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T HE PATENT MILE-INDEX CARRIAGE compoli. (Registered Providonally under 7 and '8 Viet., cap.. 110.) Capital, 05,0001., in Shared of NI. each. Deposit, ls. per Shire, (being the areountlimited byStatute.) Deposits will be ret,ted withoul deduction, if - the capital be not subscribed, the regWered Promoter bearing all preliminary ex rchard Bark. r, Esq., 14, essto•Y-iiitg. R. Hartley Kennedy, Esq., Ihisingtpli Lodge, BOARD OF DIREFIttI. B. Hartley Kennedy, E q., Chairman':Of 7 thilndia and London Life Assurance Company. and Deputy Chairman of the Oriental Bank, Itesington Lodge, Notting-loll,—Chairman. Captain Tyndale. Director of the F:outli Eastern Railway, 21, Alfred. place, Brompton,—Deputy Chairman. Lieutenant General Wright, Royal Engineers, Army and Navy Club St. James's-square. V. B. (Basler, Esq., Esq., 84, Milton-street, Dorset-square. J. B. B. Curtis, Esq., Lineo!n's-iun, ant 29, Wellington-road, S t, John's-wood. Robert Faulder White, Esq., 24, Sussex-gardens, Hyde-park. (With power to increase the number to tell.) /MANAGING DIRECTOR, Henry Von Uster, Esq. BARKERS. Messrs, Sapte, Muspratt, Banbury, and Co., 77, Lombard-street. AUDITORS. 7. Kirkham Fowell, Esq., 60, Moorgate-street, and Devonshire Cot tage, Alpha-road, Regent's-park. (A second Auditor to be appointed by the Committee.) SOLICITORS. Messrs. Wire and Child, St. Swithin's lane, City. SICRETARY. Mr. Lionel Curtis. Temporary Offices, No. 82, Charing-cross. The Patent Mile-Index Carriage Company is promoted with the following objects, viz. :- 1. The application to cabs of the Mile-Index, a recently patented Invention, by which the exact distance travelled is readily ascer tained, and the passenger thus protected from overcharo by the driver. 2. The adoption of a system of mile-tickets to be issued In books or tickets at a reduced fare. P. The improvement of eab conveyance, by the introduction of Carriages of superior stile and accommodation, with a well-selected stud and better class of drivers. 4. The substitution, so far as the establishment of the Company is concerned, of the control and guarantee of a body of gentlemen, as Managers, for the unsatisfactory means of redress of griseances at present afforded by the Police Courts. The invention of the Mile-Index is protected by Royal Letters Patent, granted in June, 1846. The Patent Mile-Index has been lifted to a Brougham carriage. The carriage so fitted has travelled several hundred miles over the worst pavements in the metropolis, at different speeds, and in all weathers, and with the most complete success. (For a public testimony to the value of the invention, see the notice in the " Times" of Monday, the 25th of January, page 6, eolurne 6.) The Provisional Directors bave concluded an agreement with the Patentee for a general licence to are the invention in hackney carriages in the metropolle. or within a circuit of twenty miles from the General Post-offiee, for the whole term of the patent. The remuneration to the Patentee is therein made entirely dependent on the littecesstin progress of the Company. A copy of the agreement nee at the offices for inspection. ?he mile-ticket plan is adopted as the most cOrtveniainaselilderSanals Iterative made of giving to the public the accommodation of aire duced fare. It le calculated that the reduction of fare will (coupled With the patent Mile-Index) considerably increase custom, and pro duce a large profit ; and it is considered that the arrangement by Which such reduction in fare is made, througb the medium of mile tickets will not only prove a great convenience to the public, by the accommodation which it will afford, but also very remunerative to anareheiders, by the certainty of custom and advanced payments produced by the arrangements. It i.e in contemplation, when the Company has been formed and the capital paid up, to apply to Parliament for an Act of Incor poration. It w4l be seen that, as an abject of investment, this undertaking presents a most satisfactory prospect ot a liberal return on the capital Invested. This Company, by the general superiority of its vehicles, horses, and drivers, by the guarantee afforded by the control of gen tlemen as managers, by the mile-ticket system and the reduced fare, and particularly by the perfect check on overcharge which the Mile- Index will place in the power of the passenger himself, will un doubtedly command a great share of the cab traffic of the metropolis. The estimates show, that taking revenue at the lowest and expen diture at the highest, a dividend of upwards of ten per cent. will accrue to shareholders, in addition to five per cent. interest on capi tal, clear of income-tax in both cases • and taking into consideration the great saving to be effected in large purchases, and by being enabled With money in hand to watch the market, and considering also the greet traffic which the conveyances of this Company will certainly Commend, a very much larger rsturn may be safely anticipated. In submitting this proposal to the public, the promoters of the tindettaking give unreservedly all particulars of the proposed joint undertaking, and state explicitly the terms of association. The de posits will be returned without deducting, in the event of the whole capital not being subscribed, unless the subscribers at a general meet ing determine to fors the Company on a scale commensurate with the amount actually subscribed. The registered Promoter bears all preliminary expenses, and reserves, in consideration of the informa tion, labour, expense, and risk, given and incurred in the promotion, a per centage remuneration of 10 per cent, on the annual profits of the undertaking, that is to say, after paying 5 per cent Interest on capital. The estimates on which the calculations are based, and an abstract of the provisions of the Deed of Settlement, are set fbrth in an appfendix, to the end that tbe public may judge for tbeMseives of the probability of success, slid know the nature of the centract into Which they are invited to enter. The details of the undertaking are as follows, viz.:— Mlle-Index.—The huh* is placed in the body of the glib, being con nected with the wheels atra simple but ingenious apparatus. It is in duplicate for both insiees and outside, and is in the fofih of a double fhced clock; miles, half-miles, and fractions of a mile; correspond to hours, halt-hours, and nlibutss, and a hand performs,,the circuit of the dial, marking the progress of the vehicle. At night the index Will be lighted by a lamp. A passenger will, en entry, note the position of the hand on the outer dial, and read the distance as travelled by the dial within. Mlle-Tickets.—lt is proposed to issue tickets for miles and half miles, in books far 40 miles each, at the price of if. Is. per book, or 6 d. per mile. Should this arrangement prove acceptable to the Public, due provision will be made to provide a sufficient number of ( actives to meet the demand. Carriages, tics.—lt is proposed to start with 200 carriages; no Pains will be spared to give the public a carriage combining every requisite of design. accommodation, strength, safety, and lightness of draught, with most convenient and handsome fittings. Great care will be taken in the selection of the horses; and har ness, in keeping with the carriages, will be chosen. Stabling, &c.—lt is proposed to purchase or rent a piece of ground In seine convenient spot, and to erect a range of stabling, with the necessary offices, storehouses, workshops, &c., on a comprehensive plan. In any plan that may be selected, care will be taken to re serve space and make arrangements to meet an increase of the esta blishment at a future period. Drivers.—Great care will be taken in the selection of the drivers, Each man will be requited to enter into a written engagement with the Company, and to find two householders as sureties for his ob servance of it. A neat and uniform livery n ill be provided by the Company. With a view of inducing a better class of men to enter the service of the Company, arrangements will be made for the general comfort of the men, the care of them under accident, in sickness. or old age; and for the protection of the widows and orphans of those who may die in the service. One and a third per cent. on profits (profits as defined above) will be set aside to form a fund for the purposes above stated. The drivers will be placed under strict regulations, and be subject to a rigid surveillance. A Committee of the Board of Directors will sit daily to investigate complaints and afford redress. In all cases -11 'which application to a magistrate or a prosecution may be neces• eery, the proceedings will be conducted at the expense and by the solicitors of the Company. It will be a special object of the Company to save as much as possible the personal attendance of the com- Plainant. While the Company will visit with the utmost severity any delinattency on the part of their drivers, they will, at the same time, firmly protect their servants in case of injustice. Management, &c.—The management will be vested in a Board of Directors, not exceeding ten in number, including Chairman and Deputy -Chairman. With a view of insuring the best attention to the interests of the Company, both on the part of managers and officers, the principle of per centage on profits will be applied to the remuneration of directors for their services, and to the encouragement of officers. In lieu of the usual fixed allowance, directors will receive a per centage of twenty per cent. on profits (profits as defined above), and the Managing Director and Secretary will receive, in addition to fixed salaries, a like per centage of one per cent. each. As the remunera tion of directors is postponed till shareholders have realised fair interest on their investment, and is then proportioned to the surplus, shareholders have the best assurance that directors will use every effort both to increase the revenue and economise the expenditure. In the same way the zeal and vigilance of the officers will be stimu lated by the interest which they also will have in the prosperity of the undertaking. Finance.—The accounts will be audited quarterly. Interest on capital at five per cent. will be paid half-yearly. Profits will be divided annually. The foregoing are the general features of the undertaking. In its organisation many modification's will probably suggest them selves, but its main character will remain the same. As the Di rectors are most desirous of making the establishment as useful to the public as it can be made, any suggestion will receive their most careful cousideraton. The detailed estimates (see Appendix A) have been compiled With the greatest care. The several items are vouched by written statements by competent persons. They have been laid before gentlemen of great experience in these matters, who have earefidly examined and approve them. The Deed of Settlement (see abstract in Appendix B) contains two important provisions protective of the interests of shareholders. 1. Any new shares to be issued for the purpose of Increasing the capital, should it be desirable to extend the Company's e,tablish meat, will be offered in the first instance to shareholders, in pro portion to the number of old shares held by them. 2. If ever the alarage of yearly dividends shall fall below the five per cent. tete. rest on capital, the shareholders shall be couvened, to consider the propriety of dissolving the Company. There are several points deserving attention with reftrence to this Undertaking as an object of investment :-1. There is nothing expe rimental in it ; it proposes to supply a want which all feel, by means the value of which any one can appreciate. 2. The items of the estimate are of an every-day character, and the actual cost in each unite is given ; the calculations are open to investigation, and can i.e outsily tested. 3. The money of shareholders will net be sunk in ,elPeriments, or wasted in preliminary expenses ; it will be laid out is the purchase of a property which will always find a sale and bear a price. 4. A zealous and prudent management of the affairs of the eoncern is insured by the per oentage system of remunerating di rectors and encouraging officers. 5. The distiaetion between inte rest on capital and profits, and the provision made for payment o interest as an item of expenditure, without reference to division of Profits, gives to a subscription in this undertaking the double cha racter of a steady investment and of a commercial speculation. 6. Interests of shareholders are protected in any increase of capital, and they hold in their own hands the power to put an end to the Concern when it ceases to be profitable. RULES OF SUBSCRIPTION. 1. Shares will be allotted on application in the form annexed, ac companied by a reference to one of the directors, a London banker or two householders of respectability. 2. The directors aeserve power to reject any application. or to allot a number of shares less than the number applied for. 3. Deposits to he paid to the bankers of the Company to the credit of the trustees, who undertake to return the same without deduction, if the whole capital of 65,0001. be not subscribed, un less other wise directed by resolutions of a general meeting of sub leribers• 4. On production of the bankers' receipt, and on execution of the deed of settlement (a printed copy of which will be handed to the subscriber lbr his information), scrip certificates will be issued. b. When the Company has been completely registered (which will be done when the deed of settlement has been executed by one. feurth or the subscribers), due notice will be given in the London Gazette and daily papers. 6. Subscribers will be required, within one month from the publi cation et each notice, to pay a first call of 11. 19s. per share, and to exchange scrip certificates for shares 7. Further calls will not exceed 3p . er share, and there will be an interval of not less than two months between each call. 1. It will be in the discretion of the directors to forfeit and re-allot shares in cases of non-compliance with terms of 9. The directors reserve power to fix by public advertisement, the London Gazette and daily paper, any limit of time not he rein be_ fore given. - Application for shares to be made in the form annexed, to the s e , eretary, at the Temporary Offices, No, 32, Charing-cross. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SNARES. To the Secretary of the Patent Mile-Index Carriage Comp any. apply to be admitted a subscriber to the Patent Mile-Index Carriage Company, and I request an allotment of sh ares in sue capital stock of the Company on the terms of the prospectus, / nubjela the particulars required Yours. Dated day of 1846. (Usual signature.) Name in full .. • • • Place of business •• • • Place of residence . • .• • • Profession or occupatioa • • • • • • • . • • • • Reference in fell • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •• • • • • .. I Ppendix A (Estimates) may be obtained at the temporary o ffices, . 4 , Charing-cross. APpendix B (Abstract of Provisions of Deed of Settlement) will be eblished in a few days. Detract from a notice in the "Times" of Monday, 25th January, 1847, page 6, column 6. The Patent Mile-Index.--A simple and ingenious contrivance for I raeuring and indicating the distance travelled by wheel car sages .....There is nothing unsightly i n th e a pp ara t us , which, in eV. can scarcely be seen at all hen the carriage is in motion. ~.4 11e Passenger :s thus supplied with a perf ec t ch ec k aga in s t over snarge, while the proprietor has the means of knowing the amount of mileage actually performed. The convenience and simplicity of 48 44° Pting, as the index of distance, a method of calculation so familiar Gm fac of a clock supplies, need hardly be pointed out. _ The Patent Mile-Index has been fitted to a Brougham, which has, ._we are told, travelled.between 200 and 300 miles over paving stones Td rough roads, and under circumstances c a l cu l a t e d to test severely e working of the apparatus, and always with the same satisfac tory result. We had en opportunity on Saturday of psoying the accuracy of the index by travelling several milts lu the carriage ill question ; Uand ci comparing the revolutions of the hour and minute hand at ee lneaeured mile, we were, we confose, surprised by the nicety o f Lae result. eo Possibllity of tampering with the apparatus has b een e ff ectually prev ented. A reform i n oar cab system h as b ecome one of the recognised w a l n ts of city life, and the first great step in this direction must be in the e— p,Kaatt_senger himself possessing an effectual check upon overcharge. the propr i etors P2 /milks moat iuteres,teu in ,11,11 a refo rm are neeu.t it 11,1151 °rum have b ate L'7U to our render that a wutli greater aggregate allioullt. (pro eeet'r, n Y double the present sum) would be received in fares Year by cabmen, if they would be content with their legal (are, and WQ I II4 receive it with civility. /4 0 i 77: ------ ti?,? 'IA I 'A. 44, _ _ PRICE SD. s _ - /I °<. Z L TERATURt.--, TEL GREATEST PLAGUE OP L - .4'n ;or the Adventures of a Lady in Searek9f, , a Good .Servant. By one who has beett. t!,Almoit Worried to ./. ." ) each." Illustrated by George . auwkshanh. Part I. This is the firs* part of a work to be (completed in six numbers) which promises well. The idesi is an excellent one, and as far as the work has gone, it is excellently worked out. The description of the marriage of the lady is somewhat tedious, but when she gets to the greatest plague in life," servants, she is admirable. The adventures with the drunken servant, are capitally told, and the illustrations by George Cruickshank, are. full of fun and character. THE YEAR BOOK OF FACTS 1N SCIENCE AND ART, for 1847. By John Timbs. This is the ninth annual volume of this useful record of discoveries in science and art. It is twenty years since Mr. Timbs began his useful record of science and art by way of abstract. His first annual work :of this nature was the" Arcana of Science," of which 11 volumes were published and at the conclusion of the series the commenced the publication of the "Year Book of Facts;' being a scientific record in a much more extended scale than the "Arcana of Science." That this extension of the original design has met with the public approbation may be judged ot, from t h e fact, that the sale of each " Year Book" 'has been nearly treble that of the " Arcana of Scie-ice." The volume for' the present year is illus trated by a portrait of Le Perrier, the French mathe matician, and the discoverer of the new p lanet . ..... _ L ----- The CAMP and t h e ; or, the BRITISH ARMY AS IT IS, by a late Stair- Sergeant of the 13th Light Infantry. The author of this work is by birth and education a gentleman. It appears that he was engaged in mercantile pursuits in Dublin, but that in conse quence of severe losses sustained by a mercantile friend, it became necessary for him to seek other means of support besides those arising from his position as a junior partner. Under these circum stances being compelled to " seek service," and be lieving the service of her Majesty to be less degrading than that of any private individual, he enlisted in the 13th Light Infantry, was sent out to Indi a t o join his regiment, proceeded to Calcutta, from, thence to Bombay, and from there to Sinde, where he remained some time in g arrison at Kurrachee and Sukkur, and on arriving home with his regiment, after an absence of two years, purChased his discharge. Considered merely as a book of travels, this is one of the most amusing ever published. The author possesses the art of nar ration in the highest perfection. His descriptions of scenery are dashed off with the touch of an artist, and his reflections on the manners and customs of the natives of India are sound and philosophical. The chief value,' however, of this book consists in the fact that it shows us the British army as it is—that it rends in twain the veil which has hitherto screened the doings at the Horse Guards and in the army for the public. The great cause of all the evils in the army may be traced to ignorance —the gross and crass ignorance of the officers who, without being subjected to any examination, are per mitted to purchase their commissions, utterly ignorant of military duties, without even the rudiments of an ordinary education, unable in many instances even to spell, they are obliged to delegate their powers to non-commissioned offic?rs, at whose tyranny, bru tal i ty, and dishonesty, they connive, because they are entirely dependent upon them. From the moment a recruit enlists, he is subject to the peculations ofnon commissioned officers at the depot where he may be stationed, who practice all sorts of tricks to deprive him of his pay. " One mode of depriving the recruit of his pay, is to give him an old shattered musket, easily injured ; thus there are ten chances to one, that some part of it gets broken, while it is in his possession ; and he has in consequence a round sum to pay on delivering it into the store, when leaving the garrison. I have known this to be the case with many persons, some of whom had to pay ten shillings for stocking an old musket in use for the past forty years, and the intrinsic value of which might be ascertained by weighing the barrel, and calculating its worth at twopence per pound. Whether such were ever stocked, is a question the ar mourer alone can decide ; but in any case, he and the pay sergeants quietly arranged it all their own way." The commissioned o ffi cer i s genera l ly severe, in pro portion to his ignorance. One of - these martinets is thus described by our author : " He used frequently to visit the barracks ; and woe then,to the unlucky wight who had a fold wrong in his bedding, a knapsack -strap out of its place, or his chin strap fastened above the number •on his forage-cap ; three days taps being his ordinary punishment for offences of this character. Yet I have seen this offi cer, who was so strict a disciplinarian as regarded tri. vial matters, at a subsequent period, when he had be come first maj or o f hi s corps , una bl e to put the regi ment through th e manua l an d platoon exercise : while on another occasion, when an inspecting-general was on the ground, he could not find where the points were, when directed to dress them by bis colonel. " There are many such in the service; men who strait at a gnat and swallow a camel; and consequently, our armies will never be destitute of a Braddock or an Elphinstone; in spite of our having a Marlborough in one age, and a Wellington in another, to remodel and mould them anew. England wants a polyteehnique school. She requires that merit, not money, should elevate men in her military service; and were tbis desi deratum achieved, her troops wo u ld b e indeedinvincible. In the existing state of things, many creep in time of peace to the command o f cor p s , b y purc h ase or seniority, who are about as fit to lead a regiment as a peasant from the plough-tail is to turn courtier; their inability being never ascertained until some capital faux pas is committed in front of an enemy, which sullies our na tional honour." These last observations are worthy of most serious consideration. It is absurd to expect that a better class of men will be induced to enter the army, so long as they are liable to be tyrannised over by officers who are in every respect their inferiors. The true way to elevate the character of the men is to elevate the character of the officers, by doing away altogether with the system of purchase, and by sub jecting every candidate for a commission to, a rigid examination, so as to ascertain that he possesses a certain amount of, professional and of general knowledge, to insist upon a certain period of actual service in an inferior grade before pro motion to a superior one, and to precede each step by another examination. As to the necessity of some such reform taking place, if it is considered desirable, to attempt to elevate the character of the soldier, let the reader judge, after the perusal of the following advice given by the author to any young man who is thinking about entering the army : " And now, reader, if you are a young man dissatis fn d with your condition in life because you consider yourself superior to it, and have been induced to sup. pose you will get into your proper sphere by entering the army, I would offer you, in conclusion, a word of advice. "If dissatisfied with your condition, reflect well before you take a step which will have the most impor tant influence on all your after life; a man who binds himself for an unlimited period, must be guilty of the greatest folly ; should he do so rashly or inconside rately. You are already:aware, that to succeed in improv ing your condition in the army, you must be patient, in dustrious, methodical, humble, and, as the truth had better be told, servile. Do not suppose for a single ulQment you can do much good there, without at the least a major part of these qualifications; I thought I could be a soldier without being servile; I was simple enough to imagine that unblemished reputation, zeal for the ser vice, and an earnest desire to be useful, would be my stepping -stones to preferment:—l need scercely say that I was deceived, "In the army, you will have to be your own servant: to perform all the menial offices so disagreeable to those who have had persons hitherto to wait on them. You must not resent insult, if the person offering it be only a lance-corporal; and you will have to listen patiently and in silence to the contemptuous remarks of, a man who, very probably, is your superior only because his father was fortunate in trade, and therefore able to pay 4501. for a commission for his son; who has in his turn learned (to him, perchance, au unmeaning phrase) to say, "Pon his honour,' and to look d ow n o n you with all the quaint consequence of little-mindedness, as a being of an inferior spevi, s. " If you are a person of intelligence, therefore,_ .e _an__d , capable of earning a subsistence in any resp .. ent h b e i 5I would advise you to eschew the army until, to the laws of exist ing state cf things there continues; least, the officer is tau g ht to act agreeablY him; and those u nde r the service, in his dealings with rn . el them to be servile when lie cannot, at any rate, e compel disposed. As matters or mean, if not th h e e ras at the very man v who may have learned at it stand at pr esent, half read a page or two, and tohaltf d sp t e ed ll ,' will be almost certain to get in the race for promotion; for he the whip hand of you will hedge to s escrawl school 0 , the useful person, and assist lieutenant's servant i s a use or help to clean the captain's hoots. Rest occasionally, assured, the array, as now administered, is the last l is copy a . . place you should go to for the purpose of improving p w o o s r s l e d s , s a t n o d v t . h o e t r a e lt e t h t e h y e w e i i i l e l r h g a y v and rintelligence you chance m a o y f being fairly appreci.ited." A RTFUL RO BBERY . -- A st Saturday, for the accuracy of which we wills ory - n c ot urr voeuncth, as on the police authorities h ave not yet received any report of the transaction. It is said th a t a l a d y of th i s town stepped from her carriage, opposite the Royal Bank-buildings, passed through the area, and, entering the bank, presented a cheque for a considerable sum, which she received in bank notes. It is believed that she was minutely watched. She re turned to her carriage, and was just about to step in, when a gentleman in spectacles without his hat, and with a pen in his hand, hastily but politely accosted her, saying, "I beg your pardon, madam, we have forgotten to make a memoran dum ofyour notes. Will you kindly return them to me fora few minutes, and I will restore them to you directly." The lady believing the person who addressed her to be one of the elei kg of the bank, surrendered the notes at once, and the gentleman hastily retreated up the steps, through the gates, into the area, and ran in the direction of the bank. Ths lady waited some time, and at length went to the bank to inq v uire why the notes were nut sent back to her. She was assured that no person had been sent after her from the bank, and that her business with the teller had been cora -I,le, '! n notes were counted ut to her. She per eeivt,i at once that she had been ingeniously robbed, and :hit the respelqable-locking ;4eutlernau in spectacles, after he had obtained the notes, must have made his exit from the buildings through the gates opening into Elbow-lane.-.. Liverpool Albion. N 0.16,973. LONDON, TH URS DAY L I TTENI A A G FEBRUARY 11, 1847. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITU I'ION. PROFESSOR tiCIICENBEIN'S GUN COTTON, and other Expl,sive Compoinds, with brilliant Experiments, LECTURED on y Dr. RTAN, daily at Half past Three o'clock; and on the Evening. of Itt.ndays, Wedn,sdays, and Fridays. The principle of the 'Arlene EL :,CTRO-MAGNF.TIC TELk GRAPHS explained daily by Professor BACIIIIOKON ER, including the l'atent of Al e,.srs Cook and Wkeatstene, In use osillie railways, and the more recent Patent of Mesiars. Nott and Gamble ; the various Models explained. Al axnified Specimens of DISEASED POTATOES, exhibited by the OXTMTDROGUN MICROSCOPE, with the DE- S TRUCTIVE INSECT, supposed by A. Sniee, Esq , F.R.S., t• be the cane if the disease. A boantifel Series of NEW DISSOLVING VIEWS. The DIVIN4II-BELL and DIVER, with Experiments. The PHYSIOSCOPI, new CIIROMATROPE, &e. Admission Is. Schools, kalf-price. MIDDLESEX HOUSE OF DETENTION. A GOVERNOR is REQUIRED for this Establishment, who must be a married man or a widower, not less than 30 nor exceed ing 45 years or age, of good health and education, and who will be required to devote his whole time and attention to the duties of the office. The salary will be 4001. per annum, with residence within the wails of the building, rent and taxes free. All gentlemen who intend to offer themselves as candidat,s must send in letters (in their own writing), stat;ng their names and residences, ages and occupa tion, accompanlexl by testimonials of character and eligibility, ad dressed to the "Committee for General Purposes," on or before TUESDAY, the 16th inst., and must personally attend the said Com mittee, at this place, on WEDNESDAY, the 17th inst., at One o'clock precisely; and oat of those gentlemen who offer themselves some number, not exceeding six, may be selected, and specially recom mended to the Court on TRUHSDAT, the 4th of March next, when the election will take place, by voting, from One to Three o'clock. Information as to the duties may be obtained upon application to me, any day between Ten and Three o'clock. CHARLES WRIGHT, Clerk to the Committee. Sessions-house, Clerkenwell, Feb. 4, 1847. FAIPLOYMENT.—Persons having a little time to spare are apprised that AGENTS continue to be appointed In London and country towns to the EAST INDIA TEA COM PANY for the SALE of their celebrated TEAS. Offices, 9, Great St. Helen's Church-yard, Bishopegate-street. They are packed In leaden canisters, from an ounce to a pound, with the price and weight marked on each packet, and but little trouble is occasioned by the isle. The only license required is I Is. per annum. and - Many during the last 90 years have realised eonsiderabiezincomes by the agency, withattt le. let or toss. Application to be made, if by letter, post paid, as above. G ENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION COM PANY. (Incorporated by Act of Parliament). 69, Lombard-street, London. Notice is hereby given, that the HALF-YEARLY GENERAL MEETING of the Proprietors of this Company will be held at the Company's Office, 69, Lombard-street, on TUESDAY. the 23d last., at Two o'clock precisely, pursuant to the Act of Parliament, to transact the usual business, and to declare the Dividend for the Half year ending the 31st of December, 1846. JOHN WILSON, Secretary. London, February 1, 1847. DISEASED AND HEALTHY LIVES ASSURED. MEDICAL, INVALID, and GENERAL LIFE OFFICE, 25, PALL-MALL, LONDON, and 22, NASSAU STREET, DUBLIN. Subscribed Capital, 500,0001. This office WAS established in 1841, and possesses tables formed on a scientific basis for the assurance of diseased lives. _ _ _ The urgent necessity for such an 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 is the only Company possessing tabulated rates of premiam for disease deduced frem extensive data. Increased annuities are granted en 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 subscribe:. affords a complete guarantee for the fulfilment of the Company's engagements. FRANCIS G. P. NEISON, Actuary. N.B. Applications for Agencies to be made to the Actuary. fIOMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS' SUB SCRIPTION, for the RELIEF of the DESTITUTE POOR in IRELAND, and the HIGHLANDS of SCOTLAND. At a Meeting of Commercial Travellers recently held at the " Flying Horse Hotel," Nottingham, it was unanimously resolved:— " That a Subscription be immediately set on foot amongst their body for the relief of the Destitute Poor in Ireland and the Highlands of Scotland." It was also resolved, —in order to enable all to join in this charita ble undertaking,—that the amount of subscription should be limited to five shillings each, and that the lists be completed by the First of March, on which day gentlemen holding subscriptions are requested to transmit the same to Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths, Bankers, London, or Samuel Smith and Co., Bankers, Nottingham, in the names of the Treasurers, Messrs. George Coyne of Leeds, and Thomas Shipton of Hull. The following gentlemen were chosen Members of the Committee, with power to add to their number : Mr. John McCartney, London. Mr. George Coyne, Leeds. Mr. Richard Carter, Greenwich. mr. Charles Townsend. Derby. Mr. Sturdwick, London. Mr. W. H. Malpas, Nottingham. Mr. Thomas Shipton, Hull. N.B.—Mr. Allen, of the " Nottingham Mercury," having, at the request of the Committee, consented to act as Honorary Secretary, it is particularly requested that Commercial Gentlemen, and Proprie tors of Hot Is, to whom lists have not been sent, and who are desirous of aiding in the above laudable cause, will apply to him for them. 5 .* Post-office orders to be made payable to Richard Allen. NATIONAL LOAN FULNI) LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY, 2 CORNHILL, LONDON. Capital £500,000. Empowered by Act ef Parliament. This Institution embraces important and substantial advantages with respect to Life Assurances ant Deferred Annuities. The assured has, on all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense er for eture of the Policy, two-thirds of the premiums paid (see Table) ; .lee the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his in crests to meet ether conveniences or necessity. Assurances for terms et years are granted on the lowest possible ates. n 1 5 g Bane Bones la a.l 5 tamed prena.. added. Cask. .5- rg may • -0 : ; Sorrow. z x a. d. 1838137 .f? i 1 , 7 2 1 3 5 1 1 ,A114 I) 1 4 1 XI: 10 8 2 41Z 3 4 2 4 5 5 1 1 1 0 i ? 1 01000 3 4 1839 165 11 19, 74 1 9 11 3 1 346 2 3 L 11884411 111 ; : 3442 10 0 Ig { ; 18 s 10 4 i 2 29 47 6 1 4 3 54 The division of pronto la anneal, and the next will be made in December of the present year. F. FEIGUSON CAMIOUX, Secretary. LONDON JOINT-STOCK BREWERY COMPANY. (Provisionally Registerod.) Capital, 500,0007., in 25,000 Shares of 201. each. Deposit, 2e. per share, being the highest amount allowed by Act of Parliament until complete registration, when a call of 11. per share will be made. The principal objects of this company are to surply a perfectly pure and genuine malt liquor to the public, combined with such moderate charges as must ensure a most extensive and profitable business. Our empire in India offers inducements of no ordinary character for the establishment of an immense business of a highly lucrative nature, independently of its moat probable permanency and com parative freedom from risk. In South America, the West Indies, and several parts of the Eu ropean continent also, the malt liquors of this country are beginning to be appreciated and sought after, and a profitable and extensive trade may be confidently anticipated in those parts. Arrangements are in progress, which, when completed, will ensure an extensive and highly lucrative trade to the East and West Indies and to Mouth America, thereby securing at once a handsome per tentage to the shareholders. Arrangements are also in progress which will secure an extensive home trade. It is •ertain there is not in the market at the present time, nor has there been for many years past, any investment likely to pro duce such beneficial results to those concerned in it as the present, as, after a most careful and deliberate estimate, by talented and competent persons, of all the outgoings, &c., it is proved to demon stratioa that the net annual dividend will not be less than 40 per cent. on the capital. Under these circumstances the promoters of this undertaking con fidently lay their plans before the public, and will be most happy to give every information in their power, and, as soon as the Commit tee of Directors is formed, more detailed particulars will be pub lished. In the meantime all applications for shares or inquiries may be made to Messrs. Chauntler and Westwood, 8, Gray's Inn-square ; but no applications for shares will be attended to anises accompanied by most respectable references. B ORDEAUX AND CETTE RAILWAY. CONSTITUTED COMPANY. The MEETING of the SHAREHOLDERS in this Company, at the London Tavern, announced for Fain Air next, the 12th instant, is POSTPONED till further notice DAVID SALOMONS, Chairman of the English Board of Directors. By order, C. T. BEIOE, Secretary. $l, Lombard-street, Feb. 10, 1847. DIRECT BOMBAY AND MADRAS RAIL WAY. The Shareholders are respectfully informed by the Board of Di rectors, that the person styling himself Captain Bonehetto is not, and never was, a registered promoter of the Direct Bombay and Madras Railway. He has been dismissed from the appointment of engineer to the line, and the Directors have resolutely repudiated his exorbi tant claims on the funds of the Shareholders. By order of the Board, JAMES WAIID, Secretary, 58, Fenchureb-street, Feb. 6, 1847. A RT-UNION OF LONDON : Incorporated by Royal Charter. President—H. R H. the Duke of CAMBRIDGE. The list for the current year is now open. Subscribers will receive for each guinea paid, besides the chance of obtaining a work of art at the distribution, a pair of prints, the "Last Embrace," and the " Neapolitan Wedding," engraved by Mr. Charles Rolls and Mr. F. A. Heath respectively, after T. Uwins, R.A., with a set of en gravings in outline from seven of the cartoons submitted in compe tition for the premium of 5001. offered by the Society for an historical picture. GEORGE GODWIN,j Hon. secretaries. LEWlS POCOCK, 4, Trafalgar-square, January 1, 1847. BRITISH INSTITUTION, PALL-MALL.' The GALLERY for the E .XIIIBITION and SALE of WORKS of BIIITISI ARTISTS. Op( u t)aily, from Ten till Five. Admission, Is. ; Cat: Jogue, Is. WILLI AM BARNARD, Keeper. NEW BOOK OF TRAVELS. Now ready, with Illustrations, price 12s. TRAVELS in PERU during the YEARS 1838-42, on the Coast, in the Sierra, across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests. By Dr. J. J. VON TSCHUDI. Translated by THOMASINA ROSS. " These travels are among the most interesting that have lately The book is lull ofpersonal adventure. The regions versed,tra besides being In great part little known, abound in remark able characteristics; and the author, has brought us back both the latest and, upon the whole, perhaps the most comprehensive account we have yet had of the vast tract of country which still, after various curtailments, retains the name of Peru."—Daily News. D. Bogue, 86, Fleet -street. NEW SHAKSPEARE GALLEMTK ----- Now ready, Part 10, price 2s. 6d., continued Monthly, IIEROINES of SHAKSPEARE; comprising all the principal Female Characters in the Plays of the great Poet. Engraved under the direction of Mr. CHARLES HEATH. Perdita - - - Painted by J. Hayter. Constance - - - J. W. Wright. Virginia - - - - A. Johnston. Proofs, imp. 4to. 4s. ; India Proofs, Gs. D. Bogue, 86, Fleet-street. THE SMALL DEBTS ACT. A Supplement to the London Gazette of Friday was pub lished on Saturday evening, and contained the following Order in Council : At the Court at Windsor, Feb. 4, 1847 *— ORDER IN COUNCIL, No. 1. That on the 13th day of March in this year, the several courts holden for the recovery of small debts or demands, under the provisions of any Act or Acts cited in one or both of the schedules annexed to the said Act of the last session of Parliament, and marked (A) and (B) respectively (except the courts hereinafter more particularly specified), shall be abolished ; and that on and after the 15th day of March in this year, the county court of Middlesex, here tofore holden under the provisions of an Act passed in the 23d year of the reign of his late Majesty King George 11., intituled " An Act for preventing Delays and Expenses in the Proceedings in the County Court of Middlesex, and for the more easy and s p ee d y R ecovery of Small Debts in the said county court," shall be holden under the provisions of the said Act of the last session of Parliament, in the several districts into which the said county shall be divided, by any order to be made by your Majesty, with the advice of your Privy Council ; and also that each of the several courts of request or conscience heretofore holden for the recovery of debts and demands in the several cities, towns, and places hereinafter mentioned within the provisions of some one or more of the Acts cited in the sehedule annexed to the said Act of the last session of Parliament, and marked (A), shall be holden as a county court on and after the said 15th day of March, in the city or town hereinafter mentioned to be respectively appointed or substituted, instead of the city or cities, town or towns, place or places in which such court was or might have been holden under the provisions of any of the said Acts ; that is to say, A court heretofore holden at Bath, under an Act passed in the 45th year of the reign of his late Majesty King George 111., intituled " An Act for the more speedy and easy Reco very of Small Debts in this City of Bath and the liberties thereof, and in the several pails-has and places therein men - tioned, in the county of Somerset ;" shall be holden as a county court in the city of Bath : Two courts heretofore holden at Bristol, that is to say, one court holden under an Act passed in the 56th year of the reign of his late Majesty King George 111., intituled "An Act for the more speedy and easy Recovery of Small Debts in the city and county of the city of Bristol, and the liberties thereof, and in the several parishes and places therein men• tioned, in the counties of Gloucester and Somerset," and another court holden under an Act passed in the Ist year of the reign of your Majesty, intituled "An Act for granting more effectual powers for the Regulation of the Court of Con science within the city of Bristol," shall be consolidated and holden as a county court in the city of Bristol : A court, other than the Court of Passage, heretofore holden for the recovery of small debts in Liverpool, under an Act passed in the 7th year of the reign of his late Majesty King William IV., intituled "An Act to amend and render more effectual an Act passed in the 4th and sth year of the reign of his present Majesty, intituled An Act for amending the Pro ceedings and Practice of the Court of Passage of the borough of Liverpool, in the county palatine of Lancaster,' and to re peal an Act passed in the 25th year of the reign of his late Majesty King George 11., intituled An Act for the more easy and speedy Recovery of Small Debts in the town and port of Liverpool and liberties thereof, in the county palatine of Lancaster,' and to give further power for the recovery of small debts within the borough of Liverpool," shall be holden as a county court in the town of Liverpool. A court heretofore holden for the manor of Sheffield, under an Act passed in the 48th year of the reign of his late Ma jesty King George 111., intituled "An Act for regulating the Proceedings in the Courts Baron of the Manors of Shef field and Ecclesall, in the county of York," shall be holden as a county court in the town of Sheffield : And that the district to be assigned to each of the said courts, when so holden as a county court, shall be the dis trict which, by any order to be made by your Majesty, with the advice of your Privy Council, shall be specified as the district of the county court holden in each of the saici cities and towns respectively. ORDER IN COUNCIL, No. 2. • That on the 15th day of March, in this year, the said Act of the last session of Parliment shall be put in force in every county throughout England and Wales; and that the whole of the said counties, including all counties of cities and counties of towns, cities, boroughs, towns, ports, and places, liberties and franchises, therein contained or thereunto ad joining (except the City of London), shall be divided into the several districts hereinafter specified, and that the county court of each of the said counties shall be holden for the recovery of debts and demands under the said Act. in each of the districts into which such county shall be so divided, in the several cities and towns hereinafter specified as court towns, or towns in which courts are to be holden, in each county, in conjunction with the said districts respectively except in the districts hereinafter called metropolitan districts, in each of which the court shall be holden in some conve nient place within such district; and in each district, except in the said metropolitan districts, the said court shall be holden by the name of " The County Court of holden at ," inserting in the first blank space the name of the county, and in the second the name of the town in which the court is to be holden; and in the said metropolitan dis tricts the said court shall be holden by the name of " The County Court of ," inserting in the first blank space the name hereinafter given to the court, and in the second the name of the county in which the court is to be holden And that in the description of the said several court dis tricts hereunto annexed, unless where specific mention is made of particular parishes, chapelries, townships, tithing, hamlets, or precincts, the several ,places pax ,ed are to be taken to mean and imply the severitriertetietehdetit ibis tsars' districts, bearing the like names respectively, which have been constituted pursuant to an Act passed in the 7th year of the reign of his late Majesty King William IV., intituled "An Act for registering Births, Deaths, and Mar riages in England," or pursuant to any Act passed for the amendment thereof, as the same were severally constituted on the 19th day of December last past; save only that all parts of parishes and chapelries, townships, tithings, and hamlets, which are detached from the main body of the pa rishes and chapelries, townships, tithings, and hamlets to which such detached parts severally belong, and also all places (if any), parochial or extra-parochial, not included in the said descriptions, shall be taken to be within the district of that court within the precincte and outer boundary of which they severally lie, or by which they are severally surrounded, or with which they Shave the greatest common boundary, if not wholly surrounded by any one court dis trict ; and that each of the said court districts shall he deemed to include also all rivers, creeks, harbours, and waters included within the outer boundary thereof, or there unto adjoining, which are within the body of any county in attt E hohn cou rtseledgbtltecwahonwaosudthirta districtse l r v l i ne b r e ty h Wales;dep i place jurisdictiona, districtshi c d ae e a sl divided dsbb e spe e cified included ht ir t eie ovwdwfemhari river, hhd n tdeh-i n t eedc h heot e as chun d enrito s eby t ul ert outer boundary o c o rtfsushr boundary sia o nul f t hlec hob a l e n d aitknfeoo' river;betweennorf the purposes of the said Act for the county in which the city, town, or place is situated where the court is ordered to be holden, or when such city, town, or place may be situated in two or more counties, then of the county court holden for that county under which such city, town, or place is mentioned in thedescription of the said several court districts hereunto annexed, in like manner as if it were part of such county. ton ßE ß ß U K Z s Z i a i r l d, RE L . lt A on b . in The following are the names of the court towns :- BEDFORDSHIRE.—AmpthiII, Bedford, Biggleswade, Leigh . rum —Aylesbury, Buckingham, New bury, Reading, Wallingford, \Vantage, Windsor. BUCKINGHAMSE gdon, Farringdon, Hungerford, High Wycombe, Newport Pagnell. CAMBRIDGRSHIRE.—Cambridge, Ely, Marc- , - " March, N 'market, Soham, Wisbeech. CHESHlRE.—Altrincham, Birkenhead, Chester, Congleton, Hyde, Kuutsford, Macclesfield, Nantwich, IsTorthwich, 'Run corn, Stockport. Helston, CORNWALL. Bodmin, Camelford, Falmouth, Launceston, Liskeard, Penzance, Redruth, St. Austell, St. Colomb Major, Truro. Chesbam, CUMBERLAND.—AIston, Carlisle, Cockermouth, Keswick, Penrith, Whitehaven, Wigton. DERBYSHIRE. Alfreton, Ashborne, Bakewell, Belper, Chapel-en-le-Frith, Chesterfield, Derby, Glossop, Wirks worth. DEVONSHIRE.—Axminster, Barnstaple, Bideford, Crediton, Exeter, llolsworthy, Honiton, Kingsbridge, Newton Abbott, Oakhampton, Plymouth, South Molton, Tavistock, Tiverton, Torrington, Totnesa. Blin;ter. Shaftesuury, Wareham, Weymouth, Wimborne Darling ton, Auckland, Dummm.—Bamerd Castle, Bishops' . otley Bridge, South DORSETSHIRE.—BIandford, Bridport, Dorchester Poole, Durham, Gateshead, Hartlepool, Sh 1 . Shields, Stockton-on-Tees, Sunderland, Colchester, Chelmsford, Essira.—Braintree, Brentwood, Maldon, Rockford, Romford, Dunmow, Halstead, Harwich, Wo singham. ing - Sodbury, , North leach, . Basingstoke, Bi s h op ' s Waltham, Christchurch, Fo rdi Saffron Walden, Waltham. cir G e L n o ces uc te E r s , T D Eß.. ar — sie ß y r , is G to io l, uce C s h te el r, te s nh ew am en , 4 C N h e i w pp n h am lea i c i h Am , Sptsorn,RSEt.r_ouAdridToevwerk,esbury, Thornbury, Winchcomb. ng hridge, Lymington, New. port, Petersfield, Portsmouth, nornseY , Southampton, Win., . . . Chester. HRREFORDSUIRE.--BrOrilyard, Hereford, K i ngton, Led- 's S o T r tufonrbdi Tunbridge, Tun ry, Dartford, Deal H HE us itT T F IN o G R DO Ds: bury, Leominster, Ross. ,SHISE tit :sh:: St. News. Hi KE tch s e:,..! As oys h t t o b n rd , ,St. Alban 's, Watford. Dover, Faversham, Folkestone, Gravesend, Greenwich, Hy the, Maidstone, Margate, Ramsgate, Rochester, Rornaey, Seven• Bromley, Canterbu oaks, Sheerness, Sittingbourne, Tenterden p le o c u k i b t u em r7, Ga ß rs o t l a t n o g n : Liverpool,Hinek lHinck l ey, M a n - bridge Wells. Leices ter, saLlfoArNeTsuixvlertrsi—neAs, Man cheater, Oldham, Ormsktrk, Pre , s ‘ t v on i , a i n tochdale, St. Helen's, — ow i a a s m , Burnley, e ß n, ur K y, ir C k h b o a r ta leT , L. C an li Ux p b st r o id l g y, e. Mo teri:=ll;l=,.—LuAttsehrbwOrdteb,a2ticeet Bosworth, Market Nhvtaornri. unngcatdtboesenrtroelL;y_c:_oeme,llge.h:: . Harborough, Melton Mowbray. LINCOLNSHIRE.BartOII 011.. Humber , Boston, Bourne, Brigg, Caistor, Gainsborough, Grantham, Great Grimsby, Holbeach, Horncastle, Lincoln, Louth, Marke,twßeassternni,nSstleear-; ford, Spalding, Spilsby, Stamford. Clerken nlmfaorukteht: MIDDLE smx.—Brentford, Edmonton, v ~2 : eßllr MIDDLESEX om 6, p stohno re d3(t la; METROPOLITAN ry7:eßboowrie;; B D 4 ) %i sT , I I R i l c t T e c: Bloomsbury;s hp . a p e i . MoxmournsturtE.--Abergaver,ny, che- NeNwopßoFrto,LPKo._nt„Avptotoiel,boTrroeudgebg,arA, yUisskb.am East Dereham, Harleston, Holt, King's Lynn, Little Wal singham, North Walsham, Norwich, Swaffham, Thetford, Wymondham, Great Yarmouth. NORTRAMPTONSIIIRX,--Brackley , Da ven t IT, Kettering, Northampton, Oundle, Peterborough, Thrapstone, Towcester, Wellingborough. NORTHUMBERLAND. —Alnwick, Belford, Bellingham, Ber wick, Haltwhistle, Hexham, Morpeth, Newcastl e, Nort h Shields, Rothbury, Woolen NOTTINGHAMSHIRE.—Bingham, East Retford Mansfield Newark, Nottingham, Worksop. , , OtiFolu)stituE.—Banbury, Bicester, Chippin g Norton, Ox ford, Thame, Witney, Woodstock. kIiTLANDsmitE.-:oakham, Uppingham. SIIROPSHIRL—Bishop's Castle, Bridgenorth, Cleobury, Drayton, Ludlow, Madeley, Newport, Oswestry, Shrewsbury, Wein, Wellington, Whitehurch. flritig.7'9l - rz nrci, el l iffn r c cew i ier n, , i iome, Langport, Taunton, A,', .„.., Weetuu•supvr-Blare, Hilton, Wincauton, leo vii. STAFFORDSHIRE. - Burton-on-Trent, Cheadle, Hanley, Leek, Lichfield, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Oldbury, Rugeley, StaffCO l Stone, llttoutor t WA Wolverhampton. SUFFOLK.—Beccles, Bury St. Edmund's, Eye ' Framling ham, Hadlei g h, H a l eswort h , H averh i ll, Ipswich, Lowestoft., Mildenhall, Stowmarket, Sudbury, Woodbridge. SURREY.—Claertsey, Croydon, Dorking, Epsom, Farnham, Godalming, Guildford, Kingston, Reigate, Wandsworth. SURREY METROPOLITAN DISTRICTS.-1. Southwark; 2. Lambeth. SUSSES. —Arundel, Brighton, Chichester, Cuckfield, East Grinstead, Hastings, Horsham, Lewes, Midkurst, Petworth, Wort hing. WARWICKSHIRE.—AIcester, Atherstone, Birmingham, Co ventry, Nuneaton, Rugby, Solihull, Southam, Stratford, Tamworth, Warwick. WESTMORELAND.—AmbIeside, Appleby, Kirkby Kendal, Kirkby Lonsdale. WILTSIIIRR.—Bradford, Calne, Chippenham, Devizes, Nialmesbury, Marlborough, Melksham, Salisbury, Swindon, Trowbridge, Warminster, Westbury. - WORCESTERSHIRE.—Bromsgrove, Droitwich, Dudley, Eve sham, Kidderminster, Pershore, Redditch, Shipston, Stour bridge, Tenbury, Upton, Worcester. YORKSHIRE (EAST RlDlNG). —Beverley, Bridlington, Great Driffield, Hedon, Howden, Kingston -upon-Hull, Pock lington. YORKSHIRE ( WEST RlDlNG).—Barnsley, Boston, Bradford, Dewsbury, Doncaster, Goole, Halifax, Holmfirth, Hudders field, Keighley, Knaresborough, Leeds, Otley, Pontefract, Ripon, Rotherham, Saddleworth, Selby, Settle, Sheffield, Skipton, Thorne, Todmorden, Wakefield. YORKSHIRE ( NORTH RlDlNG).—Easingwold, Helmsley, Leyburn, New Malton, Northallerton, Richmond, Scar borough, Stokesley, Thirsk, Whitby, York. ANGLESEY.—Llangefni. BREEINOCKSIIIRE.—Brecknock, Builth , Crickhowell, Hay. CAR m A lITHENSHIRE.—Carm art hen, LI an deilofawr, Llan dovery, Llanelly, CARNARVOKSHIRE.—Bangor, Carnarvon, Conway, Port madoc, Pwllheli. CARDIGANSHIRE. •—• Aberayron, Aberyswith, Cargizan, Duni:peter. - DENBIGHSHIRE.—Denbigh, Llanrwst, Ruabon, Ruthin, St. Asiph, Wrexham. Fiairrsman.—Holywell, Mold. GLAMORGANSIIME.—Bridgend, Cardiff, Merthyr Tydfi Neat h Swansea. ME RIONETHSII IRE.-Bala, Corwen, Dolgelly. MONTGOMERYSHIRE. —Llanfyllin, Llanidloes, Machynl leth, Newtown, Welchpool. PEarn ILOKESHIR E. Haverfordwest, Narberth, Pembroke. RAnNoa.—Presteign, Rhaider. And their Lordships du further report as their opinion to your Majesty, that notice should be given in the London Ga zette, pursuant to the provisions of the said Act, that after the expiration of one calendar month from the date of the publi cation of such notice, your Majesty, with the advice of your Privy Council, wilt take into consideration the propriety of making the said two several orders for the purposes of the said Act of the last session of Parliament. Her Majesty is hereupon pleased, by and with the advice of her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, that notice be, and the Fame is hereby given, that after the expi ration of one calendar month from the date of the publication of this order and notice in the London Gazette, her Majesty, with the advice of her Privy Council, will take into con sideration the propriety of making the said two several orders for the purposes of the said Act WM. L. BATHURST. ECONOMICAL COOKERY. THE POOR MAN'S SOUP, OR SOUP FOR THE MILLION. In this season of unexampled distress in Ireland, my attention has been anxiously directed to effect an object which appears to me to be of some importance, namely, that of making a good nourishing soup at a very cheap rate; and, if the opinion of numbers may be trusted, I have the satisfaction to know that my efforts have been successful, and that a wholesome and nutritious soup can be made at an expense of about twopence for each gallon, or one halfpenny per quart, even at the present high prices of the article• of which it is composed. One quart of this soup, with a slice of good household bread, would form no despicable meal. This soup is of the sim plest kind, and is so easily managed that a chili can pre p i re it—its ingredients are in common use, and of ac knowledged value as articles of food—it requires little time and fuel, and is nearly as soon made as a pot of potatoes is boiled, and keep perfectly good several days, if require d. I have used it myself—l have given it to my children—we all like it. I have also dispensed it to a number of persons, who have expressed their ap probation of it. This soup would, in my opinion, add a comfort to the cabin in ordinary seasons, even when the potato was abundant; but the loss of this vegetable, and the conse quent scarcity, will, it I mistake not, materially enhance its value. This soup is composed of Swedish turnips (grated), barley ground whole with all the bran, pepper, salt, and water. Estimate of the expense of one gallon of the soup, and the method of making it:- 2 lbs, grated turnip lb. of barley meal, ground whole with the bran} °4cl ' Pepper and salt id. 4 quarts of water —2d. Add the grated turnip and meal to the cold water in the pot over the fire, well mix the whole, stir occa sionally, and boil for about thirty minutes; a little roortk tie bit may be necessary, if the turnip is of inferior gni lity; season with salt and pepper; the turnip is nearly as easily grated as cut into small pieces. Strong graters made at• my suggestion can be had at Mr. Daniel's, Grafton-street, and Mr. Maguire's, Dawson- street, for sixpence each. One grater, if required, would answer for two or three families. The turnip can be readily grated by small children, and will keep good in this state for a number of days. Mechanics in very remote or poor districts could make their own graters. A sheet of strong tin plate, sufficient for two graters, would cost only threepence. It is, perhaps, scarcely necessary to add, that the soup would be improved in flavour by onions or shallot, &c., cut small, and that it would be rendered more nutritious by bruised bones, a bit of meat, a little fresh or salt fish, &c., but any such additions would of c ul o i u g r it e b i e n s c u re b a s s t j e t u i t t e s d price.for the Oatmeal, mea l have v too,e stated, or b p u o t t m t h e o a s l e , substances are much more expensive. EDMUND DAVY, Prof. Chem. R.D.S. THE LORD CHAMBERLAIN A ND e d r a m l n u Metropolitan s jcal Saloons, P a e -- re ceived METROPOLITAN T HEATRES AND SALOONS. tent ndminotrheed the following circulars from Sir Willi am Martins, eiv under the authority of the Right H on. Earl Spencer, the Lord High Chamberlain, relative to th e gratuitous admission Theatres, mna e managers dramatic o fth e several of prostitutes and the police into th eatres and saloons. " Lord Chamb er l a in's -office, Feb. 8, 1847. " Sir,—The Lord Chamberlain h av i ng been informed that prostitutes are admitted wi t h out paymcnt to some of the Yesterday a theatres and saloons open under the authority of his licence, his Lordship requires you to state in writing whether any such practice exists at th e --- Theatre.—l am, Si r , y our " To the Manager ont servant, of the ",W. DIARTINS. eatre. " Lord Chamberla Th in's Office, Feb. 8, 1847. " Sir,—ln order to carry into effect the Lord Chamberlain's wish, that the Metropolitan police should have free access to the theatres and saloons licensed by him, his Lordship thinks it right that you should send to this office two tickets for the admission of one person each to the Theatre, the tickets to be annual or permanent, as may best suit your convenience.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, " To the Manager of the Theatre." " vV. iIARTINS." CORONER'S INQUESTS ON Two WOOLWICH Cic VlCTS.—Yesterday an i nquest was held at the Ordnance Arms, Woolwich, before C. J. Carttar, Esq., on the bodies of William Abbott, aged 27, convicted at Buckingham, in July, 1843, and sentenced to fourteen years' transpo r t a ti on , and William Wallington, aged 54, who was convi c ted at Worcester in July, 1843, and sentenced to seven years' transportation. The jury proceeded to view the bodies, which lay in th e dead-house in the Arsenal. After this they went on board the Justitia convict hulk, and inspected the food, testing both its quality and weight. They also asked some of the prisoners whether they had any complaints to make, and they replied in the negative. At the request of the jury, the dietary table was produced, and read by the co roner, who remarked that it was superior to the dietary ta bles of any union he had seen. The table was as follows : On Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, the allowance was 14i ounces of beef, a pint of soup, 11b. of bread, 4 ounces of biscuit, and 2 pinta of gruel. On Monday, Wednesday, sad Friday ,4 °nixes of cheese and 1 pint of table ale were snbstituted for the meat and'soup, the other articles remain ing the same. Then returned the inquest room, and the first witness called was Mr. Bossey, the surgeon of the establish ment, who merely spoke to the identity of the deceased. The Coroner then addressed Mr. Bossey, and said that he had consulted with the jury, and without at all reflecting upon him in the remotest degree, or being otherwise than satisfied with the evidence he had given on former occasions, still they wanted to place the matter so clearly before the public, and to exculpate him, if possible, in the clearest and best manner, that they had requested bins to make a post mortem examination, in company with some medical gentleman whom be (the Coroner) would send down. The examination would be his (Mr. Bossey's) own, and, if necessary, the other me dical gentleman would be examined as to the medical treat ment.. What had transpired in public had created such ex citement that it was requisite to have the fullest investiga tion. Mr. Bossey said, that with reference to what had been stated as to the treatment of the men in the House of Com mons, he could only say, that an inquiry was going on at the present moment by the authorities, and he himself was desirous that the very fullest and fairest inquiry should be entered into, not only as regarded the past, but also the pre sent treatment of the prisoners. He believed that the more the matter was searched into, the more unjustifiable the charges would be fund. They had originated with a convict on board the Juititia, and had found their way through some channel to a place, where, had they been sifted, their false hood would have been at once detected. The inquiry was then adjourned for the post mortem examination. A letter from Ratisbon, 29th ult., states that the son of the President of Cracow, the young Haller, made his escape the preceding day from the prison of that town. It will be remembered that he took part in the Polish insur rection, and was arrested in a Prussian diligence with several thousand thalers in his possession, which were delivered up to the Government. He had been allowed to take exercise in the environs of the town, attended by one of the keepers, and it was during one of these excursions that h e got away. It is announced that the railroad from Amiensnext to Abbeville will be opened to the publi c on the let of month. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —A DISEASED AND DERFUL CURE BY HOLLOWAY'S OINTIIaT near Ann.gh, was seized aged 19, of Kinnegs, p ? f h L fa n sfed for three months, and then with a pain in his knee a , rish g x wbec nths afterwards, it broke out into a commenced to swell; remedy wound, and discha rn rg o ed for twelvemonths, although every was used that medical men co i tild I , 3 „ ( , ,th f a i t , . n'nfirm rr n 4 16(.11 di*pensar , - It 1 elr. , n o 0 , '7 I YI I I t,01 ,,, ;., 1, ~,, t • ..11 'o L x: ~ ulcers, however long standing, can resist the proper use of these fine medicines. Sold by all druggists, and at Professor Holloway's establishment, 244, Strand, London, PORTUGUESE BONDHOLDERS. The following is a translation of a letter, dated the 30th ult., addressed to the chairman of the committee of Portu guese bondholders by the Finance Minister of Portugal ir— " Ministry of the Financial Department, Jan. 30, 1847. " Illustrious Senor,—The Government of her Most Faithful Majesty having had under its consideration the provisions contained in the fourth article of the decree of the 21st of August, 1846, by which it was ordains I that the interest of the external funded debt due in the financial year 1846-47 should be subjected to the deduction of two decimas, a n d which has been represented as being incompatible with the terms contained in the bonds on the loans contracted with the external creditors; the Government have thought it their bounden duty to propose to her Majesty the Queen the revocation of the fourth article of the said decree; and her Majesty, whose greatest solicitude is to maintain invio lable the conditions of the contracts referred to, and con sidering, moreover, the justice of the complkint made by the foreign creditors against the imposition of two decimas on the said interest, has been pleased to approve the above pro position of her Ministers, ordaining by a decree of yesterday's date (a copy of which is enclosed) the revocation of the fourth article aforesaid, and acknowledging the right of the holders of the coupons due on the Ist inst., and paid with a deduction of two decimas, to an indemnification correspond ing thereto, and to be reimbursed as opportunities offer, ac cording to e circumstances of the Treasury. Thus the re presentation which you addressed to her Majesty's Govern ment on the 20th of September last, in your capacity of chairman to the Committee of. Pa 11,411e.83 Bondholders, you will consider as being replied to, and I trust you will not fail to give due credit to the justice and right intentions of the said Government, who for many considerations fully ap preciate the services rendered by the foreign creditors to the constitutional cause and to the throne of her Majesty Donna Maria the Second. ' " May Gad preserve ':-olrtlec. "'JOSE ANTONIO MARTA DE SOUSE AZEVEDO, "To the Illustrious S enor Richard Thornton." ROYAL HUMANE SOCIETY. The anniversary dinner of the Royal Humane Society took place last evening at the Freemasons' Tavern. The Right Hon. Lord Lincoln occupied the chair. The efforts made by the officers of the Humane Society in rescuing the submerged from destruction continue to be most satisfactory. The cases brought under the notice of the Society during the past year amount to 179. Of this number the report of the committee announce the successful treat ment of 174 persons, and the death of who were beyond recovery. In effecting this great object the exertions of many individuals have of necessity been called into action. Fourteen honorary silver medals have been awarded for ex traordinary courage and risk of life, and thirty-one honorary bronze medals for cases of less importance. The thanks of the Society, inscribed on vellum, have been presented to nine individuals, and three other persons have received similar testimonials on paper. Sixty-two other claimants have received pecuniary rewards. From the report of the Society it appears. that during the past year, the number of persons who bathed in the Serpen tine exceeded 350,000, 42 of whom were rescued from drown ing by the Society's boatmen. Sixteen individuals were prevented from committing suicide by the watchfulness of the boatmen during the daytime. Since the commencement of the present skating season 79 persons have been immersed in the water by the breaking of the ice, but were all saved by the vigilant exertions of the Society's icemen, and only one fatal accident has occurred, which, unfortunately, betel a noble-minded youth who had plunged into the water in St. James's Park to the rescue of two persons who were im mersed, and was himself drawn under the ice out of the reach of assistance.--(Report ) Among the recipients of the medals were Mr. George Clifford, a French sailor named Pierre Victor Trotel, Mr. Edward P. Green (of Exeter College, Oxford), Mr. Mitchell, Lieutenant Fisher, R.N. Captain Finch, R.N., Li eu t enant Newman, R.N. (of the Coast Guard), and John Wright (of Brighton). The subscriptions of the evening amounted to 8101. STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, FEB. 9.—This market continues very dull and cheerless. There is exceedingly little demand for piece goods of any description, and prices of shirtings and . print ing cloth are barely sustained. The yarn market is even worse than that for goods. Prices are, in many cases lower this week ; but the decline has had no influence on the buyers, and scarcely any business is transacted. Under the present circumstances of the market, it is not surprising to find that the working of short time is now making progress in quarters into which it had not previously penetrated. We understand that the principal spinners and manufacturers at Glossop have already commenced, and those of Stalybridge have decided on taking the same course. We have no doubt their example will be extensively followed in the adjoining district. ROCHDALE, FEB. B.—The Rannel market has undergone no change since last Monday. The demand continues li mited, and prices much the same as last week's. Wool is heavy of sale, at previous rates. HALIFAX, FEB. 6.—There is little to notice this week, in any department of business. In the piece hall everything wears the same dull appearance; and the yarn trade remains much the same, as to production, price, and remuneration to the spinner. Not much wool, either long or short, is changing hands; and if there be any alteration, it is in fa vour of the buyer. VT •HuDniciaursiw, Fan. 9.—Therein but little doing in `troth Hall to-day; and the rise of cern at Mark-lane terday, casts a damp upon our market. The orders for light goods came in so late that much remains unexecuted, and at present there has been no new patterns in dark goods. which we have generally had at this period. LEEDS, Fee. 9.—There has been a rather better business doing to-day in our market than last month; and, if some slight symptoms do not deceive, a brisker demand for low woollen cloth is likely soon to ensue. Other descriptions of woollen cloth, however, being totally neglected, the dulness of our trade is but very partially relieved. Prices closed ra ther firmer.—Manchcster Guardian. NAVAL IN TELLIGEN CE. PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 10.—The Court-martial to try Com mander Cragg and the officers of the Sphynx is ordered to assemble on Friday morning, on board the St. 'Vincent. Mr. George Biddlecombe, R.N., Master of the flag-ship St. `Vincent, has proceeded this afternoon, in the Echo steam vessel, to surrey, by order of the Admiralty, that part of the Isle of Wight where the Sphynx is ashore, to ascertain the extent of the reefs, &c. Lieutenant Lionel R. Place (1842), late of the Amphion. 36, is appointed First Lieutenant of the President, 50, flag ship at the Cape. The Electra, 14, Commander W. H. Maitland, was at Port Royal on the 4th ult., expecting to go to Bermuda, where the Captain was in hospital. At the above date, Lieutenant J.M. Cooke was in command of her. The Gipsy tender arrived this afternoon fiom Sheerness. The Birkenhead steam troop-ship, Commander Ingram, arrived this morning from the river, with the women, chil dren, baggage, &c., of the 56th Regiment. She came imme diately into harbour, and went alongside the Belleisle troop ship, Captain Kingcome, to discharge them, as the latter ship will take the regiment to Gibraltar. DIVISION OF PROFITS. The remarkable success and increasing prosperity of the Society has enabled tho Directors, at the last annual investigation. to declare a fourth bonus, varying from 35 to 65 per cent. *a the premiums paid in each Policy effected en the Profit scale. EXAMPLES. POST-OFFICE NOTICES. VIGO, OPORTO, LISBON, CADIZ, GIBRALTAR, MEDITERRA- , NEAN, Earn, INDIA, AND CIILNA.—The next mails for Gibraltar, Malta, Greece, the lonian Islands, Egypt, China, &c., via Southampton, will be dispatched from hence en the morning of the 20th inst.—The next mails for the Mediterranean, Egypt, India, China, &c., yid Marseilles, will be dispatched from hence on the evening of the 24th inst. The Tiber sailed the Bth inst., with all letters for the Penin sula, &c., that arrived, or were posted in London, up to the morning of that day inclusive. AIADEIRA, BRAZIL, AND BUENOS AYRES.—(From August to January inclusive, the packet touches at Pernambuco and Bahia on her outward passage to Rio Janeiro, and the other six months on her homeward.) WEST INDIES, &c.—The Clyde, for the West India, &c., mails of the morning of the 17th inst. AMERICA.—The Hibernia, for the mails of the 3d March. DRAINAGE ACT. Applications for loans under this Act, which appear in the London Gazette of Tuesday evening I Applicant. Lauds in Parish of County of I Amount. X s. d. The Earl of i Not named ...... • . Surrey . 1 11 602 0 0 Lovelace.. ••• • • I ' The Earl of j I Cales,Wanby,Dean, i Lancaster ... ,120,000 0 0 Ellesmere.. Leigh, Wigan .... John Wood .. • • Twineham, Hurst.... Sussex ••• • • • 1,950 0 0 Sir E. S. / Farway,Southleigh, deaux,Bart. Pri- Northleigh, and Devon • • .... •.. 933 1 6 Widworthy • • • ... Lt.-Gen. Trevor Glynde ..... ... •... Sussex . ...... 224 0 0 r Lillieshall, Stieriff-1 The Duke of J hales, Kinneraley, I Salop and 3 2 00 0 0 E dgmoud, High } Stafford.. 0 . 0 Sutherland Ercall, Long4on, I L and Wellington •• J Long New ton,Sedge The Marq. of field, Thorpe, .lid, Durham • ..... 9,131 0 0 Londonderry Veit, Wolviso n, Redmar.hall .. • . Hy. Aglionby / Cumwhetton, Ain./ ' Aglionby .. 5 stable, Kirkoswald Cumberland .. 700 0 0 NIGIITLY SHELTER FOR THE HOUSELESS POOR.- Yesterday the committee of the above association made a report of the number of unfortunate individuals who have, since the opening, the 14th December last, availed them selves of its advantages as shelter from the inclemency of the weather. In the central asylum, in Playhouse-yard, St. Luke's, 4,716 men, women, and children have beenEaadst mitted ; in the eastern asylum, in Glasshouse-street, ~g .e. Smithfield, 3,511 ; and in the western asylum, Upper . " 1 The street, Marylebone, 3,967 ; making a total of I s 2 e , ni tt 4 number of rations distributed during inclement the average is 1,200, and during the p amounted to 131,138. The number adm t r i h e t e s t weather hundreds cannot be admitted. ,ca kr .—Yesterday FATAL ACCIDENT IN COLLECTt hen, a costermonger, t Westminster, was rye-StrCe , living at No. 11, Gee's-c . the river near Thames Bank, morning a man namedou,Trots,eph Sa were both immersed; young assisted by his eon, when engaged dragging g to the broken ice, and was rescued Satchel], on rising, clung to to his assistance, but though by some labourers who out of o t t hey every effort was used w the body of his father could not be recovered. BOUNTY.—Yesterday, by order of his ROYAL Royal Highness Prince Albert, as head ranger of 'Windsor Forest, a large quantity of venison was distributed to the eendtejhopye,rioond poor of the parishes in the vicinity of the Castle. The fallow deer in the Great Park, amounting tonear2 h ,or i gh li n e e a s d s , co b n e- - sides several herds of large red deer, his Royal sidered the pasture to be rather overstocked ; and, in obedi ence to the orders issued in consequence, 76 fat doe..• were driven up to the deer pct.:4, near Cranbourne-lodge, and there shot; and having been dressed and cut up into suitable por tions, were distributed by the keepers of the various gates around the Great Park, in portions varying from 21lbs. to slbs., the poor people entitled to receive it being furnished by their parish officers with ticke4s for the purpose. 1-1 "" FAI I 1)" . " , ',nw —7, h:. htreetS of Marlbo- • ' • ••,, full two feet titcp ; it 01, Lith P:iik2e ‘‘ , iit ~ i t: te 'or the last seven years. The Star coach, from Reading to Devizes, yesterday, was stopped at Marlborough, as it was impossible to go further on. EAST and WEST INDIA DO — COMPANY. The Directors hereby give n ,, tice, that it is intended (unless the charges shall have been previously paid) to SELL, en the 10th day of March next, such WINE% RUM, and other Spirits, as from length of deposit or depreciated quality are not considered to be wor th the charges thereon, and that sundry parcels for which WARRANTS have been issued will be included in such Sale. A List of all the Goods may be inspected at this House. East and West India Dock House, GEORGE COLLIN, Secretary. Billiter-square,Feb. 9, 1847." p w ards be of th t e n ci ent l y in a few minutes, red n o y SPENCER'S CHINESE. 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Starts, Tichberne-street, Quadrant; Gordon, 14•• Leadenhall-street, London; Newton, IC, Church-street, Liverpool and by all B•oksellers. At Home for Conanitatioa daily, from Nine till Two, and fro Five till Eight ; and all etters immediately replied to, if containia, the fee of 11., for advice, itc.-9 BEDFORD-STREET BEDFORD SQUARE. LONDON RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, FSIZUAILT 10. S•roex EXCHANGE.—The sales are —Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston, and Eastern Junction, par—Blackburn, Clitheroe, &c., 65 3d. dis.— Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton, Gs. 3d. p.— Buckingham shire, 6s. 3d. p. ex int.—Caledonian, Clydesdale Junction, 15 p.— East Lancashire, 2 p.—Ditto, New, 2% p. —Ditto, New Scrip, 265. 3d. p. Edinburgh and Glasgow, Halves, 10% p.--Fleet wood, Preston, and West Riding, % p.—Great Northern (Nos. 106,001 and upwards), % dis.— Huddersfield Canal and Rail way, 3% p.—Ditto, Extension, 1% p.—Lancaster and Pres ton, Three-quarter Shares, 18 p.— Ditto, Quarters, 14% —Leeds and Dewsbury, Extensions (green), 34 p.—Leeds and Thirsk, Preference, 1% P.—London and North-Western, 190 —Ditto. New, Quarters, 12 p.—London and Manchester and Birmingham, Quarters (B), 6% p.— Manchester and Leeds Halves (late L. and ii.), p.—Manches ter Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (late Great Grimsby and Sheffield), Quarters, % dis.—Midland, Preferential 'took (6 per cent.), 123% ex div.—Ditto, New, 3% p.—North Staffordshire, 3p.—North Stafford shire and Churnet Valley Junction, 1% p.—Preston and Wyre, Halves (11), 6s. 9d.—Shrewsbury and Chester, New, Is. 3d. dis.— Shropshire Union Railway and Caual, 3f dis.— south-Eastern and Dover, 37 South Staffordshire, 135. 9d. p.—West Riding Union, I p.—York and Newcastle, Preference, 4% p.- -Dutch Rhenish, 2% dis. MANCHESTER, FEEZUAZT 10. sTocit EXCILANGE.--- The sales are—Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, par—Blackburn , Clitheroe, &c., 3-16 dia.-Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham, 1% p. —East Lancashire. 1% p.—Ditto, 2% p.— Ditto, New (scrip), 1% Ely and Huntingdon, 1% p.—Fleetwood, Preston. and West Riding, X —Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, 31—Ditto, 3 c. p.—Leeds and Thirsk, Prefer entials, 1 % p.—Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester, New Branches (blue), Scrip, 3 p.—Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction, 5.16 dia.—London and North-Western, 192—Ditto, Manchester and Birmingham), 72—Ditto, Quarters (B), 6% c. p.—North Stafford shire, 3% p. — Nerth-Western, p. —Northern Counties Union, 1 % dis.—Oldham Alliance, X p.—Preston and Wyre, 35% —Ditto, Halves (8), % p. LEES, FERY 10. STOUR Excluxox.—The s ales ar ß e— UAß Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston. 2s. 6d. dis.—East Lancashire, New, 2 n. p.—Ditto. New Scrip, 245. 6d. p.— East and West Yorkshire, 10s. 6d. dis.—Glasgow sad Dumfries, 1% e. p.—Great Northern (late London and York), 2s. 6d. n. P. — Huddersfield and Manchester, p.—Ditto, Thirds, 268. p.—Le e d s and Dewsbury, New Extensions Scrip (pink), 173. 6d. P.—Le e d s and Thirsk, 3 n. dis.—Ditto, New. I % dls.—Ditto, Preference, 248. P. — Leeds, Wakefi e ld, and Midland, 9s. 6d. dis.— Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction, 131. n. dis.—Man cheater, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 128. n. p.—Midland, Pre ference, 3% p.—North British, Thirds, 525. p.—Ditto, Quarter Shares (late Carlisle Branch), 41s. 6d. P.—Ditto, Extension (scrip), 12s. 6d, p.—North Staffordshire, 21. 19s. n. P.—Northern Counties Union, 245. dis.—North-Westeni, % n. p.—Sheitield. Rotherham, and Goole, P .-West Wing Union, 31s. 6d. p.—York and North Midland, 89% c ex div• - HULL, FEBAIIIIIT 10. STOCK EXCHANGE..—The sales are —North British, Quarters, 87s. —Ditto, Extensions (scrip), 13s. p. cash—Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton, M p.—North-Western, 9s. 6d. p.—North Staffordshire, 31. as. 9d. p.—West Riding Union, 3/. 14s. 9d. SHEFFIELD, Fzettualr 10. STOCK Exciarma.—The sales are—Great — Northern (London and York), Extension (scrip), 1 p.—Leeds and Thlrsk, die.— London and South Coast, 55% —Manchester and Lincoln Union, 18s. 6d. die. Walton and Driffield Junction, 21s. p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (Grimsby and Sheffield), 201. Mares, 285. 6d. die.— Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland, 9s. die. GLASGOW, FLBRTJAET 9. STOCK Excnarms. —The sales are—Ayr arid Galloway, 395. 6d.— Caledonian and Dumbartonshire, 525. 6d.—Direct Northern (scrip), 345.—Dundee and Arbroath, New, No. 2, 27%--Dundee and Perth, New, 151.—East of Fife, 52s.—East Indian, 9s. 6d.— Edinburgh and Glasgow, .luArters, 19 %—Edinburgh and Northern, New, 725. 6d.— Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, halves, No. 2, 91. le.—Glasgow and Greenock, halves, 914 —North British, Thirds, 728. Scottish Mid land Junction, 21%. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —TEAS AT WHOLESALE PRICES, NO. 2, BUCKLERSBURY, CHEAPSIDE.—FamiIies whose consumption is large, and study economy, will derive considerable advantage at this establishment. One uni rn,rm pro eis affixed, by which iiiirchact• a p ,, un(i can obtain it on the same terms as the trade. Black Tea 2s. Bd., Bs., 3s. 4d, 3s. Bd., 45. 9 4s. 4d., ss. Green 3s. 4c1., 3s. Bd., 45., 4s. 4d., 55., 65., 7 3 . Coffee 9d., 10d., is., ls. 2d., Is. 4d., Is. 6d., Is. Sd. One pound sent free to any part of town. Orders from the country forwarded the same day; and when the quantity is for 61b. weivht (tea only), the carriage is 21i1!:1 0, any part, of Englllnd.—MA.Nsl.l,L and Co, ~l ielesale tea dealers, 2, Bucklershurv, Ohe 9 Pside • Letters from Riga of the Ist of February state the exe)lange 41 1 ,id. to 41d., which is also a shade less unfavour able for this country. W HEAL MARY UNITED MINING COMPANY. In 1,000 Shares, of 101. each. On the Cost-Book Principle. The Prospectus may be obtaed of the London Secretary, Mr. W. witeorab, 167, Fleet -street london •