 19th 73,101, September 3d 40,787, Octciber Ist 32,447 67,085, August Sd 6,567, November 20th 80,840, September 2d 73,542, July 97th 87,488, May 11th 38,190, September Od 82,890, July 3d 12,392, September 3d 42,043, August 2d 72,605, December 17th 41,687, October Ist 87,370 65,455 ••• 96,428, June Ist 64,691, August 2d 64,070, October Ist 95,828, September 34 69,802, August 34 57,554, October Ist 08,262, July lit 46,387, October Ist 39,527 78,352, September 2d 17,648 August 3d 88,216, October Ist 81,322, April 26th 65,557, October let ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. The PROTEOSCOPB, a new apparatus for exhibiting O?AQUE OBJECTS in Nature and Art, showing continued novelties. The PHYSIOSCOPE, HYDRO-ELECTRIC MACHINE, DIVING BELL and DITER, DISSOLVING TIEWS, &c., ke. Dr. RTA.N'S LECTURE daily, and in the Evenings of Monday, Wednesday, and Fridays. Professor B/CIIHOFFNER'S varied Lectures abeund . in interesting experiments. Difference 76 576 . ~ line across the Island, from Carlisle to Edinburgh and the north. east of Scotland. The total population on the Caledonian Line, and on the Glas. gow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, aid Edinburgh, Hawick, and Carlisle Lines (excluding, as before, the cities of Edinburgh and Glasgow, and that part of the line south of Gretna common to both), is, On Caledonian Railway On Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Rai1way,:283,230 On Hawick Line Many collateral advantaged might be pointed out as resulting from the above arrangement, but these will be more properly ex plained when discussing the merits of your line in detail. In a public point of view, your Committee regard it as one of the most important characteristics of the scheme now explained, that although in itself more complete than any other, it can be effected by a comparatively small expenditure of capital beyond what is required for those new bees of railway, which are about to be constructed solely for the accommodation of existing local traffic. This statement requires a little explanation. It has been mentioned that it is intended to form a railway from Edinburgh to Hawick. The line has been planned, and is under taken by the North British Railway Company. The object is to extend the Dalkeith Railway, now belonging to that Company (which is at any rate to be improved and adapted for locomotives), to the thriving manufacturing towns of Galashiels, Selkirk, and Hawick, situated in the midst of the best wool-growing and wool-manufacturing district in Scotland. On the other side of the Island, the Ayrshire Railway Company have intimated their inten tion (without meaning to interfere with your undertaking) to execute their long-projected scheme of a Branch Railway to Cum noc I .for the purpose of bringing into their line the passenger traffic from that diet-ict, and of opening up the large mineral fields of the Marquis of Bute, Sir James Boswell, and Lord George Bentinck, in which the celebrated blackbansi ironstone has been distinctly ascertained to exist ; and where extensive additional iron-works are about, it is believed, to be erected under leases recently entered into. Such being the case, the whole length of new railway will require to be made for the purpose of completing the two trunk lines from Edinburgh to Carlisle, via Hawick, and from Glasgow to Carlisle, via Dumtries, will be— Hawick to the Dumfries line, near Carlisle say 35 miles. Cumnock to Carlisle Making in all The capital required for which may be roughly estimated at 12,000/. per mile, or 1,298,0001. Your Committee are so satisfied of the capabilities of the line between Hawick and Carlisle, and of its importance to you, not only as a part of the general plan to be submitted to Parliament, but as a branch and feeder to your line, that, with the unanimous concurrence of a meeting of your extraordinary Committee of Management, they have undertaken to the Board of Trade, to apply to Parliament in a subsequent Cession for powel`to make it, in the event of the general scheme of international cemmunication above-mentidesed being adopted. Another most important characteristic of the scheme now de scribed is, that it interferes in no way with the interests of any existing line of railway. but furnishes new feeders both to the four cotch lines of railway referred to at the outset, and to all the English railways with which the projected lines are to be connected Your Committee, however, would not be discharging their duty were they net, in the next place. shortly to call your attention to the origin and history of another plan, which is about to be brought into Parliament under the name of the Caledonian Railway, and to contrast the public and private advantages it holds out with those which may be obtained by the scheme already described. It will probably be known to all of you that the Royal Commis sioners, Sir Frederick Smith and Professor Barlow—who were appointed in 1840 to report on the projected railways between Eng land and Scotland—proceeding upon the assumption that only one would be made, expressed a preference for a line passing over the high ground which occupies the centre of Scotland. In doing so, however, the Commissioners carefully reserved the question which of the various routes ought to be preferred, in the event of its being found practicable to make two or more lines. The following are their words :—" Were this otherwise (viz., were more than one line to be made), we should subdivide the question into two branches, and consider, in the first instance, which of the several lines would be the most suitable for a communication by Lancaster to Glasgow, as well as to the West of Scotland and to the North of Ireland, and which would be the best route by Newcastle to Edinburgh." The line thus preferred by the Commissioners, " under the supposition that at present one line of railway only can be formed from the South to Edinburgh and Glasgow," recommended itself to them chiefly in consequence of its having two forks or branches at its northern extremity, the one terminating in Edinburgh, and the other in Glasgow ; but the barren character of the country through which it would run, and probably some consideration of the extra expense of working it, arising from the steep gradients rendered necessary by its summit of 1,000 feet, induced the Commissioners to record their opinion that "it was hardly to be expected that such a line would command much support as an investment from the general speculator ;" and to add, that, " unless the principal landed proprietors along the line should feel disposed to give the under taking their hearty support, rather with a view to the increased value it would give to their property, than to a large remunerating dividend, there seems considerable doubt whether it will ever be constructed." The publication of that Report, and the facts it disclosed, in place of lending to the early execution of the Beattock or Central Line, had the effect of deterring the public from embarking in it, and of directing their attention to the more profitable investment presented by the East Coast Line from Newcastle to Edinburgh.. The North British Railway, being the Scotch portion of that line, was accordingly brought forward in 1842—was sanctioned by as Act of Parliament obtained last session—and is now in course of being made. The effect of this decision of Parliament in favour of an East Coast Line, which removes the only ground on which the Royal Commissioners had preferred the Central Line, is not even yet ge nerally known. Accordingly, the scheme of a Beattock Railway which was revived last spring, with some modifications that led to the adoption of the new name of the Caledonian Railway, has been generally received by the public under the erroneous impression that it has still the sanction of the Commissioners' authority. TEN POUND NOTE& Nos. Date. 97,043, Octobet 4th 97,044 ..• 97,046 ... 97,048 ... 87,154 .. 4,763, November 4th 11,465 11,486 11,487 ..• 643 ... 70,157, October . 4th 94,382 94,281 18,468 ••• 31,570, July 93d 87,938, July 4th - Admission, is.; Schools, Half-price. A New Edition of the CATALOGUE, continuing Tim* liendred additional Works of ♦rt, &c., since the last reYisal, is just pablishen price Is. 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The result is, that upon the line of the Glasgow, Dumfries, and Car lisle Railway, the thorough and local traffic, taken together, is suf. ficient to ensure an adequate return; but the thorough traffic be. tween Glasgow and England, including, of course, what passes along the road by Beattock, as well as what passes by the other great road from Kilmarnock to Carlisle, is quite insufficient to do so. It amounts to not more than 40 per cent, of the whole traffic which will pass along your line. Were the whole of this trans. ferred, without competition, to the Caledonian Line, on which the local traffic is tr,fiing, it would not yield interest en its cost. Your Committee de not feel any hesitation in speaking of the" small amount of local traffic on the Caledonian Line, because their statement is confirmed by the recorded opinion of the Royal Com missioners, already quoted ; and no one who has travelled along the Beattock.road between Carlisle and Glasgow, by daylight, will fail to remember that there are from twenty to thirty miles where the sight of a cottage or a human being is a rarity. Your Committee are aware that much reliance is placed by the Caledonian Company on their prospect of traffic from the north of Scotland to England, by means of their connexion with the projected Central Railway from Stirling to Perth. The Table if Comparative Distances, to which your attention has already been directed, will enable yon to judge how far this traffic, whatever its amount may be, is likely to pass along the Caledonian Line, which is more cir cuitous than either the North British or Hawick Lines. But, in point of fact, the number of persons who travel south from Stirling. shire or Perthshire, without having occasion to visit Edinburgh and Glasgow on their way, is extremely small. Indeed, most of you are probably already aware, that although there is a direct turnpike.. road, laid out by the late Mr. Telford, between Carlisle and Stir. ling, there is not a single stage.coach or puldie conveyance upon it, and it is deeply in debt. On the other hand, with reference to the general prospect of traffic on your own line, the following passage in the Report of Mr. Locke, in 1836, may be interesting to you :—" Of the advan tage to all the towns in Scotland, through or near to which this line will pass, no adequate can be formed. They exist in the most favourable part of Scotland, requiring only a cheap means of trans. port to develope the many resources they possess. Several of these towns have already grown into some importance; and it should be an object with the proprietors of the soil, and with the manufac turers of the district, to encourage the formation of a road like the one proposed, so as to extend to them the benefits which it is capable of affording." Sixthly.—There are various other points in regard to which the superior advantages offered by the Edinburgh, Hawick, and Car lisle Railway, and the Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Railway, require only to be briefly indicated. (1.) The former will open up a connexion between the counties of Berwick, Selkirk, Peebles, and Roxburgh, and the north-west of England, and south-west of Scotland. These Scotch counties already combine the highest state of agricultural improvement, with a growing woollen manu. facture. (2.) In the neighbourhood of Langholm there are very rich seams of coal which are at present landlocked, but the produce of which the Hawick Line will be the means, not only of bringing to the coast, but also of carrying farther into the interior, which is at present suffering from the want of it. (3.) The Dumfries Line, by giving a communication both from the south and north, with the seaport of Annan, affords to the whole of that district of country the means of communication with the best harbour on the upper put of the Solway Frith. (4.) The Caledonian Line would, even if a branch were made to Dumfries, afford very inferior ac commodation to that town, and to the counties of Kircudbright and Wigton, from which a large number of cattle are at present sent, partly by sea and partly by land, to England. (5.) The Caledonian Line would, in like manner, afford a very inferior communication between the north of England and the north of Ireland, either by way of Port Patrick or the seaports on the coasts of Ayrshire. (Lastly.) The Caledonian Railway would place in a less advan tageous position the whole population of the counties of Ayr and Renfrew, which, together, contain 319,428 inhabitants, being more than twice as many as the whole of Lanarkshire, exclud. in Glasgow. After the details which have now been given you, you will not be surprised to hear that the Caledonian Railway, while it receives a certain degree of support from the promoters of the Scottish Cen. tral Railway, is opposed by almo.t all the other railway interests in Scotland, including the Edinburgh and Glasgow, the North British, the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, the Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, and the lines extending through Fifeshlre to the north of Scotland. Indeed, the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Company have the strongest interest, and, at the same time, the strongest Parlia mentary grounds for opposing the Caledonian scheme, in conse quence of the two forks of the latter undertaking being so laid out as to form a competing line for the traffic between Edinburgh and Glasgow, not more than eifht or nine miles longer than the direct route, and thus falling tinder the class of schemes which the Select Committee of the House of Commons on Railways last session de. nounced as unjustifiable, being a railway (to use their own words) " which, if it is to remunerate the proprietors at all, can only remunerate them by means of the abstraction of traffic, which is already, for all substantial purposes, equally well accommodated by some existing railway.' Your Committee regret much the length to which their ob servations on the merits of your line, and those with which it has been placed in competition, have extended. They will endeavour to condense, into as short a apace as possible, the remaining points which it is essential they should bring before you. S - old whole,sale by - BARCLAY and SONS, 95, Farringdon-stre e t, London; and by JOSEPH RODGERS 'and SONS, 6, Norfolk-street, Sheffield; and to be had in bottles, with full directions, at Is. and 3s. each, of all the principal Chemists, Silversmiths, and Furnishing Ironmongers In the Kingdom. BEIT.iRE OF IMITATION.—Tha genuine are all signed on the wrapper, ay the Inventors, I. D. COGAN and R. GILLO. 54,1155, October 4th b 5,973, July 4th 151, November 4tb THE ASAM TEA COMPANY. A Company has been formed for the Importation and Sale of " Asam grown Tea." Asam (or Assam) is regarded with considerable degree of interest on account of a highly favoured species of Tea, growing in this important province of India, and possessing such strength that when steeped one pound yields, at a moderate computation, at the rate of Two pounds of the Chinese leaf. 336 ..• 57,844, March 4tb 37,266, October 4th 93,179 ••• 9,555, November 4th 1,133 .•• 85,938, October 4th 96,517 ... 158, November 4th 83,880, September 4th 12,026, October 4th 38,683, September 4th 67,891, October 4th TWENTY POUND NOM!. This Tea Is furnished by the Company in an original and pure state, at the Head.office, 11, Crooked-lane, King William.street, City ; and by agents, whose names and addresses will be duly an nounced. Sample cases, containing four quarter lbs. of the ♦arious sorts (price 7s. per ease), will be forwarded carriage free. ATIONAL MERCANTILE LIFE ASSU RANCE COMPA.NT, Arthur-street West, London-bridge. Established In 1837. 89,368, June Bth 83,982 79,344 ... 81,462 85,385 73,995 ... 84,899 ... 84,90 ... 88,701 ... 88,702 88,703 ... 88,714 ... 88,706 ... 88,706 ... 88,541 Lives continue to be assured in this Office ON ETERY KNOWN STSTEM—Annuities immediate and deferred. ADVANTAGES. A BONUS of TWO-THIRDS of the PROFITS allotted to the assured. LOWER RATES of PREMIUM ckarged for assurances without Profits, PRE . MIIIMS payable Annually, Half-yearly, or Quarterly. AMONGST OTHER DESCRIPTIONS of ASSURANCES granted by this Office, is the important one, originated by the Society, of securing a sum to the assured—himself on his attaining any given age, or to his family in the event of his earlier death. CREDIT ALLOWED (without Security) for One-half the amount of the first Five Annual Premiums, paying interest thereon at 51. per Cent. per annum. FRED. BANKART, 2 Secretaries. JOAN L. EVAN S, 44,488 89,364 88,540 87,388 83,823 83,824 LIFE ASSURANCE AND ANNUITIES. The following are Specimens of the LOW RATES of PRE MIUM charged by the AUSTRALASIAN COLONIAL AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE AND ANNUITY COMPANY. $3,825 56,510 • ... $5,017 65,895 $7,325 ... 72,126 ... 69,663 ... $7,861 4,141 56,510 21,189, February 17th 25,552 78,629, June 6th 36,962 ... $8,930 .. 66,817 .. 44,495 ... ~• THIRTY POUND NOTES. 1•• 77,196, March 6th 76,011 ~. 76,012 78,345 ... 75,626 ... •.• 74,367 ... .•• 76,344 78,177 76,178 74,930 ••• 74,082 75,537 ... ~, 76,235 ... 76,143 ... 76,144 71,482 ••• 70,183 ••• FORTY POUND NOTES. ... 52,736, May 7th ... 52,773 ... ... 52,774 50,656 30,657 ~„ 51,161 51,162 51,163 ... 51,164 ... 51,165 51,759 ... 51,810 ••• FIFTY POUND NOTE& 99,379, August 6th 29,380 ... 30,069 .. 90,070 ••• 95,49 95,798 ••• 30,211 ••• 25,953 ... 24,904 ONE HUNDRED POUND NOTES. 91,503, May Nit 93,504 ••• 96,505 ... 98,366 ... 94,191 •.• 96,303 ••• 94,470 ..• 185, October 9th 99,021, May 9th 16. October 9th TWO HUNDRED POUND NOTES. 16,680, June 10th 18,681 17,127 ..• 18,734 16,995 .•• THREE HUNDRED PONN NOTES, 60,967, January 11th 00,966 •.• 60,969 ..• 61,943 ••• 60,648 • FIVE HUNDRED POUND NOTE. 66,689, January 12th ONE THOUSAND POUND NOTES. 46,232, May 13th 46,233 ,„ 46,934 •• 46,235 .•• 46,936 ..• 45,496 •.• 45,497 45,905 ... 45,906 ... 45,807 45,908 ... 45,909 ••• 46,634 ••• 43,589 42,657 ••• 42,858 ... 47,833 ... 47,900 48,491 46,492 98,992 28,991 ••• 40,645 ... 48,931 ... 42,111 ... 42,114 42,115 ... 44,206 ••• 38,471 38,479 ••• 38,473 38,474 48,675 48,676 44,459 39,715 ••• The line, as thus revived and modified, is meant to extend from Carlisle, to a point at or Hear Lanark, and to diverge there into two branches, one running to Edinburgh and the other towards Glasgcw. A subordinate branch is proposed, from a point about eight miles distant from Glasgow, to join a projected railway, called the Scottish Central Railway, at Castlecarry; whereby a connexion with Stirling and the North would be afferded. The branch towards Glasgow is not intended to be carried so far as that City, but, at some distance from it, will run-1, into certain mineral railways belonging to separate Companies, and constructed originally for the purpose of conveying coals to the high levels on the north side of Glasgow ; and 2, into another projected line, called the Clydesdale Junction, which is intended to convey minerals and passengers to the low levels on the south side of Glasgow. This complicated plan will be best understood by reference to the accompanying Map. In contrasting this scheme with that of which the Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Railway is intended to form a part, your Committee feel bound to consider, preferably, their bearing on the general interests of the country. First —The length of the Caledonian Railway, excluding the Castlecarry Braise!), which is said to be about eight miles long, is stated in the Prospectus, as being 119 miles, and the cost is there estimated at 1,800,0001. In a subsequent report, published by the promoters, it is stated, that, " In consequence of savings on other parts of the line, the Castlecarry extension of the Caledonian Line can be constructed without exceeding the capital upon which the Prospectus proceeded " But, even after allowing this correction of the original estimate, of the accuracy of which your Committee have no means of judging, and without attempting to calculate the miles long altering to the Dumfri es,minera expense of a proposed branchof l o b t o h u e t rw ls is m e le and of widening the guage, and lines before mentioned, or the expense of the Clydesdale Junction Line, which practically forms a part of the scheme, it would appear that the single line of international communication proposed by the Caledonian Company, would, without accommodating any important local traffic, actually cause an expenditure of upwards of 500,0001. more than the whole sum that would be required for completing the two trunk lines of communication which your Corn. mittee have already pointed out. Secondly —Your Committee beg to refer you to the Comparative Table of Distances on t he accompanying Map, from which you will observe-1. That the North British Railway, in connexion with the projected lines from London to York, and from Newcastle to Berwick, affords the shortest communication from London, Leeds, Hull, and Newcastle, to Edinburgh and Stirling ; and that, not only by the Fife Line, but even by the Scottish Central Rail. way, which would be reached by the Eeinburgh and Glasgow Railway, it forms the shortest route from London and the important towns above.mentioned to Perth, Dundee, and Aberdeen. 2. That the Edinburgh, Hawick, and Carlisle Railway affbrds the shortest line from Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham, Bristol, Ike., to Edinburgh ; and, in connexion with the Fife and Northern Lines, to Perth, Dundee, and Aberdeen. S. That the Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Railway is the shortest route from London and the whole of England to Dumfries, Kirkcudbright, Port. Patrick, for the north of Ireland, Kilmarnock, and Ayr ; and that, allowing for the superiority of its gradients over those of the Caledonian Line, on the principles of comparison established by the Royal Commissioners In their Report of 1841, it affords the shortest communication, in point of speed and economy, with Paisley and Greenock. The only disadvantage, in point of distance, is in the case of Glasgow; in regard to which, however, on the principles laid down in the Commissioners' Report, the difference between the two lines is reduced to t 3 miles, or less than half an hour in point of time. Thirdly.—The sections of the Caledonian, and Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Lines, not having beets deposited, it is impossible AS yet to speak accurately on the subject of gradients. It is quite certain, however, that the gradients of the former will be inferior to those of the latter. The fo;lowing are quotations from a report made on the comparative merits of the two lines by Mr. Locke, the engineer of the Caledonian Railway, in 1836. in speaking of what is new called the Caledonian Line, he says, " I at first directed ray attention to this route, which, as far as Beattock. bridge, near Moffat, 1 found tolerably favourable ; in proceeding farther, however, the valley for several miles rises very rapidly, until reaching the summit near Elvanfoot, where it attains the height of neatly 1,000 feet above the level of the sea—Beattock-bridge, which is only 10 miles distant, being only about 300 feet above the level of the sea. In 10 miles, then, the rise is nearly 700 sect, which, supposing it to be uniform the whole way, would give an inclination of 1 in 75.* Not wishing to recommend a line having such a plane," &c. But in speaking of the line by Dumfries, Mr. Locke says—" Of the levels of this route, I may say, that from Carlisle to Dumfries, about thirty miles, the only inclinations will be those which it may be desirable to encounter for the purpose of saving money, those two towns being nearly on the sime level. With the exception of the bridges across the Rivers Eden, Esk, Sark, and Annan, which will neither be high nor very long, no very considerable outlay will be required. The ground in some parts is undulating, but not so as to render the formation of the road either difficult or expensive." And again, with reference to the portion of the line between Dumfries and Thornhill, he says The levels in this part extending over a space of almost forty miles,t will be nearly uniform, and gradually ascending for the , a hole distance ; and with the exception of a short length of about 1 1 ,4 miles, about 1 in 180, I do not believe there will be a greater inclination than what Is generally admitted in forming railways in England." And, in regard to the rest of the line, he says, that " although undulating, the road will not, I should think, be unfa vourable for locomotive engines." Fourthly.--The population of the parishes intersected by the Caledonian Railway, from the point where it leaves the route of the Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Railway at Gretna, to the point where the branches diverge at Lanark, a distance of about sixty. five miles, is, 28,198 C a ledonian Line While the population on you r line, between the same point a nd Kilmarnock, is ... 60,686 You will recollect that the original rough estimate of the cost of the Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Railway, was at the rate of 13,0001. per mile. Mr. Miller, your engineer, hag not completed , . the detailed plans of the works, so as to enable him to say whether any reduction can be made upon the estimate, but he assures your Committee that there is no chance of its being exceeded. The amount, therefore, which will be required to finish your line, will be under 1,200,000/. Of this sum above four-fifths have been sub. scribed and paid on, being more than is required by the Standing Orders in Parliament to entitle your Bill to pass, even if you apply for your whole line from Kilmarnock to Carlisle ; whilst, if your Committee shall, on mature consideration, consent to the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway Company proceeding with their Bill, to the effect of taking power to execute the portion of the Line between Kilmarnock and Cumnock, under an obligation to convey it or lease it in perpetuity to you, if you desire it, the amount which has been subscribed will be considerably more than is required. In these circumstances, your Committee have resolved not to issue at present any additional shares. Your Committee have had very satisfactory communications from most of the proprietors of land along the railway. They have also received assurances of support from many of the Corporations in the west of ficotland, snd particularly from the towns of Dum fries and Annan, in which both the magistrates an inhabitants have resisted various attempts to draw them off, and have unani mously declared in your favour. The counties of AVr, Renfrew, and Kircudbright, hive also passed resolutions approving of your line. Your Committee have thus laid fully before you the details of the entire scheme of railway communication from England to Scotland, of which your line forms a part. They feel perfect con. fiden.te in its superiority over each other, as being beet calculated to promote the interests of Seotland ; and they will proceed quietly but sealously, with their preparations for the approaching examina. tion of its merits before the Board of Trade and Parliament. By order of the Provisional Committee, Glasgow, Nov. 15, 1844. WM. LOGIE, Interim. Sec. * In 1840 Mr. Locke prepared an amended plan, whereby his gradient of 1 in 75 was to some extent improved, but to accomplish this he was obliged to have recourse to severe cutting and banking, which would, of course, add proportionally to the expense of the line. + The summit is only 600 feet. t The total population on the line between Glasgow and Car. lisle, by Durnrries, including the termini, is 390,296. THE WINTER'S WREAT The winter's wreath Is a sparkling gem, It glitters, it glitters so bright; As crystals fair, the icicle there, It beauty displayeth autright. The mountain snow as it settles above, The hailstorm bounding beneath, The flooding rains, and the whirlwind high, Oh I they All up the winter's wreath I The winter's wreath Is a sparkling gem, But it chilleth the human heart ; And mortals shrink from its icy touch, With a shivering throb and a start ! The wrappers of HYAM, we must confess, Alone can protect our frame; For thousands acknowledge with heartfelt glee How truly great is his name ! 1,616, April 15th 40,393, October let 51,445 .. 49,092 ... 49,584 ••• TEN POUND NOTES. 5,615, November 4th 5,614 ... 18,469 ... 18,470 ... 4,687 ••• 97,040, October 4th 97,041 .. 17,049 ... For winter drear his unbounded stock Maintains the position be holds ; Whilst countless supplies, in succession arise, Each day with delight he unfolds. Remember the shop, the number, the name, Remember his bargains likewise; L. lIYAM ranks proudly the chief of the trade, Though noted the lowest in price! 3,000 Waterproof Wrappers, of the most fashionable materials, rent Os. 6d. easels. Observe—All garments at this establishment are marked the price in plain figures, from which ne abaternen is made. Arty article exchanged, which is not approved of, or the money returned. L. HYAM, Tailoring and Outfitting Establishment, Pantech. netheca, 36, Gracechurch-street. READY-MADE DEPARTMENT. Taglient er Chesterfield coats, from ......... ...... X, 1/ 6 • 111 A l l e b n e l r y t o w n oairkWingatceorafotr:froßrniding ditto, from ...•.••. ••.• 012 The Parisian Envelope, from ................... ..••• 1 1 0 Boys' and Youths' Taglionis, or Chesterfields, fr0m...... 0 $ 6 Men's Dress Coats, any colour, from Ditto Surtout ditto , ditto, from . ......... 1 b Age........ Annual Prem. £1 10 3 £2 0 7 £2 15 3 £4 1 8 £6 I 9 and of these Premiums one-third may remain unpaid in the hands of the Assured, at interest to be deducted from the minas assured, when they become claims. Peculiar facilities are afforded for the assurance of the lives of per sons proceeding to or residing In Australasia and the East Indies. Immediate and Deferred Annuities are granted by the Company, on very favourable terms, aid it is a peculiar feature in Its constitu tion, that Annuitants participate in the profits. ERECTORS. E. Barnard, Esq., F.A.S. Gideon Colfinhoan, Esq. Robert Brooks; Esq. C. E. Mangles, Esq. Henry Buckle, Esq. Richard Onslow, Esq. John Henry Capper, Esq. William Walker, Esq. SECRETART—H. Rylcy, Esq. ditto vest, Ditto Black Trousers, from ... D • • p Dittooo Tweetltt st froi 0 4 6 Trousers, from • 7 6 Ditto Buckskin Trousers, from Ditto Fancy Vest, from Tunic suit, from Hussar suit, from Men's Moleskin Trousers, from Ditto, ditto, very best quality, rule pocket, from ...... ••• • 8 6 Office Coats, from BESPOKE DEPARTMENT. Taglioni or Chesterfield Coats, from 0 15 0 Glenlyen or Waterford aiding ditto, from 1 0 0 The Parisian Envelope, from , 1 5 0 Albert Walking Coat, from ...... .. 1 10 0 Boys' and Youths' Taglienis and Chesterfields, from 0 12 I Men's Dress Coats, any colour Ditto Surtouts, ditti, from Ditto Doeskin Trousers, any pattern, from ... 0 15 0 Ditto Black dress Trousers, from ... 0 18 0 Ditto Fashionable Vests, in endless variety, from ...... I 7 0 A New Book, entitled " The Age of Wonders," containing a detailed List of Price's, Fashions, and Description of material for the present seascyl„, can be had by applying to Mr. I...HYAM, ' rantechnetheca, 38, firaitchoreb.stresl, London , _ .• For prospectuses and other part!, Bishopgate-street, corner of Cornhl SCOTTISH (WIDOWS' FUND) LIFE AS SURANCE. Capital accumulated and invested upwards of 1,450,0001. ; annual revenue upwards of 220,0001. The amount of capital sums insured since the commencement of the Society is nearly 6,500,0001. sterling. The next periodical investigation takes place on December 31, 1845. Difference... 52,491 The population of the parishes on the two branches leading to Edinburgh and Glasgow respectively, including those on the Clydes. dale Junction Line, as contrasted with the population of the parishes which lie up the West of Scotland Railways, at present terminating at Kilmarnock, and their proposed branches (excluding, however, in both cases, the cities of Edinburgh and Glasgow, which would be Alike aoooraraoiated by the two schemes), would be, lculars, apply at the offices. N 0.126 ASSURANCES COMPLETED BEFORE THE BOOKS ARE CLOSED for the CURRENT YEAR have the IMPORTANT ADVANTAGE of A FULL YEAR'S STANDING over those delayed till after that period. The Directors are now empowered to grant assurances for fixed sums, without any claim on the part of those in right of the policies to participate in the surplus fund or profit of the Society. Forms of proposals and every necessary inTormation may be ob tained at the head office, Edinburgh, 5, St. Andrew-square; or at any of the Society's agencies.— October, 1844. JOHN MACKENZIE, Manager. OFFICE IN LONDON, 7, PALL-MALL. HUGH M'KEAN, Agent. UNPRECEDENTED us": OF PRICES. e. d. Counterpanes, nearly 3 yards long, each Heavy Blankets, 2 yards long, the pair 4 i (Larger in proportion.) Good Calico, ell-wide, 24 yards f0r....... Horrock's Long-sloths (usually Gd.) 40 yards for... Linen Sheeting, double width, the pair Superb Linen Sheetinge, 3 yards wide, the pair lO 6 . - _ Linen Table-clothe, 1 yards square, each 1 0 Two yards square, superb Damask, each . . Three yards long, splendid double Damack, each 6 6 Five yarcls long, a ch h suitable for the table of the nobility, each Damask Fish Napkins, the dozen .....................« 3 6 Damask Dinner Napkins, yard square, the dozen ' 8 6 Yard.wido Welsh Flannels, for Charities, per yard Large Duffel Cloaks for ditto, each •...... .... .... 3 6 Linen Dusters, twilled with borders, the dozen 2 0 Russia Round Towelling, 12 yards for Knife-cloths and Kitchen-cloths, the dozen Fine Nursery Diapers, 12 squares for 2 6 Damask Table Covers, yard and half square, each (Larger in proportion.) Pinafore Diapers, fine per yard 0 6 Yard wide Brown Holland!, per yard 0 4 Linen Crumb Cloths, 3 yards long, each Furniture Dimities, a superior article, per yard 0 4 Toilet Covers, with fringe all round, each Bordered Muslins, superior quality, 12 yards for Sheeting Calicoes, extra stout, full 2 yards wide, per yard 0 6 Huckaback Towellings, 12 yards for Linen Diapers, for table.cloths, nearly 2 yards wide, per • yard Long Lawns, the piece of 10 squares for Lawn Handkerchief., tln• quality, the dozen ... 4 9 Real French Cambric Handkerchiefs, the dozen..... ... 9 6 Irish Linens, good quality, 26 yards for 2l 0 Superior, for shirting (West-end price Is. 9d.) 26 yards for 25 0 A box, curiously fine, for collars, 12 yards f0r..... The above goods are part of the stock of Scolefield and Co., re. cently purchased by BROOKS and CO., for 17,4001. The sale of the above have just commenced at their principal establishment, 106, High.street, Borough, facing the end of Union.street. Samples of the above goods forwarded to any part of town by horse and cart, or into the country, if written for. Whoever will give such information u will Ind to the apprehen sion of the guilty party er parties, or either of them, and the re covery of the property, or any part thereof, shall receive the above reward, or a part thereof, proportionate to the sum which shall be recovered. And her most Gracious Majesty's pardon will be granted to any one of the guilty parties who will give such evidence as will pee. cure the conviction of the other offender or offenders. MISS MARTINEAU'S CASE OF CURE. PROTEST Of HYGEISTS against the MANNER in which this CASE is PUT FORTH to the PUBLIC. Ilygeists contend that publishing Miss Martineau's case to the manner that newspapers have done tends to delude and cheat the public, and to make them believe that health and disease depend upon almost supernatural agency, or great and deep research. Miss Martineau's case of cure should have appeared, as all other cases of cure appear in newspapers, by whatever means effected, via., as an advertisement. If Mesmerism be true, how is it that we don't hear of cures in every hole and corner of the kingdom? Is one isolated case, like Miss Martineau's, deserving of the parade which has been made of it by the newspapers ? Certainly not, unless it be to shroud the real truth in medicine in greater mystery than ever. Compare Mesmerism with Hygeism, and let us ask whether there is a hamlet or village throughout Great Britain where more extraordinary cures than Miss Martineau's, solely effected by Mori son's Pills, are not to be found ? Therefore we ask again, why Is all this fuss made about one isolated case, if it be not to confound and perplex the public mind on the all-important question of true medical treatment 1 luued by Messrs. Morison, of the British College of Health , New.road, London, for and en behalf of the body of Hygeists. London, December 2, 1844. PUBLIC NOTICE. Further particulars of the Bills of Exchange will be published. Payment of the above has been stopped, and it is requested that all information be forwarded to Mr. Francis Hobler, 26, Buckler& bury, Mansion.heuse, London; John or Daniel Forrester, Mansion. house, London ; or to any of the Inspectors of the City and Metro politan Police. CHEAP SELF-SNUFFING CANDLES. PRICE'S PATENT CANDLES, which burn without snuffing, like Ike finest wax, are now retailed throughout the country, at or under One Shilling per lb. But care must be taken to prevent any imitation being passed off as the Patent Candles; this attempt being made, and with too fre quent success, by sorae dealers, on account of the greater profit upon the imitations. The Trade may obtain them wholesale from Edward Price and Co., Belmont, Vauxhall, and Palmer and Co., Button.etreet, Slerkenwell. FIDDLE AND PRINCE ALB B. SAVORY and A. Silversmiths, 14, Cornhi England.—The best wrought Sl] Fiddle Pattern, 7s. 2d. per ounce 7s. fd. per ounce. The articles ma same price per ounce : The Fiddle. oz. s. d. L. s. d 12 Table Spoons 30 at 7 2...10 15 0 12 Dessert ditto 20 7 2... 7 3 4, 12 Table Forks 30 7 2..10 IS 0 12 Dessert ditto 20 7 2... '7 3 41 2 Gravy Spoons 10 7 2... 3 11 8 4 Soup Ladle 10 7 2... 3 18 9 1 Sauce ditto 10 7 8... 3 16 8 4 Salt Spoons (gilt strong) 1 0 0 1 Fish Slice.... ..... ..... 51 10 0 12 Tea Spoons 10 7 8... 3 16 8 1 Pair Sugar T0ng5......... 0 15 0 Messrs. Savory and Sens mom] It way novel and of unesamplia BERT'S PATTERN PLATE. [1 SONS, Manufacturing ill London, opposite the Bank of LVER SPOONS and FORKS, e; the Prince Albert's Pattern, ay be had lighter or beerier, at the Prince Albert's. oz. s. d. A. s.d. 12 Table Spoons 40at7 6..15 0 0 12 Dessert ditto 26 7 6... 6 is 0 12 Table Forks 40 7 9...15 0 0 12 Dessert ditto 26 7 6... 915 0 2 Gravy Spoons 12 7 0... 4 16 1 Soup Ladle 12 7 6... 41J 0 4 Sauce ditto 12 6 0... 416 0 4 Salt Spoons (stronggilt) S 2 0 1 Fish Slice ... .... . . 10 0 12 Tea Spoons 14 . 0... 512 0 1 Pair Sugar Tongs. .. . ... 1 5 0 nend the Prince 4lbert'e pattern. d beauty. ADVERTISEMENTS INSERTED in ALL THE THREE PAPERS, Morning Noon, and Night, thereby insuring a TOWN and COUNTRY CIRCULATION, at ONE CHARGE. 434, OXFORD-STREET. TO SHIPPERS, OWNERS, CAPTAINS, AND OTHERS. Copies of Testimonials, Gratis, by all Agents. GRIMSTONE'S EYE SNUFF.—Under the Patronage of his late Majesty, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, and the Lords of the Treasury, is universally re commended by the Faculty for its efficacy in removing disorders i ncident to the Eyes and Head. SIGHT RESTORED!—NERVOUS HEADACHE AND DEAFNESS CURED! Sty the most simple, delightful, and fragrant Compound? Its mode of application is fraught with pleasure; many thousand oures have been accomplished by its use, at a trifling expense, yet certain in its operation. If testimonies be necessary to induce the sufferer to make trial, Kings, Lords, and Commons have used It. Ile Lords of the Treasury have sanctioned its use. Their late Ma jesties, the Duchess of Kent, the most eminent Oculists, Medical Practitioners—with that gigantic balance, the Press—have eulogised Grimetone's celebrated Herbaceous Compound, known as " Grim. stone's Eye Snuff," for its efficacy in removing all diseases incident to the Eves and Head. G. J. Guthrie , Esq., F.R.S. See J. B. Lich field, Eve ' s ' Letter, Whitehall. Dr. Thomas. Dr. Andrews calls it a nation al blessing—see his Reports touching its utility. The late Mr. I Abernethy with taany ethers, recommend Grimstone's Eye Snuff, and call t " Man's best Friend," and the "Student's Vade Mecum." Dr. Andrews also recommends its use as a preventive. See his reports in Nov. 1831. He states that the tenacious sympathy of the membrane, within the nostrils, with the nervous system, that Grim stome's Eye Snuff, when frequently taken, must be of the greatest benefit to the consumer; and, further, recommends its universal adoption as a preventative. Dr. Thomas, of Hatfield, having witnessed many cases both of headache and ophthalmia, has kindly given his testimony thereof. A few of the many thousand Testimonials of Sight restored and Deafness cured by GRIMSTONE'S EYE SNUFF:— " T. W. Grimstone, Esq. " April 20th, 1844. " Dear Sir,-1 feel bound by a sense of justice to inform you of the miraculous cure effected on myself by taking a few pinches of the far celebrated Gnmstene's Eve Snuff, which, in my case, ought rather to be called' Ear Snuff,' it having effectually relieved me from a deafness from which I have been suffering for many years. You are at liberty to make any use you please of this communication, since I should mush regret if the extraordinary qualities of your Eye Snuff were not universally known. " I am, dear Sir, your obedient servant, " Granton, Scotland. " M A RGARET MACGREGOR. " I can vouch for the truth of the foregoing facts and statemen " May 8, ISI4. " JAMES SH LITER, Kentbury, Berks." G. W. M. Reynolds, editor of Chambers' London Journal, kc.. teller edof excruciating pains, and can now write with -- -t spectacles —3 F,Stamford-steet, Blackfriar's-road. Madame F. Lespls, facing the church, Park-street, 'Windsor; cured of dimness of sight and headache.—Dth September, 1838, and 1813. J. B. Lachfleld, Esq. ; cured of Ophthalmia Whitehall and Thatched HOLM Tavern.—See his letters, 1838 and 1842. Observe the Caution—W. (BRIMSTONE is the sole inventor, and the only genuine is prepared by him. . . This Odoriferous Herbaceous Compou nd of Her b s i s sold in canisters, at 81., Is. fid. is. id., 4a. 44., 85., and 15s fid each, by the Proprietor, W. GRI MSTONE, at No. 434, Oxford-street, Totten ham-court-road end (late of No. 25, Broad-street, Bloomsbury), and it the Herbary, Highgate; aid can also be obtained in all the principal Towns and Cities. A l ibera l allowance to Shippers Owners, Captains, and all Vendors of Gnmstone's Eye Snuff This celebrated Snuff' as shipped to all quarters of the globe, and retains Its benign qualities in every climate All Snuffs and Cigars shipped on the shortest notice. Any quantity can be forwarded throuals the General it by ' sending money orders. A 2s. 4d. muster, with post g ill cost Si. and so on in IHIGH G ikp proportio • lIERBARY A T EMPLOYMENT. —Persons having a little time to spare are apprised that Agents continue to be appointed I. London, and country towns, by the EAST INDIA TEA COMPANY, or the sale of their celebrated teas. 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Spanish 'lots seem at present to be in the ascen dant in the dramatic, as well as in the political world, r ia od d u i c Ar ed ai h na er . e The last action takes and accordingly we find that a new Spanish drama k eusnpd place et duringhe title the w Si as do p n war of the Succession, which was terminated by the Peace of Utrecht, and the hero of the piece is the Duke de Saavedra (Mr. Hudson), who, although nominally a partisan of the Archduke, the Austrian candidate for the throne, is in reality a partisan of the Duke of Anjou, the French candidate, son of Louis XIV., and who ultimately, as King Philip, ascended the Spanish throne. At the opening of the play Saavedra is on the point of marriage with a daughter of a neighbouring grandee, but the match is broken off on account of his profligate character. Just at this juncture the Baron de Madly (Mr. Selby), a French officer, enters and informs Saavedra that his intrigues have been discovered, that the Archduke has ordered his arrest, and that his only chance of saving his estates is to settle them im mediately on his wife. A wife is consequently wanted, and his Steward, Nunoz (Mr. Wright), provides him with one in the person of Sidonia di Molina (Madame Celeste), a poor girl who has been brought up in a neighbouring convent, and who consents to the match to save the life of her father, a prisoner in the hands of Saavedra. There is barely time to sign the marriage contract and the settlement of the estates, when an Alcade enters, arrests Saavedra by virtue of a warrant `from the Archduke, and conveys him a prisoner to Madrid. The castle is sacked, and Sidonia, disguised as a Franciscan friar, flies under the protection of Nunoz. They fall into the hands of a party of French soldiers commanded by the Baron de Aladly, and in the Baron, Sidonia recognises a young officer with whom she had fallen desperately in love some time before. Ile discovers that the pretended friar is a woman, and the woman whom he adores, hut his suit is rejected, for her marriage with Saavedra is an insuperable obstacle. Saavedra, who has escaped from Madrid, arrives in the French camp just as the Baron is about to sally forth on a reconnaisance. He learns from the Baron that he is in love, and bets him 10,000 pistoles that he discovers and %sins the lady in three months. The pretended Franciscan is brought to Saavedra's tent, lied sul jested to all sorts of insults. We must protest against the introduction into this part of the piece a scene of " prayers for two," as Saavedra profanely calls it, which will, we hope, be omitted in all future representations. In a iramatic point of view it may, perhaps, be not inef fective, but it is in very lad taste, and is calculated to shock the prejudices—if you will—of a numerous class, who are at present not inclined to regard dra matic amusements with an unfavourable eye, and whose good-will it is policy to conciliate. It is not necessary for the conduct of the plot, and the piece wou!d not go the worse for its entire omission. All such parodi-s of religious ceremonies are highly ibjectionable. The Baron enters, and then Saavedra discovers that the friar, whom he has insulted, is now no other than the lady whom he has undertaken to win. A lapse of some months intervene between the second and third acts. In the third act we find Philip on the throne of Spain, and Sidonia installed as Camerara Mayor to the Queen at the Palace of Buen Retiro. The Baron, raised to the dignity of a grandee of Spain, is anxious to form an alliance with the all - powerful Camerara. Saavedra has just returned from an em bassy to Rome, where he has procured a divorce from his wife, which only awaits her signature to have effect, and on the strength of which he also is making love to the Camerara. By chance he meets wit Nunoz, and offers him a rich reward to discover his wife, hoping, by means of a bribe, to induce her to =sent to the divorce. He hands the divorce to Sidonia, to convince her that he shall soon be free ; she siezes it, signs it, and gives her hand to the Baron Saavedra, discovering, too late, that the Camerara is his own Duchess, losing, at the same time, his wife. his bet, and his reward to Nunoz. The piece was admirably acted by Madame Celeste, Hudson, and Selby. Wright, as the Steward, was irresistibly funny, and Miss Woolgar, as his wife, and Paul Bed ford, as a drunken French dragoon, made a great deal of two rather insignificant parts. On the announce ment of the piece for repetition there was a slight attempt at opposition, which was, however, imme diately overruled, and the piece may be considered as having been completely successful. The admirable drama of the Mysterious Stranger followed, and the burlesque of Norma concluded the evening's enter tainment, amidst the hearty laughter of a numerous sudience. i ,___.) MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT-FOUR LIVES LOST. Yesterday morning, between six and seven o'clock, a lamentable accident took place in the drift-way, or guide mine, of the tunnel at present forming under :he New Town, in connexion with the Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton Railway, which, we regret to say, proved fatal to no fewer than four of the workmen. The tunnel is about two thirds of a mile in length, and runs in a straight line from Canal-street, beneath St. Andrew's-street and square, Duke-street, and Dublin-street, to the foot of Scotland-street, where it opens into the Mill Ilaugh at the back of Canonmills. Ile drift-way of the tunnel, which was about ;ix feet square, was all completed, with the ex ception of a small barrier about midway near the toot of this, and to let off the water which was known to hare accumulated in the upper portion of the mine, work men have been employed for upwards of a week past. It appears, however, that in consequence of some in iccuracy in running the drift mines of the tunnel, the southern and northern portions passed each other at the point where they should have met; and hence the difficulty of joining the two—the workmen not being aware of this deviation. On Thursday, they began to hare an idea that the two were not exactly oppo site, from seeing several small jets of water issuing from the west side of the mine ; and some alarm was even then entertained by the workmen that they would be flooded. The flow from this source, however, soon stopped, and the men pro ceeded with the work, which is carried on without intermission day and night, one set of men being re lieved every few hours by another. When the acci dent occurred (which was about a quarter past six), --he two night shiftmen, John Blair and James Philips, were still working, though it was beyond the time that they ought to have been relieved, the ether two having, fortunately for themselves, Lees rather later than usual in coming to their work that morning. Mr. Peter Mitchell, brother of one of the contractors, and Mr. Thomas Erskine, ganger, had alsojust gone down to see how the work was getting on. The former went down from mere curiosity. now the accident occurred is not known, as all who were in the tunnel at the moment have perished ; but it is supposed that the water, which had accumulated in the upper mine, had suddenly broken in upon them, and swept them all away in the torrent. The first notice which was given to those above the ground that something had gone wrong, was by a boy, named Jack, who had just gone down the shaft in Dublin-street (about seventy yards below where the barrier was), and who, hearing a fearful rumbling noise like thunder, and suspecting that the water had burst, instantly gave the signal to be pulled up, which was promptley obeyed, and he reached the surface just in time to escape in safety, for in a mo ment afterwards the water came rushing up the shaft with tremendous violence, striking the roof of the wooden shed which covers the opening, and rushing down the street. This shaft is about sixty feet deep. Nor was this all, for in another moment a second rush of water was seen forcing its way upwards through the street, about 150 yards further down, and flooding the area of the shop occu pied by Mr. D. Bruce, spirit-dealer there. At this spot there had formerly been a shaft sunk, which was afterwards covered up, which accounts for the water coming up in that direction. The bodies of Thomas Erskine and John Blair were soon discovered near the bottom of the shaft, the one holding the other by the foot ; but the other two were not found till between two and four o'clock in the afternoon, having been carried much further down. They were all married men in the prime of life, and have left wives and families to lament their untimely loss. To account for the large body of water, it. must be understood that the ground through which the tunnel passes is full of springs in all directions, and there having been no workmen employed in the upper portion of the mine for a considerable time past., the water had been allowed to collect. We understand, from the engineer of the tunnel, that no ground for further apprehension exists, the works being unin jured, and the body of water nearly removed. Crowds of people were yesterday collected at the different spots where the effects of the accident were visible, and the event created great excitement in every quarter of the city. Bailie Mack, Mr. Dymock, Procurator Fiscal, and Mr. Haining, superintendent of police, were early on the spot, to investigate the circumstances connected with the accident, and several witnesses have been nrecognosced on the subject.—Seotsnian of Saturday. ` INCREASE OF OFFICERS IN TIM INDIAN AWAlli.— Orders will be sent out b y the next Overland Mail to In dia. for the appointm ent of an additional captain to each regiment of infantry. The Governor-General had autho rity to this effect when he was appointed ; but in the event of his not having done so, he has been directed to car ry it i e n n to sl i t m hte mreee sons operation. This measure gives appointments sofa few to each Director; ntoar;dri. and me we meri torious d nrciaoeduresilt3'oi'ffi hope h officers may be provided for. 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