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. * 0 11. nt. • n l . ) ; • a • • - 4 • . . • • :/ • / 'Z , • -I • i • - 'A' , • • / 7 owit al;,' • • _ , ' • . • 4 SPANISH DEBT AND FINANC • ,P 4 v 1.4 - • ari• • 4141. . c! , „...„‘ I . •‘;. - - _ , -51 b, . "e; I - ' A:4AV :••• .„-‘• • •• • nos , : , • " • .1:1> -2 ' 7 % - thkr/r" ' ,-; •b -/'''‘ "-• 4 41--- ) 4' ; 40•1 1 ., 5 ... 1010 OA, 'W k: *t . • • nj . )l - 1 P• , /•••• s••• ~//'t~l CMILMIALL, &Yr. 24, 1 , 847. TITE Er, for LETTING the CITY'S LANDS, - rikeFt. at WEDNE,DAY, th, Lith of October next, at One o'clock precisely, to receive tenders for LET FING• on BUILDING LEASES for sixty-one Seers, front Michae,,lnnts, 1847, a Piece of Ground, on the north side of Narrow street, at the corner .or Cross-street, at Ratcliffe ; and a Piece of Ground on the east side of Puddle Dock, on the south side of Upper ThaineVsfreet,' - and on the north side of the River Thames. Also th receive Tenders for Letting on Leases for twenty-one years, from Michaelmas, 1847, a House, No. 19, on the north side of Broad-street buildings ; Nos 30, 29, 28, 27, 26, and 25, on the north side of Bevis Marks, St. Mary Axe ; Nos. 7 and 6, on the west side of Castle-street, Ijoturdsditch ; and Nos_ti, 5, and 4, on the north side of Crisseent place, Illackfrhu-s. Also to receive Tenders for Letting on Lease for nineteen and three-quarter years, from Michaelmas, 1647, a House, 310- 48,-on the west side of the Curtain-rend, and Nos. 1 and 2, on the • south side of Charles-street adjoining ; a Ilouse, No. 50, on the west :side of. the. Curtain-road, and N05..26 and 27, on the north side of Mottley. street adjoining; Sos. 1,2, 3,4, 6, and 7, on the west side of Martha's-buildings, Old-street ; and Sos. 9, 10, 11. 12, 13, and 14, on the west side of the said buildings; also Sos, 9, 10, 11, and 12, on the south side of Featherstone-court, and Nos. 1,2, 3,4, 5, and other premises. in Princes-buildings, Featherstone-strett. Further particulars may he obtained, and plans seen, by applying at the Oftice of Works, Guildhall. THOMAS SAUNDERS, Comptroller. STEAM TO CHINA. 'Regular Monthly Steam Communication for Passengers and Light Goods to Penang, Singapore, anti lleug•Rong via Egypt. The PENINSULAR and ORIENTAL STEAM NAI7I4ATION COMPANY book Passengers and forward Goods and Parcels to the above Ports by their Steamers from Southampton the 20th of every month. For particulars, apply at the Company's Offices, 01, St. Mary Axe, London, or 57, High-street, Sotthampton. TESTIMONIAL TO from the MEMBERS of INSTITUTE. MR. BUCKINGHAM, the BRITISH and FOREIGN ADDITIONS SINCE THE LAST ADVERTISEMENT. £ a. X a. 11.11.11. the Prinee Albert.. 25 0 the Duke of Cam- William Evans, M.P ..... 5 5 The Earl Fortescue .• lO 10 The Duke of Cleveland.. • • 5 5 Lord Ashburton......•.•. 10 10 John Morison, Esq. •• • 1 1 Peter Gardner, Esq. • • 3 3 The Baron Von Andlau.. •• I 1 Dr. William Beattie 2 2 W. A. Munn, Esq... . William Janson, jun , Esq. 2 2 Sir Moses Montefiore, Bart. 5 5 eiTed at the Bank of Messrs. Ran- Secretary, No. 13, George-street, bridge.. • • .. • • • • ........ 10 10 Rev. Cecil Greene .. • • .... 1 1 Nicholas Earle, E5q...,. :: 3 31 Capt. Chamberlayne, R N Joseph James Forrester, F, G. West, Esq.. • .. •• • • • • Dr. W. F. Cumming...... D. Clifford Lloyd, EN... .. 1 1 Subscriptions continue to be rec Bona and Co., or by the Honorary Hanover-square. VON, President and Treasurer. W. BILETT, liouQrary Secretary. MR. BUCKINGHAM'S POPULAR LEC TURES, descriptive of his TRAVELS in the ORIENTAL WORLD, will now be resumed throughout the Country, and will commance in EDINBURGH, ou the 18th of OCTOBER. Full particulars may be had at the Hopeton and Waterloo Rooms, and at the principal Booksellers. MR. BUCKINGHAM'S RECENT TOUR through BELGIUM, the RHINE, SWITZERLAND, and HOLLAND, and through FRANCE, LOMBARDY, the TYROL, and I fALY, is now in the Press : and Subscribers to this Work will be furnished with their copies at wholesale prices, if had direct from the Author, of whom Prospectuses and Lists may be procured, through the post, by a letter addressed to him at No. 13, George-street, Ha nover-square, London, till the Bth of October, and after that at the Pest-otlice, Edinburgh. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY. %._/ SEVENTH CALL of 51. PER SHARE, making the amount called 371. 10s. per Share. In pursuance of a Resolution of the Board of Directors, Share holders in this company are required to pay, on or before THURSDAY, the 21st October next, a CALL of FIVE POUNDS PER SHARE to either of the undermentioned Bankers : London—Messrs. Glyn and Co., Lombard-street. Liverpool—Liverpool Borough Bank. Bangor—Messrs. Williams and Co. Interest at the rate of Five per Cent. per Annum will be charged on all Calls remaining unpaid on the said 21st October. By order, GEORGE KING, Secretary. 61, Moorgate-street, London, Sept. 21, 1847. E ASTERN COUNTIES RAIL WAY TENDERS FOR LOANS. The Directors are ready to receive TENDERS FOR LOANS 111 auras of not leas than 5001., for flied periods, at the rate of bl. per Cent. per Annum. _ By order, Blehopegate Statiom, Aug. 12, 1847. C. P. RONEY, Secretary. FASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. REGISTRATION OF YORK EXTENSION SHARES. The Holders of Scrip Certificates for tr.ese Shares are requested to transmit the same to this Office on or before the 30th day of October next, with their names, professions, and descriptions distinctly writ ten, In orkler that the same may be correctly entered in the Register of the Company. Shareholders who have not applied for their Scrip Certificates will be duly registered as they now stand in the Books of the Company; and all Shares not claimed by the actual holders of Scrip Certificates on or before the said 30th day of October, will be registered in the names of the persons to whom they were originally delivered or allotted. _ By order of the Board, C. P. MONEY, Secretary. Illshopsgate Station, September 30, 1847. OXFORD, WORCESTER, AND WOLVERHAMPTON RAILWAY. The Directors are ready to receive TENDERS of MONEY, to be advanced upon Loan, on security of the Company's Debentures, for Three, Five, or Seven Years, at Interest after the rate of Si. per Cent. per Annum, payable halt-yearly. The Tenders may be addressed to the undersigned. By order of the Board of Directors, NOEL THOMAS SMITH, Seorettvy. Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway Oftice, Worcester, Sept. 23, 1847. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. TENDERS FOR LOANS. The Directors of this Centime) , are ready to receive TENDERS for LOANS on security of the Company's Debentures, in sums of not leas than 1 , 000 /. each , at SI. p er Cent. interest, payable half yearly, and for terms of Three, Five, or Seven years. Applications to be snails CH to the undersigned. ARLES A SAUNDERS, Secretary. London Terminus, Padding - ton, August 20, 1i47. AMBERGATE, NOTTINGHAM, and BOS TON, and EASTERN JUNCTION RAILWAY. At the ordinary HALF-YEARLY MEETING of the PROPRIE TORS, held on the 24th day of August, 1847, at the Exchange Hall, Nottingham, for the purpose of receiving a statement of the pro ceedings of the Directors and the Accounts of the Company, W. F. N. Norton, Esq., in the chair, The following REPORT was read by the Secretary :—Since the last ordinary meeting of the Proprietors, your Directors have con treated with Mr. Wythes for the formation of that portion of the line between Bettesford and Grantham, includ in g te h Gonerby-bill Tunnel, and the Canal Branch (abo ut e ig ht miles ), and the works are progressing to the satisfaction ot your Directors. ram They have also been ealled upon by the Midland Company to the agreement entered into for the joint construction of the four Miles west of Nottingham to Bidwell, which will effect a large sav ing to this Company. Your Directors have not deemed it prudent to enter into any other contracts, er to incur and other liabilities, iu consequence of the mo netary pressure, and also from an assurance given at the last ordi nary meeting that no further call should be made before the present meeting, when your opinions mirit, be consulted fled directions taken. At the same time your Directors have no hesitation in do daring that the trio interests of the Company will be hest promoted by completing the line between Nottingham and Grantham at the earliest period; and they regret that by this delay they will be uu able to avail themselves of the summer months for the formation of their works, which would have been greatly to the advantage of the Company. On the first application to Parliament for the construction of this railway, the Midland Company here large shareholders, and being otherwise interested, it was not thought advisable to incur the ex pense of making a separate station, wharfs, &c., at Nottingham, and therefore ne powers in the original Act were taken for that purpose ; but as that Company subsequently withdrew their connexion, your Dlrectors,•under the sanction of the half-yearly meeting in February last, applied to Parliament to deviate the line, and by increasing their powers to secure an independent position. As the Company's trains would have to pass over the Lincoln line about two miles, the Midland Company had the power to charge after the rate of six miles. To be relieved from that heavy toll was another important desideratum—and though the Company by the purchase of the Nottingham Canal had the best depot fbr the accommodation of the town of Nottingham, yet no independent ac cess was secured. Under these circumstances your Directors deemed tt advisable to apply to Parliament to effect the above objects, and they congratulate the Sharehon_ers in having succeeded upon terms greatly to the advantage of the Company. After the Bill had been Introduced into Parliament, the Midland Company met your Direc tors in a very liberal•and friendly spirit, and after some negotiations, an agreement was entered into tinder the corporate seals of each Company, by which the Midland Company consented to repeal so much of the Lincoln Act as enabled them to charge the six miles rate, and a clause to that effect has been introduced into their amended Act, by which this Connally pay a mileage only. They have also agreed to provide the necessary stations and other accom modation for the passengers and traffic, both at Nottingham and Ambergate, the extent and terms to be arranged by a Director ap pointed from each Company, and In case of difference, to be settled by an umpire. In consequence of this agreement your Directors only proceeded to obtain powers for the construction of the Branch to the Canal Wharf at Nottingham, which they have obtained, and over which the Midland Company have power to run their trains, on payment of toll. The concessions and powers thus secured are of the utmost im portance and advantage to the Company. The most convenient stations and ample accommodation tor passengers and merchandise will be provided, both at Nottingham and Ambergate, and the saving in the outlay of capital, as well as time and the convenience to the public will be greatly effected. As the traffic in coal, corn, cattle, and heavy goods, according to the estimates proved, will be very large, the advantage obtained by the possession of the Canal Wharf is of the first consideration, as it gives to this Cempany the best trading position in the town of Nottingham, which could not other wise have been secured, except at an enor nous sacrifice of money. The nature prosperity and almost vitality of the line were most severely att3eked during the last scission of Parliament, by the Great Xerthern and Eastern Counties Companies. The former projected a line front Gosberton on the Boston loop to Houghton Mill, north of Grantham ; and the latter projected a line from Spalding to Newark, each of which were parallel to the eastern portion of your line, and if either had been obtained, would have diverted a consi derable portion of the eastern traffic. The •reat Northern and Last Linooltishire also introduced other Bills, the effect of which, if they had not been defeated, would have been to destroy your proposed station at Boston, and render the branch to the quay, at that place, almost useless. The Great Northern ale*, by another Bill, to effect a deviatioa of their line near Grantham, made another attack upon year line at that place, which would have been naost prejudicial had It been suceeseful. In accordance, however, with their duties and the active vigilance your Directors have ever endeavoured to exer cise in protecting the interests of the Company, they offered to the several Bills every legal opposition, and they are happy to say with the west complete success, having thrown out all the Bills except the last, which was so modified as to make the junction at Grantham more advantageous, and, at the same lime, more independent. Clauses have been Inserted in that Act empowering the two Compa nies to make a joint station, and also empowering the Great Nor thern to use a portion of your line on payment of an equitable toll. These attempted projects are conclusive that in the opinion of those Powerful Companies the district is important and capable of deve loping a large traffic, and by the success attending the exertions of your Directors us part of that district has been infringed upon—all that the Legislature has granted has been preserved intact. In thus defeating aggression, your Directors have not refused friendly alliances when they would conduce to your interests. They are happy to say that the best understanding now exists between this Company and the Eastern Counties. In fixing the station of their Wisbeach and Spalding line at the latter p lac e , they have - adopted your site, and an agreement has been entered into for toe construction et such station at the joint expense of the twe Compa nies, and the alliance has further been strengthened by arranging for an interchange of traffic, and running of trains, between Grantham and Spalding, and epalding and Wisbeach, the terms and details of Which are to be settled by arbitration. This agreement will promote alike the facility and convenience of the public, and the interests of the Company, and may ultimately lead to a more intimate union, and which agreement will be submitted to the Special General Meet ing on the 21st of September next, to consider the propriety of can liming the same. In conformity with the Act, four of the Directors, and cm of the Auditors retire, whn are eligible for re-election. The Directors are happy to state that the differences which have arisen between a portion of the Shareholders and the Board have been amicably arranged, and that the Directors will be increases to the full numetr of sixteen ; seven of whom are to be recommended by the Committees of the Shareholders. And for the election of three of that number, a Special General meeting will be necessary, which is fixed for Tuesday, the 21st of September next. Company's 0111ces, Wheeler-gate, Nottingham, August 18, 1847. ENGINEER'S REPORT. TO THR CHAIRMAN AND DIRECTORS OF THE ARIBRUGATE, NOTTINS- HAM AND DORTON. AND EAITERN JUNCTION RAILWAY. fieutlemen,—l now beg leave to report to you the progress since the last half yearly meeting. Tile contract for six and three-quarters miles from Ilottesford to Grantham, including the Gonerby 11111 Tunnel, was commenced on the 15th of March, the contractor being then put in posse:salon of some portion of the land. The whole of the land for this contract is now obtained, and the contractor is at work on every part. More than five miles of the contract length is fenced ht, and the remainder of the fencing will be shortly completed. About 200,000 cubic yards have been got out of the excavitions and put into the embankments, which completes more than one third, of the earth- wor k . Nine bridges are built, with the exception only of the parapets, and nearly all the necessary culverts are put in. lathe Generby Hill Tunnel 420 yards of the heading are driven ; We ride logth i of four shafts, aud ono shaft leugth, waking fort' 5 5 1 1, 3 No. 17 I -1,1 LONDON) MONDAY • t Tl44ir:Ta • :trds of the tunnel is bricked, and the remaining portion is proceeding rapidly. Two suites of the line arc formed ready to receive the ballast and 94tmanent way, and about 500 yards of single line are laid down. k great quantity of ballast is also provided, and en the ground. _V considerable quantity of permanent materials have been de verod. There are now employed upon the works 729 men and 109 horses. have great pleasere in stating that the works now done by the contractor are executed in a good, substantial, and workmanlike manner, and I ain well satisfied with the exertion used by the con tractor in pushing on the works. The whole of the plans, sections, and drawings fir Contracts Nos. 2 and 3 are ready. Contractors are preparing their estimates to tender for these works, which may be let any day after the 24th of this month. One of these contracts will commence near Nottingham, by a junction with the Lincoln line, at Colwick, and will include the bridge over the river Trent, and extend to Contract No 1, at Bot tesford ; and the other will commence at Grantham, and extend to the junction of the Sleaford Branch, making a total distance from Colwick, near Nottingham, et twenty-three miles, including the first contract. The whole of the line to Boston is staked out, as well as the line to Spalding and the Branch to Sleaford, the pl4ns, sections, and drawings for these different contracts will be nest proceeded with. On that portion of the line from Nottingham to Bulwell, which is making jointly with the Midland Counties, Nottingham, and Mans field Railway Company, a distance •f four miles, several bridges are now building, the fencing and earthwork of the line are advancing satisfactorily. I am, gentlemen, your obedient servant, JOHN U. RASTRICK. Avg. 11, 1847 STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS, 7TN AUGUST, 1847 Itacß4prs. From Feb. 8, To Feb. 8, 1847. 1847, to Aug. 7, 1847. Total. X a. d. X s. d. £ s. d. To First Deposit of 1/. 7s. 6d. per share upon 27,897 shares in the Not tingham & Bos • ton Company... 38,358 7 6 Upon 95 130 12 6 36,489 0 0 To First Deposit of 1/. 7s. 6d. per share upon 17,237 shares in t'le Not tingham, Vale of Belvoir, & Gran tham Railway... 23,700 17 6 23,700 17 6 To First Deposit of 1/. 7s. 6d. per share upon 18,480 shares in the Not tingham, Ere washValley, Am ber Gate, & Man chester Company 25,410 0 0 25,410 0 0 To Second Deposit of 11. ss. per share upon 63,621 shares in the Amber Gate, Notting ham & Boston, & Eastern Junction Company .. 79,626 5 0 Upon 120...... 150 0 0 79,676 5 0 To Twelve Shil lings per share npon2s,244shares in Grand Union claims for Amber Gate shares..... 16,146 8 0 Upon 918 549 0 0 15,695 8 0 To Second Deposit of 1/. ss. per share upon 22,540 shares in Grand Union claims for Amber Gate shares ..... 28,175 0 0 Upon 2,009 ..... 2,511 5 9 30,686 5 0 To Interest re ceived ...... 3,160 2,157 0 3 5,317 2 7 To Transfer Fees received .. 110 i 186 • 6 296 8 0 219,271 6 1 DISBURSEMENTS. Amount ex- Amount ex pended up to pended from Bth Total. Bth Feb. Feb. to 7tk Aug. 1847. 1847. £ a. d. £ a. d. £ kr. d. By Engineering and Surveying, including Parlia mentary ........ 12,940 14 9 3,216 13 2 16,187 711 By Works 19,191 11 8 19,191 11 8 By Rails, Chairs, Sleepers, &c 13,450 0 0 13,450 0 0 By Land and Com pensation ...... 15,211 18 3 15,211 18 3 By Law Charges.. 9,957 4 6 11,129 18 5 21,087 211 Balance of Ses sion, 1840. By Parliamentary 2,503 9 6 2,701 9 9 8,204 12 3 Charges .. .. .. .. /1846 and 1847 By Traffic Taking 1,438 5 0 1,438 8 • By Direction and Audit .... .. 500 0 0 1,050 0 0 1,580 0 • By Office Charges and Secretary & Clerks' Salaries.. 4,257 15 7 926 7 10 5,184 3 5 By Advertising, Stationery, and Printing 3,149 7 6 462 11 8 4,012 3 2 By Miscellaneous Charges and Tra velling Expenses 2,331 7 3 480 10 3 2,819 17 6 By Banker's Com mission ........ 516 12 2 31 0 4 547 12 6 Ity Interest, One Shilling and Tw opence per share, due Btk of April, 1847, 11)101.188,341 shares 5,153 4 6 5,153 4 6 ByPostageStamps on hand ...... 10 11 9 By Cash in Bank ers' hands...... 108,222 8 3 101,233 0 0 219,271 6 1 Audited the 11th day •f Auguat, 1847. FRANCIS SIMES ALLIOTT. CHARLES MIDDLETON. Resolved—That the report now read be adopted. Resolved—That Benjamin Badger, of London, Esq.; William, Durham, of Manchester. Esq.; Herbert Ingram, of London, Esq. ;1 and Richard Septimus Wl , kinson, Esq., be elected Directors, in! lieu of Sir James Duke, Knight, DI,P. ; Francis Braithwaite, Esq,; Frederick Plant, Esq. ; aid Frederick Fowler Robertson, Esq., who! retire. Resolved—That Mr. Frauds Sluice Alliott be re-elected an auditor: to the Company. Resolved—That the seal of the Company be affixed to the Regiiter of Shareholders. Resolved—That the thanks of this meeting be given to the Chairman, for his excellent, temperate, and impartial conduct In the chair. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. 26, CORNIIILL, LONDON. Capital £500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. This Institution embraces important and substantial advantages with respect to life assurances and deferred annuities. The assured has, on all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense or for feiture of the policy, two-thirds of the premiums paid (see Table); also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his in terests to meet other conveniencies or necessity. Assurances for terms of years on the lowest possible rates. DIVISION OF PROFITS. The increasing prosperity of the Society has enabled the Directors a': the annual meeting held on the 12th May, 1847, to declare a fifth b3nus, varying from 3.5 to 85 per cent. on the premiums paid on each policy effected on the profit scale. EXAMPLES. 1 1 Perma- Sum the ..:4 ° ' Annual Policy Bonus in nent Re- Assured A;e. Pre- Itaken addition Bonus in duction of may bor n` w mium. lout hi Assured. Cask. Annual row an Premiums. Policy. - A s. 414 9d. s. d. Xa. d. r 1837 243 9 3,112 11 5 18 4 6 494 8 10 s. d. 1838 218 4 899 810 15 1 3 5 445 0 0 1839 192 1 101 86 9 3 13 4 9 395 11 1 60 1000 74 3 4 1840 143 6 10; 66 8 4 919 1 346 2 3 1841 128 14 2 61 17 6 9 9 2 296 13 4 1 1842 111 6 8 49 10 0 7 10 4 247 4 5 The Annual Report, with tables of rates, &c., 'nay be had at the office, or any of its branches iu the country ; or, on application, will V.; forwarded post free. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Secretary. FINE FEATHERS MAKE FINE BIRDS. Such is the title, and I can't help paying A. due respect to such a truthful saying ; For certainly in every day's excursion, A thousand proofs establish this assertion. The sentiment which such a phrase discloses, Is singplarly suitable to MOSES. MOSES and SON have certainly display'd The " finest feathers" ever known in trade, " Feathers of faultless fashion," such as these (Neat, smart, and stylish) cannot fail to please. They decorate whoever may be wearing, And add a grace where nature's rather sparing. The dress of MOSES hides defects, if any, And where the charms are few, it makes them many. And many a person is pronounced a beauty, Merely because these tailors do their duty. Then imitate the birds in autumn weather, And prudently assume a change of feather. MOSES and SON solicit your inspection Of autumn articles in rare perfection, Which stand unrivalled, and which prove the words Wihch here I quote—" Fine feathers make fine birds. LIST OF PRICES. MADE TO MEASURE. Cashmere Codsington, from 16 6 Taglionis, silk collar and cuffs ........ •• • • ........ 1 2 0 Cambridge Coat, lined throughout .... •• • • 2 5 0 Tweed Coats • • • ........ ....... • .... • • .•••••• •• • • 0 16 0 Dress C0at........ •. • • ............ .. Best quality manufactured •• • • •...... ..... ........ 2 15 0 Frock Coat . ........ .. 1 15 0 Best quality manufactured ••••..••••••• • •• •• • • • • • • 2 Rich pattern Vests • ..... • . • • .... •• •• • • • • • • •• Cashmere, or c10th...... •••.•••••• • • • • • • • • • Tweed Trousers •• •• •• .• Single-milled Doeskin ditto .... •••• •• • • Best, or Dress ditto .. • • .... ..... Boys' Hussar or Turtle Suits .• READY MADE. _ - ---• Blouses Itom.• •• •• •• •• •• • 0 2 6 Castunerette Codrington ••••••••••••••• • •• • • • • • • • • le IS 6 Cambridges, Chesterfield Polkas, and all the newest Tweed Coat ..... Spo , :ting ditto .. .......... ...... .............. 6 6 Extra Su ••••• •• .• 1 0 Perlin., a superior coat •• .. • .............. 1 15 0 Frock Coat '• •• ••••• - • • • ........ . Extra Superfine, a superior coat •• •••• •• •• • • 2 2 Roll-Collar Vests 0 2 0 Fancy tiatina .. 0 6 6 Cloth, or Casein ere .... 0 4 6 Tweed Trousers• •............... . • 0 4 4 F anc y Casshnere or Doeskin ........... • 010 6 • • r i r t u o e ys a T tt u en ni t c io a n nd ot l l L us a s d a i r es su i i : s.. 0 18 6 especially directed to E. MOSES a n d SON'S stock of Fars, which will be found on inspection to be the laroTst, best assorted, and cheapest in the trade. Reserve your pur- hasee. A now Work, entitled " FA.SPIION'S FAVOURITE " with a , List of Prices, and Directions for Self-Measurement, can he had on application, or forwarded post-free. Observe.—Any article purchased, ready made, er made to mea sure, if not approved of, will be exchanged, or if preferred, the money returned. E. MOSES and SON, Tailors, Woollendrapers, Clothiers, natter'', Hosiers, Furriers, Boot and Shoemakers, and General Outfitters, for Ladies and Gentleraen, 154, 155, and ISG, 157 Ddineries, and 63, 84, 85, and 86 Aldgate, City, London. Caution.—E. Moses and Son regret being obliged to guard the Fnblia against impostors, but have learned that the untradesman like falsehood of being connected with them, or it's the same concern, bee been resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons. They have no connexion with any other house in or out of London; end those who desire genuine and cheep clothing,should call at, or send to, Minories and Aldgate, City, London. Notice.—No business transacted at this establishment from sun set Friday, till sunset Saturday, when business is resumed till twelve frOleak. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. 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'IELF• PRESERVATION : A Medical Treatise on Marriage, and on those secret Infirmities aid Disorders of Youth and Matur.iy, that are tt , ually acquired at as early period of life, which tend to destroy physical and mental energy, ardour, pas sion, and all the attributes oc Manhood. illustrated with Twenty five Coloured Engravings on the Anatomy, Physiology, and Dis easee of the Urinary and Reproductive Organs, explaining their various structures, uses, and functions, and showing the injuries that are produced in them, by solitary habits, excesses, and infection. With I-meth:al Observations on the Treatment of Nervous Debility, Local and Constitutional Weakness, Syphilis, Stricture, and other di tease By SAMUEL LA'MERT, CONSULTING SURGEON, 9, Bedford-street, Bedford-square, London; Matriculated Member of the University of Edinburgh, Honorari Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, &e., &c. CONTENTS OP TEE TREATISE. CHAFTF.Ii I. On the Philosophy of Marriage, with its Hindrance , and Obligations, and en Infelicitous and Unproductive Unions.— CHAPTER 2. On the Anatomy and Physiology of the Generativr Organs, their functions, structures, and secretions, proving that great Mental and Physical Power are dependant upon their healthy action —CHAPTER 3. On Solitary Habits; their various effects ea the Animal Economy ; the concealed cause of Debility of the function, of the Stomach, Lungs, and Brain, and general weakness of the Mental Faculties. CNAPTIE 4. OA the secret Disorders of Youth and Maturity, and the Treatment of Nervous and Local Weakness, Mental Debility, and Premature Decay.—CIAPVIRS 5 and 6. Os the Disorder arising from indiscriminate Excess, Strictures, acid other Diseases. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. CITY, SATURDAY EVENING. TIMES. Nothwithstanding the apprehensions which prevailed, the day has, on the whole, passed off satisfactorily. In London no failures of any im portance have occurred, the only stoppage actually announced having been that of a small, although very respectable firm, Messrs. Boyd and Thomas, whose trade was with the island of Ceylon, where their capital is understood to be locked up. From Liver pool, however, we have the failure of Mr. William Maury, a commission merchant, chiefly in the Ame rican trade, and whose liabilities, in connexion with shipments to India and China, are stated to amount to 180,000/. A letter from Messrs. Birley, Corrie, and Co., dated yesterday, received insertion because it ar rived too late for its statements to be checked, and it was desirable to give the firm the immediate benefit of their assertions. It is necessary, however, now to put them in a right position. We stated on Friday that it was announced from Manchester that this firm had stopped ; that the cause of their diffi culties was in their having received remittances on Reid, Irving, and Co., and Perkins, Schlusser, and Co.; that they had houses of correspondence in Calcutta and China ; that Mr. Corrie is no longer a partner; and that it was apprehended the liabilities would be found to range between 200,0001. and 250,0001. To " the whole of these details" Messrs. Birley, Corrie, and Co. have given a flat denial, and they " feel much aggrieved" that they should have been stated. Of course Messrs. Birley and Co. must have much better means of knowing the details of their own affairs than any other parties, but it may perhaps be useful both for them and 11 - i. the public to be informed-1. That their failure v.as . , is we asserted, announced " from Manchester" not as a report, but as a positive statement in letters from the best possible authorities to leading joint-stock and private banks as well as mercantile houses, the " temporary inconve nience" to which Messrs. Birley and Co. admit them selves to have been subjected, having probably been construed by the literal writers of these letters into a temporary inability of the firm to meet their engagements ; 2. That no doubt whatever is en tertained of their having received remittances upon Reid, Irving, and Co., and Perkins, Schlusser, and Co., although Messrs. Birley and Co. must be the best judges whether such remittances have had anything to i do with their temporary incon veniences ; 3. That tis likewise positi v ely affirmed that they have a duplicate house of correspondence at Calcutta ; and, 4, that the circumstance of Mr. Corrie having retired is also an unquestionable fact. Perhaps the only point on which Messrs. Bir ley's letter was necessary was in relation to the amount of their liabilities. That we were correct in stating the nature of the " apprehensions" enter tained as to the amount cannot be questioned, but it appears that these apprehensions arose from a most undue estimate of the importance of the firm. If it be thought that in thus alluding to the matter we have devoted more space to it than it deserves, we would remind the public that some remark is neces sary, since the guarded efforts of the Times for the preservation of all sound commercial interests call for a better tone on the part of such correspondents as may deem it necessary to convey information, than that which has been exhibited in the ill-advised letter in which, on the present occasion, our accuracy has been called in question. The dividend declared at the half-yearly meeting of the Ulster Railway Company was Ti. 4s. per share, leaving 1,3291. 16s. 2d. to be added to the reserve fund, while the report read to the meeting showed a progressive increase in the traffic of the undertaking. The position of the Midland Great Western (Ireland) Railway, so far as the works have yet proceeded, is described as highly favourable, and the receipts on the portion in operation seem to have exceeded gene ral anticipation. In accordance with the proposals made by the directors the shareholders have em powered them to borrow and take up at interest any sum of money not exceeding 333,000/. on mortgage debentures. The Waterford and Limerick Railvymy works, taking into consideration the state of monetary affairs, are to be first "confined to the comple tion and opening of the line from Limerick to Tipperary," so that an early productive return may be secured upon expended capital. To facili• tate the progress of the line, the directors, under the sanction of the shareholders, will shortly endeavour to borrow 250,000/. The Irish South- Eastern Company have reported on the condition of their affairs, which, notwithstanding confessed difficul ties, is said to be satisfactory when regarded in con nexion with " a period of unprecedented distress." At the Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford meet ing, the balance between receipt and expenditure ex hibited 7,540/. 18s. 7d. in favour of the company. The first call was, it appears, in amount, 22,200/., of which no more than 11,200/. was paid. On the second call the directors barely received 7,500/. The agreement for the sale of the Rhymney line was confirmed on this occasion, the purchase-money being stated at 120,0001, the deposit 10,0001., and the contract void if not completed within seven years. The Havre journals publish some particulars con nected with the new Haytian tariff, which was to come into operation on the Ist of the current month. The reductions made in the duties payable on the leading articles of import are stated to amount to from 25 to 30 per cent. These include wines, spirits, silks, cambrics, ribands, lace, white cottons, and porcelain, &c. Among the articles of export, coffee will hereafter be rated at 19 gourdes, instead of 22 ; Campeachy wood at 1 gourde, instead of 6 ; mahogany at 20 gourdes, instead of 22 ; cocoa at 9 gourdes, in stead of 10; and cotton at 14 gourdes, instead of 16. Tonnage duties w ill b e re d uce d f ro m 2 piastres to 1 piastre per ton. It i s men ti one d, as a guide to parties interested in French commerce, that the true value of the Haytian gourde on or about the 2d of August last, at Port-au-Prince, was from If. 16c. to If. 20c. It is stated, on the authority of the Continental papers, that the Government of Russia are about to exempt for 10 years the fishermen of the northern coast of that country from the payment of all duties on the salt employed in the preparation of the produce of their fisheries. On the 23d ult. the rate of exchange at Gibraltar upon London was O. Spanish pillared dollars were selling at 21 per cent. premium. CHOLERA MORBUS. Letters from Malta of the 18th of September mention that the cholera had manifested itself at Trebizond on the Black Sea, and that a case had occurred and ended fatally on board the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-packet Sultan, Captain Brookes, on her voyage from Trebizond to Constan tinople; by reason of which, after landing her pas sengers at the small lazzaret of Cavak, this vessel had been ordered to ride out a quarantine of ten days at the Princes' Islands in the sea of Marmora, and in order not to delay the India mails, the Tiger, belong ing to the same company, would be dispatched to Malta in her stead. By the Overland Mail just arrived we have re ceived further interestin g advices to the 25th of September, containing intelligence from Trebizond to the 11th idem. Of the cholera, o f w hi c h i n thi s city st cases had occurred on the to be attacked on the night s u s f al t m he an Bt w h a , s t‘ t v h u e ne fi N r y 9th, all of which proved fatal. On the 10th five more cases, but not of a very virulent character ; on the 11th there were some thirty new cases, but it o n k t h i n ofd had , August, re-entered the according to letters f was hoped, that as soo n as th e unusually hot weather which prevailed, brok e u p , the disease would cease spreading. ro T m Tabriz hisscourge Persian territory, by Caraba g h, and on the 24th of August was raging v er y viole ntly for thirty leagues ot. t o h f e m 2 a around Tiflis, which city, what with the fugitives from fear of the disease, and the going out of the people to the military encampment outside, had be come almost abandoned. At Erzeroum from twenty to twenty-five new cases daily presented themselves, of which full one third proved fatal. Throughout Georgia, at Redoubt Kale, and at Batoum on the Black Sea, it also pre vailed, as well as at Taganrog, Kertch, Roston, on the Don, and at Lougane, in which Russian towns the mortality amounted to full two-thirds of the attacks. Up to the 17th of September no case had occurred at Constantinople, but great fears were en tertained that the disease would not only find its way there from the Black Sea, but also penetrate into Europe. A quarantine of observation had been enacted at Constantinople for all arrivals from places affected. On the 31st of August the health magis tracy of Genoa had laid on a quarantine of fifteen days on arrivals from Taganrog, an d ten days on arrivals from all other Russian ports ; and the Supreme Board of Health at Palermo, under date of the 18th of September, has determined on refusing admittance to all arrivals from the Russian ports of the Black Sea, under any circumstances. The Board of Health at Malta has not yet come to any determi nation on the point, but will, no doubt, be governed by the proceedings of that of Marseilles, though ex perience has proved the utter inutility of resorting to quarantine restrictions as a means of keeping out cholera morbus. Dispatches were sent off on Saturday evening from *e Colonial-office, for the Governor of Ceylon. GEOLOGIC AL MINERALOGY. MR. J. TENNANT, F.G.S., will commence a COURSE OF LECTURES ON MINERALOGY, with a view to fa:llitate the study of Geology, and of the application of mineral substances in the Arts. The Lectures will be illustrated by an ex tensive col'ection of specimens, and will begin on WEDNESDAY MORN ING NEXT, at Nine o'clock. They will be continued on each suc ceeding Wednesday. Further particulars may be obtained at the Secretary's office. R. W. JELF, 1).D., Principal. King's College, London, October 4, 1847. REVIEW OF Tin WORK. 11.A.'INIEnT ON SELF-PRESILEVATION.—KINT AND RICHARDS.—This work possesses advantages over every other other of the kind sub mitted to public notice. The author is a medical man of some con siderable talent, who has devoted many years to the study of his profession, and as a gnarautee of his pretensions has published his qualifications and diplomas in the work, and several testimonials of his abilities from physicians and surgeons of great eminence, which is a most important consideration to those whn, from the peculiar nature of their infirmities, aro obliged to seek medical assistance from strangers. The subject Is treated altogether in at. excellent manner, and by its perusal the unfortunate victim of vicious habits and excessive dissipation, will be enabled to account for peculiar disabilities, and to discover tho means of alleviating their sufferings in an easy and effectual manner.—United Service Gazette. . 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CITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. by post, direct from the Establishment, 3s. 6d. in postage stamps , rinllE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on the infirmities and decay of the generative system ' fromex cessive indulgence, infectio n, and the inordinate use ofci neer rY ' w ith remarks on Marr ia g e, and the means of obvi ating certain dis qualifications. Illustrated by 26 Coloured Engravings. By R. and L. PERRY and CO., 19, Berners-stroet, Oxford-street, London. Published by the Authors : sold by Strange, 21, Paternoster-row ; Hannay, 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street ; Starie, 23, Titehborne street, llaymarket ; and Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street. Psar I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the re-productive organs, and is illustrated by Six Coloured Engravings. Pour 11. treats of the consequences resulting from excessive indul gen,ce, and their lamentable effects on the system, producing mental and bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative incapacity. It is illustrated by Three Explanatory Engravings. Pour 111. Treats et the diseases resulting front infection, either in the primary or secondary form, and contains explicit directions for their treatment. The consequences of early neglect and of the abase of mercury, are also clearly pointed oat. This section is illustrated by Seventeen Coloured Engravings. PART IV. Treats of Perry's Preventative Lotion, by the use of which the dangers of infection are obviated. It combines with the virus chemically, and destroys its power on the system. PART V. Is devoted to the consideration of marriage, and its duties, The causes of unproductive taiion, are also considered, and the whole subject critically aid philosophically inquired into. Tux Como:, BALM OF STRIACUM is exclusively employed in treat ing nervous and zexual debility, impotence, & 11s. and 335. per bottle. The Cone.ontrated Detersive Essence, as anti -syphilitic remedy, for purifying the blood in cases of infection, secondary symp toms, eruptions, and the s.buse of mercury, I is. and 335. per bottle. ferry's Purifying Specific rata, 2s. 9d., 4s. 64., and lie, per box, a certain remedy in gonorrhcea,gleQt , strictures, and chronic rutinflama tion of the bladder. Perry's Preventative Lotion, an applicatio obviate the danger of infection, 335. a bottle. Consultation fee, if by letter, 11. it. Packets with advice tube had at the Establishment only, by which the tee, IL, is Bayed. Attendance daily at 19, lier ners.stre.ct, from Eleven till Two, and Five to Eight; on Sundays rom Eleven to One. ALEXANDRIA, SEPT. 19.—His Highness the Vice roy embarked on Tuesday last on board the Admiral's ship Beni Suaif in order to make the tour of the island of Cyprus and eastern coast of the Mediterranean. His Highness is accompanied by Clot Bey, the Belgian Consul-General, and Baron Tossizza, and his absence is not expected to exceed 10 days or a fortnight. Every thing continues calm in Egypt, and there is nothing of the slightest interest passing in politics or trade. In the latter there is literally nothing doing. Freights are rapidly declining, but prices of all produce remain sta tionary. The Ariel, with London papers, and the mail of the 7th of September, arrived this morning, and the telegraph has since announced the arrival at Suez of the steamer with thepombay mail, which will consequently leave this for England in a couple of days. DEATH FROM THE EFFECTS OF A THUNDER STORM.—On Friday Mr. Wakley, M.P.,' Coroner, held an inquest at the Britannia, Church-lane, Hammer smith, on the body of George Earle, aged 53 years, whose death took place under the following circum stances :—lt appeared from the evidence gone into, that about three o'clock in the morning, of Monday, the 19th of July last, durinc , the thunder stoma which then took place, tho deceased, ' who was a carter in the em ploy of Mr. Yeldon, market-gardener, Fulham-road, Hammersmith, while returning home with his horse and cart, when near Hyde-park corner, the horse became alarmed by the brilliancy of the lightning and made a sudden start, the jerk of which threw the deceased off the fore ladder on which he was sitting in to the road ; some persons who were passing at the moment went to his assistance, and stopped the horse, and as he said he was quite able to go home, assisted him on the cart again. After his arrival at his master's yard, he, however fell down in a state of insensibility in which state he was carried home, near the above house, where he continued insensible for upwards of a week, after which his senses returned, and he explained the cause of his illness. Every proper medical assistance was rendered him, but he never recovered, and gradually sunk, and died on Monday last. The Coroner remarked that that was the first case of the kind that had come under his notice during the present summer', although there had been many severe storms. Verdict—Acciden tal Death. FIRE AT BLACHWALL.—Saturday evenin g, between seven and eight o'clock, much alarm was created at Black wall, (near Bow Creek, by the outbreak of a fire on the extensive manufacturing premises of tine Thames Plate Glass Company. The flames were first perceived raging in a spacious building termed the carpenters' inanutactory. The private engine of the company was instantly brought into operation, and the Poplar engine, and those of the brigade and West of England Company followed as soon as the information reached them, when by the combined exertions of all parties the flames were confined to the building in which they commenced, which was completely gutted. The loss is, fortunately, covered by insurances in four of the London fire• offices. The cause of the Am has not been ascertained. S N 7 OCTOBER 4, 1847. COUNTY COURTS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—If the grievance of which I am about to complain could be redressed wi:hout the aid of public opinion I would not seek to obtrude myself on the notice of your readers, but I have to impugn the de cree of a County Court judge, a magistrate despotic by law, and, unless the press intervene, irresponsible in fact. Some time back a nobleman, after putting a letter into the post-office letter-box at my house, entered my shop, and asked for certain goods. They dis pleased him; he disparaged them in terms and in a manner that to me appeared contumelious, and I ordered him repeatedly, and, no doubt, in an angry tone, to leave the shop. He refused, and I sent for a policeman to remove him. Whilst this noble intruder was remaining in my shop not for the purpose of purchasing or inquiring after goods, nor for any purpose connected with my duties as the keeper of a post. office, but in defiance of my order to quit it, a policeman passed; the intruder went out to him, returns with him, and recommences the altercation. I, then, after requesting him to withdraw (but, as he maintains, without any such request,) came from behind my counter and pushed him into the street, with that degree of force which I judged necessary to overcome the resistance I had reason to anticipate from a man more powerful than myself, but without any wanton act, and also without the least injury, in fact, to the person or dress of this personage. He brought an action against me in the 'Westminster County Court. I felt too strong in the justice of my cause to seek the aid of a lawyer, or to invoke the interposi tion of a jury; and the result was that the judge of that court gave a verdict against me, with 201. damages, besides costs. I was advised that the ver dict was wrong in point of law, I felt that it was so in point of justice ; and I applied by counsel for a new trial. The application was refused, with costs, upon three grounds:-Ist, that I used " gross vio lence;" 2d, that as a tradesman I cannot revoke the permission, or, as the lawyers call it, " licence," which by keeping a shop he gives to each one of the public to enter it, I had no right to turn this noble in truder, or any one else, out of my shop : 3d, that as a keeper of a post-office I had no right to clear the post-office. As to the first ground, I am advised that a man is not entitled to recover damages even for "gross violence" if he has provoked violence, unless he can prove material injury to his person or pro perty, or acts of vindictiveness. As to the second, I I am told that the permission to enter and remain in his shop, which a tradesman gives to the public, is limited to the purpose for which the shop is kept, and like any other licence, may be revoked at pleasure, without reason assigned. As to the third, lam in formt d that the keeper of a post-office is not deprived of his right of owner against persons who enter or are in his shop for purposes not relating to the post-office. If the judge of the Westminster County Court is right in his law, there is no outrage short of personal vi( lence which a shopkeeper—especially if he keeps a post-office—must not endure in his shop without re dress ; for if he may not himself turn out those who insult him, so neither may a policeman, and clearly no action can lie, as the injury would be of a moral, and not a material character. Take the case of a shop in which a young girl is compelled to serve, are the importunities of an avowed seducer to be endured by her and her parents or friends without resistance ? Yet there is no right of resistance, says the judge of the Westminster County Court, and as, if there is no right of resistance, no evidence of the cause of resistance could be admttted at a trial, the person contemplating seduction might bring his action if turned out, and punish the pro tector of innocence, perhaps by a fine of 201. I will not trouble you with further illustration. If now the judge of the Westminster County Court is wro rig in his law,what redress, Sir, have I ? What redress has any tradesman in Westminster who before that judge justifies an assault committed in defence of his possession ? If such redress there is none, it is only throuty9u, Sir, it can be obtained. I am, you, most obedient servant % „ A. CDA,RK.• 32, Jermyn-street, St. James's, Sept. 30,.R347. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. EAST OF FIFE. The adjourned meeting of this company was held on Thursday at Edinburgh, for the purpose of receiving the scrutineers' report on the state of the votes taken the day before at the half-yearly meeting, ou the motion for adopting the report of the directors, Mr. C. Halkett in the chair. It appeared from the report of one of the scru tineers, that a difference of opinion arose between them respecting the validity of three proxies, repre senting 43 votes. The result of the scrutiny, how ever, confirmed the state of the poll then given, namely, 205 votes in favour of adopting the directors' report, and 104 votes for the amendment. The CHAIRMAN accordingly declared that the motion had been carried by a majority of 101 votes. Thanks were voted to the chairman, and the meeting separated. [ PRICE SD. STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, SEPT. 30.—The gloomy and unfa vourable condition of business matters, as indicated io our last circular, become comparatively unimportant when viewed in reference to the actual position (A affairs during this month—a period which, for its intense severity, will be long remembered. We ma endeavour, but it is utterly impossible, to make par ties at a dist an c e i n t e lli g ibly acqua i n t e d with the in fluence which arising from a series of disastrous tidings has had upon this locality. Failures, we be lieve, exceeding five millions sterling, and many of them bearing either directly or indirectly upon the cotton trade, could not be expected to happen without engendering general and wide-spread distrust, nor without aggravating very materially the state of the money market, and consequently rendering discount facilities snore difficult of attainment. But for a perceptible improvement in our home trade, and the existence of a very good demand consequent upon that improvement, during the last three weeks, we should have had to report something approaching very near to a suspension of operations in cloth. As it is, the business done is of a limited extent. Stocks of both cloth and yarns are generally heavier than they were a month ago, though to no material extent. Prices of both must, in many cases, be considered perfectly nominal, and determinable only by the situation of the producer, and the character and extent of the operation submitted to him. Though cotton has declined about lid. per pound, from the highest point, the position of spinners and manufacturers is not essentially improved by it : yarns and goods hav ing also given way, with a certainty of a further downward tendency. The accounts by the overland mail, though far from favourable, are considered to be as good as might have been expected. We believe that we were amongst the first to predict that bad conse quences would result from the immense and indis criminate shipments which were being made to India and China. No regard appears to have been paid to the legitimate wants of these important markets ; on the contrary, supplies have been sent forward as if the consumption were boundless, and the sources of payment in return inexhaustibly valuable. The last intelligence is painfully confirmatory of our views. We may notice in conclusion, that the last American steamer, which arrived in Liverpool yesterday, has brought a fair amount of orders, and with them the agreeable intelligence that the matters in dispute between the United States and Mexico may now reasonably be expected to be soon adjusted. Such, we hope, will be the case; if so, a valuable market will again be open to us.—From Messrs. JPlVair, Greenhow, and Irving's Circular. FOREIGN WOOL TRADE.—LEEDS, OCT. I.—There is a continued depression in the foreign wool trade, mid as the business done is so extremely limited, prices are merely nominal. ENGLISH WOOL MARKET.—LEEDS, OCT. I.—The demand for wool is limited to the immediate wants of the manufacturers, who hold light stocks of it. In prices there is no alteration. LEEDS.—There has been a much better feeling as regards business this week than for many weeks past, at both our cloth halls. There was more business (lone both on Saturday and Tuesday than recently, and the sales have been in goods of finer qualities for the home market ; but there was not so much done in low priced goods for export. Prices are without any alteration, and from the great caution exercised by the manufacturers, the stocks are lower than usual. There has been some little improvement in business in the warehouses, but principally with the country drapers. BRADFORD, THURSDAY.—There is no improvement in the wool market either in demand or prices. The stocks in the hands of the staplers are small, and they are not anxious to replace them at present prices asked by the producers. Noils and broker being scarce, fetch higher prices. The spinners are in general working to order, but the prices are quite unremu nerating, and the spinners are curtailing their pro ductions as as.iis 4 s:ble. There was less doing in the piece eck4rfaxtoods conglingi. in fair request, ut fhe pcs mar - s oriihe whole & very languid. This is impart attri utable to the failurAgVveral houses, not In Bradford or the neigh bourhoodrlout connected with . the Bradford trade. LtICESTER.—There is a better dericid for useful, goods for the home trade, and the LOnilpn and Man chester houses are doing a good business. Yarns still remain flat, and the spinners are curtailing their pro duction as much as possible. Wools continue firm, and in good request.—Leicester Journal. MIDDLESBOROUGH AND REDCAR. A special meeting of this company was held on *Wednesday, at Darlington, Mr. J. C. Hopkins in the chair, for the purpose of considering a proposition for leasing the line. After some discussion, it was resolved that a lease of the line, with its appurte nances, should be granted to the Stockton and Dar lington Railway Company for the term of 999 years from the Ist of October next, at the yearly rent of 2,8801., which is equal to 6 per cent. on the share capital, and an additional yearly rent of a sum equi valent to pay the interest on the present and future borrowed capital of the company. The meeting then adjourned until after the meeting of the Stockton and Darlington Company, which occupied about half an hour, when The CHAIRMAN stated that the Stockton and Dar lington Company had agreed to accept the lease of the Middlesborough and Redcar on the terms men tioned, but subject to the repayment of 3741. ad vanced by that company towards paying the past dividends under the guarantee, including some other conditions. Resolutions were unanimously passed acceding to the terms, and releasing the York and Newcastle, the Great North of England, and the Stockton and Dar lington Railway Companies respectively from every guarantee given by them for insuring the payment of any per centage or dividend to the shareholders of this company. Thanks were voted to the chairman, and the meeting adjourned to the 23d of October. WEAR VALLEY. The special meeting of this company was held im mediately after that of the Middlesborough and Red car, and in the same office ; Mr. H. Stobart in the chair ; for the purpose of considering the propriety of leasing the line to the Stockton and Darlington Com pany. After some discussion resolutions were passed for granting a lease of the line, with its appurte nances, which include the Bishop Auckland and Weardale ' the Weardale Extension and Wear and Derwent Railways, and the Sheldon Tunnel to the Stockton and Darlington Railway Company, for the term of 999 years, to commence on the Ist of October next, at the yearly rent of 47,0371., less income tax, which is equal to six per cent. on both the old and new share capital, provided the Stockton and Dar lington Company agree to expend 60,0001. in improv ing the railways during the first seven years. After a short adjournment, the chairman was ena bled to inform the meeting that the Stockton and Darlington Committee had agreed to the terms for leasing the line. Thanks were voted to the Chairman and the meet ing separated. STOCKTON AND DARLINGTON. At a special meeting of this company, held on Wednesday, at Darlington, agreements were approved for leasing the Middlesborough and Redcar and the Wear Valley Railways (the latter including the Bishop Auckland and Weardale, the Wear and Der went, the Weardale Extension Railways, and the Sheldon tunnel), for a term of 999 years, at a rent equal to six per cent. on the capital. LOSS OF Two LIVES ON THE RlVER.—Yesterday afternoon, between two and three o'clock, an accident, resulting in the loss of two lives, occurred on the Thames, a short distance below Woolwich halfway reach. A party of five youths had engaged a boat for a pleasure excur sion down the river, and they had proceeded in safety to the above mentioned spot, when, owing to the rough state of the water, and the beat being somewhat over loaded, their passage became exceedingly difficult and dangerous, and the water was repeatedly dashed into the boat, to the alarm and consternation of its occupants. Two of the party were rowing, while a third (who per rished by the accident) was endeavouring to bale out the water, when, by a sudden swell of the stream, the boat was overturned, and the whole were immersed in the river. By great exertions, three young men were rescued, but the remaining two, notwithstanding every effort made in their behalf, were drowned, and the hodie:, floated away with the tide. One of the unfortunate per sons who perished was wholly unknown to his com panions, but the other sufferer was stated to be the son of a respectable tradesman of the name of Tomlinson, residing at t3horeditch. The - Chancellor of the Exchequer arrived in town on Saturday night from Hickleton Hall, Yorkshire. THE LATE BOUNTIFUL HARVEST (From the Observer.) The public thanksgiving for the late bountiful har vest has been ordered by her Majesty in Council to be generally observed on the 17th inst. her Majesty has also been graciously pleased to add that collections should be made in aid of the destitution in Ireland and Scotland, which has unhappily not yet ceased. The selection of Sunday for the public prayers on the present occasion will, it is hoped, add materially to the amount of the public contributions, and it will also have the effect of not depriving the industrious classes of a working day. THE THANKSGIVING. The following is a copy of the Queen's Letter to his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury, for a Collec tion for the Relief of a large portion of the Popu lation in Ireland and in some Districts of Scotland on the approaching Day of Thanksgiving : "VICTORIA R. " Most Reverend Father in God, our right trusty and right entirely beloved Councillor, we greet you well. Whereas a large portion of the population in Ireland and in some districts in Scotland is still suffering severe distress, owing to the failure of the ordinary supplies of food in the year 1846 and in the beginning of the present year; and whereas it has been represented to us that many of our subjects are desirous, on the occasion of the approaching day of thanksgiving for the late abundant harvest, to con tribute to the aid of their distressed brethren, and have at the same time humbly prayed us to issue our Royal Letters directed to the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury and the Lord Archbishop of York, autho rising them to promote contributions within their re spective provinces for the same benevolent purpose, " We, taking the premises into our royal conside ration, and being always ready to give the best en couragement and countenance to such humane and charitable undertakings, are graciously pleased to condescend to their request; and we do hereby direct that these our letters be communicated by you to the several Suffragan Bishops within your province ex pressly requiring them to take care that publication be made hereof on Sunday, the 17th day of October next, and in such places within their respective dioceses as the said Bishops shall appoint ; and that upon this occa sion the ministers in each parish do effectually excite their parishioners to a liberal contribution, which shall be collected in the several churches and chapels immediately after divine service on that day ; and the ministers of the several parishes are to cause the sums so collected to be paid, immediately into the hands of the Bank of England, to be accounted for by them, and applied to the carrying on and promoting the above mentioned good designs. And so we bid you heartily farewell. " Given at our Court of St. James's the 29th day of September, 1847, in the 11th year of our reign. " By her Majesty's command, " G. GREY. " To the Most Reverend Father in God, our right trusty and right entirely beloved Councillor, William Arch bishop of Canterbury, Primate of all England and Metropolitan." The form of prayer alluded to was last night decided upon by the Archbishop. It is almost simi lar, except in regard to the collects and psa lms, to that used on the occasion of the Gen e r al Fast. MYSTERIOUS FIRE IN BROADWA LL—On Saturday evening,shortly before eight o'clock , an a larmi ng fire brokeoi t in the upper part of the premises belonging to Mr. E. W. Baldwin, beer - shop keeper, situate at No, 78 , Broadwall, Lambeth. When the first discovery w as made, two distinct fires were found burning in the two rooms of the top floor. The necessary intelligence having been furnished to the fire-stations, with all pos sible expedition the West of England arrived, closely followed by several others of the brigade. Plenty of water having been immediately obtained from the Lam beth mains, the firemen set to work, and soon got the flames subdued, but not until the furniture and other effects in the apartments were de stroyed, and the building considerably burned. The furniture and premises were insured in the Sun fire office. How the fire originated is not precisely known; but from the fact of the outbreaks occurring at the same moment, strong suspicion is entertained that some part) must, unperceived to Mr. Baldwin, have entered the rooms and wilfully set both on fire. Mr. Braidwood, in his report to the fire insurance offices, after detailing the damage done, returns the cause of fire as "doubtful." CROYDON CATTLE FAIR.—On Saturday the second annual fair of this town commenced for the sale of beasts, and notwithstanding the weather was very dull, the attendance of all classes of persons was very nume• rous. The show of cattle, as is generally the case at this fair, was very extensive and in the best condition ; purchasers were also inclined to do business, and the prices were on a moderate scale. Lord Cochrane, 18th Foot, late Assistant Quarter master-General at Hong-Kong, arrived at the Earl of Dundonald's on Saturday, from China. His Lordship has been absent from England more than five years. The following memorial from Don Jose Sala manca., the Minister of Finances, to the Queen of Spain, and the royal decree founded on that memorial, is published in the Gageta of Madrid of Sept. 26 : " TO THE QUEEN. " Madame,—lt is an acknowledged axiom -that credit constitutes the greatest element of strength and power of modern nations. In order to consoli date it, all the nations of Europe have made enormous and costly sacrifices, considering credit as an inex haustible source of wealth which increases capital in the exorbitant proportion of interest, the payment of which can be easily realised. Unfortunately, the posi tion of credit in Spain does not correspond to the efforts made to consolidate and increase it. The wars of this and preceding centuries have imposed on us burdens that can be borne but in peace and at the cost of enormous sacrifices, but that have become unbear able, since a civil war and a revolution have com pelled us to go td expenses wholly disproportionate to the resources of the budget. Those fatal cir cumstances led to the suspension of payment of the interest on the consolidated debt, and that suspension has inflicted on our credit so deep a wound, that six years of religiously effected payments of the portions of that debt to which our offers had amounted (and they were the only ones then within the limits of possibility) have been inadequate to healing it. Happily, Madam, the undersigned Minis ter has the satisfaction to inform your Majesty that the effects of peace have not been fruitless, and that the Treasury is daily discharging its obligations as the. collection of the taxes becomes easier. Thanks to the reforms accomplished by my predecessors, to those I have the honour to propose to your Majesty, to other measures I shall hereafter submit to you, and also to the immense profit which must be the result of the amortization, I am quite convinced that 1 shall be able soon to submit to your royal 'approbation a pro ject for the general regulation of the public debt, which will consolidate established rights, satisfy just hopes, dispel aprehensions calculated to distrust the ex pectation of security, and restore the confidence on which the credit of the State's paper is founded. In the meantime we have to fulfil:anlimperious duty, namely, the realisation of a part of the decree of the 11th June last. It was provided, by the 50th Article of that decree, that a contract entered into with the first esta blishment of credit in Spain, should secure, for ten years to come, the payment of the interest on the Three per Cent. Stock. Your Government, Madam, not content with authorising a respectable Junta, consisting of the first functionaries of the State in the finance department, to dispose with entire independence of the money exclusively destined to the sacred object of paying the interest on the debt, wished, moreover, that an independent institution, in close connexion with Spanish trade, should also in terfere as security for the payment. Now, to realise this intention recorded in the aforesaid decree of June, last, your Government began by designating certain guarantee proceeds of easy collection, without the interposition of the Treasury, in order to provide for an obligation which ought to be of the first rate. The article which includes the public debt amounts in the budget to 92,000,000, and the Government has taken care to apply to that object interest exceeding it. The proceeds of all the national property, already lesignated by the aforesaid royal decree; the produce of the Almadan and Almadenejos mines, which the direction of the debt received; and the net proceeds of all the coffers beyond the seas, now conceded to that establishment, form a sum superior to the part of the budget relative to the public debt. By means of such well-secured resources, the Junta will proceed to the regulation of its contract with the Spanish San Fernando Bank, in order that that establishment give, with all possible security, the means of reli giously satisfying such sacred obligations. Thus the State's creditors will have before them a period of ten years, during which the combination of the most respectable guarantees and of the securest means places beyond a doubt the safety of the cellection of the revenue. In order to obtain a result so advan tageous to the prospects of the country, I have the honour to submit to your Majesty's approbation the following " ROYAL DECREE. " Taking into consideration the motives submitted to be by my Minister of Finances, and conformably to the advice of my council of Ministers, I have de creed that which follows : " Art. 1. Are applied to the general direction of the public debt, in order to devote them to the pay [bent of the in test on the Three per Cent. internal and t external debt, conformably to the p rov i s i ons 01 t h e qiity-first article of the royal organic decree of the I Ith.of June last, firstly, the produce of all the na tional property ; secondly, the produce of the Al maden, Almadenejilend other quicksilver mines of the kingdom, conformably . ' to the present contract, such as may be hereafter entered into; thirdly, the excess of all the coffers beyond the seas. " Art. 2. The directing Junta of the Public Debt shall draw up a projected contract with the San Fernando Bank, whereby that establishment shall engage for the period of ten years, to keep at the dis posal of the direction of the public debt, on the 30th of June and the 31st of December of each of those years, the amount of the half-year's interest, con formably to the budget approved of by the Cortes. " Art. 3. The excess, if there be any, shall be applied by the direction of the debt, by decision of the directing Junta, and conformably to the said 51st article of the organic decree of the 11th of June, to the redemption of the debt ; the deficit that may in any year exist shall be punctually reimbursed by the public Treasury. " Art. 4. The projected contract with the San Fernando Bank, which the directing Junta may draw up, shall be submitted to my approbation; the moment that approbation shall have been obtained, a solemn contract shall be published for the due infor mation of the creditors. " Art. 5. The provisions of the present decree shall be submitted to the Cortes when next assembled. " Given at the Palace, and signed by the Queen's hand on the 24th of September, 1847." Another decree h published in the Gazette, fixing the prices at which tobacco is to be sold from the 15th of the present month of October The Gaceta of the 27th publishes the following memorial and decree, respecting the sale of Church property : " TO THE QUEEN. "Madam,—When the decree of the 26th July, 1844, ordered the suspension of the sales of the pro perty belonging to the secular clergy, property be longing to hermitages, chapels, brotherhoods, &c., was included in the decree. Such was not the case when a law of 1845 determined the devolution' of the pro perty of the secular clergy not hitherto sold. Con siderable wealth, therefore, exists under the ad ministration of the Government offices, although it is of a small and continually decreasing produce, for reasons which those who are least acquainted will easily, and your Majesty's exalted sagacity will easier understand. There exists, in my department, a long and elaborate report of the Public-debt Junta general entrusted with the af oresa id proper t y , i n which they set forth that it is unproductive, and that it is impossible to prevent its deterioration, owing to its being either at a distance from in habited places, or to its being profaned by malefactors who make it their refuge. Moreover. the said property has to pay dues which overwhelm the Administration with litigious affairs, of which it has often the worst part, because it wants the means of proving the indentity of mortgages. Basing to t fulfilhemselv oneesonof such their plai pr plain considerations , o bligations, rations,andwish rh g e Ministry submit to your Majesty's sovereign appro bation the declaration that such property being ex cluded from the devolution ordered by law, it is not proper that the State should continue to administer it any longer, and that they ought to vote it to the redemption of the . public debt, the object to which the law had d e s ie t n in to e fa d tvht i o t he . uerp rt A oeofrfi s mtth f ooeorffnt such ta h ht the dues, oene ; property a n I months,o u t Aat withinhsleaii-sr jesty's Government think that they may, besides, hope is :\pst‘biuulartbji reasonj c eu e h s nc pt t y t af f h otd o :e r r y proposingad s n a ut i ea d sg du es may be redeemed, before they be sale. Such are the motives that have in duced the Council of Ministers to submit to your Majesty's approbation the following decree : " by" the e r r l e L D o n E s Cß:i b . mitted to me by ti Convinced my Minister of Finances, and conformably to the advice of my Council of Ministers, I decree that which follows : " Art. 1. The suspension of the selling of property belonging to the brotherhoods, hermitages, and chapels, ordered by the royal decree of the 26th July, 1844, is repealed. " Art. 2. In consequence, the selling of it shall be proceeded to according to the terms prescribed by the law of the 2d September, 1841, and by the sub sequent instructions. " Art. 3. The selling of the dues shall take place but after the Ist January, 1848, and, in the interval, the owners of the property charged with the said dues shall be permitted to redeem them, by paying a' sum equal to the capital in Three per Cant. titles. " Art. 4. The Government shall issue instructions and adopt measures for the execution of the present decree, and report the same to the Cortes when they next meet. " Given at the Palace on the 23d September, 1847. " Signed by the Q UEE N'S hand. " Countersigned, JOSE DE SALAMANCA," Another decree, of the 25th, authorises the selliug• of the property, called proprios, with the exception of some portions of it, and states the part of the pro ceeds that is to be allotted to the redemption of the public debt. TLIE CONVICT ESTABLISHMENT AT WOOLWICH.—• - Captain Voules has been appointed manager of the convict establishment, Mr. John Henry Capper, late superintendent, having retired on a pension.