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- NATIONAL ANTI-CORN-LAW LEAGUE. THE GREAT LEAGUE MEETING. in GOVENT-GARDEN ATRE. ne COUNCIL of the NATIONAL ANTI-CORN-LAW LEAGUE k eg Ittitto a nnounce that the AGGREGATE MEETINGS of the .2„ 1 -TE, in the Theat re R oya l, G oven t G ar d en , will BE-COM ..L.JE on WEDNESDAY NEXT, the 17th of December. GEORGE WILSON, Esq., lathe Chair. I Richard Cobden, Esq., M.P. ; John Bright, Esq., M P. ; and W. J. 4 -`4, will address the meeting. g MITHFIELD CLUB PRIZE CATTLE The A SHOW, 1845. --01,115 1 Exhibitiou of Prize Cattle, Seeds, Roots, Irrl i,etnen. a ' B %..ce.. open Tins DAY and To-morrow, at the Horse te a ti z t' ' , lag-street, Portman-square. In place of the usual t• ! handsome permanent building, with gallery, has been . and the arrangements for this year are altogether on a W▪ ,3 extended scale. Ladies are enabled to view this National Ex hibition with perfect comfort. three from Daylight till Nine in the Evening—Lighted np after •te in the Afternoon.—Admittance, One Shilling. ID ( --- iy AL poLyrfEcHNI t. , • • 1 r 1 IN SrliU IiON, i l r i,L; A Lecture en the PREVALENT DISEASE . in POTATOE . , b_,7 Ifeans of extracting the Starch as an Article of Food, v.. 11 t„,:liiiirered by Dr. Ryan, daily, at Half-past Three, and ou ,. the l'i Nl i e lB of Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, at Nine. , f w ..or P.&chotTner's varied Lectures, with experiments, hi one It AI P I 3I he clearly explains the principle of the ATMOSPHERIC „ivraZi. sc " ay A s T , an a a niedel of which is at work Daily. Mr. Downs, the t...., Flutist, will perform, at Three o'clock, on Tuesdays, Saturdays. Z'olemtues NEW AMERICAN LOCO ft h,,, IV E ENGINE, for as,•ending and descending Inclined Planes. Viii",Tiflll siries of DISSOLVING VIEWS. New OPTICAL IN tELVIBT4. Sac. Experiments with the DIVER and DIVING Actinismlon, One Shilling. Scheels, Ealf-price. COLOSSEUM, REGENT'S PARK.—Visited saw Patronised by her Majesty and hfs Royal Highness ant ce Albert .— This magnillcei t Establishment (comprising fai ry ~ h ibitiong in One), eulogised by the press as a 'kill er : 4l4 "e of enchantment, has recently added to iss " attractions a GRAND ORCHESTRAL ORGAN, on F a „ t he most admired overtures, Inc., are played daily from Two v r ' r, and in the evening from Eight till Half-past Ten.—LONDON -'4llll, Eti't p an • • Additional atmospheric effects (to the most extraordl ,.'eti o v d aanla in the world) will be represented at Eight, Nine, and 41 ,0041;„,,,", .• MONT BLANC and Alpine Torrent represented by , d, y1,,," 5 ,". The CONSERVATORIES, STALACTITE CAVERNS, Ski; 4 „ RIIEC.4„, or Museum of sculpture, and refreshment Mt „ an ' , br i lliantly illuminated, thus rendering the COLOSSEUM 44,: i t _iitantic and Intellectual establishment in Europe. ~4,1 1 during the day, 3s. ; Children, Half-price. Stalactite Zket a t 's• extra. Evening, including the whole, ss. Family four parsons and upwards, 4s. each. May be had at the , - Libraries and Music-sellers, and at the Colosseum, from Ten -—2 The whole projected and designed by Mr. W. Bradwell. 0, .• 0 7:i ;1 4 . gi ;pr emium. :,,4 1 Bonus Benas in le Pa 0 ,, el C added. Cask. • g .& 0- ig s g 5 , -g -, 4 44 5 lo -------- s. t I 5 . 4. Xl9l 13 6 XB7 13 5 Sl3 17 X 395 Il . 74 3 4 1338: 165 13 Oj 74 13 10 11 8 6 346 2 a 1829 138 13 61 6: 14 3 92 10 296 13 4 T . >, ----- 1840, ' 89 00141 13 4 6I 0 247 4 5 441447ipd0 n of profits la annual, and the next vW be made le De er -b e ?meant year. F. FERGUSON CAICROITX. See, ANDRANDY --- CAPSULES.—Mr. BETTS i titt s (the late firm of J. T. BETTS and CO.), Patent Jgraidy 7, Smithfield Bars, feels it duo to himself and the pnblie to :41 1 ,,.'at tn. Manufactur ' s of the PATENT BRANDT was not, g:,r has been knovra to any person except to himself and ens Zery , Aid that he was succeeded in the business of the Die ' hi, r ' , .Sosithflaid Bars, by his so's, J. T. BETTS, jun., and CO., hr. 4,,,,..rhat therefrom, in 1843. 4d 4 ' S further states, that he is the solo Patentee, ntannfae -I;?Lhe 'reader of the Metallic Capsule, (or solid metal covering h'''fa ° ,: tll2 of bottles), that ne other Brandy in England, except Otvit e -L-A.TAINT BRANDY, is thereby protected ; the Patent "t b eei apsule if, therefore, applied to any other Brandy, must 4,jurrePtitiously obtained. ''' 4l o Capsule Manufactory, 1, Wharf-road, City-road. b,It, T TS'S PA TENT BRANDY, certified by the h e pas:eulty of England to be the purest spirit, and guaranteed ,ent lfetallie Capsules, embossed "Bette's Patent Brandy, t o4 l ' , °l , th neidb„. sold at ' 33. 6d , bottle included, Distillery, most 1 2'5r ,,c1 7, b . le j d kd e d al reress ,' lissthsoof whom may ' be obtained at the laantities of t loss tkan t s 7 o , Smithfield-bars.wo gallons, in bulk or bo ttles, are P L E A S E D. prl pleased" with the Warehouse of MOSES and lON ; /,1 1 Pleased" with the manner it's bus'ness is de n s ; ‘. 1 ,". Pleased" with the various terms of its trade ; r ,T Pleased" with the way that the garments are made; Pleased" with the cloth, and " I'm pleased " with the style; iN4. T Pleases" that the clothing lasts such a long while ; gi r Pleased , . with the prices of MOSES and SON ; 1,L 4 Pleased" at the wonderful good they have done; 44 y p ". Pleased" that they'll always exchange what you buy ; ;, r e pleased" that they never interrogate why ; 11l pleased" that they give you your cash back again ; ' 'l 2 Pleased" that they show themselves trustworthy men ; Pleas•d" that they're favour'd with public support Plea s ed" that vast thousands have done as they ought ; Pleased" that each year there' s increasin g success ; Pt' Ple as ed" that there's none to d is p ara g e their dress ; I'm 41 Pleas id" that their Dress-Mart deserves what is dons ; Pleased" altogether with MOSES and SON. LIST OF PRICES. AILEY MADE. A a. 4. eip aglio ......from 9 6 15 , n s .• ..... .... •••.•• • • • • Ors, olds or Codringtons ®l 1) I W• ". Attols Pembroke , and every description of 'llte • • pie Ir te ,:ats . . .. , .4t", Coats in every style ............. . from 0 6 uN ki weasers lined •—••••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • • • ° 4 6 1)1. 41 date. • . • • ..... .... •• .... • • • • • • . ..••••• t o ` 4 oolla r Test.. —.— —— •• ... •• 1304s -breasted •• •• '• s n its : ' ••• • • • t h t .' , tuss ar and Tunic ...... 1 & 0 ...... 0 1 9 ...... 0 1 6 ...... 0 16 6 61 " ' - -nic ~..• ••.• • • ttg . later I rimers.. .• •• ••••••• • • • • • 0 3 0 h itt MADE Ti MIAITHA. utritS o atel, in every style and shape, handsomely ......., . 1 5 0 ta e cloth G • r • e • at • C • O • at • s • • • ;;Iy • • sit ” c • o1111; and cuffs 1 12 0 at""sus .1 . iat"" s asers 0 6 Trousers in all tke new patterns • • .......... 0 12 6 0 b.4 44 a .. salty, or dress de • •• • .............. 1 6 0 Coats ***** • • 1 12 • • • • • • ......... ...• ••• • • • • • •• • quality mamba ............ .. I lltta. °sat ... 113 0 411ag feat quality made • • p atiti er ' , 'Vests_ ~ 5 6 Plain er fancy ...... ...... ••• • • ....• 0 12 0 xt n` ria .sar and Tanie suits.. • • • • • • •.....• . 0 14 6 1 4 1f1„ " ' Wet; eniltleithe •• " •• lio • n " a • r • ch " iiart," witk directions laPeg.,l 4 attrem ' ent "i may be had, on application, " Pest Free." 'alsg., Nl .—AnyartiCle purchased sed or ordered, if sot appro ved of n ik er ,'• or the mone y returned. E. MOSES and SON, Tailors, Wholes ale aid Retail all4 - Bc r4 Pars, Outfitters, and General Warehe aseaten, 154, Mine- Addgate City, opposite the Church. business transacted at this Establishmeat Pram sunset os 44 4. -" sunset on Saturday, when business is resumed at twelve t t4l 4". an 1 0 „!• — TZ. Moses and Son are obliged to guard the public p r • ,, Position having learned that the untradesmanlike false res,:int connected with them, or its the same concern, has 'Led to in many instances, and for obvious reasons. They li t `•,?lici o e4n aealen whatever n kth any ethcr establishment, in or out 4 4 ,(10t Z' and them who deal e genuine Cheap Clothing should (to UPPointment, &e.) c, 11 or send to 154, 51:aories, or Be, •t‘ 01) oosite the Church. r I , LIJL E S VEGE'FALES, TONIQUES -ETA 4,1 14 4 „ -- p,„, .,1S ITIVESI D'EUDE, l'usage des Familles.—EUDE'S rg y —L TONIC AI'ERIENT FAMILY TILLS , o ne trial 1 4 , 1 r to be the most valuable medicine of modem times. 4 4, iiaordinary efficac has been fully teted in affectns of Me 'er It • and stomach, i n rheumatism, go ut , cough, with io pain and 101, 1 ,,,t the chest, tic, constipation, piles, obstructions, &c. In T , 4 s th:T ll it is the most valuable tonic-aperient known, not eon r'ep,,' bowels afterwards, as every other aperient does. gtil. ' 1 % 73 , Great Titchfield-street, London, and 23, Placa Tendome, 11tf? g, rl ,e,e la. 1% d. and 2s. 9d. per box. The poor will be supplied ..et, 'wen of the mediciii.: grails, at the depot, 73, Great Titch ttt eet al, —Ol 7 Saturday morning, at Tem.—Forwarded to any ep tlire kingdoms (free on receipt et Is. sad two penny ° WL A ND'S OD ONTO; 14, 0414 , RL CE. (t€l b 7 the orQueen, PEA and th D e ENTIF Royal Family of Great Britain, 1434 Vld the several Sovereigns and Cos o Euope ; t tit't °Yrder for the Teeth, compounded urt of f the r cho ces and 'trehe ingredients of the Oriental Herbal-the leading re °, cleanliness and efficacy being present i n the hi g hest p05i.,..44164._*e• i.,.. 4 4 1 64. _ * e• It extirpates all tartarous adhesions to the Teeth, and Pearl -like whiteness to the enamelled surface. Its anti )l7l' 0 . 1 4 anti-scorbutic properties arrest the further progress of the Teeth, and induce a healthy action of the G ums. The p, -4 ° attains' a fragrant sweetness truly grateful to its pos ij k s ' tl s `fri l ro n n lest efficient and fragrant aromatic Tooth Powder ever pled' 4 PWIAND'S ODONTO has for a long series of years oc s.ollty i : ,, l3t inguished place at the toilets of the Sovereigns and tho ''.ll4,,," r oughout Europe, while the general demand for it at once n thil favour In which it is universally held. In 41 111 n, Price 2s. 94. per Box. 44:::: -.—To protect the public from Fraud, the Hon. Corn ,: ,or Stamps have directed the Proprietors' Name and be engraved on the Government Stamp, thus — d ' ROWLA.ND and SON, 20, Hatton-garden, Sold and which is affixed on each Box. by the Proprietors, and by Chemists and Perfumers. *** All others are fraudulent imitations. 4 l'i - BROWS, MOUSTACHES, and WHIS , produced in a few weeks by using an essential Spirit t at. "in choice Aromatic Herbs, the peculiar properties .1 i t 4 known only to the Inventor, and although perfectly inno tss ,ath, Will produce new Hair on bald places, caused by weak- I t It f tltution, or where Nature has net bestowed this orna- Y 4,-"r hmnan figure. It has been known to many of the Nob'. Glace upwards of eleven years, some of whom the Inven k'hu,t rely thanks for their attestation of Its merits, in the t i retig t , 3 : of restoring Hair and giving it additional lustre f all oft lta.virtues are manifold—it prevents the Hair from d a- i k ZPve uth inX gray ; a few drops on the crown of the hes, w naned Most distressing pain is that part produced by o at- A -4 3 , 2. ) ,,, 5 'th faintness • and is acknowledg , dby the Faculty as tho tal;','"„ in e known to ' cure that disease of the head called origo rle.,C o a (which causes the Hair to come off in patchrs) ; P a few ir:lremoves dandruff. This vronderful discovery is fully pamphlet containing testimonials to its regenerattn nwt. n Pori u bald places, entitled, " Three Minutes' Advice on the ~,,.eritc .„ - rk , Preservation of the Human Hair," by IV. Grimstone, ....._ ..44 4r, a ,`,; °f the Aromatic Regenerator for the Growth of the Human ", a certain preventative of headache and fainting ; also a itat, _Parra/Ire—bearing the Inventor's signature , He rbar y , Hi g h- London - et 4 a ld ,nuly triangular bottles, with name, &c. Sco., cast the reon, (1 ., and Il s . each, Government stamp Included, wholesa le and aPpol,ttaltl Chemists, Druggists, and Perfumers, and by special 1„„, TUR FOLLOWING AGENTS FOR LONDON. 1. 41 4 ' aed Moore, Chemists and Druggists, Regen t-street - "a3rs Bond -street. , San • Fisher and 'Pollee, Chemists, Conduit street, Bon,l-street. kehrt Chemist, Be . Oxfard-street. /l atar.. !!annay and Co., elm:nista, &c., 63, Oxford-street. St raa , tsarelay and Son, PateOt Medicine Warehouse, Farring,lon l!Vdl • • eating, Chemist, 79 St Pauri-Churchyard. Bnil rar d , , Patent Medicine Nal ehoime, 67, St. Paul's-churchyard. si.. Bra 7, Patent Medicine Warehouse, 4, Cheapside. ~N V • Sutton and Co., Patent Medicine Warehouse, Bow `tuYard Bow- Johnston, • 'asssr... t°n, Patent Medicine Warehouse, 6a, Cornhill. h ‘2 t Th"thn' Brothers, and Scott, Wholesale Druggists, 225 and Aisß b ' a rnes-street. l ane , Drew and Hayward, Wholesale DrusgLsts, Great Trinity. FOB BEPLNBUIdi. • and R. Ratmes and Co, Drab'glots, Leith-walk. D, of the brio ",f • 7':, A -..e. , .: ~.. ( i i .4 !ki- ' ~----- ;,, • 1 0 :4A ' 1 I.•'\ ' 1 It V;,,., :. i i j ? ~ 11 -- , 1- , ..-- ' -' 1 I 1 A , . • . .1- , . COI • 0 . ~ k s . .."I *'4"44 \ ' \ ••• -e. '4 . ! _c: l . 7, • • • •4 •• 1 17- , • . i , .‘ \ ' . .", • ) '''''''''-'' • ..? •••.; &02 •4•11-st, - .'!.' ' '',/// t i Ai . - .'' . *l2 "• ‘`i7l .." . }, - 4-- . e— 2.'• , , ' l',. qii -- ;"-.4 01,11 4 \ s.:. , -,_ 'P • 0 t'& ,, ' ,...k „, 7 - r ~,_ „ kil •', IS — ; _ . . ~• ,‘- , ' , • . R_,..2L1 L ,..:" .. \ i '`., : No. 16,WPi. LONDON, FRIDAY E - 6 S . 17 Ny DECEMBER 12, 1845. REPEAL OP THE CORN-LAWS. A MEETING of the ELECTORS of LONDON will be held at the Guildhall, on MONDAY NEXT, December 15, at One o'clock precisely, for the purpose of expressing their sentiments on the subject of the existing corn-laws, in connexion with the prevail ing apprehension of a scarcity in the article of food. The Right. Hon. the LORD MAYOR will preside. rik F GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY'S splendid and powerful first-class STEAM SHIPS are appointed to leave the Custom House or Tower for— HAMBURGH, carrying her Majesty's Mails —Every Wednesday and Saturday Morning. ROTTERDAM, carrying her Majesty's Mails—from Blackwell Pier —Every Wednesday and Saturday at Ten, Morning. ANTWERP—From Blackwall Pier—The Soho every Thursday, at Ten, Morning. HAVRE—From St. Katharine's Wharf—Dec. 14th, 20th, 25th and 30th, at Eight, Morning. From London Bridge Wharf; for— OSTEND—Every Wednesday and Saturday Morning. BOULOGNE—Every Thursday and Saturday Morning. CALAIS—Every Thursday and Sunday Morning. HULL—Every Tuesday and Friday, at Eight, Morning. YARMOUTH—Reduced Fares —Tuesday, Thursday, and Satur day, at Six, Evening. From Brown's Wharf, Poplar, for — EDINBURGH—Reduced Fares—Dee. 13th, .oth, 24th, and 27th, at Ten, Evening. From Irongate Wharf, near tke Tower, for — NEWCASTLE--Every Saturday, at Eight; Evening. BRIGHTON and DIEPPE—Every Saturday, Dec. 13th, at Eleven, Morning ; 20th, at Three, Afternoon ; 27th, at Ten, Morning. DOVER and BOULOGNE—The Magician—Daily. To secure Berths, for Freight and Bills containing hours of departure, fares, &a., apply at the Offices, 69, Lombard-street ; 37, Regent-circus ; and 35, Leadenhall-street. BANK of BRITISH NORTH AMERICA. (Incorporated by Royal Charter.) The COURT of DIRECTOES hereby give notice, that a HALF YEARLY DIVIDEND, at the rate of Five per Cent. per Annum on the Capital of the Bank, will be PAYABLE to the Proprietors of Shares registered in this country, on and after the sth' of January next, at the Office of the Corporation, 7, St. Helen's-place, Bishops gate-street, between the hours of Ten and Four. No Transfer can be made between the lath instant and the sth proximo, as the books must be closed &wigs that period. By order of the Court, G. 1)E B. ATTWOOD, Secretary. 7, St. Helen's-place, London, Dec. 5, 1845. T. mApjLEBDNE,---D-gcmvainn ti, 1845. TO BRICKMAKERS, &c. BREEZE.—The Vestrymen of this parish hereby give notice that they will meet in the Vestry-room of the Court-house of the said pariah on SATURDAY, December 27, at Eleven o'clock in the fore noon, to receive TENDERS from persons willing to CONTRACT for the BREEZE and ASHES of the said parish for ONE YEAR, from the 31st day of January next. Payment of one quarter of the year's contract-money must be made to the said Vestrymen at the signing of the contract, and good security given that the remainder be con tinued to be paid one quarter in advance throughout the contract. The parish is divided into dye divisions, for the purpose of contracting for the Breeze, particulars of which, with the form of the contract, and printed tender, may be had of the surveyor, Mr. Robert Seace, at the Court-house, from Twelve till One o'clock daily. Tenders to be sealed ; and no Tender will be received after Eleven o'clock on the said 27th day of December. By order of the Vestry, C. FLOOD, Vestry Clerk. Contractor to pay six guineas, as expenses of contract and bond. nro COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS.—Every description of solid and other LE ATHER CASES, for carrying samples or stock, made to order. Solid Leather and other Portman teaus, Carpet Bags, Hat Cases, &c. &c., in great variety, always in stock. John Southgate and Son, manufacturers, 76, Watling-street, London,. ETROPOLITAN RAIL WAYS JUNCTION COMPANY The Committee of Management have decided-to call a meeting of the Sharholders of this Company for FRIDAY, the 19th instant, at One o'clock precisely, at the Company's offices, 11, Clement's-lane, Loin bard-street, for the purpose of laying before them a report of the present state and prospects of this Company, at which meeting they are invited to attend J. T. CROFT, Chairman. JOHN CHEESE, Secretary. Dated this eleventh day of December, 1845. T HE OXFORD AND SALISBURY DIRECT RAILWAY. CHAIRMAN —Thomas Dowglasse, Esq. Ermizing-IN-Cumr—Samuel Charles Drees, Esq. SOLICITORS—Messrs. Elmslie and Preston, 47, Moorgate-street. SECRETARY —Z. Hubbersty, Esq. The Committee of Management have the satisfaction to announce that, in compliance with the applications and suggestions of several gentlemen of experience, they have instructed the several bankers named in their Letters of Allotment to continue to receive the pre liminary deposits from this time until the 7th of January next, in order that those parties to whom Shares in this Company have been allotted may consult their own convenience by paying the first de posit at the present time, or paying the whole deposit on or before the 7th of January next By oiler of the Beard, Z. HUBBEASTY, •eeretary. Ifoorgate-chambers, Moorgate-street, Dee. 9, 1845. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, EDIN BURGH, and DIRECT GLASGOW JUNCTION RAIL WAY, with a Branch by the North Tyne to Hozham. Capital, 1,600,000/., in 75,000 Shares of 201. each. Deposit, 2/. 2s. per Sham. (Provisionally Registered, pursuant to 7 and $ Vie., sap. 110.) PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. Sir Charles M. L. Monck, Bart., Belsay Castle, Northumberland Saville C. H. Ogle, Esq., M.P., ICirkley-hall, Northumberland William Henry Charlton, Esq. Hesleyside, Northumberland Robert Charlton, Esq. Lee-hall, Northumberland Thomas Cookson, Esq. Swinburn Castle, Northumberland Mr. John Crawford, paper manufacturer, Warden, Northumberland Mr. Edw. Campion, iron manufacturer, Mareshaw Ironworks, North- urnberland Ralph Wm. Grey, Esq. Chipchase Castle, Northumberland Mr. John Green, iron manufacturer, Ridsdaie Ironworks, Northust- berland Mr. Wm. Grace, naltwick, Northumberland J. Haggerston, Esq. Reedsmouth, Northumberland Nicholas Maughan, Esq. Newbrough-lodge, Northumberland Charles Atticus Ifonck, Esq. Humshaugh, Northumberland Thomas James, Esq., Otterburn Tower, Northumberland Mr. W. R. Rayne, paper manufacturer, Ilaughton, Northumberland Smith Stobart, Esq. banker, Hexham Abbey, Northumberland Captain R. Jobling, Newton-hall, Northumberland Rev. Wm. Kell, rector of Corsensido, Northumberland W. C. Trevelyan, jun. lisq. Topsham, Devon Sir John Fife, Knt. .Newcastle-upon - Tyne Mr. Thomas Gray, tobacco manufacturer, Newcastle-stpoa-Tyne Mr. Charles Rayne, merchant, Newcastle-upon-Tyne Mr. Henry Glynn, C.E. Newcastle-upon - Tyne Mr. Wm. Anderson, jun. coal-owner, Newcastle-upon-Tyne Mr. Wm. Hunter, colliery reviewer, Newcastle .tmou-Tyne Mr. John Coulson, Newcastle-upon-Tyne Mr. Alexander George Gray, merchant, Newcastle-upon-Tyne Captain John Kelly, Newcastle-upon - Tyne T. C. Granger, Esq. M.P. Durham Andrew White, Esq. Tunstal-lodge, Sunderland Richard White, Esq. Thoniey-close, Sunderland A. J. Moore, Esq. Hill. house, Sunderland Mr. Michael Brown, merchant, Sunderland Hugh Dixon, Esq. manufacturer, Sunderland Thomas Bell, Esq. alkali manufactory, South Skields Mr. Joshua Greene, merchant, Gateshead William Hymers, Esq. J.P. Gateshead Sir Thomas Dick Lauder, Bart., Grange and Fountain-hall C. Craigie Haekett, Esq. Lawhill John Dick Lauder, Esq. jun. Grange and Fountain-hall Andrew Wilkie, Esq. one of the magistrates of Edinburgh William Girdvrood, Esq. magistrate of Leith Robert Laurie, Esq. merchant, Leith John Anderson, Esq. jun., merchant, Edinburgh John Gibson, Esq. provost of Lanark Thomas l3rownlie, Esq. Convener Trades-house, Glasgow William Bankier, Esq. provost of Calton, Glasgow Sir John Trevelyan, Wallington, Northumberland James Wolfe Murray, Esq. St. Andrew's, Fife. Walter Calverley Trevelyan, Esq., Wallington, Northumberland William Oliver Rutherford, Esq., of Edgerton, sheriff of the county of Roxburgh (With power to add to their number). BANKEMI. London—Messrs. Glyn and Co. Newcastle -upon-Tyne—Northumberland and Durham Distriet Bank, EnGINEErt-IN-CHIEF—John Miller, Esq., C.E., Ediubiergh. Local. ENGlNlElts—Meisrs. John. and Benjamin Green. SOLICIToIo. Mr. John Brown, and Messrs. Laws and Glynn, Newcastle-upon-Tyne Messrs. Prichard ant Collette, 67, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London. LOCAL AGENTS. Mr. C. It. Sinclair, S.S.C., 11, South-bridge, Edinburgh Messrs. J. and R. Gibsen, Hexham Messrs. Strang, Tulle, and Kevdon, writers, Glasgow Mr. William Blackwood, Banker and Solicitor, Peebles Mr. Simon Scott, writer, Jedburgh Mr. George Oliver, writer, Hawick Messrs. Curie and Erskine, writers, Melrose. ?AMA AMENTARY AGENTS. Messrs. Spettiswoode and Robertson, Great George-street, London. SECRETART—Mr. James Potts. Offices of the Company. 11, Eldon-square, Neweastle-uPon-Tyne. Applications for prospectuses and shares to be made to the soli citors, and to the following brokers :—Messrs. Warburton and Co., Central Exchange M ar ket-street, Newcastle - upon - Tyre; M essrs. Tucker, Barnett, and Ellie, 11, Birchin-lane, London ; Robert Allan, Esq., Messrs. Mans and Home, and Anthony Shiels, Esq., Edin burgh; Messrs. M'Ewin and Auld, Glasgow; Messrs. William Reynolds and Sons, and Messrs. D. and J. B. Nelson, Liverpool; Messrs. Alsop and Son, Hull; Messrs. Beaumont and Williamson, Leeds ; Messrs. Robertson and Bates, and Messrs. Thomas Cardwell and Sons, Manchester ; Mr. J. L Lane, Birmingham ; Messrs. Walrnsley, Woodhead, and Co.. Bradford ; Messrs. Low and Tunstal, Bristol ; Messrs. Wm. Moore and Co., Huddersfield ; Mr. J. N. Balme, Gloucester ; Mr. W. Pollard, Lin coln ; Messrs. Warburton and Crossland, Sheffield ; Messrs. Halli well and Davis, Halifax Mr. T. C. Maynard, Durham ; Messrs. Bills and Allason, and Mr. W. I. Barker. Sunderland; Mr. Win. Davison, Alnwick ; Mr. T. Glover, South Shields ; Mr. John Hurst, Louth ; Mr. Jos. Nelson, Settle ; Mr. John Sturrock, jun., Dundee ; Mr. Jas. Ros F s OR , PMerthOF APPMLICATIONr. Walker T FOR ho mpSHAson, RES. Berwick. To the Provisional Committee of the Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Edin burgh, and Direct Glasgow Junction Railway, with a Branch by the North Tyne to Hexhara. Gentlemen,--I request that you will allot to me shares of 20/. each in this Company, and I un dertake to accept the same, and to pay the deposit thereon, or upon an y less number that may be allotted to me ; and I also undertake to execute the Par liamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when required. Name in full Residence . Trade or Profession (if any) •••• • • • • • • Place of Business • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Reference ••• • • Address of Referee •• •• • • ........ ••• • • Date of Application • .. ALLOCATION OF SHARES. The Committee of Management have now the satisfaction to and in form the subscribers and the p ublic that the Plans. Sections, Books of Reference of this undertaking have been completed, and de posited in compliance with the standing orders of the two Houses of Parliament, which will enable them to apply for an Act in the en suing session ; and as none of the ether lines projected to Hawick (including the London and Edinburgh Direct and Darlingten and Hawick Junction Railway) have lodged their Plans and Sections in conformity with the Standing Orders, this Company is, therefore, the only one in a position to apply to Parliament in the ensuing Ses sion for powers to make a Railway by the midland route to Edin burgh and Glasgow. The Committee have also much pleasure in stating that the result of their surveys is such as completely to answer the objections which have been made to their line in varions quarters, and that they are confirmed in the opinion which they at first held, that the line would be of easy formation, and that the tunnel through the Carter would not exceed one mile and a quarter in length. And they hereby give notice, that no Application for Shares will he received after the 15th of December, and that the allotment will be made as soon after that date as possible. By order, CHARLES ATTICUS MONCK, Chairman. JAMES POTTS, Secretary. Offices of the Company, 11, Eldon square, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Dec.. 3, 1845. At a MEETING of LANDOWNERS, held November 10, 1845, at Belsay Castle Inn, the following resolution was adopted : " We, the undersigned, landowners on and near the line of railway proposed to be made by a Company calling itself the Newcastle-on- Tyne, Edinburgh, and Direct Glasgow Railway, with a branch to Ilexham, having considered the proposed line, and explained with Mr. Monck, the Chairman of the Managing Committee of the said Railway Company, are of opinion that the proposed line of railway, both in its main line and in its branch, will be beneficial both to the line of country through which It will pass, and to our own estates, in af fording the shortest and easiest communication between Glasgow, Edinburgh, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and in opening out to use the lime and other minerals which may be now lying nnwrought in our lands. We are of opinion, therefore, that the projectors of the pro posed line ought to have our consent sold support, subject to such re servations in regard to all private and personal interests as is usual in such oases." Beatty Castle Inn, NAY. 10, 1645. (Signed) Chas. M Switiburne. P. G. Ellison (for Ralph Bates, Chas. M. L. Monek. Eget.) Thos. Anderson. J. S. Ogle. Thos. Atkinson Harle. Thomas James. John Forster. R. C. Askew, fbr self and the W. D. .mint. Basso Davldso NORFOLKRAILWAY.-GOODS TRAFFIC. The Directors respectfully give notice to the public that the goods trains are now running. - The Company undertake to forward all sorts of merchandise, grain, cattle, &c., between Yarmouth, Norwich, Attleborough, Thetford, Brandon, and London. The classification of goods, and scale of rates, may be had on ap plication at the Secretary's office, London, and to the Superintendent of the Norwich Station. RICHARD TILL, Secretary. Guildhall-buildings, London B RISTOL AND ENGLISH CHANNELS CONNECTING RAILWAY. ALP The Committee of Management have the satisfaction of an nouncing that the requisite notices of the intended application to Parliament in :be next session have been given, and the deposits of- Plans and Sections with the several Clerks of the Peace and the Board of Trade, as required by the standing orders of Parliament, have been duly made. Applications for Shares may be made until the 27th instant, when the lists will be closed for allotment. ISAAC COOKE and SONS, Bristol, BAXTER, ROSE, and NORTON, ISolleitors, 3, Park-street, Westminster, December 1, 1845. OXFORD, THAME; HIGH WYCOMBE, AND UXBRIDGE JUNCTION RAILWAY. Offlces,'43, Moorgate-street. THN MANAGING COMMITTEE. liubert de. Burgh, Esq., Chairman. Viscount Curzon, Deputy-Chairman. Lord Albert Conyogham Deane John Hoare, Lieut.-Col. Lothian I Dlcksou John Lane, Esq. Charles Collins, Esq. Thomas Edwards, Esq. Frederick Win. Etheridge, Esq, Malcolm Maclean, Esq. Richard Christopher Preston,Esq, Richard Tiriss, Esq. A.. W. Hillary, Esq. The Committee of Management have deferred closing their Share Lists until they were assured that the standing orders of Parliament had been complied with. The Plans and Sections having been duly deposited with the Board of Trade and the several Clerks of the Peace of the counties through which the line passes, they now give notice that no application for Shares will be received after the 2711; instant, and until, that period they will continue to be received at the Oftlces of the Company, 43, Moorgate-street ; of the Solicitor F. T. Geil, Carltcn-chambeis, 8, Regeut-street ; and of the following Brokers :—R. H. WilklAS, Esq., 4. Bank-chambers, London; henry 16 grenchlY , Esq., Cashion-court, Old Broad-strm.t, L.ralora It. MORTON CALEY, Secretary.' E AST DEREHAM AND NORWICH RAILWAY. The Committee of Management have the pleasure to inform the shareholders and the public that they have concluded arrangements for leasing the above railway to the Norfolk Company, at a rental of 41. per cent. per annam en the outlay, and an equal divisioa of the surplus profits. The Plans and Sections relating to this undertaking have been deposited at the Board of Trade, and with the several Clerks of the Peace, in conformity with the standing orders of Parliament. In order to comply with the standing orders of the House of Lords, as recently altered, it is necessary that the deposit of 1/. already paid should be increased to 21. 2s. It is also necessary that the scrip should be called in and re-issued, and new Parliamentary deeds executed. The shareholders are, therefore, required to pay, on or before the Ist day of January next the further sum of 11. 2s. per share on the shares respectively held by them, and for this purpose to deposit with the Secretary, at the Company's offices, Norwich, the scrip now held by them, together with an application for registry and exchange, in the annexed form, on or before the 24th day of December instant. The requisite order to one of the Company's hankers to receive the increased deposit will be issued within three days after the registry of the scrip, and on the production of the banker's receipt, and the execution of the new Parliamentary contract, the new scrip certifi cates will be issued. All scrip, in respect of which the shareholders shall fail to take the necessary steps for payment of the required deposit within the speci fied period, will be forfeited. EDWARD WILLETT, Chairman, Norwich, Dec. 8, 1845. 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CHRONICLE.—We cannot satisfy the just impa tience of our readers by any positive intelligence re specting the steps to be taken in consequence of the re signation of Sir Robert Peel. Lord John Russell, as we have stated, is not returned from Osborne House, and the public must for the present be content with knowing that the task of extricating us from our difficulties is confided to him. Fur we must not disguise from our solves that the present is a crisis of great difficulty, no: to say even of national peril. A strong Government is all of a sudden dissolved, because the Minister, yielding to a strong sense of public necessity, has proposed a measure of relief which the representative of the aristo cracy will not permit to take effect. If, after the matter has been brought to such a point, the people were to ac quiesce in the rejection of their just demands, all hope of relief would have to be abandoned, and our interests would be sacrificed to an oppressive oligarchy. We must carry the repeal of the corn laws now or never. That it will be carried, in spite of all hostile influences, we have not a moment's doubt. There is that spirit in the people, that we feel persuaded that they will not submit to an eternal corn-law, and will not draw back from a contest in which both Sir R. Peel and Lord J. Russell have united to lead them. But it is not merely necessary that the repeal of the corn-laws should be carried. It must be carried at once, and without the excitement of a prolonged contest. We will not enter into the details of a contest with the House of Lords —the necessity of probably more than one change of Ministry—of possibly more than one dissolution of Par liament, amid the greatest national excitement—of an actual swamping of the House of Lords—of a repeti tion of that ignominious coercion that carried the Reform Bill, or that more ignominious submission by means of which Catholic Emsousipo.tioa was passed. If we mean to retain a House of Lords as part of our Constitution, we must avoid permitting its members to place themselves in an attitude of resistance to the public will and the public good, in the cause of the most sordid self-in terest. Now of this evil we run the greatest risk. If the ground which the Duke of Wellington has taken be that of opposing the repeal of the corn-laws, we may anticipate the most obstinate struggle on the part of un wise Peers, battling for their personal interests under the sanction of his great nanle, and the guidance of his little prudence. But we trust that such is not the ground on which his Grace has broken up Sir Robert Peel's Government. We would rather believe that he objected not to the repeal of the corn-laws as a matter of public necessity, but to the performance of that task by a Tory Government. Looking at the probabilities of the case, we still hope that it will eventually be found that he will not head an opposition to the measure, supported by one of the great political parties in the country, and adopted by the leaders of the other. We cannot believe that he will close his glorious career in a struggle so void alike of honour as of hope. But even if we escape the calamity of being opposed by the Duke of Wellington, we must make up our minds to a sharp contest with the House of Lords. This is a point in which they fancy their pride and their pockets both so interested, :that the majority of them will be inclined to resist under any leader: and leaders we may be sure they will find in the abundant resources of ducal folly. We must not per mit ourselvs to doubt that the great majority of that House is inclined to resist free trade, and will do so as far as they dare. But though we should beat them in the contest, it is a contest which, in the interests of public order, it is most essential that we should avoid The great measure of justice must be carried before the opposition shall have had time to excite the public in dignation, and stir up other and more formidable ques tions than the corn-law. Now that the people of both parties have entered upon the struggle, the work must be done, and done out of hand. And the only way of attaining this result is by letting the House of Lords see at once that none other is possible ;—that there is such an union, such a determination on our part as will render it impossible to uphold any Government except one that will in this matter do the work of the people. This can only be done by the union of all, who, what ever may be their party connexions, whatever their politics on other points, are determined on the repeal of the corn-laws. The members of the late Government are as much interested in the success of such a measure as those, whoever they may be, who shall take office for the purpose of carrying it. They have not got rid of their heavy responsibility with their places. They cannot have pro claimed to the world, by the very act of their resignation, their deep conviction of the urgent necessity of a policy which must have been most distasteful to them, without being prepared to prove the sincerity of their conviction by the most loyal exertions to ensure its success. Last week we called on all Liberals to put; aside all party considerations, in order to enable Sir Robert Peel to bring this momentous question to a satisfactory and speedy settlement. Circumstances are only so far changed that we may now possibly have to require the aid which we then proffered. The co-operation of ra tional and honest men, for this purpose, is still as necessary, and still, we believe, as confidently to be counted on. Sir Robert Peel, in the great step which he has taken, has, after all, but acted on a wide-spread feeling among that large and powerful section of the Conservative party which he more especially represents. Be his faults in past time what they may, his last act gives proof of a sincere regard for the public good. His example in this respect will surely act most strongly on the great mass of those who trust in his guidance, and sympathise with his general pur poses. If such be not the case, it would undoubtedly be a grave question whether Lord J. Russell should attempt to form a Government at present. It would perhaps be necessary for us to pass through a preliminary process, and prove to the monopolists the hopelessness of their resistance, by throwing on them the responsibility of carrying on that government which they will not allow others to conduct. Let the Duke call his brother dukes around him, and see what kind of practical talent for government he can get out of' them. Let them try the arduous experiment of fishing out an ultra-Tory to lead the House of Commons in common grammatical English. Let them break down in the hopeless enterprise—give up power to those who can wield it—and acquiesce in the law which the intelligence of the country imposes on them. But this prolongation of perilous strife—this damage to the aristocracy—this interruption of the real business of the country—let us be spared, if possible. It will be possible, if some little sacrifice of party and personal feeling can be generally made to a great object of general interest. Happily, the very crisis which imposes the necessity on us has loosened the bonds of party. On the Liberal side, the ancient distinctions of by-gone party names have long ceased to be realities; and, thanks to Sir Robert Peel, what has been called the Conservative party is now resolvbd into primitive chaos. HERALD.—We stated yesterday that the whole Cabinet had resigned. Such is the fact ; the whole of the Conservative Cabinet goes out together, and, we have no doubt. will adhere to the Conservative party. Whatever Sir Robert Peel's opinion upon the subject of the corn-laws, the country may be well assured that he never did propose, and, in office or out of office, never will either propose or support any change in the corn laws, unaccompanied by what he believes to be full compensation to the landed interest through all its gra dations. Whence that full compensation is to be obtained we are utterly at a loss to conjecture, but it is no more than an act of justice to the late Premier, as we suppose we may call him now, to repeat it, that he never did propose, as the infamous fabrication of the Times asserted, an unqualified and total repeal of the corn-laws. Nor, as we firmly believe, will he ever propose or support any such measure. This is most important, because whatever difference has existed in the Cabinet has been merely a difference in degree and not in species, and therefore cannot extend to the Conservative party in either House of Parliament. Lord John Russell has been summoned by the Queen, and is now in attendance upon her Majesty as her confidential adviser. And who is Lord John Russell ? A party to the Lichfield House compact—one who has within these last few days pledged himself by a public document to concede all the most extravagant demands of the Anti- Corn-law League ; and, hear it you opponents of the Maynooth grant, one of the party most solemnly pledged to extinguish the Protestant Church in Ireland, and to establish the Roman Catholic Church in that great divi sion of the United Kingdom. Let Conservatives think of this in time—and they have but little time to think of it —for whether Parliament be dissolved or not, the work of ruin will probably commence the first week of Fe bruary. POST.—What may be the tactics of the new Minis try seems a matter of considerable dubitation with the political public. A dissolution of Parliament was the first thing that suggested itself to people's minds, as the present House of Commons could hardly be expected to furnish the Whigs with a working majority; but against this measure it is urged that the most serious incon veniences to the public interest must necessarily follow on a dissolution. The locking up, for so many weeks, of the capital deposited by projected railway companies is mentioned as one point deserving of careful considera tion; and another is, that many railway Bills, that were not finished last session, must be brought forward de novo in the new Parliament, instead of being taken up at the stage in which they were left at the period of proro gation in August. This, it is argued, would not only be a cruel infliction of expense upon the companies so situ ated, but a positive breach of faith with them on the part of the Government and the House of Commons. Then there is the state of our relations with America. Ima gine Parliament dissolved when a hostile mess ige from " his Excellency" Mr. Polk should arrive. Whence are to come the sinews of war? In short, there is embarrassment on all hands. Let the new Minister continue the present Parliament, and in all human h probability he finds him self iu a minority; let im dissolve it, and there is a n e q ual p robabilit y that he will be unable to " carry on the Queen's Government. But, as his friend Sidney Smith said, " Lord John Russell will undertake anything—the command of the Channel fleet, the building of St. Paul's, or the operation for the stone." It is not to be wondered at, therefore, that he i feels no hesitatio n in facin g the p erils of his p resent Iposition. It is so much the way of the world to forget old friends, especially when they chance to have no good I things to give away, that people talk very little about the members of the late Cabinet. This may, perhaps, he owing in seine sort to the habit of Sir Robert Peel, who spoke often of himself and seldom of his colleagues; but ' still he had colleagues, and men of "note and mark" in many instances. Of these, we believe we may safely say that the Duke of Wellington strenuously and successfully opposed to the last the repeal of the corn laws. Of the Duke of Buccicuch we are assured the same may be predicted. Lord Stanley, we have reason to think, was firm in favour of protection to British industry ; in fact, we might go on to enumerate the majority of the Cabinet, for it was to a majority that Sir Robert Peel succumbed in his vain attempt to establish free trade in corn. No endeavour is made to account for this extraordinary propos:d on his part, though it is rumoured that he was seized with panic at the run made upon the stock of bonded corn for the purpose of exportation. Whether the cause (4- the effect more prove the practical weakness of the Minister, we leave others to judge. "We tell the tale as 'twas told to us." Some friends of the late Cal,in.t are still sanguine of its speedy restoration to office—of course without Sir Robert Peel at its head. What is to become of him does not clearly appear. A corresp,md ent, indeed, last night informed us that Sir Robert Peel will be immediately created a peer by the titles of Baron Trent, Viscount Drayton, and Earl of Tainworth, and that in the House of Lords he will give his independent support to that measure, of the policy of which he has failed to convince his late colleague,e' And here, for this occasion, closes our budget of Ministers past, pre sent, and to come. TRIES.—Sir Robert Peel has resigned, and Lord John Russell has been invited to form a new Admini,- tration. Such is the sudden and strange event which has taken by surprise the whole political world ; and such the verification, if not the fulfilment, of the intelligence which yesterday week astonished our readers. At that time another conclusion of the controversies which had evidently long harassed the Cabinet was confidently and justly expected. Sir Robert Peel had then gained over to a total repeal of the corn-laws all his colleagues ex cept three or four, with whose co-operation, if report speaks true, he might very well have dispensed. He had just won the reluctant assent of the Duke of Welling ton, and his promise to propose the measure iu the Lords. It had also b een se t t l e d to summon P ar li ament early in January for this purpose. Our readers then possessed an exact and lit era l transcr i pt o f t h e Minis terial state and intentions. We had not even omitted to notice the " insignificant and doubtful" exceptions to the general unanimity. Unless, indeed, it had been possible to tell, not only what was in men's minds, but also what might possibly enter into them, we are con vinced that not even the Cabinet itself could have given a truer account of the state of affairs. Subsequently, however, to the date of our announcement, the Duke withdrew his assent, and joined the minority. The Premier then felt that it was not his place, or perhaps in his power, to carry the measure. On Saturday, accord ingly, Sir R. Peel iniormed the Queen of the difficulties in which he found himself, and tendered his resignation. Her Majesty, it is said, was pleased to express a great desire to retain his service!, if it could possibly ha so arranged. Sir Robert Peel could suggest no alternative, and the Queen summoned Lord John Russell to her councils. On Wednesday the whole Ministry resigned, and is now only holding office till Lord John Russell has selected a Government to supply its place. Did we consult our own taste, we would not say a word in vindication of our announcement, which has ceased to be a matter of any importance now that the result is known. What we said was then perfectly true, and is, moreover, fulfilled, in its most important feature—viz., the surrender of the corn-laws by Sir Robert Peel and an immense majority of the Cabinet. Of course no mortal man could foretel such a casualty as that the Duke of Wellington would change his mind. Had the sudden stroke of death or other calamity dis solved the Cabinet, that would not have vitiated the truth of the statement. In every intention and every declara tion regarding the future there are reserves which it is not necessary to express ; and admitting that the Duke may have changed his mind most conscientiously, yet it would have been an insult to specify that beforehand as a particularly probable contingency. We will add, how ever, that even as far as he is concerned, our original an nouncement is nearer to a literal completion than certain obstinate unbelievers imagine. The Duke, contrary to the rumours which were all we had to depend upon yesterday, will not risk the existence of the Lords by raising them against the measure, or lift his own voice against it. Though he will not propose it on Sir Robert Peel's initiation, he will, we have reason to believe, offer no obstinate resistance to it on Lord John Russell's. We may, therefore, leave the question of our veracity in the hands of the public with very little mis giving as to the issue. With the measure recommended us a speech from the Throne a few weeks hence, with a Ministry then perfectly unanimous in its favour, with Sir Robert Peel and three-fourths of his colleagues speaking and voting for it in the Lower House, and the Duke of Wellington yielding a virtual assent in the Upper, we will leave the population of Manchester, or any other fifty thousand rational men, to decide which is the truer prophet, we, or they who denounced the sole statement, letter and spirit, in their own peculiar style, as "an atrocious fabrication," resting that courteous denial on the utter impossibility of the Premier under going so considerable a change of opinion, and, what was worse still, giving them no information of it. To Lord John Russell, therefore, we must now turn, as the helmsman of the State through the present crisis. We have frequently intimated that he and his friends had at least a better claim to such a measure as that soon to be passed, than ,the Conserva tive Ministry ; and immediately on the appearance of his Lordship's letter we said, that he bad made the mea sure his own so thoroughly, that even if the Conserva tive Premier should afterwards declare for it, he would hardly escape the stigma of unjust appropriation, Fortune has, at last, distributed the parts of the political drama with a fitness to which we have latterly been little accustomed. Of existing statesmen Lord John Russell is the nearest claimant. That is the utmost, perhaps, that can be said for him. It is, as we have said, the measure of the people. The people propose it. The people are passing it, and it is a popular triumph. Lord John Russell has the honour of being, not in the least sense whatever the author of the measure, but the han diest, most opportune, most convenient, and most becom ing instrument—viz., in the hands of the people. Ile will of course start very fair ; with his first great measure made to his hands, his work cut out for him, some small stock of popularity in hand, and a neutralised, a divided, and embarrassed Opposition. Had not the Whigs a certain happy facility of eTast ing the best resources, and spoiling the fairest occasions, we should augur well of his continuance and success. His responsibility, however, must already press heavily upon him. Never was there a Ministry which did not receive in its first formation the seeds of futuro decay— never one which could not subsequently trace its calamities to the inevitable working of somo constitu tional virus. His difficulty is the abundance of the materials from which he has to make his choice; and not merely the abundance, the variety, and, in some re spects, the discordance of those materials. Whig and Radical, aristocratic and popular, not to say, plebeian, are the colours which he must group and harmonise. And well does it behove him to count the cost of every choice and every rejection. Two paths lie before him. He may either reunite the old materials of the former Whig Ministry without going out of " the family" for a single new name; which will be a simple way of beginning, and, we will add, a simple way of finishing, his career. Or, he may endeavour to enlarge that close connexion and widen that narrow bags, by taking in a little of that rank and nobility which nature and the people have created. Common decency as well as common sense seem to suggest that the Cabinet of a representative people should itself be representative, and should therefore contain the real authors of its measures, the foremost men of its principles, the framers of its constitution, and maintainers of its cause. Till the last few weeks opened their eyes, the Whigs have had nothing to do with that great measure which places Lord John Russell at the head of the national councils. If the new Cabinet is to be a mere re-union of that exclusive coterie, all the world will he struck with the ingratitude and insolence of a usurpation which so coolly monopolizes the fruits of a victory gained by the indus try, the perseverance, the genius, and the patriotism of others. It is not the Whigs who have displaced Sir Robert Peel and brought in Lord John Russell. The Whigs have had nothing to do with the present crisis and the question now at issue, except iu slowly ten dering their adherence at the eleventh hour, and being ready to divide the spoil. They are not the makers of the new Cabinet. Neither ought they to be its only members. Yet it is reported that there are men who consider themselves not unfit to carry out the mea sures of the people, but who recoil with horror at the least plebeian encroachment "'twist the wind antl their nobility." On his own triumphant battle-field they scout the rough soldier of the commonwealth. Reinstated as they aro by the million, they will not sit with those who lead the million. Such surely are men who would be ashamed of their own fathers, if fortune had not made them ornamental as well as kind. Ti b i e, e world will suspect another feeling besides the d espica vanity, of caste. They will be thought unable to en- (lure the presence of one to whom they are under such overpowering obligations ; perhaps vonto cower be neath an influence so energetic and independent. It was as mu ch as the fastidious Whig could do to admit the brilliant essaist and reviewer. The novas homo of more practical greatness will undoubtedly put his po pular sympathies to a more practical lest. It the Whigs co ndescend to use the opening which the people have given them. they must also condescend to follow its leading. In a peculiar sense they are now the repre sentatives of the popular will. It is their boast to carry out the Reform Bill. That Bill gave a political exist ence to the rnanufaettsring masses. It gave to the busy and populous north Its just proportion in the State. The reform of the Parliament involves a reform of the Cabinet. The one is a function of the other, and there will be an endless collision till the man of the people is admitted to the secret councils of the Sovereign as well as to the public deliberations of the Legislature. ' ADVERTISER.—A crisis has arrived ! the Minis terial plot works : as Talleyrand said, we have now before us le commencement de la fin. What the termina tion will be. time alone will unfold ; but at present the " peat fact" of the resignation of Sir Robert Peel's Ca binet is now beyond doubt. In our impression of the 4th instant, we distinctly announced that, owing to the difficulties with which Sir Robert Peel found himself surrounded, he had threatened to resign. The opposi tion he has encountered from the D uke of Wellington and the high Tory members in the Cabinet , to his ~~ ~~~~ v ` f ___ ~~/_. ~~ meditated blow against the corn-laws, and the utter impossibility which existed of his being able to face the Parliament and to do nothing, have rendered the neces cessity of his resignation overwhelming; and - Wand his colleagues at present only hold the seals of office till such time as their successors shall be appointed. We have the satisfaction to state, that imme diately upon the resignation of the late Ministers, her Majesty sent for Lord John Russell, who, after having had an interview of an hour's duration with Sir Robert Peel yesterday, at Whitehall, imme diately repaired to Osborne House. His Lordship had an audience of her Majesty, and returned to town last evening with full authority to form an Administration. The leading members of the former Whig Cabinet have already communicated with his Lordship, who is actively engaged in the formation of his Cabinet. It is probable that an address from his Lordship to his constituents of the City of London, with a declaration of the principles which are to guide his policy on the corn-laws, will ap pear forthwith. The excitement and speculation which these important events created throughout the whole cf the metropolis yesterday, may be easily conjectured. The rumour of a speedy, if not an immediate dissolu tion of Parliament, was very prevalent at all the West end club-houses, and the conference which took place between Lord John Russell and Sir Robert Peel revived, with more than its original force, the report which we gave a week ago, that a coalition Ministry, with the two Whig and Tory chiefs at the head, would be formed. Indeed, it is currently reported is the City that it is the inten tion of the Liberal party, in case of a dissolution of Parliament, to solicit Sir R. Peel to stand as a candidate for the City of London, by the side of the Noble Lord, the present Member for the City, upon the broad prin ciples of free-trade and repeal of the corn-laws. In this general dislocation of parties, it is almost impossible to predict the future course or events. It is, however, more than probable that the Tories, now that the disruption of their Cabinet has taken place, will rally round some of their leaders, and make the most strenuous defence of the protection laws. The history of the world furnishes no example of a greedy, selfish body of monopolists quietly relinquishing the edvantages which they have gradually and silently usurped. But the blow is struck: the corn-laws and the protection-laws are doomed, ani must inevitably be placed upon a free and equal footing bearing impartially upon all classes of the community alike. It is impossible to overrate the importance of the present crisis. Upon the firmness of the people rests the future happiness and prosperity of unborn millions. It will depend upon the number of personal adherents of Sir Robert Peel who may follow his ex ample in the house of Commons, and join the ranks of the Whif,s, whether Lord John Russell will be able to assume such an attitude in the Lower House as shall compel the House of Lords to give way, as they at length reluctantly did in the case of the Reform Bill. The cry of " Corn," not " Curry," at an election, will shake the power and influence of these legislatorial Peers to the very foundation. No more will the alarm spread abroad that the Constitution is in danger avail them. 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I.—lt was very generally reported that the day before yesterday (the 29th of November), the anniversary of the revolution at Warsaw, was fixed upon as the time at which a great movement in favour of Polish independence should take place; at least that day was indicated as of great importance in the threatening letter addressed to the President of the Police, Baron Von Massentoli. The day, however, has passed over without any disturbance, as was to be expected, for there can be no great reason to dread revolution, the breaking out of which is formally announced to the public before hand. Muzsrcn, Nov. 28.—Dr. Edvrard Schnedtstein, pro fessor of jurisprudence in the University of Erlangen, Member of the Senate, who has been long expected to embrace the Protestant faith, has now given formal notice of it to the superior authorities. DUTCH FUNDS.—AMSTEADAM, DEc. 9. • Money. Fills. 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Money. kustrian 5 per Cents ................ 113 Bank Shares . ...... ....... . : ... ..... 1620 Anglo-Russian Loan .............• • • 109 108 1 4 Russian 5 per Cent., !lamb. Certificate. 103 102• X Ditto Ist series Inscription ...• • •6• • • • • 194 1033! Ditto, Hope and Co., 3d and 4th series .• 99 Ditto, in Certificate. .. ... .... •••• • • • • 9 9 New 4 per Cent., Hope and Ce. ••• • • • 91 Ditto Stieglitz .. . ........ ......... 90 59% Spanish New 5 per Cent.. ..... ....... 20% 20 Ai . Ditto 3 per Cent .......... ..... ... 31 _ Anglo-Portuguese Loan, 2 34 • per Cent • • _ Dutch Actual Debt, 2% per Cent ••• • • 58% 5S Ditto 3 per Cent. ...•.. .• •• •''' Polish New 4 per Cent. Loan, 1844.• • • 82 5 Anglo - Danish Loan, 3 per Cent ...... 8571 5 3 , National Bank Shares.... .••••••• • • • • ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARTS. On Wednesday, the 10th instant, being the seventy seventh anniversary of the foundation of the Royal Academy of Arts, a general assembly of the Acade micians was held in their apartments in Trafalgar square, when the following distribution of premiums took place, viz.:— To Mr. James Clark Hook, for the best Historical Painting, the Gold Medal, and the Discourses of the Presidents Reynolds and West. To Mr. Alfred Brown, for the best Composition in Sculpture, the Gold Medal, and the Discourses of the Presidents Reynolds and West. To Mr. Arthur Johnson, for the best Architectural Design, the Gold M e d a l, and the Discourses of the Pre sidents Reynolds stud West. To Mr. Thomas Clark, for the best Copy made in the Painting School, the Silver Medal, and the Lectures of the Professors Fuseli, Phillips, and Flaxman. To Mr. William Gale, for the best Drawing from the Life, the Silver]Medal, and the Lectures of the Professors Fuseli, Phillips, and Flaxman. — (The books were not given, he having received them in another class on a former occasion.) To Mr. Gustavus Ellenthorpe Sintzenich, for the next best Drawing from the Life, the Silver Medal. To Mr. Thomas Clark, for the next best Drawing from the Life, the Silver Medal. To Mr. Alfred Brown, for the best Model from the Life, the Silver Medal, and the Lectures of Professors Fuseli, Phillips, and Flaxrnan. To Mr. John Wilton Walton, for the best Drawings of the Strand Front of Somerset House, the Silver Me dal, and the Lectures of the Professors Fusel', Phillips, and Flaxman. To Mr. Silvester Charles Capes, for the next best Drawings of the Strand Front of Somerset House, the Silver Medal. To Mr. John Alfred Vinter, for the best Drawings from the Antique, the Silver Medal, and the Lectures of the Professors Fuseli and Phillips. To Mr. George Bernard O'Neil,. for the next best Drawings from the Antique, the Silver Medal. To Mr. William Henderson, for the next hest Draw ings from the Antique, the Silver Medal. To Mr. George IVlossman, for the best Model from the Antique, the Silver Medal, and the Lectures of the Professors Fuseli and Flaxman. To Mr. Charles Samuel Kelsoy, for the next best Model from the Antique, the Silver Medal. To Mr. Leonard Wyon, for a Medal Die of the Head of the Apollo Belvedere, the Silver Medal. Afterwards an address from the President to the Stu dents was read by the Keeper. The general assembly then proceeded to appoint officers for the ensuing year, when Sir Martin Archer Shee was unanimously re-elected President. COUNCIL —NEW LlST.—Charles Landseer, William Etty, Abraham Cooper, and James War, Esqs , O L D LIST.—John P rescot t Knight, Henry William Pickersgill, Charles Robert Cockerell, and Joseph Mal lard William Turner, Esqs. VISITORS IN THE LIFE ACADEMY—NEW LlST.—Ed ward Hodges Baily, John Prescott Knight, Charles Ro bert Leslie, Charles Landseer, and William Frederick Witherington, Esqs. OLD' Mulready, Daniel Maclise, Henry William Pickersgill, and Thomas Unwins, Esqs. VISITORS IN THE SCHOOL OF PAINTING—NEW LIST. —Charles Lock Eastlake, Charles Landseer, Ramsay Richard Reinagle, and Thomas' Unwins, Esqs. OLD LlST.—William Etty, Solomon Alexander Hart, John Prescott Knight, and Daniel Maclise, Esqs. • AUDITORS R E -ELECTED.—WiIIiam Mulready, J. M. W. Turner, Esqs., and Sir Richard Westmacott. !/!/yL- ' : 11 CI ,! , 111 * . 7 ...' - t., , - ~:,,,,, 4i, ~....,.. ,„. ( -: ____:::-__-.: -" A- •-• .V„, -, 0. - - -, .. ) ".:i, '' , \ -,54.z-kf--,-,, •‘• •-„.„••', ...-----, , ', ..- ti , 7 , _•., -;,•••---, --. •••- ' '"‘ • `'.• , , . - . 1 -;I,- ~• 1., • .... 4:. •!-* 1. . .J ,„., • i:- + /N . N- PRICE SD. EXTENSIVE SEIZURE OF ILLICIT SPIRITS OF NITRE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE MORNING HERALD. have communicated to my client the letter of your solicitor of the 6th instant, in reply to a letter from me addressed to you of the 4th of the same month, re quiring from you a refutation of an imputation upon the character of my client, Mr. Philip ll,rris, of Birming ham, chemist, contained in an article in your paper of the 13th of November last, headed, " Further extensive seizure of illicit spirits of nitre," in which letter yeur so licitor stated that the columns of the Morning Herald are open to the contradiction, under my hand, of any mis-statement or error which may have appeared therein ; and in compliance with this offer, and on be half of my client, I beg to make the following statement, as communicated by him to me, the truth of which, from evidence laid before me, I have not the least reason to doubt : You state that, from orders given at this place (meaning, I suppose, London), it was ascertained that a large stock of the same description of spirits had been sent by canal to Birmingham by order of Bailey himself, and that the Birmingham officers of Excise, acting upon inftbmation they had received, proceeded to the premises of my client, and found no difficulty in discovering the object of their search, and pronounced the stock of spirits there found to be part of the goods manufactured in the illicit dis tillery in the Globe-road, and sent by the carriers to Birmingham. This, sir, is perfectly correct, and n) difficulty could be experienced, for each of the carboys of spirits at the carriers in London were directed to my client in Birmingham, and were sent to him at his warehouse at Birmingham, without the least attempt at concealment, and which directions were found on the carboys in his possession, so that no fraud could have been anticipated or thought of by Mr. Harris in the transaction ; and so fully were the officers of Ex ci,e aware of the bond fide nature of the transaction on his part, that upon bring shown the invoices and other document, sent by Bailey and Company' to him, they did not remove the goods from the ware house, where they have remained until a few days ago. With! espect to the price paid for the article in ques tion, that at which my client purchased was the then market price, deducting about 21per cent, for immediate payment. And further with respect to the quantity, except one carboy sent as a sample, only nine carboys were ordered by him, being the quantity seized—a small quantity compared to that which he is in the habit of buying in the ordinary course of his business. As the goods had only arrived in the possession of Mr. Harris two days prior to the visitation of the officers et Excise, and they had not then been paid for, he had no motive for disputing the seizure, as no pecuniary loss could accrue to him in consequence, and he is advised to leave this question to be settled between Messrs. Bailey Brothers and the Excise.—l am, Sir, your obedient ser vant, SAMUEL DANKS, Dec. 9, 1845. 3, Waterloo-street, Birmingham. ON THE PATRONAGE OF RAIL- WAYS IN FRANCE. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) It is worthy of remark that, in France, the value of railway shares is not based on the importance of the line, or on the length of lease granted, but more invari ably on the reputation and credit of the banker or pro jector of the Company. When, therefore, a new line is proposed, persons seek first to inform themselves who is the projector. This observation is not applicable to the Orleans, Rouen, or St. Germain Railways, the daily re turns of which are ascertained. Patronage is then of great weight in France. As proof of this, we may cite the example of what occurs on the Versailles right line (rive droite), the Versailles left line (rive gauche), and that from Strasbourg to Basle. The shares of the left line (rive gauche) are worth 295 francs (11/. 15s. 2d.) ; it has, notwith standing, a debt of four millions, and has not, as yet, made the least return to its shareholders. The right line (rive droite), the shares of which are worth 455 francs (181.), produces less return than that from Stras bourg to Basle, which has a far fairer prospect of ul timate success, although its shares are only 245 francs (lot). The line of railway from Paris to Strasbourg, of which the works are in active operation, that from Dijon to Mulhouse, from Zurich to Basle, from Stras bourg to Lauterbourg, opening a communication with Belgium and Holland, will be shortly in progress, and will constitute the future prospect of the line from Stras bourg to Basle, which will join the main lines, whilst the railways in the vicinity of Paris will deteriorate in value in proportion as other lines are established. The divi dends, in 1844, were very large, a result to be attri buted to the federal games (du fer) ; this year, they promise to realise as much as in 1843, notwithstanding the disturbances in Switzerland, which have exercised a baneful influence on the receipts. Whence, then, arises the difference in the prosperity of this railway compared with others ? It is to be traced to the influence of patronage, it being well known that the Council of Administration for the line from Strasbourg to Basle receives no pay, excepts no indem nification, and does not endeavour to force the sale of , the shares? Asa last example of the power of patronage, we may quote the Northern line, the shares of which, in the commencement, were at 380 francs premium. This enormous difference is only to be accounted for by its being assigned to the Princes of France ; in other hands the premiums would have been inconsiderable. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TAT fERSALL'S—YESTERDAY. THE DERBY. The only bets laid in the room were 7 to 1 ags t S t i ng to 100/. (8 to 1 also laid, decidedly a point above the market price); 500 to 20 and 300 to 10 agst Malcolm ; and 500 to 15 agst Traverser. In the course of the day the following bets were made at one of the club houses :-400 to 10 agst Humdrum ; 600 to 15 agst Iloorrah ; and 1,000 to 20, and 1,000 to 25 agst Tug -net CHESTER CUP. 500 to 10 &Kit The Baron—taken. ThQ Duke of Bedford's Prologue, by Camel, died a few days ago. I? EATH IN A WORKHOUSE FROM OVER-EATING. — Yesterday, Mr. Waklev, M.P., held an inquest in the St. Marylebone Workhouse, 'New -road, on the body of James Geohagan, aged ten years, an inmate from infancy. It ap peared that on Sunday last deceased went to take tea with his sister in the girl's ward of the workhouse. In the evening he returned and went to bed, and about midnight was seized with eholic. He was taken to the sick ward and attended by Mr. Allen, one of the resident surgeons, but he died at half-past three on the Monday morning. Mr. Allen deposed that he had opened the body and found the stomach full of food partly digested. A small piece of potato, not digested, blocked up the passage that leads from the stomach into the abdomen, and the result was rupture of the stomach and death. The witness said that he had been informed that deceased had eaten very heartily the day preceding his death. He was au invalid, and was allowed a mutton chop for dinner every day. Mr. Wakley said it was a very un usua l thing for the inmate of a workhouse to die from excess of food. The sister of deceased, a fine girl of thirteen, said h er , brother never complained of any sort of ill-treatment, and that his nurse and the doctor allowed him in the shape of food everything he required. She also was most kindly treated. Mr. Wakley remarked that it must be most satisfactory to the rate-payers to hear that their money was to humanely expended. Verdict.—" Death from rupture if the stomach." 'The Rev. W. Marshall, a clergyman of the Esta blished Church, was last week received into the Roman Catholic communion at Oscott. Mr. Marshall was curate to Archdeacon R. Wilberforce, and is the second person of the same name who has lately left the Establishment.—Post. - , -7 ' ...-~ ----- --:.:__The whole projected and designed by Mr. w..graawen. ~...--, , 11 , f ,,' CARTER'S MAMMOTH HORSE. N l on tl Shar r r il , of "",,,e colossal Horse, GENERAL WASHINGTON, the pro- next I'M r,,,,...r. Carter, the Lion King, has been visited by many thou- ga.' ,„" 1, 0 m 7"s, including the r obility and gentry, and numerous ladies, l'" "rll, ,t declared that he is the most extraordinary horse in the pros .1" rem: he Principal journals have spoken in the highest terms of "Is I. "'ritable animal General Washington is the largest horse in ~ ~ 1 1 ,,,.. °Md...., 'm . o ue is twenty hands In height, and weighs twenty-five i , i 1i... p unds ,„- 1., , • - '"‘ (1," De exhibited by Mr. Carter for a short time. Ill'Avi...-ta..-.S 1 18r‘ . "Illre to America, at the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly, from . 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