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I I s.- /.4r-031,W n r •„, ~,, ,• . ~, - 7 4 1 1 g ;, - ,-. p r- r . ik • , • .‘.. - -,...114 ....•,,^ Ati l / 4 4 k i ‘ vt ' 0 •,-,--- 0 - i • At . '"--.. ~' .t.tis. • ~~ e g IMPROVED DWELLING 3 for the roof:, At the present moment, when a day of National Tha,l,s gtv;ng is appointed, It cannot Le out of p ace to Ming* betbre the Intals of the Christian puTte r 1, 7 of the efforts whizh have been male, and ;11 - 2 still making, to the endanger both the lives and. the PAW' :16 ui th, - ; poorer el.tasei of society. The SO,7II:ETY for- the INIPP,OVE7rIENT of the CON"DITION of the LABOURIN"G CLA3SES heelt ocenniea for more than four years pait with these. (Naas It Ms bntlt a r .nge of Dwellings for the IndltStr:OUS Classes, on sanitary principles, at 11,1g,nig.Te-wells, Gray's Inn-lane. Here twenty-three families and thirty women are accomma:!ated. It has repaired and roidered fit far healthy occupation four houses In King-street and Charles-street, Drury-lane, wherein 103 working seen are accommodated. It has built, in George-street, St. Giles's, a Model Lodging House for working men, where 104 persons of this class find a comfortable habitation. It has repaired and fitted up, at No. 76, Hatton-garden, a house for the Accommodation of fifty eight females of the working-classes. -• • It is now building. In Streatham-street, Bloomsbury, a range of dwellings for mechanics and their families, wherein about 43 such families will find good and healthy habitations. At Tunbridge Wells it is aiding to raise a series of cottages fo agricaltural labourers, of which six and a lodging-house for single men are already completed and occupied. _ . Besides these various works, it is in constant correspondence with a great number of benevolent persons in all parts of the kingdom ; Who apply for its aid in the building or improvement of cottages, or the settiug-out of cottage allotments. In these various works it has expended, and is expending, more than Twenty-three Thousand Pounds. For the works now in hand a further sum of between Three and Four Thousand Pounds is needed ; towards which the Committee now solicits the contributions of the benevolent. The following are the sums already subscribed towards the house now erecting in Streatham-street : SUBSCRIPTIONS. Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert Her Majesty the Queen Dowager - - - - 150 0 0 Her Royal High ness th e D uc h es s of Kent - - - 100 0 0 , 0 0 0 Rer Royal Highness the D uc h e ss of Gloucester - - The Right lion. Earl Spencer' - - " - 100 0 0 Sir Joseph Copley, Bart. - - - 2d donation 110 The Right Hon. Lo r d F a versham . .. 100 0 0 0 8. M. Pets, Esq., M.P. - - " " - _ - 1 0 0 1 o o 0 0 0 Rev. E. liollond His Grace the Duke of Bedford - - - - - 100 0 0 Miss Portal 1 00 0 0 Messrs. Barciay and Co 100 b' 0 Kosmos Abel Smith, Esq. ----- - - 100 0 P , AFr end, by L Sullivan, Esq. 100 0 0 Total, to Jan. 1, 1349 Donations since received : W. S., a Tribute for the Thanksgiving Day -£lO 0 Mrs. Blair Mrs. Lambert Blair The Rev. Dr. Ellerton A Friend R. B. Cooke, Esq. Major Cruieshank A., per Nisbet Y. T. 4 0 C. Saver, Esq. A. Palmer, Esq. A. 11. Bradshaw, Esq. R. C. Kidd, Esq. W. S. Angell, Esq. The Dowager Lady Cooper - - - - 10 0 J. E. Denison, Esq., M.P. - e - - 10 0 Rev. J. Ware - - - " " - - 20 0 Mrs. Charles Pym - - - - - - 5 0 Geo. Pearce, Esq. - - - - - - 10 0 J. Sperling*, Esq. It. H. V. Walpole. Esq. R. A. Homby, Esq. Viscount Brackley 11. B. Hickman, Esq. Miss A. M. Cotton Marquis of Blandford Rev. Dr. Pacey J.. 0. Barris, Esq. 11. Unwen. Esq. RCN'. Dr. Cotton, Principal of Worcester College 5 0 John Hardy, Esq. Mr. Ilargraves W. E. Hubbard, Esq. - - - - 5 0 Lieut.-Colonel Seymour Mrs. 'lngham Major Little 1 0 M. 0., one who has read Lord Ashley's Letter in the "Times" of the 19th ult., as a Thank offering of herself and family from the late Epidemic Lady Murray ----- - - 2 2 W. Jennings, Esq. ' lO 10 R. Wilkinson, Esq. J. Beaufort, Esq. Hon. Mountstuart Elphinstonc - - - 10 0 Miss Ware Edward Strachey, Esq. - - - - - 2 2 Mrs. Dumaresque - - - - - - is 0 Thomas L. Ward - - - - - 10 0 T. H. Bastard, Esq. E. Gardner, Esq. - - - - - 3 5 T. Twining, jun., Esq. - - - - - 20 0 T. H. Parker, Esq. - - - - - - 5 0 C. V. - - - - - - 5 0 Mrs. Bird J. J. Smith, Esq. W. Penny, Esq. - - - - - 5 0 W. Sparkes, Esq. Chrlstianus B. Smith, Esq. G. Harding, Esq. 3. C. Hall, Esq 'E. B. Bastard, Esq. Members of Rev. Dr. Cumming's Congregation 10 0 W. P. Angell, Esq. Mrs. Scheel Miss Catherine Stuart E. W. M. L. Donations and annual subscriptions will be received by Messrs Williams, Deacon, and Co., Birchin-lane ; Messrs. Berries, Farquhar and Co, St. James's -street ; Messrs. Coutts and Co., Strand ; Messrs f_ietrahati, Pau', and C o., Temple-bar; and by Hatchards, Piccadilly ; ,"' sleYs, Fleet-street and Hanover-street; and Nisbet, Berners• street; Cr by the Secretary, at the Office, 21, Exeter HalL EIRE 'AND LIFE ASSUR ' • ANCE . No. 11, LOMBARD-gTREET, COMPANY at the Entrance of the Old Post. office, London. DIRECTORS. JOHN MARTIN, Esq., M.P., Chairman. THOMSON HANNIEY, jun., Esq., Deputy-Chairman. Henry Hulse Berens, Esq. Lewis Loyd, jun., Esq. John Dixon, Esi. George Lyall, Esq. Irrancis Hart Dyke, Esq. Stewart Marjoribanks, Esq. Walter R. Farquhar, Bart. Rowland Mitchell, Esq. John Harvey, E sq . James Morris, Esq. John G. Hubbard, Esq. Henry Norman, Esq. George Johnstone, Esq. Henry R. Reynolds, jun., Esq. John Labouchere, Esq. John Thornton, Esq. John. Loch, Esq. James Tulloch, Esq. • AUDITORS. A. W. Robarts, Esq. I Samuel Jones Loyd, Esq. Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq. ACTUARY—Griffith Davies, Esq., F.R.S. In the LIFE DEPARTMENT, Assurances may be effected at row Rates without participation in the Profits; or at moderate Rates with participation in one moiety of the Profits every seven years. At each of the three Septennial Divisions which this Company has made, the Bonuses amounted to about 1 per cent. per annum on the sum assured, or about 27 per cent. on the amount of premium received ; and the whole amount of Reversionary Bonus allotted by the Com pany exceeded 530,0001. LOANS granted on Life Policies to the extent of their values, pro vided such Policies shall have been effected a sufficient time to have r 4 ,i, , - - `,,, , ,i - attained In each case a value not under 501. In the FIRE DEP-4RTMENT, a Return of profit was declared en the 6th of June, upon the premiums received on all Policies Which had been in force seven years at Christmas 1848, and the same i snow in course of payment daily (Friday and Saturday excepted), „. between the hours of ten and three o'clock, at the Head Office ; and also by the Agents in the Country Districts. Notice is hereby given, that Assurances which expire at Christ mas Day must be renewed within fifteen days, at this office, or with /An Sams, No. 1, St. James's -street, corner of Pall-mall; or with the void. C omPaY's Agents th roughout the kingdom, otherwise they become GEORGE KEYS, Secretary. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSU RANCE SOCIETY, Notice is hereby given, that the lIALF-YEARLY INTEREST on the CAPITAL sTocK of this SOCIETY, at the rate of 5 per Cent. per Annum, due on the 31st ult., will become PAYABLE on the 10th Instant, and Proprietors may receive the same on application at this Office, on that or any subsequent day, between the hours of Eleven end Three o'clock. By order of the Court of Directors, W. S. 13. WOOLIIOUSE, Actuary. January 1, 1850. SE4I, FIRE, LIFE ASSURANCE OFF ICE. Established by Act of Parliament, 31, CORNIIILL, LONDON. Capitalloo,6ool., in Shares of 20s. each, to be paid in fall on allotment, bearing a guaranteed interest of 5 per cent. In perpetuity (irrespective of further dividends) upon the paid-up capital. Application for Shares to be addressed to tke Directors at the Offices of tke Society. Marine, Fire, and Life Assurances •granted on the most liberal terms. Immediate and Deferred Annuities granted on terms especially advantageous for investment of capital. By order, AUG. COLLINGUIDGE, Managing Director. A R R I A G E. Supposing the 31 One half theried world are desolately single, and the o th er m mar. questionably contented. Diffidence, or a sense of right determine the former, and miscalculated hopes em tetter the latter. The solitary one may shield himself tinder the plea Of caution and worldly prudence, and the indissoluble, regret en c3rahry ; but the truth lies deeper. Physical incapacity, and breken health, are the great hindrances to domestic happiness Mid social content. The do should not be the only marriage set tlement. Honou r an d jnsticederaand that health shouldform an item in the compact; it alone dignities the alliance. Blighted hopes er neglect weand more sorely than poverty or misfortune. Reader, it these surmisre concern you, procure Dr. CTILVERWELL'S little MEMOIRS "On Single and Married Life, " pub. in 2 vols., Is. each (by Dost, in stamps, Is. 6d. each). Let no imaginatively refined, or pr u di s h feeling deter you, by their titles, nor bo hindered er mi sinterpretation of their supposed contents, from obtaining !hem. They are net intended certainly for mere idle cariosity, but theyrite closet perusal of those mero deeply interested, to whom Z,. are offered as antagonistic to the empyrical trash put forth on ~."°_,,above subjects, by unquali fi ed authors, which alone or t il,"aer, are a disgrace yours e age. Furthermore, two other a.. ‘" Publications claim attention (same price le. eacl., ../. lost and 6d ) called " What to Eat, Drink, and avoia,•• and • . m_. " How to be Happy." They are not merely Pmaen'el's.-7,4' but equal in quantity a library volume, nor are life r who amoral tcribblings of the hour, but the study of the author's terraces of ins h present existence, health, and position to this ob wocad he Ot-e raaxims he would inculcate—to do unto others as he on the i , done unte—to live atter natures laws—and to keep always Sher wood s 23 Side of the way." The above works may be had of 89 . c omh :, ; , Paternoster-rew ; Carvalho, 14Y, Fleet-street • Mann, wiato ~. "` S pokes, 5, Holborn•hill ;or direct (by poet or ether "lna the th mornin g . , a, _ an or (who may be conferred with personally, 80na.. u ., 8 4 'meninx:O. 10. Argyll-are. iterentattreet; and all _ Illailtrat e d by 2 T 6 IIIRTY- FIRST EDITION. ON pifysicAL Dl,,,,laatomical Coloured Engravings on Steel. CITY, .„."TaLICATIONS, GENERATIVE uTcAra • yew Edition, enlarg ed t'ZigsDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. r4iti!tb*lFes. Just published, price or by post, direct from the T HE SILENT prl,--4 1 Lnlent, 35.64. in postage stamps, infection, and the infirmities and dec ay a Medical Work ora .<? generative system, Prom ex cessive indulgence, the the inordinate use of msrcury, 26 Coloured with remarks on Marriage, and _o_f ebviating cut du (LA qualifications. Illnstrated by L. PERRY and CO., Consulting garge on, E 7reviegs. By R. and ford - street, London. Published by the Anth , .Berners-street, OE -21, Paternoster-row ; Hannay , 63, and s iss : e rs r. I gld o by Strange, Starie,23, Titcnberne-idreet, Haymarket; and Gordo , aford-strcet ; a 1 46, Leaden hall-street. pkirr 1. treats df the an tnnay and PhYsiolegy of are- °Mans, and is il lustrated by Six Coloured Engravings. Productive p Awr 11. treats of th e consequences resulting from excessi ve h adoi genes, and their lamentable e ff ects on the system, prod u r.,.._ ~ ...s. Inents; and bodily weakners, nervous excitement, and generative neitp,wity. Illustrated by Three Explanatory Engravings. Palm 111. treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either in the primary or secondary form, and contains explicit directions for Ptheir treatment. This section is illustrated by Seventeen Coloured aying•a. IV.: T contains a Prescription for the Prevention of Disease by a simple application, by which the danger of infection is ob tilted. This important part of the Work should no esme the wader's notice. „ !Aim V. is devoted to the consid era ti on o f ma rriage, and its utea. The causes of unproductive. union are also considered, and the whale subject critically and philosophically inquired into. ilt iggeounian Eau( or SYRIACIIK is exclusively employed in treat !. _ lierv. ons and sexual d e bili ty, impotence, Ike., 11 s. and 335. per ' re m m u e l The Concentrated Detersive Essence, fus anti-syphilitic y, for purifying the blood it cases ofinfection, secondary r7mp toms _n__ ~ eruptions, and the abuse of tre:cury , lls and 83s. per bottle. rr 3 Purifying Specific Pills 2t 9 d., ' • , . 48. 6d., and I Is, per box, a certai n rm —_ ouy for gonorrhoea, Elect, stricture, and chronic inflamma ion of the bladder . ~,,,_,. _ _ . consultation fee, if by letter, 1L A ;nitrite " , au of the case is requirtd • age, habits, 3.1 Packets, 'tk * and position in society. 14112 ____ o. the t. wi advice, to be had at the Establishmen* oely, Ly _ . ee,11., le saved. Messrs. Perry, Burg eons, are in at -,:i v° 281 47 St 19 Beraim e t reet oxf o rd - street. Louden , from Eie- Ten 4 ir.-- 2 "Rya us An tv NC* pa lipalai __ from Mem $g On PUBLICATIONS. ~,. .~~~~. PHE QUARTERLY REVIEW, No. CLXXI., will be published on Wednesday next. CONTENTS: I. Natural History of Man. IL Clergy Relief Bill. 111. Agriculture—Draining. IV. Memoirs of Lord Cloncurry and Mr. John O'Connell, V. Free Trade. VI. Venice. VII. Lord Clarendon and the Orange Institution. John Murray, Albemarle-street. NEW VOL. OF SOUTIIEY'S LIFE AND LETTERS. This day is published, in post Svo., with Portrait of Ars. Southey and Vic - , of Dcrwentwater, price its. td. cloth, LIFE and CORRESPONDENCE of the late ROBERT SOUTHEY. Edited by his Son, the Rev. CHARLES CUTHBERT SOUTHEY, SI.A. Volume the Second. To be completed in Six Volumes, each containing a Family Portrait and a Landscape Illustration, by W. Westall. Vol. HI. will be published at the end of February, and the Suc ceeding' volumes every alternate month. London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. With Portrait, complete in One Volume, 2l R. cloth. On Tuesday next, January 8, will be published, N I R. MACAULAY'S CRITICAL and HIS IL I : ORICAL ESSAYS. A New Edition, in One Voltune ' square crown Bvo. ; with a Portrait by E. Lt. Eddis, engraved i n li ne by W. Greatbach, and a Vignette-title. London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. With Portrait, complete in One Volume, 21s. cloth. On Tuesday next, January 8, will be published, pHE REV. SYDNEY SMITH'S WORKS; including his Contributions to the Edinburgh Review . . A New Vition, in One Volume, square crown tivo. ; with a l'ertrait by E. U. Eddis, engraved in line by W. Greatbach, and a View of CoiNhe Morey, Somerset. London: Longman, Brown, Green, awl Longmans. 3,I RS . LOUDON'S LADIES' COMPANION AT DOME AND ABROAD. No. 11., with a beautiful engraving of the Infant St. John, after Corrrggio, will be published on Saturday, the sth instant, price 3d., stamped 4d. CONTENTS. A Thimble-full of Romance. By Red Riding Hood. 'Tis Better Not to Know. Song by Samuel Lover. Music as an Accomplishment. By George Hogarth, Esq. Fancy Costume. With an Illustration. Ott the Influence of Female Taste. By J. W. L. With Five Illus. trations. Crossing the Ferry. From the German of IThland. By Dora Green, well. A Few Words about Governesses. By Torn Taylor, Esq. Letters on Physical Geography. By Professor Ansted. Seient fic Merle of Boiling Meat. Taken from Liebig. By J. W. L. New Year's Day in Scotland. Shaks.)eare Studies of Woman. By Mary Cowden Clarke. The Work-basket, La Frivolite. With Illustrations. Dress and Fashion. Illustrated. flay Hours. The " What Not." My Letter Bag. Bradbury and Evans, 11, Bouverle-street. ~c _~~ n' - ' 794 ) 1.11, I s • , , " L r:: ‘.. , wp4m2 71 - 111 , ‘,4 gym! •ik ij RS DA Y - •j IIARKER'S YORK HOTEL, ST. HELEN'S-SQUARE. YORK. C. II &lIKER begs to inform his friends and the public that he has entered upon the above old-e;tablished Hotel, for many years known as the York Tavern. The interior of the Hotel has recently been thoroughly repaired, decorated, and refurnished, and is now replete with every conve nience and comfort. The Establishment affords ample accommodation both for Families and for Professional and Commercial Gentlemen, and will be con ducted in every respect in the first style. C. H. having taken the adjoining house, lately occupied by the Misses Hall, intends to set the same apart entirely for the use of Commercial Gentlemen as Stock Rooms. Good Stabling and Lock-up Coach-houses. York, January 1, 1850. rp HE NOVELTY most recently introduced by MESSRS. NICOLL is called NICOLL'S PATENT EIDER DOWN PALETOT, such novelty consisting in the adaptation of Eider Dosva in the formation of NICOLL'S PALETOT, the original elegance and atility of which is, however, faithfully preserved. Eiders are foand in great numbers in Iceland and the Fern Islands, where their beautiful and delicate down is well known to be proof against the most severe cold, and even the small quantity which can be compressed and concealed between the two hands, wiP serve in the formation of a Paletat, which, while it has most extra ordinary lightness, has, nevertheless, more warmth than the lines' and thicke3t blanket, the great desideratum for a winter garment being thus accomplished, namely, personal warmth without fatigue. Public inspection is invited at MESSRS. NICOLL'S wholesale and retail vrareroome, 114, 116, and 120, REGENT. STREET, and 22, CORNIIILL, London. HE NICOLL PALETOT (Registered 6 and 7 Viet., can. 65) WAREROOMS, 114, 116, 120, REGENT STREET, and 22, CORN HILL. Many have assumed the use of the word PALETOT, but Messrs. NICOLL aro the solo Patentees of the design and material. The Who7csale and Courting House Departments for the London Branches in the Shipping and Woollen Trades aro In CIIANGE ALLEY, CORNIIILL, and 120, REGENT-STREET. The NICOLL is the distinguishing name given to a garment secured by Royal Letters Patent from general imitation. It has all tha advantages •f Messrs. NICOLL'S original invention, the RE GISTERED PALETOT of LLAMA CLOTH. The NICOLL PA LETOTS are charged One, Two, Three, and Three-and a-half Guineas, according with the climate or purpose for which they may be required, RAILWA Y INTELLIGENCE. MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, AND LINCOLNSHIRE. . A meeting of the Liverpool shareholders in this line was held yesterday at Liverpool, for the purpose ' of taking ; into consideration the present disastrous state of the affairs of the company. The meeting was very numerously attended. Mr. ' W. P. BRADSHAW, of Sheffield, was called upon to preside. He said that he hoped such meetings as had been recently held with reference to the affairs of this line would at once convince the directors of the necessity of their meeting the shareholders in an amicable spirit, and acceding to the proposition for a committee of inquiry. An impression had gone abroad to the effect that all the stock in this unfortu nate undertaking was lost ; bat he thought that that was putting the worst complexion on their affairs. He feared, however, that so long as the present board of management existed, their stock would be getting " small by degrees and beautifully less," until it be catne only the phantom of a railway. He hoped that the meeting would make a strong effort to obtain a committee of investigation, whose duty it would be to search into everything connected with the line, and let the blame rest on those to whom censure was due.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. C. MORTON, of Wakefield, proposed the next resolution. It had been said by the directors that such committees as the one they now sought to obtain tended to do more harm than good. Now, he thought differently, and, in proof of the correctness of his opinion he could refer to the good results which had accrued from the various investigations which had taken place during the past year.—(Hear.) He called their attention to the various lettering statements which, from time to time, had been made to them touching the prosperous state of their affairs, and contrasted those statements with one made to a select meeting of shareholders in Manchester on the 15th of December last, wherein the directors stated that no dividend whatever could be paid this half year, either on the gauranteed or unguaranteed stock ; and that the interest on the loan deben tures could not be paid unless their bankers advanced 20.0001.—(Shame.) In addition to this statement they should bear in mind that the directors were going to Parliament for powers to create 500,000/.'s worth of new preferential stock. He had attended the meeting of the lath of De cember, at which there were both directors and ex directors present, and he found that there was much cause for recriminations between both. He found that a considerable sum of their traffic receipts had gone into the Great Grimsby Docks.—(Shame, shame ! ) He condemned the expenditure in the engineering department, and advised the shareholders to take effectual means for checking such expenditure in future. He concluded with proposing a resolution to the effect— " That in the opinion of the meeting, the disastrous position of the company imperatively required that a thorough and unrestricted investigation should be made into the finances, affairs, and past and present policy and management thereof ; and that the propo• sition of tho directors, to create new perferential stock to the amount of 500,0001., ought not to be prosecuted until the investigation referred to shall have been made." Mr. J. Hour, of Liverpool, having seconded this resolution, it was carried unanimously. A requisition to the directors, founded on the above resolution, was then adopted, after which the meeting separated. ASHBURTON, NEWTON, AND SOUTH DEVON. The half•yearly meeting of this company was held at Ashburton on Monday ; Mr. R. Caunter in the chair. The CHAIRMAN, in opening the proceedings, ex pressed his regret that there did not appear much probability of the company being enabled to proceed with their works. Under such circumstances, he thought it would be advisable for the shareholders to provide, at the earliest ,period, for the dissolution of the company. In taking this step no expenses but those absolutely necessary would be incurred, and the shareholders might be assured that the directors would anxiously protect their interests. Mr. G. CAUNTER, the secretary, read the report, which stated that the directors have every reason to hope that, in the ensuing session, an Act vesting these powers in the shareholders will be passed, when it will be immediately submitted to their consideration. By a reference to the statement of accounts it will be seen that the same amount of 4,1891., invested in Exchequer-bills, remains as before, and a balance of 981. is in the banker's hands. The report having been adopted, it was agreed, on the motion of Mr. CaEAGR, seconded by Mr. BATE, that Mr. Bean and Mr. Paige, the retiring directors, should be re-elected. Mr. Bate was re-appointed auditor. A vote of thanks was awarded to the chairman and board of directors for their judicious management of the affairs of the company, and the proceedings ter minated. ti ~:~~. :i. ~' 7- .)!P c-ec _rv~. a rAas~r~.a.~.r~tf~.: ~a3~T.tVes'~t~~~^rs~as.K ...R~+•~K'o^C-~~a~;,@ passing through them, with the addition of the rate for any station that may happen to be situated in the union or parish. A railway in an unfinished state is valued on a different principle from that of one com pleted. The value, in that case, is put on the quantity of land taken up by the railway in the several electoral divisions, and the houses, workshops, and stations are valued as far as they are finished and occupied. When the line is completed it is then valued on the principle of profits. In a recent de cision at the Carlow quarter sessions, respecting the rateable value of four miles in length of the Irish South-Eastern Railway, it was decided that it should be 341. per mile per annum, or 136/. for the four miles. It appeared that the rate was originally fixed at 500/. per mile, and had subsequently been reduced to 1001. per- mile, and recently to the above amount, 341. per mile. On the Ist of March will be published, price 28. Gd., No. I. of pAXTON'S FLOWER-GARDEN, Edited by Dr. LINDLEY and JOSEPH PAXTON, and Il lustrated by highly-finished Plates and Woodcuts. London : Bradbury and Evans, 11, Bouveric-street. PULLING'S LAW OF JOINT-STOCK COMPANYS' ACCOUNTS. This day is published 12in0., price 3e. 6d. boards, THE LAW of JOT:NT-STOCK COMPANIES' ACCOUNTS, and the Legal Regulations for their Adjustment in Proceedings at Common Law, in Equity, and Bankruptcy, and under the Winding-up Acts of 1848 and 1849. 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THE PEOPLE'S and HOWITT'S JOURNAL for this week contains a Beautiful Portrait of Kossuth, drawn by Anelay, with a Sketch of his Life, and numerous other articles from the pens of talented authors. This being the first number of a new volume, affords a favourable opportunity for new subscribers to commence.—Volume I. (new aeries) is now ready, handsomely bound in cloth, price 4s. 6d. London : Willoughby and Co., 23, Warwick-lane, and 26, Smithfield. OYER'S LAST WORK on COOKERY. L 7 Now publishing, the Eleventh Thousand of the MODERN HOUSEWIFE. Price 7s. 6d. To he had of all Booksellers in the United Kingdom. Price Is., R EMARKS on the WATER SUPPLY to LONDON. By Sir WILLIAM CLAY, Bart., M.P., Chairman of the Grand Junction and Southwark Water Companies. James Ridgway, Piccadilly, and all Booksellers. CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. TT E ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION, itEOENT-STREET. The First of a Series of Illustrated Lectures, by Dr. Backhoffner, al the Philosophy of Scieutiflc Recreation, daily at Two o'clock, and in the Evenings, at Eight. —An entirely new Set of Dissolving Views of London in the Sixteenth Century, and as it now is, witk a Descriptive Lecture, daily, at Half-past Foer, and in the Even ings at a Quarter to Ten.—The Views of Rome, including new Views of the Interior and Exterior of St. Peter's, with Dioramic ef • lects, are skown daily, at One o'clock.—Lectures en Chemistry, with brilliant experiments, by Mr. Ashley.--Experimeats with the Diver and Diving-bell.—Now Exhibition of Chromatropes.—The Ma chinery, Medels, &c., explained. Admission . 1 a --Schools. Half-price, APPETITE AND DIGESTION IMPROVED. LEA and PERRINS' WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE imparts the most exquisite relish to Steaks, Chops, and all Roast Meat Gravies, Fish, Game, Soup, Curries, and Salad, and by its tonic ard invigorating properties enables the stomach to perfectly digest the hood. The daily use of this aromatic and delicious Sauce Is the best safe guard to health. Sold by the proprietors, Lea and Perrins, 6, Vere-street, Oxford street, London, and 68, Broad-street, Worcester; also by Messrs. Barclay and Sons, Messrs. Crosse and Blackwell, and other Oilmen and Merchants, London ; and generally by the principal dealers in auto. N.B. To guard against imitations, see that the names of " LEA and PE R RINS" are upon the label and patent cap of the battle. ANNUAL ADDRESS. . The Public, by this time, must he aware of the fact that E. MOSES and SON, at the conclusion of each year, make a practice of reviewing the progress which they may have 'lade, and of ac knowledging the same in a plain business address to their supporters. If such, however, were not the general practice of the proprietors, there would be every reason, on the present occasion, to issue a "spe cial circular" as an ack,owledgment for those obligations;Which have been so apparent in the year 1849. A glance at the past twelve months is sufficient to convince the proprietors that their Establishment is daily rising in the estimation of a discerning public. To no periodcau E. MOSES and SON refer in which every en couragement has not been afforded to them. Each of the four 9f ICCCSSiTC seasons of the year has had its amount of public favour, and no declension or fluctuation has at any time been apparent. Among the records of the past year must be named the establishment of Two Branch Houses (the one in Sheffield, and the other in Bradford), and the partial completion of a Metropolitan Branch House at the West End. It is scarcely necessary to allude to the circumstances which led to these steps being taken. The name of the proprietors being every where known and approved, a most extensive country connexion was the necessary consequence ; and as two favourable opporunittes presented themselves, the proprietors availed themselves of the sane; and studied, thereby, their own interests mutually with those of their supporters. The inconvenience of distance was at once removed, and the advantages accruing from a purchase of MOSES and SON'S dress secured to numbers who otherwise could not, without sending to town, have realised the same. The Bradford Branch House has now been in operation for nearly twelve months; and se successful has it proved throughout this period, that E. MOSES and SON find it difficult to express their feelings of satisfaction and gratitude under the encouraging eircum s• ances. It was considered by many persons who were witnesses of the opening and subsequent scenes at this House, that the suc cess attendant on the speculation was without precedent in the annals of trade. What has been said concerning the Bradford Branch is, in every sense, applicable to that at Sheffield, which has been established nine months. To imagine that anything short of real merit could have produced all this, would cortainly be a conclus on lot at all warranted by reason. The purchases made on the opening days at these Branch Establishments would have soon caused a diminution of support, bad net sound quality and general superiority been really apparent. So satisfactory, however, were the goods obtained —so thoroughly were all promises fulfilled, as to quality and cheap ness, that all classes in these important localities rallied round the Proprietors, and heartily backed the speculations with their coun tenance and support. It has already been stated that the Metropolitan Branch, in the West End, which will be opened in the Spring, is the result of an increasing public demand for the goods supplied by the Propr letors. Such is a correct statement. Nothing but ft positive assurance that such an extension is really required would have led E. MOSES and SON to have added thus to their London speculations, which, apart from that under consideration, had no equal in the world. ..-... ..... —..-- . . -...... Not to acknowledge obligations; so essential would be tantii rionnt to a forfeiture of all future favours. But E. MOSES an d SON are resolved to convince the public, both by word and action, tha t their numerous favours are gratefully received. The Proprietors hold out no false hopes to the public, when stating, that the year 1850 will he distinguished for improvements and advantages on a scale more advantageous than has ever yet been experienced. It is by this means alone that E. MOSES and. SON hope to secure future support from those who have so liberally , aided them. The Proprietors might particularise those arrangements for the coming seasons which are already in progress. They have in preparation a stock of Spring and Summer D rose, which, for cheapness, utility, and elegance, was never surpai They would also impress upon the notice of the public those vat ions articles which are now on sale for the winter season. They ;have no hesitation is asserting that such an assortment is not to be met with elsewhere in the trade. E. MOSES and SON, in conclusion, would wish all claNses of their supporters in every sense "a happy new year" —a your free from these party international broils abroad, and those political dis • sessions at home, which cannot fail to operate inimically wi th our commercial trading and domestic wellbeing. The proprietors trust that those who aid them, together with those who are not nur shored among their supporters, may have to declare, when the clock strikes twelve on the night of the 31st of December next, that the I year 1850 has proved to them a year of uninterrupted peace, pros perity, and happiness. A Medal, containing au Almanac for the year 1850, wil tie pre aentedt o every customer. A Large Stock of Fur Coats, in every shape, from 60s. to 2 OW Naval and Military Uniforms, Liveries, &C. Mourning to any extent at Five Minutes' notice. A Suit of Mourning complete for 1/. 10s. The new book, entitled "The Minion of the Million," with full directions for Self-measurement, can be had on application, or for warded, post free, to any part of the kingdom. Notice —The Fur Department is now replete with every 2tiovs dty of the sea son. messure °b'erve if article purchased, either ready made, or n rad e to F. MO , sp s no --eA t approved o f w i ll b e exchanged, or the mo n ey re Sas med. - Healers, Fumed n SON, Tailor 4, Woollendrapers, Clothiers, I la tters, 155, 150 , and 15 , Boot and Shoemakers, and General Outitte ;,154, Condon; all comm Minors'' and 83, 81, 85, an d 86 Al4gat , t, City, unic ating with each other, and forming one va s t Establishment. CautiOn.—E. Moses and Son regret having to guard the public against impodtio; but having heard that the untradesrm milk° falsehood of being Connected wi ng them, or " It is the same corn :ern," has keen resorted to in many instances, and for obvious res :sons, • hey beg to state that they have no connexion with any other • hours In or out of L3uclon, except their Dranoh Establishments 3S Far sate,sn4 19, raor„nton's-buildings, lirstafr,rd. Yorlt<t".ire require chesp and genuine clothin ase., sheala call en those Shefilesvlt,; at or 90E1 to the Minories and Aldgnte, City, London; or ening of the Dm% EstAbashraents, as above, STRASBURGR AND BASLE. ------- ------ ----- ----- The general meeting of the company has just been held in Paris. _ The report stated, from the satisfactory conclu sion to a recent transaction, the financial position of the company was greatly improved. The Mulhouse and Thann Company will for the future receive the sum of 55,000 f. (2,2001.) annually, and the surplus of the receipts up to 100,000 f. (4,0001.) will belong to the Strasburgh Company, which will besides have the advantage of the regulation of the trains. The further sum of 155,000 f. (6,2000, will be divided between the two companies. The ratification of this proposal being put to the meeting, it was approved of unanimously. It was not expected that the line from Paris to Strasburgh would be fully opened before the expira tion of three years, at which period a line will extend from Paris to Mulhouse and Basle. In answer to a question, The CHAIRMAN stated that neither loans nor calls were necessary to carry on the works. He also stated, that in no case could the shareholders be deprived of the dividend of 1849, and that it would be paid after the meeting in March next, and that from the Koechlin transactions the funds were suf ficient to pay all dividends without the necessity of realising the renter and other securities belonging to the company. After these explanations, the meeting voted the powers necessary for the directors to carry on all negotiations. RATING OF IRISH RAILWAYS. The Poor-law Commissioners have issued an order with a view to put a stop to the serious expenses and inconvenience occasioned to the railway companies in being obliged to appeal against the poor-law valuations of railway property in the several unions through hich the lines pass. The Commissioners consider that a uniform system of rating should be adopted, and the principle of rating on the profits should he applied as soon as any section of a railway is opened for traffic. The gross income of the entire railway is taken for one year, from which the working expenses have to be deducted, together with an allowance of 23 per cent. for tenants' profits, and wear and tear on the capital invested in locomotives, carriages, and vans. The balance remaining is the net annual value of the entire railway, in ,cluding stations. An estim a t e d value c,f the several stations is then made out, th e aggregate an : . qun . t of which being deducted from the n e t annual value or ,The entire railway, leaves the value of the line; this suns divided by the number of miles in length, will give the value per mile, to be paid in the several unions or parishes, in proportion to the length of railway NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PROMOTIONS. COAST GUARD.—The commander nominated for the annual coast guard promotion to the rank of cap tain, by the Comptroller-General, Captain Houston Stewart, C. 8., and recommended to the Admiralty by the Hon. Board of Customs, is Commander Robert Kerr (1838), late inspecting commander of the Weymouth district, and who has served in the de partment since 1842. Commander William Murley (1813) has recently been promoted to the rank of captain, on the retired list . of 1840, in the room of Captain Incledon, de ceased. Lieutenants William Hamilton (1810) and Wil liam Wade West (1810) bay" been - promoteel-telbe: rank of commander on the retired list of 1830, with out increase of pay. APPOINTMENTS. Chaplains—The Rev. Edgar B. Barnes, 8,A., naval instructor to the Prince Regent, 90, Channel squadron, to be chaplain also of that ship; Rev. Richard Croker, from the Prince Regent to the Ter rible, steam-frigate, at Devonport, vice Dyne, whose appointment is cancelled. Clerks—lL R. Shaw (1844), to the Superb, 80, at Queenstown; George Pcnfold (1842), to the South ampton, 50, flag-ship at the krazils ; G. A. S. Ley (1849), to the Asia, 84, flag-ship in the Pacific. Carpenter—B. Bennet* acting at Portsmouth, has been confirmed. Captain Chads, C. 8., of the Excellent gunnery ship, at Portsmouth, and Captain Yates, of the Illus trious depot-ship, of that ordinary, are on leave of absence. Captain George Smith, the superintendent of packets at Southampton, has obtained from the Ad miralty an order to be supplied from the Ordnance with a lever target for the practice of the packet crews. It is reported, on good authority, that the Admi, ralty intend to reduce the appointments of agen victuallers at Malta and Bermuda. The Ocean, Captain Greville, fiag•ship of the Com mander-in-Chief at Sheerness, was paid six months' wages on the 31st December. The Northumberland, old 74, has been ordered from Woolwich to Deptford to be broken up. A letter from the Wellesley, 72, Captain Gold smith, dated Bermuda, Dec. 12, says— " On her passage from Halifax to Bermuda she experienced a most terrific gale, many of the sailors being sea sick from the tremendous plunging of the ship. A sudden calm followed, accompanied with very heavy rain and thunder, the wind taking her flat aback, and a tremendous sea breaking over her, which, however, did little injury, as they were pretty well prepared for it. The 'Wellesley was expected to sail in about three weeks on a tour round the West Indies." The Alarm, 26, Captain Ramsay, arrived at the Havannah Dec. 3, and railed again for Barbadoes to relieve the Viper, 3, Lieutenant -Commander Bernard, ordered home to be paid off. The Amphitrite, 25, Captain Rodney Eden, was at San Bias, Oct. 80, having arrived there on the 27th, in twenty-eight days from Valparaiso. She was to fill up with water, and to proceed to Mazatlan in ten days. It was likely she would visit San Bias once more before she finally quitted the coast. If the Meander, 42, Captain the Host. H. Keppell, from the East Indies, relieved her early enough, she will quit the station for England about the middle of February; but, at all events, she will not remain there longer than the Ist of March. It was supposed that the new line of packets would not in any way affect the con veyance of freights by men-of- war. The latter would always be preferred, on account of their security and character. The Dido, 18, and Dolphin, 3, are ordered to have their defects made good per estimate. The Britomart, 6, Commander Chamberlain, was to have been paid off yesterday. The Fairy and Elfin, royal yacht tenders, at Ports mouth, are ordered to have their defects made good. The Fairy will he in the hands of the shipwrights for six weeks. The Devastation, steam sloop, at Portsmouth, will not be out of the hands of the dockyard for another six weeks. The Hecate, 6, steam •sloop, Commander Shadwell, with Sir H. L. Bulwer and suite, left Bermuda for Chesapeake, Dec. 16. The Prometheus, steam-sloop, has been towed from Deptford to Woolwich by the Monkey and Advice, steam-tugs. She will be completed there for sea. The Fearless, steam-tender, Second Master Com mander Wells, will be completed at Devonport by the 9th. Mr. Humphreys, the chief engineer at Woolwich Dockyard, is ordered to proceed to Chatham to inspect the planing machine there. PORTSMOUTH, WEDNESDA.Y.—It is now rumoured that Capt. Lord John Hay will not be removed from the Board of Admiralty until the opening of Parliament, when a proposition will be made to reduce the said Board by one member—not filling up Lord John Hay's place, on the score of economy. The Adventure naval transport, Master-Commander P. Wellington, sailed from this port this afternoon to Devonport to be paid off. Mr. Wellington will com mission the Nimrod, 20 gun corvette, for transport service, in lieu of the Adventure, which is not large enough. The Nimrod, when ready, will sail for Deptford to load with Government stores for As cension. Mr. Grant, of the Clarence-yard, is making one of his improved cooking and distilling galleys for the supply of the requirements of 700 men, for the Daunt less steam-frigate. PLYMOUTH, JAN. I.—Her Majesty's frigate Inde fatigable, Captain Smart, was towed out of harbour yesterday by the Fearless and Confiance steam-vessels, and moored in Barnpool, where her compasses will be adjusted. Her Majesty's brig Contest arrived on Sunday from Portsmouth to take the January mails to Ma deira and th e coast of Africa. When sa l ut i ng t h e Port-Ad m i ra l outs i de the breakwater a ser i ous acci dent occu rre d to one of the sh i p ' s b oys , w h o was ramming in gun omitted t o s t op t h e ven t, and the piece unex a charge. The man at the breech of the pectedly went off, blowing away the unfortunately youth's hand and shattering his arm. In this con dition he was quickly placed in one of the ship's boats, in which he remained while the people pulled him a distance of five miles to the Royal Naval Hospital. It is stated that had a vent stopper, invented bZ Mr. Bothway, R.N., been in use on board the Contest, this fearful mutilation could not have occurred. Forty shipwrights are to be forthwith employed in the masthouse to make masts for the advanced ships, in place of those condemned at the recent survey. Wind, northerly, very light. Woo'Amu, JAN. 2.—The Enterprise, Captain Collinson, C. 8., has now entered her complement within half-a-dozen blue jackets, and the Investi gator, Commander M'Clure, also within a dozen. They were both taken out of the basin yesterday into the stream, and will be ready to leave Woolwich on their searching expedition between the 12th and 15th of the present month. The Hermes steam-vessel is having her rigging put up at this port to prepare her for commission. THE ROYAL NAVY IN COMMISSION. The following is an accurate and complete list of the ships of the Royal Navy in commission on the Ist of January, 1850. This list , it will he seen, comprises the pendant, the number whom she is corn asbhye is serving at home com manded, a gunsn name de o d anda of oath a d aoc menhn what ship shh ae t b earing carries, station or'abroad. The ships in commission are placed according to the seniority of their respective commanders ; " s." signifies paddle-wheel steamers, " su." screw steamers, and " a." acting. PORTSMOUTH. Commander-in-Chief — Admiral the Hon. Sir Thomas Bladen Capel, K,C.B. Superintendent of Dockyard— Rear-Admiral Prescott, C.B. Ships. Guns. Men. Commander. Victory (104) 22 224 Capt. F. P. Blackwood. Illustrious (72) Excellent ... . Victoria and Albert Blenheim (sc.) Cuckoo (5.).. Dumaresq. Hecate (s. .............. . 6 145 Com. Sh a d we ll. -flower ................ 6 28 Lieut. W arren . 2 34 C or n. 6 150 Lieut. W. H. Fenwick. Master A. Balliston.(a.) Master Welch. 29 Muter J. Allen (a). Rolla •.• Fairy (sc.) Sprightly (s.) . 44 -• - - • 1-41) ._ 'fi r +, f. iitY •' i "0. NT' LI A irk 4 ri .h 1 r. 4* 7 5. -- 1, 31 Fanny . Myrtle (s.) — 25 Master S. Braddon (a). Echo (s.) — Master Hardman (a) . Total-15 ships, 164 guns, and 2,137 officers and men. Of these 15 ships the Victory is the stationary flag ship; the Illustrious is the depot ship of the ordinary; the Excellent is the gunnery ship ; the Victoria and Albert is the Royal yacht, and the Fairy and Elfin are her tenders; the Blenheim is the screw steam guard ship; the Cuckoo, and her tender, the Seaflower, pro tects the Channel Islands; the Hecate is manned from the Excellent, and has taken out Sir H. Bulwer to Chesapeake; the Rolla is a tender for the instruction of 145 naval apprentices ; the Sprightly, Fanny, and Myrtle, are port tenders; and the Echo is a tug. DEVONPORT. Commander-in-ChiefLAdniirailr"William Hall Gage, G.C.H. Commander of Ordinary and Superintendent of Dockyard--Vice-Admiral Sir John Louis, Bart. Impregnable ... 78 207 Capt. Sir T. Maitland. Agincourt (74) Indefatigable Britomart Contest Stromboli (s.) 6 160 Com. Lord Beauclerck. Nautilus (s.) Confiance (s.) ...... 1 20 Master Martin (a). Sylph .. . 4 20 Total-9 vessels, 175 guns, 1,737 officers and men. Of these the Impregnable is th© stationary but effi cient flag-ship. She is an old three-decker, but now mounts 78 gus. Agincourt is the dept-ship of the ordinary; Nautilus is the naval apprentices' tender; Confiance is the port tug; and the Sylph is a tender. The Indefatigable is fitting for the Lisbon squadron; the Contest has since sailed for the coast of Africa. The Srtomboli waits orders. HEERNESS. Commander-in-Chief—Vice-Admiral the Hon. G. Elliott, C.B. Commander of Ordinary and Superintendent of Dockyard—Captain D. Price. Ocean (80) 46 160 Captain Greville. Wellington (72) Phaeton .... . Wildfire (s.) Hart (tender) African (s.) tug-vess 1 Total-6 vessels, 109 guns, 958 officers and men. The Ocean (two-decker) is the stationary flag-ship, and the Wellington is the depot-ship of the ordi nary ; the Wildfire, African, and Hart are tenders ; the Phaeton is fitting for sea service in the Lisbon squadron. WOOLWICH. Commander of Ordinary and Superintendent of Dock yard.—Commodore Henry Eden. Fisgard ...... 26 106 Commodore Eden. Terrible (s) .. 21 300 Captain J. Hope. Dasher (s) ...... . 2 35 Lieut. Parkes. Perseus Lightning (s) ..... 7 28 Master J. E. Petley. Black Eagle (s) — 38 Master S. B. Cook. Monkey (s) 2 Sec. Master Bryant (a). Total-7 vessels, 53 guns, 535 officers and men. The Fisgard (42-gun frigate) is the stationary flag ship, the Monkey is her tender ; the Terrible has pro ceeded to Devonport, en route to join the Lisbon squa dron ; the Dasher has been employed in protecting the fisheries in the North Sea ; the Black Eagle is the Ad miralty steam-yacht, and the Lightning is her tender. The Perseus is a receiving ship of the To►ver. CHATHAM. Commander of Ordinary and Superintendent of Dock , yard—Captain Peter Richards, C.B. Poictiers (72) lO 290 Commander Camillieri. Advice (s) 1 12 Total-2 vessels, 11 guns, 302 officers and men. The Poictiers is the depot; the Advice is her tender. DEPTFORD. Superintendent of Dockyard and Victualling Establish ment —Captain Sir John Hill. Pigmy (s) ....... .... 1 16 Tender to Superintendent. Total-1 vessel, 16 officers and men. PEMBROKE. Superintendent of Dockyard and Commander of Ordi nary. Captain Sir Thomas Paslay, Bart. Saturn ... . Prospero ... Total-2 vessels, 12 guns, 44 officers and men. The Saturn (old 74) is the depot ship; the Prospero is her tender. QUEENSTOWN. Commander-in- Chief.—Rear-Admiral Manley Hall Dixon. Crocodile 22 70 Commander Protheroe. Superb .... 80 750 Captain Purcell. Shearwater (s.) Trident•(s.) 2 65 Lieut. Risk. Lucifer 2 55 Lieut. E. Lloyd. Dwarf (sc.) ... Gipsey Gossamer 1 130 Apprentices' tender. Total-8 vessels, 11l guns, 1,164 officers and men. The Crocodile is the stationary flag and receiving ship ; Dwarf, Gipsey, and Gossamer are her tenders; the Dwarf is ordered to be sold. The Superb is filling up her sea-going complement. CHANNEL, LISBON, AND GIBRALTAR. Commodore —William Fanshawe Martin. Prince Regent 92 820 Captain W. F. Martin. Thetis Arrogant (sc.) 46 450 Captain Fitzroy. La Hogue (sc.) Leander Encounter (sc.) Conflict (5c.)... Scourge (s.) ..... Total-8 vessels, 303 guns, 3,095 officers and men. The Prince Regent and Thetis aro en route to Gibral tat' and Lisbon from the Mediterranean. MEDITERRANEAN. Commander-in-Chief Vice-Admiral Sir William Parker, Bart., G.C.B. Second in command and Super intendent of Dockyard—Rear-Admiral Harvey, Malta. Howe Caledonia ... l2O 959 Captain Carter. Powerful B4 750 Captain R. S. Dundee. Vengeance Bellerophon .... Ganges ... 84 750 Captain Smith. C.B. Odin (s) .. ........ ... 12 270 Captain Hon. F. Pelham. Dragon (5.)... ...... .. 6 200 Captain W. 11. Hall. Firebrand (s.) ..... 6 200 Captain Knox. Queen Growler (a.) Spiteful (s.) 6 160 Commander Carmichael Racer Frolic . 16 130 Commander Vansittart. Bulldog (s.) Rosamond (s.) Sharpshooter (sc.) 4 80 Lieutenant Bailey. Antelope (s.) Triton (s. ) 3 65 Lieutenant C. J. P. Glinn. Oberon (s.) 3 65 Lieutenant Gardiner. Ardent (s.) ...... 3 65 Lieutenant Nowell. Janus (1.) Tartarus (s.) 3 60 Lieut. Sir G. Webster, Bt. Porcupine (a.) Medina (s.) 4 65 Lieutenant A. Darby. Medusa (s.) Merlin (s.) 4 65 Lieutenant J. 11. Turner. Ceylon — 42 Lieutenant 11. Harvey. Total-28 ships, 800 guns, 8,222 officers and me*. The Queen is the flag-ship of the Commander•in- Chief, tho Ceylon of the Admiral Superintendent. The Medina, Medusa, and Merlin are packets. WEST INDIES, HALIFAX, AND NORTH AMERICA. Commander-in-Chief—Vice-Admiral the Earl of Dun donald, G.C.B. Commodore Bennett, second in com mand, Port Royal. Wellesley lmaum (72) Trincomalee : 25 240 Captain Warren. Alarm Sappho Helena l6 130 Corn. De Courcy. Persian Vixen (s.) ... ..... Plumper (sc.) l2 100 Commander Nolloth. Cherokee (s.) Viper Bermuda 3 44 Lieut. A. D. Jolly. Mohawk (s.) Total-13 ships, 200 guns, 1,794 officers and men. The Wellesley is the flag-ship of the Commander-in- Chief; the Imaum is the pendant and stationary ship at Port Royal of Commodore Bennett; the Cherokee and Mohawk are on the Lakes of Canada. PACIFIC. Commander-in-Chief.—Rear-Admiral Phipps Hornby, C.B. Asia ....... ..... B4 750 Captain R. F. Stopford. Inconstant Daedalus Amphitrite Daphne . 18 187 Captain E. G. Fanshawe. Champion Gorgon (s.) 6 160 Com. Paynter. Driver (s.) Swift Naiad Nereus ..... . 24 Master F. Bateman. Cockatrice Total-12 ships, 223 guns, 2,843 officers and men. The Asia is the flagship, the Cockatrice is her tender, the Naiad and Nereus are store•ships, at Callao and Valparaiso. EAST INDIES, CHINA, AND NEW ZEALAND. Commanderin-Chief (pro tem.) —Commander J. H. Plumridge. Hastings ........ 72 600 Captain W. Morgan. Cambrian Mmander: 42 360 Captain Hun. H. Keppel. Amazon Cleopatra 26 230 Captain 11. L. Massie. Pilot • ......... 12 120 Captain E. Lyons. Serpent Albatross l2 130 Commander Farquhar. Mariner Arab ..... ... .. ...... Columbine ~..... Fury (s.) 6 160 Commander Willcox. Medea (s.) 6 135 Corn. Lockyer (a). Revnard (sc.) ...... Minden... Alligator — Dr. Bankier. NEW ZEALAND DIVISION. Havanna l9 Captain J. E. Erskine. Fly - . --, ..- 7/ • --- 7 7 / i t tt,...... -',. ; . ..•.4, • '. S'i•E li 10 I • .4, 7-..."-:1 ;g,l •1 ' ''' Taia: l'e'rort Atiocrt . -P 7, ~...7,.:.:: : 7,- - 1 . 1 ! -5 . • t C. , • .n'. . ... , . , . . .-, ' - •,,,..--!:..1„.! / vP, , ,,. Pt'i... / i s. ..—. ' ' ''. , / ~./47 : ~, ~ I', •.• •,•• c r ~,.. l i ~ t -- ---...w, . • " s i'4.- ' - 5 1 / 4. - .W , ' * s'ir - `'-`..:A: . -.7- .. . - . ‘i.r.,.a, ......cro.- -7 . l ......r....Painectmix...lftWOrik,xr, ..,", „,..4.. • - - . , -" , '7 , ....: ., ______lS2ol rn:r:3l ji li, 1 .. :•, , , ,,z!,., 1 ----------_--- 71 US 1, C I 1.) T I G.kltsk. qcs.er ;.r. r. 6 h . 10,V lig ..P • .!eh,tl .b.: P;ttii'•i ot, , ti :w:. Hide our y eats -; 1. S:lv (!ur ing the night, but t•uwiry hFr gold ;patch, purse II ith some 4 dollars in coin, all the ornamental parts of her hair, two trunks, and a very few clothes, her wedding ring, &c., were found on her chamber table. Anion the notes were the following:— NIAGARA ALLS, Nov. 26.—Evening. Hoa. J. Norvell, U. S., District Attorney, Detroit. Well, my dear father and mother, this is perhaps the last letter you will receive from me. I believe I left Win chester for Pittsburgh, by way of Philadelphia; but somehow I got here, I don't know how, for I never travelled it alone before. Take good care of two dear littl e b oys. I intended, I think, going to Detroit ; but do all you can for my chil dren. My little girl is in heaven. I hope to join her soon. My head aches almost to distraction now. Good bye, dear parents, brothers and sisters. Don't forget to do all you can for Major Miller. He has always been a kind husband. —As ever, your affec tionate daughter, I. G. MILLER. The Advertiser thus proceeds in the further history of the case : Her_ two boys, the oldest of whom is upwards of six years of age, say that on the night of their arrival at the Falls their mother put them to bed and bade them good bye ; when they awoke on the morning of Tuesday, the 27th of November, they as usual went to the bed in which they supposed she had slept. She had not apparently been in the bed. They rang the bell. The bar-keeper came up to the room. They asked for their mother. He knew nothing of her disappearance. He observed the letters noticed above, and gave the alarm. Upon the alarm being given of her disappearance, much excitement took place in the village, and ferent persons and parties set outlik search of*: her-new ailicliorineror - hood, trampled upon, weii'fouild in the abutment of the bridge which leads from the main shore to Goat Island, about 200 feet from the shore. Her crape shawl, torn into three pieces, tied together by very hard knots, was fastened to the bridge, apparently to let herself down, first to the abutments, and then to lower herself still further towards the rapid current which sweeps over the Falls. •<- : .j r okii , iy .L‘ !ig an., This is the last trace which could be discovered of her, as far as reg ar d s h er me di tated self destruction. kn. Miller, with her children, arrived at Buffalo on Sunday m orn i ng , t h e 25th of November, and went in a carriage to the Lovejoy House. She then opened and read the letter which was handed to her at the depot. Finding that she had made a mistake in going to that house, she apprised the landlord of it, express ing herself perfectly satisfied with her accommoda tions, but said she had a friend, or some friends, at the Exchange, and desired to go there. Upon the sug gestion of the landlord, she wrote a short note to some one at the Exchange, and remained where she was for breakfast. In a few minutes a man came from the Exchange, and inquired for the lady who had sent for him. She was notified of his arrival. She said that she would see him in the public parlour. Accordingly she came down, saw this perso n a mo ment, and after breakfast ordered a carriage to take her and her children to the Exchange, where she remained till the next morning, which was the morn ing on which, at nine o'clock, she proceeded in the cars to the Falls of Niagara. At the Exchange she was not seen in company with the stranger who had gone from that hotel to the Lovejoy House, in compliance with her note. When she Rent in the cars in the morning, this man did not accompany her, but was seen near the cars, and directed the conductor to put the lady into them. The conductor, a gentlemanly man, was struck with the appearance of the two boys, took them in his arms, and placed them in the car where their mother was. When they arrived at the Falls, the same con ductor very kindly again took the children, carried them to the Eagle, and then returned for their mother. He had but one umbrella. It was raining. Hen ce the necessity of two trips. On the Tuesday prior to the arrival of Mrs. Miller at the Falls, a stranger came to the Eagle tavern at that place, and put up. The book-keeper requested him once or twice to enter his name. He reluctantly took up the pen, wrote " Henry," threw it down, and asked the book- keeper to finish the rest, saying that his fingers were cold, and giving his name as Henry Blakemer. On the Thursday after he arrived at the Exchange in Buffalo, and remained there several days. In the book of that house le entered his name, with similar reluctance, as Henrytlikkemer, of Phi ladelphia. This man is represented to have beenlkm five feet six to eight inches in height, thin in person and visage, with dark eyes, dark hair, dark whiskers, mustachios, and a large quantity of hair on and under his chin. He occasionally wore a hat, and then a cap. Occasionally he put on spectacles, to which he was evidently unaccustomed. His deportment was restless, and his motions nervous. He kept a con stant look out for the eastern cars, and directed the porter of the Exchange to notify every time they arrived. His whole conduct demonstrated that he was not a gentleman in feeling or manners. he arrived at th e E xc h ange, he insisted Upon hen a bargain to pay only for the meals of which he actually partook, and refused to give anything for a bed the night he purposed to leave Buffalo 'for Tonawanda. In engaging a buggy and pair of horses at a livery stable, he complained of the price, and induced the owner to reduce it. Late on Monday afternoon, the 26th November, having engaged the horses and buggy, he set off, as he said, towards Tonawanda—saying that it was impor tant that he should go two miles below that place the same night. The next morning, at three o'clock, long before daylight, he arrived, with a lady, at the Mansion house, in Buffalo; and the two left that city in the last train of Eastern cars, at five o'clock the same morning. The man wanted tickets for Cayuga lake, but on being told that way tickets were not given out, he took them for some other stopping point. Mr. Fargo telegraphed to this city to know whether he should dispatch a police-officer in pursuit of the parties. lle was inuuediately requested to do so. Accordingly an officer proceeded all along the route to New York, discovered the trace of them, and, in the city, could only learn that two persons, corre sponding in description, had gone on towards Phila delphia. The officer was then, by telegraphic dispatch, directed to follow on to Philadelphia, and, if he could learn nothing there, to return to Buffalo. • The only evidence leading to the conclusion that Mrs. Miller was the lady brought hack in the buggy by the disguised stranger, is the fact of his handing her a letter; their seeing each other in Buffalo, her going to the Exchange, his loitering about the cars when she left for the Falls, and the size of the person, on arriving at the Mansion-house, appearing to be that of Mrs. Miller. No one saw her face. She was thickly veiled, and may, though that is uncertain, have worn a black straw hat, which she had with her. To this relation, embr ac i ng a ll the material facts now known here on the subject, i t is proper to add, that at Winchester the infant daughter of Mrs. Miller was distressingly ill for several months. Of course she felt called on to devote her days and nights to the sick bed of the child. A young mother, with an ardent attachment, seldom equalled, to her children, her unremitted attentions, her sleepless vigils, her loss of rest, made heavy drafts upon her constitution and mind. In her lett-.13 to her mother she evinced an admirable spirit of fortitude, but occasionally intimated that the absence of all rest, and her distress of heart, had affected her health in various ways. That she could have placed herself in the power of a stranger, left her poor little orphan children several hundred miles from any of their relations, helpless, thrown upon the mercy of persons to whom they were unknown—that she could h ave d one so, blightists the hopes and affections, humiliating the pride, tarnishing the reputation, lacerating the feelings of her family and connexions, is still more beyond the possibility of belief. If she left the Falls with the person described, he must have been a mere agent. All her tastes, all her habits, all her previous sentiments, must have c ause d her to revolt from such an association. DIVIDEND•DA T AT THE BANK. --Notice was inßank course of E ng l an d t h at the Jourse of payment to the annuities will The trans fera publicnb issuedu o a o ro k yn : ed ; i o rtv r eel rdd t die h l ane e Ysd sfdayao"tl will theeb i x n e g t thei an will be opened on t h e undermentioned dates : -- Consolidated Three per Cents, on Wednesday, the 16th inst.; Three-and-a yalf per , Cent. A nnu i t i es, 1726, on Friday, the 11th inst.; New Five per Cent. Annuities, ditto; Annuities for terms of ye ars , on W ednesday, the 16th inst. The dividends on South Sea Old Annuities will be in course of payment on the 9th inst., and the transfer books opened on the 16th. The dividends on East India stock will be in course of payment on Monday next, the 7th inst., and the warrants under the 11th sectien, Act 3d and 4th William IV., chap. 85, will be ready to be delivered on that day. At the meeting of the Royal Santiago Mining Company, held yesterday afternoon, it was intimated that the differences with the Cobre Company bad been settled by the latter agreeing to pay 5,000/. in adjuq ment of all claims. Of this sum a portion had been already anticipated in expenses incurred for prosecuting fresh discoveries on the Royal Santiago property, and the remainder would be added to the existing floating capital of 21,000/. to carry on general operations. The late produce of the mines was regarded as encouraging, but the receipts for the half-year did net warrant the directors in declaring a divid en d. Th e exp lanations given by the chairman were received as satisfactory, and as it Is as intimated that i n a ll p ro b a bili ty a dividend would be proposed at the next meeting, the roped pre • seated was unanimously approved. [PRICE 5:1,),, lION. COMPANY'S STEAMERS IN CHINA AND INDIA SEAS. Semiramis 4 130 Corn. C. AL Daniell. Phlegethon Nemesis 4 130 Mr. T. Wallage. Royal Navy.—Total --19 ships, 338 guns, 3,416 men. The Hastings was the slag-ship of the late Commander in -Chief, Sir F. Collier. The Cambrian is the pendant-ship of Commodore Plumridge. The Minden is a store-ship, and the Alligator an hospital-ship, at Hong-Kong. SOUTH-EAST COAST OF AMERICA. Commander-in -Chief Commodore Sir Thomas Herbert, K.C.8., relieved by Rear-Admiral Reynolds, C.B. Southamton Raleigh Tweed lB 145 Corn. Lord F. Russell. Hydra (a.) ... 6 135 Corn. G. Skipwith. Cormorant (s.) 6 160 Corn. H. Schomberg. Spider 6 36 Lieutenant Tomlinson. Griffon ... 3 60 Lieutenant Thurburn. Kestrel Rifleman (cc.) ... Ilarpy (s.) ........ 1 53 Liev.t. F. Egerton (a). Crescent ... Total-11 ships, 125 guns, 1,694 officers and men. The Southampton is the new flagship; the Raleigh, Sir Thomas Herbert's flag-ship, is on her way home; the Spi der and Kestrel are branch packets; the Crescent.is a store ship at Rio. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. Commander-in-Chief —Commodore C. Wyvill, Second Class, Simon's Bay. Castor Geyser 6 160 Com. P. T. Brown. 0re5te5........ ..... 14 130 Qom. W. S. Hawker. Pantaloon Seringapatam — 27 Master J. Russell. Dee Total-6 ships, 68 guns, 827 officers and men. The Castor is the flag• ship, the Seriogapatam is it- store , ahip,at Eimon's Bay. WEST COAST OF AFRICA. Commander-in-Chief —Commodore Arthur Fanshawe, C.B. Centaur (s.) 6 200 Captain Buckle. Tortoise Cyclops (s.) ...... Hound 8 80 Com. Patten. Sealark . . Kingfisher Phcenix (sc.) 6 120 Com. Wodehouse. Alert Firefly (s.) Heroine ... ......... Cygnet .... . 8 80 Com. D. Robertson. Waterwitch 8 80 Com. R. R. Quin. Rattler (sc.) Flying Fish Wolverine .... - 12 125 Com. M. Falcon. Heels (a.) Star . Ranger 8 80 Coln. T. Miller. Spy Teazer (sc.) ... 4 40 Lieut. J. Selwyn. Bonetta .. ... 3 65 Lieut. F. E. Forbes. Pluto (s.) Snap (tender) 2 Lieut. C. 0. Hall. Dover (s.) Albert (s.) ...... Total-25 ships, 165 guns, 2,152 officers and men. The Centaur is the flag-ship, the Tortoise is the guard and store ship at Ascension, the Snap is a tender to the Centaur. STORE AND TROOP SHIPS. Adventure 4 39 Master P. Wellington Portsmouth. Apollo Athol' llercules ... 12 140 Master R. Fulton Mediterran. Total-4 ships, 26 guns, 344 officers and men. DISCOVERY AND SURVEYING SHIPS. Admiralty Hydrographer—Rear-Admiral Sir F. Beaufort. Erebus (sc.) 3 69 Capt. Sir J. Franklin Arctic Terror (ac.) 3 68 Capt. Crozier . Arctic Herald Enterprise Widgeon (s.) 1 20 Capt. Bullock Mth.Thamea Rattlesnake 8 190 Captain 0. Stanley New Guinea. Volage .. .. 12 160 Captain Graves Mediterran. Acheron (s.) 4 184 Captain J. L. Stokes New Zealand Sparrow 4 42 Commander Fraser Waterford. Sylvia — Corn. G. A. Bedford Galloway. Comet (s.) Plover 4 52 Commodore Moore .. Behring's St. Columbia (s) 6 70 Com. Shortland ...... Halifax. _ _ Investigator 4 68 Corn. ...OFJch. Scorpion 4 48 Lieut. Lawrence Bahamas. Bramble lO Lieut. Yule NewGuinea. Woodlark ... 2 20 Lieut. Thomas Orkneys. Research ... 1 Lieut. Lord J. Brown Mediterran. Aux Hier 1 Lieutenant Geary ... Mediterran. North Star 2 63 Master R. Saunders Arctic Speedwell Fearless (s.) 1 20 Second Master Wells Bristol Chan. Total-22 ships, 87 guns, 1,338 officers and men. The Erebus and Terror comprise the missing expedi tion ok Sir John Franfain ; the Herald and Plover are in search through Behring's Straits ; the Enterprise and Investigator are fitting at Woolwich, to proceed thither also in search; the North Star is en route through Bar row's Straits. The Sylvia is a tender to the Sparrow; the Bramble, to the Rattlesnake; the Research and Auxiliar, to the Volage; the Speedwell has been sur veying at Harwich ; the Fearless is now refitting at Deronport ; the Comet has returned from the He- ADMIRALTY STEAM-PACKETS. Holyhead, conducted by Commander Charles Fraser ; Diver, by Commander Thomas Baldock ; Port patrick, by Commander Edward Hawes. Garland 1 128 17 Lieut. E. Wylde ...... Dover. Caradoc 2 360 31 Lieut. C. P. Ladd ... Holyhead. Onyx 1 128 17 Lieut. G.Raymond... Dover. St. Columba 2 360 31 Lieut. A. S. Symes... Holyhead. Fire Queen 1 100 16 Lieut. Jones Holyhead. Llewellyn 'l 360 31 Master J. Grey (a)... Holyhead. Vivid 1 180 17 Mas.L.Smithett (a) Holyhead BAnshee 9 360 31 Mas.W.Smithett (a) Holyhead Violet .. Princess Alicel 120 16 Dover. Undine ... ...... l 106 17 Dover. Otter 1 120 Holyhead Total-12 packets, 16 guns, 241 officers and men. The Violet is at Woolwich refitting. FALMOUTH AND BRAZIL PACKETS. Crane Express ... Linnet 6 44 Lieut. T. James. Penguin I'eterel 6 44 Lieut. T. eraser, Seagull Astrea 5 Master Yeamev. Total-7 vessels, 41 guns, 264 officers and men. These ships are under the orders of the Commander in-Chief at Ilevonport. The Astrea is a store-ship at Falmouth for the packets. THE WEATHER AND THE PARKS —The thermo meter yesterday fluctuated considerably, being at one period as low as 26 deg., that is, 6 deg. below freezing point, whilst about noon the mercury ascended as high as 42 deg. At half-past three in the afternoon the glass again fell, and the water upon the surface of the ice in the Serpentine, caused by the partial thaw in the fore part of the day, became frozen, but shortly afterwards a dense fog visited the parks, so that it was with difficulty the skaters could see across the frozen waters. Between four and five in the evening a slight fa'l of rain took place, the wind at the same time chopping round from the north to south-west, indicating a termination of the frost. The barometer also stood at 30.12, so that there seems every probability, unless a great change in the weather should take place during the night, of the frost leaving the metropolis. The number of sliders and skaters on the Serpentine was 3,000; on the Long Water in Kensington-gardens, 2,000, including the mem bers of the Skating Club; on the Round Pond opposite Kensington Palace, 1,000; on the Ornamental Waters in St. James's-park, 7.000; and about 12,000 in the Re gent's-park. No accidents happened at any of these places. THE LATE Gao. Honnociss, ESQ.—Our obituary this week contains the death of the lato George Hor rocks, Esq. of this town, at th e a d vance d age o f 81. Mr. Ilorrocks was the son of a farmer at Edgeworth, near Bolton, and was a distant relative of the late John Horrocks, Esq., M.P. On the successful introduction of the cotton manufacture into this town by that gentle man, he induced Mr. George Ilorrocks to come to Preston and learn the business at his works. On com pleting his term of servitude, ho commenced business in partnership with the late Mr. George Bolton, the banker, but the magnitude of the operations of the cotton trade, even in its infancy, frightened Mr. Bolton, and he retired from the concern. Mr. Horrocks then found a partner in the late Mr. Richard Newsham, but for the same reason Mr. Newsharn soon left the business. Mr. Ilorrocks was next associated with the late Mr. Jacson, and, in conjunction with him, established most extensive works, and founded the firm of Horrocks, Jacson, and Co., which has long been known throughout the entire mercantile world as emi nent manufacturers and merchants. The deceased gen tleman retired from business twelve or fourteen years ago, since which period ho has lived very retired. Mr. Ilorrocks was a man of an exceedingly charitable and benevolent disposition; and, during his life, unostenta tiously dispensed large sums in relieving destitution, and supporting religious and charitable institutions. An attached and consistent member of the Church of Eng land, he was a most liberal supporter of her various benefactor to societies, and was a mos t b ene fi c ent to many churches, having contributed to kingdom.fe W e f©w years, not their building and endowment in various parts of the learn that ho distributed, within the last less 0 t 11 /. a e n a each , t o o oo t h l. e on British e ar i t andab l e Foreignobjects; Bible Society, and he has l e f t 2, OO the Church Missionary Society, and the So cie t y f or Propagating Ch r i s ti an ity amongst the Jews, i n a ll which institutions he felt much interest. He has pr ov id e d by annuities, for all his servant s . M r. liberally, Ilorrocks has l e ft property, mainly personal, t o t h e amount of from 100,000 to 120,0001.—Prestun Chronicle. We have to make the gratifying announcement that Henry Rogers, Eaq., of this town, has offered the munificent sum of 2,0001. towards the endowment of a church on Wednesfield Heath; and John Moore Paget, Esq., the late patron, has very liberally given an eligible piece of land for the site of the church, parsonage-house, and schools. Henry Rogers, E. 1., is also building, near this site, a row of almshouses, which are nearly roofed in.— Wolverhampton Chronicle. BERLIN, DEC. 29.—The venerable and estimable Princess Caroline llenrietta, mother of the reigning Prince of Reuss-Schleiz LXII., departed this world last Monday. Her Highness first saw the light in 1761.