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cp ) • 40 / LONDONdkD WESTMINSTER BANS. gL / AL\, r e*, „\,\\ 0 - ‘; c 1:: 4 / 7AP . O. U I • 3, (1 ' • e half-yearly meeting of the proprietors of this corn - 1 '"; %, s \ , t 4 Yk . . ^ 4 . 4 4 1-V- 4 11 *-$ I Ice 1411 t.,1-114 r , ! e l j • an was held yesterday at the London Tavern, Bishops gate-street—Mr. James Denis d© Vitre in the chair. 0 , ' +o : 'll6 / OW S*Ak. k ' 171,1 " ,DlEty;,„ ' : 19 :0 .5 - , T ". '4.77 There was a large nninber of shareholders present. The SECRETARY read the following report of the direc- ,' - - - t_ , IN " MIDLAND RAILWAY. OTICE IS HEREBY , GIVEN, that the s ,„, BOOKS in which TRANSFERS of the undermentioned ' 4O CE. and SHARES of this COMPANY are registered, viz., Midland Consolidated Stock, ~ Consolidated Preferential Stock, Erewash Consolidated Birmingham and Derby Stock, .r. Valley Shares, £l6. 135. 4d. Shares, and Midland Bradfori Shares, Win be closed on MONDAY, the 31st day of January instant; and th 4 t .. all transfer deeds for registration must be deposited in this office, utt or before that day, to entitle proprietors to the forthcoming divi dend, [P R I CE SD. LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 20, 1853. . 18,824. JOHN ELLIS, Chairman of the Board of Directors, SAMUEL BEALE, Deputy Chairman. I) crb By order. J. F. BELL, Y. Jan. 18th, 1853. Secretary. THE HOOD MBMORIATi. - CLOSE OF THE SUBSCRIPTION. AT a GENERAL MEETING of the SUB SCRIBERS to the Fund for Erecting a Monument above the Grave of THOMAS HOOD In Kensal-green Cemetery, held Dec. 2d, at the Whittington Club, it was resolved that the Subsciiption List be CLOSED on the Ist of February, 1853, and Mass ELIZA. COOK, Ma. MURDO YOUNG, and Ms. JOHN WATKINS, Were appointed Trustees to the Fund. The amounts subscribed are deposited at interest In the London and Commercial Bank. Contributions are received by Mr. William Strudwicke, at the Whittington Club, Strand ; by Miss Eliza Cook, Treasurer, 54, Great Ormonde-street, Bloomsbury ; and by Mr. John Watkins, Ron. Sec., 34, Parliament-street. Among the subscribers are the following : His Grace the Duke of Devonshire, £25 0 0 Tee Right Hon. Lord John Russell, M.P....... 5 0 0 The Right Hon. B. Disraeli, M.P .... • • ........ 5 0 0 The Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay, M.F........• •.. 5 0 0 Sir William Frazer, Bart.• ..... • • 5 0 0 James Harmer, Esq.... ••• • • • John Macgregor, Esq., ..... .... 5 0 0 Arnold Rogers, Esq. ........... . Mrs. Robert Elliot ... • • . 5 0 0 Richard Dawson, Esq., 5 0 0 George Peabody, ... b 5 0 ?Award Moorman, Esq. •• • • David F alomons, Esq •.•.•.•••••• • • • • • • • • • • • • 5 5 0 /f essrs. Spalding and Hodge-- ••••••• • • • • • • • 5 5 0 ~.14155 Eliza 5 0 0 Mips 5 0 0 Proceeds of an "Evening with Hood ' at the Whittington Club.. • 8 8 0 itlirdo Young, Esq., and family ............... 4 4 • S amuel Rogers, Esq ..... • ••• • • • ... 30 0 . W. es Dilke, Esq... •••.. • • .. EIiM C. Lushington, Esq.. ••..••••• • • • • • • • .... 3 0 0 • The Right Hon. the Earl of Ellesmere . 2 0 0 The Right lion. Lord John Manners, M.P..• •.. 2 0 0 Sir James Du.M•f i • •• • • • • •• •• 2 2 0 B. Monckton Mile es, Esq., ..... 2 0 0 W. Procter, ESq (Barry Cornwall) .• 2 2 0 Tog Jerld, E5q.....• ..... `Hervey Esq. •••••• • • • • • • •• •.••• • • • • e 2 2 unwland Hill, Esq , General Post-offlce •••• • • • • - - e• Mackay, Esq., E • L.D. ••••••••••• • • • '• " '• • • 2 0 ,e• Nike, jun , Esq.. ••••• • • • • 2 2 0 .r•chvard Kozon;Esq.... ••••"••" • " • • " • • 2 2 0 Ja 2 2 0 , riles Coppock, Esq.• • • • • • .ev. Thos. Wilkinson, Durham.............. . 2 2 0 Collected by M. J. O'Conner, Esq , Morpeth, I torthtunberland •• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • " Wyld; Esq., and family • • • • • • • •• •• • • Mrs. Theodore Martin ( Hiss Helen' Fancit) Young Men at Simpkin and Marshall's.. half crowns from Manchester.... • • The ..... Right Hon. the Earl of Carlisle— • • • • ...• The Right li on . the Earl of St. Germans • • • • • • The Right lion. Lord Brougham • • .. •• • • • • • • Zile Right Hon. Lord Dailey Stuart. M.P. • Ihe Hon. and Rev. S. G. Osborne • • • • • - • • • • • • • • Alfred Tennyson, Esq. (Poet Laureate)..... • • • • Lady Sandys .. • • ........ • . • W. Thackeray, Esq... •• • • ......... • ...... Charles Swain, Esq, "•" • • • .•• • • • • • • • W. C. Macready, E"q•• • •• ••• " • ••• • • •• J. Westland Marston, Esq •••••••••• Albert Smith, Esq. ••• • • • •• • . Lady Morgan •• • ...... ••'• ' • "" ..... • • ..... Alfred Crowquill, Esq. Wiitfam Jerdan, E5q........................ Hepworth Dixon, Esq • • .. • • • • • • • • W. H. Gore Langton, Esq.. M.P............... C. Baring Wall, Esq., M.P................ Charles Gavan Duffy, Esq., • • •• ••• • • • R. swift, Esq., 3.1. P . • • • ...... • • .. • • ...... James Macgregor, Esq., M.P.• n..iawretra, Esq., ALP— W. J. Fox, Esq., 11• P................ Sir John Kerle Haberfield, Knt.- Brlstol Mrs Milner Gibson Thomas Creswick, Esq. R.A.. J. B. Backstone, Esq.... • • • Mrs. Fitzwillia.m ••..••.•—••—•• Rev. Felix Palmer, Frierning ............ Horace 3faylis•w, Esq.... . • •• ••• • • Sydney Yctidys Docell, Esq. C. Cowden Clarke. F.:K..... J. E. Carpenter, Esq. Dr. Robert Elliot, Stratford • Elocution Class, Walworth Literary Institution.. Eight half crowns from Preston In pence from Bideford • .. • • • . • ..... • .. In Half-crowns, from Bristol.. In Half-crowns and Shillings .. • • • • • In pence from Bristol.... ••••• • • • • • MissMartineau .....••••..••....••.• .... Miss Mitford ... • • .... Geo. Dawson, Esq., M.A. .. • • •• • • ... • •• • E. L. Blanchard, Esq. W. C. Bennett. Esq. ....... .. • • • • • . • • • • • • A few poor NeedleWorneii ........ .. • • .. In other stuns .......• • • . • 1 0 0 0 18 S 1 2 6 O 11 0 O 12 6 O 10 6 O 10 6 0 10 6 O 10 6 0 10 6 O 10 6 224 0 1 £416 3 0 Every subscriber's name will appear in Eliza Cook's Journal. JOIIN WATKINS, Hon. Sec. tl4l/* CIIINERWELL'S NEW WOR KS. To be had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster - row , Carvalho, -47 Fleet-street; Mann, 39, Cernhill. Price One Shilling each; by P "t. Is 6d. ENJOYMENT OF LIFE. " Health, Recreation, and Rational Use of Time." Con'rriTs :—Early Rising—Spring and Summer Mornings—Ex ,;lrsions about the Environs of London—The Parks, Lanes, Has, zoFests, High-roads, and other pleasant places - Country tP u Ps and Rambles—The Sea -London ghng at Home sie--The Drama—On Eating, a ping,Drin t•leeping, Bathing, Air, Rest, Ease, Occupation, &c., FRAGMENTS FROM THE FOUNTAINS. Two Vols. . I. V ISIT TO THE LAKES; SVoIKETCH OF EDINBURGH, &c. Vol. 11. THE LAKES OF KILLARNEY ; REMINISCENCES OF DUBLIN, &c. 111. WHAT TO EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID, " That three score years and ten our course may run." A Popular review of almost every form (cause and cure) of ner "/WY-debilitated health and enfeebled constitution that harasses the young, besets the man of pleasure, business or study, and ern. bitters ol d age ; with tables and rules for the diet and physical regu lation of every-day life. THE PASSIONS. " What passions hurt the body—what improve, Truths as refined as Athens ever heard." BmizEcT :—Life's pilgrimage, from infancy to old age. The ad vent of the passions. Chastity and its infringement. The casualties of licentiousness and dissipation, with illustrations, graphic, narra tive, and remediative. Advocacy of early marriages. V. THE MARRIAGE STATE. "To be or not to be, that is the question." PROGRAMME :—Laws and obligations of nature, society, and reli gion regarding marriage, to be observed by either sex. Time and choice, on both sides, as to age temperament, complexion, and figure, to secure healthy offspring, with the art of rearing them. Physical defectiveness and its removal. Sterility and its conversion. Cases, sc• By It. J. C ULVERWELL, M.D. (1841), M.R.C.S. (1827), L.S.A. (1824), Twenty-five years Medical and Forensic Referee in these Matteis. ON THE PHILOSOPHY OF MARRIAGE, AND THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. WITH FIFTY COLOURED ENGRAVINGS ON STEEL. In French, English, German, Dutch, Spanish, and Italian, in a Sealed Envelope, 2s. 6d., or post-free, for Forty-two Stamps, SELF-PRESE RVATION ; an Analytical Investigation of the Physiology and Functions of Marriage, in all the bearings in which that important subject affects the health and happineis of Man, with its Disqualifications and Impe diments, tracing their origin to the effects of juvenile solitary habits, Youthful excess, tropical climates, or close study ; followed by prac tical remarks, founded on twenty years' experience in rmatorrhc the treatment of Impuissance, Nervous De bilit y , Local Weakness, Spe, Syphilis, and all diseases of the Urinary and Generative Systern. Il lustrated by 50 coloured Engravings, on the Anatomy of the Repro ductive Organs and their relative conditions in Health and Disease. By SAMUEL LA'AIERT, M.D. 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON, D.:ctor of Medicine, Matriculated Member of the University of Edin burgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London. &c., &c. The essential object of this treatise is to point out the fearful consequences resulting from irregularities and excesses, which have produced more misery in Youth, degradation in Man hood, and premature decay at all stages of life, than, perhaps, any other class of disease known to modern pathologists. The treatment adopted is founded on experience gained in the most celebrated schools of medicine both in this country and in continental Europe. The results of the knowledge thus acquired are here condensed under the personal supervision of Dr. La'3lert, himself one of the Jew egally qualified ph} aicians who have devoted their whole and un divided studies to this important branch of medical science. In short, every peculiarity relating to the treatment of the diseases incide ntal to .fn 4D thear.c ultimate agenerative cure are describedsystem, in d detailth e m . e Thean s ofprofessionalimmediate reputation o a om 'M io ert bo , o w ouro ho has taken and thoebromodo: is most distinguished a ishedoommeodliocoati guarantee that those who may place themselves under his care inviolable e o ry ooro n o s y ta w n li ce io , b m or e : t oo w r it e h qu t io h i a te t bi deli tb ca o te tr co oo n t s m ide o r o a t t o lo f n tb a e n o d o will, in every cases, arl ce t • b hed b i T a t i li ll e Author, and may be had of J. Gilbert, 49, Pater noster-row; sAsi.lio otter dal tAih i nna a n Y lh i 6 .2 3 r3 . : Oxford-street ; Starie, Titchborne-street, stamps,from w e b o o rnhi roo ll y ; b o o r oo fr o ee su b u y ed p p os e t roo fo n r ol f l r o y t , y o - r tw by o I Y. from Ten till Two, and from Six till Eight. Price Is. each; by post, Is. 6d. To be bad of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster•row ; Carvaiho, 147, Fleet•street ; Mann, 39, Cornhill; or of 31. R. Culverwell, TenArgyll•place• Rezent•street, who may be con su lt ed daily from till Five. and Seven till Nine. JUVENILE ATTIRE and SUITALE DRESS for EVERY ONE. A t a time when every one's attention is occupied with a variety of things which press on their notice at the commencement of the Year, it would be futile and unbusinesslike to solicit attention to such articles as are not required. Many year's experience, and strict at tention to the claims of the seasons, induce E. MOSES aed SON to offer those Articles only which are absolutely necessary ; but these a re presented in a Magnitude of Stock, and a variety of styles and Patterns, which excel all attempts at equality, and at such prices as no Establishment in the world can imitate. ATTIRE; for YOUTHS about to return to SCHOOL, if ordered at '• MOSES and SON'S, is made with greater speed, Cut with greater rouracy, finished with more care ; it also Fits with more comfort, s more durable. and is charged considerably lower prices than at anY other House. The Ready-made Department furnishes JUVE NILE DRESS of unparalleled excellence, at the lowest p rices. O VERCOATS, WRAPPERS. and WATERPROOF CLOTHING, specially appropriate for the Wet season, in gentlemanly and cora to allrtalee styles in materials and fashions, which arrest the attention o fclasses. but the low prices surprise every purchaser. The HOSIERY and FUR Department exhibits every novelty of the season, and presents inducements is quality and price to be found only at the Establishment of E. MOSES and BON. TO EMIGRANTS. In your intense anxiety for the golden treasure of Australia, do not forget your OUTFIT 1 If time is a consideration, you need only and call at the OUTFITTIN G E ST A BLISHMENT of E. MOSE S n a SON. All th e G oods and Clothing you require are arrange d separate Department, and Ladies and Gentl emen , Mechanics, , Gold . Diggers" or Far mers, are furnished with the best OUTFITS at t h e lowest prices. Ship-sailing information, and full Lists of Outfits, may be had on application or post-free to any part of the kingdom. CAUTION.—E. MOSES and SON regret haviffir to guard the public against imposition, having learned that the untradesman-like falsehood of " Being connected with their Establishment," or " It's the same concern," ha s b een resorted to is many instances, and for obvious reasons, they beg to &tate that they have No CONNEXION WITH .NT OTHER HOUR IN OR OUT OF LONDON, except their own Establishments, as follows : London City Establishment, 154. 155, 156, and 157, Minories, 83, 84, 85, and 86, Aldgate, opposite the Church, all communicating. London West-end Branch, 506, 507, 508, New Oxford-street, 1,2, and 3, Bart-street, all communicating. Bradford (Yorkshire) Branch, 19, Bridge-street. Sheffield Branch, 36, Farrate. Merchant Tailors, Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boot and Shoe Makers, and General Outfitters for Ladles and Gentlemen. exch IMPORTAN if T —Should any article not give satisfaction, it will be anged desired, or, if preferred, the money will be returned Without hesitation. All goods are marked in plain figures, the lowest Price, from which ne abatement can be made. The Establishments aro closed from sunset Friday to sun set on Saturdays, when business is resumed till 12 o'clock. A new Book, entitled " The World's Pharos," containin g the I :m4/rasa's Assistant, Rai list of prices, and directions tor self mea surement, may be had on application, or post-free, to any part of the kingdom. - A handsome Almanac for the year ending 1i153 can be had gratis, ea application. Ici Pon parle Francais. Qui Si perle Italian,Mier skricht man Deutsell. I Aqua se liable Espanol IMPORTANT MEDICAL AND SURGICAL WORKS, Just published, by 11. Rainier% 219, Regent-street, Londov. SYO., in cloth. price N ss o I. y post free, as. 6(1., Owith s N T RUE the v j ziew F ,Aii. ' in relation to the Treatmeatand Cure Sufferersfrom Debility th e t S ha E co S rro P efe E ii ß n M cf A w T id O e-s ß pr ß es H d CE Eorfr A r , from the English h n o f ea re aders by a LiLypochondr...,.. Generati ; e ran Sy st s a t t e e m d , fr o o r "Dr. Pickford is known to En enn g b P y i l C il lU s frequent °Rl practi cal contributions to German medical nne, he informs us, that he has addres li terature. This is the first cal reader. We trust this may not himself to the floe-medi cal any other equally flagrant evil be the last, if he shall which it may be i n his power to correct." — London Medical o" "We promised in a former number that w e ette. May 30, 1851. should recur to this wark, in order to exhibit its aim snore clearly, Th e author lashes with great severity the impostors who make; liv eli hood met 8Y by preying on the credulity of the p ublic. Th e tribe of . Q mathisers; and ' Medical Friends, are mercilessly exposed; and if this book could find its way into the hands of those who mirror from th com plaint of which it treats. we are satisfied that many hundreds would be saved much needless suffering of body and mind, and what is of l e ss importance, though it is that w p rize -- much the quack s most riz() much trolley .. —.This volume is well qualified to put an end to the — empirical system of treating Spermatorrhcea, and to place the treat ment upon a more rational and physiological basis. It is, therefore, likely to do much good." — Med ical Circular, June 16, 1852. No. 11. gvo., In cloth, price 3s. 6d., by post free, 43., THE CURE OF STRICTURE OF THE URl:Tillie, on Prlnd. pies at once Simple, Safe, and Efficient, in even its most Inveterate and apparently Intractable Forms. BY F. B. COURTENAY, Member of the Royal College of Surgeon: , of England. "In proof of his views he (Mr. Cotirtenay) has given he history of a great many cases successfr.lly treated, as bad as any which Mr. Syme adduced, and on wt .ich he had operated. Such are cases ix., xi., xii., and xviii. No. ix . had resisted, for a period of twelve years, the treatment by dllita• Jon, and was finally temcved in as many weeks. But cases xvill. :and xis. appear, both in duration, severity, and complication of syr,3 ptoms, of a more ag gravated character than any detailed by • ld.r. Syme, and yet th 3 treatment adopted by Mr. Courtenay prove( I eminently fIaCCOSSIIII. -_-Professor Lizara on the Treatment of Stri ;titre. WILLIAM HUGHES'S GEOGRAPHICAL WORKS. Just published, fep. 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On Fetruary 1 will be published, Part 1., to be completed in Twelve Monthly Parts, price 2s. each ; each Part containing Eight Quarto Plates of Engravings, and 16 pages of letterpres', H E PRACTICAL DRAUGHTSMAN'S .1 BOOK of INDUSTRIAL DESIGN; forming a complete Course of Mechanical, Engineering, and Architectural Drawing. I ranslated from the French of M. ARMENGAUD, Attie, Professor of Design in the Conservatoire des Arts et Metiers, Paris ; and MM. ARMENGAVD, Jeune, and Arum:Roux, Civil Engineers. Rewritten and arringed, with additional matter and plates, by WM. JOHNSON, Asset. Inst., C E., Editor of " The Practical Mechanic's Journal." To which will be added, Selections from, aid Examples of, the most Useful and generally employed Mechanism of the day. In the press, The PATENTEE'S MANUAL; being a Treatise on the Law and Practice of Letters Patent, especially intended for the Use of Paten tees and Inventors. By JAMES JOHNSON, Esq , of the Middle Temple; and 3‘ HENRY JOHNSON, Solicitor and l'atefit Agent. London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. GOLD DISCOVERIES.—NOTES on the DIS TRIBUTION of GOLD throughout the WORLD, with Four Maps. Price 2s Also, Four Maps, as undermentioned: — In Case. In Sheet. 1. The World. shewing the Gold Districts.... 2s. 6d. .. Is. 6d. 2. The Gold Districts of Australia .....• 2s. 6d. .. Is. 6d. 3. Toe Gold Districts from Bathurst to Sydney 3s. 6d. 2s. 6d. 4. The Gold Districts of Victoria.. ........ 4s. Od. .. 2s. 6d. 5. The Gold Districts of Calilornia.• •••• • • • • _ . lly James Wyld, Geographer to the Queen and his Royal High ness rrince Albert, Charing-cross East London ; Model of the Earth, Leicester square; and 2, Royal Exchange, London. ** Every Map of Australia and the Gold Regions. New Work by the Author of "Jane Eyre," "Shirley," Brc. In a few days will be published, VILLE T T E. By CIIRR ER BELL. In threo vols., post Bvo. London : Smith, Elder, and Co., 65, Cornhill. ASSURANCE COMPANY, 67, Cheapside, London. For the YOUNGER AGES the Premiums of Life Assurance re quired by this Company will be found lower than those of most other offices; while the BONUS ADDITIONS that are periodically made to the sums assured from the Company's profits, tend still further to lessen the outlay on account of premium. Life Annuities are granted by the Company on equitable terms. Prospectuses may be had on application. T. BELL, Secretary and Actuary. Chief Agencies—Manchester, 1, Ducie-place ; Glasgow, Buchanan street ; Bull, Exchange buildings ; Newcastie•on-Tyne, Royal Ar cade ; Leeds, 17, Albion•street ; Birmingham, 27, Watermo-street. ANCHOR PATRON-II R. IL PRINCE ALBERT. ROYAL POLYTECEINIC INSTITUTION. ENTIRELY NEW EXHIBITION.—An OPTICAL and MUSICAL ILLUSTRATION of "A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM," Morning and Evening.—LECTURES by J. H. 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MEDICAL OFFICERS. PIIISICIAN.—Arthur H. Hassan, Esq., M.D., 8, Bennett-street, St. James's. SonoEox.—F. H. Thomson, F.sq., 48, Berners•street. The bonus added to policies from March, 1834, to the 31s1 Decemlier, 1847, is as follows: Sum Time fissured. Usured.PolleyinlB4l Policyin 1848 at Death. - ---- ---- £500 , ) 13 years 10 mths £638 6 8 £787 10 0 £6470 16 8 *lOOO 7 years .. .. 157 10 0 1157 10 0 500 1 year •• .. 11 5 0 , 511 5 0 EXAMPLE.—At the commencement of the year 1841 a person aged thirty took out a Policy for 1,0001., the Annual Payment for which is 241. Is. Bd.; in 1847 he had paid in Premiums 168/. 1 Is. Bd. ; but the profits being 2 per cent. per annum on the sum insured (which is 221. 10s. per annum for each 1,0001.), he ha't 1571. 10s. added to the Policy, almost as much as the Premiums paid. The Premiums, nevertheless, are on the most moderate scale, and only one-half need be paid for the first five years when the In suranceis for Life. Every information will be afforded on application to the Resident It rector. VIRAMPTON'S PILL of HEALTH. The following testimonial is another proof of the great efficacy of this medicine : " Winchmore Hill, Middlesex, April 16, 1851. Sir,—ln consideration of the great benefit I have derived from taking Frampton's Pill of Health, I feel it a duty that I owe to you and the public to send you the following statement. For upwards of nine years I have experienced the efficacy of this excellent medicine. I had long previously been afflicted with headache and indigestion, but a friend having induced me to make a trial of Frampton's Pills, I now inform you that a few doses gave me great relief; and during this long period of time I have taken them in preference never had any other a medicine ; and I have the happ iness of saying that I better state of health, which I attribute to Frtilliptoll'S Pills. I beg further to add, that this medicine is in general use by my family, and we know of nothing to equal it. "I am, Sir, yours respectfully, THOMAS PROVINCE. " To Mr. T. ?rout, 229, Strand, London. This excellent Family Pill is a medicine of long-tried efficacy for correcting all disorders of the stomach and bowels, and is a pleasant, safe, easy aperient ; they unite the recommendation of a mild operation with the most successful effect, and require no re straint of diet or confinement during their use. Ask for FIIAMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH, and observe the name and address of " Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, Londou,"on the Government Stamp. Price is. 134 d. and 2s. 9d. Der box. South Australian Copper Mining Company, 17, Gracechurch•s reet. LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the next HALF-YEARLY GENERAL MEETING ut tne proprietors of Vie LONDON and SOUTHWESTERN RAIL WAY COMPANY will be held at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate street, London, on WEDNESDAY, the 16th day of February, 1853. at Twelve o'clock precisely, when the directors will submit a report on the anirs of the company during the preceding half-year, a divi dend will be declared, and the general business of the company tran sacted. And Notice is hereby further Given, that at this meeting an &cc tion of directors will take place, and that there are four vacancies in the direction occasioned by the resignation of the Right Hen. the Earl of Morley, and of Thomas Smith, Esq , and by the reth•ernent, under the provisions of the " London and South-Western Railway Amendment Act, 1847," of John Lewis Count Eyr e and Mattthew Haien!, Esq. The two retiring directors, John Lewis Count Eyre and Mathew Uzielli, Esq., are re•eligible, and offer themselves for re-election ac cordingly; and George Best, Esq., Charles Castleman, Esq., Thomas Williams Helps, Esq., Edward John Harchins, Esq., M.P, Sir Ray mond Jarvis, James Gilbert Johnson (Captain, Royal Engineers), Alexander Kay. Esq., and William Philip Snell, Esq., have also seve rally declared their intention, according to the provisions of the Acts of Parliament regulating the company, to become candidates far election. The books of the company for the transfer of shares will. be closed on Wednesday, the 2d day of February, and remain closed unt.l Wednesday, the I GUI day of February, 1853. both days inclusive. By Order of the Board of Directors, .4.. BULKELEY, Sec. York-road Offices, 18th January, 1853. LAURENT'S GRAND CASINO. ARGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street, St. James's, Lessee, Charles Emile Laurent, Ons low House, Brompton-road, Licensed pursuant to Act of Parliament, of 25th George 11. Open every evening with Laurent's Celebrated Band. Principal ornet-A-Piston, bi. Boulcour. Admission—ONE SHILLING. Doors open at Half-past Eight o'clock. _Dancing to commence at Nina and terminate at Half-past Eleven precisely. MIDLAND GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. An extraordinary general meeting of the shareholders of this company was held on Tuesday at their terminus in Dublin, for the purpose of submitting to the sharehold ers for their approval, an agreement for the purchase or transfer to the said company of the Grand Canal, with all the lands, works, and property thereto belonging, and to the means of carrying said agreement into effect. The chair was taken by Mr. John Ennis, the chairman of the company. The CHAIRMAN described in detail all the negotiations that had taken place relative to the purchase of the canal, and in conclusion said that, thinking it essential to enter into possession as early as possible, they proposed to be the lessees of that company until after the 30th June, when, having obtained the Act of Parliament legalising the transfer, they would become the proprietors. He had now reached the termination of these matters, and he would not offer one word of comment, inasmuch as he believed they carried with them their own commentary. He had been anxious to show that all through their cause was one of the most straightforward character—they were co-operating for a great public good, and one which was to be advantageous to every party contracting. It was not their intention to take undue advantage of any man or set of men ; and however they might have been subjected to the imputation of having adopted what the Americans call "smart practice," he, on his own part and on the part of his colleagues, asserted that their ob ject was a public, straightforward, and independent one. (Hear, hear.) Having stated so much, he would give a brief exposition of the advantages which would be realised by the purchase of the Grand Canal navigation ; and he might observe, with reference to the union of canals with railways, that it was found so imperative in England that in almost every instance a combination of railway and canal interests had taken place. (Hear.) Now that was a strong fact in favour of the position they established. It was very desirable, in his opinion, that their interest should be under the same control, because if they looked at the map they would find that the course of the Grand Canal and the course of the Mid land Great Western Railway were, to a very great ex tent, locally and geographically speaking, identical— , they ran, in every degree, parallel. But let them see what they got for the money. He would first ask them to consider the question with reference to the very important position in which it placed them. The Grand Canal gave them access to Belfast by water, which was very strange , and also to Waterford. They bought the entire property at the cost of 316,0001. they got an income of 5,8611. a-year, as he saw by the last report, irrespective of tolls. There was included in that income the price which the citizens would pay them for pipe -water, and that rent, according to very good corporate authority, was yearly increasing. They got 10,0001. in the funds, stock, boats, &c., which were valued by Dr. Hudson at 20,0001., but which he valued at 12,0001. They would pay, in point of fact, 147,0001., or a little more, for the navigation of the canal, which would protect their flanks at all times, and give them command of an enormous country. he original cost was two millions st t erling. (Hear.) Under the circum stances, he thought the proprietors would not hesitate to sanction the purchase ; and if they did, he would at once relieve all public anxiety, and quiet the apprehensions of those who feared that the possession of this new line would lead to the internal derangement of their own affairs, or to contention with their neighbours, by the assurance that theirs would be the policy of peace— (hear, hear)—and that they would be prepared to treat with all the world in terms of amity, and to recognise the rights of others as well as their own. (Hear, hear.) He would now bring his observations to a conclusion, and congratulate them, by anticipation, upon the splendid property which was about to come into their hands. There was room enough for them all. The country had lately exhibited unmistakeable symptoms of improve- meni, and he would have a great deal to answer for in deed who would use any additional power or authority he had acquired in needlessly harrassing those means of enterprise and industry, which, however they might be used by other hands, yet formed an undoubted item in that general system of co-operative arrangements which in course of time would lead to peace and contentment in this country. The chairman concluded by moving the resolution which he had previously read to the meeting, and was cheered on resuming his seat. Mr. PERRY (director) said that there was one matter which escaped the notice of the chairman, with reference to the advantages that company would derive from the ' purchase of the Grand Canal, namely, that they would get the entire control of the Shannon navigation from Kiilaloe to its source. He looked upon the Shannon as a tributary to their railway, which - would prove to be of far more importance than was generally supposed. (Hear, hear.) The resolution was then adopted, and the proceedings terminated. THE NEW MARKET AT BILLINGSGATE.--Yesterday the gas jets for illuminating the arcades in the new struc ture were fitted to the cast-iron pillars. They number 84, two being affixed to each shaft. Besides those on the river front there are six powerful gas lamps, which throw a most brilliant light over the whole wharfage, so as to preclude the possibility of any accident accruing to persons passing at night across the wooden platform to their vessels. The sub-market, for the sale of shell-fish, is also brilliantly lighted with 24 gas jets. The whole of these lights are in addition to the ordinary lamps pro- i vided by the commissioners of lighting and paving, and are lighted during the winter months or when the dul ness of the weather may require it, as soon as the market bell rings (4 o'clock in the morning), at which time the vast area presents a splendid appearance. The fountain in the centre of the market has been in full play, and besides being ornamental it is of the greatest utility in cleansing the surface ; the sub-market and the drains and sewers are cleansed several times every day, by water being impelled through them by steam power, forcing all the filth and o ffal that may have accumulated into a main sewer that empties itself into the river, and which is fre quently flushed by the steam apparatus, so that not the slightest unpleasant odour is emitted. The exterior of the Thames-street front is completed, and the interior is rapidly progressing. It is a very neat structure, consist ing of an arcade for the sale of fish on the ground floor, with a suite of offices over. It is built with red brick and 'dressings of Hayter granite, and is perfectly in keep ing IN ith the river front. The space between the houses on the west side of the market and the arcades has been covered in with rough plate glass of an extraordinary thickness, laid in a laminated form. The houses on the west side of Darkhouse-lane have been purchased by Messrs. Nicholson and Co., the proprietor's of Nichol- Lower Thames - street, who intend to enlarge and build a large stack of warehouses on t s t hho Nichol n' rr s -swwitileliFfrf',The remaining houses in Darkhouse-lane and those in the market, being the property of the City,will, when the leases fall in, be pulled down, and their site appropriated to the enlargement of the market. AN _ALARMING SACRIFICE IN BATAVIA.—The Journal des Dehats, quoting from the Java Bode (a journal pub lished. at Batavia) gives an account of a recent sale of slaves at the Chinese camp. The slaves, twelve in num ber, having been placed upon the table of the exposition, disposed in four lots, rattled some money in their hands and addressed a few words, timidly, and in low tones, to the as4embly. A person who acted as their agent here stepped forward, and stated that his clients, having accumulated, by long and painful labours, some small sr.vings, solicited the favour of being allowed to make a bidding for the purchase of their own persons. No opposition being offered, the first lot was cried, and made an offer, through their agent, of 40 francs. No advance being made upon this sum, the slaves were knocked down to themselves. The next lot, encouraged by their predecessors, offered only 24 francs. The pub lic preserved the same silence, and they also became their own purchasers. The third lot took the hint, and were even more fortunate, picking themselves up a decided bargain for the modest sum of 10 francs. The Java Bode sees in theso facts a great advance in civilisation, espe cially among the Chinese, who formed the great majo rity of the persons present. EGGS.—One hundred and fifteen millions of eggs were thesay F th r a e t ne p h ou a ltry d i d t oe te s not pay p a a e y; s() imported from France into England in 1851, which are Id at prices much below native produce. Our farmers well, as °two is it then that their exports from 88millions in in 1851 ? Either our neighbours 1848, to 1151 millions than underst . and the ma nagement of poultry better. the English do, or our !armers are ignorantly domestic farming. t 1 kept artificially w a prejudiced against that branch of appears that if a fowl-house is during winter, hens will lay during that season British Mail. as constantly as in summer.— h Nort THE THEATRES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES, Sir,—lf the newspapers have b een d epr i ve d of their privileges in one respect, many of them have well as serted them Vn another, for, while all approve of my circular and coincide in my views, many have showered upon my devoted head every kind of anathema that can well be conceived for daring to promulgate them. This is only what I expected, and was quite prepared to re ceive, but I fancy it will not be until my next new piece is produced that I ' shall be really able to judge of the perfect impartiality of a portion of the press ; for, as the Spectator of Saturday remarks (and I have no doubt truly), " what the reporter loses in privilege perhaps the public may gain in truth and pungency"—an admission which enables me to meet Punch's question of " What do you think of the critics, Mr. Mathews ? Are they the style of men to be cajoled into saying what they don't think by a nightly order ?" and to answer, upon the authority of the Spectator, " Yes, Mr. Punch, I think many of them are. " However, as you observe, sir, the " controversy be tween the theatres and the press is substantially settled," and I will, therefore, say no more on the matter, but merely beg to thank you sincerely for the leading article in the Times which so ably espoused my cause. The object of my present intrusion is to reply to another leading article of yours on the subject of the extra shilling charged at the Lyceum box-office for book ing places, and to the letters with fictitious signatures which are daily inserted in the Times, complaining of the Lyceum, and only of the Lyceum, for sanctioning such a custom. Why only the Lyceum 3 I have really no more to do with this question than any other London manager, it being not a particular, but a general custom, and have therefore waited a whole week in the hope that one of my confreres would have taken up the cudgels instead of myself;- the manager of the Princess's Theatre especially, against whom the accusation should have been made, in stead of against me, of " having been addressed once before on the point, and having failed to convince either his opponent or the public" (the charge you refer to, no doubt, being the case brought forward in the county court by a nobleman, who had paid for booking his place in a stall). But as they seem to consider me the knight errant who is to fight their battles while they stand pru dently aloof, I once more make myself " food for pow der." It is rather singular that the Lyceum should be selected as the point of attack, and that your correspon dents "Americus," "A Surgeon," " G.," and " Denta tus,".should allude to no other theatre, since it happens that I have been the only manager who has attempted to do away with the obnoxious custom. During my two first seasons I abolished it altogether, and paid the box keepers and seatkeepers myself, at a loss of 700/. ; but finding that the public did not in any way value the sac rifice, but paid the extra shilling as before (only with the important difference to me that it went into the box keepers' pockets instead of into mine, I bearing the ex pense and they taking the money), I returned to the old custom. The truth is, sir, the fault is with human nature, and not with the managers of theatres. Every man likes to get an advantage over his neighbour, and, if he can do so for a shilling, he doesn't hesitate to disburse that sum, particularly when it also insures his individual comfort. I may even venture to assert that he does so with more satisfaction at the Lyceum than any other theatre, be cause his place is there kept for him the whole evening, instead of only till the end of the first act of the first piece, as at other places. He can therefore dine as late as he pleases, and still be sure of finding his seat unoccu pied. Is this worth paying extra for or not ? There lies the whole question. Allow me to ask you, sir, whether you have ever seen the painted board of " Engaged" hooked on to a first class railway carriage ? Is the extra halfcrown to the guard (though against the law) ever refused to be given or received and would not any man (I should for one) prefer paying an extra shilling for a kept seat in a rail way carriage rather than be subject to the present scramble and confusion in the attempt to get a seat atall ? It is of course a matter of opinion, and nothing more. It is a mistake, however, to suppose that " a tax of ls. is levied on every person who buys a ticket for 55." The custom of the Lyceum is, that ls. extra shall secure places for six persons, 2s. for 12, &c., while other the atres, I understand, charge is. for every four persons, so that your case of the " bookseller who does not charge 6s. for a ss. book, because ordered beforehand," is not quite a case in point ; but I think you will find a better at Charing-cross or the Regent's•circus. You are there charged 6d. for the carriage of a parcel, and then have to pay 2d. for booking it. Do you object to that ? Nay, do you not put a penny stamp upon a letter, and expect that for that sum it will reach its destination ? and yet, if you wish to insure its safe delivery, are you not charged 6d. for its registry ? These payments are matters -of choice ; so is oar extra shilling. May I not 'even ask whether, down to the very pew-opener of your parish church, doorkeepers of all sorts have not been remark able, from time immemorial, for the possession of " itch ing palms ?" As to the proposition that" every seat," even in the pit, should be " a reserved seat as soon as it is paid for," I can only say I should like to hear how it is to be done. I should like to hear any device by which the first-pro miscuous rush of 700 holiday people on " boxing-night," who have been packed like biffins from four o'clock in the afternoon in the pit-passage, is to be con trolled and conducted in an orderly manner to their " reserved seats." There is generally so total an absence of reserve of any kind on such occasions that I wish to know who would undertake the task. Briareus himself, with even 600 additional hands, would fail in the attempt. You say that our theatres are more unfairly conducted than those of any other country. Did you ever try to get a box on the first night of any new opera or play at any of the Parisian theatres, and did you succeed in doing so under, at least, double the usual price ? Do not the theatres throughout Italy invariably increase their prices with their attraction ? And do not the American managers actually sell their tickets by auction under the porticos of their theatres whenever they have a "star" of peculiar brightness to be gazed at? Do we do this ? You will in justice admit that we do not. Nor is it true that the prices of admission to the En glish theatres are exorbitant as compared with those atrecacmayand of o w,bt admissio neehvaeenrd ,y consideredprice o to paid on the Continent. T a k e P ar i s, the greatest thea trical city in the world. At th e G ymnase, Vaudev ill e, and xr those e V i ls • ye three r ihs thersoeet en a t 41/yt L y ceum 5s s t he atres, th e de pricels,h o nqt loges, o i nr isrank your k otsthe to f er stalls at either of the above- name d French theatres, . must pay one franc extra—th e pr i ce of a secured you seat thus becoming 6f. instead of sf. A t t h e P ala i s R oya l, equally, the price of admission t o th e same p l aces i s 4f. —becoming sf. when the places a re secure d . Remember besides, sir, that we d o not rece i ve, as th e foreign theatres do, large sums o f money f rom th e G ove rnment, almost equival en t to our rent. O ur th ea tres are all private spec u l at i ons, and the endeavour of every manager is, of course, to g e t b ac k his outlay in the best way he honestly can. I p a y a rent of nearly 4,000 1 . per annum for the Lyceum ; my expenses are upwards of 600 1 . per week, and my c h arge t o th e public is as small as I can possibly aff or d. W hen that pu bli c likes to come to me (which I am happy t o sa y it vary u o wishf the stalks d'or. premierese ti secure admission to often does) it " pays its money and takes its choice." When it is not inclined to come to me, I have never found that it scrupled in the least to stay away. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, Lyceum, Jan. 17. C. J. MATHEWS. I need not, I presume, further allude to the letters of the gentleman who laments the " extravagant outlay of 15s. for seats, ss. for cab hire (which, at any rate, is not my doing), and is. for booking," or of the " Surgeon," who goes to the play " once in five years," or to those of "Americus" and "Dentatus," whose statements are simply untrue (why do they not give me their real names and addresses that I may investigate their complaints openly ?); but, in return, beg to "offer you one among several letters I have also received : "The box turnkey of the Lyceum is informed that One who stands no nonsense will, in a few evenings, visit that theatre, and will, sans ceremonie, proceed to take pos edknock down any scoundrel who shall attempt to prevent session of any seat he choose s, and will be preparto him. " ANGLICUB." m This, sir, perhaps suggests at onc e the readiest and ost effectual mode that ca n be devis ed for summarily ending all further discussion, and, at the same time, affords an opportunity for the quiet and orderly visitor to make choice between the extra shilling and security, or the choice of a pugilisti s c ir e:i y co o u u n r t o e b r e li ea tht s h e e rv u a n nt -E , ng lish " Anglicus."—l am, O. J. M. (From the Times.) In a letter which we publish this morning will be seen what can be said by one of the cle verest L on d on managers in defence of theatrical management, as now conducted, and as recently brought under public ani madversion. Mr. Charles Mathews, we admit, makes the best of his case ; and if the result is, after all, but an indifferent justification, we are sure the failure w ill no t be attributed to any want of ingenuity on the part of the advocate. Our complaint was to the effect, that the m anagers o f was theatres, in receiving from their customers the p r i ce of a seat, appeared to repudiate the obligati on o f pro viding is advertisedtheseatfor w as the hichthem;naeryge for a place in the boxes ; but, when application is m a d e f or the paid. Five shillings purchase of one of these places at the office opened for the purpose, an additional shilling, or 20 per cent. premium, is exacted . from the p urc h aser as the condition of his obtaining what he has bought. i This, we asserted , was injustice and dishonesty, al though, of course , the notoriety of the usage might pre vent any personal imputat!on from attaching to particu lar managers. We conceive . that when once a seat has been fairly bought at the price fixed by the proprietor himself, the buyer is entitled to the enjoyment of that seat without the necessity of any further intervention in his behalf. What Mr. Mathews thinks the reader will see. It can hardly be necessary to premise that the employment ethis gentleman's name in the controversy , is not intended to mark him with any_peculiar liability, or to represent him as any special incarnation of the system under censure. The manager of the Lyceum has become the Richard Roe of the proceedings, simply because the proceedings were originally opened by himself. - - The present argument of our accomplished correspon dent can be put in a very few words. He regards the extra charge as a charge paid for security. It insures the seat,—that is to say, it renders it certain that what has been paid for will be actually forthcoming. Now, is this worth the consideration given for it, or not ? Is it worth while to avoid scramble, confusion, or failure, and to secure comfort and certainty by the payment of this premium? "There," says Mr. Mathews, "lies the whole question." The disbursement is entirely optional. A man may have security and comfort for 6s. or uncer tainty and discomfort for ss. He may take his choice, as he pays his money. "It is, of course, a matter of opinion, and nothing more." So thinks one of the most liberal of our London managers. We hope our reply may not be thought rude, but we are compelled to observe that this argument rests entirely on that very vice of professional dishonesty against which we remonstrate. Very likely what is obtained for 6s. is so far preferable to what is obtained for ss. that the difference in result may be well worth the difference in outlay; but what can justify the existence of this differ ence to begin with ? Why should a seat for which there has been already paid the whole price demanded by the tariff be made so insecure and so uncomfortable as to require a further outlay 1 The box-office is opened for the sale of boxes, and box seats are advertised at ss. The officer is perfectly acquainted with the availability of every seat in the house. He tells you immediately what seats are engaged and what are open. He sells you one which is particularly specified, which is confessedly vacant, and which consequently becomes yours. A seat, therefore, known to have no previous lien upon it, and purchased at the full, price demanded, is conveyed to the purchaser for the evening ; and we desire to know what possible pretence can be producible for making this seat so uncomfortable and uncertain that 20 per cent. premium must needs be given for ren dering it what it ought to be already ? If, in short, the seat which Mr. Mathews sells for 6s. is nothing but a seat which the buyer may reckon sitting in, what is that seat which he sells for ss. ? We 'do not deny that the advantages he describes may fairly be worth a shilling, but what advantage ought any box seat to have over another box seat which has been fairly paid for ? Whose fault, and whose discredit is it, if scramble, confusion, chance, or favour renders a place honestly purchased so unsafe that a premium is well bestowed in securing the goods for which the money was laid down? Railway directors used to make second-class customers "uncom fortable" in order to drive them into taking first-class tickets, and exactly in proportion to the "discomforts" thus escaped might the result be described as " worth the extra shillings ;" but did this justify the practice on the public ? - - - - Exactly the same remarks might be offered on our correspondent's humorous description of his pit visitors on a boxing-night, or any other night of particular at tractions. Cannot so keen an observer detect that all this - violence, confusion, and pertinacity are the neces sary incidents of the system in use ! Why are 700 human beings " packed like biffins" for two hours and a half in a close passage ? Why do they rush and tumble over each other when the doors are at last opened ? Because they know that nothing less will get them the seats for which they have paid their money. Because they know that any number of applicants will be ad mitted without any reference to the capacity of the house, and because they know that when 500 sittings have been sold to 600 purchasers, it is customary to let those pur chasers determine by fighting which hundred shall be excluded. Half the money which Mr. Mathews reckons on saving in a single night by the concessions of the press would mark, number, and define every seat in the pit of his theatre. As much more would provide a metal ticket far every one of these seats. Now, does Mr. Mathews fancy that, if these tickets could be peace ably bought, and if it was well known that every ticket would infallibly secure its own seat, and no other, people would waste two hours of their afternoon in preparing for a scramble In point of fact, however, our correspondent himself cuts the ground from under his own feet by admitting that he once attempted to abolish at least one of the usages referred to. They are, in reality, all of a piece. They all rest on the assumption that a box seat is not bought when a box seat is paid for, and that the whole legion of servants employed about a theatre may law fully gather their own peculiar perquisites in helping a visitor to that admission for which his mere ticket is held quite insufficient. The box office-keeper takes his shilling for really selling what he sells, and the box keeper takes another shilling for actually delivering what was bought. Each thinks, that as the cus tomer would never get his goods except by his in tervention, he has a. right to his compliment for aiding the bargain. Nay, in the case which we in correctly attributed to the Lyceum, and to which Mr. Mathews refers, the premium was actually demanded for securing a stall, or, in other words, for reserving a reserved seat ! But can these things be justified ? Is it any wonder that people rebel ? Mr. Mathews obliges us with the declared intention of a certain correspondent of his, and asks the public to choose between the expedient thus suggested and the easy payment of Is. But we do not think the contrast either fair or successful. It is for tunately very " un-English" to take the law into one's own hands, and "Anglicus," we trust, may think better of his pugnacious resolution ; but it is equally " un-Eng lish" to purchase justice by a bribe, and we are really of opinion that if any person disturbed in the occupation of a non-engaged seat were to call in a policeman the box keeper might be made to suffer. We trust, however, that extremities so alarming may be averted by timely adjust ment, and that, as the whole amount now allowed to be gleaned in perpuisites is less, by our correspondent's own showing, than one-fifth of that which he gains by another arangement, he will not lose so very suitable an opportunity of taking the sense of the public once more. We freely acknowledge that he has truth on his side in imputing much of the wrong to "human nature." It is unfortunately too true that thoughtlessness in some cases, and selfishness in more, will induce men to buy "an ad vantage over their neighbours," and this laxity of con science must always operate to the damage of good regu lations. The right course, however, in our humble opi nion, is not to legalise and encourage such dealings, but as far as possible to check them. Let every servant of a theatre be paid by the management, be bound to do his duty fairly, and be discharged in case of offence proved. Let the managers adjust their tariffs, like all other deal ' ars, by the terms of trade, but let every seat once bought at its fixed price be producible for the purchaser without further tax or trouble. ANNUAL RETURNS OF FIRES IN LONDON. The following return of the number of fires within the metropolitan district, which were attended by the Lon don firemen during the last 12 months, is made on the authority of Mr. Braidwood, superintendent of the Lon don Brigade : Apothecaries and dealers in drugs, but having no che mical works carried on had 6 fires ; bagnios, 2 ; bakers, 13 ; ditto biscuit, 1 ; ditto muffin, 1 ; ditto, pie, 3 ; basket makers, 1 ; barge a n d boat builders, .1 ; beer shops, 5 ; blacking makers, 1 ; bleachers, 1 ; booksel lers, binders, and stationers, 18 ; bottle merchants, 1 ; brewers, 1 • brokers and deal ers i n o ld c l ot h es, 9 ; build ers, 9 ; cabinet makers, 15 ; carpenters and workers in wood not cabinet makers, 56 ; chemists, 2 ; chan dlers, 15 ; coachmakers, 1 ; co o p ers , 2 ; curr i ers and leather dressers, 2 ; churches, 2 ; corkc u tt ers , 1 ; coffee roasters, 1; coffee-shops and chop-houses, 18 ; cotton wool warehouses, 1 ;.,chocolate makers, 1 ; charcoal and coke dealers, 2 ;.. confectioners and pastry cooks, 3 ; cheesemongers, 7 ; caoutchouc manufacturers, 2 ; cane dyers 1 ; cement wor k s , 1 ; co l our makers, 1 ; distillers (illicit), 11' ditto tar, 2 ; ditto turpentine, 1; drapers, woollen, linen, and mercers, 38 ; druggists, wholesale, 5 ; d r y sa lt ers , 1 ; eating-houses, 14 • engi neers mechanical, 3 ; fi rewor k ma k ers, 2 ; stock, 8 ; founders, 4 ; furriers and skin dyers, 1 ; fire annihilator work s , 1 ; grocers, 7 • gas works, 4 ; glue makers, 1 ; hat makers, 1 ; hempdressers, 4 ; horse-hair merchants, 2 ; hotels, including club houses, 2 ; japan ners, 3 ; lampblack makers, 2 ; laundresses, 3 ; lodgings, 86 ; lucifer match makers, 5 ; Manchester warehouses in London, 6 ; marine store dealers, 7 ; musical instru ment makers, 2 ; milliners and d ressma k ers , 9 ; nuts, dealers in, 1; oi and colourmen, not colour makers, 13; oil works, 1 ; private, 249 ; paper-stainers, 3 ; paste board makers, 1 ; printed baize makers, 2 ; pipe makers, 1 ; printers, 5 ; ditto, copper-plate, 1 ; public b u ildi ngs , 1 ; pawnbrokers, 1 ; painters, plumbrs, and glaziers, 3 ; paper mills, 2 ; rag merchants, 4 ; railways, 3 ; rope makers, 3 ; sale shops and offices, 37 ; saw-mills, steam, 7 ; ships, 5 ; ditto builders, 2 ; ditto chandlers, 1 ; ditto steam-ships, 1 ; stables, 16 ; soot merchants, 1 ; straw bonnet makers, 2 ; sugar refiners, 2 ; steam-b o il ers , 1 ; schools of industry, 1 ; silk merchants, 1 ; tanners, 1 ; tallow-chandlers, melters, wax-chandlers, and soap-factors, 4 ; tailors, 14 ; tarpauling makers, 2 ; tinmen, braziers, and smiths, 7 ; tobacconists, 7 ; toy warehouses, 3 ; un occupied, 6 ; under repair an d b u ildi ng, 11; upholsterers, 1 ; varnish makers, 3 ; victuallers, 40 ; warehouses, 6 ; weavers, 2 ; ditto, mats, 3 ; wine and spirit merchants,. 4 ; wood merchants, 2 ; wharfingers, 1. From the above it will be seen that during the year the total number of fires which occurred was 923, which are divided into two classes, viz., those totally destroyed and considerably damaged, and those slightly injured. Of the former there were 263, and of the latter 660. There were also 93 false alarms, and the engines were called 89 times to what turned out to be chimneys on fire, making 182 extra calls f or ass i s t ance. The engines had likewise attended at 22 fatal fires, one of which was in Haydon-square, Minories, where Alfred Wilson, and Crampton, another fireman, wero crushed to death by the falling of one of the lofty walls. For sixteen years before the brigade had lost only eight men by accidents. EMIGRATION FROM PLYMOUTH.—SeveraI sh ipwrights and other mechanics, as well as labourers, have an nounced their intention of quitting the docky and at this port, for the pu r p ose o f p rocee di ng t o A ustralia ymouth, wages for all ki n d s o f l a b our are very highs. —Pl where THE JIO.RTALITY ON BOARD THE WEST INDIA PACKETS. Although the yellow fever is still very bad in the West Indies, it must certainly be decreasing in virulence. In the Magdalena, which arrived at Southampton a fortnight since, 10 had died on the homeward voyage, whereas on board the Parana, which has just arrived at Southampton, although 30 had been ill of the fever, four deaths only from that disease took place. It is there fore hoped that we shall have better accounts in future, and the mortality on board the homeward bound packets will continue to decrease. The anxiety and distress that this terrible pestilence causes at Southampton is very afflicting ; nor can this be wondered at when the hun dreds of persons on board the mail-packets in the West Indies who have friends and relatives in the above named town are considered. On Tuesday the gentleman who brought the first news ashore from the Parana was beset by a multitude of persons, all asking him questions. As he was escaping from them in a cab the latter was clung to by a poor man, who earnestly asked if his son was alive. On being told that he was not among the list of dead, he waited until Dr. Webbe, the health officer, landed, when he learnt that his son (who is the Admi ralty agent's servant on board the Parana) was alive, but very ill from the yellow fever. The poor man and his wife immeditely hired a boat and proceeded down Southampton Water to where the Parana was lying. The Custom authorities guarding the packet caused the arrival of the parents to be made known on board, and Lieutenant Brown, the Admiralty agent, and Dr. Barton, the surgeon of the ship, very humanely caused the sick son on board to be borne, enveloped in blankets, to the sponson, where he exchanged a few - words with his parents, who were in the boat by the side of the ship, and the poor father and mother had the plea sure of seeing and speaking to their son alive. It is' ex pected that the Parana will be released from quarantine 4Saturday. - The following important circular has been issued by Le Royal Mail Steam Packet Company : " Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, 55, Moor gate-street, London, Jan. 11, 1853. "The managers consider it their duty to put each captain and surgeon of the company's ships arriving at Southampton from the West Indies, upon their guard (previously to being sworn on their examination by the officers of quarantine) that nothing could operate more injuriously upon the character of the company, than any attempt to mislead or misinform those authorities as to the number of sick during the voyage, the deaths that have occurred, or the precise diseases and dates of per sons being taken ill or dying on board; and that the court of directors would unite with her Majesty's Go vernment in bringing to punishment any of the company's officers endeavouring by such unworthy means to escape from being placed in quarantine. " E. CHAPPELL, Secretary. "To the Superintendents and Surgeons of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company." FEVER ON BOARD THE DAUNTLESS. The following is an official return from the Admiralty, of persons from H.M.S. Dauntless, admitted into the 34 Hospital at Barbadoes, between the 6th and 26th Dec., 1852 : Jas. Knight seaman—admitted Dec. 6 ; died Dec. 14. Sam. Labot, marine—admitted Dec. 6; discharged Dee. 15. John Sullivan, seaman—remaining. Wm. Mitchell, seaman—admitted Dec. 6 ' • remaining. Thos. Rowley, marine—admitted Dec. 7 ; died Dec. 17. Francis Hope, seaman —admitted Dec. 7 ; remaining. Mr. Haswell, master's-assistant—admitted Dec. 8 ; died Dec. 14. Benjamin Hillsden, seaman—died Dec. 13. Richard Keating, seaman—admitted Dec. 9 ; remaining. Mr. B webby, midshipman—admitted Dec. 11; died Dec. 14. Mr. Welman, carpenter—admitted Dec. 11; died Dec. 15. Jos. Robertson, seaman—admitted Dec. 19 ; died Dec. 22. John Kelly, seaman—admitted Dec. 19 ; remaining. William Dayer, seaman—admitted Dec. 20 ; remaining. Thos. C. Smith, seaman—admitted Dec. 20 ; remaining. John Wakeham, seaman—admitted Dec. 20 ; remaining. Jn. Wakeham, seaman—admitted Dec. 20 ; remaining. Mr. Treherne, midshipman—admitted Dec. 21; remaining. George Weston, seaman—admitted Dec. 21; remaining. Edw. Williams, seaman—admitted Dec. 21; died Dec. 22. James Pearce, boy—admitted Dec. 21; remaining. Pat. Driscoll, seaman—admitted Dec. 22 ; died Dec. 26. , John Ricketts, seaman—admitted Dec. 23 ; remaining. George Harris, seaman—admitted Dec. 23 ; remaining. George Brown, seaman—admitted Dec. 23 ; remaining. John Wilson, marine—admitted Dec. 23 ; remaining. Jos. M`Carthy, marine—admitted Dec. 23 ; remaining. Henry Hiscock, boy—admitted Dec. 24 ; remaining. Alfred Powell, seaman—admitted Dec. 24 ; remaining. James Cator, seaman—admitted Dec. 25 ; remaining. Patrick Barry, seaman—admitted Dec. 25 ; remaining. Samuel Mulling, seaman—admitted Dec. 25 ; remaining. ADMITTED INTO HOSPITAL OF 69TH REGIMENT. Henry Lloyd, seaman—admitted Dec. 13 ; remaining. Wm. Swanson, marine—admitted Dec. 14; died Dec. 16. Wm. Bazell, seaman—admitted Dec. 14; died Dec. 17. Henry Toms, boy—admitted Dec. 14 ; remaining. George Stride, seaman—admitted Dec. 15 ; died Dec. 22. Owen Thomas, marine—remaining, Richard Wicks, boy—admitted Dec. 15 ; died Dec. 18. Edward Cooper, seamen—admitted Dec. 16 ; remaining. Richard Caunter, boy—a,dmitted Dec. 17 ; remaining. John Chalk, marine—admitted Dec. 17 ; remaining. John Dray, seaman—admitted Dec. 17 ; died Dec. 20. Benj. Williams, seaman—admitted Dec. 18 •; remaining. Samuel Smith, marine—admitted Dec. 18 ; died Dec. 21. John Bryan, seaman—admitted Dec. 18 ; remaining. John Sullivan, seaman—admitted Dec. 18 ; remaining. Robert Brame, boy—admitted Dec. 18; remaining. Nathaniel Booth, boy—admitted Dec. 18 ; died Dec. 21. Benj. Webb, seaman—admitted Dec, 18; died Dec. 21. William Harden, boy—admitted Dee. 19 ; remaining. Robert Stevens, seaman—admitted Dec. 19 ; remaining. George Main, boy—admitted Dec. 19 ; died , Dec. 22. William Pink, seaman—remaining. Samuel Johnson, seaman—admitted Dec. 19; remaining. Charles Ashley, seaman—admitted Dec. 19 ; remaining. Total persons remaining in Military Hospital on Doc. 25, 1852—Officers, 2; seaman and boys, 38; marines, 5; total, 45. Total persons admitted into Military Hospital with fever, between Nov. 17 and Dec. 25, 1852--139. Total of deaths in Military Hospital from fever, between Nov. 17 and Dec. 23, 1852-60. (Signed) E. P. HALSTBD, Captain. CARLOW, TIIRSDAY.—The efforts of the Orarigemen to seize on the representation of this borough have been already baptised in blood. At half-past one this morn ing,a poor man, by trade a nailor, named Richard Cahill, fifty-six years of age, was assailed, almost in cold blood, by a sprig of Oraiiieism, named Robert Wilson, son of Mr. Michael Wilson, a shopkeeper of the borough, and stabbed in the breast. The poor man was passing alone through the streets, on business con- netted with his trade, When he was met by a party of Orangemen, .one of whom (the assailant) shouted, " Who'll say a word against Alexa,nde ? " Poor Cahill unfortunately cried out "I will," when Wilson rushed on him, and deliberately stabbed him with a clasp knife in the breast. Another man, named Keogh, ran to his assistance, and received a blow from Wilson, which in flicted a slight flesh wound. Cahill was at once con veyed to the police-office, and thence to the county in firmary, where he was committed to the care of Thomas ,O'Meara, Esq., M.D., who pronounced that the wound had penetrated his liver. Both Cahill and his assailant were at the time perfectly sober. He now lies in a mos.. dangerous condition at the infirmary. Wilson and three others having been taken into custody and presented to Cahill, he immediately identified the former. His dying declaration to the foregoing facts was then taken by R. Tuckey, Esq., R.M., and Arthur Fitzmaurice, Esq., J.P. It is feared the poor man's demise will take place within a day or two. He has a wife and helpless family of five children dependent on him. The gentle men of the Religious Equality Association and of the Tenant League, who have been endeavouring to procure Mr. Alexander's return, will, no doubt, feel proud of the party to whom they have allied themselves. Printed placards of the letter of his Grace the Catholic Arch bishop of Tuam, to Mr. G. H. Moore, have been sent down from Dublin, " cut and dry," and are now being posted up through the town.—Evening Post. SOUTHAMPTON EMIGRATION DEPOT.—The building for the reception of the Government emigrants who will leave this port, is in every way suitable for the object in view, viz.—the comfort of the emigrant. Attached to the building are a dispensary, cooking offices, baths, washing-houses, fumifying-rooms, &c. The building is heated by steam, and lighted throughout with gas ; in deed, no expense seems to have been spared to make it all that can be reasonably desired. The first of the ves sels that will leave is the Caucassian, now on her route from the Downs, and is expected to reach here about IThursday, the Calliope at the end of the waeekd, fitted ancl up an other soon after. Their cabins are roomy, n with every regard to the convenience and comfort of the emigrants. There will be about' 320 emigrants leave in and an experienced surgeon will be on b ea n c a lLof ea t n h ships, he vessel.sh A master and matron are appointed to the depot, to superintend the general arrangements, and two policemen to prevent irregularities. SUICIDES IN PARlS.—Suicides still continue to be very numerous. The day before yesterday two soldiers of the sth Light Infantry were on leave, and went out for a long walk. On their return at midnight they had oc casion to pass over the bridge of the Invalides. One of them suddenly stopped, and giving his papers to the other, leaped, without saying a word, into the river. It was impossible to render him assistance, and he perished. In the course of the day a man leaped from the Pont Neuf and was drownedL d,ors an invalid, was lid,aged72, lea the river from the gu rescued,ped into the shock was so great that he is not likely to recover ; finally, a young woman, aged 25, flung herself from the Pont d'Arcole, but was got out. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE BRIGHTON RAILWAT.—The inquiry into the circumstancesitouching the death of Geo. Hughes, aged 28, a porter at the Old Brighton Station, at Redhill, who was killed by the up express train from Brighton, on the 6th inst , has now terminated in the jury findi ng a verdict of. " Accidental Death." The foreman added that it was their opinion that the death of the unfortunate man was caused by an anxiety on his part to perform his duty; and the jury were of opinion that all the up trains before passing the goods station at Redhill after dark, should sound the clear whistle as a warning. And they also, in conclusion, wished that the attention of the directors of the railway mig ht be called ito the necessity of sounding the whistles at all the sta tions. " From the statements attached to this report, the pro prietors will perceive that the net profits of the bank dur ing the last half-year have amounted to 42,470/. 75. cld. Out of these profits the directors now declare a dividend at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum on the paid-up capital of 1,000,0001. They also declare a bonus of Bs. per share, being equal to 2 per cent. on the capital. After these pay ments are made, the surplus fund will amount to 109,1641. 7s. 10d., which is au increase in the course of last year of 5,012/. 6s. 9d., notwithstanding the sum of 4,0001. has, during the year, been sot apart towards the buildings in Todirectorscourse of erection who gfoorop i u n at i L db yout rotation at a m tp - y i iotananl are Bloomsbury.e Frederick B ur The m es te three r To amount El u e n n t ry du ll e a b r y ve t y h , o E b s a q n . k , f a .o n r d d C epo ha s r i l t e s s Gibbes, Esq., all of whom, being eligible, offer themselves for re-election.' LONDON AND WESTMINSTER BANK, 31ST DECEMBER, 1852. Dr. £ s. d. proprietors 1,000,000 0 0 circular notes, &c To rest or surplus fund To net profits of the past half-year Cr. By Government Stock and Exchequer Bills By other securities, including bills dis counted and loans to customers By cash in hand 5,581,706 11 5 116,694 0 4 42,470 7 6 £6,740,87919 3 1,119,477 10 0 ~ 4,766,335 14 4 .. 855,057 14 11 £6,740,57019 3 PROFIT AND LOSS. £ e. d. Dr. To total expenditure of the six establish ments, including rent, taxes, salaries, stationery, &c 19,917 11 10 To payment of dividend now declared, at the rate of six per cent. per annum, for the last half-year ' on the paid-up capi tal of £1,000,000 To bonus of two per cent. on the capital To balance of unappropriated profits.., 30,000 0 • 0 20,000 0 0 109,164 7 10 Cr. By balance of unappropriated profits on the 30th June, 1852 By gross profits of tho last half-year, after paying the income-tax and mak ing provision for all bad and doubtful debts 116,694 0 4 62,387 19 4 £179,081 19 8 By balance of unappropriated profits brought down £109,164 710 The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the re port, said—ln 1848 the deposits of the public alone .in this bank were 3,089,659/. ; in 1849, 3,680,000/. ; in 1850, 3,969,000/. ; in 1851, 4,677,000/. ; and in 1852, 5,581,7061. The "rest" in 1848 was rather over 100,0001., and the responsibilities were only 3,089,000/. odd. The rest since that time had continued pretty much the same ; but the responsibilities had amounted to, in 1851, 4,677,2981., and in 1852 to 5,581,706/. He would therefore put it to the meeting to say whether they did not consider that the directors had adopted a proper and prudent course in adding 5,000/. to the reserved fund during the last year ? This bank was now nearly approaching its nineteenth year. In March, 1834, it opened its doors for business with a capital of little over 64,000/. On the 31st December of that year the capital amounted to 182,255/. ; since that period it had kept gradually increasing, and was now 1,000,000/. Their average capital, therefore, during the period of nineteen years, was 747,880/. The amount paid during the same period to the proprietors had been 880,926/., averaging 6f per cent, from the opening of the bank. (Hear, hear.) For the last two years the dividend had been 8 per cent. upon a million. He trusted, therefore, he might congratulate them on that part of the state of the bank which he had brought more immediately under their notice, and that the prosperity of the past was a fair and reasonable ground for the prosperity of the fu ture. (Cheers.) He concluded by moving the adoption of the report. Mr. LEVY seconded the motion, which was agreed to after a brief discussion, and a vote of thanks to the chair man closed the proceedings. 170,081 1) -8 - INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS. On Tuesday evening the usual meeting of this society ;ook place—Mr. James Meadows Bendel, president, in the chair. Mr. Burt read a paper "On the Preservation of Tim ber." The theory of the various processes was carefully de scribed ; the action of the solutions in water of metallic salts, such as chloride of ittercury (Kyan's), chloride of zinc (Burnett's), or sulphate of copper (Margary's) was, if the mixture was sufficiently strong, to coagulate the al bumen in the sap ; but the fibre was left unprotected, and it being a property of albumen to render innocuous the corrosive sublimate combined with it, the marine worm, or the white ant, would immediately attack wood so prepared. Creosote had the same effect of coagulat ing the albumen, whilst it gave .a waterproof covering to the fibres, prevented the absorption of water, and was go obnoxious to animal life that, hitherto, no instance had. been adduced of well-creosoted tin_lber having been either touched by decay, dry rot, or the m arine worm ; and the trials made in India showed that i't was equally objec tionable to the white ant. The chem.ical products of the distillation of coal tar were described,. and it was shown that the napthaline was essential as an an .tiseptic ; that th process should be carried on with heated i . Teosote, in orde that this product should not crystallize i 'n the capillary tubes of the wood, and that it would be a dvantageous to dessicate the timber before it was submitted ' to the process, for which purpose, it was proposed, to dr: . , T the wood by smoking it in an oven, whence it should be oonveyed, on the same trucks, into the cylinders, exhausted to the extent of 26 or 27 inches of mercury, and th, In saturated with heated creosote, under a pressure of 1201bs. to 1501bs. per square inch. Wood thus saturated to the extent of 71bs. or 101bs. per cube foot might be presumed to be indestructible, as when even by a less perfect pro cess such an extent of saturation had been attained, no authentic instance of decay or injury from wo rm had ever been adduced. Numerous specimens of N% rood so prepared, that had been under ground and in the sea for from twelve to twenty years, were exhibited, a. ti.d all were perfectly sound. The alburnam or sapwoc 'cl ab sorbed the creosote more readily than the heart o, ! the timber, which could, however, be penetrated by the s to lo tion of chloride of zinc (Burnett's process), of which it Was stated that careful analysis demonstrated its intimate coal bination with the timber • it was therefore suggested tl la t in cases where the comple preservation of the timber w as of vital importance, and expense was not a consideratioi 1, he wood should be first subjected to Burnett's process,. and then be creosoted, by which combined means it . would become indestructible. It was shown that, dry wood only should be subtjected to creosoting ; by that process sapwood, otherwise almost useless, could be ren dered very serviceable ; and that for piles for marine work whole round timber should be used, because the outer portion, or the albiurnam, was so much more readily saturated with the oil • and this prevented the worms from making an inroad ' into the heart. Timber shou'd not be kept floating in ponds, as in London, but it shorild be stacked in the docks, as in Liverpool and Gloucest(T l' when the tubes were filled 'with moisture, no oil could be forced into them, even by the heaviest pressure. By returns from the Leith harbour works, it was shown that: 577 lbs. weighty forced average waes7 quantity gallons of bs o o r rbe . d by the . ti h m t : 14 forced into 50 cubic feet of wood., Piles, inches square, of unprepared timber, at Lowestoft harbour,. were per cres load, a whilst cresoted piles, of the same dimensions, driven years, shown to have been eaten away to 4 inches square, in four alongside them, were perfectly untouched ; specimens of both were exhibited. Some specimens were shown of curious coke, produced from the pitch) residue of the distillation of. creosote ; it was quite free from sulphur and earthy particles, and was found to be very valuable for smelting iron, for which purpose it was beginning to be largely used near Birmingham. It appeared to be admitted that all the various processes somewhat re duced the transverse strength of the timber when dry ; and the metallic salts affected at the iron bolts or fasten ings. The natural juices of some woods did this • and a bolt was exhibited which had united beams of elm and pitch pine, and was corroded entirely away at the junc tion. It was shown that on some railways in the North, unprepared yellow pine had been down,. as longitudinal sleepers, for sixteen years, and was still perfectly free from decay, although its natural term had expired, by being crushed under the loads coirk; stantly travelling over it. The effect of " Green-heart' timber in resisting the attacks of worms, was particularly' noticed, and it was admitted, that but for its great cost, it would be extensively used. Experiments were men tioned, that were made at the Royal Pier, Southampton, on timber prepared by various processes ; and the result was, that the creosoted wood • alone resisted the attack of the " Terebrans" with which (that water was pecu liarly infested. The members were requested to aid Mr. Burt, the author of the paper, in som e further experi ments which he had undertaken on the sub j ect, and to _ communicate to the institution all information wh ich could elucidate the various points treated of in the paPe_r . l or alluded to in the discussion. The following paper was announced to be read at the meeting on _ ings," by Mr. James Barrett , Assoc. Inst. C.E oDead --......--• January 25, " On the Constructio n of Fire-ro_.f p THE LATE RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—The passengers who were injured by the late dreadful railway accident, near Oxford, are, with one exception, progressing favourably. The report , at the Radcliffe Infirmary yesterday afternoon, where *nine of them are still lying, was that eight were going on well, but that the o ld , man, Faulkner, was in a most dan g erous state, so much so that great fears are entertained for his recovery. The poor man has not s poken since the accident, and lies in a moat unconscious state. It will be remembered that he received a most serious concussion of the brain. Thos. Money., who had cheek, nose, and forehead cut, and his thigh ranch injured, has so far recovered as to be able to leave them for his own home in Berkshire. Ed wa7cl Jones, of Marlborough, who is staying at the An ch or Inn, near t h e scene of the accident, is also progress ingu tritnilhev finch, s, ry o x ttbhe f aeewt guard, o re u kae rtr returned e l y w , ilalndleasvheouoldxfohred cfoorntr aeribtooroduogsho. I n a e g d a against tt whomhecoroner's a jury,verdictof is in n an ot sla y u et gh in ustody. I MIDLAND AND RAILWAY.— MIDL AND BRADFORD SHARES. THE HOLDERS of SCRIP CERTIFICATES tr for the MIDLAND BRADFORD SHARES, are required to 11 ,.._. it such Scrip to the Secretary, at the Company's Office, at th v : i D3a on or before MON DAY, the 31st day of January instant, with e n e f ia ntes, Professions, and Residences distinctly written at full ~,,h u , in order that the same may be entered in the Share Register ". , 41 Con nany. Recei ' Pts for the Scrip will be given, and on the completion of the the Co they will be exchanged for Certificates under the Seal of ‘Annpany. I JOHN ELLIS, 4. Chairman of the Board of Directors. SAMUEL BEALE, Deputy Chairman. By order. J. F. BELL. Secretary. k herby, Jan. 18th, 1853. ''----......_.------------- CONSOLIDATED LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. Life assurance, endowments, and annuities , o n the most equitable ern 8 . , P ersons in doubtful health, or w hose p roposals for assurance has ' 'to declined at other offices, assured at p remiums carefully adjusted '''' the increased risk. Loans granted upon every real security, and also upon approved Personal security, from 501. to 5001. All claims payable within one month after satisfactory proof of death, # NOAH COLLIER, Secretary. 45 , Cheapside.