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NTENING EDITION'. DINNER to GEORGE BYNG, Es q . M.P. A PUBLIC DINNER will be given, at the Theatre BRoyal Drury-lane, cn the 11th of MA RC H inst., to GEORGE YNG, Et t o l ., M.P., i n ce l e b rat i on an d grateul acknow dgment of Fifty Years' uninterrupted services as Repre sentative in Parliament far the County of Middlesex. Lord CHAS. JAMES FOX RUSSELL, M.P., Chairman. The Hon. C. C. CAVENDISH, M.P., Vice-Chairman. Duke of Bedford Duke of Cleveland Marquis of Anglesey Duke of Devonshire Duke of Norfolk Lord Sudeley Lord Godolphin STEWARDS. Lord Colborne !Earl of Uxbridge Marquis of Westminster Lord Holland Lord Segyave ;Lord Torrington itowland Alston, M.P. John Anderson, Esq. James Anderton, Esq. Peter Anderson, Esq. Rev. Robert Aspland J. Archbold, Esq., M.P. John Angerstein, Esq. David Ammonier, Esq. Alfred Batson, Esq. Charles Barry, Esq. Richard Burnet, Esq. Thomas Burchfield, Esq. J. P. Burnard, Esq. Joh n Bagshaw Esq. Alexander Baylis, Esq. W. L. Barton, Esq. Robert Biddulph, Esq. Stephen Bi r d , E sq. . S. Butler, Esq. W. Br ow ley, Esq. Charles Brown, Esq. W. Baker, Esq. John Butler, Esq. William Baker, Jun., Esq. John Burnell, Esq. Hon. P. Bouverie G. Borritt, Esq. Hon. Craven Berkeley, M.P. Jahn Ivatt Briscoe, Esq. , M.P. Edward North Button, Esq. John Bond, Esq. William Bird, Esq. S. Boddie ton Esq. George Bird, Esq . , Wi lliam Coates, Esq. S amuel Chard, Esq. Jesse Cullum, Esq. John Collett, Esq. William Crawford, Esq., M.P. Moines Cunningtoo, Esq. William Clay EA. AL P. Alfred Chevvn e ' t o " Alexander Crow, E. • Will William Colli ns E sq , M. P. C ke Dr. Com:: , ' Esq. I, lm P. ampbell, Esq., 111. Clar Eq Peter Clar ke k, , Ess. Esq.S. J. Clarke, Esq. Crofts, Esq. W. Chippendale, Esq. Robert Davi es Esq. T. S . Duncom'be, Esq., M.P. W. J. D en i son , E sq., M.P. E. Div e tt, Esq., M.P. Thomas D eane , Esq. J. Dixon, Esq. Right Hon. Ed. Ellice, M .P. Edward Ellice, Esq., M.P. Wynn Ellice, Esq., Sir De Lacy Evans, M.P. G. W. 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Sir Charles Lemon, Bart. M.P ,John Lains on , E sq . I Robert M'William, Esq. Hugh M'Diarmid.Esq. David M'Ewen, Esq. John M‘Leod, Esq. , William May, Esq. Thomas Mears, Esq. IThomaz Marriott, Esq. Henry Wm. Masters, Esq. Hon. L. Mostyn Henry Merceron, Esq. Wm. Nicholson, Esq. R. P. Nicholson, Esq. R. Nicholson, Esq. John Thomas Morris, Esq. Richard Nelmes, Esq. Hon. J. Ponsonby, M.P. Mark Phillips, Esq., M.P. James Pascal], Esq. . James Pattison, Esq., M.P. Peter Patterson, Esq. Henry Patten, Esq. John Price, Esq. Samuel Palmer, Esq. Richard Pugh, Esq. E. W. Pendarves, Esq., M.P. J. G. Pitcher, Esq. Joseph Phelps, Esq. T. M. Parrot, Esq. , Hugh Parnell, Esq. Gilbert Pouncey, Esq. George Rennie, Esq. Henry Revell, Esq. A. W. Robarts, Esq. D. S. Richardson, Esq. Rev. Dr. Read Lord William Russell, M.P. John Robertson, Esq. John Roskill, Esq. Alexander F. Ridgway, Esq. Jeremiah Rosher, Esq. T. H. Riches, Esq. Wm. Surridge, Esq. Walter Scott, Esq. Sir W. Stirling, Bart. 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Tickets, One Guinea each, may be had from the Stewards ; and by them at No. 3, Cleveland-row, St. James's. Ladies' Tickets for the Boxes may also be had by the Stewards. The Electors of Middi-sex, wishing still further to mark in the strongest manner their admiration and grateful sense of the Manly conduct and well-tried consistent principles which have distinguished his Parliamentary career for a period of fifty years, and the high esteem and affection they entertain for his charac ter, have determined to present to him upon this occasion a Piece of Plate, with an Inscription, which may record to posterity their sentiments towards a faithful and honest Representative. • Subscriptions for the Plate will be received by-- Messrs. Hammersley, Bankers, Pall-mall. • John Butler, Esq., No. 6, John's-terrase, Hackney -road. F. Sherbourne, Esq., Bedfont. John Clark, Esq. Brentford. Thomas Henry Riches, Esq., Uxbridge. Charles S. Butler, Esq. ; the Lodge, Upper Clapton. John Stock, Esq., Poplar. Or by SAMUEL CHARLES WHITBREAD, Treasurer. 39, A LBE11.; FILE-STREET, DILLY. SIGHT AND HEARING.—TES'FINIO - ALS on tke Messrs. S. and B. SOLOMONS newly rEreaTpaevo!ssiVlSlßLE OPERATIVE 'nvente , SPEC 1.A .;:d 1 VOICE C°Npr in C u ' is James Blundell, Dal , 51. D. ‘s I have nov tried far some time the Messrs. olornons" aewly , nvented Spectacle Lense., and have experience l much benefit ; they are far preferable to my vision than any other Lens ; the relief is very gre a t, in particular by candle_light, and in , course of use for a length ofcime the clearness of the transparenc y brings every object very gismict ; they can be fully appreciated only by those who, like Inyselk may stand in need of them , . JAMES BLUNDELL, M.D. "No I, Great George-street, Wr stminster." We, the undersigned, have been for some time making use of hessrs. Solomons' fewlv inventeo Spectacle Lenses; the astonishing c C hat hey afl or d t o i mper f ect v i s i on g i ves t h em t h e d ec id e d pre fe r . nce to every other kind of Lens—the clearness of the transparency br ings every object very, distinct, and enables individuals to view the M ost vninute particle with perfect accuracy. They are particularly hleas.int by candle light, as they appear cooling to the sight, and often bright and brilliant lights ! George G. Sigmund, Esq M.D . '24, Dover-street. T. J. Pettigrew, Esq., ELLS., M.D., Saville-row. J. Itaresbotham, Esq., M.D., Broad.street-buildings il.Colburn, Esq.. M.D., 20, Harleyford-place, Kennington. C. Shillito, Esq., M.D., Brighton. S. D. Robinson, Esq., M.D., Cheltenham. E. H. Anima, Esq, .),, Wallingford. R. 11. Lucas, Esq. , M D., Exeter. Alexander Farquhar, Esq., Surgeon, 70, Cadoean-plane, Belgrave square. lA. White, Esq., Surgeon, 3, Parliament-street. n ri Hooper, Esq., Surgeon, *, 9, Newington-place, Ken n i ng t on V. Dayylish, Esq Esq., S u rg e Surgeonn, lslewor Denmth. . Engark-hill. . ' Noble Elwyn, Esq., Surgeon, 30, Albemarle street Daldy, Esq., Surgeon, 33, New Broad-street. Ale:srs Gri ff iths and Duncan, Surgeons, 3, Leadenhall_street. rl 'EaTin. Esq.. Surgeon, 50, Parliament-street. A. Barklemore, Esq.. Surgeon, Charlotte-street, Bloomsbury, C. Higliana , Esq., Surgeon, 40, Davies-street, Berke ey.square A. Stoddart, Esq., Surgeon, 32, Golden-square. FHigham, Esq., Surgeon, '27u, ltegcnt_atrect junally, Esq.. Surgeon, Camden Town. W. Jones, Esq., Surgeon, 15, Lower Brook-street, Grosvenor-square John Comely, Esq., Surgeon, 40, Groat Alie-street R. J. Poll•;ek, Esq., Surgeon, Kensington. and Nason, Esq., Surgeon, N uneaton, W arw i ckshire. T. Brown, Esq,, Surgeon, Berkhatnpstead. Henry Hamilton, Esq.. Surgeon, Langharne, Carmartkenshire. etc. &c. &c. In pacing the abcne List of Testimonials before the Public, the Messrs , Solon-ions, Opticiansand Aurists state that their INVISIBLE OP ERATIVE VOICE CONDUCT Ott , be which thousands of Deat Persons have been greatly benefited, is not larger than a seven-shilling Vrece, arid when fixed into the cavil y of the ear is soft and easy, and not more uncomfortable nor perceptible than having a piece of wool in its place. By its use the faintest whisper at a public assembly is heard with distinctness. These important new inventions are patronised by their Majesties the King and Queen or Hanover, and their Royal Highnesses the Princesses Augusta and Sophia, her Serene Highness the Princess I:siert:lay, the Princesses Mary a nd R osa, an d t h e i r G races the Dukes -if Devonshire and Manchester, &c. &c. 99, Albemarle-street, In consequence of the gross imposition in the Country It is times. nary to state that no Travellers arc employed by the above Estab. liftmen t. _ _ ..... From Dr. F. H. RA MSBOTHAM. •' I have examined the Messrs. S. and B. Solomon's Newly invented Spectacle Lenses. and I very much a prove nt them. (Signed) "F. cf. RA MSBOTH AM, M. I)., New Broad street.' FOR THE TEETH AND GUMS. ROWLAND'S ODONTO. or PEARL DENTIFRICE, A VEG.F.TAIIILE WHITE P YER, composed of the most rare Ingredient , , Is a never-failing remedy for every disease to which the Teeth and Gums t are liable, rendering the former exceedingly white and uni. form • while to the latter (b e i ng an A nt i -Sco r butic) it imparts beautiful healthy red ; removes Tartar from the Teeth ; preserves the Enamel; and prevents Gum Boils; shards an agreeable fra grance t• the breath ; cleanse, Artificial Teeth, and Isrevents them changing colour ; it is also extremely pleasant to the mouth after l'eters sr taking Medicine, Price 4s. 9cl. per box, duty included. ROWLAND'S ALSAN A EXTRACT Immediately relieves the most violent Tooth Ache, Gum Boils, ewelled Face. kc. ; it is al • an excellent Stomachic, in cases if Fla tulency, Spasmodic A tfection , , and gives instantaneous relief. Price .s. ss. FA, and 10s. rd. per brittle. k -4 7- Notice —The Name and Addres s o f t h e Propriews A. 11.0 LAND & SON, 20, HA 1"l'ON GA RISEN, LONDON , fi ire engraved en the Government Stamp, which is pasted on each ; also print, on t..e wrapper in winch thi s ar ti c l e i s enclosed I red, • a , • Be sure ,o ask for " ROWLAND'S," lay therm, and by respectable Perfumers and Me icine Venders. " Nocet empty dolore voluptas."—Ho R. VOR the greatest ameliorations of civilized life, , , we are indebted to the modern division of attention and 'annur in the various pursuits of society, and in none have its be_ nefits been so nianifest as in the healing art. Early convinced o f thi s great truth, MESSRS. GOSS and Co., Members of the Royal College of Surgeons iti London, have for twenty-five years confined their attention to the successful treatment of a few prevalent com plaints, viz., ther the general and , oral debilities of both the sexes. whe. `her arisi ng from the solitary indulgence which a ton highly inflamed e nagiitation brings likea destroying fiend over the constitution, the in ind, and the affections of youth ; or from .., long residence in hot ch. m ates, excessive drinking, or any other baneful indulgence; and from their daily experience they can with confidence °fret a restoration of the debilitated to vigorous health. Married females of a pure and affectionate disposition, whose " fondest hope" has been painfully defe rred, may learn with consolation that perseverance in a proper !ernecilal course, will renovate general health, and remove hidden impediments to maternal happiness, An i t disorder, however inveterate, as also Gonorrhoea, 'Meet, and Stricture, inay be removed without material restraint in diet or exercise. _er.SSItS. GOSS and Co. are to be consulted every day at their ! hence ; and Patients in the remotest parts of the country can !!!. treatedi m mediately successfully on transmitting their report, which will be 12nediately answered; their letters must minutely describe the e ase,.... and contain a remittance tor Advice and Medicine, which ‘_,!... be forwarded to any , part of the world however distant. No nunculty can oecur, as the Medicines wilt be securely packed ,. and arefully protected from observation. GOSS and CO. (M. R. C. Surgeons), 7, Laricaste DI c Strand, London . .40 ust priblislied (Twenty third Editiho'n)l e i;, THE 7EGIS OF 01E, a familiar commentary on th nEI ANA, addressed exclusively to the e ris ' o m " a re e Sex.-3d , 11-1 4 E I LI; : PrilLIS u, a Treatise on Lues Venerea, &e. May be had 123. Paternoster-row, Loudon; arid of ' a n ir tha" ' ea ch Bookseller. (PriCe 5$ 'lPii No. 14.816. / -7 N‘. the present time, which must delay the opening to the end of the Summer instead of Spring. The works of the station at Bristol, including the viaduct and offices, are rapidly advancing ; but at Bath, the causes I have referred to, have prevented, till within a few days, anything more than the commencement of the approaches. Between these two extremities all the principal works—the tunnelling—the cutting, and the embankments, are so far com pleted that, had the weather permitted it, the ballasting and permanent rails would have been by this time in a very forward state. The excavation of the tunnels is every where opened throughout, and the only work remaining to be done to them consists of the formation of the permanent drains, and the finishing of detached parts of masonry, which in the general progress of the work had been injured or condemned, and the completion of one of the tunnel fronts ; and a few weeks will complete every thing but the permanent rails ; but many parts of the line, long since prepared, have not been in a state to allow of men or horses passing over them without destroying that portion of the forming which the rains had allowed to be completed ; so that not more than about 2i miles of ballasting have been actually finished. Between Bath and Box the works have proceeded tolerably well • but the diversion of the turnpike and o th er roa d s re . quired in this valley, has necessarily been attended with some considerable difficulties and delay. In the Box Tunnel the increase of water has much impeded the progress of the works, but the three additional shafts have been sunk, and from two of them the excavations for the tunnel are commenced, so that the general rate of progress of the whole will shortly be much accelerated. About 1,900 yards run, or nearly two-thirds of the whole length, are excavated ; and of this quantity 580 yards have been formed within the,last six months ; 1,220 yards remaining to be completed. Immediately beyond Box the works are proceeding as satis factorily as can be expected. Din ing 'the winter the operations have been principally confined to the formation of deep gullets through the entire length of the cuttings, so as to afford the means of excavating very large quantities when the finer season will allow of its being formed into embankments. A considerable slip occurred at the face of the embankment, which threatened to cause great delay, but measures are being taken to pass beyond it, so as to allow the loose part to dry before it is again raised to the full height. At Chippenham the works have proceeded well, but in the neighbourhood of Wootton Basset, such have been the effects of the weather, that it is probable that time and expense might have been ulti mately saved by totally suspending the works during the last autumn and winter. The quantity of work done during this period has been so li mited, that it would have required a few weeks only of sum. mer weather to form the same extent of earthw ,irk in a more sub stantial manner, without incurring the same risk of future delays iu theprogress of the contracts, from the slipping of earth-work excavated and thrown into embankment in a wet state. Arrange ments are now making for redeeming, as far as possible, the time which has been lost, by prosecuting the works by the use of locomotive engines, and other means, with every possi ble vigour and despatch during the coming season. Upon the London division of the line, the natare and the state of the works have rendered the effects of the weather somewhat less injurious. The extension of the line to the Reading station is nearly complete ; the permanent rails will be finished in the course of the next month, and this part of the line may then be opened. Beyond Reading and up to Dudcot, a distance of 17i miles, the ballasting is completed, with the exception of two short lengths, together about 2 miles, which may require six weeks more. The difficulty of procuring ballast for this part has been very great ; the ground purchased for this purpose being under water, and it being necessary to re sort to dredging in the river to obtain gravel. The laying of the permanent rails is in a forward state, a single line being laid for about 15 miles of the distance, upon which the mate rials for th e secon d li ne are carr i ed and distributed at all parts, so that this work will proceed rapidly. Beyond Dudcot, great exertions had been made to complete the line for opening to a point near Farringdon, simultaneously with the opening to Reading ; and there can be no doubt that this might have been accomplished during the month of May, probably even in April, had the season permitted it. A few weeks will complete the earthwork ; and preparations are making for ballasting. If no further delays should now occur from the indirect consequences of the late wet season, the opening to Farringdon may be cal culated upon in the month of June or beginning of July ; but although the embankments and cuttings are very slight, in this part of th e line, they will require dry wea th er before they can be ballasted. The further opening to Swindon will, also -neces sarily have been delayed; but may still be looked for in the course of this year. Upon that part of •the line between London and Twyford; now open to the public, the works and the perManent rails have generally stood well. Some slips have occurred, have been very slight and superficial, and have been confined entirely to the slopes of the cuttings ; and no injury has occurred to any of the embankments or to the works. A violent storm of wind has lately determined the period of the removal of the centres of the Maidenhead Bridge, which, according to my original direc tions, were not to have been taken away until after the winter, but which had been left perfectly free. The bridge is in every respect in excellent condition. The stability of the permanent way has been severely tried during the last autumn; and it is very satisfactory to find that, during this • period, the cost of maintenance has been very moderate ; being, on the average of the last half year, only 51. 18s. per mile per week. At this cost the road has been kept generally in very excellent order; and except at two points, where large springs of water have lately, for the first time, suddenly appeared, for which proper drainage had not been prepared, no difficulty has been expe rienced. I am, Gentlemen, Your most obedient servant, I. To the Direct ors o f t h e G reat W estern RailK. BRUNEL.way. LONDON, THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 1840. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, March 4, 1840. THE PRINCIPAL OFFICERS of HER MAJESTY'S ORDNANCE do hereby give notice that a quantity of GREAT COATS, Junk, Paper, Hides, Chairs, Tools, Cast-iron Pipes, and Trucks ; Bread Waggons with covers, Wheels, Axle-tree Arms for ditto ; Park Pickets, Barrows, Mauls, Triangle Gyns, Fellies, Oak Tops, Arras Rails, Oak Slab, Fire-wood, and three Stacks of Hay, will be SOLD by PUBLIC AUCTION, in the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, on THURSDAY, the 19th March, 1840, at Eleven o'Clock in the forenoon precise]). May viewed, from Ten to Four o'Clock, a week previous to the day of sale. Catalogues may be had at the Ordnance Office, Pall-mall, Tower:of London, Royal Arsenal, Woolwich. By order of the Board, R. BYSHAM, Secrettiry. CZ of the Pro) rietore, and the Directors have cheerfully acceded in this instance to a suggestion made, of having both the Report and the Accounts printed and distributed to the Proprietors on the morning of the meeting, for the purpose of giving them the best opportunity of considering any matter to be discussed, when they assemble to express their sentiments on the general interests of the undertaking. CHARLES RUSSELL, Chairman. GENERAL STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS AND PAY MENTS TO 31st DECEMBER, 1839. Amount received on account of Capital, viz. d. Advance on f u t ure I nsta l ments Calls on wh o l e s h ares 1,620,605 0 0 `23,609 0 0 ~~~ Calls on Half-Shares Advance on future Instalments ... 339,920 0 0 10,005 0 0 CONTRACT FOR SUPPLYING STORES FOR CON• VICTS ON BOARD HULKS. 1,994,130 0 0 SUCH Persons as are desirous of Tendering for the supply of Bread, Meat, Beer, Oatmeal, Cheese, Salt, Coals, Candles, Oil, Soap, Clothing, and Bedding, for the use of Convicts on board the Hulks at Portsmouth, Chat ham, Devonport, and Woolwich, may obtain forms of Ten der by application on board either of the Hulks, or to the Superintendent of Convicts, at No. 15, Lambeth-terrace, Sur rey, where samples may be inspected. Tenders (on Printed Forms only), duly signed by the Parties and the Persons offering to become their Securities, to be deli vered sealed up and addressed to the Superintendent, marked " Tender to supply Provisions for Convicts," on o r b e f ore Twelve o'clock on TUESDAY, the 17th day of March, 1840. ♦mount received on Debentures for Loans ............ 169,640 0 0 for Registration Fees, &c 1,083 11 • 6 for Which bei ng deducted nterest I, from Interest ents, on lk Loans 74,414 13 6 --- Leaves a B a l ance of 52,250 12 6 Charged in l ast H alf-year ' s Expenditure 9,127 a 9 Amount shown in Expenditure of current 4,3,122 19 9 Half-year Amount f. r Balance of Coaching Revenue to 31st Dec. .1839 . ST. PAUL, COVENT-GARDEN Feb. 26, 1840. , The Committee of Management of this parish, hereby give notice that they will meet in the Vestry-room, on Tuesday, the 17th day of March next, at six of the clock inthe afternoon, to receive and consider PROPOSALS, and enter into CON TRACTS for PAVING and REPAIRING the CARRIAGE WAYS and FOOT WAYS, 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 in habitants. 70,434 3 6 3,916,570 II 0 PAYMENTS. Expenses before th e A ct to October, 1835, as per Statement 89,197 11 3 Payments to 31st December, 1835 4,322 1 to 30th June, 1836.. 92,512 9 6 to 31st December, 258,470 13 4 to 30th June, 1837 316,500 3 9 to 31st December. 1837 650,073 17 to 30th June, 1838 . 578.592 4 1 to 31st December, 1838 617,937 7 9 to 30th June, 1839 •• 479,334 2 3 PAYMENTS from the 30th J une t o 31 6 t December, 1839. Land and Compensation Contracts for Works. Stations, &c ..• 399,491 2 3 Permanent Way, including Timber Con tract, Iron Rails, Screws, Felt, and other Materials, Haulage, Tools, Lighterage, Cartage, and Labour Locomotive Engines, Carriages, Waggons, &c. Engineering, Surveyors, &c. ... . • Advertisements, Printing, &c Travelling Expenses Land Valuers, Purchasing Land Law Charges, Conveyancing, and Costs of Titles Mpof Railway Lin n e Parliamentary Expenses Office Expenses, Direction, Salaries, Post age, &c. Account of Experiments by Mr. Wood Bllanee of interest on Loans • The Contractors to give security, and pay the expenses of the bond and contracts at the time their tenders are accepted. Printed proposals, to be filled up by persons willing to con tract, may be had at the. Vestry Clerk's office (adjoining the Church ), where such proposals will be received at any time before the meeting. The Committee do not bind themselves to accept the lowest tender, nor in the event if money being offered for the Dust, do they pledge themselves to accept the highest proposal. JOHN CLARK, Vestry Clerk, and Clerk to the Committee. 83,359 2 9 11,639 b b 13,933 11 6 AUSTRALIAN PACKET SHIPS. The Ship THERESA, of 650 Tons burden, WAL TER YOUNG (late H.C.S.) Commander, will Sail from sn the 15th,Gravesend and from Plymouth the 23d March, di rect for PORT‘PHILLIP and SYDNEY. The Ship LADY CLARKE, of 600 Tons burden, ALEXANDER LAWRENCE, Commander, will leave Gravesend on th e 12 t h , an d Pl ymout h the 20th April, direct ter SYDNEY. 173 9 241 18 7 2,770 4 8 2,663 7 5 152 5 0 2,464 16 3 The teak-ship MARY ANNE, of 800 tons burden, will sail from Gravesend on the 10th, and from Plymouth the 18th May, direct for SYDNEY. These are first-class ships, have Poops, and the highest order of accommodations for Cabin, Intermediate, and Steerage Pas sengers ; are liberally fitted and supplied with Provisio , is, &c. of the choicest quality ; carry experienced Surgeons; and never deviate (wind and weather permitting) from the day appointed for sailing. A regular succession of the finest and best equipped ships are despatched, on fixed days, with strict punc tuality, every month during the year, proceeding alternately to PORT PHILLIP and SYDNEY, and SYDNEY direct. All particulars may be known, on application to Mr. JOHN MARSHALL, 26, Birchin-lane, Cornhill. N.B.—These Ship s l oa d at the New Jetty, London Docks. 4,052 0 6 111 9 0 43,122 19 9 3,765,499 15 8 £153 REVENUE ACCOUNT, from Ist JULY to ; CEMBER, 1839. _ ,070 19 4 31st DE IPer Cent age on Traffic. 7.252 :Dr. d, TO Maintenance of Way between Lon don and Twyford Tb Locomotive Account, viz.:-- ;Coal, Coke, Repairs, Wages to Dri vers, Firemen, &c. Oil, Tallow, and Incidental Expenses 12,431 3 2 To Carrying Account, viz. : Wagea to Guards and Conductors, Police, Messengers, and Porters,. . Clntbing, Repairs of Carriages, Oil,, Tallow &c. 'IO Disbursements)Disbursements for RePairs, and Al ' terations of Stations, &c 4lO 15 3 'lO Compensation, Returns, and Allow • I ancee"- - -- " 2O 0 9 To Government Duty for Mileage 3,405 18 5 To Rates and Taxes 971 10 9 To General Charges, viz.:— ' Superintendents' and Clerks' Sala ries, Advertising, Printing, Sta tionery, and Sundries, including Travelling Expenses CALAMITOUS FIRE' WHEREAS on Monday ni g ht l as t, th e 2d Inst., the whole of the Printing Office of Mr. WIL LIAM JOHNSTON, situate in Lovel's-court, Paternoster-row, tpgether with the Presses, Printing Materials, and Paper, on the Premises, was totally Destroyed by Fire, and such was the rapidity with -winch the flames proceeded ' , thlkt , 110 t-a• vestige could be saved—leaving Mr. Johnston, who is Uninsured, en tirely Destitute : A . Subscription has been opened, (in order to enable him to re-commence Business,) by a few Friends who, sympathizing with him in his loss, take this opportunity of appealing to the feeling and liberality of a generous Public. Subscriptions will be Received by the following Gentlemen : Rev. ALEX. FLETCHER, 8, Finsbury-circus. Mr. Ald. VENABLES, Queenhithe. Mr. GEO. VIRTUE, 26, Ivy-lane, Paternoster-row. Subscriptions already received : £ s. d. Ald. Venables, Esq. -- Beasley, Esq.... Mr. George Virtue 5 0 0 Mr. R. Clay Mr. J. Rogers... ... . ...... '2 0 0 Messrs. Rickerby and C 0.... Mr. Jos. Roberts Mr. James Grant Sundry Friends xo Balance 32,163 14 0 33,717 5 6 £65,885 19 6 11.686 GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY COM PANY. REPORT. The Directors have now the gratifying duty of presenting to the Proprietors a statement of Traffic Revenue, which, during the last half-year exhibits a most satisfactory increase of in come, and at the same time a diminished scale of expenditure in proportion to the receipts, which have amounted to 65,88.5/. 19s. 6d. The charges upon that traffic, which are shown in detail by the usual account submitted with this report, amount to 82,168/. 145., or 48.A24 per cent., leaving for the half-Bear a net profit of 33,717/. Ss. 6d. The number of oassengers conveyed by the Railway during that period was 347,542, and, from the aggregate number of miles travelled, it results that an average of 1,129 passengers have passed over the whole distance in each day during the six months in question. It seeu,s to the Directers that a very important comparison may now be fairly drawn from the working of portions only of this line during three successive periods of six months since the first opening, which will tend to show the future capabilities of the Railway. It will be in the recollection of many of the Proprietors that an arrangement for renting apart of the Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway was submitted to a General Meeting of this Company, in October 1837, and sanctioned by special resolution to that effect. A negotiation has latterly been un dertaken at the wish of the Bristol and Exeter Railway Com pany, for a similar purpose, in reference to that line 7 the ob ject being to relieve them from the unavoidable outlay for first cost of locomotive engines, carriages, &c. ; and to admit of a more simple and economical system of working the line, in connexion with the Bristol establishment for the Great Western Railway. To a proposition so reasonable in itself, the Directors have readily given their best attention ; the principle of such a treaty having been already recognised by the Proprietors, in the case of the Cheltenham line, most of the le a di ng p o i nts, as a b asis for an arrangement to ;ease the tolls for a term of years, have undergone discussion between the two Companies. It is not improbable that the circumstances under which the Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway Company are placed, may render it desirable for them to have a more general and extended agreement for the rental of their line beyond Cirencester ; as a means of insuring the completion of their Railway to Stroud, to Gloucester, and to Cheltenham. It will be for the Proprietors to determine how far it may be expedient for them to invest the Board of Directors with authority to make and carry into effect agreements with both of those Companies for the purposes contemplated. They de er v edly attach great importance to the fostering the original designs of these two undertakings, which a re ca l cu l ate d to add much to the r e v enue o f t h e Great Western line, and the Direc tors individually and collectively have spared no means to pro mote and assist their operations. A combination of two distinct Companies—the Bristol and Gloucester, and Birmingham and Gloucester Railway Com panies, has been meditated, in order to purchase up a portion of the Cheltenham line, and thereby intercept the junction of a continuous line from Cheltenham and Gloucester, through the manufacturing aistricts of Stroud with the Great Western Railway. The public importance not only to the inhabitants of those towns, but to the whole community of South Wales and Herefordshire, that a direct communication should be established by Railway with the Metropolis, must, it is presumed, prove an insuperable barrier to this scheme of defeating, for private interests alone, the main purposes for which the Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway was incorporated. That application to Parliament will be made in vain for any such powers after the objects of it shall have been made apparent, there can be little doubt, and your Directors will feel it their bounden duty upon every occasion to explain and develope those purposes, and to offer the most un compromising resistance to any such Bill, in every stage of its progress. While adverting to this topic, it is impossible not to speak in the highest terms of praise of the manly and straight forward perseverance with which the Directors of the Chel tenham and Great Westwn Union Railway have prose cuted the original plan and true interests of that undertak ing, although assailed on every side, almost from the com mencement, with an unexampled opposition of rival inter ests. The cordiality which exists between the two Boards, and the uniform firmness displayed by the Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway Company, will now, beyond doubt, effectually carry that Company through all its difficulties to a state of well-merited prosperity. The importance of a Branch Line to Oxford has not been overlooked, and the Directors having every reason to hope that the inhabitants of that city will feel their interests in carrying it into effect after the Line is opened to Steventon, has resolved to deposit plans, and give Parliamentary Notices to enable those parties to proceed with an application for a Bill in the next Session. Some small pecuniary aid for a similar purpose has been conditionally given to the inhabitants of Newbury, who ap plied for assistance, in order to deposit plans for a Branch Line to that town. By a clause introduced into the last Act of this Company, it has become necessary to revise the bye-laws relating to passen gers, in order that, they may be submitted for confirmation to one of the Judges of a Court of Record, or to the Quarter Sessions, in a modified fw m. They have received the best. attention of the Directors, and will be presented upon this oc casion to the Proprietors for their approval and adoption, in compliance with the provisions of the Act. Since the last Half-yearly Meeting of the Company, all the then unappropriated half shares have been disposed of either at par or a trifling premium ; and the Directors have much satis faction in reflecting that this additional capital requires! for the works has been thus raised without any disadvantage to the original Shareholder, in the mode of creating and distributing the new shares. The Act under which this has been accomplished permits the Company also to take up on loan an additional sum of 416,6661., if authority be given by resolution of a General Meeting of Proprietors, to borrow the sum on Debentures- —and their at tention is now drawn to that circumstance, with a view to their sanction being formally given to it, so that the Directors may avail themselves of the earliest opportunity of raising those funds, and defer for the present further calls on the half-shares. Within the last few months the Directors have had to de plore the untimely loss of their late lamented Chairman, whose many excellent qualities rendered him a most valuable col. league, and had endeared him to all who were associated in the Board of Management. His seat in the Chair has been filled by the unanimous selec tion of Charles Russell, Esq. ; and Frederick P. Barlow, Esq. residing in the neighbourhood of London, was elected a Direc tor upon his vacancy. Since that period the resignation of John Lees Casson, Esq. and Benjamin Shaw, Esq. in London, and of Henry Bush, Esq. in Bristol, and the decease of John Woolley, Esq. have taken place, to which several appointments the Directors have elected Wm. G. Hayter, Esq. M.P. for Wells, residing in London; Lord Barrington, an influential landowner residing on the lino at Shrivenham, and M.P. for Berkshire; Peter llorrocks, Esq. living in the neighbourhood of L ondon, and Joh n William Miles, Esq., a Banker at Bristol ; the three latter of whom they venture now to recommend to the Pro prietors as Candidates for re-election, together with Robert Holland, Esq., M.P., Frederick Ricketts, Esq., and John Vining, Esq., whose period of service has expired, but who, 1 being re-eligible, have declared their intention now to stand for re-election. All the accounts of Receipt and Expenditure to the 31st Dc hember, 1839, are appended to this Report, for the information .Q. 903 .04 .408 5.170 1.475 5.224 41 .824 Cr. E. s. d. By passengers 61,779 14 b 13y Merchandise... ........ 1,620 7 1 By Parcels By Carriage of Timber and 'Ma terials for the Line 1,616 12 5 By Balance brought down .33,717 5 6 By Balance of Account stated frem 4th June, 1838, to 30th June, 1839 GENERAL ABSTRACT OF EXPENDITURE. HALF-YEARLY STATEMENTS. Expenses before the Act Land and Compensation Contracts for Works —. Prrmanent Way, brr Contract, Iron Rails, Screws, Felt, and other Materials, t trainingTiles,Tanks, Tools, Lig ; terage, Cartage, and Labour Freehold Premises in Princes stn. et Locomotive Engines, Carriages, &c Engineering, Surveyors, &c. Advertisements, Print ing, &c. Travelling Expenses, &c. Land Valuers, purchas ing Land Law Charges, Convey ancing, arid Costs of Title Stamps for Debentures Parliamentary Expenses Engraved Map of the Great Western Rail. Former Hi Yearly Statements, to, June:3o,lB.'9. c d. 89,i97 11 3, 567,476 ;8 1,115,&A 15 7i 433,78 e IA 10 19,368 IS 91 150,29$ 19 51 96 ,544 12 2 way Office Expenses, Direc tion, Salarit s, Post. ages, &c. Experiments of Mr Wood and Mr.llaw :haw Balance of Interest paid on Loans 3,541 0 s 2,855 17 1 From .lunc3o, 183. to I Dec.3l, 183 X. s. d. 8,988 8 11 ... .. .......... 1.12 , ,4 6:3 12 9 3 29,491 2 3 83,359 2 9' SO 489 0 3 7,611 19 0 20,529 9 1 11,0311 6 51 13,933 11 (3 173 9 I 341 It 71 4,770 4 6 2,663 7 51 2,464 16 31 745 7 162 B 01 27,719 5 bl 4,052 0 01 20140 I "91 111 0 01 9,127 12 9 43,122 19 9', TOTA L X. .. d. 89,197 11 3 679,E60 11 0 2,015,345 17 10 524,141 10 7 l ~ ' ri~ BRITISH INSTITUTION, PALL MALL. The GALLERY for the EXHIBITION and SALE of the WORKS o: BRITISH ARTISTS IS OPEN DAILY from Ten in the Morning until Five in the Evening. Admission Is. ; Catalogues Is. WILLIAM BARNARD, Keeper. itrILES and EDWARDS f ee l i t necessary ~ViL to inform the Nobility and Gentry that their new and unequal DESIGNS for the present Season in CHINTZ, as well as BROCADES, &c., can be seen only at their Up holstery Ware-rooms, No. 134, Oxford-street, near Holies street. 19,30 15 9 161,933 4 10 100,471.1 4 3 9,7;4 9 4 3,047 13 $ 11,70, 11 7 3 , 052 7 8 7,611 19 0 '28,094 i 4 827 12 5 3%770 i 2,951 11 9 52,250 12 6 -I --- - 1,086,940 10 91678,559 4 11 LOAKS, PALLETOTS, WIT CHOURAS, VELVET SHAWLS, and MANTLES. —One of the richest and most elegant variety of these luxurious envelopes is now displayed at MERRINGTON'S, 154, NEW BOND-STREET. Carriage Travelling Cloaks of Silk Velvet, lined tiiroughont•and tritnmed with Fur, Three Guineas and a Half each. 'Black and Fancy Silk• Cloaks, for the Opera, Promenade, and general Evening wear, 455. each. • • Silks,- Satins, and Silk. Velvets, several thousand pieces of the richest Foreign and;Spitalfields •Silks, , atone-third less than the usual price. Some few pieces' that are •a little out of good con dition from the dust caused by the alteration, will be sold at less than half Price; NETTING, BUNTING, and SCRIMS for FRUIT TREES. " We understand from some of our friendly horticultural ac quaintance, that wherever bunting screens have been employed the wall fruit has set in the finest manner ; hence, we again re commend this fabric in preference to any other."—Bell's New Weekly Messenger, May 10, 11135. BENJAMIN EDGINGTON. Marquee, Tent, Flag, and Rick Cloth Manufacturer. 2, Duke street, London-bridge, has for SALE superior NETTING and BUNTING FOR FRUIT TREES, in any quantity. A Warehouse at 208, Piccadilly. _ Temporary Rooms and Marquees on hire, with boarded floors for Dancing. Flags and Banners in Silk or Bunting. THE FREQUENT ROBBERIES OF PLATE. CAUTION. It having been represented to RIPPON and BURTON that everal persons are vending a spurious metal as their NICKEL SILVER BRITISH PLATE, they assure the Public that the Genuine Article can only be had at their Warehouses, 12, Arells-street, Oxford-street. The Nickel Silver British Plate _ _ nanufacttrred by Rippon and Burton, is, by a chemical process, rendered superior to any other so called, in appearance and durability; it is equal to silver; all the articles being solid and of wrought material, they improve with use, and are war ranted to stand the test of that strong acid aquafortis. The ollowing prices are named as a criterion : s. d. 1 s. d Table Spoons and Forks, full . . King's Pattern Table Spoons - size, with fiddle handles, and Forks, full size, per per dozen I)essert do. lO 0 Do. Dessert, do. do., per lea Spoons, per dozen 5 0 dozen 25 A Otavey Spoons, each 4 0 Do. Tea, do. do. do l2 0 Fish Knives, each Butter Knives 2 0 Do. Fish Knives, o. Salt and Mustard Spoons .... 0 6 Do. Salt and Mustard Spoons, :•otip Ladles. ... 6 6 do 1 3 sauce Ladles 6 Do. Soup Ladles, do l3 0 sugar Tongs, each fdbie Candlesticks, per pair 1-1 0 Do. Suga - : Tongs, do. Chamber ditto, complete, Decanter Stands, chased each 9 6 edges, per pair Cruet Frames, Shell Mount. Snuffers do 4 6 ins Bread Baskets, Tea and Coffee Sets to match, &c. Purchasers are recommended to apply, post paid, for a Cata logue, which can be forwarded for a single postage. 3,765.499 13 R. DAVIS'S RESTORATIVE MIX TURE FOR GOUT AND RHEUMATISM. One or two doses of this Mixture immediately relieves the most severe pain with the greatest safety; this great change from extreme pain to ease and comfort, is produced by the mild and specific effect of this Nle.licine on the general functions, without producing any con , titutional distu r b ance: it s extraordinary efficacy is remarkable and universally acknowledged ; likewise in painful affections of the Nerves of the Head and Face, the effects are equally astonishing. Church-street, Edmonton, Feb. 1, 18411. Sts,—Having been afflicted with Gout for several years, and having tried various remedies and medicines, I at last took Dr. Davis's Mixture, and do assure you that I never experienced relief so quick and complete before, the second dose relieving me inva riably, and improving my strength, not weakening me in the slightest degree, as other gout medicines always did. I advised some friends of mine, equally afflicted, who have received simil ar re li e f , an d I strongly recommend all who are afflicted with Gout to take Dr. Davis's Mixture as the quickest, best,• and safest remedy for this very painful disease. You may use this letter that others (which is my sincere wish) may avail themselves of the same remedy. I am, Sir, obediently yours, WM. HIORNS. Sold in bottles at 2s. Dd. an d 4 s. 6d for the Proprietor by Edwards, 67, St. Paul's Church-yard, London; Shillitoe, Tottenham; and by most Booksellers and respectable Vendors in the Kingdom. Mil. COCKLE'S Lmus PATRONIZ FAMILY ANTlisi- PILLS. CD BY THY Bishop of Norwich Bishop of Salisbury Bishop of Peterborough Bishop of Ely Bishop of Gloucester Bishop of Chichester Bishop of Worcester Bishop of Hereford Bishop of St. Asaeh Bishop of Bangor Bishop of Llandaff Bishop of Calcutta Right Hon. J. A. Murray, L ,ord Advocate of Scistland Right Hon. P.Thomson,M. P. Hon. Sir Edward Cust, K.C.H Hon. Fox Maule , M.P. Hon. Colonel Anson ,M.P. Sir Henry Wheatley, G.C.H. Sir I. rancis Burdett, Bart., M.P. Sir Gerard Noel, Bart., M.P. Sir Robert Grant, Bart. Sir Henry Blake, Bart. Sir Same lFludyer, Bart. Sir Andrew Agnew, Bart. Sir Robert Buxton, Bart. Sir John Forbes, Bart. Sir Philip B. V. BroketlC.C.B. Sir John de Beauvoir, Bart. Sir John Tyrell, Bart., M.P. Sir Henry Smyth, Bart., M.P. Sir Mathew Wood, Bart., M.P. Sir Frederick Pollock, M.P. Sir John Macdonald, K.C.8., Adjutant-General Sir Thomas B Mash, LB. James B. Wildman, Esq., ham Castle Col. Delap, Stoke Park, Surrey Colonel Tynte, M.P. Colonel Sibthorp, M.P. Captain Pechell, M.P. S. Grove Price, Esq. Matthias Attwood, Esq., M.P Alderman Thompson, M.P. Charles Walker, Esq., M.P. Mr. Serjeant Talfourd, M.P. Mr. Serjeant Wilde, M.P. Mr. Serjeant Ludlow S. Grove Price, Esq., M.P. Rev. Archdeacon of Colchester Rev. I)r. French, Cambridge Reverend Dr. Benson Reverend Dr. Burney Reverend Dr Birch Reverend Dr. Miller Robert Renwick, Esq., M.D. C. Waddy, Esq.,late M.P., Dub lin Duke of Gi afton Duke of M,iichoster Duke of At Duke of Beaufort Duce of Rutland Duke of Buccleuch DckeelSitthailand Di ke of Devonsh:i e NEI qui> of Lansdowne Marquis of avistock Marqui , of Ailesbury Marquis of Illandlord 11Iarq:lis of Winchester Marqu:s of Anercorn Marquis o. Normanby Ear of Eldon Ear of Harrowby Ear of Mint° Ear of Ca, nal vo Ear of Errol Ear of Mount( ashe Ear of Darlington Ear Kit.noul Ear of Guildford Ear of 3carlymough Ear of Oxford Ear of Thanet ' Ear of Athlone Eat of Itoscommosi Ear Cowry! . Ear Amherst • Ear of Leicester Viscount Melbourne ' Viscount Palmerston Viscount How Irk Viscount Fordwich Viscount Tort ington Viscount Canning Viscount Alford Viscount Acheson Lord Arundel Lord Ernest Bruce Lord R edes,lale Lord Hill Plunkot Lord Murray Lord Bentinca Lord Fitzroy Lord Middleton Lord Barham Lord Frederick Gordon Lord Willoughby de Eresby Lord Kinnaird Lord Seymour ...ord Hartland Lord Western Lord Archbishop of Armagh Bishop of Durham Bishop of Chester Bishop of Bath and Wells And Numerous Families of the highest Respectability. In all cases of Indigestion and Weakness of .Stomach —in Gout, Flatulency and Spasms—in Bilious or Sick Headache —in Disordered I iver—in Nervous Irritability—and as a Family Aperient, the supe. rior efficacy of these Pills is too well known to require comment. They are prepared by Mr. JAMES COCKLE, Surgeon Extraortli nddi.c.l4n.e. lie., and Venders nary to Her Se r en e Hi g h ness the LANDGRAVINE et liEssE HOMBURG, and may be had of aH respectahl. in Town and Country, in Boxes,at Is. NO., 2s. 2.2.5. Pills may also be had SILVERED, which renders them tasteless, without at all interfering with ioh eirMeclieinal effects. They are admirably adapted for those Persons who have an aversion Medicine. ',NEW O S moND-11TRILET. BERFORD.IOW,LONDON. ; 1 "- A1 '; V. •••• - - r , , a 215 • ' 41./P 0 - , 4., • , , • ; • • • st, *lir" '"e 401 4 . _ , - r . • • . •4 W•• •4` . • , . "127.41; , ; 0* : 411 Pr • Of D OYAL BANK Capital, 1,000,000, ii Deposit bi. DIAIC ,2e;; PRICE sd. RITISH COLONIAL BANK AND LOAN COMPANY. Office, 13, St. Swithin's-lane, Lornhard-street. Capital 1,000,0001., in 25,000 Shares of 401. each. Deposit 51. per Share. DIRECTORS. The Right Hon. Sir R. Wilmot Horton, Bart., Chairman. The Right Hon. Thomas P. Courtenay, Deputy Chairman. Sir William de Bathe, Part. Geo.AlfredMuskett,Esq.,M. P. Robert John Bunyon, Esq. !Sir Francis Shuckburgh, Bart. Sir Herbert Compton iWilliam Sloane, Esq. Andrew Tucker Follett, Esq. ;James Stewart, Esq., M.P. Colonel Sir William Gossett 'John Shewell, Esq. M. A. Geldsmid, Esq. , Thomas Teed, Esq. Sir J. De Csourcy Laffan, Bt. BANKERS —The Commercial Bank of London, 3, Moorgate street, Bank. SomcsToßs—Messrs. Adlingt on , Gregory, Faulkner, and Follett. SE CRETARY —William Wright, Esq. The objects of this Company are to make Loans upon good securities, and eventually to undertake Banking and Agency Business in the Australasian Colonies; and the Directors, from various sources of intelligence, are confirmed in their opinion that these transactions may be conducted with all the safety and advantage they originally contemplated. The Deed of Settlement is now ready for signature, at the office of the Company. Considerable subscriptions have been already received, and a large number of Shares are reserved for the Colonies; but the Directors will be ready to receive applications for the remain ing unappropriated Shares reserved for "this country. Prospectuses and all other necessary information may be ob tained of the Secretary, at the office of the Company. Deposits of 21. per Sh are, to accompany eac h application, may be paid in London to the Commercial Bank of London, 3, \loorgate-street, Bank ; and to the principal Joint-stock Banks and their branches throughout the country. FORM OF APPLICATION. Date To the Directors of the British Colonial Bank, and Lean Com. pany, No. 13, St. Swithin's-lane ; London. Gentlemen—l request yon will assign to me Shares in the British Colonial Bank and Loan Company ; having, in terms of the Prospectus, paid into the the sum of Pounds, or 2/. per Share, to be applied in part payment of the first Deposit, in the event of this appli cation being complied with either in whole or in part, such Shares to be holden as stated in the Prospectus, upon the rules and regulations of the Deed of Settlement, I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant. OF AUSTRALIA 20,000 Shares of eaeh. per Share. .TORS. Benjamin Rey& Esq. Alexander Cockburn, Esq. Thomas Meux, Esq. William P. Craufurd, Esq. George Webster, Esq. John Connell, Esq. John W. hatherlaud, Esq. John Mitchell, Esq. STANIIIra COVINSEL. Peter Laurie, Esq. SOLICYTORS. Messrs. Parke* and Webster, 13, New Boswell Court. Messrs. Johnston and Farquhar, 32, New Broad-street. BANKYR.S. Union Bank of London, ifoorgate-street, Lothbury; and Argyle-place, Regent -street. Edinburgh--National Bank of Scotland. Leith--Edinburgh and Leith Bank. Glasgow—Western Bank of Scotland. Greenock—Greenock Bank. Aberdeen—Town and County Bank. Arbroath—Arbroath Banking Company. Dumfries—Southern Bank of Scotland. Ayr—Ayrshire Banking Company. 'The object of the Company it for the transaction of all Banking business at SYDNEY, LAUNCESTON, ADE LAIDE, PORT PHILIP, and soils other places as the Di rectors may deem advisable • and it is intended to a ppl y , as f ar as possible, th e system which has proved so successful in Scot land. . The extraordinary , . progress which the Australasian Colonies. hive made Within the fast 'fiftw years, the 'continued flow of cnii- . gtatioir toWirds then,, &tether with the high value of.,monoy there, call for an increased number of establishments of this de-. scriptiom, and the prosperourcondition of tho , Banks,already in operation is a sufficient guarantee that yndei• prudent manage aloof this Investment must prove a most profitable and secure oie t• the Shareholders, as.Aigh ,rates of interest aro obtained With perfect security in a country where, from well ascertained dila, Capital is improving akrates varying from..6o„to. 74, W„ cent. per annum. The following Extract from the Official Share List of February 4thi 1840, shows the present value of Stock in Two of the Australasian Banks formed in London : Original Share. Paid up. Present Price. Bank of Australasia ...... ...£40... £4O 0 £57 10 Ditto (new Shares) 40.... ... 10 0 l7 10 Union Bank of Australia t (established i n 1838) f Nor can the prosperity of Banking operations connected with those Colonies be better illustrated than by reference to the satisfactory Report of the Directors of the Union Bank of Australia, presented to the Proprietors at their General Meet ing, on the 3d of February, and by the following extract from the Rev. Henry Carmichael's Pamphlet on New South Wales, wherein he observes—" There are at present in Sydney three Joint Stock Banking Companies in operation, with a paid-up capital of abut 80,000/. each ; which divide a profit annually of from 20 to 25 per cent. His Excellency Sir James Stirling also, in his recent work on Western Australia, says, in allusion to the Western Bank of Australia, " The second half-year left a clear profit over the expenditure of 14 and a half per cent., which, after setting aside one-fifth as an accumulating fund, according to an existing rule, enabled the-Directors to declare a dividend of 11 and a half per cont. on the paid-up capital ;at the close of the year no dishonoured bill remaining on hand, nor had the Solicitor of the Bank to commence a single suit for the recovery of a debt due to it." The Directors have for some time been making arrangements for immediately carrying into effect the objects of the Com pany; and in order to advance the influence of the Bank in the Colonies, they have reserved a portion of the shares for distri bution there. As the principal part of the business must necessarily be ear ried on in the Colonies, it hai been thought inexpedient to have a numerous Board of Directors in London : it has there fore been determined that the number shall not at any time exceed ten; but to secure the prudent administration of the aQairs of the Bank, a complete system of superintendence is now being organized by the Directors for the Establishments in the Colonies. A sufficient capital has already bee■ subscribed to enable the Directors to commence business immediately. They have therefore resolved, in order to avoid the inconvenience which has been found to arise in other undertakings from an unre stricted application of shares, and to induce only those to apply who wish to become bona fide proprietors, not to entertain any application unless made in the printed forms provided by there for that purpose, and accompanied by a payment of :I upon each share applied for, the Directors reserving to themselves, at the time of appropriation, the right to reject or comply with such application, either in whole or in part, the money to be returned if the application be rejected, and to be placed to the credit of the party in respect of the shares allotted to him if accepted. For the guidance of those who may wish to become proprie tors, it may be mentioned, that it is not in contemplation to call up more than 10/. per share for the next twelve months. The Directors have postponed filing up the London Board to the full number of ten, in order to give them the opportunity of selecting influential proprietors, whose assistance and co operation they may think it advisable to secure for the interests of the concern; power is reserved to them for that purpose, and they are also authorized to complete all other arrangements ne?essary for putting the Company into immediate operation. Application for shares, in accordance with the printed form, to be made to Messrs. Boyd, 4, New Bank Buildings, Lothbury, London ADVERTISEMENT. TO MR. JAMES TRIMBEY, 39, QUEEN-STREET, LONDON. Sir,-1 have observed with much surprise, an advertisemen in the London papers with your signature attached, in which the public are informed of my having quitted your service, and are at the same time cautioned against paying any moneys t me on your account. As I cannot but feel that such an adver tisement is calculated to injure me in public estimation as a Commercial Commission Traveller, by inducing the belief that I had improperly sought to receive your moneys, I am bound in justice to my character and to the claims of a wife and nu merous family publicly to vindicate myself against such a sup position. Having for some years travelled for you by commission, and having in the course of that period established a first-rate connexion, it grieved me much that the limited extent to whidi the orders of my numerous customers were executed became so unsatisfactory as to compel me in September last to give intimation of my intention to tender my resigna tion at the termination of my next journey, nevertheless subject, as per written agreement, to the three months from the specific period of its being tender ed, unless the terms of my engagement could be altered from a commission of i per cent. on the pay ments to that of 5 per ent. on all orders taken, and then a li/ 1 on the payments, by which means I hoped to secure the due execution of my orders, and at the same time advance your interest as well as my own. I certainly did not in tend my notice to expire at the time you construed it. On the 9th of October I paid the balance of my journey account and left town that day for my then next journey, and from this date to the 13th of January, I made no arrangements for future engagement, nor did I in one instance hint to any customer any expectation of leaving, as I concluded the difference m i g h t be settled agreeably to both parties when I got home. On the 2Oth of December I got back to London, and on the 26th called upon you in my usual way, gave in my ledger, and inquired also if my patterns had arrived, but finding they had not, I did not regret this circumstance much as I wanted a little rest, having been out from the Ist of July to the '2sth of De cember, with only an interval of ten days. On the 28th of De cember I was at Queen-street, and gave you a letter order,which you executed. On the 3d of-January 1 went v. i t h a written order from you to look out some goods, and upon inquiry found my journey ledger was made up, and on the following da I called in and paid the balance due to y ou of IS/. 12s , but y t no receipt, the ledger not being, a s you said, at hand . . Wi g° len m y patterns did arrive, which was on the Bth of January, I said to you that I should be r ea d y to go off on the folloine. Monday, when I found you had determined not to alter . the terms, and that you con s id ere d t h e notice had terilu f terminated. I was then compelled t o l oo k out, which I did, and a few days I received a conditi ona l appointment for another house, and d im mediatelyietai ted on my journey. I found that most of my old customers' were anxious to continue to do business with me without regard to the principal, whom they had never seen, and of whom,.except through me, they knew nothing, announcing through the different towns I passed on to that I did not now represent you, nor did I use any under means to induce them to give their orders to me. I cold not help telling them how it happened, as I had been to many of the same places only the preceding month on other business, and had told them then I should see them at the regular time for you. In consequence of a letter which 1 received from you at Wakefield on the 27th of January, presupposing I had preju diced the mind of a customer at Peterborough against you, I immediately wrote you that it was incorrect, for I had not so much as seen the gentleman. I further said I lamented that the long connection between us should be severed, and that upon so minor a matter; that I believed it was much to your interest to resume that connection, having turned you over last year, amid s t th e di s t rac ti on o f th e time, nearly many ke thou sands as you had hundreds out, on the ground lao I first took your business in hand; and te: testifyreadv on my part to p myw take feelinwheng for - your continu e d p ros p er ity, I stated I s, a. bury all in obli vion , and if it met your approbation' by sending down my patterns, accounts, and ledger to Huddersfield, I A" ~al~ '> EVENING EDITION. 1, , would instantly relinquish th e engagement I had entered into, nd commence again without further delay pn your account, on 'he term s I h a d b e f ore propose d , and for my word's sakewould ; , not alter. K now i ng as I did th a t th e correction was mine, it did strike m e t o b e an o ff er wort h y your notice. I found :11e I that no one was on the ground before me representing you, i nor had any a d v i ce l etters b een rece i ve d . With the itnprets- I sion on my mind that the offer would be accepted by yea, I 1 passed on to Pontefract, then to Dewsbury, the last town Words sl I reached Huddersfield, where your answer was to meet me. A customer there said he wanted no goods. and, as be was i going o n a j ournev, i t would be better for ire to draw upon 1 him as usual, at two months, dated the lit of February, which acceptance was d rawn 23 / . I Is. Od., in your name, and, as a , natural inference, no use whatever to me. This I did, bat with no-other object in view than for you to realize a payment, struck also by the thought that your representative might have been:taken ill, and all standing still in the country, as I found i (but not by you) he had been started several days before I as- I tually knew I was going to leave. Another person in the same place, who had several pounds to pay me for another house, for which I also travel, had provided a banker's bill, which more than covered both account s . You only wanted o.d. of that person ; the refore, t o take this bill of my friend, I received 4! 61. Bs. Od. of a third customer. You were then entitled to 1 101. 13c. Od. ; minus my comm i ssion 71,4 per cent., and stamp i 2s. Id., on 34/. 4s. Od., amounting to 2/. Ms. 4d.., leaving a s ; balance due to you in cash of the small sum,of 71. 19s. 7d. ; and the acceptance and this are all the money I received between London and Huddersfield of yours; and but for the simple i fact of my offer from Wakefield, I would not have received one ! penny. If I do not speak the words of touth, disprove it. When I reached Huddersfield I received a reply to my Wake field letter, written in a friendly way, but that you were not open to a fresh contract, and from that period to now I have not received one penny. On the Bth inst. I made -up a letter ' to you. enclosing the 23/. Ifs., giving you a statement of the transactions, and telling you the circumstaxiees under which these accounts were paid, and that I would pay you the balance, 71. 19s. 7d., in any way you pleased when I heard from you again. After the many large towns I passed threegh before I got to Dewsbury, the thousands I have turned OM , for you, and that to your advantage, for you bate never added out clerk more to the counting-house, I feel fully persuaded that in your , moss deliberate moments you do not entertain the thought that this small sum of 71. 19s. 7d. was received by me but with the intention of being regularly accounted for, as, in fact, it was ; for there must naturally be an open aecentet until I am paid my commission for my sales up to the tile. of leseinK. That the long standing connexion between us has eessed no not attributable to me, is still my firm conviction ; this, how ever, you can do—furnish me with a copy of the letters I wrote on the 24th of September, and the llth of October, ea this subject, and I beg to say, I think you are bound in candour . to do this after the unmerited attack yon have made on no, and that when I was 200 miles ciff, and without, at all evept9, waiting for . an explernition. By these letters I will stand or fall, and it will be then seen whether I left you or yon left inis. 9 That I acted faithfully an d laboriously for your welfaret is knoirn 1 to all the customers. That I stuck to your interest in *Wits .. bearings, according to my ability, like the hammer to the beaten., anvil, you must admit, not thinking any exertions or pecuniary, sacrifice too great to prevent bad debts and get in the accounts ; and if you will look to my last year's business you wilfind au • i 1 , average of 15s. p a id on all my accounts, and I belt,. 50/. covered the bad debt s l as t year made by me ; and I can only - add, the notice which you have given so prematurely, by way of; caution, was perfectly unwarranted. Finally, it is important . for me to state, that you hold the commissions due to me on the ' whole of my last half-year's account, which, with balanees also unpaid, will amount, I expect, to something like 4,000/. The actual sum you can soon know by reference to your ledger. Had I continued to collect your accounts, my dun would ] have been 300/. And now, Si r , after the att ac k yois ' i have made, without even w r iti ng me on the subject, you ought, as one act of reparation, to pay me my corarnis- 1 sion in full on the amount outstanding, without delay or deduct- 1 tion for collecting, and:to send me a c h ec k d own, a f ter taking off'' . the 71. 195. 7d. received by me at Dewsbury, errors, if any, and any claims you have upon me. D o thi s, f urn i s h me with i 1 a copy of my letters dated Septemb er 24, O cto b er 11, and February 8, and let me have my journey ledger signed, in con formity with the Hance you claimed and I paid on the 4th of f January, as I have never had the opportunity of examining its correctness, and then all further connexion between us will 1 entirely erase. At all events lam anxious, after what Ise s , taken place, to have the accounts between us finally balanced, I and to effect that I am quite ready to leave any question is; to allowance of the 7, 1 1 commission to be settled by any respectable . ! commercial gentleman, to be agreed upon between us. 'As it cannot be expected that I. should remain here at ex- i cense and loss of time to await your answer, I have left the whole matter in the hands of my solicitor, Air. Leeman, of this place, to whom you will be good enough to address any commu- - 'ligation which you may have to make upon the business. . .. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, , ~ . , . - R. W. WHITFIELD. Lockwood;a Hotel, YOrk, Fib. 13, 'lB4O. 1_ _ . .. IFIONET,MARKET and-CITY-NEWS.. ..„(vvsteiysnar avatirx ' l e.) lIE R AID --A" very h eawy market lie'S iiista this afternoon for all descriptions of stock,: Au impreesion ap pears to prevail in rnany quarters that the (bancelior of the Exchequer, with the assistance of the Directors of the Bank of - Englaria; is clisposbd' fo tike title by the forelock," and obtain the advances he requires to completo the financial arrangements for the year much earlibi than has heretofore been calculated upon; thus availing him self of the advantage of the present comparatively firm state of the market for stock. It is evident, should a new loan be resorted to, that the principal capitalists in the city, who might be disposed to make tenders for the etantraer t would we their influence to reduce 'the prices of stook, in order to Make the best bargain possible for lbettee/vee with the Lords of the Treasury. The depression which , 1 has taken place in Consols and the other stocks to-day is the result of Bear operations, which have been en-tared into under the expectation that the prespot reap prices canr.ot, be maintained. The sales of aleck to-di' were not confined to Three per Coot. Cowls, but they were extended to the Reduced Three-sad_a 4 .llatt pm. Cents. (the Transfer Books for which will row), and to the other portions of the public debt. &Fie slight degree of assistance was afforded to the tsarist Consols in the morning by a purchase of 20,0001, in that stock 'by the lcoverntnent brokers ' hut tho effect of this operation was almost imm e di a t e ), reesloi e nugatory by lb. sales of the heavy sicaritieste which we have just advert*, and which were said to be for a most wealthy institatim SUN.—The meeting at tkia London and WastiLio4Say Bank, held to-day, was very fully attended, and from Ate report of last year's proceedings we oirould ttnnine there could not have been many presesst who felt an jnolina. tion to be dissatisfied with the woskisg of tide, the Brat Metropolitan Bank established upon the systow of Scotch Joint-stook banking. The gradual, and yet eon. siderable increase in the profits of the ei.tablishmamt, with the small number of bad debts, khow it to be iv this instance, at least, a safe system ; the dividend of six per cent. proves it to be a lucrative system, and the 14rge number of agencies for country banks eatrusted to its management last year clearly demonstrate flivt it is , becoming a system in which the public at large are placing greater confidence. 1 We - expect nor, almost hourly, th• arrival of some intelligence from America. There was a great pressure for money in the Stock Exchange this afternoon, and it was said, as usual when accommodation is scarce, that a new loan be an nounced in a day or two. The occurrence of the 4th of the month always makes capital in the City more in demand, not only a day or two beforehand, but also on the day itself. Consols left off at a fall to 90,-; for present. transfer, and 90! for time. Exchequer Bills continued at 4s. premium, and the New Three-and-a- Half per Cents. brought 9SI Spanish Bonds were heavy at t.'9i to i, or 1 per cent, lower than in the morning ; Portuguese New Five per Cents. brought 34 ; Colombian 26 ; and Mexican ; Dutch Trrosandsa-Half per Cents. were at 53i. to 53i. The Railway Shares were flat, and lower In value,. POLITICAL SUMAARY or TEB AIORFNING JOURNALS. The Morning Herald of this Day, alludiag to Mr. E wart's motion for this evening in the Commons, for the total abolition of capital punishments, observes Ex perience shows that crimes do not incwase is cousequenee of discontinuing capital punishments in praaticF, or ober lishing them by law. If the evidence of experience went no further than this, it would show, at all events, that the abolition of those puni s h men t s was a sa f e policy. But it does go further. It t e stifi es t o a d ecrease o f great crimes in most instances, consequent upoa._th-e mitigation of the ca:)ital law."—The Morning ChMicle thus refers ft) an article that appeared lately in the Timer on the subject of the Scottish Clergy:—." The Times, the other day, bad the effrontery to assert that the Clergy of Scotland were, with some dozen or thirteen disreputable exceptions, Tories to a man. The next post from S,eotland brings an account of a meeting at Perth of ministers and friends of the Church connected with Peiths - hire, attended by fifteen ministers of the Established ehurCh, and presided over by the Rev. Dr. Thomson, att, which re solutions were voted unanimously pledging the rnektin t to support ,by every means in their power, the return of tito Liberal candidate. So much for the aufhorit„y of the Times in matters relating to Scotland. "_The Tinse,s al ludes as follows to the d`ecision on Sheriff Evaties lest night in th e C ommons :—" We put it to the loosest mo ralists out of the House of Commons, whether if Mr. Sheriff Evans's death should be the consequence of SP, Robert Peel and Lord John Rtsssell retaining him in eon fiiement, every Member who voted in favour of that curse will not be morally guilty of murder.",...-The Morning Post makes the fullewinv brief remarks in reference to Sheriff Evans's case :—" Why not discharge hiss at once? The reason is strong. The House of Commons must not stultify itself. How very careful that Honourable Amin.. bly has become of its reputation fur wisdom l" , n„ i THE NAP O L EON DUWL.—Tne foownigthe account of the circumstances leading to this meet* "Three weeks since Count Leon sirrived iu Ismadira, and called at the house of the Count de Sorvilliers, etc-King of Spain, at that of Prince de Montfort, ea-Ring of Vi'esephalia,-, and that of Prince Louis Napoleon, by none of whom was he received, for reasons with which we are not acqriainped. A,. few days ago the Count Leon wrote a letter to Prince Louis, complaining of this refuel on the part of the family e( the late Emperor to receive him. This letter was written in eo °e r n_ sive a style that the Prince would not condescend to reply to it, but he sent Colonel Parquin to him to explain the reasons filet prevented the family from receiving him. This explana•tion Count Leon refused to receive, and he seat a challenge to the Prince by Lieutenant-Colonel Raitcliffe, of the Ineciskille% Dragoons, a distinguished officer in the British army. in cot.- sequence of this challenge the Prince Louis, accoanpanied by Count d'Orsay and Colonel Parquin, went to Wimbledon-cora mon to meet the Count, who having refused to fight with swords, it was agreed to use pistols. Before, howteer, tLis could be accomplished the police interfered and prevented any further proceedings." STATE OF TRADE.—There was no change in the market yesterday, business continuing in the same dull and inanimate state which has prevailed for several weeks past, and the buyers generally offering lower pees both for yarn and goods. —Manchester Guerdian. W e (the Port of Tyne Pilot), hare been in formed on respectable authority, that for six weeks recently the Lights in the North Channel of the Tees have not been lighted. Every vessel entering the Tees contributes a stated sum for the expenses attendant on keeping these lights in a state of efficiency. For some weeks back the principal beacon in that channel has been down. lit July to Slit Dee. ISM. Ratio of Expenditure Receipts. to Income. 22 Miles £37,314 8 0 or £1,696 2 0 per Mile 58.870 Ist Jan. to 30th June, 1539. 22 Miles £43,491 7 oor £1,976 17 0 per Mi'e 57.530 Ist July to 31st Dec. 1339. 31 Miles £65,885 19 6or £2,125 7 0 per Mile 48.824 Some reduction of charge was always anticipated by the Direc tors, and may naturally be ascribed to the extension of the line and the progressive increase of income, but they have deemed it their duty zealously to devote their attention in every depart ment, to such economical arrangements in their permanent es tablishment, as appeared to be consistent with that accommo dation and advantage to the public, which the experience of every day proves, in railways at least, to be highly remune rative to the Proprietors. From a review of the expenditure in the locomotive depart ment, there is every reason to anticipate the most favourable re sults in the future working charges of that establishment. Notwithstanding the excessive cost of coke, hitherto exclu sively made in the neighbourhood of London, from Newcastle coals, burthened with all attendant expenses, it appears from a very clear analysis, carefully prepared by the Superintendent of the locomotive department, that the actual cost per mile run by all the Company's engines, during the last half-year, has been only 18.94 d. per mile. When it is considered that the speed uniformly maintained by these engines, much exceeds the ordinary rate of railway travelling, and that the Company are still labouring under the disadvantage of working with a stock of locomotive engines various in size and power, for which they have been scarcely provided with any duplicate parts, the re sult slow mentioned seems to the Directors fairly to encourage a confident expectation of great economy in that heavy branch of railway expenditure, simultaneously with the attainment of a comparatively high speed of travelling. A remedy has been provided for the future, as far as it can be, against th e l oss an d inconvenience sus t a i ne d f rom the want o f ' uniformity referred to, by requiring all the engines now ordered to be constructed strictly according to drawings and specifications, which have been carefully prepared from the results of the past experience. Three distinct classes of Engines have been planned, of power and proportions adapted to the working of the long and short passenger trains, and the carriage of heavy goods ; the principal parts of each will serve as duplicates for the others. It is a matter of unqualified pleasure, to state that the general testimony now borne to the smoothness and comfort of the line and carriages, as well as to the rate ef travelling, and the public advantages derivable from frequency of the t ra i ns, is beneficially operating to an inc rease o f business in every direction. Application having been recently made by the Directors to the Provost and Fellows of Eton College. for permission to construct a station at Slough, which had been prohibited by the Act, wihout previously obtaining their consent, they feel it due to that body to state, that they handsomely acquiesced in the request, and have thereby enabled the Company to pro vide for the increasing and valuable traffic of that neigh bourhood. The prohibitory clauses referred to led, in the first instance, to some litigation between the College and the Company, as to the right of slopping trains at Slough, either to take up or set down passengers, but this matter being determined by the Lord Chancellor, it is only just to observe, that no subsequent obstruction was ever offered by the autho. rities of the College, and that they were good enough to as sent to the construction of the station, and to the repeal of the prohibitory clauses, upon the application of the Board. The Directors have since purchased the requisite land for the station, which will be forthwith commenced, so as to secure to the Company all the benefit of being enabled to take car riages, horses, &c. to Slough, during the summer of the pre sent year, which, with the other comforts of shelter and pro tection from weather, must greatly tend to a general increase of business there. The season of the year renders it also a subject of peculiar interest to accomplish the further opening of the line to Read ing arid Steventon with the least possible delay, and had it not been for the unprecedented rains which have now prevailed with so little intermission during the last seven months, the Directors would probably now be enabled to report the exact time of completing that portion for tre. A Report from the Engineer, however, describes the progress and present con dition ef all the works, and the Directors think it will be more satisfactory to communicate it in the same form to the general meeting of Proprietors. merely adding their assurance that no energy shall be wanting to extend the opening of the line for traffic at the earl D ies u t ke p_r s a t e r t e i e cta,l‘ m om e nt, ster, 24th Jan., 1840, Gentlemen—ln reporting upon the general progress of the works during the last six months, I regret to have to state that very great delay has been caused in all parts of the line by the unusual wetness of the season. At the Bristol extremity the floods in the Avon have inter fered with the supply of the requisite building materials ; and at Bath, and in its immediate neighbourhood, the continuation du state of flood in the river for a long period, and, till within the last few days, has rendered it impossible to carry on the works of the bridges, or even of the station, the site of which has been flooded. Such a complete suspension of the works at sonic points, and such delays At other s , h ave resulted from these consequent o n th em, t h at certainly additional time will b e requ i red for the c o mp l etion l r e P 11 8 1 e t r h a ell fo e t: o r of some of these works, the whole of whic:r tvould otherwise have been finished within a month or two of PUBLICATIONS. T HE LONDON AND WESTMINSTER REVIEW, No. LXV., Just published, c•ntains 1. COLERIDGE. 2. SPANISH BALLADS. 3. DEMOSTHENES. 4. BRITISH BIRDS. 5. AMERICAN PHILOSOPHY: EMERSON. 6. RECENT' ENGLISH TRAGEDY. 7. ROBIN HOOD. 11 POSTAGE STAMP. Henry Hooper, 13, Pall Mall East, London. A. and C. Black, Edinburgh. This day is published, in 6 vols. post Svo., price 31. 3s. CAPTAIN MARRYAT'S AMERICA. " The verisimilitude of the scenes and portraits he de picts is too palpable for doubt, and his proofs are too strong for denial. We admire his shrewdness, and thank him for his facts —let us profit by both."—United Service Journal. " Written in a racy, spirited, and right capital style, and cannot fail greatly to interest the cl erg y."—Ch urc h fl ag . Dec. London Longman, Orme, and Co. This day are published, parts 1, 2,:and 3, price One Siilling each of P o o 11 J A C K. By Captain MARRYAT, Part 3 contains an Account, and illustration, of the loss of the Royal :3eorge. The prolific pen of Captain Marryat is again at work, upon a new subject, of familiar interest, and treated in the rein of broad humour and shrewd delineation of character which en riches the productions of its experienced author. Stanfield's illustrations are excellent."—United Service Journal. London : Longman, Orme, and Co. This day is published, in 3 vols. post !Ivo., THE PROPHET of the CAUCASUS, An Historical Romance. By E. SPENCER, Esq., Author of " Travels in the Western Caucasus," " Travels in Circassia, Krim Tartary," &c. Whittaker and Co., Ave Maria-lane. Just published, price 2s. 6d., ftPRACTICAL ESSAY on the DEBILI. TIES of the GENERATIVE SYSTEM, their Va. rieties, Causes, Treatment, and Cure By a MEMBER of the ROYAL COLLEGE of SURGEONS, London, and Surgeon to a Metropolitan Infirmary. " I am impotent, and not fit to live. '—Last's Records of a Suicide. Sold by Onwhyn, Catherine-street, Strand ; Templeman, 348, Regent-street; T. Hill, Medical Bookseller, Great Wind mill-street, Haymarket. London ; Ross and Nightingale, Liver pool ; Barlow, Birmink :tam ; and all Booksellers in Town and Country G. IkiERiNGTON, 154, NEW BOND-STREET. MOUSSELINE DE LAINES, CHALIS, CACHMIRE, BROCHIS, BAYADERES, SYL PHIDES. Upwards of 2,000 of the above Fashionable Dresses, of the richest quality; and most select and approved patterns of the Parisian and British mode, are now offering at less than half the cost to the manufacturer. The whole of the Stock is now offering at a great reduction of price, in consequence of exten sive and necessary alterations. Shop front for Sale. Mering• tins, 154, New Bond-street. Collars, Canzons, Habit Shirts.—Upwards of 6000 Muslin Collars at less than half the Manufacturer's Cost, Blondes, Mechlin, Valenciennes, and Lisle Lace. ,0 bozes of rich Paris Bonnet and Cap Ribbons. Silk, Cotton, and Thread Hosiery, Gloves, and Haberdashery. The whale to be sold off at a great reduction of price in con sequence of the alterations. G. MERINGTON, 154, NEW BOND-STREET. WARRANTED TABLE CUTLERY. Table Knives, with Ivory Handles, perdoz.l4l.—Dessert Knives, 12s.—Carvers, per pair, 4s. 6d.—The Long Set of 50 Pieces, 10s.—The same to Balance Table Knives, 16s.—Des serts, 14s.—Carvers, ss. 6d.—Large size Ivory-handled Table Knives, 18s.—Desserts, 16s. per doz.—Carvers, 6s.—The same to Balance Table, 21s.—Desserts, 15s.—Carvers, 7s. 6d.— White none Handled Table Knives and Forks, Ps. per doz.— Black Horn-handled Table Knives and Forks, 11s. per doz.— Desserts, Bs.—Carvers, 2s. 6d.—The Knives and Forks both warranted. FENDERS, FIRE IRONS, CORNICE POLES, DISH: COVERS, BATHS, &c. Fashionable Black Iron Fenders from 9s.—Bronzed ditto from 12s.—Brass ditto from 10s.—Polished Steel Fire Irons from ss.—Block Tin Dish Covers the Set, I ls.—.lmproved shape ditto, 16s.—Patent ditto, the very best quality and newest shape that is made, Ms.—Japanned Bottle Jacks, warranted to carry 251b5., 7s. 6d.—Brass ditto, 9s. 6d.—Brass Stair Rods, 3s. Od. per doz.—Brass Cornice or Window Curtain Poles, Is. 3d. per foot.—Copper Tea Kettle to hold 1 Gallon, 7s.— Copper Coal Scoops, frons 10s. 6d.—Tea Urns, from 275. Shower Baths, with Copper conducting Tubes and Pomp, and with Curtains complete, 110 s. Purchaser ;are recommended to visit the Warehouses, Wells street, Oxford-street; or to apply for a Catalogue of prices, which can be forwarded for a single postage. Country Orders to contain a remittance. All Postages to be paid. Established 1820. COPAIBA AND CUBEBS ENTIRELY SUPERSEDED. BALSAMIC PILLS, a CERTAIN CURE for gonorrhoea, gleets, strictures, pains in the loins, affec tions of the kidneys, gravel, irritation of the bladder or urethra, and other diseases of the urinary passages.—These Pills having been em ployed in upwards of 1,800 cases in private practise within three years, prior to being advertised, in many thousand cases since, and in no one instance Anown to fail, are strongly recom men d e d as t h e only safe and effic acious remedy in present use in all stages of those disorders, and entirely obviating the necessity of having recourse to those disgustiug, nauseous, and in many cases higlity injurious medi. sines, 29 cubebs and copaiba ; the dangerous results of the latter, in he inflammatory stages, are too well known to need any comment. Prepared only by M. 0. Wray, and sold Wholesale and Retail, at No. 118, Holborn-hill, and 9, Agar-street, Strand, opposite Charing. cross Hospital; and may he had of all respectable Patent Medicine Venders in Town and Country ; at 9.5. 9d. 4s. tSd., and I le. each boy. Advice given between the hours of Eleven and One in the Morn. in g and Seven and Nino in the Evening. Sir John and Lady Williams will give a grand dinner to-day in Gloucester-square. CLERICAL R A PACITY.—On Tuesday, a meeting of the clergy, convened by requisition to the Archdeacon, was held in this city, for the purpose of petitioning against the pro posed alteration in the Tithe Commutation Act. The Rev. Dr. Knatchbull, Mr. Barton, and others, deprecated any further interference with this Act, and more especially the powers of the Commissioners to fix the commutation at what they please. The Rev. Dr. Poore, Mr. Oxendan, and others, were for reposing full confidence in their representative ( Sir E. Knatchbull), by whom the amended act has been brought forward, and whose assurance they bad that it would tend to benefit the clergy. Ultimately a petition was agreed to, against further regulations without the concurrence of the titheowners —deprecating the extraordinary powers vested in the Commis sioners, authorising them to declare lands exempt from titha, upon the requisition of a landowner, without the concurrence of of the tithe owner—appointing the period for commencing the these in tithe year according to the custom of the parish, and fi na ll y to obtain security in every case of commutation by rend er i ng t h e consent of the tithe owner indispensable. The object of h clerical titheowners appears to be to secure to th emselves as much control as possible over the obnoxious impost ; for their arguments they denounced the Act even as it now stands, and which they designated as being of benefit to the landowner alone, and passed for him exclusively. The petition wi ll entrusted to Sir Robert Inglis for presentati on i n the Common s .be We of himself wonder ? what Kent Sir E alddward's colleag ue w ill say to this slight Her i . - -/ ?( ,r 4 T i i i