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ess 1 had •.".3 ssio3. His state ; any ra3 by ,m be harge wick) UNSTAMPED PLAYING CARDS SOLD AS WASTE CARDS. Siam's and Tax e s, London, D ec. a , 1817 - riThe Board of Stamps and Taxes find th a t, no t w ith stan di ng t i n ce given by them in September last, relative to the sale of Play. g Cards, under the pretence of their being " Waste Cards," several per sons who ha ve s i nce b een prosecuted for the penalties, allege that t hey were ignorant of the law in this particular, and the Board, therefore, deem it advisable to renew the notice so given. _ It has been ascertained that certain persons engaged in the maim facture of Fl a yi ng C ards are making attempts to circulate and force sale of Unstarnped Playing Cards, consisting of complete packs, containing the four usu a l su i ts, b ut without a stamped ace of spades. e corners of these cards are cut so as to give them the appearance cof what are termed " Waste Cards." The packs so issued are as apable of bein g use d for play as any other, and are intended to be U sed. The Board give notice that such cards which are sold and '?fUttered for use in Flay are not " Waste Cards," within the meanim., „ the Act, an d that any person selling them is liable to a penalty ci .ul. for every pa c k so ld ; and for every pack found in the posse,sion ahY person whatever, it penalty of 51. is imposed. All such cards 0 44 also declared to be forfeited, and may be seized and carried f a y by any officer of Stamps, and sold or d es t ro y e d a t t h e discre this Board. The Board give further notice, that every person offending against the la w as above st a t e d, w ill b e prosecuted in the Court of Exchequer for the penalties incurred. By order of the Board, THOMAS KEOGH, Assistant Secretary , t I, GUILDHALL, N0v.30, 1447. E commrri EE for LETTING the CITY'S 6' 'We LANDS, will meet at Guildhall, se WEDNESSAT, the Bth day LtTrember next, at One o'clock precisely, to receive tenders ter Qtr . ING en BUILDING LEASES, for sixty -on• years, front 13tr aas next, a Piece of Ground, en the worth side ef ;tunarrow -street, Ratcliffe ; aad a large plot of *round en the side of Puddle Dock, en the south side of Upper 2' 4 meg-street, and on the north side of the River Thames. Also receive Tenders for Letting on Leases, for twenty-one years from -,llrtstrnas next, a House, No. 19, on the north side of Broad-street, Z il ,2 ll4 gs ; and Nos. 7,6, 5, and 4, is the monk side if Cres .7llllace, Illackfriars ; and alas for 12N, years, frem Christmas next, a house in Beehive-passage, Lime-street. junkier particulars may be obtained, and plans seen, by applying th• °flee of Works, Guildhall. THOMAS SAL/I(DRR% Comptroller.. ROYAL CALEDONIAN ASYLUM. (Incorporated by Act of Parliament, 18160 e or o -uPporting and Educating the Children of boldiers, Sailors, and Vannes, Natives of Scotland, who have died er been disabled is serviee of their country ; and of indigent Scotch Pumas, resi dent in London, not entitled to parochial relief." 4 t a QUARTERLY GENERAL COURT of th e CORPORA TION, "• 41 :1 at the Scottish Hospital, Crane-court, Fleet-street, ou i tar, the 2d instant, for the Election of Five Boys and Five n 't• the Asy lust, the following were declared to be success Girls fu ' ,4l didates, viz. : Eon. TOTES. J r elic, A. Mackenzie 1,553 oheromarty .. •. .. 1,572 1,1 Woodiness.... ...• 1,4G7 r,.r.ederick M athew ......., 1,403 n'ilhaua Rankin .... 882 Gnus. - VOTES. Ann Thompson .....• •• 1,164 Anne Plowman .... Grace Thompson Ellen Weir ........ •• 194 Mary Sarah Corrie •• 16G JOUN 111IXKIli, Secretary. London, December 3, 1847, M0nday.......... Tue5day.......... Wednesday .......... Thursday .......... Friday .. .. .. .. .• •• Saturday ............ • 436 21$ • 197 .. ... bl 3 • 307 217 _ th e BROAle~enW, 1847. _ _— 1 UAL EXIIIBITIuN of Prize Cattle, Seeds, Roots, Im ttAz7,,s, Bth, 9th, 10th, and 11th D ecem b er, at t h e 110R5E k. Sing-street, Portman-square. (13 41 7:"es are enabled to TiOW this National Exhibition with perfect lop, 7 r t ; and f or the better accammodation of visitors, a large Sa ., lor re freshments is this year added. Open from Daylight till Nine in the livening. Admittance —ONE SPIILLING. T EAM TO INDIA, VIA EGYPT . A.lotn.eirtlar Monthly Mail Steam Conveyance for Passengers and T ti 'Ws te Ceylon. Madras, and Calcutta. V OS(P,„ PE .YINStYLAR and ORIENTAL STEAM NITIGATION kbovp book Passengers and receive Goods and Parcels for the tea hop by their Steamers, starting from Southampton the 20th, 4° ,1 1 Suez en er about the 10th if every month. v ikrp I, lt ateto of Passage -money, Plans of the Steamers, and se- 4•011c1e,434e5, apply at the Company's offices, 61, St. Mary te Axe, jtl i n ß opz ,E EMIGRATION to the CAPE of GOOD „- Under the authority of her 31alesty's Colonial Land and auon Commissioners. tTjaie:gandid first-class ship SCOTIA, of 778 tons rester, HOS. 4 41 at t `'ialiD, Commander, w ith a Poop, and most su gi perior T Cabin _ 14,1 4 m er .„,4, a accommodations, will embark Passengers oa the 14th, ‘ll4 ' , Yrtlotith on the 24th D ecem b er , di rec t f o r CAPE TOWN lacb Go & t 7 3 SAY. Poop Cabin Passengers will be taken at 251. r ile Table Bay. Steerae Pengers who my not be eligible for t ay ~ir),'"age will be charge g d 141. ass to Table Bay, a sad 161. to Algoa liellevuich will include new bedding and mess utensils. An tape bour th .% B _ar_ . !eon, appointed by Government, will be on board. La eto,„—auotly required in the above healthy colony, and every Indus aki_4aand vrell-condncled person is sure to better his condition by ti ting thither. Particulars as is the classes eligible for free passage, dietary on 4 40 prx., will be furnished en application to John Marshall ZI Ce., 26, Birchin-laise at Southampton ; or at Baltic-wharf, '‘aotitk. • - ASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. wh o h Xotico to the holders of those YORK EXTENSION SHARES Paid 10s., or 21. per Share only. llee D irectors have determined on allowing parties who have paid atici Pe i .' Share to pay 21. per Share more, on or beforelOth_ , Dec. next ; 0 4 01 ',2 8 0 Who have paid 21. per Share to pay 31. per Share more, as 7,1 41 :, ‘ e the same dat when their existing York Extension iaikt`" be eancolled and Scrip Certificates for Eastern Counties to ~,,:`4 41 Stock, carrying 5 per Cent. Interest on perpetuity trom date. will b e issued fur 91. 103. and for 5/. respectively, to -1,441J, 18 h an •Dtion, to be declared on or before the sth day of of **averting the amounts of such Scrip Certificates into tut_ _prI•11 4enatieS Consolidated Stock at par. 4 ttlajj'" ders not availing themselves by the 10th of December next ete, and neglecting to make the above payments, will 1ti472..1eir Shares, with the present payments of 10s. and 21., abso- Lo t i t ( v. 'erfeited . ' itakers—lfessrs. Denison, Heywood, Kennard, and Co. 4, C atty Lombard-street. b ankerS as heretofore. By order of the c ßo l rd itoNEy, • Secretary. --DeCate Station, November 5, 1847. cir 1 t,AT WESTERN RAILWAY. ‘':, 1.0/ 'ALL for TWELFTH INSTALMENT of 3!. per SILARE • le a. • 814tres, making 901. paid; for SIXTH INSTALMEKT of tou., l Dor qt bn. it T ., ,--TARE on 251 Shares, making 171. 10s. paid ; and fbr ikli; -4 JIiSTALMRYT of 2/. 103. per SHARE, on 171. Shares, h .t he 2 4,_ . °l ' W s. paid. - !tramAt -- - , Ore of the Great Western Railway having rosolved, at a e k tl e t ia , thi3 day, to CALL, under the provisions of the Act of rll T., •,, for an Instalment of Cl. per Share on 1001. Shares ; also, t"qlsal "Kadreont of 21 10 p er Share on 25/. Shares ; and also an v Olei r t ~ ~ • S• ... a., th '` zi• IQ3. per Share ea la. Shares, Notice is hereby -14: 14 at the P roprietors are required to pay, ou or before the 12th :r 1001 l ' , tit, the sa.id sum of 51. on each of their respective Shares cL t4 Or a i, s to Pay on or before the sth day of January next the ita'''o at s• on each of their respective 251. Shares ; and the like erll l - • 41 . on each of their respective 171. Shares, to any of the 440., critioned bankers of the Company, 1 ' Messrs. Glyn, Hallifax, Mills, and Co. ;at the Groat West 'tlitol-..mes:rsrn • I ti es lwa i r a O rf ffl oi c d o,29, Gresham-street, City. and Co.; Messrs. Baillie, Ames, and Co. • Stuckey's Basking .. t h l trh,,_, lind ' and South Wales DistUrincintnEaanuyk;. the West of Eng 141c1tT—The sank of Liverpool. %Ittclitt,"4l,l.„--The County of Gloucester Bank. ."-SiIeSSVI. J. and C. Simonds and Co. to nd By order of the Board of Directors, CHAS. A. SAUNDERS, Secretary. 041Termimui, Paddington, December 2,1847. 4LY,,,,`1-1, POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. v,4 AL on AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY, by F. 11. 4-6° 1.. Daily at Half-past Three, and every Evening at Ni ne 4 elia 4 e!Pt Saturday Evening. TWO LECTURES by Dr. j r , s _f_. ER —one en the Laws ef Nature, in reference ~.!o•lrtaant subject if SANITARY MEASURES; the other , ) t Z. ' 1 modes et VENTILATION, in which the ?HMI ' PROPERTIES St a JET of (TEAM[ will be exhibited, with k nol t tv „,_highly Interesting E xpe riment's, Daily at Two and a t vri tm. ~e cg in the Evening. The ELECTRIC TELEGRAPHS ~W,, The WORKING MODELS explained. ISSOLVING The CIIRObfATROPE. DIVING BELL S nd DIVER 'T.4,4t. DE' k.c. S YEW APPARATUS ter CONV ERSING under ' & Admission, is.; Cehools, lialf-prioo, ,—,...._ p ATENT CANDLE & CAMPHINE LAMPS. lit,„ The literally largest as well as choicest assortment of PAL tee t r ' il MAGNUM and other CANDLESTICKS ; Camphine, Ar a h ead Solar LAMPS, with all the latest Improvements, and of ik,est and most recherché patterns, in ormolu, Bohemian, and ,_''Veeei l os, Cr papier mache, in existence, is at WILLIAM S. BUR "Nu' 39, Oxford-street, corner of Newman-street, where all the ll,,aable aorelties,are now selling at from 20 to 30 per d 11%41171as with whom quality and style are considerations. Palmer's blt tee, L a ndie (marked " Palmer ") Bd. per lb., English's Cann (7[llel" ~'s ssaled cans, 55. per gallon. The money retarned for every INThoe'Lst aPProved of. Detailed catalogues with engravings seat t/L) ITee.—Established in Wells-street, A.D. 1820. ( I V ELTY in FRENCH CORNICES, from lls. .iitt stA %lost varied and beautiful assortment ef theee elegant ei.,,riteabl'l,27COYELTlES, which threaten entirely to supersede all et.leary" •naaufacture, from ils. and upwards, complete for any 1'j,,,,N, is vrt „"r (if inlaid with velvet of any colour about 15s. each keZ,"4 sa d - , ‘ `'n'yr en BALE at WILLIAM S. BURTON'S (late RH:- tall" e ? LIRT OWS), 39, Oxford-street, corner of Neerman-stree . , hs ge r , catalogue", with engravings, as well as of every iron of "ILLi a A r t c le sent (per post) free. br e P ,keree '''`e. S . tURTON'W (late RIPPON and BURTON'S) Stock 1,441, , n e tu urnis hing Ironmongery is literally the largest in the t,e,' kitty ...„.° -l aneuage can be employed to give a correct idea t t o t f -.stet,it.,,',.. extent, purchasers are invited to call and inspect . ‘,..„,,......2........___Led in Well -street, 1820. 1 3.`k I ll ustrat ed ?nisi„ .7 26 Anatomical Coloured Engravings ow Steel. , - If 4 eti4k DIS QUALICATIONS, GENERATIVE . INCAL A k i l t Eeti_ , &ND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. Y p , 7." , enlarged to 194 pages. Just published, price 2s. 6d., er 1. ,` 'grecs fr om tn_ ~,E SIL T FRIEND EN th e Establishment, 3s. 6d. in postage stamps, a Medical Work on - .at et int )ettilve to{ mantles and decay of the generative system, fres. ex ;NI .teruari%Mee. infection, and the inordinate use of mercury, /il ,l „,atie, - . . 4 arriage, and the means of obviating certain sd , It.'• Illustrated by 26 Coloured Engravings. By B. az f4k4nk int,,,, and CO., 18, Beruers-street Oxford-street, Leaden. pia);7 6 l) 3 Y tile AUtken : sold by strange, 21, Paternoster-row ; , 4__attli anger, 150, Oxford -street ; Static, 23, Titekberae- N ear ./tuarket / and Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street. Pul, an d , eft , t a„ Qr the anatomy aad physiology if the re-productive t, a? 4..4 luastrated by &ix Coloured Engravings. 144 ee, a nd , reats if the conseqaences resulting from excessive Instal ,„ their eatable t t i ,4l„ y we.,.. effects on the system, product/1g ateatal '` d Ustrge e r b n !u , nervous excitement, and gemerative incapacity. 4 14 kr Th. ~, ) Three Explanatory Engravings. th n ariu l , r ",: xreats of the diseases resulting from infection, either is tit'; tre, t ;,'!r seconda ry form, and contains explicit directions for ty3ihtreury.7:lllt• The consequences of early neglect akd of the abuse 1., Veat,. l 7Z also clearly pointed cut. This section is illustrated vtar iv ~,..010Ured Engravings N l ' the ci a ,„„ ea ta of Perry's Preventative Lotion, by the use of , _cheue T e ri' Or infection are obviated. It combines with the tlte,`AT •e• 4 .7, and de t ees •Is d,,, , , 3 1. 0)1 its power en the system.. /te,' oted to the consideration of marriage, and its Ta/521e InhleeeN Of u nproductive union, are also considered, and ,e,_ eu,,, „ cri tically and philosophically I kfu; opus aii . :. 4/ALw O F inquired into. B vitlACuss is exclusively employed in treat .,,n' ~:3 1 11, for ~,, \ N,, Th e ,`--`,!caual debility, impotence, Scc., 11 s .and 335.. per e pus-ri../Aerientrated Detersive Essence, an anti-syph i litic N t,..,,,,tir,,,,,yia,„_the blocel in cases of infection, secondary .r sy 6 1 ~' v arlfyi nr .7 i ' In t c abuse of mercury, Its, and 335. pe bottle. P , t, .1. re4, sl _ , , 3 ' Pecific Pills, 2s. 3d., 45. 6d., and lls. per box, a ''‘ll,:i 4;retilthe2slacidlear.ll°lturrhcea, sleet , strictures, and chronic inflamina , erTY's P revetative Lotion, an application to ",', ' e t . — ` d anger or te yt b , li. si. .._ •efection, 335. a bottle. Consultation fee, if .ni V Whi ck th'etc_kets with advice to ©d ance the Establishm t ent 1 1 Vet, fro m v .,17 . e_. 11 ..13 saved. At daily at 19, I er_- 104 19 1)W" 4 till rrfo, and rive to 14 1 11. i 0 1 1 611 . 0 C 14 1 6 C SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY, EXETER HALL. b,....°11 h FRIDAY, December 10, 1847, will be performed Handel's O r a- TMESSIAH. Po ers. and and Chorus will consist of above Fi ve H un d re d p er . rt bj je tetg, 3s. each; Reserved Seats in the Area or Gallery, 53., may iroolstwined of the principal Musicsellers; of Mr. Howley, 53, Char ;er"' Mr. Reis, 102, Strand ; or of Mr. Mitchell, 39, Charing- THOMAS BREWER, Hon. Sec. WEEKLY BOARD of the ROYAL It" P RZE HOSPITAL for the DESTITUTE SICK (formerly of 4—Jeville-street, now in Gray's Inn-road) e arne s tly en tr e at the AID 14Te be nevolent to enable them to meet the numerous applications / Ze at the Hospital, as they regret to state, that from want of they are daily eases compelled to refuse admission to many most ur- T ,' and dist ress i ng . 3 44 .ng the last week the following unparalleled number of per 134trize.eived the benefits of this Charity, either as out or In-door Cent 1,888 14Zribut1ons received by the Treasurer, John Mastermau, Esq., Cr: Nic holam-lane ; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co. ; Drummond °. ; Harris and Co. ; Ransom and Ce. ; Prescott, Grate, and Barflaith, Payne, and Co. ; Glyn and Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co. ; p vt ` r l aY ar,d Co. ; DeuLson and Ce. Williams, Deacon, and Co. ; tirr a e , n d. Gurney, and Co.; 2lisbet and Co., Berners-stroet ; Mas '4 and Co. ; and at the Ilespltal. By order of the Weekly Board, Nov EDWD. RICE, D.D., Chairman. eniber 29, 1847. fr apparel, male and female, will he gratefully acknowledged. ATs s LIFIE L D CLUB PRIZE CATTLE f,ziAITA . ak iii. ......... .. . ~. -"-Z - 3— , :et-` ct 7 .. iOr `4 A .',. 4 , -, ',.* \ I.‘v. , 1 ' • ' _ - J. -. 1. , , . •• - _...../- .' • ' !,.• ' : ea 4 4''. ' . ' k ''-;,.t:' ' •' ' '.:" 4-4 ~ •• .!;, D ?.. A , s '7 - 4 ' .. .7. 19 -' --- %. , - I - - 4:"' ----,-; 1 " -- -t,..‘' ,'. 4:O A 111 V. -. /•,. .._„_ ,- ( - - - 4, -____ - r , f t, '', *** • ' 4,174 4: - ' .1, _ ~,,,_ ce • IV , k , ''';;t € z 111P __, ~; ...- ~ N. N. Ln ,KNDoN SA T - U R DAY , E N N ilk 7" ATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE L ASS URA SOCIETY. 26, CORNIIILL, LONDON. Capital .C 500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. This Institution embraces important and substantial advantages with respect to life assurances and deferred annuities. The assured has, on all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense or for 'elture of the policy, two-thirds of the premlins pad (seo Tabe); aiso the option of selecting benetts, and the conversio i n of his in .efests to meet other conveniencies or necessity. Assaranoes for terms of years on the lowest possible rates. DIVISION OF PROFITS. The increasing prosperity of the Society has enabled the Directors at the annual meeting held on the 12th May, 1847, to declare a fifth anus, varying from 35 to 85 per cent. on the premiums paid on each dolicy effected on the profit scale. XAMPLE.S. c." 1 , t ; Annual Pre mium. I 'Policy Bonus in l i taken addition Bonus in out in Assured. Cash. .--- £ s. 41. ! Z a sl. 1837 243 2 3 112 8 5 1838 218 4 8 99 8 10 1 1839 192 1 10 1 86 9 3 1840 143 5 10 66 8 4 1841 138 14 2 61 17 6 1842 111 6 8, 49 10 0 Perna- Sum rent Re- As st . duction of inlay Annual row Premiums. Poll, X s. d. x s 18 4 6 494 15 13 5 445 13 4 9 ,395 1 9 19 1 346 9 , 2 296 1 7 10 4 247 I X 'Xs. d. 1000 74 3 4 The Annual Report, witk tables of rates, &c., may be kad at th• Ake, or any of its branches in the conatry ; or, ou application. will be forwarded poet free. F. FERGUSON CAIIROUX, Secretary. pROVIDENT LIFE OFFICE, 50, REGENT-STREET, LONDON, Established 1806. INVESTED CAPITAL, 1,200,0001. Annual Income 140,0001. Bonuses declared 529,0001. Claims paid since the Establishment of the Office, 1,520,0001. PRESIDENT. Tho Right Honourable EARL GRET. DIRECTORS. The Earl of Macclesfield. I Rol% James Sherman. The Hon. Arthur Kinnaird. 1 Henry B. Churchill, Esq. Sir Richard D. King, Bart. William Judd, Esq. Alexander Henderson, M.D. James Gedgwick, E. Capt. W .John Alfred Beaumont, Esq. John Deering, Esq., M.P. George Deere, Esq. William Henry Stoic, Esq. Richard filherwood, Esq. 1. The Rates of Premium are those adopted by the principal Life Offices, the rate without bonus is lower than that of most other offices. 2. The Bonuses are added to th• Policies, or applied t• the reduc lion of the Premiums, or may be received in cash as soon as de- Jared, at their then present value. 3. Policies issued by this •trice are purchased at their full value ; or Loans may be obtained upon them to the sane amount. 4. If a party neglect to pay for the renewal of his Policy, he nay repair the omission any time within twelve mouthy, upon proof of 400 d health. Bonuses paid upon Policies whi h hare become Claims. Life insured. I Sum insured.; Sum pall. John Wharton, Esq., Skelton Castle Sir John Saunders Sebright, Bart... Sir William Wake, Bart. Earl Strathmore Rey. H. W. Champneys, Canterbury Th• Marquis of Wellesley .. ~...... Earl Cathcart.... 6,000 5,000 6,000 5,000 3,000 2,000 1,000 X. •. d, 7,706 6 0 7,653 13 1 7,500 6 6 7,128 15 ii 4,509 1 1 3,411 1 il 1,862 4 11 Prospectuses and full particulars may be obtained upon applica tion to the agents of the office in all the principal towns of the United Kingdom ; and at the head office, No. 50, Regent-street. JOAN I. IitEI'UMONT, Managing Director. UNDER THE ESPECIAL PATRONAGE OF HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY TIIE QUEEN. THE ROYAL NAVAL, MILI TARY, EAST INDIA, and GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 13, WATERLOO-PLACE, LONDON. DIRECTORS. Colonel Sir FREDERIC SMITH, K.H., R.E., Chairman. Major-General Sir WILLIAM COSSET, C. 8., K.C.11., R.E., Deputy-Chairman. Admiral the Right Hon. Sir G. Cockburn, G.C.8., M.P. Major-General Sir J. Cockburn, Bart., G.C.H. General Sir Thomas Bradford, G.C.8., G.C.H. Major-General Sir P. Ross, G.C.M.G., K.C.H. Lieutenant-General Sir John Gardiner, K.C.B. Major-General Sir Hew D. Ross, K.C.8., R.A. Captain Sir George Back. R.N Major-General Taylor, C. 8., E.LC.S. Major-General Edward Wynyard, C.B. Major-General Arnold, IE.H., K.C. Lieutenant-General Cleiland, E.I.C.S. Lieutenant-Colonel 11. Hamner, K.H., late Lieutenant-Colonel Matson, R.E. Major Shadwell Clerke, K. 11., F.R.S. Archibald Hair, Esq., M.D., late 11.11 G. Captain William Lancey,,R.E. William Chard, Esq., Navy Ageat James Nugent Daniell, Esq. Wilbraham Taylor, Esq. Major-General Rolt, C.D. Major F. 8. Sotheby, C.B. It•Nsass—Messrs. Coutts and Co., 5!, Strand. ACTUARY—John Finlaison, Esq., the Government Calculator. Assurances are granted upon the lives of persons in every station elite, and for every part of the world, upon particularly favourable terms Persons assured in this office may change from on• country to an•. titer without forfeiting their policies. A BONUS AMOUNTING TO fillliTY PBX CINT. on the actual talus of the policies was apportioned t• the assured at the First Septennial Meeting, held in the year 1844. JOSEPH C. BRETTELL, Secretary. ECONOMIC LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 6, NEW BRIDGE-STREET, BLACKFRIARS, LONDON. Established 1823. Empowered by Act of Parliament, 3 William IV. DIRECTORS. CIIAIRMAN—Right Hon. Sir T. FRANKLAND LEWIS, Bart., 31. T. DEPUTY CIIAIRMAN—IIENRY FREDERICK STEPHENSON, Esq. The following are among the advantages offered by this Society : Lower Rates of Premium than those of any other office, which en title the assured to participate in the profits, and considerably lower titan those of any other Mutual Assurance Society. A Bonus is added, after the payment of the Fifth Annual Pre mium, to every Policy effected on the participating Scale, if a claim accrue thereon prior to the next division of profits. Three Bonuses have been declared out of three-fourths of the pro fits, the last of which, in 1844, averaged 3GI. per cent. on the pre miums paid. In future the whole of the profits will be divided among the Assured. The nest division •f profits will be made in 1849. Prospectuses and full partiooliars may be obtained on application to CAMPBELL JAMES DOWNER, Secretary. UNITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. iT WATERLOO-PLACE, PALL-MALL, London ; 97, George street, Edinburgh ; 12, St. Vincent-place, Glasgow; 4, College Green Dublin. (Established by Act of Parliament In 1834.) In 1841 the Company added a bonus of 2 per cent. per annum en the sum assured to all Policies of the Participating Class from the time they were effected. Parties wishing to secure the benefit of the next division of profits in 1848, should make immediate appll vition. When the insurance is for life, only oue-half the annual premium need be paid for the first five years. Every information will be afforded on application to the Resident Director, No. S, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London, where prospec tuses, &c., may be had. Peterborough Chelmsford Yarmouth - Ipswich Huntingdon York llertford Darlington Manchester Newcastle Leicester Berwick Derby Edinburgh Nottingham Glasgow Lincol■ Scarborougk Chesterfield Bridlington Sheffield Stamford Bradford Norwich Wisbeach St. Ives Lowestoft Ware Cambridge Colchester J. LIM'S RICARDO, Chairman. NEW WORK BY MR. WARREN. On Saturday, the 18th December, will be published, in One Volume royal post $70., N W AN D 'rxE N. A TALE. By SAMUEL WARREN, Esq., F.R.S. Author of " Ten Thousa n d a Year," and " The Diary of a Late Physician." William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. Orders received by all Booksellers. THE REGISTERED SYRIAN PALETOT is prepared in every colour, for selection, at .fears. SWAIN and CO.'S, Court Tailors, 379, Oxford-street. Price 21. OYSTERS. —Native Oysters are not in perfec tion until they are six years old. The real Burnham natives of that age are taken from the beds at Burnham, in Essex, and tram.initted daily in four hoar, by the Easters Counties Railway to the establishment of JOHN SWEATING, as I, as a necessary con • sequ , nee, they:are packed fresher and travel better than any Oyster. supplied from the London markets. Barrels, No. 1,6 s. ; No. 2, is. 6,1.; No. 3, les. 6d. Very superior Oyster Rooms. Reld's Stout and Crowley's Ale. Fish and Oyster Establishment, 159, Cheapside, adjoining the Ge neral Post-ofnce. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF FRIDAY. LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S -OFFICE, DEC. 2, 1847. Orders for the Court's going into mourning, on Sunday next, the sth instant, for his late Royal Highness the Elector of Hesse, viz.:— The ladies to wear black silk, fringed or plain linen, white gloves, necklaces and earrings, black or white shoes, fans and tippets. The gentlemen to wear black, full trimmed fringed or plain linen, black swords and buckles. The Court to change the mourning on Thursday, the 9th instant, viz.:— The ladies to wear black silk or velvet, coloured rib bons, fans, and tippets, or plain white, or white and gold, or white and silver stuffs, with black ribbons. The gentlemen to wear black coats, and black or plain white, or white and gold, or white and silver stuff waist coats, full trimmed, coloured swords and buckles. And, on Sunda3, the 12th instant, the Court to go out of mourning. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, DEC. 1. The Queen has been pleased to appoint John Lord Elphinstone to be one of the Lords in Waiting in Ordi nary to her 'Majesty, in the room of Henry George Francis Earl of Ducie, resigned. WHITEHALL, Nov. 23. The Right Ilonourable Sir Thomas Wilde, Knt., Lord Chief Justice of her Majesty's Court of Common Pleas at Westminster, has appointed Thomas Warden, of Bardon, near Taunton, in the county of Somerset, Gent., to be one of the Perpetual Commissioners for taking the acknowledg ments of deeds to be executed by married women, under the Act passed for the abolition of fines and recoveries, and for the substitution of more simple modes of as surance, in and for the county of Somerset. WHITEHALL, Nov. 23. The Right Ilonourable Sir Thomas Wilde, Knt., Lord Chief Justice of her Majesty's Court of Com mon Pleas at Westminster, has appointed Henry Baxter Branwhite Mason, of Wereham, near Stoke Ferry, in the county of Norfolk, Gent., to be one of the Perpetual Commissioners for taking the acknowledgments of deeds to be executed by married women, under the Act passed for the abolition of fines and recoveries and for the substitution of more simple modes of assurance, in and for the county of Norfolk, WAR-OFFICE, DEC. 3. 3d Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant Edward Bagwell Purefoy to be Captain, by purchase, vice Watt, who retires ; Cornet Archibald Douglas Mont eat h to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Bagwell Purefoy; Wynd ham Knatchbull, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Monteath, Dec. 3. t 7 o b t e h C L o i r g n h e t Dg t ,br3a,oo purchase,ns— C h a vicer e Ca s B r os ufu vinrd e,who Fraser, retires, Gent. Dec. 3. - 21st Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant- Colonel John Thomas Hill, from the 32d Foot, to be Lieutenant. Colonel, vice Pattoun, who exchanges, Sept.l24 ; Lieu tenant Bryan Thornhill, from the 24th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Woodington, who exchanges, 3O. 24th Foot—Lieutenant Henry Parr Thicknesse Sept.Wood ington, from the 21st Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Thorn hill, who exchanges, Sept. 30. 32d Foot—Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Tyrrell Ro bert Pattoun, from the 21st Foot, to be Lieutenant- Colonel, vice Hill, who exchanges, Sept. 24; Gentleman Cadet Richard Lyons Otway Pearson, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Sullivan, deceased, Dec. 3. 37th Foot—Lieutenant William APDonald, from the 93d Foot, to be Captain, without purchase, vice Stave ley, who retires, Dec. 3. 38 t h Foot—Ensign Samuel Hackett to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Adam Hackett, who retires ; Horatio I P l a a g c e ke V tt, Dec. anc 3. e,Ge nt., to be Ensi g n, by purchase, vice 53d Foot—Brevet Lieutenant- Colonel Christian Fre derick Lardy, from half-pay Unattached, to be Major, vice John Lewis Black, who exchanges; Captain William R. Mansfield to be Major, by purchase, vice Lardy, who retires; Lieutenant John Chester to be Captain, by pur chase, vice Mansfield; Ensign William Ross Fuller to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Chester; George Wedder burn, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Fuller, Dec. 3. 70th Foot—Ensign James Atkinson to bo Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Greenwell, who retires ; Edward Ralph Charles Sheldon, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Atkinson, Dec. 3. 92d Foot—Charles Robert Robinson, Gent., to be Assi Amat-Surgeon, vice Downes, appointed to the Staff, Nov. 12. Ist West India Regiment—Quartermaster Alexander Smith to be Paymaster, vice Matthews, apointed to the tiith Foot, Dee. 3. Ceylon Rifle Regiment Sergeant-Major Richard Bunn to be Quartermaster, Dec. 3. HOSPITAL STAFF.—Assistant-Surgeon Henry Downes, M.D., from the 92d Foot, to be Assistant -Surgeon to the Forces, vice O'Connor, promoted, Nov. 12. UNATTACIIED.—Lieutenant Edward Barclay, from the 96th Foot, to be Captain, without purchase, Dec. 3. MEMORANDUM. —Deputy-Assistant Commissary Ge neral Robert William Ross, for neglect of duty, and for having failed to render pr o p er accounts of the sums re ceived and expended by him on behalf of the public, during his late charge of the Commissariat on the Gold Coast, has been removed from the service. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, DEC. 2. Royal Regiment of Artillery Second Lieutenant Thomas Picton Warlow to be First Lieutenant, vice William King, placed on half-pay, Nov. 23. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Cheshire. The King's Regiment of Cheshire Yeomanry Cavalry —Lieutenant-Colonel George Warren Baron de Tabley to be Lieutenant Colonel Commandant, vice Wilbraham Egerton, resigned; Captain Sir Philip do Malpas Grey Egerton, Bart., M.P., to be Lieutena n t-C o l one l , v i ce Baron de Taly, promoted ; Cornet the Hon. Hugh Lupus Earl Grosvenor, M.P., to be Captain, vice Sir Philip de Malpas Grey Egerton, Bart., promoted. ADMIRALTY, DEC. 2. The under-mentioned promotion has this day taken place, consequent upon the death of Rear-Admiral William Henry Shirreff :—Captain William Fisher to be Rear-Admiral of the Blue. WHITEHALL, Nov. 20. The Lord Chancellor has appointed George Doe, of Great Torrington, in the county of Devon, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. John Hobbs, cattle dealer, High Wycombe, Buck inghamshire. Aaron Israel and B 'WiIIiamANKRUPTS. Turner merchants, t Grea Tower -street, to surren d er, Dec. 17, at half-past welve, t and Jan. 18, at twelve, at the Court, Basinghall-street. Pennell, official assignee; Weir and Smith, Coopers'- hall, Basinghall-street. Thomas Wood, attorney at law, Corbet.court, Grace church-street, Dec. 15, at two, and Jan. 20, at eleven, at lIE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH COMPANY. London, 345, Strand, September 1, 1847. COMMERCIAL TELE4RAPII. The works of the Lines for commercial communleations between e places enumerated below, embracing a system of Telegraphs for onimercial purposes silly, and distinct from that reserved for the special iise of Railways, being so tar advanced as to admit of their completion by the commencement of the coming year, the Directors think that the time has now arrived when it becomes their duty to make known the arrangements which they contemplate for the ac commodation of the public. Stations will be opened in central situations in the principal Towns, whence Messages and Dispatches will be forwarded to and received rout all the other Stations of the Electric Telegraph Company. In order bo give to Merchants, Rankers, Manufacturers, and all connected with trade, the greatest possible amount of information, a Room will be reserved In eac'i of the Company's Stations for Sub the scribers, In which w ill b e rece i ved, ta b ulated, and exh ibi ted, all Intel . red ligenoe of commercial or public interest ; for Instance— bor- Ship Lists from the varleus Ports. on Share Lists front the various Exchanges. icy. ,'Aces Current. Stock Exchange Lists. d. Corn Markets from the various TAMIL S 10 Prices of Live Stock, &c., &c., kc. 0 0 In London, a Central Station, s u it e d t o th e i m p or t ance of the Me tropolis, is in course of erecti o n i n th e i mm edi a t e v i c i n i ty of the Batik 1 1 and Royal Exchange ; i n thi s St a ti on th e w h o l e Telegraphic News 3 3 c)1 the country will be conc en t ra t e d an d f orwar d ed i n every dime -4 5 Von ; and here, as In o th er T owns, a Room will be reserved for Sub seribeis. The Subscription to these Rooms will be Two Guineas per annual, paid in advance, which will entitle Subscribers to the right of en trance to all the Subscription Rooms of the Company, including the C.mtral Station at London. The foregoing details some of the advantages of the Commercial Telegraph to Subscribers,—but the requirements of the Public in ge neral will be provided for by the Establishment of °Races, which will at all times be open for the reception or transmission c f Messages and Dispatches, while Messengers will be kept at the various Stations, by whom dispatches may be sent out to any part of the Town where the communication has been received by Telegraph at the Com pany's Station. Subscribers' Names are received at the Commercial Telegraph Of fice, where any further information may be obtained. The following are the Towns to which the Commercial Telegraph will be first extended:— London Barnsley Margate Wakefield Ramsgate Leeds Deal Halifax Dover Rochdale Folkestone Mull Canterbury Maidstone Northampton Tonbridge Coventry Gosport Birmingham Southampton Wolverhampton Winchester Stafford Dorchester Chester Bristol Liverpool Gloucester Rotherham Cheltenham James Basire, brick maker, Red Lion -square, and North Hyde, Southall, Dec. 13, at one, and Jan. 17 at two, at the Co ur t, B as i ng h a ll- s treet. Graham, official assignee, Coleman-street ; Lawrence and Flews, Old Jewry-chambers. John Vevers, woollen warehouseman, Cheapside, Dec. 10 and Jan. 14, at twelve, at the Court, Basinghall street. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street; Linklater, Leadenhall-street. Peter James Kirby, pin and needle manufacturer, Newgate-street, Dee. 21, at half-past one, and Jan. 18, at one, at the Court, Basinghall• street. Edwards, offieial assignee, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry ; Mardon and Pritchard, Christchurch-chambers, Newgate-street. Edward Healey, printer and publisher, Paternoster row, and Camden-lodge, Gloucester-road, Regent's -park, Dec. 17, at two, and Jan. 18, at eleven, at the Court, Basinghall- street. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's place, Old Jewry; Vaughan, Furnival's Inn, Holborn. George Taylor, grocer, Bradford, Yorkshire, Dec. 14 and Jan. 8, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds. Stansfield, official assignee, Leeds; Hawtins and Co., New Boswell court; Wells and Co., Bradford; Bond and Barwick, Leeds. John Hemsley, grocer : J.4ds, Dec. 9 and Jan. 13, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds. Yoing, official assignee, Leeds; Sudlow and Co., Bedford-row; Rayner and Co., Leeds. William Lawton, hotel keeper, Liverpool, Dec. 17 and Jan. 7, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool. Turner, official assignee, Liverpool; Sharp and Co., Bedford row; Lowndes and Co., Liverpool. William Littler Oberry, builder, Birkenhead, Cheshire, Dec. 14 and Jan. 7, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool. Bird, official assignee, Liverpool; Frampton, Gray's Inn; Ililliar, Birkenhead. Samuel Knight, hosier, Primethorpe, Leicestershire, Dec. 11 and Jan. 8, at eleven, at the Court, Birmingham. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham; Toiler, Leices ter; James, Birmingham. William Fitzpatrick and William Tew, railway con tractors, Walsall, Staffordshire, Dec. 11 and Jan. 15, at eleven, at the Court, Birmingham. Valpy, official assignee; Wright, Birmingham; Ivemy, Chancery-lane. Richard Sawer, shoe maker, Brough, Westmorland, Dec. 10, at half-past ten, and Jan. 21, at one, at the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Wakley, official assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Coulthard and Cross, Kirkby Stephen; Hoyle, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Nixon, Clif ford's Inn. John Henry Howard, oil merchant, Cheltenham, Dec. 17 and Jan. 14, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol. Hutton, official assignee, Bristol; Lindo, King's Arms-yard. Samuel Stott, John Stott, and William Stott, cotton spinners, Been!), Lancashire, Dec. 14 and Jan. 19, at eleven, at the Court, Manchester. Pott, official assignee, anchester; Atkinson and Co., Manchester; Abbott, Charlotte-street, Bedford-square. John Swale Manb Y, ironmonger, Burnley, Lanca shire, Dec. 15, at eleven, and Jan. 6, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester. Hobson, official assignee, Manchester; Norris and Co., Bedford-row; Bell, Liverpool. David Greenwood and John Bateman, joiners and builders, Bury, Lancashire, Dec. 15 and Jan. 6, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester. Hobson, offiiial assignee, Manchester; Clarke and Co., Lincoln's Inn fields; Whitehead, Bury, John Anderson, merchant, Liverpool, Dee. 15, and Jan. 3, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool. Bird, official assignee, Liverpool; Keightley and Co Chancery-lane; Holden, Liverpool. PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed from the returns made in the week ending November 30, 1847, is 235. 414 d. per cwt. (Dividends, &c., in our next.) ~.._ ...___,__-_..................__ LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Dec. 3. Th KNOCKER V. CURL ING. sum is was an action of deb t , b rought to recover th e of 2181. for work and labour done as an attorney at-law. 'The plaintiff was a solicitor, residing at Dover, and the defend an t a solicitor in town. In 1845 the defendant employed the plaintiff to prepare some books of reference for the Kentish Coast Railway Company, and the present action was instituted to recover com pensation in respect of these services. For the defence it was proved that the defendant, in employing the plaintiff, merely acted as the agent of the railway company, and the jury returned a verdict for the defendant. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Dec. S. (Sittings at Nisi Prius, before Mr. Justice CRESSWELL, and a Special Jury.) BUSH V. SIR W. GOSSETT AND OTRERS. The plaintiff in this action is an engineer residing at Kentish Town, and he sought to recover the sum of 4111. 2s. from the defendants, for work ani labour alleged to have been done, and money paid at their request. It appeared that Sir William Gossett and other gen tlemen of great respectability formed themselves into a company in 1840, for the purpose of carrying out some improvement in the manufacture of iron, and t h at t h e company was called the Rolling and Compre ss i ng - Iron Company. The plaintiff was engaged by them to aid the company in. procuring an Act of Parliment, which was obtained In Ma y , y 1841 , and hopes were held out to him that he wo u ld afterwards ' be engaged at a considerable salary. His salary was afterwards fixed at 2501. a year, but at the end of 1841 he was told that his services would b . e no l onger re quired. He th en brought ari action against the secretary of the company, who was made the responsible officer under the Act for the above amount ; b ut Lord Denman, bef ore w hom it was tried, held that the secre tary was only responsible fcr what became d ue after the passing of th e A c t, and his decision was sub sequently confirmed by th e full Court- The plaintiff now brought the present action. The jury found a verdict fol. the plaintiff—Damages 2001. COURT OF EXC HEQUER, Dec. 3. (Sittings in Nisi Prius, before tho LORD CHIRP BARON and Comm on Juries.) 'LEWIS V. BIN.I'SON, CLERK. This was an action upon a. bill of exchange to recover the sum of 1001. with intere st. The defence set up was, that the defendant had re ceived no consideration for the bill, and that it had been obtained f rom hi m through .fraud and covin. It appeared th a t the defe ndant was a clergyman, re siding at Clifton, near Bristol, and had made application to some advertising money 'lenders, to whom he enclosed two acceptances, upon one of which the present action was brought. The jury, after a short deliberation, stated that they felt reluctantly compelled to give the verdict for the plaintiff. N=lle r . LADVERTISEMENT.]-H OLLOWAY'S OINTMENT AND PILLS are Producing Immei Ise Sensation in the Bahama Islands.—A letter recently received from Mr. Frede rick Williams, of Nassau, s tates—" I know of many here that have tried Hollow: ty's Ointment and Pills, and who have derived the great eat benefit from their use; one case in particular, a lad y, whose foot was in such a dreadful state that to save her life amputation was deemed necessary, and yet she regain, Id the complete use of her limb by these celebrated medi a'nes.” Any wound, sore, ulcer, abscess, or bad leg, eve t if of 20 years' standing, will readily heal by their r application.—Sold by all dealers in medicines, and at 'Professor Holloway's Es tablishment, 244, Strand, Londe on. the Court, Basinghall- street. Bell, official assignee, Coleman street; Wire and Child, St. Swithin's lane. Matthew Marshall, carpenter, St. John's Wood -terrace, Portland-town, Dec. 11, at half -past one, and Jan. 15, at one, at the Court, B asinghall.street. Follett, official assignee, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street ; Great Titchfield street, Portland-street. Jonathan Murray, stationer, Edgware-road, Dec. 11 and Jan. 12, at twelve, at the Court, Basinghall-street. Green, official assignee, Aldernaanburv; Shield and Har wood, Queen -street, Cheapside. John Jones and Alice Brown, licensed victuallers, Shoreditch, Dec. 11, at half -past eleven, and Jan. 12, at half-past one, at the Court, Basinghall-street. Green, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Watson and Co., Falcon- squ ire. William Saul, ironmonger, Brook -street, Bayswater, Dec. 10, at half -past eleven, and Jan. 12, at two, at the Court, Basinghall-street. Follett, official assignee, Sam brook-court, Basingball-street; Lane, Falcon-square. Charles Thomas, painter, Southampton, Dec. 14, at two, and Jan. 18, at twelve, at the Court, Basinghall street. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane; Stevens and Satchel!, Queen -street, Cheapside. John Burgess, tailor, Darleyford- place, Kennington, Dec. 16, at two, and Jan. 18, at half -past twelve, at the Court, Basingh a ll- street. Edwards, offieial assignee, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry; Dawes and Son, Angel court, Throgmorton-street. James Holt, licensed victualler, Stifford, Essex, Dec. 17, at half-past eleven, and Jan. 13, at half-past one, at the Court, Basinghall-street. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane; Hardman, Shoe-lane. William Carruthers, builder, Desborough-terrace, Harrow-road, Dec. 17, at half -past two, and Jan. 14, at one, at the Court, Basinghall-street. Pennell, official assignee; Lile, Bloomsbury-street. John Goodcheape, undertaker, Aldersgate-street, City, and Princes street, Marylebone, Dec. 14, at half-past one, and Jan. 14, at eleven, at the Court, Basinghall street. Belcher, official assignee; Sill, Warwick -court, Holborn. William Speller Berkeley-street West, and George Trigg, Inverness -road, Paddington, builders, Dec. 14, at two, and Jan. 14, at twelve, at the Court, Basinghall street. Belcher, official assignee; Hall, Lincoln's Inn fields. Charles Shingley, commission agent, Maldon, Essex, Dec. 17, at eleven, and Jan. 14, at half-past twelve, at the Court, B as i ng h a ii. street. P enne ll , official assignee; Bromley and Aldridge, South-square, Gray's Inn. Timothy Frederick Triebner, Russia broker, Old Broad -street, Dec. 17, at two, and Jan. 14, at half-past one, at the Court, Basinghall-street. Belcher, official assignee; Bush and Mullens, St. Mildred's-court, Poultry. Robert .Murnford Joslin, sheep and cattle dealer, Stambourne, Essex, Dec. 10, at two, and Jan. 17, at one, at the Court, Basinghall-street. Graham, official assignee, Coleman -street; Meymott, Blackfriars-road; Jackson, Essex. SIT AT, DECEMBER 4, 1847. LATEST PRICES OF SHARES, IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM. PANIES' STOCK. From the Official List, PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENISL, LONDON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3. £35,041,772 I N 4 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. 1547. and at 26s to 29s ed for damaged. Privately Native Ceylon met with a slow sale. For auction 140 bales Mocha, 1,500 bags Costa Rica, and 1,300 bags Planta tion Ceylon are declared. Cocoa.—This afternoon at public sale 37 bags Grenada were sold at 43s Gd for fine bright red, 42s 6d for good, and at 40s to 41s for damaged. TEA.—On the part of holders of Congou there is no inclination shown to submit to any further reduction in prices. The purchases made in all sorts have been to a small extent, and there is a plentiful supply. The mar ket for Green is in a dull state, and there are sellers at • further reduced rates, yet buyers buy with reluctance, and there is a large quantity on off er . Th e pu b l i c sales went off with heaviness, and of the quantity offered, amounting to 16,700, the small portion of only 3,100 packages found buyers, and at a decline on former rates of 2d to 3d for Gunpowder and Imperial, mid 2d per lb for Hyson; but other kinds, however, went at above the previous value. RICE.—To-day there was no improvement in the de . wand for Bengal Rice, and 3372 bags at auction were • all taken in at 13s 6d for good middling white rather dusty, and cargo at lls 6d, but damaged white sold at ' . 9s 6d to 12s 6d per cwt. By private treaty the sales made were trifling in all kinds, SPICES.—With Pimento the market has been better )% supplied this week, and buyers not showing much dis • position to purchase, prices suffered a depression of id per lb. At auction 565 bags were, however, nearly all sold. Black Pepper met with less at - tention, and by private treaty the small parcels ce. disposed of were at prices in favour of buyers. For Mace the market is in an inactive state, and prices are drooping. There are further arrivals of Nutmegs, and on the part of shippers or the home trade little desire is shown to do business, prices are on the de cline. For Ginger the market is in a quiet state, and prices tend downwards, notwithstanding the falling off ; s 1 in the supply, and the quantity to arrive being small. At public sale 41 casks, 128 brls Jamaica were only in part sold. Cinnamon is dull of sale. SPIRITS.—There is a firmness on the part of holders of Jamaica Rum, and the rates insisted upon are upon a par with those previously current, but the home and export demand has fallen of. Only small parcels have been sold. Demerara met with little attention. For Lee ward Island the market is in an inactive state, and the tendency of prices is downward, is 8d to Is 9d having 34 been accepted for proof. East India is rather cheaper, and the purchases made have been trifling at is lid proof with cert ifi cate. F or Mauritius is 6d to Is 61c1 have been accepted for proof. The stock of Rum has been further increased, but all sorts are much ice. cheaper. The sales made in Brandy have been of little moment by the shippers or the home trade; prices con ' tinue on the decline. Geneva is less in request, and prices are on the decline. For British Corn Spirits the '4 market is firm at lat e ra t es , an d t h e d emand is active. '% Gin fully maintains the former value. COMINEAL.—A favourable opinion is entertained towardes all descriptions; the rates obtained in some • cases show an advance on those previously current of 3 , 6 Id per lb. Fem.—Yesterday two large public sales were • brought forward, consisting of 75 butts, 100 crtls, 224 ' brls new Patras, part damaged, a great portion sold ;63 butts, 45 crtls, 55 barrels new Cephalonia; 12 butts, 8 36 crtls new Zante, all damaged, sold from 37s to 38s; ` 3 , 7,600 drums Turkey Figs from 40s to 61s, and a large parcel of Imperial French Plums in various descriptions of packages were all sold at very fair prices; by private contract there has been an improved demand for all de scriptions of common Raisins. ;}6 Ores.—ln consequence of further reduced rates having been submitted to for Olive Oil, buyers have been tempted to operate with more freedom, and a good business has : been done. There is little improvement in the worth of Linseed. Rapeseed is held firmly. There is not much de mand for Cocoa Nut, and there are sellers of good and fine at 58s to 635. Palm is offered upon further reduced terms. For Fish Oils prices remain much the same as 4 those previously current, but there are further arrivals, and on the part of the holders there is a desire to sell, as the stock generally is large. For public sales on the 10th 25 tuna of Sperm, 30 tons of Southern, and 70 tuns of Seal are declared. Southern Oil has been sought after. TALLOW,—This afternoon, although the parcels of Tallow offered at public sale were large, yet the demand was good, and full rates were obtained. 222 pps 42 tee ' hhds 75 brls and 302 boxes S. American were sold - 582 casks Taganrog 41s to 44s 9d, and 157 casks of Petersburgh Soap Tallow mostly taken in at 42s 6d to 43s 6d. 55 % RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. os BRISTOL, DICKMI3IEIL 3. I% STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Bristol and Exeter, 195 New, 4 dis.— Great Western, Quarters, 2% p.—Ditto, New, „ 1 5-16 p.—Midland (Birmingham and Gloucester), 119— h Di orth Staffordshire, p. LIVERPOOL, Dac. 3. ;1 4 STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The Share Market has been firm to r day, and prices are without alteration ; the business done. however, has been limited, owing t o b ut f ew se l lers being in dthe market. The sales ar e —B o l ton , Bl ac kb urn, Clitheroe, . and West Yorkshire. Preference, hi c. p.—Birkenhead, Lan cashire, and Cheshire (late C. and a.), 271. 10s. Shares, 17 , 41 c.—East Lancashire, New Shares, 3 c. dis.—Glasgow and Dumfries, 7N—Lancashire and Yorkshire (late Man c h es t er 8 1 and Leeds) Fifths, p.—London and North-Western, 156 —London and South-Western, 55—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 10/. Preference, p.—Midland, 111% — Ditto, New Halves, 3H dis.—North British, New Quarters, par—North Staffordshire, U i p.—Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and 66 Cheshire, 5 dis.—Seuth-Eastern and Dover, No. 2,4% dis.— EeDitto, Halves, No. 4,1% dis.—York, Newcastle, and Ber wick. (G.N.E.), 1 p.—Belfast and Ballymena, 11% die. is MANCHESTER, DEc. 3. Srocz EXcIIANOE.—The sales are—Eastern Counties, 16% 6d East Lancashire, New Quarters, N, c. dia.—Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, Thirds,dis.—Lanca- Ye shire and Yorkshire, Fifths, 3-16 c. p.—Ditto Halves (B), 7-16 p.—London and North-Western, Quarters (A), 41A — Ditto, Quarters (C), c. p—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Quarters, No. 2, la—Ditto, Sheffield and Lin , colnshire, 4% dis.—North Staffordshire, par—South-Eastern and Dever, 32—Ditto, No. 4, 1 1 % die. BIRMINGHAM, Dac. 3. STOCK EiCHANGE.—The sales are—North British, Ex tension, p.—Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley, 4 p.—Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Stour Valley, PA dis.—North Staffordshire, par—Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A), 3 dis.—Ditto (B), 2 dis.—Shropshire Union, 2 c. die. —Oxford, Coventry, and Burton, par. •v. 21 Amiens and Boulogne ..• •• • • 27 Arbroath and Forfar 26 Chester and Birkenhead • ... 25 Dublin and Drogheda...... ........ • 30 Dublin and Kingstown Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen........ 27 Edinburgh and Glasgow .... 27 Edinburgh and Northern 28 Eastern Counties and North Eastern.. 27 East Lancashire .... .............. 21 Eastern Union ...... .............. 27 Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr • • 27 Glasgow and Greenock.. • 27 Great Southern and Western • • •• • • 28 Great Western, Btc Kendal and Windermere.• ••• • • • • 27 Lancashire and Yorkshire ....... . 26 Lancaster and Carlisle ••••••• • • • • • • • 27 Londonderry and Enniskillen •. • • • • 28 London and North Western, Sm.— • . 28 London and Blackwall ••••••• • • • •• • • 27 London and Brighton .••••••• • • • • • •• 28 London and South Western. •••• • • • • 27 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire 28 Maryport and Carlisle ••••••• • • • • . • • 27 Midland, Bristol, and Birmingham.... 28 Midland Great Western (Irish) • ....• 27 Newcastle and Carlisle.. •• •• 28 Norfolk.. ••••••• . • • •• • •• • • 27 North British .. •.• . • • ........ ..... 27 Paris and Rouen .• • • 27 Rouen and Ilavre .. ••.••• • • .• • 26 Shrewsbury and Chester 27 South Eastern and Branches •• • 26 South Devon .....• . 27 Taff Vale ....... 28 Ulster . .... 28 Whitehaven Junctio n .......... . 27 York and Newcastle . ........ •• • 30 York and North Midland •-• • :: •.• 540 215 540 715 714 3,167 555 10,012 855 1,141 2,503 1,034 1,563 15,511 8,329 1,13$ "101 36,689 635 7,096 6,5116 2,163 511 18,730 613 1,128 344. 3,272 890 2,020 1,700 2,086 6,546 2,595 8,065 647 7,106 1,061 1,797 40i 2,126 891 15,027 8,165 34,2G2 704 6,748 4,964 1,890 531 16,157 670 185 10,817 7,22.G1 2,075 1,311 1,210 5,837 23i 6,299 61w, 1, 711 ?CO G,697 5,83 THE HALL AND TUE HAMLET. By the Author of " The Book of the Seasons," &e. Mt. h e 's new work, " The Hall and the Hamlet," eunveys the same faithful portraiture of English Country Life, with a greater display of original character, that rendered so popular his "Rural Life in England ;" and, as it s title indicates, repre sents the two classes of society to be found in the rural districts, in a series of pi c t uresque Narrative s , t h at combine the romance of Watteau w_itt the fidelity o f W ilkie. " The Hall and The Hle t forms a truly E ng li sh b ook and must be a favourite b oth in town and country. We regret to learn, that Colonel C. Kemys Tynte, has been so ser i ous l y i n di sposed from a rheumatic attack that he has been prevented for some days attending his i Parliamentary duties. BENTLEY. This is a capital number of Bentley, more rich in papers of real and permanent value than perhaps any number of the Miscellany which has yet appeared. In the first place we have a gracefully written account of the life and compositions of Mendelssohn, from the pen of Miss Thomasina Ross, illustrated with a life like portrait of the Shakspere of music ; then we have an interesting account of the city of Para, the first of a series of narratives of adventures .on the banks of the Amazon, by J. E. Warren. We have also (a well told history of the military career of the cele brated Earl of Peterborough ; the conclusion of Hans C. Andersen's biography of Thorwaldsen ; and a " History of the Insurrection in St. Petersburgh in 1825" (illustrated by a portrait of the Emperor Nicholas), from the pen of Charles Whitehead. These are all papers of permanent value of great interest, but they are all surpassed, both in value and in interest, by " The Memoirs of Mr. Brooke, Governor of Labuan and Raja of Sarawak," by James Augustus St. John. The task of writing the me moirs of Mr. Brooke could not have been entrusted to abler hands. Intimately acquainted with every. thing relating to our Eastern Empire, with the manners and customs of the various Oriental nations, with the various treaties concluded by the Dutch for the regulation of the commerce of the Indian Archipelago, and with the manner in which every one of the provisions of those treaties have been violated by the crafty Hollander, and, above all, with the immense resources of the islands of that Archi pelago, the inhabitants of which only want that safety which can alone be secured to them by British protection to amply develop, Mr. St. John seems to be the man of all others most peculiarly adapted by the previous course of his study, and by the boldness and originality, yet at the same time justness of his views, to understand and do justice to the merits of the Raja of Sarawak. He has, moreover, had access to the journals of Mr. Brooke, and is therefore in a position to furnish the public with information as to the career and views of perhaps, with the exception of the Duke of Welling ton, the most remarkable man of his day, which can be in the possession of no other person, and accord ingly our readers will not be surprised to learn that Mr. St. John has produced one of the most valuable and interesting memoirs that has ever appeared. We shall not attempt to trace the career of Mr. Brooke, as every one who can procure the Magazine will no doubt read and study these memoirs. We cannot, however, resist extracti ng th e f o l lowing short account of the life which Mr. Brooke leads among his subjects at Sarawak : " He usually rises moderately early, crosses from his private residence to the the opposite bank of the rivers where he holds what in India would be denominated his Durbar, receives deputations, hears and determines causes, and is accessible to every man, high and low, throughout the whole extent of his territories. The hall of audience at Sarawak is lofty and spacious, and its ap pearance when thronged in the morning is highly cha racteric and picturesque. lii one part of it Mr. Brooke is engaged, perhaps, in conducting a trial for life and death, surrrounded by the impetuous natives, with their swarthy countenances and flashing eyes, habited in almost theatrical costumes, and armed every one of them with a formidable kris or dagger. Even criminals of rank are suffered to wear these weapons till sentence of death has been pronounced, when they quietly deliver them up, and suffer themselves to be led to the place appointed for theirexecution, where, in the presence of their friends and relatives, and all other who may take any interest, they are dispatched by a single blow of the kris; when affairs of less moment are transacting, the natives, sepa rated into groups, disperse themselves through the apartment, and discuss public or private affairs, accord ing to their taste. People, meanwhile, are entering and quitting the hall, some with merry faces because their wishes have been complied with, others, perhaps, look sullenme or dejected because th ey h ave encountered disap pt. " The assembly breaks up at twelve, and Mr. Brooke, returning to his house, spends several hours in his li brary, where he keeps up his acquaintance with the sciences and literature of Europe, or studies the laws and customs of the various populations of the Archipelago. He then dines with the members of the small European society which he has collected around him, and spends the evening in their company. Towards midnight he retires, and again devotes an hour or two to study. This course of life, regularly pursued, will account to those who know him for the variety of his acquirements and the extent of his knowledge, which they otherwise per haps maybe unable to comprehend. It should be added, that unless when in his library, he is at all times accessi ble to anybody, native or stranger; and that even during meals groups of Malays and Dyaks are constantly to be seen in his house, the doors of which are open from morning till night. It is easy after this to understand the attachment of the people to their ruler, whose cha racter and manners contrasts so strikingly with those of the native chiefs. Cooper's novel of " Captain Spike" seems drawing towards a conclusion. In the number we have an account of the wreck of the S wash on a coral reef, in endeavouring to escape from the Poughskeepie, and of the endeavours of Spike and his crew and passen gers to escap e i n th e b oa t. " B r i an O'Linn, ' is con cluded, but the i mag i n i ngs o f th e nove li s t are far surpassed in interest by the realities of the extraordi nary career of Mr. Brooke, as narrated by Mr. James Augustus St. John. FLOODING OF A COLLIERY. FEAFL OF LIFE A few weeks ago we gave LOSS the particulars Of the break ing in of the roof of some ol dcoal mines at Wigan, c T a u u e s s e c d iay by th t e h t e ow o n ve a r n fl d oa n ' ienigourhghb oftheriver we Douglas. visited by heavy and constant rain, and d about s?ve a n ga o i ' n clo v c i k l irt the eve n i ng t h e r i ver was much swollen, and had over flowed its banks in several places. At the beck of Messrs. Eccles's mill, in a field adjoining the river, the chasms formed by the former flood, unfortunately re mained open, and a torrent of water poured into them. The first rush of the water into the hollows was met by the air with such force, that a fountain stream, se veral yards high, was raised in the air for some time. The water continued to pour into the mines during the night, and after flooding nearly the whole of the pits on the same level, it burst open the protection walls built (to keep out the water) in the shafts leading to deeper pits, and was thrown into the latter a depth of one hundred and thirty yards below the mines previously flooded. In one of these, the lower Patricroft Colliery, worked by Messrs. William Lancaster and Com pany, and situate about half a mile from where the water entered from the river, there were four men and two boys working for the night, and twelve horses, most of them were also in the pit. Several attempts were get itoh d h down fearful awr hf t ue h lr e ev sithohlaeefnt stream ter but etao m i t t he Nia a the bottom.er f e u d u , u w dm h ia i ma c h e immediately to - entered, The alioresssnid•baelssecatelosnodgievnetgrby:impure, and it was with great difficulty any person could breathe in the shaft. The cages used in bringing up the men were set in motion, and kept at work above two hours, but there was no signal from the bottom •, nor was it believed, if the parties were then alive, that any Successful attempt cou ld b e ma d e to approach th e s h aft and enter the cages. If the water had broken in at this pit during the day, it is an almost certainty that lln en it fro immenseee sacrifice of life would have been th e consetiu RI 2 jci to 300 there being r egu l ar ly engage d i n colliers and drawers ; and in se veral other pity where the water has broken in, had the rap% been at their work, they would, doubt less. lave shared a similar fate. From the mo ra e'.it of the water first entering, and being rairled, along with large quantities of bricks, coal, and other material, to such a depth, all chance of escape must have been cut off, for if not drowned, it is believed all must have been suffocated. The following are the names of the supposed sufferers, all the men, it will be seen, being married ; and each party having a numbered lamp, there is no doubt of the list being correct :—John Rutter, jun., and John Rutter, sen., who has left a widow and five children ; Matthew Bates, has left a widow and six children ; Thomas Rock., has left a widow and three children ; John Sherry has left a widow, but no children; Michael Underwood, a boy. The water continued to pour in during the whole of the day, and, of course, no idea can be formed of the time it will take to clear the mine, so that the bodies of the unfortunate colliers can not be got out ; it is believed by all that it will occupy several weeks. The company have a one hundred-horse engine, which has been set to work, and every available effort will, we are assured, be made to pump out the water with as little delay as possible. Thirteen coal pits are said to be closed by this inundation.—Liverpool Mercury. A E. M One half the world are desolately single, and the other supposing them married, questionably contented. Diffidence, er a sense of right determine the former, and miscalculated hopes ens hitter the latter. The solitary one may shield himself under the plea of caution and worldly prudence, and the indissoluble, regret en compresing hurry ; but the truth Iles deeper. Physical incapacity, and broken health, are the great hindrances to domestic happiness and social content. The dowry should not be the only marriage set tlement. Honour and justice demand that health should form as item in the cerapact ; it alone dignifies the alliance. Blighted hopes er neglect wound mere sorely than poverty or misfortune. Reader, if these surmises concern yon, procure Dr. CULYERWEIL'S little 'MEMOIRS ' On Single and Married Life," pub. in 2 vols., Is. each (by post, in stamps, Is. Gd. each). Let is imaginatively "dined, +or prudish feeling deter you, by their titles, nor be hindered my misinterpretation, of their supposed contents, from obtaining them. They are not intended certainly for mere idle cariosity, but ter the closet perusal of those mere deeply interested, to whom they are offered as antagonistic to the enipyrical trash put forth on the above subjects, by unqualified authors, which alone or together, are a disgrace to the age. Furthermore, two ether little publications claim your attention (same price Is. each, by post Is. 6d.) called " What to Eat, Drink, and Avoid," and " How to be Happy." They are not merely pamphlets, but equal in quantity a library volume, nor are they the mere ephemeral scribblings of the hour, but the study of the author's life, who owes his present existence, health, and position to this ob servance of the maxims he would inculcate-0 do unto others as he would be done unto—to live after nature's laws—and to keep always of the "sunny aide of the way." The above works may be had of Sherwood, 23, Pat ernoster-row; Carv .4 r 5 7 w W h e o s t strand n b d e ; conferredor direct(bywit with post o personally,r' other- idhe, 147, Fleet•street • Mann , wi 39 ;e C r nh from ill : th N e al ru n th mornings and c.v.:mins:o, 10, Argyll-piaei, Regent-street; and all nook.' I era. DR. LA'MERT ON TIE EECRET INF IRaIITIE~ ON AND MATURITY.—WITII 40 COLOURED ENORATINGS ON STEEL. Just published, and may be had in French or English, in a Sealed Envelope, 2s. id„ or post-free, from the author, for forty-tw• stamps, SELF-PRESERVATION; a Medical Treatise on the Physiology of Marriage, Infelicitous and Unproductive Unions, and the Secret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and Ma turity, 'Nuttily acquired at an early period •f life, which enervate the physical and mental powers, diminish and enfeeble the natural feelings, and exhaust the vital energies of Manhood ; with Practice: Observations on the Treatment of Nervous Debility and Indigestion, whether arising from these causes, close study, or the lafinence of tropical oliraates: Local and Constitutional Weakness, Syphilis, Stricture, sad all Diseases and Derangements resulting from India cretion. With Forty coloured Engravings, illustrating the Anatomy, Physiology, and Diseases of the Reproductive Organs, explaining their structures, uses, and functions, and the various injuries that are produced is them by solitary habits, excesses, and infection. BY SAMUEL LI'MERT, 9, BEDFORD-STREET, BEDFORD -SQUARE, rAaptriotchlocia e r e f , LONDON. Hall,ein er L o o f . t d h o e n lloyorrsal y y f Me Ld b i e n r °cbUrogrhi,fLlicreeidliteliantee'o3f of the London Hospital Medical Society, Sec. Marriage requires the fulfilment of several conditions , it 1 or der that it may be really the cause of mutual happiness. Could the veil. which covers the origin of domestic wretchedness, esti, he raised, and its true source in every instance disclosed, in how many could it be traced to physical disqualifications and their attendant disap pointments. Excesses are always injurious ; the girt, which when used in moderation is fraught with advautage, become" when a b use d, th e prolific source of mischief, and of gr ea t er or les ' to the constitutional and vital powers. The p ar ti cular exces s injuryes, she nature and consequence of which this Tre a ti se professes to Mint*: are productive of greater severity of misery to Use human frame, than any other to which it is subject. This work contains an accurate and complete aoesent of the Anatomy and Physiology of the Reproductive Organs, and •f their relative conditions in health and disease. It deservedly requires the closest atteution and study, for what subject can be of more importance than the preservation of the health, and of the physical capabilities if which every man silmuld be possessed. It unfortunately happens that the unhappy victim of excessive indulgence and vicious habits, whether acquired in early life or from the follies of advanced age, while suffering from their invariable consequences, unwisely entertains a fear of ap plying to a qualified physician for relief. Shame and the dread so frequently, but erroneously entertained that these complaints are beyond the reach of art, alike restrict him and prevent his seeking for assistance where alone it can be procured. In acting thus, ho forgets that accuiate discrimination in ascertaining the causes of disease, sympathvith the sufferer, and, above all, secrecy, inva riably characterise the intelligent and practical physician, and to the medical man who can show by his posse , sion of the requisite legal qualifications that he is entitled to esteem and respect in his profes sional pursuits, the utmost confidence should be extended. Dr. LA.'3IERT has obtained the highest medical honours, as his diplomas testify, and the great extent of his practice for many years is a guarantee for his professional experience, which has reference almost solely to the treatment of these diseases. Published by the Author, and may be had of Kent and Richards, 52, Paternoster-rove; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street; Starie, Tichborne street, Haymarket ; Mansell, 115, Fleet-street ; Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street, London ; or, free by post for forty-two stamps, from the Author, who may be consulted on these disorders personally or by letter, daily, from Tea till Two, and from Five till Eight at Ills colcicav, 9, liedkud-etreot Redford-square 1,914011. -- • • JOINT-STOCX ZANIES. same of Company. Dividend per Annum. Australasia .......... Britsh N °rill American Qeylon . .... ........ omraercial of London •• • Gloucestershire ...... lonian .... . • .. • • • . .. Londn and Westminstr Loudon Joint-Stock ... Proyinclalof Ireland.. Ditto, New. ...7... . National of Ireland .• Nat. Provncial of Eng. Ditto, New......... South Australia ...... Inion of ALI/trail& • • • • Jnion of L0nd0n..... Madrid ....: 51. per cent. 61. per cent. 61. per cent. 51. per cent. 15l per cent. 61. per cent. 61. per cent. 61. per cent. 81. per cent. 81. per cent. 51. por cent. 61. per cent. 51. por cent. 61. per cent. GI. per cent. Asnouat if Share. X s. cl. 40 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 25 0 • 100, 0 0 h 0 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 SO 0 0 [OO 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 Paid. X c d. 40 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 : 20 0 0 2, 13 0 0 10 0 o V 2 5 0 0 _ 10 0 0 22 10 0 35 0 0 3,5 10 0 0 22 10 0 25 0 0 2 10 0 10 0 0 10 40 0 0 50 0 0 40 0 0 CANALS. Pric Price .: 'Dividend Names of i Dividend l Names of C .per Companies. perCOmpai nnum.lles. z A P o: Annum. in X 1 1 £ Ishtn& Oldh 97,51.5 5 • p c 70 Macclesfield . 100 Barnsley.. • • 160 121. 1 80 Neath ...... 100 201. 3415 0 Birmingham 35 41. 86 Peak Forest. 78 W. 200 Coventry ..• • 100 251. Itegent's •• • • 40 33 IL 4s. Derby .•• • • 100 61 , 63 Rochdale ...• 85 41. 18 54 Ells rre&Chs 133 41. , 64 S omrsst Coal 1501 71. 10s. 130 if.:e ~ ash .• . 100 32!. D o .LkFd St 19 61. p. C. 1 GrandJunctnlloo 151. 80 Stll r d &W ore 140 28L 275 , GrandSurreY 100 30 Shrewsbury.. 1251 15/. urand Union 100 11. 10s. 21)4, Stourbrldge.. 145' 201. $O5 arantham .• 150 121. Severn and Kenut & AVII 39 Is. 6d. 5k Wye Rai l. 26 IL Bs. 30 Lee.is&Livrp 100, 341. 505 W arw i c k&l Leicester .. • • 140, 101. 75 fir m i ng . j 100 51. 65 Leicstr I &Nth, 83 , 41. 36 W arw i c k& Loughborogh'l42' 701. b3O .Napton.. .5 — 46 Monmouthsh l loo, 81. Worcstr & j 1 , 8 2!. 41% - 11' Mntgomrys ,100 51. firming. 1 MoltliMwbry,loo 101. Wilts & Brio 67 11 , . 10 .past INSURANCE COMPANIES. icial ' Dividend Amount Itry. Name of Company• per of Paid. Fri( aler, Annum. Share. ----___ - One, £ a. d. £ S. 4. nee, Albion •• •• -•••••• •• 31. 101. 500 0 0 50 0 0 75 SOD, Alliance Brit. and For. 6 per cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 17 DM.) Marine... •• • • 61. per cant, 100 0 0 50 0 5 and Atlas • • • British Commercial .. 7s. per share 50 0 0 50 0 6] ,at Ciericl,Med.3cGen.Life 51. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 20] icial County .............. 31. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - Old Crown ••-••• • • • • • .. 13s. 50 0 0 5 0 0 11 Eagle • 6s. 50 0 0 55 0 61 Eng.& Scot. Law •• •• 51. per cent. 50 0 0 212 6 - )ec. European Life •••• •• 5% per cent. 20 0 0 All paid. - all_ FamilyEndownint Soc. 41. & be. 40 0 40 0 - s":"eemason s ' ..... •• • . 51. per cent. 20 0 0 3 0 0 - et; Globe - 120 Guardian .......• •• • • 51. per cent. 100 0 0 36 10 0 443 'or, linperi al Fire .....• • • 12 per cent. 500 0 0 50 0 0 214 Imperial ........ ial Life IS, 12s. 100 0 0 10 0 0 14% . , Indemnity Marine•••• 11. sh.Bt bs. 100 0 0 513 1 ? I sl Law Fire ............ - 100 0 0 210 0 3 r'id LAW I ife............ 11.55. 100 00'10 0 0 45 Legal and General Life - 50 00i 2 0 0 - 1..: , ,1cii Fire ........ 10s. 25 0012 10 0 13% - 1.-. London Skip ........ 10s. 25 0012 10 0 13% rk, Marine .. ......... - 100 0015 0 0 - rt, med. invlid&Gon.Life 434/. per ct. 50 0 0 20 0 214 ~,_ ' National Lean Fund.. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 National Life.. ... • ... 8/. per cent. 100 0 0 5 0 0 - Palladium Lite 5l. per cent. 60 0 0 2 0 0 - - 37 d, Ptiavalx 31. p. et. & be. - - -,, Pi otector Life.... •• • Si. par cent. 20 001 0 0 - ] 9- Provident Life.......• 11. s s. 100 0010 0 0 k, Rock Life- Royal Exchange 5l. per cent. Stuck. - - It SLID Fire. - - - Ditto Life ....... • • • 11. 6s. - - - a, Universal Life..... • • • 10%1. pr (mt. 100 00810 0 - ],, Viaoria Life .. ..... .. - - 400 3% d LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES. ~ Dividend Amount r. Name of Company per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. ----. ,1 S s. d. X s. d Bank of Scotland ' 71. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 165 British Linen Company Si. par cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 200 ' Caledonian Bank City of Glasgow Bank , Clydesdale Bank-. •• 61. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 121 108 1. Commercial Bank .. - 71. per cent. 500 0 0 100 0 0 160 Eastern 8ank...... .• 61. per cent. 25 0 0 10 0 0 10% Edinb.& Glasgow Bank 61. per cent. 6 0 0 5 0 0 51 19e Exchange Bnk of Scot 6l. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 61 Isle of Man. Company 71. per cent 10 • • 70 0 8 1 4 ' '1 .. 14 . ....i.....1 .....b. bi. per cent. SO 0 o to o u 1 3 North of Scotland Bank 71. per cent. 20 0 0 50 0 i I North British Bank' - 50 0010 0 0 634 • Royalßank of Scotlind 61. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 147 [Tnionßank of Scotland 81. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 $7 9 Western 8ank.....• • • 81. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 70 14 D Aberdeen Fire and Life 121. per cent. 12 10 0 2 I 0 811.6 d. • B. Accord. Life and Fire - 20 0 0 011 0 9s. British Guarantee Ins. - 10 0 0 1 0 0 12e. Caledonian Fire Insur. 101. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 2234 ' Church of England Ins. - SO 0 I 20 0 2 City of Glasgow Life.. 51. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 21. 81 Edinburgh Life Incur. 51. per cent. 100 0 8 12 10 0 18 East of Scotland Life.. - 10 0 0 015 0 12a. ] Eng. & Scot, Law Life 51. per cent. 60 0 0 217 6 2% Hercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 12 Incur. Co. of ficetlni•• 61. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 8 Life Assoc. of Scotland Si. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 11. Ss ] Mercantile Life ...... - 10 0 0 010 0 Bs. National Fire and Life 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 $ 0 24e. North British Insur... 5%1.pr cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 23 North & West of Scot. - 10 0 0 10 0 11. le Scottish Life and Guar. - 20 0 0 811 0 1 % Scot. Mas. and Gen. Life 51. per cent. 1 0 0 015 0 113 s. 6d Scottish Union Insrnce. 641. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 11. 38 Standard Life ...... • . 5/. p er cen t . 50 0 0 45 0 9 i Ti n n e d Pep. Assurance Si. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 12e. , DOCKS. i 1 I Dividend Amount C Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. a Annum. Share. -------.--- ----- -- - £ B. d. £ e. d. ]:ommerclal - 70 tt East and West India - 118 4 East Country ..... •• l/. per ek. 100 0 0 _ -d, Landon •••••••• •• • • 51. pr cent. Stock. - 97 (, Ditto Bonds • ••••• • • 4/. per cent. - - - - 9t. Katharine .... •• • • 5 per cent. Stock. - Ditto Bonds.- .. • . 4%1. pr cans. - - - Southampton ••..• • • • 21. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 , - be WATER-WORKS. 3 Dividend Amount GI Name of Company. per o f P a id. P r i ce, Kt Annum. Share. dii Le X s. d. X s. d. di: Birmingham. .. ••• • •• 18s. 15 0 0 25 0 0 - - East London.... -•• •• 81. 100 0 0 - 170 N( ;rand Junction ••• • • • 2/. 10e. 41 13 4 - 82 3/. 100 0 0 - - Di New Rivr Lndit lirdge 21. 10e. - - 55 Nc Vauxhall ............ 100 0 0 - 104 West Middlesex . . . ,51.15s.prent. G 3 12 9 - 118 BANK OF ENGLAND. (From last night's Gazette.) An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria, cap. 32, for the Week ending on Saturday, the 27th day of November, 1847. 188178 DEPARTMENT. Note , isaued.... • • . • 23,956,165 Z. Government debt .. 11,015,100 Other securities .... 2,984,500 Geld coin and bullion 8,745,732 Silver bullies( •• .. • • 1,210,433 X 23,956,163 M. MAILSIIALL, Chief Cashier. Dated the 2d day of December, 1847. £23,956,165 BANKING DETAITXEN T. Propr l etors' capital.. 14,553,000 Rest . • ••••• • • • • • 3,029,567 Public depoeas (in cluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, sav ings-banks, and Di vidend accounts) .. 7,729,572 Other deposits .. •• • • 8,231,554 seven day and other bills Government securt- ties (including Dead Weight Annuity).. 10,946,594 Other securities .. .. 18,531,810 Noted ...... .. ••• • • . 4,986,590 (}ol4 and silver coin.. 576,773 .... .... 891,079 £15,041,772 Dated the 2d day of December, MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of Dec. 3.) SUCIAL—To-day in consequence of Importers of West India Sugar submitting to rather lower rates induced the refiners to come into the market more freely, and a good business was concluded, but grocers operated with eau• tion in all sorts. The sales amounted to 700, making the total quantity sold for the week 1,900 hhds and tres. The decline in prices during that time amounted to 6d, and in some cases to ls. per cwt. REFINED.—To-day Refined Goods met with attention from the homo trade, and many parcels were sol d, the middling sorts meeting with most attention. The rates obtained were 53s 6d for standard, and 52s to 53s for brown grocery lumps. Bonded Crushed Sugar is dull of sale at 30s to 30$ 6d for first sort. MAURITIUS.—This afternoon there was no public sale, and all sorts were purchased with reluctance by private treaty, although easier rates were taken. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon four parcels of Bengal Sugar, amounting to 3,573 bags were submitted to public competition. There was a desire on the part of mer chants to sell, and they submitted to a decline on former rates of is per cwt, but the whole sold. Madras is dull of sale, and 251 bags at auction were taken in at 30s for brown and yellow damp, being above the value. FOREIGN. — This afternoon the biddings were languid at a public sale of 1,759 baskets of Java Sugar, and a part only sold at a reduction on former rates of 6d per cwt. MOLASSES. —Although West India can be obtained at further reduced rates, yet few purchases have been made, and 15s to 18s is the value of common to fine quality. The stock of East India Treacle is on the increase, and there are few buyers, still 18s is asked for the last. COFFEE.—This afternoon the public sales of Planta tion Ceylon, consisting of 36 casks and 638 bags, went off with heaviness, and a part only sold at a further reduc tion of 2s, making the fall for the week 3s to 4s--- middling colory went at 48s to 50s, low middling 46s to 475, fine fine ordinary 43s to 445, good middling 575, middling greyish Demerara kind, good make 465, pea berry 47s Cd, and damaged 30s to 32s 6d. Of Costa Rica 42 bags went at 30s 6d for good ordinary, LEEDS, DECEiIBER 2. STOCK EXCHANGE.—A moderate amount of business has been done to-day at the annexed prices : East Lancashire, 3 dis.—Ditto, New, VA dis.—Ditto. Quarters, 14s. c. dis. Great Northern, 57/ 8 dis.— Lancashire and Yorkshire (West Riding Union), 2% dis —Leeds and Dewsbury, H a l ves, 1% dis.—Leeds and Thirsk, 14 1 4 dis.—Ditto, New, 12% is.— Leicester and Bedford, 3 s . di s .— Midl and, Preference, 17 d s. 6d. dis.—North British, Halves, 125 / 4 —Ditto, Thirds, 7s. 6d. p. —Ditto, Quarters, par—North Staf f ordshire, 2s. 6d. p.— North-Western, 4 LAI dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, 31 1 / 2 — Ditto, No. 4, 365. 3d. dis.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick, No. 2 (New Berwicks), 2 3 4 c. p. EDINBURGH, DE:: 2. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Caledonian, New, N. 6 8.—Dundee and Perth, Quarters, 21.9 —Edinburgh and Glasgow, 96/.—Edinb urg h an d N orthern, (Newport), Si. 15s. —Great Northern, 4/. 13s. —North British, 28—Ditto, Quar ters, 41. 18s.—Ditto, New, 13s. 6d.—Ditto, Thirds, 21. Bs. Ditto, Fifths, 51. 18s. 6d.—Shrewsbury and Cheater, 8 per cent. Preference, 71. YORK, DEC. 2. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Great Northern, 4% Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 19s.—North British, :Thirds, 21. Bs.—Ditto, Quarters, 4/. 180.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick, No. 2 (late New Berwicks), 123 —Ditto, G. N. E. Purchase, 9 3 / I —York and North laidland ( East and West Riding Extension), 2.84. RAILWAY RETURNS RAILWAY TRAITIC.—The following are the Total Receipts of Ra 1- ways for the past week—that is to say, up to the date to which the respective returns are made, together with the receipts of tke same week lu the previous year: NAME OF RAILWAY. Last Week. 4, ata 131.7 D t - 4g [PRICE SD. THE MAGAZINES. TAIT. Ireland and the Currency again tax the ingenuity of our contemporary for the discovery, if possible, of some remedy for those two enormous evils. This, moreover, in additional papers to the usual " Political Register." George Gilfillan, in another of his elo quent but faulty com p osi tions —compositions brilliant in language, and blurred with incongruous and in comprehensible hallucinations of judgment—considers the character and the writings of Mrs. Shelley. Of her mother, th e f amous M ary Wollstonecroft, who died in childbed of Shelley's future wife (" like the sun," says Mr. Gilfillan, " going down to reveal the coming star"), he speaks very beautifully, as " the Madame Roland of England.' Alluding to Shelley himself, our critic fantastically but truly says, " h e seems to us as though the most beautiful of bei ngs had been struck blind." The palm of excellence in the works of Mrs. Shelley is of course given to her " Frankenstein"—a most wonderful book for a girl of eighteen ; as wonderful a piece of literary preco city as that of her husband at the same age—" Queen. Mab." " Historical Portraits, Autographs, and Illustrations," is a curious and interesting chapter. " Furstenruhe" is continued. Percy B. St. John breaks off in his narrative of " Miranda," to tell us a story called the " Lion and the Panther." His prac tice as a tale-teller renders him a welcome contributor to the magazine. Sir Thomas Dick Lauder pursues his disquisitions on " Scottish Rivers," and Thomas De Quiencey his on " Protestantism." The poetical scraps are abundant, the " Literary Register" is ample, and a review of a novel called " All Classes" completes Tail for December. NATIONAL MERCANTILE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, POULTRY, IdA.NBION-HOUSE, LONDON. Empowered by Special Act of Parliament. ROBERT WILCOXON, Esq., Chairman. Parties desirous of participating in the Profits to be declared in 1852, must send in their proposals before January 1, 1848. J. JONES, Actiary and Secretary. adan house nom.) )ert • S.