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an& noof • 12 3 lend, od of TIDE CALEDONIAN SOCIETY S BALL. thts Annual PULL DRESS and FANCY COST U M E AS emntx next take pl ace a t the Hanover-square Rooms, on Titcas bay ext, the llth i ns t ant. Tiekata can only be had of the Stewards, a list of whom may he obtained at the Rooms, or ea application to W. SHA.ND LOW, Hon. Secretary. 31, Abeburch-lane, City. Mr. Guinness's fhll itand will attend as usual Pr UIISUANT to a DECREE of the HIGH COURT of CILNCERY, made in two causes ASHTON against HIGGINBOTTOM, and ASHTON against WOOLLEY, the Creditors of BENJAMIN ASHTON, late of Newton Bank, in the Parish of Mottram in. Longdendale, in the county of Chester, Esq. the 6th day of Mirteh, (who died in the ~ ,nonth of December, 1835), arc, on or before 1847, to come in and prove their debts before Sir Gllrrzbr Tiruo,or, one of the Masters of the said Court, at his in default thezof, Cha mbers, in r jouthampton-buildings, Chancery-lane, London, or, h said Deems. they Will peremptorily be excluded the benefit of W. and H. P. SHARP, 2, Vernlam-buildings,. Gray's-inn, London, Agents for J. W. and H. Z. RIDGWAT, Manchester, Plaintiffs' Solicitors. `ONDON NEW STOCK AND SHARE EXCHANGE, OLD BROAD-STREET. be peculiar feature of this Establishment is, that its members tire not required (like in the London Stock Exchange) t• be EX. CLUSIVELY Stock and Share Dealers, but merchants, professional Mien, or tradesmen, can be admitted by conforming is its regulations. Particulars may be known, by application, to Mr. Meredith, Honcrary Seuetary, at the Exchange. EISIPLOYMENT.—Persons having a little time to spare are apprised that AGENTS continue to be appointed In London and country towns to the EAST INDIA TEA COM ?ANY for the SALE of their celebrated TEAS. Offices, 9. Great St. Ilelen's Church-yard, Bishopsgate-street. They are packed . in leaden •e.alsters, from an ounce to a pound, with the price and weight 'narked on each packet, and but little trouble is occ , aloned by the tale. The only license required is lls. per annum and many during the last 20 years have realised considerable Inv-Ales by the agency, Without Is : let or lose. Application to Da made, if by letter, - float paid, as above, _ . •riplo MY COMMERCIAL FRIENDS. RAving en"cered into partnership with Mr. Spencer, of Devizes, *Who haatorneme years carried t o the business of Woollen-draper, and Ratter. I take the 'eeriest opportunity of soliciting your • 1. supportoyhtch shall have in; best attention an d th an k s. • SolleAtin4 the favour Or It call when visiting our town, am yours, most respectfully, JOHN A. PLUMMER. • 2 . A N entire and elf.igant EXEMPTION from ENVELOPE EXPLOitATION.—BROWN'S PATENT CON -IDUI•LICATED METAL SEAL ENVELOPES aro now trustingly ctimnded to the attention 'And employment of the public at large, offbring the only MN-MI:Ale letter seal ever invented. Securei and P rotectively closed by on e single second's amount of pr''.egure, this new envelope is fastened by a device lighter than :Wing-wax, Of handsome and attrar,tlv'e appearance; and whettior employed by the nobleman or the r eerchant, can be emtellished either with the armorial bearings or the former, or ?Ile trading cognomen of the latter. The Of 41 and Banker 'it Security Envelope, prepared in the most s I communicati P - r e Ae r . Aid b s e tyl ddre e, ready in a few days.—Orders and *reit nob, a Afed to the manufacturer, No. 4, Castle- Tb,o !. AM. febrated COAL-HOLE TAVERN in the Strand. 4. W. FIELD, i n con j unct i on with Mr. - • ' WINFIELD, has been f avoure d w i t h i nstractimis • from ' •: • • . 30- hrt Rhodes (who is about to retire) to submit to public eom ' , • ,‘,"• ; titt on, Garraway's, on TUESDAY, February 16, a t T we l ve , AP!ess an acceptable offer he in the mean time made by private • , ~ittfact,) the valimble LEASE, at a low rent, of the far-famed "COAL HOLE TAVERN, - Fountstin-court, Strand. The very high character which this establishment has for many years maintained, both on account of the magnitude and respectability of its trade, • evitably enrsuce ti a renders it one of, the first of its class in the.metropolis, and must in purchaser an ample fortune in a few years. To 'be' viewed , ,(by, eards only), which, with particulars, may be obtained` Of , 14tr' Winfield, 18, Gerrard-street, Soho; also of J. Bird, P4l" -:-N b • ;6 vl' Inn; and of the Auctioneer; Osnabnrgh-place, Re sent's--park. TkoW LONDON HORSE, CARRIAGE, and LIVBRT COMPANY. •Capital (Provisionally Registered.) t, 200,000 d , in 20,000 shares of 101. each) Deposit,' Is. per share. *Managing Director—James Alexander Manning, Esq. se ' o ' icitors—Messrs. Sodden, Baker, and Grant, 34, Lime-street. •410,?‘kers—The Commercial Bank et Loadon, Lothbury, City, and 6, Henrietta-street, Covent-garden. The objects of this Company are to supply the nobility and gentry Of the metropolis with Horses and Ca.rriages of all description, on hire, for fixed periods, or by the job., to receive Horses at Livery, and • to transact an the other business, usually falling within the province • of Livery Stable-keepers, at a considerable reduction from the pre , • aent p r i ce , • t a3l Prospectuses, and ftle.:rier information, with forms of application 6 )..t . ' shares, may be obt,..ined at the Office of the Company, 52, Regent tve . , meet, next door to tae County Fire Office ;of the Solicitors, Messrs. , c: ' Baker, and. Grant, 31, Lime-street ; of George , llumphreys, :X 6 n- 8 Throgmorton-stieet, City ; and of Mr. Whinney, Manager, ' I _ l 2t ths•C,ompany's Fitables, 28, Shepherd's-market, May-fair. ' a C 013 , 1 4 :( WALL RAI LWAY. lI:ALF-YEARLY ORDINARY MEETING. WOtiee hereby given that the HALF-YEARLY ORDINARY IrETII N:a of the Shareholders in the Cornwall Railway Company be - Add at the Assembly ROOlll, at Truro, on Tramper, the 23d e' c_ebrnary next, at One o'clock precisely, • '' Ake,. Transfer Books will be c l ose d on th e 9th d ay o f Fe b ruary 3 t, and will not be opened until after the said Half-yearly Ortli lkitY Meeting. Notice is hereby further given, that after the business of the said • lhalf-yearly ordinary meeting on the 23d day of February next shall . lave been transacted; the meeting will be made SPECIAL, at which Ineeting there will be submitted to the Proprietors prevent, for their 8 1 1 Proval, a draft of a certain Bill proposed to be introduced into Parliament in this Session, with the title and for the purposes follow ,' !nif, But is to Ray A Bill to authorise an alteration in the Line of the Corri Wall Railway, and to amend the Act relating thereto, and • 3for cider purposes." , • , J. T. TREFFRT, Chairman, W. 11. BOND, Xecretary. Jan. 20, 1847. • Clint Wail Ralli.ay Office, Tr; d--10_R.NWA.LL RAILWAY. vv IFIRST CALL 14' :21. 10s. per share, per SOl. share, and ji. es. per Half or 51. - .share. • <Notice is hereby given, that the Directors have made a CALL of V. 10s. per 3 101. Share, and of 11. ss. per Haft or 25/. Share, payable en or before 3FONDAT, the First day of March next. The Share holders are. 'required to pay such Call accordingly to any of the 1311 dCrInr.itiened Bankers, namely :- 7iraro, Falmouth, Messrs. TWEEDY, WILLIAMS, and Co. Redruth, London, Messrs. GLYN, lIALLIFAX, and Co. [Messrs. PRAED, FA-NE, and Co. Interest at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum will be charged en the Above Gail after the First day of March next, until such Call be By order of the Direutoim, Dated Truro, 2d Feb., 1847. J. T. TREFFRY, Chai rman . Interest will be allowed at the rate of 41. per cent. per annum on he whole amount paid up, from tho date of payment. No Share %older 1a entitled bo transfer his shares until he shall have paid the H WALES RAILWAY . NOTICE IS HERE'S Y GIVEN that the next HALF YEARLY GENERAL MEETING of the Proprietors of this Coro- Pony will be held, pursuant to the Act of Parliament, at the Paddington Station, Landon. on Wriminsnar, the 24th of February Instant, at-Twelre, for One o'clock precisely, for the election of four Directors and ono Auditor, in the place of the same number who will retire by rotation, and for other purposes of business. The Chair be taken at one o'clock precisely. CHAitS USSELL, man. , The Directors and Auditor retirtag are r e eliglble an Cha der t he Prii visions of the Act. The Transfer Books will be closed on and after the 14th instant, • and will not be re-opened until after the said Half-Yearly General Meeting on the 24th instant; By order, South Wales Railwa N. ARMSTRONG, Secretary. y' Office, 449, West Strand, London, February 1. 1847, _ N EW EritAWING PENCILS, ad. each , nr '2s. 6d. per Dozen, got up in polished cedar, to to prevent the lead dust adhering to the pencil and soiling the hands, with the degrees Oaf hardness and the makers' names stamped on them in gold. itOW - NEY, DILLON, and ROWNEY (late Rowney and Forster), Atana'aicturers, 51, Rathbone-place, London. To be had of all Bookseiketr, and Stationers in town and country. TESTIMONIALS. Fr0m,4"... A. Hammersley, Esq., Head Drawing Masterof the Government School of Design, Nottingham. " Sept. 8. 1846. " De:ar SirS,--1 have tried all the lead pencils yon forwarded to me, and am/ . ider them the best I have ever had; indeed, it is impossible • Jamb; compare them with any others, as they possess qualities I neve*. 7 et found in pencils, amongst which I may name their beau tr and clearness. I have not only made nse of them • riled but have had them tried by several students in this instita -4,011, and thei r exce ll ence i s ac k n o w l e dg e d by m y p up il s. The double ... itre most superb pencils " I am, Sirs, " Yours most repectfully, "J. A. HAMM ERSLET." 11, .[Ctim Georg Barnard, Esq., Head Drawing Master, Rugby School. " 85, Great Portland street, London, June 25, 1845. "Gentlemen,—ln reply to your inquiry respecting my *pinion of Ras quality and value of our nw pencils, I do not hesitate to say !that I Ilnd them excellent y e in all respects, with entire freedom from :Exit, and working well, whether hard or sett. These qualities, corn lined with their moderate price, render them very valuable to Artists and their pupils. - - "Truly yours, " G. BARNARD." Prom George Petrie, Esq., R.11.A. " Great Charles-street, May 27, 1845. III" Gentle men ,—I me, have tried the and I have no sethesitation of pencils in expressing which you were l m so / 0 . 50 d as to send y o ! l ien that th ey are far superior to any that I have used for m a ny I,f e ars perhaps, indeed to any that I ever used. Were the price of M three or four times what it is, I should take them with plea ; and I shall recommend them confidently to my friends. " I am, Gentlemen, " Faithfully yours, "GEOEGE PETRIE, R.H.A." " Mears. Rowney and Co." " 53, Iliackett-street, 'Newcastle-on-Tyne, July, 1845. Gentlemen,—l have made use of yo ur new penc i ls, and consider I neni a most desirable acquisition either to the artist or the amateur. They work ple4santly, and the variety of tint which theyare capable " producing fenders them valuable in sketching. " I am, Gentlemen, "Yours most truly, " " T. M. RICHARDSON, Sen." ft " ... 2l eNall• Rowney , Dillon, and Rowney, London." to manufacturers particularly request the attention of the tr a d e "" 'Of —Pencils. 52, Fleet-street. M• A NEW DISCOVERY IN TEETH. R. HOWARD, Surgeon Dentist, 52, Fleet- Street, has introduced an ENTIRELY NEW DESCRIP 'SION of ARTIFICIAL TEETH, fixed without springs, wires, or ligatures. They so perfectly rese bet he natural tecth as not to be dieting-swum fr om the original s by th e c l osest o b server; they will 'never change colour or d ecay , and will be found very superior to any teeth ever before used. Thi s method does not require the extraction of reote, or any painful operation, and will support and preserve teeth that are loose, and ts guaranteed to restore articulation and mutication ; and, that Mr. Howard's improvement may be within reach of the most economical, he has fixed his charges at the lowest scale possible. Decayed teeth rendered sonnd and useful in mastica tion.--12, Fleet -street. At Home from Ten it Five. --..............•••••••,............,1, 9 5 ,, 9d., 4s. 6d., and 1 is. each Box. Post free, 38., 58 , and 120. COPAIRA AND CUBEBS ENTIRELY SUPERSEDED, "W RAY'S BALSAMIC PILLS, celebrated all over the world for the Cure of•Gleets, Strictures, Whites, ?alas in the Loins, Affections of the Kidneys, Gravel, Stone, Im- DUissance, or Physical Incapacity, Seminal Weakness, Irritation of the Bladder or Urethra, and other diseases of the urinary pass ages. These Pills have for years been employed in most of the Metro relitan Hospitals and Dispensaries, and were extensively prescribed by the late Samuel Cleverley, M.D., Physician to the father of her Vresent Majesty, his late Royal highness the Duke of Rent ; John Armstrong, 31. D , Member of the Royal College of Physician, of Loudon, Lecturer . on the Principles and Practice of Physic at the We bb - street School of Anatomy, and Consulting Physician to the Loudon Fever Hospital; William Milligan, M.D., Member of the the Middlesex Infirmary' ' Ra don and Edinburgh Royal Colleges of Physicians, Physician to i(iinid blaterla Medlca, and Royal Universal Infirmary for Chil dren, Lecturer on the Principles and Practice of Physic, Chemistry, Ed* Th°Ms °a , M.D., Member of the Universities of Cambridge and at the Windmill-street School of Anatomy ; J. sidt: b rlii, and of the Royal College of Physicians, London, Phy n-Accoucheur to the Ladies' Benevolent Association, Lecturer on the p r i- Gooree Jewel , on , „,. uciples and Practice of Midwifery, &c.; - o „- __ vnYsi cian-Accoucheur to the Middlesex Infirmary, Lecturer ‘,'___ineglai Principles and Practice of Midwifery, and the Diseases of iv o . n m e . _arnd Children ; and Res Thomas Rollin, Surgeon, of Maryle to the Free n; n os a ta 67. K. Dewhurst, ident Surgeon to St. John's British s-street, Hatton-garden; Mr. Greviile Jones, Surgeon the ProprietrnicPli n tal, Gr ay ' s Inn-lane ; and were administered by three years . Prior tPoliseZtls of 1 ,800 cases in private practice within Vvertised—iu many thoud since, a far more efficacious; remedyn and in no 011 e instance kti c o present usenaltsi to fall —are strongly recommended as other medicine in distinguished eminence in London Balsam Copaiba, Cubebs, or any In , Y othe meedical gentlemen of eacy of these Pills, whose pror ew aVe b oestimony to the effi sufficient guarantee for the advantaresalt character and rank are a .t l .lis invaluable medicine. —Prepared on?ybeb derived from the use of 7'1,1 r etter-lane, late the White Horse Booki Y 31. 0. Wray; sold at li tLiaelborn-hili, London. a g - office, removed from PHYSICIAN'S ADVICE BURG/from E leven till n country can be • L ATTENDANCE every Evenin g , fror - n a s e e , ve e n ve t r i y ll Ic D in ay e. . tre?e_rsons residi ng in the remotest part, of the Lea all ecessfully, on de,cribing minutely their symptom, age, - p o a t r li o e f u t r h tl e er w iv e ' ablts " life, &c., and inclosing a Post 15 41 4 1 41 c, ...111.e, which ch an be forwarded to any advic e and world 17 a , and carefully protected from observation. , securely L iitiO4 e ; t i terli to b 5 addressed to "M. 0. WRAY, 89, Yefter-Ituse, / / • ct.'t.l .. '..- . ... , 37. 10 -1:A.1 4 1 ' . , eAri,,„,,,,,-(- c...T.N,Q• ~.- .1,1 .., r s, *.iivf'- 4. 41(c , ''i ll iii , '` , ,.• x 'i: , .d. :, ,\s -: ,:‘ )'•., • _ ----' " 4,- (.- ' ',' , ; - ' k. , , rt • ~ \* ';',': • - r ‘ ~.• , •4 r> ,4111.;,••';';', zam,i;jrkilii d , „ 4:l4 ,a` r 'ir li M i .... l' . 4 ' . :,,,I „. 7 - _ \,_ AC G e eo ~ ....,:z,:,.....,,...,- / . , • ~... 4 \ - DIE 1 .;.... gsr: ii .' '',. tr -:, 3 4 ..--• - cc- , ~-, 4____DRol-.A4. . cg - \ _i_._ ._ , No. 16,90. LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING SUN, FEBRUARY 6, 1847. EAST INDIA HOUSE, FEB. 3, 1847. THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST INDIA MPANY do g noe, That the RATE of EXCHANGE at hereby which ive they will receive Cash for Bills on Bengal and Madras, will,f rom the present date, and until further notice, be Is. 10d. the Company's Rapee, and for Bills on Bombay, Is. 1034 d. the Company's Rupee. JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary. ITEAM via the CAPE t o MADRAS, CAL CVTTA, PENANG, SINGAPORE, and HONG-KONG, calling at the CAPE, MAURITIUS and CEYLON. The rtninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company Intend to ills:patch their Steam Ships. "POTTINGER," of 1,400 Tons, 500 horse power, Feb. 16. The accommodation for passengers is of a very superior descrip tion. The Cabin fittings, together with bedding, linen, and every requisite are provided at the Company's expense, The rates of pas sage are, to the Cape, 60/. ; to the Mauritius, 751. ; to Calcutta, including a handsome table, wines, &c., and every expense. For plans and further particulars, apply at the Company's Offices, 51, St, Mary Axe, London. B EARD'S COLOURED PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAITS are taken At 34, Parliament -street, Westminster; 85, King William-street, City ; and the Royal Polytechnic Institution, Regent-street. "Mr. Beard's Portraits are most brilliant in effect."—Spectator. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. PROFESSOR SCIHENBEIN'S GUN COTTON, and other Explosive Componids, with brilliant Experiments, LECTURED on y Dr. RYAN, daily at Half-past Three o'clock; and on the Eveit of Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. The principle of the various ELECTRO-MAGNETIC TELE • GRAPHS explained daily by Professor BACHHOFFNER, includiig the Patent of Messrs. Cook sad Wheatetene, in use on the railways, and the more recent Patent of Messrs. Nott aid Gamble ; the various Modols e xplained. magnified Specimens of DISEASED POTATOE S, exhibitrA by the OXYHYDROGEN MICROSCOPE, with the DE STRUCTIVE INSECT, supposed by A. Smee, Esq., F.R.S., to be the cause of the disease. A beautiful Series of NEW DISSOLVING VIEWS. The DIVING-BELL and DIVER, with Experiments. The rursioscorE, new CHROMATROPE, &c,. &c. Admission Is. Schools, half-price. UNDER THE ESPECIAL PATRONAGE OF HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY THE QUEEN. THE ROYAL NAVAL, MILITARY , EAST INDIA, and GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, a, WATERLOO-PLACE, LONDON. DIRECTORS. Cwaramme -Colonel Sir FREDERIC SMITH, Dvpyrr - CnAmmax—Major-General Sir WILLIAM GOSSET, C. 8., K.C.H., R.E. Admiral the Right Hon. Sir G. Cockburn, G.C.8., M.P. Major-General Sir J. Cockburn, Bart., G.C.H. General Sir Thomas Bradford, G.C.8., G.C.H. Major-General Sir P. Ross, G.C.M.G., E.O.M. Lieutenant-General Sir John Gardiner, K.C.B. Major-General Sir Hew D. Roes, K.C.8., R.A. Captain Sir George Bacw. R.N Major-General Taylor, C. 8., E I.C.S. Major-General Edward Wynyard, C.B. Major-General Arnold, K.H., K.C. and R.E. Lieutenant-General Cleiland, E.I.C.S. Lieutenant-Colonel H. Hanmer, K.H., late R.H.O. Lieutenant-Colonel rumbas, E.I.C.S. Lieutenant-Colonel Matson, R.E. Major Shadwell Clerke, F.R.S. Archibald Hair, Esq., M.D., late R.11.G. Captain William Leacey, R.E. William Chard, Esq., Navy Agent James Nugent Daniell, Esq. Wilbraham Taylor, Esq. AcTuatty--Joha Finiaismt, Esq., the Government Calculator. Assurances are granted upon the lives of persons in every station of life, and for every part of the world, upon particularly favourable terms. Persons assured in this office may change from one country 40=0. Cher without forfeiting their policies. A IitONLI AMOUNTING TO THIRTY PEE CENT. on the actual value of the policies, was apportioned to the assured at the First Septennial Meeting, held is the year 1844. JOSSPII C. BRETTBLL, Secretary. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY, 26 COENHILL, LONDON. Capital 2500,000. Empowered by Act of ParliameAt. This Institution embraces important and substantial advantages with respect to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The assured -as, on all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense er for eiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the premiums paid (see Table) ; iso the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion if his in (Tests to meet other conveniences or necessity. Assurances for terms of years are granted on the lowest possible *atm INDIA. Times.) 'We publi s h to-day (From another the letter from " with con siderable pleasure, in finding that our own satisfaction at the new settlem en t o f the Puajaub is shared by our experienced correspondent ; and in discovering, as we think we may ven ture to state, that his opinions are assuming a certain simila rity to our own. # Beyond a doubt we are now in contact with people of a different stamp from those who were our neigh bours, when Benares was a remote city, and Agra the bourne of an invalid tourist: et we conceive it is inaccurate to state that w e are engaging these highlanders of Old Zabulis tan, with no other resources than those furnished by the less hardy recruits of Bengal. The robust races of the north-west are not bounded by the Sutlej, "There are hills beyond Pentland and streams beyond Forth." Between Loodianah and Moorshedabad there are; provinces stocked with men of a very different mould from the Ben galee, though the Sindian campaign showed that these high caste soldiers could supply with courage and spirit what nature had denied them in thews and sinews. In our westward progress we have absorbed into ourselves all the military strength of the conquered districts. The men of Oude and Allababad, the descendants of those daring freebooters, who, under the Robin Hoods of the East, bearded the Affghan at Delhi ; the active and stubborn Goorkhas, and the sturdy mountaineers of Rajpootana, have all contributed their quota to our Indian army. Even the best and most promising of the Seikhs have already been enrolled in a service where they may fortify their valour w ith discipline, and find at - length a legitimate field for both. Wh at we have done no lords of Hindostan ever did before. There was no Hindoo warrior in past times. A score of nations swelled the armies of the Em perors—Tartars, Turks, Usbeks, Persians, and Moguls, but though the Hindoo was not outlawed yet he never . !flakes his appearance there. Till th e fi rs t f o rays of Swope all the battles for Hind os t an were f ought on b ot h s id es by foreigners; we first taught the native his value and his prowess and our regiments are now followed by crowds of supernumerary aspi rants to the honour of serving the best masters the East ever knew. It is with such a combination of strength as this, exclusive too of a British force in itself capable of marching from Calcutta. to Caubul, that we shall meet, if need be, the disjointed remains of the Dooranee empire, new boasting little more power than may b e cen t re d i n th e prowess ofin dividual swordsmen. But every mall's intelligence makes even this collision less and less probable. It is now un questioned that the Durbar of Caubul is as incompetent to maintain itself as the Durbar of Lahore. Already it is re ported that overtures have been made to the British autho rities for the establishment of friendly relations, and it seems more likely that we should be the guardians than the enemies of Dost Mahomed and his house. Our able correspondent is• fain to turn from the present to the future, to expatiate upon our suicidal philanthropy and to anticipate our eventual downfal from institutions which his own liberality will hardly allow him to condemn. We entirely concur in his prophecy, that when , the Hindoes have learnt to reason they may cease to obey. Our colleges and our schools, oar presses and our societies, our teaching an d our preac h ing, are, indeed, raising up an " enemy," if such must be the term, more for midab'e than ever crossed the Himalayas from Thibet, or the Indus from Candabar. But if the fulness of time should ever bring about this dissolution of our sway, it will be an end both natural and honourable, and will demonstrate that we have both des erve d an d i mproved the supremacy we have enjoyed. The most vivid imagination, however, can hardly bring this consummation within any a pp rec i a bl e d i stance; it is infinitely beyond the h o p es or f ears of the present generation ; and in the meantime we may reap this advan tage from our generous efforts, that every proficient or con vert must, in proportion to his intelligence, be well affected to that rule from which alone his country can see anything to hope. No person can possibly support the English do minion in India with a more serious conviction than a Hindo'o educated in India. There is generally now a disagreeable corollary to our India news . in the shape of some the e Jor b -G eli e e n f w eral hie N h api h e e r has more than once done us the honour to ex is apitemfual most comment assuredly e n justified Slnde. in T. J. Tasker, a stock and collar maker, Great Tower -street, Borough, said the prisoner by representations which he made to him sent him a quantity of goods to his shop in December, for which he received Maymott's bill at a month; but early in January witness went to the prisoner's shop, and found it closed ; he presented the bill for payment at Mayrnott's house, Charles-street, but found it also closed. Other witnesses were called, who gave similar evidence of being defrauded by the prisoner to sundry amounts. James Gilmour, broker, Morah-place, said that on the 27th December the prisoner Gerhard seat to his place his shop-fittings, counter, shelves, &c., which he b oug h t o f him for 9/. 4s. ; and there were besides some 20 hat-boxes, containing hats, which he would not buy. John Archer, sergeant of the metropolitan police, said he went to 22, Barclay's-buildings, Holborn, and was refused admission ; but he broke into the house, anti found the pri soner, Mrs. Baker, who attempted to escape from him, and found in the same house part of the goods identified by one of the prosecutors. The jury, after a short consultation, found both the pri soners Guilty, and the Court sentenced Gerhard to imprison ment for twelve months, and Mrs. Baker for nine months, in Westminster Bridewell. Mons. De Loris was indicted for having obtained eight sovereigns under false pretences, having represented himself as Captain Carnegie, alias Count Beaumont. Mr. Ballantyne and: Mr. Carteen prosecuted; Mr. Clark son conducted the defence. Andrew Smith, engineer, Wellington-place, Commercial road, said .he` became acquainted with the prisoner at a coffee-room in Coventry-street, in September 1844. The prisoner called himself Captain Carnegie, of the Royal Engi neers, first cousin to the Hon. Captain Carnegie of the Royal Navy, and first cousin to the Hon. Fox aule, and husband to the Countess of Beaumont. On the 30th November, 1844 (St. Andrew's- day) the dinner for the Scottish Hospital took place, and witness Was requested by the prisoner to get him a ticket, and a gallery ticket for the Countess, which he did. At the dinner the prisoner sail he had forgotten his purse that day, and asked the witness for three sovereigns to give to the charity, which witness gave him. After this witness met the prisoner in Lisle-street on the 2d January, 1845, when he walk , introduced to the Countess. On this oc casion, also, the prisoner had forgotten his purse, and bor-. rowed rive sovereigns, that the Countess might go shopping, which the witness, still giving him credit for the truth of his representations, gave him. He never got any of it back again. The Hon. Captain Carnegie, R.N., and the Hon. Fox Maule, were both sworn, and denied any knowledge of the prisoner ; and a clerk from the Ordnance Office proved that there was no Captain Carnegie in the Royal Engineers. Sergeant Cummings took the prisoner into custody on Wednesday evening last, and produced letters found in his lodgings addressed to his wife as Madame De Loris. The jury, after a short consultation, found the prisoner Guilty. The prisoner was again put on his trial on a second in dictment, charging him with obtaining wine and money under false representations. It appeared from the evidence that the prisoner, having seen Mr. Smith addressing a letter to a Monsieur Holche, a wine merchant, went off to this Monsieur Holche, and with out leave obtained used the name of Mr. Smith, and intro duced himself and his lady under their assumed names, whereby he obtained a quantity of wine and 301. from M. Holche.—The prisoner was found Guilty. Mr. Terrier, a jeweller and silversmith, being called, said the prisoner had obtained plate and jewels to the amount of 2361., engraved with the coronet of the Countess of Beau mont, and the name of Captain Carnegie, and that Mr. Turner almost in consequence became bankrupt. The prisoner was sentenced to seven years' transportation. The prisoner and his countess were then put to the bar charged with misdemeanour, but Mr. BALLANTIME allowed an acquittal without calling evidence. KILKENNY AND GREAT SOUTH ERN AND WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. (THIS DAY.) The adjourned meeting of the shareholders in this com pany, which was appointed for this day, was again adjourned sine die, as there was not a sufficient number of proprietors present to constitute a meeting. The result, according to the provisions of the 84th clause, is, that the present directors continue in office for another twelve months. DIVISION OF PROFITS. The remarkable success and increasing prosperity of the Society has enabled the Directors, at the last annual investigation, to declare tourth bonus, varying from 35 to 85 per cent. on the premiums paid on each Policy effected oa the Profit scale. EXAMPLES. z gii...; A- Premium. il Bonus Bongs In 6PA i Assured v added. Cash. E~ 2 may p: 0 Borrow. - ---- 1 . 1837 £217 15 14100 011 £l6 0 4 £445 0 0 £ £B'A '' 1838 192 30; 87 1 4 13 10 21 395 11 1 0 1000 3 4 1839 165 11 10: 74 1 9 11 311 346 2 3 1840 116 7 6 54 010 718 10 296 13 4 1841 111 6 81 49 10 0i 710 4 247 4 5 The division •f profits is annual, and the next will be made in December of the present year. F. FERGUSON CAIIROUX. Secretary. UNITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY.— 8, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London : 97, George-street, Edinburgh; 12, St. Vincent-place, Glasgow; 4, Col ege-green, Dublin. Established by Act of Parliament in 1834. In 1841, the Company added a bona& of 2 per cent. per annum on the sum assured to all policies of the participating class, from the time they were effected. Parties wishing to secure the benefit of the next division of profits in 1848 should make immediate application. When the Insurance is for life, only one half the Annual Premium need be paid for the first 5 years. Every Information will be aforded on application to tke Resident Director, E. Lennox Boyd, Esq., No. 5, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London, where Prospectuses, Sec., may be had. F RAMPTON'S PILL of HEALTH. Price Is. I%ci. per box. This excellent Family Pill is a medicine of long-tried efficacy for correcting all disorders of the Stomach and Bowels, the common symptoms of which are Costiveness, Flatulency, Spasms, Loss of Appetite, Sick Head-ache, Giddiness, Sense of Fulness after meals, Dizziness of the Eyes, Drowsiness and Pains in the Stomach and Bowels ; Indigestion, producing a Torpid state of the Liver, and a consequent Inactivity of the Bowels, causing a disorganization of every flinction of the frame, will, in this most excellent preparation, by a little perseverance, be effectually removed. Two or three doses will eonviate the afflicted of its salutary effects. The stomach will speedily regain its strength ; a healthy action of the liver, bowels, and kidneys will rapidly take place; and instead of listlessness, heat, pain, and jaundiced appearance, strength, actia4ty, and renewed health will be the quick result of taking this medicine, according to the directions accompanying each box.; These Pills are particularly efficacious for Stomach Coughs, Colds, Agues, Shortness of Breath, and all Obstructions of the Urinary Passages; aud, if taken after too free an indulgence at table, they quickly restore the system to its natural state of repose. - Persons of a Full Habit, who are subject to Head-ache, Giddiness, Drowsiness, and Singing in the Ears, arising from too great a flow of Blood to the Head, should never be without them, as many dan gerous symptoms will be entirely carried off by their immediate use. For Females, these Pills are most truly excellent, removing all obstructions, the distressing Head-ache so very prevalent with the sex; Depression of Spirits, Dulness of Sight, Nervous Affections, Blotches, Pimples, and Sallowness of the Skin, and give a healthy and juvenile bloom to the complexion. To Mothers they are confidently recommended as the best medi cine that can be taken during pregnancy ; and for children of all ages they are unequalled. As a pleasant, f..fe, and easy Aperient, they unite the recom mendation of a mild operation with the most successful effect, and require no restraint of diet, or confinement during their use. By re gulating the dose, according to the age and strength of the patient, they become suitable for every case, in either sex, that can be re quired; and for Elderly People they will be found to be the most comfortable medicine hitherto prepared. Sold by T. Prout, 229, strand, London. Price Is. 13f d. and 2s. 9d. per box ; and also by the Vendors of Medicine generally throughout the kingdom. Ask for FRAMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH, and observe the name andstddress•of " Thomas Front, 229, Strand, London," on the Government Stamp. DREDGE'S HEAL-ALL, or ce l e b rate d E M- LfiIBROCATION, 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 Affections, Face-ach, Sprains and Bruises, Burns and Scalds, Spasms and Cramp, Stiffness of the Joints or Neck, Frozen Limbs, Chilblains be fore they are broken. It is likewise an infallible Cure for that dangerous disorder the Quinsey or Sore Throat, in which it was never known to fail 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. 95, Farringdon-street, who have purchased the property in this valuable article from the executors of the inventor, William Dredge, late of Wlshford, Wilts, retail price, Is. 114 d. and 2s. 9d. per bottle ; and sold retail. by all respectable Medicine Venders in town and oun try. NORTON'S TRULY VALUABLE CAMO MILE PILLS, FOR INDIGESTION, &c. These Pills are a pure extract of camomile flowers, prepared by a peculiar process, by which all the medicinal properties of rather more than one ounce of the flowers are concentrated into tour moderate. sized pills, They are mild in operation, and have proved wonder fully successful in removing eve:y sympton of indigestion, sick head ache, loss of appetite, giddiness, heartburn, costiveness, eruptions of the skin, and all complaints arising from a disordered state of the digestive organs ; they require no alteration of diet, and their opera tions will be found so beneficial in giving tone to the stomach, regu lating the bowels, and in promoting a healthy habit, as fully to con vince all who take them of their great utility. Persons who have suffered from indigestion for several years, have, by their use, in a few weeks perfectly recovered, which is a COIIN *owing proof that in the smallest compass is contained the largest quantity of the tonic principle of so peculiar a nature as to pervade the whole system, through which it diffuses health and strength. held in botties at la. 134 d., 25.9 d., and I Is. each, in every town in the kingdom. CAUTION.—Be sure to ask for " Norton's rills," and be not per aaded to purchase an imitation. ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. WITH TWENTY-FIVE COLOURED ENGRAVINGS. Just published, Twentieth Thousand, in a seale d envelope, price 2 s• or post paid, tamps to any address, for 3s. 6d. in Postage t 6d., direct from the Author's residence. SELF- PRESERVATION ' A M e di ca l T rea ti ze on the Secret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and Maturity. Illustrated with Tweaty-flue Coloured Plates on the Anatomy. Physiology, and Diseases of the 'Jr - Mary and Reproductive Organs, the injuries that are produced in them, by solitary habits , explaining their various structures, uses, and functions, and showing txe , eseee. With Practical Observations on the Treatment of Nervous Debility, Local and Constitutional %Veaknees , other diseases of eaknees, and the Urethra. By SAMUEL LA'3IERT, CONSIYLTLNG SURGEO a N nd , 9, iledford-street, Bedford square, London; Matriculated Member of the University of Edinburgh, Hono o r th ar e : Member of the London ospital Medical Society, Apothecaries' Hall, Londo n,c. itc. rations, and on Infelicitous and 1 - iiit Licentiate CONTENTS OF THE TREATISE. Cusrran I. On the Philosophy of M ag and 0 bli r w ,, i d t a h e i t ts ive H u in a dr ie an as c . l CHAPTxx 2. On the Anatomy and Physiology Mental and Physical Power are dependa upons;hPeri°Thi Organs, their (Unctions, structures and ant eon of the Generativ4 proving that gre a a —CHAPTER 3. On Solitary Habits; their various sheets etion eti t t o he Animal Economy ; the concealed cause of Debility of the Stomach, Lungs, and Brain, and genera the fecft the - Mental Faculties. Cmarrza 4. On and general weakness Disorders Youth Mental Maturity, and the Treatment of Nervous and LocarN;eak:)icsuths, Mental Debility, and Premature Decay.—Cnarrxas 15 and 6. On the Disorders arising from indiscnininate Excess, Gonaorhosa Gleet, Strictures, and other Diseases of .he Urethra. REVIEWS OF THE WORK. "The author of this singular and talented work is a legally quail fled:m.3ll cal man, who has evidently had considerable experience of the trr ltment of the various disorders arising from the follies mil frailties of early indiscretion. The engravings are an invaluable ad dition, by demonstrating the consequences of excesses, which must act as a salutary warning to youth and maturity, and by its perusal many questions may be satisfactorily replied to, th a t a d m i t f no ap. peal, even to the most confidential friend."--E ra. Published by the Author, and may be had at his residence; also from Paternoster-row ; Hannay and C o ., 6 3, Oxlbri-street; an et Richards, 52, Static, Tichborne-street, Quadrant; Gordon, 1 46 Lcalenha. - , 1 1 street L ondon; Ncw l nn, it, Church-street, Liverp c v ; d and by all Booksellers. c K At Home for Comultation daily, from Nine till Two, and from Five till Eight , • an d all letters immediately repli e d t o , if c o n t a i n i nts the foe of 11., for advice, &c.-9 BEDFORD-STREET BEDFORD IKIVARIB, LONDON, BRISTOL, FEBRUARY 5. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Bristol and Exeter, 75—Ditto, New, 12—Bristol and South Wales Junction, % —Caledonian, New, 21 % —Great Western, Halves, 73—Ditto, Quarters, 7% —Ditto, New, 9 %—Manehester and Leeds, Extension, 3/. 75.--Manchester and Southampton, % dis.—Midland, 12351 —Ditto, New, 3535 —Ditto, New, 5% —North British, Thirds, 2% p.—Shrewsbury and Birming ham (A), 1 p.—York and Newcastle, New, 123. LIVERPOOL, FEBRUARY 5. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are —Anabcrgate, Nottingham, Boston, and Eastern Junction, ls. 3d. dis.—Birmingham and Ox• ford, 9% p.—Chester and Birkenhead, 201. Shares, % dis.—East Lan cashire (late Blackburn and Preston), 9% p.—Ditto, 1% p.—Ditto, New Scrip, 265. 3d. p.—Edinburgh and Glasgow, Halves, 10 1 ,E p.— Ditto, Quarters, 19 1 ,4 —Huddersfield and Manchester, 2% t p.—Lan caster, and Preston, Quarters, 15 1 ,E —Leeds and Dewsbury, Halves, 4 % p.—Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 2 34 p.—Ditto, New, 2% p.—London► and North-Western, 190—Manchester and Leeds, Ex tensions,l% p.—Manchester . Sheffield, end Lincolnshire Quarters, No. 1,3% p.—Manchester ((late Great Grimsby and Sheffield), 41% dis. —Midland Stack, 124%—Newcastle and Carlisle, 1 12% —Northern Counties Union, 1% dis.—Preston and Wyre, 32—Ditto, Half Shares (A), 3 p.—Ditto, ditto (B), r 4 p.—Shrewsbury and Birmingham (B), % p.—Shropshire Union Railway and Canal, dis. ex int.—Dublin and Wexford, 1 dis.—Newry and Warrenpoint, 1 p.—Dutch Rhenish, dis. MANCHESTER, FEBRUARY 5. STOCK EXCRANGE.—The sales are—Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, par—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire, 5-16 p.--Bir mingham and Oxford Junction, 9 p. — Blackburn, Clitheroe, &c., % din. — Buckinghamshire, p. —East Lancashire, 2% p. —Ditto, New (scrip), 114 p.—East Lincolnshire, 2 p. — Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding, 5-16 dis. - -Huddersfleld and Manchester Railway and Canal, Thirds, 1% c. p.—Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport (West Lancahire), 2 3-16 P.—Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland. p. — Manchester and Leeds Extension, 1 3-16 p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Quarters, No. 2, 2234—Ditto, Eighths, dls.—North British Extension, p.—North Staffordshire, 3% p. North-Western, % p.—Oldham Alliance, % p.—Preston and Wyre, Halves (A), 2% p.—Ditto, (B), p.— Scottish Central, 7% p.— Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A), 1 p. — South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4, % p. —West Riding Union, 1 11-16 p. • LEEDS, FEBRUARY 5. STocx Exctuator.—The sales are—Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, 38. dig. —Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham, 15s. p.--Buck inghamshire, 6s. p.—East Lancashire, New, 2/. 3s. 9d. p.—Ditto, New Scrip, 255. p.—East and West Yorkshire, ss. 6d. dia.—Leeds and Dewsbury, Brytches, Scrip (blue), 334 p.—Leeds and Thirsk, 2% dis.—Ditto, New, 12s. 6d. dis.—Ditto, Preference, 245. p.—Lel center and Bedford, 2s. 6d. dis.—Manchester and Leeds, Extensions, 225. 6d.p.—Nortb British, Thirds, 525. p.—Ditto, Extension (scrip), 14s. 6d. p.—North Staffordshire, 3% p.—North-Western, Os. 6d. p. —Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goolo, ss. p.—West Riding Union, 3/. 16s. 6d. lIULL, FEBRUARY 5. - - STOCK EXCHAKOZ.--The sales are—North British, Halves, 16% —Ditto, Extension (scrip), 14s. 3d. p.—Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston, &c., par—Northern Counties Union, 265. 6d. SHEFFIELD, FEBRUARY 5. &rocs ExcmAxot.—The sales are—Ambcrgate, Nottingham, and Boston, 1 4 c. dis.— Leeds and Thirsk, 2IA dis.—Manchester and Lin coln Union, ISs. 61. dis.-31anchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Mid land, % p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (Grimsby and Sheffield), 265. dis.—llitto (Sheffield and Lincoln), 1 dis.—Skefficld, Rotherham, and Goole, ss. 6d. p.—South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole, 23. dis. GLASGOW, FEBRIMAT 4. STOCK Excnswas. —The sales are—Airdric and Bathgate, 81s.— Caledonian, New, 455. 6d.—Caledonian and Dumbartonshire, 48s. —Direct Northern (scrip), 525. 6d.—Dundee and Perth, 271.—Ditto, New, 1314—East of Fife, 50s. 6d.—East Indian, Bs. Lothian Central, 435.—Edinburgh and Pe*th, 51s.—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, Halves, No. 2, 9 1-3—Ditto, Quarters (5 per cent. guar.), 1 614—Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 6 LA—Glasgow and Greenock, 181.—Ditto, Preference, 81.— Glasgow Harbour Mineral, 375. 6d.— Great Southorn of Madras, 4s.—Manchester and Southampton, 325. —Midland, Halves, 6—North British, Thirds, 73s.—Ditto, New Quarters (scrip), 275. 6d.— Scottish Central, 221.—Scottish Grand Junction, 235. 6d.—Stirling and Dunfermline, 73s.—Wilsontown, Morningside, and Coltnese, 531. INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGI NEERS. On Wednesday the first meeting was held in the new theatre, which is a fine room of good proportions, of a simple but bold style of architectural decoration, ex• tremely well lighted, but above all well warmed and ventilated, and which as a whole may be said to be per haps the best room in the metropolis for the meetings of a scientific body. Sir John Rennie, president in the chair. The paper read was by Mr. E. Newton. It gave a description of the method employed by Mr. Heron for the construction of the permanent way of the Philadel phia and Reading, and other railways in the United States. The method was a deviation both from the sys tems of the longitudinal and the transverse sleepers. It consisted of two series of diagonal sleepers crossing each other, and spiked together at the intersections with wooden trenails or iron pins, according to circumstances, forming an extended platform, upon which their longi tudinal bearers were laid, suporting bridge -shaped rails, with wrought iron chairs. The paper entered minutely into the modes of construction, the dimensions of the various parts, and the expense of laying the road with the ballasting. It then gave an account of several de viations from the general system, such as making the trellis work of iron laid in bitumen, &c., and also a de tail of the amount of th e traffic conveyed along the rail way, whence it appeared that within one year and five days from its being opened for general use, 1,400,000 tons of goods had been conveyed along it, without any prejudicial effect ; and, in fact, with less wear and tear than was usual upon railways in the States. The cost of a single line was about 8501. per mile. From the discussion that ensued it appeared to be the opinion that although the system might succeed i n a country where timber abounded, it was inapplicable for English railroads, and exceptions were taken to the e e d co o n n s l t y ru 4 c 4 ti l o b n a. for par high speed d — if as could not resist the impact of the single bridge form wheels :t great would become loosened, and there generalth the rai diago nally laid sleepers s,w features hieh weigh ed g t h h velocities, the junctions of the These objections were stro ng ly.e it was admitted that it was as valid, but at the same t im e ra e the communication of would be too much deflection bet u a r 'e g e e n d, th a e nd be w a e r r i e ng re p c o e i i n re ts d . extremely desirable to encourage for the statements he voted to Mr. Newton meeting were that he would communicate accounts of foreign had given, with a request scientific brethren Mr. Heron this feeling of his English engineering `works ;the thanks of the of the profession of civil engineering. The following paper was announced to b e read at the next meeting, on Tuesday, February 9 : No. 750. D escr i p ti on o f th e Great North Holland Canal, by G. B. W. J ac k son, A ssoc . Inst. C.E, -- HOSPITAL FOR CONSUMPTION. - Yesterday a meeting of the governors was held at the Institution, Bromp ton, when it was stated that his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge had kindly con:.ented to preside at the anniver sary festival to be held on the 9th of June next. It was also announced that the late Miss Churchill, of Chelsea, had bequeathed the sum of 2004 to the funds of the in stitution, PUBLICA TIONS, In the press.' HOW to RECONSTRUCT the INDUS TRIAL CONDITION of IRELAND. A LETTER to LORD JOHN RUSSELL. By JAMES WARD, Esq., Author of " Railways for tho Many and not for the Few, Smith, Elder, and Co., Cornhill. In 21 volumes !to. Illustrated by 506 Engravings on Steel, and many thousands on Wood.—Tuz ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA. Seventh Edition. Edited by Professor NAPIER. • An Index •f 68,000 References, compiled with great industry and judgment, is appended to the work, forming a ready key to its multi farious contents. Adam and Charles Black, Edinburgh; and sold by all Booksellers. TO THE ELECTORS OF TIIE COYNTY OF 3IIDDLBSEX. GYNTLEMEIN, PERMIT me to return you my sincere thanks for the kind reception which you gave me this day at the Nomi nation, and for the great honour you have conferred upon me in electing me one of the Members of the Metropolitan County, a dis tinction which any man must be proud of, and which I trust, by ex erting the best of my humble abilities in your service, I shall show that I value as it deserves. I remain, Gentlemen, with profound respect. Your most obedient and faithful humble servant, It. GROSVENOR. 107, Park -street, Feb. 3, 1847 LONDON JOINT-STOCK BREWERY COMPANY. i - siered.) Capital, 500,0007., in (Provisio 25,000 Shares of 20/. each. Deposit, 2s. per share, being the highest amount allowed by Act of Parliament until complete registration, when a call of 1/. per share will be made. The principal objects of this company are to supply a perfectly pure and genuine malt liquor to the public, combined with such moderate charges as must ensure a most extensive and profitable business. Our empire In India offers indticements of no ordinary character for the establishment of an immense business of a highly lucrative nature, independently of its most probable permanency and com parative freedom from risk. In South America, the West Indies, and several parts of the Eu ropean continent also, the malt liqaors of this country are beginning to be appreciated and sought after, and a profitable and extensive trade may be confidently anticipated in those parts. Arrangements are in progress, which, when completed, will ensure an extensive and highly lucrative trade to the East and West Indies and to Routh America, thereby securing at once a handsome per tentage to the shareholders. Arrangements are also in progress which will secure an extensive home trade. It is certain there is not in the market at the present time, nor has there been for many years past, any investment likely to pro duce such beneficial results to those concerned in it as the present, as, after a most careful and deliberate estimate, by talented and competent persons, of all the outgoings, &c., it is proved to demon stration that the net annual dividend will not be less than 40 per cent. on the capital. Under these circumstances the promoters of this undertaking con fidently lay their plans before the public, and will be meat happy to give every information in their power, and, as soon as the Commit tee of Directors is formed, mere detailed particulars will be pub lished. In the meantime all applications for shares or Inquiries may be made to Messrs. Chauntler and Westwood, 8, Gray's Inn-square ; but no applications for shares will be attended to unless accompanied by most respectable references. AN Additional and Important Evidence of the Salutary Effects of BLAIR'S GOUT and RHEUMATIC PILLS, from Mr. Samuel Dixon, of Kingscliffe, Northamptonshire. " Kingschffe, Northamptonsktra, March 14, 1846. " To Mr. Thomas Trout, 229, Strand, London. " Sir,—l feel it a duty which I owe to yourself and the public to inform you of the great benefit which I have derived by taking Blair's Gout and Rheumatic l'ills. During several years I was fre quently laid up by attacks of gout, being unable to attend to business for months at a time. I had often been advised to try Blair's Pills, but it was not until a friend pressed them upon me that I was in duced to take them, and from which I found speedy relief. This is several years ago, but I continue to take them whenever an attack comes on, and am thereby enabled quickly to resume my business. • I am, Sir, your obedient servant, "SAMUEL DIXON." The above testimonial exhibits the never-failing effects of this valuable medicine, which affords to the afflicted with gout, rheu matism, lumbago, sciatica, and all analogous complaints, speedy and certain relief. Among the many discoveries that characterise the present age, none have co•itributed so much to the comfort and ease of the com munity, nor conferred such a boon upon suffering humanity, as the important discovery of BLAIR'S BOUT and RHEUMATIC PILLS, the efficacy of which has been tested by the approval and recommen dation of many of the greatest men of our day. They are effective for gout and rheumatism in all its various forms, including sciatica, lumbago, pains in the head and face, frequently treated as tooth ache, &c. They require neither confinement nor attention of any kind, and invariably prevent the disease attacking the stomach, brain, or other vital part. Sold by ThOmas Prout, 229, Strand, London ; and by his appoint ment, by all respectable Medicine Venders throughout the United Kingdom. Price 2s. 9d. per box. Ask for BLAIR'S GOUT and RHEUMATIC PILLS, add observe the name and address of " Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London," im pressed upon the Government Stamp affixed to each box of the Genuine Medicine. RAILWAY SHARE MARKET S . press, that we would not be the means of dissemi nating scandal concerning his brother and his doings. We have no desire to intrude ourselves into the disputes which have vegetated so luxuriantly under the sun of Bomba y . If we think that Sinde is not worth keeping, it is simply from an unbiassed balance of its produce and its costs, and our conclusion is unattended with any wish to depreciate the merits of the conquest or disparage the gene ralship of the conqueror. Sir Charles Napier's enemies have overshot their mark. The legend of Nusseer Khan's Brazen Whip, if it be a legend, is nature itself, compared with those circumstantial tales of the piety, meekness, and temperance of the Ameers, which would represent the terrace of Windsor Castle in 1790 as but a faint image of the virtuous sim plicity presiding in the gardens of Hyderabad. That these Princes were hardly dealt by in our relations with them it is impossible to deny, but they suffered least, we think, at the hands of that officer whose conduct has furnished the most abundant grounds of complaint. Strangers, uninvited and unwelcome, o bt ru d e d them selves into their territories, and forced them to treaties which were again superseded by others successively more and inure stringent and unfavourable, under pretext that the former had been infringed. But, taking them f rom S ep t em b er 18 12 we believe they fairly forfeited their kingdom by the rules ofwar ; nor is it very easy to condemn Sir Charles for having learnt from the events of the previous year to strke the first blow. It is preposterous to talk about the " patriarchal rule " of these quarrelsome and sensual despot s —th emse l ves usurping invaders of so recent a date that a representative of the family they expelled is still alive. Sir Charles's own title to the Turban would have been as good as Roostum's if he had lived there a score of years longer. Their most famous places—the very subjects of our negotiations—Kur rachee, Sukkur, and Shikarpoor, were - stolen from their neighbours but a few years back. We have won the country with as strong an arm as they did and in a m uc h better cause; and the only question is, it worth our keep ing? If it gave us a stronger frontier—if, in the command A of si t a h e w l h o i w c - h er o l n n e d e us do t .e g d aN t ' h e r u o s ug t h he s r h e i s k to a r rp e d o or t —if f c it of enriched Central by its produce the treasury of Calcutta, and supplied us with what alone we profess to need for the improvement of the Peninsula, we might then close our hands upon our prize, and leave the Ameers with as little room for complaint as the Subandar of Bengal. But we doubt it answers none of these conditions, and we should be loath to make the battle _of Meanee even more costly than that of Sobraon. Our . Bence, just published, shows that the troops were called .t ou l again at the precise moment when they were tob ew n of drawn, and we very much fear that the costs ad charges j the province are not less certain than its revenue an d advan tages are unsubstantial. SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING THE AMENDMENT OF THE LAW. The usual general meeting of this institution was held on Wednesday, at the Rooms of the Society, 21, Regent-street, Lord Brougham in the chair. The minutes of the last meeting having been read, the fol lowing new members were ballotted for, and admitted : , Messrs. Philip Twells, Leonard H. Hartley, Martin Tucker Smith, and Frederick Peel. A very intere•ting report was read on the various plans which had been tried or proposed for the improvement of the treatment of criminals and young persons likely to beco me criminals, and on th e principles on which punishments ought to be awarded and conducted. The report, which was read by Mr. Pitt Taylor, described, at very great length, the in conveniences and evils attending the presen t system of se secondary punishments, an d concluded by recommending — I. That all gaols, where unrestricted intercou rse is allowed, should be abolished. 2. That neither convicted nor uncon victed prisoners should be allowed to remain in a state of idle ness. 3. That tread-wheel labour should be abolished. 4. That the building of district prisons within a limited period should be rendered compulsory. 5. That such prisons should be so built as to afford separate accommo dations to ea ch pri- , soner. 6. That useful labour. ex gr. mat, rug, basket, or net making, tailoring, washing, shoemaking, sempstressing, knitting, &c., should be uniformly introduced in all pris o ons. potent persons attached to each prison. 7. That these occupations should be taught • by bcetnteir class of schoolmasters should be appointed, ries, and that it should be compulsory on every criminal to attend school for a fixed time each day. 9. That to each gaol a chaplain should be attached, with a salary sufficiently large to ensure competency, and that it should be incumbent wELitThhlaartgaer sala upon him to reside in the prison, and to give his undivided attention to the spiritual wants of its inmates. 10. That assuming the alterations to be carried into sen tences — that is, under one month—should 11. That a coarse, plain, and should uniform diet be en forced.sort of f r t m he s , there was be established desti tute children one or two large asylums should proposed by Mr. Pear son,on a somewhat similar plan to that . __ . line be sufficiently a b ff e ec d i t s , c s o h n o t r i t nued. 12. That for juvenile offenders and other only taking care that the discip proper severe. M r. Afters l . r somei : i n i discussion,cl . c ~ ti monA i oe n isffikg r : ca v eit h gep i bana r c ret h dta f M . o r r 1 reformation E t h ‘ b i l ' h A sa tt rtte r nf . 01 h3s,lllt.ahPtei.,o, pre ventionaa nnoddf Ica eto the punish isea t mind or m y in p Lad BROUGHAM expressed . his opinion the proper i t iocess during a veryT n c o r f i e m nt i n s p o a hf r l o i s s r , imprisonment 11 n ah minor i o m v re imprisonment. s e eo w r nn t e cm h r e l e e e y n was, he was object of the Namely, the s T atefor chance the ef operationbrin gig ot . reformation inion ' former days, the idea w offender ; whereagy In the noble as usually effect of this latter considered He told-fashionedas an frequency of executions, was the former which were opinion or the purp9se of deterring b hatred crime of was vice b y aofpreventing y example. The most successful mode and diminishing evidently Prevalent n of intended taetn crimedt e h d e . bf object jec t example.of pi n is people,h Them eanntdw tea g clung them a e lord adverted to the great advantage of . . 1 p t i tn l i i fneannat. schools a means of dimi nishing the number of crimin which, perhaps, might be . . in which perhaps was not participated by any One else in the room ; he would no t give uP the punishment of death in certain deterring from • certain cases, as a means lie would most willingly give it up in all cases' o educating, al all de scr ought not to be inflicted. The further discussion of the subject matter of the vms adjorirned to the 17th of this month. report punishmentg l glad to say, o f become c rim i naawi 5 , t a l ifkeetnhcTeerdhi rmeet fi o no publicratnlb' E BY PRUSSIC ACID.--011 Thurs day,paying his addresses • the Deputy Coroner, was holding he received an inquest in Marylebone , ,information of the DE N S v P h E iIs it t A Is T i E r. S IN ULC II I s D , g past been to gen tleman, named H. B. Fisher, assistant Mr. Farmer, chemist., of Duke-street, Manchester-square. It appears that following determined act of . self-destruction by a young to a young lady residing in Robert-street, Paddington, On Mr. Fisher has for some time Tuesday morning, at eight o'clock, he went out, and was seen walking with the young lady in question, in the neighbour hood, and engaged with her in earnest c onversation. He returned home shortly after nine o'clock, and in a few minutes went up stairs to his bedroom. About ten o'clock, the youth left in charge of the shop ran up to the deceased's bedroom, and having called Mr. Fisher several times without receiving any answer, ho • opened the door, and there dis covered the deceased lying on the floor struggling, and ap parently in the agonies of death. He raised an alarm, and two or three medical gentlemen were sent for and promptly iarrived. Antidotes were administered, but Mr. Fisher died in two or three minutes after. A cup was on the table which was found to have contained a strong dose of prussic acid mixed with brandy. Two letters were also found, one ad-, dressed by the deceased to his relatives, and the other to the young lady in question, iu both of which he declared his in tention to commit the act. The Coroner has ordered a post mortem examination of the body. ettrb Xt Mon EXHIBITION OF THE BRITISH INSTITUTION.—(THIS DAY.) From the inviting character of the weather the rooms of this institution were so thronged with visitors, that it was with considerable difficulty we could observe any single picture from a convenient distance. The glimpses, however, which we were able occasionally to obtain of the collection for 1847, were frequently "glimpses of the beautiful and good." Since the opening of the in stitution, in 1806, there can scarcely have been a more unequal exhibition, an exhibition more unequal in its evidences of talent. Evidences of "genius" this year there is not one. Among the various associations which have been formed for the promotion of the fine arts in the United Kingdoms, none attracts a more peculiar interest than the British Institution, in Pall-mall, and none de serves more. For the facilities afforded by the annual exhibition of their productions the artists of Great Britain generally express their acknowledgment by the display of their peculiar powers upon canvas. This season they appear to have concentrated their energies upon the manifestation of their industry gene rally, irrespective of any other quality. That they have been eminently successful in this particular is ostensible, first, in the crowded appearance of the walls of the ex hibition• rooms, and, secondly, in the fact of four hundred pictures having been returned from lack of superficial space. Among the most striking pieces in the collec tion, we observed 66. " Morning," by J. Sant, a fanciful illustration of thetild verse. "It is the lark, the herald of morn." The attitude is characterised by much grace, while the flowing of the drapery is quite the reverse. Another, 170, of " Evening," by the:same artist, is however marvel lously inferior. The most successful composition from the easel of Mr. Sant is unquestionably No. 185, " She hangs upon the cheek of Night." 259. " The Frugal Meal," by J. F. Herring, is a group of three horses' heads, chumping a bundle of sorrel and grass, with an impertinent pigeon in the fore ground. The picture is rendered very beautiful by the predominant characteristic of this artist—the most in valuable characteristic of all—Nature. The horses are pencilled with a keen and admirable truth. 366. " The Temptation," by A. Keeson, representing Christ and Satan upon the pinnacle of the mountain. If there be little sublimity in the conception, there is a wonderful hardness in the execution. 554. " The Straw-yard," by W. and 11. Barraud. Worthy to be hung in the same apartment with Her ring's " Frugal Meal ;" not so much in the representa tion of individuality in the animal, as in the beauty of the manipulation. The bay horse on the left of the painting is brilliantly coloured. 386. " A Savannah on Fire by Moonlight," by E. A. Goodall. It only wanted this subject to come under the brush of Mr. Turner to afford us a combination of colours and an exaggeration of effects hitherto unexampled in the art of painting. The theme, as treated by Mr. Goodall, is poetical and effective. Besides the pictures already enumerated we observed a charming " Musidora," (from Thomson's " Seasons,") by A. Jerome, 398; an eccentricity called a " Frost Scene," by C. Branwhite, 451; a wonderful distortion of nude figures, by E. W. S. Hoplcy, 461; a production worthy of being baked into Worcester ware, by J. D. Wingfield, 493, with sundry exquisite fruit pieces, especially one, 516, by H. Reekers. A stray bust and a casual group of figures near the staircase constituted the exhibition of sculpture. EXCHEQUER CHAMBER. (THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Error, before Lord Chief Justice WILDE, Mr. Justice PArFESON, Mr. Justice COLERIDGE, Mr. Justice MAULE, Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN, Mr. Justice CRESSWELL, and Mr. Justice WILLIAMS.) Their Lordships sat for the purpose of hearing Exchequer causes ; no case s however, of interest to the public was de cided upon. EXCHEQUER. -(THIS DAY.) TOOVEY V. BROWN. Mr. Parry appeared for the plaintiff, Mr. Whateley for the defendant. This was an action in which the plaintiff, a bookseller in Pall-mall, sought to recover a sum of money for books sup plied by bim to the son of the defendant, who was a student of King's College, and preparing for the university in order to obtain admission into the Church of England. .:. Mr. PARRY, in opening the case, said that the books were supplied to the son, aTouth of 19 years of sig% but who had been somewhat extravagant in his habits, and who was at present at sea. The books were taken by; the solii:to th,g, residence of his father. . ,-. Mr. WHATE LEY , on th e part o f the defendant, contend that the books supplied for the use of the )son were of :dr such a nature as we re requ i re d b y hi m in preparingi f the Church of England. A mong th e works supplieA.wdra ose of Pusey, Newman, Ward, Christie " On the Holy Virgin," Carey 's Translation of Dante, Romish Missal and Breviari, and other works of a Catholic tendency. From the evidence of the Rev. John Brewer, one of the tutors of King's College Ho s pit a l, i t appeared that several of the works were not such as he would 'recommend to be Elaced in the hands of a youth p repar i ng f or the Church of ngland ; and further, that the youth in question, in consequence of reading such works, and having contracted habits of intimacy with a Catholic gentleman, had been induced to leave the Church of England, and go over to the Romish Church. The LORD CHM?' BAnox said that in his opinion there was no evidence to go to the jury of the original liability of the defendant, or of any authority having been given to the plaintiff to supply his son with the books in question; he thought, therefore, that the plaintiff ought to be called. Plaintiff nonsuited accordingly. CRIMINAL COURT(THIS DAY.) OLD COUR7, Alexander 21PLeish was indicted for violently assaulting Mary Woods, at Camberwell, on the 26th December, with the intent to do her some grievous bodily harm. Mr 4 Robinson was retained for the prosecution, and Mr. Ballantyne defended the prisoner. Mr. ROBINSON, in opening the case, said the effects of this assault were so serious that they were nearly fatal, and in that case the prisoner would have been indicted for murder. It appeared from the examination before the magistrate, that on the 26th of December (Boxing -day), the prisoner, who is a journeyman baker, had received the usual gratuities from his customers, and that on his return home, being in a state of intoxication, he began to quarrel with his wife. Mrs. Woods, a lodger in the same house, endeavoured to pacify him, and with a view to allay his excessive rage advised Mrs. M'Leish to go to bed. She did so, and Mrs. Woods, returning to the sitting room, the prisoner, mistaking her for his wife, struck her a violent blow upon the head, by which the temporal artery was seriously wounded, and her life was placed in danger. Mrs. Woods, on being called upon, was absent, and the Recorder ordered her recognizances to be estreated. The principal witness being absent, Mr. King, a surgeon, at Camberwell, was called. lie said, that on the evening of the 26th of December, he was called in to attend Mrs. Woods, who was bleeding violently from the head. He succeeded in stopping the hmmorrhage, but for several days her life was in great danger. The inspector of the P division, by whom the prisoner was taken into custody stated that he had confessed that he had struck Mrs. Woods by mistake. Mr. BALLArrryNE said that no one regretted the conse quences of the violence which had been used towards Mrs. Woods more than the prisoner himself. It was perfectly true that he had returned in a state of excitement on the evening of the day in question, but that excitement arose from a far different cause than spirituous liquors. The fact was, the prisoner at the time was suffering from a state of ill health, and his medical attendant had that morning given him a box containing eight pills, with some saline draughts, one of each to be taken every day. Instead of following these directions, he took the whole of the eight pills at once, and as they con tained henbane, he became almost in a state of derangement, and hence the accident resulted. Mr. Romsorr recalled Mr. King, who stated, that when before the magistrate, the prisoner had acknowledged that he was so drunk at the time the offer C 3 was committed that he did not know what he was about. The RECORDER summed up, and the jury returned a verdict of Guilty, and the prisoner was sentenced to twelve months imprisonment, with hard labour. NEW COURT. Henry Gerhard and Elizabeth Baker were placed at the bar, indicted for conspiring to defraud and cheat sundry persons of their property. The case has already excited a good deal of attention in public as the detection of a daring and bold system of fraud practised by what would appear to be a gang of individuals, who, in leasing dwelling-houses and shops, and fitting them with goods from respectable tradesmen, mutually make each other referees for credit. William Burbidge, hatter, 25, Bridge-street, Southwark, said the prisoner Gerhard called on him in November last, and said he had opened a hat shop at the Triangle, Ken nington, and wished to purchase goods from the witness. The prisoner referred him to a Mr. Maymott, 13, Charles street, Northampton-square, who gave the prisoner a high character, and goods were seat to a considerable amount. Witness having received no money, went up to the pri soner's shop about the 6th January, but it was shut up. Thomas Cotter, clerk to Ke ene and Son, proved having sent goods to the prisoner's shop to the value of 401. 14s. 9d., of which about only twenty hats had been recovered, and four more at the house of the female prisoner. Rachaol Cohen, 7, Ann-place, Commercial-road, said she was cousin to the prisoner Gerhard's wife. She knew May mott, and said he went also by the name of Walker; and the female prisoner, Mrs. Baker, was known as Mrs. Bennett. She had often seen Gerhard, Maymott, and Mrs. Baker to gether, and once she heard Maymott ask Mrs. Gerhard, whether her husband had sent for any more hats from Bur bidge? she said, no, and he shall not send for more. Oh, said Maymott, he should, for Burbidge is very sweet. A month before Christmas she heard Gerhard say he bad sold some of the hats to Levi, and Mrs. Gerhard said they were to have more hats, and Maymett and Mrs. Bennett were to be references for which theY b were to have some of the hats. PETITIONS ON PRIVATE BILLS. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(THIS DAY.) (Room 22, before Mr. Examiner Sae M.) UNOPPOSED LIST. In the following cases the customary formal proofs were completed : Ilolme Reservoirs. Inverness Gas and Water Company. The opposed cases were adjourned until Monday. (Room 23, before Mr. Examiner MAY.) In the following cases the standing orders were complied with : London and South-Western Railway Acts Amendment (Lines from Andover to join the Bishopstoke and Salisbury Branch of the London and South-Western Railway at Michaelmarsh, and from the same Branch at Romsey to join the Southampton and Dorchester Railway at Redbridge). Cheltenham and Oxford Railway (Proposed Railway from the Great Western Railway at Cheltenham to join the Ox ford and Rugby Railway, near Oxford, with power of sale, &c.) Ether° w Reservoirs. Aberdeen Harbour Improvement. OPPOSED CASE. CORNWALL AND DEVON CENTRAL. Several points connected with the opposition to this peti tion were mutually referred. The other opposed cases were adjourned till Monday. FLANDERS MAIL. BnussErs, FEB. 3.—The average price of wheat in the week ending Saturday, January 30, was 291. 29c , and that of rye 23f. sc. The prices show an advance of 99c. on wheat, and of 96c. on rye per hectolitre. The Chamber of Representatives adopted yesterday the articles composing the chapters 1 to 4 of the budget of the war department. A correspondent of Berlin writes to the Augsburg Gazette, that affairs relative to public worship will be administered in future by a central consistory, at the head of which Mr. Eichhorn will be placed, who, according to the Hanover Gazette, will be succeeded in the department of ecclesiastical affairs and public instruction by M. de Savigny. This con sistory will be divided into two section ; one to have the direction of the affairs of the Protestant Church, and the other those of the Roman Catholic. The publication of the tolerance and diet, which was pronounced sometime ago, has been delayed by the preliminary arrangements for the orga nisation of the Consistory. The Universal German Gazette says that at a very nu merous meeting of workmen which has taken place at that city, the incorporation of the former republic had been ap proved as favourable to the manufactures of the country, and that a deputation had waited on Count Dept), the Austrian commissioner, to acquaint him with the wishes of the As sembly. On the other hand the deputation of the mer chants of Cracow, who asked for a delay of the incorporation with the Austrian line of customs, received only a derisive answer that they might be permitted to send back the goods which were in the entrepot to the persons who had sent them. Several merchants declared that they would rather leave these goods at the disposal oft be Government; others were endeavouring to sell them at any rate before the 29th of January. A letter from Frankfort to the Cd.v ne Gazette states that everything is ready on the road frons.? rankfort to Cologne, that the conveyance of the India mail, by way of Trieste and Ostend, may be effected with the greatest possible rapidity, that this trial, which is to decide the superiority of this road over that by Marseilles, may not be impeded by the obstacles which IS Waghorne's express met with on the last occasion. Large distributions continue to be made, not only among the poor, but privately among re spectable families for improvements. THE KINGDOM OF HANOVER.—The passage between Ham burgh and llarburg, on the Elbe, was become extremely un safe, since the thaw has set in. On the 26th of January a sledge from Harburg broke in at Rechersteig, in a place where the ice was considered to be secure, and the cargo consisting of a sum of money, amounting to 200,000 rix dollars, fell into the water, but was happily recovered. The waggons, chiefly loaded with potatoes, coming from Hanover, have for some days gone by way of Wilkemsberg. The luggage sledges, however, continue to come to Hamburgh across the North Elbe. FRANKFORT ON THE RHINE, JAN. 28.—Her Imperial High ness the Crown Princess of Russia is expected to visit the Grand Ducal Court, near Darmstadt, in the approaching spring unless unforeseen obstacles should intervene. The accounts of the health of the Princess are said to be satis • factory. The reports which have lately been circulated respecting the second marriage of his Highness the Duke of Nassau are quite destitute of foundation, and although such an event is much desired by his subjects, there does not appear to be any likelihood that their wishes will be soon fulfilled. Many English families have this winter taken up their residence at Wiesbaden, probably because rent is very low there at this season. In our city, on the contrary, the num ber of strangers who come to winter is this year only small, which is, perhaps, owing to the high price of provisions, &c., here, and their own circumscribed means may also contribute ; though it cannot be denied that our city, like all other inland commercial places, has disadvantages in respect to trade, yet its general prosperity is advancing : otherwise we could not account for the fact that our city is greatly beautified in the interior, and is also increasing in its suburbs. We are ex pecting a speedy commencement of a more active trade. The ice on the Maine and the Rhine broke yesterday, and unless severe weather set in, or high water, which unhappily may be expected during mild weather amid the mountains covered with snow, the navigation will quickly recommence. This event is looked for with some anxiety, because large exportations of fruit are expected from Holland, and hence naturally a falling in the prices here. It is, however, stated that the prices of corn are still rising in Holland. If the present mild state of the weather should continue, our labouring classes, who are almost starving with cold and hunger, will be enabled to procure work. Commissioner, CRACOW, JAN. O ou 2 n B t . D — e A y n tn, announcement of th intslitea instant, states that all letters coming to the Imperial Pest-office of Cracow, to be forwarded to the kingdoms of Poland and of Russia, and to be forwarded by way of Michaclowich, and those coming to that place to be forwarded to Cracow, are to be charged, from the Ist of February, 1847, on sending and on delivering, a reduced local postage of three kreuges for a single letter. WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET, FRIDAY.--The sup plies this week are large of wheat, and moderate of other articles. - The demand for wheat is very limited, and to pro ress wall sales a reduction of 2s. to 3 8 . p er quarter mu et be übmitted to, but holders generally are not anxious sellers at the reduced rates. Barley is ready sale at fully last week's prices, and malt is more in demand at improving rates. Oats are ld. per stone, and shelling Is. per load lower, with a very limited inquiry. Beans meet a dull sale at rather iess money. —Leeds Mercury. [ADVERTISEMENT.] - ANOTHER EXTRAORDINARY CORE OF ASTHMA BY HOLLOWAY'S rtus.—Patriek Casey, residing di n g at Compton-place,Brunswick- square,had suffered from aChronic:Asthma for more than three y ears. This poor man was so great a sufferer that he did not dare to go t 3 bed, for fear of the phlegm choking him ; indeed, he could not even lay his head upon a table for half an hour, lest he should be suffocated. Nevertheless, this person is now labouring from morning till night, sleeps as well as ever he did in his life, and, in fact, is completely cured by the use of Holloway's Pills.—Sold (also Holloway's Ointment) at Professor Holloway's Es tablishment, 244, Strand, London, and by all respectable vendors of medicine throughout the world, The Echo steam-tug returned from the wreck of the Sphynx during the last night, bringing in the remainder of the riggers, except four, the shipwrights, &c., employed, and all the gear, except what is required far clearing the vessel, which is to be done as far as is possible. We understand Captain H. T. Austen, deputy comptroller of the machinery at Woolwich, the officer sent by the Admiralty to superin tend the operations, wrote to Rear-Admiral Parker, detailing the harassing nature of the service these men' had to perform, and recommending them to be allowed a day's holiday for rest, which has been granted. It is also understood that an application will be made to the Admiralty for extra pay to be granted, which has been hardly earned, but cannot be given without a special order, their rations being all thatis allowed to the riggers. . A lad employed as an under servant in the gun-room mega of the St. Vincent was drummed ashore to-day from that ship, for having broken open an officer's desk and abstracted therefrom notes to the amount of 101. and upwards, and other property. He had " thip,llinarked in large characters on a piece of canvas :and 8-Etched on his back; but the hardened young ruffian na sofirierleached terra firma than he tore it off, fl ung i t at the oflitars, and challenged any of them to come on shore and fight liim!l The Medea steam-sloop, Commander T. H. Mason, has been paid advance to-day, and will sail to-morrow morning after post time for Lisbon, with Sir G. Hamilton ,Seymour, his family and suite. In Harbour.—St. Vincent, Victory, Belleisle, and Excel lent; Medea, Rattler, Echo, and Myrtle steamers. In the Basin.—Sidon, Edinburgh, and Kestrel. In Dock.—Victoria an d Alb ert, P r i nce Regent, Ajar, Leander, Dauntless, Champion, and Serpent. • WooLwicti, FEB. 4.—The Birkenhead steam troop-ship, Commander Ingram, has received orders to proceed to Chat ham Immediately, and she will leave Woolwich this after noon to embark the 56th Regiment of Foot at that port and convey them to Portsmouth, where the officers, non-com missioned ofliceis and men will be transferred to the Belleisle, . which will convey them to Corfu, where the regiment is to be stationed. The Tartarus stem-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander Coles, previous to leaving Woolwich for Greenhithe and Cork, took on board a number of coppers to be used for making soup for the poor inhabitants of Ireland. The Benbow, 72 guns, was towed from Sheerness to Wool wich on Tuesday by the Lightning steam••vessel, Master- Commander Petley, and will be taken alongside the dock yard this afternoon, in place of the Hebe, to serve as a barrack or depot for the men of the Royal, Marines sta tioned here, until their new barrack is made ready for their reception. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—FRIDAY. trh - rnoroutTAN STAKES.-100 to 6 agst Bourton (taken) , —lOO to 6 agst Pink Bonnet (taken)-100 to 6 agst Ladr Sarah (taken). CHESTER Cur. —2O to 1 agst Mendicant (taken)-23 to 1 agst The Lamb-28 to 1 agst Bedlam-30 to 1 agst The Flitch-30 to 1 agst Camera Obscura-35 to 1 agst Punch -50 to 1 agst Fitzwilliam (taken)-50 to 1 agst Sting (taken) —5O to 1 agst Sir Tatton Sykes-50 to 1 agst Saltoun. DERBY.-15 to 2 agst Van Tromp-11 to 1 agst Epirote -14 to 1 agst Planet-20 to 1 agst Glentilt-33 to 1 agst Conyngham (taken)-33 to I agst Sister to Cobweb colt -40 to 1 agst Wanota— 50 to 1 agst Will-o'-the-Wisp (taken freely). THE CHESTER Cur.—lt appears that Smuggler Bill re mains in after all, making acceptances 109. NEWMARKET COURSING MEETING.—FRIDAY. DERBY.—Rhadamanthus beat Valiant, and won the stakes. TILE Cur.—VictOr beat Dowager Queen, and won the Cup. OAKS. —Silesia and Daisy divided the stakes, after two undecided courses. PORT STAKES.—Brutus beat Mainmast, and won the stakes. EXNING STAKES.—Mentor beat Rosetta, and won the stakes. BOTTISIIAM STAKES.—Varna beat Mawworm, and won. RUTLAND STAlKES,—Backsheesh beat Doubtful, and won the stakes. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Her Majesty's steghounds meet on Monday, at New Lodge, Fri., Richings Park—at 11. Mr. Horndou's hds., Mon., St. lye Village; Thurs., Lifton Park-10 1 / 2 . _ MontgoMeryshire hds., Tues., Guilsfield ; Fri., Brynderion Bridge-10. Somersetshire Subscription hds., Tues., Fairfield ; Fri. Buncombe Hill-10i. Wheatland hds., Tues., Builduas Park ; F r i., Billi ngs l ey Brighton hrrs., Mon., Patcham ; Wed., Racecourse; Fri; Dyke---i to 11. Brookside hrrs., Mon., Newmarket Hill; Thurs., Tels combe••tye-10%. Mr. Trelawneys hds., Tues., Flente Western Lodge; Hall Plantation-10i. Mr. Deacon's hrrs., Wed., Lammerton ; Sat., Chillaton —loi. _ _ _ Coitesmore lids., Tues., the Bridge in Normanton Park; Wed., Market Overton; Fri., Colsterworth ; Sat., Little Dal by—i to 11 Earl Fitzwilliam's hds., Mon., Long Orton; Wed., Abbott Ripton ; Thurs., Kennel -10. Cambridgeshire hds., Mon., Morden Village ; , Wed. War den Village; F r i., Ki ngston Green—lo 4. Quorn hds., Mon., Keythorpe Hall ; Tues., Beaumanor Park; Thurs., Baggrave Hall; Widmerpool Inn. Mr. M. Ingram's hds., Mon., Drakelow; Thurs., Ednaston Lodge; Sat., Rolleston—i to 11. Dorrington lids., Mon., Cavendish Bridge; Wed., Little, Eaton Village ; Sat., Langley Priory—i to 11. Lord Yarborough's hds., Mon., Irby Dales; Wed., Kin. gerby Wood ; Fri.. Yarborough Camp-11. Thanet hrrs., Mon., Gore End ; Wed., Dandelion; F;i. Brocup-101/2. EXTRAORDINARY ESCAPE FROM CUSTODY. -- On Sunday evening last two men, named Kensington and Brown. effected a most daring escape from the " lock-up," Fording bridge, under the following circumstances :—Brown was, on Saturday last, exam a in n e saa d knti o liini n eby a egi charge of horse-stealing, and was committed to take his trial, just after which, an old offender, named Kensington, was apprehended on a ch arge of having stolen a goose, and consequently it was .tho u ght advisable to detain Brown, in order that both prroners might be removed together to Winchester gaol, as it was should take subsequently place arranged e A I d police-station, consequen °th riy adta•' th e t. h e s le jo aF n m g "l refractory dnla. ntgilnr l.dOeK c t e eh l n l e sif Sis t t r: o k f 'o p rd n i .s n o g n b e r r i a d - ge ß union n w an o d rktu n e s e in a g r t e o a n ls w o e u r s e e t t fo s r un th d e ay eustody even ing last locked up in cells adjoining each other, which were separated by a strong wooden partiti h on u , srno a fhadff n Ter d athdhtea : neyt They bute liberty,tft then h eeint ideadendea voured sup posed pe_oayf: the night thy- prisoner Kensington broke through his cell handle d d l es e desisted a tp i ,frocio l ts:oerdettdhthhaitstao that escape shue N e v rays h pe i e. heard which throughaT ß r hd r o esy w o m n t hte w he s sne one w room overhead, slop-bucket, which was left in Brown's cell, and with this in strument they removed the floor, and then actually under mined. g a hol large enough to creep of tile i t i h ni e o f r o l u w n o d r a k t i i i o o n u , se m , being g in t ed access to the day-room ttthih'ereonuiegvfloh're.kcthejo(3ioytshetl,ciiiasrnmetslecathpeentooeatlarge yard, also belonging to ascending a large coal heap agaoi ns s t om a e hig fi h eld w s s , Il l7 fro m m ea w n h s ic o h f they must have let themselves down, and thus completely set themselves at liberty. EXTRAORDINARY FLIGHT OF A RAILWAY ENG INB AND SINGULAR ESCAPE.—On Thursday evening, while some men were engaged with an engine at the Camp-hill station, on the Birmingham and Bristol Railway, near the former town, the engine suddenly started off at a terrific pace, without driver, guard, or any other person being upon it, and continued at the rate of upwards of thirty miles an hour for about three miles, when, owing to some cause at present unknown, the engine suddenly stopped, and avoided an accident which must have been terrible in its conse quences. It appears that it was running on the down line, up which the third-class train was coming from Gloucester, and had actually stopped when within a few minutes, if not seconds, of coming in collision with it. The guard of the train saw the light of the runaway engine, pulled up, and prevented the accident. THE hum FAMINE.—The starved dogs are being killed like vermin in several parts of this county, as these animals have attacked the bark of trees, bereft of their usual, sustenance.--Limerick Chronicle. , . -------. , -r" 7 frkOl_e6e , 4,,_-A _ , „. , NAVAL INTELLI NCE. , HISTRIBUTIoN OF THE DIEDITERR EAN sQUADRON. , .- ' //.1 I / X* \ ) ' .. 1 `I :'' MAI.TA, JAN. 24.—1 n Malta llarbour—The Ceylon, IZ receiving 14bearingflag Rear-Admiral Sir L. ship, the of ~,,.. ',.' 0 4:. ' . Curtis, second in command, and superintendent of Malta , tap--....... 4 .4 4 . !,. ~ dock-yard ; Inconstant, 36, Captain C. H. Fremantle s Spartan, 22, Captain T. M. C. Symonds ; Bonetta, steam vessel, Commander T. S. Brock; Research, surveying -cutter Lieutenant Spratt ; Locust steamer, Lieutenant-Commander Power; Trident, Lieutenant C. E. Rigge; Jackal steamer, Commander W. M. J. G. Pasco; and Wee Pet steam-tug. At Sea—The Hibernia, 120, Captain Peter Richards, C. 8., bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral Sir W. Parker, G.C.8., the Commander-in-Chief. At Gibraltar—The Virago war-steamer, Commander J. Lunu, and . Siren, 16, Captain H. E. EdgelL At Lisbon—The Amazon, 26, Captain J. J. Stopford, and Bloodhound steamer, Commander R. Phillips. At Corfu—The Meteor, Captain Buttler. At the Piraeus of Athens—The Fantome, 16, Commander Le Hardy. At Beyrout—The Harlequin, Commander Moore. At Smyrna—None. En route from Portsmouth to Malta—The Vengeance, O. MAIL STEAM-PACKETS. At Malta —The Volcano, Lieutenant J. Crang, and Spitfire, Lieutenant J. A. Macdonald. En route from Malta to Marseilles--The Flamer, Com mander Lavie. En route from Malta to the lonian Islands and Greece—. The Hecla war steamer, Commander C. Starmer. pENINSI7LAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION COM rANy-s FLOTILLA. At Southampton —The Pottinger and Achilles. En rout e to Gibraltar and Southampton from Malta—The Oriental. En route from Southampton to Gibraltar and Malta—The Ripon. PRICE SD. En route to Const l aniinople and Ports of the Black Sea from Malta—The Tagus.' En* route to Aleiandria from Malta—The Ariel. At Malta—The Erin. FOREIGN SHIPS OF WAR AND PACKETS IN roar. The French steamer Mentor, Neapolitan steamer Ercolana, Anglo- Maltese Scotia, her Majesty's transport ships .Florentia and Diligence. PonTsatoiml, FEB. 4.—The Retribution steam-frigate returned from the wreck of the Spbynx this morning, towing up one of the' camels" and a flat boat. The Myrtle, steam tender, has proceeded to the wreck to-day, it is understood, to order all the remaining vessels to return to port. The Seatlower, cutter, Acting-Commander Warren, returned to her station off Jersey this morning. The Porcupine steam-vessel, Acting-Commander Turnout, is taking on board a cargo of meal fiom the Clarence-yard, with which she will leave this evening for Oban, Ireland. The Medea steam-sloop, Commander Mason, is taking is the baggage and carriages of Sir. G. H. Seymour, G,C.8., alongside the jetty, with whom she will leave.as soon as pos sible for Lisbon, whence site .will, proceed. to the Cape of Good Hope. .She is unable to take any passengers, although several officers are waiting to join their shills at Caperand East Indies. . PORTSMOUTH, FEB. s.—The quarterly dinner of the Portsmouth Naval Club took place last evening, at the Foun tain Hotel, Admiral Sir C. Ogle, Bart., Commander-in-Chief, •in the chair. Commander Robert Jenner, just promoted, will, we are informed, be one of the officers to co-operate with Major Ste yens, of the Royal Marine Artillery, in drilling and exercis ing the dockyard artizans to the use of small arms and great guns. We have before expressed our opinion (which is the general one) of Captain Jenner's merits as a scientific and meritorious officer, and experience convinces us that a better selection could scarcely have been made in the officer to fill the above appointment. The Curlew, 10-gun brig, fitted with a 13-inch mortar upon the plan of Lieutenant Julius Roberts, Royal Marine Artillery, will be towed out to Spithead on Monday, weather permitting, to make a trial of the important invention. No committee has as yet been appointed to report upon the trial. i SW CO ket here She than Ming luin just rope, and rs off 'ally ling sth, the ro d. aims Lt UP yin_g ; s ue ant ~one 10_1 oy_ a e". ev3 e P 155 nts., vi ty , n 11 to the PS' i the WO to ere tee 01 1311 T I