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. „ That a QUARTERLY GENERAL COURT of the said Company will be held at their Itouse, in Leadenhall-street, on WEDNESDAY, the 22d December next, at Eleven o'clock in the Forenoon. JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary. JAMES C. 31ELYILL, Secretary. GRAVESEND via BLACKWALL RAIL WAY, and STAR and BLACKWALL PACKETS. Railway and Boat included in one Payment. Fore Cabin and Second Class Railway, NINEPENCE ; Saloon and First Class ditto, ONE SHILLING. To or from Blackwall or intermediate Piers, Fore Cabin.— 6d. Saloon • • •..... Bd. No ether Packets call at the Grays or Greenhlthe Piers. Front The Terrace Pier. Gravesend, at 7%, 834*, 934, 1134, 1,3, and 6. Sundays, at 7%, 8 34 , 11 34 , 1,3, and 5. From the Brunswick Whart, Blackwall, at 934, 11, 12, 134, 3,4, and ss. Sundays, at 934, 11, 134, 3,4, and s*. The TRAINS starting (me quarter of as hour before each of these times. Passengers marked * are run direct, the Packets not being per mitted to stop at Piers or for Boats. Omnibuses from Fenchurch-street Station to all parts of London every quarter of an hour. BOAT TICKETS.—TweIve Months, 41. 4s. ; Six Months, 21. 15s. ; Three Months, 11. lss. ; to be had of the Collectors on board the packets ; Mr. Monk, Terrace Pier, Gravesend ; or of Mr. Saunders, Brunswick Wharf, Blackwell. November 2S, 1847. EWMARKET RAILWAY. The Directors of the Newmarket Railway Company having determined on opening that portion of the Lino between Chesterford and Newmarket, hereby give notice, that it is their intention to OPEW the same for GOODS' TRAFFIC on MONDAY, the 3d day of January next. Further particulars may be obtained by application at this Office. By order of the Directors, GEORGE W3f. BROWN, Secretary. 8, Church-passage, Guildhall, London, Dec. 21, 1547. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY. 151. PREFERENCE SHARES, making the amount called IN. PER SHARE. In accordance with the terms on which these Preference Shares Were issued, Holders of these shares are required to pay, on or before lionnAv, the lett January, 1848, a CALL of FOUR POUNDS rER SHARE to either of the undermentioned Bankers : Londori—Messrs. Glyn and Co., Lombard-street. Liverp sot—Liverpool Borough Bank. Banger—Messrs. Williams and Co. Interest at tl to rate of Five per Cent. per Annum will be charged en all Calls resaaining unpaid on the said 10th of Jannary. By order, GEORGE KING, Secretary. SI. Moorgate -street, London, Dec. 17, 1847. CHELMSFORD AND BURY RAILWAY• Holders of Exchange Certificates in this Company are hereby informed that Books kept for Registerin g Exchange Certificates deposited for the final return of 58. 2d. per Share will be CLOSED on the 31st. and all Certificates deposited for Inch return after that day, will be subjec t to a proportionate share of the additional expense in surred in ma king the future payments. By order., DAVID BARTIE, Secretary. 1, Moorgate-street, London, Dee. 14., 1847. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY, CA LL for TWELFTH INS.TALMENT of 61. per SHARE on 1001. Sb.ares, making 901. paid *4 for SIXTH INSTALMENT of 21. 10s. per SHARE on 251. Share a, making 171. 10s. paid 1 • and for VOURTH INSTALMENT of 21.. 10s. per SNARE, on 171. Shares, Snaking 9L. 105. paid. The Dir ectors of the Great Western Railway having resolved, at a /sleeting h eld this day, to GALL, under the provisions of the Act of Parlianies it, for au Instalment of Si. per Share on 1001. Shares ; also, Nor an Instalment of 21. 103. per Share on 251. Shares ; and also an Instalment of 2/. 103. per Share on 171. Shares, Notice Is hereby given, that the Proprietors are required to pay, on or before the 12th January next, the said suns of 51. en each of their respective shares of 1001. ; and to pay on or before the sth day of January next the sum of 21. 10s. on each of their respective 251. Shares ; and the like sum of 21. 108. on each of their respective 171. shares, to any of the undermentioned b a k ers of the Company, viz.:— Londont--Messru. Glyn, "Wink", Mills, and Co. ; at the Great West er* Railway Office, 29. Gresham-street, City. Bristol—Messrs. Miles, ilarford, and Co.; Messrs. Baillie, Ames, and Co.;Stucksy's Banking Company ; the West of Eng /ad and South Wales District Rank. Liverpool—The Bank of Liverpool. Cheltenham— The County of Gloucester Bank. Reading—Met sre.J,and C. Simond.a and Co. By order of the. Board of Directors, CIIAS. A. SAUNDERS, [Secretary, London Terminus, paddingt.,m, December 2,1847. QOITTHWARIi BRIDGE. 3...3 Notice is hereby given, that a DIVIDEND will be PAYABLE on the 13th of :Jiant , :ary to the Proprietors of the New Shares and the Subscribers of I .bo 131. advanced on the Old Shares of the Southwark Bridge, at the rate of 11. 10s. per Cent, per Annum, and that the Transfer-books. of the Company will be CLOSED from the 2ith inst until the lith of January next. Office, Queen-street-place, Doc. 20. JAMES LEITH, Secretary. POST -OFFICE LONDON DIRECTORY for 1648, now published, price 365., with Map of London corrected to this time, being the 49th annual edition, and comprising, amongst other information, Official Directory, Street Directory, Commercial Directory, Trades' Directory, Law Directory, Court Directory, Par liamentary Directory, Postal i drectory, City Directory, Conveyance Directory, Nanking Directory, &c., &c., &c. ; all corrected to the latest possible date. This Edition is unusually comprehensive, llnd contains Many thousand names more than any former pub lication. W. Kelly and Co., Publishers, 19 and 90, Old Boswell-court, Lon 40n; and all Booksellers. WELLINGTON SURTOUT—Patronised by Prince Albert, the Royal Family, the Duke of Wellington, tad principal Nobility and Officers of the Guards—Two-and-a-Halt guineas. A stout milled substance of superlative quality, for winter, at Three Guineas, is now also ready. It is presumed that the reputation of the Patentee as a West-end Pallor fir the last 25 ye ars, as also the fact that this popular gar • anent is now worn by almost every nobleman and gentleman in the !Llngdom, renders comm ent on its quality and style unnecessary. In London only of 'OUGERE, Patentee, NUMBER SIX, CON DUIT-STREET, Regent-street, and NUMBER ONE, BUCKLERS BURT, adjoining so,, Cheapside. Agonta.—Eirmin'Aam : Hollingsworth ' New-street — Liverpool: actaggart, Bold-otroet —Manchester : Brovrn, Market-street —Edin- Urea Marshall and Aitken —Glasgow : Brodie, Macleod, and Co. ; and principal tailors is an large towns. SIR JAMES MURRAY'S FLUID CAM PHOR.—Three grains to the fluid ounce, the most cordial re storativfe in low fevers, mental depression, and nervous diseases. See 11 The Lancet," November 20, 1847, page 553. In bottles, Is., 2s. 43., arid Bs. each, with directions for use. SIR JAMES MURRAY'S FLUID MAGNESIA. The safest Antacid, and solvent of urie salts in gout and gravel. Sold by the Sole Consignee, Mr. WILLIAM BAILEY, North street, Wolverhampton; and all wholesale and retail Druggists and Medicine Agents throughout the British Empire, in bottles, Is., 2n. 6d., ile. 6d.. es. 6d., Ile., and 21s. each. The Aecidulated Syrup in bottles, 2s. each. DREDGE'S HEAL-ALL, or celebrated Em brocation, has long been known throughout the West of England as the most efficacious remedy for Rheumatism. Lumbago. Pains in the Limbs and Numbness, _Sciatic and Paralytic Aleo. hens, Face-ache, Sprains and Bruises, Burns and Scalds, Spasms and Cramp, stiffness of the Joints or Neck, Frozen Limbs, Chilblains before they are broken. It is likewise an Infallible cure for that dan *trona disorder the Quinsey or Sore Throat, in which it was never lknown to fall after a few hours' application. Observe.—That none can be genuine unless the stamp affixed to each bottle contains the name and address of Barclay and Sons, No. b, Farringdon-street, who have purchased the property in this Valuable article from the executors of the inventor, William Dredge, late of Wishford, Wilts. Retail price, ls. llid. and 2s. 9d. per I bottle ; and sold retail by all respectable Medicine Venders in town 121 d country. A A E. Al One half the world are desolately single, and the other Srappesing them married, questionably contented. Diffidence, or a Manse of right determine the former, and miscalculated hopes em bitter the latter. The solitary one may shield himself under the plea of caution and worldly prudence, and the Indissoluble, regret un consprosing harry ; but the troth lies deeper. Physical Incapacity, alai broken health, are the great hindrances to domestic happiness 4.11 d social context. The dowry should not be the only marriage set thratent. Honour end justice demand that health should form as item In the compaet ; it alone dignifies the alliance. Blighted Ilenes or *eglect wound more sorely than poverty or misfortune. Reader, it these surmises concern you, procure Dr. CULVERWELL'S little ItEMOIRS 'On dingle and Married Life, " pub. in 2 vols., is. each (by post, in stamps, Is. 6d. each). Let no imaginatively relined, er prudish feeling deter you, by their titles, nor be hindered by misinterpretation of their supposed contents, from obtaining t om. They are net intended certainly for mere idle curiosity, but *sr the closet perusal of those mere deeply interested, to whom .._ t heY are offered as antagonistic to the empyrical trash pu t forth on 'Nether, above subjects, by anqualitied authors, which alone er r , , ogether, are a disgrace to the age. Furthermore, two other little publications claim your attention (same price Is. each, by Poet Is. 6d.) called " What to Eat, Drink, and -Avoid," and " How to be Happy." They are not merely pamphlets, but equal in quantity a library volume, nor are they the Zhere ephemeral scribblinge of the hoar, but the study of the author's ilfe.Whe owes his present existence, health, and position to this oh aervance of the maxima he would inculcate—to do unto others as he would be dime unto—to live atter nature's laws—and to keep always !!. the "nanny side of the way." The above works may ho had of ktherwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Caryalho, 147, Fleet•street Mann, 39 . Cernhill ; Nelson, 457, West strand ; or direct (by post or other- Wise) from the author (who may be conferred with personally, mornings and cveninss), 10, Argyll-plaeo Regent-street ; and all Booksellers. DR. LA'MRRT ON TEM SECRET INFIRMITIES OF - YOUTH AND MATURITY.—WITII 49 COLOURED ENGRAVINGS ON STEEL. Just published, and may be had in Freud. or English, in a Sealed Envelope, is. 64„ or post-free, from the author, for forty-two Stamps, SELF-PRESERVATION; a Medical Treatise on the Physiology of Marriage, Infidieltoas and Unproductive ritions, aid the Secret Infirmities aid Disorders of Youth aid Ma tttrity, usually acquired at an early period of life, which enervate the physical and mental powers, diminish and enfeeble the natural *slings, aid exhaust the vital energies of Manhood ; with Practical Observations *tithe Treatment of Nervous Debility and Indigestion, Whether arising from these canes, close study, or the influence of tropical climates; Local and Constitntional Weakness, Syphilis, Stricture, and all Diseases and Derangements resulting from India- Cretion. With Forty coloured Engravings, illustrating the Anatomy, Physiology, and Diseases of the Reproductive Organs, eaplaiaing their structures, uses, and flinctions, aid the various %Juries that are produoed la them by solitary habits, excesses, and ti thotion. BT SAMUEL LAWERT, M.D., 9. a EDFOR D-S T, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON. netor of Medicine, Matriculated Member of the University of Edin burgh, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, Honorary Member ')f the London Ithepital Medical Society, &c. fat requires the fulfilment of several conditions. is order at it may be really the cause of mutual happiness. Could the ~.-g ,2 1 . 1 . which covers the origin of domestic wretchednes s, be raised, 7pd .. its trite source in every instance d i scl osed, in bow man y could be traced to physical disqualifications and their attendant disap vointrnents. Excesses are always injurious; the gilt, which when wed in moderation is fl - aaght with advantage, becomes, when I,; s 2,eds the prolific source of mishief, and of greater or less injury `. 5 constitutional aid vital po rners. The particular excesses, on j ;',l l nature and consequence of which, this Treatise prolefisee to dilate, Productive of greater severity of misery to the Yuma' frame, ,r any other to which it is subject. 4 4 '. 14 work couts.ins an aoeurate and complete accoaat of the ° OI Y and Rhysielogy of th e Reproductive Organs, and of I .,'r relative e on diti o ns in health tied disease. It deservedly bV d red the closest atteatioa and study , for w h at subject man s k ,:f more importance than the preservation of th e health, is,' Si the physical capabilities of which every man should asi,,,Posseased. It unfortunately happens that the un ha ppy 1 4 " urn of excessive indulgence and Vicious habits, whether acquired p l y life or from the dillies of advaneed age, while suffering 1 4 1 their Invariable consequences, unwisely entertains a tear of ap , to a qualified physician for relief. Shame and the dread so ha le ntlY, but erroneously entertained that these complaints are end the reach of art, alike restrict him and prevent his seeking 1 ;▪ ` ,. assistance where alone it can be procured. In acting thus, he di gee that accurate discrimination fa ascertaining the causes of ut l i '" , sympathy with the sufferer, and, above all, secrecy, ilva twi),' characterise the iiitellis_ent and practical physician, and to the man who can show by his posse•sion of the requisite legal agLalLd&leations that he is entitled to esteem and respect in his protes t Pursuits, the utmost confidence should he extended. Dr. t,,--5,,,,tERT has obtained the highest medical honours, as his diplomas s• u n, and the great extent of his practice for many years is a ; m olt ntee for his professional experienee, which has reference almost t , 4 ` 3 " to the treatment of these diseases. Published by the Author, and may he had of Rent and Richards, nsi. m ternoster-rorv; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street; Stark, Tichborne tem ' - Harnarket ; 11:, Fleet-street Gordoe, 146, ▪ ra nhall-street, London; or, tree by post for r urtv-two stamps, Ape Author, who may be consulted on these disorders personally lt n t t _ te ,, r, dsitY,l'Pem Ten till Two, and from Five till Eight at his """•°0 Bodforditrect Bedford-square London. VAST INDIA HOUSE, OCTOBER 27, 1347. THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST INDIA COMPANY do hereby give Notice, EAST INDIA HOUSE, DEcEedsza 15,1847. T HE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST INDIA COMPANY do hereby give notice, That a Proprietor of East India Stock has given notice, that at the QUARTERLY GENERAL COURT of the said Company, appointed to be held at their House, in Leadenhall-street, on WEDNESDAY, the 22d Instant, he will submit the iollowing motion : " That the late correspondence between the Honourable Court of Directors and the Bengal Government relative to any pledge having been originally given for the continued support of the Temple of Juggernaut on the conquest of the d strict of Cnttack, in the province of Orlasa, already laid on the table of this Court, be printed for the use of such Proprietors as may previously signify to writing their desire to possess it." No. 17,236,j LON DoN , E!";DAY E 'T. ~„ , An 4 mernmassegoar, arpoceirsiows,..mou'a, 1:1 OPAL HOTEL, GRAINGER-STREET, NEWCA.STLE-ON-TYNE. C r.I.ARLES STATES solicits the patronage of his BROTHER TRA.VELLE RS to the above Bstablishment, which has recently been newly furnished and laid oat expressly for a Com mercial Hotel. The COM3fERCIAL ROOM, one of the largest and most elegantly fitted in the NORTH, it Is hoped will be found complete in every respect. The BED•ROO]i3 (Sixty in number) have been furnished in a style which must ensere the approbation of all visitors. Gentlemen travelling with STOCK can at all times have SHOW ROOMS without any extra charge. The Musicilalt, Lecture Room, and Royal Hotel Assembly Room are all attached, and under the same management. Tito Royal Hotel is in the most central situation in Newcastle. SCArtucernrcal.--11LACKSMITIFS ARMS COMMERCIAL AND FAMILY HOTEL, QM- EN-STREET. JIfRS. ENNOS, f rom L on d on, having entered upon the above-mentioned old establishment, respectfully solicits a continuance of the patronage of commercial gentlemen awl the public in general, recently enjoyed by her predecessor, the late Mr. Ruddock. Mrs. Ennos haying made some alterations In the }louse, and pro vided a choice assortment of wines and spirits, beg to assure those gentlemen who may favour her with their support, that every attention will be paid to their comfort. Good stabling and coach-houses. R OYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. LECTURES on AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY, by F. Holmes, Esq., Daily at Half-past Three, and every Evening at Nine o'clock, except Saturday Evening. TWO LECTURES by Dr. BACHHOFFNER—one on the Laws of Nature, in reference to tile important subjact of SANITARY MEASURES; the other on the various modes of VENTILATION, in which the PHYSI CAL PROPERTIES of a JET of STEAM will be exhibited, with Novel and highly Interesting Experiments, Daily at Two and at Eight o'clock in the Evening. The ELECTRIC TELEGRAPHS wor'led. The WORKING MODELS, explained. DISSOLVING S. The CHROMATROPE. DIVING BELL and DIVER, with HYDE'S NEW APPARATUS for CONVERSING under WATER, &c. &c. Penna.- the Annual Policy Bonus in , nent Re- Su As m sured Age. g Pro- taken addition Bonus in duction of may bor miurn. out in Assured. Cash. Annual row on Premiums. Policy. £ s. d.i X a d. £ a. d. X a. d. r 1837 243 9 3112 8 5 18 4 6 494 8 10 £ S s. d. 1838 218 4 8' 99 8 10 15 13 5 445 0 0 60 1000 74 3 4 1839 192 1 101 86 9 3 13 4 9 395 11 1 1840 143 5 10 66 8 4 9 19 1 346 2 3 1841 138 14 2 61 17 6 9 9 2 296 13 4 1842 111 6 81 49 18 0 7 10 4 247 4 5 THE REGISTERED SYRIAN PALETOT is prepared in every colour, for selection, at Meurs. SWAIN and CO.'S, Court Tailors, 379, Oxford-street. Price 21. not speak here as an Utopian. The views I express here now are the views which first made me ac quainted with the people or Lancashire out of my own business—l mean as the author of certain pam phlets twelve years ago. These were the views I had then. Free trade has only been a labour of love with me, that I might carry out those views ; and I believe we are fast tending towards the time that the whole community will be brought to the conviction that it is not by warfare, not by armaments, not by brute force, that the interests of the country can be advanced. I want us to hold out not the nettle, the stinging which diplomatists have held out to foreign Powers, but the olive branch in sincerity. —(Loud applause.) And if we do so, our moral influence will be such, you may depend upon it, that the rest of the world will be glad to follow your example." Mr. Cobden went on to say that there was not a country on the globe that was not groaning under the cost of its war es tablishment. It was not a popular expenditure. " I have a high mission for England and English statesmen, I want England to take the lead in a partial disarming of the great European powers. In stead 'of sending diplomatists to contest, to quarrel with them about the marriages of boys and girls, or squabbling over an invitation to dinner, I want us to send our diplomatists to those countries, and say we have been pursuing a wrong and foolish course; we have been building more ships of war ; they have been doing the same in France. France has increased her army; Prussia, Russia, and Austria have done the same; you would all have been on the same level if none had taken this step. Now, instead of in creasing our armies, let us agree to a pro rata reduc tion of them.--(Loud applause.) Was there aught Utopian in this ?" asked Mr Cobden ; "it is common sense." After a few other remarks, the Honourable Gentleman sat down, amid loud and continued ap plause. Mr. RATHBONE seconded the nomination. • Mr. HENRY began by returning his sincere thanks to the gentlemen by whom he had the honour of being proposed and seconded. He considered it no small honour to have been proposed by that distin guished philanthropist who had so nobly, through good report and evil, advocated and established the principles of free trade, upon which he (Mr. Henry) now stood before them.—(Loud applause.) When he resolved to stand for this division of the county, he determined not to palter with the constituency in a double sense. He had therefore stated, what he now begged to repeat, that he was the friend of civil and religious liberty in the largest acceptance of the term—favourable to the utmost diffusion of education, without regardto sect or party —an advocate for the utmost extension of commercial freedom, and for the abrogation of all monopolies and exclusive privileges.—(" Hear, hear," and loud applause.) These p r i nc i p l es, he believed, were becoming the sentiments of that great constituency; and if it were their pleasure to send him to Parliament, his votes and efforts there would be constantly directed to carry those great principles into effect.--(Loud applause.) They necessarily implied the passing of just and equal laws; the enlightenment and moral improvement of the people; the abrogation, as he said before, of unjust monopolies; ithe admission of the principles of free trade ; the cultivation of peace and goodwill; the practice of rigid economy in the public expenditure, and the honest endeavour of the Legislature to im prove the condition of the people.—(Loud cheers.) He believed there sentiments were rapidly becoming the opinions of that great and enlighted constituency. He referred, as a proof of this, to the absence of that fierce opposition which the principles he enunciated would at one time have inevitably called forth. The fact was a compliment to their own good sense and intelligence. The people were becoming tired of party politics, and applying the same principles of good sense to public matters which governed their conduct in private affairs. Mr. Henry concluded by referring to the kindness and courtesy with which he had been received in the various districts which he had visited. Several parties in the room then put to Mr. Henry a number of questions, all of which ho answered to their evident satisfaction. He avowed himself against the exemption from legacy and probate duty which agriculturists enjoy ; in favour of an extension of the suffrage, and in favour of secular education uncon nected with religious instruction. In answer to a question whether he would vote for an abolition of church rates, Mr. Henry said he was of opinion, in regard to religious matters, that every denomination should support itself. The answer called forth loud applause. The HIGH SHERIFF having asked in the usual way if there was any other candidate to propose, and no answer being returned, be declared, followed by loud cheers, that Mr. Alexander Henry had been duly elected. Air. HENRY returned thanks. Mr. W. BROWN, M.p., addressed a few words to the audience, and, after a vote of thanks to the High Sheriff, duly acknowledged, the meeting broke up. TRAVELS IN TILE GREAT DESERT OF SAHARA.— Wo are requested to state that this new work by Mr. Richardson (the celebrated African traveller and philan thropist) is published this day by Mr. Bentley (Pub lisher in Ordinary to her Majesty) in 2 vols. Bvo., with numerous plates, price 305., and may now be had of all booksellers. Mr. Buckingham's tour in Scotland has been at tended with the greatest popularity, as the Scotch papers contain the most flattering notices of his lectures, which have been attended by audiences exceeding 1,000 in number, notwithstanding the unfavourable circum stances of a depression in trade, extensively prevailing sickness, and most inclement weather. The new novel, entitled " Leonora," in 3 vols., is published this day by M r. Colburn. Al so , no w ready 2. Town and Country, b y M rs . Trollope, author of " Father Eustace," 3 vols,--3. The Hall and the Hamlet, by William H ow i tt, 2 vols. -4. E u st a ce ; or , The Stage of Lite, by T. J . Serle, Esq. , 3 vo ls.-5. Th e Jesuit at Cambridge, by Sir G. Stephen , 2 vols. --6 . Evelyn Harcourt, by M rs. Gasco i gne, 3 vols.-7. The Modern Orlando, Bvo., 6 9 .- 8. Th e of War, by Captain Grant, 4 vol s .— A l so, a second edition of "Zenon," by the Rev. R. Cobbold, 3 vols., 21s. bound; and, by the same author, new editions of " The His tories of Margaret Catchpole and Mary Ann Welling ton," each in 1 vol., with illustrations. 10s. 6d. bound. [ADVERTISEMENT,]-.--ARRIAGE FREE. — Fami l ies residing in the count r y are supplied with Teas and Coffees at the lowest wh o l esale price, i n quan titi es no t less than six pounds, d e li vered carriage free to any part of England. Orders mu st b e accompan i e d by a remit tance, or if a reference be made in London, payment will suffice on receipt and of prices and samples fre e , on application to G. T. Man sell and Co., wholesale tea-dealers, 2, B uc kl ers b ury, Cheapside. approval of the goods. A list [ADVERTISEMENT.] HOLLOWAY'S PILL% AND OINTMENT—RI IEU MATISDI.--In the West Indies where , this excruciating complai nt i s very preva l ent , an d t h e severity of the disease is much increased by the na ture of the employment of the inhabitants, no remedy has been tried with such excellent results as Hello.- way's pills and ointment. All persons afflicted with rheumatism should have immediate recourse to those invaluable medicines whi c h are so certain and safe in their effects. They are also equally efficacious (fre quently when every other remedy has failed) in the cure of all descriptions of wens, tumours, unnatural enlarge ments, and glandulous swellings, e b n y t all 244, S as lik ew i se con t rac tions druggists Strand t L an e d nd a n t n. Professor a ll n o d ll s o t w iff ay j ' o s in e t s s iablt i M 6l FlRE.—Yesterday morning, about two o'clock, an extensive fire happened at the Chancellor's Head, Carey street, Lincoln's Inn-fields. The family had retired to bed, but a strong smell of burning wood induced Mr. Smith, the landlord, to proceed -own stairs, when he discovered the contents of the bar in flames. An alarm was raised, and two of the Roy a l Society fire-escapes from St. Clement's and Blackfriars stations were soon on the spot, as also several engines. Plenty of water was procurable, and by the assistance of those present, the fire was arrested in its progress, not, however, until the stock in the lower part of t No premises was destroyed, and the building damaged. Nothing was known of the origin of the fire, but Mr. Smith is insured in the Licensed Victuallers'-office. THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE.---The arrivals from the United States of packet-ships sailing subsequently to the Bth instant will be looked for with much interest, as they will probably bring President Polk's annual message, which would be delivered at Washington on the 7th. The ships expected from New York are the Ashburton, packet of the 6th, which would await the arrival of the message, and the West Point, packet of the llth.—Judging from the rapid passages which the packet ships have d lately made across th e Altantic, the former vessel may be expected to arrive in the Mersey at the close of the week. —Liverpool Albion of yesterday. MILITARY MOVEMENTS IN ScoTLALD.—The fol lowing movements are e xpected to tak e place in a few days before Christmas :—Depot 72 H ighlanders, from Cork to Paisley ; depot Ist battalion Royals, from Paisley to Glasgow ; Ist battalion 718 t Highland Light Infantry, from Glasgow to Edinburgh Castle ; Ist battalion 76th Regiment, from Edinburgh Castle to Portsmouth, for eminbarkation for Corfu. —Edinburgh Witness. AYRSHIRE IgoN COMPANY, DALRY.—The fur naces of this company, which had been smothered for about four days, were re-kindled on the forenoon of Monday, since which time they appear to be carried on with their former spirit. This circumstance has in a great measure dispelled the gloom which was becoming , manifest amongst the inhabitants. Their recommence ment is the more opportune when the state of the town and neighbourhood as regards disease is taken into ac count.—Ayr Advertison Admission, Is. ; Schools, Half-price. pROVIDENT LIFE OFFICE, 50, Regent street. 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Mr. Editor,—..A second-rate actor in a theatre, who thinks he ought to be first, is sometimes com forted by being put into a part in which he has a scene to himself. And when it comes does he not make the most of it ? By stamping and staring, whispering and bellowing, he renders himself the hero of the moment, and takes care that the audience shall remember him after the progress of the drama has reduced him to his due proportions, and returned him to his original insignificance. Sir, the Church is striving to have her scene on the great national stage. She is in danger and distress—in a fever and a fury. Irish famine and commercial distress must be quiet and retire, to make way for her piercing screams and frantic gesticulations. The unexpected and appalling calamity which has thus frightened the venerable dame from her propriety is, that Lord John Russell has recommended Dr. Hampden for the vacant bishopric of Hereford. The rebellion in the Church is beyond all prece dent. The hostile movement began with various meetings and deprecatory resolutions of the provincial clergy. As in other cases, the natural history, the tail of the creature has moved the head, or, rather, a half of its many heads. Thirteen Bishops have pro tested against the appointment. How virtue grows ! There were only seven intractable prelates when King► James waited to make the Church papistical. And now, when Lord J. Russell would inoculate it with a little Liberalism, there are no less than thirteen Abdiels faithful among the faithless. The laity of the Church has rushed to the rescue of its bishops, smarting under the Premier's rebuke for their pro test, and has fired off its own protest also, to receive a similar rebuke. Lord John's sarcastic logic has " stomach for them all." The "485 lay members of the Church of England, including several peers, Members of Parliament, &c.," take nothing by their motion but an admonition to charity. Last comes Henry of Exeter, himself a host, in three mortal Times columns of small type, whacking and thwack ing the Whig Bishop-maker, and stimulating the Dean and Chapter of Hereford to disregard the royal conga c elire, and dare the martyrdom of a prce munire. It is one of the evils of a false position that it turns right into wrong. The Church of England is founded on a false principle, and entangled in an un holy alliance with the State. Hence the very qua lities which adorn the office of a true bishop, a real spiritual overseer, become a relative unfitness for its dignities. Dr. Hampden is a sound philosopher, but an unsound believer. He has more faith in the moral nature of man than in the three creeds. His writings are in a wise and lofty spirit, but they are not in the spirit of the Chatechism and Prayer book. It is vain to blink the fact, that the man is a heretic ; and the heretic is too much of a true man to be fit for a Church of England bishop, if we take the constitution of the Church itself for a standard. Here is the weak point of the appointment. The Church demands orthodoxy of all, and especially of its pre lates. Technically, the reply is good, that Dr. Hampden has subscribed the 39 Articles. But what is it morally ? Dr. Hampden would have been a greater man had he kicked the mitre with his foot in stead of bowing his head to wear it. He might have risen to martyrdom ; he only sinks into a bishopric. But thus it must happen in the practical working of such a system as that of the Church of England. It does not require merit, but conformity; not mind, but faith. The consistently truthful are out of place in it. " What dost thou here, Elijah ?" We must make allowance for this inherent incongruity. And when we have done so, and look at the Church simply as a political corporation, over which the Mi nister of the Crown exercises a legitimate influence, the appointment assumes a different aspect, and does Lord J. Russell more credit for moral courage than any other act of his Administration. Indeed it never is courage that the Noble Lord wants. There was courage enough, and to spare, in the pertinacity with which he persisted, at the close of the last Parliament, in forcing a bishop upon the inhabitants of Manchester. He then offended the Dissenters, and now he equally offends the Church. The protests of the one no more affect him than did those of the other. Both seem to " pass by him as the idle wind, which he regards not." He cuts up the episcopal protest as coolly as if it were a cucumber. His reply is a choice morsel of criticism. How cleverly he hits the cowardice of the Bishops in not avowing their own conviction of Dr. Hampden's heresy, but falling back upon the alarms of others. Flow neatly he reminds them of their having (some of them at least) required candidates for holy orders to have attended the lectures of this obnoxious Pro fessor. How cavalierly he sets aside the authority of the University of Oxford, like one who was mindful of its expulsion of John Locke. How quiet his allusion to the poor old Primate, whose repose at Lambeth is likely to be sorely disturbed. And what a significant hint is given of that supreme authority vested in her who inherits the throne of Elizabeth and of Henry VIII. ; the living head of the Church and disposer of its dignities; the Lady Pope of Anglican Protestantism. The episcopal knuckles are smartly rapped by his Lordship; and the royal conge d'elire goes to Hereford as if nothing had happened. Why should this outcry about Dr. Hampden be raised just now ? He had promulgated no new doc trines of late. Nothing offensive, even to the most unreasoning fanaticism, has been perpetrated recently on his part. He has pursued a quiet course, holding the confidential position of Regius Professor of Divinity, and fulfilling its duties unquestioned ; and for aught that appears, unquestionably. His cer tificates to his pupils have been required and accepted, as preliminary to their ordination. For these ten years there has been no protesting. No episcopal or collegiate watchdog has barked at his heels as he left his lecture-room. Apparently, he might have lived and died in the arms of the Church and the odour of sanctity, had not the Prime Minister picked him out for a mitre. The commotion is made by the promotion. The bishops quarrel, not with his laxity, but with his luck. There are some dislocated ex pectations occasioned by the recent changes. Dr. Hampden's main offence is to hare been fortunate in a political friend. When will those godly men learn to mind their own business ? Zeal slept soundly till roused by the clink of cash and crozier. Then it awakes, to begrudge the Liberal Doctor his new honours and emoluments. The weights and scales of orthodoxy are brought out; and Dr. Hampden is weighed and pronounced wanting. Surely these curators of religion shonld not have been silent so long; or should not have spoken so bitterly now. They have committed themselves by their quiescence, or they commit themselves yet worse by their outcry. There is no escape from the dilemma. Either they were false in their silence or in their clamour they are factious. A better way was open to them, and they may adopt it even yet. Let them strike work, and turn out, like honest operatives when an unpleasant asso ciate is forced upon them by the master. The right of the Queen to employ Dr. Hampden as a bishop is clear. Equally clear is the right of the Bishop of London, Exeter, and the rest, to cut and run, if they cannot agree with their new companion. It is never too late to say " Nolo Episcopari." The whole thirteen may unfrock themselves in a twink ling. Nobody will prevent them. A baker's dozen of mitres would be a magnificent windfall for the Minister. Plenty of candidates would be found, who would make no question of Dr. Hampden's sound ness. The two halves of the Bench might then be fitly joined together. The whole team would pull one way, instead of half being yoked to the rear of the ecclesiastical waggon. They would thus wash their hands effectually of Hampden and heresy. A peaceful retirement would show Christian meekness combined with orthodox conscientiousness. The turn-out of thirteen Bishops, on a theological scruple, would be a nine days' wonder. The world would enjoy the novelty of an Episcopal strike. By the reply of the Bishop of Norwich to an ap plication for his signature, it appears there has been a sort of secret canvass to get up the protest. The pro testing Bishops were not satisfied with each speak ing independently for himself. They have been beat ing up for recruits. They have caballed to raise the whole Bench against the appointment. They have acted not by the impulse of a common inspiration ; not by the fair and formal decision of an aggregate meeting, tut by private applications and corre spondence. Was this right in itself? Was it frank and just towards Dr. Hampden ? I may add, was it decorous towards the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Primate of all England, the head and overseer of these plotting prelates ? The Archbishop is no party to the protest. It has been in his hands, but does not boast his signature. Yet his Grace was the party to hsve stirred, had any stirabout been required. The fitness of Dr. Hampden was a question for Lambeth rather than for London. The government of the Church is taken out of the Primate's hands. C. James, of London, acts as viceroy over him. The busiest of Bishops originates an Episcopal movement without the concurrence of the Archbishop. He blows the trumpet of clerical agitation without his captain's orders. He leads the troop as if he had been its co mmissioned commander. This would be irregular anywhere • most of all in th e Ch urc h. D r. H ow l ey is not dead, though he may be dormant. The Canter bury throne has not been canted over. These for- [PRics 51). ward and obtrusive protesters should have waited for the word from their Primate. But the Primate, ac cording to Lord John Russell, has already acquiesced in Dr. .Hampden's elevation. He sees no danger ; and is bad discipline in the Bishops to have sharper eyes. If it be not blasphemy, it is flat rebellion. A fraction of the Bench is not an order in the State. A deliberative College of Bishops is a new creation ; or, rather, an usurpation. Neither State nor Church give them the negative they arrogate. They are meddling with matters which belong to higher authorities. The Bishop of Exeter makes the modest proposi tion of calling the convocation from its grave, and galvanising its corpse into an inquisition, that it may sit in judgment on Dr. Hampden's faith. And why stop with Dr. Hampden ? By parity of reason, the successful candidates for all other clerical appoint ments might be overhauled in like manner. There would be no need to look far for a chief inqui'itor. The man is ready made for the office. How came such an one ever to tumble into the nineteenth century, or to draw breath in a British atmosphere ? But the most violent ebullition of this mitred Mi nister of the Gospel of Peace is against the law, the very law which makes his Church a Protestant Church, links it with the Government of the country, and in virtue of which he is himself a Bishop. He calls the statute of Premunire, by which Henry VIII. secured the headship of the Church to the Sovereign of this country, " the most hateful and most tyrannical law which is permitted to pol lute our statute-book." It is " the Magna Charta of tyranny." He proceeds to assail the royal preroga tive :—" My Lord, the Crown has no right, can have no right (I trust, too, that it will be found to have no power) to force a bishop on the Church, when the Church has just right to reject, as a setter forth of erroneous and strange doctrine, contrary to God's word." Demagogues may hide their diminished heads. The worst laws have never been more roughly handled by the most violent agitators. Rebellion itself has scarcely defied prerogative more daringly. Why, then, vituperative priest, what is thine own Lordship but the gift of prerogative ? What thy Churdh, but the creation of the law ? thy or thodox articles, but a legislative enactment ? What the Prayer Book but the schedule of a Parliamentary Bill, which became, by Royal Assent, after passing Lords and Commons, the act of uniformity ? Know thy Maker, Bishop of Exeter; and speak more reve rently of the powers that be. It will pass away, all this bustle. The direct in centives to resistance, addressed to the Dean and Chapter of Hereford, and in case of their succumbing, to the consecrating bishops, will fall on ears too pru dent to be charmed t o mar ty r dom. The mandate is gone forth. Lord John Russell is teaching the Church to know its proper place, and the bishops to know theirs. He sticks to the supremacy of Parliamentary law and royal prerogative, over the semi-temporal and semi-spiritual corporation called the Church of England. It is a bolder thing than if he had taken the command of the Channel fleet. It makes ample atonement for his late temporizing policy. Let him hold on firmly, as it is his character to do, and priestly insolence will quail before him, while hu• manity rejoices in its rebuke and discomfiture. PUBLICOLA, SALE OF CADETSHIPS. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. THE QUEEN V. CAPTAIN CHARRITIE, SIR W. YOUNG, ANNA STEW ART, AND RALLETT. This was an indictment against the defendants, in which they were charged under the Act 49th Geo. 111., e. 126, sec. 3, with the offence of having fraudulently obtained and disposed of a cadetship in the East India Company's service for a pecuniary reward or considera tion, to a person named Wotherspoon, for his son, the sum paid being upwards of 3,0001. Sir W. Young was charged with having disposed of the appointment, and the other defendants with assisting to procure it. There was another count in the indictment, charging the de fendants with a conspiracy to obtain an appointment for a pecuniary consideration. The defendants who ap peared—Sir W. Young and Captain Charritie—had pleaded " Not guilty." The other defendants were out of the jurisdiction, and had not pleaded. The case was commenced on Saturday, and con eluded late last night. During the two days, a vast quantity of evidence was adduced in support of the charge, after which Lord Denman summed up, and explained the law to the jury. He said that the question which the jurors had to de termine was, whether they were satisfied on this evi dence that Charritie had received this money for the nomination to the cadetship, and whether Sir W. Young had wilfully and knowingly assisted him in receiving it. They had just heard from several most respectable witnesses a very good character of both these de fendants, and their situation in life would have seemed almost a guarantee against the commission of the offence for which they were indicted. Captain Charritie's character was high in the know ledge of various respectable persons. Sir W. Young's character, in addition to that, seemed vouched for by the Company itself—the station he occupied in the Company spoke strongly for its respectability. The jurors would, therefore, say, whether in their opi nion, the existence of the offence was clearly proved ? It was clear that Wotherspoon was his accomplice, and his evidence required confirmation according to the or dinary rules of law. In the first place, it was clear that Young gave a nomination to a cadetship to Charritie ; that this was afterwards given to young Wother spoon, :and that that person was at ;the time an entire stranger to Young and to Charritie. The jurors had been told to look on the secret examinations by the East India House with indignation. It was certainly dangerous in any party to prosecute such examinations. He (Lord Denman) had always been opposed to those practices which existed in foreign countries, where the prisoner being compelled to answer the magistrate set his will to work in a contest against the prisoner, trying every artifice of knowledge and skill to obtain from him a confession of guilt. Such a course was oppressive towards a prisoner, and might make even . fear and ignorance assume the semblance of guilt. But the examination here stood upon an entirely different footing. Whether they might not have been conducted with some degree of acuteness it was not necessary to say ; that might be doubtful; but it was most proper, on the part of the directors, to appoint a committee of inquiry into cor rupt practices among the directors of the company, if any such practices were even supposed to exist. No man of reason or hono u r cou ld d ou b t t h at. The existence of bribery and corruption throughout so ciety, in Parliamentary elections, in offices, and in other matters, was something which required to be vigorously suppressed, and if not suppressed, if allowed to continue and to spread, would bring us to such a state that we should not have one man of principle left in society. Every person would, even in self defence, join in the general corruption. If appointments were never to be obtained but by gifts, those means of ob taining them would be universally resorted to, for every one would feel that if he did not resort to them he lost substantial advantages, and that his character was only like that of his neighbour, and would not be affected by such conduct. He knew nothing of such importance, if they regarded the honour of themselves or their families, than that this course of corrupt proceeding should be discouraged by every means and the interests of the country especially required that it should be discouraged within the limits of the East India Company's territories, and among the servants of that company, wherever they were found. Sir W. Young was a director. It was his duty, the moment that a suspicion was entertained, to require that an inquiry should take place, and when himself called on to submit to that inquiry, it should have been his most anxious wish to go into that inquiry, and to afford the fullest explanation, and make himself of the party of the inquirers, and not to be opposed to them ; instead of considering that they were acting to his pre judice, he should have deemed that they were seeking to confirm and establish his honour, and he should have given every assistance to the investigation. It was important to observe that this inquiry, in which the defendant Young was called on to give information, took place at a time he was fully aware of the circum stances, and of Charritie's application to Wotherspoon, to get up a case of pretended employment and agency between himself and that person. It might have been thought that as between Charritie and Young this would have been rejected by the latter with the greatest scorn; that as between a gentleman and gentleman, he would have treated it as an insult scarcely to be borne. It might have been thought that he would have said, "If you have sold yourself, am I therefore to be bought ? Am I to be implicated in your cor rupt transanctions?" But be had not done so; he had adopted the account given by Charritie. The examination was necessary, and it seemed to have been conducted with gravity, calmness, and deliberation. Plenty of time was given the defendants to know the charge, and plenty of time to answer it. Suppose Sir W. Young to be both aged and infirm, that would not show that his mind was bewildered by this inquiry. H e was in full possession of the charge; he had the option to answer or not; and if in such circumstances answers came out that were important to the inquiry, it was the duty of the Court to use those answers against him. Hi s and the on Lordship here went through the exami nat i ons, and then referring to the distinction betw een t h e proof they fur nishedreeort a s g ai a d in t s h t at S i i t r wWas. Youn g that these d efndn t ad charge n w the not tried for concealing, but for comm . • itting a particular act, namely,•the one for putting m • s () Ley into nis pocket, and the other for assisting him in doing so ; but it was for the jury to say, whether this act of conceal ing, which was now admitted, was not extremely strong evidence of the previous • assistance having been given. 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" The thing is altogether a wonder."—Berwick Warder. 100 pages royal, price 6d. and all Bookselle rs . To be had of W. S. D. Pateman, Wine Office-court, Fleet-street; SOUTH LANCASHIRE ELECTION. An election, to supply the vacancy caused by the determination of the doubly-elected lion. C. P. Villiers to sit for Wolverhampton, was held yesterday at ten o'clock, in the large room of the Horse and. Jockey Inn, Newton-in -the-Willows. Mr. Alex ander Henry, a Liberal, was the only candidate, and it will be seen by the sequel that no opposition was made to his return. Special trains were run from both Liverpool and,Manchester, and the result was a very numerous gathering of electors. Mr. R. COBDEN, on presenting himself, was re ceived with loud applause. After expressing appro bation of the former return of Mr. Villiers as a due testimony to his great exertions, he stated that the same committee who had conducted his election had chosen Mr. Henry. He said it was not at all inapt that the first merchant in Manchester and the first merchant in Liverpool should represent South Lan cashire. Mr. Henry, who was the friend of civil and religious liberty, was in favour of the ballot, and he (Mr. Cobden) had never heard a rational objection urged against it. (A Voice--" How do you like that Mr. Brown ?"—Laughter.) The very parties who did object,, singularly enough, came from the Carlton and other Conservative clubs, in which the ballot was employed. The ballot was not only used in America, but when he was in Spain, the election for the Co rtes was so conducted ; and every parish and village in Russia had not only household suffrage, but vote by ballot.—(Hear hear, and loud applause.) Then Mr. Henry was a Church and State reformer, and he (Mr. Cobden) believed there was not now any party in the community which was not favourable to Church reform.—(Applause.) Mr. Henry had also declared himself the uncompromising advocate of free trade, not only in corn, but he would be prepared to carry his views on commercial sub jects deeper than the corn-laws, and would be able to deal with it in all its ramifications, for his experience enabled him to judge of the effects of restriction upon commerce not only in corn , b u t i n a ll other articles. Other subjects would also occupy the attention of Parliament. There were the navigation laws. This was a subject with which Mr. Henry and Mr. Brown were as competent to deal, probably, as any man in the House of Commons. Then there was the question of the sugar duties, which would, in all probability, be brought on by the friends of the restrictive system. There was a great outcry in the colonies against any tampering with the sugar duties. The planters asked for more protection, to bring them out of their difficulties. Why, had they not had protection ? What could he (Mr. Cobden) adduce as a better proof of the results of protection than the present state of the West India interests ? (Hear, hear.) But there was another view of the free trade question which he ventured to say his friend Mr. Henry would be disposed to take. He (Mr. Cobden) wanted not only free trade in corn, in sugar, and in shipping; he did not want that we should have only sugar and bread for our mouths, but he wanted the spirit of free trade to enter into the hearts of the community.—(Hear, hear, and ap plause.) He wanted the Legislature to be alive to the great moral revolution which free trade neces sarily implied, if it was understood. He and the party with whom he acted proposed to abolish, or, at all events, greatly to modify, our navigation laws ; to give free access to our ports to the ships of other countries, coming from all parts of the world, bringing all kinds of produce, without regard to What differenti dad l duties or protection to na ti ve industry. that imply ? It implied a growing sympathy and depe n de nce b etween the people of this country and the people of the whole civilized world. Well, to what must that conduct us ? Must it not conduct us, if we were right in our prin ciples, to a spirit of friendship, o f am i ty, and peace throughout the world ?—(Loud applause.) If this, then, was the moral tendency of their principle s (and he himself should never have given twelve months' work if he did not think it was), what was the use of increasing our armament or.our fortifications? —(Hear and applause) He had ventured to express this opinion at Stockport the other day ; and what he then said had been misrepresented. It had been assumed that he had said there he would save the country 17,000,0001., being the whole expense of the army, navy, and ordnance. "Gentlemen," continued Mr. Cobden, "I did not propose anything so good as that --(Laughter)—but what I said was this, that if we are right in our free-trade principles, we must be a year after we have ad o pt e d t h em, we A b ve eg ry in w p r u o t n t g if, ing up fortifications.— that the great item in our expenditurein this cou n t r y, upon which we could make a diminutio n o f our ex pp ) I said fortifications.—(Ap p lause.) ex penses, was that horrible item of 17,000,0001. a year for our army, navy, and ordnance ; and I said then, as now, that if we,could not make a reduction in that item, I did not think we could make any reduction in our taxes, which would be sensibly felt in the pockets of the people. I said that the reduction could only be made by a change in public opinion in this country, by having free trade, not only in our ledgers and our counting-houses, but having it in our hearts, and having faith in our principles.—(Loud applause.) Now, since I came into this room, a gentleman has put into my hands a paper on th e su bj ec t o f t h e tea duties. I have not read it ; but I can guess what it is.—(Laughter.) They want a reduction ; to have ls. a pound duty upon tea instead of 2s. Well, it is a necessary and proper change.—(Loud applause.) Then comes the question, how will you supply its place, how make up the revenue ? (Hear, hear.) Now, I perfectly concur with the gentleman that it would be to the advantage of the people of this country to make that change; nay more, I go fur ther, and say, that if you could make a reduction of ls a pound on tea, it would do more good in extend ing your trade in China than by sending out two or three line-of-battle ships, or taking possession of territory in the Indian Archipelago to serve as a sort of half-way house.—(Cheers.) Reduce your tea duties, and you will have an augmentation of your trade with China without another line-of battle ship or another regiment being sent there._.. (Loud applause.) But, gentlemen, you want the money—you want the means, to reduce this taxation, and I see no one who comes forward to reduce the expenditure who meets this difficulty. They have different plans of shifting the expenditure, but shift it as you will, gentlemen, you will find the load will gall your shoulders, place it as you may.—(Laugh ter.) Now, lam one who believe that this country has nothing to fear from any country so long as you advance in the present principles of free commercial intercourse with all the world. The great jealousy, rivalry, and hatred which the world entertains to wards us has arisen from the monopoly of this coun try—(Hear, hear)—from the grasping ambition which has led us to seize upon territory, to have its exclusive possession; but the moment you proclaim to the civilized world not only that your ports are open, and your colonies open (for the latter claim it now), the moment you abandon the privileges of the navigation-laws, that moment you change the feeling of the civilized world, now against you, and they will be as ready to enter into peaceful relations with you, to maintain an amicable understanding, as they have on former occasions to display a spirit of antagonism, occasioned by your monopolies, and the spirit of war and aggression which this country has manifested during the last century.—(Loud applause.) I do RUSSIA AND POLAND. PETERSEUEGII, DEC. 2.—lmmense damage has been occasioned in our roadsteads by the ice ; many vessels and quantities of,goods have been de'-. stroyed. On the night of 25th Nov. no less than, GO vessels loaded with corn were injured, and the fol lowing day was yet more destructive. To the 22d.. Nov. 2,360 persons had been seized with the cholera, of whom 1,097 had died. In Kiew, to the 16th, 1,479 were seized with it, of whom 736 died. In Timbirsk, Pensa, and Tambow, the pestilence has almost disappeared. In Orel it is on the decline, while in Tula, Sympheropel, and Ikatherinoslaw, it , again on the increase. In the territory of the Don, Cossacks 29,516 persons have been attacked, and. 9,128 have died. In the government of Mohilew broke out on the sth Nov.; in Cherson on the sth;: in Volodga on the 10th; and in Iwer on the 19th. Almost everywhere it has been carried by travellers. To Volodga it was brought by a traveller from Petersburgh. Aimee, DEC. 14.—Her Majesty the Queen ie expected to return hither this evening from Bam berg. Her royal sister, the Princess Paul, expired in her arms the night before last. Her Majesty watched her with the utmost solicitude. Her son, Prince Frederick pf Wurtemberg, was likewise present. The illustrious dea.`.(sed had attained the age of 60. The poor of Munich have lost in her a most benevo• lent friend and benefactress'. Prince Frederick will attend the royal corpse to Stuttgard. La Semaine says—" There is some talk that Holland will cede to France, for an indemnity, that portion of the little island of St. Martin which belongs to it. The whole of this island, which is one of the Antilles, and is situated a little to the south-east of Guade loupe, is now the joint property of France and The belongs s er t n o r i t r , le svhich comprises about chief town of whi c h i s Phil Hol land."—Belgian Mail, Dec. 1.11 s ,b a u n r d g the belongs southern, to H tohle. MAC RAILWAY SHARE MA... I,KETS. 7. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 20. STOCK EXCITANGE.—The share market to-day ha.. very dull and quiet, and prices are again lower. The 5... are—Leeds and Thirsk, New, 15 dis.—London and North- Western, 149 c.—Ditto, Quarters (L. and B.), 11 1 / 2 p.— Ditto, Quarters (A and B), p.—Midland Stock, 401. Shares, 41 1 / 2 —North Staffordshire, 34 dis.—South-Eastern and' Dover, 29 1 / 2 —Ditto, No. 4, Thirds, 2 1 4 dis. MANCHESTER, DEC. 20. STOCK ExciiANGE.—The sales are—East Lancashire, 29 7, i3—Edinburgh and Glasgow, Halves, 3 dis.— Laacashire and Yorkshire (P. and W.), 34 1 / 2 —Leeds and Thirsk, Pre ferential, Ri dis.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln shire, Preference, 1% dis.—Ditto (Sheffield and Lincoln shire), 5 dis.—North Staffordshire, % n. dis.—Shropshire Union, 2 1 / 2 dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, 29:%—Ditto, No. 4, 2 3-16 dis.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick, Exten sions, No. 2, IAB p. BIRMINGHAM, DEC. 20. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Eastern Counties, 15 Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Stour Valley, 365. Bd. dis.—North Staffordshire, 13s. 9d. dis.—Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A), 665. 3d. dis.—Shropshire Union, 23 dis. q been • les The Earl of Devon and Lord Courtenay leave London to-day for Powderham Castle, the family seat in Devonshire. A family circle meet there to pass the Christmas. The Right Hon. the Speaker of the House of Commous and Mrs. Shaw Lefevre and family leave Eaton-square to-morrow, for Heckfield-place, Hants, for the Parliamentary recess. THE ADMIRALTY BOARD.—The usual notice will shortly appear in the Gazette constituting the Earl of Auckland, Rear-Admiral Dundas, Lord John Hay, the Hon. Captain Berkeley, and Captain Milne commis sioners for executing the office of Lord High Admiral, FREE CONVICTS FOR NEW SOUTH WALES.—The Elphinston, hired barque, dropped down the river yes terday to moorings opposite the Royal Arsenal, to receive on board convicts from the Warrior and Justitja convict hulks at Woolwich, who have voluntarily pre ferred proceeding to New South Wales, where they will, on landing, obtain flee tickets, with the opportunity of following any plan they may choose to adopt in that country for an honest subsistence, on condition that they do not return to this country again. The convicts under sentences here for long periods appear very glad to accept the stipulated condit'.ons, and numbers have volunteered, and are now having each two suits of plain clothes made, without any of the convict badges attached, and these clothes will be given them on their embarka tion. Two other vessels have been hired to convey convicts to the same destination, and are at present taking in stores at Deptford. A new series of toregula tiavaiaureinthis be andthe relative alteration convicts willwhotake t will r place at the commencement of the new year. Mr l . V l e vi r i eg lta r m et u t r o ow st n a , tet i h .p a . t f o b u r r s r o e u s t p h ecte a d ne t a o a l' i n r s e m , h an aa , suffered severely from the prevailing epidemic. After bein g so ill during an entire fortnight that h e was com nelled to absent himself entirely from the House, hay , nig been present at only one division, he found it ne cessary to seek the advice of his own physician and the repose of his own mansion. This will account for the non-appearance of his name amongst those who took a prominent part in the recent stirring debates.—Liverpool Albion. A Staffordshire overseer was discovered, at a recent parish meeting, to have made 63 weeks in the year ! and he had also made an entry about " county rats!" The constable, whose laugh at the overseer was the loudest, next produced his account, including charge for a " con quest' on a dead man! _ A VONACIOUS COD. —A gentleman residing in Fortrose, in walking through their fishmarket the other day, observed a codfish, which, for enormity of girth, exceeded all the specimens he had ever seen. He charged the fishwoman with having stuffed it with other guts, in order to give it additional plumpness. This being in dignantly denied, the fish was opened, when six entire full-grown herrings, in a state of inchoate decomposition, were found in its inner regions. They had been swal lowed tails foremost, and some of them, feeling uncom fortable in their new habitation, were endeavouring to turn their heads downward, but died in the attempt, as they were completely doubled. Notwithstanding this material deduction, the cod proved a very good one.— Inverness Journal. A FACT TOR THE SANITARY COMMISSION. --It is a remarkable fact, that whilst the influenza has proved so fatal in the metropolis, not excluding the West-end, Brighton has been entirely exempt from the epidemic. ADVENTUROUS ENGL ISHMEN .— A New York paper says Amongst the most notable lions in New York, are two young Englishmen, William and John Chearnley, who are on their return home from a great tour, hunting buffalo through the far west and Oregon. They and their party crossed the continent in March, 1846, and since that time have visited the western shores of Mexico and California, seen the Sandwich Is lands and Peru, run up to 54 deg. 40 min., and back here by way of the Great Lakes." THE JEWS IN BAVARIA.—A letter from Munich, of the 10th, states that the Bavarian Government has called upon all the towns of the kingdom to send in their opinions on the question of the emancipation of the Jews, and that the municipality of Bamberg has already declared itself to be in favour of an entire As 7 milation of the Jews to the Christians as to civil and political rights. CHIN SURVEYING.—A person not far from Tor rdiinmgetuonsi,olu)se,vhoand, years, without coming to any th 2 e l fra e d a esman thinking it time to d somewhat s ha above ed t b h y e s ordinarycertain barber every day for regular settlement ; w iren sa w fa a c ie e t per day, which amoun ted to 31/. 9s. 2d. The gentleman exorbitant,made some scruple about thinking it rather nsr wind up the account, carried in his bill , c har g in g one penny payment, when the to o proposed, if his custo mer t h oug ht proper, to charge by t h e acre, at the rat e o f 200/ t his was readily agreed to, and on meas ur i ng t h e premises, uar inches proved times, prol'edto be the content, h would measure 1,472,646 the charge for whi c h wou l d be which traversed l i 2 n 9 chseqs, over 461. 19s. Id., being 151. 9s. 11d. in favour of chin sur veying.--Poole Herald. made ad? 'The second count': charged the defendant. with a conspiracy to effect the to objects. The j O un . retired for some sme, and then returned s verdict of tziltY as to Charr. E.tie on both counts, and Acquitted l'Ong on the First, "but found him Guilty .on the second coup;' BELGIAN ANL 1 'lna POLES.—The Zeitun s re lowing intelligence from Posen. _ ceived, from undoubted- • DUTCH PAPERS. authority we conceive it our duty instanti Nay, we should consider it a crime . and against our state authorities, • •—" We have just ~ Halle contains the fol intelligence whien I v to make pubr i e against humar d a ir • ' we were f og- , , informatio n, one . moment to withhold the admonitor.) information which has been imparted to us. This . „y_ is as follows :—' On the Russian ten**. •1 1 IP " ro.. leagues from Mina Gora, on the estate of la. . , nislawskowski, a detach men t o f cossacks, undL. r the „,, command of Capt. Dambr ous ki, h as b een station. ' for some weeks, which has orders to seize upon ?SL Dabrouski (who, it is well known, was sentenced by the Supreme Court of Berlin to two years' impri sonment in a fortress, but who is permitted to be at large upon bail for a certain period) and upon his lady on the, return to their estate, to carry them bound over the frontiers, and thence deliver them up intosure hands. The reward for the success of this enterprise is 100 silver roubles. On the adjoining estate of Mieroslaw several cossacks, as well as their leader, have been seen at various times reconnoitering the greunds. Letters from Prague say that the Commander-in. Chief of Bohemia has issued orders that all the troops in the country shall be placed in complete military order as soon as possible, that those who are on fur lough shall be recalled, and the companies c ompleted . The Silasian Gazette says, letters from the Italian frontier have been commanded in high quarters, that the three battalions of all the Italian regime( nts of infantry shall be extended from four to six com panies, whereby the Italian army corps will bt' strengthened by 3,000 additional men and 64 officers_ The Gazette de Milano says there is no truth in the report that the Austrian Finance Department intends to make a loan of 100,000,000 guilders, as has been stated.—Ha.'nburgh Papers. PRESBURG, DEC. 17.--The debates on the Address continue very animated both in the assembly of the magnates, and in that of the committee ; in the former the Government has the majority, in the latter the Opposition has the upper hand, and as the two parties cannot come to an agreement, it is very probable that the Address will not be presented. . _ PROVINCIAL NEWSPAPER PROPRIE TORS.—An experienced Political Writer, both for Provincial Journals and the Daily Press of the Metropolis, offers to furnish (en less than the usual terms) LEADING ARTICLES for a Country Paper. Address to A. 8., care of lir. Whitaker, Stationer, 10, We' brook, City. rid