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'''S ',.. •-" ' * --.2- 40, 1 ,- purpose of advocating the adoption of that measure, and ‘ ' 'A',. ,4i i li, ..-, f-r- '' - '„r' 4 ,.g_ ( > ) 047 4 , : ) 6 _,_, .kale „" m ' 'c' , ' f,: - . . • '.' , vik .-:::, z. +- the total and immediate repeal of the corn-laws. r. II ..„., , , ~, ... • ~- 21-:i 00 .40 l op -..-t '..L)ll:byi l lis.l 4 7, • $,, , 1 w I°' ..---,.. 4 3' "11 , -- D -- . -- , , *?' ' 14 4 `‘, -- - Castle Levi in the chair. , 4 1 81 IT -FIELD CLUB PRIZE CATTLE The A„ SHOW, 1845. op e - „" 4 „,a 1 Exhibition of Prize Cattle, Seeds, Roots, Implements, Iziar, "Us DAY and three following days, at the horse 21t, a ping street, Portman-square. In place of the usual reeteCalGisome permanent build ng, with gallery, has been ka.tly ex a LRI the arrangements for this year are altogether on a ibltion 'ncled scale. tortes are enabled to view this National Ex- Tee is ope 4 Meth perfect comtOrt. t r i ° ,„ na DaYlight till Nine in honegLighted up after Afte rnoon.—Adm'tt Shilling. Mr. Mooax observed that they had never before had such an amount of public opinion earnest to express itself against the corn-laws as at the present moment. There. was abundant evidence throughout the country that its was time the corn-laws were at an end, and that the corn-laws were near the end of their time.—(Hear.) There had been, within the last three weeks, no fewer than 15 meetings held against those laws in the me tropolis and suburbs, _all of which were crowded and en thuslastie, and agreed that those laws ought to be abo lished. The City wards were in motion against them, and throughout the whole of the country, not only were the people of every town meeting to condemn the corn laws, but the corporations of those towns were also, meeting and condemning them; and whether those meet i r gs were Tory or Liberal was not the question, all weie engaged in sending their memorials to Sir Robert Peel to throw open the ports for the free admission of food for the people. All were agreed that there was a neces.- sity for the admission of food. The Learned Gentleman then proceeded to observe, that the League had not beers idle, as some supposed, during the last six months; they had been at work in their Council-rooms and in the Registration Courts ; they had been working silently, but earnestly and progressively. Mr. Moore then alluded to the failure of the harvest, which acted as; a powerful agent of necessity, pleading for the imme diate repeal of the corn and provision laws. There never, he proceeded, was a more abundant hope of the crops than was entertained during the last spring; the prospect of trade and manufactureswas also good; but the prospect of prosperity was dependent upon the chances of " sunshine," and the state of the barometer. The up holders of the corn-laws were congratulating themselves, but the League said, you congratulate yourselves too soon. No corn-laws can give prosperity. Your anticipated prosperity is dependent upon a good harvest, and with a bad harvest you will have bad times again. The Learned Gentleman then read extracts from letters from various correspondents and parts of the country, giving melan choly accounts of the disease in the potato crop, and of the deficiency of the wheat crop in weight and quality. He then alluded to the changes that are taking place in the opinions of the old opponents of the League on the question of the corn-laws, and amongst them to the conversion of Mr. Macaulay, who bad recently spoken at the great Edinburgh meeting, and read his recanta tion before his constituents. All were waiting for the final overthrow of the corn-laws, an overthrow which it was out of the power, he (Mr. Moore) contended, of any Government, for any considerable length of time, to avert. It was a great gratification to the League then that their toils against those corn-laws were nearly at an end, and that one of the happy results of their labours would be a greater security in land, and for the product of land in future. A great calamity was, however, at that moment threatening the country, and nothing but the speedy abolition of the corn-laws could prevent it. After a few other observations, thanks were voted to the chairman and Mr. Moore, and the meeting separated. No. 16,636. LONDON, WEDNES ' DA-Y - N G S DECEMBER 10, 1845. PRICE SD. It ti4l4 PUL iTECHNIU , LIN ...ectore en the PREVALENT DISEASE in EOTATOF.S, citliV ered iet tof extracting the Starch as a ' n Article of Food, 'will o ttlle g , -v Dr. Ryan, daily, at Half-past Three, and on Ihe N zsek, .2f Mondays, Wednesdays,' and Fridays, at Nine rere "Or Bachoffner's varied Lectures, with cape -011,,1n one of which he clearly explains the principle of .1 11 % bow,'IPRERIC RAILWAY, a model of which is at work Daily. Ipi ai ,"'le, the celebrated Flutist, accompanied by Dr. Wallis on 4 14 t ?.. f *te. wili Perform a DUET ' CONCEPT ANTE, and after -11"1/498, :Avoltrite FANTASIA, at Three o'Clock on Tuesdays,_ Thuros -40/rfr, Saturdays. Coleman's NEW AMERICAN LlOiCies lakThifinGlNE, for as.!ending and descending Inc , lined , a ns . ""ut COLLECTION of MODELS of TROPICAL}RIJ LerY beantitlil series of DISSOLVING VIEW'S. New DIPI BELL, I F.:c S, &c. Experiments with tke DIVER --c4eliel 'ion, One Shilling. Schools, rialf-price. E AST AND WEST JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY. The Committee of the above line have great pleasure in Informing the Subscribers that all the Plans, Sections, and Books of Reference of this line have been duly deposited et the offices of the Board of Trade, and of the several Clerks of the Peace, in compliance with the standing orders of the Houses of Parliament. By order, 0. D. 'MATHIAS, Secretary. 38, Moorgate-street, Dec. 3, 1845. PUBLICATIONS. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. objections which exist to its being an object of taxation at all, as being the first prime necessary of life, the greatest abundance of which should be secured by all possible means—ii peculiarly open to this other objec tion, as an object of revenue Under any circumstances, the quantity of corn which would at any time be imported. would bear but a small proportion to that grown at home. But a duty imposed on that which was imported, as long as it was operative, would equally raise the price. of all corn consumed ; and thus, for the sake of de riving a duty from two or three millions of quarters of grain imported, the public would buy at an enhanced price upon fifty or sixty millions of quarters consumed. And this could be remedied by placing an excise duty upon home-grown corn as upon home-made sugar, equi valent to that charged upon corn imported. To this there would be the same obvious objection which exists against all excise duties whatever. But the Times, in quoting a recent expression of Mr. Cobden's, ventures on the most unfounded inference in support of the exploded doctrine, now sought to be revived. " Mr, Cobden," says the Times, " very recently informed a French journal that the League confined its attacks to the mono poly of corn, because its members know that this being abolished, the aristocracy would unite to suppress all others. This means, that if the duties on corn are once removed, all other customs' duties will follow." Who, be sides the Times, would draw such an inference, or such a meaning from Mr. Cobden's expression? Mr. Cobden and the League want to suppress monopolies, but who ever heard of their wanting to suppress customs' duties ? Let the Times tell its readers what earthly connexion there is between " monopoly" and " customs' duties,'' and on what grounds it treats them as ,ynonimous. It is, we freely admit, a fair subject for discussion, whether direct or indirect taxation be preferable, and on which much difference of opinion exists; but we wholly deny that the questions of monopoly or unrestricted and open commerce, of protection or free trade, are in any way involved in that discussion. The leaders of the League and the free traders, both in and out of Parliament, have denied, in the most emphatic terms, any hostility to customs' duties for the purposes of revenue; on the contrary, their main anxiety has been to prevent their being diverted any other channel—to prevent the Exchequer and the public being impoverished, for the benefit cf privileged and protected classes. This Day, price 6d., or Bd. per post. THE FOLLY of the PRESENT PANIC IN THE SHARE ➢fARKET COMMERCIALLY AND FI NANCIALLY CONSIDE KED. • Effingham Wilson, 11, Royal Exchange. Of whom also may be had, 7th Edition, A SIIORT AND SURE GUIDE TO RAILWAY SPECULATION, IiONA.L LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY, • 26 , Co - 42..ran,L, LONDON. Capital4soo,ooo. tallitu E roPOwered by Act of Parlianiollt. 11 4 intsi r .. 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They have also the pleasure to announce that, by an arrangement entered into between this Company and the Leicester and Bedford, and London and York Railway Companies, this undertaking will be presented to Parliament as forming* part of a trunk line between Lon don and Manchester. J. B. YARDE BULLER, jun., Deputy-Chairman. JOSEPH RICHARDSON, Secretary. :`.B.—The additional deposit of five per cent. will not be called for until the Bill has passed the House of Commons. Price Gd., or Bd. per post. First Number ready Dec. 16. MEPHISTOPHELES : a Journal of Satire, • Wit, and Wisdom, published every Saturday, price 3d., Stamped, 4d., consisting of Twelve Quarto Pages, size of the " Medi cal Times" and ". Athenzeum," and lavishly illustrated. *** The best Authors and Artists known to English literature will concur in giving MEMIISTOPIIELES as many readers as there are thinkers. lie seeks no other. For a Prrspeetus, apply to the Office, 49, F.ssom-street, London. 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The Committee of Management have deferred closing their Share Lists until they were assured that the standing orders of Parliament had been complied with. The Plans and Sections having been duly deposited with the Board of Trade and Alie several Clerks of the Peace of the comities through velsiAt • - •,7*.passee, Iltuy nowt gin. notice that no application for Shares will be received after the 27th instant, and until that period they wiil eontinue to be received at the Offices of the Company, 43, Moorgate-street ; of the Solicitor, F. T. Gen, Esq., Carlton-chambers, 8, Regent-street; and of the following Brokers :—R. 11. Wilkins, Esq., 4, Bank-chambers, London; Henry Brenchly, Esq., Cushion-court, Old Broad-street, London. R. MORTON CALET, Secretary. SIR WALTER SCOTT'S POETRY, and . TALES of a GRANDFATHER. On Ist January, in Weekly Numbers and Monthly Parts, I. SIR WALTER SCOTT'S POETRY, People's Issue. And uniform therewith, on Ist March, 11. TALES of a GRANDFATHER, Being the History of Scotland. By Sir WALTER SCOTT, Bart. Both Issues will be completed in November, 1846. R. Cadcll, Edinburgh; Houlston and Stoneman, London; and all Booksellers. ?la; li kA* 4l "ntni w - -hp .f . 10 ats is annual, and the next will be made ix De- Nest year. F. FERGIJSOIc CAMROUX, See. THE TENANT FARMER'S ADVOCATE. It is abundantly manifest that the position of the agricul tural interest as a class is undergoing, and must undergo, a great In such change the relative position of " Landlord and Tenant'uviill form the . -most important feature, and. lisa-astablialx.. ment of a sound system of " Tenants' Rights" will be a cardinal Point for " Tenant Farmers." For fourteen years THE MARK LANE EXPRESS AND AGRICULTURAL. JOURNAL has been the zealous and uncompromising advocate of the Tenants' Rights, and with the conviction that the interests of the Tenantry are vitally involved in the question, the columns of this journal will be continuously devoted to its discussion aad elucidation. Published every Monday is time for post. May be had by order of all Booksellers and Newsmen. Office, 24, Norfolk-street, Strand, London. Price 11. 10s. 4d. per annum. - MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. - _ CITY, MONDAY EVENING. at tlw I) EASTERN AND WES"I:ERN 44 ted,,,, °M LITAN CEMETERIES ASSOCIATION. f 41 !lle sanction and immediate patronage • e. " the Duke of CANIBRIDGE,Ii G.C.8., "5.4°b 94"1. F-S.l " &c. Be. &c. r Share. In 4 0,006 Shares of 20/. Deposit U. s. pe it 11 441 1 411 7 It according to Act of Parhainer .) ki wa tlei lt COMMITTER. ot o , t rd 1)44kt,, Upper Bedford-place Alt: 44, Moore, Esq., Arlington-street ilrown Esq. Gower-street, Bedford-square t" , Esq ' ., Cadogan-place Great Winclsester-street 'erkei e " '44, Avenue -road, Regent's-park Alt Y Cotter, Esq. Norfolk-street, Strand t hoZ 4 '2l ,l ll ,)n y, sl Terrin,“,ll Esq., Great Winchester-street `L'Previne 'Esq Cambridge-terrace, Hyde-hark 4; 141 e i . "'Z' I : B 9., ' Gowe .' r-street, Bedford-square 01 1 , 1 ; i 1 -e Q.C., FA - Ls., 20, Montague-street, Rumen -44:6e p ot V ei lttrt il Irvine, Esq. Travellers' Club, Pall-mall %r, E sq. ' .t Tho Winchester House „ retk r ,„,_ pson, n Lsq• 41 43% , 1144 ,113 - 3 1 Esq., ' B rners-Areet. Commercial Bank of London. 9 e° 'N'ict—iir he S t e o r g m eant Chanstell ; Thomas Bourdilion. Seta e - Esq. Belt i roas—Alessrs. Bourdillon and Sons. al p h . vt Q oas—Messrs. Hoggart and Norton. 4'4 pleet of t i.,' E CRETART—Edward Hoare, Esq. ht,,Zarnhistoue Association Is to carry out the recommendations 4 4 4 14 t Me ant " ainted to report on the " health of towns, ' __rnients of the dead in or near , the habitations of Q*, V it ablishing two extensive cemeteries on the banks of 1, 'hick 4 c onvenient distance east and west of the metre hie Will 4 3' t heir position, in addition to the usual mode of „I N :. (ford the facility of a more economical conveyance p t m ost 4, pti ff istimt,,"ued thoroughfares of the metropolis, even in the and crime, we see grave-yards towering above us, revolting dye' 4 1 4 40, 1 1 ea te e l i lvia tainting the very atmosphere in . which we . Our Christian feelings are continually houet i4SMltlittlea c.fr dot of violated sanctuaries, and gross and r -14, beZllO nand ' r ed to the dead, to the great scandal of our na lad.n to character as a Christian people. Many attempts e ` to remove this nuisance and reproach from among rh. 'trop o p„ , e nts occurring in Spaflelds and other burial-grounds %,.1417e1i t wo "' as described in the public journals and in the evi -o,bl one L e the Committee of the House of Commons, have 1 ,1 1 114 - . a g n :rral feeling of horror and indignation in the public ~4,,4 4 t or 401 13 desire on the part of the Legislature to abolish, ei tle cy er, burial s w ithi n t h e li m it s o f the metropolis and ) 41 3: 1: , tidy of the emp i re. , tt i r e 'i!i!'able to unite economy of expense with that decent tZt b ,;_see,,t` 5 due to the remains of all, however lowly their k iihdieZT . to the wealthier classes the facility of indulging in iitt qtoter s L' e Volonials of respect to their departed friends; and ikeaStage believe that the public will see and duly appreciate the e i : t. p tt •to th: v juieh will he derived by this method of . conveying 41114 ;icat h ; enaetrles, the choice of mode of burial being always lar, e ' v ery advantage possessed by existing suburban and:Leonveyance must, therefore, be considered as an 17elatbe v i:_t . as replacing the present mode, being introduced than^ of general accommodation, and Fecuring econo t tot for any purposes of novelty and display. r to PUrchase extensive tracts of land, having a river Ola t he l m `_fPtion of funerals by water, and approaches by liv er rode of intermentestablish stations on both k. 06, his..., or the temporary reception of bodies destined for strictly accord with the spirit of the recommend . a -I;4lJUrtoun of Towns Commission, by obviating the distressing lit io DI, 3 necessity which arises from retaining for days, in li%; EitZby the living, corpses in the various stages of dec0m .,4441:1t-trt and other boats will be constructed for the purpose d ead, the mourners, and friends of the deceased to 4444: and p c i rth all du e regar d t o d ecorum , a nd equally adapted ;r l % ' ra te funerals. klp2Se says become highly popular ht this country and most k i Lsop t ; eY are equally in fayour with the Legislature and bparo,enie4 ter al• Many of then are, however, situated at such tV 4 040 -. " Or 4 1 1 'tatice as to place them wholly beyond the pecu the._ e humbler classes, except in their immediate neigh- Zt ant i 7,.r, also small, when compared with the ne . cessities of t ai u d t ore generations. The Grand Metropolitan Ceme kSie ZOI th e ' .. .out in an appropriate manner, suited to the sad 44 whilst theylare not unattractive to the living; h. a rtieter of the ancient mode of burial in large naauso kyle ret-- t l a dded the beauties of Pere la Chaise, and other ;14 th l tlige - Ora- The grounds will be portioned off, in deference tilere Alis or../ !":ery sect and religion, and their great extent will tt to e ation to meet the requirements of all. to o l t h r Y out the recommendations of the Parliamentary lit i 7N ttp, -ei r fullest extent, and to facilitate the abolishment iteiitt4; Metropolis, the Association proposes to adopt such 44 P._ Wee b e found necessary to ensure economy of burial when t ktt ( l l / er as due decorum of conveyance and interment. . tt 11 4 i. the chapels, entrance-gates, and ornamental dispis- Vb blu e h ttn ds, are now under serious consideration, and the )O A , et ch built with the view of affording accommodation )4 1 440 4 te, r ges the most economical. Grounds for interment at , N li t either in perpetuity for families or seperate bodies, may I l etia s - „, t h every facilit y to erect such memorials as their sur - Otinit a i ."` r ay deem fit. 44 , 4 th e t i e Association will be 500,0001., with power to in kt-4,l4t4tea I I O Shareholders having the preference of the 1 011 114 4 a l" - It will be divided into 40,000 shares of 201. ci• Ism 1 ( 3 '• 1 1. 2s. per share to be paid at the time of subscrib toh:etto e followed by calls of 11. per share, as may be re- Zioolollths' notice being given of each call. N t . t he offi r P r osPectuses and shares to be made to the Secre- Viu-Ntre—ees of Messrs. Bourdillon and Sens, 30, Great Ne re port °f , of whom all further information may be the Parliamentary Committee will be furnished obtained. at ;tilt Rio— or APPLICATION FOR SHARES. Committee of the Grand Eastern and Western 4 14 41Nez, k etropolitan Cemeteries Association. I, ~,,t lll aZ I request you will allot me shares of 101. 4 :th;` lin3,-',"re Undertaking, and I hereby agree to aceept the qL , ta 4 epe,Ps number which may be allotted to me, and to Dora' y o - C if It. 2 s. per share vsithin the time limited and pre 'N. a' and to execute the Parliamentary contract and ''teernent, and all other necessary deeds, when required I ara, gentlemen, your obedient servant, Name in full .. .. Usual Signature Residence •• •••• •• •••••••• Place of Business (if any) • • • • • • • • • • Trade or Profession .• .. • • •• .. .ference• • • • • • • • • • • • • • Date • . .. Witness• • • • • • • • • • • • • • ..... • • • ••••••• ..... Itkiit Profession. .. ... ...... ii L 144 11 (11 4 1 4t4 Y AND CAPSULES.—Mr. BETTS 4 4-41,,., 7 45z,„ 1 firm of J. T. BETTS and CO.), Patent Brandy ro t , t th thtield Bars, feels it due to himself aid/ the public to lel to t riA:V t lanufecture of the PATENT BRANDY was not, Z vi ', 5t 1 ,7" 4 c1 that he was suceeeded in the business of the Dis 14:k Ntr i tt llfteld •g.ig th Bars, by his sons, J. T. BETTS, jun., and CO., 1 1 .. ,tT,, erefrona, in 1543. h t §: 4l e " f urther states, that he is the sole Patentee, manufae -1/4 tn,,, t %d or of the Metallic Capsule, (or solid metal covering Ltisk's p. i ts of bottles), that no other Brandy in England, except 9 ATEN T I b t ,%lD ‘t „, - T BRANDY, is thereby protected ; the Patent k Sti r ,"' If, therefore, applied to any other Brandy, must lll'ttuj,ie I,titiously obtained. Capsule Manufactory, 1, Wharf-road, City-road. L litil, i 't ht I' kc Si 8 PATENT BRANDY, certified by the thktni t l ,°,f England to be the pure , s , t spiri , t, aid guaranteed , Nl k t et ki l le e lc c i ie b Ir e . tfil l i r: C so a l p i su a l e t s, 3 e s nf 6 b d os , se b d ottle ß i e n tt c s lu s ae P i a , te b n y t B rand , s, lists of whom may be obtained at included, D t i l s i t e il m lei t , ktp°l4l44 : A tt o tl d" res ° 3 l : l , l 7 o4 si l n e i s t s hfi th el a d n -b t a w r o s. gallons, in bulk or bottles, are 1' At '1 4 1 Die P L E A S E I 4 'in -used" with the Warehouse of MOSES and SON ; : please d"l'UlP e ..._ with the manner it's bus'ness is done ; .:ict i lli D 1 1 ;Z .,. % 1 ': , with the various terms of its trade ; bl„,. v. with the way that the garments are made ; ~ v Iti•r e . 441" with the cloth, and " I'm pleased " with the " I 4 ' Ale s 4 - '4l h , "ed" that the clothing lasts such a long while ; st !ttl pled, with the prices of MOSES and SON ; e,%napi:"ed" at the wonderful good they have done . ;In Di_ weed" that they'll always exchange what you boy ; . . 1 , eril „,`"ed" that they never interrogate why ; „Pk v'oltsed" that they give you your cash back again ; NI Al pleased that they chow themselves trustworthy men 4 p Pleaa. A , . tri pi_ vu that they're favotir'd with public support ; : ee l , - used" that vast thousands have done as they ought :!'rti pleased" that each year there's increasing success ; ' eln that there's none to disparage their dress ; '` i Ple.. * . ia ~,- - 0 4 " that their Dress-Mart deserves what is done ''eutred" altogether with MOSES and SON LIST OF PRICES. ZIAIIT MADE. 14 4, A a. d, tot 6611atis i r tio p t , l,l l+o,r 6 0 16 8 6 6 rd""°ls, letbr n o s ke, • t • inCi • • e • v • e • r • y • Was • cr • • i • pt • io • n • of ... 1 0 n. tri er eats in every style .............. from 0 $ 6 rs, hued ... • •• • • • • • • •. •• 0 4 6 traZ t„ t° • •• • • • 010 6 edged •• 1 0 0 blt e ot Itt u rod • • • ••• • • • • -itt,, , Ntint4r6lllll Tunis snits tit , roasters.. „. „ " ..... . It4 it Yeats •• •• • • ••• • • • • •• • • •• r ,_ ate t tl i,ll o 6 , every zca s o t s , l t e ll a NA s s i T a a p z e . , 11 handsomely eloth - c ," ••• • . „ ....... .1 5 0 Coats, velvet collar and cuffs ...... 1 12 0 '' , 04.," 6r8 •• .. . ..... . 0 18 6 Trot' •• • • ... ..... • ..... 0 8 6 "etit ditt o rs . In all ille •• new ••• p • a • ti • erns • • .......... 012 14 % 4 '16 1h '• • • .... 010 6 oitt Y ' °r dress do „ •••••• • • • • • • I 6 5' 5 b, e• • 112 0 ~itto made 2 15 0 r4l l ;, l 4 tat rillait '• •• • • 1 13 0 ath,►tre -1r Y reside 3 3 0 ests 0 8 6 c i tys , Main • "..• • • .• • • •• • • • •" • • • • • • • • ........ 0 IS 6 llk u r, a l ain or fancy ............. 0 12 0 0 1; 14 4 ,,, t Coats' sad Tunic suits.. ............ .......... 1 6 ac' el? w •••• • .. 014 6 tlsp o laeu ttr °r a, entitled th e " M onarc h Mart," with full directions t k l'il ki * Ta.x / .. " l ent, may be had, on application, " Post Free." 10 4ti Fed, article purchased or ordered, Knot approved of eell e , t v t---p,. l the money returned. LOSES and SON, Tailors, Wholesale and Retail lokit.qqt6,:i'llie!?,Outfltters, and General Warehousemen, 154, Mino theq, b.2,.ate, City, opposite the Church. el Ir....mess transacted at this EstablishNent frsal sunset on t 4 ` 'Mitt gaturcla3, when business is restaged at twelve 04% ., %hie Mc" 4 • tr rt %f o and Sim are obliged to guard the public r t 'mn t n ' having learned that the nntradesmanliko false evt toti ki cmmeeted with them, or its the same concern, has 4tt'l,ll: coon in many instiinceo and for obvious reasons. They k t r i s h rh_, and th ose whatever with - any other establishment, in or out I ,2usap poin °2e Who deal. e genuine Cheap Clothing should (to VPogwa tie Churc exit, ace.)ll C. or send to Ik4 , BiLieries, or 15, . orefor: , bit ,Ef ir id, tb 0 4 ' Efet , do $O. trif iees 0° ge :jpei read°6l T OURS AND NANTES RAILWAY. MACKENZIE, PATERSON, AND CO. REPORT TO THE SHAREHOLDERS. Your Directors have the satisfaction to announce the amalgama tion of eight principal Companies in competition for the lease of this Railway. Among these competitors, your Company occupied a proud posi tion. They not only presented a subscription list of the very first class, and comprising much that was calculated to inspire public confidence, but a deposit innil, amounting to 6,425,000 f., or more than double the caution-money required by the French Government. It is gratifying to your Directors that, by common consent, even amongst their competitors, the first place was conceded to yoar Com pany. In the actual state of the money market, and in the present de pressed situation of railway property in general, your Directors deemed it prudent to prefer rather a fraction of a concession, obtained upon the very best terms, than to run the risk of a probably reckless competition, that could not fail to be ruinous to the Company who should obtain it. To arrive at a resnit so much to be desired, and to include in this arrangemert all the bona fide competing Companies, your Directors made many successive sacrifices. They have succeeded in retaining one-fifth of the stock, and seven Directors (four French and three English) in the consolidated Company, viz. : CAPITAL. Francs. Mackenzie, Paterson, and Co. .. •• • • 8,000,000 Currette and Co. .. •• • • ......... ..... • • 6,000,000 Brouillard and Co. ••.••• .. • . • • • 5,000,000 Raigeeourt and Co. .. ••••.. •• • • -.. ...... 5,000,000 Lefevre and Co. • • O'Neill and Co. Delamarre and Co. ••• • • • • ......... ..... 4,500,000 Basse Loire •• 40,000,000 Directors—Messrs. The Baron Sarget, Regent of the Bank of Bordeaux ; Edward Caillard and Ragn!eres, Directors of the Messa geries Generales of France ; Monternault, ancien magistrat ; William Mackenzie and J. D. Barry, Resident Directors in Paris ; and Richard Paterson as a member of the Board in London. The other members of the London Board are Mr. John Anderson, Mr. Bagshaw, and Captain Chamier, R.N. The competition of the " Postmasters' Company" did not in the least alter the determination of your Directors as to their bidding. They had made up their minds, whatever might be the number of competitors, not to accept the lease of this railway unless for a term that could not fail to be highly remunerative to the Shareholders (considered only with respect to the actual traffic), in addition to the mathematical certainty of the repayment of the capital in the term of the lease, by the operation of a moderate sinking fund. The result of the adjudication is, a lease to the consolidated Com pany for a term of 34 years and 15 days, to be computed from the period of the opening of the line to the public, throughout its entire length from Tours to Nantes. The maximum term fixed by the law relating to this railway was 35 years. As to the general conditions of the grant, it may suffice to say, that they are precisely the sante in every respect as those of the Or leans and Bordeaux Railway, except that in the case of the Tours and Nantes Railway the Company are bound to repay the Govern ment the actual cost of the land for the scat of the railway and its accessories. The Company will thus have to support only about one-half of the entire cost of an admirably cinstructed railway, stocked and appointed in the most efficient manner. They will, consequently, have only one-half the capital on which to provi It a dividend, with the whole net revenue of the line applicable to that purpose. After the distribution of a return equal to eight per cent. per an num to the Shareholders, the Government is entitled to one-half of the surplus profits, but not until after the first five years of the open ing of the line throa,thout to Nantes, and not even then unless the aggregate profits of the preceding years shall have been equal to six per cent. on the capital actually expended, plus a sinking fund. Your Directors would just observe, that a sinking fund of one and a half per cent., improved at fbur per cent. compound interest, (i. e., extinguishing a four per cent. stock, by paving off a certain number of Shares annually), will liquidate the whole capital of the Company in 33 years 46 days. There will then remain nearly one year of the lease unexpired, together with the value of the stock, materials, and stores, to be repaid to the Company by the Government, or the future lessees of the railway, within three months after the determination of the term of the lease. The revenue of the last year of the term, together with the amount of the valuation of the stock and stores of the Company, will amount to several millions of francs, which will be either distributed in the shape of a bonus to the ultimate Shareholders, or the annual sinking fund may be reduced to one and a quarter per cent. on the capital from the commencement, as the Directors may determine. Considered in all its bearings, and more especially with respect to the strong presumption that the first lessees of the French railways will be lessees in perpetuity, subject to a fine of some sort on renewal of the term, your Directors are led to believe that the grant of this railway, upon the terms upon which ithas been obtained, will be one of the best, if not the very best railway property in France. The foregoing arrangements as to the distribution of the capital amongst the competing Companiesattill enable your Directors to give one share in the consolidated Company for every five of the reduced shares in this Company. Parties entitled to fractions of shares may render them available by joining several together, and dividing the whole shares afterwards, for which every possible facility will be given. The rights off the Shareholders will be preserved intact, although they may have omitted to exchange their old receipts for new encs in time for the late competition. The adjudication pronounced in favour of this Company, on Thee day, November 25th, was approved by Royal Ordinance, in the offi cial " Moniteur" of Friday, the 28th of the same month. Such is the favourable light in which this consolidated Company is viewed by the Government, that the Royal Ordinance approving the statutes of the Company, usually a work of some months, has been already obtained. The Company is thus definitely and legally constituted a soeiete anonyme, by which the liability of a shareholder is limited to the number of shares of which he is the proprietor. The first duty of your Directors will be to return to the Share holders the excess of the deposits paid, after retaining 51. per share on the consolidated shares, at the same time to give a voucher for the number of shares to which each shareholder is entitled. This duty will be entered upon as soon as the necessary forms can be prepared and printed, on Friday, 12th of December. The Certificates of Shares in the names of the Proprietors will be I issued as soon as they can be got ready. The statutes of this Com pany permit that the Shares may be transferred to bearer, when 101. per Share shall have been paid up, after which no transfer will be required. The works of construction are in a great state of forwardness nearly throughout the whole line, hut more especially so on the first and most important section, between Tours and Angers. No time will be lost in taking the requisite measures for bringing this highly pro ductive section into early active operation in connexion with the section of the Bordeaux Railway between Orleans and Tours. Finally, the capital is more than sufficient for the completion and stocking of the railway. WILLIAM MACKENZIE, JOHN DAVID BARRY. RICHARD PATERSON. 2, Capel-court, London, December 9, 1845. Paris, Docewber 6, 1845, FOGS AND DAMP AIR. BARCLAY'S ASTHMATIC CANDY has, for many years, been proved an effectual preservative from the ill effects of the fog. , and damp air which, in the winter season, are so prevalent in this climate. Its effects are to expel wind, to pre serve the stomach from the admission of damps, and to relieve those who suffer from difficulty of breathing. Prepared only by Barclay and Sons, 95, Farringdon-street, Lon don ; and sold retail, by their appointment, by Sanger, 150, Oxford street ; Gifford, 104, and 11. Burfteld, 180, Strand ; Johnston, 68, Cornhill ; Hallows, druggist, 2, High-street, Islington ; Hcudebourck, druggist, Church-street, Hackney ; and all respectable Medicine Venders in town and country. Observe—None can be genuine unless the names of "Barclay and sons" are on the stamp affixed to each box. --- ROWLAND'S KALY DOR, nn eminently balsamic preparation, is equally celebrated for its safety in application, its for its mild and soothing operation, in thoroughly purifying the skin of all redness, pimples, spots, freckles, tan, and discolourations ; producing a healthy freshness and transparency of complexion ; and an admired softness and delicacy on the hands, arms, and neck! In cases of chilblains, chapped skin, or incidental inflammation, it is pre-eminently successful, and gentlemen after shaving will find it allay all irritation and tenderness of the skin, and render it soft, smooth, and pletsant. Balmy, odoriferous, and creamy, its purifying and refreshing properties have obtained its exclusive selection by the Court and the Royal Family of Great Britain, and those of the Conti nent of Europe, together with the " itlete" of the aristocracy, and " haute voles." Its high reputation induces unprincipled shopkeepers to offer the spurious " Kalydors" for sale, composed of mineral astringents, utterly ruinous to the complexion, and by their repellant action en dangering health. It is, therefore, imperative on purchasers to see that the words "Rowland's Kalydor" are on the envelope (an en graving of exquisite beauty from a steel plate by Messrs. Perkins, Bacon, and Co.) and that A. ROWLAND and SON, 20, Hatton garden, are engraved (by authority) on the Government Stamp affixed on each bottle. Price 4s. Gd. and Ss. Gd. per bottle. Sold by the Proprietors, and by chemists and perfutners. *,,,* All other Kalydors are fraudulent imitations I THE BEST APERIENT AND ANTIBILIOUS MEDICINE FOR GENERAL USE IS _ _ _ FRAMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH which effectually relieves the stomach and bowels by gentle relaxa tion, without griping or prostration of strength. They remove head-ache, sickness, dizziness, pains in the chest, &c., are highly grateful to the stomach, promote digestion, create appetite, relieve languor and depression of spirits ; while to those of a full habit, and free livers, who are continually suffering from drowsiness, heaviness, and singing in the head and ears, they offer advantages that will no fail to be appreciated. This Medicine has for many years received the approval of the most respectable classes of society, and in confirmation of its effi cacy, the following letter has been kindly forwarded to Mr. Front. with permission to publish it, and, if requisite, to refer any respect able person to its author:— " To Mr. Front, 229, Strand, London. " Ilcavlb:ee, Exeter, April 24, 1844. " SIR,— -I feel pleasure in being able to bear my strong and unso licited testimony to the excellenc , J of your " Frampton's Pill of Health," which I consider a most safe, efficacious, and very superior general medicine. The widow of an officer, an elderly lady, and near relative of mine, has used them—very rarely having recourse to other medicines for a long poriod of years ; she has recommended them extensively, and in one instance in which she induced a person to adopttlsem, and supplied the first box herself, they have proved or extraordinary efficacy. I think that perhaps there is scarcely any other of the many patent medicines before the public of equal value •as a " friend in need"—certainly none possessed of superior claims I shall be happy on all occasions to give them my individua recom mendation, and am, Sir, " Your obedient servant, * * * • n Sold by T. Prout, 229, Strand, London, price Is 11 d. and 2s. 9d. per box ; also by the Vendor', of Medicines generally throughout the Kingdom. Ask for FRAMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH, and observe the name and address of " Thomas Front, 229, Strand, London," on the Gi9TUILMOt Elegant Pocket Edition, price Is., by post Is. 6 d. D R. CULVERWELL ON MARRIAGE, its HINDRANCES and OBLIGATIONS. " To he or not to he, that is the question."—Shakspeare. Contents :—On Matrimonial Eligibility and Unfitness—Laws of Paternity—Phenomena of Gestation—On Maternal Influence—On infelicitous and unproduetkre IJaions--Curiosities of Medical Experi ence, Cases, &e. &a. - - - Also Cetapgnion to the same, price is., by post is. 6d. CILISTITY ; its 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 those who may be more legitimately and perhaps painfully interested. Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Carvalho, 147, Fleet-street Mann, 39, Cornhill, and all booksellers, or direct from the Author, 21, A.randel-street, Strand. At home daily till 2 ; Evenings, 7 till If. THE TWELFTH EDITION. Just Published, in a sealed envelope, price 2s. 6d., and teat free, on receipt of a Post-office Order for as. Gd. MANLY HEALTH : a Popular Inquiry into the Concealed Cause of its Decline, with Instructions for its Complete Restoration. Addressed to 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, &c By C. J LUCAS and Co., Consulting Surgeons, London. CAUTION.---: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 publie against being duped L v such base imitations. Perseus desirous of obtaining the above work, and rot wishing to apply to a bookseller for the same, may, to insure secrecy, have to direct from the Authors, by enclosing 33. 61., 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. Sowler, Courier-office, 4, St. Ann's-square, Manchester; W. Howell, 75, Dale-street, Liverpool ; W. Wood, 78, Ilighstreet, Birmingham; W. and -1. Robinson, 11, Greenside-street, Edinburgh; T. Price, Dame-street, Dublin ; and all Booksellers. " The best of all friends is the professional friend, and in n* El-ape can he be consulted with greater safety and secrecy than in Lucas ea Manly llcalth.'—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, at their residence, N.). CO, New man-street, Oxford-street, London, and country patients may be successfully treated, on minutely describing their case, and enclosing the Willa gee of 11. for advice. FOURTEENTH EDITION of the SILENT FRIEND on Kaman Frailty, with Coloured Engravings. Jest published, price 2s. 6d., free by post (in a staled envelope) 35.6 d.. rpHE SILENT FRIEND ; a Medical Work of 1. the Infirmities of the System n both sexes ; and on the loss of the reproductive powers, with means of restoration. The baneful effects of indulge- ce, &c., are fully pointed out. Illustrated by En graN ings ; followed by observations on Marriage. fly R. and L. PERRY and Ce., Consulting Surgeons, London. Published by the Authors, and may be had at their residence 19, BERNERS-STREET, OXFORD-STREET. Sold by Strange, 21, Paternoster-row ; Hannay and Co., 63, Ox ford-street; Gordon, 146, Leadenbs.ll-street ; Parkin, Compton street, Sobs; and all Booksellers. "We regard the work before us, the Silent Friend,' as a work embracing most clear and practical views of a series of complaint, hitherto little understood, and passed over by a majority of the me dical profession, for what reason we are at a loss to know. We must however confess that a perusal of this work has left such a favourable impression on cur minds, that we net only recommend, but cordially wish every sue who is the victim of past folly, or suffering from ludic cretion, to profit by theadvice contained in its pages."—Age and Argus. The CORDIAL BALM of SYRIACUM is exclusively directed to the cure of nervous debility, irregularity, weakness, loss of ap petite, indigestion, consumptive habits, and debilities arising from excess, tic. In bottles, price 1 ls., or the quantity of four in one bottle for 335., by which 11s. are saved. The live-pound cases may be had as usual. The CONCENTRATED DETERSIVE ESSENCE, a remedy for searching oat and purifying the blood from scurvy, blotches en the head, face, and body, ulcerations, and those painful affections arising from improper treatment or the effects of mercury, removing secondary symptoms, and all eruptions of the skin. Prier 11s. and 335. per bottle. PERRY'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS, price 2s. 9d., 4s. 64., and I Is. per box, are the most effectual remedy for strictures, inflam mation, Sec., without hindrance to business. Consultation fee, if by letter, 11. Minute detail of cases necessary. Messrs. R. and L. Perry and C 0.,: surgeons, may be consulted, as UMW, at 19, Rerners-street, Oxford-street, London. daily, and at 106, Duke-s eet, Liverpool, every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday ; and at 10, St. Jo n-street, Deansgate, Manchester, es Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays. The Speaker of the House of Commons and Mrs. Lefevre are entertaining a small party at Heekfield House, near Basingstoke. DEATH OF TOWNSEND, THE PEDESTRIAN. — The " veteran," so well known in sporting circles, expired lately in the Cliff° Workhouse, Lewes, and was buried in South over churchyard. He was 54 years of age. Townsend was considered one of the first pedestrians of his day, and from his possessing great powers of endurance, was enabled to perform extraordinary feats, particularly matches against time. PEDESTRIANISM. — On Monday the ten mile race be tween Jacques and Dean came off near the King's Arms, Acton Bottom. The men have acquired some celebrity, and drew a good concourse of spectators. The stakes were 201. a side. Jacques took the lead and covered the first mile in nine minutes and a half. The men continued at a clipping pace, Jacques still maintaining the lead, and five miles were accomplished in forty-seven minutes. At this stage of the race Jacques appeared to have victory certain, but on the approach of the eighth mile his opponent stole upon him and took the lead, much to the surprise of the backers of Jacques. Dean gradually gained ground upon his adversary, and ulti mately brought the contest to a conclusion by coming in the winner by eight yards, having covered the ten miles of roast in one hour and thirty-four minutes, fair toe and heel walk ing. The London fancy backed Jacques to a large amount but in the course of the race endeavoured to edge off. COUNTY OF HERTFORD.—Mr. Halsey has offered himself as a candidate for the county of Hertford, on the Conservative interest. He has issued an address to the elec tors, and met them at Hemel Hempstead on Saturday. We understand, however, that he will not be elected without op position. A requisition is in course of signature to the Hon. Spencer Cowper, brother of Earl Cowper, and of the Member for Hertford. Efficient means have been taken to ascertain the general feeling of the county, and it is confidently hoped that, between the names of Halsey and Cowper, the electors of Hertford will not hesitate to choose a member of a family who are so well known as the consistent advocates of con stitutional reform. Mr. Halsey pledges himself to support the present corn-laws, in opposition to the present Ministry or any other party. THE WONDER OF WONDERS.--AR enormous bear fed upon bread for the last twelve months, challenges com parison with any of the prizes at the Bazaar. This animal will be exhibited dead and dressed, so as to show the depth of fat, during Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, the four days of the cattle-show, in front of Mr. Ray's pre mises, No. 8, King-street, Baker-street, two doors only from the Bazaar, and was fattened by those celebrated perrequiers, perfumers, .hair-cutters, and hair-dyers, M essrs. R oss an d Sons, 119, Bishopsgate-strect, London, of whom only can the genuine bear's-grease be obtained. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —Deafnes,and Defective Vision Rellieved.—The undermentioned sent into the country free by post.-39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, and 25, South Cas tle-street, Edinburgh.—Acoustic Instruments.—lnvisible Voice Conductors, when fixed in the cavity of the ears, are not un comfortable. nor more perceptible than having a small piece ut wool in its place. They enable individuals at an advanced age, and of extreme deafness of 40 and 50 years standing, instantly , &c. They p our t h e to join in general conversation, and to catch th e soun d o f a distant low speaker into t the e a t e a c r h s u t r o ch s , u theatre ane xtent that in th e mos t sev ere cases deafness cannot be observed. Also, original Ear Cornets, French , German , and Spanish Artificial Ears. and Improved Hearing Trum p ets of ever y d e scription. Many conversation of those instruments have received the approbation of the Royal Society and Royal Institution of Great Britain. The newly-invented Spectacles, immediately they are placed before extremely imperfect vision, it is brought to its youthful, natural, and original state. Also, Achromatic Telescopes, Opera Glasses, Microscopes, &c. Caution—Messrs. S. and B. Solo mons, Opticians, are net in any way connected with a p erson of the same name in their immediate neighbourhood, nor in any part of the country. To prevent mistakes, be cautious, and Observe—Only to be had at 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, opposite the York Hotel, and 25, South Castle-street, Edin burgh. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —The Earl of Aldborough and Holloway's Pills.—An astounding Care by this miraculous Medicine after every other means had failed. See extract of his Lordship's letter dated Villa Messina, Leghorn, Feb. 21, 1845. "To Professor Holloway. Sir,—l beg to acquaint you that your pills have effected a cure of a disorder in my liver and stomach which all the most eminent of the faculty at home and all over the Continent had not been able to effect. Nay, not even the waters of Carlsbad or Marienbad. (Signed) Aldborough."—These wonderful Pills will cure any disease of the liver and stomach. —Sold (also Holloway's Ointment) at Professor Holloway's establishment, 244, Strand', and by all modicino 'radon tkoughout the &Ind world. RAILWAY UNDERTAKINGS. (From the Times.) It is a trite remark, that associated numbers often refuse to acknowledge that responsibility which they would not dare to repudiate as individuals. Corpora tions are said to have no conscience. And companies are sometinats found who seem to have established their part nership on the principal of the two thieves who severally denied, the one that he took, the other that he received, the stolen goods. This peculiarity, which has been called, by a happy blunder, " the irresponsibility of numbers," is most signally exemplified in railway under takings. It is the bad pre-eminence of the promoters of some among these schemes to stand before the world as the disciples of repudiation. Their ambition appears to be, to wear the seal and impress of Pennsylvania and Mississippi; to be enrolled, perhaps at some future time among the citizens of those honourable States. May their ambition be gratified! England, certainly, is no place fur repudiators; she has a foolish prejudice in favour of honesty, an inveterate habit of paying her ' debts, at all risks, and without consideration of loss. She would, doubtless, if her laws allowed, transport these gentlemen, in the ordinary way, to the congenial climate of republican America. But, unfortunately, theirs is a cases omissus in the books; there is no special punishment for them marked out and defined. The omission may perhaps be likened, in its causes, to that celebrated ono in the Roman Code, which need only be hinted at. But though they cannot be conveyed to the wished-for shores at the public expense, yet, if they will go at their own, they will enjoy the pleasing reflection that " they left their country for their country's good." It is not alleged that all, or indeed many, railway com panies are amenable to these remarks; but it is certain that more than one have already suffered themselves to be charged v,ith swinlling and embezzlement, without even deigning to notice the accusation. As to how many more will follow the bright example, some estimate may be formed from the declaration of the chief magistrate of the city of London, that he apprehended there were a great many cases parallel to theirs. Fur a proof ethe reasonableness of this apehension we refer to the police reports of the Mansion-house and Guildhall, which appeared in our columns of Saturday and yesterday. It would occupy toe much space to go into all the cases at length, but for the sake of example we give every notoriety to the names of the companies implicated. These are the Great Manchester, Rugby, and Southampton; the Great Leeds and London Direct; and the Direct Birmingham, Oxford, and Brighton. The first, as being decidedly the worst, we shall select for a particular notice. The letters of allotment of the Great Manchester, Rugby, and Southampton Railway required the payment of a deposit of two guineas per allure into a certain bank before a certain day. A Mr. Chapple, to whom forty shares had been allotted, paid his 841. within the limited time. On the following day he received a printed circular from the office of the Provisional Committee, signed by their secretary, to the effect that the committee of management had de cided upon limiting the deposit to 10s. per share, and that the remaining 325. would not be required until January next. Mr. Chapple immediately applied to the secretary for the balance he had overpaid. The answer was ingenuous to a fault:—" The committee of management had no notion of adopting that course." lie then asked fur his scrip. The reply was equally candid :—" It was the intention of the committ e e o f management to issue no more scrip." The coolness of this proceeding would be laughable, if its consequences were less serious. Oise feels something amounting al most to Mhuiration for such enormous effrontery— the sort of sentiment one is apt to entertain towards the unblushing impudence of a Brummel or a Jeremy Did dl T. To Mr. Chapple, however, it was no joke. He ' saw himself in imminent danger of losing his money and his scrip, and, alas ! all his promised premiums. So he betook himself to the Lord Mayor, and sum- ' monad the secretary. This gentleman did not, of course, obey the summons. How could he be expected to waste his time at the Mansion-house at such a busy period as this. But he " appeared by attorney and the attorney was very bold and a little indig nant. Ile submitted that his client had nothing whatever to do with the matter, because he only acted under instructions, and had no authority to pay back the deposits. Ile apprehended that the committee of management had a discretionary power in the issuing of scrip, and they deemed it advisable to exercise that power in the present instance, because they had found, under exisiting circumstances, there would be no time to get before Parliament in the ensuing session. Then he contradicted himself a little, and protested " that he knew nothing whatever of the company," and was " wholly ignorant of any of the matters connected with it," even of the name of its chairman ' • and he concluded by expressing an opinion that the Lord Mayor had no jurisdiction in the premises, and that he (the attorney) would have taken no notice of the summons but for the respect he bore his Lordship. His Lordship was at first a little puzzled. He thought the matter had better stand over. He was willing to give the com pany a locus pcenitentice. But in the end a better course occurred. " Why not go at once to the Mayor's Court and attach the money at the banker's ?" Why not, in deed ! What more ready and simple coarse to arrest the progress of such a transaction 1 When the Com mittee can no longer get access to its funds, it must of necessity seek a compromise. Landlords, and secre taries, and engineers, and stationers, and printers, all must be paid. They look to their employers—the com mittee of management, who know their liability, and have been accustomed with long impunity to look to the deposits at the banker's to discharge it. Put these be yond their reaeh, and their panic comes in its turn. Hitherto the Shareholders, or rather the Scripholders, have been the only sufferers. Whilst these stood aghast at the sight of letters of allotment that nobody would buy, and certificates that were an abomination even in Capel-court, the promoters of the concern stood by and smiled. They had made their gains, and retired from com petition. They had depastured the field, and not a blade was left for the poor stags to nibble. But now we hope, with the help of the City authorities, to turn the tables upon these thriving gentlemen. The Lord Mayor's ad vice is the salt which will make these leeches disgorge. He has on more than one occasion declared that he will go to the extent of the law for this purpose. His deter mination is much to be commended, and, if strictly pur sued, will shed no little lustre on his term of office. But there must be no division of opinions on the civic bench, no hostile thunders between Guildhall and the Mansion house, no breaking of lances between Johnson and Jlusgrove. The judgment of the worthy Alderman on a case before him not very dissimilar from the one we have detailed, and which will be found in the Times of yesterday, seems to warrant an apprehension of such a conflict. It may be doubted if the law therein laid down is stated with sufficient accuracy, and with the necessary qualifications. Although it be admitted that a party who has received his scrip, and signed the Parlia mentary contract, has contracted to bear his share of the preliminary expenses necessary for obtaining the Act of Parliament, it does not by any means follow that such a liability exists where no such scrip has been g iven and n o contract signed. To pr ove t hi s pos ition, it must be s h o wn that the letters o f app li cat i on an d allotment f o rm tcgether a complet e contract b e t we en the par ties, by which the allottee bi n d s hi mse lf to become a partner in the undertaking, and consequently assumes all the acts and all the risks of the partnership: And the proof must go further, for every agreement is mu tual, and there must be mutuality of c onsideration. If the allottee of the so-called shares is bound to pay the deposit in all events, and in the teeth of all hazards to render himself a partner, it may fairly be asked, what are the provisional committee bound to do? Can they refuse to deliver his scrip to a speculator who has paid his deposit, and is ready and willing to sign the Parlia mentary *ntract, and at the same time hold him to all the liabilities of a partner? The letter of allotment is the evidence of the allottee's title to be registered as a shareholder in the company, should it ever be legally constituted. It seems to be the only consideration he receives for his money. Nay, more, the letter appears on the face of it to express this consideration. And if it does not, the consequence follows that the committee have it all their own way. Such may indeed turn out to be the law. But it will take a very long time to con vince the public of it—to make them understand that they have been swindled' out of their money according to law, and cheated by Act of Parliament. ANOTHER CONTRAST. (From the Examiner.) A MINISTER OF THE A MINISTER OF THE STATE. GOSPEL. The personal property of The personal property of Earl Grey, late a Prime the late Dean of Lincoln, a Minister of Great Britain, Minister of the Gospel, was was sworn to be under sworn to be under 140,0001., 30,0001. exclusive of his various es tates of landed property, &c. "Lay not up to yourselves treasures on earth.," " Let your moderation be known unto all men." EXTRAORDINARY MATCH AGAINST TIME.—Mr. Liley, a gentleman well-known in the sporting world, has undertaken, for a bet of 1001., to ride, in saddle, on the turnpike-road, from the Star Hotel, Newmarket, to the Angel Inn, Islington, and return to Newmarket, within twelve hours. The match will come off on Monday next. REPORTING.—III connexion with the report of the excellent addresses delivered at the great demonstration on Thursday, of the opinions of a very large majority of the citizens of Bath, and which will be found in our columns this week, we would call the attention of our readers to a fact indicative of a reform in other matters as well as in the ' corn-laws. 13y the kindness of Mr. I. Pitman, of this city, whose systems of writing and printing by sound have made such astonishing progress in all parts of the kingdom, we are enabled to give nearly a verbatim report of the excellent speech of R. Cobden, Esq., and which our compositors have set up from Mr. Pitman's phonographic notes, there being no necessity for their transcription. With all other systems of shorthand writing, not only was there never known such a thing as a reporter passing over to the compositor his notes of a speech, an hour and a quarter in the delivery, but he is often unable to decipher them himself. All that was ne cessary in this case, Mr. Pitman has assured us, was to give the speech one reading the next morning —which he found as easy a task as to sit and listen to the speaker, while be dropped the consonant outlines of his words on paper—and fill in a few vowels. We are convinced that we shall, hi a few years, by this invaluable system, save all that immense amount of toil which our present reporters have to undergo in deciphering an d transcribing their notes for the press.— Bath Journal. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. TIMES.—The Ministerial decision is by this time universally received not merely as a fact, but as the only thing that could have been done. The denials are few and vociferous. In the midst of an all but universal mur mur of approbation a few malcontents reiterate nega , fives and abuse, and enjoy that distinctness of audience which is the privilege of singularity. Under colour of not believing an announcement, which to them, of course, is disagreeable enough, they daily discharge showers of conditional invective on the Ministers who have been so unkind as neither to value their opinions nor fear their indignation. It is impossible to believe this shocking intelligence (they argue), for then that enlightened and high-minded Minister whom we brought into power, who then pledged himself most solemnly that he would always walk in the light of the Con stitution—that is, in the light of the sliding-scale—and whose most intimate and confidential allies and organs we have always been, would be guilty of the foulest and most diabolical treachery to his Sovereign, to the nobility and gentry, to all orders and estates of men, to the clergy, to the farmers and la bourers, and above all, to our own most noble selves. The supposition is laid down fearfully and humbly enough. *We cannot believe that Sir Robert Peel has been so base, but if he has, then he may see his portrait, done in a bold, dashing style, in the columns of his par ticular friend. The fabric of abuse built on this contin gent foundation reaches to the clouds. There is Alp upon Alp of rage and scurrility. For our own part, we must confess ourselves so astounded by the fury of this demonstration that we lose sight of the conditional ele ment. We have already pointed out the wanton folly and cruelty of this course. Though a mere private and ridiculous pique, the disappointed agitators are leading their dupes into the most gratuitous absurdity and ruin. Their make-believe incredulity fails to make the farmer incredulous also ; it only makes him conclude that he is on the eve of a dreadful calamity. In spite of them he be lieves, or' rather knows, that the days of protection are numbered, but:lie listens:to his treacherous advisers just so far as to think his wheat therefore will soon be good for nothing. This is sufficiently indicated by the state of the corn-market yesterday, as our readers will find under the proper head. Since the continual meetings of the Cabinet, the letters of Lord John Russell and Lord Morpeth, and other ominous circumstances created a general persuasion that something decisive would be done, we are told that wheats have suffered a decline of 3s. to 4s. per quarter, and all other kinds of grain have fallen in proportion. That this haste to sell arises from a mere political delusion is clear from the fact that all the best authorities, both in the Corn Exchange and the whole mercantile world, are unanimously of opinion that the repeal of the corn-laws will certainly, imme diately, and most considerably raise the prices all over the world. We do not see how it can be otherwise. Nay, if we have any one misgiving as to the wisdom of the Ministerial measure, it originates in the thought of what may possibly arise from the whole current of British speculation being for the first time allowed free play on foreign produce, just at the crisis when the stock is most unusually low. The farmer is, of course, only too easy a prey to these alarmists, from the circumstance that his boasted protection has, in a man ner, insulated him from the corn trade of the world, and kept him profoundly ignorant of it. He has not known a regular competition with it; and has, indeed, known nothing about it, except that it is a certain frightful in finity of mischief. Little is he aware that the average of importations from the whole world does not exceed the produce of one English county, or half the demand of our metropolis, and, what is more, that it would take many years of labour, skill, and money to increase that importation. Hence the fatal facility with which he is duped by leaders as ill-informed, perhaps, as himself. Auy well-informed authority will open his eyes to his error. Corn is not only a most legitimate, but a most natural subject of speculation. From the earliest times accumulations of grain have been the chief means of increasing wealth, of acquiring influence, of sustaining power, of preserving nations, and benefiting the world. The certainty that, in a cycle of years, the staff of life would become scarce and precious has led the merchant and the prince to hoard up the redundance of good years in order to supply the deficiency of bad ones. The more accumulation, the more cultivation there has been. It is the peculiar vice of the sliding-scale that it has reduced the most beneficial of speculations into a mere cast of the die. It has taken the trade from the farmer and the merchant, and left it in the hands of the gambler. While all other buying and selling has been regular, honest, and profitable to all parties—while the buying and selling of money, stocks, bills, and all kinds of artificial and conventional wealth has been the employment of prudent men--the buying and selling of grain alone has been degraded to the level of the roulette-table and rouge et noir. It has been regular only in uniformly wrecking the character and fortune of everybody who engaged in it. Judicious and respectable men have instinctively shunned it, and preferred any other use of their money and exercise of their wits. There is, then, some reason to fear an extravagant competition by the British capitalist for the hundred thousand quarters of foreign wheat still within his reach. It is a mere nothing com pared with the enormous sums available and ready for speculation, or with the sums actually embarked in , other speculations of a much more uncertain character. We believe it to be within the capacity of half a dozen merchants of London to monopolise all the redundant i produce of the world, both now existing and for years to come—a monopoly far more likely to set up the , farmer than any sliding-scale his friends have ever given him. At any rate, before he listens to a set of disappointed alarmists, let him ascertain for himself the quantity of corn which can at present be brought into the market against him, and then ask, from his own knowledge of agricultural affairs, how soon that can be multiplied in any very ruinous proportion. CIIRONICLE.—We are willing to admit, that no one who is earnestly desirous for the accomplishment of any object—for the success or public adoption of any favou rite principle—can be indifferent to the support of the Times. We have therefore seen with the greatest satis faction the clear and unqualified advocacy which our Contemporary has recently given to the general princi ples of free trade, and especially as far as they relate to the corn-laws. We were, however, totally unprepared to find the columns of the Times used for the purpose of resuscitating, or attempting to resuscitate, one of the most flagrant and barefaced fallacies ever advanced for the purpose of supporting monopoly, or affrighting the nation from the bare consideration of free-trade doc trines. It is a stale, and, until we saw it repeated in the Times yesterday, we thought a worn-out trick of the sup porters of the protective system, to attempt to confound' duties imposed for the purposes of protection with - those imposed for revenue. It was by this juggle that the protective system was first introduced, by which it attained the firm footing which .it did in this country and others, by which it is still maintained here and else where, and by which the prejudices and - fears of man kind are aroused to its support whenever its existence is threatened. A repeal of the corn-laws is, or rather has been—for we would still fain think that such a fallacy now finds but few supporters—held by a large class as a matter of unquestionable justice, but from consideration of " The Debt ;" and free trade an unquestionable be nefit, but for the large annual revenue to which our re sources are pledged. These are the pretences which have been artfully put out for the purpose of inflicting an dmpost, in the shape of protective duties, on one part of tae community for the sole benefit of another ; by which, under the plea of revenue, one class has been enabled to exact a tax, for its own private uses, from all others. But the Times is surely not, at this time of day, after this selfish fallacy has been laughed to ridicule, about to attempt to re vive it ; at a moment, too, when a large portion of the public is in the most sensitive state with regard to changes which our Contemporary now, with the majority of the coun try, deems inevitable. It is a time when the duty of the press is rather to seek out and eradicate existing errors, and to allay groundless apprehensions, than again to drag to light and give the sanction of its autho rity to prejudices, which even those who have been most interested in the maintenance of a vicious system no longer venture to appeal to. And yet we find that, in an otherwise able and useful article, in yesterday's Times, this fallacy ; is put forward in a most imposing and mis chievous form. In speaking of the effects of a repeal of thecorn-laws our Contemporary says:—" But every great political achievement involves a loss or a sacrifice. Here there will be a loss and a sacrifice. We speak not of classes or cliques, but of the country : And the country, whatever it may hereafter gain in other re spects, will lose altogether and for ever in point of re venue. Nor are we justified in expecting that this loss will be solely in the artiele of corn. Mr. Cobden very recently informed a French journal that the League confined its attacks to the monopoly of corn, because its members knew that this being abolished, the aristocracy would unite to suppress all others. This means, that if the duties on corn are once removed, all other customs' duties will follow. Is the country prepared for this ? Are the national revenues such as to enable us to dis pense with customs' duties altogether ? Can we afford to lose twelve or fourteen millions a year at once ? If we do, how aro we to replace it ? By direct taxation ? Do the people of England then seriously prefer direct to indirect taxation ? If so, we should like to ascertain from what time this penchant may be dated. All these considerations must force themselves on the minds both of the public and their rulers. That which we pro phecied may soon take place ; a concentrated attack will be made on all customs' duties." It, does not re quire that we should appeal to the often-repeated objects which all the writers and speakers in favour of free trade have had in advocating those doctrines, in order to show how utterly inapplicable are the designs attributed to them in the passage which we quote from the Times. The proposition carries its absurdity on its face. Protec tive duties, so far from assisting in -any degree s the efficiency of those imposed for the purposes the most far from aiding the Exchequer, ar t od. most insidious enemies with which they have to cor? e of Protective duties, like revenu e duties, raise the price commodities to the public, limit their consumption, cramp the powers and contract our commerce, without yiel i el f i t n i f e w , in any case, a corresp ondin g amount of revenue. hole or any part of a du t y g oes to enrich private in 1- v iduals—and if it doe s not, then it is not a protective duty—it is quite clear that while it is equally a tax on the pu blic, the Exchequer is in no d e g ree benefited b y it. - Now the article of corn independently of the strong POST.—The Railway share business does not greatly amend. Here and there a trifling improvement may be found in the quotations, but this is owing rather to par ticular circumstances than to any general alteration in the tone of the market. Manchester and Southampton to If prem. ; Rustrick's Direct London and Manchester 11 to a dis. ; Remington's ditto lf to ,1 dis. ; Groat Western and Wycombe 4 dis. to I prem. ; South Union to I ats. ; South Midland 24 to 3 prem. ; Ma iricl and Valencia dis. (buyers.) The shares of the Hereford and Merthyr Tydvil Junction Company, upon which a deposit of 21.25. has been paid, were done in the house at par to . prem. The agreement which the South-Western Railway Company have made with the London, Salisbury, and Yeovil Company, which provides for extensions into Cornwall, is apparently favourable to those companies, and may be regarded as a sufficient indication of the benefit locally expected from the measure. The advan vantages derivable to the shareholders in the new lines will arise principally from the experience and exertions of the parent company, since they will participate in the profits accruing from the original creation of traffic, and incur no risk. It has been felt by many persons that the guarantee of the South-Western Company, who have closed their capital account for some years, after com pleting one of the cheapest lines in the country, and with an increasing traffic and few liabilities, is prefer able to that of another great and, to a certain extent, rival company, with an open and unknown capital account, im mense extensions and enga%ements, a most expensively constructed line, and great expenditure in the working. These considerations, together with the original and long-standing monopoly of traffic, and the exten sive local support afforded it, are, we under stand, the elements on which the promoters and share holders build their hopes as to the London, Salisbury, and Yeovil line, and the Cornish extensions. One-fourth of the capital stock is to be held by the South• Western Company, and the guarantee is 5i per cent., a division of profits, and other advantages. It is said, more over, that Parliament will give a preference to lines which are supported by capital already in profitable operation to those of entirely new companies, so that the gains of the existing lines may in some measure secure those of the new ones, and that absolutely new lines may he postponed until an increase of traffic in the natural course shall call for them. At all events, the Salisbury and Yeovil South-Western Shareholders are, we hear, very sanguine of success, particularly as the statistical returns of traffic look favourable. We are no partisans, and may leave Parliament to settle all disputes and differences between one company and another. We would merely make known the views of a company fully prepared, as we believe the one in question to be, to seek its sanction in the way in which they are placed before us. TIMES.—A private leter from Fremantle says—" A contract has been concluded with the Admiralty for the supply of 400 loads of our timber for naval purposes. There is little doubt but that this will lead to extensive orders. We have wood in sufficient abundance to supply all the navies of the world for 1,000 years, and only one obstacle to contend with—viz., the want of vessels for its conveyance. The sawyers are at work, and the timber will be ready for putting on board before the Ist of December next. - Another contract has been taken by two parties at Port Augusta and Flinders for the supply of 180 loads of hewn wood, to be ready for shipment about January next, and to be sent home in a colonial built vessel called the River Chief." From the circular of Messrs. Gibson, Ord, and Co., of Manchester, we learn that there has been a month of almost unexampled de pression, with a corresponding decline in prices. Consi dering that the Bank vaults are well stocked, and that the foreign exchanges are in favour of this country, this is attributed entirely to the late railway speculation. There is no scarcity of money, but confidence in the trading community is impaired; and it is predicted that the pre sent pressure will continue until the moat searching scrutiny shall have separated the speculator from the legitimate trader. In home trade nothing whatever is doing. From China the accounts are considered un favourable, and no improvement is expected for months to come, the market being already overstocked with British goods. The Calcutta market had not improved in prices, and in Bombay the trade in manufactured goods was stagnant, owing to apprehensions of a failure in the growing crops. Some of the shareholders in the Rugby Railway Com pany, which lost its Bill last session, are complaining that their deposits (less the expense) are not yet repaid them. They think that ample time has elapsed to allow of all accounts being settled and all claims satisfied. CHRONICLE.—The railway deposit question creates uneasiness, not only amongst the monetary interests in the City, but throughout the country. The trade circu lars from Manchester complain of the badness of trade and pressure for money, which they attribute to the speculative action in railways, and the large amounts locked up in deposits in the banks. We are inclined to think that the anxiety on this subject will be found to be greater than circumstances warrant. The supposed amount of deposits is much larger than the actual one ; when the real amount of them transferred to the Ac countant-General transpires, it will be seen that the cal culations have been greatly beyond the truth, made upon the basis of proposed capitals. The Corn-market was quite depressed to-day, and a considerable fall in prices was experienced. This shows that the rumour of corn-law repeal begins to take root, and that there is more corn in the country than has been generally credited. OPENING THE PORTS. WESTMINSTER REFORM SOCIETY.—Monday night a meeting of the Committee which was appointed at a recent, meeting of the Westminster Re form Society, convened to take into consideration the pro priety of holding a public meeting of the inhabitants of the city of Westminster, to memorialise her Majesty, for the purpose of inducing the Ministers to open the ports, for the admission of grain free of duty, was held at Stannard's Hotel, Charles-street, Covent-garden, to carry that object into effect, a delay having been occasioned in consequence of the rumour that the Government had come to the deter mination of recommending to Parliament the repeal of the corn-laws; Mr. Prout in the chair. Mr. Pouncey said that Lord Jahn Russell had remarked, that after the public voice had been so unanimously declared in favour of total repeal, the Government would not take upon themselves the responsibility of continuing the corn-laws. He thought so too ; at the same time they ought not to hesitate, since knowing that the Premier was favourable to free trade, they ought to give him their support, in order that he might be able so carry out any proposition he might offer for a total and unconditional repeal of the corn-laws. Mr. Tubor, Mr. Lewis, Mr. Reeve, Ise., having spoken to the same effect, a sub-committee was appointed to take measures to convene a meeting of the electors early in the ensuing week. Thanks were then voted to the Chairman, who expressed hand is _co tl n ie currence with the resolution unanimously agre ed to, meeting separated. LORD DRUMLANRIG AND THE PRIZS-RlNG.—Vs count Drumlanrig has published a letter respe cting about to be tried in the Court of b the-more y id in Exchequer, )eg the action brought by Caunt, the pugilist,.for the recovery of t the late fight for the championship Of England for 200/., pa h over, under protest, to Benligeobayets, e stakeholder, in which that if Caunt or Spring - his Lordship most positively .dolr, or 2ny of the parties go to trial, he will exert all his influence on future occasions to prevent them from entering the ring. Ilis Lordship, who has been 1 great patron of boxing and a backer of pugilist s, expresses his indignation at the attempt t o reverse the decis ion of a referee, from which there is no appea l , by c ommencing an action for the recovery of the stakes. On the other hand, it is contended that the referee (Mr. Osbaldeston) was not appealed to by the umpires, and consequently his decision is invalid. The issue will shortly be tried, and as thousands of pounds in bets are depending on the verdict, the result is looked to with great interest by the sporting world. SPA-FIELDS BURIAL GROUND.—The decision of the question referred to Mr. Bramwell, respecting the Spa fields burial-ground, will not be known until he has made his award in the matter ; nor will any evidence or report he may receive be suffered to be made public, the learned arbitrator having decided that the proceedings should not be reported until he has come to a determination on the subject. It seems that a surgeon or chemist is to make an examination . of the ground, and to report what portions should be closed, and Iwhether the referee will be satisfied with that report, or re further evidence, will, of course, be for future considera tion, FORTIFICATION OF JERSEY. Things aro now proceeding in earnest towards in suring the complete security of Jersey against the dangers of foreign invasion. Clothing, as we have already announced, was received a fortnight ago from London, for the use of our island militia, together with s 4 brass 9-pounders. The whole island militia force is divided into five different regiments. Altogether, it may be considered to be about 4,000 strong, and in any case of emergency 1,000 more could be brought to the field. Although generally designated militia, the common idea associated with the term in England does not apply here. While the militia of England are only organized for a particular occasion, those of Jersey are always under arms. In less than a dozen hours the whole force of the island could be prepared with their muskets on their shoulders to give battle to the foe; and in no part of the world is the place of regular soldiers supplied with so much efficiency as in the island of Jersey. The nine pounders just arrived are intended by Government to re place the six-pounders which have hithertobeen in use by our artillery. We certainly think the substitution of the heavii r cannon an improvement; but we are at the same time of opinion that the light guns should nut be altogether removed from the island. In a case of particular danger, it might be requisite that cannon should be conveyed within a given time from one quarter of the island to an other. A transition of 6-pounders could much more easily be effected than of 9-pounders. The latter ranged along the beach in front of the open sea are certainly more capable of carrying bullets into the broadside of an enemy sailing at a considerable distance before our eyes ; but as the old saw says, " We will be none the worse for both." We trust Government will attend to our sugges tion in this respect. The highly satisfactory result from the recent experiments with a one-gun battery in the Woolwich marshes, has induced Government to erect batteries on the same principle at Sheerness, Ports mouth, Plymouth, Pembroke, and other places on the coast of Great Britain, and we hear that something of the same kind will take place here. No exertions seem to be spared in the way of placing our home . dominions in the most complete state of de fence. The guns have been recently insected on the bulwarks of F ,rt Regent, Elizabeth Castle, and Mont Oreneil Castle, and new and heavier ones substituted for those less adapted for their avowed pur poses. On the ramparts of Fort Regent there are ranged upwards of 120 32-pounders ; Elizabeth Castle is de fended by not less than 70 of a similar weight ; Mont , Orgueil by perhaps 20. Round the whole coast of the island, which in circumference measures about 32 miles, there are placed 25 martello towers, occupying positions as near as possible of a mile's distance from each other. Each of these towers are charged with a requisite num ber of guns. Besides the martello towers, our general coast is also defended here and there by forts in minia ture, to prevent landing in particular localities—we would instance those of Resel Bay, Greve de Lecq, St. Aubin's, and others, as particularly adapted for their special intent. Let the French come when they will, we shall welcome their approach, and, to borrow the words of the hero in the tragedy, we shall consign to purga tory the maxi who shall shout—" Hold 1 Enough I" Jersey Times. SIVIITIIFIELD CATTLE SHOW. The exhibition of prize cattle, under the auspices of the above Club, opens to-day, at the horse Bazaar, King street, :Portman -square. Monday was the last day for the reception of animals ; and yesterday morning the judges commenced to make their awards. The exhibi tion is stated to be, numerically speaking, fully equal to any that have preceded it, while a marked improvement is shown in the breed and character of the stock exhi bited. In former years, the task of deciding on the re spective merits-of the competing candidates was com paratively an easy one, owing to the rare display in any particular beast of those characteristics justifying its classification as a high-bred and well-fed animal. The inducement to rivalry encouraged by the Smithfield Club has undoubtedly led to a most important improve ment in the breeding of stock, and there can be little doubt that the exhibition for the present season contains many exen and sheep, more especially the latter, which a few years 4itftia.it'Vertetl4.llave been declared impossible to produce. The exhibit Ors this year e ipclude a goodly array of the aristocracy, heeded by his. Royal High ness Prince Albert, who - contributes a very fine ox and several porkers of Most unexceptionable obe sity. The Duke of Bedford, the Duka of Richmond, the Duke of Norfolk, and several other nob omen, have also sent in stock; and altogether the show Promises to, offer attractions more than equal to those of any pre ceding year. While on this subject it may be vi ell te. mention that the proprietor of the bazaar (Mr. Bulnois) has made very extensive and important alterations with a view to afford increased accommodation to visitors. That portion of the bazaar heretofore devoted to the ex hibition of horned cattle, and which was formerly shel tered by a tarpaulin only, is now covered in by light iron roofing, possessing the double advantage of afford. ing additional light, and greatly improving the appear ance of the exhibition. A very large space of ground, hitherto occupied by the glaciarum, has also been added to the exhibition. This, together with the riding school, will be devoted to sheep and pigs exclusively, the area thus obtained being nearly double that which it formerly was. The gallery appropriated for the exhibi tion of ag ricultural implements has be en considerabl y improved. Last year the complaints of the want of ventilation were very great. This defect has been en tirely obviated in the throwing open, by means of arches supported on light iron pillars, the whole of the eastern side of the gallery, by means of which visitors will also be enabled to command a view of the cattle beneath. The exhibition was lighted up on Monday night in order to show the effect, and the result afforded the highest satisfaction to all parties. His Royal Highness Prince Albert is expected to honour the exhibition with a visit on Saturday next. THE ROYAL STAG HOUNDS.—In consequence of the bard frost which set in on Sunday night, and which con tinued until after sun-rise the next morning, it was not ex pected that the pack would. be hunted on Monday. The meet; (from the unfavourable nature of the weather) which took place at the Golden Ball, Bracknell, was attended by one of the smallest fields this season; not more than between thirty and forty being present. It was deemed advisable by Mr. Snowdrop, Davis, the royal huntsman, to delay the turn-out until pact one o'clock by which timethe suraiad had sufficient influence r t o le u e n r d , T to n r e e c n e d l e e r br t a h t e ed g niih)onabeflint g s n ta n t e e art f ed Or hunting. nearthe Shoulder of Mutton, took • • • '• away in the direction of NN Indies ham, doubling back and crossing Bracknall-road to War field, over Cabbage-hill, and crossing Bracknall-common nearly to Bracknell l • caving the village on the left, on to Old Bracknell • , Snowdrop then made right away acmes the Warren to S •win I ey, over Tower-hill, and thence towards Bagshot, and was taken close to Windlesham, after a eery good two hours' run. The country in the open was in a fine hunting condition; in the shade, however, it was hard and extremely dangerous. A gentleman, whose name we co uld not learn, had a tremendous fall near Bagshot. He was con veyed home in a post-chaise sent for from that town. THE CASE OF THE TOEY.—POSTPONEMENT OP THE INQUIRY.—The prisoner Johnstone. who stood remanded till yesterday, has been in an exceedingly weak state sirce his last examination, and on Monday morning Mr. Levis, the surgeon of the Westminster Bridwell, who has been in daily rticular inquiries as attendance upon him, after making pa to the state of his health, wrote a c ertificate stating that the prisoner was labouring under an attack of erysipelas of the leg, and would not be in a tit state to be re mo ved from the p r ison and undergo his ex amination yesterday. certificate was ineiosed in a letter by Lieutenant Tracy. • the Governor, and forwarded to Mr. Broderip, the magistrate, 1 at the Thames Police-court. After reading the certificate, the Magistrate sent for Inspector Evans, jun., of the Thames ) police, who, in the absence of any counsel or solicitor for the I prosecution, has to conduct the case, and directed him to givepro. • notice to the witnesses that their presence would not bere • quire(' until Tuesday the 16th instant, until which day the , case stands remanded. ,