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The Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, do hereby give notice, that on TutrasDAY, the 16th January next, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such persons as may he wiling to tontract for supplying and delivering into her Majesty's Victualling B tores at Deptford all such' Articles of POLICE CLOTHING, for the use of the Police Force employed • in her Majesty's several Dock and Victua l ling-yard, as shall from time to time be demanded, for twelve months certain, and further until the expiration of three months' warning. Patterns of the Articles, a Form of the Tender, and,the Conditions of the Contract, may be seen at the said Office. :No Tender will be received after One o'clock on the day of treaty, nor any noticed, unless the party attends, or an agent for him daly authorised in writing. Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of th Admi ralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words Tender for Pollee Clothing ," and mush also be delivered at Somerset-place, cc rrePartied by a letter . signed by two responsible persons , engaging p become bound with the person tendering in the sum of 500/_ for the due performance of the ,Contract. HE PAVILION AT BRIGHTON. (From the Brighton Gazette.) commhsioners of the town have decided, as readers are already aware, on op4ning the nawly 'ated and elegant suite of rooms at the Pavilion a ball for the nobility; and we are happy to find the committee, who have so well performed their ,a in conjunction with Mr. Slight, the commis rs' and intelligent clerk, have token steps for carrying out the object which the commissioners have in view, by communicating their intentions to many of the leading nobility of this county and else where, by letter, with a copy of which we have been favoured. r DECEMBER 3 0 lB5O. N ° .18,180.] LONDON, MONDAY E s. n t s tstd 9 r PRICE SD. llowman, Rev. G. E. Hoare, Joseph, Esq. Holland, Miss - 5 00' 5 5 0 1 - 2 00 Rarsdon, W. F. Esq. - 5 0 0 This day is published, BLACKWOOD'S MAGAZINE No. CCCCXXIII., for JANUARY. Price 2s. Eld. Hunt Roskell, Rhodes, Mrs. Rosher, ~ Geo Esq. - Rush, Captain -1 0 0 - 5 0 0 -3 0 0 Rush, Mrs. -- Rowley, Mrs. W. W. ISmith, James. Esq. - 2 0 0 - 0 19 0 -2 0 0 ShaftO, Mrs J. D. - - 1 0 0 ISeott, Rev. Robert and NIIDLAND: RAILWA-Y. LOANS ON DEBENTURES. The Directors of the Midland Railway Company arc prepared to f e neive LOINS en security of Debentures (to replace Loans becom ng due), for three, five, or seven years, in sums of 1001. and upwards, at interest after the rate of 41. per cent. per annum, payable half- Yearly. ber A•Pplicition to be made to the Secretary at the Company's Office, by. By order, Derby, December 23, 1850. J. F. BELL, Secretary. TEIE . GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY is NOW OPEN for GENERAL MERCHANDISE TRAFFIC and from London, and all Stations on the Great Northern Railway je t ern, and to and from London and all Towns in the North of land and in Scotland. .. ..s may be Booked at the King's-cross Station, or at the fol 'Mg Recolving Houses in London : .At the Bull and Mouthlnn, St. Martin's-le-Grand ; the Oxford Warwick•lane; the George Inn, Borough; No. 11, Grace- Z u lreh-street ; the Flower Pot, Bishopsgate-street ; the Saracen's r ted, Snow-hill ; the Old Bell, Holborn ; the Cross Keys, St. John b"elet ; the Peacock, Islington; the White Bear, Piccadilly ; R atchet's, 'Piccadilly; the Ship, Charing-cross; Moore's Green T an and Still, Oxford-street; the Boar and Castle, and the Glouces m' Warehouse, Oxford-street. all particulars as to Rates, Sac., may be ascertained at the Goods vgl ,...e . es, King's-cross Station, and at all the stations on the Line. uo kti n e Company's Dock and. Waterside Prmiss, King's-cross Sta , are accessible by the Regent:o Canal, e and facilities exist for ;sm. • and unloading Barges under cover in the Warehouses. ".ei. To prevent mistakes all goods should be plainly marked " T o tererarded by the Great Northern Railway." By order, SEYMOUR CLARKE, General Manager , Secretary's °Mee, King's-cross Station, London, Dec. 13, 185 e. 10ENEAL LINE. .„ RTo LET a =OP iu the above line, doing a good Business working. ueighbourhood. e PPIY to Mr. T. Tombs, 34, Marshall-street, London-road, Surrey. o kilt need apply. NEW DAILY LONDON NEWSPAPER. "TUE PROTESTANT." irel'lnte supporters of this enterprise are informed, that arrangements to „ he :° far advanced as to admit of the Publication commencing prior Opening of Parliament. til _“? reference to application for employment, it may be stated that ( I ,7,Peadli of all the departments must be Protestants, but that no .Linctiou will be made as regards the subordinates. I) etai.'s will appear in subsequent advertisements. OYER'S RELISH. 6 This entirely new and cheap Sauce for Fish, Coll Meat, Game, oat t.r3-, Gravy, Stews, Soups, Salad, &c. , is now to be had through ,uro ale Pe ' e Agents, Messrs. Crosse and Blackwell, Purveyors to her Ma -21 r, , Soho-square. Soyer'a Original Sauce for Ladies and Gentlemel. Ci r A,ME SEASON.—CROSSE and BLACK hat WELL, Purveyors in Ordinary, by appointment to her Ma be beg respectfully to inform the nobility and gentry that they b e t r ee to manufacture the celebrated SOHO SAUCE, which will EuSuperior for every description of game ; also their improved 71_nesiled and ef real Gorgena Anchovies, Dinmore's of Shrim, ' fried fish, Royal Table Sauce, Sir Essence Robert Peel's Sauc ps e 1 1 ::eneral purposes, Anchovy Paste, Strasburg Potted Meats, &c. obt , w ileki of the above, together with their superior pickles, may be Arnett of all the principal sauce-vendors throughout the kingdom. .2 1 aettfactory, 21, Soho-square, London. Established 1706. r TO LATE RESIDENTS IN INDIA. I' RUE MADRAS CURRIE, and MULLIGA- N- tic , TUNNY PASTg and CLIITTNIES.—Messrs. BARRIE tur n . Vepery, Madras, to enable their old Correspondents re -11, Ing from India to continue the use of the celebrated Condiments, D it Vltade arrangements to forward regular supplies of the above, in glass jars for family use, at Is. 9d. and upwards, which g i g .e had of Crosse and Blackwell, Purveyors to her Majesty, 21, Irsi:, ,, litare; Fortnum, Mason, and Co., Piccadilly; and of the lhi,7:pal Sauce Vendors throughout the kingdom. Each bottle is i ed, and BARRIE and CO., Madras. stamped on the glass. UttOSSE and BLACKWELL'S CALVES „ hi n FEET JELLIES, consisting of Lemon, Orange , NoYeau , n'd,74:_aid Madeira, ready for immediate use. These Jellies will be I ;erY superior to those usually sold, and having been used for than twelve months by the most distinguished families in the " 1 , the continued demand is a sufficient proof of their excel had of the principal Italian warehousemen, grocers, and I:jr_ti4 throughout England, Ireland, and Scotland. and B.'s name and address are on each bottle. ! .,...:_"anuractory, 21, Soho-square, London. Established 1706. Cl ' SMOKY CHIMNEYS.—NO CURE NO PAY. E. DOWSON, 123, Oxford - street (five /1 1 ! doors west of Regent-circus), sole manufacturer of It, as Y I ' S PATENT REGISTER GRATE, begs to call attention t o tot, l 'etug the most elegant, inexpensive, and certain Cu r e for . , .7 Chimneys. 7 Prospectus forwarded upon application, post free. t, t .„ l-r: ' HOWSON is also the sole manufacturer of CUNDY'S PA- W k .`,,t HOT-AIR and VENTILATING STOVE, for Churches, cilbZ".ses, Shops, Entrance Halls, &c. Patronised by the Society .., in whose rooms, John-street, Adelphi, it may be seen in con tr;use ; and also at Messrs. Hitchcock's, SL Paul's Church fr and at the Manufacturer's as above. A prospectus may be li4 t e ' 04 1 ,, [ILE CHIMNEY-PIECES, GRATES, and FENDERS are itio, e 'y in the extensive Show Rooms, in great variety, and of the kii, , ,,,„! l egant description, at greatly reduced prices. Every article i'4litctured upon the most perfect principle. ttre4,,. Lo OS DWSON, 123, Oxford-street. (fife doors west of Regent ,...2)don. GRAND SALON DE D ANSE, ROYAL ADELAIDE GALLERY, STRAND. Lem OPEN FOR THE SEASON. " -.—Mr. Thomas Bartlett Simpson, Albion Tavern, Great Russell-street, Covent-garden. m r "l 3 SOIREES MUSICALES AND BAL PARE D'IIIVER. t kiu t; the valuable talent of the leading Artists engaged during the • "ason Cremorne Gardens, including the most eminent o,44'illtters from her Majesty's Theatre, the Royal Italian Opera, he Philharmonic Concerts. BORINI'S BAND. VOCAL AND INSTRUMENTAL CONCERT. „ rr ' u nt Selections from the most celebrated Composers, and ri Solos by first-rate Artists. "La Gazza Ladra," • • • • • • Rossini. 11 , '"Can Melody. " The Yeller Basha-Belle," Mr. J. tr.() S hare T, • •• What's a' the steer, trimmer , " Miss • • H odson toil7 r a Dell" Polka (Third Week) • • .. Borini. •k Duett Lovers' Tiffs," Miss G. Hodson a nd v t e Co W. W. Sharp „ •• Labern. S ' a ng,'" Sam Slick," Mr. J. W. Sharp • • • • Labern. " Sorgenbrecher" .. • • . .. J. Strauss. REPERTOIRE OF MUSIQUE DE DANSE. I. b THIS EVENING, Dec. 30. 1 . Q 4 4 . . vr adrine,••• ol Souvenir de l'Hyppodrome Fessy Le Bonhomme .. • . .• T olbec q ue ' 4 /.,, 41tz • • Charlotte '• • .. .• Labitzk y n s '4 Adelaide .. • . Borini " dl adrille.. La Guerre des Femmes .. Bosisie i i' ch ottische Leonora • • • • .. Jervis icit 4. ° l Qu Laura Bell .. Borini b. adrille.. Le Nouveau Monde • • .. Bosisio 10 . w altz Schoenbrumi Lanner •• Nectar . • • .. Ealing .1. Quadrille.. All Nations . Borini r„ l3 •• Great Exhibition •• .. Marriott Crete Be a votaries of Terpsichore remarks on the excellence of 3 'rern,L' an d , after the experience of its Orchestral Triumphs at g o i o `ue, would be superfluous. 11„„, e klid Concerted Pieces will he performed during the evening. eAri,;„''' llll Latest Compositions—The Adelaide Polka, Waltzes to Illisz a s tPoPular Irish Melodies, Galop d'lndustrie, New Quadrille of Th.`,„'°s, and Laura Bell Polka. and Salon, Refreshment, and Ante-rooms have undergone _* b oo er able alterations and improvements. re °Pen at Half-past Seven o'clock. Admission One Shilling. O A MISFITTING COAT. W hatever could the " sn?p" have meant to do When making such an article as you ? 7" of your parts is tight, and one is slac k ; al quite ashamed to put you on my back. 4 . l Parts the tailor should have made you bigger, In order to adapt you to my figure ; while other portions should be made much less— . 11011 really quite disgrace the name of dress. ~,0 make your owner such an ugly elf That he's ashamed to look upon himself. wish I'd gone to MOSES—that I do— Instead of buying such a coat as you ; 111 , 3' money has been thrown into the str eet — Another nother coat would be a perfect treat. tut wisdom for the future will I learn, And never buy at such a mean concerts. 310SES' Mart in future I'll repair, F or I shall get a fitting garment there. ,„That splendid coat which my friend Thompson bought, • :a Point of fit is not made wrong in aught. - 4. 0111 y think what M. and SON would say, ~,,- " nch it coat as you were in their way : -,,."'"ord not allow you house-room at their shop, V,r any such a specimen of slop. "W EDITION of " EVE.RYBODI S BOOK"~~~tll Report containing of the O e important Trial, may be ha d gratis en ap sri by letter, post free. ce-- or The Fur and Shawl Departments are now replete with 'Obi l , N n ," 4l t7 of the season. ve.—Any article purchased, either ready-made or to 7rher . if not approved of, will be exchanged or the money made re -Iti.—E• Mon 0 4 118 t oses and Son regret h avin g to guard the public "oPos'tion but having hoard that t he untradesatanlike false- Writ; connected with them, or it is the same conc ern, has l 'itgl rts orted to in many instances, and for obvious rea sons. The y qr.:ol s tate they have no connexion with any other house in or out 1, 0 d on, except their own Establishments , as ' ollows g i o i dort City Establishment, 154, 155, 1 56 . a nd 157, Minories, 83, ' an a 85 , Aldgate, opposite the Churc h, all communicating. "gld I fl "...°n West-end Branch, 506, 507, 508, New Oxford-street, 1, 2, o art-street, ail communicating. La rd " Yorkshire" Branch, 19, Bridge-street. 141Z,' rs,11, Branch, 36, Faate. Ikkk,„Z Clothiers, Hatte rg rs, Hosiers,irti Furriers, Boot and Shoe r:and General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentleme n . litru r 'stablishments are closed from sunset Friday to sunset when business is resumed till Twelve o'clock. bit "'VMERT ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH MATURITY.—WITH 48 COLOURED ENGRAVINGS ON Oat k i lMblished, and may be had ix French or English, In a Sealed %.:" 10 Pe, 2s. 6d., or post-free, from the Author, for forty-two ALF-PRESERVATION; a th. _edical Treatise on the Physiology of Marriage, and on be ttm ?teret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and Maturity, th t - 1 7 acquired at an early period of life, which debilitate filetit' n .Y , lcal and mental powers, diminish and enfeeble the natural 9~ and exhaust the vital energies of Manhood ; with Practical / the ens on the Treatment of Nervous Debility and Indigestion, tr op t i aler ftr iv .g from these causes, close study, er the influence of Iltri et !` climates; Local and Constitutional Weakness, Syphilis, gteti o - C 3 , and all Diseases and Derangements resulting from India _ With Forty coloured Engravings, illustrating the !Anl t° ,,,77', Physiology, and Diseases of the Reproductive Organs, 41 1)4, 4 —fl ing their stractnees uses, and functions, and the various " t it that are produced in ' them by solitary habits, excesses, and C etion, BY SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D., k eto 3T, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON. bn ," Medicine. Matriculated Member ef the University of Edin °ire., Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, Honorary Member he Lmidon Hespital Medical Society, &c. xhis work contains an accarate and complete account of the fertY and Physiology of the Reproductive Organs. It un te,:nately happens that the unhappy victim of excessive ffidul- N t r and vicious habits, while suffering from their invariable con .el/4„Tes, unwisely entertains a fear of applying to a qualified physi -460•:or relief. Shame and the dread so frequently, but erro 14,2tertained that these complaints are beyond ne reach of slaw / • er n be him and prevent his seeking 'or as'.stance where prncured. Dr: LA'M ERN has ter an tho highest ictift e ,.,:'. ol :lonrs, as his diplomas testify, and the grant extent of his 0116Cl_ fr . many years is a guarantee for his professional expert -11, ' , kth' hair reference - almost • solely to the treatment of these wads. 1,, , • Ar T4431 451• p - terno A by the . Alkutb,n;, , and , may, „to had of J. Gilbert, attee~ll seer-r_pwelvapv 4 63, Oxford-st.eet, Starie, Tichbome 43'inarkift fanner; Cornhill ; Gordon, 146, -Leaden "444l. - . B treet, London ; or, free by post for forty-two stamps, from 4uthor's Residence, 17, Bedlord-Kure 14adon• JIHE WIDOW of the late Rev. GEORGE EDWARD HOLLES r, of Frimley, Surrey—Frimley, nag shot, December 4, 1450.—An earnest APPEAL to public benevolence is respectfilly salmnitted by a few friends and neighbours on behalf of the WIDOW of the late Rev. GEORGE EDWARD HOLIES r, who for a ps.rioa of 14 years, in an exemplary manner, performed the duties of his church, and was distinguished by his benevolence and charity in the wide district under his charge. The act of atrocity by which the Rev. Mr. Holiest was saddenly cut off is universally known, but those only who are acquainted with his posi tion are aware that he never had the means of making a provisi.n for his widow. Under such circumstances, it is hoped that the case of Mrs. Holiest will commend itself to the generous consideration of those who are blessed with the means of alleviating, so far as human sympathy and assistance can alleviate, the distress of a family so fearfully bereft of its natural supporter. The income of Mrs. Holiest does not exceed 401. per annum, and subscriptions are earnestly solicited in aid of these Ina lequate means. Subscriptions will be thankfully received by the following bankers :—Messrs. Herries, Farquhar, and Co.;Messrs Williams, Deacon, and Co.; Messrs. Barclay, Tritton, and Messrs. Coutts, and Co.; Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Co.; Sir 8. Scott, Bart., and Co., I, Cavendish- Square; Messrs. Mangles Brothers, Guildford; Messrs. Stevens and Blanely, Reading; also by the follawing members of the Com mittee : R. R. Bayley, Esq., Mitchell, Frimley. Bagshot, J. F. Burrell, Esq., Manor House, Frimley. Rev. J. 11. Clayton.Famborough, Bagshot. Rev. John Lawrell, Cove, Bagshot. Sir Walter Farquhar, Bart., Farnborough place, Bagshot. Thomas Longman, Esq.. Farnborough-hill, Bagshot. Captain Charles Edward Mangles, Poyle-park, Farnham, Surrey. The Commit'ee have the s itisfactim to state that her Majesty the Queen, the Duchess Of Gloucester, and the Bishop of . Wiuchester, have sanctioned their exertions by very liberal donations. ADDITIONAL SUBSCRIPTIONS. Field Marshal• His Grace the Duke of Wellington ..£5O 0 0 The Lord Bishop of Durham- - - - - 15 0 0 The Lord Bishop ofSt David's - - - - 10 0 0 The Lord Bishop of St. Asaph - - - 5 0 0 The Lord Bishop of Ripon - - - 5 0 0 Per Messrs. Coutts. iHarford, Mr. - - 2 0 - -X5O 0 Harford, Rev, Alfred - 1 0 • - 15 oHawke- ' Colonel Peter - 1 0 I - 10 Opodgsan, Rev. John - 2 2 - 10 °Nall, Rev. Transley - 1 1 - 1• 1 Haines, Mr. - - - 1 0 - 010 Hawkins, Dr. Bisset . 5 0 - 1 1 Hammond, Geo., Esq. - 5 0 - 2- 2 Hunt. Fredk , Esq. - 2 0 - 1.1 Ingram, James, Esq. - 1 0 - 1 Vanson, F. 4., Esq. - 5 0 . . 1 0 Jaansori, Mr. Thos. - 1 0 . 5 o:Jansen, •Mr. Henry - 1 0 1 9 1 Jones, Isaac, Esq. - 2 0 - . 2 -0 1 . Tones, Wm., Esq. - - 1 0 Per Barclay and Co. •IJackson, James, Esq. - 3 0 L. L. H. - - - - 210 Johnson, 11., Esq. - - 5 0 Mrs. A. B. - 1-0 Tohnson, Miss E. - - 5 0 J. H. - - - 1 0 Jackson, Mfrs, - - 1 0 C. R. L. - 2 oJackson, Wm., Esq. - 1 0 E. P. - - - 10 o"Jakyll, E., Esq. - - 10 0 Anonymous - - 010 King, F., Esq. - 1 1 Per Herries and Co. Kelsey, Richard. Esq. - 5 0 0 The - Kentish Mess, Clif -10 ford's Inn - - - 215 0 Lawrell, J. G. 8., Esq. - 5 5 0 Lambert. the Lady - - 5 0 0 Levien, Edward, Esq. - 1 0 10 Latham, Alfred, Esq. - 5 0 Lyall, G., jun., Esq. - 5 5 10 Lawrell, Miss - - 5 0 • Lee, Wm., Esq. - - 2 0 0 Lee, Mrs. - 1 0 0 Liddiard, Wm., Esq. - 2 2 0 Loyd, L., jun., Esq. - 10 0 OlLennox, Lord Wm. - - 1 0 Legg, Its v. Wm. - - 10 0 A. Lady, p:r llerries & Co. 5 0 Le Merchant, Sir Denis, Bart. - - 5 0 Lumley, W. G., Esq. - 1 1 Lakin, Rev. J. M. - 1 0 A. Lady, of aidmouth - 1 0 Millions, W. 11., Esq. - 2 2 Moller, C. W., Esq. - - 1 1 Meade, Rev. John - 1 0 Morris, Norman, Esq. - 1 1 Morgan, Edward, Esq. - 1 0 Mocatta, E:, Esq. - - 1 0 Marshall, Wm., Esq. - 1 0 Mitchell, P. S , Esq. - 1 0 Mitchell, W. R., Esq. - 1 0 Mo - ant, Geo., Esq. - - 25 0 Morant, John, Esq. - 5 0 Majendie, Rev. H. - - 5 0 Methold, Rev. T. - - 5 0 Milner, Mrs. L. G. - - 10 0 Murray, the Hon. Mrs., Friends of - - - 28 9 Hence, Rev. Samuel 2 0 Haling, Richard, Esq. - 1 1 Matthew, John, Esq. - 1 1 Mackenzie, Alex, Esq. - 2 2 Worland, W. C., Esq. - 2 0 Moore, the Lady - - 1 0 Morena, Rev. John - - 5 0 Miles, Mrs. - 2 0 Miller, Boyd, Esq. - - 210 Mangles, Ross, D., Esq., M.P. - - 5 0 Marryatt, C., Esq - - 1 0 Millet, F. Esq. - - - 5 0 Mangles, Itev. A. - - 5 0 HMI. W. L. - 1 1 lislineux, Rev. G. M. - 2 0 Molineux, Miss- - - 1 0 Mousloy, Rev. W. E. - 1 0 Morris, Hawn, Esq.- - 5 0 Noel, the Hon. and Rev. Gerard - - - - 10 0 Two Friends per ditto - 010 Nicholson, G., Esq. - - 3 0 North, W. It„ Esq. - - 2 0 Newcombe, Captain G. - 5 0 Ogle, Mrs. Henry - - 5 0 Pocock, John J.. Esq. - 10 0 Phillips, Rev. W. spencer 1 0 Payne, W., Esq. - - 1 0 Parker, James, Esq. 5 0 Parnell, ll. ' Esq. - - 5 0 Payler J., Esq. - 1 0 Pembroke, the Lady- - 30 0 Percival, Rev. Henry - 10 0 Pannell, C., Esq. - - 10 0 Pope, Ven. Archdeacon - 5 0 Pope, G., Esq. - - - 5 0 Peachey, Rev. J- 5 0 Pooley, R., Esq. - - 1 0 Price, A. T., Esq. - 5 0 Parkinson and Frodsham, Messrs. - - - - 2 2 Richardson, Sawford, Esq. 1 0 Ridge, H., Esq. - - 1 0 Randell, Rey. John - - 5 0 Renualls, W. R., Esq. - i 1 Richards, E. P., Esq. - 5 0 Heine, Miss - - • 5 0 Robinson, Bev. G. - - 1 1 IRowsell, Rev. E. E. - 1 0 Rhodes, Mr. - - - 5 0 IScott. Sir C. E., Bart. - 10 0 Sheppard, Thos., Esq. - 10 0 Emily, W. R., Esq. - - 2 0 Spurting, Stephen, Esq. - 1 0 Slocock, Mrs. C. - - 1 0 iStevens, W., Esq„ High , field - - - 5 0 Stephcns, W., Esq. - - 5 0 iScovell, Lieut.-General Sir George . - 10 0 Sumner, Rev. C. V. H. - 2 2 Savage, Om J. A. - 3 Beall, Rev. R. - 2 2 Sandley, Rev. Gee. - - 2 0 Sandley, Miss - - 1 0 Sewell, Rev. H. D. - 1 0 A Sussex Curate - - 2 0 ISullivan, Mrs. Stuart - 5 5 Sykes, Vice-Admiral - ,b 0 Sympathy, per Cox and Co. 1 0 Sutton, Sir ltd., Bart. - 5 0 Shaw, Sir John, Bart. - 210 Short, Colonel - . 1 0 Shrub, Rev. H. .. - 210 Suaby, Maurice, Esq. - 5 0 Slandering, James, Esq. - 1 1 Smith, Samuel G., Esq, .. 10 0 Slaughter, Edward, Esq.. 1 1 Tustin, E. E., Esq. - . 5 0 Tyrie, David, Esq. - 2 0 Tudor, Henry, Esq. 1 0 Two Sisters - - . 1 0 frower, G. S., Esq. - b 0 Two Ladies, per Child and Co. - - - Teddy, Rev. Wm. - - Three Members of the Travellers' Club - Thompson, J. D., Esq. ThruPP, J. W., Esq. Vile, Thomas, Esq Villebois, Mr. and Mrs. Venables, Rev. Edmund Vidal, Rev. 0. E. Warrall, Septimus, Esq. Wilkinson, Norman, Esq, Wilkinson, Conran, Esq. Watson, Rev. W , & Mrs. Watson, Capt., and Mrs. Wyatt, Rev. J. J. P. Wyatt, Hugh P., Esq. widow's Mite, a, per Coutts and Co. - Warden of New College Watts, It., Esq. Waller, Miss Farnham - Widow's Mite, a, per Barclay and Co. Walkden and Co., Messrs. White, Henry J., Esq. Watson, John, Esq. Watson, Mrs. Wix, Rev. Samuel - Winstanley, Was., Esq. - Widow's Mite, a, from Canterbury - . Widow, the Offering of a Wainewright, Mrs., John Wigston, Capt. Wilson, Rev. J. Wright, Mrs. Ross - Wigram, W. Esq. - Wynne, Mrs. Miles - Wheeler, 11., Esq. - Webb, Jonas, Esq. - Williams, Wm., Esq. Wilde, C. N., Esq. - Watkins, Rev. H. G. Watson, Rev. H A. B. - - A. R., Fernley W. W. W. - M. J. - - S. H. - - C. S. D. - C. T. T. - E. E. T. - A. B. - C. D. - H. A. E. L. T. G. E. H. +~ A. B. 1 H. B. - A. L. L. - 1 N. W. - - - 1 X. T. - - - 5 R. H. M. T. - - - 2 Per Messrs. Mangles. M. S. - - - 0 Per Messrs. Scott and Co. H. W. B.- - - 1 G. H. W. - - 1 T. and L. H. - - - 2 F. G. - - 2 Per Messrs. Smiths and Co. j. 11. M. - - 1 0 J. C. - - - - 0 5 J. M., jun. - - 0 X. Y. Z. - - - 1 1 Per Williams and Co. J. T. - - - 1 u M. A. 11. - - - I 1 Amory, Samuel, Esq. - 5 0 Alcock, Thomas, Esq., M.P. - - - 10 0 Allason, Thomas, Esq. - 2 0 Allason, Mrs. - - 2 0 Allason, Miss - 1 0 Abraham, Rev. Mr. and Family - - - Austen, Alfred, Esq. - Austen, R. A. C., Esq. - Alexander, IL, Esq. Bayley, Samuel, Esq. Bostock, Samuel, Esq. Banbury, F., Evq. - Brown, John, Esq. - Bowyer, Mr., Frlmley - 0 Baillie, Wm. 11., Esq. - 1 Baillie, Mrs. Joanna - - Bury, Mrs. and Miss _ . 1 - 5 - 20 - 2 - 1 M'Kenzie Grieve - 6 Battersbee, Harford, Esq. 1 Brown, James, Esq. - 1 Best, H. P.. Esq. - - 1 Burrell, J. F., Esq., Fun- ham - - - 3 3 Burrell, Miss - - - 1 0 Barclay, Bevan. and Co. 10 0 Barker, It., Esq. - - 5 0 Wrs. Bosanquet, Samuel 5 0 Brassey, Mrs. - - 10 0 Bellisgton, Miss - - 2 0 Bulnois, John, Esq. - 5 0 Briggs, Mrs. - - - 1 0 Bliss, Miss - - - 3 0 Badcock, Henry. Esq. - 2 0 Bridges, Thos., Esq. - 50 0 Barlow, Rev. John - 1 0 Barlow, Rev. John - 111 Brymer, Ven. Archdeacon 1 0 Bury, G., Esq. - - 5 5 Beardmore. Miss - - 5 0 Birch, Rev. C. - 1 0 Bayley, W. W.. Esq. - 2 0 Bowles, Rev. H. - - 5 0 Best, G., Esq. ' - 5 0 Best, Mrs. - - - 5 0 Beevor. Charles, Esq. - 2 0 Brooke, S. 8., Esq. - 5 0 Barnett, R., Esq. - b 0 Cobb, C. F., Esq. - - 2 2 Charlton, Rev. C. 11. - 1 0 Cornthwaite, RIM 1"... 0 10 Clayton, Rev. J. H. - 5 0 C. C. 8., per ditto - - 1 0 C. N., per ditto - - 1 0 Carter, Rev. W. - 1 0 Cholmley, Mrs. Jane -10 0 Cording, J. C. and G. - 1 1 Comber, Mrs. - - 10 0 Comyn, T. 8.. Esq. - - 1 0 Cust, Hon. Mica - 0 Cust, Hon. Miss Lne - 1 0 Cut, lion. and Rev. B. - 2 0 Clayton, John, Esq. - 2 0 Colesworth, Rev. W. - 5 0 Cook, General H. - - 2 0 Causton, Miss - - 2 0 Copeland, Ald., M.P. - 5 0 Cre , swell, Mrs. - 1 0 A Clergyman's WM. St. Peter's gtepney Crofts, Rev. G. P. - Capper, Miss S. S. Curteis, John, Esq. - Cantrell, J. P., Esq. Davis, Hart, Esq. - Darnford, Rev. F. E. Harley, Rev. W. 8..- Davis, John, Esq. -- Doyle, Miss - Dundas, Lady C. Dartmoeth. Earl of - Denton, Henry, Esq. • Dumbleton, IL, Esq. - 10 0 Delafosse, Rev. C. D.. - 1 1 Dyer, C. 0., Esq. - • - 1 6 Edwards, S., Esq. - 2 2 Edwards, Charles, E - 2 0 Echalaz, F.. Esq. - - 1 0 Ellicombe, Mrs. C. - 5 0 Evelyn, W. J., Esq., 761. F. 5 0 Everett, Rev. C. - - I 0 EveleiCh, Rev John - 1 1 Ellis, John, Esq. - 1 1 Egham, J. J. J., Esq,. - 1 0 E , le, Mr. Justice - 5 e Effingham, the Earl of - 10 0 Eden, the Hon. Emily - 2 0 Elwes, J. W. Esq. - 2 0 Elves, Mrs. - - 1 0 Field and Peckett Messrs. Mess rs. 5 0 0 Field and Son, - 2 Flower, Matthew, Esq. - 2 0 Fry. W. Esq. - 1 1 Furlonger, C. Esq. - 1 0 From one who became a widow on the 30th of September, through a sudden catastrophe Fraucklin, Rev. J. F. Frere, John, Esq. Friends at Frimley- , 09, rk, per John Tekell, E sq. - 5 0 A Friend, per Mr. T.. - Portar - - 2 0 Freene. Edward, Esch. - 20 0 Fletcher, Nir Henry - 5 0 Favenc, Mrs. - - 1 0 Freeman, Rev. J. - - 4 4 Freeman, Mrs. J. - - 1 0 Franks, Rev. G. H. - -10 0 Gurney, Hudson, Essit. - 5 0 Greatorex, John, Esca. - 2 0 Gohb, J. R., Esq. - 1 1 Goldsmid, S., Fsq. - 1 0 Greenhill, Chas., Esq,. - 1 0 Gates, W. B.,Esq. - 2 2 Gutch, Geo., Esq. - - 3 0 Gulch, Mrs. - - 2 0 Gold=mid, F. IL, Esqi. - 2 2 Grenfell, Mrs. - - 1 0 Gwyn, Mrs., of Scalia. 2 0 Godman. J., Esq. - 10 0 Gurney, gidney, Esq. - 2 0 Grote, Mrs. - - 1 0 Hamilton, Rev. L. - - 1 0 Hilton, A., Esq. - - 5 0 Henry, W. C., Esq., M .D. 5 0 Henley and Sons, Memos. 5 0 Hopkins, Henry, Es, t. - 2 0 Heseltine, Sam , Es( 1. - 2 0 Hutchinson, Rev. E. S. - 1 I Hayley, Rev. Burreff. - 1 1 Hughes, Mrs. - - 1 0 Hayward, Miss -.- 1 0 Hayward, Miss E. - - 1 0 - 2 - 5 - 1 - 2 - 1 - 5 - 1 . 5 - 8 0 1 1 - 5 0 2 0 - 10 0 - 1 0 1 0 . 2 0 - 1 5 5 0 5 0 1 0 10 10 5 0 2 0 5 0 5 0 - 5 0 - 1 0 50 5 0 - 2 0 1 0 - 2 0 0 10 1 0 - 1 0 -- 1 0 - 1 1 10 0 5 0 5 0 -- 1 0 - 010 - 1 1 - 5 0 . 1 0 . 5 0 - 1 0 - 1 0 - 1 1 - 5 0 -- 1 0 IrtitP,THER SU. M. F., per Coutts and, .Co.£l 0 0 0., per ditto - - - I 0 0 A., per ditto - - -02 6, J. T. 11., per ditto - -010 01 F. C., per ditto - -20 01 E. J. S., per ditto - -20 01 T. W., per HerrieS Sr:. en. 1 0 01 G. S., per ditto - -20 01 J. S., per ditto - - 1 0 0 J. V., per ditto - -20 0 0 E. C.,perditto - --10 0 0 D., per ditto - - 010 0 A. F., per Drumm on dOt - 5 0 J.D.T., per Scott and leo. 2 0 , Mrs. J. 8., per ditto -1 0 0 J. 8., per Smiths and. (Co. 3 0 0 C. M., per ditto - -1 0 0 G. W. H., per ditto -0 2 6 H. M., per ditto - - 1 1 0 C.. 1., per ditto - -3 0 0 C. C., per Williams 2 0 0 , 11. Lincolnshire - -1 0 0 P. S. M. - . - 5 0 0 Atkinson, F. 8., Esq. - 2 0 0 Astell, J., Esq. - -5 0 0 Ames, Mrs. George - 1 0 0 Ames, Miss - - 0 10 0 Blakey, Messrs. J. and. E. 0 10 0 Blunt, Rev. Walter - 1 1 0 Bentinek, Chas. A., Es q. 3 0 0 Burton, Mrs. Es - q. 1 10 0 o ° o Bates, Lieut.-Colonel - 1 1 0 ya Bss, Thomas, Byass, Thomas S., Egq. 00 Beariclerek, C., Esq. - 2 0 0 Beauclerok., Mrs. - 1 0 0 Brooks, Junes, Esq., - 2 0 0 Bennett, Itev. H. L. -5 0 0 Bowles, Rev. C. B. - 5 0 0 Boodle, Rev. T.- 1 . 1 0 Brederman, H. F., Esq. 1 1 0 ,Beaufort;, ' pow ager- Dtichest 15f 1 o'o 0 Bridges, Miss H., col- .ecied by - 1 06 ,SCRIPTIONS. Browne, Mrs. - - 0 10 0 Buchanan, Mrs. - - 1 0 0 Colville, the Lord - - 5 0 0 'Carter, Mrs. A. M. - 5 0 0 ( Crofts, the Lady - - 2 0 0 Crofts, Rev. John - - 1 1 0 Currie, the Misses - - 5 0 0 ICornop, Capt. and Mrs. 10 10 0 Coope, J., Esq. - - 1 0 0 Clericus Salopiensls - 2 0 0 Cavan, James, Esq. - 5 0 0 Chappell, Captain, R.N. 1 0 0 Clark, Rev. C. - - 5 0 0 Cotton, Rev. C. - - 1 1 0 Cholmondeley, the Mar quis of - - - 2 0 0 Cholmondelsy, the Mar chioness of - - 1 0 0 Clay, Miss - - - 0 10 0 iglay, Miss Harriet - 0 10 0 l'Collected in small sums near Clifton - - 0 12 6 I Dunnage, Rev. J. A. - 1 0 0 1 Diggle, Colonel - - 1 1 0 1 Daubuz, Win., Esq. - 5 0 0 I Doxat, Alexis J., Esq. Evans, Mrs. S - - 5 0 0 Edmonds, Rev. Thes. - 0 10 0 1 Ed!ronstone. Miss - - 0 10 0 A Friend at Bristol, per •?.:%C. L. Walker, Es q . 100 0 0 Farrer, James W., Esq. 5 0 0 Fazakerly, John, Esq. - b 0 0 Flight, Thomas, Esq. - 1 1 0 Forsyth, Mrs. J. H. . - 1 0 0 41. Friend - - - 0 10 0 Graham, v iss - - 2 0 0 Greame, Rev. G. - - 1 1 0 Greenslade, Mrs. • - 1 1 0 Gordon, Rev. J. GI. - 1 1 0 [toward, Miss - - 2 0 0 Dowaid, W., Esq. - ' -1" 0 0 ' limiietf, , 'Swim], .turd , Fthalids, .2 10 0 Halford, Rev. Mr. ilogson, Rev. J. G. - 2 0 0 Messrs. - - - 5 0 0 Harvey, Robt., Esq., and Family . - - - 5 0 0 Hodgson, Mrs. - - 1 1 0 Harvey, George, Esq. -10 0 0 Harvey, Mrs. R. C. - 2 2 0 Rev. John - - 5 0 0 !bikes, Mrs. - - 5 0 0 Hall, Rev. A. - - 2 0 0 Hawker, Sir Thomas - 1 0 0 Hardy, Mrs. Colonel - 1 0 0 Hall, Miss - - 1 0 0 Hensman, Rev. J. - - 0 10 0 Harford, Mrs. Lloyd - 1 0 0 Jones, Rev. John T. - 1 1 0 Jerram, Rev. J. - - 3 0 0 Kelly, Mrs. F. - - 5 0 0 Keppell, Colonel E. G. - 1 0 0 King, Rev. A. - - 1 0 0 Kempe, Rev. E. - - 1 0 0 Lowrance, Sam. G., Esq. 1 0 0 Le Mere, J. R., Esq. - 2 0 0 A Lady, per Child & Co. 5 0 0 A Lady, from Chelten ham -.- Lewis, Rev E. P. - Law, Mrs. - - Long, Henry L.. Req Lefevre, Right Hon. - 2 00 - 1 1 0 -1 1 0 - .5 00 C. 8.. E.P.A - - Montefiore, Sir Moses and Lady - - - 5 0 0 Murray, Henry, Esq. - fi 0. 0 Makeplace, Miss - - 2 0 0 Macklesfield, G. G., Esq. 1 1 0 Mildmay, the Lady - 10 0 8 Mildmay. Edward, Esq. 5 0 0 Mills, Rev. F. - - 1 0 0 Mites, J. W., Esq., and -10 00, Miss - - - - 3 0 0 North, Rev. W. - 2 0 0 Orde, the Lady Elizabeth 0 10 0 Pett, Samuel, Esq. - - 1 0 0 Padwick, Henry, Esq. - 1 0 0 Phillpotts. Rev. E. C. - 1 0 0 Pullen, Mr. Borlean - 1 1 0 Pidcock, Rev. W. - -* 0 10 6 Plumptre, J, P., Esq., _ _ M.P. - - - 1 00 Plumpire, Mrs. J. P. - 010 0 Baby, Mrs. and Friends - 3 12 0 Randolph, Rev. J. R. - 6 0 0 The list of subscriptions will be COI NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE AND EQUITABLE FIRE INSURANCE COMPANIES, 26, CORNELILL, LONDON. DIRECTORS. t*T. LAMIE MURRAY, Esq., Chairman. *W. A. B. Bennett, Esq. *John Rawson, Esq. *Hugh Croft, Esq. *John Shaw, Fsq. tElliotson, M.D„ F.R.S. i*Edmunl S. Symes, Esq. *Ralph Gough, Esq. 1 4 '1:gement Tabor, Esq. *M. C. Maher, Esq. t Joseph Thompson, Esq. *John Moss, Esq. t*Augustus Vigne, Esq• AUDITOR. • f Professor Wheatstone, F.R.S. PHYSICIAN. *J. Elliotson, NE.D„ F.R.S„ 37, Conduit-street. BURGEON. t*E. S. SYmes, Esq., 77, Grosvenor-street, Grosvenor-square. ACTT/ART. t*W. S. B. Woolhause, Esq., F.R.A.S., &c. SECRETARY. I .D. T. Lyons Clanehy, Esq. SUPERINTENDENT. *W. A. Hawkins, Esq. BANKERS. f*Nresars. Glyn, Halllfax, Mlll;,tni Co., 67, Lomblrd-street. SOLICITORS, iltesers. Sutton, Ewens, Ommanney and Prudence, 6, Basinghall- street. *W. Tatham, Egg.. 22. Throgmorton-street. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE OFFICE. CAPITAL-500,0001 The WITHDRAWAL TABLE of the Society affords to the As sured the greatest possible present and prospective advantages that can he conferred by Life Assurance. On this Tab'e the Assured is entitled. at any time, to receive at interest an immediate advance, to the extent of one-half the amount of the paid annual Premiums, without security, personal liability, or deposit of the Policy, but by simple endorsement thereon; or the half Premium may be with held during the whole continuance of the Policy. Also, in the event of the Assured at any time not requiring to continue the Policy, on its surrender one-half of the annual payments wi:l be returned by the Society. _ _ Lapsed Policies may be renewed without fine, on proof of health and payment of arrears of Premium without interest. Notic7s of Assignment of Policies registered and acknowledged, so as to make them available as securities in the hands of third parties. No Entrance Fees or anyother charge beyond the Policy Stamp. The present a nnual income of the Society from Premiums is 63,000/. ; t'e amount covered by the Policies of the Society is 1,781,5801.; and the reserved profit, applicable to future bonus to the Assured, amounts to 82,4541. ss. 6d. At the last annual inves tigation, reported in May, 1850, the bonuses declared to the As sured were, the option of a return of 15 per cent. on their Premiums in cash, or a reversionary addition to the original sum assured by each Policy varying from 20 to 65 per cent. EXAMPLES OF BONUSES ALREADY DECLARED. <inntial Pre miuM. Poßei Bonus in taken addition out in to Sum Assured. A s. d. 1837 292 6 9 1838 267 11 4 1839 241 18 6 1810 193 12 6 1841 189 12 6 1842 162 16 8 1243 115 10 10 1844 77 19 2 1845 . 66 15 0 Bonus in Cash. X s d. 139 16 9 126 17 2 113 17 7 93 15 8 89 5 10 76 18 4 55 10 10 38 15 10 44 10 0 .6 B.d. 1434 Parma nent Re duction of Annual Premium. X 8. d. 22 13 1 19 19 7 17 8 8 14 0 10 13 $ 11 11 8 3 8 1 10 5 9 11 4 10 1 ye Travelling Leave granted without extra Premium to extra Premium for Residence in Tropical Climates. EQUITABLE FIRE OFFICE. Capital-500,0001. (Incorporated under 7 and 8 Viet., cap. 110.) The leading principles of this Office ar3 —Moderate and equitable Rates of Premium for each class of risk—Annual division of Profits. Extensi Moderal The difficulty of collecting the elements on which to proportion Premium to risk in Insurance against Loss by Fire has been so great, that the rates at present charged are more the result of guess than calculation. It has been found by experienee, that the total annual losses of the different Established Companies have not been proportionate to the amount of annual Premiums received by each. It is of the highest importance, both to the Insured and Insurers, that such an anomaly should cease, and an approximation to the true risk be made. To secure this object the Equitable Firb Insu rance Company is established. The true rate of Premium for Fire Insurance can only be ap proached through Classification and Average, which has not hitherto been sufficiently acted on, or systematically ap.lied. Whatever be the nominal rate. the bonus or return periodically to the Insured will determine the true Premium equitably payable, as security against loss for so great a calamity as fire, and the Insurer is largely interested in this question, and will consult his interest by supporting a system where, by a careful combination of Classifica tion and Average, the Premium will be proportioned to the risk. The Equitable Fire Office will, by a constant analysis of its own experience, from time to time, adopt such rates of Premium as the nature of the risk may justify, and will decline to enter into arrange ments as regards tariffs with other offices. With this view an annual investiga'ion will be made into each class of risk, and a return of one moiety, or fifty per cent. of the nett excess will be made to all classes of Insurers whose Policies have been in force for three years. Insurances against Loss by Fire are effected by this Company upon every description of Property on moderate terms. Farming stock insured at 3s per cent, without the Average Clause. Prospectuses. and every information may be obtained, on applica tion t e Office, or to any of its Agents. Natiinal Loan Fund Life Assurance Society. * Equitable Fire t* Both Offices. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSU RANCE SOCIETY, _ 26, CORNIIILL. • December 24, 1850. Notice is hereby given, that the HALF-YEARLY IN CEREST at the rate of 5 per Cent. per Annum on the CAPITAL STOtIK of this SOCIETY, due on the 31st inst., will become PAYABLE on the 15th January next, and Proprietors may receive the same on application at this Office, on that or any subsequent day, between the hours of Eleven and Three o'clock. By order of the Directors, W. S. B. WOOLHOUSE, Actuary.• CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS, ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION The Celebrated Juvenile Harpists (the Lockwood Family) will perform Trios, under the direction of Mr. Frederick Chatterton, daily at Four.—Lecture by Dr. Bachhoffner on Voltaic Electricity, in which will be exhibited Allman's Patent Electric Light, on Tuesday and Thursday Evenings, at Nine.—Lecture by J. H. 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A popular review of almost every form (cause and cure) of ner vously-debilitated health and enfeebled constitution, that harasses .he yonng, besets the man of pleasure, business, or study, and em itters old age, with tables and rules for the diet and physical rezu -1 ition of every-day life, IV. THE PASSIONS. " What passions hurt the body—What improve. Truths as refined as Athens ever heard." SuarEcT : -Life's pilgrimage, from infancy to old age. The advent ,(the passions. Chastity and its infringements. The casualties of ticentiousness and dissipation, with illustrations, graphic, narrative, and remediative. Advocacy of early marriages. V. TIIE MARRIAGE STATE. " To be or not to be, that is the question." P3OGRANNE:—Laws and obligations of nature, society, and re igion regarding marriage, to be obssrved by either sex. Time and :?voice, on both sides, as to age, temperament, complexion, and tgurc, to secure healthy offspring, with the art of rearing them. 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HARRISON AINSWORTH, Esq. Contents for JANUARY. No. CCCLXI. 1. MEMOIR of the late Sir ROBERT PEEL. By the Very Rev. WILLIAM COCKBURN, D D., Dean of York. Chaps. 6,7, 8,9, 10, 11, ani 12.-2. Bishop Tomline and the Boiled Hare.-3. The Russians in Wallachia. -4. The Voices of Night. By J. E. Carpenter.-5. A Gallant Appeal to the Ladies. By Mr. Jolly Green —6. Poems on a Tour. By John Oxenford.-7. Tregag'e. By Father Poodles, P.P. —B. Tasa ~ -9. Don John of Aus:ria and the Duke of Guise at Na ples —lO. The Speetre Haunted.— 11. Alaric Watts's Lyrics of the Heart.-12. Encroachments of the Roman Church.-13. The Norman Dentist. By Dudley Cos'ello --14. Soapey Sponge's Sporting Tour. Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly. TIRE GEN I'LEM.A.N's MAG-A6lN.b. Theirst Number of the Gentleman's Magazine for 1851 is embellished by a Portrait of the late Thomas Aymot. Esq., Trea surer of the Society of Antiquaries, accompanied with Memoirs writ ten by two of Ills most intimate friends. 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The decided success of this iiranch of the Establishment is evi denced by the result of the Septennial Division of Profits in the year 1818, when a Bonus of 56 per cent. up.n the premiums paid was al lotted to the Policy-holders ; the Bonus I eing appropriated, at the option of the assured, either by an addition to the sum assured, or an equivalent reduction in the future annual payments. FIRE Premiums for Assurance against Fire are charged at the usual mo derate rates, with a reduction of 101. per cent. on the Residences and Furniture of Clergymen, and the Buildings and Contents of Churches and Church Schools. Prospectuses, the necessary Forms, and every requisite informa ion for effecting Assurances, may be obtained on application at the lead Office, as above, or to any of the Agent I of the Company. WILLIAM EMMENS, Secretary. CATHOLIC LAW AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, 8, NEW COVENTRY-STREET, LEICESTER-SQUARE, LONDON. The FOURTH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the Proprie tors of this Company took place on the 25th instant, at the Head Office, at One o'clock precisely. The following is extracted from the report, which is too lengthy for publication: — During the past year no claim,' have arisen from deaths in Englen4. and but two in Ireland—one for 5001. and the other for 2801.—making together 7001., which have been paid. This is far below the expected mortality, and is especially favourable, when it is remembered how severely the life offices generally suffered from the epidemic of last year. The number of lives assured between the Ist of June, 1949, and the 31st of May, 1850, was more than double the number issued in the twelve months preceding. _ _ _ Proposals were made for 138 Pelicie,s, amounting to 52,9631.25. 6d.: of these 123, comprising 106 lives, were accepted for 45,1251. 6s. 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The Directors were also highly gratified to report that within the last four months they had considerably extended their business on the Continent, having appointed, as Head Agent fu France, ➢fonsieur de I'Etang, a gentleman of high standing in Paris, distinguished for his integrity and ability in financial and in all assurance matters, who, under the sanction and patronage of the Archbishop of Paris, the Cardinal Archbishop of Lyons, and Monseigneur Parisis, Eveque de Langres, has already within the last three months effected a con• siderable amount of business, not only in Life Assurances, but in An nuities both Immediate and Deferred. After various resolutions, approving of the Report, and returning thanks to the Right Reverend Chairman, Bishop Morris, the Vice- Chairman, Actuary, Secretary, and Medical Officers of the establish ment, the meeting separated, highly gratified at its present results and future prosrects. 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Alessr... tugaons, are hr sttondancc. ds,il) 19, 14rucra-stri.., Oxiv rd. 'lir est, London, from Eleven till Two and Ave to Eight; on Ban. day, from Elgyoa to ChM THE PROJECTED STRIKE ON THE NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. The announcement which has mo•fe than once within the last few days been made public in this imrnal, that the directors of the London and North Western Railway were determined to resist anything like a spirit of dictation upon the part of the men, and that they were prepared to undergo a large amount of inconvenience and pecuniary loss rather than submit to it, has been fully verified. Confirmed in their determination by the large number of applications for employment which have poured in upon them from engine -drivers and firemen of undoubted respectability, the directors upon Friday night issued the following notice : " NOTICE TO THE ENGINE-DRIVERS AND FIREMEN ON THE SOUTHERN DIVISION. " The present state of suspense as to a strike ought not longer to continue. "If the men on the southern division, having no grievance of their own, elect to leave the company's service, the directors must at once carry out their plans of temporarily reducing the number of trains, and put ting on the new handy, whose services are now available. " The directors must, of co u r s e, con ti nue t o reserve to themselves the right to make, from time to time, any re gulations necessary for the safe and certain working of the line, though they have no intention whatever, unless the men force them to do so by these threatened strikes, to alter the regulations now in force as respects the southern division. " Each man is, therefore, called upon t) state whether ho wishes to remain in the service of the company under the existing regulations; if he does, the directors hope to be able to retain him; if not, notice must be given to him that his services will not be required- after fourteen days. " The directors do not wish to act harshly, but the requirements of the public and the Government service will not allow them longer to be subjected to the present state of uncertainty. . . " The directors recognise the manly and straightfor ward count) taken by a large number of the men; and they her to show them that they have c insulted their true interests by the conduct they have exhibited. " By order, " THOMAS SMITH, Chairman of the Locomotive Committee, " Southern Division. " MARK HUMS, General Manager. " General Manager's Office, " Dawn-station, 27th I)ee., 1850." Upon the same evening, as the men presented themselves at the Camden station to receive their wages, each one as he arrived was ushered into the presence of Mr. M'Connell, the locomotive superin tendent, and Mr. Watkins, the assistant secretary. A printed copy of the above notice was handed to him, and in the case of some of the men an immediate de cision upon the question` was demanded, in other cases a quarter of an hour's consideration was permitted, in others half an hour's consideration, and some were al lowed until Monday to con over the matter. This proceeding came upon the men quite unawares, and as the question was put to each man per se, they were of course unable to act with anything like con cert, and were involved in no slight difficulty. We are informed, however, that only one man signed the document expressive of his desire " to remain in the service of the company under the existing regula tions," and that that man subsequently requested that his name might be erased; all t f them, however, expressed themselves satisfied with their own indivi dual poSitionv. This exhibited a determination on the part of the men which the directors were hardly prepared for, and on Saturday a reprisal was made by the directors by giving notices to some half dozen of the men, for which they were equally unprepared. Last night about fifty engine -drivers and firemen assembled at the Railway Tavern, and, although the meeting of Thursday bad been specially adjourned until Sunday, our reporter was informed, when he presented himself at the place of meeting, that none was to be held, and that of course no business was to be transacted. At this time, and, as it would appear, for some time previously, the men were assembled in solemn conclave, with closed doors; but at length it was intimated that the doors were opened. We then entered the room, and found the men all assembled. They were conversing in groups, and but that it was Sunday evening, one might have imagined that a " convivial meeting" was being held. After remaining upwards of an hour, Mr. HALL said that they had met to discuss the re solution which had been passed upon Thursday even ing, and to receive the answers from the men upon the various districts of the line in reference to it, but sufficient time had not elapsed to permit of those an swers being received. In the meantime, however, circumstances had transpired which led him to believe that in a very short time an amicable arrangement might be arrived at, and he begged to propose, there fore, an adjournment of a few days. (At this time there was no chairman appointed, so that the proposition could not be formally put, but it appeared to meet with the approbation of all as sembled.) We are informed that the month's notice through out the whole of the line will be deceded to by the directors if a proper spirit is shown by the men, and that even those men who have received notice to quit will, under similar circumstances, be reinstated. NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. The dispute between the directors and the engine drivers of the North-Western Railway must quickly be decided one way or the other, The Ist of January is close at hand. The time bills for the ensuing month cannot be issued with public advantage until the directors shall have determined upon the course they are to pursue. On the one hand, should the men resolve to return to their duty, the usual departures can be continued with such slight difference of ar rangement as the season of the year may appear to require. Should the men, however, be so ill-advised as to persist simply in their opposition to the mea sure recently introduced by their employers, the ex tent of accommodation offered to the public must for a while be limited in proportion to the number of men whose services can be made available or secured on short notice. We will venture to assert very con fidently that the public will stand by the directors in this matter, and submit cheerfully to a temporary in convenience in order to secure certainty of communi cation for the future, should they be unable to make reasonable terms with the men. There is no techni cal knowledge necessary for appreciating the merits of this dispute. We will state it once again in a few words, for in point of fact all argument is beside the purpose. The barest statement of the case is quite sufficient to convict the engine -drivers of a combination against their directors, which has not been justified by any actual or prospective act of oppression, and which will most assuredly terminate in their own ruin should they , be so mis guided as to persist in their present movement. Nor can the engine -drivers look for any public simpathy or assistance to lighten the pressure of a calamity which they will have invoked most wantonly on their own heads. The engine-drivers and firemen have hitherto been engaged upon an agreement terminable on a fort night's notice. It is now proposed by the directors to substitute a three months' notice for the more limited period which obtained before. It is not in tended to enforce this new regulation against indivi duals who may be desirous of leaving the service of the company for any bond fide motive, but simply to retain it as a safeguard against any such general com bination amongst the men as might at any time para lyse the action of the line. Furthermore, the ac ceptance of these terms is limited to the new hands —the men actually employed are left just as they were before. We are at a loss to con ceive how the men can look for any sym- 1 pathy in their resistance to an arrangement of this nature. In the case of a desperate attempt on the part of the men to coerce their employers into an acceptance of any demands they might choose to make, how long a period would be requisite to secure the services of so many fresh hands as would be ne cessary for working the line with safety to the. public ? That period, whatever it may be—three months or one month—should be the limit of the notice. The di rectors assume that three months are necessary for this purpose. It requires no very profound acquaint ance with the details of railway management to con ceive that a very considerable time is requisite for in structing fresh drivers—no matter what their general skill and previous experience may be—in all points connected with the various sections of a new line. At any rate, where human life is so largely concerned it is well to err on the safe side. We will not pretend to say authoritatively what the term of notice should he ; hut, at least, a fortnight is not sufficient. The calling of these engine-drivers is an exceptional one. In any other trade there may he a combination amongst workmen, and much loss to both masters and workmen may be the result ; but there it ends. The pitmen of the North, or the Manchester cotton spinners, might turn out to-morrow without any danger to human lite. With the coal and the calico we have got on hand we could tide it over until order was restored, but in the case of a railway strike it is quite another matter. People must traverse the surface of this country in some fashion or other for the dispatch of business. The railways have swept away all other means of communication ; therefore certainty by them we must have. An engine -driver, when he accepts service with a railway company, enters upon an exceptional service. Let this point to any reasonable extent be considered in his wages. The public pay all doges ultimately, and are perfectly willing to pay for cer tainty of communication. We cannot be subjected every six months to the chance of a turn out on the Eastern Counties or on the North-Western. The thing evidently won't do. If the directors could not carry so necessary a precaution as securing a proper terns for " notice" as a safeguard against a general strike, the interference of Parliament would be requi site to settle this point, as it has already settled so many other points connected with the details of rail way management. _ After all, what does the grievance amount to, even upon the supposition that the companies might be dis posed to act with a certain degree of injustice towards their servants ? Should they become dissatisfied with the conditions . of theii service, surely one, two, or three months do not, after all, constitute any very in terminable limit of endurance for the men. It is mere idleness to say that any dimination of wages, such as would seriously affect their interests, would or could be introduced in so short a space of time. Nor is it possible that they could be forced to submit to any very tyrannical regulations in other respects. The acts of a railway company are too keenly and too publicly canvassed to admit of any real oppres sion on the part of the directors towards the men. We are far from saying that engine drivers on a railway line may not from time to time be subjected to very galling treatment and to great provocation front some blustering superintendent or Jack-in-office ; but after all this sort of thing does not constitute a justification for a general strike. The sour-tem pered man will be sour-tempered and the bully a bully to the end of the chapter ; but still the real bu siness of the driver is to conduct his train to and fro in safety, not to effect an amelioration in his superin tendent's manners or character. We suspect that in nineteen cases out of twenty personal considerations of this kindare at the bottom of these . strikes; but this case of the North-Western as just the exception. At least there are no traces of irritation from this source, either in the terms of the memorial or the language of the speakers at the meeting in the Hump stead-road on Thursday last. They could not point out any actual injury they suffered by the proposed alteration, but it seems they have a keen eye for con sequences. They say—" It reporte currently over the whole length of the London and North-Western Railway that on a future occasion, when it suits you, you will do all the injury you can to your memo rialists. If this report be true, they consider it not treating them justly, for they do not deserve it." As far as commendation can in such a case be bestowed at all, we can speak favourably of the tone and temper of the speakers on Thursday. We can only wish they had arrived at a different conclu sion. An idea appears to have taken hold of them, that the directors will be willing to recede from the full extent of their proposition if the men on their side will make certain concessions. Altogether, the manifestations of the engine -drivers on the southern division of the line was most uncalled for, as there appears to have been no intention of altering any regulations now in force -as far as they were con cerned. The resolutions of the Hampstead-road meeting have been met by a notice from the chair man of the Locomotive Committee, calling upon every man to declare whether or no he is de,irous of rezruibing in the service of the company cn the pre sent conditions ; for if not, he must accept a fourteen days' notice and go about his business. Meanwhile the trains must be temporarily reduced and the new hands called out. This is meeting the combination of the engine-drivers in a right spirit. We trust for their own sakes that the firmness of the managers may check the threatened insubordination in the bud and preserve the men from ultimate ruin.—Times. MARYLEBONE VESTRY. REPEAL OF THE WINDOW-TAX. On Saturday, at a fully attended meeting of the vestry of St. Maryleboue, F. H. Bridgman, Esq., churchwarden, in the chair, a communication was r ece i ve d f rom M r . D . Harris, hon. secretary to the St. Mary (Islington) Paro chial Reform Association, inviting the vestry to send a deputation to a great public meeting, about to be held in Islington, on the repeal of the window -tax, at which several Members of Parliament bad pro m i se d to attend. Mr. NICIIOLLY, in moving that the communication be referred to the window-tax committee, said he had much pleasure in seeing the stir which•was being made all over the metropolis on this important question, and he had no doubt they would be successful in securing in the en suing session the repeal of the window-tax.—(Hear.) Mr. GLASIER seconded the resolution. Mr. SODEN said it was a gratifying fact that upon this question, Whig, Radical, Tory, and even Chartist s were all united in demanding a repeal of this tax. Sir PETER LAURIE sail he had almost an authority for stating that one of the first steps which would be taken by the Ministry in the ensuing session would be to secure the window-tax being repealed; at the same time he thought that agitation was unwise, because it gave an appearance that there was no likelihood of a repeal. Mr. D'IFFANGER, SM., said there was no faith what ever to be placed in the Government, and hereforo he advised agitation, beeause if the tax were then repealed the people would have the satisfaction of knowing that they had done it themselves.—(Hear, hear.) The resolution was carried unanimously. 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The British mail packet, on the New York line, will proceed (as before announced), direct from Liverpool to New York, and from New Yolk to Liverpool, without calling at Halifax. Letters and newspapers, however, fur Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward's Is land, may still be forwarded in closed mails by these packets, if specially addressed, via New York,' or the United States;' but letters and newspapers not so addressed will be sent in the regular mails to Hali fax by the packets proceeding from Liverpool, vie; Halifax to Boston. The United States mail packets leaving Liverpool and Southampton, as well as the British packets, will convey closed mails for Canada, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward's Island, and letters and newspapers will be forwarded in such closed mails, if specially addressed 'vie/ New York,' or vii the United States.' Letters for Canada, however, must, in addition, h ea r the words By United States Packet.' 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This complete edition, containing all the passages restored from the original MS., and all the additional notes, gill I.)a published in five monthly volumes, post Svo., with portraits, &c., price only 6s. each. The following works are also just published :- 2. The Life and Reign of Charles 1., by I. Disraeli, new edition, revised by the author, and edited by his sun, B Disraeli, M.P., 2 vols., 8, 0., 28s 3. Calitain Crawford's Reminiscences of a Naval Officer, with Sketches of Admirals Sir E. Owen, Sir B. Hallowell Carew, and other distin guished Commanders, 2 vols., 21s. 4. The Eighth, and Cheaper Edition, of M r . W ar b urton ' s " Crescent and t h e Cross, , 'in I vol., 10s. 6cl. 6. historic Scenes, by Agnes Strickland, I vol., 102. 6d. 6. Lives of the Princess sof England, by Mary Anne Everett Green, 2 vols., 21s. I THE CO NDEMNED C ONVICTS AT ORK --Oa Thursday Mr. Noble, the governor of York Castle, received da. reprieve from th e Secretary of !gate for the two culprits Go dard and Whithkor. wlio were left for ex ecution by fir. Justice Patteson at the late assizes , for an abominable offence at Lockwood, n ear Huddersfield, and lOW were t 9 Iwo tuf food cloth ça Huddersfield, "Clerk's °iliac, Town-Hall, Brighton, tb December, 1850. " Madam,—The coninsiesioners of the town of Brighton have instructed me to address your Lsdy shit) on the following suitject :--_Feeli ng t h at t h e town of Brighton has been and is honoured be the resort of the nobility and gentry of the kingdon; - , they think themselves bound to contribute as tar as they can to their comfort and enjoyment while here. The Pavilion having always been au object of great attraction to the town, constructed under the auspices of a Prince and Sovereign of the highest taste and the most polished and refined manners, and the centre afterwards of the most distinguished society in Europe, the commis sioners thought it their first duty to prevent the de molition of this building, and to preserve it as far as possible for the continued use and enjoyment of the nobility and gentry who may continue to favour this place with their countenance and presence. With this view they negotiated the purchase of the Pavilion; and they have since been employsd in restoring the interior as nearly as possible to its primitive state when finished by George IV. " They have now brought this work to a close and they feel happy, and even proud, to announce that it is ready to be applied to those public purposes for which it was purchased. They think, after the pre vious statement, that the opening of this public suite of rooms should be celebrated by a ball of the nobility and gentry who frequent Brighton, or who kindly take an interest in its prosperity. They have appointed a committee of three members of their body—long re sident in the town—to make arrangements for the purpose; and this committee has directed me to apply to your Ladyship, in the hope that you will permit your nrme to stand as one of the Lady Patronesses on the occasion ; and I beg leave to subjoi s p a list of other ladies applied to as well a s yourself. the com mittee will be happy to lend their aid in any way which may be most agreestblo to the Issdiss Paso nesses. As rile rooms are now in a b'att. (TrAdiziess, the favour of an early answer is requsstsd. " I have the honour to be, Aladdin, Your Ladyship's most obedient servant, " IahWIS SLIGHT, " Clerk to the C emnissioners." The following is the list of lsdiee applied to :—The Ducl-ess of N- rfaik, the Duchess of Richmond, the Marchioness of Abereorn, the Marchioness of Ely, the Marchioness of Adissbury, the Marchioness of Bresd albane, the Countess of Arundel, the Lady Jane Peel, the Countess of March, th e Lady Seymeur, the Countess of Kinnoul, the Ca unless of Chichester, the Viscountess Gage, Lady Augusta Fitzclarence, Lady Alfr e d Hervey, Lady Willoughby d'Eresby, Lady Sheffield, Lady Cerrin,geon, Lady de Table y, Lady Headh , y, the Dswager Lady Henley, the Hun. Mrs. Fitzroy, Lady Pechell, the Hon. Mrs. Hanbury Tracey, Lady Kerr:son, Lady Otway, Lady West phal, Miss Burdett Coutts, Mrs. Colons; Wyndham, Mrs Morier, Airs. limp, and Mrs. Craven. 'rl;e coentuit'ee of mi.nagement appointed by Its tomteissi , ao rs consi,t of Wiltiern King, E• q , M.D. C , :ut,b, J•anes Curdy, Esq. ( v i car ' s warden ) , Red Mr. D. M. Felkard. Such a phalanx of distinguished names as appear above cannot fail to realise the fullest expectations of the inhabitants ; end it is not too much to expect, with such ae tit!ittetiv- place et eriteminment for . -, ur via tars, that, the brilliant and elegant scenes which were wont to shed a lustre over this town will be re enactud, and that Brighton will ooniinue its sway over all ether fashionable pieces. We may assert, with out fear of contradiction, that there is not such another suite of routes in the kingdom, and perhaps riot in the world, for elegance, the s eness or design, and beauty of execution ; and when the grand opening night shall come, numbers will in all probability enter these rooms for the first time. That they will excite she admiration of all who behold them we have not the slightest doubt. Tne rooms will be completed and ready for the grand ball about the second week in January. We stated last week that they were receiving their finish ing touch, and now they arc all but completed. On entering the banqueting-room the stranger will be struck with the lofty dome rising to the height of 45 feet. The dome itself is all but covered with the broad and branching foliage of a ltsauriaut plain tain, which exhibits its fruit in all the progressive stages to maturity. From the centre is suspended a magnificent chandelier, which is so placed as to shed the lustre of 50 lights fully upon the plaintain and the beautiful and gorgeous painting. In this room, under the dome, there are four horizontal windows of stained glass very beautifully painted. The walls are covered with a paper of the same design as the original paint ing—that ir, silver panels, with the royal eagle and flower-work, surrounded by a crimson border, and standing on a blue and silver ground: the skirting boards being again of crimson. The effect of the silver panels, relieved by the blue ground-work and the crimson borders, is chaste and beautiful. "The way in which the original patterns were restored (says our Saturday's contemporary) to the walls of the Pavilion is rather curious. George IV. was so much pleased with the design that he had blocks made for paper-hangings, but took care to secure the copy right to himself, for the exclusive use of the Pavilion. These blocks were never made use ot; and were put away and supposed to be lost or destroyed, until, on the Pavilion coming into the hands of the commis sioners, Mr. Vick set to work to find the missing blocks, and, after much trouble, fortunately suc ceeded ; and as the copyright limits the block to the Pavilion, of course no objection could be made for copies being taken for that purpose ; and this has been done, and the walls now appear in their original state. Part of the blue groundwork is painted." If, as our cont. mporary says, they were the original patterns, tt ey must have been altered in George IV.'s time, for the walls contained illustra tions of domestic groups of figures, nearly as large as life, of the manners and elegant costumes of the higher order of the Chinese people. " These pictures," says a little work published by Mr. Wilknutt, of Brighton, " possessed great variety, and teemed with domestic episodes which are familiar to us. They attached us to them by an appeal to our feelings, for they seemed like the reflected imagery cf our own minds. The ground of these masterly paintings was in imitation cf inlaid pearl, richly wrought in all the varied forms of Chinese mythology." Leaving the banquetting-room 3 ou enter the green or ante-drawing-room, which will have a very pretty appearare.e, especially when lighted up. The saloon is in the centre of the grand suite of rooms, and is of circular shape, with coned recesses to the north and south, and a large dome clouded in a light and cheerful manner, painted with a gorgeous dragon with silver and gold flowered wings, en wret.thed by crimson and green serpents. Over the cb!mney piece is an immense mirror. From the saloon you pass into the yellow drawing room, which is restored to nearly its pristine magni ficence. The ceiling is supported by two white and gold oriental columns wreathed with serpents, capped by a canopy minus the bells as they appeared in the time when monarchs dwelt there. But the music -room, of all others, will excite the wonder of the visitor. Here the pencil of the artist has been at work to some purpose ; and we doubt not that the splendour of this apartment will be the theme of admiration for ages yet to come. We have extended this article to a greater length than we at fist intended; but the change in the at tractions of this favoured town, by the purchase of this once royal palace, and the admirable resolve of the commissioners to restore these rooms to all but their original state, call on us to lay before our fashionable inhabitants, and especially our visitors on whom .we so much depend for patronage and support, as much information respecting this change as the space at our command will permit. SHOCKING DEATH FROM SUFFOCATION.-011 Saturday an inquiry was taken by Mr. Bedford, the coroner, at the Feathers, Dean-street, Westminster, as to the death of Charles Henry Clewlay, aged 19, who was suffocated under the following shocking circumstances :—The deceased was the son of Mr. Clewlay, the coal merchant and lighterman of the Adelphi Wharf, and on Monday went up with a barge to Mortlake. In the cabin of this vessel, whi c h was only- si' feet by four, he was in the habit of lighting a fi re i n a sauce pan 3 filled with holes. As he did not return cn Tuesday his family became much alarmed. A Waterman, named Hooper, who was passing over Vauxhall-bridge, saw the barge. and a man's hand hanging out of the cabin, which led him to make a further search, and be then found the unfortunate deceased lying on his back, and quite dead. The jury re turned a verdict that the deceased died ..f suffocation, but they had no direct evidence to show how it was cau s ed. FIRE AT ST. J-ur,'s WOOD. —On Slturdiy of er - noon, shortly before live o'clock, a fire broke out in the pri vate residence of S. IL 11 dgkiusor;, E,cl , 5, ilamilton-!er- It was occasioned by a brick having race, St. John's Wood. been left out of a flue of the next house Nyhich allowed the second flour fl h oo a r d o o f ht M ain r. ed li bVto g r ki e ' irw if a s s . Owing th e hthed fire to rush intofirm hold l; discovered, b u t few inmates elapsed before the flames shot • throug h tie rocf, and by the time the brigade and parish engines co uld p be in attendance the flames were rushing out of every witalow on the second ilonr. The fire men, however, having an abundance of water, by great per severance succerded in extinguishing the flames, b. t of till the upper part of the residence was burned out, and the lower part, with its valuable furniture, was damaged by fire and water. The property is insured in the Royal Farmers'- office. CLoSING OF THE BRITISH Altrsistat —The British Yiu,,..tn will clus to-day, and kot re-,pen till the bth of January, when the Nintveh Gallery will be open for the in spection of the public•