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IM . • • • - •• • - • • NAVAL INTELLIGEN CE, ext , - Ae* • • il t4 fig' l 6‘• Atit c . A , 1•,, • 4 • "o • • )o. . • • • - - • f I • ' ‘Z •-• Mt j iff • 1 --'ogl t , ‘" A,7,1 I I • •'" • ) PoßTsmourtr, JAN. 31.—Her Majesty's brig 3futine sailed yesterday morning for the Tagus, w]th disp a t c h es f or Vi ce - Admiral Sir. William Parker, G.C.B. She took out some officers appointed to, ships of his squadron, and, upwards o 100 boxes and packages for the different ships. There does not appear to be Any intention of immediately recalling the Channel Squadron, as orders have been sent down to make an estimate of the tonnage which will be required to send out the various stores which the ships are in want of—Aails, cordage, spare topmasts, boats, &c.; they amount to up • wards of 1,000 tons, and are to be got ready immediately. The Belleisle troop-ship is fit to go to sea at twelve hours notice, and should her services not be wanted to convey pro visions to Ireland, she will probably be selected to proceed to Lisbon with the stores. MIDDLESEX ELECTION. The Committee for conducting the Election of Lord ItOII E.RT GROSVENOR sit daily at the Central C om m ittee Rooms, 841 0 b Coffee House, Cockspttr-street. S. C. WHITBREV, chairman. Jannary 22, 1847. 31 ID DLE SE X E.LEiTION. The ELECTION' will Sake plaCe at tford on TO it°ItROW, at " clock. f Lord ROBERT OsVENOR'S ' , Mule and Sup t .. - tile East. North, and Southern Divi sions of the co.. • ted to MEET in Park-street, Gros- Zener square, at Half-p :` t o'clock, and proceed to Kew rilulle. where they will be me by the Electors of the Western b Ibion of the county, and escort his Lordship to the hustings. The Supporters of his Lordship arc requested to be p u n ctual in 4, 4 itir atteadance. February 2, 1847. No. 16,965. LONDON, TUESDAY FEBRUARY 2, 1847. PRrci SD. SALES BY AUCTION. GENERAL:STEAM- NAVIGATION' COM • PANY. • • (Incorporated by Act of Parliament). 69, Lombard-street, London. Notice is hereby given, that the HALF-YEARLY GENERAL MEETING of the Proprietors of this Company will be held at the Company's Office, 69, Lombard-street, on TUESDAY, the 23d inst.. at Two o'clock precisely, pursu.int to the Act, of Parliament, to transact the usual business, and to declare the Dividend for the Half year ending the 31st of December, 1846. JOAN WILSON, Secretary. London, February 1, 1847. CHESTER ELECTION. THE MAGAZINES. BLACKWOOD. as this. If the fifteen numbers which are to come be only comparable with the five already published, Donthey and Son will be the masterpiece of Charles Dickens; and_ that is saying ,much—that is saying that it will b e a noble addition to the literature of our country. In the last chapter in the present number there are sentences that should be written in letters of gold. Tiny Tim and Little Nell are ideal beings that the mind of a poet alone could'have imagined, but Tiny Tim and Little Neil are cyphers to Little Paul Dombey. And Little Paul dies. The description of the young child's death, given iri the part before us, is one of the.inost exquisite and touchine descriptions in the English language. We do not. envy the man who can read that narrative without Leire.,r moved; he can have no sympathy with us, or we with him. It is such passages as these about little Paul Dombey that have made the world acknow. ledge the pathos of " Boz " to be even more admirable than his wit; it is such passages as these, delineative of our common nature under its divinest aspect, that have rendered the name of Charles Dickens a household word—a name most pleasarst to our:exrs . ' because - of its many beautiful associations. What a gentle and endearing tone there is about those few syllables which follow the account of Paul's death, when the body of the child is lying on the bed and the living mourners are all gone I " The golden ripple on the wall came back again, and nothing else stirred in the room. The old, old fashion ! The fashion that came in with our first garments, and will last un • changed' until our race has run its course, and the wide firmament _is rolled up like a scroll. The - old, oil tishieb—Death! Oh, thank God, all who see it, for that older fashion yet, of Immortality ! And look upon us, angels of young children, with regards not quite estranged, when the swift river bears us to the ocean !" The book will be worthy of Charles Dickens, and an Honour to him. Her Majesty's ship Crocodile sailed for Cork yesterday, to take the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir Hugh Pigot,K.C.H. Her ,- Majesty's steam-frigate Sidon has been moved into • the basin for • the convenience of the working engineers, and also to have her fore and mainmasts taken out, and larger . ones substituted. Captain Henderson and the officers and men, have gone into the Retribution, - . and will take her to assist in trying to get the Splay= off the - ground to-morrow morning. The appointinent of commNlore at Jamaica, with a broad : pendant in her Majesty's ship Lnaurn, tins been offered fo Captain Lambert, of her Tlinj - ty's ;oin Eudvmion, on the West India station, and, should he accept it, Captain - G. NV. C. Courtney will take the, command of the Endvini9p., Should Captain Lambe r t p re f er k ev pi ng th e f r i ga t e , C a pta in ' Courtnav goes to Jamaica es . comm , dore. The Medea steamei., after 'landing, the body of Com mander Haintriond• at Yarmouth, in tile Isle of Wight, is to come to this harbour - to tit fur the reception of Sir Hamilton : , eymour, and - convoy , him; his suite, and - baggage to I,niisssicorodeerresdeletcotepdreibTeofooNr.ortnhme e r n e: i t i o tio p u ro o e f ee t d he t ßight o Lisbon. , The Medea goes then to India; without returning to England. Her Majesty's screw-steamer Rattler, Commander Moor- Honourable Lord Howden, anti his private secretary, the the River Plate to settle affairs in that country. Lordship is expected to embark in the Rattler on the 15th instant, and goes to Rio Janeiro first. :omen: ises ?rid •om 7essi S. C. WHITBREAD, Chairman. CONTRACTS for WHITE COTTON DRILL, BUTTONS, and THREAD. Department of the Comptroller for Victualling and Transport Services, Somerset-place, 30th Jan., 1847. The Cotamissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral ~,tkie United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire land, do hereb y give bwu ee. that on THURSDAY, the 18 th Feb. next , a t One o'clock, they iibe ready to treat with such persons as may be willing to Contract supplying and delivering into her Majesty's Victualling Stores at Ptford the undermentioned Articles, viz.:— WHITE COTTON DRILL. for.Seanlern Shirts...—. 100, 000 yards gIITE METAL FOUR-HOLE BUTTONS ...• • 2,412 gross T L l ' PATENT WHITE LINEN THREAD ••• • .. 1,400 l bs . Z, 411 of each to be delivered by the 18th May, and the remainder by 60th June next. L liatnples of the Articles and the Conditions of the Contracts may Seen at the said Office. No Tender will be received after One rclock on the Day of Treaty, nor any noticed. unless the party at 'Vs, or an agent for him duly authorised in writing. „,,'ery Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Adini - ? `q• and bear in the left-hand corner the words " Te nder for •• Vid must also be delivered at Somerset-place, accompanied by a fLetter signed by Two responsible Persons, engaging to become bound for the Person Tendering, in the sum of 251 . per cent. on the value, 1)1. the due performance of the Contradts. TO EMIGRANTS AND SPECULATORS. IMPORTANT SALE of LANDS in TEXAS, under the DOMI NION 'of AMERICA, calculated • for AGRICULTURAL PUR POSES, and near several thriving Towns. inR. GEORGE ROBINS isinstructed to SUB MIT to PUBLIC SALE. at the Auction 1; art, on Tunas- DAY, March 4, at Twelve, in various Lots, SINGULARLY ATTRACTIVE ESTATES for the EMIGRANT or SPECULATOR, comprising 10,643 ACRES of FRE:OIOI.D LOCATED LANDS iri TEXAS, now under the Dominion, and in the Southern part of America, and new denominated the Land of Pr. anise. The limits of an advertisement preclude the possibility of entering into general detail of the flourish ing condition of this country, its genial climate, superic:lty of soil, proximity. to important water communication, all of which will be fully described in the prospectus, with a description of each tract of land, and the'boundary as set forth in the title ; it will now be suffi cient to state that the lipids comprise NINE ORIGI \ AL TITLES, or SEPARATE ESTATES, in the counties of Harris Li Jerty,. Galveston, and Besar, the smallest Lot of which will be 320 Acres, and THE LARUE'tT 4,605 ACRES, surrounded by thriving farms, and not far distant froM the populous towns of Houston, Harrisburg, Montgomery, Trinity, and St. Antonio de Bexa , all excellent .markets, with important navigable resources. Also RAVESEND STAR • and BLACKWALL W PACKETS. • float and Rail included is One Payment, avoiding the danger and delay of the Pool. From the Brunswick Wharf, Bl.sckwall, at 9%, 10%, 1,3, 4, s a nd Sundays, at 9%, 11, 1%, 4, and 5. The Trains starting one quar ter of an hour before each of these tames. New Terrace Pier, Gravesend, at 7%, 8%, 9%; 11%, 1,3, and 5. Sundays, at 8%, 11%, 'l, 3; and 5. • N.B.—No .other packets call at the Grays or Greenhithe Piers. Star Office, Gravesend, Dec. 28, 1846. _ . The celebrated COAL-HOLE' TAVERN in the Strand. !if R. W. FIELD ' , •in conjunction with • Mri ~ YJL WINFIELD, has ISeen favoured with instructions from Mr. John Rhodes (who is about to retire) to submit to public coin petition, at Garraway's, on - TUESDAY , February 16, .at Twelve, (unless an acceptable , offer be in the mean time made by ,priiate contract,)•the valuable LEASE, at a low rent, of the far,fanied COAL HOLE TAVERN, Fountain-court, Strand. - s'rh6 very high character which this establishment has for many years 'maintained, both cn account of the magnitude and respectabilitY of its trade, renders it one of the first of its class in the mettopolis, and must in evitably ensure to a purchaser an ample-fortune In a few years. . . • To be viewed (by cards only), which, with particulars,- maybe obtained of Mr. Winfield, IS, Gerrard-street, Soho; also of J. Bird, Esq., 5," Ne .v• Inn ; and of the Auctioneer; Osnabnrgh-place, Re gent's-park. • ROYAL POLYTECHNIC IN S'CITU rioN. PROFESSOR SCHCENBEIN'S GUN COTTON, and other 'l l ‘ , sive Compounds, with brilliant Experiments , LECTU RED on 'Y Br. RYAN, daily at Half past Three o'clock; and on the Evenings of Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Gb a ne principle of the various ELECTRO-MAGNETIC TELE • t,"VIIS explained daily by ProfeSSOT BACHHOFFNER, including atent of M essrs. Cook and Wheatstone,, in nse on the railways, and 1 1,,,, e. m0re recent Patent of Messrs. Nott and Gamble ; the various "" 61 $ explained. Magnified Specimens of DISEASED POTATOES, ,zbibited by the OXYiIYDROGEN MICROSCOPE, with the DE VUCTIVE INSECT, supposed by A. Smee , E s q , F.R.S., to be v r c ,Luse of the disease. A beautiful Series of NEW DISSOLVING The DIVING-BELL and DIVER, with Experiment& The raYSIOSCOPE, new CHROMATROPE, &e : . &c. Admission Is. Schools, half-price. 6,050 ACRES OF FREEIIOLD LAND, is eleven original unconditional certificates issued from the Govern ment, for 320 and 640 acres each, which give the right to the pur chaser to select the land at any period and in any part of the dominion of Texas then not allocated, and with4ut the payment , of taxes till the land is located. A more favourable opportunity for the emigrant has never offered, the large sum uow demanded for land in America having turned the strefan towards their new state of Texas, where, in a very few 'years, the same large prices will be obtained, and the located lands included in this sale are all ready for.the _ pur poses of Agriculture. Full.prospectuses,•affording much useful information, will be pub fished twenty-eight days prior to the sale, and may be had at the Waterloo H. tel, Liverpool; Itcq al Hotel, Manchester; Albion Hdtel, Leeds ; White Lion, Bristol ; Norfolk Hotel, Norwich ; of Messrs. Bush and Mullins, solicitors, St. Mildred's-court, Poultry; at the Mart, and at Mr. George Robins's offices, Covent-garden. „ - PLYMOUTH, JAN. 29.—11er Majesty's sloop Albatross, 16, Commander Arthur Farquhar, which left this 'port for the coast of Africa about ten days since, put back yesterday, having been 600 miles to the westward, and experienced very heavy weather. She was top-liaavy, rolled consi derably, and, during the hurricane, threw overboard 14 of her guns. Her decks were swept, and quarterboats carried away. Her main rigging is swifted in ; she was battened down - for a week, and 25 of -her crew are sick ; during the gale she passed a merchant-ship lying to, with all sails turfed. • pARISS' PULMONIC ClGAREWES.—Phy sicians have long discovered that in diseases of the lungs and air passage 3, a remedy, to be really efficacious must come in direct contact with the diseased organ, and this cannot take place unless it be administered under the form of vapour or smoke. The diseases' in which the Cigarettes have been found so beneficial are, difficulty of breathing, tightness of the chest, spasmodic asthma, catarrhs, hoarseness, sore throats, aphony (loss of voice), ear-aches, rheuma tism of the jaws, tooth-ache, neuralgia, &c. In the first stage of consumption their beneficial effects are surprising, and in the ad vanced stages they relieve the cough, lessen the expectoration, check the night perspiration, and produce calm and refreshing sleep. Sold by Messrs. Barclay, Butler, Edwards, Hannay, Johnstone, Sanger, Schooling, and all respectable medicine venders in Great Britain and France, in boxes at 2s. 9d. 4s. lid., and Observe that the mime P. Pariss, 26 , Place Vendome, is engraved on the Government stamp. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY, 26 CORNHILL, LONDON. Capital .£500,000, Empowered by Act of Tarliame:4. This Institution embraces important and substantial advantages Zith respect to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The assured ali; on all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense or for e,_ltUre of the Policy, two-thirds of the eremturas paid (see Table) ; I nu the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of WE in terests to meet other conveniences or necessity. Issuances for terms of years are granted on the lo west p ossible rates. The bark Silicia, Captain Boyce, froth Liverpool for Ha vannah, put in this morning, having been in the longitude of 14 west. Her foretopmast is sprung, fore and main top gallant masts and crusstrees carried away, and other damage incurred. The brigantine Anna Sophia. Captain Stevens, of Fever. sham, from Newport, with railroad iron, for Alicante, came in this morning damaged, having shifted her cargo. On Monday last the ship suddenly lurched, when the captain was in the main hold, and the iron falling on him broke bis thigh in two places. He now lies in a very dangerous state on board the ship in the Sound. 'HE FORTUNES OF 7'OBLOGH O'BRIEN. Nos, X. and XL In this doubt.) number this historical tale of the wars of King James is brought to a conclusion. With - all the effervescence and exaggeration of the writing, there are several brilliant descriptive passages, and. fascinatine portraitures in the volume—instance Phoebe Tisdal. Besides James IL and William 111., Sarsiield .and Schomberg are introduced in the narrative, and are de 11 4 11 .3. SO' FA . .1. lineated with some skill. Indeed it is the introduction of these personages, celebrated in our national history, which is the redeeming feature of the story—the majo rity of the fictitious characters, as Garvey, and Hogan, and Miles Garrett, and Tisdal, and Deveril, being re pulsive and disgusting 'in the last degree. From the circumstance of " Torlogh O'Brien" being illustrated by Phiz, and being published uniformly with the serial novels of Lever, it will command, nodoubt, a circulation which it could not otherwise have obtained. DIVISION OF PROFITS. h .. The remarkable success and increasing prosperity of the Society enabled the Directors, at the last annual investigation, to declare Int„l°urth bonus, varying from 35 to 85 per cent. on the p remiums paid - "each Policy effected on the Profit scale. EXAMPLES. WooLWICH, JAN. 30.—The Odin steam-frigate was placed in charge of Captain Williams, with the officers and crew of the Amphion steam-frigate, and yesterday aftei noon they commenced rigging the, vessel with the masts of the Gorgon steamer while that vessel is refitting here. Bath the masts were put up and a considerable part of the rigging before two o'clock to-day, and this dat- week she will be ready to proceed to Deptford, and take on board meal and rice for con veyance to Ireland. P, I° s ' 4 Bonus Bonus in I . Assured 4 `` 8 Premium ' g added. Cash. GS raaY p. a Borrow. .1 0. A. A t Xl. d. . 18387 1000 1 4 1839 1840 1841 £21715 1;X100 011 192 3 0; 87 1 4 165 11 10, 74 1 9 116 7 6 54 0 10 111 6 8; 49 10 0 !Zl6 0 4 1 X445 0 0 13 10 2 1 395 11 1 11 3 1 346 2 3 - 718 10 296 13 4 710 4 247 4 5 The division of profits is annual, and the next will be made In member of the present year. F. FERGUSON CAAIROUX. Secretary. • NATIONAL MERCANTILE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, POULTRY, MANSION-HOUSE, LONDON. DIRECTORS. ROBERT WILCOXON, Esq., Chairman. THOMAS SIDNEY" En., Alderman, Deputy-Chairman. Edward Baker, Esq. (Gale, Baker, Warde, and CO George Cursham, M.D., Saville-row. William Lawson, Esq. (Trower, Lawson and Trower). George Moore, Esq. (Groucock, Copestake, and Moore). William Nicholson, Esq. (J. and W. Nicholson and Co.) James Peek, Esq. (Peek, Brothers, and Co.) Giles Redmayne, Esq., New Bond-street. • Peter Bolt, Esq. (Brocklebank and Rolt). Among other advantages offered by thii Society are security with bat llabllity, economy in the management, and low rates of premium. promptly paid. PROFITS TO POLICY•HOLDERS. (Bonus declared July 1, 1846.) ~~ ~o ~~ iv ~_. s3i a 0..1 ia .70 (5. . a 5 11. 7 w CD .2. , B. = Sz 0 2° - 0 0 co d tvEg-4 gr:E? 5 - §c74' • 1833 I 7 1838 7 1839 I 6 1839 6 1840 8 1841 4 1,000 1,000 1,000 2,000 1,000 2,000 A. .. d. 62 15 0 39 15 0 60 0 0 68 0 0 35 0 0 82 10 0 a. X. s. 24 15 14 7 3 20 1 1@ 21 0 7 9 6 0 18 10 0 24i 40 244 36 224 33 474 31 202 27 341 23 J. JONES. Actuary and Secretary. p ROVINCIAL AND GENERAL CEMETE TERIES COMPANY. Provisionally Registered according to Act of Parliament. Filet Capital, 250,0001., in Shares of 201. each. Deposit, Two Shillings per Share. TRUSTERS. E. B. Cabbell, Esq., M.P., F.R.S., &c. Lake James Hansard, Esq. made may be had from, and application for S hares ma y be to, Messrs. Bourdillion and Sons, Solicitors, Great Winchester street, or at the Offices of the Company. By order of the Committee, EDWARD HOARE, Secretary. f[ETROPOLITAN AND SUBURBAN CE-. METERIES SOCIETY. Provisionally Registered according to Act of Parliament. First Capital, 100,0001., in 5,000 Shares of 201. each. Deposit, It. 10s. per Share. TRUSTEES. B. B. Cabbell, Esq., M.P., F.R.S., &c. Lnke James Hansard, Esq. tr,,!'rospectnses, with the Estimates, may be had, on application, Messrs. Bourdlllion and Sons, Solicitors, Great Winchester eet, or at the Offices of the Company, 6, Broad street Buildings. By order of the Committee, EDWARD HOARE, Secretary. MANUFACTURERS MUTUAL PROTEC TION SOCIETY, for Protection of Mercha nts and Mani w 11/..,_ r trs from the Fraudulent Imitation of their N ames, Trade —4 % and Manufactures. TRUSTEES. Robert Alexander Gray, Esq.. 29, St. Swithin's-lane. John Ratcliff, Esq., Wood-street, Cheepslde. Joseph Tritton, Esq., Lombard-street. Il i/mute—Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, Tritton, and Co., London. .7esa c.roas.—Messrs. Valiance and Valiance, 20, Essex-street, Strand, London. % e le Committee have satisfaction in referring to the proceedings of e2er7itiy during the past year ; complete success has attended its "s, and in all those cases where it was found necessary to re sortN.,lo the Court of Chancery against manufacturers counter-. felting the marks, Ste. 04 subscribers, perpetual injunctio ns were oh d. and the defendants fixed with the costs of the proceedings. Fors small annual subscription, and without incurring any farther 017, each member has the opportunity of obtaining, free I rom rge, opinions as to his rights in respect of any fraudulent imi titir Of his name, trade mar: , 5, or manufactures, and he is also en c„, d to put the Society in motion against any person who may „ , , , Unterfelt his name er trade marks, the whole cost of such proceed- I ts 13 borne by the funds of the Society. The funds of the Society are Tested in the Trustees, and its affairs Ore under the control of the Committee of ManaAement. 7 urther information may be obtained on application to the Secre tary, at the offices of the Society. 20, Essex-street, Strand, London. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. N oTicE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the next PDT HALF YEARLY GENERAL MEETING of the PRO , —.ETOfts of this COMPANY will be held in London, pursuant to ti Act of Parliament, at :he Paddington Station, on THURSDAY, the , February next, at Twelve for One o'clock precisely. Mr the election of Four Directors in the place of the same nember who will b et4 e b rotation, and for other purposes of business. The C hair will take Y n at One o'clock precisely. CHARLES RUSSELL, Chairman. BARRINGTON. Deputy-Chairman. Directors retiring are re-el gible ander the provisions of the iivj. The Transfer Books will be closed on and from Monday, the February, and will not bc re-opened until after the said Half erly General Meeting on the 18th February, and 'he Dividend for tro y halt year end:ng the 31st December last, will be pat to the tors who may be registered on the Company's books when Za n nary 21, 1947. By order , CHAS. A. SAUNDERS, Secretary. MANCHESTER, HUDDERSFIELD, and GREAT GRIMSBY DIRECT RAILWAY. FINAL RETURN OF SIX SHILLINGS PER SHARE. N otice is hereby given. that a Second and F i na l Dividend of Six ,„, Per Share will be payable to the Shareholders, and may be C I on app:ication to the Secretary, at the Office of Mr. Floyd, b e , ° tor. Huddersfield, on and atter MONDAY next, the 25th instant, between the hours of Ten and Four o'clock ; and the Holders of h ave for Scrip, residing at a dista nce, ma y , at their own risk, the a moun t r emitted by Check on the Comp an y 's Banker, on i t o t rwardin g the same, with their name a nd address legibly endorsed thereon, under cover, to the Secreta r y ; and on giving such acquit. lance to the Company as may be required. J. E. MOREY, Chairman. JOHN HARPIN, Deputy Chairman. JOHN SPURR, Secretary. Huddersfield, 20th January, 1847, lIORDEAUX, TOULOUSE, and CETTE RAILWAY COMPANY. (Ezpeleta's Company.) The Shareholders of this Company are requested to meet, pursuant to adjournment, at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate•street, on THURSDAY next, the 4th inst., at Half-past One o'clock precisely, to receive the Report of the Committee, appointed at the Meeting of Shareholders on the 13th ult. DAVID SALOMONS, Chairman of the English Board of Directors. C. T. BEKE, Secretary. M, Lombard•street, Feb. Ist, 1947. GENERAL CONVEYANCE COMPANY for Passengers and Pa rcels ; the former a t a Penny per mile, the latter at a Halfpenny upwards, according to 'weight. C apital, 30 0 ; 0001., in 60,000 Shares , of 5/. each. ~ Ali influ e ntial Board of Direct ors of this Com p an y being now t„" r°l , ed, Notice is hereby given that no further applications for shares A he received after WF.DNESDAT, the 10 th of February instant. r ,,evised Prospectus, containing th e NAMES of the DIRECTORS, lit be forthwith issued, and may be had, together with Forms of PPlielltion for Shares, at the Company's offices, 5, Gresham-street, ,Ity, Oa and after Thursday, the 4th of February next. C. MACKENZIE, Secretary. Feb. 1, 1847 DAVIES'S CANDLES, 6d. per lb. ; Genuine Mottled, 6f is. 9d. ; Yellow Soap, 485., 54 5. , an d 60s. per 1121b5., s. and 645.; Wax Candles, Is. per lb.; German Wax, is.2 d. ; Fine Wax, Is. 5d.; Transparent Wax, 15. II d. ; Genuine Bo lt , r, 2s. Id. ; Waxed-wick Moulds, 7%d.; Sper m 011, Bs. per gallon ; se 'tr. as. 3d., Pale Seal, 4s. ; Argand, or Vegetable, 4s. 6d.; Wind- Ito r ad Palm Soa Is. 4dr packet ; Brown Windsor, Is. 9d ; cse,n 2 5.; Almon d, 2s. 6d.. pe ; Sealing Wax, 4s. 6d.; ale's Paragon oi, P° 3 lte, requiring no snuffing:lod. per lb. m o or Cash—At DAVIES'S Old E s tablished Warehouse, 63, S t. opposite Slaughter's Coffee-house. IVIEcHrs NEW SHEW ROOMS for PAPLER ateh. MACHE MANUFACTURES, 4, Leadenhall•street, Lond on. 11 5 e—, determined to carry out his principle of being in the van, brought out some most superb and novel specimens in Papier f "he. Finding it impossible to display them advantageously In hi s )I. ater space, he has, at considerable expense, fitted up a splendid Chow Roam, to which he invftes all those who are desirous of seeing „ tatost brilliant specimens this country can produce. It is not ex -sed that visitors will purchase, although of course Mechi will be 14uI pte happy to tempt his customers, and supply their wants. His •PriirciPle IS, and always will be, to exchange or return the money for taY article purchased of him that may be disapproved. Thls binds u ;ln to quality. He has always found that his customers never leave u m u : l 2 because they are always satisfied. Among the recherché speci " of Papier Mackie, articles will be found, some decorated with Fatrable copies of Edwin Landseer's most popular and modern V ul ttails, together with some exquisite larifiCapel Of Windsor Oastle, ir glhitt Water, the late of Wight, disc, dire. The late MARQUIS OF AILSA.'S noble and delightfully situated TOWN MANSION IN WHITEHALL GAILDENS," adjoining that of the Duke of Buccleuch, upon the bank of the Thames, with its handsome and appropriate furniture, and various very valuable and ornamental Effects. NI E SSRS. DANIEL SMITH and SON are directed by the Executors to announce, that (unless an acceptable offer shall be previously made by Private Contract) the distinguished and splendid MANSION of the late Most Noble the marquis of Ailsa, in l'rivy• gardens, Whitehall, will- be BUB MI I'TED to PUBLIC COMPETITION, at the Auction Mart, on Friday, Immures: 26, at Twelve. It is held by an original lease from the Crown for a term of ninety-nine years from July, 1806, at a low ground rent. The mansion is admirably arranged throughout for the accommodation and comfort of a large establishment, is in most excellent repair, and immediate possession may be had, with its appropriate fittings, and with or without its Superior furniture. It has a singularly handsome stone staircase, the rooms are strikingly cheerful and airy, opening backward to a lawn extending to the'river, and are of fine dimensions, particularly the saloon or ball-room (6 4 feet long) , its walls adorned with rich and beautiful tapestry in rare preservation. From its contiguity to thi Houses of Parliament, St. James's Park, the Palace, and Down ing -street, and from its peculiarly quiet and choice situation, it is admirably suited for a Cabinet Minister, or any leading Mem ber of Parliament ; also for a first-class club-house. The purchaser will have the refusal of the capital freehold stabling, kc., near Great George-street. No person can view the house without a card of admission, which. with every requisite information, may be had at their Offices in Waterloo-place, Pall-mall ; also of Messrs. Ashfleld and Clode, soli citors, 7, Staple Inn. Descriptive particulars may also be had of Mr. Cala, House- Agent, Richmond; and at the Auction Mart. STAPLETON GROVE. A delightfully situated and capital FREEHOLD RESIDENCE. with rich and beautithlly Timbered Grounds, within a short distance of Bristol, with immediate possession; also TWO smaller RESIDENCES. MESSRS. DANIEL SMITH and SON will SELL by AUCTION, at the Auction Mart, on FRIDAY, the 26th of February, at Twelve o'Cloek, by direction of the Executors ,of a gentleman deceased, the above most desirable and complete RESIDENCE, in perfect order, comprising a handsome substantial modern stone mansion, containing rooms highly decorated and of admirable size and proportion, with very superior domestic offices; capital stabling and outbuildings, most productive walled gardens, vineries, and pine pits; beautiful pleasure-grounds, in whiCh is an Ivy-bound tower, commanding a grand view of Bristol and the ad jacent country, surrounded by rich park like paddocks—in all about thirty acres, backed on the north side by a bold grove of lofty timber, and surrounded by the fine wooded domains of the Duke of Beaufort, the Bishop of Bristol and Gloucester, and of Sir J. Smith. The mansion is approached from the turnpike-road, through a rustic lodge, and altogether forms one of the most desirable retreats of its size in the' county ; every part of the premises and grounds are most amply supplied with the finest water, and the house is fu ly fitted with fixtures of the best description. Also a smaller Residence, on he south side of the grounds, and in a separate lot, a oottage residence, with lawn, garden, &c., in the occupation of Mr. Gee, as yearly tenant. The estate may be viewed, and descriptive particulars, with plans, had in due time on the premises; of Mr. Brook Smith, solicitor, Small , etreet ; and of Messrs. Sturge, surveyors, Broad-street, Bristol ; at the Auction Mart ; and of Messrs. Daniel Smith and Son, land agents, &c., Waterloo-place, London. KENT. The very Valuable FREEHOLDI:STATES, and SEAT of the late GENERAL MCLCAiTER, K.O , near Canterbury. MESSRS. DANIEL SMITH and SON are commissioned to OFFER for SALE by AUCTION, at the Mart, near the Bank of England, in MarAa neat, in Lots (unless an acceptable offer should be previously made by private contract), for the whole or greater part of the property, the very desirable FREEHOLD ESTATE of CHARLTON, about four miles nom Canterbury, neon the high Dover-road, a remarkably healthy and favourite neighbourhood, comprising the MANSION of CHARLTON, with its well timbered little Park, Valuable Farms and Woodlands, in all about 700 ACRES, in the picturesque parishes of Bishopebourne, Patrickabourne, and Kingstone, Also another residence, now occu pied by the Rev. J. Harrison, a small farm and detached lands, in and near the village of Barham. Further particulars will be published with the day of sale, and may then be had, with plans, of Mr. Dewsett, at Bishopsbeurne ; at the chief hotels at Canterbury, Dover, Maidstone, &c. ; of Messrs. Delwar and Wynne, solicitors, Lincoln's Inn-fields ; at the Auction Mart; and of Messrs. Daniel smith and Son, land agents, in Water loo-place, Pall-mall. KENT. The very VALUABLE FREEHOLD ESTATE of PETIIAM, be tween Canterbury and Ashford, comprising a spacious and hand some modern Mansion, and a fine, healthy, picturesque Domain, of about 760 acres, embracing both hill and dale, with some beau tiful woodlands. 11ESSRS. DANIEL SMITH, and SON will OFFER for PUBLIC SALE in the ensuing Spring (unless previously disposed of by private contract), in one or more lots, The above very VALUABLE PROPERTY, situated in the par ticularly rural and picturesque parishes of Petham, Waltham, and Elmstead, near the seat of Sir J. Honeywood, Bart., and only about four miles from Canterbury. The Mansion stands on a fine, dry, healthy eminence, and near the church, surrounded by beautifully wooded park-like grounds, with every appendage for a good establishment, together with two or three valuable farms, and some ornamental and thriving woodlands, forming excellent preserves for game, and intersee , ed by delightful drives ; also sundry detached Lands and neat Cottages. Particulars and orders to view may be had of Messrs. Kingsford, Son, and Wightwicke, solicitors, Canterbury of Messrs. Teesdale, symes, and Weston, solicitors, Fenchurch-street; and of Messrs. Daniel Smith and Son, land agents, in Waterloo-place, Pall-mall: where a plan may be inspected, and who are fully authorised to treat for the sale of the property. Freehold Villa and Grounds at Sunninghill, Beiks, boriering on Windsor Great Park, Virginia Water, and Ascot. • MESSRS. DANIEL SMITH and SON will SELL by AUCTION, at the Mart; at the end of March, or catly in April next (unless an acceptable offer shall be previously made by private contract), with possession, the FREELIOLD VILLA, late the residence and property of Mrs. Churchill, deceased, delightfully situated on an elevated and beautiful part of Stmning hill, atlaining Titnest-park, and close to all the romantic rides. walks, and scenery of Virginia Water, and the Royal parks, through which is the drive to Windsor of only six miles. It has just been put into thorough repair, and has ail suitable offices and outbuildings for a moderate establishment, surrounded by highly dressed pleasure grounds, gardens and paddocks.—More detailed particulars. with plans, will be published when the day of sale is fixed, and may be had on the premises ; at the Auction Mart ; of Messrs. 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This Spirit, so justly celebrated for its mildness . and flavour, could not hitherto be had in perfection, except in the City, whero it is manufactured. In order to supply this waist in the London market, J. STEPHENS has opened the extensive Vaults, No. 141, Fleet street. for the sale of this pure WHISKY, to which he begs to direet the attention of that portion of the trade who have n ot as ye voured him with their orders. The public can be supplied with this delicious spirit, of great age and str.ngth, in quantities of two gal lons, at 18s. per gallon. Stamped sample bottles, 3s. 4d. and Is. Bd. —Gate entrance, l4l, Fleet-street, and through Wine Office-court. GOUT, RHEUMATISM, TIC-DOULOU. ItEUX, NERVOUS HEADACHE, &c., relieved in a few how s by MALTST oAt'S GOUT and RHEUMATIC MEDICINE. Prepared only aud sold wholesale by S. S MANNING and Co., 33, Great St. Helen's, Bishopsgate-street ; Barclay and Sons, Farring don-street ; retail (2s. per bottle) by Sherwood, Bishopsgate-street ; Stirling, Whitechapel ; Johnston, Corniilli ; Denny, London-road, Borough ; Newberry, Mile-end - road ; Howell, Dowgate-hill ; W. C. Knewstub, Minories ; and by every respectable chemist and patent medicine vendor in the kingdom. Observe the name of Semi. S. MANNING written on the stamp, to Imitate which is felony. UNDER %RE PATRONAGE OF ROYALTY AND THE AU THORITY OF THE FACULTY. - KEATING'S COUGH LOZENGES. A Certain Remedy for disorders of the Pulmonary Organs— in Difficulty of Breathing—in Redundancy of Phlegm—in Incipient Consumption (of which Cough is the most positive indication) they are of unerring efficacy. In Asthma, and in Winter Cough, they have never been known to fail. Prepared and soli in Boxes, Is. 1%c1., and Tins, 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., and 102. 6d. each, by THOMAS KEATING, Chemist, &c., No. 79, St. Paul's Churchyard, London. Sold retail by all Druggists and Patent Medicine Venders in the Kingdom. Copy of a Letter from G C an Ha esker, the wed olonel -known Author " uns d Shooting." Longparish House, near Whitchurch, Rants, Oct. 21,1846. Sir,—l cannot resist intorming you of the extraordinary effect that I have experienced by taking only a few of your Lozenges. I had a cough for several weeks, that defied all that had been prescribed for me; and yet I got completely rid of It by taking about half a small box of your Lozenges, which I iind are the only ones that relieve the cough without deranging the stomach or digestive rgans. I am, Sir, your humble servant, F. HAWKER. To Mr. Keating, 79, St. Paul's Churchyard. EYEBROWS, MOUS fACHIOS, and W HIS KERg prodUced in a few weeks, and Baldness removed and prevented by the use of GRIMSTONE'S AROMATIC REGENE RATOR, an essential spirit, drawn from aromatic herbs and flowers, a few drops of which cure headache in a few minutes ; it is also a molt delightful, fragrant toilet perfume. Sold only In triangular bottles, protected by the Government stamp, at 4s. ; double the size, 7s. ; and double this size, I Is. each ; enclosed in a Pamphlet, con• taining testimonials of undoubted authority, entitled " Three lijinutes' Advice on tke Growth and Preservation of the Human Hair, Ste." By post, 4s. 6c1., is. 8d„ and 125., for money orders only. Sold wholesale only at Grimstone's Herbary, Highgate, near London ; and by Messrs. Barclay and Son, Farrlngdon-street ; Sanger, Oxford-street; Messrs. Butler and Co„Cheapside ; Fisher and Taller, Conduit-street ; Mr. Johnston, medicine warehouse, 68, Cornhill • and by all chemists, Perfumers, and others For Edinburgh, J. and R. Raimes, Leith-walk ; for Manchester, eresehe and Son, Adver tiser-office. TO THE LADIES. This lady had the following letter inserted in the "Times" news aper on Aug. 7, 1846. Reader, remember, this letter was put into the paper by the lady herself, as a testimony to me. " Mrs. Weekley, of No. 3. Swan-street, Borough, takes this oppor tunity of publicly thanking Mr. W. Grimstone, of the lierbary, High gate for the efficacy of his Aromatic Regenerator, in having com pletely restored the hair on her head, after using itabout four months, nd the whole of her hair is muchstronger and mere luxuriant than ever was before the baldness appeared. " Mrs. Weekley inserts this testimony to the virtues of Mr. G.'s ißegenstor, feeling assured that many ladies would gladly purchase an lls. bottle if they were as certain of its virtues as she is, from ex perience, not only in the restoration and production of hair in abund ance, but as a cure of nervous headache ; as a toilet perfume it is far beyond any to her , taste. She will feel a pleasure In answering iny lady of respectability to the above fact - ,.-3, Swan-street, Borough." In cases of the hair becoming thin, weak, or turning g ey, a few drops os the crovin of the head occasionally, every week, will pre vent the hair from coming away with the comb, make it strong, and lrevent it turning grey, rendering the hair luxuriant and curly. A few drops on your hairbrush before brushing the hair, will give the hair brilliancy, causing it to curl. The most delicate ladies may use this delightful product of the most aromatic herbs and flowers with confidence ; its refreshing adour removes headache and makes it a most necessary companion to the toilet. In cases of nevous headache, pour ten or twelve drops on the erown of the head ; if very bad, repeat it every quarter of an hour. In •most cases relief is certain in •ten minutes. It produces hair on children's heads in a few appplieltions. If used on infants' heads, it has such a peculiar cooling influence'on the brain as to pre vent convulsions, as well as promoting the growth of hair.—See Pamphlet of testimonials. Oka letters addressed to William Grimstone Herbary, Highgate. 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., and Ils. each Box'. PoSt free, 35., 55., and 12s. COPAIB A AND CUBEBS ENTIRELY SUPERSEDED. vir RAY'S BALSAMIC. fILLS, celebrated all over the world for the Cure .of (sleets, Strictures, Whites, Pains in the Loins, Affections of the .Kidneys, Gravel, Stone, Im puissance, •or Physical Incapacity, Seminal Weakness, Irritation of the Bladder or Urethra, and other diseases of the urinary passages. These Pills have for years been employed in most of the Metro politan Hospitals and Dispensaries, and were. extensively prescribed by the late. Samuel Cleverley, M.D., Physician to the father of her present Majesty, his late Royal Highness the Duke of Kent; John Armstrong, M.D., Member of the Royal College . of .Physicians of London, Lecturer on the Principles and Practice of Physic at the Webb-street School of Anatomy, and •onsulting Physician to the • London Fever Hospital; William Milligan, M.D., Member of the London and Edinburgh Royal Colleges of Physicians, Physician to the Middlesex Infirmary, and Royal Universal Infirmary for Chil dren, Lecturer on the Principles and Practice of Physic, Chemistry, and Materla Medics, at the Windmill-street School of Anatomy; J. G. Thomson, M.D., Member of the Universities of Cambridge and Edinburgh, and of the Royal College of Physicians, London, Phy , sician-Aceoucheur to the Ladies' Benevolent Association, Lecturer on the Principles and Practice of Midwifery. &c.; George Jewel, M.D., Physician-Accoucheur to the Middlesex Infirmary. Lecturer on the Principles and Practice of Midwifery, and the Diseases of Women and Children ; and Mr. Thomas Baffin, Surgeon, of Maryle bone ; Mr. W. 11. I)ewhurst, Resident Surgeon to St. John's British Hospital, Cross-street, Hatton-garden; Mr. Greville Jones, Surgeon to the Free Hospital, Gray's Inn-lane ; and were administered by the Proprietor in upwards of 1,800 cases in 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 more efficacious remedy than Balsam Copaiba, Cubebs, or any other medicine in present use. Many other medical gentlemen of distinguished 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 this invaluable medicine.—Prepared only by M. 0. Wray; sold at 89, Fetter-lane, late the White Horse Booking-office, removed from 118, Holborn-hill, London. PHYSICIAN S ADVICE from Eleven ti I One, every Day. SURGICAL ATTENDANCE every Evening, from Seven till Nine. Persons residiag in the remotest parts of the country can be treated successfully, on describing minutely their symptoms, age, habits of life, &c., and inclosing a Post-office order for advice and medicine, which can be forwarded to any part of the world, securely packed, and carefully protected from observation. All letters to be addressed to " 111. 0. WRAY, 89, Fetter-lane London." - - On Saturday morning the constituency of Chester elected Hugh Ltipus, - Earl Grosvenor, - to represent the borough in Parliament, in the room of Lord Robert Gro3venor. resigned to stand for Middlesex., The attendance at the hustings in the Town-hall 'was unusually large,--and the proceedings throughout were of a very spirited character. The SIIERIFe having conducted the usual preliminary proceedings, The Mayor of Chester, D. l'imurs JONES, in rising to propose Earl Grosvenor as a fit and proper person to repre sent the cif y in Parliament, felt that however much, they might regret the loss they- had sustained by the resignation of their late worthy and, honourable member, Lord Robert Grosvenor, their sorrow was in some degree lessened by the proSpect of havirig his honourable nephew as his successor. -Cheers.) Should the constituency be now pleased to select Earl Grosvenor as their representative, he telt assured that the trial they would thus be enabled to mak of his fit ness for the trust would be such as to induce them to prefer him on succeeding occasions. Earl Grosvenor possessed more qualifications than he would venture to name in his pre sence. He might state, however, that the house of ,E4ton was closely identified with the interests of the citY of Chester. There was an - association too in the name of Hugh Lupus, which the constituency of Chester milst ever feel an interest in. Hugh Lupus, a - Norman name, was the name of the first Earl Grosvenorovho was in many respects an eminent man, rind had devoted himself most zealously to promote the pros perity of the city. They had .a Hugh Lupue before them now, and let them hope that history would record Iris annals to be read with equal pleasure as those of his Norman fore fathers.—(Cheers.) The mayor proposed Earl Grosvenor for theirsuffragea. . . THOMAS DIXON, Esq., reconded the nomination. lie con gratulated the city on the 'union of interli they had met with in the course of the present canvass The committee had, waited personally on 1,400 electors, andlont of that num ber there was not more. than two dozen wllb Tefusei to give Earl GrOsvenor.their hearty. support. -``!" There being,no other candidate, the shirity declared Earl Grovesnor duly elected, amid long continnZdtplause. Earl GROSVENOIt, on standing- forward to re-ten thanks, was received with much applause. He said—Electors and brother freemen, it is with the sincerest pride and satisfac • tion I now address you by that title—a title which my ancestors have borne for many generations—a title to which I have long aspired, and a title which I had the honour of receiving from you on Monday last. The son of a freeman. and the grandson of a'freeman of Chester, I need not tell you how much gratification I feel in being per mitted to address you by that title, which is the only tie, if any additional tie were wanting, to cement the union which has se loug subsisted between this city and the house with which lam connected. It has been my utmost endeavour during the short time that has elapsed between the resigna tion of your late Member, my relative, and the period fixed for holding this election, to make acquaintance with you all, and should I have omitted calling upon any, I trust you will not impute it to neglect or disrespect; but that you will attribute it to the only circumstance from which it could have arisen, the short time that has been permitted me to see you individually before the nomination. —cheers.) I have the authority of my uncle to say that it was his most earnest wish to have paid his personal regards to you to-day, and to have taken a farewell of those with whom he has been so long connected by ties political as well as personal, and whose interests he has been ever most anxious to promote; but circumstances have prevented his intended visit to Chester. I am aware that it is usual for candidates on such occasions as these to make a declaration of their political opinions; but at present my youth and inexperience must be accepted as my excuse for not making pledges. I may, however, say, that it is my desire to promote the extension of commerce and support every measure calculated to improve the moral and social condition of the people.—(Cheers.) I have again to thank you for the honour you have done me on this oc casion, and be assured that, to obtain your confidence, and merit your esteem 133 my future conduct shall be my most anxious desire.—(Applause.) THOMAS DIXON, Esq., had a resolution to submit, which he was sure would meet with the hearty concurrence of s a r s g e n e t e n n o t u ' He begged to move that a vote of thanks be g iven to Lord the e resiotyn,phrees eshould n and not tf the anticipate was ad l enough e oic r e. Robert Grosvenor for the attention he had alwa y s p aid to the everyhol hold interests of the city, and for.his unceasing exertions to pro mote its prosperity ; and that the vote of thanks be signed by the sheriff, and transmitted to his Lordship on behalf of the meeting.—(Great cheering.) Was. Bauwie, Esq., begged to second the resolution, and said, I am convinced that there is not a man in the city who does not feel'the deepest regret that the Noble Lord should have been compelled by any circumstances to sever the con nexion which'has So long subsisted between him and the city of Chester. It has been a great advantage to the city to possess suck a representative as Lord Robert Grosvenor, for his high talents, his unbending honesty of purpose, his unvarying support of those Liberal principles which lie at the root of all social improvement, have always been most cheer fully and cordially rendered, both for the advantage of the country in general and the city which he represented.- -(Applause.) He is . shortly to be placed in a situation where he will have a wider sphere for the exercise of.his talents and industry, and while our best wishes go with him, we hope we shall have no reason to regret the unanimous support which has this day been so cordially tendered to the Noble Lord, his successor. A vote of thanks was passed to the sheriff, three cheers were given for the newly-elected Member, and the meeting separated. WASTE LANDS IN IRELAND. 7'6 TIMEDItO R Cdrwar, Jan. 30, 1847. Stn,—You who were the first to recognise the general soundness of the views set forth in my letter to Lord John Russell, upon the subject of the reclamation of the waste lands in Ireland, would. I am sure, be much pleased that the Government plan does not vary in one single instance, from that which I proposed. In the,Postscript to a new edition, which will be published in the course of the week, I have discussed two most im portant'questions on the same subject, and which I purposely from of o opinion t t r e e r s , p b e e e c t a i u n bas t l h k e n th e , w a t n h d e Ire did i s u n l o d t b , e v a i s great in view. Those two questions are, — " What shall be the de d x i if fe elur r e t dne t cd h e e attention of my readers from the main objec t I had maximum and the minimum size of the farms, and what shall be the tenure." I have entered fully into those two questions, and shall feel obliged by your insertion of so much as relates to the Government proposal, not less than twenty five or more than fifty acres.—l am, Sir, your most obedient servant, RIGBY WASON. TO THE RIGHT HON. LORD JOHN RUSSELL. My Lord,—The Government plan, it appears, is to divide the unclaimed land into small possessions, not less than twenty-five acres, or more than fifty acres. For the reasons already given, I think these figures far too low, No doubt the change from a five-acre possession to one of twenty five acres is a great and salutary improvement, for it com pletely obviates one objection to the cottar system, by providing permanent employment for the occupier; but then the benefit ceases, for it leaves in its present wretched state the condition of the agricultural labourer. It is impossible that the possessor of 25 acres can give permanent employ ment to a single labourer at adequate wages, and what is to become of the next generation? Are the 25 acres to be di vided among the family of the present possessor? or is it in tended to introduce the principle of primogeniture? Is it not evident that, under such a system, the population will increase with the utmost rapidity? A joint-stock company, whil=e first duty is to make a respectable dividend, takes no consideration of these matters; but are they not of the utm ost importance, deserving the ca re f u l a t ten ti o n of statesmen? But there is another eleme n t w hi c h I think prov es the impolicy of further extending in Ireland the system of °eh small possessions. Look at the following table, show ing that out of 685,;09 farms, into whi c h I re land is at present di • vided, 636,997 are under 30 acres, and only 4 8 , 312 above that number : Leinster 49,152 45,59 5 Connaught .. 155 F Arms - • 5 acres . 15 ac ! es. 30 acres. acres. Nnmb :22 e o r 24o of From 1 to From 5 to From 15 tel Above 30 Ulster .. •• .. 234,499 180,817 98 ,992 25,099 9,591 Munster .... 1b2,386 57,02 g 61,320 27,481 16,557 99,918 45,221 5,790 20,584 174:828795 685,389 I would sm.' iously ask, Has this system produced so much happiness or c t should desire to 1 306,915 1 251,1281 78,954 1 48,312 on entment that a stalesman extend it? Would it not be far more wise, now there is an opportunity, which if lost can never be ,intoregained to try fa the Eglish and Scotch system of dividing the nd rms n of different sizes, cultivated by agricultural labourers ? But then your Lordship says, "You do not think "th I sin at the s mall holdings of the country have been injuriou rest weigo rd- ht s. cerely feel that the expression of any opinion by your L ship, given without any reason , would ha ve g with all; but when you state a reason for that opinion, and such reason embraces a fallacy, I sin confident that your Lordship would be the first to alter your opinion when the fallacy was clearly pointed out. The reason you gave for the opinion was this; "I have arrived at that conclusion from the fact that the most prosperous and best cultivated county other than that of in Ireland is Armagh, a county in which the greatest divi sion of land exists." Now, unless this fact can be most satisfactorily explained s e of crop, can rely there is no doubt that it fully justifies your Lordship's opinion, but the explanation is so clear, sos u e a lf ty o , nv b in ec c a in u g se , that it ceases to support the opinion—it is that Armagh is the centre of the linen trade. Now it has always been ad- Highlands of mated that small possessions in the neighbourhood of large alrietson tttohhweeinrosesctoruriip,mieoarfsnluaafrnaedc:coearrinteadsinihnajcessemnesoploollijmfuaeriinloutur was put by bubpuorns„ thseurrsybumnpdatrivearnrcliols,upoprorsit aontebteshetierr,woeraltphyubnlieni,ggo; and not because Belfast, with five-acre possessions, and would , not the occu pier be in totally different circumstances from the holder of five acres in the wilds of Connemara or the Scotland? careful l i l e i x am junta-positioni na t ion Lordship'sofywnuitrhti is ieers estab lishes not only the opinion, but positively a doubt its converse. I take Munster because it s es beyond your But a Lordship 4ar I have any reason to believe that it is the least averse cultivated province in Ireland, Now, prosperous or btloe, I find the relative sizes of the far, in y the above Munster to be s Ulster and Number of From 1 to I From 15 to farms , 5 acres. 30 acres. Ulster ••• 234,499 100,817 25,099 Munster... .. 162,383 57,028 • 27 ,481 . ..• of cotter_from 1 to 5 acre s , an d not so many farms of from 15 to 30 acr es as M unster. If, double Thus Thus, therifore, the prosperity of Ulster is not entirely ow i ng t o another cause—that of the line n trad e — surely your Lordship's duty would be to assimilate the rest of Ireland with that of with numberonly one-third more farms holdings 9 Ulster has nearly Ulster, and increase as much as possible the number of cot ter holdings from 1 to 5 acres; and if Munster, with so large a relative proportion of farms from 15 to 30 acres, be the least prosperous and worst cultivated province in Ireland, what can justify dividing the waste lands into a minimum of 25 acres and a maximum of 50 acres ? Have the Government calculated the enormous extra ex penses necessarily attendant upon a division of land into such small possessions as that of 25 and 50 acres. The in creased number of barns and offices of every description— the enormous expense of making roads for such properties— even the boundary fences would amount to a large sum. I have the honour to remain, Your Lordship's most obedient servant, .. --- A LucKY NAVVY.—A navigator working on the L.wes Railway has just received information that his uncle bequeathed 8,70004 to be divided between him and his brother Without derogating either from the character of the late John William Smith as a lawyer, or from that of Samuel Warren as a writer, we at first conceived that the opening article in Blackwood for February was dis proportionately long. On rtading that biographical paper, however, the industry, genius, and integrity of the former was developed before us in such. beautiful colours, and under such a fascinating aspect, that we cordially acquitted the latter from any blame as to the extent of his contribution. Mr. Warren, moreover, htv, more than any other of the eminent corps of the maga zine, with the single *exception of course of its editor, rare old Christopher North, entitled himself to the con sideration of its readers. His admirable notes from the .1 Diary of a Physicial , ," his yet more admirable - " Ten -Thousand a Year," and his miscellaneous papers in the pages of " Ebony," have insured to everything that ma tiateS from his:pen a very peculiar attention. The mind that Conceived the all-perfect Aubrey, the all.beautifutliate, and.the a:1-e ily Oily Gammon, could not fail indeed to enlist fur himself the sympathies of those who had watched the movements of those clever creations. Mr. Warren cannot' write anything to which his name is at tached' without arousing in a considerable degree the interest of the public. And how much more is that interest .enhanced • when the subject of his lucu brations is such as the character of the re mirkable man whose memoir he has just writ ten so gracefully and tenderly. Like Sir William Follett, John William Smith was suddenly carried oil by diseases arising from the ardour of his professional pursuits, and of •his intellectual application, at the very moment when the recompense of his extraordinary capacities, and of his yet more extraordinary industry, was beginning to be showered upon him. Both were hurried into the grave when' the honour of their tellow-men for them was ripened, and when the golden rewards-of.vigalth,aml eleyation.were about to be lavished on them by their contemporaries'. Both had regarded their intellects in their proper light, namely, as instruments which could cnly be employed efficiently when embellished by knowledge and tempered by prac tice. To continue the metaphor—they had both embla zoned those instruments with erudition, and covered them with the jewels of lore, and at the very moment when their labour—the labour of years—was completed, and the instruments were ready to be used—they perished. Can anything be more melancholy than this? Can there be any spectacle more truly affecting There were the .EAli,s before them, beyond which was the region where they could gain fame, and do good to their fellow-creatures, and cause their own genius and great ness to be recognised and acknowledged by the world. By intense ardour, by astonishing labour, and by wonderful perseverance they surmount those obstacles, they climbed those Alps, and when they stand upon the last pinnacle, -and see the region of fame lying before them—at their very feet—they die. Such were the lives and such the deaths of Sir William Follett and John William Smith. It seems a bold thing for Mr. Warren to say that the name of John William Smith " bas greater claims upon the attention of readers of biography" than the name of Sir William Follett, but the observation is justified by the circumstances in the career of the former, and particularly by the memorial indited by Mr. Warr( n himself: An article upon " Modern Italian History" is - merely an enumeration of facts taken from the biographical work, recently pro duced by General F6p6, the friend and follower of the great soldier Murat. " French Players and Playhouses" is a delightful, though somewhat garrtflous, account of the condition of the drama across the Channel—A con dition rather different from that in England. Talk as we may . , however, of the diminution of the passion for dramatic representations, the cause of the decay of the drama in this country is of a very different kind. For a long time there has been a suspicion that one of the chief things detrimental to the interests of dramatic art is—the starring system. The fact is becoming plainer and plainer every day. Mrs. Butler has done good service to the art of which she imagines herself to be so magnificent an ornament, by rendering the shameful height to which this starring system has risen apparent, and herself eminently ridiculous. In a characteristic review of. Horace Walpole's Memoirs, there is a survey of the reign of George the Second. The paper will repay perusal- as illustrative of a very recent period (comparatively) of our national history, and a period but too little known by the, generality. " Mildred " is brought to a conclusion in a rather tragical manner. It is succeeded by:" A Ride to Mag nesia," and the whole' number terminates with a tho• rough Blackwoodite chapter on "Direct Taxation." DREADFUL COAL-PIT ACCIDENT, SIX LIVES LOST. (From the Sheffield Independent.) It is our painful duty to record an accident of a most la mentable nature, and attended with the loss of six lives, which occurred yesterday afternoon at the Darley Main Coal Company's pits, at Worsbrough Dale, about two miles from the town of Barnsley, and ten from Sheffield. The following are briefly the facts connected with the occurrerce, as far as we have been able to learn. It appears that on Friday after noon, about two o'clock, some men who were employed in one part of the pit, tired a blast of gunpowder for the purpose of bringing down a large quantity of coal. Shortly after the explosion,.an alarm of tire was given from a part of the pit 200 yards from the place where the blast had been fired. The underground steward, George Gomersley, who was at dinner at his house, a short distance from the pit, was sent for, and as many men as could be mustered at the time, went with hint immediately to the place, from whence the alarm was given, for the purpose of endeavouring to extinguish the flames. A large mass of coal was found on fire, and every exertion was used to stop up the driftwaya, or roads through which air was admitted, and to put out the fire by throwing water upon it. The men were engaged in this manner from two o'clock until four, at which time, instead of having checked the flames, it was found that they were gaining upon them, and the pit being filled with smoke rendered it impossible for them to continue longer. Oue of the men, named John Elstone, with several others, turned to go back to the pit mouth, Elstone being at the time scarcely able to stand from suffocation. On his way to the pit mouth, he passed Gomersley and two or three others, who had sunk from suffocation. Gomersley said as he passed, " I'm done for." Elstone with great diffi culty reached tile pit mouth. He was then unable to speak, and was removed in a state of insensibility to his house. Those who were at the pit mouth now became alarmed for the safety of their companions, and a message was imme diately dispatched to the pits of Messrs. Field and Cooper for assistance. Some of the other men succeeded in reaching the pit mouth in a state of exhaustion. The manager of the works went down into the pit, which was then so full of smoke that he was obliged to return. Joseph Beaumont, the steward at Messrs. Field and Cooper's pits, arrived shortly after four o'clock, and every exertion was then used to reach the place where the men were known to be, and without success. John Elstone, about seven o'clock, recovered so far as to be able to state where he left his fellow-work men, one of whom was his brother. Renewed exertions were made, and, in a short time, the body of Thomas Broadhead was discovered quite dead. At intervals of time after this, the bodies of John Gilberthorpe, John Jenkinson, George Brown, Thomas El s tone, and George Gomersley were found. The body of Thomas Elstone was nearest t'e place where the tire was burning. It was not until twelve o'clock at night that the last of the bodies (that of George Gomersley, tl:e under-ground steward) was found, and they were each removed to their homes. The other men, eight in number, who had escaped from suffocation, only with great difficulty, were im mediately after being removed from the pit, attended by a surgeon, who administered such remedies as their cases re quired. and though suffering severely there is every reason to hope that they will recover. John Elstone states that he did not attempt to return until he could scarcely draw his breath, and his strength had so far failed that he was unable to walk. The cause of the accident has not yet been clearly ascertained, but, from the statements made by the men who were in the pit at the time (one of them the man who fired the blast), and who escaped, there does not a ppear to have bee n an y li g ht near the p lace where th e fire that the immediatelybr breaking ki i after uhg u t p h e of blasting a ofl mustthe have opened a credviacceciuntuwuhlaictehd,suapudurtrheitstedhahs3:idurgogiegnuigteads: coal.wo r a fi s r d e i toavm ise : s : u d p , hp u au n s e t i d l Dale, aged 46 ; Thomas shiaxdmseetufiwrehtuo hthaevecolaols.t T irtho h re e sir f b o r l ol lo ,iv w es ing :_ a G re eu th rg e e na G in u e m s of the under-ground steward,, A - Thomas Broadhead, aged 50 ; John Elstone, aged 3a ; deplore their unfortunate and have left wives and children to GeorgeJenkinsoßnr,o Brown, aged e s d o 3 ; O J . John SeveralGilb u e f r t t h u o u r p m e, eu a ,% g . e e d re 20; married,and deaths._ Dale, w hen the whole of D u l p e e . u ß t a n d e ge h r lq ( u o e n s e t (otfhisthded3c,o)rAoinoenrsdafoyr, Y at o o rk n s e hr o i c e l ) oc h .k a . s a fi t xed to the Mason's Arms Inn, in Worsbroug h Da the circumstances attending this unfort una te accident will be fully inquired into. On fi ALARMING FIRE.—On Sunday morning a ire, nearly attended with the most disastrous results, was dis covered on the premises belonging to Mr. J. T. Clarke, iron monger, situate at 8, Limekiln-bill, Limehouse. The fire originated on the ground-floor, and when fist discovered was ascending the staircase. The inmates happily succeeded in effecting a safe retreat; 'Jut the tire ..ould not be extinguished until that portion of the house iu which it commenced was burned out, and the furniture and upper rooms were severely damaged. Mr. Clarke was inured in the Guardian-office. FRASER. It is evident, from the tenour of the only political ar ticleitilesd,:mWohetaetiyarediwsoer g t o a n E i s x e p d e . c t ? T " h that r t i h t e e r o 1 dadm i ts in the present number of Fraser, that, namely, which party is e nt that the Protectionist- opposition, either through their own misfortune or the faulth of their leaders, fall as short of the Ititiiitirial.party in moral power as they exceed it in numerical force, and that,the breach which has severed Lord George Bentinck and Sir Robert Peel is quite irre concileable. It is evident, moreover, that the Tory party dread Sir Robert Pcel, and accordingly, this writer, speaking in thaw name, endeavours to persuade the Right Hon, Baronet either to retire altogether from public life, or to accept a peerage. We hope he will do neither. The House of Commons is the proper field for his exer tions, and as the moderator of- parties in that House, " sitting apart and watching for his country's welfare, like some oracle created to advise, " his position may be, perhaps, as this writer says, " ir ksome," but it will be most useful and most honourable, and although " it may prove a source of inconvenience to others(" that is to say, to the incompetent, and incapable, and disappointed, and selfish, who aspire to be statesmen, but who possess not, the requisite abiltty fur the due performance of the func tions which may devolve on them), to have the most ac complished administrator of affairs that this country has of late years produced, prevent in the House of Commons, to puzzle them by questions f and to expose their short-coming s— y et the presence o f such a one cannot but be of vast service to the country, and there fore we hope that Sir Robert Peel will continue in the H o use o f Commons. Cunningly is the temptation held o ut to the persona l friends of Sir Robert Peel to desert him:— . Between the younger members of the late Cabinet and the heads of the Protectionist party there is no feud which a little explanation on both sides could not speedily end." An d w hy is this temptation so held out ? Evidently because the Protectionists feel that they are absolutely Without any man of administrative talents among them. The junior members Gf the Peel Cabinet are, therefore, to be invited to join the Bentinck party, in order to teach them the business of administration, and to be sacrificed immediately afterwards. In the meanwhile it seems the Whigs are to be tolerated as warming-pans for the Pro tectionists:— The Whigs must have fair play; that they will manage matters well for any length of time, in promoting the people's interests, while they maintain in their integrity the great institutions of the country, we rather hope than anti cipate. If they do, they shall have our hearty support ; and if they do not, they may rely upon it that we will tell them bf their: backsliding, and use our best endeavours to turn them out; and then it will be seen how far the Pro tectionists deserve the good opinons which, at the present moment, we entertain of them." Such are the present purposes and views of the remnant of the once compact and powerful Conservative party. The article on" Literary Legislators" is continued. The elaborate notice of Mr. Disraeli is concluded, and fol lowed by a notice highly eulogistic, but not more eulo gistic than just, of Mr. Mackinnon. The most readable paper in the number, however, is the article entitled " Holland House and its Inhabitants," which is full of amusing gossip, antiquarian, artistica], and biographi cal, of the far-famed Holland House and its inhabitants, from the days of Sir Henry Rich, who began its con struction in the time of Qubea Elizabeth, to those of its late accomplished occupants, the late Lord and Lady Holland. DOLMAN. Apart from its peculiar views upon religion, Do lma n is, as usual, of a character very attractive to the general reader. There is no sectarianism, or intolerance, or acerbity in its pages ; insomuch that the most earnest opponent of the Roman Catholic Church may, without any diminution of his zeal, say thus much in commenda tion of this organ of the Roman Catholics in England. We observe that the editor extends the field of his his torical reminiscences in regard to the penal laws against his ancestors in the faith, by going back from 1779 and 1780 to the reign of Queen Elizabeth. His revelations are mournful enough. Such cruelty and bigotry as he records is hardly comprehensible in this age of humanity and toleration. Upon the life and character of the Empress Josephine there is a very charming article, but it could scarcely be otherwise. Jo• sephine was worthy of being the wife of the Great Napoleon, both in the gentleness of her heart and the elevation of her mind, in her dignity and her beneficence. The character of the Empress Jose phine is conspicuous in that age of greatness, and it is as fascinating as it is conspicuous. A story entitled "Kathleen Connor" follows ; and the next paper is one styled "The Cradles of Gold and Wicker' by an Os cotian. The contribution is illustrative of the insufficiency of mere birth to render any one either eminent or happy : it contrasts the careers of King Louis XVII. of France, and of a base-born child named Jacques, whom we should take to be fictitious, but that the writer states to the contrary. Jacques is described as having attained great eminence and as being still in existence. We suspect that the writer had M. Thiers in his mind's eye when delineating the character. Those who can transport themselves back in imagination over a vista of eighteen centuries should read an exquisite little sketch in the present number called " A Scene of Ancient Her monat: It is a description of one of the most sublime miracles by which the establishment of Christianity was accompanied. " The Anglican Revival," by Mr. Jer ningham, will perhaps be read more than any other of the contributions, and it deserves to be so from its can dour and moderation. There is one deficiency in Dol man for February, and that is the brevity . Catholic Intelligence ;" in this particular alone Id the present number inferior to its predecessors., DOMBRY AND SON. No. V. By Charles Diehens. Never was any work of fiction commenced with so much -evidence of genius, and goodness, and eloquence HO WITT'S JOURNAL. Part I. Precisely in the same form, animated with the same spirit, and supplied by many of the same contributors as the People's Journal, a new weekly and monthly peri odical has just made its first app,arance under the at tractive title of Howitt's Journal. We know nothing whatevei of the causes of this separation, we do not in tend therefore to enter into any examination of the merits of the case, nor have we the slightest inclination to do so. All we feel called upon to say is that Bowies Journal at its very outset evinces remarkable talent, talent worthy of its eminent contributors (among others, Dr. Southwood Smith, R. H. Horne, Alaric Watts, Dr. Buwring, George Thompson, and W. J. Fox, with a promise of Douglas Jerrold, Leigh Hunt, Charles Mackay, Miss Mitford, Ebenezer Elliott, Barry Corn wall, and others), and not unworthy of its editors. William and Mary Howitt—names peculiarly associated with the cause of the advancement of the people. With such editors, such writers, and an object so noble an d philanthropical as that of elevating and enlightening the popular mind, failure is impossible. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPQOL, JANUARY 30. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, 3s. 9d.—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire, Bs. 9d. p.— Birmingham and Dudley, 5% p.—Birmingham and Oxford, 9M p.— Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham, 1% p. — Buckinghamshire; 65. 3d. p.—Chester and Birkenhead, Halves, 2314—Ditto, 201. Shares, par—Eastern Counties, 22 1 / s —East Lancashire, New, 2% p.—East Lincolnshire ' 2% p.—Huddersfield and Manchester, 3 p.—Le e d s an d Lhlrsk, 2% dis.—Ditto, New, M dis.—Ditto, Preference, 1M p iverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 2 p. —Ditto, New (late; West Lan cashire), 2 p.—London and North-Western, 193 —Ditto, Quarters, New, 12M p.—London, Manchester, and Birmingham, Quarters, New (C), 6% - p.—London and SouthAVestern, New (scrip), 14 p..— London and York (Direct Northern), % p.—Manchester and Leeds, Fifths, 5% p.—Manchester, Matlock and Midland, % p.—Man. chester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, Quarters (late Great Grimsby and Sheffield), % dis.—Midland Stock, 401. Shares, 6% p...—Dltto, New, 4% p.— Ditto (Birmingham and Derby), 101—North British, Quar ters, 214 p.—Ditto, New, Quarters (scrip), 16s. 3d. p.—North Staf fordshire, 3M p.—Preston and Wyre, 31—Ditto, Half Shares (B), M p.—Sheffield, Rothetham, and Doncaster, 3s. 9d. p.—Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester, 1% dis.—Shrewsbury and Chester,•New, is. 3d. dis.—Shrewsbury and ,Birmingham (A), 1 % p.—Ditto (B), 4 p. —Shropshire Union Railway and Canal, % dis. ex int.—South-East ern and Dover, (No. 4), Thirds, % p.—. West Riding Union, 11. I6s. 3d. p.—York and Newcastle, Preference, 5% p.—Newry and War renpoint, 1% p.—Demerara, % p.—putch Rhenish, dis. 3LANCHEST.ERPIIANUABY 30. • STOCK EXCRANae.—The sales are—Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, % dis.—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire, % p.—Bir mingham and Oxford Junction, 9 5-16—Blackburn, Clitheroe, &c., 11-16 dis.--.Buckinghamshire, p.—East Lancashire, H.—Ditto, 2 p.— Ditto, New (scrip), 14 p.--Iludderstled au i Manchester iiallway and Canal, 34 p.--Ditto, Thirds. 1% p.—Lancaster and Preston, 9% p.—Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction, 3 / 4 dis. —London and North-Western, Quarters (A), 7 p.—Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 3 / 4 p.—Blanchester and Leeds, Fifths, 5 3 / 4 p.—Manchester and Southampton, U q dis.—North Staffurdshire, 33-16 p.—North-Western, % p.—Northern Counties Union, 1 3 / 4 dis. —Oldham Alliance, 34, p.—Shropshire Union, 7-16 dis.— South-East ern and Dover, No. 4, 7-16 p.—West Riding Union, 1 12-16 p.— Wharfdale, 3 / 4 dis. , LEEDS JANUARY 30 Sroca ERCHANGE.—North British stock is all better, as also are Midlands. York and North Midlands, York and Newcastles, and Eastern Counties. East Lancashires are not so stiff. Manchester and Leeds and North-Westerns steady. The sales are—Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, ss. dis. Eastern Counties, York Extension, 20s. p.—East Lancashire, 2 p.—Ditto, New, 2% p.—Ditto, New Seri ; ,, 265. 6d. p. —East and West Yorkshire, 15s. n. dis.—Hudders field and Manchester, 3% p.—Leeds and Thirsk, 2% n. dis.—Ditto, New, ss. dis.--Ditto, Preference, 255. 6d. p.—Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland, 10s. 6d. clis.—Leicester and Medford, 3s. dis.—Malton and Driffield Junction, 19s. 6d. p.—Manchester and Leeds, Extensions, 245. 6d. p.—Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 18s. c. p.— Midland, Preference, 4 p.—North British, Thirds, 535. p.—Ditto, Quarter Shares (late Carlisle Branch), 25( P.—Ditto, Extension (scrip), 16s. p.—North Staffordshire, 3% p. —Northern Counties Union, 21s. dis.—North-Western, I Is. p.—Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole, ss. 6d. p.—West Riding Union, 31. Us. 4 pd.—Wexford, Waterford, and Valentia, 1% dis.—York and Newcastle, Preference, 5% p.—York and North Midland, Preference, 10% p. SHEFFIELD, JANUARY 30. STOCK EXCKANGE.—The sales are — Manchester; Sheffield, and Lin colnshire (Grimsby and Sheffield), 41. dis.—Ditto, 201. Shares, 1 1 4 — Midland, New, 4% p.—West Riding Union, 1% p. —South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole, % p. 1:1 U LL, JANUARY 30. STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The sales are—North British, Quarters, 3% Ditto, Extension (scrip), 18s. p.—Ditto, Thirds, 73s —Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, 2%—Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton, par ex iat.—East Lincolnshire, 2g, p.—North-Western, 12s, p. NE WCASTLE-MiN -T L, JA NUARY 30. STocit EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, Bs. 3d. dis.— Great Northern (London and York reg.), % p. —Newcastle and Carlisle, 112% —North British, Thirds, 435. North Staffordshire, 3 p.—York and Newcastle, Extensions, 7% p. EDINBUItGiI, JANUARY 29. _ _ STocx Excuanoz.-The sales are-Aberdeen, 231. 103.-Airdrie and Bathgate, 41.85.-Arbroath and Forfar, 281.-Ditto, Half Shares, 15/. 55.-Armagh and Portrush, 6s. 6d.-Ayr and Galloway, 2/.- Caledonian, 261. 103.-Ditto, New, 21. ss. - Caledonian and Dumbar ton, 2/. 4s. 6d.-Clydesdale Junction, 39/. 55.-Deeside, 31.55.- Direct Northern, 2/. 125.-Dunblane, Donne, and Callender, 11. 158.-Dun dee and Arbroath, 42/. ex new-Ditto, New, No. 1, 321.-Ditto, No. 2, 251. 155.-Ditto, No. 3, 51. 7s. 6d.-Dundee and Perth, 261.- Ditto, New, 121. 155.-East of Fife, 21. I 18.-East Lothian Cen tral, 2/. 38. 6d.-Edinburgh and Bathgate, 21. 1514-Edinburgh and .11asgew, 73/. 55.-Ditto, Half Shares, 191. 158.-Ditto, Quarters, 18!. -Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton, 191.-Ditto, Preference, 211.- Edinburgh and Northern, 161. 2s. 6d. ex new-Ditto, New, 31.- Pitt°, Newport, 5/. 10s. ex new-Ditto, ditto, New, 21 12s. 6d.- Edinburgh and Perth (Old), IL 18s. 6d. =Ditto (New), 21. 108.- Glasgow and Ayrshire, 651.-Ditto, New Stock, 341.-Ditto, Quarter Shares, 16/. 10s.-Ditto, Halves, 9/. 10s.-Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 61. 2s. 6d.-Glasgow and Dundee Junction, 11. 165.-Glas gow and Garnkirk, 401.-Glasgow General Terminus, 121. 10s.-Glas gow and Greenock, 191.-Ditto, Halves, 91.-Ditto, Preference, 81. 51.-Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 6/. 10s.-Great North of England, 2381.-Great North of Scotland, 21. se. 6d.-London and York, 3/. 12s. 6d.-Ditto, Extensions (scrip), 21. 55.-Manchester and Leeds, 1051.-Ditto, Sixteenths, 71. 155.-Ditto, Extensions, 3/. 25.-Newcastle and Berwick, 321. 155.-North British, 341. 102. -Ditto, Halves, 151. 12s. 6d.-Ditto, Thirds, 3/. I Is. 6d.-Ditto, Quarters, 41. 2s. 6d.-Ditto, New Quarters (scrip), 11. 6s. W.- Ditto, Fifths, 71.25. 6d.-Scottish Central, 21/. 10s.-Scottish Grand Junction, 11. 23.- Scottish Midland, 191. 10s.-Shrewsbury and Here ford, 1/. 15e.-Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester, 6/. 10s.-Ditto, New, IL 3s. -Stirling and Dunfermline, 31. 9s.- Stirling and Mid land, 2/. 128.-Strathern Junction, 81. 105.-Wishaw and Coltness, 501.-York and Newcastle, 361. 10s. ex new-Ditto, New, 111. 15s. -Ditto, Preference, 61. 155.-Direct Bombay and Madras, 3s. 6d. -East Indian, 7s. 6d.-Great North oflndia, 3s. 6d.-Great Southern of Madras, 45.-Madras, Nellore, and Arcot, 2s. 6d. GLASGOW, JANUAILY 29. STOCI Excusicos.—The sales are—Caledonian, New, 46s.—Cale donian and Dumbartonshire, 45s.—East of Fife, 49s.—East Indian, Bs. 9d.—Edinburgh and Glasgow, 74%—Edinburgh and Perth, 50s. —Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, 65/.—Ditto, Halves, No. 2,9% 'Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 61. 4s. 6d.— Glasgow, Airdrie, and Monkland Junction, 54—Great Southern of Madras, 3s. 9d.—Ma. dras, Nellore, and Arcot, 2s. L—Manchester and Southampton, 31s. 6d.—Midland, Halves, 6/. 4s. —North British, Thirds, 70s.— Scottish Grand Junction, 21s.—York and Newcastle, Preference, 61. 18s. IMPROVEMENTS AT THE ADELPHI TERRACE.— On Friday the dilapidated balustrade on the Adelphi-ter raee, that has for some time past been in a very danger ous state, was removed. It is to be replaced by a light iron palisade. THE ITALIAN OPERA.—We are informed that an early night after the opening of her Majesty's Theatre will be devoted, with the whole resources of the establishment, to the relief of the destitute Scotch and Irish. ROYAL HUMANE SOCIETY.—On Saturday the an nual report of this society was issued. 174 persons have been restored by the means adopted for restoring suspended animation by the society's officers; 26 were beyond recovery. Fourteen silver and thirty-one bronze medals and pecuniary rewards have been given to 162 individuals for courageous conduct in saving human life : and 79 persons were rescued during the recent skating season by the society's men, only one terminating fatally. We understand that a bazaar is to be held at Clifton in Easter week, for the relief of the distress in Ireland and lards, or located estat es i n AScotland.—Bristolnexttsiv Journal . esaleof. Texas, is announced in our columns to take place by Mr. Robins early next month. A more favourable opportunity p e r v i z e e b f e e r e t n i e o ff i a e u r d e d s for wb itehbe maybee m i gra n u t s e t d o f p o o r ev e s e s ry , apt. purpose p m o o se de o - f has ste never peculiar to the country and climate, and which, we understand, are all withinwisthhortthe distances of rapidly importance thriving towns of advantage of water communication, of th e most Vmpting kind, to those disposed to try their fortunes ia the Western communication, and natural Hemisphere. The distance of the lands from the point of landing—a matter o f ver y emigrant—is, we he ar , very trifling. ROYAL ACADEMY OP Music. —We are authorised to state that the appointment of the Royal Academy of Music has been conferred on Mr. Frederick W e b s t er , stage Professor of Elocution to director of the Theatre Royal Haymarket. The Tartarus steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander Coles, went up 0-Deptford yesterday before proceeding to Ports mouth and Ireland. The Avon steam-vessel is reported ready for sea, and will be employed in co veying meal to Ireland. Messrs. Hobbs, Williams, and Sargent, engineers to the St. Vincent, have been appointed for service in the Tartarus. Mr. Hodgson, master, has been appointed additional to the William and,MarY yacht.- Mr. Norman; paymaster and purser to the Rosamond, vice Stanley superseded. Mr. Hobbs, acting second master to the Avon. Mr. J. Grilling, acting master's assistant to the Avon. Vessels in the Harbour—The William and Mary yacht; Mastiff' and Woodlark, surveying vessels; Black Eagle, Lightning, Antelope, Teazer, Minx, Avon, and Monkey steam-vessels; Amphion, frigate; and Fairy, tender_ to the Rowel Victoria and Albert steam-yacht. In the Basin—Gorgon, Ariel, Rosamond,: , Dwarf, and Odin steam-vessels. In the Dock—The Terrible steam-frigate; and the Vixen. steam-vessel. HER MAJESTY'S STEAMER SPHYNX. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 3l.—The r Porcupine and Echo steamers went down to Yarmouth yesterday with a great variety of . stores, and some mooring lighters, and the two camels which have been prepared, to endeavour to float this steamer off the beach. The camels are large flat-bottomed considering e c o a r n d p secured; w•Los ean light d thettoh than hone Sphynxe vessel, mud barges, covered ov er , an d secure l y cau l e d i n, an d are to be fixed under the p a ddle s . Th e moor i ng ligh ters w il l b e an l e w l es p b a ee s s xd e pr d ae ge f r tg o e d, e d m tint ,taahnnaddt sheietai cables fully i ll out to sea. The Retribution steamer, manned by the officers and crew of the Sidon, who have oxen turned over this after noon, and the Myrtle steamer, • go down to-morrow morning. The Retribution will be kept ready to assist the vessels off' the coast should the wind change, or the rollers set in dan gerously. The Myrtle is a light steamer, drawing little water, and will be used as a dispatch boat. The wind is now moderate and favourable for the ope rations, being from north and off the land. The tides to-morrow and Tuesday are expected to be very high, and therefore the most sanguine expectations are entertained of the Sphynx being preserved. Captain Austen, R N., Mr. Murray, chief enginier, Mr. Watts, builder's assistant, Mr. Bellamy, second master attendant, the commander and crew of the Sphynx. and a great number. of experterxed and in telligent men from the dockyard, used to operations of this nature, with at least 250 others, are to be employed. Some remarks have. l!een made by naval people, that the same measures should have been' adopted as were used to get the Gorgon afloat in the Brazils, but the positions of the two ships are quite different: the Gorgon was driven in a gale of wind on a bed of sand, duri , g a very high tide, and there left high and dry; the officers and'oew could and did get to work on her nearly every day, they were able to raise sheers to take out her engine,, they had to clear away 9,000 tons of sand from under her, and bv downright hard heaving at the capstan got her into the 1, waie • and then with camels floated her into deeper water. The Sphynx is exposed to the open sea, and only at certain periods can be approached, and the weather must be watched to avail themselves of the slightest lull to work the capstans afloat. DETERMINED SUICIDE OF TWO LOVERS. A most lamentable affair took place in Wakefield during the night of Friday last, which ha- created a great sensation in the neighbourhood, ana whereby two respectable families have been thrown into a state of the deepest distress. A young man, named George Hampson, about twenty-five years of age, had paid his addresses to a young woman of the name of Susan Morton for about three years. Both the par ties resided in Wakefield,- the young man being a whitesmith, and son of Mr. George Hampson, also a whitesmith, in that town. On the evening of Friday last, Hampson went as usual' to the house of- his lover, and at that time it would appear the girl was not very well, for she sent for her younger sister, Fanny, who came to her, but when she arrived Susan was better. Susan, however, had a fainting fit during the evening, but it appears she had been subject to them for some time. About ten o'clock. Susan feeling better, was persuaded by her sister to go out walking for a short time, and advised her to go and see her mother, who was in a different part of the town They all thfee went together, and after walking round St. John's, and afterwards into the town, Fanny left them, as she slept at the house of a friend. It seems Hampson and Susan returned to the house of the latter, and Susan's brother left them in the house to f.,ether when• he went to bed. Nothing more was seen or heard of them until the following (Saturday) morning, when two coats and a hat, and a bonnet, shawl, and boa, were found on the banks of the Barnsley Canal, near the bridge which crosses it in some fields near Heath Wood, about a mile and a half from Miss Morton's home. Search was af terwards made in the water, and the bodies of Ha peon and his lover Susan were found near the place where the clothes had been discovered. The suicidal determination must have been strong in each, for their bodies were firmly tied toge ther with four handkerchiefs; which must have been fastened by Hampson, as the knots were tied behind the young woman. In his pocket was found a pistol loaded with ball, and two bullets, some powder, caps, &c.-; and in her pockets was found a soft substance, like paste, which has not yet been analysed, but which is supposed to be poison. What tends to make the affair mare mysterious is the total 'inabi lity of any one to find a reason for the commission of such a rash act. There were no marks of violence on either of the bodies, or anything to lead to the belief that either of them had come to their death by unfair means. The deceased yotangwo'manlva;ttiTZt 21 years of age, a fine figure, and very pretty. An inquest was held on the bodies on Saturday, before Thomas Lee, Esq., Coroner, when the jury returned the fol lowing verdict :—" Found drowned, without any marks of violence; but how, or by what means, they got into the canal, there is no evidence to show." A JUDGE'S CHARGE ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO. —Johnson, in his life of Savage, gives the following version of the speech of Mr. Justice Page to the jury, at the trial of Savage, for murder, in 1727 :—" Gentlemen of the Jury !—You are to consider that Mr. Savage is a very great man ; a much greater man than you or I, gentlemen of the jury :—that he wears very fine clothes; much finer clothes than you or I, gentlemen of the jury—that he has abundance of money in his pocket; much more money than you or I, gentlemen of the jury—but, gentlemen of the jury, is it not a very hard case, gentlemen of the jury, that Mr. Savage sltould therefore kill you or me, gentlemen of the jury." Another remarkable charge of the same Learned Judge is given in the following terms, and it will be seen that it contains an anecdote g a o s od far as as to l pro secuteeatthat, in one sense of the term, at all eventi% 3:tay be said to be original:—" Gentlemen of the jury—_ - 1 have heard the evidence against this here fellow, and all that. H e him, not onlyrob o b f ed hi t s he etr g e e e n t t s lei a n n a d n and fiddle: t money, but, " bu s t ° , fellow learn, hasthat a b b e: i n , t a with tr i vagabond, cklsi a kaen s t tdh r, oel fancies.leprr,islo n t e h rN i naoktw t he al never liked your tricks and fancies. I'll tell you a pleasait story. Some years ago, when I was at Exeter, there was a .tricks and fancies. So rascal, tf)ealrlc:l' atahtnewrill-Looking t l l d i w i i i g a stngsaonfmoobtree bear rh h i e a s n t a judge, but went only ; However, some time after a I ro w a. e b n lesc' t that me be sure I inquired for my old friend; but, co t hinriespurwi private a s te Youvery business.wm ealyl somehow or other, the bear vas dead, and. the fiddle was broke. But how do you think I served the fellow? W hy, I hanged him." ADDITIONAL DAY MAIL TO SOLITIIAMPTON.—We are gratified in being able to announce that arrangements have been made for the purpose of a ff ording Southampton the accommodation of an additional day mail. A mail bag will be made up and dispatched from London by the I rad. train, and the letters will be delivered at Southampton by the six o'clock delivery. This regulition will enable parties to receive second editions of the morning journals, and will greatly facilitate the communication between this town and those places in the vicinity of London, whose morning mails reach the metropolis before twelve o'clock ; it will also pre vent that delay in the delivery of letters from the North of England, which occasionally occurs during the winter months. The Southampton bag will be dispatched by the 1 r.m. train to London, the box at the Post-office closing about 12.30 r.s We understand these alterations will be made in the course of next month.—Hants Independent. ROBBERY AT KNIGIITSBEIDGE BARRACKS.—On .Saturday information was forwarded to the police that some diieves had broken into the stables' of W. Ileaumont, Esq., the Old Barrack-yard, Knightsbridge, and plundered the place even to the bed and bedding belonging to the groom.