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HARVEY, Esq., in the chair ; i„ ..._ .so re solved—That proceedings at law having been threatened ' n ol l obriotis rr l Ira:a:ay matters, it is very desirable that, with a view to ii; Clai elarliliiti: angement 'of just demands, and the resistance of Y made under the impression that the dread of ir, _s law charges will induce compliance, as also to ascertain the 06.'" l iabilities- of committee-men, shareholders, and applicants for '" r es ; and further to elicit the actual circumstances of various d;e, ~_ , _Y project s ( matters far too weighty and important for indivi paTtlil,` p9nsileility), a confidential meeting be speedily convened of was f 0 are interested in these objects. It wa Throm ether resolved,—Th at Messrs...kmorx, Sewell, and Moores, ett„.. , or tOn-street, be appointed solicitors, to whom persons n ,,,,,_`. 10 co-operate are invited to send their names and addresses, nuu Will be apprised of the proposed meeting. 7 _ OYAI,T - --)OLYTEUHNIC INSTITUTION, ma „ t Lecture on the PREFALENT DISEASE in POT , ATOES, b e "‘ ll e leans of extracting the Starch as an Article of I ood, will i %,,,: n„ delivered by Dr. Ryan, daily, at lialf-past Three, and on . t . the 10 of Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, at /sine nril-ent Professor Eachoffner's Taried Lectures, with . . e l xpe- f th e ~rqla One of which he clearly explains the princi i p a e_o kr.Vis,_ SPIIERIC RAILWAY, a model of which . is at work lv 2 . : 1 0 Y the p i . Me. the will Flutist, accompanied by , Dr. in n . uturd.7orte,.•will perform a DUET coNcEttra r N , TE, and a afte . r- NI : u favourite FANTASIA, at Three o'Clock on I uesdays, Thms- ItoT iv r Saturdays. Coleman's NEW AMERICAN T..3(.0- A Ina ""GINE, for ascending and descending Inclined . P lanes.. A norilicent COLLECTION of MODELS of TROPICAL FRUITS. %Teri d v•TY beautiful series of DISSOLVING VIENN tod b IN lee. Experiments with the 'II ER HELL, &c Sic'. ......_______Admission, One Shilling. Schools, Half-price. ,5..... N A tiONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY, 26, CORNHILL, LONDON. Capital 2500,000. this Empowered by Act of Parliament. ,autftution oftirs important and substantial advan- The aftWlthrooPect both to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. ( 1 %4 -- "or on ail occasions, the pow er . to borr)w, without ex tadAe,:...Lutre of the Policy, two-thirds of the premium paid, i nte f r , ohm he option of selecting benefits, and the conversion tOrmi r t s.. to t meet other conveniences er necessity. Assurances years are granted on the lowest possible rates. The sa DIVISION OF rROFITi. bire e l 4 7* and Increasing prosperity of the Society has enabled tli at the last annual investigation, to declare a third 'Mt Peak. g front 30 to 75 per cent. on the premiums paid on * *acted on the Profit scale. EXAMPLBS. ~1 1 8 1 11144 3 in. **l Bonus Bonus In fd t_ 1 iv i w Y l,' -5, added. Cash. g' g c &t U g -..,... got 1".."'"•----__1.....___ ir. 4 0. --- Iwo d. '1837 £l9l 13 5 £847 13 1 5 0 X l l3 l 178 6 Xr , 1 2 1 3 1 I( 1 3 4 1838 165 13 0 7 ...,..._ I —1839, 138 13 6 61 14 3 9 210 296 13 4 _ t,,,,,..1840, 89 0 0 41 13 4 60 0 247 4 8 u fae — ' b erettb °ll P e r esnt Profits is . animal, and the next will be reads in De , re year F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, See, ," O MIC LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, -rcir BRIDGE-STREET, BLACKFRIARS, LONDON. Established 1893. b i llAtitj r aDowered by Act of Parliament, 3 William IV. :yr ! , c 'N -- -The Right Hon. THOMAS FRANKLAND LEWIS. fou R ,.. A ,n O, 4N—HENRY FREDERICK STEPHENSON . , Esq.. Roving are among the advantages offered by this Society . kA ..tie th • Ltates of Premium than those of any other office, which en t:ot"u'ld to participate in the profits, and considerably lower s i „'" of other Mutual Assurance Society. — .. ,,, , , n t rs 4 — A e r u r i 3 .. j,rticipate in the profits, the whole being divisible tl3ol lus, in 1834, averaged IG/. per cent on the Premiums paid. P tiZ,nd ditto 1839, ditto 31/. ditto since the Ist division. 1 '4 4 ,Z , ditto 1844, ditto 3G/. ditto since the 2d division. r '''`USes and full particulars may be obtained on application to CAMPBELL JAMES DOWNER, Secretary. Tr% STANFORD, and BIRMING- I thb 141 1 fta etch). ILWAY (Leicester, by Stamford, to Boston and C o ( Provisionally Registered, 17tk April, 184 i.) Lg. gh.:lnlnittee of Management have the pleasure of announcing to ileti.-44holders in this Important undertaking, that the plans, see u,4lelerv. books of reference have bean duly deposited with the seve "lth ib - • of the Peace and at the Board of Trade, ix compliance order ' s of Parliament. 11 .440,, 11 Y order, EDWARD DANIEL, Secretary. •ut o n - street, Westminster, Dee. I, 1845. -ESTER and BIRMINGHAM RAIL WAY (BAXTER'S LINE). 04 e„ ( !revisionslly Registered, 10th April, 1845.) Zthe se l lnuttee of Management have the pleasure ef announcing n,B"ailholders iu this important undertaking, that the Plans. ; 4 %lq: i t/looks of Reference have been duly deposited with the of the Peace and at the Board of Trade, in compliance `4l standing orders of Parliament. 14 , 44,1.. BY order, EDWARD DANIEL, Secretary. 'Won -street, Westminster, Dec. 1. 1845. IVES, WISBECH, AND CAM BRIDGE JUNCTION RAILWAY. cont. and half the profits to be secured by lease to the T• he Eastern Counties Company.) itotio4BS har eholders are respectfully informed that the Plans, R ed and Books of Reference relating to this line of Railway, ,ZCar,b29 andaint Pres, with a branch, forming a junction with 4'4 of ti ' l l Uge Huntingdon line, have been all deposited at the e 13 oard of Trade, and at the offices of the several Clerks for the respective counties through which the line will ▪ barebolders arc also respectfully informed that the dep0"%4471, "%4 4 7 1 , and th e money rea dy t o b 3 deposited with the Court of ' in accordance with the standing orders. aoltx FRYER, Chairman of the Managing Committee. CROWDER and MAYNARD,} Solicitors. GEO. GAME DAY, b ee A '.'- . '1845 BUR CA ST L E-U P 0 N-T YN E, EDIN - nt,„ C ,. 15 1 and DIRECT GLASGOW JUNCTION RAIL -La a Branch by the North Tyne to Hezham. Capital, 1,500,0001., in 75,000 Shares of 201. each. t? '"lsion s i Deosit, 21. 2s. er Share. — I Y Registe p red, pursuant to 7 and 8 Vie., cap. 110.) PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. Jo -- b an. L. Monck, Bart., Belsay Castle, Northumberland '". Ogle, Esq., M.P., Kirkley-hall, Northumberland t — aer4enry Charleton,Hesleyside, Northumberland orn it i' e arleto n , Esq. Lee-hall, Northumberland Joilu Crawford,°°q Swinburn Castle, Northumberland ',„.• Ea, ~ paper manufacturer, Warden, Northumberland )61t 4 beri s " u nlaion, Iron manufacturer, Hareshaw Ironworks, North- Ir P .T n , L -0 11u rn ,,' — rey, Esq. Chipchase Castle, Northumberland at i 7 l 4 'leen, iron manufacturer, Ridsdale Ironworks, Northum -104 „ e r face, Saltwick, Northumberland ? ,,` Oll . Esq. Reedsmouth, Northumberland V e 'les A -4,l ghan, Esq. Newbrough-lodge, Northumberland l t alka' ttie us Monck, Esq. llumshaugh, Northumberland k j r a,,, es , Esq., Otterburn Tower, Northumberland aYne, paper manufacturer, North Northumberland b!litia, part, Esq. banker, Hexharn Abbey, umberland Cwd .ebling, Newton-hall, Northumberland m rector of Corsenside, Northumberland iirJsbiTelyan, jun. Esq. Topsham, Devon 14 Knt. Newcastle-upon-Tyne I t • Cl ia — ,aa Gray, tobacco manufacturer, Newcastle-xpon-Tyne u,„.r'es Rayne, merchant, Newcastle-upon-Tyne kr.wrt-laY Glynn, C.E. Newcastle-upon-Tyne 11 , 4 ; . 1 11 derson, jun. coal-owner, Newcastle-upon-Tyne p iia a cqui junter, collier reviewer, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ie tion r!dere: Ale x "Ison, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ,4 George Gray, merchant, Newcastle-upon-Tyne Z. %.":n l l Newcastle-upon-Tyne kjra„, Fr. Esq. M.P. Durham 4 4 . Tunstal-lodge, Sunderland . Mite,l.4llv b ite, Esq. Thorney-close, Sunderland t)i ati),11111. house, Sunderland 1 2 , 1 1 4 1 Brown, merchant, Sunderland Esq. manufacturer, Sunderland larbash alkali manufactory, South Shields 1 4 14, I , l a Greene, m erc h an t, Gateshead rs, Esq. J.P. Gateshead 7,..'Jick Lauder, Bart., Grange and Fountain-hall tq4.lckett, Esq. Lawhill Vglow wLauder, Esq. jun. Grange and Fountain-hall Itij t aki s , (.1 1 ,, ki a , Esq. one of the magistrates of Edinburgh 4711 tuawoacl, Esq, magistrate of Leith Jahn A lid ` d nie, Esq merchant, Leith lGtj;, e ,, r on, Esq.. jun., merchant, Edinburgh Val 11,."'" , 8, 1. provost of Lanark at nu 'ownlie, Esq. Convener Trades-house, Glasgow k~qpi, a nkier, Esq. provost of Calton, Glasgow Vater e,"'te Murray, Esq. St. Andrew's, Fife Trevelyan, Esq., Wallington, Northumberland et R., av er Rutherford, Esq., of Edgerton, sheriff of the county -'4l)Urgh (With power to add to their number). kNen-, eq„,, BANNERS. I d 4 ll ti -. * 1 *,,, • Glyn and Co. -44,7,...-",-TYne—Northumberland and Durham District Bank. 1. 0 — " - IN-Cmee—John Miller, Esq., C.E., Edinburgh. k r AL ENGIN EER s—Messrs. John and Benjamin Green. SOLICITORS. p,• l3 'wn, and Messrs. Laws and Glynn, Newcastle-upon-Tyne “ehard and Collette, 7, 5 Lincoln's Inn-fields, London. r. c LOCAL AGENTS. If •E. Sinclair, S.S.C., 11, South-bridge, Edinburgh 11 tears • J . and R. Gibson, Herham Strang, Yulle, and Keydon, writers, Glasgow k r. l lllarn Blackwood, Banker and Solicitor, Peebles Simon Scott, writer, Jedburgh George Oliver, writer, Hawick Ye °ara. Curls and Erskine, writers, Melrose. `Mtg. a PARLIAMENTARY AGENTS. P ° tilawoode and Robertson, Great George-street, London. -1 of th e SECRETARY—Mr. James Potts. Company, 11, Eldon-sqaare, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. kau '''lls for prospectuses and shares to be made to the sell 1 4. tr, 1 e , the following brokers :—Messrs. Warburton and Co., LT;cliange Market-street, Newcastle - upon-Tyne ; Messrs. 1 -‘l,.." rfl ett, and Ellis, 11, Birchin-lane, London ; Robert Allan, Pinang and Hom e, and Anthony Shiels, Esq., Edin 14old,'I'''''re. M'Ewin an Auld, Glasgow; Messrs. William rp s , oi end Sons, and Messrs. D. and J. B. Neilson, 11 1 Willi Messrs. Alsop and Son,Messrs. Beaumont anison, Leeds - Messrs. Robertson and Bates, and Itrtiluntelioinas Cardwell ' and Sons, Manchester lqrs. L a e hl ; Messrs. Walmsley, Woodhead, and Co.. Bradford ; and Tunstal, Bristol; Messrs. Wm. Moore and Co., 1,„ ; Mr. J. N. Balme , G loucester ; Mr. W. Pollard, Lin lui'4 T r's. Warburton and Crosslnd, Sheffield Du ; rham ; Messrs. Messrs. Helll- 1), No — "is, Halifax ; Mr. T. C. a Maynard, Allason, and Mr. W. I. Barker, Sunderland; Mr. Wm. tli;' , l4 4 lnwick ; Mr. T. Glover, South Shields ; Mr. John Hurst, • 4 4.1. Joe. Nelson Settle ; Mr. John Sturrock, jun., Dundee ; te, P erth; and Mr. Walker Thompson, Berwick. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHA RES. upzu P r ovisional Committee of the Newcastle - upon - Tyne , Edin •,, N• ol . o .l. l nrect Glasgow Junction Railway, with a Branch by I Yne to Hexhare. t° dha of ; 1, -1 request that you will allot to me is t :es vi- each in this Company, and I undertake to accept the 114L5t0 eV the deposit thereon, or upon any less number that allotted to me ; and I also undertake to' execute the Par -141'' Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when required. Residence.. Trade or Profession (if any) • • Place of Business • • • • Address of' Referee •• . • •••.•••• • .• • • • • • D O) of Application •• .. • ALLOCATIt;:F in ti ° tlrnittee of Management In: OF SHARES. ve now the satisfaction to esub, .., of It e cLibers and the public that the. an tions t and la ere of this undertaking have ts, en ?•: , :mpl Se ete e d, and de fi,ln,inu,armapliance with the standing orders of t.. two Houses of (40 ss,,,, , 2!hich will enable them to apply for an T t he 11,4 1 di n g"" and as none of the ether lines projected to 1 11, 4 London and Edinburgh Direct and Darlington °nu fheenu4letion Railway) have lodged their Plans and Sections klu t , e ;ily o y with the Standing Orders, this Company is, therefore, i ar lrp,;l7_ lll a position to apply to Parliament in the ensuing Ses -1,1 s m ",,,Vs to make a Railway by the midland route to Edin eual"rnireow. tee have much pleasure in stating' that the result of tu ai l been matte Is such as completely to answer the objections which 14 tined j ua ( le to their line in various quarters, and that they are il e ,f ea, 1 1 the opinion which they at first held, that the line would orrnation, and that the tunnel through the Carter would Ae 73' hereby g 1 4 aq tt 7,' one mile and a quar t er in length. receives; r notice, that no Application for Shares will km, _l o aner the 15th of December, and that the allotment will on after that date as possible. By order, CHARLES ATTICUS MONCK, Chairman. orA te . , Of the JAMES POTTS, Secretary. ~e ss• -e uompan 11 Eld on-square, At a castle. Y, , ; 1 MP.pTP on-TYne, 3, 1845. sW IY cut; ING of LANDOWNERS, held November 10, 1845, at •e, .th e Inn, the following resolution was adopted : e undersigned, landowners on and near the line of railway 11 tO Edi n b ___eee l and a Company , calling itself the Newcastle-o )4,7ain, 1 1 '4 ,1 , and Direct Glasgow Railway, with a branch to t a :elt, th e j, ll B considered the proposed line, and explained with Mr. arci hnirman of the Managing Committee of the said Railway Weu t ' ai ll lin ford• -4 try throlf h opini . on that.eth,ewproposed line of railway, both in e and in its bran h ill be beneficial both to the line Ed., th e g which it will pass, and to our own estates, in af ibit ou n, a z , i i ol;test and easiest communication between Glasgow, lady " 4 etherewcastle-upon-Tyne, and in opening out to use the k w e minerals which may be now lying unwrought in our eare of Opinion, therefore, that the projectors of the pro '44,e -ens ia llght to have our consent and support, subject to such re 10', tag" • „ regard to all private and personal interests as is usual in 'eY C a hn _ Inn, Nov.lo, 1845. ) Jo E. Swinburne. F. G. Ellison (for Ralph Bates, Chas. M. L. llonck. Esq.) Thos. Anderson. J. S. Ogle. Atkinsoil Marie. Thomas James. John Forster. R. C. Askew, for self and the W. D. Dent. Misses Deviclion. ~; ►.:'~.. No. T HE OXFORD AND SALISBURY DIRECT RAILWAY. CHAIRMAN—Thomas Dowglasse, Esq. ENGINEER-IN-CHlEF—Sainuel Charles Brees, ESQ. SOLICITORS—Messrs. Elmslie and Preston, 47, Moorgate-street. SEcarreav—Z Itubbersty, Esq. The Committee of Management have the satisfaction to announce that the proper Notices have bean published in the .` London Ga zette" and Provincial Newspapers, and that the Plans, Sections, and Books of Reference, have been deposited in the Parliamentary Offices and with the Clerks of the Peace for the several Counties through which the Line is proposed to pass. The Committee are further desirous to state that Testimonials in favour of the Line have been most numerously signed by the landowners, tradesmen, farmers, and inhabitants of every town throughout the country proposed to be traversed ; and that the Engineer of the Company assures them that the construction of the intended railway will be completed at very much less expense titan he originally contemplated. By order of the Board, Z. HUBBERSTY, secretary. Moorgate Chambers, Mougate-street, I)ee. 1, 1845. MIDLAND UNION and BURTON-UPON- I TRENT, ASHBY-DE-LA-ZOUCH, and LEICESTER RAILWAY, with a diverging Line to Trent Valley Railway at Atherstone. (Provisionally Registered, 16th May, 1845.) The Committee of Management have the pleasure of announcing to the Shareholders in this important undertaking, that the Plans, Sections, and Books of Reference have been duly deposited with the several Clerks of the Peace, and at the Board of Trade, in compli ance with the standing orders of Parliament. By order, WILLIAM KNIGHT, Secretary. 16, Abingdon-street, Westminster, Dec. 1, 1845. F4DINBURGH AND PERTH RAILWAY. . The Committee of Management beg to inform the Shareholders that the Plans, Sections, and Books of Reference of this Railway, have been duly deposited, in terms of the standing orders of Par liament. The London Shareholders are at the same time informed that the new Scrip will be ready for delivery on the 16th current, and will be obtained on their forwarding to Messrs. Spottiswoode and Robertson, 27, Great Geoi ge-street, Westminster, their banker's re ceipts, and receipts granted for the original scrip. Any parties who have not yet paid the additional deposit of 1/. 10s. may still do so at Messrs. Coutts and Co., or the other bankers of the Company. Edinburgh, Dec. 5, 1845. CITY of TORONTO and LAKE HURON RAILWAY COMPANY. DIRECTORS. Charles Franks, Esq., Chairman. 11. H. Berens, Esq. Francis Lloyd, Esq. Pierce S. Butler, Esq., M.P. F. 11. Mitchell, Esq. John Esthope, Esq. Edward Scard, Esq. Frederick C. Gaussen, Esq. Alexander Stuart, Esq. Lieut.-Col. Charles Head Willin Wilson, Esq. The shareholders in the above Company are informed that the Deed of Settlement having been approved by the registrar, they will be shortly required to sign the same, of which due notice will be given. In the meanwhile the Directors have the pleasure of acquainting the share holders that a very satisfactory arrangement has been made with the City of Toronto and Lake Huron Railway Company, incorporated by the Canadian Legislature, by which all the powers of the Act of Incorporation passed in Canada have been made available to this Company, which is thereby enabled to proceed Immediately with the undertaking. By order of the Board, W. T. SMITH, Secretary. PUBLICATIONS. In post Bvo., with Eleven Portraits, price lOs 6d. AGALLERY OF LITERARY PORTRAITS. By GEOTIGE GILFILLAN. Exhibiting the following dis tinguished writers :—Jeffrey, Godwin, Ilazlitt, Hall, Shelley, Chal mers, Carlyle, De Quincey, Foster, Wilson, Irving and the Preachers of the day, Lander, Campbell, Brougham, Coleridge, Emerson, Wordsworth, rollok, Lamb, Cunningham and the. Rural Poets, Elliott, Keats, Macaulay, Aird, Southey, Lockhart. W. Tait, Edinburgh ; Simpkin, Marshall, and Co., London. N EW MORNING PAPER, to be commenced early in the new year. The DAILY NEWS, a Morning Newspaper of Liberal Politics and thorough Independence. The leading features of the paper may be briefly stated under the following heads : Its City News and Commercial Intelligence, collected from the highest sources, will be scrupulously impartial, and always early. Its Scientific and Business Information on every topic connected with Railways, whether In actual operation, in progress, or pro jected, will be found to be complete. 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Just published, in demy 12m0., price 4s. in cloth, embellished with line Portrait of Luther and Cranmer, THE TRIAL OF ANTI-CHRIST, otherwise the Man of Sin and High Treason against the Son of God : tried at the Sessions House of Truth. By a Friend to St. Peter. With an Appendix cent ining Strictures on the Doctrine of the Catholic Church, entitled a New Defence of the Holy Roman Church against Heretics and Schismatics. " Having been favoured with a sight of the original copy, we con sider that the work is deserving a large circulation, forming as it does, in an attractive manner, a complete epitome of ecclesiastical history, lives and sufferings of the martyrs, Popish miracles, indul gences, absolutions, &c. &c , from the year 606, when the Pope first assumed I he title of Universal Bishop."—Plymonth Times. 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PERRY'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS, price 2s. 9d., 4s. 65., and I Is. p er ebox, without are the most effectual remedy for strictures, inflam mation, S hindrance tss. Consultation fee, if by letter, 11. Minute detail if cases necessary. Messrs. R. and L. Perry and Cs.,, surgeons, may be consulted, as usual, at 19, Berners-street, Oxford-street, London. da ly, aid at 106, Duke-S eet, Liverpool, every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday ; and at 10, St. Jo'in-street, Deansgate, Man hester, of Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesday's. SILVER TEA SERVICES. B. SAVORY and SONS, Manufacturing • Silversmiths, 14, Cornkill , L ondon, opposite the Bank of England, submit the prices of the following SILVER stand TE i .1 land COFFEE SERVICES. The Cottage P a ttern is plain, shell feet, the Tea and Coffee Pot with a flower ornament on the lids. The King's Pattern is richly embossed with dowers and scrolls. The shape of either is new and elegant. Cottage Pattern. King's Pattern. Strong Silver Tea Pot.. £ l2 0 Atrong Silver Tea Pot. £l2 0 0 Ditto Sugar Fasin •• • • 616 C Di tto Su g ar Basin •• . • 710 0 Ditto Milk Ewer.. •• .. 410 0 D i t to Cream Ewer •• • • b 10 0 Ditto Coffee Pot ••• • .. 15 0 0 Ditto Coffe e Pot ••• • .. 15 0 0 Complete •• • • £3B 6 0 Complete •• • • £4O 0 A variety of upwards of Fifty Tea a nd Coffee Services may be seen in the Show-rooms, where may be selected every article of Silver requisite for the sideboard or plate chest. Pamphlets of Prices, illustrated with sketches of the various arti cles, gratis, and forwarded, postage free, to any part of the kingdom. A. B. Savory and Sons , 14, CornhilL London, opposite the Bank of England. A cßosric addresed to MR. GRIMSTONE, ON HIS INCOMPARABLE EYE SNUFF. . G Ifted of men, who by thy wondrous art, R enow ,;7.d in every clivi me lised do, thro ugmain h every part, I n Europe's and ci ; millions, and again, M bi zed and scorching shores s ,: tdst Asia's emu tretching from Afric T o where the mighty Niagara i . .."r 5 0 h ! here accept this tributary lay, N or deem that I can ever well repay, E xcept in gratitude sincere, profound, 'S uch wondrous benefits I so long have found. X 'en from the moment I was led to try Y OUT marv'llous SNUFF, the SAVIOUR OF TUB Eva I E ass, health, and comfort, now attend my day. afe from the lamp's bewild'ring dazzling blaze, N or dreading e'en the Sun's TOO burning rays. U nflt, in former days, for much employ, F eeling, not seeing : now, indeed, my joy, F rea and unbounded, thrives without alloy I Sept., 1845. J. M. 3. Observe—The gigantic balance of all, the Public Press I eulogise this excellent compound of British Herbs. The reader will remem ber that this celebrated Eye Snuff has been before the Public up wards of thirty-three years, advancing in the favour of all who use it. This odoriferous Snuff is sold loose at 6d. per ounce, or in canis ters bearing the above Royal Authority, and the sanction of her Majesty's Lords of the Treasury on each canister, at Bd., ls. 2s. 4d., 4s. 4d., 85., and 15s. 6d. each, by all Tobacconists, Merchants, and others. This Eye Snuff is exported in white stone canisters to all quarters of the globe. A liberal discount allowed to Merchants, Shippers, Agents, and others, on taking large quantities. Look well to the Signature of the Inventor, W. GRIMSTONE, 434, O XFORD STREET, and 24, KING STREET, LONG ACRE, LONDON. *.* For the convenience of Tobacconists, Grocers, and others who sell this Herbaceous Eye Snuff loose, and wish to have it in large quantities, they can be now supplied with canisters containing ten pounds, or upwards, if required. By sending a Post Office Order for 3s , a 2s. 4d. canister will like be returned, with full particulars, postage lacluded, and so On in proportion. vz 16,635. LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING SUN, DECEMBER 9, 1845. T OURS AND NANTES RAILWAY. MACKENZIE, PATERSON, AND CO. REPORT TO THE SHAREHOLDERS. Your Directors have the satisfaction to announce the amalgama tion of eight principal Companies in competition for the lease of this Railway. Among these competitors, your Company occ u p ied a proud posi tion. They not only presented a subscription list of the ve:y first class, and comprising much that was calculated to inspire public confidence, but a depcdt fund, amounting to 6,425,000 n, or more than double the caution-money required by the French Government. It is gratifying to your Directors that, by common coment, even amr,ngst their competitors, the first place was conceded to your Com- N OTTINGHAM, MANSFIELD, and MID LANDS JUNCTION RAILWAY. The Committee of Direction beg to inform the Shareholders: that the Sections, Plans, and Books of Reference, were duly lodged with tke Board of Trade, and the Clerk of the Peace at Nottingham, on the 30th of November, but owing to the circumstance of several sheets of the section having been abstracted froth the lithographer's office, its completion was retarded several hours, and consequently could not be lodged with the Clerks of the Peace at Chesterfield and Newark, until two o'clock in the morning following. The Directors gladly take this opportunity of stating that the Shareholders of the Sheffield, Ashton-ender-Lyne, and Manchester Railway, at their meeting at Sheffield, on the 3d December, unanimously confirmed the arrangements heretofore made by their Directors for the lease of this, and the Boston, Newark, and Sheffield Railway. The Com mittee continue to have the greatest confidence in the success of the undertaking, and are satisfactorily assured that the trivial delay re ferred to will cause no impediment to the progress of the Bill. The Direct n's are hanpy to inform the Shareholders that the full deposit of 10 per cent. has been paid upon the capital, a great part of which is invested in Government securities, and the remainder se cured at three per cent. By order, Mansfield, Dec. 5, 1845 SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM TIIE MORNING PAPERS Of TIIIS DAT. TIMES.—The Ministerial decision is by this time universally received not merely as a fact, but as the only thing that could have been done. The denials are few and vociferous. In the midst of an all but universal mur mur of approbation a few malcontents reiterate nega tives and abuse, and enjoy that distinctness of audience which is the privilege of singularity. Under colour of not believing an announcement, which to them, of course, is disagreeable enough, they daily discharge showers of conditional invective on the Ministers who have been so unkind as neither to value their opinions nor fear their indignation. It is impossible to believe this shocking intelligence (they argue), for then that enlightened and high-minded Minister whom we brought into power, who then pledged himself most solemnly that he would always walk in the light of the Con stitution—that is, in the light of the sliding-scale—and whose most intimate and confidential allies and organs we have always been, would be guilty of the foulest and most diabolical treachery to his Sovereign, to the nobility and gentry, to all orders and estates of men, to the clergy, to the farmers and la bourers, and above all, to our own most noble selves. The supposition is laid down fearfully and humbly enough. We cannot believe that Sir Robert Peel has been so base, but if he has, then he may see his portrait, done in a bold, clashing style, in the columns of his par ticular friend. The fabric of abuse built on this contin gent foundation reaches to the clouds. There is Alp upon Alp of rage and scurrility. For our own part, we must confess ourselves so astounded by the fury of this demonstration that we lose sight of the conditional ele ment. We have already pointed out the wanton folly and cruelty of this course. Though a mere private and ridiculous pique, the disappointed agitators are leading their dupes into the most gratuitous absurdity and ruin. Their make-believe incredulity fails to make the farmer incredulous also ; it only makes him conclude that he is on the eve of a dreadful calamity.. In spite of them he be lieves, or rather knows, that the days of protection are numbered, but.he listens:to his treacherous advisers just so far as to think his wheat therefore will soon be good for nothing. This is sufficiently indicated by the state of the corn-market yesterday, as our readers will find under the proper head. Since the continual meetings of the Cabinet, the letters of Lord John Russell and Lord blorpeth, and other ominous circumstances created a general persuasion that something decisive would be done, we are told that wheats have suffered a decline of 3s. to 4s. per quarter, and all other kinds of grain have fallen in proportion. That this haste to sell arises from a mere political delusion is clear from the fact that all the best authorities, both in the Corn Exchange and the whole mercantile world, are unanimously of opinion that the repeal of the corn-laws will certainly, imme diately, and most considerably raise the prices all over the world. We do not see how it can be otherwise. Nay, if we have any one misgiving as to the wisdom of the Ministerial measure, it originates in the thought of what may possibly arise from the whole current of British speculation being for the first time allowed free play on foreign produce, just at the crisis when the stock is most unusually low. The farmer is, of course, only too easy a prey to these alarmists, from the circumstance that his boasted protection has, in a man ner, insulated him from the corn trade of the world, and kept him profoundly ignorant of it. He has not known a regular competition with it; and has, indeed, known nothing about it, except that it is a certain frightful in finity of mischief. Little is he aware that the average of importations from the whole world does not exceed the produce of one English county, or half the demand of our metropolis, and, what is more, that it would take many years of labour, skill, and money to increase that importation. Hence the fatal facility with which he is duped by leaders as ill-informed, perhaps, as himself. Any well-informed authority will open his eyes to his error. Corn is not only a most legitimate, but a most natural subject of speculation. From the earliest times accumulations of grain have been the chief means of increasing wealth, of acquiring influence, of sustaining power, of preserving nations, and benefiting the world. The certainty that, in a cyele of years, the staff of life would become scarce and precious has led the merchant and the prince to hoard up the redundance of good years in order to supply the deficiency of bad ones. The more accumulation, the more cultivation there has been. It is the peculiar vice of the sliding-scale that it has reduced the most beneficial of speculations into a mere cast of the die. It has taken the trade from the farmer and the merchant, and left it in the hands of the gambler. While all other buying and selling has been regular, honest, and profitable to all parties—while the buying and selling of money, stocks, bills, and all kinds of artificial and conventional wealth has been the employment of prudent men—the buying and selling of grain alone has been degraded to the level of the roulette-table and rouge et noir. It has been regular only in uniformly wrecking the character and fortune of everybody who engaged in it. Judicious and respectable men have instinctively shunned it, and preferred any other use of their money and exercise of their wits. There is, then, some reason to fear an extravagant competition by the British capitalist for the hundred thousand quarters of foreign wheat still within his reach. It is a mere nothing com pared with the enormous sums available and ready fur speculation, or with the sums actually embarked in other speculations of a much more uncertain character. We believe it to be within the capacity of half a dozen merchants of London to monopolise all the redundant produce of the world, both now existing and for years to come—a monopoly far more likely to set up the farmer than any sliding-scale his friends have ever given him. At any rate, before he listens to a set of disappointed alarmists, let him ascertain for himself the quantity of corn which can at present be brought into the market against him, and then ask, from his own knowledge of agricultural affairs, how soon that can be multiplied in any very ruinous proportion. CHRONICLE.—We are willing to admit, that no one who is earnestly desirous for the accomplishment of any object—for the success or public adoption of any favou rite principle—can be indifferent to the support of the Times. We have therefore seen with the greatest satis faction the clear and unqualified advocacy which our Contemporary has recently given to the general princi ples of free trade, and especially as far as they relate to the corn-laws. We were, however, totally unprepared to find the columns of the Times used for the purpose of resuscitating, or attempting to resuscitate, one of the most flagrant and barefaced fallacies ever advanced for the purpose of supporting monopoly, or affrighting the nation from the bare consideration of free-trade doc trines. It is a stale, and, until we saw it repeated in the, Times yesterday, we thought a worn-out trick of the sup porters of the protective system, to attempt to confound duties imposed for the purposes of protection with those imposed for revenue. It was by this juggle that the protective system was first introduced, by which it attained the firm footing which it did in this country and others, by which it is still maintained here and else where, and by which the prejudices and fears of man kind aro aroused to its support whenever its existence is threatened. A repeal of the corn-laws is, or rather has been—for we would still fain think that such a fallacy now finds but few supporters—held by a large class as a matter of unquestionable justice, but from consideration of " The Debt ;" and free trade an unquestionable be nefit, but for the large annual revenue to which our re sources are pledged. These are the pretences which have been artfully put out for the purpose of inflicting an impost, in the shape of protective duties, on one part of the community for the sole benefit of another ; by which, under the plea of revenue, one class has been enabled to exact a tax, for its own private uses, from all others. But the Timesis surely not, at this time of day, after this selfish fallacy has been laughed to ridicule, about to attempt to re vive it ; at a moment, too, when a large portion of the public is in the most sensitive state with regard to changes which our Contemporary now, with the majority of the coun try, deems inevitable. It is a time when the duty of the press is rather to seek out and eradicate existing errors, and to allay groundless apprehensions, than again to drag to light and give the sanction of its autho [ADVERTISEMENT.]-ICING'S EVIL OR SCROFULA rity to prejudices, which even those who have been most EFFECTUALLY CURED BY HOLLOWAY'S PILLS AND OINT.. interested in the maintenance of a vicious system no MENT.—Very lately some of the most surprising cures in this longer venture to appeal to. And yet we find that, in terrible complaint have been made by the powerful virtues of an otherwise able and useful article, in yesterday's Times, these :universal medicines. If space would admit, the par- this fallacy is put forward in a most imposing and mis ticulars of some few cases might be cited, which would no chievous form. In speaking of the effects of a repeal of doubt :astonish our greatest medical men. Suffice it to say, t h e corn -l aws our C on t emporary says :—" B u t every great that many who had been cripples for years have been restored w as h e o an } : av o e f b t e h e e n se so p f i o ll r s t , un h a a t s e been the usethe 0, e, political achievement involves a loss or a sacrifice. Here to the use of their limbs, their wounds being completely healed; th , e_rie as ws e i s ll o b r e c a g loss , and a sacrifice. We . speak not ues but of the country. And the p w o h r i t l i e on pe o r r fe b c le t ss h in ea g lt o h l a b d these admirable medicines. Sold by all druggists, and at Pro- country, whatever it may hereafter gain in other re fessor Holloway s Establishment, 244, Strand, London. spects, will lose altogether and for ever in point of re nts WONDER or WONDERS. —AR enormous bear venue. Nor are we justified in expecting that this loss fed upon bread for the last twelve months, challenges coin- will be solely in the article of corn. Mr. Cobden parison with any of the prizes at the Bazaar. This animal very recently informed a French journal that the League will be exhibited dead and dressed, so as to show the depth confined its attacks to the monopoly of corn, because its of fat, during Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, mem b ers k new that this being abolished, the aristocracy the four days of the cattle-show, in front of Mr. Ray's pre- would unite to suppress all others. This means , that if mises, No. 8, King-street , Baker-street, two doors only from the duties on corn are once removed, all other customs' the Bazaar, and was fattened by those celebrated perrequiers, Messrs. Ross and duties will follow. Is the country prepared for thi s ? perfumers, hair-cutters, and hair-d y ers, Sons, 119, B i shopsga t e - s treet, London, of whom only can the genuine bear's-grease be ob tained. Are the national revenues such as to enable us to dis pense with customs duties altogether ? Can we afford Nothing could be better devised than Nicoll's Re- to lose twelve or fourteen millions a year at once ? If gistered Paletot to suit the ever-varied nature of our climate, we do, how are we to replace it ?By direct taxation ? forming, as it now does, not only the sine qua non of the Do the people of England then seriously prefer direct railway traveller, but is equally so adapted for any gentleman to indirect taxation ? If so, we should like to ascertain taking out-door exercise. It may be said distinctly to mark from what time this penchant may be dated. All these century, if that is rightly considerations must force themselves on the minds bot h shrei much at ease. an unpretending o f th e p u blic and their rulers. That which we pro andghly phecied may soon take place_;a concentrated attack Certainlythe costume e d m graceful ara sk e da o nbw f eola t i Ni h r,cce e hrr ictsohoaetn nineteenthlwyi toiasrnepsrapti frceouenolrsilsfegd will be made on all customs' duties." It does not re a general public favourite , bein g so p eculi arly English, and 're that we should appeal to the often-repeated objects avoiding all foreign extravagance of style. It must be ac knowledged as a vast improvement over the old great coat, 1 associated in our remembrance with an uncomfortable sensa- trade haveadvocating those doctrines, in order to had in d attributed Which all the writers and speakers in favour of free tion of tight buttonings, which, from its very clumsiness, show how utterly inapplicable are the esigns the Times. defeated its object, the warmth of the person, as interfering to them in the passage which we quote itsfrom with the proper circulation of the blood. are black, blue, brown, and olive ; also the clerical mixture tive duties, so far from assisting in any degree _ called O x ford, a nd can be bad of the patentees, or only of ' efficiency of those imposed for the purposes f The principal hues , The proposition carries its absurdity on face. Prottehce the most respectable clothiers out of London. Every winter revenue—so far from aiding the Exche q uer, are the paletot is three guineas , a nd is stam pted in the lining with most insidious enemie s with which they have to contend. the words, °'R eg i s t e red 6 and 7 Vie., c a p. 65. 11 . J . an d D. Protective d ut i es , lik e revenue duties, raise the price of Nicoll, 114, Regent - street , London. ' commodities to the pub lic, limit their consum p tion, cramp DEATH OF TOWNSEND, THE PEDESTRIAN.—The the powers and contract our commerce, without yielding, veteran," so well known in sporting circles, expired latelyeoefrircehvepnruies.atelif:dhie. in the Clifl'e Workhouse, Lewes, and was buried in South- goes amountto over churchyard. He was 54 years of age. Townsend was . d ls—and if it does not, then it is not a protective considered one of the first pedestrians of his day, and from vi us perform extraordinary feats, particularly matches against t e 9 blic the Exchequer is in no degree benefited by whole n h a o n le y orcasaen,ya part of corresponding adety I it, Now the article of corn—independently of the strong his possessing great powers of endurance,. was enabled to dot it is quite clear that while it is equally a tax on time. parry. In the actual state of the money market, and in the present de pressed situation of railway property in general, your Directors deemed it prudent to prefer rather a fraction of a concession, obtained upon the very beet terms, than to run the risk of a probably reckless competition, that could not fail to be ruinous to the Company who should obtain it. To arrive at a resnit so much to be desired, and to include in this arrangement all the bona fide competing Companies, your Directors made many successive sacrifices. They have succeeded in retaining one-fifth of the stock, and seven Directors (four French and three English) in the consolidated Company, via.:— CAPITAL. Francs. Mackenzie, Paterson, and Co. ..... • ... 8,000,000 Currette and Co. .. ••••• • .• .• 6,000,000 Drouillard and Co. •••••• .. • • • ........... 5,000,000 Raigecourt and Co. .. •• • • •• • .... 5,000,000 Lefevre and Co. • • O'Neill and Co. .. Delamarre and Co. . . Basse Loire . T. IL RIGBYE, Secretary FOR EXPORTATION OR GENTLEMEN TRAVELLING. THE STOMACH AND ENEMA PUMPS, and RESERVOIRS, invented by J. READ, arc sanctioned by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, and the most eminent members of the profession in this Kingdom, the Continents of Europe, India, and America, vide " The New York Medical and Physical Journal," the " Life of Sir Astley Cooper." These distinguished patronages induced - a host of unprincipled adventurers to palm on the public spurious imitations as improvements on Read's patent Foun taM Reservoirs,lwith the incumbrance of chains and stopcocks. These facts have been made known to the patentee by the number of the paltry instruments that are sent him from all parts of the kingdom, and frequently from India to repair, and are not worth the expense of carriage ; but as a protection against those piracies, J. R. has in structions from the lion. East India Company to place their mark on all his instruments sent to their presidencies. But in vain may a humble mechanic attempt to defend himself against such wholesale frauds, when instruments with all the imperfections above alluded to, are boldly and falsely advertised as Read's Patent Pumps. The genuine instruments are manufactured only by the Patentee, at 35, Regent-circus, Piccadilly. None are genuine except stamped with his name. 40,000,000 Directors—Messrs. The Baron Sarget, Regent of the Bank of Bordeaux; Edward Caillard and Bagnieres, Directors of the Messa genies Generales of France; Monternault, ancien magistrat ; William Mackenzie and J. D. Barry, Resident Directors in Paris ; and Richard Paterson as a member of the Board in London. The other members of the London Board are Mr. John Anderson, Mr. Bagshaw, and Captain Chamier, R.N. The competition of the " Postmasters' Company" did not in the least alter the determination of your Directors as to their bidding. They had made up their minds, whatever might be the number of competitors, not to accept the lease of this railway unless for a term that could not fail to be highly remunerative to the Shareholders (considered only with respect to the actual traffic), in addition to the mathematical certainty of the repayment of the capital in the term of the lease, by the operation of a moderate sinking fund. The result of the adjudication is, a lease to the consolidated Com pany for a term of 34 years and 15 days, to be computed from the period of the opening of the line to the 'While, throughout its entire length from Tours to Nantes. The maximum term fixed by the law relating to this railway was 35 years. As to the general conditions of the grant, it may suffice to say, that they are precisely the same in every respect as those of the Or leans and Bordeaux Railway, except that in the case of the Tours and Nantes Railway the Company are bound to repay the Govern ment the actual cost of the land for the seat of the railway and its accessories. The Company will thus have to support only about one-half of the entire cost of an admirably constructed railway, stocked and appointed in the most efficient manner. They will, consequently, have only one-half the capital on which to provi le a dividend, with the whole net revenue of the line applicable to that purpose. After the distribution of a return equal to eight per cent. per an num to the Shareholders, the Government is entitled to one-half of the surplus profits, but not until after the first five years of the open ing of the line throughout to Nantes, and net even then unless the aggregate profits of the preceding years shall have been equal to six per cent. on the capital actually expended, plus a sinking fund. Your Directors would just observe, that a sinking fund of one and a half per cent., improved at four per cent. c om p ound interest, (i. e., extinguishing a four per cent. stuck, by paying off a certain number of Shares annually), will liquidate the whole capital of the Company in 33 years 46 days. There will then remain nearly one year of the lease unexpired, together with the value of the stock, materials, and stores, to be repaid to the Company by the Government, or the future lessees of the railway, within three mouths after the determination of the term of the lease. The revenue of the last year of the term, together with the amount of the valuation of the stock and stores of the Company, will amount to several millions of francs, which will be either distributed in the shape of a bonus to the ultimate Shareholders, or the annual sinking fund may be reduced to one and a quarter per cent. on the capital from the commencement, as the Directors may determine. Considered in alt its bearings, and more especially with respect to the strong presumption that the first lessees of the French railways will be lessees in perpetuity, subject to a fine of some sort on renewal of the term, your Directors are led to believe that the grant of this railway, upon the terms upon which it has been obtained, will be one of the best, if not the very best railway property in France. The foregoing arrangements as to the distribution of the capital amongst the competing Companies will enable your Directors to give one share in the consolidated Company for every five of the reduced shares in this Company. Parties entitled to fractions of shares may render them available by joining several together, and dividing the whole shares afterwards, for which every possible facility will be given. The rights of 3 the Shareholders will be preserved intact, although they may have omitted to exchange their old receipts for new ones in time for the late competition. The adjudication pronounced in favour of this Company, on Tues day, November 25th, was approved by Royal Ordinance, in the offi elal " Moniteur" of liriday, the 28th of the same month. Such is the favourable light in which this consolidated Company is viewed by the Government, that the Royal Ordinance approving the statutes of the Company, usually a work of some months, has been already obtained. The Company is thus definitely and legally constituted a societe ationyrne, by which the liability of a shareholder is limited to the number of shares of which he is the proprietor. The first duty of your Directors will be to return to the Share holders the excess of the deposits paid, after retaining 5/. per share on the consolidated shares, at the same time to give a voucher for the number of shares to which each shareholder is entitled. This duty will be entered upon as soon as the necessary forms can be prepared and printed, on Friday, 12th of December. The Certificates of Shares in the names of the Proprietors will be issued as soon as they can be got ready. The statutes of this Com pany permit that the Shares may be transferred to bearer, when 10/. per Share shall have been paid up, after which no transfer will be required. The works of construction are in a great state of forwardness nearly throughout the whole line, but more especially so on the first and most important section, between Tours and Angers. No time will be lost in taking the requisite measures fur bringing this highly pro ductive section into early active operation in connexion with the section of the Bordeaux Railway between Orleans and Tours. Finally, the capital is more than sufficient for the completion and stocking of the railway. BRANDY AND CAPSULES.-Mr. BETTS (the late firm of J. T. BETTS and CO.), Patent Brandy 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 know• to any person except to himself and ene of his sons. And that ho was succeeded in the business of the 7, Smithfield Bars, by his sous, J. T. BETTS, jun., and CO., on his retiring therefrom, in 1843. Mr. BETTS further states, that he is the sole Patentee, manufac turer, and vendor of the Metallic Capsule, (or solid metal covering for the mouths of bottles), that no other Brandy in England, except BETTS'S PATENT BRANDY, is thereby protected; the Patent Metallic Capsule if, therefore, applied to any other Brandy, must have been surreptitiously obtained. Metallic Capsule Manufactury, 1, Wharf-road, City-road. JONES'S DEMULCENT COUGH LO ZENGES, the best remedy ever discovered. Persons afflicted with cough, asthma, difficulty of breathing, consumption, or other tiseasos or derangement of the respiratory organs, will experience Immediate relief, and derive permanent benefit, by the use of JONES'S DEMULCENT COUGH LOZENGES, which are so efllca.• dolls, that they will cut short the most violent paroxysm of cough ing, and are so agreeable to the palate that they may be eaten as a confection. Sold by the proprietor, Peter Jones, operative chemist, 11, Norton colgate, Bisliops,gate-street, London, in boxes Is. 1%d., and in tins at 28.'9.1. each, duty included ; and by most chemists and patent medi— cine vendors in town and country. roiLuLEs VEGETALES, TONIQUES APERITIVES D'EUDE, a Pasage des Families.—EUDE'S VEGETABLE TONIC APERIENT FAMILY PILLS, one trial will prove to be the most valuable medicine of modern times. Their extraordinary efficacy has been fully tested in affections of the head, liver, and stomach, in rheumatism, gout, cough, with pain and ightness at the chest, tic, constipation, piles, obstructions, &c. In consumption it is the most valuable tonic-aperient known, not con fining the bowels afterwards, as every other aperient does. Depot, 73, Great Titchfield-street, London, aad23, Place Vendome, Paris. Price Is. 1 d. and 2s. 9d. per box. The poor will be supplied with a portion of the medicine gratis, at the depot, 73, Great Titch field-street .every Saturday morning, at Ten.—Forwarded to any part of the titre kingdoms (free on receipt of Is. and two penny stamps. WILLIAM MACKENZIE, Paris, December 6, 1845. JOHN DAVID BARRY. RICHARD PATERSON. 2, Capel-court, London, December 8, 1845. GRAND EASTERN AND WESTERN METROPOLITAN CEMETERIES ASSOCIATION. Under the sanction and immediate patronage of His Royal Highness the Duke of CAMBRIDGE, K.G., G.C.8., G.C.IL, F.S.A., &c. &c. &c. Capital 500,0001., in 40,000 Shares of 201. Deposit 1/. 2s. per Share. (Provisionally Registered according to Act of Parliament.) COMMITTEE. John Blunt, Esq., Upper Bedford-place Edward Duke Moore, Esq., Arlington-street George Augustus Brown, Esq., Gower-street, Bedford-square Augustus William Hillary, Esq., Cadogan-place James Tracy, Esq., Great Winchester-street John Gardiner, Esq., Avenue-road, Regent's-park John Berkeley Cotter, Esq., Norfolk-street, Strand William Walmsley Terrington, Esq., Great Winchester-street Algernon W. B. Greville, Esq., Cambridge-terrace, Hyde-park George Leslie Lee, Esq., Gower-street, Bedford-square David Pollock, Esq., Q.C., F.R.S., 20, Montague-street, Russell square George Peters Irvine, Esq., Travellers' Club, Pall-mall James Barrett, Esq., Pall-mall Charles Robert Thompson, Esq., Winchester House George Frederick Minton, Esq., Berners-street. BANKERS—The Commercial Bank of London. STANDING COUNSEL—Mr. Sergeant Chanaell ; Thomas Bourdillon, Esq. Souorroas--Messrs. Bourdillon and Sons. SURVEYORS—Messrs. lloggart and Norton. SECRETARY—Edward Hoare, Esq. The object of the Association is to carry out the recommendations of the pre v ex: m i the te ss i e r n s nt appointed of th tto deadreport on r n t e h a e r h health b habitations o o s n o s f , to the living," by establishing two extensive cemeteries on the banks of the Thames, at a convenient distance east and west of the metro polis ; which, by their position, in addition to the usual mode of interment, will afford the facility of a more economical conveyance by water. In the most crowded thoroughfares of the metropolis, even in the midst of depravity and crime, we see grave-yards towering above us, the pestilential of tainting the very atmosphere In which we arc compelled to live. Our Christian feelings are continually out raged by revolting details of violated sanctuaries, and gross and hor rible indignities offered to the dead, to the great scandal of our na tional religion and character as a Christian people. Many attempts have been made to remove this nuisance and reproach from among us, and recent events occurring in Spaflelds and other burial-grounds of the metropolis, as described in the public journals and in the evi dence given before the Committee of the House of Commons, have awakened one general feeling of horror and indignation in the public mind, and an anxious desire on the part of the Legislature to abolish, at once and for ever, burials within the limits of the metropolis and other great cities of the empire. It is highly desirable to unite economyof expense with that decent solemnity which is due to the remains of all, however lowly their position ; securing to the wealthier classes the facility of indulging in more splendid testimonials of respect to their departed friends; and the promoters believe that the public will see and duly appreciate the t e l l; greatod a dvantage Nv c e l d in e etrics, t b h e e dived e e h r oi ce by of m d h method burial o b f e conveying ingalwa s left open, uniting every advantage possessed by existing suburban Cemeteries. Water conveyance must, therefore, be considered as an auxiliary to, and not as replacing the present mode, being introduced more with the view of general accommodation, and securing econo mical charges, than for any purposes of novelty and display. fr o l n t i a s g p c r f o o p r o t s i e te d r tci ee e p p u t r i c o h n a o s e f f e u x n t e e r n a s l i s v r e y t r , a v c a t s t e o r l tt a r n i d d , a l p ra p v r i o n a g el a i e r s i river land for the usual mode of interment; to establish stations on both sides of the river for the temporary reception of bodies destined for burial. This will strictly accord with the spirit of the recommenda tion of the Health of Towns Commission, by obviating the distressing and often injurious necessity which arises from retaining for days, in rooms occupied by the living, corpses in the various stages of decom position. Steam and other boats will be constructed for the purpose of conveying the dead, the mourners, and friends of the deceased to the Cemeteries, with all due regard to decorum, and equally adapted for public and private funerals. Cemeteries have become highly popular in this country and most deservedly so ; they are equally in favour with the Legislature and the public in general. Many of then are, however, situated at such an inconvenient distance as to place them wholly beyond the pecu niary means of the humbler classes, except in their immediate neigh bourhood :1 3' 1 iraei laid dte e ue: a ei l erdt s small,o ,ogwifennit : ie ra t o when ns. comparedThe Grand with i 3 t t h e tr the o pol necessities itanc e tine esr, solem will nities itoei n etboal iailesnt ancientth appropriate eytr emnoodt eu i manger, fabtur s h u t, tet largeod to the e 2 s ,s a go d ..; rial n a o ti ofanesiloi facilitate et the leruns, will be added the beauties of Pere la Chaise. and other existing cemeteries. The grounds will be portioned off, in deference to the feelings of every sect and religion, and their great extent will enable the Association to meet the requirements of all. Ln Comnoiri tdteerotot to h rr e y i r out f e t s l t re e i r t e e c i o d m , a m n e d nd t Parliamentaryabolishment of burials in the metropolis, the Association proposes to adopt such measures as may be found necessary to ensure economy of burial when desired, as well as due decorum of conveyance and interment. T h e plans for the chapels, entrance-gates, and ornamental dispo sition of the grounds, are now under serious consideration, and the catacombs will be built with the view of affording aceellimo d a ti oi i on a scale of charges the most economical. Grounds for interment at various rates, either in perpetuity for families or seperate bodies, may b e obtained, with e ver y facilit y to erect such memori als as their sur viving friends pray deem fit. The capital of the Association will be 800,0001., with power to in crease it, the original Shareholders having the preference of the newly-created shares. It will be divided into 40,000 shares of 201. each, a deposit of 1/. 2s. per share to be paid at the time of subscrib ing. This will be followed by calls of 21. per share, as may b e re quired, three mon ths' notice being given of each call. Application tor prospectuses and shares to be made to the Secre tary, the offices of Messrs. Bourdillon and Sens, 30, Great at her Information Winchester -street, of whom all further n may be obtained. * The report of the Parliamentary Committee will be flunished at i ' . !!e office. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SIIAItES. To the Provisional Gsmmittee of the Grand Eastern and Western M e tropolitan Cemeteries Association. eientlemen,—l request you will allot me shares of 10/ each in the abo ve u ndertaking, and I hereby agree to accept the. same, or any less nuMber Which may be allotted to me, and to ; ay the deposit of 1/. 2s. per share within the time limited and pre scribed by you, and to execute the Parliamentary contract and subscribers' agreement, and all other necessary deeds, when required to do so. I am, gentlemen, your obedient servant, Name in full .•..•• • • • • •••• • • • • • U su al Signature •••• • • • • • •• • • Residence....... • • • ••• •• •• •• • • • • Plsce of Business (if any) .. iie r et ence• •• • • • • • • ..... . Witness •••• • • • • • " Profession . ........... 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But a duty imposed on t h at w hi c h was i mported, as long as it was operative, would equally raise the price of all corn consumed ; and thus, for the sake of de riving a duty from two or three millions of quarters of grain imported, the public would buy at an enhanced price upon fifty or sixty millions of quarters consumed. And this could be remedied by placing an excise duty upon homegrown corn as upon home-made sugar, equi valent to that charged upon corn imported. To this there would be the same obvious objection which exists against all excise duties whatever. But the Times, in quoting a recent expression of Mr. Cobleri's, ventures on the most unfounded inference in support of the exploded doctrine, now sought to be revived. " Mr, Cobden," says the Times, " very recently informed a French jo4nal that the League confined its attacks to the mono poly of corn, because its members know that this being abolished, the aristocracy would unite to suppress all others. This means, that if the duties on corn are once removed, all other customs' duties will follow." Who, be sides the Times, would draw such an inference, or such a meaning from Mr. Cobden's expression? Mr. Cobden and the League want to suppress monopolies, but who ever heard of their wanting to suppress customs' duties ? Let the Times tell its readers what earthly connexion there is between " monopoly" and" customs' duties," and on what grounds it treats them as synonimous. It is, we freely admit, a fair subject for discussion, whether direct or indirect taxation be preferable, and on which much difference of opinion exists; but we wholly deny that the questions of monopoly or unrestricted and open commerce, of protection or free trade, are in any way involved in that discussion. The leaders of the League and the free traders, both in and out of Parliament, have denied, in the most emphatic terms, any hostility to customs' duties for the purposes of revenue; on the contrary, their main anxiety has been to prevent their being diverted into any other channel—to prevent the Exchequer and the public being impoverished, for the benefit cf privileged and protected classes. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. CITY, MONDAY EVENING. POST.—The Railway share business does not greatly amend. Here and there a trifling improvement may be found in the quotations, but this is owing rather to par ticular circumstances than to any general alteration in the tone of the market. Manchester and Southampton .1 to 14 prem. ; Rastrick's Direct London and Manchester to dis. ; Remington's ditto 14 to 4 dis. ; Great Western and Wycombe 4 dis. to 4 prem. ; South Union to 4 dis. ; South Midland 2. 4 3 to 34 prem. ; Madrid and Valencia :4 dis. (buyers.) The shares of the Hereford and Merthyr Tydvil Junction Company, upon which a deposit of 21.25. has been paid, were done in the house at par to 4 prem. The agreement which the South-Western Railway Company have made with the London, Salisbury, and Yeovil Company, which provides for extensions into Cornwall, is apparently favourable to those companies, and may be regarded as a sufficient indication of the benefit locally expected from the measure. The advan vantages derivable to the shareholders in the new lines will arise principally from the experience and exertions of the parent company, since they will participate in the profits accruing from the original creation of traffic, and incur no risk. It has been felt by many persons that the guarantee of the South-Western Company, who have closed their capital account for some years, after com pleting one of the cheapest lines in the country, and with an increasing traffic and few liabilities, is prefer able to that of another great and, to a certain extent, rival company, with an open and unknown capital account, im mense extensions and engagements, a most expensively constructed line, and great expenditure in the working. These considerations, together with the original and long-standing monopoly of traffic, and the exten sive local support afforded it, are, we under stand, the elements on which the promoters and share holders build their hopes as to the London, Salisbury, and Yeovil line, and the Cornish extensions. One-fourth of the capital stock is to be held by the South-Western Company, and the guarantee is 54 per cent., a division of profits, and other advantages. It is said, more over, that Parliament will give a preference to lines which are supported by capital already in profitable operation to those of entirely new companies, so that the gains of the existing lines may in some measure secure those of the new ones, and that absolutely new • lines may be postponed until an increase of traffic in the natural course shall call for them. At all events, the Salisbury and Yeovil South-Western Shareholders are, we hear, very sanguine of success, particularly as the statistical returns of traffic look favourable. We are no partisans, and may leave Parliament to settle all disputes and differences between one company and another. We would merely make known the views of a company fully prepared, as we believe the one in question to be, to seek its sanction in the way in which they are placed before us. TIMES.—A private leter from Fremantle says—" A contract has been concluded with the Admiralty for the supply of 400 loads of our timber for naval purposes. There is little doubt but that this will lead to extensive orders. We have wood in sufficient abundance to supply all the navies of the world for 1,000 years, and only one obstacle to contend with—viz., the want of vessels for its conveyance. The sawyers are at work, and the timber will be ready for putting on board before the Ist of December next. Another contract has been taken by two parties at Port Augusta and Flinders for the supply of 180 loads of hewn wood, to be ready for shipment about January next, and to be sent home in a colonial built vessel called the River Chief." From the circular of Messrs. Gibson, Ord, and Co., of Manchester, we learn that there has been a month of almost unexampled de pression, with a corresponding decline in prices. Consi dering that the Bank vaults are well stocked, and that the foreign exchanges are in favour of this country, this is attributed entirely to the late railway speculation. There is no scarcity of money, but confidence in the trading community is impaired; and it is predicted that the pre sent pressure will continue until the most searching scrutiny shall have separated the speculator from the legitimate trader. In home trade nothing whatever is doing. From China the accounts are considered un favourable, and no improvement is expected for months to come, the market being already overstocked . with British goods. The Calcutta market had not improved in prices, and in Bombay the trade in manufactured goods was stagnant, owing to apprehensions of a failure in the growing crops. Some of the shareholders in the Rugby Railway Com pany, which lost its Bill last session, are complaining that their deposits (less the expense) are not yet repaid them. They think that ample time has elapsed to allow of all accounts being settled and all claims satisfied. CHRONICLE.—The railway deposit question creates uneasiness, not only amongst the monetary interests in the City, but throughout the country. The trade circu lars from Manchester complain of the badness of trade and pressure for money, which they attribut e to the speculative action in railways, and the large amounts locked up in deposits in the banks. We are inclined to think that the anxiety on this subject will be found to be greater than circumstances warrant. The supposed amount of deposits is much larger than the actual one ; when the real amount of them transferred to the Ac countant-General transpires, it will he seen that the cal culations have been greatly beyond the truth, made upon the basis of proposed capitals. The Corn• market was quite depressed to-day, and a considerable fall in prices was experienced. This shows that the rumour of corn-law repeal begins to take root, and that there is more corn in the country than has been generally credited. OPENING TILE PORTS. WESTMINSTER REFORM SOCIETY. —Last night a meeting of the Committee which was appointed at a recent meeting of the Westminster Re form Society, convened to take into consideration the pro priety of holding a public meetiag of the inhabitants of the city of Westminster, to memorialise her Majesty, for the purpose of inducing the Ministers to open the ports, for the admission of grain free of duty, was held at Stannard's Hotel, Charles-street, Covent-garden, to carry that object into effect, a delay having been occasioned in consequence of the rumour that the Government had come to the deter mination of recommending to Parliament the repeal of the corn-laws; Mr. Prout in the chair. Mr. Pouncey said that Lord John Russell had remarked, that after the public voice had been so unanimously declared in favour of total repeal, the Government would not take upon themselves the responsibility of continuing the corn-laws. He thought so too ; at the same time they ought not to hesitate, since knowing that the Premier was favourable to free trade, they ought to give him their support, in order that he might be able so carry out any proposition he might offer for a total and unconditional repeal of the corn-laws. Mr. Tubor, Mr. Lewis, Mr. Reeve, &c., having spoken to the same effect, a sub-committee was appointed to take measures to convene a meeting of the electors early in the ensuing week. Thanks were then voted to the Chairman, who expressed his con currence with the resolution unanimously agreed to, and the meeting separated. LORD DRUMLANRIG AND THE PRIZE-RING.—ViS COIDA Drumlanrig has published a letter respecting the action about to be tried in the Court of Exchequer, brought by Caunt, the pugilist, for the recovery of the battle-money in the late tight for the championship of England for 2001., paid over, under protest, to liendigo by the stakeholder, in which his Lordship most positively declares, that if Caunt or Spring or any of the parties go to trial, he will exert all his influence on future occasions to prevent them from entering the ring. his Lordship, who has been a great patron of boxing and a backer of pugilists, expresses his indignation at the attempt to reverse the decision of a referee, from which ther e i s n o a ppeal, by commencing an action for the recovery of the stakes. On the other hand, it is contended that the referee (Mr. Osbaldeston) was not appealed to by the • umpires, and consequently his decision is invalid. Tlie issue will shortly be tried, and as thousands of pounds in bets are depending on the verdict, the result is looked to with great interest by the sporting world. SPA-FIELDS BURIAL GROUND.—The decision of the question referred to Mr. Bramwell, respecting the Spa fields burial -ground, will not be known until he has made his award in the matter • nor will any evidence or report he may receive he suffered to be made public, the learned arbitrator having decided that the proceedings should not be reported until he has come to a determination on the subject. It seems that a surgeon or chemist is to maks an examination of the ground, and to report what portions should be closed, and whether the referee will be satisfied with that report, or re quire further evidence, will, of course, be for future considera tion. HAMBURGH MAIL. FRANKFORT, Nov. 27.—The German Diet will meet immediately after the new year. The Prussian Am bassador, Count V. Donhoff, will preside, as Count Von Munch Belemhausen will remain for some time longer in Vienna. Several important questions are preparing for discussion in the Diet. Among these questions, that of the religious movement is not the least important. It has now become so important in a political point of view, that a serious consideration of it has become indispensable, and the way is already prepared for it. The German Catholics find support here, in the circumstance that a number of respectable Roman Catholic families have declared in favour of the efforts to bring about a reform made by the clergy who hold the opinions of Wessenberg. GRAND DUCHY OF POSEN, Nov. 30.—We have just learned that, late in the evening of the 20th of this month, an express arrived at Posen, which brought im portant information to the Chief President. It is said to have brought the melancholy news that the populace had risen in the little town of Samber, and made an at tack on the depot of the Landwehr. In the town and citadel of Posen further precautions are taken to oppose betimes, and with energy, the attempts to disturb the pubiic peace. DRESDEN, Nov. 27.—The measures taken against John Ronge seem not to be the work of any single Go vernment, but rather the result of a common agreement. Ronge, accompanied by his brother, arrived here by the railway on the 23d in the evening, and had scarcely reached the house of M. P—, a merchant, where he was to lodge, when a commissary of police appeared, and invited him to go immediately to the police-office, where a communication would be made to him. The elders of the German Catholics who were present re monstrated, and observed that the communication had better be made where they were, and if the police would not agree to this, Ronge would rather prefer departing immediately. The commissary withdrew to get other instructions, but soon returned with an actuary, who stated that it was agreed that the communication should be made to Ronge at his residence, and read the follow ing document :—Providing that (1) his passport and other papers were in order, Ronge was permitted (2) to remain as long as should be necessary (a very loose expression). 3. He was to refrain from all public assemblies, and from all preaching during the week days. 4. To abstain entirely from all ministerial acts, but that he might preach on Sundays and holidays. HANOVER, DEC. 3.—The Crown Prince is said to have been indisposed for this fortnight past, and the public seem to have some apprehension. Perhaps the cause of their apprehension is that no bulletins are issued, though the carriages of the physicians stand for hours together before the Prince's palace ; yet the non-appearance of bulletins should rather allay any such fears. It is cer -1 tain, however, that the Prince does not quit his palace, and gives no• audiences. PRUSSIAN FUNDS.-13zaust, Dsc. 5. Bills. Money. Schuld Sch., 3% per Cent ...........• • • 98% 97x truss. En g lish Bonds, 1830, 4 per Cent ••• • • • Foreign Exchanges.......... Exchange on London, £1 Sterling, 2 Months. liamburgh, 300 Marks, 2 Months. 149 X Paris, 300 fr., 2 Months ••••• • • •• 78% 79 2-3 —Universal Prussian Gazette, Dec. 6. HAMBURGLI BORSENHALLE, Dzc. 5. Bills. honey, Austrian 5 per Cents . • •• •• ' • 113 Bank Shares •• • • •-„ 1620 Anglo-Russian Loan ................ 108% Russian 5 per Cent., Hamb. Certificate. 103% Ditto Ist series Inscription .... 104 103% Ditto, /lope and Co., 3d and 4th series • • 99 Ditto, ig i (2 i i n ,3o C rpt e eu r rg u t Certificate....... t t 2. . 34 .. e. . r .. 9 3 _0 9 % jk New 4 per C ent ., Rope and Ce. ••• • • • 90 l 89 M Ditto Stieglitz . Spanish New 5 per Cent.. • p Dutch Actual Debt, 2% per Cent ••• • • 58% Ditto 3 per Cent. Polish New 4 per Cent. Loan, 1844.• 83 Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent ••• • • • 85% 85 National Bank Shares •••••••• '• • ' • • • • Exchange on London. 13 91,4 Hainburgh, Dec. 5. •••••• • • • • ' • .• 13 2 onths Riga, Nov. 27, 3 M Months ••.. • • .... 38% Christiana, Nov. 22, 3 Months• •.• 4 82 Stockholm, Nov, 28, 7 5 D•••• • • • • 11 44 43 Leipsic, Doc. 3, 3 Mouths •• .. • • 6 24% 6 24% 7;2 ( -"er PRUE e rliAl3L 1 1 11:1;TING. te0411014 WALL. A crowded meeting of the friends of free trade was h,ld last night at the Albion Hall, London• wall, for the purpose of advocating the adoption of that rneasu,e, and tho total and immediate repeal of the corn-laws. Mr. M. Castle Levi in the chair. Mr. Moon: observed that they had never before had sich an amount of public opinion earnest to express itself against the corn-laws as at the present moment. There was abundant evidence throughout the country that it was time the corn-laws were at an end, and that the corn-laws were near the end of their time.—(Hear.) There had been, within the last three weeks, no fewer than 15 meetings held against those laws in the me tropolis and suburbs, all of which were crowded and en thusiastic, and agreed that those laws ought to be abo lished. The City wards were in motion against them, and throughout the whole of the country, not only were the people of every town meeting to condemn the corn laws, but the corporations of those towns were also meeting and condemning them; and whether those meet it.gs were Tory or - Liberal was not the question, all wee e engaged in sending their memorials to Sir Robert Peel to throw open the pirts for the free admission of food for the people. All were agreed that there was a neces sity for the admission of food. The Learned Gentleman then proceeded to observe, that the League had not been idle, as some supposed, during the last six months; they had been at work in their Council-rooms and in the ' Registration Courts ; they had been working silently, but earnestly and progressively. Mr. Moore then alluded to the failure of the harvest, which acted as a powerful agent o f necess i ty, p l ea d ing for the inne (hate repeal of the corn and provision laws. There never, he proceeded, was a more abundant hope of the crops than was entertained during the last spring; the prospect of trade and manufactures was also good; but the prospect of prosperity was dependent upon the chances of " sunshine," and the state of the barcmeter. The up holders of the corn-laws were congratulating themselves, but the League said, you congratulate yourselves too soon. No corn-laws can give prosperity. Your anticipated prosperity is dependent upon a good harvest, and with a bad harvest you will have bad times again. The Learned Gentleman then read extracts from letters from various correspondents and parts of the country, giving melan choly accounts of the disease in the potato crop, and of the deficiency of the wheat crop in weight and quality. He then alluded to the changes that are taking place in the opinions of the old opponents of the League on the question of the corn-laws, and amongst them to the conversion of Mr. Macaulay, who had recently spoken at the great Edinburgh meeting, and read his recanta tion before his constituents. All were waiting for the final overthrow of the corn-laws, an overthrow which it was out of the power, he (Mr. Moore) contended, of any Government, for any considerable length of time, to avert. It was a great gratification to the League then that their toils against those corn-laws were nearly at an end, and that one of the happy results of their labours would be a greater security in land, and fur the product of land in future. A great calamity was, however, at that moment threatening the country, and nothing but the speedy abolition of the corn-laws could prevent it. After a few other observations, thanks were voted to the chairman and Mr. Moore, and the meeting separated FORTIFICATION OF JERSEY. Things are now proceeding in earnest towards in suring the complete security of Jersey ag a i ns t th e dangers of foreign invasion. Clothing, as we have already announced, was received a fortnight ago from London, for the use of our island militia, together with "24 brass 9-pounders. The whole island militia force is divided into five different regiments. Altogether, it may be considered to be about 4,000 strong, and in any case of emergency 1,000 more could be brought to the field. Although generally designated militia, the common idea associated with the term in England does not apply here. While the militia of England are only organized for a particular occasion, those of Jersey are always under arms. In less than a dozen hours the whole force of the island could be prepared with their muskets on their shoulders to give battle to the foe; and in no part of the world is the place of regular soldiers supplied with so much efficiency as in the island of Jersey. The nine pounders just arrived are intended by Government to re place the six-pounders which have hitherto been in use by our artillery. We certainly think the substitution of the heavier cannon an improvement; but we are at the same time of opinion that the light guns should not be altogether removed from the island. In a case of particular danger, it might be requisite that cannon should be conveyed, within a given time from one quarter of the island to an other. A transition of 6-pounders could much more easily be effected than of 9-pounders. The latter ranged along the beach in front of the open sea are certainly more capable of carrying bullets into the broadside of an enemy sailing at a considerable distance before our eyes ; but as the old saw says, " We will be none the worse for both." We trust Government will attend to our sugges tion in this respect. The highly satisfactory result fpom the recent experiments with a one-gun battery in the Woolwich marshes, has induced Government to erect batteries on the same principle at Sheerness, Ports ' mouth, Plymouth, Pembroke, and other places on the coast of Great Britain, and we hear that something of the same kind will take place here. No exertions seem to be spared in the way of placing our home dominions in the most complete state of de fence. The guns have been recently inspected on the bulwarks of Fort Regent, Elizabeth Castle, and Mont Orgueil Castle, and new and heavier ones substituted for those less adapted for their avowed pur poses. On the ramparts of Fort Regent there are ranged upwards of 120 32-pounders ; Elizabeth Castle is de fended by not less than 70 of a similar weight ; Meat Orgueil by perhaps 20. Round the whole coast of the island, which in circumference measures about 32 miles, there are placed 25 martello towers, occupying positions as near as possible of a mile's distance from each other. Each of these towers are charged with a requisite num ber of guns. Besides the martello towers, our general coast is also defended here and there by forts in minia ture, to prevent landing in particular localities—we would instance those of ltozel Bay, Greve de Lecq, St. Aubin's, and others, as particularly adapted for their special intent. Let the French come when they will, we shall welcome their approach, and, to borrow the words of the hero in the tragedy, we shall consign to purga tory the man who shall shout—" fold I Enough I" Jersey Times. SMITHFIELD CATTLE SHOW. The exhibition of prize cattle, under the auspices of the above Club, opens to-morrow, at the Horse Bazaar, King-street, Portman-square. Yesterday was the last day for the reception of animals ; and this morning the judges commenced to make their awards. The exhibi tion is stated to be, numerically speaking, fully equal to any that have preceded it, while a marked improvement is shown in the breed and character of the stock exhi bited. In former years, the task of deciding on the re spective merits of the competing candidates was com paratively an easy one, owing to the rare display in any particular beast of those characteristics justifying its classification as a high-bred and well-fed animal. The inducement to rivalry encouraged by the Smithfield Club bas undoubtedly led to a most important improve ment in the breeding of stock, and there can be little doubt that the exhibition for the present season contains many oxen and sheep, more especially th 6 latter, which a few years since it would have been declared impossible to produce. The exhibitors this year include a goodly array of the aristocracy, headed by his Royal High ness Prince Albert, who contributes a very fine ox and several porkers of most unexceptionable obe sity. The Duke of Bedford, the Duke of Richmond, the Duke of Norfolk, and several other noblemen, have also sent in stock; and altogether the show promises to offer attractions more than equal to those of any pre ceding year. While on this subject it may be well to mention that the proprietor of the bazaar (Mr. Bulnois) has made very extensive and important alterations with a view to afford increased accommodation to visitors. That portion of the bazaar heretofore devoted to the ex hibition of horned cattle, and which was formerly shel tered by a tarpaulin only, is now covered in by light iron roofing, possessing the double advantage of afford ing additional light, and greatly improving the appear ance of the exhibition. A very large space of ground, hitherto occupied by the glaciarum, has also been added to the exhibition. This, together with the riding school, will be devoted to sheep and pigs exclusively, the area thus obtained being nearly double that which it formerly was. The gallery appropriated for the exhibi tion of agricultural implements has been considerably improved. Last year the complaints of the want of ventilation were very great. This defect has been en tirely obviated in the throwing open, by means of arches supported on light iron pillars, the whole of the eastern side of the gallery, by means of which visitors will also be enabled to command a view of the cattle beneath. The exhibition was lighted up last night in order to show the effect, and the result afforded the highest sa tisfaction to all parties. His Royal Highness Prince Albert is expected to honour the exhibition with a visit on Saturday next, THE ROYAL STAG HOUNDS.--In consequence of the hard frost which set in on Sunday night, and which con tinued until after sun-rise the next morning, it was not ex pected that the pack would be hunted yesterday. The meet (from the unfavourable nature of the weather) which took place at the Golden Ball, Bracknell, was attended by one of the smallest fields this season ; not more than between thirty and forty being present. It was deemed advisable by Mr. Davis, the royal huntsman, to delay the turn-out until past one o'clock by which timethe sniffled had suilicientinfluence to render the ground somewhat iii a fit state for hunting. The celebrated deer, Snowdrop, upon being uncarted near the Shoulder of Mutton, took away in the direction of Whiffles ham, doubling back and crossing Bracknall-road to War field, over Cabbage-hill, and crossing Bracknall-common nearly to Bracknell leaving the village on the left, on to Old Bradman ; Snowdrop then made right away across the Warren to Swinley, over Tower-hill, and thence towards Bagshot, and was taken close to Windlesham, after a very good two hours' run. The country in the open was in a andfi hunting condition; in the shade, however, it was hard could not dangerous. A gentleman, whose name we not learn, had a tremendous fall near Bagshot. II e was E V ITE NT OP con veyedl, uE IIOM C G A i s n E a 1 0 )o r st hfor from n that rro t z. o z c'rt ae t sent lo for from that to wn. TuE CASE O F TSIE 'roEY._Po s gy weak state since his THE INQUIRY.—The prisoner Johns!one echo stood remanded till this day, has been in an exce edin g l y last examination, and yesterdayr well,who has been in daily morning Mr. Levis, the surgeon of the Westminster B i that the the state of his health, wrote a certificate stating attendance upon him, after making particular inquiries as to n ot be in a fit statel to be removed f rom t h e p r isoner was labouring under an attack of erysipelas o f t h e leg, and would prison and undergo. his examination to-morrow (this day). The certificate was inclosed in a letter by Lieutenant Tracy. the Governor, and forwarded to Mr. Broderip, the magistrate, at the Thames Police -court. After reading the cettificate, the Magistrate sent for Inspector Evans, jun., of the Thames p o lice, who, in the absence of any c ounse l or solicitor for the prosecution, has to conduct the case, and directed him to give notice to the witnesses that their presence would not be re quired until Tuesday the 16th instant, until which day the case stands remanded. ...~_ E AST AND WEST JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY. The Committee of the above line have great pleasure in informing the Subscribers that all the Plans, Sections, and Books of Reference of this line have been duly deposited at the offices of the Board of Trade, and of the several Clerks of the Peace, in compliance with the standing orders of the Houses of Parliament. By order, 0. D. MATHIAS, Secretary. 38, Moorgate-street, Dec. 3, 1845. IMIP ..--", 1 0 L" 1, 4 ' 6 0 ..". Aix s• „, Ole Ler •11 1 4 j ,..- ' Og ee' ,a►el o f 55. roo d ' • 1 av" 35. la* 01 -'"~.