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rIIA 4 THE CALEDONIAN SOCIETY S BALL. This Annual FULL DRESS and FANCY COSTUME AS SEMBLY will take place at the Hanover-square Rooms, on Timm- DAY next, the 11th instant. Tickets can only be had of the Stewards, a list of whom may be obtained at the Rooms, or on application to W. SIT &ND LOW, Hon. Secretary. al, Abehureh-lane, City 21Ir. Guinness's full Rand will attend as usual. URSUANT to a DECREE of the HIGH J - COURT of CIIA.NCERY, made in two causes ASHTON agali st HIGGINBOTTOM, and ASUTON against WOOLLEY, the Creditors of BENJAMIN ASHTON, late of Newton Bank, in the parish of Mottram in Longdendale. in the county of Chester, Esq. (who died in the month of December, 1835), are, on or before the 6th day of March, 1847, to come in and prove their debts beterc Sir GIFFIN WlLsore, one of the Masters of the said Court. at his Chambers, in Southampton-buildings, Chancery-lane, London, or, in default therof, they will peremptorily be excluded the benefit of rh &aid Decree. W. and IL P. SHARP, 2, Verularn-bullcEngs,l Gray's-inn, London, Agents for J. W. and H. E. RIDGWAY, Manchester, Plaintiffs' Solicitors. LONDON NEW STOCK AND SHARE EXCHANGE, OLD BROAD-STREET. The peculiar feature of this Establishment is, that its met - ill:era are not required (like in the London Stock Exchange) to be EX CLUSIVELY Stock and Share Dealers, but merchants, professional men, or tradesman, can be admitted by conforming to its regulations. Particulars may be known, by application, to Air. Meret , itti, font rary Secretary, at the Exchange. EMPLOYMENT. —Persons having a little time to spare are apprised that AGENTS continue to be appointed in L ndon 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, Bishopsgate-street. They are packed in leaden eanisters, from an ounce to a pound, with the price and weight marked on each packet, and but little trouble is occasioned by tl Fate. The only license required is 1 ln. per annum, and many during the last 110 years have realised considerable incomes by the agency, without Is. let or loss. _ Application to be made, if by letter, post paid, as above. rrio my COMMERCIAL DS. GXNTLENEX.— Having entered Into partnership with Mr. Spencer, of Devites, who has for some years carried on the business of Woollen-draper, Tailor, and Batter. I take the eeriest opportunity of soliciting your support, which shall have my best attention and thanks. Soliciting tjte favour of a call when visiting our town, I ant yours, most respectfully, JOHN A. PLUMMER. AN en tire and elegant EXEMPTION from ENVELOPE EXPLORATION.—BROWN'S PATENT CON• DUPLICATLD METAL SEAL E VELOPES ars now trusting 'y confided to the attention and employment of the public at large, as offering the only inviolable letter seal ever invented. Securely and protectively closed by one single second's amount of pressure, this neW envelope is fastened by a device lighter than sealing-wak„ of handsome and attractive appearance; and whether employed by the nobleman or the merchant, can be embellished either with the armorial bearings of the former, or the traaing cognomen of the latter. The Official and Banker's Security Envelope, prepared In the most splendid style, will be ready in a few days.—Orders and communications to be addressed to the manufacturer, No. 4, Castle street, Holborn. ----- The celebrated COAL-HOLE TAVERN in the Strand. MR. W. FIELD, in conjunction with Mr. WINFIELD, has been favoured with instructions from Mr . John I Modes (who is about to retire) to submit to public corn- Petition, at Garraway's, on TCVIDAY, February 16, at Twelve, (u nless an acceptable offer be in the mean time made by private contract) the valuable LEASE, at a low rent, of the far-famed cIiDIL HOLE TAVERN, Fountain - court , S trand. The very high aracter which this establishment has for many years maintained, N-)th (4 1 account of the magnitude and respectability of Its trade, renders it one of the first of its class in the metropolis, and must in evitably ensure to a purchaser an ample fortune in a few years. To be viewed (by cards only), which, with particulars, may be ob tained or Mr. Winfield, 18, Gerrard - street , S oho ; also of J. Bird, . s q* , 5 , New Inn ; and of the Auc tioneer ; Osnaburgh-Place, Re 6ent's•Park. THE LONDON HORSE, CARRIAGE, and LIVIRY COMPANY. (Provisionally Registered.) Capital, 100,0001, in 20,000 shares of 10/.each l Deposit, Is. per share. Massaging Director—James Alexander Manning, Esq. 84311 cithrr—Messrs. Keddell, Baker, and Grant. 34, Lime-street. Bankers. The Commercial Bank of London, Lothbury, City, and 6, Henrietta-street, Covent-garden. The objeeta of this Company are to supply the nobility and gentry el the metropolis with Horses and Carriages of all descriptions, on mire, for fixed periods, or by the job, to receive Hones at Livery, and to transact all the other business usually falling within the province of Livery Stable-keepers, at a considerable reduction front the pre- Prospect - use's. rent prices. and further information, with forms of application for shares, 'lay be obtained at the Office of the Company, 52, Regent street, next door to the County Fire Ottice ; of the Solicitors, Messrs. }C . e4 c l • ll . Baker, and Grant, 34, Lime-street ; of George Humphreys , 4 'sq., 8, Throgmorton-street, City ; and of Mr. Whinney, Manager, at the Company's Stables, 2B, Shepherd's-market, May-fair. C ORNWALL RAI LWAY. HALF-YEARLY ORDINARY MEE TING. Notice is hereby given that the HALF-YEARLY ORDINARY IiEETING. of the Shareholders in the Cornwall Railway Company will be held at the Assembly Room, at Truro, on TursDaT, the 23d day of February next, at One o'clock precisely, The Trans fer Books will be closed on the 9th day of February next, and wJI not be opened until after the said Half-yearly Ordi nary Meeting. Notice is hereby further given, that after the business of the said half-yearly ordinary meeting on the 23d day of February next shall have been transacted; the sleeting will be made SPECIAL, at which meeting there will be submitted to the Proprietors present, for their approval, a draft of a certain Bill proposed to be Intl oduced into Parliament in this Session, with the title and for the purposes follow ing, that is to say A Bill to authorise an alteration in the Line of the Cornwall Railway, and to amend the Act relating thereto, and for other purposes." J. T. TREFFRT, Chairman. W. 11. BOND, Secretary. Comirral Railway Office, Truro, Jan. 20, 1947. CORNWALL RAILWAY. rFIUtST CALL of 21. 10s. per share, per 50%. share, and 11. be. per half or 51. Share. Notice is hereby given, that the Directors have made a CALL of 2/ 10s. per Mi. Share, and of 1/. Ss. per Halt or 251. Share, payable en or before MONDAY, the First day of March next. The Share. holders are s equired to pay such Call accordingly to any of the undermentiot led Bankers, namely : Truro, Falmcruth, 3iessss. TWEEDY, WILLIAMS, and Co. ItQdrtrth, _ . Messrs. GLYN, lIALLIFAX, and Co. Londan, [Messrs. PRAED, FINE, and Co. Interest at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum will bc charged on the above Call after the First day of March next, until such Call be Paid. By order of the Directors, J. T. TREFFRY, Chairman. Dated Truro, 2d Feb., 1847. Interest will be allowed at the rate of 41. per cent. per annum on he whole amount paid up, from the date of payment. No Share bolder is entitled to transfer his shares until he shall have paid the Call. OUTH WALES RAILWAY. L NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the neat HALF YEARLY GENERAL MEETING of the Proprietors of this Com- Pliny will be held, pursuant to the Act of Parliament, at the Paddington Station, London, on WEDNESDAY, the 24th of February Instant, at Twelve, for One o'clock precisely, for the election of four Directors and one Auditor, in the place of the same number who will retire by rotation, and for other purposes of business. The Chair Will be taken at one o'clock precisely. CHARLES RUSSELL, Chairman. The Directors and Auditor retiring are re-eligible under the Pro visions of the Act. The Transfer Books will be closed on and after the 14th instant, and will not be re-opened until after the said Half-Yearly General Meeting on the 24th instant. By order, N. ARMSTRONG, Secretary. South Wales Railway Office, 449, West Strand, London, February 1, 1847. NEW DRAWING PENCILS, 341. each, or 2s. 6(1. per Dozen, got up in polished cedar, to to prevent the lead dust adhering to the pencil and soiling the hands, with the degrees of hardness and the makers' names stamped on them In gold. ROWNEY, DILLON, and ROWNEY (late It. wit 'y and Forster), Manufacturers, 51, Rathbone-place, London. 'lt, j had of all Booksellers and Stationers in town and country. TESTIMONIALS. From 4. A. Hammersley, Esq., Head Drawing Masterof the Government School of Desipt, Nottingham.. " Sept. 8. 181 G. " Dear Sirs,—l have tried all the lead pencils you forwarded to me, and consider them the best I have ever had; indeed, it is impossible Justly to compare them with any others, as they possess qualities I never yet found in pencils, amongst which I may name their beau tiful transparency and clearness. I have not only made use of them Myself, but have had them tried by several students in this institu tion, and their excellence is acknowledged by my pupils. The double E's are most superbpencils. " I ant, Sirs, " Yours most repectfully, " J. A. HAM3IERSLET." From Georg Barnard, Esq., Head Drawing Master, Rugby School. "85, Great Portland-street, London, June 25, 1845. " Gentlemen,—ln reply to your inquiry respecting my opinion of the quality and value of your new pencils, I do not hesitate to say that I And them excellent in all respects, with entire freedom from grit, and working well, whether hard or wt. These qualities, com bined with their moderate price, render them very valuable to artists and their pupils. _ . . "Truly yours, " G. BARNARD." From George Petrie, Esq., R.11.A. " Great Charles-street, May 27, 1845. "Gentlemen,—l have tried the set of pencils which you were so rood as to send me, and I have no hesitation in expressing my opi nion that they are far superior to any that I have used for many Tears, perhaps, indeed to any that I ever used. Were the price of them three or four times what it is, I should take them with plea eUre ; and I shall recommend them confidently to my friends. " I am, Gentlemen, " Faithfully yours, "GEOEGE PETRIE, R.11.A." 3 1eSirs. Rowney and Co." "53, Wackett-street, Newcastle-on-Tyne, July, 1845. "Gentlemen,-1 have made use of your new pencils, and consider ahem a most desirable acquisition either to the artist or the amateur. T hey work pleasantly, and the variety of tint which they are capable *f Producing renders them valuable in sketching. " I am, Gentlemen, "Tours most truly, " T. 31. RICHARDSON, Sen." "Messrs. Rowney, Dillon, and Rowney, London." The manufacturers particularly request the attention of the trade to their pencils. • 32, Fleet-street. A NEW DISCOVERY IN TEETII. MR. HOWARD, Surgeon Dentist, .52, Fleet- Street, has Introduced an ENTIRELY NEW DESCRIP TION of ARTIFICIAL TEETH, fixed without springs, wires, or ligatures. They so perfectly resemble the natural teeth as not to be dietingulshed from the originals by the closest observer; they will never change colour or decay, and will be found very superior to any teeth ever before used. This method does not require the extraction of roots, or any painful operation, and will support and preserve teeth that are loose, and is guaranteed to restore articulation and mastication ; and, that Mr. Howard's improvement may be within reach of the most economical, he has fixed his charges at the lowest scale possible. Decayed teeth renderel sound and useful in mastica tion.-52, Fleet-street. At Home from Ten till Five. 25. 9d., 4e. 6d., and lie, v each Box. Post f ree , 3 5 ., 55., and 125. COPAIBA AND CLBEBS ENTIRELY SUPERSEDED, Ars BAI.SAA C IIC PILLS, celebrated all of xi d G n l e c y ct g s . , G Strictures, 0 n 'iN e ' , h l i t m e 5 : W R over the world for th e of Pains in the Loins, Affections it C ure e e leeasmineals of W Weakness, o e d ss n , a l r r y ri p t a. at s io4 o of . Puissance, or Physical Incapacity, the Bladder or Urethra, employed in most of the _ 'Metro- These Pills have for yea" been extensively prescribed and other een Politan Hospitals and Dispensaries, by the late Samuel Cleverley, 3 ---. r is an l d 'h w ys e i r c e ianto the father of her present Majesty, his late Royal Ilighnes College s ethoeDgue of PhysicianskeofKenttJo ofhn Ar mstrong, M.D., Member of the Royal _ I '" 4011 , Lecturer on the Principles and Webb-strvt. School of Anatomy, and t'os . tl e t t i t n e g e o P f Physi Physic cian a tot th the Lou don Fever H os pit a l ; Willi am Milligan,rita i Lon don and Edinburgh Royal Colleges of .N Physicians,r.ll,iember of the Physician to t he Middlesex Infirmary, and Royal Universal Infirmary for Chi'. _Physic, Chemistry, i si ren, Lect urer on the Principles and Practice of r 1 and Materia Medics, at the Windmill-street School of Anatoin and I ,d J. G. Thomso n , M.D., Member of the Universities of Cambridge Edinburgh, and of the Royal College of Physicians, lon L doi e s, ct l i T rer y eiciart-Accoucheur t o the Ladies' Benevolent Association,. Jewel, en the Principles an d Practice of Midwifery, 8t ht. D.. Physicia n -A ecoucheur to the 3liddlesexl e n . fi t George rmar3 -. Lecturer on the Princ iples and P ract i ce of Midwifery, and the Diseases of _ - Women ana C hildren ; and M r. Thomas Ltatlin, Surgeon, of maryle bone ; Mr. .R. Dewhurst, Resident Surgeon to St. John's British Hospital, Cross-street, Ilatton-garden; Mr. Greville Jones, Surgeon to the Fret Hospital, Gray's In-lane ; and were administered by the Proprietor in upwards of 1,800 caaes its private practice within three years, prior to being advertised —in many thousand cases since, and in no one instance known to fail —are strongly recommended as a far mare efficaciona remedy than Balsam Copailia, Cubebs, or any other medicine in present use. Many other medical gentlemen of dhi tingulished eminence in London have borne testimony to the effi cacy of these Pills, whose professional character and rank are a sufficient guarantee for the advantages to be derived from the use of thia Invaluable medicine.—Prepared only by M. O. Wray; sold at 89, F etter•lane, late the White Horse Booking-eftice, removed from 118, Ho lborn -hill, London. FEITSICLAN'S ADVICE from Eleven ti'l One, every Day. SURGICAL ATTENDANCE every Evening, from Seven till Nine. Jeertons residing in the remotest parta of the country can be eate4 successfully, on describing minutely their .ynsptoms, ng._. 3 ab113 of life, rec., and luelo:,m4 a. Po,:t-Ali . - .).•,:cr :cc advie., J.,,,, medicate. which can be forwarded to any ,a, - ; 01 w e world, tevurely Packed. . and Cifetally protected from observation. . All It tg Do aclttnieetl to "X. 0. WRAY, 119, Fetter -lane. Lonactu.l 4l / - T ~~~~~ is ' r. 71, ~IG-i ) I ;' e ~..~ _ . . _ • 7'. ~ , , , ~ .. - __ ______ . .. . A.O, i•! .. • ; , ) , ,. ,. , -.2....... .*f 4 W .. !' . . . vi - 06). . , ~. k idti• . 1 i i, ,, 1, , ‘ ~ •. .-elbS i o lt,i , . 7-.4 0.\ ° -4, 1 0 0 -cs. —,....* at I . —, 2lt 'it. --:#' 4, - . '.. %. .;\ ."&•• .--Irtik *. 4 4111.- '. ' . s , ‘:' , .,.:•0 011 k • 1. 41 •• ,', ' t 1 • c tl , —t • ' 4 - : .''' ,41 0. 1 t ' IT' „ 4 ,..i.,#:, - .... - . ,.. , ri. ..,,,,,,,,,.. .„. . ~,,, . i . :v t .. .,, fin 4., • y 44 .4 ' , -- • s ...' ' t. ,4' . '. ' •• - .....-.' i i e l ,;( 6 5 4 ,,,,% a ' '' .4 4 , CI. ". ..., o . 4ilelltilli z i ./... 1 f,. ' e ' ,)1'....,,,,,itii . 4 e . ` ' . _ _ .. ~ . . Q .' ' ;(1. .AVr ' . ~.'",' / ''' - 4,-.Z ' ' j.O ll,' zik . ~r, \- • .k \ ---." No. 16,969. LONDON, SATURDAY MORNING EAST INDIA HOUSE, FEB. 3, 1847. THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST INDIA COMPANY do hereby give notice, That the RATE of EXCHANGE at which they will receive Cash for Bills on Bengal and Madras, will, from the present date, and until further notice, be Is. 10d. the Company's Rupee, and for Bills on Bomb; y, Is. 103,',d. the Company's Rupee. JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary. `TEAM via the CAPE to MADRAS, CAL CUTTA, PENANG, SINGAPORE. and IIONG-KONG, calling at the CAPE, MAURITIUS and CEYLON. The, Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company intend to t'ispateh their Steam Ships. "POTTINGER " or 1,400 Tons, 500 horse power, Feb. 16. The accommodation for passengers is of a very superior descrip tion. The Cabin fittings, together Kith bedding, linen, and every requisite are provided at the Company's expense, The rates of pas sawe are, to the Cape, 60/.; to the Mauritius, 751. ; ti Calcutta, 841., including a handsome tattle, wines, &c , and every expense. For plans and further particulars, apply at the Company's Offices, 51, St, Mary Axe, London. B EARD'S COLOURED PHOTOGRAPHIC I'ORTRAI I S arc taken At 34, Parliament -street, Westminster; 65, King William-street. City; and the Royal Polytechnic Institution, Regent-street. "Mr. Beard's Portraits are most brilliant in effect."---Spectator. pIL oy POLYTECHNIC IN sTrru I'ION. I PROFESSOR SCH(ENBEIN'S GUN COTTON, and other Expl.sive Componads, with brilliant Experiments, LF.CTURED en y Dr. RYAN, daily at Half past Three o'clock; and on the Evening , . of Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. The principle of the various EL i:CTRO-MAGNETIC TELE GRAPHS explained daily by Professor RACHHOFFNER, including the Patent of Messrs. Cook and Wheatstone, in use on the railways, and the more recent Patent of Messrs. Nott and Gamble ; the varions Models explained. biakmifled Specimens of DISEASED POTATOES, exhibited by the OXYHYDROGEN MICROSCOPE, with the DE- S TRUCTIVE INSECT, supposed by A. Srnee, Esq , F.R.S., to be the cause of the disease. A beautiful Series of NEW DISSOLVING VIEWS. The DIVING-BELL and DIVER, with Experiments. The PIITSIOSCOPE, new Cif ROMATROPE, &c. Admission Is. Schools, half-price. UNDER THE ESPECIAL PATRONAGE OF HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY THE QUEEN. THE ROYAL NAVAL, MILITARY, EAST INDIA, and GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 13, WATERLOO-PLACE, LONDON. CnentmeN -Colonel 51r FREDERIC SMITH, x.n., R.E. DEputr•CnAutme2Y-31ajor:Ceneral Sir WILLIAM GOSSET, C.D., K.C.11., R E. Admiral the Right Hon. Sir G. Cockburn, G.C.8., M.P. Major-General Sir J. Cockburn, Bart., G.C.H. General Sir Thomas Bradford, G.C.8., G.C.H. Major-General Sir P. Rose, G.C.M.G., R.C.H. Lieutenant-General Sir John Gardiner. K.C.B. Major-General Sir Hew D. Ross, K.C.8., R.A. Captain Sir George Bee; R. N Major-General Taylor, C. 8., E I.C.S. Major-General Edward Wynyard, C.B. Major-General Arnold, K.H., K.C. and R.E. Lieutenant •General Cleland, E.I.C.S. Lieutenant-Colonel li. ilanmer, K.H., late R.H.G. Lieutenant-Colonel Purchas, E.I.C.S. Lieutenant-Colonel Matson, R.E. Major Shaclwell Clerke, K.H., F.R.S. Archibald Hair, Esq., M.D., late R.H.G. Captain William Lancey, R.E. William Chard, Esq., Navy Agent James Nugent Daniell, Esq. Wilbraham Taylor, Esq. Am:Aar—John Finlaison, Esq., the Government Calculator. Assurances are granted upon the lives of persons in every station of life, and for every part of the world, upon particularly favourable terms. Persons assured in this office may change from one country to ano ther wi!tiout forfeiting their policies. A 1.101'4U11 AMOUNTING TO TIIIRTT PEI CENT. on the actual value of the Policies, was apportioned to the assured at the First Septennial 3feeting, held in the year 1844. JOSEPH C. BRETTELL, Secretary. N ATIONAL LOAN te 1,) LIFE ANCE SOCIETY, 26 CORNIIILL, LONDON. Capital £500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. This Institution embraces important and substantial advantages ith respect to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The assured as, on all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense or for eiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the eremiunts paid (see Table); so the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his W rests to meet other conveniences or necessity. Assurances for terms of years are granted oft the lowest possible tes. I 1 k r y, '' Bonny Bonus in gg g Assured .L. ! g Premium. ; :I added. Cash. :ri t ,. may .; • 1 7 i . Borrow. - ; -I - --- 1637;£217 15 I ' £loo 011 .£l6 0 41X445 0 1 £ £s. d. l-iiB3B 192 3 0 87 1 41 13 10 2! 395 II o too.) 3 4 !1/439, 165 11 10 74 1 9 11 3 I! 346 2 £ .£ s. d. 100,) 3 4 11137 J:217 15 1' , 11438 192 3 0 18311 165 11 10 18401 116 7 6 184 i 111 6 8 XlOO 011' 87 1 41 74 1 9, 54 0 10 49 10 0 £l6 0 f. 13 10 2! , 11 3 1! 7 IS 10' 7 10 4; £445 • 0 395 11 1 346 2 3 296 13 4 247 4 5 rhe (11Tision of proilts la annual, aud the next will be made in (umber of the present year. F. FERGUSON CAMICOUX, Secretary. UNITED KINGDONI LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. -8, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London : 97, George-street, Edinburgh; 12, St Vincent-place, Glasgow; 4, Col ege-green, Dublin. Established by Act of Parliament in 1i134. In 1841, the Company added a bongs of 2 per cent. per annum on the sum assured to all policies of the participating chum, from the time they were effected. Parties wishing to secure the benefit of the next division of profits in 1848 should make immediate application. - —..-... When the Insurance is for life, only one half the Annual Premium need be paid for the first 5 years. Every information will be afforded on application to the Resident Director, E. Lennox Boyd, Esq., No. 5, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London, where Prospectuses, &c., may he had. F RAAIPTON'S PILL of HEALTH. Price Is. 13.0. per box. This excellent Family Pill is a medicine of long-tried efficacy for correcting all disorders of the Stomach and Rowels, the common symptoms of which are Costiveness, Flatulency, Spasms, Loss of Appetite, Sick Head-ache, Giddiness, Sense of Fulness after meals, Dizziness of the Eyes, Drowsiness and Pains in the Stomach and Bowels ; Indigestion, producing a Torpid state of the Liver, and a consequent Inactivity of the Bowels, causing a disorganization of every function of the frame, will, in this most excellent preparation, by a little perseverance, be effectually removed. Two or three doses will convinee the afflicted of its salutary effects. The stomach will speedily regain its strength; a healthy action of the liver, bowels, and kidneys will rapidly take place; and instead of listlessness, heat, pain, and jaundiced appearance, strength, activity, and renewed health will be the quick result of taking this medicine, according to the directions accompanying each box.: These Pills are paitictilat4y efficacious for Stomach Coughs, Colds, Agues, Shortness of Breath, and all Obstructions of the Urinary Passages ; aud, if taken after too free an Indulgence at table, they quickly restore the system to Its natural state of repose. Persons of a Full Habit, who are subject to Head-ache, Giddiness, Drowsiness, and Singing in the Ears, arising from too great a flow of Blood to the Head, should never be without them, as many dan gerous symptoms will be entirely carried off by their immediate use. For Females, these Pills are most truly excellent, removin^ all obstructions, the distressing Head-ache so very prevalent with ' the sex; Depression of Spirits, Dulness of Sight, Nervous Affections, Blotehes, Pimples, and Sallowness of the Skin, and give a healthy and juvenile bloom to the complexion. To Mothers they are confidently recommended as the best medi cine that can be taken during pregnancy; and for children of all ages they are unequalled. As a pleasant, safe, and easy Aperient, they unite the recom mendation of a mild operation with the most successful effect, and require no restraint of diet, or confinement during their use. 11,y re gulating the dose, according to the age and strength of the patient, they become suitable for every case, in either sex, that can be re quired ; and for Elderly l'eople thoy will be found to be the most comfortable medicine hitherto prepared. Sold lay T. I'rout, 229, strand, Lon !on. Price Is. I and 2s. 9d. per box ; and also by the Vendors of Medicine generally throughout the kingdom. Ask for RAMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH, and observe the name and address of " Thomas l'rout, 229, Strand, London," on tke Government Stamp. DREDGE'S HEAL-ALL, or celebrated EM IBROCATION, has long been known throughout the West of England, as the most efficacious Remedy for Rheumatism, Lumbago. Pains in the Limbs and Numbness, Sciatic and Paralytic Affections, Face-ach, Sprai•,s and Bruises, Burns and Scalds, Spasms and Cramp, Stiffness of the Joints or Neck, Frozen Limbs, Chilblains be fore they are broken. It is likewise an infallible Cure for that dangerous disorder the Qllinsey or Sore Throat, in which it was never known to tail after a few hours' application. Observe—That none can be genuine unless the Stamp affixed to each bottle contains the name and address of Barclay and Sons, No 95, larringdon-street, who have purchased the property in this valaable article from the executors of the inventor, William Dredge, late of Wishford, Wilts, retail price, Is. VA d. and 2s. 9d. per bottle ; and sold retail, by all respectable Medicine Venders in town and ountry. NORTON'S TRULY VALUABLE CAMO MILE PILLS, FOR INDIGESTION, &c. These Pills Are a pure extract of camomile flowers, prepared by a peculiar process, by which all the medicinal properties of rattier more than one ounce of the flowers are concentrated into tour moderate sized pills, They are mild in operation, and have proved wonder fully successful in removing every sympton of indigestion, sick head ache, loss of appetite, giddiness, heartburn, costiveness, eruptions of the skin, and all complaints arising from a disordered state of the digestive organs ; they require no alteration of diet, and their opera tions will be found so beneficial in giving tone to the stomach, regu lating the bowels, and in promoting a healthy habit, as fully to con vince all who take them of their great utility. Per: ons who hays suffered from indigestion for several years, have, by their use, in a few weeks perfectly recovered, which is a convincing proof that in the smallest compass is contained the largest quantity of the tonic principle of so peculiar a nature as to pervade the whole system, through which it diffuses health and strength. Sold in bot Hes at Is. I TAd., 25.9 d., and I Is. each, In every town In the kingdom. CAUTION.--Be sure to ask for " Norton's Pills," and be not per 'Laded to parchase an imitation. URED ENGRAN ING9. ON w THE TiT w SEC N R T E y T . r AN N , E F C R , L A R I L I IO T T S OF YOUTHAND Just published, Twentieth Thousand, in a sealed envelope 21. 64., or p os t pa i d, to any address, for 3s. 6d. in Postage direct front the Author's resid ence . SELF- PRESER VATION : A Medical TTreatis et , a p m rl: ; f on the Nee et Infirmities a n d Di sorders of Youth an d M atur i , y. Illustrated with Ph Tw enty - five Coloured Plates on the Anatomy. ysiology, and Diseases of the Urinary and Reproductive Organs, explaining their various structures, uses, and functions, and showing the injuries that are produced in them, by solitary habits, and othir excesses. With Practical Observations on the Treatment Of Nervots Debility, Local and Constitutional Weakness, and other diseases of the Urethra. By SAMUEL LA'MERT, CONSULTING SURGEON, , ftedford-street, Bedford-squar London; Matriculated Member of the University of e, Edinburgh, Honorar Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c., /cc. CONTENTS OF THE TREATISE. CHATTER 1. On the Philosophy of Marriage, with its Hindrance and 0 bligations, and on Infelicitous and Unproductive Unions.— CHAPTER 2. On the Anatomy and Physiology of the Generativ, Organs, their fUnctions, structures, and secretions, proving that gres Mental and Physical l'ower are dependant upon their healthy action —CRAFTER 3. On Solitary Habits; their various effects ,11 th Animal Economy; the concealed cause of Debility of the function of the Stomach, Lungs, and Brain, and general weakness of tin Mental Faculties. Cuarrea 4. On the Secret Disorders of Youth. and Maturity, and the Treatment of Nervous and Local Weakness, Mental Debility, and Premature Decay.—Cstarbvints 5 and 6. Oe Dom iseases s ri o m i I . n h a e te ure E u x ir c a ess . , Go nit° rhce a Gleet, S the Diso tri rd c e t r u r res ar , l a s n h d lg fotlri RIIVIEWE 07 TIM WORK. "The author of this singular and talented work is a legally mutt fled a.: it cal man, who has evidently had considerable experionce of the trr stment of the various disorders arising from the follies and fralitiea of early indiscretion. The engravings aro an invaluable ad. dition, by demonstrating the consequences of excesses, which mus act as a salutary warning to youth and maturity, and by its perusa' many questions may be satisfactorily replied to, that admit f no ap. peal, even to the most confidential friend."—Era. Published by the Author, and may be had at his residence; else from Kent and Richard. 3, 52, Paternoster-row; Hannay and Co., 6:1 Oxford-street. Starie, Tichborne-street, Quadrant; (3o:4k:ft, 14'. t.e,sl,4hait,treet, Lchltat: Nos.vtuit, is, Chttreit.l.trett, Livotpkati l by 'all At iloate for Consultation C.1.2y, from Ni::;. till Two, ;;;;C ; fro., Five till Eight ; and all letters immediately replied to, 12 containing the fee of 11., for advice, &c.-9 BEDFORD-STREET BEDFORD. SQUARE, LONDON, PUBLICATIONS. In the press. HOW to RECONSTRUCT the INDUS TRIAL CONDITION of IRELAND. A LETTER to LORD JOHN RUSSELL. By JAMES WARD, Esq., Author of " Railways for the Many and not for the Few." Smith, Elder, and Co., Cornhill. In 21 volumes 410. Illustrated by 506 Engravings on Steel, and many thousands on Wood.—Tne FNCYCLOP2EDIA BRITANNICA. Seventh Edition. Edited by Professor NAPIER. An Index of 68,000 References, compiled w.th great industry and judgment, is appended to the work, forming a ready key to its multi farious contents. Adam and Charles Black, Edinburgh ; and sold by all Booksellers. AN Additional and Important Evidence of the Salutary Effects of BLAIR'S GOUT and RHEUMATIC PILLS, from Mr. Samuel Dixon, of Kingscliffe, Zlorthamptonshire. "Kingscliffe, Northamptonshire, March 14, 1846. " To Mr. Thomas Trout, 229, Strand, London. "Sir,--I feel it a duty which I owe to yourself and the public to inform you of the great benefit which I have derived by taking Blair's Gout and Rheumatic fills. During several years I was fre quently Mitt up by :Stacks of gout, being unable to attend to business for months at a time. I had often been advised to try Blair's hills, but it was not until a friend pressed them upon me that I was in duced to take them, and from which I found speedy relief. This is several years ago, but I continue to take them whenever an attack comes on, and am thereby enabled quickly to resume my business. • I am, Sir, your obedient servant, "SAMUEL DIXON." The above testimonial exhibits the never-failing effects of this valuable medicine, which affords to the afflicted with gout, rheu matism, lumbago, sciatica, and all analoious complaints, speedy and certain relief. Among the many discoveries that characterise the present age, none have co itributed so much to the comfort and ease of the com munity, nor conferred such a boon upon suffering humanity, as the important discovery of BLAIR'S GOUT and RHEUMATIC PILLS, the efficacy of which has baen tested by the approval and recommen dation 01 many of the greatest men of our day. They are effective for gout and rheumatism in all its various forms, including sciatica, lumbago, pains in the head and face, frequently treated as tooth ache, &c. They require neither continemen: nor attention of any kind, and invariably prevent the disease attacking the stomach, brain, or other vital part. Sold by Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London ; and by his appoint ment, by all respectable Medicine Venders throughout the United Kingdom. Price as. 9d. per box. Ask for ELAM'S GOUT and RHEUMATIC PILLS, aid observe the name and address of " Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London," im pressed upon the Government Stanap affixed to each box of the Genuine Medicine. HORRID MURDER IN ST. PETER'S STREET,DERBY.Mercury of Wednesday. ) (From Der by the BT E A short time previous to our going to press last (Tuesday) evening, a horrid and brutal murder was committed by a person named James Cross, a gardener, living up a court In St. Peter's street, in this town, upon his wife. As far as we could gather the particulars of this occur , rence—which, of course, as yet are but imperfectly known_. it appears that Cross and his wife were in the house alone, and on one of his daughters coming home, and not seeing her mother about, she attempted to go up stairs to seek her, which, however, her father prevented. Some altercation ensued, and the daughter was induced to go in to Mrs. Osborne's, her next dour neighbour, and request her to go in and prevail, if possible, upon her father to permit her to see her mother. Mrs. Osborne had no sooner entered the house than she was savagely attacked by Cross, who stabbed her in the neck and face, and who would at once have succeeded in murdering her, had he not been seised by the daughter, who pinioned his arms. The most alarming bleeding immediately took place in the wounds of the neck. Mrs. Osborne was conveyed into her own house, and medical assistance was immediately obtained. Mr. Fearn, Mr. Harwood, Mr. Wood, and Dr. Ferguson were soon in attendance; and, at a later period of the evening, Mr. Johnson (St. Alkinund's), Mr. Borough, Mr. Dix, and Mr. Hoskins. The wounds were found to be of the most serious nature, the most formidable being one in which the internal carotid artery was pierced close to the base of the skull. This blood-ves,el, one of the largest and most important in the body, it was found impossible to secure in the situation in which it was wounded; and it was accordingly determined upon consultation, that Mr. Fearn should tie the artery lower down in the neck, which operation was successfully and skil fully performed, and had the effect of immediately arresting the hemorrhage. We very much regret, however, to state that up to eleven o'clock last night (at the time of our going to press with our second edition) Mrs. Osborne continued in the most alarming and dangerous condition, with but the faintest hope of recovery. Mr. Fearn was to remain in attendance upon his patient during the night. We now return to the first part of this melancholy nu-. rative. On searching Cross's house his wife was found lying on the bed dead, with her throat cut in a most frightful manner, a great gash having been inflicted on the left side, just in the situation of the large blood-vessels. Her death must have taken place instantaneously. The room, as may he supposed, was deluged with blood. The murderer appears, after the bloody deed, to have gone into the kitchen, and to have washed his hands, one of which is seriously wounded. Ile was in the act of escapinim from the house, when he was met by a policeman, and taken into custody. and, we believe, did not offer the least resistance. _ _ Mrs. Osborne's deposition w•as taken by W. Eaton Mousley, Esq., mayor, at a late hour last night. THE IxQuit:sT. DERBY, WEDNESDAY.—The inquest on the body of the deceased was commenced this afternoon, and was adjourned after the reception of some evidence (including that of the prisoner's daughter), which went principally to prove the attack upon Mrs. Osborne. DEATH IN A POLICE CELL.—Wednesday informa tion was forwarded to Mr. Wakley, M.P., the coroner, of the death of Thomas Harvey, under the following circum stances :—The deceased was au itinerant beggar, and, from his peculiar deformity, was well known about the streets of London. He had lost both of his legs, and used to proceed along the streets on a piece of board, with a couple of wheels attached to it, propelling himself with his hands. On Tues day night he was found by the police in a state of ;inebria tion, and taken to the station-house in George-street, St. Giles', and placed in a cell with two other prisoners. At eight o'clock the next morning (yesterday) he was visited by the constable, to get his name, and, in half an hour afterwards was found dead in his cell. LIVE CATTLE TRAFFIC ON THE EASTERN COUN.• TIES RAlLWAY.—Wednesday forenoon a deputation of Smith field salesmen and London butchers, headed by Mr. Deputy Ilieks, of Newgate-market, and several of the most influ ential parties connected with the trade, waited upon the traffic committee of the directors of the Eastern Counties Railway Company, for the purpose of drawing their atten tion to the losses incurred by the metropolitan butchers by the present mode of conveying live cattle on the above line. The deputation suggested that the same protection hould be afforded to oxen as to horses, viz., that they should have separate compartments for each. They also recom mended that until the carriages were so altered, a frame work of wood or iron should be affixed to the flooring, rising about one inch, to give the cattle a footing, as after a few hours' confinement the bottom of the truck was in such a state as to make it difficult for them to stand the concussions in railway carriages. The deputy chairman ( Mr. D. Waddington) assured the deputation that the directors were most anxious to remedy any evil attending the transit of cattle on the line if it was possible to be done. What had been stated should receive their best attention. With a view of obviating the delay men tioned as to the arrival of cattle for the London market, the company had already advertised an arrangement for the running of cattle trains from Peterborough, March, Whittlesea, Ely, and Brandon, on a Friday instead of Satur day. A satisfactory arrangement having been then made respecting the proposed alteration of the trucks, so as to render the cattle more secure from injuries; the deputation withdrew. INSTITUTION FOR THE INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION or TIIE JEWS.—Wednesday a meeting of the committee of the above institution was held at the office, 27, Red Lion square, Bloomsbury, Dr. Whyte in the chair. Mr. J. J. Simpson, in a very expressive speech, explained the value of the institution generally, and illustrated the objects sought to be obtained by several very interesting cases, many of whom were at present working on the premises, and being taught the printing and other trades. The institution is designed to relieve and promote industry among the Jews, without the compulsory resignation of tissir faith, although by the exertions of the benevolent members the doctrines of Christianity have been so exhibited, that in many instances the happiest results have rewarded their efforts. hOUSE OF LORDS.—NEW STANDING ORDERS.— The following additional standing orders, relating to railway and ether Bills, were agreed to on the 26th ofJanuary ult.— " I. That after any road, or canal, or railway, or deck-bill, shall be read a first time, and before any further proceeding thereupon, there be deposited in the office of the Clerk of the Parliament a statement of the length and breadth of the space which is intended or sought to be taken for the pro posed works, and to give up which the consent of the owners of the land has not been obtained; together with the names of such owners, and the height above the surface of all pro posed works on the ground of each such owner. 2. And, also, in the case of railway bills, that a return shall be pre sented, at the same time, of the names of the owners or oc cupiers of any houses situated within 300 yards of the pro posed works, who shall, on or before the introduction of the Bill into this Ilouse in the present session, or before the 31st of December prior to any future session in which the Bill shad be introduced into Parliament, have sent to the promo ters of the railway their dissent, or any written objections to the railway." HER MAJESTY'S BUCKROUNDS. --- The meet on Monday was at Woking station. There was rather a scanty field, but several of the right sort, including the Noble Master of the Buckhounds, Lord Rivers, Captain Fullerton, Mr. Worley, Mr. Jones, and several officers of dee Life and Foot Guards. The deer was uncarted ( rather late in the day, in consequence of the previous night's frost) near the station, and went away at a clipping pace towardsChessey, and there u l r ' b h r e i gdhete,r andth e n away doubled t o doubled to the right and made across the country in the direction of 13yfieet, then doubling right back to Woking, an Theground covered was upwarks it was taken in the water. the Henley Park on to Frimley Ridges, and thence to the canal, between dm ad e t the stationsvo e a s n d o d n t , he thence villa t g o e and w h ole distance was single check. Earl Granville done in two hours without a the take in at Bvfleet and very few were tip at . beyond gave Mr. Worley, and the whips. In Lord Rivers, Mr Jones, upwarks of twenty-five miles, which set in on Tuesday night, the private meet which T orrow's meet (Friday) t was to have taken place at Maidenhend. has been fixed for the White Hart, held was at the Wednesday a Court of Directors conseq uence Gerard ' s Cross ef was the postponed.leavyfe To-morrow's member of council at Madras. ROME. Mr. CONVERSION TO THE CHURCH OF East India House, when Daniel Eliott, Esq., was appointed a Catholic Cam bridge, has made a public profession of the Roman faith, and has been received into the college at Ushaw. Robert Suffield, late scholar of St. Peter's College, Box's LAST WORK.--It must be a matter of sur prise to the public generally to perceive how varied are the opinions expressed by the leading newspapers, with respect to Mr. Dickens's last publication. It may well be imagined that some adverse criticisms upon the works of this and other celebrated authors may proceed from personal feelings or educational prejudices. These, however, could account for tut a few. The majority, as we have the best medical au thority for statins, may be ascribod to irritability of temper, generally arising; from aderenged state of the liver and ether viscera and which couid easily be remedied by the occasional use of ' Frampton's Pill of Health, which is gentle in its operation, and unfailing in its effect. MONEY and COMMERCIAL. NEWS. (From The Sun of last Night.) The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was dull, at previous rates. Sales 5,000 bales, 2,000 of which were American on speculation. Shares were scarcels so high. There are no later arrivals to-day from any quarter. A great many Railway Shares were disposeei of at Messrs. Lamond and Co.'s public sale to-day, and pr ices were con sidered firm, although no g-eat advance i ras noticeable. The following are a few of the principal sales: East Indian Waterford, Wexford, and Yalentia ...... 05 0 North Staffordshire . 8 2 0 London and Manchester (Remington's)... 0 7 6 Great Luxembourg Buckinghamshire, ex int. .... 4 7 0 Newport and Abergavenny 0 17 0 Shropshire Union and Canal . 1 8 0 Leicester & Bedford, Exchange Certificate 0 12 0 Cornwall 1 0 0 Caledonian . 26 5 0 Shrewsbury and Hereford Louvain ala Sambre Northern Counties Union 1 7 6 Ceylon Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A) 4 2 6 Eastern Counties, York Extension ... 415 0 Madrid and Valencia . 0 14 0 Great Western of Bengal 0 6 0 South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4 . 4 2 0 The following remarks upon the state of the produce mar kets are from the report of an experienced London firm, that of Wilkinson and Jewesbury :—" The demand for foreign and colonial products, during the past month, has been ex tensive, both as regards articles for manufacturing purposes, and fur general consumption. In the produce market, prices advanced considerably, up to the time when the Bank raised the rate of discount, which caused a decline in most articles. The measures adopted by the Bank were , expected to be followed by otlx;re still more. stringent • but a feeling now prevails that this will not take place. The total quantity of sugar cleared for home consumption, for the eleven months ending in December, shows an increase of 13,227 tuns, as compared with the previous year; the re cent large arrivals of the article into this country from China will doubtless call further attention to the resources of that empire. The accounts from the manufacturing districts are favourable as to the demand for woollen and fancy spring goods, but complaint is made of a want of buoyancy in the market. It is, however, gratifying to know, that during this season of high prices the working classes are so well employed as they now are. The arrival of each packet from America is looked fur as likely to bring increased orders fur that market." According to a German newspaper, the emigration from Europe amounts to about 150,000 or 160.000 souls annually, of which, about 70,000 are attributed to Great Britain, 60,000 to Germany, 10,000 to Belgium, 5,000 to France, and 5,000 to the rest of Europe. The Bank Restriction Act of Sir Robert Peel is evidently to be pushed to its utmost verge, if we are to accept as a sign the letter of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, addressed to the country bankers, and we need hardly observe that the tendency is still further to strengthen the power of the Bank of England, and act upon the Money-market in a manner to limit the paper circulation. The Bank of England, to gether with its other privileges, has constantly in circulation probably a million of Bank post bills, accepted payable seven days after date, and no one has ever dreamt of this as an evil or as a forcing of note issues, because the sup ply of these bills can never exceed the demand, and consequently they must be an accommodation to the public. The country banks, however, are to be further mulcted of their fair profits, it seems, unless a successful re sistance can be made in Parliament, and the branches of the Bank of England with liberty to continue the granting of seven days bills, will make a further inroad upon the business of their competitors. There are not any late colonial arrivals announced in the City this morning. The fluctuation in the Three per Cent. Consols has scarcely amounted to per cent. The current values have been 907 and 91, and 91 to 911 a fur the Account. A pretty con derable sale was effected in the Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. at 9274 to 93. Bank Stock has been reduced to 203, while India Stock remains firm at 25i. Exchequer-bills opened at 7s. premium, but the market has since receded to 4s. premium. Money is not so tight in the City as reported among the Bear party in the Stock Exchange. The principal changes in the Foreign Funds this morning have been an improvement in Brazilian Bonds to 85%; in Chilian Deferred, to 88 ; aid in Mexican Five per Cents, for the Account, from 22,i to 234. Spanish Three per Cents. are at 64%. The Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have receded to 58. The market for Railway Shares is not brisk this morning. Many sales have been made at a shade below the rates of yesterday afternoon. The official prices are as usual annexed. isRITISII FUNDS. ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK. PRI. ES. Bank Stock .. .. • . 203 203 Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities 91% 91 91 Three per Cent. Consols Annuities 90% 90% 91 91% New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anus. 93% 92h 93 93 Long Annuities, Expire .1 an. 8,1560 .. 9% gars Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 .. 9 7-16 India Stock .. . 251 250 Louth Sea Stock .. Ditto Old Annuities 90 1 q % 90A Consols for Account • . .• 91% 91 Exchequer Bills. I I%d. 1,0001... .... 7 4 pm. 4 snot. • •• 6 7 pm. Ditto, Small 7 3 pm. a ONE ('LOSING O'CLOCK. PRICES. FOREIGN FUNDS. B ra zilian Bonds, a per Cent .. 583 Sa% Danish, 3 per Cent •• .. • . • • f4f 811 M e xican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent .. 22 'A 23 23' 21% % 4 Ditto, for the Account .. .• 22% 3 4 Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto, Three per Cent .. .• .• 34N Ditto. for the Account _ 34 %83 Venezuela Solids, 2 per Cent .. • • 11 Ditto, Deterred •. Dividend' on the above payable in London. 95 Belgian Four-and-a-llalt per Cent .. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cent .• BUSINESS CLOSING PRICES OF PAID. DONE AT PRICES. RAILWAY SHARES. ONE O'CLOCK. 23 1 4 Aberdeen.. .. • • .. .. .. 25 .... 23 1 4 •• • • Amber., Notting., Boston, and •• 2% Eastern Junction . • . .. 2% .• .• 2% ••" '' 137,i Birmingham and Oxford Junction b .... 1 4 ••• ••' ' 7 4 firming., Wolver., & Stour Valley 5 .• . 7q••'' • ' • • • 25w, Bristol and Exeter • • .. .. 75 .... 75% ••"'• • ' • • 1i 4 Ditto, New 1 0 •••• ~,1 , 1 L 4 u •••••• •••• 2614 •••• • • • • Caledonian .. .. .. .. .. 30 .• .• 4.7. •^ "••• • • • 2% Ditto. Half Shares .. .. .. 2% •• • • 2 4 "''.. • ' 1 . .. .. .. Cornwall . .. 5 .... ••••• • • • '• 54 . Dublin and Belfast Junction • • 12%.• • • 5 ,„ 4 , ,:). ••• • • • 22 Eastern Counties .. .. .. .. 20 .. • • 21 3 "•• • • 21 Ditto, New .. .. .. . .. 20 ••• • '•"• • • • • % P Do. Perpet., 5 per Cent. No. 1. di. 135. 4 d. •• • **** li p Ditto, ditto, .. .. No. 2. 6!. 135. 4d. SU P" "•• 4% Ditto, York Extension .. • • 4 •• • • 4 % "' ' • • • • • • * •• East Lancashire .. .. .... 14 •• • • —•• " " • 7 Ditto New .. .. .. .. .. 6 •••• 7 ••"• • • • East Lincolnshire .. .. .. .. 4 ••• • •' • ***** • • —; Edinburgh and Glasgow .. .. 50 .• • • '—'• " **** 18% Ditto, Quarter Shares .. 12% .. • • 18 % ""•• " • • 14 Ely and Huntingdon .. :* .. 12% .... 14% 13% '• ' • Great Northern (London & • York 2% Regd.) .. .. .. .. .. .. 2% .• •• 2 %""• ' • • • • 33i Do., do (Direst Northern Regd.) 3 3 4 .... 3 % •,,' ~,",;• •• • • 26ii Great Southern & West. (Ireland) 27% ••• • 25 '''' •• 126 Great Western .. .. ~ ~ 85 ....1 26 ••''•• • • • • 72 Ditto. Half Sharer .. .. •.50 „.. 72 19% Ditto, Quarter Shares .. .. 12%.• • • 19 % "••• • • • .... 294 .... Ditto, Fifths .. .. .. ~ 20 .. • • —., • • 83 1 Ditto, New .. .. .. .. 4% •• • • 8 % '' ' ******* -- Hull and Selby .. .. .. .. 50 •• • • 7 • • ** ** ** ** **** 51 % Ditto, Half Shares .. .. .. 25 .• • • 5 .% ** • 81% Leeds and Bradford .. • • .. 35 .... 81% .... *** ..: .: ih die. Leicester and Bedford .. .. .. 16s. •• • • 4 . Liverp., Manch., & Newt. Junct. 2% •• • • ?,% •••• • • .„ .. 55 % clis.. • ... , 2 London, Brighton, and 5 Coast • • 50 • • • s '' , :; :• :: .. • • 9% Ditto, Guarant. Five per Cent. 9 •• • • 9 : 4 . 1 7; ."......., 191 London an North-Western . ..100 ....192 u‘ . ...... 224 Ditto, Quarters .. • .. .. 2•• •• 224 :; • ~ 14 Ditto ditto, New Shares .. .. 2 .... 1447 v ••• • " 1 11 , 4 ...... •... Ditto, 10!. Shares M. &U. (B) 5 •• • • ......... 2 London, Oxford, and Chelt. .. 2 .• • • , . ~.., „„ „ 64 London and South-Western • • 41/. 6s. 10d.• • 64 ,2 " 46 Ditto. New Consol. Eighths .. 40 .• .. 46 .• .......... :: Ditto, Tenths .. ......... •• • 5 %1," •• ~ .. 4% Ditto, Tenths .. • • •• • • 4 •• • • 4 4 78 " • • . .. Ditto. •;crip • • • • • • •••• 5 • • • • ,'•" •• , „ 44 Ditto, ditto .. • • • • • • • . 4 •••• 4 ' 4 " London and York Extension Scrip 2% .... 2% •••• " • • •.• 22 Lynn and Ely .. .. .. .. 20 ... io, .......... 16% Lynn and Dereham .• .• ..... Manchester and Leeds .• .. • • 82 •• • • — 7% .. • . .. ..... 7 li Ditto, Sixteenths • • • • • . ing 4 .... ...„, ....••••• .. 124 Midland .. • • • • • • • • :: 30 .... 35N %%• • • 36 Ditto, New • • • • • ~ „ ~ .• •• .. .. 6 Ditto, New .. •, •• •• ~ .. 20 •• •• 32 % "• • • :: . Newcas tle and Berwick •_100 .... 13242 z; Norfolk .. .10 • • • 34% i 4 .• •••• • • • • 12% Ditto, II•a•lf Shares North British . • • • • • • • .. 12% •• —16 N ~ • Ditto, Half Sha res • • • .. 5 .... 8% 8 .... ..., 8 ' ff ,1 tire • • '' North Sta• ol.-. ' „ .. 17% .... 20 ..... „ Acottish Midland .. . i ._ • hart% .. 3 .... .... Shrewsbury and Bil l ' 14 . .. • • 1 1 4 •. • • 1% •. • Ditto, Class 11 .. 0 . .. ___ .... ..... South Eastern and Dov r . , • , , o. • 2. 3 1 3 2 % .... 131 i ...... _ ~ " New (do 33/. 62• 84 . ) 2 " 10 .... •• • • 13 / 2 —0.... • .. •• "_. mouth gales ••• •• neaster. anu South Yorkshire, Do .. 2 .... 2 1% .. „., 1 7 ' Goole • • • • ' ' • •„, .. 425. • ... 1% p .. .. • • /11 West Biding Union • GS . Ni%eSICTII. • 423. •• .. , ~.. • • ... Windsor, Staines , .. —• ~ 25 ___'••. y•• • . r 2 P p •••• ..„•••••• York and Newcastle • • .. 5 ... 114 4 ... • .. Ditto, New.. •• ' .. 2 .... 7 .... . " • • • • 1114 Ditto, Preference •.. • . .. I‘o .... 91 . .. 6% York arsd. North Midland. ... .. 20 .... 374. ,••• ••••• 91 th Ditto, Extension ; Extet , • • 5 • • 17 ...• • ..... 3 , 7 „ Do. E and W. tiding RAILWAYS. •••• • • • " .. .. 18 .• .. 14U, ... . Boulogne and Angell' • • . .. 6 „ 2, •••• • • • 14% Luxembourg • • • • • . .. 8 .... 2 , .. • • ... 2 % Namur and Liege •• •• .• • 8 .... 12‘1' i • ..... 2 % Northern of Francs • • • .. 6 .... 7 ,3 /v ••• • • • 121 4 Orleans and Bourdeaux : : 4.• . 4!. 3s. 4d.... 3 di e .••• " ' • 7 4 Over Yssel .•• • • • „ 8 .... 7 si • •••• • ' • 3 (118 Paris and Lyons • • • • .. 20 .... 26 3 4 ' •• • • • • • • 7% Rouen and I lavre - • • .. 12 .. ~• " ..... •• • 26% Sambre and Meuso • • ST , T OCK BANGS. ••••• • • • " 6 14 JOIN -.. 10 .• • • _., . Union of London .• • • ' • 3incEs. "•••• • • • • 12% - 1% --(YESTERDAY.) Real de Monte, Unreeistered .• •••••3% COURSE OF EXCEIANGE. Amsterdam .. ....C.F. 12 3% Gibraltar.. ............ Ditto, at sight •••• • • 12 Leghorn ...... — 4 , Rotterdam ...... 2U. 12 4 Ge . n0a......... _ • 75 Milan • •••••• U 5 85 75 1 Antiverp • ....... ••• • • • 25 fisnthurgli 31.11. 13 Paris, 3 days' sight 25 40 111% 3 months.. • • • 25 75 25 85 Marseilles • . 80urdeanx......... .. 25 85 Frankfort on Maine 120% Petersburgh, 3 Us .. .• • • Berlin Vienna, effec.flo...• .. 10 3 Trieste, ditto.... Mach id . • _ 3.5% Cadiz • • ... Barcelona • Seville.. • . .. — •••••.•......... -- Venice • Naples •• • • 40% Palermo, per oa ..... . 121 Lisbon...... ••• • • 52 Oporto • ••• . • • 54N Rio Janeiro .....• .• • • 27 Buenos Ayres ........ New York, 21 days' sight Philadelphia .......... PRICIB or EL'LLION. ras oz. Foreign Gold in bars ...£3 17 9 New Dollars •. 0 4 10% Portngal Gold Coln .. 0 0 0 Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0 Silver in bars 0 5 Osi, CHILD-DROPPING IN THE CITY. —An inquest was held on Wednesday evening by Mr. P a y ne, at the Crown Tavern, Clifford's Inn-passage, Fleet-street, on the body of a newly-born female child found exposed on the stairs of the house, No. 183, Fleet-street. The hous e w h ere the b ody was found, as described by a witness, 4 , i s a perfect wilderness." In the lower part the house is divided into three compart ments—one a " print shop," another " an exhibition," and a third a glass-blowing show," the under Around part having been formerly used as " wine shades." The door leading to the upper part of the 10 150 i s (tO left open, no that whoever likes can walk in at pleasure. Mr. Hutchinson, the surgeon, proved that the child was still-born- A verdict. in 1 accordance with the eurgeon'a evidence wag then recorde d DIVISION OF PROFITS. --- The remarkable success and increasing prosperity of the Society has enabled the Directors, at the last annual investigation, to declare . morn] bonus, varying from 35 to 85 per cent. on the premiums paid n each Policy effected on the Profit scale. EXAMPLES. S Ny FEBRUARY 6, 1847. ARRIVALS OF GRAIN. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. beg to forward youan account of the arrivals grain at Wakefield for the past month, as well as for the same time in 1846, from which you will perceive the quantity of wheat arrived this year is nearly three times larger than last year. The arrivals at Leeds and all the other large consuming markets also show a very great increase. The consumption no doubt is large; but, from my own knowledge of the trade, I can assure you that a great deal more corn is going into speculators' warehouses than into the bellies of the people.—l am your obedient servant, AN ANTI-FAMINE MONGER. Hull, Feb. 2, 1847. Import of grain into Wakefield for the month of January, 1846 47. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Beans. Peas. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Jan. 1846. 37,102 23,645 6,616 4,832 1,860 Jan. 1847. 99,647 20.380 18,703 12,384 1,813 Year. ROYAL ARTILLERY. The intended augmentation of the Royal Regiment of Artillery has been confirmed by the following general order " Deputy-Adjutant-General's Office, Woolwich, Feb. 1. " His Lordship the Master-General has approved of an augmentation to the regiment of one corporal and 114 gun ners and drivers per company, to take effect from the Ist of April next. " Commanding officers of battalions will transmit to the office, with the least possible delay, requisitions for clothing and arms and accoutrements for those numbers. (Signed) " J. E. JONES, Assistant-Adjutant-General." The increase of strength in the corps in compliance with the order will amount to 80 corporals, and 1,120 gunners and drivers, and the entire strength of the regiment, consist ing of ten battalions of eight companies each, will be 8,000 non-commissioned officers and gunners and drivers, exclusive of the troops of the Royal Horse Artillery. A detachment of thirty gunners and drivers have been placed under orders to proceed to the Cape of Good Hope to till up the companies at that station. Major Askwith's company left Woolwich last week, as it was announced they would, for Plymouth, to augment the number required in that garrison fur the new fortifications, and not to Portsmouth to relieve Captain Wilford's company, as stated in some quarters. It is contemplated to send an additional company of artil lery to Dover, and to make a station for a company at Sheer ness, and another at Liverpool, for manning the fortifications at those places. KILKENNY AND GREAT SOUTH ERN AND WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. The first ordinary meeting of the shareholders in this company was appointed to be held at the British Hotel, Cockspur-street, yesterday at oae o'clock, but there not being a sufficient number of shareholders present, the meetirg was, in terms of the Act of Parliament, adjourned till to-day at the same hour. THE TWO OVERLAND ROUTES. We printed yesterday intelligence from Bombay of the 241 January, brought via Trieste, by Mr. Waghorn. The mail arrived at Suez on the 19th ult., and at Alexandria on the 21st ult., in due course; but there was no steam-boat to con vey it to Malta, en route to Marseilles, and it is extremely doubtful, theretbre, when it may arrive, as the Ariel, which ought to have conveyed it to Malta, only left that place on the 20th for Alexandria. This is " too bad," and it is ex tremely unfair towards the Peninsular and Oriental Com pany, who, as far as they are concerned, perform their part of the journey with extraordinary regularity and efficiency. The fault rests with the Government, who send steam-boats totally unfitted for the purpose, to convey the mails between Malta and Marseilles. Sometimes of late these wretched tubs have not been able to perform the voyage at all; and in most cases take as long as the Oriental Company's ships would perform the whole distance from Alexandria. How long is this to last? It is really scandalous, that so import ant a mail as the Indian mail should be conveyed in such a slovenly manner: and as to comparing the difference be tween the Treste and Marseilles route, as long as these old tubs are employed, it is too ridiculous a matter to be treated seriously. The dispatches via Trieste arrived yester day morning —had a proper steam-boat been employed be tween Alexandria and Marseilles, the mail would have reached London yesterday week.—Herald of yesterday. OVERLAND MAIL.— By the kindness of the authorities at the India House we have been favoured with India papers in anticipation of the Overland Mail, our own dispatches hav ing been mislaid.—Chronicle. LEITH. Pt.: RUC MEETING. —ABOLITION OF THE LIO HT DEES.—A public meeting of the shipowners, merchants, tec., of Leith was held in the Court-house on Friday last, the Honourable Provi.st Hutchison in the chair, when resolutions condemnatory of the system of ex activ rerc stiopted, w hieh were moved and seconded by Messrs. Gibson, Mitchell, and Councillors Philip and Innes, and a rtiti , n to the Legiflature agreed to, pray ing that ttle light dues shall be abolished, and the itht }louses maintained at the national expense. The general feeling is that, if the shipping interests at the seaports use the exertions necessary, and lose no time in forwarding pe titions, Government will see the propriety of following the recommendations of the Committee of the House of Commons, that all the lighthouses should be -' maintained in future at the expense of the nation," this report hay ing been supported by Lord Palmerston and Admiral Dundaa, the former a Cabinet Minister and the latter a Lord of the Admiralty. The numerous vessels that have of late been lying in the docks are last disappearing, and business is now rather dull. On Thursday morning the Act of Parlia ment arrived at the Custom-house, ordering the ports to be open from that day until the Ist of September. The Government locks were immediately removed from the doors of the bonded warehouses, and two vessels com menced delivering grain. There is a prospect of large arrivals of grain during spring and summer. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. LONDON, FEB. s.—Wind W., light breeze, and hazy. FALMOUTH, FED. 4.—Wind N.E.—Arrd. Mungo Park, Anderson, Callao; Queen, Gordon, Valparaiso. Off port, Pearl (ot St. John's, New Brunswick). LivErtrooL, FED. 4.—Wind N., light.—Arrd. Frances Lawson, Africa. Sld. Aunt Jane, Batavia; Jane, Curry, Rio Janeiro; Resolution, Maranham ; Italy, New Orleans; James H. Shepherd, Boston; Cambria steamer, Halifax; Jane Hammond, St. John's, New B runsw i c k ; Anglesea, Augusta, Nova Scotia. MAILYPORT, FEB. 3.—Wind E.N.E., light.—Sld. Kelsick Wood, Porto Rico. CLYDE, FEB. 3.—Wind S.E.—Arrd. Helena, Newton, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Queen Pomare, Till, —. Sld. Springfield, New Orleans. roursaiouvri, FEB. 4.—Wind N. to N.N.E.—Off port, Theodore, Klun, Porto Rico, for Hamburgh. DEAL, FEB. 4.—Wind N. to N.N.W.—Aral. Doris, M`Donald, Patagonia. Sld. Glentannie, Sidney; Faithful, Bombay ; Tigris, Ceylon ; Caroline Aden, foinaton, Bahia ; Achilles, Brazils; Sons of Commerce, Bermuda; Blyth, New Orleans; Margaret, Evans, New York. The Lively, Williams, of and for London, from Waterford, came on shore on the Main, between Walrner Castle and Ring down, this evening, but will probably be got off on the flood, should the weather continue moderate. DARTMOUTH, FEB. 4.—Wind N.E.—Arrd. Adolphe, Bohne, St. Thomas, for Ilamburgh. IMPORTSMOUTH, FEB. 4.—About 100 quarters of peas have been landed to-day from the Gipsey. KINSALE, JAW. 31.—A Portuguese brig, with colours of distress flying, was passed by the Alarm, Leonard, arrived here. The Norman, Ruddenhain, from Sydney, C. 8., which arrived here to-day, has 3 1 / 2 feet water in her hold. WrsrronT, FEB. I.—A quantity of wreck has been seen near Achil Head. A brig, apparently deep laden. with a head, no head-boards nor topgallant masts, was seen off the head, lying to, the 24th ult. 2. The Betsy Wood, Gibson, from Belfast to this pun, arrived here the 31st ult., with bul warks carried aw a y, b u tt s starte d , b oats stove, k e., and in coming into the anchorage went ashore in a heavy squall, bet was got off and brought to the quay, where the cargo is dis charging in a damaged state. The Smyrna, Bull, arrived here to-day from Liverpool, with decks started, cargo shifted, loss of bulwarks, and other damage. BELLMULLET, JAN. 31.—The Mary Snow, of Blue Hill, Maine, from New York to Galway, has beer wrecked at Ennis Quay Island, near Blackwood Bay ; crew drowned, except the first mate. DARTMOUTII, FEB. N.E.—Arrd. Adolph, Bohme, St. Thomas for Hamburgh. DUNMORE EAST.—Arrd. Cuba, V alparaiso,for Liverpool. ToBERMORY, JAN. 27.—Arrd. Swift, M Kay, Prince Ed ward's bland, and sailed for Dublin. 29. Neptune, Charleston, for Liverpool. ABERDEEN, FEB. I.—Arrd. Monarch, Stephen. Quebec. GRANGENOUTII, FEB. I.—Sid. Henry Porcher, St. John's. THANKS OF THE FREY'II GOVERNMENT TO TIIE MASTER OF A BRITISH VESSEL. no Secretaryunc ing The Admiralty has addre, , seda — letteric;tio yd'., an nouncing s c t o a m t e m f o u r n i Foreignca t i n f A r o ff m a rs her having A sje st y been's & P fei l n r e a d to him by Count St. Aulaire, the French Ambass idor in London, requesting that the ac knowleigments of the French Government may be conveyed to Captain Roach, of the English Brig, Laurel, for assistance rendered by him, to the French Brig, La Dorade, on the 22tt of December last. BZISTOL, FEB. 4.—Wind N E.—Arrd. Harriet, Williams Pernambuco. Std. Faside,New Orleans. Conic, FEB. 2.—Wind N.E. to N.N.E.—Acrd. Senhora, Brown, Matanzas; Mary and Anne, Howland, Savamlla ; Harriet Scott, Blayne, New Orleans. Sid. St. Clair, Virginia. DUBLIN, FEB. I—Wind N.E.—Arrd. Stranger, Demerara. COWES, FEB. 4. Wind N.S. E., tine.—Arrd. Alfred, Dow, South America, for Hamburgh. PLymorrit, FEB. 3. —Wind N.—Arrd. Nemesis, Deas, China; Elizabeth Hughes , Hu llin, Cuba. Sid. Shannon, Sierra Leone. SHIELDS, FEB. 4.—The Grife n, Repbinder, sprung a leak yesterday, and will, it is expected, have to discharge. FALMOUTH, FEB. 3.—About a dozen pieces of mahogany were passed ten miles S.W. o f the Lon g Ships, by the Thomas !r, Bideman, arrived at Plymouth. Fisher, Bideman, • SEAMEN'S HosrrraL SOCIETY.—The 26th annual meeting of this institution was held on Wednesday, at the office, in King William-street : Mr. J. LaboNchere preside d. The annual report read by Mr. Harley, the secretary, de tailed the proceedings during the last year. The number ( f patients admitted during the year was 2,312; advice, medi: tine, and medical stores were provided for 1,629 cut patients, making a total of 3,941 seamen relieved during that period, and since the commencement of the charity 79,585; of these 2,760 belonged to the royal navy, 1,797 to the Indian navy, and 49,161 to the vossels of various nations. The total re ceipts of the year amounted to 8,893/. 14s. 6d., including do nations, subscriptions, bequests, &c.. and deducting the ex penditure, a balance of 380/. remained. The report having been agreed to, the meeting broke up. EXTRAORDINARY EFFECTS OF LIGIITNING.—OE Wednesday evening last, about nine o'cllvoincka 40, ,owthoeviltihghat.unin.it; f S o: s e itt7p r g ' descended the chimney of William Moir, s e t o r n e t ell s t out Theret h e w s . t b r o e p ft mu m: the fire, none of whom were hurt, except a lad, who was struck on the knee by a brick from the chimney._ Liverpool Courien -a i j- Gt PRICE SD. INSTITUTION OF CIVIL . ENGI NEERS. On Wednesday the first meeting was held in the new theatre, which is a fine room of good proportions, of a simple but bold style of architectural decoration, ex tremely well lighted, but above all well warmed and ventilated, and which as a whole may be said to bo per haps the best room in the metropolis for the meetings of a scientific body. Sir John Rennie, president in : the chair. The paper read was by Mr. E. Newton. It gave a description of the method employed by Mr. Heron for the construction of the permanent way of the Philadel phia and Reading, and other railways in the United States. The method was a deviation both from the sys tems of the longitudinal and the transverse sleepers. It con-isted of two series of diagonal sleepers crossing each other, and spiked together at the intersections with wo 'den trenails or iron pins, according to circumstances, forming an extended platform, upon which their longi tudinal bearers N., re laid, suporting bridge-shaped rails, with wri.ught iron chairs. The paper entered minutely into the modes of construction, the dimensions of the various parts, and the expense of laying the road with the ballasting. It then gave an account of several de viations from the general system, such as making the trellis work of iron laid in bitumen, &e., and also a de tail of the amount of the traffic conveyed along the rail way, whence it appeared that within one year and five days from its being opened for general use, 1,400,000 tons of goods had b-en conveyed along it, without any prejudicial eff-ct ; and, in fact, with less wear and tear than was usual upon railways in the States. The cost of a single line was about 8501. per mile. From the discussion that ensued it appeared to be the opinion that although the system might succeed in a country where timber abounded. it wasinapplicable for English railroads, and exceptions were taken - to the . general features of the construction for high speed—as the rails, which weighed only 44Ibs. per yard ; and if a single bridge form could not resist the impact of the wheels at great velocities, the junctions of the diago nally laid sleepers would become loosened, and there would be too much deflection between the bearing points. These objections were strongly urged, and were received as valid, but at the same time it was admitted that it was extremely desirable to encourage the communication of accounts of foreign engineering works ; the thanks of the meeting were voted to Mr. Newton for the statements he had given, with a request that he would communicate to Mr. Heron this feeling of his English scientific brethren of the profession of civil engineering. The following paper was announced to be read at the xt meeting, on Tuesday, February 9 : No. 750. Description of the Great North Holland Canal, by G. B. W. Jackson, Assoc. Inst. C.E, SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING THE AMENDMENT OF THE LAW. The usual general meeting of this institution was held last night, at the Rooms of the Society, 21, Regent-street, Lord Brougham in the chair. The minutes of the last meeting having been read, the fol lowing new members were ballotted for, and admitted: Messrs. Philip Twells, Leonard H. Hartley, Martin Tucker Smith, and Frederick Peel. A very intere-ting :report was read on the various plans which had been tried or proposed for the improvement of the treatment of criminals and young persons likely to become criminals, and on the principles on which punishments ought to be awarded and conducted. The report, which was read by Mr. Pitt Taylor, described, at very great length, the in conveniences and evils attending the present system of se secondary punishments, and concluded by recommending 1. That all gaols, where unrestrii ted inipscourse is a ll owe d, should be abolished. 2. Tbat neither convicted nor uncon victed prisoners should be allowed to remain in a 11 ate of idle ness. 3. That tread-wheel labour should be ab lished. 4. That the building of district prisons within a limited e r ' d should be rendere compulsory. 5. That such prisons should be so built as to afford separate accommodations to each pri soner. 6. That useful labour. ex gr. mat, rug, basket, or net making, tailoring, washing, shoemaking, sempstressing, knitting, &c., should be uniformly introduced in all prisons. 7. That these occupations should be taught by com petent persons attached to each prison. 8. That a better class of schoolmasters should be appointed, with large.• sala ries, and that it should be compulsory on every criminal t o attend school for a fixed time each . day. 9. That t.) each gaol a chaplain should be attached, with a salary sufficiently large to ensure competency, and that it should be incumbent upon him to reside in the prison, and to give his undivided attention to the spiritual wants of its inmates. 10. Thst assuming the alterations to be carried into effect, short sen tences—that is, under one month—should be liscontinued. 11. That a coarse, plain, and uniform diet should be en forced. 12. That for juvenile offenders and other desti tute children one or two large asylums should be established on a somewhat similar plan to that proposed by Mr. Pear• son, only taking care that the discipline ire sufficisully severe. After some discussion, in which Mr. T:wiatz. M.P., and Mr. M. D. HILL, Q.C., took a part, Lord BROUGHAM expressed his opinion that short terms of imprisonment were inefficient for the reformatimn of criminals, however they might be applicable to the punish ment of minor offences. As regards reformation, there was no chance of bringing the criminal's mind to the prorer state for the operation of the reformatory process during a very short imprisonment. The public mind was, be was glad to say, become awakened to the proper object of the punishment of criminals, namely, the reformation of the offender ; whereas, in former days, the idea was usually prevalent that the object of punishment was only the pre vention of crime (by example. The effect of this latter opinion was the former frequency of executions, which were evidently intended for the purpose of deterring by example. The mist successful mode of preventing and diminishing crime was by educating the people, and teaching them a hatred of vice of all descriptions. The noble lord adverted to the great advantage of infant schools as a means of dimi nishing the number of criminals. He entertained an opinion which, perhaps, might be considered old-fashioned, and which perhaps was not participated in by any one else in the room ; he would not give up the punishment of death in certain cases, as a means of deterring from crime, although he would most willingly give it up in all cases where it ought not to be inflicted. The further discussion of the subject matter of the report was adjoxrned to the 17th of this month. EXTENSIVE CONFLAGRATIONS. Yesterday morning, about 3 o'clock, the western portion of the metropolis became suddenly illuminated to such an ex tent as to clearly indicate that two serious fires were raging, The engines of the London Brigade of the C division, and of the West of England and County offices started in search of the fire at the west end. The firemen at length discovered that the extensive tallow and wax candle manufactory be longing to Mr. Green, situate at 105, Mount street, Grosve nor-square, was wrapped in flames. The engines were quickly set to work, but owing to the quantity of tallow in the place, the flames rose to an alarming height. The firemen, under the direction of Mr. Staples, the chief officer of the brigade, and Messrs. Connorton and Garwood of the West of Eng land and County offices, had their hose carried through the front premises, and by that means they were enabled to pre vent the flames from extending; but it was nearly six o'clock before the fire was entirely extinguished, and not before the work-shop, melting-house, &c., at the rear of the dwelling, were consumed, the contents, stock, &c., totally destroyed, and the furniture, &c., in the dwelling-house seriously da maged. The whole loss is estimated to exceed 1,0001. About half-past two o'clock, a fire, attended with great damage and destruction of property, took place at a cigar-manufactory and tobacconist's opposite the Custom house, Lower Thames-street. With great difficulty the family was made acquainted with their danger, and by the time two of the Fire Brigade establishment, and the p Irish engines were procured, a good supply of water was obtained ; but the fire was not extinguished until property to a large rxtent was destroyed. The proprietor, it is believed, is in sured against loss. 110 w the fire originated cou'd not be ascertained. BANK OF ENtiLAND. (From last night's Gazette.) An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and tith of Victoria, cap. 32, for the Week ending on Saturday, the 30th day of January, 1847. mina DXPARTMENT. votes issued—. • • • • 26,172,870 Z. Government debt • • 11,015,100 Other securities •• • • 2,984,900 Gold coin and bullion 10,499,161 Silver bullion ••• • • • 1.673 709 £26,172,870 I X 26,172,870 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. 1847. Dated the 4th day of February, BANKING D, Proprietors' capital.. 14,M3,000 Rest .. 3,643,711 Public deposits (in- Wading Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Sav- Government securi- ties (including Dead Weight Annuity) .. 12,722, ,19 Other securities • • • • 14,10; ,n72 Notes • • • ...... • • • • • 5 ,7 03 .'65 Gold and silver coin. • 725,7 e ings-banks, and Di vidend accounts)• • 4,462,872 )ther deposits ••• • • • 9,659.940 Seven day and other _ bills • . •-•—.. • .... 941,481 A 33,261,034 £33,261,034 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. ra47. Dated the 4th day ~f rr'broarr. 1 CAUGHT IN THr; Eacr.—A certain notable house wife had observed that her stock of pickled osect in con sequence, e running remarkably low, and she spoke to_t be who alone had access to them . w Th e with such cook's cha racter was at stake; unwilling to give a an imputation upon her self-denial, not to lay tanes i t l y is , t s r he, nevertheless, felt that all con fi dence b e tween her esi and herself was at an end. One day the ar coatainingthe evanescent condiment being placed as usual On *e dresser, while she was engaged in bast , ng a joint Were the fire, she 4 happened to turn suddenly round,b and behel to er great indignation, a favourite magpie, remarkab for his con versational powers and general intellipance, perched by its side, and dipping his beak down the open neck with every symptom of wale:cation. The m y s tery was explained—the thief detected. Grasp ing the ladle of scalding grease which she held in her hand, the exasperated lady dashed the whole contents over the hapless pet, accompanied by the exclamation, " Oh, oh you've been at the pickled cockles, have ye?" Poor Mag, of course, was dreadfully burnt ; most of his feathers came off, leaving his little round pate, which had caught the principal part of the volley, entirely bare. The poor bird moped about, lost all his spirit. and never spoke for a year. At length when he had pretty well recovered, and was be ginning to chatter again, a gentleman called at the house, who, on taking off his hat, discovered a very bald head ! The magpie, who happened to be in the room, appeared evi dently struck by the circumstance; his reminiscences were at once powerfully excited by the naked appearance of the gen tleman's skull. Hopping upon the back of his chair, and looking him hastily over, he suddenly exclaimed in the ear of his astonished visitor, " Oh, oh ! you've been at the pickled cockles, have ye?"—.Dumfries Advertiser. REDUCTION IN THE PRICE OF I3READ AND COALS.— Thusday the 41b. lobf 4' wheaten bread was reduced to 80. oh the Surrey side of the Thames, and by most of the cheap bakers throughout the metropolis. Coals were also reduced by the retail dealers 2d. per vet. 7 , 21 REVIEW OF THE BRITISH CORN TRADE. (From the Afark:ictne Ezpreas.) No time has been lost in getting the Corn and Navigatiote Law Suspension Bills through Parliament, these measures having received the Royal Assent on Tuesday last. Whether the importations of grain will be materially increased by the remission of the almost nominal rates of duties previously levied cn arrivals of foreign corn may be questioned ; atj all events no immediate increase in the supplies can be caused. thereby. Before it was known that Government intended. to take the steps they have, orders had been sent abroad to buy up all that could be procured ; and these purchases would, under any circumstances, have come forward. The whole of the available stock at Baltic ports is a mere baga-. telle in comparison with what will be wanted to supply the immense deficiency of food in Ireland. The same may be said as regards the Mediterranean ; and though rather a large quantity of wheat is held at Odessa and the Danube,. we shall have to outbid France and other countries, who are looking to that quarter as well as ourselves for supplies, to secure any large quantity there. Our principal resource must, therefore, still be America; and we can only repeat what we have on former occasions stated, viz. that we en tertain consider a bl e m i sgivings as to her capabilities to fur nish adequate Supplies in a season when the yield of grain has been more or less deficient over a large portion of Europe. We are, consequently, inclined to view the reaction which has taken place in the trade in grain during the week now about to terminate as likely to prove temporary, unless our own farmers hold much heavier stocks than we have reason. to suppose. The anxiety to realize which holder's of Wheat and Barley have all at once exhibited, has, as usual, been met by increased caution on the part of merchants, millers, and dealers, and a rathe r i mportant fall has been the result. That some giving way should have "occurred at Liverpool is not surprising, as the arrival* at th a t port from America have been very abundant for some days dast ; 'l4 however the wants of Ireli . nd are nearly as great as estimated by the President of the Board of Trade,..the • LiVerpool warehouses will not long retain what has-just been. stored. We have recently received a communication from a source , we . believe worthy of credit relative to the state of affairs in the interior of Ireland, which fully bears out the gloomy picture- drawn by the different speakers in the House of r minions, when touching on the subject of distress. From this state ment it appears that the demand for moral ,of every descrip tion is so great, that the power of manufacturing it has proved altogether inadequate; that the poor people con stantly surround the different mills, and take away Wheat, Indian Corn, and Oatmeal, in small quantities of a few stones at the time, as fast as it can be made ; and our correspon dent accounts for the accumulation of stocks at Dublin, Li- . merick, and other seaport towns, under such circumstances, by the difficulty existing in procuring the means of convey aneee•tbre-iseate, ;Abe.; employed in carrying .goodi into the interior having proved wholly unequal to the pur pose. All this appears, however, fur the present, to have been lost sight of ; and, as already remarked, a decided change has during the week taken place in the tone of the trade. At most of the leading provincial markets a rather important decline his occurred. THE FOREIGN CORN TRADE. We have received two arrivals from America, the latest being the packet ship Patrick Henry, bringing New York advices of the Bth January, and accounts of corresponding dates from other parts of the United States. The news which had, up to that date, reached there from Europe, had not been regarded as particularly encouraging ; and, so far front any further rise having occurred, the tendency of prices had been rather dcwnwards. Good brands of Genessee had been sold at sd. Sc. to sd. 56:., and other western kinds at sd. 44c. to sd. 50c. per brl. A good many vessels had arrived out, and the demand for ship-room having ,At the same time rather fallen off, freights had slightly re ceded ; 4s. 5.1. per brl. for Flour, and Is. 6d. per bushel for Wheat, having been taken for Liverpool. From the Ist to the 31st December the exports of Flour had amounted to .32,894 brls., and in the first week of January close upon 20,000 brls had been shipped. Indian Corn Meal had been in lively request, and large sales of Pennsylvania and Jersey had been made at 3d. 87 4c. per brl. Wheat had not excited much attention, and good Genessee had been sold at 115 c. per pushel. In December 276,757 bushels of Wheat,245,791 bushels of Indian Corn, 59,954 bushels of Rye 21,758 bushels of Oats, an d 31 , 66 1 bushels of Barley h adi been export 4, _ At New Orleans, on the 30th of December, Flour was ob— tain. Able at 4d. 50c. per brl., and Indian Corn at from 62ic. up to 70c. per bushel, according to quality. The advices received this week from the principal Medi terranean ports describe the grain trade as having become very excited. In the Papal States the export of corn had been forbidden, and prices had risen considerably in all the principal markets. A letter from Marseilles, of the 23d inst., informs us that Polish Odessa Wheat. had commanded equal to 61s. to 635. per qr. free on board at that port. Marianopoli 595., and Romelia 545. Our correspondent states that the anxiety to secure wheat had become so great as to render the price a matter of almost secondary consideration ; parcels not ex pected to arrive for five or six months had been taken with as much avidity as cargoes nearly at hand, tied that the ex citement was increasing day by day. From Trieste we have letters of the 21st January; Odessa Wheat was then quoted 535. 6d. per qr. free on board, but the freight from thence to a British port was 12s. per qr., with 10 per cent. From Leghorn we learn that about 80 to 85 cargoes of Wheat had arrived there, chiefly bound to Marseilles. The demand for the article had been as active there as at neigh bouring places, and prices had advanced materially. Freight to England was 9s. to 10s. per quarter. The Hamburgh mail of Friday had not come to hand up to elate hour this evening; our accounts from the Baltic are, therefore, not of such recent dates as usual. According to the latest accounts fnom Dantzic, the highest price of Wheat was 635. to 655. per quarter, but it seems more than probable that a further rise has occurred since then. At Rostock and Stettin holders had raised their preten sions, and few were willing to engage to ship Wheat in spring below 625. to 635. per qr. At Hamburg, on the 22d of January, several purchases of Wheat were made on French account, and for fine upland red equal to 655. per qr. had been paid. We have a very important communication from Antwerp, dated the 28th instant. It appears that a large number of French buyers had attended that market, and had taken off all the Wheat and Eye they had been enabled to procure. This had caused an important rise in prices, and the former article was. at the date named, werth equal to 70s. to 78,. and the latter 525. to 55a. per qr., with every appearance of a still further advance. Since writing the above the Hamburg mail of the 26th has come to hand, further purchases of Wheat had been made there on French account, and the tendency of prices had continued upwards. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, FEBRUARY 4. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales` arc - A.udbergate, Nottingham.. Boston, and Eastern Junction, 3s. 9d. dis.- Birkenhead, Lanca shire, and Cheshire, 3s. 9d. p.--Birmingham and Dudley, 5 p.-Bir mingham and Oxford, 8% p.-Chester and Birkenhead, 201. Shares, dis.-Easton Counties, York Extension, 168. 3d. p.-East Lan cashire, New, 234 p.-Ditto, New Scrip, 1% p.-Edinburgh and Glasgow, 75 14-Ditto, Quarters, 19 -Great Northern (Nos. 108,601 and upwards), par-Lancaster, and Preston, Quarters, 14% P.- Leeds and Dewsbury, H a l ves, 414 p.-Ditto, Extensions (green), % p.-Leeds and Thirsk. dis.-Ditto Preference, 1% p.-Liverpool. Crosby, and Southport, 41s. 3d. p.-Loudon and North-Western. 192- Ditto, Q uarters (Grand Junction, 2014 p.-Manchester and Leeds, elves (late Huddersfield and Sheffield), 4% p. -Manchester, Sheffield, ind Lincolnshire Quarters, No. 1, 314 p.-Ditto, Quarters • No. 2, 2234-Ditto (late Sheffield and Lincoln), 1 1 , s dis.-Midland Steck, 1.24 - Ditto, New, 3% p. -North Staffordshire, 3 p.--Preston and Wyre, 31% --Scottish Midland, 334 p.-Shrewsbury and Che shire, New, lit p.-Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester, 1% Ms.-. Shrewsbury and Birmingham (B), 36 p.-Shropshire Union Railway and Canal, 16s. Bd. dis. ea Int.-South-Eastern , No. 4, Thirds, % p.-South Staffordshire Junction, p.-Ditto, Trent Midland. 6p. -West Riding Union, 33s 9d. p.-York and North Midland, Pre ference, 10 k p.-Dutch Rhenish, 5215. 9d. dis. DIANCHESTER, FzssuAla 4. STOCK Excassoc.- The sales are-Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, 3-16 dia.- Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Stour Valley. 2 p.-Blackburn, Clitheroe, &c., % dis.- Boston, Stamford, and Bito mingham, 14 p. - Eastern Counties, York Extension, 14 p.-East Lancashire, 2% p.-Ditto, New (scrip), 14 p.-East Lincolnshire, 24 p.-Glasgow and Dumfries, 1$(• ). - Huddersfield and Mauc.hestar Railway and Canal, 234 p.- Lancaster and Preston, 123 p.-Leeds and Thirsk, 2 c. Ditto, Preferential, 1% p.-Leeds, Dews bury, and Manchester, 7% p.-Ditto, New Branches Scrip (blue). 3 p.-London and North-11 extern, Quarters (C), p,-Manches ter, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 14 p.-North Staffordshire, $ p.- Preston and Wyre,:3l-Ditto, Halves (A), 2 3-16p.-Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A), 1 p.-youth Yorkshire, Doncaster, &c., par— West Riding Union, 1 11-16 p. LEEDS, FEBRUARY 4. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The males •are—Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, 28. 6d. dia.—Buckinghamshire, 4a —East Lancashire, New, p.—Ditto, New Scri;. 255. 6d. p.—East and West Y or k s hi re, ss. 6d. die.—East Lincolnshire, c. p. —Leeds and Dewsbury, Branches, Scrip (blue), 3U p.—Leeds and Thirsk, dis.—Ditto, Now, 12). 6d. tits.- Ditto, Preference, 21s. gd. p.—Leeds, Wakefield, Midland, 10.4. G,l. dis.— Leicester and Bedford, 3s. dis.—Malton and Driilleld Junction, 17s. 6d. p. — Manchester and Leeds, Eaten elons, 225. p.--Mancliester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 123.6 d. p.- North Briti. , l, Thirds, 50s. p.—Ditto, Extension (scrip), 158. p.— North Staffordshire, 3% p.—Northern Comities Union, 235. dls.— North-Western, 98. 6d. p.-612•12a1d, Rotherham, and Goole, 4 s. c, p.--\ est Riding Union, 31. 178.—York and North Midlandb Terence, 1014 p. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, FEBRUARY 4. STOCK EKCHANGE.—The sales are—East Lancashire, New (scrip). 245. Gd. p.--Leicester and Bedford, p.—Newcastle and Carlisle, 114 — Newcastle and Berwick, 12 p. -- North British, Thirds, ils. p.--Ditto. Quarters. 25i p.—Ditto, Extension, I6s. 6d. p.—North Staffordshire, 3 p.—York and Newcastle. Extension, 7 p. SHEFFIELD, FEBacaar 4. STUCE EICNANGIC.—The sales are— Manchester, Buxton,' Mat lock, and Midland, % tp.—Mancheater, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (Grimsby and Sheffield), 201. Shares, 2's. tlis.—Ditto (Sheffield La Lincoln), 1 dis.--North-Western, 1 .4 p. HULL, i'isitUAßY 4. STOCK EXCHANOE.—The sales are—North British. Extensions (scrip), 14s. 9d. p.—Malton and Driffield Junction, 18s. 6d. p, —Nom— Western, Bs. p. EDINBURGH, Fasarsar 3. STORE EXCHANGE. - The The sales are - Caledonian, 41.-Ditto, New. 435. 6d.-Caledonian and Dumbartonshire; 495. 6d.-Direct North ern, 535.-Dundee and Arbroath. New (No. 1), 321.-East of FM. 525.-East Lothian Central, 'Ms.-Edinburgh. and Batitgata, 54 .. - EMnbu.rgh and Glasgow, 771.-Ditto. Quarters , Leith. and Wanton, Quarters, Ns. 3d • i T i f t r i :Lft r fo, New, Northern, 1614 - Ditto, Newport, 57. As. 6'1 4 rt - h - -British, New 19s. -Bdigbur e gs Sig.-Edinburgh and Perth (New), 516.----°„__ Central. 21%..... Quarters ( scrip ). 255.-Ditto, Thirds, 735.- ai rs. New, 2os. od,-Stirling and DunferM• bury. Oswestry, and Chester. _. _ rm, ... Scottish Grand Junction, 225. 6d.-Scottls_ h dland, 201.-Shrews. line, 735. 6d.-.Direct Bombay and man 4t GLASGOW, Fr.szosay 3. Sroca EXCHANGE. -The sales are -Airdrie and Bathgate, N e w, 458.-Caledonlan and Dumbartonshire, 508.- 525. 6d.-East Ind! No. as. 9d.-East Lothian Central, 435. 6d.--Edinburgh and Glasgow. Direct Bombay and Madras, 45.-East of Fife, 2, Si. 36.-Glas , - 751.-Ditto, Halves, 211.-Ediulourgh, Leith, and Granton, Quarters. Manchesterllalves and SoutliamP• 16a. 6d. -Edinburgh and Perth, 518. - Glasgow General Terminus I" . a i n i ci ar Ar nc'c dro k' ssan and , 4 63‘ 1 3-r - , g l o l s t , - K G iiin las arn gow oc , k ton, 325.-Midland, halve,, 5%- Ncrth British, Thirds, 735.-York and Newcastle, Preference, 71. Sduangdeayoflasniti,leatyt h 3 i e s ar s s ef.t r , eta l i e n l i t n o g n w y, t We regret to an nounce t h at Ri chard Norman, Esq. d ad ie v d an on ce his usual a robus e t health and singular activity until within a short period of his decease. Mr. Norman married for his second wife, in 1798, the Lady Elizabeth Isabella Manners, eldest daughter. of Charles, fourth Duke of Rutland, and the Duchess Isabella, so remarkable for her beauty. Lady Norman survives, with a very namerous family. Many of the nobility will be placed In mourning by this event, Mr. Norman, by marriage, standing in the relation of brother-in-law to the Duke of Rutland and Lord Charles Manners, and uncle to thee Countesses of Chesterfield and Jermyn, Viscountess New port, Lord Forester, the Hon. Mrs. Anson, Lord Carington. Lady Emmeline Stuart Wortley, Lady Elizabeth Drum mond, the Marquis of Granby, Lord Joha Manners, &c. Lieutenant Leopold Saxe Coburg Frazer, of the Ceylon Rides, Aide-de-Camp to his Excellency Sir Colin Campbell, Governor of that island, died on the Ist of-De.. cember last, at the early age of twenty-seven years, he was the son of the late Major Fraser, Governor of Fort Geor ge , whose demise, as our readers are aware, took place on the 20th of the same month. LAW SITTINGS IN THE CITY.-- Thursday the f o l lowing notice was af fi xed at the G uildhall, City The adjournment day of the Lonck in sittings of the Court of ' Common Pleas is fixed for Saturday, February 13. The Court of Queen's Bench will hold the next London sit tings on Tuesday, February 16, at nail-past nine o'clock precisely. The last letters from Riga state the exchange Cid. Jto 416 d., and a general impression prevailed that before long it will be quoted at 42d. -. ~-~ _ -, 90. the .ity lan of rsi le ish aid. ad, 1