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P 4l ll e I,re 171 „ of to s°u' 0. model, u nion , ',it's. ll ' 11. tie r }: s4 '' 41 0 ' , oub teron '''' n TY , ;ctlef - t 3 Th° ll ' ° Butler' the il'f°t , gullll IV' 11. the l ate "'"'__--" .. ;12. he'c sot ~,,s Ly. 31 o / / Ea.s_t_ pima H P PE COURT of DIRECTORS of th h e lo ET;'T That INDIA COMPANY, do hereby give noti ce , onl, Ir EntqranAr, the 24th i n st an t, h av i ng b een appointed by her e in Co unc i l to he observed as a General Fast, the Quarterly c!General Court of th e E ast India Company, which has been advertised .r that day, will be held at their House in Leadenhall-street, on lir asnar, the 25 t h instant, at Eleven o'clock in the forenoon, Instead of on WEDNESDAY, the 24th instant. JAMES C. MELYILL, Secretary. U. PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY. ANOVER-SQUARE ROOMS.— It ._ PROGRA3IME of FIRST CONCERT, MONDAY EvEN, li-`,ZIS. —Overture, L eonora, Beethoven—Scena, Mr. Phillips 4 ~,"• • J, Me ndelsohn —Slnfonla, " La Refine de France,. 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His Royal Highness the DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE. &Vie LIST for the current Year will close on the 3lst instant. thers will receive for each guinea paid (besides th e chance of ▪ iling a work of art at the distribution) a pair of prints, " The ph..` Embrace," and . The Neapolitan Wedding." engraved by Mr. ieV lO 4 Rolls and Mr. F. A. Heath respectively, after T. 11wins, with a .et of engravings in outline, from seven of the cartoons Z▪ unlitted in competition lor the premlun of 501. offered by the So 'ell for an historical picture.____ _ GEORGE GOODWIN.] Hon. Sees. 4, Trafal LEWIS POCOCK. gar-square, March 1, 1847. (lAA-TESEND STAR and BLACKWALL g oat PACKETS. ii e delay and Rail Included in One Payment, aysidlig the danger of the Pool. I,zetit the Brunswick Wharf, Blackwell, at 3%, 10%, 1,3, 4, and ter .. 4 aYs,l%,The Trains starting one quer an hour before each ef those times. s . '!w" Terrace Pier, Grayesend, at 7%, 8%, 9%, 11%, 1,3, and Irll*-- -N oun days,ll%, 1,3, and 5. 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Rates of premium Ler cent. and upwards Forms of proposal may be obtained at Waterloo-place. By order of the Directors, A. CHAMSRE, Secretary to the London Board, ' 1411.3 t1t THE PATRONAGE OF ROYALTY AND TH2I AU XEATITHORITY CO UG H FULTY. NG'S LOZENGES. 1,, Li A Certain Remedy for disorders of th e P u l monary Organs— , °43lllllptioll/lenity of Breathing —in Redundancy of Phlegm—in Incipient Organs— vo (of which Cough is the most positive indication) they are of unerring efficacy. In Asthma, and in Winter Cough, they eve never been known to fail. Prepared and soil in Boxes, ls. 114 d. and Tins, Is. 9d ., 4s. 6d., a nd 10s. 6d. e ac h, b y THOMAS KEATLI4G, Chemist, &c., No. 79, St. Paal's Churchyard, London. Sold retail by all Druggists and Patent Medicine Venders In the Kingdom. Birkenhead, near Liverpool, Jan 8, 1847. Sir, I have been afflicted with a severe, cough and oafortness of breatbfor nearly eight years, and alter trying numerous, remedies, did not find nsyselfany b e tt er . I purchased a small box of Keating's Lozenges of you, from which I found great benefit. - The second box, 2s. 9d. size, completay cured me, and I can now breathe more freely, and am as free from cough as ever I was in my life. Hoping that others, similarly afflicted, will avail themselves of so certain and safe a remedy, I remain, Sir, yours, faithfully, WILLIAM ANDERSON. To Mr. Ceo. H. Howell, Chemist, 72, Dale-street, Liverpool. pENDERS, STOVES, and FIRE IRONS.— The LARGEST ASSORTMEN I` of STOVES, KITCHEN t"GES n , and FENDERS, as well as General Ironmongery in th e reelrld, is now on Sale at WILLIAM S. BURTON'S (late RIPON KBURTON'S) extensive arehouses. Bright steel fenders, to 4 trnin 30s. each ; ditto ditt o , w ith or - mo l u ornaments, from 60s. ; y t u t ,bronzed scroll ditto, with st ee l b ar , 10 s. 6d .: i ron fenders, 3 1448' 64 . ; 4 feet, Gs. ; ditto bronzed, and fitted with standards, 4 k e t t , 9 6 a.; 4 feet, I I s . ; wrought i ron k i tchen fenders, 3 feet, 45.6 d. ; set a B,• bright register stoves, with bronzed ornaments, and tw o 91 bl • ball . no 955• • ditto ditto, with or-molu ornaments, from • ack (II -room big-room register stoves, 2 feet, 18s. • 3 feet, 275. ; 41 th,,, e Fialer stoves, 2 feet, 16s. ; 3 feet, 245. The new ecotto '', ; fir, btove, with fender and radiating hearth-plate, from bin h oad "' °ns for chambers, Is. 9d. per set ; handseme ditto, with s •newest pattern, with elegant bronzed heads, lls. '''nnat o 4, 1)11 re-irons, with or-mola and richly cut heads, at propor beta L u ces• Any articltin the furnishing ironmongery, 30 per 11" approve - ny other houg? The money returned for every article p ost)d Detailed catalogues, with engravings, sent (per o ,wlLj e ll ‘ , S. BURTON'S (late RIPPON and BURTON'S) stock ogd+enTarnishing ironmongery is literally the largest in the L 9 t . tari,r 4 as no language can be employed to give a correct idea of 141' ).. and extent, purchasers are invited to call and inspect it: of Newman-street). Established in Wells -820. A 4 - 1 C TREATISE on the HEALTH, LIFE and VIGOU , of the BODILY FUNCTIONS. 't;NTIII EDITION price 2s. 6d. ; Free by Peat Seale Envelope) 3s. 6d., :1 11-1 , SILENT FRIEND. A Medical Work n the loss of the reproductive powers, with means of restore .r.e,. • The baneful effects of Indulgence, neglected Strictures, Se. Tar4if Symptoms, &c., are fully pointed out. Illustrated by Eu ctit lt V ; followed by observations on Marriage. By It. and L. e_Ntiii.,, an cl Co., Consulting Surgeons, London. b..'Wed by the Authors, and may be had at their residence. !treet ...,'trange, No. 21, Paternoster-row; Gordon, 146, Leadenhal . •tree t ' r urkis, Compton-stroet, Soho ; Ilannay mid Co., 63, Oxfor.:- ,riN 3 7,.R0y al Exchange and all booksellers. rtsv eh .'• O . this Work is particularly addressed to those who an V t ita c f.:`'el from formin" a Matrimonial Alliance, through fear of eel , r t i' s q u aliflcations ' and will bef ound an available introduction tc t h l 'ar e tt s Of perfect and secret restoration to manhood. th e , treats P ersP icuously upon those forms of diseases , either nyr A primary orsecondary state, arising from infection, showing .Don „' l neers who neglect to obtain competent medical aid, entail b;'eniselvett years of misery and suffering. ; 11, - r e „ °ll Dl U. BALM OF ;;YRIACUM is exclusively directed to -"' or ' nervous and sexual debility, Irregularity, weakness, bt..r -ti-.4 % lc " of appetite, indigestion, consamptive habits. and debili. "% ' 't - i: e n g r ,froin ~ - • er n ereal, excesses, &c. Price lls. and 335. per but. ,_ive-pound cases may be had as usual. ' - ' =, CENTRATED DETERSIVE ESSENCE. An anti 4. retnedy for searching out and purifying the blood from ve Zeera t 'iL n tamination, scurvy, blotches . on the head, face, and body l ellt s v" , , and those painful affections arising from improper . trea. ""d 33, ecc 'ndarY symptoms, and all eruptions of the skin. Price lit t bottle. a k44 11.` 1"8 PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS, price 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d. nrs'Per box, are the most effectual remedy for strictures, in. ( . 2 911 14 4 4. 4 °n, irritation of the bladder, &c., without hindrance tc 8„ ess,Lr-t,lltation fee, if by Letter, U. A minute detail of ease is ne. 1 5 ,11. 3% Messrs. Perry are in daily attendance at their residenc, 'e 4' l 'N - street, Oxfonl-street, London, from eleven till two, an eieht: and on Sundays from eleven till twelve. 1-1- 1 SHIP AND THE ENGINE. The Ship and the Engine (two rivals in traffic), j t day had a chit-chat, familiar and graphic. I t a ppears that the Engine cominened conversation, whistling tone, from a principal station : , W hat , think you," said Fury (for that was its name), It ' vf the Warehouse of MOSES, that favourite of fame; A,,traffic's increasing each day and each hour, t,' I can't keep it under in spite of my pow'r ; i; ', 7 station I have, ev'ry train that I run, : ° , l nehow connected with MOSES and SON; Th„ns are ‘II crowded—first, second, and third, 4, - ;,`°ugh the n ' umber of favours on MOSES conferr'd, Ifi ( t i , l nY baggage vans always are cramm'd to excess, I th:',!v'ry description of elegant dress ; 4.1 g, that the companies ought m in one, " e their warm thanks to E. MOSES and SON." s'o I," said the Vessel (a very large ship) , w h ' i Ti in truth, they occasion as many a trip ; k e 'You are employ'd on the trains like a porter, ` 4l sY for MOSES and SON on the water ; W itt e l 'oustantly sailing to all foreign parts, And T ?atnts and dress from the mart of all marts; That'really my ballast is scarce any use. r,. MOSES remind me of Neptune's vast ocean, 4 too unt of their trade being always in motion." c t hus did the Ship and the Engino agree, "'Pill:neat MOSES on land and on sea. LIST OF PRICES. IiZADT MADE. Ile a 'sr • X S. d T Chp,te -aglionis, from •• • • • ' 010 6 %4: 1 . elds and Codringtons ••••• • • • • • •••••• • • • • • • • 11e 41' 1) 01'S • rflods, and every description aYE• and Chestc .1 4 0 a Coat i •••••• • • • • • ' N.. "' Whit ••••••• • • • • • • • Nt t a m er Coats, in every style and 0 4 itt4.,o.asers, lined .... • • *** • • •••• • • • I 10 6 •••• • • • s' l •L' i t Co at ," ...... • • •• • • • - • • • • ....... 1 0 6 ;- 4 '4 , : , 15 roasted tssaasr. " Tunic S : 1 11.. • .t 3:: ••• •• •• • . ••.• •• •• • • • • : ••• :•: 00601 11 (6)006 Mtf4 b e s et Trousers •• • •••• • • . nt5....... g Any extent at Ave minutes' notice. Zih~dMADE TO MEASURE. oats, warranted waterproof, made to any style, 1 0 seltnelY trimmed ............. .. ... ••• • • • • ' Cts t a r , °th Coats trimmed velvet collar and cuffs, lined i : • 0 0 .. • • • . \V " i Il e NI I ' 74l6C :e a". rs '" •• • : . ......... 05 6 Dter rat sere, in all the most approved French patterns 12 6 1 6 0 .ur,,s3e,,aa Trousers .. .• • ....•••••••• ia t-at c 4 t 4 .... 11rock , st " 7 madeta .... ••••••'••• • • • • • • • • • . .... 1 15 0 1 4. 4, 1 1 4 414 y mad .. ••• • • • • . 3 3 0 tat in ' v, esti. . •••••••••••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 0 6 +a, ; Nei n •'••• • • • • •••••• • • • • .. .. 0 1 2 0 .Ya 4 _ or fancy ••••••••••••••••••••• 1 5 0 to te:sar and Tunic Salts ••• • • •••••• • • • • • • •• • • • Work, entitled .• Costume Castle," with full directions post free.elf. easureneent, may be ' had on application, or forwarded s tir er v , I, es if •""AnY article p urchased, ready made, or made to not mea t. 44-081 Lrturn aei)dproyed of will, be exchanged, or if preferred, the xs • r ure a did SON, Tailors, Woollendrapers, Clothiers, natters, 8 4, P 1300 t and Shoemakers, and General Outfitters, for C „".. and ?,: nt lernen, 154, 155, an d 156 , 1 5 7 Mi nor i es, an d 83 , pnbljil-ldigate, City London. sg ains :- oses and Son regret being obliged to guard the 114 ,ie 1 81 seh o ~,L _TlPostors, but have learned that the untradesman- Th n °eta re :',l'_?l being connected with them, or it's the same concern, and the @ te in many instances, and for obvious reason s . or e sc who connexion with any other hous e i n or ou t o f L on d on; . u 1 to, ,thaories desire genuine Ale and and cheer clothing, &c., should call at, nd , City, London. 41,4 04 411.1 14 • 75 .1%T ti1 l business transacted at this establishment from sun -6 1 411 A B tUrdan When business 13 resumed till twelTe , '- ." 4 ' ' - _ --.. 7 --- . --... 7r: -----' . 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A , * -, ___... „ "'"......,_ ... :." ..4% ' `„ PoRTSHOUTII, THURSDAY. —The Fairy, royal yacht, Commander Crispin, came into harbour this afternoon from Osborne, with his Serene Highness Prince Edward of Sax% Weimar, who has been sojourning with his august relative Prince Albert and her Majesty since Tuesday. His High ness landed at Gosport beach, and left for Winchester, for the half-past two o'clock train of the South Western Railway. Lady Caroline Somers Cocks, Maid of Honour in IVaiting upon her Majesty at Osborne, also returned from her duty to-day, with Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, and left in the same train for London, having been relieved by the Hon. Miss Napier. The Curlew, 10-gun brig, fitted with a 13-inch mortar,. upon the plan of First-Lieutenant Julius Roberts, of then . Royal Marine Artillery corps, was towed outside Spithead this morning to make another trial, under official inspection, of the merits of the important invention. The vessel bad not returned when this dispatch was closed. The African steam-tug, Mr. Barker, master, returned this afternoon from Weymouth, whither she had been to return the surf-boats and their crews, hired for use at the wreck of the Sphynx. The Centaur steam -frigate, Mr. 11. Davy master com manding (acting), is loading provisions w . nt all possible de spatch from Clarence-yard. The Portland, 50, Commander C. F. Schomberg, having been fitted in a great hurry at Plymouth, it has been found requisite to refit her here; and her crew have been employed in this necessary duty ever since she arrived. They are. likewise repainting her, she having been previously in the; ordinary (drab) uniform. The Collingwood, 80, Captain Smart, flag of Rear-Ad miral Sir G. Seymour, Commander-in-Chief in the Pacific, and the Carysfort, 26, Captain Seymour, were at Valpa raiso on the 27th of December; the only men-of-war in the bay. The Constance, 50, Captain Sir B. Walker, was at Callao on the 7th of January, about to sail for the northward. The Sampson steam-frigate, Captain Henderson, was at Callao on the 9th of January. The Endymion, 44, Captain Lambert ; the Alarm, 26, Cap tain Lock; and the Daring, 12, Commander Peel, were at Vera Cruz on the Ist of February; also, two French brigs and a Spanish corvette. The first two named were ordered up to Port Royal, in order that their captains might sit on a court-martial ordered to try Lieutenant Cawley, of the Imaum, upon a charge of drunkenness. Commander Tarle ton, late First-Lieutenant of the Endymion, came home in the Medway. At the above date the Americans had at Antinuzado (?) the Raritan, 54; the Princeton steam er; an d two small steam-vessels. The John Adams corvette, and the Porpoise brig, were blockading off Vera Cruz. The remainder of the, squadron were supposed to be at Campeachy. By private letters we are informed that it was reported that an attack was intended by land on the city of Vera Cruz. General Taylor was to fall back and form a junction with General Scott at Tampico, when the united forces of those generals would amount to about 10,000 men. Santa Anna was at San Luis Potosi, which he had fortified, and had about 27,000 men there—not more than 20,000 of whom, however, were armed. The Americans had made Tampico a free port for American bottoms only; freight goods might also be admitted, having been previously cleared from one of the United States. Captain Maitland, of the Electra, has come home invalided, leaving the vessel in command of First Lieutenant Cooke at Bermuda. Captain llamond, of the Salamander steam-sloop, has also come home from Antigun. Her boilers being so defective as to preclude the possibility of her steaming home, she has left under canvas. Mr. Brenton, paymaster and purser of the Endymion, also came home in the Medway, Mr. Hockings, of the Alarm, being appointed to the Endymion. It was supposed that if the city of Vera Cruz was assaulted, by escalade, a great loss would result to the assailants. Commander Rawstorne (1846) is appointed additional to the Belvidera, Captain Layton, to di s t r ib u t e mea l amongs t the islands of Scotland. First-Lieutenant A. a Murray, of the Terrible, is appointed to the Royal yacht. Lieutenant Murray was mate of the Dolphin, and dangerously wounded in her boats at the cap ture of a pirate on the coast of Africa in 1841. DESTITUTION IN LAMBETH. The continued severity of the weather, combined with the high price of provisions, and the difficulty of finding work for the able-bodied poor belonging to the suburban districts of this extensive union, have placed the guardian board in a position of very great embarrassment. The subject has already engaged the attention of several vestries, but with out being able to devise any remedy adequate to the emer gency. The poor -rate, at all times excessively high, has during the last two quarters advanced to the extreme point of endurance, considered with reference to the capability of the inhabitant householders, very many of whom are little removed from absolute pauperism; and although an extra rate has been lately made, the collectors find it impossible to get in the money in time to meet the imperative demands of the guardians, to whom the overseers of the several parishes are responsible for the funds necessary to the maintenance of the poor. The accommodation within the house is barely sufficient for the aged and infirm, whose support constitutes!, a large item of fixed expenditure, there being no return ill the shape of productive labour. This, however, is trifling when compared with the constant outlay, in bread, meat„ and money, to what are termed " casual poor"—a class which this inclement weather has more than quadrupled % owing to the dearth of employment in the out districts, to the great influx of agricultural labourers from the circumjacent counties of Surrey, Sussex. and Kent, where the continued frost has suspended husbandry operations far beyond the usual time; and also VA the very large number of excavators, who have heretofore found employment on the several railways which have their termini within this union. The allowance to trampers is lib. of bread per diem, which is for the most part greedily devoured at the gate. To the resident poor relief in bread and meat is afforded, proportioned to the number of the appli cant's family, the medical officer having first certified that the pauper is unable to work at his usual trade. In this way upwards of 600 quartern loaves of bread and 80 stone weight of meat have been distributed daily during the last two months; and this is irrespective of relief to the casual poor. Where relief in money is granted, the allowance to single men is 10d. per day, and to .hose with families Is. 4d. per day, o❑ the performance of a given amount of work on the roads or at granite-breaking. This is the test of actual des titution, and the readiness with which it is submitted to by. the applicants affords ample evidence of the extent and severity of the distress now unfortunately so prevalent in this and other metripolitan districts. The doors are besieged from morning till night by famished beings, who have be.. come so clawourous that the guardians have been compelled to call in the aid of the police to preserve order, and to assist in the distribution of bread and meat. Should the demands continue much longer, the want of funds will render it wholly impossible to grant out-door relief, and thousands of meri torious persons would in such case be deprived even of that scanty subsistence. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, MARCH 11.—In a convocation held this day, the Rev. W. Jephson and the Rev. E. Roy, Masters of Arts, C. C.C., Cambridge, were admitted ad tundem. In a congregation held at the same time, the following de, grees were conferred : MASTERS OF ARTS. T. B. Yonge, Exeter. F. Temple, Fellow of Balliol. H. Lambert, Balliol. E. Percevak Brasenose. Rev. E. H. APLachlan, Scholar of Pembroke. Rev. W. C. Jowett, Magdalen Hall. Rev. T. Bearcroft, Queen's. Rev. W. F. Stirling, Trinity. BACHELOR OF MUSIC.' Charles W. Corte, organist of Christ Church. THE LATE CONTEST FOR THE CHANCELLORSHIP. CAMBRIGE, MARCH 11.—Earl Yowls has addressed the following circular to his supporters on the occasion of the late contest for the Chancellorship : Rev. Sir,—l hasten to acknowledge with my warmest thanks the exertions you have made in my behalf during the contest, now concluded, for the Chancellorship of the Uni versity of Cambridge. "It will always be a source of pride and gratification to me that so large a portion of the Senate have given me their independent support, and hare done me the honour to record their votes in my favour, many of them making great sacri fices for that purpose. The numbers polled tor me justify the contest in which we have been engaged, and would on most occasions have insured success. "The election being over, I dismiss all feelings but those of the deepest gratitude for the kindness of my friends, and I beg to assure you that I shall be always ready to assist in the maintenance of the rights and privileges of the University. " I have the honour to be, Rev. Sir, " Your faithful and obliges servant, " PO WIS. " Berkeley-square, March 1." DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT CHATRAm.—Yesterday morning, at three o'clock, a fire broke out at the house of Mr. Stenner, plumb er an d g l az i er; Milit ary -road, Cha tham. The fire was first o b serve d issuing from the cellar window, and it soon communicated itself to the next house, occupied by Mr. Day, the " Recruiting Sergeant." The flames spread ing with frightful rapidity, and the wind blowing strong front the east, both houses were soon in flames from top to bottom, and in less than half an hour the walls fell with a frightful crash, burying every vestige of property. The fire speedily communicated to the houses right and left, one occupied by Mr. Bottle, eating-house, and Mr. Thompson, pastry cook; and so rapid was its progress that it was with diffi culty that the children of Mr. Bottle could be rescued, and not a vestige of furniture or clothing could be saved. The adjacent houses, occupied by Miss Stigent, milliner, and Mr. Thornton, tailor and draper, shared the same fate, and those of Mr. Tadman, hair dresser, and Mr. Winder, the Rising Sun beer-shop, are partially destroyed. The safety of the latter house is attributable to the exertions of the dockyard police, with their engine, under the direction of Lieutenant Wise, R.N. At the commencement of the fire there was great difficulty in obtaining water although. several engines were on the spot, and a body of troops to the number of 2,000. The officers placed the men in lines, for the purpose of passing buckets of water to the engines, in ad dition to which beer butts filled with water were brought to the scene of conflagration in drays, from Colonel Best's brewery. By six o'clock the fire was got under. The majo rity of the tradesmen whose property was destroyed are in sured—Mr. Day, in the Sun; Mr. Bottle, Royal Exchange; Mr. Thompson, Phcenix ; Mr. Tadman, Royal. Exchange ; Mr. Winder, Royal Exchange; and Mr. Thornton, in the Alliance. Their insurances, however, will not cover their loss. The Commandant, Colonel James Simpson, with his Major of Brigade, Captain Wood, was present during the whole time of the fire, assisting in givin g {di rec ti ons to the troops. One of the Royal Marines received a serious injury by a portion of the wall of one of the houses falling on him, r baacklL BURGLARS.—On W.ednesday and A w ri as oT t E ak x e ß n o G ff A to Na th o e the mayor and magistrates of Rochester were engaged nearly five hours in the ien i v ni h e t s iime t h ig g ation of a case involving 00 0f d h d a ep v r e e b da ee ti n on t s h many farmers in the neigh b series on r h been robbed, and the doors still" barns and granaries having their having been opened. exhibiting no appearance of a cornfactor named Charlton, living c oirnn Strood,having t b o e e 3 n ir s . or oy, by a miller in Chatham. has led to an investigation, and two men, named Burgess and Smith, were in consequence apprehended. From the voluminous evidence adduced it was elicited that the corn was lodged at the house of a widow in Ordnance place, Chatham, by a man named Gilbert, accompanied by. Smith and Burgess, and sold by them to Charlton. who re moved it in a cart, and afterwards sold it in the neighbour hood. In the house of Smith a jacket was found belonging to him, in which were 24 skeleton keys, some of which have been found to open barn and granary doors at Horsted, Upper and Lower Delce, and the Parsonage Farm at St. Margaret's, from all of which corn has been abstracted. From the atter a sack of new and old wheat was taken, and. this corresponds with the mixture sold to Joy. A man named Jenkins was also examined, at whose house at Ro chester two sacks belonging to Mr. Wickham, at Deice, were found. The three men, Burgess, Smith, and Jenkins, were committed for trial, No. 16,998. LON DON, FRIDAY EVENING SU N, NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSU RANCE SOCIETY. OFFICE, 26, CORNMILL, LONDON. Capital 500,0001. Empowered by Act of Parliament. The system of Deferred Annuities, originally proposed by the Na tional Loan Fund Life Assurance Society, for the better advance ment of the objects of Benefit and Friendly Societies, having received the approbation of a considerable body cf the active members and officers of those Institutions, and the Directors of the National Loan Fund Society having been urgently solicited by them to establish a Branch Office in connexion with those Societies and the Operative Classes generally, in which their services might he successfully en gaged, a Committee has been sanctioned by the Directors to open communication with the different Societies, with the view of more effectually (Isseminating the valuable benefits amongst the indus trious classes, and a plan has been aroposed with that object. ADDRESS OF THE COMMITTEE. Many praiseworthy but ineffectual attempts have been made to bring within the scope and operation of the laws of mortality and money the savings of the industrious classes, as well as various cal culations regulating their distribution, having for their object either immediate, contingent, or deferred benefits. A slight examination however, will demonstrate that the con struction of these associations or societies is defective; and that in stead of affording an easy access and a free choice of investment, which should be the privilege of every one, they confine too nar rowly the channel through which a benefit can alone be secured ; and, in proportion as their action is circumscribed and embarrassed, their utility is limited. For example, it is not to every individual, or to every class amongst the industrious community, that provision in case of sickness is an object of such importance as to call for a pecnniary sacrifice ; while to others such a provision appears more attractive, and the loss of employment caused by sickness is a risk against which they desire to be gttarded.. For this anomalous state of things there is an effective and simple remedy ; that is to say, instead of covering, by one weekly or annual payment, two or more contingent or deferred benefits, so to arrange it that each separate benefit should have its separate contribution. It is to not having observed this rule, and to the association of two dissimilar functions, and by confounding a sick allowance and an annuity fund in one and the self-same payment, that much of the evils and mismanagement has arisen amongst Benefit Societies. No mechanism can be so perfect for the management of a sick ness-fund provision as that afforded by the constant sectional asso ciation and watchfulness of the several members composing it. By this means a thorough and constant check is mutually exercised, and none but the really sick are likely to become chargeable upon it. But the same perfection, or the same security, is seldom attainable where a fund is to be accumulated through a succession of years, and where results are to bear out calculations, money investment being in general beyond the experience of the industrious classes. For these reasons it is clear that the funds destined for a provision in sickness should be kept entirely distinct from the fund intended as a provision for old age :- Ist. Because the laws of sickness and mortality, though apparently connected, do not depend on the same calculation. 2d. Because there are a great number who, in order to secure a larger provision in old age are willing to take the risk of providing for probable sickness on themselves. 3d. Because the responsibility of managing a provision fbr old age, continued to a distant period is, in a great measure, incompatible with voluntary associations, fluctuating laws, and individual irre sponsibility, and more exposed to a failure in the performance of such a contract, that when undertaken on the same principles that ordinarily govern commercial bodies. 4th. Because the expenses of providing for sickness must, when united in the same payment with provision for old age, tend to dimi nish still more this provision : nor is it wisdom or good policy to en danger the one for the sake of the other. Impressed with these convictions, and with an intimate knowledge of the discussions passing within the bosom of many of the existing Friendly and Benefit Societies, the parties whose names are here unto attached, have had several meetings, with a view of proposing or adopting a remedy for these and other evils ; and in this manner to give an additional force to the principles of brotherhood, unity, and mutual aid, on which friendly societies are based, by guarding them from the risks of sudden dissolution. After much diligent search amongst the combinations ingeniously proposed from time to time for the attainment of one of the principal objects of Friendly and Benefit Societies, they have found none equal in simplicity and comprehensiveness of design, as well as forethought and sympathy for the wants of the industrious classes, as the plan proposed by the National Loan Fund Life Assurance Society. It is true that the author of that plan has furnished an argument against provision in sickness; but, without concurring in the immediate ex pediency of abandoning a provision in sickness, no one can read the other part of the plan itself, without being fully satisfied that the convenience and safety of Friendly and lienefit Societies will be greatly secured and consulted, by separating the payment of a sick allowance from an annuity for old age. A deputation having waited on the directors of the National Loan Fund, who met in the handsomest manner the overtures made to them for the establishment of a separate office for the transaction of business connected with Friendly and Benefit Societies, and the in dustrious classes in general, resolutions have been entered into, con stituting the undersigned as a Committee, with power to add to its number, for the promulgation of the benefits contained in the an nexed prospectus, under the guarantee of the Capital of the Society, and which, without interfering with the numerous objects connected with the institution of Benefit and Friendly Societies, will in their opinion greatly enlarge their sphere of utility, and afford a protection to the working classes in old age and adversity, which nothing up to the present day has adequately secured to them. Thomas Burthom, P.C.R., Ancient Order of Foresters. John Fussell, C.I, Ancient Order of Foresters. John H. Gordon. D.S., Ancient Order of Foresters. James Hale, D.C.R., Ancient Order of Foresters. Henry Hunt, P. 0., Manchester Unity of Odd Fellows. J .T o o s i e e p p h h R N e tt e g k e s t: t B , P . o r . o F . .0 OrderS. ,M Ma of t r e r r ie U n n d i s ty . of Odd ellows . Samuel Timbrell, D. C.R., Ancient Order of Foresters. DEFERRED ANNUITIES. y 24 next birthday, i o r f th 7 d ss, y, or by m t o h n e th a ly nn p u a a yin l peanyth m e E n x t a o m f p i l l e .. — 6s A . , P :r r s q o u n a age d rte r 1 of 2s. 2d., may secure, on attain c in as g h th d e own age , 0 1 f 07 6 1 0 . , 38 th . o o p r tio a n r o o f lircey oc e E vh x iins a g m LAi p fn l e e n . — uli3t l L p e ll rs7o 195. 1. nag e 2 d d 2 ; 6 next birthday, may secure, on at taining the age of 60, an Annuity of 101., with the other options, by the annual payment of I/. 6s. 91, or a single payment of 221. 17s. 3d,; or on payment of 6/. 14s. ad. for disparity, he will be entitled to the same benefits by an annual payment of 18s. I Id., the same as for age 20. Example.-1 person aged 30 next birthday, by the annual pay ment of it. 65., or quarterly payment of 75., or monthly payment of 2s. 21, may secure en attaining the age of 65, the option of re ceiving Annuity, 18/. Os. 4d.; cash down, 1481. 12s. ; or a policy on his life 1751. ifs. Example.—A person aged 35 next birthday, by the annual pay ment of 11. 65., or quarterly payment of Is., or monthly payment of 2s. 21, may secure. on attaining the age of 65, the option of re ceiving Annuity, 181. Os. 4d. ; cash down, 1481. 12s. ; or a policy on his life, 1751. its. CALEDONIAN ASYLUM. lJ Incorporated by Act of Parliament, 1815. For Supporting and Educating the Children of Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines, Natives of Scotland, who have died or been disabled in the Service of their Country, and of indigent Scotch parents, re sident in London. Notice Is hereby given that a QUARTERLY GENERAL COURT of the Corporation will be held in the Hall of the Scottish Hospital, Crane-court, Fleet-street, on MONDAY, the 22d of March (instant), to consider Notice of Motion given at the General Court, on 3d De cember last--That all votes recorded by unsuccessful Candidates at this or any future Election be carried forward for their benefit at future Elections, so long as they are eligible to remain on the list of Candidates. JOHN BURNIE, Secretary. March 10, 1847. PURL ICATIONS. CHEAP EDITIONS of POPULAR WORKS. Two AND gIXPENCE EACH.—Lights and Shadows of 5c ttish Life—The Trials of Margaret Lindsay—The Subaltern—The Life of Mansie Wauch—Valerius, a Roman Story—The Foresters — Peninsular Scenes and Sketches—Sir Frizzle Pumpkin—and Nights at Mess. TIIREE AND SIXPENCE EACH.—Tom Cringle's Log—Cs ril Thornton—Reginald Dalton—Adam Blair and Matthew Wald—The Cruise of the Midge. Published by William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London To be had of all booksellers. PRACTICAL WORK ON DRAINING. Lately Published, price 3s. 6d., Improved and Enlarged, a Second Editimi of - AMANUAL OF PRACTICAL DRAINING. By HENRY STEPHENS, F.R.S.E., Author of •` The Book of the Farm." With Sixty-three Engravings on Wood. lVin. Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. To be had of all Booksellers. ALISON'S HISTORY of EUROPE DURING the FRENCH REVOLUTION, now Publishing, in Menthly Volumes, price 6s. each. Vol. 111. was published on the Ist of March. The succeeding Volumes will appear on the lit of each month. Win. Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. To be had of all Booksellers. FOOD FOR TILE MILLION. Published this day, in foolscap Bvo., price ss. cloth. MAIZE against POTATO : a Case for the Times ; comprising the History, Uses, and Culture of Indian Corn, and especially showing the practicabilityand necessity of Cultivating the Dwarf Variety is England and Ireland. (Dedicated, by parmis sion, to the Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel, Bart.) By AMIC US CURIAE. London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. THE BLACK PROPHET COMPLETE. Now ready, price One Shilling, 320 pp., bound, THE PARLOUR LIBRARY, VoL. 1., THE BLACK PROPHET : a Tale of Irish Famine. By WILLIAM CARLETON, Esq. Forming the First Volume of a New Series of Novels and other Standard Works, by Mary Howitt, Mrs. S. C. Hall, Miss Mit!nr,l, Countess of Blessington, T. C. Grattan, Alexandre Dumas, &c., under the title of THE PARLOUR LIBRARY. Simms and M'lntyre, 13, Paternoster-row, London, and 26, Denegall-street, Belfast. Just published, New Edition, foolscap Bvo., price 55., r HE PILGRIM of INDIA, an Eastern Tale, _l_ and OTHER POEMS. By JAMES HUTCHINSON, Esq., late Secretary to the Medical Board of Bengal. W. Pickering, 177, Piccadilly. Just published, 12m0., price 55., POLITICAL F AME. W. Pickering, 177, Piccadilly. • THE MAHOGANY TREE. Words by W. M. TIIACKERAY; Music by FRANK ROMER, forming No. 24 of THE MUSIC BOOK, price 6d. Published at the Office, 1, St. Bride's Avenue, Fleet-street ; and sold by all Booksellers and Newsmen. NEW WORK BY MRS, ELLlS.—March 31st, post Svo., price 9s. PREVENTION BETTER THAN CURE; or, THE MORAL WANTS OF THE WORLD WE LIVE IN. Py the Author of "The Women of England." Fisher, Son, and Co., Printers and Publishers, Angel- street, St. Martin's-le-Grand, London. LECTURES on DESCRIPTIVE ASTRONOMY during LENT, at the 110 YAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION, by Dr. BACIIHOFFNER, on the Mornings and Evenings f Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, with Illustrations, in which the latest discoveries are included, accompanied with )c• • and appropriate Music, by Dr. Wallis. Lectures on .ARMSTRO G HYDRO-ELECTRIC MACHINE on the alternate Morningv. and Evenings, Chemical Lectures. The Op:ical Effects include the last beautiful DISSOLVING VIEWS. Experiments with the I)IVER and DIVING-BELL, &c., &c. Admission Is. Schools, half-price. CONTRACT for WELSH CU A!. S for HAULBOW LI N E. Department of the Storekeeper General of the Navy, The Commissioners for exeL o t m in e g rs t e h t e -p O la ffi cei ce 3 o l f ar L h rd i l i iig lmi 7. hlgtiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, du hereby give notice, that on SATURDAY, the 3d of April next, at Oae o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such Persona as may be willing to CONTRACT for Supplying and Delivering into Store at her Ma jesty's Naval Yard at Haulbowline, TEIREZ THOUSAND TONS of WELSH COALS, flt for the Service of her Majesty's Steam Vessels. The conditions of the Contract and a Form of the Tender may be seen at the sa d office. No Tender will be received after One o'clock, on the day of treaty, nor any noticed, unless the party attends, or an agent for him duly authorised in writing. Every tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear in the left hand corner the words " Tender for " and must also be delivered at Somerset-place, accompanied by a letter signed by two responsible persons, engaging to become bound with the person tendering, in the suns of 8001. for the due performance of the Contract. NTID LAND RAILWAY. , The Midland Railway Company are prepared to receive LOAN S on Security of their Debentures, for a period of three years, in sums of not less than 5,000/. each, at interest after the rate of 51. per cent. per annum, payable Half Yearly. Application to be made to the Secretary, at the Company's Ofilce, Derby. By order, J. F. BELL, Secretary. Derby, March 6, 1847. rjro the SHAREHOLDERS of the NORTH BRITISH RAILWAY, BROTIIIII. SFIAREHOLDEBS, Some time has elapsed since the first offer for our Line was made by Mr. Hudson ; since then negotiations have bcea opened, and two distinct propositions submitted to the Directors. In the refusal of the second proposal we supported'the Board toa man; to the first and third we have not had an opport Ally of suing Yea or Nay. I address you as a North British Shareholder ONLY, wishful of ascertaining the real value of our property, and selling it for what it is worth. Before entering on the discussion of the value of the Line, let me remind you of the intention of Parliament to lay its hand on all Railway Property, by regulating the tariff, &c., every ten years. Gentlemen, there is no doubt but that part of the Line from Edin burgh to Berwick will pay well; it is not quite so evident that the Hayrick and other Branches will ; in fact, there is no' question but that, with such gradients, particularly 1 in 75 for nine miles, the dividend earned by the main—but yet shortest —line must be consi derably cut down. Independent of the amount of receipts, there is another little matter for consideration, which is, the 70,000/. thrown away on the Perth scheme by the Directors, and the being plunged into a law suit, which it is not easy to see the termination of. Now, on the whole of your capital Mr. Hudqon is willing to gua rantee 8 per cent. in perpetuity, including the 70,000/. and law-suit, and gives us THE OPTION of an amalgamation with undoubtedly a 10 per cent. company, from York to Berwick. Reflect, Brother Shareholders, consider well the threat from Go vernment' the appearance of the political and financial horizon— famine staring you on one hand, more stringent tariffs and new loans on the other—and the fact that the Midl ands, paying 7 per cent., stand at 117%, and Birmingham and Gloucesters, guaranteed 6 per cent., at 124. Does not that speak volumes ? I say, reflect deeply—ponder well—before you reject such an offer as 8 per cent. in perpetuity. A. HOLDER OF FIVE HUNDRED SHARES. QT. PAUL, COVENT-GARDEN, March 12, 1847.—The COMMITTEE of MANAGEMENT of this PARISH hereby give notice, that they will meet in the Vestry Room, on TUESDAY, the 16th day of March instant, at Six of the clock in the Afternoon, to receive and consider Proposals and enter into CONTRACTS for PAVING and REPAIRING the CARRIAGE WAYS and FOOTWAYS within the said parish, and providing good materials for the same ; and likewise for Cleansing the Streets of the said parish, and taking away the Dust and Ashes from the houses of the inhabitants. The contractors to give security and pay the expenses of the bonds and contracts at the time their tenders are accepted. Printed proposals (to be filled up lay persons willing to contract) may be had at the Office of the Vestry Clerk, adjoining the Church; or at 13, Bedford-street, Covent-garden, where such proposals will be received at any time b efore the meeting. The Committee do not bind themselves to accept the lowest tender, nor, In the event of money being offered for the dust, d T o li t o h m ey A p s led i y o t: E em LE se y lv , es to accept the highest proposal. Vestry Clerk and Clerk to the Committee. lIAVIES'S CANDLES, 6}d. per lb. ; Genuine Sperm, Is. 9d. ; Yellow Soap, 485., 545., and 60s. per 1121bs. ; Mottled, 60s. and 645.; Wax Candles, Is. per lb. ; German Wax, Is. 2d. ; Fine Wax, Is. sd. ; Transparent Wax, Is. 11 d. ; Genuine Wax, 2s. Id. ; Waxed-wick Moulds, 7%d.; Sperm Oil, Bs. per gallon ; Solar, 3s. 3d., Pale Seal, 4s. ; Argand, or Vegetable, 43. 6d. ; Wind sor and Palm Soap, ls. 4d. per packet; Brown Windsor, ls. bd ; Rose, Ss. ; Almond, Is. 6d. ; Sealing Wax, 4s. 6d. ; Hale's Paragon Composite, requiring no snuffing, 10d. per lb. For Cash—At DAVIES'S Old Established Warehouse, 63, St. Martin's-lane, opposite Slaughter's Coffee-house. LIFE ASSURANCE. Example.—A persen'at the age of 30 next birthday may secure the sum of 1001. payable at his death, whenever it may happen, and also participate in the Annual DiTll3lOll of Profits, by the annual pay ment of 21. 9s. 3d. Example.—A person at the age of 25 next birthday, by the pay ment of 4s. per month, or Is. per week, may secure the sum of 112/.55. payable at his death, whenever it may happen, and like wise share in the annual profits of the Society. F. FERGUSON C AMROUX, Secretary. T HE EXPERIENCE LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. Edinburgh, 15, George-street. London, 511, King Willlam-street. Established 1843. Capital 300,0001. This Company's Tables are based upon the EXPERIENCE OF TIIE SEVENTEEN LIFE OFFICES,as contained in the Report of their Mortality published in 1813. The Company embraces, in its constitution, the advantages of both tke mutual and proprietary systems of Assurance. The SHORT PERIOD RATES will be found, in comparison with other Companies, to be exceedingly favourable to urers, and the rates for the whole period of life as low as is consistent WITH PERFECT SECURITY. For prospectuses, &c.. apply at the cakes as above, or to any of the Agents throughout the kingdom. By order of the Directors, T. YUILLE WARDROP, secretary. EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY COMPANY. A Special General Meeting of the Shareholders will be held at the Ilishopsgate Station, London, on MONDAY, the 29th day of March instant, at One o'clock precisely, for the purpose of confirming an Agreement for the Lease by the above-named Company of the East Anglian Railways, and for the purchase of the Enfield and Edmon ton Railway, at which Special Meeting the Bill for carrying the first mentioned agreement into effect, and the other Bills promoted by the Eastern Counties Railway Company in the present session, will, in pursuance of the standing orders of the House of Lords, be sub mitted to the Shareholders for their approval. GEORGE HUDSON, Chairman. DAVID WADDINGTON, Deputy Chairman. By order, C. P. RONEY, Secretary. Eastern Counties Railway Offices, Bishopagate Station, 4th 31ai•ch, 1847". GREAT WE STERN RAILWAY. The Directors of this Company are ready to RECEIVE TENDERS for LOANS of MONET, in sums of not less than 1,0001. for n period of five, seven, or ten years, on the security of mortgage debentures, bearing interest at the rate of 41. 10s. per cent. per annum, payable half-yearly. Applications may be made to the undersigned, at the Railway office, Paddington Station. CHARLES A. SAUNDERS, Secretary. DIAMOND CARCEL LAMP ! NEW LIGHT ! I—The Diamond Camel Light is the best Light in the World. The Carcel Lamp is used in all the Palaces in Europe. It burns oil, but is free from all imperfections of ordinary oil lamps ; burns from sunset till morning without attention. No cleaning required for years. Is so simple, it cannot be mismanaged. It never will be outdone. The Diamond Carcel Lamp Is perfection in light. The public will have none ether. Designs the most chaste and elaborate to suit every taste.—To be had only, and seen daily, at CLARK'S, the Immense Lamp Pepot, 447, West Strand, tea doors from Lowther-arcade. Every person's Lamp can be fitted with the Diamond Burner. N.B. The pretended Carcel Lamp only Os., (but sold elsewhere at 14s. 6d.) What a delnsioni THE LIGHTS for FUTURE DAYS. All can now be pleased, whatever is desired in Light. The PEARL CANDLE LAMP la the perfection of Candle Lights, and must succeed ; its simplicity myriads will admire. To sell the ordi nary Candle Lamps is now impossible—the public have long enough been pestered with such rubbish. The DIAMOND CARCEL OIL LAMP is the best oil light in the world. The Carcel Lamp is used in all the Palaces in Europe; this is sufficient guarantee for all—it never will be out-done. The STARLIGHT NIGHT LIGHT is a beautiful little light to illumine the bedchamber. All other night lights will be used no more ; its economy and simplicity all will admire, for what can be desired more than perfection? To what conclusion can we come? Certain, henceforward the only lights will be—the Sun, the mighty gem of Heaven by day ; the Pearl and Diamond Lights at evening and the Star at night, to ill umine the British territory. These splendid Lights burning continually at CLARK'S, the immense LAMP DEPOT, 447, West Strand, ten doors from Low ther Arcade. THE CIGAR WAREHOUSES, LONDON. The Union Cigar, equal to Foreign, 125. 6d. per lb. ; Fine Foreign Cigars, of all Makers, 175. 6d., 16s. 6d., 208., and 21s. per lb. ; British made, from the finest tobaccos imported; Cheroots, 65., Mexicans, 7s. per lb.; Cigars, Cuba, 75., Ha vannab, 7s. 6d. Bs. 6d. per lb. ; :Cabanas and Mits, Ss. 6d. per ; Principes, Lopez, Recompendzas, Esparteros, Dos Amigos, Estrellos, Regalias, and Emperors, 9s. 6d. per lb., warranted first quality. Messrs. Tosswill and Co., Commission Merchants, Importers, and Manufacturers, have a large stock of the above, well worth the attention of large buyers. 6 and 7, Pudding-lane, Eastcheap, three doors from Gracechurch-street and King William-street, City. ♦ pound sample of each may be had where required. SEND Eight Postage Stamps, and by return, and post free, you will get a handsome TEASPOON of C. WAT SON'S SOLID ALISATA PLATE, which is rapidly superseding silver or all domestic uses. It is equally sweet and handsome as silver itself. This Is the only SOLID substitute now sold, and, unlike Plated Goods of any kind, there is nothing to wear off ; so that the more you rub and clean it, the better it will continue to look, though It should be in daily use for fifty years. Don't be afraid to put It to any test, and then send your order. A full catalogue of prices, with patterns of every other article manufactured from this beaatiful metal, will be enclosed with the sample Spoon. Address C. 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To be had o f s h erwoo d , 23 , P a t ern oster-row ; Mann, 39, Corn hill ; Carvalho, 147, Fleet-street ; and all Booksellers , or dir ect from e the Author, wh ose pract i ce i s exc l us i ve l y d ev oted to home consulta tion, Mornings till Three, and in the Evenings from Seven till Nine, 10, Argyl -Place, Regent-street.Regent-street.treet. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 11. STOCK EXCHANGE. - The sales are -Ambergate, Nottingham, Bos ton, and Eastern Junction, 1 4 dis.-Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire, l p.-Birmingham and Oxford Junction, 8% p.-Chester and Birkenhead, 47 -Dundee and Perth, 14 p.-East Lancashire. New (scrip), 265. 3d. p.-East Lincolnshire, 214 p.-Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding, % p.-Great Northern (Nos. 1 to 108,000), % dis.-Huddersfield Canal, and Railway, 31%-Ditto, 3 p.-Leeds ant Bradford, 4414 p. ex div.- Leeds and Thirsk, dis.-Ditto, Preference, 265. 3d. p.-Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 335. 9d. p.- London and North-Western, 177 ex div.-Ditto, New, Quarters, 11 1 4 p.-London and York (Direct Northern), par-Manchester and Leeds (late Huddersfield and Sheffield), 4 p.-Ditto, 321. Shares (late Extension), 2% p.-Ditto (late West Riding Union), 1% p.- Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (Grimsby and Sheffield), 5f% dis.-Ditto, Quarters, 21s. 3d. dis.-Midland New, 3% p.- Newcastle and Carlisle, New, 14% p.-North Staffordshire, 3 p.- Preston and Wyre, 34-Ditto, Halves (A), 3% p.-Ditto ditto (II), % P.-Scottish Midland, 8 p.-Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester, yew, Is. 3d. dis.-Shrewsbury and Birmingham, 91. 12s. 3d. Shares (B), par-Shropshire Union Railway and Canal I % dis.-South-East em and Dovcr, 37-Ditto, No. 2, 1 p.- Ditto, No. 4, IL p.-South Staffordshire, Bs. 9d. p.-York and Newcastle, New, 6 p. MANCHESTER, MARCH 11. STOCK E ken ANGE.-The sales are-Rirkenhead , Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction, % e. dis.-Birmingham and Oxford Junction, 8% c. is.- Buckinghamshire, par -East Lancashire, New, 1% is.- Ditto, New (scrip), 1 15-16 c. p.-Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding Junction, 5-16 p.-Great Northern (London and York), Reg., 2 dis. - Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal (161.), 3 p. -Ditto, Thirds (51.), IIL dis.-Ditto. Pre p.-Leeds and Thirsk , ferentials, p.-London and North-Western, 180-Ditto (Man chester and Birmingham), Quarters (5), 6% P. -Mancheger and Leeds, 321. Shares (late Extension), 2% p.-M anchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (Grim s by, 121. 10 s . Sh a res), li t dis. anchester and Southampton, 235. dia.-Newcastle and Berwick, 13 p. -Ditto, New , 3 % p.-North Staffordshire, p.-North Staffordshire and Churnet Valley Junction, 2% c. p.-Oldham Alliance, % p.- Preston and Wyre, Halves (A), 3 p.-South-Eastern p.-Scottish Central, and Dover, 37-Ditto, No. 4, % p.-South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole, par-West Riding Union, 9-16 p.-Wharfilale, 3-16 dis.-York and Newcastle, Preference, 4% c. p. • LEEDS, MAR= 11. STOCK ExatAmax.-The sales are-East Lancashire , New, 1% P. -Ditto, New (scrip), 245. p.-East and West York shire, 12s. p.- Great Northern (late Lond on and York), 3s. dis. - D l t to (late Direct Northern), 7s. 6d. dis.-Di tto, Extensions, ss. dis.-Leeds and Dewsbury, 51. Is. 3d. p.-Ditt o , Branches Scrip (blue) , 3 % p.-Leeds and Thirsk, 2M dis.-Ditto, New. 12s. 6d. dis.-Ditto, Preference, 265. p.-Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland, 12s. 6 d. d is.-London and Brighton and South Coa s t, Fifteenths, 3s. 6d. p.-Manchester and Leeds, 321. Shares (late Extensions), 495. p.-Manchester, Sheffield. and Lincolnshire (Grimsby and Sheffield), 5 dis. -Manchester and Southampton, 1 1 ,6 dis.-North British, Thirds, 1% p.-Ditto, Quar ters (late Carlisle Branch), 465. p.-I)itto, Extensions (scrip), 10s. 6d. p.-North Staffordshire, 21. 18s. 9d. p. -Northern Counties Union, 30s. 6d. dis.-North-Western, Is. c. p.-Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole, 2s. 6d. dis.-Shropshire Union, 17s. dis. -west Wang Union, 1 % P. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, MARCH I I. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are -Edinburgh and Northern, New, 295. p.-Ditto, Newport, New, 20s. 6d. p. -Liverpool, Man chester, and Newcastle Juncti n New, 4 p.-North British, Thirds, 2% Newcas tle and Berwick, SHEFFIELD, MARCH 11. STOCK Excxerrot.-The sales are-Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (Grimsby and Sheffield), 51‘, dis.-Ditto , 201. Shares, 10s. 6d. dis.-Ditto (Sheffield and Lincoln),dis.-North- Westeni, par-West Riding Union, 1/. 11s. p. HULL, MARCH 11. STOCK EXCHANGE-The sales are-Hull a nd Selby, 103 -North .. British, Halves, 16-Ditto, Quarters, 805.-Ditt o, listens on (scrip), 10s. 6d. p.-York and North Midland, Preference, P•-Amber gate, Nottingham, Boston, &c., 465. 6d.-East Lancashire, New (scrip), 265. p.-Ditto, Great Grimsby and Sheffield, 5 dis.-Malton anti Driffield Junction, 21s. p.-Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A), Ns. 6d. p.-West Riding Union, 14 p. EDINBURGH, MARCH 10. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Caledonian and Dumbarton shire, 475.-Direct Northern (scrip),Dundee and Perth, 35- Ditto, New, 2114-East of Fife, 565.-East Lothian Cen-Ditto tral, 51s. - , Quarters, Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton , Quarters, 20% 15s. 9d.- Edinburgh and Northern, 16% -Ditto, New, 795.-Ditto, Newport, 51. 135.--Ditto, ditto, New, 525.-Edinburgh and Perth (New), 605.-Great North of Scotland, 525.-Great Northern (late Direct Northern), 755.-North British, Quarters, 835.-Ditto, New Quarters (scrip), 255.-Ditto, Thirds, Vs.-Scottish Central, 231.- Scottish Grand Junction, 225. -Scottish Midland, 25% -Stirling and Dunfermline, 78s. GLASGOW, MAacit 10. STocit ExcgANGE. —The sales are—Caledonian and Dumbarton shire, 475. 6d.—Clydesdale Junction, 465. 6d.—East Lothian Central, MM. —Edinburgh and Perth (New Co.), 60a.—Glasgow Genertl Ter minus. 123( —Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, 63%—Ditto, 38 34 Ditto, Halves, No. 1, 61.—Glasgow, Dumfries, and. Carlisle, 51. 19s. —Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 51. 19s.—Manchester and Southampton, I'M—North British, New Q uarters (scrip), 255. Scottish Central, 231.—Wishaw and Coltness, 491. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —The Registered Paletot of Llama cloth, the most fashionable coat for both the present and ap p ro aching seasons, still retains th e same moderate price, which, with its usefulness and gentlemanly appear ance, has secured such gener al popularity. It h as b een ma d e by special command tor their Royal Highnesses Prince Albert, Prince George of Cambridge, Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, his Grace t he Duke of Wellington, and the several r oyal visitors to the British Court . . J.lnanLdonDdon Nicoll, (`Dort ourt it c in only be purchased of t he patentees, H. t a il o rs, 114, Regent-street, and 22 , Cornhill. A gents f or Liverpool, D aw barn and Son, Bold- street ; for D u bli n, G eo. Macdona, Molesworth-street ; for Birmingham, Warein g an d Son, New - street; and the principal tailors in other large towns. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —TEAS AT WHOLESALE PRICES, No. 2, BUCKLERSBURY, CHEAPSIDE,—FILMiIieS whose consumption is large, and study economy, will derive considerable advantage at this establishment. One uni formBd as 41 th ., e 4 trade.s. 4d ss. price is affixed, by which the purch aser of a single pound can obtain it o n the same ter ms s. Black Tea 2 s. B d. , 3 5. , 3s. 4d, 3 Green 3 s. 4 d. , 3s. Bd., 45., 4 s. 4 d., 55., 65., Coffee 9d., 10d., Is., Is. 2 d., Is. 411., l s . 6d ., Is. B d . One pound sent free to any part of town. Orders from the country forwarded the same day; and when the quantity is for 6 1 b. weight (tea only), the carri age i s paid to any part of England.-IVIAN BELL and Co., wholesale tea dealers, 2, Bucklersbury, Cheapsid e . 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CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY, MARCH IO.—LECTURES. —The Plumian Professor's lectures on Practical Astronomy and Astronomical Instruments commence on Monday, April 19 ; they are to be followed by a course on Opti cs , Hydro statics, and Pneumatics, commencing on Monday, May 3. CORK AND NEW YORK.—It seems probable that Cork is to become a port in connexion with New York. A ship of 450 tons was launched at that port on Tuesday last intended as one of a line of ships to run to and from New York. MARCH 12, 1847. NAVIGATION LAWS. The Committee on the Navigation-laws re-assembled yesterday morning at one o'clock. There were present Mr. M. Gibson (chairman), Sir George Clerk, Mr. Ricardo, Sir H. Douglas, Mr. Hume, Mr. Thomas Baring, Mr. Mitchell, Admiral Dundas, Mr. Lyall, Alderman Thompson, and Mr. Villiers. The examina tion of Mr. M‘Gregor was resumed. By Mr. Hume—The navigation-laws had rather -ncouraged ship-building in the colonies, and had brought them into competition with the United King dom, as they were built there rather more cheaply. lle believed that if foreign ships were allowed to compete on equal terms with British ships, the result would be great improvement in naval architecture, diminution in the expense, and a great increase in the number of British ships. The reason for his belief was, that within the last few years the duties on ship-building materials had been remitted, except in the case of pine, used for decks, and copper ore. The admissioa of colonial-built ships had not diminished the number of British-built shipping, for he found that there had been a great annual increase in the number of British-built ships for many years past. If foreign ships were not admitted, he did not think that a greater proportionate number of British ships would be built. His opinion was grounded upon this reason—that the number of ships in any country depended upon the carrying trade which em ployed them, and that the introduction of foreign ships opened out foreign branches of the carrying trade. With regard to foreign countries, he found that our own ships could carry as cheaply as any foreign vessels. British ships had increased in a greater proportion than American ships, although the two countries were placed upon an equal footing. He held in his hand a statement of all the British, foreign, and American vessels entering the ports of the United States between 1789 and 1844, and it appeared that in 1789 there entered the ports of the United States 94,410 tons of British shipping, of foreign ships (including British) 106,654 tons; the British shipping being more than nine-tenths of the whole. The American ships amounted to 127,329 tons. The year following was marked by restrictions, but he would come down to 1816, the first whole year of peace, when he found that the British shipping entering the United States ports amounted to 212,000 tons, while the American ships in the same year amounted to 877,000 tons. Then, in 1844, the amount of British shipping was 706,747 tons, of foreign shipping (including British) 916,000 tons; of American shipping 1,977,438 tons, showing that in 1816 the British ships were to the American as one to four; while in 1844 they were as one to two and a half ; being an increase of one-half per cent. in our favour, while the ships of all the other European and South American States amounted only to 150,250 tons. These figures were taken altogether from the official accounts of the American Custom. houses, which were annually laid before the Congress of the United States. By Sir Howard Douglas—The British shipping was not prosperous in consequence of the navigation-laws, and he could not believe that the linen and the cotton manufactures owed their prosperity to the protection, of which they had n ever taken advantage. If our ships under the navigation-laws had been able at any time to compete with the Americans or any other country, it was not owing to the navigation-laws, for he considered . . that British shipping had prospered in defiance of them. (Sir Howard Douglas—ls that rational or philoso phical?) Whenever a trade or occupation of any kind ceased to be remunerative, it would be found that the trade was generally abandoned. He considered that every restriction or relaxation taken off the construction and the navigation of British ships would tend to enable British ships to enter into competition with others better than they could under the system of restriction. By Mr. Ricardo--The only disadvantage we laboured under in ship-building, was with the countries on the Baltic. It had been given in evidence before the House of Commons, that British North American ships were selling in Liverpool, in 1844, at 3/. and 31. 103. per ton ; bat those ships were sold at a great loss. Mr. Thompson—They came to this country chiefly as timber floats. It was at a period of great general de pression. A discussion of some length arose as to the mode of proceeding adopted by the Committee. It resulted in the witness being requested to state his general opinion of the navigation-laws. Mr. M‘Gregor said, that with respect to the navigation laws and their effect on the commerce and navigation between the United Kingdom and the British posses sions in different parts of the world, the spirit and prin ciple of those laws was to confine the direct navigation and the direct trade between the mother country and the colonies and between one colony and another to the ships of British subjects. The policy of the proposition was, that we should comider the international trade, and the trade between the colonies and the mother country, as far as possible on the footing of a coasting trade, and the effect has been to place the trade between the United Kingdom and every British port in the colonies, and the trade between one British colony and another British colony, upon the most restricted footing. The exception to the carrying out the law bad been, that of one colony imposing on the commerce of another colony certain re strictions in the way of imposing duties and other charges. One province, for example, Nova Scotia, im poses duties on the produce of New Brunswick when imported into it. The spirit of the laws veto, that their intercourse should be as free as that between Middlesex and Surrey. According to the information that had been received from time to time, and which had been published in most of the colonial journals, and brought before the colonial assemblies, the inter colonial restrictions had been the great cause of complaint. The limitation of the trade and navi gation between the colonies and the mother country, and between one colony and another, was introduced and maintained under the principle of ? these colonies being considered integral parts of the empire, and that there fore the intercourse between them should be placed upon the same footing as that between one part of the United Kingdom and another part of the United Kingdom. As far as the intercourse between one colony and another and the United Kingdom was in question, he could not venture to give any opinion as to any change, unless he entered into a question that would not be relevant to the one under consideration, that is, the question of the whole colonial system. He believed, without entering into the questioa of the colonial system, that we should carry into effect that policy which would render per fectly free from interruption the intercourse between every port and every British colony, and every port in the British colonies, and place them on the most free and unrestricted footing, as was the ease in the various states in Germany under the Zollverein. With respect to that portion of the navigation-laws concerning the colonies, which limited the arrival of vessels, and the admission of the vessels of certain foreign countries into the British colonies; for example, we allowed vessels from certain states in Europe to trade directly with their cargoes from their own country to our colonies. We allowed foreign countries with whom we had treaties of reciprocity, and who had fulfilled certain conditions, to proceed with their ships and cargoes direct t , ) the Bri tish possessions, without paying any other duties than those paid by British ships arriving in the colonies. There were other countries, Spain for example, the trade of which in carrying commodities to our colonies was con fined to the carrying trade from their own colonies. They were not allowed to carry goods on the same terms direct from Spain. The complaints and the injuries that were stated to have been inflicted upon the colonies by this restriction were that we allowed vessels of third countries to bring cargoes from other instead of their own countries. The American colonies had demanded that the ships of foreign countries, arriving from their own ports. should be permitted to bring their commodi ties into the colonies upon the same footing as British s hip s . Complaints were made from the Canadas about our not permitting the vessels of the United States to descend the lakes lower than Montreal. The repre sentations made from the Canadas bore very strongly upon that point, that we subjected them to great expense by compelling the shipment of their cargoes at Montreal, and not allowing them to proceed lower down to the sea. Then, as far as regarded the restrictions upon the arrival and departure of foreign ships, they appeared to be the same as those which the previous questions and replies would have shown were imposed on the arrival of foreign ships in the ports of the United Kingdom. It was his opinion that no possible disadvantage would be experienced by the colonies from extending every facility to their navigation that we might extend to the navi ption of all foreign countries - with Great Britain. This he considered a totally different question from the intercourse between Great Britain and the co lonies and between one colony and another. Com plaints had been made that a Spanish ship could proceed from Newfoundland with fish to some port in South America, and that it could not then pro ceed to a British colony, taking anything into it, for the purpose of taking a return freight, not for the United Kingdom, but for any port in Europe. Neapolitan ships might take a cargo of fish from Newfoundland to Cadiz, but they could not return to Newfoundland without first proceeding to their own country. They could bring the produce of their own country to an y port in E urope or in the United Kingdom, ott e o e aßr a i i t h is t. h colony. The indirect trade wasthes butubje not of complaint. Some questions we re then put by byiSirthHe St. Lawrence; er then trade Committee owardDouglas with regard to the American but as it was four o'clock in the adjourned, manot withstanding that Sir H. Douglas wished to continue the subject. Mr. Villiers suggested, as the matter wsaisrnuot. Douglas s t navigation-laws, ed, ugcouafter the ad journment. to t l i d l continue uiry i h n i t s othe question, n a vig MEETING OF SHIPOWNERS. A public meeting of parties interested in navigation was held last evening at the Ea3tern Institution, Com mercial• road, for the adoption of measures in opposition to the Bill now pending in Parliament on the subject of the navigation - laws. Mr. DUNCAN DUNBAR, the chairman of the General Shipowners' Society of London, presided, and said that he would not have consented to be present there if he was not assured that they were demanding a remark ht te w hi c h they were justly entitled. He might hat the shipownlns had nothing to fear from any inquiry rained in a right spirit. But how stood the case at ,resent? Why, a committee was formed of gentlemen ,r hose opinions were in print, and who had made speeches on the subject, and who, had, therefore decided the question before it coma to the jury. In that district PRICE SD. they were all more or less connected with shipping, per haps more so than the shipowners themselves.—(Hear.) Thousands of persons in the Tower Hamlets were de pendent upon shipping, and if the intentions of the corn. mittee were carried out, they would be utterly ruined. Mr. G. F. YOUNG moved the first resolution:—" That an inviolable adherence to the principles on which the navigation-laws of Great Britain are founded is indis pensable to tho maintenance of an extensive national marine as a nursery for the navy, and as a source of supply of naval artizans, and that in the defence of those laws, when atiacked, it is consequently the duty not merely of those who are interested in maritime corn. merce in its various branches, but of all who esti mate duly the importance of providing for the na dorml security, cordially to- unite." Mr. Young explained at length the provisions of the existing navigation system, more particularly dwelling upon the protection afforded to the shipowner and the restrictions imposed upon him. He maintained that the proposed measures involved consequeriees it would be fearful to contemplate. Some there attire who proposed to allow foreign sailors to man the British navy, a course which would be ruinous to this country. Others desired that foreign competition might' e bought to bear upon the British sailor, thus degrading -to the level of the lowest maritime power upon the fd of the earth. He found that the French paid 28s. a month to seamen ; the Dutch, 11. 13s. 4d. -; the Prussians, 275. ; while the Norwegians and others were as low as 16s. or 17s. per month. Did they wish that the British sailors should be brought down to that condition ?—(Loud cries of " No, no.") The cost of victualling the men in England was about 10d. per diem, whilst amongst the Norwe gians it was not more than three-halfpence. [Con siderable amusement was created at this stage of the proceedings by the speaker producing several large lumps of bread which he had brought from foreign vessels. These he threw amongst the mee g, when there was a general scramble for them.] . 9ntended that starvation or emigration must-be t *rose measures. Mr. GOULD seconded the resolution, and it was unanimously adopted. Mr. BENJAMIN Drxorr moved the second resolution: —" That in the circumstances attending the appointment of the Select Committee of the Honourable the House of Commons, now sitting on the subject of the navigation laws, this meeting regrets to perceive great cause of doubt and apprehension, and that the inhabitants of the densely-populated district of the Tower Hamlets, within the port of London, consisting principally of individuals dependent for success, and even for subsistence, on British shipping, or shipbuilders and shipwrights, caulkers, blacksmiths, joiners, ropemakers, riggers, sail. makers, anchorsmiths, mastmakers, and persons engaged in similar shipping trades, and of the shopkeepers re ceiving profitable employment from their expenditure, it is of the greatest importance that the sentiments of those various classes on the subject should be promptly and energetically expressed to Parliament." Mr. JOHN ROBERTSON seconded the resolution, and it was carried nem. dis. On the motion of Captain HEATHON, seconded by Mr. BROWN, it was agreed that petitions expressive of disap probation with the proposed changes in the navigation laws should be sent up from the meeting to the House of Commons. A vote of thanks to the chairman closed the proceed ings. POOR-LAW FOR IRELAND. Last evening a meeting of the rate-payers of the united parishes of St. Andrew, Holborn, and St. George the Martyr, was held in the hall of the workhouse, Gray's-inn-lane, " for the purpose of considering the propriety of petitioning Par liament (in consequence of the increasing demands upon the poor-rates, occasioned by the influx of Irish paupers into those parishes) to pass at the earliest convenience a law for the government of the poor of Ireland upon the basis of the statute of the 43d of Elizabeth." The chair was taken by Mr. Churchwarden TALBOT, who said that the meeting had been convened in consequence of a very numerously signed requisition which had been forwarded to the authorities. The original circumstance which rendered the meeting necessary was, that upon the making of the last rate the amount required was found to be much larger than ordinary, and in answer to the natural inquiries of the rate payers the guardians stated that the Irish paupers receiving relief in this parish were to the English in proportion of 10 to twelve. This fact was deemed so serious that steps were taken which resulted in the present meeting. It appeared that from the failure of certain crops the Irish were coming over to this country in shoals, and at first descended upon Liverpool; but the people of that town, finding they would spee dily be eaten up, were now, as he (the chairman) understood, taking immediate steps to forward the paupers by train to London and other large towns.—(o Hear," and laughter.) Another consideration, in addition to the present pressure, was that many Irish were inhabitants f these parishes, and by a residence of five years would become entitled to relief as parishioners during the rest of their lives. These facts were of such grave importance to the interests of the parish, that it was necessary to appeal to the Legislature to provide an immediate and permanent remedy.—(Cheers.) Mr. PtiltDAY moved the following resolution':— "That this meeting views with alarm the prevailing dis• tress in Ireland, where famine with pestilence, its invariable attendant, is now raging to a most awful extent; and w' ile this meeting feels every sympathy for their suffering fellow creatures there, they cannot but express an opinion that much of the misery would have been obviated, if not wholly prevented, had a roor-law, on the basis of that which was passed for the relief of the English poor in the reign of Queen . . . Elizabeth, been established in Ireland." Mr. HUMPHREYS seconded the resolution, and said, that although it was unjust to call upon the labour of England to contribute to the support of paupers who ought to have been enabled to claim and receive relief in their own country—(Hear)—yet no guardian could take upon himself' to remove the applicants to a land of dearth and famine.— (Hear.) The only remedy was what ought to have been enacted long ago—a perfect and efficacious poor-law for Ireland.—(Cheers.) It was possible that in time England might become the rival of Ireland in misery and distress, by having the whole mass of the population of that island thrown upon their funds, and if the rates were to go on increasing as they had lately done to the extent of 30 per cent.—(Hear.) A guardian of St. Sepulchre's stated that during the past three months in his parish not more than six fresh Irish applicants had appeared for relief. A guardian of St. Andrew's said, that, in consequence of he increased number of applicants for relief, in order to save lumen life from being sacrificed in the struggle to enter, hey had opened another door and he was enabled to s t a t e ,hat the greater number were Irish. The resolution was then put and carried unanimously. Dr. WORTHINGTON proposed the second resolution, which ran in a similar spirit, and expressed his opinion that the great want was education in Ireland. With respect to the influx of poor from Ireland, he had been informed by the superintendent of the Mendicity Society that an Irishman had applied for relief immediately on his arrival with his family, and upon being asked how much he had paid for his passage, replied 61.—(Hear.) In England the infirm and able-bodied poor bad a legal right to relief, whilst in Ireland the able-bodied alone received relief under the Poor Em ployment Act, and the infirm were left to starve without any responsibility attaching to any one. The resolution having been seconded, was then carried unanimously. A petition to Parliament was then agreed to, and, after a vote of thanks to the Chairman, tie meeting (which was numerously attended) broke up. MEXICO.—The Mexican papers received by the late arrival contain a decree of the Vice-President, in the name of the Government, for the raising 15,000,000 dollars to carry on the war with the United States, by the mortgage or sale by public auction of the mortmain property of the Church. The papers also contain a long remonstrance of the clergy. One million of dollars of the new fund to be thus raised is set apart for the purchase of arms. PLYMOUTH, MARCH 10.—The schooner Flora, Captain Pearse, le ft Charente on the 3d inst., and came in yesterday with a full cargo of brandy, wine, and clover-seed, for Plymouth and Exeter. Three British and twelve French vessels were loading at her departure—one-fourth for Havre, the remainder for British ports. 1,000 puncheons more this year than last will be shipped for Bristol, and a proportionate increase for the Clyde. British bottoms are scarce. Current Freights—London, 305.; the Clyde, 40s ; Bristol, 455., and 10 per cent. There is more brandy for e x portation now than in 1846, and prices are gone back to those quoted before the rise consequent upon the reduction of the British impo rt duty. The sib. loaf is sold for lf. (10c1.), but no appearace of extreme poverty is visible at Charente. SALE Or. THE GREAT WESTERN STEAM-SHlr. Brarros, MARCH 11.—The Great Western steam-ship was offered for sale by auction to-day, at the company's offices, in accordance with public advertisement, but although she was stated to have cost 63,000/., and to have been surveyed by Lloyd's, and found in as good condition as the first day, after having made 90 successive voyages, only 20,000/. was offered for her, and she was withdrawn at, as w as understood, the reserve of 25,000 E NORTH Or ENGLAND JOINT-STOCK BANK.—The affairs of this establishment seem to be in a worse position than was at first anticipated. It is understood that most, if not the whole, of the directors, have largely overdrawn accounts; that heavy advances have been made to other parties upon securities not immediately available, and that gigantic speculations in the corn trade have been sustained by re-discounting, and the currency of bills payable at twenty-one days. THE LAST or THE COACHES. —The opening of the railway from Salisbury to Bishopstoke - has been the signal for the withdrawal of the only three coaches which ran through Andover out of at least forty which but a few years back daily ran through it. The Light Salisbury, well known on the road for the last fi ftyyears, dropped off on the Ist inst. The Magnet, which has run for these last forty years, and the Swiftsure both ceased to exist on Saturday last. NEW BRUNSWICK AND NovA SCOTIA LAND COM rANL—The annual meeting of this company took place yesterday, at the office, in Copthall-buildings ; John Moxon, Esq., in the chair. The report was of rather a satisfactory nature, as showing a gradual increase in the number of settler on the company's lands, as well as the stock and produce. The position of the company in 1846 was as fol lows :—Lands sold or granted to this time, 27,247 acres, there remaining 533,170 acres. The surplus of expenditure over receipts, for 1846, was 794/. 6s. 3d. In 1846, the num ber of settlers was 167. The produce of wheat was 1,020 bushels, of buck wheat 1,705, oats 9,663, barley 354, rye 10, corn and peas 1111, potatoes 14,833, turnips 4,632 bushels, hay 840 ;tons. The cattle was 497, horses 72, sheep 538 pigs 310. The new land was 476 acres, and landsploughedunani. and stumped 235 acres. The report was adopted mously. PRIMROSE-HILL PARK.—Yesterday, the prepara tionswalks, _ commenced for the formation of the o rnamental plantations, and shrubberies, into which Primrose-hill and the recently enclosed ground at its foot is to be divided, ex tending from the Regent's-canal to the Swiss-cottage, Har row-road; the further erection of houses on this ground is interdicted, government ha v i ng determined, healthy spot f the use of the public. to preserve this i~ ~,~ i 1