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, __.% mil" - -- Tk:: )1 hytt Et r f o - • . t • 47 I gl • A s 4 .tiL I -- • :5111°4k ~ ..17t (Pt A IP t , , AW • ;) 1,',51,4•.11,11 • K=l r ..:Lati •••:// krit7 4 r ' , 11 / 4 111111111". ._. . I 0 _- 4s' Ac 3. •• ; A ~, • .4„fr • to ; • .•'" I . ° .• 0 ' ; . V ed LONDON and BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY. OTICE. The following Reductions N in the Fares of Passengers, and the bates fur Parcels, between London, II rtningham, and Liverpool, take place on the Ist of January, 1846: LONDON TO LIVERPOOL. Fares of Passengers. 131 Express and Select Trains ..... ...... ....... from 475. to 455. BY other Trains, - First Class.. 110 . Second Class ni 4- - • '.- - 41, ...ONDON" to BIRMINGHAM the Reductions will be hy E Fares of Passengers. B Y I Press and Select Trains, First Class.. • . • . ..from 275. to 255. Dilix.d Fast ditto ditto ... from 235. to 20s. .... Ditto - ditto Second Class ••• • • . from 17s. to 144. Tii • rares for Intermediate Distances will be Reduced In pro pOrtion. The Rates for small Parcels, not exceeding 121bs. weight, will be !educed between London and Liverpool, from 2s. 6d. to 23. ; and be een London and Birmingha m , fr o m I s . 6d. up, a n d I s . 3d. d ow n, lo Is. each way. By order, R. CREED, Secretary. Office Fuston-station, I/cc 24, 1845 ' , Ucc. 1845. LEEDS AND CARLISLE RAILWAY this Co COM PAN Y. is hereby given, that a Meeting of Shareholders of i ., company, 'will take place at the City of London Tavern, ~,, , Vo l osga.te-street, ittos•DAY, the 6th of January, 1846, at One ;,ek precisely, t o l a y bef o r e the propri e tor s the terms of th e 1-r,,,,igattistion which h as be e n a g ree d t o with the Yorkshire and c,.°`Vow Union Railw a y C ompany , an d the general state of this "natty. - By order of the Committee of Management, C. LOCOCK WEBB, Secretary. Or esham-rooms, Basinghall.street. tTERN- COUNTIES RAILWAY. DAPORT ON EASTERN COUNTIES YORK EXTENSION SHARES. c he to giye notice, that atno funds of te " 11) anY ,trectors at thei disposal, it is their intentio 11014 n to pay lg the necessar h y E parli amentary Deposits on the Capital to be SUbScribed int the kdi• 4s ien Line from Cambridge to York, Arid the other undertakings to Zetnoted by the Company, in the ensuing session of Parliament CM erly announced' rd that, instead of a De posit of 21. per Share being required as a deposit of Ten Shillings per Share only will to be Paid under the allotment letters to be issued. If' Acts of 62.ament be not obtained, the deposit of ten shillings Will be re -‘4e4 without deductlo; GEORGE HUDSON', Chairman. Shoreditch Station, Dec.C2.3I,'I B R 4S ONEY, Secretary. GRAND UNION RAILWAY. h,„ ISSUE OF SPALDING AND BRANDON JUNCTION Nance Is hereby giVen, that the Shareholders of the 'Grand ttnion ;ttyr Who are desirous of taking shares in the Spalding and Bran ,' betion line, are required to send in the original scrip for re on or before the 6th of January, 1846. The scrip must be accompanied by, ft letter, sinned by the ovrner his name Irk re, tweunation; dud i*sid.fica,fthdnig the titian- Afid the respective numbers sent in for registry, together name of a party in London to whom reference may be made responsibility, otherwise it cannot be received. A receipt will Wen forthe scrip deposited, and at the expiration of two days . (if le o, be considered sufficiently itapoilsible by the bireetots) it returned ; Itifether with a letter of allotment for the Spalding nitindon Junction Railway shares. The allotment will be in 'bi h .lireportion of one share for every five of the Grand Union Rail le_lerin- Application must be made on er before the day above -48;17, otherwise no claim for the Spalding and Brandon Junction A 74 Will be recognised. dePOSIIS Will be payable at the several Bankers specified on L-14etter o f All o t ment, on or b e f ore th e 15th o f January, and the t i . 74 will for signature as under, when the Bankers' receipts may exc hanged for Scrip Certificates, or t , s t the Colipany's Offices, 78, Cornhill, and at the Offices log li Norfolk Railway Company, Guildhall -buildings, from the ath tO k January, 1846, inclusive, between the hours of Ten and Fiye Nott ingham—Atlah the Offices of the Grand Union Railway Com „ 4St. Peter's. square, Friday, 16th January, 1846. fr„_ , —At the White Horse, Saturday, 17th January, 1846 . ' l chester—At the Albion Hotel, Monday, 19 th January , 1846. Liv erpool—AtA s the Angel Hotel, Tuesday, 20th January, 1846. 1 11 t ti ' t is understood that Parlament will meet on the 225 January, nl e for payment of Depos i ts and execution of the Deeds can on Donut be extended. The Plans, Sections, and Booke of Refe te; were depositeet -filth the Huard Of trade and the SeYefffi Clerks et. P. l ziturciay, the 29th November, and all necessary lat ain - O'nents have been made for obtaining an Act in the ensuing 6 f . Parliameat. 78 r ~ By order, ornbili, Dec. 24, 1845 ALFRED BEESTON, Secretary, LONDON AND YORIt RAILWAY. Copy Of it Leiter addressed to George Madsen, Esq., M.P., ehairmau of the Eastern Counties Railway. London anti York Railway, Itr Office, 7, Lothbury, Dec, 16, 1845. I , ,r—The Directors of this Iltiard ve aken ito consideration Cb th ,: i •attil of the 3d instant, wherein ha t n on behalf of the Eastern .i . ".,,`Ps Railway, you make the following proposition, viz : %eat the Shareholders of the London and York Company shall be ,14113ated with those of the Eastern Coonties Company, and b .. 4 4o 3 ProPriPited tO them 2,0011,000 f. Of Eastern Coiltitiel fitdck, lit cli t a.. of 202. each, and that a deputation from each Board shall kie h 'uu determine upon all other matters," 44 1 , 4,. 4. Ye requested me to forward to you the following reply : , "2 Proposition virtually suggests, that we shoold disregard the fttsll:fof the Committee on tirotip X. (which in the last iiessitift of tep o 7tiletat sat for more than eighty days), and throw overboard their qatii carried by a majority Of three to one, in favour of the merits 5ti,r 1 ,916 (see the pinned resolutions), hi preference to the lin es i .. boded by the Be rd t,r %kiti i—lirieS rietlrly identical With kile ii iii,rtli ritreptiSed Eastern Counties Extensions,—that reptift , tk; the r,g, confi readir m n ed in theoUt House divisi of Commons by 79 to 19, and pass with any on h l l 4 offer to our shareholders In ' exchange for their Bill, It % millions - of stock in the Eastern Counties Railway (which Nibio. t oerto paid lest than two per cent.), and which two „ 1 4 r, as being, in your own view, of greater value than „'slti the 'c millions of our own. It must, however, be remarked. tog :incorporation of this 2,000,0001. of stock with that of mlelbrern Counties depends upon the assent of Parliament to your kit a ,u rilemes from CaMbridde to York, Which were laSt stint 11lre :LIS lit before the elittirrienB, and there distinctly negatived, and Pti W/ 1 045)1'e, to security that this allotment of stock would blek ti ,..egallsed.—So much for the bearing of your proposition o n the 't 4 ,TrY interests of our shareholders. ki tiZ, Public you propose a scheme repudiated b y a Select Corn- . ▪ ul 1845,a scheme avoiding nearly every town that o urs would n ' and longer than ours from twelve to fifteen miles, leaving the witk„. berdering on the Great N or th-road from London to York lo therefore railway accommodation. ../Poaktuerefore unanimously feel that an accep tance of your offer k be ,. a gross breach of faith with the p ublic and the original s• to, -4 41, 1.- " o re, and ant th e abandonment of our pledges to the landowner s kak i so nabitan tstowns through which our line is intended to ktr„lto 'Wee embarked considerable cap it a l in the undertakin g . ~,,. fittention cannot have been seriously directed to the eleventh t4 Ctii;‘ Of the report of the Committee on Group X, for there the i st,,:f4ur schente are minutely contrasted with yours, amd the 0,1.4 decidedly given to ours, in the following terms :- 011 D Courtenay reported from the Select Committee on the 1# ij j.,,4, )of Railways, That—A Report from the Board of Trade rkb: subject of railway communication between London and t Zi t i t ik4ing been referred to them by the House, the Committee h v:, Mit N state that they have not adopted the recommenda m-44pi'clt it contains, while they concur with the Board of Trade in ien expressed in that Report, .(rhat the London and York N o ,. on the whole presents a larger and more compre . gth e 's system of communication ;' they. have been led by the eyl k4adduced in support respectively by the two schemes to a dir ' conclusion from that at which the Board of Trade has arrived. sf o „ n it had the opportunity of examining the estimates o f the cost kr t i,ltZaction more thoroughly than it can have been pract icable ferm i iokrd of Trade to have done, and having been led to a dif to,Mpari°,n,„clUsien upon that point, they have decided, upon a full L 's tk a t ~- " n of the evidence, on preferring the London and York line 'towi n ' °E ubination of lines recommended by that Board, for the i s .. g !Mong other reasons : Loild o ' n Because it affords the best through communication between 41 tili i ,„!Tul York, by a new trunk line half-way between the London "usla t ,Tunehatn and the Northern and Eastern lines, thus accom c4o4„,ug a larger district otherwise unprovided with north and south kstr" wn ication, and tieing a fresh exit from, and entrance into, the w p }o ,,,, lit, „Nt'ollecause it places a large number of market towns on the vit u line, giving them in addition good:communication with each ;. . 1 0 4417 ih, . . - - Because It affords to the public a better security that the , 4 4,_ e of railway communication which it seeks to effect will con- Nat rhe under one management, and to be Independent of other I. 4 ,thas of railway. 1 7 —Because they consider that though in the first instance the thee of the Board of Trade may be more cheaply executed than ali nt taPeting one, it would not supply the accommodation which the kik: of the country, through v.hich the line propose to run, de %',ltie and that the adoption of that scheme would probaoly tliji,4! l )Y, itiOttive a greater outlay thin that required for the exo ",,, ut the London and York scheme." letb 4 You permitme to ask what satisfactory reasons for accepting R 4,. offer I could give in the House of Commons to those Members Ish; U ndertook the laborious investigation of the merits of railway 14t new and selected ours from among the various projects as the 14, neve line between London and York? How could it be expected 1 44,„ C ommIttees would, In firture, work as they have done, if their Clio ties are liable to be thrown to the winds, and their reports stogh confirmed by the House, become subject to barter or sale for ikon in a scheme which a Committee had previously discarded ? ei l : l ' You believe that the House would consent to be so trifled with, 4 4 Pitt a Bill rejected in 1845 to pass in 1846, in lieu of that which f eat preferred in 1845? 11 114;,;:`, 4 t defensible statement could we make for so entire an Wi t ,°urnent of our achente, when no change has taken place in any yO circunistanets ? kla 'lltVe upon various occasions endeavoured to decry our line, ~kI,,,PUI` success in railways has obtained for your opinion con- Ikaieble influence ; but Parliament and the public must surely see hi this proposal to our sharholders to give up their Bill and to tn , ,. - stock In your newly adopted line, is only a bold effort on Is'',_Part to raise the value of the Eastern Counties Stock, and Chairman of the Midlands, to get rid of a rival. tern let me ask why in your new position of Chairman to the t .rh Counties you should he so jealous of a line pass i ng throu g h t i,, furdshire and Bedfordshire, while you proclaim that the Eastern t o ties Railway, with its present lines and branches, mat be made 4,414 of the ten per:cent.—that portion of the kingdom lying upon and 1 London and Cambridge line, forming a district quite as • 'usive as the one proposed for the London and York? h ro ti ._ Y r should you wish to compel passengers to go even twelve N i l'round by Cambridge, wick that town will certainly have its to 'TAY to the east, west, north, and south ? Why then endeavour ~prevent Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire from having similar ad • ‘Qtage s :rou su ' rely cannot have calculated upon our giving your proposal o ourable c o nsideration, and you will therefore not be surprised to to that my colleagues unanimously decline to discuss with you so 14 .c asonahle a proposition as that set forth in yoor letter of the 3d, 'y .°l Ying as it does a total abandonment of our whole scheme. ou are doubtless aware that in or !er to avail ourselves of the ofkutions of the two Houses respecting Railway Bills carried up to el: e rtain point in last session, it is necessary that the Bill and its lt,;"ce should not be varied In the most minute particular. Our 4 a rd, therefore, think it better at once to state to you, that we ean ~ , , ,,b ore enter into any arrangement to change or give up a portion I A Our line, as sanctioned by the House of Commons last summer, 0p we can consent to abandon the whole. for ma shall ask leave to proceed with our Bill as rapidly as the e „,"ls of the House will permit, having without any further call ..., - "Ple funds in hand to meet all expenses. As required by the k,„ s“ng orders, our new are deed is in the course of signature by oos ll/1; t extensive body of s s h hareholders, notwithstanding the efforts , 1 7,;lo to alarna them, more than nine - tenths of the sc ri p havin g 'btu the short interval since the 12th instant been sent to for 4„Ptiblic opinion is decidedly in favour of a new line between London ~'d York, independent of existing interests and management. We, `nrefore, confidently expect that the merits of our scheme, which obt ained for us a verdict in the Commons, will be equally appre -41ed by a Committee of the Lords. h i „ I: ,he interests of so large a body of shareholders being involved, it ti “ght I should add we feel bound to make public this cornmuniea .s4.—l have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient humble servant, (Signed) AVM. ASTELL, To r, ,r Chairman of the London and York Railway. eorge Hudson, Esq., M.P.,Chairman of the Eastern Counties Railway, SILVER TEA SERVICES. B. SAVORY and SONS, Manufacturing • Silversmiths, 14, Cornkill, London, opposite the Bank of 031eand, S sub Eß it the prices of the following SILVER and c .F . EE m VICES. The Cottage Pattern is plain, standing on shelfeet, the Tea and Coffee Pot with a flower ornament on the lids. sh e ing's Pattern is richly embpssed with lowers aid scrolls. The 'aPe of either is new and elegant. DCottage Pattern. r ti n t ?ng Silver Tca Pot.. £l2 0 vitro Milk Ewer ••• • • • 410 C. "to Coffee Pot ••• • .. 15 0 C' King's ratt9rn. ~ trong Silver Tea Pot. £l2 0 0 Ditto Sugar Basin 710 0 Olt to Cream•Rwer •• • • 110 0 )itto Coffee Pot ••• • 15 0 0 Complete •••• • • • • £3B 6di Complete. •••• • • • £4O Y 0 4"k „ variety of upwards of Fitly Tea and Coffee Services may be seen he Show-rooms, where may be selected every article of Silver r equisite for the sideboard or plate chest. l' amPhlets of Prices, illustrated with sketches of the various arti cle, gratis, and forwarded, postage free, to any part of the kingdom. '• R. Savory and So ns, ITh Elt THE PATRONAGE OF MANY OF THE NOBILI!'Y. LLE N' S COMPOUND ANTIBILIOUS . PILLS, prepared by Thomas Allen, late of Mile - end - roa d, Member of the It , Tat College of Surgeons, London, and Licentiate of the Apothecaries' Company, and a pupil of the late eccentric and celebrated John Abernethy, Esq., F.R.S. ; twenty-two years a prin -411 Surgeon to St. Bartholomew's Hospital. During a practical of twenty years, these Pills have been found an invaluable re medy in cases of indigestion, liver, and bilious complaints. For action of the digestive organs and obstructions , a s lu gg ish j 0.,„," of the liver and bowels, which occasions more or less the fol oj:og symptoms, viz., hearturn, giddiness, acidity, headache, "'Kg spasms, and flatulen b t distentiens of the stomach and wets ti , drowsiness and dimness of sight, an uncomfortable sense onexPerienced at the pit of the stomach soon after eating , with a feeling of a wei g ht of o pp ression, a pp etite im p aired, breathing ditli- CUitu_ , tenderness a b ou t th e r eg ion of the liver, bowels irregular, some times obstinately costive with languor and depression of spirits. gold b In boxed at Is. 114 d., 2s. 9a., and 45. 6d. Ita Y Mr. Allen, jun., Chemist, 24, Grafton-street, Fitzroy-square, .:ttcolay and Sons, Edwards, Dietrichsen, and Hannay, Sanger, and Co., Loudon • and the principal medicine Tenders through *" the kingdom. stiltnt for Milhona, Mr. WWI, DraNitt, No. 16,651. LoNDON I SATURDAY moRNING suN , DECEMBER i 7, /845. CilitiAntis IioLIDAYB, ROYAL PoL YTEuHN le INSTITUTION, Lectures for this period of the year, by I)r. Ryan and Professor Bachoffner in CHEMBTRY and NATURAL PHILO .SOPHY Will be 111thorated by interesting and brilliant experiments. 'A Lecture oh the PREVALENT DISEASE In POTATOES will be delivered by Dr. Ryan, and also on the ATMOSPHERIC RAIL WAY, by Professor Bachoffner, a Working Model of which, car ryl'g several persons, is exhibited daily. The additions to the OPAQUE MICROSCOPE, DISSOLVING VIEWS, and CHROMA TROPE are very effective. The PIIYSIOSCOPE. Submarine Ex periments by means of the DIVER and DIVING BELL. Among the Variotts additionS to the Working Models is enleman's NEW AMERICAN LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE, fbr ascending and de scending inclined Planes. A magnificent Collection of TROPICAL FRUITS. Mr. Downs, the celebrated. Flute Player, will take part in the Music, conducted by I)r. Wallis. Open from Eleven to Half past Five, an I from Seven to Half-past Ten in the Evening. . . . . _ UNIVERSAL GAS-LIGHT COMPANY. - ratektflUtitT ANNOUNCEMENT. Capitalloo,ooo/., in 5,006 Shatce of per Share. .• . Deposit 10s. per 100/: Shares, in accordatite With the Act.. (Provisio ally Registered.) Under the Management of a Provisional Committee. CoXmitThrittri Cneonsr —Profe , sor Ryan, M.D., LL.D., Royal Col- Ptrtrimotith, and Royal Polytechnic Institution. ENGINEER—Henry Frafiel§, Peg., Patentee, 40, Elizabeth-street, Eaton-equals. BANKERS—Sir Claude Scott, Bart., and Co. SoraciToa —F. S. W..Fesenmeyer, Esq., 23, Bedford-rOW. SECRETARY—Mr. William Nicholson. ()Inca df the Company and Working Factories, 159, Drury-lane. The Company Is formed for the purpose of carrying out, more ef fectually working, and bringing into general tige, an invention se cured by letters patent for an improved manufacture of git S.. The apparatus is so portable it can be fitted up on any descrip tion of !marling, eel' at a kitchen range, without affecting the do mestic arrangements, and the fife ttSed in ordinary in generating the gas will be ample to produce steam for warming the most extensive preen lass. The most eminent engineers and chemists unite in opinion that the invention is not only- practicable and free from smell or annoy ance, but by this valuable patent is secured the manufacture of a pure and superior gas, not only on new, but sound, scientific, chemical, and mechanical principles, which have been hitherto overlooked in the common modes of manufacture ; besides, this gas possesses more of the iiitiminatittz power, and will burn longer, than that now In me, in the proportion Of 40 per Cent: In favour of the invention. The patent method is applicable o lighting generally, but more especially small towns, villages, lighthouset, Colleges, churches, dock yards, theatres, public offices, prisons, barracks, railway stations, m amfactories, printing-sffices, madhouQes, hospitals, and schoels, etc., and warming the buildings, without extra expense. The benefits Winn would accrue to lighthouses, dockyards, and nuinerou , localities, Whefe the ordinary gas .cannot t e conveyed without the formation of many neW Acts and Companies, or at im mense expense, would be sufficient to obtain for this Cqmpany the inost prominent and prosperous position. The great saving to the consumer, the small portion of room requi site ibl file efeCtiOn of the apparatus, the simplicity of its working, and the brilliancy of the gal, Will insure the adoption of the invention throughout the kingdom ; and although the public can be supplied at a price which will defy competition, the Company can confidently hold out to the shareholders a return upon their capital of not less than fifty per cent. The COMpaily being for advanced, will be in a situation, when hilly registered, to take contracts litlibedlately. Applications for shares, in the usual form, to be made to, and further particulars obtained of, the Solicitor, and also the Secretary, at the Company's offices, where may be seen the apparatus at work, and the brilliancy of the gas exemplified. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY, 26, CORNHILL, LONDON. Capital 1500,000. SmpeWered by Act of Parliament. Thhi institution offers ittiptfftnnt and suastantial advan• tag with respect both to Life . Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The ass fired has, on all occasions, the power to borriw, without ea p6iiit ,n* forfeiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the premium paid, (see table); also the Uption of selecting benefits, and the conversion of hi. interests to meet ether conveniences er necessity. Assurances for terms of years are granted on the loweSt possible rates. DIVISION OF PROFITg. The s access afid if:ores-sing prosperity of the Society has enabled the Directors, at the last dlintisti investigation, to declare a third Bonus, varying from 3u to 75 per cent. on the premiums pail on each Policy effected on the Profit scale. EX A MPLES. I .4 A , S Premium. E P~ 071 Bonne Benns in m o 0 • c added. Cash. 1837 li9l 13 51.687 13 5 1 1838 165 13 • 74 13 10 611000 74 3 4 1839 133 13 6 61 14 3 1840 89 0 0 41 13 4 ,j;i. 1 .£13 17 1 11 8 6 9 2 10 6 • • 5'34,7: '34 , 7: po t a.u , &e-g 41 4 5 !10. L£395 Il 1 346 2 3 296 13 4 247 45 T d",rision of pronts is annual, and the next will be made in De own ,rr of the present year. F. FERGUSON CAMROtrX. Bee. GUARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSUR ANCE COMPANY. .Yo. 11, LOMBARD-STREET, at the Entrance of the Old Post office, London. DIRECTORS. JOHN LABOUCHERE, Esq., Chairman. JOHN DIXON, Esq., Deputy-Chairman. Henry Hulse Berens, Esq. George Lys.ll, Esq., M.P. John W. Buckle, Esq. Stewart Marjoribanks, Esq., M.P. Francis Hart Dyke, Esq. John Martin, Esq., M.P. Sir Walter R. Farquhar, Bart. Rowland Mitchell, Esq. Thomson Hankey,jun., Esq. Robert Mitford, Esq. John Harvey, Esq. James Morris, Esq. George Johnstone, Esq. Henry R. Reynolds, jun., Esq. Joh. Loch, Esq. John Thornton, Esq. Lewis Loyd, jun., Esq. James Tunnel', Esq. TORS. Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq. AuDi NATIONAL MERCANTILE LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY. ROBERT WILCOXON, Esq., Chairman. 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It is hereby 'notified, that the Right Honourable the Earl of Aberdee n , h er M a j esty ' s Princ i pal S ecretary of State for Foreign Aff a i res, has received dispatches from Mr. Turner, h er M a j esty ' s Charge d ' Affa i res at Monte Video, dated the 24 t h o f September last, an d f rom M r. ouseley, her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary accre dited to the Argentine Republic, dated the 31st of October, last, announcing that a blockade of the ports and coast of the province of Buenos Ayres was established, on the 24th of the said month of September, by the vessels of the British and French squadrons; that the term of fifteen days had been granted for the departure of neutral vessels from the port of Buenos Ayres ; and that the commanders of the blockading forces bad been authorised farther to extend that term to the 31st of the said month of October. BY THE QUEEN.—A PROCLAMATION. Victoria R. : Whereas our Parliaeteent - stands prorogued to Tues. day, the thirtieth day of December instant ; we, with the advice of our Privy Council, do hereby publish and declare, that the said Parliament shall be further pro rogued, on the said Tuesday, the thirtieth day of De cember instant, to Thuraday,ahe twenty,second day of January next; and we have given order to our Chan cellor of that part of our United Kingdom called Great Britain, to prepare a Commission for proroguing the same accordingly; and we do hereby further, with the advice aforesaid, declare our royal will and pleasure, that the said Parliament shall,on the said Thursday, the twenty second day of January next, assemble and be holden for the dispatch of divers urgent and important affairs; and the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Knights, Citizens, and Burgesses, and the Commissioners for shires and burghs of the House of Commons, are hereby required and commanded to give their attendance ac cordingly at Westminster, on the said Thursday, the twenty-second day of January next. Given at our Court, at Windsor, this twenty-third day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-five, and in the ninth year of our reign.—God save the Queen. At the Court at Windsor, the 23d day of December, 1845, present, the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council. Whereas in pursuance of an Act, passed in the session of Parliament holden in the eighth and ninth years of the reign of her present Majesty, intituled " An Act for granting duties of ' Customs,' a certain Order in Council was made and published, on the eighth day of August, 1845, declaring what are the foreign powers with which such treaties as in the said recited Act are mentioned, are exist ing : and whereas a treaty is now existing between her Majesty and the republio of Peru, but the said republic was' omitted in the enumeration of the foreign powers contained in the said Order of the eighth day of August. And whereas it is expedient that such omission should now be supplied, now, therefore, her Majesty, by and with the advice of her Privy Council, and in pursuance and exercise of the ' powers vested in her by the said recited Act of the eighth and ninth years of her Majesty's reign, doth hereby declare, that a treaty is now subsisting; between her Majesty and the said republic of Peru. And the Right Hon. the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Trea sury are to give the necessary directions herein accord ingly. C. C. GREVILLE. At the Court at Windsor, the 23d day of December, 1845, present, the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council. Her Majesty having been pleased to appoint the Right Hon. William Ewart Gladstone to be one of her Majesty's principal. Secretaries of State, he was this day, by her Majesty's command, sworn one of her Ma jesty's principal Secretaries of State accordingly. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, DEC. 26. Gentlemen Cadets to be Second Lieutenants. Royal Regiment of Artillery--W; E. M. Reilly, vice Robinson, promoted ; W. B. Saunders, vice Bid dulph, promoted ; C. 11. Smith, vice Vernon, promoted ; 11. T. Fitzhugh, vice Raynes, promoted ; W. H. Moody, Tics Milman, promoted ; W. N. Hardy, vice Ken nedy, promoted ; J. L. Bolton, vice Lack, promoted; J. 11. Lugg, vice Gilbert, deceased ; G. H. J. A. Fraser, vice Baddeley, promoted ; T. Lambert, vice Norie, promoted, Dec. IS. Corps of Royal Engineers—C. B. P. N. H. Nugent, vice Ward, promoted ; E. Belfield, vice Jesse, promoted ; Honourable G. Wrottesley, vice Bourchier, pro moted ; St. Andrew St. John, vice Grain, promoted ; E. C. A. Gordon, vice Grant, promoted ; W. Porter, vice Browne, promoted ; J. J. Wilson, vice Somerset, promoted ; G. F. Dawson, vice Montagu, promoted ; G. St. J. Crofton, vice Mairis, promoted ; H. Phillpotts, vice King, promoted, Dec. 18. BANKRUPTS. Charles William Toulmin, livery stable-keeper, South Island-place, Clapham-road, to surrender Jan. 8 and Feb. 6, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee, Birchin-lane ; Buchanan, Basinghall street. Frederick Dixon, cu rr i er, Long-lane, Bermondsey, Jan. 5 and Feb. 13, at half-pa s t one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Basinghall. street; Fry, Cheapside. Francis Robinson, cowkeep er , P r i nces - s t ree t, Ch e l sea, Jan. 2, at one, and Jan. 30, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee; Wansey, Moor gate-street. Joseph Lankshear, surgeon, Seymour-row, Little Chelsea, Jan. 7, at half-past eleven, and Feb. 4, at half past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-stre e t ; Thompson, Bucklersbury. George Augustus Absalom, victualler, Portsea, Jan. 6, at one, and Feb. 6, at eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry; Corner, Dean -street, Tooley-street, South wark. Curtis Williamson, wine-merchant, Great Portland. street, Jan. 6, at two, and Feb. 3, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frede rick's-place, Old Jewry ; Bristow and Tarrant, Bond court, Walbrook. Edward Streeter, railroad contractor, Bristol, Jan. 9, at one, and Feb. 6, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Acransan, official assignee, Bristol ; Hopkins, Bristol. William Wailes, grocer, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Jan. 13, at half -past one, and Feb. 10, at two, at the Newcastle.upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, official assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Chater, Newcastle upon-Tyne ; Scaife. Newcastle; Bennett, Bolding, and Pope, Scott's -yard Cannon-street, City. Philip Phillips, steel pen-maker, Birmingham, Jan. 13, and Feb. 6, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham; Jabett, Birmingham. . DIV.IDENDS DECLARED. W. H. Hayward and R. Collier, cotton spinners, Man. chester—first and final div. of 12s. in the pound, any Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Pott, Manchester. W. H. Hayward, cotton spinner, Manchester—first and final div. of 20s. in the pound, any Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Pott, Manchester. W. Brown and T. Preston, jun., cotton spinners, Manchester —first div. of 4s. Id. in the pound, Jan. 13, ! or any subsequent Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Pott, Manchester. T .Pre . s t o in n, the ju pound,n, cotton Tuesday, at th e office of Mr. Pott , Manchester. J. Austin, brick.maker, M anc hester —for interest due, any Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Hobso n , M anc h ester. on Jan. sp in Inz or any subsequent/ Manchester—first div. of Is S. Jevons, shoemaker, Lincoln—first div. of 2s. id. in the pound, Dec. 27, an d . three following urch-lane. Saturdays, at the office of Mr. Groom, Abch J. E. Smirk , ' li ce nsed victualler, Broad. cour t, Bow street—first div. of 2s. Bd. in the po un d , Dec. 27, and three following Saturdays, at the office of Mr. Groom, Abchurch-lane. Sta draper, nton, Suffolk —first div. of 4s. J. Farrow, Dec 27, and three foll ow i ng Saturdays, 6d. in the pound, D • Ab church-l ane . ro , at the office of Mr. GTOO J. W. Robson and J. Barron, patent-pump manufac turers, St. Ana's place, Li_inehouse--first di v . o f 5 3 . i n the pound, at the o ffi ce of Mr. Graham, C o l eman-street. G. H. and G. C . Green, w holesale stationers, Buck fi t div: of Is. ed. in the pound, any Satur day,lersbury— rs d at the o ffi ce of Dir. Ldwar s, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry. kee er Mo J. Braithwaite, inn ,p div. of 3s. 21d. in the pound, at t he office of Mr. Wakley, Newcastle-upon - Ty ne. DIVIDENDS. A t the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. J. Pegrum, carpenter, Robert - street, N or th B r i x t on , ,Tan. 23, at eleven—W. F. Mills, merchant, High Hol born, at half: past on the Country- A. Hinds; and. J. Thompson, sharebrokers, Leeds, Jan; 23, at eleven, at the Lea's District Court —A. 'Endes, sharebroker, Leeds, Jan. 2:i, at eleven, at the Leeds Dis trict Court— , • and J. Thompson, sha re b re k ers, Leeds, Jan. 23,' at e l eve n, at the Leeds District Court—J. Thompson, sharebroker, li!eds, Jan. 23, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary, on the lay herein mentioned. J. Mortimer, bookseller, Adelaide. street, West Strand, Jan. 16—mr. • Lejeune, corn merchant, Southampton, Jan: 17—R, Hutchinson, eatherseller, Jewry-street, Aldgate, Jan.• 16—G. Staight, cutler, Skinner-street Snow-hill, Jan. 27—J. Gibscn, oilman, Motcomb. street, Belgrave-spare, Jan. 16—.1 H. Walter, ironmonger, Camberviell, Jae: 23L-G. Ccoper, cinder burner, South Shields, Jan. .16 C. Brcgden, book se ll er , Li nco l n , Jan. 19—S. a nd J. Burton, chemists, Kingston-upon- Hull, Jan. 21—W. Bickerton, timber merchant, King ston-upon-Hull, Jan. 22—J. and D. Woodhead, dyers, Nttbertong, Yorkshire, Jan. 26—H. Blunt, licensed vic tualler, Lancashire, Jan. 16—R. Warr, auctioneer, Bea minster, Dorsetshire, Jan. 20—T. Arnold, veterinary surgeon, Shrewsbury, Jan. 17—J. 0. Harvey, grocer, Newark, Nottinghamshire, Jan. 17—J. Rawsthorne, general agent, Manchester, Jan. 21—A. Featherston haulgh, butcher, Great Bhlton, Lancashire, Jan. 19—J. Isherwood, innkeeper, BOlton, Lancashire—H. and W. Kimber, wine merchants, Water-lane, City, Jan. 16 —H. Reynolds, cabinet maker, Manchester, Jan. 16--J. Bur rell and T. Hall, ironmongers, Thetford, Norfolk, Jan. 16 —H. Mallinson, manufacturer of cotton goods, Almond bury, Yorkshire, Jan. 16. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. _ _ H. Banks and W. Crosby, stockbrokers, Warrington —C. Harris and J. Hogan, soda-water manufacturers, Northampton—J. L. Hine and E. Healey, law stationer 3, Manchester—M. Dain and C. Dain, York -terrace, Kent road—T. D'Almaine and T. G. Mackinlay, mnsicsellers, Soho-square—T. Warner and W. Warner, upholsterers, Long Sutton, Linconshira 7 -D. Grant, A. Grant, and J. Grant, stockbrokers, Leeds—D. Little, and P. Littlejohn, commission agents, Liverpool—J. Henderson and C. C. Stephenson, stockbrokers, Leeds—S. Tellet, J. Tellet, G. Tellet, and E. Tellet, builders, Kirkdale, Lancashire— C. APCallum, B. Worley, and W. Musket:, ship brokers, Mark-lane, City—H. Smith and S. W. Cooper, toy dealers, Chiswell-street—E. Davies and S. F. Turner, fender makers, Dudley, Worcestershire. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. William Allan, oil merchant, Glasgow, Jan. 2 and Jan. 23, at two, at the counting-room of J. Gourley, Glasgow. Stephen Davidson, builder, Bairdston, Lanarkshire, Dec. 29 and Jan. 24, at twelve, at the office of Mr. Kippen, Glasgow. Duncan M'Gilvray, Atilor, Edinburgh, Dec. 29 and Jan. 24, at twelve, at the , Royal Exchange Coffee-house, Edinburgh. Duncan Morrison, merchant, Glasgow, Jan: 2 and Jan. 23, at one, at the Black Bull Inn, Glasgow. PRICE sp. natical resistance on the other; and as long as these two elements are engaged in a vast and active conflict, the influence of Abd-el-Kader and the con• duct of Marshal Bugeaud, the defection of certain tribes or the loss of certain positions, are mere incidents which might be counted in a campaign, but which shrink into insignificance in comparison with the horrors of interminable war. Out of the extreme of evil, how ever, we can alone anticipate a change for the better ; and we cannot doubt that ere long some voices will be raised in the Legislature of France to trace these misfortunes to their true source. It is impossible to blink at facts which are passing before the eyes of all Europe; and the true policy of France is to take up such a position in Africa as she can successfully and permanently maintain—if, indeed, any such position he possible. The attempt to mix up the old bug-bear of the influence of England in this purely national question is so absurd that we can hardly suppose it will be resorted to, and the arrival of the Embassy from the Court of Morocco, which is daily expected in Paris, will give eclat to the ceremony of opening the Chamber, and furnish an additional proof of the sincere desire of the Emperor of Morroco to observe his engagements with France and to keep clear of the dangers of the war now raging on his frontiers. CHRONICLE.—Whether we consider the imme diate or more remote consequences, we are induced to regard that part of the President's Message which re fers to an alteration in the tariff, and the principles on which he proposes to base the change, as the most im portant part of that voluminous document; and more particularly so, when we view it in relation to the changes, which in this country have now become in evitable, with respect to our corn and provision-laws. Without treaties, or negotiations, or even as far as is known, without immediate concert, the great and material necessities which false commercial legisla tion brings upon a people, are of themselves about to force upon the Legislatures of the United States and Great Britain an entire revision of those laws of pro tection, made for the benefit of the privileged few at the cost of the many. What Mr. Polk proposes to Congress, purely from a reeard to American interests, is precisely that for which we should have stipulated, had we been negotiating for Bri tish interests. And the policy which Sir Robert Peel now finds essential to meet the growing neces sities of this country, is precisely that for which an American Minister, in the interest of his own coun try, would have striven most arduously. Without negotiation or treaty, each country is, out of a regard merely to its own necessities, pursuing a course emi nently calculated to promote the best interests of the other. It is a new . era in international communica tion, which bids fair to eradicate those deeply-rooted prejudices as to the advantages of reciprocity on which commercial legislation has hitherto been based, and out of respect to which the best interests of nations have often been sacrificed, in order that an apparent advantage should not be conferred upon others with out some acknowledged equivalent. The policy about to be adopted in the United States (for the President's majority both in the House of Represen tatives and in the Senate, induces us to look with con fidence to his recommendation being accepted), and that which is even more certain before long to regu late the trade of this country, could not fail to bring great and independent advantages to each, altoge ther irrespective of the course pursued by the other; but those advantages will be greatly enhanced when a similar policy is pursued by both. The fundamen tal laws of the United States prohibit the imposition of any duty, except for the strict purposes of revenue; yet so completely have class interests predominated in the Legislature for the last twenty years, that changes have been made from time to time more and more favouring the principle of protection, and in proportion less efficient for revenue, until at length the American tariff, as passed in 1842, appears rather designed for the purposes of protection alone, to which revenue is a mere incident, than the con trary, as enjoined by the Constitution. Mr. Polk undertakes to reform this growing, and now inconvenient abuse. It is quite true that even the proposers of the extravagant tariff of 1842 pro fessed its main objects to be those of revenue, and not protection. Yet the slightest examination of it shows how flimsy was such a pretext. For example, that Act imposes a high duty upon sugar (equivalent to nearly one hundred per cent. upon the prime cost) imported from abroad, while at least one-half of the . whole consumption is produced in the southern states, and which is equally raised in price to the consumer, without yielding any revenue to the State. This will no doubt be contended to be a protection to the Loui siana sugar planter purely incidental to the revenue duty imposed upon foreign sugar. But then we find, on the other hand, that the articles of tea and coffee are admitted without the payment of any duty, which, if charged, would operate solely to the advan tage of the Exchequer, the whole quantity consumed being imported, and no part grown at home. Whatever, therefore, in these cases the corn sumer would pay the State would receive. Then, on the other hand, we find, with regard to manufac tured goods, that it is precisely in those descriptions where a duty acts most to the protection of the home manufactures that it is highest. In the case of coarse woollens, in which the American manufacturers had chiefly embarked, the duty imposed by the Act of 1842 has proved nearly prohibitory, and at the same time acted as a great hardship upon the humbler classes of society ; while that imposed upon fine woollens, which were but little manufactured in the States, was fixed at a comparatively low rate. The result has been so rapid a decline in the import of woollens, on which the revenue largely depended, that the amount derived therefrom, at the increased rate, is now rapidly declining. For the first ten months of the present year the woollen goods exported from this country to the United States were only to the amount of 1,452,000/., against 2,102,0001. during the same period in 1844. And every year, as the protected manufactures of America are increased in consequence of these privileges, it has become apparent that duties, which have hitherto acted partially for revenue, and partially for protection, are becoming entirely prohibitory, and assume alone the latter character. There can be no doubt that the existence of the pre sent tariff, since 1842, has called into existence a large and influential class of pawerful interests, which will be exerted to the utmost to defeat the objects of Mr. Polk. We scarcely expect that the President will have the courage to attack the pro tection enjoyed by the sugar-growers in the south and the manufacturers of New England at the same time. II is chief and first conflict will be with the latter ; and the former have so many other interests directly connected with a larger and freer com munication with this country, that they will, in all probability, rather secure their support to the policy of the President than provoke their an tagonism. As regards the influence hitherto exer cised by the manufacturers of New England upon the masses in the western states, in which they have hitherto commanded a majority, the new policy an nounced on the part of this country, in respect to the introduction of American agricultural produce, can not fail to afford material assistance to the Govern ment in carrying their new tariff into effect. At the last census of the United States, in 1840, the propor tion of the whole population engaged in agriculture was more than eighty per cent.; while that engaged in commerce and manufactures was under twenty per cent. This fact alone shows how great must be the influence exercised by this country, according to the policy piPtsued with respect to the admission of the pro duce of so large a proportion of the population. Eighty per rent. are buyers of manufactured goods, and have no other interest but to obtain them as cheaply as possible, provided they can find a market for their produce. The cotton-growers in the south have always been warm opponents of a high protective tariff which excluded British manufactures, net only on account of their direct interest to procure what they require to purchase as low as possible, but also for the purpose of promoting a more direct intercourse with their best customers. The wheat-growers of the west, on the contrary, have hitherto been sup porters of the protective policy to American manu factures, and have submitted to the enormous prices which they pay fur every article they require to pur chase, for the sole object of raising up a home market for their produce in the absence of a foreign one. The alterations of our tariff in 1842, and in the last session, have already exercised sonic influence over• these important states, and this in some degree has encouraged Mr. Polk to propose the changes to which he alludes in his Message. The free introduction of American wheat into this country will so greatly in crease this influence over that large portion of the American public, and so closely unite their interests with our own,.that when our newly-adopted policy shall become generally known throughout the union --when the farmers of Ohio sise open to them a steady and a constant market in this country, it will he found that we have done more by that act to remove every feeling of hostility to British interests, and created a stronger support to British commerce, thsu could have been accomplished by years of negotiation, or . by any other concession which we could have made to that country. • AUCIIINT9UL ESTATE.—The trustees of Lord Fife have purchased thiS estate for 70,0001. This, with the other extensive' possessions of that family in Banffshire, will give them a large influence in the county.—lnverness Courser. Admission, One Shilling. Schools, Half-price. rilfiE MAMMOTH HORSE -MR. CARTER, the Lion King, respectfully - informs the nobility, gentry, and the public, that his Mammoth Horse is now entirely recovered from the effects of the late accident, and that he will be Exhibited for a ea days only at the EGYPTIAN HALL, Piccadilly, from 11 ♦.M. 9 P.M. Admission Is. The thousands of ladies and gentlemen who have recently seen this remarable animal, have expressed their admiration and astonishment at his wonderful size and perfect sym metry. This remarkable horse is 20 hands in height, and weighs 2,5001b5. THE TWELFTH EDITION. nquiry into Just Published, in a sealed envelope, price 2 s. 6 d., and seat free, on m ANLy rece l ipl u of it a r P 4 o T st ii -oitti : ee it Ord p er o f p o u r 1 3s a . r 6d I . the Concealed Cause of its Decline, with Instructi ons for its Complete Restoration. Ad dr e s se d to th ) se suffering fro m the destructive consequences of excessive indalgenco, terminating in Mental and Nervous Debility, Local or Constitutional Weakness, In digestion, and Consumption. ;minding a comprehensive Disserta. non on MARRIAGE. Illustrated with Cases , &c By C. J LUCAS and Co., Consulting Surgeons, London. CAUTION. —Complaints having reached us that several periew wishing to purchase oar 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; ve deem it a duty, by way of protection, to caution the public against being duped t v • such base imitations. Persons desirous of obtaining the above work, mot not wishing to apply to a bookseßer for the same, may, to insure secrecy, have to direct trora the Authors, by enclosing .3i. 61., or Postage Stamps to that amount. 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The true character of that measure, the causes which have rendered it inevitable, and the more remote consequences which it must produce on the foreign relations of England with all other countries, are very imperfectly understood abroad, and conti nental statesmen canhardly comprehend a sacrifice of place and power, dictated by a principle of political economy, which is still enveloped to them in all the mists of prejudice, and seen through the medium of false views of our national wealth and social condi tion. Experience will alone remove the film from their political vision; and at present they are as tounded by the hardihood of conception and frightened by the energy of execution which V ley conceive to be the principal features of so vast and unaccountable a revolution. The fact, therefore, to which political observation has been mainly directed on the continent is the change of the Foreign Secre tary, and the possible, if not probable, alteration of the foreign policy of ngland. The previous con duct of Lord Palmerston and his organ had done all that it was possible to do to excite distrust and alarm in every part of the world, and in every cabinet of Europe. The very interests which the true policy of this country ought to be most eager to conciliate, and the very men who are most anxious to co-operate in the great public object of the maintenance of peace, are those who were most shaken by the pro spect of his return to office. We have often pointed out and predicted the deplorable consequences to England and to Europe of policy which was distinguished by the arrogance and impatience of its tone, even more l , than by its reckless admi nistration of our foreign relations ; but not till now were we fully aware of the lasting and fatal effect of the policy of 1840, and of Lord Palmerston's subse quent invectives against his successor, upon his own character as a statesman. A. dispassionate observer would acknowledge that the world is a little unjust tG him. The services which he at one time rendered to the cause of peace, to the French alliance, and to the real interests of England, are forgotten in the terror and disgust which he inspired by a sudden a bandonment of all the sound principles even of is own policy, for the sake of a contemptible triumph on the coast of Syria. For ourselves we are ready to acknowledge, that in spite of the enormous and unjustifiable errors which marked the close of the Melbourne Administration, we do not entertain so low an 'opinion of Lord Pal merston's capacity and character, as to suppose that he would have sought to aggravate the fatal conse quences of those errors, instead of mitigating and allaying them. But it is natural that the minds of foreign politicians, especially in France, should be less accessible to reason and conviction on this head ; it is still more natural that the public abroad should judge him by his own jets and words; and that he should stand at this- moment condemned by the pub lic opinion of Europe, as a man unfit to direct the fo reign affairs of Ethland, and pre-eminently dan gerous to the peamof the world. The fact is so; and even if these apprehensions be somewhat exaggerated, it is not the less certain that the very existence of such an opinion deeply rooted in the highest political and commercial circles of Europe might have proved in itself a powerful obstacle to the mainte nance of those amicable relations with other coun tries upon which the welfare of the world depends. It is not fitting that the Foreign Minister of Eng land should be the object of universal suspicion and alarm ; and we are by no means surprised that the conviction that Lord Palmerston does stand in this position should have been fatal to the formation of Lord John Russells Cabinet, and should have caused the secession of some of his colleagues on this impor tant ground. The Whigs have acquiesed for the most part against their own conscientious convictions in the foreign policy of Lord Palmerston, and the Whigs must bear the burden of reproach which is attached to his name. At the mime time we are per suaded that in France and elsewhere a laudable de sire existed to make the best of a calamity which at one moment appeared to be inevitable ; and that the present French Administration was likely to be strengthened rather then weakened by the approach of what was regarded as a great danger. M. Guizot never seemed to be more indispensable than at the moment when the genius of peace was sup • posed to have given way in the English Cabinet to the genius of discord ; and the real desire for peace which lies at the bottom of the more honourable por tion even of the French Opposition, in spite of their imprudent conduct and their declamatory speeches, grew in strength in proportion as they imagined that the world was exposed to more serious chances of war. The storm has blown over ; but for the reason we have just given, amongst others, the French Go vernment will in a few days re-open the session of the Chambers, under very favourable auspicies. At this moment, happily, no question of foreign policy affords a pretext - or an occasion for the customary de clamation of theVrench Opposition ; and, in spite of their talent for 'Mixing up the most heterogeneous and irrelevant topics in the debate on the Ad dress, they will not find it easy on the present occasion to excite the prejudices of the Cham ber or to appeal to the passions of the coun try. Their first trial of strength will take place on the election of the President of the Chamber of Deputies, and all the sections of the Opposition will unite in supporting M. Dufaure for the chair in oppo sition to M. Sauzet, the Ministerial candidate. M. Sauzet will probably carry his election by a majority of from 30 to 40 votes; and soon afterwards the dis cussion of the address will commence. The two sub jects which will be made the principal ground of attack by the Opposition are the state of Algeria and the conduct of the Government towards the railway companies. It is true that the position of Marshal Bugeaud in Africa, powerless at the head of 100,000 men, and circumvented by an enemy whom he has always affected to despise, is a fact affording ample materials for political discussion, and deeply affecting the interests and honour of France. But the dis asters and difficulties arising out of the oc cupation of Northern Africa cannot, with any degree of fairness be imputed to this Administra tion, or to any particular party in the State. They. are the natural - and inevitable results of a pre posterous entefPrise and a monstrous system of war fare, to which every successive Minister of France for the last 15 years has been a party. It is impossible that they should not have been foreseen ; but it is equally impossible that they should have been avoided, as long as the misguided opinion of the nation pe remptorily insists on the unrestricted maintenance and extension of the conquest. To impute these con sequences to the conduct of any one man or set of men, or to ascribe them to any one incident like the treaty of Tangiers, is the height of injustice and ab surdity. They arise out of the whole conduct of the French natich• to the Arab tribes ; they are the fruits of arbitrary invasion on one side and fa. A. W. Robarta, Es 9 Samuel Jones Loyd, Esq. I Henri Norman, Esq. ACTUARY—Griffith Davies, Esq., F.R.S. In the LIFE DEPARTMENT, a Bonus was declared in June 1829, exceeding one per cent. per annum on the sums insured, on an average of the different Ages ; and two subsequent divisions of nearly equal amounts were made up to Christmas 1835 and Christmas 1842. On an average of the three divisions the Reversionary Bonuses added to the several Policies at the end of every seven years amounted to about 27 per cent. on the total premiums paid thereon during those seven years, and the whole amount of Bonuses allotted at the three Septennial divisions exceeded 530,0001. Loans granted on Life Policies to the extent of their values, pro vided such Policies shall have been effected a sufficient time to have attained in each case a value not under 59/. In the FIRE DEPARTMENT, a Return of profit was declared on the 4th of June, upon the premiums received on all Policies which had been in force seven years at Christmas 1844, and the same is now in course of payment daily (Friday and Saturday excepted), between the hours of ten and three o'clock, at the Head Office ; and also by the Agents in the Country Districts. Notice is hereby given, that assurances which expire at Christmas meet be renewed within fifteen days at this Office, or with Mr. Sams, 1, St. James's-street, corner of Pall-mall; or with the Company's agents throughout the kingdom, otherwise they become void. GEORGE KEYS, Secretary. H E LICENSED VICTUALLERS' and GENERAL FIRE and LIFE - ASSURANCE COMPANY, ADELAIDE-PLACE, LONDON-BRIDGE; 444, WEST STRAND ; 23, THISTLE-STREET, EDINBURGH; GREAT BRIDGEWATER-STREET, MANCHESTER; WASON-BUILDINGS and MATIIEW-STREET, LIVERPOOL. Empowered by Act of Parliament. The Company transact business in every department of Life and Fire Assurance, in Annuities, Reversions, and Loans. LIFE DEPARTMENT. ACTUARY—J. T. Clement, Esq. At the last quinquennial meeting there was added a bonus to the Life Policies equal to 25 per cent. on the sums paid, and a bonus of 5 per cent. to the Shares, in addition to the payment of the annual Interest. For the convenience of parties wishing to assure for a specific sum, without a prospective bonus, a new table at lower rates has been calculated, on which, as well as on the participating scale, one-half the premium may remain on interest at 5 per cent. for five years, thus enabling a person to insure his life for 1,0001. on the immediate payment of the premium for 5001. only. The following are the annual Premiums for the Assurance of 1001. tbr the whole Life, one-half of which may remain for five years by merely paying the interest annually at five per cent. ; and should the Policy become a claim in the interim, the amount due will then be deducted. Age 20, Without profits.. X 1 13 0 With profits .• • • 18 0 0 30...• • • • 40 • For short periods the Premiums are considerably lower, and for any ages or contingencies not usually advertised Information may be obtained on application to the Actuary or Secretary. FIRE DAPARTMENT. The Company insure houses, furniture, stock in trade, farming stock, and every description of personal property, against loss or damage by fire. The Directors beg to remind their friends whose Premiums become due at Christmas, that no extra charge is made at this Office for the transfer of Policies, and that they will be rated on terms peculiarly favourable t• parties insuring. Insurances may be effected for say period of time ; if for seven years, the Premium and Duty will only be charged for six. Dec., 1845. JOHN BIGG, Secretary. CANDLES at CLARK'S REDUCED PRICES Palace Wax Candles (finest wax made), Is. 11d. per lb. ; Orient Wax, Is. 94. ; Transparent Wax, Is. 60. ; Queen's Sperma ceti, Is ; Sperm, Is. 6d. and Is. Id. ; Clark's Royal Wax, Is. ; l'atent Sperm, Is. ; Clark's Solar, superior to all composite, 104.; Kitchen Candles (six months eld), 5%d. 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Persons afflicted /rah cough, asthma, difficulty of breathing, consumption, or other liseases or derangement of the respiratory organs, will experience mmediate relief, and derive permanent benefit, by the use of JONES'S DEMULCENT COUGH LOZENGES, which are so effica • dons, that they will cut short the most violent paroxysm of cough ing, and are so agreeable to the palate that they may be sated as a confection. Sold by the proprietor, Peter Jones, operative chemist, 11, Norton folgate, Bishopsgate-street, London, in boxes Is. 1 1 4c1., and in tins at 2s. 94. each, duty included ; and by most chemists and patent medi cine vendors in town and country. RHEUMATISM. All those suffering from Rheumatism, Chilblains, Lumbago, Tic-Doloreux, Cramp, Sprains, &c., will find immediate relief and a speedy cure by using CORRALL'S EMBROCATION. The great and increasing demand for this novel Embrocation induces the proprietor to introduce it more generally to the public, satisfied that one trial alone will be sufficient to convince the most sceptical of its superiority over all other articles offered for similar purposes. Sold in bottles at Is. lei., 25., and 2s. 9d. each, by the Kole Pro prietor, George Richardson, 12, Norland-place, and by his appointment by Barclay and Sons, 95, Farringdon• street ; and J. Sanger, 150, Ox:erd-street. Orders, by post, direcyted to the Proprietor, promptly attended to. LORD STANLEY AND MR. GLADSTONE. (From the Times.l aeleinet and eek[g l a'asi l itrel of the Colonial-office into the hands of Mr. Gladstone. The change, whether it be for , good or ill, is one of no immaterial character ; for it , would be difficult to name, in all the political phalanx, two persons more opposite in their qualities or more unlike in their qualifications. Of an ardent tempera ment, and quick susceptibilities, warm in debate, potent in invective, but occasionally somewhat illo gical in argument, Lord Stanley often perilled the success of a good measure by his imprudence in handling it. his successor, on the other hand, is eminent for the coolness of his head and the unruffled placidity of his demeanour. Deep in the sublime mysteries of metaphysics, his mind has too strong a tendency to speculate and to moralize, not seldom losing sight of practical realities in the dim clouds of abstraction. If the abundant energy and headlong decision of the late Secretary for the Colonies could be infused into the philosophic constitution of Mr. Gladstone, there would probably be compounded a character as well adapted for the office as any that can be imagined. But, as no such fairy transition can be expected in these unromantic times, we may find advantage in looking back for a moment upon the course which the one has pursued, and conjec turing, though imperfectly, that which the other is likely to pursue. It cannot be said of Lord Stanley that he has done much for the colonies ; nor can it be pleaded in his behalf that he lacked opportunity for action. On the contrary, his term of office has been unusually prolific of events, most important in the present and sufficiently significant of the future. It is true he had many difficulties to contend with, the general legacies of Whig mismanagement. But there were none so stubborn that they might not have been overcome, nor so fatal that they might not have been remedied. What was chiefly wanting was a steady application to details; a thorough investigation of facts. Ignorance has always been the stumbling block in the way of colonial secretaries, and Lord Stanley, we believe, can challenge no exception from the common censure. His errors have been eminently those of negligence and indifference. An impetuosity which carried him at times beyond his depth and overwhelmed him with unnecessary toil, sue ceeded by a careless insouciance which no urgency could rouse to action—these were the contradictory and ever-changing elements which governed his poli tical conduct. They are to be discerned in almost all his measures, but most conspicuously in those under which New Zealand has so miserably suffered. The fortunes of that colony have long presented an ex ample of the grossest mismanagement. Perhaps no British settlement ever gave fairer promise in its infancy of a sound and prosperous maturity. Those obstacles which usually obstruct the path of the early colonist were not found in New Zealand. No savage and hostile natives threatened the security of life oe. the permanence of property. None of that intract able disposition which characterises the savage stood here in the way of civilization and improvement. So far from it, that the first settlers of 'Wellington found in the aborigines who occupied the shores of Cook's Strait a body of willing labourers and in telligent servants. Impressed from the first with the superiority of the white man, not in power and skill only, but in the higher attri butes of justice and benevolence, they yielded a ready obedience and involuntary homage. The settlement increased rapidly in wealth and numbers. It sur passed by far, in all the social elements, every colony that had been founded since the Commonwealth. Its members were not the scum of the earth, the scour ings of the gaol, or the exiles of society. But they were, for the most part, gentlemen of good family and unblemished reputation, when the res angusta (loud and the impulse of an honourable ambition had driven to seek a wider and less occupied field for their exer tions. In a community so formed a wise ruler might have seen the surest guarantee of peace and order. Recognising within constitutional limits their right of conducting their own affairs in the manner best cal culated to insure success, the Colonial Secretary shoisill have interposed no further than by the estab lishment of such regulations and institutions as were necessary to secure the dependence of the colony upon the mother country. Beyond this it was his obvious policy to leave the interests of the colonists in their own hands. But such a policy did not suit the temper of Lord Stanley or of his predecessor. Com mencing N'S ith a hasty and arrogant interference, they provoked resentment and indignation where they most needed co-operation and support. By imposing a governor upon the colony who seemed to have no other qualification for the office than his rank as a captain in the British navy, and whose vacillating imbecility can only be excused on the ground of an intellect weakened by disease, a foundation was laid for heartburnings and dissatisfaction, too just and natural in their origin to be easily allayed. Every petty obstacle that a foolish jealousy or an unworthy animosity could devise was thrown athwart the progress of the original settlement. The titles to land that had loeg been purchased from the natives were unsettled, and submitted to a tedious process of inves tigation, in which an ostentatious magnanimity towards the aboriginal inhabitants, and an eagerness to destroy their old feelings of friendship for the company and their party and fix them upon the Go vernment officials, were far more obvious than an honest desire to administer justice. Finally, the consummation of this wicked policy—an :and which every one foresaw but the infatuated movers of it— was the disintegration of the whole colony, and the utter estrangement of the native from the white mein. The plunder of the settlers on the banks of the Hutt., the massacre of Wairau, and the discomfiture of 600 British soldiers by a iandful of natives behind a wooden stockade, attest the wisdom of the Colonial office and the judicious nature of its appointments. This is no exaggerated picture of the condition of one of the dependencies which Lord Stanley has been pretending to govern for a period of five years. We do not underrate the difficulty of managing a colony at the distance of half the globe. But after making all due allowance for this difficulty, there still remains a large residue of error and absurdity. It is not the least important duty of a statesman to select with judgment the instruments of his government. Good measures avail nothing, and the best laid plans may. prove even mischievous, unless good men are chosen to carry them into effect. In the brief his tory of New Zealand, however, it is impossible to discover either good measures or good men; and we cannot foresee, in the present aspect of its affairs, one single germ of promise or hope of improvement. This, then, is a portion of the tangled web which the ex-Secretary for the Colonies hands over to Mr. Gladstone to unravel. A bolder and less conscien titious man might be inclined to cut the mesh, and free himself from trammels which are not of his own creating, and of which he ought not to bear the re sponsibility. But such a course is not consistent with that gentleman's political character, as it has hitherto been developed. We may rather look for a course of palliatives, and a system of remedial mea sures. Impartial inquiry, and an honest devotion to the duties of office, may confidently be expected ; and in these we recognise the promise at least of a better policy. But these alone will not suffice. There is dp.nger in the crisis that now impends over the affairs of the colony. Prompt measures of active se verity may restore them. Delay and inaction cannot but lead to ruin. Mr. Gladstone must see the itnmi nence of the necessity, and will not, we hope, be wanting to the exigencies of so great a peril. FLANDERS MAIL. BitussELs, DEC. .23.-The average price of wheat in the week ending on Saturday, the 20th D was 23f. 81c., and that of rye 18f. 33c. The exportation of wheat flour is now permitted on the payment of a duty of 25 centimes per 1,000 kilogrammes. Mr. Hart has just completed a medal of very large size, which will be struck in a few days, in commemoration of the passage of the Queen of England to and from Germany. On one side is the head, which is an admirable likeness, with the inscription, " Victoria, reine d'Angleterre ;" on the reverie, round the arms of the city of Antwerp, i►t the style of the renaissance " Debarquement de la Iteine, 10 Aout, enbarquement 6 Septembre. Anvers, 1845." The execution is no less remarkable than the likeness. A letter from Antwerp of the 22d informs us that the Princess Victoria steamer, which left London on Sunday morning, at ten o'clock, did not reach Ant were till six o'clock on Monday afternoon, in conse quence of the bad weather. She had on board thirty passengers, among whom was Mr. Janssen, of the department of foreign affairs, with dispatches for the Government. The Senate, in its sitting of to-day, heard several reports. Baron Stapart presented a report o❑ the supplementary credits for the budget of the public ,lebt and the dotation, aul on that for the department of j ustice. BELGIAN FUNDS.-151es9ELs, DEC. 24. Actual Debt, 2!,i per Cent ••••• • • • ' • • Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent •• ••• • • • Loan of Thirty Millions, FOUr ponCent •• • • Ditto Three per Cent • ..... ••••••• • • • • • Ditto Thirty-seven :Unbolts, ditto Ditto, ditt0,,1840.• •• • ...... ••• • • • ..... 99.4 Dittooo',4 4 litt42. ......... • • • • • • •• • • • • 101% Ditto, 1544••• •••••• • • • • • • ,• • • • • 97 ,:••• Ditto, 1536.. • • .... • ..... • • • • Ditto, 1638 • • • . • • • • , • • • • • • Ditto of the City, 1833 .. Ditto, 1843 .... Bank Brussels Papers, DEo • ••;•,• 102 1 4 • 100 .. 770 DURHAM AGRICULTURAL PROTECTION SOCIETY. In accordance with the recommendation of the Central Society, a meeting of the committee of the above society took place at the Rose and Crown, Durham, on the 19th inst., when it was unanimously resolved to take immediate steps for calling a meeting of the whole body of agricultural protectionists in the county, at the earliest possible day. Most unreserved, censure was heaped on Sir Robert Peel, and that, too, by many who had formerly been his staunchest supporters. Mr. Suttees said he had seen the Hon. Mr. Liddell, the preemt. ConserYetin emb or , who way a docidod prottoOicuist. ice„ -~,~'. • ~'~