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L°Np i Jlc and BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY The foll NOTICE. Bates for " -owing Reductions in the Fares of Passenge rs , an d the Parcels,will tak between London, B rmingham, and Liverpool, 4 place, on the let of January, 1846 : LONDON TO LIVERPOOL. Fares of Passengers. rExpress and Select Trains .............. . from 475. to 455. 33 1 Ot'aer Trains, First Class.... bo• Second Class .. " From LONDON to BIRMINGHAM the Raductioiis will be Fares of Passengers. 13 y Express and Select Trains, First Class.: ...• from 275. to 255. Mix.d Fast ditto ditto .. •• • • from 235. to 20s. Ditto ditto Second Class from I7s. to 14s. The Fares for Intermediate Distances will be Reduced in pro portion. The Rates for small Parcels, not exceeding 12Ibs. weight, will be reduced between London and Liverpool, from 2s. 6d. to 2s. ; and be tween London and Birmingham, from Is. 6d. up, and is. 3d. down, to Is. each way. By oriFer, R. CREED, Secretary. Office, Eustoultrttion, Dec. 24, 1845. EEDS AND CARLISLE RAILWAY COMPANY. :Notice iS hereby given, that a Meeting of Shareholders of this Company, will take place at the City of London Tavern, B ishops ate - street, on AIONDAT, the sth of January, 1846, at One o'clock precisely, to lay before the Proprietors the terms of the a malgamation which has been agre e d t o with the Yorkshire and Glasgow Union Railway Company, and the general state of this Company. By order of the Committee of Management, C. LOCOCK WEBB, Secretary, Gres c harn-rooms, Basinghalt-street. EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. DEPOSIT ON EASTERN COUNTIES YORK EXTENSION The Directors be to SHARES.. g give notice, that having ample funds of the e_ornPany at their disposal, it is their intention to pay the necessary r arliamentary Deposits On the Capital to be subscribed for the Ex tension Line from Cambridge to York, and the other undertakings to be Promoted`by the Company, in the ensuing session of Parliament ; and that, instead of a Deposit of 21. per Share being required as formerly announced, a deposit of Ten Shillings per Share only will have to be paid under the allotment letters to be issued. If Acts of Parliament be not obtained, the deposit of ten shillings will be re turned without deduction. GEORGE HUDSON, Chairman, C. P. RONEY, Secretary. Oakes, Shoreditch Station, Dec. 23, 1845. GRAND UNION RAILWAY. ISSUE OF SPALDING AND BRANDON JUNCTION /AMWAY SHARES. _ Notice is bereby given, that the Shareholders of the Grand Union • Railway who are desirous of taking shares in the Spalding and Bran don Junction line, are required to send in the original scrip for re gistry The scrip must be accompanied by a letter, signed by the owner With his name in full, his occupation, and residence, stating the quan tity of scrip, and the respective numbers sent in for registry, together With the name of a party in London to whom reference may be made as to responsibility, otherwise it cannot be received. A receipt will be given for the scrip deposited, and at the expiration of two days (if the holder be considered sufficiently responsible by the Directors) it Will be returned, together with a letter of allotment for the Spalding and Brandon Junction Railway shares. The allotment will be in the proportion of one share for every five of the Grand Union Rail way scrip. Application must be made on or before the day above bamed, otherwise no claim for the Spalding and Brandon Junction shares will be recognised. The deposits will be payable at the several Bankers specified on the Letter of Allotment, on or before the 15th of January, and the D eeds will lie for signature as under, when theßankers' receipts may be exchanged for Scrip Certificates. London—At the Company's Offices, 78, Cornhill, and at the Offices . the Norfolk Railway Company, Guildhall -buildings, from the sth 1.6 20th January, 1846, inclusive, between the hours of Ten and Five o'clo c k . Nottingham —At the Offices of the Grand Union' Railway Com -14019, St. Peter's. square, Friday, 16th January, 1846. Leeds—At the White Horse, Saturday, 17th January, 1846. Manchester-At the Albion Hotel, Monday, 19th January, 1846. Liverpool—At the Angel Hotel, Tuesday, 20th January, 1546. Asit is understood that Parliament will meet on the 22 d January , ' the time for payment of Deposits and execution of the Deeds can on ,110 account be extended. The Plans, Sections, and Books of Refe rence were deposited with the Board of Trade and the several Clerks of the Peace on Saturday, the 29th November, and all necessary lir rooirements have been made for obtaining an Act in the ensuing Session of Parliament. By order, 78, Cornhill, Dec. 24, 1845 ALFRED BEESTON, Secretary. LONDON AND YORK RAILWAY. Copy of a Letter addressed to George Hudson, Esq., M.P., Chairman of the Eastern Counties Railway. • London and York Railway, • Office, 7, Lothbury, Dec. 16, 1845. 181r,—The Directors of this Board have taken into consideration Your Letter of the 3d instant, wherein on behalf of the Eastern Counties Railway, you make the following proposition, viz:— "That the Shareholders of the London and York Company shall be .14 teigaznated with those of the Eastern Counties Company, and h ave appropriated to them 2,000,0001. of Eastern Counties stock, in s hares of 201. each, and that a deputation from each Board shall meet and determine upon all other matters," and have requested me to forward to you the following reply : Your proposition virtually suggests, that we should disregard the ?hours of the Committee on Group X. (which in the last session of parliament sat for mere than eighty days), and throw overboard their t !Pori, carried by a majority of three to one, in favour of the merits °f our scheme (see the printed resolutions) in preference to the lines r ecenamended by the Board of Trade ;—lines nearly identical with Your newly re-proposed Eastern Counties Extensions,—that report Vito being confirmed in the House of Commons by 79 to 19, and pass big the third reading without any division. You offer to our shareholders in exchange for their Bill, fwo millions of stock in the Eastern Counties Railway (which has hitherto paid less than two per cent.), and which two m illions as being, in your own view, of greater value than the lave millions of our own. It must, however , be remarked, t hat the incorporation of this 2,000,0001. of stock with that of t he Eastern Counties depends upon the assent of Parliament to your e xtension schemes from Cambridge to York, which were last sum ...t,!er brought befor, distinctl, and ere is, therefore, e no the security Commons at th and this there allotment y of stock negatived would ever be legallsed.—So much for the bearing of your proposition on the Pecuniary interests of our shareholders: '.4:11 in e public you propose a scheme repudiated by a Select Coin -111 1845, a scheme avoiding nearly every town that aura would and longer than ours from twelve te fifteen miles, leaving Y te olstrict bordering on the Great North-road from London toYork Without railway accommodation. would b We therefore e a unanimously feel that an acceptance of your offer gross breach of faith with the public and the oliginal su bscribers, and an abandonment of our pledges to the landowners an d inhabitants of the towns through which our line is intended to Assam', who have embarked considerable capital in the undertaking. Your attention cannot have been seriously directed to the eleventh section of the report of the Committee on Group X, for there the m auls of our scheme are minutely contrasted with yours, and the weference decidedly given to ours, in the following terms Lord Courtenay reported from the Select Committee on the eye the of Railways, That—A Report from the Board of Trade eya the subject of railway commanicatien between London and t h ;nt having been referred to' them by the House, the Committee it right te state that they have not adopted the recommends- Val Which it contains, while they concur with the Board of Trade in s cheme expressed In that Report, That the London and York on the whole presents a larger and more compre .,ensive system of communication ;' they have been led by the evi dence adduced in support respectively by the two schemes to a dlr. rerent conclusion from that at which the Board of Trade has arrived. 'laving had the opportunity of examining the estimates of the cost c 'r construction more thoroughly than it can have been practicable 4 t r „ t bc Board of Trade to have done, and having been led to a dif eo,;;l„t conclusion upon that point, they have decided, upon a full t o Tr combination of te idence, on preferring the London and York line 11)11 atof lines reconunendesl by that Board, for the ,P °111 1? among other reasons : ...__ ls t.—Because it affords the best through communication between don and York, by a new trunk line half-way between the London S~Brtningbam and the Northern and Eastern lines, thus accom , "mating a larger district otherwise unprovided with north and'south • cou tin unication, and giving a fresh exit from, and entrance into, the —..otropell, " 2 dly.—Because it places a large number of market towns on the Through line, giving them in addition good 'communication with each Alli 3 dly.—Because it affords to the public a better security that the name of railway communication which it seeks to effect will con .aue to be under one management, and to be independent of other great lines of railway. ._" 4thly —Because they consider that though in the first instance the eletne of the Board of Trade may be more cheaply executed than ;": 5 cOrnpeting one, it would not supply the accommodation which the ants of the country, through w hich the line propose to run, de mend, and, that the adoption of that scheme would probably eventually involve a greater outlay than that required for the exe , Millen of the London and York scheme." . Will you permit me to ask what satisfactory reasons for accepting four offer I could give in the House of Commons to those Members who undertook the laborious investigation of the merits of railway !themes, and selected ours from among the various projects as the best new line between London and York? How could it be expected t hat Committees would, in future, work as they have done, If their botirs are liable to be thrown to the winds, and their reports a though confirmed by the House, become subject to barter or sale for T itock, in a scheme which a Committee had previously discarded ? Can you believe that the House would consent to be so trifled with, r Permit a Bill rejected in 1645 to pass in 1846, in lieu of that which ad been preferred in 1845 ? What defensible statement could we make for so entire an a bandonment of our scheme, when no change has taken place in any its circumstances ? You. have upon various occasions endeavoured to decry our line , ' _Your success in railways has obtained for your opinion con eiderable influence ; but Parliament and the public must surely see that this proposal to our sharholders to give up their Bill and to lake stock in your newly adopted line, is only a bold effort on Your part to raise the value of the Eastern Counties Stock, and 48 Chairman of the Midlands, to get rid of a rival. Again let me ask why in your new position of Chairman to the Eastern Counties you should be so jealous of a line passing through 4 exttordshire and Bedfordshire, while you proclaim that the Eastern Counties Railway, with its present lines and branches, may be made Pay ten per;cent—that portion of the kingdom lying upon and east of the London and Cambridge line, forming a district quite as 'extensive as the one proposed for the London and York? • Why should you wish to compel passengers to go even twelve ' tiles round by Cambridge, while that town will certainly have its Plilvray to the east, west, north, and south ? Why then endeavour To prevent Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire from having similar ad- V antages You surely cannot have calculated upon our giving your proposal , l ifavourable consideration, and you will therefore not be surprised to iearn that my colleagues tuutnimeusly decline to discuss with you so unreasonable a proposition as that set forth in your letter of the 3d, Involving as it does a total abandonment of our whole scheme. You are doubtless aware that in order to avail ourselves of the YeaOlutions of the two Houses respecting Railway Bills carried up to certain point in last session, it is necessary that the Bill and its c lauses should not be varied in the most minute particular. Our b ~."°ard, therefore, think it better at once to state to you, that we can .0 more enter into any arrangement to change or give up a portion 5 our line, as sanctioned by the House of Commons last summer, than we can consent to abandon the whole. We shall ask leave to proceed with our Bill as rapidly as the ' OllO B of the House will permit, having without any further call ample funds in hand to meet all expenses. As required by the standing orders, our new share deed is in the course of signature by a most extensive body of shareholders, notwithstanding the efforts %ale to alarm them, more than nine-tenths of the scrip having Within the short interval since the 12th instant been sent in for exchange. Public opinion Is decidedly in favour of a new line between London and York, independent of existing interests and management. We, Therefore, confidently expect that the merits of our scheme, which Obtained far us a verdict in the Commons, will be equally appre ciated by a Committee of the Lords. The interests of so large a body of shareholders being involved, it tat light I should add we feel bound to make public this communica on.—l have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient humble servant, (Signed) WM. ASTELL, Chairman of the London and York Railway. 'Po George Hudson, Esq., M.P. Chairman of the Eastern Counties Railway. SILVER TEA SERVICES. B. SAVORY and SONS, Manufacturing • Silversmiths, 14, Cornhill, London, opposite the Bank of ngland, submit the prices of the fbllowing SILVER TE A and C OFFEESERVICES. The Cottage Pattern is plain, standing on Zell feet, the Tea and Coffee Pot with a flower ornament on the lids. the Ring's Pattern is richly embussed with Sowers and scrolls. The shape of either is new and elegant• Cottage Pattern. King's Pattern. Stro ng Silver Tea Pot.. £l2 0 0 Strong Silver Tea Pot. £l2 0 0 Ditto Sugar Fasin.... 616 ( Ditto Sugar Basin.... 710 0 Mao Milk Ewer. . 4lO C Ditto Cream Ewer.... 510 0 Ditto Coffee Pot. .. 15 0 C Ditto Coffee Pot ••• . • • 15 0 0 Complete £3B -6 fi• Complete •••• • • • • £4O 0 0 A Ira • riety of upwards of Fifty Tea and Coffee Services may be seen lithe Show-rooms, where may be selected every article of Silver r equisite for the sideboard or plate chest. Pamphlets of Prices, illustrated with sketches of the various art f. s 'e!, gratis, and forwarded, postage free, to any part of the kingdom. A. B. d. Savory and Sons, 14, CornhW, London, opposite the Bank of flalan U NDER TILE PATRONAGE OF MANY OF THE NORILI pr. ALL EN'S COMPOUND ANTIBILIOUS . BILLS, prepared by Thomas Allen, late of Mile-end-road, ber of the Royal College of Surgeons, London, and Licentiate _.`lut Apothecaries' Company, and a pupil ef the late eccentric and Tebrated John Abernethy, Esq., F.R.S. ; twenty-two years a prin. al Surgeon to St. Bartholomew's Hospital. During a practical r e ,'" twenty years, these Pills have been found an invaluable e f e r.,.. e dY In cases of indigestion, liver, and bilious complaints. For anflernents of the digestive organs and obstructions, a sluggish actio n 0, the liver and bowels, which occasions more or less the fol low', g Symptoms, viz., heartburn, giddiness, acidity, headache, i; o u?ss, Spasms, and flatulent distentions of the stomach and ti „" ens drowsiness and dimness of sight, an uncomfortable sensa eoltng experienePd at the pit of the stomach soon after eating, with a of a weLht of oppression, appetite impaired, breathing diffi ;:l"_ `, tenderness ab ou t th e reg i on o f th e liver, bowes irregular, some ...nes obstinately costive with languor and depression of spirits. 544 In boxes at Is. 114 d., 2s. 9d., and 4s. 6d. Y 3 4r. Allen, jun., Chemist, 24, Grafton-street, Fitzroy-square, sZ''a: , and S,,us, Eilcrvrds, Mel; Ilannay, Sanger, e it t kueki a n ngtiol l:ondon; and the principal ineliolue venders tbxough• AEtut for Ilile-eud, Mr. Wilkes, Druggist. ?- • ),1 k,k). CHRISTMAS lIOLIDAYS. ROYAL POL Y TECHN 10 INS'.VITuTioN, Lectures for this period of the year, by Dr. Ryan and Professor Bachoffher in CHEMISTRY and NATURAL PHILO SOPHY will be illustrated by interesting and brilliant experiments. A Lecture on the PREVALENT DISEASE in POTATOES will be delivered by Dr. Ryan, and also on the ATMOSPHERIC RAIL WAY, by Professor Bachoffner, a Working Model of whicla, car rying several persons, is exhibited daily. The additions to the OPAQUE MICROSCOPE, DISSOLVING VIEWS, and CHROMA TROPE are very eflective. The PHYSIOSCOPE. Submarine • Ex periments by means of the DIVER and DIVING BELL. Among the various additions to the Working Models is Ooleman's NEW AMERICAN LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE, for as:ending and de scending Inclined Planes. A magnificent Collection of TROPICAL FRUITS. Mr. Downe, the celebrated Flute Player, will take part in the Music, conducted by Dr. Wallis. Open from Eleven to Half past Five, and from Seven to Half-past Ten in the Evening. Admission, One Shilling. Schools, Half-price. NATIONAL MERC ANCE ANTILE LIFE ASSUR SOCIETY. CON, Esq., Chairman. Friends of this Society will DINE Bishopsgate-street Within, on 1845, at Five o'Clock precisely; )ne Guinea. rARDS. 'Messrs. Midlane, H. Milledge, R. 0. Newbon, J. B. • Reed, T, Ridley, A. Ridley, R. Roberts, T. Rumsey, W. S. Satchell, T. H. smith, W. H. Starr, F. Stockdale, G. Stokes, J. Sutton, T. P. Tilt, W. Toleman, J. Walsh, J. Williams, W. Wilson, C. Wood, F. G. RAILWAY MUTUAL. PROTECTION SOCIETY. The Committee sit daily from Twelve till Three, at the Mikes of the Solicitors, Messrs. Amory, Sewell, and Dioorcs, 25, Throgmorton street, London, whete the rules, &c. of the Society may be obtained. MARCUS TRAVERS, Sec. pro tem.. Hull, Jan. 21—W. Bickerton, timber merchant, King ston-epos-Hull, Jan. 22—J. and D. Woodhead, dyers, Nethertong, Yorkshire, Jan. 26-11. Blunt, licensed vic tuaaler, Lancashire, Jan. 16—R. Warr, auctioneer, Bea minstere Dorsetshire, Jan. 20—T. Arnold, veterinary surgeon, Shrewsbury, Jan. 17—J. 0. Harvey, grocer, Newark, , Nottinghamshire, Jan. 17-4. Rawsthorne, , general agent, Manchester, Jan. 21—A. Featherston butcher, Great Bolton, Lancashire, Jan. 19—J. Islis'erwOO,d, innkeeper, Bolton, Lancashire—H. and W. Mather, wine merchants, Water-lane, City, Jan. 16—R. Reynolds, cabinet maker, Manchester, Jan. 16—J. Bur rell,nnd T. Hall, ironmongers, Thetford, Norfolk, Jan. 16 —lL.Mallinson, manufacturer of cotton goods, Almond bury, Yorkshire, Jan. 16. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. H. Banks and W. 'Crosby, stockbrokers, Warrington —C. Harris and J. Hogan, soda-water manufacturers, Northampton—J. L. Hine and E. Healey, law stationers, Manchester—M. Dain and C. Dain, York -terrace, Kent road—T, D'Almaine and T. G. Mackinlay, musicsellers, Sohe-square—T. Warner and W. Warner, upholsterers, I Long Sutton, Linconshire—D. Grant, A. Grant,- and J. Grant, stockbrokers, Leeds—D. Little, and P. Littlejohn, commission agents, Liverpool,-J. Henderson and C. C. Stephenson, stockbrokerz, Leeds—S. Tellet, J. Tellet, G. Tellet, and E. Tellet, builders, Kirkdale, Lancashire— C. M'Callum, B. Worley, and W. Muskett, ship brokers, Mark-lane, City—H. Smith and S. W. Cooper, toy dealers, Chiswell-street—R. Davies and S. F. Turner, fender makers, Dudley, Worcestershire. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. William Allan, oil merchant, Glasgow, Jan. 2 and Jan. 23, at two, at the counting-room of IT. Gourlay, Glasgow. Stephen Davidson, builder, Bairdston, Lanarkshire, Dec. 29 and Jan. 24, at twelve, at the office of Mr. Kippen, Glasgow. Duncan g:Gilvray, tailor, Edinburgh, Dec. 29 and Jan. 24, at twelve, at the Royal Exchange Coffee-house, Edinburgh. _ _ . ROBERT WILCO, • The Directois, Metnbers, and together at the LONDON TAVEI TUESDAY, the 30th of December, 1 Tickets, Om STEW 'Messrs. Aders, J. Bally, A. H. Barrett, J. Bligh, F. J. ' Brankstou, T. Brooks, J. W. Carter, T. D. Child, H. M. Crampton, T. H. Crease, 0. Cuffley. J. R. Englefield, J. Evans, I. L. Godshall, Coodall, M. Hewitt, G. Hicks, M. Hodgkinson, W. S. Jones, S. Loder, R. M'Culloch, W. Tickets may be had at the Loa; at the Office, Arthur-street West, I . .PARIS AND LYONS RAILWAY. p m A PUBLIC MEET (GANNERON'S COMPANY.) LNG of the Shareholders of this Coany wi be heldit the City of London. Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, on EILDAT ll NEXT, the 2,1 of January, 184 G, at Twelve for One o'clock precisely, to receive the repOrt of the Committee relative to the general fusion of the Companies formed to bid for this line, and on other matters. By order, • WILLIAM VILLESBOISNET, J ieeretarios. EDWARD FILDER, 7, Tokenhouse-yard, London 27th December, 1845. r IHE MAMMOTH HORSE.-MR. CARTER, the Lion King, respectfully informs the nobility, gentry, and the public, that his Mammoth Horse is now entirely recovered from the effects of the late accident, and that he will be Exhibited fora w days only at the EGYPTIAN HALL, Piccadilly, from 11 a.m. STUNT, 57, STRAND , LONDON.-WEL LINGTON BOOTS, made to •Measure, ONE GUINEA. Su perior workmanship, the finest , French leather, very durable, and pleasant for tender feet.—Cash on delivery. - 9 Pat. Admission is. The thousands of ladies and gentlemen who have recently seen this remarable animal, have expressed their admiration and astonishment at his wonderful size and perfect sym metry. This remarkable horse is 20 hands in height, and weighs 2,5001b5. FRIDAY NIGHTS GAZETTE. F OREIGN -OFFICE, Dzc. 26, 1845. It is hereby notified,•that the Right Honourable the Earl of Aberdeen, her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affaires, has received dispatches from Mr. Turner, her Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires at Monte Video, dated the 24th of September last, and from Mr. Ouseley, her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary accre dited to the Argentine Republic, dated the 31st of October, last, announcing that a blockade of the ports and coast of the province of Buenos Ayres was established, on the 24th of the said month of September, by the vessels of the British and French squadrons; that the term of fifteen days had been granted for the departure of neutral vessels from the port. of Buenos Ayres ; and that the commanders of the blockading forces had been authorised farther to extend that term to the 31st of the said month of October. BY THE QUEEN.—A PROCLAMATION.. Victoria R. Whereas our Parliament stands prorogued to Tun day, the thirtieth day of December instant ; we, with the advice of our Privy Council, do hereby publish and declare, that the said Parliament shall 193 further pro rogued, on the said Tuesday, the thirtieth day of De cember instant, to Thursday, the twenty• second day of January next ; and we have given order to our Chan cellor of that part of our United Kingdom called Great Britain, to prepare a Commission for proroguing the same accordingly; and we do hereby further, with the advice aforesaid, declare our royal will and pleasure, that the said Parliament shall,on the said Thursday, the twenty second day of January next, assemble and be holden for the dispatch of divers urgent and important affairs; and the Lords Spiritual and TemForal, and the Knights, Citizens, and - Burgesses, and the Commissioners for shires and burghs of the House of Commons, are hereby required and commanded to give their attendance ac cordingly at Westminster, on the said Thursday, the twenty-second day . ef January next. Given at our Court, at Windsor, this twenty-third day of Decemb e r, i n th e y ear o f our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-five, and in the ninth year of our reign. —God save the Queen. At the Court at Windsor, the 23d day of December, 1845, present, the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council. Whereas in pursuance of an Act, passed in the session of Parliament holden in the eighth and ninth years of the reign of her present Majesty, intituled "An Act for granting duties of ' Customs,' a certain Order in Council was made and published, on the eighth day of August, 1845, declaring what are the foreign powers with which such treaties as in the said recited Act are mentioned, are exist ing and whereas a treaty is now existing between her Majesty and the republic of Peru, but the said republic was omitted in the enumeration of the foreign powers contained in the said Order, of the eighth day of August. And whereas it is expedient that such omission should now be supplied, - now, therefore, her Majesty, .by and with the advice of her Privy Council, and in pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in her by the said recited Act of the eighth and ninth years of her Majesty's reign, doth hereby declare, that - a treaty is now subsisting: between her Majesty and the said republic of Peru. And the Right Hon. the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Trea sury are to give the necessary directions herein accord ingly. C. C. GREVILLE. At the Court at Windsor, the 23d day of December, 1845, present, the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council. Her Majesty having been pleased to appoint the Right Hon. William Ewart Gladstone to be one of her Majesty's principal Secretaries of State, he was this day, by her Majesty's command, sworn one of her Ma jesty's principal Secretaries of State accordingly. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, DEC. 26. Gentlemen Cadets to be Second Lieutenants. • Royal Regiment of Artillery—W. E. M. Reilly, vice Robinson, promoted ' • W. 13. Saunders, vice Bid dulpb, promoted ; C. H. Smith, vice Vernon, promoted ; Fitzhugh, vice Barnes, promoted ; W. H. Moody, vice Milman, promoted ; W. N. Hardy, vice Ken nedy, promoted ; J. -L. Bolton, vice Lock, promoted; J. H. Lugg, vice Gilbert, deceased ; G. 11. J. A. Fraser, vice Baddeley, promoted ; T. Lambert, vice Norie, promoted, Dec. 15. Corps of Royal Engineers—C. B. P. N. H. Nugent, vice Ward, promoted ; E. Belfield, vice Jesse, promoted ; Honourable G. Wrottesley, vice Bourchier, pro moted ; St. Andrew St. John, vice Grain, promoted ; E. C. A. Gordon, vice Grant, promoted ; W. Porter,. vice Browne, promoted ; J. J. Wilson, vice Somerset, promoted ; G. F. Dawson vice Montagu, promoted ; G. St. J. Crofton, vice Mairis, promoted ; H. Phillpotts, vice King, promoted, Dec. 18. don Tavern; of the Stewards ; or London-bridge. UNIVERSAL GAS-LIGHT COMPANY. PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT. Capital 100,0001., in 5,000 Shares of 201. per Share. Deposit 10s. per 1001. Shares, in accordance with the Aet. (Provisionally Registered.) Under the Management of a Provisional Committee. CONSULTING CHEMIST —Profe=.sor Ryan, M.D., LL.D., Royal Col lege, Portsmouth, and Royal Polytechnic Institution. ENGINEER—IIcury Francis, Esq., Patentee, 40, Elizabeth-street, Eaton-square. • BANKERS—Sir Claude Scott, Bart., and Co. SOLICITOR—F. S. W. Fesenmeyer, Esq., 23, Bedford-TOW. SECRETARY-31r. William Nicholson. - Offices of the Company and Working Factories, 159, Drury-lane. • The Company is formed for the purpose of carrying out, more ef fectually working, and bringing ixto general use, an invention se mad by letters patent far an improved manufacture of gas. Time apparatus is so portable it can Le fitted up on any descrip tion of building, even at a kitchen range,. without affecting the do mestic arrangements, and the fire used in ordinary in generating the gas will be ample to produce steam for warming the most extensive premises. PUBLICATIONS. THE BUILDER, all Illustrated Periodical, devoted to the Arts of Construction and Decoration, No. 151, for December 27, price 3d., contains :—Address to our Readers on Close of the Year—Gothic Ornaments from York Cathedral, with Five Rngrav!ngs—The Egg-form Sewer, with a Diagram—Awards of Official Referees respecting Fees, Roof Coverings, Shop Fronts, Width of Streets, &c.—Westminster Court of Sewers: Reply to Mr. Leslie's pamphlet —City Antiquities : Mr. Tite v. Mr. Roach Smith— Con:plaint against the District Surveyor at Lewisham--Coloured Decorations—Railway Jottings—Foreign Architectural Intelligence —Notices of Timber Sales, &c.--:-Office, 2, York-street,Covent-garden. *.* The First Number of a new volume (the fourth) will appear on Saturday, Jan. 3. MURRAY'S 110 ME AND COLONIAL LIBRARY. On January Ist, in Two Pails; post Bvo., 2s. 6d. each, -- PRE GYPSIES of SPAIN ; th e i r MANNERS, CUSTOMS, and CEREMONIES. By GEORGE BORROW, Esq Author of " The Bible in Spain." John Murray, Albemarle-street. The most eminent engineers and chemists unite in opinion that the invention is not only practicable and free from smell or annoy ance, but by this valuable patent is secured the manufacture of a pure and superior gas, not only on new, but sound, scientific, chemical, and mechanical principles, which have been hitherto overlooked in the common modes of manufacture ' • besides, this gas possesses more of the illuminating power, and will burn longer, than that now in use, in the proportion of 40 per cent. in favour of the invention. The patent method is applicable to lighting generally, but more especially small towns, villages, lighthouses, colleges, churches, dock yards, theatres, public offices, prisons, barracks, railway stations, manufactories, printing-offices, madhouses, hospitals, and schools, &c., and warming the buildings, without extra expense. The benefits which would accrue to lighthouses, dockyards, and numerous localities, where the ordinary gas cannot be conveyed without the formation of many new Acts and Companies, or at im mense expense, would be sufficient to obtain for this Company the most prominent and prosperous position. The great saving to the consumer, the small portion of room requi site for the erection of the apparatus, the simplicity of its working, and the brilliancy of the gas, will insure the adoption of the invention throughout the kingdom ; and although the public can be supplied at a price which will , defy competition, the Company can confidently hold out to the shareholders a return upon their capital of not less than fifty per cent. The Company being far advanced, will be in a situation, when fully registered, to take contracts immediately. 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LONDON, SAT U RDAY E N DECEMBER 7 ) 1845. ~~`-~~` i ~ DREADFUL CALAMITY. (From the L'reyoo/Wercury of Frida3.) It is seldom we have been called on to detail the cir cumstances of a more disastrous and melancholy evert than that we are new about to place on record, as it has hem attended by not only a great sacrifice of heman life, but a vast amount of property. What renders it still inure appalling is the fact, that the unfortunate parties who constitute the sufferers are individuals moving in the humble ranks of society ; and even those whose lives have been miraculously preserved have been deprived, not only of a place of shelter, but of all they possessed in the shape of furniture or clothing. The premises where the fatal occurrence originated are known as the Liverpool and Harrington Water works, and run from Sussex-street, down Water-street, to Rock- s t ree t. Th e works are very extensive, com prising various buildings necessary for carrying on the operations of the company, and on the west side was a large iron tank, capable of holding about 250,000 gallons of water. It was 25 yards in length, of proportionate breadth, and 19 feet in depth, and adjoined some small houses on oneeside o f R oc k- street, occupied principally by working people. It appears the tank was constructed foe the Waterworks Company, by the proprietors of the Hawarden Foundry, in Wales, and had only been finished a few days ago. Yesterday morning several of the men connected with the works attended for the purpose of tilling the tank, and the engine was set to work for the purpose. The process of filling was continued up to half-past one o'clock, at which time it was about two-thirds full, when the event took place which we are about to describe. From a statement we obtained from one of the suf ferers, mimed Simpson, it appears that he was sitting down to dinni r with his wife man upper room, when he heard a loud noise, which he could only compare to the roar of artille y, and immediately aft-rwards, before he had time to recover himself, the house seemed rent asunder, as if by some convulsive shock : the front and back walls of the building fell with a tremendous crash, carrying chaTs, beds, and other articles of furniture along with them into the street, and himself and wife were prostrated on the floor. They succeeded, hoWever, by the assistance of parties below, in reaching the ground in safety. By this time it was ascertained that the tank belonging to the works had burst, and the houses and other buildings adjacent were rapidly filling with water. Even in the streets some persons were up to the middle, and pieces of timber, articles of furniture, &c., were ! being carried rapidly away by the force of the stream. Such was its impetuosity, that several large pieces of wood were seen floating down Hill-street, as though driven by the current of a rapid river. The house next to the one we have been speaking of was occupied by a family named Deveney, and here the work of destruc tion was carried to a fearful extent, nearly the whole of the family being buried in the ruins of their habitation. Deveney, with his son and daughter-in-law, were got out with great difficulty, as were also several others who lodged with them. The parties were immediately con veyed to the Northern Hospital, several with legs and arms broken, but all more or less injured. A woman named Catherine Gibson, who lived as ser vant at Mr. Porter's public-house, Rock-street, went into the cellar to draw some beer, when a torrent of water rushed in, and filling the cellar overwhelmed her. She was taken out shortly afterwards quite dead. No sooner had the accident been made known than a body of the police force, together with some other men under the direction of Mr. Dowling, were set to work at the ruins, with a view of c l ear i ng away the rubbish, and, if possible, extricating several unfortunate individuals who were said to be missing ; and we need scarcely add, that they performed the task nobly, one or two sufferers being taken out of the rains, who, but for the praise worthy efforts of these men, would undoubtedly have lost their lives. Amongst others were two or three children, who were injured, although not seriously. After a considerable portion of the loose timber and materials had been cleared away, a strict search was made in a cellar under Deveney's house, and near the fire-place was found the body of a child, but owing to the features being so much disfigured by bruises, it could not at that time be recognised. The body was conveyed to a public-house in the neighbourhood. Near the same spot the body of a woman was shortly afterwards disco vered. Several persons having stated that they observed signs of life, she was conveyed to the Southern Hospital; it was, however, ascertained on her arrival there that she was quite dead. The whole of the houses in Rock-street were more or less injured by the water forcing itself into the founda tions, which was not astonishing, when the weight of water is considered. It appears that the tank burst, as it were, simultaneously, two of the sides separating asunder, portions of which were found in the Company's yard. Two men belonging to the works, Davies, en gineer, and Owen, a fireman, and also a boy, were se verely injured by some building materials which struck them while on duty at the works. Mr. James Lawrence, Chairman of the Watch Com mittee, was in attendance shortly after the accident, and rendered essential service; and too much praise cannot be awarded to Mr. Dowling, Superintendents Quick, Leverett, and Inspector Thompson, for their efforts in trying to extricate the unfortunate sufferers who were buried beneath the ruins. An old lady who lived in the house occupied by Simp son (or Smith) is said to be missing ; but up to ten o'clock last evening, although the workmen continued their operations in clearing away the rubbish, no traces of her had been discovered. Since writing the above, we have again visited the scene of desolation, ',and a more heartrending,one it has seldom been our lot to witness. Crowds are thronging to the spot, and this dreadful calamity seems to have spread a gloom over the whole town—to have damped the joyousness and hilarity of this usually festive season. The first shock, which is described as resembling a clap of thunder, seems to have been heard about a quar ter before two o'clock, and was immediately followed by a lesser one, more resembling the noise of heavy waggons. The first, there is no doubt, was the bursting of the im mense tank, and the second the falling of the ruins. We can easily imagine the degree of consternation by which all the inhabitants of the neighbourhood were suddenly overwhelmed The loud roaring, as of thunder, fol lowed by the deluge of water and tumbling frag ments of the houses in which they lived, whilst they themselves were thrown prostrate to the ground, must have brought to the minds of the victims more forcibly than ever the idea of the final consummation of all things. In fact, to a late hour last evening, the people had scarcely recovered the full possession of their con sciousness at the dreadful scene they had witnessed, and their miraculous preservation, whilst some of their neighbours had been less fortunate, seemed to have an overpowering effect upon their minds. The houses which have suffered most are those occu pied by Deveneys and Smith. In fact, they have been completely riddled. The back wall has been swept clean through the apartments, on the first and second stories of each house, carrying with it the whole of the furniture and front wall into Rock-street. The tank was at the back of these two houses, and, being raised upon brick-work to the height of about twelve feet, was on a level with the second stories of the houses. The foundation of the public-house of Mr. Porter, which stands at the corner of Rock-street, has with the immense flood sun k considerably. Arr. Berry's house has also sunk, and both have been so much shattered by being undermined by the water, that it is expected they will have to be pulled down. Mr. Porter had a very narrow escape. As soon as he heard the crash, and found the water gushing into his house, he seized his children and ran to the door, but the street was so flooded that he dared not leave the house. His cellar was immediately filled with water, and Catherine Gibson ; the aged woman who lost her life, was attend ing, it appears, to the cooking of the dinner. The yard of the Water-works presents a ruined as pect. The strong massive iron of which the tank was made seems to have been shivered, if we may so speak, to atoms. Pieces of it were forced through the houses into Rock-street on the one side, and nearly into Sussex street on the other, whilst the bricks were strewn about in all directions. One ponderous piece of the tank had fallen into the yard, at a considerable distance from where it was originally placed ; but, in general, it was spread about, comparatively speaking, in small portions. Even the gate was torn from it s hi nges b y t h e severity of the shock. The house of Mr. French, so far as we could learn, has suffered less than the others. The property belongs to Mr. Jones, of the firm of Jones and Jump, contractors ; and it is but justice to Mr. Jones to say that he did all he could to mitigate the sufferings of the poor people, by offering them the use of one of his empty houses in the neighbourhood, where, at least, their property would be protected. Persons who saw the torrent of waters rushing down the streets, describe it as like a river, when it came down Water-street into Chester -street, and thence down Hill street. The streets were so thoroughly swamped that the stones were scoured out of them. The parties in the Southern and Toxteth Hospital are the following : John Deveney, sawyer, Rock-street, aged 60, con tused head and face, in addition to wounds on other parts of the body. George Deveney, aged 15, concussion of the brain, and various severe contusions. 1 Carnarvon, Carnarvon—Colonel, J. E. Nanney; Ad. ' jutant, Captain Chapman. Cheshire, Chester—Colonel, H. Cholmondely; Adju. tant, Captain J. Errington. Duke of Cornwall's Rangers, Torpoint—Colonel, Earl of Mount Edgecumbe; Adjutant, Captain Fitzgerald. Cornwall and Devon Miners, Trure—Colonel, vacant; Adjutant, Captain Jenkins. Royal Cumberland, Whitehaven—Colonel, Hon. H. Lowther; Adjutant, Captain Pennington. Royal Denbigh, Wrexham—Colonel, R. M. Biddulph; Adjutant, Captain E. Jones. Derby, Derby—Colonel, Lord Waterpark; Adjutant, Captain F. Dineen. East Devon, Exeter—Colonel, Earl of Fortescue ; Adjutant, Captain Holman. North Devon, Barnstaple—Colonel, Lord Poltimore; Adjutant, Captain Ridgway. South Devon, Plymouth—Colonel, Earl of Morley ; Adjutant, Captain Fisk. Dorset, Dorchester—Colonel, Earl l/gby; Adjutant, Captain Hyatt. Durham, Barnard Castle—Duke of Cleveland; Adju tant, vacant. East Essex, Colchester—Colonel, H. J. Cony-ors; Ad jutant, Captain Jones. West Essex, Chelmsford—Colonel, Sir J. Tyrell; Ad jutant, Captain Russell. Royal Flint, Mold—Colonel, P. L. Fletcher; Adjutant, Captain J. Roberts. Royal Glamorgan, Cardiff—Colonel, Marquis of Bute; Adjutant, vacant. Royal (South) Gloucester, Gloucester—Colonel, Earl Fitzhardinge ; Adjutant, Captain Worthington. Royal (North) Gloucester, Cirencester—Colonel, T. Kingscote ; Adjutant, Captain Bradstoek. North Hants, Winchester—Colonel, Earl of Wiltshire; Adjutant, Captain L. B. Parkins. South Hants, Southampton—Colonel, Sir W. Pollen ; Adjutant, vacant. Isle of Wight, Newport—Colonel, P. W. Scott ; Ad jutant, vacant. Hereford, Hereford—Colonel, Earl Somers ; Adju tant, Captain Jones. Hertford, Hertford—Colonel, Marquis of Salisbury ; Adjutant, Captain Goodes. Huntingdon, Huntingdon—Colonel, T. W. Vaughan ; Adjutant, Captain Green. East Kent, Canterbury—Colonel, Sawbridge ; Adju tant, vacant. West Kent, Maidstone—Colonel, Sir J. Shaw ; Adju tant, Captain Eley. Ist Lancashire, Lancaster—Colonel, Tempest ; Adju tant, Captain Wilkinson. 2d Lancashire, Liverpool—Colonel, Earl of Derby ; Adjutant, vacant. 31 Lancashire, Preston—Colonel, J. W. Patton ; Ad jutant vacant. Leicester, Leicester—Colonel, Duke of Rutland ; Ad jutant, Captain H. Hamber. North Lincoln, Lincoln—Colonel, Viscount Alford ; Adjutant, Captain F. Kennedy. South Lincoln, Sleaford—Colonel, Earl Brownlow ; Adjutant, vacant. Royal London—Colonel, Alderman Sir C. Hunter ; Adjutant, Captain T. Tatham. Royal Merioneth, Dolgelly—Colonel, G. H. Vaughan; Adjutant, Captain Anwyl. Royal East Middlesex, Hampstead—Colonel. T.Wood; Adjutant, vacant. Royal West Middlesex, Uxbridge—Colonel, Right Hon. G. S. Byng ; Adjutant, vacant. Royal Westminster, Middlesex, Brentford—Colonel Viscount Chelsea ; Adjutant, Captain J. Blagg. Royal Monmouth, Monmouth—Colonel, T. Lewis ; Adjutant, Captain J. J. Kane. Montgomery, Welchpool—Colonel, vacant ; Adjutant, Captain, Gilder. West Norfolk, Norwich—Colonel, Earl of Orford ; Adjutant, James Powley. Northampton, Northampton—Colonel, vacant ; Ad jutant, vacant. Northumberland, Alnwick—Colonel, Earl of Beverley; Adjutant, vacant. Nottingham, Newark—Colonel, L. Rolloton ; Adju tant, J. Barton, Oxford, Oxford—Colonel, W. G. Langton ; Adjutant, Captain S. Dudley. Pembroke, Haverfordvvest—Colonel, Owea Owen ; Adjutant, Captain Owens. Royal Radnor, Presteigne—Colonel, J. Barnes ; Ad jutant, vacant. Rutland, Oakhatn —Colonel, Hon. W. M. Noel ; ad jutant, vacant. Shropshire, Shrewsbury--Colonel, E. Gatacre ; Ad jutant, vacant. Ist Somerset, Taunton—Colonel, Earl Powlett ; Ad jutant, vacant. 2:1 Somerset, Bath—Colonel, Sir T. Lethbridge ; Adjutant, Captain R. Bussell, ' Stafford, Stafford—Colonel, Earl of Dartmouth ; Adjutant, vacant. \Vest Suffolk, Bury—Colonel, Earl of Euston ; Adju tant, vacant. East Suffolk, Ipswich—Colonel, H. B. Bence ; Adju tant, Captain Reckham. Ist Royal Surrey, Richmond—Colonel, J. B. Delass ; Adjutant, vacant. 2d Royal Surrey, Guildford—Colonel, T. C. Onslow ; Adjutant, Captain T. Pyner. Sussex, Chichester—Colonel, the Duke of Richmond ; Adjutant, Captain Smith. King's Own, Stoke Newington—Colonel, Earl of Dal housie ; Adjutant, Captain R. Berford. Queen's Own, Bethnal-green—Colonel, Earl of Wilton; Adjutant, vacant. Warwick, Warwick—Colonel, Earl of Warwick ; Ad jutant, Captain Fitzgerald. Westmoreland, Appleby—Colonel, Earl of Lonsdale ; Adjutant, Captain Bennett. Royal Wilts, Marlborough—Colonel, Sir J. C. Hob house ; Adjutant, Captain Price. Worcester, Worcester—Colonel, T. 11. Burd ; Ad jutant, Captain Smith. Ist West Yorkshire, Leed,—Colonel, R. F. Wilson ; Adjutant, Captain M. Richardson. 2d West Yorkshire, York—Colonel, W. Markham ; Adjutant, Captain A. Graves. 3(1 West Yorkshire, Doncaster—Colonel, G. Cholmley ; Adjutant, Captain Rawson. York North Riding, Richmond—Colonel, Cradock ; Adjutant, Captaia J. Carter. York (East)—Colonel, Colonel E. Grimstone ; Ad jutant, Captain .T. In Scotland there are 15 Regiments, and in Ireland 38. THE CREW OF THE CAROLINE. On Tuesday last the return to the writs of habeas corpus, obtained by Sir George Stephen, was made by Hassan Ben Usoph, the captain of the vessel, as fol lows : " In obedience to the within writ, to me directed, I hereby humbly certify and return to the within-named Judge, that the within-named Lybo, Sympth, Camoonah, and Farrow, never were taken by me, except as herein.. after mentioned ; and that at the time of the coming of the within writ to me, the within-named Lybo, Sympth, Camoonah, and Farrow were not, nor were any of them, nor are any of them now, nor have they or any of them ever been, detained in my custody ; but that they and each of them are now within my power, and under my command as captain of the slop Caroline, belonging to his Highness the Imaum of Muscat, bound on a voyage from the coast of Zanzibar, on the eastern coast of Africa, to the port of London, and back to Zanzibar aforesaid, as part of the crew of the said ship, engaged for the said voyage ; and that they and each of them came within my power, and under my command as part of the crew of the said ship, engaged for the said voy age ; and that they and each of them came within my power and under my command, as part of the crew of the said ship Caroline, engaged fur the said voyage at the port of Zanzibar aforesaid, on or about the month of March last ; and that the said ship Caroline is now in the port of London, on the prosecution of the said voyage ; and that I hare their bodies ready as within I am commanded. " The answer of the within-named Hassan Ben Usoph." Ti) this return the Learned Judge (Mr. Justice Coleridge) has appended the following certificate : " The within-named partie. , , supposed to be detained as slaves, appeared before me, and having been exa mined, stated themselves to be free men engaged for the voyage as mariners at wages, and have no detention to complain of. I therefore discharge them as such. " J. T. COLERIDGE." It is the intentiontof Mr. Clarkson to make applica tion to the Learned Judge for the costs of the prose cution. George Simpson, aged 7, fractured log and contusions. Ann Deveney, aged 49, fractured arm, and contusions on the chest and head. Thomas Simpson, aged 46, contusion of the head, legs, and other parts of the body. Elizabeth Simpson, aged 8, fractured thigh, and severe contusions. THE TUDOR MEDALET.—Mr. Roach Smith, in a letter to the editor of the Builder, gives the following account of a Tudor medalet found on the site of the new Royal Exchange. It was met with during some partial excavation, before the general works commenced. So little consequence did I attach to it, that it re mained for months upon my table before I was induced to examine and clean it, when I deciphered an inscrip tion and the Tudor arms. It was previously a lump of worthless lead, but I regenerated its defaced impress, and thus made it an object of interest, but surely not an object to be envied the possession of. I exhibited it to the Numismatic Society, and to the Society of Antiquaries ; I freely permitted a wood-cut of it to be made for one of the pic torial weekly newspapers; and I adapted the inscription to the obverse of a medal of Prince Albert, designed by me, and engraved by Mr. Stothard to commemorate the Prince's advent to lay the first stone of the New Royol Exchange, the Joint Gresham Committee having omitted to order a medal to be engraved to record this interesting event. I THE MEIKLE FERRY.—We understand that a pro ject is now in embryo for throwing a bridge over the Aleikle Ferry. Although on first thought the scheme may appear somewhat utopian, we are assured, on the very best authority, that it may be accomplished with i ease and cheapness. Should this turn out to be the ; case,have and we no reason to doubt it, the northern . counties will be incalculably benefited. We believe that ' the sulject will be laid before the public in an authorita tive for,n, the spot having been already surveyed .by a gentleman of experience and skill, and well known in the north of Scotland.—Jolut 0' Great Jaunted, Ann Deveney, aged 24, severe contusions, brought to the hospital in a state of collapse. Joseph Deveney, aged:27, severe contusions all over the body, brought to the hospital in a state of collapse, and remained, together with the last person, in a state of insensibility for some time. ktiday evening Mr. Bedford, the Coroner, held an inquiry, which occupied several hours, at the Feathers, Dean-street, Westminster, to inquire into the death of Bridget Haslet, aged 76 years. It appeared in evidence that deceased was very feeble and infirm. Deceased lived at 34, Gardener's-lane, and on Wednesday last, between twelve and one o'clock, she was ettacked by a lit, when one of the lodgers went into her room to her aid. About six the same evening thQ landlord's atten tion was attracted by a cry of " Fire !" He imme diately rushed into deceased's room, and found her en veloped in flames. As soon as the flames were extin guished she was removed into the Westminster Hospital, where it was ascertained that her injuries were of so ex tensive a nature as to leave no hopes of her recovery, and she never rallied, and died about three the next morning (Christmas-clay). The supposition was that she had been leaning over the mantel-shelf (a strong propensity to which she always bad), and thus suddenly ignited her clothing, by vrhieh she became fearfully burnt. The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death." AUCIIINTOUL ESTATE.—The trustees of Lord Fife have purchaFed this estate for 70,0001. Thi s , w i t h t h e other extensive possessions of that family in Banffshire, will give them a large influence in the county.—lnverness Courier. t~ a. d. 1637 £l9l 13 5 £B7 13 5 66 MO 74 3 4 1838 165 13 0 74 13 10 1839 138 13 6 61 14 3 I 1840 , 89 0 0 41 13 4 Tle dtwision of profits is annual, and the next will be made in De eeinWx of the present year. . F. FERGUSO' CAMROI7X, SG a. GUARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSUR ANCE COMPANY. No. 11, LOMB.UM-STREET, at the Entrance of the Old Post office, London. DIRECTORS. JOHN LABOUCHERE, Esq., Chairman. JOHN DIXON, Esq., Deputy-Chairman. Henry Hulse Berens, Esq. John W. Buckle, Esq. Francis Hart Dyke, Esq. Sir Walter R. Farquhar, Bart. Thomson Hankey,jun., Esq.. John Harvey, Esq. George Johnstone, Esq. John Loch, Esq. Lovrts Loyd, jun., Esq. George Lyall, Esq., M.P. . Stewart Marjoribanks, Esq., M.P, John Martin, Esq.. ➢I.P. Rowland Mitchell, Esq. Robert Mitford, Esq. James Morrie, Esq. Henry R. Reynolds, jun., Esq. John Thornton, Esq. James Tulloch, Esq. ArD l T Ha t ß e e i s ni n: s r 7 y E S Nsg y o k 7 es ra Th .Rn,. o sE rn ..ci to . n, Esq. A. W. Robarts, Esq Samuel Jones Loyd, Esq. A etusity—Griffith In the LIFE DEPARTMENT, a Bonus was declared in June 1829, exceeding one per cent. per annum on the sums insured, on an average of the different Ages; and two subsequent divisions of nearly equal amounts were made up to Christmas 1835 and Christmas 1842. On an average of the three divisions the Reversionary Bonuses added to the several Policies at the end , of every seven years amounted to about 27 per cent. on the total premiums paid thereon during those sevemyears, and the whole amount of Bonuses allotted at the three Septennial divisions exceeded 530,0001. Loans granted on Life Policies to the extent of their values, pro vided such Policies shall have been effected a sufficient time to have attained id each case a value not under 501. In the FIRE DEPARTMENT, a Return of profit was declared on the 4th of June, upon the premiums received on all Policies which had been in force seven years at Christmas 1844, and the same is now in course of payment daily (Friday and Saturday excepted), between the hours of ten and three o'clock, at the Head Office ; and also by the Agents in the Country Districts. Notice is hereby given, that assurances which expire at Christmas must be renewed within fifteen days at this Office, or with Mr. Same, 1, St. James's-street, corner of Pall-mall; or with the Company's agents throughout the kingdom, otherwise they become void. GEORGE KEYS, Secretary. THE LICENSED VICTUALLERS' and GENERAL FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, ADELAIDE-PLACE, LONDON-BRIDGE ; 444, WEST STRAND ; 23, THISTLE-STREET, EDINBURGH; GREAT BRIDGEWATER-STREET, MANCHESTER ; WASON-BUILDINGS and MATHEW-STREET, LIVERPOOL. Empowered by Act of Parliament. The Company transact business in every department of Life and Fire Assurance, in Annuities, Reversions, and Loans. LIFE DEPARTMENT. ACTUARY—J. T. Clement, Esq. At the last quinquennial meeting there was added a bonus to the Life Polioies equal to 25 per cent. on the sums paid, and a bonus of 5 per cent. to the Shares, in addition to the payment of the annual interest. For the convenience of parties wishing to assure for a specific sum, without a prospective bonus, a new table at lower rates has been calculated, on which, as well as on the participating scale, one-half the premium may remain on interest at 5 per cent. for five , years, thus enabling a person to insure his life for 1,0001. on the immediate payment of the premium for 5001. only. The following are the annual Premiums for the, Assurance of 1001. for the whole Life, one-half of which may remain for five years by merely paying the interest annually at five per cent. ; and should the Policy become a claim in the interim, the amount due will then be deducted. Age 20, without profits •• £1 13 0 With profits 30 40•. 50 For short periods the Premiums are considerably lower, and for any ages or contingencies not usually advertised information may be obtained on application to the Actuary or Secretary. FIRE DAPARTMENT. The Company insure houses, furniture. stock in trade, farmieg stock, and every description of personal property, against loss or damage by fire. The Directors beg to remind their friends whose Premiums become due at Christmas, that no extra charge is made at this Office for the transfer of Policies, and that they will be rated on terms peculiarly favourable to parties insuring. Insurances may be effected for say period of time ; if for seven years, the Premium and Duty will only be charged for six. Dec., 1345. JOHN BIGG, Secretary._ CANDLES at CLARK'S REDUCED PRICES Palace Wax Candles (finest wax made), is. I Id. per lb. ; Orient Wax, ls. 9d. ; Transparent Wax, Is. 6d. ; Queen's Sperma ceti, Is. Bd. ; Sperm, Is. 6d. and Is. 2d. ; Clark's Royal Wax, Is. ; Patent Sperm, Is. ; Clark's Solar, superior to all composite, 10d.; Kitchen Candles (six months old), 514c1. Yellow Soap, 395. 485., and Clark's Superb Soap, 58s. per 1121b5.; Mottled, 565. per 112Ibs. ; Sweet Almond, Is. 9d. per lb. ; Orient Rose, Is. 9d. ; Old Brown Windsor, Is., the finest, Is. Bd. ; Royal Musk Windsor, 2s. ; Scented Curd, Rd. Sperm Oil, 6s. 3d. and 6s. 9d. per gaEon ; Clark's Patent Sperm only ss. ; Solar,. 3s. 4d. At CLARK'S Old-established Candle and Immense Lamp Depot, 447, WEST STRAND. Please write down address. mEciirs NOVELTIES for NEW YEAR'S GIFTS. The greatest variety for Ladies and Gentlemen, at MECIIPS MANUFACTORY and EMPORIUM of ELEGANCE, 4, LEADEN HALL-STREET, London, where may be snited the economist and luxurious.-Bagatelle-tables, 31. 10s. to 151. Writing-desks, 81. to 201. Dressing-cases, 155. to 1001. Work-boxes, ss. to 301. Leather Writing-cases, 10s. to 71. ; ditto, with Dressing-case, 41. to 251. Tea chests, 7s. 6d. to 81. Envelope-cases, 6s. to 71. Inkstands, in wood, bronze, and papier-mache, 6s. to 71. Papier•mache Work tables, 61. 10s. to 251. Tea-trays, 103. to 341. per set. Work and Cake-baskets, 105. to 41. Card-racks, 16s. to 31. Hand-screens, 103. to 41. 10s. Pole-screens, 21 ss. to 41. 10s. Netting boxes, Card-boxes, Ladies' Companions, in pearl, shell, papier mache, and leather. Ladies' Scent Cases and Toilet Bottles. Ladies' Card-cases, Chess Boards and Men. Elegant papier Inache Chess Tables, Gold and silver Pencil Cases in every variety. Good Tooth Brushes, 6d. each. Cases of plated and silver Dessert Knives and Forks. Shef field Plate. Splendid Table Cutlery. Warranted Razors and Strops, 3s. 6d. each. Sporting Knives, and every description of Fancy Cut lery, with a variety of other articles, of which catalogues may be had gratis. As Mechi manufactures extensively on his own premises, the qua lity of every article is warranted. JONES'S DEMULCENT COUGH LO ZENGES, the best remedy ever discovered. Persons afflicted with cough, asthma, di►Sieulty of breathing, consumption, or other tiseases or derangement of the respiratory organs, will experience mmedlato relief, and derive permanent benefit, by the use of JONES'S DEMULCENT COUGH LOZENGES, which are so eBica• cious, 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, operatlye chemist, 11, Norton folgate, Bishopsgate-street, London, in boxes Is. 1%d., and in this at 2s. Vd. each, duty included ; and by most chemists and patent medi— cine 'vendors in town and country. RHEUMATISM. All those suffering from Rheumatism, Chilblains, Lumbago, Tie-Dolorenx, Cramp, Sprains, &c., will find immediate relief and a speedy cure by using CORRALL'S EMBROCATION. The great and inci easing demand for this novel Embrocation induces the proprietor to introduce it more generally to the public, satisfied that one trial alone will be sufficient to convince the most sceptical of its superiority over all other articles offered for similar purposes. Sold in betties at Is. 1 1 ,6 d., 25., and 2s. 9d. each, by the Sole Pro prietor, George Richardson, 12, No , land-place, Notting-hill, and by his appointment by Barclay and Sons, 95, Farringdon- street ; and J. Sanger, 150, Oxford-street. Orders, by post, directed to the Proprietor, promptly attended to. .2-/ ~~~ ,~ ~jr- , ...?".< . • - -$. , 4, .'i 7. 11. '5. ."•f-)(1 V • ' , _ .. t . „0: •1 , . ,- , . nc , ... '. i . c - -•- - ~.:, : 76 • - - -• . • ,-.......—..—. , ~i. A. , '-.31.t?' ' P.. . ---.... •./ -,..• gb ilf --$11:Z 'i i is,s . ''''..'"'f's , • - ‘,,,,,,,,,t,,,,--f 7 • ° Q e . P '' 4 ' MA ' 6 4 -, I X. ~ , , . _ - AS' 4 ~ (~, . -tnV‹. ;4' 3t ,, ?. , _ 1 3,. , 1 43 ~ . „*. I , r fP''', s i *f • - _.,_ ~,_-s s--' . ,-- T ---... \,-- I it( ,-E 1; '‘,\,,,.:, . ,_ _.., , . I 1 , k s k , - ; . 4.,1„ iv 0 : 0 , ---- ---, ~' ) ! I, i i • I tak,.., ',„/ ' ) ‘___ J , • p o , isz,t , ,----„ , t,...„ , 1. , -.;-- - r_z. -,. PRICE SD. COUNCIL. The following are the gentlemen returned as repre sentatives of the 25 wards in the Court of Common Council for the ensuing year, who will be presented to the Court of Aldermen on Plough Monday for approval. From the list it will be seen that the great majority of those returned are advocates of free trade:— Aldgate Ward, returning B.—Alderman Humphery, M.P. (Liberal), and Messrs. Lake (deputy), Whiteside, Freeman, Massey, Fisher, Jerrum, Clifton, and Salter; the majority in favour of free trade. Aldersgate Ward, returning B.—Alderman Sir Peter Laurie (Conservative), and Messrs. Lorkin, Godson, De Jersey, Stacey, Mawe, Norris, Wood, and Sharwood; four Conservative and four Liberal. Bassishaw Ward, returning 4.—Alderman Farncomb (Conservative), and Messrs. Friseley (deputy), W. B. James, W. Lester, and T. Britton (the majority Con servatives). Billingsgate Ward, - returning B.—Alderman Sidney (Conservative), and Messrs. Curling, Knill,'Old, Bower, J. Johnson, Roberts, *Phillips, and,*Williams (the ma jority in favour of free trade). Bridge Ward,Within, returning B.—Sir C. Marshall, Alderman (Conservative), and Messrs. Pewtress, Low, Chadwick, Knott, Hill, J. G. Cope, H. Matthews, and ' Weathman (the majority in favour of free trade). ' Bread-street Ward, returning B.—Alderman W. Hughes Hughes (Conservative), and Messrs. Bridge, W. Lawrence, Poland, Hawtry, Maughan, Duncan, Dignum, and *Laurie (the majority in favour of an alteration in the corn-laws). Bishopsgate Ward, returning 14.—Alderman W. T. Copeland, M.P. (Conservative), and Messrs. Stevens (deputy), Peacock (deputy), W. Johnson, J. Capper, T. Tagg, R. Ashley, H. Pullen, Jones, Bennett, W. Jones, R. Thomas, J. R. Carr, and J. Charlan (the . greatest portion in favour of free trade). Broad-street Ward,freturning B.—Alderman J. Mus grove (Conservative), and Messrs. Corney(deputy), Jupp, Gadsden, White, Foster, Warton, Martott, and *Baker (the majority Conservatives). Candlewick Ward, returning 6.—Alderman Sir Geo. Carroll (Liberal), and Messrs. Evans (deputy), Bond, Dakins, Towse, Blades, and *T. R. Kemp (all Liberals). Castle Baynard Ward, returningB.—Alderman S. Wil son (Conservative),'and Messrs. Hicks (deputy), Farrar, Moggeridge, Hoppe, Rownson, Adlard, Collingwood, and Baily (the majority in favour of free trade). Cheap Ward, returning B.—Alderman W. Thompson, M.P. (Conservative), and Messrs. Brooke (deputy), Fen ning, E. Watson, B. Hardwick, Hickson, Oliver, R. G. Pead, and Phillips (in politics about equal, but the majo rity in favour of free-trade). Cordwainers' Ward.—Alderman T. Wood (Liberal), and Messrs. Mundell (deputy), Lott, Taylor, Joyce, Jol liffe, and Crouch (the majority in favour of a repeal of the corn-laws). Cornhill Ward, returning 6.—Sir John Pirie, Alder man (Conservative), and Messrs. Harrison, Coster, Ran dell, Waterloo, Harriss, and *Hunter (the majority Conservatives). Cripplegate Ward Within and Without, presided over by Alderman T. Challis (Liberal), returns 16 members to the Court.—ln the Within Ward, Messrs. Smith, Brown, Hoole, Last, Brass, Cash, Barnard, and *Ben flock, all "free-traders," were returned; and in •the Out Ward, Messrs. Dixon, Gilbert, H. L. Jones, Sadler, J. Johnson, Eldred Rees, and Medway ( a ll but one in favour of a repeal of the cern-laws). Coleman-street, returning B.—Alderman W. Hunter (Conservative), and Messrs. Allen, W. S. Hale, Hall, Bracher, Davies, Johnson, Phillips, Perkins (the ma jority Conservatives). Dowgate Ward, returning 6.—Alderman J. Johnson (the Lord Mayor, Conservative; Messrs. Brown, *Kibble, White, *Harker, Prior, and Cousins (the majority are Conservative, but in favour of the removal of the re strictive duties on corn). Farringdon Ward (Within), returning 14.—Alderman T. Kelly (Conservative), and Messrs. Westwood (deputy), Pritchard, Ru tter, Hayward, Holt, Bonsor, Virtue, Asburst, Eagleton, Wheelton, Hartley, Ridley, M'Laughlin, and *Blake (out of the'l4, 8 are returned as free-traders). Farringdort ( Without), returning 16.—Alderman Sir J. Duke, M.P. (Liberal), and Messrs. Obbard, Bedford, Burn, Williams, R. Taylor, Charles, Harding, Edkins, Stokes, Barnard, Anderton, IsherwOod, Buckmaster, Hodgson, Prendergast, and *Lynch (11 out of the 16 re turned are in favour of free trade). Langbourne Ward, returning 8.- - Alderman Sir J. Key (Liberal), Messrs. Unwin, Frodsham, Dixon, Howard, Adamson, Snelling, J. Collinson, and Shaw (the majority being Conservatives). Lime-street Ward, returning 4.—Alderman C. Fare brother (Conservative), Messrs. Cork, Carson, Mitchell, and Simpson (the majority Conservatives): Portsoken Ward, returning B.—Alderman G. F. Moon (Conservative), Messrs. Wright (deputy), Danford, Kilby, Jutsum, Parker, M'Kenzie, Christie, and Hay ward ; all of whom are in favour of the repeal of the corn-laws. Queenhithe Ward, returning 6.—Alderman J. K. Hooper (Liberal), Messrs. Gosee (deputy), Tyler, Sykes. Curtis, Acocks, and *Rathbone (of mixed politics, but all in favour of a repeal of the corn-laws). Tower Ward, returning B.—Alderman Lucas, M.P. (Conservative), Messrs, Finnis, Briggs, Solson, Aitche son, Redhead, Maitland, Young, Turnbull, and Capel (the majority opposed to repealing the corn-laws). Vintry Ward, returning 6.—Alderman Sir W. Mag nay (Conservative), Messrs. Elmes, Marsden, W. D. White, J. King, Sprague, and Lepard (the majority Con servatives). Walbrook Ward, returning 6.—Alderman M. Gibbs, Messrs. Watkins, Hale, D. W. Wire, Dawson, Condor, a nd Williams (the majority are Liberals). * New members. THE MILITIA. The letters which we have lately published of the Secretary of State for the Home Department and of the Secretary at War, leave no doubt of the intentions of the Government as to the enrolment of the militia for immediate service ; and as the subject excites consider able interest no doubt through every county in the empire, as well as amongst the British army, the com . missioned portion in particular, we detail a list of the several regiments intended for enrolment, together with some important facts for the consideration of our readers, who must not treat the matter with any degree of levity, as it relates in a great measure to every person in the kingdom, without any distinction whatever. It must be understood that the militia will not on this occasion be raised, as incorrectly reported a short time since, by beat of drum, but according to the old system of ballot or process, which no one above the age of 21 need flatter himself that he can avoid. It appears that of the number at first enrolled in a single district —say Sussex—one-third will be called on for duty for three years, when they will be discharged (each man having the option of volunteering into the line), and will not again be required for at least six years. It is understood by those *conected with the militia, that Government have not determined upon enrolling that body through any fear of war, but with a view of affording the Canticles, New Zealand, and other portions of the colonies additional military force. The following is a correct list, with the head-quarters of Commandants and Adjutants:— Royal Anglesea, Beaumaris—Colonel, Lord Dinorben ; Adjutant, Captain Jones. Bedford, Bedford—Colonel, Sir J. Osborn; Adjutant, Captain Leech. Royal Berks, Reading—Colonel, J. Blagrave; Adju tant, Captain Purvis. Royal Brecon, Brecon—Colonel, F. Chambre; Adju tant, Captain Isaacion. Royal Bucks, Wycombe—Colonel, Lord Carrington; Adjutant, Captain Grove. Cambridgt., Ely—Colonel, F. Pemberton ; Adjutant, Captain Sebborne. Koval Card it;ran, Ahervstwith—Colonel, W. E. Powell; AAdjutant,. e Carmarthen, Carmarthen—Colonel G. R. Trevor ; Adjutant, Captain Davy. -- = • - I 65 125