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BIRMINGHAM and oxrout) JUNCTION RAILWAY, with a BRANCH to STRATFORD-ON - AVON . Capital £600,000 in Shares of £2O each. Deposit £2 per Share. Provisionally reglatered pursuant to Act 7th and Sth Vic., C. 110. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. The Mayor of Birmingham The Mayor of Stratford-on-Avon John Adams, Esq.. Sergeant-at law, London J. T. Alston, Esq., Liverpool W. C. Alston, Esq., Elmdon Hall, near Birmingham John Aston, Esq., Birmingham Robert James Atty, Esq., 'Ligon Hal', Stratford-on - Avon P. P. Barlow, Esq., London Colonel Charles Oldfield Bowles, North Aston Park W. E. Boyes, Esq., Alkerton, near BanburY James Butlin, Esq., Westfieklllonse, near Rugby C. H. Corbitt, Esq, AdmingtOn . John Crosthwaite, Esq., Liverpool - Sir George Dashweod, Bart., Kirtlington Park. Oxon William Dickens, Esq., Cherington, near Shipston Rev. Edward Dudley, Broom Rectory, near Stourbridge Rev. John Ellis, Wootton, Henley in Arden John Branton Fere, Esq., Stratford-on -Avon J. Gardiner, Esq., Southam Darwin Galton, Esq., Euston Hall, near Stratford -on - Avon Robertson Gladstone, Esq., Liverpool John Greavea, Esq., Radford, near Warwick John Griffiths, Esq., Alveston, near Stratford-on - Avon J. Haddon, Esq., Leamington William Judd Harding, Esq., Baraset House, near Stratford on-Avon Lawrence Heyworth, Esq., Liverpool Captain Hitchins, Edlicote, near Shipstene Charles Lawrence, Esq., Liverpool John Lechmere, Esq., Steeple Aston George Lucy, Esq., Charlecote Park, near Stratford-on-Avon Charles Maim, Esq., Leamington William Marshall, Esq., Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire William Mathews; Esq., Edgbaston, Birmingham J. W. Miles, Esq., Bristol Rev. Robert Morris, Eatington, near Stratford-on -Avon John Moss, Esq., Liverpool Rev. Charles Palmer, Lighthorne J. G. Reeves, Esq., Birmingham. John Roskell, Esq., Bath Francis Rufford, Esq., Bellbroughton, near gtourbridge Charles Russell, Esq., London Charles Shaw, Esq., Birmingham Major General Smith, Rugby Gustavus Thomas Smith, Esq., Goldicote, near Stratford-on-Avon John Staunton, Esq., Tidmington, near Shipstone Samuel Edward Steward, Esq., Leamington T. 11. Thorne, Esq., Leamington Rev. Townsend, llonnington, near Shipstone George Richard Walker, Esq., Heathfield House, Bletchington, Oxon Charles Woodhampower'. Avonhurst, near Stratford-on-Avon (With to add to their number.) RANKERS. Messrs. Robarts, Curtis, and Co., London. Messrs. Attwood, Spooner, and Co. ; and the Birmingham Bank ing Company, Birmingham. Messrs. Miles, Harford, and Co., Bristol. Messrs. Moss and Co., Liverpool. The Leamington Priors and Warwickshire Banking Company, and The Warwick and Leamington Banking Company, Leamington and Warwick. SOLICITORS. 'Messrs. Patterson, Ilaymes, and llanbury, Leamington and Warwick. W. O. Hunt, Esq., and Charles Stevens, Esq., 10, Whitehall, London. Ileasrs. Clay and Swift, Liverpool. The period having elapsed for making application for Shares, the Provisional Directors beg to give notice that they are proceeding to make the allotment with as little delay as possible ; but from the un precedented demand for Shares, amounting to ten times the capital required, a few days must necessarily elapse before the letters of al lotment can be issued : and the Provisional Directors take this op portunity of intimating to all parties, who within fourteen days shall not receive such letters, that they must understand their repuest can not be complied with for the reason above assigned. London, 449, West Strand, April 1, 1845. LONDON AND YORK RAILWAY. The detailed Report of the Board of Trade having been pub lished, the Committee of Direction of the London and York Company deem it right to observe upon a few of the most glaring mistakes, ap ... Parent on the face of it. The Committee, however, must first acknowledge the favourable opinions expressed of the London and York, compared with the rival schemes in the following passages of the Report, viz.:— "As regards local accommodation, we are of opinion that the Merits of the two schemes are equally balanced, and that either Would afford a very good Trunk Line between London and York ;" and, again, " If we disregard for the present all considerations of ex pense, it may be considered that the London and York scheme, on the whole, presents a larger and more comprehensive system of commu nication." The Report, nevertheless, rejects the London and York scheme, upon the ground of its being too expensive, and asserts that the same ends may be obtained at much less cost, by means of 218 sailed of new railway instead of 327, the length of the entire London and York scheme. The Committee call attention to the fact, that Whilst the report on this plea of economy rejects the London and York 'theme, the whole of the lines actually recommended by that report as ,nbstitntes, contain no less than 334 miles of new railway, still leaving 1::!e public to travel from Cambridge to London (a dis tance of more the"' 5 ° m iles) upon the existing Northern and Eastern Railway, and ti GC the trunk lines into the hands of three sepa , rate companies. port of the Board of Trade states On the question of cost, the Ye as now proposed, could not be " That the London and York schei7e. completed with stations, metropolitan terminus, and the requisite ' w orking stack of engines, carriages, &c., for a less sum than 8 .000,0001." But the Committee beg id observe, that the carrying establishment (which the report very much over estimates, at an average of 3,3881. per mile, or about 1,000,0001.) Was not included, not being required by Parliament to be included in their estimate. The estimate sent to the Board, was for works only, and amounted to 6,500,0001., -the difference therefore between that es timate, and the estimate put forth by the Board, is only 500,000/. ; and when the Committee state, that no question or explanation upon the estimate was asked by the Board of Mr. Cubitt, their Engineer, nor the slightest intimation given that its accuracy was in any de gree questioned ; when it is also well known to the Board, that upon a capita! of 6,500,0001., Parliament gives the power of borrowing 2,1,7,,000/. further, the Committee deem themselves warranted in saying, the conclusion of the Board has bee n far too hastily ar rived at. Another economical detail given by the Report is, that whilst the London and Yoe' .would cost 8,000,000/., the lines necessary to supply its place would only 'enst 4,250,0001. On this head the asteare kind of i, fallacy prevails: the LcZadon, anedrsYorlrciuliteonitehaistesexpme nse. Moreove includin r ca rrying establishment, the ith instead of 218 miles at a cost of (as will be seen by the table Wow) 4,250,0001., the Report recomm.`lids 334 miles at an expense of " t . London and York esti -9,785,0001. (a sum onl y 715,0001. short . be added, at a the 000,000/ mate), and if the carrying establishment C. 1,. , cost of 6,785,0001., which woul d be only ;,-215,0001. short of the 8,000,000/., at which the Board estimates the London and York scheme ; still leaving the trunk tra ffic to run over mare than fifty miles of the existing Northern and Eastern Railway. the • The London and York Committee are strongly impressed fact that no one of the estimates for the lines approved in the repi.7 l of the Board of Trade exceeds 18,000/. a mile (excepting the Far ringdon-street Extension, and except also the North end of the Direct 11,,,.°a ~,,,,r t bern, which is estimated at 22 , 0001 .) , whi lst two of them stand a mile, the Midland schemes at 13,000/., and the Grimsby, tsar miles through Lincolnshire, at 10,000/. per mile. The whole of the lines north of Cambridge which traverse precisely the l a , n) ° country as that of the London and York, do not average per mile ; and there can be no reason for saying that the London and York lines in those parts would on the whole be finch more expensive. With regard to the London end of the line, the Report, with peculiar inconsistency, charges the London and York with 29,000/. per mile, whilst it sanctions the Eastern Counties estimate from Itertford to Biggieswade, through twenty-five miles of the same country, at 18,000/. per mile. The Committee are assured bY M n Cubitt, and the Board of Trade's Report Mrnishes additional reason to rely upon his accuracy, that the original estimate of 6,soo,oooe—about 20,0001. a mile—will be sufficient for every part of the work. On the subject of traffic the Committee will only remark, that as the Board of Trade is satisfied that the traffic, of the district will not only remunerate the outlay of 6,785,0001.—the estimates for the lines they approve—but that it will also pay a mileage toll upon fifty miles of the Northern and Eastern—that toll would be abundantly sufficient to remunerate the outlay of the additional 1,215,000/., making 8,000,0001., which would, even in the Board's opinion, suffice to construct the integral line projected by the London and York Company, ten miles shorter in its trunk, and more com prehensive in its local accommodation. By the schemes approved, or rather suggested, by the Board of Trade, the traffic of the district would be collected upon 334 + 50 = 384 miles of railway, and the same traffic would be concentrated by the London and York Railway upon 327 miles. The Committee are prepared to show that the local traffic between Newark and Chesterfield, and between Snaith and Wakefield, on the lines by the Board's Report substituted for those lines from Bawtry to Sheffield, and from Don caster to Wakefield, would not add materially to the amount. The Board's comparison of the London and York estimates of traffic with the income of the Eastern Counties and Midlands, must be neces sarily inconclusive ; since the Eastern Counties is not sufficiently ad vanced to enjoy the benefits of a through line, or even what may be termed an extended line ; and the Midland average of 411. per mile per week is made up for the year ending June, 1843, (and not 1844, as stated in the Report) of the aggregate of three lines—the North Midland, 72 miles bringing 541. ; the Midland Counties, 57 miles, bringing 421. ; and the iiirmingham and Derby. 48 miles, bringing 231. per mile—the last line being a competing line with the second. The entire Midland returns for the half year ending December, 1844, are equal to 59/. per mile per week for the year, and this includes only 41. per mile for carriage of minerals, whereas, if, as the projectors of the London and York assert, and the Board of Trade are pleased to ad mit, the district of the London and York and Eastern Counties will be supplied with coal by those lines, the mineral traffic alone must necessarily be equal to 201. per mile per week. The Committee are not only fully prepared to prove the ample traffic on their line—and that their estimated income of 1,000,000/. is not, as alleged in the Report of the Board of Trade, exaggerated —but so far from their income being dependent upon the difference between three halfpence and twopence-farthing placed on part of their passenger income, or noon their security from competition, they are in a condition to show that even one-half of their whole estimated passenger traffic, and 6/. instead of 201. per mile per week for mineral traffic, would give an income of 5/. per cent. upon a eevital of eight millions, after deducting 40/. per cent. for working expenses. In allusion to the accommodation of the great county of Lincoln, the Report further states, that, "by a doubleline or loop, the London and York scheme requires the making of 150 miles, partly of difficult construction, to provide for the same traffic which would be accom modated in some respects better, and in others almost equally as well, by about 100 miles, all of very easy construction." So far from this being correct, the public will be surprised to find :the reverse is the fact, for whilst that part of the London and York scheme which lies within the county of Lincoln, comprises only 111% miles, the lines proposed by the Board of Trade within the same county extend to 121 miles ! the measurement being taken in both instances from the south border of Lincolnshire to Newark, and to Gainsborough on the north. The accommodation afforded by the London and York lines being preferred by the inhabitants. The Report of the Board of Trade contains various other errors and inconsistencies too numerous to be treated of here, but which the London and York Committee will take care shall be fully set forth when the merits of the case of the London and York shall be under the consideration of the Parliamentary Committee on the re assembling of the House of Commons. ' In conclusion, the Committee beg leave to reiterate, that where (es in the case of the London and York) the district through which a new railway is projected, is urgent and unanimous in its faN'otir, and the requisite capital is subscribed, they cannot be lieve that Parliament will refuse its sanction, out of regard to the in terests of exiting railways, which make the main trunk longer, and the local accommodation neither so comprehensive nor satisfactory to the inhabitants. The feeling of ParliaNent and of the country, with reference to the London and York Line, when coupled with the acknowledgment of its merits by the Board of 'r tie, and the manifest misconception under which the economical condlleions of that Board have been drawn, give every confidence to the C.',9Tumittee of the ultimate sw eets of the scheme—and the Committee :re persuaded Parliament will recognise the public importance of an iutdg - ral line under one ranagement, and its vast superiority over a series of 1:A13, which in terpose obstacles to the traveller at every change. LINES APPROVED OR SUGGESTED BY THE BOARD OF TRADE. LENGTH. Total per Nils. Chns. Cost. Mile, 1. Cambridge and Lincoln • ...... • 1 2 . Parringdon-street E x t ens i on ••• • • • I 3. Di rect N orthern • • 4 . Roston B ranc h . .. •• •• • • • b. Stamford and Spalding ditto, sug gested by the Board of Trade 1 e. Eastern Counties Biggleswade, in lieu of Loudon and York to Big gleswade • • .... ••••'•• • • • • • • • 7. Bedford, London and Birmingham in lieu of London and York Bed ford Branch •• • . iii. Swinton to Gainsborough, in lieu oft London and York line to Doncaster j 9. Wakefield and Goole (part of) in lieu of 21 miles the Wakefield Branch of London and York.... • • 10. Newark and Chesterfield, withl Branch . 11. To Sleaford and Grantham, sug-1 !Meted by the Board o f T ra d e i n ieu of London and York Line, , through Grantham, Newark, Ret- ford and Ilawtry, to Sheffield* .. • • .., X. 83 20 1,250,000 1 15,000 5 16 800,000 57 20 1,306,00 1 1 22,000 32 - 240, 000 8,000 24 50 I 150,0001 18,000 16 31 125,0001 8,000 33 - 430,000 13,000 22 - -:.270,000 12,000 32 60 500,000 1 , 15,000 N - 420,000' i 15,000 Total 334 37 15,785,000; York The Districts undermentioned, accompanied by the London and scheme, are left wholly unprovided for by the schemes of the *Ord of Trade. 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The PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE hereby give Notice, that APPLICATIONS for SHARES in this undertaking CANNOT be re ceived later than TIIIIRSDAY; the 10th day of April instant, after which the Committee will proceed to allot the Shares. JOHN CLINCH, Secretary. Exeter, April 1, 1845 . PROSPECTUS OF THE INVERNESS AND ELGIN RAILWAY, Passing through the Towns of NAIRN and FORBES, with Branches to FINDHORN, and LOSSIEMOUTH, or BURGHEAD. Capital 300,000/., in Shares of 20/. each. Deposit 1/. per Share. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. The Provost of Inverness The Provost of Elgin The Provost of Nairn The Provost of, Cromarty Andrew Belford, Esq., of Glenfintaig Donald. Cameron, Esq., of Lochiel Sir Duncan Cameron, of Fassfern, Bart. Arthur Cant, Esq., of 11111 field J. P. Clark, Esq., of Fingask Alexander Cumming, Esq., merchant, Inverness Duncan Davidson, Esq., of Tulloch Patrick Dewar, Esq., banker, Nairn John Ferguson, Esq., wine merchant, Inverness Alexander Forbes, Esq., chemist, Inverness James Forsyth, Esq., merchant, Inverness George France, Esq., Wester Lovat Robert Fraser, Brackla Simon Fraser, Esq., merchant, Inverness Donald Fraser, jun., Esq., merchant, Inverness E. S. Gordon, Esq., advocate, Edinburgh General W. A. Gordon, of Lochdhu, C.B. Donald Grant, Esq., dean of guild, Inverness Patrick Grant, Esq., county and sheriff-clerk of Inverness-shire Thomas Houston, Esq., Kintradwell Sir Thomas Dick Lauder, of Grange and Fountain Ball, Bait John Macewen, Esq., merchant, Inverness Neil Madlean, Esq., factor on the estates of Kilravoc k, Cantry, &e. Cluny Macpherson, of Cluny Macpherson Major Macpherson, of Glentruim Major D. Macpherson, Inverness James Macgregor, Esq., factor for Loid Abinger and others John Mackay, Esq., banker, Inverness Dr. Jo Mackenzie, Kinellan, Commissioner for Sir Kenneth Mac kenzie hn , of Gairlock, Bart., and for Colonel Hugh Baillie, of Red castle, M.P. William Mackenzie, Esq., of Muirton Colin Lyon Mackenzie, Esq., of St. Martins Mackintosh of Mackintosh William Mackintosh, Esq., of Geddes, Convener of the County of Nairn George Mackintosh, Esq., yr. of Geddes Charles Mackintosh, Esq., of Aberarder John Mackintosh, Esq., wood merchant, Nairn Colonel D. Macpherson, Burgle House John Malcolm, Esq., senior bailie, Nairn David Munro, Esq., of Allan Archibald Hill Rennie, Esq., of Ballilisk Arthur J. Robertson, Esq., of Inshes Bailie D. Rose, Inverness Hugh Ross, Esq., of Cromarty John Bethune Ross, Esq., advocate, Edinburgh Colonel John Gray Ross, of Stratbgrave John Ross, Esq., Berbice Cottage, Inverness William Simpson, Esq., merchant, Inverness Andrew Smith, Esq., senior bailie, Inverness Thomas Smith, Esq., merchant, Inverness Captain J. Stewart, of Lesmurdie, Elgin James Suter, Esq., Inverness Charles Waterston, Esq., manager, Caledonian Bank, Inverness With power to add to their number. A C TING ENGINEER —Joseph Mitchell , Esq., F.R.S.E. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Martin and Ross, Edinburgh. G. and P. Anderson, and C. Stewart, Esq., Inverness. BANKERS. he Caledonian Bank, Inverness, and its Branches. lie Union Bank of Scotland, Edinburgh. Do. do. Glasgow. Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, Tritton, and Co., London. Manchester and Liverpoool District Bank, Liverpool. In submitting to the public a scheme for the construction of a rail way along the south shore of the Moray Frith, and connecting the towns of Inverness, Nairn, Forres, and Elgin, the Committee con sider that there is no situation in Scotland which affords a more cer tain prospect of profitable investment. The country through which it passes is nearly a perfect level. The length of the line, with the branches to the ports, is 44% miles. The main line passes flrom Inverness to Elgin, through the towns of Nairn and Forres. The whole adjacent district is rich and fertile, and con tains a large and thriving population. It includes ten of the most im portant market towns of the north of Scotland, in which at least fifty considerable markets are annually held. Within this district, also, and branching off to the south of the main line, lie the fertile valleys of the Spey, Findhorn, and Nairn, and the Great Glen of Scotland, between which and the different towns along the line, and the sea -ports, there is an extensive and daily increasing intercourse. This district is so situated, that all the main highways from the north and west, including those by the ferries of Kessock and Fort George, centre upon it. Besides the ports of Inverness, Nairn, Findhorn, Burghead, and Lossiemouth, It comprises the basins and quays of the Caledonian Canal, and the military station of Fort George. Along the main line from Inverness to Elgin, besides a large pas senger traffic, by posting and private conveyances, there are eight daily coaches (four each way). The traffic must be greatly increased when a more rapid communication is opened up between the termini and the intermediate towns and villages. Another and large additional traffic will be brought upon the line by the London, Leith, and Aberdeen steamers, which call at Lossie mouth and Burghead, landing their passengers for Inverness, Nairn, and the country beyond, at either of these ports, instead of taking them, as at present, by the circuitous route to Invergordon, where they arc detained for several hours. The line will also afford great additional facilities to the trade which has hitherto bean carried on by a steamer and sailing vessels, plying between the Moray and Nairnshire coast and the Little Ferry in Sutherlandshire, as, on the opening of the railway, regular and efficient steam communication between these points and others on the Sutherland and Caithness coasts will necessarily be established. By these arrangements, in addition to the existing traffic by land, and that carried on by steamers to Inverness, the greater part of the traffic, both in goods and passengers, from Inverness to Sutherland and Caithness, will be brought along the line. The inquiries into the traffic, which have been carefully made, show the following results:— - --- • The annual number of passengers of all sorts, and doubling those by coach and other conveyances, between Inverness and Elgin, and the towns along the line, according to the Parliamentary rules, amount to 87,640, which, at the average of 4s. for each passenger, yie1d5........ For mails and small parcels, &c ..... ••• • . Tre probable revenue arising from the transport of car riages, gigs, horses, dogs, &c., taken at an average of only three per cent on the passenger traffic, the per centage usually taken in similar lines being five, yields 525 0 0 Cattle and sheep.... ........ ..600 0 0 General merchandise, heavy goods including stone from the Quarries in Morayshire and Nairnshire to the west, timber, farm produce, coals, manures, fish, spirits, &c. .. Goods traffic on the Branches .. Passenger traffic on dO.. 4E31,145 0 0 The engineering works of pig over from the unusually level nature of the country, and its passing over a llght gravelly soil, are of a very simple character. There are no tunnels or viaducts, and the country a bounds in all the materia ls, with the exce p tion of iron, necessar y for the construction of a Railway. The capital has been set down at 300,0001., and the revenue, as above stated, after deducting the usual allowance for working ex penses, and assuming one-third of the capital to be borrowed, ac cording to the ordinary practice of Railway Companies, at the usual rate of interest, shows a clear return of upwards of eight per cent. It is proposed, in the first place, to lay down a single line of rails, with the usual passing places, until the traffic shall be more fully de veloped. The bridges are, however, to be built, and the land pur chased, for a double line. Besides the advantages above enumerated, arising from the local traffic, there are other and important sources of revenue, to which it is proper to advert. The west end of the line will connect with the Caledonian Canal, which originally cost 1,000,0001., and on the im provement of which 200,0001. are now in the course of being ex pended by Government. These improvements, which will be com pleted before the railway comes into operation, will greatly increase the navigation, both of steamers and sailing-vessels, a weekon the Canal, along which, even at present , t wo steamers ply twice , while a large and powerful steamer is to be placed, on the opening of the Canal, in the direct Liverpool trade, The whole of this extensive traffic from Glasgow, Liverpool, &c., towards the counties of Banff, Nairn, and Moray, must ne cessaril y pass along the proposed ailway. On the other hand, towards the east, the line will be continued by the contemplated railway from 'Elgin to Aberdeen—thus connecting all the towns and manufacturing districts on the west of England and Scotland, through the Caledonian Canal, with the rich agricultural Country to the east of Elgin, and onwards to the city of Aberdeen, and other towns on the east coast of Scotland. Besides constituting an important link in the direct east and west communication-of this part of the kingdom, the present railway must of necessity form the northern outlet of the contemplated great direct Central Railway from Perth to Inverness, in continuation of the Scottish Central and Caledonian Railways, thus completing the shortest possible line between England and the southern counties of Scotland and the north ; and, from its position in this respect, the Inverness and Elgin Railway will become the channel through which will flow the whole traffic between the north and south. The Capital will be divided into 15,000 Shares of 201. each. The Parliamentary Deposit of five per cent. to be paid upon the shares being allotted, and the Subscribers to sign the Parliamentary Con tract and Subscribers' Agreement when required. Power will be taken to pay interest at four per cent. on the amount of the subscription paid up till the line is opened, and no subscriber shall be answerable for more than the amount of his subscription. Application for shares to be made, in the form annexed, to Messrs. G. and P. Anderson, solicitors, and Mr. Charles Stewart, solicitor, Inverness, the interim joint secretaries ; to Messrs. Martin and Ross, 37, Castle-street, Edinburgh ; Messrs. Edward M'Callum and Com pany, stockbrokers, and Mr. William Clelland, stockbroker, Edin burgh; Mr. James Grant, writer, and Mr. George Gatherer, writer, agents at Elgin ; Mr. William Sclanders, writer, agent at Forres ; Mr. Adam Davidson, town-clerk, agent at Nairn ; Messrs. Seton and Reid, sharebrokers, Glasgow; Mr. J. Oliphant, sharebroker, Perth; Messrs. Oswald, George, and Company, eharebrokers, Aberdeen; Messrs. Scott, Carthorn, and Scott, No. 16, Throgmorton-street, Lon don ; Mr. J. B. S. May, sharebroker, and Messrs. Fraser and Tay leur, sharebrokers, Liverpool ; Mr. Henry Wodehouse, sharebroker, Manchester ; Messrs. Grayston and Earle, sharebrokers, York ; and Mr. Jonathan Drewry, sharebroker, Newcastle. -FOAM OF APPLICATION. To the Provisional Committee of the Inverness and Elgin Railway. Gentlemen,—l request you will allot me Shares, of 201. each, in this undertaking, and I agree to accept the same, or any smaller number that may be allotted to me, to pay the deposit thereon, and sign the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers Agreement when required.—l am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant, Name . ...... Profession •••. • • • Address .. Date N.B. It is requested that parties in, or connected with the North, who intend to apply for Shares, will do so without delay. Cost TIIE BEST APERIENT AND ANTIBILIOUS MEDICINE FOR GENERAL USE IS FRAMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH which effectually relieves the stomach and bowels by gentle relxa tion, without griping or prostration of strength. 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The widow of an officer, an elderly lady, And near relative of mine, has used them—very rarely having recourse to other medicines for a long period of years I she has recommended them extensively, and in one instance in which she induced a person to adopt them, and supplied the first box herself, they have proved of extraordinary efficacy. I think that perhaps there is scarcely any other of the many patent medicines before the public of equal value as a " friend in need" —certainly none possessed of superior claims. I shall be happy on all occasions to give them my individual recom mendation, and am, Sir, Your obedient servant, ** * • Sold by T. Prout, 229, Strand, London, price Is. 1% d. end 2s. 9d. per box ; alse by the Vendors of Medicines generally throughout the Kingdom. Ask for FRAMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH, and observe the n ame and address of " Whomas Prout, 229, Str and, London," on the Government stamp. . . SHREWSBURY, WOLVERHAMPTON, and BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY. At a numerously attended Meeting of Shareholders in this Rail way, held this day at the London Coffee-house, Luigate-hill, JOSEPH ANDREWS, Esq., in the Chair, the following resolutions were put and canted, by large majorities. Ist.—lt was moved by Mr. LAWREN CE, an d seconded by Mr. MILLER, That the report of the Committee of Inquiry now read be adopted and confirmed by this Meeting. 2d.—Moved by Mr. ABRAHAM and seconded by Mr. BLOND, That, as from the facts communicated in this Report it appears that a very large proportion of the Provisional Committee have never taken any part in the management of the affairs of this Company, and have in many instances withdrawn from it or expressed their disaprobio of the course pursued, an d as the adtual admitra tion p has in con sequence fallen into the hands of a small section, s who do not represent the local interests, but are wholly under the guidance of the London Solicitors, and seeing that the results have been so disastrous in the occurrence of so many deplorable errors in the legal and engineering departments, together with the expenditure of an amount of capital much larger than was warranted by the circum stances of the case, Resolved, that this meeting cannot too strongly express their opinion that the Committee of Management have acted most imprudently and unjustifiably, and have deservedly forfeited the confidence of the Shareholders. 3rd. Moved by Mr. lIENDEasoN add seconded by Mr.Courrr,M.P. That further and strict inquiry be instituted into the conduct of those Directors concerning whom so many reports have been circu lated, that theyllave exercised the powers confided to them for pur poses other than those for the general benefit of the Shareholders, which reports the late advertisements as well as the reluctance of the Committee to give any account of their proceedings to the Share holders have tended considerably to confirm. 4th. Moved by Mr. TUORNTON and seconded by Mr. WAGSTAFF, That the Members of the Committee of Inquiry, together with the Gentlemen hereafter named, be appointed a Committee to represent the Shareholders, and be fully empowered to take whatever steps may appear to them necessary for the following purposes, viz.—To call upon the present Committee of Management to retire from the direction of the Company. To take measures for the avoiding any further waste of the Capital in a Parliamentary opposition which must prove most expensive and of doubtful issue. And to follow whatever course may be best calculated to pr o t ect the Shareholders and advance the interests of the undertaking. That the Committee shall request Mr. Gore and the Hon. Mr. Clive to join their number and assist in carrying out the measures that may be adopted for the benefit of Subscribers. The fbllowing Gentlemen to be added to the Committee — Patrick Stewart, Esq., M.P. William Mayhew, Esq William Tlte, Esq. John Crawford, Esq. William Chadwick, Esq. William Blond, Esq. William Freeman, Esq. With power to add (Signed) Thanks were then unanimously Meeting separated to their number. -- ---___ -- J. ANDREWS, voted to the Chairman, and the H ER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY THE QUEEN Having been pleased to send a Donation of 201, to the Fund now raising in consequence of the late Calamity on the Scroby Sand ; and the Subscriptions already received from several Noblemen, Public Companies, Insurance Societies, Private Individuals, and others, to gether with the Inhabitants of Yarmouth and the neighbourhood, amounting to a considerable sum ; the Committee confidently hope that the benevolent objects contemplated in the following appeal, and stated in the concluding paragraph, may be fully realised through the increased assistance and sympathising liberality of the public at large. AUTHORISED STATEMENT OF THE CALAMITY AND OF LOSS OF LIFE YARMOUTH BEACH, ON THE SCROBY SAND, F On SUNDAY, JANUARY 2G, 1845. • TO THE NOBILITY, GENTRY, AND CLERGY, AND TO THE SHIPPING, MANUFACTURING, AND TRADING POPULA TION OF ENGLAND. It is well known to those acquainted with the Eastern coast of Norfolk. that, during heavy gales, the immediate vicinity of Yarmouth Roads is one of the most dangerous parts of the entire coast of England. The number of wrecks which occur on the Barber, Cross, Corton, and especially the Scroby Sands, has long ago induced a hardy, brave, and intrepid race of men to devote their entire lives to the saving of property and life along the coast. A number of boats called yawls, measuring from 50 to 80 feet long, and from 30 to 50 tons burden, have, at an expense of from 3001. to 4001. each, been built by the joint contributions of the Beachmen, who have f rmed themselves into companies for that purpose. With these they often leave the shore at the moat imminent risk of their lives, not only when the chance of saving property holds out to them the hope of a large reward in the shape of salvage, but with no less earnestness and intrepidity when the only satisfaction they have in prospect is rescuing from a watery grave sQme of their fellow creatures. On no occasion Is it remembered that this noble and disinterested daring was more magnanimously displayed than on Sunday, the 26th of January, 1845, on which day, during a veryheavy gale from N. W. and by W. no less than five brigs were in distress, four upon the Scroby Sand and one upon the Barber. In no one of these cases was there, at the time of their condition being discovered, the slightest probabi lity of saving anything like property. Nothing, therefore, but the warm promptings of humanity could offer any inducement to the Beachmen to man their boats : yet they hesitated not a single mo ment, but at once launched their gallant barks and set forward to the rescue. Happily their efforts, in four instances, were successful in saving all the crews. The Caister Beachmen, with their yawl, Storm, succeeded in saving the crew of the Elizabeth, of Scarborough, nine in number. The Holkham Company, in their Yawl, the Red Rover, 38 tons, Went off to the brig Jane, of Whitby, from which, although the yawl sustained considerable damage, they succeeded in rescuing the crew, nine in number. The Young Company, with their yawl, the Sailor's Friend, of 48 tons, succeeded, at very considerable risk, in taking off the crew of the brig Choice, of Newcastle, also nine in number. The Star Company, in their yawl, Phoenix, went off to the Ann, of Sunderland, from which, after splitting the stein and carrying away the mast of the yawl, they rescued and safely landed the crew of nine men. Having thus far been enabled to record the meritorious and suc cessful conduct of these gallant men, who, in addition to the immi nent risk of their lives, have suffered considerably in the injury done to their property—for which no remuneration can be anticipated but from the benevolence of a British public, it remains to relate the me lancholy catastrophe which forms the climax to this statement. The Beachmen of the " Phoenix" having safely landed the crew of the " Ann," and being themselves much exhausted, a fresh crew of the same Company re-manned the yawl, and immediately proceeded to another vessel lying in distress on the Scroby ; the wind was then blowing a hurricane. On nearing the vessel, they found the sea running over her, and made an unsnccessful attempt to reach her ; failing to do so, they let go their anchor and veered down ; unfortu nately the force of the sea drove the yawl upon the brig and dashed her to pieces ; when the Beachmen—with the exception of one man (named Abraham Wetherell), who sank with the yawl—got on board the brig, which was now drifting, and every sea breaking with tre mendous violence over her bull. The accident being witnessed from the shore several men belonging to the different Companies manned the life-boat and flew to their as sistance. The danger of all was extreme, and those on shore trembled alike for the poor fellows on the brig and those in the life-boat. Hap pily she reached the brig though too late for many, some of whom were carried overboard by the falling of the brig's masts, and some drowned on the wreck. Six only of the " Phoenix's crew were savedi; and of the brig's crew, who were in a state of exhaustion when the " Phcenix" first reached ber, the whole perished. Thus in the noble attempt to save the lives of their fellow-men, seven of our gallant beachmen found a watery grave, leaving behind them four widows and fourteen children (ten of whom are under twelve years of age) totally unprovided for, as well as the aged mothers of the three single men. Their nazies were Abraham Wetherell (leaving a widow and nine children), James Shreeve (widow and three children), Ganham (alias James) Rifling (widow and two children), James Boulton (widow), William Warner, George Points, and James George, single men, but upon whom their widowed mothers, or aged parents, depended for subsistence. To provide a fund to relieve the necessities of the bereaved—to re ward the noble fellows who so gallantly risked their lives for others — to assist in replacing the serious loss suffered by the boatmen—and t form a nucleus for a permanent fluid for the relief of sufferers under similar calamities in future—is the object of the present appeal. Subscriptions will be received at the banks of Messrs. Barclay and Co., and Sir R. C. Glynn and Co., London ; and at any of the banking houses in Norfolk and Suffolk. Signed on behalf of the Committee, W. HURRY PALMER, Mayor of Great Yarmouth, Chairman. Committee-room, Town-hall, Feb. 24, 1845. DINNER SERVICES, TABLE GLASS. &c. ( i i,IIANDER and CO., 319, HOLBORN, corner 11.7 of Southampton Buildings, opposite Gray's Inn Gate, have on view the largest Stock in London of Table Glass, Dinner, Dessert, and Tea services, ornamental China, Chandeliers, Lustres, Lamps, Hall Lanterns, &c. N.B.—A considerable number of Dinner, Dessert, and Tea Services at a great reduction in price; these patterns are not those of the pre sent year, but the ware is of the best quality, and they will be found worthy of attention—some of the Dinner Services in question are porcelain—ln addition to which, there are a few suspending Drawing Room Lamps, Lustres, and Hall Lanterns. B URGESS'S NEW SAUCE, for general pur- L, poses, having gained such great approbation, and the demand for it continuing to increase, JOHN BURGESS and SON beg most respectfully to offer thus their best acknowledgments to the Public for their liberal patronage of the same ; its utility and great conveni ence in all climates have recommended te the most distinguished °reign connections, who have all spoken , highly in its recommenda tion. It is prepared by them only ; and for preventing disappoint ment to families, all possible care has been resorted to, by each bottle being sealed on the cork with their firm and address, as well as each label having their signature, without which it cannot be genuine. JOHN BURGESS and SON'S long-established and much-esteemed ESSENCE of ANCHOVIES continues to be prepared by them after the same manner that has given the greatest satisfaction for many years. Warehouse, 107, Strand, corner of Savoy Steps, Landon. JELLY and BLANC MANGE. CHOLEFIELD'S Original CONCEN TRATED 17 PREPARATIONS for the instantaneous production of these delicacies, combining every essential ingredient, and merely requiring dilution, are becoming daily more and more patronised throughout all classes of society, entirely superseding those made upon the old complex principle, by which half the kitchen utensils were called into requisition, The purity and intrinsic merits of these articles are fully assured to the public by the unquestionable certificates of those dis tinguished chemists Dr. Ure and Professor Herapath, combined with a galaxy of flattering testimonials from other professional men, gour mets, and the public press throughout the country. Sold In pots, sufficient to fill twelve glasses, Is. 3d. each ; whole sale, at the manufactory, 7, Trafalgar-place, Kentish-town ;by Barclay and Sons, Farringdon -street ; Crosse and Blackwell, Soho-square ; T. Snelling, Fanchurch-street. Retail by most respectable chemists, grocers, Italian warehousemen, confectioners, and bakers. Note.—As there are several fraudulent imitations, he careful to procure Scholetield's PATENT BELMONT SPERM CANDLES, ONE SHILLING per lb. ; PATENT BELMONT SPERM OIL, FOUR SHILLINGS per Gallon, burning more brilliantly than the ordinary Sperm Candles and Oil, and differing from them in being principally prepared from a pure vegetable material, instead of an impure animal one. PRICES PATENT CANDLES, 10 1 / 2 d. per lb. VAUXHALL COMPOSITE CANDLES, B%cl. per lb. PATENT BELMONT WAX CANDLES, Is. per lb. Families wishing to try any of the above are recommended to order them through their own tradesmen, taking notice, however, that these being the London Cash Prices, the Country Dealer must charge higher to cover his expenses of carriage. Where no dealer can be found willing to sell them, Edward Price and Co. will supply quantities of not less than 5/. worth, direct from their manufactory, at Belmont, 'Vauxhall. On receiving a Post-office order for this amount, they will forward Candles and Oil in the proportions that may be directed ; or, to parties wishing for samples and unable to obtain them, they will, on receiving a 1/. Post-effice order, forward a box containing 31bs of each of the four sorts of Candles, and a gallon of the Oil. They fix the price of the sample bex so high, to avoid all suspicion of their wishing to interfere with the retail trade of the Country Dealers. The trade may obtain the above Candles and 011 wholesale, in London, from Edward Price and Co., Belmont, Vauxhall ; Palmer and Co., Sutton-street, Clerkenwell ; and W. Marchant, 253, Regent circus, Oxford-street ; in Manchester, from Richardson and Roebuck, Market-place ; in Bath, from T. and G. Butcher, No. 4, Saw-close ; and in Cheltenham, from Mathews and Co., 400, High-street. FROM ROCHDALE. MR. HOWARTIL — In Chronic Diseases, Blind ness, Fits, St. Vitus's Dance, Dropsies, White Swellings, Bilious Affections, Rheumatism, Gout, and Wounds, from one to twenty years' standing, ced by dressing once a week without pain, In all cases, if not approved cured by dressing once a week without pain, In all cases, If not approved, no charge. 9, Brewer-street, Pimlico, Ten to Four Daily. Notes to 437, Oxford-street, attended to. visTuLAs, SCROFULA , ULCERATED THROAT, &c. RESPECTABLE REFERENCES to 1,000 CASES. GOWLAND S well-known and highly appreciated appendage of the British toilet has for nearly a century past maintained unrivalled reputation as a perfect remedy for all impurities of the skin, together with the valuable pro perties of a preserver and sustainer of the complexion of the most genial nature, removing every trace of sallowness and diseolouration, and promoting the transparency and brightness of the skin, which constitute the peculiar graces of a fine complexion. " Robt. Shaw, London," is in white letters on the Government Stamp, without which none is genuine. Price is. 94 ; be. 6d. ; Quarts, O. 6d. gold by all Putman and Mauls% .• limited CAßßlA t Gl T E ß S, U m N, l;leT n ri s t t o ing per o f f or a mtl LONDON and BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY. and BIRILINGIIANI. in THREE HOURS, will COMMENCE RUNNING not Inter than the let of MAY nest. ,e i numbernb between FIRST-CLASS LONDONT - CI.ASS Particulars will be given in a tliture notice. Ily order, R. CREEP, Secretary. Euston Station, April 2,1845. . . BRITISH INSTITUTION, PALL-MALL The GALLERY for the EXHIBITION and SALE of the WORKS of BRITISH ARTISTS is OPEN DAILY, from Ten in the Morning till Five in the Evening. Admission, Is.--Catalogue, ls. WILLIAM BARNARD, Keeper. WIL SON'S SCOTTISH ENTERTAIN MENTS. At the MUSIC-HAL r„ STORE-STREET, BEDFORD-SQUARE, On MONDAY EVENING, April 7, at Eight o'clock, Mr. WILSON will give his new selected Entertainment on the SONGS OF SCOTLAND. PART r.—Ye Banks and Braes o' bonny Doon—Of a' the Airts the Win' can blaw—Last May a braw Wooer—Auld Robin Gray—Dun can Gray came here to woo—John Anderson my jo—Jenny's Bawbee. P un. ll.—Thou art gane awa frae me, Mary—John o' Badenyon —Jock o' Hazeldean—The Birks of Aberfeldy —My Jo Janet—Whit wadna feet for Charlie. .—..—..-...-. Plano-forte--Mr. LAND. Tickets, 2 r s s . oo s, Reserved f. Seats, 2s. 6d. Privat e Boxes for Six, 15s. for CLARA SEYTON'S NEW ENTERTAIN MENT. Miss CLARA. SEYTON will give her ILLUSTRATIONS of the DRAMA and the OPERA, received with the most enthusiastic ap plause, at CROSBY HALL, lIISHOPSGATE-STREET, on TUES DAY Evenings, and on THURSDAYS, at the MUSIC HALL, STORE-STREET, Miss CLARA SEYT6oxill give RECITATIONS from Ancient and Moden Dramatists, and sing admired compositions of Mozart, Weber, Schubert, &c. ; also three new songs, by Mr. T. Cooke. The Entertainment will conclude each evening with Albert Smith's brilliantly successful Comic Medley Scena, " A Musical Scamper over Europe." Doors open at Half-past Seven, to commence at Eight. _ _ _ _ Tickets 2s. and 2s. 6d. each, to be had of all Music-sellers ; at the lien ; and of Miss Clara Seyton, 4, Argyle-street, Regent-street, of whom alone Private Boxes for Store-street (One Guinea each) may be obtained. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. Dr. Ryan's first Series of LECTURES on the Chemistry of Domestic Life daily, and on the Evenings of Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Popular Lectures on Natural Philosophy, with Brilliant Experiments, by Professor Bachhcffner A New Series of Objects, exhibiting beautiful effects in CHILDE'S CHROMATROPE, in the PHYSIOSCOPE, and the PROTEOSCOPE. The SHRINE of the NATIVITY is one of the latest additions to the DISSOLVING VIEWS. A Curious MECHANICAL HAND, exhibiting daily on the person of an individual who has lost his natural hand. A Work ing Model of the ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY, Fifty Feet long, and other working Models and New Inventions explained. Submarine Experiments by the DIVER. Time DIVING BELL, MICROS COPE, &c. &c, The present number is one of the richest that has appeared. Passing over the powerful romance, " Re velations of London," by the Editor, we come to an article, entitled " Horace for the Million," which might have passed upon us for an effusion of our latncrited friend Maginn, if there were not elsewhere in the volume too much to remind us, that that fund of wit and learning has been exhausted. The following travestie of the grand ode " Integer vi:a," is worthy of Maginn, except for its profane familiarity with the almost divine lyric. That the reader may be as much disposed to pull the wag's ears as we are, let us give his doggrel as it is : The man whose heart and purse are light, Whom adverse fortune can't affright, Needs no police to watch at night - His goods and chattels. Whether he rambles through St. Giles', Or wanders by the two• Turnstiles, His time away he calmly wiles, And fears no battles. For instance, 'twas but t'otber day, When, wavering 'twixt the grave and gay, Thinking of Grisi and the play, I met a beggar. Sturdy he was, as Russian bear, A face that would a judge outswear, And such a varmint head of hair, And bullying swagger. I did but raise my weather eye, Without the echo of a cry— My wig ! to see the fellow fly, In Irish fashion.* You would have laughed, for ten police — Men, warranted to keep the peace, Could not have won me much release, With all their dash on. Then what care I for street or alley, Through all the lanes I fearless sally, And scatheless still, without a pal, 1 Securely tottle. IR Piccadilly, or the Park, I take my morn or ev'ning lark ; And when I'm tired, or it grows dark, I tap my bottle. - - The " Nelson Dispatches" is a clear and interesting review of the hero's life and thoughts. It i ; worthy c.f the subject. But the most novel, and, therefore, to us, the most interesting, paper in the number is Mr. F. Ainsworth's sketch of Zenobia's retreat on the Euphrates. The volume concludes with some grace ful verses to the memory of " Laman Blanchard," which testify that fiction is not even a necessary ele ment even in poetic eulogy. In page 354 will be found a real curiosity of literature—a Greek fable by Kenealy—Englished, enriched, and illustrated by Maginn. These are the verses : On a couch of sweet roses reclining, Fair Venus in slumber was laid, And a robe, of the brightest star-shining, Was thrown, her fair form to o'ershade ; From her neck, as a swan's whitely glowing, To her knee did the mantle extend ; Laugh'd the zephyrs, as over her blowing, They felt the sweet incense ascend. Pan, his haunt in the woods ever keeping, Was wandering, perchance, thgh thefflove, And as Venus alone there lay s ling, Stepp'd soft to the goddess of love, And he kiss'd her sweet lips, soft and taking ; But what more he'd have ventured to try, We can't tell ; for sweet Venus awaking Put all notions of love-making by. 41 One leg before the other. BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY. The " Literary Retrospect of the Departed Great" is by far the best article in this number. It is written by one who evidently was well acquainted with the best painters and sculptors of the day, and though, perhaps, a little overcharged and somewhat romantic, gives a real picture of Wilkie, and Lawrence, and Northcote • and possibly also does justice to Chantrey, but certainly it does not tend to raise him in public estimation. The article, however, chiefly relates to Wilkie, and some of the anecdotes and particulars of his life are so graphic and correct that they cannot fail to be of use to some future biographer. The , history of the " Blind Fiddler" is interesting : it is told by the widowed mother of the artist, in her Doric dialect, while she was residing with her son at Kensington, and bears all the marks of truth. In answer to the question whether Sir David had early displayed much talent in drawing : " ' Aweel,' said she, I mind that he was aye scraw ing, and scratching, I did na ken what, and he had an idle fashion o' making likenesses and caricatsores like of all the folk as came. And there was an auldblind mon, Willie, the fiddler, just an idle sort of a beggtit-raon, that used to come wi' his noise, and set all the women ser vants a jigging wi' his scratching and scraping ; and Davie was ae taking o' this puir bodie into the hoose, and gieing him a drap o' toddy ; and I used to cry shame on the lad for encouraging such lazy vagabonds about the hoose. Weal,' pursued the old lady, but ye maun ken he was an ill-favoured, daft sort of a creatur, that puir blind bodie, weeleno' in his way, but not the sort o' folk to be along wi' Davie ; yet the lad was always a-saying to me, " Mither, gie's a bawbie for puir blind Willie." This,' she added with a sigh, Sir, was when we lived at the Manse.' "‘ A-weel, Sir, they told me—it was mony years after the puir blind body was gane hame, Sir—that Davie had painted a grand pictur ; and he wrote me to , go to Edin burgh to see it ; and I went , and sure eno there was puir Old Willie, the very like o' him, his fiddle and a'. I was wud wi' surprise : and t her e was Davie stan d ing a laughing at me, and saying, Mither, mony's the time that ye ha heard that fiddle to the toon o the Camp bells are coming.'" There is also a life of the Rev. Sydney Smith, with a good portrait, taken some thirty years ago, detailing the more remarkable incidents of his life, from the time he wrote his first article for the Edinburgh Review (the life of Parr), in the sixth story of a house in Buccleuch-place, till he ended his career, as Canon of St. Paul's. In the life of this admirable writer and thorough reformer, it is curious to observe how he changed his tone on church reform when the cathedrals of which he was installed a defender were attacked by Lord John Russell and the Bishop of London. He still however admitted the necessity of reform, but thought the department to which he be longed was the least liable to complaint, and that the Bishops with their princely incomes and gorgeous pageantry should have led the way by cutting down their incomes and patronage to an amount befitting the age of reform. He could not see why every suc cessor of Charles James should have a house in St. James's•square, a palace at Fulham, and 10,0001. a year, nor why the domestics of Archbishop Howley should stand with swords and bag wigs round pig and turkey and venison, to, defend, as it were, the orthodox gastronome from the fierce Unitarian, the fell Baptist, and all the famished children of dissent. The other articles are much in the usual style, but require no particular notice. COLBURN'S NEW MONTHLY. This is an excellent Number of this popular pe riodical It opens with a continuation of " Passages in the Lives of Celebrated Statesmen of Europe." The subject of the present paper is Baron Bulow, with sketches of his colleagues in the great confe rences of 1831 and 1840. From these sketches we extract the following account of Count Pozze di Borgo : " Count Pozzo di Borgo was a still more extraordinary man. The deadly feuds of his native land drove him from Corsica, imbued with all the wild, headlong feel ings characteristic of his race. For instance, long after his leaving Corsica, he was so superstitious that the wife of one of his most hospitable entertainers and intimate friends, suspecting his foible, having urged him to come and see a ghost in a back parlour, and having shown on the balcony General Paoli, in the shape of her mad-cap cousin, wrapped in a sheet and bedaubed with flour, he swore she was a witch, and had a deadly aversion to her and family until the last moment of his life. The trials of thoso eventful times, his adventures in the many lands he traversed in the search of fortune, smoothed the out ward ruggedness of his nature, and consecrated all the fire of his character on diplomacy and ambition. his hereditary feud against the Buonapartes, likewise, all recommended ;for service his i nhe concen trated on Napoleon, was the cause of hi s f or t une . Throug h Lord l A y li r n a t n o k, he got acquireddip te l o r c in o a ss t iinconotion only Paris in favour of th e o ld dynasty of the service— that bu o t an immense Russia. f In fortune this to the be Bourbons, at the first invasion of F rance by the allies, he received from Lo u i s XVIII . a l one one million of francs as a cadeau. In the latter days we allude to, another ruling passion whi c h h a d survived his youth, was de parting at last and yielding its place to the love of gold. Lab • oriously polite, still did the hot, fierce, jealous under current of his nature, as well as his native shrewdness and experience in strategy, make him a dangerous col league to deal with in diplomacy." It was out of mere hatred to Bonaparte Di Borgo brought about the restoration of 1815. It is curious to trace the restoration, the hundred days, IVaterloo, the revolution of 1830, and all its consequences — past, present, and to come—to a private feud between two obscure families in the semi-barbarous island of Corsica. Thus— " Great events from trivial causes spring." . • " What we're doing and what we're coming to" is a smart quiz upon the existing railway-share mania. It is a lively witty article, and sparkles like a glass SUMMARY OF NEWS AND putiftr Opinto u n. N 11710 Tull.) may read." FOILZIGN. On Monday the King of the French gave a private audi ence to Count de Pontois, the French Ambassador in Switzer land. On Sunday evening their Majesties received the Duke d'Albufera, Count Mollien, Count Jules de l'Aigle; the Baron de Montmorency, Vice-Admiral Rosamel, Generals Colbert and Marbot, and the Prefects of the Seine, Calvrolos, and Haute Garonne. The statement of the accounts of the Bank of France, for the first quarter of 1845, made up to the 25th ult., shows the following results :—Actif: The Bank had then in hand, cash, 266,290,265 f. ; in discounts and loans, 119,582,907 f. ; branch banks' accounts, 70,592,862 f. ; reutes, public securi ties, and reserved fund, 64,840,974 f. ; credits and various items. Passif: Amount of bank-notes circulated, 256,317,2271'. ; accounts current, 178,309,582 f. ; capital and reserve, 81,903,000 f. ; different items, 4,348,946 f. The dis counts, advances, and loans, made during the quarter, amounted to the sum of 286,547,368 f. ; movement of ac counts current (private), 2,847,063,138 f. • ditto (pub lic), 218,118,380 f. ; general movement Of the caisses, 3,349,455,366 f. M. Pierre Laureau, historiographer to Charles X. and De puty.in the Legislative Assembly, has just died at St. An dre, in the 97th year of his age. The price of bread at Paris for the first fortnight of the present month is fixed at 30 centimes the kilogramme. The Mayors of Boulogne, Neuille, Passy, and Auteuil, have just issued notices forbidding all persons to smoke amongst the trees of the Bois de Boulogne. A case of almost unheard-of barbarity was brought before the last Court of Assizes for the Ardeche. A woman was tried and convicted of having murdered four new .born infants entrusted to her at different times to carry to the Foundling Hospital ; for each of which she received 15 f. to remunerate her loss of time and expenses. She was condemned to hard labour for life. The latest excavations made at Pompeii, by M. Vilain XIV., the Belgian Chargé d'Affaires, has been exceedingly interesting. A house was laid open in the quarter of the people. Twenty workmen were employed at the task, and the entrance- room furnished about twenty-five articles, vases, cups, altars, and bronze paterm. Another room, from which a narrow passage led to the kitchen, contained some large earthernjars. In the kitchen, the tinning of the saucepans was still bright. A large boiler, two jars with handles, light and transparent, objects exceedingly rare in collections, were also found there. The next excavations were to be made in the workshops of sculpture of the town. A letter from Vienna states that the breaking up of the ice on the Danube took place on March 21, without causing much damage. The pieces of ice carried away an arch of a bridge of _the Northern railroad. The waters of the river, which had suddenly risen several feet, had again fallen, re moving all fear of inundation. LAW AND 7? °lam , . At Oxford Lord Chief Baron Pollock sentenced John Pring, Edward Gibbon, and John Coles, for violating Catha rine Jones, at St. Woollos, on the 18th December, to trans portation for life. An action for false imprisonment, brought by a journeyman cabinet-maker, named Sanderson, against a master, named Macdonnell, was tried at Liverpool. It appeared that seve ral of the men had struck for wages, and afterwards entered the defendant's workshops, where others were at work, for the purpose, as they stated, of searching for tools. A row ensued, and several of them were given into custody, and brought, up before a:magistrate ; among these was the plain tiff. A heavy fine was inflicted on the others, but there was no charge made against the plaintiff. The jury found a ver dict for him, with one farthing damages. At Chester, Mr. Justice Cresswell, sentenced Winterbottom, the Stockport attorney, who had been convicted of forgery at the last assizes, to transportation for life. The notorious Captain Henry Pratt was remanded from the Mansion-house, by the Lord Mayor, on several charges of obtaining money under false pretences. At Guildhall, John Matham, a porter, was finally exa mined, charged with stealing six pieces of merino and other goods, saved from the fire at the premises of Mr. Newton, in Gutter-lane. Mary Ann Chapel, and James Dolan, a tailor, lodging at 22, Old Bailey, in whose premises the goods were temporarily lodged, were charged with receiving the goods, knowia'g them to be stolen, and were I ully committed for trial. Alexander and Charles M‘Coy, in the service of Mr. A. Rumsey, wine-merchant, of No. 37, Old Bond-street, were charged with having robbed their employer, and fully com mitted for trial from Marlborough-street. COURT-FASIZIONABIM. The. French Ambassador entertained Lord Dufferin, Lady Dufferin, and a small party at dinner, on Tuesday evening, at Manchester House. The Duke de Broglie on Wednesday visited the model prison at Pentonville. Dr. Lushington entertained at dinner, on Tuesday evening, in Great George -street, several distinguished French naval officers, come over on business connected with the right of search question. The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland and the Ladies Levoson Gower have arrived at Stafford House from Trent ham, the Noble Duke's seat in Staffordshire. The Duke of Devonshire has returned to town from his villa at Chiswick, where his Grace has been passing the Easter recess. Sir Charles and Lady Wetherell have arrived in town for, the season. Viscount and Viscountess Beresford have been entertaining a small family circle at Bedgebury Park during the holidays. Mr. Henry Thomas Hope, her Ladyship'seldest son, is shortly expected to return in the Zephyretta schooner yacht, accom panied by the Hon. Captain Cecil Forester, from a cruise in the Mediterranean and the Levant. nuscEraLamsous. We understand that a requisition is in course of signature to Viscount Holinesdale, to allow himself to be put in nominati n as a candidate for West Kent, to supply the vacancy caused by the elevation of Lord Marsham to the peerage, by the lamented death of the Earl of Romney. An important arrangement has just been completed by the Post-office authorities, with reference to the transmission of letters and newspapers to and from the Channel Islands. The mails are to be despatched thence via Southampton, in stead of as at present by way of Weymouth, and in lieu of two departures and two arrivals weekly, there are to be three of both. The new regulations will come into operation on Saturday, the 26th inst. On Tuesday, at one o'clock, P.M., the mortal remains of the late Right Rev. Bishop Allen were deposited in a vault in the choir of Ely Cathedral, and in front of the altar. On Monday afternoon, at five o'clock, the minor canons, the pri vate friends of the late Bishop, and his Lordship's tradesmen, with their families, were admitted to the chapel, where the body lay in state. The coffin was covered with rich purple velvet. The furniture of the coffin was gilt, the mitre form ing a prominent ornament. On the lid of the coffin was a gilt plate, whereon was engraved the name, title, and age of his Lordship ; a little above that was another plate, on which were engraved the arms of the deceased Prelate, and those of the see of Ely. The room was hung with black and lighted with tapers. The ceremonial was imposing and affecting. The clergy of Devizes are at war with their parishioners on the subject of the innovations introduced into the Church service. A meeting was held, a few days since, on the sub ject. It was resolved that, in the event of the rector's de clining to accede to the wishes of the parishioners, an appeal should be made to the Lord Bishop of Salisbury. On Friday last the Lord Mayor gave a splendid entertain ment to the trustees, directors, and other officers of the Lon don Life Association, of which his Lordship has been for many years an active and highly-respected member. The Philharmonic Society of Liverpool gave a concert on Monday night, which attracted an audience of about 1,500 persons. leuxtemps, the eminent violinist, was rapturously received ; and the singing of Miss Dolby, Miss E. Birch, Mr. J. Catkin, and Mr. John Parry, elicited the greatest ap plause and several encores. The Dutch steam-ship Batavier arrived at the St. Katha rine's steam-wharf on Wednesday morning, for the first time this season, having been detained in the port of Rotterdam since November last, on account of the Scheldt being frozen over and impassable. She had several head of Dutch horned cattle on board, which were landed immediately, and cleared for the London market. The arrival of the Batavier an nounces the dispersion of the ice on the Continent, and the opening of the German rivers for mercantile traffic, which will be fully appreciated by those to whom the stoppage has been productive of great inconvenience. On Wednesday evening the annual meeting of the South wark Auxiliary to the London City Mission, was held at the Surrey Chapel, Blackfriars- road, the Rev. James Sherman in the chair. The Secretary having read the pro ceedings, the substance of which has been already made pub lic, addresses were delivered by the Rev. Drs. Cumming and Morrison, the Rev. J. Robinson, &c., and the meeting separated. The first of the Ancient Concerts for the present season took place on Wednesday, being under the direction of the Duke of Cambridge. The concert was conducted by Sir H. Bishop. The concert was of a very high order, and worthy the illustrious dilletante under whose direction it was given. A new agricultural association has been formed at Good hurst, Kent. of which A. J. B. Hope , Esq., M. P., has been appointed president. A meeting of the association took place last week, which was numerously attended. STATE OF TRADE.—To-day's market has on the whole been rather quiet, with a tendency to a little lower prices, and not much business done. This applies to both goods and yarn.—ROCIIDALE FLANNEL MARKET, MONDAY, MARCH, 31.—The market today has been ex tremely flat, and very little business has been transacted. In the wool market there is no change to report. —Man chester Guardian. HER MAJESTY'S VISIT TO IRELAND.—We have great satisfaction in announcing that the anticipated visit of her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert to the sister island is definitively fixed to take place during the en suing summer. Her Majesty's anxiety to visit this portion of her dominions has for some time past been very generally understood ; and circumstances, to which it is unnecessary more pointedly to refer, appear to render it advisable that the gracious intention should be carried into effect forthwith. The precise day for the departure of the Court for Ireland has been mentioned to us, but, at the present time, it will pro bably be sufficient to announce that her Majesty is expected to leave England, for the Irish capital, early in July. We have further o siness of a close further to state , tha t, in order to allow the attendance of thee various Cabinet M inisters u p on her Majesty, ~t. Par li amen t will (if at all practicable) be brou this session at a mu ch earlier p eriod than usua .....p0 I NCE NDIARISM IN NOTTINGHAM.--Yesterday a Go vernment proclamation was issued throughout the metropolis, offering a reward for the discovery l o y f i t li he persons who set fire to the valuable estate known as farm, near Not. tingham. 'Fhe occupier of the property, Mr. Riley, of Pap plewick, who it; much respected, has himself offered a reward of 1051. Admission. IL ; Schools, Half-price. BATTLE OF WATERLOO. New Model, upon a large Scale, representing the Splendid Charge in the earlier part of the Battle by the British heavy Cavalry under the Marquis of Anglesea, and by the British Infantry under Sir Thomas Picton. EGYPTIAN lIALL, PICCADILLY. Open from Eleven Morning to Nine Evening. Admission—One Shilling. 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The license is only I is. per , nnam, and many during the last nineteen years have realised con siderable incomes by the agency without one shilling let or loss. Application to Ne made (if by letter post-paid) as above. CIGARS AND CHEROOTS. Messrs. TOSSWILL and CO., Commission Agents and Im porters and Manufacturers of Cigars and Cheroots, beg to inform Dealers and others that they will at all times find on Sale, at their extensive warehouses, one of the largest and best selected Stocks in London, of the above articles, the q ualit y of which will be guaranteed by their , own brand or mark, at the following low prices: Cheroots, 6s. ; Ambrosial, 7s. ; 31exicans, 7s. fxl. ; Cuba Cigars, 7s. ; Tara Cubits, 9s. 6d. ; Havanas, 7s. 6d. ; Regalias, Ss. 6d.; PrLricipes, 95. 6d.; Cabanas, gs. Gd. ; Trabucos, 9s. 6d. ; Silvas 9s. 6d. ; and every other kind equally low. A great variety of Genuine Old Foreign Cigars of choice quality, 17s. 6d., 193. Gd., and 20s. per lb. 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The Princeton has been ordered to the Mediterranean• - 2 X' It is from Os pa at AsjrZ o i Left-band Glove" is a tale ofh . 7 .— "'ect Is to show the danger of trusting to cir• cumstantial evidence. A wife is on the point of being condemned to death for the murder of her hushaudi ,/ oilampagns Reach. " the chain of circumstantial evidence Is convict:4i against her, when at length her innocence is made manifest, and she is acquitted—the fact being that her husband had committed suicide. The tale is well told, and the interest is kept up to the last. Mrs. Trollope continues " The Robertses on their Travels," and gives us several piquant sketches of society at Baden. " A Field Day with the Portuguese" is a lively narrative of an ad venture at Vittoria in 1837, during the time that General Evans's English legion and the Portuguese forces under Diu Antes ware quartered in that city. Lights and Shades in the Life of a Gentleman on Half-pay, and the Excursion up the Oronooko are both continued in this number. " The Conversations in the National Gallery " are likewise. continued. Th 3 present conversation contains much valuable cri ticism on the paintings of Leonardo da Vinci, and of Raffaelle, although we think the author scarcely does justice to the merits of Leonardo. Agnes Strickland furnishes one of those delightful tales which she so well knows how to write. Her present production is entitled " Kate Wilson, or Sea-side Wooings." It is a pleasing tale, pleasantly told. The Talleyrand Papers are continued. The present number relates entirely to the reminiscences of Talleyrand, of the state of society in France before the Revolution, when, as M. L Abbe de Perigord, he was the pet of Madame du Deffand, and the great star of the salons of the witty and accomplished Madame de Brignole. There is also an elaborate review of " Thiers' History of the Consulate and the Empire," and a shore notice of the new novel, " Maids of Honour." THE ILLUMINATED MAGAZINE. The conductors of this magazine announce their intention of commencing a new series next month, when the Illuminated will appear as a handsomely bound small octavo volume. This arrangement will be a great improvement, for the present size of the Magazine is exceedingly inconvenient, and rather unsightly. The contents of the present nutnber are of average quality. We extract the following ele gant little poem, from a paper on the coming of tha Spring : Soon nature will resume her dormant powers, Immortal as in triumph over death ; The spring will soon be tell: us. Many flowers The earth will hallow with sweet formi and breath, And thousand bosoms with delight be rife, Those symbols welcoming again to life. They will arise o'er many e wooded hill, In lowly spots 'mid many it pleasant vale— Will gem the brink of many a gurgling rill; And who will deem their charms of slight avail, Wooing us to regard their blossoming, Telling us silent talcs of our warm Spring ? Fond hands will place them in the sick man's room, Their presence gleaming like a ray of light And beauty, peering through its saddened gloom; And with their scent will visions, calm and bright, Lulling in soft delight the sense of pain, Arouse the faintness of the sick one's brain: A flush will overspread his faded cheek, A brightness fill again the sunken eye; And friends will bow to hear him softly speak Of health and vigour, life-renewing, nigh; A blessing will be with them—that they keep Hope from relapAng into weary sleep. And shall we not love flowers, if they but raise Our thoughts a moment from the worldly din That stirs our hearts too deeply in this maze Of toil, ambition, passion, or of sin ? Oh, are they useless? Every flower we see To sight and sense betokens purity. GEORGE CRUIKSHANK'S TABLE-BOOK. George Cruikshank, this month, opens " A Young Georg e Vision of the:: London Season," which may be called rather a picture-gallery than a picture. It is full of spirit, piquancy, and meaning—is exqui sitely drawn and beautifully engraved. The two illustrations to the tale of " Separation" are admirable. The stage countryman is a glorious bit of fun, and the editor, Gilbert A'Beckett, gives the following admirable sketch of his appearance and habits:— " The costume of the stage countryman is arranged with an eye to the picturesque rather than the practical. He frequently wears a very light sky-blue coat with n waistcoat of the gayest chintz, as if somebody had given him a window curtain, and he had been seized with the heureuse idee of having a vest made out of it. He has dark blue stockings, which are made of silk if he is the first countryman, but are ordinarily of grey worsted if he is only one of a party of rustics getting in the harvest, or assisting at a village festival. The re mainder is made up of a red wig and a hooked stick, with a small bundle slung across it, and a pair of dare • ing pumps, in which he is always prepared to walk to London, for the purpose of righting poor sisther Phoebe,' or telling the great squire' that he (the stage countryman) has got feelins like,' and that he the (stage countryman) is as good a mon' as he (the squire :) thof he (the squire) have gotten a fine coat on his back'—a home truth which sometimes throws the squire into a state of pitiable penitence about something or other which there is no proof of his having been guilty of. " Though the dramatic rustic is vividly alive to any wrong, real or imaginary, inflicted on his own sister, be is often, as far as his own treatment of the fair sex is concerned, little better than a domestic ruffian. He is either contemptibly soft, accepting as a wife some village coquette, who has been declined on account of her flirt ing propensities, by some former lover, or he is brutally hard, refusing to fulfil the vows he has plighted to some unfortunate village girl, and setting the yard dog at her if she persists in pursuing him. " The occupations of the stage countryman are usually of the very vaguest character. He appears to have no thing on earth to do but to avenge his sister for some wrongs not very clearly made out, bully the landlord about fearther,' who is a most unpunctual old man.in the payment of his rent, flirt with village maidens, grow sentimental about poor old mither,' and dom' the young squire." The illustration to " Alice Brompton" is admirable. The remainder of the illustrations are all thoroughly embued with the true Cruikshankean spirit; while the literary contents of the present number are of a higher character than those of any of its predecessors COLBURIV'S UNITED SERVICE MAGAZINE The article of greatest immediate interest to the general reader in the present number is the one entitled " Martin Zurbano." It is a brief but spirited sketch of the career of that celebrated chieftain, whose heredi tary hatred to the French seems to have been the cause of his ruin. Detesting his ferocity and ;his cruelty, it is impossible not to admire his fierce fidelity to the cause of his benefactor Espartero. His were the virtues and the vices of a semi-savage, and no one who reads the story of his life but must lament his fate. Savage as he was, he was worth a host of such mere self-seekers as Narvaez. Spain has produced many a worse man than Martin Zurbano. The article on the War of Succession in Portugal is also a very interesting article. The other contents of the magazine, although of a more professional character, are well worthy of perusal. THE RAILWAY REGISTER and RECORD of ENGINEERING and PUBLIC ENTER PRISE, for April. We refer our readers interested in railway compa nies to some useful and just remarks on the decisions of the Railway Department of the Board of Trade, in reference to rejected lines. This is a fruitful subject for inquiry, as the rejection injures not only the sub• scribers, but the populous districts through which they were intended to pass. This number contains several well executed railway maps. TROTTING MATCH AT LEWISHAM. -- Yesterday morning a trotting race of two miles in harness came off over that distance of road near Lewisham. The match was between Mr. Gray's mare a n d Mr. Tomlinson 's galloway, and the race was for 10!. a side. The start having been effected, they went away at good speed, and at the termination of half a mile the galloway h ad the lead of twenty yards, which he maintained, and concluded the first mile in three minutes and twenty-five seconds, and was proceeding to the second mile when it broke out to a gallop, and was immediately pulled and turned. By this time the mare came up and passed her opponent, but was quickly overtaken by the gal loway, and when within half a mile of the goal they were neck and neck, and continued together till within three hun dred yards of home, when the galloway again broke, which permitted the mare to go in the w i nner . Th e ti m e occupied in accomplishing the two miles was six minutes and fifty four seconds. Betting was even. FEARFUL INJURIES UT A COW.— Yesterday forenoon, co about wk e e h p a e l r t . - p a a n s d t t e d n a i o r m l o a c k n a of c oNwobelongingi t t e o L D i l o r n . 11 .8t o r y ee t Pentonville, calved at the back of the above premises. Mrs. Iloyte, who had prepared some gruel for the animal, pro ceeded to the cowhouse for the purpose of administering it, when the cow, in an infuriated manner, rushed upon her and tossed her with its horns several times in the air, end then trampled upon her. Tier screams attracting the at tention of her husband, Mr. Hoyte repaired to her assist ance, when the animal made a similar attack upon hibins. tossed him twice, and gored him very severely, and whilst on the ground violently trampled upon, and injured him also in a dreadful manner. A labourer, who happened to be in the yard at the time, perceiving the danger to which himself and Mr. and Mrs. lioyte were exposed , too k up his pitchfork and endeavoured to keep off the animal, but it rushed at him, and would have served him in a s i milar way, but he struck the prongs of the pitchfork at its eyes and ears, which induced the animal to retreat until it got into the a corner, and then, fixing the prongs of the f ork the animal's neck, he kept it in that position until assist ance arrived, and it was secured by ropes, and prevented doing further mischief. Mr. and Mrs. lloyte were 019 re moved to their residence in a state of pe rfect insensibility. Each of them had several ribs broken, and they were other wise so considerably injured as to render their condition ex ceedingly dangerous. 'the injuries were principally caused by the trampling of the animal. FALL IN THE PRICE OF BREAD. —Yesterday, the bakers in the borough of Southwark and neighbourhood lowered the price of the 41b. loaf to 4d. and 4d., and in some places as low as 3d. At two shops in Blackrna street the poor assembled in great numbers, and literally besieged the shops, to purchase bread at the reducPel pric eir , an d the bakers were compelled , in s e l f-defence, to closetitibe shops as early as five o'clock, could being unable to satisf demand, and to give notice that no more Drea he supplied till the morning. • GOLDSMITH'S GEOGRAPHY, BY HUGH MURRAY. Just published, New Edition, 18mo. 3s. 6d. bound, GOLDSMITH'S GRAMMAR of GEOGRA PHY. New Edition, revised throughout and corrected by HUGH MURRAY, Author of the " Encyclopaedia of Geography," with New Views, Maps, &c.—KEY, 9d. INTRODUCTION to the above, by DOWLING, 9d. QUESTIONS on the MAPS, 9d.—KEY, 9d. London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans.