The Sun. — London, England, 1845-07-22 00:00:00

- W A Y.) nd Flour wer e Scotland "ere .ts the reeelP 6 f 60,00 0 q ty Fresh up, i re , astwise or y supplied respecting I, and the ie d e mand fo r Ivance 0 13 1 . 4 1 t r, and at vib le , l ! 'e disposed 02", Idere reondo" 2s per qua N! ;enerally en . n . ; more inquirlo 3arley was.% ed. Grindina. kinds were g+ sluggish stae lg to the !Int decline ef , ft . at very full RE 65 ..... 64s to 0 and F ee d. 228 ‘ , 2 5 3 : 245 ' ..... Cork, 0 , ▪ 20s v s 215 0 , 223 jog • ▪ • • 343 ins 365 30 " 38 ', 355 40 , • 385 403 41, Vie... 42s 359 ..... 33 5 p )rfolk 333 )ND 245 02 , 9 ,: 285 5e 195 0 185 "... 4 5. d. 8. I to 3 8 A 9 too 6 ; 0 r 3 10 ", 0 .30 4 9 • 3 10 .16 0 '; • 5 0 rte• 31b LL• r ah the ar" W ee te pas t for !xtensi% etro, n the 01 6 , t ived qua of qu otatio- tbe r a of all 0 r, Several csoj from 2 8 I il , s. d, to 3 ' .3 2 4 . 3 10 , . 4 , 8 3 .2 . 4 . 3 10 iv • illl6 r j " 9. 12° 13° i 0 90 )0 120 35 40 , 0 100 15 74° Jo 830 9° 'gen t arts O . is wearaind i n o es dull Wt te Ai f the tinle rst noirolevt and 0 7, n ts be acco— been ieof 5, 000 bl r i file onie3. r ' of Or o. , Pstey riv e 3 ish quaDo 0 'mess d 0 tbe autumn h s , 405, sP 4 A ,w is 39s t i,fs sbargh a firm, an ester M; Id, 139 00' 6d;„ h ot est P i ss; to g, ll's n 1; nett° l , nertlelt ; :le, 165 . 0 0 i c hardb Bartl e .' of Ci°de vEN , A- m os yOl4 O is is •th eot h No. 1 4 zee, 6 0, 1 1 e' f ,ot d° es being I. 'o na ils ! Pr s lc o. J.; „T e e The ' t he ,weer e d full-eie , rni&fling' <6. 61 d; of each' g er d e ,r % e ut. 't ( *et lit Oast h • 1 , ill bot te-stre'ot ng the ./ " shah' tb :ent , )111' tepberit or ) Ea' 19' ny . p lace' 5. Ch ati° g Ch ti r . r o l , Of `' of : clesfi n el o ci d 11, see p ' el it Lsel , . 0 jobl Youo , g es -----"-- 79' . of re r t . den j 3,1 , s 4 ~ r tiouse, 0, Mid- ` vie eat 1 Job ° re► Alban y' Op °I 10. ' I 2. lunti °f 41. zi LAST WERT. 81 14, ~.;rc • • A\ -4 k 0:1c, 44 )11W. • O,UI • , We may however here rematk laxoti(..:YAL ACADEMY OF ARTS, TRAFAL- ' . • °Si 1 1(t 04:,11" 1; 231 , yes is that we are shortly to hay n d high inundation. GAR-SQUARE. • `.t ‘\. • - ••••• t , , Exports up to the 30th of May is hereby given that the EXHIBITION of the ROYAL *i%- I ;IA I 11, , —'4,-OEMY wi ll finally CLOSE on SATURDAY NEXT, the 26th inst., at SEVEN O'CLOCK precLsely. I 4 * ,1 0 • lt ;.. * rst - , / i x 4' • " 1 / 4 2' I s. A.dmisslon (from Eight o'clock till Seven), One Shilling. ' 4 414 4 3-R' - , , ,ifte, -ri• to -s _ • To Great Britain ... ...... 46 4. 1. • France Catalogue, One Shilling. ' DI tot' 00 , , - • -„ Ro i.t HENRY HOWARD, R.A., Secretary. North _ _ --knibitors are requested to send for their works on Wednesday, he 30th, or Thursday, the 31st instant. Tkit and .13. L ACK WAL L PACKETS, Packet and Railway Fare included in One Payment. One of the above Packets leaves the Terrace Pier, Gravesend, week days' at 734, 834,9%, 11%, 1, 234,3%, 5,6, and 734 ; and on Sundays, at 7 8%, 1134, 1, 234, 5,6, 7, and 736. transevick Wharf, Blackwell,* week-days, at 936, 1036, 11, 12, %' 7, 3, 4%,8. 534, 7, and 8 ; and on Sundays, 934, 10, 10%, 11, 1%, 3, and Observe 1 The Trains start one quarter of an hour before each these times. Ni. 16515. LONDON TUESDAY r • 1 4. me r E „ 1 0 4 am JULY 2-2, 1845. Piaci& sd. THE SUN is Published EVERY MORNING a t FIVE O ' CLOCK, in Time for t h e EARLY TRAINS and TOWN DELIVERY; a SECOND EDITION (Eren:ng Sun) is Published in Time for the AFTERNOON TRAINS and a THIRD EDITION SEVEN O'CLOCK, for POST, containing PARLIAMENTARY and all other NEWS i n LONDON u p t o that Hour. Fares to or from London. Fore Cabin and Second Class Carriage, icinepence. Saloon and First Class Carriage, One Shilling. To or from Blackwell. Fore Cabin, Sixpence—Saloon, Ninepeneo. ADVEJLTISEMENTS INSERTED i n ALL THE THREE PAPERS, Morning, Noon, and Night, thereby insuring a TO WN . find COUNTRY CIRCULATION at ONE CHARGE,. For shortei distances, Sixpence. ITickets —For Twelve Months, 51. ss. ; Six Months, 3/. 3s. ; Three l l onths, 21. h e Captains o 2; be obtained at the Star-office, Gravesend, or of s. n board the Packets. Star Office, Gravesend, May 11, 1545. I ALWAYS.-50/. to 1001. DOUCEUR will ri be given to any person procuring the Advertiser (a mar ed man, aged thirty-five), who is a good penman and accountant, and Possesses a knowledge of the French language, a permanent si . wation on a Railway, or in the Docks. Address (free) W. Ileathfield, Esq., solicitor, Featherstone-bnild ingB, Holborn. TAV ERN,DINING, and COFFEE-ROOMS in the NEIGHBOUR HOOD of the MANSION-HOUSE, CITY. 0 be DISPOSED OF, the valuable LEASE 0 ,1,r, Of a TAVERN, advantageously situate in the very best part ~_,Loe City. It comprises spacious dining and coffee-rooms, bar, seve 7, bed-rooms, appropriate domestic offices, and ample cellerage. The '', e zolses are admirably arranged for carrying on a first-rate *One and salYrii, as well as a tavern business. To any competent person, pos 41'1 of moderate capital and of active habits, this establishment ,1- 8 a rare opportunity for rapidly improving his fortune. ,_The property may be viewed, and particulars had on application to Messrs. Ne w t on and Appleton, Mans i on House -street, London. ipOR the MOORS.— he Heather Shootini 1,, Jacket ; , I/. 181. • for the Park on or Street, the Llama-cloth d letot, 2/. 2s. for the ' Seaside ar Ctinental Travelling, the Paletot to te, U. 10s. b e Al V l NICOLL a 'S, registered of Llama Wool aecording `dress, 114, Regent-street, London. BROOTING.—The Heather-coloured JACKET of Llama Wool retains the principles of Shape given in Nicoll's Frorgi,tred Paletot. There are many gentlemen who have ne liking Dot lie ld ePorts, yet would much incline te the Registered Jacket, it o p_ confining the chest and giving a general sense of freedom ; no th,ght recommendation for the library or the early morning walk in country ; but the Registered Jacket, for the purpose designed, shooting, is truly good. The Heather recommended, but many Ctterns may be seen at most of the agents in the principal country or at the spacious Warehouses, 114, Regent-street, London. J• sad D. NICOLL, twenty races north of the Quadrant. DINNEIfiERVICES, TABLE GLASS, &c. SANDER and CO., 319, HOLBORN, corner of Sonthampton Buildings, opposite Gray's Inn Gate, have on Tel the largest Stock in London of Table Glass, Dinner, Dessert, and eservices, ornamental China, Chandeliers, Lnstres, Lamps, Hall rns, k o . a t ,•/ 3 --A considerable number of Dinner, Dessert, and Tea Services 8 ,,„° great reduction in price; these patterns are not those of the pre -I,,;`,"_' Year, but the ware is of the best quality, and they will be found p o v r i thY of attention—some of the Dinner Services in question are li,2 c lain—ln addition to which, there are a few suspending Drawing Lustres, an.' Hall Lanterns. A G- EN T for a BRANCH of a LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY WANTED. L7A- _ GRAND UNION RAILWAY EXTENSION of TIME for SIGNATURE of DEEDS. (PROVISIONALLY REGISTERED.) WILTS, SOLAERSET, AND SOUTHAMP TON JUNCTION RAILWAY, connecting the ENGLISH with the BRISTOL CHANNEL, and forming a complete Commu nication, on the Broad Gauge, between Southampton, Salisbury, Bath, Bristol, and every other Town in the West of England and South Wales. PUBLICATIONS. The Directors of the Scottish Provident Institution, being about to establish a Branch of their business in London, invite the attention of gentlemen of extensive influence and business habits who may be qualified to fill the situation of Agent and Secretary. A salary of 4001. will be guaranteed, with prospective increase from com mission, subject to regulation. Ample testimonials will, therefore, be required. Applications, with references, to be transmitted to the head office in Edinburgh, previous to the Ist of August; or from the Ist to the sth to Messrs. Glyn, Hallifaz, Mills, and Co., Bankers, London. JAMES WATSON, Manager. 14, St. Andrew's-square, Edinburgh, July 17, 1845. For information as to the principles of the Society, see another column of this paper. Notice is hereby given, that the PARLIAMENTARY CONTRACT and SUBSCRIBERS' AGREEMENT will LIE for SIGNATURE at the Offices of the Company, 78, Cornhill, from Ten to Four each day, until Saturday, the 26th instant inclusive. By order, ALFRED BEESTON, Secretary. Now ready, post Bvo., 2s. 6d., THE FRENCH IN ALGIERS John Murray, Albemarle-street. REMINGTON'S LINE. OND ON and MANCHESTER DIRECT , INDEPENDENT. RAILWAY, with a BRANCH through the STAFFORDSHIRE POTTERIES to CREWE. Capital, 350,0001., in 14,0'0 Shares of 251. each. Deposit, U. 7s. Gd. per Share. COMMITTEE OF DIRECTION. John Bagshaw, Esq„ London, Director of the Northern an,l Eastern and Eastern Counties Railway Companies Wm. Bardgett, Esq., London, Director of the Italian and Austrian Railway Company Win. Bradley, Esq., Manor Oaks, Sheffield, Director of the Sheffield and Manchester, and Huddersfield and Sheffield Railway Compa nies Geo. Hunt, Esq., Southampton W. J. Lefeuvre, Esq., Southampton Edward Lomer, Esq., Southampton W. J. M'Guire, Esq., London R. H. Purcell, Esq., London Geo. Rougernont, Esq., London, Director of the Paris and Caen Rail way Company J. Stewart, Esq., M.P., Director of the Paris aid Caen, and Northern of France Railway Companies Notice is hereby given, that no further Applications for Shares will be received after the 26th day of JULY instant, except from those parties locally interested, applications fl - om whom must be made on or before the 30th instant.—By order, HENRY W. MATTHEWS, Secretary. yrLIGHTER AND SOFTER THAN FLANNEL. lIRESIIER'S INDIA GAUZE WAlST fet„ti COATS, manufactured expressly for warm climates, are per uflYe free from every irritating or disagreeable quality. They are ma t.nred by THRESHER and GLENNY, and can only be procured East India Outfitting Establishment, 152, STRAND, Lon ., T i It is very important to notice that every article is marked Lon e P I ESHER'S INDIA GAUZE," as no other material possesses o 'ame absorbent qualities. for 6 s ur Sample Waistcoat sent ree on receipt of Post-office Order • LEA and PERRIN'S WORCESTERSHIRE go od SAUCE is pronounced by connoisseurs to be " . tlis only Rah, s auce" for enriching gravies, or as a zest for fish, curries, coups, a,-;,'"e, steaks, 'cold meat, &c. The approbation bestowed on this to having encouraged imitations, the Proprietors deem it necessary Fla t e t a ,,,, u t i an Purchasers to ask for "Lea and Perrin's Worcestershire ", " and to observe that the same is embossed on Bett's metallic 12sules, which they have adopted as a protection to the public. Irf °1(1 , wholesale, retail, and for exportation, by the proprietors, t a T ei:y treet, Oxford-street ; Crosse and Blackwell, Soho-square ; ilee er ,,„ and Sons, Farringdon-street ; and by vendors of sauces TRE TWO COUSINS. A TALE. • rrom the country two cousins arrived t'other day, With an equal amount their expenses to pay. T he first one, determined to cut a great dash, In the West-end resided and laid out his cash. T he highest -priced tailors alone he employ'dl Short time was his finery worn and enjoyed i The cost was so high that it emptied his purse, And he soon was left shabby; oh, what can be worse ? Now his cousin three suits to his one wore meanwhile, Made of far better cloth, and in far better style; For all three he was charged what the first paid for one, ~ %; .n d he end e d we ll c l a d i n th e way he'd begun. e had managed his matters with prudence and skill, •uealt with Samuel, Brothers, Twenty-nine, Ludgate-hill, Men whose System and Capital Cheapness command, ox A nd whose Honour and Judgment resound through the land. ilek k it I ' I TIBELY NEW PRINCIPLES.—TAILORING, WOOLLEN gate l f 4 „rti r , and OUTFITTING ESTABLISHMENT, No. 29, Lud t,:_a, SAMUEL, BROTHERS, Proprietors. Uty customer will be enabled to ascertain the value and quan r Material required for every variety of Garment. Each cloth and SAMT r e , r , e, &c., being marked in figures, at the price per yard. riee es „, - ` 4, , BROTHERS, explain to their patrons the quantity that is rates ''","" for the particular article of dress wanted, and charge sepa ilia J.. Mr the making and trimming. The peculiar advantages of gilarill B t tern may be practically exemplified as follows !—The average tp Yof cloth for a coat is 1% yards. Suppose the cloth selected fors Per yard, the material would cost 215., our charge would be . ' fl aking and trimmings, and thus a first-rate coat, made to fewenre, and completed in the best style, will be obtained for 41s. ; sart if . an„, charge less than 50s. or 525. for the same article. The SA - N •t v ing will be effected in every description of clothing. Cloth EL, BROTHERS', charge for making and trimming coats for ~4ander 10s. per yard is 18s., and for the higher price cloths 20s. ould any article (after it has been paid for) not please, they will L e a ge it, or return the money without demur. SAL'"es' Riding Habits made in a very superior manner. 1ta.,,,1T andEL, BROTHERS, have a very extensive stock of superior tl-7:lnadesubmi Clothes the , at followingsuch p hats. must ensure unqualified setts t— rDerior Cloth Dress Coats.. 21s. Cassinaere Trousers, •• • HI. °d• ...” a anY Yery super ditto .......... 303. Tweed ... ...... ... • • 7s. Gd. Frock Coats 3s. extra. (Vests in endless variety, at any Mourning to any e price. extent als A new and ext ens i ve assortment of Boys' wa an y d Yonready.ne Clothing,at the Lowest Prices. Observe the Address—SAMUEL, BROTHERS, Tailors, Wholesale and Retail Woollen Drap ers , & c., 29, LUDGATE-HILL. N.B. A Guide for Self -measurement and Patterns sent to any part aithe Kingdom. THE FASHIONABLE WORLD!! Gay! Gay! Gay! Are " Hyam's Fashions" blended 1 Far! Far! Far! His " Fame" it has extended Clothes ! Clothes 1 Clothes ! If you want to buy 'em ! Try I Try! Try ! The fashionable HYAM 11" bit ta , 10th Tuni ••• •• •• •• from xe 16 6 ditto Hussar ditto •••••••• • • • • •• •• ••• • • • from 0 18 6 L. IT. 10,000 BLOUSES, from 3s. 6d. each !!! '` z4l .l Tailoring and Outfitting Establishment, 36, fraeecharch- street, London. LIST OF PRICES. BESPOKE DEPARTMENT. • m£o 15 0 1.4 04, 41 11 ° ,1 1 or Chesterfield Coat .. ... ................ fro 1 0 0 Th e I: r n isi e: Waterford Riding ditto .... Alb e n• Enve10pe ... ........ 1 10 0 )1 n won. - , ey e , ~ —g Coat• •• ........ 1 5 0 0 12 0 Afen , B ti oaths Taglionis and Chesterfields 1 10 0 bitt, r ess Coats, any colour 1 15 0 bitto curtouts, ditto . Dit to Doeskin Trousers, any pattern .. •••••• • • • • • • Ditto li p la ct Dress Trousers .. ........................ 0 18_ 0 0 ashionable Vests, in endless variety ..............0 7 Nlievi RMADY-MADE DEPARTMENT. . 4a L 4 b tl e l a - r - 18 6 t r an el:s ny te ei rfl op el e d C0 . at5 .. ............ : .. : • • • • • .. .. .. .. .. ........... £9 O 1 9 2 0 : The you f er Waterford Riding ditto ••••• • • • • 1 0 0 Il e, Ys i : t e W „,, al „king Coat .. . 0 8 0 .10, - ,- , t ouths' T lionis or Chesterfields.— •• •••• • • • • 1 0 0 I ) t i_te's ks u r rt e ge ou 9oa_ts t , s ag ny colour ........ 1 5 0 bilrl''"lack ' ° 'l.i to ................ o 8 6 bt u : 'Att. ) y e userB ••••••••• • • • • • • • " ............ 0 4 6 Ditto )Diasl eed Trousers 0 7 6 panttekee k in Trousers 0 12 0 nics... • 0 6 6 ) 4 8 ar ai tte : • .... --•••••••••••••• • ' ' • • ' • • • • • • • • • : 018 6 j; -•kin Trousers „ 0 2 6 to ditto • • • •••••• „ o 6 6 ee c o ,: 'rerY best, with rule pockets .. ——— • • ..0 5 0 „ ... .A./sTC Th Ls ............. ....... . 'lees n ; - "° 01 K, entitled '‘ The Triumph ofArt," containing a an • • • • • • • • ... •• . List of be 1 1 , 4 - • the most Fashielable Garments for the Spring Season h , ur c e - stre et. ?It aliPlying to L. HYAM, Pantechnetheca, 36, Grrec og o h m n( 2lno r , sent post fre to any part of the Unite d Ll 4-1 variable state of the WEATHER has Pt ia. pro duced e ,,„ , the numerous cases of low fever and debility existing geti oto , -- 'nt, and is a sure indication of habitual costiveness, caused Ziftee r — dY bY want of care in attending to the state of the digestive „-orpg' APERIENT The only real remedy in such cases is LORD i E ti L- e Ore to PILLS, which have been the means of pos v of ooth oex—ottlY thousands ; they are peculiarly adapted for persons he nobilit„ , eB ,who are of sedentary habits ; they are patronised by ten r , ~ ~n, ~„,„,_ meth ,, : ext ant .-.try, and are the mildest and most efficacious Sold t„ : arei a ,;'` ooxes at Is. 1%c1., e, bureh„ a nn CO., 95, Fan•in ,, don-street ; Sutton and Co., 10, Sanger, L5O, O„,J a rd ; Newberry 45, ° and Edwards, 65, St. Paul's , s_., e Yende„."4oM-street ; and by all respectable Druggists and Medicine Allo — in the Kin don: andwholesale, at 13. Great St. Thomas stk. London. ir,-...:, ,__TESTISIONIAL TO LORD ELDON'S PILLS. Pills pre %rod b ' have subjected to a careful chemical analysis the . lfith en j ou mercurial preps to consist of effectual but safe aperients 117. ...,....___.si.eet, i!dfor d-s q uare ' Lml3 Charlotte t ally ration whatever, Yours, Ste. _ d A on . .E ' M.D., F.R.S. v y LATHER PREDICTIONS. All who of o._ delight in this foreknowledge should purohase, t on GRIMSTONE'S WEATHER ALMANACK, whose pred ave without loss 1-72 eta hew ather, from his publication to the present day, h iriT 4;ckett b ~, Y many proprietors of newspapers and other works. o co py , 1 844, trinth n , - "Le'” has eulogised its correctness and peculiar mode of . • ' e c• 2i • • see Page 5 7. The "John Bull" published its usual check. the Pages 52 54. Also, "The Sun," the •• Globe," the Era, ' g iv ing it, indeed 336 correct daily predictions, , se? inan;o1;?"'" sand Herald," " Chronicle " " Satirist," " Punch," and Am on le n, have noticed the correctness rna2Luou_ponolo hie 1 1 ,,fgst the „,. great variety of matter is an interesting biograp . y_ su f of this unique work. h 0 lise,Z7,;!4r-Liigliness Prince Albert while at the College of Ben , u al m. gy, Royal Family, both Houses of Parliament, S o e. te-4 2 ar opulation of the British Empire, Population of the hi! ' r ersa e i n ' d C ities ; a Calendar, containing Sundays, festivals.. !uit' thi" phenomenons , _en_s,, chronological events, moon ' s age, day; a uty etability, gardeners' monthly calendar, a column for the weather of every eclipses, eopt o rges 3to 25. Stamps, assessed taxes, &c. ; a list of bankers. re, e of 31 letters, from ladies and gentlemen of the highes h e 4 ; T i l l 'uS u dent,. cured of ophthalmia, gutta serena, cataract, deafness, .e B a, headache, and spectacles left off, some after using a, Pwards of 20 years by -using Grimstone's Eye Snuff—trans- Itemns in French, Italian ' , and Spanish ; pages 59, 60, 61, G 2, 63. Pro-ri t l i ) ,,fe 5 4, the Medical Report in the " Forceps," Feb. 14, 1844, ath o „.„ 1 "to great advantages arising from the constant use of Grim only fast Snuff having been the cause of clearing , oar streets of the only faslett eYe - shades, and other human disfigurements. It is the .toma luonable snuff of the day sold under the authority of the 4 0; :_r Pie Treasury and Royal Family. Grimstone's Weather ae nt „ uek is a beautiful pocket size, with a steel engraving repre bit% "g a bird , 's eye view of Oxford-street, &c., bound in Waterloo bold gilt gilt edges. hers' a t 3d, each, by all the London wholesale publishers and book- Sono.' Wholesale only by the proprietor, W. RIMS an d Cigar Merchant, 434, Oxford-street, G London TONE, foreign . Copy of one of the above Letters : St' ILrartlWs-le-Grand, General Post-office, Inland Department, Sir,..._p October,9, 1844. a nervous or the.last three or four years I h ave b een labouring under h enri ii d eafness, so much so a t ti mes as to be almost incapable et rived s g e : a After trying several very eminent aurists, from whom I de l° try reely any relief, I was induced at the solicitation of a friend, ~B . 4d. Your excellent Eye Snuff. I accordingly procured one of your m uc h scanisters, after taking which I found considerable benefit, so hosing 0 that I sent for two more, which, having used, I found my bae u l completely restored, and I have not been deaf since. I should A m , n that the time I commenced taking your Eye Snuff was in ta4k..uos 3,,astrt,. W an . d ort h nig ave th e n s e ntinued taking it sincs.—l ask Sir, your obe ,,, B ervant, W. M. ADAMS. Po s l' 7 b quantity of Eye Snuff can be forwarded through the General Will to !: s._endtriki money orders. A 2s. 4d. canister, with di rect i ons, 05 ., and so on in like proportion that the opinion amongst the na.: re a heavy gale, and also an early are as follows, viz : Chests. Factory Mauna's. 25,688 95,216 .. 10,360 36,189 _fort ,merica . ... 636 ...... 2,223 Red Sea, Bombay, anderulfs 1,957 6,314 All other parts 35,650 139963 Sugar—All descriptions are extremely light in stock, and fine white Benares, of which the arrivals principally consist, continues in good request at about former rates ; good second quality, and in fact all but the most inferior descriptions, also find a ready sale.. There have of late been several parcels of very superior European manufacture in the market, for which the high price of 10 to 13 rupees per maund, according to quality, has been readily paid. In Khaur the e has not been quite so much doing, but good dry ant superior sorts have been placed at 6 rupees per mantic]; the-c, however, have been of a quality seldom procurable in the bazaar. Exports to Great Britain in May amounted to 137,905 maurds. Saltpetre— A large business has been done in this staple during. the pa.t month for all parts, but low Chuprah and Ghazeepere sorts being abundant, were a short time since obtainable at some. what under former rates ; the decline in freights to Great Britain has, however, eau,ed an increased demand, and we now quote all descriptions much the same as at the date of our last ; shipments to England continue to go forward freely, and during the past three months have been considerably mote than double those of th.s corresponding period of 1844. Raw Silk—ln consequence of heavy arrivals from the Mofussil the holders of this staple have at last been induced to submit to a decline on their previous demands; and this band having generally speaking proved of very superior quality, buyers have come for. ward more freely ; still, however, our market does not exhibit any. thing like the activity which is usually observable at this season, owing to the prevalence of an opinion that the home market has not even as yet seen its lowest, and that Bengal silk will be still further affected by the heavy shipments from China. In Jungypore and Bauleali sorts a very considerable decline has taken place, and we would quote these descriptions full Ir. to lr. Ba. per seer lower than the same qualities were worth three months since, whilst even at this reduction they were difficult of sale. The same may be said in some degree of Hurrypaul and Radnagore, but in these the de cline has not as yet been so decided or so generally submitted to; but holders are showing more anxiety to realise, and prices have a decided downward tendency. Silk Piece Goods—But little change has taken place in these fabrics during the past mouth, except, perhaps, even greatcr indisposition being manifested to operate in low ani even medium makes of Corahs, which have further declined in value, while first.rate cloths have fully maintained former rates, and are in good demand, but seldom procurable. Choppahs and Bandannas, except of most inferior descriptions, are scarcely ever offered for sale here, and we are not aware of any sales during the past month. nice—The numerous arrivals and limited amount of dead weight in the bazaar making a further decline in freights probable, there has been a good deal of animation in this market, and large pur chases of table have been effected at a slight advance on former rates. Shipments to Great Britain go forward freely, and shipping orders to a large extent have been granted during the past week at al. per ton. Ballam and Moongliy maintain former quotations, but we have not heard of any very extensive purchases of late. Oil Seeds—Mustard has been in good inquiry, and several sales have been effected without alteration in value. Linseed continues scarce, and bought up for America, at prices considerably above what parties are inclined to give for the English market, Rum—We hear of a sale at 7 annas per gallon, but there is at preseet but little inquiry for the article, and manufacturers keep up prices by shipping on their own account. Exports to Great Britain in May amounted to 60,029 gallons. Shell Lac and Lac Dye—Shell lac has been more inquired for, and several parcels have changed hands, principally for France. Fine Mirzapore has brought from 13r. to 14r. 12a. per maund, and Beerbhoom from Br. Ba. to 9r. Ba. In lac dye there has not been much doing, the stock of native marks being much reduced, and European manufacture being held at a high figure. Iron—ln this metal we may almost say there has been nothing doing, or at all events whatever has changed hands has been on speculation; for we are not aware of a single purchase having been made on account of up -country orders, and therefore, although we quote prices higher, they must be looked upon as nominal. Spelter—For this also we have to quote a dull market, it being impossible to effect sales without submitting to a decline, even on _ the present low quotations. Coloured and Printed Goods—Under this head we have no change to notice. Prints have, if anything, been less wanted, but Turkey red cloths, both twill and plain, have continued in request without alteration in value. Woollens—Woollens of almost every description continue ne. glected, and, although we believe prices have not altered, sales have again been quite unimportant. White Mule Twist—Arrivals having of late been numerous, we have to notice a decline having been submitted to of from 1 to 14 pice per morah, but at this there has been a fair amount of busi ness transacted. Coloured Yarn—No material alteration is noticeable in prices, and sales to some extent Lave been effected. Turkey red, British dye, has brought from Company's Ir. Ba. to Ir. 9a. 3p. per lb., and German from Company's lr. 10a. 6p. to Ir. 12a. per lb. Green has been placed at 12a., and orange at 12a. Ip. Copper—During the past month the sales effected have been to a most insignificant extent and principally for local purposes, the native dealers continuing to manifest the least possible desire to purchase. Our quotations are much the same as before, but could not be obtained to any extent. Lead and Tin Plates—ln these articles there hastfot been much doing, and lead has somewhat declined in value. Tin plates have, however, slightly improved in price, a sale having been effected at Company's rupees 15-4 per box. Beer—The large shipments coming to hand have induced im porters to submit to a slight decline. Sales have of late been chiefly confined to Allsopp's and Bass's, and within the past fort night nearly 600 hhds. of the former have been disposed of at rupees 61 and 62. Bass, from being held by several parties, has further declined, and there are, we understand, sellers as low as 64 rupees, although we have not heard of sales under 59. _ EXCHANGE. When operations for the present opportunity commenced buyers acted with extreme caution, and good paper was let off at Is. 111 d., or even a shade higher ; latterly, however, drawers having shown more firmness, and the rate has declined to Is. 11Ad. to Is. per rupee, the former being an extreme rate. The rumour which has for some time past been current, that Government were about to close the export warehouse for ad vances, and which must have had some effect on the ruling of cKenange, is set at uy a nottneation which appears in the Gazette of the 31st ultimo, to the effect that the amount still re. quired by Government is no less than 457,871/., for which amount they are prepared to take bills at the present rate of Is. 10d. per rupee, and as from the time they announced this pre.. viously (22d January), up to the end of May, the amount drawn was only about 320,000/., it is evident that there is no chance of this being filled up for some months to come. MONEY MARKET. Considerable tightness has of late been manifested, which will, we fear, be increased as the time approaches for taking delivery of the opium purchased on the 26th inst. Government Securities have generally declined in value, but Bank Stock maintains former quotations. Jute—We have heard of a few sales at Sr. per bale, but the principal shipments continue on native account, and have been going forward freely; shipping orders have, we understand, been granted as low as 41. per ton, and in this case we think exports will continue heavy for some time to come. Hides, Horns, and Tips—Hides have, since our last, been dull of sale, and prices have declined, especially for middling and inferior qualities, of which the stocks arc heavy ; nor do we at present see any prospect of improvement. Shipments, hewever, show no falling off. Buffalo horns have been in extensive demand for dun. nage, but, although shipments have been heavy, prices have very slightly varied. In deer horns and tips there has ben scarce!) any. thing doing during the month, and prices are as before. Safflower, Munjeet, Ginger, and Turmeric—Sallower has con tinued in brisk demand, especially the finer descriptions of Patter ghatta, which have been rather scarce, the arrivals of late having, generally speaking, proved of inferior quality. Munjeet has sold at 7r. 4a., for shipment to Great Britain. Ginger in no demand, except for America, and even for that part there has not been much doing lately. Turmeric has sold to some extent for France at 2r. per maund. Cowries, Tincal, and Cutch—We have net heard of any sales of cowries, but shipments are still going forward to Great Britain. Tincal has sold to a moderate extent at about 13r. 4a. per md. Cutch has been in inquiry for France, and we hear of sales at from 6r. 10a. to 7r. per md. Opium—The fourth Government sale of the season was held on the 2Gth ult., with tha following result, viz. : Chests. Average Proceeds Company's Rupees. Patna 1,775 ... 1,574 4 0 ... 27,94,300 Benares These prices were somewhat above what were anticipated, and were obtained in consequence of immense speculation amongst the native dealers, who were the principal buyers. Since the sale prices have not materially varied, and we now quote Patna at Company's rupees 1,590, and Benares 1,460, per chest. Shipments have been to a very limited extent, and the stock now remaining in the Company's godown consists of 3,869 chests of Patna, and 1,634 of Benares. Cotton—The last accounts from China were considered rather more favourable for some descriptions of this staple, but still trans actions here arc to a very moderate extent, and shipments to China are light. _ SCOTTISH PROVIDENT INSTITUTION, FOR LIFE ASSURANCE and ANNUITIES. No. 14, St. Andrew-square, Edinburgh. The leading principles of this Mutual Assurance Society are :- Ist. To charge the LOWEST PREMIUMS consistent with perfect security, the rates being at early and middle ages, about a fourth lower than those of other mutual offices. 2d. To divide the WHOLE SURPLUS among those members from whose longer payments it has arisen ; in other words, among those whose contributions, with accumulated interest, amount to the sums in their Policies. By the operation of the first of these principles, the greatest pre sent benefit is secured to a 11; by the second, those who survive the average duration of life will derive the greatest future contingent advantages. The number of Policies issued since the establishment of the Society in 1837, is believed to exceed that of any other Scottish office in the same period of its existence ; and the business is steadily and rapidly increasing. Full information as to the principles and progress of the Society, with forms of proposal, may be had on application at the Head office. JAMES WATSON, Manager. Edinburgh, July, 1845. ANNUAL PREMIUM TO ASSURE 100 i. AT DEATH. Age. I 25 I _3O I 35 I 40 I 45 I 50 Prem. IP 18 Ill£2 1611'2 610112 14911.3591X4 17 NAT - I.°NA', LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY, 26, CORNHILL, LONDON. Capital 4500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. This institution offers important and substantial advan tages with respect both to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The assured has, on all occasions, the power to borrow, without ex pense or forfeiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the premium paid, (see table) ; also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his interests to meet other conveniences or necessity. Assurances for terms of years are granted on the lowest possible rates. DIVISION OF PEOFITS. The success and Increasing prosperity of the Society has enabled the Directors, at the last annual investigation, to declare a third Bonus, varying from 30 to 75 t per cent. on the premiums paid on each Policy effected on the Profit scale. EXAMPLES. pOr, a* ~'4 l Bonus Bonus In NI t d Premium. 4 added. Cash. • • E.' g & T.. 1837 Xl9l 13 5 £B7 13 5 .£l3 17 1 .£395 111 1838 165 13 0 74 13 10 11 8 6 346 2 3 0 2 100 24729 1 4 3 5 4 60 10(1° 1 74 3 4 . 1840,1"9 1 38 89 13 0 0 6 :1 " 13 4 43 The division of proilM is annual, and the next will be made in De cember of the present year. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, See. TAINES and RICHMOND RAILWAY. (Provisionally Registered.) Capital 140,0001., in 7,000 Shares of 201. each. PROVISIONAL COMMITTIMIL The Right Hon. the 'Earl of Kilmorey, Twickenham Frederick Ashby, Esq., Staines Charles Ashby, Esq., Staines Rev. Henry Leigh ennett, Thorpe Place Rev. John Buckland, Laleham Jervis Carmichael, Esq., Staines William Chadwick, Esq., Montague-Square, London C. J. Clarke, Esq., Egham William Clode, Esq., Bakeham House, Egham Captain Currie, R.N., Laleham Thomas Denton, Esq., Ashford Lodge Joseph Dobinson, Esq., Egham Mouse 'Charles Finch, Esq., Staines Edward Garraway, Esq., Englefield Green Matthias Gilbertson, Esq., Elm Lodge, Egham Frederick Gilbertson, Esq., Egham Rev. Robert Govett, Vicarage, Staines James Newton Heale, Esq , Staines F. J. Sidney Parry Esq., The Cedars, Sunninghill Apsley Pellatt, Esq., Staines W. G. Romaine, Esq., Temple Samuel Saunders, Esq., Staines William Sheffield, Esq.. Feltham Hill Richard Torin, Esq., Englefield Green Thomas Rawdon Ward, Esq., Round Oak, Englefield Green W. A. Welghtman, Esq., Sunbury Common Thomas Wilmot, Esq., Highe House, Egham. With power to add to their number. COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT. Charles Finch, Esq., Chairman William Chadwick, Esq., Deputy Chairman Frederick Ashby, Esq. C. J. Clarke, Esq. Captain Currie, R.N. Apaley Pellatt, Esq. Thomas R. Ward, Esq. BANKERS.—Messrs. Williams, Deacon, and Co., London; and Messrs. Ashby and Co., Staines. SOLICITOR.—W. Chapman, Esq., Richmond. ENGINEER---Joseph Locke, Esq., F.R.S. SECAETART.-4. C. Ckmott, The Committee of Management have the pleasure to state, for the information of their Shareholders and the public, that they have secured the valuable services of Joseph Locke, Esq., as engineer, and that the survey of the line will be revised, and no trouble will be spared to ensure the success of this undertaking in the next session of Parliament. The whole of the capital being subscribed, no further applications for Shares can be received. By order, J. C. GOVETT, Secretary. 32, Moorgate-street, July 21, 1845. ISLE of JERSEY RAILWAY and PIER COMPANY. Capital 300,0001., in 15,000 shares of 201. each. Deposit 1/. per share. PROVISIONAL DIRECTORS. In Jersey—Colonel Le Couteur, Viscount, Chairman. In England—The Right Hon. George Robt. Dawson, Chairman. BANKERS—Messrs. Belisle and Co.: Devonshire-square, London. The undertaking combines the advantages of both the British and the foreign railwny system, free from their several defects. 1. The law authorising its construction will be passed by the States of Jersey, and confirmed by the Privy Council, without the interven tion of the British Parliament, thus avoiding the cost, risk, and delay of compliance with the standing orders of the two Houses, and of a prolonged Parliamentary inquiry and opposition. 2. The line will be vested in the Company in perpetuity, and not, as iu foreign lines, for a mere term of years. There will be no ri valry of competing companies, rendering it necessary to propose the lowest possible terms, as the promoters have received such assurances of support as warrant them in entertaining the most confident expec tations of obtaining a most favourable grant from the States in the course of the present year. 3. The traffic, which has been recently taken, is unusually large, and there is every reason to believe that a return of 14 per cant. on the outlay may be calculated upon, as theworks will be unusually light and inexpensive, and the landowners favourable. When it is considered that the port of St. Helier ranks the sixth in the United Kingdom, and that this undertaking will command the greater part of the traffic to this country, as well as to St. Malo and France, the time occupied on the passage to and from England being thus re duced from 17 to seven hours, it is clear that the passenger and light goods' traffic must be at once unusually large, and susceptible of very considerable increase. Arrangements will be made for ensuring a cheap and improved communication between Southampton, Wey mouth, Torquay, and Plymouth, within the time specified. No subscriber will be liable beyon4the amount of his shares, and four per cent. will be allowed on deposits and calls till the completion of the works. For further particulars the public is referred to the _ _ prospectuses, which may be obtained of the Secretary, F. Struve, Esq., 1, Gray's Inn-square, and Messrs. Carden and Whitehead, Threadneedle-street, London, and S. Woods, Jun., Liverpool, to whom applications for shares in the usual form, accompanied by a reference, are to be made. ISLE of JERSEY RAILWAY and PIER COMPANY. Capital 300,0001., in 15,000 Shares of 201. each. Deposit, 1/. per Share. The applications for Shares having far exceeded the very limited number at the disposal of the Provisional Directors , the list will be finally closed on WEDNESDAY next, the 23d instant. One-third of the Shares are reserved for Jersey. London, July 19, 1845. T HE GLASGOW and BELFAST UNION RAILWAY. Connecting EDINBURGH and GLASGOW with BELFAST and DUBLIN. Capital 800,0001., in 32,000 Shares of 251. each. Deposit 21. per Share. PROVISIONAL COMMITTER. The Earl of Stair The Earl of Orkney Lord James Stuart, M.P. for the Ayr District of Burghs Sir J•hn M'Taggart, Bart., M.P. for the Stranraer District of Burghs James Oswald, Esq., of Auchencruive, M.P. for the City of Glasgow John Dalrymple, Esq., younger, of Fordel and Cleland, M.P. for the county of Wigton - - Alexander Murray, Esq., of Broughton, M.P. for the stewartry of Kirkcudbright Alexander Oswald, Esq., M.P. for the county of Ayr David Robert Ross, Esq., M.P. for Belfast Edward Horsman, Esq ., M.P. for Cockermouth Colonel Hunter Blair, of Dunskey The Hon. James Lumsden, Lord Provost ef the city of Glasgow Prevost Morland, of Stranraer Alexander Dennistoun, Esq., of Golf hill, Merchant in Glasgow James M•Call, Esq., of Daldowie, Chairman of the Glasgow and Ayr Railway William Gemmel], Esq., Merchant in Glasgow George Stirling, Esq., Merchant in Glasgow, Director of the Glasgow and Ayr Railway - John Leadbetter, Esq., Merchant in Glasgow, Director of the Glasgow and Ayr Railway William Logie, Esq., Director of the Glasgow and Ayr Railway Archibald Smith, Esq., Dlrecter of the Glasgow and Ayr Railway A. F. Gray, Esq., of Glentig John Donaldson , Esq., of Auchaime James Cumming, Esq., Airlour James M'llraith, Esq., of Auchenflower (With power to add to their number.) PROVISIONAL SECRETARIES James M'Lelland, Esq., Accountant, Glasgow ; and G. Guthrie, Rephad, Stranraer The British and Irish Union Railway Company has keen recenrly formed to connect with Ireland the manufacturing districts of Eng land, and some of the sout hern counties of Scotland. It is now pro posed to complete the connexion between Scotland and Ireland, and supply the remaining connecting link along the Ayrshire and Gal loway coast, by making a line from the terminus of the Glasgow and Ayr Railway, at Ayr, to join the British and Irish Union Railway at or near Stranraer, all as detailed in the Prospectus already published in this paper. The Provisional Committee have been assured by Mr. Miller, the e n gin for less than the al. The Directors of the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Rail way have agreed with the Provisional Committee to take a lease of this Railway, when completed, for 999 years, and to pay four per cent. interest on the cost stated in the Prospectus ; and to divide equally with this company the surplus profits, after deducting the ex penses of working the line at the rate of 33 1-3 per cont. Applications for Shares, in the annexed form, will eontinue to be received by tke following Brokers :—Messrs. Charles Telford, Warn ford-court, and Carden and Whitehead, Threadneedle-street, Lon don; Welelland and 111‘Kenzie, or Peter White, Glasgow; Pillans and Home, Edinburgh ; Anthony Laurie and N. Roskell, Liver pool; WLean and Dinwoodie, Manchester ; and Thomas Harkness, Stranraer. FORM OF APPLICATION. To the Provisional Committee of the Glasgow and Belfast Union Railway Company. Gentlemer,—l request you will allot to me Shares of 251. each in this undertaking; and I agree to accept the same or any smaller number that may be allotted to me, to pay the deposit on the above, or such number of Shares as may be allotted to me, and to sign the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement, I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant, Signature .• • • • • • • Residence • • • • • • • • • • • ............. ...... Date • • Profession.. ..... ...................... Reference ••• • • • ••..• . • • •.• THE GREAT COUNTY DOWN, BELFAST, NEWRY, and WARRENPOINT RAILWAY. Notice is hereby given that NO APPLICATIONS for SHARES in this Company will be RECEIVED after THURSDAY, the 24th instant, immediately after which the allotment will be proceeded with. By order, F. W. I,I`BLAIN, Secretary in London. London, July 12, 1845. L EICESTER and BEDFORD RAILWAY NOTICE.-ISSUE OF SCRIP. Scrip Certificates will be delivered (in exchange for the tickets given to Shareholders who have signed the deeds), en and after FRIDAY next, the 25th instant, each day, from ten to three o'clock, at the Office of the Company only, No. 11, Old Jewry Chambers, London. Country holders can have their Scrip forwarded by post (at their own risk), by sending their tickets under cover to the Se cretary. By order, July 21, 1845. B. F. SCOTT. Secretary. G REAT NORTHERN RAILWAY OF FRANCE. FRENCH ALLOTMENT. LAFITTE'S COMPANY. The Holders of the French Letters of Allotment in this Company are referred to the above Advertisement, and desired to send their Letters on and after MONDAY next, to John Cunninghame, 4, Castle court, Birchin-lane, London, agent for Messrs. C. Fafitte, Blount, and Co., Bankers to the Company. London, July 19th, 1845. GREAT LUXEMBOURG COMPANY. Capital 3,000,0001., in Shares of 500 francs, or 201. each. Deposit 50 francs, or 21. per Share. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. BELGIAN. Monsieur Francois d'Hoffschmidt, of Resteigne, Ancien Depute, Commissaire Royal de ('Arrondissement de Bastogne, Chevalier de l'Ordre de Leopold et de la Croix de Fer. Monsieur Nicolas Berger, President du Tribunal Chef-Lieu de la Province de Luxembourg a Arlon, Auden Depute, Chevalier de l'Ordre de Leopold et Administrateur de la Societe d'lndustrie, Luxembourgeoise. Monsieur Emmanuel Vandewalle, Ancien Negotiant at Bruxelles. Monsieur Jules Le Jenne, Directeur de la Banque d'lndustrie at Antwerp. ENGLISH. Sir W. Mae nay, Bart., late Lord Mayor and Alderman of London. F. F. Clossmann, Esq., Director of the Sedan Railway, &c., &c. John Masterman, Jun., Esq., Director of the Northern and Eastern Railway. Thomas henry Block, Esq., Chairman of the Sedan Railway, and _ _ Director of the Great Eastern and Western Railway. Richard Ifeaviside, Esq. Henry Symonds, Esq., Director of the Creat Western Railway Charles Lyall, Esq. Wm. Evans, Esq., late Sheriff of the City of London and Middlesex, and Director of the London and County Joint-Stock Bank, London James Henry Attwood, Esq. James Brand, Esq., Director of the Cambridge and Lincoln Railway William Crako, Esq. Robert Watkins, Esq., Director of the Chichester and Brighton Railway _ _ . (With power to add to their number). BANKERS IN LONDON—MeSSTS. Masterman, Peters, and CO. BANKERS IN BRUSSELS—Messrs. J. P. Matihieu and Son SoLiciroxi—Messrs. Reed and Robinson, 31, Moorgate-street. . . ACTING ENGINEER—F. N. Dudot, Esq. SECRETARY—George W. Hills, Esq. The Railway for which this Company has obtained a concession, will join the main Belgian line from Charleroi to Namur and Liege, at some point near or between the two former towns, and will run through the whole province of Luxembourg, in the Direction of Dinant, Neufchateau, and Arlon, to Luxembourg, with a branch to Thlonville and Metz, at which latter city it will join the Paris and Strasbourg Railway. The whole will be about 140 miles in length. It will thus unite all the Belgian railways with those of France ; and if the direction of the various great lines in those two countries, from Belgium to Lille, Valenciennes, Dunkirk, and Calais be examined, it will be seen that the Luxembourg Railway will thus form by far the shortest, and, consequently, the quickest and cheapest route from those countries, and from England to Metz, Strasbourg, Rhenish Prussia, the Rhine (South), Baden, Wurtemburg, and the ether im portant districts of the North-East and East of France, and of the South of Germany, and also to the Eastern parts of Switzerland and Italy. At its northern extremity, this railway must receive a large proportion of the immense goods' traffic proceeding from Holland, Belgium, and the other countries north, by the river Meuse and the Belgian railways and canals which centre in that district from Antwerp, Ostend, Brussels, Ghent, Bruges, and other Belgian provinces, and join those of France on one side, and on the other those! of Germany and Holland ; thus forming continuous lines of communication with them all. Looking next to the south, a railway is to be made (as a branch to the Paris and Strasbourg Railway) from Metz to the extensive coal-field at Sarrebruck, and another is projected to Manheim, on the Rhine. At Thionville and Metz, the Luxembourg line will meet the large passenger and goods traffic on the Moselle, to and from the Rhine at Coblentz, which the establish ment of steamers on the Moselle, is daily and rapidly increasing. Much of the great transit trade now going by the Rhine through Holland is also likely to take this route through Antwerp or Calais, in consequence of the great difficulty, delay, and expense of ascending the Rhine between Strasbourgli and Bale. There is likewise a considerable local traffic in passengers and goods in the districts through which the railway will pass, and nu merous fairs are held there. They abound in timber, corn, wine, mines of every description—iron, copper, lead, manganese, antimony, &c. • rock-salt, limestone, plaster, slate quarries (which supply the whole province, and export to a large extent to other countries)—and they contain nue..,,,es, tanneries, salt ;works. and all the melting and other establishments to winch mineral productions give rise. There are 28 blast-furnaces in the province of Namur, and 41 in that of Luxembourg, which all draw tin-ore from the Luxembourg mines. Besides the local consumption of iron, about 70,000 tons are annually exported. On the other hand, Luxembourg imports from Belgium large quantities of glass, manufactured goods, colonial produce, spirits, zinc, marble, and building-stone, coal, &c. The importation of coal from the Belgian coal-field, at the north end of the line, and from Sarrebruck, at its southern extremity, would increase to a very large extent, both for fuel and for burning lime, smelting ore, and other manufacturing purposes, as soon as an improved means of conveyance is introduced, instead of the present slow and expensive one of carting, which keeps that article at a high price. One part of these districts contains fine limestone, while the other wants it ; and the slates would find a largely increased sale in Belgium, Holland, and France. The wealth, fertility, and population of the department of the Moselle, in which the southern terminus of this railway will be situated, are too well known to need comment. In 1828 a powerful Belgian and Dutch Company, called the " Societe du Luxembourg," undertook to carry out the great national objects—lst, of uniting the rivers Meuse and Moselle, and of thus af fording a perfect and continuous means of communication through the whole length of the province of Luxembourg, by completing the line of navigation from the Meuse at Liege to the Moselle, near Lux embourg and Troves ; and 2dly, of bringing into active production the great mineral wealth of this province, which had remained dor mant for want of proper means of conveyance. For these purposes the Luxembourg Company was endowed with a perpetual grant and almost unlimited powers. In accordance with this project, the Com pany commenced operations at the Liege end, and proceeded with great vigour and success, until all was stopped by the Belgian revolution of IS3O. National jealousy or other circumstances have since prevented the resumption of the scheme. The river Ourthe, which flows into the Meuse, and was the commencement of the proposed line of navigation, had, however, been considerably im proved by the Company, and an important local traffic, amounting to about 70,000 tons per annum, is now established there, -- from which the Luxembourg Company has derived a handsome and increasing return for the money expended. This Company had also obtained the grant of three valuable mining localities, previous to the revolution of 1830 ; namely, the grant of the lead, copper, and iron mines at Burburg, of the the lead mines of Maizeret, and of the manga nese mines of Bihain. Several other grants had been applied for, and were pending, but the matter has since remained in abeyance from the circumstances already mentioned. The grant of Burburg extends over seven parishes, and 19,308 statute acres ; 24,000 tons of iron ore had already been extracted previous to 1830, and about as much iron in 1839 and 1840, when the works were resumed. In 1842 these mines were let for twenty years to another company, who undertook to produce at least 1000 cubic yards of rough ore per annum, and who are actively working the mines. The Luxembourg Company receives a royalty or farm-rent of the tenth of the produce. The grant of the Maizeret lead mines extends over 630 acres. From the result of the borings and excavations made, these mines are con sidered very valuable, and they have the advantage of being close to the Meuse river and to the high-road from Namur to Liege. The concession of Bihain extends over 1614 acres, and promises to be come one of great value; 600 tons - of manganese had already been extracted when the works had to be suspended in 1830. The com pany had also already explored several valuable mining localities, pro ducing baryte,(from one of which mines 530 tons were extracted,) rock salt, antimony, lead, copper, iron, and other minerals, of which it had applied for grants under the powers and intent of its charter. A large number of quarries were likewise opened by the Company, and continue to be worked. It possesses property in Brussels, including a large mansion and premises, where its offices are situated. In order to become possessed of the extensive powers granted to the Luxembourg Company, and thus to obtain the entire command of the intercourse and mining property in that province and the ad joining districts, this Company will have to purchase the shares and rights of the Company above-mentioned, including of course the canal, mines, and 'all its other property, interests and privileges, fer the sum of 219,0001. As the railway will effect the purposes of con veyance and communication through Luxembourg, for which the canal was projected, it is now Intended (and it is in accordance with the charter) to complete the line of navigation only from the Meuse at Liege to La Roche ; of which the estimated cost is under 400,0001. ; by this means the railway , and navigation cannot clash, as they will start from and run through quite different districts. It will be reserved for future consideration whether the canal shall eventually be joined to the railway by a branch canal or railway from La Roche, or whether it shall be continued in any other direction. In the meantime the local traffic alone will be sufficient to produce a hand some return on the capital to be invested, it being estimated upon a careful and moderate calculation to yield a net profit of about eight per cent. on the capital required. It may not be generally known that the Belgian canals give a net profit of from six to fourteen per cent., and the Charleroi and Brussels Canal, which was conceded to a company in 1826, is paying ten and a half per cent on the capital. In addition to the great mineral traffic above described, the canal will cross several extensive forests; whence large quantities of tim ber and wood will be sent for ship and house-building, fuel, and other purposes, for which it is constantly in great demand. The concession of the railway is already obtained from the Go vernment, for a lease of ninety years from the date of its completion. The other conditions are equally favourable. The tariff is about thirty per cent. higher for passengers than that of the Belgian railways, being about the same, both for passengers and goods as that of France, while it is much more advantageous in many other respects. The Government is to give, without charge, all the land required for the railway, wherever it crosses the crown lands, and it is to use its authority and influence to induce parishes and individuals to do the same. No government or other tax or duty is ever to be lin, posed upon the railway, nor is any rival line to be allowed to start from the Belgian railways in the direction of this one through Luxembourg, for at least twelve years. The "concessionaires," or lessees of this railway, or their representatives are to have the pre ference of all branch lines which may hereafter be proposed in con nexion with it. The cost of construction is expec'ed to be considerably under the average of the Belgian lines, the best proof of which is to be found in the circumstance that the Government engages to release the lessees, to return them the caution money, and to pay them for their ex penses of surveys, &c., if the estimate of cost now being made by the Government engineers should exceed the average cost of 800,000 francs per Belgian league (about 10,1001. per English mile), for a singla line of rails, but with the land, earth-works, and masonry for a double line. The working of the railway is aiso likely to be very cheap, to which a coal-field at each end of it, and the consequently low price of coke, will much contribute. From all the circumstances already stated, and careful inquiries into the traffic, there can be no doubt that this line of railway will yield a very handsome return upon the capital required. In the allotment, due consideration will be shown proprietors of shares in the adjoining undertakings of the Sambre and Meuse, Lou vain and Jemappe, and Namur and Liege Railway Companies. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Directors of the Luxembourg Company. Gentlemen,--I request that you will insert my name as a Subscriber for Shares of 500 francs (201.) each, upon the terms and conditions of the prospectus of July, 1845, and the Acte de Societe and Statutes regulating the Company, axd I hereby undertake to accept the same, or any less number:you may allot me, to pay the deposit, and sign all required deeds when I shall be called upon to do so, and to conform to the statutes and regulations of the Company. I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant, Names at full length.. Description ..................... ........ . Residence .... ........ . . Reference .... .. Date Prospectuses and forms of application may he had at the Temporary Offices of the Company, JaVorgate-street, where may be seen spe cimens of some of the mines. Messrs. Robarts, Curtis andT C London Esq., Craven-st ree t , L ondon itANS. The Hampshire Bank, S ou th ampton J John Bell, 0 11111 . SOLICITORS W. H. Moberley, Es PARLIAMENTARY AGENT—L Southampton PARLIAMENTARY ACTING ENGINEERS— oppock, Req., 3, Cleveland-row Alessrs. Birch, Cannon-row, London The Act for the formation of the Wilts and Somerset Railway having passed the Legislature, the Directors of the present under taking propose to take up thabline at Salisbury, and join it by a direct Railway communication of twenty-one miles on the broad gauge, with the important town and port of Southampton. The line has -been carefully surveyed by experienced parties, and as it presents no engineering or other difficulties (the chief landowners being most' favourably disposed towards it) the Directors have the fullest con fidence that the estimates for its construction, &c., will net be ex ceeded, while the statisti^g.of traffic are so abundant, both through and local, (a detailed statement of which may be seen at the office), as to leave no doubt on the minds of the Directors that a most sa tisfactory dividend will be realised, to arise from the large number of passengers that must embark and disembark at Southampton, to and from the East and West Indies, the Mediterranean, France, the Southern States of Europe, the Channel Islands, Isle of Wight, &c., as well as the large supplies of iron, coal, slate, stone for building, flour, grain, and merchandise, constantly required to be transported to, and received at Southampton, either for use there, for exporta tion, or for the consumption in that part of the interior of the country traversed by the number of railways in connexion with, or springing from, the present line. The route of the proposed line will pass through commons and lands of little value ; it will proceed from the stat!on of the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Railway, at Fisherton Anger, and proceed by or near to Downton, Plaittbrd, over Hampworth and East Willow Commons, by Bramshaw to Redbridge, taking the line of the old Canal at Millbrook, and crossing the Mudlands to the Royal Pier, Southampton, contiguous to which, and on the present waste shore. it is proposed to erect a spacious Terminus, the cost of which is in cluded in the estimate. It is also proposed to place the Railway in communication with the Royal Pier and Town Quays, so that the convenience of loading and unloading on the line may be secured. A certain number of Shares will be reserved for the Proprietors of the Wilts and Somerset Railway. Applications for Shares, according to the annexed form, may be addressed to the respective Solicitors, or to the Secretary, at the Offices of the Company, No 26, Gresham-street ; or to the following Sharebrokers :—William Marshall, 5, Town Hall-buildings, Manches ter ; Schultz and Carr, 2, Exchange-buildings, Liverpool; Read, Broadbent, and Co., Hirst and Brooke, Whalley and Thompson, and Geo. Heaps and Co., Leeds ; James Senior, Richard Mnncaster, and George Eadon, jun., Shefilield ; Brady and Staniforth, Hull; William Jackman and Co., and Thomas 11PIIinnon, York; F. C. Spencer, Halifax; John Brooke, Dewsbury ; Thomas Sandford, Exeter; Hugh Munro and Co., David Kinnear, and Charles Cowper, Edinburgh ; Hall Brothers and Co., Cheltenham ; Matthew Harrison, Chester ; John Pollock and Co., Bradford; and Thomas Boardman, Blackburn. H. B. SHERIDAN, Secretary, . . 26, Gresham-street, City. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. WILTS, SOMERSET, AND SOUTHAMPTON JUNCTION RAILWAY. Capital 350,0001., in 14,000 Shares of 251. each. Deposit 11. Is. 6d. per Share. To the Provisional Committee of the Wilts, Somerset, and Southampton Junction Railway Company. Gentlemen,—l request you will allot to me Shares in the proposed Wilts, Somerset, and Southampton Junction Railway, and I agree to accept that or any less number that you may please to allot me, and I undertake to pay the deposit of 11. Is. 6d. per Share on the same, and to sign the Subscribers' Agreement and the Parliamentary Contract when required. Dated this day of 1845. Name in full ...... Residence.......... ................ Place of Business (if any) .......... Trade or Profession . Reference.. • • ....... ..... .......... WILTS, SOMERSET, and SOUTHAMPTON JUNCTION RAILWAY. In consetmence of the numerous applications for Shares in this Company, the Directors have decided that NO further APPLICA TIONS call be received after THURSDAY NEXT, the 24th Inst. H. B. SHERIDAN, See. 2G, Gresham-street, Landon, July 17, 1845. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. The Causes of Explosion in Steam-boilers, and the preven tion of those arising from incrustation, are now lectured upon by Dr. Ryan daily at Half-past Three, and en the Evenings of Monday Wednesday, and Friday, at Nine. Professor Bachhoffner lectures Jelly at Ten o'clock, and on Tuesday and Thursday Evenings at Nine, on the ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY, a Working Model of which is exhibited daily and in the evenings. A Curious MECHA NICAL HAND. New and beautiful Objects in the CIIROMATROPE, PHYSIOSCOPE, PROTEOSCOPE, and DISSOLVING VIEWS. Submarine Experiments by the DIVER and DIVING DELL Working Models described daily. Admission, ls. ; Schools, Half-price. PUBLICATIONS. Now ready, in 2 vols., Bvo. price 245. 'MEMOIRS and CORR ESPONDENCE of GEORGE LORD LYTTELTON, from 1734 to 1773 ; taken from the MSS. preserved at Hagley, and containing original Letters of Pope, Bolingbroke, Chesterfield, Sir R. 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On the Errors and Extravaganclos of Early Life, such as intempe rate feeding and drinking, sn u ffi ng , smoking, precocious and over strained indulgences, m ental and bodily excesses, late hours, mor bid excitement, and other outrages, exhaustive to the animal economy ; also, per contra, .the ;value of careful living, fresh a i r, ear ly r i s i ng , and out-door exercise sa l utary occupation, and good mental govern ment, whei•ebY the most shattered constitution may be restored to health, and life preserved to the latest pellod allotted to man. By R. J. CULVERWELL, M.D., M.R.C.S., L.A.C., &C. Sherwood, 23, Paternoster -row ; Carvalho, 147, Fleet-street; Han nay, 63, Oxford-street ; Mann, 39, Cornhill ; and the Author, 21, Arundel-street, Strand. At home, daily, till 2 ; evenings, 7 till 9. . . lro LAMERT ON DEBIL ITY, NERVOUSNESS, AND ALL DISORD ERS ARISING FROM EXCESS, &c.e. • "Be, who i n pleasure ' s downy arms Ne'er lost hi s health or youthful charms, lives, anti justly can Exclaim, A in me behold a man 1" Just published On a sealed envelope), Tenth Edition, price 2s. 6d., or sent by pest, free, to any address, 3s. 6d., SELF -PRESERVATION : a Popular Essay on those concealed disorders, originating in youthful excesses, and terminating in Nervous Debility, Local and Constitutional Weakness, and all those Sinkings, Anxieties, and Tremors, which afflict the Weak, the Sedentary, and the Delicate. With Practical Observations on Marriage, and on the Anatomy, Physiology, and Diseases of the Reproductive Organs, with plain Directions for their perfect Restoration. By SAMUEL LAMERT, Consulting Surgeon, 9, BEDFORD-STREET, BEDFORD -SQUARE, LONDON, Matriculated Member of the University of Edinburgh, Honorary Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c. Medical Society, Licentiate of adjusted that admit of no appeal even to the 31,, T em he be v r ari o o f u t s h p e os L it o i n on do s n of H LOl it r a,i nttsband, and Parent, the in herent privileges of mankind, are frequently marred and prevented through the follies and frailties of early indiscretions. To such, among d. ,, —StaiTord Gazette. others, this Essay addresses itself; and by its perusal many questions "Long experience in the treatment of a class of diseases hithetto neglected and most imperfectly understood by the great bulk of the medical profession, has euabled the writer to prove that there are may mo s t b confidential aa concealed causes of Nervous Debility in existence, where the mere sfacto f rAl en y routine practitioner wo uld never dream of finding them ; traceable to certain habits, forming emost the lsecret, yet d ea dl y, and fatal ery, and premature mortali.y."—Wakeflold springs of domestic mis Journal. Published by the Author, and sold in London by S. Gilbert, 51 and tarie, 23, Tichborne- s t reet 52, Paternoster - row; S , Quadrant, Regent street; Hannay and C0.,t.,63, Of dt x or -s reet ; Noble, 114, Chancery lane Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street • and b,y all Book se ll ers. 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In bottles , quantity of four in one bottle for 335., by which I Is. are saved. The five-pound cases may be had as usual. 1 The CONCENTRATED DETERSIVE ESSENCE, an anti...syphi litic remedy for searchingipat and purifying the blood from seurvY, blotches en the head, face, and body, ulcerations, and those paid affections arising from improper treatment or the effects of mercury, removing secondary sYniPtnins, and all eruptions of the skin. Price Ils. and 335. per bottle. PERRY PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS, price 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., an d lig. per box, are the most effectual remedy for strictures, inflam mation, irritation of the bladder , & c. , without hindrance to business. Consultation ibe, if by letter, 11. 'Minute detail of cases necessary. Messrs. Perry are in daily attendance, for consultation, at th e i r re rldence. 19, Berners-street, Oxford.dreet, London, from 11 till 2, and 5 till 8. On Sundays from 10 till 12. One personal visit is only no- CO pry to areauent cure. THE PENNY S!!AKESPEARE. On the 30th inst., beautifully printed in Bvo., double columns, with Illustrations from new des ins. No. 1, price only One Penny, of THE PLAYS AND POEMS OF SHAKE SPEARE, to be continued in Weekly Numbers and Monthly Pars. With Part 1., and also to every purchaser of the first Five Numbers, will be given an Engraving of all the known portraits of Shakespeare. London : J. C. Moore, 12, Wellington-street North, Strand. THE PENNY BALLADIST. On the 30th inst., uniform with the above (The Penny Shakespeare), with illustrations, from new designs. No. I. PRICE ONE PENNY OF 91HE PENNY BALLADIST ; a Collection of Ballads or all ages and countries. No. I. will contain the old English ballad of " Chevy Chase," complete, with illustrations, for One Penny! John C. 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Evenings with the Old Story Tellers - - 1 6 Choice Ballads and Metrical Tales (10 Engravings) - 2 0 Frank's First Trip to the Continent - - - 3 0 Fables from Lessing and Krummacher - - - 0 9 "incline (with additional matter, and Four Woodcuts) - 0 9 Lives of Englishmen in Past Days - 1 10 Churches : their Structure, &c., familiarly explained - 1 4 Peter Sehlemild, or the Shadowless Man (Six Cuts) - 0 6 The Swedes in Prague ; a Romance of the Thirty Years' War, by Pichlef - - - - 2 0 Quentin Matsys, by ditto - - - - 0 6 The Emperor's Portrait, and a Tale of Griinwiesel, by Hann' - 1 0 The Caravan, ant other Tales, by ditto - - - 1 3, Scottish Minstrelsy ; choice Specimens of Scottish Poetif aitel Song (17 Engravings) - - - 2 0 Prasca Loupouloff (from the French), and other Tales - 0 6 German Ballads and Songs ; History of the French Revolution ; Grossi's Romance, " Marco Visconti ;" Musseus' Popular Tales ; Life of Sir Thomas More, &c. ; Schiller's William Tell ; Lives of Celebrated Greeks ; and other volumes, are on the eve of publication. " Wo can confidently recommend a small and cheap, but elegant volume—' Evenings witn the Old Story Tellers'—a number of 'Burns' Fireside Library,' in which we find many excellent reprints and adap tations, prepared with remarkable taste, and even elegance, notwith standing their low price."—Chambers' Journal. "A series of neat reprints of the kind one likes to sec scattered about, as part of its daily furniture."—Tait's Magazine. " The execution of the present portion of the series gives assurance of its yielding a great fund of entertainment and pleasant instruction to all classes of readers."—lllustrated News. Booksellers desirous of acting as agents for the sale of this popular series are requested to make application as speedily as possible. London : James Burns, 17, Portman-street. OCEAN-WORK, A NEW JUVENILE BOOK. In a handsome pocket volume, with Two fine Engravings, bound in roan and gilt, price 2s. 6d. OCEAN-WORK, ANCIENT and MODERN ; ~... or Evenings on Sea and Land, by J. HALL WRIGHT. For precept must be upon precept; precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line ; here a little, there a little."--Imiah. London : printed for Thomas Tegg, 73, Cheapside, and scold by all other booksellers ; of whom may also may be had, by the same author, " Breakfast Table Science." Third Edition, price 2s. ad., elegantly bound. A NEW AND CHEAPER EDITION OF MAXWELL'S HECTOR O'IIALLORAN, In a large volume octavo, embellished with 27 humorous Engravings, now reduced to the low price of 95., elegantly bound in cloth. THE FORTUNES OF HECTOR O'HAL LORAN, AND THE HUMOURS OF HIS MAN MARK ANTHONY O'TOOLE, by W. H. MAXWELL, author of the " Life of Wellington." " A better story than Hector O'Halloran has not appeared for years. Parts of the work may compele with any of the most striking descriptions in ' Oliver Twist.' Hector O'Halloran is decidedly Mr. Maxwell's master-piece, and cannot fail to become a general favourite." London : printed for Thomas Tegg, 73, Cheapside, and sold by all other Booksellers. Price 2s. 6d in an envelope, and post-free, 3s. Gd. r lIISSOTT ON PROCREATION.:—A Medical Work, on the Hidden Causes of Nervousness, Indigestion, Epilepsy, Insanity, Pulmonary Consumption, and the morbid action of the System, induced by infection and solitarianism, &c., anato mically, physiologically and pathologically considered, with plain and succinct directions to those suffering for their perfect restoration. By Messrs. TISSOT and CO., Surgeons, 6, Caroline-street, Bedford square. Published for the Authors (of whom it may be had), by Strange, 21, Paternoster-row, and sold by G. Purkiss, 60, Compton-street, Soho ; M. Lovelace, 35, King-street, Regent-street; and by all booksellers. Messrs. Tissot and Co. may be consulted daily at their residence, mornings till three, evenings from six till nine.—All communications by letter must be accompanied by the consultation fee. 11. TRENT VALLEY RAILWAY Offices, 68, George-street. Manchester, July 22. NOTICE TO SCRIPHOLDERS. The Directors hereby give notice, that Holders of the Company's Scrip must forward the same to these Offices, on or before the 12th August next, to be registered and exchanged for Sealed Certificates, in conformity to the Act of Incorporation. The requisite form for this purpose may be obtained on application. The Directors feel it necessary to add, that the time limited for completing the registry will be strictly observed ; and they trust, therefore, that Seripholders will give immediate attention to this notification. E. J. CLEATHER, Secretary. GREAT WE STERN RAILWAY. Notice is hereby given, that the next HALF-YEARLY GENE RAL MEETING of the PROPRIETORS of this COMPANY will be held, pursuant to the Act of Parliament, in Bristol. at the Bristol Qtafinn_ on TM:MODAL the 14th of August next, at Twelve o'clock, for the general purposed oI maws.. its olie o'clock precisely. C. RUSSELL, Chairman. The Transfer Seeks will be closed on the 4th of August, and will not be opened until after the said Half-Yearly General Meeting, on the 14th of August. C. A. SAUNDERS, Secretary. London Terniinus, Paddington, 14th July, 1845. r HE STAFFORD SHIRE POTTERIES and 1. LIVERPOOL and MANCHESTER DIRECT RAILWAY. (Provisionally Registered.) The object of this 'railway is to open a dire& communication irons the Staffordshire Potteries northwards with Liverpool, Manchester, and the north of England, Scotland, and southward with Bristol, London, and the south of England. The line will commence at Stafford, and proceed through the heart of the Potteries, giving the best and most ample accommodation to Stoke Longtou, New castle, Stoke Hanley, Burslem, and the whole of the Pottery district, whence it will pass betwixt Cengleton and Sandbach, through Knutsfonl direct to Altrincham, where it will join the South Junction Railway to Manchester, an Act for which has been obtained. A branch northwards, from the Potteries to Crewe, will connect the line with Chester and Birkenhead; and branches from Xnutsford on the one hand, through Northwich to Preston Brook, and on the other to the Cheadle station of the Manchester and Birmingham Railway, will open a communication between the Salt districts and the Pot teries, Liverpool, Hull, and the eastern ports of England. The advantages of this railway Will be very great to a large and most important extent of country, hitherto totally unprovided with railway communication, and will be wore fully detailed in a future Prospectus, whieh, with Maps and the names of an influential pro visional Directory, will be iskied with as little delay as possibla. The surveys and estimates are in the course of completion, and no parks or ornamentals grounds will be interfered with. Parties interested in the undertaking may communicate with the solicitors, Messrs. J. and T. Roscoe, Knutsford ; and W. Burdett, Esq., Manchester. 16th July, 1845. [ADVERTISEMENT.)—THE ORIGINAL METALLIC TABLET STROP, WITH FOUR. SIDES.--Mr. George Saunders, inventor and manufacturer, No. 25, Strand.— This article has been in extensive use for the last thirty years by the first cutlers, who pronounce it to have no equal in producing a fine smooth edge to a razor, so necessary to shave with comfort. They may be had of the following cutlers:—Lowcock, 38, Cornhill ; Lund, 24, Fleet-street ; Davis, 69, and Looker, 42, Leaden hall-street ; Verinder, 79, St. Paul's Churchyard ; Millikin, 161, Strand ; Coleman, Haymarket ; Philp and Whicker, 67, St. James's-street ; Warner, 25, Sackville street ; Paget, 195, Piccadilly ; Kingsbury, 152, and Durham, 201, Regent-street ; Einslie, 46, St. Martin's. lane ; Robinson, 53, Bishopsgate-street ; Carter, Paris ; Lamprey, Dublin. The fact of their being sold by the above makes it superfluous for the inventor to speak further in their favour.—George Saunders, :No. 25, Strand. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—BRUSHES.—NEW INVENTIONS. —The Triple Hair Brush, One stroke of this is equal to the effect of one penetrating, five small-tooth combs, and one even-cut brush ; to be had in four sizes, No. 7 ss. 6d, ; No. 8,7 s. Gd. ; No. 9,9 s. 6d. ; No. 10, 1 Is. Gd The Double Anti Pressure Nail Brush, which does not divide the quick from the nail no pressure being re quired, and thoroughly cleans and polishes the nails in a tenth part of the time of any other. method ; price in bone, No. 1, 25.; No. 2,2 s. 6d.; No. 3,3 s. 6d.; No. 4, 55.; and of all sizes and prices in ivory. The New Tooth-pick Brush, which entirely enters between the interstices of the closest teeth ; marks, full-sized brushes, No. 1, hard; No. 2, lsss hard; No. 3, middling; No. 4, soft. The narrow brushes, No. 5, hard; No. 6, less hard; No. 7. middling; No. 8, soft, at Is. each, or 10s. per dozen in bone; and 2s. each or 21s. per dozen in ivory, the hair warranted never to come out. The 'Medium Shaving Brush, between the usual badger hair and bristle brush, being a selection of the strongest hair only from the badger skin, in a variety of sizes, both in bone and ivory. The above articles are the inventions of Ross and Sons, 119 and 120, Bishopsgate-street, London, and, being protected, any one imitating them will be proceeded against. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—AN AUTHENTICATED CURE OF A FEARFUL CASE OF PILES Ey HOLLOWAY'S PILLS AND OINTMENT.—John Thompson, Esq., thevery respectable editor and proprietor of the Armagh Guardian, an Irish news paper, vouches as to the fact of an extraordinary cure of a case f piles of the most distressing nature, and of some years' standing, which was effected by these medicines, when every other means had failed. The person alluded to is a gentleman of large estate and great influence in the county of Armagh. No one need suffer very long from piles, fistula, and what is termed " a bearing down," if they have recourse to these far famed remedies. Sold by most of the respectable chemists throughout the civilised world, and at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London. N ATION AL EXHIBITION OF MANUFACTURES.—We , mentioned some time ago that the committee of the Society of Arts, Adelphi, proposed to establish an exhibition of the pro ducts of British industry. Besides the delight and instruction which would be afforded, it may fairly be expected that a periodical competition of this nature will exert some beneficial effect on the progress of the arts ; not only by exciting, honourable rivalry in the producers, but by en abling the consumers batter to appreciate real ex cellence. The present moment seems particularly auspicious for making such an attempt. The triumphant suc cess of two especially British products, the railway and the locomotive, has so united the remotest parts of these islands, that the exhibition, though taking place in the metropolis, would be rendered available to all persons in all places ; and would therefore be divested of much of that exclu siveness which might otherwise be objected to such a sc heme. Without entering into details, it may be stated, that the plan embraces the exhibition not merely of pro ducts, but of the instruments of production in actual work—the facility, rapidity, precision, and economy of the act of fabrica tion, being often much more wonderful than the fabric itself. In carrying out these ideas, it is intended entirely to exclude all private, personal, and political objects. It is hoped that the plan may be preserved so free from objection on these points, as to command the approbation of all ranks, and justify its pro moters in anticipating the highest patronage.— The Builder. ALEXANDRIA. JULY 10.—On the 30th of June the French war steamer Gomer, having on board his Royal Highness the Duke de Montpensier, arrived at this port from Algiers and Tunis, at which place his Highness stopped to visit the chapel of St. Louis. The ostensible object of the Prince in coming here is to visit Mehemet Ali and Upper Egypt, but his Highness has chosen the very worst season of the year for ascending the Nile, as, besides the excessive heat, the river at present has throughout its course the very unpicturesque appearance of a dirty ditch between embankments 15 feet high. During his stay at Alexandria the Prince resided at the palace of Said Pacha, called the Gabareh, and srn the object of the most assiduous attentions on the part of Mehemet Ali, who had just received intelligence of the very gracious re ception recently given to his sons at Paris by Louis Philippe, and therefore he appears to have been doubly anxious to re turn the compliment, by gratifying in every way the wishes of the Duke de Montpensier. The Pacha called on the Prince the day of his arrival and on the morrow the Prince returned the visit, and was received by Mehemet Ali at his palace at Ras El Teen with every mark of respect, the Viceroy coming out as far as the ante-chamber to meet him. It was noticed that in th e course of their conversation the Pacha expressed a w i s h that the Prince should visit and give his opinion on the ex tensive line of fortifications that are being erected round the town by Galilee Bey, French Colonel of Engineers. On the 2d the Prince dined with the Viceroy at his Palace, where a most sumptuous repast, in the F,uro - pean style, was served ; and on the follov.ing day the Prince entertained the several Consuls-General resi dent here. The Duke de Montpensier started for Cairo and Upper Egypt on the 7th, in one of the Paella's steamers, accompanied by Said Paella, the French Consul, and several of Mehemet Ali's servants, who are to facilitate the Prince's journey by every means in their power. We have had no recent intelligence from Syria, but some English travellers who have arrived here by the desert de set ibe that country as being in a very disturbed state, and they had been under considerable apprehensions from the Druses, who were roving in quest of plunder and intent upon pillaging all travellers who came within their reach. The accounts brought by these travellers arc necessarily very imperfect, as all communication in the country had been, stopped, and they were not aware of the actual state of things. SUNDERLAND ELECTION. The Morning Post, which may be considered a good authority on such a subject, an. nounces that Mr. Joseph John Wright has declined being put in nomination for Sunderland, and that the Conservatives do not in tend proposing any other candidate. The contest will, therefore, be between Mr. Bagshaw and Colonel Thompson. INDIAA N CHINA. (From the Times.) We have received by our usual express, in anticipation of the Indian Mail, our letters and papers from Calcutta to the 2d of June; Bombay, vier Madras, to the 3d of June; and China to the 12th of April. It appears that preparations are in progress for the renewal of hostilities in Ferozepore district after the rainy season. Military stores in great abundance were being conveyed to Jumna. From Lahore the news is, that there is now a lull in the political tempest; the Queen-Mother seems to have aban doned Ghoolab Singh, and to have appointed Jowahir Singh. her own brother, as the Wuzeer. The troops are quietly looking on, but they seem to be brooding mischief. The Khalsa troops had acquiesced in the Ranee's appoint ment of her brother Jowahir Singh as Prime Minister, or Wuzeer, he having previously been only acting as such ad interim. He was formally invested with all the honours on the 14th ult. It was thought, .however, that he would not long continue in his high office, as he was in very ill odour with the troops, who, it was suspected, were plotting his downfal. His rival, Ghoolab Singh, is thrown into the shad at present, and was supposed to contemplate a retirement to his home in the hills. Nothing was said of hostile move ments against the British, and it was probable that so long as Jowahir Singh remained at the head of affairs, and his sister possessed the rather remarkable power she had for some time exercised over the army, no more would be heard of the threatened invasion. Peshora Singh had taken possession of several villages, which he expressed his determination to retain. It was stated that they yield a revenue of 60,000 rupees. According to the accounts we have received from Affgha nistan, the Ameer hadgiven up his intention of seizing Pe sbawur, moved thereto by his wish to leave the Seiks unem barrassed in their threatened conflict with the British, whom he would not like as neighbours settled in the Punjaub. By the latest reports, however, it would appear, that even if Dost Mahomed had given up his hostile designs, his son and Wuzecr, Akbar Khan, was still bent on the attack. Sir C. Napier's recent advance against the robber tribes in Upper Sinde seemed to have greatly alarmed the chiefs of Candahar, who imagined he was about to pay them a visit. One of them, it was said, hastened to Caubul to request the Ameer's intercession with the British Government. There had been a counter-revolution in Nepaul. The fa mous chief Matabur Singh, whose influence enabled the old King's son to force his father to abdicate in his favour, had been assassinated. He was admitted to a private audience with the old King, and shot dead in the royal presence. Deprived of this powerful friend and supporter, the young man had become a mere cipher; the father had resumed the government, and affairs had reverted to the position which they occupied before the 10th of December last., The disputes at Lucknow remain, we believe, unadjusted. It would be a happy thing for the people of Oude if they should terminate in some arrangement which would give the British Government a more powerful voice in that country. We have news from China to the Bth of April, the most important item of which is that detailing an attack made by a mob of Chinese on Mr. Montgomery Martin, the Rev. V Stanton, the colonial chaplain, and Mr. Jackson, the Vice. Consul, while walking round the walls of Canton. These gentlemen were hustled, struck, and robbed, but fortunately escaped without serious injury. The Governor of Hong- Kong had demanded redress for this infraction of the treaty. There was a rumour of some disturbances at Amoy, but nothing certain was known of their nature or extent ; even their existence was only surmised from the fact of a steamer having been hurriedly dispatched thither from Hong-Kong. _ _ The long desiderated augmentation in the number — of Artillery officers in the three Presidencies lied, at length, been ordered by the Supreme Government. Bengal was to have an addition of 4G officers, being one-half of the entire in crease—two Colonels, two Lieutenant-Colonels, two Majors, 10 Captains, 20 Lieutenants, and 10 Second•Lientenants. The promotions were to have effect from the 3d of July, To adapt the Artillery regiment to this increase of officers, it was to be re-organized after the following manner :—The Horse Artillery was to remain unaltered. The five bat talions, each of five companies of European Foot Artillery, were to be made into six battalions, of four companies each. The two battalions of Native Foot Artillery, each of ten companies, were to become three battalions, of six companies each. The mess-house of the 2d European Regiment at Sukkur had been burned down, and 10,000 rupees' worth of mess pro perty, exclusive or an r.ni,rusu °imam-tame, tne only one in Sinde, destroyed. A duel, attended by serious consequences, had occurred at one of the up-country stations, between two officers of a na tive regiment. The new duties came into operation on the 2d of June. They will produce a large profit on existing stocks, which may amount, perhaps, to half a million sterling, and this will reconcile a great many persons who were originally opposed to their imposition. At Bombay the hot weather has prevailed, and to a fearful extent, during the last few days before the departure of the mail. There is no appearance of the rains setting in. The cholera has begun its ravages here, at Panwell, and at Poona and all through the country, and great apprehensions are afloat of its extension, unless the monsoon comes to cool the atmosphere, and to afford a supply of good water, which is much wanted in this Wand. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. (From the Calcutta Price Current, June 2.) No very material alteration has taken place in our nnakets since the 10th ult., for, although the accounts received by the mail which lett England on the 7th of April were anything but favourable with regard to the position of the home markets for most of our staple products, still the reduced stocks In the bazaar (caused by the low state of the up country rivers stopping the progress of all large boats), has enabled the native holders in most instances to main tain nearly former rates, and although for a short time after the letters were delivered the market was inactive, it has since im proved, and there is now a good steady business in several of the principal staples. Imports have again been in a most unsatisfactory state, and not withstanding that holders would (in consequence of the rather more favourable ruling of exchange) be willing to operate freely at former rates, they have not been met by dealers, who have not shown the slightest desire to lay in stock, caused probably in a measure by their attention having of late been a good deal occupied by opium speculations, and also by the large sums of money taken out of the market by the Government sale, and in consequence transactions have been on a much more limited scale than is cus tomary at this season ; and should the effect usually caused by the opening of the rivers not shortly manifest itself, we de not sec any prospect of dealers submitting to an advance equivalent to the en hanced rates of duty, which came into operation yesterday, and cannot therefore look forward to any immediate improvement. Notwithstanding that the Hon. Company are still advancing on goods shipped through them at is. Iod. per rupee, and that parties have availed themselves thereof to the extent of 635,851 Company's rupees, or 58,286/., during the past month, we still find a super fluity of bills in the market, and the rate has again advanced. Since writing the above, we have noticed in the Government Gazette of ,the 31st. ultimo, the following paragraph, which we annex, as likely very considerably to affect the ruling of our ex. change on England for some time to come : " NOTIFICATION. " Notice is hereby given, that the sun: to be provided in.lndia during the official year 1845.6 for the service of the Honourable East India Company in London, by bills of exchange, to be se. cured by the hypothecation of goods, has been fixed at 800,0001. sterling. " It is further notified for general information, that of the sum of 800,000/. sterling, required from India during the past year, 1844-5, only 272,579/. sterling have been raised by bills upon England, and that, deducting supplies received from other sources, a balance of 457,871/. remains to be provided, which it may be ne cessary to add to the demand for the current year. " The rate of exchange at which bills are to be drawn will con thine to be ls. 10d. per Company's rupee until further notice. In all other respects the existing term and conditions of advances to be made by the Governments of Bengal, Madras, and Bombay, will remain in force, and be the same as advertised in the Calcutta Gazette under dates the Ist of April, 1842, and 23d of August, 1844.—May 31." Indigo—ln our last we stated that, generally speaking, the ac counts of the crops were fav oura bl e, although some of the easterly districts (Dacco, Mymunsingh, and Furredpore) had been forced to delay the commencement of manufacture by heavy rains ; these, however, have since been in full work, but the produce during the first week was most miserable, the plant being scarcely ripe, and only cut for fear of inundation ; whereas, could the planters have expected the rivers to keep so low, they would have delayed a week more, which would have increased the produce as well as im proved the quality. Within the past fortnight, however, it has much improved, and they have ere this secured the greater portion of their low lands, but are now again complaining of want of water for manufacturing purposes. .From Jessore, Kishuagur, R.ajeshaye, Moorshedabad, Nuddea, Burdwan, and Rungpore, accounts are good, whilst from Bhagul pore and Purneah they are for a bumper. Tirhoot is much the same as at the date of 'our last, but still Will not turn out so much as is looked for, the cultivation having, in some parts, been curtailed, and many concerns having suffered considerably from drought and hot winds. So that, although some have a full crop, others have only 10, and sonic as little as 5 annas. Shalia'Ad, Ghazeepore, Betimes, Mirzapore, Goruckpore, and Azinighur, have, generally speaking, good prospects, and, should the rains set in (as they generally do) by the 9.oth of this month, a great many concerns arc expected to send down a quarter . more than last year. Such are the present p ros p ects of the blue; but we ate now approaching the most d an g erous season, when a single night may (as it has frequently done) cause a ver y considerable tailing off in the expectations of the Bengal planters, although it must be acknowledged there is not at present any signs of an inun. dation, and, should the rivers keep down for twenty days more, all the concerns on the banks of the Bhaugurutty and Poddah will be enabled to cut their low lands ; whilst, shoull the inundation be late, or (as is sometimes the case) the season pass without it, a g reat many will have second cuttings, and in this case i t is impos sible to s ay to what amount the produce of the season may be ex tended. _ . -- We understand that many parties have already formed their opinions as to the probable out. turn of the coming season, and although we still hold this to be extremely premature, we should say with pretty favourable weather the plant on the ground is capa ble of yielding from 140,000 to 150,000 maunds, but at the same time it is quite possible that this figure may be exceeded or de. creased by 20,000 maunds, according to the weather experienced during the next two roonths,