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~.. ~, , 7---- „/ --- 7 ,) • / /K__ . -- s , ////-"/'- ' '-' /c z " ",/, 7 --- - 7 <----, (---/ 'e.- ..--- 4 -/' 40 , „---- (--- _---- ~....'„,..=' ; ' -. .:0•7- - --- - - , c,.,, 1"..‘.i::-,; ` -. .. ,, ::..:;'....:::„.,:k• .... 7E AUCTION DUTIES 81* .-,-, , ,,v, , , •_ -- - - ,\,', ,` - it-i---",----,A I-1 71 - 'l.----:-(,, :, '-. ', o oi . -*-__ , , j . 1 if. je .. . . . TO THE EDITOR OF THE St.l. :, o\eli \\ , 4.41, • :-,-; - 'f*,.A ., .. • t• ,, • - ,-- / ! ,‘„ , A.*:Mag , k,', ~ . , ,-17 - . i. 77 4 , r-N ,-'- d 4 41, et,i. / ' 't , , ~ , r t i , - - 5..- .3 ,.. : . .? '-' - ' '''S , Ei' 4 ...":' f k,.- ~ . —— - V. • Z: --- . . ..... SIR,— A letter appeared in your . Journal of instant, dated Dundee, February 28, and sir -- -,_- ••4, 1 . Auctioneer." /.t. i z. ,. -! 4 L , , , ' , 0,,. , - qi_4.,,i ,;-.:•_ m .__. ~.,..: --; ...„ e . s .., .. , . . , 2N. . .. .. + ' . t.,...` - i I D : . , . \ ...pi s k L-V" ;' '-; - \ i V * k, I ii ,, , ----., 7 , -. W! . , ,-F 4 4 t ij , - , 4 Z_Z' gripit, ''' o . ''t l '' ''' '1 ; --- --------, -' C't :* ._, - .2 di-- <:th. ,------ r ri C.- x.. ~ t r . .\.., is . nßoli .4., - _-- .......____.- . X. i , , . -- •= -- 1„;./..-io,1 1. ..,,e/Eu 440, , 4 ;, t r.., : ": ii ... 44 .... -,, ,. t ., . - e s- P. ~-,~~ .41 0?" N. if the 7th igned "An Before I state something respecting the charges of auctioneers, I would briefly state that I am neither auctioneer nor appraiser ; the purport of his letter. .is to raise the duty on appraisements from 10i. to 5/, which he imagines will throw more business into the hands of auctioneers, and considerably reduce the number of appraisers. With regard to the charges of auctioneers in other parts of the kingdom I cannot say, but I know that in ours they are most exorbitant. This part of the ccuntry is chiefly agrict.ltural, the principal part of the sales are farming stock, which pay no auction duty. I bought a cow last year at a farmer's sale, and I paid the auctioneer about eight shillings for his charge ; his charge was one halfpenny on the shilling, up to forty shillings, and 6d. per pound on the remainder, and this same auctioneer has since then advanced his charge to 51. per cent. on the different lots, w hich on the sale of a farmer's stock of the average ratio, say 500/., the auctioneer will realise 251., independent of what he charges per day to his employer. These fees and encroachments of auctioneers have been very much grumbled at, but when one buys goods at a sale, we don't know how to act to get clear from paying it ; we know it is an imposi tion, but they say it is according to the conditions of sale, and for quietness' sake we pay it. With regard to appraisers, which your correspondent wishes to advance the duty upon, I don't know how an agricultural community could do without them; they are the only protection that a farmer has from the exorbitant charges of a country auctioneer. They are generally in' telligent farmers, persons of good judgme n t. I n t h e greatest parts of our Riding, it is customary when a farmer is leaving a farm, that a great part of the manage meat has to be settled between the off-going and the in coming tenant ; each of the parties choose an ap. praiser, who meet and value together the different items which are laid before them ; their usual charges are from 10s. to 20s. per day ; whereas, if an auctioneer was employed, he would charge a per centage, which would amount perhaps to 51. or 10t, or sometimes con siderably more. I sincerely trust that no advance will take place upon the duty charged upon the appraiser's licences, as it would throw an additional burden upon the farmer. No. 16 9 410. LONDON, IFRIDAI. 7 NING SUN, MARCH 21, 1845. PRICE sd. THE 4UN is Published EVERY MORNING at FIVE 0 CLOCK, in Time for the EARLY TRAINS and TOWN DELIVERY; a SECOND EDITION (Even:ng Sun) is Published in Time for the AFTERNOON TRAINS and a THIRD _EDITION at SEVEN 0 CLOCK, for POST, containing PARLIAMENTARY and all other NEWS in LONDON up to that Hour. ADVERTISEMENTS INSERTED in ALL THE THREE PAPERS, Morning, Noon, and Night, thereby insuring a TOWN and COUNTRY CIRCULATION at ONE CHARGE. THE FOX COMMERCIAL INN, SHREWSBURY. ALICE STRANGE (Widow of the late John Strange), respectfully begs leave to announce to the Commer cial Gentlemen and other Friends who have frequented the above old established Inn, that it is her intention to continue business, and she takes this opportunity of returning her grateful thanks to those kind Friends for their patronage and support. March 17, 1845. SPANISH PASSIVE BONDHOLDERS!! CAUTION. Do not be tempted by the trilling rise in this Stock to sell. Your Stock is now scarce, and remember M. Mon, the Spanish Minister of Finance, has pledged himself to propose to the Cortes a settlement of the whole Foreign Debt of Spain. Is the Active Stock, then, only to be converted, and our interests be neglected ? Believe it not. Your 1001. Bond is now worth but 71. If you will but be firm, another Month will make them worth 17/. WHISPER. GRAVESEND STAR PACKETS leave the Brunswick Pier,laelt - wall,at I I, 3, and 5 ; on Sundays at U and 3. From Terrace Pier, Gravesend,att;i, 1, and 5 ; on Sundays at 91 and b. Fares to or from London. Fore Cabin and Second Class Carriage, Ninepence. Saloon and First Class Carriage, One Shilling. To or from Blackwall. Fore Cabin, Sixpence—Saloon, Ninepence. Star Office, Gravesend, March 11, CHELMSFORD and BURY RAILWAY. CHAIRMAN—Thomas HaMax, jun., Esq. ENGINEER—Robert Stephenson, Esq. Notice is hereby given, that no thrther applications for Shares will be received after the 31st instant. IIATIIS and WASH-HOUSES for the LABOURING CLASSES. Committee-room, Crosby-square, March 18, 1845. EASTER HOLIDAYS. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. Dr. Ryan's first Series of LECTURES on the Chemistry of Domestic Life daily, and on the Evenings of Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Popular Lectures on Natural Philosophy, with Brilliant Experiments, by Professor Bachhoffrer A New Series of Objects, exhibiting beautiful effects in CHILDE'S CHROMATROPE, in the PHYSIOSCOPE, and the PROTEOSCOPE. The SHRINE of the NATIVITY is one of the latest additions to the DISSOLVING VIEWS. A Curious MECHANICAL HAND, exhibiting daily on the person of an individual who has lost his natural hand. Working Models of New Inventions explained. Submarine Experiments by the DIVER. The DIVING BELL, MICROSCOPE, §tc. &c. Admission, Is. ; Schools, Half-price. N.B. A Working Model of the ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY, Fifty Feet long, is expected to he ready by the 24th inst. By order, DAVID BATHE, Secretary. Company's Offices, 61, Moorgate-street, London, March 20, 1845. The COMPE rmoN DESIGNS for :he FIRST MODEL ESTA BLISHMENT will be EXHIBITED at Mr. Rainy's Gallery, 14, Regent-street (which he has kindly granted for the purpose), on MONDAY, March 31, and the three following days, from Ten o'clock till dusk. Admission by tickets only, which may be obtained on and after Monday next, on application personally to Messrs. Dominic Colnaghi and Co., 13, Pall-mall East, and personally or by letter at the office, L ONDON, SALISBURY, AND YEOVIL JUNCTION RAILWAY. 63, stoorgate-street, London, •March 19, 1845. Notice is hereby given that the Provisional Committee of this Com pany have determined to abandon the portion of the line from Reigate to Basingstoke, and that the capital will therefore be reduced from 2,000,0001. to 1,500,0001. No applications for Shares will be received after Monday, the 31st Instant, and those parties who have previously to this date applied for Shares, and who may not approve of the alteration above-men tioned, are requested to withdraw their applicationsas soon as possible. By order of the Committee, L. CROMBIE, Secretary. 3, Crosby-square. By order, GEO. STONHOUSE GRIFFITH, Assistant Sec, IpIRST ANNIVERSARY DINNER of the ASSOCIATION for the PROMOTION of IMPROVED PAVING, CLEANSING, and DRAINAGE, No. 20, Vere-street, established March, 1842, to be held at the Freemasons' Tavern, Great Queen street, Ott THURSDAY, April le, 1845, His Royal Highness the Duke of CAMBRIDGE in the Chair. PRESIDENT—CHARLES COCHRANE, Esq. VICE-PRESIDENTS. THE MEINEY BREWERY, KENT-STREET, LIVERPOOL. riro be SOLD by PRIVATE TREATY, by order of the Assignees, the whole of the PLANT in and about the above Brewery, consisting of steam-engine, copper, machinery, mash tun, malt mill, refrigerator, fermenting squares, fermenting tuns, vats, piping, casks, tubs, drays, horses, &c. Also, the STOCK of Hops, Beer, and Porter, now on the premises. Any person desirous of entering into the business of an Ale and Porter Brewer will find the present a most advantageous opportunity. The Plant is in excellent order, and constructed on the most approved modern principles. The connexion and business attached to the Brewery are considerable. The purchaser will have no difficulty in arranging terms of tenancy of the Brewery with the owner. For orders to view the premises, and for further particulars, apply to Mr. George Morgan, official assignee, No. 12, Cook-street, Liver pool ; or to Mr. W. W. Simpacot, lineklersbury, London ; or to Mr. Rees, at the Brewery ; or to Messrs. Harvey and Falcon, Solicitors, 9, Lower Castle-street, Liverpool. X OF G REAT NORTHERN RAIL WA: FRANCE. (ROSAMEL'S COMPANY.) Notice is hereby given, that no application for Shares in the above Railway can be received after Saturday, the 22d inst. By order of the Provisional Committee, EUGENE L. BE PIEZ, Secretary. 63, Moorgate-street, March 17, 1845. His Grace the Duke of Grafton. The Right Hon. Lord Robert Grosvenor, M.P. The Right Hon. the Earl of Erroll. The Right Hon. I.ord Dudley Coutts Stuart. The Right Hon. the Earl of Antrim. The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Ely. Sir James Clark, Bart., M.D. Sir William Magnay, Bart. Dr. T. Southwood Smith. The Most Noble the Marquis of Downehire. The Right Hon. Lord Viscount Ranelagh. The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Durham. The Right Hon. Lord Nugent. Benj. Bond Cabbell, Esq., F.R.S. Sir G. T. Staunton, Bart., M.P. The Right Hon. the Earl of Devon. r's jl lC e6t tigc;clr cr —1 40 Sitith go of, field IO; 63 .. ; It.o o, / 40 0 "; on 2 15; , 0 64 ; tolb ti Vel' r'o I for one am very sorry that Sir Robert Peel has given notice of reducing the duty on auctions, which I should not be, if the amount was saved to the country; but the greater part of it will go into the pockets of the auctioneers by some additional charge or another, im posed upon the purchasers at their sales; it will be like IVEWARK . and SHEFFIELD RAILWAY. The Committee of Management beg to announce to the Share holders that, in consequence of the recommendation by the Board of Trade of the Cambridge and Lincoln line, with branch communica tions between Boston and Sleaford, they are prepared, in event of that recommendation receiving the sanction of Parliament, to extend their project from Newark to a junction 'at Sleaford with the Cam bridge and Lincoln line. A plan and section have been deposited with the Board of Trade, and, on receiving their approval, all the requisite measures will be taken for the prosecution of the extend. d scheme, which will com prise a communication with the town of Grantham. By order, JOHN DENNISTON, Secretary. Committee Rooms, 2, New Palace-yard, March 19, 1845. the duty repealed on leather and ale, not one penny bene fit to the consumer. A list of Stewards will be shortly announced. It Is confidently expected that if the various parochial authorities were to have the streets properly swept and kept clean, it would give employment to many thousands of able- bodied poor. Tickets, one guinea each, to be had at the Freemascins' Tavern, or of the Secretary, Mr. SIBLEY, 20, Were-street. I will thank you, Sir, to give this letter an early in sertion in your widely disseminated and very influential journal.--I remain, Sir, yours respectfully, AN OLD SUBSCRIBER, But neither Auctioneer or Appraiser. North Riding of Yorkshire, March 10, 1845. TIER -MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY THE Il e , in QUEEN hisie„.g been pleased to send a Donation of 20/, to the Fund now th e e e nt c orsequence (f tl le. Ceie- •t * tl s •reb , sene • end ) ie,eni 3on ie s- , • . (-4 4.' ' e t t e ri ,.P e tions already received from several Noblemen, Public Mb, ~.,°, Insurance Societies, Private Individuals, and others, to teen,r7,l,!.ll. the Inhabitants of Yarmouth and the neighbourhood, t int th e :,_ to a considerable sum ; the Committee confidently hcpc stet ect o(ninevolent objects contemplated in the following appeal, and l aere es , l 'ae concluding, paragraph, may be fully realised through the assistance and sympathising liberality of the public at large. AUTHORISED STATEMENT OF THE AITY ND LOSS OF LIFE ON THE SCROBY SAND, OFF YARMOUTH BEACH, TO 'N E ~c , , ... On SUNDAY, JANUARY 21 1 1845. kirpprunlLlTY, GENTRY, AND CLERGY, AND TO THE Tio ei AG E , N M G ALU N F D ACTURING, AND TRADING POPULA 11k,mit Is Well 41. ', 111 ...that, ukr n d o h urr i i ng th h t e h a o y s y e g a s c l q es u , ainted with the Eastern coast of the immediate vicinity of Yarmouth thglea °lte of the most dangerous parts of the entire coast of The e ktif e , e , e l ulther of 'wrecks which occur on the Barber, Cross, Corton, tee Add th e se u te _ trepid race of rohy Sands, has long ago induced a hardy, brave, ;elle and ~...,enten t, _ life_ along the coast. 7ir n - :;;; of boats called yawls, measuring from 50 to 80 feet long, irelis,o to 5 0 tons burden, have, at an expense of from 3001. to :he hs - t . e been built by the joint contributions of the Beachmen, Ze the; often leave the shore at the moat imminent 'el. of their ZaoDe only when the chance of saving property holds out to them scsie, r ,:s a large reward in the shape of salvage, but with no less letieD,Wr and intrepidity when the only satisfaction they have in 4/S t e. _aree ' res cuing from a watery grave some of their fellow ea e rr ,.,_ . ,tilig Wag is it remembered that this noble and disinterested ,To ritth, t 3 " more magnanimously displayed than en Sunday, the 26th Z o d d by We' . 'l`' 4s , on which day, during a veryheavy gale from N. W. 4ut end oo ll u ess than five brigs were in distress, four upon the Scroby e ti me Pon the Barber. In no one of these cases was there, ~ ..orsavi oftheir condition being discovered, the slightest probabl knpre„,,ng anything like property. Nothing, therefore, but the i7ehit'"ttmes of humanity could offer any inducement to the t,b u T, Man their boats : yet they hesitated not a single mo e:". once launched their gallant barks and set forward to the 4,14.,"•aPpi1y their efforts, in four instances, were successful in er,.. crews. 1147 1 4:41 ,5 5te r Beachmen with their yawl, Storm, succeeded in saving ti llien et ,'•the Elizabeth ' , of Scarbort - sugh, nine in number. 4:l;lge r '" d un Company, in their Yawl, the Red Rover, 38 tons, ~, o. the brig Jane, of Whitby, from which, although the yawl *ieb t . ,7 considerable damage, they succeeded in rescuing the crew, 6s Tlie i' o cit o ber. te7 i iiitiee e n3 Company, with their yawl, the Sailor's Friend, of 48 er b rig c eded, at yeti , considerable risk, in taking off the crew of kTile e, ll°l ce, *f Newcastle, also nine in ' number. ik lerla r l , C fr fttPatiy, in their yawl, Phoenix, went off to the Ann, of 111 4 14 5 t et . °l4 which, after splitting the stem and carrying away ern the yawl, they rescued and safely lauded the crew of litst en * 4% 4 ag the, f ar isn._ , been enabled to record the meritorious and sue nsruct of these gallant men, who, in addition to the immi -444 Pl?of their lives, have suffered considerably in the injury done I he the I2eftY—for which no remuneration can be anticipated but M ein] ev olence of a British public, it remains to relate the rue- Lli , i , e ireil . trophe which forms the climax to this statement. - iiii. g an ~, g nen of t h e e Phoenix" having safely landed the crew cif ke,, i r d beini themselves much exhausted, a fresh crew of Paul' re4nanned theyawl, and immediately proceeded §a"„lat ah„ 'Sing in distress on the Scroby ; the wind was then c , ev _ sfficane. On nearing the vessel, they found the sea 6.. to leer her, and made an unsnccessful attempt to reach her ; q, y the f „ so, they let go their anchor and veered down ; unfortu (o te eee 'r . ce of the sea drove the yawl upon the brig and dashed keen A O , when the Beachmen—with the exception of one man g, Which Wetherell), who sank with the yawl—got on board 'ell was now drifting, and every sea breaking with tre - viol, e e i ar . nce over her bull. i..%44eirderilt being witnessed from the shore several men belonging %h.kt. T h nt Companies manned the life-boat and flew to their as la;,` for t he e danger of all was extreme, and those on shore . trembled ) r .'.•:th et „ . _l 3 (eor fellows on the brig and those in the life-boat. Hap ''s etenued the brig though too late for many, some of whom .1 4 °n by the falling of the brig's masts,. and some d .74 C b t ri n g e , 7reck. Six only of . the t. t Phoenix's f.h s c u r s e t s i v en w c y, r . c h s e a n s e th i c , Nit' first reached Ue w'v' b n e or were the wnhi whole e s a ( e perished. 167 4 06,_ t he noble attempt ' to save the lives of their fellow-men, CO fb uL T gallant beachmen found a watery grave, leaving behind k o Zy t :dows and fourteen children (ten of whom are under Vert et , „ Of age) totally unprovided for, as well as the aged (tOroi (leaving three single men. Their na ales were Abraham 1147 e tuoi .e , a e v ing a widow and nine children), James Shr . eeve li'ito tee ,`Lifee children), Ganham (alias James) Hiding (widow Os.tteV ur en), James Boulton (widow), William Warner, George , 'Jatnes George, single men, but upon whom their widowed t e !Are e i r e a ged parents, depended for subsistence. h i Vs th e "e a fund to reieve the necessities of the bereaved—to re re*, noble fellows who so gallantly risked their lives for other s_ i l?, replacing the serious loss suffered by the boatmen—and 4 Ze tit i to it t e r le e ue ala finoritieusPehnenafunteunrt fund isth fo e r e t h h j e ect rel e i f ef t o h f e si p iff re e s r e e h rs t N kk e e .rlAtie ki;-oes(a gi - b ria will be received at the banks of Messrs. Barclay and . le 4 - C. Glynn and Co., London ; and at any of the banking - orfolk and Suffolk. t It ii t e i t Sifned on behalf of the Committee, 4a tttte e ! \ e„ ....._ :______ trS ixe rol l' A T Town- Ilital I M F a e y h o . r 2 o 4 f Great lB4s. Yarmouth, Chairman. m „, -- „ ESS PRENIISES to be LET, with a t l S ktila - ,'',Lortable FAMILY HOUSE attached, in an open and b47.l4allation, eousisting of two parlours, drawing room, six ex liqk ab et r t , ° " lB , kitchen, and offices, with an extens ive warehouse t parp e " 37 feet by 40 feet, suitable for a manufactory or any : 1 4 krti ae. lite t ' a lafs inquire on the premises, 7, the upper end of St. eet, Clerkenwell. Lt °F‘ LINENS.—There will be exposed to 4141,S the Clock on WEDNESDAY, the 2 Gth of March current, 1845, ' ,o ek noon, within Shaw's -buildings, King - street , Dundee, ofi tr i Whole of th e CARGO of the schooner DUNDEE—consist -110.W;, !?° ,l nients of and DECKS, A n , Nth 40 SIIEETINGS Lit . , h _gs / (AN sHLEITNGs, or MEAL BAGGINGS, lit h g rOß and GUANO BAGGING, 'teG,? I,O . THS and UNSTARCIIED CANVASS.. ; Ming been washed and dried, are all in excellent con- N. ` ll ,eY May be seen, at any time between this and the day ;1704.1,1Ying te either of Messrs. John Moir, Charles Norrie, ` c C ochrane, merchants, in Dundee. 4th „ at alogues are in course f reparation and may be had in application to the parties above-na , med, or to ee, 1 COLIN RICHARD, Auctioneer. ch 13 Mar 1844. k o ,,,,,pIFIELD , s Original CON CEN TRATED 1 4 1 ;41.. BLANCII-11ANGE requiring neither ilayouring nor Ilk_ tin' "ad acquired in short space of time a celebrity knall.laralleled, they are extensively patronised in the cuisine 1 4, 4 41,61" of the highest distinction, while from their cheapness ! ii i , tOsii i 7, in the case of sickness, within the reach of the hum kV th '' Ilt Dots NmiLt sucient fill twelve glasses, Is. 3d. each w hiSlatkZann ffi factory, to 7, Tratalgar-place, Kentish-ton; ; Closse 1 0( 7 9, 21, oho-s ; Barclay' and Sons, Farringdon -street ; RowChurchChurchyard ; T. Snelling, Fenchurch-street. sti,,ps there are several spurious imitations, be careful to pro- ittli:" ;------"::----,,,, 110,alIN EDGINGTON, 2, Duke - street , 11V, 4 - rwark, London-bridge, res p ec tfully informs the Nobility kN I Agriculturists that he has on sale RICK CLOTHS, t ,, 4,, ,c) rnplete both new and second-hind, at a reasonable at k . yri ii ,.,sl ) Plicati ' on will insure some really good second-hand ‘4 44 1 0r D . X . _ are a decided bargain. Dressed Cloths and . Tarpatd keel" mad Trucks, of superior quality, and to any size. Mar -4* , , s, Racks, Waggon-cloths, Sack-ties, &c. 4 111,;,,„ (Ir Post) Benjamin Edgington, 2, Duke-street, Southwark. ---- - ' t 208 , Piccadilly. C4t7TRY X TO CONSUMERS.—DRY GAS METERS. t , , .I) ~ LtiES's DRY METERS have su ccessfull y A .OO, ---,, the test* six years' trial. Among the 10,000 in use, I. 4q ta a,, e 4 7,._en adopted Dock the official authorities of the Houses of 44., 1 1 ' woolwich -yard, Somerset-house, Foreign-office, Sti ltp lie 4se 4 Sel, United Service, Reform, Conservative, and other ti s L l Srg:' t he Queen's Theatre, Chinese Exhibition, and many ' , 41.44 " establishments. Upwards of 20,000,000 cubic feet of W 11: re p4 9 4 sed through some of these meters without . regulit- Oli ets o il., aad which are still working to ihe entire satisfaction ith„hs c o „Tpatly and consumers. Nt t ,:a th. - 'sinuers who study economy and a good light are invited htt;Sofipselves of the advantages and comfort to be derived from kai l , it a i ta e t cries's Dry Meter, but, to prevent the substitution of im kl;' kalt, "s, it is necessary at all times to order Defries s Dry 14 2. Observe his name on the brass badge in front of all his LN 44 0,20n ai . ‘,. - 11, -41 1 1,„7: at the most eminent and scientific men and large ' eik;;'" De had on application (or will be 6 rwarded by post), ~.....: s e at the Manufactory, 67, St. Martin's-lane, London. Warranted to keep correct in all weathers. n THE BEST ENGLISH WATCHES . • SAVORY and SONS, Watchmakers, No. Cernhill London, opposite the Bank, request the atten ilnirlasers to' 'their stock of London-made PATENT L EVER t h •YWhich are manufactured b e r l : c l i feln s s e elv e e m s in their d j o e w: I C r as e e;:ouwri t h ne G eas peth and a Hale Six, and Eight !ti4 ( 411 4 4 . c - or hi Gold Cases, Ten, Twelve, Fourteen, and Siz • 4 ,each The very large stock offeredto for selection in - to4c, cescriPtion, enabling a customer select that which is Ni t Ar t. ekla •rlY adapted to fits own use. „R SUPERSEDED, and those corrosive a N A - b , ..Aurtou s Metals, called Nickel and German Silver, sup- Ol'A v th e introduction of a new and perfectly matchless 0V,k 1 , 1 % AT E •n e N 3 ,/ • 141 11 t 4 o f 141 and 42, Barbican, and 16, Norton Folgate, aided by t / ," e tetice in the amalgamation of Metals, has succeeded in tki N k t ' 4 1 4 a - blic Notice the most beautiful Article ever yet offered; I; 4 4:hai l ': lite richness of Silver in appearance, with all its dura "44, i;`'uness—with its perfect sweetness in use, undergoing, as ~.q\c,l l B eh gettfical Precess, by which, all that is nauseous in mixed einr, tir elY extracted —resisting all Acids—may be cleaned as "AN: manufactured into every Article for the Table and fc‘ t le g Fiddl e . Threaded. King's. `t 1315 " s and Forks, 16s. 6d. doz. 30 a• 355. 'et er n •••••" •• •• . 12s. ••• • • • . ss. 6d. —1 2 s. 6 d. 13s. 6d. 1 is. 3d. 3s. 3s. 6d. • L , • 41 3 , S hi. - begs the Public will understand that this Metal is ,e11.. 4 n, -- ; own and that Silver is not more different from Gold ' , iv - ' l 4l is ' all thers—on its intrinsic merit alone he a. too I,be from tested, and from the daily increasing i eulogi c u o m i she re- I .Q.lefo iliv 'ou its r vinced that nothing can prevent be ng an Jtx,7 ets t , s e eal wear. ~gtspi pimp handsomely Illustrated Catalogue and Price Currant 'shed •who regard economy and elegance , and I. 0r, 4 themselves of this useful Book, which may be had e4siu PZst EN Pr T ee, PARAGON C from the abo AMPHINE LAMPS. ve Address. Aerie tt aie eT "un of these Lamps over the Ve sta has been 7,( 1 by the invention of two parallel fiat rings—a larger t ty °r ating a cone round the margin of the wick, which krtie, r everberation of air against the fiame—thus coadensing 4 sZl•,err.l! of volatilized vapour, it is free from smoke or smell, e 'e, c ombustion, and in full action, emits a light equal to t o • * kndles t taO t sou'o wp, - Warehouses, 41 and 42, Barbican , an d 16, Norton k reite e ; l ‘,. contain, throughout the season, all the most e le g ant 0 1 1 new patterns, comprising Or-molu, China, Glass, and „ltto t nil• L. ,"seci NIA„ - " i ntia fitted with the Paragon Head for 21 s , And the o te vPar atels applied to the Vesta for 6s. The Spirit analysed 4 1 a e ' n ded by Dr. Ure, is delivered in screw cans by C. 42 i r l ts, at 4s. per it gallon. and 16, NORTON FOLGATE. r ~~'ATHER PREDICTIONS.—AII who die- In this foreknowledge should purchase, without low q,e11 0 • ° E the .. 48 TONE'S WEATHER ALMANACK, whose predic let ;`eck ed ",eather, from his publication to the present day, have BtiTire t ,,, l7 raartY proprietors of newspapers and other works. - t`c. ; has eulogised its correctness and peculiar mode of i ct a4g indeed." John Bull," published its usual cheek, :gai.gveingLit, 336 correct daily predictions : see th ke , N t, „ and 54. Chronic Sun," the " Globe," the " Era, ' 1,14,° 1 •4 1 - ii llerald," " le," .. satirist," " Punch," and I• t t ,egit ;C a ve enticed the correctness of this unique work. groat variety of matter, is an interesting bioahy of t . e /Arert;' n " , Prince Albert while at the College of Bonn; also zti e :e . tllatk - m ogY, Royal Family, both Houses of Parliament, Summary ,weeo le '._ a e a r the British Empire, Population of the chief towns and N.:teno n , e ldar, containing Surdays, festivals, anniversaries, b 4 gllnontc,, el u'utiological events moon's age, eclipses, tides, gar •-ottyot t, 'Y calendar a colum ' n for the weather of every day ; "Of ` 5 . 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Grimstone's Weather 'AU - % a bird .eautiful pocket size, with a steel engraving repre- Ql(l sit balt s _ as e a Y : viu w of Oxford-street, &c., bound in Waterloo %4. at edges ltire• Whciaelt, only all the London wholesale publishers and book °nil' by the proprietor, W. GRESISTONE, foreiga Cigar merchant, 434, Oxford-street, London. 3- P °" of one of the above Letters s- le - Grand, General Post-office, Inland Department, October 9, 1844. k ri c :?... l-110. o., "-I' d u e r a ,,. t h e e last three or four years I have been labouring under a F a n go4. retiras_sir;?zttl v at ery times as to be almost incapable of eminent aurists, from whom I de -43 4 ; YOUr relief, I was induced at the solicitation of a friend l e, %eh' eant,gfe tient Eye Snuff. I accordingly procured one of your so that after taking which I found considerable benefit, so complete].,i sent for two more, which hiving used, I found my li on tb a Y restored t th e t . , and I have not been deaf since. I should ast, ana line I commenced taking yoar Eye Snuff was in T ant, h ave continued taking it since.—l am, Sir, your obo e..[r &' W. H. ADAMS. /Ca 7 iv, • . I.4l lStOne h p 4 Mi • • Est seedy ,f nx : Y oun e la S y n z u rt ff dee e pr a sr n .op b 9A e ru2 f o o su r . 7 4d ar , d e e 4 d uiet th e r r o , u wi gh tu th wil e G: u n 9 e ns ral ; Pad a CO ,te d Zd 3 4 . dd • for no. 35 0 I 7 35 • , 0 3 5 8 ": .••• ab • , 0 " Fa r b' ogr e l pC. , 1 1 E XETER, YEOVIL, AND DORCHESTER RAILWAY, (PROVISIONALLY REGISTERED,) Pursuant to 7 and 8 Victoria, cap. 110. Capital, 1,300,0001., in 26,000 Shares of 301. each, Deposit, 2/. Iss. per Share, Liability limited to amount of Shares. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE : ALL OP WHOM ARE SHAREHOLDERS. Sir Edmund Sanderson Prideaux, Bart., Netherton Hall, Devon. Sir John Trerelyan, Bart., Nettlecombe, Somerset. Thomas Hussey, Esq., M.P., Lyme Regis, Dorset. Charles Gordon, Esq., Wiscombe Park, Devon. William A. H. Arundell, Esq.. Litton Park, Devon. William Tucker, Esq., Coryton Park, Axminster, Devon. Edward Woolmer, Esq., Mayor of Exeter. Thomas Snow, Esq., Franklyn, Devon. Ralph Sanders, Esq., Exeter. Henry Collins Splatt, Esq., Brixton, Devon. William Barnes, Esq., Mount Radford, Devon. Colonel C. A. Macalester, Loupe Cottage, Axminster, Devon. Colonel Bragge, Sadborrow House, Thorncombe, near Chard. William Haggett Richards, Esq., Leacombe House, Axminster, Devon. Samuel Kingdon, Esq., Duryard Lodge, Exeter. William Kingdoa, Esq., Haccombe, near Exeter. Daniel Bishop Davy, Esq., Todsham, Devon. Captain Pring, R.N., Ivedon Penn, Devon. Rawlin Matlock, Esq., Axminster, Devon. John H. Townsend, Esq., Portreeve of Honiton, Devon. Robert S. Cornish, Esq., Exeter. Captain Basleigh, Honiton, Devon. Edward Gard, Esq., Exeter. James Cerrall Wileocks, Esq., Exeter. Joseph Sayell, Esq., Exeter. Mr. Benjamin Chaffey, Maudlin, Thorncombe, near Chard. Mr. John Titherleigh, Merchant, Axminster, Devon. Mr. John Toms, Merchant, Chard, Somerset. Mr. William Cuff, lace manufacturer, Chard, Somerset. Major-General Ellicombe, R.E., C. 8., Worthing. Captain John L. Hulme, R.E., Exeter. John Ames, Esq., Pinhay House, Lyme Regis, Dorset. John Batten, Esq., Yeovil, Somerset. Thomas Cordell Newberry, Esq., Ottery St. Mary, Devon. Lieut.-Col. Sir Henry Bayly, K.H., Burley Villa, Lyme Regis, Dorset. _ _ W. B. Snow, Esq., Tredegar-square, London. (With power to add to their number) from whom the Directors will be selected. ENGINEER.—Joseph Locke, Esq., F.R.S. RESIDENT ENGINEER.—Mr. Thomas Whitaker. RANKERS. Messrs. Sanders and Co., Exeter. Messrs. Milford, Snow, and Co., Exeter. Messrs. Stuckey and Co., Yeovil. Messrs. Batten and Co., Yeovil. Messrs. Masterrnan and Co., London. SOLICITORS. Messrs. 11. M. and J. B. Ellicombe, Exeter. John Paw, Esq., Exeter. SECRETART.—Mr. John Clench. Definitive arrangements having been made for the construction of a Railway by the Great Western Railway Company from Corsham to Yeovil, and of another important line under the direction of the London and South-Western Railway Company from Southampton to Dorchester ; the object of the Exeter, Yeovil and Dorchester Railway Company is, IT a Line of Railway from Yeovil, with a Branch from Dorchester. to direct these two large streams of traffic by one main channel, through a populous and thriving district to Exeter. This Railway will effect a more direct communication between the West of England and the Metropolis, and supply Railway communi cation to a country hitherto unoccupied, and form an uninterrupted chain of Railway by the Coast, from Dover to the Land's End. In addition to these immediate advantages, application is in tended to be made in the ensuing Session, for a Line from Basing stoke to Salisbury and Yeovil, which will still further very consider ably diminish the distance between Exeter and London. It will connect Yeovil and Dorchester with Exeter, and pass through, or near to, the Towns of llminster, Crewkerne, Chard, Beaminster, Bridport, Axminster, Honiton, and Ottery St. Mary, and will of a Railway accommodation to the watering-places of Lyme Regis, Seaton, Beer, Sidmouth, Budleigh Salterton, Exmouth, and the adjoining districts. The Committee, confident that this important undertaking will bear strict investigation, issue their Prospectus thus early ; and will at once proceed to complete the Surveys, enter into such arrange ments as they may think expedient, and take all the necessary steps for obtaining an Act in the ensuing Session. Power will be taken in the Bill to allow Interest at Four per Cent. per annum on all Deposits and Calls, from the time of payment until the opening of the Line ; and no liability will be incurred by any Subscriber beyond the amount of his subscription. It is intended to proceed to an early allotment of Shares, giving pre fereuce to local applicants ; but the Committee think it unadvisable that the whole of the deposit should be now called for. An Metal.' mont, therefore, of ss. per Share only will be required. on allotment, aeoording to the provisions of 7 and 8 Viet., c. 110, applicable by the Committee towards the expenses of the proposed undertaking. The residue of the deposit will be payable in November next (un less any future order of Parliament should render it otherwise neces sary), and the Shareholders will be required to execute a Subscribers' Agreement and Parliamentary Contract, the time and place of exe cuting which, and also for the payment of the residue of the deposit, will be notified in the " Times," the " Herald," the " Exeter and Plymouth Gazette," the " Western Thnes," the " Taunton Courier," the " West Briton," and the " Railway Times," newspapers ; and in case either of non-payment of the residue of such deposit as afore said, or the non-execution of the Subscribers' Agreement and Parlia mentary Contract when required as aforesaid, the said instalment of he. will be absolutely forfeited, and the Shares appropriated to other parties without further notice. Further particulars may be obtained from, and Application for Shares made to, the Solicitors, the Secretary, or Messrs. F. and W. Atkinson, 619, Threadneedle-street ; Messrs. Charles and Henry Hill, 29, Threadneedle-street ; Messrs. Field, Son, and Co., 9, Warnford court, London; Mr. Thomas Sanford, Messrs. Beaumont and Lang worthy, Mr. G. It. Gliddon, Exeter ; Messrs. Geor;,e Edwards and Son, Bristol ; John Hall, Esq., Liverpool ; Messrs. John Railton and Son, Manchester; Wade, Esq., Temple-street, Birmingham ; or to Messrs. J. H. and G. Ridsdale, Leeds. The Committee will be desirous to allot the Shares to unexception able parties in the order in which the applications are received ; in all cases where the parties are unknown, references will be required. Dated Exeter, March 3, 1845. FORM OF APPLICATION. To the Provisional Committee of the Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester Railway Company. Gentlemen,—l request you will allot to me Shares, of 501. each, in the Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester Railway Company, on the terms and conditions of the Prospectus, and I undertake to pay the ispnsits, and sign the Parliamentary contract and Subscribers' agree ment. Dated this day of , 1845. Residence • • • • ..... ..... ........ Trade or Profession (if any)" • • • • Reference • • . • • • • • • • • • T . IN ES to the " CLERK of the WEATHER." Mr. " Clerk of the Weather," don't take it amiss, That we trouble your honour with rhyme such as this, We were tempted to string a few verses together. On account of the-singular state of the weather. Father Winter, for such a long time has been King, That we almost begin to despair of the Spring. Don't you think, " Mr. Clerk," if you tried the right strain, You could cause Father Winter to give up his reign ? If this were effected, much good would be done, And you'd greatly oblige Messrs. M O S ES and SON. Then let us persuade you to make the endeavour, You know, Mr. " Clerk," you're remarkably clever. Tell Winter, the next time you meet in the sky, That thousands are longing to bid him " good bye." And pray don't forget, Sir, to lay a great stress On MOSES and SON, and their present Spring dress. Explain, while the various facts you are stating, That the dresses for Spring are in readiness waiting. And while you descant on the dresses of MOSES, Tell Winter we all shall he glad when he closes. Of course, Mr. " Clerk," you are fully aware, That MOSES' Spring suits are remarkably rare, Yet none can assume, till the Winter is done, The charming Spring Garments of MOSES and SON. A new work, entitled " THE LEVIATHAN OF TRADE," with full directions for Self-Measurement, may be had on application, or forwarded post-free. READY MADE. s. d Beaver Tag1i0ni5........ • ...... Ditto Chesterfields.• • ••••••••••• • • • . • • • • • • ••• • • • ••• • . 0 10 6 Ditto Codringtons .. Ditto Penibrokes, Athols, Fences, and every description of Winter Coat, handsomely trimmed . • Boys' Winter Coats, in every style • • • • • • Warm Winter Trousers, lined.... • . .. Ditto Doeskin • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Dress Coats, edged, Sze ••••• • • • • 0 0 10 0 Frock ditto, ditto .•• • • . ........ . 1 3 9 Rolling Collar Vest • • • .•. Double-breasted Ditto •• • ..... ••• • • • Boys' Hussar Suits Ditto Tunic, neatly braided •• • • ........... •• • • ••••• • • • • • 0 18 6 MADE TO MEASURE. 'Saxe Gotha Coats, velvet collar and cuffs •••••• • • • • • • from 1 18 0 Winter Coats, in every style and shape, handsomely trimmed 1 5 0 Milled Tweed Wrappers • •••••.•••••••••• . • • • • • • • . • • . 0 17 Ditto ditto Trousers ••. • • • •• • • • •• • •• • • • • • .... 0 8 6 Buckskin Ditto ••••• • • • • Doeskin Ditto, any pattern • • Best, or Dress Trousers • .. ••• • • • . Cashmere Vest •••••••••••• • • • • • • •• " • • " Winter Ditto, in endless pattern • • •••••• • • • • • Dress Coat .. ••.••••••• • • • • • • • • • Ditto,ditto, best manufactured ••.•• • • • • Frock Coat • • • • • • • • .• • • • • • • • • Ditto, the best manufactured ••••••••• • • • • • • • • • Boy's Hussar Suit •••••••••• • • • • • • • • • 1 7 0 Ditto Tunic .. •••• .. • ....... Mourning to any extent can be had at five minutes' notice, at the following prices : Men's Suits, dress coat, vest, and trousers .•• • .• —from 1 )6 0 Ditto, Jacket, vest and trousers.. from 0 18 0 IMPORTANT. —Any article purchased or ordered, if not approved of, exchanged, or the money returned. Observe—E. MOSES and SON, Tailors, Wholesale and Retail Woollen Drapers, Outfitters, and General Warehousemen, 154, Mino ries, and 86, Aldgate, City, opposite the Church. C UTION.—E. Moses and Son are obliged to guard the public against imposition, having learned that the untradesmanlike false hood of being connected with them, or it's the same concern, has been resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons. They 'eve no connexion whatever with any other establishment, in or out of London, and those who desire genuine Cheap Clothing should (to p re vent disappointment, Acc.) call or send to 154, Minories, or 86, Aldgate, opposite the Church. L N.B. No business transacted at this Establishment from sunset on Friday till sunset on Saturday when business is resumed till twelve . `SEVERE DISTRESS -CHARITABLE I. 7 FUND for Employing the Able-bodied Poor by efficiently Cleansing the Streets of the Metropolis. The benevolent subscribers are respectfully informed that Fifty men are this day employed in the parish of St. Martin-in-the-fields and St. Mary-le-Stand, and that One Hundred men will be engaged as soon as the funds vili admit of it. 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THE NINTH EDITION, Just Published, in a sealed envelope, price 2s. 6d., and sent free, on receipt of a Post-office Order for 3s. 6d. MANLY HEALTH : a Popular Inquiry into the Concealed Cause of its Premature Decline, with Instruc tions for its Complete Restoration. Addressed to those suffering from the destructive consequences of excessive indulgence, terminating in Mental and Nervous Debility, Local or Constitutional Weakness, In digestion, and Consumption. Including a comprehensive Dissertation on MARRIAGE. Illustrated with Cases, &c. By C. J. LUCAS and Co., Consulting Surgeons, London. May be had of the Authors, No. 60, Newman-street, Oxford-street; and sold by Brittain, 11, Paternoster-row ; Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford-street ; Noble, 109, Chancery-lane ;J. Gordon, 146, Leaden hall-street ; G. Mansell, 3, King-street, Southwark ; C. Westerton, 15, Park-side, Knightsbridge; Huett, 37, Princes-street, Leicester square, London ; T. 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" He, who in pleasure's downy arms Ne'er lost his health or youthful charms, A hero lives, and justly can Exclaim, in me behold a man 1" Just published (in a sealed envelope), Tenth Edition, price 2e. 6d., or sent by post, free, to any address, 3s. 6d., QEI4F-PRESERVATION : a Popular Essay on those concealed disorders, originating in youthful excesses, and terminating in Nervous Debility, Local and Constitutional Weakness, and all those Sinkings, Anxieties, and Tremors, which afflict the Weak, the Sedentary, and the Delicate. With Practical Observations on Marriage, and on the Anatomy, Physiology, and Diseases of the Reproductive Organs, with plain Directions for their perfect Restoration. By SAMUEL LAMERT, Consulting Surgeon, 9, BEDFORD-STREET, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON, Matriculated Member of the University of Edinburgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate •f Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c. 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One personal visit Is only ne cessary to effect a permanent cure. rilliE LONDON MARBLE AND STONE 1. womux Gr COMPANY, Esher-street, Holywell-street, Milbank, Westminster (established 1821), are enabled, with their PATENT MACHINEitY, to execute Chimney Pieces, Monuments, Tablets, Slabs for Furniture, and every description of such Work, with an accuracy, rapidity of execution, beauty and durability of Polish, and reduction of cost, which cannot be obtained elsewhere. The Public are invited to inspect their extensive SHOW-ROOMS, containing the largest stock in this country. The Trade supplied with every description of Rough Slab Blocks, cr Scantlings; or Blocks sent to the Works cut to order. Please to be accurate in copying the Address, to prevent imposi tion, the Company having no connexion with any other Establish ment but that in Esher-street. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASUR AWCE SOCIETY, 26, CORNHILL, LONDON. Capital £500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. DIVISION OF PROFITS. The steady success and increasing prosperity of the Society has enabled the Directors, at the last animal investigation to declare a second Bonus, averaging 60 per cent. on the amounts invested en each Policy effected on the Profit scale. EXAMPLES. I fr e "2 pp. ! gr .... P Premium .gi Banns Bemis in na g h:t • n added. Cash. i• . C g 0 ,40 • , - : ( .1 '3 g , ---- ---------- X £ 5. d. ( .4 s. d. 4 s. d. X s. d. X s. ds 1837 170 9 3 77 5 1 12 3 9 346 2 8 60,1000 74 3 4 1838 144 2 2 64 5 6 9 16 4 296 13 4 1 1839 116 16 0 51 511 711 9 247 4 3 The division of profits is annual, aid the seat will be made in De cember of `he present year. This institution offers many important and substantial advan tages with respect both to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The assured has, on all occasions, the power to bornw, without ex pense or forfeiture of the Policy, two-thirds ef the premium paid, (see table) ; also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion ef his interests to meet ether convenicaices or necessity. Assurances for terms of years are granted on the lowest possible rates. F. FERGUSON CAMROUI. See. l A ONDON, EDINBURGH, AND DUBLIN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. 3, Charlotte-row, Mansion-house, and 18, Chancery-lane, London. DIRECTORS. KENNETT KINGSFORD, Esq., Chairman. BENJAMIN IFILL, Esq., Deputy-Chairman. Alexander Anderson, Esq. James Hartley, Esq. John Atkins, Esq. John 31`Guffie, Esq. James Bidd4n, Esq. John Maclean Lee, Esq. Captain F. Brandreth J. Marmaduke Rosseter, Esq. AUDITORS—H. H. Carman, Esq. ; Robert E. Alison, Esq. MEDICAL ADVlSER—Marshall Hall, M.D., F.R.S , L. and E. SECRETARY—John Emerson, Esq. SOLICITORS—Messrs. Palmer, France, and Palmer. THIS IS THE ONLY COMPANY who are bound by their Deed of Constitution not to dispute any policy unless they can prove that it was obtained by fraud, and for this purpose the Company have, by a clause in their Deed of Constitution, unhesitatingly deprived them selves of the power of objecting to any policy unless they undertake to prove that it was obtained from them by fraudulent misrepresektation. THIS IS THE ONLY COMPANY who give to the assureMbn the mutual principle the whole of the mutual accumulations, and also guarantee the sums assured. THIS IS THE ONLY COMPANY who bind themselves to pay the full amount of the policies, although the debts for which they were effected shall have been liquidated before the claim arise. THIS IS ALMOST THE ONLY COMPANY who grant in favour of creditors whole world policies, whereby the debt is secured al though the debtor should go beyond the limits of Europe. BY THE HALF PREMIUM PLAN ONLY one-half of the flsrt seven years' premium is required, the other half being payable at the convenience of the assured, thus allowing a policy to be continued for seven years, at one-half of the usual rate, or to be dropped at one-half of the usual sacrifice. Prospectuses and schedules are forwarded flee of expense. ALEX. ROBERTSON, Manager; THE DISSENTERS AND GENERAL LIFE AND FIRE ASSURANCE COMPANY. Instituted 1827. Empowered by Special Act of ParliaWnt, 3 Vic., c. 20. 62, KING WILLIAM-STREET, LONDON-BRIDGE, LONDON ; 21, ST. DAVID-STREET, EDINBURGH ; 6, KING-STREET, QUEEN-SQUARE, BRISTOL ; and ST. ANDREW'S HALL, PLAIN, NORWICH. Capital—One Million. TRUSTEES AND DIRECTORS. George Bousfleld, Esq. Thomas Piper, Esq. I Thomas Challis, Esq., Alderman Thomas B. Simpson, Esq. Peter Ellis, Esq. Edward Smith, Esq. Joseph Fletcher, Esq. Hon. Charles I'. Villiers, M.P. Richard HoHier, Esq. John Wilks, Esq. Charles Hindley, Esq., M.P. Edward Wilson, Esq. On the return of the Ladyday Quarter, the Directors beg leave to remind their Friends and the Public, that, in the Fire Department they receive risks of all Descriptions, including Chapels, School rooms, Mills, Goods, and Shipping in Dock, 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. T.oans also are granted on equitable terms to life assurers on life interests or satisfactory personal securities. To all agents and solici tors, auctioneers and surveyors, liberal allowance will be made. By order of the Directors, • THOMAS PRICE, Secretary. CHWEPPE and Co., Wine-merchants, respect fully invite attention to their fine STOCK of FOREIGN WINES ; comprising the whole range of those usually in demand, but particularly refer to their Ports and Sherries. The prices of their Forts are regulated chiefly by the age in bottle, as they import none of inferior quality :—Draught Port at 30s. to 365. ; old bottled Ports, 425., 489., and 545. ; Sherries of all kinds, pale, brown, and gold colour, at 305., 345., 3Gs., and very superior 425., 485., and 545. ; the usual variety of French and Rhenish wines—first growth Lafitte and Chateaux Margaux, 725. and 80s. ; second growth, 635. ; St. Julien, 409. ; Champagnes, 545. and 635. ; the finest, 80s. ; a rare selection of Hocks and Moselles received direct from their agent on the Rhine, from 48s. to 98s. Lists of wines and prices sent on application, and country orders attended to immediately on receipt of a remittance or a reference.—Office, 51, Berner's-street ; cellars, 27, Marshall street, Regent.street. DAVIES'S WAXED WICK MOULDS, 6d. per lb. ; Candles, sd. ; Botanic Wax Candles, Is ; Ogleby's Patent Oil, equal to Sperm, 4s. Gd. per gallon; Vegetable Oil, 4s. Gd. ; Sperm, 7s. 6d. ; Solar, 3s. Gd ; Gernian Wax, Is. 2d. per lb. ; Fine Wax, Is. 5d.; Genuine Sperm, ,25.; Transparent, 25.; Genuine Wax, 2s. 3d. ; Yellow soap, 465., 525., and 58s. per 1121bs ; Mottled, 60s. and 64e.; Windsor, Is. 4d. per Packet ; Palm, Is. 4d. ; Brown Windsor, Is. 9d. ; Rose, 2s. ; Almond, 2s. Gd. ; Seal ing Wax, 4s. 6d. ; Hales or Price's Composite, 10d. ; Vauxhall Compo site, B%cl. ; Palmer's Metallic, 7)4d. and 9d. For Cash, at DAVIES'S Old Established Warehouse, 62, St. Mar• tin's-lane, opposite Slaughter's Coffee-house. FOR STOPPING DECAYED TEETH, Price 4s. 6d. Patronised by HER MAJESTY, his Royal Highness PRINCE ALBERT, and her Royal Highness the DUCHESS of KENT. MR. THOMAS'S SUCCEDANEUM, for STOPPING DECAYED TEETH, however large the cavity. It is placed in the tooth in a soft state, without any pressure or pain, and will remain firm in the tooth for many years, rendering extrac tion unnecessary, arresting the further progress of decay. All per sons can use Mr. Thomas's Suceedaneum themselves with ease, as full directions are enclosed. Prepared by Mr. Thomas, Surgeon Dentist, priee 4s. 6d. Sold by Savory and Moore, 220, Regent-street, and 143, Bond-street ; Sanger, 10, Oxford-street ; Butler, 4, Cheapside ; Prout, 229, Strand .. John ston, 68, Cernhill, and all Medicine venders. Mr. Thomas continues to supply the loss of Teeth on 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 opera tion whatever. At home from Eleven till Four. 64, Benaers-street, Oxford-street. PATENT BELMONT SPERM CANDLES, ONE SHILLING per lb. ; PATENT BELMONT SPERM OIL, FOUR SHILLINGS per Gallon, burning more - brilliantly than the ordinary Sperm Candles and Oil, and d iffering from them in being p im ri p n u c re ipal a l n y im pr a e l p o a n r e e , from a pure ve getable material, instead of an PRICES PATENT CANDLES, 10%d. per lb. VAUXHALL COMPOSITE CANDLES, B%d. per lb. PATENT BELMONT WAX CANDLES, Is. per lb. Families wishing to try any of the above are recommended to order them through their own tradesmen, taking notice, however, that these being the London Cash Prices, the Country Dealer must charge higher to cover his expenses of carriage. Where no dealer can be found willing to sell them, Edward Price and Co. will supply quantities of not less than 5/. worth, direct from their manufactory, at Belmont, Vauxhall. On receiving a Post-office order for this amount, they will forward Candles and Oil in the proportions that may be directed ; or, to parties wishing for samples and unable to obtain them, they will, on receiving a 1/. Post-office order, forward a box containing 31bs of each of the four sorts of Candles, and a gallon of the Oil. They fix the price of the sample box so high, to avoid all suspicion of their wishing, to interfere with the retail trade of the Country Dealers. The trade may obtain the above Candles and Oil wholesale, in London, from Edward Price and Co., Belmont, Vauxhall ; Palmer and Co., Sutton-stieet, Clerkenwell ; and W. Merchant, 253, Regent circus, Oxford-street ; in Manchester, from Richardson and Roebuck, Market-place; in Bath, from T. and G. Butcher, No. 4, Saw-close ; and in Cheltenham, from Mathews and Co., 400, High-street. --- FIRES IN EAST SMITIIFIELD.—ScarceIy , had the firemen succeeded on Wednesday in extinguishing the fire in Bermondsey-street, than intelligence was received of another alarming fire having broken out at the oil and colour manufactory, belonging to Messrs. Hubbeck and Sons, in East Smithfield. It originated in the ground floor, in which was deposited a large quantity of oils, turpentine, and other combustible articles. The engines quickly arrived, and, by the exertions of the firemen, the flames were pre vented. from extending further ; they were not, however, entirely extinguished until considerable damage had been done to the stock in the warehouse. The cause of 'the disaster has been traced to the spontaneous ignition of some waste sweepings. ANTI-MALTRUSIANS.—There are at the present time four individuals, whose residences are within fifty yards of each other, at Bingham, who have been united in wedlock thirteen times, and have consequently had thirteen wives— an occurrence rarely to be met with in a small market town, with a population of only about 2,000 inhabitants.—Derby Mercury* THE CURRENCY. A Lecture of a highly interesting character was de livered at the National Hall, Holborn, on Monday, on this subject, by Duncan, :sq., which was attended by Mr. Pattison, one of the Members for London, and several other gentlemen of pink and influence. The tat tendance, also, of the wt) icing-classes was numerous, and the attention with lch the observations of the lecturer were received, in aced an intelligent appre hension of a confessedly di ult subject. Those obser vations, however, were 9Q perspicuously put, that a matter on which but little Information is possessed in the mass of society, was rendered perfectly clear, and, as the writers of school books would say, " easily under stood by the meanest capacity," The lecturer began by stating that he conceived the currency to he a subject of paramount importance, and that it was his own appre hension of its importance which had first drawn his attention to it. It not only affected those who were distinguished as the property classes, but, also, the working population. He did not like to see the spirit of antagonism which was now exhibited by the several portions of the community in Britain, because he felt that it was a necessity that all should prosper, and not only a few ; and it was as necessary that those who followed the plough should enjoy their existence as those who plied the loom. There had been what appeared a species of opposition intro duced into society, and he conceived that the interests of all classes of the State, whether it was seen that they were so or not, were identical. The matter on which he had to speak was of a highly interesting nature ; but still he found that the introduction of a new subject would be attended with some difficulty, and that it would not at Era be very inviting. As some justifica tion, however, of the topic, he might refer to the cir cumstance of Sir James Graham having, in the House of Commons, made the astounding statement that one-tenth of the whole population were at the present moment subsisting on the poor-rates—that out of a popu lation of 15,000,000, more man 1,500,000, whose only property was their labour, were -at the present moment absolutely depending for their daily sustenance oa the exertions of others. Sir James Graham had ac companied this astounding fact by another of equally startling character.. He had in the face of the House of Commons affirmed that since the conclusion of the year 1815 no less a sum than 200,000,0001., equal to one quarter of the debt, had been paid for the support of the poor. Sir J. Graham made this statement on the Tuesday, and _ . _ _. it was a natural expectation that the Prime Minister, under whose notice this fact nad been so prominently brought, would in his budget on Friday have provided a remedy for the evil. But he did no such thing. There appeared in fact to be a sort of collusion by which the whole question was set aside. It seemed to be admitted as an axiom that when one great interest in the State was prosperous, that the other must suffer—that there must be an alternate sacrifice of the interests of the two great classes in the community. It might very well suit the objects of politicians to paint the bright side of the question and omit the gloomy one, but he did say that the Minister of State who pursued such a course, who was either deluded himself, or wilfully or ignorantly a party to the delusion of others, was altogether unworthy to rule the destinies of a great empire. He did not wish to see one, but both, of these great classes flourishing. He did not advocate any of that system which left the currency of the country at the caprice of any man, or any body of men. He was no advocate for that which was generally termed flimsy, or kite-flying, and he was quite anxious that the instrument of exchange should be ono for which there was every security of value to the public; but this he would say, that the money laws of the present day were based on nothing, either more or less, than a system of insidious iniquity. The prin ciple of that system was simply and solely to exonerate the rich from bearing their share of the burdens of the State, and to throw them on that class which, for six teen hours every day, whether man, woman, or child, had to work for their bread—on those who, if the greatness of the country, or their importance in the community was considered, were the most im portant part of the population. He was aware that it was generally thought this was a subject diffi cult to understand, but he thought, with a little atten tion, it would be perfectly clear to all. He would, for the sake of elucidation then, take money in three dif ferent points of view. Money, in the first place, he would take to mean or represent land, the structures on land, minerals, metals, and all the other property within the bowels of the earth; secondly, fisheries aed all other species of property of a similar kind, on which labour had been expended ; and thirdly, the means by which all this property was made transferable from party to party, so as to be available for the general benefit of the community. It was important to make this distinction, as otherwise money, and the object of money, would be confounded. It was the object of money to represent value; now it was not any particular thing, or the pos session of any particular thing, that rendered it valu able, but the labour which had been bestowed upon it, that gave it value; and money, symbolic money, the means by which the enjoyment of this iroduct of labour was transferred, was only the symbol or emblem of value. Money, indeed, might be divided into three classes. Notes or authorities issued from the Exchequer—bills of exchange—and that third class which consisted partly of coin and partly of paper, but which we were iu the habit of using so as to distribute the exertions and the property of individuals for the general benefit of the community. Bullion in itself was not money, and the mere impress of a likeness of the Queen on a piece of gold did not alter its character as a commodity; it only indicated to the public and assured them of tLe weight and purity of the piece of metal upon which it was im pressed. lie hoped he should be excused for reverting, for a few moments, to the days of Rome. The term money was derived from the Latin word Monett, and had arisen in consequence of the Romas having applied to Juno, when they were in some strait or difficulty, and who had advised them to act with justice and honour, and their success was certain. In consequence of the good effects of this advice and of the suc cess which attended their following it, the Romans erected a temple in honour ef Juno Moneta, and as the object of money was to indicate merely value, and advise the receiver of benefit he ought to derive by exchanging it, the proper designation was money. Money was simply the token and representative of value, the instrument by which all portions of society were enabled to satisfy their wants. It was, in fact, the dis tributive agent of industry. If it was desired that there should be a true notion of money, he would refer to the principle which prevailed in what was called savage life. The only means which the savages on the coast pos sessed for obtaining the benefits which they felt to be necessary was an interchange of their labour —or, if he took the shepherds in the interior of the country, it was still the same—the exchange of the produce of their labour was the only means which they possessed for ob taining the comforts they needed. Was it then to be a matter of wonder that there should be a great depres sion in the state of the industrial classes, when the in strument by which their efforts was made valuable was so greatly reduced in quantity? Adam Smith, the great father of political economy, had compared money to a road, and what would be the consequence if the whole country were again to revert to the position and the inconvenience which the country had suffered before the days of macadamization. As population increased, roads were multiplied and im proved, and why not the money ? And if thus much was said of roads, what would be said of railways? Sir R. Peel, in introducing his measure for the better regu lation of financial affairs, in a gross ignorance of the facts of the case, stated that it was his desire to revert to the ancient standard of value ; but he did not wish to revert to the standard as established by William the Conqueror, to Alfred, or Julius Cresar. The object of Sir R. Peel, so far as could Ise gathered from the vague and uncertain language which he was in the habit of i using, was to return to the standard of money in the 1 time of Elizabeth; which would make money as scarce as it was in 1601. lie wished to give to the country the same standard as had been used nearly 250 years ago, and bring society back, in 1845, to the standard and in telligence of 1601. Why what would be the consequence ? They might just as well decide upon restoring the town to the condition it presented before the time when the various lanes and dark streets of London possessed thoroughfares, which, in the present day, would be to tally impossible ; or recommend blocking up that great artery of London from the Strand to the Bank: he would restrict all the operations of custom and finance to his own confined views. What would be thought of him if' he had directed that the whole railway from London to Liverpool should be traversed on bars of gold, and no thing else ? He thought that the outcry which had been raised of the evils of society was far beyond its mark. He could not accede to the propositions of those who were always ready to tax Divine Providence with neg lect and disregard for the interests of the poor. The evil lay, not in any deficiency of the blessings which we enjoyed, but in the imperfect distribution, which pro vented a fair enjoyment of the benefits which we pos sessed, and he thought this was not the act of God but the act of man, and he believed that the aggregate wealth of the country, if honestly distributed, would more than suffice for the full enjoyment of every member of the community. And was there not every reason why this distribution should be made? It was the labour bestowed upon the several articles of commerce which gave them all the value they possessed. This labour and degree it was which constituted the standard of value. Now, he found that there were natural equivalents subsisting between the several great articles of consumption, and it was the labour expended in procuring them, or in adapting them to the use of mankind, which gave them all the value they possessed, and which constituted the rule by which these equivalents were measured. For the sake of elucidating this position, he would take the three articles of corn, gold, and silver. He wo uld sub stitute corn for labour, as that was t he main staple of subsistence, and better represented the value of labour than anything else. That it was labour, and labour alone, which gave to each of these equivalents their peculiar value was evident from the , fact that, in times of danger a nd trial, it v% as on the sinews of the strong that the country relied for protection and safety. Yet how miserably . had this Bill of Sir Robert Peel's effected the population of the country and cut down their powers. It appeared from the report of the Health of Towns Commission that the people in the manufacturing districts were fast degenerating both in size and power, and it was a noto rious fact that the tall and powerful men who, in farmer times, were readily obtained in Cumberland and West moreland for the regiments of the Guards, were now but seldom met with. Sir R. Peel wished to dwarf every- thing to his gold standard, and with an ignorance of historical facts, or a wilful misuse of them, if he was not ignorant, he had passed his Bill of 1819 to perpetuate ' that oppression under which the poor were destined by him at least always to groan. The whole mistake lay in this—the confusion between the standard of value and the measure of value. Now, by Sir Robert Peel's scheme, gold was made to perform the double function of both the measure and the standard of value. The fact was, that if indirect taxation did not come in to defeat the natural order of things, it was comparatively of little consequence whether gold was or was not the measure of value. There were three natural equiva • lents in corn, silver, and gold. It took about the same quantity of labour to grow and produce a quarter of wheat as it did to produce 5 grains, 3 dwts. of gold, or 81 ounces of silver ; and thus it was that these several commodities were natural equivalents for each other, and acted as parallel rates of value. Now an ounce of silver was rated in the exchange markets as being worth ss. 2d.—it was, in fact, worth only 4s. I Id., but for the sake of argument he would take it at its exchangeable value, and call it ss. 2d. Now it was ascertained that, according to the natural worth of gold, and the equiva lent value of silver, that a quarter of wheat, when not subject to taxation, ought to be worth 335. 7d., and con sequently ,that 61 ounces of silver ought to purchase that quantity of corn ; but by the effect of indirect taxation the price of this corn was raised to 50s. It was taxed more than 50 per cent., but the gold and the silver which was used to purchase it were untaxed, and the consequence was that the farmer and the manufacturer had to give one-half more of their labour than they used to do. Gold could not rise in price ; it was positively required by Act of Parliament that it should be re stricted to 31. 17s. 10id. an ounce, and by thus placing a taxed equivalent against an untaxed equivalent the pro ducer only got 81 dwts. of gold for that w hi c h oug ht t o have produced him 124 dwts. Mr. Canning had de scribed Sir R. Peel as the acme of sublime mediocrity, and Mr. Disraeli, the other night, had stated theta Con servative Government was only an organised hypocrisy; but he would go further, and assert that Sir R. Peel. when introducing his Bill of 1819, was either shamefully ignorant of historical facts, or criminal in misrepresenting them. Ile had stated that his object was to restore the standard of Elizabeth ; but what was the fact ? The sovereign of the present day contained only 5 dwts. 3 grains of gold, or, in other words, 123 grains, whereas the sovereign of Elizabeth contained 172 grains, making a difference, at the rate of twopence a grain, of no less than Bs. 4d. between the value of the sovereigns of Elizabeth and Victoria, so that this profession was like many other of his professions, a vain and a false one: his object was to keep down gold to the Mint price of 31. 17s. 101 d., for he knew that if he could make gold cheap he would make labour cheap also That his object was not security so much, was shown by the circumstance that the only bank which'was allowed to issue notes had themselves the other day been obliged to go to the Bank of France to borrow 13,500,0001. There was no cabalistic power in a sovereign, for it was, after all, but a token of value, and the impression of the Queen's head upon it conferred no additional intrinsic. value ; it only was a certificate of a certain weight and fineness, and if the Goldsmith's Company were to issue similar emblems, they would be taken by Mr. Rothschild or any other great capitalist just as readily as sove reigns. The belief that the intrinsic value of gold gave a greater security to the public was altogether fallacious, but the injury which it worked was a sad reality ; and the Act by which it was brought into existence was that attempt which, after the conclusion of the war in 1815, the landowners made to shift the burden of the debt from their own shoulders to those of working men, and it was a well-known fact that the working man did absolutely pay 72 per cent. of the whole taxation of the country, and the Bill of 1810 was passed in order to perpetuate the high price in corn and the low _price paid for the labour of the working man. Mr. Duncan then went into a series of statements to show that the foreign trade of the country is not nearly so valuable as it was supposed to be and he believed that attention was directed to it which might be much better applied to ob taining a better mode of distributing the wealth which labour produced. He showed that the attempt devised by Colonel Torrens, Mr. Joplin, and Mr. Jones Loyd, to secure a favourable rate of exchange, was fallacious, and that the only effect wrought upon the exchanges was occasioned by sending a continually-increasing quantity of goods into the foreign market, to bring that gold back to tha country which, for our domestic purposes, was totally useless. Gold, he allowed, was a necessary medium of exchange between country and country, but the application off it as the standard of value in Britain was neither more nor less than obliging our arti sans to work ;sixteen hours a day to obtain those necessaries which a working man in Germany got for eight hours' exertion. He thought that, as he had pointed out an evil, he ought also to point out a remedy, and that was, issuing of Exchequer-bills for small sums to the full amount of the taxation ;7and he showed that, as these bills would be based on the whole property of the country, no doubt could be entertained of their validity, and after showing that the present Ex chequer-bills were derived from the old Exchequer tallier, as evinced in the term bill for bilk, an old Nor man French word, and thence applied in its derivative, to the Exchequer tally, which was a piece of wood notched in a particular way and then divided, one part being laid up in the Exchequer repository, and the other issued ani circulated in the country in payment for stores or other necessaries, and which was returnable at the) end of twelve months—he [adduced an instance of the utility of using such notes where a new market had been erected, through the exertions of Mr. Brock, at St. Peter's Port, in the island of Guernsey, who issued notes of a similar kind in payment of the works, and who annually redeemed the notes, to the extent of 4,000 L, out of the rents of the eighty stalls which the market contained. The same system might be adopted by Government and he felt sa tisfied that if the plan were adopted it would at once secure to the working man a full rate of wages, to those in the middle classes a fair remuneration in business, profit, and whether accompanied by direct taxation, of which he heartily approved, or not, would bring the whole available property into play for the benefit of the community at large, and would equalise those burdens which were now grinding all the lower portions of so ciety into dust. Mr. Duncan concluded his long and perspicuous lecture amid the earnest cheers of what had been a most attentive sudience. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. Lospozi, MAncii 20.—Wind N.N.W., fresh breeze, and fine clear weather. DEAL, MARC* 19.—Wind N.W. by N., light.—Arrd. Wolscove, Hickner, St. John's, New Brunswick. Sld. Per sian, and Robert Matthews, Sydney; Galatea, Algoa Bay; Mediator, New York ; Brushopeside, Montreal. WAINFLEET, INIAnn 19.—The Three Brothers, Lilford, of Goole, from Lynn to Wakefield, drove ashore on Wainfleet Sands this morning, but is expected off. The Ann, Rhodes, of Hull, on the Wainfleet Sands, has been brought in here after discharging her cargo. WrxronD, Mmicit 17.—A ship's boat, marked " Sir Cohn Campbell," was picked up on Arklow Bank 14th instant. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 19.—Wind N.N.W. to W.—Sld. her Majesty's ship Vindictive, Rio Janeiro ; Sir John Falstaff, Quebec. FitraiouTir, MAncn 19.—Wind 9 A.st. a calm.—Off, An nandale, Chalk, Ichaboe. LYMINGTON, MARCH 18.—The Falmouth, Wills, is aground in the river, and not expected off until the springs, without lightening. LI ERPOOL, MARCH 19 .—W ind N .N. E., fresh . —Sid. Mary Winch, Columbia River ; Laura, Bahia ; Zante, Tobasco ; Tyrian, New Orleans ; Sardinia, Mobile ; Cambridge, Devon ; shire, and George Gardner, New York; Union and Is;inian Lindsay, Halifax; Flora M'Donald, St. Andrews; British Queen, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Amore, Cape Breton ; Britannia, Sir R. Jackson, Magnet, and Souter Johnny, Montreal. CLYDE, Mmicii lE.—And. Brothers, Ward, Ichaboe. CASTLETOWN, MAncii 14.—And. Honora, Tralee for London, making sixteen inches of water per hour. YARMOUTH, MArcli 19.—Wind N.—The Mellona, of Guernsey, has repaired, and is ready to proceed. MAncit 14.—Arrd. Cornet, Sanderson, Africa. NAVIGATORS ISLAND, JAN. 17.—Arrd. Rose, Swan, llali fax, with 1,100 barrels of oil. SAN DIEGO (CALIFORNIA), PRIOR TO DEC. 2.—Arrd. Krons Prins, Higham, with 1,600 barrels; Clementine, Norton, with 1,500 barrels ; and Bremen, Gerken, with 700 barrels, all belonging to Bremen. Wednesday morning, about half-past nine o'clock, a fire broke out in'the front-room second-floor at the residence of Lady Northrgo. 24, Manchester-square. The flames were in the first instance observed by two men who were p assin g the house, one of whom ran for the engine, while the other knocked at the door and alarmed the inmates. The con flagration was fortunately subdued without any further mis chief being done than the destruction of a bedstead, bed ding, and other articles of furniture which were in the room above alluded to. The origin of the fire has not been as certained. HER MAJESTY'S STEAMER SCOURGE.—This vessel e x a p c e h r m fo e r n t t a l l , tripe purpose do down River e testing herori T m u e a s ct a i y ll , e r y a s . far ma d a e s sea a l r e She was designed by the Surveyor of the Navy, and built at Portsmouth. The Scourge is 190 feet long, 36 feet beam, and 21 feet deep; tonnage 1,120. She is fitted with a pair of Maudsley and Field's double cylinder engines, of the collective power of 420 horses ; there are four cylinders, each 54 inches diameter, and 6 feet length of stroke ; the proper number of revolutions, when she is at her load draft (13 feet 6 i nc h es ) is 17 per minute; but having none of her guns or stores on board, the drart was only 11 feet 3 inches mean (10 feet '2 inches forward and 12 feet 4 inches aft), an d th e w h ee l s having too little immersion, the revolutions were 23, and occasionally 24, per minute. At thi s s p ee d, th e pi s t o ns were 1 travelling at the rate of 288 feet per minute, and the boilers, which are of the tubular description, supplied more steam than was required, the throttle-valves being full open during the whole run. Her speed was tried in Long-reach, at the measured distance, and found to be 11 knots or 121. i miles per hour. ON BOARD THE EXCELLENT, AT TEIE SWIFTSURE. _ The trial was to decide the value and practical results of the different fuses invented by Colonel Dansey, Royal Artillery, Captain Norton, Mr. Marsh, and the long-used fuse called " Wilton's fuse." Captain Sir T. Hastings, Colonel Dansey and Captain Stevens, Royal Marine Artillery, were ordered to report thereon. A ;lumber of persons assembled on board the Excellent to witness the firing on the different days—amongst whom were the Lieut. Governor Sir Hercules Pakenham Lord D. Halliburton, M.P., Si r J ames C oc kb urn, Admiral. Dacras, Captain Richards, C 8., Captain G. B. Martin, R.N., Capt. Wilson, R.A., &c. Colonel Dansey, Captain Norton, and Mr. Marsh, the inventors of the fuses to be tried, were also on board. The shells thrown were 5 and 8-inch from guns, the dis tance being 1,480 yards, the same as at the shell practice in November last, but the Sw•iftsure is now a better target, hav ing heeled over considerably more, and exposing more of her weather deck to the broadside of the Excellent. MoNDAv.—The practice commenced in the morning at half-past ten o'clock. Thirty shells went_ fired fitted with the fuses of Colonel Dansey, Mr. 4arsii, and Wilton's fuse. The tiring was tolerable, and a number of shells struck the target, we believe as many as 13 or 14, but not more than three or four burst on board ; some few exploded in the mud, but the majority did not burst. After the tiring ceased the !Line shells were picked up on board and five from the mud, which had not burst. Tuosnxy.—The firing was continued tit half-past ten, and the direction was better than those fired on Monday. The shells were of the game diameter, and were fitted with fuses by Colonel Dansey, iqr. Marsh, and a few of the old fuse (Wilton's), an_d fired from the same guns. The explosion or bursting of these shells was very uncertain. We believe about 20 struck the Swiftsure, but not more than three or four burst on board. One burst in flight short cf the target, most of the others passed over the ship, and very few were heard to burst on striking the mud. After the tiring ceased. 11 shells were picked up that had not burst. In the afternoon ten shells, prepared by Captain Norton, were fired with a much more satisfactory result. Of these ten shells, six hit the Swiftsure, and exploded at the instant on board ; two passed over and bbrst in the mud ; one was doubtful as to bursting, and only one failed to burst, which fell short of the Swiftsure into the water. WEDNESDAY.—TIIIRD DAY'S PRACTICE ; SEVIINO FIRE TO THE SwzFTsunE.—There was some very splendid firing this day. About 60 shells. were fired. The practice commenced with some shells prepared with Norton's fuses. Of the first fifteen fired few missed the ship, and nearly all exploded. though three burst in flight short of the Swittsure ; live con secutively-fired shells all went into the ship between the break of l the poop and the fore-hatchway, and burst on the moment of striking. The 20th shell (one of Wilton's) en tered the poop and exploded on the main -deck, and in five minutes after smoke was seen to issue, and flames soon broke out ou the starboard quarter and stern. Sir Thomas Hastings immediately proceeded with the boats of the Excellent, with their fire buckets and one engine, to the ship. The ordinary engines were soon on the spot, and after some time the fire was extinguished. The firing then re-commenced, and con tinued till three o'clock. The shells performed altogether better than they did on Tuesday, but many this day did not. burst. The setting on fire of the Swiftsure is a convincing proof of the destructive qualities of the shells. A ship, with her stores and fittings, would have been destroyed ten times over by the firing; but she ha s no fi tt i ng, her decks and top sides are half rotten and saturated with moisture, therefore it is astonishing that she took fire. The respective shells were all marked with the initials of the inventor's name, therefore those picked up whole showed at once by whom the failing shells had been fitted. We be ' lieve the practice will be continued to-day. ll= WINDOW DUTIES.—On Wednesday an ad. journed meeting of the delegates from the various metro politan parishes took place at the Court-house, Alaryleboue, for the purpose of considering what further steps were necessary to be taken for securing a repeal of the window duties. Mr. George Daniell, of Marylebone, was called to the chair. The meeting was very numerously attended, and. on Lord Duncan, the Member for Bath, entering the room, he was loudly cheered. Lord Duncan expressed himself satisfied with the result of the debate in the House of Com mons, considering the great disadvantages under which the question had been brought forward. He recommended the formation of an Anti-Window-tax League. Mr. Michie moved a resolution to the effect " That the meeting, so far from being discouraged with the result of the division last night, on the motion of Lord Viscount Duncan, rejoiced to find that there was no attempt on the part of her Majesty's Government to answer the lucid and convincing statements of the Noble Lord and the several Hon. Members who sup ported him, and the meeting was increasingly convinced that a steady, systematic, and persevering opposition to the op. pressive and unequal window-tax would insure its ultimate repeal." Mr. Ewen, of St. James's-street, seconded the reso lution, which was carried amidst loud cheers. Several other delegates addressed the meeting, and it was further resolved to establish a permanent Association and Committee, com posed of delegates from the various parishes, to collect statis tics, with a view to their publication throughout the country, and to form Associations in every city and town in the king dom. A vote of thanks having been awarded to the Chair man, the meeting separated at a late hour. REPEAL OF THE GLASS DUTIES.—In consequence of the repeal of the duty on glass, the bottle manufacturers have determined to reduce the price from 425. the gross of 12 dozen bottles, to 265. the gross. This will make bottle& cheap enough, and it will, no doubt, have some effect on the price of the cheaper kinds of liquor sold in bottles, such aa ale, porter, cider, soda water, and so forth ; and it will no doubt lead to a great increase in the manufacture. Warring ton is the principal place in Lancashire in which this branch of the glass trade is carried on, and there the repeal will be very beneficially felt in the increase of work and wages. Another Lancashire town which will also benefit greatly by the repeal of these same duties, is St. Helen's, the principal seat of the plate, the German sheet, and the crown glass manufacture. The plate glass of that neigh. bourhood, which is, we believe, the finest in the world,, will become cheaper than at present, though perhaps less so than is generally expected, owing to the expensive ma chinery and great amount of skilled labour required in po lishing it and preparing it for the market, but the German plate and the crown glass will both of them be manufactured with much less cost when the duty is removed. The former kind of glass has for some time been rising in favour, and as it will be made generally accessible by the repeal of the duty to persons in moderate circumstances, it will be employed in most respectable houses, instead of the crown glass now used. It will certainly add much to the beauty of their appearance, as well as to the pleasure of their inhabitants, as it transmute perfectly correct images of all external objects, instead of the twisted and distorted images transmitted through the coin warreaiather at this mon kinds of glass.—Lirerpool Times. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.- - It had been tin ges, which y e ar, were to have been used, i n I n r o o l u m ld ee h d aN t .e ha p t ro th te e eted imp t r h o e ve p d uh s l e i c c on fr d o - m cla t ss he c aceful vehicles, for the first tim e , lie c u l inclement e t n h t e s e p a r s e o s n e n o t f d t i r e throughout the line of this Company, on Monday, the 10th instant. It is now, however, stated that they will not be introduced by the Directors until the let of June next; by which time the warm weather will probably have set in, and thus render this change of comparatively little consequence to the public. TUB SUSPECTED 11URDER ON TIIE PAISLEY BAIL. , WAY .—This case, an account of 'which we lately gave, has undergone a judicial investigation ; and from the report of the medical gentlemen who examined the body, it appeals" that the deceased died of congestive apoplexy, and that though symptoms of violence were observable on the body, there was nothing discovered to warrant the conclusion that the man was murdered. His hat and coat were found in the neighbourhood, which removes the impression that robber, had been perpetrated ; 30 that, in all probability, the whole affair will resolve itself into a fight,while apoplexy may hare been induced by the excitement thereby produced.—Edin burgh Advertiser. VAUXHALL GARDENS.—This far-famed place of amusement, despite the numerous threats of its demolition, is again, for its 115th season, to be re-opened at Whitsuntide in its original splendour, together .with all the adventitious aid of modern improvements. For a length of time past, a variety of reports have obtained circulation that this "Royal Property" was to be extinct, and only to be remembered in the recollections of by-gone days. Sometimes it was asserted that its extensive grounds had been parcelled out for building on ; at others, that the line of a p ro j ected railwa y was to rux through its centre, all of which re p orts were unfounded. ETON COLLEGE.—An extra week's holiday ha s been given to the school this Easter, which will have the effect of prolonging the vacation until the 12th of next month. It will be recollected that upon the visit of tke King of the French to the College last year, his Majesty re quested and obtained an additional week's holiday at Christ mas ' • the extra holiday was not then given, but postponed uu Laittu. SHELL PRACTICE