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' , ...-V: 1 -; • ' A k-4. ~.._,..': •,,....,,,,. ~ i,... , gi,*(9: 9W 'I . bi Ft' le - - 7' ~J ~ ~ ~1 1, T TY_ GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. , 1 - 4 .kr.. l l ° l ,,, ti ee.i' hereby given, that the nett II ALF-YEAIt Y GE in L ond • ...CENG of the Proprietors of this Company will L be held kitioo, °n ',liursuant to the Act of Parliament, a: the Paddington 0,,,c. .11URSDAY, the election day of Februa• y, at Twelv, for One th' e l lani cPsreci , elY, for the, election of three Dir,etors, in the place ... ? tress; „, number retiring by rotation, ant fur other purposes 0 ,,, t bust holds,'" which meeting a Ren , irt from the Committee of Share ter 03 17'. aPPointed on the 27th ' of September List, will be presented aid the 1 T he o: a ai i erst i on, General Meetine , will be made special, in order to con- Com pa ProPrietY of converting the paid up Share Capital of the *pror.nro Stock, and also for the purpose of considering and ( ,:_ f ilertakinu2 )torn and stile:hinny; the purchase of the r u il ,. Zra) Co g and works , f the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth ,a l" l rector s Pan Y. on certain terms conditionally entered into by , the ame s ,stille2t to the approval of General Meetings of both Corn- The Chair will be taken at on , o'cl ick precisely. ol .I...l)Lrectors retiring C. RUSSELL, Chairman. ate II:IRRING FON, Deputy-Chairman. re-eligible tin to the provisions of the h ils ants must be given to tl7e Secretary, ill compliance wit . 1 01 1 ant, of ° , r tho Company, on or before t se 31-t day of January t!Drop,,„,, ; li e oaltics of any Proprietors who are to be nominated !Sleeti ng " , for e'eet'on as Directc,rs at the waid Half-yearly Genera IThel : nt il f o 4th of Trans fer I of Shares will be closed on and from Monday, alf.year c.,brita-Y, and will not 1),1 re opened until utter the said . for ti lieneral Meeting, on the 14111 February, and the Di% I- Prietot.„ll,ll,alf-Y,ar en4in; 31st D. cember last will he paid to the cited, " ' v ac. May be re;*lstered ' on the Company's 11)oks when tad 4in Icier of the Board, : y a O t on Station, Jntiar3C-111841.8'0l SA-U-DE Secretary. t o In GI r, . It E AT WESTERN RAILWAY, pursuance of the Bye-laws ofCompany, the Pro:vie -. 4te h er , hittid ed . e-is informed that notice has been duly received thati_t , is Ceeth, it) Nominate the under-mentioned as Candidates tor R b .-- hew a ii v at t, e ilaif-yerl General Alnetin^ of the Company, to e ' ls S tation on the lath of . Fe b. r ' uary, ' viz. : AIUEL BAKER, Esq., of London, CHARLES RUSSELL, Esq , ditto, th e os of theel k.itLE ARDELL' ),. 414 Path I' Esq., ditto, . onsl o e 3 being the Petirin Directors by rotation, under the Aet, of rliameL Paddington, January 31, 185I°4:"MINGT°N' Deputy-Chairman. tAT-8,/, iliat h T heni v 4 e ß t _I\T COUNTIES RAILWAY -e RENe.s ire prepared to receive Tenders for i; , con unen _ HUE NT ROOMS at this Station for one oRrE2o-Tre -014,4)4,14v ' , dig on the 25th March next. Als can ,_ Tt n be ascertained by application at the Secretary's taltik(e"littlibi! addressed to the undersigned not later than Toes --"gealltia t ant, and to be marked on the outside " Tetidttr eat Room.„ BY order, t e te ~tatinn Feb.l7---..,_,Z 9 4, 1850. C. P. RONEY, Secretary. AND NO R 1 H tot . • 1, 44 :7 18her ° 0, N WE STERN RAILWAY. th at -Y given (upon the requisition of . certain tete to t o p the Q GENERAL MEETING of this COMP N , rtitr.7 . l BO ' tat iott, London, on FRIDAY, the 22d day of ,k po b etr teua „ .. , and after the business already advertised as intended orb th e at ',ed thereat it will be proposed to consider anddecide 41 44 4 14 1,',4 " t A ° ,l ) ? taken in ordertosec secure a more efficient AUDIT ter f , Sher, ' C UNTS, and as to the appointment of a Com tetv 'at sb . tholdes to carry out the necsssiry arrangements 're 'ke thi7et'Artsa to the adoption of such other proceedings in veto 4.1 he Meeting may seem desirable. GEO. CARR GLYN, Chairman. CHAS. LAtVRENCE, Deputy Chairman. Etia HENRY BOOTH, Secretaries. t° 4 Stolen Long onARLEA 1 85 E. srEWAR' , , ', CH Feb. 4, 0. yitaiji t ----._._._L . j__ L _____ lA N & UNIVERSAL INSURANCE (In COMPANY. ecn'Poratod by Act of Parliament.) Ite t , y Th e r 61, Margate-street, London. DIRECTORS. tea._ /I Rtt n ,., " DENBY HUGHES, M.A., Chairman. I ttr 'n Edia — ', ' na rt, Esi. William Moss, Esq. itt,:josem 41 Cottrell E o James P. St. Aubyn, Esq. H eOr r n e * Edward' S. - 4e • ..ickn i a, M.A.— Charles Waterworth, Esq. k i r7 tp„ iis an. M.A.. John Wood, Esq. 4 littl e , Or Lite i n iltslp and ~,. . surauce at moderate rates. , A 201 ,1 jr,,jiaowments upon liberal terms. rt.o.-.740,-..'Z-Lant a pplication of Insurance.-3famage Dowries, 1 . 4 r05. -`, and Deferred Annuities, in one Policy, at moderate Pr l 4th, or roposals, , t om, I:ronts to partic Ote.ipating Insurers. hattot, "viltio .ke obtained at the Offices, or of the tl ' el • ~,s,.dred for towns in Great Britain where none yet vvu altons t o te addressed to __ _.-.,.,....._ H. FELTON, Manager. A 1 i - 6 : , - : - , - - - ___.„ ' S UBSCRIPTION ROOMS, Great 14 1 114 4 p1e411 rxr Win dmill -street, St. Jimes's. , v r 4ekbE,Ztor and Condactor, M. LAURENT, jun. ' a Xei s , Z.)l' f07 r ,„ . . for Tuition and Practice of DANCING,. is s4 o tgi ti d l Fr an - 4' 11 . 1 e Season. Teaching by Professors Calkins, 6. l t o ti, fe: it !. Private Tuition apply at the office.—Terms of Sub -ZIT r t „ii, li ° 7 li nZ and evening ractice:—S:x months, 51. 5s ; w 4 n:tie. ` a •l one evening, p is. Subscribers' tickets not tlo ek, (v erily wil t4lkiterMlnalt:Petranfor evening practice at a Quarter to Eight r i t, If-past Eleven precisely. 1./ B A L MASQUE. IN ? 14ST n 218, V l NN H O olbo D r E n l d 'E l Nl l S ic E 4ised. t t r ile t th,,, At M ASQUE at this Establishment u will take place la,'Nii":'reine 3 t,, TO-NIGHT, Vitio ` r • li 'a will be considerably augmented. Conenctor, tii kk lijilk 4 t ed r4 4 s Paelous and splendid salle d, danse, with accom keVetbLand n e er sons, will be newly decorated and brillian n tl . 3: tw,.•tr., / ' , ne m _ expense spared to render this bal equal . to a 3 6„7"arri, 7,- 1 in London. Six M. C.'s have been appointed un thtillibrill Tickl i PPer in the ' Upper Saloon at One . o'clock. Ad e, sit es at +, to be had at all the principal music warehouses L'etilt n ket, y''''e West -end and City. Costumier, 11r. Nathan,.. ,40,ee 4t,rcestor-square. Doors open at Half-past Nine, ' kl alitt e e,d n : 1 1 4 t 14 Persons in the costume of Clown, Pantaloon, 1% RO Y AL POLYTECHNIC t 4 P lrst I XST/Tu k n phi, ore Seri TION, REGENT-STREET. 4 11 : eesoph,,, es of Illustrated Lectures, by Dr. Bachhoffner, % b _ if 'T.,111,a of ,Seientifie Recreation, daily at Two o'clock, and Illeeri n 7ndo 4 ' , ight.—An entirely new Set of Dissolving 2,t ~ i ve 4 4 1 the Sixteenth Century, and as it now is, witk keti7eflisqlisr, eture, daily, at Half-past Foar, and in the Even- Nel l - VIA," te Ten. —The Views of Rome, including new 1 41 , s t -14 own -r g io r, and Exterior of St. Peter's, with Dioramic ef ektitulkperira,ntY. at One o'clock.—Lectnres on Chemistry, with 1 1 k t :iiell ___ - ZI.bY Mr. Ashley.--Experiments with the Diver 1 'tnels; ,_'ew Exhibition of Chromatropes.—The Ma ,.e., explained. 'dn ' lls sion.lll.--Sohools, Half-price. 1 11 :1 L kt utel!"°°LL PALETOT, or Patent Coat ; rte; 4l C P • ss) eir!glnal invention, the Registered Paletot (6 and 7 4, 11 14° . 4r i ki 4, ful lil West-end • Warerooms for the sale of these ki lt Ni it 14 , s articles of dress are in Regent. street . and extend 1) 11 41) . y 1 7 841Pililtrii?, inclusive ; and those in the City arc at 22, - —ellartnaent being in the rear—viz., 'Chan c- ' "Asti Likr the use f the word P A LETOT, but H. J. and Rte l'e ;ie. the 801 e Proprietors and Patentees of the design or ka t t„ 4 are 0 -or p ur ne, Two, and Three Guineas, and according to Pose for which they are required. itti ll Otit'S 4 4 % tm i kle WHITE LIQUID GLUE, for Dts, b Yl l , a nd Chin s • not Per Bottle. o ti „ e 4 ~ t w ate.. , without smell, and vrai.,Qcsit'icitiiq 0, ' .- . . .. . 6d. and Is. Irktp %then 'ale, for Wood, Stone, &c., ke Nt i t V I , 41qh,, , - - - 6d. is. and ~,t. - illsh .. Glue, for llpurposes - 11. and 6d. 401 , 01 4 (44e ,.. a . _ . 6d. and Is. ili t k ll Stri n : 4l Liquid Glue De 0, 549, New Oxford-street. t litiSC 4 tit4,l o a4 lthing short of a , kingdom out of joint,' or ' a kt;TIA,,,,, r ir t i i 4, this r ~:, Rith -mproved Liquid Glue seems quite up to 8.‘ 41 pi,,„ 5 ve tried it on a china dish, a wooden box, and a equally satisfactory results."—Builder, Dec. E A 4I ; "---------- ----------- i , ~,,, N I ii -, 4 1 - 1-_- , AND DIGESTION IMPROVED. 41, 4 4Ti k te% ins titRINS' WORCESTERS HIRE htellt In Me a t arts the most exquisite relish to Steaks, Chops, et thlttv,ititol,Oa, Gravies, Fish, Game, Soup, Curries, and Sala te , hq d ki tiNt th e 4 t in/ Igorating properties enables the stomach aSla t ' II: ,of th"d• - N - e ) , Aim, --18 a rcnnatic and delicious Sauce is the best safe -111, l, t o the pr Ntity ~,e4o4;°Melors, Lea and Perrin% 6, Vere-street, Oxford -44,1/4erilSon:44„6B, Broad -street, Worcester ; also by Messrs. k ki - "qt., L''Lessrs. Crosse and Blackwell, and other Oilmen Ne • 't ncl °n ; and generally by the principal dealers in l' tit?lt t iOrel -4g.. „-Zelns t imitations, see that the names of " LEA ' r e upon the label and patent cap of the bottle. St,44,;khir' t th t thr , F HOLIDAYS. pc'ty,„ -e ' r.,,, s !ascil of ~annual festivity is about to termi- I ° *l 4t, lr ' 4 411 ''' eu 're boarding-schools reinstated by the busy t t ,,, ti t 44 _-Spirants, their personal comfort and attractions be- Nk tb koje c .t. Itopect ot great solicitude with friends and relatives. ' O 4 'rim „ L AND'S NIA.CAS,;AIt OIL, for accelerating the t '44. , for ig s uylng and beautifying the hair ; ROWLAND'S 114:th P i 4104 r ."1ng the skin and complexion ant removing hht 4 414 14 Prel a .nd ROWLAND'S' ODONTO, for beautifying ituß,'• the gums, must be universally considered lk l lth e , r 4tiv, " Datr n itild°,:qc conceded by all the Sovereigns of Europe to mrl t h 'ehoyating specifics, and the cond . rmation, by ex t4'e th orn thle efficacy, have characterised them as per nohl 1:141,,‘ Ilt,„ a celebrity unparalleled. Ind t gen `v Atm Ntribt n. - Ulne Ok „SPURIOUS IMITATIONS. ‘A‘t,„ , , each bears the Name of " ROWLANDS"' pre soillarci:nticle on the Wrapper or Label. Sold by them London, and by respectable Chemists and Per- ktil t 4 4 log Dublished, price 55., Svc,. in cloth, tl O ttl rai l arid of the URETHRA; its Patho -44,4411° th 14 " 1,, tti, .e u.nal Treatment, with important Practical 0h t.,11 -, of t h '' and A.buse of Instruments in the Treatment rtse a l e ttse e Urinary Canal; showing how it is that Strritci ,tki,lettt4 tl Dtm s . not only resist but are aggravated by the . °A I - k h 1 r>1 111 114...3 , for their cure ' and at length become seriously ` 4 IC; b so-called " sOnsequences of ?-tricture." T e t, fo r : nhfrierous cases, which will be found to embrace ..,2f Stricture and its consequences, together with k„. rho ~t a at:rlD , ar t COURTENTAY kt il kti• -4% 0 4 31 4 under long-protracted stricture, with all th‘kitittiv t tt e l)tm t 7rles, will find detailed in this work modes of ! t l ';tilaß 4: 01 4 e te"st:(llTy cases, t t e h d e esuperiority of h olr ttl ac e t a i c c Y e • and those who Ilt t f t _ t pri,4, f ,he less sey p e e r a e forms of the disease may find . ta -a, et i6 kr t ,7tt th P! , relief, and at the same time such information ti„` ll et; h4 oo', f ront becoming the victims of unskilful and t o 9 cs tiri"ia Main-spring of severe and complicated ob. ta -I n a. nr Y canal. " The operation of introducing a 14,4,11,7,11 1 ,, ti; tra Permeable stricture is, without doubt, the Ara d Whole range of surgical operations, and de ail ablighed s ltrZlle2 lee, Science, and skill of a master. The , art ov," • and that gradually, by frequent practice. '— - uoj t .nrg er NII I adhere, 219, Regent-street ; and may be had firru and country. 4 0 1 1 ! 4 7, alletoN!, :"‘ ERIVEL L' S NEW WORKS. kttlllltet. Or Sherwood , Paternoster - row 23, Pateoster-row ; Carvalho, , 14 i . esn lil k ann ? 39 , Cornhill ;or direct from the author ; post, ) . ;;VoilTts : ` 4l ili, 1 1 ' -NJ OyIIENT OF LIFE. re,l 4 e reation, and rational Use of Time. PicsA t th Ris ing —Spring and Summer Mornings—Ex itturwl 4 - 4 n 4,livirons of London—The Parks, Lanes, Hills, bo•-.11,4d)tec.,""road‘, and other pleasant places—Country "Mtit - 7,01d r , h , -I he, Bea—London at Night—Evenings at Home pupationv On Eating, Drinking, Sleeping, Bathing, Air, A AIN . 'Soo., Lee. 4 4't ' EZVTs l'ltoll THE * MOUNTAINS. Two Yoh. 111 11 () Vol I. kE3 Op LA"ES ; SKETCH OF EDINBURGH, Lice. Vl. 11. XILLARoNEy ; REMINISCENCES OF D UBLIN, dc:. t4Ti l j t Vrik r , r " ° EAT DRINK, AND AVOID. 4 1 '7 trovieewoef!'ro. Year's andtenour course mav run." 44, 1 n t , Latta he,amlost every form (cause and cure) of nor- Zoots th e " t h and enfeebled constitution, that harasses of Man of pleasure, business, or study, and ern 'very " 11 "(lay hre. es lull rules for the diet and physical regu- Iv, 4 S at TI / rl t h a,, p asmon TIIE pAssioNs. k 'et '!'r -this as r s hurt the body—what improve, ihr.Nleisk;Cll tife' a pir i ?ct as Athens ever heard." '4 re ' r a t ees s „„ Chaatg.. r n 4 ge. from infancy to old age. The advent ,. "ultitt,;,l 4 dissi n L, 4 nd its infringements. The casualties o ''• Au,,:ton, with illustrations, graphic, narrative, • '''ae3 7 of early marriages. ti ti h4l ' 'r I 'llt stA V . v. ci4, 1 ta1 t „.... a b e , ~..., . RRIAGE STATE. itNerric,•---I,aws sot to be, that is the question." 0 a b 0 1 nl arn _itn e d obligati ons ef nature, eiciety, and re -11311ie,4'? Be ei. T sid„:g a , s to be observed by either scat. Time and 44%, C l afeeViealti ty oer .to , age, temperament, 1 i t • • etiesg a - Pr.ng, with the art of rearing hem. e )mplexion, and hi) • 4 and its rem k l‘tki l T C aILVI, oval. Sterility and its convenion. It " °,l lt. - RVVIs. 1 4,,..:... lt,,,_Y-iive -1 /11 - .141 Yeara Medical : • ( 41). (827), L., , 5.A. 111 44 ..ia h ot ,. ,„„ and Forensic Referee in Lese Aegetit i Z4Y till five, Evenings, seven till nine. N°.17,901.] LONDON, THURSDAY ; EY 4 G I ; 7 FEBRUARY 7, 1850, PUBLICATIONS. NOTUIE. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 2 vols., post fivo., THE MARRIAGE CONTRACT. By HARRIET RAIKES. `• One of the best rowels of the year 1849."—kthenfeum. " Displays considerable ability, knowledge, and shrewdness of 0- servation. There is as much incident in it as Is usually found in a dozen volumes. The description of French society is admirable." — Britannia. . . Rkhard Bentley, New Burnnegton-street. NEW WORK BY THE AUTHOR OF " TWEE," AND " 03100." w In 2 vds. post Bvo., HIT E-JA CK OR, THE WORLD IN A MAN-OF-WAR. Ity HERMAN MELVILLE. Author of " Typee," " Omoo," " Redburn," &c. IS rui:LisuEn THIS DAY. E T " The characters terought upon the stage arc admirable life pic tures, exhibiting by the ma .ic effect of a few masterly touches, each man in the complete indivilitudity of his person and his office, from the Commodore, who, as be paces the quarter-deck, corers up his deficiency in the qualities necessary for command by the unbending starchness of official etiquette, down to the meanest specimen of the genus loblolly-boy."—JoMi Bull. Richard Bentley, New Bur7ington-street. NOTICE! Now Beady at all the Libraries, THE NEW MILITARY NOVEL, " COUNTRY QUARTERS." By the COUNTESS of BLESSINGTON. 3 Tols. Second Edition, 7e. 6d. bound, THE CIVIL WIR in HUNGARY in 1848-9; Just published, Trice 25., EDUCATION in ENGLAND historically con sidered. By WILLIAM HENRY TEALE, M.A., Vicar of Roystone, in the Diocese of York. " Let none the i blame them, if in discipline Of vertue, and in civill uses lore, They did not form them to the common line Of present dayes, which are corrupted sore." Oxford : John Henry Parker ; and 377, Strand, London. MIGRATION. -BENJAMIN EDGING- A TON, 2, Duke-street, Southwark, London -bridge, invites Settlers to inspect his EMIGRATION TENTS, which are fitted up with every requisite, at a moderate cost. May be seen any day at his Manufactory, 2, Duke-street, Southwark, one being purposely erected, with cot slung, table, and camp-stool complete. A Ware house, 208, Piccadilly. THIRTY-FIRST EDITION. Illustrated by 26 Anawmical Coloured Engravings on Steel. PHYSICAL DISQUALICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCA.PA. CITY, &ND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. gew i.dition enlarged to 196 pages. Just published, price 2s. 6d., or by post, direct from the Establishment, 3s. 6d. in postage stamps, PHE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on A_ the inflrmitles and decay of the generative system, from ex :434SiIIO indulgence, infection, and the inordinate use of mercury , rith remarks on arriage, and ttse means of obviating certain dla ivalifleations. Illustrated by 26 Coloured Engravings. By R. And L. PERRY and CO., Consulting Surgeons, 15, Berners-street, Ox ford-street, London. Published by the Authors : sold by Strange, $l, Paternoster-row ; Hannay, 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street ; 3tarie,23, Titchborne-street, Haymarket ; and Gordon, 146, Leaden tall-etreet. PART I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the re-productive .r.tans, and is illustrated by Six Coloured Engravings. PART 11. treats of the consequences resulting from excessiveindni ;ence, and their lamentable effects on the system, producing mental and bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative neapacity. illustrated by Three Explanatory Engravings. PART 111. treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either in be primary or secondary form, and contains explicit directions for their treatment. This section is illustrated by Seventeen Coloured engravings.; PART IV. contains a Prescription for the Prevention of Disease by a simple applicatien, by which the danger of infection ob viated. This Laportant part of the Work should no eser2e the ceder's notice. PART Y. is devoted to the consideration of marrlage, and its duties. The causes of unproductive union are Also considered, and the whole subject critically and philosophically inquired into. THL,OHDIAL BALM or SYRIACUM Is exeinsi—lly employed in treat (ag nervous and sexual debility, impotgnce, sac., 11s. and 33e. per b sale. The Concentrated Deters! re Fasence, as anti-syphilitic remedy, for purifying the blood I- case! of infection, secondary *imp toms, eruptions, and the abuse of ree.:culy, 111. and 335. per bottle. Perry's Purifying Specific rag, ifs. 9d., 4s. 6d., and 11s. per box, a certain remedy for gonorrhoea, cleat, stricture, and chronic inflamma ion of the bladder. ,oustisation fee, if by letter, 11. A minute detail of the case is iequired : age, habits, and position in society. 1 rackets, wis't advice, to be had at the Establishment only, by which the foe, i 1.,1- saved. Messrs. Perry, Surgeons, are in atten -snes at 19, Bcreers-street, Oxford-street, London, from Ele ven till T.N., awl Heir nn Rands,. 'ran- reieven to Ott• RAILWAY SRAHE MARKETS. BRISTOL, FIB. 6. STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The market still continues inani mate, and but little business has been transacted. The only alterations in prices were—Great Western, QuaNers, 15%—llitto, 171. Shares, 6N i die. LIVERPOOL, FEB. 6. STOCK ExctrANGE.—The transactions to-day were as follow : —Lancashire and Yorkshire, Consol., 54%—Ditto, Fifths, 7% dis.—Lancaster and Preston, 1 3 4 p.—London and North-Western, 115 c.—Ditto, New Quarters, 1 , 4. p.— Ditto, Quarters (C), 1 tP c. p.—Midland, 44 c. Ditto, Halves, 23 3 4 dis.— Ditto, Consol. (B. and D.), 21 1 /I—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Preference, B , A—South-Eastern and Dover (No. 4), 6 t 4,. MANCHESTER, FEB. 6. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market was dull to-day, and the tendency of prices has been downwards. The trans actions were as follow East Lancashire, 11 e. x. d Lancashire and Yorkshire (Manchester, B. and Bury), 1001., 45 dis.—Ditto, (W. R. U ), 6 1 / 1 . dis. —Great Northern (B.), guaranteed 6 per cent., 3'4 dis. London and North- Western, Manchester and Birmingham, Quarters (C), n. p.— Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Eighths, 2 1 4 — Ditto, Preference, 8 1-16—South-Eastern and Dover, 19% — Ditto (No. 4), Scrip, 6L% c. BIRMINGHAM, FEB. 6. Srocx EXCHANGB.—The share market was extremely dull to-day. North Staffordshires were quoted, buyers, at 10 5 dis., and sellers, at 10% dis.. ; South Staffordsbires, buyers, at 4 dis, and sellers at 31. 16s. 3d. dis. YORK, FEB. 5. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions to-day were as follow : Great Northern, 6% —York, Newcastle, and Ber wick (Newcastle Extension), 10 3 / 4 —Ditto (G. N. E. Pur chase), 2% —North British, Preference, 5%. GOLD IN SARAWAK.—The Journal of the Indian Archipelago publishes the f Mowing important announce ment. contained in a lett.r dated Sarawak, November 2, 1849 :—" The rains at the beginning of this month of last year fell in great quantities in Sarawak, and a con siderable portion of the face of a mountain, called Trian, was washed down into the plains below. The deposit was found to abound in gold, and afforded work for fully 2,000 n - en for about a month or six weeks, and it was reckoned that, at the smallest average, they procure I a bunkul a month per man. The gold was in lumps, and not in dust, and several of the lumps weighed from three to fuur bunkals, and they were rarely less than one or two amass in weight. This f tut may, in this locality, lead at some future day to important conclu sions ; and I am induced to notice it as it corroborates the statements in Mr. Howe's work, and at the same time, is contrary to the received opinion, and the expe rience of the working in the Braz le, where gt Id is rarely to be traced to the gold neighbouring mountains." ESCAPE OF A TIGER CAT.--The timid on the Crenaill aide of the water have been ,much alarmed during the past week by the circulation of a report that a large tiger cat which hid escaped from a vessel then lying in Devonport harbour had taken up his abode in Mount Edgcumbe park, where, it was said, he was de stroying and eating " hundreds of deer." So the re port went, and mother', in consequence, fearing the animal might fancy a change in diet, have not allowed their children to frequent the road alone, or to go there themselves unarmed or unprotected. On inquiry we learn that a tieer cat ha 1 effected his escape from a merchant vessel now lying in the harbour, but that it had Not been since seen on shore, the probability being that it was drowned in the alempt to reach the land. It was a very fine creature, and was valued at upwards of 30/. Devonpor t Independent. - - - - SILVER LODE.—A very ♦aluable silver lode has been discovered on Ell Bridge Estate, the property of Mr. W. Wymond, in the parish of Landulph, about four miles from Saltash, on the direct Callington road. Ap plications have been repeatedly made for the past 20 years for a grant of the sett, which however could not be obtained until about a fortnight siuce, the proprietor not believing his estate contained any mineral, and sup posing that his land would be broken up to no purpose. Operations were commenced on Monday week last, and when only three feet from the surface a vale able lode of silver lead ore was opened on, showing that the opinions Of the practical miners were correct. The ore taken from it, having been carefully assayed, pro duced 10 i❑ 20 for lead, and 200 ounces of silver in the ton of ore. The shaft has since been sunk about four fathoms, where the lode is four feet big, and the ore found to be of much greater richness. This is one of the richest lodes ever seen in our locality so near the sur face.—Plymouth Guardian. RAILWAY ACCIDENT AND Loss or LIFE.—On Saturday afternoon, between four and five o'clock, an accident occurred to a coal train on the line of the Great North of England Railway, about two miles south of Darlington,l by which the stoker, John Tickler, was killed, and the engine-driver and guard severely hurt. Fortunately assistance was speedily procared, and the line which had been .blocked up by the tender being thrown on the down line was cleared so as to be pass able in the course of a few hours. On Monday, the 4th inst., an inquest was held at Darlington, on the body of the deceased, before Mr. W. Trotter, one of the coroners for the county of Durham, when it appeared that the ac cident had been caused by the explosion of the boiler, owing to there having been too little water in it and the cold water having Lem let in when it was in a heated state. The engine was proved to have been of excellent construction, and to have been in good working order when taken charge of . by the engi ne -d r i ver . Af ter some consideration the inqtnry was a dj ourne d unt i l the 12th inst., to enable the jury to hear the evidence of the engine-driver and guard, who were so severely injured that they could not at present be exa m i ne d . Mr. N. News, one of the directors, and Mr. Gutch, one of the company's solicitors, attended to si alch the case on the part of the company, to whom, however, no blame ap peared to attach. PRIUES OF SHARES IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, ANT OTHER COM- I PANIES' STOCK. From the Official List. rIIBLISIIED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING. LONDON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5. ZOTNT-STOCK BANKS. Name of Company. Australasia ......... Britsh North American Cvlon • . • ....• C.)mrnercial of London C donial.• •• Gloucestershire .• lonian Londn and Westminstr Ditto • • • • • • • • • • • • • • London Joint-Stock ... Provincial of Irelo.nd • . Dividend per Annum. Amount of Share. Price. Ditto, New......... National of Ireland .. Nat. Provincial of Eng. MUG, New. ....... South Australia ...... Union of Australia.... Union et London Union of Madrid Albion •....... •• •. • . Alliance Brit. and For. Ditto Marine. • • • • • . Atlas . • • • • • • • • British Commercial .. ClericLMedia Gen. Life Caunty .. • . •••• • • • • Crown .............. Eagle ...... Enropeaa Life ••• • • General • ....• GluLe Guardian ............ imperial Fire • • • • • • • • Imperial Life ........ Indemnity Marine.... Law Fire • • .• • • •• •• •• Law Life • • • • • • • • • • .. Legal and General Life Licensed Victuallers .. London Fire • • • • • • London Ship , Marine ..... • • • • .. Med. Invlid & Gen. Life gational Loan Fund.. gational Life-. • • Palladium Life Pelican ••••• • • • • • •• Phcenix • . Pi otector Life........ Provident Life........ Kock Life • • • • .• • • • . •• Ltoyal Exchange San Fire.. Ditto Life ....... United Kingdom . L .... l,miversal Life........ Vietoria Life .... Name of Company. East and West InVa ... East Country London .... . al. per cent. 51. per cent. 71. per cent. 61. per cent. 51. par cent. 151 per. cent. 61. par cent. 61. per cant. 61. per cent. 81. per cent. Si. per cent. 51. per cent. 61. per cent. 51. per cent. 51, per cent. 61. per cent. 6/. per cent. 61. per cent. 31. 10.. 7114 s 6d&bs 61. per cent. 138.6 d. pr 7s. per share pr ct.& bs. 31. 14s. , 6.. 4;4 per cent. 61. per cent. 51. 121. per cent. 12s. 11.. h. & be. 11. 16s. 10s. 10s. 1 12s.per share 4%1. per ct. 51. per cent. 8/.per cent. 51. per cent. 31. p. Rh. & bs. 51. per cent. 11. ss. & bs. 53. 1 61. per cent. 61. 108. it. 6.. 41. per cent. 10% pr cnt. .51. per cnt. 61. pr cent. 205. per eh. 5/. pr cent. 41. per cent. 4 per cent. Ditto 80nd5........ 41 t. K atharino ........ Ditto, Scrip ....... Ditto Bonds.. •• . Southampton •• Oil. pr cent. 21. per cent. s. d. 40 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 IMPS; Amount of Share. A s. d. 500 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 1100 0 0 1 100 0 0 50 0 0 60 0 0 20 0 0 Stock. 100 0 0 500 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 5 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 6 0 0 Stock. Amount of Share. X a. d. Stock. 100 0 0 Stock. Stock. 50 0 0 Patti. £ I. 4. 50 0 0 11 0 0 5 0 0 5 5 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 All paid. 36 10 0 30 0 0 10 0 0 8 13 1 2 10 0 10 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 19 10 0 12 10 • 15 0 0 2 0 6 2 10 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 10 0 0 0 10 0 4 0 0 9 0 0 4 0 0 Paid. X P. d. $5 0 0 50 0 0 Price 6% 10 122 228 lb% 37 2% 42 16 1 / 2 - k 16N 9 2% - 21 Om. 210 207 Price. 141% 21 1175( BRIDGES Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price Annum. Shari. .-...... £. s. d. Z. 9. d. Charing-cross • • • • .. • • - - -15 U Southwrk, Nw Sub. Av. - 632 12 $ - 2 Ditto Nw of 734 p.c. 353. per cent. 50 0 0 - 6 Waterloo .......... • • - 100 0 0 -3% Ditto Old Ann. of 81. 11. 4s. Od. - 60 0 0 28 Ditto Nw ditto of 71• 11. Is. Od. - 40 0 0 25 Vauxhall .... ... Av. 11. 70 10 3 - 18 WATER-WORMS . Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of raid. Price Annum. Share. £ s. d. £ 9. d. East London...• ••• • • • 81. 100 0 0 - 176 Grand Junction .. .. - 41. 7.er cnt. 50 0 0 - 81 Kent................ 21.10 x. 100 0 0 - 75 Lambeth ...... ••.. •• 51. per cnt. 100 9 0 - 99 New itivr Lndn Brdge i 21. 10s. - - 85 Vauxhall ............ 51. per cnt. 100 0 0 - 98 West Middlesex . .. i 61. Os. pr cnt. - - 116 GAS-LIGHT AND COLE COMPANIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. ---- - X. a. d. Z. s. d. British ••••••- • • • • • • 11. 40 0 0 18 0 0 14 Ditto rrovincial- - 11. Bs. 20 0 0 20 0 0 IS Brighton ••••..• • • • •• 51. per cent. 20 0 0 - 12 City of London .. •• • • 101. 100 0 0 150 0 0 230 ContinentalConsolidat. 923. pr share 75 0 0 31 5 0 34 Equitable.... ••..• • • • 501. pr shared 50 0 0 50 0 0 27 Imperial .• .... ••• • .• 21. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 70 Independent ....... •• 61. per cent. 140 0 0 40 0 0 , 60 - 50 0 0 40 0 0 I - - 50 0 0 50 0 0 - Do., Parl. Preference 61. per cent. 25 0 0 210 0 - Phoenix . ............ 434 L per ct. 50 0 0 49 0 0 28 Retell IT ..... ........ 51. 100 0 0 90 0 0 75 United General .. •• • • 78. 6d. 50 0 0 50 0 0 13N Westminster Chartered 31. 50 0 0 - 44 36 Ditto, New .• • • -... 12s. 50 0 0 .10 0 0 ' 8% CANALS. .; 1 Names of te, 'Dividend l Names et Price r t IDividend . Companies. : ' per i Companies. 2, A n n u r p- r 4 ce. m. fr. AI11111111.; i n ------- ......-. --...... .0 I 4 Ashtn t Oldh 97 71. 113 Macclesfield . 100 21. 105• 50 Barnsley •• • • 160 121. 180 Neath .. .. • • lon 161. 340 Brknk&Abrg 1501 51. 85 Oxford.. •• • • 100 201. 185 Birmingham 40, 41. 87 Peak Forest. 7g 31. 18s. 70 Coventry.... 100 25/. 210 Regent's •• - 33 11. 2s. 18 Derby •• . - 100 61. 63 Rochdale.... 85 I 41. 5034 Ellsinre&Chs 133 1 565. 41 Somrset Coal 150 7/.105. 130 GrandJunctn 100, 5/. 8434 Do.LkFd St 12 61. p. c. - Grand Surrey 100, 11.10 s. 30 Stffrd &Wore 140 281. 410 Grand Union 100, 11. 105. 24 Shrewsbury.. 125 151. - Grantham .. 150 - - Stottrbridge.. 145 201. 300 Kennt & Avu 39 75. 6d. 534 Severn and 21. Os. - Lancaster . 130 21. 323' Wye Ball. j 26 Leenls& Livrp 100 301. 31734 Warwick/is - 1 100 Leicester .... 100 Si. 63% Airming. j 41 . 63 Lerestr &.Nth 83 41. 46 Warwick&l 100 3L 40 Lougbborogh 142 701. 510 Napton. • Monmouthsh 100 81. - Worcstr &.} 78 EL 43 Mntgemrysh ; 100 - - Birming. MeitnMwbry 100 - - Wilts lk Brks - 142. 9 'ass.. OP SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. •••••••••••• 0M.... £ a • d. £ s. d Bank of Scotland British Linen Company 81. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 233 Caledonian Bank •• . City of Glasgow Lan k. 61. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 13 Clydesdale Bank ••..• • 6% per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 14 Commercial Bank •• • • 71. per cent. 500 0 0 [lOO 0 0 174 Eastern Bank .. •••• • • 61. per cent. 25 u 0 10 0 0 9 Edinb.ft Glasgow Bank 61. per cent. 5 0 50 0 51. 17s Exchange Bnk of Scot.. 41. per cent. 100 0 50 0 0 22 Isle of Man. Company 71. per cent. 10 0 70 0 - National Bank 6% per cent. 50 0 10 0 0 15% North of Scotlandßank 41. percent. 20 0 50 0 3% North British Bank • • - - - - Royal Bank of Scotland 5/. per cent. 100 0 100 0 0 136 Union Bank of Scotland Al. per cent. 100 0 50 0 0 923{ Western Bank .••• • • • • 71. per cent. 50 0 50 0 0 7534 Aberdeen Fire and Life 7%1.pr cent. 12 1 0 20 0 2 B. Accord. Lifeand Fire - 20 0 010 0 - British Guarantee Ins. 4/. per tent. 10 0 10 0 17.1 Od Caledonian Fire Insur. 101. per cent. 100 0 10 0 0 21 Church of England Ins. - 50 0 2 0 0 - City of Glasgow Life 6l. per cent. 25 0 20 0 21. 12. Edinburgh Life Insur. 61. per cent. 100 0 12 10 0 20 East of Scotland Life - l'O 0 015 0 95.60. Eng. & Scot, Law Life 51. per cent. 50 0 217 6 - Hercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 100 0 10 0 0 - Insur. Co. of Scetlnd- Si. per cent. 100 0 10 0 0 - Life Assoc. of Scotland Gl.per cent. 10 0 1 0 0 11. 108 Mercantile Life .. • • National Fire and Life M. per cent. 10 0 • 1 0 0 208.6 d North British Incur 5341.pr cent. 200 0 20 0 0 24 North & West of Scot. 61. per cent. 10 0 10 0 - Scottish Life and Guar. - 20 0 011 0 - Scot. Alas. and Gen. Life - 0 015 0 - Scattish Union Insrace. 61(1. pr cent. 20 0 10 0 241.0 d Standard Life ...... • 51. per cent. 50 0 45 0 9% United Dep. Assurance 51. per cent. 10 0 10 0 16s Od MISCELLANEOUS. • • Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. - Z. a. d. X. I. d. Auction Mart ........ 21. ss. 50 0 0 - 25 Australian Agrictiltnrl 11. 100 0 0 30 0 0 16 Anglo-Mexican Mint.. 11. les. 10 0 0 10 0 0 21% Ditto, Half Shares.. - - 210 0 - Canada ..........- .. Gl. per cent. 100 0 0 32 10 0 26 Uppr Canada Bonds 51. per.cent. - - 89 fifty Navigation .. - - - 91 Gen. Revers. & Invest. sp.c. & bs, 21 100 0 0 180 0 0 94 Equitable Reversienry 5/. pr cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 103 Gen.SteamNavigation 11. Bs. 15 0 0 14 0 0 27% London Institution ... - - 78 15 0 - Russell Institution.... - - 26 5 0 - Peninslr& Orient.Stm. 81. per cent. 50 0 0, 50 0 0 80 Reversionary Int. Soc. 4141. pr cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 91 Royal Mail Steam.... 61 18..4. p. c. 100 0 01 60 0 0 51 South Australian ... • • 11. per sh are . 25 0 0' 25 0 0 - Van Dieman's Land.. - 100 0 0I 29 0 0 - SCENES OF THE CIVIL WAR IN H UNGARY IN 1848-9. saysre already made its app earance . " N one the United S erv i ce G azette, " an d BY AN AUSTRIAN OFFICER. —A second e diti on o f t hi s bliutttleavosloulmdieerh!,s al he an eye-witness of the exploits he narrates, a sharer in the sufferings he depicts, could have written such a dashing volume. It is full of military adventure of a thrilling kind." And the Britannia remarks, that " the romance and peril of war, with its wild joys and deep but transient sorrows, never had a better narrwr. The volume completely exhibits the character of the Hunga rian contest, and is the more to be admired from the soldierlike and gsllant spirit it evinces." To INDIA AND BACK IN THREE MONTHS.— Lieut. R. M. Taylor, of the 25th Regiment, embarked on board one of the Peninsular and Oriental steamers on the 20th of October last, for Alexandria, and having hastened thence tO Madras, remained there twelve days, when he returned and reached Southampton by the same steamer on the 25th ult. HURRICANE AT LIVERPOOL. (From the Second Edition of the Liverpool Courier, of yesterday.) We stated in our early impression that the barometer had fallen seven-tenths of an inch in the course of yes terday, and that there was Every indication of a coming storm. Tho gale came as was anticipated, and was morn serious than any we have had singe the memorable storm of January, 1839, when so large au amount of life and property was destroyed. The wind began to rise yesterday about five o'clock, and continued t) increase in violent guests till three or four o'clock this morning, when it had attained its max imum strength, and blew with tremendous force, rocking the houses in exposed sitir;t:ons like cradles. In many exposed places so great was the violence of the gale that families left their beds and sought shelter in the lower rooms of their holifte=, preferring, an imaginary safety there to restless tossinga in bed, .and the multitude of thoughts et' a sleepless night. In the town the ravages of the gale have been much less severe than might have been expected, though a con siderable number or chimneys are dismantled, ald slates are scattered about , the streets. In some places the windows of houses have been blown in. One of the windows of Trinity Church is riddled of the glass. Be tween six and seven o'cl,ck this morning a chimney was blown down at the Crooked Billet, in Exchange street East, and fell upon the roof of a room in which a . servant maid slept, but happily without making its way into the apartment. The force of the gale was severely felt about the Old Church, especially upon the new range of offices known as Tower-buildings, from some parts of which the lead has been stripped like paper, and is now hang ing from tie roof like ribbands. Various chimneys were blown down in the neigh bourhood of Matthew-street and Stanley-street. At Bootle the gale was severely felt, and broken glass and damaged chimneys are plentiful. The storm was most severely felt at Birkenhead, and on the Cheshire side of the Mersey generally, whe:e it raged with extraordinary violence. In Grange-lane, and those r eighbourhoods exposed to the action of the wind, the roads were literally strewed with the wrecks of fallen chimneys and dismantled rod's. Christ Church, in exton-road, has suffered severely from the gale, about three yards of the spire being thrown down into the body of the church, and the base of , the spire being so seriously injured as t ) make it a matter of necessity to take down and rebuild the remainder. The pinnacle of the Scotch church, in Grange-lane, has been blown down, and thrown through the roof. A house near Grange-lane, in an exposed situation, has suffered so much from the gale as to have the entire roof carried away, leaving nothing but the bare raft-rs standing. In Grange-lane a small chapel has been much damaged by the wind, the windows being completely blown out. The new market at Birkenhead has sustained consi derable injury, the roof being stripped of the lead, and it has been found necessary to keep the doors closed to prevent the roof being entirely carried away. A con siderable portion of the roof of this structure has been blown off. On the Chester and Birkenhead Railway, near the . Bebbington station, a luggage train was thrown off the rails by the violence of the wind, and impeded the way for some time. In the George's basin two fiati sunk this morning about seven o'clock. On the river, one of ,the largest hulks, the Akbar, lying in the Sloyne, was shifted from her moorings, and now lies stranded on the Devil's Bank near to Rock Ferry. The boats plying to,Woodside and Tranmere have sustained a little injury by coming in contact with the landing places. At Seacombe the land ing stage was carried away about half-past seven this morning by the violence of the seas, and it now lies at tached to the ship only by the chain. This casualty prevented the boats malting their usual trips, and pas sengers from this ferry, as well as from Egremont, where it was also impossible to effect a landing, had to go rcund to Woodside. The thickness of the morning prevented a communi cation by telegraph before nine o'clock. At 9 45, A.M., a signal of distress was made, to the effect that a large thre:-masted steamer had a signal f distress flying on the Burbo bank. The steam-tug immediately proceeded to her assistance, with a life-boat in tow. The vessel proved to to the screw-steamer Diana, from Waterford. The crew and passengers were saved, but the fate of the vessel is uncertain. . The City of Dublin Steam-Packet Company's steam boat Trafalgar, wal expected at three o'clock this morning, but has not yet arrived. Doubtless she and many other vessels will be kept back by the severity of the gale. _ _ About eight o'clock a fore and aft-rigged schooner, named the Sailor's home, and laden with stone, on ac count of the Corporation, hove round the Rock Perch, having on her mast a flag cf distress. As soon as the vessel came within view of the Half-way-house, or life boat station, a boat belonging to the active and ever-in ch fatigable body attached to the life-boat station be tween EgremoNt and New Brighton, put out to her as sistance. We have Learned that scarcely had the crew lest the schooner when she sunk. At !he noi tts end of our dock 4, that portion north of the Clarence Dock, and which from their exposed posi tions to gales from the \V.N.W.. affords but little shelter for such crafts as may be found abreast their commo dious harbcurs, the gale blew with terrific violence. Many of the houses in the vicinity of the North Shore have suffered considerable damage ; and the neat ma rine villas in Bootle Bay have all of them been injured in some degree by the violence t.f the storm. The shipping in; e N,lson and Collingwood docks have not sus.ained much positive injury, but nevertheless, they encout.t?redi n no small degree the fury of the elements, and had not their rigging been made taut in anticir ation of the event which has occurred, there can be no doubt but that serious ccidents would have occurred in those dock,. At an early hour this morning, a small smack, named the Duchess of Km', the ca2tain of which found that his light anchors would not withstand the fury of the storm, attempted to make t\e entrance of the Nelson-dock, in the basin of which he expected t) find shelter; but, un fortunately, the tempest was so violent, that the little craft became untnanagr able. and the result was that she sunk near to the entrance of the harbour of refuge for which she was making. A flit from Runcorn was sunk this morning opposite the Collingwood-dock. There w ere two men and a wo man on board, all of. whom were saved through the able assistance of some boats. There was not, fortunately, much shipping in the river, and even the few large ships which were moored there lay more to the Cheshire than the Lancashire ccast, and consequently escaped, as the gale came from the not th-A e3t, as usual in this latitude. However, all the large ships in the river made much lee way, and in ono or two instances we observed this morning that the vessels had made considerably to the east; and theie is no doubt that, had not the gale abated with the top of the tide (six, A.m.), more than one of the few vessels in the river would ha‘e.dragged their anchors. We should state that all the life-boats from Egre mont vrere out durin g the morning rendering all •the as sistance in their p ower, and that they wore a bl y a ssisted by one or two o f t h e steam-tugs b e l ong i ng to the river. The N .W. light-ship broke adrift at noon, but was im medist,ly replaced. The barometer is more elastic, and the convex bulb indicates a change in the weather, but the wind is till violent and gusty. TERRIBLE STORNI IN N OT TINGIIAMSHIRE.—A storm, of an unusually violent and destructive character, visited Nottingham and its neighbourhood on Tuesday evening, commencing about seven o'clock, and did not by subside until abdut ten A.I. yester d ay (W e dnesday.) It was ushered in with fl as h es of li g h tn i ng and thunder at intervals, being f o ll owed h ea vy rain fur a time, during which and after war d s the wind blew in fitful but tre mendous gusts from the welt, with a degree of violence perhaps never before experienced during the present generation in the midland counties. The consequence was that upon the inhabitants r f Nottingham arising from their beds yesterday, they found many of the streets strewn with chimney-pots, tiles, slates, and portions of brick chimneys; and soon afterwards damage of a more serious nature became known. About half-past seven o'clock in the morning a tall chimney, attached to Mr. Smythe's house in the Park, fe!l with a tre mendous crash upon a wing of the building, two stories high, carrying in the roof and forcing the whole, ,with a bedroom floor and the contents of the room, into the kitchen below. Mr.: and Mrs. Henry Smythe were sleeping in the room at the time, and were buried in the ruins the crash had created, but happily they were extricated withoUt either of them sustaining serious injury. Of three servants also who were in the kitchen at the time of the accident, two escaped with slight bruises; but the third, Sarah Britton, aged fourteen, who was engaged lighting a firo at the time, was buried for more than halt an houebeseeth nearly two tons' weight of bricks and other materials. As soon as possible assistance was procure 4, .a number of work men were employed in clearing away die brokea timbers, and all parties were freed from the debris. Unfortmately, it was found necessary to convey the poor girl, Britton, to the General Hospital, Ler legs especially being dread• fully crushed. Early in the morning also William Woodward, of North Bridgford, was carried to the hos pital, be having been seriously hurt on the head, right arm, and back, by the falling of a hovel in which he was engaged milching cows. Severa l of th e cattle were also much bruised, tied some parties who were assisting him deseron were to b e met but v er y wary description at the time sustained injuries o f a l es s serious nature. These are the most serious cas es that had transpired at similarthe t time dispatche in o c u id r entsofa left Nottingham,minor with on every hand. SUPPOSED INCENDIARY FIRE, NEAR ROYSI ON .— A correspondent writes—" I regret to inform you of a dreadful fire, which occurred on Saturday night at Ash well, near Baldcck, supposed to bo the act of an incen diary. Several farms were burnt down and a number of cottages; and damage done to the amount of 10,000/. and upwards. A high wind added much to the confla gration, which it was painful in the extreme to behold People seem at a loss to account for the act of :the villain, as there is nut a single able-hodied man in the union, nor has there been during the winter, all the labourers having been well employed." NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, WEDNESDAY.—The Raleigh, 50, Car tain the lion. C. Hope, was paid oil this day into ordi nary. It is a pity that so fine a ship should have been condemned t so unworthy a service as mere hulking in the River Plate, where her anchors were doWn for three years. We think Sir Thomas Herbert might have changed the scene a little with great beneSt to filo heal , h and efficiency of the ship's company, and without the !asst detriment to the service. Lieutenant the Hon. Fra 163 Eg4rt Hi, lite fl ig lieu tenant to Commodore Sir Thomas Herbert, i 3 promoted to the rank of Commander. Strong gales have been blowing on this coast all nigh and day. APPOINTMENTS. Chaplain—Rev. Edward S. Phelps (1836) to the I lustrious, 72, depot ship of ordinary, Portsmouth. ANuTIIER ARCTIC EXPEDITION. The Lords of the Admiralty, on obtaining the sanction of the House of Commons yesterday evening, have lost no time in deciding on the plan to be adopted for ano ther expedition to proceed in the direction of Davis's Straits, Lancaster Sound, and onwardi to Melville Island in search of Captain Sir John Fronkin and the officers and crews of the Erebus and Terror, and an ex press messenger was dispatched from the Admiralty this afternoon to Woolwich, with orders to Commodore Henry Eden to get the Acorn, 12, sloop, and Minx steam-vessel ready fir sea at the shortest notice. The messenger was also bearer at the same time of dispatches for Captain Sir John Hill, superintendent of the vic tualling-yard, Deptford, to have the necessary provisions ready to be sent to Woolwich and put on board those vessels. The Acorn-is at present at Chatham, but she can soon be brought round t i Woolwich and made ready for sea. The Minx is a steam-vessel propelled by the screw, and the last trial she had when fitted with the disc engines gave a remarkably favourable to suit, with a very small consumption of fuel—an object of the urestest importance in a voyage to the Arctic regions. The disc engine has since been tried for a considerable number of hours consecutively, and found to continue to work w ell, without being liable to get out of order, and appears to be in every way adapted for the undertaking the Minx is now ordered to be employed upon, if their Lordships should decide on using those engines now on board the vessel." DESTRUCTIVE CONFLAGRATION IN LAMBETH. This morning, shortly before one o'clock, a fire broke out in the extensive timber-yard belonging to Mr. George Myers, of the Ordnance-wharf, Belvedere-road, which, in the extent of its ravages, has very far ex ceeded any catastrophe of the kind with which the me• tropolis has been visited fir many years past. The exact locality may be thus briefly described : The York-road is a well-known thoroughfare, extending from the Waterloo-road to Westminster-bridge-road. Within about 200 yards of the latter a narrow turning, known as Guildford-street, forms a communication be tween York-road and Pedlers-acre. Both sides c f this street were formerly occupied by the extensive premises of Messrs. Grissell and Peto, the celebrated builders and contractors, and a cast-iron bridge thrown across the thoroughfare connects the workships on either side. Mr. Myers' timber wharf extends across York-road, and occupies a very large space, bounded on the south by the rear of the houses in Pedlars-acre, on the east by the fictory formerly occupied by Messrs. Grissell and Peto, on the west by Heath's extensive livery-stables, °poling to the north on the back of the houses in the York- road. The fire is supposed to have broken out in this tim ber-yard, and so rapidly did the flames extend that the whole of one side of Guildford-street, and no less than eight large houses in York-road are levelled with the ground. _ _ The flames were first discovered by a policeman of the L divison, who lost no time in dispatching messen gers to the various stations of the fire brigade, and in a very short time Mr. Henderson, the foreman of the southern division of the farce, arrived on the spot with a good supply of engines from the Southwark-bridge -road and adjacent stations. Before, however, water could be procured the flames had attained so great an ascendancy that the atmosphere was illuminated fur miles around, and the utmost alarm was occasioned among the inhabi tants of the neighbourhood. In less than half an hour from the period of the outbreak, the premises on the west side of Guildford-street, formerly occupiel by Messrs. Grissell (now in the tenancy of Messrs. Nickels andeo., india-rubber-web manufacturers) became ignited, and ull efforts to stay the ravages of the flames proved utterly futile. In a very short period the window frames at the back of the houses in York-road caught fire, and More any effective means could be adopted to prevent it, the whole range numbered 7, S. 9, 10, 11, and 12 was one mass of flame. The awful progress of the fire for some few minutes previously had forwarned the inhabitants of the danger to which they were ex posed, and a very large quantity of furniture sifts hastily thrown out of the houses into the centre of York-road, as the only chance cf saving it from being reduced to a hes. The firemen worked bravely, but the extent of the catastrophe was so great that it soon became - evide.t the fire must exhaust it It is quite impossible, owing to the confusion that pre vailed, to give an} -thing approalhiog an estimate of the damage that must accrue from this frightful disaster. The great quantity of furniture strewed about all the thoroughfares in the district gives too much reason to (err that the poorer classes will suffer very severely. On the que-tion of insurance, also, no certain information could be obtained. The atmosphere was very brilliantly illuminated by tie reflection of the flames, and about half-past one o'clock almost every metropolitan church steeple might have bsen clearly discerned. The new Houses of Parlia ment, with their exquisite Gothic tracery, seen from llungerford-bridge, famed one of the finest pictures it is possible to imagine. The number ospectators was not excessive, owing to the lateness of the hour. • Mr. Inspector Beckerson, of the A division of police, and Inspector Evans, of the L division, were in attend ance, with a very large holy of constables. THE SALE AT MARLBOROUGH HOUSE,--Marl borough House was on Tuesday crowded wit') fashionable company, assembled to view the effects of her latq la mented Majesty the Queen Dowager. The imitations were, from tin to four o'clock,• and during the whole of that period the principal rooms cf the mansion were filled with a con,ta9t succession of visitors; including many leading connoiseurs and collectors, all of whom appeared desirous to possess themselves of some relic of the departel Queen. Among the more distinguished company we remarked the Duchess of Norfolk and Lai) , Adei za Fitzalan Howard, the Duchess of Sutherland and Lady Constance Leveson Gower, the Marquis of Stafford, the E irl of Jersey and Lady Clementine, Villiers, the Right Honourable Sidney Herbert and Mrs. Herbert, the Countess Dowager Wal degrave and Mr. Harcourt, M.P., the Vis countess Forbes, Lord Harry Vane, M.P., Colonel Sibthorp, M.P., Mr, Quintin Dick, M.P., Lord Ernest Bruce, Mal., the Marquis of Douro, Lady Charles Wellesley, and Lady A. Pierrepont, the Duke and Duchess of Northumberland, Admiral Sir George Sey mour, Sze. The .company, on entering the mansion, passed int) the dining-room, where an immense display of linen of all descriptions was exhibited for sale, includ ing some very superb table napkins bearing the royal arms and cypher, which were eagerly bought at prices ranging from three to four guineas per deem. A very handsome dessert service of ruby glass and some china services were displayed in this room, which also contained full-length portraits of King George 111. and Queen Charlotte, marked at 50/. Passing through an anteroom the company entered the drawing-room, which. from the valuable nature of the property it contained, firmed the chief point of attraction. The demand in this room was so great during portions of the Cay that nearly a d-zen salesmen were kept actively employed, and it was with some difficulty the property was cleared away, so rapidly were sales effected. The upper floors of the mansion were not thrown open to the public, it Le;ng in tended to remove their contents to the Tower rooms as the sale proceeds. We believe that a much larger quan tity of property remains to be disposed of than was ori ginally expected, owing to her Majesty the Queen having declined to purchase the effects contained in Bushey house. The We will continue to-morrow arid during the succeeding days of the present week. PASSAGES IN THE LIFE OF MRS. MARGARET MAITLAND, OF SUNNY SIDE. WRITTEN BY HERSELF. —We' are pleased to notice that a second edition of this charming and touching story has already been required. We may truly say, with the Athenceum, that Mrs. Margaret Maitland has been to us a welcome guest. The tale has given us much pleasure. As regards purity of mind, generosity of heart, and quiet observa tion of character, Mrs. Margaret Maitland. of Sunny side, might claim cousinship with the Rev. Micah Balwhidder without the good man being in any point or principle discredited by his kinswoman. There are Mistress Maitlands in real life, but we are not sure that the maiden must has ever before found so favourable a representative in print. Some of the other personages are marked out with a touch t like firm and delicate. Grace, Mrs. Elphinstone, her son and the Dominic are all real persons."—Athenceum. A KEEN ATTORNEY.—Mr. Torn Chippendale by no means exaggerated his title to such knowledge of the world as can be acquired by long and sharp practice in the law. He knew the se amy side of the world at well as moat men. He was one of the underling, working agents of the old Tory party, and a subtle band at eke tioneering politics. He justly enjoyed the repu'a'ion of being one of the keenest men in a prcf , esion which af fords the most favourable opportunities for the exercise of a low sagacity, and which seldom rewards as they desarso its honourable and honest members. By the in d fatigable exercise of his special talents, ho had accu mulated a handsome fortune, and was at the top of the intercourse with in his particular line. An extirsive with all classes bi n the educated his natural shrewdness n the quick perception a character, and few men knew how to turn that detective faculty to great r advantage. Like most persons of his stamp, lie' had' tso sets of manners—the one to freezl and repulse, the other to conciliate and cajole.—The "Ladder of Gold" in Bentley's Miscellany. [PRICE SD. COURT OF COIVOION COUNCIL On Tuesday a court was held for the dispatch of business. Alderman Hamphery was re-elteled governor of the Irish Society. Mr. Dakin was elected deputy-governor, in the room of Mr. T. B. Simpsor. Upon the application of soma of the members, The Loan MAYOR sent the magic-bearer to the Com missioners of Sewers, who had just commenced their sitting above stairs upon important public business, to order their at endance in the c:Jurt. The order was peremptory, and the Commissioners were obligel to ad journ the appointed business, which included the elec tion of the u.edical officer, and other matters of general int !rest in the city. The court was by no means nume rously atfended—a circumstance mainly attributable to the expected discussion upon the o'd theme of corpora tion reform. The TOWN Cnitnx irrortned the Court that he had received the amounts of the Commissioners of Sewers, audited by Messrs. Begley, Chatteris, and Kendal, from the auditors. Referred to the Commissioners ( f Sewers. MEASURES FOR INCREASING THE FRANCIIISF. Mr. Deputy BEDFORD moved that Vie pitltion pre sented on the 17th of January. on behalf of the citizens of the IVard of Farringdon Without, for the adoption of measures for increasing the franchise, to taken into consideration. After some discussion, in which the arguments which have been so frequently used upon the subject of corpo ration reform were repeatel with additional force, the Court determined by a large majority that the further consideration of the petition be adjourned until the sense of the freemen of the city on the subject s h a ll h ave b een ascertained in the respective wards. REPEAL OF THE WINDOW TAX. Mr. ANDERTON gave notice of a motion that the Court petition the House of Commons to repeal the window tax. SUPPLY. OF WATER TO THE METROPOLIS. The report of the Navigation Committee, delivered in on the 17th of January, on the report and survey by engineers, relative to notices of application to Parlia ment for taking water from the Thames, was taken into consideration, and referred back to the committee, with directions to watch the proceedings of tie water coin panics, and report to the Court the steps which might appeir to the committee to be expedient to be taken. Adjourned. With the Fersonal Adventures of au Austrian Officer in the Army of Vie Ban of Crotia. NAPIER'S SOUTHERN AFRICA. 2 vols., small Bvo., with numerous Plates. W. Shoberl, Publisher, 20, Great Marlborough-street. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols. post Bvo., EVAD N E ; or, an Empire in its Fall. By CHARLES ROWCROFT. Author of " Tales of the Colonies ; or, the Adventures of an Emi grant," "Fanny `the Little Milliner; Or, the Rich and the Poor," " We leave to our readers the pleasant task of making acquaintance for themselves with the personages, the plot, the scenery, and the incidents of a story which, in consistent and sustained vigour and comprehensive interest, is altogether one of the most remarkable books which the season has yet produced."—Morning Post. INSITRANCE C Name of Company. Dividend per Annum. 25 0 0 100 0 0 AO 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 80 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 60 0 0 40 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 DOCK 3. Dividend per Annum. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGE sc.& CAMBRIDGE, FEB. s.—At a congregation holden this day tho dep.( e of Bachelor of Arts was conferred upon the undermentioned gentlemen: H. H. N. Bankes, Trinity Hall. H. G. Harvey, Trinity Hall. J. D. Lewis, Trinity College. At the same Congregation the following graces passed the Senate:— 1. To appoint Mr. Clark, of Trinity College, an ex aminer for the Bell's Scholarships in the present year, in the place of the Regina Profess)r of Laws, who is un able to attend. 2. To extend the time fixed for the report of the Syn dicate, appointed on the 31st of October last, " To con sider whether any and what regulations may be made with advantage for conducting the examinations of can didates for the degree of LL.B.; and whether any and what other mraiures may be devised for bringing the law faculty more closely into connexion with the present University system ;" from the division to the end of the present Lent term. A grace proposing to refer to the Syndicate already appointed, to consider the report of the inspector under the Public Health Act, the consideration of the Bill about to be introduced in Parliament with regard to certain " contemplated improvements in the borough of Cambridge, the regu'ation of .the markets and fairs thereof, and the regulation of the police;" and also to empower the Paid Syndicate to confer with the autho rities of the town as to the contribution paid by the University under the Cambridge improvement Acts, and respecting the maintenance and management of the borough police force, was withdrawn. LAW. The Regius Professor of Lsw will commence a course of lectures on tho Roman LION on Friday, the 15th inst. These lectures may be attended by gentlethen desirous of obtaining the professional certificate, which is re quired in certain caws by the grace of October 31, 1848. For professional lecture tickets application must be made to the Registrary or to the _tutors of colleges. . _ Gentlemen who join the Law Class as candidatla for the law degree, need not provide themselves with the above-n.entioned ticlitt. The hour of attendance will to 11 A.M. FLOATING RAILWAY ACROSS TIIE FORTH. It is with great satisfaction that we have to notice the coniptelon t fan undertaking which will nit only be of great public advantage, hut anu,t add very materially to the prosperity of the Edinburgh, Pe: V), and Dundee Railway Company. We allude to the large moveable slips that have been erected by this company at Grauton aad Buretisland, by means cf which, in connexion with the large floating railway-steame? " Leviathan," goods, minerals, and live stock, will be conveyed across the ferry without removal from the trucks; and if found necessary, passengers could a'so, with the greatest ewe and gaiety, be taken across without change of carriage. We understand that the whole apparatus is the invention of Mr. Bouch, the engi neer and manager of the line, and reflects the highest credit on his engine , ring skill. The first expermental trial took place on Wednesday last in presence of the di rectors, and was eminently successful. We may men tion that the spacious deck of the steamer is capable of holding a train of from thirty to forty loaded trucks ; and on Wednesday twelve trucks., consisting c f coal and general mer chandise, were ttken on board at Burntisland is about seven minutes. The time occupied by the steamer in crossing was 25 minutes; and the trucks were safely run ashore at Granton in the course of three minutes ofierwards, amidst the hearty cheers of a large concourse of spectators, who had assembled to witness the interest ing proceedings. To give an itha of the entire apparatus, we may state that alongside the piers at Burntisland and Granton is an incline or slip, constructed of masonry, upon which are laid two lines of rails, the same gauge as the main line. Upon the incline is placed a heavy m ivtahle platform, 61 feet in length by 2l in bronchi], framed of timber and resting upon sixteen wheels. To the front of the platform are attached, by means of universal joints, four malleable iron girders, 35 feet long, constructed of boiler plate, spanning the requisite distance from the platform to the vessel, and affording sufficient depth of water for the keel of the vessel to cl-ar the surface of the slip. These girders aro raisei and lowered on the arrival and departure of the vessel by means of a winch on each side of a staging eighteen feet high, erected across t'ae platform, The %hole plat form with the girders aro raised and lowered to suit the several heights of the tide by means of a small stationary steam-engine, which is also employed in moving the trucks off and on board the vessel. The drums and gearing in connexion therewith are so ar ranged as to work the platform, or load and discharge the vessel with the greatest facility. The largo vessel or floating railway (Leviathan) ply ing in connexion with the slips, is 175 ft et long by 54 feet over all, propelled by two powerful engines of peculiar construction, with paddle shafts uncon nected. Upon her deck are laid three lines of rail way for the atandage of trucks. This vessel, with all her machinery, was built by Mr. Robert Napier of Glasgow, gild, notwithstanding her firm and construc tion is very different from sea-going vestals generally, the whole is finished in the most complete manner, and reflects the highest credit en the abilities of that eminent engineer.—EdinburghAdvertiser. PORT OF LlMERlCK.—Sincethe opening of the new year only three foreign vessels with bread stuff , , have arrived. The number of registered ships btl. nging to the port is 105, the tonnage of which is 11,068 tuns, and in which between six and seven hundred men are employed. There is a deer( ate of 14,0001 in the_year's revenue of :elmerick, principally in the article of tobacco, cawed by deaths, by emigration, and the destitution produced by wholesale evictions. In the union of Limerick there were about 6,000 deaths at - the period of the cholera. 01 the number of emigrants no correct idea can be f ,rened until the Catholic clergymen publish returns of the decrease of population. But of evictions, the number in the unions of Kilrush and Ennis can fall very little short, if they are not in excess, of 50,000 souls. The pauperization of these persons by eviction, and the increase of poor rates thereby, have had a most disastrous effect on agricultural industry—and caused corresponding injury to business and the revenue heretofore accruing to the Treasury in Limerick.-Llimerick Examiner. THM LATE LORD JEFFREY.—A desire is beginning to be expressed for the erection of a monument to this great man, and we are happy to learn that arrangements t are in progress fe. holding a public meeting of °f visible cit . zene, to take measures for recording!, bysoni which Lord token, the admiration and este 122 with subscription bas Jeffrey was regarded. Already a beenor a p opened among memmongthoetimemofbershisof Ltohredshbiap.r, f r M t r h . e S A te , ele is ivocatdes t , o L b ih ecommissioned omto eOzdercuttoowanbsmusatnfo e wi w th ho th w e as fea a tu f f r es e frequent i expre , s age e Faculty sides, c f plishcdaorntiostf i t s h w e e d l e l c a e c a q se u d : . 4 j nt o e dg f H o e t h w e i r l 1 s h c a u v i e p i t o h r l a d The a h n e t l visitor to t h h ei slabourstudi o. f Advocat Is have appointed a large committee to" co operate( with other public bodies or individuals as to the best mAans of raising a public monument to the late Lord Jeffrey."—Edinburgli Advertiser. Cultic:RN the argument of a Case yesterday, before tioSupretro , Court, th e f o ll ow i ng singular codicil to tt:o will of a k rench gentleman re cently deceased in Nctr Yuck, wai read by counse l :— Codicil—ln case of my death I &Eire thAt, my body may be kept unburied for eight ybe in a trance, and thus I should be buried ai,l -itieh would Le a frightful and d:sagreatibir thbig-.o"ause et dis agreuble)." This mortuary witticistn somewhat reltxed the gravity of their Uoaours.—Americart raper, Jan. 10, 1 t -- a / SUNDAY LABOUR. ---- )TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. is really amusing to see the account in the papers of the great number of petitions against the Sun day 1)( s -cdfice lab - our, presented by M.P.'s from diffe rent parts o f th e country. Is it not " passing strange" that the hind-hearted fit titioners who send up these prayers in behalf of the Post-office servants appear to have entirely forgotten a much more numerous class of Sunday workers, viz., those very useful servants of their own, the mals'ers, brewers, distillers, publicans, and aeit assistants ? Surely those people have as great a claim on the sympathy of the community as the men employed in the letter department. I believe their souls are of equal value in the sight • of Ged, whatever ether men may think to the contrary. I wish that a little mercy as ere shown to the poor publicans by the Christian pub lic sending petitions to the House of Commons, pray iug that they might be relieved from their hard labour on .Sunday,. But could nit the people do this th.m sf-lves ? Yes . ; by simply denyi ng t h e i r craving Pppetites a s!egle drop of intoxicating liver (n the Sabbath day-. It' Ch r i st i an people, and those who attend church and chapel " very rygular," mere only to cease- buyieg drink on the Sunday,, (Le pub lie:ns would have a f sir opportunity of attending a place cf worship like their sober neighbours. ' I am sure Sir E. Bux'on Will have no objection to present a petition in favour of the long neglected Sue day-wrought publicans —I am, Sir, yours, I'.S. The totd. number cf . brewers in the United Kingdom in 1849 was ... . 2,460 Victuallers ... ••• ••• ••• ••• 88.465 Betr-sellsrs (to be drnt , k on the premises) ... 34 606 Ditto (not to be drunk on tho premises)... 3,400 Grand total ... ... 128,931 Say five persons, on al average, are con -5 nected with each li cence or ts t a bli s h meL t. f 644,655 644,655 individuals employed on a Sunday and no petition yet presenscd to the houses of Lords and Com mons, praying their Lordahipb' and the Honourable House to relieve such a numerous class from Sunday labour! Christians ! this is too bad. J. K. Feb. 5, 1850. raid. 1 i. d. 40 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 13 0 0 10 0 0 26 0 0 10 0 0 22 10 0 35 0 0 10 0 0 22 10 0 25 0 0 2 10 0 10 0 0 40 0 0 EQUALIZATION OF THE LAND TAX. Yesterday, at one o'clock, a deptation of gentlemen, comprising delegates from several mtteopolitan parishes, nominated Lir the purpose of obtaining an equalization of the land-tax, waited upon the Chancellor of the Ex chequer, by appointment, at his official reaidenno in Downing -street, with the view of urging upon the con sideration of the Government - ' a more equable arrange ment of the above impost. The deputation, which was accompanied by ,General De Lacy Evans and Mr. Char/ea Lnshington, the Mem bers for Westminster, was composed of delegates from the following districts:—The Liberty of the Rolls, St, Paul's, Covent-garden; St. Andrew's, Holborn; St. Ce ment Dano3; St, Mary•le-Strand; St, Anne's, Soho; St. James's ' Clerkenwell; Chri s t c h urc h , Newgate. street; St. Saviour's, Southwark; and St. Stephen's Walbrook. The Chancellor of the Exchequer was accompanied by Mr. John Wood, the Chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue. Mr. MILLER, of the Chancery Bar, acted as the spoke:- man of the deputation, and showed the excessive ine quality of the present tax, and urged that if no ,general measure could be brought forward, the Government ought at leabt to remsly the present defective state of the law with regard to the mode of assessing the tax. The CHANCELLOR I f the EXCHEQUER in reply said, that as to the general equalization of the land tax, that was too large a question for him to express an opinion upon, particularly after the manner in I. hich the tax had been dealt with at the time the Redemption Acts were passed, Mr. Pitt having treated the quotas then fixed as perpetual, k ()cause the Government wanted money fur war purposes. With regard to the partial relief sought, it did not appear to him that the party who appeared in the Holborn division had executed all the remedies given to him by the Act, and he con sidered there was no valid reason fur coming to Parlia ment for fresh powers until that had been done. In Lord Ayleef)rd's case, referred to in Mr. Wood's evi dence before the Agricultural Committee in 1830, it was laid down that it the Commissioners did not meet together and make an equal rate, a power was given to apply to the Court of Exchequer in order to compel them to do so. Mr. MILLER said that with regard to the remedy sug gested by the Chancellor against the Commissioners, the point had been considered by the most eminent coun sel, all of whom had advised that the decision of the Commissioners was fit.al, and that the parties appealing were without remedy. The Chancellor of the Exchequer made no further obte .vation on the subject ; and the deputation, aft.er a few moments' hesitation, retitel from the Minister's presence. INDIAN RIVER STEAM NAVIGATION.---A party of gentlemen were assembled yesten'ay evening to dinner at the London Coffee-hou , e, Ludtte-bill, whose in terests are enlisted in carrying out a project for the es tablishment of steam navigation upon tt e rivers of India. The author of the project is Mr. Bourne, a civil engi neer, who has male the accomplishrrelt of the proposed end the subject of especial and carpful study. Owing to t to peculiar character of the Indian rivers, which in the dry sf a:on become ext-emely shallow, and full of shoals sod satalbAnks, insurmountable difficulties are opposed to the introduction of steam navigation by ordinary methods. Mr. B )urne has, howev, r, devised a system by which these obstacles can be surnaounkd, and the rivers rendered navigable at any season of the par.. fie proposes to use a train cf flat-bottomed barge, arti culated to etch other by circular joints, and drawn through the wat-r by a rte amen, by which means a considerable cargo can Le conveyed at a good speed, and with a draught of water so small as to meet all the exigencies of the minimum depth obtained during the dry se tson The chair was occupied by Mr. J. M'Gregor, M.P. After the usual loyal and pa triotic toasts, the important *object of the evening was introduced, and the advantages of the intended pr(ject were IN armly and ele quell:ly, supported by Mr. Byrne, late Deputy-Governor of Bengal, Mr. Duncan, M.P., Sir John Campbell, and Mr. J. 0. Walker. The entire absence of any constant and efficient means of commu nication was held cut at the great evil under which India suffered, and by which its almost unlimited re sources were crippled in their development; and it was urged that, should the present scheme come into opera tion, the exchange of our manufactured goods against the cotton and other products of the interior of India would speedily receive a rapid impetus. Towards the close of tke proceedings Mr. Bourne, upon his health being proposed, entered into a detailed statement c f the various features of his proposed system cf navigation, which was listened to with marked interest and spprobs tiff. The meeting altogether was a most satifilsctory one, and the strong argument; elicited in ftvour of the proposed scheme were such as to give every hope that it would ero lung receive a fair trial. RAILWAY BILLS ON STANDING Oepens.--Yester day, tLe inquiry into the case of the North Kew, Conti nuation Company was concluded, and the Bill on the several points of non-2empliaoce rererred to Vie Select Committee on Standing Orders. Since the comm.-I/ce ment of the inquiry the promoters have intinisv.d th. it intention to abandon that portion tf the proposed rail way diverging at Rochester, and terminatin g if, junction with the South•Esstern Railway at Maidstone. The standing orders were declared to be complied with in the following cases:—Lancashire and Yorkshire Rai'- way, who propose to alter their tollF, and to receive 61. for express and first-class passengers, 4d. for second class, and 23. for third-class; the south Yorkshire, for abandonment of part f railway; the Shropshire Union Railway for 'abandonment of Newton to Crewe and Chester, and Wolverhampton lines; reduction Lf capital and power to lease to London and North-Western; the Bill Lf the Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Railway for relinquishment of tart of works, restriction of capital, with power to the Edinburgh and Glasgow to hAd shares, was withdrawn. Consequent, on t h e r e sult of the Caledonian Railway remt:ng, reported in our co lumns yesterday, the Bill of the Scottish Central Rail way, to lease their undertaking ti the Caledonian and London and North-Western Railways, was adjourned. About 130 out of the total number of 137 Bills on stand in.;, orders are now di s p ose d o f. - _ S s h a n b l e c e ri t D:reatN, at Bed a e man xcite n m md e e nt Edmund Francis Hunt, who destroyed his own life and that of his child, a little girl two years and a half old. TLe utfortunete man was a plasterer, about thirty-seven years of age, living in Cornwall-terrace, \Valcot street, and his house abuts upon the river Avon. He was a steady, italustricus man, and bad been in the service of his master upwards of twenty years. His wifa, how ever, has several times been convicted of shoplifting, and the poor fellow in consequence has undergone much mental suffering. Upon the last occasion of his wite's delinquency becoming known, three or fair months ago, he declared that it ever she so disgraced him again he in w g as home, sgttin h a e ppt was e should be induced to destroy himself. On Saturday was h i r s e t w u i r f n hended for shoplifting. icfohr t in e d last, b y as a t h n e e deceased ighbou He hastened hom e , too k his rthat favourite child out of bed, and was seen no more alive. On the Sunday morning the river was dragged, and the body of the ill:fortunate man wag pulled up about fif y yards below his own house. His arms were f , lded over s e , hi t l h d e m b u o s d t y ha be ve in b i r on n his chest as if embracing something. The eater was swilled eflush out at ( f t h h e e r time, httb a t n e d , t a t r l Monday discovered in the river eighteen miles below the spot where the sad catastrophe happ ened. returned a verdict, " That the deceased „, under t t,orary has been committed on the charge of as hano e div n tr i :f. d 7 . l. on e : Td. h h ee himself jwu i r f y e whilst labourin g LOCK HOSPITAL, ASYLUM, AND CHAPEL.—The anniversary dinner of this charity was held jest rday evening at the Landon Tavern, 'his RO3O Highness the Duke of Cauubridee in the chair. After the usual foists had been duly honoured, the Rev. A. Garnier read the report, from which it appeared that the number of pa 7 tients who during the year had received care at the hos pital amounted to 741 (414 of these being in-patients), making an aegregate, from the first opening of the insti tution in 1747, of 58,420 patients who h•tve been cured, The financial prospects tf the charity have at last as. aumed a somewhat more hopeful aspect. Tte receipts of the 3 ear have fallen short o' the t xpenditure by nearly 900/.; c`, inasmuch as this debt is the acenuauletien of former year', and has been reduced upon that which stood aAttinst the hospital a year ago, by about 4tlo/,:the time is net, it is hoptd, far..distant when the'ekar ty4ift enjoy all its former prosperity. The report having been read, the healths of the various officials were drunk; aed at about ten his Royal Highness left the chair. 13vtweea 700/. and 8091. was collected at tho dinner,