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ADMIRALTY SOMERSET-PLACE,I9 4 o THE COMMISSIONERS for 7,EXE CUTING the OFFICE of LORD HIGH AD MIRAL of the UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT tRITAIN and IRELAND, do hereby give Notice, that on WEDNESDAY, the 9th December next, at Ten o'clock in the Forenoon, the Captain Superintendent will PUT UP To SALE in Her .Majesty's Victualling Yard at DEPTFORD, several Lots of OLD STORES; Consisting of Provisions, Stares, Heading, Hospital and Trans- Port Stores, &c. &c. &c., all lying iu 'he said Yard, except the TPer ransport Stores, which are in the Dock Yard. sons wishing til view the Lots must apply to the Super.. intendent for Notes of Admission for that purpose. Catalogues and Conditions of Sale may he hail here, and at the Yard: 1-ONDON AND BIRMINGHAM RAIL -4 WAY. ALTERATION OF TRAINS. Notice k hereby given, that on and after Tuesday the Sth of December next, the following TRAINS WILL CEASE TO RUN :- 12 o'clock noon, down Train to Aylesbury. 1 r. NI. ditto to Birmingham. 4 v at, up Train from Aylesbury to London. 6 r at. ditto from Birmingham to London. and that the 5 u'elnek tip Train will leave the Binning,- ialn Station at half-past a, and the intermediate Stations at "Of an bout hater than the presi:nt times. By order, R. CREED, Secr.tary. Ruston Station, Nov. 28, 1840. MANCHESTER and BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY COMPANY. Company's Office., Manchester, September, 1810. The DIRECTORS of the MANCHESTER and BIR MINGHAM RAILWAY COMPANY are prepared to RE CEIVE TENDERS for the ADVANCE, on and after the let December next, and pursuant to the Acts of Parliament ! l leurporating and regulating the said Company, of MONEY, 1 4.? sums of not less than 5001., upon security of the Rates, °lid, and sums of money to arise by virtue of the said Acts. Interest, at the rate of 5 per Cent. per Annum upon the s uns, advanced will be paid half-yearly. Parties willing to snake advances are requested to address t h 6 r otters, under cover, to the Chairman of the Board of Di rectors, endorsed 46 Tender for Loan," and to specify therein the amount proposed to be advanced, together with the terms and the time on and for which the money is tendered. THOMAS ASIITON, Chairman. WESTMLONDONand WESTMINSTER. CEMETERY, at Earl's Court, Old Brompton (consecrated by the Lord 'Bishop of London). Persons desirons of PURCHASING GROUND for the Erection of Vaults, &c., and Monuments, should make appli lion at the Office, 62, Charing-cross, where a list of prices, fees, and other partiqulars may be obtained from Teti tilt Five: A portion of the ground is set apart for the use of Dissenters or all denominations. The attention ef the public is invited to inspect the double range of Catacombs already completed, 2,040 feet extent. The Cemetery is daily open from Eight o'clock till Dusk, an d police constables are stationed on the ground at all hours. "S B„ . A I L \ S T G G E R S O T \ A r B E E : I S S H C M O E N M T COMMERCIAL T P LEASANT, LIVERPOOL.—Mrs. M. begs respectfully to announce to Commercial Gentlemen, that she intends opening t he abov e es t a bli s h men t on the 9th Dec. 1840. Having just fitted up her house in a superior manner, uniting comfort with accommodation,7 she hopes, by the strictest attention being paid 4 every department, to insure a shar e of their patronage. • ---- • ft) COMMERCIAL GENTLEMEN, AND OTHERS. SMITH, CASTLE AND COMMER • CIAL INN, MARKET-PLACE, PRESTON, re r'retfulflaly ,sffers his sincere thanks to his numerous supporters, t theflattering encouragement he has received during the c elye years he has been at the Castle Inn ; anti at the same i "'le he wishes to inform his friends, and the public generally, that h e h as added to his house the principal rooms of the ad premises, which he has fitted up in a superior manner, a 'Al with this addition he hopes to be enabled to add to the corn iort o f his to nests.g ests, whose continued support it is his highest ambi t i on .......testop, Nov. 26, 1840. SIGHT AND HEARING. 3 g, ALBEMARLE-STREET, PICCADILLY, • .;• R (Opposite the York Hotel), and T - ""\-ING LLIAM-STREET, BANK OF ENGLAND. HE INVISIBLE OPERATIVE VOICE ,DUT effected by the Messrs. S. and B. FA MILY, OPTICIANS and AURISTSto the ROYAL " 11 . 1 -Y, 39, ALBEMARLE-STREET, PICCADILLY, t; which thousands of deaf persons have been greatly bene , e ", is the size of a seven-shilling piece, and when fixed into Wt e cavity of the ear is soft and easy, and not more perceptible an t. havi n g a piece of wool in its place, by which the faintest uisper at i 'a public assembly is heard with distinctness. And efective VISION is brought to nature by the use of newly 4vnted SPECTACLE LENSES ; i mme di a t e ly they are Placed before weak and imperfect eye-sight, either by day or it esarl dle light, every object becomes clear and distinct, and the "t minut e particle is seen with great distinctness ; by the use °t Which both the sic , ht and hearing become much improved. The Messrs. S. and B. SOLOMONS disclaim all con txibb with p ersons o f th e same name , an d th e sa l e o f am it:ir specta c l es ; th e pern i c i ous use o f am b er s p ec t ac l es now well laalwn to the public, and tire vendor being are of it, he has herefore altered their name, by leaving out ' a u l word Amber t ," and calling them " Patent Spectacles." nose ufsant whichlier lie ; terms " Patent Spectacles' are no other than r ' j s; or the history and destructive use of that mate real to imperfect vision is fully and most satis _ Fetorily explained be the undermentioned scientific authority: rom the " Dictionary of Arts and Sciences" of Andrew 'tire, F.ll. S., &c., &c. " Amb er i s an indurated vegetable juice, and not produced by the laws of crystallisation, but by the same causes which imluenee the mechanical condition of eum. Insects are often found em b e dd ed in it. Amber is mo s t powerfully electrical by friction—very hot, to such an extent as to explode into frag ments; the workmen, too, are subject to nervous tremors in their wrists, arms, &c. ; th ey encounter great dangerby handling *dreadful excited electries ; amber grows with lime, and is ,: ar ‘% take tile, and is of such a soft nature when exposed to fl aill t a s. , that it swells, bubbles up, and will burn away with the abo ve Dr. Tire's stateme n t s arc further confirmed by Sir i tl i t u r resyst er and Pliny, as also by Parks and Hems, on Che ,,ie: Y. Th e d estruct i ve e ff ects of such a material for specta 13'. to iMperlect vision, may be asce r t a i ne d a t an y res pectabl e r, is ticiat i s s in London. 4 Messrs. Solomons' newly invented Spectacle Lenses are t i;; ..14 constructed of such a material ; but which verya a r n e d e s rfe e c - t and bring ack at once of i h to its original and natural dimness state. These Spectacles, and 1,7 small Voice Conductors for deaf persons, are .4.1 y to be mar e-s.tee(opposite \ ,(l at their establishments, 39, Albe I t the (irk Hotel), and 76, King William-street, Bank. Pb()LOO'S CHINESE CEMENT.—The of tt e xtraordinary properties of this Composition make it one A er ie e Most useful 'articles ever presented to the public. It is eff e e : t l Y impervious to hot or cold water, and will resist the to it A 3 l ;'f, the most intense heat.. So tenacious . and firm is it r ather that a new fracture is almost certain . to . take place Pasq r Vl' a severance in the original. Thus its utilitsur- Ria s ; " a " other cements for the fixing and mending . of china, trick' ,and ivory the setting of stones and beads in rings and e ra, Bce s 4 .5.°,1.1 w holesale and retail, in bottles, at Is. 6d. 9.5. 6d., end C o ' and 7s. 6d. by the Proprietor's sole Agents, Blofeld, a atnC, ° . , Cutlers and Razor-makers, 6, ithdrile-row, Holb f'erfunniYertsheir appointment, at the principal Chemists and 'Az rs TOOTHACHE is PERIVIANENTLY CURED by the application of the GREGORIAN also for the Ear-ache and Tic-doloreux. Ihe above Alikl.ll discovery was providentially made by the Rev. GOR was G REGG, a Clergyma n of th e Ch urc h of England, who Th e „ I:Ra n) . years the mar t yr o f an excruc i a ti ng t oo thache. of - " l l , o , itio n now used with such success was the only one to rr. anY which he found, not only on trial in his own case, but roirli`finerous otheis, in the course of an extensive priyrtte ad iq ci i t i t no r p a e ti r o a n tio t n o . be instantaneous in its effect, and painless A ‘to , 'nue at 3, Opera Arcade, Pall Mall East (late of St. 44'at se•v,eral wher e a ll orders are executed; 78, St. J ames ' s - street; Medicine Venders. THE TOILET of BEAUTY furnishes in wellrnerable proofs of the high estimation . in vyhich Poss es A NG'S LOTION is held by the most distinguished oosh f ' ll 's of brilliant complexions, preserving the complexion a t en , "nil the effects of cutaneous malady and the operation of the-hr,rature peculiar to the present season, and sustaining i t s• r nevt tints with which beauty is adorned. "Ii . r. SHAW, London," is engraved on the Stamp. Prices 2s. 9d., ss. 6d., Quarts Bs. 6d. 13 f -Y all respectable Perfumers and Aledicine Venders. Whom may be had, SHAW'S MINDORA OIL f or th e Prl i 3s. tqi i ii.MAßY for the CURE of STRIC r, TURES of the URETHRA, SYPHILIS, GONOR ,,,'I(R,k, GLEETS, and alt DISE ASES of the GENERA JIVE : an d URINARY ORGANS. Notwithstanding the above Institutir is closed, Patients sissy continue ti, receive the GRATUITOUS ADVICE of the Sur geon (Mr. Courtenay, 42, Great Marlborough-street,) by ap plying at his own hcase instead of the Charity. Hours of Attendance, from Eight to Ten in the Mornings knl from Seven to Nine in the Evenings. On Sundays in the , .orning, but not in the Evening. -4 PUBLIC NOTIFICATION. ESSRS. SLOAN and CO., Members of h t , the Royal College of Surgeons, 4, A lIG YLL-PL ACE ,, , u,n„ ENT-STREET, and 28, IRONMONGER-LANE, tet-Al'sIDE, may be consulted from Eight o'Clock in the Sy',7:. "s l ,T?g until Ten at Night, on ‘very variety and stage of ior wn l ,, with th a t delicacy and secresy th e y h ave hith er t o ob -1.4 "L. ' The treat men t th e y p ursue w ill no t su bj ec t an y pa ti en t tr e , l ° nelftrinent or hindrance from business. Cases of an ex -4,4,1" nature they eradicate in eight or ten days, or if slight or Qt t „ ' t in two or three, without the indiscriminate use of iner- P 4,, , ), a j'd at a moderate expense. Generative debility, 4 14 - ,'''' ,, ka, and Strictures of the Urethra, unhappily so preva ,44lretreated upon those unerring principles which have in trntia t u Mes srs . Sl oan an d C o . so large a share of public pa tic - f 0 for nearly thi r t y years i n London, iaud which it will be ~.. re exertion t o ma i n t a in. tnd Lt, ''z's, containino , an onclosure 'will 'be answered by return !r e d P leev kitiP tirs, however di s t an t, w i! ' l be corresponded with until -........,. "T IMPORTANT DISCOVERY IN MEDICAL SCIENCE. A . N Inf a llibl e R eme d y has b een d i scovere d, i n a for th simple vegetable compound and an outward application, Lktr ii t, (lout, Rheumatism. Rheumatic Gout, Tic-doleureux, dist, a g,", &c., in all their agonizing forms, by which iinme ear„,rerth'i is Aortic(' in the most inveterate cases, and the AlV';',eeted within from two to three clays. Pli tt 1 tionms eaver, woollen warehouseman, Nos. 3 and 4, 4rl-,treet, Cheapside, son of the discoverer, having tested l ' t , ll . l ell e t 4 ' i , (4l Y by private circulation Inc several years, during ,as me thousands have been cured, from the nobleman to 4i ' v s r y v it a Z t i ' i t s , considers he would be . waiting in his duty towards atit. fellow-creatures if ' did not give them the full ^ e 'of this most important discovery ; he therefore no im, itatns to adopt this mode of making it publicly s t: Oat, "0 cures n has effected in the most violent anti ob ae"Ps have been truly wonderful, and a newspaper could l ,',',with letters anti testimonials in confirmation of its ' l , 4 al) ( "',l'm persons of rtnk and distinction, including several A LL ' teal gentlemen of eminence. The great superiority (4,14u.e,"ie Possesses ovt r all other remedies is from its being " r e 41,: r d application and so perfectly's& andinnocuou s that We " anti tiro ' id patient may use it with the greatest -41 Y t i etned Y known as Feaver's Embrocation, and , 1 , o f 41 now ' 'Mr. Feaver, 3 and 4, Friday . z tti li ri e s; b uetatposnidec, ;€: proprietor, Ilar . elay d anti Newberg, Edwards, T. ' St of' ' tire respectable chemists . 44 t; a ' v ' e a ri n de g r e s '' i a n n town and country. In bottles at "v 19 „d Ro., To prevent counterfeits, tb e propr fetor No. 15,050. ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE OFFICE, Nov. 25, 18-10. 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A small yearly ,or weekly contribution will secure the most ample return for after life; thus-21. 12s. per annum (Is. a week) at 20 will at 65 give the policy holder the choice of an annuity for life of 471. 16s. 6d.: 3941. I Is. in cash; or policy without further contributions of 4t;61. at death. 2. Two-thirds at any time lent on deposit of policy, being a fund always available during sickness or want of employment. 3. Two-thirds of all payments returned to representatives in ease of premature death. The report to the Annual General Meeting of Proprietors, prispectuses, tables, &c., may be obtained at the otliee of the Society, by letter or otherwise, 26, Cornhill, London, or at any of its liraneficts throughout the country. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Sec. BRITSCHA to be SOLD, clean arid good as new, having been but little used. It has patent axles, C springs, imperials, cap case, barouche seat, rumble;and all the appendages usually attached to highly-finished carriago4 May be seen ut 43, Crawford-street. Bryanston- square. PUBLICATIONS. Just published, in One Volume, price 1 9 5., AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR, with REMARKS on the VARIOUS INCIDENTS which have occurred during- FORTY-FIVE YEARS of his LIFE, and a FULL DESCRIPTION of his MODE of TREATING DISEASES, with REASONS EXPLANA TORY of HIS SYSTEM. By SAMUEL WESTCOTT TILKE, Medical Herbalist, Author of " Random Reflections on In dig,estion, Gout, Tenia Capitis, Scarlet Fever," Sic. &c. " Mr. Tilke is one of those individuals who, born with a wooden spoon in their mouths, have, by the alchemy of thrift and industry, converted it into silver. He began the world as a jour neyman baker, but every intermission from the labour of the knead ing trough, was devoted to the pursuit of medical science. Any man who makes such unceasing efforts us he has done to alleviate the sufferings of humanity, is entitled to honourable mention." — rimes, Nov. 3. .• In this volume we have the autobiographical memoir of a man, whose career in life has been a chequered one, but who, by sheer dint of perseverance, ail,' showing a gallant front to misfortune, had the satisfaction of seeing all his efthrts crowned with success. Tl,e Memoir is all interesting one, as showing what may he ac coin 'dished by energy and good conduct; and it is written in a cheerful and benevolent strain.. As a Medical Herbalist, Mr. Tilke has effected a variety of surprising cures in obstinate cases of gout, rheumatism, and indigestion. His mode of treating some of these diseases is fully described in the course of his Memoir, and be has added reasons explanatory of his system, so that he who runs may read."—The Sun, Nov. 5. 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Ashton& Oldhain...Average97l.l+l.3ll• 11 ' ) 1,082 41, Astiby-de-le-Zouch A•aerage 11 ii.sti 73 4060 Basingstoke 14.11/..h. 5 ,t 1 I V. Brecknock and Abet gavenny' 15a,..5h. '2 ~1601.10a15. 101. Birmingham, 1.16 th share ....81/. Sr 711. •..0.1 .141 ...,...„ Ditto & Liverpool Junct. Peal. sii. 160 pil 0i; 090 31. Bridgewater and Taunton.lool.sh. all pa -- 100 5/. Chelmer and Blackwater lOOl. sh. I'll 500 .21. C arcotr y 1410/.111, Ico Croydon. CCO 51. Us. Dudley 100/.sh. in,a., 600 134. Derby lOO/, sh . 1 6 t( 4 per cent. Gaiinhe and Mayne ll/.1:34. 4.1 pd 01 41. F.ilesinereand Chester A vetagc 1331,44. Al 251 601 Et eveasn lool.s ii. WO :t ' 301. North and Clyde.... Average stai/. 16 5..h. hail 141 8!., Grano Junction 1001. an Pao 48491 255. Grand Union 1,500 ..«..... Grand Surrey 1,000/ 41. per cent. Ditto (optional) Loan 1001. • (3 3090 Grand 'Western 600 131.105. int. Glamorgansiiire, Aver. cost 1791, 13s. Id. ef:(o4 749 111. Ilrainthiori ..... ...... ... .......... .. ..1501.3h. tO3 , 6,238 21.05. Huddeibiald......Average a /I. 63.6 d. sit 56 100 Kensingto a lO6 sh. all ltd 10 23,309 11.10 s. Kennet and Avon, Av. 39/. 18.. Uhl. sh 264 11,6991 11. 7s. Lancaster Average 471. Cs. Sd 25 2,8974 301. Leeds and Liverpool lOOl.ll 760 5451 151. Leicester 140/.0 1113 1,897 51,01. Leicester & NortNainpton Aver , !31.10 •••%,:, 2.400 101, Monmouthshire WO/ oil 500 150 101. hlelton Mowbray . lOO/ sh. al 500 05/. Mersey - and Irwell lOOl. sb . 505 3,000 21. 105. Macclesfield lOO/. sh, all pd :i714 247 171. Neath lool.sli. 305 2,400 51. Peak Forest iivei.ge about 75/. sh, 75 21,419 Ess. Regent's (or London) Av.:411/.10,8d. sit. 10 5,669 61, per cent. Rochdale Average 85/, sh. 61) 500 81. Shropshire sob 101.0 s. Somerset Coal 3,600/. 41 par cent Ditto Lock Fund Stock _lO/. 10s. sh. 11 1 4 700 3el. Stafford and Worcester. 110/.811. 01.0 1.00 15/. Shrewsbury 105/. sh. 291) 300 91. Stourbridgef.....e, 1451. sh. 396 3,647 2/, Os. Stratford-on.Avoi. A ver....791. 9s. Lid. sh 4 t .33 lni Sw,.nsea WO/. sh. '265 .1,732 21. Os. Severn and Wyc and Railway A r. 351. sh. 4a . 2,6008 sn. ale. .40e. :Traott 341 i Mereey, I share lO4. sh. COI a uto .... ..... Thames and Medway Av. 1.91.55. i,....i, al.. ti ' 1,00018.1 1 „,. Warwick and Birtniagharn lOO/.sl. i.-1.5 000ish. .5 "' 950 131 War wick and ilapswn lOOl, 58, 173 7,000 41' Worcester & Birmingham Av. 751.135. sh. 56.74' 5,000 324. Wilts aini Berke Average 671 . lOs B k l . sit. 2, i 800 6.. Wyilev and Essington 125/. sit 74 .26 1v .Socacti ' n .r.' +h. So 905 Is. Wey and Arun. llO/. , a . ao DOCKS, 1001.811. I's 11 4 6 0 , ° „ ° 1 84 , 1 ..1 3p. c. Commerc al East and ('test India Sto,k i 8 3,038,310f1. 60s. p.ct. London Stock 0114 Ditto Bonds 2,009 3/. 6s. sd. Bristol Overage 14" . /. Os. sh. 75 68,3241. W. per cent. Ditto Notes, various artiaunt; IOS 352,750 5 percent. St. Katharine ' toe k 99ti 500,000 41 per cent. Ditto Bonds 200.000 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds for 10 years Deptford Pier "01, sh. 001. pd 10 BRIDGES. ,600 Ills. Haminersmiti . a. ll/.'iB. 01 7,031 Southwark, Old I.v. 03/.2(4. Sd. sh. 03 a 1,700 11. 15s. Ditto, New, ol 71 per cent.. 'M.A. 13 .1,000 Waterloo 100/, sh. 3 5,000 20s. Ott. Ditto, Old Annuities of 8/ fine psi ;263 1 5,000 195.:12. Ditto, New Ditto of 71. ... 4O/. pd 1734 60,0001. 5!, per cent. Ditto Bon 4,1 9,„', 5,848 9.2 s Vatialiall ... d .e s a :average 70/. 10s. Oil. sit. 25 . ASSURANCE COMPANIES. e,OOO 3! Albion ...,... ............. ...;,001. sh. 501. pit 73 50,000 [n ln el d . c i e s l : . l •l Alliance B ritish X; Foreignloo/. sh. 111. pd 1314 60,000 6 per cent. DIM', Marine lOO/. sh. 5/. pd 4.' 4,000 1/. per sh. -Atlas 5O/. sh. Is!. I 14 , 14 I,ooolsli. Si. Birmingham 4 ire.. O5Ol. oh. 55/. Id 10714 20,000 41. per cent. British Fire • , ',Ol. sh. 511/. psi 44) 12,000 61, per cent. British Commercial 5O/, 5!.... 5/, pd fiY,, 5,000 /../. per cent. Clelicad & Media. I Lite, Kash. 0110 s pd 41. 4,000 2/ 153 County lOOl. *h. 101. pd 47% 20,014 53. Eagle 50/. sh. 51. pit 5% tyq 1 5 Per tent,l Economic Idle lost/. 2h . 910/. pd 400 ( and 301 Lo, 2,071 225. percent. European Li. • •'Ol. Hi. all pd 20 50,000 Os. Ditto, New "0/. sh. '2l. pd 1% 1.000,000/. 6/. per ct Globe Stock ::, 12.11 20,000 51• (Ina:alum 31,000 s. H. Hope 0,400 5/. 7s. 41d. Imperial Fire 5OO/. :h. 50/. pd 135 7,500 Os. Imperial Lite ... 100/. sh. 10/. pd 10 13,459 51. par cent. Indemnity Marine loll. sh. 8!. pd 21 '2,020 31 10s Kest Fire 50/. sh, all pd 92 3/. Ditto Life 5Ol. lid 66 10,01)0 Iris. Law Life lOO/. sO. 101. pd 311 3.001./ 10s. London, Fire 251. sh. 12!. 10s, pd 1744 3,901 1 10s. London, Ship "5/. sh. 101. 10s. pd 17.. i 1.000,0001. •.. ..... Minrrvi Lite 100/. sh. 5110,000/. - ...... ....0.1. ss. pd 3 :10,0(10 51. per cent. Palladium Life 5lO. Oh 9/. pd et (is 50,000 4/. per cent. Protector Fire "01. sl., '2l. pd Ids 041 10,000 4 per cent. Protestant laissenters .... 16114, sh, W. pd 5% .4,500 11. Provident. Luc 00,600 ss. Rock Life ' 00/. sh, 1/. pd S 89,200/ 5/. per cant. Royal Exchange Stock 000 0,000 5 per cont. University Life 100 e sit. M. pd 5 1 4 50,000 4 per cent. United Kingdom Life 100/. sh. W. pd 74 JOINT STOCK BANKS. 05,000 Aerie. and Cum. of I relanil2s/. sh. 10/. pd 5,000 8 per cent. Austialasia 401. sh. 40/. pd 54 10,000 10 percent. Bank of Sincinghain 50/. sh. 10/. pit 13% Brom Ii) per cent. Birniingham Bank 5O/. sh. 101, lid 23 39,1400 6 per cent. London & Westminster 1001 sh. '2.51. pd 2314 60,000 5/. London Joint Stock 50/. sh. 10!. pd 10% 3,000 4 per cent. Lancaster lOO/. sh. 50/. pd 30 25,1100 Liverpool 51 100/ sh. 101. pd d d 0 10 1 ~,,,, i 541,000 71 percent ancliester and Liver.] Si - Joh. ... 13. pool District 20,000 7 per cevt. Manchester lOOl. sh. 25/. pd 43% 20,000 Provincial Bank of Irelandloo/. sh. '251. pd 44 11,000 5 ler rent. National Bank of Ireland 50/. sli. 1711. pd 11i$,i, 10,000 5 per cent. National Prov...cial Eng.loo/. sh. 351. pd 35 10,006 ...... .• Ditto New 104. sh. 10/. pd 91!, 10,000 Gloucestei shire 50/. sir. 10/. pd 30 -- 6,000 10 per cent. Hampshire 5Ol. sh. 5/. lid 9 GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. 2,5041 Ilis Od Bath 201. sh. 1)11. pd 22 MOO 5,000 L.per cent. Land Hs. 4,,.1 Ditt o Provincial .01. sh. 19/. pd 25 928 5110 s Birmingham 50!. sh. 9(1 1,950 9/ Os Bristol 2O/. sh. 153 :4250 3/ lOs Brighton • , 0/. sit. 14 7.50 3! lOs Ditto, New .O/. sh. 15/. pd 9 2,471 41 per cent. Brighton General 2O/. sh. all . / d 9 4,000 71. Os. Continental Consolidated ....751. 6211. pd 105 1,000 lot. City ••• London.. ....... .....100/. sh. all pd 105 1,000 6/. Ditto, New lOO/. sh. 75/. pd 150 4,0(10 31.0•4. Equitable 5Ol. pd 00 10,000 2) per cent. Imperial 5O/. sh. 54 800 Si. per cent. Isle nf Thanet 25/. sh. '2Ol. pd LN 2,350 (Si. per cont. Independent 30/. oh. all ra. 49 9,000 41. per cant. PlielnliX 5O!. sh. 39/. pd 3434 1,000 41. per cent. Ratcliff lOOl. sh. 80/. pd 63 4,000 South Matropolitan 50/. sh. 19/. pd 17 9,000 4!. per cent. United General 50/. sh. 471. pd 3351 240 51. per cent. Warwick. 5O/. sh. 50 40(1 51. per cent Wakefield 2,000 1. Westminster Chartered 6,000 12e. Ditto New 5(l. sh, 111/. pd 1 1 1 ,t, 740 3 per cent. Yarmouth 2Ol. sh. 18/. pd WATER WORKS 1,800 105. Birmingham 251. sh, em. pd 29. 4,434 7!. East London 100/. sh. 170 5,500 21 153, Grand Junction Average 411, 13s. 4d. sh. 65 5,000 01. Kent 100/. sh. 4514 372 101. Liverpool Bootle .001. sli. 32(1 1.5 00 2 /105 Ns w River Loudon Bridge Water Ann... 00 6,48(6 2/ lOs Manchester and Salford.... ....... .1001. sh. 56 1.000 4 per cent, South London lOO/.sh. 10434 8,294 41/. West Middlesex Average 631.1123. 9d. sh. 101 1,1160 1/ Its York Building Co. Lessee Prop. 1001, sO. 35 IRON RAILWAYS. 6,800 Birmingham and Derby ..... lOO/. pd lii 9,500 Birmingham and Gloucester 901 pd 65 15,000 Bristol and Exeter lOOl. sh. 60 pd 3554 7,500 Cheltenham and G. Western 1001. sh. 551. 11 3,00 a Clarence 1001. sh. 1001. pd 25 8.000 Dublin and Drogheda 100/. sh. 5/, pd 841,1104 Eastern Counties 251. sh. 211. pd 9 100011 Great North of England 1001. sh. 70/.lid 57 10,018 14 per coot. Grand Junction lOOl. sh. all pd 25,000 Great Western lOOl. sh. 6 51 . pd 89 14 25,000 ...... ... Ditto New. 50/ sh. 40/. pat 50 1 cow per cont. Gosport Junction.. 5Ol. sh. 351. pit 3 4 2,000 5 per cent. Hartlepool 100/. all. 100/. pd IISN 8,000 ... ...... [lull and Selby 5O/. sh. 45/, pd 451 2,100 4/.per cent. Leeds and Selby 100 sh. 6514 5,100 111 percent. Liverpool& 'Manchester 10(1.5h. 100/.0 192 7,908 1 1 1 per cent. Ditto Half Shares 5O/. pd 97 1 4 lli 00 ) Lo ~ 1 9: 10 per scut, Ditto a. ,:i l ttoQuir iri Quarter shares . hare 5........... sh, 401 .. .... i i ) ... iil d 5 45 :it 14 24,000 London and Blackwall 50!. sh. 2211. pd 5 20,000 3 per cent. London and Greenwich OOl. sta. '2Ol. iid 6 , y, 05,000 8 per cent. London & Birmingham 100/. sh. 90/, pd 164 25,000 Ditto Quarter Shares ....05/. sh. 51. pd 2614 :411050 Dit o New Shares 321. sh. '241. pd 47 36,060 5 per cent. London and S. Western Av. 381, 17s. ild. 54 113,000 ...... ... London and Croydon/ Av. 13/. 158. 93. 1 Ditto New Scrip.... 12 13,000 Manchester and Leeds 100/. sh. 70/. pd 81! 13,000 Ditto Half Shares 5O/. 05/. pd :3l 10,000 Manchester and Birmingham 701.5t0 35/. 9914 Ditto Extension 7l. pd 4 10000 Midland Counties 'OO/ oh. 100!. pd 7014 15,000 North Midland ..... .... • 1.01. sh. 100/ pd 7ti Ditto New 40/. pd 29 5,128 Northern and Eastern.... CO/. slf 301. pd '23 i.,6150 Preston and Wyre 5 O!. sh. 30 /. pd : 1 6 [B,OOO South Eastern and Dover i 1,000 10!. per cent. Stockton and Darlington ..... loor,sii. 272 9.000 Thames Haven 5Ol, sh 5!. pal ' 6.000 York and North Midland 50 . sh. 50/. NI i' MINES. 8,000 Albion Copper 5/. sh. 11/. psi 12 4,000 11. ss. Aite'n l5/. sh. 12!. II spd 10 10,000 ... Anglo Mexican,iss. 5/. pm.loo/. sh. al )1d 11.4 Ditto Subscription 25/. 'al 11.;, 2,000 10/. Bolanos • 150/. sh all pi 35 10,000 IL (Os Brasilianlmp. iss.s/. pm 35/. sh. 20/. pd 12 6,000 Macaubas & Cocites United 251.81).251. pd 15 11,000 ...... ... Ditto St. John Del ltey Va. sh. 141. pd 2 10,000 ... ...... Bolivar Copper Company, 20/. sh. 20/. pal f 10,000 ......... Ditto Scrip . 2 0 , 000 ........ British Iron 50!. sh. 551. 1.1 I ,000 British Copper 51. sh. 41/. pd 196 C ita Branca 6l!. pd 1:14 Candonga...... 10,000 11 Copiapo .............. .......... 001. sh l'3/. pd 10 8,500 elf Colinnblan, Hs. Si. pin. ~.551. sh 55/. pd ON 2,850 3/, English l4!. Cs. pd 3 20,000 General 51iningAssociation201 sh.lB/. pd 0 6155 Mexican Company lOO/. sh. 5711 lid 6 3 , 008 Polberou Consols lO/. sh. Si. pd 4 11,500 Real del Monte, Unregistered Ditto Loan Notes 150/. pd 100 30,000 United Mexican, its. X pm. 40/, oh. all pd 314 Ditto Scrip 't 4, Ditto New Scrip 51 pd 614 West Cork 5Ol. sh 501. pd 35 L I T LondonCHEi Ltiy ß ds A ßo ll n, C Y sd .B8: I a N 4y. S sps " a l et ' lor l ec ' clkß',Unolt.'mlloo:N. 1001. sl.. h ". . 117702050,0:1.1... spl. )::: 21_ ti :1 1,07,4 1,000 1,5(10 London University .........100/, sh. all pd 8 700 King' College 100!. 11.1;,', MISCELLANEOUS. 1 6 0 a 1. 1. per rr s s cc . e. n. tt .. British CAaunsatrdaal Americani n CompanyA g ri c u Landltur a 1 .11 Company. fs h . 2 23 8 1 1 : r ) 1 111 2! : ,!0 ° 0 :3 1 8 0 100/. sh, 30/, pi! 3a% 51. 1 p: e r . c . ent. Ge U ne p r p a e i r st C e a a n m a( N •ta a L vi o g a a n tien 151. , 0. 141. pd 1 8 1.2i(5 7 )4 101. per cent. ,000 1/. C N a ep o w n i tit3et Brunswick u o TN, u se c : C : c o km Landpm y c .. p , „ y 5 . , d 822::75: 51. per cent. Reversionary Int. 50c...100/. s ' h ... t)1 i ' i 1.2 n Thames p i 7 , n u e n h n . :I L a . d . . . . 100 50 i. t h s . h i . ,7 V . : ) , , d i 11 , 14 10,000 40(KI 61. Va ct PRlCES2ctiaiconlsdmB..4..poB3.A:62ls 00110181:31:..hho:.h.:5..1aoclall11..lipp: 2 .31 11 xi LIST of SCOTT N I O S v iI Bs. 500. spaßhLinen Companys-00.1100.,1h.5.111.411.L3 1 1,000,006 000 1; 6!. p.. ct. sank ot 2,000,0001. 6 p. ct. Royal of Scotland 500,0001. 61, p. ct. Commercial 500,0004 5 p. ct. National 500,0001. 71. p. ct. Glasgow Union 1,000,0001. 6p. ct. Western of Scotland 2OOl. sh 40/. pd 73 INSURANCE COMPANIES. • 250,0005 h. 6} p. ct. Scottish Union 201 . sh. 1 . Pd 270.63. 7,500 7p. ct. Hercules... ....... ..... ...... 100/. ah. 10/. pd 13 1. , 100,000 sp. et. Ins urance Co. of Scotland AK sh. all pd 9 C 50,000 Bp. et. North British ..... ..........2004 sh. la pd 180 1,000 Bp. ct. Caledonian Fire 1001. sh. 10/. pd 20 7 '' 5,000 6p. ct. Edinburgh Lite 100/. sh. 10/. pd 1514 100,000 111 p. et. West of Scotland lOl. pd MISCELLANEOUS. 4,818 „.....„ Edin. and Gins. Un. Canalsol. ch. all pd 10 Ditto Allocated'. 001. oh. all pd 47 5,401. 5 per cent. Edinb. Joint Stock Water.2sl. sh.,all pd 35 B.ooosh 15 per cent. Shotts Iron Foundory 504 sh 481. pd 53 10,000 3 per cent. Edinburgh & Leith Glass 201. oh. 184 pd 8 4,500 10 per cent. Edinburgh Coal Gas 2.54 sh. all pd 5... 4,450 10 per cent. Clasgow Gas 254 sh. all pd 52 'MO 7} per cont. Leith Coal Gas 2O/..h. all pd 51 1.900 'MAO b per etni, /Equitable Loan Company 351,ohiva V., is DINNER TO MR. ADAM BLACK On Weduesday a public dinner was given to Adam Black, E q., at Edinburgh, in the Waterloo rooms, iu testimony of the respect in which he is held by his fellow-citizens, and of the value which they attach to his exertions in the cause of civil and religious free dom." The Right Hon. 4 L 1.3 Donferndine took the Chair, and was suppnrted - the rie lit by Mr. Black, R. Steuart, Esq.. M. P.„ 7r W. Ilasnl:oii, B wt., General Mayne, C. 8., Pelfitssors 'Fred and Ilender. :on, Convenor Scott, John (3 t eegory, E,q., A•lveette, Councillor Lotiiimi, Andeete Millar, E•q, ; and en the left by Sir Themes Dick Lesler, Bsrt., W. I). Gil len, Esq., M. P., C. W. D. Pundae, Esq , M. P. for the county of Flint, Millie Richardson, Ceuneillor Richardson, Colonel Skene, Heiler - ids M•Kenzie, E. , W. S., Sheriff Currie, &c. Blessing was asked by the Rev. W. L. Alexander, of the Independent Church, North College -street. After grace had been said by the Rev. Mr. ALEX ANDER, and the usual loyal and patriotic toasts having been proposed, The Noble CHAIRMAN rose and said—The next toast I have to propose is, " The health of Mr. Black, and the principle of equal rights in respect to religious opinion, with which he has beep identified in the recent contest.—(Loud cheers.) Gentlemen, in mingling once more, and probably for the lest time, in your concerns, I have departed from a rule which I had prescribed to myself, and to which 1 hoped I should have been able to adhere ; but when I was asked to join with you m paying a tribute of respect to Mr. Black who has been so ungenerously and unjustly treated (Hear, hear, and loud chee s,--to concur with you in giving a pledge that we -,ould aesert and m tintain by all due means in our power the great principle that no mail ought to be affected in his civil rights on account of his religious opinions—l felt that if I shrunk back in such a cause I should be ungrateful to Mr. Black, from whom I had received acts of friendship and of kindness which 1 ant proud thus publicly to :acknoe ledge—(Cheets)—l should be ungratv Jul to you for the confidence and cordial support you gave me wle n I had the honour to be your representative in Parliameet.— (Ch sers)—l should be faithless and untrue to the prin ciples 1 always professed,: and which each succeeding year tends only to confirni and strengthen.—(Cheers.) I never hesitated to obey your summons. Gentlemen, the highest tribute which can be paid to the character of Mr. Black is to be found in this fact, that during the whole of the late contest for the Chief Magistracy in this city, in no one instance was the perfect purity and uprightness of his conduct even questioned.—(Cheers.) This is the more remarkable when you recollect that Mr. Black has passed the whole of his life in this city— that he was amongst the foremost in all political and local struggles—that he expressed his opinions, and at times when they were most unpopular, with unreserved freedom and undaunted courage.—( Applause.) Fur ther, that during the late contest he inflicted that cen sure—not unsparing on some—which it appeared to him their conduct merited.—(Cheers.) Mr. Black has passed through this ordeal without a taint or blemish, and his doing so must be accounted for by his having proved his title to be respected as a man (Apure and blameless elm racter.—(Cheereee.) Of the competitor of Mr. Black in the late contest 1 shall say nothing.—( Laughter.) 1 t is im possible for me to speak of his public conduct in those tel 1118 of respect in wh.ch I should always choose to speak of an individual who happens to fill the office :of chief ma gistrate in this city. But I may be permitted thus much to say, that during the late contest no one ever denied that Mr. Black was most amply qualified to dis charge all the duties of the office to which he aspired, not only with the greatest satisfaction to the pub lic, but with the greatest honour and credit to him self.—(Great applause.) I am old enough to recollect the revival of Liberalism in this city. It was Mr. Black who cherished it, who watched its progress, and promoted its success, by his manly efforts. Ile saw it flourish and become triumphant ; and it is a strange thing, and no honour to some portion of the Liberal party, that he is now defeated by the failure of that section to give hint the support to which he has such irresistible claims. Those who have so successfully opposed Mr. Black have unconsciously conferred on hint a greater distinction. They have connected his name with a great principle. • It is in his person that an indignity has been cffsred to all the friends of civil and religious liberty, who resent that indignity the more keenly on account of the great merits and unimpeached character of the candidate they supported. This event will teach you, gentlemen, not to be teo confident in your own strength. [ t will show you that the battle is 'not won—that there is still need of perseverance and union among all the friends of civil and religious liberty to secure the fu , ar r . Black, and o f the pr i nc i p l es e r t r l ei . ,r i of s,ntg.._( (Cheers.) I dare say massy of you have heard, as I have heard, it said th at t h e ten dency of this meeting was to widen the breach which unhappily has taken place in the ranks of the Liberal party, and to prevent all hope and chance of reconcilia tion. I think not so. Our course is plain and straight forward. It cannot be expected that we should either relinquish or compromise our opinions. That could neither be asked nor conceded. But let the proceedinss of this meeting be conducted in a spirit of temper and of' moderation. Let us abstain front whatever can on necessarily irritate and offend. But let us express and avow our own opinions with that calm and manly firm ness which most commonly attends and characterizes an honest adherence to principle. If we so conduct our pro ceedings, we may then safely leave it to the public to deter mine whether they respect the generous appeals which are dictated by this meeting, and th e zea l t o t h e cause w hi c h has brought you here this evening, or whether they would s hv t a ra e i n n e t d o re his respected h e it itzeant,. t r r e o s m e r e v x e pre which ssin g te would r s hays sympathy trie -1 y with Mr. Black, and have lef t th e i n dignity offered to hint, and to our principles in hire, unvindicated and unresented. Mr. Black was excluded because he is a Dissenter, and that exclusion torts effected by a union of a portion of Liberals wish the Conservative party. It is a great consolation that a very great p ro portion of the Liberal is faithful. It i s very painful to t hi n k that aey howev er portion of them, party small, have deserted their taith and opinions —et lea s t th at f a ith and those opinions which we always wer e i n d uced to hope were cherished by them as they are by us. Oa this coalition it is not necessary for me to s ay much. It i s a coa liti on w hi c h I consider intolerant, unjust, and most mischievous to the political interests o f t h e countr y. Any such coali tion must wece±,satily call d own upon it the warmest expression of indignatio n on the part of all those who their d octrines, : to d c rou nd of reli g i ous opt numbered amongst th e true and sincere friends o f civil and religious liberty'. There cannot be anything more opposed to their feeli ngs to their principles, than th a t any set of men, be they who they may, should unite and combine to exclude a sts qualified individual fro any office which the trit lawl es, a h left open to him solely on the pions.—(Great applause.) Oue effect of this novel pro c eeding is, that it introduces a reli g ious test. Th e Legislature has done all in is po wer to abolish r e li g i ous are ts yititt tests ; but if we are to have tests , let me say, I would rather have a test enacted by the Legi s l ature than such a test as tine recent cont est in this city ex hibits and exemplifies.—( Hear, hear.) The reason 11VilYtest,I y so s i l t approaches ac this—when es towards th Legislatu re establishes being accurat e l y an d distinctly defined. At a ll events, we know i si will pl introducer o p a o t se t i d , e . pul ß ena u es t eurrt i cai if on r fell anynigd capricious t ests. Th, religious party in th e country, this w o us tests to be intro duced par ties front whom the ema nate will not p ropose them till the moment they are to b e acted upon, ' rhey will be proposed, in all probability, at a moment of great ?A eitement, and individuals are under the influence of impassioned feelings, and arc liable to adopt principles and follow courses which' on more calm and sober re flection, their judgment repudiate s . — (Cheers.) If, then, we are to have any tests at all , it is far b e tt e r to have one made by an Act of Parliament, than one made oy the arbitrary w ill e t partisans. 1 s'aril i ; amentary tests are bad enough, but • ,,, c h tests as this are pregnant with the greatest danger to the peace, the security, and the happiness of the PeoPle. Gentlemen, I have expressed strongly, but not tore stron g ly th an I f ee l , the judgment I have formeins with regard to this coali tion, and with regard , to the objections I entertain to their conduct in introducing a religiou s test. I d on ' t wish to exaggerate th e danger. IBut I f ee l i t upon th i s, as on all occasions, to be toy fluty to speak what I consis der the truth. Now let us consid er t h e condition of Scotland, as it is seen b y \V hat and di s i ntereste d observer a this moment. \\. hat has happened that a coalition should be forint d between a portion of the Li beral party, and, a s it seems, the wh o l e C onservative party ? Gentlemen, for my own part, and expressing • dividual opinion, I roust say, tha' when I my own to . to Mr. Black, ' . anti its injustice heard the objection raised 1 , openly vindicated, I c elled to my' remembrance the ar guments with which I heard Sir Robert Peel support his opinions in ' favour of the removal of th e C at h o li c disabilities, when he proposed the measure for that pur pose to the House of Commons--opinions which I be ' lieve he sincerely entertained then and from which I have no evidence that he has ever receded. Knowing that, 1 did think the Conservative party would have seen that, so far from uniting with other; for the pur pose of , excluding Mr. Black on grounds diametrically opposed to those which I venture to think their Parlia mentary leaders do still entertain, they would have seen that their true and real interest was to have come for ward and c rushed so ungenerous, so unjust, and so mil -1 chievous a cry . Not so. The Con servat i ves o f Scot land have preferred success in a small cause to that which I might have redounded to their honour. They left to Mr. Urquhart, in the Town Council, a nionopOly of the isliole credit of acting a.. manly and generous part. Mr. Urquhart refused to vote against Mr. Black. He re fused also to vote against his own political friends ; and it appears to me that this very moderation of his con duct is the best guarantee for the sincerity of his inn tives.—(Cheers ) Well, Gentlemen, if the feet be so, what we have to face is en union of the whole_ Conserve tis e party ts ith a portion of the Liberal party. ‘V hy, then, every cairn and dispassionate man will say, here is a state of things which calls—for what ?—for the union ofevery r.en I of civil n id re'isious liberty,—(Great cheering .) With all our union and exertions, it this state of things continue, I c moot deny that I anticipate defeat, awl something very little shot tof exclusion. But, are we defecated : No. I know our principles are based on truth and justice ; and that, sooner or later, truth and justice will prevail. Those who have now begun this course of policy, may ere long find it recoil upon them selves. They may be victims of that mischievous, in tolerant, and narrow system which they have applied to Mr. Black ; and certainly they would have earned it by their departure from all the sound and just principles which have been adopted by the Legislature, and by their disobedience to the law of the land. And let me here observe—because it is apposite to the present sub ject—that if there are any among you, as 1 know there are elsewhere souse, who think that the Catholic Relief Bill has failed to secure the objects for which it was passed —let nu! observe,that if the benefits of that measure have not yet been reaped, it is not Iron any unsoundness in its principle, but from the circumstance that those benefits have been intercepted. The measure has not been carried into full and practical execution, owing to the efforts of those who would still inaintuin the ascendancy of princi ples which the Legislature has negatived. The benefits of the Catholic Relief . Bill have been intercepted in effect by an effort similar to that which it bas been attempted to introduce into this country—the establishment ofa prac tice at variance with the law—a practice which we are bound to oppose. The Church cannot stand solely by die authority of the law. It is a public institution ; and in these tunics, I contend, that no institution can exist or endure which does not conciliate for itself popular fa vour, and consequently popular respect. The Dissenter makes great sacrifices by relinquishing all the chances of a share in the great advantages enjoyed by those who are members of the Church. lie or his family never can enter into orders with the chance of that preferment which is open to others ; he therefore testifies sincerely his conscientious adhesion to his religious opinions by abandoning all the advantages he might possibly derive from being a member of the Established Church. I am, therefore, of opinion, that it is the duty of a reasonable and just government—of a reasonable and just legislature —to do all that is possible to mid gate and make easy the condition of Dissenters. Now, let me ask you, what possible reason can be as signed why Churchmen and Dissenters should not, each in ther several callings and several courses, exert them selves to the utmost in improving and elevating the con dition of their fellow -creatures ? Let there be as much competition and rivalry as you will in these generous pursuits. But why there should be a cell for a very different kind of Competition and rivalry from others, who say, " we- insist upon it that there still be retained u G n i . i d u e r r e s h t a , , a l( n i . d the e h inferiority ed o s Dissentershgoxni:sedoy'l'uus.),ul.lo,,tetiejausi:tisrLsitoiini, is e v t :o r u r sonic tests which shall mark the superiority of the s ciple, ou ch tt t t Chief)ariscL I think, the e y i rd s in w . u nute i ß i itte g in l i e o : it ungenerous e k o r o f w u ' r s s e a e i a hat u, most pernicious jg o u liberty ei o u o r r s e e . n w I havepl placed, ced, are endeavoured ,:o.uiu:uhawsl t zll o ntdo, s io l : lo at t lo v for union in defence of these principl e s l p d e ri r n s k u , as w io it u h c l o c r a d l i l il o a n tt y a es c u l:n ls nt l en thusiastic zeal for the cause, the health of " Adam Black, Esq., and the principles of equal rights in re spect to religious opinion, with which he has been iden tified in the recent contest.''—(Loud cheering.) The toast was drunk with all the honours and with raptur ous applause. Air—" A man's a man for a' that." Mr. BLACK rose, amidst loud and continued chain ing, and said—My Lord and Gentlemen, if words could express the deep emotions and the grateful feel ings which overwhelm my mind at the present moment, I would utter them, But it is Not in language to ex press the: sense I feel of the honour you have done me —an honour which is enhanced by the circumstance of its being conferred upon me as identified with the prin ciples of civil and religious liberty. I consider it no detraction from your approbation that it is not be stowed for any personal merits on the humble indivi dual who now stands before you ; but in consequence of' his name having been associated with a cause dear i S e erne; and d friendsu n doe: civilt t to every freeman. And I receive it as a pledge of your approval of the manner in which my friends and I conducted ourselves in the recent struggle, in which the luvidamental principles of liberty were as smiled.—(Much cheering.) If I and my supporters have any merit, it is only that of having gone straight forward. We listened to no compromise of principle for the purpose of attaining our immediate object— choosing rather to be completely defeated, with our ho nour untarnished, than that the principle for which we professed to be contending should be violated in a single instance, or in the smallest degree.—(Cheers.) If any thing could add to the high gratification of this testi mony of your approbation, it is the fact of its being communicated by a Nobleman who has long allowed me the great privilege and honour of numbering him among my sincerest friends—(Loud cheering)—a pa triot who fought in the foremost ranks of the assertors of his country's freedom, when all around was drear and dark—who won the confidence of the citizens of Ediu 'burgh by his disinterested devotion to their service, when that entailed obloquy and reproach—who, •by his wisdom in council, his unflinching courage in acting, and his undeviating adherence to the principles of civil and religious liberty, has, through a long life and under the most trying circumstances, maintained unsuliied the glory of the name of Abercromby--(Great cheering.) And allow me to say, that it is not one of the least of the grounds of gratification to me, that I stand in the midst of my friends and fellow-citizens, who have known my manner of life from my youth up.—(Loud cheering.) It has been said that a prophet is not without honour except in his own coun try ; but in this instance, even where my foibles, and failings, and faults must be known, you are willing to overlook them all, and only to notice what you consider commendable ; and to coder upon that a 'need of praise far beyond what it deserves. lam proud to claim Edinburgh as my native city.—(Cheers.) Hero have I spent almost the whole of my lite, and here I hope to end my days. When a very young man, I was so imprudent as to take two steps which threatened to obstruct my progress to respectability in life. First, I joined one of the most obscure and uninflueutial bodies of Dissenters. Think you, my Lord, that a young man, not without the natural aspirings of youth—not with out the common sense to perceive that the dissevering himself from the respectable, the wealthy, the powerful classes of his fellow-citizens, does not feel the painful ness of the sacrifice—does not look about for some apology to conform to received opinions, and secure the countenance of those who can best promote his views in...life And what is there to hinder him but conviction—(Cheers)—a sense of duty— a fear to offend that Being to whom alone he is re-. ble professes no opinions dangerous to society—is it either this s n i si s c i n a t t t v e h r e s r c o ftlrelig ion the re man ? a — c t C o on c c e o r i '. ? asi c t o Nhe n V ,a e n r tl in conformity with the dictates of common sense or of true religion, that he should be considered less worthy to be trusted in the management of private affairs or public businese?—(Cheers.) Shall man take it upon Wm to say to his fellow-worm, I will tolerate you to worship God according to your conscience, and be thankful for my clemency ; but if you will not worship in the way that I think best, or in the way that the State directs, you must not presume to aspire to public office ; at least you must be excluded from the higher offices of the State ?—(Great cheering.) It has been argued that there is tio persecution in this ; and in reference to the late contest, one of the Edinburgh jour nals says, " The man is persecuted whom the civil magis trate requires to recant his religious opinions. The magistrate has in this case overstepped his pro vince, and interferes where Divine authority should be paramount ; but the magistrate and legislature may rightously exclude from certain functions those who cannot comply with the conditions which grow out of them"—or, in other words, we acknowledge that the old fashion of burning at the stake to make a man recant his religious opinions, is persecution, but to attempt the same thing by excluding him from offices, or by brand ing him as a member of a degraded cause, is a righteous act in the magistrate, or in the people who resort to such measures. Such doctrines are so monstrous that they only require to be exhibited in their naked de:or mity to secure - the reprobation of every right-hearted man ; and I assure you, my Lord, 1 do not regret the result of the late election, because it bus roused the at tention of the public more extensively, and displayed the evils of intolerance more palpably, and advanced the cause of liberty more surely, than could have Lees , by a successful competition.--(Great cheering.) Io my sin of being a Dissenter, it is known to most of you, that at a very early age I added that of Reformer. To many of my friends my case then appeared despera . te, and mor e then one of them, i n th e s pi r it of real kindness, con duct,eitpo andtulatetdent,viietrhedmetoonmtlem veryfullyprudent a being confident that I was right, I persevered n the co urse I had chosen. B u t i t tansy be necessary to remind m y younger friends, that the word Reformer , although p nd d d eanitigeadvice of inY ; buti i}.e argument. We think it would be nnjuat to the plaintiffs that their right to the ordinary course of pro. ceeding in the action should be affected on the present occasion by the wrongful acts (if such there were) of their predecessors. " Taking the whole of the circumstances into conside ration, it appears to us to be reasonable and equitable, on the other hand, that the Commissioners should not be entitled to the favour they ask of the Court, unless they are ready to abide by the ; tender which was made by them before the action was brought, and therefore, we think, if the Commissioners refuse to abide by the terms proposed by themselves, so much of the rule as seeks to discharge the order of Mr. Baron Alderson should be made absolute, and the rest discharged, and the Commissioners should be held to try the cause on the pleadings as they now stand ; but that if, on the other hand, the Commissioners are now willing to abide by their original offer, and the plaintiffs decline such otter, that the defendants should be allowed ter amend Ells ir pleas by the introduction of the new plea asked for. " And we think, as the parties throughout the whole course of the proceedings appear to be endeavouring to carry into effect an arrangement which has proved abor tive without any blame attaching to either party, that there should be no costs of the motion on either side." The SOLICITOR to the Commission gave a detailed statement of all the proceedings taker: in the case. The action arose from a newer made in Aiilbank, in 1808, when a right was g i ven to a M r. Wh ite to h ave a wharf' to the extent of one barge in the sewer. The Commissioners in 1832 determined to cemply with many requisitions, and mend and improve the sewer, when the Gas Company and others who were tenants under White, complained of damage done them, and claiming compensation. Mr. ADEY wished to ask distinctly whether under the pleas pleaded they were in a situation to try whether the plaintiffs were entitled to any compensation whatever. The SOLlClTOR—Certainly ; but from the course taken they could net now plead the steiute, the action not being against any of the Commissioners. Mr. ADEY apprehended that the contractors had the same privileges as the Commissioners, under whom they acted. In the Legal Committee it was insisted that no compensation was due, and that the proceedings should be . put in such a state as to try the right. The SOLICITOR sail the proceedings as they now stood raised •theteti question of right, - Atiffe'bieelia— tion of pleading the statute. Mr. ADEY—But that is the whole ease. The SOLICITOR said they were in a situstion now to try the whole question of right. Suppose they were to make the tender, and it was refused, the Commissioners would then be let in to plead the statute ; but it was a grave question whether it would prevail. It was very difficult to say, foe he did not believe . a strictly analo gous case had ever been decided. Mr. WILLOUGHBY moved that the Court, in confor mity with the advice or the Court of Common Pleas, again make a tender of 1,696/. 13s. Id. If it was not accepted they would again be put in the same po sition its if the action was only now brought. The plaintiffs claimed for damage ..done to their walls, for the loss of accommodation, and compensation for cousequential • damage. It was equitable that the Court having taken land without other payment than the right to use the sewer—they should stand by their contract, however suspicious the circumstances under which it was made. Under that contract the parties holding under Mr. White had the full right to navigate the sewer, and the contract had actually been acted upon for )ears. That would be a full answer in either a Court of Law or Equity. They had ac quiesced in it fir eta years, and full value having been given for the privile g e, the pa r ti es holding under the bargain made with Mr. White, no Court would interfere to set elide the contract. Public bodies should hold themselves out to the world as scrupu lously anxious to fulfil every contract they entered into, however improvident. Let them do so in • this case, and let it be a warning to the Court in future. The injuries done by tl.e present proprietors were not within their jurisdiction. They had taken some land belonging to them, and that was a fair subject for com pensetion, and time plea of the statute would not prove a bar to an action in such a state of facts. The Court did not hold the Commissioner to their former offer, because they bad made a tender, but because it was reasonable and equitable that some compensation was due, and they took that sum offered by the Commissioners as • proper one. In his opinion it was both just and pro. per that that Court should at once acquiesce in the re commendation of so grave and teamed a Court as that of the Common Pleas ; in so doing they would net in any way act derogatory to its character. That advice he gave the Court alter a full and deliberate consideration of the whole case. Mr. WM. BEACH seconded the motion. Mr. ADEY was most happy, that like the other gentlemen he had no words of advice of his own to draw hack. Ever since the question came before the Court he had maintained that the Court could not grant any compensation to any per son until the tight had bean first tried. He still con tended that they were not justified in paying away 1,600/. of the rate-payer's money, not one farthing of it having been awarded by a jury of the country. He said the Court had no legal right to make the ten der for compensation, and therefore he would oppose the motion. Mr. LESLIE wisked to ask the Chairman whether the building of et bridge by the Coreinissiouers ism 1808 was not u compensation. The CHAIRMAN said no—he fully believed not. Mr. LESLIE wished for a particular answer, for he was led to believe that such was the ease. Mr. Sibley, the county surveyor, h a d p ut d own t hi s b ridge as White's Bridge. Mr. WILLOUGHBY said it was not so. The bridges were very different. Mr. LESLIE—WeI!, be it so.. The whole of that case was surrounded with the utmost suspicion. First, the property was that of a Cominiseion, and the resolu tion was entered into in the presence of the contractor, who was to receive the money that was to be laid out. The whole of the proceedings of the Court in 1808 were pregnant with suspicion. He would ask under what statute had the Court Fewer to snake an unna vigable stream a navigable one, or bow couhl the Court grant any private person a private interest, and after a lapse of upwards of 22 years, agree to lay out upon that same property no less a sum than 8,0001? Was it known to the Court that it was not till ten months after that vote of the Court had been come to that the Gis Company became proprietors of the land. But no doubt the ri e ht of navigating the stream was cold along with it. Now lie would beg to ask of the Court where the money for meking the tender was to come from? certainly not from the money of the rate payers, that he would decidedly oppose. He was well ats are that, under the 23d Henry VII 1 ., six Com missioners might act, and their acts were legal, but he had yet to learn that two, three, or four gentlemen, calling themselves a Legal Committee, had any power to involve the Commission in heavy law expenses. The whole of the facts connected with the case were surrounded with the utmost suspi cion. By referring to the resolution of 1808, he saw that at one time it appeared on the minutes as having appeared unanimously, but subsequently that word had been struck out by the pent being drawn through it. The CHAIRMAN said that word had been surrepti tiously inserted, and was struck out by order of the next Court. The resolution was evidently opposed by Mr. Sanders throughout, but carried against him by a large majority. Mr. LESLIE—The fact just stated increased the sus ' picions with which the whole case was pregnant is a tenfold degree. He would decidedly object to the money being taken front the pockets of the rate-payers, for it would, in his opinion, be an illegal pay ment. Were the Commissioners like those is Somersetshire, to pay it out of their own pockets-- ( A latigh ) They could not raise it either upon the A Special Court of Commissioners of Sewers was whole of the districts, or upon either of them singly, i t s held yesterday at their Court-house, Soho-square, for the a legal manner. Now, he did not 'knew very well th e purpose of considering the state of an action pending be- situation in which he was placed—it was one of difficulty tween the Commissioners and the Equitable Gas Com- —supposing he were to vote against the proposi t i on o f lhat ex by the defendant to amend the pleas by the introduc- the contrac t entered into in 1808 ,. pany, in which the following judgment was given in the Mr. Willoughby, would it be supposed that she con _ Common Pleas, last Term : curretl in the still greater expenditure that wou ld f ollow "MEDLEY v. PRITCHARD. its rejection ? ho certainly did not ; and, t o get out of " Lord Chief Justice TINDAL—The application made the diff i cu l ty, h e wou ld move as an alt:er.:lnngdroal ille g al `e i k tion of a new plea, which would furnish an answer to erci se of the authorit y of the Court, could not th ere f ore the plaintiff's rig'at of action after se long an interval be binding upon the present Com m i ss i miers, and that since the pleas were put on the record, is an application all compensation and law expanses would be an illegal to the discretion of the Court, and ought not to be ac- payment, and could not be paid out of the monies of ceded to by the Court, unless on the equitable consi- the present payers of the Sewers' R ate ." H e would deration of the whole case, us it stands between the move that amendment in order to save himself; for it parties ;it appears to fall within their d e termination. any rate was attempted to be made for such a pay "lt appears, by the affidavit of Mr. Hodgson, that, on merit, most undoubt e dl y i t would. be carried to the the 3d of April, 1835, a tender of 1,6961 . 13s. Id. was Queen's Bench. made by the Commissioners, as a compensation for the M r. c nit BER 3 seconded the amendment. injury sustained by the plaintiff in consequence of the A COMMIS3IONER wished to ask the Chairman alteration of the sewer, which tender was declined by the whether the payneent would be an illegal one. If it plaintiff. was to be contested in the Bench, and with a chance "It appears, further, that the action is brought against of success, he would vote against it, however much he the Contractors, by an arrangement with the Commis- might deprecate incurring further expense. sioners of Sewers, for the mere purpose of trying the The CHAIRMAN, under the advice of the solicitor, plaintiff's right to a larger compensation, said the payment would not be illegal. "On the part of the Commissioners, it is alleged, that In answer to a question from Mr. LESLIE, such tender having been refused, they are remitted to The SOLICITOR said he had no doubt whatever but it any defence they might originally have on the plaintiff' s cou ld b e made l eg ally out of a rate to be made. right to recover any compensation whatever, and to the The question was then put, when there were— arrangement for presenting the question and submitting For the motion 7 it for decision under the special case to the Court ; and For the amendment 4 that they never intended to waive any legal defence Majority they might have. We think the pleas, p ut on t h e record On the original motion being put, by the solicitors of the Com missioners who conduct the Mr. ADEY said he was most anxious that at some case for the defendants, appear to supp ort the view future time he should not be supposed to h ave g i ven taken of such arrangement by the defendan ts. I hi s sanction to this motion. He moved that the pay " But - facts arc stated in the affidavit, on the a rt of , tuight be the Commissioners, from which an paised consijered illegal. argument was raised and strongly insisted on before ' this amendment was negatived by the f merit of 1,6631., ormer ma some that there had been some imposition muus practised on th e C o • sioners of j ority. Sewers for the time being, with reference to the original The original motion was then carried by 9to 5 . arrangement in 1808. The names were ordered to be token down. A copy of time resolution wa s or d ered to be furnished there is n o t t h e slightest g nd to grousurmise that the to the solicitors for the purpose of' th e i r communicating plaintiffs had any share in it, who claim as purchas ers it to the ether side. from the fo rmer owners , of whom mention is made in iThe Court was then adjourned. PRICE sd. spelt with the same letters, was a very different word in the year 1812 and in the year 1832.—(Laughter and cheers.) The man who owned it was a marked man—he was shunned or jeered by those who appropriated to them selves all the virtues of loyalty—his very bill was not so discountable as another man's; and even in 1817 in the vigorous attack upon our corrupt burgh system, which I had the honour to commence, we were obliged to have recourse to a circumlocution, in order to avoid the ondaous word" Reform," lest we should alarm some of the more timid of our adherents, and burgh reform was transmogrified into " an improvement in the system o f our burgh polity."—(Cheers.) Before this, few, very few, dared to speak out. Nevertheless, the sacred fire of liberty had been long smouldering in the hearts of the citizens of Edinburgh, and it only required the small breath of a slight agitation to blow it into a flame. And from that day the citizens of Edinburgh, nobly seconded by our lion. Chairman, Lord Archibald Hamilton, and a trusty band in the House of Commoes, persevered in their exertions, till they cleared out the Augean stable, and marched in the representatives of the ten-pounders. —(Great cheering.) Here it would be unpardonable to omit mentioning the extraordinary, the untiring, and persevering assistance rendered by that prince of pa triots, our most excellent croupier, Sir James Gibson Graig, during the whole of that and of every struggle for the liberty of the subject.—(The whole company here rose, as by one consent, and continued to cheer for several minutes, waving handkerchiefs, &c.) Indeed, it is but justice to say that in all our exertions the ci tizens have been nobly seconded by the Whig party, with whom we were glad to co-operate—not because they were Whigs —not because they were in opposition —not because they were in power, but because they coincided with us as friends of civil and religious liberty.--(Loud cheers.) Tatar was tips booj of our union ; we acknowledge no other ; and while they ad here to that, we adhere to them : but should they ever desert the standard of liberty, they will not be fol lowed by the citizens of Edinburgh, who will stand by the old flag %, bile there is a rag of it left flying. —(lmmense cheering.) In the late election there were some unseemly examples of backsliding, but I have reason to believe that the section who deserted their colours was small and by no means influential. I cannot believe that that great party to whom Britain and the world are indebted for such great advances in liberty will ever as a body tarnish their fair fame, by countenancing the endeavours of any who would un dermine or overturn the foundations of freedom.— (Cheers.) I cannot forget that it. is to them we are mainly indebted for the blessings which flowed from the Revolution of 1688—that fifty years ago Mr. Fox moved the repeal of the Test and Corporation laws, and that although he and his friends were defeated on that and succeeding occasions, the conflict was again and again renewed, till at length the victory was achieved in 188, on the motion of Lord John Rus sell. I cannot forget that it was the same party who struggled for many a long year to remove the civil disabilities from the Catholics, and who in 1806 pre ferred the loss of place and power to the abandonment of the principle of religious liberty, and that they never relaxed in their endeavours till the emancipation of the Catholics was accomplished. I cannot forget that they were the earliest and steadiest advocates for the aboli tion of slavery, and that it was under their administra tion that the fetters of the slave were broken off, and Great Britain vindicated from the reproach of this un holy traffic. I cannot believe that those who have for so many years fought manfully and successfully under the banner of civil and religious liberty will ever prove recreant to their principles, but I trust that the effect of this day's proceedings will be to encourage them to oppose with unflinching courage every attack on the cita del of our liberties, and to support every measure which has a tendency to strengthen its bulwarks. At all events I trust it will be made apparent that whatever others do, the citizens of Edinburgh will continue sted fast in their adherence to the great principles which have actuated them in all their struggles for liberty and good government.—(Loud and.long continued cheers.) Sir J. G. CRAIG said that the toast which had been put into his hands was that of " Iler Majesty's Ministers— may they be enabled to carry measures in unison with the opinions of the great body of their liberal snppor ters." No set of men who ever ex'sted had shown themselves more anxious on every occasion to support the Constitution, and tile rights and liberties of the country—none had been more forward to promote every improvement—than the members of her Majesty's pre sent Government. The worthy Baronet dwelt on the importance of the union of the fri - gds of civil nod reli gious liberty, by which alone the Tories could be ex cluded from power. Mr. GILLON, M.P., gave the next toast—" Tee People, the only legitimate source of power—may they assert and maintain their rights with modem:ion." After a few more toasts and speeches of little into. rest, the meeting separated. MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS. The following are the results of .‘ A Table of Mortality in the Metropolis, showing the Number of Deaths from all Causes Registered, in the week ending Saturday, the 21st November, 1840." The Table is issued from the Office of the Registrar-General ; Weekly CAUSES OF DEATH. Total. e o Averaff 1833. Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases 176 265 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses l3B 156 Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of Respiration Diseases of the Ilea-t and Bloodvessels Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion 59 57 Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. Childbed, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles Diseases of thu Skin, &c Diseases of thmertain Seat Old Age, or Natural Decay 62 79 Deaths by Violence, Privation, or Intemperance 22 26 Causes not specified Deaths from all causes... - Average Weekly Deaths . . 1,013 Deaths in the Average Weekly Week. Deaths, 1838. Western Districts ..... ... 134 ...... 156 North, Districts Central Districts 177 ..... 208 • East Districts 194 239 South Districts ... Total 897 1,013 It is stated that under the term Metropolis . are com prised the 32 districts herein mentioned, which include the City of London within and without the walls, the City and Liberties of Westminster, the out parishes within the bills of niortality—and the parishes of St. Marylebone ; St. Pancras ; Kensington ; Fulham ; Hammersmith (Chapelry) ; St. Luke, Chelsea ; Paddington ; St. Mary, Stoke Newington ; St. Leonard, Bromley ; St. Mary. le bow ; Camberwell ; Greenwich ; St. Nicholas and St. Paul, Deptford; and Woolwich. The population as enu merated in 1831 was 1,494,890. The weekly average for 1836 was obtained by dividing the deaths registered in that year by 52. In comparing it with the weekly deaths in 1840, it must be borne in mind that the metropolis in creases nearly two per cent. annually ; and that. if the popul At ion had been the same in 1838 as in 1840, the deaths would have been 1-27th part more numerous. General Register-office, Nov. 26, 1840. 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