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Provisionally Registered. WILTS,• SOMERSET, AND SOUTHAMP. TON JUNCTION RAILWAY. Ak:T the HALF-YEARLY GENERAL MEET ING of the PROPRIETORS of the NORFOLK RAILWAY COMPANY held at their Offices, Guildhall-buildings, London, ou the 22d day of August, 1845, ADAM DUFF, Esq., in the Chair. The Report of the Directors having been read, and also a statement of the accounts of the late Yarmouth and Norwich and Norwich and Brandon Companies, Connecting the English with the Bristol Channel, and forming a omplete communication, on the broad gauge, between Southampton, Salisbury, Bath, Bristol, and every other town in the West of Eng land and South Wales. Bankers' Receipts may now be exchanged for Script Certificates, and the Deeds now lie for Signature at the Company's Office, 26, Gre sham- street, City. The Deeds will shortly be removed into the country, of which du notice will be given. The following resolutions were unanimously agreed to :- Ist. That the common seal of the Company be allied to the Regis. ter of Proprietors. H. B. SHERIDAN, Secretary. 2d. That the Report now read be received and adopted, and printed, and circulated among the Proprietors. 3d. That interest at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum be paid to the proprietors of the late Yarmouth and Norwich Company, upon their paid up capital to the 30th of June last. 4th. That pursuant to the provisions of the Act of the last session for altering the line of this Railway, and making a branch to East Dercham, an additional capital of 220,0001. be raised by the creation of 22,0: 0 new shares of the value of 101. each, to be appropriated among the Shareholders of the Company in manner provided by the same Act. London, August 21, 1845. L EICESTER and TAMWORTH JUNCTION R AMWAY. No further Applications for Shares in this Company can be re ceived, except from parties locally interested, or Shareholders in the Trent Valley Railway, who must apply on or before Monday, the 25th day of August instant. - _ I. E. RATHBONE, Secretary. 4, Coleman-street, London, August 18,1845. sth. That the Directors be empowered to make arrangements with the Shareholders in the Diss and Colchester and Wells and vereham Railways, for admitting them to subscribe (upon terms and conditions to be agreed upon) for part of any new capital which it may be necessary to raise for making extensions or branches from the line of this railway. 6th. That the number of Directors of the Company be increased to Twelve, and that the present Directors be authorised to elect the ad ditional members that will be necessary to make up the number. 7th. That the agreement entered into by the Directors of this Company with Mr. Charles Cory, on the 16th flay last, for securing to him an annuity of 8001. per annum in lieu of all tolls and charges upon the passenger and goods traffic of this railway passing across the river Bure at Yarmouth, redeemable on payment of the sum of 24,0001., and giving this Company the power of building a bridge for the purposes of their traffic across the said river at a point mentioned in the said agreement be, and the same is hereby confirmed. OU T 11 WALES RAILWAY. The royal assent having been given to the South Wales Rail way Bill, holders of Scrip in that undertaking are desired to forward the same to this office oil or before MONDAY, the Bth of September next, with a letter requesting to be registered for their respective. Shares, a form of which letter will be furnished on application to me. The receipt of the Scrip will be duly acknowledged, and sealed certificates prepared for exchange as soon as possible, of which due notice will be given. _ . _ Shares, in respect of which no application for registry shall be made on or berme the above date, will be registered in the names of the original Subscribers, after which no Shares can be passed other wise than by formal transfer ander the Act.—By order, N. AR3ISiIIONG, Secretary. South Walesrallway Office, 449, West Strand, London, August 8, 1845. C HESTE and MANCHESTER DIRECT RAILWAY. With a Branch to Birkenhead. (Provisionally Registered). Capital 1,000,0001., in 50,000 Shares of 201. cash. Deposit 21. 2s. per Share. Bth. That the Directors be authorised to make , arrangements with the Lowestoft Railway and Harbour Company for leasing of their line to apply to Parliament in the next session for the power to carry the same into effect. The Chairman having quitted the Chair, it was unanimously re solved, That the thanks of this meeting be presented to the Chair man and Board of Directors for the zeal and ability shown by them in the conduct of the affairs of this Compsny. COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT. Colonel the lion. LEICESTER STANHOPE, Ashburnham House, London, Chairman Major JOHN T. CROFT, Regent-street, London, Deputy Chairman David Ainsworth, Esq., Manchester - Samuel Barton, Esq., Didsbury, Manchester Hugh Beaver, Esq., Manchester, and Glys Garth, Anglesey John Burgess, Esq., Boroughreeve of Manchester James Far.sh, Esq., I .ancaster-place, London Major Ford, of Bodlondet, Carnarvonshire Lieut.-Colonel Henry Hamner, Bear-place, Berke, and 7, Devon shire-place, London Fraser B. Renshaw, Esq., Lower Seymour-street, Portman- square, London, a Director of the Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction Railway Captain Sir John It. Hilton, R.N., Isle of Wight J. Harney liigson, Esq., merchant, Manchester Lieutenant-Colonel Hutchinson, 8.E.F.R.5., Director of the College of Civil Engineers T. D. Johnson, Esq., Aldermary Churchyard, London John Joseph Keene, Esq., St. John's Wood, London, Director of the National Provincial Bank of Ireland W. King, Esq., Director of the Freemasons' Life Assurance Com pany George Peter Living, Esq., the Grove House, St. Cuthbert's, and Cauldwell Priory, Bedford Horace W. Meteyard, Esq., 8.C.L., Middle Temple, and Chatham place Benjamin Oliveira,,Esq., F.R.S.,Upper Hyde Park-street, London, a Director of the Liverpool, anchester, and Newcastle Junction Railway James Orrell, Esq., Culcheth Hall, Kenyon James Ogden, Esq., M.D., Manchester David Price, Esq., Manchester Major James Waller, K.H., St. James's-square C. J. S. Walker, Esq., Longford, near Manchester Sir George William Prescott, Bart., of Theobalds, Herts. (With power to add to their number.) ENGINEERS. Sir John Rennie, F.R.S. George Remington, Esq:, C.E. BANKERS. Messrs. Rogers, Olding, and Co., London National Provincial Bank of England, Manchester SOLICITORS. London"--Messrs. Sir George Stephen and Hutchinson, 29, Moorgate street. Manchester—Messrs. Higson and Robinson, Cross-street R. B. B. Cobbett, Esq., Marsden-street. LOCAL AGENT—Chester—John Walker, Esq. The promoters of this Railway, encouraged by the favourable sup port which has been given to the project, and In compliante with various recommendations they have received, ha'e determined upon the addition of a branch to Birkenhead, which, although it will manifestly tend to the advantage of the Shareholders and the public, will be attended with comoratively little additional outlay. The project will still retain its chief characteristic of a direct railway, and by its connexion, near Warrington, with the Grand Junction Company, is sufficiently comprehensive, without resorting to a com plicated system of branch lines, or materially conflicting with the in terests of existing companies. The line will commence at the city of Chester, and proceed by way of Trafford, Frodsham, and Preston Brook, to Warrington, thence by Lymm and Stretford direct to Manchester. From a point on the main line, near Frodshum, a branch will be taken to join the Chester and Birkenhead Railway, so as to unite Manchester in the most direct manner possible, with the docks now being formed at Bir ken! ead. As Manchester, from its geographical position, is the centre of rail way communication between Scotland and the most populous dis tricts of England, so Chester, from a like cause, is the great centre of railway communication between the capitals of Ireland and of Eng land. To connect these two points by a direct and independent line of railway must, therefore, be of the utmost importance, not only in a local point of view, but to the whole commercial intercourse of the country. This line will be the most direct route, by Holyhead, to Ireland, and will be. in all respects, by far the preferable channel of inter course and transit between Ireland and the great manufacturing dis tricts of Engl and. By the railways connecting Chester with Wrex ham, Oswestry, Shrewsbury, Hereford, Gloucester, and South Wales, this will be the nearest route from Manchester to the south western parts of England, and to the minerals of Monmouth and Glamorganshire The communication with Bristol, Gloucester, and Exeter will be speedy and direct. On reference to the map, it will be seen that a very considerable distance will be saved by this line, as compared with the present circuitous routes by Crewe and by Birkenhead; the former being 52 miles, and the latter 46 miles, while the proposed line is only 31 miles, saving in the one case 18 miles, and in the other 12 miles, besides the serious inconvenience, loss of time, and expense of passing through Liverpool, and crossing the water at that place. It is confidently expected that this line will be the precursor of another scheme, of no ordinary importance—namely, to render 'pester an efficient port for large vessels. This subject was entertained by Sir John Rennie in 1835, and sub sequently, in the same year, by the late Mr. Chapman, who wrote an able report upon the capabilities of the ever Dee. It was again nvestigated, in 1837, by Sir John Rennie and Mr. George Remington, and the practic bility of forming a good navigable channel for vessels of large burden, together with docks at Chestsr, was then fully and clearly established. The entrance channel would commence at Dawpool. which is easy of access (and infinitely preferab e, in point of access and safety, to the docks at Liverpool or Birkenhead), for vessels of large burden, during eight hours every tide, both at springs and neaps; and the till of the lock would be sufficiently low to admit vessels drawing 20 feet water to enter at all tides. This railway, therefore, in connexion with the proposed docks, will render to Chester and Manchester incalculable advantages. To the former it will restore the proper position natural to so important a city ; to the. latter it will give another outlet, by sea, to the ma nufac,uring districts, free of the heavy port charges, dues, and risks to which the produce is now subject. It has not been thought advisable to combine the two objects in one company at present, hut should it be fottid requisite, the two may hereafter be amalga mated. Merits of no ordinary degree, therefore, may fairly be claimed for this railway, whether taken in connexion with the proposed docks, eras standing alone, combining as it does all the advantages of any other lines, with this great addition, that it will be the high road to the most convenient outport of Manchester, and will be quite inde pendent of any associations or influences that might tend to oppose the growing desire for a means of direct and independent communi cation between Manchester and the port of Chester. The line has been carefully examined. There are no difficult earth-works to be encountered ; on the contrary it will be cheap, and of easy formation. Power is reserved to the Committee to de viate ftom the proposed line in the vicinity of Manchester, should ulterior arrangements render it expedient. Applications for shares in the subjoined form, and for maps and prospectuses to be made to the Solicitors, and to the following Share orokers :—Messrs. Shewell and Son, 25,Tokenhouse-yard ; Messrs. Preece and Evans, 8, Comhill ; and Messrs. Taunton and Bush, 26, Austin-friars. London; Messrs. Houghiand and Leese, Mr. Locke, Messrs. A. Birchall and Co., Thomas Leeds and Son, Henry Benton, J. B. Lo-k, and Samuel Slater, Manchester ; Messrs. Neilsons, Nesers. Healey, Mr. Crisp, and Mr. Morris Reynolds, Liver pool ; Messrs. T. N. Bardwell and Sons, Sheffield; Messrs,. Wellbeloved and Oastler, Leeds; Mr. E. A. Armitage, W A k e . fled ; Messrs. Grayston and Earle, York ; Mr. Thomas - ss oar d.. man, Blackburn ; Mr. W. H. Collis, Birmingham ; M:. Francis Stamp, Hull ; Mr. L. Weatherburn, Huddersfield Mr. Wm. Crouhetre, Halittx ; Mr. Charles Speucsr, N'Atingham ; Mr. Samuel }lyre, Derby ; Mr. James Stokes, Cheltenham; Mr. Joseph Clark, jun., Southampton ; Mr. Joan Thomas Hol'and, C oven t ry; Mr. William Meson. Bradford, York hire ; Messrs. Payne and Freer, Leicester ; Mr. Wm. Tonikinsott, Newcastle-under-Lyne ; Mr. Richard - E. Hine, Macclesfield ; Mr. Lea, Cheltenham ; Messrs. Tate and Nash, Bristol ; Mr. William Miles, Worcester ; Messrs. Read end Nicholson, Edinburgh; Messrs. Ross, Perth, ,N B • and • . Messrs. 11. and W. A. Tas.sie, Glasgow. Applications for shares must be accompanied by a reference to the Solicitors of the Company, the sharebrokers, or some other respell. ,ibis person RICHARD TILL, Secretary. Guildhall-buildings, London, Aug. 22, 1845. B IRMINGHAM and OXFORD JUNCTION RAILWAY, With a DIVERGING LINE through STRATFORD-ON-AVON, to UNITE with the MORETON-IN-MARSII RAILWAY. Capital 600,0001., in Shares of 201. each. Deposit 2/. per Share. Provisionally Registered: purttant'to Act 7th and Bth Vict.. c. 110. Offices. 449, West Strand. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. The Mayor of Birmingham John Adams, Esq., Sergeant-at-Law, London J. T. Alston, Esq., Liverpool W. C. Alston, Esq., Elmdon Hall, near Birmingham John Aston, Esq., Birmingham Robert James Atty, Esq., Ingon Grange, Stratford-on-Avon F. P. Barlow, Esq., London Matthew P. W. Boulton, Esq., Great Tew Park, Oxon Colonel Charles Oldfleld Bowles, North Aston Park W. E. Boyer, Esq., Alkerton, near Banbury James Butlln, Esq., Westfield House, near Rugby C. H. Corbitt, Esq., Adminton w, alter Cowan, Esq., Offchurch Bray, near Leamington John Crosthwaite, Esq., Liverpool Sir George Dashwood, Bart., Birtlington Park, Oxon William Dickens, Esq., Cherrington, near Shipston Rev. John Ellis, Wooton, Henley-in-Arden Edmund Darby Ford, Esq., Stratford-on-Avon John Branston Freer, Esq., Stratford-on-Avon J. Gardiner, Esq., Southern Darwin Gallon, Esq., Edstone Hall, near Stratford-on-Avon Robertson Gladstone, Esq., Liverpool J. Haddon, Esq., Leamington W. Judd Harding, Esq., Baraset House, near Stratford-on-Avon Lawrence Heyworth, Esq., Liverpool Captain Hitchins, Idlicote House, near Shipston Charles Lawrence, Esq., Liverpool John Lechmere, Esq., Steeple Aston Charles Mann, Esq., Leamington William Marshall, Esq., Husbands' Bosworth, Leicestershire William Mathews, Esq., Edgbaston, Birmingham J. W. Miles, Esq., Bristol John Moss, Esq., Liverpool P. H. Muntz, Esq., Birmingham Rev. Charles Palmer, Lighthorne J. G. Reeves, Esq , Birmingham John Rich, Esq., Bearley John Roskell, Esq., Bath Francis Rufford, Esq., Bellbroughton, near Stonrbridge Charles Russell, Esq., M.P., London Charles Shaw, Esq., Birmingham Major-General Smith, Rugby Gustavus T. Smith, Esq., Goldicote, near Stratford-on-Avon Samuel Edward Steward, Esq., Leamington Thomas Thomson, Esq., M.D., Mayor of Stratford-on-Avon T. H. Thorne, Esq., Leamington Rev. Henry Townsend, Hennington, near Shipston George Richard Walker, Esq., Heathfield-house, Bletchington, Oxon Charles Woodiness, Esq., Avonhurst, near Stratford-on-Avon. (With power to add to their number.) BOARD OF MANAGEMENT. J T. Alston, Esq. J. W. Miles, Esq. F. P. Barlow, Esq. Joh Moss, Esq. J. B. Freer, Esq. P. H. Muntz, Esq. Robertson Gladstone, Esq. F. Rufford, Fsq. J. Haddon, Esq. C. Russell, Esq., M.P. Charles Lawrence, Esq. Chas. Shaw, Esq. W. Mathews, Esq. BANKERS. Messrs. Robarts, Curtis, and Co., London Messrs. Attwood, Spooner, and Co., Birmingham The Birmingham Banking Company, Birmingham Messrs. Miles, liarford, and Co., Bristol The Leamington Priors and Warwickshire Banking Company, and th. Warwick and Leamington Banking Company, Leamington and Warwick Messrs. Moss and Co., Liverpool. The Stourbridge and Kidderminster Banking Company, Stratford-on- Avon. QOUTHWARK ELECTION. At a PUBLIC MEETING of the ELECTORS of the Borough of SOUTHWARK, held at the Bridge House Hotel, pursuant to public advertisement, on Friday, the 22d day of August, 1845, CHARLES SHAW, Esq., of Horselydown, in the Chair, It was moved by EDWARD PALMER, Esq., of Saint George's, and seconded by WILLIAM GRISENTHWAITE, Esq., of Saint John's, and Resolved, That upon hearing an exposition of the sentiments of Jeremiah Pllcher, Esq., the resident candidate for the representation of the borough, vacant by the decease of our late lamented fellow townsman, Benjamin Wood, Esq., this meeting entertains the fullest conviction that his return to the Commons House of Parliament as their representative is of the greatest importance to the constituency at large. The thanks of the meeting to the Chairman was proposed by Thomas Camplin, Esq., and seconded by Thomas Dare, Esq of St. °lave's. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. A MAGNIFICENT, EXTENSIVE, and UNIQUE COLLEC TION of TROPICAL FRUITS, modelled by Mons. Grimaud during his long residence in the Isle of France, is just deposited. The ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY is Lectured upon by Professor Bachhoffner, and exhibited Daily and in the evenings. A NEW AMERICAN INVENTION, COLEMAN'S PATENT LOCOMO TIVE ENGINE, for ascending and descending inclined planes on Railways without the aid of stationary power. SWIMMING and DIVING ILLUSTRATED by the son of Captain Stever.s, the ce lebrated teacher of swimming, on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, at Two o'clock, and on the Evenings of Tuesdays and Thursdays at half-past Eight o'clock. The other exhibitions, &c. as usual. 1 4 - 1 4 1111GRATION to the CAPE of GOOD ROPE. FREE PASSAGE ; TINDER the SANCTION of GOVERNMENT. The undersigned are authorised by her Majesty's Colonial Land and Emigration Commissioners to grant a FREE PASSAGE to the above eminently healthy and prosperous Colony, to married Agri cultural Labourers, Shepherds, Male and Female Domestic and Farm servants, Bricklayers, Carpenters, Masons, and Smiths, of sober in dustrious character. The demand for labour at the Cape is urgent, and is well remunerated in wages, provisions, clothing, and lodging. The passage is comparatively short, and the arrangements for the voyage will be as perfect as they can be rendered. The first ship will embark her pas engers at Southampton on the 23rd October, for Table Bay and Algoa Bay, and will be followed at frequent intervals afterwards by other First-class Poop ships, of large tonnage, with very superior accommodations for all classes of passengers ; and each ship will carry a thoroughly competent Surgeon. They will all t all at Plymouth for the convenience of passengers from the South- Western Counties, and from Ireland. Persons coming by way of London will be conveyed by railway in three hours alongside the skip in the Docks at Southampton, free of charge. Such steerage passengers as are not eligible for a free passage will be conveyed at 121. for adults, and 61. for children. Poop cabin-passengers 24/. each: All particulars will be furnished on application, personally, or by letter, to JOHN MARSHALL and Co., 26,Birchin-lane, Comhill, London ; or 79, High-street, Southampton. A FRESH ARRIVAL OF NEW PROVIDENCE PINE APPLES. MESSRS. J. and J. ADAM will SELL, by AUCTION, at their Sale-room, 11, Pudding-lane, Lower Thames-street, on MONDAY, August 25, at Three o'clock precisely, 5,600 NEW PROVIDENCE PINE APPLES, In fine condition, now landing by the William Forster, from Eleuthera. To be viewed on the meriting of sale, and Catalogues had of J. and J. ADAM, Brokers, 11, Pudding-lane. INCOME WITHOUT RISK. THE LONDON GENUINE TEA COM PANY, established Nov. 5, 1818, at 23, Ludgate hill, are now filling up their Lists of AGENTS; and Persons desirous of such gm appointment, by which many have derived considerable incomes without risk during the last twenty-six years, are requested to apply to the Company, at their Warehouses, 2, Laurence Pountney hill, London. rp() THE EMBARRASSED.-IMPORTANT. —There are thousands Of persons who have struggled long against the force of misfortane, but few are awmre that by a very recent act all small tra:.t . ers owing debts not exceeding 3001., farmers, and all others 0w174 to any amount, cal he entirely raised trom their difficulties ,- ,;e small expense, and without imprisonment or bank ruptcy. All ouch Mr. Weston begs will apply to him, at Moira Chambers Ironmonger-lane, Cheapside, by letter or personally. ONDON REVERSIONARY INTEREST I.L SOCIETY, Estabiished 1836, for the purchase of Reversionary Property, Policies of Insurance, Life Interests, Annuities, &c. 4, New Bank-buildings, and 10, Pall-mall, East. Sir PETER LAURIE, Alderman, Chairman. FRANCIS WARDEN, Esq. (Director H. E. I. C.), Vice-Chairman. Parties desirous of disposing of Reversionary Property, on liberal, terms, and without unnecessary delay, may obtain blank forms of proposal on application to the Secretary, Henry T. Thompson, Esq., 4, New Bank-buildings, or to the Actuary, 10, Pall-mall East. JOIN KING, Actuary, NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY, 26, CORNRILL, LONDON. Capital L 500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. This institution offers important and substantial advan tages with respect both to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The assured has, on all occasions, the power to borryw, without ex pense or forfeiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the premium paid, (see table) ; also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his interests to meet other conveniences or necessity. Assurances Mr terms of years are granted on the lowest possible rates. DIVISION OF PROFITS. The success and increasing prosperity of the Society has enabled the Directors, at the last annual investigation, to declare a third Bonus, varying from 30 to 75 per cent, on the premiums paid on each Policy effected on the Froth scale. EXAMPLES. ort 3 .0 i ~.rcueb aq 0 as Bonus Banns in rig '24; k 5 Premium. 4 a dd e d. C as h. - 5 4,a ca to =-. C Lo•r ••• e low • A I £ s. d. 1000, 1 74 3 4 1437 El9l 13 51E87 13 5 1 E13 17 1 1838 165 13 01 74 13 10 11 8 6 1839 138 13 61 61 14 3 9 210 1840 89 001 41 13 4 60 0 Il 1 346 2 2 296 13 4 247 4 E The division of profite is annual, and the next will be made in De• ember of the present year. P. FERGUSON CAMROUX. See. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES, To the Provisional Committee of the Chester and Manchester Direct Railway Gentlemen,—l request you to allot me Shares of 201. each In the above Railway, and I undertake to accept the same, or such less number as you may appropriate to me, subject to the Regula tions of the t.ompany, and to sign the necessary Deeds, and to Pay, when required, the deposit thereon of 21. 2s. per Share. Dated this day of 1845. Name and Residence in full •• ..... • • • • • • • • Profession and professional residenze in full.. Reference 1r R E PRO ECTIVE and GENERAL I , BUILDINGS IMPROVEMENT COMPANY, for the PRE SERVATION of LIFE from FIRE, and PROPERTY from ROBBERY. (Provisionally Registered.) Capital, 150,0001., in Shares of 251. each. Deposit, 2s. 6d. per Share. The Provisional Committee hereby give notice, that all Applica• tions for Shares must be made on or before MONDAY, the 25th inst. as on the following day the Committee will proceed to the Allotment M. BRAY, Secretary. (Mee, 9, Lincoln's Inn-fields, Aug. 19, 1845. G REiT BRITAIN MUTUAL LIFE AS SURANCE SOCIETY, 14, WATERLOO-PLACE, PALL-MALL, LONDON. THE CHISHOLM, Chairman. WILLIAM MORLEY, Esq., Deputy-Chairman. Great advantages offered by this Institution. The whole of the profits divided annually among the MEMBERS. after payment of live annual premiums. An ample guaranteed Capital, in addition to the fund continually accumulating from Premiums, fully sufficient o afford complete security. Credit given to MEMBERS for half the amount of the first TO annual premiums, without security. Claims on Policies not subject to be litigated or disputed. An extremely low rate of Premium, without participation in the Profits, but with the option, at any time within five years, of paying the difference between the Reduced Rates and the Mutual Assur ance Rates ; and thus becoming Members of the Society, and entitled to a full participation in the Profits. Extract from the Reduced Scale of Rates, for an Assurance of 1001. CHESTER and MANQIIESTER DIRECT RAlrzwAy. At a meeting of the Conl:nittee of Management of this under taking, held this day, it '":a.S resolved that, in order to comply with the standing orders of ttie House of Lords, as recently altered, it is expedient to reduf.,e the amount of each share to 201., and to extend the number t 0 50,000, and that the deposit required be 21. 2s. on each share, tuu.'etbSt, in consequence of this alteration in the amount and number of shares and the deposit required, the period within which shares must be applied for be extended to the 28th instant for the London applications, and to the 30th instant for country applications. By order, 29, Moorgate-str ee t, A ugust 14, 1845 A. BARRETT, Secretary. THE MIDLAND and EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY, from CAMBRIDGE, by NORTHAMP T O N to Wile ESTER. (Provisionally Registered, pursuant to 7 and 8 Viet., cap. 110.) Capital 1,500,0001., in Shares of 251. each. Deposit 11. 7s. 6d. per Share. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. AlintOn, Rev, John, Little Barford, Bedfordshire, and Letchworth, Hertfordshire Booth, Williamson, Esq., Woodbury Hall, Cambridgeshire Banbury, 8., Esq., Leamington, a Director of the Warwick and Cheltenham Hallway Barman, William, Esq., Stratford-upon-Avon Carrington, John, Esq., St. Neots Cochrane, Hon. Horatio William Bernardo, Little Stoughton Cottle, J. M., Esq„ Leamington, Directors of the Warwick and Curtis, g. E. 8., Esq., London, 5 Cheltenham Railway Dabbs, Thomas William, Esq , The Newarke, Leicester Day, John Hill, Esq , St. Neots Day, Thomas, Esq., Wornditch, near Kimbolton Ellgood, Thomas, Esq., St. Neots Falconer, Robert, Esq., Goldington Hall, Bedfordshire Gee, William, Esq., Bishop Stortford, Hertfordshire Hewlett, Thomas Bernard, Esq., Northampton, a Director of the South Midland Railway Hun - Utley, Captain, Waterloo Cottage, Eynesbury, near St. Neot a Lange, T. F. J., Esq., Brighton Norris, ltcv. Frederick, Little Gransden Onslow, Denzil, Esq., Stoughton House, near St. Neots Page, Captain, Charlton House, Somerton, a Director of the Warwick and Cheltenham Railway Parker, Francis, Esq., Albion-place, Northampton, a Director of the South Midland Railway Simpson, Richard H., Esq., Long Stow Hall, Cambridgeshire St. John, the Right Hon. Lord, Melchbourne Park, Bedfordshire Slaney, George Deane, Esq., Offord Clancy, Huntingdonshire Webb, Dr., Master of Clare Hall, Cambridge Webb, Theodore Vincent, Esq., Great Gransden, Huntingdonshire Welstead, Benjamin, Esq., Kimbolton Weistead, M., Esq., Stoneley Hall, Kimbolton (With power to add to their number.) BANKERS—Messrs. Glyn, Halifax, Mills, and Co., London. SOLICITORS. Annual Premium. A g e ' I One Year. Seven Yearg.liThole Life. 5. d. 8. d. 109 1 1 6 129 1 3 3 156 1 7 6 1 15 9 2 1 6 3 3 5 317 0 £ s. d. 1 13 11 2 2 1 2 16 4 4 1 11 6 8 3 Full particulars are detailed in the Prospectus. A. R. IRVINE, Managing Director. ,IFE ASSURANCE.—The BRITISH MU TUAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY entertains proposals of any description involving the contingency of human life ; and offers the following advantages to its members : , A BONUS ANNUALLY (in shape of low premiums) equal to those of other offices, granted every three, five, or seven years, and The PROSPECT of a LARGER BONUS than can possibly be ob tained at those offices, in the peculiarly beneficial mode adopted in the distribution of the surplus. Prospectuses and every information may be had on application at the Office, 17, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars. John Chinery, Esq., Leamington, and 3, Church-court, Old Jewry Lone.o2, Messrs. Lay, St. lsreots Messrs. Harris and Sumpter, Cambridge Me ,, srs. Umbers and Bowdon, Stratford-upon-A?on Charles Jones, Esq., Alcester. No further Applications for Shares In this Railway will be received after Tuesday Next, the 26th of August instant, except from Land owners, or parties living in the country, or locally interested, who must apply on or before Saturday, the 30th instant. In the meantime applications thr prospectuses and shares may be Made to the Solicitors, or to the following Sharebrokers, viz. : Meors. P. W, anct Son, 50, Threadneedle-street, London ; Forskthhuifilfiltetat4 o}. T. Crewdson, Liverpool; Johnstone and Bradley, or S. Wr9rareltDianehester ; E. Wilson, or W. Collis, Bir zninghain ; White and aoh,Leamington ; George Edwards and Son, or pike Arnold, Bristol; W. I4e, or Hall Brothers and Co., Cheltan brn ; Kirk. and Co., or Scott. and Co., Leeds ; John Doy, or Filet d Tootal, Hull; —paglesfield, Leicester ; Freeman and Son, orthampt9OLlohn Langwortliy, Exeter; Wm. Bolton, Stratford vtiko.Avoit win ..Mee, Wataitater ; Hugh Munro and Co., Eft- Oeerge -Brown, Glaitalow Bruce and Byrne . , Dublin •B = , WU Cerfeatal i -144 Ps t ruin Boa. ITOttlitglaar& Fliurr SEASON.--The experience of past yeors having prbved the advantage, at this season, of acting upon the advice of the Faculty, in tha substitution of weak Brandy-and water, as an ordinary beverage, for Beer or other fermentable liquors, and at no greater cost, J, T. BETTS, jun., and CO. trust that they need oily to caution the public against any of the spurious articles offered for sale being foisted upon consumers in lieu of their Patent Brandy, awl, at the same time, to refer to its superiority and economy for preserving fruit. BETTS'S PATENT BRANDY Is protected against fraudulent substitution, when sold in bottles, by being secured with the Patent hletullic Capsules, embossed with the words " BETTS'S PATENT BRANDY, 7, SMITHFIELD-BARS." Purchasers of single bottles, at 3s. 6d. each, cannot be too particular in observing that the Cap • sules are so embossed. This pure and healthful spirit is preferred by the highest medical authorities to any other, and is used, to the exclusion of Foreign Brandy, at St. Thomas's, Guy's, St. George's, the Westminster, and other Hospitals ; at the Brighton, Bristol, Manchester, and other In firmaries ; awl, indeed, at the principal sanative institutions through out the country. __ BETTS'S BATENT BRANDY may be obtained, in the capsuled bottles, by way of sample, and at 18s. per gallon in bulk, of the most respectable wine and spirit merchants In every locality. The DISTILLERY, 7, SMITHFIELD-BARS, LONDON, is the nly Establishment of J. T. BETTS'S, Jun., and CO., where quan ti es of not less than TWO GALLONS, to bottle or bar., are upplied. THE SUN, LON DON, SATURD Y EVENING, AUGUST 23, 184 S. visitation on any debtor to him, under judgment, in a sunk not exceeding 204 ; or for arbitrarily interfering with the representative of capital and with its employment these , indeed, are carefully exempted from this unceremo nious handling. One would suppose that the Premier could not sleep soundly in his bed, during the recess, without, in the first place, disburdening his conscience of the duty of previously seeing every objectionable or oppres sive measure conducted through all its stages to the effective maturity of a statute. When the Earl of LLNCOLN, with Lord Woasnnv's assistance, has fenced out, warned off, and thrust back the hardy but poor yeomanry—the laborious but vulgar peasantry of England and Wades—the ever-toiling but ill-clothed and worse fed artisans of our manufacturing districts—from all the healthful fields of exercise and relaxation that yet re mained to them in the wild commons and healthful waste-lands of their native country ; he can rush down by rail or steam-boat to the moors of the far north. Sir JAMES GRAHAM, after breaking open the letters of M. MAZZINI, libelling his character, and then discovering " that he believes he must have been mistaken" in the ter rible imputations that he had thus cast on a foreigner, to whom the State had accorded the protection of its sanctuary ; after " running-amuck" against all the "general practitioners' of the medical profession ; and replying to communications touching the disgusting mismanagement of paupers in union houses (to the unimagired atrocities of which every day has since supplied fresh evidence), by vague and worth less protestations of his own incredulity on the subject,—Sir JAMES likewise, in his impatience " to be off," throws overboard all his pledges on matters of poor-law amendment, the improved sanatory condition of towns, &c. &c. The grouse of Cumberland are still better flavoured than those of Inverness-shire, and the sport is little inferior. So this Lord of Netherby hastens from the haunting appeals of poor-law misery, and of dear connexions untowardly mixed up with sorry explanations about the buying and selling of railway shares. The Premier, having been again beaten off in his attempt to strangle the monetary system of Scotland, from which she has imbibed the energy and buoyancy that have sustained her for a century and a half, advancing her by slow, but always established, steps from one stage of political strength and improvement to another, contents himself with deter mining to complete for that kingdom next year the same process of monetary disorganisation and ruin which he has already succeeded in applying to this. But all adequate provision for " Harbours of Refuge" on our southern and eastern coasts—all conservative measures of an enlightened humanity, for the better protection of industrial labour— all efforts towards the modification of admitted deficiencies in the social systems of which he has assumed to himself no small degree of credit, for being the great orignator (let us instance particularly the Metropolitan hiliee , courts and force, and the Courts of Petty Session in their jurisdiction of summarily convicting) ;—all these the Right Hon. Premier leaves either wholly uncommenced, or, if began, in the plight of the " adventure of the bear and fiddle,"—broken off "in the middle." He is content to leave the several recommendations of the numerous " Commissions" which he has granted or supported—as dead letters ; untouched or unimproved. No progress has been made in enforcing the regulations reported to Parliament as necessary to be adopted " for the better prevention of ship wrecks ;" and as little in carrying out the practical advice 01 the first naval men in and out of Parliament, as to the best means of keeping up a sufficient number of able seamen on service, and of reinforcing that number with any required addition, through the grant of half-pay, or pensions, to such men from the moment of their being first paid off out of active service; their title thereto being the condition of re ceiving such provision, in the nature of a retaining fee for their services, whenever these are called for by the Government. Nothing more consolatory has yet been effected to ensure the adoption of those principles 01 ameliorated construction, improved efficiency, and increased armament which have ever and again been pressed upon their attention, and acknowledged by their reluctant admissions to be absolutely indispensable to the maintenance and security of our naval supremacy (especially as to the steam arm of the force) in any future maritime war. All this is " true, 'tis pity—pity 'tis, 'tis true." But of how much less moment to the community, these instances of a graceful, well-bred neglect of the " bores" of official duty, than would be the serious moral evil which must ensue from a failure in the First Lord of the Treasury, the First Secre tary of State, and the First Commissioner of Woods and Forests, to respond to those more exciting and interesting appeals—the calls of the grouse at this time of year I What would be said if Right Honourable Minis ters of the Crown did not discharge that most important of their functions which is identified with tht discharge of their double Max.:Tom and PURDYS on the 120. of August ? The " wastes" over which the Earl of LINCOLN sports were never meant to be " inclosed " by that loft genius which presides over the spluttering of flower-pot fountains—the ornamental (I) decoration of mock••asphalte pavements, that almost rival the magnificence of a pri son tennis-court—or the hopeless contrivances for re deeming the anomalous cockneyisms of a "National Gallery," into which the exquisite connoisseurship of her MAJESTY'S principal servants has admitted two or three of the most palpable forgeries, paid for by price, that should have nurchased the P ........ MICHAEL ANGELO, or TITIAN. The wastes to be shut were those from which, without these iniquitous Acts of Parliament, the poor could not have beers shut out. Some injury to the national service may still be to be dreaded from discontent among the best and bravest of our seamen, labouring under the im pression that their' interests are neglected, their just expectations thwarted by a niggardly economy, the only attempted excuse for which is, that it enables the Chancellor of the Exchequer to make a better array of balances in the financial statements that he delivers, with so much unction, every year to the House of Commons. But what of all this ? Not to hurry down to ac complish for the birds their illustrious destiny of dying by Ministerial guns would, doubless, create a spirit of the most dangerous disaffection and resentment among the grouse and black game of the North. Let public busi ness, therefore, take care of itself ! Still, to speak seriously, the interests of human life demand somewhat more of decent attention, of external manifestations of consideration, if not of active sympathy, than they receive at the hands of our rulers. How often have we had occasion to refer, as each new recur ring casualty has been announced, to the scandalously neg lected resolutions and propositions of the Select Committee on Accidents in Mines. The most urgent and the most simple precautions by which vigilance and care may hope to guard against the operation of powerful subterranean agents of destruction, are still but partially adopted throughout the kingdom ; and the sacrifice of all the hecatombs of human victims which in a single year they sweep away, seem powerless to arouse either the First Lord of the Treasury or the First Secretary of State, in the closing period of a session, to the great duty of steadily and strictly enforcing their general introduction in the localities that must necessarily suffer from the absence of them. In addition to the sad, the appalling catalogue of colliery explosions we have had to record within the present year, our paper of to-day gives an account of two more, which, in our present deficiency of absolute evidence in these cases, we will not undertake to say, have been caused by a similar neglect of the similar precautions we allude to. But they powerfully corroborate all the solicitude we have ex pressed on this painful subject. At the Tividale Coalworks, near Dudley, no less than six unfortunate labourers have been killed by fire-damp —many more wounded; but at Jarrow Colliery, near Newcastle-upon-Tyne, thirty five dead bodies have already been brought up, out of, pro bably, many more victims, exterminated by an explosion of the tire-damp ; and of 14 others who were retrieved alive, but severely wounded, three or four have since died. The fate of others who still remain entombed were, at the last advices, un known, but may be too readily anticipated ! These terrible accidents have signalized one short week ! Had the duty of that supervision of such mines been adequately fulfilled before Parliament separated for the holidays, which the reports of the Committee in question devolved on the Home Department, and the head of the Government, we may surely assume that it is very possible they might have been, and would have been averted. TO COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS. WANTED, a PERSON of FIRST•RATE v BUSINESS QUALIFICATIONS, to repreSent a leading LONDON HOUSE. But few samples Used. Apply by letter, with fitil particulars of present or late employment, to S. Y., Deacon's Country Newspaper Office, 8, Walbrook. FIRST-RATE COMMERCIAL HOTEL. TO BE LE 1, that commodious and well-esta blished7loTEL, situate near the NORTH UNION RAIL WAY STATION In WIGAN. The House is replete with modern conveniences, and contains 26 bed-rooms, travellers' room, dining rooms, sitting-rooms, bar-parlour, tap-room, &c. &c. In the yard there is stabling for 20 horses, with loose boxes, large assembly room, &c. Possession may be had on the 12th of November next. The rent is moderate, and this is such an opportunity as seldom occurs for any active person, wishing to embark in business, with every pros pect of success. For further particulars, or treaty, ap, ly to Mr. Thompson, Wigan, August, 1845. PUBLICATION S. Now ready, in Bvo., with P or t ra i t, ss. b ound, THEFOURTH VOLUME o f M . 'TIERS HISTORY of the CONSULATE and EMPIRE, A Sequel to his " History of the French Revolution." Translated by D. FORBES CAMPBELL, Esq. With the sanction and approval of the Author. The present volume comprises, among other important and inte resting topics, the Rupture of the Peace of Amlens—The Camp and Flotilla of Boulogne and Threatened Invasion of England—The Con spiracy of Georges—The Death of the Due D'Erighien, &c. " The publication of M. Thiers' History of the Consulate and Em pire is au event of an interest not confined to the world of literature. The charms of so facile a style, the method of so lucid a narrative, and the abundance of its authentic and hitherto unexplored mate rials, place this work amongst the most important productions of our times.".—Times. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. LESSEE. MR. B. WEBSTER. THIS EVENING Will be repeated the Comedy of CAPTAIN TARIIADIDDLE; or, What will the World Say? Captain Tarradiddle, Mr. W. Farren ; Pye Hilary, Mr. Hudson ; Mrs. Tarradiddle, Miss P. Horton. The celebrated Planisto , Leopold de Meyer, will perform this Evening, after the Comedy, Introduction and Marche Marocalne." To a followed by the admired Drama of GRANDFATHER WHITEHEAD. Grandfather Whitehead, Mr. W. Farren ; Dray ton, Mr. Tilbury; Langley, Mr. Stuart; Louisa Drayton, Mrs. E. Yarnold; Susan, Mrs. Stanley. After which will be repealed a New Dramatic Sketch, entitled MRS. CAUDLE'S CURTAIN - LECTURES; or, MatrimonialChap tors. Mr. Caudle, Mr. Buekstone ; Mrs. Caudle, Mrs. W. Clifford. Private Boxes, Two Guineas and vne Guinea and a-Halt each. Tickets and Places to be had of Mr. I. T. Archer at the Box-office, tom Ten till Five o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTI. THIS EVENING Will be performed the MYSTERIOUS STRANGER. The Stranger, Madame Celeste. After which, SWEETHEARTS AND WIVES. Billy Lackaday, Mr. Munyard ; Eugenia, Mrs. Yates; Laura, Miss Woolgar. To conclude with Tll E IRISH DRAGOON ; or, Wards in Chan cery. Paddy Murphy O'Brallaghau, Mr. Hudson. On Monday, ro. , t , r4y will De yw a, mrs. Caudle Abroad and at. Home. Prompter, Mr. Gallot ; Principal Painter, Mr. Pitt ; Leader of the Band, Mr. Mellon. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. The Third Juvenile Night, and positively the Last Night of Cinderella THIS EVENING Will be performed a New and Original Comedy, to be called THE GOVERNOR'S WIFE, with entirely New Scenery, Dresses, and Appurtenances. Principal Characters by Messrs. iliddear, Keeley. F. Mathews, F. Vining, and Collier, ,:iss Dawson. and Mrs. Keeley. Atter which, an entirely New, Original, and Novel Grand Fairy BALLET DIVERTISSEMENT, entitled LES FEES. In which Les Danseuses Anglaises will appear. .. - To be followed by an entirely New Operatic, Dramatic, Chivalric, Fairy, Romantic Burlesque, entitled CINDE BELLA. The Principal Characters by Mr. Keel , y, Mr. A. Wigan, Mr. Frank Mathews, Mr. J. W. Collier, Mrs. Keeley, Miss Vlllars, Miss Falrbrother, Mrs. Woollidge, Miss Grove, Miss Howard, &c To conclude with A MODEL OF A WIFE. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. LEMSEE, MR. J. M. MADDOX. OPEN EVERY EVENING TILL THE END OF THE MONTH. THIS EVENING, Will be revived THE DEVIL'S IN IT. The Grand Duke, Mr. Lynne; Albert Holstein, Mr. Walter Lacy; Bernard Bunne, Mr. Compton ; Rollo, Miss Emma Stanley. To which w►ll b 3 added A COURT BALL IN 1740. In which will be introduced the Dances as performed at her Majesty's Bal Cos tume,with the Original Music. To be followed by THE BRIG \ND. Alessandro Massvoni, Mr. Wallack ; Itubaldo, Mr. Rance; Ottavia, Miss Grey; Maria Grazie, Mrs. Brougham. After which, TEDDY TIIE TILER. Teddy Mullowny, Mr. Collins. - ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITIIr ATRE. PROPRIETOR, MR. W. BATTY. Last Week but One of the Engagement of the French Equestrians —The New Grand Spectacle is nightly hailed with shouts of appro bation. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Fecoud Week of Madame Vestris , and ➢lr. C. Matthews. THIS EVENING Will be performed TILE BUSY BODY . Marplot, Mr. C. Ma• ; Miranda, Madame Vestris. , . After which, USED UP. Supported by .Messrs. C. Matthews, It. llonner, Neville, Heslop, Fredericks, Lewis, Mrs. B. Horner, and Miss Martin. To conclude with LES MLLE ; or, The Wrecker's Bride. Simon Potts, Mr. R. Honner; Pierre La Roche, Mr. H. Hughes; Jean 'Chime, Mr. N. T. Hicks; Lestelle. Mrs. R. Renner. Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner. at the Boa olic,e, from Eleven to lour. MGR WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. 211 nAing 30 mutes after 5 Evening •• 49 minutes after 5. THE IVEATIAIr—Sus OFFICE, AUG.. 23. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 4A; Hikhost, 68 ; Noon, 67 , BAROMETER, 30.19. WIND S.W., fine sunshiny weather. The assembling, on Thursday last, of a jry, or inquest, sum moned by the City of London Coroner, " to inquire by what means a certain house in Aldermanbury had been burned,' is an event of sufficient interest to call for especial notice. In modern practice it is quite a novelty to assemble the Coroner's cou►t after a fire, where there has been—as fortunately the case was in the recent destruction of the Messrs. BRADBURY and CourAstir's enormous premises and stock—no sacrifice of human life. Mr. PAYNE justly observed, however, that he was only acting in strict conformity with the ancient usage of his office; and a most salutary usage we conceive it to be, and we heartily trust that it will be generally revived by coroners. On every ground of policy and protection, it is desirable that, when serious accidents have happened in large towns, their origin and history should be narrowly inquired into. The result may be to prevent their recurrence in fu .ture, or to bring to light important facts in relation to the .caWltrvestigated. It is well that there should be some juris diction to make inquisition into affairs which, as really con cerning every body, would otherwise be-affairs looked after by nobody. There are a thousand conceivable, though generally latent, causes to which the firing of dwelling-Louses and warehouses may be attributable, the knowledge of which can only be arrived at by means of such inquiries. It is highly probable (though we put the matter hypothetically, of course,) that had there been an inquest on the last pre ceding fire which had occurred in the City, without loss of life, the destruction of the Fenchurch Chambers, with loss of life, might have been prevented. Unsuspected agents of spontaneous combustion may be possibly detected, every now and then, by inquiries of this kind, which will be thus serviceable, not only to the protection of life and property, but to the interests of science. Setting aside all considera tions of this latter nature, fire inquests (if we must so call them) would undoubtedly demonstrate dangerous and de fective modes of lighting the interior of private dwellings, and also of warehouses and store-rooms ; of constructing flues and setting up fire-places; and running main timbers, the indication of which would assuredly operate to produce their removal, where convenient or practicable, from existing houses, &c., and to prevent their intro duction into such tenements and premises in future. It might be well if a public notice of the par ticulars of every such case, and the finding of the jury in full, were affixed to the church doors, or other public places, for the information and guidance, of the parochial or district community. The inquest . of Thursday was fur ther retnarklible for the additional proofit has supplied of tin,: culpable, almost criminal, and altogether unintelligible net; lent and apathy, with which the securities and resource: supposed to be provided, and very largely paid for, in fact by the community, are allowed in the most dense and wealth: sections of the city of London to fall into desuetude ant; oblivion. One of the unfortunate partners in the house of BRADBURY, GREATORF-X, and BEALL, stated, in his evidence, that the fire-plug could not be found for a considerable time, although the directing-board on the house-front clearly indi cated that the distance was 17 feet in a specified direction. It turned out, on the information of a juror, that this plug had long previously been removed from the position so indi cated at the request of another of the partners in the same firm. Now, what the public at large is clearly interested ut ascertaining is—Was this alteration of the communication with the fire-pipe or main duly reported ?to what quarter? by whom ? and does there exist any registered evidence of the fact ? If there be no officer charged by the Water works Company, or other authority, with the duty of reporting such alterations, and no certain ascertained department en trusted with the care of noting such reports, the neglect of such ordinary precautions in a matter of such signal import ance is a strange deficiency in the precautionary police or municipal regulations of a great city. If there be such an officer or department, how comes it that the old directing board has not long since been replaced by an amended one, showing the altered position of the plug? It was proved before the inquest in this case, that when, at length, the true plug was found, considerable difficulty and delay were experienced before any supply of water could be ob tained. This does appear to us to be a state of things per fectly unpardonable in such a city as London, and such a portion of it as Aldermanbury, where there is nothing to pre vent the supply from being, at all times, most abundant. It is not too much to assume that, in all probability, a timely and adequate supply of water might have caused, with com• partitively little injury to the stock, the extinction of a fire which has probably consumed a more enormous amount of property than any burning of private premises which has happened iu London for several years past. The early hour at which the flames were first discovered, and the fact that they were seen, by all the evidence which was taken, to have originated in the basement or cellars of the house, raise the very strongest presumption that had the water-mains been duly supplied, a calamity that has probably visited upon a hitherto opulent and very ex tensive trading firm losses to an enormous amount, might have been averted. We lament that the Coroner did not call before him the turnkeys and others, who are bound to explain why there was all this fatal " unreadiness" for such an exigency as that of Monday night last. Again, we repeat that had a similar species of inquest sat, and returned its verdict, upon the last preceding fire, without loss of life, there would, in all likelihood, have been a speedy and effective check upon the conflagration in Aldermanbury. In the next place, it was stated by Mr. BEALL that great diffi culty had been always experienced in turning off the gas below, a difficulty which, where the supply is so large, is evidently an element of constant danger. If we mistake not, the Corporation of London, in reply to the repeated applications that have been made to it by other parties for a participation in the supply of gas to the city, under the newest and most scientific improve ments fur its safe and efficient regulation, have persisted in upholding their Chartered Company, or a strict monopoly of the gas contract. It would have been important to ascer tain, and we recommend the point to the next" fire inquest" that may be impannelled in the City, whether or not the diffi culty spoken to of turning oil' the gas is one which is ex perienced, in an equal or a less degree, by those who use the fittings and apparatus of the more modern but excluded companies, with those who are compelled to adhere to the supply and management of the chartered monopoly ? In , elation to these and other such points, interesting to a conservative municipal policy, we are rejoiced to find Mr. PAYNE coming forward to re-establish an ancient, and, as we conceive, valuable employment of the functions of his impor tant office. We have received accounts front Leipsic of the 17th. The students had continued to do military duty up to that time, but they are now relieved from it, and replaced at all the points they occupied by the Communal Guard. The troops were still confined to their barracks. On the 15th the Ktzto and QUEEN arrived at Leipsic from Dresden. Their Majesties went among the people, by whom they were received with en thusiasm. The KING promised that a rigid inquiry into the af fair of the 12th should take place, and that he would provide for the children of the victims. He then went to the hospital to console the wounded. On the same day about thirty persons, who had assembled before the barracks hooting the soldiers, were arrested. On the 17th the Municipal Council and the officers of the Communal Guard, met at the Town-hall, to receive the reply of the KING to the addresses that had been presented to him. The KING'S Commissioner, M. DE LAN GEUN, read the following as the answer of his MAJESTY " I have received the Deputies of the city of Leiptic, who came to express to me the pain that had been inflicted upon them by the events of the 12th, and to give me the assurance of their fidelity and devotedness. I think it right to communicate what follows to the city of Leipsic, and I desire that the public may be made ac quainted with it. I was happy and proud to reign over a faithful people, respecting law and just..., ana a. mani fested their attachment to the dynasty, under the most difficult cir cumstances. iespecting the constitution of the country, I was justified in hoping that the Saxon people, penetrated with its spirit, would remain faithful to it even in the most stormy times, and that they would netcr depart from the constitution and the laws. I have been the more grieved that the second city of the kingdom, in which I loved to reside, and in which I have received so many proofs of fidelity and devotedness, a city so happy and flourishing as Leipsic, should have been the theatre of such an attack, inasmuch as the law has been violated in the person of my beloved brother, who, to perform a patriotic duty, had, full of kindness and confi. deuce, presented himself in the midst of the citizens. I am profoundly afflicted to see that the public opinion has been shamefully excited by reports as ignoble as unfounded. I recom mend, paternal y and seriously, that no faith should be placed in them. I pity deeply the victims, perhaps innocent, who have fallen in consequence of the necessary intervention of the troops. A se vere and impartial investigation into the conduct of the authorities will throw light on all this affair, and if well.thinking citizens unite their efforts, order will be maintained, and more severe measures, to have the laws respected, will not be necessary. But I must de clare, with profound grief, that my previous confidence in a city in which the idea of such acts could arise, and be put into execu tivn, is shaken. Therefore is it that I address with kindness and firmness sty royal word to the great number of the loyal citizens of Leipsic, who have at heart the welfare of their country and of the city, and the honour of the Saxon name. May they rally round the Throne and the Constitution, and resist with force and dignity the efforts of those who are opposed to constitutional order, so that the law may remain inviolable, and that my ancient confidence, in a city which has always been dear to my heart, may be restored." After the reading of the reply, the President of the assem bly exclaimed, "Long live the King!" and the whole of the persons present repeated the cry. On the same day the King's reply was posted up on all the walls of the town, and the Municipal Council announced that an extraordinary com mission had been formed for receiving such claims as any individuals may have to make. The Municipal Council also announced that, according to the tno.A precise information, the persons ki!led were Messrs. .Nordmann, Prieur, Jelin, Frey gang, Muller, Kleeberg, and Arland, and that five persons were wounded. Prince JOHN, immediately on his arrival at Dresden, went to the Castle of Pilnitz, but is about to leave Germany for The Leipsie Gazette of the 15th contains a declaration by Major DE JECHAN, adjutant of the staff of the communal guards of that city, to the effect that Prince JOHN did not give the order to lire on the 12th. General ROCHOW, the new Prussian Ambassador at St. Peteriburgh, has arrived in that city. Before proceeding to his post, he had been charged by the King of PRUSSIA with s secret mission to the King of HANOVER. It would appear from the following extract, from a letter dated Athens, Aug. 8, that COLETTI still persists in carrying out the designs of himself and his co-conspirators to swindle the Greeks out of their Constitution :—" On the sth inst. the KING yielded to the long-persisted-in solicitations of CoLErn, and swamped the Senate by the creation of 16 new Senators. Their names are CIIRISTIDES, MAESOLAS, A. DOUCAS, TIIEOTOKY, KARACATZANI, KARAMENO, DELYLTI, CANELOPULO, DARIOTTIS, ELIOrOLIS, MELAIKIS, HADGI PETROS, MEXIS, D. BULGARIS, GLARAKIS, and CON TOUMAS. The two last named are KING's men. The others are all creatures of COLETITS. Immediately on his MAJES.. rv's signing their diplomas, Al ETAXA, the Minister of Finance, gave in his resignation, which was accepted. He stated that his reason for resigning was, that he considered this - act (the nomination of the new Senators) as both prejudicial to the throne and to the nation. It is the general opinion of the best-informed persons here that a violent crisis is approaching, and it is clear that a de termined conspiracy exists against the Constitution, which conspiracy is most warmly supported, and almost openly, by more than one of the Ministers of the European Powers. Madrid Papers to the 16th have arrived. The Gazette publishes a convention between the Governments of Spain and Portugal, fixing the precise attributes of the consuls of the two nations, and which was signed at. Lisbon on June 26. The Progressist and Moderado journals of all shades attack with extreme violence the Ministry of NARVAEZ and the acts o f the Government. The Tiempo and Globe, maintain that it is impossible for NARVAEZ and his colleagues to continue in power in opposition to the unanimous manifestations of the press and public opinion, and that it is their duty to retire or immediately convoke the Cortes. The Tiempo has a long article attacking the Government fur having authorised the buke of SOTOMAYOR to offer a building at the Havannah to the English Government as a depot for freed negroes. The same journal states, that the proprietors of houses were preparing a remonstrance against the impost on house-rent. According to El Espcctador, a rumour, believed to be well founded, is iu very general circulation, of an approaching modfication of the Cabinet. It adds, that two additional Ministers were to be named, one of Public Works, and the other of the Colonies. Among the rumours afloat were those of the Minister of Foreign Affairs having tendered his resigna • don, and of a Carlist plot having been detected at Tolosa; bat neither report obtained much credence. The two younger sons of Don CARLOS have, according to the .Heraldo, entered his Sardinian Majesty's service, one as colonel of the cavalry regiment of Savoy, with a pay of 6,000 francs; the other as major in the regiment of Arqui, with a pay of 4,000 francs. The Herald() publishes the instructions issued by the Finance Minister, according to which the unsold Church property is to restored to the clergy. The same journal mention.; the fact of spriest in Avila having extorted from a man in his dying SoLiCnOtt. Messrs Patterson, Haymes, and Hanbury, Leamington and Warwick W. O. Hunt, Esq., and Charles Stevens, Esq., No. 10, Whitehall, London Messrs. Clay and Swift, Liverpool. In congratulating the Skarthoiders ou the issue of the late contest in Parliament, the Committee of Management beg to announce that active measures are be ng adopted to forward the surveys and plans, and prepare for the ensiling session. The success of the Oxford and Rugby Railway has confirmed the Directors in the view they enter tained waen they first brought to the notice of the public the merits of a line direct from Birmingham to Oxford, and leaves little room to doubt that Parliament will grant this important continuation, thus connecting the whole north of the kingdom and Birmingham with the south-western districts. It is Intended to make the most convenient stations for the various towns on the line that circumstances will admit, connecting the line at Birmingham with that of the Grand Junction Company. By this means an uninterrupted transit will be effected from Birmingham through Oxford to every part of the South and to London. Looking to the very peculiar position of this line, the cheapness of Its construction, and the great traffic that must inevitably flow to It front Its connecting and central situation, the Provisional Directors have every confidence that the undertaking will be ono of more than, ordinary profit to the proprietors. By order of the Board. 449, West Strand, Aug. .3, 1845. RAILROADS IN THE ISLE Oi• WIGHT That the public may not be misled by ttc 'various statements that have appeared in some of the public papers, and in the pro spectus of the Isle of Wight Railways, I 4in desired to state, that at a General Meeting of the Landowners and Ratepayers of the island, held at Newport, on the 26th of June last, resolutions were carried declaring the opinion of the meeting to be adverse to the introduc tion of railways into the island, and that a committee of gentlemen 'vas at the same time appointed to watch the proceedings of the railway projectors; and I am further directed by this Committee to state, that not only will the scheme be opposed by the most influen tial landed proprietors through whose estates the railways would pass, but that it is also intended to offer a vigorous public opposition t the project in Parliament, should a Bill be sought for. C. W. ESTCOERT, Honorary Secretary to the Committee. THE MACCLESFIELD and LICHFIELD, or CIIURNET and BLYTiIE JUNCTION RAILWAY. Being the shortest possible ratite between London and Manchester, in connexion with existir s g Railways. 7.. - Tovisionally Registered. Capital, t,250,000/. in 50,000 shares of 251. each. Deposit 21. 12s. &I. per share. in coma:axe with the Standing Order of the House of Lords. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. _The 1 2.45 .--- ht Hon. the Earl of Dartmouth, Sandwell Park, Staffordshire Right Hon. Lord Begot, Blithfield Hall, Staffordshire The Hon. William Begot, M.P., St. James's-square Loudon Sir E. D. Scott, Bart., Great Barr Hall, Staffordshire H. F. Meynell Ingram, Esq., Hoarcross Hall, Staffordshire John Newton Lane, Esq., King's Bromley Manor William Drury Holden, Esq., Locko Park, Derbyshire W. C. Townsend, Esq., Recorder of Macclesfield R. B. Levett, Esq., Milford Hall, Lichfield Matthew Gaunt, Esq., Highfield House, near Leek John Sleigh, Esq., Leek Samuel Phillips, Req., Leek Thomas Osborne Bateman, Esq., Chaddesden Moor, Derby T. Kirkpatrick Hall, Esq., Holly Bush, Staffordshire Josiah Gaunt, Esq., Horton Hall, near Leek Thomas George Lomax, Esq., Lichfield J. L. Warren, Esq., Conseil Hall, and the Lodge, Market Drayton Michael Tumor, Esq., Brereton, Rugeley Edward Baylis, Esq., 6, Cambridge-terrace, Hyde-park, London. Charles C. Higgins, Esq., Abbots Bromley John Towgood, Esq., 64, Chancery-lane, London James Heygate, Esq., M.D., Derby James Palmer, Esq., the Close, Lichfield Thomas Tumor, Esq., Abbots Bromley Thomas Henry Baylis, Esq., Inner Temple, London Thomas Finchet Maddock, Esq., Chester Benjamin Shaw ' Esq., Kilburn Priory Robert Ronald, Esq., Derby The Rev. James Rostock, Cliffe Park, Staffordshire Thomas P. Bainbridge, Esq., Derby Thomas Reginald Kemp, Esq., Abchurch-lane, London ,L.hn Gaunt, Banker, Leek John Challenor, Gentleman, Overton Richard Cutting, Gentleman, Leek Josiah Gaunt, sen. Hugh Sleigh, Miley Ellis„ John Russell, Samuel Clowes, Thomas Carr, John Ward, James Ridout, Robert Hammersley, Silk Dyer, Leek John Vernon, Cork Manufacturer, Uttoxeter John Minors, Esq., Parks Cottage, Uttoxeter Thomas Rowley, Esq., M.D., Lichfield Randall Bradburne, Esq., Ediall House, Lichfield Joseph Webb, Esq., Lichfield William Butcher, Coach Manufacturer, Lichfield. Silk Manufacturers, Leek This line will commence at the terminus of the Manchester and Birmingham Railway at Macclesfield, and passing by the Rudyard reservoir to Leek, will proceed by the Churnet Valley to Consall, thence close to Cheadle, and Teen, and by Uttoxeter, Bagots Woods and Abbots Bromley down the Blythe, to a point on the Trent Valley Railway, near Lichfield, communicating there with .one of the pro posed lines from Dudley and Walsall. A glance at the map will show that this will be the most direct line for the London and Manchester traffic; uniting those two great termini by the shortest practicable route in connexion with existing railways. It will also completely accommodate the local traffic and manufactures, and open several extensive coal fields and some thou sand acres of wood land far the supply of Manchester, the Potteries, and other great marts of the kingdom. Together, too, with the pro posed line from Derby to Crewe, it will afford a transit from the Eastern Counties and Derby to Manchester, and give every accom modation to the Potteries. This line is, in Its principal features, much th e same as th a t a l rea d y approved of by the Board of Trade, and partially abandoned by the Churnet Valley Company—will be scarcely 47 miles in length, and passing through the centre of the district, does not interfere with the Grand Junction, or any other existing railway. it is material to re mark, that it is even more direct than the Churnet Valley as formerly projected to Tamworth, and is free from the formidable opposition of the landed interest, and the engineering difficulties consequent on the route by Rocester and Marchington. It must be observed also that it Is the only railway which has been brought forward by, and is under the control of, the landowners and manufacturers of the Churnet and Blythe Valley districts. The co-operation of most of the principal landowners, from near Uttoxeter to near Lichfield, having been obtained, and there being no competing lines projected through that district, this portion of the line may be considered as secure. CONSULTING ENGINEER —Joseph Locke, Esq., F.R.S. BANKERS. London—Messrs. Rogers, Olding, and Co. Manchester—The Manchester and Liverpool District Bank, and Branches Lichfield—Messrs. Palmer and Greene Leek—Messrs. Fowler and Gaunts Uttoxeter—Burton, Uttoxeter, and ♦shbonrne Union Bulk Derby—Derby and Derbyshire, Banking Company SECALTAIIT, ran TE3f.—Mr. Challinor, Solicitor, Leek. Applications for Shares, accompanied by a Banker's or other re spectable reference, to be addressed to the Secretary, of whom and the Sharebrokers, plans, prospectuses, and further particulars may be obtained. Shareholders in the Manchester and Birmingham, Trent Valley, or London and Birmingham Railway Companies, applying for Shares), will be good enough to state they are ►uch Shareholders. N.B. The names of the Solicitors &c „will shortly be published. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES To the Provisional Committee of the 31acciestleld and_Lich field, or Churnet and Blythe Junction Railway Coinpany. Gentlemen—l request you to allot me Shares of 251. each, in the above railway, and I undertake to accept the same or such less number as you may appropriate to me, subject to the regulations of tile Company, and to sign the necessary deeds, and pay the de posit thereon of 21. 12s. 6d. per share when required. Name in full •••••••••• Residence ........ „ „ „ „ .• Trade or Profession „ „ Reference ... Date 11.06 .0 .• •••••• 4. •• OOOOO Admission. Is. ; Schools, Half-price. BALLOONS, BALLOONS, BALLOONS.- CREMORNE GARDENS.—Remember, my beloved public, on MONDAY NEXT, the groat Nassau Balloon, with a large party of ladles and gentlemen, will ascend from these exquisite grounds by sun-light or rain-light, as the weather may be. On Wednesday Mr. Green will again ascend by moon-light, star-light, or dark night, es the weather may be. On the latter occasion the veteran will, on be coming a quarter of a mile high, shower on shorter men below, bou quets of irascible light and streams of exasperated fire. On both occasions, fete, fun, and fireworks.—Admission Is. ; children half price. K ING'S COLLEGE, LONDON. MEDICAL DEPARTMENT, 1845-4 G. The WINTER SESSION will COMMENCE on WEDNESDAY, the let day of October next, at Two o'clock, p.m., with an INTRO DUCTORY LECTURE, by Professor MILLER. DESCRIPTIVE and SURGICAL ANATOMY—Richard Partridge, F.R.S. PHYSIOLOGY, GENERAL, and MORBID ANATOMY—R. B. Todd, M.D., F.R.S. PRACTICAL ANATOMY—J. Simon, F.R.S., and W. Bowman, F.B.S. CHEMISTRY—W. Allen Miller, M.D., F.R.S. ANALYTICAL and EXPERIMENTAL CHEMISTRY (Labora tory Class)—W. A. 311ller, M.D. and John E. Bowman. MATeLRIA MEDICA and THERAPEUTICS—J. F. Royle, M.D., F.R.S. MEDICINE—George Budd. 3f ,D., F.R.S. -- SURGERY—WiIIiam Fergusson, F. R.S.E. MIDWIFERY and DISEASES of WOMEN and CHILDREN.— Arthur Farre;M:D., F,R.S. SUMMER COURSES. BOTANY—Edward Forbes, F.R.5.,-F.L.S. COMPARATIVE ANATOMY—T. Rymei Jones, F.R.S. FORENSIC MEDICINE—W. A. Guy, M.B. CHEMICAL MANIPULATION—John E. Bowman. KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL. The Hospital is visited daily at Half-past One o'clock, and:Clinical Lectures are given every week by Dr. Budd and Dr. Todd, and by Mr. Ferguson and Mr. Partridge. The Physicians' assistant and clinical clerks, the house-surgeon, and dressers, are selected by examination from the students of the hospital. RESIDENCE OF STUDENTS. Students may reside in the College. Other arrangements have likewise been made for accommodating them with lodgings, and some of the Professors receive pupils into their houses. T. e parents or guardians of students coming to King's College are particularly requested, before placing them in lodgings, to communi cate with. the Dean of the Medical Department, from whom all information respecting the College may be obtained. Dr. George Johnson, the Medical Tutor, assists junior students, whether resident or non-resident, in the subjects of the courses whiwl they may be attending. R. B. TODD, M.D., Dean of the Medical Departnagnt s R. W. JELF, D.D., Principal. August, 1845. -- SPECIMEN OF TABLES Age. A Pr A e n in n n i u a m l Ag e .: ple n , e n u i e a m l .-.."--"="'"•-•---•••••••-••••••••"-'"";"'""""'"'"'""'"'"---._. _____ nr lt For XlOO. For £lOO. I Age. P A ro n m n i u u a m l For £lOO. 4 71' I , , „n„.mA, • _ 20 £1 lbs. Bd. 40 £ 2 14s. 9d. 60 £6 6s. 7d. 41 / 4 __i#... u , r'/ lrf-g IA 1' 9 't-A,Th,W, , ' 411 1-4 ' '''.... ''? 's — spie."44 - 4 ,-, ' 4Oi , , .1 , .4k -- -,t , .2% - --.z, .-. - -4 k , is # „ . - ' - ; - t r `....• , .iT . I k CHARLES JAMES THICRE, Resident Secretary, 17, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars. SECOND EDITION ~ing ault LONDON, SATUFDAY, AUGUST 33 1845. In all the delinquenciesof Parliajnent at the approaching close of a session, there isnothing so shocking as the steam power haste with which (the legislators being resolutely fixed on the day for leavbg the scene of their duties) the arrear products of legislation are consigned to the limbo of unfinished Bills and embyo motions and measures. Bills for the protection of partridges or the punishment of paupers ; for the creaton of new channels of legal patronage, or for defraiding the poor of their rights of common and waste; for extending, beyond all principlea.recognised by Up common law / or the Constitu tion the powers of the credtor to inflict tU most merciless ,~''~..~ Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. MR. HOOD'S LAST NEW WORK. Now ready, in 2 vols. small Bvo, price 21s. bound, WHIMSICALITIES, by THOMAS HOOD, WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS by LEACH • "In this work are some of Mr. Hood's best ettorts. Things that will make the thoughtful wiser, and the unthinking merrir. Can any one read our .hasty extracts, and not wish to possess two vo lumes rich in wit, sense, good feeling, and good poetry."—Examiner. Henry Colbuni, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Tilt ALBION BALLOON, No. I. of ---- -. T HE BALLOON; or, - XROSTATIC MA GAZINE. Price 6d. i:ontains an engraving, and the history of this well-known Balloon, which has Just been lost under the most perilous circumstances. No. 2, on September 1, will point out the means of preventing such disasters. London: published by Steill, 20, Paternoster-row, and sold by all booksellers. NEW EDITIONS OF MRS. GRANT'S MEMOIR AND • LETTERS. .• This day is published, 3 vols. post Bio., with Portrait, 31s . 6d. IVIEMOIR and CORRESPONDENCE of the late Mrs. GRANT, of Laggan. Edited by her son, J. P. GRANT, Esq. 2cl Edition. • - - Also, 6th Edition, 2 vols. post Bvo., 21s. MRS. 'GRAN T's LETTERS from the MOUNTAINS. Edited, with Notes-end Additions, by her Son. London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. PRINCE CHARLES EDWARD STEWART. 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Subscriptions will also be received in New York, by Doctor David Scott Meikleham, M.A., of Balliol Coll., Oxford ; and by Thomas Jeffer son Man Randolph Meikleham, great-grandson of Thomas Jeffer son, President of the United States. Price, neatly bound and lettered • • .. • . 20s. Stitched in sheets •••.•• • • • • • • •• • • 128. Gcl The personal appearance of " handsome young Charlie," as he marched at the head of his troops, or partook of the festivities of balls, &c., is graphically described, and numerous highly Interesting anec dotes, showing the bewitching influence of tliis chivalrous adventurer on the fair sex, are interspersed throughout. THIS EVENING Will be performed an entirely New a;1;;;i National Spectacle, em bracing the chief features of the heroic achievements of the British Arms in Northern India, called THE CONQUEST OF SCINDE ; or, The Siege of Hyderabad. After which, a variety of New and Surprising Feats of Horseman ship by the French Equestrians. To conclude with THE DUMB MAN OF MANCHESTER; or, The Factory Murder and the Felon Heir. Tom, the Dumb Man, Mr. T. Thompson. Box-office open from Eleven till Five. A DIFFERENT dUBJECT EACH SEASON The Brilliancy of the Pyrotechnic Finale exceeds all imagination! The Day-light View of the Colossal Pictorial Representation, suggested By HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE ALBERT, Is hailed with Universal Approbation. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. ON MONDAYS, TUESDAYS, WEDNESDAYS, and THURSDAYS, Will be presented a Magnificent MODELLED REVUES ‘iNTATION OF EDINBURGH, ' The Pride of Scotland and f Scotchmen. 1H E PROAIENADE CONCERTS, By the unrivalled Band of the Establishment, conducted by Mr. Godfrey. At Dnsk will take place the most extraordinary EXHIBITION OF FIREWORKS. EVER ATTEMPTED, And, as a Finale, a Grand, Royal, and Patriotic AQUATIC TABLEAU, Fifty-two feet in height, will be exhibited in the Centre of the Lake ; The PORTRAITS of HER MAJESTY and PRINCE ALBERT, Surmounted by Fame, and surrounded by Emblems and Other Devices will be introduced. Admission, One Shilling. Feeding the Carnivore at Five ; Pelicans, &c., at Half-past Five ; Concert at Six ; and Pyrotechnic Display at Nine. On Monday and Tuesday, Aug 25 and 26, a Magnificent Fete Champetre, to commemoree the Bit' . thday of 21.R.H. Prince Albert. TO CORRESPONDENTS. The communication entitled " Refutation," and dated from George -yard, Aldermanbury, being anonymous, cannot be inserted ; moreover, the matter has already been ‘ d l e a c g id is e t d ra i t. n e a Court of Ju s tice. The statements made in this communication sh ou ld have been urged before the noments a promise that he would cause to be restored to lairelt a large amount of property which he had bon the priest ordered a notary to be sent for, and the will made out according to his wish ; and, to the astonishme nt ' the family of the deceased, for he died in a few hours it was found that everything was left to the Church. 111 4 ceased's wife and children intend disputing the validity of v , d will. His name was Tarim - Ex, and he had been depot}' Avila. 4 The Barcelona journals state that the Company for Ai v road from Barcelona to Mataro has received the royal 5 risation to commence the work, and to import whiq ty t y materials, machines, &c., may be required, e ither P o working or carrying on the railroad, 'provided they are to be had in Spain, or would come dearer by eight per than if imported from another country. The Three per Cents. were rather firm to-day, for they were quoted at 31 1 / :, ; 31% at 60days. 23,600,00 0 , done. Five per Cents., 22% at 60 days. 2,000,000 reall d u We have received the Paris papers of Thursday. Pr storm of Tuesday had blown down three factories at gel and buried several hundreds of unfortunate human Wa i t , the ruins. The particulars of this dreadful disaster wil l found in another column. The lowest estimate of then u r i i ber who have suffered in this dreadful calamity is 4 0 I L L and 120 wounded, many of the latter so severely, that to" is but little probability of their recovery. 0 The Prince and Princess DE JOLNVILLE arrived at Pay" Wednesday. M. TmEns returned to Paris from Vichy on WednesdeP i The Prince and Princess DE SALERNO, father and tee t :l of her Royal Highness the Duchess D'AUMALE, have 0 6 at the Chateau d'Eu. The Journal des Debuts has the following on the 5 00 of the German Catholic Church : hm ite " We are assured that th e P russ i an G overnmen t is ih'" take severe measures for arresting the progress in German,' 01 t y new sect of Catholic Dissenters. A circular has been sent bi_ Minister of the Interior to all the censors of the kingdom, dir P ll them to strike out every article having the slightest tendends promote these religious movements, which may be proposed clot inserted in any of the journals, or other periodicals, which lir e expressly authorised to treat upon these questions." General GALnots has been ordered to proceed to Algl organise the Spahis, or native cavalry, into three regime e t those of Algiers, Oran, and Constantina ; each regittie n reg i consist of six squadrons. One of the squadrons of the ment of Algiers is to go to Senegal. of We extract the following on the subject of the come. — the Great Northern Railroad from Galignani's jfesseng a. " We mentioned yesterday that a deputation of the Otto Committee of the Decan-Lebeuf Company for the P r 'pli Railroad had waited on the Minister of Public Works• pf course had been adopted by these gentlemen in conseque n— ot 0 reports having been circulated that the company was n ol a condition to send in a tender for the line. The more iO lO O,ll object of the visit to the Hon. Minister was to convince hi o o o, all the conditions required by law had been strictly complie d d that the capital had been fully made up, and that the n en'ill vouchers and documents, as well as the caution money, 011 0 Nto deposited with him at any moment he pleased. Mr. F. • 00 the President of the Committee, in order to convince the o t. Minister that the whole transactions of the Company vr e s re n to bona fi de character, exhibited, exhibited to M. Dumon the flis of the English subscription in Bank of England notes. g o/ Minister received the deputation with great politeness, and list to their statement with marked attention." „ The National comments warmly upon the coal: 1 ; i 4 capitalists which has taken place for the purpose of the adjudication, and concludes in these words— " The Minister of Public Works should not hesitate. Let L.— de l order an inquiry, and next the postponement of the adjudication. 0 called upon to do this by the interest of the treasury, of I ' ll honour, and of his ministerial existence." if The fall in our Stock Exchange on Tuesday, a nd th° creasing scarcity of money in Paris, induced a declin e d prices on the Bourse on Thursday. Towards the 1 0 0 business an actual panic prevailed, in consequence of A to of the illness of the KING. It was also said that an 14 ' 0 0 had been made against the life of the Duke de NE 31 1, 0 0 4 Mont do Marsan ; but the real cause of the fall was 8°1) .4 0 to have been occasioned by a further depression in CoP'" Wednesday. P er The Three per Cents. closed at 841. sc. ; the .I' l o ' B ol.l Cents. at 1211. 60c. ; Orleans Railroad shares, 1 V Rouen, I,oBof. ; Vierzun, 702 f. 50c. ; Havre, 900 f. ; AL I 1,055 f. ; Basle, 2811. 25e. ; Spanish Three per Cents., °' The following are the quotations of the new lines Orleans and Bordeaux, 2151. premium ; BonkV % old premium ; Troyes and 3lonterea u , 552 f. 50c.; rarlOSP' Lyons (Laffitte), 36f. 25c. ; ditto (Calon), 9f. ; ditto ( dit to neron), 13f. 75c. ; Northern Line (Laffitte), 601 11,X 1 (Rosamel), 29f.; elitto (Pepin),lsl. ; ditto (Decan), l ,",,Ror Tours and Nantes (M ac k enz i e ), 161. 25 c . ; ditto lv lA' lard), If.; ditto (O'N e ill) 71. 50 c . ; di tto (Jacque 6 aitt 9 fevre), 4f.; Lyons and Avignon (Lecointe), 2 0 P 100 (Talabot), 40f. ; ditto (Compagnie Meridionale)r A rs Bordeaux and Cette (Mackenzie), If. 50c. ; ditto (E i .,,,55,01' 151. ; Creil and St. Quenti n (C are tt e ), 7f. ; ditto c het If. ; Paris and ,St ras b urg (G anneron ), 151. ; ditto P`ostr 2f. 50c. ; ditto (Hinguerlot), 12f. 50c. ; Dijon and , sen, ar ; Dieppe, 40f. LY p ONS, AUG. 18.—Avignon and Marseilles, n72f., of Atigurt; Paris and Orleans, 1,293 f., ditto; r" dittot Rouen, 1,0731, ditto; Orleans and Vierzon, 7 9 .1 p : t e 11 er' Orleans and Bordeaux, 715 f., ditto; Nismes and Ju ° ' 587 f., cash. O BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAY. G T T -„-, A LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, Auo. Boulogne and Amiens 11 ,Orleans aiad Bordeu. - &Mediterran Os er I ssel Bordeaux ana luuivuaC , Paris& Lyons (Lafitte) Do. and Cette Ditto (Ganneron's). Central of Spain . Dutch Rhenish ... Dendre Valley Dieppe & Paris Junct. Paris and Strasburg , Dijon and Mulhouse ... (Ganneron's)... ...... East Indian Grt Northern of France Paris and St. Quentin. (Laflitte',) Ditto (Rosamers) Great Paris and Lyons — :Royal North of Spaill• Jamaica Junction 4 14 Sambre and Meuse Do. North 17‘, Strasbourg and Basle • Louvain and Jerneppe — ITours and Nantes 5 Lyons and Avignon 2.' t (M‘Kenzie's) ....... Luxembourgh.. 2 A I Do- :Lefebvre's) ..... Namur and Licge s ss Verona a,,d Ancona.... 4! , 1 Orleans and Vierzon 17 1 h West Flannt r s ......... BANKRUPTCY.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Commissioner Farm) As IMPORTANT DECISION UNDER THE SMALL VESTS ACT.- JURISDICTION OF COURTS OF REQUEST. tbl This morning, several applications having been made to Learned Commissioner for summonses issued against Pe judgments given in Courts of Request, The Learned Commissioner Farm said he would gile." Oa b e ,„. in one of these cases. I n consequence o f th e m ode in Act was flamed, it was impossible to generalise the 1 ,02 : t o fr would, however, say that this Court had not only to h r.:, to t / judgment of the court fr o m w hi c h th e j u d gmen t i s sued, u" the question of jurisdiction, and to pron o unce w hether it 0 petent to adjudge in the case. Now the Act before hire Of" many special exemptions—that it should have no jurisdictifti lands—nor testamentary, matrimonial, or ecclesiastica l g c oll l tithes, tolls, or insurances. He would like to know 1 1 ° ° _,, h ; It° be expected to say that the amount claimed might not 0 •" fool one or other of these cases or exemptions ? OOP el The ATTORNEY for the plaintiff said that he belicv... _ A , .00 0 of the judgment or order of the Court, the Learned Cca liinj could proceed. 11, The Learned ComitissioNza— I am of a different oPin i° : Co d , first bound to see that there is a judgment; next, tbat "'n e are r ' has a jurisdiction. I know the jurisdiction of the Court of 2 0 jo riP Bench to extend all over England, but I do not know tne cr it.ri l diction of every court in the kingdom. These O e _.,„• e s O re , points, and in these cases, where di ffi culties arise, s 0' called upon to appear in person ; therefore I have 0 14 tla t vantage of a solicitor. gr ratt The ATTORNEY said the errors of the law migbt be o' the public could not answer for them. O lt# The Learned COMMISSIONER—Neither can I. d I be occur they must be surmounted legally. A nCe Pt did The ArroaNev said that there was prima facie evi-e - ,....1/0- jurisdiction of the Court, by the fact of process being e l.— • or issuable. It ole . " - esi The COMMISSIONER—If the Act means anything, -- iv' matter of fact, not of presumption. I might, if I W. - eat with presumptions, commit a party on an erroneous lotoself, an incompetent court, and make myself liable to an a tta r ocer for false imprisonment. The rational course would bs ` oo jo . every court depending on its own jurisdiction to enfor ce ment. The Learned Commissioner then proceeded to 't,,so te 111 1 , 0 :, under all the circumstances, he should refuse to act, e xi n i saying what course should be pursued, he should advise ' 3 /O K to take advice of their solicitors until a judgment of 1 court was obtained. -r I CRIMINAL COURT.-THISin A_ 1 OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Baron PLATO s EASts s :' MANSLAUGHTER.—THE PRINCE OF WALES MArtoare - Too -. Henry Ross, the captain of the Prince of Wales Marg ate . t was indicted for the manslaughter of David Davis, the m'" gird small vessel called the Culloden, on the 22d of July, the in 0( Thames. e Mr. RYLAND conducted the prosecution on behalf of the D, London, and from the statements of the case to thejurl roll° him, it appeared that, on the day in question, the vessel' of ta the prisoner was in command,-in consequence of the eat f. a lled c° ; pidity at which she was going, came against the boat of the jot' of which the deceased was mate, and swamped it, by Whjc 010 persons were thrown into the River, and Davis and two drowned. Mr. Prendergast appred also with Mr. Ryland for th . e f e r. cution, and Mr. Clarkson ea and Mr. Bodkin defended the Pu s° , On Enoch Evans belonged to the Mary and Margaret v a l; ri t ll the 22d July was employed to unmoor the Cullode n, i r ate, Thames. At this time a steam-vessel passed by at rar ste r, 1 .0 " swell of which filled the boat of the Culloden with 1r ,e0.1%t caused her to sink. The witness and four other pers ons IA r in the boat were immersed in the water. Witness was ha the other three men were lost. which wit/ Cross.examined by Mr. CLARKSON—The boat in t o was saved was a waterman's skiff, and much sma ller thn u bic e boat of the Culloden. The long.boat was chaine d, host' 0 1, vented its rising with the swell occasioned by the stea,.ooeie• the chain had been loosened, the boat would not, in all P , have gone down. whi'" Re-examined by Mr. PRENDERGAST —The okiu „, in e to ness was was greatly affected by the swell. et F. By Mr. Baron PLAIT—The water from the swell did n 1 tet S the skiff in which witness was saved. tett io o that Mr he knew. Williams the , deceased David the comman de Davis. Onr of the Mi the (WY 'ford h 4 oostos Toe .0( dio he was on board his ve s sel, w hi c h was near the saw Davis and three other men unmooring the ster n c nilte„, l( Culloden ; they seemed to be doing it in a work' s o ll " Witness saw the bust capsized, in consequence of the 40 the steam-vessel, of which the prisoner was captain' _ host . 1 10 5 By Mr. Baron PLATT—CouId not say whether the,dered have floated had it Out been for the chain. He (10 the skiff floa ed because no person was in it. to w 010, Ephraim Keely—Saw the accident, and endeavoured g rog 10, three men that were drowned, but the swell was c :. he could not do anything with his boat. Near D ° o ot je s i ' where the accident occurred, there was generally a P e t on tr of vessels and boats. It was necessary at this Part 1. _Adid be very careful in the navigation of steam-veesels. .„, an:holt Cross.examined by Mr. CLARKSON—Was a watertni;oo" not like steam-vessels.—(Laughter.) All the ate So3. t o t el there can go fast down the river. W r By Mr. Baron PLATT—Did no t thi n k it prudent fe to e 0 00 uhder chains, as had been d one i n the present esT o olei w ee g vessels, when it was known that steam-vessels v ei , " the river. It was well known that a great many down the river about ten o'clo c k in the *umiak r ipe 14 COOPare a Parii•-b4U4a, carrobotatod 4 oNE 1 T - ~ Dlt rUIC,E kSISE a 3 pe pe Nem Lon Indi Incli Ban Con Ind Exch4 I,OC