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'aga r a )11, an na, th• IT V"' wife °f r --- 0..1 0 1 , g i CONTRACT FOR WHOLE WHEATEN MEAL. Department of the C omp t ro ll er f or Vi ctua lli ng an d T rans p or t TR Sorvires, ! 17. E COMMISSIONLaS for E.X.EUUTiNC'. the OFFICE of LORD lIIGII ADMIRAL of the UNITED I ki DOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRELAND, do hereby give e, that on THURSDAY, the 11th instant, at Oue o'clock, they be ready to treat with such Persons as may be willing to FACT for supplying and delivering into her Majesty's Victu ireteres At DEPTFORD, 2,688 SACKS of WHOLE IVIIEATEN s BAraple of *N. the Meal, and the Conditions of the Contract, m ay `" the said °Me e . N o Tender will be received after One uz . ..A on the day of treaty, nor any noticed, unless the party at -17 411 agent for Mil dul authorized in writing. 1,2 1 7 Tender must be a ds ressed to the Secretary of the jr:Ttelty, and bear in the :eft hand corner the words "Tender for must also be deliverei at Somerset-place, accompanied is t t ud " e t' r t. signed by two res p ons ibl e persons , eng aging to be,ome talae, Z i the Person tend er i ng , i n t h e sum o f 25/. per cent. on the r the due performance of the Contract. E MPL OYMENT. — Persons having a little time ne ln I:::;:::retpbaere are apprised that AGENTS continue to be appointed t0;,;.t , 1k and country towns to the EAST INDIA. TEA COM SALE of their celebrated TEAS. Offices, 9, Great St t: g Chur eb - Yard, Bisbopsgate-street. They are packed In leaden _ l tarkei 0 „' r°11, an ounce to a pound, with the price and weight me; Paeket, and but little trouble is occasioned by the the] 4.44 O nly license required is I Is. per annum, and many during S at 29 Yean have realised considerable incomes by the agency, Is, let or loss. 44111 eaticat to be made, if by letter, post paid bon. LARD LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. (Constituted by Act of Parliament, 1825.) Ilia a GOVERNOR. race the Duke of BUCCLECCII and QUEENSBERRY. The RI DEPUTY-GOVERNOR. Tv, Ri g h t Ron. the Earl of ELGIN and KINCARDINE. NattiAb E ,Filt - FIRST ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the leni kw 'w LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY was held within the ' l > of 3, George-street, Edinburgh, on Monday, the 15th 'nth th e - arl 1847, in the terms of the Act of Parliament by Ja3gu., Co m pany is constituted. MONCRIEFF MELVILLE, Elm., in the Chair. Alt 7 4;" on he progress of the Company's business during the Salts we Yea submitted by the Directors, in which the following re- T he 2a coMmunicated lati t 4 , 7 Policies issued from the 15th of November, 1845, to the .. 652 th e Z ve nMer, 1846, the Company's business year, amount to "led mbar of pro ale made to the Company during the same Th e ting 763. props i5:364 7 - o Unt of new Assurances, covered by the 592 new Policies 0, 441°,11 1. t " 9 ,, L , 75 *, 10(1 . (an average of 6251. for each Policy) ; the ' 1°4 51 ti; Assurances applied for during the year being rev • en,, • Ane of the Company is upwards of 120,0001. per annum. leiteid ereb ra have been moderate, both in number and amount, an d Cealpi n „ Ikea than shown by the mortality tables on which the of th e 4 ca lculations are founded. The results in other branches The bu s t n „ ess have been favourable. and h u ","eal of the Commercial Life Assurance Company of Scot ear heireu transferred to the Standard Company duriug the p ast The b eing 1 11 ,4 98 Policies, covering about 200,000/. of assirance, an b ust : t ion to the new business of the year above reported. was new of the York and London Assurance Company, which • hit s a i i T i i',"erred to the Standard Compan in 1844, development s nues to exiti- The act ° l 7 results in its prog ressive . b un _re , f then alluded to the g great extension of the Company's i h — En stland generally, and to the rapid progress of the Com also in Ix eland. va, ‘ Y in _th e .,ing success of the Branch Office opened by the Com "' Local w Was subject of qpngratuiation, and the establishment The figt owi „ l in Aberdeen and Inverness were reported. Davi d Directors were elected Eagt Mi th, Esq., W.S., Edinburgh. Jjenuesllenderson, Esq., Merchant, Edinburgh. E ° . ,ndle, Esq., Perth. —ul asaY, Esq., Lawrence Ponutney-lane, London. BY order of the Directors, „The t e ,„,,, WILT TAM THOS. TITO'MSON, Manager. d t ae ben,r_uard Life Assurance Company is so constituted as to . affor i end f o 'Z'a of Life Assurance to all who may seek its protection n . t,.;l7 h icia la best suited to attain the particular object in view , Zatts ''' s e WhO look to the advantage to be derived b y wa y of .aer e etheir Policies from the favourable results of the business, 0 1 :1e n nen ., er Y inducement to connect themselves with tho Company. ed Onthe c ontributions demanded for Life Policies have be en the C ote r, ° Most approved information as to the value of life, a n d I 4 it. t/nl ber), an d., hav e Published an extensive set of Life Tables (18 i n forth its terms for all ordinary transacti, , ns, so t ha t nOnn s r "" are fully before the public. 1 104...,_ additions to Policies have been declared on three occa- Th e 41 835 , in 1840, and in 1845. g are examples of the additions made : ""c3' of 1825 for £l.OOO i ncr eased to £1,600 0 8 Do. 1830 do. do. 1,412 10 0 Do. 1835 do. do. 1,225 0 0 4 4:1 4 I '. 1840 do. do. 1,087 IO 0 •de,,,,,..resigation of the Company's affairs, and a division of pro 11.—"nade every fi ve years the next being in 1850. • 1.14, Li r aY'stein ._ of bonus being . an advantageous ono for Policy-holders, Whi t t, Zwire of the Standard Company, in fixing the mode of division the e 7 have adopted, gave the subject much attention , and after Ithe 1,7,' Particular inquiry ' into the practice of other Companies iolt ow a t i. , divided profits, they adopted the survivorship principle t he Equitable Society of London, under which system a k -- ,:ccu known to realise at death six or seven tim - s its of a m ount . The Standard Company do not hold out the pro. similar results as regards the amount of additions to their uoflies, for there are peculiarities in the arrangements of the Lon trkehquitable conferring Class Benefits, and there were advantages t :rfte in its e ar li er years , w hi c h are not in the present day •Irred any °Mee But it is the principle of division which is re totti„ as common to both Companies, and which has been highly , r e lve to th e production of the great results alluded to. °a terms and conditions of Assurance the Directors of the grd Company have directed their particular attention, satisfied ._“°' More liberal these are made, the wider will the practice of durance be extended, PETER EWART, Resident Secretary, 1 , 0 82, King Wililam-street. Com ilh a of proposal and every information may ho obtained at the it2 B4 , ..ra Offices, 3, George-street, Edinburgh ; 82, Kin g , DO London ; 66, Upper Sackville-street, Dublin ; 35, mt..% incent tC 4 .,, s 2liasgow ; or at any of the Agencies which are established in ''"ncinal towns of Scotland, England, and Ireland. Idt ASSURANCE.—BRITISH SOCIETY, 17, New Bridge-, MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE street, Blackfriars, London. la.. DIZECTOII.B. V.. Atkinson, Esq. Captain Twisleton Graves 'eery Wm. Beauclerk , Esq. Thomas Hamber, Esq. •thry Charles Curtis, Esq. John Lodge, Esq. ..• Godwin, Esq., F.R.S., F.S.A. Lieutenant-Colonel Montresor t:William Gore George Alfred Walker, Esq. HE BRITISH MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY entertains proposals of any deserip --. involving the contingency of human life. Pro' t he ....Pectuses and every information may be had on a pp lication at 'gme, 17, New Bridge-street, Blackfriara. ___ CHARLES JAMES THICKE, Hesitant Secretary. * -3 74410NAL, LOAN_ FUND_ LIFE ASSUR AI= sottLerf 26 CORNHILL, LONDON. - Capital £560,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament ..istitution embraces important and subs tantial ' ad 114 1 , ,"Pect to Life Assurances ant Deferred Ann uities. The let t „_ii all occasions, the power to borrow, without ex pense . ai r f r -11.1"re of the Policy , two-thirds of the premiums paid (soeT • able o ) the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion if his la "'Ms to meet ether conveniences or necessity. 14 711 8 UranceS for terms of years are granted on the lowest possible DIVISION OF PROFITS. 1211 remarkable success ant increasing prosperity if the Society iZenabled the Directors, at the last annual investigation, to declare otrtirth bonus, varying from 35 te 85 per cent. on the premiums p aid "A Policy effected ea the Profit scale. EXAMPLES. ;?. ~; 1 4 Bens Donis in Assured Premium ' --; a dded.. j Cash. 5 : . 4; ' 1 may g !Sorrow. • !!. £ cc 1837 2217 15 1 XlOO 0 ll'Xl6 0 41X445 0 0 LO 1838 192 3 0 87 1 41 18 10 2? 395 11 1 0 4 1839 165 11 10 74 19 1 11 3 1 346 2 3 • 1840 116 7 6, 54 0 101 716 10 296 13 4 .1841 111 6 8' 49 10 0; 710 4 ; 247 4 5 Tate 4 14, 1 ;lsion of profits is annual, and the next will be made in of the present year. ---_ F. FERGUSON CASIROUX, Secretary. COM MERCIAL TRAVELLERS' SUB• POOR IN FOR THE RELIEF OF THE DESTITUTE The LA IRELAND AND SCOTLAND. keeps C °ramittee appointed to carry into effect the above laudable Particularly request that Commercial Gentlemen and Inn -11114.,_t0 whom Subscription Lists have been sent, will return them 'llti t a ,,.. l Y.together with the amounts collected, to Mr. R. ALLEN, Th. U u RY" OFFICE NOTTINGHAM, the Honorary Secretary. The nbscription Lists being all numbered consecutively and regis ba etA o lt : requested that where they are no t used, the numbers may and returned by post. - --.......f" t- office Orders to be made payable to Richard Allen. CALEDONIAN RAILWAY. 11,A,L A L t he FOURTH ORDINARY HALF-YEARLY GE- Ax RA ILWAY of the IREHOLDEILS of the CALEDO r_lernao—t. in COMPANY, ' held ' in pursuance of public Adver sew ibb s Royal Hotel, Edinburgh, on SATURDAY, the 27th a tc.,....4 o ll 4 3KAT h( F if r ' E l i al 7 E , sq l B , 4 7, at ens o'clock ; JOHN JAMES HOPE M.P., Chairman of the Company, in the .net lowing Resolutions were proposed, seconded, and alterirnously oThat the common seal of the Company be affixed to the re 4. „_snareholders now produced. g at . Aliat the reports of the Directors and Engineers, and the klop; n : d e , nt !_o.f receipts and expenditure now read, be received and Th e ~,21 11(1 printed and circulated among the shareholders. liteethuatittriaf having intimated that the Extraordinary General Chai r .ug , would take place at Two o'clock ; and, having left the It was resolved unanimously, that the cordial thanks of the Meet to the Chairman and Directors tor the able manner in cui rin - um* , have conducted the affairs of the Company, and to the en for his conduct in the chair. Arid at _an EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEE TING of the ' L- esktEIIOLDERS of the COMPANY , h eld in like manner, same Place and day, at Two o'clock— wjOHN J. HOPE JOHNSTONE , Esq., M.P. in the chair, , resolved unanimously,— ift. That this Meeting sanctions and approves of the proposed Vitt Lease or Guarantee of the Scottish Central Railway, an d s its nchee, by this Company, in conjunction with the London nd •oorth.Western and Lancaster and Carlisle Railway Companies, and authorises the Directors to apply to Parliament, and to do all other lets that may be necessary for carrying the same into effect. 2d. That this Meeting sanctions and approves of the proposed Lease or Guarantee of the Wishaw and Cohness Railway by this Company, and authorises the Directors to apply to Parliament, and to do all other acts that may be necessary, for carrying the same into `Sect. 3 d. That this Meeting sanctions and approves of the proposed I . l . groement for a lease of, er amalgamation of , the Glasgo w, Kilin, r- TIE, and Ardrossan Railway and its Branches with th s Railway, authorises the directors to apply to Parliament, and to do all "then acts that may be necessary for carrying the same into effect. J. J. H. JOHNSTONE, Chairman. Cal edonian Railway Office. 122, Prince's-street, Edinburgh, 27th February, 1847. CALEDONIAN RAILWAY. LOANS ON DEBENTURES. !) Caledonian Railway Company are prepare d to receive Tenders Loans on Debentures, in sums of not less than 5001., for three or GT.."'_fars. the interest to be payable half-yearly, in Edinburgh, London, Liverpool, Manchester, er Bristol. ...enders to be addressed to the Treasurer, Edinburgh. .... By order of the Diree•ors. D. ItANKINE, Treasurer, Caledonian Railway Office, 122, Friaces-street, Edinburgh, 26th January, 1347. THE WELLINGTON SURTOUT. 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LON DON, THURSDAY EVENV rNG RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. COLCHESTER, STOUR VALLEY, SUDBURY, AND HALSTEAD RAILWAY. (Abridged from the Ipswich Express,) The half-yearly meeting of the above company was held on Friday, at the offices, High-street, Colchester; T. L. Ewen, Esq., presided. Mr. G. BANYTIME, the secretary, read the directors' report, which stated that the balance• sheet exhibited a total receipt from call and deposits of 33,365/. The expenditure left a balance of 22.514/. 6s. Dd. The engineer's report declared that the greatest amount of public benefit will be realised by the construction of the line, and that this will be effected at an unusually small cost ; that there are now engaged upon the works about 300 men, and 30 horses, which will be materially increased as the season advances for their advan tageous employment. The report was adopted, with resolutions carrying out its recommendations; and a vote of thanks having been passed to the chairman, the meeting separated. MALDON, WITHAM, AND BRAINTREE RAILWAY' On Saturday last the second general meeting of this com pany was held at the White Hart Inn, Witham. Mr. BLOOD, the solicitor to the company, read the report of the directors, which stated that the line from Maldon to Braintree had been set out by the Eastern Counties Railway Company. The notices for the purchase of the land had been served, and the works will be commenced immediately. The following gentlemen have been elected directors, to fill up vacancies which have occurred :—George Hudson, Esq., M.P., and David Waddington, Esq. The report was unanimously adopted, and the meeting broke up. CALEDONIAN RAILWAY. (Abridged from the Glasgow Herald.) On Saturday last a meeting of the shareholders of this company was held in Gibb's Royal Hotel, Edinburgh •, Mr. Hope Johnstone," of Airnapdale, the chairman of the directors, in the chair. A report was read, from which we make the folowing extracts : " The directors have much pleasure in laying before the proprietors the engineer's report as to the progress of the works ; from which it will be seen that they are in such a state of forwardness as to justify the expectation that the whole line from Carlisle to Edinburgh and to Glasgow, and to the junction with the Scottish Central Line at Castlecarry, will be completed within the next twelve months ; and that the portion of it from Carlisle to Beattock, a distance of forty miles, will be opened for the autumn traffic of the pre sent year. " After the severe contest which this company maintained in the last session of Parliament, and of which the result was detailed to the shareholders at the meeting in August, the directors hoped that they should now have been able to concentrate their attention upon the ordinary business of the company, unmolested by further opposition. In conse quence, however, of certain proceedings on the part of other railway companies, the directors wt re obliged to prepare once more for a Parliamentary contest, in order to defend the le gitimate interests of the shareholders. "The Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Company obtained their Bill last session, under repeated prof.:*ions that it au thorised a line required for local accomno:dation alone, and was neither intended nor adapted to abstract any of the traffic to which the Caledonian line w ts properly entitled to look for its success. But there have since been proposed, in connexion with the Glasgow, Dumfries, aid Carlisle or Niths dale line, and with the assent and approbation of the Ayr shire Company, several branches, which, it:Aler the pretence of maintaining possession of the country that belongs to the Nithsdale line,' would tend directly to divert a consider able amount of the traffic which the. Caledonian Company have always considered themselves peculiarly entitled to ac commodate. Thus it was distinctly stated in the reports of the directors of both these companies that, by means of one of these lines communicating with the Crawick branch of the Nithsdale Railway, ' a new route will be afforded be tween Carlisle, Glasgow, and the north of Scotland, only about four miles longer than by the Caledonian Railway, and presenting gradients of an infinitely superior character to that line.' availing themselves, in lieu of such dividend, of the dividend which may be paid by the amalgamated company. It has however, been intimated by the directors of the Kilmarnock and Ardrossan Company, that "it is their opinion that the proposed terms of amalgamation will not be ratified by the shareholders of that company." The CHAIRMAN moved that the directors be authorised to conclude au arrangement on the terms formerly offered. They were not prepared to recommend a fixed guarantee. . . This was agreed to. The motion of which Mr. Bridges had given notice, viz., that " there be a total cessation of traffic on this railway on the Lord's day," was postponed. A SHAREHOLDER inquired if any offer of a lease had been made to the Caledonian itself, or was likely to take place. The CHAIRMAN replied that no offer of a lease had been made. This was not a point which the directors bad at all pressed forward. The proper time had not yet arrived for offering a transfer of this great concern ; and they con ceived it would be better to show what the real magnitude of the traffic would be before they entered into any arrange ment of this kind. The meeting then separated. PUBLICATIONS. Now read, price Is. ALETTER to LORD JOHN RUSSELL on the RECLAMATION of WASTE LANDS in IRELAND 1) 1 showing the inexpediency of adopting the Plan proposed by G. P. Scrope, Esq., M. r. By RIGBY WASON, Esq. 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Physiolegy, and Diseases of the Urinary and Reproductive Organs, exidaining their various structures, uses, and flinctions, and showing the injuries that are produced in them, by solitary habits, and other exesses. With Practical Observations on the Treatment of Nervous Debility, Local and Constitutional Weakness, and ether diseases of the Urethra. • By SA 9, MEL L AILERT, CONS sqULTING SURGEON, Bedford-street, Bedford-uare, London; Matriculated Member of the University of Edinburgh, nOnOrary Member of the Londe' Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate Apothecaries' Hall, London, ttc., Ste. CONTENTS 07 THE TREATISE. CHAPTER 1. On the Philosophy of Marriage, with its Hindrance and Obligations, and o n Infelicitous and Unproductive Unions.— CHAPTER 2 . On the Anatomy and Physiology of the Generativ , Organs, their functions, structures, and secretions, proving that grea Mental and Physical Power are dependant upon their healthy on acti tht on —Clunks 3. 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It has been made by special command for their Royal Highnesses Prince Albert, Prince George of Cambridge, Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, his Grace the Duke of Wellington, and the several royal visitors to the British Court. 3. InanL.onDdoricit can n c only be purchased of the patentees, H. d Liverpool, Dawbarn and Son , Bold-street ; Cornhill. for D A ub g l e i n o, ts co for tailors, 114, Regent-stree t, and 22, t . Maciona, Molesworth-street ; fo r Birmingh Son, New-street; and the princ i p al tailors iain,nWoathreeirnglaarngdo towns. LIE DESTITUTE POOR.--The number of unfortu nate applicants at the different refuges for the houseless, dur ing the last week, show an amount of distress in the metro polis unprecedented for many years. On Saturday evening the number of inmates in the City Refuge, in Playhouse yard, Whitecross-street, was 453, of whom 150 were women and children, and 303 men. At least two-thirds of the appli cants for relief were Irish, who are every day becoming more numerous, whilst:they form a larger majority than has ever before been known since the opening of the establishment. At the Eastern Asylum, in Glasshouse-yard, on Saturday night, there were 473 inmates, and the accommodation being quite full, upwards of fifty more unfortunate applicants were ad mitted gratuitously into the Model Lodging House, adjacent. At the `Vest End Asylum, in Upper Ogle-street, 285 were ad mitted, being the highest number which this establishment can receive. On Monday the applicants were equally nume rous, and of a very destitute character. Dispatches were sent off last evening, from the Colonial office, for the Governor-General of Canada, and also for the Governors of the other North American Provinces. RYE MEAL.—Large orders, both on Government and merchants' account, have been executed in the Russian ports of the Baltic, and now only await the breaking up of the ice for the vessels to come to England. The quantities bought are what may be called immense.—Dublin Pilot. [ADYERTISEMENT.I EXTRAORDINARY EFFECT ON LIVES AND STOMACII COMPLAINTS BY HOLLOWAY'S PlLLS.—Extract of a letter, dated 30, Princes-street, Glasgow, February 18, 1847. "Professor Holloway—Sir, I have ;aken your pills for a disease of the liver and stomach, from which I had long sufferei. When I com menced the use of them I was in a most wretched condition, and, h in u e t speA ting, they have saved my life. I had consulted many dutacaullYmen to no purpose. lam now perfectly restored to health, to the surprise of all who witnessed the state to which I had been reduced by I , vi di 2 o 7:l? " Ca...IMES a s i f o e l c d t Iu g te D i ru iv g e g r is a t 871 and t a m t a P c h r 0 . fes ( s S or ign ll e o d l ) - lowers Establishment, 244, str an d , London. "Your directors are happy in being able to state that their exertions have already bten so far successful that the Bill for carrying this project into effect has been thrown out upon standing orders. They were more particularly inter,sted in this matter, as they always intended to accommodate the important districts of Lesmahagow, Dougla , , Strathaven, and Dalserf by branches, which will not only nrove remune rative in themselves, but can also be worked with greater economy and convenience in connexion with the Caledonian line than with any other. They have accordingly applied to Parliament for powers to construct branches, which have been laid out so as to afford the greatest possible facilities and accommodation to the very extensive mineral resources of the district. The directors are happy to add that their measures have received the cordial support of the Duke of Hamilton, Lord Douglas, and other influential proprietors on the line. These branches will have the advantage of affording ready access to Edinburgh and Glasgow from that part of the country, and passengers or minerals destined for the south will obtain access to the main line at Carnwath. " The directors formerly reported that the committee of the Rouse of Lords last session, in rejecting the Canobie branch of the Nithsdale line, intimated that the construction of branches in the district to the east of the Caledonian Rail way might properly be left open to this Company. Notwith standing this intimation, the Nithsdale Company have re newed their application for a branch to Canobie, and have .one.to Brampton ; hotter which branches it ol a IA Pen thiiiNenair, - ' ti tie n e directors have made preparations for opposing these hostile schemes, and they have renewed their application for branches to Canobie and Langholm. They have also l in the same Bill, applied for powers to enable the Company to effect a communication with the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway by a branch which will terminate at a point near to the town of Brampton ; and they have included in this Bill side branches to the towns of Dumfries and Annan, for the purpose of affording local accommodation to the district, and without which these towns would be placed at a great disadvantage in respect to their means of communication with Edinburgh, Glasgow, and the north of Scotland. " In addition to these measures, they have applied for au- thority to enable them to enlarge and complete the Edin. burgh station, and to construct short branches to Granton, to Wilsontoun and to Broughton ; also to alter the line of the Garnkirk Railway, and to improve the Buchanan-street sta tion in Glasgow. "The directors also hope to obtain authority to effect the crossing of the Clyde, if the report of the recent Govern• meat and Admiralty Commissions shall be favourable to the scheme promoted by this company. "In connection with this last measure, the directors also propose to extend the company's station from Clyde-terrace into Dunlop-street. " It may be stated that certain influential individuals have interested themselves in promoting an amicable arrangement between the Caledonian and competing companies, and the directors are not without hope that some permanent and equitable arrangements may still be concerted. "The directors then referred in terms of regret to the death of Mr. P. M. Stewart, M.P., one of the directors, and Mr. Buller Williams, the secretary ; they had secured Mr. Fox Maule for the vacant seat at the board. "The directors, in conclusion, submit to the meeting the statement of the receipts and expenditure as at the 31st of December last. Since the date of that statement they have raised on loan to the amount of about 350,0001., which, with the sums since received on the call made at the end of last year, has enabled them to meet the heavy monthy pay ments to the contractors; and as the company are em powered by their Act to borrow to the further extent of 350,000/., the directors do not at present anticipate that it will be necessary to make any further call on the share holders for some time." The engineers' report (Messrs. Locke and Errington), dated 20th of February, was then read. It detailed the satis factory progress of the works. The total number of men em ployed is 11,500, and there are about 950 horses at work. This number will also be considerably increased when the masons and platelayers resume their work after the frost. The report concluded by stating : " Arrangements have been made for completing the Car lisle station for traffic by August next; and the contractors expect to complete that portion of the line from Carlisle to Beattock so as to obtain the autumn traffic. Whether this can be accomplished will depend much upon the season ; but there does not appear to be any one point upon which the work remaining to be done is so heavy as to prevent this por tion cf your line from being opened as proposed. It is in 4irect extension of the route by railway northwards, and may, therefore, be worked with advantage. It will also enable you to train an efficient staff for the other portions of your line. The extensive stock Of engines, carriages, waggons, and other materials required for the working of your line, is all in hand ; several of the engines are far advanced, and a proportion of engines, carriages, and waggons, sufficient for the working of the Garnkirk and Wi shaw and Coltness Rail ways, on the 4 feet si inch gauge, will be ready early in the summer." The CHAIRMAN said, that the report detailed so fully the proceedings and prospects of the company, that little was left to him, excepting to congratulate the shareholders on the thriving and prosperous state of their affairs. He moved the approval of the report. Colonel WDONALD, of Powderhall, seconded the motion. Mr. LUMSDEN, of Glasgow, proposed a vote of thanks to the chairman for his unwearied and successful exertions in promoting the company's interest, and for his conduct in the e general meeting meeting was chair. then subsequently clos e d. The motion was cordially agreed to, and the compliment a cknowledged by Mr. Hors JOHNSTONE. T SPECIAL MEETING. A h special held for certain ur p poses specified in the advertisement. Mr. Hope Johnstone in the chair. With regard to the first of the proposed lease of the Scottish Central Railway, the measnres—viz., the principal condi tions of the provisional agreement were, that the Scottish Central Railway and its branches shall be leased per petuity by the Caledonian, in conjunction with the London and North - Western and Lancaster. and Carlisle Companies, at a guaranteed rent of seven per cent. per annum, with division of the surplus profits, atter deducting expenses. The CIIAIRUAII moved that the terms of the agreement should be sanctioned. The rental, at seven per cent. amounted to 71,4001. The managing board was to consist of six directors from the Scottish Central Company, two from the Caledonian, two from the London and North-Western, and two from the Lancaster and Carlisle; the chairman and deputy-chairman were to be elected from the central section of the board. Mr. ANDERSON, of Glasgow, seconded the motion, which was agreed to. Th e CHAIRMAN then moved the acq irement of the '' u f sha an d Coltness Rail wa y , at a guarantee o 1 , 4 per cent. i upon the capital of 240,000 This was not a matter of any doubt, • d been into, the revenue for since the arrang ement ha entered had fully paid the dividend and working expenses, and the As compared with last traffic and profit were increasing. 200/. a week. se d b year, the revenue ha d increa conded the motion, which was Mr. Dickson, of Hartree, se agreed to. Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan In regard to the Glasgow, Ki that a rovisional agreement Railway, the directors stated promoters of this line, was entered into last year with t recommend the share by which the directors agreed to hereb the capital holders to authorise an ar ran g ement, s aired tor the Amounting to 700,0001., shou ld, so far e a C req rov a ledonian Stock, undertaking, be amalgamated with th ided the net profits and bear a dividend of 6 per cent. , p re turn ; with an of the line should be found to yield that Company of option to the Kilmarnock and azwavis- HULL, Maxen 3. STOCK Exclusoz..-The sales are-North British, Halves, 17 - Preston and Wyre, Halves (B), I Is. p. - Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, 2s. p.-Buc k i ng bamshire, % p.-Leeds and Thirsk, 1% dis. -Newcastle and Berwick, FI EL 331 A . D, MARC" 3. STOCK EXCIIANGL-The sales are-Amhergate, Nottingham, and Boston, Is. 6d. p.-Eastern C oun ties, York Extension, % p.-Leeds and Thirsic. 11. dis.-Ditto , Preference, 1% p. - Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (Grimsby and Sheffiold i, 201. Shares, 1% die.- Ditto, ditto, Docks, 2% dis.- Ditto (Sheill , Id and Lincoln), 245. dis. -Midland, New, 3/. 18$. 6d.-West Riding Union, 2 p. EDINBURGH, MARCO 2. STOCK EXCTIANOE.-The sales are- Aberdeen, 23/. 55.-Airdrie and Bathgate, 4/. Is.-Arbroath and Forfar, 281.-Ditto, Half Shares, 151.-Ayr and Galloway, 2/. N.-Caledonian, 271. 25.-Ditto, New, 21. 145.-Caledonian and Dumbarton,2'.9s.--Clydesdale Junction, 39!. 55.-Dec.Blde, 31, U.-Direct Northern, 21. s. -Dunblane, Doane, and Callender, 11. 12s. 6d.-Dundee and Arbroath, 43/. ss.- Ditto, New, No. 1, 301.-Ditto, New, No. 2, 271.-Ditto, New, No. 3, 51. 2s. 6d.-Dundee and Perth, 851.-Ditto, New Shares, 221. IN.-East of Fife. 31. 33.-East Lothian Central,; 21. 155.- Edinburgh • and Bathgate, 51. 125. U.-Edinburgh and Glasgow, 501. -Ditto, Half Shares, 201. 17s. 6d. - Ditto, Quarter Shares, 19!. 12s. 6d.-Edinburgh, Leith. and Granton, 201.-Ditto, Preference, 211.- Ditto, New, 31. U.-Ditto, Quarters, 175.-Edinburgh and Northern, 171. 155.-Ditto, New Shares, 41. 7s. W.-Ditto, Newport, 51. 19s. -Ditto, ditto. New, 21. 155.-E4lnburgh and Perth (Old), 11. 189. - Ditto (New), 31. Bs.-Ditto, Halves, 11. U.-Glasgow and Ayr shire, 651. 101.-Ditto, New Swot, 341.-Ditto, Halves, No. 1, 61. 105.-Ditto, No. 2, 81. 151-Ditto, Quarter Shares, 161. 10s.- Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 61. Is. 6d.-Glasgow and Garn kirk, 391.-Glasgow General Terminus, 121. 10s.-Glasgow and Greenock, 191.-Ditto, Halves, 91.-Ditto, Preference, St. 58.- Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 61. 65.-Great North of England, 233/. 10s.-Great North of Scotland, 2/. 145.-London and York, 3/. 12s. 6d.-Ditto, Extensions (scrip), 2/. 55.--31anchel- Ism owl 410/ 10a.-Ditto Sixteenthn, Ditto, Quarters, 4i. 1118.-untu r l. „ r ,„, ` ~, „.,. Thirds, 3/. 16s. 6d.-Ditto, Fifths, 71.-Scottish Central, 22/. 12s. 6d.-Scottish Grand Junction, 11. 4s.- Scottish Midland, 241. Shrewsbury and Hereford, 11. 12s. 6c1.-Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester, 81. 45.-Ditto, New, 11.-Stirling and Dunfermline, 3/. 18s. 6d.-Stirling and Midland, 21. 91.-Wishaw and Coltness, 481. 15s. ex div.-York and Newcastle, 361. 10s. ex new-Ditto, New, 111, 155.-Ditto, Preference, 91.-Direct Bombay and Madras, 3s. 9d. ss.-Great Southern -East Indian, 7s. 6d.-Great North of India, of Madras, 33.-Madra GL s, Nell ASGO ore, W, aMuchrcot 2.2 e. STOCK EXCHANGX. -The sales are-Caledonian, New, 52g.-Direct Bombay and Madras, 3s. 6d.-Direct Northern (scrip), 60s, -Dundee and Arbroath, New, No. 3 , 51 . Is. - Du nblane, Donne, and Callen der ,30s. 6d.-East Lothian Central, 574.-Edinburgh an d Perth (New Co.), 675. 6d.-Ditto, New, 291. -Glasgow, Kilmarnock. Mineral, d Ayr, 651 .- Ditto, Halves, No. 2, 8% -Glasgow, Harbour r . 405.-Manchester and Southampton, 225. 9d.-Scottish Cent I. 231. -Scottish Grand Junction, 275. 6d.-York and Newcastle, Prefer ence, 8%. TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. DIVIDENDS. h a ll-street. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basing E. Snowdon, plumber, Alton, Southampton, M arc h 27, at twelve. H. In the Country. Cochrane, merchant, Manchester. March 26, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court—J. 'and W. Gundry, mer chants, Goldsithney, Cornwall, March 25, at one, at the Exeter District Court—D. W. Acraman, W. E. Ac amen' A. J. Acraman, W. Morgan, T. Holroyd, and J. N. Franklin, ship builders, Bristol, March 26, at one, at the Bristol District Court—J. Graham land March 2' , sen., bookseller, nwick,Nhumber ' 3 ? at half-past ten, at the Newcastle -upon• Tyne District Court—T. Taylor, grocer. Newcastle -upon Tyne, March 25, at one, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court—J. Spencer, worsted piece manufacturer; 1 Bradford, Yorkshire, March 25, at eleven , at the Lee d s Dis trict Court—W. and ar ch 2, T. Wrigley, worste d spinners M at eleven, at the Leeds District ' . w oollen at R. Buckley, llen cloth manufacturer, Saddleworth, Yorks hire, March 24, at ll eleven, at the Leeds District Court — iron- E. odgson , monger, Richmond, Yoikshire, March 24, a t eleven, at the Leeds District Court—J. B. Oram, maltster, Birmingham , March 18, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Cou rt. CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be s hown to th contra Ty, day herein mentioned. N. Daniel, dentist, on the Charlotte-street, Fitzroy-square, March 25—A. J. Hoffstaedt, merchant, Billiter-street, !let": church-street, March 24—J. Wordhead, shoe dealer , T . ll morden, Yorkshire, March 24—F. Clark, jewel case maker, George-street, Adel phi, March 25-4. malts' er, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, March 23—J. Graham, sm., b00k ...-J• Dredge, seller, Alnwick, Northumberland, March 25 • Mousebuilder, hotel keeper, Liverpool , March 23--,L lay, l merchant, North Brixton, March 23—C. 11. Purnell, coaMarchl merc hant, 23 Liverpool. March 23—W. B ott l e , grocer, Dover, Yorkshire, W. C. Thornton, machine maker, Birstal, Wellclose-square, March 23 --5. Lamont, sh ip owner, 1 d- lace, March 23—C. Burrell, cheesenionger, Northumber an p Commercial-road, Match :l.i. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOI,NED. T. E. Pickford, R. Heywood, and J. s bwanwick, commi sion agents, I-I anchester * (so tar as regards R. Heywou ) d C. Collick and R. Worsley, chemists, 'Upper Thames -street — W. Ainsworth, jun., and NV. Johnson, c otton spinners, Wigan, Lancashiro-3. Green and J. Powell, grocers, Pembroke dock, Pembrokeshire —J. Bannister anW. Kaye, double 1 —W G and J. R twist yarn manufacturer, Huddersfield W. U. • -,d ing, fish-hook manufacturer, Redditch, Worcestershire --M. B. Beverley, B. Beverley, J B roo ke, J. Johnson , W. Nes ham, jun., S. Stobart, 'G. South , j un., W. Swan. C. J. Pringle, and J. Walker, coal merchants, Trimdon, Durham (so far as regards J. 1 Walker' —W. Morrish, sen., and W. Bristol—J. o—J t 1 . V at•l e and G. Morrisb, jun. , p rovision factors, J. E. Newsom, Acton, auc tioneers, York—J. andwsorn, grocers, tand ' Southwark —J. Mabbot S. Hatfield, prin ters. High-street, Roberts and T. Gomm, m 1 Milton, Kent —J. a tsters, Bir- S. Dewburst mingham—R. Lupton and T. J. ___ . r , , printers, Burnley, Lancashire —W W. • 11. nodding , J • N. mote, and G L. Nelson, U r Ground- stre G. L. cement tnanufacturere, ppe • , ..._ . et, Blackfriars (so H. Hodding)-0. B far as regards W. icknell and B. W il- Strand—W. King and hams, tobacconists, er—J. Kelday and G. J. Darbyshire, accountants, Manchester —J. Woolford, p awn ., brokers, Durham -place E,n-road—T Sheard and iths Leamington Priors, . 1 W Pearce, silversmi , Warwickshire G. B. Baldwin timber I —L. R. Jones and • , merchants, Aber bighshire--W. Worster, sen., J. S. Shaw T gele, Den, T. Stubbs, S Shaw, W. Worster, • J. S. Freeman. J. • jun. ! and J. S. Shaw, J• Regent's-canal, City-basin (so far asregards w' Stubbs and T. Bland)—R the executors of a. D. Bull and J. Duke,.H and G. Taylor, drapers, BirMingliam— _ surgeons Silver draper., ' stone and Pauler p Y Di BUr , Northamptonshire—E, _ , ver r-, Saville •d, railway contractor, Ashton- uncle s e ani D. Murgatrose _ OTCH. SEQUESTRATIONS. Ashton-under-Lowe. • W. Bleam3 re, , manufacturer, Glasgow, March 2 at twelve, at the office of zlr. Fleming, Glasgow. at G 1 las"- and April 6, Robert Rogers, ironmonge , y asgow, March 8 and A • at two, at the chambers of Mr. oung, Glasgow. April 5, PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed from the returns made in the week ending February 23, 1847, is 365. 5 thd. per cwt. RATES (E N GLAND AND WALES.)—The amount of all rates (other t han Poor-rates) levied in England and Wales, in the year 1843, (as shown by a large Par liamentary volume , printed FA issued on Friday), was 1,575,5r3i ____ . 15s. i .od. Of this, 1,531,150/. 12s. 80. was levied in England, and the rest in Wales. Of this was the amount s received fromChurch sum 254,068. rate; in England. and 8,601/. in Wales. The total amount, other than for the relief of the poor, expended in 1843 was 706,3041. in England and Wales. Of this total, 12,0451. were the amount of registration expenses. During the same year there was exp ended out of the rates levied in England 'and Wales 301,6201, for gaol expenses and maintenance of prisoners; 314,698/. county expenses; 69,390'. for coroners; 1 561,655/. county-rates; . and 279,512/. for the administration of justice and prosecution of prisoners. We regret to learn that his Grace the Duke of Argyll is indisposed at his seat, near Inverary, Argyleshire. The Marquis and Marchioness of Lorn are staying with the venerable Peer.—.Caledonian Mercury. The declaration contained two counts, the first alleging a sale of the scrip to the defendant generally, and a non acceptance by him. The second count alleging a retainer by the plaintiff of the defendant, as broker, to sell the said scrip for the plaintiff for certain commission and reward, in the way of his business as a broker; in consideration whereof he (the defendant) promised the plaintiff to be re sponsible to him for the payment of the price of the said scrip when sold, with allegations of the tender, and non acceptance of the scrip. The defendant pleaded general pleas; first the general issue, and then traverses of all the material averments in the declaration, with a special plea setting out that since the making the promises in the decla ration mentioned, and before the tender of the scrip, the con tract had been dissolved, by the company having changed their capital from 600,0001. to 900,0001., and also altered the deposit, and thereby voided the contract which had been en tered into by the defendant. It appeared by the statement of the Learned Counsel for the plaintiff, and the witnesses called in support of his case, that the plaintiff and the defendant were sharebrokers, car rying on business at Southampton, and that in the early part of October, 1845, the plaintiff applied to the defendant to sell for him scrip for fifty shares in the Oxford, Newbury, An dover, Manchester, and Southampton Junction Railway. This he agreed to do, and on the 16th of that month sold them to a Mr. Mackay, a solicitor, in Southampton (who was the pro moter of the line), at a premium of 21. ss. per share. The allotment was not made until the 31st, and on the 29th of November the scrip was tendered by the plaintiff's solicitor to the defendant, and the money for the same demanded, but the defendant refused to receive the same, saying that he had sold the shares to Mr. Mackay, and that as soon as Mr. Mackay paid him, he would pay the plaintiff. Mackay, however, having got into difficulties, and the scrip being down in the market, refused to accept the shares and pay for the same ; whereupon the present action was brought against the defendant, on the ground that, according to the usage amongst ..leeniEeree ha WAR r_ARIVRIIA 49 the plaintiff for the value of. sucn usage amongst - - On cross- examination of the plaintiff's witnesses, it was elicited that there were only three sharebrokers in South ampton, including the plaintiff and the defendant , and als o that after the sale of the scrip, and before the tender of the same, the committee of management of the railway had, by the advice of their engineer, increased their capital from 600,0001. to 900,000 L, and also altered the deposits from 2/.55. per share to 2/. 2s. Mr. COCKBURN submitted, on the part of the defendant, that there was no case to go to the jury. First, he contended, that the first count in the declaration was not proved, as it was clear that the defendant acted purely as a broker, and did not buy the scrip for himself, but merely acted as agent between the parties ; and as to the second count, that there was no usage whereby to charge the defendant, as a broker, with the responsibility of paying for the scrip unless he had received the money from the party to whom it had been sold ; he also submitted that the scrip te ndered was not the articl bargained for, as the capital in the railway had been changed, by being increased one-third, and the deposits on the shares altered from 21. ss. to 21. 2s. Mr. Justice CRESWELL, however, observed, that there was some evidence on'both counts to go to the jury, both of a sale to the defendant personally, and also of the usage to charge the defendant with responsibility, even if he sold merely as agent. With regard; to the alteration of the capital and deposit, he would reserve that point if necessary. Mr. COCKBURN then addressed the jury for the, defendant, and contended that this was an unworthy attempt, on the part of the plaintiff, to make the defendant liable in a trars action in which it was never intended that he should be liable; the real intention of the parties being that the de fendant should merely act as agent for the plaintiff in the sale of the scrip, and as soon as the money was paid to him he was to hand it over to the plaintiff. He also called wit nesses to show that the defendant had mentioned to the plaintiff the name of the person Mackay, to whom the scrip had been sold, before the sale to him, and that he had as sented to the sale to that person, and therefore, even if there was such a usage existing in Southampton as that relied on by the plaintiff, yet it could not avail here, as there was the express assent of the plaintiff to the sale to Mackay. Mr. CROWDER. having replied, Mr. Justice CRESWELL left it to the jury to say, first, whether the defendant agreed to by the scrip for himself; and, secondly, if they did not, whether they thought there was such a known usage in Southampton between the brokers as would make the defendant responsible to the plaintiff for the sale of the scrip ; for even if t hey thought this, still they were to consider whether the plaintiff had not assented to the sale to Mackay ; and, if so, they would find their verdict for the defendant. The jury, after a short consideration, found their verdict for the defendant generally. This was the only case of any interest tried during the day, and lasted till a late hour. CROWN COURT. ---k Before Mr. Justice WILLIALats.) James Board was charged with having, on the 7th of Ja nuary last, burglariously broken and entered the dwelling house of the guardians of the poor of the parish of St. Mary's, Southampton, and stolen therefrom six pounds weight of pork and other articles. There was a second count in the indictment, laying the burglary to be committed in a build ing within the curtilege of the said dwelling. Mr. Saunders conducted the prosecution ; the priSoner was undefended. It appeared from the evidence adduced on the part of the prosecution that there was a bread room attached to the workhouse and adjoining it, in which bread and other pro visions were kept. There had been an iron grating fixed in the wall of this room, but shortly before the 7th of January it had been stolen therefrom, upon which the hole was built up with bricks and mortar which was not dry at the time of the present robbery. The room was duly locked on the night of the 7th of January, but on the following morning it was discovered that the bricks with which the hole in the room had been stopped up, had been removed, and an aperture made large enough to admit the person of a man. It was also found that 'a quantity of salt pork, beef, and nine loaves of bread had been stolen. On inquiry being made, it was ascertained that the prisoner had been seen on the morning of the robbery jumping over a wall of the deanery, at about 200 yards from the workhouse. He was then seen to stoop down and pick up something heavy, and carry it away. Traces of wet salt were found at this place, leading from the wall to the bread-room, and also from the wall to a house in the neighbourhood, and on a policeman who was making the search entering the house, he found the prisoner there, and also a large piece of beef in the cupboard. A woman c p a r l i l a e o d o , e r a , n d w h s o t a h t e a d d t u b d t t t h h e a t b e h e e f who brought lived in t t h h e e r h e o ü b s y e w t h a e s w b r a s o ught it from on boar fo d u s u h d i p a . t t l h t e w p a l s a o a e l also proved here th the been tthere were some foot-tracks h . e shoes worn by the prisoner at the time in wenitshiont been traced, which coorfrehsipaoanpdperdeh told them that perhaps it was not sufficiently Mr. Justice Wieuaats,suninfinupthecasmeatdoetohuetjtuhryat, • on er of thecommitted larceny if they:: thought might the conv ict the pr is a burglary had been , but still that the evidence sufficient. however, to the surprise of the who le c o urt, re -I,urTnheadjaarvye N r dict of Not Guilty. MIDLAND CIRCUIT. —Northampton, March 3. GIBBONS v. BATTERSBY. This was an action for a libel, and a special jury case, the plaintiff, being a grocor and confectioner, and also a win. 3 and spirit merchant, in Stamfoi.d, and tho defendant the proprie tor of the Lincolnshire Chronicle, in which manner in article which a drink d - ing-room in the plaintiff's house was conducted. Verdict for the plaintiff. —Damages 2001. With this case finished the business of the Northampton assizes, the lightest assize that has been known here for some time. HOME CIRCUIT. —Hertford, March 3. The commission tor this empty was opened on Tuesday by Chief Justice Wilde, and this morning business was pro ceeded with in both C?urts, Lord Chief . Justice Denman pre siding on the Civil side, and Sir T. Wilde in the Crown Court. The business is very light, as, although twenty RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS• BRISTOL, are—Great M e— ar r n eat 3. STOCK Excnasoz.—The sales W es t e rn Halves, IS — Ditto, Quarters, 28—Ditto, New, B%—Manchester an d Leads, Thirds. 3% p.—Manchester and Southampton, P A—Midland, New, 354 —Ditto, New, 6—Ditto, 6 pe r cen t. (Birmingham and Glouces ter), 124 South Devon, 334 --York and Newcastle, Pre ference, 9. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 3. STOCK EXCHANGR.—The sales a re —Ambergate and Eastern Junc tion, % p.—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire, Bs. 9 d. p.—Bir mingham and Oxford Junction, 9% p.—Blackburn, Clitheroe, and North-Western, par — Buckinghamshire, Its. 3d. p.—Caledonian, Halves, % p.—Dundee and Perth, 15 p..—East Lincolnshire, 24 p.— Ditto, 3 4 p.—Ditto, New (Scrip), 31s. 3d.—Edinburgh and Glasgow, 80—Great Northern (Nos. 1 to le5,000), Bs. 9d. p.—Ditto (Nos. 109,001 and upwards), P.— Huddersfield Canal and Railway, 3% p.—Leeds and Thirsk, 13( dis.—Ditto, New, % P.---Ditto, Prefer ence, 31s. 3d. p London mid North-Western, 185 ex div.—Ditto, Grand Junction Quarters, 14 14 p. ex div.—London, Manchester, and Birmingham, Quartem(C). 6% IL's ~div.-,Manchester and Leeds (late Had, and Sheff.), 5 p.—Disacw, 821, Mares (late Extenslon),3l4 p.—Manchoster, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (late Great Grimsby and Sheffield), 201. Shares,l% dis.—Midland, 122—Ditto, 401. Shares, 5% p.—Ditto, New, 3% p.—North Staffordshire, 3 1 4 p.—North Union (A), 217 ex div.—Preston and Wyre, Halves (II), % p. Scottish Central, 7 p.— Scottish Midland, 8% p.—shrewsbury and Birmingham, 91. 125. 3d. Shares (B), % p.— South-Easteni and Dover, New, No. 4,5 ; p.—West Riding Union, 1% p.—Dublin and Drogheda, Thirds, 5% dis. MANCHESTER, Masai 3. STOCK Excnewog.—The sales are—Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, 1 / 4 —Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction, % Birmingham and Oxford Junction, 94 —Blackburn, Clitheroe, 1 / 4 p. c. new—Ditto, Preferentials, 11/4 p.—Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton, 1 c. n.— Eastern Counties, Perpetual, No. 2, 7—East Lan cashire, New (scrip), 11 —Edinburgh and Glasgow, 80—Ditto, Quar ters, 19%—Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding Junetion, % Great Northern (late London and York), Reg., 5.16 Hudders field and Manchester Railway and Canal, 3% p.— Manchester and Leeds, Halves (late Ilud. and Sheff.), 4% —Ditto, 32/. Shires (late Extensions), 3N —Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (('lrmsby 20/. Shares), 114 —Ditto (Sheffield and Lincolnshire), 1 1-16—Man chester and Southampton, 15s. 6d.—North Staffordshire, 3 5-16 Oldham Alliance, % —Preston and Wyre, Halves (B), 1 / 4 —Shrews bury and Birmingham (A), 14 —Shropshire Union, 11-16—West Riding Union, 1 15-16 p.—Wharfdale, LEEDS, MAUCH 3. Srock ExcniNGE.—The sales are —Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, 2s. Gd. p.--Eastern Counties (York Extension), lOs p.—East r . Lancashire, p New, 1 2 e :As feld a D i i i t d t o New es ( t seer: Thirds, (scrip), 5 1) si p _c a d s L t . e p and d_s West Yorkshire, 10s. p.—Great Northern (late, Louden and York), and Dewsbury, Branches Scrip (blue), 214 p.—Ditto, Extensions Scrip (green), 15s. p.--Ditto, New Extensions Leeds and Thirst:, 114 dis.—Ditto, New, 2s. Gd. dis.— Ditto, Pre ference, 30s. Gd. p.— Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland, I Is. dis.—Let cester and Beciford,3s. dis.—Malton and Driffield Junction, 28s. c. p. —Manchester and Leeds, 32/. Shares (late Extension), 31. 3s. p. — Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 163. c. p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (late Great Grimsby and Sheffield), 4 n. dis.—North British, Thirds, 545. p.—Ditto, Extensions (scrip), 15s. p. —North Staffordshire, 3 p.—Northern Counties Union, 265. dis.—North-Western, 85. p•—Sheffield and Rotherham, 8 p.—Shef field, Rotherham, and Goole, ss. p.—South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole, 7s. Gd. p.—Soatli Wales, 04 dis.— , v est itidow Union, 1% p. _Wharf dale ale Junction, Is. p. — Yo rk and North Midl and , Prefer ence, 10!4 p. S 1 17 Ny MARCH 4, 1847. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—Durham, March 2. This morning the learned judges proceeded to the county courts at noon. Mr. Baron Alderson proceeded to charge the grand jury in the Crown Court, while Mr. Baron.Relfe com menced the trial of causes.on the civil side. _ _ The cause li;t - ;;;;entsellieer; -- c;ti;es; the calendar about as many prisoners. Neither appears to be of a heavy character. There are three cases of manslaughter, which, though fatal to life, do not appear to be of a ferocious cha racter. causes are on the list, a great many of them are undefended. On the criminal side there are eighteen prisoners for trial, but, with the exception of a charge of child-murder, all the charges are of the ordinary description. The business dis posed of to-day did not possess any feature of interest to the public. OXFORD ClRCUlT.—Rcading, March 2. CIVIL SlDE.—(Bufore Mr. Justice Mena and a Common Jury.) VINES V. THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, a solicitor at Reading, to recover compensation from the defendants, for injuries done to a phaeton, through the negligent and inse• cure way in which the approaches to the station at Reading were kept on the 12th last September. Mr. G. Hardy arrived at the station at ten o'clock in the evening, where, in accordanca with a previous arrangement, the carriage, horse, and coachman of the plaintiff had been sent to await his arrival. He took his seat in the hinder part of the phaeton, the coachman driving upon the box. The carriage then proceeded along the road leading from the station into Friar-street; the horse, described as a lively animal, was startled at something supposed to be the whistle of the engine, proceeded on its journey, darted onwards, and came in contact• with a log of timber, which pro jected about twelve feet from the fence, which marked the boundary of the road. The carriage was lifted up into the air, the coachman was thrown from his seat to the ground. Mr. Hardy kept his place until the vehicle came in contact with the large gates belonging to the railway company, and which lead from Friar-street to the station. The effect of the concussion was to shiver the carriage to atoms, to injure the horse, and to throw out Mr. Hardy, and inflict a permanent injury to the joint of one of his thumbs. The Learned Counsel contended that the railway company, having dedicated a space of their ground leading to Friar street from the station to form a road, were bound to keep it reasonably secure and free from obstructions, so that passen gers to and from the railway might proceed in safety. The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 281. 165., the amount of injury done to the carriage. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice MAULE.) Henry James Page having been put to the bar, charged with uttering a counterfeit sixpenny piece, and no counsel appearing for the prosecution, his Lordship inquired the cause, and was told that the solicitor for the Mint having declined to conduct the prosecution, and the 7th Geo. IV., c 64, sec. 22, which, gave prosecutors and witnesses their costs in misdemeanours, not applying to a misdemeanour like the present, the prosecutor did not like to go to the expense of preparing a brief and feeing counsel. Mr. Justice MAULE—The fiction of law in criminal cases is, that the judge is counsel for the prisoner; but here it is sought not only to upset and to reverse that doctrine, and make counsel for the prosecution, but to throw the whole burden of the prosecution on me, and leave me to make out the best case I can against the prisoner by a careful and dili gent perusal of the depositions. But J will not do it. I will be counsel for the prisoner, and let these (the deposi tions) be handed to some counsel learned in the law. Mr. Scotland, who examined the witnessess for the pro secution, said it appeared that the prisoner on the 25th of last month offered the coin in question in payment of some small articles of food, first to a baker, who immediately after the prisoner had quitted the shop ran after him with it, and returned it on the ground that it was bad ; and then to a grocer, who did net discover that it was bad until a police man came to inquire whether the prisoner had passed a counterfeit sixpence. The conduct of the prisoner in other respects, as far as appeared from the evidence, was consistene with a belief on his part that the coin was a good one. There was no scientific evidence that it was bad. Mr. Gray addressed the jury for the prisoner. The jury, after a short consultation, returned a verdict o Not Guilty. (Before Mr. Sergeant GAZKLEE. ) TUE ABINGDON MALT ROBBERY.—The circumstances of this robbers are doubtless in the recollection of our readers. The principal feature in them was the fact that for s. veral years past Richard Jones, a confidential servant of Miss Mary Ann Spenlove, the owner of the Abbey Brewery at Abingdon, had been plundering his mistress of malt and hops, which he sold to one Blagrove, who disposed of them to brewers at Oxford. An investigation took place before the magistrates, who com mitted for trial upwards of twenty persons. amongst whom were three brewers of Oxford, charged as receivers. The prisoners were this day put on their trial, and all pleaded Not Guilty with the exception of Jones, who had all along admitted his guilt, and now confessed it in form. The prosecution was conducted by Mr. Carrington and Mr. J. Williams; and the prisoners were severalk defended by Mr. Selfe, Mr. Skinner, Mr. Pigot, and Mr. Huddlestone. Four distinct prosecutions against several of the prisoners (some as principals, and others as accessories) having failed from insufficient evidence, it was intimated that no other cases would be proceeded with, and that a verdict of Not Guilty might be taken on behalf of the other prisoners. Mr. Justice Maule disposes of eight or nine trifling larcenies and misdemeanours in the other Court, and rose about two o'clock. One case only remains to be tried, which comes on by ap pointment to• morrow morning before Mr. Justice Maule, and in which Mr. Sergeant Talfourd is retained on behalf of the prisoners. CROWN SIDE. iiliam Errington, was cilarieTl — on an indictment for having on the night of the 22d cf December last assaulted and robbed Thomas Brown, at Sacristan, of 11/. 10s. in money, some groceries, and a watch. Mr. Otter conducted the prosecution, and Mr. Matthews the defence. It appeared from the evidence of the prosecutor that on the 22d of December he had been to Durham and Sherborn Hill to settle some accounts, after which he had between 11/. and 121. left. On his return he had called at a public-house called the Halfway House. He and the prisoner entered together, and he treated the prisoner. About ten o'clock they left together, both quite sober. The prisoner carried a bundle which the prosecutor bad, and proposed to see him home. After they had proceeded some distance the prisoner went behind him, and knocked him down and rifled his pockets. After some time the prosecutor got to a Mr. West's cottage, where he obtained assistance, and police-officers were sent in pursuit. It was not, however, till after a chase of 1,150 miles that the prisoner was captured, at some coal works near Paisley, in Scotland. Previously he had worked at the Sacristan pit. The prosecutor swore positively to his identity, and other persons spoke to their being together at the pot _ _ Mr. MArrirEws addressed the jury for the prisoner. Verdict—Guilty. To be transported for twenty years. Ralph Greenwood was indicted for attempting to discharge a loaded gun at Thomas Watson, a police-officer, on the 2ith of December last, near Hartlepool. Mr. S. Gray conducted the prosecution, and Mr. Matthews the defence. _ _ It appeared that on the morning of Christmas-day last the prosecutor was in his boat, when he observed the prisoner and another, each with a gun. beating a hedge for game. lie went to them, and attempted to take the other, when the prisoner levelled his gun at him, and said, ‘Aly gun is loaded ; what if she goes off ?" and pulled the trigger. The prosecutor heard the snap, but it did not go off. He then went for assistance, and the prisoner and his companion quietly walked away. The prosecutor returned with assist ance, and they were taken into custody, and taken to Hartle pool station-house. The gun was then loaded, and a cap was on the nipple. Mr. MATTHEWS, for the prisoner, contended that there was no proof that the gun was loaded at the time, or that there was then anv cap on the nipple. Plenty of time had elapsed while the officer was away to load the gun. If it was not loaded, or if there was no cap on, so that it was not in a state to go off, the prisoner was entitled to a verdict. Verdict—Not Guilty. Nothing of interest occurred on the civil ;ide. WESTERN ClRCdlT.—WincheAter, March 2. NISI PRIUS COURT.—( Before Mr. Justice CRESWELL. ) JONES V. CLARK. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, who was a stockbroker at Southampton, against the defendant, who was also a stockbroker at that place, to recover damages for the non-acceptance of certain scrip in the Oxford, Newbury, An dover, Manchester, and Southampton Junction Railway. Mr. Crowder and Mr. Massey conducted the plaintiff's case ; Mr. Cockburn and Mr. M. Smith appeared fur the de fendant. STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, MARCH 2.—There has not been quite so much business doing yesterday and to day as during the last week. Many of the spinners and manufacturers who have recently sold at low prices, are now asking a slight advance ; and, in some ambers of yarns, rather higher rates have been obtaiepa • 1..., firm. "Iffleiselidee-41%-kfrae•-u—'4We - have had a dull market to-day, and a very limited business has been transacted at last week's prices. The wool market has also been quiet, and the manufacturers buy for immediate use only. Prices continue firm. HALIFAX, FEB. 27.—The piece trade has been very dull to-day in the hall ; and we learn that some of the manufacturers are beginning to run short time. It is expected that the failures in Hamburgh will not much, if at all, affect this neighbourhood, but that they will be felt chiefly at Bradford. There continues a slight improvement in the demand for shipping yarns, but without any advance in price. The demand for long wool is languid, and staplers are free sellers. Short wool ramains firm, the supply being limited ; but the trade is not brisk. HUDDERSFIELD, MARCEL 2.—There has been consi derable improvement in our market to-day ' and trade much brisker than it has been for some weeks past. The warehouses during the week have been but flat. LEEDS, MARCH 2.- 7 -We had rather a better market on Saturday last, but to-day very little has been doing. —Manchester Guardian. (From the Circular of Messrs. M'lstair, Greenhow, and Ir ring, of Manchester.) BLANCHESTER, FEn. 27.—From the date of our last Cir cular up to the middle of the present month the condition of this market was characterised by increasing gloom and depression, accompanied with a further decline in the value of nearly all descriptions .of cloth and yarns. Since that period it has experienced a perceptible change for the bet ter, consequent upon the revival of demand, which up to this date has continued to a fair extent. Still with all this there is an absence of practical amendment, so far as spinners and manufacturers (the former especially) are concerned, whose position continues undeniably to be exceedingly unfavourable —probably more so now than it has been since the rise in the value of cotton took place, as the stocks of that article which those of them who were fortunate enough to be pos sessed of at low rates have been exhausted. Were the His tory of the cotton manufacture consulted it would scarcely supply us with a period when the margin betweerf the cost of the raw material and the price of the manufactured article was so small as at the present time. Prices of goods and yarns which, from the improvement in the demand, have become rather steadier and firmer, it has been stated are about the same as they were previous to the advance on cotton. This is an error; and if trade reports be of any value, they must be chiefly so from a conviction that they are records of facts. A reference to the prices current at the two periods will satisfy you that goods and yarns generally are now from 5 to 10 per cent. higher than they were at the period alluded to. The working of short time has been considerably ex tended during the month. Some establishments have closed their mills entirely, and others are intending to do the same unless matters improve. This les-ening of the production, necessary and prudent though it be, is producing great distress and suffering amongst the operatives, whose dimi nished means of subsistence are still further reduced by the dearness of provisions. This state of things necessarily exercises a most important influence upon our country trade, which is represented to be very bad. The long and severe winter has, however, prevented an earlier setting in of the spring trade. In this county we have heard of the reduction of many hands by retail establishments. The last advises from the United States are of a very satisfactory character as regards the trade in British manu factures, and lead to the expectation that there will be a very considerable increase in our exports thither, an expec tation which, if realised, will naturally have a most impor tant bearing upon the productions of this district. For Canada the purchases so far have been very limited; to our other North American colonies they will constitute an average. SPIRITS AND SILK.— An account, moved for by Mr. Cardwell, shows that the quantities of spirits entered for home consumption in the United Kingd om, amounted, in 1846, to 2,683,515 gallons of rum, 1,515,934 gallons of brandy, and 40,266 gallons of Genevagainst 2, 69,48 5 5 gallons of rum, 1,058,777 gallons of brandy, 15,536 gallons of Geneva, in 1845. Since 1842 the an nual consumption of spirits appears to have increased as follows, viz., rum, 585,226 gallons ; brandy, 432,865 gallons; and Geneva, 25,677 gallons. The silk manufac tures of India imported in 1846, amounted to 187,174 piec se, the manufactured stuffs of Europe (altogether) to 17,9331 b.; the silks or satins (broad stuffs), to 119.7281 b.; the silk bands, to to 195, 7001 b.; the gauze or crape ribands, to to 25,6161 b. 34,7701 b. ; and the bro ad velvet stuffs,The quantity of Indian silks exported from England in 1846 amounted to 471,817 pieces; and that of European stuffs, &c., to 24,8971 b. The value of the British silk manufactures , exported from England, amounted, in 1846, to 837,6771., against 766,4051. in 1845, and 590,1891. in 1842. The quan tities of raw silk imported into the United Kingdom amounted in 1846, to 4,390,0081 b., against 4,354,6961 b. in 1845. The quantities of British spirits brought to charge at the Excise office in 1846 • amounted to 24,106,697 gallons, against 23,122,588 gallons in 1845, and 18,841,890 gallons in 1842. EFFECTS OF NEGRO E M ANCIPATION.—The slaves constituted formerly the wealth of the planters; now, as free and remunerated labourers, they are the soul of our island commerce, and as such are the wealth of the merchants. Let us look back at the commercial revolution which has taken place in Trinidad since the dawn of freedom. T'- signs of comparative wealth among the labouring pen everywhere appear. The great change of their condition' greatly stimulated trade of every description. Mechanic every class have increased a hundred fold among t h es or der of society ; these are rapidly rising into r pc a nd wealth, and promise at no very distant day to e act a important part in the internal trade and affiirs of the colon: In consequence of the posses'ion of money by the island imports have increased to a surprising extent, Pe pie' °L . nthe course of a few years.— Trinidad Spectator. The Earl of Clarendon gave a dinner to the Cabinet Ministers yesterday evening at his residence in Grosvenor , Crescent. DESTITUTION IN IRE, _ SCOTLAND. It affords us real gratification to readers the following correspondence : "Wesleyan Centenary Hall and Bishopsgate-street Within, London, Feb. 26. "TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR THE RELIEF OF EXTREME DISTRESS IN IRE LAND AND SCOTLAND. "Gentlemen—We respectfully take the liberty of informing you that, in the benevolent efforts now making by your association, and by others similarly engaged for-the relief of our destitute fellow-subjects in Ireland and Scotland, the Wesleyan Methodists of this country have felt a most lively interest. That interest there is reason to believe they have manifested by indi vidually contributing in common with their respective neighbours and friends to the general subscriptions opened in various parts of the kingdom, as well as in this metropolis, for the purpose of mitigating the awful cala mity with which it has pleased Divine Providence to visit us. But in order that no available means in their p )wer might be neglected for augmenting the charitable funds which this exigency so largely requires, it was further resolved to recommend that congregational col lections should be made in all the Wesleyan chapels as soon as might be practicable. To a great extent this recommendation has been most cheerfully adopted. Collections, aided by some additional private contribu tions, have already been transmitted to a central com mittee in London, a;pounting at present to nearly 33,0001. That committee has immediately proceeded in the execution oonfided to their discretion, to direct a first distribution of grants in aid of several associations and other agencies which were deemed most likely to secure an efficient and impartial accomplishment of the object in view; and we have now the pleasure of tender ing to the acceptance of the British Association the sum of 5,000 L, as a donation to the funds under its manage ment, in the full persuasion that its operations have been, and will continue to be, judiciou s ly an d a bl y di rected, and that its influence with her Majesty's Govern ment, and amongst its own subordinate agents in Ireland and elsewhere, will be so employed as to prevent as far as possible the unworthy intrusion of' any secta rian partialities or antipathies, and to secure to sufferers of every class and denomination a fair share and propor tion to the amount and urgency of their distress, of audience, attention, and relief. This respectful intima tion the Wesleyan central committee will take the liberty of conveying to the other associations or agen cies to which they may offer similar assistance for the prosecution of their respective plans on behalf of that committee.—We have the honour to be, Gentlemen, " Your very obedient servants, (Signed) " THOMAS FARMER, Treasurer. ELIJAH HOOLE, Sub-Treasurer." " BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR THE RELIEF OF '`THE xx- TREME DISTRESS IN IRELAND AND SCOTLAND. " Committee-room, South Sea House, "Feb. 27, 1847. " Gentlemen—On behalf of tha committee of the British Association for the Relief of Extreme Distress in Ireland and Scotland, it is my duty to tender to you, as representing the body of Wesleyan Methodists of this country, our grateful acknowledgments for your muni ficent contributions to the funds which are intrusted to our administration. And lam desirous at the same time to assure you of the cordial and unreserved concurrence of the committee in the generous and enlightened views expressed by you in the letter which has accompanied that contribution. " The duties in which this committee are now engaged have not been undertaken by it lightly or unadvisedly. We clearly perceived from the commencement the serious responsibilities which would rest upon us, and the diffi culties by which we should be surrounded. But we felt confident that the British public would exhibit a libera lity commensurate with the magnitude of the emergency, and that it would judge with kindness and consideration the exertions of those who should undertake to bear the heavy anxieties and to make the sacrifice of time and personal engagement necessarily incident to the dis charge of such a trust. The communications which reach us daily from various quarters, and most especially the donation of .5,000/. by the body of tie Wesleyan Me thodists, and the terms in which it has been conveyei to us, afford us the most encouraging assurance that we shall not be disappointed in our anticipations. " Thus supported, we shall cheerfully persevere in our exertions,-endeavouring to administer the trust re posed in us in such a manner as may best evince our deep sense of humiliation under- the severe calamity with which it has seemed fit to Almighty God to visit our beloved country, and our solemn conviction that such national ieffictions ought to extinguish altogether those unfortunate differences, whether they be sectarian antipathies or political dissensions, by which mankind are too easily disturbed. The field of Christian benevo lence, so far as it depends on the example and influence of this committee, shall be preserved sacred from the intrusion of unworthy jealousies, and all the offices which arise out of sympathy with the desolate and afflicted shall be discharged by us with strict impar tiality and in the pure spirit of universal kindness ennobled into a solemn duty. " May the blessing of God accompany the efforts which are now put forth by the Government, and by by every class of the people of this kingdom, for the 'relief of our distressed brethren and fellow-countrymen; may ultimate good be thus extracted from present evil, and may we all learn, in the severity of national afflic tion, the appropriate and invaluable lesson of personal humility, of mutual forbearance, of brotherly sympathy, and Christian love. "I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, "Thomas Farmer .Bicr., Treaitirer; ana • Rev. Elijah Hoole, Sub-Treasurer." SPARRING EXHIBITION IN AID OF THE DESTITUTE IRISH AND SCOTCH. As a further proof, if it were wanting, that the fistic fraternity have " hearts that can feel for another," the corps pugilistique gave their gratuitous services on Monday night, a second time, in aid of the charitable contributions now gather ing throughout England for the rescue of their starving fel low-countrymen, and to mitigate the multiplying horrors of famine. The place chosen for the volunteer display was the National Baths, in the Westminster-road, and each arena, the lesser and the greater bath, was fitted with a stage, wherein the gloved competitors exhibited their science of fensive and defensive, beneath a brilliant diadem of gas, and numerous festoons of illumination lamps. Upwards of fifty of the best known "Knights of the Knuckle" proffered their services for the "mimic fray," and though all did not, indeed could Dot, display, the alacrity and unanimity of this kindly demonstration does them honour. The perform ances commenced by several minor actors, who, in couples, ascended the boarded platforms, and after exhibiting in one bath passed to the other, to entertain the second company of spectators. Space forbids us more than a mere enumeration of names ; yet that we cannot deny ourselves, as we consider the record of them a due tribute to the humanity and charity of British boxers. The first sets-to were between inferior artists, as the elite of the company had not arrived. Lowry and Furry, J. Smith and J. Scott (good), Neal and Martin Scott and voting Jones, Tom the Greek and Roberts, Brian and Clark, Cronan and Johnsen, and three or four minors unknown to fame prefaced the principal performers. Turner (the Wychwood Forester) and M'Donald, and Stocks and Amos, elicited applause. David Hayes and Snacks (of Leeds) made a merry bout of it. Joe Roe and T. Snow fol. lowed suit. Puttock and Fred. Mason rough,d each other, and Jem Burn's dwarfs showed that science is often best seen on a small scale. Homer Howden and Cousens, Jemasy Mas sey and Young Sarni)°, J. Shaw and Herbert, Welsh and Barnash, Massey and Phelps, Lazarus and Johnny Walker, took their turns. Johnny, after a turn in each bath, on the suggestion of a Noble Lord, was induced to put on the mufflers a third time with the accomplished Owen Swift, inasmuch as that ex-professor was without a partner in this charity ball." A smart, and as we thought, not quite friendly rally, was the result, which ended in Johnny catch ing mine host of the Horse-shoe an awkward up hit with the left glove, which, added to a catch of the right heel on the part of its receiver, brought him down heavily on the stage. Harry Broome and Ned Adams formed a preface to the Tipton Slasher and Peter Crawley's Young 'en, who, though wanting the thews and strength of his opponent, proved himself the better sparrer, foiling the Tipton in almost every attempt; nevertheless, his agility alone saved him from many an awkward hit which must . have told in the forced rally of actual combat. At the close of the sparing the Tipt(in stepped forward and repeated his challenge to Caunt, to contest for the Championship for 2LO'. aside. Of this the public has heard somewhat too much, until Caunt shall be disembarrassed from present business obstrcles to making a match. Caunt replied; and Bendier() shortly after showed with his erewhile antagonist, Big Ben. The set-to was interesting, Bendy, as usual, ex emplifying the art of feinting, planting, jumring out and in, ducking the head, running after his man, and all the other eccentricities for which his actual contests with the Cham pion have been remarkable. Luke Rogers, Ned Painter, hall, Savage, and many of the old and new school, were present, but time forbade their being coupled or appearing. Tom Spring returned thank s, amid much applause from ratified audience, numbering upwards of 2,000 persons. Great praise is due to the committee of management for their excellent arrangements. AN EXCELLENT SUGGESTION FOR THE AFFLUENT OF ENGLAND.—We have pleasure in complying with the request of a correspondent in making known that the Rev. G. R. Gilden, rector of Newport, County Mayo, a clergyman of unquestionable -respectability, has adopted the scheme disclosed in the following extract of a letter received from him for the relief of his perishing people. After a description of the destitution of his people similar, to the glrievous alsoac counts received from other quarters, he sava—" have commenced a system of reproductive work, which if you approve, make it known to your house-keeping friends. Mrs. Gilden, anxious to take the young women from the road works where they were indiscriminately employed among men, suggested the idea of finding them some home em ployment, and yesterday she began to give out some flax to o y receivelinen, they spin at such a pri ce as will meet their sad condition ; and my plan for carry in g it out is this—any person approving of the object, and sending me what ever some God, n o o f m please, with their address , and where in London or Liver p ool, a parcel will be received fo r them, shall, please the value of their money in tow ellin g , strong 34 wide money or coarse table linen suited for servants, whatever they name ; all qf fine flax, hand-wove and bleached, such as cannot (for lasting qualities) be bought for any price in England. If lam supported in this, I will set 500 women to work before a fortnight, at their own fire-sides(miserable as they may be) yet freed from the many contaminations of public roads. The poor people themselves are delighted with the tlnand sixty got flax yesterday, while all the wheel-ma ears'are busy preparing, and ready aIso.—GEoRGE GILDEN, all the weavers are getting N T xeland." We have no ques ti on manythat ewp ot Rectory, r of four will at once respond t o thi s ca ll. Th e simplest to expend e Mayo ,a i d s e to r d s "orward a post. office order for the sum they desire nthis manner, giving their own address, if they reside in London or Liverpool, or, if not, the address of a friend, who will receive for them the linen when forwarded by Mr. Gil den.—liampshire Advertiser. FIRE RAISING.—A sturdy Irish mendicant applied for an alms at the house of Mr. Cairns, farmer, Broomsido, in the parish of Dalgetty, Fife, on Saturday last, in the afternoon. Upon being refused, he threatened vengeance in such a manner as greatly to alarm Mrs. Cairns, she being the only person in the house at the time, and it appears that his threat was made good, for shortly after he left the house a large barley stack was in a flame, and before it could be ex- Iti nguished was completely destroyed. He has as yet escaped the police.—Fifeshire journal. P RICE SD. oc Lower - ,: e - i Y t;