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GUILDHALL, Nov. 30, 1847. `TIFIE COMMITTEE fin. LETTING the CITY'S .AL LANDS, will meet at Gni'dhoti, en WEDNESDAY, the litk day ,Of December next, at One o'clock precisely, to receive tenders for J.ETFING on BUILDING LEASES, for sixty-one yeArt, from Christmas next, a Piece of Ground, on the north side et F arrow-street, Ratcliffe , add a large plot of Ground en the east side of I'uddle Dock, on the south tide of Upper T hom's-street, and on the north nide of the River Thames. Also to receive Tenders for Letting on Lenses, for twenty-one years from Chrktratts next, a house, No. 19, on the north side of Broad-street, buildings ; and Nos. 7,6, 8, and 4, ea the north side of Cres cent-place, Itlnckfriars ; and also for 12!.4 years, from Christmas next, e house in Beehive-passage, Lime-street. Further particulars may be obtained, and plans seen, by applying at the Office of Works, Guildhall. THOMAS SAUNDErtS, Comptroller. GUILDHALL, LONDON, DEC. 1, 1847. THE COMMITTEE appointed for the Manage ment and Control of the several MARKETS of the City of London, will meet at Gaildhall on TIZURSDAT, the 9th day of Decem ber inst., at One o'clock precisely, for the purpose of considering the several Petitions from Farmers, Graziers, and others, residing at or near the city of Peterborough, and at or near Wisbech, Cambridge shire, and Oundle, in Northamptonshire, and of others in the county of Rutland, for an ALTERATIO`,7 of the CATTLE MARKET at SMITHFIELD from MONDAY to TUESDAY, when the Committee ho ready to hear any of the Petitioners who rosy he desirens of attending on the subject. THOMAS SAIINDEttS, Comptroller. CORD WAINER S' WARD, LONDON. At a WARDMOTE held at Bow Church, by and before the /tight Hon. JOHN KINNERSLEY 1100 PER, Lord Mayor of the City of London, on 110NDAT, the 6th Dec., 1847, for the ELECTION of R tit and able person to be ALDERMAN of the said Ward, in the r ° oll l and stead of Thomas Wood, Esq., resigned, DAVID SALO '. 34° N 8, Esq., Citizen and Cooper of London, was duly elected Alder- Man of the said Ward. Resolved unanimmously,— I. That this Wardmote cannot separate without offering to Thomas Wood, Esq., late Alderman of this ward, its sympathy for the great loss he has recently sustained in the death of his wife, nor Without expressing its deep regret that circumstances compelled hirn to resign the office of Alderman. And this Wardmote is of opinion, that by voluntarily retiring, when no longer capable of sustaining the dignity of the office, he has set CI example worthy of the imita tion of those who may unavoidably be placed In similar dream. Stances. This Wardmote further desires to record the high sense entertained by it of the impartial and exemplary manner in which Mr. Wood, from his great professional knowledge, was enabled to discharge the duties of Alderman and Magistrate, whether In attend ing to the local duties of the ward, or to the general interests of the City ; and it cannot refrain from expressing a sincere hope that im provement of health and increase of happiness may attend him in his retirement. That the foregoing resolution he fairly transcribed, signed by the Ward Clerk, and presented to Thomas Wood, Esq. 2. That the cordial thanks of this Wardmote are eminently due, and are hereby given, to the Right lion. John Kinnersley (»per, Lord Mayor of the City of London, for the able, impartial, and courteous conduct of his Lordship whilst presiding at this elec tion, and the inhabitants of this ward take this opportunity of con gratulating his Lordship, long a resident citizen and neighbour, upon attaining the high and important dignity of Chief Magistrate of this City, a: That the thanks of this Wardmote be given to Mr. Millard, for his ready compliance with the request of the Common Council of ~__t h 4 Ward, to conduct the proceedings In the unavoidable absence, • larough illness, of their respected Ward Clerk. • 4. That the proceedings of this day be inserted in the usual morn ing and evening papers, signed by the Ward Clerk. THOMAS WEBSTER, Ward Clerk. • GRATESEND yia. BLACKWALL RAIL - WAT, and STAR and BLACKWALL PACKETS. Railway and Boat included In one Payment. Fore Cabin and Second Class Railway, NINEPENCE ; saloon and First Class ditto, ONE SHILLING. To or from Blackwall or intermediate Piers, Fore Cabin.... • • • • 6d. Saloon • • • • Bd. N• other Packets call at the Grays or Greenhithe Piers. Frora The Terrace Pier, Gravesend, at 74, 84*, 94, 114, 1,3, "Lit 6 . Sundays, at 74, 84, 114, 1,3, and 5. olern the Brunswick Wharf, Blackwall, at 94, 11, 12, 14, 3,4, 14 '1 6* . Sundays, at 934, 11, 14, 3,4, and s*. The TRAINS starting one quarter of al heur before each of these tunes. Passengers marked * are run direct, the Packets not being per 'bitted to stop at Piers or for Boats. O mnibuses from Fenchurch-street Station to all parts of London every quarter of an hour. ... nO AT TICKETS.—TweIve Months, 41. 4s. ; Six Months, 21. ; Allree Months, 11. 155.; to be had of the Collectors on board the 'Motets • Mr. Monk, Terrace Pier, Gravesend; or of Mr. Saunders, ar tutswick Wharf,Alatkwall. November 22, 1847. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. CALL for TWELFTII INSTALMENT of 81. per SHARE j 4, 100 1. Shares, making 901. paid; for SIXTH INSTALMENT of per SHARE on 251. Shares, making 171. 10s. paid ; and for ks ' I,II TII INSTILMENT of 2/. 10s. per SISARE, on 171. Shares. "" 1 4 111 .11 91. 10s. paid. The Directors of the Great Western Railway having resolved, at a "ting leld this day, to CALL, under the provisions of the Act of for an Instalment of C. per Share on 1001. Shares ; also, ftn a Instalmentles per Share Shares ; and lso an 2 1 stahnent of 21. 10s. per Share ea 171. Skares, Notice Is hereby tires, that the Proprietors are required to pay, on or before the 125 k n uary next, the said suns of 11. en each of their r e spective Shares : 1 , r1 ° 01 .; and to pay OA or before the sth day of January next the of 21. 10s. on each of their respective 211. Shares ; and the like a s_ ,. t 15( 11. Ins. on each of their respective 171. Shares, to any of the u nder mentioned bankers of the Company, viz.:— "n d oll—Messrs. Clvn Hallifax , Mills, and Co. ; at the Great West- hti v „, era Railway Office, 29, Gresham-street, City. %An — Messrs. Miles, Mefferd, and Co.; Messrs. Ilaillle, Ames, and Co.;• Stuckey's Banking Company ; the West of Eng land and South Wales District Sauk. f - 3,2, 01 —The Bank of Liverpool. ft;.,Ten arah—he Coun o Gloucester Bank. 841 4 — Meag T re. J. an d C. f Simonds and Co. By order of the Board of Directors, CRIS. A. SAUNDERS, Secretary. London Terrain's, raddington, December 2,1847. CAPITAL COUNTRY RESIDENCE. 1[ 4 9 be LET, Unfurnished, with immediate pos tioat sesaion, BOTESSDALE LODGE, delightftilly situated in a post town part of the county of Suffolk, and about a mile from the ewn of Bot es d a l e , w i t h coac h-house, stables, gardens, &c. A , ew t Acres of good Pasture can be lot with it, if required. r .:ne R euse contains entrance-hall, dining, drawing, and breakfast • six beet bedrooms, aid three dressing-rooms, two servants' • and water-closet on the first floor, two good attics and two ditto, kitchens, butler's paltry, and suite of offices, cellars, p r in capital order. The Ipswich and Norwich Railway, now is :g r ess, will hav e a s t at i on w i th i n t wo or thr ee miles of the house. . nt reasonable. c ., F or further particulare, apply to Messrs. Trehern and White, 501i .%13. ligerge Yard-chambers, Bucklersbury, London ; Messrs. • nd Newson, Bury St. Edmunds ; Mr. Bloomfield, Botesdale ; Tuck, Eeq., Norwich. BC ARNOROU'GIT.--TILACKSMITII'S ARMS COMMERCIAL AND FAMILY MOTEL, QUr EN-STREET. MRS. ENNOS, from London, having entered upon the above-mentioned old establishment, respectfully solicits a continuance of the patronage of commercial gentlemen !did the public in general, recently enjoyed by her predecessor, the 'Ate Mr. Ruddock. Mrs. Ennos having made some alterations in the kouse, and pro -11:44 a choice assortment of wines and spirits, beg to assure those ~ `ntlemen who may favour her with their support, that every attention will be paid to their comfort. Good stabling and coach-houses. . JBE REGISTERED SYRIAN PALETOT is Nd Propmed in every colour, for selection, at Metsn. SWAIN Court Tailors, 79,3 Oxford-street. Price 21. • ,PATENT CANDLE & CAMPHINE LAMPS. liz it , The literally largest as well as choicest assortment of PAL gum ' itiGNUM and other CANDLYSTICKS ; Camphine, ir the ; 1 q 1 4 solar LA PB, with all the latest Improvements, and of Olgt 4 ew nsi and most recherche patterns, in ormolu, Bohemian, and 1'0x4 14 . 9 5• Cr papier mac he, i n existence, is at WILLIAM S. BUR -04 ' 2 9. Oxford- s tr ee t, co r ne r of Newman-street, where all the I SY h: it Intelties are now selling at from 20 to 30 per cent. under Dat,"," "se with whom quality and style are considerations. Palmer's Ain, , Ca ngio (marked " Palmer ") 81. per lb., English's Cam hrtki,4"n sealed ca ns , i s. per ga ll on . Th e mone y re t urne d for every (1 4r Lot aPProTedDetailed catalogues with engraeings seat N. Poet ) ft eeEstablished in Wells-street, A.D. 1820. r) ,VELTY in FRENCH CORNICES, from lit. l'A tut ,--, Most varied and beautiful Assortment of these elegant or Briti sh } NOVELTIRS, wkich threaten entirely to supersede all iln4r;: 34 seufacture, from 11s . and upvrards, complete for any IXtra) ', window (if inlaid with velvet of any colour about 14s. each ":47 ..„ A ' N ,.now' on SALE at WILLIAM 8. BURTON'.I (late RIP- I) t„'_."URTON'B) 39, Oxford-street, corner of Newman-street. tion e ge V ) . catalogues, ' with engravings, as well as of every iron ..,Wlain.icie, sent (per post) free. fe t ,. ,''t M. BURTON ' S (late RIPPON and BURTON'S) Stock Worm . at Furnishin g Ironmongery is literally the largest in the L te Zari:t n ,, cl . het 48 ,n• language can be employed to give a correct idea of - r-steb "n. extent, purchasers are invited to call and inspect It. lis in Well-stroet. 1810. --........_ MUSTACHIOS , and WHIS trev4CZAR Produced in a few weeks, and Baldness removed and hY the nse of GRIMSTONE'S AROMATIC REGENE ‘ an essential spirit, drawn from aromatic herbs and flowers, .4168 t. .'ightful, ot which cure headache in a few minutes it is also A 2441, fragrant toiletrn perfume. Sold only in triangular Is, , Pro tected by the Govement stamp, at 4s. ; double the size, tei4na double this size, I Is. each ; enclosed in a Pamphlet, con. Atlti n ! teatimonials of undoubted authority. entitled " Three Minute!: )37 Rol W st O4 the Growth and Preservation of the Human Hair, tgc. d ' 4 '. 6 d., 7s. ad„ and 125., for money orders only. I,434,nn e leeale on* at Grimstone's Ilerhary , Highgate, near °Xfort stand ree and by Mes srs . B arc l ay and Son, Farr i ng don-street t • Sanger, Ce„, uit-street-t; Messrs. Butler and Co.,Cheapside Fisher and T o il er , 4,,,T! ; Mr. Johnston medicine warehouse, GS, Cernhill • It, by all Chemists, Perfumer ' s, and others For Edinburgh, J. and tilezZ ia l ce • Leith -walk; for Manchester, eresehe and Son, Adver This lady TO THE LADIES. Pap er had the following letter inserted in the "Times" news the " Aug. 7, 1546. Reader, r emem b er , thi s letter was put Into 7, Pet by the lady herself, as a testimony to me. te l 7r". Weekley, of No. 3. Swan-street, Borough, takes this oppor. rai l ;,•( Publlcl thanking Mr. W. Grimstene, of the Iterbary, High ' for the egl y eaey ot his Aromatic Regenerator, in having cora. rtely restored' the hair on her head, after using it about four months, ad the whole of her hair is much stronger and more luxuriant than `ever was before the baldness appeared. "Mrs. Weekley inserts this testimony to the virtues of Mr. G.'s 4 ._Ogenster, feeling assur e d th at many lad i es woul d gladly purchase as I Is. bottle if they w ere as certain of i ts v i rtues as she is, from ex -4ltlence, not only in the restoration and produotion of hair in abund. ' 4l , but as a cure of nervous headache ; as a toilet perfume iti far i e ,,Nid any to her taste. Sh e w i l l fee l a p l easure i n answer i ng any 7Y Of respectability to t h e a b ove fact .-3, Swan-street, Borough." , asses of the hair becoming thin, weak, or turning gey, aft w v e .D t " on the crow n o f th e bead occa sionally, every week, will pre. !1.4 t he hair from corning away with the comb, make it strong, and i;lent it °a your turning grey, rendering the hair luxuriant and curly. A hairbrush before brushing the hair, will give the Yq e aneY, causing it to curl. Asstlhollt delicate ladies may use this delightful product of the Met, 4rumatie herbs and flowers with confidence ; its refreshing 6 th e re M o Yell headache and makes it a most necessary companion e 4l t oilet. In cases of nevous headache, pour tea or twelve drops ear, % ere a'a of the h ea d ; i f very b a d, re p ea t it every quarter of an Sir In most cane relief is certain in ten minutes. It produces r ecta, ifenildren'e heads in a few appplieationa. It used ma infants' :tut c m . e 11 ,,,, m ,r 4 uch a peculiar cooling influence on the brain as to pre "4413h1;"1"1°,12, as well as promoting the growth of hair.— See cmi.,.4.tte.:...1 testimoies: 6 ddrensed to William Gemstone, Beane/. Misibra6l. t- • Ille s i)i. _ trati.,l s. ru y .-5.... .3 , 26 Anatomical Coloured Engravlngson I S , te c e A l. „. ,• • --,.,',.CA.L DISQUALICITIONS, GENERATI VE F ~ A Svr ‘. ITY, iND INIPEDIMENTS TO MAR d RIAC , by e Edit on, enlarged to 191 pages. dust pablishe , price 4. 2s. 6d., or i, sr, direct from the Establishment, as. 6d. IR postage sta m p s, Pr ',,IE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on %gi, 'AI In irmities and decay of the generative system, froex- With r 4 indulgence, infection, and the inordinate use of me rc ury, di,, fiticinerolu•ks on Marriage , and the moans of obviating certai n tit ..-. 1,. tatty, Illustrated ' by 26 Coloured Engravings. I y . it i d „Fait lhli, ' and CO. , 13 Berners- street, Oxford-street, Lea o . 14 11 3 '.ed by the Athers ' : sold by strange, 31, Pa . ternosts h r ty -ro m w e. ; ° ,,, ,t 3 7,i ~, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street ; Starle, 23, Tito P4,,r aYntarket.; and Itordon, 146, Leadenhall-street. °trail, I. treats of the anatomy aid physiology of the re-prodnetivo 1 , 4,.! and is illustnated by Six Coloured Engravings. te4,.'r IT. treats of the conse q uences resulting from excessive Induall „_ sm. ~ . 1 ".t4 1,, u their lamentable effects on the system, prodacing inent It _ (illy weakness, nervous excitement, and generative Incapacity. ; Illustrated by Three Explanatory Engravings. the j ' 4r 1 I 1 • Treats of the disease* resulting from infection, either is thetrjarY or secondary form, and contains explicit directions for ' t isser t"Arn gat. The cOnsequences of early neglect arid of the abuse by g...eu_ r3', are also clearly pointed out. This section is illustrated /,:it•tenleen Coloured Engraving's. bc._ Whi ch th . Treats of Perry's Preventative Lotion, by the use of '`ftls 0,. ° , d an gers of Infection are obviated. It combines with the P4,,„'-:,:imallY, and destroys its power on the system. 4144.: L Is devoted to the consideration of marriage, and its th e w'ho,Thße causes of unproductive union, are also considered, and , Ta, -,!_ e _ abiect critically and philosophically Inquired into. Mg n,„ 2anisa. Tiaras or STM ACT: M is exclusively employed In treat otu.,. ' 9 ,.1 1 , 8 and sexual debility, Impotence, &c., 11s .and 335. per r , 4 1"11d, f'he Concentrated Detersive Essence, as anti-syphilitic nns, ,' or P u rifYing the blood in cases if infectioa, secondary symp rer,j,i,liption p —3, and the abuse of mercury, 11 s. and 335. per bottle. ~ r tsk i , 121 -Vying Specific Pills, 2s. M., 4s. 6d., and Ils. per box, a "on of „r n ,e 4 Y in gonorrhcea, gleet, strictures, and chronic mflamma obviate,,Lt,e Wackier. Perry's Preventative Lotion, an application to kI Y lett, r n danger of infection, 33s a bottle. Consultation fee, if ,° 4l lr, 1,„ . ..:,,. 6 1. Packets with advice tube had at the Establishment Zita-s.g.: 4 "Tch the tee, 11 ,is saved. Att en d ance daily at 19, lief 'l4l .h4`" r° l 3l Eleven till . Two, and Five to Eight; on Sandal'. —.Tea to oa, N A. TIONAL BRAZILIAN MINING ASSOCIATION. Notice is hereby given, that after WEDNESDAY, the 6th December, 1847, NO 310 NET will be received on account of the Fourth and Last Instalment al/. per Share. By order, JOIIN KEMPSTON, jun., Secretary. 26, Thrograorton-street, December 1, 1847. THE AGRICULTURAL dAZETTE and GARDENERS' CHRONICLE, of December 1 I, will contain full particulars of the Award of Prizes at the Baker-street Bazaar, with the customary contents. The AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE and - GARDENERS' CHRO NICLE, stamped to go free by post, may be ordered of all Newsven ders, price 6d. The GARDENERS' CHRONICLE and AGRICULTURAL GA• ZETTE treats of all subjects Mating to Agriculture and Horti culture. ..,..... ~. - . . ; 4; - aiiiiii,,,,. • 4.,,, , 41 ~ i l tif 1 1 , 7: , • , 4 . -- , t' t - . ~. . .. i .. - 4 '. •• - 4,. ' . ~. , - 2\i•1:7 4 11.14%, '.7" : : -- " '\.N l,___ . ' _4 (7 J i t.,•. r...441 ,.. 31. c 7 : 4 ::: .:1 :7 "441: :, r 0: ' ' lik. - . c-' 4 %,..,.. t ......... - _ - `Z4? 1 - : x 1 35,,i t i 1 .i , :-• . N L -......... • „.....-., :. . 1 - - ..'" ' 0 ' 4.C . ,,,..t. • , 1 ? I'' , •, • \ '' '' b iffl I• - •' . - . v. '. W` a. P . "'" -i i i ,- ~- . Z",..' •,, # ,,0,, , .._' '. , ~,..' .._ s _ .. ,, 10 L t4r.-- p, ,' - ,„ • , •--, 1 -_ '- % Cr' P‘,.-:-.,, . ..- .-.• t -r - -0:441.,5Zf' tt : +'k ''' :4 1 , 77;, "\ -. e'e , ` , '' 'Zi; :,'- ' ''',":' D i f: t l ' Ii; . . ''' • 4, , ,,vi.,,, ,4\ , 4 ... __Ltifiii. ~ .1.0 zlq r. %-Z,-- • , o. 17,224.] LONDON, TUESDAY, EV E N I NG muMM.MINOINIUMNI....II /1.1511.2.1 11111MMIA ATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE L I ASSURANCE SOCIETY. 24, CORNIIILL, LONDON. Capital .£500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. This Institution embraces important and substantial advantages w:th respect to life assurances and deferred annuities. The assured lids, on all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense or for elture of the policy, two•thirds of the premiums paid (see Table): also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his hi :crests to meet other conveniencies or necessity. Assurances for terms of years on the lowest possible rates. DIVISION 8)F PROFITS. The increasing prosperity of the Society has enabled the Directors it , the annual meeting held on the 12th May, 1847, to declare a fifth .)once, varying from 35 to 85 per cent. ott the premiums paid on each polivy effected on the profit scale.___ PUBLICATIONS. THE QUEENS OF EITGLAND. Now ready, price 21s. splendidly bound, THE BOOK of BEAUTY for 1848. Containing I'crtraits of Queens of England, beautifully engraved Limier the direction of Mr. CHARLES HEATH. With Historical and Biographical Memoirs by the COUNTESS of BLESSINGTON, &c. In the present ♦olume of this old-establishel and favourite Annual an attempt has been made to combine permanent historical interest with the attractiveness of an Annual. It forms a charming present book :tad souvenir for Christmas. 1). Bogue, 86, Fleet-street. With a BEAUTIFULLY ENGRAVED PORTRAIT of JENNY LIND. Now ready, at all Booksellers, In a new binding, 21s. THE KEEPSAKE for 1848. Edited by the COUNTESS of BLESSINGTON, assisted by tho Highest Lit rary Tat nt of the day. With Twelve beautiful riates engraved under the direction of Mr. CHARLES HEATH. D. Bogie, Sc, Fleet-street. CRUIKSHANK'S COMIC ALMANACK. Now ready, profusely illustrated, price One Sidling., THIS: COMIC ALMANACK, 1848. Edited by HORACE MAYHEW, aid Illustrated by GEORGE CRUM SHANK. _ D . Logue, Fleet-street ; and sold everywhere. LEIGH HUNT'S CHRISTMAS BOOK. Just ready, price 145., A JAR of HONEY from MOUNT HYBLA By LEIGH HUNT. Illustrated by Richard Doyle. Square Dcmy tivo., in an Ornamental Cover. London : Smith, Elder, and Co., 65, Cornhill. NEW WORK BY MR. WARREN. On Saturday, the 18th December, will be published, iu One Volume royal post Byo., N O W AN D THE N. A TALE. By SAMUEL WARREN, Esq., F.A.S. Author of " Tan Thousand a Tear," and" The Diary of a Late Physician." William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. Orders received by all Booksellers. x.tmrLEs. . i I Perms- [Sum the .1.6 Annual :Policy Bonus in ;tent Be- Assured La. o t' Pre- 'taken additian Bonus In auction of may bor , = r i , mium. ;out in Assured. Cash. Annual row on Premiums. Policy. . X s d. £ s. d. I X s. d. I X s. 4 r 1837 243 9 3112 8 h 18 4 6 1494 8 10 .£ .£6.(1. 1838 218 4 899 810 15 13 5 445 0 0 . tio 1000 1 74 34) 1839 192 1 101 8 4 9 3 13 4 9 '395 11 1 11840 143 5 10 45 8 4 919 1 346 2 3 I . 1841 138 14 2 61 17 6 9 5 2 256 13 4 1842 111 6 t 3 49 10 0 710 4 247 4 h s. 41. £ s d. 243 9 3 112 8 218 4 8 99 8 10 192 1 10 84 9 3 143 5 10 45 8 4 138 14 2 61 17 6 111 6 8 49 10 0 X s. d. 18 4 G 15 13 5 13 4 9 9 19 1 9 5 2 7 10 4 3-16 2 3 2116 13 4 247 4 5 The Annual Report, with tables •f rates, &c., may be had at the Ake, or any of its branches in the country ; or, on application. will be forwarded post free. F. FERGUSON CAUROUX, Secretary. I COTTISH WIDOWS' FUND and LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. PRESIDENT. The Right Hon. the EARL of ROSEBERY, K.T. ♦ICE PRESIDENTS. The R;ght Honourable the EARL of DALHOUSIE. WILLIAM GIBSON CRAIG, Esq., M.P. The Honourable LORD COCKBURN. The Honourable LORD MONCRIEFF. INVESTED CAPITAL, Arising from the Accumulation of the Premiums, upwards of ONE MILLION EIGHT HUNDRED AND FORTY THOUSAND POUNDS. ANNUAL REVENUE, 'upwards of TWO HUNDRED and .SEVENTY-FIVE THOUSAND POUNDS. At 31st December, 1845, it was ascertained, on investigation, that the Surplus Fund amounted to upwards of 614,0001., and it was suffi cient to enable the Directors, after setting aside upwards of 204,0001. as a Guarantee Fund, to declare and provide for the following additions : I. Au addition at the rate of Two per Cent. per Annum for the period from 31st December, 1838, en the accumulated amount of the original sums assured, and the previously declared additions; being, in the case of early insurances, upwards of THREE PER CENT. PER ANNUM of BONUS on the original Rum Insured. And In order to provide for the case of those parties who may die before 31st December, 1852, when the next investigation and declaration of Surplus is made, there was provided farther, 11. In addition to the rate of Two per Cent, per Annum on the accumulated amount of the original Assurances, and previously de clared additions, for each Premium that may be paid after 31st December, 1845, provided the party die before 31st December, 1852 (having been insured at least five years), this addition, supposing the case of a party insured in the early years of the society's existence, to die after payment of the premium for the year 1852, would be for the seven years from 31st December, 1845, to 31st December, 1852, upwards of 25 per cent. on the original Assurance : or at the rate of upwards of THREE AND A HALF PER CENT. PER. ANNUM OF BONUS on the original Sinn Insured. JOHN MACKENZIE, Manager. WM. GEORGE, Chief Clerk. Head Office, 5, St. Andrew-square, Edinburgh, October, 1847. The Bonus Additions to be declared at the next periodical Investi gation, on 31st December, 1852, will become a Vested Right under all Policies then in Existence, which may be opened in the course of the Current Year. LONDON iGENOY.-offices, 4, Royal Exchange-buildings, and 7, Pall-mall West. HUGH 34'KEAN, Agent. On December 15th, in royal avo., handsomely bound, price 215., and morocco extra, 1/. lls. Gd. ORD BYRON'S TALES AND POEMS. ILA Including " The Glaour," " Bride of Abydos," " Corsair," " Siege of Corinth," and "Prisoner of Chillon." With Forty-six Illustrations, engraved by Edward linden, after Designs by Warren. London : Wm. S. Orr and Co., Amen-corner, and 147, Strand ; J. M'Glashan, Dublin ; Fraser and Co., Ediaburgl. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. LECTURES on AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY, by E. H. Ho'mes, Esq., Daily at Half-past Three, and every Evening at Nine o'clock, except Saturday Evening. TWO LECTURES by Dr. RACHHOFFNER—one en the Laws of_ Nature, in reference to the important subject of SANITARY MEASURES; the other on the various modes of VENTILATION, in which the PHYSI CAL PROPERTIES of a JET of 'TEAM will be exhibited, with Novel and highly Interesting Experiments, Daily at Two and at Eight o'clock in the Evening. The ELECTRIC TELEGRAPHS worked. The WORKING MODELS, explained. DISSOLVING VIEWS. The CHROMATROPE. DIVING BELL and DIVER, with HYDE'S NEW APPARATUS for CONVERSLNII under WATER, &c. Admission, Is. ; Schools, Half-price. IIAVIES'S CANDLES, 6cl. per lb. ; Genuine Sperm, Is. 9d. ; Yellow Soap, 485., 54e., and 60s. per 112Ibs. ; Mottled, 60s. and 645.; Wax Candles, Is. per lb.; German Wax, Is. 2d. ; Fine Wax, Is. bel. ; Transparent Wax, Is. 1 Id. ; Genuine Wax, 21. Id. ; Waxed-wick Moulds, 74.; Sperm Oil, Is. per gallon ; Solar, 3s. 3d., Pale Seal, 45. ; Argand, or Vegetable, 4s. 64.; Wind sor aad Palm Soap, Is. 4d. per packet; Brown Windsor, Is. M ; Rose, '23. ; Almond, 2e. 6d. ; Sealing Wax, 4s. 6d.; Male's Paragon Composite, requiring no snuffing, 10d. per lb. For Cash—At DAVIES'S Old Established Warehouse, 63, St. Martin's-lane, opposite Slaughter's Coffee-house. 'ROWLANDS' 'MACASSAR OIL, This mild, yet powerful and Infallible renovator, insintiatc,l its balsamic properties into the pores of the head, noun-lies the Hair in its embryo state, cleanses it from scurf and dandrid, accelerates its growth ; sustains it in maturity, and continues its possession of healthy vigour, silky softness, and luxurious redundancy to the latest period of human life. Its operation in eases of baldness is peculiarly active, so that i• numerous instances wherein other remedies have been tried in vain, ROWLANI)S' MACASSAR OIL has superseded the ornaments of art, by reinstating in toll plenitude the permanent gifts and graces of nature. For Children, it is especially recom mended as forming the basis of a Beautiful Head of Hair, and ren dering the use of the fine comb unnecessary. Its invaluable properties have obtained the especial Patronage of her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the whole of the Royal Family of Great Britain, and of every Court or the civil ised world ; and the high esteem in which it is universally held, to gether with numerous Testimonials constantly received of its efficacy, afford the best and surest proofs of Its merits. Price 3s. 6d. and 75.; or Family Bottles (equal to four small) at 10e. id., and double that size, 21s. Caution.—On the Wrapper of each Bottle of the (loannina Article are these words, in Two limos, " ROWLANDS' MACASSAR OIL." sold by them at 20, Hatton-garden, London; and by all Chemists gild Perfumers. DREDGE'S HEAL-ALL, or celebrated Em - brocation, has long been known throughout the West of England as the most efficacious remedy for Rheumatism. Lumbago, Pains in the Limbs and Numbness, ;Sciatic and Paralytic Agee. tions, Face-ache, Sprains and Bruises, Burns and Scalds, Spasms and Cramp, Stiffness of the Joints er Neck, Frozon Limbs, Chilblains before they are broken. Is is likewise an infallible cure for that dan gerous disorder the Qulnsey or Sore Throat, in which it was never known to fail after a few hours' application. . . Observe—That none can be genuine unless the stamp affixed to each bottle contains the name and address of Barclay and Sons; No. 95, Farringdon-street, wino have purchased the property in this valuable article from the executors of the inventor, William Dredge, late of Wishford, Wilts. Retail price, le. 134 d. and 2s. 9d. per bottle; and sold retail by all respectable Medicine Venders in town arid country. A R R I A G E. M One half the world are desolately single, and the other supposing them married, questionahly contented. Diffidence, or a sense of right determine the former, and miscalculated hopes era bitter the latter. The solitary one may shield himself under the plea of caution and worldly prudence, and the indissoluble, regret un comprosing hurry; but the truth lies deeper. Physical incapacity, ant broken health, are the great hindrances to domestic happiness and social context. The dowry should not be the only marriage set tlement. Honour and justice demand tkat health should form au Item In the compact ;it alone dignifies the alliance. Blighted hopes or neglect wound mere sorely than poverty or misfortune. Reader, If these surmises concern you, procure Dr. CULYERWELL'S little MEMOIRS `On Single and Married Life," pub. In 2 vols., Is. Tech (by post, in stamps, Is. 6d. each). Let no imaginatively -dined, or prudish feeling deter you, by their titles, nor he hindered ny mishaterpretatior, of their supposed contents, from obtaining them. They are not intended certainly for mere idle curiosity, but for the closet perusal of those more deeply interested, to whom they arc offered as antagonistic to the empyrical trash put forth on the above subjects, by unqualified authors, which alone or together, are a disgrace to the age. Furthermore, two other little puhlications claim your attention (same price Is. each, by post Is. 6d.) called " What to Eat, Drink, and Avoid," and " How to be Happy." They are not merely pamphlets, but equal in quantity a library volume, nor arc they the mere ephemeral scribblings of the hour, but the study of the author's life, who owes his present existence, health, aid position to this ob servance of the maxims he would inculcate—to do unto others as he would be done unto—to live atter nature's laws—and to keep always on the "sunny side of the way." The above works may be had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Carvalho, 147, Fleet street ; Mann, 30 , Cornhill ; Nelson, 457, West Strand ; or direct (by post or other wise) from the anther (who may be conferred with personally, mornings and evenings), 10, Argyll-plaeo Regeat-street; and all Reokmellers. DR. li'MERT ON Till SECRET INFIRMITIES OF TOUTN AND MATURITY.—WITLI 49 COLOURED ENGRAVINGS Ox STEEL. Just published, and may be had in French or English, in a Sealed Envelope, 2s. 61„ or post-free, from the anthor, for forty-two Stamps, SELF-PRESERVATION; a Medical Treatise on the Physiology et Marriage, Infelicitons and Unproductive Unions, and the Secret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and Ma turity, usually acquired at an early period of life, which enervate the physical and mental powers, elinsinish and enfeeble the natural feelings, and exhaust the vital energies of Manhood; with Practical ObServations en the Treatment of Nervous Debility and Indigestion, whether arising from these causes, close study, •r the influence it tropical climates: Local and Constitutional Weakness, Syphilis, Stricture, and all Diseases and Derangements resulting tram Indis cretion. With Forty coloured Engravings, illustrating the Anatomy, Physiology, and Diseases of the Reproductive Organs, captaining their structures, uses, and functions, and the various injuries that are produced in them by solitary habits, excesses, and infection. BY SAMUEL L.VMERT, M.D.. 9, BEDFORD-STREZT, BBDFORD•SQUARB, LONDON. octor of Medicine, Matriculated Member of the University of Edin burgh, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, llosforary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, &c. Marriage requires the fulfilment of several conditions, in order that it may be really the cause of mutual happiness. Could the veil, which covers the origin of domestic wretchedness, be raised, and its true source in every instance disclosed, in how many could It he traced I. physical disqualifications and their attendant disap pointments. Excesses are always injurious; the gift, which when used in mo d e ration is fyaeght with advantage, becomes, when abused, the prolific source of mischief; and of greater or less injary to the constitutional and vital powers. The particular excesses, on .3 satire and consequence of which this Treatise professes to dilate, are productive if greater severity of misery to the human frame : than any other to which it is subject. This work contains ssiow ain i sae ro accuratefthe rod l a te u p dee n m et p i l y e e te o a rg ee n ezt :nct l the Anatomy and their relative conditions In health sad disease. It deservedly requires the closeet attention and study, for what subject can he of more importance than the preservation of the health, and of the physical capabilities of which every man should tie po meased. It unfortunately happens that the unhappy victim et excessive indulgence and vicious habits, whether acquired in early life or from the follies of advanced age, while suffering from their invariable consequences, enwisely entertains a fear of ap plying to a qualified physician for relief. Shame and the dread so frequ , intly, but erroneously entertained that these complaints are beyond the reach of art, alike restrict him and prevent his seeking for assistance where alone it can be procured. In acting thus, he forgets that accurate discrimination in ascertaining the causes of disease, sympathy with the sufferer, and, above all, secrecy, inva riably characterise the intelligent and practical physician, aid to the medical man who can show by his posse-sion of the requisite legal qualifications that he is entitled te esteem and respect is his profes sional pursuits, the utmost confidence should be extended. Dr. LA'MERT has obtained the highest medical honours, as his diplomas testify, and the great extent of his practice for many years is a guarantee for his professional experience, which has reference almost solely to the treatment of these diseases. Published by the Author, and may he had of Kent and Xichards, t 2, Paternoster-row; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street; Marie, Tlchborne street, Haymarket ; Mansell, 115, Fleet-street; Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street, London ; or, free by post fir forty-two stamps, from the Author, who may be consulted on these disorders personally or by letter, daily, from Tea till Two, and from Five till Eight, at his readllll6l. s, Becifollinet Bcdrord-oluars Ludo. Immediately, One Vol., post les. 6d., IRISH RECOLLECTIONS. Ay D. OWEN MADDEN. Aathor of " Ireland and her Rulers," &c., &c. Recently published, price 3s. 6d. cloth gilt, SKETCHES OF IR E L AND SIXTY YEARS AGO. With a Portrait of Tiger Roche, and other Illustrations. Eminently amusing The author has collected with diligence and put together, in a very agreeable style, a work of most striking picturesque Incidents and characters."—Quarterly Review. Dublin : James M'Glashan, 21, D'Olier-street. London: William S. Orr and Co., 147, Strand. gold by ail Booksellers. Nearly ready, in a handsomely Printed Volume, price is., cloth gilt, THE FAMILY JO: MILLER, A DRAWING•ROOM JEST-BOOK: CONTAINING I. JO: MILLER; a Biogrrphy, Imagined and compiled from vast piles of Documents, chiefly in the British Museum. If. A Selection of the Brightest Jokes, from the great Original. 111. The Cream of the Jests floating in the best society, and in the best books, since the laAt edition •f J. M. Illustrations by Kenny Meadows, Richard Doyle. &c. London : Wm. S. Orr and Co., Amen-corner, and 147, Strand ; 11'11Insitan, Dublin; Fraser and Co., F.dinburgh. QMITHFIELD CATTLE SHOW Ly The AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE and GARDENERS' CHRONICLE, of December 11, will contain I\lll particulars of the Award of Prises at the Baker-street Bazaar, with the customary contents. The AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE and GARDENERS' CHRO NICLE, stamped to go free by post, may be ordered of all Newe ♦enders, price rid. The GARDENERS' CHRONICLE and AGRICULTURAL GA ZETTE treats of all subjecta relating to Agriculture and Horti culture. ALETTER to the Right Hon. Lord JOHN RUSSELL, First Lord of the Treasury, on the MISGOVERN MENT of IRELAND, and the Necessity of the Immediate Aboli. tion of its Lord-Lieutenancy and Lccal Government. By a FUIEND TO BRITIsIi CONNKIION. London: 11. Burst, King William-street, Charing-cross. THE GAME LAWS.—The Court of Session has this week given decisions in two game cases, both of which are very important, and one at least very curious. In one case the tenant has been found entitled to dams. ges from the landlord, on the ground that the amount of game was " excessive." In the other, the tenant (Mr. James Gulland, Newton of Wemyss, Fifeshire) was found to have gone beyond the law in his novel arid in genious scheme of frightening the game off his crops without hurting it, by means of blank shots and muzzled dogs. The tenant in the first case has several similar ones before the court ; and, judging from the decision already given, is likely to gain them all. The landlord concerned in the actions brought by both tenants is Cap tain Wemyss of Wemyss, Lord-Lieutenant of Fifeshire, and late M.P. Captain Wemyss, we understand, has lately relaxed the strictness of his game-preserving, so far as to give leave to his tenants to sport over their own farms.— Scotsman. MILITARY EXECUTION IN INDIA.—The progress of insubordination amongst the European soldiers of her Majesty's corps in the Upper Provinces has not been at all checked by the threats of severity that have been held out, and the Commander-in-Chief, after issuing a long order, framed with the object of dispelling the delusion prevalent with respect to the treatment felons receive on transportation, has found it necessary to order the sen tence of death to be carried out in two instances. In one of there a man named Atkins, who had been con victed of striking an assistant-surgeon, was selected as victim, and twelve men were ordered to act as execu tioners. All the troops at Meerut were assembled to witness the scene. The unhappy man to the last ex pected a reprieve. At length, however, the mandate was iven to fire ; and, strange to say, but one bullet struck him, and that in the thigh. The provost-sergeant stepped forward, and blew out his brains with a pistol, and all the twelve men who had fired were cast into confine ment, and will be tried for a conspiracy to evade the performance of their duty. Of the other execution, no particulars has as yet been received. INFLUENZA AND FEVER IN GLASGOW.—Probably at no time have so many of the inhabitants of the city been laid up with this disagreeable and plaguy thing called influenza as there have been during these last eight or ten days. Almost every family is complaining of it, but, fortunately, it is light and mild in its features, and a few hours knocks it off. With regard to that other far more formidable disease, fever, we lament to state that we can give no favourable report of it this week. On the contrary, it is becoming more fatal , and creeping onwards to the higher classes. It is in vain for us to urge now the want of additional fever hospital aceomraod . ation a 4 the beginning—a year and upwards ago; but if we are spared, we shall let our voice be heard again upon that subject ere long.—Scotch Reformers' Gazette. THE MURDER AND ROBBERY OF MR. BELLCHAM BERS.—ADJOURNED CORONER'S INQUEST.—Yesterday Mr. Bedford resumed, at the Grosvenor Arms, Kensing ton-place. Regent-street, the adjourned inquiry respect ing the death of Mr. John Bellchambers, the unfortu nate gentleman who was murdered and robbed in the open street on the 11th of last October. Mr. Inspector Taylor produced the confession M'Coy had made since he had been in custody, and a copy of which has already appeared in this journal. Several witnesses, whose evidence has been fully reported on former occasions, hav ing been examined, the Coroner summed up, and, after an hour's consultation, the jury returned the following verdict:—Wilful murder against Thomas Sale, George M'Coy, Thomas Doyle, John Lloyd, and an o th er man unknown ; Th omas Sale being principal in the first de gree, George M'Coy and Thomas Doyle being principals in the second degree, and John Lloyd and a man un known being accessories before the fact. LETTERS FROM THE DANUBE.—This new work, by the author of " Gisella," " Second Love," &c., will, we are requested to state, be published by Mr. Bentley on Saturday next, the 11th instant, in 2 vols. post Bvo. On the same day also will be published, Brian O'Linn, by W. 11. Maxwell, author of " Stories of Waterloo," &c., 3 vols.; and the second edition of Paddiana; or, Scraps and Sketches of Irish Lite, by the author of "The Hot Water Cure," in 2 vols. post Bvo., re vised, 21s. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—AN AFFECTION OP THE SPINE AND LIMBS CURED ny HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT AND PILLS.—Mrs. Reynolds, landlady of the William the Fourth Inn, St. Ives, Hunts, had been ill for fourteen months with an affection of the spine, her feet and legs were dreadfully swoollen, and she became perfectly helpless. Several eminent surgeons and physicians at tended her, under whose care she derived no benefit, but by the recommendation of Mr. Prior, druggist, Bed ford,- she tried Holloway's Pills and Ointment. These fine medicines, in about nine weeks, so completely re stored her to health and strength, that she is now able to resume the duties of her household with ease And comfort.—Sold by all druggists, and at Professor Hol loway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London. • SOUTH- WESTERN RAILWAY AND LONDON-BRIDGE EXTENSlON.—Yesterday the materials of upwards of fifty houses, situated in Mill-street, Granby street, Homer-street, and Harlington street, South Lambeth, were sold by ord©r of the directors of this company, to permit the extension of this railway to London-bridge. The opposition to the proposed method of crossing Church-street has been withdrawn by the inhabitants. BLACKBIRDS --It does not seem to be generally known that blackbirds in mountainous places change their colour, after the manner of ptarmigan, from summer black to transition grey. We have seen seve ral specimens on the heights of Lochcarron and Loch &tab, in winter, pita white.—Ross-shire Adverti4er. S 17 Er, DECEMBER 7, 1847. • , GRANT TO THE NAVY FOR THE RELIEF SERVICE IN IRELAND. The Lords of the Treasury having had under consideration the services of her Majesty's ships and vessels engaged in the relief service during the recent operations on the coasts of Ireland and Scotland, have awarded the sum of 8,6001. to be distributed as gra tuities to certain officers, men, and boys employe.l, according to the extent of their several duties, as compensation for their extra expenses, and I,r the wear and tear of the clothing of the working men and boys. The grant is distributed to no less than forty-seven men-of-war and other vessels of the navy, carrying pendants, and to three victualling lighters, the Ant, Swale, and Arthur, and the sums vary to the working men from 51. to 11. The following ships having seen the most severe duty, many of them in the partial famine of the pre vious year, viz : The Alban steam-transport, Master• Commanding Bradshaw; Rhadamanthus steam-transport, Master ' Commanding Aylen ; the Dee steam-transport, Mas ter-Commanding Driver; the Stromboli, steam-sloop, Captain Fisher; the Pluto steam -vessel, Commander Lowe; the Blazer steam-vessel, Commander Win grove ; the Lucifer steam-vest•el, Lieutenant-Com mander Smith; the Comet steam-vessel, Commander Johnson ; the Dasher steam-vessel, Commander French; and the Zephyr steam-packet, Lieutenant- Commander Ladd, have had awarded to them 50/. to the commanding officers. To the officers' messes of all descriptions, a sum equal to 10/. each. To the working petty officers, seamen, stokers, marines, supernumerary marines, &c., 51. each ; and to the boys 21. 10s., or amounts in proportion, according to the time served and employed, except the Stromboli and her crew,•from its numbers, will share but 31. per man. To the Gipsy, Mercury, Emerald, Lively, Cocka ;rice, Gossamer, and Swallow, 31. per man, and 201. and 25/. to the commanding officers. To the Firefly steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Com mander Buchan ; Avon steam-vessel, Commander Smith ; Porcupine steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Com mander Tumour; and Acheron, steam-vessel, Lieutecant-Commander Dunlop; commanding offi cers, 251. each ; officers' messes, an average of Si. each; to the men, 2/. 10s. each, and boys, 11.55. To the following five frigate depOts :-Madagascar, Master-Commanding Burney; Andromache, Master- Commanding Thomas Johnson ; Andromeda, Master- Commanding R. Thompson ; Belvidere, Master- Commanding Wellington ; and tEolus, Master. Com manding Tucker, commanding officers, 251. each ; gunners, boatswains, and carpenters, 71. each ; other officers, Si.; to the men ss. per month for a period of eight months ; and to the boys, 3s. per month for the same time ; to the marines of the Devon lighter 21. each, and to the Adventure 1/..---the former having been stationed at Skull, and the latter at Kenmare. The following ships have had awards for the work ing men, to be equally distributed, share and share alike. Boys half share :- The Myrmidon steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Com mander Roberts, 501.; Tartarus steam-vessel, Lieu tenant-Commander Cole, SOL; Urgent steam-packet, Lieutenant-Commander Symes, 30/. ; Fearless steam vessel, Lieutenant-Commander Glyn, 20/. ; Sinbad lighter, 10/. ; Lightning steam-vessel, Master-Com manding Petley, 221. 10s. ; Shearwater, Lieutenant- Commander Sir Godfrey Webster, 30/. ; Centaur steam-frigate, Master-Commander Davey, 751.; Dauntless steam-frigate, Master-Commander M'Do mild, 501.; Scourge steam-sloop, Captain Caffln, 100/. ; Geyser steam-sloop, Commander Brown, 1001.; Avenger steam-frigate, Commander Potbury, 100/. ; Bull-dog steam-sloop, Commander Davies, 501.; Terrible, and Dragon, steam-frigates, Captains Ram say and Hall, 1001. ; Odin steam-frigate, Captain W. J. Williams, 751.; Birkenhead steam. vessel, Commander Ingram, 301. ; Portland, 50, frigate, Commander Schoenberg, 751. ; Tyne frigate, 501. The victualling hoys Ant, Swale, and Arthur, employed on the coast of Ireland share in the grant- The masters, 101. each ; mates, 71.; men, 51.; and boys, 21. 10s. And the Portsmouth hoymen at the Royal Clarence-yard have not been forgotten, but have also been duly compensated. The master millers, bakers, leading men, &c., of the Deptford, Clarence, and Royal William victual ling yards have had awarded to them for their extra duties during the relief operations sums of 201., 151., arid 10/. each; and the two bakers' boys that were injured by the machinery have had liberal gratuities granted to them. Tne clerks in charge of her Majesty's ships, as compensation for their trouble and responsibility in the care and custody of the relief supplies, and for the extra expenses incurred, have been awarded sums varying from 25/. to 101. each, in addition to their shares of the grant for their respective ships' com panies. The Treasury have made their awards from the extent of the services performed. Of the fifty Go vernment vessels enumerated, the meal and bread stuffs carried and distributed by each varied from 3,200 tons to 50, and from 80 trips of distribution to one. The work, risk, and labour, fell upon the small and not largely-powered steam-vessels, with crews from 30 to 70, and consequently the larger gratuities have been granted to them, while her Majesty's more powerful and gigantic steam. frigates, such as the Terrible, Dragon, Odin, &c., with competent crews, made but a trip or two direct from England to Ire land ; but the task of relief fell upon the Blazer, Comet, Lucifer, Dasher, Zephyr, and the small sailing craft, to put to sea in all weathers for the distressed and suf fering parts of Cork, Kerry, Galway, &c. And it is truly remarkable that during the 18 months' famine, and the presence of 40 men-of-war on the coasts, not an accident or mishap occurred, while to the foreign and coasting trade the shipwrecks were many and disastrous. This speaks volumes for the efficiency of her Majesty's naval service, as the estimation in which the coast of Ireland was held during the war must be in the recollection of some of our gallant officers, now admirals. Liberally have the Lords of the Admiralty marked their sense of the service performed by the promotion of two commanders, four lieutenants, two clerks, and we hope it is in contemplation to promote some medical officers and second masters, and not forgetting, at the same time, the " working petty officers." To Captain Layton, late in command on the coast of. Scotland, the sum of 10s. per day (the allowance to a commodore of the second class) has been granted. PuIILIC PETITIONS...—The second report of the Select Committee of the House of Commons on petitions has just been published. It appears that up to the 39th ult., twenty-two against the removal of Jewish dis abilities, with 932 signatures ; while four, with sixty thi ee signatures, were presented in favour of such remo val. Against coercive measures (Ireland), five were presented with 229 signatures, and 13 with 10,836 sig natures, with a similar prayer, but also requesting that measures of amelioration should be enacted for Ireland. Of these petitions, one was presented by Mr. F. O'Con nor, from Wigan, with 4,924 signatures; one from Bradford (Yorkshire), with 3,032 signatures, presented by Col. Thompson; and also one from Heaton, York shire, with 1,005 signatures. One of these petitions, from the " United Ladies Boot and Shoe Makers of London," with 97 signatures, also prayed for a repeal of the legislative union between Great Britain and Ireland. Some petitions were presented for inquiry into the case of the Raja; of Sattara, with 4,156 signatures. One petition from Bristol for the abolition of the punishment of death had 3,200 signatures. PROPOSED CHANGE IN SUTHERLAND.—We lately announced the intention of his Grace the Duke of Sutherland to break up the large farms on his estate as soon as the present leases shall expire. We have since learned that the propriety of such a change was fully acknowledged by the late Duchess Countess of Suther land, and would have been acted upon when the existing leases were renewed, but for the consideration that her Grace was in reality unable to meet the great cost of the proposed measure. The leases so renewed were the first that were given subsequent to the original or first letting after the introduction of sheep farming on an ex tensive scale. The farms were then laid out, not on the best system, but on the best that could be adopted under existing circumstances. The present size of some of the farms was the result of necessity, not of choice. On occasion of the next letting, however, all such anemo nes can be removed, and the patriotic wishes of Ban Alhorar Chat—the illustrious lady of Sutherland—and the intentions of the present benevolent representative of the noble family be fully carried into effect.—lnverness Courier. DISTURBANCE AT AN AUCTION AT WISDEACII.— An unction of the stook of a company of travelling drapers, on Monday evening, was interrupted by a num ber of young men, drapers and others, who, considering those auctions, which are now very frequent, an infringe ment upon the fair trade of the established houses in the town, assembled with the avowed intention of putting a stop to it, which they succeeded in doing. A tumult and pell-mell fight ensued, the worse consequence being a broken leg ; this occurred to a master draper, living on the North Brink, Mr. Durrant.—lpswich Express. RAPID PASSAGE. — On Friday last the. Courier, the last new vessel of the South-Western Steam Navi gation Company, made the quickest passage on record from the Channel Islands to Southampton. The vessel started from Jersey at ten minutes past eight o'clock A.M., proceeded to Guernsey, where the detention occupied half an hour, and then pursued her voyage, and reached Southampton at half•past five o'clock P.M. The pas. sengers were conveyed to London by the train which leaves Southampton at six o'clock. ELECTION OF MR. SALOMONS AS ALDERMAN. CORDWAINERS' WARD.—Yesterday afternoon a wardmote was held in the vestry of the church of St. Mary-le-Bow, Cheapside, for the election of an alder man for the ward of Cord vvainers', in the room of Mr. Thomas Wood, resigned. The Lord Mayor presided, attended by Mr. Charles Pearson, Al-Pe City Solicitor in waiting, as assessor for the occasion. There were present Mr. Alderman Sidney, Mr. H. L. Jones, Mr. David Wire, and' several other well known City f aces . Deputy' Muddell and the Com mon Council men o f the ward wire also in their places. Th e B aron Lionel de R thschild. M.P., was expected to att en d, and, indeed, during one part of the proceeding s was sent for, but business was un derstood to prevent hi m making his appearance. the precept having bee n read, and the usual formalities gone through, Mr. WesimaN nominated Mr. David Salomons as .1 fit and proper person to fill the office of Alderman of the ward. There was, he said, only one objection ever urged to Mr. Salomons, and that objection was his difference of faith. But in these days differences of faith must merge in geLeral questions of fitness, and if a man's talents and integrity qualified him for a post, they ought to consider it a privilege to elect him without considerin g the differences of faith. The gentleman he proposed had been tried in various public stations, and found to be an active, benevolent, talented, and liberal-minded man. He had, although a Jew, given an endowment for a scholarship of the value of 501. a year to the City of London School.— (Hear, hear.) He had been sheriff of this city and of another county. He was magistrate of two counties, and had proved himself valuable on the bench in both. The loss they had sustained in the business habits of Mr. Alderman Wood could not be better snpplied than by Mr. Salomons, and he begged accordingly to propose him for election. Mr. LOTT, a solicitor in the ward, seconded the nomination. Before the question was put, Mr. AUGER, an inhabitant, .rose to call a tt en ti on t o an article which h a d a ppeared in a public journal re lative to the constituency of this ward. The matter was of some consequence, and he believed there had been a mistake. He believed the constituency con sisted of 320, nearly double the number mentioned. An INHABITANT, whose name we could not learn, said Mr. Ainger laboured under a mistake. He hap pened to know that, though there were 320 house holders or more, there were only 125 individu a lly entitled to exerc i se th e franchise. The existing arrangements, as had been justly said, were matters of great abuse. He himself had open e d a tavern i n the ward, a n d w ithi n a fortnight after he had opened it he was called upon to take up his c i v i c f reedom, although w ithi n a d oor or two of him were ri c h mer chants doin g th ousan d s o f pounds' worth of business a day, who were never required to do anything of the sort. He felt the present system to be a wrong one, and a persecution upon the small dealer. Mr. CLAR K , an i n habitant, said that with regard to the nomination before them, he must oppose Mr. Salomons on religious grounds ; he was a Christian, and he did not think his interests ought to be com , mitted to a Jew. The LORD MAYOR called for the show of hands, which was taken and exhibited-49 for Mr. David Salomons and three against him. His Lordship thereupon declared Mr. Salomons to be duly elected. Alderman SALOMONS then came forward to return thanks. After expressing his deep sense of the high honour conferred upon him, he said that on the one point that had been urged against him he wished to he unreserved and explicit. It was his hope and be lief that his conduct as a magistrate of this great city would carry conviction to the minds of all that the duties of a public officer might be discharged faith fully and ably without regard to religious differences. On matters of religion, he, for his part, felt that he was accountable to his God; on matters of duty he was accountable to those who honoured him with their confidence. It was his boast to act on this principle, that there;vs;;;; - o - religious liberty without civil freedom ; and that the converse held good, that there was no civil freedom without religious liberty. With respect to what had been said about the con stituency, he believed it to be true that there were but 125 qualified voters in the ward; but of these he had promises from 80, and if there had been 250, qualified voters, he felt assured that he should have had the support of the 200.—(Hear, hear.) He concluded by returning them his most heartfelt thanks. Mr. CARLISLE, an old and respectable inhabitant, proposed a rote of thanks to their late Alderman, Mr. Thomas Wood, for the great anxiety he had always displayed to promote the interests of the ward. The motion was seconded and- carried unani mously, one gentleman expressing great regret that the Court of Alderman had done Mr. Wood the great wrong of refusing to elect him to the civic chair. Alderman SALOMONS then proposed, and Mr. De puty MUDDELL Seconded, a vote of thanks to the Lord Mayor; and a vote of thanks having also been passed amid acclamation to Mr. J. J. Millard, who had very ably performed the office of ward clerk for the day, the wardmote was dissolved by proclamation. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTER SALL'S.—YESTERDAY. WOLVERHAMPTON ST EEPLECHASE (ACCEPT OR NOT). 8 to 1 agst Lord Strathmore's The Switcher—taken 8 to 1 agst Captain Little's Chandler—taken 10 to 1 agst Mr. Bretherton's Glaucus gelding 10 to 1 agst Mr. Moseley's Jerry 10 to 1 agst Mr. 1 3evill's Latitat 10 to 1 agst Mr. Moseley's Richard the First 10 to 1 agst Mr, Brettel's The Curate 15 to 1 agf4 Lord Strathmore's St. Leger—taken 15 to 1 agst Mr. Tilbury's Chronometer TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES. 5 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Surplice—taken 10 to 1 agst Mr. Greville' s Rosslyn. CHE . 1,000 to 15 agst Mr. Ped ST leyE'sß CCP Cossack 1,000 to 15 agst M r . F. Clarke's Joe o'Sot 1,000 to 15 agst Mr. Drink*ld's Mathematician 1,000 to 15 agst Major Pitt's Clarendon 1,000 to 15 agst Capt. Pettat's Newcourt 1,000 to 15 agst Capt. Kennedy's Sir Tatton Sykes All the above bets were afterwards offered. The betting was chiefly on the Steeplechase, for which the two favourites, Richard the First, and St. Leger, were backed with much spirit. NEWMARKET CHAMPION COURSING IsIEET— ING.—SATURDAY (CONCLUDED). The Chippenham Stakes were won by Mr. Parkinson's Smuggler Bill; Mr. Fyson's Fatima ran up. his Cactus p pan Stakes were won by Mr. Miller ' s C i nerar i a; up. The Exning Stakes were won by Mr. Arabin's Agri cola; Mr. Inskip's Pickwick ran up. The Bottisham Stakes were won by Mr. Inskip's Isabel; Lord Stradbroke The Cleveley Stakes were won b y M r . Villebois's Dreadnought; Mr. Bach e l or ' s Moss Rose ran up. ed Stakes wer e won by Mr. Miller ' s Fire office; Dobede's Daisy ran up. The mA lrlag RUSSIA..—SENTENCES ON TIM Pousli CONSPIEA• TORS.—The tribunal of Berlin has *ust deliveredit s be judgment on the Poles, connected with th beheaded as e lateinsur rection, when eight were condemned to of imprisonment principals, and three, also as princi 1 Pa.s, to loss of title, confiscation of property, and twenty-fi,,e years' impri sonment in a fortress. Among the accomplices thirt y- i t n hr a ee fo w r e tr r e e Years ; and twelve fortress, a d r e y n i i n n g ed fr t o o m va li r f i e ou t s n ter accomplices others to lesser punishments. EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW RAILWAT.—A corre spondent, whose letter is dated Friday, bay s :....u Mat ters seem progressing from bad to worse on this railway. I left Glasgow last night at ten by the mail train, aid. arrived in safety at the Mound ; but whilst proceeding from thence to the North - bridge statio n , the train came in contact wirh something or other with a terrific crash. The passengers in the same compartment with myself were a lady and two gentlemen. The lady had her back severely bruised ; one gentleman had his head and face severely cut ; and the ot her and myself exP . rienced a severe shock and stro ke on the shins e Scotsman. . ROYAL MILITARY' ACADEMY.—Forty gentlemen cadets, at present in the practical class, studying at the Royal Arsenal, are to be examined as to their profi ciency on the 16th of this month, and on p ass i ng __ will be appointed to commissions in the Royal Artillery and Royal Engineers, and 31 young gentlemen have passed their preparatory examination, and been found qualified to he admitted as gentlemen - 'cadets, and will join at the Royal Military Academy in January next, on its re opening after the Christmas vacation. The names of the latter are as follow :—J. M. C. Drake, G. F. Tor riano, G. Phillips, C. E. Harvey, C. N. Martin, G . J. Shakerley, W. Carey, H. R. Martin, F. G. Ravenhill, T. Clubley, R. 11. Newbolt, W. N. Eden, A. Waishern, J. Hanwell, E. P. Gordon, S. T. Brown, T. W. Blaki s t on , G. S. Harward, W. F. Moore, J. M . C. Viv art , F. H. J . Day, T. K. Adams, H. Thornhill, C. C. Boycott, H. w . G. Leonard, T. L. Stil, F. S. Maude, Lord F. G. L. Gower, T. J. Dehane, A. T. 11. Stevens, F. Temple. THE SEE OF HEREFORD.—We have authority for stating unequivocally that Dr. Hampden has been ap pointed the successor to the respccted Dr. Musgrave in this diocese. We make this statement in consequence of rumours to the effect that the appointment had not been finally made by the Government. Whatever may be our individual predilections, we most unreservedly acknowledge that the Government, in this appointment, appears to us to have selected an eminent divine, a pro found scholar, and a most exemplary clergyman. — Hereford Times. [PRICE SD. AUTOBIOGRAPHY of a POACHER The following narrative is given in the chaplain's report of the Preston House of Correction for the present year. It was written at the dictation of the poacher himself : " When I first began poaching I lived with my father, and we had a dog that was much given to catching game; and sometimes when I was out he killed me a hare. One time a man saw him kill one ; this man kept a beer-shop. He said he would pay me well if 1 would let him have it. I was to go to his house at night ; he gave me a glass of rum and ls. Gd., and he wanted me to bring him another hare. I stopped drinking till I had spent the money. He told me that I should get some snares, and he brought me some to look at and showed me how to set them. I caught a hare that night, and took it to him ; and I had it all in drink but 6d., and that I bought some wire with to make snares ; and then I got going to this house constantly, and taking hares there, and drinking ale and spirits of all kinds ; and I think that beer-shop was the ruin of me; for there I met with some: young men that were follow ing the same game, and we got to shooting pheasants. That night we shot 25 pheasants, and we sold them to a gentleman, and he was a —, and we got 6s. a couple for them (before the sale of game was le galised). I was caught taking up snares, and got sent for three months to the Preston House of Correc tion. The gentleman that sent me to prison wanted my father to turn me out of the house when I came home again; and because he would not, the gentleman went to the landlord, and the landlord doubled the rent that year, and gave him notice to leave ; he, however, got it for another year, but he died before the year was up. • Our goods werc sold off, and we were obliged to leave home and get work where we could. I got a job at a farm, and sent his keeper to the far mer, and told him that he was to turn me away; so he paid me my money, and told me he must not em ploy me. I had not been poaching then for more than twelve months, for I thought about giving it up, till this gentleman sent word to all the farmers not to employ me ; and then I was so angry that I thought I would have some of his game if he would not let me get my living by working. I bought a dog and a gun, and got a lot of snares and nets, and I followed poaching all that winter. All the gen tlemen were against me, and would not let their tenants employ me, and I did not care what became of me. I got to drinking, and got along with more poachers in other parts of the country. Once we went to —, in Yorkshire, and we stopped two days and tw o n i g ht s , an d had: nothing to eat ; we slept in a barn in the day time, and at night we went out poaching. We got as much game as we could carry away, and we brought it into Lancashire, to a man that we had sold game to before. He paid us for it, and then we went to a public-house, and stayed there till we had spent all the money. The other man fetched his clothes from home and pawned them, and we spent that; then we pawned one of our guns, and then we asked for trust ; but he pushed us out of the. house, and said, You drunken black guards, get off home—what do you want here with out money ?' I went part of the way home, and lay down on the road and slept till morning, and was almost starved to death. The next night I bor rowed 705., and the other man fetched his cloak out of the house ; and we got our gun again. We went out that night and got eight pheasants. We got 20s. for them from the same man ; and then we went to the same public-house, and we were wel come when he saw we had money ;. and when it was all gone, he said we might go to bed for a few hours; and we got up at three o'clock in the morning, and we shot fourteen pheasants by six o'clock, and we sold them for 1/. 155., and we went to the public house again, and stopped there till we spent it; and my wife came after me, and the landlord put me into a back place, and told her I was not there. We drank all that week till all my money was gone ; and, as I was sitting by the fire, the landlord said, 'What dost thou do here without any money ? Be off home to thy wife ! thou hast had no ale since dinner time.' Then I thought, this is the way that poachers' money goes. So I thought I would-leave it off, and try to get some work. So I went to a farmer that had some draining to let, and he said he must not let me have it, unless I got a note in writing from the steward, fur he haul orders not to employ me. I went to the steward, and he told me to go to the squire ; and he said I should have no work on his ground, and he bade me be gone. I was very badly off, and I began poaching aguin, and in about a month I was caught, and 1 went away, and was away from my wife and family three years. Then I came home, and got work at some water works, and was home nearly two years, and did not go poaching at all; but the squire accused me all the time, and I was as innocent as a child ; and he would not allow any of his farmers to give me work, and I began poaching again. should have given it up many a time, if the gentlemen had allowed the farmers to give me work. I carried on poach ing all that season. When the game was out of season the man would not buy any more dead game, but said he had a large order come in for live hares, and he would take as many as we could get alive. And this employed the man at the game shop to get men to go into other people's preserves. We werein a preserve one morn ing catching live pheasants, and one man said, There is a deal more pheasants this morning than ever there was;' and I looked back, and said, There is a deal more keepers.' Three of us got away, and one got taken, and sent to Wakefield House of Correction for six months. That season we caught about 200 live hares, besides live pheasants and partridges, and lots of pheasants' eggs; and there was another we caught a deal of live game for, and we took them to him ourselves, and he paid us for them, and made us as drunk as pigs ; and at the time we were getting some hares for some gentleman near —, that kept a lot of grey hounds. They came to my house for the hares once a week, and we kept them in a room till they came for them. We caught them about GO ; and I think that money did me more good than any that I ever got for poaching, for they always paid me at home. I have caught hundreds of live hares and pheasants, and sold them to -- ; and now they have turned their backs upon me, and cast me into prison. But for the time to come I mean to give it up, and not go poaching any more, for I think the three months will do me a deal of good." REVIEW OF THE BRITISH CORN TRADE. The step taken by the Bank directors on Thurs• day in reducing the minimum rate of interest from 7 to 6 per cent. has not as yet tended to render dis count of the usual run of mercantile bills much more easy, and affairs still wear rather a gloomy appear ance. The rates which continue to be demanded for money are far too high to admit of parties availing themselves of the accommodation for general business purposes, and this is more particularly the case as regards the corn trade. There has consequently been no improvement in the demand for Wheat; indeed buyers have, if anything, displayed increased caution in their operations, and the amount of business done since our last has been unimportant. Owing, however, to the very scanty manner in which far mers have brought forward supplies, and to the pre vailing belief that no further arrivals of consequence can take place from abroad, more firmness has been ma nifested by holders than might, under existing cir cumstances, have been expected. The growers have shown a decided unwillingness to part with their produce at present prices, which is probably in a great measure owing to the fact that they hold little or no Wheat of previous years' growth, and that they do not wish to hurry their new wheat to market before its condition shall have been improved by an interval of frost; at all events, the deliveries have not increased, and so little has been brought forward at several of the princip a l markets in the agricultural districts, held during the week, that needyo buyers have had to pay an advance of ls. to -s. per qr. ing entirely on the farmers for where there are stocks of foreign. At Whilst this has been the case in tshucrespelideiss,ttribcetst,ednedpeennedy t: of prices has been rather downwards L ars iy a e t r t po he o por l, o 'Tues day, the trade was decidedly (lull; and tolerably good supplies of new Irish wheat and flour ha v i ng come to hand, the former article was quoted 3d. to 4d. per 701b5., and the latter 2s. per sack, lower than on that day se'nnight. Fine wheat, whether of home or foreign growth, was not cheaper ; and for 7Folrbicsla o csr: the best American flour 30s. per barrel ha-Icon tinued to be asked. Later in th e wee k the unwil lingnesstbe best to s brtusy of r reheatatheriner:,aersee 2d. per on whilst oats, oatmeal, Indi an corn, and Indian even corn meal, were all cheaper than on the preceding market day. At the leadi ng t owns in Yorkshire the supplies of wheat have scarcely kept ") acewith the demand, restricted as ha s b een the latter. At Hull, on Tues day, the finest qualities were quoted is. to 2s. per qr. higher than on that day week ; and though no ad vance could 'be established at Leeds, previous prices were very firmly maintained. The reports from Wakefield of Friday describe the trade as quiet, with the turn in favour of the buyer. By our advices from Scotland we learn that fully as much grain had appeared at the leading markets as had been required, and that the value of post articles had receded. At 1 Edinburgh, on Wednesday, wheat, barley, and oats were Is. to Is. Gd. per quarter lower than on that day week ; and at Glasgow the downward movement was quite as decided. The accounts from Ireland are of precisely the same character as those before received. The mass of the people appear to be suf fering from poverty and want, owing to the scarcity and high value of potatoes; meanwhile tolerably fair supplies of corn were coming forward, and shipments of provisions were being made to England.—Marls• lane Express. FASHIONS FOR DECEMBER. (From the London and Paris Lc.dies' liagazinc of Fashion.) The colours most in favour this winter in woollen materials for dresses are monstre vert, dark gray, garnet and muraille ; stripes and checks continue fashionable ; the richer materials of dress are gene rally in running satin patterns, on reps ground, hether of different shades of the same colour or contrasting ones. The new materials are so rich in pattern as not to admit of trimming with the same. Woollen materials are principally used for redingotes, made quite high, ornamented with brandenbourgs ; in galons, silk nceuds of satin and velvet ribbon, and large nceuds in gimp; embroidery in satin stitch, mixed with thick cord, which has quite replaced braid ; narrow velvet is also very fashionable for trimmings. Carriage dresses are generally quite high and tight, with long sleeves closing at the wrist ; those open at the bottom are still fashionable, but principally for dinner dresses. For evening wear, rich satins with velvet patterns will be the great novelty of the season. Bouillons of tulle and pretty trimmings of coloured blond have a good effect. On taffetas ball dresses, pink and citron velours epingl6 are frequently seen, with blond flounces of the same colour. Berthes of lace, velvet, and old point, are still worn, but rather less deep. Taffetas dresses of pink, blue, and white are often nearly covered by pinked ruches. Narrow velvet ribbons, both plain and 4ingle, are very much used. Bonnets and caps are covered with them ; the narrower the more ap proved. Fancy buttons are also much used. Bishops' purple and vanille colour are favourites for redin gotes; they are often trimmed with stamped velvets, Fur is now a favourite ornament. Satin skirts for morning wear have several rows ' • the corsages being high, with small fi xe d p e l er i se of fur, diminishing to a point at the waist; sometimes two bands of fur are placed en tablier ; fur cuffs are much deeper than they were last year. The newest style of pardessus is the manteau Armenien, partaking of the paletot and man telet ; it is open at the sides the whole length, and falls straight behind, without marking the waist, trimmed with a broad band of gimp or lace laid on. The same style, of ,reduced size, is also made in cloth and merino, trimmed with gimp or stamped velvet. One of the novelties of the season is a plaid velvet cloak, with deep fringe. Many pardessus form large rounded shawl behind, and mantelet in front : it is not unusual for the pardessus to match in colour with the dress, as one of dark blue velvet with dress of dark blue gros de Naples. The form of bonnets, though rather similar to those worn last year, is, however, rounder and more open, and there is a roundness in the crowns. Carriage bonnets are of royal or plain velvet, with feathers, and many with ornaments of satin ribbon; the inside finished with four rows of pipings of two colours alternating. fain capotes are ornamented by demi-guirlandes of the same colour, intermixed with black lace ; some black velvet bonnets are lined with pink or mais, a very favourite colour. RELIEF AND IMPROVEMENT (IRELAND.) The following statement, showing the sums which have been voted by Parliament since the let of August, 1846, for extraordinary expenditure in Ire land, for the purposes of relief and improvement, and the amount of the sums which have been ex• pended and remain to be expended, was issued,. conformity with an order of the House of Commons It appears, that under the Labour Relief Act (the 9th and 10th Victoria, c. 107), the amount voted was 4,814,0001., the whole of which was expended. The amount voted under the food, relief, and fever hospitals, was a sum not exceeding 2,200,0001. Of this 1,676,0001. was expended. Under the Land Improvem(nt Act the amount voted was 1,500,000/, while only 31,0521. has 3et been granted, so that there remains to be expended 1,468,9481. The return explains that, although only 31,052/. has been actually advanced to parties up to November 27th, 1847, yet applications have been re ceived to the amount of 1,763,0001., and loans ha\ e been sanctioned to the amount of 609,0001. Under the Railroads (Ireland) Act, 10 and 11 Viet., c. 73, 620,000/. was voted, and of this 339,0001. has been expended. The whole of the remainder, 281,000/. nas been appropriated, and will be expended by the sth of July, 1848. Under the Fishery Piers Bill 40,000/. was voted ; none of this has yet been ex pended, although it has been partly appropriated, and hill be expended when the grant of 50,0001. "1 the preceding session has been exhausted. l'he Board of Works are now building, or are pre• paring to build, seventy-two fishery piers. The loss under the head of cotmoishariat operations, 250,000/. was voted, the whole of which has been expended. This appeared to be the amount of the loss on the statement of the last account, but the ultimate loss cannot be ascertaii ed until the whole of the stores of corn have been disposed of, and the account finally clo,,ed. Under the head of donations to relief com nuttee, by order of the Lord-Lieutenant, 190,000/. was voted, the whole of which was expended. In addition to this, 23,5001. bas been advanced to cer tain boards of guardians to enable them to keep the workhouses open. The sum of 370,000/. was voted to be appropriated for loans for district drainage and other works. Of this 215,000/. has been expended, and there consequently remains 155,000/. to be applied, the m hole, however, of which will be expended be fore the 31st of March ; 38,5001. was voted for the works of navigation connected with drainage, the whole of which still remains to be expended. The works connected with this vote will proceed with the district drainages with which they are connected, but the issues on this vote will not commence until the vote of 35,0001. of the preceding year is exhausted, and of which 5,0001. has been issued. The sum voted for the expense of the extraordinary staff of the Board of Works and of the Relief Commission was 310,000/., and the amount expended 277,000!. Th, re remains to be expended 33,0004 which will not be sufficient to defray the expenses up to the 31st of March, 1848. It therefore Eppears that the amount voted under these several heads was 10,342,600/., of which 7,815,552/. has been expended, and there remains to be expended 2,016,4484 REWARDING EVIL WITH GOOD.—The late Rev. Roderick Mackenzie, of Knock bain, may be said to h a v e exceeded in charitable and benevolent acts any otter minister of his day. He regularly kept a meal store for the poor, not only of his own parish, but also for the poor of the neighbouring parishes. When first settled in the parish of Rnockbain, he met with considerable opP 0. sition, especially from a po sse o f f a i r ones, headed by a female of masculine p ower , w h o carried a burden of stones, which were to b e use d b y her brigade en o u. ration. But on th e d a y o f sett l ement, the fair Amaz ons am maz w ons declined giving battle; consequently Mr. Mackenzie was complaining o f fe woa highly i g thehly inducted without opposition, and ultimately became a e,eneral favourite in the parish. Some years afterwards, she who rendered herself so prominent in her opposition to the induction was reduced to great poverty, and was forced to go to his manse to seek alms, where she was cheerfully received by Mr. Mackenzie, who took her to the store-room, telling her to keep her bag until he would put a portion of meal into it. After he had put in three or four shovels full, the poor woman said, " Hoot, hoot, Mr. Rory, you are putting too much in the bag, for indeed it is more than lam able to carry." "0 woman," replied Mr. Rory. "I am sure it is not so weighty as the burden of stones you before now car ___e community, u e en i. besto y n o e u d , a vi n i d th w t h h i e l m e i b h u a t ve fo a r ri thatcar ried, , I i n h o a r v d e e order otnhga tago m forgivenigh t peck of meal in my gurnal, you are welcome to a shank of it; therefore never want while I have to give." vvr ie suspect such genuine charity as that of the late :61r. received l ar g e Exeter Roderick Mackenzie, of Knockbain, is seldom to be met hhonNs het o ahx f sits t h uww e needeeekkrtrai with in the present day.—Rocs-shre Advertiser. Marquis of f o beThe petition to Parliament, who have promised to enforce t ken to present accession of signatures, including those in unconstitutional the stamford election, interference ii sub mittedrtte, t isapp and respectable a tt tnobhlteoehtattention tegt Conservatives . reennmttileoemnm bao Members r swt h e louse of Commons.— Lin denne is extensively preva lcmeonetitmtNiilbrnieLerurscEousrfzylt.h. member or Liverp 00l at th p Especially, having suffered medical gentlemen p re s ent moment, the juvenile members a ff licted by the disorder, and the severely from its attacks Al most every family has some of our town have, in consequence, ' been kept in constant employment. Fortunately, the disease is of a m ild character , usually y ielding n b fto judi cious t reatment in a few days.—L /E'er y i Albion. BONN BUNN AND LlND.—This action is expected to be shortly tried; yesterday the special jury, nominated a few days back, was, in legal phraseology, " reduced" to twenty-four, by the-solicitors on both sides. It appears that the cause stands the second in the paper for Mon. day week, and its position for hearing on that day will depend on the causes previously heard, seven being the number allotted for each day. It is understood that the demurrer in the action will be tried before the 20th instant. We have good authority for stating that it is not the intention of her Majesty's Government to introduce ary new measure respecting the corn-laws. The Mi nistry have decided to al l o w the Acts of Parliamen t as they now stand to take their course; therefore, on and after March next, we shall be under the sliding-scale of from 4s. to los. There must be many to whom a know ledge of this fact will prove important, and, as w e h ave the information from a quarter in which we can place matter att m er os m t a implicit re their liamnecaes, measures ni ful l in te a s r s e u s r ted aneein o f th i t e e accuracy.— Liverpool Albion,