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1; - •.!, , :• \", r J .0 °'- „Xi 2- KITING UPON RAILWAY WORKS IN IRELAND. }LAST INDIA PIOVSE, MAxen 31, 1547. TO THE PROPRIETORS OF EAS I! INDIA STOCK. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, . 11 E ELECTION of SIX DIRECTORS of T _ the EAST INDIA COMPANY being appointed for WzDNEs 'AT, the 14th April next, the favour of your vote and interest is re quested for the following Gentlemen, viz. : WILLIAM BUTTERWORTH BAYLEY, Esq. RUSSELL ELLICE. Esq. Major-General ARCHIBALD GALLOWAY, C.B. Sir RICHARD JENK INS, G.C.B. JOHN MASTERUAN, Esq., M.P. *Well will much oblige, . Ladles and Gentlemen, Your most obedient Servants, W 11. C. Plowden, Robert Campbell, Archibald Robertson, Johit t atton, 1. Shask. .1. ljeb Hogg. John shepherd, JohTt Loch, M. T. Smith, . J. L. Lushington, • W. H. Sykes, Ge, rgo Lyall, • H. St. G. Tucker, E. Macnaghten, R. Warden, , r ,vr. L. Melville, Sohn C. Whiteman, Charles Mids, W. Wigram, -11. Petty Muspratt, Henry Willo , k, J. Oliphant. Henry Alexander. * * * Proprietors desirous of voting by proxy may obtain a letter of Attorney for that purpose, at the Treasury in this [louse. EAST INDIA HOUSE, MA&JI 31, 1847. TO THE,PROPRIETORS OF EAST INDIA STOCK. Labrzs AND GENTLEMEN, AVING the honour of being recommended to you by the Directors of the East India Company, as CA \ DATES for the DIRECTION, to be chosen this year, we take the liberty of requesting the favour of your Vote on the day of Election, WzDNESDAY, the 14th April next. We are, ladies and Gentlemen, ' Your most obedient and most humble Servants, W. R. BAYLEY. RUSSELL ELLICE. ARCHIBALD GALLOWAY. RICHARD JENKINS. JOH v MASTERMAN. Proirletore desirous of Voting by Prosy may obtain a Letter nlAtforney for that purpose at the Treasury in this House. TO THE PROPRIETORS OF EAST INDIA STOCK. LADTIS AND GEITLEMZX, AS the day - fixed for the Electi on o f Si x Directors, the 14th of April, is close at hand, I bare the honour to inform you that I shall in a few days transmit to my sup- Porters the Proxy Papers, in which I have inserted the names of the rive Ex-Directors with my own. I shall feel greatly obliged to those Proprietors who may be absent horn their usual place of abode, lf they will kindly communicate their present residence, in order to facilitate the correct transmission of the documents. I have only to rdpeat my warmest thanks for the courtesy I have e;perieneed throughout my canvass, and, with e. perfect reliance on the continued exertions of those friends to whom I am already so deeply iadebted, I hava,the honour to be, with great respect, Ladies and Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, W. J. EASTWICK. • 'London Tavern, 30th - brareh. 184 T. • TO THE PROPRIETORS OF EAST INDIA STOCK. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE 14th of April being fixed for the ELEC TION of Six Directors, I have the honour to intimate that Proxy Papers, containing the names of the Five Gentlemen to be re elected agreeably to usage. together with my own, shall in the course of a few days be forwarded for the signature of my supporters, and beg that such of the Proprietors as may be temporarily absent fro m their homes will kindly favour me with their address, to ensure the early return of their proxy papers. I have the honour to avail tny_ self of the present opportunity to return my cordial thanks far the services already rendered to me, and to entreat my supporters and friends to add to the oblb.rations I already owe them by a contin, :trice of their valuable aid, for which favour I shall ever retain a lirely and grateful recollection. I have the honour to remain, Ladies and Gentlemen, Your mast obedient and faithful servant, J. CAULFIELD. London Tavern, March 31, 1847. STEAM to ABERDEEN, INVERNESS, and the NORTH of SCOTLAND. The Aberdeen Steam Navigation Company's splendid and power ft! ships will start Its under, weather, &c., permitting For ABERDEEN, the CITY of ABERDEEN, on Saturday, April ' . 1, at Twelve at noon. For INVERNESS, the NORTH STAR, on Monday, April 5. at Nine morning, calling off Burghead, Invergordon, Cromarty, and. Chanonry Feint. —Offices : Spread Eagle, Regeut-circus, 257, Wapping. CHARLES WILLIAM WILLOLGIIBY, Agent. E ASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. EAST ER HOLIDAYS. _ _ DOUBLE TICKETS issued on THURSDAY, the Ist; FRID4y. the 24; SATURDAY, the 3d; and SUNDAY, the 4th of APRIL, will be available for the return journey on any day up to, and eluding TUEiD AY, the Gth of April. By order, C. P. RONEY, Secretary, Bishopegate Station, March 30, 1847. CORNWALL RAILWAY.—Notice is hereby given. that the INTEREST due on the PAID UP CILLS, in this Company, wilt be payable on FRIDAT the 16th April next, fur which purpose Interest Warrants will be issued to the Share%olders registered, on the 25t% instant, the day to which the half years' in terest will be computed. Truro, 23i March,lB47. WM. H. BOND, Secretary. PASSION' WEEK.—LECTURES on DESCRIPTIVE ASTRO- HOMY, at the ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION, by Dr. BACHHOFFNER ; Mornings at Half-Past Two •'Clock, and Evenings at Eight, (except Good Friday, and the evening of Saturday), with Illustrations, in which the latest in teresting discoveries are given, and a Novel Musical Accompani• Melt by Dr. Wallis. ARMSTRONG'S HYDRO-ELt'CTRIC CHINE. Chemical Lectures. The varied Owice.l Effects include the last beautiful DISSOLVING VIEWS. Experinteuts with the DIVING-BELL and DIVER, Sc.. &c. Admission Is. icheels,half-price. 5, KING WILLIAM-STREET, CITT, WILL BE OPENED ON SATURDAY, APRIL 3, for the Sale of TEA, COFFEE. and Colonial Produce, of the best description, at a less cost to the consumer than has ever yet been attempted by any house in the kingdom. The ex.. Unordinary importations of Fine Black Tea will enable us to supply the hest imported at 4s. 4d. per le.; the price for good stfostr Break fast Tea will be 3s. 4d. to 3s. id. per lb. ; the Best Green Tea, and by the best we mean (regardless of its name) that which is best in the• tea-pot, will be ss. Sd., the Greets we would recommend with the Black at 3s. 4d. or 3s. Sd., will be 4s. to 4s. sa, per lb. The best Ceylon Coffee, le. Id. per lb.; the finest Costa Rica, Is. 4d.; the finest Mocha, Is. 6d. The known Inconvenience to which families, when purchasinp their Teas and Coffees, in not being able to obtain Raw and Refined Sugars at the same house, has determined us on supplying it, a s also Colonial Produce, at the smallest ver ceetage on import prices, our system will, therefore, effect a saving not only on a few, but every article ; and we feel confident in establishing a business, i n point of magnitude and usefulness, the metropolis has not yet see n . All orders per post will be forwarded, an Saturday, 3d of April, and afterwards, per own carts daily. List of Prices of every description of Tea, Coffee, and Colonial Produce, can be had on applicati.in, per post or oth, rwise. Phillips and Co., V, King Wiliiain•strect, City, corner of Abchurch lone. A NDREW SMITH'S ROYAL SCOTCH or BREADALBANE BUTTONS. specially patronized by his Royal Highness Prince Albert. " Windsor Castle, 30th Dec., 1846. "Mr. Andrew Smith. "Str,--I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter, and to in form you that I have, in compliance with your request and that of Lord James Stuart, laid the Buttons which accompanied it before his Royal Highness Prince Albert, who ha-i most graciously received them, and expressed his approbation of your Invention. eligned), ..G. E. ANSON." Sold by all the principal Button Houses in Birmingham 'he Trim ming Houses in London, Manchester, and Dublin ; and by the Small wars Houses in Edinburgh and Glasgow ; on the same terms as by the Manufacturer. QPENCER'S CHINESE LIQUID HAIR DYE. The thousands of individuals who for upwards of twenty years have used this celebrated liquid, pronounce it to be the only ankle extant which effectually changes, in a few minutes, red or grey hair, whiskers, moustaches, &c., to a dark brown or black, without trouble (by simply combing it through the hair), and pro duces by one application a pleasing and permanent change ; and it can be incontestibly proved, that while many dyes tend to destroy the hair by their pernicious properties and dangerous process of ap plication, that this article promotes the growth of hair, nourishing th (roots till the latest period of life. Price 3s. 6d.. 6, .. a nd 165 per bottle. To be had of the Proprietors, 29, Nottingham-place, Fieldgate street, Whiteehapel-road, London ; also of Mr. Johnstone, 68, Corn hill ; Butler, 4, Cheapside ; Prout, 229, Strand ; Sanger, 150, Oxford- Street; Barclay, Farringdon-street ; Atkinson, 24, Old Bond street; Hooper, 43, King William-street, London bridge; killsem-street, Bath ; Elmore, Bull-street, Birmingham ; and of moo Perftimers and Medicine Vendors in town and country. Sent to any part of the kingdom by receiving a remittance, peat-paid. Please to ask for " Sp encer and Co.'s Chinese Liquid !la ir Dye.' Observe. the Proprietor's address is on the wrapper. BRITISH COLLEGE OF HEALTH, Notice Is hereby given, that the New List, for 1847, of all the l in/elan Agents duly authorised to vend Morison's Vegetable Uni l'eraal Medicine throughout the world, is now ready, and may be had, on application, at the College as above, and of any of the agents. The list may also be had in Town, at the Hygeist office, 368, Strand, near Exeter -hall ; Mr. Field, Bookseller, 65, Quadrant; Mrs. Baucher, 128, Totte nham-court -road; Mr. Chappell, 84, Lombard. street; Mr. Baldwin, 33, Great Tower-street Mr. Williams, 6, Sloane-square, Chelsea ; Mrs. Good, 53, Cambridge-street, Edgeware-road ; and Dir. Lofts, 1, Park-place, Mile-end-road. N.B. No chemist or druggist is allowed to sell the Vegetable Uni versal Medicine ; and the public is hereby further informed that Ygetste have no connexion si ith the pills or other things sold at cheirdsts' shops. Dated thls 20th day of March, 1847. DR. CULTERWELL en HEALTH, HAPPINESS, and LONG LIFE. In Docket valuraes Is. each. by post (In stamps), Is. 6d. each. II 0 W T 0 B E .• Jneandis Tlvere."—Cis. 2. WHAT te EAT, ninvE, and ATOP). (With Diet-tables for all Complaints.) 3. MARRIAGE and its MYSTERIES. To.be. Or not to be, tkat is the qacition."—Shakspeare. 4. I'ASSIONS—Their ADVENT and CONTROL. Thes e „,..„ " Cure ut valea.s." adapt cations are free from empyrical mysticism, and are To b e h ula intelligence of the times. 1 1 (11; c a ,.,ad of Mhsrwoed, 23, Paterno s ter-row ; Vann, 39C_orn: the L.°, 147, Fleet-street; and all Booksellers , or direct , rr . on: ttoo, g x •!:"". whose p rac ti ce i s exe lasively devoted to home c onsults 10r u t , age till Three l , and in the Evenings from legent-street. Seven till Nine. ONT UE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH A 5119 MATURITY. J ust 'WITH TWENTY-FIVE COLOURED ENGBATINGS enveIope, piles 2 4. Pnbl tshed, Twentieth Thousand, 111 a dire c i'i °!. Poet Paid, to any address, for 35. S ID, ra the Author's residence. Baled t e n d postage tamor '2"- , • PRESERVATION : A Medical Treatis e Hi ne ,, °ll _ the Secret Infirmities and Disorders of Yondi and Maturity. ph ysi ` o leß with Twenty-five Coloured Plates on the Anatomy. e xPlainfn g egY, and Di seases of the Urinary an d R e pr eductive Organs, the it their various structures, littb l . aril ' Quid* us .es that are produced in them, uses, and fimctiene by wlitarYannent of Nervous . ti and showi; I beb • With Practical Observations on the Tre i k _ , Y 'Low ..ro H and Constitutional Weakness, an d 1 ,. other diseases of _ —3 ' 34151 11 EL LA'MERT, CONSULTING StRGEON, slet r i . 9. Bedford -street, Bedford-square, h, Honorer:. Itsume:iitted Member of the University of Edinhag_ _ _,,, r at the London Hospital Medical Society, "cenual' ecaries' Rail, London, &c., Ice. LondOn; Cb4p. i .„,_ , CONTENTS OF THE TREATISE. kid ok,, ' l . On the Philosophy of Marriage, with , — its Hindrance. C 4 „Th-ugations, and on Infelicitous and Unproducti Union 7: r ( 414 n - s ' a 2 * On the Anatomy and Physiology of the Ge .h n a e t r g a r u ea, litsli._,.. their functions, structures, and secretions, proving t ....e4u and Physical Power are dependant upon their heilth &caw( Anta l "T at 3 . On Solitary Habits; their various effects .) : ~f the Ecensmy ; the concealed cause of Debility of the function on th : kent: t mach, Lungs, and Brain, and general leakness of the tem ‘, F acuities. Csarrta 4. On the Secret Disorders of Yout ktu•:.l_l.ituritY, and the Treatment of Nervous and Local VVeakneS. n , Uhl V,_bebility, and Premature Decay.—Cuarrind 5 and 6. hce o a ‘1,2,5;-'erordere arising from indiscriminate Excess, Genitor `1 trictures. and other Diseases of .he Urethra. 44 p i , REVIEWS OF TEE WORK. am We anthor of this singular and talented work 9 a legally Val i ' t he trr e . t e c al man, who has evidently had considerable experience of , traw ls '. l neut of the various disorders arising frail' the follies an , t hien, 4 l °„ ( early . indiscretion. The engravings are sn invaluable ad; Act gt, 4 , demonstrating the consequences of excesses , which Ina !, • b leuv 141a trY warning tyouth an d maturity , a nd by its perils. , hal: Vteations may be satis ° f l an led to, that admit tno $1:). , PnizTt_to the rnost conftdeanctillritriend."—Era. " n al R 7.,,? n3r the Author, and may be had at ID residence; else „._ ° aford,;,,'' and Itichard.i 52, Patenio Y ster-row • Hannay and co., 63. eniwTh eet z__ Starts, ' Tichborne-street Quadrant : Gordon, 146 "ett by ..'"e'reet. London; Newton, 16, Church-street, Liverpool ti'tt Urta l : 6 7okie"rs. Ufatill z i .„, ! coatialtation daily, from Nine fill TWo, and from " l io,, tOt of a u ‘e* and all letters immediately replied to, if containinB "%Talus " m advice Ipc.--4 ISZDFORD-BTREZT BLDrOR: ---', 4 910)01g, ' ^ N 0.17,015. LONDON, THURSDAY R NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSU RACE SOCIETY. OFIoCE, 2G, CORNPIILL, LONDON. Capital 500,0001. • Empowered by Act of Parliament. The system of Deferred Annuities, originally proposed by tho Na tional Loan Fund Life Assurance Society, for the hotter advance ment of the objects of Benefit and Friendly Societies, having received he approbation of a considerable body cf the active members and officers of those Institutions, and the Directors of the is Loh e stablis a an Fund Society having been urgently solicited by them ta Branch Office in connexion with these Societies and the Operative Classes generally, in which their services might be successfully en gaged, a Committee has been sanct i on ed by the Directors to Oren communication with the different ieties, with the view of more ffectually d sseminating the valuable benefits amongst the Indus aious classes, and a plan has been ;.iroposed with that object. ADDRESS OF TIIE COMMITTEE. Many praiseworthy but ineffectual attempts have been made to bring within the scope and operation of the laws of be and money the savings of the industrious classes, as well as various cal culations regniatiag their distribution, having for their tect either immediate, contingent, or deferred benefits. • A slight examination, however, will demonstrate that the con struction of these associations or societies is defective; and that they confine too in steadnar- rowly of affording an. easy access and a free choice of investment, every e b r e t can alone be secured ; r w o b e i-c le h t th s r u cesi ld and, in proportion AS their action is circumscribed and embarrassed, n b ;el th th e re P u r g i• h ileeggichf their utility is Unified. For example, it is not to every individnal, or to &very class-amongst the industrious community, that provision in case of sickness is an object of such -importance as to call for a peenniary sacrifice ; whiSe to others such a provision appears more attractive, and the d e s i r e s employment caused by sickness Is a risk against which they to he guarded. For this anomalous state of things there is an effective and simple remedy ; that is to say, Instead of covering, by one weekly or annual payment, two or more continge nt or deterred benefits, so to arrange it th at each separate benefit should have its separate contribution. It is to not having observed thd a to sick the alloss a wocancean iation of two dissimilar functions , and by co is rule, and to the tissoeiatloii ef two dissimit funAioos, and by confundioZ d an annuity fund in one and the self-same payment, that much of the evils and mismanagement has arisen amongst Benefit Societies. No mechanism can be ItSeeperfect for the management of a sick , ess-fhnd provision as that affserded by the constant sectional asso ciation and watchfulness of the leveral members composing it. By this means a thorough and constant check is mutually exercised, and none but the really sick are likely to become chargeable diem it. But the same perfection, orlhe seine sesurity, is seldom attainable where a fund is to be accumulated through a Succession of years, awl where results arc to bear oat calculations, inttney investment being in reeved beyond the experience of the industrious classes. For these reasons it is clear that the funds destined for a provision in sickness should be kept entirely distinct from the find intended as a provielon for old age:- Ist Bezause the laws o f sickness and mortality, though apparently conn ected, do not d e p end on the same calculetion. 2d. Because there are it great number who, in o rder to secure a larger provision in old age are willing to take the risk of providing or probable sickness oh e themeelves. 31 B eca use the, resposibility ef ma naging a provision for old a g e, continued to a distant period is, in a great measure, incompatible with voluntary associations, fluctuating laws, and indiv dual it and more exposed to a failure in the performance of spo . such a contract, that when undertaken on the same principles that ordinarily govern commercial botliee 4th. Becau s e the expenses of providing for sickness moa t, when United in the same payment with provision for old see, tend til ler dmi uish still more this p rovision : nor :s it weelom or good policy en danger the one for the sake o the other. Impressed with these convictions, and with an intimate kn owowledge of the discussions passing within the bosom of many of thsting Friendly and Benefit Societies, the parties whose 111111203 are here- Unto attached, have had several meetings, with a view of proposing or adopting a remedy for these and other evils ; and in this manner to give an additional force to the principles of brotherhood, unity, and mutual aid, on w hich friendly societies are based, by guarding them from the risks of sudden dissolution. After much diligent search anion, st the combinations ingeniously proposed from time to time for the attainment of one of the principal objects of Friendly and Benefit Societies, they have found none equal in simplicity and comprehensiveness of design, as well as forethought and sympathy for the wants of the industrious classes, as the plan proposed by the National Loen Fund ife Aurace Socentiety. II is true that the author of that plan has fLurnish ss e d an n argum again provision in sickness; but, without concurring in the immediate ex pediency of abandoning a provision in sickness, no one can read the ether part of the plan itself, without being fully sa.isfied that the convenience and safety of Friendly and leenefit Societies of will be grea tly secured and consult ed, by separating tho paymt a sick allowance from an annuity for old age. A deputation having waited on the directors of the National Loan Fund, who met in the handsomest manner the overtures made to them for the establishment of a separate office for the transaction of business connected with Friendly and Benefit Societies, and the in dustrious classes in general, resolutions have been entered into, con stituting the unelersigned as a Committee, with power to add to its number, for the promulgatios of the benefits contained in the an nexed prospectus, under the guarantee of the Capital of the Society, and which, with interfering with the numerous objects connected with the institution of Benefit and Friendly Societies, will in their opinion greatly enlarge their sphere of utility, and afford a protection to the working classes in old age and adversity, which nothing up to the present day has adequately secured to them. Thomas Burthom, F. 0.8., Ancient Order of Foresters. John Fussell, C.R„ Ancient Order of Foresters. John lt. Gordon, D. 5., Ancient Order of Foresters. James Hale, D.C.R., Ancient Order of Foresters. Henry Bunt, r.G., Manchester Unity of Odd Fellows. Joseph Nugent, Pro. C.S., Mancheeter Unity of Odd Fellows. Joseph Reeks, 8.0. F., Order of Old Friends. Samuel Timbre 1, D.C. R lttt ., EAnD cient SU OrderlTT Eof Foresters. E FE AN S. sent o m f Exaple.-4 persor or quar t erly payment of aed 24 next birt h 7s., o r day, y e annul pay 1/. 6s., mo n thly pa y m n s of Is. 23., may secure , on attainin g the age of 60, the qptiori v of e e ceiving Annuity, 10 /. 19 s . 23. ; Cash down, 1071. 3s. ; or a l'olircy en his Life, 1371. 17s. Example.-A person aged 26 next birthday, may secure, on at taining the age of CO. an Annuity of 101., with the other options, by the annual payment of I/ . 6s. 91., or a single payment of 22/. 17s. 3d.; or on payment of GI. 14s. 3d. for disparity, he will be entitled to the same benefits by an a nnual payment of 18s. 11d., the same as or age 20. Example.-A person aged 30 next birthday, by the annual pay ment of 11. 65., or quarterly paerment of 75., or monthly payment of es it -.. l e my secure en attaining the age the option of re ceiving Annui a ty, 181. Os. 4d.; cash down, 1481. 12s. ; o r a policy on his life 175/. 11s. Exams le.-A person 57 , 1 31 next birthday - , by the aenuftl pay ment of 11. 6e., or quarterly payment of Ts ., or monthl y p a y ment of 2s. 23„ may secure. on attaining the age f 'on of re ceiving 191. Os. 4d. ; cash down, 1481 o , the option . 125.; or a policy on his life, 1751. Ils. OYAL INSURANCE COMPANY. JLL No. 2i, LOMBARD-STREET, corner of Clements-lane. Capital 2,000,000/., in 100,000 Shares of 201. each. TRUSTEE!. John Shaw Leigh, Esq. It. E. B. H. Blundell, Esq, JOSIA6 BOOKER, Esq., Chairman. HUGH J. SANDERSON, Esq. an d CHARLES TURNER, Esq., Deputy Chairmen of the Board of Directors in Liverpool. tnsLCTOSS IN LONDON. Samuel Baker, C I Willi am Wainwright, Esq. Robert Dudgeov, Esq. 1 George Young, Esq . Senozosts—E. A. tlO3ll, Esq., F.n.e.s., surgeon to St. Bartholo mew's Hospital; and Hugh S. Sanderson, Jun., Esq. ACTUARY —Percy M. Dove, Esq. BANKERS —Messrs. Robarts, Curtis, and Co. SOLICITOR—C. T. Jenkinson, Esq., 29, Lombard-street. Suavrroa—John Newman, Esq., F.S.A. SECRETARY TO THE LONDON Roam:, —G. H. Whyting. The Directors of the Royal Insurance Company. consisting of a large body of responsible proprietors, beg tb announce that they are ready to afford to the public many important advantages in effecting either Eire or Life Insurances. Tables of Rates, and any particulars that may be at either e of the ired on the subject of Assurance , wi ll be g iven on application Company's offiees, Or any of its appointed agents. M: DOVE, Manager. The Directors are willies to receive applications front per sons of influence, intdilge;il and activity, to undertake agencies n .the vicinity of the Met its, it being their determination only to appoint agents posseSSl ose qualifications. N.B. All Fire Ipsarances becoming due on Lady Day should be paid on that day, orwithln fifteen days after. LIFE ASSURANCE. Example. —A person at the are of 30 next birthday may secure the suin of 1001. payable at his death, whenever it may happen, awl also participate in the Annual Division t.,f Profits, by the annual pay ment of 21. 9s. 3d. Example.—A person at the age of 25 next birthday, by the pay ment of 4e. per month, or is. per week, may S,CUre the stun of 1121.55. payah a at nis death, whenever It may happen, and like wise glare in the annual profits of the P. FERGUSON' C , - 3EROUX, Secretary, N ATIONAL LO ANNi'. LIFF; ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY, 26 CORNHILL, LONDON. Capital 000,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. This Institution embraces important and substantial advantages wi.i repect to Lisunces and Deferred Annuities. The assured las, i on s all occasions the p ra ower te borrow, without expense or tor. e•ture of the Policy, two-thirds of the eremiunis paid (see Table); 41,0 the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of hip in erests to meet other conveniences or necessity. Assurances for terms of years ase lowest possible ates. DIVISION' OF PROFITS. erity of the Reefer. The remarkable success and increasing prosp has enabled the Direeturs, at the last annual investigation, to declair a lourth bonus, varying trom 35 to 85 per cent. on the premiums paki ea each Policy effected on t EXAM he Profit scale. P l. ES. I I bp i. l' '4 Bonus Bonus in )1 ° g Assume , . nre Premium. P . st added. Cash. E r'7 4 , -* *t may 7. Borrow. •• al A 1837 £217 15 1!.£100 011 £l6 0 41.£445 0 0 s : u * 1838 152 30, 87 1 4 13 10 2! 395 11 1 •i l lOOO 3 4 1839 165 11 1 6 74 1 9 11 3 1 346 2 3 1840 116 7 6 54 010 718 10 296 13 4 I 1841 111 6 81 4910 0 710 4 247 4 5 ___.------_ the division of profits is annual, and the neat will be made in eeember of the present year. F. FERGUSON' CAMROUX, Secretary, FIRE INSURANCES OF EVERY DESCRIPTION ARE UNDERTAKEN BY THE QCOTTISH UNION INSURANCE COM- L.' PANT, 37, Cornhill, London, on the most liberal terms and conditions. Special risks reasonably rated. Renewal receipts for insurances falling due at Lady-day are now ready. Printed particulars of the large bonus just declared in the Life Department may be bad on application. F. G. SMITH. Secretary. 37, Conthill, Londol. LEGAL and GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE. No. 10, FLEET-STREET, LONDON Notice is hereby given, that he Annual General Meeting of the Members of this Society will be held at the Office, No. 10, Fleet street, on FRIDAY the 16th day of April nest, at One o'clock pre cise!y. The Vacancies occasioned by four of the Directors and two of the Auditors going out of office by rotation, will then be filled up. The Directors and Auditors going out aro re-elegible. By Order of the Board, T. R. EDMONDS, kctuary. LEGAL and GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE. 1.70. 10, Fleet-street, London. Notice is hereby given;that an EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of the Members of this Society will be held at the Office, No. 10, Fleet , street, on FCIDAT, the 16th day of April next, wt Half--pent One o'Clock precisely, for the purpose of declaring the AMOUNT of PROFIT to be set apart, out of tn. - Assurance Fund, in respect of the period commencing at the establishment of this Society, and ending with the 31st d2y of December last. By order of the Board, T. R. EDMONDS, Actuary. T HE EXPERIENCE LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. Edinburgh, 15, George-street. London, 58, King William-street. Established 1543. Capital 300,0001. This Company's Tables are based upon the EXPERIENCE OF THE SEVEN TEEN LIFE OFFICES,as contained In the Report of their Mortality published in 1843. Th• Company embraces, in Its constitution, the advantages of both the mutual and proprietary systems of Assurance. The SHORT PERIOD RATES will be found, in comparison with other Companies, to be exceedingly favourable to urers, and the rates for the whole period of life as low as is consistent WITH PERFECT SECURITY. For prospectuses, &c.. apply at the offices as above, or to any of the Agents throughout the kingdom. By order of the Directors, T. YUILLE WARDROP, Secretary. T _ HE LICENSED VICTUALLERS' and GENERAL FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. ADEL AIDE -PLACE, LONDON-BRIDGE; No. 11, QUEEN -STREET, EDINBURGH; No. 30, ODHAM-STREET, and WALSON-BUILDINGS, LIVERPOOL The Company transact business in every department of Life and Fire Assurance, in Annuities, Reversions, and Loans. ACTUARY —J. T. Clement, Esq. LIFE DEPARTMENT. A sum far more than equal to the valne of the policies is invested in jhe public securities, In the names o the trustees, so as to Le at all times availaNe. At the last quinquennial meeting there Was added bo a nus to the Life Policies equal to 25 p er cent. on the sums paid, and a bonus of 5 per cent. was added to the Shares, in addition to the payment of the annual interest. For the convenience of parties wishing to assure for a specific sum, without a prospective bonus, a new table at lower rates has been calculated, on which, as well as on the participating scale, one-half the premium may remain on interest at 5 per cent. for five years, thus enabling a person to insure his life for 1,0001. on the immediate payment of the premium for 5001. only. The following are the annual Premiums for the Assurance of 1001. for the whole Life, one-half of which may remain for five years by merely paying the interest annually at five per cent.; and should the Policy become a claim in the interim, the amount due will then be deducted. Age 20, without profits .. £1 13 0 With profits •• . • .... £1 18 0 30 .. • ......... . 119 3 •.............2 5 8 3 1 3 •••• 4 9 4 For short periods the Premiums are considerably lower, and for any ages or contingencies not usually advertised i n formation may be obta i ne d on appli c ation to the Actuary or Secretary. FIRE DAPARTMENT. The Company Insure houses, furniture, stock in trade, faromin org stock, and every des cri p tion of personal property, against lss damage by fire. Insurances may be effected for any period of time ; if for seven y ea rs, the Premum i and Duty will ply be charged for six. JQ GIGO, §earstuy. L P ÜBLICATION S. - • rrAIT.'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, No. 160, for APRIL, 1847, price Onelllpg, contains :- 1. The Counsellor's Family. By Mme. Wolfensberger. 2. Alfred Tennyson. By George GlMan. 3. Success in Life. 4. Mrs. Thorpton's Tiuth and Falsehood. 5. Milton versits Southey and Landor: By Thomas de Quincey. 6. Lives of Lord Lovat and Forbes of Culloden. 7. The Old Connlry and the New Country 8. Jaino4 Calder. 9. _Government Education, 10, Poetry. . 11. The Exile of Culloden...By Atm 12. Literary Register. Is. Politic al Register. &e, Condon: Simpkin, Marshall, and Co. Edinburghi " Stitkerland and Kuox. Glasg.w : James M'Leod. BOYD'S ANTHON'S CICERO. New Edition, 12mo, roan, price Six Shillings. ELECT ORATIONS OF CICERO, with an kj English Commentary, and HistOrical. Geographical, and Le gal Indexes. By CHARLES ANTRON, LL.D. With Additions and Emendations, by JAMES BOY D, LL.D., one of the Masters of the High School, Edinburgh. Also, the following Books by Atithon : Horace, 7s. 6d. • I Greek Grammar, 45. 7sallust, Is. Greek Prosody, 2s. 6d. Greek reader, 7s. 64. Latin Grammar, 4s. Cfcsar's Commentaries, 65. I Homer's Iliad. 7s. 6d. ..Eneid of Virgil, 7s. 6d. 'Y.' A Catalogue of Popular Stan , cation. London : William Tegg and lard Works can be had on appli. Panora'-lane, Cheapside Now publishing, Third Edition of No. 77 PIANISTA, containing the E'CIIIOPIAN SONGS. Mary Blanc, Lucy Neal, Lucy Long, Buffalo Gals, and seven others now singing nightly by the Serenaders, are all with words and piano accompaniments in the PIANISTA, No. 77. Price for the whole 11 songs, with the Ethiopian and Mary Blanc Quadrilles, 25. They ars all given as polkas for dancing in No. 76, price 23. Either number sent tree for 36 stamps. —Pianists first floor, 67, Pa ternoster-row. Never out of print. *** No. 78 PIANISTA contains eleven of Russell's most popular songs for 2s. No. 79. " Maniac," " Gambler's Wile,' aud others, cor- 2s. " The ' Pianists ' is beautifully brought out, and is always rect."— Spectator. On Saturday next, fivo., 2s. 6d. THE SCHOOL, in its relations to the STATE, the CHURCH, and the CONGREGATION ; being an expla nation of the minutes of the Committee of Council on Education, in August and December, Mg. John Murray, Albemarle-street ; and to be had of all Booksellers in Town snd Country. WELLINGTON SURTOUT. IL A NEW LIGHT REPELLENT OVER-COAT FOR THE SPRlNG.—Registered 6 and 7 Vict., cap. 65.—PATRONISED by H.R.H. PRINCE ALBERT, the ROYAL FAMILY, his Grace the COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, the PRINCIPAL, NOBILITY, and OFFICERS of the GUARDS. This gentlemanly garment, cut without scams on the shoulder, so as to improve the figure, and which (owing to its elasticity) tits equally well either as an over-coat or LIGHT SUMMER FROCK, is made of a . peculiar cloth, manufactured in the west of England, expressly for this coat, of double twist warp and weft, and finest Saxony wool. It is guaranteed to endure and maintain its primitive appearance at least twice the time of ordinary cloth, however good the quality, as it does not wear white or rough, and although re pellent, is perfectly porous. The sleeves are lined with a^ ich dura ble silk, so that the coat sltlas on and off easily, and, owing to its softness, lightne,s, and elasticity, the wearer experiences perfect ease and freedom when the coat Is buttoned. The WELLINGTON ,URTOUT commends itself ft, all who desire a quiet, elegant, gentlemanly appearance ; it is kept in every size and leading colour, ready for immediate wear, price Two Guineas and a Half, net cash on delivery. Every genuine coat has a stamp bearing the royal arms, with a number indicative of the size, and name and address of the patentee, JAMES FOUGERE, 6, CONDUIT STREET, REGENT-STREET, and 11, POULTRY, near the MAN SION-HOUSE, LONDON. TO LADIES. ItOWLAND'S K AL YDOR an ORIENTAL BALSAMIC PREPARATION of singular enleacy in thoroughly purifying the Skin from all Pimples, Spots, Blotches, Redness, Freckles, Tan, and Discolourations, producing a healthy freshness and transparency of Complexion, and a softness and delicacy of the hands, arms, and neck. It is invaluable as a Renovating and Refreshing Wash in Travelling ; and in cases of Sunburn, Stings of insects, or incidental Inflammation, its virtues have long a fl extensively been acknowledged Its purifying and re freshing properties have obtained the exclusive patronage of the Queen, the Court, and the Rog a! Family of Great Britain, a. wed as the principal Courts of Europe, and the most distinguished Nobility and Gentry of all civilised nations. *.* Beware of Spurious " KAT.YDORS." containing mineral as tringents utterly ruinous to the complexion, and which, by their re pellent action, endanger health. Each bottle of the genuine kas the words " ROWLANDS' KALYDOR" on the wrapper, and A. ROWLAND and 40S, 20, flatten-garden, is also en, raved (by desire of the lion. Coininissloners) on the Government Stamp affixed on each. l'rice 45. Gd. an iSs 64. per bottle. Sold by the Proprietor% and by Chemists and Perfumers. PLATE. B. SAVORY and SONS, Manufac turin g A Silversmiths, 14, Comhill, London, opposite the Dank o t England—The best wrought SILVER SPOONS and FORKS, Fiddle Pattern, 7s. Od. per ounce ; King's Pattern, 7s. 2d. per ounce. The following are the weights recommended, but the articles maY be had lighter or heavier, at the same price per ounce:— o Pattern. Fiddle Pattern. Nin oz. s.d. s. oz. s.d. Xs. d. 12 Table Spoons 30 at 70 10 10 012 Table spoons 40 at 7 2..14 6 8 12 Dessert ditto 20 at 7 0•• 7 0 0 12 Dessert ditto 26 at 7 2.• 9 6 4 12 Table Forks 30 at 7 010 10 0 12 Table Forks 40 at 7 2..14 6 8 12 Dessert ditto 20 at 70 .• 7 0 0 12 Dessert ditto 26 at at 72•• 7 2.• 9 6 6 0 4 2 Gravy Spoons : 0 at 7 e•. 3 10 0 2 Gravy _ 12 4 12 at 7 2•• 4 6 0 1 Soup Ladle 1 0 at 7 0. • 310 0 1 Soup Ladle 4 Sauce ditto 10 at 7 4 i• • 315 0 4 Sauce ditto 12 at 78 .• 412 0 4 Salt Spoons (gilt strong) 1 0 0 4 Salt Spoons (strong gilt) 2 2 0 1 Fish Slice 12 Tea Spoons 10 at 7 6.• 315 Oil Tea Spoons 14 at 7 . • 8. .. 1 5 0 •5 7 4 1 Pair Sugar Tongs 015 1 Pair Sugar Tongs .. N. B. A Price Current, stamped as a Newspaper. illustrated by drawings, and containing information relative to the purchase of Silver or Sheffield /late, may be had on application, or will be sent Into the country free of postage, in answer to l a paid letter. No. 61, Grosvenor-street, Bond-street. 31 E B S E S 3 It io S v . ED hl fr O o S tn E 3 L 2 Y ll , arn S a u r r k g et eon ih ll eir e s n yt i t s e ts . ,. r ha cu v : plying Artificial Teeth ensures the power to h ma~ticat e , masticate, without lessening the taste of the palate by artificial covering, or injuring the adjoining teeth by use of wires. Their teeth are unchange able in colour, and perfectly resemble the original. Decayed teeth permanently filled and restored to use, superseding extraction. ST.OMACII and the EARS.AI persons 1 subject to Indigestion, bile, flatulence, and costiveness, if they have once commenced taking opening medicines, find that each dose begets a necessity for another, until at length incurable disease closes the scene. But let them procure of William Pine, 369 s , Strand, Dr. SCOTT'S APERITIVE VASE minutes, get , and then, b rid of their mean merely of a little water , t he y can. in a few sufferings safely and agreeably. W. Pine begs to add, that he is the only person authorised to sell Dr. Scott's SONIFERS, the most novel and effective invention for restoring hearing at present known. Descriptions sent per post. ON NERVOUS DEBILITY AND GENERATIVE DISEASES. JUST PUBLISHED, THE THIRTIETH THOUSAND, An Improved Edition, revised and corrected, 120 pages, price 25., in a sealed envelope, or forwarded, post-paid, - to any address, secure from observation, for 2s. 6d. in postage stamps, illustrated with numerous Anatomical Coloured Engravings, MA N H 0 0 D : The Causes of its Premature Decline; with Plain Direc tions for its Perfect Restoration. A Medical Essay on those diseases of the generative organs, emanating from solitary and sedentary habits, indiscriminate ex cesses, the effects of climate, and infection, &c., addressed to the sufferer in youth, manhood, and old age ; with practical remarks on marriage, the treatment and cure of nervous and mental debility, impotency, syphilis, and other urino-genital diseases. by which even the most shattered constitution may be restored, and reach the full period of life allotted to man. The whole illustrated with numerous Anatomical Engravings on steel, in colour, explain ing the various functions, secretions, and structures of the reproduc tive organs in health and disease; vi ith instructions for private cor respondence ,cases, Eke. By J. L. CURTIS and 0., Consulting Surgeons, 7, Frith-street. Soho-square, Lindon: REVIEW OE THE WORK. " COATIS ON MANHOOD. (Strange). Having for many years been the standard work on these diseases, Its originality is apparent, and its perusal breathes consolation and hope to the mind of the patient." —Naval and Military Gazette. Published by the Authors, and may be had at their residence ; sold also by Strange, 21, Paternoster-row; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street; Mann, 39, Cornhill, London ; Sowler, 4, St. Ann's-square, Man chester; Philip, South Castle-street, Liverpool ; Campbell, 146, Argyle-street, Glasgow ; Robinson. 11, Greenside-street. Edinburgh; and in a sealed envelope by all booksellers. Messrs. CURTIS and CO. are to be consulted daily at their resi dence, No. 7, FRITII-STREET, SO HO-SQUARE, LONDON, and Patients can have this work private:y forwarded them, by initial or otherwise, to any part of the United Karidom, direct from the Author's Residence, or from any of the above agents, on remitting 2s. 6d. in postage stamps. SHEERNESS, MARCH 15.—A county court meeting was this day held at the house of Mr. William Edgcombe, by Mr. James Espinasse, judge of the said court for this dis trict, when the seal cf office was presented by the judge to Mr. Thomas Patten, as clerk of the said court, and Mr. Wil liam Edgcombe was appointed high bailiff to the court, which was opened" in due form under the 9th and 10th Vic toria, chap. 95. The court meetings for this island, it is ex pected, will be held monthly, and the 7th day of April next is reported to be the first court-day on which general business wiJ be transacted. This will be a great boon to the trades men and inhabitants generally of the Isle of Sheppy, as they have hitherto been under the necessity of trying similar cases at Sittingbourn and Faversham—distances from 12 to 17 miles from here. It may now be said in Sheppy we shall have cheap justice for the million.—Shipping Gazette. THE VACANT MASTERSHIP IN CHANCERY. — This office, now at the disposal of the Lord Chancellor by the retirement of Master Lynch, will, it is said, be conferred upon one of the present Commissioners of the London Court of Bankruptcy, in furtherance of the known determination of the Government to reduce the number of those functionaries. Llolroyd luta been specially alluded to. - • 4.••• • _ . . . I R i. , I ,tlfl cl k ~ trl t , i 7„fi 0 r * • oat.. .. . 1 , , , . • , —,%_,,,-: ..,.,..,... #O4ll- . --- . 4 • -4- , 1 ,• -.- _•,,,4, 1 , -. • • • .„....4?,# .z,-, : •' , -...i. '4,\, 71, N.'' (It . !i i -ft f•—• . 4 z i 1 ,- Wf. • t '\,%„.. ,6 ; -* * - `'`k ..' V ON4 ''' r ~ : f.'s ••.,` ' :.ft,':c,.- - - 't , ge - ~ . • %,.•- • ‘• . • ,- r - , m..:---... ~,`" ' .'" 1 - V - .7 .. . , / 40...1t0 • ~... .... "--- \ ?":-. . ' , s' ; 1 . ' • ' V ' Air Cit - , 1 1if J 4, "f ...• ', ' - t •z• '9'.l/1 ±s.t' s • ~,,c-kc -k V i wk ••- \k. ' \ .f , _ . .. ---: --x v .! , ..:;.,.., . j-. 1 ~- ..._,,..,-, gt ,--ct ~ bik 1, , , ~, . .!„:t, Tr.T . :.,,,y.,„-. 7 ,i --,,, k :::?. ? "1- , - - DROIT . 4 • ' 1K - k,5....-- , --,- • • c_. , ,, , e„-y,,,-• - -,' -. • 0.......... --- ••••-• ---- _ .''''.. , . Itlit+ PRICE SD. STADE OF TRADE. NING THE CIRCUITS TO BE HOLDEN UNDER THE SMALL DEBTS ACT, AS AP- POINTED BY THE LORD CHANCELLOR. Circuit No. I.—G. H. Wilkinson: Gateshead, Aln wick, Bedford, Bellingham, Berwick, Haltwhistle, Hex ham, Morpeth, Newcastle, North Shields, Rothbury, Woolen Circuit No. 2.—Henry D. Stapylton: Durham, Har tlepool, Shotley-bridge, South Shields, Stockton, Sun derland, Walsingham. Circuit No. 3.—J. H. Ingram : Alston, Carlisle, Cockermoutb, Keswick, Penrith, Whitehaven, Wigton, Alverstone, Ambleside, Appleby, Kirkby Kendal, Kirkby Lonsdale. Circuit No. 4.—T. B. Addison : Blackburn, Burnley, Clitheroe, Caine, Garstang, Kirkham, Larcaster, Poul• ton, Preston. Circuit No. 5.—W. A. Hulton : Bolton, Chorley, Leigh, Ormshirk, St. Helen's, Wigan. Circuit No. 6,—W. Lowndes : Liverpool. Circuit No. 7.--W. R. Henden: Altrincharn, Birken head, Chester, Knutsford, Nantwicb, Nortwicb, Run corn, Salford, Warrington. Circuit No. B.—R. Brandt: Manchester. Circuit Igo. 9.—J. St. John Yates: Congleton, Hyde, Macclesfield, Stockport, Glossop, Ashton. Circuit No. 10.—T. Greene: Bury, Haslingden, Old ham, Rochdale, Saddleworth. Circuit No. 11.--C. H. Risley: Bradford, Keighley, Ottley, Settle, Skipton. Circuit No. Stansfield: Halifax, Holmfirtb, Huddersfield, Todmorclen. Circuit No. 13.—W. Walker: Barnsley, Doncaster, Goole, Rotherhim, Sheffield, Thorne. Circuit Nu. 14.—J. H. Marshall: Dewsbury, Leeds, Pontefract, W.-tkefield. ' Circuit No Wharton: Boston, Knaresborough, Ripon, Selb , burn, Northallerton, Richmond, Stukcsley, Ihirsk, Whitby, York. Circuit 2StA 1.0•• V. Raines : Ilarton-on-Humber, Beverley, Bridlington, Great Driffield, Headon, Howden, Kingston-upon-Hull, Pocklington, Helmsley, New Mal ton, Scarborough. Circuit No. 17.—J. G. H. Smith : Boston, Brigg, Caistor, Gainsborough, Great Grimsby, Horncastle, Lincoln, Louth, Market Rosen, Sleaford, Spilsby. Circuit No. 18.—R. Wildman : Bingham, East Ret ford, Mansfield, Newark, Nottingham, Worksop. Circuit No. 19.—J. S. Cauttrell Alfreton, Ash bourne, Bskewell, Belper, Chapel-en•le-Frith, Chester. field, Derby, Wirksworth, Buxton. Circuit No. 20.—J. Hiliyard : Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Hinckley, Leicester, Loughborough, Market Bosworth, M4rket Harborough, Melton Mowbray, Grantham, Witham. Circuit No. 21.—Leigh Trafford : Atherstone, Birm ngham. Tamworth. B a C n i h r u c r u 3 i A N i o. 22.—F. cester T , Coven ro tr t 3 t , e , r L th, Nun.-atop, un u ., a t t t e o r n w , oßrugbyD, Solihull, Southam, Stratford, Warwick, Skipton. Circuit No. 23.—8. Parham: Bromyard, Ledbury, Brornsgrove, Droitwich, Evesham, Kidderminster, I'ershore, Redditch, Stourbridge, Tenbury, Upton. Worcester. Circuit No. 24.—J. M. Herbert : Hereford, Kingston, Leominster, Ross, Abergavenny, Chepstow, Monmouth, Newport, Pontypool, Tredegar, Usk, Presteign. Circuit No. 25.—Sergeant Clarke: Oldbury, Wallsall, Wolverhampton, Dudley. Circuit No. 26.—R. G. Temple : Cheadle, Hanley, Leek, Lichfield, Newcastle underLyne, Rugeley, Stafford, Stone, Uttoxeter. Circuit No. 27.—W. Corbett: Bishop's Castle, Bridge north, Cleobury, Drayton, Ludlow, Madeley, Newport, Shrewsbury, Wem, Wallington, Whitchurch. Circuit No. 28.--A. J. Jones: Llangefni, Bangor, Car narvon, Conway, Portmadoc, Pwllhi, Denbigh, Llanrwst, Ruthin, St. Asaph, Holywell, Mold. Circuit No. 29.—E. L. Richards: Aberystwith, Rua bon, Wrexham, Bala, Corwen, Dolgelly, Llanfyllin, Llanidloes, 31ackynlleth, Newtown, Welshpool, Os west ry. Circuit No. 30.—John Wilson : Brecknock, Builth, Crickhowell, Hay, Brigend, Cardiff, Merthyr Tydvil, Neath, Swansea, Rhaidr. Circuit No. 31.—John Tohnes : Carmarthen, Llan diofawr, Llandovery, Llauelly, Newcastle-in -Emlyn, Aberayon, Cardigan, Llampeter, Harerfordwest, Nar beth, Pembroke. Circuit No. 32.—J. S. Birch : Attleborough, Ayls ham, East Dereham, Great Yarmouth, Holt, Little Wal singham, North Walsinghara, Norwich, Wymondham Circuit No. 33.—J. R. Eagle : Harleston, Thetford, Beccles, Bury St. Edmunds, Eye, Framlingliam, Hales worth, Ipswich, Lowestoft, Mildenhall, Stowmarket, Woodbridge. Circuit No. 34.—J. D. Burnaby : Ely, March, So ham, Wisbeach, Bourne ; Holbeach, Spalding, Stamford, Downham Market, King's Lynn, S waif ham, Peter borough. Circuit No. 35.—John Collyer; Bedford, Biggleswade, Cambridge, Newmarket, Saffron Walden, Royston, Huntingdon, St. Neot's, Kettering, Oundle, Thrapstono, Haverhill. Circuit No. 36.—John Wing : Ampthill, Leighton Buzzird, Aylesbury, Buckingham, Newport Pagnell, Bruckley, Northampton, Towcestur, Wellingborough, Bicester, Thame. Circuit No. 37.—J. B. Barry, Q.C. : Abington, Far ringdon, Hungerford, Newbury, Ileading„ Wallingford, Wantage, Windsor, Chipping Norton, Oxford, Witney, Wood-cock. Circuit No. 38.—J. H. Koe,,Q.C. : Luton, Chesham, High Wycombe, Waltham, Barnet. Bishop's Stortford, Hertford, Ilitchin, St. Alban: s, Watford, Edmonton, Uxbridge. Circuit No. 39 —W. Gurdon: Braiutree, Brentwood, Chelmsford, Colchester, Dunmow, Halstead, Harwich, Maldon, Rochford, Rumford Had!eigh, Sudbury. Circuit No. 40.—Sergeant Manning: Whijechapel. Circuit No. 41.--Sergeant Stork.:Shoreditch, Bow. Circuit No. 42.—Sergeant Starkie: Clerkenwell. Circuit No. 43.—8. Heath: Bloomsbury. Circuit No. 44.—A. Amos Brentford, Brompion, Diarylebone. Circuit No. 45.—D. C. Moylan: Westminster. Circuit No. 46.—F. Fraser : Chertsey, Croydon, Dorking, Epsom, Farnham, Godalming, Guildford, Kingston, R,igaie, Wandsworth. Circuit No. 47.—C. Clive : Southwark. Circuit No. 48.—D. Leahy : Greenwich, Lambeth. Circuit No. 49.—J. Espinasse : Bromley, Dartford, Gravesend, M a id stone, R oc h ester , S even a s ks, Sheer ness, Tonb r id ge, T on b ri d ge W e ll s . Circuit No. 50.—C. Ilarwood : Ashford, Canterbury, Deal, Dover, Faversham, F o lkestone, Hythe, Margate, Ramsgate, Romney, Si. tingbourne, Tenterden. Circuit No. 51,—W. Turner : Arundel, Brighton, Chichester, Cuckfield, East Grinstead, Hastings, Horsham, Le wes , Midhurst, Petwortb, Worthing. Circuit No. 52.—C. J. G a l e: Alt o n, Andover, Basing stoke, Bishop' s W a l ton, N ewpor t (I s le of Wight), Petersfield, Portsmouth, Romsey, Southampton, Win chester. Circuit No. 53.—J. G. Smith: Bath, Frome, Brad ford, Caine, Chippenham, Devizes, Marlborough, Melk shacmir,cuSiwt i N nd e 0 . n 5 , 4...._ Trowbrid ge , alee s v r aneioll :Cheltenham, Warminster, - re ncester, D urden Gloucester, Nowent, Newnham Northleach, Stow, Str ou d, T e wkesbury, Winchcombe : Malmesbury. Circuit No. 55.—A. Palmer : Bristol, Chipping Sod bury, a s rd be E fte v e e b re e t r t y : B yv la e n re d h fo a r m d : w ßr e id y .... bu c ry ir , c T ei h t o N rn e b . u s ry 6 . .. port, Dorchester, w imb orne Minster, Chri s t c hurch, Fordingbridge Lymington, Salisbury. Circuit No. 57.--J. M. Carrow : Bridgwater, Chard, Clutton, Crewkerne, Langport, Taunton, Wellington, W e ll s , Weston-super-Mars, Williton, Wincauton, Yeovil. Circuit No. 58.—T. Tyrrell : Axminster, Barnstaple, Bideford, Creditors, Exeter, lloniton, South Moulton, Tiverton, Torrington. Circuit No. 59.—W- M. Praed: Camelford, Launces iTnagysiberiteedget;TNeteeweato.n Abbot, O a k. Circuit No. 60.—G. G.Keltewick; Bofrain, Falmouth, ..9 S v h to ti n illp li tO ° R l y e3l7l 7E lthit:thli, isiLai.isokrerd, Penzance, Redrutb, St. Austle, St. held, yesterday, by George Henry between held, Portadown and Lurgan, and the other Cuollotnt°bn an a native of the Porta latt9:_oen e a m his way home from a i t u 'r : 1 s FROM Armagh, DESTITUTION: s e T I T u T I o N . — , T hEe w rs o ote, i t n ow q ee n ee e: destitution. —Armagh Guardian. business-like The contract for the EAST ANGLIAN RAILwAYs•— c d o o u wi n n t: Mayo, who died. wh i I n Scotland. The verdict, and Ely W . f the Lynn m both cas es, was death from Watlington Branch 0 favour ßennett, from Simpson, Walker, and .k k In a very wor ma t e man habits it will be execu ted fren i w hose of Messrs. ner. Mr. Waddington, bech, has been decidedß uty-chairman of the the de puty .d Eastern Counties railways, last week pa id a visit to Lynn, and took the opportunity of making his observe, and expressed his entire satisfaction, was much pleas ed. at the ability and economy employed in carrying out tions on the works of the East Anglian Company. He those important works, and passed a high eulogium on the skill and scientific capabilities of J. S. Valentine, Esq., C.E., under w hose direction and able manage rminati ment on. they have been 1 - 1. 4 'tight to so satisfactory a te —Cambridge Chronicle. INTERRUPTION OF A WEDDING.—A young man belonging to Bankfoot lately wooed and won a Lair girl in Comm. All obstacles were surmounted, and Friday I last was fixed upon as the happy day when for life their fates would be united in the bands of matrimony. The loving couple had been duly proclaimed, the wedding ar• rangements were nearly completed, and matters went swimmingly forward until Wednesday night, when one of the county constabulary, quite uninvited, en tered the residence of the bride, and, in presence of the bridegroom, took her into custody. The distracted bridegroom frantically demanded an immediate explana tion, which the constable obligingly granted, by reading a document setting forth that his prisoner was accused of obtaining, by false representations, a variety of articles from different merchants in Crieff, amongst which the stuff of her intended husband's wedding coat figured prominently. Tears and remonstrances were alike un availing; the hard•hearted constable conveyed the fair delinquent to Perth, where he left her in free lodgings on Wednesday, leaving the bereaved bridegroom to get over the disappointment, as he best could.—Perthshire Courier, N Y APRIL I, 1847. VAN DIEMEN'S LAND COMPANY. On Tuesday the annual general meeting of the directors and proprietors of this corporation, established very many years ago to promote agriculture and grazing pursuits as well as settlement in the colony of Tasmania, was held at the company's house, Great Winchester street, to receive a report of the last year's proceedings, the election of directors who have vacated office by rotation, and upon other matters. The governor, Mr. Cattley, presided. The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. The Secretary, Mr. HOWELL, read the report, which stated—" That the Government survey of the company's !ands had been completed, and that the Lieutenant-'..io vernor of Van Diemen's Land was about to forward to the Secretary of State the tracings and descriptions of those lands, with a view to the grant of the requisite warrant. by her Majesty's Government, and the directors are now enabled to state that the said documents have been received, and that Earl Grey has signified the intention of Government to carry out this arrangement fully, in pursuance of the company's charter. Steps have been accordingly taken for preparing and sub mitting a Bill for the sanction of the grant by Parlia ment, and the directors trust that an Act to empower her Majesty to convey the lands in question to the com pany will be obtained in the present session of Parlia ment. The proprietors will be gratified at learning that the lands thus awarded to the Company, by an agree ment between the Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen's Land and the Company's chief agent, as shown by the tracings and descriptions transmitted to Earl Grey, con sist as follows. viz. :—Circular Head, 20,000; Surrey Hills, 150,000 ; Hampshire Hills, 10,000 ; Middlesex Plains, 10,000; Emu Bay, 50,000; Woolnorth, 100,000; Robbins Island, 24,450 ;: Walker's Island, 1,720 ; and Trefoil Island, 255—making a total of 366,425 acres. Valuable as these extensive grants must ultimately prove, yet the directors regret to add that the expectation which they had entertained of- their becoming so at a very early period, has been—frustrated by Sir Eardley Wilmot's 'announcement to Mr. Gibson, that in con sequence of the Government surveyor's unfavourable report of the line of road previously laid down between the settled districts and Emu Bay, the Government gangs had been withdrawn to another quarter of the island. The result, however, of an interview with the present Lieutenant-Governor, before his departure from England, leads the directors to believe that the project of establishing such a road will ere long be resumed, and this expectation is further confirmed by the accounts of ale im proving state of the commercial, agricultural, and financial interests of the colony, as to the unprecedented depression of those interests, and the consequent want of funds for public works, rather than the difficulties of the line of road, its abandonment may probably be attributable. The proprietors are aware that the chief inducement held out to settlers to take farms on the company's heavily timbered lands, was an engagement to take its produce at certain prices. The engagement was entered into just before the commencement of the pecuniary embarrassments and stagnation of all enterprise throughout the island, and the results have been very disadvantageous to the company, as the produce delivered into the store by their tenants was hardly saleable at any price—the loss, however, has not been so heavy as might have been at first supposed, be cause in the earlier years of occupation the clearance and cultivation of land proceeded but slowly, and the tenants, therefore, instead of being creditors, became largely in. debted to the company for indispensable advances of provisions and stores. Those advances at one time reached 20,2571. Bs. 5d., and from the tenor of the latest advises, it would appear that they still exceed 10,0001., but the increase in the tenant population, and the rapid clearance of land (amounting altogether to 1,640 acres under the plough), leads to the belief that a great part of this debt will be liquidated in the course of the years 1847 and 1848; so great in fact is the progress of cultivation, that the directors would regard with some degree of alarm the prospective success of their tenants, were it not that the improvements in the !markets of Australia hold out the expectation of remunerating prices for produce delivered to the com pany. Should these prices be maintained, as may not unreasonably be assumed, for the next three years, there will be no further loss to the company from over production by their tenants, as in March, 1850, their leases, and with them all the company's engagements will terminate. The sales of cattle and sheep have been inconsiderable, and at very low rates, and the horses disposed of were . few, and netted small sums ; the exact amount cannot be accurately shown, as, from some unaccountable delay, no account of sales have yet been received. On the other hand, the sales of live stock for the tenants' subsistence have been very large. The company's clip of wool for the year 1845, consisting of 74 bales, realiSed, at public auction, 1,075/. 19 11d. In the course of the eight months from the sth of January to the sth of September last, 29 vessels had arrived, and 31 departed from Circular Head to foreign ports, besides num( runs coasters trading be tween ;izatiley, Emu Bay, and Launceston, and that the traffic was progressively improving. Whilst pro vision had thus been trade to advance the com mercial interests of the new societies growing up at Stanley and Emu Bay, every attention has likewise been paid to their moral and religious improvement, and the directors have great prlcasure in stating that as far back as March, 1846, the chaplain, the Rev. Mr. Grigg, had secured the services of a respectable and well qualified schoolmaster, and also a mistress, for the schools at Stanley. A master and mistress had likewise been obtained for schools at Emu Bay, where buildings for the purpose were in course of erection, at the cost of the tenants, and Mr. Grigg states his sanguine expecta tion that both places will shortly possess as many social advantages, and exhibit as fair a social character as any like amount of population in any rural district of Eng land." Upon the question that the report be adopted and printed for circulation among the proprietors, many questions were asked by proprietors present, The GOVERNOR, in reply, said, he as well as the direc tors had to regret the report was not more favourable, but they had laid before the court all the facts that had come to their knowledge. Every effort had been made to reduce expenditure in the colony. The great object to be obtained was, that the corporation should become !and lords, not farmers. Upon the company's lands all poor but industrious men would succeed in bettering their condition in life. With respect to the defalcation in the number of sheep which appeared to exist in the report, full returns had not been received of the number which was at Woolnorth, accounts relative to which had not yet come to hand. Upon the - whole, however, there had been a considerable increase in the company's flocks. As soon as a title could be given to the lands sold by the company, which would be the case very soon, no doubt there would be plenty of purchasers. A PROPRIETOR complained that for seven years the tenantry system had been going on at great loss, and that the results had been so small. Mr. RouGEmoNT explained, that owing to the panic the directors had directed Mr. Gibson, the com pany's agent in the colony, to be cautious. The prices of produce in the colony had been exceedingly low, but the markets were rallying, wheat as well as other produce, as well as stock, was in demand for Australia and the Cape of Good Hope, As almost all attention in Australia was directed to the working of copper mines found in the sister colony, it was probable that agricultural pursuits would not be followed up with so much avidity. This would give a better chance for the produce of Van Diemen's Land. The company's agent, Mr. Gibson, when he learned the s►tate of the markets in England and Ireland, would re gulate his course accordingly. After some further discussion the directors sad auditors were elected. A vote of thanks was then passed to the governor and directors, The GOVERNOR, in returning thanks, observed that they wished to encourage the emigration of the more decent portion of agriculturists of industrious habits, and possessing some small property. To these the company would afford many facilities, such as the loan of bul locks, sheep, utensils, &c., with a view to encourage the tenants, and bring on their estates a class of people who would keep their engagements. lie was happy to say that on going to Van I)iemen's Land, such emigrants would find every encouragement and kindness from their excellent clergyman as well as their chief agent, whose solicitude for those emigrating to the colony was most praiseworthy. The meeting then adjourned. INFERNAL MACIIINE.-It appears that a diabolical attempt has lately been made to fire the large stack-yard of Mr. Allez, of the Bordages, St. Saviour's, who has been recently released from prison for contempt of court. On removing a stack a few days ago on his premises, a bundle of cartridges of powder, bound together with slow-match, and covered with loose hay, was found un derneath. The amadoux, or match, had evidently been lighted, but appears, luckily to have been extinguished from being too tightly bound to the packet attached to it; otherwise, no, doubt, one of the largest stockyards in Guernsey would have been reduced to ashes.—Guernser Sun. ARRIVALS OF CORN IN IRELAND.—The arrivals of corn, meal, flour, and other edible produce continue to be immense. The prices of food, we rejoice to say, are, in consequence, falling rapidly.—Dublin Pilot. An advertiser, in a Western paper, who rejoices in the various occupations of lawyer, doctor, justice of the peace, and dry good merchant, adds the following to his list of pursuits and qualities :—" N.B.—Auctioneering or the loudest kind, interwoven with ventriloquism."— i'hiladelphia Gazette. Mr. Fitzgerald, of Holbrook, near Horsham, has issued an address to the constituency offering himself to their notice. The Hon. Gentleman does not deem it necessary (or prudent, perhaps) to set forth his political views i❑ a "preliminary- address," though report says that ho is a Tory Protectionist to the back-bone.— Brighton Guardian. FALICLAND.—TIIREE LIVES LOST.—An accident of a very lamentable nature occurred at Forthar Lime Works on the afternoon of Friday last, whereby three men were instantaneously called into eternity, whilst a fourth was so injured that he is not expected to recover. The accident was occasioned by the falling of a huge mass of rock from the face of the quarry in which they were employed. Upwards of two hours elapsed before the bodies of the unfortunate men were got out. -- Edinburgh Witness, MANCRESTER, MARCH 30. The tone of to-day's market has been decidedly firm. There has been a great disposition on the part of buyers to do business at the rates asked this day week, both in goods and yarn ; but the rise in cotton has induced those who can hold to seek an advance, which has materially checked opera , tions. For those qualities of goods and yarn, especially the latter, suitable for India, slightly better prices have been obtained. ROCHDALE, MAncit 29.—The flannel market has bean quiet to-day, with a rather thin attendance of buyers. A small manufacturer stopped payment last week ; his liabilities are said to be about 1,0001. The principal creditors are the Halifax wool dealers. The wool market has been slack, but prices firm. Broke wool, from 10d. to 1-1(1. per lb., is very scarce, which will have its due ( ffect upon pricer. HALIFAX, .SATURDAY, MARCH 27.—Although we cannot note any improvement in the market to-day, either as regards the attendance of buyers or the dis posal of goods, yet there seems to be a better reeling in the hall, arising from the downward tendency of the corn market, as well as the genial promise of the spring. There is a slight improvement in the demand for yarn, but hitherto without any corre sponding increase in price ; though, as the idle ma chinery becomes fully employed, that may be expected to follow. The stock of long wool in the market is dimi nishing, without any temptation in price to purchase to replace it, as no advance can be established. Hogs are scarce.—ln short wools there is less doing, and pur chasers buy with great caution ; but the prices are de cidedly firmer. HUDDERSFIELD, MARCH 30.—The attendance of buyers to-day has been numerous, principally on American account; but they have evinced considerable care and caution in making their purchases. There is not much doing for the home trade. LEEDS, MARCH 30.—There is a rather improving tone in our market, and a fair average bersinesa hes been doing since last week: the demand chiefly runs on low cloth. The Government contracts now out cannot but act favourably on our markets.—Manchester Guardian. It is stated in a letter from Munich, that accounts had been received there of the King of Greece having been suddenly attacked by severe illness. THE ARMY.—Lord Alexander Lennox has obtained a captaincy and company in the Blues, owing to the retire ment of the Hon. C. 11. Cust from the Army, and Lord Otho Fitzgerald, son of the Duke of Leinster, has succeeded to a lieutenantcy. CALEDONIAN CANAL,—We understand the Caledo nian Canal is now open from Inverness to Gairlochy, and will, in a few days more, be open from sea to sea.—Ross INFLUX OF IRISH PAUPERS AND SPREAD OF FEVER.-We understand that the Committee of thy Liverpool Guardians Society have appointed a sub committee for the purpose of investigating the causes o f the greet increase of lever in the town, an d th e con tinued influx of Irish paupers, and suggesting remedies to avert the evil, and counteracting the spread of intec fiefs. In taking this course the Guardian S. , cietT will add one more to the many claims on public gratitude, and we cannot doubt but that its aid will be most accept able to the municipal and parocLial authorities. Unfortu stately, there is but to much occasion for the united exertions of all classes to stop the progress of the pending calamity.—Liverpool Mercury. ETHER OPERATION.—On Thursday, the 18th inst., a very painful operation was performed at Saltash, by Mr. Harrison, surgeon, of Devonport, on a lad who, having been struck by a marble in the eye, was obliged to have it removed. Ile was perfectly unconscious of any pain. The instrument used was one of Mr. Croy don's.— West Briton. COAL TAR AND TILE POTATO DISEASE.—The ap plication of the coal tar, which has been ratherextesi sively used as a remedy for the potato blight in this neighbourhood, has, in some instanceg, destroyed the vitality of the seed. We, therefore, warn our agricul tural readers to be extremely cautious in using it. If this should turn out to be generally the case, the remedy will prove worse than the disease. We had little faith in gas tar proving a specific for the potato disease, even if it had not proved injurious; for although it will de stroy fungi, yet it should be understood that fungi are only the effect, not the cause of the disease. The seeds of fungi aro almost everywhere—in the earth, in the air, and are not placed thus to act as d estruct i ve agents to healthy vegetation—if so, they would be always in operation; but, on the contrary, we can never trace their effects as primary agents o f h ea l t h y, v i gorous life, but only in diseased plants. Th e cause w hi c h pro d uced the disease is still hid from our view.—" Qui potent reruin cognoscere oausas."— {Vest Briton. BURGtIEAD RIOTETIS.—On Tuesday last, James Falconer, !shoemaker, and Angus Davidson, cooper, Burghead ; Daniel Sutherland, jun.:4°bn Young, and John Main, fishermen. llopeman, were placed at the bar of the High Court of Justiciary, Edinburgh, charged with the crime of mobbing and rioting, and of assault, in so far as on the 2Gth of January last they formed part of a mob which assembled, and violently preventing or obstructing the shipment of meal belonging to John Al lan, corn merchant, Elgin, and John Inne3, corn egeut, Burghead, on board of the James and Jessie, and Ceres, and with conducting themselves in a riotous and out rageous manner, and with wickedly and facniously attacking and assaulting Mr. Patrick Cameron, sheriff substitute of Elginshire ; Mr. Alexander Brown. procurator-fiscal ; Mr. William Ilay, superinten lent of police ; and Mr. John Allan : secondly, with having.,, after the meal was shipped, carried it away from the vessels on the 27th January; and with having assaulted C. Innes, the sheriff of the county, and the civil force which had been raised for the purpose of assisting in preserving the public peace ; and also with having de forced the authorities, and rescued a prisoner in their custody, and with having severely injured several of them, and compelled them to take shelter in the inn at Burghead, the windows of which were broke by missiles thrown, and also with attacking the carriages in which the authorities, after leaving the inn, proceeded to Elgin. James Falconer pleaded guilty to the first charge as libelled, and the other panels to both charges as liboled. The public prosecutor passed from the second charge against Falconer. Evidence as to character was then led on the part of the panels ; and certificates were read by the prisoners' counsel from the Free Church clergymen and elders of the church of Burghead, and also from other parties. The Court was then addressed on behalf of the panels by Messrs. Tennent and Fras, r; after which their lordships retired for consultation for a short time, and on their return into c,urt the Lord Jus • Lice Clerk sentenced Falconer to eighteen months' im prisonment, and Davidson, Sutherland, Young, and Main, each to seven years' transportation. Considerable surprise was manifested in the court at the severity of the sentence.—Aberdeen Herald. A GOOD RETURN.--A party, in Portsoy, last week realised upwards of 50/. for turnip seeds, the produce of an acre ! ! 11ERRINGS.-A number of herrings of a very superior quality, were taken at Shieldaig last week, and appearances indicate that there are more on the coast. MEAT STEALING.—At the petty sessions, held at St Anstell, on Tuesday lust, a woman named Elizabeth Stocker, belonging to that place, was brought up charged with stealing some meat from the shop of Mr. R. Wil liams, butcher. It appeared that Mr. Williams, having lost several pieces of meat, on Saturday last marked his meat ; and this woman having entered his shop and walked out again without purchasing any, lie followed her, and found some meat, which he had previously marked, concealed under her arm. She was given into custody, and is now out on bail to appear at the assizes. West Briton. The translation of the Rev. H. Macleod, of Logie, cams before the Free Presbytery of Tain last week. Three Commissioners appeared from the Presbytery of Greenock, and several individuals in behalf of the church of Logic. After hearing parties, it was finally decided that the call from Greenock be dismissed. 'We learn that Mr. Mc Lean, farmer, St. Martins, by way of experiment, when lifting his potatoes last autumn, left about an acre in the ground, taking up every alternate drill and ploughing the soil over those left, so as to secure th em from frost. On lifting these up lately, the result, has been that instead of 6 bolls, he only got half a boll. The enthusiasm of the Viennese public for the opera of The Camp of Silesia continues unabated. At each representation the Imperial Theatre, notwithstand ing the great increase of prices is filled to excess, and the receipts invariably amount to about 11,000 florins (about 6001.) The opera of Robert le Diable is about to be reproduced, in which Mdlle. J. Lind will fill the parts of Alice as well as that of the Princess. It is said that M. Meyerbeer has undertaken to set to music for the theatre, An-der- Wein-, a new opera, the words of which are by M. Baurenfeld. A letter from Vienna of the 13th says that the committee for the embellishment of Pesth has received orders from the Government to employ for the future the Ifungarian language in their deliberations, instead of the German. Hungarian is also to be henceforth em ployed in all the public establishments of the country. The Archduke Stephen lately replied in thatlanguage to a letter of congr a tul a ti on f ro m the committee, on his appointment as Lieuteuant-General of the kingdom. FALMOUTH HARDOUN.—The Trinity Board has just laid in Falmouth harbour a buoy on a flat ruck, under water, called the Miss Logos, about thirty-five yards from St. Mawes Castle Point, and in a line with the westermost part of St. Mawes town from the Black Rock Beacon. The spot buoyed has been attended with greater danger to boats than to vessels of any larger size, although, in the charts, two fathoms are given as the quantity of water thereon.— iVest Briton. 11. T. Redmond, Esq., Resident Magistrate at Carrick-on-Suir, an excellent and most efficient officer, has been appointed Receiver to the Constabulary in Dublin.—Dublin Evening Post. THE DISTRESSED IRlSH.—Upwards of thirty pounds have been collected at the Scilly Islands fur the relief of the Irish, and forwarded to the committee, by the chaplain of the Islands. In addition to this, Charles Steel, Esq., Inspecting Commander, has remitted to the Comptroller of that department the sum of 51., being a voluntary subscription on the part of the officers and men; also 2/. 10s. by the officers of the customs -at that port, to the Hon. Spring Rice, one of the honorary seem 4aries.— {Vest 13riton, (From the Dublin Evening Mail.) It has been our painful duty, upon more than one oc casion, to direct the public attention towards the system which has been pursued by certain railway contractors in this country in the payment of their labourers. The public indignation which followed our first notice of this matter had, wo believe, the useful effect of rousing the directors of the Great Southern and Western Company to an interference sufficiently active to put an end to the enormity, and we have heard no more of its perpetration on the works of that undertaking. With another com pany, however, our remonstrances have not been equally successful. More than a year ago we informed the pub lic that the labourers upon the Midland Great Wectern or Mullingar Railway, were paid by promissory notes, having many days to run, and which, to our knowledge, were issued for sums co small as four shillings, and, we regret to find, that the evil is still in action and most mischievous existence; in proof of which let all con cerned behold the following copy of a document now lying hi fore us: — No. 000 DUBLIN RAILWAY OFFICE. 30, Upper Dominic-street, Dublin, 16th March, 1547. We owe Patrick O'Rourke, or Bearer, the Sum of TEN SHILLINGS which we promie to pay at our MILT on Friday, the 23.1 April instant, or any following Friday: For WILLIA?I full THOMAS JEFFs, J. J. VERSO. £0 10 0 The original of this document was given in payment of wages to a labourer empl o y e d upon the Mullingar Rail way, and working, at the time, at a distance of twelve miles from Dublin, who is thus subjected to the grievous oppression of the most griping usury. At a period when so much difficulty exists in bring the cost of taro sub sistence within the limits of the highest unskilled labour wages, thirty eight days' credit is enforced by those con tractors upon the wretched pittance of the labourer; and he is placed under the necessity, if he denies to escape commission and agency fees, of forfeiting a day's work for each week's wages. The result of the operation, as we are informed is, that these notes ere cashed for the unfortunate holders at a discount of eight per cent. per month, being at the rate of ninety-six per cent. per annum. EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW RAILWAY OFFICIALS. —We learn that some important changes have been made on the list of gentlemen intrusted with the prac tical working of this Mr. Milier becomes consult ing engineer; Mr. Adie has been appoi n t e d ac ti ng engi neer; Mr. Latham, of the Manchester and Birmingham line, has been appointed manager ; and Mr. Henry Guthrie Wright retains the situation which he has so ably filled as secretary to the company; Mr. William Paton has been appointed superintendent of locomotives, in room of Mr. F.rs)th, who has accepted a more lucra tive situation in England. It will be remembered that some time since Mr. Paton was sui l jec ed to a let•gth ened imprisonment, in connexion with whicii much public sympathy was excited; and the Lard Justice Cierli, after complimenting Mr. Paron with having probed to be a most m-ritorious and excellent officer of the establishment, conilud.-d with these words, "I do not hesitate to say that you may be readily intrusted will the same or any similar situa i n."—Glasgow Herald. SLAVE-TRADE-HORRIBLE MassAcaE.—The fol lowilur has just Oven received from a very intelligent naval olTher at :—" ASCENSION. JAN. 1, 1847. —We have just reerived news of a most hoirii:l-• mas sacre on the coast. A slave depot call , d Gsllineas, known to have 2,000 slaves ready for shipping, was so closely btorkaded by our eruz Ts, that tne slave owners finding it impossible to embark the slaves, and not wish ing the expense of feeding. them, actually in cold blood beheaded the whole number. placing their heads on poles stuck in the beach, saying if you will not allow us to make profit of prisoners we take in war, we will kill all. —Cork Constitution. FRACAS IN AN EMIGRANT SHIF.—An affray took place on Thursday last on board the Albion, bound from this port with emigrants to New York, which threatened to terminate in the loss of life. It appears that on that day a bailiff got on board for the purpose of executing a decree against one of the emigrants for the price of one cwt. of meal which he got last year from his land lord, a gentleman in the vicinity of the town. The bailiff having seised the man, be rescued himself from his grasp, and the bailiff then proceeded to claim the protection of the police. lie applied to Sir Thomas E. Blake for an order for the purpose, and Sir Thomas ac companied a party of police, under the command of Mr. Lynch, 5.1., to the vessel. The bailiff then attempted to get on board but the other emigrants oppo►ed it. The police interfered to assist him, but they too were resisted Cho excitement became very great, and at length the emigrants and police got into collision. Fearing that loss of life would be the result, Sir Thomas Blake ordered the police to desist, until they got a reinforce ment of the military to overawe the emigrants. A party of the 49th were then sent for, and upon their arrival the man against whom the decree was executed immediately surrendered himself to them, requesting the other emigrants not to offer any further opposition. lie was then conveyed to the town prison, and is likely to remain there until discharged by the insolvent judge. —Galuwy Mercury. AccioExT.—On Monday evening last, as Mr. Rowe' e van was coming into Truro from Bo,lmin, at the top of the hill, about a mile from Truro, Mr. Rowe thri w the reins on the horse's back, and was about to get off to trail( the o heel, Then the horse started elf, and Mr, Rowe, in attempting to stop him, was thrown to the ground, and had Lis shoulder dislocated by the violence of the tall. Mr. Pearce, of Lemon -street, Truro, who was riding outside, was alto thrown to the ground by the startng of the horse, and received a serious cut on the eye, besides other contusions of the fete. The horse proceeded at a rapid rate in'o Truro, without a driver, and was not stopped until he arrived at the George and Dragon, in St. Austell-street. Mr. Rowe was after ards taken to the Seven Stars Inn, where he is now under medical care, end is progressing favourably. The passengers who were riding inside the van received no injury.— West Briton. . _ Some specimens of ancient gold coins have been discovered near the foundation of the late rectory-house in St. Martin's, Stamford, by the labourers employed in excavating for the Syston and Peterborough Itailtvay. The coins, seven in number, were found in a wooden• box, and were nearly as bright R , gold just issued from the mint: they consist of •' noble." of the reign of Edw. 111., and " angels" and " half-ar eels " of the reign of Henry VIII. The nobles are believed to have been coined 500 years ag On one side they pr: sent a figure of the king standing at the hole; of a slop (suomsed to be emblematie,l of the s , rvereignry of the seas), and on the reverse a rch cross &tire, wish lions under crown- in the angles, and surrounded by the woods •• Edwardto Dm Gra. Rex Anglo. et France, I). Ilyb." Toe " angels" and ‘• halt-angels," so called from having a representation of the trr,loingel Michael piercing a dragon on the obverse, are believed to be more than 300 years obi ; the motto en the reverse is " Per eruce tun. salva nea X. re redo." —These interesting relics are in the possession of Mr. Norton. silversmith of Stamford. A few days before the finding of the coins, and at a short distance from the spot where the box, in which they were contained, was dug up, the workmen came upon a kind of cavern, or subterranean passage, which at the distance of fifteen feet from the surface ran east and west for about thirty feet. The height of the passage was six feet, and into it opened several cavities, sustained by rude columns of stone. The conclusion is, that it was, originally, a place of refuge in connexion with some of the religious houses with which Stamford abounded in by-gone cen turies.—Lincoln Mercury. DESCENT OF MR. GYPSON'S BALLOON.—The as tension which Mr. Gypson, the aeronaut, made on Mon day, in company with Mr. 11. Coxwell, editor of the Aerostatic Magazine, was continued for sixty miles, to Sandhurst, in Kent, where a safe descent was effected, near the residence of Sir John Herschel, the illustrious astronomer. The aeronauts intended to cross the Chan nel, but a shift of the wind suggested the prudence of y h - e ll d e e r s s e c e h n e t l : a gwitnesse L d a( t i ia n it d er s in om g Mr. Gypson and Mr. Coxwell were induced to pay their respects e th o t f ir he ° r ri la g family determination. h a l n to the distinguished observers of the aerial chariot, and the gentlemen from the clouds having been hospitably received, the merits and probable utility of aerostation were discussed with enthusiasm and with considerable competency and knowledge of the science on the part of Sir John Herschel. The aerial voyagers at one period of their lengthy journey attained an ele vation of three miles, and some ingenious machinery, invented by Mr. Gypson, to raise and depress the bal loon without loss of gas or ballast, was worked with advantage. HOUSE ROBBERY.—A heartless robbery was com mitted at Caister, next Yarmouth, on Sunday. The house of a poor man la.donging to the preventive service, was entered while he was on duty, and his family at church, and robbed of 101. in money, a silver watch, some silver plate, and gold rings. Part of the money belonged to a child, a grand-daughter of the owner of the cottage, whose son and his wife Ns ere lost at sea last year. A man named Bensley, was taken up, and exa• mined before the Yarmouth magistrates on Monday. No evidence was adduced sufficient to warrant the magis trates in detaining him, and he was discharged ; but in consequence of information since received, the police are again in search of him.—Norfolk Chronicle. PORTLAND.—The news circulating in Portland the last few days is more interesting than ordinary. We may expect soon to see located on our common 7,000 convicts ; and, it is said, the same number of troops will encamp in a field midway between the Traveller's Rest and the villages. Further, that Government has abandoned the plan of excavating the " mare" for naval docks, hut will construct the basin just above tbo Ferry Bridge, and on the Portland side erect its dock-yard. This plan is greatly to be preferred to the former ; the site is more out of harm's way, and there is plenty of sea room upwards to hold all the ships in the navy ; besides, no stint of ?pace for timber yards, &e., and, above all, lying under :he lea of Chisel Beach, which off here is quite of mountainous dimensions.—Sherberee Journa L ANCIENT RELICS.—A further portion of the old Roman wall has been discovered in digging the founda tions for some new houses. which arc in course of erection in the Park, Newltaid. The wall is in excellent preservation, both stones and cement being hard as marble. The stones are in rows, placed edgewise, and the crevices were evidently filled up by the mortar or cement being poured upon the stones. Some old coma have been found but the inscriptions are not traceable.— Linco!nshire Chronicle. ALARMING OUTRAGE.—The Limerick Chronicle states that on Monday Captain Fishbourne, the inspect ing officer of public works in Newmarket•on-Fergus, was violently assaulted by a mob of persons who had been upon the public works.—Dublin Evening Past. Part 111., April 1, 1847. Price Sevenp ence. B -OWIT I'S JOURNAL OF LITERATURE AND PROGRESS. Edited by WILLIAM and MART lIOWITT. The Monthly Part for March, contains :—Four splendid Engrav ings, by W. Measo'n and J. W. Linton ; Portrait of George Sand ; John Pounds, the Founder of the Ragged Schools, amongst his Scholars ; Coming Spring. a Landscape ; Portrait of Jenny Lind. The Literary Articles are by the following wers :—John A. Ha raud ; Silverpen ; R. H. Horne, author of Arian; Elihu Burritt ; Abel Paynter ; William Hincks, F.L.S., Dr. Carpenter. F.R.S. ; Hans Christian Anderson ; Edward You' ; Henry F. 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