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PARISH OF LAMBETH (not WANTED, a SCHOOLMASTER and SCHOOLMISTRESS being man and wife) for the Workhouse at Norwocd for the In fant Poor. Salary of the Master will be 501., and the Mistress 251. per annum, w i th board, lodging, and washing on the premises. The Child Candidates must be perfectly competent to i nstruct and train the ren in the Establishment is th e mos t i mproved method of edu pttion, must be of strictly moral and religious habits, Preference will 1) given to tho se candidates who have been regularly trained iu a Normal establishment. Further particulars may be known on application to Mr. Crick, the Itatiter, at Norwood Workhouse, or to the Clerk to the Guardians at the Workhouse, in Princes-road, Lambeth. To the latter all letters zuld t estimonials must be addressed on or before the lot Novem ber next. Co The appointment will be subject to the approval o f th e Poor-law r niniasioners. By order, Clerk to WlL t L he Board lAIT o L f Guardians, Lambeth Workhouse, October 19, 1847. EAST ANGLIAN RAILWAYS. T O PENING OF THE ELY LINE THROUGHOUT BE WEEN LYNN AND ELY. On TUESDAY NEXT, October 26, the Line between Lynn and Ely will be OPENED THROUGHOUT for traffic, thus completing Railway communication between the Ely Station en the Eastern Counties Line, and the town of Swaff ham, ,ii Littleport, Downham Market, and Lynn. On and after TUESDAY NEXT, Trains, by which Passengers may be booked THROUGH, will leave Lynn and London as under : Lynn at 8 20 A.M., 11 40 A.M., 5 45 P.M., Reaching London at 1 5 p. 11., 4 20 rat 10 3.5 P.M. London at 7 15 A.M., 11 30 A.M., 6 r ' m ' Reaching Lynn at 11 40 A.m., 3 57 p.m., 10 5 P.M. Swafr These T rains are is connexion with Trains between Lynn and hara on the Dereliara Line. By order, . W. WILLIAMS, Secretary. Lynn, 'Norfolk, October 23, 1847. W _,__-•• O XFORD, WORCESTER, AND LE REANIPT ON RAILWAY. T he Directors are WO ready to receive TENDERS f MONEY, to be advanced upon Loan, on security of the Company's Debentures, for Three, rive, or Seven Years, at Interest after the rate of 51. per Cent. Per Annul., payable halt-yearly. The tenders may be addressed to the undersigned. Ey order of the Beard of Directors, NOEL TEO3IAS SMITH, Sec re t ary. O xibrd. Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway Office Worcester, Sept. 23, , 1847. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. OPENING TO CHELTENHAM. thi ° n and after SATURDAY, October 23, 1847, the London Trains of t 3 Co mpany will run over the Line between Glmcester and Chel 7enharn. The Trains will l eaxe Ch e lt en h am f or L on d on a t 645 A.m., . 50 1. M. (Express), 8 20 a.m., 10 40 A.m., 11 15 A.M. (Parliainen nary), 1 2 45 P . M., 120 P.M. (Express), 355 P.M., 5 50 P.M., and 11 30 - loc g ht Mail).—Trains from London will arrive at Cheltenham at ro'ck A.M., 12 5 P.M., 12 45 P.M. (Express), 2 30 P.M. (Parlia e 3ntary),2 50 P.M . , 4 24 P.M., 6 25 P.M., 8 30 P.M (Evening Express), ° ' , at, and 1 30 A.M. (Night Mail). l The Express T ra i ns arriving at Paddington at 11 o ', lock A.M., and e "ing Paddington at 5 30 P.M. will, on and after the 23d instant, Coney Passengers to a n d f rom Ch e l ten h am, Gl oucester, S trou d , and Cirencester Rand Bills, giving full particulars of the above, may be Obtained at the Railway Stations. By order of the Directors, C. A. SAUNDERS, Secretary. SWORE MARCHAND.—AII Persons having CLAIMS upon the Estate of ISIDOItE MARCIIAND, coiffure, 'ate of Bentinck•street, Cavendish-square, deceased, are requested to W. them (post paid) on or before the 19th day of January next, to • Sanger, Esq., No. 4, Essex-court, Temple, the solicitor for the ltdininlatratrix. REQUISITES FOR AUTUMN, Choice garments MOSES' Mart supplies, And multitudes have bought 'em ; For all who view are sure to prize Such requisites for Autumn. • MOSES and SON, whose fame stands, Have to perfection brought 'em, And hence increasing numbers buy Their requisites for Autumn. The over -coats do credit to The sk:ltul hands that wrought 'em ; "Nor will you doubt when you view The requisites for Autumn. The coats for shooting famed afar, Wherever you may sport 'em, Will prove what Messrs. MOSES are In requisites for Autumn. MOSES and SON excel in style, For fashion's school has taught 'em, And now behold with grateful smile Their requisites for Autumn. MOSES and SON, in prices too, Whenever friends have sought 'em, have kept economy in view In requisites for Autumn- A ' l "'r Work, entitled" TILE DRESSING-ROOM COMPANION,' Irta.ning a detailed List of Prices, with full Directions for Self. '''‘etinrernent, may be had on application, or forwarded post-free. LIST OF PRICES. IEADT MADE. Beaver Taglioni .............. ........ —from .£0 9 6 Chesterfletd and Codrington's, and every description of Over - coax, handsomely 1 i 0 The Pacha Coat ............ ...... •• • • 1 8 0 The Bullmer, especially adapted for snowy and 1 0 0 0 15 0 bore Winter Coats, in every style.. •• • ..... 0 6 0 Men's Do. Trousers, lined .. ••••••• • • • •• • • • 0 4 0 Doeskin ••••••••••••• ' •• • • '' • • • • 0 12 6 Dress Coats.... ••••• • • • • • 1 0 0 rock Double-breasted Winter Vesta.— •••••••• • • • • • • 0 2 Roll colt.- _ ,ar ..... ..... ....... ...• •••• • • • • 0 I 6 Boys' Hussa r an d Tun i c Suits •••• • •••••• • • • • • • • 16 6 MEDI TO lITASVEX. Winter Coats, in every style and shape, hand somely trimmed • • .• ••"••• • • • • • from 1 6 0 Milted cloth Over-coat s , ve l vet collar and cults.. 24 0 Tweed Wrapper ......, , ............ 0 18 6 Doeskin Trousers • • •••• • • • • 1 2 0 Best, er Dress.. ........ 1 6 0 Dress Coat . . Best quality made.. • ..... •• •• 2 15 0 Frock Co • ........ • ....... ..... ........ 1 15 0 Best quality made ••••• • • • • • 3 3 0 Cashmere Vests . •••• • • • • • . ••••••••• • • • • • • • • • 0 8 6 Satins, Plain or Fancy • • • • • • • • • • 0 Boy's Hussar and Tu n i c Suits .• • . ••• • • • ••• • • ••• • • 1 12 0 6 0 Great Coat.... ...• .. ••••••• • • • • • • • 0 16 0 A Suit of Clothe s comp l ete •••••• • • • • • • 1 16 0 Mourning to any extent a t Fi ve Mi nutes notice. The attention of Ladies is especially directed to E. MOSES and BON'S stock of Furs, which will be found on inspection to be the largest, best assorted, and cheapest in the trade. Reserve your pur chases. Übserve.—Any article purchased, ready made, Sr made to mea 'Mr% if not approved of, will be exchanged, er if preferred, the 'honey returned. E• MOSES and SON Tailors, Weollendrapers, Clothiers, natters, twofers, Farriers, Boot and Shoemakers, and General Outfitters, for !•sdies and Gentlemen, 154, 155, and 156, 157 Dlineries, and 83, * 4 . 85, and $6 Aldgate, City, London. Cs stton.—E. Moses and Son regret being obliged to guard the public against imposters, but have learned that the untradesman like falsehood of being connected with them, or it's the same concern, Theybeen resort e d t o i n many instances, and for obvious reasons. They have no connexion with any other house in er out of London; wad those who desire genuine and chenp clothing, &c., should call at, or send to, Minories and Aldgate, City, London. Notice.—No business transacted at this establishment from sun- Net Friday, till sunset Saturday, when business is resumed till twelve o'clock. A R E I A G E. -311 One half the world are desolately single, and the other supposing them married, questionably contented. Diffidence, or a sense of right determine the former, and miscalculated hopes em bitter the latter. The solitary one may shield himself under the plea of caution and worldly prudence, and the indissoluble, regret un comprosing hurry ; but the truth lies deeper. Physical incapacity, aaa broken health, are the great hindrances to domestic happiness and social content. The dowry should not be the only marriage set tlement. Honour and justice demand that health should form an item in the compact; It alone dignitles the alliance. Blighted hopes or neglect wound more sorely than poverty or misfortune. Reader, if these surmises concern you, procure Dr. CULVERWELL'S little MEMOIRS 'On Single and Married Life, " pub. la 2 vols., Is. each (by post, in stamps, Is. 6d. each). Let no imaginatively refined, er prudish feeling deter you, by their titles, nor be hindered by .mieinterpretatlor, of their supposed contents, from obtaining Uteri. They are not intended certainly for mere idle curiosity, but for the closet perusal of those mere deeply interested, to whom ~the'Y are offered as antagonistic to the empyrical trash put forth an eabove subjects, by unqualified authors, which alone or ether, are a disgrace to the age. F ur th ermore , t wo ot h er little publications claim your attention (same price Is. each, b y Post Is. 64.) called " Wh a t t o E a t , D r i nk, and Avoid," and " How to be Happy." They are not merely Pamphlets, bat equal In quantity a library volume, nor are they the mere ephemeral scribblings of the hour, but the study of the author's life, who owes his present existence, health, and position to this ob servance of the maxims he would inculcate—ta do unto others as he world be done unto—to live alter nature's laws—and to keep always on the "sunny side of the way." The above works may be had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Carvalho, 147, Fleet -street ; Mann, 39, Cornhill ; Nelson, 457, West Strand ; or direct (by post or other- Wise) from the author (who may be conferred with perso na ll y, Mornings and ‘vonings), 10, Argyll-place Regent-street; and all Booksellers. Illustrated by 26 Anatomical Coloured Engravings on Steel. OX PHYSICAL DISQUALICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCAPA CITY, &ND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. 11.45 W Editiee, enlarged to 196 pages. Just published, price 2s. 6d., or by Post, direct from the Establishment, 35. 641. in postage stamps, THE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on the infirmities and decay of the generative syste m, f r om ex celBl're indulgence, infection, and the inordinate use of mercury, With remarks en Marriage, and the means of obviating certain cbs clualificatiens. Illustrated by 26 Coloured Engravings. By R. and l ' i „.. PERRY and CO., 19, Berners- street, Oxford-street, London. ' h ublished by the Authors : sold by Strange, 21, Paternoster-row -.4n laY, 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street ; Starie, 23, Titehborne itreet, Haymarket ; and Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street. Pairr I. treats of the anatom and physiology of the re-productive y or gan*, and is illustrat e d by Si x Coloured Engravings. PAIT 11. treats et the consequences resulting from excessive indul gence, and their lamentable effects on the system, producing mental Zk si l bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative incapacity. i llustrated by Three Explanatory Engravings. ' ,PAIL? 111. Treat s o f th e di seases resulting from infection, either i n their Primary or secondary form, a n d con t a i ns ex pli c it di rec ti ons f or treatment. The consequences of early neglect and of the abase by Inereu rY , are also clearly pointed out. This section is illustrated _Seventeen Coloured Engravings. ~_.rAnx IV. Treats of Perry's Preventative Lotion, by the use of Znich the dangers of infection are obviated. It combines with the "1:114 chemically, and destroys its power on the system. d ZAar Y. Is devoted to the consideration of marriage, and its ~:i e 8 , The causes of unproductive union, are also considered, and "" 7. Whole subject critically and philosophically inquired into. 1„_-OXCOIDIAL BALM OF SYRIACIIIK is exclusively employed In treat 12?e.rvotts and sexual debility, impotence, &c., I ls. and 333. per 1 .7„n The Concentrated Detersive Essence, an anti-syphilitic t Aln. '"7 ru , or purifying the blood in cases of infection, secondary syrup- Pe e p h one , and the abuse of mercury, 1 la. and 335. per bottle. „ l i t z::' epri fying Specific Pills, per box, a rion or the beldY in gonorrhcea,gleet, strictures, and chronic inflamma obviate ob viate adder. Perry's Preventative Lotion, an application to h. netter, i yanzer of infection. 335. a bottle. Consultation fee, if 14 1 Y e Packets with advice tube Lad at the Esta blishment 115e i : Y Which the fee, If is saved. Attendance daily at 19, ..er -11144 etr rarr eet2 - tr " n • Ele ven till " Two, and Five to Bight; on Sundays 911 ' 1 0 One. CONTRACT FOR COALS FOR LISBON. Department of the Storekeeper Gene: - al of the Navy, merset.place, october 21, 1847. • The Commissioners fore ecuting the Office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland do hereby give notice, that on THURSDAY, the 28th instant, al. One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such Persons as may be willing to Contract for supplying, from time lo time, at Lisbon, fur a period of Twelve Months from the day of treaty, all such COALS as shall be required for the service of her Majesty's Steam-vessels. The Coals to be delivered immediately on demand on board the Steam -vessels at Lisbon. A Form of the Tender may be seen at the said Office. No Tender will be received after Ono o'clock on tho day of treaty, nor any noticed, unless the party attends, or au agent for him, duly au thorised in writing. Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear in the left hand corner the words Tender for Coals," and must also be delivered at Sonaerset-place, accompanied by a letter signed by two responsible persons, engaging to become bound with the person tendering, in the sum of 500/., for the due performance of the Contract. COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX. WANTED TO BORROW, on the security of the County Rates for Middlesex, for the purposes of the Act 8 and 9 Viet., c. 126, relating to Pauper Lunatic Asylums, the sum of TWENTY THOU SAND POUNDS, in one or more sums, not less than 1,0001. each, to be advanced on the 2d December next. The interest will be paid half- yearly, one-thirteenth part of the principal will be repaid at flee end of each year, until the whole shall be discharged. All persons desirous of lending the money are requested to send in sealed tenders, endorsed " Tender for Lending Money for the purposes of the Middlesex Additional Pauper Lunatic Asylum," addressed "To the Chairman of the Committee of Visitors of the Middlesex Additional Pauper L unat i c Asylum, " under cover to ate, at the Ses sions House, Clerkenwell-green, on or before TUESDAT, the 16th No vember next, stating the lowest rate of interest (which must not ex ceed 5 per cent.) at which they will advance the same. The Lender will be entitled, at his option, either to one bond for the whole amount, or to separate bonds for not less than 1,0001. each. JOHN S. SKAIFE, Clerk to the Visitors. Sessions House, Clerkenwell, Oct. 20, 1847. At e -H . 1 I laMS•l=l No. 17,188.] LON DON, MONDAY EVENING S Ny OCTOBER 25, 1847. P.S9L.S6wW...I9.9x•IMUmExn,==I/1. NATIONAL LOAN FUN .. D LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. 26, CORNIIILL, LONDON. Capital £500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. This Institution embraces Important and substantial advantages wth respect to life assurances and deferred annuities. The assured has, on all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense or for feiture of the policy, two•thirds of the premiums paid (see Table); a'so the option of selecting benefits, arid the conversion of his in terests to meet other conveniencies or necessity. Assurances for terms of years on the lowest possible rates. DIVISION OF PROFITS. The increasing prosperity of the Society has enabled the Directors a' the annual meeting held on the 12th May, 1847, to declare a fifth b,nus, varying from 35 to 85 per cent. ou the premiums paid on each policy effected on the profit scale. THE CHARING-CROSS BRIDGE COMPANY. A special general meeting of the shareholders in this company was held at the office, Villiers-street, Strand, on Saturday (Mr.W. Hawes in the chair), for the purpose of receiving a report from the directors. But a small number of shareholders were present. The advertisement having been read, The CHAIRMAN said it was only necessary for him to trouble them with a few observations. He was glad to say that, following up the wishes communi cated by all the proprietors at the last meeting, that an amicable understanding should subsist between the two companies, he and his brother directors had carefully considered the relative positions of both companies, and their deliberations had resulted in a general agreement between them as to the course to be adopted at that meeting.—(Hear, hear.) The di rectors, therefore, came before them to propose two resolutions—first, the rescinding of the contract with Messrs. Jackson, Sir Joshua Walmsley, and others, for the sale of the bridge ; and,dsecondly, to obtain power to raise 20,0001. to pay off the urgent calls on the finances of the company. The directors had little more to say beyond the report. Mr. Hawes then read the report and the proposed resolutions, which were in the following terms : " Your directors have little more to say in reference to the special general meeting convened for this day, than to report that after the half-yearly general meet ing of the proprietors, held in August last, they ap pointed a committee consisting of Mr. Seager, Mr. Child, and Mr. English, to inquire into the financial position of the company, and to ? report their opinion as to the best means of proviain#Air the pxytoen i t of the pressing demands on its finances. " The report of that committee having been adopted by your directors, it was resolved that a copy thereof, with the resolutions to be proposed this day, should be forwarded to the directors of the Hungerford Market Company. These resolutions, after some correspondence and discussion, have been arranged to the satisfaction of both parties, and your directors with confidence submit the same for the support of the sharehelders now assembled. " 1. That the arrangements entered into by the directors with Mr. Jackson, Sir Joshua Walmsley, Messrs. Reed and Fuller, for rescinding the contract with them for the sale and purchase of the bridge and other property of the company, be approved; and that the directors be and are hereby authorised to affix the company's seal to any instrument which may be required for that purpose. ‘ l. 2. That a sum of money not exceeding 20,0001. be raised, pursuant to the power for that purpose granted by the Company's Act of Parliament, 6 Vict., cap. 19, by the issue of 3,200 quarter shares of 6/. ss. each ; such shares to be issued by the directors at such times and in such manner as they may think best calculated to promote the interests of th e or i g i na l shareholder s i n th e com pany. His first b us i ness was to move the r ecept i on of the report. Of course h e s h ou ld feel happy to give any information that might be required, but he could hardly conceive that any one would make such a re quest after the special appointment of the committee referred to to investigate the accounts, and which had led to the calling of that meeting, and after the full discussion which the whole matter then before them had undergone at the previous meeting. Mr. BLUNT thought that the members of the com mittee formerly appointed should receive some ac knowledgment of their labours in the report of the directors, who had chasseed their recommendations and now adopted them in another form. The CHAIRMAN said the propositions now brought forward were substantially the same as those recom mended by the committee of which Mr. Blunt was a member. Mr. BROWNE, a solicitor, here handed in a protest against the proceedings of the directors, which he called upon the clerk to read previous to moving its insertion on the minutes. It was signed by Messrs. Varnham, Cope, Rudall, and Rose, declining to recognise the legality of the arrangements entered into by the directors for the sale of the bridge, and intimating their intention to prosecute them for the course they had adopted. The CHAIRMAN, having read the document, said he could not look upon it as a protest, and inquired if Mr. Browne submitted it as an amendment? Mr. BROWNE replied in the negative : it wonld speak for itself. The CHAIRMAN declined to receive it. A SHAREHOLDER said it was usual at public meet r 4.04.0 t. up aiCia thrrninatiou, it th, pers)ns protesting were disitaisiled : . with the pro. ceedings. The CHAIRMAN said that was the usual course. Mr. ELKINS said the document put forward by the directors could not be considered a report, as it did not contain the information which the, shareholders required before they could decide upon so momentous a matter as that for which they had been summoned. He found a statement in it to the effect that a report had been made by a certain committee, that it was re ceived by the directors, and approved of by them; and they now called upon the shareholders to agree to the reception of a report, of the contents of which they were ignorant. He wished to have the report read, but if the Chairman refused to accede to his request, it would be for th e * meet i ng to consider whether they would act properly if th ey adopted such a report. The CHAI RMAN sa id he would cut a long story short, by co nsen ti ng to read the report on which e ions.He accordingly did ba se d th e resolutions. did so. s • certain conditions, and had withdrawn their opposition. lie was, therefore, taken by surprise, and wished to ask if the con tract was in writing, and if so to see it, in order to ascertain if signed, and by whom—if the seal was attached to it, and if the proper officer was consulted on the matter before or after it was signed. These were important matters for consideration when the question before them was how 10,000/. of their funds should be expended. If the contract for rescinding the sale of the bridge was as represented, he had no hesitation in staking his professional reputation as a lawyer that, looking at the Act, it was illegal, and incapable of being enforced in a court of common law or equity.—(Laughter.) [The Chairman—He gives that opinion without having seen it.] If ab initio it was invalid, it was an important matter for their consideration what course they should adopt. The CHAIRMAN said the directors declined to allow Mr. Elkins to see the contract; but if the meeting wished it produced, he for one had no objection, but as it was agreed to at a public meeting, and subse quently confirmed at a public meeting, and as it had been prepared by their solicitor, had had the seal attached to it, and been signed in the usual manner, the directors considered its production unnecessary.— (Hear.) Mr. Elkins had been referred to the solicitor, Mr. Curtis, by the directors, on the subject. Mr. ELKINS said Mr. Curtis was the solicitor to the directors, and not to the shareholders; if he were not he might have communicated with him ; and concluded by moving an amendment, to the effect that after the statement of the directors, the further consideration of the matter be postponed until a committt - e of,the shareholders., to be appointed at that meeting, have inspected the accounts, and reported on the affairs of the company, which was seconded by Mr. Browne. A SHAREHOLDER said if the report of the committee, of which Mr. Blunt was a member, had been attended to, they would have saved 1,0001., as they would now, he understood, have to pay 10,0001. instead of 9,000/. The amendment was lost by a large majority. The CHAIRMAN then proposed the second resolution, which was seconded by Mr. Few. The CHAIRMAN said this resolution was proposed on the distinct understanding that these new shares should be merely used as security for the required loan ; they should, therefore, avoid increasing the capital. It was the opinion of both the companies that there should be no increase in the number of shareholders, and he believed that the understanding which had been come to would lead to a satisfactory understanding for the future between the two bodies. A SHAREHOLDER said, in the present pressure of the money market, it was absurd to suppose that the company could raise money from parties unless they gave them uncontrolled command of the shares. The CHAIRMAN said the money would only be bor rowed for a given time. A SHAREHOLDER inquired whether it was likely that the money could be raised as proposed. If not, they must adopt some other mode of doing so. The CHAIRMAN replied, when they first proposed to borrow the money that they had offers from par ties to lend it; but even during the present pressure he had no doubt they should obtain enough to dis charge the most pressing claims. Mr. Baowsix characterised the whole proceedings of the chairman and directors as irregular, and con sidered that the present proposition was only brought forward for the purpose of screening their previous grossly culpable misconduct.—(Cries of " Order.") He repeated the word misconduct. Of course the directors did not like to be reminded of jvhat they had done, and he was justified in the strong language he had used, as they had refused the appointment of a committee to inquire into the finances of the com pany ; they had, besides, not said a word of what they intended to do with the 20,000/., and had re fused to pay the costs to which the shareholders from whom the protest emanated had been put in opposing their proceedings and defending their interests, and those of all the shareholders. He admitted that they required a portion of the money to return to the persons with whom they had improperly entered into a contract. If they had admitted that they had fallen into an error in this transaction, and were unlikely to commit a similar mistake, such a circumstance might have extenuated their conduct, and: have been some reason why the shareholders should have voted the money they re quired. Then, the chairman had committed certain errors professedly wrong, and had not care fully livalfaiiitletl theft futidn. Thc avlielLor had recently appointed was his brother-in-law, and he had, he believed, sent in a bill of 1,200/. for endea vouring to carry out the contract, whilst any man in his senses might, though not a professional man, have known that the very commencement of it was wrong, and that it could not be carried out. Further, the chairman had not said one word in the shape of apology for causing the gentlemen whom he repre sented to spend their money. They had sent their bill of costs to him, but he had treated it with con tempt, and would continue to treat them and others in a similar spirit until coercive measures were adopted there and elsewhere. The entering into this obnoxious contract had prevented the payment of any dividend for the last year, and the money had been spent in exigencies, or in some way of which the chairman was silent. Those who had resisted the illegal acts of the directors had thwarted the object which the chairman had in view—namely, the break ing up of the company ; and although a copy of their Bill had been transmitted to each of the directors, not one of them had the candour or courtesy to acknow ledge its receipt, or to propose any arrangement to wards its payment, whilst at the same time they could pay the bill of their solicitor for doing that which the shareholders did not approve. The gentlemen he re presented had preserved the company ; but for them it would have been dissolved twelve months ago. They had preserved it for weal or for woe—for good, if properly managed, but for bad purposes, if they allowed the directors to borrow money in the way they wished. He made these observations in order that the chair man might, before he left the chair, say something in exculpation of his conduct, and lead the gentlemen to believe that he was not what they supposed him to be —a dishonest man.— (Cries of " Order " and "Shame.") Unquestionably the shares would be let loose—they would keep them out of the market if they could ; but he did not think they could. He could not understand how the directors now required 20,0001., after withholding dividends to the amount of 2,0001. or 3,000/. If they gave the directors the power to raise this sum they might depend upon it that they would get no dividend for the next six or seven years. He regretted now that he had been instrumental in causing the election as directors of two gentlemen at the last meeting. They were elected in the hope that they would protect the interests of the share holders, but it was much to be lamented that they had not done so; in fact, as soon as gentlemen were placed on the board they forgot the interests of the shareholders. Let the shareholders recollect that they individually become responsible for the money It did not appear that there was a pressing demand for more than 5,0001.; for the chairman had told them that Mr. Jackson would take the 10,000/. in any way convenient to the company. It seemed to him disgraceful to seek to take 1,000/. of the money of those whom they had led into making a contract with them—he did not believe that one person in that room would touch the money. Surely there was sufficient in hand to meet any pressing demand. It was for this reason that his friend on his right (Mr. Elkins) moved for the committee which had been refused, for the chairman set his face against it. If they acceded to the proposition the shares would get loose, the company would sink into a worse state than at pre sent, and they would find too late that no banker would lend the money. Mr. COLES CHILD denied that he or his colleagues had lost sight of the interests of the shareholders. The 20,000/. was imperatively required to discharge urgent claims upon the capital of the company, but the money would be raised in a way which would not injure the original shareholders, and the dividends would be forthcoming at the proper time. EXAMPLE <. 4, i i i Penna. rum the ...1 ~ Annual ;Policy Bonus in nent Re- Assured Ise. ii . 2 I Pre- taken addition Bonus In duction of i may bor x= n ; minim l out In Assured. ; Cash. Annual ! row on iPremiums. Policy. I I- £ s. de £ s d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 1 1 1837 243 9 3 112 8 5 18 4 6 494 8 10 1838 218 4 8, 99 8 10 15 13 5 445 0 0 X Xs. d. I 1 1839 192 1 10, 86 9 3 13 4 9 /395 11 I 60 1000 74 3 4.1 ' 1840 143 5 10; 66 8 4 9 19 I 316 2 3 I 1841 138 14 2 61 17 6 9 9 2 1296 13 4 L' 1842 111 6 8; 49 10 0 710 4 !247 4 5 The A.anual _Report, with tables of rates, &c., may be had at the office, or any of its branches in the coantry ; or, on application. will b: forwarded post free. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Secretary, IFNGLAND to INDIA and AUSTRALIA. The INDIA and AUSTRALIA. MAIL STEAM-PACKET COAI PANY, incorporated by Roya! Charter, which limits the re sponsibility of the shareholders to the amount for which they indivi dually subscribe, and authorises the Company to establish commu nications to and and from the United Kingdom, the East Indies, Australasia, and New Zealand. Capital One Million sterling. Divided into series of shares of 201. eaeh. COMMITTEE. Sir George Larpent, Bart., Chairman of the London Committee of 1846 for Extension of Steam Navigation to Australia. Sir William •erner, Bart., M.P. Hon. Francis Scott, M.P., Agent for Yew South Wales. Sir Thomas L. Mitchell, Surveyor-General of New South Wales, London. Lieut.-Col. Abdy, Indian Army J. Maclean Lee, Esq, Thomas Browne, Esq. Captain Richard Lloyd, Indian Captain Cogan, Indian Navy Navy Archibald Cuninghame, Esq. Mi!bourne Marsh, Esq. Captain IL M. Denham, F.R.S., It Montgomery Martin, Esq. Royal Navy J. Monteflore, Esq. G. 11. Donaldson, Esq. Sir F. Waskett Myers, K.C.S. Capt. It. J, Fayrer, Royal Navy Alexander C, Ogilvie, Esq. Captain Ford, East India Maritimeißichard Paterson, Esq. Service !Robert Henley Payne, Esq, Captain G. T. Gordon, Royal Navy;John Wilson Pillans, Esq. E. S. Halswell, Esq., M.A., F.R.S. I G. H. Skead, Esq., Master, Royal Capt. H. Hamilton, Royal Navy Navy Gustavus Hamilton, Esq. Colonel Torrens, F.R.S. James Hunter, Esq. William Gordon Thomson, Esq. J. A. Jackson, Esq. Lieut. Wagborn, F.R.A.S„ Royal Charles Joyce, Esq. Navy Frederick Lambe, Esq. Melvil Wilson, Esq. BANKERS—Messrs. Currie and Co., Cornhill. SoLiciToss—Messrs. Barron and Clarke, Bloomsbury-square. India, Australia, China, and the adjacent regions, contain a popu lation of more than half the number of the inhabitants of the globe, and teem with every product which con minister to the wants of man. To carry out effectually and economically steam communication with those countries is the object of this Company, for whose ope rations there is an ample and profitable field, especially as regards our numerous and valuable colonies in the Southern Pacific, which have an increasing intercourse with India as well as with England —are the only portions of the British empire ur.connected by steam navigation with the parent state, and for which a charter by the overland route has been exclusively granted to this Company. The route sanctioned by the Lords of the Admiralty for this Com pany is via Ceylon, Singapore, and Torres Straits, the advantages of which are, that Sydney, the metroplitan capital of the whole of the Australasian colonies, would be brought to a certainty within 64 or 6.5 days of London (frequently in GO), and within less than 30 days of India. The coal stations are convenient, excellent coal from the pits at Newcastle, New South Wales, can be put on board there at 7s. to 7s. 6d. per ton. Prospectuses, with forms of application for shares, and further information may be had on application at the offices of the Com pany, where a copy of the Royal Charter of Incorporation may be obtained. Offices, 34, Cornhill, London. JOAN YATES, Sec. PATENT RAMONEUR ASSOCIATION. (Provisionally Registered.) COUNTIES of SURREY and KENT. Capital, 20,0001. in 10,000 Shares of 21. each. Deposit, 11. per Share on complete registration. No further call will be mad, without three months' previous notice. The liabilities of each shareholder limited to the amount subscribed for. The PATENT RAMONEUR MACHINE is exclusively used in the offices of the Right Hon. the Lords of the Treasury, the Royal Agricultural Society, the Royal Horticultural Society ; the Royal Exchange-bulldings, &c. The objects of the promoters are ap proved by The Most Noble the Marquis of NORTHAMPTON, President of the Royal Society. The Right Hon. Earl DE GREY, K.G., President of the Royal In stitute of British Architects. Sir RODERICK I. MURCHISON, President of the British bssocia thou for the Advancement of Science. The Right Rev, the Lord Bishop The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Norwich of Lichfield The Right Hon. the Earl of Lei- The Meet Noble the Marquis of caster Bristol Tit c Lord Rendlesham, M.P. The Hon. and Rev. Thomas R. The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop Keppel of Gloucester and Bristol The Hon. Fred. Byng The Hon. and Rev. Edward S. The idev. Sir Thomas Gray Cal- Keppel lum, Bart. The Very Rev. the Dean of West- Sir William Foster, Bart. minster, Dr. Buckland Sir Robert Harland, Bart. The Venerable Archdeacon Shir- Sir Francis Darwin ley I The Norwich Union Fire Office Sir John P. Boileau, Bart i'" s'ire (Mee. war nienara rata Jounrell, Bart. The District Fire Unice of Bir- Dr. Outram, F.R.S., F.G.S., In- mingham Spector of Naval Hospitals The Norwich Equitable Insurance Right Hon. Earl Fitzhardinge , Office His Grace the Duke of Beaufort The Nottinghamshire and Derby- Philip W. S. Miles, Esq., M.P, shire Fire Office Right Hon. F. H. F. Berkeley, The West of England Fire Office, M.P. &c. W. Miles, Esq., M.P. The object of this Association is totally to abolish the use of climbing boys, who, notwithstanding the penalties to which those employing them are subjected by the 3d and 4th Victoria, cap. 85, are continually resorted to. This breach of the law is acquiesced in by a large portion of the public, from a conviction of the utter lin possitility in innumerable cases of cleansing a chimney or flue with the old machine. For the laudable purpose of furthering the objects of the law by avoiding all necessity for its infringement, the inge nious and effective Ramoneur machine has been invented. This invention consists of four brushes forming a square head, which by means of elastic springs contracts or expands, according to the small or extended space in which the machine moves, thereby creating an even pressure on all four sides of a chimney. The rods attached to this head or brush are supplied at intervals with universal spring joints, capable of turning even a right angle and the whole is surmounted with a double revolving ball, having also a universal spring joint, which leads the brush with certainty past every angle, and into every corner, cleansing its route most perfectly. The capabilities of this machine are best demonstrated by the fact, that it is exclusively used in the Government and numerous public offices, while the patronage bestowed by a large number of the nobility and gentry in continuing their annual con tracts to the patentees evidences their sense of its superiority, as well as of the philanthropic views of the projectors. Detailed prospectuses May be obtained, and a working model of the machine seen, at the offices of the solicitor, F, Dolman, Esq., 39, Jermyn-street, St. James's; at Messrs. Barry and Co.'s, brokers, 7, Birchin-lane ; at W. Heath, Esq.'s, Nag's Head-court, Gracechurch-street; and at the principal office, 1, Wellington-street, London-bridge, Borough, where applications for shares may be addressed. The Rev. Dr. M o The CHAIRMAN replied that be fully informed on the ° RE also matter before the meeting. were desirous that the new sharesYshoinuldorndoetr Would it not be wellt t h h o e u g i‘ h i t a r k they e C y 0 m s should t to read the resolutions agreed to by the Mark the market to the depreciation of the old shares, gt: how the matter stood Market Company, i an s nt e do e re solution complying with this the creation of a temporary Mr. QUADS inquired, the directors of the faith of the company that this wish' and pledging the they should only be used for epraessseod used, what guarantee the would not be taken into directors could give that they The CHAIRMAN—I ca the market? 1 fy Company loan. he shares w gentlemen, except the wordn offer you no guarantee, so of your directors that it is not their intentionto issue the shares, and surely you have sufficient confidence that we are sincere in what confidence in us to believe ante is as much as any gentl we say. Such an assur those whom he has el ec t e d t eman would require from to Conduct the affairs of 1 any company in which he • l s a shareholder.—(Hear.) A SHAREHOLDER recommended that the resolution should be accompanied with a statement to this effect. The CHAIRMAN said it was on record, and was in cluded in the resolution agreed to with the Market Company. Mr. FOWLER thought it should be seconded by a resolution at that meeting. The report was then received. The CHAIRMAA moved the • adoption of the first resolution, which was seconded b Ar B LUNT. Mr. BROWNS again pressed his ..r....AUNT. protest. The CHAIRMAN repeated that he did not consider it a protest; it was merely a threat to prosecute the I directors. If the Lion. Proprietor would submit it as motion, he would receive it and put it t o the meeting. Mr. BLUNT said it bad nothing to do with the business of the day. Mr. BROWNE replied that was a protest against " all acts and dealings" in respect to the contract. He disclaimed against the Chairman having his own way at all the meetings. The CHAIRMAN merely wished to conduct the business properly. Mr. CHRISTIE, a director, said that there was nothing in the document to indicate i ts nature cept the word " p ro test." If the pa r ti es who, ex had signed it did no t a pprove of the proceedings, th e might vote against them. It merely said that they ; would hold the di re ctors responsible for money they - had spent i n th e o pposition they had carried on, and was a question which would no doubt be decided at the proper time. It was nothing more than an amendment. Mr. BROWNE said—The whole matter was this. The Chairman would not receive a protest against what he had done, and wished him to postpone press ing r th e recep ti on o f th e protest until the first esolu tion was carried. Now he protested at the proper time; its consequences would be felt at the proper time, and it was monstrous that a servant of the company should refuse to receive it. A SHAREHOLDER said the protest was nothing more than a written speech against the resolution. If the parties objected to it they should proceed by a substantive motion. After some discussion, The CHAIRMAN explicitly declined to receive the document as a protest. He h ad, howeve r , no objec tion to r ece i ve it at the end of the meeting. Mr. axilis complained tha t the p r oposition of a resolution o f so muc h importance had not been pre ceded by some explanation by the chairman of what had occurred since the l as t meeting to induce the directors again to bring it forward. They could not have forgotten that it had been propounded twice or thrice, and that each time it had been repudiated. All that they had heard in a ddition w as, th at t h e Hungerford-market company had agreed to i FIELD. 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Just published, and may be had in French or English, in a Sealed Envelope, 2s. 6d„ or post-free, from the author, for forty-two Stamps, QELP-PRESERVATION; a Medical Tr ea ti se on the Physiology of Marriage, Infelicitous and Unproductive Unions, and the Secret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and Ma turity, usually acquired at an early period of life, which enervate the physical and mental powers, diminish and enfeeble the natural feeling, and exhaust the vital energies of Manhood ; with Practica: Observations on the Treatment of Nervous Debility and Indigestion, whether arising from these causes, close study, or the influence of tropical climates: Local and Constitutional Weakness, Syphilis, Stricture, and all Diseases and Derangements resulting from Indis cretion. With Forty coloured Engravings, illustrating the Anatomy, Physiology, and Diseases of the Reproductive Organs, explaining their structures, uses, and functions, and the various injuries that are produced in them by solitary habits, excesses, and infection. BY SAMUEL LAWERT, M.D., 9, BEDFORD -STREET, BEDFORD-SQUARE, Doctor of Medicine, Matriculated Edin burgh, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Member L°llN' of the ,Unnolvneorsrarityy Membero Hall, London fEdin - of the London Hospital Medical Society, &c. M • arriage requires the fulfilment of several conditions, in order that It may b e really the cause of mutual happiness. Could the and Its true source in cior gin of domesti c wre t c h e d ness , b e ra i se d, it be trac e d t o playsica every i instance disclosed, in how many could o pintments. Excesses are always and their attendant disap sl weys injurious ; the g ift, w hi c h w h en used in moder a ti on is fraught • with advantage, becomes, when abused, the pr o lifi c source of to the constituti ona l and vital:chief, and of grea t er or l ess i n j ury powers The particular excesses, on ,he mature and cons equence of vi arc productive of greater severitych this Tre a ti se pro f esses to d i late, than any other to whi c h it i s subject o . f misery to the human frame, This work contains an acct Anatomy and Physiology ofen thee. and co mp l e t e account of the their relative conditions in health and Organs, and of requires the closest attentio n and study, f or w h at disease. it deservedly be of mere imnortanee than the rese subject can and of the physical capabilities of l) which of the h ea l t h, be possessed. It unfortunately happens that man should victim of excessive Indulgence and vici ous habits, the unhappy in early life or from the follies of advanced ' whether acquired age, while suffering from their invariable consequences, unwisely entert a i ns plying' to a qualified physician for relief. Shame and the t a he iear of ap- dread so freqaently, but erroneously entertained that these complaints beyond the reach of art, alike restrict him and prevent isseeking for assistance where alone it ca n b e p r ocured. In acting thus, rg he forgets that accurate discrim ination in asce rtaining the causes of disease, sympathy with the sufferer, and, above all, secrecy, inva riably characterise the intelligent and practical physician, and to the medical man who can show by his posse Won of the requisite legal qualifications that he is entitled to esteem and respect in his profes sional pursuits, the utmost confidence should be extended. Dr. L A'MERT has obtained the highest medical honours, as his diplomas testify, and the great extent of his practice for many years is a guarantee for his professional experience, which has reference almost solely to the treatment of these diseases. Published by the Author, and may be had of Kent and Richards, 62, Paternoster-row; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street; Starie, Tichborne street, Haymarket ; Mansell, 115, Fleet-street ; Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street, London ; or, free by post for forty-two stamps, from the Author, who may be consulted on these disorders personally or by letter, daily, from Ten till Two, and from Five till Night, at his valence, 0, Bedford-street, Jiadford-altutra, London, Mr. ELKINS said the directors, feeling sure that the resolution would be carried, treated as nought the remonstrances of those who differed with them. They had fought inch by inch by the side of the shareholders, who had now deserted them ; and it appeared to him that something very extraordinary must have occurred since the last meeting to cause so great a change in the conduct of' . those who op posed the directors at the last meeting. It was all moonshine to say that the shares would not be issued to the depreciation of the old shares.—(Hear, and laughter.) The shareholders ought to call upon the di rectors to postpone issuing the shares until another meeting, in . order that the directors might ascertain whether they could raise the money by the mere de posit of the shares. He wished that he could believe that the directors would do no wrong, but a forgetful ness of the interests of the shareholders leavened the whole lump.—(Laughter.) He did not, however, charge them with making use of the money for their own purposes; ,but was it not remarkable , after what they had heard th a t d ay, that the chairman should have stated at the last meeting that they would rue the day they entered into friendly communication with the Market Company ? The Clisumart denied that he did anything of the „i,,,i, „it, I --N,„ :: j...7:'11'......:„•__.,),-.' • ..4 • 7 ,.: - . _ mac , . c -- " 2 _, ---- >__ . ....... , ~ ,/ cr......i,.... „ .5zt,...,..,.___ . - - ----- - "- 7- . -' 4. ..-- -1111 116 s' . -' ': .._.., , Ammitto ,IP - , 111 1 , s, •au• l, ".'v 4 --- " *. '"*"...H E.”: . .. 4 .4,. v i•-, ' " ........* , V ‘. ~ A, ) . v . ,, . -.- .: ..- ....._ ,:// i - 1 ..,-= ..-,,. ,-.44 , ....- .- - ,'''- ' i `',..,, ''' 7 7 - ) - tl' ' ' ' * " .::f. :14-1-; . " 4-4::::11'' - " I • t'\::' ' - "'.: lj ..: : ;.'T: L:: : \" ; ' t - --. -j :- L- '"* " 1: - --''''' - ;€6 .- IT \-- • •644b .tt \ 17:N 3°' • [PRICE SD. kind. What he said was, that the two companies had but one interest in common, and that they ought there fore.to be united.—(Hear.) He thought now as then, that they should pull together. He never uttered any sentiment which might lead to an opposite con struction. He concluded by moving as an amendment to the effect, " That the shares should be subject to a restriction in respect to the security required." Mr. BROWNE seconded the amendment. Mr. Les SEAGER, a director, couid not remain quiescent under the charge imputed to the directors by the Hon. Proprietor (Mr. Elkins) that they had grossly misconducted themselves in entering into the contract with Mr. Jackson and others, because the proprietors would recollect, that before Mr. Elkins became a proprietor, that the contract was actually forced upon the chairman, and the directors who acted with him at that time, contrary to his judgment and much to his annoyance.—(Hear.) That contract emanated entirely from the shareholders, at one of the largest meetings of the proprietors perhaps ever held in that room. The chairman and the directors were forced into an agreement to sell the bridge ; and, therefore, if the transaction was a blamable one, it was the fault of the shareholders; the directors must be exonerated altogether from the unjust charge so repeatedly imputed to them. Mr. STUTELEY, the chairman of the Hungerford Market Company, considered that some explanation was due to the shareholders, on the part of the com pany he represented, with respect to the altered posi tion in which that company and the Bridge Company now stood.—(Hear.) They were aware that the Market. Company opposed the raising of the money in the way originially recommended, principally because the issuing of new shares would injure those who had originally embarked in the undertaking, and who had retained their shares through all its fortunes, and as lung as other means were open they felt they were justified in their opposition ; and, in order to bring the matter to an issue, he sought an interview with Mr. Hawes, in order that they might, as private gentlemen, calmly consider, at a private interview, the position of each company, and endeavour, if possible, to adjust their differences. He found that the chairman had been unsuccessful in endeavouring to raise the necessary funds in some other way, and as he had failed his objection was removed —(Hear, hear.) It appearing that there was no other alterna tive than by issuing shares—(Hear)—and this being the case, he endeavoured on the part of the proprietors to obtain such an understanding as should preclude the share 3 from going i n t o th e mar k et, and prevent their being used except as security for a loan, and it was agreed that a resolution to that effect should be prepared at that mee ti ng , an d t h at the directors should previously furnish the Market Company with a decla ratory resolution of the directors to that effect.— (Hear.) He wished, however, to state that this arrange ment must not be looked upon as pledging the Hun gerford Market Company to support in any shape or way whatever proposition might be brought before the proprietors by the directors. The Hungerford Market Company would hold itself quite aloof and independent on the questions which in the future might be brought forward. He sincerely hoped, now the differences between them had been adjusted, that nothing would occur to disturb their relations; he for one had no anticipation that such would be the case.—(Hear, hear.) The CHAIRMAN said the statements of one or two had g at e t n e t n l d e emde the e w p o r u e l d v o n u o have st meetings been of t uttered p i h a f n t y. e y The fullest explanation of the liabilities of the company was circulated at the last and previous meetings, and showing how they proposed to spend the 20,0001., and nothing had occurred since the last meeting to alter the financial position of the company. He con tended, therefore, that Mr. Elkins' statements were inconsistent with truth. It was true the solicitor was his brother-in-law, and he was not ashamed to own it. He believed him an honourable man, and that neither himself nor the other directors would pay him more for his professional services than he was fairly entitled to.—(Hear.) The opposition of the gentle men who had sent in the bill of costs mentioned by Mr. Browne, had deteriorated the company by re ducing its value to 80,0001., whereas it was worth 226,000/. twelve months ago, so great had been the depreciation of the shares. They must pay Messrs. Jackson arid the contractors, for the bridge was almost finished. Their liabilities had been stated half a dozen times, and yet they were told that they had withheld information. As long as he had been connected with the company he lisd been most anxious. as he was now, to give the share holders the fullest explanation of every iota of the expenses. The accounts had been fully investigated by the committees which had been appointed. Mr. Elkins had no right to insinuate that the directors would act in' a . hostile spirit to the resolution. He was sure the Hungerford Market Company did not entertain any such opinion. The amendment was lost by a majority of 8, the numbers being—For, 6 ; against it, 14. Mr. Ei.xisis then demanded a poll, which showed the following result :—For the amendment, 15 ; against it, 46; majority against, 31. The original motion was then declared carried. The CHAIRMAN declared the business for which the meeting was convened was at an end, and declined again to receive the protest. A vote of thanks was then passed to the Chairman, and the meeting separated. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT WAKE- At about two o'clock on Saturday morning last a most destructive conflagration took place at Wake field, by which property to a large amount has been destroyed. The alarm of fire was first given by the watch men of the town, and it was soon afterwards discovered that the extensive premises of Messrs. W. and W. Lake, situate in Thorne's-lane, were on fire. The proprietors are bone and cake crushers and agri cultural seed3men, and have carried on business to a very great extent for some years past. The premises which they occupy are situated in the midst of a large number of corn and flour mills, the safety of which was much endangered by the flames from the burning pile, and the pieces of ignited materials which were carried in almost every direction by the strong wind that prevailed. The mills of Mr. G. Sendars ' M.P. for the bor oug h, o f t h e Messrs. Fer nandez, Mr. T. Haigh, and other large firms, were with difficulty saved, and the dwelling -houses of those who reside in the vicinity were placed in immi nent danger. A large number of workmen and many of the prin cipal owners of property near the spot were soon col lected, but some time elapsed before the arrival of the engine, and the building then being one mass of flames, and the front part of it completely gutted, the efforts of the firemen produced not the slightest effect. In the interior of the premises was machinery to a very large amount, the whole of which was com pletely destroyed, as well as the stock of linseed, bone dust, and the other agriculutural seeds in which the Messrs. Lake deal. The roof of the building ex tended from the front along two sides, to which of course the flames rapidly extended, it being for the most part covered with wood, and as the different portions of it fell in with fearful and repeated crashes, the violence of the raging element appeared to in crease and to burn with greater fury. The further row of buildings from the point at which the fire commenced was fortunately saved by great exertions ; but nothing more than the bare walls of the mill itself aro left standing. No portion of the stock was saved, but the whole of the books of the firm were safely removed from the counting house. There was, we understand, a large quantity of oats consumed, belonging to Mr. Whiteley, of Wake field, for which we have heard that the Messrs. Lake will not be responsible, but their loss will, never theless be very serious. The building was insured in the Leeds and Yorkshire Fire-office, but only to the extent of 1,0001., a sum much below its real value. The destruction of property is estimated at no less a sum than 2,5001., so that the firm will be sufferers to the amount of 1,5001., for which they are uninsured. This, of course, is independent of the sacrifice of capital and time, the mill having been but very re cently completed, and a considerable outlay expended upon its fitting up. Of the origin of the fire no idea can be formed It is certain that it must have commenced in the front part of the premises, and all was left right by one of the firm previously to locking up the place, at seven o'clock on th e same evening. The flames had gained such an ascendancy before the arrival of the fire-brigade, and spread with such velocity in conse quence of the high state of the wind, that it was quite impossible to save the premises, and attention was consequently turned to prevent the extension of the fire to the other outbuildings, in which they for tunately succeeded, as the wind abated a good deal, although still blowing violently. There was happily no loss of life, although one of the firemen met with a serious accident. He was actively engaged in the interior of the building, when from some cause or other he fell from his position, and, alighting on his head, was rendered insensible, and taken home. He is not, however, dangerously hurt, and is in a fair way of speedy recovery. 4.° L ON DISCIPLINE. (From the Times.) We earnestly entreat the attention of our readers to a report of the proceedings at a meeting of the Mid dlesex magistrates, which appeared in our Friday's number. The iniquities of prison discipline it dis closes are scarcely credible at the present day. In the pages of Fielding and Stnollett we read of such things, and are amused with them as historical fic tions, but we take them to be as inapposite represen tations of our present social existence as are Gillray's caricatures. This, however, is not • so. Jonathan Wild would have smiled approvingly on the efforts of his present representative s at the Marylebone Police Court. Peachum and Lockit, the great masters of the art, would have allowed that, if not outdone, they were equalled in the capacity for screwing the last stiver out of the wretched creatures whose crimes or misfor tunes had consigned them to the gaoler's care. The punishment inflicted by law on the culprits is already severe enough ; there is no need that it should be aggravated by the rapacity and tyranny of a series of gaolers, warders, sham attorneys, and impostors acting as the clerks of admitted attorneys. These are the inner cogs and wheels of the machinery of the criminal law with which the public cannot be ac quainted, but, doubtless, in their working they pro duce suffering far more intense than the actual punishment awarded by the judge. A mere narra tion of the facts which are said to have recently occurred at the above police.office will be more damnatory of the system than any comments we can offer upon it. • The story, as it is told by Mr. Rotch, is as fol lows :—A prisoner, whose name does not appear, was brought up for some offence to the Marylebone police-office. Whilst he was locked up there his wife, wishing to communicate with him, could not obtain permission for the interview from Mitchell, the gaoler at the office, until she had given him two shillings, and also paid for some gin. The prisoner besides, the woman's husband, had previ ously given Mitchell 2s. 6d. to carry a message, so that on the other hand he was turning an honest penny. Thus much for the extortion at the police office. The prisoner was committed. When in cus tody, it appears the man stated that as he had done the act of which he was accused, he should plead " Guilty." From this course he was dissuaded by the gaoler, who prevailed upon him to engage the legal services of a person named Robinson, as the charge was serious, and Robin son was exper t i n bringing prisoners through a desperate case. Robin , son was of course wa i t i ng in the neighbourhood, and I demanded five guineas for his services. The method in which this money was raised, and the result of the disbursement, will scarcely be credited by those who have not unhappily been compelled to know that such proceedings are of every-day occurrence at the Cen tral Criminal Court, and at sessions. The poor woman had not the money. Her first step was, therefore, to dispose of everything she had in the world, furniture, clothing, &c. Even so she could not make up the sum, and Robinson would be satisfied with no less than the exact five pounds and five shillings. She then took the shoes off her feet and pawned them. Still the tale was short, and Robinson obdurate. She had already borrowed from a friend, sold all she had, pawned her clothes and shoes ; one only source of raising a shilling or two remained--she took the shoes off her children's feet, and pawned them also. With all this she was still 3s. short, but she gave Robinson all she had raised, and implored him to save her husband. This legal gentleman, it appears, was not satisfied, but taking hold of the poor woman's pocket, shook it, and said, " This is not all you have got; you have something more here !" Finally a sum of 51. 14s. Gd. was made up and given to the legal adviser. One might have supposed that Robinson's services were of some value as he set so high a price upon them. The consciousness that he was in the posses sion of a great secret which would enable him to get the man off might have excused him to his own con science. No such thing. As soon as he had pocketed the money, he coolly informed the poor woman that, by the advice of counsel, her husband must plead " Guilty." The next point in this distressing tale is this : The unfortunate woman, hearing that her husband was condemned, was anxious to communicate with him, to learn what flannel or little necessaries he might wish to take with him. She waited under neath the court for the purpose of speaking to him as he was being conveyed from the cells to the van. Before this moment arrived, however, she says she gave the last sixpence she had in the world to the warders for conveying a message to her husband, and with the same view was induced to promise another official on duty that she would find the means of pro curing him a pint of porter from over the way. The account would stand something thus between this unhappy couple and the harpies of the criminal 1 MN' :- £ s. d. Paid Mitchell, gaolerat Marylebone Police office, by husband, for bearing a message 0 2 6 rreol dlito, by Wile, for same purpose o 2 u ['aid ditto, price of gin, say Pawl Robinson, legal gentleman, for pro fessional services in recommending hus band to plead " guilty," proceeds of sale of furniture, clothes, wife's shoes, chil shoes, &c. Paid ditto, for same service, by vv We, being loan from a friend, which caused her ruin 1 11 6 Paid by wife to warder at Court House, being her last coin, for bearing message to her husband Paid by ditto to another warder, for like services, price of porter, say 4 0 0 0 0 2 17 2 Unless that last it em was paid for in Birmingham inconvertible," it is difficult to understand how actual payment could have passed. Let us hope that it will be sufficient to call public attention to the existence of such iniquities in the very heart of our social system to procure the immediate dismissal of all parties concerned By the report it will be seen that these are not the only acts of extortion with which the warders stand charged, and the magistrates have already done what they could in the matter, having discharged two of the warders and severely admonished another. So far all is well ; but we cannot so easily get rid of the impure brood who batten on the crime and misery of their fellow creatures. How are we to deal with such gentle men as Mr. Robinson is said to he ? If the fact be, as is stated, that these persons are, generally speak ing, officers of the various police courts, the remedy would be obvious enough. We greatly fear, however, that this gives but an imperfect account of them as a class. In the humanity of the gentlemen practising at the criminal bar--in the honesty and uprightness of gaolers who would warn the prisoners of the character of these harpies, and the inutility of their efforts in the efforts of the bench to discountenance The an matteralleviationof we .for Home Secret ar y f or hu t t h h ins e e d m ce i a l r l rs o et r n af a un t e l h d v e:r o r t y no t h s boti;neclraaaasitid.toioontbnaew.lforereelfootorhkme * This person has written to us denying that he re ceived any money. PARDON OF WILLIAM HENRY BARBER. (From the Hobart Tou,n Courier of May 1.) This remarkable man, who acted as attorney for Joshua Fletcher in the celebrated " -Emma Slack " will forgery case, is at present in Hobart Town. He had just come down from Norfolk Island in the Pestonjee Bomanjee to Impression Bay. A day or two after his arrival, her Majesty's special warrant for a conditional free pardon reached him direct from England. He is therefore free to go to any part of the world except the United Kingdom. But we think that this is the precursive step to an uncondi tional pardon, which will restore him to his friends, and home, and happiness. The matter cannot of course rest here. The Government have either done too much or too little. In Mr. Barber's case there can be no medium between the most honourable in nocence and the most perfect guilty knowledge of latter view of the case heanddesaervaersdonno sympathy the fraudulent nature of the transaction. In the mpath ohieremumersittasoeneos i w nd o u u l l g d en b e e e a ; eroffe oi premiumpf he the mast first kindunder such t iny . the n nn es o t c y ent, then e a w c a litiona pardon is continued • • • injustice. Mr. W. H. Barber was an eminent solicitor, in excellent practice in the city of London. His professional income at the time of his arrest and trial amounted to 3,0001., a year. 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