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=; ~.. .. 1 ~. ~:' r,' -- ~I - , ~~~_~~~~ I • / ~Jj ~ U - _ - '7l S V ‘'t • ••• •#• • • ; i, : 1 . - 4 4 , , t i k • -7- 0 r •• • %1111 0 - • • 4411 • , . ;4 1 • • ; .—W,4416/94m 4 1 / 4 , ''''' , - - '434; , Prz • • - oIT • ' ::ti 1, . 11 3 M:7 "\ \ TN., 4, 4 -,:.--- , - - a, - it )„ \ 0 EAST INDIA HOUSE, OCT. 2S, 14411. THE COURT of DIRECTORS 'of the /AST INDIA COMPANY do hereby give notice, That the TRANSFER-BOOKS of the said COMPANY'S STOCK s 1 h SHUT n THU R S DAY , the :id of December next, at Three 1 ,, k , and OPINED AGAIN on . THUR;DAY, the 14th January, - nand • Loy bav That the WARRANTS for. the DIVIDENDS of the said STOCK, Pa:Table on WEI NESDAY, the 6th January, 1847, under the 11th sect. "I the Art 3 and 4 William IV., cap. 85, will Ise ready to be delivered on that day. JAMES C. MELVII.I. Secretary. SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY, EXETER HALL. On FRIDAY EVENING, January 8, 1847, will be performed HAITDEL'S (Aurora°, " MESSIAH." PRINCIPAL VOCAL PERFORMERS. Caradori Allan, Mleis M. B. Hawes, Mr. 3fanvers, and Mr. Phills. The Band and Chorus will consist ip of above 500 Performers. Il ek 6lB , s a. each ; Reserved Seats, 55., may be obtained of the Z e nciPal Music Sellers ;of Mr. Rowley, i 3, Charing-cross ; Mr. 1 , 102, Strand ; or.of Mr. Mitchell, 39, Charing.cross. THOMAS BREWER, Hon. Sec. 3117ESTINSTER BRIDGE. -AI A PUBLIC MEETING will be held at the Literary, Scientific and Mechanics' Institute, Great I t o Smith-sreet, West- Minster, on MONDAY evening next, January llth, at 'clock pre cisely. General SIR DE DE LACY EVANS, M.P., in the chair, To consider the proposed Bill f o r th e removal o f Westminster ' t ige, and the erection of a bridge in lieu thereof at Charing-cross. rniniter, Pimlico, T he attendance i s earnestly requested of the i n h a bi tants o f West ntwasur Lambeth, and of all those desirous of opposing a so Inconvenient and eostly to the public, so destructive of im Portant existing interests and so fatal to all Improvement in the densely peopled districts of Westminster. Any communication from F N entl emen disposed to aid i n t hi s oppos i t i on ma y, i n t h e mean t i me, !.! dressed to the " `Westminster ridgeCornittee," King's Arms, ew ad W D na Palace-yard. AT a numerous and highly respectaUle meeting of the LICENSED VICTUALLERS in Westminster, held at Qr. G. Tennant's, the sign of the Westminster Arms, Market-street, I,'estmlnster, January 4, 1847, Mr. ALLITM in the , It Was r eso l ved, in consequence of the rise Chair upon the pr:ce of Bear by the Brewers, the following prices should be agreed to by all assem bled, and the Trade generally:— Porter, 4d. per pot in your own jugs, Ditto, 4!4d. in the pewter. Stout and Ales in proportion. iIIt°TIIERTON'S COMMERCIAL HOUSE, "OD-STREET, HANOVER-STREET, LIVERPOOL. Mira Brothe rton begs leave most respectfully to acquaint her ?needs ment and tie Public th a t s h e i s c arrying on the above Establish .n .so lon g conducted by her late parents, and in returning her tutus by un re cere thanks t o these gentlemen who so liberally patronised them, f , 3 IPP art. ' s litting care and attention to merit a continuance of B. has the satisfaction to state that the house has recently be en enlarged t o the extent :of Six show Roonss and Twelve Bed ith Gcnns ' -v rilicrl. with the acqui s iti o n of H o t and Cold Bath s , i ce ., w ill, e trusts, add materialy to its convenience and comfort. lIKTESEND STAR and BLACKWALL ACKETS. *lt and Rail included i P a Otis ?smut, avoiding the danger lind delay of the Pool. P rom the Brunswick Wharf, Klackwall, at 1%, 10%, 1,3, 4, and _ iiu ndaYs, at 9% 11 1%, 4, and 3. The Trains starting one guar o •f an hour before ea ch of these times. New Terrace Pier, Gravesend. at 7%. 1 %. a. 9%, 11%, I, 3, aid ..,-tutdays, at 6%, 11%, 1,3, and S. z.n.—Ne other packets call at the Grays er Greenhithe Piers. Star Office, Gravesend, Dec. 2S, 1646. CLERICAL, MEDICAL, AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURATICE SOCIETT, • Yo. 76, Great Russell-street, Bloomsbury. Instituted - 1624. 701.77tT11 DIVISION OF PROFITS. An extraordinary General Meeting of the Proprietors of this Society *lll he held at the Office, in Great Russell street, on Tnuasnav, the N I day of January ensuing, at Twe!ve o'clock precisely, for the pur pose of declaring a BONUS out of the Profits which have accrued !torn the general business of the Society during the Five years end alt June 30th, 184 0 , and at that Meeting the Persons Ass u red have the right of being present. The same Meeting will be made special, in order that the Pro prietors may take into consideration th@ expediency of amending and altering some of the existing laws, regulations, and provisions Of the Society, pursuant to the Deed of Constitution. GEORGE 11. PINCKARD, Secretary. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR ASCE SOCIETY, 26 CORNIIILL, LONDON. • Capital .£500,000. 'Empowered by Act of Parliament. 71111 Institution embraces important and substantial advantages wi th respect t o Li fe Aesurances and Deferred Annuit ics..Theipsured on,all oc cas i ons, the power to borrow, without expense-4i for tert•of the Poli cy , two - th i rds of the premiums m i d l a ce Table) ; !Ise the opt i on of selecting benefits, and the conversion of Isla in l'stkr tit-state meet oth er conveniences or necessity. ences for terms of years are granted on the lowest -possible , . •DIVISION OF PROFITS. . • .7veniark-able success and Incre a sin g pr os perity of the_Aaelety a enabled the Directors, at the last annual investigation, to declare fourth berms, rarying from 15 to 145 per cent. on the premiums paid each Policy effected on the Profit scale. 'LES. -~ -~- ,;~. ,; EXAMPLES. k' ty • : .. . . • • -3 7 i.',1 3 Premi um . ~,' Bonus , Bonus In ga - i Assured I i • 1° added. Cash. E c g may 7. y. Borrow. .....1 , • L.- I £ £s. c 18 37 £217 15 1 £lOO 0 11:.£16 0 4'/445 0 0 GO' 1000 2 , 183 8 192 3 0 87 141 13 10 2 395 11 i •, - ‘ 1839, 165 11 10- 74 1 k 11 3 l , i 346 2 3 1184 0 1 116 7 6 54 011 718 101 2 9G 13 4 L k 18411 11l 6 8 4918 715 41 247 4 8 - -- - The division of profits is annual, and the next will be made in be emb er of the present year. F. FERGUSON CAMItOUX, Secretary. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR ANCIII SOCIETY. 26, Cornhill, Dec. 24, 1. 2f:Xotiee i s h ereby given that the Half }early Interest, at th e rate ;:e_iroive per C ent. per annum on the Capital Stock of this ioeiety, ot,V. n the 31st instant will become • pay a bl e on th e II t h J anuar y . and proprietors may receive the !mine on application at this xiecyeenoz4tThhatr;eoor.o‘,:el,4y. subsequent day, between the hours of By order of the Directors, F. FERGUSON CAMROCX, Searetery. G UARDIA N FIRE AND LIFE ASSUR- Xo. 1l ANC E COMPANY. LOIMARD-STREET, at the Entrance of the Old cost office, London. DIRECTORS. JOHN LABOUCHERE, Esq., Chairman. II J OHN DIXON, Esq. Deputy-Chairman. „Mr) Hulse B erens, Esq. ' George Lyahl, Esq., M.P. fi'anels Hart Dyke, Esq. Stewart Marjoribanks, E Vj Walter It. Farquhar, Bart. John Martin, Esq.. M.P. 5q.,111.1. Ilolitson Ilankey,jun., Esq. Rowland Mitchell, Esq. u „ °11 r1 Harvey, Esq. Robert Mitford, Esq. ~‘ s e iln G " el librand Hubbard, Esq. J.. M°rri `' E M . ‘"erlrge Johnstone, Esq. Henry R. Reynolds, Jun., Esq. A Loch, E sq. John Thornton, Esq. Le hi Loyd, jun.. Esq. James Tulloch, Esq. Roberts, E. AUDITORS. Henr Sykes nton, mil tuel Jones Loyd, E sq . Henry y Norm n, E sq. Esq. Acme/ix—Griffith Davies, Esq., F.R.S. In the LIFE DEPARTMENT, Assurances may be effected at Rates without participation in the Profits ; or at moderate Rates with participation in one moiety of the Profits every seven years. At each of the three Septennial divisions which this Company has made, Unt Bonuses amounted to about 1 per cent. per annum on the sum assured, or about 27 per cent. on the amount of premium received ; and the whale amount of Reversionary Bonus allotted by the Com pany exceeded 830,000/. Loans anted on Life Policies to. the extent of their values, pro ?hied such Policies shall have been effected a sufficient time to have attained in each case a value not under 501. In the FIRE DEPARTMENT, a Return of profit was declared °S the 3th of June, upon the premiums received on all Policies which had been in force seven years at Christmas 1a45, and the same Is now in course of payment daily (Friday and Saturday excepted), between the hours of ten and three o'clock, at the Head Office ; and also by the Agents in the Country Districts. I !Notice is hereby given, that Assurances which expire at Carist- Tas-day must be ren ewe d w i t hi n fift een d ays at this Offiee, or with tr. Sams, No. I, St. Jarnes's-street, corner of Pall-mall, or with the Company's Ageuts throughout the Kingdom, otherwise they be tonic void. GEORGE KEYS, Secretary. rirHE LICENSED VICTUALLERS' and GENERAL FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, ADELAIDE-PLACE, LONDON-BRIDGE; 23, THISTLE-STREET, EDINBURGH; GREAT BRI DGEWATER-STREMIT, MANCHESTER; A WN -BUILDINGS and MATHEW-STREET, LIVERPOOL. Empowered by Act of Parliament. ,The Company transact busin ess i n every d epartment of L i fe and 41, e Assurance, in Annuities, Reversions, and Loans. LIFR DEPARTMENT. ACTUARY—J. T. Clement, Esq. Life At the last quinquennial meeting there was added a bonus to the Policies equal to 25 per cent. on the turns paid, and a bonus of Der cent. to the iliares, in addition to the payment of the annual t hereat. Por the convenience of parties wishing to assure for a specific sum, Without a prospective bonus, a new table at lower rates has been c alculated, on which, as well as on the participating scale, one-half the premium may re ma i n on i nterest at 5 per cent. for dye years, 'il enabling a person to insure his life for 1,0001. on the immediate Payment of the premium for 5001. only. The following are the annual Premiums for the Assurance of 1001. tar the whole Life, one-hr.lf of which may remain f.r five years by mercy paying the interest annually at five per cent. ; and should Ills Policy become a claim in the interim, the amount clue will then deducted. 4 34 20, without prodts• •£1 13 0 With profits • ... L 1 18 0 30 • • • • 3 1 2 bg....... ...... 4 3 4 ••••••• • • • • • • 4 9 6 rer short periods the Premiums are considerably lower, and for Idly ages or contingencies not usually advertised information may be Wattled on application to the Actuary or Secretary. FIRE DAPARTMENT. The Company Insure houses, furniture, stock In trade, farming s_tock, and every d escr ipti on o f personal property, against loss or saltine by firs. The Directors beg to remind their friends whose Premiums become due at Christmas, that no egtra charge is made at this Office for the transfer et Policies, and that they will be rated on terms peculiarly &Tem - able to parties insuri • ng. Insurances may be effected for any periol of time ; if for seven years, the December, Premiu 1846. m and Duty will only be charged for six. JOHN BIGG, Secretary. A10177-----SrACHIOS, and WHIS EYEBROWS, KERS produced in a few weeks , , and Baldness removed and Prevented ►y the use of GRImsT o In . aromatie herbs and flowers. p, Sold t oaly N E'S A.RO ItATOR, an essential spirit, draw. frem MI.TIC ItEGENE a few drops of which cure headache bottleh fragrant toilet scam fe '' minutes ;it is also a es, protected by the Government In triangular Pamphlet, eon- Ls. ; and double this size, I Is. each ; enelo se d i :- ; double the size. Three Minutes' 7 11 ‘ing testimonials of undoubted authority, entitieda.. Heir, ticc." Advice on the Growth and Preservation of the ir for money order s N eal n "!_ v ' 1 Y Post, 4s. 6d., 'ls. Sd„ and 12e., L sold wholesale only at Grimstone's 'lechery, n'T,'„ odon ; and by Messrs. Barclay and Son, Farrtn g d en 4 re tate, n•xr 2zford-street ; Messrs. Butler and Co.,Cheapalde ; Fisher e a t ' " ter ' t,o nduit-street ; Mr. Johnston, medicine warehouse, 6S, a n d Toiler, and by all Chemists, Perfumers, and others For itoinburge.rnhill • 4,1'. by all ; for Manchester, eresehs and ben , ..j• and ` 4B er•omee., .Adver tlser•omee. TO TIN . This lady had the f o ll ow i ng letter inserted in the " Tiraee" n ew .. ?aPer on lug. 7, 1846. Reader, remember, this letter was pat int o the Paper by the lady herself, as a testimony to me. " Mrs. Weekley, of No. 3. Swan-street, Borough, takes this oppor. 'unity of publicly thanki ng M r. W . G r i ms t o ne, of the Ilerbary, High, " 0 , for the efficacy of his Aromatio Regenerator, ht having ecii„ pletely restored the hair on her head, after using it about four months, IV the whole of her hair is much stronger and MCA luxuriant than ever Was before the baldness appeared. "Mrs. Weekley inserts this testimony to the virtnes of Mr. G.'s ..egenatnr, feeling assured that many ladies would gladly purchase an I Is. bottle if they were as certain of its virtues as she is, from ex- Pertence, not only in the restoration and production of hair in abund ance, but as a care ef nervous headache ; as a toilet perflime it is far 1 1 * Yond any to her t as t e. She will feel a pleasare in answering any In ef respectability t o th e above facts.-3, Swan-stroet, Borough." cases of the hair becoming thin, weak, or turning grey, a few ; wr oPs on the crown of the head occasionally, every week, will Pre eat the hair from coming away with the comb, make it strong, and prevent it t urning drops en your hgraireyb; u r g e h nd b e e ri fo n r g e th b e ru h s tr luxuriant and curly. A the t e lair brilliancy, causing it t o cur l . The most delicate ladi es ma y nee this deli t g h h e tfal hair Pro7 . l ll uctef h give :;otit aromatic herbs and flowers with confidence ; its refreshing r rtoilet . emoves headache and makes it a meet necessary companion ._tb• In cases of nevons headache, pour ten or twelve drops !he crown of the head; if very bad, repeat it every quarter of an 1.,77_ri In most cases relief is certain in ten minutes. It produces 175.013 children ' s h ea d s i n a few appplic,ations. It nsed on infants' ;Zio t ia, it has su c h a peculiar cooling influenee on the brain as to pre lims' c"rrullieas, as well la of testimonials. ell aa promoting the growth of hair.—S ee k y 114 1 WlxM ti IPliiLtm Gri4titoo Nertary, Hislagat•. !acts of mmea g cren• ltion ip .hroug) Ira writ teaaurat that thl k 147, rth111; IT acting t on thee' 1 Nine. VlGOtrit I &ale , Work t reaters ;ures. 8 43- by ird" . and IL. •eetdence• actenhst - Oxford' o who are ar of CO' iactioa t 4 eillser show . in g aid, vitro, iireeted t• :new, and delllll - per Dot' An /Att . d from Yr and half oper trog . r 110 A., 4s. VI" ctures, DV idrance t. ease is s e. restcles o4 _, 11 tiff, aw' -...--............'' A)M NGS. elope, Pr: tge StaMPL Treatise d Maturity Anstooll. LITE Orga n ' shorrin; an d °the or Nerfci r diseases - a EON, Honor* / Icentlol_ ITindrancaq o Unions•- Generstil i s that KW mth, actie a e ecte funcu •-• kness of 0 ,„ 4 rs •f Ti ab " 14'ealtnesio a nd 6. Oa eonaorbt* iltis ll ' !xperlence' _‘ .. e 'valuable ot: int"' It 3 per n it r no ' ,deuce; al ' . • and Co., 63, } o nion, 14 ?' LlYerPo°' „, and to . 0., 1 11 contsinu m DEDFOg).- DBOROV O Et no ig iraCU l°'.d. 'act freui ' , et). 21. f 1 84 ", Dur "ot I all the M oot lent. hAd„, lshati or pllla o O f Strati-. L. P g e ment ,„ d of Twic'.. mysterin age, nov i to e , wickenho • 1° husband*Christo o : o te n wife's lo r. the folln0e; een dres 9 ehr present de t was rO 5 as nowh eo of her P et , the Inetr°,i abore 008 ut any trilc nt, in a l eC e a ' titute, at t 40 to '1 eo aking 00 ,,,, the Wail' a less IWO 5 wor th 41 f1 - 4 ?el wire , 6 , - c . ano ther P' o ( es worth nee F pring li o r 2s. 6d. eller; is the al e ,. ,f iron, g .1 s its origill fe of Chi°lei irham, o °llf term. _„,_ 000 00 y of '1 Lincoao .rise, the wit° titer. „, ~ of Cadog renry r. ilovra,sge d !p 6 ; 1, Liento o ' 3* Miss Ss lll/1 ngeet n, Susses' LeI.RY - • ,„cs re p o rted e'Y ,ord le // 9 ear Admit s drat—TWO - 'has. Anth Q .ors land, Wi L " [ln Parson y' iel Allen', lo os mith, W il (cl)' Anderson . 0 0 urst, DO I v ion, and James °r' Caylor. f otl Captain! Lieut. fling. 0 0 Tis Beg" • tie , James .Kitift, —Arthur P jol o Ist, Kut.; n Brook Sit.l, of L, in the rr•—,ps No. 16,941. A SSOCIATION FOR TIIE REDUCTION OF THE DUTY ON TEA. WILLIAM NICOL, Esq., Chairman. CHRISTOPHER RAWSON, Esq., and HENRY WINCH, Esq., Deputy Chairmen. WILLIAM BALLEXT, Esq., Treasurer. ROBERT C. CROSIIIE, Est., and JOHN SCOTT, Esq., Ilonorary Secretaries. COMMITTEE. J. Hosack, Esq. A. Kelso, jun., Esq. Harold Littledale, Esq. Thomas Littledale, jun., Esq. Hugh Matheson, Esq. W. C. Molyneux, Esq. William Potter, Esq. W. Prowse, Esq. Rathbone, Est. William Rathhone, jun., Esq. W. Rotheram, Esq. G. C. Schwabe, Esq. T. W. Sharland, Esq. James Steains, Esq. .T. Thomson, Esq. Charles Turner, Esq. James 3 yux, Esq. George Armstrong, Esq. Thcmas Bold, Esq. Edward Brodr:bb, Esq. W. P. Bushby, Esq. Malcolm Corrie, Esq. C. Cottesworth, Esq. Edward Cropper, Esq. John Cropper, jun., Esq. J. Crosfield, Esq. It. Duckworth, Esq. A. Findlay, Esq. W. F. Foster, Esq. R. Fry, Esq. T. Fry, Esq. George Grant, Esq. ♦P. F. Gray, Esq. Daniel Harrison, Esq. T.awrence Ileywerth, Esq. In announcing the formation of this Association, the Committee feel that little introduction from them is necessary to ensure from the public their hearty concurrence and support, seeing the benefit which would accrue to all classes of the community from the realisa• Hon of the object they have in view. It has long been the conviction of philanthropists, that the obtain ing for the poor, at a moderate price, a beverage so Wholesome as tea, would be an inestimable boon, not merely on account of its com fort as an article of daily use, but especially on account of its tendency to promote social feeling and temperance, with all the domestic and orderly habits consequent thereupon. Ample experience has also convinced the merchants engaged in the tea trade with China, as well as those engaged in the tea trade at home, that our export trade with the Chinese is in danger, and that, to preserve it, there is tile most urgent necessity for a large reduction of the present high duty on tea. The Committee earnestly request attentim to the following con siderations on this important subject:— That pressing, as this duty does, most heavily on the lower kinds, it prevents the use of tea amongst the most numerous class of our countrymen. That the original cost of tea is very moderate, the bulk of the qualities generally consumed varying from ad. to 2s. per lb., and that its consumption is restricted by no indisposition on the part of the public to purchase it, but by its high price, caused solely by the present oppressive duty. That there is scarcely a limit to• the capacity or disposition of the Chinese to purchase our manufactures. That while, as already stated, our duty on tea ranges from 200 to 400 per cent., the Chinese admit our imports at an ad valorem duty of dye per cent. That this impolitic duty materially limits our exports to China, and seriously interferes with the employment of labour. _ _ _ The Committee feel contldent . that a similar increase to that which has taken place in the consumption of coffee, by the material reduc tion of the duty, may be anticipated from a proportionate reduction of the duty on tea. That thereby the consumption of tea would be greatly augmented, and the revenue correspondingly benefited. The Committee feel assured that there will hardly he found a single opponent to the justice of their claim, and that it only requires the hearty co-operation of the public to ensure succe's. They have much pleasure in annexing a list of subscriptions already received, and they respectfully solicit the assistance of the public in furtherance of the object of the Association. Subscriptions will be received by the treasurer, or any member of the Committee. WILLIAM NICOL, Chairman. No. I, Exchange-buildings, Nor. 2, 1846. SUBSCRIPTIONS. Mr. C. Rawson - Mr. H. Winch Mr. R. C. Crosbie - Mr. E. Brodribb - Mr. A. Kelso Mr. W. I'rowse - Mr. D. Harrison - Mr. W. Balleny - Mr. A. Findlay - Mr. It. Duckworth Mr. Steains - - - Mr. J. Scott - Mr. R. Jamieson - Mr. 11. Matheson - Mr. C. P. Dickson •• Mr. W. Rathbone - Mr. W. Rathbone, jun. - Mr. George Armstrong - Mr. William Nicol - Mr. Potter Mr. MolyneuX Mr. R. Fry - : - 41tequoa - 7 Mr. W. Foster Mr. George Grant Mr. Robertson Gladstone - Mr. Smith Harr: son Mr. Joseph Crosfleld Mr. T. W. Sharland Mr. W. Rotheram Mr. James Tyrol* - Mr. Thomas Bold - Mr. J. Cropper, jun. Mr. E. Cropper - Mr. C. Cotesworth - - Corri• and Co. Mr. Charles Turner - Mr. William Earle - Mr. Thomas Earle - 11. 11. MotTatt and Co. - Mr. J. Stokes • Mr. W. F. Gray - Mr. W. P. Bushby - Mr. Robert Lloyd - Mr. Thomas Matheson - Mr. G. Schwabe - Mr. L. Ileyworth - Mr. 11. Littledale Mr. M. F. Brownrigg Mr. G. Hargreaves - Mi. Kindermann Mr..l. Hosack Mr. W. J. Millard - Miller Brothers - Mr. E. Hall - Mr. William Higgins Mr. R. N. Jones - Mr. J. A. Hulbert - . Mr. Thomas Murray - Mes!rs Woodall and Jones - Mr. Caleb A. Tate - A Lady - A Labouring Man - M r. James Chesney- Mr. John Ilenyen - Messrs. J. W. Cater and Co. Mr. G. J. Wainwright James Alex. Scott - Thos. I.ittledale, Jun. John W ilks A. Radcliffe Robert Roberts. Rank-buildings £lO 10 0 - 10 10 0 - 10 10 0 - 10 10 0 - 10 10 0 - 10 10 0 - 10 10 0 - 10 10 0 - 10 10 0 - 10 10 0 - 10 10 0 - 10 10 0 - 10 10 0 • 10 10 0 - 10 10 0 - 10 10 0 . - 10 10 0 - . 10 10 0 - - 10 10 0 - 10 10 0 .i 5 0 . 10 10 0 . . 10 10 0 • • 10 10 0 - 10 10 0 . - 10 10 0 . - 10 10 0 - - 10 10 0 - - 10 10 0 5 5 0 . - 10 10 0 . . 10 10 0 - - 10 10 0 - . 10 10 0 . - 10 10 0 - - 10 10 0 - - 10 10 0 - - 10 10 0 - - 10 10 0 - - 10 10 0 .-2 2 0 - . 10 10 0 - - 10 10 0 - - 10 10 0 - - 10 10 0 - - 10 10 0 - - 10 10 0 . - 10 10 0 - - 10 10 0 . - 10 10 0 . - 10 10 0 • - 10 10 0 .-5 5 0 - - 10 10 0 5 5 0 --2 2 0 --1 1 0 - - 1 fl 0 --2 2 0 --2 2 0 --5 5 0 .-2 2 0 -1 0 0 - - 0 10 0 --0 2 6 .-0 i 0 --0 5 0 --6 0 0 - - 10 10 0 --5 5 0 - - 10 10 0 --1 1 0 - - 10 10 0 -.2 2 0 ADDRESS of the LIVERPOOL ASSOCIA TION for the REDUCTION of the DUTY on TEA. In again calling public attention to the present oppressive and impolitic tax upon tea, the Association are anxious to give promi. nence to those facts which indicate the necessity for an immediate reduction of the duty. The conclusion of the treaty with China encouraged confident expectations of the extension of our trade with that empire. It was reasonably anticipated that the low rate of duty imposed by its Government upon British manufactures would be reciprocated by a corresponding liberality in the adm l ssion of the staple production of the Chinese for the use of ourselves. The elements of agricultural industry essential to the production of tea,—the fertile and exten sive territory, and the superabundant population of China, esti mated at above 35°,000,000,—are capable of enlarging its supply in a ratio at least equal to that in which the machinery of our manu facturers can increase the production of fabrics required for exporta tion. Our imports of tea from China have never yet reached four per cent. of the entire production of that country, according to the best calculation. It is, however, a notorious fact, that the expectations thus cherished have been disappointed. The merchants are exposed to heavy losses in the importation of teas, which are now selling in the British markets at prices below their current value in China ; while at the Caine time our manufactures are selling in China for less than the cost of their production here. The population at large are unbenefited by any practical result accruing from a treaty that has left behind it a tax upon British incl stry, which at the same time collie a bonus upon foreign competition• There is no difficulty in ascertaining the cause of so disastrous an issue. The pressure of an impost, unprecedented in any other tariff, cripples the operations of our merchants, and excludes our manu factures fr. m the larger proportion of the Chinese population ; while it deprives the labouring classes in this country of one of the most needful articles of domestic comfort. The foreign policy of our Go vernment has achieved a brilliant success; but its results are marred and counteracted by the incongrnous arrangements of the Home Exchequer. The chief export of China is brought in abundance to our shores, only to accumulate in our warehouses. A tax, ae anomalous ib principle as It is mischievous in its results , stops at once the tide or commercial prosperity and the pervading current, of social civilization. Under such circumstances, it is almost as easy to predict the future as to review the past A losing trade can never be a permanent one. The discouraging results of this year's imports will curtail the ship ments of the next. Comparative scarcity, and proportionately high prices, will follow. The professed intention of the financial measures of Government for some time past has been to cheapen the necessa ries of life. In this country tea occupies a more prominent place Amon those necessaries than in any other. Under the operation of any uniform and reasonable system of taxation, it would, the refore, have been recognised as a primary object for the ameliorative inter position of Government. On the contrary, however, the Legislature of the country in which it is most extensively consumed is the last to recognise its importance in the civil and social economy of the state. The British Government has afforded every facility for its supply to other countries, where it is little more than an occasional luxury, and has impeded its consumption among ourselves, where its use is indispensable The necessities of the Exchequer, the only plea advanced in pallia tion of an impost so obviously Indefensible, is one which will not bear examination. There is no reason to asrehend that the reduc tion of the duty to Is. per pound would leave a deficit of any import ance. The immediate result of such a change would unquestionably be the liberation of a larger quantity from bond than had ever been taken out clUrin; the same period before. If any temporary pres sure upon our fleanc,s existed, it would thus be promptly relieved. There is no room to doubt that in the further course of time the gra dual increase of consumption would enlarge the revenue upon a sure and satisfactory basis. This is not a gratuitous conjecture, but a reasonable deduction from the result of similar changes in the duties on coffee and sugar ; and, above all, it is confirmed by the only two existing precedents of a reduction in the tax upon tea itself. In 1741, the duty was reduced from 13/. 18s. 7 d. per cent. and 4s. per lb. to 381. ISs. 7 4d. per cent. and Is. per lb. The consumption im mediately advanced nearly 50 per cent. In 1784, the duty was re duced from i 5/. 15s. 10d. per cent. and is. Id. 4-sths per lb. to 121,', per cent. The consumption was at once more than doubled. In 1785 it was trebled, and he 1794 it was quadrupled. Since that pe riod the duty has gradually advanced. Under the monopoly of the East India Company it was 100 per cent.; and under a system of in dividual enterprise and competition, it is nearly 200 per cent. Every reduction in the price of the article has, however, been followed by an increase in its consumption. The present consumption of tea in this country amounts to an average of about 1141 b. per head per annum for the entire popula tion. This is about one-fourth of the allowance usually afforded to domestic servants in famil.es of the middle classes ; it is less than one-half of the quantity consumed in the Channel Islands, where all intoxicating beveraces are far cheaper than in this country ; and it is scarcely one-sixth of the proportion used in Australia, by a popu lation whose physical requirements will appear to most persons less favourable to its use. Whatever test may be applied to our present consumption, it will evidently appear to be restricted by the artificial limits of price, and not by any objection to the qualities and proper ties of the article. A careful examination of these will justify the conclusion that it Is adapted more than any ether beverage for in corporatien with every description of diet, anti for use at every meal ; that it is suited to every variety of physical constitution, and adequate to sustain every description of mental or corporeal exercise. The present duty amounting to two-thirds of the cost of the most serviceable descriptions of tea, it is evident that the dealers require, in order to cover their investments in its purchase, three times the profit which would repay them, were the article free of duty. The public have thus to pay a tax upon a tax ; the magnitude of the im post, in the first instance, being indefensible and oppressive. Were the duty reduced to Is. per lb., the consumer would obtain at least 3 lbs, of tea f o r th e same money that he now pays for 21bs ; and there ftn t t s yn of doteuabtawt is Js whatever that Use larger quantity would be used. the consumption o f every poun d of tea i nvo l ves t h at of : A b s. of sugar, the extr a d uty on the latter, added to that on the increased would at once yield a revenue of about four millions, according to th e most moderate computat i on, while the future enlargement of thts source of public income might confidently be expected. mope T err hi ti t e nn a d m .: m et, eaiitatl benefitse more oengeue equitable that t ihi u ,a n pyo n sf e ta c .i e r s l unnecessary r y to enlarge upon those Theybe ar e anticipated persuad etinder that theue removal of those restrictions which now impede the use of a cheap and salubrious beverage would be highly conducive to the happiness and well-being of the community, by encouraging habits of tem perance and domestic comfort, and by supplying practical dissua sives from 'crime. They regard the burden of the tax as now pressing upon the energies of the entire population, under 'what ever character these may be beneficially developed ; and they there fore invite the sympathy and support of all classes in their efforts I for its removal. WILLIAM XiCoL, chairman. LiTerpool, NOTember, LONDON, TUESDAY MORNING SUN, JANUARY 5, 1847. COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS' SCHOOLS, FOR ORPHAN AND .NECESSITOUS CHILDREN. Offices, 51, Cheapside. At the Quarterly General Court of the Governors of this Institution, held at the London Tavern, on Monday, the 28th day of December, instant, THOMAS SIDNEY, Esq., Alderman, in the chair, the undermentioned gentlemen were unanimously appointed to fill the several offices of the Institution for the ensuing year : PRIMDIRMT. JOHN I{ASTEHMAN, Rog., M.P. 11013-PBIWIDVITS. Edwanl Baker, Esq. Robert Clarke, jun., Esq. John Robert Curney, Esq. Sampson Copestake, Esq. Joseph Ferguson, Esq. Janaos Fisher, Esq. George Hitchcock, Esq. John 3tair, jun., Esq. William Nicholson, Esq. William Peek, Esq. R. M. Phillips, Esq. Giles Itedmayne, Esq. Thomas Sidney, Esq., Aldermen George Smith, Esq. James Walsh, Esq. Matthew Wicking, Esq. Edward Wiggins, Esq. Arthur Wilcoxon, Esq. TatisTlNS. Robert Clarke, Esq., Cheapside James Peek, Rsq., I:witches's Hananiali Teape, Esq., Altigate TRRASURRI. George Moore, Esq., Bow-churchyard AUDITORS. Geore Hitchcock, Esq., St. fact's-churchyard William Lawson, Esq. William WCulloch, Esq. Ronson Ridley, Esq. George Stockdale, Esq. Thomas Tapling, E.g. BOARD OF 11ANAGENZIFT. Thomas Sidney, Esq., Alderman Julius Mere, Esq., Crutehed Friars John Baggalary, Esq., Love-lane David Blyth, Esq., Barbican' J. L. Bootkby, Esq., Upper Thames-street Thomas Brough, Esq., Liverpool F. J. Bligh, Esq., Cheapside J. R. Cuilley, Esq., Monument-yard J. D. Carter, Esq., Aldgate J. L. Evans, Esq., Wardrobe-Place J. r. Foster, Esq. Wood-street Richard Groucock, Esq., Bow.churchyard J. Galloway, Esq., Manchester R. Gilson, Esq., Fenchurch-street W. G. B. Gunton, Esq., New Weston-street George Harker, Esq., Upper Thames-street G. Hewitt, Esc! , Brixton Jenkin Jones, Esq.. Coles-terrace J. Ingle, Esq., Wood-street R. Johnson, Esq., Watling-street D. Lewis, Esq., Manchester A. H. Moore, Msg., Calthorpe-etreet John Main, jun., Esq., Friday-street J. P. Massey, Esq., Birmingham R. M. Phillips, Esq., Rood-lane GUN; Redmayne, Esq., Bond-street W. S. Rumsey, Esq., Queen-street-place Thomas Roberts, Esq., Paternoster-row R. Shillingford, Esq., Old Jewry Evan Smith, Esq., Sheffield Henry Sturt, Esq., Wood-street W. Tilt, Esq., Claremont-square James Walsh, Esq., Old 'Change John B. Walker, Esq., Friday-street Matthew Wicking, Esq., Dorset-square Thomas Williamson, Esq., Savage-gardens HONORARY SECRETARY —George Lawrence, Esq. 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This event took place on Thursday, at Cleatop, two milesi from Settle. The North-Western Railway has two objects. It is intended to connect the manufacturing districts of the West Riding of Yorkshire by a near route with Glasgow and the west of Scotland, and also to afford to those districts a commodious and easily acces sible shipping port on the west coast, at the entrance of Morecambe Bay. The length of the line is sixty-one miles, including both its branches. It commences at Skipton, at the termination of the Bradford Extension Railway, and proceeds by Gargrave, Settle, Ingleton, to Kirkby Lonsdale. Its course is thence by the east of the Lune to Sedbergh, and thence towards Borrow-bridge, at a short distance from which place it crosses the Lune by a large viaduct, and joins the Lancaster and Carlisle line. At a point near Wennington, a branch diverges through Wray, Hornby, and Caton, to Lancaster, which is expected to become the great shipping port for the West Riding. With the North-Western Railway an amalgamation has been effected, by Act of Parliament, with the Morecambe Bay Harbour and Railway Com pany. The difficulties of the navigation of the Lune, it is well known, led to the construction of the dock at Glasson many years ago;' but commodious as that dock is, access to it is found very difficult at certain times, and great delay, as well as danger, are often in curred. It is proposed to make a dock at Poulton Ring, at the embouchure of the bay, Which Government Commission ers havepronounced to be the most favourable place for a' harbour to be found, perhaps, on the English coast, and s railway of four miles in extent will communicate with the North-Western at Lancaster. The inhabitants of the West Riding will thus be put in possession, not only of railway facilities between the different parts of this kingdom, but the means of export to foreign countries will be afforded superior to any which they now enjoy. A glance at the map will show at once that the North- Western is a very well chosen line, and in addition to the advantages it offers as a part of a trunk line, it gives to a large and important district, to the gracing district of Craven in particular, the privilege of a railway, from which it has hitherto been quite shut out. Thursday last (says the Kendal Meretay) was the day fixed upon fur the commencement of the works, and as Lord Morpeth had consented to act on the occasion, great interest was excited. Half-past twelve o'clock was the hour named, and on our arrival at Settle, about that time; we found the little town in a stir unequalled, we apprehend, on any previous occasion whatever. A long length of carriages and horsemen, extending almost from one extremetity of it to the other, and headed by banners and a band of music, betokened that some event was about to take place of extraordinary and absorbing interest. The procession shortly began to move in slow array, Lord Morpeth being in the first carriage, accompanied by his host, Mr. Birkbeck, and other gentlemen. Among se the private c arr i ages we o b serve d t h ose of Pady Daw son, Esq., Hornby, ex-High Sheriff ; HenryAlcock, Esq., Airville, near Skipton Charles Ingl e by, E sq ., Austwick ; R o b ert I ng l e b y, s kland Green ; G. Hartley, E sq ., S ett l e , Etc. There ' Law were sixteen car riages, besides humbler vehicles, and horsemen and pedestrians beyond count. The cavalcade moved slowly on, amid the occasional cheers of a large body of "navvies," wh o f orme d a conspi cuous part of the procession, to the scene of action, a field belonging to the Rev. J. Swales. A large booth had been erected on the field, which was filled with ladies, and those who composed the procession formed in circle on the ground, either in their carriages or on foot as they chose. The scene was at this moment truly imposing, A spot could not have been selected more happily adapted for the purpose. The beautiful pano rama which the hills presented gave a native charm to the scene, and an assemblage of between 2,000 and :3,000 anxious and happy spectators imparted an air of animation which no one who witnessed it will forget. The arrangements being duly made, which was a matter of no small difficulty with so vast a concourse, though they were managed with a skilfulness that was most creditable to those who had the conducting of the ceremonial, Mr. Vignoles, the engineer-in -chief, came forward and presented to Mr. Dawson the silver spade— a most elegant implement, inscribed with the arms of the company, as well as with the record of the date of the auspicious event, in honour of which it was manu factured. Mr. Dawson then handed it to Lord Morpeth, with a suitable address, and as soon as that nobleman had received it, the Vicar of Giggleswick, the Rev. R. Ingram, stepped forward, at the request of the chairman, and invoked in the most solemn and appropriate strain, the blessing and help of the Almighty on the great work they were about to commence. His Lordship then doffed his coat, in the true navvy style, and pulled out of his breast a veritable worsted navvy's cap, which h4eput upon his head amid the most vociferous plaudits of the assemblage, the navvies themselves, who stood around with their implements, being apparently the most inte rested spectators in the scene, and addressed himself to his work. His Lordship, it must be confessed, did not seem much used to dig, and the -efforts Oat he made to cut the stubborn soil, pro%oked the loudest peals of laughter. His Lordship enjoyed the fun as much as the merriest of those who watched him in his un wonted labour ; and after a short time the mahogany wheelbarrow, a most beautifully designed and well made little vehicle, was filled, and wheeled along the narrow planks to the end of them, where it was " tipped. His Lordship resumed his proper habili ment, amid greetings more hearty than we almost ever remember before to have heard, and then proceeded to address the company. Lord MORPETH said—l am afraid the Craven sods have been a little too hard, from the recent frost, for me to acquit myself like an experienced savvy. Nevertheless I trust that this may be an auspicious beginning of that great andertaking to celebrate which we have met here to-day.—(Cheers,) It is a work which belongs to he ene rgy and enterprise of the times in which we live Formerly it was thought a very great thing that rail ways were made to connect the largest towns in the c ountry. It was thought a great thing when a railway was made between Liverpool and Manchester. Next people proposed the uniting of the capital itself with other great towns, such as Birmingham and Bristol. As people's enterprise crept on, it began to be thought an easy matter to conduct a railway along levels and by the side of riven. But we , gentlemen, under the skill and enterprise of our able engineer, Mr. Vignoles, are able to accomplish still greater feats than these. We mean to carry our railway fea rlessl y along the upland pastures of Craven. We do not mean to creep sluggishly by the side of every river, but boldly to cross them transversely, a n d d r ive our line over the Aire, the Ribble, and the Lune.—(Cheer°') We are not afraid of driving our lin e un d e r the giant shadow of Ingleborough itself.—(Great cheerin E n terprise de serves success, and I have no do u bt that the success we deserve will crown the enterprise of the North-Western Railway Company. It seems, indeed, that since our undertaking was set on foot, another railway of great pretensions has taken that same name --(Laughter.) So happy did they deem the name of the North-Western, that by that name they have christened the long line of railway which stretches from London to *Lancaster. Well, as they have usurped our name, I think they ought at least to guarantee us their dividend.—(Cheers and laughter.) However, I believe we shall want no dividends but our own, for it seems to me that the cir cumstances and features of this railway are all of the most promising character. I am told that there is a po pulation amounting to two or three millions in the centre will be a counties of England to whom this rttilwaY saving, if they wish to get to the great town , of Glasgow and the western districts of Scotland, of 25 miles.— (Hear.) I am told likewise that from London itself to Gl a sgow this railway will afford a saving of 12 miles. It gives me therefore satisfaction to think this ll , ou . r own true and genuine North-Western —( Hear)— give all the vast manufacturing p o p ulation of that West Riding of Yorkshire, in which I feel so closely and grate fully interested, a ready and convenient access at all times to the district of the lakes and all the romantic scenery of that part of England.—(Cheers.) M ost glad shall I be if those hard-working toil-worn men who are obliged to labour for their bread through a great part of the year in the smoky streets and close alleys of our large manufacturing towns, shall be wafted along this s l o ce p d es t() ; line through your pleas ant fields and sunny a l that they may enjoy that sce ner y whiok i open the minds of all to the beatties of nature, and rub off the sweat and dust of their daily toil by the glossy margin of Ullswater, or recruit t heir wasstk eidhaew.....alth(p-.a good climb up the rugged ste e p s o f dd ththateilr hope pcause.) Allow me only to say , in co nclusion, these works, which are now begun , during con struction, and afterwards during the developme n t res ources of the line, will conduce largely, only notof the to popula the comfort and enjoyment of t hat e ast bodyof lit tion whom it is intended to accommodate, b that they will lead to the ultimate goo d of all engaged them —(Hear, hear)—that the f r uits of their toil will not 1 not be industry —that serve the but wasted in idle squandering or drunke n n e r i e t e y to swell the independent gains o f ho the beginning, the progress , and the end of e North- Western Railway works may be a credit to the district and an advantage to all who labour on it it, and all be enabled to look back with satisfactionnd travel by gratitude to the work of this day,—(Cheers. and said this, I will now detain you no lon e rs.) Having to empty the first sod, wishir , from g r, but proceed conclusion to the works of the' North-Westernmy heart a good way.—(Great cheering.) Rail- The Chairman, Mr. Dawson, then took the spad e i n hand, and he certainly showed himself much much more an adept at the work of an excavat or than Mr. Vignoles, the engineer, who, by the his Lord s hip. way, in appropriate costume of a railway was arrayed Sharp, the solicitor of the company labour er ; M r . Settle, one of the directors, ; Mr. Bi r kb ec k, o f and several other ge n tl e men followed ; and it was amusing to observe with which their performances were the interest n standees—the awkwardness so naturally man if e st e d noticed by the by affording food for much mirth to the navvies The ceremony over, a ber re l o f ale in particular. Lord Morpeth proposed " S uccess to the ' North-W es t e rn broa c h e d, and Railway," amid repeated huzzas. Theorth-Western drank the health of hi s Lordship, navv i es t h en gradually left the groun d. and the company THE BANQUET. At half past five a b ou t 100 g e ntlemen sa t down to dinner in the assembly-room adjoi • t adjoining th e G o ld en Lion Inn. The dinn er was most sum presided, having on hi s left M I) "us ' Mr. P. Dawson Dir. Greene, M.P., Mr. C. Vignoles, engineer-in -chief, Rev. R. Ingram, &c. On his right sat the Right Hon. Viscount Morpeth, M.P. C. J. Geldard, Capelside, acted as vice. Among the company were Messrs. T. Birkbeck, R. Clayton, G. Hartley, Thomas Clapham, T. Redmayne, all of Settle ; H. Roughsedge, Bentham ; J. Sharp. mayor of Lan• caster ; R. Hinde, E. Sharpe, secretary to the line, all (,f Lancaster ; C. Nicholson, Stand Lodge, near Bury ; the Revs. R. M. Smith, incumbent of Rauthmell ; J.Stani- field, minister of Coniston ; J. Marriner, vicar of Clap ham ; R. J. Willowby Rooke, curate of Bentham, &c. In proposing " the Bishop and Clergy of the Diocese," the CHAIRMAN said one of the earliest resolutions which had been passed by the board of directors was to pro vide a resident minister where the works were princi• _ _ pally carried on, and he felt sure that every assistance would be afforded theirtAaythe Bishq and the clergy, especially the' clergy more immediately connected with the district. The Roy. R. INGRAM very appropriately acknowledged the toast. Lord MORPETH rose amid loud applause. He said— Gentlemen, the chairman has just told us that he has come to the end of his routine toasts, which we have drank with due loyalty, respect, and attachment. The toast which I have now to bring before you cannot be called routine, because we have to drink it for the first time; but it will become a routine toast, for it is not the last time, I trust, we shall drink it.— (Cheers.) The toast which I am honoured by being allowed to propose is, " Success to the North-Western Railway."—(lmmense cheering.) lam sure you Will feel that the sentiment is congenial to the offices in which we have engaged this day, and that it is appropriately the crowning work of this evening. —(Cheers.) I flatter myself that this un dertaking has been launched with ail possible omens of success. Nothing seemed wanted at the beginning. I only ; felt, when we were on the spot where the first sod was 'dug, stand - the admirable prepays '-which were made for the ceremonial, and in the centre of the beau tiful panorama of hills spread out on each side, I only felt that the passengers would complain of being hurried .too rapily along over the most beautiful scenes of the world, to come to "Settle."— (Most rapturous applause, which continued for some time.) I certainly think that the position and circumstances of this line seem to combine, very happily, all the leading matters that are desirable in undertakings of this description. Con nected as it is with our most busy haunts of manufactur ing industry in one direction, and with the most roman tic and picturesque spots of our land in another, it forms a link between the dense smoke of our factories and the silvery mists of the mountains—(Loud cheers.) I hope, with mere reference to all contemporary undertakings, it will be found, in the opposition which it may thought to offer, to conflict in that opposition with none, but will maintain its due place, as having uses and benefits of its own. Indeed, it seems to me, from its very position, to form an illustration of an old and familiar story, a story of two men quarelling about the possession of an oyster, and calling in a third individual to arbitrate between them. You have one line on the eost, ote on the west, and another in the middle. On one side, a powerful western line stretches along a vast extent of country, from London, we may say, to Perth. On the east, an other broad shadow covers with its bulk a great portion of the territory of our country.—(Cheers.) 'Well, gen tlemen, your railway comes in the middle between these two powerful competitors. Ido not say we must leave to them nothing but the empty shell; I should be sorry if any such destiny awaited them; but I hope that occu pying, as you do, the middle position, you will have your due share of the luscious article.—(Vehement cheering). With the expression of this hope for our future destiny, and in the full assurance that our future success will be commensurate with our most sanguine expectations, I beg to commend to your hearty acceptance the toast of the North-Western Railway.—(Drunk with three times three). Glee—" Life's a bumper." The CHAIRMAN responded. Among other remarks, ho said that the fact of his Lordship having consented to come down from his arduous duties in London to be present with them on that occasion was itself a proof that their railway possessed some merit. Some had called this the iron age, but he trusted that it would prove the golden age.—(Cheers.) It had once been sup posed that insurmountable engineering difficulties pre vented the opening out of the lands of Craven to the benefits of railway communication; but they had found out a level road, and by means of the branch to Lan caster, a port would be opened to the West Riding of Yorkshire, which would bring the rich produce of Ire land in return for the commodities in which that district abounds.—(Applause.) The Chairman concluded by giving "The Members of the West Riding." Lord MORPETI rose amid renewed cheering. He said, I am almost ashamed to be on my legs again; it is more than oan be expected in one day, even from any navvy—(Loud lauk,hter)—and having evinced by the part I have been allowed to take in the business of this day. the interest I feel in the matter of your railway, it would not be right in me to detain you at any length in speaking on a subject merely personal to myself. I do not now come to Settle for the first time, and I have always had reason to be pleased with the reception I have met with. I may apply to myself the words of the poet, though, perhaps, in a sense different from that which he intended, " Where rise the mountains there to me are friends." —(Loud cheers.) But however, agreeable my former visits may have been, the pleasure of my coming among any neighbours this day is much enhanced by the feel ing that there is no shadow of political difference to cast any obstacle in the way of the promotion of the best in terests of the country. To use a railway metaphor, we are all moving, not only to the same terminus, but tra velling on the same line, without any danger of collision, and without any risk of a crash.—(Renewed cheers.) The CHAIRMAN next gave " The Members of the borough of Lancaster." Mr. GREENE was loudly cheered on rising. The Hon. Member said he was sure the company would do him the justice to believe that he felt most deeply gratified by the handsome manner in which his name had been received. He did not deserve to be thanked for being present at their meeting on the auspicious occasion which had called them together. On the other hand, his thanks were due to them for the honour they had done him in sending him an invitation. It was a matter of great satisfaction to him to have the opportunity of attending a meeting which had been called for the purpose of com mencing a great work, a work designed not only forlocal convenience, but which was entitled to be looked upon as a work of national importance. He had been in the habit, year after year, of travelling along that road to his own house, and after three days' journey he naturally felt anxious to reach home. The difficulty of Giggleswick Brow always presented itself to his mind, and he little imagined that he should ever be enabled to pass to his own place of residence at railway speed.—(Cheers.) It was gratifying to him to witness the extension of the railway system which was being carried out. He had, a short time before, been called on to attend a meeting in celebration of the opening of the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway, and on his way had passed over the Shap Fells, which had been pronounced, on high authority, to be impracticable for railway transit. The result proved the skill of their engineers, and Great Britain might well feel proud that she had set the example to all the world of ability and enterprise which were applied to ob jects so useful and importaat.—(Cheers.) lie bad been much struck with an expression which, when in London, he had heard used by one of the foreign Mi nisters, in speaking of a line that was proposed to be made from Hamburgh to Trieste. The observation was, that as lines were carried on to every part of the globe, and it was felt how one line depended for its success on another, there was the surest guarantee for the maintenance of the peace of the world.—(Cheers.) True, they did not require in England railroads for the maintenance of peace, but they were necessary for the purposes of commercial intercourse, and it was highly desirable that every place should possess the ad- vantage of them. Feeling strongly, as he (Mr. Greene) did, the advantages derived from railway communica tion, he could not be indifferent to the benefits offered by the North-Western to a town in whose welfare he was most deeply interested, being connected with it, as he had been, from his infancy—he meant the town of Lancaster. Lancaster would be linked, by means of it, not only with the manufacturing districts of Yorkshire, but with the opposite shores, and she would also be enabled to communicate with Hull and the other ports on the east side of the island. The lion. Gentleman, after a few other remarks to a similar purpose, resumed his seat amid loud cheers. Mr. SALISIIIIRY, of Lancaster, proposed " The Chair man and Directors of the Lancaster and Carlisle and the Leeds and Bradford lines." Mr. RAND, of Bradford, responded to the toast. Mr. BIRKBECK. gave "The Chairman and Board of Directors of the Blackburn and Clithero and North- Western Railway." The sentiment was acknowledged by Mr. ROBINSON, of Settle. Mr. R. HINDS, of Lancaster, with a few appropriate introductory remarks, gave " The Chairman and Di rectors of the Wharfdale line," and Mr. WILSON, jun., of Eshton, briefly acknowledged the compliment. Mr. RAND proposed " The Chairman and Directors of the East Lancashire Railway," observing, that the North-Western Company was deeply interested in the success of that line, and that the Rossendale valley con tained all the elements to ensure success to railway enterprise. Mr. NicnoLsow briefly returned thanks. He said the' East Lancashire would be most happy to interchange to an unlimited extent with the North- Western commodi ties which must conduce to the comfort of the public to a large degree, and which would return 121 per cent. to both lines —(Cheers.) Lord MoEFETH, in a few very appropriate words , pro posed the health of the chairman. The CHAIRMAN acknowledged the compliment, and gave the health of " the Engineers." Mr. VfosoLus, in responding, paid a high compliment to Mr. Watson, the acting engineer, whose modesty, he said, was surpassed only by his ability, his integrity, and his industry. To himself, he said, no credit was due, except for occasionally casting his eyes over the line, to see whether certain points were carried out. To Mr. Watson belonged the praise of managing everything that related to the details, and every praise ought to be given to him for the way in which he fulfilled his duties. lie (Mr. Vignoles) mielt, however, claim for himself the merit of having laid ( i \ own principles which, when PRICE SD. they were first set forth, were generally condemned as erroneous and impracticable. Their truth had, however, been since acknowledged, and the importance of the re sults were above calculation. He had always maintained that level lines should not be the only ones laid down, but that they should boldly attack the hills. The doc trine was pronounced at the first to be visionary, and he had to encounter the opposition and the remonstrances of his most valued friends; but he contended that it was the business of the engineer to seek to provide for the greatest amount of public good. The event justified him in his views, and it had been proved that it was not necessary to seek to obtain a level along which a maximum load should be carried, but that it was better to apply extra locomotive power, when any con siderable incline presented itself, rather than waste the resources of the country in refinement for unnecessary gradients.—(Applause.) Another reason in favour of the adoption of this principle was the necessity which existed of affording a far greater amount of accommo dation than could be given upon any other system. He hoped to see the day when villages would have their railroads, and the farmer would find it cheaper to em ploy the railway from parish to parish, for purposes of agriculture. than the present modes of conveyance: - - Mr. Vignoles concluded an interesting address, of which we regret our inability to . present more tLan the preceding outline, amid grciat applause. Various other appropriate toasts "fere afterwards given and responded to ; and the company separated at a late hour, gratified at the proceedings of the day. The London and North-Western intend placing under contract their Rugby and Stamford and Rugby and Lea mington lines. The passenger station of th• Leeds and Bradford at the former town now about to be built will cover an area of 500 feet long and 180 wide. Sir. Culling Smith, one of the_cbief representatives of the Dissenters, speaking of the prohibition of. Sunday trains, says—" I will at once say, that while I possess a carriage, and consider mysej entitled to make use of it on the Sabbath, I do not think it improper that a poor man should make use of a railway carriage on that day." The Belfast and County Down meditate commencing with the new year the works on their line from Queen's bridge, Belfast, to Newtownards, including the branch to Holywood, 16 miles. LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN, PARICSIDE BRANCH. —The London and North-Western opened their Parkside branch yesterday, accompanying it with changes in the working of the Prestor. and Parkside section of their line, whereby detentions, at the latter point, of trains pro ceeding north and south will be entirely avoided. LEVEL CROSSINGS ON THE RICHMOND LINE.—At a magistrates' meeting at Richmond, on Saturday, Cap tain Page and Mr. W. Gilpin reported that they had viewed several footpaths proposed to be crossed on a level • that they offered no opinion on the subject of Mortlake Church footpath, since it had been taken out of the jurisdiction of the magistrates. In respect to the other footpaths, vi:,—Forty, Wright's Passage, and the path leading into Mortlake, through Tinderbox-alley, they (the magistrates) after the most mature delibera tion, are of opinion that the company may be permitted to cross them on a level, on condition that they make a paved path across each footway, five feet wide, with gates on each side, and a proper person to attend to such sates at each crossing, which appointment they consider indispensable, in order to protect the public from injury to life or limb, and the justices from the serious charge of having sanctioned the same through neglect of the requisite precautions. An instance of the evil of leav;ng level crossings unguarded was alluded to, being that of a girl being killed on the Eastern Counties line, whilst crossing the level which had hitherto been left un watched, but at which, in consequence of the calamity, the directors of the Eastern Counties forthwith deter mined to have gates erected and a man to watch them. An order was directed to be made, and served upon the company immediately. THE SUNDAY TRAINS QUESTION. On Thursday this subject was debated at great length before the Glasgow Town Council, the Lord Provost in the chair, one party contending that the running of Sun day trains would deluge Scotland with a flood of conti nental immorality and infidelity; and the other, that a moderate accommodation on the Sunday was absolutely required by the wants of society, and would be rather beneficial than otherwise to the morals of the people. The Lord Provost was in favour of the trains. The resolutions were as follow: " 1. That the running of railway passenger trains with the mails on the morning and evening of the Sabbath day, between Glasgow and Edinburgh, as has been practised for four year past, is absolutely necessary, there being no other mode of travelling or conve) ante between the two cities. " 2. That the resolution recently adopted and acted 'upon by the directors of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Company to stop these trains, is a gross in fringement upon the liberty of the subject, and not sane tioned by the Legislature in the powers with which they have invested the company—that it ought to be re scinded, and that the morning and evening passenger trains on Sunday ought to be immediately re-established. " 3. That the railway directors having disregarded the remonstrances of the city of Edinburgh, the burghs of Linlithgow and Falkirk, and other places, and parti cularly of a large and influential number of the citizens of Glasgow, this council feel it incumbent upon them to intimate these resolutions to the parliamentary repre sentatives of the city, with a request that they shall oppose all parliamentary proceedings in which this rail way company may be interested, until they comply with the reasonable wishes of the public so unequivocally ex pressed. " 4. That these resolutions be intimated to the direc-, tors of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Company." The council came to the vote, and the resolutions in favour of the trains were carried by 24 to 17. The following is the state of the vote:•— _ _ For Mr. Bankier's resolutions in favour of the Trains. The Lord Provost; Bailies M'Kinley, Stewart, Bryson, Orr, and M'Naught; Messrs. Allan, Bankier, Brown, Callender, Cassius, Chapman, Drummond, F orrester, Kellar, Imsden George Mitchell, Ord, J. R o b ertson, Scott, Small, D:Smith, Stirling, and Wylie-24, For the previous Question.—Bailies Honeyman and Smith; the Lord Dean of Guild; Messrs. Brodie, Camp bell, Clark, jun., J. Fleming, R. Fleming, Gilmour, Leadbetter, M'Alpin, M'Ara, ll'Douall, M'Gavin, Di'Lean, Playfair, and Tennant-17. BORING FOR A TUNNEL UNDER BIRMING- HAM. When the project of a central station in Birmingham was announced, the portion of the plan which contem plated the construction of a tunnel underneath the town was looked upon with considerable uneasiness by a large part of the community. This arose from a fear that the foundations on which the town is built being clay-sand and red sandstone, would give way, and it was confi dently affirmed by some, that the borings had clearly shown that the works of the tunnel could not be executed without great risk to the buildings, underneath which the tunnel would have to be made. It would appear that the directors of the London and North Western had als,. their doubts on this point, notices of removal having been serveton several proprietors and householders, who, until they received them, had no thought of b-ing dis turbed. But the shaft hich has just been sunk at the canal wharf in Easy-row by the contractor, for the tun nel portion of the works of the Stour Valley—which have joined the London and South-Western—has disco vered the stratum of the earth to be of such a character as to remove all the fears that have been entertained. The shaft has already been sunk above fifty feet, and must be worked six feet farther down before it will reach the level of the bottom of the tunnel ; but so solid and adhesive have the strata been found, that the operation of blasting has had to be repeatedly performed. On Thursday a large portion of the red rock was thus de tached, and altogether the strata is so compact and well bedded, that even although there were to be no brick work in the tunnel, the buildings above would be safe. Next week the driving of the tunnel commences ; the whole is to be cased by the most durable quality of brick, and finished in substantial style. PUBLICATIONS. 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A meeting was held on Sunday, in the Marylebone Presbyterian Church, Upper George•street, Edgeware road, partly for the purposes of Divine service, and partly to make a collection on behalf of the unfortunate people who are suffering the horrors of famine, in the High lands and Islands of Scotland, by reason of the failure of the great staple of their subsistence—their potato crops. The Church was numerously and respectably attended. The Rev. William Chalmers, minister of the Church, preached a suitable sermon prior to the collection. Ho, took his text from the 13th chapter and 34th verse of John, "The new Commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another." The sermon, which dwelt much upon the love due to Christ, was of an impressive character. The Rev. Gentleman, at the conclusion of the service, drew the attention of the meeting to the famine at present raging in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, and made a forcible appeal to the benevolent feelings of his hearers in behalf of the unfortunate people on whom the cala mity of the famine had been visited in those districts. He referred to a statistical statement of the population in those parts of Scotland, and of the numbers whom the calamity has already alicted, so far as particulars had reached him. The Highlands and Islands, as com monly spoken of, embrace four distinct and separate portions of the territory of Scotland, vim, Ist, the districts of the mainland, where the Gaelic language is spoken ; 2d, the Western Islands, or Hebrides ; 3d, the Orkney Islands ; and 4th, the Islands of Zetland. The total population of the Highlands and Islands is estimated at about 392,332 ; and, considering their sta• tistics to be yet but imperfect, it is calculated that there is nearly one-sixth part of the whole population of Scot land, nearly four hundred thousand of their fellow countrymen, more or less in a state of suffering, from the recent calamity which, in the all-wise providence of God, had befallen their land. This information was such that to remain one day longer inactive, whilst it was in their power to administer any aid, would be to incur a responsibility from which every mind would shrink, and if human life was to be preserved, delay was felt to be in every sense equally dangerous, and culpable. The Rev. Gentleman then stated the failure of the potato crop to be most severe and universal in extensive districts of Suth er l an d s hi re , the west coasts of Ross-shire, Inverness-shire, and Argyleshire, and ob served, in the language of a report, that " if the potato formed but half the food of the inhabitants of the desti tute districts, its destruction would be a severe calamity to a people having no other resources, and demanding the active sympathy of their neighbours." But the potato diet in many of the preceding districts formed, it might be said, the whole of their food thoughout the year —certainly three fourths of it. The Rev. Gentle man read several extracts from letters, which described the sufferers as in a state of melancholy destitution in several of the districts ; as obliged to kilt even their one cow that gave them the milk; as reduced to wander over the black patches of land for roots (which now failed them); and as feeling the gnawing of hunger. 'The collection was then made, and amounted to There was another collection at the evening 2 se l r 7 vi 7s.ce. Cont., DEC. 30.—The Sabrina (steamer), for Bristol, is on shore up the river. DESTRUJTIVE FlRE.—Shortly before twelve on Saturday evening a destructive fire broke out:at No. 1, Whitmore-street,Hoxton'Old Town, in the occupation of Mr. W. Dodd, a town carman. The flames commenced in the stables, and rapidly extended to the workshops belonging to Mr. Potter, a cabinet-maker. in the space of a few minutes the entire building was wrapped in flames, which shot through the roof, and rose to such an alarming height as to lighten up the district. Engines from the parish, London brigade, West of England, and County offices, promptly attended, but the firemen were unable to get the fire extinguished until the stable s and workshop were destroyed, and the ad joining dwelling house damaged by fire, and the furni ture by removal The cause of the fire could not be ascertained. Unfortunately Mr. Dodd was uninsured. SOUTH RAIL-OPENING TO NEWTON. This royal burgh, which stands so deservedly high amongst all the truly respectable towns of England, has been the scene of unwonted excitement. It is not often that Newton puts itself in. a flurry, and when it does 1 there must be really some exciting cause thereto. Need we say, that sufficient cause was found in the approach. ing opening of the South Devon Railway ? We had intended to say something remarkably civil to tne New ton damsels on this occasion, but a house full of care and sickness has sadly interfered with the satisfactory progress of our duties during this week. We are so laced with the reflection that they are able to take care of themselves, and that wherever a bright eye, a fair face and an intelligent bearing are popular, there the Newton maidens are not the last to be toasted. We commend them to the mistletoe, and now for the train. A meeting was held at the Globe Hotel on the Wednesday evening, Mr. Portreeve Ford in the chair, when down-upon-the nail subscriptions were promptly made, an d it l l i vas jolly all that the town should befe f o r once in its all the next day. It was determined also, on the mo tion of Mr. Flamank, the lawyer, and Mr. Kent, the financier, that a complimentary address to the directors of the rail should be presented upon their arrival at the station. The address was written in a hearty all-hail spirit, and -the directors must have felt half an inch higher upon re ceiving so flattering a proof of the high consideration with which they were held at Newton, in the shire of Devon. The word being passed for festivity, at it they went on Thursday morning in right earnest. The bells seemed mad in the old church tower, which reeled under the in cessant vibration. Two bands were imported into the town, the far-famed Totness, and the resounding Teign mouth, each with his saucy drum. The Totness band riding in a triumphal car, drawn by Mr. Sharpe's eight magnificent greys. Her Majesty's team is not finer than that of the great contractor. The station was decorated with evergreens and Chinese flags, kindly supplied by Squire Cartwright, of Forde House, Mr. Hughes, Mr. Partridge, and others. of Teignmouth, and Mr. Squarry, of Shaldon. Everything looked gay, exceedingly so for December, and fortunately no rain fell. Before leaving this, it may be as well to mention that Mr. Sharpe de termined to justify his name to the end of the year, and macadamised a quarter of a mile of one of the new approach roads, in the course of the night, although he Ihad to send more than a mile and a half tesslp : quarry for stones fur the purpose. Let posterity eat ',that if they can. We defy them ; they never have, teevet will. - About eleven the train arrived, led by the lisiakipV engine, which was decorated with flags, and driven by M. C. Rea, Esq., superintendent of the locomotive de.. partment between Exeter and Bristol. It brought three of the directors—Lord Courtenay, Fripp, Esq., Coles, Esq., and the Secretary, W. Carr, Esq. ; J. Gill, Esq., M.P., the Chairman ; Sir A. Buller, director ; 11. Cart wright, Esq., and several others of the neighbouring gentry, received them at the station. The address was then preseuted by the Portruese, and Mr. Gill replied that the directors were highly gratified wits. the reception they had received at Newton, he said, “ on that day the sun shone on them for the first time : hitherto they had to combat with prejudice and misrepre,entat , on." He spoke with much feeling, being t vidently touched. though he did not melt into tears. The directors were then taken in procession into the town, the bands playing with unprecedented vigour, banners flying, bells ringing, boys huzzaing, and every other symp ton of public joy. In fact, the Newton people, hav ing once begun, appeared as if they did not know how to stop. The banners were lettered with " Brunel and the broad guage for ever," " Success to the South Devon Railway Company," and " The people the source of all power." In the course of the day, the directors and a large party 1 of friends were handsomely entertained by H. Cartwright, Esq. at Forde House, and the tradesmen took sniper in , the evening at the Globe, where the new landlord treated them with a most respectable /I past, the bounty of which may be judged of by the fact, that they were at the table eight mortal hours—and at it in one shape or the other, till they departed. But to say tie t they were all carried home—is a lie—a base and di basing lie—he lies in his teeth whoever declares it ! MARLEY TUNNEL.—Th. last length of masonry on this work was completed on Wednesday morning, the 23d instant. On the morning of that d y the men «m -royed upon the wt.' ke, about 150 pa•teeek of a dinner given them by Lady Carew, at Marled Hots e. - After dinner Mr. Findlater, the contractor 14 the tunnel, pro posed the health of Lady Carew and f , mile, and said they were highly indebted to her ladyship ft r the kindness she had shown at all times to every one concerned with the works, and more especially for the entertainment they had just partaken of. The toast was responded to with the most enthusiastic cheers. T. Carew, Esq., gave success to the South Devon Railway, - the engineers, and all parties concerned with it ; after which the health of Mr. Findlater was proposed and responded to, and the men retired about ten o'clock, in the most orderly man ner, highly pleased with the hospitality of her ladyship. Too much credit cannot be given to Lady Carew for the kind manner in which she has behaved to all concerned with the works, and affording every facility for its com pletion. On Thursday, 24th inst., Mr. Findlater, and Mr. H. S Bush, the assistant engineer, drove through the tunnel, accompanied by H. and T. Carew, Esqrs., and about twenty gentlemen of the neighbourhood on horseback:; the tunnel was lighted by torches, which gave a novel effect to the cavalcade. Upon coming out of the west tunnel's mouth, the party were heartily cheered by the men assembled there. Lady Carew was on the spot with her carriage, and seemed much pleased with the proceedings. The party afterwards adjourned to the Avon Inn, New House, and partook of an ex cellent dinner. Several toasts were drunk, and the con viviality of the evening kept up till a late hour.-- Western Times. EXETER AND CREDITON.—The directors have in formed the shareholders by a circular, which was on Sa turday issued, that they have entered into an agreement with the Bristol and Exeter to the following effect : " That the Exeter and Crediton shall pay up the re maining 101. upon the shares within the next six months, and within one month of the termination of the next ses sion of Parliament. The Bristol and Exeter Company shall assign to the Bristol and Crediton shareholders an equivalent amount in Bristol and isxeter stock or shares, or at the option of the holders of the same shares shall pay to them the sum paid up on such shares, together with a bonus of 21. lOs. per share of 251. As a prelimi nary to this agreement, it is expected that the Bristol and Exeter Company shall be put in possession of the Crediton line, under the lease which has been already under consideration. The directors express a hope that the shareholders will support the plan." A meeting is to be called immediately to consider the proposed ar rangements. THE MANCHESTER AND BOLTON.—VISIT OF THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR.-011 Thursday last, Captain Coddington, who has been sent down by Government to investigate the state and management of the Man chester and Bolton Railway, in consequence of memo rials from the town-council of the borough and county magistrates, went over the line to investigate the state of the rails, &c., and yesterday he attended at the Bolton station, where he was met by the mayor and Stephen Blair, Esq.. on behalf of the corporation memorialists, and the Rev. J. S. Birley, John Fletcher, John Har greaves, jun., Esqs., on the part of the magistrates. It appeared that Captain Coddington came to Bolton, not with the view of collecting evidence from the public with regard to the state of the rails, the want of super intendence, &c., but with the intention of hearing the statements of the officers of the company. This, how ever, did not appear to met the views of the memo. rialists. The deputations entered earnestly into the al leeations contained in the memorials, and offered to pro duce abundant evidence to substantiate them. Admis sions, however, were made by Mr. Hawkshaw, on the part of the company, which rendered this course in some measure unnecessary. It was also stated by Mr. Haw , k shaw, that the company had men at well day and night putting down new rails; that a superiorendent had been appointed, whose duty it would be to devote his whole attention to this line; that a new system of signals has been- adopted; and that they are dett rink( d to do every thing possible to remove whatever is objectionable. Un der these circumstances, and the only object of the me morialists being to secure a better management of the line, end greater security to the public, the deputations thought it might appear vindictive should they urge a further investigation into the truth of their charges. Captain Coddrington stated that he hal inspected the rails, and should recommend that the traius should run slower upon that portion of the line not yet laid with new rails. He also stated that his attention had before been drawn to the state of the bridges, the pillars of I which were very dangerous; and as the company might have some difficulty in altering them, on account of the roads, he thought it right to solicit the co-operation of the magistrates in making the alterations. It was also agreed, at the request of the gentlemen forming the deputations, that the engines on the line should be exa mined by Mr. Fairbairn, of Manchester, who should re port the result to Captain Coddington. The memo rials . therefore, have effected every purpose that could be desired, and the public Must-feel indebted to the Rev. J. S. Birley, the mayor, and other gentlemen. for the interest they have taken in the matte.—Manchester Guardian. TAW VALIC.—The directors have entered into an agreement (subject to the approval of a general meet ing of the shareholders) for the lease of their line to the Sauth-Western. on the following terms:—Five per cent. on all paid up capital at present, and 5 when the line is completed, and equal share of all profit after paying expenses. THE LARGEST AND MOST POWERFUL ENGINE EVER BUILT.—It is some twenty years ince v, e heard of the first locomotive with six wheels, which fully developed the advantages to be gained by that number, they being all connected. It was made for the spirited directors of the Stockton and Darlington Roilway Company, and worked on that line, until it was found necessary to supply its place with an engine of a heavier kind, but of similar construction, which, by the way, was a great step in the advancement of locomotion. We had not heard of any a dditional wheels being added, exce pt i n the American bogie engine, until, in the present year, we were apprised of another step taken by en engineer in South Wales, he having constructed a loc , motive with eight wheels, all connected. We have seen this engine at work (and really it is a monster, both in appearance and power), climbing up inclines very unfavourable, with loads that entirely baffle engines of any other construc tion* The designer of this monster is Mr. W. Stubbs, superintendent;of locomotives on the Llanelly and Llan dilo Railway. —Mining Journal. ENGLISH EXILES.—" Since 1815," observes the Dunkerquoise, " many English families have resided at Dunkerque, but at no former period was their number greater than at present. There is no exageration ii estimating that small colony at about 1,000 persons." Dunkerquoise greatly praises their humanity, which manifests itselt at this. moment by ample distributions of provisions to the indigent. DARING ATTEMPT TO ROB AND MURDER.-011 Saturday information was given to the police of the fol lowing daring attempt at robbery and murder. It ap pears that on Friday morning Mr. Shrimpton, harness maker, of No. 64, Great Hill, left home for the purpose of paying his quarter's rent to Mr. Bryer, his landlord, residing adjacent to the Brecknock Arms, St. Pancras road. Prior to his going he entered a public-house and had some refreshment, when be took out his purse and told a friend whom he had accidentally met, that he was about to pay Mr. Bryer. There were two suspicious looking fellows present, who seemed to pay attention to what was going forward. After be had paid the rent ha was proceeding homewards, across Copenhagen-fields, when two men came behind and inflicted a severe blow on the head, and he fell nearly stunned. He, however, resisted with great courage, but he was at length over powered and rendered insensible, and he was found some time afterwards weltering in his blood, with his pockets turned inside out. After having been removed to a public house near the Model Prison, where he was kindly treated, he was removed to his residence, where he re mains in a very weak state. Police constable Stone, 7, the G division, has received a pretty good description of the ruffians, and hopes are entertained of their detection. EXPECTED ROYAL VISIT TO BADMINTON.—It is stated that her Majesty will, in all probability, honour his Grace the Duke of Beaufort with a visit at Badminton House, at an early period after Christmas. We have heard that the " note of preparation" has been already sounded amonest the Gloucestershire Yeomanry Cavalry, of which his Grace is colonel, with a view to their being ready mounted, mustached and all, as a kind of royal guard for the Queen.—Cheltenham Chronicle. ANCIENT BRITISH SHIELDS.—A labourer of the name of Walker, employed in claving land in the parish of Coveney, lately discovered two British shields, in good preservation, lying upon the clay r.a ler the Fen soil The shields are circular, and about 22 inches in diameter. One is ornamented with concentric circles stamped in the metal, and the other with intertwining serpents. The handles of both are perfect, and there are remains of bronze holds for straps riveted on the inside. It is pro bable that they were lost by the upsetting of a canoe, as canoes have been found inh-ddect in the Fen soil of the neighbourhood. The shields have been purchased by I the Rev. S. Badks, of Haddenham, for the Cambridge Antiquarian Society.—. Bury Post Ing a asn ob C ter ,eque g Ith the •f- •