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' cil? 4- •,, \, 4- ,T",--• t,,,,, t• . , ~ ..,_ p 471 4' 7, 16 n ip l_ ' . 7 6,4: . -,:.,. ___:____—...................v t.)..e......r-,....--__ 4:.''''' ., ' , 0 , 4 . i .1... , T. Cameron, Wilcockson 0. 17—A• pool, Feb. 16 Feb. 16—G. b. 16—S. G. Robotbanl, rk Deighton , stage, Bar i >Ors, Lanc.s stle Eml yv, Brigh t "' we, Brixton, GITIMMIALT., JANUAR'? 22. 1;47. THE COMMITTEE for LETTING the CITY'S loth LANDs will MEET at GUILDHALL on WEDNESDAY, the TE 4l 3' of February next, at One o'clock precisely, to reedy , : for LETTING on LEASE a HOOsE, No. It), on the Side of Broad-street Buildings, and a HOUSE, No. 3, Windsor- Zi r c Vlonlvrell-street, for 21 years, from Lady•day neat; and also Lady. A SE ' I S TO. 2, Beehive -passage, next. -passage, Lime-street, tor 13 years, from pi 3 ; l 7ther Particulars may be obtains!, an 1 Plans seen, by ap g at the Office of Works, Guildhall. THOMAS SAUNDERS, Comptroller. The SECRETARY read the report of the directors, which stated that the condition and prospects of the company's mines in Mexico were, on the whole, favourable, considering the hard ground which had impeded their operations, and also the war impending in the country, for which the labourers had been seized by thousands to recruit the army, while many others had fled to hide themselves, dreading the fate of being pressed for soldiers. The London financial accounts laid before the meeting showed a balance in favour of the company, over and above all their liabilities, of 8,2011. 14s. The CHAIRMAN said that nothing could be added to the report which had been read, as to the state of the mines. As regarded the company's claims on Zekefeka. he said they - had not pressed the Government here to press the Govern ment in Mexico for payment., because they probably were aware that the answer which they should lcceire would be that in the present state of the country nothing could be done. They hal not, therefore, thought it advisable to wait on Lord Palmerston. But the proprie uabntd whatever tors must be aware that the principles on which they grounded Aberdeen was no do the claim had been admitted by the Government in Mexico, and were so after being thoroughly investigated by Lord e at l e a v w er n b in u c t er t s be o y f would It? receive s t7l e t aid l3t i o f f i' t e a members of the British Government. He said the accounts showed a balance of 8,201/. 14s. above their liabilities; but in the present condition of Mexico, when they were com pelled to suspend their shipments from that country, which would occasion numerous shipments to be made as soon as peace was restored, he did not think the proprietors would press them for a dividend. A dividend of ss. would require a suns amou, ting to about 11,0001.. and a less dividend than that, would leave but a very-s.'anty remainder in hand to meet the sudden occurrences, which no one could anticipate, and yet everybody must be prepared• for in the theatre of war. He thought, ' therefore, that it would appear most prudent not even to divide 2s. 6d. per share. fhis, however, he promised them„ that as soon as the state of Mexico should settle, and the associatioa had received a shipment of money, the directors would not wait till the usual half-yearly meet• ing, but would be too happy to call the proprietors together and make known to them the communication. He moved that the report be received and laid on the table,—Motion carried. No. 16,961. LONDON, THURSD AY IVIORNING SII N., JANUARY 28, 1847. 7 PRICE SD. itol—T. Carr —II. Morton rapers, Nei" bide factors, B r istol-- 11 . _sv . a nd T. d a y and B• vnd E. Tet w. Barrie, in, attorrier , Park-Ple ee ' larke, linen' 'ewal, cotton sieY. e l c b, cars.— ire niaelife c : J. Teller/ and S. Hell , D. Br e i es t . g hton Ana * , H. Sir a t E. Fa eller el" s, ithful!, G. A. Fa ith. atling-street• 4 _ OYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTIO N. ,s, P ROFESSOR SCHCENBEIN'S GUN COTTO N, and other z ~.. Ey SOlvs Compounds, with brilliant Experiments, LEC TURED on r ' "Ali, daily at Half past Three o'clock; and o n the EveningF ondays Of l i , Wednesdays, and Fridays. (1,2" Principle of the various EL ECTRO-MAGNETIC TELE Bile PitS explained daily by Professor BACIIHOFFNER, including ,_ atent of Messrs. Cook and Wheatstone, Muse on the railways, .and 7 _ , ruore recent Patent of Messrs. Nott and Gamble ; the various ? °4lll explained. Magnified Specimens of DIS E..k SED POTATOEs , , exhibitedZl by the OXYHYDROGEN MICROSCOPE, with the DE iIi[_RUCTIVE INSECT, supposed by A. Smee, Esq , F.R.S., to be v iause of the di sease . A b eau tiful Series of NEW DISSOL VING T h " .7 S. The DIVING-BELL and DIVER, wills Experiments. ', rI IYSIOSCOPE, new CHROMATROPE, &c.. &c. —....__ Admission ls. Schools, half-price. MIDDLESEX ELECTION The Committee ti , r conducting the Election of Lord ROBERT GROSVENOR sit daily at the Central Committee Rooms, British Coffee House, Cockspur-street. S. C. WHITBREAD, Chairman. January 23, 1847. H SPANISH MARRIAGES. No. 48.— MR. BULWER TO VISCOUNT PALMERSTON. (Received January 10.) (Extract.) Madrid, Jan. 2,1847. As M. Guizot mentions my name in his note to Count Jarnac of the 22d of November last, and it might be thought, from the text of his remarks, that I had countenanced, at the time to which he alludes, a marriage of the Queen of Spain with Prince Leopold of Saxe Coburg, I think it as well to inclose to your Lordship the copy of a letter which I re ceived from: Isturitz, to whom I wrote at that period, on learning that some such accusation had been made against me by the French Government to Lord Aberdeen. Inclosure (Translation). " Madrid, June 5, 1846. M. Gu'zot points out, that, in p a .sage in my de spatch of the 31 s t o f O cto b er, i n w hich there is a quota tion from hi s p rev i ous d espatc h o f the sth of Octobe r, some words, whi c h were not i n his dispatch have b een placed between i nver t e d commas . This remark is per fectly correct. The p assage i n qu estion, in my eitottch of the 31st of October, begins with a verbal quotation, but contains in the middle a sentence, which is not a verbal quotation, but is the schstance of a preceding pas sage in M. Guizot's dispatch from which I was q uotin g; and the invert e d commas , were i na dvertently carried on, so as to include the middle sentence. The i n verted commas ought to s t o p a t t h e wo rds " state of things , ' and should not begin again till the words " conseq uentl y the French government resorted at Madrid." I have to instruct your ExcAlency to correct this error of punctuation in the original dispatch in the ar chives of your embassy ; and perhaps M. Guizit will have the goodness to do the same by the copy which was delivered to him. But this corr ec ti on i n t h e punc tuation of the passage makes no diff e r ence w h atever i n t h e a rgument, and does not in the slight es t d egree aff e c t t h e c ontradiction which it was the object o f th at p a ssage i n m y despatch to point out. The contr a di c ti on cons i sts in this—that M. Guizot's despatch of the sth o f O c t o b er s tates in one passage that the Spanish court was so bent upon one arrange ment that, if not o pp ose d b y t h e British Governmen t, that arrangement was lik e l y b y a single act of hisseraller, to have in ev it a bl y ta k en p l ace ; and then in an other passage, it sa y s th at th e m anner in which a different arrangement was effected was by simply offerin g that different arran gemen t t o th e free choice and inde pendent will of that ver y same cou rt% M. Guizot acknowledges that it was from Lord Aber deen that he received the first informationof the over ture made in May last by the court of Madrid to the Duke of Saxe Coburg. But he states that, as the communication from Lord Aberdeen was confidential, he did not think himself at liberty, without Lord Aberdeen's permission, to say from whom it came. This might be a reason for not mentioning the circumstance at all, but surely it was no reason for mentioning it in such a way, as to give to those who might be unacquainted with the fact an erro neous impression as to the course of the transaction. says that he desires to bring back the controversy within its legitimate and constitutional limits ; that in my dis patch of the 31st of October I introduced a name which ought never to have appeared in this discussion ; that his surprise at this was deep ; that his sense of duty commanded him to express it strongly ; and to remind me that the responsibility of the policy of the King's Government in this matter belongs entirely to himself alone. REPRESENTATION OF SALIS BURY. SALISBURY, JAN. 25.—The election of a Member for this city, in the room of Mr. Ambrose Hussey, took place this day, Mr. W. J. Chaplin, the chairman of the South-Western Railway Company, having been returned without opposition. An active canvass had during the last six months been car ried on by Mr. Martin, of Kingston House, near Dorchester, who stood on the Protectionist interest, but from the 18th inst., the day on which it was first announced that Mr. Chaplin had consented to be put in nomination, it became evident that the all but unanimous sense of the constituency was in his favour; his having the power to confer essential benefits upon the city proving to be a mere weighty' conside ration than the were triumph of any particular political party. There were, therefore, to be seen among Ali. Chap lin's friends a very large number of the leaders or active supporters of the various political parties in the city, and the effect of this union was, that Mr. Martin abandoned all EAST INDIA HOUSE, JAN. 27, 1847. THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the E AST INDIA COMPANY do hereby give notice, That the TRANSFER-BOOKS of the said COMPANY'S STOCK will be SHUT on THURSDAY, the 4th of March next, at Three o'clock, and OPENED AGAIN en THURSDAY, the 15th of April, following. That a GENERAL COURT of the said Company will he held at their House, in Leadenhall street, on WEDNESDAY, the 14th April, 1847, from Nine o'clock in the Morning 'until Six o'clock in the Evening, for the ELECTION of Six DIRECTORS of the said Com pany for four years. That the Form of a Letter of Attorney and of a Declaration f enabling Proprietors of East Julia Stock to vote by proxy on this occasion, may be obtained on application at the Treasury in this It is impossible fur me to allow this passage to pass without a reply. I must beg, therefore, to remind M. Guizot that the same name was introdueed into my former despatch of the 221 of September, with reference to the engage ment originally taken, that no son of the King of the French should marry the Queen of Spain; and that the introducion of that name, on that occasion, was not only not objected to by M. Guizot, in his despatch of the sth of October, but was even quoted by him in that despatch with a distinct expression of his acquiescence in the correctness of my statement. If, then, it was allowable to introduce that name with reference to the engagement tak.•n in regard to the mar riage of a French prince to the Queen of Spain, why should it not be allowable to introduce the same name, with reference to the engagement taken in regard to the marriage of a French prince to the Infanta? But it was M. Guizot, and not I, who first introduced iuto this correspondence a discussion as to the engage ments entered into at the Chateau d'Eu. In my despatch of the 22d of September, there is not one word which relates to those engagements. Motives of delicacy, whieh might, I think, have been better appreciated, led me to abstain from even adverting to those transactions in that despatch. But M. Guizot, in his reply of the sth of October, founded his argument upon the memo randum of the 27th of February, 1846, which, he said, annulled previous engagements; and this course of ar gument compelled me to discuss what those engagements were, and when, and by whom, they had been con tracted. CONTRACT FOR WASTE P APER.- ,Nottoe is hereby given that the Postmaster - Gene ral Is p re- Paredo receive Tenders for the purchase of the WASTE PAPER „, t —Ahu Department. itzery Tender must be addressed "to her MAJESTY'S POST 'IER GENERAL," and must be superscribed AIM " TENDER FOR WASTE PAPER , " cm., 0 l ender will be received after Twelve o'clock no on on the of Feb:uary next. m an a i Particulars and information on the subject may be obtained Dead Letter Office of this Department, on application at that e, between the hours of Ten A. H., and Four r. M. moral Post-office, Jan. 22, 1847. " 3fy dear Friend,—l have received your letter of yester day, in which you request me to tell you whether you have ever held to me upon the subject of the marriage of my So vereign any other language than this :—' ;Ay Government regards the marriage of the Queen of Spain as a question purely Spanish ; it acknowledges the independence of Spain in this matter; but it would prefer a descendant of Philip V., if such a husband were agreeable to the Queen of Spain and to her nation. It has no desire for a marriage with a Prince of Saxe-Coburg, no interest in such a marriage, which might even prove an embarrassment to it.' id;a - Wt. - Continuin g his canvass, and publicly announced his retirement. The nomination was fixed for twelve o'clock, and about that hour a numerous procession reached the hus tings, which were erected in the Corn Market. The usual preliminaries, having been gone through, the mayor, Mr. George Telford, called upon the electors to proceed to the election. _ House. That the Lists of the Members of the said Company will be ready to be delivered on TUESDAY, the 30th March next. JAMES C. MELVILL Secretary. March 1, at ink, Glaig° l6 ,erg„ G j ag goift el, Glasgov b a Jan. 3 0 an TO THE TEA-DRINKERS throughout the KINGDOM. As Much has been said and written advocating a Reduction of the Present high rate of the Tea Duties, we will endeavour to show the Present market value of TEAS, which the public now well know, on desee _ip_ona, p a y a duty of 2s. 2 1 4 d. upon every pound. EAST INDIA HOUSE, JAN. 27, 1847. THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST INDIA COMPANY do hereby give notice, That a QUARTERLY GENERAL COURT of the said COM PANY will be held at their House, in Leadenhall-street, on Wan- NaeDAY, the 24th March, 1847, at Eleven o'clock in the Forenoon. JAMES C. MELYILL, Secretary. v ~ v Dlr. Mansur) HETLEY then came forward, and said—l very much regret the cause which has compelled .us to as semble here this day. The ill-health of our late Member, Mr. Ambrose Hussey, has for some time since prevented him from attending to his Parliamentary duties, and he has been unwillingly compelled to return into your hands the trust which you reposed in him. I have much pleasure in intro ducing to your notice Mr. Chaplin, the chairman of the South-Western Railway Company, a man whose well-known practical experience, constant habits of business, and energy of mind, particularly qualify him to represent you in Parliament.—(Cheers.) He has not before appeared in public as a political character, and he will, therefore, go un biassed and perfectly independent, and, I am well satisfied, will exercise a sound judgment and discretion upon all mat ters which shall be brought before him. He has always evinced a great talent, and has filled not only a high situa tion in the new era of the railway world, but has also been the sheriff of London. In the former position he will be enabled to benefit this city, and it is on that account that I have cordially co-operated in bringing him before you as a candidate for your suffrages.—(Cheers.) Whilst he held the honourable office of sheriff of London he paid great atten tion to, and spent much of his time in, the consideration of measures for educating and improving the social condition of the people. He will do so now, and I believe him to be both able and willing materially to improve tha interests of your town. I therefore, with the greatest pleasure, beg to propose him as a representative for this city in the Com mons' House of Parliament., Mr. W. FAwcErr appeared to second the nomination, and said—l have the greatest pleasure in seconding the nomina tion of Mr. Chaplin, and in doing so I beg to congratulate the city on the happy union of parties for the public good. The subject of free trade, which on former occasions caused a division amongst us, is now finally settled. The battle-field on which we fought is now swept from under us, and I hope that all parties will unite in future to promote the best in terests of our city.—(Loud cheers.) Mr. Chaplin is a man of great commercial enterprise, and from his position, and his connexion with those great public works completed and in progress, possesses the means, and, from the reception he has met with, he has the inclination also, to benefit this city and its locality to a greater extent than any other man we could have fixed upon. He can extensively employ the poor, and will at all times be ready to assist us in promoting the general good. With such assistance I think I can see in the future (to use a railway phrase) a " long train" of pros perity approaching our ancient city. In the hope that these anticipations may be fully realised, I have the greatest pos sible pleasure in seconding the nomination of Mr. Chaplin, as a gentleman in every way qualified to represent this city and our interests in the House of Commons.—(Cheers.) Mr. ChAPLIN, on coming forward, was greeted with the most enthusiastic cheers, and it was some time before the plaudits had subsided sufficiently for him to address the meeting. He said—Before I proceed to make the few re. marks which it will be my duty to address to you, I must return my sincere thanks to my excellent and worthy friends for the manner in which they have introduced my name to your notice.—(Hear, hear.) lam deeply sensible how much I owe to their kindness, and am quite conscious, I assure you, of the responsibility which I incur in offering myself as your representative. Ido not appear here as the nominee of any political party.—(Cheers.) My present posi tion is not of my own seeking, nor should I have attempted to place myself before you had I not received the most unequivocal assurance that most parties would unite to secure my election ; in fact, that the watchword of party had been lost in the determination to make common cause for the city of Salisbury ; and that so far from creating angry feelings and hostilities, I should be looked upon in the enviable light of a peacemaker.—(Cheers.) And now, my friends, having said thus much by way of introduction, you will naturally expect from me on this occasion some more explicit expression of my sentiments than could be embraced within the limits of my address. Gentlemen, my first principles are to tear God and honour my Sovereign, and believe me I shall ever be found a firm advocate for upholding our civil and religious institutions, and that I value most highly the liberty and privileges of the people.—(Cheers.) The subject of free trade was fully discussed last session, and since issuing my address the last fragment of protection duty on corn has been abandoned.— (Loud cheers.) It is my . earnest desire to see the principles of free trade fully and fairly testel, believing, as I do, that if successful, they will lead to an extension of our intercourse ' with all nations of the earth, and thus will be the greatest se curity for the continuance of peace.—(Cheers.) With re- p l vr a . nd 23, st etmel° 'Selling price --- Cost In China, with Expences!British at "Number L IMBIRD'S MAGNUM BONUM PENS. - of Importation, &c. Duty. One." One dozen Pens and Holder for Sixpence, ss. the gross.— ....._—_____ , Stationery, Travelling Writing Desks, Envelope and Dressing Cases, ~ Itl•Acx. Portfolios and Blottin g -books, Inkstands, Gold and Silver ever ,ongou___ s. d. s. d. U. 'd, s, d. a. d. pointed Pencil-cases, Pearl and Ivory Tablets, &c.; Bibles and Mixed leaf kinds 11 to 13 taels, or 0 9/ to 0 11, 22% 3 oto 3 2 Prayers, in plain and elegant bindings. Name plate engraved for Itlaekish leaf .. 14 .. 16 taels, •. 0 Ili .. 1 1! 2 2'g 3 3.. 3 5 2s. 6d. ; 100 best cards, '2s. 6d. ; superfine letter-paper from Gs. .., St ronif ditto.... 18 .. 21 taels, •. 1 2 .. 1 4 2 2% 3 6.. 3 3 the ream ; note-paper, from 3s. the ream; with every article of 1..,... ekoe flavour •• 2$ .. 39 taels, .. 15.. 2 2 1 2 2 % • '3 9.. 4 6 stationery, of the best quality and lowest prices.—At LIMBIIID's, Moog .... 11, .. 61 taels, .. 110.. 3 4! 22% 3 4.. 5 8 143, Strand, facing Catherine-street. Envelopes, 6d., 91, and Is. Flowery Pekoe :31.. 84 taels, .. 1 10 .. 4 62 2% 4 2..6 10 the 100. Orange pekoe .. la .. 54 taels, .. 1 3 .. 3 0' 2 2% 3 6.. 5 4 (Bumf. Twankay ...... 13 .. 23 taels, .. 0 11 .. 1 6 2 2% 3 2.. 3 10 PUBLICATIONS. Dy50n.......... 20 .. 71 tee's, .. 1 7 .. 3 10 22 4 3 11 .. 6 2 Young Hyson .. 20 .. 54 taels, •• 1 3 .. 3 0 2 2% 3 7 .. 5 4 us Imperial ...... 28 .. 54 tads, .. .1 5 .. 3 0 2 24 4 0 ..5 4 NEW WORK BY BOZ. On the 30th inst. will be published, price 1., the Fifth Number of Gunpowder •• . 35 .. 85 tads, .. 2 0 .. 4 8 2 21i 4 4 .. 7 0 DEALINGS WITH THE FIRM OF DOM- New these teas are all good of their several kinds, some of them BEY AND SON, Wholesale, Retail, arid for Exportation. exceedingly flue, and of a quality very rarely to be met with. At By CHARLES DICKENS. one penny per pound profit they will be supplied to the trade and all With Illustrations by HABLOT K. BROWNE. large consumers, in lots and quantities to suit the most extensive de- London: Bradbury and Evans, Whitefriars. _ . ~....--..... " I am happy to bear - witness to the correctness of these words, and hasten to renew to you the assurance of my most friendly esteem. ) LIFD (Signed) " XAVIER DE ISTURITZ." TLe CHAILMAN, in answer to an Hon. Proprietor, stated, that the claims on the Mexican Government amounted to about 40,0001. capital alone, which, inclusive of arrears of interest, amounted to about 50,000/. in all. :estroint-- t — ' of Pateril -17 irriagefr" l" a xxperi• VISCOUNT PALMERSTON TO THE MARQUIS OF NORMAN BY. Foreign-office, Jan. 8, 1847. My Lord,—M. Guizot, towards the conclusion of his dis patch of the 22d of November, to Count Jarnac, on the ques tion of the Spanish marriages, says that that dispatch was intended to close the discussion between the two Govern ments. As far as regards the balance of argument upon the matters at issue, her Majesty's Government would willingly have consented that this should be, for they find in that dispatch no answer to the statements which it professes to combat ; but, nevertheless, there are some passages in it which necessarily call for a few observations in reply. M. Guizot, in the beginning of his dispatch, while adverting to the engagements of the Chateau d'Eu, and to the memoran dum of the 27th of February, 1846, accuses her Majesty's Government of inconsistency, in appealing to those engage ments on the one hand, and in disclaiming any knowledge of that memorandum on the other; and with reference to my assertion, that there is in the Foreign -office no trace of the memorandum of the 27th of February, he says that he might ask whether there is in the Foreign-office any trace of the engagements taken at the Chateau d'Eu, and that he might express surprise that so much knowledge is professed of engagements of which no official proof is produced; while, at the same time, the absence of official record is made the ground for repudiating facts and documents which are found to be inconvenient. Now, in answer to this, it is sufficient to say, that the facts are such as were stated in my former dsipatch ; that her Majesty's government had a knowledge of the engagements at Eu ; but had not, until after the marriages were declared, any knowledge of the memorandum of the 27th of February and if M. Guizot will only bring to mind the circumstances, connected with the engagements of the Chateau d'Eu, he will easily see, that her Majesty's present government might acquire a knowledge of these engagements without the aid of any record in the Foreign-office. But if her Majesty's present government repudiate the memorandum of the 27th of Feln nary, and do not acknow ledge it to be a document of which they are bound to take any account, it is not, as M. Guizot asserts, because that document is found by them to be inconvenient. Her Majesty's Government repudiate that memorandum, as in any degree binding upon them, for two reasons. First, because it assumes rights, and puts forward pretensions, in which her Majesty's Government could not have acquiesced, whatever might have been the time at which that memo randum might have been communicated to them; and se condly, because, even if it had contained nothing to which in principle her Majesty's Government could have objected, it was neither produced nor mentioned to them until after the event had happened, with respect to which it professed to be a warning; and I must observe that no justification is even attempted in M. Guizot's dispatch, for the endea vour which has been made to fasten retrospectively upon her Majesty's present Government an obligation arising out of a memorandum, of which no knowledge was given to A vote of thanks to the chairman was then put and carried, and the meeting broke up. But when M. Guizot asserts that the name to which he alludes ought never to have appeared in this corres pondence, I think that I might be justified in feeling a surprise as deep as that which, he says, his sense of duty has commanded him to express: for he himself freely introduced that name into the discussion, in his dispatch of the sth of October, whenever it suited the course of his argument to do so. The following passages taken from that dispatch will show this; but I must mention, to prevent mistakes, that the words which I underline in the quotations are not underlined in the original. First passage:— " The Infante Don Enrique had not-taken so proper a course to arrive at his object. " The King himself, when this Prince passed through Paris, had warned him paternally of this, reminding him where lay his proper place, his duty, his chances of success; and offering to exert himself at Madrid, in order to enable him: to recover them. The Infante did not follow the counsels of the King." Second passage:— " From the beginning of this question, the King, as Lord Palmerston states in his dispatch, spontaneously made known that he did not pretend to the hand of the Queen of Spain for any of his sons. He at the some time ex pressed his firm hope that the crown of Spain would not pass out of the house of Bourbon, and that the Queen would choose her husband from among the descendants of Philip V." COUNTY RATES AND THE MAIN- keen, id sags. New these teas are all good of their several kinds, some of them exceedingly fine, and of a quality very rarely to be met with. At one penny per pound profit they will be supplied to the trade and all large consumers, in lots and quantities to suit the most extensive de mands. As will be noticed by the above list, so it is a well-known feet, that the original cost of finest Congou tea is over 39 taels, or Xs. 24. per pound, whfch, with duty added, makes 4s. 4 1 4 d. per Pound. We have, ever since we began sellitsg teas at Number One, sold this description at 45. 6d. per pound. Hundreds and thousands Of people have tried it, and can vouch for its strength and richness Of flavour. Nobody ever finds fault with it, and it pleases every body. because it is both good and cheap. When Government falls the duty, we will fall the price of tea in the same ratio, at Number One, and publish it to the world. All purchasers will be allowed one pound on every 30 pounds as overweight. DAKIN and Co., Tea-merchants, Number One, St. Paul's Churchyard. TENANCE OF PRISONERS. The following letter from the Secretary of State has been received by the Clerks of the Peace in the different counties of England relative to the removal from the county rates the charges for the maintenance of con victed prisoners and placing it in future upon the Con solidated Fund : t “in." NEW WORK BY ➢IICHAEL ANGELO TITMARSII On the 30th instant will be published, to be continued in Monthly Parts, price Is. each, with numerous Illustrations on Steel and Wood, Part 11. of ANITY F AIR: PEN AND PENCIL SKETCHES OF ENGLISH SOCIETY. By W. M. TIIACKERAY, Author of " Mrs. Perkins's Ball," " The Irish Sketch Book ;" " Journey from Cornhill to Grand Cairo ;" of " Jeames's Diary ;" and the " Snob Papers" In Punch ; &c„ &c. Bills and Advertisements will be received at the Office, during the month. London :—Published at the " Punch" Office, 85, Fleet-street . J. Menzies, Edinburgh . J. M'Leod, Glasgow ; J. M'Glashan, Dublin " Whitehall, Dec. 1846. quit !lflt tp BY lo er t We; the na„Y ix heal* " Sir,—l am directed by Secretary Sir G. Grey to call the attention of the magistrates assembled at the general ginner sessions of the peace to the provisions of an Act of the last session, c. 116, to apply certain moneys out of the Consolidated Fund, and moneys in the Exche quer, to the service, of the year 1846, by which it is en acted that a sum of money not exceeding 40,0001. may be applied to defray the expenses of maintaining pri soners under sentence of felony or misdemeanour, and other similar charges, for the half-year ending March 31st, 1847. at shun. pon Ind of inunM ery cr'7; infOrnult i° ,7 [gated th" BOSTON, STAMFORD, and BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY.—(STAMFORD and WISBEACH LINE). Notice is hereby given, that the ORDINARY HALF-YEARLY MEETING of the SHAREHOLDERS of this Company will be held, Dursuant to the Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham Railway Act, 346 , (Stamford and Wisbeach Line), on WEDNESDAY, the 17th day of February next, at the Company's offices, it, Abingdon-street, Westminster, at One o'clock in the afternoon precisely, for the pur- Dose of transacting such business as is required by the Act of Parlia *tient to be performed. And notice is hereby also given, that immediately on the termina tion of the said Ordinary Half-yearly Meeting, en EXTRAORDI NARY and SPECIAL MEETING of the Shareholders of this Corn oaowill be held at the Company's Offices aforesaid, for the purpose _ confirming or otherwise an Agreement entered into by the Direc tors of the Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham Railway Company nth the Directors of the Great Northetn Railway Company, for the 'ease and sale of the Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham Railway, and its Extension, to the Great Northern Railway Compa n y , u p on the terms and conditions mentioned in such Agreement, and promul pied to the Shareholders in the report presented to and adopted by the G eneral Meeting of the Shareholders, held at the Company's nacos on the 22d day of December last. And also for the purpose of su bmitting to and obtaining the confirmation of the Shareholders drafts t o of the severa l Bill s h ere i na fter mentioned, which are about to be introduced into Parliament in the present Sessions, viz. Bill to empower the Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham Rail- Company to make a Railway from the Syston and Peterborough line of at or near Peterborough, to the Stamford and Wisbeach f the Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham Railway, in the Parisl i kill Thorny and Isle of Ely. , wi ik 3. 0 to empower the Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham Rail lirith,`'mPany to make a Branch Railway Irons the Stamford and at wi ; b c e l a i Line of the Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham Railway, at w• • oh, to Wisbeach Harbour, and to construct certain works 4soeach Harbour. Bill , t o Way c on empower the Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham Rail - With ~,,Pa a ny to make a Railway from Wisbeach to Sutton .bridge, Satt on- nth to Sutt on St. M ary , an d to improve the Harbour at oridge. NEW WORK BY TIIE AUTHOR OF THE "NOVITIATE." On the 2d of February will be published, in 1 vol. post Bvo. rrHE JESUIT in the FAMILY. 11 By ANDREW STEINMETZ. Author of "The Novitiate." London : Smith, Elder, and Co., 65, Cornhill. Idden truth' relief. It lo c ig s own Ph upon th wr the n everel he our inchvil li 7d the hes , " two to rell_:,A. illy itoP hoPP sad liTo bed in fa la ,4., a oar otlbl h ii whiehig ra f the hail ha l les the ime- " In preparing the estimate upon which this grant was made by Parliament, it was considered that the sum of 40,006/. would be sufficient to relieve the several coon• MR. JAMES'S NEW ROMANCE. THE CASTLE OF EHRENSTEIN ; its Lords, Spiritual and Temporal ; its Inhabitants, Earthly and Unearthly, wll be ready at all the Libraries on the sth of February. 3 Vols. Post Bto., price 11. I Is. Gd. London : Smith, Elder, and Co., 6b, ties throughout the United Kingdom, and also such boroughs as hare quarter sessions, and in which the cost of the maintenance of convicted prisoners is paid by a rate raised in the borough in the nature of a county rate, for the charge of maintenance of the said halt"- year of all prisoners convicted at the assizes and quarter sessions of felony or misdemeanour, or other similar charges. Just published, price 2s. Gd. CONSIDERATION ' S respecting the MAR RIAGE of the DUKE of MONTPENSIER, with reference to the Treaty of Utrecht. James Ridgway, Piccadilly, and all Bookseller►. Third - passage : "No where, in no Court, in no family, are the rights of liberty in contracting marriage, and in domestic life, better known and more scrupulously respected than in the Court of the Tuileries, and in the bosom of ourßoyal Family. The sentiments which animate and direct, the King at Paris in the midst of his children, animate and direct him equally in his relations with the Court at Madrid and his royal nieces." I think that, with reference to these quotations, I may again adopt a phrase of M. Gdzot's, and say, that in the reproof which he administ, rs to me at the conclu sion of his dispatch," there is some want of memory or of justice." "For the purpose of obtaining information necessary for enabling her Majesty's Government to distribute and appropriate this money to the purpose for which it was granted, I request, on the part of her Majesty's Govern ment, that as soon as may be practicable after the 31st of March, 1847, you will transmit to the Lords C9mmis sioners of the Treasury a r e t urn o f th e amount pa id during the half-year ending on that day, for the mainte nance of prisoners kept at the expense of the county, who have been sentenced at the assizes and quarter sessions for felony or misdemeanour, or any criminal charge tryable at the assiz-s and quarter sessions, show ing in such return the name of each person, the offence for which he was convicted, the period during which he was maintained, and the amount paid per week for such maintenance, as nearly as the same can be ascertained ; such return to be certified by the magistrates assembled in quarter session, or at a special meeting, and signed by the chairman for the time being. " I am further to request that you will half-yearly, after the 31st of March. 1547, cause to be furnished similar returns, so that each return may embrace the amount paid for this purpose during the half-year imme diately preceding the date of the return certified as before mentioned, and that the same may be forwarded to the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury as soon after the close of the half-year embraced in the return as may be practicable. I have also to request that the name and address of the county treasurer may be stated at the foot of the returns furnished in pursuance of this letter. " I have the honour to be, Sir, " Your obedient servant, " S. M. PHILLIPS." his owilti t. it be mea' — Mee that os THE PATRICIAN.—A Monthly Journal of History, Gemology, Antiquities, Biography, Heraldry, and General Literature, price 2s. 6d., edited by JOHN BURKE, Erq., author of " The Peerage,l is now cotranencing a NEW VOLUME, and this offers a desirable opportunity for New Subscribers to com mence its purchase. Orders should be given at once to the Booksellers. E. Churton, publisher, Holles-street. I • 'stroll , 141 Cora of (1 00 ""os •nallY o n i s, rep tN And st (in s tics] 'c v , , 0 14 ork ins r.- ..t Strie t u resZ. Crated V'S. By it• au. JERROLD'S WEEKLY NEWSPAPER. The universal response made in all parts of the Kingdom to the efforts of the Proprietor and Editor, has enabled him to enlarge his Paper to the utmost extent allowed by the stamp law. The addition of one-third more matter will enable the Debates of the present most important Session to be fully reported, and all the news of every kind to be given in the amplest manner, without trenching on the variety of original articles on political and social affairs that secured for the paper so rapid and ex.ensive a eirculatien on its first appearance. The enlargement commenced on the 23d of January, and being eagerly and cordially received, has already doubly extended the sphere of its influence and circulation. With such encourage ment, every department of the paper will be conducted with unabtod zeal and attention. Published in various editions, so that the early may reach every town of the United Kingdon on the Saturday, and the last contain all the news up to the latest moment. Fs be had of any newsmen, town or country. Price Sixpence. Having thus set right some "errors" in M. Guizot's last communication, I have only further to instruct your Excellency to read this dispatch to M. Guizot, and to send him officially a copy of it.—l am, &c., (Signed) PALMEItSTON. ler reetile o.* 5, Leadenh s ?, 63, osforw THOMAS MACULAY, Chairman. GEORGE HUSSEY PACKE, Vice-Chairman. Comp any ,. GEORGE SAWARD, Secretary. 'Mee*, 18, Abingdon•street, Westminster, Jan. 20, 1847. these ivir ire „ 0 ,0 rr;rodietiOn —,,-1- "4 1 STAMFORD, and BIRMINGHAM LINE. RAILWAY COMPANY.—STAMFORD AND WISBECH Notice { sh, reB 8 hereby g i ven, that the Sea l e d C e rtificates for the Reduced _ et this C ompany will be ready for de li ver y o n and after S l a -.- A aY, the 30 th of Januarey, i 18 at the Office of the Company,s.ingdou-stre t • Abn GEO. SAWARD, Secretary. gdox - street, Jan. 26, 1847. stases, either Oen, showing cal aid, entail Price One Shilling, with Illustrations. THE MIRROR, for FEBRUARY, will contain "THE MISER'S WILL," by PERCY B. ST. JOHN, in cluding the following chapters :—" The Japanese Minstrels," " Mrs. Lewis," &c. With contributions by John Oxenford, Edmund Oilier, J. A. Heraud, Frances Brown, Stuart Farquharson, Fanny E. Lacy, and others; also Notes of the Month, Poetry, Reviews of Books, and Articles on the Advantages of Lifs Assurance and Building Societies. Charles Oilier, 18 and 19, Southampton-street, Strand. ay directed le realities', bar" ts. and MO 335. per bi* :hem at the proper time by those who had it in their LONDON and NORTH-WESTERN NOTIo FT RAILWAY. b ee IS HEREBY GIVEN, That all ARTICLES which have p o LE in the CARRIAGES of the Company, or have been 3 18 J ND upon the RAILWAY, between the Ist of January and the December, 1845, and which are not CLAIMED within ONE 4,ONTH f rom the date hereof, will be SOLD to defray expenses. An At °. )zood from ' y wag 'co, and ]proper a. rrlce 111 General Managers Office, Euston Station, London,AtAim ktiISH 27th January, 1847. QECRET POISONINGS. —The PEOPLE'S ►._ PETITION to Parliament for putting a step to the unre stricted sale of Prussic Acid, Arsenic, and other deadly chemical preparations, lies for signature at all the agents to the British Col lege of Health, New-road, London. Copies of the Petition may be had on application. A similar letter has been sent by the Poor-law Com missioners to the boards of Guardians, intimating that in the half year ending in March, the charge for au ditors, -schoolmasters, and part of the medical expenses, will be paid by Government instead of out of the poor rates. i. 9d., 4S. s4 l: ItriCtUrOS. 1. hiiidnUle. til NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY, 26 CORNLIILL, LONDON. Capital £500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliame:A. This Institution embraces important and substantial advantages :' ti t respect to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The assured " a s., , on all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense or for !mire of the Policy, two-thirds of the eremidms paid (see Table) ; also the option of seleeting benefits, and the conversion of his in crests to meet other conveniences or necessity. gat kisuranoes for terms of years are granted on the lowest possi ble es. L of ease is na eir reoldeg ° l tlll two, *4 PERFECT FREEDOM. from COUGHS, g m Ten Minutes after use, Is ensured by DR. LOCOCICS PULMONIC WAFERS. From Mr. W. 11. Waterhouse, Chemist, George-street, Ashton under-Lyne. DEFICIENCY of GRAIN and OTHER 'M A CROPS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. " Jan. 8,184 G. send herewith an estimate of the ileficiency of grain and other crops in the United Kingdom for the year ending September 1, 1547. This estimate is founded chiefly upon the statistical facts furnished by Mr. Labouchere in his speech of Tuesday even ing, the 19th inst. The results are startling, and confirm the views you have recently expressed in relation to the dan gers which menace the commercial and monetary interests of Great Britain. DIVISION OF PROFITS. The remarkable success and increasing prosperity of the Society has enabled the Directors, at the last annual investigation, to declare a fourth bonus, varying from 35 to 85 per cent. on the premiums paid en each Policy effected on the Profit scale. allos. , ivetcpe, PP 4 " itageStstino Trea t if modMAta r" i,. Le Alls W —s, ctiye and sh ° "'t ts, and 0 0 ',, it or stro v j er diseases )EOl 4, h. Vona ° Licei Hindi _ '43 Union/try. Genett.,it lg that 6 ,';0. , edthy e cP t v Poets °li do+ no fun ale knee§ of , au ne re of os Gonxor h and egallY 4 s* , ot x perleo ou A e tonics Lod. „ Dia ble A u .ehick W io al y P°l !dace; ° ' l ,3. an d orlon , LiverP ° '' ), And t ; , 6° ooAtYi „,, tBDrOK'' --- EbtAl' s l‘ ars of ag: r ;ton, ne% ailk, by her on ize‘ she reel: D ed P. the chfo r hw tait o bereft ed in t,,v, , s uch a— aoW has e nforc e ' ELICVIC° Cills IU TO ZTII In the e 41 . r 16 00 , n by tod tr. 115 b 1 - 11id 4 '..--- of 0 031 3frO•llr. ,dy or"' l a dY a C. Ter, o f il er Or °c h e. La ( 13 " — d, 22:c2:12,.. tr Di gs" ' 1 , Wth. jet of T* ag uterd of g• r• Q ,lf.p~ r• so vd- TiornAs That. ........ co. li g ' Precinct slit' V. EXAMPLES. premium. Bonus Bonus in Assured •13 added. Cash. o o may g g Borrow. , • ... lest, lc I ' l2llllA A 1 l ' ,le ft AI AtA AC t Z X 8. d• !1837i1838 Iwo° 3 4 ;1839 1 1 1840 1 1841 $217 15 1 $lOO 0 11 192 3 0 87 1 4 165 11 10 74 1 9', 116 7 6 54 0 10! 111 6 8 49 10 0 , £l6 0 4'X445 • 0 13 10 2' 396 11 1 11 3 1 346 2 r , 715 10 1 296 13 4 7 10 4; 247 4 5 The division of profits is annual, and the neat will be made la December of the present year. F. FERGUSON CANROUX. Secretary. COMMERCIAL and GENERAL LIFE AS SURANCE, ANNUITY, FAMILY ENDOWMENT, AND LOAN ASSOCIATION, 112, CMEAPSIDE, LONDON. HENRY GEORGE WARD, Esq., M.P., Chairman. Assurances effected on every known system ; immediate and de erred annuities, endowments, &c. ; 6 per cent. interest I allowed on the Paid-up capital; loans granted to policy holders upon real azi 40 P r "ed Personal security; a liberal :commission alle ed to solici- Uri and agents. JAMES DA.ICIELL. Secretary. DISEASED AND HEALTHY LIVES ASSURED. MEDICAL, INVALID, and GENERAL LIFE OFFICE, 25, PALL-MALL, LONDON, and 22, NASSAU STREET, DUBLIN. Subscribed Capital, 500,000/. This office was established in 1841, and possesses tables formed on a scientific basis for the assurance of diseased lives. Tie urgent necessity for such au institution may be estimated by the fact that two-thirds of the population are not assurable as healthy lives, and that about one in five of the applicants to other offices is declined on examination. And that during the period of five years, as shown at the Annual General Meeting of Proprietors in November last, upwards of 2,000 proposals had been made to the Society, covering Assurances to above One Million. It la the only Company possessing tabulated rates of premium for disease deduced from extensive data. Increased annuities are granted on Unsound Lives. HEALTHY LIVES, both at Home and In Foreign Climates, are Assured with as much facility and at lower rates than at most other offices ; and a capital of Half-a-Million sterling fully subscribed affords a complete guarantee for the fulfilment of the Company's FRANCIS G. P. NEISON, Actuary, N. 13. Applications for Agencies to be made to the Actuary. SPENCER'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 article extant which effectually changes, In a few minutes, red or grey hair, whi.;kers, 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 the roots till the latest period of life. Price 3s. 6d., 65., and les 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, Chekpside ; Front, 229, Strand ; Sanger, 150, Oxford- Street; Barclay, Farringdon-street ; Atkinson, 24, Old Bond street ; Hooper, 43, King William-street, London .bridge ; FlnniOn, Mllsem-street, Bath ; Elmore, Bull-street, Birmingham ; and of mos Perfluners and Medicine Vendors in town and country. Sent to any part of the kingdom by receiving a remittance, pest-paid. Please to ask for " Spencer and Co.'s Chinese Liquid Hair Dye." Observe, the Proprietor's address is on the wrapper. _ . FRAMPTON'S PILL OF HE ALI H The manlfoid advantages to the heads of families from the Possession of a Medicine of known efficacy, that may be resorted to with confidence, and used with success in cases of temporary sick ness, occurring in families more or less every day, arc so obvious to all. that no question can be raised of its importance to every house holder in the kingdom. From among numerous testmonials, the Q U'riving is respectfully submitted:— " TO AR. THOMAS ?ROUT, 29, STRAND, LONDON. salt have "5, Cooper-street, Manchester , March 12, 1542 . much satisfaction in communicating to you the re- Illy experience, after repeated trials, of FRAMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH, and I feel it but justice to state, that in the course of tnan Y Years' trial of various Aperient Medicines, I hare never found results at once so salutary and efficient in the relief of the system Irnin redundant bile, &c., &c.. with so little inconvenience; I am therefore warranted in declaring that they supply to m e a meant. On g W anting, of being able to recommend to families, schools, and especially mercantile men, whether at the desk or on the road, a most valuable resource In an occasional medicine. And I shall take credit t o if, in giving this testimony, I am the means of making I%.IIIIPTON'S PILLS more generally known and appreciated. am, Sir, respectfully yours, " WILLIAM SIIITII." _ unprecedentd sale of these Pills, arising from the earnest re !0„, n - endatious of tho many thousands who have derived benefit n u : their use, render any lengthened comment necessary ; they are for _put forth as a cure for all diseases to which mankind is liable, but Bilious and Liver Complaints, with their many well-known at tendants,„. Bilious:and Sick Headache, Pain and Oppression after meals, Giddiness, Dizziness, Singing Noise in Head and Ears, Drowsiness, l eartburn, Loss of Appetite, Wind, Spasms, &c Z'VPO or three doses wall convince the afflicted of their salutary 3ne►ts The stomach will spe e dil y regain its strength; a healthy . a . f the Liver, Bowels, and Kidneys, will rapidly take place ; earth, adoflis talensdsnresons,owhodeath, ePaiattlth.s,exaiteldnjdaitmngditcoedg Str co ap a pe o a ld ran ag ee e: wunve the result activity ,of takin g this medicine, according to the directions accompanying each box. Der? cl b yT. Prout, 229, Strand, Lo n d on . P rice Is. 134 d. and 2s. 9d. y. ki ng ° ,3 orn a . i . a lso by the Vendors of Medicines generally throughout the , n .Ask for FRAMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTIT, and observe the , e and Addrem of " ThO vNTlZlatunt atoo 11144 Prout 229 !Amid, London," on the Gentlemen,—One of our most respectable townsmen called upon me yesterday, and stated that he had derived more benefit from Locock's Waters than from all the cough medicines he has used for the past five-and -twenty years. Several other cases equally remark. able have been reported, so that the efficacy of the medicine in this district is new beyond dispute. (Signed) W. 11. WATERHOUSE." Dr. LOCOCK'S WAFERS give instant relief, and a rapid cure of asthma, coughs, and all disorders of the breath and lungs. To SINGERS and PUBLIC SPEAKERS they are invaluable for clearing and strengthening the voice ; they have a pleasant taste. Price Is. I y 2 d., 2s. 9d., and I Is. per box. Agents :—Da Silva► and 1, ISride-lane, Fleet-street, London. Sold by all medicine vendors. METROPOLIS IMPROVEMENTS. In the 23d report of the Commissioners of Woods and Forests printed on Tuesday, the following statement appears on the metropolitan improvements ;—" In our last report we stated that we had purchased, or agreed for the purchase, of the whole of the ground and buildings required for the completion of the several lines of improvement, authorised by the Acts 3 and 4 Victoria, chap. 87, and 4 Victoria, chap. 12 ; and that we bad let en building leases all the ground in the line from Coventry-street to Long-acre, and hoped in the course of the ensuing year to let the building ground in the other lines. We accordingly took measures for that pur pose during the last year, by offering the ground to public competition by tender, and agreed to let on building leases nearly the whole of the ground in the line from Oxford street to Holborn, at rents somewhat exceeding the estimates made thereof by our architects. The buildings on that ground (the plans and elevations of which were previously approved of by us) are rapidly proceeding, and are of a description suitable to the situation. In the line from Bow street to Charlotte- street, Bloomsbury, called Endell street,' the street has been formed and the vaults turned; but no portion of the grossed vested in this board has yet been let. The portion of this street originally vested in the Mercers' Company, and still retained by them, is also unlet. We attribute this in some degree to the circumstances of the building ground in the Oxford-street line having been in the market about the same time. The line from the London Docks to Spital Church, (including the line from East Smithfield to Rosemary -lane.) forms a portion only of a more extended line originally intended between Whitechapel and Shoreditch, and to the non-completion of which commu nication we attribute the still unfinished state of this im provement,. The thoroughfare from the London Docks to Spitalfields' Church is open to the public, and an immediate continuation of the line, as referred to above, is in contem plation. The whole of the buildings in Coventry-street line are now completed, and the new street has for some time past been open, and affords great accommodation to the public. It not being considered advisable to proceed at pre sent in the sale of the ground rents, payable for the property as required by the Acts, for the formation of these new lines of street towards the repayment of the expense incurred thereby, we have found it necessary to procure further loans to the amount of 55,0001., upon the security of certain por tions of the land revenues of the Crown within the county of Middlesex, under the powers of the Act 7 Victoria, chap. 1, at a fluctuating rate of interest regulated by the price of Consols, being, when Consols are above 90, as at present, 31. 10s. per cent. per annum. These loans, with the sums borrowed from the Equitable Assurance Company and the Bank of England (which in oar last report we stated to amount to 750,0001.), and also a sum of 40,000/., which has fbaenendsout of w o h f other r t te u m nd p e o r ra o r u il r y c a n d a v rg an e will be necessary to effect a further loan, make the total anded duringfo r the th e repayment last year amount borrowed by us in respect to the improvements in question, 845,0301. The total amount paid for purchases to the sth of January, 1846, was 717,604 1 . 5 5., leaving purchases to 10,813/. 155., agreed for to be made. DEATH OF MR. CLOWES.—We regret to state that Mr. Clowes, sen., the eminent printer of Duke-street, Stain• ford-street, died on Tuesd a y even i ng , after a short but se• TO . n es 3. THE LATE FIRE AT MESSRS. AINGER'S FOUNDRY. —INQUEST ON ONE OF TILE SOFFERERS.—Friday evening Mr. W. Payne ,held an inquest at Guy's Hospital, on the body of George Riches, aged 33, who was fatally injured at the late deplorable occurrence at Messrs. Ainger's iron foundry, Upper Ground •street, Blackfriars. Thomas Haigh, of 1, Anne-street, Waterloo-road, said that the deceased was a fireman's-assistant, and on Friday week, about ten o'clock at night, was engaged with witness and several other parties in the foundry. A ladle which had just been filled with seven hundred weight of hot liquid iron was being lifted by a purchase crane, when it turned over and the metal flowing out, a quantity splashed up, and coming in contact with the dome of the furnace, it rebounded, and fell over the deceased like a shower, setting his clothas on fire. At that time the deceased was about twelve feet from the pit. As soon as possible he was got out, and conveyed to the hospital. By the Coroner—'f he ladle was suspended on two pivots, or axles, and in order to steady the whole two handles were placed on the opposite sides, which were held by as many men. One of the parties had not properly se cured his handle, and was in the act of adjusting it when the accident occurred. Four men were injured, two of whom still remain in St. Thomas's Hospital. Deceased died on Tuesday morning from the effeets of the injuries received.— Verdict—Accidental Death. • ---- [ADVERTISEMENT.]— A NOVEL REMEDY FOR SUBDUING TOOTII ACHE.—The New Stopping Fluid, a littl e of which is placed in the cavity, when an indissolubl e mass is formed, which instantly stops pain, and remains in for a length of time, preventing, of course, the air irritating th e i nerve, and a perfect cure s the usual result. It is sent by the proprietor, Mr. Mussell, dentist, Camberwell, on receiving fifteen postage stamps. Sold by Edwards, St. Paul's; and Barclay, Farriagdon-street. possession. If the French Government meant to plead that memo randum as a justification for any steps which they in tended to take, they ought surely to have made it known to the British Government before their steps were taken. But that memorandum could not have been produced without raising a discussion about the intended marriage of the Duke of Montpensier, and it suited better the views of the French Government to keep that marriage entirely in the background till they could announce it as a settled arrangement. But her Majesty's Government do not repudiate the memorandum of the 27th of February, 184 d, because they find it inconvenient. For on the contrary, as I have already shown, the contingency which was specified in that memorandum, as the case which would release the French Government from their previous engage ments, and which would, in their opinion, justify them in asking the hand of the Infanta for the Duke of Mont pensier (that is to say, an imminent danger that the Queen might marry a prince not descended from Philip the Fifth), never happened; and, moreover, as I stated in my former dispatch, such a contingency had actually become impossible at the time when Count Bresson asked the hand of the Infanta for the Duke; because at that time the marriage of the Queen with a descendant of Philip the Fifth had already been settled. M. Guizot admits the fact of the engagement at the Chateau d'Eu, but he does not state its sub stance correctly. It was not that the marriage of the Duke of Montpensier to the Infanta should be delayed tantil the Queen of Spain should have been married, and should have had a child; it was that that marriage should not take place until the Queen of Spain should have been married, and until the birth of children by her marriage should have so far secured a direct succession to the throne of Spain, as to divest the marriage of the Duke of Montpensier to the Infanta of a political character; and if her Majesty's Government are not much misinformed, even this as surance was not accepted as entirely satisfactory, but as calculated to render the projected marriage less objec tionable than it would otherwise have been. M. Guizot says, however, that the engagements of the Chateau d'Eu were conditional and mutual; but the con-1 dition on which the marriage of the Duke of Mont pensier was t( be delayed as above-mentioned, was, that the Queen of Spain should marry a descendant of Philip V. ;aud that a reciprocal engagement was taken by the British Government, that it would co operate as far as it was at liberty to do so, in bringing about the marriage I of the Queen to such a prince. But M. Guizot acknow ledges that the British Government refused to admit the d i p n ri h n e e r ip c le ho t i h ce at of th a e and he acknowledges that the British Government c lu s e c e r n t o to f Spain s c o e ought t t o cf be rh c i o l p fi n y e re fused either to take the same ground upon that question, or to hold the same language, or to act upon the same line as the Government of France. The co-operation, therefore, between the two Governments was at any rate to be founded upon an entire difference of opinion between the co-operating parties as to the subject matter in question. But, nevertheless, the British Government according to M. Guizot, promised to act in the same di rection as the French Government, and to aim at the same object; the meaning of which may be presumed to be, that the British Government was to recommend to the Queen of Spain to choose a husband from among the descendants of Philip V.; though fully and directly as serting the right of the Queen to choose a prince not so descended, if she chose to do so. Her Majesty's present Government are unable either to admit or to deny that any such engagement was taken by their predecessors; but I will assume, for the sake of argument, that it was; and, then, I would ask why, since the condition required by the French Government has been fulfilled, and since the promise of the British Go vernment has been kept, why has the engagement of the Chateau d'Et been broken? M. Guizot endeavours to establish a contrast between the conduct of her Majesty's late and that of her Ma jesty's present Government, in regard to this matter; bat there is no just ground for such a distinction. For both Governments have pursued in this matter the same course; both Governments have held exactly the same language, as to the pretension put forward by the French Government to compel the Queen of Spain to marry none but a descendant of Philip V.; both Governments have been of opinion that it would be most prudent for easttyasnylatteimneogr given the Queen to marr aSp an i pr in ce, wotn and both veiit agreed ured t o in their selection of t he p rince they t or support whatever to the choice any encouragem Government have h M av a e j p )lil of Saxe-Co u g.. isehnCr ourtTwhiesrheefodreto the eakme memorandum P or r a i n n a ce um Leo c - f recommend , lajes y, presentw hile and could not, even if commu- Majesty's Government ; have afforded the slightest justi nicated in proper time, from the engagements or the fication for the departure wthheic2hnthheofSpFaebruary no degree inconvenient to her Chateau d'Eu. havel9th July to Mr. Bulwer, and states order in which the name of been my intention, the mere in that despatch, the Prince of Coburg was mentioned indirect recommendation M. Guizot again reverts to my must have bad the effect of an m t Lt d ! spa whatever teh ef may the in his favour. that it was not des. Bulwer ; . sonal instruction to Mr. h overnmlat tit el to be communicated to the Spun: that g overnment and that it never was communicated toft thata gdispatch, But M. Guizot forgets that that dispatch was a per by him ; and that, in the very outset o prince received from my predecessor, in which Sp to the British was named as the candidate who appearedthe most likely referred Mr. Bulwer.to a communicat i on a w a h n ic is l h i he had Spain ; and the f act -to prove acceptable to the people of government to be the most eligible, and duced at Madrid. is, that the effect supposed by M. Guizot never wa s pro- Guizot i es of f e n Julyt h ie e s cl that et n t a h no e fa Marquisspain. m ission , of on the sentHM marriage a o G r s P r u ai s , King cpn : na ‘ i t. igsA Paris e c avw o bno r yi didt devoid nhohpgefi Prince i anc t l o cl oeGuf Leopold ut ev o noe s odp d r f Government lmtsdi foundation. onan a ; tl Spain, Saxe Duringet hr to s a t tc o n oo , bbtuth t t erh h egi3ne e i Miraflores a eaabjecwta ofs Marquis of Miraflores was sent, la s t summer , on • tTf m hr ha i e s im s s( l i paunstesbeeetnrot Isabellai should make no opposition to th e marr i age o f two months that M. de Miraflores passed at Paris, he made no communication and no overture to the King's Government, and he did not address to me a single word to the effect mentioned by Lord Palmerston." Notwithstanding this apparently positive contradic tion, her Majesty's Government must still persist in the assertion, in regard to this matter, which was contained in my former dispatch. Her Majesty's Government consider themselves to have good grounds for asserting, that the Marquis of Miraflores was sent to Paris in July for the above-mentioned purpose; and though her Ma. jesty's Government do not pretend to have a knowledge of all the communications which, during the two months which he spent in Paris, may have passed between him and those to him he was sent, yet her Majesty's Govern ment do happen to know that on the evening of the 19th of July, a day or two after his arrival at Paris, he had an audience at Neuilly, and that at that audience he did, though ineffectually, endeavour to accomplish the pur pose of his mission. If the Marquis had succeeded in overcoming at Paris the objections there felt to the se lection of the Prince of Cobu r g , he was to have g one on to London, to solicit the co operation of his Majesty's Government. M. Guizot adverts to the treaty of Utrecht, and con tends that, although that treaty prevents the union of the crowns of France and Spain upon one head, it does not interdict marriages between the royal houses of France and Spain. And he again quotes certain cases of such marriages in the eighteenth century, in proof of his assertion. But M. Guizot does not deal at all with the position laid down by her Majesty's Government ; he asserts that which her Majesty's Government have never denied, but he does not deny that which her Ma jesty's Government have asserted. He says that the treaty of Utrecht does not interdict certain marriages, bnt he does not deny that the descendants of the Duke of Orleans are excluded from the throne of Spain. The position laid down by her Majesty's Government is plain, simple, and incontrovertible. It is this :—The Duke of Orleans, of 1712, renounced for himself and all his descendants all claim or right to succeed to the throne of Spain, and declared himself and his descend ants incapable of and excluded from such succession, whatever might be the way (and this includes tkway of marriage), in which the succession might decisive upon their line. That renunciation was embodied in the treaty of Utrecht, and thereby was made binding on France, and became pa rt of the public law of Europe, and it was, moreover, incorporated in the law both of France and of Spain. descendants of the Duke of Orleans of 1712 ; and the Duke of Montpensier and his children ard° therefore t a n- The Duke of Montpensier is, and his children will be, capable of succeeding to the throne of Spain, "wh de volve upon them." ty's Government. It This is the position of her Males letter ef treaties ever may be the way in which that succession ma y t is founded upon the plain and positive none of these cases sieges which took place a century ago; ! of the present and of laws: and it cannot be shake were similar to that which is the subject French prince discussion, for in none of them did a Sp sin. marry the heir presumptive to the crown o f both uoting mar- In all these cases the Salic law was in existe nce, Maria were Theresa married the Dauphin, in 1745, there w seve ral male heirs to the crown of Spain. in France and in Spain. and when the Infanta But M. Guizot, between the doctrines which he laid down, and the examples which he has q uoted, seems to have involved himself in difficulties, from which it is not easy for him to escape. lie admits t hat the n of the has treaty of Utrecht absol u t e ly prevents t h e unio no ted, but he asserts, that in all the c ases which he ha d g crowns of France and Spain u on one and th e same heads the Spanish Infantas, whe n th e y married Frenc h princes Infanta the crown of Spain: and he further says. that th e the who, in 1745, married brought with them an eventual, but a positive ri ght_ to Maria Theresa Antoinette, Spanish crown. which might Now, supposing that to have happened ersons who Dauphin, son of Louis XV. was one of the heirs, to the have come to pass, namely, that all the p . . stood before that Infanta, in regard died during her had succession to the crown of Spain. t he Dauphin, lifetime ; and supposing that her husband, could she have had succeeded to the crown cf France, f both countries? been at one and the same time Queen n she had one And if, under both those circumstanc es ,d that son have only child, and that child a son, co ul d _ ? bvious become Ring both of France and Spain m. f Gu i z o t's con s that in such a case, one or other 0 a nd that either to ir right of flicting doctrines must have given a, 4, on one and the against the union of the two crowns or else the throng same head must have been broken sion to the crown positive though eventual right of s wee t s a Spanish Infanta of Spain, which M. Guizot asserts that a French prince, the prohibition which the treaty wety Utrecht contains brings with her in a marriage wit h must have been given up. and s o, in the present hibition must have prevailed, tend that the stipu case, her Majesty's Government ech treaty of Utrecht are lations and renunciations of lthan any personal claims. stronger and more powerful of the cases quoted by But, as I have said,tantbat w hich is now under dis- But it is obvious that in such a case the treaty of pro iPitr had been so, they would have mend, o even for the purpose for which they are been unavailing though precedents may serve for the in quoted; becaufs doubtful and ambiguous stipulations, they terpretation o aside stipulations which, like those of never can set u Utrecht, are clear, positive, and incapable tr the treaty of M. Gt were sim a p e a union imay m n or o e t c t l h o a s t e e. a n n tl d ana cannot bar the treaty rights of Govern meats in the last century the present day. But if there did r Governments in the Governments of France and of Spain,Pe vail between th of being misunderstood; and the omissions of Govern- intimate circumstance f he with the spirit and int ' quotedrMon y than was consistent ded in article lA, as recor 2 of the treaty ascribed to the m as tending to affe . ct inju a y not those historical between dtirlerai of est examples by M. Guizot; an useful illustrations serve, therefore. as which, in my dispatch the soundness of the principle uP°ated that her Majesty's of the 22d England a : stated ne marriage of e Government tnigesthofe ulatsrtecoentnudrys, protested aga.nst t am, uke of Mont of be, September t a e gmrbeeart, d l e g r d e e a ;13 pension to the bra in Europe, by the balance of no • • over between the G: establishing too in. timate a connexion Governments (7f . France Guizot and Spain? And M.hundr ed most assuredly does not forget that, in the years which preceded the treaty of Utrecht, twice di d _ IL happen that a Spanish sled to a t rench Prince, and that on each of these occasions t a principle of European balance was acknowledged by formal and b • pu hely re corded acts. that by the treat M. Guizot says, . aty of Utrecht all par ties abated somewhat of the pretensions which they had insisted upon at the commencement of the war, to which that treaty put an end. _ This statement is no doubt true, but it has no bear ing on the present discussion, Her Majesty's Govern ment aro now renewing the pretensions which were abandoned by Great Britain by the treaties of Utrecht they are only claiming t he b enefit of the sec ur iti es w hi c h were given in those treaties by France and by Spain. M. Guizot says that England and her allies acknow ledged by those treaties the establishment f branch of the house of Bourbon upon the o a throne of Spain. Her Majesty's Government do not seekto revoke that acknowledgment. But M. Guizot ad • mits that by those treaties Louis XIV. consented to the complete separa tion of the rights of the royal houses of France an d Spain ; and it is on the maintenance of that complete separation that her Majesty's Government insist. It is on "the definite conditions of that peace" that her Majesty's Government, in this discussion, have taken their stand, and it is " the letter and the spirit" of that treaty of which they deem themselves entitled to claim the faithful observance. M. Guizot, in the concluding part of his dispatch, MR. BULWER TO M. ISTURITZ. Madrid, October 3, 1846. Sir,—Your Excellency begins your note of the 29th ultimo by assuring me that the opinion of her Catholic Majesty's Government was not influenced, and that the decision of the Cortes was not prejudiced by the idea that the notes I had addressed to you only contained my own personal sentiments. I certainly had reason to think that your Excellency must have been convinced from the first that I had due authority for what I stated ; and while I was surprised to hear it asserted in the Congress by her Catholic Ma jesty'sow b n li u n p i o st r e l r t s he ,th i a m t plnhrtaadntmseurbejleyctextn which I am re pressed notions or my re ferring, a ri declarations ng, I a still was more made surprisednahnnty object , an now at learningand thath t it was neither expected nor intended that it should pro duce any effect upon the vote of that assembly. Your Excellency, at the same time that you reject the right of her Majesty's Government to make any objec tions to the marriage of her Royal Highness Donna Luisa with the Duke de Montpensier, states in friendly language that this marriage is not intended to grant any any political political influence p u r pos t e o ;a andny f 3 o . r o e u i r g n Ex a n t e a l t l e n , n noru als o to (wfurtherhila pointing out to me the great resources of the Span ish monarchy-, in terms already used by her Majesty's Secretary for Foreign Affairs)asks me whether it can be supposed that such a monarchy is likely to fall into de pendence upon any other state, how great soever it might be ? Now the history of the past generally furnishes an aor is the gfruetautreer, stateand I nowam t not, hen I sheconfess, in awarethe that m Charles 111. or Charles IV., when her vast pos sessions e Spainein the New World still remained to her, and e t n o p f l when a proud and valiant navy kept those splendid arse nals in busy occupation, which I have but lately seen mouldering in solitary decay. Yet Spain, at the periods of which I have been speaking, was in dependence upon a foreign State, dragged unprofitably into its wars, sad charged with the penalty of its defeats. Indeed, your Excellency furnishes me with a more eloquent and a mple reply to your question, than any words of mine could present. Great, indeed, was my surprise, on reading in a sentence almost immediately subsequent to that in which you proclaim the impossibility of this country being fatally attached to the fortunes of another some remarkable words to this effect : "The past and present centuries teach us lessons not easily to be forgotten. The loss of our mighty colonial empire, the loss of Gibraltar. that almost im pregnable fortress, the more retent destruction of our navy during war, and the secession of Mexico and Peru from the mother state during peace, are all recollections" Associated with what ? Why with that very foreign influence, that very preponderance of France in Spanish councils, which the wisest statesman of that time de plored, prophesying its consequences with the same assurance,, and unhappily with the same ill success that I have intruded upon your Excellency my own equally attract if less eloquent warnings. The alliance of families, the personal feelings of courts, then unfor tunately governed and misguided the destinies of your great nation ; and with what security can the hope be now cherished, that this will not again occur ? At this moment I see the hand of a young princess of fourteen years of age, disposed of in a manner contrary to the earnest representations of at least one great European power, whose friendship towards Spain is well known in history : and whose amity might yet be worth cultivating. I see this marriage secretly prepared, abruptly announced, hurried with incon ceivable rapidity to its conclusion ; it revives the con flicting pretensions of dormant treaties ; it threatens Spain with the removal of her civil wars; it agitates and dissolves the present happy and peaceful relations of Europe. These considerations are disregarded. The delay of 12 mouths in the marriage of a princess of this tender age is deemed too great a concession for compos ing these important interests. I ask, why is this mea sure persevered in? Why are all weighty and opposing reasons pushed indignantly aside? W hat is the motive which decides, what is the cause which precipitates this apparently unpropitious union? I can see no other in view, I have heard no other alleged, than that the two courts of France and Spain have determined that it should take place on a particular day, at a particular hour, in a particular manner; and that, therefore, as the Spanish and French courts have thus decided, so it must be. How then can I, in reporting these facts to my Go vernment, tell it to be tranquil; that the influence of courts in this country is gone by; and that the alliances which bind and cement them together are of no national importance, and will never have a preponderating influ ence on grave questions of national interest ? lam aware that facts will now soon put an end to argument; h but in closing this discussion. I cannot elpexares stng the conviction, that in spite o f the great abili ty with which it has been conducted b y your Excellency, and the little talent I have broug ht to i t , impartial judges will consider that it has been the lot of the British your Excellency, to wh om as her of Spain against their defence would, as you Catholic Majesty's Minister, bl entrusted.—l avail, Sae., justly observe, be more suits y BTJ L LWER. Minister to defend the tru e interests and the indepen dence ROYAL AETILLERY.--WOOLWICIL JAN. 26. — Major H. W. Askwith's company of Royal Artillery (3d company, sth battallion), leaves Woolwich this morning in one of the Waterman's steamers for Portsmouth, old Nine Elms, to relieve Capta in Wilford's company (3d coriwany, 1 battalion), stationed at that town. A detachment will also leave for Devonport. A batch of 100 recruits have been sent from Lisburn, Ireland, by Lieutenant Clarke, the recruiting officer at that station, and are expected to join at Woolwich ffi a few days. Lieutenant• Colonel Dowse wich on the Ist of February, to assume the command of the Royal Artillery at Ballincolig, Ireland. 'The present forage stores of the Royal Artillery are to be converted into barrack rooms for the accommodation of the troops. and new forage stores are to be erected outside the barracks on a piece cf ground belonging to the Board of Ordnance, in Artillery - place, opposite the North Arch. The Journal du Havre announces the arrival in that ,port.of 35,01 , 30 barrels of flour by eight vessels from the United States. This, . it says, forms part of 100,000 barrels that have been shipped i n the United States for this country. ference to religious subjects, my - address - will lime shown you my attachment to the Established Church. I consider itnot only supported by Scripture but strengthened by time, and it is moreover the church of the majority of the people. It may, very probably, be felt that there are particular points upon which, from the hitherto active nature of my pursuits, I may not be considered the most fitting person to comment; but it has been a source of delight to me to find, in the course of my canvass, many intelligent and excellent ministers of various denominations. I, therefore, propose upon any im portant measure, affecting the Established Church, to seek counsel from its clergy among my constituents; and where the interests of those not conforming to the Established Church are likely to be affected, I shall feel equal pleasure iu consulting; the ministers and leaders of those bodies ; so that while I respect your independence by reserving my independent vote, I hope so to mature my judgment by reflection, as to approximate to the truth, and to record my tote to your satisfaction.—(Cheers.) Much may be said on the important subject of the poor- laws. The old system was undoubtedly bad, and the new one may not be perfect.— (Loud cheers.) I do not, however, desire to dwell on their details, for I fancy I have a plan, simple yet practical, which is likely, I think, so far as this neighbourhood is concerned, to prove effectual.—(Cheers.) Gentlemen, looking to the question of agriculture in its relation to the prosperity of this city, I feel strongly that their interests are mutual, and I therefore regard with much pleasure the progressive de velopment of the railway system as a means of benefiting both.— (Cheers.) I clearly see a participation in the advan. tage of the import and export at the coast; I see the im portance of direct communication with the country, the cities and seaports in the west, and of a closer connexion with the manufacturing districts in the north. I know the comfort, the convenience, and the economy of rapid and uninterrupted communication with every part of the kingdom, and I feel sensible, I assure you, of the blessings attendant more espe cially to the poor upon being plentifully supplied with cheap fuel. Enjoying all these, Salisbury cannot fail to advance in the general march of improvement.—(Loud cheers.) But to refer especially to Salisbury itself, although my ac quaintance with the city may be slight, let me assure you many ways occur to me in which I may be useful, and, if elected, would ask you at all times freely to suggest to me such matters as may appear to you, my friends, either in dividually or collectively likely to be beneficial.—(Cheers.) Already it, has been suggested to me that a pitched market would be desirable, and, doubtless, many other means of im provement will occur to you ; if so, I need hardly say how c h a a r y i n gI Salisbury, shall hhi it l ir l isi atfoo out.—(Loud all t;_o times u( L too uddo cfyehoeelue your t s d o . )11 ty co-operate ,Abnudt tnho iws w , Ii electorstmh tis'u say, cny that neither man, woman, or child has asked of me either fee, favour, or pledge.—(Cheers.) If you send me to Parlia ment, I go there as a perfectiy independent man, a fact as honourable to you as it is flattering and honourable': o me.— (Cheers.) But believe me that the manner in which I have been introduced amongst you, and the hearty goodwill: I have experienced at your hands, cannot fail to command my gratitude, and will ever leave a lasting impression on my mind.—(Long-coutinued cheering.) No other candidate having been proposed, the MAYOX, de. dared W. J. Chaplin, Esq., to be duly elected. Mr. CHAPLIN then proposed. and Mr. HETLEY seconded a vote of thanks to the Mayor, after which Mr. Chaplin, attended by a band, gaily decorated banners, and a nu merous party of electors and friends, perambulated the city. Not the slightest disturbance arose to mar the general har mony of the proceedings. A public dinner took place in the evening at the Council Chamber, of which nearly 200 gen 'lemen partook. NUMEROUS FIRES. Four serious fires occurred in different parts of the metro polis after half-past eleven o'clock on Tuetda; night, and early on Wednesday morning. The following are the par ticulars:— In Connaught-terrace, Edgware-road, at fifteen minutes before twelve, upon the private premises in the occupation of e e Tw r t r l i L Cross.nbe e n f , o r b e fore Esq.h three,is (tofih rreee occupier) u wv p a o es n no ot h l eosietku pre mises,a te the Mrs. Sarah Silby. The fire, which was caused by the copper flue, obtained considerable hold of the board timber in the party walls. The firemen bad much di ffi culty is staying the progress of the flames, and this was not done till much c. the wood work and the walls were removed by cu ting away Supposed to be insured in the Alliance. AT LIMEHOUSZ.—About half-past one on Wednesday morning, afire was discovered upon the treatises in the occu pation of Mr. Samuel Edwards, brewer, & c., Church passage and Frederick-street, Salmon's-lane, Limehouse. The brewery was nearly destroyed, and the dwelling com municating therewith burned out, with the exception of the front room on the first floor. Building and contents insured a trifling manner—not insured ' . and the vathlueabelreowfuarnoitrurtehe ov en. i t n h the e occupationPhoenix . of The isfr. adjoining Tede mn ta nflo floor, hairdresser,hr u as and e :K i n f nefi ß ncet h o.,w o trr flooring slnueagrsdnw.ai damaged e tta olbul furniture re, above, we r e a l si ne d wi o , r en.ti i in n s e J. . extin guishedisseverely v A se e. i j NEW James's-place, the aumd etsmi property l ß tg led S e ,bb—oya basement S fiN : h rm . e , mate rially damaged by heat, smoke, and water. Building in suredbt THE OsD KKNT-ROAD..4llst to be Hlteuoneisni t ocv e ,en i to the at btmhaakeapeapree,Licensedawbirs: sasMason-street, ocifno cO-nas:dar ee. e x cept efee defect toi Victuallers' nld Atlas. The adjoining house, ;in the occupation of Mr. C. Bryan, was also damaged. • the f lofts fi immediately fourth fire broke out in the building occupied Fortunately the fire was ext i nguished before any very ex over the bakehouse. t ts not insured; building un known. STOPPAGE OF TUE PEERS ON THEIR PASSAGE TO THE HOUSE OF Loaus.—Tuesday notices, signed by Mr. Birch, clerk in Parliament, were posted at the Horse Guard s, the Admiralty, an d t h e Houses of Parliament, stating that, in consequence of seve rs bf the Lords compla i n i ng o f stoppage s and obstruction s i n t h e streets leading to the H ouses o f Pal.. Bement, ca use d b y hackney carriages, ca rts, and drays, and by which th ey h ave been delayed taking th e i r seat s the r ein, the Commi ss i oners of Pol i ce are en j o i ne d t o r emove Idi such Ontructiena ailfuture. If the estimate be essentially erroneous, it will be easy for some better informed correspondent of the Times to point out the errors; if substantially correct, the sooner the full extent of the evil is made public the better. Forewarned is forearmed. I enclose my card. London, January 25. J. A. D. ESTIMATE of DEFICIENCY of GRAIN, and OTHER CROPS REDUCED to GRAIN, in the UNITED KING DOM for the YEAR ENDING SEPT. 1, 1847. Quarters. 1. Ordinary annual deficiency .. 2. Loss of potatoes in Ireland, value 12,000,0001 to be supplied by grain (a food of double the cost of potatoes), value 24,000,0004, repre senting, at 50s. per quarter 3. Loss of oats in Ireland, stated by Mr. Labou- theer a o n p d , S or cotland, say 5,227,000 4. Lo in t hirti England one-tenth only the loss in Ireland, or 1 ,00 0 ,000 5. Loss of oats in Scotland and England . 6. Loss of barley in the United Kingdom 7. Extra seed for increased cultivat io n o f gr a in chore o f tpotatoes o ne 8. Extra consumption of railway labourers 20,627,000 Deduct economics made by starvation and non feeding of pigs 4,627,000 Total deficiency .... ....... •E 16,000,000 Money value of the deficiency at 3!. per quarter, 48,000,000!. CHARGE OF FRAUD AGAINST AN EXTENSIVE CORN DEALER. BIRMINGHAM, JAN. 26.—A corn-dealer of extensive busi ness and most respectable connexions in this town, named Thomas Gomm, is now in custody at the public-office, charged with obtaining moneys upon false pretences to the amount of between 3,000/. and 4,0001. The prisoner followed the occupation of a commission agent, his business being to purchase wheat, barley, and other grain from farmers and ' dealers at the Stratford, Worcester, and other markets, on account of extensive millers and consumers by whom he,was employed. From the information which has at present transpired, it appears that Mr. Gomm has purchased grain on several occasions in the names of well-known established firms of the highest credit, subsequently sold the lots so purchased to other parties, and ultimately appropriated the I money received upon these sales to his own purposes. The prisoner was to have been brought before the magis trates at the public office this morning (when Mr. Rollason, solicitor, appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Thomas Harding for the defence), but without the prisoner being placed in the dock. portance was, he believed, to have occupied the el t tor for the the magistrates, but he understood that t d. he (Mr. Hard prosecution intended to apply for a roman h ho stood c ared with ob- Mr. Harding rose and said—A case of co nside t r e a n b ti le m ins o - t . mg) appeased for the prisoner, w up _ grounds upon which He had looked over and considered and he must admit that a remand of the prisoner was asked, to justify the ffi ciently strong magis trateshe thought them suffi cie ntly course. He would therefore consent on in taking that con • the i n i p n a g r tof money the further f e a'9 h • false pretences. hearing of the case should be adjourned until Friday. Mr. Rollason intimated his assent, and the prisoner was remanded accordingly. Proceedings have been adopted with the view of making Mr. Gomm a bankrupt, but great di ffi culty is found in the attempt to establish au act of bankruptcy. lathe meantime to parties, in a condition, are selling off the prisoner's available prisoner the au t o h u a n t t t h effects, and it is feared little will be left for the remaining creditors. ANIENTABLE MORTALITY IN A LIVERPOOL SHIP:* The barque Old England, 600 tons register, Captain Joseph White, from Shanghae to Liverpool, with a cargo of tea, insured for 100,0001., put into Cork a few days ago, seven months since she sailed from Shanghae. When at sea three months an inveterate scurvy broke out amongst the crew and disabled them. Captain White made sail for St. Helens, bnt before arriving there four of the crew had died, and Were buried at sea, and on the day of arrival the boatswain expired. Captain White, having landed ten men in a dying state, took on board some Portuguese, and again put to sea. The working of the vessel from St. Helena to Cork devolved upon the captain, first mate, and second mate. Sea men were shipped in Cork to work the vessel to Liverpool.—. Liverpool Courier. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.—OXFORD, JAN. 25. The Vice-Chancellor has issued the following notices :—" Mr. Browne, the inferior bedel of medicine and arts, having, on account of his impaired state of health, expressed a wish to be relieved from the duties of his office, it will be proposed in a convocation, to be holden on Thursday, the 28th instant, at two o'clock, that in consideration of his long and active service to the university, an annuity of 1001., to commence from the Ist day of January,lB47, be granted to him on the resigns- L tion of his office."—" In a convocation to be holden on Thur.- day next, at two o'clock, it will be proposed to grant from the university chest the sum of 500/. for the relief of the prevailing distress in Ireland and Scotland."