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i 9.) aced tirorer ile; the is busitioe s the rates, e demso, these week cl with in . rates were nd brown 3ed Sug lr Atty. a h n osi and 12 , nparab f :, s 6d to arket for to 51$ 6d , 51 463 6( . 1 sYruPY scriptioas pureho es lad e be e ° a lly Java [net with to accep t ra s there Dlders an, g anY 2t decla . reu , h igh has h holders consider , still our , w ship" little at -3s s f a t O s t o 32s less r e. blic sale 39 ca sk° sold at ) 70s D u, 555, t in. i y a t 5 0 ' w ith Is t 1 0 — Aa Benga l 33 11 d, t itl at* LETTERS of CREDIT on INDIA.—The UNION BANK of LONDON, as Agents for the Oriental 7,!:t , are !tuthorised to ISSUE LETTERS of CREDIT for any u'V e s paid to them, to be re-paid in rupees at the current rate of In a :. on th e d ay o f presentat i on at the offices of the Oriental In: in Bombay, Calcutta, and Colombo. Similar Letters of Credit e t :„ r o btained at any of the branches of the National Bank of and of the Provincial Bank of Ireland. By Order of the Directors, • W. W. SCRIMGEOUR, Manager. Thk x in London, No. 2, Princes-street, Mansion nom ItkII.WAY' LITIGATION. at iq a meeting of persons, held the 17th day of December, Rated ~ 1\ °- 2 5, Throgmorton-street, London, to consider the objects O f o n " 1 an advertisement recently published, and which was read ows " " LITIGATION. Of a Preliminary meethig RAILWAY of persons interested, held the 2d day „ k oMber 1845 It w ' Is resolved,—That proceedings at law having been threatened railway matters, It is very desirable that, with a view to elie r i 4 '" L ahle arrangement of just demands, and the resistance of !Waft, rwtsly made under the imression that the dread of lot charges will induce complian p ce, as also to ascertain the Aar_ uabilities of committee-men, shareholders, and applicants for kti w 7 l and further to elicit the actual circumstances of various re s Y r.(b i!cts (matters far too weighty and important for indivi- Ponsiltility), a confidential meeting be speedily convened of who are interested in these objects." 1,11 WILLIAM COLLINS, Esq., in the Chair. twit!,• na wles of numerous persons desirous of co-operating having It w ' r tell in— went : f s ., uni mously resolved,—That with a view to the accomplish- Tho purposes, a Society be now formed, to be called That ti l i nV aT Mutual Protection Society.the " Sa c t e , e cotes and regulations for the support and government of ti l4 4 it .3" now mad, be approved and adopted. ordered that the same be printed for distribution, and b llC , t o esst y.Amory,Sewell,and Moores, of Throgmortan - street, the tApii 's of the Society, abe tithorised to furnish copies thereof to Th at , and t.f s ti eyt ., Persons proposing to become members of the Society, are re t'llor;,"`;:o Send their names and addresses to the solicitors. e motion of Sir WILLIAM LOWTHORP, it was unanimously resolved— aniel 'Whittle Harvey, Esq., be appointed President of the Y, on,in nth the thanks, of the country are due to him for hay 11Thet ti;uted is important undertating. e thank s of this meeting be given to William Collins , DR, esi v idr his attendance, and for the able manner in which he has MARCUS TRAVERS. Secretary pre tens.. .• I AI L WAY - MUTUAL Yli.o.l:.6t)ii.U.N soci SO lETY. 4,-erq`l r is a voluntary association of persons interested in the Judicious administration of railways ; and especially for l lin e ; l 4 the present state of the law as affecting the ri , ,.;hts and tOtii i ° ,, f those connected with railways and railway projects. undefined state of the law touching the various rela ekt.'deh persons connected with railways find themselves 1 4 - set, eat inducements are offered to the resistance of just de stNltt to the enforcement of groundless claims ; in either case l!ticelw'Y serious expeeses, amounting in the one to the denial t o 4 06q 1 1(1 in the other to litiction of positive w . rong. 14 e , tee a ,cats that individualshaying to enforce their r!ghts against, tit s e t. .; Miwarrantatile claims by bodies corporate in their sha istellNit4,l haying In their hands large funds, will do so at a serious tt 4t l ASe e ga, without an arrangement for cmoperation atd mutual 114 11 1 ,',, and the aid of a subscribed fund. It is therefore agreed N l , `4 11, 4 ' shall be provided by subscription, and that the following ICY, r egulations shall be binding upon the members of the 4 11' it C keto Council, of seven persons, including the President, to be I . l tty, ,- ouncil, shall be appointed to conduct the business of the et t o (: ` , tin a j i r esident shall he appointed, whose sanction, with two of be necessary to all decisions touching the institution t„ i 'et n ,". Proceedings at law or in equity. ty I,—,!,Council shall consider the case of any member of the '44: 41 (1 1 ;;; c h , may be brought before them, and shall advise whether 4 1 , 'Wig % f at Proceedings shall be taken, either at law, in equity, or t (4. the protection or assertion of hr rights of such mein be „„, t such proceedings as may be suggested by the Council ttl eztt, i' or ollaztted to the solicitors of the Society. tlizi i ebab e. ,, t he guidance of the C uncil, and for the satisfaction of k y d . 4 , 11 'a of the Society, the opinions of several counsel at the ~'Proi „ , common law bars shall be taken upon the various and bi t ki i;:lnt questions which may affect the rights and liabilities 1n :Bib erihers and aliottees of shares, as well as the Directors, to - and Provisional Committeemen, of railways and railway It ,111 411 , - .alltes of persons seeking to become members of the So of Sin - flitted to the Council, who shall have the absolute an a draission. It 0t „(annual subscription of Two Guineas shall be paid by each ' 5 p er :lle Society, on or before the let of January in each year, filet --on shall be deemed a member until such subscription Litt 'ne),ra tt d kv who shall not renew their subscriptions on or before &ietJanuary, 1847, and so on from time to time, on or " 4 ceeeding Ist of January, shall cease to be members of 4, -4 ,Ql a 4 Y ., i lebscribewho may desire to confide his own case to the !dodo; may do so in strict confidence, and if his case ih l 4ll tile Society, deem to be within the scope of the Society, L' e lioli o l a .ve the option of requiring his interests to be considered pl jet '"° ll 3 of the Company upon the payment to the thuds of ge - er„ i 3 B tl such further sum of money as may appear to the Coun- LlN ) ,;' 4 ,le and reasonable, or of placing the business in other k 111 alt his own responsibility. , Isu hseribers shall be entitled to the benefit of the opinions „TlZtlie r „ r ,, ° Pwed to be taken for the guidance of the Council, and 1 5t t 13,','vice of the counsel and of the solicitors. I ~0144,e1 Whittle Harvey, Esq., be appointed the President of k r,,k , P, Davis— Esq., be appointed the Treasurer, and Messrs. ke t ,„et th. well, and Moores, the solicitors of the Society. ilii,‘ tl s l ' c , ouncil shall have power to make rules for the manage business ef the Society, provided they are not repugnant Nh,„ '„' ll tilv,,„ ri tios And that no subscriber shall be liable for any '44,:e r , - ". and expenses whatever beyond his subscription, and .. Izi_ l,...._l ' l Penses as shall have been provided for by his engage -I):'ne Council. Ht MIDLAND RAILWAY. ,13„, ,, w 1 IDLAND RAILWAY COMPANY tki •)r N - r .;_ared to receive LOANS on SECURITY of their Deben 'oool""os of Three, Five, or Seven Years, in sums of not less "". ' each, at interest after the rate of el. per cent. per 41 ,444 b 4 . 'atic wts to b e ma d e t o th e S ecre t ar y, a t the Company's Office, ~„. Is 4545 . By order, J. F. BELL, Secretary. It AT WESTERN RAILWAY. 10, 1 t„ its i is h er CHRISTMAS. t ' p r e e b 3' given, that the usual Return Tickets, at a Reduc '(l of th Fares, will be allowed to passengers travel- Arabreckon e reckoning Christmas-day as a Sunday. All the i r I w ill, however, run on that day. By order of the Directors, C. A. SAUNDERS, Secrete' t - fr„S and CARLISLE RAILWAY. 41 11 , - a t, hereby given, that an amalgamation, on terms G l i,SGo t iZtageous, having been effected with the YORKSHIRE UNION RAILWAY COMPANY, by which an 4 tlr ` , l* - "Araentary opposition is obviated, the Shareholders in ? I N:grip 4 „ s " Carlisle Railway Company are requested to forward f kt t ,"ber 17,, the °niece of this Company on or before the 31st o 'ttit _"‘ s , in order to have, it stamped, agreeably to the ar the Directors. in,tered into by committee of m anagement, 4 44,, 3 order of the CHARLES LOCOCK WE1313, Becretiuy. ' 4l -reems, Basinghall•street, London. 4 iNi - - - t AT - - - MANCHESTER, RUGBY, AND SOUTHAMPTON RAILWAY, at W ITH DIRECT LINE FROM DERBY TO RUGBY. , , i n u _ I, Royal Exchange-buldings, London , Dec. 19, 1245. 1 1041`.0 ERAL MEETING of the SHAREHOLDERS in this IA ~ 1 "N r 4 g, held at the offices of the Company, on VI ednesday, the kt t t tls4 l ' e ctuber instant, it was unanimously resolved—" That an 14,4 t o w e nt be inserted in the daily papers, to the effect that all tlll k W ,, h 40 01 Shares in the Great Manchester, Rugby, and South ,lk4ct-17,, Way have been allotted upon . their application, and who Ik'ro 8 11 ;1( . 1 their deposits or any portion thereof, that if the sum k,l'lst before Per Share upon the number allotted to them, be not 4 4 14.,ire SATURDAY, the 3d (lay ottJanuary next .their names t t ,:titc". 'hall be published as defaulters in th nundertaking, as o,,,eionlew of operating as a warning to future companies, as i Nle bt "'„„ .. _ng to obtain justice for this Company ;" the said resolu- N 4 ,2s D ;v o ,. ItiPanied by an intimation that on payment of Two NI ,'t or t, ,,' Share, either at the offices of the Company, or on the ititileut ref "e bankers' receipt for the same, the letters of application t li tt b 4r ned to the allottees, and they shall be released irons all Ility. ' 1 \ ,.... 1 . 1 : order of the Committee of Management, A c. , HORATIO CARTER, Assistant Secretary. i 1 "ERN COUNTIES RAILWAY COMPANY. ~..,, t hat CAMBRIDGE to YORK, and from TOTTEN 'Vico 1. , HAM to FaRRINGDON-STREET. 4.1 1 , 41 01 '; nereby given, that in accordance with the resolutions k 4. '4l s ' 3 ' I bur Passed at a special general meeting of the Company, 4 it tai, . Oct. 30, 1845, every person whose name shall ' Registered Shan holder of the Company on the 4th of tl l O i n next, will receive a Letter of Allotment for York Extension I tt m tlitt ro t Pe proportion of three such Extension Shares for every O h tto tk ° of 41. 16s. of which he is the proprietor, in the colleen itk t ~4cht ota." the Company. N " r s of Scrip Certificates for the New Shares of 141. 16s. o, N titr l li vititled to Extension Shares in the same proportion, ' 4 '4 l , est , 'LW; must be sent to the offices of the Company for en „,e,,, holder later than the 31st instant, accompanied by a letter '5 : the Secretary of the subjoined form Ilt S ecretary of the Eastern Counties Railway Company. o r'''ll December, 1845. ik. N : s e'Prip I forward to you Scrip Certificates for in „V, Of 0 141. 16s. each in the EasternCountiesßailway, N i , t , Which I desire to obtain a Letter of Allotment for lay N. rr oPortion of Shares of 201. each in the York Extension Name in full •••••••••• • • • • • • •• Usual Signature.. •• • • •• . ••• • • • : 4 h 4 tfr, Description • • .. . • •• Place of Abode •• .• •• ••• • • • 14 1., 11 4 ;Di t i, 4t ° • 1 - It. raust, In eviery case, be filled up in the handwriting of 11'44.4t'aildiDt°1. the Scrip Certificates will be immediately acknow -4 4 t4 L th ey will be subsequently returned endorsed, together of Allotment for th e number of Extension Shares to 4 Pplicaut is entitled GEORGE IIUDSON, Chairman. By order, ARCHIBALD BITLIZELEY, Secretary. Shoreditch, Dec. 17, 1845. AMIN. A E and LINCOLN RAILWAY. tOtiritTile Provisional Committee beg to acquaint their Share tlitiev,at the arrangements for extending the line of the Eastern .41° 41 Pany from Cambridge to York, with Branches to Spal itjlit`e Stamford, and ileaford, have been completed. Jl4 ooki,'""t l of the proposed extension has been so adjusted, that t ith ,, of each Original and each Extension Share in the Cam p 14),i , Lincoln Company will be entitled to one Share of 201. in s 0 f the Eastern Counties York Extension. ,titiPl,e4lsholder will be required to forward to the Secretary of qo w 'ell4 or, not later than SATuaDAY, the 3d ofJanuary next, an 4in the subjoined form, and to inclose therewith the Scrip kkn" roe 3 ; ittal •ep r i °•l4 of all Shares sent for registry and exchange will be il t k ,q l ll,,Tgeel by return of post ; and net later than seven days after , hl: . er•fr 4o .,,tter of Allotment for the same number of Eastern Conn -1.1,74te,Vn Shares will be forwarded to the Scriphelder. k 4 :011 1 ° kers and Agents will understand that Cambridge and ,ll terh e cannot be exchanged for Letters of Allotment in the unties York Extension, unless the Form of Application P and signed by the parties for whom they transmit them HENRY BAR.NETT, Chairman. By order, C. P. RONEY, Secretary. - ' a t Winchester-street, Dec. 18, 1845. the Provisional Committee of the Cambridge and Lincoln Railway. P,P2ani„,„ livem — "en,—llerewith I forward to you Scrip for 1., 5 1, 4 2n1 Extension Shares in the above Company ; 11 - ZetT ior `" Which I request you to obtain for me a Letter of Al t in Eastern Counties York Extension Shares, h n ,..e prrtion of one Share in that Company for each Share "." hi t he Cambridge and Lincoln Railway. Name in full • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Usual Signature• • • Description ...... • • IN or,. Place of Abode .. .-141 f-- -4 1 0ust, in every ease, be filled up in the handwriting of the -, 184 es,N b ES'S DEMULCENT COUGH LO m._-th — ',: S T,GEIS, the best remedy ever discovered. Persons afflicted Oalia.,.:"g; asthma, difficulty of breathing, consumption, er other 17 Q ..,7 or derangement of the respiratory organs, will experience :, () AE na , t .e relief, and derive permanent benefit, by the use of DEMULCEIT COUGH LOZEIiGES, which are so effica • 41 1,t ' ',tit they will out short the most vislent paroxysm of sough ;t44nci ft. 6 so agreeable to the palate that they may be eaten : Itatt e "l.the proprietor, Peter Jones, operative chemist, 11 , Norton • . Is hopsgate-street, London, in boxes Is. 1%c1., aad in tins at qtle e ach. duty included ; and by meet chemists and patent hi town and coantry. ALVt THE PA'ritt)llAGE MAN Y 1 , 401311.1, T. LEN'S COMPOUND ANTIBILIOUS •leitth:LlZS, prepared by Thomas Allen, late of Mile-end-road, Wth, — or the Royal College of Surgeons, London, and Licentiate tel t b r :lPotheea r i e .. Company, and a pup i l of t h e l a t e eccentr i c an d tips":,`ed John Ab ernet h y, Esq ,F.R.S. ; twenty-two years a prin trial .intliteon to St. B a rtholomew's Hospital. During a practical r eth w enty years, these Pills have been found an invaluable t o.eri tn zi comes of indigestion, liver, and bilious complaints. For Iteti.".litents of the di ges ti ve organs an d ob s tructions, a sluggish lo wi s . n g of the live r an d b owels, which occasions more or l ess th e fol sYrnptoms, viz., heartburn, giddiness, acidity, headache, s. B Pasins, and flatulent distentions of the stomach and ti cfr . . drowsiness and dimness of sight, an uncomfortable eensa featlPtrienced at the pit of the stomach soon after eating, with a etiti:Vt_, a weight of oppression, appetite impaired, breathing dint `4,"erlless about the region of the liver, bowels irregular, some - ° wltins.tely costive with languor and epression of spirits. _geld boxes at Is. 13id., 2s. 9d., and 4s. 6d. 842 Mr. Jar. Allen, jun., Chemist, 24, Grafton-street, Fitaroy-Kaare, t ikit to --"j a. ab alid d e Sons , Edwards , ar d ds tle Die ui tri e e pai hsea m . edi an sin d e Ha yinder unay s , threi gange h r . , , •• London ; pr gineoVla, 4.1 t frk Unts44) MS its Dricigt- . . . scOi V ....••• 7 , . . _ . _. • . ~ , :e....- • - ' . . . , 1 $..?, 1 A A ~4, 4 1 / 44 0 . -- - -l t ,', • _-_„. -,:„... . . ... . -4, : • r' ,N , ~. .. .. . . . ' . ,(' '.* rr4 tm- - -.--,,, i • 14, ‘ -4 _ _ ,00/1 • art • r. -....,, ,..i \'''''',....: ,It li,t. 4 ift ,,.... ~ 4 , ,:r °,.. \ ...i ..,24110-,•..1:11 r t_ , iv,_ -, ._ kiw . 4 . ,y ; ,;,,, , ',.::; .. ._ , Ll."-IF .‘-di • k it , , ..). , , , ,„. ' 45 02.4, -. "' s• ----,.; i-* ,s,„ ...-40,0,140161:1_' ~6e ii,..Talliikii've 1) k, ) , 11',,, ''-- ,d 1 4 .*( 4 2„f ! .:„,, 4' „ troy' .^. -, Qty . x ,) IN S -.. 1 great and evident decay. Its numbers have shrunk, itt zeal has flagged, its money has run short. It is found impossible either to recruit the rank and file with ordinary partisans, or to fill up the commissions of the odious service. In vain do a few would-be leaders persevere, or rather affect to persevere, in their gro tesque endeavours to " get up the steam." They cannot find either hearers or speakers, or readers or writers. They can neither raise funds, nor discover what to do with the money when they have it. They tax the brains of men who can not argue, and the pens of men who cannot write; and when they have flung the waste paper broadcast over the land, the committee reports that no snore tracts are wanted, because those already distributed have not yet been read, Could , we suppose the assemblage of a corn-law monster meeting, . there would be nobody competent to address them. Could we suppose a corn-law agitator of common sense or elo quence, he would have to " waste his sweetness on the desert ' air," for there would be none to listen. A corn-law meet ' ing, a corn-law speech, a corn-law pamphlet, a corn law argument, a corn-law fact, a corn-law sentiment, a corn-law Duke, a corn-law Member of Parliament, are things which the public is prepared to find the very worst of their kind, and is never by any chance disappointed. The only mitigation of the failure is that there is not even that mediocrity which escapes the ridiculous. The agricul tural movement has not stopped at common-place—happily for the patience of the public, it has dwindled to a joke. If there are any protectionists who think that public opinion is still susceptible of a reaction in their favour, or that there is the least vitality in their cause, we beg to call their attention to a remarkable fact, which we challenge them to deny if they can. Has a single clergyman of any name come for ward, within these two years at least, in support of the corn laws? There are fifteen thousand clergymen in England, a large proportion of whom are enthusiastic, able. tolerably well informed, a little disposed to be forward, confident, and, in fact, with every quality for agitation. An unusual propor tion also are writers—writers on many other subjects besides theology. Moreover, according to the more prevalent opinion of anti-corn -law authorities, though, we are bound to add, contrary to our own, the clergy are specially interested in maintaining the corn-laws. The Tithe Commutation Act leaves their income ex actly dependent on the price of corn, and throws out of count all other kinds of agricultural and titheable produce, such as hay, straw, meat of all kinds, milk, butter, cheese, eggs, poultry, underwood, &c. Now, it is the general expec tation that a free trade in food will permanently lower the price of corn, but raise the price of all those other articles, as partaking of the character of luxuries, and being, there fore, likely to come into increased demand on the more gene ral employment and prosperity of the people. On this view the income of the titheowner will fall on the repeal of the corn laws, and his expenses rise: so that he will be impoverished in the midst of agricultural prosperity. This view, problematical as we think it, is a very common one. The clerical tithe owners have, notwithstanding, kept entirely aloof fronithe pro-corn-law movement—we should have said to a man were it not possible that here and there some good easy soul had been trepanned by his squire into an agricul tural dinner, and perhaps into a minute and a half of protec tionist talk. That the fact, however, is as we state it, we may appeal to a very unexcepti-nable authority. There are, unfortunately, among the chief agitators against the corn laws one or two who would only be too happy to spy out a stray parson in the ranks of the enemy. Have they done so ? Can they mention one clerical pamphleteer, one speech maker, one agitator ? They cannot. Now this is a signifi cant circumstance, and worthy the attention of those who a few years back had great hopes of uniting the titheowner and the landowner into one " Church and horned cattle interest." Protection cannot boast either clerical sympathies, or clerical intellect. We are not disposed to overrate the sa gacity and information of clergymen, but we must say that it augurs ill of a cause that it cannot allege the support of one clerical writer out of fifteen thousand educated and, as it is commonly thought, interested men.— Times. - • NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, •DEC. 19.—Her Majest3-'s steamer Lizard is to be ready for sea and paid wages to-mozrJw, and if the weather will admit, to proceed direct to the River Plate with dispatches and some officers appointed to the squadron at the Brazils. The Cornet steamer returned last night from Sheerness. Her Majesty's ship Endymion, at Devonport, has bad her compasses adjusted by Commander Strange, and is lying in the Sound ready for sea; she is intended for the West Indies, and will carry out dispatches for her Majesty's ship Pique to proceed up the Mediterranean. The weather has been so boisterous that the Alarm frigate was compelled to put back to St. Helen's, and only got awaj , yesterday; from the present appearances, she will very pro bably have to return. The Rodney and the Superb have struck top-gallant masts. The shipwright and other apprentices in the dockyard, amounting to upwards of 200, from the several trades in the Arsenal, have concluded their half-yearly examinatiou. The subjects brought before them are questions in arithmetic, a little algebra to such as are in the senior school, geography, and divinity, The selection of them reflects great credit on Mr. Bennett, who conducts the education, and he has adapted them to the capacity, and in numerous instances to the trade of the pupil. The following are a few of those which were given to the upper class to answer:— " If von were directed to cut a piece equal to a solid foot from a2i inch plank, 8 inches wide, what length would you cut off? " If you were directed to cut a piece equal to a square foot from a board 7A inches wide, what length would you cut off ? " ller Majesty's steam-ship Scourge is armed with a mortar. New the weight of the bomb-shell is 217 : 1- lbs., and its diameter is 13 inches. Required its thickness. Note Dr. Hutton says that a 4-inch solid iron ball weighs 9 lbs. "The 'Testing-house in this yard contains a beautiful ap plication of Bratnah's press, for the purpose of ascertaining the strength of chain cables, anchors, &c. The diameter of the pump piston is in., and the diameter of the cylinder is 10i in. Moreover the piston of the cylinder is of solid iron, one part of which exactly fits the cylinder ; and the other part is 5a in. diameter, and protrudes through a water-tight collar at the end of the cylinder, so that the water acts on a shoulder, or on a surface the area of which is the difference between two circles, having diameters respectively of 10/ 1 and 5,1 in. Now, admitting the pressure on the pump piston to be 1,0001b5., what is the power of the machine? "On the 14th September;lB2s, her Majest'sy ship Princess Charlotte was launched at this dockyard; on which occasion a fearful accident occurred by the giving way of the gates of one of the decks. Now, supposing that the gates were 57 feet wide, and that the water was 25 feet high, how many tons pressure were against them ? " Our mixed metal sheathing nails used for securing the copper on her Majesty's ships are composed of copper, tin, and zinc, in the proportion of 281 b. of copper, 31b. of tin, and Ilb. of zinc ; now the specific gravity of copper is 7.788, of tin 7.291, and of zinc 7.191 ; what is the specific gravity of the nails? " In the building and equipment of a ship, what stores come from abroad, and from whence do they come ?" The whole are interesting, and in some cases very amusing to the younger lads, at the same time combining instruction.. The questions in divinity are simple and practical, and which every boy who reads bis Bible can readily explain ; they are arranged by the chaplain of the Dock -yard. Simmuenss, DEC. 18.—The Bittern, 16, Commander Thos. Hope, having completed her fittings in a most hurried man ner, was discharged from the basin yesterday, and is row having her compasses adjusted in the harbour. She will go to the Nore to-morrow to take in her powder, and undergo the usual inspection by the Commander-in-Chief, and will probably sail on that day, or on Saturday, for Spithead, from whence she takes dispatches to Ascension, as already stated. One subaltern and one private of the Portsmouth division of marines are to embark on board on her arrival at Spithead for a passage to Ascension. It is understood that theßittern will ultimately go to the East Indies. The Electra, 18, and Snake, 16, refitting for commission, will be ready by the middle of January. The Dido, 20, and Ferret, 10, will not be ready before February. The Dido must have a new keelson, many new timbers and planking. This vessel, though only built in 1836, is almost destroyed by the dry rot. The Havannah, 20, razes, continues her fittings for com mission in the basin. The figure-head of this ship when viewed obliquely from behind on a line with the bow-post, presents a most admirable and striking likeness of the late Premier, Sir Robert Peel. The Horatio, 44, intended for oneof the block-ships at this port, is in dock, having her copper stripped off; her hottsing and ordinary fitting have been removed. - The Fury steamer, building, is complete, with the excep tion of her paddle-cases, which are being proceeded with; the artificers are still at work on her from 6, A.M., to 8, P.M. The Cockatrice and Magpie schooners are refitting at Chatham—the former as a victualling vessel for the coast of Ireland, the latter as a water-tank for the general service of the port. Commander the Hon. Walter Bouchier Devereux, who re cently paid off the Snake here, from the Mediterranean, has been promoted to the rank of post-captain. The committee appointed by the Admiralty to inspect the various metals at the Government establishments, composed of Captain 11. R. Brandretb, director of architectural and en gineering works ; Mr. Lloyd, chief engineer and inspector, of machinery at Woolwich; and Mr. Owen, superintendent of the metal-mills at Portsmouth, paid an official visit to Chat ham Dockyard, on the 10th instant, and to this dockyard on the following day; and, attended by Captain Mould, RE., director of work., the master smith, the conductor of the lead-mills at Chatham, and the leading man of millwrights, made a long inspection of the several metals at these yards. The penant was hoisted on board the Sampson steam frigate, on Wednesday, by First-Lieutenant Henry S. Hawker, Captain Henderson not having yet arrived. In Harbour—Trafalgar, 120, flag-ship ; Ocean, 80, ordi nary guardship ; Bittern, 16 ; Raven,3 ; and Wildfire steamer. 11Ake EARLY CLOSlNG.—Yesterday (Friday) evening a meeting, which was numerously attended, was held in the new School-room, Union-street, Borough, to assist in the movement now going on with the view of 'shortening the hours of labour in all trades. On the platformwe noticed the Rev. Mr. Curling, the• Rev. J. Adey, R. D. Grainger, Esq., lecturer at St. Thomas's Hospital ; Mr. Mayler, of the firm of Poole and May-ler; and Mr. Brooks, of High-street, Borough, drapers. The Rev. Mr. Curling, the chairman, commenced the business of the meeting in a speech showing the great mental, physical, moral, and religious injuries which were inflicted by the late hour system, and demonstrating that it was not sought to favour the interests of one class at the expense of those of another. R. D. Grainger, Esq., de: tailed the physical evils consequent upon employment being continued for a great number of consecutive hours. He then proved, by official documents prepared on the health of towns, that in thirty years the wealth of the country had increased in the enormons proportion's f 136 per cent., while human life had undergone a similar alteration, but in an in• verse ratio. The value of life, in some of our large manu facturing towns, had decreased from fifty to fifteen years. He concluded by calling upon the meeting to pledgesthem selves, individually and collectively, to use all means in.its power to carry out the object for which they had met; add which, having been seconded by Mr. Brooks, was carried unanimously. Several other resolutions were passed, and the meeting separated. CURIOUS CAPTURE.—On Sunday afternoon, as save IP ral youths were amuslng themselues at golf at the top of the North Inch, their attention became attracted to evidently a living object, every now and then rising to the surface Of the, water, and again disappearing. Flom the struggles of the animal; they were persuaded it was attached to some thing, and believing it to be a salmon at sonic poacher's line, they took measures to get it ashore. Accordingly, they un whipped the cords from their clubs, and having fastened the strings together, they tied a stone to the end by way of a creeper, and after a good deal of perseverance and troub'e got the line to land. Their surprise may be imagined when, instead of a salmon, they found a wild duck affixed to one of the hooks, and five fine whiting.—Perthshire Courier. Cows MILKED BY PIGS.— Mr. Harrison, farmer, of St. Helen's, near Barnsley, has, for some time past, had his cows milked, but in so mysterious a way he never could dis cover the person that committed the mischievous act. On Tuesday last, however, on going into the farm fold, he dia. covered two of his pigs, which are about sixteen weeks old, 'standing upon their hind legs sucking the bag of one of the cows, which seemed to stand as comfortably as if on - domestics had beenperforraing th• operation in —Doncaster amuck. ----) rr:i 7 47.?:..i 44 ,'P'------i.-.1i7.., ~:T,-4..- < R.;,_---._,1•'::,;(.7.1,11 V pu, ..-., 1: 4 :4 j . 4 ‘1 , • * 'i'l ''''';''''''' l• ,ii:l ,-0.. %,''•::!! • 4 , '',7 .._ . ~' ~~~Gr~ \ ~~ DECEMBER 0 tRA 1" LONI )0N SAT U RDAY , G s , 9 No. 16,645. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION, A Lecture on the PREVALENT DISEASE in POTATOES, and the Means of extracting the Starch as an Article of Food, will be delivered by Dr. Ryan, daily, at Half-past Three, and en the Evenings of Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fri:lays, at Nine. Professor Bachoffner's varied Lectures, with experiments, in one of which he clearly explains the principle of the ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY, a model of which is at work Daily. Mr. Dowse, the celebrated flutist, will perform, at Three o'Cleck. on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. Coleman's NEW AMERICAN LOCO MOTIVE ENGINE, Mr as,ending and descending Inclined Planes. A beautiful series of DISSOLVING VIEWS. New OPTICAL IN STRUMENTS, &a. Experiments with the DIVER and DIVING BELL, &c &c. Admission, One Shilling. Scheele, Half-price. MR. CARTER'S MAMMOTH lIORSE. The colossal Horse, GL.NERAL WASHINGTON, the pro perty of Mr. Carter, the Mot King, has been visited by many thou sand persons, including the Lobility and gentry, and numerous ladies, who have declared thst he is the most extraordinary horse in the world. The principal journals have spoken in the highest terms of this remarkable animal General Washington is the largest horse in _ the world— he is twenty hands in height, and weighs twenty-Ilve hundred pounds. lie will be exhibited by Mr. Carter for a short time, previous to his departure to America, at the Egyptian Ball, Piccadilly, from •.x., till Nine, r.m.—Admission, Is. PUBLICATIONS. BY ORDER of the LORDS COMMISSIONERS of tho ADMIRALTY. This day is published, Bvo., 55., THE NAUTICAL ALMANAC • for 1849, containing, in addition to the usual matter, an Ephemeris of tlambart's Comet, now visible, and extended Ephemerides of the Minor Planets. "THE NAUTICAL ALMANAC" for 1845, 46, and 47, may still be had. John Murray, Albemarle-street. THE QUARTERLY REVIEW, No. CLIII., • will be published on WEDNESDAY NEXT. . CONTENTS: I. LORD CAMPBELL'S LIVES of the CHANCELLORS. 11. LITERATURE of the EGYPTIAN MONASTERIES. 111. HIGHLAND SPORT. IV. ARAGO and BROUGHAM on CAVENDISH. V. LETTERS of MARY QUEEN of SCOTS. VI. HUMBOLDT'S KOSMOS. VII. TOWNSEND'S HISTORY of the HOUSE of COMMONS — PRIVILEGE. VIII. SMALL DEBTS ACT. ' IX. ECCLESIASTICAL AFFAIRS of SCOTLAND. X. IVALPOLE'S•MEMOiRS of GEORGE 111. XI. MINISTERIAL RESIGNATIONS. John Murray, Albemarle-street. ENLARGEMENT OF THE ATHENEUM. On and from January 3, THE ATHENJEUX will be PER- M ANENTLY- ENLARGED to Twenty-Four Large Quarto Pages. Price Fourpence. " EX PLANATION." MHE ATLAS NEWSPAPER o f THIS DAY .111_ contains a sequel to " The Expository Outline of the Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation," which appeared.in the Atlas of August 30; together with Original Articles upon all the Topics of the day —Reviews of New Publications--Criticisms upon the Fine Arts, Music, and Theatricals —Ranking and Monetary Affairs—and all the News of the Week. Price Eightpence. Office, 6, SoUthampton-street, Strand, Dec. 20,1845. AMERICAN STATESMEN OF THE LAST FIFTY YEARS. days,vols. Bvo., 'THE LIFE and TIMES of the HONOURABLE HENRY CLAY, Late Senator, Secretary of State, one of the Commissioners of the Treaty of Ghent, &c. With Extracts from his Speeches, Correspondence, Sec. BY CALVIN COLTON, Author of "Four Years in Great Britain," Br,e. This Work may be regarded as a faithful pictare of the political history of the Milted States since 1810. Wiley and Putnam, 6, Waterloo-place; and at all the Libraries. THE BUILDER, an Illustrated Periodical, devoted to the Arts of Construction and Decoration, No. 150, for December 20, price 3d., contains :—Action at Law to recover Architects' Commission — Chimney-piece at Netting House, Bath, with an Engraving—Cross at St. Peter's Church, Wisbeach, with an Engraving—Mr. Tite v. Mr. Roach Smith—The Public Health— Camden Town Church Competition —Railway News from Paris— Restoration of the Holy Trinity Church, Hall—Round Towers in France--Freemasons of thi Church—Merit in Mumble Life not to be Disregarded—Notes in the Provinces—Railway Jottings—Notices of Contracts, Tenders, Timber, Sales, &c. Office, 2, York-street, Covent-garden, and of all Booksellers. FRIDAY NIGHT S GAZETTE. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, DEC. 18, 1845. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Colonel the Hon. Sir E. Cust, K.C.11., to be her Majesty's Assistant Master of the Ceremonies, in the room of Thomas Seymour Hyde, Esq., deceased. W. Lee, hosier, Charing-cress—first div. of 51d. in the pound, any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Graham, Cole-. man :-street. W. Crosby, B. Vallentine, and B. White, hardwaremen, Hounsditch—third div. of lid. in the pound, any Wednes day, at the office of Mr. Graham, Coleman-street. J. Curtis, Liskeard—dst div. of 45. 4d. in the pound, any day, at the o ffi ce of Mr. Hergamax, Exeter. Zr. Pitt, grocer, Plymouth first and final div. of 2id. in the pound, any day, itthe office. of Mr. Hernaman, Exeter. J. F. Buisson, me*, ant, Brabant-court, Philpot-lane-- first div. of ls. sd. in Ole pound, Dec. 20, and three follow ing Saturdays, at the dffice of - Mr. GrOom, Abchurch-lane. J. Hodgson, scrivener, Liverpool—first div. of Is. 9d. in the pound, any Monday, at the office of Mr. Turner, Liver pool. G. and J. M. Gilchrist, merchants, Liverpool—a div. of 6i d. in the pound. any Monday, at the office of Mr. Turner, LiverpooL G. Laurie, chemist, Pleetwood-npon-Wyre, Lancashire—.a div. of 3s. 4d. in the pound, any Monday, at the office of Mr. Turner, Liverpool. Heyes, Litherland, and Co., merchants, Liverpool—third div. of 23d. in the pound (upon new proofs 6s. WO, aay Monday, at the office•of Mr. Turner, Liverpool. T. Danson, mercharroLiverpool—third div. of three thirty seconds of a penny in t the pound, any Monday, at the office of Mr. Turner, Liverpool. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. J. Plowman, ironmonger, Oxford, Jan. 9, at one—G. Chapman, cowkeeper, Pullin's-place, Islington, Jan. 9, at eleven—A. Jameson, surgeon, Yarm, Yorkshire, Jan. 9, at half-past one—F. A. de Wilde, cabinet ironmonger, Wells street," Oxford-street, Jan. 9, at twelve—R. Hutchinson, leather seller, Jewry-street, Aldgate. In the Country. E. Thomas, wine merchant, Bristol, Jan. 13, at twelve, at the Bristol District Court—G. Seaborn, baker, Berkeley, Gloucester, Jan. 13, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court —IL Malpas, victualler, Bath, Jan. 16, at eleven, at the BrisThi District CbuitL-R. Warr, auctioneer, Beaminster, Dorsetshire, Jan. 14, fit eleven, at the Exeter District Court —W. Dakin, glass manufacturer, Manchester, Jan. 14, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court—J. Marland, jun., roller maker, Todmorden, Lancashire, Jan. 14, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court—H. Whittaker, silk throwster, Macclesfield, Jan. 13, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court—J. Wood, merchant, Lee-side, Yorkshire, Jan. 15, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary, on the day herein mentioned. W. Webber, grocer, Horndean, Hampshire, Jan. 12—W. Cato, tea dealer, Hexham, Northumberland, Jan. 9.—W. Parfitt, engineer, Bristol, Jan. 15—T. B. Vaughan, farmer, Poulton-cum-Spittal Chester, Jan.: 13—J. Kirkby, dyer, Kirkbeaton, Yorkshire s Jan.l.3—W. Turner, cabinet maker, Manchester, Jan. 10—J. Fisher, spirit merchant, Lynn, Nor folk, Jan. 9—R. M‘Entire, commission agent, Paternoster row, Jan. 9—J. Home;weterinary surgeon, Woodstock-mews, Blenheim street, New Bond-street, Jan. 9—G. F. S. 'ghee.; wood, engraver to calico printers, Manchester, Jan. 9—J. M. Pratt, wine merchant, Berners-street, Oxford-street, Jan. 9—J. Middleton, bay and straw salesman, Aveley,Essex, Jan. 9—H. Kimber, wine merchant, Water-lane, City, Jan. 9 —E. Barry, victualler, Bristol, Jan. 9—R. B. Clarke, plumber and glazier, Gower-street North, St. Pancras, Jan. 9 —J. Wild, glazier, Bristol, Jan. 9—J. S. Williams, master mariner, Clement's-lane, Lombard-street. Jan. 9. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. _ _ S. Turner, IL Gilbert,'and W. Sbackell, turpentine and tar distillers, Orchard-place, Poplar (so far as regards W. Shackell—Mary Clegg and H. Clegg, grocers, Greetland, Yorkshire—L. Alexander and L. Aarons, tobacconists, Strand —J. Volckman, W. V-eickman, and C. Volckman, confec tioners, Bihopagate-sNeet Within—l. Fletcher, A. Forbes, and T. Fletcher, booksfilers, Southampton (so far as regards T. Fletcher) — J. Buckley and J. Buckley, cotton dealers, Manchester—J. H. Page and G. L. Page, printers, Queen street, Cheapiide—D. Leake and T. Hall, vessel builders, Bywater, Yorkshire—S. Greenwell, W. Cook, J. Gladstone, R. Greenwell, and T. Richardson, coal owners, Castle Eden, Durham (so far as regards R. Greenwell)—T. Cresswell, H. Forrester, and T. Peters, glove manufacturers, Orange-street, Bloomsbury-square—G. H. C. Sewell and J. Harris, grocers, Framlingham, Suffolk—G. Milles, E. Zohrab, P. Zohrab, and J. F. Pinel, gum faccula manufacturers, Tottenham—J. R. Barrett and C. Condell, attorneys, Copthall-court, Throg morton-street—L. Bishop and E. Wright, coal dealers, Kingston-upon-Hull—B. Crompton and J. Screeton, book binders, Kingston-upontHull—C. N. Farebrother and W. W. Hewitt, surveying insisiument makers, Church-street, Lam beth—W. H. Nelson Ad H. N. Gill, goldbeaters, Dover road, Newington—J. Taylor, W. Clifford , - and H. S. Bright, corn factors, Kingston-upon-Hull (sq far as regards W. Clifford). SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. John Bain, merchant, Glasgow, Dec. 25 and Jan. 15, at one, at the King's Arms Inn, Glasgow. Archibald Donaldson, tailor, Peebles, Dec. 25 and Jan. 16, at twelve, at the chambers of W. Blackwood, Peebles. David Leannonth, William Learmonth, and James Lear month, farmers, Roughmute, Dec. 26 and Jan. 19, at twelve, at the chambers of Messrs. Russell and Aitken, Falkirk. John Stevenson, William Stevenson,James Stevenson, jun., and H. Stevenson, power-loom manufacturers, Knows, Ren frewshire, Dec. 26 and Jan. 16, at one, at the house of J. Kennedy Beith. PRICE SD. whose prospects of: Parliamentary success are not the • brightest; and it raust be remembered, too, that the present unsettled aspect of the political world has lessened the • likelihood of remuneration from several of the new rail way plans, at least for a time. The decision of the San quhar and Muirkirk Junction directors contrasts most fevourahly Kith the dead lock system of some of the En glish companies which have recently been figuring before the Lord Mayor at the Mansion-house, and the officials connected with which seem neither prepared to go to Parliament nor to return any of the deposit money which they have received from the allottees.—Glasgow Herald. LUBECK AND SCHWERIN.—HAMDURG, DEC. s.—The news arrived by express to-day that the States of Meek , lenburg had refused to grant the law of appropriation for the projected railway between Lubeck and Schwerin. In consequence, the scrip of the Hagenow, Schwerin, and Rostock, which might have been bought at 87 yesterday, rose immediately to 91, but fell again at the close of the Exchange to 89. In my opininn the accomplishment of the line between Lubeck and Schwerin would operate u - ore in favour than to the disadvantage of the other Mecklenburg line, as the joint use of a town like Lu beck, and all the localities between that town and this, would have contributed a great deal to the traffic of the whole net, without injuring Rostock and Wismar. The refusal is a severe blow to Lubeck, and it falls heavily on one part of Mecklenburg. CASSEL AND HANOVER.—It is now certain that the negotiations with Hanover, on the subject of this line, have been brought to a favourable termination. The Commisioner from Cassel, Herr Schwedes (upper min ing director), is expected to return in a few days, and there is some ground for believing that the presence of his Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Co-Regent in Hanover has done much towards softening down the difficulties. These negotiations were more en the sub. jPct tif the Minden and Hanover line ; but it is believed that, in the many leisure hours of the two commis sioners, the Hanover and Cassel line was brought on the tapis, and the question of its terminus at Cassel dis cussed. That would be of great importance to Frede rick William's northern line, as no decision on the three tion of the line in the circle of Cassel can be arrived at previously. The works on the whole of the rest of the line, from the Prussian boundary at the Diemel to the Saxon and Thuringian line, will be allotted on the sth of January, in the coming year, to the several con tractors, so that the works on the whole of the line will be, at one and the same time, in operation in the year 1846. The works for the tunnels will be continued dur ing the winter. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. !LIVERPOOL, Dirc. 19. _ STocicExcrwrox.—Ths sales are—Birkenhead and Holy head Junction, 3% p.—Boston, Newark, and Sheffield, ss. p. —Caledonian, 2 p.—Chester and Birkenhead, New Shares, 274 Ditto, New 201. Shares, ss. p.—Clitheroe Junction, par—Derby and Crewe, 1 7ip.—Glasgow, Perth, and Greenock, Half Shares, 9 1 4—Grand Junction, 236—Ditte. Quarter Shares, 33 p.—Ditto, New Quarter Shares, 32% p.— Great Grimsby and Sheffield, Quarter Shares,' ss. p.—GreatWestern, Quarter Shares, 133 p.—Huddersfield and Sheffield, 8:p. —Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 1 1 4 p.—London and Birmingham, Fifth Shares, 20 p.—Matlock and Midland, 1 1 ,4 p.—Midland, 140—Preston and Wyre, 30% —Sheffield and Manchester, Quarter Shares, N o . 2, 4 p.—Ditto, Quarter Shares, No. 3 (scrip), 3 p.—Shrewsb u ry, Wolverhampton, and South Stafford, 74 p.—South-Eastern and Dover, Con solidateu Thirds, Half Shares, 7s. Id. p.—West Riding Union, 1% p. MANCHESTER, DEC. 19. STOCK EXCEANGE.—The sales are—Blackburn, Derwen, and Bolton, New, 234—East Lancashire, No. 1, 16—Fleet wood, Preston, and West Riding, 22s.—Lancashire and North Yorkshire, 435.—Manchester and Leeds, Fifths, 1114—Man chester and Southampton 2—North Staffordshire, 945. 6d.— Sheffield and Manchester, Quarters, No. 2, 8 1 ,4—Ditto, ditto, No. 3, 54—South-Eastern and Dover, Consolidated Thirds, Halves, 3. NATIONAL MERCANTILE LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY. ROBERT WELCOXON, Esq., Chairman. The Directors, Members, and Friends of this Society will DINE together at the LONDON TAVERN, Bishopsgate-Street Within, on TULSDAT, the 30th of Decemb , r ' 1845, at Five o'Clock precisely. Tickets, One Guinea. STEWARDS. Messrs. Midlane, H. Milledge, R. 0. Newbon, J. S. Reed, T, Ridley, A. Ridley, R. Roberts, T. Ramsey, W. S. Satchell, T. H. Smith, W. H. Starr, F. Stockdale, U. . Stokes, J. Sutton, T. P. Tilt, W. Tolman, J. Walsh, J. Williams, W. Wilson, C. Wood, F. G. Messrs, Aders, J. Bally, A. H, Barrett, J. Bligh, F. J. Brankston, T Brooks, J. W. Carter, I. D. Child, H. M. Crampton, T. H Crease, 0. Cuffiey, J. R. Engiefleld, J. - Evans, J. L. Godshall, e; oodall, M. Hewitt, G. Melts, M. Hodgkinson, W. S Jones, S. Loder, R. M'Culloch, W. Tickets may be had at the London Tavern ; of the Stewards; or at the Office, Arthur-street West, London -bridge. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUIt - ANCE SOCIETY, 26, CORNHILL, LONDON. ' CapitaLfsoo,ooo. Empowered by Act of Parliament. This institution offers important and substantial advan• tages with respect both te Life Assurances aid Deferred Annuities, The assired has, on all occasions, the power to bornw, without ex pense or forfeiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the premium paid, (see tab'e); also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of hi interests to meet ether conveniences or necessity. Assurances for terns of years are granted on the lowest possible rates. DIVISION OF PEOFITV. The seecess and increasing prosperity of the tiodety has enabler the Directors, at the last annual investigation, to declare a third Bonus, varying from :ite to 75 per cent. on the premiums paid on each Policy effected on the Profit scale. EXAMPLES. • ' I 4 Premium. 1,0,4 NZ 4 ° . Bonus Bonus in a ft tetr 2 p 5 added. Cash, is l ma. .I. a l 4 d. 1837 91 13 5 £B7 13 5 413 17 I £395 I 1 1 60 1000 74 3 4 1838 165 13 0 74 13 10 11 8 6 346 2 3 1839 138 13 6 61 14 3 9 210 296 13 4 1840 89 0 0 41 13 4 6 • • 247 4 3 Tse &Wigton of profits is annual, and the next will be made in De em 3er of the present year. F. FERGUROW CAMBOVX. gee. THE PROTESTANT DISSENTERS AND GENERAL LIFE AND FIRE ASSURANCE COMPANY. Instituted 1827. Empowered by Special Act of Parliament, 3 Vic., c. 20. 62, KING WILLIAM-STREET, LONDON-BRIDGE, LONDON ; 21, ST. DAVID-STREET, EDINBURGH ; and 16 KING-STREET, QUEEN-SQUARE, BRISTOL. Capital—One Million. TRUSTEES ♦ND DIRECTORS. George Bousfield, Esq. Charles Hindley, Esq., M.P. Thomas Challis, Esq., Alderman Thomas Piper, Esq. Peter Ellis, Esq. • Thomas B. Simpson, Esq. Jacob G. Cope, Esq. Edward Smith, Esq. John D'xon, Esq. Ron. Charles P. Villiers, M.P. Joseph Fletcher, Esq. John Wilks, Esq. Richard Horner, Esq. Edward Wilson, Esq. On the return of the Christmas quarter, the Directors beg to re mind their friends and the public that, in the Fire Department the:, receive risks of all descriptions, including Chapels, School-rooms, Mills, Goods, and Shipping in Docks, Farming Stock, &c., at the same reduced rates as other respectable Companies, and make no charge on policies transferred from other Offices. In the Life Department they continue to transact all business re lating to Life Assurances, Annuities, and Family Endowments, upon the most liberal terms consistent with sound principles and public security. Loam also are granted on equitable terms to life assurers on life interests or satisfactory personal securities. To all agents and soli citors, auctioneers, and surveyors, liberal allowance will-be made. By order of the Directors, THOMAS PRICE, Secretary. GUARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSUR ANCE COMPANY. No. 11, LOMBARD-STREET, at the Entrance of the Old Post office, London. DIRECTORS. JOHN LABOUCHERE, Esq., Chairman. JOHN DIXON, Esq., Deputy-Chairman. Henry Hulse Berens, Esq. George Lyall, Esq., M.P. John W. Buckle, Esq. Stewart Marjoribanks, Esq., M.P. Francis Hart Dyke, Esq. John Martin, Esq.. M.P. Sir Waiter R. Farquhar, Bart. Rowland Mitchell, Esq. Thomson llankey,jun., Esq. Robert Mitford, Esq. John Harvey, Esq. James Morris, Esq. George Johnstone, Esq. Henry R. Reynolds, jun., Esq. Joins Loch, Esq. John Thornton, Esq. Lewis Loyd, jun., Esq. James Tulloch, Esq. AUDITORS. A. W. Roberts, Esq Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq. I Samuel Jones Loyd, Esq. Henry Norman, Esq. ACTUARY—Griffith Davies, Esq., F.R.S. In the LIFE DEPARTMENT, a Bonus was declared in June 1829, exceeding one per cent. per annum on the sums insured, on an average of the different Ages ; and two subsequent divisions of nearly equal amounts were made up to Christmas 1835 and Christmas 1842. On an average of the three divisions the Reversionary Bonuses added to the several Policies at the end of every seven years amounted to about 27 per cent. on the total premiums paid thereon during those seven years, and the whole amount of Bonuses allotted at the three Septennial divisions exceeded 530,0061. Loans granted on Life Policies to the extent of their values, pro vided such Policies s' , all have been effected a sufficient time to have attained in each case a value not under 591. le the FIRE DEPARTMENT, a Return of profit was declared on the 4th of June, upon the premiums received on all Policies which had been in force seven years at Christmas 1644, and the same is now in course of payment daily (Friday and Saturday excepted), between the. hours of ten and three o'clock, at the Head Office; and also by the Agents in the Country Districts. Notice is hereby given, that assurances which expire at Christmas must be renewed within fifteen days at this Office, or with Mr. Sams, 1, St. James's-street, corner of Pall-mall; or with the Company's agents throughout the kingdom, otherwise they become void. GEORGE KEYS, Secretary. IMMENSE SALE OF LAMPS AT HALF-PRICE. CLARK and COMPANY, 447, West Strand, beg to announce that they intend making extensive alterations in their establishment, and, in consequence, are compelled to dispose of a large portion of their immense and excellent stock of lamps. The stock consists of the New Light, Clark's Patent Carcel Oil Lamp (the best oil lamp ever made), Solar Lamps, and all other oil lamps. Young's Vesta Spirit Lamp, the Gem Spirit Lamps, Oil and Candle Chandeliers, Caticklabras, and Ormolu Candlesticks, and richly cut Lastres ; Palmer's Magnum Candle Lamps, and every description of Palmer's and Clark's Candle Lamps that can be required. In fact, their Immense 'variety provides a ehoice for all, and gives all satisfac tion. The whole will be sold considerably under the usual charges. The reduction in prices commence Tuesday, 16th December, and will only toontinue one month, or perhaps less. Please write down Address, CLARK and Co., 447, WEST STRAND, the Immense Lamp Depot. BRANDY AND CAPSULES.—Mr. BETTS (the late firm of J. T. BETTS and CO.), Patent Brandy Distiller, 7, Smithfield Bars, feels it duo to himself and the NM* to state, that the Manufacture of the PATENT BRANDT was not, and never has been known to any person except to himself and one of his sons. And that ho was succeeded in the business of tke Dis tillery, 7, Smithfield Bars, by his sons, J. T. BATTS, and CO., on his retiring therefrom, in 1843. Mr. BETTS further states, that he is the sole Patentee, manufac turer, and seeder of the Metallic Capsule, (or solid metal covering for the mouths of bottles), that no other Brandy in England, except BETTS'S PATENT BRANDT, is thereby protected ; the Patent Metallic Capsule if, therefore, applied to any other Brandy, must have been surreptitiously obtained. Metallic Capsule Manufactury, 1, Wharf-road, City-roai. BETTS'S PATENT BRAN DY, certified by the Faculty of England to be the purest spirit, and guaranteed by the Patent Metallic Capsules, embossed " Betts's Patent Brandy, 7, Smithfield-bars," is sold at 3s. 6d., bottle included, by the most respectable dealers, lists of whom may be obtained at the Distillery, where quantities of not less tkan two gallons, In balk or bottles, are supplied. Address, 7, Smithfield-bars. PING DECAYID TEETH. Price ts. 6d. Patronised by her Majesty, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and her Royal Highness the Duch ess of tent. MR. THOMAS'S SUC CEDANEUM for stopping decayed Teeth, however large the cavity. is placed In the tooth without any pressure or pain, and will remain firm 11 the tooth for many years, rendering extraction unnecessary, arresting the further progress of decay. All persons can use Mr. Thomas's 16uccedaneum themselves with ease, as full direction are inclosed. Price 2s. 6d. sold by Savory, 220, Regent. street ; Sanger, 150, Oxford-street ; Butler, 4, Cheapside ; Prout, 229, Strand ; Johnson, 6C Cornhill ; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street ; and all medicine venders. Mr. Thomas continues to supply the loss of teeth upon his new system of self-adhesion, without springs or wires. This method does not require the extraction of any teeth or roots, or any painful operation whatever. Mr. Thomas, Surgeon Dentist, 64, iterners-street, Oxford-street. PUBLICATIONS. FOURTEENTH EDITION of the SILENT FRIEND on Human Frailty, with Coloured Engra vings. Jsst published, price is. 6d., free by post (in &sealed envelop e) 35.6 d.. THE SILENT FRIEND ; a Medical Work on the Infirmities of the system n both sexes ; and on the loss of the reproductive powers, with means of restoration. The baneful effects of Indulge- ce, &c., are fully pointed oat. Illustrated by En gravings; followed by observations on Marriage. By B. and L. PERRY and Co., Consulting Surgeons, London. 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LEEDS, DEC. 19, STOCK EXCRAIGE.—The sales are—Great North of Eng land, New. 10 p.—Manchester and Leeds, Fifth Shares, 10 p. —Sheffield and Manchester, Quarter Shares, No. 3, 5 1 , 4 — Huddersfield and Sheffield, 16 1 4—Leeds and Bradford. 18- -North British, New Carlisle Branch, 2—Wakefiold, Pon tefract, and Goole, 32—Direct Northern, 1 3 / 4 —West Riding Union, 51. 14s.—Leeds and Liverpool Direct, I%—Leeds and York, 10s. dis.—Northumberland and Lancashire Junction, 12s. 6d. dis.—North Western, 9!4—South Midlands, 2 3 / 4 p. —Wakefield and Bradford, 17s. 6d. p.—Wakefield and Har rogate, ss. dis.—Welsh Midlands, 1 8 4. HULL, DEC. 19. Srocs Excm..►xaa.—ln the absence of news of the new Ministry being formed, our market presents few trans actions, although some buyers at low figures presented them selves. The sales are—Derby and Gamsborough, I—Ax holmes, 2. YORK, Dac. 19._ _ _ _ _ STOCK EXCTIANGL—The ales are—York and North, Mid land Extension, 25—London and York, 3 1 A. BRISTOL, Dic. 19. _.. __. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Bristol and Exeter. New, 5 3 4—Midland, New, 23 3 4—Taff Vale, Quarter Shares, 27%. SHEFFIELD, DEC. 19.: STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Blackburn, 'Darwen, and Bolton, 6—Leeds and Bradford, Dewsbury, 9 1 4—Isle of Axholme and Goole, 27i —West Riding Union, 5%. EDINBURGH, DEC. 17. STOCK EXCITANGE.—The sales are—British and Irish Union, 59s.—Caledonian Extension, 525. 6d.—East of Fife, 35s.—Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Dumbarton, 15s. —Edinburgh and Northern, 71s. —Ditto, Newport, 21s.—Ditto, Lochgelly, 30s.—Edinburgh, Portobello, and Musselburgh, 30s.—Forth and Clyde Junction, 40s.—Glasgow and Lesmahagow, 575. 6d. —Great North of Scotland, 54s.—Lanark and Galloway, 40s.—London and Hounslow, 40s.—North British, Exten sion to Carlisle, 365. 6d.—Scottish Central, 13%—Aber deen, 4%. GLASGOW, DEC. 18. &roes ExcitANGE.—The sales are—Airdrie and Bath gate, 46s.—Caledonian, 181.—Dundee and Forfar Junction, 525. 6d.—East Indian Railway, 18s.—Glasgow Kilmarnock, and Ayr, 671.—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 595. Great Indian Peninsular, 7s. 6d.—Lesmahagow, 55s.—Paisley, Barrhead, and Hurlet, 4%—Perth and Inverness, 355. Scottish Central, 131.—Scottish South Midland Junction, 375. 6d.—South Midland, 4%—Stirling and Dunfermline, 465. THE AGRICULTURAL PARTY. Whether Lord John Russell or Sir Robert Peel be the Minister to whom, among the endless changes of party, the task of carrying a repeal of the corn-laws be committed, it will not be lost time to contemplate a little more closely the prospects of the approaching campaign. If Lord John Russell be the new Premier, he, we may conclude, is pretty sure of the bulk of his own party, and may also reckon, not unfairly, on the more sensible and patriotic members of Sir Robert Peel's. If, on the other hand, it be the fate of our late Minister to resume the office he gave up so abruptly, he will carry with him not only those who would have given a disinterested support to his rival, but no small proportion of that large party who, having consistently voted with him when in power, will, whatever might have been their course in opposition, be but too delighted at an opportunity of re taining their seats on the Ministerial side. An opposi tion, however, there certainly will be—the opposition of the agricultural party—that is, of the political party which, in spite of a vast change and diversity of sentiment in the agricultural classes, arrogates to itself the representa tion of their interests and opinions. Such is the party which will stand alone before the nation and the civilised world, in this great theatre of politics, arts, and virtues, unassociated with any other public, or moral, or sacred cause, and fight single-handed the great fight of monoply. That truth and justice will conquer we doubt not. Yet it is most desirable that we should be spared a struggle inconvenient to the business of the Government and the interests of the country, and certain to do irreparable damage to the character and social position of many respectable but mistaken men. In order, if possible, to avert, or to smooth this struggle, we will venture to call the attention of the agricultural party to the utter weakness of their political position. There are two views of the question. It is a question of argument, and a question of power. Leaving the argument alone for the present, we wish to impress on the agriculturists that they must not presume the least on that'social momentum—that brute force— which they once possessed in their numbers, their union, and their enthusiasm. They have now no other resource than what the merits of their case may haply supply. It is no time for threatening and blustering, or even for vexatious opposition. They cannot throw the sword, or gold, or num bers, or any other makeweight, into the scale. To the in trinsic rights of the controversy they will do well to give their undivided attention, and not hold out one moment longer than their argument stands its ground. The agriculturists are gone by as a party. As a class, of course, they contain the usual proportion of able and enlightened men. But the party which once made its own terms with the Minister— tbe party which once assumed to be the leading interest of the country—the party which once invited the Church to its alliance, and to a partnership in its prejudices and its fortunes—is, as a party, all but extinct. Various reasons have conspired to its downfal. The first of these is the gigantic growth of the manufacturing interest, which has welcomed, nursed, and developed that population which the narrow limits and narrower genius of agriculture could not retain. Then comes the excessive and intolerable presumption of the landed interest, which, notwithstanding its confessed incompetence to employ and feed the people— notwithstanding that it has never ceased to throw out an annual swarm of outcasts, yet clung to the obsolete figment of a territorial and prescriptive dominion. But what has most weakened the party is its own want of unity and coherence. The agricultural party has long ceased to be co-extensive with the agricultural class. Year by year, at every new con flict and sifting of opinions, its best, its freshest, its strongest, its ablest members have fallen away to other sclwols.- We now meet as many landowners, and even almost as many farmers, of one opinion as of another. If there are two neighbours, there are two parties; and ten to one the most sensible and well-informed of the two is half. if not wholly, a free-trader. The party, therefore, has dwindled away, not merely because it has been out numbered, out-manoeuvred, or overpowered by hos tile influences, but by internal divisions and decay. Hence its utter and fatal debility. It has been insinuated that because we refer to the notorious fact that the agricul tural party is actually powerless, that therefore we must think connexiont e opi io n whatevero f w t agriculturist t good t two o r i n d o e t as h . i n 'What There are i s the n () agriculturists? Many—as many almost as ct the opinions of a farmer or a anagri li c e u t i opinions of the erespect there are men. landowner quite as much as the opinions of a millowner or a merchant. But if we are to go by the opinions of either class, it will be necessary to take their votes one by one ; and, after all, no one will expect us to swear by a mere majority, what ever it may happen to be. if in twenty agriculturists ten are of one way of thinking, and ten of another, or if they di v ide twelve against eight, it is obviou s they have lost the unity and weight necessary to make them a political party. They pull some one way and some another. They can neither do good nor harm. They cannot contribute pre ponderating weight to a Minister, nor can they offer any , serious resistance. It need not be a discreditable circum stance that they are thus divided and powerless. It may be the gradual desertion of error—the slow and somewhat en feebling process of repentance and improvement. So it is, we believe, in this instance. The agricultural party is losing the force of error, and has not yet acquired much of the force of truth. In every qualification of a party there has been a RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. The following notice, to Parliamentary agents relative to the lodgment of deposits has just been issued:—" The Speaker will give orders at any time for the deposit of money, on a written application in the usual form, seat by post, to C. E. Lefroy,lEsq., Ewshotillouse, Farnham, Surrey. The order for depositing the money may be had, with the following words added to the usual order, in two, three, four, or five several instalments of .0 each,' by whioh means the money may be deposited by instalments, but under one order as before.—(Signed), C. E. LEFROY, Sec., House of Commons, Dec. 19, 1845.' LONDON AND Yonx.—A committee consisting of se veral members of thetlAncoln Town-council has been ap • pointed to confer wlth the London and York Company respecting the state of the bridges in that town. The Council eonsider thlit the Company ought to improve them. DOVER AND BRISTOL.—This Company did not com ply with the standing orders of the House of Commons, and the liabilities which they have incurred are stated to exceed 4,000/. We are informed that it is the inten tion of the members of the Provisional Committee to discharge this amount without calling on the shareholders to contribute any portion of it. YORKSHIRE AND GLASGOW UNION, AND YORK AND CARLISLE.--It is understood that the proposed York shire and Glasgow Union will be united with the Great North of England by the intended branch from the Northallerton station to Bedale, from which place it will proceed by the way of-Middleham, Leyburn, Hawes, in a north-west direction, and fall into the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway at or near Clifton. The York and Carlisle is also intended to commence at a point on the Great North of England, near Northallerton, and pro ceed to the north-west by a different route, by way of Richmond, Barnard Castle Brough, and Appleby, to join the Lancast e r a n d C ar li s l e a t or near Clif ton. TUNNEL UNDER THE TRENT, - At the last meeting of the Committee of Management of the Manchester, Hud dersfield, and Great Grimsby Direct, the engineer of the line stated that the proof bearings had been, made, and that the strata was particularly favourable for the con struction of the proposed tunnel. .After he had minutely described the natureOf the works, and submitted plans of the sections, tbil Committee expressed themselves perfectly satisfied of the practicability of the under taking. The expense will be much less than was anti cipated. The roof above the tunnel to the bed of the river will be nearly thirty feet, and the gradient will be extremely easy. BURT CENTRAL STATION.—A. meeting of the Council of this borough was held this day, to take into consideration a report of the Terminus Committee. The report detailed the correspondence with the various companies, the upshot of which was, that all had declared their inability to bring the terminus to the west of St. Andrew's-street, except the London and Bury Direct, and the Ely line, which had intimated its intention to do so, but in its plans and sec tions stopped short at the Northgate. The Committee, therefore, recommefid that measures be adopted to op pose every line not proposing to make its terminus in conformity with the resolutions of the Council and the public meeting of the town. A long discussion took place, in which several councillors urged the impracti cability of accomplishing the desired object, and the ex pense of opposing the Bills ; and the north side of Ris bygate-street was suggested as practicable for a terminus, but, ultimately the report of the Committee was adopted, and it was agreed that the whole Council should meet iu committee on Saturday.—Bery Post. NEW TELEGRAPH.-011r attention has been drawn to an exceedingly ingenious application of eleetro-magnet ism to the purpose °Alt telegraph, which bids fair to super sede all similar pities at present in use upon railways. The apparatus in question is the invention of Mr. George Smith, Garden-lanep-Red-bank, Manchester, who, it ap pears, has been long directing his inquiries as to the most eligible means of carrying nut his object. The chief advan tages which his plan possesses over the contrivances at present in use, are, the economy of ennstruction, sim plicity, and consequent probability of continuing in working order, and, above all, the rapid mantle: in which intelligence is capable of being conveyed. In order to accomplish this latter object, all arbitrary signs for the purpose of indicating letters have been discarded, each letter of the alphabet being repre sented upon die dial plate, and pointed out with a rapidity" and precision which certainly astonished us; and; all the time, with so much sim plicity that, although we were seeing the invention for the first time, we were enabled to read the intelligence it conveyed with as much ease, and nearly as much ra pidity, as if an ordinary book had been before us. This latter advantage appears to us to be a very decided one over the telegraphs now in use. As the invention, we believe, is not yet patented, we are of course unable to disclose anything further of the principle upon which Mr. Smith has formed his exceedingly ingenious appa ratus; but it is our firm conviction that its merits cannot fail to recommend .it to the notice of railway companies and others, upon the score of simplicity, durability, and economy.—Manchester Courier. WINDING-UP.—We learn that the Provisonal *lCom mittee of the San ar and Muirkirk JunCtion Railway have resolved to in the claims against the Comp an y , for the purpose of iquidating them, and then dividing the deposit amongst the scripholders, minus these necessary expenses. The reasons which have led to the resolution are, we believe, thaethe chances of success in the ensuing session of Parliament are not such as to justify further expenditure ; and the Directors have resolved to return the money to fructify in the pockets of the public rather than keep it lying at bank interest for an indefinite period. This course we considered to be an honest and straight forward one, and creditable• to the gentlemen at the head of this project: It is earnestly to be hoped that it may have its effect; by urging a . similar course on the direct Ora of othopecontly farmid railwn et:cranks, FOE STOI ST. JAMES'S PALACE, DEC. 18. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Lieutenant-Co lonel William Henry Cornwall to be her Majesty's Marshal of the Ceremonies, in the room of Thomas Seymour Hyde, Esq., deceased. LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, DEC. 18. _ _ The Lord Chamberlain of her Majesty's Household has appointed William Carter Hoffmeister, Esq., Doctor of Medi cine, and William Cass, Esq., Surgeon, to be Apothecaries in Ordinary to her Majesty, in the Isle of Wight. LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, DEC. 18. The Lord Chamberlain of her Majesty's Household has appointed Alexander Nasmyth, Esq., to be Surgeon-dentist n Ordinary to her Majesty. WHITEHALL, DEC. 12. The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Right Hon. James Andrew Earl of Dalhousie to the place and office of Clerk of her Majesty's Registers and Rolls in Scotland, in the room of the Right Hon. William Dundas, deceased. VAR OFFICE, DEC. 19. Ist or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards—Lieut.-Col. C. J. Hill, from half-pay Unattached, to be Captain and Lieu tenant-Colonel, vice G. W. Eyres, who exchanges; Lieut. and Capt. the Hon. P. A. E. Freke to be Captain and Lieutenant- Colonel, by purchase, vice Hill, who retires ; Ensign and Lieut. R. Bradford to be Lieutenant and Captain, by pur chase, vice Freke, Dec. 19. Scots Fusilier duardsLord R. C. Taylor to be Ensign and Lieutenant by purchase, vice the Hon. P. Barrington, who retires, Dec. 19. Ist Regiment of Foot—Lieut. E. R. Wetherell to be Cap tain, by purchase, vice Cooper, who retires; Ensign H. L. Barton to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Wetherell; G. Taafe, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Barton, Dec. 19. 9th Foot—Captain C. F. Havelock, from 53d Foot. to be Captain, vice Tytler, who exchanges, Dec. 16. 15th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon J. A. Wilshart, M.D., from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Braybrooke, appointed to the Staff, Dec. 19. 16th Foot—F. W. Buxton, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice 'Read, who retires, Dec. 19.• 17th Foot—Lieutenant T. O. Ruttledge to be Captain, without purchase, vice Grant,• deceased ; Ensign J. Bourke to be Lieutenant, vice Ruttledge, Sept. 9. 20th Foot—N. Steevens, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Johnson, who retires, Dec,. 19. 29th Not—Ensign H. Francis to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Dobbs, deceased, Sept. 14; F. Kneebone, Gent., to be Ensign, Dec. 19. • 31st Foot—Lieut. E. A. Noel, from the 53d Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Gray, who exchanges; Sept. 27. 32d Foot—Captain T. H. Kirkley, from half-pay Un attached, to be Captain, vice J. H. Evelegh, who ex changes, receiving the difference; • Lieut. J. P. Pigott to be Captain, by purchase, vice Kirkley, who retires; Ensign J. L. Philipps to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Pigott ; H. D. O'Callaghan, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Phi lipps, Dec.l9. 48th Foot—Brevet Major It. Cole to be Major, without I purchase, vice Brevet Lieut.-Col. W. M'Cleverty, who retires upon half-pay ; Lieut. G. M. Lys to be Captain, vice Cole ; Ensign F. Andrews to be Lieutenant, vice Lys; Gentleman Cadet J. Gubbins, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, vice Andrews, Dec. 19. 53d Foot—Captain G. A. Tytler, from 9th Foot, to be Captain, vice Havelock, who exchanges, Oct. 16; Lieutenant H. W. J. Gray, from 31st Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Noel, who exchanges, Sept. 27. 79th Foot—H. D. Fowler; Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon F im oo e t n — t, C t a o pt b ai e n C it a . pta S. i . n ? . vic N e e t yn ow oe y , e 'f r r , o w m h l o s e t x W e h e a s n t g I e n s - , vice H. C. Reade, who retires upon half-pay, Dec. 19. dialt at eg Dec. 19. J _ _ _ 84th Foot—Lieut. W. M. Mitchell to be Captain, without purchase, vice Kelly, deceased ; Ensign J. M'Cann to be Lieutenant, vice Mitchell; Gentleman Cadet B. Sandwith, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, vice M'Cann, Dec. 19. Ist West India Regiment—Captain E. Bowyer, from 81st Foot, to he Captain, vice Neynoe, who exchanges, Dec. 19. Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment—Staff Assistant-Surgeon p Maclagan, M.D., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Blake nev, promoted on the Staff, Dec. 19. tlissTrAcugn. — To be Captains, without purchase—Lieut. F. B. Muller, from the 6 th Foot; Lieut. 0. B. D'Arcey, from 73d Foot, Dec. 19. STAFF. —Major W. A. M'Cleverty, .of the 48th Foot, to be, Deputy Quartermaster-General to the Forces in New Zea land, with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army, Dec. 19._ HOSPITAL STAFF.—Staff Surgeon . of.. the First Class, A. Smith, M.D., to be Deputy I ns p ec t or -G ene ral of Hos pitals, vice Dr. T. Gordon, deceased ; Assistant-Surgeon E. 11. Blakeney, from the Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment, to be Staff Surgeon of the Second Class, vice D. C. Pitcairn, su perseded, Dec. 19. . To be Staff Surgeons of. the. Second Class—Assistant- Surgeon R. Smith, from the 19 t h F oot; "Assistant-Surgeon J. D. M'lllree, from the 77th Foot, vice O'Callaghan, ap pointed to the 11th Light Dragoons; Assistant -Surgeon N. S. Campbell, M.D., from the 56th Foot, vice Lawson, ap pointed to the 30th Foot; Assistant-Surgeon J. G. Courte nay, front the 75th Foot, D ec. 8 . TO be Assistant Surgeons to the Forces--Assistant-Sur geon W. Braybrooke, from- the 15th Foot, vice Wishart, ap pointed to the 15th Foot ; H. F. Robertson, Gent., vice Maclagan, appointed to the Royal Canadian Rifle Reg iment, Dec. 19. . . - - 314/I°RANDUM . — The names of the Cornet and Adjutant, appointed to the 13th Light Dragoons, on the 24th October, 1845, are Thomas Irwin, and not Edward Hall, as previously stated. • FOREIGN-OFFICE, DEC. 10. Tier Majesty has been p l ease d to appoint Sir George Jackson, KC.H., to b e Commissioner on the part of ber ,Ma jesty in the Mixed B r iti s h and P o rtuguese Commission, es tablished at the city o f L oanda , in the province of Angola, under the treaty conc l uded at Li s bon, on the 3d July, 1842, between Great Brit a i n an d P or t u gal Corps of Royal M ar i nes —P. 31. for the suppression of the slave trade, in th e room o f J o hn Thomas, Esq., deceased. ADMIRALTY, DEC' 16 . C. Croker, Gent., to be Sesond Lieutenant ; J. C. Giles, Gent., to be second Lieu tenant. a o f Master Chancery. be a Master Extraordinary in th e G WHITEHALL, Dim 10. DED. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Charles Boom Chalmers, of Weston-super-Mare, in the county of Somerset, Gent., to of Cowes, in the I W sle it o l f T N E V l : The Lord Chancellor has appointed Henry James Damant, Sigh ent., t C° c, b ui e t Ex traordinary in the High Court of Chancery. Queen's .road, BANKRUPTCIESgAh: L S: I P :S C E Edward Ledgard, oil crusher, Mirfield, Yorkshire. BANKRUPTS. Holloway, to surrender Dec. 30, at twelve, and Feb. 6, at James Jessup and W. Johnson, builders, half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee ; Keighley, Bssinghall-strut. George Graham, Thomas Adams, and Michael Bogle Mac farlane, calico printers, Cheapside, Dec. 27, at one, and Feb.l3, at one , _at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, o ffi cial assig nee, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street ; Brace, Surrey treet, Strand. George Craft, baker, Hits bin, Hertfordshire, D ec. 29 an d Feb. 3, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptc Turquand, official assignee, Old Jevarch‘lnlbers, Lon don; Chappell, Quality-court. John Leadbeater, merchant, Blanchester, Jan. 5 and 26, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser, official assignee, M anc hester ; Abbott , Char l ott e - street, Bedford square, Landon ; Atkinson and Saunders, Manchester. . Henry Charles, commission agent, Manchester, Jan. 3, and 22, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court ; Hobson, official assignee ; Fearnbead, Clifford's In T n, ..ondon ; Andrews, Manchester. a nchester, Dec. 30 an d J an. 20, at John Kelsey, builder , M twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser, official assignee, Manchester; Fearnhead, Clifford's Inn, London; Andrew, Manchester. John Collins, common brewer, Salford, Dec. 31 and Jan. 21, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Pott, offi cial assignee; Gregory, Faulkner, Gregory, and Skirrow, Bedford-row, London; Cooper, Manchester. Thomas Findley, plasterer, Manchester, Dec. 30 and Jan. 20, at twelve, at the Blanchester District Court. Pott, offi cial assignee, Manchester ; Fearnhead, Clifford's Inn, London ; Andrew, Manchester. John Howe, linend ra per, West Bromwich, Staffordshire, Dec. 31, and Jan. 24, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Birmingham ; Lloyd, Milk-street, Cheapside, London ; Bartlett, Birmingham. John Lewis, grocer, Tipton, Staffordshire, Jan. 2 and 23, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Valpy, official assignee, Birmingham; Motteram and Knowles, Birmingham. PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, the produce of the British possessions in America, com puted from the returns made in the week ending Dec. 16, 1845, is 345. Bid. per cwt. DIVIDENDS DECLARED. J. Batt, silkman, . Old Broad-street, City—first div. of 14s. 6d. insthe pound. any Wednesday, at the office of 11r. Pen nell, Guildhall-chambers , Basinghan.street J. B. Lusson, clerk, Sheexness--firet dm. of 16s. 6d. in the pound, any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Guild kadllamVas, Basinglaall4treet. , " •'. /, THE GEM OF THE SEASON. 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