The Sun. — London, England, 1845-03-07 00:00:00

G RE AT WESTERN RAILWAY. 7 E „ _ TheDIR ECTORS of this COMPANY are rea dy to RECEIVE Mr '4IOERSi for LOANS of MONEY in sums of not lees than 1,0001., li t h,,,,te r cicel et Seven or Ten Years, on the security of Mortgage pt r inn es, bearing i n t erest at the rate of Three-and-a-Half per Cent. 417,i_ntn, p a yable half-yearly. Oak: Paddington may b e ma d e to the undersigned, at the Railway ' station. C. A. SAUNDERS, Secretary. ( .3 1 , A --"SGONV, lIARRHEAD, Enid NEILSTON The PR OS DIRT C T RAILWAY. fs raun ISION AL COMMITTEE have much pleasure in in -11,14 ;iltbtli,,e S hareholders that they have contracted for the supply of ~t h esse ek theY have arrang d with the Glasgow, Paisley, and ' as ' th at adw Company for the working and maintenance of the ~der the Board of Trade having reported in favour of this raent" a k ing, the Bill will immediately be introduced into Perna la„.„ CAMPBELL and TENNENTS. 4, 1845. URELIISFORD a nd BURY RAILWAY. E Ar ttI f I TRAC T from the REPORT of the RAILWAY DE ITEN,,,-ti,,T of the BOARD Of TRADE, on the Schemes fclr RAILWAY COIIMUNICATIO..N in the COUNTIES Or der and SUFFOLK. "Witte by the House of Commons to be printed, 4th March, 1845. 14 114,__f.c o sPect to the London and Norwich Direct Railway scheme, deuce of the map will show that it does not fully accommo ,..t4uUgh / I „ ae tht n l Y - Peopled district through which it passes. It goes 7rYII 4 ,,C r Y , but the convenience of the smaller towns between ' , sem ‘,_ , tansted is sacrificed to obtain a short line. We are con kia,,,,'uat the t hrough-traffic will not, Sat is ease, be suftich sit to lossf,Z i rt the railway; arid we believe that both the through and Ihe t ile Must be Caned into action to ensure a moderate return on s i , y. 1,4 necessary. In this p ar t o f our repor t, t o a d ver t:t o a ra il w ay h's4 ght "r , h. Chelmsford an d Bury Railway,' projected but not hitch fore Parliament, the plan and section, and traffic tables of 4 1)pt aa r t 're been submitted to the ' Board of Trade. This railway I t 'ad ed to ° us ° a ceornmodate a more vpulotis district than that at se,..._nbe traversed by the London and Norwich Drect Railway. ao4.;l`gLlocshows that it may be done at a modera e t cost . i there is re be e , al f eeling in its favour, evinced by the memorials which arla at ,_ r eceived by the Board of Trade from the inhabitants 74 s ki ie• ilaletead, Sudbury, and other plac between Chehos nett by 1 ; 41 % who are of opinion that if the direct line be sauce a rutsornament, they will be debarred from all chance of being Va k .' that time Placed on a line of railway ; moreover, its productors keel p roui eT en SS to distance, it gives as short a connaunication i to li we ter Ik rY as does the London and Norwich direct 1 ne. t a kin , hile sp eaking thus of the Bury and Chelmaford scheme, juaccl ourselves against implying that we have formed an ths di t i L l ta Merits nows, or to whether or net it is required ' A t ea "'et. We only advert to the scheme in order to show „Meta, tit direct and short line of railway between Bury and t r , 3 ' a,, ers ,, ,equired, a line alleged to be as direct and as short deh tr y tt e -a r p aii ta l a s iiihi b e,_ , a t t n t d l:e same time, will accommodate a more further, that as the London and N0r ,et5,„,..11116 traverses a district but thinly inhabited ; that as it X o " l, lfti, `" afford the best accommodation to this district ; i that as r 'net; ex w t hick miht come upon it, supposing th e e Ipsw ch an linedhat ans ten line were made would not be sufficient to support I,Ttahr )„," e ven if it were required, an equally, if not more useful -‘4"14117,1°14. nd, we are of opinion that there arc public reasons ' 4l Oe decisive against it." 4,4 1• 41 SPORD AND BURY RAILWAY, do i ,'AY t A 4 INTREE, BOCKING, HALSTR SD, SUDBURY, tea4A3d (with projected extensions to Thetford and Mal- Thirty-nine Miles. Capital, 750,0001., in Shares of 28/. each. Deposit, 11. 7s. 64. per Share. -4 4 Provisionally pursuant to Aet 7 and 41. 110. Bit Airu„ PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. t r ", 4 Parker Bart., Melford Suffolk. , ° 'm 114 T ear Chelmsford. ar 11 B M• l'• for Essex, Eoreliam seen vre • ~ .a.ou - Csi e Lml Page Wood, Bart., Glasenwood House, Essex. T• F. Addison, Chilton Lodge, Sudbury 1.111 11 . n - n ar tell, Esq., the Ryes, Sndbau. h. jUi., Esq., Roughens Ball, Bury St. Edmonds. `Ttea s - „ • • Edward Bull, Pentlow Rectory. 'l i.. •" ; 7c7 t e :; , ster, Esq., Little Maplestead Hall, Essex. Esq., Lvaten Hall, Essex, and Liverpool. 47: 01 Ceurtauld, Esq., Foley House, Bocitng• clint i l sam tler, Esq., Friday-street, Lerr:on. k o h„_. uinunds, Esq., Sudbury and London. 'Emmett,Peckham. IL B. Faulkner, Weatgate House, Melford. ` I • F, -s°(l aY. Esq., Sudbury and London tt, ooday, Esq., Sudbury. ,reettwoed, Esq., Bank, Halstead. Joo. all stScock, Esq., Chelmsford. Js". acme, Esq., Gray's Inn. N.+ Hubbard, Fog., Sible Iledingham. Z 8 Rallifax, jun., Esq., Chadacrehall, near Bury St. Ed- Tho r " ( 1 8, and Lombard-street, London 'AS 'telefax, jun., Esq., Berkeley-square, and Lombard -IPolitret n . PP!, J ennings, Esq., Sible lletingham, Essex. T, .:•ine, Req., Bank, Sudbury. The .4' * ' 111 1), Esq. Abchurch-lane, London lisr;*e,'• Themas i Ludbey, Cranhant Rectory, Essex. () 104", 14 eteyard, Eaq., Chatham-place, Blackfriars. '4•111 Onley, Esq., Stilted Hall, Essex. 4 ,„ales Ill l eorge Parker,Springfleld-place, Chelmsford. org.‘,,`" m Filler, Esq., Coln. Engaine, Essex. soh, eller Polity, Esq., !Sealed Hall, Sefiblk J "eller Pole y, Boxted Hall, Seffelk. I tl44l Ze Sc i r W Q FaTc; , teed. ili t is T a - 71 " or ted , E m sq aa ,. Eaci" Sudbury. ' Sible Hedinghans, Essex. Cif her Wilson, Esq., 6, Warnford-court. London 1 110:;. ' 141ter, Else the Howe, Halstead. w itite,lisq - ., Manor House, Weathersfleld, BMX. ( With power to add to their nuaniser). ENSINSIER. B. W. Thonspeoa, hoc., C.E. lea 4 aormals. ,4„_, -- GlYn. Halifax, and Co., Lombard-street ; Brown, aad Co. Abchurch-lane. tasZ:Trd and Braintree—Mesers. Sparrow and CO. lbs7 l-- bondon and County Bank. kltl 7 _ - Messrs. Alexander and Co. 4, lN,Zateoara, poles, Bevan, and CO. -•(— Bank if Liverpool. 1 4 * . SOLICITORS. kee k ., - • r•White lead Borrett, Lincoln 't Inn-fields. sad Westwood, Gray's Ina-square. L•CAL AGENTS. ti-jam Parker Esq. cunnington, Yeley, and Crinningten. . 1)44 1- bar3"-..• Sewell, Esq., and G. E. Arden. Esq. r, I, - .tellers Stedman. •aelibrd—Richard Almack, Req. S h st Aht r i lmrticula the public are referred to the Prospectus, • ,to^ . •Nb, play ben obtained ed at the Company's Offices, No. 61, 4 s ' e ra Londo a • of the Solicitors or Agents to tho Company. s, t & i ta r t ar _ , t .741 0 ,,_ _mentioned Brokers. `as, i r ror Bhares to be addressed to the Company's °Mese, .tote 1 . :1: Agents, and else L e il e Z y w n arn ebt f o o b rd , -court, nd to on th • e Tfl o o l m lowin as F g era ß y ra th k , a E rs ac7., Manchester ; "srs _ l l l 4e and k14 14,, 4 11A Mason, - ' l4 ninson, Glasgow ; Yorkshire;Eagan'ifitaartadthraerdAngel Inn, Bury St. k 4 , 18 AND LYONS RAILWAY. , LiFFITTE'S ORIGINAL COMPANY.) DIRICTOBS. Op Churls Laftitte, Paris. rrlt t i Nl, o „ t twood, E sq. , Ig, Upper Seymour-street, Portman -111114 4 4'4 44 :irion . * *OA it... Shit Pair de Frans*, Paris. ktO set 4,"`1., Liverpool. liSt,, , h a p ; •G. It. Dawson, 15, Upper Grosvenor-street, London. ( lee `s,n, Esq., Adelphi-terrace, London. n _th d s, AdminLstr .. a .. teur i d d kJ% h. ._ re Barignie,es, ei:iii3riliseatraaagteeOrriaadoe°Yldales%4'agPearriless. *a,..t`''Zita y 62, King William-street, London. 4 01; 4 ' tl4 * Liv . erpool. • N ktlei.. nut, Paris. Viiiac t trtu a - „' E, kb. 11. P., London. 1.,`Qt0 r ,, 14 0r, - " , An., Esq., Richolas-lane, Loudon. p r tasq n h Chalons, Paris. kts Y t , Ittoi„Nien,'Re 62, King William-street, Lontlo ß n ;ilway Com. °„ts u teiZt , ;olamittee of the Paris and Lyons S'tors•4orii-'„ Ab le that it is the intention n o l f ib t g he to r r r e en un ch bur Go se ver tb n e - ONM .ne to a compan y . able and w h ‘ enditure hitherto incurred, and to undertake all flir t c ittss„.. e "hay be required fur the entire constru fb ct l i l on ant of m th i e t to r -"..,,ned upon increasing the capital to the b I N l tt;4ll ' N hi, „ si „" , Purpose In conformity with the terms . of su - Ot t ltk7,_ sti t e - h " ,l In the circular of the 10th August laat, which eon fark:l.,hgroh„-, eontingenev, they have resolved upon offerin b g . ks„, 114 ::; ti l „,"miers Two New Shares for every Old Share, tt su tbe 44,-4,lllabilities of increase or diminution hereafter, as be i • A,, (1 subject also to any further call which may found fti'. S hareholders who may wish to avail themselves ti % 14akrotet:,_eqUested to apply at the office, and to 2 prod , u 3 e t e alLtiailhu'r, between Tuesday, 1 lth, and Saturday, 2d 1 41',, en sb ,7 given, that all parties not applying thepre bewithinthad- -4 trt e "' considered to have waived their claim to winch will be otherwise appropriated. By order, \ - 4 Ru h ••- ear n - street, March 6, 1845 ED. AIME, Seeretary. I — E — ViS e Lrich, have d r iloritT* 10/ Serve° of h Chau l ri o r aded wo Tuesday. :oyal Hie; a with PL'' t t b. ion Agate . unt de St. 1 1 nison at t has ad a 7isa , Florence, s tste e as e d l ot relieLitoui dby Bra t s pa submit to, L sad d-marshy -001, w ick an d oil rt illness, :or i n his sev toiations are terova._, ,480, 0 uv 'ed by t— bee° er halinfesont a coma ished a P bo p 0 ter f Arehbi 6 A ddresse d a A 11/4 GREAT BRITAIN STEAM SHIP, and ' 1 1,1')114, t -REAT tRITISII DRESS MART. ,k, l Is% conical with port, thou mighty bark ! with delight we mark. 1 , 11 tratulate thee, noble ship! I),l cc° r o Plishing thy stormy trip. .1 40 , 10 nt ",, i °f Londoners, both great and small, for thy appearance off Blackwell. ' t't RueAwit IY • " ,41 with tl eat ctrnetnre s smitten,smitten, , ah t - wonder on the Great Britain.' 'll. l - tt, r w "v‘Peet to have our whole at Z, k „I'ler claims seipecial mention. ) 4 1 te glItY mart, whose giant hulk 4h . ,uateh for thy stupendous hulk. r ~nC o r,,, S ON have built a ship of trade— itZtrlpN7bus, giant-like display'd. flr vh o n° ' l 'll vraves this vessel floats., 4 u,k)i vi inter, " ca rgo of superior coats. nbt - a - i , for is needed to equip, ‘Jk 4 +l•,`,(l• wh i ,,,rl at thi s commercia l s hip, eA „i.ki„„ tli its bulk a noble sight discloses, r matchless skill of Captain MOSES. N k r Ztio 4 I ti''T El E me.a COM e l , l n E e l n i t, ClA ei L PHENOMENO Q," application, will De ,tt•t, Croe. Mt' C,all t , 11/1/I,T MAWR. S. d "••• • • .. ..... A 7 14,"tab klotts • ...... . ..... ....... ............ 010 csk •• „ 0 13 1 1 !).k. A „ • . t4R47,llo.4t,lland'°le, Peltees, and every description of s i cr flOY trimmed... >74k o , er3 ... 9 k:cki s li t4 s, 4 AFtolj ' • ...... - 010 n tr 4t. ke •• • r • • • • Nist el't •• • • • ti t 1 0 13 kk, bi — ••• •• ............. ti,; • .......... ....................... 0 2 "41 4k1 I, • ••• • • • ....... . . ... rai,l„ / II 18 4 1 , 1 11.„t=os t . P eet, 'WADE TO MEASURE. `"1 '"Ot collar and coin •••••• •• • • • • front 1 18 • •tu4ln 'tel s aory , 4 4 tkl rar l , •Ym and skew°, handsomely trimmed 1 5 0 kt, Ta t ,Nlatt,, "• • • 0 8 6 1)7., -*, 4113% . ••• • • •• • • • 9 12 6 ti aA r '*e N ,': , T rou l: t atter n o 12 0 th 4,l olttt,' t ••. rs • • • • • ..... ..... )',, tt14 , 0 , 4 kt tild . ,:_ •• •• • . ........ ."• Pattern •.• •0 8 6 Nt . /4 48. 1 ,.... 1 ; •• • 1 12 0 ).' th,, •• . urA ck h '4t ••• • . ured 53 16 0 41 . Tt o 14 tr Nnteri t "•• • • Att, l 4l ll, 6 4it kilted 8 3 o `e ..... ............ attest r 4 • • ....... ...... . ..... ......... 1 8 - a he bad at five minutes' notice, at the 14 .1 - Ito , jasku e „ to following prioes v 4t ' 'reet, and troUgera ••.•• • • • • •treat 1 16 0 and, ...................from 9 18 0 ..I,N, ° } l tlie article N, 1 . 4 In o , ney re rrellased or ordered, if not approved of, ktiq i rti N %i ts urned. Out and SON, Tailors, Wholesale and Retail gate, e l , and General Warehousemen, 154, 31ino -7N 4;;Dosi t ,' , :os" oPPosite the Church. Ah r tk es on,h avin and gon are obliged to guard the public rt kti g l earned that the untradesmanlike false 11;zttulittult,..,n 1.1.,4,‘,..w1th them, or it's the same coneern, has 41 4 74tT , 5 4 , 1 4, 0ti,„ L ':•: niettnices, and for obvious reasons. They kqztt,'llsst r ,„_!bes, w ": . crrer with any other establishment, la or out ki to. l 4 l ' ( 1 710. 0 „ nt. 10 desire gennine Cheap Clothing should (to or sesad to 154, 311nories, or 66, 45 4 t t ll l.- u e1it & 41,. ) . °lttlikt 0r ~..t n aacted at this EstablLshmer.t frern n o suset on Urda7 When business la restnned till elve . ..... .... .... 0 1 _----if, 'of i L r 4 k s ' ,100 SI,IIA . 7 AtittOttalt* ' 2 ; ‘ ,4 . 0. 1 1 4 aj t:4 •t• .' I I 0 ... k • ( • I • . r , 1YA,4 1 1 1 -dusk No, 16,398. LONDON, VENING s MARCH 7, 1845. FRIDAY PRIOR sd. THE SUN is Published EVERY MORNING at FIVE 0 CLOCK, in Time for the EARLY TRAINS and TOWN DELIVERY; a SECOND EDITION (Even:ng Sun) is Published in Time for the AFTERNOON TRAINS, and a THIRD EDITION at SEVEN O'CLOCK, for POST, containing PARLIAMENTARY and all other NEWS in LONDON up to that Hour. ADVERTISEMENTS INSERTED in ALL THE THREE PAPERS, Morning, Noon, and Night, thereby insuring a TOWN and COUNTRY CIRCULATION at ONE CHARGE. GRAVESEND STAR PACKETS leave the liintlaswlek Fier, Blackwall, at 11, 3, and 4 on Sundays at 11 and 3. From Terrace Pier, Gravesend, at 91, 1, and 5 ; on Sunday; at 91 and 5. Fares to or from London. Fore Cabin and Second Class Carriage, Ninepenoe. Saloon and First Class Carriage, One Shilling. To or trona Blaekwall. Fore Cabia, Sixpence—Balooa, Ninepence. Office, Gravesend, Nov. 29, 11844. FIDDLE AND PRINCE ALI3ERT'S PATTERN PLATE. B. SAVORY and SONS, Manufacturing • Silversmiths, 14, Cornhill, London, opposite the Bank of England—The best wrought SILVER SPOONS and FORKS, Fiddle Pattern, 7s. 2d. per ounce ; the Prince Albert's Pattern, 7s. 6(1. per ounce. The articles may be had lighter or heavier, at the same price per ounce: — The Fiddle. oz. s. d. Xa. d.)Prince Albert's. oz. s. d. Xs. d. 12 Table Spoons 30 at 7 2..10 15 0112 Table spoons 40 at 7 6-15 0 0 12 Dessert ditto 20 at 7 2.• 7 3 ;12 Dessert ditto 26 at 7 6.• 9 15 0 12 Table Forks 30 at 7 2.• 10 1.5 12 Table Forks 40 at 7 6.. 15 0 0 12 Dessert ditto 20 at 7 2.. 7 3 4 , 12 Dessert ditto 26 at 7 6.• 9 15 0 2 GrarySpeons :0 at 7 2.. 3 11 8 2 GravySpoonsl2 at 7 6.. 4 10 0 4 Soup Ladles 10 at 7 2.• 318 8 1 Soup Ladle 12 at 7 6.. 410 0 1 Sauce ditto 10 at 7 8.. 316 8 4 Sauce ditto 12 at 80— 416 0 4 Balt Spoons (gilt strong) 1 0 0 4 Malt Spoons (strong gilt) 2 2 0 I Fish Slice • . 12 Tea Spoons 10 at 7 8.. 316 812 Tea Spoons 14 at 0.• 5128 1 Pair Sugar Tongs •. • ... 0 150 1 Pair Sugar Tongs ••• • • • 1 5 0 Messrs. Savory and Sons recommend the Prince Albert's pattern. It is very novel and of unexampled beauty. FOR STOPPING DECAYED TEETH, Price 4e. 6d. Patronises( by HER MAJESTY, his Royal Highness PRINCE ALBERT, and her Royal Highness the DUCHESS of KENT. MR. THOMAS'S SUCCEDANEUM, for STOPPING DECAYED TEETH, however largo the cavity. It Is placed in the tooth in a soft state, without any pressure or pain. and will remain firm in the tooth for many years, rendering extrac tion unnecessary, arresting the further progress of decay. All per sons can use Hr. Thomas's Suetedanenni themselves with ease, as full directions are enclosed. Prepared by Mr. Thomas, Surgeon Dentist, price 4s. f 4. Sold by Savory and Moore, 220, Regent-street, and 143, Bond-street ; Sanger, 150, Oxferst-street ; Butler, 4, Clieapside; Prout, 229, Strand John sten, 68, Cernhill, and all Medicine venders. Mr. Thomas continues to supply the loss of Teeth on his new system of self-adhesion, withent springs or wires. This method does not require the extraction of any teeth or roots, or any painful opera tion whatever. At home from Eleven till Four. 64, Bes•aers-street, Oxford.streot. E th i i t sfo llt i E ow D le l d C ge Tl , O ul N d S p. . r — ch A ase ll without mho l de lightloss of time, GEMSTONE'S WEATHER ALMANACK, whose predic tions of the weather, from his publication to the present day, have been checked by many proprietors of newspapers and other works. The " Times" has eulogised its correctness and peculiar mode of printing; see page 57. The "John Bull," published its usual check, Dec. 22, 1844, giving it, indeed, 336 correct daily predletione : see copy, pages 52 and 54. Aho, " The Sun," the " Globe," the " Era," the " Post," " Herald," " Chronicle," " Satirist," " Punch," raid many others, have noticed the correctness of this unique work. Amongst the great variety of matter, is an interesting biography of his Royal Highness Prince Albert while at the College of Bonn; also useful Chronology, Royal Family, both Houses of Parliament, Summary of Population of the British Empire, Population of the chief towns and cities ; a Calendar, containing Sundays, festivals, anniversaries, phenomenons, chronological events, moon's age, eclipses, tides, gar deners' monthly calendar, a column for the weather of every day; pages 3 to 25. Stamps, assessed taxes, &c. ; a list of bankers. Copies •f 31 letters from ladies annd gentlemen of the highest respectability, cured of ophthalmia, gutta serene, cataract, deafness, nervous deafness, headache, and spectacles left off, souse after using them upwards of 20 years, by using Grimstone's Eyo Snuff—trans lations in French, Italian, and Spanish : pages 59, 60, 61, 62, C 3. Read page 54, the Medical Report in the " Forceps," Feb. 14, 1844, proving the great advantages arising from the constant use of Grim stone's Eye Sniff having been the cause of clearing our streets of the many green eye-shades, and other human disfigurements. It is the only fashionable snuff of the day sold under the authority of the Lords of the Treasury and Royal Family. Grinistone's Weather Almanack is a beautiful pocket sire, with a steel engraving repre senting a bird's eye view of Oxford-street, &e., bound in Waterloo bine, with gilt edges. Sold, at 3d. each, by all the London wholesale publishers and book sellers. Wholesale only by the proprietor, W. GEMSTONE, foreign stuff and cigar merchant, 434, Oxford-street, London. Copy of one of the above Letters : Martin's-le-Grtuld, General Post-office, Inland Department, October 9, 1844. Sir,—For the last three or four years I have been labouring under a nervous deafness, so much so at times as to be almost incapable of hearing. After trying several very eminent aurists, from whom I de rived scarcely any relief, I was induced at the solicitation of a friend to try your excellent Eye Snuff. I accordingly procured one of your 4s. 4d. canisters, after taking which I found considerable benefit, so much so that I sent for two more, which having used, I found my hearing completely restored, and I have not been deaf since. I should mention that the time I commenced taking your Eye Snuff was in April last, and have continued taking it since.--I am, Sir, your obe dient servant, W. 11. ADAMS. To Mr. W. Grimstone. Any quantity of Eye Snuff can be fonvarded through tie General Emit, by sending money orders. A 2s. 4d. canister, witikairestiona, will coat 3a, and no unlit like proportion. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. A Curious Piece of MECHANISM to supply the LOSS of the HAND, is daily exhibited on a person, who, having lost his own hand, is enabled to perform many of the ordinary functions of the natural one. PHILLIPS'S PATENT FIRE ANNIHILATOR, Illustrated by Dr. Ryan in his daily Chemical Lecture on the Mornings and Eve nings of MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, and FEIDAT.—A Series of LECTURES on ASTRONOMY by Professor Bachhoffner, ou the Mornings and Evenings of Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, during Lent, accompanied by Dr. Wallis on BRADY'S CALOTONE. Working Models of New Inventions, are daily explained. NEW DISSOLVING VIEWS, including the SHRINE of the NATIVITY. CHILDE'S CIIROMATROFE. TYE PEOTEOSCOPE. The PHYSIOSCOPE. DIVING BELL and DIVER, &O. &a. Admission, Is. ; Schools, Mali-price. AN ELIGIBLE AND SAFE INVESTMENT, ALMOST EQUAL TO A GROUND RENT. AVALUABLE FREEIIOLD LICENSED PUBLIC HOUSE, let on Least to a most respectable Tenant. who paid a considerable Premium, wbleli expires 1855, at the low rent of W. per annum, to be sold for 950 Guineas. The Premises are roomy, and in a thronged neighbourhood. Apply to Mr. James Kinloch Walker, 40, Drury-lane. TO ALL CONSUMERS OF TEAS AND COFFEES THROUGH- OUT THE UNITED KINGDOM. THE BRITISH HONG-KONG TEA COM PANY Inform the Nobility, Gentry, Clergy, and Families generally, that in addition to their large Wholesale business, they have new opened those extensive and commodious Premises, Nos. 12, and 13, NICHOLAS-LANE, KING WILLIAM-STREET. CITY, as a Wholesale and Retail Establishment, for the supply of none bat genuine and superior class Teas and Coffees, at an unprecedented malluess of profit. In consequence of the enormous qnantity of spurious trash now imported ender the name :of Tea, there never was a period when the public required, with a view to both Health and Economy, to be more carefhl in the selection of this important article, and more open their guard against advertisers at extremely low prices. From their long experience in all branches of the Tea and Coffee trade, the extensiveness of their transactions, and the arrangements they have made for securing the choicest growths of Teas and Coffees the world produces, the Company feel confident that nothing is wanting, but a trial of their pretensions, to ensure them that patronage it will be their constant alm and highest ambition to merit. The Company invite attention to their IEXPLANATORT PAMPHLET, containing a full description of all the Yariens sorts of Teas and Coffees imported, and sold by the Company, with prices, &c., which will be sent Post Free, ex being applied fbr ; bat the fol lowing are sonfidently recommended. BLACK TEAS. s. d. s. d. Good ueeM Congon •. Ditto, brisk and strong • • ...... •••••• • • • • • 3 8 Ditto, strong Pekoe flavour ..... •••• • • • 4 0 to 4 8 Souchcng, good, to finest Lapsang ••• • • • • • 4 8 to 5 6 THE COMPANY'S HOWQUA MIXTURE • • 6 6 Sold in quarter, half, and Ilb. Catties. 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Gd. — private Bexes far Six. lbs. ; Eight persons, IL CAMBRrDGE and LINCOLN RAILWAY. An Anonymous Advertisement in this morning's papers, call ing a Meeting of the Shareholders of the Company, at the George and Vulture, Cornbill, on the 10th of March, could only have been in serted by some person for stock-jobbing purposes. There is not a word of truth in it. The Company have met with no difficulties. The Bill has passed standing orders, has been read a first time, and will be read a second time on Monday next. By order of the Committee of Management, C. I'. RONEY, Secretary. Parliamentary Offioes, 2, Bridge-street, Westminster, March 7. THE LATE EXPLOSION AT BLACKWALL. _ _ INQUEST ON THE BODIES. Yesterday a jury of 14 respectable inhabitants of the parish of Poplar was empannelled at the Royal Mason "avern, before Mr. Baker, Coroner, to inquire into the circumstances attending the death of Thomas Wright, labourer, aged 36 years; Richard Grimes, labourer, aged 29 years; and George Chapman, a labourer, aged 26 years, who lost their lives by the explosion of a steam boiler at the factory of Messrs. Samuda and Co., in Orchard-place, Blackwell, on Wednesday morning last. The jury having been sworn, proceeded to view the bodies of the deceased persons, which were lying in shells at the bone-house, in Poplar. They presented a shock ing spectacle, the bowels of Chapman protruding, and the features and person of Wright and Grimes being much disfigured. From the interest - excited in the neighbourhood, and the number of respectable inhabitants assembled to wit ness the proceedings, the prosecution of the inquiry was adjourned to the Town Hall. Mr. Joseph Samuda, Mr. Braithwaite, and several other scientific engineers, were present. The first witness called was James Cole, foreman of the labourers. He identified the bodies of the deceased persons as being labourers in the employ of Messrs. Sammie. and Co. On Wednesday morning last, about half-past nine o'clock, witness saw all the deceased in dividuals at work on the premises. In a short time afterwards witness heard a loud report, and then dis covered that the boiler attached to the steam-engine had exploded. Witness, with several other men, im mediately ran to the spot, and assisted in removing the rubbish. Just in front of the spot where the boiler stood witness discovered the body of Wright, who was found lying on his face, covered with bricks and rubbish; he was quite dead. The body of Chapman was discovered close to Wright's; he was also quite dead ; his bowels were providing. The deceased Richard Grimes, was standing on the top of the boiler immediately before it exploded. His body was picked up on the opposite side of, Bow-creek, on the Essex side of the river Lea, a distance of upwards of 100 yards from the factory. He was alive. He was placed in a boat and conveyed back, but be died in the boat on his way across. His body had the appearance of being scalded by boiling water. Witness knew nothing of the boiler, nor the cause of the explosion. At:the conclusion of this witness's testimony, the CO RONER inquired of the constable (Mr. Thompson) who was to be called to speak to the facts of the case ? when Mr. Joseph Samuda stated that Mr. Lowe, the manager of the works, and who was superintending the working of the boiler on the morning of the explosion, was him self so much injured that he was at present unable to at tend to give evidence, but be (Mr. Samuda) was most anxious that every facility should be afforded for a full investigation of the unfortunate occurrence; and as soon as Mr. Lowe was sufficiently recovered he would appear before the court. The CORONER said it was very desirable that the best evidence should be adduced which could throw light upon the transaction, and he thought that it would be better to adjourn the court for a day or two to admit of Mr. Love's attendance. Whea (addressing himself to Mr. &muds) do you think;that Mr. Lowe will be able to attend ? _ Thompson (the constable) said, Mr. Bain, the surgeon, who attends Mr. Lowe, is present, and can speak to that. Mr. Bain—Mr. Lowe, I think, will be able to attend the court in three or four days. The CoßoNßß—Then I think we had better adjourn until Monday next. Mr. Joseph Samuda here addressed the Coroner, and said that, with respect to the boiler in question, Mr. Lowe, who was his manager, had about six weeks ago expressed a wish to him (Mr. Samuda) that he might be authorised to purchase another boiler in the room of the one they then had in use. That he (Lowe) said he knew of a boiler at Mr. Fairburn's, which had been manufactured for one of the We+ ermen's steam boats. It had only been worked in the steam-boat about ten or twelve times; but although it was too small for the engine on board, it would answer very well for his (Mr. Samuda's) engine, He (Mr. Samuda), in conse quence, gave him authority to purchase it. This boiler was quite equal to new. It was set up; and Mr. Lowe said he had tested it to 30 pounds to the square inch, pre vious to its being attached to the engine, and set to work. Mr. Stanley, foreman of the jury, said it would be ne cessary that practical men should be examined as to whether the boiler in question was sufficiently strong, and capable of sustaining a pressure of 30 pounds to the square inch. A juror—l think that the jury should visit the locus in quo, and inspect the boiler and the premises. CORONZR—I have no objection to do so this afternoon, previously to our adjournment. Mr. Joseph Samuda said that a great deal more in formation would be derived by the Coroner and jury by a personal inspection, and in anticipation of their doing so he had left everything in the same state as it was found immediately after the explosion took place. He (Mr. Samuda) begged to add, that Mr. Braithwaite, the engineer, was present, from whose drawings the boiler had been built, and he wished those drawings should be inspected by the Court, previously to the premises being visited. Mr. Braithwaite had them with him. Frederick Braithwaite deposed as follows :—I am an engineer, residing in the New-road, Fitzroy-square. I produce the working drawings, from which the boiler in question was made. It was manufactured by Messrs. Fairburn and Co., of Mill-wall. The boiler is what is termed a tubular one. It was intended to drive a pair of 25-horse low-pressure engines on board the Water man steamer No. 11. It was made for that purpose, and had been used about ten or twelve times; but from the very great insufficiency of steam, it was taken out, being much too small for that engine, and not again used for engines of that power. I last saw the boiler in Messrs. Fairburn's premises, close to the water side. This was many months ago. I did not see it again until yesterday morning on Messrs. Samuda's premises, after it had ex ploded. Ido not know when Messrs. Samuda purchased it of Messrs. Fairburn. By a juror—l think the boiler had been made about eighteen months, certainly within two:years. There are stays in the boiler. By the CORONER—The lboiler:was built entirely on the part of my partner, Mr. John Milner, and his bro ther, Mr. Alfred Milner, and on their responsibility. I saw it worked on board the steam-boat, when tho valve was loaded fifteen pounds to the square inch. By a juror--Was the lever exposed ? Mr. Braith waite—lt was ; and consequently it was in the power of the engineer or stoker to put what pressure he pleased upon it. At the conclusion of Mr. Braithwaite's examination, the Coroner And jury proceeded to Messrs. Samuda's premises, to inspect the exploded boiler and the premises which had been destroyed, and were evidently much as tonished at the devastation which had ensued. The Court was subsequently formally adjourned until Monday next. --- TAVISTOCK—CHURCH-RATES. An attempt has just been made to re-establish this obnoxious impost. The e i vicar having i mag i ne d th a t there was a re-action in its favour, obli g ed t h e church wardens to propose One ; and a numerously attended vestry meeting asse mbled on Thursday last in th e Guild hall, when the vi c ar having taken the chair, Mr. Sloman, in the absence of the other churchwarden, stated that about 701. was wanted for defraying the necessary expenses of the ensuing year, and that it would now be competent for any rate-payer to propose a rate. No one for some time offered to do this, and it was supposed it would have fallen to the ground ; at length, however, Mr. Sieman stated it to be his duty, if no one else came forward to do so, and h o t h ere f ore pro posed a rate of a penny in the pound. Af ter anot h er portentous pause, an hesitating seconder a pp eare d i n th e person of W. P. Michell , Es q ., sur geon. The was then addressed by J o h n R un dl e , Esq. , late meeting Member for this borough, M essrs . Fl aman k and Carter, &c , against the rate; and by no one in its favour. The VICAR having proccedea to put the question for or against the rate, as may be done since Lord Denman's decision, two hands were held up for the rate, and an overwhelming number against it, and the Chairman (after stating that ha d ho not presided he should have made a third vote in its favour) declared the rate lost. Dr. HARNESS having about this time entered the hall, demanded a poll; and, notwithstanding the remon strances made to him as to the utter hopelessness of getting a rate after such a show of hands, persisted in the claim he had made. In the course of some observa tions he addressed to th e meetin g , he avowed himself a Iconvert to the principle of the Church and State being separated, and received the congratulations of the meet ing on the alteration in his views on that subject. A ;poll was accordingly taken, which terminated on Saturday at twelve, when the number of recorded votes was as follows: Against the rate 207 persons...2B6 votes. For the rate' l9 persons... 36 votes. Majority against the rate... 198 persons 250 Totes. It is worthy of remark that the churchwarden who proposed the rate, expressed himself as decidedly op posed to church-rates, and that 56 votes against the rates were tendered by members of the Establishment, so that had Dissenters not voted at all, the rate would still have been thrown out by a majority of 20. The progress of public opinion on this important point will also be seen when it is remembered that at the last contest for a church-rate, which took place ten years ago, the majority against the rate was only 13. THE BRITISH POST-OFFICE AND THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR-It appears to me most strange, that neither in the House of Commons, nor out of it, has any public protestation or demonstration been made against the Government of this " land of freedom" lending itself, and its institutions, to the service and wishes of a despotic ruler, for such atrocious and inhuman purposes as Mr. Duncombe's motion re vealed. Can English women remain silent? Can they remain idle ? When their husbands are sanc tioning by their silence, the flogging of wives for communicating with their husbands, who have fled to a foreign, but (we say) a free country; and de pend upon the sanctity of the British Post-office for protection from the Russian Imperial Ukase.—l am, Sir, you obedient servant, AN ENGLISHMAN. SUGAR DUTIES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—When Sir Robert Peel announced his intention of reducing the sugar duties, he stated that the con sumer would be benefited to the extent of lid. per pound. He surely must have meant that this reduction of price might be expected in the course of time, say next year, when we should be in receipt of large supplies to meet the increased demand, for the reduction of duty proposed by him is rof quite five r fal things per pound. The impor ters have already obtained an advance of 4s. to ss. per cwt. from the lowest point of the market, so that the con sumer will wit be able for a considerable time to buy sugar more than a half-penny per pound cheaper. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, March 6, 1845. FOND OF SUGAR. THE AUCTION DUTIES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Boing a constant reader of your impartial journal, I take the liberty of addressing you in the hope that you will give your powerful assistance in making known, and thereby averting, a grievance which the contemplated augmentation of the auction license will effect in districts where employment in that businsss is not of every-day occurrence. In this part of the country a considerable proportion of the income of an auctioneer is composed of fees for mng inventories and valuations of the goods and effects of persons who have either died, or been seques trated by the Court of Session ; in the former case, for the purpose of ascertaining the amount of legacy duty payable to Government ; and in the latter case, to en able the trustee to make up a correct state of the bank rupt's affairs. Tradesmen and others have, however, been allowed to perform such duty on payment of a license of 10s.--a sum always miserably inadequate to the important privilege conferred by the license. And now that the expense of an auction license is to be in creased three-fold, the appraising license ought, in all fairness, to be at the same time largely increased. But should that not be done, a manifest advantage will be given to the tradesman over the heavily-taxed auctioneer, who must labour under powerful competition in that de partment of his professional duties, by persons acting as appraisers, many of whom do not take out a license at all. It is thus evident that in small towns and country places, this cause will operate to prevent parties from embarking their money in an auction license, where the field for realising an adequate return is so very much narrowed, and, in a financial point of view, the result will be that the increase in the number of auction licenses, anticipated by the Minister, will not be realised, and, consequently, the revenue arising therefrom will come far short of the estimated sum. I have no doubt that those who now take out the ap praiser's license would net object to its being raised to about 51., and the poorer classes of the community might, by the produce of that duty, be benefited in the remission of taxes ou the necessaries of life to the ex tent of nearly 10,000/. per annum. I earnestly hope that the Government will yet attend to this matter, which, from not having consulted the parties interested, must have escaped their notice. I inclose my address for your satisfaction, and remain, Sir, your most obedient servant, Dundee., Feb. 28. AN AUCTIONEER. RAILWAY BUSINESS IN PAR LIAMENT. THLTP.SDAY, MARCH 6. Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railwav,—Report from Select Committee on Standinc , Orders read ; ordered to be brought in by Mr. Ilastie, and l Mr. Alexander Oswald. Glasgow Junction Railway,—Report from Select Com mittee on Standing Orders read ; Bill ordered to be brought in by Lord James Stuart and Mr. Hastie. Trent Valley Railway Bill,—" for making a Railway from Stafford to Rugby," presented, and read a first time. Blackburg, Darwen, and Bolton Railway,—Petition for Bill reported ; repurt referred to the Select Committee on Stand- ink Orders. Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway,—Peti• Lica for Bill ; referred to the Select Committee on Petitions For Private Bills. . Standing Orders Committee,—=Resolutions reported ; 1. " That, in the case of the Heywood Waterworks (No. 1.) petition, the Standing Orders ought not to be dispensed with." 2. " That, in the case of the Clydesdale Junction Railway petition, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with : That the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill, on forthwith correcting the error on the section deposited in the Private Bill-office; and that the Committee on the Bill do examine, in the first place, how far such Order has been com plied with, and do report the same to the House on the report of the Bill." 3. " That, in the case of the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway petition, the Standing Orders ought not to be dis. pensed with." Second resolution agreed to.—Report to lie on the table. London, Worcester, and South Staffordshire Railway,— Report from Select Committee on Standing Orders read; Bill ordered to be brought in by Mr. Robert Clive, Mr. Tan cred, and Mr. Benbow. Sheffield and Rotherham Railway,—Petition tbr Bill ; re ferred to the Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. Dur_stable and London and Birmingham Railway,—Peti tion for Bill; referred to the Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL-OFFICE, 11 Allen 6. Ulster Railway Extension,—Second reading, Monday, March 10. Direct Northern Railway,--Committee on petition, Mon day, March 17. 'Surrey Iron Railway Company Dissolving,--Committee on petition, postponed from Monday 10th till Friday 14th March. Cambridge and Lincoln Railway,—Second reading. Mon day, March 10. Glasgow, Gamkirk, and Coatbridge Railway,—Committee on petition, Monday, March 17. South. Eastern Railway a,— Committee on petition, adjourned till Thursday, March 13. London and Croydon Railway (Kentish Lines),—Com mittee on petition, Monday, March 17. Northumberland Railway,—Committee on petition, Thurs day March 20. London ' and Croydon Railway Enlargement and Orpington Branch,—Committee on petition, Monday, March 17. Taw Vale Railway and Dock,—Committee on petition, Monday, March 17. Monmouth and Hereford Railway,—Committee on petition, Monday, March 17. Harwich and ;Eastern Counties Junction Railway,—Com mittee on petition, Monday, March 17. Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway,—Com mittee on petition, Monday, March 17. Midland Railway Branches,—Committee on petition, Mon day, March 17. Dunstable and London and Birmingham Railway,—Coni mittee on petition, Monday, March 17. Oxford and Rugby Railway,—Secopd reading, Monday, March 10. Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway,—Second reading, ,Mon. day, March 10. York and North Midland (Goole Branch) Railway,—Se cond reading, Monday, March 10. West Cornwall Railway,—Second reading, Monday, March 10. Rye and Tenterden Railway,—Committee on petition, Monday, March 17. Lynn and Ely Railway,—Second reading, Monday March 10. Belfast and Ballymena Railway,—Second reading, Monday March 10. Sheffield and Rotherham Railway,—Committee on petition, Monday, March 17. SHAFTESBURY ELECTION. , . SHAFTESBURY, MARCH s.—The eiectton for a Member of Parliament for this borough took place this day, when Mr. Richard Brinsley Sheridan was returned, without opposition. About one o'clock, Mr. Sheridan, followed by a few friends and a band of music, walked from his hotel to the Town-hall, where, the usual forms having been gone through, Mr. Sheridan was proposed boy Mr. Robert Graves, and seconded by Mr. W. Hannen. No other candidate being nominated, the Mayor, J. L. Buckland, EN., declared that Mr. Sheridan was duly elected. Mr. SHERIDAN afterwards addressed an assemblage of 600 or 700 persons from the balcony of the Town-hall. In his speech, he expressed his obligations to the Con servatives, who had supported him on the ground of peace. He declared his belief that the Government of Lord Melbourne and Lord John Russell was the best the nation ever had ; he did think the Conservatives had as much cause to complain of Sir Robert Peel as they had of Lord Melbourne.—(A voice, " Oh! more." —Great laughter.) Sir Robert Peel reminded him of a story of two ladies in a steam-boat on an American river: one cried " Open the window, or I shall die!" the other exclaimed " Shut the window, or I shall expire!" On which occasion a passenger called out " Steward, open the window and kill one of these ladies, and then shut it and do for the other."—(Loud laughter.) The Whigs cried oat for " Free-trade, and free everything." The Conservatives called out " No:" and the political Samaritan said "Shut the window for the Whigs, and then open it and get rid of the Tories."—(Laughter and cheers.) He was opposed to a repeal of the corn-laws, because it would throw the land out of cultivation—(A voice, "No!")—and would peril the agricultural and commercial interest. He briefly alluded to the poor-laws, stigmatising them as " harsh, pitiless, and unchristian," and said he would readily give his support to a motion for amending them. Mr. Sheridan ooncluded by returning thanks. Mr. ROBERTS, a Conservative, addressed the meeting amidst considerable opposition, observing there was a large amount of Conservative blood running through the town; but the Conservatives had not opposed Mr. Sheri dan, because they wished to preserve the peace of the borough. Thanks were then voted to the Mayor, and the pro ceedings terminated. CAPTURE OF ♦ HAWK.—Last week, two bird-. catchers were out in Dunham catching birds, by placing a bird in the middle of a field in a cage, and using bird lime. While the men were at a distance watching, a hawk, perceiving the bird a prisoner in the cage, made a sudden dart at it. The men, being afraid of the cage being broken, ran and drove off the hawk but they had no sooner got to their hiding place than the asarlant re turned to the charge with double energy, darting several times at the sage, in order to break it. The men again drove him off, and placed some larger sticks well limed —in a short time the hawk again appeared, and, while endeavouring to get through the wires of the cage, got his wings so much entangled with the bird-lime that, when the men ran towards him, he found himself caught, instead of kis intended prey.—Macele,lfidd Courier. CITY OF LONDON TRUSS SOCIETT..--The anniver sary meeting of this moat excellent association was held at the London Coffee-house, on Wednesday evening, Lord Morpeth in the chair. A fter the usual toasts had been drunk, his Lordship referred to the immense be nefits that had been conferred on the poorer classes by the Society, not less than 128,290 persons having been relieved since its commencement in 1808. The extent to which ruptures exist among the labouring population, rural as well as urban, is scarcely known. The Noble Chairman expatiated with warmth upon the benefits con ferred upon the poor by this Society, and the result was, that subscriptions, amounting to rather over 8001., were announced. The musical part of the entertainment was under the guidance of Mr. G. F. Taylor, assisted by Messrs. Rennie, G. Genge, and R. Smith. REDUCTION OF D UTT ON TOBACCO.—Among the petitions recently presented to the House of Commons was one by Mr. Sotheron, from manufacturers of tobac co and snuff at Devizes, which set forth that " The pre sent enormous duty on tobacco offered a premium to the smuggler and adulterator, whose prosperity is raised upon the ruin of those manufacturers." Evidence has been adduced before Parliament, showing that the griev ances of which the petitioners complain are distinctly traced to the operation of a duty of nine hundred per cent. They further state that a reduction to one shilling per pound would destroy the smuggler's trade, and con tend that no restrictive law, however stringent, with the duty of 900 per cent., either does or can prevent the sale of smuggled or adulterated tobacco. SEIZURE FOR CHURCH-RATR6 AT GRICENWICII.— On Tuesday this town exhibited a scene of great excite ment for some hours, owing to about twenty warrants having been issued to make levies upon the property m of the defaulters for church-rates, most of whom s ae the principal tradesmen and residents . The e r ne a com mencedTonhge at Blackheath-hill, about eleven o'clock. c with posse (temporary) broker on this occasion started y d away the of constables, and A goods seized. At several and h ou b s o e r s se t s h , e) to , c c ar ou r l At the house of - h h i i s i l' h t o h u e s y e f the obnoxious rate was cam access, but where they did, prop: d rty off b . eyo A nd theamount R o n. had ß a c closedk h e t h made a ea and shop, and barred it securely within. He then went a° tradesmandd s n tan arn d ec ! bi l it °g A e l r r 9 . ' up to the first - floor window, from which he spr ang a large rattle, and called out lustily, " Thieves! thieves !" This drew an immense body of persons to the spot, and the obnoxious party were received with anything but grateful acknowledgments. Having made all the cap tures they could in this vicinity, they proceeded, rein forced by the police, to London -street, Greenwich, where they made further levies. They finished their crusade about three o'clock in the afternoon, but without succeeding in getting admission into many houses. FIRE AT ILFORD, ESSEX.—On Wednesday night, about half-past ten o'clock, a tire broke out in the workshops of Mr. 'Withers, builder, Lay-street, Ilford, which was not subdued until an extensive loss of timber and workmen's tools had taken place: Mr. Withers is insured. The origin of the fire is =kaolin:. EASE IN WALKING, -viTILLIAM BADDELEY, of 130, STRAND, is Induced to give publicity to his much-admired PRE PARED LEATHER (so noted for extreme SOFTNESS and DURABILITY), in conseqnence of the patronage he has received, and the general satisiaction given by him iu manufacturing the above Into BOOTS, &c., on his peculiar fitting principle of combining elegance with ease. An extensive assortment of best made articles alwayt ready on sale. Established 50 years. No. 130, Strand, corner of Waterloo-bridge, London. ONE GUINEA WELLINGTON BOOTS, MADE TO MEASURE, By G. GARRETT, Boot-maker by special appointment to the King of the Belgians. A stock of the most fashionable and highly finished Boots of all kinds kept ready made to suit the convenience of Noblemen, ()Ricers of the United Services, and Gentlemen who pre fer trying on Boots previous to purchasing, or giving an order. G. Garrett, Army boot-maker, 130, Jermyn-street ; and 4, Leicester-square. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY, 26, CORNMILL, LONDON. Capital £400,000. Empowered by Act of Parlianiest. DIVISION OF PROFITS. The steady success and increasing prosperity of the Society has enabled the Directors, at the last anaual investigation to declare a second Bonus, averaging 64 per cent. on the emanate in% ested en each Policy effected on the Prodt scale. EXAMPLES. 4*- , ,, ,, > 4 1 4 m ' O : 1 I nouns Berms Ln li 91 it ... rie premium. r 0 4 ! added. Cash. o g & O' l l g . 4 4 • 0.. fia, 1 £ s. d. X s. d. £ s. d. X s. d, X s. di 1837 170 9 3 77 5 1 12 3 9 346 2 3 601 74 3 4 1838 144 2 2 64 5 6 916 4 296 13 4 I ,1839 116 16 0 51 511 711 9 247 4 5 The division of profits is annual, and the next will be made is De *ember of *he present year. Thle insthution offers many important and substantial advan tages with respect both to Life Assuranoes and Deferred Annuities. 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JOHN WIDORSON, secretary, AVIES'S Extra-fine WAX MOULDS, 6d. per lb. ; Candles, sd. ; Botanic Wax Candles, Is ; Ogleby's Patent Oil, equal to Sperm, 58. per gallon ; Vegetable Oil, 41. 6d. ; Sperm, 7s. 6d.; Solar, Ss. 6d; German Wax, Is. 2d. per lb. ; Fine Wax, Is. sd. ; Genuine Sperm, 2s. ; Transparent, 2s. ; Genuine Wax, 2s. 3d. ; Yellow soap, 468., 528., and 58s, per 1121l;i; Mottled, 60s. and 645. ; Windsor, Is. 4d. per Packet ; Palm, Is. 441. ; Brown Windsor, Is. 2d. ; Rose, 2s. ; Almond, 25. 6d. ; Seal ing Wax, 4s. 6d. ; Hales or !'rice's Composite, 10d. ; Vauxhall Compo site, 8 d. For Cash, at DAVIES'S Old Established Warehouse, 63, St. Mar tin's-lane, opposite Slaughter's Coffee-house. VAUXHALL COMPOSITE CANDLES, ss. 6d. per doz. PRICE'S PATENT CANDLES, 10e. Gd. per doz. GENUINE WAX CANDLES, 2Sa. per doz. These three sorts of Candles are all precisely alike is their burn ing qualities, but the Vauxhall Composites are rather softer than the Price's Patent, and thence the difference in price. Even those wile are compelled to study economy alone, should burn them in pre ferenee to Tallow Dips. Patent Cocoa Nut Lamp Oil, warranted equal in every respeot to the driest Sperm, 4s. per gallon. W3I. MARCHANT, 253, Regent-circus, Oxford-street. SILVER SUPERSEDED, and those corrosive and injurious Metals, called Nickel and German Silver, sup planted by the introduction of a new and• perfectly matchless ALBATA PLATE. C. WATSON, 41 and 42, Barbican, and 16, Norton Folgate, aided by a person of Science in the amalgamation of Metals, has succeeded in bringing to Public Notice the most beautiful Article ever yet offered ; possessing all the richness of Silver in appearance, with all its dura bility and hardness—with its perfect sweetness in use, undergoing, as it does, a Chemical Prooess, by which, all that is nauseous in mimed Metals is entirely extracted—resisting all Acids—may be cleaned as silver, and is manufactured into every Article for the Table and Sideboard:— Fiddle. Threaded. King's. Table Spoons and Forks, 16e. 6d. doz. 30s. 115 s. Desert Ditto Tea Spoons •••••• • • • • •• ss. 6d. 121. fid. 13s. 6d. Sugar Tongs is. 3d. 3s. 3s. 6d. C. WATSON . begs the Public will understand that this Metal is peculiarly his owl, and that Silver is not more different from Gold than his metal is fl'om all others—on its intrinsic merit alone he wishes it to be tested, and from the daily increasing enlogiums he re selves, he is convinced that nothing can prevent its becoming an article of universal wear. C. Watson's handsomely Illustrated Catalogue and Price Currant Is just published, and Families who regard economy and elegance should possess themselves of this useful Book, which may be had Gratis, and Post Free, from the above Address. PATENT PARAGON CAMPHINE LAMPS. The perfectien of these Lamps over the Vesta has been happily attained by the invention of two parallel flat rings—a larger and a smaller forming a cone round the margin of the wick, which cause a rapid reverberation of air against the flame—thus condensing every particle of volatilized vapour, it is free from smoke or smell, having perfect combustion, and in full action, emits a light equal to 16 wax candles. C. Watson's Warehouses, 41 and 42, Barbican, and 16, Norton Folgate, will contain, throughout the season, all the most elegant recherche and new patterns, comprising Or-molu, Ckina, Glass, and Opal. Old Oil Lamps fitted with the Paragon Head for 21s. And the Paragon Apparatus applied to the Vesta for 6e. The Spirit analysed and recommended by Dr. lire, is delivered in screw cans by C. Wa4son's carts, at 4s. per gallon. 41 & 42. BARBICAN, and 16, NORTON FOLGATE. Terms—Cask. Orders by Post will receive immediate attention. 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Now ready, price only One Penny, No. lIL of E LONDON JOURNAL; and WEEKLY RECORD of LITERATURE, SCIENCE, and ART. This number contains a dozen beautiful Woodcuts, one of which gives a true and faithful representation of the SECRET CHAMBER in the General Post-office ; and the accompanying letter-press fisy describes the manner in which letters are opened and re-sealitlf: Amongst the literary contents are the following articles :—I. The Greek Pirate. 11. The Secret. 111. The Newspaper Press of Lon don. IV. Cannibalism. V. The Adriatic Bride. VI. Mesmerism. VII. A Strange Dilemma, &c. &c. London : G. Vickers ; and all Booksellers and Newsmen. MEETING OF MIDDLESEX M AGISTRATES. A meeting of justices of Middlesex took place yesterday, at the Sessions-house, Clerkenwell-green, for the transaction of county business. There was a numerous attendance, nearly 100 magistrates being present; Mr. Pownall, in the chair. The minutes of the last court were read and confirmed. HOUSE OF CORRECTION. The report of the visiting justices of the House of Correc tion was brought up ; it stated that the number of prisoners who were in confinement at present was 881, of whom 635 were males, and 243 females, with eight children. The re port was received. The report of the visiting justices of the Westminster Bridewell stated that the gaol was in proper order, and out of 500 prisoners of both sexes, there was not one in the infir mary.—(Hear. ) THE MURDER AT HAMPSTEAD. A special report from the keeper of the New Prison, con taining a mass of correspondence which had passed between the keeper, Sir James Graham, the coroner, and several ma gistrates, relative to Mr. Wakley's reiterated request to have the prisoner Rocker brought before the inquest at Hemp stead, was read. It appeared that the authority which ena bled the keeper ultimately to permit the prisoner's appear ance before the coroner's inquest emanated from Mr.Pownall, who acted as a visiting justice. This act, which was in op position to a recorded resolution of the visiting justices on the subject, gave rise to a warm and animated discussion. Mr. RoTen said it was impossible that the court could pass over this report in silence. The question as to the power of magistrates to enlarge a prisoner committed in due course of law could not remain in the state in which it was. The highest authority in the State had been applied to for directions upon the subject, and his reply was a letter which no one could act upon, and which lett them just as wise as they were before—(A laugh.) He would ask, was that creditable to the Home-office?—(Hear, hear.) They certainly had very active and very clever coroner ; but that gentleman's object clearly was to make his court of more importance than the common law intended it should be, and this had led to what he (Mr. Retch) con sidered a great invasion of the liberty of the subject ; for, by the coroner's repeated adjournments of the inquest, an inno cent man had been incarcerated for several days, from Thurs day to Monday, in the lock-up house, a miserable hole, the cage at Hampstead, with a broken window, in this most in clement weather, and then set at liberty, without any notice being made of the accusation against him in the verdict of the jury, while all that time the really guilty mall was en• joymg is the New Prison, according to his own acknowledg ment, greater comfort and kindness than he had ever expe rienced in his life. The Learned Magistrate proceeded at some length to denounce the conduct of the coroner as an invasion of the liberty of the subject, a violation of consti tutional law, and wholly uncalled for by the duty which the coroner bad to perform. He was simply to inquire into the cause of death, which was totally distinct from the duties of a judicial tribunal. Ho concluded by moving, in the event of a difference in the court, " That a committee be appointed to obtain the opinion of some competent authority on the sub ject."—(Hear, hear.) Mr. SWAREY followed Mr. Rotcb, and hoped that the indi vidual who had been placed in custody by Mr. Wakley would bring an action against that gentleman, and so settle the ciuestion better than could be done by the authority of the Secretary of State, who certainly had not done what his high office demanded.—(Hear, hear.) Colonel Woon, M.P., thought it not their duty to com ment upon the conduct of Mr. Wakley, and was doubtful of the propriety of expressing an opinion. Mr. Sergeant Annals said he knew no power except habeas corpus, or the pardon of the Crown, to move any prisoner. No magistrate bad that power after the order of committal by the police justice. The Secretary of State, according to the ancient and constitutional law, had no such power. He took it that the functions of coroners' juries were something like those of grand juries, before whom the accused parties were never produced. Mr. Tux said that the committing magistrate alone had the power to remove the prisoner, and he had refused to ex ercise his power. The Hon. Mr. BTNG was certain that the keeper would not in future enlarge a prisoner out of custody without an order from the committing magistrate. The CHAIRMAN said that he was not disposed to enter into the legal question. The keeper deserved great thanks, for he had been the only person who had been firm, and if no other benefit resulted from what had taken place, they would now complete the resolution of the visiting justices, which certainly was nugatory on the face of it. That resolution gave the keeper no power, even in case of habeas, to remove the prisoner. If to the existing resolution, forbidding the removal of a prisoner, they added the words " unless he have a competent authority for so doing," it would then have a definite meaning. With respect to the removal of Rocker, he could only say, that finding the responsibility shifted from one to another, and the Coroner insisting that he could not administer justice without him, ho was induced to take the responsibility, as a visiting justice, upon the letter from the Home-office being brought to him. The resolution of the visiting justices, with the addition of the words suggested, was then confirmed, and the report approved. ABOLITION OF THE WINDOW TAxEs.---Yesterday a meeting of the inhabitants of St. Dlartin's-in-the-Fields was held in the vestr7-roorn, to adopt measares for the repeal of the window-tax. Mr. Pugh, churchwarden, in the chair. Resolutions were passed deprecating the tax, and a committee of nine appointed to co-operate with the other metropolitan Parishes au the aubject. /--j z, ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAYS PETITION" OF JOSEPH D'AGUILAR SAMUDA AND SAMUEL CLEGG. The humble petition of Joseph D'Aguilar •Samuda and Samuel Clegg, humbly showeth, That your petitioners are the inventors and patentees of the Atmospheric System of hallway. That this system presents various advantages in regard to speed, safety, comfort, and economy. That a very high velocity, higher than any that is prac ticable under the common locomotive system, may be attained by means of this power, the trains being at the same time considerably lighter by the absence of an engine and tender. That the tube being firmly fastened to the ground, and the train linked to it by a strong iron plate, the chance of the carriages running orf the road is greatly diminished, and thereby the passage of the train round curves Is rendered much safer, the connexion with the piston always tending to counteract the centrifugal force. That from the nature of this system, as it is impossible to work both ways at the same time in one length of tube, it is absolutely impossible that, two trains should ever meet, and thus the danger of those collisions, of which there have been so many fatal examples on locomotive railways, is, on the Atmospheric Line, altogether removed. That the comfort of passengers is greatly increased by the absence of fire and smoke and the diminution of noise. That danger and nuisance to the neighbourhood through which the trains pass is by the same means greatly dimi nished. That the mode of applying the power obtained by the Atmospheric System, and the comparative lightness of the trains, render it much easier to surmount steep acclivities, and to pass round sharp curves, by means of,txhich, in the construction of the line, the engineer is enabled to dispense with advantageous gradients, and thereby greatly to diminish the amount of earthwork, and generally to exercise a wider discretion in the choosing of his ground, in order to avoid local difficulties or accommodate local or public, interests . That in cases of passing through a difficult country a con siderable saving of expense will result from the adoption of the Atmospheric System in the construction and furnishing of a railway ready for working ; and that in no case, however easy the country, will an excess of cost for the construction and furnishing be required. That in the working of the Atmospheric System there is a great saving of expense in all cases, both in regard to the consumption of fuel, and more especially in the renewing and repairing of engines and other apparatus, inasmuch as stationary engines are far more durable, and require much less repairing, than locomotive, and the wear and tear upon the rails is greatly reduced by the absence of the engine and tender. That this system is peculiarly adapted to the working of a line with frequent trains, as the power can, at a compara tively cheap rate, be kept constantly ready for action, and a very large number of people may thus be conveyed at short intervals at low fares. That the use of the electric telegraph, to which so much importance has justly been attached, is a necessary appen dage to the economical working of the Atmospheric System, where it is desirable to have the means of rapidly communi cating from station to station, and that the Government may therefore more readily have the benefit of such communica tion under this than under any other system. That the above line has, by the consent of your petitioners, been adopted upon the Kingstown and Dalkey Line of Rail way in Ireland, where it has been worked with regularity and perfect success for the last eighteen months. That measures are now in contemplation by the proprietors of that railway for extending their line from Dalkey to Bray. That a Bill was obtained in the last session of Parliament for making an Atmospheric Railway from Croydon to Epsom ; and another enabling the London and Croydon Railway Com pany to make an independent Atmospheric Line from Lon don to Croydon. That various schemes have been promoted by the London and Croydon, and other Railway Companies, for making lines of railway upon the Atmospheric System, some of which are now before your Hononrable House; and you/ petitioners humbly conceive that it would be good for the public in terest, as well as a source of profit to your petitioners, that such schemes should receive the sanction of Parliament. That your petitioners humbly conceive that they, as patentees of the Atmospheric System of Railway, have been and are greatly prejudiced by a report new lying before your Honourable House, entitled, " Report of the Railway De partment of the Board of Trade on the Kentish and South- Eastern Railway Schemes," wherein is made, among other things, the statement following : "'The question is further narrowed by the exclusion of the line proposed by the Croydon Company, London, Chatham, and Chilliest', 142, which, from the nature of its gradi ents, is incapable of sustaining a serious competition with either of the other schemes. " The gradients are more severe than have ever been pro- posed for a locomotive line, 28 planes, extending over more than fifteen miles of the first thirty, being at an inclination of one in fifty. " In their subsequent projects, which are now under COR• sideration, the Croydon Company equally adopt the Atmos pheric System of . propulsion. If that system had already been applied successfully upon auy long line of railway, the severity of the gradients in these projected lines would not have been considered so objectionable. It is clearly however impossible for us to assume the success of a system as to which much difference of opinion exists among railway en gineers, and which has not hitherto afforded such proof of its merits as could warrant us in giving the preference to projected undertakings, the success of which meet depend upon results as yet uncertain, while other projects are offered to which no such uncertainty applies." That your petitioners humbly conceive, and are prepared and willing to prove, that the above quoted statement is in correct and calculated to mislead your Honourable House. That the Atmospheric System, as invented by y-our peti tioners, and used and applied upon the line of railway from Kingstown to Dalkey, has already given abundant proofs of its merits, and such as to recommend any projected railway whereon it is proposed to adopt that system to the favourable consideration of your Honourable House. That, although the Dalkey line is only one mile and three quarter's in length, yet the working thereof exhibits every result which it would be desirable to obtain upon a longer line; and that an investigation of what has there been ac complished will result in the conclusion that every extension of distance merely involves a repetition of the fixed power, and consequently a repetition (not an extension) of the effect produced, and in no way involves any further experiment or difficulty beyond that at present successfully accomplished. That your petitioners were proposed and offered to Provo this fact by evidence before the Board by whom the said re port has been presented to your Honourable House : but the Board did not avail itself of such offer. That, with respect to the opinion of railway engineers, your petitioners humbly submit and represent that the en gineers who have given opinions adverse to the Atmospheric System have all been concerned in the invention, or improve ment, or working, of the common locomotive system ; that some of them are the makers of locomotive engines, and all of them more or less interested in the prosperity and continu ance of the present system. That, nevertheless, there are some engineers of large exs perience in the management of locomotive lines of railway whose opinions are favourable to the adoption of the Ate mospheric System as invented and applied by your pes titioners, but who are wholly unconnected with your petitioners, or with their patent or the profits thereof, and who have no interest whatever in the success of the Atmo spheric System beyond that which they feel as scientific men in the progress of improvement. That the opinion of these last-mentioned persons, being free from all suspicion of bias or partiality, is entitled to the greatest weight with your Honourable House, and that your petitioners have not had the opportunity of producing the evidence of such persons before the Board of Trade. That the opinion in favour of the Atmospheric System is strengthened by the testimony of all the eminent engineers who have been deputed by the foreign Governments to in vestigate its merits, and whose testimony is the more va luable as they may fairly be considered entirely free from any preconceived bias. That there are numerous Bills now pending before your Honourable House, for making branches from, or extensions of, the main trunk railways now existing, whirl it is pro posed to work upon the common locomotive system. That great efforts are making by the promoters of such railways to suppress and defeat the progress of tie Atmos pheric System, and that, if they should succeed in further establishing their monopoly of railway communication, the general adoption of the Atmospheric System is likely to lac , postponed to an indefinite period. That it is desirable for the sake of public interest that the merits of the Atmospheric System should receive a full and searching investigation before your Honourable House is called upon to decide upon the numerous railway Bills which are now pending, the more especially as the Board of Trade, by the rejection of lines by reason of the inferiority of their gsradients, in effect condemns the Atmospheric System altogether, inasmuch as, one of the seam ad vantages sought by its adoption being the power of sur mounting gradients and using curves unsuited to a locomo tive line, no engineer, In laying out an Atmospheric Line, would incur the expense of obtaining gradients and curves as good as are required on a locomotive line, and that conse quently if where the choice lies between two lines intended p to be constructed on these opposite principles, the preference is to be given to that which has what are usually termed the best gradients, the Atmospheric System must in all cases be rejected. Your petitioners therefore humbly pray that a Committee be appointed by your Honourable House to inquire into the merits of the Atmospheric System of Railway, and to hear the evidence of engineers and other persons upon the subject, and that your petitioners be allowed to attend before such Committee, and to be heard by counsel, or otherwise, as your Honourable House shall direct —And your petitioners will ever pray, &c. SAMUEL CLEGG, JOSEPHA SAMUDA. DEAFNESS. TESTIMONIAL from John Sawyer, Esq., of Iray wood Lodge, Maidenhead, Berks, to Messrs. S. and B. So fo mons, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. Gentlemen, haring been deaf for some time, I was induced, in the month of No vember, 1839, to make trial of your Invisible Voice Conductors, and, although at my advanced age, at that time past my 77th year, I bad no hope of obtaining any relief, yet immediately I applied them I could hear the general conversation, and my hearing has become so much improved by their use, that I can now hear acutely without their aid. I am, Gentlemen, your most obedient servant, J. Sawyer. 22d June, 1842.—Ft•em the late Henry Cowper, Esq., of Tewen Waters, Herts,t Messrs, S. and B. Solomons:—Gentlemen, having been den for many years, I was induced to try your Invisible Voice Conductors. They enable me to hear persons in oompany, an d at a place of worship m ost distinctl y . The S p e c t acles and Handglass which you ha v e s ent me are v e r y excellent, and passedtoe , m and y by candle-li g ht, w ith 66th year the 22d of s uit my sight perfectly , the trans p a rency of which is so bril liant, Cowper.— thanks, h i l a a n any t k , sas : that a and t yet although remainthey enable y I o ha ur me obedientthe greatest ease and comfort to myself. I return se r v an t, Henry you my beet 22d June, 1839.—Telescopes, Opera Gla zes , Mi crosco p es , i s n . theirea u ti immediateo n. "r ne. .. ei s gb a bou nd an th d e A co u u r h is t t i s . , arc not in any way nn . ecte d with a ec p c. er o s f o t n he o s f a t m h e e k sa in ni d e of n L am en e se I N om or on u s a , n o y p p ti a c rt ian o s f tious, and Ohserve,—Only to y. be hoadpraetvBe9n,t Albemarle -street, d for i n e n7the understand present thesum session, tob e o o f p 2 p s l i o e ,0 a oO t Piccadilly, opposit e th e Y or k H ote l . 1 0 t . h w e r i e l 1 p a b hq n a g s ka and extending the fortifications in Malta, more particularly the lines known there by the name of the Colonera.—Malta Paper. ACCIDENT ON THE ROYAL CANAL.—FIVE LIVE@ LOST.—The passage-boat which was about leaving Longford for Dublin, yesterday, had her second cabin tilled with emigrants, th illends of whom collected in great nmnbers to bid them fare well. Before leaving the harbour the boat was rooted cat front the quay, to prevent any who were not passengers from getting on board, and, having been moved towards the opposite side, the crowd on the bank ran round to get to speak to their friends. On perceiving this, the passengers simultaneously rushed to the windows, and the weight being thus brought all on one side caused. the beat to lurch, the water rushed in at the windows, and, to the.con. ilision to escape, we lament to say that five persons weisriliwtaied: There can be no blame attached to any of the office the Canal Company. The caastrophe was purely accidental.' vas 0 /ting solely to the anxiety of those on board rushing to one side of the beat whereby she was over.balanced.—Dithlfa ErefZino Past. ELECTION NEws.—As a proof of the importance which is attached to the Registration, we may mention that we Saar at tilt dear of a marine store shop, ail iron grate, having 01111 in large letter the wad " Register."—Pet?vi. - ---~ VT. vrii. Dy oruca, ED. AIME, Seeretary. It h Bai n - street, March 6, 1848. 1,10 4:4 4 4 1N, I tklk- ' DON MARBLE AND STONE os,„ , ...,G t ,„ gliZr (.., , uIIPANY, Esher-street, Holywell-street, Milbank, s, rqalty s * L ablished 1821), are enabled, with their PATENT Vty Pkr,; ,it t : o execute Chimney Pieces, Monuments, Tablets, IN t ablti t r e, and every description of such Work, with an b hei ti ti l t! ec,,, t 7 of execution, beauty and durability of Polisk, and like . 4 C z u .Whlch cannot be obtained elsewhere. tl y ill ihe i i nlited to inspect their extensive SHOW-ROOMS, k 8 4 tiaiVest stock in this country. , th cklot.4 - 0 /) , P „ li ed with every description . of Rough Slab Blocks, Net',4l7 he a ;„ u ineks sentto the Works cut to order. Pt'4f 4l4 ) ,. a - 7,,. 4 f., t e in copying the Address, to prevent impost- Cil kn lCe -a Ting no connexion with any other Establish r, Es her - street. k Establish -0 .„, k it ) , t °0 444 3 4 4 0 11 , 4 1 -ARE MPTORILY SOLD, pursuant MatlrtlNOSt - R or the HIGH COURT of CHANCERY, made in le IV 1 % 1 . ,/ o . h,_,.10„ one TYNDALL, with the approbation of o>,,',gboi o 4, one of the Masters of the Court, at the Auction c" ,, li f bzi,' lity. t r li n ew-lane, in the City of London, on MONDAY, the `gyp I.LitLsri; 1 845, , at two of the clock in the Afternoon,. the ''' th"'ee D v O ' a GENTLEMAN in the 45th year of his age, Lo,tl t t Go., ' `-ant. ConFolidated Annuities, stending in the , L.'ilt No- rilor nnd Company of the Bank of England, in the r 4l 4r Of the marriage settlement of the gentleman. , t "Ir k tai,erwnditions of sale may be had (gratis) at the said \.,444; of dory, Southampton-buildings, Chancery-lane, London : 'KC 1i,5,, , ,Y, Faulkner, and Co., Solicitors, Bedford-row, I) ll :af ice. • Lyon, Barnes, and Ellis, Spring-gardens ; and ........__ I n.