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NORTH-WIIBT/41114' 11AILWAY comr.i_vy. sPECIAL REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS OF Tali: NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY TO THE SHARE HOLDERS. Four months having elapsed since the last general Meeting of this Company, and events having in the meantime occurrAl which have caused great contUsion in the conunercial world, and occasioned the abandonment of many important undertakings and the unavoidable suspen.log of others ; the Directors, anxious at all times to keep the Shareholders well informed upon all matters which affect their in terests, consider that they are called upon at the present juncture so report to them ofildally the present position and prospects of the Company. They are happy in the first place in being able to state thatewing o the manner in which the last and all previons calls have been re sponded to, not only have they been enabled to carry on the Com pany's works without suspenslen up to the present time, but they are in a position to continue to carry on the principal works en the main line between Skiptou and Clapham without any abatement e vigour, and without further demands on the Shareholders until the month of March next. In regard to the future conduct of the works, the Directors, with a view to render the future calls as little onerous as possible, pro pose to &vete the whole 0. the available resources of the Company to the construction of the works on the main line from Skiptoi up wards, In Bush a manner as to bring successive portions of the main lime, in extension of the Leeds and Bradford Railway, Into profit able operation at the *artist possible period ; a course which a pro posed arrangement with the Midland Company, superseding the necssity of a large outlay for working plant, renders still more de - Bitable:—ant they are of opinion that, without inconveniently pressing en the Shareholders, portions of the main line may be thus stmeeeeively opened as far as Ingletou before the manner et 1849, and as tar as Kirby Lonsdale before the following autumn ;—thus bringing the North-Western Lino within tine miles of the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway at Milnthorp ; and placing the West Riding of Yorkshire, and•the Eastern and Midland Counties, with the excep tion of that interval, in direct railway commusication vittla the lake (Bathe, Carlisle, and Glasgow. The Directors, having personally visited the whole of the works to progress, have satisfied themselves of the torward state of large portions of the line and of the excellent and inexpensive character of the works ::--there are no engineering difficaltien of any kind ; and, with the exception of the lngleton and Dillicar Viaducts, no works that are not of the meat ordinary character. From the contracts which have been already entered into, the Directors are in a position to state positively that the whole line will be sonstructed conalderthly within tile Parliamentary esti mates; —the average cost of the works at present ender contract and executed amounting to 9,0051. per mile, exclusive ,0201. per of land, rain ils, P a rli a mentary and current expens; antl to 16 mile, ' eluding every possible contlegeut expense. The Directors have already, more than once, stated their opinion, fbunded aa particular local inquiry, that the registered shares are in -the hands of a most respectable, wealthy, and influential body if Shareholders; theY tire fully confirmed in this conclusion : and they think it ri.ht to add, to their former expressions of opinion in respect to the Register, the impoant fact, that tho average hold of each 'Shareholder la the Compan rt y does not exceed 50 shar es. The Directors consider it at . P resent prematare to fix the number --of Calls to be made during the ensuing year, or their amount, but will be prepared to enter into this matter at the Half-yearly Meeting In Yebrtiary. • • • The Directors propose to continue to allow Interest after the rat e of 41. per cent. per annum en.paid-up Calls. The account of any , ShareholJer who may happen to in arrear will l i e debit. d with in terest at the rate of b per cent. per annum, trent the date at which - the payment shall have become due, and credited with 4 ,per cent. . from the time only when the payment•shall be made. (Signed) • • • PLIDSEY D.kWSON, Chairman. Lancaster, December 16, 1847, - WAITS ON MORTGAGE. T HE LONDON, BRIGHTON, and SOUTH COAST RAILWAY COMPANY will receive TENDERS fur LOANS on Mortgage Bonds, in sums of 500/. and upwards, and for terms not exceeding seven years. Interest at 5 per cent. per annum, payable half yearly. By order, London Terminus, Dec. 27, 1847. T. J. I3UCKTON, Secretary. FREE EMIGRATION to the CAPE of GOOD HOPI:, under the authority of her Majesty's Colonial Land and Emigration Commissioners. The splendid first-class ship COROMANDEL, of 765 tong register, JOHN GRAY, Commander, with a Poop, and most superior Cabin and Steerage accommodations, will embark Passengers on TUESDAY. Feb. 1, and at Plymouth on the I Ith Feb., direct for CAPE TOWN, and ALGOA BAY. Poop Cabin Passengers will be taken at 25/. each to Table Bay. Steerage Passengers who may not be t eligible for a free passage will le charged 141. to Table Bay, aud 161. o Algoa Bay, which will include new bedding and mess utensils. An expe rienced Surgeon, appointod by Government, will be on board. La bour is urgently required in the above healthy colony, and every in dustrious and well-conducted person is sure to better his condition by;omlgrating thither. All particulars as to the classes elig ible for free passage, dietary on the voyage, &c., will be furnished on application to John arshavrharf, ll and Co., 26. Hirchin-la.se ; at Southampton or at Baltl M c- Plymouth. TIQIiID ENAMEL.—The Liquid Enamel, for . • STOPPING 'DECAYED TEETH without pain, is a com bination of those substances, of which, according to the most retest Analysis, the natural teeth are composed; and its successful applica tion for many years by Mons. DE, BERRI, the inventor, proves it - unrivalled for Its efficacy in restoring Decayed Teeth and preventing —Tooth-ache. Artificial Teeth, on a new and infallible principle, sup _ plied by Mons. de Berri, who' also remodels old sets ; and those per sons who already wear artificial teeth. but wish to avail themselves of the most recent improvements, can have a new set constructed, `aut a liberal allowanee will Ise made for those already In use. - Terms as in Faris, where the charges are considerably lower than in England. rem-street, Rathbone-place, Oxford-street. At Homo from Ten till Six. ANOTHER CUBE OF ASTHMA B TIC COUGH OF LONG STANDING Y D R. LOCOCK'S PULMONIC WAFERS. " City-road; Haverfordwest, Feb. 6, 1847. 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IC, or pest-tree, from the Author, for forty-tiro Stainpo, SELF-PRESERYATION; a Medical Treatise on the Physiology of Marriage, Infelicitous and Unproductive '• Unions, and the Secret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth ail Ma turity, usually acquired at au early period of life, which enervate the physical and mental powers, diminish and enfeeble the *literal feelings, aid exhaust the vital energies of Manhood ; with Practical Observations oa the Treatment of Nervous Debility and Indite iron, . whether arising from these causes, close study, or the influence of • tropical climatic: Local and Constitutional Weakness, Syphili s , Strictare, and all Diseases and Derangements resulting from Indis cretion. With Forty coloured Engravings, illustrating the Auatiaty, Physiology, and Diseases of the Reproductive Organs, explaining their structures, asee, and inactiois, and the various is" . injuries that are produced is them by solitary habits, excesses, and tifeetion. %LIM BY SAMUEL LA'MEIT, M.D., 9, 111DFORD-STREMT. REDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON. Oster of Medicine, Matriculated Member of the Ueiversity of Eclie ;4 burgh, Lieentiate of Apotkeearies' Hall, London, Honorary Member of the Londe' Hospital Medical Society, ke. • Marriage requires the falfiLment of several conditions, in order • that it may es really the cause of mutual happiness. Could the veil, which covers the origin of domestio wretchedness, he raised, aid its true source in every instance disclosed, le how many could it be traced to.physical disqualificatiens and their attendant disap pointments. Excesses are always Miurioes ; the girt, watch when . need is moderatioa is fraught with , advantage, becomes, when abused, the prone soiree of miachiet; and of greater or less injury to the constttutional and vital powers. The particular excesses, OR • the nature and. coareqeeeee of which this Treatise professes to dilate, e are productive is( greater severity of misery to the Yenta& frame, !tau nay other to which It is subject. • This work **Mains an accurate aid complete account of the heir and Physiology of the Reproductive Organs , a nd of nth relative conditions is health and disease. It deservedly requires the closest attention and study, for what subject can le of more hemortarice than the preservatioe of the health, and of the physical capabilities of which every man should be possessed. It unfortunately happens that the unhappy • victim of excessive indulgence and vicious habits, whether acquired to early life or from the follies of advanced age, while suffering • from' their invariable consequences, unwisely entertains a tear of ap plying to a quaillee physician for relief. Shame aid the dread so frequently, bat erroneously entertained that these complaints are • beyond the reach of art, alike restrict him aid prevent his seeking for assistance where Mete It can he procured. In acting thus, he larvae that accurate discrimination in ascertaining the causes of disease, sympathy with the sufferer. and, Above all, secrecy, WM eably characterise the intelltgent and practical physician, and to the • litedieal man who cal show by hi. posse-sion of the requisite legal qualifications that he is entitled to esteem and respect in his prates . Mona] pursuits, the utmost confidence should be extended. Dr. L , `'sikitT has obtained the highest medical honours, as his diplomas tee ff s y and the great extent of his practice for many years is a gemsmtee for his professional experience, which has reference almost • Solely to thelreatment of these diseases. Published by the Author, and may be had of Kent and Richards, • 12, paternoster-row; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street; Starie, Tichborne 'z'O.:Atrect, Haymarket; Mansell, 115, Fleet-street; Gordon, 146, • 'Leadenhall-street, London; or, free by post for torty-two stamps, s„ front the Author, who may be consulted on these disorders personally shp leiter, laity, Tee till Iwo, and from Five tilt ?Art at hi/ 9.01.110, 9. Ilebeillilreel ialbri-oguare LsiaiVes. ._ 0. 17;43.] CON DON, WE DNES DAY, E N G R OYAL HOTEL, GRAINGER-STREET, NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE. CHARLES STATES solicits the patronage of his BROTHER TRAVELLERS to the above Establishment, which has recently been newly furnished and laid out expressly for a Com mercial Hotel. The COMMERCIAL ROOM, one of the largest and most elegantly fitted in the NORTH, It Is hoped will be found complete in every respect. The BED-ROOMS (Sixty in number) have been famished in a style which must ensere the approbstisou of all visitors. Gentlemen travelling with STOCK can at all times have SHOW' ROOMS without any extra charge. The Music Hall, Lecture Room, and Royal Motel Assembly Room are all attached, and under the sane management. The Royal Hotel is In the west central situation in Newcastle. pLIRSUANT to a DECREE of the lIIGII COURT of CHANCERY, made in a cause DAVENPORT against CRACK..A.NTIIORPE, the Creditors of EDWARD DAVIS DAVENPORT, late of Capesthorne Hall, is the county of Chester, and of Lower Brook-street, Gresverer-square, in the county of Mid dlesex. Esquire, (who died in the month of September, 1847,) are forthwith to come in and prove th e i r De b ts before Air GIFFIN WIL SON, one of the Masters of the said Court, at his chambers In Southampton-buildings, Chancery-lane, London, or, in default thereof, they will be excluded the benefit of the said decree. December 91, 1947. CHILI TMIS HOLIDAYS. OYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. Dr. RYAN has been ong,aged to deliver a short COURSE of LECTURES on CHEMISTRY, with brilliant Experinnacs, Daily at Half-past Three, and every Evening at Nine o'clock, except Satur day Evening. A LECTURE by Dr. BACHHOFINER on the Laws of Nature, in reference t• the important subject of SA NITARY MEASURES, and on the various modes of VENTILA TION,in which the PHYSICAL PROPERTIES •f a JET of ,TEAM will be exhibited Daily at Two, and ex Tuesday and Thursday Evt.nings at Eight P.Y. The OXY-HYDROGEN MICRO- Ss2OPE, New DISSOLVING 'VIEWS, the CLIRONIATROPE, PIIY SIOSCOPE, &c. 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" Books (he says) that you may carry to the fire, and ho'd readily in your hand, are the most useful after all. Such books form the mass of general and easy reading." ' ' Henry G. Bohn, Tork-stre..t, Covent-garden. ORNAMENTAL CLOCKS.—Recently received from Paris an unusual large 'variety ef Fourteen -day CLOCKS, to strike the hours and half-hours, in ormolu, marble, and china. The designs are pastoral and historical, and include a few of great merit, In the style of Louis XIV. The price is four, eve, and seven guineas each, and upwards. A. B. SAVORY' and SONS, 9, Conthill, London, opposite the statue ef the Duke of Wellington. I yAMOND OIL LAMP.-NEW LIGHT. The Diamond Lamp is the best light in the world—is used in all the palaces in Europe--is free from all the imperfections of ordi nary oil latnps—so simple it cannot be mismanaged—no cleaning re quired for years —costs less in burning than any COllllllOll oil lamp gives double the light of candle lamps, at one-half the expense—this is beyond doubt. Designs suited to every taste—the Diamond Lamp is perfection in Light—tbe public Will have none other—it can he tilted to any person's lamp pillar. To be had only at the Establishm en t of the Metropolitan L i ght Company, RICHARD CLARK, Resident Manager, 447, W es t Strand. NTILE. SHORTLY be CLOSED, at t h e PANORAMA ROYAL, LEICESTER-SQUARE, the VIEW of CAIRO, from Drawings taken by David Roberts, Esq., R.A., with its splendid Mosques , Minarets, and Domes, the Ri ver /silo, the Eternal Pyramids, and a gorgeous Asieinblage Preparatory to a Pilgrimage to Mecca. The VIEWS of the HIMALAYA MOUNTAINS, and the PLAINS of HINDOSTAN, and of the classic CITY of ATHENS, are also Now Opel. A R R I A G E. M One half the world are desolately single, and the other supposing them married, questionably contented. Diffidence, er a sense of tight determine the former, and miscalculated hopes em bitter the latter. The solitary one may shield himself under the plea of caution-and worldly prudence, and the indissoluble, regret un comprosiug hurry ; but the troth lies deeper. Physical incapacity, and broken health, are the great hindrances to domestic happiness and social content. The dowry should net be the only marriage set tlement. Honour andjtstico demand that health should form an item in the compact ; it atone dignifies the alliance. Blighted hopes or neglect wound more sorely than poverty or misfortune. Reader, if these surmises concern you, procure Dr. CULVERWELL'S little MEMOIRS 'On single and Married Life," pub. in 2 vols., Is. each (by pest, in stamps, Is. Gd. each). Let no imaginatively "dined, 4r prudish feeling deter you, by their titles, nor be hindered oy misinterpretatior of their supposed contents, from obtaining them. They are not intended certainly for mere idle curiosity, but ter the closet perusal of those mere deeply interested, to whom they are offered as antagonistic to the er n pyrical trash put forth on the above subjects, by unqualified authors, which alone or are a disgrace to the age. Furthermore. two other together, ethepUblications 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 q uantity a library volume, nor are they the mere pamphlets, but ephemeralr ibblings of the hour, but the study of the author's life, who owes his present ex istence, health , and position to this ob. equals, In lenience of the maxims he would inculcate—ta do unto others as be would be done unto—tc live after nature's laws—and to keep always en the "sonny side of the way." The above works may be had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row; Camillo, 147, Fleet•street ; Mann, 39, C* 11111111 ; Nelson, 457, West Strand; or direct (by post or other wise) from the author (who may be conferred with personally, .4ornings and evenings), 10, Argyll-place geeent-street ; and 411 nookaollers. Illustrated by 20 Anatomical Coloured Engravings on Steel. ON I'MYSICAL DiSQUALICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCAI A CITY, &ND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. New Edition, enlarged to 196 Pages. Just published , pric e 2s. 6d., or by post, direct front tie Establishment, 35. 6d. in postage stamp s, HE SILENT FRIEND , a Medical Work on the infirmities and decay of the generative system, front ex cessive indttlgence, infection, and the inordinate nig of siorcurY, with remarks oa Marriage, and tie means of obviating certain dis qualifications. Illustrated by 26 Coloared Engravings. By It. and L. PERRY and CO., 19, Berners-street, Oxferd-street, London. ruhlished by the Authors : sold by Strange, 21, Paternoster-row Hannay, G 3, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street ; Starie, 23, Titehborne street, Haymarket ; and Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street. PART I. treats of the anatomy and physiology o f th e re - pro d uc ti ve organs, and is Illustrated by Six Coloared Engravinus. Parr 11. treats of the consequences resulting from excessive indul gence, and their lamentable elects on tie system, producing mental and bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative lacapacity. It is illustrated b) Tires Explanatory Engravings. Pear 111. Treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either in the primary or secondary form, and contains explicit directions for their treatment. The consequences of early neglect and of the abase of mercury, are also clearly pointed out. This section is illustrated by Seventeen Coloured Engravings. Tani IV. Treats of Perry's Preventative Lotion, by the use of which the dangers of infection are obviated. It combines with tie virus chemically, and destroys its power on the system. Pan' Y. Is devoted to the consideration of marriage, and its duties, The causes of unproductive union, are also considered, and the whole subject critically and philosophically inquired into. Tas 'oxDIAL KALIL OF 31YRIACITY 13 exclusively employed in treat ing se cons and sexual debility, impotence, &c., 11s .and 335. per battle. 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JONES, Actuary and Secretary. ELECTION TO THE BISHOPRIC OF HEREFORD. HEREFORD, TIIESDAY.::-Thl; being the day ap pointed fur the election :of a Bishop of this diocese, some time since rendered vacant by the promotion of the Right Rev. Thomas Musgrave, D.D., to the Archbishopric of York, the interest, which has been increasing for some weeks past, arrived at its highest pitch, and several hundred persons flocked into the city at an early hour, being anxious to witness the proceedings. The Very Rev. John "Merewether, D.D., Dean of Hereford, entered the Ladle Chapel of the Cathedral shortly after eleven o'clock, being accompanied by the Canons Residentiary, the Prebendaries, and the officials of the Cathedral. There were present, the Rev. 11. H. Morgan, 8.D., the Rev. H. Huntingford, D.C.L., the Hon. Lord Saye and Sele, D.C.L., the Rev. W. P. Musgrave, M.A., Canons Residentiary of the Cathedral Church of Hereford; the Rev. Thomas Huntingford, M.A., Precentor ; the Rev. E. Howell, Succentor ; Mr. Chancellor Morgan, the Rev. James Garbett, M.A., Treasurer ; the Venerable Archdeacon Wetherell, 13. D., the Venerable Archdeacon Vickers, M.A.; and the following Prebendaries : The Rev. C. Swainson, M.A., the Rev. C. Garbett, M A., the Rev. C. S. Luxmoore, M.A., the Hon. and Rev. Orlando Forrester, M.A., the Hon. and Rev. J. Somers Cocks, M.A., the Rev. J. Johnson, M.A., the lion. 11. Rodney, M.A., the Rev. J. Clut ton, M.A., the Rev. H. Lee, 8.D., the Rev. J. 'Topton, M.A., the Rev. R. Bisco, M.A., the Rev. C. Taylor, M.A., th e R ev . W. E. Evans. M.A., the Rev. W. J. Thornton, M.A., the Rev. John Venn, M.A., the Rev. G. F. Lewis, M.A., and the Rev. P. Budd, M A., and others. Amongst the neighbouring gentry and clergy .7.1--ho were present in the Cathedral to witness the proceedings were Captain James Hervey Price, R.N., Mr. John Holder Clifford, magistrate; Sir Edward Francis Scudamore Stan • hope, Bart. ; Mr. Benjamin Biddulph, magistrate ; Mr. William Chute Gurnett, magistrate ; Sir Volters Cornewall, Sir R. Price, MX , Alderman Gough, Alderman Phillips, Alderman Bodenham, Rev. Dr. Symons, Rev. C. C. Webber, Rev. E. T. Smith, Mr. Kedgwin Hoskins, M P., Mr. A Chastel de Born ille, Mr. Arthur Brunel, and Mr. Henry Clapton. Some formal proceedings having taken place in the Chapter-house, the ordinary services of the Church were read by the Rev. Thomas Gretton, M.A., and the lesson by the Rev. J. Hopton. The Dean and Chapter then returned to the Chap ter-house, and the first business transacted was the reading of the following citatory letter:— " John Merewether, Doctor of Divinity, Dean of the Cathedral Church of Hereford, and the Chapter of the said church, to our beloved in Christ John Davis, Richard Downie, and Edward Staunton Jones, lite rate persons jointly and severally greeting, whereas the episcopal see of Hereford is now void and desti tute of a pastor by the translation of the Right Rev. Thomas Musgrave, the late Lord Bishop thereof, to the Archbishopric of York, we, therefore, the Dean and Chapter aforesaid, having received the Queen's Majesty's license for electing another bishop, have fixed and appointed Tuesday, the 28th day of December inst., for such election, to be made in the chapter-house in our said cathedral church, between the hours of 10 and 12 in the forenoon of the same day, with continuation and prorogation of the said hours, day, and place, from thence following if it shall be necessary, and have decreed that all and singular the canons or prebendaries of the said church that have a right to vote on the said election, should be cited to appear at the said day, time, and place, to proceed and see proceedings made in the business of the said election, and in all and singular the acts and things which, according to the usage and custom of the said cathedral church, and the laws and statutes of :England, may be necessary; and as the present state and condition of the - said church may either allow or require. Wherefore we empower and command you, jointly and severally, to cite or cause to be cited peremptorily, all and singular, the canons or prebendaries of the said cathedral church, by showing to them severally these presents (if it may conveniently be done), and by publicly affixing the same on the door at the west end of the choir, and also on the door that openeth into the chapter-house of the said church, and after wards by affixing and leaving on each of the said doors respectively a true copy of these presents, and also by all lawful ways, means, and methods whatsoever, whereby you can or may better or more effectually, so that this citation may most likely come to the knowledge of them so to be cited (whom by the tenor of these presents we do also cite), that they and every one of them appear before us in the chapter-house aforesaid on Tuesday, the 28th day of December instant, between the hours of ten and twelve in the forenoon, with continuation and prorogation of the days and hours from thence next follow ing, and of places, if it shall be necessary, to pro ceed and see proceedings in the said business of elec tion, and in all necessary acts, even to the finishing and perfecting thereof inclusively, to be done, and to do and perform a ll o th er t hi ngs w hi c h t h e na t ure an d condition of the said election may require. More over, that you i n ti ma t e or cause to b e i n ti ma t e d peremptorily to all and singular the persons aforesaid (to whom we do hereby also intimate) that if they do not appear at the day, time, and place aforesaid, we nevertheless will then proceed, according to law and custom, in the said,business of election, and to finish the same, their absence in any wise notwithstanding, and that what you shall do in the promises you, or either of you, that shall execute this our mandate, shall duly certify to us at the day, time, and place aforesaid. In witness whereof we have caused our common seal to be set to these presents. " Dated this 18th day of December, in the year of our Lord 1847. " R. UNDERWOOD, Chapter Clerk." The conge delire and her Majesty's letter missive were then read, and the names of the members of the capitular body having been called, Some discussion arose upon the question of the necessity of proving the delivery of the conge but the Dean overruled the objection by stating that such a course had not been usual in that cathedral, and therefore it was unnecessary for them to entertain it upon the present occasion. The DEAN remarked, that haring disposed of that point, it was necessary, for the due performance of the business before them, that a notary and two wit- , nesses should be appointed. If it were agreeable to the Chapter, he would nominate Mr. R. Underwood as notary, and Mr. James Henry Knight and IticLard Spencer as witnesses. This suggestion met with no opposition, and the gentleman nominated were elected to the offices re spectively assigned to them. The DEAN said—lt now became their duty to pro ceed to the election of a bishop and chief pastor of that diocese. On the appointment of their late bishop (the Right Rev. Dr. Musgrave) to the Arch bishopric of York, her Majesty had been pleased to grant to the Dean and Chapter of Hereford a eonge d'elire empowering them to elect another bishop, and in a letter missive which generally accompanied the Sovereign's permission to elect, her Majesty had been pleased to recommend to the Dean and Chapter that they should elect as their future bishop the Rev. Renn Dickson Hampden, D.D., Regius Professor of Divi nity in the University of Oxford. Those documents had been read, and it now became the duty of the Chapter to determine upon the matter. It was usual on such occasions that the vote of the junior preben dary should be first taken, and that the last vote ten dered should be that of the Dean. Archdeacon MUSGRAVE observed, that he bad heard that the Bishop of Oxford had withdrawn his opposi tion to Dr. Hampden, and that it was not now his Lordship's intention to cite him to the ecclesiastical' court to test his orthodoxy. Th e DEAN thought that in all such cases some authentic evidence should be given. As no previous reference had been made to the matter, he trusted it might not be further pursued. The names of the canons were again called, and their assent or dissent from the nomination of Dr. Hampden was taken. Two or three of the junior canons voted successively for Dr. Hampden. On the name of Canon Huntingford being called, that gen tleman immediately rose for the purpose of addressing the dean and chapter. Canon HUNTINGFORD spoke as follows :—.With the utmost respect for the Royal prerogative, and with the full conviction that it is for the peace and safety of the Church that the Crown alone should nominate to vacant sees, yet on this particular occasion I feel obliged to defer complying with the recommendation which has been sent down to us until a competent tribunal shall have pronounced to be well founded, so many bishops of our Church and by so many members of one of our or not, the sentiments expressed by Universities. And here it is not a favour, but an act of the merest justice to myself, considering how well known I am to most of you, when I ask you to acquit me of any personal disrespect towards a learned and talented divine—towards one who I am informed is so estimable in his disposition—when I ask you to believe that I am not swayed by any of those unim portant of course I mean not unimportant in them selves, but still comparatively unimportant—motives, namely, a preference for one political party to another, or any feeling as between churchman and dissenter, or between one party and another within the ILLUMINATED PRESENT BOOK. Publshed This Day, square fcp. Svo.. uniform in size with " Parable* of Our Lord," and "The Good Shunammite," 11. Is. in carted t.inding; or 11. 10s. in morocco. 'THE MIRA( LES of OUR SAVIOUR. With rich and appropriate Borders of original design, a series of illuminated Figures of the Apostles from the Old Masters, Six Illuminated Miniatures, And other Embellishments. By the Illuminator of the " Parable..." • London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longman'. / 7 • I i se rt4- • •••r .? 17 c 1 • 1 "1. 'Te d • 'IRELAND,/ )I.* 441 K.l, IP* •••••,., 4 3 '4l uni - pi, 2.—Chrislmas:dar Ml* . ksl ,l Saturday has bcf.n observeeras a strict: holytlis' , ;6i y • tile preprietors of Irish provinehittapert,iftlik •:(.. „ • , et iN / 1 - N„...k t s' 4 whom issued their usual publications. • "Blew t • — 3 ;7,• • . 11,11+ . consequently )lete d hof intelligence At t ; 1 1 :_f=) (NAV 4 ftmor , . .. j .is _ A} , a comp. ..:earti In. _igence'fo 4 day, s uc h pr i vate commun i cat i ons as h ave come to and containing no iofirmation of any public in terest. [I I) I+,ICE JD. THE CHANCELLOR, The bulletin of this day is somewhat more favour able. It says,— " There is still a gradual improvement matiresting itself in the symptoms of the Chancellor's disesse." REPEAL ASSOCIATION. MONDAY, DEC. 27.--The usual weekly meeting of this body was held to-day. Ther6 was a very poor attendance. Amongst those present were Mr. J. O'Connell, M.P., and Mr. J. Reynolds, M.P., 'Mr. J. 11. Dunne, &c. The chair was filled by a Mr. Cowan, a repeal warden, and journeyman shoemaker. The procedings were opened by Mr. DONNE, who read the filowing correspond ence, which took place between him and Mr. Robert Dillon Browne, one of the representatives of the county Mayo, with reference to some observations made by him on the subject of Mr. Browne's vote upon the coercion Bill—together %kith the subjoined proceedings of the connnittee of the association on the same subject : EXTRACT FROM MR. DUNNE'S SPEECII. (Freeman's Journal, Dec. 14.) " Sir,-1 think, in the first place, as a matter of justice, we are bound to express our entire and most unqualified thanks to the Irish Members who have so nobly resisted the coercion Bill.— (Cheers and groaning for Mr. D. Browne and Mr. Grattan.) I certainly cannot reprove that disappro bation because I thoroughly concur in it. " I am not going to speak disrespectfully of those Hon. Gentlemen who deserted their duty to Ireland. I disapprove, unqualifiedly disapprove, of making per sonal attacks upon public men, and therefore I guard myself distinctly that I do not in the smallest impeach their heßour at all with the remarks that I am about to submit to you, and whilst 'express that I am bound also to declare that there is no language which I can use consistently with propriety and courtesy towards these gentlemen which is strong enough to express my utter disapprobation of the course which they pursued - within the walls or the - linperialParliament. " However, it is one of those curious instances— those curious mistakes I'll say—l don't attribute it to anything but mistake—it is one of those curious mistakes which sometimes will happen in the lives of Parliamentary men. " I hold in my hand, sir, a book—a debate on the first reading of that coercion Bill, published in the year 1846, and edited by no less a person than Mr. Robert Dillon Browne himself. " A Voice—He was told it in the House. " Mr. Dunne—Certainly the lion. Gentleman has changed his sentiments very considerably since he published this book. The Tories were in office then —the Vhigs are in office now. "Now, sir, I would ask this Hon. Gentleman—and I ask it in no unkindly spirit of him—if he is afraid of palliating guilt by allusion to remedial measures ? Now what is the reason he was not afraid of it last year ?—(Hear, hear.) " As I said before, I mean no personal or private disrespect to the Members for Mayo. I entertain for one of them at least a great respect; I have not the honour of the acquaintance of the other ; but, sir, 1 am now addressing a public association—an associa tion which it is expected will lead the people of this co un try .—(Cheers "Reform Club, Dec. 17. " Sir,—l hare just read, in the Freeman's Journal of the 14th inst., a speech reported to have been de livered by you in Conciliatiou Hall. "During the delivery of that speech, it appears you were interrupted by the folloy,irg expressions of public feeling—' groaning for Mr. Dillon Browne and 2klr. Grattan'—after which you stated, I cannot reprove that disapprobation, as .1 thoroughly concur in it.' " Now, sir, I beg to say that in using such lan guage you have taken an unpardonable liberty with me, and deviated from the ordinary curse which should have suggested itself to a gentleman under similar circumstances, namely, of checking instead of encouraging a wanton assault upon an individual who was assailed for merely exercising his fair dis cretion in the conscientious discharge of his public duties. Besides, you insulted an absent man, whom you would not have dared to offend in his presence ; consequently, in the most unequivocal terms, I pro nounce your conduct to be unmanly and unworthy of a gentleman. " 1 - assure you, sir, this matter would be utterly beneath my notice, only I had once the misfortune to dine in your company—a circumstance which places you, on an occasion like the present, upon a level with me, and entitles you, from me at least, to an honourable recognition. " I understand, sir, you are about to seek a posi ti ,n in society by being called to !he bar. You have now an opportunity of accomplishing the object of your ambition by a less tedious process, and, for the sake of the chivalry of my country, I hope you will avail yourself of it, and that I shall find your courage is commensurate with your insolence. " You also insinuate in your speech that I was in duced to vote with Ministers for a sinister object. I repudiate the charge with indignation, and tell you that it is a foul and false aspersion. :No motive could induce me to vote except as my conscience directed, or to betray my country as you would insinuate; and if the occasion required it, I would be found perhaps readier to die for the people and priesthood of Ireland than the craven wretch whose conduct illustrates his theme by striking at an opponent from behind his back, or who, I should rather say, ' willing to wound, but yet afraid to strike,' basely ' hesitat es hi s d ou b ts ' respecting my political reputation, which is dearer to me than my life.—l have the honour to remain your obedient servant. " R. D. BROWNE." " Loyal National Repeal Association. " Corn Exchange Rooms. " In committee, Monday, December 20, 1847. " Resolved,—That Mr. Dunne having, in a letter just received from Mr. Dillon Browne, M.P., been violently assailed for the exercise of the undoubted and indubitable right of every free citizen—that of comment on the publie acts of a public man—it is the opinion of this, the committee of the Repeal Associa tion, of which both parties are members, that Mr. Dunne cannot be permitted to take other notice of the said letter than to our committee shall seem fit, and therefore we call upon him to submit himself in this matter entirely to our guidance. " Resolved,—That a special meeting of the com mittee be summoned for three o'clock to-morrow to take the subject into consideration." " In committee, Tuesday, 21st Dec. inst. "Resolved,—That Mr. DiMne be requested to write to Mr. Browne to the effect, that in conse quence of the very strong language in the letter of that gentleman, Mr. Dunne had looked over the re port of his own speech to see if he had in illy way given occasion for such language by going beyond the limits of fair comment on the action of public men ; that he saw but a single expression capable of being so considered, viz., that in which he spok e of the difference betw een Mr. Browne's conduct, when a Tory Ministry proposed a Coercion Bill, from the course pursued by him when a Whig Ministry pro posed a similar measure. "That he (Mr. Dunne) is quite ready to retract and express his regret for that part of his speech in private and in public, provided Mr. Browne will there upon withdraw and express his regret for using the insulting expressions in his letter." " Mr. E. W. COSTELLOE strongly protested against the right of the committee to interfere at all in the matter of difference between Mr. Robert Dillon Browne and Mr. Dunne, inasmuch as the same was of a purely personal nature, as Mr. Dunne was not bringing up a report, nor proposing or seconding a resolution." " I now move, Sir, that the names of the five Irish members who voted against the atrocious Coereion Bill be inserted on the records of the association." "Loyal National Repeal Association, Corn Ex change Rooms, Burgh-quay, Dec. 21, 1847. " Sir,--I beg to enclose you a series of resolutions adopted by the committee, and beg to say I am pre pared to act in accordance with the suggestions there in contained ; waiting a further communication from you,—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, "JOSEPH HENRY DUNNE. "Mr. R. D. Browne, M P." " " Reform Club, Dec. 23, 1847. Sir, I have just received your letter of the 20th inst., inclosing certain resolutions of the committee of the Repeal Association. " I beg to state in reply that:l entertain the highest respect for that body, but I cannot recognize their right to interfere in a matter not alone affecting my public but my private honour. " I remain, your obedient servant, "R. DILLON BROWNE. " To Mr. Jr H. Dunne." Messrs. O'Connell, Reynolds, and one or two others, having addressed the association, the rent was announced to be 201., and the meeting adjourned to next Monday. The suspension of an old . and respectable firm, Messrs. Job Wright and Co., Russia merchants, was announced yesterday. The liabilities are stated at 60,0001., and the assets at 80,0001. Little doubt is en tertained of an ultimate liquidation in full, the failure being understood to have ariken not from actual losses, but from the circumstance of the assets of the firm being chiefly in Russia, where they have been partly employed in the erection of a cotton mill and in the purchase of machinery. Messrs. Thomas Wright and Co. are the correspondents of the firm at St. Petersburgh. S TI N 9 DECEMBER 29, 1847. ' church. But while I ask you to believe that lam principally swayed by higher motives—motives which have no connexion whatever with this earth or with the present life, yet I will frankly confess that my mind is. much affected by this circumstance, that among the bishops of our church who have signed a certain remonstrance, there are in the first place, two prelates who are said to-differ in opinion on some other particulars, the -Bishop of London and the Bishop of• Winchester ; that, secondly, there is one so distinguished for mildness and Christian meekness as the Bishop of Lincoln ; and thirdly, there is one of so powerful an intellect and of such sincere piety as the Bishop of Oxford. I say that I confess that the above facts seem to me important, and confirm me in the resolution which I just now stated that I felt myself obliged on the present occasion to adopt, namely, to wait for an important and solemn decision on this subject from a tribunal competent to pro nounce it. One or two other persons having tendered their assents, it became the duty of the Dean of Hereford (Dr. Merewether) to record his vote. The Dean of HEREFORD rose amidst breathless silence, and spoke to the following effect :—I am standing in the sanctuary of the Most High God, and together with my brethren, the ordained ministers of our Lord and Master Jesus Christ, am called upon, in the name of the Sovereign of this land to choose and elect such a person as may be meet to be the bishop and pastor of this diocese. I solemnly declare, here, in the Divine presence, that it is my earnest and hearty desire to be faithful and bear true allegiance, to pay all humble duty and submissive obedience to her Most Excellent Majesty the Queen of these do minions, who, I feel assured on her part, " knowing whose minister she is, will above all things seek His honour and glory who is the King of kings and Lord of lords," to whom above all I owe my first allegiance. And whereas, by the exercise of that civil privilege which gives to the First Minister of the Crown the power of recommending to the Sovereign for nomination to vacant bishoprics, the Rev. Renn Dickson Hampden, D.D., has been so nominated and to us recommended by the official instruments this day laid before us,. to the bishopric of Hereford—and whereas we the' dean and chapter of this cathedral church are forbidden under heavy penalties to elect any other person into the said bishopric except the said Renn Dickson Hampden—and whereas, the University of Oxford in full and lawful convention did decree that the said Rena Dickson Hampden should be deprived of certain functions and offices in the said University, because in his writings he had so treated theological subjects, that in this respect the Church and University had no confidence in him, and that the convocation afterwards, within five years last past, after full debate refused to rescind the said iecree and deprivation—and whereas the said Renn Dickson Hampden is now under the effect of the said decree of the University of Oxford in convocation assembled, and from the care ful and attentive perusal of the said writings, I do believe their decree to be just, those writings unsound in doctrine, and dangerous in their ten dency—and whereas, taking the premises solemnly and anxiously into consideration, I preferred a humble petition to her Most Excellent Mejesty, dated the 17th of December instant, praying postponement of the election until due investigation had been made, and a sufficient removal of the censure and depriva tion of the Rev. Dr. Renn Dickson Hampden had been effected by a just and competent tribunal ; and, moreover, further pleaded to her Majesty's Prime Minister the entire circumstances of the case, toge ther with the awful and constraining obligations by which we are bound—and whereas the Primate of all England, with thirteen bishops or more, have pre ferred their objections to the said appointment, and great numbers of clergy and laity throughout the land, of every shade of religious opinion tolerated by the Church, have by the most solemn appeals entreated us to exert ourselves in staying such election until such time as the aforesaid objections should be removed or another unobjectionable person substituted,—on tak ing all the aforesaid circumstances into my most serious consideration, I did most humbly and ims ploringly supplicate that her Majesty might even yet be pleased to reconsider this earnest and disinterested prayer, to correct and amend the errors and misfor tunes which have arisen, and still more seriously threaten us from the ill-considered advice of a mis informed minister, as on other uccasions her Ma jesty's royal predecessors have done, and so avert the injury which must otherwise be inflicted on the Church, and pacify the outraged feelings of her mem bers. And here, in the sight of God, in the midst of His temple, and in the performance of the priestly office, I solemnly protest that it is no deficiency in the smallest degree of loyalty and humble devotion to our Sovereign, or of implicit respect and deference to the laws of this realm, which impels me to make this declaration ; it is the dictate of my conscience, the conviction of my mind which constrains me thus to act in arresting the progress of infidelity, mockery of religion, and profaneness. Upon these grounds I cannot vote for the election of Dr. Renn Dickson Hampden, as bishop of the vacant see of Hereford and pastor of the cathedral church of which I am dean. And I do hereby protest against this proceeding to day, inasmuch as many persons have voted who are merely honorary prebendaries, and have not complied with the statutes of this church which I have declared I will observe • and I protest also against the majority which will be claimed, inasmuch as it is necessary for giving validity to a vote that the majority should in clude the dean and three canons residentiam This protest I shall forward to the Crown, the bishop elect (Dr. Hampden), and the Archbishop of Canterbury. The Rev. W. E. EvANS, one of the hononary pre bendaries protested against, rose, and addressing the dean, said—l stand forward most emphatically to de clare, that on a former occasion I had a pledge from you that you would not oppose the votes of the hono rary prebendaries on this occasion. Lord SATE and SaLE and the Rev. Mr. WEBB offered some observations, both contending that the honorary predendaries were entitled to vote, and that it was a distinct understanding the dean would not oppose their privileges in that respect. The DEAN (somewhat warmly)—lt is not for the dean and chapter to discuss these points on the pre sent occasion. When he (the dean) called the chapter together to consult on the petitions that were sent in to them with reference to the appointment to the bishopric—entreating the chapter not to confirm the nomination of Dr. Hampden—he had remarked that, when the question of the appointment came to be de cided, a question might probably be raised with re ference to the right of the honorary canons to vote; and he distinctly asserted that it was not for him to object, but that he should receive their votes, and in ac cordance with that declaration those votes had been received. He had now done a solemn duty in the sight of God, and although some amongst his rev. brethren had endeavoured to throw a slur upon his character and motive, he was perfectly clear of any imputations of the kind. lie told the honorary canons that it was not for him to reject their votes, for he should leave that question for another tribunal to decide. [lt may be stated that the votes protested against by the dean are those of the honorary prebendaries, who are neither canons residentiary nor canons non resident, but simply persons on whom an honorary distinction has been conferred, as some acknowledg ment of successful and zealous services in the Church. The honorary prebendaries receive no emoluments, have no duties to perform, and have no voice in the general management of the cathedral property in con junction with the capitular body. One of those ho norary prebendaries, the Hon. and Rev. Orlando For rester; was the first to tender his vote to-day ;it was given in favour of Dr. Hainpden.] Archdeacon MUSGRAVE certainly understood the dean to say he intended allowing the votes lof the honorary'prebends without opposition. Lord SATE and SELE read an Act of Parliament, the 4th and sth Victoria, chap. 16, in order to prove the right of the prebendaries to a vote. The Dean of HEREFORD contended that the Act quoted by the Rev. Lord did not bear upon the ques tion, and requested that the matter might not be further proceeded with, as it was their duty on that occasion to avoid secular business as much as possible. Archdeacon MUSGRAVE remarked, that as a report of the proceedings of that day would in all probability go forth to the public, he wished to call attention to the fact that in the observations which had been made by the Very Rev. the Dean, that gentleman had stated that the Primate of England had joined 13 bishops in opposition to ;the appointment of Dr. Hampden. It did not appear to him (the Archdeacon) that there was sufficient authority for that statement, as the name of the Archbishop of Canterbury was not to be found in the list of remonstrant bishops as published to the world. The DEAN would not have stated so solemnly and so positively that the Archbishop had protested against the appointment of Dr. Hampden, had he not known that such was the case. Previous to the protest, which was signed by so many Right Rev. Prelates, the Archbishop wrote to Lord John Russell pointing ont the danger that would result to the Church if the appointment were persisted in. Other bishops, too, had adopted the same course, although their names did not appear in the list. Archdeacon MUSGRAVE—I have not seen any notice taken of that circumstance. The Dean of HEREFORD—WeII, I take notice of it, and I make the statement on my own responsibility. After a smart discussion on this point, The DEAN said—l will now proceed to state to you the number of votes pollei. Three canons resi dentiary have voted for 1)r. Hampden ; five preben daries of the old order have voted for Dr. Hampden, nineteen of that body being absent; six junior pre bendaries hare voted for Dr. Hampden, three of that body being absent. The dean and one canon residen tiary had voted against Dr. Hampden. The case then stood thus : For Dr. Hampden-3 canons residentiary, 5 pre bendaries of the old order, 6 junior prebendaries. Against Dr. Hampden—the Dean of the Cathedral Church and one canon rebidentiary. The canons residentiary who voted in favour of Dr. Hampden were Lord Save and Sele, the Rev. 11. H. Morgan, 8.D., and the Venerable Archdeacon Mus grave. The canon residentiary who voted against Dr. Hampden was the Rev. Dr. Huntingfold. Canon MoRGAN moved that the election of Dr. Hampden shouid be declared, according to the usual legal formalities, the capitular seal being affixed to the declaration. Lord SAYE and SELE briefly seconded the motion. Tne DEAN remarked, that having declared that there were for Dr. Hampden 14 votes, against him 2, it remained for the chapter to say whether that was an election of Dr. Hampden or not. The statute re quired that there should be an unanimous assent and consent. After some discussion on this point, the motion proposed by Canon Morgan, and secon led by Lord Save and Sele, was agreed to. The Dean of HEREFORD.—We have now to decree three certificates—one to the Crown, one to the Arch bishop of Canterbury, and one to the Bishop elect. They will run to the following effect " We, the dean and chapter of the cathedral church of Hereford, by virtue and authority of your Majesty's royal licence, most graciously made and granted, for electing another bishop of the said cathe dral church, being capitularly assembled in the said cathedral church, and there making chapter (saving to ourselves all the privileges that ought to be saved with regard to the said election, as well as by the laws of this our famous kingdom of Great Britain as by the ancient and laudable customs of our said cathe dral church), and having maturely and seriously considered of a person meet to be elected thereto, at length have agreed to elect the Rev. Renn Dick son Hampden, D.D., Regius Professor of Divinity in the University of Oxford." The chapter would also have to agree to the follow ing address to Dr. Hampden : " We, the dean and chapter of Hereford, being capitularly assembled, and prayers to Almighty God before all things, we did, according to the statutes and ecclesiastical laws of the famous kingdom of Great Britain, canonically proceed to the election aforesaid in manner and form following, to wit : First, after mature and serious consideration had be tween ourselves concerning a fit and proper person in that hehalf to be elected (and saving to ourselves all the privileges that ought to be saved with regard to the said election, as well by laws of this our famous kin,:dom of Great Britain as by the ancient and laud able customs of our said cathedral church), we did at length give our votes for you, the Rev. Renn Dick son Hampden, D.D., &c." . - These documents were received, and the capitular seal was ordered to be attached to them. Mr. Richard Underwood, Mr. John Burder, and Mr. Francis Hart Dyke were appointed notaries, and the official documents having been enrolled, the secu lar business of the day wai brought to a clove. The dean and chapter then returned to the choir 'and proceeded with the usual services of the church. LORD JOHN RUSSELL AND THE DEAN OF HEREFORD. The following letter has been addressed to the Dean of Hereford, in reply to his to Lord John Russell : " Woburn Abbey, Dec. 25. " Sir,—l have had the honour to receive our letter of the 22d inst., in which you intimate to Inc your intention of violating the law. "I have the honour to be your obedient servant, "J. RUS SELL. " The Very Rev. the Dean of Hereford." _DR. HAMPDEN. TO THE EDITOR OF THE MORNING CHRONICLE. Sir,—So the murder is out ! In the missive just issued forth from the decanal chair of Hereford, we have a clear interpretation given us of the nature of the opposition to Dr. Hampden's appointment. It peeps out in one little sentence, and the Dean's " faith iuMess to the cathedral church of Hereford" resolves itself, I fear, into bitter disappointment that he is not the fortunate individual selected to preside over the diocese. It seems pretty clear, from Dr. Mere wether's own statement, that he is a political martyr ; for how else can we interpret the following quotation from his letter :--"Forgive me, my Lord, for the re flection on that death-bed injunction, if I say that, had it been observed—as but for political and party influ ence it would have been—your Lordship, the Church, and the nation would have been spared this most un happy trial, the results of which, as I have already again and again foreboded to your Lordship, it is im possible to foresee." Although I never had the least sympathy with those who have placed themselves in opposition to our gra cious Queen in the exercise of her rightful and ina . lienable prerogative, still I was inclined to think Dr. Merewether sincere in pressing upon Lord John Rus sell his views as to the propriety and fitness of the selection he had made of Dr. Hampden to fill the vacant see. I should be unwilling to say anything to wound the Dean's feelings, still less would I pervert knowingly any expressions which appear in his letter, but if Lord John Russell wants further confirmation that the course be is pursuing is the right one, it is afforded him, I think, in this decanal letter. The Dean's grandiloquent avowal, that he has " counted the cost," and is prepared to give up houses and lands, and forego every earthly consideration for his one dear and cherished principle, is sadly impaired, if not al together destroyed, by too many expressions in his letter, clearly indicative of blighted hope and disap pointed ambition. Before this reaches you, Sir, all doubt on this sub ject will be at an end. The chapter of Hereford, as dutiful and loyal subjects of the Queen, will have completed her gracious nomi n ati on ; and the diocese of Hereford will have the privilege (I trust for a long period) of being governed by an amiable, learned, and consistent, though sadly persecuted man.—l remain, A LONDON INCUMBENT. December, 1847. THE SEE OF HEREFORD. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIEC,—A deep sympathy prevails in this city with Dr. Hampden. it appears to be the ardent wish of every person, Churchmen and Dissenters, that he should be consecrated to this see. The ridiculous conduct of the Dean of Hereford has considerably promoted this wish. The Dean, who is most unpopular, has rendered himself doubly so now. His manifesto has occasioned much laughter here amongst those who know how it was concocted, and by whom it was composed for him. Another ridiculous incident has occurred. A petition was got up by a printer and a dealer in bran and oats, praying Government to ap point the Dean of Hereford to the vacant see instead of Dr. Hampden, and hawked about for signatures. The affair was so absurd that the Dean was obliged to suppress it, but was nevertheless weak enough to publish a letter in the local papers, thanking the getters up of the petition for their exertions on his behalf. Before the Dean's manifesto was published a meeting took place, at which seventy-two of the clergy attended, but not one would append his name to the document. The Dean's second letter to Lord John Russell hes been received here with greater ridicule than the first. To-day the constituent members of the Chapter as sembled, and the election was nearly unanimous— fourteen members:voting for Dr. Hampden, and two only against, one of whom was the Dean. The oppo sition of the Dean and his protest was considered quite a farce, and it is supposed he has some personal object in view by making himself so conspicuously foolish.—Yours most obediently, Hereford. A RECTOR. SEPARATION IN HIGH LIFE.—We regret to hear that differences have occurred between the son of a Noble Earl and his young wife, who have only recently entered into the holy state of matrimony. The estrange. ment which had existed has ultimately led toe. mutual separation, the lady having retired to the Continent on an allowance, liberal considering the limited resources of her husband, who has but little to depend upon be yond his income as connected with one o f th e British i Embassies abroad. It s said, and we have reason to believe truly, that incompatibility of temper is the cause of this unfortunate separation.—Morning paper. Letters from Marseilles mention that the efforts made to sustain Forbin, Janson, and Co., who were com pelled about th ree months back to suspend, with liabi lities for 200,00 W. or 300,0001., have proved unsueees L a. n and that, con sequent l y, the firm will have to pass that of o bankruptcy. Th e b us i ness of the h ouse w a s sugar believe,garrefinesors,maenwdhtaht llicu arrangementse ilar d s a oas a . s being in progress in the case t o those y,es te r y of De tiro) n and ARGUS LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, 39, THROGMORTON-STREET, BANK. EMPOWERED BY SPECIAL ACT OF PARLIAMENT. TKOMAS FARNCOM BE- Esq., Alderman, Chairman. WILLIAM LEAF, Esq., Deputy-Chairman. Richard E. Arden, Esq. John Ilumpkery Esq., Alderman, William Banbury, Esq. M.P. Edward Bates, Esq. Thomas Kelly, Esq., Alderman. - Moines Camplin, Esq. Jeremiah Pi'cher, Esq. James Clift, Esq. ILewis Pocock, Esq. I.upert Ingletoy, Esq. • PHYSICIAN—Dr. Jeaffreson, 2 Finsbury-square. Snacievi—W. Coulson, Esq., 2, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry. CONSULTING ACTUARY—Professor Mall, of King's College. LOW RATES OF PREMIUM. Parsons Assuring in this (Alice have the benefit of the Lowest rate of Premium which is compatible with the safety of the Assured, And which is, in effect, equivalent to an Annual Bonus; they have likewise the security of a large subscribed capital —an Assurance Fund of a Quarter of a Million—and an Annual Income of t;5;000/.., arising from the issue of nearly 6,000 Policies. ANNUAL PREMIUM TO ASSURE £lOO. Age. 20 £0 17 3 30 I 1 3 40 1 5 0 50 1 14 I GO 3 2 4 Fer (hie Year. I For Seven Years. _. Whole Tenn £0 19 1 £1 11 10 127 2 0 7 1 6 9 2 14 10 1 19 10 4 0 11 3 7 0 6 0 10 One-half of the " Whole Tenn" Premium may remain on credit or seven years, or one-third of the Premium may remain for life as a lebt upon the policy at 5 par cent., or may be paid off at any time without notice. Policies assigned as a security to others, will not be rendered void n consequence of death by suicide, duelling, or by the hands of justice. In case of death by the above causes, wiser. the Policies are , :ot assigned, the gross amount of Premiums received will be re turned. Claims paid in one moans after proofs have been approved. The Medical Officers attend da , ly at a Quarter before Two e'Cnock, , nd Policies issued the same day. E. BATES, Resident Dfrectisr7 A liberal Commission to Solicitors and Agents. CORPORATION (Established by Royal Charter A.D. 1729.) OYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE IA; •OF lIOUSES AND GOODS FROM FIRE. OFFICES—ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. Branch, 29, Fall-mall. Notice.—Tho usual fifteen days allowed for payment of Premiums falling due et Christmas will expire en the 9th January next. ASSURANCES ON LIVES, WITR LARGE PARTICIPATION IN PROFITS. Two-thirds of the profit on Policies dated since December, 1341 will be apportioned, periodically, among those effected for Life without involving the Assured in any risk of Partnership. GOVERNOR—Thomas Tooke, Esq. &CB-GOVERNOR—WiIIiam Sampson, Esq. DEPUTY-GOVERNOR—The Hoe. J. T. Leslie Melville. DIRECTORS. Sir J. W. Lubbock, Bart. Charles John Manning, Esq. Henry 'Nelson, Esq. Edward H. Palmer, Esq. John Henry Telly, Esq. Abraham G. Robarts, Esq. Charles Robinson, Esq. Sir Samuel Scott, Bart. William Soltau, Esq. William Wallace, Esq. Octavius Wigram, Esq. Charles B. Young, Esq. ALEX. GREEN, Secretary. Henry Bainbridge, Esq. Georg. P. Barclay, Esq. Edmond ti. P. Calvert, Esq. John Garratt Cattley, Esq. Alexander Colvin, Esq. Edwar ' Maxwell Daniel, Esq, William Davidson, Esq. John Deacon, Esq. Ithersdale W. Grenfell, Esq. William T. Hibbert, Esq. Lancelot IlQlland, Esq. John Chr. Lochner, Esq. ATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSLTRAVIE SOCIETY. 25, CORNIIILL, LONDON. Capital £500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. This Institution embraces important and substantial advantages bvith respect to life assurances and deferred annuities. The assured has, on all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense or for feiture of the policy, two-thirds of the premiums paid (see Table); Also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion •1 his in .crests to meet other conveniencies or necessity. Assurances for terms of years en the lowest possible rates. DIVISION •F PROFITS. The increasing prosperity of the Society has enabled the Directors at the annual meeting held on the 12th May, 1147, to declare a fifth banns, varying from 35 to 85 per cent. on the premiums paid ea each policy effected en the profit scale. EXAMPLES. 4 Perma- Sun the , ..1 Annual Policy Bonus iz Rent Ito- I Assured 4.0. e, Pre- taken addition Bonus In duction of may bor .et 321111111. oat In Assured. Cask. Annual row on Premiums. Polley. a. LI >E a 8. X a. d. aE s. d. r 1837 243 9 3 . 112 8 4 18 4 6 494 8 10 X XB. d. 1838 218 4 81 99 it 10 15 13 5 445 0 0 60 ,1000 74 3 4 1839 192 1 10 1 Si 9 3 13 4 9 395 11 1 1840 143 101 66 8 4 919 1 346 ' Y 3 1841 138 14 2! 61 17 6 9 8 2 296 13 4 1842 111 6 8 1 49 10 0 710 4 247 4 5 The Annual Report, with tables •f rates, &c., may be had at the office, or Any of its branches In the c•entry ; •r, on application. will be forwarded post free. F. FERGUSON CAMROTJX, Secretary. FIRE AND LIFE•ASSURANCE OFFICE, THE LICENSED VICTUALLERS' and GENERAL FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, ADELAIDE-PLACE, LONDON-BRIDGE; 23. THISTLE-STREET, EDINBURGH: GREAT IiftIDGEWATER-STREET, MANCHESTER; WASON'S-BUILDINGS, and MATTHE W-STREET, LIVERPOOL. Empowered by Act of Parliament in 1835. The Company - transact business In every department of Life and Fire Assurance, in Annuities, Reversions, and Loans. LIFE DEPARTMENT. A.cTusitr—J. T. Clement, Esq. - - At the last quinquennial meeting there vvas added a bonus to the Life Policies equal to 25 per cent. on the sums paid, and a bonus of 5 per cent. to the Shares, in addition to the payment of the annual interest. The following are the annual Premiums for the Assurance of 1001. for the whole life, one-half of which may remain for flee years by merely paying the interest annually - , at 5 per cent.; and should the policy become a claim in the interim, the amount Lip will then t e deducted. Age 20, without profits £1 13 - 3 ••••• • • • 41 ' •• 40 •• 0 With profits 41 18 0 3 • • ..... ••• • • • ... .. 2 5 8 3 • . 3 1 3 4-4 9 6 For short periods the Premiums are considerably lower, and for any ages or contingencies not usually advertised Information may be obtained on application to the Actuary or Secretary. FIRE DAPARTMENT. The Company insure houses, fbrniture, stock in trade, farming stock, and every description of personal property, against loss or damage by fire. The Directors beg to remind their friends, whose premiums become due at Christmas, that no extra charge is made at this omen for the transfer of policies, and that they will be rated on terms pecu liarly favourable to parties insuring. Insurances may be effected for any period of time ; If for seven years, the Premium and Duty will only be charged for six. December, 1847. JOHN 11100, Secretary. GREENWICH TIME. So little attention is now paid to the regulation even of public clocks, except in cities where observa tories exist, that an error of ten or fifteen minutes on the one side or the other is not uncommon. The in troduction, therefore, of uniform time, the mean time of Greenwich, over the whole country, would not dis turb the arrangements of business and domestic life more than the errors of our clocks now do. On the other hand, two material advantages would attend it. The uniformity itself, or the exact correspondence of every clock with every other clock in the kingdom, instead of the countless varieties of time now kept, arising from real or mistaken differences of longitude, or from the want of access to any correct standard, would be one important advantage. Another would be the facility with which the standard time could be transmitted over the country by the electric telegraph, and the means of regulation thus placed within the reach of everybody. By adopting Greenwich time univer sally all calculation and trouble is saved. The follow ing table shows how the change will operate in Scot land. The clocks at the undermentioned places will be put forward as follows : At Aberdeen .... Bi minutes 8erwick......... ... .. 8 Edinburgh l2i Glasgow ... 17 Ayr . ... . . 18i Greenock The chief object of this alteration is stated to be that of rendering the movements of the railway system more precise as to London time, and of enabling travellers from the east and west end meeting, at some common centre, each with a time piece in his pocket., to be able to keep their appointment without first consulting the longitude of the town clock.— Caledonian Mercury. CAUTION TO COMPOSITORS AND OTIIERS.—A female of dark complexion and short stature, attired in a speckled cloak, and black velvet bonnet, and of plausible manner, has for the last few nights been imposing on several of the compositors and others connected with the morning papers. Aided by some person well ac quainted with the movements of the offices, she discovers that one or so, through indisposition or other cause, are absent; then inquiring for them (well knowing they are absent) loses no time i❑ detailing sorrows of the deepest dye to those who may anewes her inquiries, and of assuring them that had the persons she named been at the office, no hesitation would have arisen on their parts to relieve her distresses, more particularly as ahe was (according to her representation) a very near and dear relative. The companions of the persons she has in quired for, who most probably prove to be men whose respect they have long enjoyed, fail not to sympathise for their friends' distressed relation, and acting from a feeling of compassion towards the applicant, as well as respect for them, afford this pretended relative all the assistance in their power. The trick played upon them is not discovered until the next day, when the circum stances are communicated to those who were absent, and their surprise on hearing of this nocturnal impostor can be better conceived than described. A description of the individual in question has been handed to the proper quarters, and which will, it is to be hoped, lead to her speedy apprehension, and ultimately her conviction, for obtaining money under ;false pretences.—From one that has been imposed upon. DEATH OF THE COUNTESS DOWAGER OF ROMNEY. —We 'much lament to have to announce the death of this excellent lady, which occurred at St. Leonards-on- Sea, after a very short illness, on the morning of Christmas-day, at the age of 54. The late Countess, who was the second daughter of the late Viscount Sydney, married i❑ 1825, George James Cholmondeley, Esq., by whom she had, one daughter, married to the Rev. J. C. B. Riddell, rector of Harrietsham. Her Ladyship married secondly in 1832 the late Earl of Romney, by whom she has left one son, the Hun. Robert I Mareham.—Maidstone Gazette. .r.,-4 11 •