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)AY.) es, 5s to 69 Own ditto. Lemons, 95 itto, 2s 6d rt ; Horse• s9d ; and id to 2s 6d ; 53 to 8364 a following 3a 64 to to 4s 104 Geese, 4s bits, Is 64 lOU each ; and Barn to 14s per ;ants, 3s to 84 each. Veal, 4s Veal, 46 3s to 9s; obsters, lo 9d to 38 ; 8d to ls ; 18s to 30s fall pricer. e are troll' ilbs loaf: o. 641 b to 10. 801 b to o. 961 b to 6d; Horn and Half- over ditto, per load. over ditto. load. A I ; Clod I per load• COM- VZITLAG. 75 194 , 536 04 'OB 481. eK 2 Sd 195_, 241. e% 23 .................•• ICS . ____............... reef. 71.0 r 121.1110 246.0 4 144 9% 27g 22S T IIE PATENT MILE-INDEX CARRIAGE COMPANY. (teilitered Provisionally under 7 and 8 Viet., cap. 110.) Capital, 65,0001., in Shares of 101. each. Deposit, Is. per Share, (being the amount limited by Statute.) ; Deposits will be returned without deduction, if the capital be not subscribed, the registered Promoter bearing all preliminary ex penses, TRUSTEES. • Richard Barker, Esq., 14, Fitzroy-square. • R. Hartley Keetnedy, Esq., Resington Lodge, Notting-hill. • „ BOARD OP DIRECTORS. R• Hartley Kennedy, Esq., Chairman of the India and London Life Assurance Company. and Deputy Chairman of the Oriental Bank, Resiugtou ledge, Notting-hill, —Chairman. • Captain Tyndrile, Director of the South Eastern Railway, 21, Alfred- Lieutenant om pton,—Deputy Chairman. Cm meral Wright, Royal Engineers, Army and Navy Club St. V. James's -square. ta. B. Giasier; Esq., Esq., 84, Miltre-street, Dorset-square. E. B. Cur tis, easq., Lineeln's-inn, and 29, Wellington-road, S John's -we( el. Robert Faulaper White, Esq., 24, Sussex-gardens, Hyde-park. (aWlth power to increase the number to ten.) • MANAGING DIRECTOR, • Henry Von Uster, Esq. BANKERS. 1/eB Srs. Snpte, Maspratt, Banbury, and Co., 77, Lombard-street. AUDITORS. Kirkhalot Fowell, Esq., 60, Moorgate-street, and Devonshire Cot , tage, Alpha-road, Regent's-park. (A second Auditor to be appointed by the Committee.) SOLICITORS. Ales erg. Wire and Child, St. Swithin's-lane, City. SECRETARY. • Mr. Lionel Curtis. • 'Temporary Offices, No. 32, Charing-cross. The Patent; Mile-Index Carriage Company is promoted with the following ora sets, viz. :- 1. The am dication to cabs of the Mile-Index, a recently patented l avention, by which the exact distance travelled is readily ascer tained, and the passenger thus protected from overcharge by the • driver. • 2 . The I daption of a system of mile-tickets to be issued in books of tickets at a reduced tare. 3 . The imisrovement of cab conveyance, by the introduction of carriages of Superior style and accommodation, with a well-selected stud and better class of drivers. Tye sale ititutien, so far as the establishment of the Company is oannoerned, of the control and guarantee of a body of gentlemen, as at anagers, to r the unsatisfactory means of redress of grievances at Present affon led by the Police Courts. The invention of the Mile-Index is protected by Royal Letters Patent, granted in June, 1846. The Patent Mile-Index has been fitted to a Brougham carriage. The carriage se fitted has traveled • 'novena hundred miles over the worst pavements in the metropolis, 8t different speeds, and in all weathers, and with the most complete enec ess. (For a public testimony to the value ef the invention, see the notice in the " Times" of Monday, the 25th of January, page 6, Mami e 6.) The Provisional Directors have concluded an agreement with the • Patentee for a general licence to use the invention in hackney carriages in the metropolig, or within a circuit of twenty miles from The General Post-ofllee, for the whole term of the patent. The i la ntMeritiotitito theersitantee Is theivin made entirely depetelent on • !es ntaxeseftil progress of the Company. A copy of the agreement • Awl at the offices for inspection. The mile-ticket plen is adopted as the most convenient and rerun nerative mode of giving to the public the accommodation of a re duced fare. It to calculated that tee reduction of fare will (coupled with the patent Mile-Index) eonsiderably increase custom, and pro duce a large profit r, and it is considered that the arrangement by • Which suck reduction in fare is made, through the medium of mile tickets will not only prove a great convenience to the public. by the . accommodation which it will afford, but also very remunerative to shareholders, by the certainty of custom and advanced payments produced by the arrangements. It is in contemplation, when the Company has been formed and the capital paid up, to apply to Parliament for an Act of Incor poration. It will be seen that, as an object ef investment, this undertaking presents a most satisfactory prospectof a liberal return on the capital invested. This Company, by the general superiority of its vehicles, ' horses, and drivers, by the guarantee afforded by the control of gen tlemen as managers, by the mile-ticket system and the reduced fare, and particularly by the perfect check on overcharge which the Mile ladex will place in the power of the passenger himself, will un doubtedly command a great share of the cab traffic of the metropolis. The estimates show, that taking revenue at the lowest and expen diture at the highest, a dividend of upwards of ten per cent. will accrue to shareholders, in addition to five per cent. interest on cepa ials clear of income-tax in both cases , and taking into consideration T l i t'a great saving to be effected in large purchases, and by being enabled with money in hand to watch the market, and considering also the great traffic which the conveyances of this Company will certainly carnm•uid, a very much larger return may be safely anticipated. In submitting this peoposal to the public, the promoters of the Undertaking give unreservedly all particulars of the proposed joint ' u ndertaking, and state explicitly the terms of association. The de- Posits will be returned without deducting, in the event of the whole capital not being subscribed, unless the subscribers at a general meet ing determine to forma the Company on a scale commensurate with the amount actually subscribed. The registered Promoter bears all Preliminary expenses, and reserves, in consideration of the informa tion, labour, expense, and risk, given and incurred in the promotion, t Per centage rem unera ti on o f 10 per cen t . on t h e annual profits ef the undertaking, that is to say, after paying 5 per cent interest on capital. The estimates on which the calculations are based, and an abstract of the provisions of the Deed of Settlement, are sat firth in an appendix, to the end that the public may judge for themselves of 5 ovhi ch Probability of success, and k now the n a t ure of th e con t rac t i n t o they are invited to enter, The details of the undo taking are as follows, viz.:— lill e - Index.—The index is placed in the bedy of the cab, being con nected with the wheels, by a simple but ingenious apparatus. It is tllacdeudpeilloccakte; rnfor ne bo s. both inside and outside, and is in the form of a double half-miles, and fractions of a mile, correspond to rm. half-hours, :end minutes, and a hand performs the circuit of dial, marking th e progress o f t h e ve hi c l e. A t n i g h t t h e i ndex W be lighted by a lamp. a„ A _ passenger will, on entry, note the position of the hand on the ar dial, and re a d th e di s t ance as travelled by the d i al within. Mille -Tickets.—It is proposed to issue tickets for miles and half ites, lit books for 40 miles each, at the price of 1/. Is. per book, or nnper mile. Should this arrangement prove acceptable to the ee _ e ru aL. l c, due provision will be 'made to provide a sufficient number of C arriages, to meet the demar.d. Pins will &c.—lt is proposed to start with 200 carriages; no Will be spared to give the public a carriage combining every ,aat_aisite of design. aueommodation, strength, safety, and lightness of ght. with most convenient and handsome fittings. uteat care will les taken in the selection of the horses; and bar 4"sa. he keeping 'with the carriages, will be chosen. s e ee t t bl ing, &c.—lt is proposed to purchase or rent a piece of ground nec aame convenient spot, and to erect a range of stabling, with the ee ou t arY offices, storeleses, workshops, &c., on a comprehensive tMari s in any plan that may be selected, care will be taken to re ris saace and melees arrangements to meet an increase of the este uaahMent at a future period. D rivers. — Great care will be taken in the selection of the drivers, ae h man , e .„, • "." "derequiled to enter into a written engagement with the Company and to find two householders as sureties for his ob servance of ' d i neat A "and uniform livery *ill be provided by the Company. e f •••,"" `A view of ind uc i n g a better class of men to enter the service I .lompany, arrangements will be made fur the general comfort of the, men, the care of them under accident, in sickness. or old age; and for the protection of the widows and orphans of those who may um- In the service. • tine and a third per cent. on profits ( profits as defined above) will he set aside to form a fund far the purposes above stated. The drivers will be placed under strict regulations and be subject to a rigid surveillance. A Committee of the Board of Directors will alt daily to investigate complaints and afford redress. In all cases .0 which application to a magistrate or a prosecution may be neces sary, the proceedlngs will be conducted at the expense and by the solicitors of the Company. It will be a special object of the Company to save as mue;ri as possible the perstmal attendance of the com plainant. While the Company will visit with the utmost severity any delinqu ancy on the part of their drivers, they will, at the same time, flrmay protest their servants in case of injustice. alauasaement, &c.—The management will be vested in a Board of Directo ee , not exceeding ten in number, including Chairman and Derai t neCbairman. W ith a view of insuring the best attention to the interests of the ueermany, both on the part of managers and officers, the principle of per tentage on profits will be applied to the remuneration of att:ectors for their se rv i ces , an d to the encouragement of officers. In u of the usual fixed allowance, directors will receive a per centage aftwenty per cent, on profits (profits as defined above), and the l[auaging Director and Secretary will receive, in addition to fixed "Aeries, a like per tentage of one per cent. each. As the remunera tor r of directors is p os t pone d till shareholders have realised fair tr_ite est on their investment, a n d i s t h en proportioned to the surplus, shareholders have the best assurance that directors will use every effort both to increase the revenue and economise the expenditure. In th e same way the zeal and vigilance of the officersbe Wed by the interest which they also will have willetimu the undertaking.in the prosperity ef Finance.—The accounts will be audited quarterly. Interest on capital at five per cent, will be paid half -yearly. Profits will be divided annually. The foregoing are the, Ventral features of the undertaking. In Its organisation many mo difi cat i onse will probably suggest them selves, but its main caaaracter will remain the same. As the Dl rectors are most o .esirous of making the establishment as useful to the public as it ".;101 be made, any suggestion will receive their most careful consie e eetson, The detanled estimates (see Appendix A) have been compiled with the greatest care. The several items are vouched by written statements be competent persons. They have been laid before gentlemen of great experience in these matters, who have carefully examines, and approve them. The ',flood of Settlement (see abstract In Appendix B) contains t wo Mee - orient provisions protective of the interests of sh are h olders. '• A ra' new shares to be issued for the purpose of increasing the ZPlttal, should it be desirable to extend the Company's, c,tablish -"La will be offered in the first instance to shareholders, in pro- Poition to the number of old shares held by them. 2. If ever the a. strage of yearly dividends shall fall below the five per cent. inte rest on capital, the shareholders shall be convened, to consider the Propriety of dissolving the Company. There are several points deserving attention with reference to this Italdertaking as an object of investment :-1. There is nothing expe attne „.. ntal in it; it p ro p oses t o supp l y a want w hi c h a ll f ee l, by means estimate eine of which any one can appreciate. 2. The items of the "ttrnate are ef ate every-day character, and the actual cost in eack ease it es ez- seven ; '. he calculations are open to investigation, and can I,e FLY . tested.. 3. Tho Money of shareholders will not be sunk in In trin tentse or wasted in preliminary ex p enses ; it w ill b e l a id out e ala: Phue of a property which will a l ways fi n d a sa l e and bear ii the 4. A zealous and prudent ma nagemen t o f t h e affa i rs of the e avai cern is Insured by the p er oen t age system of remunerating di ?Cctors mad encouraging officers. 2. The distinction between inte r capital and profits, and the provisio n ma d e for payment o' i ereat. as an item of expenditure, without re f erence to division of i T9ll tec, gives to a subscription in this undertaking the double cha aater of a steady investment and of a commercial speculation. 6. interests of shareholders are protected in any increase of capital, and they hold in their own hands the power to put an end to the concern when it ceases to be profitable. RULES OF SUBSCRIPTION. 1. Shaves will be allotted on application in the form annexed, ac eataPanaed by a refertnees to one of the directors, a London banker or two householders at xespeciability. 2. The directors swerve power to reject any application, or to allot a nastier of shares less than the number applied for, 3. Deposits to be paid to the bankers of the Company to the credit of the trustees, who undertake to return the same without deduction, if the whale capital of 6.1,e001. be not subscribed, un less otherwise directed by resolations of a general meeting of sub scribers. 4. On prOdnetion of the bankers' receipt, and on execution of the deed of settlement (a printed copy of which will be handed to the sabieriber for his information), scrip certificates will be issued. S. When the Company has been coniple,e/y registered (which will bedtime when the deed of settlement has been executed by one fourth of the subscribers), due notice will be given iu the London Gazette and daily papers. 6.i Subscribers will be required, within one month from the publi cation ef such notice, to pay a first call of 11. 19s. per share, and to exchange scrip certificates for shares. 7. Further calls will not exceed 21. per share, and there will bo an interval of not less than two months between each call. 1. It will be In the discretion of the directors to forfeit and re-allot shares in cases of non-compliance with terms of allotment 9. The directors reserve power to fix by public advertisement, in the London Gazette and daily paper, any limit of time not herein be fore given. Application for shares to be made in the form annexed, t o t he Se. eretexy, a•., the Temporary Offices, No, 32, Charing-cross. FORM 01 0 APPLICATION FOR SHARES. • To the Secretary of the Patent Mile-Index Carriage Company, Sir —I apply to be admitted a subscriber to the Patent Mlle-Index Carriageshares in the s of of the prospectus. I capital Co s m t stock y o the an d re Company qt o anu rho allotmente rm anhjein the particulars required Tours, betel day of 1846. (Usual signature.)........ Name in full ......... • • • • Place of bus:ncss • •• Place of residence . • • • • • •• • • • • •• • • •• Profe,ssi in full •••• patioa . Reference 32 A DDendix A (Estimates) a s- ' h aritig•cross may be obtained at the temporary offices, ptir pea dix B (Abstract of Provisions of Deed of Settlement) will be a• ti thed in a f ew d ays. -r-eXtract -.Dm a notice in the "Times" of Monday, 25th January, Th 1847, page 6, column 6. x ien . e Patent Mile-Index.—A simple and ingenious contrivance for —u ring and indicating the distance travelled by wheel car- T i ages d _ • • • • • •There it; nothing unsightly in the apparatus, which, in- Thean scarcely be seen at all .then the carriage is In motion. Passenger is tints supplied with a perfect check against over of While the proprietor has the means of knowing the amount 840 - "„eage actually performed. The convenience and simplicity of .t e .ng, as the index of distance, a method of calculation so familiar -"°,,•,,eface of a clock 'supplies, nee .t hardly be pointed out. l'aLeRL Mile-Index has been fitted to a Brougham, which has, a:dare told, travelled between 200 mid 300 mile% over paving stones th e , r n d e ngli roads, and under circumstances calculated to test severely ee„"urking of the apparatus, and always with tint same satisfac raselt. We eh had an opportunit on Saturday of proving the accuracy of e i ndex and „ Leo by travelling several miles in the carriage in question ; each marking the revolutions of the hour an d m i nute hand at the resuiTzteast ured mile, we were, we confess, surprised b y t h e n i cety of The p os i t pr e ,, en ted. Witty of tampering with the apparatus has been effectually A et abb ne r rni in oar cab system has become one of the recog n i se d the p cit Yilfe, and the first great step in this direction must be in Perhap s ,her himself possessing an effectual check upon overcharge. the p e a o a, !ate Parties most strongly interested in such a reform are e ftctirre'elt ri rs and drivers of public vehicles since it must often have oar reader that a much greater aggregate amount (pro double the present sum) would be received in fares a v b e ..• asati -- i i ,a7aa by cabmen, if they would be content with their legal fare, v.gt /Wein it With -•, , - . , , - . . . 7 • 7 - - . 1.----- ---' . ''', : , :,... i ci11? .,.. : . ",: ;-: ' \ ti : t 7: Jii l s..t . . a l:. . 's ' 4t :: ..... 4 , 434 , : - ~ 14 : (7"----' : a: ~,)i‘kl/47,,:fri....1,,i30,4,,,,..„.: - L lAMEN TAR Y BUS. .- .. .-',-.. , .. ,::" ~ , ' - ' 7. • '' ":.! 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This Institute founded, and partly supported by subscriptions, and placed under the supervision of a Committee of Subscribers, offers to the industrious classes, IN ALL CASES, THE GRATUITOUS ADTICE of an able and experienced Surgeon, and, in sone eases, Medicines also free of expense. The guarantees for uniform, humane, and skinl treatment, which such an Institute affords, will, it is hoped, induce the afflicted humbler classes to seek its aid, and thereby avoid the waste of pecuniary means, and the risk to life they are sure to incur, by appying for surgical, or medical, relief to ignorant and unprincipled quacks, and nostrum-vendors. Applicants for rebel must apply at the Surgery adjoining the Surgeon's private residence, 2, Chandos-street, Cavendish-square. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. CHEMICAL LECTURES y Pr. RYAN, with brilliant and varied Experimeets, daily, and on the Evening• of Mondays, Wed nesdays,' and Fridays. On the commencement of Lent, Dr. BACH IIOFFNER will deliver a Series of Lectures on ASTRONOMY, ex hibiting the latest discoveries, ea the Mornings and Evenings of Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, with new and appropriate Music, by Dr. Wallis. • On the alternate Mornings and Evenings he will Lecture ou the EL ECTRO-MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH, including the recent Patent of Mews. Nott aid Gamble. The Models and ether Works in the Useful Arts are daily described. The beautifal Optical Effects include the NEW DISSOLVING VIEWS. Experi ments by the DIVER and DIVING-BELL, &e. Admission Is. Scheel", half-price. - IMPERIAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, CORIMILL, LONDON. DIRECTORS. HENRY JAMES PRESCOTT, Esq., Chairman. GEORGE FIELD, Esq., Deputy Chairman. James C. C. Bell, Esq. Daniel Mildred, Esq. Michael Bland. Esq James G. Murdoch, Esq. Charles Francis Cobb, Esq. John Horsley Palmer, Esq. Andrew Cairn°, Esq. Henry Pearce, Esq. George lleniy Cutler, Esq. George Reid, Esq. George Hibbert, Esq. William! It. Robinson, Esq. Thos.Newman.Hunt, Esq. Newman Smith, Esq. FOUR-TIFTLIS, 119 per Cent., of the PRQFITS will be as signed to policies' every lifthicar, and . may be : applied to increase the Stint insured, - to an Immediate payment in cash, or to the reduction and ultimate extinction of future premiums, as shown in the follow ing example : PROFITS to POLICIES of 28 YEARS STANDING, entitled to participate in the Bonus declared in 1846 Age Age Cash paid on Or Prem. And an at Sum Annual Bonus surrender reduced naal re- Entry. Insured. Premium. added. of Bonus. to. turn of. £ £ s. d. £ a. d. £ a. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 15 1000 19 5 10 451 5 0 174 12 3 8 6 9 20 1000 21 15 10 451 5 0 193 )2 2 8 15 0 30 1000 26 14 2 451 5 0 236 18 7 710 5 40 1000 33 19 2 451 5 0 284 0 6 4 9 8 50 1000 45 6 8 451 5 0 :',65 911 ..•••• 419 4 60 1000 63 13 4 461 5 0 384 12 5 .••••• 36 10 6 Insurances without participation ha profits effected at reduced rates. Prospectuses, and an explanatory statement of other advantages now given by this Company, may be had at the Chief Offices as above; at the Branch Office, 16, Pall-mall; or of the Agents. SAMUEL INGALL, Actuary. INVESTMENT for LARGE or SMALL SUMS. The attention of the public is invited to the following notice : The Deeds for carrying out the resolutions of the Sharehelders in the Guirantee Fund of the BRITISH MUTUAL LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY are now ready, and the respective Shareholders are hereby requested to attend at the offices, between the hours of Eleven and Three, to sign and execute the same, when the old shares may be exchanged. Applications may be addressed to the Secretary for the remaining unappropriated Shares entitled to the advantages set forth in the following LIFE ASSURANCE.—ERI fISII - SOCIETY, 17, New liridge-! DIREC MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE •street, Blackfrlars, London. John Atkinson, Esq. Captain Twisleton Graves Henry Wm. Beauclerk, Esq. Thomas Hamber, Esq. Henry Charles Curtis, Esq. John Lodge, Esq. G. Godwin, Esq., 1.R.5., F.S.A. Lieutenant-Colonel Montresor Hon. William Gore George Alfr, d Walker, Esq. THE BRITISH MUTUAL LIFE A_ ASSURANCE SOCIETY cnt ertaius proposals of any descrip tion involving the contingency of human life. Prospectuses and every information may be had on application at the office, 17, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars. CHARLES JAMES THICKE, Resident Secretary. N ATIONAL LOAN 14'UND LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY, _ 26 CORNIfILL, LONDON. Capital .£500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. Tits Institution embraces important and substantial advantages ith respect to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The assured t 2, on all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense or for iture the Policy, two-•tkirds of the srcmiums paid (see Table) ; Ise the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his la rests to meet ether conveniences or necessity. Assurances for terms of years are granted on the lowest possible tes. DIVISION OF PROFITS. The remarkable success and increasing prosperity of the Society has enabled the Directors, at the last annual investigation, to declare • fourth bonus, varying Iron 35 to 85 per cent. ea the premiums paid oa each Policy effected on the Profit scale. EXAMPLES. "Ci l .:i Bonus Bonus In ii.' 5 i Assured 5 I Brenthun. ; added. Cash. .."--• i g may 11 0 Borrow. At . .. --- 1837 .017 15 1 £l6O 011 £l 6 0 4 £ 445 0 0 £ Xs. d. 1838 112 3 0 87 1 4 13 10 2 395 11 1 0 1000 3 4 1839 165 11 10 74 1 9 11 3 1 346 2 3 1840 116 7 6 14 010 718 10 296 13 4 11841 it II 6 8 49 10 0 710 4 247 4 1 The division of profits is annual, and the neat will be made in 'eceillber of the present year. F. FERGUSON CANEROUX. Secretary. 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Commissioners) on the Government Stamp alined on each. Price 4s, 6d. and Bs. 6d. per bottle. _ _ Sold by the Proprietors at 20, Hatton-garden, London, and by ail espeetable Chemists and Perfumers. COPY OF A YOUNG LADY'S VALENTINE. A nice young lady, with a fond intent, Address'd a letter to a nice young gent. Her sole design, of course, was that of wooing, And this the season sanctioned her in doing. I shan't disclose the name of this young lady, It might be Tomkins, or it might be Adey. Nor shall I name the goat. in this affair, For broken confidence I cannot bear. 'Twould matter nothing If his name were Loppy, The Valentine's the same, and here's A COPY:— Dear youth i when I look at your form, I long for your hand to be mine. And often my heart has felt warm, At the thoughts of my Valentine. The elegant manner you dress, My high approbation has won; And I think I shall make a good guess, If I hint at E. MOSES and SON. It may be a fond failing to own, That my thoughts of your fashion are such; But, certainly, nature alone Could never delight me so much. The dresses of MOSES and SON, Add beauty to beauty, forsooth ; And hence has my notice been won, T. thy charming appearance, dear youth. If we'r ever united in life, (Which fancy too fetidly supposes), Yes, if ever we're husband and wife, 'Twill be dressesalthrough r t ß h l e eEs. of MOSES. LIST OF BEADY MADE. Z s. d Beaver Taglionis, from .. •• •••• • • • ***** '' •.•• • • • • Chesterfields and Coinnetons Pashas, D•Orsays, and Chesterfields and • every description of winter c oa t s •, : **** ............ 1 5 0 Boys' Winter Coats, in every style and make............ 0 8 6 Tweed Trousers, lined 0 4 6 Doeskin ..... ..... Dress Coats...—. . .. ... Frock Coats.... ... • :: :: •••• • • • • ..... •••••••• • • • • • • • • 1 6 6 Double-breasted Tests . •.• • • • • • • • •• •••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • 1 6 0 Boys' Hussar and Tunis Sul . t,i; •• ••••••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • • • 0 2 0 I.Xoys' Winter Tr° us" •—•••— • • a 3 0 Ditto Vests... ..... ........ . .•••••• • • • • • • • ....... anyann ex a t e te n d t w at a l t :r r e p • roo nu • 'n f • , 4 • l t ad ; n e. O • tice. • •• • • • 8 1 6 Winter 3iurailig Coats t° , DIA.DIS T 9 1911961191 to any style, handsomely trimmed ........ ... Milled Cloth Coats, trimmed, yers: a t c0 "1 . 1,.. • • . • an. • •cf, •cuffs. fi ., •• s in •• ed •• 2 1 : l• i ) , Tweed v, ,I Tweed n t er TrousersO Trousers,v er Overcoats. ..i; . ......... : a : p : p .• ;o;eci .: F . r : o • n . c . h . . p . a . t . terns : : • : 00 1 1 2 88 6 60 1 12 0 .: ••••• ....: .......... : 2 15 0 Best Dress Trousers .. .... .... .... i: . .... r. .. .... ::: :: Dress Coats • .. . b .. Bost quality made Frock Coats ........... .. ..... .... Best quality made ....................... •••• .•.• •...... .. .. 1 to o .... • • • ..... •••• • • • • • • •• • ••••• ••*—* •c•i;•for:ar3ded° a 8 6 •• _ •. . • • 012 0 Boys' Hussar and Tunic Suits F irtin cy , p V lit es tn ts or fancy . •• • 1 5 o A new Work, entitled " Costume Castle," with Aull directions for self-measurement, may be had on application , post free. Observe. —Any article purchased, ready made, or made to mea sure, if not approved of, will bo exchanged, or if preferred, the money returned. E. MOSES and SON, Tailors, Woollendrapers, Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boot and Shoemakers, and General Outfitters, for Ladies and Gentlemen, 154, 155, and 156, 157 Minorias, and 83, 84, 85, and 86 Aldgate, '2.ity, London. Caution.—E. Moses and Son regret being obliged to guard the public against impostors, but have learned that the tintradesnaan like falsehood of being connected with tkem, or it's thesame concern, has been resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons. They have no connexion with any other house In or out of London; and those who desire genuine and chef, clothing, &c., should call at, or send to, 31inories and Aldgate, City, London. Notice. •No business transacted at this establishment from sun set Friday, till sunset Saturday, when business is resumed till twelve o'clock. CARAND MEETING on the Subject of CRACOW. 11)1U The MARQUIS of NORTiIAMPTON in the Chair. On TUESDAY, the 2d March, a Meeting to petition THE CROWN on the annexation of the free c ty of Cracow to the Austrian Empire, in 'Violation of the Treaty of Vienna, will be held at FREEMASONS' HALL, Great Queen street, Lincoln's Inn-fields. The Marquis of Northampton will take the chair at one o'clock precisely. THE OBNOXIOUS, VEXATIOUS, AND OPPRESSIVE RATE AND TAX-PAYING CLAUSES IN THE REFORM AND RE GISTRATION ACTS. APUBLIC MEETING will be held at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, Strand, on WEDNEIDST EVENING next, Feb. 17, 1847, at Half-past Seven o'clock. THOMAS WAKLEY, M.P., in the Chair, To petition the Legis'ature to repeal these much detested clauses. Many M.P.'s and other Friends stand pledged to attend. FEMALE SERVANTS' HOME SOCIETY, For the Encouragement of Faithful Servants. Estatolished 1836. _ Homes: 21, Nutworth-place, Edgevrare-road ; 110, Hatton-orden. The PUBLIC MEETING of the above Society will take place To-Monsow, February 16th, at the HANOVER-SQUARE ROONIS. The Right Hon. Lord ROBERT GROSVENOR, 31. P., will take the Chair at Two o'clock. By order of the Committee. JOSEPH BROWN, MA., Chairman. COMMERCIAL INN, BIRMINGHAM. TO be DISPOSED of by PRIVATE CON TRACT, with IMMEDIATE POSSESSION, the LEASE and GOOD-WILL of that old-established and well-known Commercial Inn, the WHITE HART, Digbeth, Birmingham. It has been in the occupation of the present proprietor and family thr the last twenty-six years, and is now, and for years past, doing a very profitable busi ness of upwards of 4,0001. per annum. The Rent and Taxes are exceedingly moderate. The premises are in excellent repair. The only reason for disposing is in eonsegtunce of the present proprietor retiring fl'om the business. For particulars apply to Mr. G. W. Cockerell, 47, Blackman street, Southwark ; or to Mr. B. Bull, on the premises. HENRY RUSSELL at the. STRAND THEATRE. • ' - HENRY RUSSELL, composer of "Woodman spare that Tree," " The Ivy Green," " The Old Arm-chair," "The Ship on Fire," " The Gambler's Wife," " The Maniac," " Some love to Roam," " I'm Afloat," "A Life on the Ocean Wave," " The Newfoundland Dog," &c. &c., will have the honour of giving his VOCAL EN TERTAINMENTS on MownaT EVENING, Feb. 22, and following evenings, interspersed with Anecdotes of Negro Life and Character. Boxes, 3s. ; Stalls, 25.; Pit, Is.; Gallery, 6d. Doors open at Miff-past Seven; commence at Eight. Private Boxes, 11. Is. Box office open from One till Four. lETHERIAL INHALER, as constructed by Dr. BOOT and Mr. ROBINSON. Mr, HOOPER has the greatest satisfaction in stating that at each of the Metropolitan and Provincial Institutions at which this appa ratus has been used, it has succeeded ; Messrs. Lawrence, Ferguson, Guthrie, Aston Key, Morgan, Thomson, M`Murdo, and many other eminent Surgeons, have operated on patients whilst under the in fluence of "Ether, by means of this instrument, with the most com plete success, to whom Mr. Hooper begs to refer, and to the reports in the recent Medical Journals. The success attending this Inhaler is in great measure owing to the construction of the valves. Orders addressed to Mr. Hooper will be executed on the day they are received. 7, PALL-MALL EAST. PUBLICATIONS. NEW NOVEL BY JAMES SHERIDAN KNOWLES. Just published, - in 3 vols., GEORGE L ()YELL. A Novel. By JAMES SHERIDAN KNOWLES: In the Press, in 3 vols., A New Work. By Mrs. BUTLER (late FANNY KEMBLE.) Edward Moxon, 44, Dover-street. FLORENTINE HISTORY. Jest published, in small Bvo., rrice Os. c:oth, Vol. IV. of FLORENTINE HISTORY, from the earliest authentic Records to the Accession of Ferdinand the Third, Grand Duke of Tuscany. By Captain HENRY EDWARD NAPIER, R.N. To be completed in six monthly volumes. Edward Moxon, 44, Dover-street. Just published, TUCK'S MAP of the RAILWAYS, showing in a bold and novel manner the entire lines worked by each Company, and the lines projected for next session ; ttie termini, length, route, &c.. of all the railways in England; with tables of re ference, showing the lines leased and amalgamated, See. &e. ; the whole forming the most complete map ever published. Price ss. mounted on canvas, in cloth. Wilson, railway publisher, 11, Royal Exchange; and all booksellers, CULVERWELL on HEALTH, HAPPINESS, and LONG LIFE. In pocket volumes Is : each, by post (in stamps), Is. 6d. each. HOW TO BE - HAPPY " Jucunde Vivere."—Cie. WHAT to EAT, DRINK, and AVOID. (With Diet-tables for all Complaints ) 3. MARRIAGE and its MYSTERIES. " To be, or not to be, that is the question."—Shakspeare. 4. The PASSIONS—Their ADVENT and CONTROL. " Cura ut -ra'eas." These publications are free from empyrical mysticism, and are adapted to the Intelligence of the times. To be had of , hirwood, 23, Paternoster-row; Mann, 39, Corn hill; Carvalho, 147, Fleet-street; and all Booksellers, or diroct from the Author, whose practice is exclusively devoted to home consulta tion, Mornings till Three, and in the Evenin gs f rom S oren t il l N i ne, at le, Argyle-place, Regent-street. ON THE CONCEALED CAUSE THAT MIRY'S ON THE HEALTH AND SHORTENS THE DURATION OF ILUMIN LIFR. ILLIISTRATED WITH COLOURED HNORATINCS, Just Published, in a Sealed Envelope, price 2s. Gd., or free by post, 3s. Gd. CONTROUL OF TILE PASSIONS: a Popular Inquiry into the Concealed Canoe of its premature Decline, with Instructions for its Complete Restoration. Addressed to those suffering from the destructive consequences of excessive indulgence, terminating in Mental and Nervous Debility, Local or Constitutional Weakness, Indigcst on, and Consumption. Including a cotnprehen;,i sive Dissertation on MARRIAGE, Incontinen ce , and Celibacy. Illustrated with Coloured Engravings, explanatory of the various Cases, &c. By C. J. LUCAS and Co.. Consulting Furgeons, No. GO. Newman- street, Oxford-stre;t, London Published by the authors ; Ilannay and 0., 63, Oxford-street ; Noble, 114, Chancery-lane; G. Mansell, 115, Fleet-street; 13. Winhal, 78, High-street, Birmingham; IL Whitmore, 119, Market street, Manchester; J. Howell, 51, Church-street, Liverpool; W. and H. Robinson, 11, Greenside street, Edinburgh; I. H. Pee/ell, 10, Westraoraland-street, Dublin ; and sold by Brittain, 11, Pater noster-row ; J. Gordon, 116, Leadenhall-street ; and all Booksellers " The best of all friends is the professional friend, and in no shape can he be consulted with greater safety and secrecy than in " Lucas on Manly Health."—The Yew Bell's Weekly Messenger. Persons desirous of obtaining the above work, and not wishing to apply to a bookseller for the same, may, to insure secrecy, have it direct from the Authors, by enclosing as. 6d., or Postage Stamps. The security of happiness in the Marriage state is the chief anxiety of all ; but many dread entering upon wedded union, through a secret fear of unfitness for the disr..harge of matrimonial obligations. This essay is most particularly addressed to all suffering under a despondency of the character alluded to ; and advice will be found calculated to cheer the drooping heart, and point the way to renovated health. Messrs. Lucas and Co, are to be consulted from Ten till Two, and from Five till Eight in the evening, at their residence, No. 60, Newman-street, Oxfort-street, London, and country patients may be successfully treated, on iniuntely describing their case, and enclos ing the usual fee of 1/, for advice. A POPULAR TREATISE on the HEALTH, LIFE and ymoul . of the ItODILY FUNCTIONS. NINETEENTH EDITION price 2s._6d._; Free by Pest (ins Seale Envelope) 3s. 6d., THE SILENT FRIEND. A Medical Work on the loss of the reproductive powers, with means of restora tion. The baneful effects of Indulgence, neglected Strictures, Se condary Symptoms, &c., are fully pointed out. Illustrated by Ex gralllngs ; followed by observations on Marriage. By R. and L. PERRY send Co., Consulting Surgeons, Londoi. Published by the Authors, and may be had at their residence. Sold by Strange, No. 21, Paternoster-row; Gorden, 146, Leadenhal:- street ; Park's, Compton-street, Soho ; Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford street, and 37, 110, al Exchange ; and all booksellers. Part I. of this Work is particularly addressed to those who art prevented ll'om forming a Matrimonial Alliance, through fear of cer tain disqualifications, and will bef ound an available introduction to the means of perfect and secret restoration to manhood. Part 11. treats perspicuous]) apon those forms of diseases, either in their primary or secondary state, arising from infection, showing how munberg who neglect to obtain competent medical aid, entail upon themselves years of misery and suffering. The CORDIAL BALM OF SYItIACUM is exclusively directed to the cure of nervous and sexual debility, irregularity, weakness, bar renness, loss of appetite, indigestion, consamptive habits, and debili ties arising from venereal excesses, &c. Price 11 s. and 335. per bet tie. The Five-pound cases may be had as usual. The CONCENTRATED DETERSIVE ESSENCE. An anti syphilitic remedy for searching out and purifying the blood from ve nereal contamination, scurvy, blotches on the head, face, and body ulcerations, and those painful affections arising from improper treat ment, secondarysymptoms, and all eruptions of the skin. Price Ila and 335. per bottle. o h N f e a tt m S e r o sEtC bladder, l f F e c lC tu P ait,c iL r L : S mw , eid p tty ric o i r l ts s igat . ri 9 c d art . u , ar 4 ne s ses . , is business. Consultation foe, tf by Letter, 11. I minute detail of case is ne cessary. Messrs. Perry are in daily attendance at their residence 19, Berners-street, Oxford-street, London, front eleven till two, sac give till eight; and on Sundays from eleven till twelve. ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES or YOUTH AIPD T e U o R L I O T D ENGRAVINGS. WITH TWENTY-FI MA. VR Just published, Twentieth Thousand , is 2s. 6 , 1. Jr pest paid, to any address, for 31 se" envelope, price direct 'from the Anther's residence. . 6d. in Postage tamps SELF- PR's SERVATION: A Medi cal Treatise on the secret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth illustrated with Twenty-five Coloured Plates en and Maturity. Physiology, and Diseases of the Urinary and Reoirijilt" An at omy. ex?ialning their various structures, uses. and (Unctions, anrie Or gans; the injuries that are produced in them, by solitary hab i ts , and C excesses. With Practical Observations en the Treatment Ne rvo us r Debility, Local and Constitutional Weakness, and other IS the Urethra. of By SAMUEL L &WERT, CONSULTING SURGEON, 9, Bedford-street, Bedford-square, London; Matriculated Member of the University of Edinburgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate Apothecaries' Hall, London, Svc., t&c. CONTENTS IF THE Tlainn. CHAPTEI I. On the Philosophy of Marriage, with its Hindrance andOlsligations, and on Infelicitous and Unproductive Unions.— CuArrza 9. On the Anatomy and Physiology of the Generativ. Organs, their functions, structures, and secretions, proving that grew Mental and Physical Power are dependant upon their healthy action --CHAPTER 3. OH Solitary Habits; their various effects on the Animal Economy; the concealed cases of Debility of the function of the Stomach, Lungs, and Brain, and general weakness of the Mental Faculties. Cuarrza 4. On the Secret Disorders of Youth and Maturity, and the Treatment of Nervous and Local Weakness, Mental Debility, and Premature Decay.—CnAPTEßs 5 and 6. On the Disorders arising from indiscriminate Excess, Gonaorhcea (Meet, Strictures, and other Diseases of .he Urethra. REVIEWS OF TILE WORK. "The author of this singular and tAietitod war% Is A legal] Y quell fled 41)11 cal m an , w h o ha> , vidently had considerable experience the trr xtment o f th e var i ous di sor d ers ar i s ing from the lollies an 1 aal c i f frailties of early Indiscretion. The engravings are an invaluable ad dition, by demonstrating the consequences of excesses, which moo act as a salutary warning to youth and maturity, and hp its perusal many questions may be satisfactorily replied to, that admit I no ap peal, even to the most confidential friend."—Era. Published by the Author, and may be had at his residence; also from Kent and Richard.;, 52, Paternoster-row; Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford-street, ee S t, ta L ri o e n , do T n ic ; ll N bo e T to -s n t , re i e: : c Q h u ar ad e f a ti g i t t r ; t3,3 ;_fo , L rti i‘ o .e n r , i,co l4 l s and by all Daoksellers. At Home for Consultation daily, from Nine till Two, and from Five till Eight ; and all letters immediately replied to, if containing the fee of 1/., fur advice, kc,---9 ISEDIQED-5,TFgu uEDFORD• squoaug, Lwow!, SOUTII WALES RAILWAY. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the next HALF YEARLY GENERAL MEETING of the Proprietors of this Com pany w ill be held, pursuant to the Act of Parliament, at the Paddington Station, London, on WEDNESDAY, the 24th of February instant, at Twelve, for Ono o'clock precisely, for the election of four Directors and one Auditor, in the place of the same number who will retire by rotation, and for other purposes of business. The Chair will be taken at one o'clock precisely. - CIDIMES RUSSELL, Chairman. The Directors and Auditor retiring are re•eligible under the Pro. visions of the Act. The Transfer Books will be closed on and after the 14th instant, arid will not be re-opened until after the said Ilalf-Yearly General Meeting on the 24th Instant. By order, N. ARMSTRONG, Secretary. South Wales Railway Mice, 449, West Strand, London, February 1, 1847. GREig WESTERN RAILWAY. OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the next I. HALF YEARLY GENERAL MEETING of the PRO PRIETORS •f this COMPANY will be held in London, pursuant to the Act of Parliament, at ibe Paddington Station, on TIMASDAY, the 18th February next, at Twelve for On• o'clock precisely, for the election of Four Director* in the place of th• same namber who will retire by rotation, and for other purposes of business. The Chair will be taken at One o'clock precisely. - CHARLES RUSSELL, Chairman. BARRINGTON, Deputy-Chairman. The Directors retiring are re-el.glble under the proTisions of the Act. By order, January 91;1947. CIJAS. A. SAUNDERS, Secretary. LONDON and SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY. NOTICE.—The resolutions of the Special General Meeting of Proprietors and of the Board of the London and South Western Railway Company on the 17th November last, having allowed an option to all Proprietors of New Shares of 501., formed eut of Tenths of 51. each, and to all ProPrletOra of New Shares of 401., formed oat of Tenths of 41. each, who attitt be registered as such Proprietors of Slums ori the 16th P The Holders of Letters repro• minting_ Traiths. an - hided that Illatragettart and Bankers Receipts must' be sent into the Treasurers Office forthwith, in order to the completion of the Registration on or before the said 16th day of February next, and that the above mentioned option will be lost in respect of all Tenths for which the Letters and Bankers Receipts shall not have been seat in for Registration on or before such day. Immediately after the 16th proximo, the proper form for declaring his option to take New Shares, will be forwarded to each Proprietor of Shares formed from such Tenths. By order of the Directors, P. LAWRENTZ CAMPBELL, Secretary. Nine Elms, Vauxhall, Jan. 22, 1547. NORTHERN COUNTIES UNION RAILWAY COMPANY. Notice Is hereby given, that the ordinary HALF-YEARLY MEETING of the SHAREHOLDERS of this COMPANY will be held at the London Tavern, Blshopsgate-street, in the city of London, on WEDNESDAY, the 24th of February next, at the hour of Twelve for Half-past Twelve o'clock, upon general business, when the Report of the Directors will be submitted for their approval. And notice is hereby further given, that at the said Meeting, pur suant to notice already published, and in compliance with the Stand ing Orders of the House of Lords, the Bill, for which a petition is already deposited, to enable the Northern Counties Union Railway Company to make certain regulations In their railway in the parishes of Aysgarth and Wensley, in the North Riding of the county of York, will be submitted to the approval of the Shareholders. CHARLES LOCOCK WEBB, Secretary. WM. BERESFORD, Chairman. The Register of Transf ers will be closed, and remain so, from the 12th day of February until the 24th day of February, 1847, both days inclusive. CIIAS. LOCOCIi WEBB, Secretary. Dated, Company's OMcss, 1, Poet's-corner, Westminster, February 3, 1847. TO THE PROPRIETORS OF SHARES IN THE D UTCH RHENISH RAILWAY. Notice is hereby given, that a PUBLIC MEETING of the Shareholders in the above Railway will he held in SATURDAY, the 20th of February next, at One o'Clock, at the Cotton Sales-room, Exchange-buildings, Liverpool, to receive a Report from the Com mittee. . Parties residing at a distance and unable to attend are particularly requested to authorise some party to represent them on this occasion. By order of the Committee, HENRY CHRISTIE BELOE, Hon. Secretary. IRELAND. DUBLIN, FEB. 11.—Daily the accounts from Ireland be come more gloomy and alarming. The extreme severity of the weather has aggravated the horrors of destitution, and famine is extending its ravages in the south and west. The very heavy fall of snow throughout the country has caused a general suspension of the public works—almost the sole source of sustenance for at least two millions of human beings, and although the regulation established by the Lord-Lieu tenant entitles the labourers in such a contingency to a moiety of the ordinary - wages, yet, where provisions are at a famine . price, the poor creatures will not be able to purchase food enough to keep body and soul together. Although arrivals of flour and Indian corn continue at Limerick and other ports, prices continue to advance. Alto gether the prospects are hourly becoming more disheartening. Many more deaths from starvation are reported in the pro vincial journals. The Mayo Constitution contains the parti culars of ten inquests, on all of which the verdicts were "died from starvation." Various presentment sessions have been held, under the Lord-Lieutenant's proclamations, but the votes were limited to sums required for completing works. At the sessions of Markethill, county of Armagh, on Tuesday, no presentment was passed, because the local gentry and farmers are endea vouring, by employment and voluntary relief, to provide for the destitute. In the King's county and other districts, meetings are in progress to promote the tillage of the land, and the sowing of t he spring crops. REPRODUCTIVE EMPLOYMENT COMAMTTEE.—Meetings of this committee were held on Tuesday and yesterday. A petition in favour of Lord George Bentinck's Irish railway project was unanimously adopted, and a vote of thanks to Lord George was passed. It was recommended that peti tions in favour of the project should be adopted throughout the country, and to be forwarded for presentation in the House of Commons to Lord George Bentinck, and in the Upper House to Earl Fitzwilliam. With respect to the New Poor-law Bill, a petition was adopted by the committee, strongly objecting to any right of relief, and to the system of out-door relief in any shape. The petition requires that the electoral divisions, instead of the unions, should form the area of taxation, and that even a smaller area than the electoral divisions should if possible be adopted, with a view to protect improving landlords from the pauperism of negligent proprietors. But the most remark able feature of the petition is a suggestion for a general pro perty-tax, limited in amount, for the support of the p.m.. GOVERNMENT SUPPLY OF SEED POTATOES. The Cork Examiner contains the following important letter from Messrs. Keeling and Hunt, who have been commis• sioned by Government to look out in the different grain markets of the world for a supply of seed. The letter is ad dressed to Mr. D. Kenhealy, of Cork : " Monument-yard, London,Feb. 6, 1847. " Dear Sir,—We regret to state, that all our exertions to obtain potatoes for seed have turned out a failure. ' France' has prohibited the exportation. The ' Azores' have like wise stopped the shipment, the drain of Indian corn from that quarter compelling the authorities to fall back upon the crop of potatoes, to prevent a dearth of prov isions them selves, in proof of whi c h th e s hi pment o f Indian corn is now stopped as well. "We have tried ' Russia,' both by steam and sailing vessel ; both par ce l s were landed in a bad state, and dis heartened us from another attempt. We have sent out in structions for a supply from 'Bermuda,' which will be our last resource. gra " in li fo i nd. We sverye e v l id oo en k t to tb t a h t e Ireland resent mvitsiisttatfiaolnl asbacakprunpz no d o ubt, will dential warning as to the futility of depending upon so pre carious a root as the potato. Th e reflection, be severe, but it will tend t o th e regen eration of I reland, and God grant it so, speedily, w ith the exercis e of his mercy.—Faithfully yours, • "KEELING AND HUNT.". Mr. Owen, of Bradfield, county of Wexford , has pub lished a letter, with a view of dissuading small farmers from sowing potatoes. He states that failures M the early-sown potatoes are occurring, and urges those far mers, who are consume them at once. IFE. husbanding the remnant of their sickly stor e for seed, to SHOCKING MURDER OF A HUSBAND A ND LIMERICK, Fan. 10.—A double murder, be exceeded in atrocity in the most savage country, was p as er t. petrated in the town of Askeaton, on Saturday night, e l , _ The unhappy victims were David Fitzgerald and his w e i r a n industrious and inoffending couple. The murders was wer found com mitted with Fitzgerald's ow hatchet, which visited the covered with blood, and we learn from one :b r io blows awful scene upon Sunday morning, that the th e e P faces of the most revolting and hideous—the gashes upon unfortunatethe house w victims , as floor of which wh o ec c t o a u e could de wasn o _t deadly force, as must have been rapidly inflicted, and with in the centre of no alarm was heard, although the house w t as e f h police -barrack, literally several others, and within ten yards o the d i e r lu b g rai ed ns wi p t r h ot h r l u o d od. in g , and at a very early hour of the n b e d, Robbery is sup wife had not undressed or retired to ' t that led to this horrifying , g ht, ss Fi lhn g de e thefa l t d a 1 11 posed to have been the objec f o und unlocked and crime, as Fitzgerald's boxes were d John M'Carthy, who appa rentlyworied rifled. A man. nan!e Fitzgerald, and who was at as a journeyman weaver with night, was suspected, and Fitzgerald's house on Saturday police. An inquest is holding the last himself to the r ht, the coroner, and '3 an intelli gent two days before Dr...--.nra.kr . s . , eu n Esq.,of one the local gent jury, assisted by Carrot la magistrates of the district. _____.—....—...—...-_._ [ADVERTISEMENT.] No. 2, 13 _UCKLERSETTEr, CHEAPSIDE.—FamiIies wh ose consumption is large , and study economy, will deriv e EME NT.] --TEAS AT W H OLESALE PRICES, considerable advantag e at this establishment. One uni form price is affixed, by which the purchaser of a s ing l e e N s h E e L a L p 3 ide . pound can obtain it on 35 , , 3 s. 4d, 3s. Bd _ , 4 v. , 4 s. 4 d., ss. the same terms as the trade. 3s. 4d., 3 s. Bd., 45., 4s. 4d., 55., 6 5. , 7 s. B G l r a n ck a Tea 2s. 8 d., Coffee 91, 10d., la. , I s. 2d., ls. 4d . , ls. 6 d., Is. Bd. it i to d les to ale atne dealers,put of E One pound sent free to an y p art of town. Ord ers f rom the country forwarded the same day; and wh en t h e d quantity is for 61b. weig ht ( tea only), the c arr i age i s pa and C o. y REMARKABLE RECOVER Y OF BANK VOTES.--OnVOTES.--OnThursday a very singular circ umstance ha ppened to a man named James Wilkins, a perso n em p lo y e d in the London amount Docks. f H 5 e o w l. , a s w inhi which a s h o e s z i e o p n t j o u f several his waistcoat pocket. At a late hour in the evening he went i nto the Town of Rams gateany part 2, public-house, W app i n g, where he partook of some re freshment in the parlour, after which he departed to his residence. Yesterday morning he missed his bank notes, and hastened to the public diouse where he had been on the previous night. He made various inquiries, and had given up the property as lost, when, on searching the parlour, he discovered the missing notes under the wood in the fire grate, which had evidently been picked up by the servant in a hurry and placed there at a late hour the previous night, as it was her usual custom to lay the fire before she went to bed. If the owner had been five minutes later the fire would have been lighted, and the property of course con sumed. [ADVERTISEMENT.] -THE MOST IMMEDIATE REMEDY FOR COUGHS AND COLDS IS HOLLOWAY'S PILLS.—This celebrated and extraordinary medicine is not only an effectual cure for coughs, colds, hoarseness, or even loss of voice, but is likewise a certain remedy in all cases of wheszings, shortness of breath, and asthmas, and persons who may be so bad as not to be able to lie down in their be. 4 s lest they should be choked with phlegm, may be radically cu red by these Pills when every other means have failed ; this latter class of sufferers may depend upon getting great relief in the fist three days, and in ten: days they will sleep almost as well as oer they did in their lives.—Sold by all medicine vendors ; and at Ii O MNI 11911.01Tay'li Fatart.llllllellt, 244, Strand, 149114 n, LETTER TO THE RIGHT HON. EARL GREY ON THE EXTENSION OF STEAM NAVIGATION FROM SINGAPORE TO PORT JACKSON, AUSTRALIA. My Lord,—On the 20th of May last, I had the honour to address a letter to your Lodship's predecessor in the Colonial Office, the Right lion. W. E. Gladstone. on the subject inti mated in the title-page, and to which letter I received the following reply:— " Mr. W. E. Gladstone presents his compliments to Lieut. Waghorn, and returns his best thanks for the pamphlet on the extension of steam navigation from Singapore to Port Jackson, which Lieut. Waghorn has been so good as to trans mit to him. " Mr. W. E. Gladstone begs to assure Lieut. Waghorn that he regards with a lively interest a proposal, the effect of which would be to diminish by one-half, for many important purposes, the distance between the United Kingdom and the Australian Colonies, and that it will be to him a matter cf sincere regret, if, upon examination of the charges attending the execution of such a plan, these departments of the Go vernment which are peculiarly responsible in that respect, shall arrive at the conclusion that the expenses aro too heavy . to warrant any early ,attempt to give it effect. " Colonial Office, May 28, 1846." Since the date of the foregoing, the Sub-Committee of the Association of Merchants, Bankers, Traders, and others, of the city of London, interested in the extension of steam na vigation to Australia, have, as your Lordship is aware, laid before you an elaborate report descriptive of the various routes for the proposed connexion of our Australian and New Zealand dependencies with this country and India—analysing the respective merits of each, and recommending to your Lordship's notice the one first advocated by me, in conjunc- tion with the gentlemen composing the Committee, and whose names are appended to this letter. In answer to that .report, your Lordship directed the annexed communication to be made by the Under-Secretary for the Colonies, B. Hawes, Esq.; M.P.:— " Downing-street, November 3, 1846. " Gentlemen,—l am directed by Earl Grey to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 19th ultimo, enclosing the report of a committee appointed by merchants, and others, connected with the Australian Colonies, to examine into the merits of the various routes by which a communication by steam-vessels between those colonies and Great Britain might be established; and I am directed to acquaint you in reply, that Lord Grey attaches the greatest importance to the subject, but that the necessity of communicating with the governors of the Australian Colonies must prevent any definitive arrangement being made at present. "I am, gentlemen, your most obedient servant, "B. HAN'VES. " Sir George Larpent, Bart ; Hon. F. Scott, M.P." My Lord, the incessant pressure on my time in organizing the machinery for the transmission of the Overland Mails, in the face of hitherto unattempted difficulties and with un exampled dispatch, as is not unknown to your Lordship, has prevented me carrying out the intention I first conceived on the perusal of Mr. Hawes' letter—namely, to entreat your Lordship to allow me, with the greatest deference, but at the same time with the utmost earnestness, to urge upon you at once to lend your countenance to the great object of bringing our Australian possessions within the sphere of those blessings which steam enables us to confer upon nearly all our other colonies. Believe me, my Lord, I speak after anxious and careful reflection, when I venture to assure you that this noble project may be advanced a long way towards maturity before you can receive any reply from the Colonial Governors. I well know the disposition that exists in the mercantile body of London, and also in the large commercial and manufac turing towns of Great Britain, to draw Australia and New Zealand into the closest proximity to the mother-country by steam, within the shortest possible pericd. I know to what extent that disposition may be made available, in seconding whatever assistance the Government might be pleased , to ex tend; and I know that, owing to various causes, such dispo sition will be materially damped and will not be easily revived, should delay intervene in setting about the accom plishment of a purpose to whose importance your Lordship bears witness. Whatever may be your sense of that importance, it cannot be exaggerated. I am well aware of your Lordship's in timacy with the condition, prospects, and requirements of our colonies in every part of the globe ; but it cannot be supposed that your Lordship should have bestowed on our Australian territories in particular that minute practical observation necessary to possess you of the full commercial and social de sirability, as well as the political value, of extending steam navigation to those remote but important regions. lam sure, if I could prevail upon your Lordship to examine the data adduced in the pamphlet addressed by me, on this subject, to Mr. Gladstone, and if you would fortify, by inquiry, the accuracy of the calculations therein made, and the reason ableness of the inferences drawn from those data, you would be induced forthwith to advise the Crown to allow Australia to participate in those advantages which so many other colo nies now enjoy, through the instrumentality of private steam companies, who are assisted by public grants. It is in vain to wait to know what the colonies will do. Be it much or be it little, the most that could be hoped from them would not be equivalent to the gain that would accrue from a prompt decision en your Lordship's part to make a pecu niary grant, and leave the rest to the merchants of London. I ask no more than that your Lordship should make such o f fer as your own appreciation of the interests affected may dictate, and as the precedent of state donations towards steam communication with the West Indies, China, North America, &c., may seem to you to justify. If that offer be not met in a corresponding spirit by the gentlemen whose Sub-Committee have already reported to you, and in whose name I now speak, I am content to forfeit whatever slight credit I may pretend to, as a promoter of rapid intercommu nication between England and the Eastern hem;spliere, and to be accounted the visionary and the dreamer which so many people were kind enough to pronounce me, when I first undertook to carry the Government dispatches from Bombay to London, through Central Europe, in the depth of a more than Alpine winter, in one calendar month. But my Lord, if you would impart full value to the offer I solicit, let it, I pray you, be made at once. Notwithstand ing the various unusual claims on the national treasury at the present moment, no wise economist can look at the popula tion, wealth, and hourly-increasing capabilities of our vast colonies in the Pacific, without admitting that any reason ' able amount would be well laid out, that should bring them and us within half, not to say one-third the distance, in point of time, that now separates us, and must continue to separate us, without the adoption of the plan already sub mitted to you. I cannot think of tsxing your Lordship's time by a reca pitulation here, however brief, of the pamphlet already alluded to—and in which, I persuade myself, several points tending to enhance the humble estimate of Australia, me, vNeN o .delivered fromreinforced formed by the general English p u bli c, were brought pro ! sj small e m s c ta in ll nowa compass,passage being strongly a s t ninently forward. But I will vent ure to make an extract, in which a great deal of matter app ears to me to be con call the energy I am master of. ech d illustrative b )' en Friday, the 17th of Ap r il, 18 4 6 , at the London Tavern the e n T t ruh r a eo t r e i d extract i n oft a hc v eo e pr y- meeting, called by me, and at which Sir G. Larpent presided —many leading London merchants interested in the colonies, being present—most ably assisted by J. W. Sutherland, Esq., together with the Hon. Francis Scott, M.P., the agent for the colony of New South Wales—to whose indefatigable labours, solidity of judgment, and unflagging zeal, no praise of mine can do adequate justice, nor his • can services to the Australian colonies generally be possibly over-esti mated. The speaker 1 allude to was Mr. ;lark Boyd, of the eminent firm of Boyd, Brothers and Co., whose intimate connexion with A ustral i a, and the large possessions of members of whose family at Boyd-Town, Two -fold Bay, and in all parts of New South Wales, are well known to every one acquainted with the colonies. But to those who do not possess such knowledge, it will perhaps be sufficient to say, that the speaker is brother to Mr. Benjamin Boyd, chairman of the Pastoral Association of New South Wales, member of the L?gislative Council, &c. ; and a gentleman who is not more esteemed for those private virtues which add lustre to his well-acquired opulence, than for the public spi rit in which he to worthily exercises his great energies and in tellectual accomplishments. After citing many cogent facts, as to the increase of letters and newspapers between Eng land and Australia., Mr. M. Boyd said :—"To attempt to define a limit to the advantages which the introduction of steam would afford Australia is impossible, but there can be no question as to the following. It would facilitate the invest ment of capital for the gradual development of the bound less resources of Australia and New Zealand. It would establish much greater confidence in all mercantile trans actions connected with the colony by preventing loss from over -stocked markets, and also obviate the inconvenience arising from the scarcity of supplies of European merchan dise. It would enable the merchants and shippers in the colony duly to effect insurance of their ships and merchan dise in England. It would enable East India invalids either to settle or recruit their health in that most congenial climate ; the distance to Swan River only occupying fourteen days, to Sydney thirty. It would lead to a large emigration of a highly respectable class of capitalists, with their wives and families, who are at present deterred undertaking the voyage from its tediousness. A steam communication would there fore be of incalculable advantage to the colony, both morally and politically. It would greatly facilitate the pacification of New Zealand, by affording the means of promptly introduc ing the requisite precautionary measures sin case of need. It would likewise produce the same effect as in Australia, by encouraging the introduction of wealthy settlers, and the consequent employment of the native population. It would be of the utmost advantage, by affording facilities for the farther extension of the present Pacific trade carried on from (=Australian colonies, and the civilisation of the inhabitants of the islands in the Pacific Ocean.' It would enable us promptly to anticipate and frustrate any attempts of foreign aggression, either upon our settlements or trade in those seas, It would accelerate the introduction' of numerous necessary reforms in the local governments of the Australian co lony, and permit public opinion in England to exert its salutary influence on the acts of the colonial executives and aid in preventing the colonists suff t ermg the most grievous wrongs to which they are et present o c f o a n i . i str o ty ra s l i . Lb n jected. In conclusion, by the . establishment link between Great Britain steam communication, the entireßritain and all the colonies will be complete, , as well as those cold vies with each other respectively. ' These are the heartfelt sentiments of a gentleman whose house has been conspicuously result of a diversified experi ence of the wants of nearly allyears; our settlements in the Pacific, n of the Indian Archipelago, from and of the important region which such substantial advantages will be derived from our ' increased propinquity between it and Australia, by the ended, and which becomes communication recommended, steam mm of even greater importance, when we bear in mind new trading our invaluable station of Labuan, on the west coast of Born eo , — supplying , besides innumer able other advantage s, i nex haustible quantities of coal. When that communication shall have been establishe d, as at no distant day it must be, the Australian and New Zealand colonies will owe an inexpiable debt of gratitu le to t h e i r exertions in awakening public opinion at home to o ur the Messrs. Boyd fo r their oxerttons in awakening public opinion at home to our obhgoblig a ti o ns regarding those great weight of . It tri butaries to the extent and my testimony the to parent state the services of would be unjust to withhold Mrs. Boyd — viz. , Mr. Samue l Brown the able coadjutor o f ing—who, as a resider: in Australia , and having visitel a l m ost every part of the I n dian Archipelago, China, &c. &c., has brought to the d i scuss ions in which the committee have b ee n engage d, a familiarity with these localities, and personal a comprehensive knowl e dge of the most judicious mode of d ea ling with them in reference to the present object, that can not be too warmly commended. Si nc e theo date Mr. f Mark Boyd's speech nothing has much to enhance, the value of d to diminish, but occurred Australia to us, and to render more and more desirable the her. The memorable mea ns 91 speedy intercourge with PRICE SD. events in India have invested it with fresh importance as a locale for the restoration of the shattered health of our troops. Occurrences in New Zealand warn us, that in no way can their repetition be more effectually prevented, than b . :, encouraging steam communication between _ that colony and Australia, and between the • latter and England, so as to admit of the transmission of instructions from the Home Government with the least loss of time. The alteration iu the laws affecting the importation of food opens the Lome market to many of the productions of Australia heretofore inadmissible here ; and the exhaustless supplies of meat, in a portable form, and adapted to English and Indian rants, that may be brought hither, is, alone, a consideration not to be overlooked in seasons like the present, whose recurrence may, unfortunately, at any time be expected. The clim2ges that arc being introduced into the colonial system of administration, according to public report, under the auspices of your Lordship, must further increase the desirability of learning the effect of these changes speedily on such colonies as those more directly alluded to here; and, above all, the new footing on which colonisation is apparently about to be placed, especially as regards emigration from Ire land, emphatically demands that Australia be no longer sub jet:led to the hardship and injustice of being the only great dependency of the Crown whose geographical remoteness is not virtually diminished by steam. My Lord, I say that, if it were only on the score of the value of the Australian settlements to England in respect to future emigration, these settlements alone would be entitled to the Government aid now sought at your hands. In my letter to Mr. Gladstone, I said, "If I did not hope that these remarks may come under general attention through the me dium of the press, which has already given an extended pub licity to the question of 'Steam to Australia,' I should not attempt to hint to a gentleman whose knowledge of public affairs is as extensive as yours, any one of the various momentous considerations embraced in the single word Colonization,' as affected by ,Australia being broight one -half nearer than it itto. England.: ne distance diminished fone-half, and the improvement immefflately created by that diminution, Australia would become, as it ought, the focus of all emigration from the United Kingdom. The ungrateful soil and trying climate of our North American possessions would no longer baffle the industry and exhaust the means of our small farmers. The United States would no longer absorb the skill of our mechanics, and leave them to learn that the habits, the comforts, and the independence of an English home, if poor even to poverty, may be unwisely exchanged for affluence where these accessories are wanting. The Cape, the West Indies, &c., would no longer act as quicksands to the industry that annually flows thither, where it is lost or frustrated, because the locality is altogether unsuited to such of our population as live by labour, for the most part, out of doors. No, sir; emigration would flow to Australia, where soil, and climate, and produce, and the currents of traffic, and, in short, every circumstance an intending emi grant should take into account, invite him to settle, and where nothing repels him, but the distance and the evils this distance alone occasions. I repeat, that emigration, on the largest scale, will find its way to Australia once steam is established, and that the benefits to all parties will be im mense." If there were any truth in these remarks in May last, I trust you will be of opinion that nothing has since transpired to impair their force and applicability. For my own part, I am more and more convinced of their correctness the more I ponder upon the subject. I am convinced, that the mere announcement of a monthly steam communication being about to be established with the Australian settlements, would, at once, turn the eyes of the great bulk of intending emigrants in that direction. I do not mean, of course, that emigrants would think of proceeding there by steam. Comparatively few, and only the more wealthy, would be able to do that; but the know ledge that the intercourse with the mother-country would be doubled and trebled as compared with the existing state of things—that a letter and its answer might be received in London and at Sydney in less time than the letter alone now takes to reach its destination—that, in fact, for all purposes of correspondence and communication, Sydney and London would be almost as near to each other as are London and New York by the sailing packets ;—this knowledge, I say, would remove nine-tenths of the objections new entertained towards the Australian colonies. I abstain from touching on the mercantile bearings of the question ;—that is not my province • though I cannot help reminding you that, but fur Australia, all cur manufacturers of the west and north of England, who require fine wool, dwiot3u,ladtberutiontoaullsy prices — de n n o t t on less the ti G ia e u rm m an , s o f o o o r tbhaaletscohmavmino g been received from our southern colonies last year. It must be sufficiently obvious to every one, that an immense impetus would be communicated to the commerce of the settlements by the more increased facilities for the merchants and traders advising their agents of the state of the Australian markets, and being advised in return of the state of the markets of the world suited to the produce of the Pacific; for, it should be remembered, that it is not the English markets only which, steam would bring closer to these colonies, but the markets of the whole Chinese and eastern seas,from llong-Kong,Calcutta, and Ceylon, to the southern extremity of New Guinea. On these points I would take the liberty of referring you to my previous pamphlet, and to the map accompanying it. I take for granted, my Lord, that you have no hesita tion whatever to admit the easy practicability of the plan tLe. - ein laid down, confirmed as it has been by the careful and volum'neus report of the sub-committee. The sum and substance of 'it is—to place adequate steamers, at Singapore, to proceed with mails, passengers, and valuable goods to Port Essington, through Torree Straits, to Wednesday Island, and so to Sydney—the nature of the navigation, coaling depots, &c, being detailed in the former pamphlet, and ample references given to the authorities from whose official reports my calculations have been compiled, and especially from the surveys of the Beagle, conducted by that most able navigator, Captain Stokes, R N., to whose exertion and intelligence all connected with this project are deeply indebted. To make this invaluable extension to the ends of the earth as it were —to perfect that system which I have been the humble in strument of carrying so fir as Singapore—to belt the world with steam, and consummate the great design of which the Overland Route to India is a part, the sum of 100,000/. per annum only is required,—a suns very much less than one half of what Government now gives towards steam navi gation with our West India Colonies, and a little more than one-halt that already given annually for the same object in connexion with Singapore and China. I have said to Mr. Gladstone, and I now earnestly repeat to your Lordship, that fur the Government to work out this great undertaking in a manner worthy of it, and worthy of the objects involved, there should be no niggardly econo mizing attempted at the outset, as that, before long, would prove ae bad, or worse, than the most reckless extravagance. Government should make their offer (through me) to the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, and if an exorbitant price be asked, I am perfectly confident that, with a grant from the Crown, a monthly steam communica tion between Sydney and Singapore, and vice versa, may be entered upon by a private company of merchants, which would be forthcoming in the city of London in two or thrce months, provided your Lordship will at once assure Sir George Larpent and the committee, that the Crown is ready to afford such pecuniary succour as the Australian Colonies are entitled to expect. lam certain that the offer of 100,0001. would in stantly call forth all needful energies in the city; and for that sum, I repeat, in my former words, you bring into com parative contiguity with England a region far more in want than any other of the harmonizing and moral influences thus to be imparted ;—a region that would repay the generosity and care of the mother country with ten times the good to be expected elsewhere ;—a region that has long cried aloud against our mismangement and neglect, and which accom panies those cries with the bitter and costly fruits which never fail to spring from the discontent that is produced by a sense of indifference at the hands of England. It would be easy, my Lord, to extend these observations to an almost indefinite length; and it would not be a little gratifying to me to lay fully before you the results of my experience, in the prosecution of the Overland Route, as to the vast benefits which I clearly foresee are springing up for England in her relationship with Central Europe through our adoption of that channel in reaching the East. It is because steam to Australia is part and parcel of the Over land design that I advocate it. But vain would be my ad vocacy if the merits of the case did not fully sustain the prayer of this my petition to you, that you will not delay ass hour in.saying to Sir G. Larpent and the Committee,— " Gentlemen, draw on her Majesty's Treasury for 100,0001. a-year, and place Sydney and London as near together as the existing machinery of the Overland Route will permit, availing yourselves of every possible improvement to in crease their proximity." Do this, my Lord, and you will at once effect a most beneficial revolution throughout an im mense extent of our colonian empire, and lay the founda tion of a prosperity in the New World which the future his torian of the present Administration cannot fail to record to your enduring honour. The cost is as nothing compared with the certain and the lasting advantages that must immediately spring from it. Knowing what I do from my own observation of the ener gies that France is putting forth—seeing the immense, but at the same time sagacious, expenditure she is incurring in perfecting her steam mails and packets, and accelerating her intercourse in every direction, and by every possible means— labouring, in short, to become, as it were, the highway of all intercommunication between all other countries; I am quite sure I do not speak extravagantly when I say that she would gladly devote a million per annum, had she such colonies as ours in the Pacific, to secure the benefits which we may now secure by one-tenth of that outlay, which would diminish yearly after a brief time, owing to the increased traffic on the route rendering the Government bounty less and less necessary. Trusting that the deficiencies of this hasty appeal to your Lordship will, in some respects, be found compensated for in my letter to your predecessor in the Colonial-office,—again en treating you to believe that much of the value of the grant applied for will depend on the quickness of its bestowal, and begging that you will on that head take the opinion of the Lords of the Admiralty, upon whose co-operation I am war ranted in fully . calculating, I have the honour to remain, my Lord, your Lordship's most obedient servant, 110 MAS WAGHORN, Lieut. R.N. Cornhill, Feb. 10, 1847. CITY OF WESTMINSTER LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTION.—The veteran comedian, Mr. J. Russell, gave the members of this institution a very agreeable reading of the "Merchant of Venice" on Friday erening. His concep tion of the characters is just, and his general reading kept the scene with Tubal, and the deep, implacable, bigoted parishioners C°si°N.-- o l f li St. ig i s J James's, e d s e ' s .. vengeance of Shylock, in the trial scene, were delivered with consummate power. The audience evinced, by_ repeated up an unflagging interest, while the revulsions of feeling in expressions of applause and the profoundest attention, that they were highly gratified. . TESTIMONIAL TO THE REV. G. T. ANDREWES, A.M., CLERK IN ORDERS OE „ST. JAMES'S, AND CHAPLAIN Westminster, in order to testify the admiration, respect, ' r E a t i 0 n LION . on T I t t h E e Iplaor part s o f s f tohte u and esteem they have long entertained for that Rev. ntle mTOo ifs l t ' man, by raising funds sufficient to purchase such a testi monial as would be both acceptable to him and to the subscribers. The articles selected by' thecreditable for presentation, consisting of several valuable committee elegant and appropriate bindings, works, in and other splendid workmanship, chiefly articles of connected together with a valuable gold chronometer, with the library, exhibited during the past week, in &c., have been a spacious James's-street. The address, which accompanies gallery in St. accompanies the e a testi monial, and which is intended t o b family, is a most elaborate and beau lasting record to his ship, richly embellished, and • tifal piece of penman written on vellum, by Mr. Robertson, of the wr't . cr , In n institution, Coventry-street, Haymarket. The Government are about to allocate a grant in aid of the orphan charities of Ireland. Similar grants have been made in former yeas,—kitnerkk Chronicle. RESOLITTIONS :--• That for the purpose of extending the usefulness of the British Mutual Life Assurance Wociety, it is desirable to grant loans in con nexion with life assurance, and that a guarantee and loan capital of 100,0801., in shares of 101. each, with a deposit of li. per share, and future calls not to exceed ss. per share, at 60 days' notice, be substituted for the present Guarantee Fund. The Shareholders' lia bility to be limited to the number of shares they hold. That all profits accruing from the loans shall:be ascertained at the expiration of three years, and afterwards at the end of each year, and subject to the payment of interest at 51. per cent., such profits shall b.: divided and paid as follows, viz.-2-sths thereof as a bonus to the Shareholders, 2-sths to be added by way of accumulation to the eapital, and the remaining 1-sth to be added to the Assurance Fund• of the British Mutual. That upon each subsequent division of profits the interest to be paid to the Shareholders shall be at the same rate, not only on the amount paid up on the shares, but also on the capital increased by such accumulations. And that when the capital, by means of such accumulations shall have increased to double the amount actually subscribed, it shall be divided and paid to the Shareholders in discharge of their respective shares. That in consideration of the anticipated advantages to accrue to the British Mutual by the assurances which will be thus gained, and that the British Mutual Society shall have at all times the guarantee of the capital to meet unexpected claims by death, and in considera tion also of the one-fifth of theprotits from the loans being paid to the Assurance Fund as beforementioned, the British Mutual shall gua rantee, from the Society's funds, to the Shareholders the payment of the interest, at the rate of 51. per cent, per annum, payable half yearly. By order, CHARLES JAMES THICKE, Secretary. 17, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars. NOTICE TO CHEERYBLIS, -- BROTHERS.-A. B. begs EMPLOYMENT as CLERK, or IN ANY CAPACITY not mental. Be is liberally educated for a professi•n, well versed in accounts, book-keeping, penmanship, and knowledge of business ; of active habits, good manners and address. Numerous references as to character, &c., age 28, and married The absconding of a trustee has caused the severest privation and distress, and relief in the shape of employment is earnestly sought.—Reader, know you of any ? If so, pray write to A. 8., 9, Allen-street, Lambeth. FRIDAY; FEB. 19. Dundee and Newtyle. Dundee and Perth (Alteration and Extension and Inch ture, Polgarie, and Inchmichael Branches). MEETING OF THE IRISH PARTY. Another meeting of Peers and Members of the House of Commons was held on Saturday at their chambers, Parlia ment-street. Among those p r e sen t were Lord Monteagle, the Marquis of Sligo; the Earl of M oun t cas h el, Sir E. Hayes ' Mr. H. Lefroy, Mr. Edward Grogan, Colonel Acton, Ifr: Villiers Stuart, Mr. P. S. Butler, Mr. Morgan, Mr. M. H. Tuite, Mr. William Smith O'Brien, Mr. R. Osborne, Mr. Henry Grattan, Mr. Fitzstephen French, Mr. William Henry Gregory, &c. &c. Lord Monteagle occupied the chair. Mr. SPornswooDE, accompanied by three other gentle men connected with the moneyed and mercantile inte rests in the city, was introduced to the meeting; and, after some brief observations explanatory of the object of his visit, laid before their Lordships, and the other members of the Irish party, certain suggestive propositions embodying a scheme for supplying the funds necessary to carry out Lord George Bentincn measure with respect to railways, id the event of the Railway Bill introduced into the House of Commons by the leader of the Protectionist party receiving the sanction of the Legislature. Mr. Spottiswoode sub mitted that there were many reasons which should induce the Government to encourage the construction of railways in Ireland. They would not only furnish employment for a large number of the Irish population, and consequently re lieve the existing distress, but would afford permanent means of occupation to a considerable class of persons in maintaining and working the railways when completed. Railways in Ireland, too, were desirable for the general convenience and advantage of the whole community of Great Britain, and, when formed, would be property, created by otherwise unemployed labour, of a profitable nature to those who possessed it. The money for making the railways might be easily provided by the means of Exchequer notes of 1/. each, bearing no interest and receivable in taxes and. other Government payments, without cost to the Exche quer and without disarranging the national finances ; but, on the contray, the circulation of such Exchequer notes, by providing the wages of labour, would increase the con sumption of exciseable articles and thereby improve the national revenue. Moreover, the money so provided would not withdraw the means of prosecuting other useful occupa tions, but would, on the contrary, and especially at the pre sent time, tend to stimulate the general industry of the community. The several suggestions made by Mr. Spottiswoode were freely canvassed, but no formal resolution upon their merits was adoped ; they will be brought under the consideration of the Irish party at a future meeting on an early day. The proposition for raising the 16,000,0004 of money required by Lord G. Bentinck's scheme, by the issue of Li. Exchequer notes, bearing no interest, and receivable in taxes and other Government payments, caused an animated discussion, in which every Member took part. There is reason to believe that the plan proposed by the deputation will be commended to the notice of Government by some of the Irish party in the course of the adjourned debate, which is to be resumed this evening, if not interfered with by prolonged discussion in Committee on the Irish Poor Relief Bill, which stands spe cially on the orders. Mr. Spottiswoode and his friends then withdrew, and the subject of medical charities was discussed. It was agreed that application should be made to Government for the introduction of a more efficient system of medical superintendence. Thanks were voted to Lord Monteagle for his conduct in the chair, and the meeting separated shortly before four o'clock. THE ROYAL SOCIETY. The Marquis of Northampton, as President of the. Royal Society, gave the first of his usual annual series of soirees on Saturday night, at his Lordship's mansion, in Piccadilly. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, and above 400 noblemen and gentlemen; more or less connected with the different literary and scientific institutions of this country, graced the noble president's re-union by their presence. At nine o'clock the visitors began to arrive in rapid suc cession, and it was past eleven before the carriages had ceased bringing company. His , Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Lord George Lennox and the Hon. Captain Gordon, arrived just before eleven o'clock, and was welcomed into the vestibule by the noble president, by whom the Royal Prince was con ducted to the principal saloon. In the different apartments we observed a variety of in teresting models, specimens of art, and various objects espe cially attractive :to those moving in the circles attached to the arts and sciences. Among the gentlemen attending on this occasion was Mr. Holman, the blind traveller, who was introduced by Mr. A. J. Stephens. The principal models exhibited were Little's double-action printing machine. The working model exhibited was highly approved, and Prince Albert, to all appearance, was much pleased by the rapidity with which the numerous copies were worked off. It is but justice to state that much at tention was given by the crowded visitors to that particular object, and its utility was spoken of as such as to cause a general adoption in cases where a large amount of copies were requisite in a limited space of time. Another interesting object was Mr. John Hutchinson's ,spirometer, for measuring the vital capacity of the lungs. A new instrument for the inhalation of ether, called by the inventor " the graduated dose inhaler," was also pointed out. _ _ ➢lr. R. R. Polonle exhibited the model of an invention for preventing collisions on railway's. M. Cluidet submitted some discoveries lately made upon certain properties of the various rays of light, which are to form the subject of a paper preparing for the Royal Society. Some casts from the antique remains in the British Mu seum, cast in copper by the electro-galvanic process, were submitted by Mr. Cox. Goadby brought a beautiful specimen of the Clava gella, one of the most destructive marine animals known to naturalists. The specimen was obtained from the Phillippine Islands, and is unique. His Loyal Highness Prince Albert retired at a quarter be fore twelve; and after the departure of the Prince Consort the general company separated. The Noble President will hold his next conversazione on the 27th instant. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Durham County lids, Wed., Mainsforth ; Fri., Elwick-10i Mr. Hildyard's hrrs., Tues., Stainton Vale; Fri., Nun thorpe-104. Hurworth hds., Tues., Hurvrorth ; Thurs., Enter Common; Sat., Middleton One Row-10 1 ,4. York and Ainsty hds., Tues., Ribston Park; Thurs., Cop grove; Sat., Steensall-10 1 4. Sinnington lids, Tues., Lund Court; Fri., Helmsley-10. Bedale hds., Wed., Thorp Perrow ; Fri., Pepper Hall. Sir C. Constable's stgbds, Wed., West Newton. Mr. Drake's lids., Tues., Stratton Audley ; Thurs., Ham Green ; Sat., Soalder Gate. Berkshire lids., Tues., Appleton ; Fri., Longcott. Cambridgeshire hds., Wed., Warden Village; Fri., Cita. ton Gibbet-104. Devon lads., Thurs., Denbury Gate. F. B. lids., Fri., Roscron—lol. Findon lids., Tues., Kennel; Thurs., Polling; Sat., Ap plesham. Oakley hds., Thurs., Cross Alban's Wood ; Sat., Hail Weston- 1 / to 1L Tindale hds., Thurs., Belsay. Lord Lonsdale's hrrs., Tues., Bishopstone ; Sat., Harcourt Hotel, Tring Station-12. Wigton hrrs., Wed., Warble Bank ; Fri., Bolton Gate-Bi. A ikton hrrs., Wed., Slack; Fri., Oughterby-84. Carlisle hrrs., Tues., Mrs. Longrig's Wreay ; Thurs., and Fri., Mr. Biggens' Hornsby Gate-8. THE HONOURABLE ARTILLERY COMPANY.—The annual military ball of this ancient and honourable company took place at the Armoury-house, Finsbury, on Thursday evening last. The company began to arrive about eight, and were received in the grand saloon by the efficient re gimental band playing some of the choicest overtures, &c. By ten o'clock the grand room of the Armoury-house, which was more particularly devoted to the votaries of terp sichore, presented a most dazzling appearance, there being upwards of 400 of the elite present. What with the beauty of the ladies, their elegant dresses, and the splendour of the uniforms, the room was far superior to anything, vf o e, c r:S: lately seen. Dancing commenced shortly after gin and was kept up with great spirit until ta n t e l i t i o rl ad y ei st the or , the efficient band of Mr. Adams being chestra, assisted by the band of th e regsi b m y e nt his usual r.O Currie acted as Master of the Ceremon ies,t n 5 and of all present. Besides ind a tt en tions elicited the commend at io n s the large room, several others were res ted as to quadrille as a card-room ties, and the court -room was eoProp and the most liberal provision was . made in a spacious room for refreshment during the evenmg. At twelve o'clock a most sumptuous supper was provided by Younghusband, of the viands and wines being of the first Gerrard's de scription, which was again repeated at one o'clock. The in ternal arrangements of the various rooms, which were orna mented with flags and various military devices, the rich treat provided by the stewards, together with their extreme atten tion, received the highest meed of praise from all present. THE Sour KITCUEN.--The distribution of soup and bread continues with un a b a t e d liberality ;il! fact, it would al most appear, from the n umber of applications made to the subscribers, that destitution grows with what it feeds upon. On Saturday, not less than 1,500 gallons of soup and 1,500 loaves of bread were distributed to needy individuals ; on Monday, there were 1,400 gallons of soup and 800 loaves of bread given away; and yesterday (Tuesday) the quantity distributed w as 1,500 ga ll ons of soup and• 1,500 loaves of bread. Au accident enabled us, yesterday, to form a tolerable notion of the character and condition of persons to whom this most seasonable relief is afforded. Out of the immense number of individuals, young and old, who pressed to the kitchen, we did not see an individual who manifested the slightest indifference or recklessness; and one poor woman, who had the misfortune to slip upon the icy pavement, and lose her soup, manifested, by the most unequivocal signs, her deep appreciation of her loss. We mention this little incident to show the necessity of care and economy in the distribution of tickets. We are glad to learn that the Lint in the Guardian of Saturday has not been thrown away, and that in very few cases since have undue numbers of tickets been given to the same individual. When there are so many to whom limited relief is invaluable, it were a pity that pro fusion should induce extravagance or carelessness in others. —Manchester Guardian. _ _ The mobbing of the proctors of Cambridge, when out at nights apprehending loose women, has not been dis• continued. Legal proceedings have been commenced against five of the rioters, who are to be tried at the 1153i206.—Stam ford Atercury. MI --, 55ild 3 20 4114 3U 176% 150 i 220 166 1 4 %15% 914 834 7% 12% 12% 41. 95 iili 69% 16% 39% Price. 77 136% 29)4 Prfeft !02 /Id 90 ...N.qp