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, - weemmeesel ''''' -- - , • , 7`., aee ". J „,..) a e a,- el--- .4 , - . • I ' , 4•': GrILDHALL, JANUARY 28, 1647. • . Ipti E COMMITTEE for LETTING the CITY'S ,1. , ,t de. 2711, 4 LANDS will MEET at GUILDHALL on WEDNESDAY, the • I.a . :4 ! PS 2 • .. , t" , , ..:-.1., .: &/ \ ' li : A, :,.., 7,1111 , ..... ; , demand myerti aj d of February next, instead of the 10th, as before tee; . a a, ze. ee . __ ply sup .. for Ltrim at One o'Clock precisely, to receive TENDERS lai , e - j ",, i 1 -_-11 s4„,l','-iee 4 -e W , a' s•• -e•.- - ee - a l 'e 'eae e a r 0 on LEASE a HOUSE, No. 19, on the North \ ele . e ~,_- . 47 00 ell 3). A ~,t 1;;/, ,: e 7 -----. ...Lade of Broad -street Buildings, and a HOUSE, No. 3, Windsor- 'aiYee - --- / , e- / .•;.'44,0:- ' .., - •.. ,•.; , count, of i' ari eb.„,..Menkivell-street, for 21 years, from Lady-day next; and also -.. ti rty ey d e:, ne N x o t. . 2, Beehive-passage, Lime-street, Mr 13 yealle from • lave not fy of the leg t ;:t lrParti .A ulare may be obtained, and Plans seen, by aP- _____ ______ _ _ - - - -.2___a _a _____------ is of the th e InUee of Works, Guildhall. E V E tat lot ~e „ , THOMAS SAUNDERS, Comptroller. No. 16 970. LON DON, MONDAY heavi' gustbail:TOlS,TEX HOUSE OF DETENTION. ) branch -Re, OR is REQUIRED for this Establishment, who . ..........eamesees......- - eeee. • • - .. rower to h ur 44 y married o man or a widower, not less than 30 nor exceed- SALES BY AUCTION. PUBLICATIONS. )on the required t o f age, of good health and education, and who will be „ devote his whole time and attention to the duties of the --ems.-- t T e c e 3 ;' i lhe salary will be 4001, per annum, with residence within -......____ MR. JAMES'S NEW ROMANCE. Id Toe s- I ntend tan of the building, re n t an d taxes free. All gentlemen who The late MARQUIS OF AILSA'S noble and delightftilly situated Now ready at all the Libraries. o offer themselves as candidates must send in letters (in their TOWN MANSION IN WHITEHALL GARDENS , adjoin in g 911 HE CASTLE OF EHRENSTEIN; its iring the Own vrritln , l an, g), stating their names and residences, ages and occapa- that of the Duke of Buccleuch, upon the bank of the Thames, w ith instate/ 1 s de accompanied by testimonials of character and eligibility, ad- its handsome and appropriate furniture, and various very valuable E. Lords, Spiritual and Temporal ; its Inhabitants, Earthly and ,red f or : Tr -medro the "Committee for General Purposes," en or before and ornamental Effects. Unearthly. 3 Vols. Post Bvo., price 11. I is. 65. > '' . *Y. the 16th last., add must personally attend the said C.,om- MESSRS. DANIEL SMITH and SON are London : Smith, Elder, and Co., 65, Cornlaill. ago ne• Mittee, at this place, on . WEDNIsDAY, the 17th inst., at One o'clock Drecisely • directed by the Executors to announce, that (unless an en tie"' , . ftrabe • and out of those gentlemen who offer themselves some" Ayr ECHI'S EXPERIENCE in DRAINAGE" , ramdedr,not exceeding six, may be selected, and specially recom- acceptable offer shall be previously 'made by Private Contract) the ring the distinguished and splendid MANSION of the late Most Noble the 1,71 . (price is. 6d. stitched, 2s. 6d. in cloth) is just published the to the Court on Tunissalv, the 4th of March next, when Marquis Ind busi - election will take place, by voting, from One to Three o'clock. of Allan. in Privy. gardens, Whitehall, will be SUB- by Messrs. Longman and Co., London, and may be had of any Book •eh 00 05 ; Inf ormation as to the duties may be obtained upon application to 111 I•TED to PUBLIC COMPETITION, at the Auction Wart. on seller in town or country, by giving an order. I ". any day between Ten and Three o'clock. Friday, FERRUARY 26, at Twelve. It is held by an original This puelieatren contains also Mr. Mechi's Speece at Wickham • ~, usual lease from the Crown for a term of ninety-nine years from market on the general subject of Agriculture ; and his additional e getting CHARLES WRIGHT, Clerk to the Committee. Se ssions -house, Clerkenwell, Feb. 4, 18,47. July, 1806, at a low ground rent. The mansion is admirably Letters, 17, 18, 19, and 20. -----..___..._.....'__. arranged throughout for the accommodation and comfort of a large he pros' establishment, is in most excellent repair, and immediate possession ON THE CONCEALED CAUSE THAT PREYS ON THE n it has , THE BENEVOLENT INSTITUTE for the may be had, with its appropriate fittings, and with or without its HEALTH AND SHORTENS THE DURATION OF HUMAN . TREATMENT and CURE ofSTRICTURE of the URETHRA, superior furniture. It has a singularly hamdstene stone staircase. LIFE. I nO in . E A all DISEASES of the GENITO-URINARY ORGANS. the rooms are strikingly cheerful and airy, opening backward to a irearseukreim WITH C•LeUICED ENGRAVINGS, iplell d° Surgeon, F. B. COURTENAY, 11.R.C.5.L. lawn extending to the river, and are of fine dimensions, particularly the saloon or ball-room (64 feet long), its walls adorned with rich Just Published , in a Sealed Envelope, price 2s. 6d., or free applying This Institute founded, and partly supported by subscriptions, and , Placed under the supervision of a Committee of Subscribers, offers to and beautiful tapestry in rare preservation. From its contiguity to by post, 3s. 6d. CONTROUL OF THE PASSIONS : a Popular the eales the induetrions classes, IN ALL CASES, THE GRATUITOUS the houses of Parliament, St. James's Park, the Palace, and Down -4,0015 ar e ADVICE or an able and experienced Surgeon, and, in some cases Medicines also free of expense. The guarantees for uniform, humane, ' lag-street , and from its peculiarly quiet and choice situation, it is admirably suited fora Cabinet Minister, or any leading Diem- Inquiry into the Concealed Cause of its premature Decline, with Instructions for its Complete Restoration. Addressed to those ma rket, ~ Mid skilfhl treatment. which such an Institute affords, will, it is bar of Parliament ; also for a first-class club-house. The purchaser suffering from the destructive consequences of excessive indulgence, the kePed, induce the of humbler classes to seek its aid, and wi l l have the refuel of the capital freehold stabling, Yee., near Great terminating in Mental and Nerv o u s Debilit y , Local or Constit u tional and vi' ' thereby avoid the waste of pecuniary means, and the risk to life Ge o r g e- street. Weakness, Indigestion, and Consumption. Including a comprehen2 t he lo Lacy are ears to incur, by applying for surgical, or medical, relief to Ne person can view the house without a sard of admission, which, sive Dissertation on MARRIAGE, Incontinence, and Celibacy. by the kndrant and unprincipled quacks, and nostrum-vendors. with every requisite information, may be had at their Offices in Illustrated with Coloured En g ravin g s, ex p lanator y of the various 10 ', rrie o : Applicants for relief must apply at the Surgery adjoining the Waterloo-place, Pall-mall ; also of Messrs. Ashffeld and Clode, soli- Cases, &c. , Eurgeon's private residence, 2, Chandos-street. Cavend is h - square. eitors, 7, Staple Inn. By C. J. LUCAS and Co., Consulting Surgeons, Ne. 60, Newman , j ell Descriptive particulars may also be had of Mr. Cala, House- street, Oxford-street, London. 're t rau* - Agent, Richmond ; and at the Auction Mart. Published by the authors ; Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford-street; and fet • ' 11 , 0YAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. ; G. Mansell, 116, Fleet - street; H. al ~,,d PROFESSOR SCHCENBEIN'S GUN COTTON, and other Winhal, 78, High-street, Birmingham; H. Whitmore, 119, Market- NIES ... Explosive Compounds. with brilliant Experiments, LECTURED en - STAPLETON GROVE. street, Manchester ; J. Howell, 64, Church-street, Liverpool ; W. at l ed I y Dr. RYAN, daily at Half-past Three o'clock; and on the Eveniage A delightfully situated and capital FREEHOLD RESIDENCE. with and H. Robinson, 11, Greenside street, Edinburgh ;I. FL Powell, of Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, rich and beautifully Timbered Grounds, within a short distance 10, Westmoraland-street, Dublin ; and sold by Brittain, 11, Pater- The principle of the various ELF.CTRO.MAGNETIC TELE ' ofßristol,w with immediate possession; also TWO smaller uoster-row ;J. Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street ; and all Booksellers have e° - GRAPHS explained daily by Professor BACHHOFFNER, including RESIDENCES. eith er "The best of all friends is the professional friend, and in no shape )r _ e l the Patent of Messrs. Cook mid Wheatstone, in use on the railways, and MESSRS . DANIEL SMITH and SON will can he be consulted with greater safety and secrecy than in " Lucas :,iyerr, , the more recent Patent of Messrs. Nett aid Gamble ; the various SELL by AUCTION, at the Auction Mart, on FRIDAY, the on Manly Health."-The New Bell's Weekly Messenger. Tut . Models explained. Magnified Specimens of DISEASED POTATOES, 96th of February, at Twelve o'Cloek, by direction of the Executors Persons desirous of obtaining the above work, and not wishing to Oil exhibited by the OXYHYDROGEN MICROSCOPE, with the DE- of a gentleman deceased, the above most desirable and complete apply to a bookseller for the same, may, to insure secrecy, have it ;, bel ° . STRUCTIVE INSECT, supposed by A. gmee, Esq., F.R.S., to be RESIDENCE, in perfect order, comprising a handsome substantial direct from the Authors, by enclosing 3s. 6d. or Postage Stamps. aitis e a ' the cau se o f th e di sease. A beautiful Series of NEW DISSOLVING modern stone mansion, containing rooms highly decorated and of The security of happiness in the Marriage ;tate is the chief anxiety dttf, es VIEWS. The DIVING-BELL and DIVER, with Lapeeimeata , admirable size and proportion, with very superior domestic offices; of all ; but many dread entering upon wedded union, through a , The PHYSIOSCOPE, new CHROMATROPE, &c, &c capital stabling and outbuildings, moist productive walled gardens, secret fear of unfitness for the - disaharge of matrimonial ob li gations. well a e • • Adenisiden Is. Schools. half-price; - vineries, and pine pits ; beautiful pleasure-grounds, in which is an This essay is most particularl y addressed to all suffering under a l'eP °rw- ta y -bound tower, commanding a grand view of Bristol and the ad- despondency of the character alluded to • and advice will be found [eking - 'RAILWA Y jacent conatry, surrounded by rich park like paddocks - In all about calculated to cheer the drooping heart, and the way to renovated .EASa' ER N COUNTIES thirty acres, backed en the north side by a bold grove of lofty health. orioo si° I COMPANY. timber, and surrounded by the fine wooded domains of the Duke of Messrs. Lucas and Co. are to be consulted from Ten till Two, and seque_ . , n e e r TWENTY-FIRST GENERAL MEETING. Beaufort, the Bishop of Bristol and Gloucester, and of Sir J. Smith. f r om Five till Eight In the evening. at the i r residence, No. 60, 'r - • Notice is hereby given that, in pursuance of the Act of Ineorpora- The mansion is approached from the turnpike - road , through a ru sti c Newman-street, Oxford-street, London, and eountry patients may 1 ve , tien, the HALF-YEARLY GENERAL MEETING of the SHARE- lodge, and altogether forms one ef the most desirable retreats be successfully treated, en minutely describing their case, and enclos. 1 HOLDERS ef the COMPANY will be held at the London Tavern, of its size in the county ; every part of the premises and grounds Ing the usual fee of 11, for advice. • t heir Sir Blahopsgate-street, London, OR TUESDAY, the 9th day of February are most amply supplied with the finest water, and the .house is :Tynentheetatirsanivr M e;s ! addr Ef o _ Y . If ally' ' Next, at One o'Clock precisely, for the purpose of receiving a Report fully fitted with fixtures of the best description. Also a smaller ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND , deg from the Directors of the progress of the undertaking, and for the Residence , on the south side ef the grounds, and in a separate let, a Lies. - , transaction of other business. cottage residence, with lawn, garden, & c., in the occupation of Mr. eivg Jus u t . 6 ;rublish T a n r publishe d, f i lt or n E as a p . s Gd E e N al . in G ed ß p A e o nT ag elo e G p S ei am pri p e s e re- -And this Meeting is also made Special, for the purpose of submit- Gee, as yearly tenant. D e veige o ling to the Shareholders the drafts of the several Bills hereinafter The estate may be viewed. and descriptive particulars, with plans, • - e i e , mentioned, which are about to be introduced into Parliament in the had in due time on the premises ;of Mr. Brook Smith, solicitor, direct from the tT . ; e r lOr - present session. S mall-street ; and of Messrs. Sturge, surveyors, Broad-street, SELF - PRESERVATION : A Medical Treatise )t 11°116 s A Bill to enable the Eastern Counties Railway Company to make Bristol ;at the Auction Mart ; and of Messrs. Daniel Smith and on the Secret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and Maturity. -flet 6er a Railway from the Eastern Counties Railway. near Cambridge, to Son, land agents, &c., Waterloo-place, London. Illustrated with Twenty-five Coloured Plates on the Anatomy. the Hertford and Ware Branch of the Northern and Eastern Railway With Branches. KENT. explaining their various structures, uses, and functions, and showing A BM to enable the Eastern Counties Railway Company to make The very Valuable FREEHOLD ESTATES, and SEAT of the late the injuries that are produced in them, by solitary habits, and afar 'l ' S' ' a Railway from the Eastern Counties Railway, near Cambridge, to GENERAL MULCASTER, K.C.H , near Canterbury. excesses. With Practical Observations on the Treatment of Nervous the Bedford and Bletchley Railway, at or near Bedford, with Debility, Local and Constitutional Weakness, and ether diseases of WW I° Branches. ESSRS. DANIEL SMITH and SON are the Urethra. d 1 ' A Bill to enable the Eastern Counties Railway Company to make IVI commissioned to OFFER for SALE by AUCTION, at the 1 arl_ . ,, 511 Of° r....‘„? a s a Railway from the Northern and Eastern Railway, at Hertford, to Mart, near the Bank of England, in March next, in Lots (unless By SAZU B E ed L for LA d-s T re E e llj t i e4 C f O or N a S -s le ci L uar TlN e, CONSULTING SURGEON, on sat tee" to, , the Great Northern Railway, near Ilitebin. an acceptable offer should be previously made by private contract), Matriculated Member of the University of Edinburgh, Honorarl e ye A Bill to enable the Eastern Counties Railway Company to make for the whole or greater part of the property, the very desirable Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate V* a a." *Railway fr om the Eastern Counties Railway, at or near Forest- FREEHOLD ESTATE of CHARLTON, about four miles from lOa e a e elieApothecaries' Hall, London, &c., fee. st, 'e e „ e •a de 'gate station, to Southend, with, Branches. Canterbury, upon the high Dover-road, a remarkably healthy and CONTENTS OP THE TREATISE. end n v- 9(1. A Bill for making a railway from the Malden, Witham, and favourite neighbourhood, comprising the MANSION of CHARLTON, Caarraz 1. On the Philosophy of Marriage, with its Hindrance rah a l t r er ;Braintree Railway, near Braintree to Halstead. with its well timbered little Park, Valuable Farms and Woodlands, and 0 bligations, and on Infe li citous and Unproductive Unions.- red _...-- F x , A Bill to enable the Eastern Counties Railway Company to make in all about 700 ACRES, in the picturesque parishes of Bishopsbourne, CHAPTER 2. On the Anatomy and Physiology of the Generativ pate!, t o &railway from the Northern and Eastern Railway at Tottenham, Patrielcsbourne, and Kingston. Also another residence, now oceu- Organs, their functions, structures, and secretions, proving that grea L• an d el 10 or near to Guildford-street, with branches to the East and West pied by the Rev. J. Harrison, a small farm and detached lands, in Mental and Physical Power are dependant upon their healthy action rb ° India Dock, and Birmingham Junction Railway. and near the village of Barham. -CHAPTER 3. On Solitary Habits; their various e ff ects on th std „are itto, ... o ld A Bill to authorise the purchase, by the Eastern Counties Rail- Further particulars will be published with the day of sale, and may Animal Economy ; the concealed cause of Debility of the function •efon!! ... Way Company, of the North Woolwich Railway, and the lease of then be had, with plans, of Mr. Dewsett, at Bishopabourne ;at the of the Stomach, Lungs, and Brain, and general weakness of th , ), Vi lid. th e Pepper Warheuses and Wharves of the East and West India Dock chief hotels at Canterbury, Dever, Maidstone, &c. ; of Messrs. Mental Faculties. CHAPTER 4. On the Secret Disorders of Yout atish__4o C ompany. and the construction of docks in connexion with the Delwar and Wynne, solicitors, Lincoln's Inn-fields ;at the Auction and Maturity, and the Treatment of Nervous and Local Weakness. hire l'oe rib Woolwich Railway. Mart ; and of Messrs. Daniel smith and Son, land agents, in Water- Mental Debility, and Premature Decay.-CHAPTERS 5 and 6. Or /over, aot , A Bill to enable the Eastern Counties Railway Company to make 100-place, Pall-mall. the Disorders arising from indiscnminate Excess, Gonnorhosa 6 lei T eee, I a railway from the Syston and Peterborough Railway, in the parish Gleet, Strictures, and other Diseases of ;he Urethra. p r efer ef Etten, in the county of Northampton, to the Ambergate, Notting- REVIEWS OF rum WORK. b ans, and Boston Junction Railway, near Volkingham. KENT. "The author of this singular and talented work is a legally quali 4 A Bill to enable the Eastern Counties Railway Company to make The very VALUABLE FREEHOLD ESTATE of PETHAM, be -1 ha gl ' sl' a railway from the Great Northern Railway, near Spalding, tween Canterbury and Ashford, comprising a spacious and hand- fiedmall cal man, who has evidently had considerable experience of g tfatu -, 111 0 " s ad to the Nottingham and; Lincoln Branch of the Midland Counties some modern Mansion, and a fine, healthy, picturesque , Domain the tie etment of the various disorders arising from the lollies aril frailties of early indiscretion . The engravings are an invaluable ad roe Railway. of shout 760 acres, eabracing both hill and dale, with some beau ea , ditien, by demonstrating the consequences of excesses, which mus eg.) , r eon : ABM to enable the Eastern Counties Railway Company to make tiful woodlands. act as a salutary warning to youth and maturity, and by its peruse' a railway from Wisbeach to Spalding, and to construct docks at iiir ESSRS. DANIEL SMITH, and SON w ill many questions may be satisfactorily replied to, that admit tno ap :.--3011100, Wlabeach in connexion therewith. ../ OFFER for PUBLIC SALE in the ensuing Spring (unless peal, even to the most confidential friend."-Era. ' 14 Poll ABM to enable the Eastern Counties Railway Company to enlarge Published by the Author, and may be had at his residence, else 22e .at0 ,0, their London and Stratford Stations, and to amend some of the Pro- previously disposed of by private contract), in one or more lots, The above very VALUABLE PROPERTY, situated in the par- from Kent and Richards, 52, Paternoster-row . Hannay and Co., 6e MIT ° ( visions of the Acts relating to the Eastern Counties Railway Cora- ticularly rural and picturesque parishes of Fallon, Waltham, and Oxford-street Sterne, Ticeborne-street, Qu adrant; 'Jordon, 14- Pany. Elmetead, near the seat of Sir J. Iloneywood, Bart., and only about Leadenhall-street, London ; Newton, 16, Church-street, Liverpool . : A Bill to enable the Eastern Counties Railway Company to make four miles from Canterbury. and by all Booksellers. on o.l. l , e st SPe : a Railway from the Eastern Counties Railway at West Ham to or The Mansion stands on a fine, dry, healthy eminence, and At Home for Consultation daily, from Nine till Two, and frou ed i t i, j' OA n ear . the Victoria Park. with Branches to the East and West India near the church, surrounded by beautifully wooded park-like Five till Eight ; and all letters immediately replied to, if containha itifi eea 0 4 Docks, and Birmingham Junction Railway. grounds, with every appendage for a good establishment, together the foe of 11., for advice, &a.-9 BEDFORD-STREET BEDFORIe I, PPe Ab eam A Bill to enable the Eastern Counties Railway Company to make with two or three valuable farms, and some ornamental and thriving SQUARE. LONDON liae aefre a Railway from the Wiabeach, St. Ives, and Cambridge Junction woodlands, forming excellent preserves for game, and intersected by ttW ifr Cr Railway, in the parish of Somersham, to the town of Romsey. delightful drives ; also sundry detached Lands and neat Cottages. O i, eo , A Bill to authorise the purchase, by the Eastern Counties Railway particulars and orders to view may be had of Messrs. Kingsford, DRAINAGE ACT. ot volt Applications for loans under this Act, which appear in the Ve° l 1 Company, of the Malden, Witham, and Braintree Railway. - The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED on g Son, and AVightwicke, solicitors, Canterbury , of Messrs. Teesdale, `rbille )l .0 plt•-• hkrunnai, the 30th January, and will not be OPENED until Wan- ea and Weston, solicitors, Fenchurch-street; and of Messrs. Daniel ' Smith and Son, land agents, in Waterloo-place, Pall-malla London Gazette of Friday evening:-- 15'-- rnir NESDAI, the 10th February. where a plan may be inspected, and who are fully authorised to treat cli-^eaa, GEORGE HUDSON, Chaleman. , feeds , P ' o . . for the sale of the property. Exrea go DAVID WADDINGTON, Deputy-Chairman. Applicant. Lands in Parish of County of ' Amount. t Orirosbi By order, (late Car' C. P. RONEY, Secretary. The famous TOWN MILLS, upon the KENNET, in the heart o a-Norte' Illshopsgate Station, 22d January, 1847. the town of NEWBURY , X s. d. s•- I Cc rtiv N.B. The DIVIDEND for the HALF-TEAR, ending the 4th Ja- MESSRS. DANIEL SMITH and SON will Samuel Chave • • Ilalberton • • ..... ... Devon ........ 60 0 0 is. n. _V''' . unary last, will be payable to those parties who, on the 30th January SELL by AUCTION, at the end of March, or early in Rev, J. Wannop Kirkandrews on Esk.. OMilaberland .. 100 0 0 iland• r '' next, shall be the Registered Proprietors in the Books of the April next (unless an acceptable offer shall be previously made by r Trentham, Stene,a Company. Stoke-apon-Trent, private contract), by direction of the Executrix of the late Richard 13" . - aisle, 1, . castle under Lyme, Sta ff ord ••a .. 18,060 0 0 erenee , ' P LOND ON and SOUTH-WESTERN attached, various outbuildings, paddock, &c., held by a renewable The Duke of Woolstanton, Ec- RAILWAY. Lease under the Dean and Canons of Windsor, most commandingly Sutherland cleshall, Leek, and i p....... 1 1/. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN. that the HALF-YEARLY situated in the town of Newbury, upon the Kennet and Avon canal. Swynnerton.... a ellelo , 9 G ENERAL MEETING of the PROPRIETORS of SHARES in the The mi l ls a r e in t he oc cup ation ef Mr. Leonard (whose term ex. Sheriff Hatton, Bul iea & l ei I 'GRDON and SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY, will pires at Midsummer next) , wh e n p o s session ma y be had ; offering a York ... .... mer,Foaton,Stock -11. ligi• b e held at the Ni ne Elms Station, Vauxhall. London, on FRIDAY, idle flue opportunity for an active man of moderate capital to secure a 26th day of February instant, at One o'ceack in the afternoon, when first-rate old-established business. • I t he Directors will submit a report of their proceedings, and on The Mills may be viewed by application to Mr. James Tanner, of Hn. Octavius Waresley, Gandin- Huntingdon' g, ~ t he affairs of the Company, during the preceding half-year ; a Bagnor, near Newbupy ; a nd full p articulars may be obtained when Duneenma.. gay, Eyuesbury, and 7,334 0 0 I n ds, 7 39 ' Dividend will be declared, and the general business of the Company the day of sale is fixed at the chief inns at Newbury, Reading, &c. Abbotsley ..... .•• • • Cambridge • • transacted, and at Messrs. Smith's offices in Windsor, and Waterloo-place, Brampton, Irthing- Air drie „And notice is hereby further given, that at this meeting there will Pail-mall. ton, Stapleton, La s.- ..a.o,nercost, Castlecar be an Election of three Directors to supply vacancies, occasioned by tali 51 171. rock, Gillsdale, the retirement, by rotation, of Sir John Easthope, Bart., M.P. the into, ffl e , - Farlam, Nether, Cumberland .. e Jun c a ae n Count Eyre, and Vincent Eyre, Esquire. The above retiring three- TLIE PERFECT SUBSTITUTE for SILVER, I and Upper Denton, tars are re-eligible, and have severally declared their intention, in -DanaegThe high estimate formed by the publis during the twelve Carlatton. Cum n terms of the A c t s of Parliament re g ulatin g this Company, to become years WILLIAM S. BURTON'S (late RIPPON and BURTON'S) Whitton, Hayton, 421. es. 1.. ..., candidates for re -election. 10. Se 5 21. chemically purified material has been before it (made into every Ainstable........ And at the same meeting there will be a further Election of Dirac- article usually made in silver, possessing , ll lt iti L usetal and orna menta l of ri le ' ge , tors to Brownell supply vacancies, occasioned by the resignation of James it does , the characteristic purity and durability of silver), has called Bulmer, Barton-le itligate' $ Carlisle .... 204 I °'''' ' Boothby and John Hebbert, Esquires, and that William into existence the deleterious compounds of " Albata Plate," " Berlin Street, Appleton-1 191. I°9 ' . f i Reed, of Twickenham, and John Hebbert, the younger, of Great Silver," and other so called substitutes ; they are at best but bad le-Street, Hendris is. 2 4 1• - : Ormond -street, Middlesex, Esquires, have severally declared their imitations of the genuine articles manufactured, and sold only by him. kelfe, Horringham, North Eidliell e a nolo"' intention, in terms of the said Acts, to become candidates to fill such Fiddle Threaded King's Buttons - ambo - t of York ..1 47,133 17 Oe ), 11 1° last mentioned vacancies. Table Spoons and Forks, full size per Pattern. Pattern. Pattern, Sheriff Button, b L e _jeitta. And Notice is also hereby further given, that the Books of the dozen. • NO' Company, for the Transfer of Shares, will be closed from the 19th Dessert ditto and dirt. ditto ...... les. ed. 21s. ed. 255. Od. [elves, so d to the 26th of February instant, both days inclusive. Tea ditto and ditto, ditto ls. Od. 1 ls. Od. 12s. ed. Morpeth, Starming atriesaeal By order of the Court of Directors. G rav y ditt o . - i Northurnberld. el G eP `ge ' P. LAURENTZ CAMPBELL, Secretary. NICKEL ELECTRO-PLATED. -The REAL NICKEL SILVER, lington ........ 11/ 4 1/°' Nine Elms Station, Vauxhall, Feb. 5, 1847. .. ssai b - 350 0 0 A-1 0 -r ° o a RIPPON and BURTON'S) when plated by the patent process of r Askham, Bampton,l th of of NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR- Messrs. Elkington and Co.,' beyond all co • mpari very son the best I Clifton, St. Mi- . Esteng i th e ANCE SOCIETY, article, next to sterling silver, that can be employed, as such either I cheers, Appleby, 0 0 1 ' 04 , 26 CORNHILL. LONDON. usefully er ornamentally. In the lengthened and increasing pope- Kendal, Crosby, ea 3 _, a 9 ' . 3 1 . Capital A 600,000. larity of the material itself, and the high character of the method o f Ravensworth, Till' - 4eo CP - IP Empowered by Act ef Parliament. plating, the public have a guarantee that the articles sold by W. S. Burton by Kirkby Lousdale, -' I de , nita i This Institution embraces important and substantial advantages (and him only) are, as it regards wear, immeasurably The Earl of Worland, Slum, Westmore -30,600 0 0 ;S iel a frf , with respect to Life Assurances and Deferral Aannities. The assured superior to what ean be supplied at any other house, while by no Lonsdale • . Lowther, St. Bees, land and asse-a e . has, on all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense sr for- possible teat can they be dietinguished from real silver. Moresby, Enner- Cumberland „„ara sitars of the Policy, two-thirds of the premiums paid (see Table) ; 1 Da'aiota 1 JO n 'ICII , also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion ef his ix- T ea Spoons, per dozen ... ..... 18s. .. 325. • • 38s. bergham, Seaton, Dessert Forks Hohne, Cultrarn, a, 361 041 crests to meet ether conveniences or neeeasity. e •••• • • • • • 30s. ••. 465. .. ass. is.-- A.ssurances for terms of years are granted on the lowest possible Dessert Spoons „ .......... 30e. .. 525. .. 625. Daiston, Aikton, SOO Ile ? i mos, Table Forks „ .......... 405. .. 6as. • . 755. , Distington ••.. . a. Table Spoons „ ..... ..... 40s. .• 725. 805. (From the Dublin Gazette of Feb. 2. ) i drae, , DIVISION OF PROFITS. Tea and coffee Pets, waiters, candlesticks, &a, at proportionate i The remarkable success and increasing prosperity of the Society Hny. Cour- 1 Harr} amount, Res- a 1 _a. I has enabled the Directors, at the last annual investigation, to declare prices. • Ally nds of re-plating done by the patent process, leetailed tenay.......$ I trevor .......... j ' Down .. .... I 550 0 0 ...•,......e.• h carierrwinow. a., vrall na Anf Awabrw iwesrtm ..... ir Artie., Cal e. 16s. — 39 60 _Eas t 20N 30 1, I go ll lol Gre e° sr• ;g O- .Kor —lC l ' - 3J 3". u . tle ace, The remarkable success and lecreasing prosperity of the Society has enabled the Directors, at the last annual investigation, to declare a north bonus, varying from 35 to 85 per cent. on the premiums paid *n each Policy effected es the Profit scale. EXAMPLES. IPremium. Bonn Bonze in addod. Cub. 1)0 ! trio , ISrr the w et et, beW " of s treste w e foue l ; f f be se line , oe ID, W— ri , e sus p i Of cbit ee t ba pe bY o o t ,/, ,00 0, . 0 0 neostioe el t D' s t ; 11 „ n op leS' 00 ° ;UrreliC f 4 4s. d. 1000 3 4 1 of O e°"1 u ote), oc la # / rd vao 1 late 1 • ----- f gr• tile D couua, tl' rite of A. _Gener sl ecllla k. Haug.- 1837! 1838 1839 184$ 1841, vector oP ,d S l• Stock' er of W. £217 15 1!1109 011 It 2 3 01 87 1 4 165 11 10, 74 1 9 116 7 GE 64 010 111 G 81 49 10 0 .........""°. ,c o . 11 2, i'reCin C AI, Ye. g g As/mired ; may 0 0 Eorrow. !Ili 0 4 13 10 2 11 3 1' 7 13 10 , 710 4 Z 445 0 0 395 11 1 346 2 3 296 13 4 247 4 5 The division •f profits is anneal, and the next will he made in Deeetnttz of the presort year. F. FERGUSON' CA3IItOUL Secretary. ___ "WHAT D'YE BUT?" Row often in London we're met with the cry, As Ire pass through the streets, " What d'ye buy? what d'ye buy ?" MOliliS and SON (through the means of this question) Itek permission to offer a useful suggestion. They Possess, at their Warehouse, a boundless supply, And they fearlessly say, " What d'ye buy ? what d'ye buy ?" They've thousands of garments, in perfect condition, Whose very low prices defy competition. E. MOSES and SON have a plentiful stock Of elegant ever-coats, dress-coats, and frock, And they've trowsers and waistcoats, whose fashions outvic, With all that you need—" What Wye buy? what d'ye buy ?" They've juvenile articles truly unique, ' Unrivalled by any, wherever you seek. And the hats and the furs of E. MOSES and SON Ilave never been equall'd since trade was begun. And their outfits and hosiery stand very high In the public's esteem—. What d'ye buy ? what d'ye buy Y' At the Warehouse of MOSES and SON you may meet With the best boots and shoes that have ever deck'd feet ; And, remember! economy's law Is the rule, Messrs. MOSES were taught at Economy's sckeol ; And on quality here you may safely rely In the goods that they sell—" What d'ye buy ? what d'ye b uy ?,, LIST OF' PRICES. EIL&DY MAIM Tea and coffee eats, waiters, candlesticks, &c., at proportionate prices. All kinds of re-plating done by the patent process, Metalled catalogues, with engravings, as well as •f every ironmongery article, ent (per post) free. WILLIAM S. BURTON (late RIPPON and BURTON'S) Stock ct general Furnishing Ironmongery is literally the largest in the world, sad as no langaage can he employed to give a correct idea of its variety and extent, purchasers are invited to call and inspect it —39, Oxford-street (corner of Newman-street). Established in Wells-street. 1410. REMARKABLE CASE of RESTORATION. A striking instance of the power of scientific art to remedy the defects of nature has lately occurred in the case of a Mr. F. Balls, a gentleman residing at Wortham, in Norfolk, who, in the year 1842, on returning from ii arlestone Market to Wei bred, where he then re sided, sustained so severe a fall from his horse, as to bring on an ill ness of several months' duration, during whirls period his hair con tinued to come off, till he became, to use hie own terms, " as perfectly bald as if his head had been shaved;" and the Rev. J. E. Daniel, then clergyman of the parish, offered him a wig as a substitute for his lost hair. Under these circumstances, he was induced to try the effect of ROWLAND'S MACASSAR OIL, and it is highly gratifying to add, with the most happy results. As soon as part of a bottle was used the growth recommenced, and he has now to boast of a very thick and luxuriant head of hair, which presents this peculiarity, that, though prior to losing his hair tt evinced no tendency to curl, the new growth is curly and strong. This fact speaks too strongly for itself to require observation.—Ball's Messenger. ROWLAND'S MACASiAIt OIL preserves and reproduces the Hair ; prevents it from falling off or turning Grey ; Changes Grey flair to its Original Colour; frees it from Scurf and Dandriff, and makes it beautifully soft and curly. Beware of " spurious compounds" under the title of "MA CASSAR OIL," some wider the " implied" sanction of Royalty and he Government Departments, with similar attempts at deception. ROWLAND'S MACASS kit OIL is sold by the proprietors, at 20, HATTON-GARDEN LONDON, and all respectable Chemists and Perfumers. Etwat TagHonig, trona ...................... . X e. d Chesterfields and Cciringtons ....... ... ***** •• • • S 8 6 Pashas, D'Orsays, aad Chesterfields, and si•rrei; Wes•eri—p•ti.o.a 0 10 6 of 'winter coats •• * Ilene Winter Coats, in every style and make........... • • Tweed Trousers, lined • . • • • • • • • • • • brass Csats.• .. ••.••• • • • ' • • •• 1 11 s rreek Coats. .. * • .. 1 6 e Ds uble-bretetsd Tests 3/ ... °71 e Mina? and Tunic 5ait5....................0 18 C Dit-KW Winter Trousers ••••••• ' • • • • ...• • • .. ........ : : .. *: 6 * S I 66 to Vests.. • • • • • • '• • ••• .• • • I( " ra ing to any extent at lye minutes' notes. _ ____ Winter coat s, MIDI TO KIMMEL handsome' lei warranted waterproof, made to any style, atili Clod 3' mmed . . ..... 15 0 T w .,, _MX Coats, trimmed, velvet collar and cu ff s, lined 2 6 0 ~.._-•—• wverc...t. „ , • •" • '' •"• • • •• • • ••• • .;.ter. o p r ••• • • ..... **** • • •••• • • • • tee n t D "erl, in all the ma s t approved French patterns 1 2 6 II c e !"...Trensers ...... •• •• •• • • • • • • 1 6 0 nit a re" ----• . •• •• •• •• • •• •• • ***** •• 1 12 e Fro.* c eat l i made ..... **** ......... ...... ......., , 2 Nest qo ft li t .''"•• • • . • ...*... .• • • . 3 3 0 •• • • .• • • raneT Vesta made .. .. • Oaths , plain or fancy ..... • • ... ...... .... —••" • • • ..... 1 5 0 Boys' Raiser and Tunic Salto • • • •••• • '' ' • • . • . •.1 directions A new work, entitled " Costume Castle," with ful Dar self-measnrement, ma y be had on application, or forw ard e d post free. Observo.—kny %tilde pnre hasod, ready ma d e, or ade to ea- Ittre, if net ap prov Money returned. ed or min , will b e ezckanged, or if preferred, the E. MOSES and SON, Tailors, Woollendrapers, Clothiers, Hatters, Ladies rlogiers, a Barriers, Boot and Shoemakers, and General Outfitters, for nd Gentlemen, 154, 155, and , Li. A 5, and 85 Aldgate, City, London. 155 157 Inneries, and 83, Cantion.—E. Moses and Son regret being ebliged to guard the publie against imposters, but have learned that the I:intrados/lien like falsehood of being connected with them, or it's the same concern, has been resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons. They have no connexion with any other house in or out of London; nzthose who desire genuin e an d cheep clothing, &e., should call at, _nd 4, Idinoriss and A l dgafe. City, London. ' .4 .. -144 baslaeae transacted at this establishment from *tut •••'‘ 47May, till ant giaturws wilts bu.sliisos is rimmed till twain Oho. CHUBBS' LOCKS, FIRE-PROOF SAFES AND CASH BOXES. v HUBBS' NEW PATENT DETECTOR J LOCKS give perfect security from False Keys and Picklocks, and also detect any attempt to open them. They are made of all sizes, and for every purpose to which Locks are applied, and are strong, secure, simple, and durable. CHUBBS' PATENT COMBINATION LATCII, for Front Doors, Counting House Doors, &c., are simple in constructi•n, low in price, and quite secure ; the Keys are particularly neat and portable. CHUBBS' PATENT FIRE-PROOF SA FES, BOOK-CASES, CHESTS, &c., made entirely of strong wrought Iro n, so as effectually to resist the falling of brick work, timbers, &c., in c ase of fire, and are also Perfectly secure from the attacks of the most skilful burglars. CHUMS' CASH and DEED BOXES, fitted with the DETEC TOR LOCKS. and SON, 57, C. CIIUBB St. Paul's Churchyard, London; and C. Chubb and Co., 28, Lord-street, Liverpool. A POPULAR TREATISE on the HEALTH, LIFE and VI110U 1. • NnitTEramit EDITION ItODILY FUNCTIONS. price 2s. 6d. ; Free by Post (in a Seals on the loss lofetffheectsreaprerodf fluncatiuvleppnocwee,rs, SILENT FRIEND . . " A Medical Wort: Envelope) 31 6d t. THE The graviaigs ; followed by .obeer e va n t i f ly P° condary Symptoms, sire , PERRY said Co., Conaulting,huanrgdeons, London. neglected Strictures, Se hated out. Illustrated by En with means of restore sstor P lede u t tli ;y s is lr rrakni b iig y ,e, tl eN i o e na. : lth u l t ; h i_ o ß rs tr.et, Pater:••l' Marriage . By R. and L ; Gordon, 146, Leadenhal - Soho r.r°w Part I. of this Werk is particularly street, and 37, Royal Exchange Addressed"dtoCoth"o633., w 0 h al: a r d r : booksellers. prevented from forming a Matrimonial lain disqualifications, and will bef ound a n through fear of car the means of perfect and secret restoration n t a o Yailable int""cti" L Part 11. treats perspicuously upon those mailhd. forms of diseases, either in their primary or secondary state, arising fr om infection, showing how numbers who neglect to obtain co mpetent medical aid, entail upon themselves years of misery and muttering. The CORDIAL BALM OF SYRIACUM is exclusive ly ea direeted:to the cure of nervous and sexual debility, irregularity, bar. runless, loss of appetite, Indigestion, consumptive habits. an d ties arising from venereal excesses, &c. Price 11 1. and deb'''. 335. per bot tle. The Five-pound cases may be had as usual. The CONCENTRATED DETERSIVE ESSENCE. An an ti. syphilitic remedy for searching out and purifying the blood from ye nereal contamination, scurvy, blotches on the head, face, and body ulcerations, and those painful affections arising from improper treat. meat, secondary symptoms, and all eruptions of the skin. Price lIR and 335. per bottle. PERRY'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS, price Is. 9d., 45. ea. and Ile. per box, are the moat effectual remedy tor strictures, in flammation, irritation of the bladder, &e., without hindrance to business. Consultation fee, if by Letter, 11. A minute detail of ease is n, emery. Messrs. Perry are in daily attendanee at their residence, 19, Berners-street, Oxfonl-street, London, front eleven till tyro, Mid tra till gighli L ill Otatia trona .lms WI WWI. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —TEAS AT WHOLESALE PRICES, No. 2, BUCKLERSBURY, CHEAPSIDE.—FamiIies whose consumption is large, and study economy, will derive considerable advantage at this establishment. One uni form price is affixed, by which the purchaser of a single pound can obtain it on the same terms as the trade. Black Tea 2s. Bd., Ss., 3s. 4d, 3s. Bd., 4a., 4s. 4d., ss. Green 3s. 4d., 3s. Bd., 48., 4s. 4d., 55., 65., 7s. Coffee. 9d., 10d., Is., is 2d., Is. 4d., Is. 6d., ls. Sd. One pound sent free to any part of town. Orders from the country forwarded the same day; and when the quantity is for 61b. weight (tea only), the carriage is paid to any part of EngIand.—MANSELL and Co. wholesale tea dealers, 2, Bucklersbury, Cheapside . AN OLD TRICK REPEATED.—The following trick is as old as the gipsey tricks by which credulous people are often duped, and only find out the deception after they have lost their money. On Thursday, the 14th instant, a woman named Ellen Stevens, ealled at the shop of Mr. Joseph Sellers, a grocer in the village of St. Blazey. She stated— of course in a very cautious and secret manner—that she had some tea and tobacco to sell that was smuggled; he should have some of it very cheap, but she could not sell less than 40 or 501ba. A bargain was made, the goods being so cheap, and she was to come again the next day. She failed to do so, but appeared on the Saturday, and excused herself to the shopkeeper by saying that Friday was a wet day, and the " parties" were gone in another direction with goods ; the tea and tobacco were, however, now ready, and if he would go to Par with her, he should have the parcels. After dark they set out, the shopkeper, his brother, and the woman, and on arriving at the place, there indeed were the goods, and a smuggler with them. It appeared thus far to be all right, but to satisfy the grocer beyond every doubt and fear, the woman took his hand and put it down upon one of the parcels, where, the paper being torn, the grocer could feel and smell some very excellent tobacco. He had a sack with him, and the .woman proposed that the parcels should be emptied from her sack into his as l i quickly as possible, for fear the prowling officers of ex cise might come and catch them. This was no sooner said than done, the grocer's brother assisting, and the bag being thrown across his shoulders, he marched off with it. The grocer then took the woman to a neighbouring beer house to settle accounts with her, and paid her about 71. 13s. for the smuggled tea and tobacco." He then hastened home to take care of his prize, but being rather in a hurry to see the whole extent of his good luck, he opened one of the parcels the same night, and found the interior contained nothing but sawdust I Only the top of the not to b w e h f e o r u e n h d e ; parcels consisted of tea or tobacco, and that, as may be supposed, in as small a quantity as would possibly cover the saw-dust. On the next day inquiries were made about was 8 o and on by policeman Fitzsimmons. She was she was apprehended the neighlsbioonudrhayoottehusitiopthkeeewpeormeaanm. with the offence before C. Carlyon, subsequently charged gave information to the police, and 19 the course of the day lengthened hearing , was committed, on assizes for misdemeanour. A man said to be the woman's husband, and known b y name of" Jack the Darning the Thursday, the 21 st instant, to take her trial at the needle, was charged with b e ing an accomplice with the lady Esq., and, after a rocers at St. Austell and have been lately practise d u p on g elsewhere.— West Briton. from Th Greyhound smack, smugg l er , but the requisite proof thatnot t being rieka a aimi forthcoming, lark i n 1 i d e was discharged. We und erstand JERSEY WHEAT.--,...e with torevent the of the islands took place by some inhabitants t was made to g unship her export of the corn, and an attemp . , d here the following rudder. The Zebra smack also am: e to clear out having had some difficulty Jersey, arrived here on Saturday last, i wheat. A rising day with wheat, after from the island.—Plymouth Journal. SECOND THOUGHTS.—Some time ago a physician ohfislrdieecehtiasneesd wife,(Pasd t e hr -C e a e lais) was make a skel e t on o f h er . He was found guilty , an demned to three months' imp gment, it was confirm ed with r i s onment. On g the addition of three months' imprisonment to weeks after interment, for hayi n in exhumed order to d con his appeal, a few days ago, agai ns t this judgment, the three 01911 t 1 4 tai tally Awardsd,—G•lignmea Atenefiger. MAGAZINES (CONTINUED). COLBURI'S UNITED SERVICE. In the present number we have the first of a series of papers detailing the ° listory of British Intercourse with Japan.' In fact, it was an English man, William Adams, of Gillingham, near Rochester, who first piloted the Dutch to Japan, where, through the intrigues of the Portuguese Jesuits, the crew of the vessel were imprisoned, and their goods confis cated, until by the tact and prudence of Adams they Ire all liberated and their goods and ship restored. Adams himself became so great a favourite at the Court of Jeddo that the Emperor retained him near his person to instruct himself and his subjects in geometry, astronomy, and navigation ; induced him to build two ships for him according to the European method; created him a noble, and settled a large estate on him ; and sent him in command of a fleet to Siam, on his return from whence he directed him to write letters to England, inviting his countrymen to come and trade with the Japanese. It was through the interest of Adams, and through his interest only, that the Dutch were permitted to remain in Japan, or to send vessels there to trade ; and yet in the Moniteur Orientale—a publication making its appearance regularly at Hague, under the patronage of the Dutch Government —although the history of this first expedition, which sailed from Rotterdam in 1588, is minutely given, all allu sion to William Adams; the Englishman, is care fully avoided, and from the beginning to the end of the history his name is not once mentioned. In consequence of the receipt of the letters of Adams, Captain John ' Ssris, an Englishman, undertook an expedition to Japan, and arrived at Firando on the 11th of June, 1613. He was exceedingly well-received by the King, per mitted to purchase a factory, .to land his Pato, and' to trade. The Japanese towed his ship into the harbour, and, according to his own statement, " they anchored before Firando, in five fathoms oozy ground, so near to the shore that they could talk to the people in their houses." This account proves how absurd it is to rely upon the modern Dutch accounts of Japan : " For they maintain that every harbour of that country is so shallow as necessarily to exclude all but small ves sels ; whereas we find, from Captain Saris's experience, that in the harbour of Firando, which is very tar from beingithe best in the country, a line of-battle ship may cast anchor within pistol shot of the shore. But our neighbours have carried their misrepresentations much farther than this, since they have been at the pains to construct false charts of the Japanese coast and publish them, in order to mislead and wreck their rivals ; an act of atrocity of which there are few parallels." With the arrival of Captain Saris at Firando the pre sent article concludes. The " History of the Sikhs and the Punjaub is continued to the eve of the battle of Moodkee ; and our old friend Colonel Firebrace has an admirable paper on the absurdity of promotion by purchase. We are glad to see that the editor has taken Colonel Mitchell to task for the " extraordinary whimsicality and obliquity of judgment" which he has manifested in his history of Napoleon's Military Life. This article is to be concluded in the next number. There are a great variety of other inte resting paper on professional subjects in this number of the United Service. COMIC HISTORY OF ENGLAND. No. VIII. By Gilbert Abbot A'Beekett. This is certainly the strangest History of England ever composed, but it is no less true than strange, and exposes the errors of other historians, after the most facetious yet the most convincing fashion. It will be recollected that all the historians agree that Henry the Fifth, when he set out on his Agincourt cam paign, left Southampton for Harfleur with one thou sand vessels. On this Mr. A'Beckett says, " We must request the reader to bear in mind, that though all the authorities justify us in announcing one thousand as the number of the ships constituting Henry's fleet, we should not advise any one to believe the state ment, who has not had an opportunity of counting the vessels. Either the ships in those days were very small, or Southampton harbour has been fearfully contracted by the contractors who have since underta a ken to widen it. We have been accustomed to place implicit faith in the rule of arithmetic, that a thousand into one won't go!' nor do we feel disposed to alter our impression in favour of a thousand of Henry's ships being able to go into Southampton harbour. We suspect that a hundred would have been nearer the mark, for posterity is greatly in the habit of putting on an 0, and really believing there is nothing in it." However humourous this may appear, there is no doubt much soundness in Mr. A'Brokett's obser vation. History can only be properly studied under the influence of a judicious scepticism . His account of the doings of Joan Arc i s admirable. His theory of her inspiration is quite as good as any that has been propounded, and infinitely more probable. VANITY FAIR. No. 11. By W. M. Thackeray. In this number all Miss Rebecca Sharp's hopes of becoming Mrs. Joseph Sedley are blasted. The party go to Vauxhkll, where Mr. Joseph gets so uproariously drunk upon rack punch, just as he is on the point of " popping the question," that he is obliged to be taken home and put to bed. The next morning he is so ill and so ashamed, that he dares not meet Miss Sharp, but writes a note, requesting his sister to apologise for his conduct, and announcing his inten s - tion of setting off to Scotland for the recovery of hi health. Miss Rebecca consequently proceeds to Sir Pitt Crawley in the capacity of governess. We are in • ro Tom t theP in tune Pinch. The 1 am tin is heartedtGroedo r u g e e e ,d andto brother C who a i Captain t a officeri is destined d D e s o t b i n b o ef i Dobbin, George, t a o kind, b e , w Osborne shy, imagine, , x s c , e blu n t - shy, retiring, awkward man, who is much attachedt a to with wit—wit o f a hi g h or d er . Take the f ollowing as an exampl e , w hi c h i s a l mos t lik e a stray f ra gm ent from one of the b r illi an t p re f aces of Beaumarchais, d (althremember, that w e are on l y discoursitanegrv: coming ough ther e are some terr ific p chapters °llllg pre sently) one,. sently) and must b eg t h e good-natured rea der to t num b e r is orerfloawing sort o f military , a t present. about a stock- br o k er ' s f am il y i n Russell.squ are. who are taking walks, or luncheon, or dinner, or talking and i n l , I know w that making love as people do in common life, and without a single passionate and wonderedl incident to mark the progress of their loves. The argument stands t hus — Osborne in love with Amelia, has asked an old friend to dinner and to Vauxhall—Jos. Sedley is in love with Rebecca. Will he marry her ? That is the great sub ject now in hand. "We might hare treated this subject in the genteel , or in the romantic, or in the facetious manner. Suppose we had laid the scene in Grosvenor-square, with the very same adventures—would not some people have listen _cq . Suppose we had shown how Lord Joseph S e dley f attachedell in love, and the Marquis of Osborne became to Lady Amelia, with the full consent of the , I Duke, her noble father: cr instead of the sup remelY_ o l i f i r d thrilling volume , genteel, suppose we had resorted to the entirely low, and described what was going on in Mr. Sedley's kit el : e d n;- 5 how black Sambo was in love with the cook (as ' n ee he was), and how he fought a battle with the coachman in her behalf ; how the knife-boy cold shoulder of mutton, and Miss Sedley' nevi femndree de chambre refused to go to bed without muchwaxcadelight" such incidents might be made to provoke represent scenes of ful laughter, and be supposed to had taken a fancy for ' life.' Or if, on the contrary, we lover of the new femme de the terrible, and made the weshould who bursts into the house chambre a professional burglar, black Sambo at the feet of his with his band, slaughffterAs melia in her night-dress, not t was caught stealing a master, and carries. o easily interest, through of which the reader should hurry, the fiery chapters panting. lf 't 37 fink In hbeavleetcloonossteruag et a e i d n tailltathlee t Mathews. The illustrations, w ich are profusel k are all full of character. Y scattered over the boo , whichTll en followthe lyrSipteecriMpreen:e s o f b e i a m c s h e 0 r q t, h t . e i e ab a o v p e e n s t a n l d • --_—_-----== TH E pATRICIAN. nFfoierldiinntgermarryi (the Or ng P In the present numberorwtuegahl, av a e n t a he a genealogy of the Royal Fami l y of of the now well-knewn grounds on which t statement he Count of Montemo lin rests his claims to the th rone of Spain. " The R oll of Battle Abbey' is conti nue d. When completed, i t will form a most interestin g re publication of a valuable a ntiquarian record. Th e t r i a l :, 1, a ß t i e e a r u , ) with the Duchess of Cleveland (Charles the f ia or do the the monthFaiirs of t he of , Second's Lady Castlemaine) his first wife being alive. It is a very curious story, and would dramatise effectively. Se married his first wife by mistake. A regular fortune-hunter, he bribed a certain Mrs. Villars to introduce him to a rich widow, a Mrs. Deleau. Disgusted with his impru dence Mrs. Deleau caused another woman without a sous to assume her name and character. As Mrs. Deleau she was introduced to Fielding, as Mrs. De lean she was married to him, and when, on dis covering the trick, he left her and married the Duchess of Cleveland, he was indicted for b . and convicted, but afterwards pardoned. bigamy Heraud, we extract the following curious state ment : " A singular instance has just occurred, showing the increasing influence of Lloyd's. Captain Grover, who has directed his attention to the short-comings of the Foreign Office, after having corresponded with Lord Aberdeen, in relation to the case of the crews of the ships Margaret and Conner, who were murdered or im prisoned by the .floors, while, a year and a half ago, in search of guano on the coast of Argum, an island in lat. 20 deg. 27 min. N., and long. 16 deg. 37 min, W., but a few days' sail from Plymouth; and having received un satisfactory answers to his inquiry, bethought of apply ing to the committee of Lloyd's. A copy of his applica tion now lies before us. Government having failed in procuring the rescue of the captives. Captain Grover proposed that the committee of Lloyd's should provide, witlttuf, delay, an armed steamer for the purpose, com manded by Captain Northwood, and dispatched at the same time a copy of his proposal to Lord Aberdeen. This course of proceeding was at once respected by his Lord ship, who lost no time in writing to the mother of one of the sufferers, stating that Government would take steps for their deliverance, and the punishment of their captors. Captain Grover according suppressed the appeal he was about to make to the merchants of London, Liverpool, and Bristol. The unfortunate men, after being in cap tivity about twelve months, owed at last their liberation to the kind exertions of the master of a merchant vessel, Captain Isemonger. It was thus granted to the spirit of commerce, rather than to that of Government, to vindi cate the honour of the country. Repeated instances of similar abandonment must tend to stimulate the same spirit to yet further exertions, while Captain Gover's ap plication suggests an extension of its authority and influ ence, which cannot fail of being beneficial in some high places of the state." The Mirror contains several other excellent arti cles. Indeed, all the papers in the present number are of more than average merit. • LONDON, MONDAY EVENING SIT N FEBRUARY 8, 1847. PRICE SD. SELECT COMMITTEE ON CLAS SIFICATION OF RAILWAYS, 1847. The Committee of Classification have directed that the groups of railways formed by them be deposited in the Committee Clerks'-office, and that notice be given to the Parliamentary agents promoting the several Bills. The Committee will entertain any suggestions for an alter ation in the groups, provided that the agent suggesting the alteration shall have communicated to the agents of the other Bills in the same group the nature of the proposed alterations, and the time at which is intended to bring them under the consideration of the Committee. The following groups have been formed, and the numbers included in each group refer to those in the general list of peti tions for private Bills; but, to avoid mistakes, Parliamentary agents are requested to inspect the groups themselves; in the Committee Clerks'-office. GROUP No. 1, OR NORTH KENT Gaon , . 10. South-Eastern (Mid Kent and Direct Tunbridge), Lewisham to Tunbridge. 36. London and Brighton and South Coast Railway (Kent Railway to Maidstone, Canterbury, and Tunbridge). 48. South-Eastern (Lewisham to Croydon, with Branch to Bromley). 49. South-Eastern (Maidstone to Great Chart). 50. South-Eastern (Strood to Maidstone). 54. South-Eastern (Strood to Chilham). 320. Herne Bay and Canterbury Junction. Gnour, No. 2. 23. Reading, Guildford, and Reigate (Deviations, &c.) 32. Direct London and Portsmouth. 121. Direct London and Portsmouth and Brighton and South Coast Amalgamation. 308. London and South-Western Railway Acts Amend ment. 349. Guildford Extension and Portsmouth and Fareham Extension and Deviation. 397. Direct London and Portsmouth (Brighton and Chi chester, and London, Brighton, and South Coast, and London and South-Western Railway Companies Act Amend ment ). 413. Tunbridge Wells, East Grinstead, and Brighton Junction. GROUP, No. 3, OR lETROPOLITILN GROUP. South.;Eastern (North K.,ent and Bricklayers' Anna Junction). 76. London and Brighton and South Coast Railway (Lon don Bridge Station Enlargement). 77. London Bridge Railway Termini (General Enlarge ment). 78. London and Brighton and South Coast Railway (Ex tension to London Bridge ;. 182. South-Eastern (Widening of the Greenwich Railway). 18.3. South-Eastern (London Bridge Station Enlargement). GROUP, No. 4, METROPOLITAN. 29. Regent's Canal Company (Paddington and Lime house Railway). 202. London and Blackwell (Improvement and Branches). 251. Eastern Counties (Tottenham to Guildford-street). 328. Eastern Counties (Enlargement of the London and Stratford . Station ). 329. Eastern Counties (Stratford to Victoria Park). GROUP, No. 5. 27. Great Western (Branches to West London Rail way, &c.) London, Brentford, and Great estern Junction. 28. Great Western (Branches to Egham, Staines, &c.) 71. Windsor Railway. 196. London and South-Western, widening thereof, &c. 197. Windsor, Staine s , a n d South-Western (Richmond to Windsor). 198. Windsor, Staines, and South-Western (Staines to Ascot, &c.) _ Gaotrr, No. 6. 13. Bristol and Exeter (Branch from Bleadon to Wells, Glastonbury, &c.) 17. Bri - siol and Exeter (Taunton and Castle Cary Branch). 30. Great Western (Extension of the Berks and Hants Railway, &c.) 33. Yeovil and Bridport to Exeter, with Branches. 34. Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth (Amendment, No. 1). 35. Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth (A men d men t, No. 2). 98. Chard Canal and Railway Company. 151. Salisbury and Yeovil (London and Sonth-Western, with Branches to Shaftesbury, &c. ) 164. Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester Railway and Branches. 212. Exeter and Exmouth Railway Act Amendment. 226. Blandford and Bruton. 341. Great Western (Amendment and Extension). GROUP, No. 7. 141. Southampton and Dorchester (New Forest Deviation and Branches). 142. Southampton and Dorchester (Blandford Branch). 143. Southampton and Dorchester ( Weymouth Branch). 225. London and South-Western (Andover and South ampton). 310. Manchester and Southampton. GROUP, No. 8. 82. Bristol and Exeter ExtensionNrediton to Launces ton). 122. Liskeard and Launceston Branch Railway. 163. Cornwall and Devon Central and Plymouth Railway. 288. Taw Vale Railway (Deviations). 340. South Devon Railway (Extension and Amendment). 847. Taw Vale Railway and Dock. GROUP, No. 9. Securities, &c., exempt from stamp-duty; 36. Interpretation clause; 37.. Act may be repealed or altered in this session; 38. LAND. :,--- • , ' I -' s : ' - si 7 - / - ' --is----/e- \ •.r . I W v e e e rh ste ampto i .,•• and Stour . = . 1111111 ---,__, __ --,....z0. .:0 44 'k '-'. 1 • , . , , -=, ,-1 , ... ~ ~ . 221. London and N e o h rt ,r li oar ,'.--- ....,„, ,_.,.. _ 'mac, , r 4,00 . Ikki l**l2 4,. at 1- 4 '''' ---,-* h .0' „ --_ ' _ ‘4 ) I, <l ( 1 .,„ ... .AY . (POrtobelli t,',.147 11 ,,,, , t i p/,-;P cs\ ,•S• „_,,..,11. ,, ,.- ~ ' „ A I , \ .l ' - zrzr•-.. , Nic:;,.... -••- i - ' izzli e ( W i il :. 7 .2r Birmingham, . i rn ri t . t i o n ti gi t: 3'33. Birmingham, Wolverhampto . -I and Dudle .:.,: ---- 1 -- 14:- -. : l Cti ; '\ ‘ `'-''', : P2';04:411 — 4'4 's it' l2- - ' 7,-!‘ '. 'l , lOOl ' 4 Alt -- - ',--------.„ - i -,,. ?-:- .'"' Y 1 - 1 P t ! • , _lir,. ; .... ~,', \• -- ~,,, 7, W. 4 , ~.., ~:,- ~ , " 4 ;• , ,,,,' --- ~, t , . .).- . . :*, .','-‘,.... _.‘ 14f,r,f,v,, , f , ~ ,;. . ' -„...!. , -- _ . 1 : 27 .:, t-' .-, (Stourbridge, and West Bromwich, Bcc.c e f ., i, .. \ I 1 ::. 's g' '''- g ' '' ''!--r P. 4..,-;; ;' • (1' ' , ' ; l.' . '.'' °kl /6 74'' k * .'''' - ',k 4( 4 ' ' '- ''' ''' . ' 41: '4lN : : '' t7.‘ ' ‘ 1-:. 416. Shropshire Union Railways line - Canal fShrewsl j4-I,_ ' , ::. I . -.• F ...,, , ,,.. 2 . , 171i tt . 1 : 1 , !;:<" Ati ii- r ~,r4r-f t, ,.. - i .iroi: e ' i ,‘ ; ;',, le' 4 47 \ 4* t' i) , • •rT ~ ','•%' i . / -; ~ - , .. iR 1 .., * to W ...-' r,:44%' .-e.' ' ''' , 7 - - to and Valley Act bury ao on:ester). 442. Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway Act Amend ment and Branches. 469. Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway (No. 2). GROUP, No. 22. 235. Newport, Abe rgavenn y, an d H ere f or d R a il w ay De viations. 233. Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford Railway (Ex tension to Taff Vale Railway). 447. Midland Railway (Worcester, Hereford, Malvern, and Cheltenham Lines, with a Branch to Ledbury). 449. Gloucester and Hereford Railway and Canal Per chase Gnour, No. 23. 53. Llynvi Valley Railway Extension. 101. Bristol and South Wales Junction Railway and Aust Ferry. M. Gloucester and Dean Forest Railway (Construction of Docks.) 332 . Duff n, Llynvi and Poitli Cawl Railway, and Llynvi Valley ( 'ompany Amalgamation. 441. Vale of N,-?at h Railway ( Branches and Amendments) 457. Swansea Valley Lire and Branches. 463. South Wales Railway (Deviation Branches and Amendment).- 482. Swansea and Amman Junction Railway (Yousemond to Nantmelynn). Gnou No. . 40. Birkenheal, Lancashir p, e and 24 Cheshire Junction Rail way (Deviation of Main Line and Cheshire Branch). 45. Birkenhead, Lancashire and Cheshire 'Junction Rail way, and Chester and Birkenhead Railway Purchase or Amalgamation. 295. Chester and Holyhead Railway (Extensions to Ches ter and Holyhead). 336. Shrewsbury and Chester Railway (Branches to Lan gollen, &c.) 366. Paikgate and Chestevind Birkenhead Junction Rail way. 383. Mold Railway (Mold to Chester and Holyhead Rail way). The Committee will meet on Thursday next, to receive any suggestions in reference to the preceding groups. PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. ( From the *Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) SATURDAY, FEB. 6. NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL-OFFICE. The following Railway Bills are appointed to be read a second time : WEDNESDAY, FEB. 10. Newmarket and Cheaterford (Extension to Thetford.): Chard Canal and Railway (Extension and Amalgamation). Caledonian (Glisgow, Garnkirk, and Coatbridge Railway; Branch to Glasgow and Station). Southampton and Dorchester (Blandford Branch). THURSDAY. FEB. 11. Windsor, Staines, and South-Western (Richmond to Wind sor, &c.). Winfi.For, and South-Western (Staines to Ascot and IVokingliam, with Branehc;). East Lii , colnAiie (I.caith Navigation Purchase). London and Black :,11 Railway Improvement and Branches to the St. Katherine's and London Docks. RAILWAYS (IRELAND) BILL. ARRANGEMt.NT OF CLAUSES. Authorising issue out of the Consolidated Fund or Ex chequer-bills, for the purposes of the Act, not exceeding 16,000,0001 ; sect. 1. Provisions as to the issue, period and rate of interest of Exchequer-bills; 2 to 6. lSloney required to be carried to account in the Bank of Ireland ; 7. Empo'wering the Treasury to raise by loans not exceeding 16,000,0001. , - 8. ProN;isions . as to mode of raising the sums required by loans or by Commissioners for Reduction of National Debt; 9 to 14. Interest and charges for management to be paid from Con solidated Fund ; 15, 16. Railway companies in Ireland may apply for loans under authority of general meetings ; 17. Railway Commissioners to report on works and condition of companies applying; 18. Powers of Railway Commissioners extended to proceed ings under this Act; 19. Empowering the Commissioners of the Treasury to make advances upon the Railway Commissioners' reports; 20. Empowering advances on separate sums, and from time to time; 21. Wages of labourers and workmen to be paid weekly in money or licensed bankers' notes payable on demand ; 22. Contractors liable for non-payment of labourers by their sub-contractors; 23. Decent dwellings to be provided for workmen when neces sary ; 24. Railway Commissioners to cause works to be inspected from time to time; 25. Payment of advances to companies to be secured by mort gage, to be redeemable compulsorily in not less than thirty years from the railway being in operation; 26. Interest payable on montgagees to cover interest of Go vernment loans and incidental expenses; 27. Ordinary remedies of mortgagees to be exercised under the securities; 28. Provision for protection of prior mortgagees; 29. After security made under the Act, powers of borrowing not to be exercised by the company without the consent of the Commissioners; 30. Empowering the Commissioners of Treasury in case of inability of company to complete works to take' them on behalf of the public, and to complete the works and sell the undertaking ; and until sale, to lease the railway or let the tolls ; 31 to 33. --• Providing for repayment of moneys recovered under any securities; 34. Receipt's of Treasury Commissioners to be sufficient dis charges; 35. POST-OFFICE.—FRANCE and ENG- The following additional articles to those agreed upon be tween e and c. h v e e n P t t o o s n t - o o fifi f A c e p r o il f tFrance,sveen the a Po c st r • r o y ll ig i:e i o n f t o G e re x a c t c ü ß t r i i o t n ai 3, 1843, for establishing at Portsmouth an office for the ex change of Mails with llavre, and signed at Pbris 7th and at London 30th November, 1816, have just been presented to both Houses of Parliament by command of her 111ajesty : Art. 1. There shall be established, on the part of Great Britain, a new office of exchange at Portsmouth, which :hall exchange mails with the French office of Havre by means of packets and merchant ships plying beta een those ports. Art. 2. The mails which the offices of exchange at Ports mouth and Havre are authorised to forward to each other re. ciprocally, by means of packets and merchant ships plying between those two ports, may cm torn, independently of the correspondence corning from or addressed to the said offices, the transit correspondence from or to any country whatever which may be forwarded to advantage through those offices. Nevertheless, there shall be no transit correspondence fcr warded from Portsmouth to Eavre unless the words "rid Havre" be expressed on the address. Art. 3. The rules actually followed for paying the expense of the conveyance of the ordinary or supplementary mails exchanged by means of packets or merchant ships between the respective offices mentioned in Articles 12 and 13 of the Convention of April 3, 1543, shall apply to the payment of the expense for conveying the mails exchanged between the offices of Portsmouth and Havre. Art. 4. The stipulations of Articles 15 and 16 of the Con vention of April 3, 1843, concerning the moveable boxes for receiving such letters as the public may wish to deposit in them, between the closing of the mails and the departure of the vessel intrusted with their conveyance, shall likewise apply to the regulations established in pursuance of Article 1 of these additional Articles between the exchange offices of Portsmouth and Havre. Art. 5. The present Articles shall be considered as addi tional to those agreed upon between the two Post-offices for carrying into execution the Convention of 3d April, 1843, signed at London the Ist May following, and shall come into operation the Ist day of January, 1847. Done in duplicate, and signed at Paris, the 7th day of the month of November, 1846, and at London, the 30th day of the same month. (Signed) W. L. musERLY, Secretary of *Le General Post-office c.f me United Kingdom. Approved, (signed) CLANRICARDE, Postmaster -General of the United Kingdom. (Signed in Paris by Dnbost, l'Administrateur des Nate de France; and approved by Conte le Conseiller d'Etat, Di recteur-General des Postes de Prance.) ALARMING ILLNESS OF SIR JOHN GLADSTONE, BART.—We are informed that accounts have bean received from Scotland which conveyed intelligence of the serious ill. ness of Sir John Gladstone Bart., at Fasque, th e venera bl e baronet's seat, in Kincardineshire. We learn that a few weeks back Sir John was seized with an attack of paralysis, and was recovering, when on Monday last he was enabled to take carriage exercise. On the following day (Tuesday) he experienced another paralytic stroke more serious than the previous attack, and it is now feared that he will be unable to sustain the severity of the relapse. The Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone and the other members of the respected. Baronet's family have been summoned to Fasque by the dan gerous indisposition of their venerated father. . - ASHBURTON.—The Reformers of this borough hail with satisfaction the noble call which the Reformers of the borough of Westminster, have come to, in soliciting Charles Lushington, Esq., to stand for that borough at the next election. Mr. Lushington was the representative for Ash• burton dabout ten years since he first contested the borough with Mr. Utten Brown, the Conservative of Norwich, but een nst an itt! was returned by a large majority at the next election:etw p l ic o r 'd: believe in 1837, a sharp contest took w h a n Place again Mr. Lush iLnugstbo i n n g w t a o n s r a e n t d rn M e r d. H D o u rs r l i e n 3 g ,. and unflinching th efo e rm eo , Reformer. P th a e lmer, borough, he was a zealous period he represented this won the greatest respect and esteem n-electors of the borough, who have ever ency and all the no I He ably advocated the cause c h ailed the name of Charles Lushington, as a Reformer cause both uf from ß s a i n n d e afriend to the great cause of Reform. COUNTY OF LEITRIM.—BURGLARY AND B AR . n..Rous Munom—Wednesday last, the 27th ult., a p ar t y of lawless ruffians surrounded I tie dwelli ng o f an industrious farmer named Duff., on the lands of Drumshambo, inUt parish of Cloone. Duffy and family were in the act o f peating the rokary, accortlii.g to the rites of the Roman re- Catholic church, when tive hier7atleti ruffians arrived t)per petrate their netariou, purpo , e ti s,. and (as given in evidence) ii, relic ceremony terml rDev;seidiougsuei,et,:uorsoi;lt.wiitli Titre( of the wickt=il gang . Mimed ' iately broke into till i carried a gun, termi nated. and struck him violeutiv. A seders demanded arms, and unequal contest ensued, in which Brien Duffy, son to the former, eighteen years of age, received such a mortal blow of a loaded cudgel on the side of the head, that a few hours put an end to his life and sufferings. A verdict of wilful murder was brought in against a certain person, aided and assisted by other per. sons yet unknown. COAST GUARD..-011 Sunday last the Vulcan re venue steamer, and the Governor revenue cutter, arrived at Penzance, with men to form a coast guard station on the Western Green, to be commanded by Lieut. Poynter, R.N., now in command of the Sylvia cutter, at present engaged protecting the oyster fishery at Helford. The different coast guard stations in the western district are to be strengthened by additional men.—On Monday the Eagle revenue cutter, arrived at Penzance, where she will be stationed until the new cutter in course of building shall have been completed n i ii r, , adv t‘ , relieve h.r.— West Briton. ill , I , ~, . . . .., '). P: i,iiitive Wesleyan ! Metli..ili,t .=,,,, ;-v ..f . Tre1...,1 is v<.cant by the lame n ted Ideath of the veneritbie Adam Averill, contemporary of the celebrated John Wesley, at the patriarchal age of ninety three yoars.--Leeds Nfrel477. • THE MIRROR. Mr. Percy St. John's tale, entitled " The Miser's Will," is continued in the present number, and the interest of the story increases in each succeeding chapter. The first book is concluded in this number, and at the opening of the second we are introduced to th e Japanese Minstrels," who lodge with a Mrs. Lewis opposite the mysterious dwelling of the myste rious stranger in the borough. These Japanese Mins trels promise well. From an admirably written " History of Lloyd's Coffee-house," by John A. THE MUSICAL HERALD. Part IX. We are glad to perceive that Mr. Hogarth is re viving some of those classical pianoforte compositions which were the delight of our younger days, but which are now never heard by any chance. He has done the cause of music good service by re-publish. ing in this part the fantasia on the Russian air by the Abbe Gelinek, who, as he justly observes, was one of the most agreeable and popular pianoforte composers of his day. We hope Mr. Hogarth will enrich the pages of the Musical. Herald with some more of Gelinek's pleasing compositions. Classi cality, however, is not confined to the compositions of by-gone musicians. What, for instance, can be more classical, more harmonious, more graceful, than Mr. Hogarth's own trio, " Love is just like April weather," which we fi n d in the present number. We have , too , a very beautiful Tempo di Itfinuetto, by G. F. Graham, never before pub lished ; besides a var i e ty o f other pieces, all of which are good and pleasant melange of musical gossip. _ THE PEOPLE'S JOURNAL. Vol. 11. Edited by John Saunders. Having taken occasion to express our opinion upon this periodical, as it appeared from month to month, there is little necessity to say more than that the binding is elegant and appropriate, and that the " numbers," when collected together into a volume, present a right goodly appearance. Besides, there is no positive necessity for saying more on the score of ensuring it the readers and subscribers it so well de serves : it is already so great a favourite with the multitude, as to be able to dispense with any such assistance to its circulation. Still we are so fully satisfied with the talent visible in the pages of the People's Journal, and so favourably impressed by the generous and gentle tone with which the bulk of its contributions are written, that we should be doing an injustice, both to it and to ourselves, did w not make the acknowledgment. The people will not be losers by storing the volumes of the People's Journal on their book-shelves. RAILWAY REGISTER. The very valuable series of papers by Mr. Hyde Clarke, on the subject of Indian railways, is continued in this number. As in several parts of India railways will come into competition with boat traffic, it is ne cessary to be acquainted with the rates of charge per boat, in order to calculate the probability of the suc cess of a railway. To this subject Mr. Clarke devotes the present paper, which is a complete collection of the statistics of boat traffic in India. There are several otlier articles of great interest to the engineer ing and the railway world, and in the Portfolio Mr. Clarke continues his republication of the original prospectuses of the various railway schemes. THE POTATO DISEASE. On Saturday evening, a conversazione was given by Profeasor Smee at his residence, No. 7, Finsbury Circus, at which a considerable number of scientific gentlemen present. The subject which formed the principal attrac tion of the evening was an exhibition of the potato plant in various stages of the disease—from the incipient affec tion of the plant to the matured form of the evil. Po werful microscopes were arranged round the room, through which could be seen the various species of the aphis vastator—the insect whose ravages have caused the failure of the crop during the las; year. The appear ance it presents is very much the same as that presented by the comm on flea, when viewed through a powerful magnifying medium, but the insect is not one twentieth part of the size. There were seve ral specimens of the infected plant sent by the Right Hon. Charles Shaw Lefevre, the Speaker of the House of Commons, and the appearance presented by them, when viewed by the naked eye, was exactly the same as that presented by plants from other parts of the king dom, but the form of the insect appeared to vary with the district. Another source of attraction was the va rious domestic vegetables, prepared so as to form bread exactly resembling the ordinary wheaten bread. The vegetable substances from which the various kinds of bread were formed were—the white beet root, the carrot, the mangold wurzel, the Iceland moss, the artichoke, the sweet-potato, the Indian corn, common rye, the turnip, common barley, common beet-root, sweet beet-root, the parsnip, and though last, not least, bread prepared from hay—a sweet smelling and not unpalatable food. The Iceland moss bread alone was nauseous, all the other varieties were well tasted, and presenting the appearance of the ordinary loaf, and in dicating by the smell the vegetable from which it was prepared. By way of washing down these novel kinds of food, a jug of ale prepared from sugar was introduced, and although not disagreeable, it certainly did not realise an Englishman's idea of Barclay, Perkins, and Co.'s pre paration. There were various instruments, showing the application of galvanism to medical purposes, and Pro fessor Smee's ether inhaler was exhibited. A descrip tion of this instrument has already appeared in the Illustrated London News, and therefore it is unnecessary to describe it any farther. It is sufficient to say, that from its simplicity and portability, it bids fair to super sede any other instrument of the kind ever produced. Mr. Saunders, of the Morning Advertiser, was the first to inhale the ether, and after the lapse of a minute almost complete insensibility was produced. Other gentlemen were then subjected to the influence of the ether, and in one instance, after inhaling the vapour for 45 seconds, perfect insensibility was produced, which lasted rather more than two minutes and a halt'. There were various specimens of the electro statues introduced, and some beautiful Daguerreotype views were placed round the room. Refreshments on an ample scale were provided for the visitors, of whom there were, itt the course of the evening, no less than 150 present. The parties all left apparently much gratified with the entertainments, which were materially enhanced by the kindness of Professor Smee and Dr. Mullinder, in explaining the various objects of curiosity to the visitors. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Sir C. Constable's stghds, Wed., West Newton. Baron Rothschild's stghds., Thurs., Hardwick-11. Bedele lids., Wed., Hutton Conyers ; Fri., Bedale-10%. Berkshire hds., 'Wed., Wittenhara ; Fri., Longcott. Cleveland hds., Thurs., Kildale. Mr. Drake's hds., Tues., Stratton Audley ; Thurs., Ry cote Kennel ; Sat., Marston St. Lawrence. Durham County hds, Wed., Kennels; Fri., Whitton-10i. P. B. lids., Fri., Ladock Wood. Hurworth lids., Tues., Croft Bridge ; Sat., Girsby Scar -10%. Oakley lids., Tues., Ravenham Bury; Thurs., Cranfield ; Sat., Halsey Wood—lA to 11. Lord Parker's hds., Tues., Holton Stone-pits; Fri., Nuf field Common-101. Puckeridge hds., \'Ted. Widdington ; Sat., Cumbelowe -101 i /. Snnington hds., Tues., Helmsley ; Fri., Dalby. Tindale hds., Thurs., Nafferton. Mr. Watson's lids., Wed., Ulgham Grange Wood ; Fri., Nunriding-104 York and Ainsty hds., Tues., Ribston Park ; Thurs., Cop grove; Sat., Skelton-10';i- Carlisle hds, Well., Halfway House, Dalston Road ; Fri. , Coathill. Eamont hrrs., Wed., Kirkbythore ;..Sat., Great Salkeld -10%. Cumberland lids., Thurs., Armthwete-11%. EDINBURGH, JAN. 30.—The north of Scotland is nearly in a state of insurrection. At Burghend, two vessels laden with meal for export were deprived of their cargoes. At Lossiemouth and Findhorn several carts laden with oats were seized, and the captured victuals lodged inorehouses. The other places in fort n being in a similar state of excitement, forty soldiers from Fort George have been stationed at Elgin ; and a company from Aberdeen has been sent to Port Gordon, into which the inhabitants of Keith an inland town, ar e said to be pouring in large nuers. Passing over intermediate districts, the food riot folly has also reached the south. In Stranraer, disturbance was raised because two meal-dealers would not sell their meal at 2s. 6d. per stone. Carrots and loaves were also stolen, but the promptitude of the authorities prevented the riots from reach ing any great height. The Edinbugh Destitution Fund amounts to-day to 24,0991. 6s. 2d. The Scotsman's " corn , h i nge to the Highls . nds appears to think that the High hinders are by far too md9lent, and that the distress, al- I though wore, has in some =tames been exaggerated. 72. Liskeard and Caradon . Railway Act Amendment. ____ .... 137. West Cornwall Railway Branches and Improvement. 291. Cornwall Railway Act Amendment and Deviation. 471. Plymouth and Dartmouth Branch. 490. Falmouth and Helstone. Gnour, No. 10. _ 126. Eastern Union (Manningtree to Harwich). 250. Eastern Counties (Ilford to Tilbury Fort and Southend). 309. Ip;wich and Bury St. Edmund's (Branch from Ips wich to Woodbridge). _ _ 372. Eastern Counties Coal and Coasting Dock and Junction Railway. 374. Eastern Counties (Purchase of the North Wool wich, &c.). 484. Harwich and Eastern Counties Junction Railway, &c. GROUP No.II . 252. Braintree and lialsteid Railway. 327. Colchester, Stour Valley, Sudbury, and Halstead Railway (Stour Navigation Purchase). 353. Colchester, Stour Valley, Sudbury, and Halstead Railway ( Extension to Milford, Lavenham, and Clare). 354. Colchester, Stour Valley, Sudbury, and Halstead Railway (Extension from Lavenham to Bury St. Edmund's). 355. Colchester, Stour Valley, Sudbury, and Halstead Railway (Lease to the Ipswich and Bury St. Edmund's). 356. Eastern Union and Hadleigh Junction Railway (Sale to the Eastern Union Railway Company). 381. Ipswich and Bury St. Edmund's (Branch, Stow market to Sudbury). Eastern Union and Hadlegh (Alteration and Extension to Lavenham). _ 394. Eastern Counties Railway (Maldon, Witham, and Braintree Railway Purchase). Eastern Union and Ipswich and Bury Amalgamation. Gaour, No. 12. 59. Norfolk Railway (Branch from Thetford, to join the Ipswich and Bury St. Edmund's Railway.) 100. Lynn and Ely (Extension to Bury.) 127. Ipswich and Bury St. Edmund's (No. 2. ) 189. Newmarket and Chesterford (Extension to Thetford). 375. Newmarket and Chesterford Railway Act Amend ment (Repeal of Provisions, &c. ) 380. Ipswich and Bury (No. 3.) GROUP, No. 13. 18. Lowestoff Railway and Harbour (Alteration near Needham). 33. Ipswich and Bury St. Edmund's (Extension to Yar mouth). 60. Norfolk Railway (Branch from Wymondham to the Norwich Extension of the Ipswich and Bury St. Edmund's Railway). 79. Norfolk Railway (Yarmouth Extension from the Station). 81. Nortolk Railway (Thetford to Lowest,off Railway, &c). GROUP, No. 14. 14. Lynn and Ely, and Ely and Huntingdon, and Lynn and Dereham Amalgamation. 80. Norfolk Railway (Norwich to Aylsham). 262. Lynn and Ely hallway (Lynn and Wormegay Na vigation). 305.. Ipswich and Bury St. Edmund's (Avl.l2.uc and North Walsham). 306. Ipswich and Bury sc. Edmund's (No. 5). 373. Eastern Counties (Lynn and Ely, and Ely and Hun tingdon, and Lynn and Dereham Railway Lease). GROUP, No. 15. 200. Eastern Counties (Cambridge, Royston, and Ware, &c.) 201. Eastern Counties Railway (Cambridge to Bed ford, &c.) _ _ _ 342. Eastern Counties Railway (Somersham to Ramsay). 350. Royston and Hitchin Railway Act Amendment (Extension from Royston to Cambridge, &c. ) 351. Royston and Hitchin Railway Act Amendment (sale or lease of line). 444. Cambridge, St. Neot's and Bedford Junction Railway. GROUP, No. 16. 65. London and North-Western (St. Alban's, Luton, and Dunstable). 232. Eastern Counties Railway (Hertford to Hitchin, &c. ) 277. Great Northern Railway (Hertford, Hatfield, and St. Alban's). 459. Enfield and Edmonton Railway Extension. GROUP, No. 17. _ 64. London and North-Western Railway (Newport Pagnel, Olney, and Wellingborough). 159. Midland Railway (Syston and Peterborough Devi ations, &c.) 171. Midland Railway (Extension from near Leicester to Hitchin, &c.). 254. Great Northern Railway (Deviations between Lon don and Grantham). 256: Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston and Eastern Junction Railway. GROUP, No. 18. 96. London, Oxford, and Cheltenham Railway and Branches (Cheltenham to Tring, &c.). 229. Cheltenham and Oxford Railway (Great Western Junction, &c.). 446. Midland Railway (Gloucester and Stonehouse Junc tion). 448. Midland Railway (Branch from Mangolsfield to Bath, &c.) Gitour, No. 19. 160. Buckingham and Brackley Junction Rail wby and Oxford and Bletchley Junction Railway Compatnes (Amalgamation, &c.) 293. Northampton and Banbury Railway (Bliswortli to Banbury. 486. Coventry, Banbury, and Oxford Junction Railway. GROUP, No. 20. 369. London and North-Western Railway (Kenilworth, Leamington, &c.) 384. Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway (Warwick and Stratford Line). 385. Birmingham and Oxford Junction R a il way Amend ment (Deviation of Line). 396, Birmingham and Oxford Junction, and Birming ham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley Railways Amalgamation. 417. Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton (No. 1). 445. Midland Railway (Cheltenham, Warwick, and Lea mington Line). GROUP, No. 21. 52. Shropshire Union Railways and Canal London and Sorth-Westeri, ),11. (Lease to the Birmi,,gnain, Wolveruarapton, and Stour Vao,-y (No. 1). 220. London and North - Western Railway (Besot and Wolverhanaptou). - -.~~~, :