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' " ... az 7 ,k - 411,*1 aiv . 1 - 114 %ift11).t. 1 ‘...- ---- r 11 4" 1 1 1 ,, ~.."'-'l 9 , , ( e.-- , 10---,-- iE 7- ' ''' ' - 7 '4l. ot ~ ,rf r• ----‘ -, ''k' 'l4 Vt e - ' t x , -,, Paid to them, to be re-paid in rupees at the current rate of , Ilan , ,,,_, . r I '" s 'o V IN f •%`t ; -''-, 4 ' lk " '', , s* 4ll - -‘ ' - Ault 13 -go on the d ay of p r esentation at the offices of the Oriental ___,./i * //' '. I :1 4 : , ,O. is been h as pi . d v , ( 7 ),_ , in Bombay, &lento., and Colombo. Shnilar Letters of Credit rts are A.- id e t , 7 obtained at any of the branches of the National Bank of _ _ \'' '' 'i • , 4, - ''-e•-•, ' ' 4' i d )) ' , DRGi I. sl ,;. "ItN• 3 • • , e''' z .- ' has been 50, 4 - .ad, and of the Provincial Bank of Ireland. /`,,. - ...0 t141 * 1.. ti z, t• 44 , 4 ~, , A ,- . . , ctions have 1 ' By Order of the Directors, - sales. j'e been ID( .8.6 d lower, gn i ;d, an d 945 Ix Bow. partly sold, - and 41; at - 27s 6d, and Liotations. doing. , b e )rites rule ra' 11.1- W. W. SCRIMGEOUR, Manager, -.at of London, No. 2, Princes-street, Mansion Beira . . , ItAILWAY LITIGATION. 184 5 ,At a meeting o f p ersons , h e ld th e 17th d a y of December, kt 4te 4it, , No. 25, Th rogmorton - s t ree t, L on d on , t o con sid e r the objects f o u o ul lil an advertisement recently published, and which was read I ' At " RAILWAY LITIGATION. Of Dec!' P r eliminary meeting of persons interested, held the 2d day Ity;Mber 1845, as r esolved,—That proceedings at law having been threatened a rious • railway matters, it is very desirable that, with a view to eQuttable arrangement of just demands, and the resistance of 441 o bviously made under the impression that the dread of letv °° s law charges will induce compliance, as also to ascertain the atres..atalnies of committee-men, shareholders, and applicants for 411v4; and further to elicit the actual circumstances of various ' 1 ;141 )roifets (matters far too weighty and important for indivi hfu s 'Pettalbilitv) a confidential meeting be speedily convened of 0 are interested in these objects." WILLIAM COLLINS, Esq., M.P., in the Chair. 1,, t ', 1 "; fl ames of numerous persons desirous of co-operating having It Len in— tentol7 u allnously resolved,—That with a view to the accomplish - T ae tlhe foregoing purposes, a Society be now formed, to be called That the Mutual Protection Society." ite rules and regulations for the support and government of ciet now read, be approved and adopted. 11,, 5 W43 orderfel that the same be printed for distribution, and bUcit o Amory, Sewell, and Moores, of Throgmorton-street, the 4411eah ; and the Society, be authorised to furnish copies thereof to Thatm persons propos i ng to become members of the Society, are re 'Pon th L° send their names and addresses to the solicitors. e motion of Sir WILLIAM LOWTUORP, it was unanimously resolved -11714 Da niel L eltty , _ Whittle Harvey, Esq., be appointed President of the t , tt ,Zuld that the thanks, of the country are due to him for hay ,T;At'ln‘eled this important undertaking. ‘.? r ule thanks of this meeting be given to William Collins, Esq., attendance, and for the able manner in which he has MARCUS TRAVERS, Secretary pro fem.. N EW WORKS to be PUI3LISHED THIS MONTH .by Mr. MURRAY:- 3 vols., Bvo., Lord CAMPBELL'S LORD CHANCELLORS. With Portrait and Maps, Bvo., Sir JOHN BARROW'S ARCTIC VOYAGES. With Maps, Plates, &c., 2 vols., royal 4t0., MURCHISON'S GEOLOGY of RUSSIA. 2 vols., Syo., lIISTORY of GREECE. _ By GEORGE GROTE, Esq. Vol. 1., Bvo. (to be completed in five volumes), BROUDEN'S CATHOLIC SAFEGUARDS. • One volume, Bvo., CRIMES and TRIALS •from the GERMAN. - - . Post Bvo., KUGLER'S HAND-BOOK of PAINTING. Vol. 2. With Twelve Illustrations by Richard Doyle, The FAIRY RING, a Book for Christmas. With an Index; Vols. 4 and 5, Bvo., The MARLBOROUGH DISPATCHES. • One volume, Bvo., LANTAy MUTUAL Pit OTECTIOA 11 114 SOCIETY. ~,,- * ", ,, o ‘l ety is a vo l un t ar y a s s o c iation of persons interested in the elitZtJudicious administration of railways ; and especially for 3'lltiZT„„ the present state of the law as affecting the rights and t,„°At 4,':lthose connected with railways and railway projects. p ti t he undefined state of the law touching the various rela - Ic itch persons connected with railways find themselves feat inducements are offered to the resistance of just de , titS' l to the enforcement of groundless claims ; in either case I t ltkt: ~Cr y serious expeuses, amounting in the one to the denial ' to 041 0 k1 in the other to the it.fliction of positive wrong. ti c , Ni s , us that individuals having to enforce their rights against, lliil4,,Oulwarrantable claims by bodies corporate in their cha 1401'at,t; having in their hands large funds, will do so at a strious 4 4 7 14 / 14 :ge, without an arrangement for co-operation aLd mutual ty nd ti of a subseribed fund. It is therefre agreed e tt 7 ma' a B ball he be a p d rovided by subscription, and that the following z t :t 4 .?, r egulations shall be binding upon the members of the kitltt he n Co 8t„ tnunittee of seven persons including President, to be 'n'uncil, shall be appointed , to conduct the the business of the 41(t'^t)41,-er.esident shall be appointed, whose sanction, with two of , be necessary to all decisions touching the institution th: , _Proceedings at law or in equity. kt` t Y I ,. i .t , utuicil shall consider the CASe of any member of the ttp,kla eh may be brought before them, and shall advise whether 4 , RN at proceedings shall be taken, either at law, In equity or 1 4 4 ;,ki tb fu r the protection or assertion of th, rights of such mein -8,:',:41.111 such preedings as may be suggested by the Council for 'pitted to the solicitors of the Society. Nki . , 4l lit,, r dl e guidance of the C. uncil, and for the satisfaction of aY ga deu of the Society, the opinions of several counsel at the 1 Pro Hutton law bars shall be taken upon the various and sZL:ue.nt questions which may affect the rights and liabilities ' r ibens and allottees of shares, as well as the Directors, 1' 14 %.., a nd Provisional Committeemen, of railways and railway t t he 1 , ,,,. 1 114 . 4 i t: 4 ; 4 m s es of persons seeking to become members of the So hf Of submitted to the Council, who shall have the absolute t stl 7anission. of t l nual subscription of Two Guineas shall he paid by eac h ! i t ,,."`qt r .. L e Society, on or before the let of January in ea,h year, "n shall be deemed a member until such subscriptio n k‘Uk.. , ht:t d ay e„ .lbe , rs who shall not renew their subscriptions on or before e kty B sj i t January, 1847, and so on from time to time, on or tiety . let of January, shall cease to be members of iltil4 Y th s tlbseriber who may desira to confide his own case to the h ic e Society, may do so in strict confidence, and lads case b a t he Council deem to be within the scope of the Society, ,''',L!olici t „ the option of requiring his interests to be censidered ,siety „" r s of the Company upon the payment to the funds of 4 4 4 itop ri l`_such further sum of money as may appear to the Coun t, 11D, te and reasonable, or of placing the business in other n his own responsibility. ' 4 ei w geribers shall be entitled to the benefit of the opinions 0% 0 14'0m 4 ed to be taken for the guidance of the Council, and It t ' t tb.Zvice of the counsel and of the solicitors. 11,. t %lbeir e l Whittle Harvey, Esq , be appointed the President of k 'k m 4' ° e Esq., be appointed the Treasurer, and Messrs. Well, and N t „ t he 0, Moores, the solicitors of the Society. l 4 Zinleil shall have power to make rules for the manage ilk 49, "nsineas of the Society, rovided they are not repugnant 14,..e_rules. And that no subscriber shall be liable for any and expenses whatever beyond his subscription, and ibit h ` 4 „Penses as shall have been provided for by his engage- Council. Mks of d 4°s ' OO l7 c l ' i to ; or O.' It :, MIDLAND _ MIDLAND RAILWAY. n re „4IIDLAND RAILWAY COMPANY N t i er b p ,l'ared to receive LOANS on SECURITY of their Deben- NO(kir 4 s of Three, Five, or Seven Years, in sums of not less 6 14 . e ach, at interest after the rate of 41. per cent. per I 'J 4 tiOaa Itt,. to be made to the Secretary, at the Company's Office, 16 /114 , By order, uk,h , J. F. BELL, Secretary. k AT WESTERN RAILWAY. Y ti te i h„„ CHRISTMAS. L'4 ,41 4, f vne,,,, ,0 7 given, that the usual Return Tickets , at a Reduc i this iprel of the Fares, will be allowed to passengers travel- Tr<we, reckoning Christmas -day as a Sunday. All the ill, however, run on that day. 1 4 -1'..." 1 -2 3 ---- By order of the Directors, C. A. SAUNDERS, Secretary, kt tie it. S and CARLISLE RAILWAY. 'a saly l 't . i k , fi t „,o4 4t ,- hereby given, that an amalgamation, on terms Vilei t SGoll;`ageous, having been e ff ected with the YORKSHIRE 0 % ".1) 4ri . UNION RAILWAY COMPANY, by which an fld t „ l,l entary opposition is obviated, the Shareholders in vetceD t o , -arlisle Railway Company are requested to forward lt'er 1 8 ,..th Oakes of this Company on or before the 31st of eat e 4 7 0, in order to have it stamped, agreeably to the ar t ' red Int o bY the Directors. f;,... Y order of the Committee of Management, 411 44,,, CHARLES LOCOCK \VERB, Secretary. b, , 'terns, Basingliall-street, London. ~...._____ '''\-T MANCHESTER, RUGBY, AND Isl c , SOUTHAMPTON RAILWAY, *it ''' DIRECT LINE FROM DERBY TO RUGBY. : t , 4, 1 . Royal Exchange-buildings London, Dec. 19, 1845. ~PI‘IO4 ; '"..heIdSHAREHOLDERS a t the offices of the Co m p an y , on A ednesday, the l ettk i ,, %7, fibber ias taa t it was unauhnou.sly resolved—" That an c i \ 4 lo 4 t b e . inserte d in the daily papers, to the effect that all c,1„,441„, xn shares in the Great Manchester, Rugby, and South ; N'et h ,,7aY have been allotted upon their application, and who N,e 1 1 - ' 4 7 their deposits or any portion thereof, that if the sum ` 1 1 44 c Cgs Per Share upon the number allotted to them, be not ,kll-eN.,.7.nre SaTtransv, the 3d day ofijJanuary next .their names 0Z1ti7,, 5 Shall be published as defaulters in th ieundertakmg, as K:o:Pevr of operating as a warning to future companies, as be ~,,,"ng to obtain justice for this Company ;" the said resolu i, Panied by an intimation that on payment of Two k Ler th:',!'are, either at the offices of the Company, or on the ~ , C,,, re,, bankers' receipt for the same, the letters of application 1 1 li ct aued to the allottees, and they shall be released from all '' , u,, ty, 41 order of the Committee of Management, HORATIO CARTER, Assistant Secretary. AS TERN, COUNTIES RAILWAY Nto, 4 COMPANY. t,k, t , r tom CAMBRIDGE to YORK, and from TOTTEN t'l'll4,'et I HAM to FA.RRINGDON-STREET. 1 4 5 , 14 1 hereby given, that in accordance with the resolutions I itc: t il T h Y Passed at a special general meeting of the Compa n y , lik3lB U rsday, Oct. 30, 1845, every person whose n a me shall 'k h 4„, i t tegistered Shareholder of the Company on the 4th . of N'' Ili , . will receive a Letter of Allotment for York Extension N it tat e l me Proportion of three such Extension Shares for every O t 4 toe' " 41. 165. of which he is the proprietor, in the consoli -1,014 Of the ComPanY' F .4 4 411 1e " , • . f Scrip Certificates for the New Shares of 141. 16s. Ner tta sabtled to Extension Shares in the same proportion, eCeat s ates must be sent to the offices of the Company for en v,'„Alt later than the 31st instant, accompa nied b y a letter tti th 4 e aOlder of the subjoined form : ,;, t fl ecretary of the Eastern Counties Railway Company. t c' c , lit, December, 1845. , 11. 4 , -, With I forward to you Scrip Certificates for ~V, f't of 141. 16s. each in the Eastern Counties Railway, in - 7, t ., 41 1 ~, 'Titich I desire to obtain a Letter of Allotment for my 't , '''' ° Portiou of Shares of 201. each in the York Extension IMMENSE SALE OF LAMPS AT HALF-PRICE. CLARK and COMPANY, 447, West Strand, beg to announce that they intend making extensive alterations in their establishment, and, in consequence, are compelled to dispose of a large portion of their immense and excellent stock of lamps. The stock consists of the New Light, Clark's Patent Carcel Oil Lamp (the best oil lamp ever made), Solar Lamps, and all other oil lamps. Young's Vesta Spirit Lamp, the Gem Spirit Lamps, Oil and Candle Chandeliers, Candelabras, and Ormolu Candlesticks, and richly cut Lustres ; Palmer's Magnum Candle Lamps, and every description of Palmer's and Clark's Candle Lamps that can be required. In fact, their immense variety provides a ehoice for all, and gives all satisfac tion. The whole will be sold considerably under the usual charges. The reduction in prices commence Tuesday, 16th December, and will only continue one month, or perhaps less. Please write down Address, CLARK and C0.,447, WEST STRAND, the Immense Lamp Depot. AS 9 ont Nes t , l / re 04. irr go o- tv Grr o 'o IspO stet,ff e ore. P i c toir 00 1 or eo rl ' tr et' e iteol bi t :ht, once iy 3t„ ct, bri" A lp ts ( e' l , o o , a to" 10 0 ' 1 '; O. sn 'tb e a 0 1 00 a, boor!' be itak e- e etf „ .f . P 30' her . . 00 , SC O St ryid fret er e, afte r ten+ oatn v end este' hig if 7 ,1 f th e c od ;.„ I)er c°rilt oh, iiiB I.stiaa re, idy oil.: • Name in full . • Usual Signature... •• • •• . ••• • • • ‘4 / 4 6.1 Descrip,ion • • Sktiza 4 Place of Abode it .. t in every case, be filled up in the handwriting of " 41 13 i 44 N of the Scrip Certificates will be Immediately acknow -4b ~1 4 4„ e 3: will be subsequently r eturned endorsed, together ute of Allotment for the number of Extension Shares to "vplicant is entitled. GEORGE HUDSON, Chairman. L! 95 ; e lt 7ge BRANDY AND CAPSULES.-Mr. BETTS (the late firm of J. T. BETTS and CO.), Patent Braady Distiller, 7, Smithfield Bars, feels it due to himself and the public to state, that the Manufacture of the PATENT BRANDY was not, and never has been known to any person except to himself and one of his sons. And that he was succeeded in the business of the Dis tillery, 7, Smithfield Bars, by his sons, J. T. 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Oli',N,„"Dholdor will be required t o forward to the Secretary of " , ,i s ale„ -n , 3', not later than SAT URDAY, the 3d of January next, an • i; al the subjoined form, and to inc l o se therewith the Scrip • rt y hi m tl ° : t itti e e . i n Of all Shares sent for reg i s tr y and exchange will be y n a by return of post ; and net later than seven days after 0k "el' of Allotment for the same number of Eastern Conn- Nh roi genslon Shares will be forwarded to the Scriphelder. 4;,', 11 S e ,"ara and Agents will understand that Cambridge and ( 1 ,"1 ) cannot be exchanged fbr Letters of Allotment in the s i , uh tles York Extension unless the Form of Application and signed by the parties for whom they transmit them. HENRY BARNETT, Chairman. By order, 04 re C. P. RONEY, Secretary. til t ,. t lVinchester-street, Dec. 18 , 1845 . Provisional Committee of the Cambridge and Lincoln Railway. Ni h t itine 4 , , 4 , —Herewith I forward to you Scrip for kkh, l Dep i t tla -. of Extension Shares in the above Company 16, t f or Which I request you to obtain for me a Letter of Al. s qkt` Eastern Counties York Extension Shares, I th e 11oba Proportion of one Share in that Company for each Share '" the Cambridge and Lincoln Railway. Name in full • • • • • ...• • • • • • • Usual Signature.... •• • • • • .• Description . • kr: 1 1' 1 1 4 t o dace of Abode • . ..... 14 aat, in every case, be Wed up iu the handwriting of the -, 184 z S DEMULCENT COUGH 140- t h _t N ., :ta t to u , - ,•-itsi, the best remedy ever discovered. Persons a ffl icted '4l ''es t ,'" , asthma, di ffi culty of breathing, consumption, or other 4 (P.e(lia t r derangement of the respiratory organs, will experience ti o Ll.S'S a i ,„,rellef. and derive permanent benefit, by the use of thAt - ,', MULCENT COUGH LOZENGES, which are so effica ; ' ,l eY will cut short the most violent paroxysm ef cough - eotiketio ' re 0 agreeable to the palate that . they may be eaten r~ l , Id by n, ‘ . • W4te th 6 proprietor, Peter Jones, operative chemist, 11, Norton ette4;l°Psgate-street, London, In boxes Is . . 1%t1., and in tins at ` l, duty included ; and by meet chemists and patent mein 'll In town and country. BETTS'S PATENT BRAN DY, certified by the Faculty of England to be the purest spirit, and guaranteed by the Patent Metallis Capsules, embossed " Betts's Patent Brandy, 7, Smithfield-bars," is sold at 33. 6d., bottle included, by the most respectable dealers, lists of whom mly be obtained at the Distillery, where quantities of not less titan two gallons, in bulk or bottles, are supplied. Address, 7, Smithfield-bars. ------- FOR STOPPING DECATICD TEETH. Priee 2s. 6d. Patronised by her Majesty, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and ker Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent. MR. THOMAS'S SUCCEDANEUM for stopping decayed Teeth, however large the cavity. is placed in the tooth without any pressu re or pain, and will remain firm in the tooth for many years, rendering extraction unnecessary, arresting the further progress of decay . All persons can use Kr. Thomas's Succedaneunt themselves with ease, as full directions are inclosed. Price 2s. 6d. Sold by Savory, 220, Regent-street ; Sanger, 150, Oxford-street ; Sutler, 4, Cheapside ; Prout, 229, Strand ; Johnson, 6s, Cornhill ; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street ; 4nd all medicine venders. Mr. Thomas continues to supply the loss of teeth upon his new system of self-adhesion, without springs sr wires. This method does not require the extraction of any teeth or roots, or any paid operation whatever. Mr. Thomas, Surgeon Dentist, 64, Berners-street,Gxford-street._ l'Arit ° NAG!. Of ..v1 AN s Of Trig, NotitLl k. ,LEN'S COMPOUND ANTIBILIOUS Np i t4i, ,4l, S, prepared by Thomas Allen, late of Mile - end - road , the A of the it ,yal College of surgeons, London, and Licentiate ti.thral,,Pot.hecar.les' ComparTy, and a pupil of the late eccentric and t Ptil s ittr -4 John Abernethy, Esq , ; twenty-two years a pri . n -41415f tl e " St. Bartholomew's Hospital. During a practica l ' o,,""ecly i „ - `ntY year;, /hese rats have been found an invaluab e i '' .l iti t .„` cases of indlgestion liver, and bilious complaints. For t°Wno,rutents of the digestive ' orzans and obstructions, a sluggish Or _the liver and bowels, whie:i occasions more . or less the fol -41c1/44: s Yrriptoms, viz heartburn, giddiness, acidity, headach e, 1 4 ' 1 WCZ' cir( 7a 3 ns, and flatulent distenZiens of the stomach and . wsiness and dimness of sight, an uncomfortable se isa -4%11'V-fenced at the pit of the stomach sooZi after eating. with a t 4 Weight of oppreesion, appetite impazred, breathing diftl -4444 e_r.i de rness about the region of the liver, bows.is irregular, some . "atitiately costive with languor and depressim; of spirits. h In boxes and 4s. 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Mr. Roach Smith —The Public Health— Camden Town Church Competition —Railway News from Paris— Restoration of the Holy Trinity Church, Hull—Round Towers in France—Freemasons of the Chureli—Merit in Mumble Life not to be Disregarded Notes in the Provinces—Railway Jottiugs—Notices of Contracts, Tenders, Timber, Sales, &c. Office, 2, York:street, Covent-garden, and of all Booksellers. FRIDAY NIGHT S GAZETTE. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, Dsc. 18, 1845. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Colonel the Hon. Sir E. Cust, K.C.H., to be her Majesty's Assistant Master of the Ceremonies, in the room of Thomas Seymour Hyde, Esq., deceased. W. Lee, hosier, Charing-cross—first div. of Sid. in the pound, any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Graham, Cole man-street. W. Crosby, B. Vallentine, and B. White, hardwaremen, Hounsditch—third div. of 1 d. in the pound, any Wednes day, at the office of Mr. Graham, Coleman-street. J. 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Damon, merchant, Liverpool—third div. of three thirty scconds of a penny in the pound, any Monday, at the office of Mr. Turner, Liverpool. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. J. Plowman, ironmonger, Oxford, Jan. 9, at one—G. Chapman, cowkeeper, Pullin's-place, Islington, Jan. 9, at eleven—A. Jameson, surgeon, Yarm, Yorkshire, Jan. 9, at half-past one—F. A. de Wilde, cabinet ironmonger, Wells street, Oxfortl-street, Jan. 9, at twelve—R. Hutchinson, leather seller, Jewry-street, Aldgate. In the Country. _ _ E. Thomas, wine merchant, Bristol, Jan. 13, at twelve, at the Bristol District Court—G. Seaborn, baker, Berkeley, Gloucester, Jan. 13, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court -H. Malpas, victualler, Bath, Jan. 16, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court—R. Warr, auctioneer, Beaminster i Dorsetshire, Jan. 14, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court —W. Dakin, glass manufacturer, Manchester, Jan. 14, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court—J. Marland, jun., roller maker, Todmorden, Lancashire, Jan. 14, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court—H. Whittaker. silk throwster, Macelesfielst, Jan. 13, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court —J. Wood, merchant, Lee-side, Yorkshire, Jan. 1.5, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary, on the day herein mentioned. W. Webber, grocer, Horndean, Hampshire, Jan. 12—W. Cato, tea dealer, Hexham, Northumberland, Jan. 9.—W. Parfitt, engineer, Bristol, Jan. 15—T. B. Vaughan, farmer, Poulton-cum-Spittal Chester, Jan.: 13—J. Kirkby, dyer, Kirkbeaton, Yorkshire, Jan. 13—W. Turner, cabinet maker, Manchester, Jan. 10—J. Fisher, spirit merchant, Lynn, Nor folk, Jan. 9—R. M'Entire, commission agent, Paternoster row, Jan. 9—J. Home, veterinary surgeon, Woodstock-mews, Blenheim street, New Bond-street, Jan. 9—G. F. S. Isher!, wood, engraver to calico printers, Manchester, Jan. 9—J. M. Pratt, wine merchant, Berners-street, Oxford-street, Jan. 9—J. Middleton, hay and straw salesman, Aveley, Essex, Jan. 9—H. Kimber, wine merchant, Water-lane, City, Jan. 9 —E. Barry, victualler, Bristol, Jan. 9—R. B. Clarke, plumber and glazier, Gower-street North, St. Pancras, Jan. 9 —J. Wild, glazier, Bristol, Jan. 9—J. S. Williams, master mariner, Clement's-lane, Lombard -street. Jan. 9. whose prospects of; Parliamentary success are not the brightest; and it must be remembered, too, that the present unsettled aspect of the political world has lessened the likelihood of remuneration. from several of the new rail way plans, at least for a time. The decision of the San quhar and Muirkirk Junction directors contrasts most fevourahly with the dead lock system of some of the En glish o h r a w t h i t e h h e s tl e a ni n s i n o e n i ;Ire neither s e i; r e a p n a d r e l d h e t o o ffi a c o i officials companies w hi c h h ave recently been figuring before nor to return any of t h e d epos i t money which ict)holiniriecoemrt Lord Mae A. meettiwa they have received from the allot tees.— Glasgow H era ld. LUBECK AND SCLINVERIN.—HAMBURG, DEC. s.—The news arrived by express to-day that the States of Meck lenburg had refused to grant the law of appropriation for the projected r. , ilway between Lubeck and Schwerin. In consequence, the scrip of the Hagenow, Schwerin, and Rostock, which might have been bought at 87 yesterday, rose immediately to 91, but fell again at the close of the Exchange to 89. In my opinion the accomplishment ( f the line between Lubeck and Schwerin would operate wore in favour than to the disadvantage of the other Mecklenburg line, as the joint use of a town like Lu beck, and all the localities between that town and this, would have contributed a great deal to the traffic of the whole net, without injuring Rostock and Wismar. The refusal is ase vere blow to Lubeck, and it falls heavily on one part of Mecklenburg. CASSEL AND HANOVER.—It is now certain that the negotiations with Hanover, on the subject of this line, have been brought to a favourable termination. The Commisioner from Cassel, Herr Schwedes (upper min ing diree'or), is expected to return in a few days, and there is some ground for believing that the presence of his Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Co-Regent in Hanover has done much towards softening down the difficulties. These negotiations were more on the sub. ject of the Minden and Hanover line •, but it is believed that, in the many leisure hours. of the two commis- sioners, the Hanover and Cassel line was brought on the tapis, and the question of its terminus at Cassel dis cussed. That would be of great importance to Frede rick William's northern line, as no decision on the direc lion of the line in the circle of Cassel can be arrived at previously. The works on the whole of the rest of the line, from the Prussian boundary at the Diemel to the Saxon and Thuringian line, will be allotted on the sth of January, in the coming year, to the several con tractors, so that the works on the whole of the line will he, at one and the same time, in operation in the year 1846. The works for the tunnels will be continued dur ing the winter. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. fLIVERPOOL, DEC.. 19. STOCKEXCHANGE.—me sales are—Birkenhead and Holy head Junction, 3% p.—Boston, Newark, and Sheffield, ss. p. --Caledonian, 2 p.—Chester and Birkenhead, New Shares, 27%—Ditto, New 201. Shares, ss. p.—Clitheroe Junction, par—Derby and Crewe, 17/ 8 p.—Glasgow, Perth, and Greenock, Half Shares, 9 1 4—Grand Junction, 236—Dittc. Quarter Shares, 33 p.—Ditto, New Quarter Shares, 32 1 ,4 p.—Great Grimsby and Sheffield, Quarter Shares,lss. p.—GreatWestern, Quarter Shares, 13% p.—Huddersfield and Sheffield, 8:p. —Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 1 1 4 p.—London and Birmingham, Fifth Shares, 20 p.— Matlock and Midland, 1 11 ,4 p.—Midland, 140—Preston and Wyre, 3014—Sheffield and Manchester, Quarter Shares, No. 2, 4 p.—Ditt o , Q uar t er Shares No. 3 (scrip), 3 p.—Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, and South Stafford, 7( p.—South. Eastern and Dover, Con solidatec Thirds, Half Shares, 7s. 6d. p.—West Riding Union, 8% p. MANCHESTER, DEC. 19. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Blackburn, Derwen, and Bolton, New, 244—East Lancashire, No. 1, 16—Fleet wood, Preston, and West Riding, 22s.—Lancashire and North Yorkshire, 435.—Manchester and Leeds, Fifths, 114—Man chester and Southampton 2—North Staffordshire, 945. 6d.— Sheffield and Manchester, Quarters, No. 2, 8 1 / 2 —Ditto, ditto, No. 3, 5 1 4—South-Eastern and Dover, Consolidated Thirds, Halves, 3. LEEDS, DEC. 19. STOCK EXCIIANGE.-The sales are-Great North of Eng land, New. 10 p.-Manchester and Leeds, Fifth Shares, 10 p. -Sheffield and Manchester, Quarter Shares, No. 3,5 - Huddersfield and Sheffield, i6 I A-Leeds and Bradford. 18- -North British, New Carlisle Branch, 2- Wakefiold, Pon tefract, and Goole, 32-Direet Northern, 1 3 4-West Riding Union, 51.145.-Leeds and Live r p oo l Di rec t, 1 1 A-Leeds and York, 10s. dis.-Northumberland and Lancashire Junction, 12s. 6d. dis.-North Western, 24-South Midlands, 24 p. -Wakefield and Bradford, 17s. 6d. p.-Wakefield and Har rogate, ss. di&-Welsh Midlands, 1:1 1 . HULL, Di 19. STOCK EXCHANGE.-In the absence of news of the new Ministry being formed, cur market presents few trans actions, although some buyers at low figures presented them selves. The sales are-Derby and Gainsborough, 1-Ax holmes, 2. YORK, DEC. 19. STocK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-York and North Mid land Extension, 25-London and York, 314. BRISTOL, DEC. 19. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Bristol and Exeter . New, 5 3 /a-Midland, New, 23 3 4-Taff Vale, Quarter Shares, 27 1 A. SHEFFIELD, Dix. 19.: STOCK ExcirAxcE.-The sales are-Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton, 6-Leeds and Bradford, Dewsbury, 94-Isle of Axholme and Goole, 2%-West Riding Union, 5!4. EDINBURGH, DEC. 17. STOCK EXCITANGE.-The sales are-British and Irish Union, 595.-Caledonian Extension, 525. 6d.-East of Fife, 355.-Edinburgh, Gl asgow , and Dumbarton, 15s. -Edinburgh and Northern, 71s. -Ditto, Newport, 215.-Ditto, Lochgelly, 305.-Edinburgli, Portobello, and Musselburgh, 305.-Forth and Clyde Junction, 405.-Glasgow and Lesmahagow, 575. 6d. -Great North of Scotland, 545.-Lanark and Galloway, 405.-London and Hounslow, 405.-North British, Exten sion to Carlisle, 365. 6e1.-Scottish Central, 13 1 A-Abe rdeen, 476. GLASGOW, DEC. 18. STOCK EXCHANGE. —The sales are—Airdrie and Bath gate, 46s.—Caledonian, 131.—Dundee and Forfar Junction, 525. 6d.—East Indian Railway, 18s.—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, 671.—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 595. Great Indian Peninsular, 7s. 6d.—Lesmabagow, 55s.—Paisley, Barrliead, and Hurlet, 4 1 4—Perth and Inverness, 355. Scottish Central, 131.—Scottish South Midland Junction, 378.6d.—South Midland, 4 1 4—Stirling and Dunfermline, 465. Tao dwision of proftti is animal, and the neat will be made to De. cern ier of the present year. F. FERGUSON CAAIROUX, See. THE PROTESTANT DISSENTERS AND GENERAL LIFE AND FIRE ASSURANCE COMPANY. Instituted 1827. Empowered by Special Act of Parliament, 3 Vic., c. 20. 62, KING WILMA NI-STREET, LONDON-BRIDGE, LONDON ; 21, ST. DAVID-STREET, EDINBURGH ; and 6 KING-STREET, QUEEN-SQUARE, BRISTOL. Capital—One Million. TRUSTEES AND DIRECTORS. George Bousfleld, Esq. Charles Hindley, Esq., M.P. Thomas Challis, Esq., Alderman Thomas Piper, Esq. Peter Ellis, Esq. Thomas B. Simpson, Esq. Jacob G. Cope, Esq. Edward Smith, Esq. John Dixon, Esq. Hon. Charles P. Villiers, M.P. Joseph Fletcher, Esq. John Wflks, Esq. Richard Hollier, Esq. Edward Wilson, Esq. On the return of the Christmas quarter, the Directors beg to re mind their friends and the public that, in the Fire Department ther receive risks of all descriptions, including Chapels, School-rooms, Mills, Goods, and Shipping in Docks, Farming Stock, &c., at the same reduced rates as other respectable Companies, and make no charge on policies transferred from other Offices. In the Life Department they continue to transact all business re lating to Life Assurances, Annuities, and Family Endowments, upon the most liberal terms consistent with sound principles and public security. Loans also are granted on equitable terms to life assurers on life interests or satisfactory personal securities. To all agents and soli citors, auctioneers, and surveyors, liberal allowance will be made. By order of the Directors, THOMAS PRICE, Secretary. G UARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSUR ANCE COMPANY. No. 11, LOMBARD-STREET, at the Entrance of the Old Post office, London. DIRECTOD.S. JOHN LABOUCHERE, Esq., Chairman. JOHN DIXON, Esq., Deputy-Chairman. Henry Hulse Berens, Esq. George Lyall, Esq., M.P. John W. Buckle, Esq. Stewart Marjoribanks, Esq., M.P. Francis Hart Dyke, Esq. John Martin, Esq.. M.P. Sir Walter R. Farquhar, Bart. Rowland . ,Mitchell, Esq. Robert Mitford, Esq. James Morris Esq. Henry R. Reynolds, jun., Esq. John Thornton, Esq. James Tulloch, Esq. [TORS. A. W. Robarts, Esq I Henry Sykes Thornton, Req. Samuel Jones Loyd, Esq. Henry Norman, Esq. ACTUARY-Griffith Davies, Esq., F.R.S. In the LIFE DEPARTMENT, a Bonus was declared in June 1829, exceeding one per cent. per annum on the sums insured, on an average of the different Ages ; and two subsequent divisions of nearly equal amounts were made up to Christmas 1835 and Christmas 1842. On an average of the three divisions the Reversionary Bonuses added to the several Policies at the end of every seven years amounted to about 27 per cent. on the total premiums paid thereon during those seven years, and the whole amount of Bonuses allotted at the three Septennial divisions exceeded 530,0001. Loans granted on Life Policies to the extent of their values, pro vided such Policies shall have been effected a sufficient time to have attained in each case a value not under 501. Ia the FIRE DEPARTMENT, a Return of profit was declared on the 4th of June, upon the premiums received on all Policies which had been in force seven years at Christmas 1844, and the same Is now in course of payment daily (Friday and Saturday excepted), between the hours of ten and three o'clock, at the Head Office ; and also by the Agents in the Country Districts. Notice is hereby given, that assurances which expire at Christmas must be renewed within fifteen days at this Office, or with Mr. Sams, 1, St. James's-street, corner of Pall-mall; or with the Company's agents throughout the kingdom, otherwise they become void. GEORGE KEYS, Secretary. Thomson Hankeyjun., Esq. John Harvey, Esq. George Johnstone, Esq. John Loch, Esq. Lewis Loyd, jun., Esq. AUDI PUBLICATIONS. FOURTEENTH EDITION of the SILENT FRIEND on Human Frailty, with Coloured Engravings. Just published, price 2s. 6d., free by post (in a sealed envelope) 35.6 d.. THE SILENT FRIEND ; a Medical Work on the Infirmities of the System n both sexes ; and on the lest of the reproductive powers, with means of restoration. The baneful effects of indulge- ca, /Lc., are fully pointed out. illustrated by En gravings; followed by observations on Marriage. By it. and L. PERRY and Co., Consulting Surgeons, London. Published by the Authors, and may be had at their residence 19, BERNERS-STREET, OXFORD-STREET. Sold by Strange, 21, Paternoster-row ; Hannay and Co., 63, Ox ford-street ; Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street ; Purkiss, Compton street, Soho ; and all Booksellers. "We regard the work before us, the ' Silent Frisnd,' as a work ombraeing most clear and practical views of a stries of complaint, hitherto little understood, and passed over by a malority of the me dical profession, for what reason we aro at a loss to know. We mutt however confess that a perusal of this work has left such a faveurablo impression on our minds, that we not only recommend, but cordially wish every sue who is the victim of past folly, or suffering from lulls action, to profit by the advice contained Is its pages. "—Age and Argus. The CORDIAL BALM of SYRIACUM is exclusively directed to the cure of nervous debility, irregularity, weakness, loss of ap petite, indigestion, consumptive habits, s.nd debilities arising from excess, &c. In bottles, price 1 ls., or the quantity of four In one bottle for 335., by which lls. are saved. The five-pound cases may be had ar usnal. The CONCENTRATED DETERSIVE ESSENCE, a remedy for searching oat and purifying the blood from scurvy, blotches on the head, face, and oody, ulcerations, aid those pahittl affections arising sy m pt o m s, imrer treatment or the effects of mercury, removing secondary and all eruptions a the skill. Price lls. and 335. per bottle. PERRY'S PITRIFYLNG SPECIFIC PILLS, price 2s. 9d., 4s. iid., oration, s. per box, are the most effectual remedy foi strictures, inflam- Ise., without hindrance to business.. Consultation fee, if by letter, 11. Minute detail of cases necessary. lele.srs. R. .nd L. Perry and eq., surgeons, ma..? ba eonsulttd, as usual, at 19, Barriers-street, Oxford-etfeet, Londin. da ly, and at 196, Duke-s eet, Live , . pool, every Thursday, Fridge ; and Saturday ; and at 10, St. Jo , n-street, Doansgato, Manchester, on Mondays, Tuesdays, an WeCluadgys. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, DEC. 18. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Lieutenant-Co lonel William Henry Cornwall to be her Majesty's Marshal of the Ceremonies, in the room of Thomas Seymour Hyde, Esq., deceased. _ LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, DEC. 18. The Lord Chamberlain of her Majesty's Household has appointed 'William Carter Hoffmeister, Esq., Doctor of Medi cine, and William Cass, Esq., Surgeon, to be Apothecaries in Ordinary to her Majesty, in the Isle of Wight. LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, DEC. 18. The Lord Chamberlain of her Majesty's Household has appointed Alexander Nasmyth, Esq., to be Surgeon-dentist n Ordinary to her Majesty. WHITEHALL, DEC. 12. The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Right Hon. James Andrew Earl of Dalhousie to the place and office of Clerk of her Majesty's Registers and Rolls in Scotland, in the room of the Right Hon. William Dundas, deceased. WAR• OFFICE, DEC. 19. Ist or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards—Lieut.-Col. C. J. Hill. from half-pay Unattached, to be Captain ant' Lieu tenant-Colonel, vice G. W. Eyres, who exchanges; Lieut. and Capt. the Hon. P. A. E. Freke to be Captain and Lieutenant- Colonel, by purchase, vice Bill, who retires; Ensign and Lieut. R. Bradford to be Lieutenant and Captain, by pur chase, vice Freke, Dec. 19. Scots Fusilier Guards—Lord R. C. Taylor to be Ensign and Lieutenant by purchase, vice the Hon. P. Barrington, who retires, Dec. 19. Ist Regiment of Foot—Lieut. E. R. Wetharall to be Cap tain, by purchase, vice Cooper, who retires; Ensign H. L Barton to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Wetherall ; G. Taafe, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vire Barton, Dec. 19. 9th Foot—Captain C. F. Havelock, from 53d Foot, to be Captain, vice Tytler, who exchanges, Dec. 16. 15th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon J. A. Wilshart, M.D., from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Braybrooke, appointed to the Staff, Dec. 19. 16th Foot—F. W. Ruxton, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Read, who retires, Dec. 19. 17th Foot—Lieutenant T. 0. Ruttledge to be Captain, without purchase, vice Grant, deceased ; Ensign J. Bourke to be Lieutenant, vice Ruttledge, Sept. 9. 20th Foot—N. Steevens, Gent., 'to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Johnson, who retires, Dec. 19. 29th Foot—Ensign H. Francis to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice, Dobbs, deceased, Sept. 14; F. Kneebone, Gent., to be Ensign, Dec. 19. 31st Foot—Lieut. E. A. Noel, from the 53d Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Gray, who exchanges, Sept. 27. 32d Foot—Captain T. H. Kirkley, from half-pay Un attached, to he Captain, vice J. H. Evelegh, who ex changes, receiving the difference ; Lieut. J. P. Pigott to be Captain, by purchase, vice Kirkley, who retires ; Ensign J. L. Philipps to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Pigott ; H. D. O'Callaghan, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Phi lipps, Dec.l9. 48th Foot—Brevet Major R. Cole to be Major, without purchase, vice Brevet Lieut.-Col. W. M'Cleverty, who retires upon half-p?y ; Lieut. G. M. Lys to be Captain, vice Cole; Ensign F. Andrews to be Lieutenant, vice Lys ; Gentleman Cadet J. Gubbins, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, vice Andrews, Dec. 19. 53d Foot—Captain G. A. Tytler,. from 9th Foot, to be Captain, vice Havelock, who exchanges, Oct. 16 ; Lieutenant H. W. J. Gray, from 31st Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Noel, who exchanges, Sept. '27. 79th Foot—H. D. Fowler, Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon vice H. C. Reade, who retires upon half-pay, Dec. 19. 81st Foot—Captain R. S. C. • Neynoe, from Ist %Vest In dia Regiment, to be Captain, vice Bowyer, who exchanges, Dec. 19. 84th Foot—Lieut. W. M. Mitchell to be Captain, without purchase, vice Kelly, deceased ; Ensign J. M'Cann to be Lieutenant, vice Mitchell; Gentleman Cadet B. Sandwith, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, vice M'Cann, Dec. 19. _ . Ist West India Regiment—Captain E. Bowyer, from 81st Foot, to be Captain, vice Neynoe, who exchanges, Dec. 19. Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment—Staff Assistant-Surgeon P. W. Itlaclagan, M.D., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Blake nev, p r omoted on the Staff, De c . 19 . lI NATrA cHED,—To be Captains, without purchase—Lieut. F. B. Muller, from the 6th Foot ; Lieut. 0. 13. D'Arcey, from 73d Foot, Dec. 19. STAFF—Major W. A. M'Cleverty, of the 48th Foot, to be Deputy Quartermaster-General to the Forces in New Zea land, with the rank of Lieutenant -Colonel in the Army, Dec. 19. Hosram. STAFF.—Staff Surgeon of the First Class, A. Smith, M.D., to be Deputy Inspector-General of Hos pitals, vice Dr. T. Gordon, deceased; Assistant-Surgeon E. H. Blakeney, from the Royal Canadian Rifle Jitegunent, to be Staff Surgeon of the Second Class, vice D. C. Pitcairn, su perceded, Dec. 19. To be Staff Surgeons of the Second Class—Assistant - Surgeon R. Smith, from the 19th Foot; Assistant -Surgeon J. D. M‘lllree, from the 77th Foot, vice O'Callaghan, ap pointed to the 11th Light Dragoons; Assistant• Surgeon N. S. Campbell, M.D., from the 56th Foot, vice Lawson, ap pointed to the 30th Foot; Assistant-Surgeon J. G. Courte nay, from the 75th Foot, Dec. 8. To be Assistant Surgeons to the Forces—Assistant -Sur geon W. Braybrooke, from the 15th Foot, vice Wishart, ap pointed to the 15th Foot ; H. F. Robertson, Gent., vice Maclagan, appointed to the Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment, Dec. 19. MEMORANDUM.—The names of the Cornet and Adjutant, appointed to the 13th Light Dragoons, on the 24th October, 1845, are Thomas Irwin, and not Edward Hall, as previously stated. FOREIGN -OFFICE, DEC. 10. Iler Majesty has been pleased to appoint Sir George Jackson, K.C.11., to be Commissioner on the part of her Ma jesty in the Mixed British and Portuvwe Commission, es tablished at the city o f L oan d a, i n the province of Angola, under the treaty co nc l u d ed at Li s b o n, on the 3d July, 1842, between Great Britai n an d P ortug al for the suppression of the slave trade, in the room of John Thomas, Esq.. deceased. ADMIRALTY, Mc. 16. Corps of Royal M ar i nes —P. M. C. Croker, Gent., to be Second Lieuten an t ; J . C . Gil es , Gent., to be Second Lieu tenant. WHITEHALL, DEC. 10. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Charles Boom Chalmers, of Weston-super-Mare, in the county of Somerset, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. WHITEHALL, DEc. 16. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Henry James Dainant, of Cowes, in the Isle of Wight, Gent., to be a Master Ex traordinary in the High Court of Chancery. BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED. Edward Ledgard, oil crusher, B ANKRUPTS. Mirfield, Yorkshi re . Jessupto d e su r a r e n n dl rDec. 3o,ns V . Johnson, builders, Queen's .road, Da t twelve, and F e b . 6, at Holloway, James half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee; Keighley. Basing hall-street. George Graham, Thomas Ada ms, and Michael B ogle Mac farlane, calico printers, Cheapside , Dec. 27, aton e , and Feb.l3, J at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assig nee, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street ; Brace, Surrey treet, Strand. George Craft, baker, Hitchin, Ifertfordshire, Dec. 29 and Feb. 3, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Old Jewry-chambers, London; Chappell, Quality-court. John Leadbeater, merchant, blanchester, Jan. 5 and 26, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser, official assignee, Manchester ; Abbott, Charlotte-street, Bedford square, London ; Atkinson a nd Saunders, Manchester. Henry Charles, commission agent, Manchester, J an . 3 , an d 22, at twelve, at the Manchester iDistrict Court; Hobson, official assignee ; Fearnhead, Cliffora's Inn, London ; Andrews, Manchester. John Kelsey, builder, Manchester, Dec. 80 and Jan. 20, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser, official assignee, Manchester; Fearnhead, Clifford's Inn, London; Andrew, Manchester. John Collins, common brewer, Salford, Dec. 31 and Jan. 21, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Pott, offi cial assignee; Gregory, Faulkner, Gregory, and Skirrow, Bedford-row, London; Cooper, Manchester. Thomas Findley, plasterer, Manchester, Dec. 30 and Jan. 20, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Pott, offi cial assignee, Manchester; Fearnhead, Clifford's Inn, London ; Andrew, Manchest4r. John Howe, lirA n draper, West Bromwich, Staffordshire, Dec. 31, and Jan. 24, at .eleven, at the Birmingham District Gaut. Bittleston, official assignee, Birmingham ; Milk-street, Cheapside, L o ndon; Bartlett, Bir m i ng h am. John Lewis, grocer, Tipton, Staffordshire, Jan. 2 and 23, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Valpy, official assignee, Birmingha PßlC M E O m ; otteraF SUGARm and K nowles, Birmingham. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, the produce of the British possessions in America, corn 'puted from the returns made in the week ending Dec. 16, 1845 , is 345. 3icl. per cwt. DIVIDENDS DECLARED. J. Batt, milkman, Old Broad-street, City--first div. of 14s. 6d. in the pound, any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Pen ' nell, Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall- street. J. B. Lusson, clerk, Sheerness—first div. of 16s. Gd. in the pound, any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Guild hall-chambers, Basinghall-street. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. S. Turner, R. Gilbert, and W. Shackell, turpentine and tar distillers, Orchard-place, Poplar (so far as regards W. Shackell—Mary Clegg and H. Clegg, grocers, Greetland, Yorkshire—L. Alexander and L. Aarons, tobacconists, Strand —J. Volckman, W. Volckman, and C. Volckman, confec tioners, Bi•hopsgate-street Within—l. Fletcher, A. Forbes, and T. Fletcher, booksellers, Southampton (so far as regards T. Fletcher)—J. Buckley and J. Buckley, cotton dealers, Manchester—J. IL Page and G. L. Page, printers, Queen street, Cheapside—D. Leake and T. Hall, vessel builders, Bywater, Yorkshire—S. Greenwell, W. Cook, J. Gladstone, R. Greenwell, and T. Richardson, coal owners, Castle Eden, Durham (so far as regards R. Greenwell)—T. Cresswell, H. Forrester, and T. Peters, glove manufacturers, Orange-street, Bloomsbury-square—G. H. C. Sewell and J. Harris, grocers, Framlingham, Suffolk—G. Mulles, E. Zohrab, P. Zohrab, and J. F. Pinel, gum faccula manufacturers, Tottenham—J. R. Barrett and C. Condell, attorneys, Coptball-court, Throg morton-street—L. Bishop and E. Wright, coal dealers, Kingston. upon-Hull—B. Crompton and J. Screeton, book binders, Kingston-upon-Hull—C. N. Farebrother and W. W. Hewitt, surveying instrument makers, Church-street, Lam beth—W. H. Nelson and H. N. Gill goldbeaters, Dover road, Newington—J. Taylor, W. Clifford, and H. S. Bright, corn factors, Kingston-upon-Hull (so far as regards W. Clifford). SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. John Bain, merchant, Glasgow, Dec. 25 and Jan. 15, at one, at the King's Arms Inn, Glasgow. Archibald Donaldson, tailor, Peebles, Dec. 25 and ,Jan. 16, at twelve, at the chambers of W. Blackwood, Peebles. David Learmonth, William Learmonth, and James Lear month, farmers, Roughmute, Dec. 26 and Jan. 19, at twelve, at the chambers of Messrs. Russell and Aitken, Falkirk. John Stevenson, William Stevenson, James Stevenson, jun , and H. Stevenson, power-loom manufacturers, Knows, Hen frewshire, Dec. 26 and Jan. 16, at one, at the house of J. Kennedy Beith. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. The following notice to Parliamentary agents relative to the lodgment of deposits has just been issued:—" The Speaker will give orders at any time for the deposit of money, on a written application in the usual form, seat by post, to C. E. Lefroy,fEsq., Ewsliot:flOuse, Farnham, Surrey. The order for depositing the money may be had, with the following words added to the usual order, in two, three, four, or five several inst a l men t s o f £ . . each,' by which means the money may be deposited by instalments, but under one order as before.—(Signed), C. E. LEFROY, Sec., House of Commons, Dee. 19, 1845.' LONDON AND YORK.—A committee consisting of se veral members of the Lincoln Town-council has been ap • pointed to confer with the London and York Company respecting the state of the bridges in that town. The Council eowider that the Company ought to improve them. DOVER AND BRISTOL.—This Company did not com ply with the standing orders of the House of Commons, and the liabilities which they have incurred are stated to exceed 4,0001. We are informed that it is the inten tion of the members of the Provisional Committee to discharge this amount without calling on the shareholders to contribute any portion of it. YORKSHIRE AND GLASGOW UNION, AND YORK AND CARLISLE.—It is understood that the proposed York shire and Glasgow Union will be united with the Great North of England by the intended branch from the Northallerton station to Bedale, from which place it will proceed by the way of Middleham, Leyburn, Hawes, in a north-west direction, and fall into the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway at or near Clifton. The York and Carlisle is also intended to commence at a point on the Great North of England, near Northallerton, and pro ceed to the north-west by a different route, by way of Richmond, Barnard Castle Brough, and Appleby, to join the Lancaster and Carlisle at or near Clifton. TUNNEL UNDER THE TRENT.—At the last meeting of the Committee of Management of the Manchester, Hud dersfield, and Great Grimsby Direct, the engineer of the line stated that the proof bearings had been made, and that the strata was particularly favourable for the con struction of the proposed tunnel. After he had minutely described the nature of the works, and submitted plans of the sections, the Committee expressed themselves perfectly satisfied of the practicability of the under taking. The expense will be much less than was anti cipate. The roof above the tunnel to the bed of the river will be nearly thirty feet, and the gradient will be extremely easy. BURY CENTRAL STATION.—A meeting of the Council of this borough was held this day, to take into consideration a report of the Terminus Committee. The report detailed the correspondence with the various companies, the upshot of which was, that all had declared their inability to bring the terminus to the west of St. Andrew's -street, except the London and Bury Direct, and the Ely line, which had intimated its intention to do so, but in its plans and sec tions stopped short at the Northgate. The Committee, therefore, recommend that measures be adopted to op pose every line not proposing to make its terminus in conformity with the resolutions of the Council and the public meeting of the town. A long discussion took place, in which several councillors urged the impracti cability of accomplishing the desired object, and the ex pense of opposing the Bills ; and the north side of Ris bygate street was suggested as practicable for a terminus, but, ultimately the report of the Committee was adopted, and it was agreed that the whole Council should meet in committee on Saturday.—Bury Post. NEW TELEGRAPH-Our attention has been drawn to an exceedingly ingenious application of electromagnet ism to the purpose of a telegraph, which bids fair to super sede all similar plans at present in use upon railways. The apparatus in question is the invention of Mr. George Smith, Garden-lane, Red-bank, Manchester, who, it ap pears, has been long directing his inquiries as to the most eligible means of carrying out his object. The chief advan tages which his plan possesses over the contrivances at present in use, are, the economy of construction, sim plicity, and consequent probability of continuing in working order, and, above all, the rapid manner in which intelligence is capable of being conveyed. In order to accomplish this latter object, all arbitrary signs for the purpose of indicating letters have been discarded, each letter of the alphabet being repre sented upon the di d plate, and pointed out with a rapidity and precision which certainly astonished us; and, all the time, with so much sim plicity that, although we were seeing the invention for the first time, we were enabled to read the intelligence it conveyed with as much ease, and nearly as much ra pidity, as if an ordinary book had been before us. This latter advantage appears to us to be a very decided one over the telegraphs now in use. As the invention, we believe, is not yet patented, we are of course nimble to disclose anything further of the principle upon which Mr. Smith has formed his exceedingly ingenious appa ratus; but it is our firm conviction that its merits cannot fail to recommend it to the notice of railway companies and others, upon the score of simplicity, durability, and economy.—Maechester Coup ier. WINDING-UP. - We learn that the Provisonal Com mittee of the Sanquhar and Muirkirk Junction Railway have resolved to call in the claims against the Company, for the purpose of liquidating them, and then dividing the deposit amongst the scripholders, minus these necessary expenses. The reasons which have led to the resolution are, we believe, that the chances of success in the ensuing session of Parliament are not such as to justify further exl enditure ; and the Directors have resolved to return the money to fructify in the pockets of the public rather than keep it lying at bank interest for an indefinite period. This course we considered to be an honest and straight forward one, and creditable to the gentlemen at the head of this project. It is earnestly to be hoped that it may have its effect, by urging a similar course on the directors of other recently formed railway companies, THE AGRICULTURAL PARTY. Whether Lord John Russell or Sir Robert Peel be the Minister to whom, among the endless changes of party, the task of carrying a repeal of the corn-laws be committed, it will not be lost time to contemplate a little more closely the prospects of the approaching campaign. If Lord John Russell be the new Premier, he, we may conclude, is pretty sure of the bulk of his own party, and may also reckon, not unfairly, on the more sensible and patriotic members of Sir Robert Peel's. If, on the other hand, it be the fate of our late Minister to resume the office he gave up so abruptly, he will carry with him not only those who would have given a disinterested support to his rival, but no small proportion of that large party who, having consistently voted with him when in power, will, whatever might have been their course in opposition, be but too delighted at an opportunity of re taining their seats on the Ministerial side. An opposi tion, however, there certainly will be—the opposition of the agricultural party—that is, of the political party which, in spite of a vast change and diversity of sentiment in the agricultural classes, arrogates . to itself the representa tion of their interests and opinions. Such is the party which will stand alone before the nation and the civilised world, in this great theatre of politics, arts, and virtues, unassociated with any other public, or moral, or sacred cause, and fight single-banded the great tight of monoply. That truth and justice will conquer we doubt not. Yet it is most desirable that we should be spared a struggle inconvenient to the business of the Government and the interests of the country, and certain to do irreparable damage to the character and social position of many respectable but mistaken men. In order, if possible, to avert, or to smooth this struggle, we will venture to call the attention of the agricultural party to the utter weakness of their political position. There are two views of the question. It is a question of argument, and a question of power. Leaving the argument alone for the present, ' we wish to impress on the agriculturists that they must not presume the least on that social momentum—that brute force— which they once possessed in their numbers, their union, and their enthusiasm. They have now no other resource than what the merits of their case may haply supply. It is no time for threatening and blustering, or even for vexatious opposition. They cannot throw the sword, or gold, or num bers, or any other makeweight, into the scale. To the in trinsic rights of the controversy they will do well to give their undivided attention, and not hold out one moment longer than their argument stands its ground. The agriculturists are gone by as a party. As a class, of course, they contain the usual proportion of able and enlightened men. But the party which once made its own terms with the Minister— the party which once assumed to be tl:e leading interest of the country—the party which once invited the Church to its alliance, and to a partnership' in its prejudices and its fortunes—is, as a party, all but extinct. Various reasons have conspired to its downfal. The first of these is the gigantic growth of the manufacturing interest, which has welcomed, nursed, and developed that population which the narrow limits and narrower genius of agriculture could not retain. Then comes the excessive and intolerable presumption of the landed interest, which, notwithstanding its confessed incompetence to employ and feed the people— notwithstanding that it has never ceased to throw out an annual swarm of outcasts, yet clung to the obsolete figment of a territorial and prescriptive dominion. But what has most weakened the party is its own want of unity and coherence. The agricultural party has long ceased to be co-extensive with the agricultural class. Year by year, at every new con flict and sifting of opinions, its best, its freshest, its strongest, its ablest members have fallen away to other schools. We now meet as many landowners, and even almost as many farmers, of one opinion as of another. If there are two neighbours, there are two parties; and ten to one the most sensible and well-informed of the two is half, if not wholly, a free-trader. The party, therefore, has dwindled away, not merely because it has b een out numbered, out-manoeuvred, or dverpowered by hos tile influences, but by internal divisions and decay. Hence its utter and fatal debility. It has been insinuated e that because we refer to the notorious t batthfearcefottrawtetlniieuastgrtiiclinulk -1 tural party is actually powerless, h. There is tgood two for ideas. not What are no c ti o ' n e n o c p x i To io n w no l f ia a t n ey a e g r ri b c e u t l w tu e r e is n t opinions of the agriculturists? Many—as many almost as there are men. We respect the opinions of a farmer or a landowner quite as much as the opinions of a millown er or a merc hant. But if we are to go by the opinions of either class, f c a la t s e s r , I it will be necessary to take their votes one by one ; and, I all, no one will expect us to swear by a mere majority, what ever it may happen to be. If in twenty agriculturists ten are ' of one way of thinking, and ten of another, or if they ' divide twelve against eight, it is obvio us they have lost the unity and weight necessary to make them a political party. They pull some one way and some another. They can neither do good nor harm. They cannot contribute pre ponderating weight to a Minister, nor can they offer any serious resistance. It need not be a discreditable circum stance that they are thus divided and powerless. It may be the gradual desertion of error—the slow and somewhat en feebling process of repentance and improvement. So it is, we believe, in this instance. The agricultural party is losing the force of error, and has not yet acquired much of the force of truth. In every qualification of a party there has been a I s 6d to 41 of Dec. 19) rl i hr rar evince, ere blic sale, filet less bus' - riptions the 0.4 but the den Tot dispog.,3 es for the rehased 'ne ed rite' ' c ' id 6d, in" d br° Sob d crushed fine quality. 01 been !, as d bags of fie oomP, Br 7 o 3J r i te s 2s (.)" fot the market Os 6d to 5 16 id e brown sr"' 49s 6d, sr"' di a descriP t-ir o The purcll,4F • a de have " o j re of Ja v4 ;tl l haa fre t ' o ft pelled to sib s a Madras '",rl but holders offering. 9, Ale is der all descri Havanns though b ° ,or late coo.iloof Brazil, sti s hir • er y fe r (11,"` n are • le° . w i t h litt , i n at 66 0 I at 05" ~~~. 1 044 oilia# ;1 11 ,0011 pip 40 itk tilieoY a I° ' found impossible either to recruit - the ran & with ordinary partisans, or to fill up the commission of the odious service. In vain do a few would-be leaders persevere, or rather affect to persevere, in their gro tesque endeavours to "get up the steam." They cannot find either hearers or speakers, or readers or writers. They can neither raise funds, nor discover what to do with the money when they have it. They tax the brains of men who can not argue, and the pens of men who cannot write; and when they have flung the waste paper broadcast over the land, the committee reports that no more tracts are wanted, because those already distributed have not yet been read. Could we suppose the assemblage of a corn-law monster meeting, there would be nobody competent to address them. Could we suppose .a corn-law agitator of common sense or elo quence, he would have to " waste his sweetness on thedesert air," for there would be none to listen. A corn-law meet ing, a corn-law speech, a corn-law pamphlet, a corn law argument, a corn-law fact, a corn-law sentiment, a corn-law Duke, a corn-law Member of Parliament, are things which the public is prepared to find the very worst of their kind, and is never by any chance disappointed. The only mitigation of the failure is that there is not even that mediocrity which escapes the ridiculous. The agricul tural movement has not stopped at common-place—liappiiv for the patience of the public, it has dwindled to a joke. If there are any protectionists who think that public opinion is still susceptible of a reaction in their favour, or that there is the lecst vitality in their cause, we beg to call their attention to a remarkalile fact, which we challenge them to deny if they can. Has a single clergyman of auy name come for ward, within these two years at least, in support of the corn laws? There are fifteen thousand clergymen in &Thud, a large proportion of whom am enthusiastic, able, tolerably well informed, a little disposed to be forward, confident, and, in fact, with every quality for agitation. An unusual propor tion also are writers—writers on many other subjects besides theology. Moreover, according to the more prevalent opinion of anti-corn-law authorities, though, we are bound to add, contrary to our own, the clergy are specially interested in maintaining the corn-laws The Tithe Commutation Act leaves their income ex actly dependent on the price of corn, and throws out of count all other kinds of agricultural and titheable produce, such as hay, straw, meat of all kinds, milk, butter, cheese, eggs, poultry, anderwood, &c. Now, it is the general expec tation that a free trade in food will permanently lower the price of corn, but raise the price of all those other articles, as partaking of the character of luxuries, and being, there fore, likely to come into increased demand on the more gene ral employment and prosperity of the people. On this view the income of the titheowner will fall on the repeal of the corn laws, and his expenses rise: so that he will be impoverished in the midst of agricultural prosperity. This view, problematical as we think it, is a very common one. The clerical tithe owners have, notwithstanding, kept entirely aloof from the pro-corn-law movement—we should have said to a man were it not possible that here and there some good easy soul had been trepanned by his squire into an agricul tural dinner, and perhaps into a minute and a half of protec tionist talk. That the fact, however, is as we state it, we may appeal to a very unexcepti nable authority. Th ere are, unfortunately, among the chief agitators against the corn laws one or two who would only be too happy to spy out a stray parson in the ranks of the enemy. Have they done so ? Can they mention one clerical pamphleteer, onespeech maker, one agitator ? They cannot. Now this is a signifi cant circumstance, and worthy the attention of those who a few years back had great hopes of uniti n g the tith eowner and the landowner into one " Church and horned cattle interest." Protection cannot boast either clerical sympathies, or clerical intellect. We are not disposed to overrate the sa gacity and information of clergymen, but we must say that it augurs ill of a cause that it cannot allege the support of one clerical writer out of fifteen thousand educated and, as it is commonly thought, interested men.— Times. ,‘ NAVAL JN TELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 19.—Her Majesty's steamer Lizard is to be ready for sea and paid wages to-mcmw, and if the weather will admit, to proceed direct to the River Plate with dispatches and some officers appointed to the squadron at the Brazils. The Comet steamer returned last night from Sheerness. Her Majesty's ship Endymion, at Devonport, has had her compasses adjusted by Commander Strange, and is lying in the Sound ready for sea; she is intended for the West Indies, and will carry out dispatches for her Majesty's ship Pique to proceed up the Mediterranean. The weather has been so boisterous that the Alarm frigate , was compelled to put back to St. Helen's, and only got away yesterday; from the present appearances, she will very pro bably have to return. The Rodney and the Superb have struck top-gallant masts. The shipwright and other apprentices in the dockyard, amounting to upwards of 200, from the several trades in the Arsenal, have concluded their half-yearly examination. The subjects brought before them arc questions in arithmetic, a little algebra to such as are in the senior school, geography, and divinity, The selection of them reflects great credit on Mr. Bennett, who conducts the education, and he has adapted them to the capacity, and in numerous instances to the trade of the pupil. The following are a few of those which were given to the upper class to answer:— " If you were directed to cut a piece equal to a solid foot from a 2i inch plank, 8 inches wide, what length would you cut off? " If you were directed to cut a piece equal to a square foot from a board 7i inches wide, what length would you cut off ? " Her Majesty's steam-ship Scourge is armed with a mortar. New the weight of the bomb-shell is 2171 lbs., and its diameter is 13 inches. Required its thickness. Note Dr. Hutton says that a 4-inch solid iron ball weighs 9 lbs. "The 'Testing-house in this yard contains a beautiful ap plication of Bratnah's press, for the purpose of ascertaining the strength of chain cables, anchors, &c. The diameter of the pump piston is in., and the diameter of the cylinder is 10i in. Moreover the piston of the cylinder is of solid irou, one part of which exactly fits the cylinder ; and the other part is 5a in. diameter, and protrudes through a water-tight collar at the end of the cylinder, so that the water acts en a shoulder, or on a surface the area of which is the difference between two circles, having diameters respectively of 101 and 5i in. Now, admitting the pressure on the pump piston to be 1,0001b5., what is the power of the machine? "On the 14th September, 1825, her Majest'sy ship Princess Charlotte was launched at this dockyard; on which occasion a fearful accident occurred by the giving way of the gates of one of the dccks. Now, supposing that the gates were 57 feet wide, and that the water was 25 feet high, how many tons pressure were against them ? " Our mixed metal sheathing nails used for securing the copper on her Majesty's ships are composed of copper, tiu, and zinc, in the proportion of 281 b. of copper, 31b. of tin, and 11b. of zinc ; now the specific gravity of copper is 7.788, of tin 7.291, and of zinc 7.191; what is the specific gravity of the nails? _ " In the building and equipment of a ship, what stores come from abroad, and from whence do they come ?" The whole are interesting, and in some cases very amusing to the younger lads, at the same time combining instruction. 'rue questions in divinity are simple and practical, and which every boy who reads his Bible can readily explain ; they are arranged by the chaplain of the Dock-Yard. SHEERNESS, DEC. 18.—The Bittern, 16, Commander Thos. Hope, having completed her fittings in a most hurried man ner, was discharged from the basin yesterday, and is now having her compasses adjusted in the harbour. She will ga to the `ore to-morrow to take in her powder, and undergo the usual inspection by the Commander-in-Chief, and will probably sail on that day, or on Saturday, for Spithead, from whence she takes dispatches to Ascension, as already stated. One subaltern and one private of the Portsmouth division of marines are to embark on board on her arrival at Spithead for a passage to Ascension. It is understood that the Bittern will ultimately go to the East Indies. The Electra, 18, and Snake, 16, refitting for commission, will be ready by the middle of January. The Dido, 20, and Ferret, 10, will not be ready before February. The Dido must have a new keelson, many m w timbers and planking. This vessel, though only built in 1836, is almost destroyed by the dry rot. The Havannah, 20, razee, continues her fittings for com mission in the basin. The figure-head of this sbip when I N; r i e e is se • e n d t s o a h i n qu lo e s l t y a fm be i rabl l e thi d o n a an d striking line with the likeness fb l the ath Premier, Sir Robert Peel. The Horatio, 44, intended for oneof the block-ships at this port, is in dock, having her copper stripped off; her housing and ordinary fitting have been removed. The Fury steamer, building, is complete, with the excep tion of her paddle-cases, which are being proceeded with; the artificers are still at work on her from 6, A.M., to 8, P.m. The Cockatrice and Magpie schooners are refitting at Chatham—the former as a victualling vessel for the coast of Ireland, the latter as a water-tank for the general service of the port. Commander the lion. Walter Bouchier Devereux, who re cently paid off the Snake here, from the Mediterranean, has been promoted to the rank of post-captain. The committee appointed by the Admiralty to inspect the various metals at the Government establishments, composed of Captain 11. R. Brandreth, director of architectural and en gineering works; Mr. Lloyd, chief engineer and inspector of machinery at Woolwich ; and Mr. Owen, superintendent of the metal-mills at Portsmouth, paid an official visit to Chat ham Dockyard, on the 10th instant, and to this dockyard on the following day; and, attended by Captain Mould, R.E., director of works, the master smith, the conductor of the lead-mills at Chatham, and the leading man of millwrights, made a long inspection of the several metals at these yards. The penant was hoisted on board the Sampson steam frigate, on Wednesday, by First-Lieutenant Henry S. Hawker, Captain Henderson not h av i ng yet arr i ved. In Harbour—Trafalgar, 120. flag-ship ; Ocean, 80, ordi nary guardship ; Bittern, 16 ; Raven,3 ; and Wildfire steamer. EARLY CLOSlNG.—Yesterday (Friday) evening a meeting, which was numerously attended, was held in the new School-room, Union -street, Borough, to assist in the movement now going on with the view of shortening the hours of labour in all trades. ()n the platform we noticed the Rev. Mr. Curling, the Rev. J. Adey, R. D. Grainger, Esq., lecturer at St. Thomas's Hospital ; Mr. Mayler, of the firm of Poole and Mauler; and Mr. Brooks, of 'Egli-street, Borough, drapers. the Rev. Mr. Curling, the chairman, commenced the business of the meeting in a speech showin g the great mental, physical, moral , and religious injuries which were inflicted by the late hour system, and demonstrating that it was not sought to favour the interests of one class at the expense of those of another. H. D. G ra i nger, Esq., de: tailed the physical evils consequent upon employment being continued for am -eat number of consecutive hours. He then proved, by official documents prepared on the health of towns, that in thirty years the wealth of the country had increased in the enormons p ro p ort i on of 136 per cent., while human life had undergone a s i m i lar alteration, but in an in verse ratio. rntl concluded towns, wdTnbhsy,e valuecalling lngupon of life, in some of our large manu facturingfromlfiifnt.g to to pledgefi ftee n yeai decreasedpo n the meeting them selves, individually and collectively, to use all means in its power to carry out the object for Which they had met; and which,. having b een seconded by Mr. Bro j ks, was carried unanimously. Several other resolutions were passed, and the meeting separated. CURIOUS CAPTURE.—On Sunday afternoon, as sew ral youths were amusing themselues at golf at the top of tbe North Inch, their attention became attracted to evidently a living object, every now and then rising to the surface of the water, and again disappearing. From the struggles of the animal, they were persuaded it was attached to soine thing, and believing it to be a salmon at some poacher , line, they took measures to get it ashore. Accordingly, they un whipped the cords from their clubs, and having fastened the strings together, they tied a stone to the end by way of a creeper, and after a good deal of . perseverance and troub'e got the line to land. Their surprise may be imagined when, instead of a salmon, they found a wild duck affixed . to ono of the hooks, and five fine whiting.—Perthshire Cour i er. Cows MILKED BY PIGS.— Mr. Harrison, farmer, of St. Helen's, near Barnsley, has, for some time past, had his cows milked, but in so mysterious a way he never co u ld dis cover the person that committed the mischievous act. On Tuesday last, however, on going into the farm fold, he dis covered two of his pigs, which are about sixteen weeks old, standing upon their hind legs sucking the bag of one of the cows, which seemed to stand as comfortably as if one of the domestics had been performing the operation in a regular way. —Doncazter Chronicle.