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FORGERY. TO BANKERS, BULLION 'MERCHANTS, and others. The following n o t es, numbers, ,and dates, £l.O ' 0 •• • • 85,95 0...... Ist January, 1P47, 3)' ...... 62,004 ...... 3dJanua y, 1547, 50 •• • • 35,325 „... Bth Octuber, 1845, 10 • • 80,3 , 4 . 11 th January, 18-17, having been feloniously obtained, they are requested to be stopped if Presented for cash of to be exchanged, and notice immediately given Messrs. White, elake, and Co 14, Essex-street, Strand; or t Jelin or Daniel F o rr ei t er , Police Dine, 3f ansion-liouse. rjrH E WELLINGTON SURTOUT. CAUTION.—The great success of the Wellington S urtout ""vulg cause et several unprincipled persons (against two of whom Proceedings have been commenced) to imitate this registered coat, although i n a material derogatory to its reputation , al persons arc hereby warned that to make any garment (having sleeves) whether TOrn by male or f ema l e , WITHOUT SHOULDER OR SLEEVE- P SEAMS, whatever may be Es shape in other r es p ects, is a direct infringement of the patentees designs, and will In every case be Yi t, lt ed by an action at law. r,very genuine coat has a stamp beltring the royal arals, with a number indicative of the size, also the name and address of the Detentes, JA.MES rouu ERE, 6, CONDUIT-STREET, ItEtIENT . RENT, and I, POULTRY, near the Manion - llouse. LO NDON, to Imitate which is felony. pIIII.IIARNIONIC SOCIETY, HANOVER SQUARE ROOMS. s . PRO GRAMME of the 'Mil!) cos'cEnT, MosDAY EVENING zE XE :—Sitiforda in I) (Mozart)—lluetto, qtr. M an v e rs and Signor . Lu blache—Con , erto, PianotOrte, F Mr. W. S. Ben nett--Terzetto, " Treinate," Madiono Caradori Allan, Mr. Manners, ! I ." Signor F. L a bl ac h e (Il ee th o r e n)—Overture, Preciosa (Weber) — 11ofonia in C Minor (licethoveo)—Air, Nta,laine Caradori Allan tore, Lod (Hub er)—Concertante, Sles3rs.l3lagroye an,: Willy (Spoilt') —Over oiska Conductor, Mr. ",osta. Single tickets, One Guinea, and double tickets, It. IN., to be had Or Messrs. Addison and Hodson, 210, Rev,ent-street. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC IN sTrru rioN. LECTURES in illustration of ANIMAL MECHANI:M, try T. Rym er Jones, Esq., F . It.S. Professor of Comparative Anatomy at IT g's College, dail) at Half. past Three, and on the Evenines of o nday, Wednesday, and Friday, at Nine. The GYMNOTIJS p , EC•TRICUS, or ELECTRICAL EELS, exhibited in a TRANS PARENT VESSEL. LECTURES on ,AI:MSTRONG'S HYDRO ..!,_LI'ICTRIC MACHINE, by Dr. Baehhoffner. The WORKING MODELS and MACHINERY dearly explained. The varied ° Plloal Effects Include a New Series of DISSOLVING 11E5VS. ZYPERIMENTS with the DIVING-BELL and DIVER, &C., Sze. Admission Is. Schools, half-price. BEARD'S COLOURED PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAITS, are taken at 34, Parliament street, Westminster ; I ' 4 , King William-street, City; and The Royal Polytezhnic institution, Regent-street. " We would especially notice the admirable. effect of the flesh tints, Which appear actnally embodied im the miniature, and not, as we generally see them, spread on the surface,"—Art-Union, EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. YORK LIKyENSION SHARES. The THIRD CALL of IL pet'Share upon the A Quarters of 'rase Shares will be due on MONDAY, the 19th instant. Interest, at the rate of S per cent. per annum, will be charged to all persons in arruar. By order, • C. P. HONEY, Secretary. Bishopmgate Station, April 8, 1847. SCOTTISH CENTRAL RAILWAY. LOANS uN DEBENTURES. THE SCOTTISH CENTRAL RAILWAY COMPANY are pre pared to receive Tenders of LOANS on DEBENTURES. Interest after the rate of Five per Cent. per annum, payable half-yearl3 - . Appli,' talon to be made•to the Secretary. ROBERT D. KER, Secretary. Scottish Central Railway-office, Charlotte-place, Perth, March 27, 1847. IaWALKER'S NEEDLE'S (by authority • the " QUEEN'S OWN,") with the new large eyes, are easily threaded, (even by blind persons), and work with great ease, having improved points, temper, and finish ; they are male of every length or substance, and for every purpose; the labels are correct likenesses of her Majesty and H. R. 11. Prince Albert in relief on coloured grounds. They can be sent free by post, by any respectable dealer, on receipt of thirteen penny stamps for every shilling value. 11. Walker's Hooks and Eyes, Fish-hooks, steel fens, &,,!..,lare recommended. U. Walker, Manufacturer to the Queen, Maiden-lane, (now called Gresham -street), New Post-ufflee, 1,0u40n. _ . Some of Miss LinweKx i's Pictures for sale. No. GI, GROSVENOII-STREET, BOND-STREET. NIESSRS. MOSELEY, SURGEON-DEN TISTS, have REMOVED from 32, Haymarket. Their BYgteril of supplying artificial teeth ensures the power to masticate, Without lessening the taste of the palate by artificial covering, or in kiting the adjoining teeth by use of wires. Their teeth are unchange able in colour, and perfectly resemble the original. Decayed teeth Permanently filled and restored to use, superseding extraction. GOLD, SILVER, DIAMONDS, PEARLS, and all the most precious and costly gems. are imitated to such Perfection, that but very few uninitiated persons can positively tell a Paste brooch or a ring from a diamond, the real pearl from the imitation, or German Silver from the genuine ; but put them into the hands of the connoisseur, how soon the delusion vanishes when I.l e affirms they are but vile and base imitations. So it is with the Most valuable inventions as well as stones and metals. None but the inimitable in value are imitated in appearance, and as soon as the consumer (the best connoisseur) attempts to use them, how soon le finds Out their utter uselessness. Thus it is with the most valuable of all inventions ; the celebrated METALLIC RAZOR TABLET of GEORGE SAUNDERS has been the target for imitation for the last thirty years. To Gentlemen who shave themselves the following query is pro- Dosed.—Why do all the first cutlers in Europe 11SQ and recommend Saunders' Four-sided Tablet Razor Strop ? The answer is simply because it is the only one that gives to a razor a keen and smooth edge. DEPOT, 278, STRAND. To wholesale purchasers a liberal discount will be made. COMFORT FOR TENDER FEET, AND A CERTAIN CURE FOR CORNS AND BUNIONS. PAUL'S EVERY MAN'S FRIEND, which gives RELIEF on the FIRST APPLICATION. PAUL'S EVERY MAN'S FRIEND (CORN FLUSTER) is ge nerally admitted to be the best emollient application for Corns and Bunions, and is worthy of a trial on the part of those who are &filleted with such unpleasant companions. Testimonials have been received from upwards of one hundred Physicians and Surgeons of the greatest eminence, as well as from many Officers of both Army and Navy, and nearly one thousand Private letters 11 - om the gentry in town and country, speaking in high terms of this valuable remedy. Prepared by John Fox, in boxes at Is. I or three small boxes In one for 2s. 9d.; and to be had, with full directions for use, of C. AX l lig, 31, Napier street, Buxton New-town, London ; and all whole salt OW retail medicine vendors, in town and country. The genuine has the name of John F-ox•"80/1,84totointIetr..-4,11,1-4141,Oveme-,-m(11 the most obdurate conic. Ask for .• Paul's Every Man's Friend?' Sold also by Barclay and Sons, FArringdon-ssreet ; Edwards, 67, St. Paul's Church -yard ; But 4, Cheapstile ; Newbery, St. Paul's Sutton, Ilow Chur,h-yard ; Johnston, 16, Greek-street, Soho ; and 68, Cornhill ; Sanger, 150, Oxford-street ; Willoughby and Co. 61, Bishopsgatc-stree t Without; Owen, 52, Nlarchm ont • strect, Burton crescent ; Eade, 39, Geswell street ; 229. Strand ; Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford-street ; Bunter and James, Webber-row ; and retai, by all respectable chemists and medicine vendors in every town in ROWLANDS' MACASSAR OIL Is celebrated throughout the world for its genial and nour ishing qualities for the Human hair ! It produces and restores hair ; Stops it from falling off or turtling grey ; restores Gray Hair to its original colour; frees it from scurt and (landfill', and renders it soft, silky, curly, and glossy. For Children, it is esrecially recommended as forming the basis of a Beautiful head of hair, and ren dering the use of the tine comes unnecessary. Its invaluable properties have obtained the especial Patronage of her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the whole of the Royal Family, and of every Court of the civil ises& world ; and the high esteem In which it is universally held, to gether with numerous Testimonials constantly received of its efficacy, afford the best and surest proofs of its merits. to four small) at 10s. 6 d. , Price 3s. 6d., 75. , or F amil y Bottles (equal and double that size, 21s. Caution.—On the Wrapper of each Bottle of the Genuine Article are thew , words. in TWO lines, ROWLANDS' MICCASSAR OIL." Sold by the Prcprietors, at 20, Batton -garden, London; and by all Chemists and Perfumers. FRAMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH. Price Is. I per box. This excellent Family Pill is a medicine of long-tried efficacy for Correcting all disorders of the stomach and bowels, the common symptoms of which are costiveness, ilatnlency, spasms, loss of appe tite, sick head-ache, giddiness, sense of funness after meals, dizziness 01 the eyes, drowsiness, and pains in the stomach and bowels. In digestion, producing a torpid state of the liver, and a consequent inac tivity of the bowels, causing a disorganization of every function of the frame, will, in this most excellent preparation, by a little perse verance, be effectually removed. Two or three doses will convince the afflicted of its salutary effects. The stomach will speedily regain Its strength; a healthy action of the liver, bowels, and kidneys will rapidly take place; and, instead of listlessness, heat, pain, and jaun diced appearance, strength, activity, and renewed health, will be the quick result of taking tills medicine, according to the directions ac companying each box; and if taken after too free an indulgence at table, they quickly restore the system to its natural state of repose. Persons of a full habit, who are subject to head-ache, giddiness, drowsiness, and singing in the ears, arising from too great a flew of blood to the head, should never be without them, as many dangerous symptoms will he entirely carried off by their immediate use. For Females these Pills are most truly excellent, removing all ob structions ; the distressing Head• ache, so very prevalent with the sex; depression of spirits, dulness of sight, nervous affections, blotches, pimples, and sallowness of the skin, and give a healthy and juvenile bloom to the complexion. As a pleasant, safe, easy aperient, they unite the recommendation of a mild operation with the most successful effect, and require no restraint of diet or confinement during their use; and for Elderly People they will be found to he the most comfortable medicine hl• therto prepared. Sold by T. Front, 229, Strand, London. Price, Is. 11. d. and 2s. 9d. per box, and by the venders of medicines generally throughout the kingdom. Ask for FRAMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH, and observe the name and address of ”Thomas Trout, 229, Strand, London," on the Government Stamp. DR. CULVERWELL on NG LIFE. HEALTH, HAPPINESS, and LO In pocket volumes la. each, by post (In stamps), Is. Gil. each. HOW TO BE HAPPY. " Jucunde Tivcre."--Clc. 2. WHAT to EAT, TWINE, and ALGID. (With Diet-tables for all Complaints.) 2. MARRIAGE and its MYSTERIES. Tolbe, or not to b#, that is the qmstion."—Shakspestro. 4. The PASSIONS—Their ADVENT and CONTROL. " Cura ut Teens." These publications are free from empyrical mysticism, and are adapted to the intelligence of the times. To be had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Mann, 39, Corn hill ; Carvalho, 147, Fleet-street ; and all Booksellers, or direct from the Author, whose practice is exclusively devoted to home consulta tion, Mornings till Three, and in the Evenings from Seven till Nine, at 10, Argyle-place, Itegent-street. ON THE SECRET INF FIRM TURITY.ITS OF YOUTH AND IE WITH TWENTY-FIVE COLOURED ENGRAVINGS. Just published, Twentieth Thousand, la a sealed envelope, price Si. M. or post paid, to any address, for 3s. rel. in Postage tamps direct from the Author's residence. SELF. PRESERVATION : A Medical Treatise on the Secret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and Maturely. Illustrated with Twenty-five Coloured Plates on the Anatomy. Physiology, and Disease! of the Urinary and Reproductive Organs, explaining their various structures, uses, and functions, and showing the injuries that are produced in them, by solitary habits, and other excesses. With Practical Observations on the Treatment of Nervous Debility, Local and Constitutional Weakness, and other diseasas of the Urethra. By SAMUEL T.A'MERT, CONSULTING SURGEON, 9, Redford-street, Bedford-square, London; Matriculated Member of the University of Edinburgh, Honorer, Member of the I.ondon hospital Medical Society, Licentiate Apothecaries' Ilall, London, &c., &c. CONTENTS of THE TREATISE. Cl'Arm 1. On the Philosophy of Marriage, with its Hindrance: andoblieations, and on Infel i c itous and Unproductive Unions,— Caerria 2. On tke Anato m y and Physiology of the Generativi Orga ns , th e ir functions, structures , a nd secretions, proving that grew Mental and Physical Power are dependant upon their healthy action --CRAFTER. 3. On Solitary Habits; their various effect► on the Animal Ecetionly ; the concealed cause of Debility of the function. Of the Stomach, Lungs, and Brain, and general weakness of the Mental Faculties. CLIAPTER 4. Oa the Secret Disorders of Youtt. and Maturity, and the Treatment of Nervous and Local Weakness, Mental Debility, and Premature D eca y.—CnIPTEILS 5 andnor 6. On the Disorder ising from indiscriminate Excess, Gonhcoa (Sleet(SleetStrictures, ar and other Diseaees of „lie Urethra. REVIEWS Of THE WORE. "The author of thia singular and talented work is a legally quali fied mall cal man, who has evidently had considerable experience of the trr atment of the various disorders arising from the follies an irailties of early indiscretion. The engravings are an invaluable ad dition, by demonstrating the consequences of excesses, which must act as a salutary warning toyouth and maturity, and by its perusal toasty questions may be satisfactorily replied to, that admit t no ap Peal, even to the most confidential friend."—Era. Published by the Author, and may be bad at his residence; alsc brn o Kent and Richard.i, 52, Paternoster-row; ;Janney and Co., 63. Oxford-street. Starts, Ticlaborne-strect, Quadrant; qordon, 14e Leadenhail-street, London; Newton, fa, Churcb-etreot, Liverpool and by all Beoksellers. At Home for Consultation daily, from Nine till Two, and fro . : The till Eight; and all letters immediately replied to, if containin. the foe of 11., for advice,/gee-9 BEDFORD -STREET BEDFORD 'KILLS& LOYDO2I3 a.L.n_,.-^t . ,.. _ .... ,• __.-,..._,,..„ 4 „,,,.•) ...... ...cm ~.. 44/ - A.,44 _1:.1.,i- . •.----- r 4 ..„/ 1, ~, • i , • .I'z, SE? 74, n , ~.c .. 0.0 I - At . 4 ~ •"' 0 .• ..,„ I , ! t•,i' i \ . ~..' ,;._, f,. : ,„ . ,` -,•., l s - , ?.•• I ' . • ofli k et.'/ . ' •• - .. .. . fr. I - /1 1 ' 4r, . A -,rt ..• , , !. .. ' ...,...,,:!,• ' .ilift., ,•_, ..-- j b't - ...- . -=A' ',.....„! r- '. 4 , ,,,,.,, + .• V -,-,. i i .; 1 .i. , r • i `..., 1 4 , - , A .4 ' .1 , ~ " d 44 .S. " 1 " W' S ),,,;' - fr c 9) lit/ ... ~.. . • j r :: - . y-. ~,,,-- -, 7/ • Z - . 4 iti ... ',.•\./ - L , ° 4 r•,, „ • ' - / - '-' ( 4 .- - 4 •-•,„•/ 0 ,'0, , - ---. „. :jilt' -2 . ✓ W.( gig - ~,,,„ ' ci . t ' ' '.,--- \- , ‘e 4 41W 6.‘'' ' '7 4 1: k. . . . i " . . , :. . + '..*.... a., • .' / 45 - 11 . Lt . -." LE L 7, 11' .1,..." .. .1f^ ,- . ,. .... ",* „, ~,,, """ ~,,, .0' ' , I) R()I T . 4 ie , k • --_,-.- . -•;.°. •,..YrT-1“,,, , tt .-., No, 17,023. LONDON, SATURDAY E V Z NI N N ATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSU RANCE SOCIETY. OFFICE, 26, CORNIIILL, LONDON. Capital 500,0001. Empowered by Act of Parliament. The system of Deferred Annuities, originally proposed by the Na tional Loan Fund Life Assurance Society, for the better advance ment of the objects of Benefit and Friendly Societies, having received the approbation of a considerable body cf the active members and officers of those Institutions, and the Directors of the National Loan Fund Society having been urgently solicited by them to establish a Branch °dice in connexion with those Societies and the Operative Classes generally, in which their services might he successfully en gaged, a Committee has been- sanctioned by the Directors to open cammunication with the different Societies, with the view of more eff,etually d sseminating the valuable benefits amongst the indus trious classes, and a plan has been iroposei w.th that object. ADDRESS OF THE COMMITTEE. Many praiseworthy but ineffectual attempts have been made to bring within the scope and operation of the laws of mai tality and money the savings of the industrious classes, as well as various cal culations regulating their distribution, having for their object either Immediate, contingent, or deferred benefits. A slight examination, however, will demonstrate that the con struction of these associations or societies is defective; aria that in stead of affording an easy :access and a free choice of investment, which should be the privilege of every one, they confine too nar rowly the channel thron,itt which a benefit can alone be secured ; and, in proportion as their action is circumscribed and embarrassed, their utility is limited. For example, it is not to every individual, or to every class amongst the industrious community, that provision in case of sickness is an object of such importance as to call for a pecuniary sacrifice ; whije-to uthers such a provision appears more attractive, and the loss of employment caused by sickness is a risk against which they desire to be guarded. For this anomalous state of things there is an effective and simple remedy ; that is to say, Instead of covering, by one weekly or annual payment, two or more contingent or deferred benefits, so to arrange it that each separate benefit should have its separate contribution. It is to not having observed this rule, and to the association of two dissimilar functions, and by confounding a sick allowance and an annuity fund in one and the self-same payment, that much of the evils and mismanagement has arisen amongst Benefit Societies. No mechanism can be so perfect for the management of a sick - ress-fund provision as that afforded by the constant sectional asso ciation and watchfulness of thi'sieveral members composing it. By this means a thorough and colijaht check is Mutually exercised, and none hut the really sick are Itkel, to become chargeable upon it. But the same perfection, or Mita:tine security, is seldom attainable where a fund is to be itecturtulated through a succession of years, and where results are to bear. tuft calculations, money investment being in general beyon4 ttte;e . verience of the industrious classes. For these reasons it is clear that the (kinds destined for a provision in sickness should be kept entirely distinct from the fund intended as a provision for old age :- Ist. Because the laws of sickness and mortality, though apparently connected, do not depend on the same calculation. 2d. Because there are a great number who, in order to secure a larger provision in old age are willing to take the risk of providing for probable sickness on themselves. 3d. Because the responsibility of managing a provision for old age, continued to a distant period is, in a great measure, incompatible with voluntary associations, fluctuating laws, and individual irre sponsibility, and more exposed to a failure in the performance of such a contract, that when undertaken on the same principles that ordinarily govern commercial Wylie.. 4th. Because the expenses of providing for sickness must, when milted In the same payment with provision for old age, tend to dimi nish still more this provision : nor is it wisdom or good policy to en danger the one for the sake of the other. Impressed with these convictions, and wills an intimate knowledge of the discussions passing within the bosom of many of Ike existing Friendly and Benefit Societies, the parties whose names are here unto attached, have had several meetings, with a view of proposing or adopting a remedy for those and other evils ; and in this manner to give an additional force to the principles of brotherhood, unity, and mutual aid, on which friendly societies are based, by guarding them front the risks of sudden dissolution. After much diligent search amon4st the combinations ingeniously proposed from time to time for the attainment of one of the principal objects of Friendly and Benefit Societies, they have found none equal in simplicity and comprehensiveness of design, as well as forethought and sympathy for the wants of the industrious classes, as the plan proposed by the National Loan Fund Life Assurance Society. It is true that the author of that plan has furnished an argument against provision in sickness; but, without concurring in the immediate ex pediency of abandoning a provision in sickness, no one can read the ether pa: t of the plan itself, without being fully satisfied that the conven ence and safety of Friendly and Benefit Societies will be greatly secured and consulted, by separating the payment of a sick allowance from an annuity for old age. A deputation having waited on the directors of the National Loan Fund, who met in the handsomest manner the overtures made to them for the establishment of a separate office for the transaction of business connected with Friendly and Itenefit Societies, and the in dustrious classes in general, resolutions have been entered into, con stituting the undersigned as a Committee, with power to add to its number, for the promulgation of the benefits contained in the an nexed prospectus, under the guarantee of the Capital of the Society, and which, without interfering with the numerous objects connected with the institution of Benefit and Friendly Societies, will in their opinion greatly enlarge their sphere of utility, and afford a protection to the working classes in old age and adversity, which nothing up to the present day has adequately secured to them. Thomas Burthom, P.C.R., Ancient Order of Foresters. John Fussell, C.lt„ Ancient Order of Foresters. John 11. Gordon, 1).5., Ancient Order of Foresters. James Hale, D.C.R., Ancient Order of Foresters. Henry Hunt, P.G., Manchester Unity of Odd Fellows. Joseph Nugent, Pro. C.S., Manchester Unity of Odd. Fellows. Joseph Reeks, 11.0. F., Order of Old Friends. Samuel Timbrell, D.C.R., Ancient Order of Foresters. DEFERRED ANNUITIES. Example.-A person aged 24 next birthday, by the annual pay ment of 11. Gs., or quarterly payment of 75., or monthly payments of 2s. 2d., may secure, on attaining the age of 60, the option of re ceiving Annuity, 101. 19s. 2d. ; Cash down, 1071. 3s. ; or a Policy on his Life, 1371. 17s. Example.-A person aged 26 next birthday, may secure, on at taining the age of GO, an Annuity of 10/., with the other options, by the annual payment of 11. 6s. 94., or a single payment of 22/.175.3d.: or on payment of Cl. 14s. ad. for disparity, he will be entitled to the same benefits by an annual payment of its. 11d., the same as or age 20. Example.-A person aged 30 next birthday, by the annual pay ment of I/. 65., or quarterly payment of 7.1., or monthly payment of 2s. 2d., may secure en attaining, the age of 65, the option of re ceiving Annuity, 18/. Os. 4d.; cash down, 1481. 12s. ; or a policy on his life 1751. I Is. Exams le.-A person aged 35 next birthday, by the annual pay meat of 11. Gs., or quarterly payment of 7e., or monthly payment of 2s. 21„ may secure. on attaining the age of 63, the option of re ceiving Annuity, 18/. Os. 4d. ; cash down, 1481. 12s. ; or a policy or hlt_life. 175 1 .11*, LIFE ASSUR XNCE. Example.-A person at the age of 30 next birthday may secure the lso s t u , i r t t t r i pi,toto:.l n a t ) h . e b A l u t i death,s pi i e sion i.f r n r e o v fi e t r 4, i b t y m t a h y . p anu p u e a t, it anapay ment of 2/. 9s. 3d. Example.—A person at the age of 25 next birthday, by the pay ment of 4s. per month, or Is. per week, may scpcure the sum of 1121 ss. payah'e at nis death, whenever It may happen, and like wise share in the annual profits of the Society. F. FERGUSON C OIROLTX, Secretary. N ATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY, 26, CORNIULL, LONDON, Capital £500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. This Institution embraces important and substantial advantages with respect to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The assured hai., on all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense •or for feiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the premiums paid (see Table); also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his in terests to meet other conveniences or necessity. Assurances fbr terms of years are granted at the lowest possible rates DIVISION OF PROFITS. The remarkable success and increasing prosperity of the Society has enabled the Directors, at the last annual investigation, to declare a fourth bonus, varying from 35 to 85 per cent. on the premiums paid on each Policy effected on the Profit scale. EXAMPLES. 1 " •-/- 0 .„ y,, rf ' '" ' 1 Bonus Bonus in g :f>,. g Assured al r ' . Premlum. . ... :t P adder'.. Cash. c (-- "6 r , ' may L • 51 3 g Borrow. , - { .c .f 8. d. 18371.£217 15 I £lOO 011 £l6 0 4£445 0 0 1838 192 3 0 87 1 4 13 10 2 395 11 1 GO 1000 3 4 1839 165 11 10 74 1 9 11 3 l'• 34 (2 3 1840 E F 116 7 6 54 010 716 10 : 296 13 4 • 18411 111 6 8, 49 10 Oj 710 4; '247 4 5 fhe division of profits is annual, and the next will be made in 'ecember of the present year. F. FEILGUSON CAMROUX. Secretary. METROPOLITAN SOCIETY, No. 3, PRIN Estaillishu DIREC LIFE ASSURANCE 'CES-STREET, BANK. a in 1835. John Mlcard, Esq. Thomas Henry Hall, Esq. Richard Low Beck, Esq. Frazer B. Renshaw, Esq. Edmund Chas. Buxton, Esq. John Francis 3laubert, Esq. Sir William Clay, Bart., M.P. Joseph Pease, Jun., Esq. James trawson, Esq. henry Sturt,Esq. Thomas Fowler, Esq. John Taylor, Esq. Francis Fox, Esq. Joseph Underwood, Esq. Joseph Fry, jun., Esq. George Vaughan, Esq. Robert Grant, Esq. Charles Frederick Weber, Esq. Annual premiums upwards of 60,000/. Accumulation from premiums 300,0001. This Society for mutual assurance, abates the premium, to Its members, after the first five years ; the reduction for the current year is at the rate of 47% per cent. London, 1846. RICHARD HEATIIFIELD, Superintendent. FCONOMIC LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 6, NEW BRIDGE-STREET, BLACKFRIARS, LONDON. Established 1823. Empowered by Act of Parliament, 3 William IV. CILABLISIAI4—The Right Hon. SI;T7I 7 IiANKLAND LEWIS, Bart. DEPUTY CUAIRMAN—IIENRY FREDERICK STEPIIENSON, Esq, Stephen Nicholson Barber, Esq. Thomas Edgar, Esq. Arthur Kett Barclay, Esq. Sir Alex. Duff Gordon, Bart. Henry Iltrnett, Esq. Archibald Hastie, Esq„ M.P. Robert Biddulph, Esq. John Mendliam, Esq. Robert Davies, Esq. William Routh, Esq. AUDITORS. Francis Dumergue, Esq. I Charles Morris, Esq. Capt Robert Gordon, R.N. John Gilliam Stilwell, Esq. PuYstcaN—John Ayrton Paris, M I)., F.R.S., No. 27, Dover-street. President of the Royal College of Physicians. SURGEON —Benjamin Travers, Esq , F.R.S., No. 12, Bruton-street, Vice-President of the Royal College of Surgeons. SOLICITOR —Henry Young, Esq., No. 12, Essex-street, Strand. BANKERS—Messrs llankey, Fenchurch-street. ACTUARY—James John Downes, Esq., F.R.A.S. SECRETARY —Campbell James Downer, Esq. The following are among the advantages offered by this society : Lower Rates of Premium than those of any other office, which en title tile assured to participate in the profits, and considerably lower than those of any other Mutual Assurance Society. No Proprietary participate in the profits, the whole being divisible among the Assured. A Burins is added, after the payment of the Fifth Annual Pre mium, to every Policy effected on the participating Scale, if a claim accrue thereon prior to the next division of profits. The first Bonus, in 1834, averaged 161. per cent on the Premiums paid. The second ditto 1539, ditto 311. ditto since the Ist division. The third ditto 1844, ditto 361. ditto since the 2d division. Prospectuses and full particulars may be obtained on application to CAMPBELL JAMES DOWNER, Secretary. THE CITY OF LONDON LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. No. 2, ROYAL EXCHANGE-IIUILDINGS. This Society is established on the principle of combining all the known advantages and conveniences of the oldest Life offices, with the general results of their experience. Its Premium Tables are adjusted on the most economical yet safe scale, and embrace three distinct divisions or departments : Thus, Policies may he effected on THE MUTUAL SYSTEM, securing all its advantages without its risks or liabilities, AN IMPORTANT CONSIDERATION TO ASSURERS. THE PROPRIETARY SYSTEM,with the full benefits of its acknow ledged SECURITY, SIMPLICITY, and ECONOMY; and THE ACCUMULATIVE OR DEPOSIT SYSTEM, INTRODUCED BY l y t rt l sihyeS:A, i C s, l , E u T r Y e: I w hich perfects the principle of Life Assuran:e, the full amount of the Deposit—Premiums bring at all times available o ALSO HALF-CREDIT PREMIUMS for stipulated periods, a pecu antageous arrangement for YOUNG LIVES and for all per sons WITIL ADVANCING MEA N S OR INCOMES. And, Tales expressly calculated for NAVAL and MILITARY RISKS In all quarters of the world, on the most moderate terms. Together with all the usual divisional rates, accommodations, and conveniences. LI)WD. F. LEEKS, SECRETAIIT. NITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE c 0 NI l'A NY.— 8 , Waterloo-p l ace, P a ll- ma ll, London : 97, George-street. Edinb urgh; 12, St V i ncent-place, Gl asgo w;4, Col lege-green, Dublin. Established by Act of Parliament in 1834. In 1841, the Company added a bonus of 2 per cent, per annum on ihe sum assured to all policies of the participating class, from the time they were effected. Parti es w i sh i ng to secure t h e benefit of the next division of profits in 1448 sh ou ld make i mme di a t e a pplication. When the Insurance is for life, only one half the Annual Premium need be paid for the first 5 years. Every information will be afforded on application to tke Resident Director, E. Lennox Boyd, Esq., No. 8 Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, Loudon, where Prospectuses, ace., may be had. • PUBLICATIONS. NEW PEOPLE'S EDITION.—Price 2s. 6d. F ALL ACIES OF THE FACULTY. By Dr. DICKSON". With Notes by Dr. TURNER, or New York, Slinpkin and Marshall, Stationers' Court ; J. 011ivier, Pall-Mall. To be had of all Booksellers, and at all the Libraries, Just Published, price Sixpence. BANKS AND EXCHANGE COMPANIES A LETTER to ALEXANDEd BLAIR, Esq., Treasurer M the Bank of Scotland, in Answer to the Prospectus issued by the proposed BurrNn TRUST COMPANY. By GEORGE KINNEAR, Manager of the Glasgow Commercial Exchange Company. Glasgow : David Robertson, Bookseller to her Majesty. Edin burgh : Oliver and Boyd. London Situpkin, Marshall, and Co. ENGF.ISII AN FIQUITI ES. In a few days will be published, in One Volume, Bvo., with numerous Engravings on Wood. AN INTRODUCTION to ENGLISII AN TIQUITIES. Dy JAMES ECCLESTON, B. A., Head Master of Sutton Coldrield Grammar School. London: Lomgman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. EPSOM FIRST SPRING MEETING, 1847, will take place on FRIDAY, 16th April. To start for the Trial Stakes at One o'clock, Great Metropolitan Stakes at Two, Two-Year Old Stakes at Three, Railway Stakes at Halt-past Three, and the Surrey Hunt Stakes at Half-past Four.—Admission to the Grand Stand, half-a-crown. FRIDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. BOARD OF GREEN CLOTH, ST. JAMES'S PALACE, APRIL 9, 1847. Notice is hereby given that the carriages coming to her Majesty's Drawing Room, on Thursday, the 15th of April, are to fall into line and come down to the left hand side of St. James's-street, enter at the iron gate nearest the Palace, set down at the Arcade, turn round, and go out by the iron gate nearest Marlborough-house, to wait in St. James's square. When called, they are to pass from the square through Charles-street, into Regent-street and Jermyn-street,come down St. James's street as before, take up, and go away through Pall. mall. No hackney carriages will be admitted within the gates. For all persons having the privilege of the entrée, tickets will be delivered at the Board of Green Cloth, on Tuesday next, from eleven till three o'clock ; their carriages are to enter the gate at Constitution-hill, proceed down 6t. James's-park, through Stable-yard, into the Ambassadors' -court, set down, and go out into Cleveland-row. The carriages of Ambassadors, Fo reign Ministers, Cabinet Ministers, and Great Officers of State may afterwards wait in the Ambassadors'- court, and those of all other persons having the entrée may wait in Stable-yard or St. James's-park till called; 'they are then to take up in the same order as they had set down, and pass away up St. James's-street. No carriage will be admitted with company a second time with the same ticket, to prevent which, it must be produced at Constitution-hill-gate, and Stable yard-gate also, where a corner of it will be torn off by the Marshalmen in attendance; and no person can be allowed the privilege of the entree by any other approach to the Palace than the gates last mentioned. FORTESCUE, Lord Steward. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, APRIL 1. The Queen has been pleased, on the nomination of Lord Foley, to appoint Major Percy Neville, H. P. 12th Foot, to be one of her Majesty's llonourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms, vice Ogilvie, retired. WAR-OFFICE, APRIL 9. 4th Dragoon Guards—Captain John Ralston, from Paymaster of 64th Foot, to be Paymaster, vice Augustus Charles Drawwater, who has retired upon half-pay, April 9. 10th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant John Percy Smith, from 16th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice Shel ley, who exchanges ; Lieutenant William Knox Orme, from half-pay 16th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice Lord James Browne, deceased, April 9. 14th Light Dragoons—Captain William Wilmer, from 16th Light Dragoons, to be Captain, vice Tonge, who exchanges, April 9. 16th Light Dragoons.---Captain John Henry Tonge, from 14th Light Dragoons , to be C a p tain, vice Wilmer, who exchanges ; Lieutenant Edward Shelley, from 10th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice Smith, who ex changes, April 9, 1847 ; Alfred Henry Cherry, Gent., to be Veterinary Surgeon, vice Hurford, appointed to 9th Light Dragoons, September, 28, 1846. Ist Regiment of Foot—Captain Robert James Elton, from half pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice Augustus Howard Ormsby, who exchanges, receiving the differ ence; Lieutenant David Green to be Captain, by pur chase, vice Elton, who retires; Ensign William Henry Sharpe Sharpe to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Green; James Frederick Webster, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, rice Sharpe, April 9. Foot—Augustus Edward Ellice, Gent., to be En sign, by purchase, vice Lysaght, appointed to the 86th Foot, April 9. 13th Foot—Captain Alexander St. Leger M`Malion, from half-pay unattached, to be Captain, vice Frederick Gordon Christie, who exchanges ; Lieutenant John s Williana Cox to be Captain, by purchase, vice M•Ma,hon, who retires ; Ensign Melville Browne to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Cox ; Ensign Alfred Somerset, from 52d Foot, to be Ensign, vice Browne, April 9. 25th Foot—Ensign Henry Veitch. from 91st Foot, to be Ensign, vice Parrott, whose appointment has been cancelled ; Assistant Surgeon Jonas King Carr, M.D , from 63d Foot, to be Assistant Surgeon, vice Swift, who exchanges, April 9. 26th Foot—Ensign the Hon. Alexander Eric George Sinclair to he Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Campbell, promoted in 2d West India Regiment ; Chamberlain Henry Ilincheliff, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Sinclair, April 9. 37th Foot—Francis Hubble Douce, Gent., to be En sign, by purehase, vice Pollard, appointed to 57th Fuut, April 9. 41st Foot—Sergeant- Alajnr Thomas Young to be Quartermaster, vice James Gillan, who retires upon half- pay, April 9. 44th Foot—Ensign John Colpoys to be Adjutant, vice Howard, who resigns the Adjutantcy only, April 9. 49th Foot—Lieut. Henry Seymour Michell to be Pay master, vice Robert Ware, who retires on half-pay, April 9. 52d Foot—Arthur French Lloydd, Gent., to be En sign, by purchase, vice Somerset, appointed to the 13th Foot, April 9. 55th Foot—Lieutenant Daniel M'Cny to be Captain, by purchase, vice Chaproniere, who retire ; Ensign Alfred C. Cure to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice M'Coy ; Robert Hume, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chuse, vice Cure, April 9. 57th Foot—Lieutenant Warren Ahmuty to be Cap Lain, by purchase, vice Brevet Major Saunders, who retires ; Ensign Edward John Balcomb Brown to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Ahmuty ; Ensign William Pollard, from 37th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Brown, April 9. 63d Foot—Assistant Surgeon Benjamin Swift, M.D., from 25th Foot, to be Assistant Surgeon, vice Carr, who exchanges, April 9. 66th Foot—Ensign Montagu Wigley Bell to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Gildea, who retires; George Watson, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Bell, April 9. 86th Foot—Ensign William Carpendale Baird, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Kelly, who retires; Ensign the Honourable William Henry Lysaght, from 3d Foot, to be Ensign, vice Baird, April 9 n99tsh6ligt,Fh F oot —t—opurLti purchase,Edlie 9. 96th viceorge v eiteh, Mainwaring, appointed Gent., to be E tenant R. F. W. Cumberland to be A 25 djutant, vice Roney, who resigns the Adjutantcy only, April 9. Ist West India Regiment—Captain Robert William Dallas, from half•pay 14th Foot, to be Captain, vice Deverull, promoted; Lieutenant Richard D'O) ley Flet cher to be Captain, by purchase, vice Dallas, who retires; Ensign John Theodore Ling to be Lieutenant, by pur case, vice Fletcher; Julius William Thompson, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Ling, April 9. 2d West India Regiment—Lieutenant William Mark Campbell, from 26th Foot, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Fitzgerald, who retires, April 9. HOSPITAL STAFF.—John Clay Purves, M.D., to be Assistant-Surgeon to tLe Forces, vice Galland, who re tires upon half-pay, April 9. BREVET.—Lieut.-Colonel James M`Douall, of the 2d Regiment of Life Guards, to be Colonel in the Army, April 10, 1847 ; Captain Robert William Dallas, of Ist West India Regiment, to be Major in the Army, Jan. 10, 1837 ; Captain Alexander St. Leger M‘blahon, of the 13th Foot, to be Major in the Army, June 28, 1838 ; Captain Robert James Elton, of the Ist Foot, to be Major in the Army, Nov. 23, 1841 ; Captain John Jacob, of the Bombay Artillery, to be Major in the Army in the East Indies, Jan. 16, 1847 MEMORANDUM.—The commission of Brevet Major Robert Henderson, of the Madras Engineers, has been ante-dated to 2d January, 1845. • The commission of Brevet Major Joshua Tail, of the 6th Regiment of Bombay Infantry, has been ante-dated to the 25th January, 1845. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of the North Riding of Yorkshire. Edward Stirlingfleet Cayley the younger, Esq , to be Deputy Lieutenant, March 31. ERRATUM IN THE " GAZETTE " OP JULY 14. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of the county of Suffolk. East Suffolk Regiment of Militia—For James Neil Walker, Esq., to be Captain, read James Mill Walker, Esq. ; to be Captain, vice Heath, resigned. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Oxfordshire. Oxfordshire Regiment of Militia—Major John W' Liam Fane to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Bowles, pro moted, April 6. Ist or Queen's Own Regiment of Oxfordshire Yeo manry Cavalry—Major the Right Hon. Francis George Baron Churchill to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Bowles, resigned, April 5. WHITEHALL, APRIL 6. The Lord Chancellor has appointed James Trevor, of Bridgwater, in the county of Somerset, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. BANKRUPTS. Edward Marking, Tictualler, tipper Holloway, to surrender April 16, at half-past twelve, and May 21, at me, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee,Basinghall-street ; Brooks, Great James-street. Thomas Blackford, horse-hair manufacturer, Little Wild street, Lincoln's-inn-fields, April 16, at one, and May 21, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, ,fficial assignee; Gooday, South-square, Gray'a-hall. Alexander Daniel Dangerfield, printer, Salisbury ,quare, Fleet-street, April 16, at half-past one, and gay 21, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official issigne , ; Gray, Great Tower-street, City. John Richard Dobson, hop merchant, St. Thomas's street, Southwark, Ap r il 20, at eleven, and May 18, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Sambrook court, Baiinghull-street; IValker, Furnival's Inn. Frederick Harding Cawston, plumber and glazier, Earls Coble, Essex, April 17, at twelve, and May 18. at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official issign,e, Ahlermanbury, London; Gooday, Gray's Inn. Thomas Capps, dealer in toys, Lynn, April 14, at et-yen, and May 13, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official-assignee, Basinghall-street; Goddard, solicitor, King street. Henry Worthington, cotton manufacturer, Eccleshill, Lancashire, April 20, and May 11, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Putt, official assignee, Man chester; Arline and Co., Temple, London; Sale and Co-, Manchester; Neville and Co., Blackburn. William Townley, cotton spinner, Blackburn, April 22, and May 13, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Hobson, official assignee, Manchester ; Milne 'lnd Co., Temple, London ; Sale and Co., Manchester ; Neville and Co., Blackburn. 'Thomas Barraclough, woollen cloth manufacturer, Halifax, Yorkshire, April 22 and May 11, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds; Williamson and Co., Great James-street; Rudd and Kenny, Halifax; Bond and Barwick, Leeds. DIVIDENDS DECLARED. _ A. S. Tucker and G. M. Bidwell, grocers, Melcombe Regis—final div. of Is. 51. iu the pound, on any Satur day, at the office of Mr. Green, Aldermanbury. G. M. Bidwell, grocer, Melcombe Regis—first and final div. of 14s. 91d. in the pound, on any Saturday, at the office of Mr. Green, Aldermanbury. J. Donaldson, coachmaker, Regent street—first div. of ss. in the pound, on any Saturday, at the office of Mr. Green, Alderman bury. D. Anderson and Co., merchants, Old Broad -street— fifth div. of 2id. in the pound, on any Thursday, a t th e office of Mr. Pennell, Guildhall-chambers. W. W. Coleman, provision merchant, Hill, South ampton—first div. of ls. 6d. in the pound, on any Thurs day, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Guildhall-chambers. W. Hodges, cloth worker, Kingsgate-street, Holborn —first div. of 2s. 6d. in the pound, on any Thursday, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Guildhall-chambers. J. C. Johnson, merchant, Laurence Pountney-hill, Cannon-street, City—this d div. of id. in the pound, on any Thursday, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Guildhall chambers. _ T. L. Powell, cabinet maker, Romsey, Hampshire— fi-st div. of 2s 6d. in the pound, on any Thursday, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Guildhall-chambers. W. Allen, stationer, Wheeler-street, Spitalfields—first div. of 2s. in the pound, on any Thursday, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Guildhall-chambers. B. L. M. Rothschild, diamond merchant, Queen-street, Lincoln's Inn-fields—second chi'. of id. in the pound, on any Thursday, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Guildhall chambers. J. Morris, leather seller, Crown-street, Finsbury— first div. of 3s. in the pound, on any Thursday, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Guildhall-chambers. J. Thomas, builder, Aberdare, Glamorganshire—first div. of is. sd. in the pound, on Wednesday, April 14, or any Wednesday atter the Ist of May, at the office of Mr. Miller, Bristol. Ny APRIL 10, 1847. LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. A special general meeting of the proprietors of this company was held yesterday, at tho Euston Station, for the purpose of expressing their approval of a number of Bills now pending in Parliament, by which it is pro posed to , authorise the London and North-Western Railway Company either to contract or to become the lessees or proprietors of, or to contribute towards the formation of, the railways therein mentioned. The chair was taken at one o'clock by G. C. Glyn, Esq., chair man of the company. The SECRETARY having read the notice convening the meeting, Tho CUAIRIIAN said—Gentlemen, you are aware that this meeting is called in compliance with the standing orders of Parliament to ask for your final sanction to the ine.itires now b,tore the Houses of Parliament. The list read sounds s long and formidable one, but, in point of fact, I shall be able to reduee it to a very short com pass. By looking at the list of Bills read to you by my friend Mr. Creed, it appears that the different measure,; there alluded to, when put in that proper shape which I think they should be on the present occasion, are either renewals of the Acts brought forward by the directors in the last session of Parliament, and which were then either lost or withdrawn, or branches or amendments connected with the several Acts then obtained. In point of fact, the different schemes that the directors have to propose naturally divide themselves into three classes— those to which I have referred, and which constitute the largest portion, viz., amendments of the Acts of last session, and Acts which were withdrawn or lost, and there is only one undertaking, or rather a lease, which the directors are now about to introduce to the meeting. I am anxious to put these things before you in this way, in order that you may not charge us with any attempt to lead you on to that length which the lengthy enumera tion of the Bills might lead you to suppose. The first Bill with which we begin is merely the renewal of an Act passed last session for making a line from St. Alban's to Luton. This Bill was lost in a Committee of the House of Commons, the Committee preferring the rival scheme of the London and York Railway, which was ultimately lost in the Committee of the House of Lords. The directors have brought the measure forward in the present session in terms of an agreement with the London and York Company, in whose favour certain clauses will be introduced regulating the traffic of the London and York Riilway upon that line.—(Hear, hear.) The second Bill is one which is almost identical with the one which was also lost in the last session—it is a Bill to make a railway from the London and North-Western Railway near Bletchley to Newport Pagnel, Olney, and Wellingborough. The present scheme will afford rather more convenience than the former one, in consequence of the line preparing to Welling borough. I might go on with a great many more; but as the Bills must be all read as they come before you, in order to be submitted to you, I think it will be better to reserve any remarks upon them until such time as the several Bills are brought under your consideration. lam anxious, considering the state of the money market and the general position of commer cial affairs, to add a few words, in order that you should not think we are undertaking any projects with rashness, or without a full consideration of all the bearings of the questions. It is quite true that there is at present a monetary pressure upon the money market, but the directors do not consider that of itself affords any reason for not proceeding with such measures as the directors think calculated to promote the interests of the company, and which have already received your sancticsa and approval ; and L in common with your other directors, believe that the pressure upon the monetary concerns is only a momentary !one, and that by the time the Bills shall have received the sanction of the Legislature, and we shall be prepared to carry them out, it will have passed off, and I trust that we shall then be placed in a position fully to perform the duty which we feel that we owe both to ourselves and to the public without any serious pressure —(Hear, hear.) I shall now proceed to read the names of the several Bills, and put them to the meeting, and should any hon. proprietor feel disposed to ask any questions. or require any information upon the subject of any of the Bills, I shall be happy to afford the same. The following Bills were then read to the meeting, and unanimously agreed to without discussion:— " A Bill to empower the London and North-Western Railway Company to make a railway from the London and North-Western Railway, near Watford, to St. Albans, Luton, and Dunstable." " A Bill to empower the London and North-Western Railway Company to make a railway from the London and North-Western Railway, near Bletehley, to Newport Pagnel, Olney, and Wellingborough." " A Bid for making a railway trom the Northampton and Peterborough Branch of the London and North- Western Railway to the town of Banbury, to be called ' The Northampton and Banbury Railway,' and for other pultposes." A Bill to authorise the consolidation cf the Oxford and Bletchley and the Buckingham and Brickley Junc tion Companies, and to authorise an extension of their' lines to Banbury and Aylesbury, and an alteration at Oxford." " A Bill fcr making a railway from Cheltenham to join the London and North-Western Railway at Tring, with branches therefrom, to be called • The London, Ox- ford, and Cheltenham Railway.' " " A Bill to empower the London and North-Western Railway Company to make certain branch railways and extensions from Kenilworth to Berkswell; and from Leamington to Warwick; and to widen the line from Leamington to Coventry, all in the county of Warwick, and for other purposes." " A Bill for enabling the London and North-Western Railway Company to make certain branch railways from the Coventry and Nuneaton line, to the Mount Pleasant and 'Victoria Collieries, in the County of Warwick, with power to the London and North-Western Railway Company to admit certain parties as shareholders in their undertaking, and for other purposes." " A Bill to enable the Coventry, Nuneaton, Birming ham, and Leicester Railway Company to sell and transfer their railway, works, and interests to the London and North-Western and Midland Railway Companies, or either of them, and for other purposes. " " A Bill to empower the London and North-Western Railway Company to make a branch railway from the London and North Western Railway, near Atherstone, to the Midland Railway, at Whitacre, in the county of Warwick." " A Bill for enabling the London and North-Western Railway Company to make a branch line of railway from Portobello to Wolverhampton, and for other purposes." " A Bill to authorise a certain alteration in the line of the Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Stour Valley Railway, and to amend the Act relating thereto, and fur other purposes." " A Bill to enable the Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Stour Valley Railway Company to construct branch railways to Stourbridge, Dudley, and other places, and for other purposes." " A Bill to empower the London and North-Western Railway Company to enlarge their stations at Liver pool and Crewe, and for other purposes." " A Bill for enabling the London and North-Western Railway Company to make a railway from Birmingham to Lichfield, with branches, and for amending the former Acts relating to the said company." " A Bill to empower the London and North-Western Railway Company to make divers branch railways in the county of Lancaster, and for other purposes." " A Bill to authorise the Right Honourable Francis Egerton, Earl of Ellesmere, to sell, and the Lon don and North-Western Railway Company to pur chase, the estate and interest of the said Earl in the Manchester, South Junction, and Altrincham Railway." " A proposed Bill for constructing a railway from Gloucester to Hereford, with branches therefrom, to be called The Gloucester . and Hereford Railway,' and to transfer to such railway company The Herefordshire and Gloucestershire Canal Navigation,' and for other purposes connected therewith." " A Bill to incorporate the Huddersfield and Man- chesterl Railway and Canal Company, and the Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester Railway Company with the London and North-Western Railway Company." " A Bill for making branch railways from the Great Western Railway, and from Hammersmith, to join the West London Railway, for widening a portion of the West London Railway, and for extending the same so as to join the London and South-Western Railway, in the parish of Saint Mary, Lambeth, in the county of Surrey." " A Bill to authorise a lease of the undertaking of the Shropshire Union Railways and Canal Company to the London and North-Western Railway Company. ' The CHAIRMAN said that the Bills in the list which he had alluded to as being of the second class were the London, Oxford, and Cheltenham Railway, and also the project, which was merely a continuation of it, the Gloucester and Hereford Railway and Canal Purchase Bill. These undertakings were brought before them so fully at the last general meeting, that it would not be necessary for him then to occupy the time of the meeting by any further explanations of them. The com m itt ee which had been appointed to further its interests wa s proceeding satisfactor ily, and though it was for Parliament to decide between it and its rival projects, yet they would go into :committee with confidence and every expectation of success. It would be in the re collection of the proprietors, that in August last they had bad before them the project for enabling the Co ventry, Nuneaton, Birmingham, and Leicester Railway Company to sell and transfer their works to the London and North-Western and Midland Railway Companies, or either of them. He had at that time informed them that he did not know whether the line purchased would be carried on by the company, and even then it could not be considered, as a settled project of the company. With re gard to the Bill for enabling the Right Honourable Francis Egerton, the Earl of Ellesmere, to dispose of his interest in the Manchester, South Junction, and Altrin. cham Railway to the London and North-Western Com pany, that was unopp osed b y the parties interested, and . the only capital required would be 12,500/. Th e next project in the list to which he would refer was one which was brought before them at some l engt h at a former meeting—it was the one connected with the leasing of the undertaking of the Shropshire Union Railways. and Canal Company to the Lon a don and Nor th-W estern Company. It was a yes huge undertak ing, and one which had been maturely considered by the lboard. The consideration had enabled them to arrive at the conclusion that there would be no difficulty to frame proper terms. They had undertaken to lease it at the rate of one-half of their dividend. From all that they had been able to ascertain upon the question, those terms were very fair to both parties. e The capital for which they would be an swerable under the lease was 3,300,000/. A specific arrangement had been made for the division of the profits after a certain time. There was one Bill in the list, and 'only one, which was an entirely new plc) jeer, and which had never before been preserved t. , th.• notice of the proprietors. It was the Bi'l for the iner r poratiou of the Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal Company, and the Leed , , Dewsbury, and Manchester Railway Company, with the London and North- Western Railway Company. The terms were to be seven-tenths or the divieeud by the London and North-Western Contpan3, and the am - wit of capital re d was 1,280,0001. lle held in his hand the trafl'e returns, and, as represented in them, there would be a considerable surplus over the probable rent. He always thou ht that sueh figures as were there given were to be received with a certain degree of deduction; but the scheme had been carefully considered by their colleagues in the north, who had gone through the ne cessaryealculations with accuracy, and he might say with pertinacity; and they had arrived at the conclusion, that the terms which were offered were in themselves fair, namely, 7- lOths upon the dividend. He had gone through all the subjects and all the business which was for their consideration for that day, and in concluding his state ment, he could only express his regret that it was found necessary to summon them so frequently. A vote of thanks having been given to the Chairman and directors, the meeting separated. LONDON BOTANICAL SOCIETY. A meeting of the above Society took place last night, at the offices of the Society, 20, Bedford street, Strand ; E. Doubleday, F.L.S., in the chair. An interesting paper was read on the Potato Disease, by W. Taylor, F.L.S. on which a long discussion arose, the substance of which was that, in the au thor's opinion, the disease arose principally from at mospheric changes, which had taken place during the last two years, which had caused a peculiar efflu via to arise in the air. The " celluliferous," or the cells of the bulbs, become impregnated with this noxious vapour; and, consequently, the cellular tissue became ruptured and overcharged with a mass of inorganic matter. Several specimens of plants were submitted for the inspection of the members. A portrait of Mr. G. E. Dennes, the Secretary, was presented to that gentleman by the Society, for his zeal and efficiency in forwarding the objects of the society. THE BIRMINGHAM ATHENIC INSTITUTE. On Tuesday evening the members 'of the above so ciety, with their friends, assembled at their rooms, in Great Charles -street, to celebrate their fifth anniversary of the institution. The apartment was tastefully fitted up for the occasion, and, when the company assembled, presented a gay appearance. Lord John Manners, who came to Birmingham specially to attend the festivity, presided as Chairman, and after the repast opened the proceedings with three hearty cheers for her Majesty, which were warmly responded to by the company. Mr. DAVIDSON then read the report, which detailed the progress of the society, and the advantages which it had conferred upon the members. Mr. NEWTON, one of the early founders of the institu tion, moved the adoption of the report. Mr. BEDDOWS moved the thanks of the society to Lord John Manners, and the other donors of books. Lord Jolla MANNERS then rose and said, it became his pleasing duty to return thanks for the kind manner in which they had received the propositi , m of the two mem bers who bad last spoken. The present, as they all knew, was the fifth anniversary of the institute, and notwith standing the very candid report which they had heard, containing, as it did, the difficulties which the institution had had to contend with, he was then proud to say that on no previous occasion did they meet under more fa vourable or gratifying circumstances.—(Applause.) Time, which tests all things human, and destroys so many, had had a fair opportunity of destroying them, had their views been wrong and their ends visionary ; but after many days spent in manly games, and evening recreations, they were then met to celebrate the fifth an niversary of their society, and he thought he might say boldly they could look forward to that institution for a long course of years as one affording means for manly enjoyment, recreation, and amusement to at least a large portion of the youths of Birmingham. They were assembled there that evening with feelings of pleasure, arising from the present enjoyment and e.ith feelings of hope for the future, and he was convinced that in saying this he expressod the feelings common to all. They were grateful for whit the society had achieved, but above that common debtikowed by all, he felt a personal chbt of gratitude n) every member of the institute, tor he never could forget the kindness which he had received from them. Suffice it to say the presents which he had re ceived from them, and which had been so beautifully prepared, and expressive of their native industry. had been deposited by him, with great pleasure and pride, in a cabinet in the principal room which her most gracious Majesty—(Applause)—had occupied when she honoured Belvoir Castle with a visit. He assured them that no man ever kept the sword of the greatest warrior with more pride, than he would keep the product of their labour and proofs of their unmerited kindness. With respect to the books which had been presented to the Institute, he was only sorry they were so few, and he now hoped they would permit him to add a few more to their number.—(Cheers.) He was very anxious to ren der them every reasonable encouragement, because he knew there was a foundation for the principles on which the institution was based. When their society was originated the public mind was not quite se ripe for such institutions as at the present, and he thought they must all have had no inconsiderable gratification in witnessing what bad been accomplished in other places, which had not been quite so fortunate as their own. They could now point to numerous other instances in which great social improvements had been successful. In autumn he attended one of the largest assemblages that ever took place within doors, in Manchester, upon a subject which brought together 5,000 people. The object was to secure for the journeymen, labourers, mechanics, and people employed in all the various trades of Manchester. time sufficient for study, amusement, and relaxation, which it is well known they so much required.—(Hear.) In one of the great rooms in London, he had the pleasure of being present the other night, when the journeymen of the metropolis came together, to say they wished to par ticipate in those enjoyments which the people now de clared to be their due. It was to his mind a most grati fying coincidence, that upon that very day, what he hoped might be called the best crowning majority in fa vour of the Ten Hours Bill, had been proclaimed— (Cheers)—and as they had now just done so, did the meeting in London rise as one man and cheer the suc cess of that measure. He need not remind them of the public baths and walks which had been thrown open for the people. They were well aware great efforts had been made in that direction, and still greater wore in contemplation. The last measure introduced, with the merits of which he was not yet acquainted, was a scheme for the sanatory improvement of the people. Thus, those great social questions now occupied that position in the public mind which he and his friends of that so ciety believed they ought to have, and it was under these circumstances they were now met to celebrate their fifth anniversary. When they first met they were sneered at and he was soundly abused. He thought, however, that they did not care much about these sneers, and he could assure them that he did not feel any great annoyance at the abuse.—(Applause.) They should not, however, in future hear of much more sneers or abuse, and if they should, they would still continue to enjoy their manly games, pursue their philosophical studies, and that room would continue to witness their labours and feats of agility ; the ladies would occasionally partake in the merry dance, although the philosophical gentlemen of the day might turn up their noses at what they in reality did not understand. He sthould depart from that room still more impressed with the heartiness of the English character, and convinced that the union be tween the two great classes of their common country might be made most effectual in the promotion of good. If the example they set was more generally followed, a great change would ensue; and he should conclude those brief observations by expressing his hearty hope that the good example that they had set would be followed in every great town in the kingdom, and that before long their native country would again enjoy in reality the appellation of " Merry Old England," which it once so justly possessed. After several other resolutions had been proposed and carried, one of thanks to the Noble President of the In stitution was carried with great cheering, after which Lord Jost.; MANNERS rose and returned thanks. The company, after enjoying th e mselves . till an ad vanced hour, separated, highly delighted with the enter tainments of the evcning. the I FRIGHTFUL ExPREss- CART ACCIDENT. --As a the newspapers from Mr. express cart which c n in di nighealtterranitds, return o tu th rn e railways Are st l ey r n extensivei°oi conveys ° publisher Y w_as st standing , from the railway at Mr. Westley s door, between six 's in th t e heino and seven o'clock A.M., yesterday, the horse took fright and made off at a furious rate along the flagway towards Temple-bar, when, as it neared Arundel -street, the wheel of the cart caught in the gas-lamp post, which it shivered to pieces, and the horse's leg fell into an open ing of a coal cellar, the stopper of which it broke through; yet, strange to say, not an individual was in jured, and the express cart, horse, and harness, suffered little or no damage. How seldom do we feel, perceive, or think of the small beginning s o f di sease which surround and operate upon us in our enjoyments and intercourse with the world. " The young disease, which must subdue at length, Grows with our growt h , an d strengthens w i t h our s t ren th. ,, An improper regimen acting upon a particular kind of con -1 stitution, late hours, both of retiring to rest and ri a si s n s g in the morning, lay the foundation of intestinal as well h k diseases. To all such we would recommend first f a or c system, and, secondly, as a powerful . assistant ton's Pill of Health, which has procured tanhegereo-f approbation of re covery of health, that efficacious Familssylitieedicinreo,hFatriaomap persons in every station in society. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. R. Jewesson, merchant, Fenchurch-street, April 30, at half-past one—J. J. Such, auctioneer, Bolingbroke row, Walworth-road, Newington, April 30, at halt-past one—J. and T. Batt, silknaen, Old Broad•street, City, April 30. at eleven—J. Batt, silkman, Old Broad -street, April 39. at eleven—C. Blackmore, tailor, Cork-street, April 30, at eleven—J. Dodgson, ironmonger, Bishops gate-street Without, April 30. at eleven—ll. Castle, ship owner, Rotherhithe, April 30, at eleven. In the Country. W. Senior, hosier, Sheffield, April 30, at ten, at the Town-hall, Sheffield—W . Marshall and H. Rodgers, ironfounders, Liverpool, May 4, at eleven, at the Liver pool District Court—G. Strutton, hotel keeper. Chester, May 4, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. CERTIFICATES to be granted, unlesscause be shown to the contrary, on the day herein mentioned. R. Womersley, hat mannfacturer, Northampton, May 3—S. Cunningham, sawyer, Minerva-street, Hack ney-read, May I—W. Lovett, builder, Barrossa-terrace, Cambridge-heath, Hackney, May 3-11. Hunter, con fectioner, 01d-street, April 30—A. Daniels, merchant, Alexander-square, Bromoton, April 30—J. Bagnall, builder, Birmingham, May I—T. Jeynes, butchur, Longdon, Worcestershire, May 3—P. Calliet, leather dealer, Manchester, May 3—M. Forster, timber mer chant, Copley, Durham, April 30 —J. Graham, son., bookseller, Alnwick, Northumberland, April 30—T. Hulse, shoe seller, Birmingham, April 3 0— E. M. Ivene, salesman, Lung Itchi ng t on , arwickshire, April 30—J. King, jun., tea dealer, Budge-row, City, April 30-11. %V. Carr, share broker, Liverpool, April 30. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION S . James Walton, wright, Glasgow, April 13 and May 4 , at one, at t he ch am b ers o f M r. Jameson, Glasgow. J. and I. Carrie, grocers, Dundee, April 16 and May 14, at one, at the chambers of Messrs. Shaw, Reid, and M`Lachlan, Dundee. , p John Lothia n an d Company, mer chants, Glasgow, April 16 and M ay 7, at twe l ve, a t the chambers of Messrs. Gr a y an d W ilson, Glasgow. William Murdoch soa maker, , and May 6, a t twelve, at the chambers o f Mr. Monteith, Glasgow, Gl a sgow, April 15 Macdonald, Brothers, stationers, Edinb ur g h, A p ril 15 and May 7, a t one at Dowell's no"ais' Edinburgh. John Ste war t , sa dd ler, Crie ff , April 14 and May 5 , at twelve, at R o b ertson ' s Inn, Crieff. Donald C amp b e ll and Compan y, provision merchants, Glasgow, April 12 and May 10, at two, at the rooms of Mr. Sinclair, Glasgow ;gow. PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed from the returns ma d e i n t h e week ending April 6, i 1847, s 335. 3 1 / i d. cwt. - COMMITMENTS Br JUDGES OF THE NEW COUNTY Coniers.—lt was mentioned in The Sun of Wednesday that the judges of the new courts had power to commit a defendant on the hearing of a cause , and of makin g an order, as in th e case of an unsatisfied judgment. On reference to the 98th and 99th sections of the Act (9 and 10 Victoria, cap. 95), it w ill be seen that a debtor can be committed f or forty days to the common gaol, or house of correcti on o f the county, district, or place in which be reside s . T here i s no p o wer of appeal under the Act further than giving permission to a judge to rescind or alter his orders. By the 98th section it is provided that any party holding an unsatisfied judgment or order under this Act, or any Act repealed by the same, may obtain a summons, and the defendant may be examined on oath, as well as witnesses, and the costs of such summons, and all proceedings thereon, be deemed costs of the cause. Then follows the provision giving the power of commitment :—" And be it enacted, that if the party so summoned shall not attend as required by such summons, and shall not allege a sufficient excuse for not attending, or shall, if attending, refuse to be sworn or to disclose any of the things aforesaid, or if he shall not make answer touching the same to the satis faction of such judge, or if it shall appear to such judge, either by the examination of the party or by any other evidence, that such party, if a defendant, in incurring the debt or liability which is the subject of the action in which judgment has been obtained, has obtained credit ' from the plaintiff under false pretences, or by means of fraud or breach of trust, or has wilfully contracted smch debt or liability without having had at the same timea rea sonable expectation of being able to pay or discharge the same, or shall have made or caused to be made any gift, delivery, or transfer of any property, or shall have charged, removed, or concealed the same, with intent to defraud his creditors or any of them, or if it shall appear e of the said court, that en or has had since th e judgmenttt to the partyso satisfaction obtained summoned th o f against e has j s then d t h g i m sufficient means a n d ability to pay the debt or damages or costs so recovered p a y the same as shall have been so ordered, neglectopt think iosny sh all fit, which h . t h e party party against him, either altogether, or by any instalment or instalments which the court in which the judgment was ordered, pursuant to the power hereinafter bea d l e l d to , it shall be lawful for such judge, if he shall obtained shall have ordered, and if he shall refuse or t s t e r d e s t i o . ma s y um be m c o o n m ed mi i the common gaol or shallco r originalr e c b t correction nproof hearing, v t id h e e c a o an u sd n t t hn y eo , district, or place in dent, or to any in bankruptcy or protecting order shall dis charge of the court, for any period not exceeding forty days." By other sections, a judge can rescind or alter operate as a cacenhratorigfirdecaerte; the It is provided by another section (the 103 d), " That no imprisonment party so committed. commit s p h r a is il °n i at n w a: anywise satisfac tion or extinguishment o f the debt or other cause of action on which a judgment has been obtained, or protect the defendant fro m being anew summoned and under this A ca e n t imprisoned for any new fraud or other default rendering him liable to be imprisoned under this Act, or deprive the plaintiff of any right_ defendant, to take o u t execut i on against the goods and chattels of the in the sam e man h ner as if such imprisonment had not taken place." FIRL—On C A LAMITOUS M onday evening the stable at Mr. Allan'f farm, Old Liston, near the Ratho station of the Glasgow Railway, was completely burnt down, and twelve valuable work horses, whi c h were i n it a t•th e time, were suffocated or burnt to death. The conflagration s pread to the contiguous offices, and in a short time the whole steading was consumed. The origin of the fire is involved in uncertainty ; it was dis covered about du;k by the man who attends to the horses, when he went as usual to put them right for the night, and m ight either have been the work of an in cendiary, or been owing to the culpable negligence of some smoker who had access to the stable. We under stand that Mr. Allen is insured, but whether to the ex tent of his loss we aro not aware. —Edinburgh Evening Post. J - ) PRICB SD. PRE RECAL OF SIR E. WILMOT.. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMM SlR,—The public were some time since; informed the recal of Sir Eardley Wilmot, Bart., from • the Go; vernment of Van Diemen's Land, but apprized. only'by the announcement in the Gazette of the appointment of his successor. They are at length, through Ate. instru mentality of Lord Stanley, favoured with the liking of • judging, to a certain extent at least, of the justice or otherwise of his Excellency's recal, by , the publication of the correspondence between the Secretary of State and Sir. E. Wilmot. This so called correspondence, 1 0 far as it goes, can hardly be considered satisfactols confined, as JU N to the public dispatch and a privatQ letter of the same d ate, addressed to Sir E. Wilmot by Mr. Secret ar y Gl adstolie, announcing the former'a sud den recal, and stating.; for the first time, in the same document, the reasons assigned for this determination.** No decision which affects the rights and privilege, individual can be satisfactory which lacks the quality so ' essential to the spirit of justice, embracedin the maxim, " Aud latter= poutem." . . The dispatch announces, as j,5 usual in' uccu ments, that "it I.as become the painful dut v t -vi ter to apprize his Exedlercy, that he r I'd}j, , ,i v 7 ,iee v ,,,-,cl 'to dispense with his future and that t-Tr Ma jesty's Government had been. induced to tender the ad vice which induced this recal, not on account of the in competcncy, real or alleged, for the ordinary duties at tached to the chief cxecirive officers of thy, dependen cies of the Crown, but from a regard to th e sp,,erai exi gencies of the particular colony over which his Esc,l lehey load been appcitit(d and had undertaken to preside, and to the very de'-'c Live manier in which, according to the judgment of her Maje.4y's Government. those g,-.l:cies had been met by him." Heretofore the assignment system bad been established in this colony, under the reasonable hope and expecta tion that if any latent seed of morality er repentance rested in the mind or disposition of the convict, it would be more likely to germinate anti bear wholesome fruit when nurtured and encouraged by contact with, and exempla of, those untainted with crime, than by herding criminals of every grade in such close contiguity, if not irresistible confederacy, as to render almost a miracle the escape of one individual so placed and associated from the darkest abyss of moral contamination and in famy. The former system had its day, and it was determined that the latter should receive a trial. The dispatch no* before us too plainly shows how prolific the new system has been of all those frightful evils so naturally to have been anticipated as its fruits. This latter system came into operation shortly after Sr E. Wilmot assumed these duties, justly denominated ly.the Minister "an arduous task;" the worst results followed, and there is sufficient in the dispatch to show that they were duly announced to the Home Govern ment—not, I presume, in a spirit of dietatios, which would ill become the character of the Queen's Viceroy, but by "transmitting to the proper quarter the most hor rible and revolting accounts of the state of morals among a portion of the female convicts." His Excel lency did not impertinently intrude his convictions on the subject of this horror-working system upon the authorities by whom it was maintained; he did not say, " Give up this new fangled and demoralizing experiment which has worked so much evil, which has placed the convict population beyond the reach of moral example or influence; abandon the false position you have taken in the science of moral regeneration ; return to that wholesome system of assignment, which was not only promised to the early settler as an encouragement to embark his fortunes in this distant climate, but which has proved the happy and fruitful source of moral amendment, as attested by the existence of a large sec tion of the present trading and agricultural portion of the community over whic I preside, who have been snatched from vice and contamination by the healing influence of that system which you have thus aban doned." I have reason to believe that these were the sentiments of Sir E. Wilmot, though not put forward after this obtrusive and dictorial fashion. Sir E. Wilmot is not accused of " incompetency real or alleged." "He had been appointed," says the Mi nister, " to carry out a system brought into use for the purpose of affording a solution tai one of the most diffi cult of social problems—u system a i .pt,d 1. his view not to econ smical but mural purposes, and whilst sepa rating the convict from the general community, yet to neutralize by discipline, and by religious and humanizing influences, all those dangers which arise from the close juxtaposition and coestant intercourse of criminals among themselves." Truly a very " arduous task !" We accuse you, says the Minister and sole judge in this case, and mina iiad wishthereforedwuee condemn you of not h av i ng applied your diligandence ar ro g a v e n e .md witha c cu s e f t e h a a r tn you ur t o c i o o f u n n c oo e tf r htn the etvoi populationn g the d e g m o v o e n r s n tur m na d e t n ee dr t that the absence of successful results must be ascribed to the inherent defects of the system, and not to the apathy and neglect of those to whose charge it had been com mitted. Of all this we accuse you, not from official reports, but from "rumours" and from evidence "frag mentary' and indistinct ;" and lastly, wa promulgate these accusations for the first time in the selfsame document which seals your condemnation and punishment. And, now, to turn to the letter which accompanied this di spatch, and which is as follows : "Downing-gstreet, dutyA psrtiilll3mo,orlel34p6a.in. " Sir,—l have now to is ful and delicate than that of addressing you in a public dispatch to communic4e to you your recal from the ad mimstration It affairs in Van Diemen's Land. " Advertieg to the fact that this recal rests upon the allegation of a faiiure on your part with respect to special and peculiar duties only, which attach to the care of a penal colony, but not to that of colonies in general, you may feel some surprise at the circumstances that I have made no allusion to the possibility of your employment during the ordinary term of six years. " I should have felt authorise d to express a willingness to consider of any favourable opportunity which might offer itself for such employ ment, had it not been for the circumstance that certain rumours have reached me from a variety of quarters relative to your private life, to the nature of which it is perh Ts unnecessary that I should at present particularly allude. „„" Had these rumours been slight. and without pre sumptions of credibility, I might warrantably and gladly have passed them by. Had they, on the other band, taken the form of charges or of information sup ported by the names of the parties tendering it, it would have been my absolute duty, independently of any other reason for interference with your tenure of office, to refer the matter to you, and at once call upon you for your exculpation. But they occupy anlintermediate position. Presuming that I have been justified in re fraining from bringing them under your notice up to the present time, I feel that it would be impossible to recom mend your resumption of active duties under the Crown in any other colony until they are satisfactorily dis posed of. To found proceedings upon them against a person holding office appeared to me a very questionable matter, but I think it quite unquestionable that they must be taken into view when re-appointment is the matter at issue. " I know not what your views and wishes on that sub ject may be. I should not have entered wantonly and needlessly on such a topic as that to which I now refer. My reason for doing so, without waiting for any request from you for re-employment, is, that I think that some favourable intimation on that head would have been your due had no obstacle intervened, and I have, therefore, found myself bound to account for the omission from my dispatch of this day of any such intimation. " I have, &c., " W. E. GLADSTONE." Now, throughout this dispatch and the accompanying letter, it appears that no far from any inquiry or expos tulation having been made in reference to the alleged errors and omissions c Nntained in the former, or in reference to the anonymous rumours alluded to in the latter document, the accusation and condemnation were simultaneous. The verdict is pronounced, in the first instance, without hearing the defence, and, when all the damning and ruinous effects have been felt and suffered, the accused is humanely permitted to plead in denial or mitigation. Will not these circumstances render it a stronf " pre sumption," indeed, on the part of the writer of this letter, that he had been justified in refraining from bringing the charges preferred against the accused under his notice prior to the announcement of his irrevocable decision upon them ? or, is the tenure ef office in her Majesty's colonies a thing so frail and unsubstantial that it may be at once annihilated by the breath of scandal or by anonymous rumours, fabricated and concocted in a community proverbially tainted by the under-current of that jealous, envious, and designing slander which has been the downfal of more than one honourable indi vidual, as well as the bane and curse of that community? Can that decision be satisfactory to a British public which is arrived at in defiance of all those rules of which they boast as the palladium of British liberty? I need but to revert to the principle involved in the decision of her Majesty in Privy Council last year, in the case of " Mr. Justice Willis in appeal against the Governor of New South Wales," who had thought proper to suspend him from the exercise of his judicial functions without h av i n g called upon him for_ his n def de f ence —a principl e which treated the act o f the G?vern r in so doing as an outrage upon the rule by which even the criminal is T PARTEM." entitled to be heard befo re conde mnation — an act which • ann ihil a tes the cherished u is p he l d max im CHARGE AGAINST A CHILD OF ATTEMPTING TO POISON HER SISTER.—A little girl, not more than twelve years eld, named Maria Makin, of Brown's square, Meadow-lane, was last Monday brought before R. Bramley, Esq., and Ralph Markland, Esq., charged with attempti ng t o po i son Ann Mak i n, the wife of her brother. It appeared from the evidence of the brother that, having lost their father and mother, he had taken his little sister into his house. A short time ago she was sent to a shop for some blue colouring to use in white-washing. She returned with blue vitriol, which which was not used. Shortly after wards she atternpte3 to poison her brother and sister by putting it into their food, and according to her brother's account she made this attempt for the third time on Sunday last, when she put it into some broth, which was taken by her sister, who on Monday was ill in consequence. The policeman by whom she was taken into custody stated that, i n answer to a question put to her by himself, she had ad mitted that she knew what it was sile put into the broth, and what effect it would have if taken. The magistrates expressed very great surprise that atter the first attempt the vitriol was not removed from the house, as by that means a repetition of the attempt would have been avoided. Viewing all the circumstances of the case, in connexion with the youth of the prisoner, they enter tained very much doubt that the act had been intentional, end therotore discharged her. The little girl, who had wept touch during the examination, then left the court. —Leedv TIL. , Earl of Clarendon left Combe Abbey ! Cov . eptrfs the seat o f th e E ar l C rave n, yesterday, for ins resza envo Grove Park, Herts. Price Oils Shilling and Sixpence. SHERIDAN KNOWLES ' S HUNCHBACK; A PLAY. A new and revised Edition. Also, In Three Volumes, price 31s. 6d. cloth, GEORIE LOVEL ; A NOVEL. By SHERIDAN KNOWLES. Edward M050n, ; 44, Dover-street. I