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THE GOVERNMENT OF HONG- 1 KONG. The following important correspondence is published in the Friend of China of Aug. 30 His EXCELLENCY ,Y, F. DAVIS, ESQ., GOVICRNOR OF HONti. KONG, &C. " Sir,—We have the honour to forward to your Excellency herewith a memorial addressed to the Right Hon. Lord Stanley, her Majesty's Secretary of State for the Colonies; and we beg to request your Excellency will be pleased to have the lame for. warded by the mail of the lst of September. " And we trust that, under the circumstances stated in that memorial, your Excellency will see fit to direct the suspension of Ordinance No. 2, pending the receipt of a reply from her Majesty's Government. " We have the honour to be, Sir, " Your most obedient hble servants, " JARDI'NumE, MATHESON, and Co. " DENT and Co., &c. " Victoria, Aug. 13, 1845." " THE RIGHT HON. LORD STANLEY, HER MAJESTY'S PRINCIPAL SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES, &C. My Lord, —The period has at length arrived when, as owners of land and property at Hong-Kong, we can no longer refrain from addressing ourselves direct to her Majesty's Government, in the confident hope that a plain statement of facts will induce her Ma jesty's advisets to sanction a material modification of the system which has hitherto been in operation, occasioning results alike in. jurious to the interests of the mercantile community, and the real and essential interests of the settlement. " It will scarcely be necessary for us in the first place to submit, that shortly after the island was first ceded, or taken possession of by her Majesty's Plenipotentiary in China, in the early part of 1941, a public sale of land was held, at which it was stipulated, that the ' terms and tenure of all property would hereafter be de. fined by her Majesty's Government.' But in a letter of her Majesty's Plenipotentiary, dated 17th June, 1841, a copy of which is hereunto annexed, an expectation is held out that the lands would be granted in fee.simple, for one or two years' purchase, at the rates paid at the public sale; or that they should be charged only with a nominal quit-rent if that form of tenure continued to obtain. " The suggestion on the part of her Majesty's Plenipotentiary originated in the well-known fact, that the very limited quantity of ground available for building purposes on the proposed site of the present town of Victoria, was the occasion of great competi tion, and the eventual paysnent of a scale of rent which that officer naturally and truly apprehended would, if enforced, be detrimental to the progress and prosperity of the settlement. " During the time which intervened between the occupation of the Island by her Majesty's Government in March, 1841, and the treaty of Nankin, in June, 1843, a period of upwards of two years, the local Government of Hong-Kong used every endeavour, both by facilities temporarily offered to early occupants of land, and the threat of penalty of forfeiture of their purchases to all who did not commence building, to induce the British merchants to remove from Macao to the new settlement, and nothing was, up to that date, said or done, to induce holders of land to apprehend either that the promises of her Majesty's Plenipotentiary would not be strictly fulfilled, or that they would be placed in a more unfavourable situation than parties similarly circumstanced in other British colonies. " Large sums were consequently expended in the erection of dwellings and warehouses in the new town of Victoria, to an ex. tent which would have rendered it injurious to all, and ruinous to many, to be compelled to abandon their property; and it was not until the early part of 1843 that it was notified, that her Majesty's Government did not see fit to recognise sales or grants of land that had been made by or under any authority whatsoever, up to the period of the elchange of the ratification of the treaty of Nankin.' " But as her Majesty's Government must have been well aware that the colonists had acted with perfect reliance on the good faith and justice of their Government, this order was so far qualified, that on the 23d of August, 1843, it was notifies! : _ _ . - . " ' That an inquiry should be instituted into the equitable claims of all holders of land to a confirmation either permanent or tern. porary of their titles, so far as they could be confirmed consistently with a mist regard to the interests of society at large.' " Its the early part of 1844 we were, for the first time, made acquainted with the terms on which the Crown lands were to be held, and Sir Henry Pottinger, then Governor of the 'lsland, pub flailed the forms of the leases required to be executed. " The conditions of these leases were universally considered so unusual, and so certain in their operation to be ultimately injuri ous, not only to the holders of land, but to the future welfare of the colony, that we were compelled to protest most solemnly against them in a correspondence with the Governor, dated in March, 1844, from which correspondence we beg to subjoin the following extract : " ' We may be allowed to point out to your Excellency that an adherence on the part of Government to the proposed terms of lease would be eventually the means of placing those who first commenced improving their property in Hong-Kong, and who from the sums already expended cannot withdraw from the occu pation of their buildings without ruinous loss, on most unfavourable terms, compared with others who have the option of resorting to places where land can be bought or rented, on much more mode rate conditions; and we submit that it can never be the wish or Intention of her Majesty's Government to place the early occupants of land in such a position.' " No redress has, however, been granted ; and disregard. 'lug the future prosperity of the settlement, in the desire to *else a comparatively large temporary revenue, the local Government has persisted in forcing unusually hard condi tions on the landholders, who had been led into a large ex penditure of money, owing to their faith in the promises under which the land was originally sold (promises which were at any rate tacitly acknowledged by the Government, and not repu diated until after the lapse of three years) ; while at the same time it Is no exaggeration to state, that had the existing regulations bees promulgated before, instead of after, the outlay of their funds, not one British merchant would have been found willing to become a resident in the colony. " We have deemed it necessary and due to ourselves to enter thus at length into some account of the formation of the colony, and its progress hitherto, with the view of showing—first, the nature of the inducements under which we were led to abandon our residences at Macao and Canton, where both house-rent and taxation age very light ; which we may illustrate by the fact, that the ground-rent alone of most of the eligible sites in Heng.Kong is (without including rent or interest of money), a heavier charge than all payments, rent inclusive, required of the tenants of houses in Macao. " And, secondly, to prove that the very onerous terms on which we have been compelled to occupy our property in Hong. Kong have been forced on us, not only against our urgent remon strances, as a question of justice and equity, but in opposition to to what we have always considered and represented to be the true interest of the colony. "Since the enforcement of these leases the measures of the ex isting Government of the. island have still further aggravated the evils under which we have been suffering, by making, in a place nominally declared to be a free pert, every description of com merce and trade a subject of taxation, or source of revenue, or of monopoly, sold to the highest bidders, thus driving away instead of encouraging trade in an infant settlement; and, lastly, we have now to complain of the promulgation of an ordinance, which we submit to be unconstitutional and illegal, empowering Govern ment assessors arbitrarily to value all household property, with the view of raising a new tax ostensibly for the payment of a police force, there being no municipal body of any kind in the colony to determine whether.• such tax be necessary, or equitably levied and appropriated. " The result of the system actually in operation for the last two years, commencing with the proceedings in land sales and leases under the administration of the first Governor, and continued by the financial arrangements of his successor, is sufficiently exem. plified in the present state of the colony; for, owing to the heavy rents and unsatisfactory tenure of property, the, continued arbitrary taxation and impediments to trade of all kinds, and the entire want of confidence, as well on the part of the foreign community in China as of the Chinese themselves, as to the establishment of a better course of policy, there is at this moment, after four years' oc cupation of the island, scarcely one foreign resident, except Govern ment officers and those British merchants and traders who com menced building before the enforcement of the leases ; there are no Chinese merchants, or even shopkeepers, with any pretension to property; there is neither an import or export trade of any kind ; and, as will be seen by the public papers, even now, when many pri►ate dwellings are temporarily occupied by the civil and military officers of Government, pending the completion of thepublic build togs, several houses have been untenanted for months past, and the value of all property is daily on the decrease. • " It is necessary to bear i❑ mind, that the trade of this part of China has long been accustomed to flew through other chan nels, that the island of Hong-Kong has no natural productions, or consumers of imports, beyond the mere wants of the colonists themselves, and is even dependent for its daily supply of food on the main land; and that a place so circumstanced, especially in a Country like China, proverbially averse to sudden change, tan only be expected very gradually to acquire a trade by facilities and encouragement, instead of being subject to ceaseless and heavy taxation, charges from which elaces in its vicinity are moreover exempt. " We trust, therefore, we shall not be deemed presumptuous In submitting to her Majesty's Government our urgent entreaty that they will be pleased to direct the abolition of the opium farm, auction duties, and other harassing taxation recently imposed, which have already had the effect of deterring many Chinese from settling in the place, and driven away several who were already established ; and been, in fact, utterly destructive of our incipient trade. If this be not conceded, many of the European residents will also be compelled to quit a place totally without commerce, but more heavily taxed, in ground-rents alone, than any other part of China, and remove to those ports where the trade is actually carried on, abandoning properties en which many have expended their whole fortunes. " We further venture to Suggest that the system adopted in other colonies may reasonably be extended to this distant settlement; and that it is hoped Government will be pleased to authorise the formation of a municipal body, vested with the usual power of deciding an the appropriation of the moneys raised for local pur poses• " We cannot, in conclusion, refrain from urging, that such a setelement as Hong.Knng was never actually required by the British asierchants; and that it has become even less so since the opening of the five Chinese pros, where the foreign residents are free from all taxation, and where the rent of land and houses is generally very moderate. " We submit, therefore, that it will be found as inexpedient in principle, as under existing circumstances we consider it would be unjust in practice, to call on the civil part of the community for any large proportion of the expenses of a colony which is held rather as a milkary and naval station, giving Great Britain the command of these seas, and as the residence of a few merchants occupied in extending British commerce along the coast of China, and keeping up an active correspondence with the rest of the world, than a place which, under any circumstances, can be expected to possess an extensive trade, or afford any considerable revenue to wards the payment of its own expenses.—We have the honour to b e, m y Lord, your Lordship's most obedient and humble servants, " JARDINE, MATHESON, and Co. " DENT and Ca. " MACVICAR and Co. " FOX, RAWSON, and Co. " TURNER and Co, " LINDSAY and Co. " GIBS, LIVINGSTON, and Co. " JAMIESON, HOW, and Co. " W. and T. GEMMELL and Co. " FLETCHER and Co. (Per pro.) " MURROW and Co. " CHARLES W. MURRAY. " R. OSWALD and Co. " THOMAS RIPLEY and Co. " DIROM, GRAY, and Co. " HOLLIDAY WISE, and Co. " ROBERT STRACHAN. " JOHN CARR. " HIIGHESDON and Co. " GEORGE R. BARTON, M.D. " N. DUUS. " BURR, LANGE, and Co. " JOHN CAIRNS. " HENRY HOLGATE. " M. FORD and Co. " L. JUST, Sen. " L. JUST, Jun. " D. LAPRAIK. " J. D. PORTER. " GEORGE DUDDELL. " J. PALMER. !CHARLES W. BOWRA. " SAMUEL JOHN COOKE. " Victoria, August 13, 1845." "SALE OF LANDS ON HONG-HONQ ISLAND,. " Macao, June 7,184 f. Gentlemen, —Having had under my consideration the particu. lan of the first sales of lots in Hong. Kong on the 14th inst., am of opinion that I shall be consulting the best interests of the sits. THE blishment in making immediate public declaration of my purpose to move her Majesty's Government either to pass the lands in fee simple for one or two years' purchase at the late rates, or to charge them in future with no more than a nominal quit-rent, if that tenure continues to obtain. " My own object respecting the disposal of land- pending the pleasure of her Majesty's Government was to secure to firms and all other persona (British or foreigners) having permanent interests in the country, sufficient space for their necessities, at oderate rates, with as little competition as might enable parties to accommodate themselves according to their respective wants ; I feel assured, upon attentive reflection, that steady adherence to this rule will be found mliit conducive to the well understood interests of the establish mOilt, and to the fair claims of persons upon the spot; parties falling within the description I have specified, not yet supplied wig) . lots, will sown be in a situation to accommodate themselves. g' May I request you, gentlemen, to circulate this letter ? " I have the honour to be, " Your most obedient humble servant, "CHARLES ELLIOT, " Chief Superintendent,charged with the Government of Hong-Kong. " To Messrs. Jardine, Matheson, and Co., and Dent and Co." "To MESSRS. JARDINE, MATHESON, ♦ND CO., DENT AND CO., MACYICAR AND CO., &c. " Colonial-office, Victoria, Hong-Kong, Aug. 25. " Gentlemen,—l am directed by his Exeellency the Governor to acknowledge the receipt, on the 23d inst., of your letter dated the 13th, inclosing a memorial to Lord Stanley, and to inform you that the said memorial shall be duly forwarded to his Lordship, ac cording to your wish. " In the perusal of this paper several obser►ations have occurred to the Governor and Council, which they consider the present a convenient occasion slightly to notice. " His Excellency's predecessor, Sir Henry Pottinger, in con sequence of complaints against the high land rents, similar to those urged In the present address to Lord Stanley, appointed a board of officers to value the lots disposed of at the early sales, with the provision, that should any individual deem his lot over. valued by the board, he should be at liberty to hold it at the ave rage rate at which similarly situated lots might be disposed of at the approaching public sale. This sale took place not long after wards. The minimum price affixed to the lots was the same as that placed on similar lots previously granted; and the result was, that while the upset price of the lands amounted to 1,3001., they were sold by auction for a rental of 2,0001., proving that the former rates had not been unfair. " The lots disposed of at the latest sales, with the full know ledge of the terms of existing leases, have continued to average as high as at the preceding ones. Lord Stanley remarks in a recent dispatch, that 'it would be difficult, as Sir Henry Pottinger has observed, to apply any better test of value than sale in a fair and open market.' " With all the alleged discouragements and disadvantages, the building of substantial private houses has continued uninterrupted until the present year deprived Macao of its remaining English merchants. If rents are now reduced to nothing at that place, this must arise chiefly from its desertion, as at Canton the rents and prices at that principal seat of the Chinese trade are noto riously exorbitant, and it is impossible to conjecture what they would have been, but for the outlet and the advantages afforded to the merchants of warehousing their goods in a British colony. "The memorial states, that in a place nominally declared to be a free port, every description of commerce or trade is a subject of taxation or source of revenue.' The answer to this is the well known fact, that not a single customs duty is levied on the im port or export of a single article of commerce or consumption— ne package is inspected by a Government officer in either landing or shipping—no custom-house whatever is in existence; and, although advised by her Majesty's Gevernment to levy a small tonnage duty to pay the harbour expenses, his Excellency the Governor has disobeyed his instructions rather than interfere with the freedom of the port by imposing even 6d. a ton, when the harbour dues at the five ports and at Macao are about 35. " No Import duty whatever has yet been levied on even wines or spirits—a productive source of revenue in other colonies. It would be difficult to show that any direct tax whatever (unless land rent be so termed) has been paid by the English portion of the community. While an income-tax of 3 per cent, is paid by the civil, military, and naval officers of the Government, in common with their fellow-subjects in England, nothing of the kind is known to the richest colonist of Hong Kong. It seems unfair and par tial, after the resources of the mother country have been profusely expended in protecting the persons, and extending the markets, of its mercantile subjects in China, that the greater part of the future civil expenses of this colony should fall on the British pub. lic, as an exception to most other colonies. " The alleged absence of progress in the trade and population of Hong-Kong can only be judged of by an appeal to facts. The bar bour-master'i official return shows that the European tonnage of the half-year ending the 3lth of June last was 62,264, while in the previous corresponding half-year it was only 49,371. It has been admitted even by those opposed to the Government, that a growing native trade in junks has commenced in spite of the 13th article of the supplementaiy treaty. Mr. Gutzlaff reports that 120,000 pieces of cotton goods have been taken away by 13 junks in this year. " It is little more than a twelvemonth since life and property were constantly endangered by the nocturnal attacks of banditti, and 12,000 rupees of Government money carried off by force, the soldiers who guarded it being murdered. A strong and effective police, and the rigorous execution of the laws, have put an end to this, and the consequences are seen in the increased numbers and respectability of the Chinese population. The rapid rise of good native shops in different parts of the town is visible to all, and at the same time only one of the proofs which the Government pos sesses of an increase and improvement which mere allegations can not unsubstantiate. " A rent of just 1,0001. per annum is at present paid for an in different house, which did not cost double that sum in building. The daily and Increasing growth of dwellings on all sides, each sur passing the other in accommodation, must certainly tend to depre ciate such property as this. It is much better that it should, being the natural result of that law by which supply increases with de mand, and price diminishes with supply, until all has reached a more permanent level. " With regard to the opium and the smaller licensed farms, which (with the exception of Crown rents) form at present the chief sources of revenue, these have been strictly adopted in their details from Singapore—a place generally quoted as a model of free-trade prosperity. " His Excellency the Governor and the Legislative Council will be happy to carry out any alteration which her Majesty's Govern ment may please to prescribe, as to the mode of levying the police rate. As the present ordinance was drawn up with the assistance and advice of the colonial law.officers, itj may be presumed to be sufficiently correct as a mere legal measure. In reply to the ob jection, that Government assessors are empowered arbitrarily to value all household property, it must not be forgotten that there is an appeal open to those who deem themselves over-rated. The moderation of theassessment (whatever the mode may be) is best proved by the deduction of 40 per cent. from the gross annual value, in consideration of the exorbitant rents at present paid for houses. The same is to be inferred from the total estimated collection of not more than one.third of the actual expense of the police force— a body whose efficiency has been generally admitted, and whose protection few are unwilling to enjoy. " It may be presumed, that if the colonial community were to be charged with the management of the police, it would be re quired to provide for its entire outlay, and in this manner the Go vernment would have both less trouble and less expense. " His Excellency the Governor and the Executive Council, for the reasons above stated at length, and because the preparatory measures have already taken much time, see objections to sus pending Ordinance No. 2,; and they therefore regret that in this respect it is out of their power to meet the wishes of the sub scribers to the memorial. " I have the honour to be, kc., " W. CAINE, Officiating Colonial Secretary." " THE HON. MAJOII W. CAINE, OFFICIATING COLONIAL &CHB. TAR?. " Sir,—We are directed by the parties who signed the memorial forwarded through his Excellency the Governor on the 13th inst., to transmit the following reply to the remarks contained in your letter of the 25th inst. " The reasoning by which it is attempted to show that the high rents in Hong-Kong have been voluntarily paid, we conceive to be entirely fallacious. The facts connected with the early sales of land have been already adverted to in the memorial. We may, however, observe, in further explanation, that in June, 1841, when the first sale was held, 100 lots having water frontage, and 100 suburban lots were advertised for sale; but, owing to the very unfortunate selection of the site of the new town—a matter in which the merchants had no voice—sufficient available ground could be found to admit of only fifty lots being put up, and great competition was the natural consequence. As no money was paid, or penalty, beyond forfeiture of the land, incurred by nen.comple_ tion of the purchase, it is not a matter of surprise that when a number of lets, insufficient for one-third of the intended buyers, were brought is sale, the biddings should have been unsually high ; but as her Majesty's Plenipotentiary found that these nominally enormous rents were deterring patties from building, he considered it expedient to give the assurance contained in hie letter annexed to our memorial. " Neither under Captain Elliot's administration, nor under that of his successor (Sir Henry Pottinger), were any rents at first claimed, or leases published ; and it was only after the holders of land had been induced, by a variety of promises and encourage ment to expend large sums of money in buildings, that it was found the Government intended to adhere to the scale of rent first paid, and to repudiate Captain Elliot's other engagements. " In the later sales held in the time of Slr Henry Pottinger, still more limited quantities of eligible land—we allude more par ticularly to water frontage, a situation almost indispensable for a mercantile house—were brought forward ; and as at that time it was well known the greater number of the British merchants had made arrangements, rendering their removal to Hong-Kong una voidable, it is not surprising that the false standard originally esta blished should have continued to obtain. " But, of the purchases made at that sale, you, Sir, must be well aware that many of the lots remain unoccupied, and are likely to continue so, as the Government have, we believe, no security under which they can enforce the completion of the agreements. " When the memorialists stated, that the ground-rent alone in Hong-Kong exceeds the house-tent, and all charges attendant on the occupation of a residence in Macao or Canton, they did not allude to the existing rates paid in Macao, which are unusually low, but to what were generally paid three and four years ago, prior to their removal to Hong-Kong. " If the rent of houses in Canton, since the destruction of half the foreign factories by fire, has temporarily been higher than it was prior to that event, the circumstance is easily ex plained by the statement, that Sir Henry Pottinger, with the view, it is presumed (indeed, it was at one time openly avowed), of forcing the British merchants to Hong-Kong, studiously neglected to provide by treaty for any extension of the ground allotted to the foreign community in Canton, or indeed for adequate facilities being afforded to build on the space they formerly occupied. Many months were, indeed, allowed to elapse after the retirement of Sir Henry Pottinger, before any steps were taken by his suc cessor to remedy this grave evil ; and even at this moment her Majesty's Consul is residing in a hong merchant's warehouse in Canton. " There cannot be a stronger proof that the high rents and generally unsatisfactory state of the colony deter others from set. tling here, than the fact, that the Americans and all other foreigners remain in Canton and Macao, notwithstanding all the boasted advantages of Hong-Kong as a free pert. " That a particular house was under very peculiar circumstances rented for 1,0001. a year, may be very true, and that in a place where for three years the strange anomaly appeared of a Govern ment offering every inducement to the merchants to commence building, but delaying even the commencement of barracks for their officers to an extent that rendered it at one time a question whether they should not be billeted on the public, is equally the fact ; but that when Government buildings sufficient to accommo date their establishment are finished, the rent of houses will be sufficient to pay an interest on the money expended on them, Is an expectation which the most sanguine proprietors cannot entertain, while the present system continues in force. " The substantial buildings to which your letter refers were most or all of them commenced many months, and some even two years since; but, although Hong-Kong has been nearly four years in existence, the commencement of new houses of any magnitude can nowhere be seen—a state of matters, we believe, without a parallel in the history of the British colonies. " While the place continues the seat of Government and the bead-quarters of steam communication, many English mercantile houses may find it necessary to keep up establishmeats here, and a small Chinese population will remain with them ; but when the present Government and other buildings, long since commenced, are finished, a large proportion of the present inhabitants must emi grate from a place where, from the absence of trade, they can have no occupation; while the continuance of oppressive taxation will be but too certain to prevent an increase of property or popu lation of any kind. " We are unable to admit the force of the remarks of his Ex cellency in Council, by which it Is endeavoured to justify the opium and other, licensed Arms, • bmwse the lame system is in SUN I LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVEN existence at Singapore.' It is difficult, we conceive, to find two places whose situation is more dissimilar in ev i ery respect. DIRECT EAST and WEST LYTNCTION RAILWAY. " Singapore is a place where rent of land is remarkably mode- I 38, MoorgAte-streat. rate; it is the emporium of an importa n t and valuable trade, with a The Acting Committee of the above railway beg to inform the i p l ub . - lic that the Deed will Lie for Signature at tithe Compan3' f • .ntil large and comparatively wealthy population. Hong-Kong, on the other hand, i 3 already taxed in ground-rents alone higher than any MONDAY, the 10th inst., after which, it will proceed to the ollir.ving places, as under, where the Banker's Receipt may be exchanged for colony in the world ;it has no trade at all, and is the mere place Scrip, between the hours of Eleven and Three : of residence of Government and its officers, with a few British Bristol—At the Swan Hotel, on Tuesday, the 11th Nov. merchants, and a very scanty and poor Chinese p o p ulation. Worcester—At the Crown , on Wednesda y , the 12th Nov'. Birmingham—At the Stork, on Thursday, the 13th Nov. " When Hong-Kong is as able to bear taxation as Singapore, It Manchester—At the Allmon, on Friday, the 14th Nov. may, in our humble judgment, be still a question, whether the Liverpool—At the Adelphl, on Saturday, the 15th Nov. heavy ground-rents ought not to exempt the Inhabitants from Glasgow—At the London Hotel, on Wednesday, the 19th Nov. further payments; but whatever may eventually be considered ex. Edinburgh—At the London Hotel, on Thursday, the 20th Nov. pedient, we would wish to impress upon the Government our belief Leeds—At the Scarborough Hotel 0. D. , on SatMATHIAS urday, the 21st Nov. that oppressive burdens laid on an in fant trade, and on a new By order, ,S. colony, situated as Hong-Kong now is, must inevitably be not only unjust to the early settlers, but ultimately fatal to the settlement itself. " We are bound, as merchants, to speak with diffidence on points of law where we find our views at variance with those of the colonial law officers : but we roust still adhere to our opinion, and re.assert our conviction, that Ordinance No. 2 is alike uncon stitutional and illegal. " We quite concur with his Excellency in the wisdom of his having refused to levy a small tonnage duty in Hong-Kong, for as most of the business transacted in this harbour consists in the mere transhipment of goods tram one vessel to another, we are satisfied I that any attempt to enforce such a charge would merely have had the effect of driving the ships to one of the adjacent anchorages without the limits of the port. " We also fully concur in the sound policy which has exempted wine, beer, and spirits from duty, inasmuch as any revenue which could have beets derived from the limited consumption in so small a community could not have been expected to pay the expense of collection. " That the civil, naval, and military servants of Government are subject to the payment of 8 per cent. as an income-tax in Hong- Kong, from which the merchants are exempt, we submit does not apply to this as a colonial question, for they are equally liable to that tax at other places, and even on the high seas. " It remains for us to notice the remarks of his Excellency in Council on what is termed the trade of Hong. Kong. " The reported increase in tonnage we cannot consider any proof of extended trade, for it shows nothing more than the number of ships that have anchored in Hong-Kong Bay en their way to other ports. " All, or nearly all, the cotton ships from India have stopped a few hours at Hong-Kong before proceeding to Canton, but not a single bale of their cargoes has been landed or sold here; and the same remark may generally apply to the ships from England, but it would be as erroneous to infer from the number of inward vessels, that there is an increase of trade, or indeed that there is any trade at all, as to suppose, because all the English tea-laden ships from Canton call here for their dispatches, that Hong-Kong is the centre of the tea trade. " With regard to the report of Mr. Gutzlaff, that ' 120,000 pieces of cotton goods have been taken away by 13 junks this year,' we are not prepared to deny that this officer may have access to sources of information of which we are deprived; but we submit that some doubt may be entertained of the authenticity of mercantile statements, which appear to have eluded the ob servation of the whole mercantile community. We are quite satisfied Mr. Gutzlaff must have been convinced that such a trade really existed, but as we cannot find that his information has been derived from any of the British merchants, we are apprehensive that he has relied on the reports of the Chinese junk people—a class by no moans remarkable for strict adherence to correctness in , questions of statistical detail. " Supposing, however, the reports to be correct, it by no means follows that such deliveries of cotton cloths can be deemed part of the trade of Hong-Kong, for nothing is of more common occur rence than for the junk-owners to purchase goods in Canton, deliverable outside the port, at Macao, Hong-Kong, or elsewhere; and if this place did not exist, the business would be carried on at any other convenient anchorage. " Giving, however, the fullest measure of credit, both to Mr. Gutzlaff's informants, and the inference that his Excellency in Council appears to deduce from the report, we venture to remark, that if, after four years' occupation of the colony, the only trade which can be found to exist, after apparently the most diligent in quiry, is an export of 120,000 pieces of cloths, in a place pos. leasing all the advantages of a free port, so pointedly enumerated in your letter now under reply, there is yet scarcely sufficient business transacted, or likely soon to be transacted, in the colony, as to justify heavy taxation. " The following tabular statement, taken from official returns, will show the position of the question more accurately, assuming (what as above stated, we do not think it would be correct to admit) that the 120,000 pieces of cotton cloths belong to the trade of this place. Nov. 3, 1845. YME REGIS and TAUNTON RAILWAY, _ILA and LYME REGIS HARBOUR IMPROVEMENT COM PANY. The Committee of Management of the above Company have de termined to require from the parties towhom shares may be allotted the immediate payment of a deposit of 21. per share only, being the amount allowed by the Act of Parliament to be taken beyond the amount required by the standing orders to be deposited in the name of the Accountant-General of the Court of Chancery. The remain ing deposit of 21. per share will not be required before the month of January, and will not then be required unless the Company arc in a position to proceed to Parliament in the ensuing session. No Applications for Shares will be received after the 10th instant from parties residing in London, nor after the 13th instant from parties residing in tine country. By order, JOHN CHAMP, Secretary. 23, Finsbury-place North, Nov. 4, 1845. MANCHESTER AND SOUTHAMPTON RAILWAY. The Committee of Management have the gratification of announc ing that a mutually satisfactory arrangement has been concluded with the Most Noble the Marquis of Ailesbury, of Tottenham Park, Wilts, through whose domain their line is intended to run for a dis tance of nearly fifteen miles, by virtue of which his Lordship's sanction and support are secured to the undertaking ; and the Earl Bruce joins the Managing Direction, and gives his valuable aid in promotion of the railway. The Committee have further to announce that an agreement has been entered into (and has been confirmed by a special meeting of its proprietors) for purchase of the entire line of canal running from Redbridge, by Romsey and Stockbridge, to Andover, a distance of abent twenty-five miles; thereby securing (subject to the sanction of Parliament) another important portion of the ground to be tra versed by their line, and materially facilitating its construction. The Committee take this opportunity of stating that the deposits upon shares have been fully paid, that the survey of the line from Cheltenham to Southampton will be completed this week, that as to a considerable portion of their line to Poole the survey will also be complete within a few days, and the remainder in full time for the requisite Parliamentary deposits. As regards the portion of line between Salisbury and Poole, the Committee have concluded a friendly arrangement with the London, Salisbury, and Yeovil Junction Company, for their participation, to a limited extent, in that line. JAMES WALKINSHAW, Deputy-Chairman. JOHN WHEELER, Secretary. 19, Great George-street, Westminster, Tuesday, Nov. 4, 1845. NORTHERI.O RAILWAY of FRANCE. (DECCAN LEBEUF'S COMPANY.) Shareholders are urgently requested to present their Certificates at this office between the hours of Ten and Three, before the Bth inst., in order to receive a further return of 2/. per share, and to sign the re quired transfer, for the purpose of procuring the shares of the consti tuted Company. After the above date, Shareholders may be sub jected to unavoidable delay in completing the transfer. By order, ' - EDWARD FILDER, Secretary. T, Tokenhoue-yard, London, Nor. 1, 1845. PRESTON AND WYRE RAILWAY HAR BOUR AND DOCK COMPANY. Final notice of Registration of Scrip for the half-shares of 21. 108. each. No Scrip can be received for Registration after MONDAY, the 10th November, 1845. Holders of Scrip are requested to forward the same without delay to the Company's Offices, Flteewood, together with their names at fall length, and address. By order, H. BAZETT JONES, Secretary, Company's Offices, Fleetwood, 31st October, 1845. EXETER, YEOVIL, and DORCHESTER RAILWAY. .Notice is hereby given that, in consequence of important and most favourable negotiations connected with the welfare of this under taking, the GENERAL MEETING of SHAREHOLDERS, adver tised to be held on Thursday, the Gth day of November instant, is POSTPONED till THURSDAY, the 27th instant, to be then held at the Royal Subscription-rooms, Exeter, at One o'clock. The Committee have muck pleasure In announcing the following addition to the Provisional Committee : _ . ' INN:MT-TR kDE " Canton, for the year 1844—tonnage, 83,679 tons; value, 3,883,8281. " Shanghai, for the half.year ending June 30, 1845 —tonnage, 6,578 tons; value, 442,7571. " Hong. Kong, half-year ending June 30, 1544—tonnage, 62,264. . _ - -- The Hon. Hon.ltightcelG George eVlsgeeoLteDhr M.P.catManchester on, M.P. Directors of the The and James Walkinahaw, Esq. Southampton Henry Tootal, Esq. Railway. . . By order of the Committee, JOHN CLENCH, Secretary, Dated Exeter, 13, Bedford-circus, November 3, 1845. " YEAR'S TRADE. " 120,000 pieces of sloth, say at 10s., 60,0001. " In conclusion, while expressing our sense of the courtesy of bis Excellency in Council, in furnishing us with the remarks in question on our memorial, we cannot but again lament that the existing Government appears resolved to disregard the deliberate opinions of the whole mercantile community, and sacrifice to a fallacious appearance of present prosperity the just claims of the colonists and the real intererts of the settlement,--We have the honour to be, Sir, your most obedient servants, " A. MATHESON, " GEORGE T. BRAINE, Coramittee. " GILBERT SMITH, " CRAFORD KEER, " Victoria, Aug. 29, 1845." -- Sir George Murray is so far recovered from his late severe &au:natio attack, that he was able to attend to official duties yesterday, in the Ordnance department. - - LEICESTER, MELTON MOWBRAY, and BOSTON DIRECT UNION RAILWAY. (Provisionally Registered.) Capital 460,0001., in 20,000 Shares of 2SI. eaeb. Deposit 21. Is. per Share. TROTISIONAL COMMIT'TRZ. John Myth, Esq. Alderegate-street, Lendoia, direebor of the Lime rick and Belfast Union Railway Samuel Buxton, Esq. Bangley-house, sitar Tarnwerth, director of the Walsall, Wolverhampton, and Direct Norwich Railway Richard Carpenter, Esq. Linden, Deputy-Lieatenaat for the •ounty of Middlesex, T!ce-Chairman of the London and Birmingham Ex tension, director if the Leicester and Bedford Railway, &c. Sir James Duke, M.P. director of the Ambergate, Nettiagharm aid Boston, and Eastern Junction Railway Peter Henry FLU* Esq. London, director of the ITettiagbait aid Peterborough Railway Thomas Elan, Esq. Grantham Robert Forman, Esq. Abbott's-hill, Derby, director : if the Team and Dove Talley Railway, lac. &c. Warren btormes Hale, Esq. Gresham-street, director of the Oxibrd and Worcester Extension Railway S. Harwood, Esq. Bradley-hall. Derbyshire Stephen James Hobson, Eeq. Leicester, director of the Walsall, Wol verhampton, and Direct Norwich Railway Captain liulme, Exeter, director of the Taw Yale Extension &c. John Inglis Jerdein, Esq. Piccadilly, London, director if the Great Manchester, Rugby, and Southampton Railway Charles Millar, Esq. Grantham E. Monk, Esq. the Park, Nottingham, direetor if the Nottingham, Mansfield, aid Midlands Railway, &c. Peter Morrison, Esq. London, director of the Rirminghane ixtenelms Railway, &c. Thomas North, Bag. the mayor of 'Nottingham Major-General Parlby, C.B. lb, Rutland-gate, Hyde-park Alfred Pickwoad, Esq. Bridpert, Dorset, director of the Leeds aid Carlisle Railway William Pritchard, Esq. Doctors'-commons, director et the Direct London and Hastings Railway James Reeves, Esq. Leyton, Essex, director if the Oxford and Wor cester Extension Railway Benjamin William Spurgeon, Esq. Derby William Walkington, Esq. Alderman, Grantham David Wheatcrolt, Esq. Buckland Hollow, near Alfretes, director of the Rugby, Derby, and Manchester Railway James Whiskin, Esq. London, director of the Croydon Railway Thomas Wise, Esq. Boston Jelin Rawson, Esq. mayor if Boston, director of the Imbergate Nottingham, and Boston Railway John Oldrid, Esq, magistrate, Boston, director of the Arabergate, Nottingham, and Boston Railway (With power to aid to their number). BANKERS. Londen—Messrs. Masterman and Co. Leicester and Melton Mowbray—Paree' Leieesterskire Basking Company Boston—Messrs. Gartt and Co., and Messrs. Gee and Co. Nottingham—Moore and Robinson's Nottinghamshire Banking Com pany Grantham--Mesers. Hardy, Walkingharn, and /lardy. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Potter and Collingridge, b, Basinghall-street, London. John Edward Lawton, Esq. Leicester PARLIAMENTARY .4kGENTS — Messrs. Cameron and Bali, Is, Par llament-etreet. LOCAL ASSENTS. Nottingham-1. Cann, Esq. Grantham—Robert MenryJehnsoi, ; and Koury Tkenapson, Baq Boston—B. S. Simpson, Esq. ENSINBIIt. ACTIN* ENGINIMR—Rickard C. Carpaater, Esq. iECASTARY—Iii. Jones, Esq. The port et Bosto n affords the readiest outlet for exports hem the manufacturing districts to the north of Europe, and the importance of direct communication from the midland counties to a place se ad vantageously sitaate cannot lie ever-estimated. Leicester has, or shortly will Stave, direst communication with Birmingham, and all the other important tewis I. the midland district. The Midland Railway Company is extending the ceramunicatiea to Mellon Mowbray, by means of its branch from tiystoa to Peter borough, which passes throegh that place. There is also a complete line of railway about to be established from Nottingham, tkraugh Grantham and Felkingliam, to Reston, as well as to Spalding, Wis beach, Lying Tarnteath, an other important towns is the eastern counties. vv The Leicester, Melton Mowbray, and Bostos Direct Unica. Rail way, by forming a line from Melton Mowbray to Folkinghars, will supply the only link wanting to complete a direct through communi cation from Birmingham, Warwick, Worcester, Coventry, and the manufacturing districts generally, to Boston, as well as by meals of existing and projected railways from Wales and the Bristol Channel, to that seaport. The length of the proposed line will sot exceed twenty-eix miles ; and as it will pass through a country ♦ery favourable for engineer ing purposes, the expense of construction will, it is expected, be less than the usual average. The admirable position of this railway can not fail, it is confidently expected, to command a large return, both is passengers and in goods traffic. The Company will be in a sitaatios to deposit the Parliamentary plans and sections in ample time for complying with the standing orders, and enabling them to apply for their ♦ct is the ensuing session. Applications for shares to be addressed to the solicitors, Messrs. Potter and Collingridge, No. 4, Basinghall-street Lceidou ; to the Local Agents ; and the following sharebrokers : Leicester—Messrs. 'Williams and Sunderland Lendoa—Messrs. Taunton and Bush, Aistis-friars Derby—Messrs. Forman, j an. and Williams Nottingham---Messrs. Peet, Son, and Potter Birraleghara—Mr. J. R. Lane Liverpool—Messrs. Samuel Woods and Co. Manchester—Messrs Bradley, Johnson, and Walker Leeds—Messrs. R. B. Watson, Tootal, and Barff ; and Mr. J. Slunk, 57, Albion-street Mull—Messrs. Wilkinson and Earl. Bristol—Messrs. Sohmes and Tripp Leamin g thi l Messrs. White and San Warwick Manley—Mr. William Albert Haddersfield—Messrs. Dyson and Jones Bradford—Messrs smith and Minton Blackburn—Mr. Thos. Boardman Worcester—Mr. Wm. Miles Colchester—Mr. John Wright Carr Cheltenham—Messrs. Hall, Brothers, sad Co. Gloucester—Mr. J. N. Balrae Macclestlelol—Mr. It. E. Hine Bath—Mr. ft. P. Lemon Norwich—Mr. C. S. Gillmax Edinburgh—Messrs. Robertson and Co. Glasgow—Messrs. Tassie and Co. Exeter—Mr. T. Sanford Plymouth—Messrs. Hopwood and Palmer. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Provisional Committee of the Leicester, Melton Mowbray and Boston Direct Union Railway. Gentlemen,—l request that you will allot to nie shares of 201. each in the capital of this Company ; and I undertake to accept the same, and pay the deposit thereon, or upon any less number that may be allotted to me; and I else undertake to execute the Sub scribers' Agreement and Parliamentary Contract when required. Name (in fu11)...• • • • • • • • • •• • • Residence ••••••••• • •• •• •• Profession er Calling •.. • • • • ...... Referee...................• Iddress ef Referee .. •• •••••••• • • • • • • I 4 EICESTER, MELTON MOWBRAY, AND BOSTON DIRECT UNION RAILWAY. (Provisionally Registered.) Offices, 5, Dasingliall-street. Capital 400,000/., in 20,000 Shares of 2M. auk. Deposit 21. 2s. per Share. o lt i tticktkos tar Skates ggs I#e received after TAMEADAX, like Gth N When tin Ileb rri.o It dosed for alletaasatt. POTTER and coLLmexmoz. 5 i Ba>sil>~hall - ttrect , Oct 30,1845. PETERBOROUGH and NOTTINGHAM JUNCTION RAILWAY. In compliance with letters and personal applications to the Secre tary, the Directors have this day resolved to extend the time for the payment of deposits on shares allotted to SATURDAY, the 15th of November inst., and the bankers are instructed accordingly. The Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement will con tinue to Lie for Signature, until further notice, at No. 25, Poultry, Cheapside. The Directors are authorised by their solicitors to state that the books of reference will be finished by the early part of the ensuing week, and everything which the standing orders require to be ac complished by the 30th histant will thereupon be completed. lty order, TOHMAS CROMWELL, Secretary. Company's Offices, 1, Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall-street, Nov. 4, 1645. l I E ED S AND CARLISLE RAILWAY COMPANY. Notice is hereby given, that the SUBSCRIPTION and CON TRACT DEEDS of this Company will LIE for SIGNATURE at the places and on the days and hours hereunder enumerated : Hull—At the Victoria Hotel, on Friday, the 7th of November, be tween the hours of Eleven and Four. Leeds—At the Royal Hotel, on Saturday and Monday, the Bth and 10th of November, between the hours of Eleven and Four. Darlington—At the offices of G. Allison, Esq. solicitor, on Tuesday, the 11th day of November, between the hours of Eleven and Four. Newcastle -upon-Tyne—At the Queen's Head Hotel, on Wednesday, the 12th of November, between the hours of Eleven and Four. C ar lisle—At the Bush Hotel, on Thursday, the 13th of November, b e tween the hours of Eleven and Four. Gl a sgow—At Carrick's Royal Hotel, on Frid a y an d S a t u rday, the 14th and 15th of November, between, the hours of Eleven and Four. Edi n b ur gh—At the Royal Hotel, on M on d ay, t h e 1 7 t h o f Nevem ber, between the hours of Eleven and Four. Liverpool —A t t the hourshe Bristol—At the Bush Hotel, on Friday, the 21 s t o f N ove mber, be of A E d l eelypehn and Four. i ' on Wednesday, the 19th of November, between tween the hours of Eleven and Three. Exeter—At the New London Hotel, on Monday, the 24th of Nom vember, between the hours of Eleven and Four. By order of the Committee of Management, CHARLES LOCOCK WEBB, Secretary. Gresham-rooms, Basinghall-street, London, Oct. 30, 1845. (TIIE TRENT LINE.) GA INSBOROUGH, NEWARK, AND NOT TINGIIAM RAILWAY. At a full meeting o f the Provisional Co mmittee (convened by cir cular), held at the Geor g e the Fourth Inn, Nottingham, November 3d, 1845, —cEnq. the Chair, W g Committee be received and continued. 11. That the ac tin g Committee of the Di rection consist of the fol lowingl. gentlemen : The Hon. H. F. Berkeley, M.P. London • Sir James E. Anderson, London The Mayor of Newark William Sharpe, Esq. Scarthing Moors-house Emanuel Hewitt, Esq. Farnsfleld Samuel Bean, Esq. Nottingham William Vickers, Esq. No Jaco b Monteflore, Esq. London Isa i a h Dunks, Esq, Nottingham Charles Edmund Green, Esq. Lond on W. A. fill, Esq. London James Morley, Esq. Basford-hall John Bradley, Esq. Nottingham F. S. Alliott, Esq. Nottingham Samuel 31orley, Esq. Nottingham William Patterson, Esq. Burton Joyce, Notts Richard D. Fretwell, Esq. Ganothcor__lg., R o bert Pintlar Moxon, Esq. Gainsborough 'lt William Jerrems, sem Esq. Southohn-house, Gainsborough. regres', and that the C om p an y w ill be en 111. That G. P. Pill, Esq. London ; J. T. Sand ers, E sq . L on don ; e tiv p e l a/ P ie and sections in ampl e ti me to com ply w ith and Arthur Wells, Esq. Nott in gham, be appointed Solicitors to the Company. 8 0 al to be enabled to apply for an Act in the en- Th e Committee have pleasure in annou nc i ng that the Surveys of t sta l lub d i sdg L t, a l it n ean e sddsi a le, e, r pgi e al .ao i in active taehrc SOUTH WALES RAIL -4,Z OUTH WALES RAILWAY, HAVER- Registered.) FORDWEST, and MILFORD JUNCTION RAILWAY. ( Provisionally Registered.) Capital, 200,000/., in i ;O ETß: oo aC O no S d3 h i st i r ., e i s N o y f 201.. each. Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share. The TENBY, SAUDylaltiSat' (Provisionally Bart.. M.P Capital 250,000/., in 12,500 Shares of 201. each. Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share. COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT. Chairman—Sir Ri pi ch e a to rd . Summers Hanford, Esq. Cold Blow , Esq. director of the South Midland John Lawrie, Esq. Charles-street, St. James's, director of the London Edward Harrison Barwell, ' a rl s I l e , - !, e Y l . ell:nilbl Pembrokeshireir: o P k P e s s hire Philippa, . and Croydon Railway. Railway W. P. Andrew, Esq. I directors of the Welsh South Midland Geo. Lawton, Esq. Railway eilpllekrr, let Thomas Stokes, Esq. Hean Castle , Saundersfoot, pro p rietor of the lican Castle Collieries John Longbeurne, Esq. Bonv il l es -court, Saundersfoot, lessee of the K t :se n e C of vni the Lewis Pocock, Esq. Begelly, Pembrokeshire, and Gloucester-road, Iggeentt ty,s,..ar ix eanßdeLgeolwiyer: Level Collieries Bushmure, and Spaderlang Collieries Charles Ranken Vickerman, Esq. Saundersfoot Morgan Hughes, Esq. Thomas Chapel, Saundersfoot, lessee of the Thomas Chapel and Hackett Collieries Charles Ranken, Esq. director of the Saundersfoot Railway J. M. Kee, Esq. merchant, Liverpool. This first-named project undertaken with the sanction and in con nexion with the South Wales Railway Company, has for its object to connect the well-known harbour of Milford Haven with Haver fordwest, and both with the South Wales Railway at Fenty Park Mill, and by Means of the northern branch of that railway with the midland counties and the north of England, and by the other branch with the southern counties and London ; thus for the first time realising all the advantages of the finest harbour in this country. The second-named project is also undertaken with the sanction of and with the promise of every assistance from, the South Wales Railway Company, and will connect the romantic watering-place of Tenby and the harbour of Saundersfoot with the South Wales Rail way Company at or near Reynalton, and by means of that railway wills Bristol, Gloucester, London, and the whole of England. The line passes through the very centre of an anthracite coal-field of the best quality, and the imm e diate neighbourhood of the line abounds with the very best deserp,tion of ironstone and limestone, which, by means of this line, may be conveyed to any part of England. Notice of the intention to apply to parliament in plans, the ensuing ses sion is already publish e d i n the " G a zette," all sections, or necessary documents will be deposited, as required by the standing orders, before the 30th instant. The Directors have also much sa tisfaction in stating that most advantageous arrangements have been concluded with the Saundersfoot Railway and Harbour Company for the purchase of their line and works, which will considerably lessen the cost of this undertaking remo ve all Parliamentary opposition, and secure a return o n th e ca ' pital immediately on the Act being ob tained. For further particulars the public is referred to prospectuses of the Company, which may be obtained of the solicitors and local agents ; and of Messrs. It. W. Hitchies and Harrison, Threadneedle-street, London ; Messrs. Wreford and Co., Bristol ; Beaumont and Lang. worthy, Exeter; J. Woods, jun., Liverpool; J. Fernyhough, Mau ch, ster ; and James Jamieson, Leeds. SOLICITORS. Messrs. N. Stevens and Fearon, l, Gray's Inn-square, London Messrs. Tustin and Barlow, 4, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars. LOCAL AGENTS• Messrs. Evans, Powell, and Mathias, Haverfordwest John Gwynne, Esq. Tenhy. BANKERS. London—Dennison, Ileywood, Kennards, and Co., 4, Lombard street Bristol—West of England and South Wales Banking Company ilavezfordwest—MeWCWilklas and Co. GEORGE SCORE, EccrttAry. CHELMSFORD AND BURY RAILWAY. k_.) The Committee of Management have great pleasure in inform ing the Shareholders that the plans and sections of this line are fully completed, the Shares are all subscribed for, and the deposits paid, and the sum of 40,0001. invested in Exchequer-bills, and de posited in tho hands of the Company's bankers, Messrs. Glyn, Ilallifax, and Co., and Messrs. Brown, Janson, and Co. Samuel Courtauld, crape and silk manufacturer, Braintree, Bocking, Halstead, and Carey-lane, London, Chal$11•11. Thomas Greenwood, banker, Chelmsford, Braintree, Maldon, Stort ford, &c., Deputy-Chairman.. DAVID BARTIE, Secretary. Company's Offices, 61, Meorgate-street, Nov. 4, 1845. NG, 'LONDON, WORCESTER, AND SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE RAILWAY. .Any person having claim on the London, Worcester, and South Staffordshire Railway Company (commonly called the Rugby or Trfng Railway, are desired to send in the same to this office on or before MONDAY, the 10th instant ; after which no further c!aim will be received, and the Committee will proceed to apportion the balance of the deposits among the Scripholders. By order of the Provisional Committee, HENRY MORGAN, Secretary. &tic 2S, Waterloo-street, Birmingham. GREAT GRIMSBY, LOUTH, HOR/sf- CASTLE, LINCOLN, and MIDLAND JUNCTION RAIL WAY COMPANY. (Provisionally Registered.) The PARLIAMENTARY CONTRACT and SUBSCRIBERS' AGREEMENT will LIE for SIGNATURE, on the days and at the places undermentioned, between the hours of Eleven o'clock, a.m., and Four o'clock, p.m., viz.:— In'London—At the office of the Company, from the 3d of Novem ber next. At Stamford—At the George Inn, on Wednesday, the 12th of No vember. At Boston—At the Peacock Inn, on Thursday, the 13th of No vember. At Lincoln—At the Saracen's Head, on Friday, the 14th of No vember. At Gainaborough—At the White Hart Inn, on Saturday, the 15th of November. At York—At Jackson's Hotel, Peter-gate, on Monday, the 17th of November. At Brigg—At the Angel Inn, on Tuesday, the 18th of November. At Great Grimsby—At the Granby Inn, on Wednesday, the 19th of November. At Louth—At the Masons' Arms, on Thursday, the 20th of November. At Horneastle—At the Bull Inn, on Friday, the 21st of November. At Great Yarmouth—At the Star Hotel, on Monday, the 24th of November. By order, THOS. CO/CHEAD, Secretary. Office, 6, Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall-street, Oct. 29, 1845. • TRENT VALLEY, CHESTER, AND HOLY HEAD CONTINUATION RAILWAY. (Provisionally Registered, pursuant to 7th aid Bth Vict., c. 110.) Capital 260,0001. Deposit 21. 2s. per Share. PROVISIONAL COMMITTER. Edmund Turner, Esq. M.P. Truro, chairman of the Wolverhampton, Chester, and Birkenhead Junction Railway Company Sir Richard Jenkins, G.C.B. director of the East India Company Thomas A. Dale, Esq. Birkenhead, and Malvern-house, Cheltenham, managing director of the Wolverhampton, Chester, and Birken head Junction Railway Company Matthew Harrison, Esq. director of the North and South Wales Bank, and managing director of the Wolverhampton, Chester, and Birkenhead Junction Railway Company Edward Cooper, Esq. Henley-in-Arden, vice•chairman of the Wolver hampton, Chester, and Birkenhead Junction Railway Company Henry Arnold Homer, Esq. Leamington, director of the Wolver hampton, Chester, and Birkenhead Junction Railway Company John Knowles, Esq. Burnley, director of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway. Admiral J. Ayscough, Southampton, director of the Portsmouth and Chatham. Railway Emanuel Cooper, Esq. hanker, 29, Lombard-street, director of the Waveney Head Valley and Great Yarmouth Railways Thomas Hall, Esq. Tulse-hill, Surrey Thomas E. Davies, Esq. nellefield-house, Staffordshire, director if the South Staffordshire Railway Charles Bleaden, Esq. Coulsden-court, chairman of the Licensed Victuallers' Insurance Society, and director of the Direct Western Railway Robert Wrightson, Esq. Highgate, near Birmingham, managing director of the Wolverhampton, Chester, and Birkenhead Junction Railway, and of the Birmingham, Westbromwich, and Wednesbury Railway Edward Nelson Alexander, Esq. Halifax Holden Hamerton, Esq. Halifax J. Reginald Riddel, Esq. Bycullah-house, Enfield Samuel Haines, Esq. Birmingham, managing director of the Wolver hampton, Chester, and Birkenhead Junction Railway W. Lawrence, Esq. Brixton, Surrey E. Parish, Esq. Baiham-terrace, Clapham Thomas Head, Esq. M.D. Hanley, director of the Wolverhampton, Chester, and Birkenhead Junction Railway Company William Bradley, Esq. Manor Oaks, Sheffield, director of the Wolver hampton, Chester, and Bfrkenhead Junction Railway Company P. B. Turner, Esq. Isle of Wight and London, managing director of the Wolverhampton, Chester, and Birkenhead Junction Railway Company Samuel Stephens Bankart, Esq. Leicester Captain Hansfield, of Breech, near Halifax, one of the provisional committee of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway Thomas Bayley Rose, Esq. stipendiary magistrate for the Stafford shire Potteries, and director of the Staffordshire and Liverpool, and Manchester Direct Railway Thomas Harris, Esq. acting director of the Wolverhampton, Chester, and Birkenhead Junction Railway Company Robert Andrew Riddell, Esq. Bryanston-street, Portman-square William Simpson Potter, Esq. Sussex-gardens, Hyde-park, London Josiah Challinor, Esq. Normanton, near Derby, director of the Wolverhampton, Chester, and Birkenhead Junction Railway Com pany F. B. Carty, Esq. 9, Chepstow-place, Camberwell New-road, Surrey, director of the Birmingham, Oxford, Reading, and Brighton and Coventry, Banbury and Oxford Junction Railways George Robinson, Esq. director of the Hull and Barnsley Junction, and the Great Leeds Railways Christopher Netherwood, Esq.• Cliff-hall, Keighley, one of the executive committee of the. Keighley, Halifax, and :Huddersfield Railway Company Edward Middleton, Esq. Edgbaston, director of the South Stafford shire Railway, and managing director of the Wolverhampton, Chester, and Birkenhead Junction Railway Company Walter Augustus Lewis, Esq. Wolverhampton, acting director of the Wolverhampton, Chester, and Birkenhead Junction Railway Company. Benjamin Smart Fowler, Esq. Alder-house, near Tamworth, director of the Northampton, Banbury and Chester, and Leicester and Tamworth Railways George Gamble, Esq. Gainsborough, director of the Nottingham and Gainsborough, and Wolverhampton and Birmingham and Notting ham Railways J. M`Cann, Esq. Parliament-street, Westminster James Fisher, Esq. ironraaster, Bilston, director of the Shropshire Mineral Railway Company Henry Homer, Esq. M.D. Leamington, director of the Wolverhamp ton, Chester, and Birkenhead Junction Railway Company Edward Cadman, Esq. Westhourne-house, Sheffield, director of the Direct Western Railway Joseph Rogers Clarke, Esq. Stake Newington, managing director of the Wolverhampton, Chester, and Birkenhead Junction Railway Company Jeremiah Sharp Brown, Esq. Carlton-place, Halifax, director of the Leeds and Liverpool Direct Railway John Ashwell, Esq. Longton, Staffordshire, director of the Peter borough and Northampton Railway George Young, Esq. Foley-house, Longton, Staffordshire, director of the Shropshire Mineral Railway Henry Mayhew, Esq. Shrubberies, Ring's-road, Parson's-green, Fulham James Glover, Esq. Longton, Staffordshire, director of the South Union and Birmingham Junction Railway Joseph Stocks, Esq. Shibden-hall, director of the East and West Yorkshire, and Leeds, Carlisle, Liverpool, and Leeds Direct Railways B. W. Spurgeon Esq. Derby John Alicock Dixon, Esq. Burnley William Similes, Esq. Wimpole-street, Cavendish-square, London William Lucy, Esq. Edgbaston, Warwickshire John Thompson, Esq. alderman of Wigan, director of the Birken head and Holyhead, the Manchester, Wigan, Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railways , John Lord, Esq. Standish-hall, Wigan, director of the Blackburn, Chorley and Liverpool, the Manchester and Wigan, the Leeds and Liverpool, and the Wigan and North Union Railways Joel Edens, Esq. Northampton, director of the Sheffield, Nottingham, and London Direct Railway Henry Holroyd, Esq. Burnley William Botteril, Esq. Burnley, director of the York and Kenyon Junction Railway James Smallpage, Esq. Green-bank, Burnley Thomas Henry Walker, Esq. Blurton-house, near Longton, Stafford shire, director of the South Union and Birmingham Junction Railway C. Greatrex, Esq. Walsall Sampson Bridgwood, Esq. Sprats Lade-house, Longton, Staffordshire, director of the South Union and Birmingham Junction Railway, and also of the North Western Trunk Railway Thomas Wynne, Esq. Longton, Staffordshire, director of the Leeds and Carlisle Railway Ambrose Moore, Esq, Milk-street, London Lord Massey, Esq. Burnley, director of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway William Roberts, Esq. North Parade, Burnley, director of the Leeds and Liverpool Direct Railway James Male, Esq. Leamington A. It. Bayher, Esq. director of the 'Bristol and Birmingham, and Manchester and Southampton Railways F und Gainsborough, and Wolverh ton amp and Birmingham and Not- Ingham Railways F. Hastings Ingham, Esq. Martin-house sear Shipton T. Heels, Esq. Shipton D. D. Dugdale, Esq. Burnley Richard Holdsworth, Esq. Burnley William Shadbolt, Esq. London, chairman of the London and Green • wich Railway Company George Mercer Murray, Esq. Hereford-street, Park-lane, director of ' the Ribble and Humber Railway (With power to add to their number.) SOLICITORS. John Smith, Esq. and J. C. Noble, Esq. Birmingham. W. S. Yardey, Esq. 18, Finsbury-place, Finsbury-square, London. PARLIAMENTARY Aozwrs—Messrs. M'Dougal and Upton, 44, Par liament-street. LOCAL SOLICITORS. Henry Turner, Esq. Wolverhampton John Hostage, Esq. Chester Edward Challinor, Esq. Hanley Messrs. Cotterill and Gwynne, Walsall John Smith Porter, Esq. Birkenhead Messrs. Alexander, Halifax. William Cowdell, jun. Esq. Hinckley Thomas Harding, Esq. Newcastle W. E. Twigg, Esq. Burslem. Messrs. Bennett and Bowen, Stafford Messrs. Warren and Bird, Market Drayton. BANKERS. Birmimingham—The Midland Banking Company London— The London Joint-Stock Bank Wolverhampton—Messrs. Fryer Chester—Messrs. Dixon, Wardle and Co. Liverpool—The Liverpool Banking Company Manchester—Manchester and Liverpool Banking Company Halifax—Halifax and Huddersfield Union Banking Company Leicester—Leicester Banking Company. AGENTS. Messrs. Sutton, Gribble, and Sutton, North Side, Royal London C Exchange Messrs. Burnand and Co. Comhill Birmingham—W. H. Collis, Esq. Wolverhampton—H. N. Payne, Esq. Messrs. Smith and Jordan, and Liverpool [Messrs. Geddes and Drinkwater Manchester—H. Benton, Esq. Leeds—Messrs. Terry and Holiday Huddersfield—Messrs. Mooney and Hicks Halifax—Messrs. Helliwell and Davis Bradford—Messrs. Smith and Martin Burnley—Messrs. Smallpage Hall—Mr. S. Phillips Edinburgh--Mr. D. Kinnear, and Mr. Cooper Glasgow—George Mills, Esq., and Messrs. Tassie and Co. • Dubiin—Messrs. Labertouche and Co., 257, Ingram-street Coventry—Messrs. Clarke and Brown Leicester—Messrs. Payne and Freer Gloucester—Mr. J. N. Balme Cheltenham—Messrs. Halls. PROSPECTUS. This line is intended as a connecting link between the Trent Valley and Wolverhampton, Chester, and Birkenhead Junction Rail ways. It will commence at Stafford, and terminate at Market Drayton, and is essentially requisite to perfect the communication between London, Chester, and Holyhead. Though the line will not exceed thirteen miles in length, it will afford immense accommodation to an important district of Stafford shire and Shropshire, through which it will pass; and by means of the lines with which it is intended to communicate, it will effect the shortest possible route from London to Liverpool, from London to Birkenhead, and from London to Ireland. A saving of net less than thirty miles will thus be accomplished. It will thus become a most important adjunct to the proposed Wolverhampton, Chester, and Birkenhead Junction Railway ; but the prominent feature in the scheme is this—that by bringing Stafford into immediate conjunction with Market Drayton and Chester, all the advantages of the proposed Trent Valley Continua tion Line to Holyhead, will be realised without the enormous sacrifice of time and capital inseparable from the carrying out of such a project, which, however, is impracticable. It is ebvious that such a scheme will be of the utmost general benefit, as it will materially shorten the distance between the capitals of England and Ireland, and tend to a still further development of the great industrial resources of the two countries. As an investment, its eligibility cannot be disputed, as the following line , of railway will be important tributaries to its revenue :—The London and Binning ham, Trent Valley, Great Western, Birmingham, Oxford and Brighton, Birmingham and Southampton, Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, Birmingham, Dudley and Wolverhampton, Bin mingham, Bristol, and Gloucester, and Grand Junction , Railways. The lines in the vicinity of Liverpool will also become valuable tribu taries to it. Although this line is proposed by a Company distinct from that of the Wolverhampton, Chester, and Birkenhead Junction Railway, yet, if It should be found expedient and practicable, the two Companies may be amalgamated. At all events, the shareholders in the Wol verhampton, Chester, and Birkenhead Company, will have the pre ference in the allotment. It is intended to proceed to Parliament in the ensiting session, as the plans and surveys are in a very forward state. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Provisional Committee of the Trent Valley, Chester, and Holy head Continuation Railway, Gentlemen,—l hereby request that you will allot me shares of 201. each in the above Railway ; and I undertake to pay the de posit thereon, or any less number of shares which may be allotted to me, and, to execute the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when required. I am, Gentlereen, Name your (in ful obedient servant, l) _ Profession, Trade, or Occupation Residence (in full) ..... . ....„„ Place of Business (if any) Name and Address of Referee AM0....... .. 11.111041100. This day was published, by Bailliere, 219, Regent-street, Price 2s. stiched, DR. J. DE PRATI on CHRONIC DIS EASES of the SKIN, their various CAUSES and CURE. The above work may be had at the same price (postage free) in every part of the kingdom, by inclosing the amount in cash, money orders, or postage stamps, addressed Dr. J. De Prat!, 4, Mortimer street, Cavendish-square. Elegant Pocket Edition, price ls., by post Is. 6d. D R. CULVERWELL ON MARRIAGE, its HINDRANCES and OBLIGATIONS. " To be or not to be, that is the question."—Shakspeare. Contents :—On Matrimonial Eligibility and Unfitness—Laws Paternity—Phenomena of Gestation—On Maternal Influence—On infelicitous and unproductive Unions—Curiosities of Medical Experi- ence, Cases, &c. &c. Also Companion to the same, price is., by post Is. 6d. CHASTITY ; fts ABUSES and DISEASES (72 Engravings). These two interesting little volumes are not intended for idle or in • discriminate perusal, but they are earnestly offered to the attentive consideration of these who may be more legitimately and perhaps painfully interested. Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row; Carvalhe, 147, Fleet-street Mann, 39, Cornhill, and all booksellers, or direct from the Author 21, Arundel-street, Strand. At home daily till .2 ; Evenings, 7 till 9. 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THE SECRET COMPANION.—FULL LENGTH ENGRAVINGS Just published, 16th edition, 2s. 6d., free by post, in a sealed envelope, 3s. id., T" SECRET COMPANION, a Medical Work on the baneful effects of Indulgence, and In , fection, with means of restoration, withobsemtions en marriage. By R. J. BRODIE and CO., Surgeons, London. Published by the Authors, and sold by Sherwood, Paternoster-row; Hannay and Co., 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street; Purkiss, Comp ton-stroet, _Soho ; Noble, 114, Chancery-lane ; Barth, 4, Brydges street, Covent-garden ; Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street, London, Wood, High-street, Birmingham ; Newton, Church-street, Liver pool; Westmacott, Manchester; Heron and Co., 6, Lower Sackyille street, Dublin ; war, 16, Leith-walk, Edinburgh ; Ferris aid Score, Union-Street, Bristol ; and by all Booksellers in town and country. NOVEMBER 1845 N ORTHERN and SOUTHERN CON NECTING RAILWAY. COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT. Hubert de Burgh, Esq., Chairman. John Anderson, Esq. Daniel Turton Johnson, Esq. Major Adair John Kins, Esq. Jasper Capper, Esq. Daniel William Lucas, Esq. Jeremiah Clarke, Esq. Horace William Meteyard, Esq. Joseph Graham, Esq. Edward Scard, Esq. _ . Notice is hereby given, that the Parliamentary Contract and Sub scribers' Agreement having been signed at various places in the pro vinces, they will on THURSDAY next, the 6th inst. and during the pre sent month lie for signature at the offices of the Company, No. 71, King William-street. The Committee of Management have the satisfaction to announce that the engineer has reported to them that the plans, levels, and sections are in that forward state as to guarantee the compliance with the standing orders of both.liouses of Parliament, and that the notices will be forthwith given. W. JENKIIIS, Secretary. Nov. 3, 1845, G REAT EASTERN AND WESTERN RAILWAY. At a PUBLIC MEETING of the Iran-masters, Landed Proprie tors, and others Interested in the Mineral District of South Wales, held at Tredegar, on Monday, the 20th inst., It was moved by Joux Russm., Esq., of Risca, and seconded by JOHN EVANS, Esq., of Dolilais, and resolved— That the thanks of this meeting are due and be given to the de putation of the Great Eastern and Western Railway Company for their attendance here to-clay ; and to Mr. Ward in particular, fur his very able statement of the views and intentions of that Company ; and, that it is the opinion of this meeting, the Great Eastern and Westein ligilway Company, as the first to project and prove the practicability of direct communication between Merthyr and Here ford, deserves the support of the Mineral Districts of South Wales. October 24, 1845. THE TUNBRIDGE WELLS, BRIGHTON, AND HASTINGS JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY, From Tunbridge Wells direct to Hastings, with a branch line from same place to join the Brighton line to Lewes. BLUNT'S LINE. (Provisionally Registered.) Capital, 750,0001., in 30,090/. Shares of 251. each. Deposit, 21. 12s. 6d. per Share. COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT. Chairman—Thomas Carlisle, Esq. Deputy-Chairman—Frederick Harrison, Esq. A. Bettridge, Esq. P. Bennett Lucas, Esq. William Case, Esq, - Alexander Prince, Esq. • Stephen Hutchison, Esq. Reginald Read, Esq. R. Ladell, Eaq. Francis Smith, Esq. • Major James 0. Lindham, Esq. Henry Wardle, Esq. James Cockell, Esq. ENGINEER—CharIes Blunt, Esq. STANDING COUNSEL—John M'Oubrey, Esq. SoLlClToS—George J. Lloyd, Esq., 49, Doughty-street, Bedford row, London. LOCAL SOLICITORS. Messrs. Striven's and Young, Messrs. Barclay and King, Hastings Mayileld Messrs. Martin and Sons, Battle Messrs. Carmel and Gorham, W. D. Cooper, Esq. Lewes Tunbridge Robert Walker, Esq. Canterbury. PARLIAMENTARY AGENTS—Messrs. Jones and Walrasley. BANKERS IN LONDON. The London and County Joint-Stock Bank Sir John William Lubbock, Bart. and Co. DISTRICT BANKERS. The Branches of the London and County Joint-Stock Bank, at Vlll bridge, Tunbridge Wells, Lewes, and Brighton Hastings—Messrs. Smith, Hilder, and Co. SECRETARY —Henry L. Freund, Esq. Notice is hereby given,l that the OFFICES of the 'Company are REMOVED to 12, OLD JEWRY-CHAMBERS, where the DEEDS will Lie for Signature from and after the 10th to the 25th November, when the Bankers' Receipts will be exchanged for the Scrip Cer tificates. The Committee of Management beg to inform the public, :that their Shares having been subscribed for and allotted, they have much pleasure in announcing that they have received the most satisfactory reports from Mr. Blunt, their engineer, relative to the progress of the surveys, which are such as to authorise the Committee in stating with confidence that they will be in a situation to apply for the Act of Parliament in the,ensuing session. By order, HENRY L. FREUND, Secretary. 12, Old Jewry-chambers, Oct. 31, 1845. xnd M T C S I E I EI'S E anuf L ac . 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" This Is a work of great merit, and should be placed in the hands of every young man who is sufering from past folly and indiscretion, contains many valuable truths, and its perusal is certain to benefl y ways."—The London Mercantile Journal. hinl TH in anEmCORDIAL BALM OF ZEYLANICA ; er, Nature's Grand Restorative, possesses wonderful efficacy in all cases of its, head heaviness, and lowness of spirits, dimness of sight, nervous debility, irregularity, and weakness. Sold in bottles, price 4s. lid. and 11x. each, or the quantity of four in one family bottle for 335., by which one 11x, bottle is saved. The id. sues may be had as usual. BRODIE'S PURIFYING TEGETIBLE PILLS, ls. 2s. 9d. 4s. Gd., and 11x. per box. These Pills are the most effectual cure for every disease in both sexes, including secondary symptoms, and all external diseases of the skin, without hindrance to business. Sold by all medicine vendors. Consultation fee, if br letter, H. Aminute detail of cases is necessary. Messrs. BRODIE and CO. are in daily attendance for Consultation at their residence, 27, Montagu-street, Russell-square (near the British Museum), London, from 11 in the morning till 8 In the even ing, and on Sundays from 11 till 2. Only one personal visit is re quired to effect a permanent sure. THE TWELFTH EDITION. Just Published, in a sealed envelope, price 2s. 6d., and seat free, en receipt of a Post-ollice Order for 3s. 6d. IVIANLY HEALTH: a Popular Inquiry into the Concealed Cause of its Decline, with Instructions for its Complete Restoration. Addressed is those suffering from the destructive consequences of excessive indulgence, terminating in Mental and Nervous Debility, Local or Constitutional Weakness, In- digestion, and Consumption. Including a comprehensive Dissertation on MARRIAGE. Illustrated with Cases, &e By C. J LUCAS and Co., Consulting Surgeons, London. CAUTlON.—Complaints having reached us that several persons wishing to purchase our work, entitled "Manly Health," have had placed in their hands a fraudulent infringement of our copyright, pro duced by illiterate and dishonourable men, and which, though bearing a close resemblance of title, is utterly valueless; we deem it a duty, by way of protection, to caution the public against being duped ty such base imitations. _ Persons desirous of obtaining the above work, and not wishing apply to a bookseller for the same, may, to insure secrecy, have direct from the Authors, by enclosing 3s. (11., or Postage Stamps to that amount. May be had of the Authors, No. 60, Newman-street, Oxford-street; and sold by Brittain, 11, Paternoster-row; Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford-street; Noble, 114, Chancery-lane; J. Gordon, 146, Leaden hall-street; G. Mansell, 3, King-street, Southwark, London; T. Bowler, Courier-office, 4, St. Ann's-square, Manchester; W. Howell, 7b, Dale-street, Liverpool; W. Wood, 78, Highstreet, Birmingham; W. and H. Robinson, 11, Greenside-street, Edinburgh; T. nice, Dame-street, Dublin ; and all Booksellers. "The best : of all friends is the professional friend, and in no shape can he be consulted with greater safety and secrecy than in Lucas en Manly Health.'—The New Bell's Weekly Messenger. Messrs. Lucas and Co. are to be consulted from Ten till Two, and from Five till Eight in the evening, s l / 4 t their residence, N. CO, New man-street, Oxford-street, London, and country patients may be snccessftilly treated, on minutely dc9cribing their wo e and enclosiag lie 1111181 fey of 11. for siciTiev, IN MONMOUTHSHIRE, near to USK and MONMOUTM THREE capital FREEHOLD FARMS, together 330 ACRO of EXCELLENT LAND, let to responsible tenants. MR. ROBINS R. GEORGE is instructed to . an " nounce for PUBLIC SALE, at the Auction Mart, Lon" don, on TUESDAY NEXT, at Twelve o'clock, in Three Lots, A VERY DESIRABLE FREEHOLD PROPERTY, Pre: senting a most inviting opportunity for the investment of capital upon solid security ; INDEED, IT PRESENTS A REFRESH' ING CONTRAST, AND IS ONE VERY MUCH VARIANCE WITH THE OVERWHELMING, ALTFIOVG",, PLAUSIBLE SCHEMES WITH' WHICH THIS COUNT R Y IS AT PRESENT AFFLICTED. It comprises THREE CAPITAL FREEHOLD FARMS (ONE A DAIRY FARM), • - ALTOGETHER 210 ACRES OF VERY SUPERIOR LAND cleat* the MARKET-TOWNS OF USK AND MONMOUTH. and let to highly responsible tenants, at rents producing about FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY POUNDS A-YEAE- These Estates have long become a prominent feature in this vicinity. They are situate in the most beautiful county in rug land, and at the same time the most independent one, as it I , ° e ' sesses within itself the necessary supplies for all human enjoyment* The rivers abound in salmon trout and other delicious fish ; th e woods and hills with every variety of game, not forgetting To ed ' cocks (now just coming in) and grouse; and the verdant pastures feed the finest breed of cattle and sheep; thus yielding, with th e . produce of the fertile tillage land, and the luxuriant orchards an. gardens seen in every direction in this highly-favoured county', • plentiful supply for the gastronomic wants of the most fastidiou s gourmand. Then we have every variety of fond-trees—oak, else' ash, &c., in profusion; and an equal variety of native minerals in the bosom of the earth, not forgetting those most useful ones ° iron, tin, coal, and limestone, and a little mine of gold for the fortunate purchasers of these desirable estates. Again, In n° county in Englard can the native scenery be surpassed in varlet/ and loveliness—hill and dale, wood and water, all together forts is every point of view an ensemble, in the happy arrangement f which Dame Nature may be truly said to have exhausted her Ow consummate skill, and if possible, almost to have surpassed herself' Indeed, the timid hand that directs this unpretending and the perfect panegyric feels at a loss how to describe in suflicien tl Y glowing colours this charming locality ; and to those who 0 0 ; duly to appreciate it a personal inspection becomes imperative, an can alone suffice. To this end it may be added that railway 00 ; snunication will very shortly bring this county within five Loud ride of London ; thus enabling the opulent, but care-worn eitieeth to resuscitate his constitution, and breathe a little fresh air, in the luxuriant valleys and healthy uplands of Monmouthshire. THE LANGEVIEW FARM, OF 202 ACRES ~, is of excellent arable, meadow, and pasture land, within a ST of the town of Usk, with a farm-house, and all necessary nu ll. ; ings, in the occupation of Mrs. Jane Blower, at a clear yearly r eef of 2441. It is nearly ALL TITHE FREE. THZ MESSUAGE, FARM, AND LANDO, CALLED RED HOUSE, together with tenements and lands belonging, called ridl y roof CONTAINING ABOUT 73 ACRES, is situate In the parish of Langattock.vibon.Avel, within 11/. . miles of Monmouth, in the occupation of Mr. Jahn Rose, at in ' yearly rent of 8111. ; and lastly, THE EXCELLENT DAIRY FARM CALLED LANUOIE situate in the parish of Lanbaddock, within one mile of the tow n ' Usk, containing about 50 acres of land of the most useful defier'? tion, chiefly meudow and pasture, er capable of being laid dot into grass with great advantage, and ' , assessing tone TO orcharding, in the occupation of Mr. Thomas Parker. The farms may be viewed on 'application to the tenants, printed particulars had, fourteen days prior to the sale, at principal inns at Usk ; Beaufort Arms, Monmouth ; Ring's He Gloucester ; White Lion, Bristol; of A. Waddington, Ent., I. :, citor, at Usk;. the Auction Mart; and at Mr. George ROO" offices, Covent-garden. NO VE MBER MIS TS', Once more November's month its reign resumes, 'Mid cheerless prospects and proverbial glooms ; L No cheering beams of sunshine can we trace— The sun appears afraid to show his face. The fading leaves and flowers of Autumn say, ' • " Farewell! good folks ; we'd call another day." This is the time when people should obtain Extra attire, to suit the Winter's reign; Each gentleman should buy an over-Coat, As winter's season is not far remote ; For such a famous article resists The influence of the dull " November Mists." November's month to chilling damp exposes, And calls aloud for Warm Attire from MOSES MOSES and SON are Winter's greatest foes ; Their Coats exclude cold damps, and rain, and snow& • When once their Coats for Winter you behold, YOU'LL not have ANY fears of catching cold. You'll see that they'll preserve the wearer's form, And bring it safe through every Wintry storm. Then, don't FORGET this lesson to REMEMBER, But come and buy a Coat for cold November I LIST OF PRICES. READY MADE. A 1 1 . Beaver Taglionis ....... ........... ..... from 0 I I Chesterfields or t7odringtons ..... „ O 10 D'Orsays, Attoli, Pembroke, and every description of Boys' Winter Coats in every style ..............from 0 1 , 6 Winter trousers,. ined • • 0 6 Doeskin, ditto.. ........ ... Dress Coats, edged ....... . .1 0 • Poll Collar Vest.. 0 1 6 Double-breasted . . • 0 6 Boys' Hussar and Tunic suits .............• 0 1 2 0 Ditto, Winter r0u5ere............ 0 3 6 Ditto, ditto Vests ............. .... 0 1 MADE TO YEASIIRE. Winter Coats, in every style and shape, handsomely trimmed ... •.. Milled cloth Great Coats, velvet collar and cuffs Tweed Wrappers .. . ..... _ 1 0 Ditto Trousers .. Winter Trousers, in all the new patterns .• ...... •• .. • 10 Doeskin ditto .... 0 10 Best quality, or dress do • ............ ..... .......... Dress Coats .... Ditto, best quality made •••••••• • • • • • L .. Frock Coats.. ...... ..... „ 1 12 Ditto, best quality made ...• .. •• • .......... . Cashmere Ve5t5.............. ...... „ „ 0 8 Satin do., plain or fancy • • • • 11 12 6 Boys' Hussar and Tunic suits.. • ..... ••• • .• ... •• • 1 I The New Work, entitled the " Monarch Mart," with full , for self-measurement, may be had, on application, " Post Fre e e d IMPORTANT.—Any article purchased or ordered, if Het APPrO exchanged, or the money returned. Ire Observe—E. MOSES and SON, Tailors, Wholesale and wir Woollen Drapers, Outfitters, and G enera l Warehousemen, 154, "" rtes, and 86, Aldgate, City, opposite the Church. tof N.B. No business transacted at this Establishment frosniant a o Friday till sunset on Saturdal , when business is resumed at 11 ' o'clock. CAUTIoX.—E. Moses and Son are obliged to guard the 1 1 , against imposition, having learned that the untradesmanlik e nood of Wog connected with them, or its the same concellhei been resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons. id hive no connexion whatever with any other establishment , i n 1 ,6 (I' of London, and those who desire genuine Cheap Clothing shen't6l# .4event disappointment, Re.) call or send to 154, 31.1.10ri5 8, 1 Aldgate, opposite the Church. 'll l5 CLARKE'S PATENT MOKTAR LA— e AND PATENT LAMP MORTARS.—For elegance , "atif plicity, and cleanliness, this Night Light is very far superior too, hitherto submitted to the public. To Medical Gentlemen, 10 „, and all persons requiring a night light, the inventio n will p 1 1, 0 ,, - ,d l valuable, being the best, safest, and most econo m i ca l ever Pr0f;(1 it will also be serviceable in halls and passages. It can be cam its' perfect safety without extinguishing th e light, supplying a des',, a ,rte turn that has been long felt. It is free from danger, uncertain " 6 0 11 ing, and the offensive odour and smoke arising from rushlig lo „ o o' other night lights, and so portable that it will be found a grea t , ' e ld i fort to Ladies or invalids travelling. Priee ef the Lamps Is. and upward s, and the Mortars 6d. per box, 12, 10, or 8 Morll - to burn 6,8, or 10 hours. arnP fi CLARKE'S PATENT ALBANY LIGHTS, to use without I and burn the same number of hours as the above, Is. per pan 20, or 16 in each, to burn 6,8, or 10 hours. Pe CLARKE'S PATENT NURSERY LAMP, whigh serves (, pose of a night , and keep hot one quart of food, 6. Sold wholesale, light by Palmer s and Co., Sutton-street, s Clerk B °, and by the Patentee, 55, Albany-street, Regent's-park, LorideV o ite retail by all ironmongers, oilmen, grocers, &c., in the Kingdom. DALMER'S CANDLES.—The public 0 13° c 5 be on their guard against imitations of these celebrate d d : ,, , dies, which are sold by many Shopkeepers as "Palmer's Ce i l i fB, and at the same price as the genuine ones. The word " may be observed on the top of every Metallic Wick Candle made by Palmer and Co., and no Candle Lamp that has not r 01,0 and Co.'s name in raised letters:upon it can be depended on 0 1 ' 1 ' factured by them. Manufactory, Sutton-street, Clerkenwell, London. Warel °lll Liverpool—Leeds-street, Vauxhall-road PATENT MAGNUM CANDLE LA t ne% PALMER and CO. invite the attention of the publ ic to , new and beautiful patterns of Lamps in richly Enamelled Machee and Ormolu, which may be seen at all the lamp gri; houses and ironmongers in town and country. Th e se Lall;P o the light of the best Argand Lamp, and are now preferre d other light yet introduced, as their increasing sale for nutt , Yi: s l . ,oli notwithstanding the many novelties b o th i n Oil and Spir, lt o.Y. o f which are constantly, appearing, pro ve s. Th e MID-SIZE will be very economical and suitabl e f o r ordinary use ; the .% of ;co it have three wicks, giving an excellent light at an expel*" s ol' d , penny for three hours. Pur c h asers should be particular te ' o r whether the name of PALMER and CO. is on th e Lamps ' as many badly-constructed lamps, not made by them, are sal 'Dow Manufactory, Sutton-Street, Clerkenwell, London. in Liverpool—Leeds-street, Vauxhall-road SELLING OFF CARPETS. or° LUCK, KENT, and CUMMING beg to i° p eP. the Nobility and Gentry, as well as their friends and Llti,eff4, lie, that they have REMOVED their business from CARP l; ' O 9 , kd HALL, LONDON WALL, to their long-established warelO et _ REGENT-STREET, WATERLOO-PLACE, opposite 1 - 1 0 ° t ..0 4 . , James's, and to 98, HATTON-GARDEN, HOLBORN, where tiwt,,r Or g f that patronage will be continued which they have enjoYe d ,tocji wards of a century. A considera'ale portion of their lart 0 : 0 gr:d Brussels, Kidderminster, and other Carpeting, to be sold ,4t- e tt, redaction. In addition to Carpeting. they have, at their,rifttO Establishment, a large stock of Chintzes, Damasks, 1 - * &c., &c., well worthy of attention. lb ° HE T public is most respectfully inforlll eci e to Messrs. NICOLL have received permissi on , accordilrofi ti re specification in the Act 6 and 7 Viet., cap 611, to alter and to adapt the coat, known as the REGISTERED PALET ° ,. ' ler f e l suitable for winter wear, and it is now b e in g mad e of a tnio "of terial, viz., of milled Llama cloth ; it is waterproofed 11 n aftleo method, which, it is well known, does not unnecessarily 0- 00;et heat of the body, but the material, when thus operated up 00 1 4,8 slot as porous as other that has not undergone this process', `,.00, to t being that it does duration. will turn a stout shower 04. •0. , 19 0, not that of 24 hours' Nicoll's Registered Paletot .01,70, wear is a garment that is warm without being lic o Pcll o 44 even for travelling, the necessity of wrapping up in 0 .• some manner, has of late years been found needless, dists,Leiao„ot so much shortened by present railway and other con`cotl;/ Nicoll's Registered Paletot, used alone as a morning frec osPr it ot over another, is found to be a, most agreeable garment r°'4oo bpd exercise ; and from the skilful way it is formed, it p est „ tis confine the chest or shoulders, but has an equallY i r en ei s .to gentlemanly appearance when worn in cold wet went is 10 t the evening over a morning or dress coat. The 10, guineas, that for summer wear being two. It anal pe t the served that those principles are retained that has e ''' b , o tce the Registered Paletot the patronage of more than ", Crowned Heads of Europe. The Prince Cons or !: f t, P pto George of Cambridge, the chief membera of the Co r 7 o of eiri r cipal families in the kingdom, who it Is well L Ti' s lg or distinguished in their taste for perfect neatness of dress. ig of tercd Paletot having therefore necessarily excluded onyt t l ii p . oti r e .or outré in appearance, would alone recommend itself t o o tY the respectable members of the middle classes, was it *„. ° „'„,if 7., t , sl foisted by its moderate price, being for ready money. ; tamed of the principal tailors of the chief provincial cit , o ,„ ,ttc o o only most of the respectable firms are appointed ageote , ,, a ctc eted;, i de 6 , on the part of others will thus by the public be at once " oe s pr e ofs such attempts, when known, will be visited by the Pent r y a r e , o in the Act beforementioned ; and in furtherance of w c ot' of fifty pounds will be paid Air information that nstaY, l 4, fog conviction of such parties by IL J. and G. Nic oll, street, London. poi o BIRTHS. n Le n t 2 } o , th r . o A a r d u g u e ns,t, 2d a E t u T r o r i p n e c a h n i n l o n p fa o l n y t , r y 3, Lle O u n te t C. E. Mills, Hon. Company's Artillery, of a son. On the 3d of September. at Simla Himalaya, the lady foardarass!: oo s'' n c . 6O MARRIED. to Anna ° AD° °lo n On the 23d ult., at St. Pancras, Alfred Sola, Esq ., el l''' ~ Barton Warde, only child of the late Lieutenant -C „, 1 0 0 W arde, of the 3d engal Light Cavalr. On the 28th ult., at St. Mary's, Islington, John, e l .2eS t g lulfi .l°'—°44 _., Norie, R.N., to Marianne, only daughter of W'V' Islington of t i ' e DIED. ,uter On the 28th ult., at Tetton House, Catharine, fourth dau. late Rev. T. „S. Escott, of Hartrow. _ einpsey , worces te IC On the 31st ult., at Bank House, get Ingledcw, Esq., aged 66. On the 2d inst., at Ann's-terrace, Old Rent-road, 31r * I. Mom or 50 . London : Printed and Published by M URDO Y0U 14 %, Pt e Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Stralid:us.in 3010 9.- of the Savoy, in thoCguoty Of Bilddle9o. l l W b i 1545, • • C: ( . 6tri uay 0 , Resolve, Presented 1 4 the pe, Pounds p e School,NV eft Pectin c odunerno those 4 twiih sul and Philati desire that available 1 tit fhat th oFp reErt S ERVICE stone, of paYable at 110. 34, s 4 N °I boat and it •unswi o i 5 ra d a y. - resen % 4Pte d . 44 ', Firs t tal• oft IVA 4 14 m itu . : Noso or : (IN tittle) °F 41, late ] Sr gals • t eei v ci a " Polio 11 ; 71400 Mite diti %%Ler of, P_E it ! —I ILwA „Noti ce `" last a In c "' chilli 01 Ptirliainet 5, r rest Ci r R be t , g em tat WiCn Th onut. Joh ~9torge Cc rge d am. Es PPlle ° atl - Ql ro ty ins et: Th e p rc m. 44vey s - ' 4 ' 4 4 ,b h e ei fo . 4ft wx. ta, ChE N W Bt * fteist Ur. John I I tzi