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4.110...a1. C S. &c., . slid 3 31r rfy. .—(fir eat p .-- xtens fon sby, : 3334:1 24 r -- -Lon Jon nche der p. ex ston ind B). 4 p. :tern ; in. I —So utl )le, P • e N. AM I u'd June. Counties. —Di tto. ~~5,:p. -- L Noi CO ;ter k uYd !olnst - tre Sou th ton ; Uld 6 dis cru s 01 le, P• .16 p. • reduc ed is of ti ee ruxiety arrange• 'he males tst Lan p.- East ster, 3 Thlrsk i . 5. dis.-- • Ha: acb sae ±h (fie t 7ip), 1 4ta. t% Get :ferch is tray OP • xecutc ig Jin lai w Scr - tp. . 6d. d r, ass.-- -Direct, dinburga rgh and , halves.. ; —Great —Man —r orth 0 , New, Midland W 3 3 fur E PATENT MiLE-INDEX CARRIAGE COMPANY. (Registered Provisionally ander 7 and 8 Viet., cap. 110.) Capital, 65,0001., In Shares of 101. each. Deposit, Is. per Share, (being the amount limited by Statute.) "Waits will be returned without deduction, if the capital be not subscribed, the registered Promoter bearing all preliminary ea- Pease& TRUSTEES. Richard Barker, Esq., 14, Fitzroy-square. IL Hartley Kennedy, Esq., Resington Lodge, Notting-hill. II BOARD Of DIRECTORS. ,7" . " 0 Y Kennedy, Esq., Chairman of the India and Loudon Life ""suranee Company. and Deputy Chairman of the Oriental Bank, Resington Lodge, Notting-hill,---Chairman. C a p t ain Tyndale, Director of the South Eastern Railway, 2D, Alfred- Place, Brompt on, —D eputy Cha i rman. Lieutenant General Wright, Royal Engineers, Army and Navy Club Jamers-square. 7 ( limier, Esq., Esq., 84, Milton-street, Dorset-square. Lineoln's-inn, and 29, Welliagton-road, S Robert Faulder White Esq 24, Sussex-gardens, Hyde-park. (With pover increase the number to ten.) MANAGING DIRJECTON, Henry Yon-Eater, Esq. BANKERS. UrR, Sapte, Iduspratt, Banbury, and Co., 77, Lombard-street. r r AVDITORS. • —irkhant Towel, Esq., GO, Moorgate-street, and Devonshire Cot- tage, Regent's-park. (A second Auditor to be appointed by the Committee.) SOLICITORS. Messrs. Wire and Child, St. Swithin's• lane, City. Mr. Lionel Curtis. Temporary Offices, No. 32, Charing-cross. a ,„ T h e Patent Mile-Index Carriage Company is promoted with the ...miring objects, viz. : , The application to cabs of the afile-Index, a recently patented entlon, by which the exact distance travelled is readily asoer- Med er u and the passenger thus protected from overcharge by the `'‘ 2. The n at adoptiona reduce of a tarsi, em of MN-tickets to be issued in books icketd .. 2 . The i mprovement of ca b conveyance, by the i ntro d uc ti on o f nages of superior style and accommodation, with a well-selected Kid and better class of drivers. The substitution, so far as the establishment of the Company is neerned, of the c on t ro l an d guaran t ee o f a body of gentlemen, as 4fla gete. for the unsatisfactory means of redress of grievances at • ant afforded by the Police Courts. T he invention of the Mil e -I n d ex is protected by Royal Letters hPatent, granted in June, 1846. The Patent Mile-Index has been ~ed_ to a Brougham carriage. The carriage so fitted has travelled r . ,etal hundred miles over tie worst pavements in the metropolis, eiffereht speeds, and in all weathers, and with the most complete h ec ets• (For a public testimony to the value of the invention, see nottee in the " Times " of Monday, the 25th of January, page 6, 'mania 6.) T he Provisional Directors have concluded an agreement with the -Patentee for a general licence to use the invention in hackney .arriageil in the metropolis, or within a circuit of twenty miles from t he General Post-office, for the whole term of the patent. The :numeration to the Patentee is therein made entirely dependent on , 6 successful progress of the Company. A copy of the agreement Iles at the offices for inspection. - The Mile-ticket plan is adopted as the most convenient and retina fferative mode of giving to the public the accommodation of a re dated fare._ It le caleelete 4 ,that tee reduction of fare will (coupled with the patent Mile-Index) considerably increase custom. and pro duce a large profit ; and it is considered that the arrangement by which such reduction in fare is made, througb the medium of mile tickets will not only prove a great convenience to the public, by the accommodation which it will afford. but also very remunerative to Shareholders. by the certainty of custom and adva nce d payments Produced by the arrangements. It is in contemplation, when the Company has been formed and the capital paid up, to apply to Parliament for an Act of Incor poration. It will be seen that, as an object of investment, this undertaking presents a most satisfactory prospector a liberal return on the capital Invested. This Company, by the general superiority of its vehicles, horses, and drivers, by the guarantee afforded by the control of gen tlemen as managers, by the mile-ticket system and the reduced fare, and particularly by the perfect check on overcharge which the Mile- Index will place in the power of the passenger himself, will un doubtedly command a great share of the cab traffic of the metropolis. The estimates show, that taking revenue at the leweat and expen diture at the highest, a dividend of upwards of ten per cent. will accrue to shareholders, in addition to five per cent. interest oh capi tal, clear of income-tax in both cases ; and taking into consideration t he great saving to be effected in large purchases, and by being enabled wick money in hand to watch the market, and considering also the great traffic which the conveyances of this Company will certainly ceternand, a very much larger return may be safely anticipated. In submitting this proposal to the public, the promoters of the undertaking give unreservedly all particulars of the proposed joint Indertaking, and state explicitly the terms of association. The de acons will be returned without deducting, in the event of the whole capital not being subse i ribed, unless the subscribers at a general meet ing determine to fora this - Company on a scale commensurate with The amount actually subscribed. The registered Promoter bears all Preliminary expinseii,,lsa reserves, in consideration of the infornia tienulabour,expedse;and risk, given and incurred in the promotion, s,, a Per eenteite temitneration of 10 per cent. on the annual profits of '-ue undertaking, that is to say, after paying per cent interest on ca pital. The eiffitcates en which the calculations are based, and an a bstract of the provisions of the Deed of Settlement, are set forth in a n appendix, to the end that the public may judge for themselves of the Probability of success, and know the nature of the contract into Which they are invited to enter, The details of the undertaking are as follows, viz.:— Mlle -Index.—The index is placed in the body of the cab, being con nected with the wheels by a simple but ingenious apparatus. It is It duplicate for both inside and outside, and is in the form of a double faced clock; miles, half-miles, and fractions of a mile, correspond to h 4 half-hours, and minutes, and a hand performs the circuit of the marking the progress of the vehicle. At night the index , be lighted by a lamp. • 41 . Passenger will, on entry, note the position of the hand on the Miter dial, and read the distance as travelled by the dial within. 11110- Tickets.—it is proposed to issue tickets for miles and half ,„in books for 40 miles; each, at the price of 11. ls. per book, or Ber mile. Should this arrangement prove acceptable to the Attblic, due provision the wdemand ill, be made to provide a sufficient number of l ch rt to . Carriages, &c.—lt is proposed to start with 200 carriages; no Dahl will be spared to give the public a carriage combining every requisite of design, accommodation, strength, safety, and lightness of draught, with moat convenient and handsome fittings. Great care will be taken in the selection of the horses; and bar "igs in keeping with the carriages, will be chosen. ,_ Stabling, & e.—lt is proposed to purchase or rent a piece of ground ' 4 home convenient spot, and to erect a range of stabliug, with the neet uarY offices, storehouses, workshops, &c., on a comprehensive In any plan that may be selected, care will be taken to re serve 'Pace and make arrangements to meet an increase of the esta blishment at a future period. Drivers.—Great care will be taken in the selection of the drivers, E the man will be requited to enter into a written engag e m ent with t i e Comp any, and to find two householders as sureties for his ob 'erYaluce of it. A neat and uniform livery will be provided by the Company. With a view of inducing a better class of men to enter the service of the Company, arrangements will be made for the general comfort of the men, the care of them under accident, in sickness. or old age; acid for the protection of the widows and orphans of those who may die in the service. One and a third per cent. on profits (profits as defined above) will be set aside to form a fund far the purposes above stated. The drivers will be placed under stricfrcgulatione, and be subject to a rigid surveillance. A Committee of the Board ofDirectors will sit daily to investigate complaints and afford redress. In all cases .n which application to a magistrate or a prosecution may be neces sary, the proceedings will be conducted at the expense and by the solicitors of the Company. It will be a special object of the Company to save as much as possible the personal attendance of the com plainant. While the Company will visit with the utmost severity any delinquency on the part of their drivers, they will, at the same time, firmly protect their servants in case of injustice. Management, &c.—The management will be vested in a Board of Directors, not exceeding tea in number, including Chairman and Deputy-Chairman. ' With a view of insuring the best attention to the interests of the Company, both on the part of managers and officers, the principle of per centage on profits will be applied to the remuneration of directors for their services. and to the encouragement of officers, In lieu of the usual fixed allowance, directors will receive a per centage of twenty per cent. on profits (profits as defined above), and the Managing Director and Secretary will receive, in addition to fixed salaries, a like per centage of ono per cent. each. As the remunera tion of directors is postponed till shareholders have realised fair interest on their investment, and is then proportioned to the surplus, ahareholders have the beat assurance that directors will use every effort both to increase the revenue and economise the expenditure. In the same way the zeal and vigilance of the officers will be stimu lated by the interest which they also will have in the prosperity of the undertaking. Finanee.—The accounts will be audited quarterly. Interest on capital at five per cent. will be paid half-yearly. Profits will be divided annually. The foregoing are the general features of the undertaking. In its organisation many modifications. will probably suggest them selves, but its main character will remain the same. As the Di rectors are most desirous of making the establishment as useful to the public as it can be made, any suggestion will receive their most careful consideration. . _ The detailed estimates (see Appendix A) have been compiled With the greatest care. Thu several items are vouched by 'written statements Icy competent persons. They have been laid before gentlemen of great experience ix these matters, who have carefull,e examined and approve them. The Deed of iettlement (see abstract in Appendix B) contains two important provisions protective of the interesta of shareholders. 1. Any new shares to be issued fir the purpose of increasing the capital, should it be desirable to extend the Company's establish- Meat, will be offered in the first instance to shareholders, in pro- Portion to the number of old shares held by them. 2. If ever the average of yearly dividends shall fall below the five per cent. inte rest on capital, the shareholders shall be convened, to consider the Propriety of dissolving the Company. There are several points deserving attention with reference to this undertaking as an object of investment : - 1. There is not hin g expe rineental in it ; it proposes to supply a want which all feel, by means Le value of which any one can appreciate. 2. The items of the e stimate are if an every-day character, and the actual cost in each case is given ; the calculations are open to ineestigatien, and can he e ° 4l Y tested. 3. The money of sherehelders w ill not be sunk in ~_exPertments, or wasted in preliminary expenses ; it will be laid out 1 ° the purchase of a property which will always find a sale and bear Price. 4. A zealous and prudent management of the affairs of the eonceni is insured by the per ventage system of remunerating di 'beton' and encouraging officers. S. The disticetion between inte rest on capital and profits, and the provision made fur payment t' i nterest as an item of expenditure, without reference to division of Profits, gives to a subscription in this undertaking the double cha racter of a steady investment and of a commercial 'peculation. G. Interests of shareholders are protected in any increase of capital, and they hold in their own hands the power to put an end to th e concern when it ceases to be profitable. RULES OF SUBSCRIPTION. 1. Shares will be allotted on application in the form annexed, ac "raPanled by a reference to one of the directors, a London banker or two householders of respectability. 2. The directors aeserve power to reject any application, or to allot a number of shares' less than the number applied for, Deposits to be paid to tho bankers of the Company to the or edit of th e trustees, she undertake to return the same without deduction, if the whole capital of 65,0001. be not subscribed, un less otherwise directed by resolutions of a general meeting of sub terlbers. .4. On production of the bankers' receipt, and on execution of the deed of settlement (a printed copy of which will be landed to the subscriber for his information), scrip certificates will be issued. b. When the Company has been completely registered (which will bdone when the d ee d o f settlement has been executed by one fourth of the subscribers), due notice will be given in the London Gazette and daily papers. 6. Subscribers will be req u i re d, w ithi n ono month from the publi caonefsue h notice, to pay a first call of lb. 19s. per share, and to exchange scrip certificates for 'Mares. 7. Further calls will not exceed 21. per share, interval of not less than two months between call. 1. will be an 1. It will be in the discretion of the directors to and re-allot allotment shares in cases of non-compliance with terms o 9. The directors reserve power to fix by public advertisement, not ietn the London Gazette and daily paper, any limit of time given. h be fore Application for shares to be made in the form annexed, to the Se cretary-, the Temporary Offices, No, 32, Charing-cross, FORM OF APPLICATION FOR Srikfti;.• To the Secretary of the Patent Mlle-Index Carriage Company . It it,-1 apply to be admitt ed a subscriber to the P a t ent Mile-Index Carriage Company, and I ropiest an allotment of shares in the capital stock of the Company on the terms of the prospectus. I subjoin the particulars required Tours, Dated day of 1546 am . e in fu ( ll Usual • signature.). . s• • • ••.• • • • • • • „ Place of business Place of residence .. • • .• .• • • • ....... Profession or occupation • . • . • . . . • • • . Reference in full• • • • • • • • • • .... .. Appendix A (Estimates) may be obtained at the temporary offices, 32 Charint. crow APoentux it (Abstract of Erovisions of Deed of Settlement) will be rablislied in a few days. kztract from a notice in the "Times" of Monday, 2bth January, 1147, page 6, column 6. "le Patent Mil e -I n d ex .—A simple and ingeniou s contrivance for meas uring and indicating the distance tra velled by wheel car r4 There is nothing unsightly in the apparatus, which, in can scarcely be seen at all %then the carriage is in motion. ei ,: r i m Passenger is thus supplied with a perfect check against ON er go, While the proprietor has the means of knowing the amount Qr_ Mile age actually performed. The convenience and sim p licity of 44 °Pting, as the ind ex o f dist a nce, a method of calculation so fami liar as the face of a clock supplies, need hardly be pointed out. and Th o l a t est Mile-Index has been fitted to a Broug h am, w hich has, re told, t rave l led between 200 an d 3 00 m il es ove r paving stones t ;_ ro ugh roads, and under circumstances calculated to test severely e w orking of the apparatus, and always with the same satisfac tory result. h the , dc, an opportunity on Saturday of proving the accuracy of en,, index by travelling several miles in the carriage in question ; ~,.`ton comparing th e revo l u ti ons o f th e h our an d m i nu t e hand at ta me asured mile, we were, we confess, surprised by the nicety of he sesult. "o nossibility of tampering with the apparatus has been effectually oev ented. A reform . in oar cab system has become one of the recognised wants °' city life, an d the flat great stop in this direction must be in ePte L l ' ss eoffer himself possessing an effectual check upon. overcharge. th e P s the Parties most strongly interested in such a reform are "elfirolfrietors and drivers of public vehicles since it must often have rPd to our read e r th a t a much greater aggregate amount (pro nearly double the present sum) would be received in fare s 14 , , , Tear 11( 414 rIG by OITC It Wital cabmen, if they woul4 be outwit with their legta fan, • • , -7 r t .: 7 1,•( ,-- 7 --- 4:: f-/- " -- e--- HC) ‘ l---- ' / ~ It • . ._,_........_ , _. .. . , allill . —____ .. . . PARLIAMEN'TARY BUSINESS. ~..,...,,.. . ',...vi. .'..1-A.--., ti 4 k - 2: - . , - .• , ,-ini .. :' - . * * tlif ''', " .. ' 1 .41. k I h, 1. . _____,...--. , Pk •".•I`,,''' , (From the Votes and ProeeedinQs 9 4 " the Rouse of Com mons .) ;i • 1 'II P ' ' • a 1 - I 3 I : '4; , ~..,s ~.a.,1 / 4 ~., ~ 0 ' .;',, , ......9 l st. s i t t, :o. , :: - ... „--,,,,,,,, o y_- wt . ; ~,,,,,, ?A ..., . ,_._:,-,.,.,..,,,,,.., -.. • .- • . • - • ~ ~. NOTICES GWEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL-OFFICE. , .4;. ;:i. -- 111 1 ,e , , 1).! Ar: . ' . -, , ~N :!:}1 t",l9 lll Pk , ~,, ~,,.., ~,, 7 ' ne.z. ~ : r . , -- - • ' , ./ V 0 rr: ":•t`7:4,..,, . , L' SATURDAY, FEB. 13. 1 4,; :;;; t4 s 4 c . 4W4-.. ~,- ~ ,i ' ' l q ''''s 1-. j 4 7 --. ,: ~..., R , ~..„-.K...;1e r , .. - '. A, _ ..)..... .. . ..., The following Railway Bills area ppointed to be read a ''. (Zs, ' I 1 ''' Sn . St , ' i 1- , i Z L - - - '. l . , 04 r, 4- alok ,-- .... -. Tii,.'i''' 1. 2' 11: • 114 1P: - -„ t t , vs - 4 ;--, .' . ,-, iit,' \\ ''' "- \ , c)3* - 0; 4; . 1 ' 46 1, , / iirt . 0t1i , ,r,v , , ,,,- ,_ ,y,..,?-7\,• --",:-,-,e,,,- '4_ second time:— . _ N:____•.....t„ki,-,,t , ... I , r (~_,„ WEDNESDAY, FEB. 17. Midland Great Western of Ireland (Extension from Athlone to Galway). Exeter and Exmouth. Leeds and Thirsk (Leeds, Durban), and Newcastle Exten sion, &c.). Leeds and Thirsk (Deviation of Main Line in Crimple Valley, &c.). Leeds and Thirsk (Knaresborough and Boroughbridge Branch). Leeds and Thirsk (Eaglescliff and Stillingtcn Extension). Leeds and Thirsk (Harrogate and Pateley Branch, &c.). Leeds and Thirsk (Branch from Melmerby to North&ller ton, &c.). THURSDAY, FEB. 18. Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton (Leith Extension). Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton (Union Canal and Caleb*. nian 1-111:yay Junction). Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham (Peterborough and Thorney Line). Liverpool, Manclie,ter, anil Newcistle•upon-Tyne Junction and Northern Counties Union Amalgamation. Cheltenham and Oxford. Lotido;i and South-Western (Andover to the Bishopstoke and Salhbury Branch, &c.). FRIDAY; FEB. 19. Dundee and NeAytyle. Dundee and Perth (Alteration and Extension and Inch tare, Polgavie, and Int.:llmichael Branches). MEETING OF THE IRISH PARTY. Another meeting of Peers and Members of the House of Commons was held on Saturday at their chambers, Parlia ment-street. Among those present were Lord Monteagle the Marquis of Sligo, the E ar l o f Afountcashel, Sir E. Hayes ' Mr. 11. Lefroy, Mr. Ed war d G rogan, Colonel. Acton Mr. Villiers Stuart, Mr. P. S. Butl er , M r. Morgan, Mr'. M. IL Tuite, Mr. William Smith O'Brien, Mr. R. Osborne, Mr. Henry Grattan, Mr. Fitzstephen French, Mr. William Henry Gregory, &c. &c. Lord Monteagle occupied the chair. Mr. SPOTTISWOODE, accompanied by three other gentle men connected with the moneyed and mercantile inte rests in the city, was introduced to the meeting; and, after some brief observations explanatory of the object of his visit, laid before their Lordships, and the other members of the Irish party, certain suggestive propositions embodying a scheme for supplying the funds necessary to carry out Lord George Bentinck's measure with respect to railways, in the event of the Railway Bill introduced into the House of Commons by the leader of the Protectionist party receiving the sanction of the Legislature. Mr. Spottiswoode sub mitted that there were many reasons which should induce the Government to encourage the construction of railways in Ireland. They would not only furnish employment for a large number of the Irish population, and consequently re lieve the existing distress, but would afford permanent means of occupation to a considerable class of persons in maintaining and working the railways when completed. Railways in Ireland, too, were desirable for the general convenience and advantage of the whole community of Great. Britain, and, when formed, would be property, created by otherwise unemployed labour, of a profitable nature to those who possessed it. The money for making the railways might be easily provided by the means of Exchequer notes of 11. each, bearing no interest and receivable in taxes and other Government payments, without cost to the Exche quer and without disarranging the national finances ; but, on the contray, the circulation of such Exchequer notes, by providing the wages of labour, would increase the con sumption of exciseable articles and thereby improve the national revenue. Moreover, the money so provided would not withdraw the means of prosecuting other useful occupa tions, but would, on the contrary, and especially at the pre sent. time, tend to stimulate the general industry of the community. The several suggestions made by Mr. Spottiswoode were freely canvassed, but no formal resolution upon their merits was adoped ; they will be brought under the consideration of the Irish party at a future meeting on an early day. The proposition for raising the 16,000,0001. of money required by Lord G. Bentinck's scheme, by the issue of 1/. Exchequer notes, bearing no interest, and receivable in taxes and other Government payments, caused an animated discussion, in. which every Member took part. There is reason to believe that the plan proposed by the deputation will be commended to the notice of Government by some of the Irish party in ths course of the adjourned debate, which is to be resumed this evening, if not interfered with by prolonged discussion in Committee on the Irish Poor Relief Bill, which stands spe cially on the orders. Mr. Spottiswoode and his friends then withdrew, and the subject of medical charities was discussed. It was agreed that application should be made to Government for the introduction of a more efficient system of medical superintendence. Thanks were voted to Lord Monteagle for his conduct in the chair, and the meeting separated shortly before four o'clock. THE ROYAL SOCIETY. The Marquis of Northampton, as President of the Royal Society, gave the first of his usual annul series of soirees on Saturday night, at his Lordship's mansion, in Piccadilly. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, and above 400 noblemen and gentlemen, more or less connected with the different literary and scientific institutions of this country, graced the noble president's re-union by their presence. At nine o'clock the visitors began to arrive in rapid Sue cession, and it was past eleven before the carriages had ceased bringing company. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Lord George Lennox and the lion. Captain Gordon, arrived just before eleven o'clock, and was welcomed into the vestibule by the noble president, by whom the Royal Prince was COW. ducted to the principal saloon. In the different apartments we observed a variety of in.. teresting models, specimens of art, and various objects esps. cially attractive :to those moving in the circles attached to the arts and sciences. Among the gentlemen attending on this occasion was Mr. II Oman, the blind traveller, who was introduced by Mr. A. J. Stephens. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. 'HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Durham County hds, Wed., ?dainsforth ; Fri., Elwiek--14 Mr. Hildyard's hrrs., Tues., Stainton Vale; Fri., Nun thorpe-104. Hurworth lids., Tues., Hurworth ; Thurs., Enter Common ; Sat., Middleton One Row-10%. York and Ainsty lids., Tues., Ribston Park ; Thurs., Cop.. grove; Sat., Steensall-10 1 4. Sinnington lids., Tues., Lund Court ; Fri., Helmsley-10,, Bedale hds., Wed., Thorp Perrow ; Fri., Pepper Hall. Sir C. Constable's stghds, Wed., West Newton. Mr. Drake's hds., Tues., Stratton Audley ; Thurs., Ham Green ; Sat., Soalder Gate. Berkshire lids., Tues., Appleton ; Fri., Longcott. Cambridgeshire hds., Wed., Warden Village; Fri., Cax, ton Gibbet-10 1 4. Devon hds., Thurs., Denbury Gate. F. B. hds., Fri., Roseron--10i. plesh a Find m on hds., Tues., Kennel ; Th urs ., P o lli ng ; Sat., Ap- Oakley hds., Thurs., Cross Alban's Wood ; Sat., Hail Weston-4 to 11. Tindale hds., Thurs., Belsay. Lord Lonsdale's hrrs., Tues., Bishopstone ; Sat., Harcourt Hotel, Tring Station ---12. Wigton hrrs., Wed., Warble Bank ; Fri., Bolton Gate-Bi. A ikton hrrs., Wed., Slack; Fri., Oughterby--8%. Carlisle hrrs., Tues., Mrs. Longrig's Wreay; Thurs., and Fri., Mr. Biggens' Hornsby Gate--8. THE HONOURABLE ARTILLERY COMPANY.—The annual military ball of this ancient and honourable company took place at the Armoury-house, Finsbury, on Thursday evening last. The company began to arrive about eight, and were received in the grand saloon by the efficient re gimental hand playing some of the choicest overtures, &c. By ten o'clock the grand room of the Armoury-house, which was more particularly devoted to the votaries of terp siehore, presented a most dazzling appearance , there being upwards of 400 of the e lit e present. What with the beauty of the ladies, their elegant dresses, and the splendour of the uniforms, the room was far superior to anything we have lately seen. Dancing commenced shortly after eight o or o : k k: and was kept up with great spirit until nearly . the efficient baud of Mr. Adams being s t a tioneci s i x n;:th en e rri or; chestra, assisted by the band of the refimen h ti s u l ua i ki n d acted as Master of the Ceremonies, s o n ,..l i b Y rwea s. Besides attentions elicited the commendationstad as a qu e t d ril - l raa e par ties,luPade in a spacious roona provision was 113 the large room, several others were ro d r e u rted P to and the tahned mosthe court-room m was APP he evening. At twelve o'clock a for refreshment during supper t was provided by Younghusband, of most sumptuous er n e orna mented Gerrard's 1 de scription, p variouseat e d rooms,ato e whicho' cloc k w . Mall, the viands . and wines being of the first ternal arrangements with flags and various military devices, the rich treat which was thea re provided by the stewards, together with their ext reme atten tion, received the highest meed of praise from all present. THE Sour KITCHEN.—The distribution of soup and bread continues with unabated liberality ; in fact, it would al most appear, from the number of applications made to the subscribers, that destitution grows with what it feeds upon. On Saturday, not less than 1,500 gallons of soup and 1,500 Dread3lo nd Monday, e there w N a v y ? r ; e a l a ,4 a oo y esgallonsyo f ur soup ue loaves of bread w ere di str i buted to needy individuals ; on sda a y n ) d 800 te loaves of distributed was 1,500 gallons of soup and 1,500 loaves of bread. An accident enabled us, yesterday, to form a tolerable notion of the character and condition of persona to whom this most seasonable relief is afforded. Out of the immense Lumber of individuals, young and old, who pressed to the kitchen, we did not see an individual who manifested the slightest indifference or recklessness; and one poor woman. who had the misfortune to slip upon the icy pavement, and lose her soup, manifested, by the most unequivocal signs, her deep appreciation of her loss. We mention this little Incident to show the necessity of care and economy in the distribution of tickets. We are glad to learn that the hint in the Guardian of Saturday has not been thrown away, and that in very few cases since have undue numbers of tickets been given to the same individual. When there are so many to whom limited relief is invaluable, it were a pity that pro. fusion should induce extravagance or carelessness to others. —Manchester Guardian. The mobbing of the proctors of Cambridge, when out at nights apprehending loose women, has not been dia. continued. Legal proceedings have been commenced Tin: five of the rioters, who are to be tried *% the eaeizea.,—. ford Oirercuw. The principal models exhibited were Little's double-action printing machine. The woiking model exhibited washighly - - - approved, and Prince Albert, to all appearance, was mach pleased by the rapidity with which the numerous copies were worked off. It is but justice to state that much at_ tendon was given by the crowded visitors to that particular object, and its utility was spoken of as such as to cause a, general adoption in cases where a large amount of copies were requisite in a limited space of time. Another interesting object was Mr. John Hutchinson'a spirometer, for measuring the vital capacity of the lungs. A new instrument for the inhalation of ether, called by the inventor " the graduated dose inhaler," was also pointed out. Mr. R. R. Reinagle exhibited the model of an invention for preventing collisions on railways. M. Clandet submitted some discoveries lately made upon certain properties of the various rays of light, which are to form the subject of a paper preparing for the Royal Society. Some casts from the antique remains in the British Mu seum, cast in copper by the electro-galvanic process, were • submitted by Mr. Cox. Mr. Goadby brought a beautiful specimen of the Clays gella, one of the most destructive marine animals known to naturalists. The specimen was obtained from the Phillippias Islands, and is unique. His Royal Highness Prince Albert retired at a quarter be fore twelve; and after the departure of the Prince Consort the general company separated. The Noble President will hold his next conversaziene on the 27th instant. No. 16,976. LONDON, MONDAY EVENING SIT Ng FEBRUARY 15, 1847. THE BENEVOLENT INSTITUTE for the TREATMENT and CURE ofSTRICTURE of the URETHRA, and all DISEASES of thq GENITO-URINARY ORGANS. Surgeon, F. B. COURTENAY, M.R.C.S.L. This Institute founded, and partly supported by subscriptions, and placed under the supervision of a Commit tee of Subscribers, offers to the industrious classes, IN ALL CASES, THE GRATUITOUS ♦DVICE •f an able and experienced Surgeon, and, in some cases, Medicines also free of expense. The guarantees for uniform, humane, aid skilful treatment, which such an Institute affords, will, it is hoped, induce the afflicted humbler classes to seek its aid, and thereby avoid the waste of pecuniary means, and the risk to life they are sure to incur, by app'ying for surgical, or medical, relief to ignorant and unprincipled quacks, and nostrum•vendors. Applicants for relief must apply at the Surgery adjoining the Surgeon's private residence, 2, Chandos•street, Cavendish-square. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. CHEMICAL LECTURES y Dr. RYAN, with brilliant and varied Experiments, daily, and on the Evening. of Moadays, Wt.]. nesdays, , and Fridays. On the commencement of Lent, Dr. BACH HOFFNER will deliver a Series of Lectures on ASTRONOMY, ex hibiting the latest elincoveriee, on the Mornings an& Evenings of Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, with new and appropriate Music, by Dr. Wallis. On the alternate Mornings and Evenings he will Lecture on the EL ECTRO-MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH, including the recent Patent of Messrs. Nett and Gamble. The Models and ether Works in the Useful Arts are daily described. The beautifel Optical Effects include the NEW DISSOLVING VIEWS. Expert rients by the DIVER and DIVING-BELL, fee. Admission Is. Schools, half-price. IMPERIAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, CORNHILL, LONDON. DIRECTORS. HENRY JAMES PRESCOTT, Esq., Chairman. GEORGE FIELD, Esq., Deputy Chairman. James C. C. Bell. Esq. Daniel Mildred, Esq. Michael Bland, Esq. James G. Murdoch, Esq. Charles Francis Cobb, Esq. John Horsley Palmer, Esq. Andrew Celvile, Esq. Henry Pearse, Esq. George Henry Cutler, Esq. George Reid, Esq. George Hibbert, Esq. William R. Robinson, Req. Thos. Newman Hunt, Esq. Newman Smith, Esq. FOUR-FIFTHS, sr 80 per Cent., of the PROFITS will be as signed to policies every fifth year, and may be applied to increase the sum insured, to an immediate payment in cash, or to the reduction and ultimate extinction of future premiums, as shown in the follow ing example:— PROFITS to POLICIES of 211 YEARS STANDING, entitled to partioipate in the Bonus declared in 1846. al Sum Entry., Insured. 15 litoo 20 1000 30 1000 40 1000 50 1000 60 1000 Annual Premium. X ■. d. 19 5 10 21 15 10 26 14 2 33 19 2 45 6 8 63 13 4 Bonus added. X s. d. 451 5 0 451 5 0 481 5 0 451 5 0 451 5 0 481 5 0 Cash paid on Or Prem. And an surrender I reduced nue]. re of Bonus. I to. turn •f. X s. d. IX s. d.IX a. d. 174 12 3 8 6 9 193 12 2 8 15 0 236 18 7 710 5 284 0 G 4 9 8 :185 9 11 .. 4 19 4 384 12 5 .• 36 10 6 Insurances without participation is profits rates. Prospectuses, and an, explanatory statement of other advantages now given by this Company, may be •had at the Chief Offices as above; at the Branch (Me, 16, Pall-mall; or of the Agexts. SAMUEL INGALL, Actuary. faded at reduced INVESTMENT for um LARGE or SMALL The attention of the public is invited to the following notice : The Deeds for carrying out the resolutions of the Shareholders in the Guarantee Fund of the BRITISH MUTUAL LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY are now ready, and the respective Shareholders are hereby requested to attend at the offices, between the hours of Eleven and Three, to sign and execute the same, when the old shares may be exchanged. Applications may be addressed to the Secretary for the remaining unappropriated Shares entitled to the advantages set forth in the following lIMOIXTIONS : That for the purpose of extending the usefulness of the British Mutual Life Assurance Society, it is desirable to grant loans In con nexion with life assurance, and tkat a guarantee and loan capital of 100,0001., in shares of 101. each, with a deposit of 11. per share, and future calls not to exceed ss. per share, at 60 days' notice, be substituted for the present Guarantee Fund. The Shareholders' lia bility to be limited to the number of shares they hold. That all profits accruing from the loans shall;be ascertained at the expiration of three years, and afterwards at the end of each year, and subject to the payment of Interest at 51. per cent., such profits shall be divided and paid as follows, viz.-2-sths thereof as a bonus to the Shareholders, 2-sths to be added by way of accumulation to the capital, and the remaining I-sth to be added to the Assurance Fund of the British Mutual. That upon each subsequent division of profits the interest to be paid to the Shareholders shall be at the same rate, not only on the amount paid up on the shares, but also on the capital increased by such accumulations. . — And that when the capital, by means of such accumulations shall have increased to double the amount actually subscribed, it shall be divided and paid to the Shareholders in discharge of their respective shares. That In consideration of the anticipated advantages to accrue to the British Mutual by the assurances which will be thus gained, and that the Mritish Mutual Society shall have at all times the guarantee of the capital to meet unexpected claims by death, and in considera tion also of the one-fi ft h of the profits from the loans being paid to the Assurance Fund as beforementioned, the British Mutual shall gua rantee, item the Society's funds, to the Shareholders the payment of the interest, at the rate of 51. per cent, per annum, payable lug= yearly. By order, CHARLES JAMES THICEE, Segritify. 17, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars. LIFE ASSURANCE.—BRI fISII SOCIETY, 17, New Bridge-; MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE .street, BlackfriArs, London. Jahn Atkinson, Esq. -- Captain Twisleton Graves Henry Wm. Beauclerk, Esq. Thomas Hamber, Esq. Henry Charles Curtis, Esq. John Lodge, Esq. 0. Godwin, Esq., F.R.S., F.S.A. Lieutenant-Colonel Montresor Hon. William Gore George Alfred Walker, Req. rI.IHE BRITISH MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY entertains proposals of any descrip tion involving the contingency of human life. .. .. . Prospectuses and every information may be had on application at the office, 17, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars. CHARLES JAMES THICKE, Resident Secretary. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY, 28 CONNLIILL, LONDON. Capital £500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. This Institution embraces important and substantial advantages with respect to Life Assurance, and Deferred Aenuities. The assured hag, 01 all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense er for eitnre *1 the Policy, two-thirds of the sremituss paid (see Table) ; ,ise the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his !s -erest& to moot ether conveniences or necessity. Assurances for terms of years are granted of the lowest possible ates. DIVISION OF PROFITS. Tke remarkable success and increasing prosperity of the Society has enabled the Directors, at the last annual investigation, to declare a worth berms, varying from 35 to 85 per eeht. ea the premiums paid ea each Polley effected ea the ProMPLES.fit scale. EXA 4 R. 7 > " 4 Banns Bonus is 1 r i . i Assured f t t i Premium. ; adde d . C as h. c g may : ; Borrow. —. •••• --..-- ----. --- Z £e. d' 1 1 8 8rli 42 18 17 2 " 3 Vl° ? 1 4 1 'll 1: 24 £445 1° ? { 0.000 3 4 1839 165 11 18 74 1 9 11 3 1 346 2 3 1840 116 7 6' 64 010 718 10 296 13 4 1841 111 6 8i 4910 0 710 4 247 4 8 De Tk eem e b di e vis r eirth.erpPrreelatst y is ea a r x . nual, and the next will be made l a F. FEItGUSON CAMROUX. Secretary. R()NYLAND'S KALY DO R an ORIENTAL BALSAMIC PREPARATION of singular efficacy in thoroughly purifying tho Skin from all Pimples, spots. Blotches, Freckles, Tan, and Discolourations, producing a healthy freshness and transparency of Complemion, and an admired softiies, and delicacy of the hands, arms, and neck. Its purifying and re freshing properties have obtained the exclusive patronage of the Court and the Ito) al Family of Great Britain, as well as the principal Courts of Europe, and the most distinguished Nobility and Gentry of all civilised nations. Beware of Spurious " KALTDORS," containing mineral as tringents utterly ruinous to the complexion, and which, by their re pellent action, endmiger health. Some are announced under the im plied sanction of Royalty, &c., &c. Each bottle of the genaine has the words " ROWLANDS' KALYDOR" on the wrapper, and A. ROWLAND and Son, 20, Hatton-garden, is also enzraved (by desire of the Hon. Commissioners) on the Government stamp affixed on each. Price 4s. Gd. an 1 Bs. Gd. per bottle. Sold by the Proprietors at 20, Hatton-garden, London, and by all expectable Chemists and Perfumers. COPY OF A YOUNG LADY'S VALENTINE. A nice young lady, with a fond intent, Address'd a letter to a nice young gent. Her sole design, of course, was that of wooing, And this the season sanctioned her in doing. I shan't disclose the name of this young lady, It might be Toinkins, or it might be Adey. Nor shall I name the gent. in this affair, For broken confidence I cannot bear. 'Twould matter nothing if his name were Loppy, The Valentine's the same, and here's A COPY Dear youth ! when I look at your form, I long for your hand to be mine. And often my heart has felt warm, At the thoughts of my lov'd Valentine. The elegant manner you dress, • My high approbation has won; And I think I shall make a good guess, If I hint at E. MOSES awl SON. It may be a fond failing to own, That my thoughts of your fashion are such ; But, certainly, nature alone Could never delight me so much. The dresses of MOSES and SON, Add beauty to beauty, forsooth ; And hence has my notice been won, Ti thy charming appearance, dear youth. If we'r • ever united in life, ores ye ( s N , V i l f li e c y h e f r a w nc e y ,r t e sb o h o u fen al d i ly a 'Twill be all through t he dresses of MOSES. LIST OF PRICES. s a u n p d p wife, ) MUM ULM a• d g 6 !leaver Tagllonts, trona .. ••••.•••• • • • •• •• • ••• • • '' Ole 6 Chesterfields and Codringtons .. • • • • • • • • • • ' • ,„ ra.: f lus4 in D te •O r 0 6 Boys' Winter Coats, in every style and neake•• •• •••• • 0 4 6 Tweed Trousers, lined "•••••••••• Doeskin ..... Drees • • • Frock Coats •• •• ... 1 5 • Doub le - breasted Tests . •• .•„.„. • . • .. •••• Boys' Hussar and Tunic Suit; .. ••• •• • • • 18 G 'toys' Wint .oys ounan ... g te tc rT a r no D w i i t n to te ir r et::: . at . s . , y us e7tent at lve minutes' notice. warrante(mi. ik :v p. a 4 :e T rp .s. ro m o n f, ki m ua s.d i e • to any style, • • • .• • . II ••• •••• • handsomely trimmed .. Milled Cloth Coats, trimmed, •••• • • •• •• • • •• ••• • • • TweedWinterTweed Trousers, Trousers ..... ••• •••••••••• • • .. •• .• • Best Drees Trousers .. Dress Coats ...... • •• ••" ' • • ..... ••• • • .... . ...... ••• 1 6 0 ••••••• •. . Best quality made ........... .. .... •• Frock Coats ............. .... •• ••"'•'•"• • • • • •• • • Best quality made .... ...... ..:::• ••"•••••• •• • • • • • ... 1 lb 0 Fancy vents Satin, plain or fancy ........ . A new Work, entitled " Costume Castle," wl • t • 1; • St • ;1 • 1 • Boys' Hussar and Tuliie Suits .... dir o directions2o.o, 1 i 0 for self-measurement, may be had on applicatio n , or forv rar d c d poet free, Observe.—Any article purchased, ready made, or made to Mea sure, if not approved of , will b e ex c h anged , or if preferred, the money returned. E. MOSES and SON, Tailors, Woollendrapers, Clothiers, Hatters Hosiers, Furriers , Boot an d Shoemakers, and General Outfi tters , fo; Ladies and Gentletnen, 154, 155, and 156, 157 Miuories, and 83, 84, 85, and 8G Aldgate, City, London. Caution.—E. Moses and Son regret being obliged to guard the public against impostors, but have learned Hist the untradesraan like falsehood of being connected with them, or it's the same concern, has been resorted to in many instances, rind for obvious reasons. They have no connexion with any other houve in or out of Loudon; and those who desire genuine and che•T clothing, &c., should call at, or send to, Minories and Aldgate, City, Loudon. Notice. -No business transacted at this establishment from sun set Friday, till otwoet SattuditY, nett business is round till tw:lve o'clock. A 3 o 0 1 ti G RAND MEETING on the Subject of CRACOW. The MARQUIS of NORTHAMPTON in the Chair. On TUESDAY, the 2d March, a Meeting to petition THE CROWN on the annexation of the free c ty of Cracow to the Austrian Empire, in ♦iolation of the Treaty of Vienna, will be held at FREEMASONS' HALL, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's Inn-flelds. The Marquis of Northampton will take the chair at one o'clock precisely. THE OBNOXIOUS, VEXATIOUS, AND OPPRESSIVE RATE AND TAXPAYING CLAUSES IN THE REFORM AND RE GISTRATION' ACTS. APUBLIC MEETING will be held at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, Strand, On WEDNESDAY EVENING next, Feb. 17, 1847, at Half-past Seven o'clock. THOMAS WAKLEY, M.P., in the Chair, To petition the Lelis'ature to repeal these much detested clauses. Mituy M.P.'s and other Friends stand pledged to attend. F EUALE SERVANTS' HOME SOCIETY, For the Encouragement of Faithful Servants. Established 1836, Homes 21, Nutworth-place, Edgeware-road ; 110, Hatton-garden. • The PUBLIC MEETING of the above Society will take place To-Mogitow, February 16th, at the HANOVER-SQUARE ROOMS. The Right Hon. Lord ROBERT GROSVENOR, M.P., will take the Chair at Two o'clock. By order of the Committee. JOSEPII BROWN, M.A., Chairman, COMMERCIAL INN, BIRMINGHAM. TO be DISPOSED of by PRIVATE CON TRACT, with IMMEDIATE POSSESSION, the LEASE and GOOD-WILL or that old-established and well-known Commercial Inn, the WHITE HART, Digbeth, Birmingham. It has been in the occupation of the present proprietor and family for the last twenty-six years, and is now, and for years past, doing a very profitable busi ness of upwards of 4,000/. per annum. The Rent and Taxes are exceedingly moderate. The premises are in excellent repair. The only reason for disposing is in consequence of the present proprietor retiring from the business. For particulars apply to Mr. G. W. Cockerel], 47, Blackman street, Southwark ; or to 2 , 1 r. B. Bull, on the premises. HENRY RUSSELL at the STRAND TrIEATRE. HENRY RUSSELL, composer of "Woodman spare that Tree," " The Ivy Green, " " The Old Arm-chair," "The Ship on Fire," "The Gambler's Wife," " The Maniac," " Some love to Roam," "I'm Afloat," "A Life on the Ocean Wave," " The Newfoundland Dog," Itc. &c., will have the honour of giving his VOCAL EN TERTAINMENTS on MONDAY EVENING, Feb. 22, and following evenings, interspersed with Anecdotes of Negra Life and Character. Boxes. 35.; Stalls, 25.; Pit, Is. ; Gallery. 6d. Doors open at Half-past Seven; commence at Eight. Private Boxes. 11. Is. Box office open from One till Four. Abi TdERIAL INHALER, as constructed by Dr. BOOT and Mr. ROBINSON. Mr, HOOPER has the greatest satisfaction in stating that at each of the Mettopolitan sad Provincial Institutions at which this appa ratus has been used, it has succeeded ; Messrs. Lawrence, Ferguson, Guthrie, Aston Key, Morgan, Thomson, M‘Murdo, and many other eminent Surgeons, have operated on patients whilst under the in. flounce of :Ether, by means of this Instrument, with the most com plete success, to whom Mr. Hooper begs to refer, and to the reports in the recent Medical Journals. The success attending this Inhaler is in great measure owing to the construction of the valves. Orders addressed to Mr. Hooper will be executed on the day they are received. 7, PALL-MALL EAST. PUBLICATIONS. NEW NOVEL BY JAMES SIIERIDAN KNOWLES. Just published, in 3 vols., GEORGE LOVELL. A Novel. By JAMES SHERIDAN KNOWLES. In the Press, in 3 vols., A New Work. By Mrs. BUTLER (late FANNY KEMBLE.) Edward Moxon, 44, Dover-street. FLORENTINE HISTORY. Just published, in small Svo., price 9s. cloth, Vol. IV. of FLORENTINE HISTORY, from the earliest authentic Records to the Accession of Ferdinand the Third, Grand Duke of Tuscany. By Captain HENRY EDWARD NAPIER, R.N. To be completed Ist six monthly volumes. Edward Dloxon, 44, Dover-street. Just published, TUCK'S MAP of the RAILWAYS, showing in a bold and novel manner the entire lines worked by each Company, and the lines projected for next session ; the termini, length, route, &c.. of all the railways in England ; with tables of re ewers" showing the lines leased and amalgamated, &c. &e. ; the I Miele forming the most complete map ever published. Price ss. siowitod on canvas. in cloth. Wilson, railway publisher, 11, Royal Exchange; and all booksellers. DR. CIILVERWELL on HEALTH, HAPPINESS, and LONG LIFE. In pocket 'volume/ li. tach, by post (in stamps), Is. Gd. each. HOW TO BE HAPPY " Jucunde There."—Cie. 2. WHIT to EAT, DITNK, and AVOID. (With Diet-tables for all Complaints ) a. MARRIAGE and it; MYSTERIES. " T• be, or not to be, that is the question."—Shakspeare. The PASSIONS—Their ADVENT and CONTROL. " Cura ut Tales's." These publications are free from empyrical mysticism, and are adapted to the intelligence of the times. To be had of 'herwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Mann, 39, Corn hill; Carralho, 147, Fleet-street; and all Booksellers, or direct from the Author, whose practice is exclusively devoted to home consulta tion, Mornings till Three, and la the Evenings from Seven till Nine. at IS, Argyle-place. Regent-street. ON THE CONCEALED CAUSE THAT PREYS ON THE HEALTH AND SHORTENS "IHR DURATION OF HUMAN LIFE. ILLIISTIATED WITH C411.01:11E3 xstaxavisres, Just Published, in a Sealed Envelope, price 2s. 6d.. or free by post, 3s. Gd. CONTROUL OF THE PASSIONS : a Popular Inquiry into the Concealed Cause of its premature Decline, with Instructions for its Complete Restoration. Addressed to those suffering from the destructive consequoßces of excessive indulgence, terminating in Mental and Nervous Debility, Local or Constitutional Weakness, Indigestion, and Consumption. Including a comprehenl sive Dissertation on MARRIAGE, Incontinence, and Celibacy. Illustrated with Coloured Engravings, explanatory of the various Cases, &c. By C. J. LUCAS and Co., Consulting Surgeons, No. 60, Newman- street, Oxford-street, London. Published by the authors ; Hauuay vtd Ce., 63, Oxford-street ; Noble, 114, Chancery-lane; G. Mansell, 116, Fleet-street; IL, Winhal, 78, High-street, Birmingham; H. Whitmore, 119, Market street, Manchester ; J. Howell, 54, Church-street, Liverpool; W. and H. Robinson, 11, Greensitle street, Edinburgh; I. 11. Powell, 10, Westtnor,tland•streot, Dublin ; and sold by Brittain, 11, Pater uoster-row ; J. Gordon, 116, Leadenhall-street ; and all Booksellers The best of all friends is the professional friend, and iu ne shape can he be consulted with greater safety and secrecy than in Lucas on Manly Health."—The New Bell's Weekly Messenger. Persons desirous of obtaining the above work, and not wishing to apply to a bookseller for the same, may, to insure secrecy, have it direct from the Authors, by enclosing 3s. 6d., or Postage Stamps. The security of happiness in the Marriage state is the chief anxiety of all ; but many dread entering upon wedded union, through a secret fear of unfitness for the discharge of matrimonial obligations. Tkis essay is most particularly addressed to all suffering under a despondency of the eliaracter alluded to ; and advice will be found calculated to cheer the drooping heart, and point the way to renovated health. Messrs. 'Lucas and Co. are to be consulted from Ten till Two, and from Five till Eight in the evening, at their residence, No. 60, Newman-street, Oxfoni-street, London, and country patients may b• successfully treated, on minutely describing their case, and enclos ing the usual fee of 11. for advice. I POPULAR TREATISE •n the HEALTH, LIFE and VICOUi. of the BODILY FUNCTIONS. SINETEENTIL EDITION price 2s. 6d.) Free loy Pest (in 2 Seale Envelope) 35. 6d., THE SILENT FRIEND. A Medical Wor on the loss of the reproductive powers, with moans of restore tion. The baneful effects of Indulgence, neglected Strictures, Se condary Symptoms, &c., are fully pointed out. Illustrated by En gravings ; followed by observations on Marriage. By It. and L. PERRY mid Co., Consulting Surgeons, London. Published by the Authors, and may be had at their residence. Sold by Strange, No. 21, Paternoster-row; Gorden, 146, Leadential, street ; Purkis, Compton-street, Soho ; Hammy and Co., 63, Oxford street, and 37, Ito al Exchange , and all booksellers. Part I. of this Work Is particularly addressed to those who are prevented from forming a Matrimonial Alliance, through fear of cer tain disqualltications, and will bet ound an available introduction to the means of perfect and secret restoration to manhood. Part 11. treats perspicuous]) 'lion those fermis of diseases, either in their primary or secondary state, arising from infection, showing how numbers who neglect to obtain competent medical aid, entail upon themselves years of misery and suffering. The CORDIAL BALM OF SYRIACUM is exclusively directed to the cure of nervous and sexual debility, irregularity, weakness, bar renness, loss of appetite, indigestion, consumptive habits, and debili ties arising from venereal excesses, &c. Price I Is. and 331. per bet tie. The Five-pound cases may be had as usual. The CONCZNTRATED DETERSIVE ESSENCE. An anti syphilitic remedy for searching out and purifying the blood from ♦s neroal contamination, scurry, blotches en the head, face, and body ulcerations, cud those painful affections arising from improper treat went, secondarysymptoms, cad all eruptions of the skin. Price lls and 335. per bottle. PERRY'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS, price Is. 9d., 4s. Gd., and I le. per box, are the most effectual remedy for strictures, in flansmatAon, irritation of the bladder, /cc., without hindrance to business. Consultation foe, if ay Letter, V. A minute detail of ease is ne. cossary. Messrs. Perry are in daily attendance at their resldeace. 19, Ilerners-street, Oxford-street, London, from eleven till two, had five till eight: and on Sundays from eleven till twelve. ON TIIE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AbID MATURITY. WITH TWENTY - FIVE ED ENGRAVINGS. Just published, Twentieth Thousand, la a sealed envelope, price 2s. 64. or post paid, to any address,for 31. CI. in Postage tamps ' e aN : A Medical Treatise u dir E ect L f F rom . p tli t e E A s itt E ho i ris v re A sld T en l 0 on the Secret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and Maturity. Illustrated with Twenty-five Colourod y P a i n a d tes ite en i the Anatomy. and ninc t i r o s active Organs, habits, anti showing n the Treatment of Nervous and other Physiology, and Diseases of the Urinary e e x x p c 1: $ 1 5 1 0., 111 . 1 g their lrth variousrracue practical structures, obseryat i °n uses , O the injuries that are produced in them, by solitary Dobility, Local and Constitutional Weakness, and other diseases of C:ofHEL LA'MERT, CONSULTING SURGEON,LIcenIate9, itedfora-street, Bedford-square, London; Member of the University of Edinburgh, Honorary ti M le at U ri r e e : t y l a ir ted AMpeontitibeecraorifespulean,Lotodiotdnonl,lscoscp.l,tas,le.Medical Society, CONTENTS OF THE TREATISE. CRAFTER I. 011 the I'lloo3ooly Of Marriage, with its Hindrance. and 0 bligstions, and on Infelicitous and Unproductive Unions.— CHASTE& '2. On the Anatomy and thysiology of the Generative Organs, their functions, structures, and secretions, proving that groat Mental and Physical Power are dependant upon their healthy a c ti on --CuarTsa 3. Ou Solitary Habits; their various eflects on the Annual Economy ; the concealed cause of Debility of the fuuctioni of te Stomach, Lungs, and Brain, and general weakness of the Mental Faculties. CLIAPTEI 4. On the Secret Disorders of Youth and Maturity, and the Treatment of NervousCrlAPT and SRS Lo s cal and 6Weakness. the Disordere arising from in discriminate Excess, Gonsorlicea . On Mental Debility, and Premat ure Decay.— Gleet, Strictures, and other DISCESOS of aie Urethra. REVIEWS OF Tilt WORK. "tie author of this singular and talented work is a legally quail. fled va3 li cal man, who has xvidently had considerable experience of the trr xtment of the various disorders arising from the follies and frailties of early Indiscretion. 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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the next HALF YEARLY GENERAL MEETING of the Proprietors of this Com pany will be held, pursuant to the Act of Parliament, at the Paddington Station, London, on WEDNESDAY, the 24th of February instant, at Twelve, for One o'clock precisely, for the election of four Directors and one Auditor, in the place of the same number who will retire by rotation, and for other purposes of business. The Chair will be taken at one o'clock precisely. CHARLES RUSSELL, Chairman. The Directors and Auditor retiring are re-eligible under the Pro visions of the Act. The Transfer Books will be closed on and after the 14th instant, and will not be re-opened until after the said Half-Yearly General Meeting on the 24th instant. By order, N. ARMSTRONG, Secretary. South Wales Runway Office, 449, West Strand, London, February 1, 1847. LONDON and SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY. 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And notice is hereby further given, that at the said Meeting, pur suant to notice already published, and in compliance with the Stand ing Orders of the House of Lords, the Bill, for which a petition is already deposited, to enable the Northern Counties Union Railway Company to make certain regulations in their railway in the parishes of Aysgarth and Wensley, in the North Riding of the county of York, will be submitted to the approval of the Shareholders. CHAR LOCOCK WEBB, Secretary. AVM. BERESFORD, Chairman. The Register of Transfers will be closed, and remain so, from the 12th day of February until the 24th day of February, 1847, both days inclusive. CHAS. LOCOCK WEBB, Secretary. Dated, Company's Offices, 1, Poet's-corner, Westminster. February 3, 1847. LETTER TO THE RIGHT HON. EARL GREY ON THE EXTENSION OF STEAM NAVIGATION FROM SINGAPORE TO PORT JACKSON, AUSTRALIA. My Lord,—On the 20th of May last, I bad the honour to address a letter to your Lodshik)'s predecessor in the Colonial Office, the Right Hon. W. E. Uladstone. on the subject inti mated m the title-page, and to which letter I received the following reply:— " Mr. W. E. Gladstone pr. , sents his compliments to Lieut. Waghorn, and returns his best thanks for the pamphlet on the extension of steam navigation from Singapore to Port Jackson, which Lieut. Waghorn has been so good as to trans mit to him. " Mr. W. E. Gladstone begs to assure Lieut. Waghorn that he regards with a lively interest a proposal, the effect of which would be to diminish by one-half, for many important purposes, the distance between the United Kingdom and the Australian Colonies, and that it will be fo him a matter of sincere regret, if, upon examination of the charges attending the execution of such a plan, those departments of the Go vernment which are peculiarly responsible in that respect, shall arrive at the conclusion that the expenses are too heavy to warrant any early attempt to give it effect. " Colonial Office, May 28, 1846." Since the date of the foregoing, the Sub-Committee of the Association of Merchants, Bankers, Traders, and others, of the city of London, interested in the extension of steam na vigation to Australia, have, as your Lordship is aware, laid before you an elaborate report descriptive of the various routes for the proposed connexion of our Australian and New Zealand dependencies with this country and India—analysing the respective merits of each, and recommending to your Lordship's notice the one first advocated by me, in conjunc tion with the gentlemen composing the Committee, and whose names are appended to this letter. In answer to that report, your Lordship directed the annexed communication to be made by the Under- Secretary for the Colonies, B. Hawes, Esq., M.P.:— " Downing-street, November 3, 1846. " Gentlemen,—l am directed by Earl Grey to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 19th ultimo, enclosing the report of a committee appointed by merchants, and others, connected with the Australian Colonies, to examine into the merits of the various routes by which a communication by steam-vessels between those colonies and Great Britain might be established; and I am directed to acquaint you in reply, that Lord Grey attaches the greatest importance to the subject, but that the necessity of communicating with "the governors of the Australian Colonies must prevent _ any definitive arrangement being made at present.. "I am, gentlemen, your most obedient servant, " B. HAWES. " Sir George Larpent, Bart. ; Hon. F. Scott, M.P." My Lord, the incessant pressure on my time in organizing the machinery for the transmission of the Overland Mails, in the face of hitherto unattempted difficulties and with un exampled dispatch, asis not unknown to - your Lordship, has prevented me carrying out the intention I first conceived on the perusal of Mr. Hawes' letter—namely, to entreat your Lordship to allow me, with the greatest deference, but at the same time with the utmost earnestness, to urge upon you at once to lend your countenance to the great object of bringing our Australian possessions within the sphere of those blessings which steam enables us to confer upon nearly all our other colonies. Believe me, my Lord, I speak after anxious and careful reflection, when I venture to assure you that this noble project may be advanced a long way towards maturity before you can receive any reply from the Colonial Governors. I well know the disposition that exists in the mercantile body of London, and also in the large commercial and manufac turing towns of Great Britain, to draw Australia and New Zealand into the closest proximity to the mother-country by steam, within the shortest possible period. I know to what extent that disposition may be made available, in seconding whatever assistance the Government might be pleased to ex tend; and I know that, owing to various causes, such dispo sition will be materially damped and will not be easily revived, should delay intervene in setting about the accom plishment of a purpose to whose importance your Lordship bears witness. Whatever may be your sense of that importance, it cannot be exaggerated. lam well aware of your Lordship's in timacy with the condition, prospects, and requirements of our colonies in every part of the globe ; but it cannot be supposed that your Lordship should have bestowed on our Australian territories in particular that minute practical observation necessary to possess you of the full commercial and social de sirability, as well as the political value, of extending steam navigation to those remote but important regions. lam sure, if I could prevail upon your Lordship to examine the data adduced in the pamphlet addressed by me, on this subject, to Mr. Gladstone, and if you would fortify, by inquiry, the accuracy of the calculations therein made, and the reason ableness of the inferences drawn from those data, you would be induced forthwith to advise the Crown to allow Australia to participate in those advantages which so many other colo nies sow enjoy, through the instrumentality of private steam companies, who are assisted by public grants. It is in vain to wait to know what the colonies will do. Be it much or be it little, the most that could be hoped from them would not be equivalent to the gain that would accrue from a prompt decision on your Lordship's part to make a pecu niary grant, and leave the rest to the merchants of London. I ask no more than that your Lordship should make such e'er as your own appreciation of the interests affected may dictate, and as the precedent of state donations towards steam communication with the West Indies, China, North America, &c., may seem to you to justify. If that offer be not met in a corresponding spirit by the gentlemen whose Sub-Committee have already reported to you, and in whose name I now speak, I am content to forfeit whatever slight credit I may pretend to, as a promoter of rapid intercommu nication between England and the Eastern hemisphere, and to be accounted the visionary and the dreamer which so many 'people were kind enough to pronounce me, when I first undertook to carry the Government dispatches from Bombay to London, through Central Europe, in the depth of a more than Alpine winter, in one calendar month. But my Lord„ if you would impart full value to the offer I solicit, let it, I pray you, be made at once. Notwithstand ing the various unusual claims on the national treasury at the present moment, no wise economist can look at the popula tion, wealth, and hourly-increasing capabilities of our vast colonies in the Pacific, without admitting that any reason able amount would be well laid out, that should bring them and us within half, not to say one-third the distance, in point of time, that now separates us, and must continue to separate us, without the adoption of the plan already sub mitted to you. I cannot think of taming your Lordship's time by a reca pitulation here, however brief, of the pamphlet already alluded to—and in which, I persuade myself, several points tending to enhance the humble estimate of Australia, formed by the general English public, were brought pro minently forward. But I will venture to make an extract, in which a great deal of matter appears to me to be con centrated in a very small compass, strongly illustrative of the merits of the project now being reinforced by me, with all the energy I am master of. The extract consists in a passage from a speech delivered en Friday, the 17th of April, 1846, at the London Tavern meeting, called by me, and at which Sir G. Larpent presided —many leading London merchants interested in the colonies, being present—most ably assisted by J. W. Sutherland, Esq., together with the Hon. Francis Scott, M.P., the agent for the colony of New South Wales—to whose indefatigable labours, solidity of judgment, and unflagging zeal, no praise of mine can do adequate justice, nor can his services t o th e Australian colonies generally be possibly over-esti mated. The speaker I allude to was Mr. Mark Boyd, of the eminent firm of Boyd, Brothers and Co., whose intimate connexion with Australia, and the large possessions of members of whose family at Boyd-Town, Two-fold Bay, and in all parts of New South Wales, are well known to every one acquainted with the colonies. But to those who do not possess such knowledge, it will perhaps be sufficient to say, that the speaker is brother to Mr. Benjamin Boyd, chairman of the Pastoral Association of New South Wales, member of the Legislative Council, &c.; and a gentleman who is not more esteemed for those private virtues which add lustre to his well-acquired opulence, than for the public spi rit in which he to worthily exercises his great energies and in tellectual accomplishments. After citing many cogent facts, as to the increase of letters and newspapers between Eng land and Australia, Mr. M. Boyd said :—"To attempt to define a limit to the advantages which the introduction of steam would afford Australia is impossible, but there can be no question as to the following. It would facilitate the invest ment of capital for the gradual development of the bound less resources of Australia and New Zealand. It would establish much greater confidence in all mercantile trans actions connected with the colony by preventing loss from over-stocked markets, and also obviate the inconvenience arising from the scarcity of supplies of European merchan dise. It would enable the merchants and shippers in the colony duly to effect insurance of their ships and merchan dise in England. It would enable East India invalids either to settle or recruit their health in that most congenial climate; the distance to Swan River only occupying fourteen days, to Sydney thirty. It would lead to a large emigration of a highly respectable class of capitalists, with their wives and families, who are at present deterred undertaking the voyage from its tediousness. A steam communication would there fore be of incalculable advantage to the colony, both morally and politically. It would greatly facilitate the pacification of New Zealand, by affording the means of promptly introduo ing the requisite precautionary measures sin case of need. It would likewise produce the same effect as in Australia, by encouraging the introduction of wealthy settlers and the consequent employment of the native population. It would be of the utmost advantage, by affording facilities for the further extension of the present Pacific trade carried on from our Australian colonies, and the civilisation of the inhabitants of the islands in the Pacific Ocean. It would enable us promptly to anticipate and frustrate any attempts of foreign aggression, either upon our settlements or trade in those seas, It would accelerate the introduction of numerous necessary reforms in the local governments of the Australian co lony, and permit public opinion in England to ex ert its salutary influence on the acts of the colonial executives and aid in preventing the colonists suffering the most grievous wrongs to which they are at present constantly sub jected. In conclusion, by the establishment of an Australian steam communication, the entire link between Great Britain and all the colonies will be complete, as well as those colo nies with each other respectively." These are the heartfelt sentiments of a gentleman whose house has been conspicuously engaged in Australian affairs for many years. They are the result of a diversified experi ence of the wants of nearly all our settlements in the Pacific, and of the important region of the Indian Archipelago, from which such substantial advantages will be derived from our increased propinquity between it and Australia. by the steam communication recommended, and which becomes of even greater importance, when we bear in mind our invaluable new trading station of Labuan, on the west coast of Borneo,—supplying, besides innumer able other advantages, inexhaustible quantities of coal. When that communication shall have been established, as at no distant day it must be, the Australian and New Zealand colonies will owe an inexpiable debt of gratitude to the Messrs. Boyd fur their exertions in awakening public opinion at home to our obligations regarding those great tri butaries to the extent and weight of the parent the services of state. It would be unjust to withhold my testimony to the able coadjutor of Messrs. Boyd—viz., Mr. Samuel Brown- ing—who, as a resident in Australia, and having Visited almost every part of the Indian Archipelago, China, 1,, c „ has brought to the discussions in which the committee have been engaged, a personal familiarity `mosth localities, and a comprehensive knowledge of the judicious mode of dealing with them in reference to the present object, that can not be too warmly commended. Since the date of Mr. Mark Boyd's speech nothing has occu rred to diminish, but much to enhance, the value of Australia to us, a nd to render more and more desirable the means of speedy interootiro with hor, Tho memorable PRrcl SD. events in India have invested it with fresh importance as a locale for the restoration of the shattered health of our troops. Occurrences in New Zealand warn us, that in no way can their repetition be more effectually prevented, than by encouraging steam communication between that colony and Australia, and between the latter and England, so as to admit of the transmission of instructions from the Home Government with the least loss of time. The alteration in the laws affecting the importation of food opens the Lome market to many of the productions of Australia he-etofore inadmisible here ; and the exhaustless supplies of meat, in a portable form, and adapted to English and Indian wants, that miy he brought hither, is, alone, a consideration not to lie overlooked in seasons like the present, whose recurrence may, unfortunately, at any time be expected. The cha . s that are being introduced into the colonial system of administration, according to public report, under the auspices of . your Lordship, must further increase the desirability of learning the effect of thewe changes speedily hdi regards r e h e g e a c t o r l alluded d fk s kn y e i o r k a k ttiio here ; s o and, k r t a onb aboutoe sc ,o to bt l eh o colonies eanewsc e ass , e thosesfootingpespecially on i a m ii o y r w e i s, Ire land, emphatically demands that Australia be no longer sub jes;ted to the hardship and injustice of being the only great dependency of the Crown whose geographical remoteness is not virtually diminished by steam My Lord, I say that, if it were only on the score of the value of the Australian settlements to England in respect to future emigration, these settlements alone would be entitled to the Government aid now sought at your hands. In my dater to Mr. Gladstone, I said, "If I did not hope that these remarks may come under general attention through the me dium of the press, which has already given an extended pub licity to the question of 'Steam to Australia,' I should pot attempt to hint to a gentleman whose knowledge of public affairs is as extensive as yours, any one of the various momentous considerations embraced in the single word Colonization,' as affected by Australia being brought one half nearer than it is to England. The distance diminished one-half, and the improvement immediately created by that diminution, Australia would become, as it ought, the focus of all emigration from the United Kingdom. The ungrateful soil and trying climate of our North American possessions would no 'longer baffle the industry and exhaust the means of our small farmers. The HAt t td : States would no longer absorb the of our medlitriMtqandleare them to learn that the habits, the comforts, and the independence of an English home, if poor even to poverty, may be unwisely exchanged for affluence where these accessories are wanting. The Cape, the West Indies, Sec., would no longer act as quicksands to the industry that annually flows thither, where it is lost or frustrated, because the locality is altogether unsuited, to such of our population as live by labour, for the most part, out of doors. No, sir; emigration would flow to Australia, where soil, and climate, and produce, and the currents of traffic, and, in short, every circumstance an intending end grant should take into account, invite him to settle, and where nothing repels him, but the distance and the evils this distance alone occasions. I repeat, that emigration, on the largest scale, will find its way to Australia once steam is established, and that the benefits to all parties will be im mense." If there were any truth in these remarks in May last, I trust you will be of opinion that nothing has since transpired to impair their force and applicability. For my own part, I am more and more convinced of their correctness the more I ponder upon the subject. I am convinced, that the mere announcement of a monthly steam communication being about to be established with the Australian settlements, would, at once, turn the eyes of the great bulk of intending emigrants in that direction. I do not mean, of course, that emigrants would think of proceeding there by steam. Comparatively few, and only the more wealthy, would be able to do that; but the know ledge that the intercourse with the mother-country would be doubled and trebled as compared with the existing state of things—that a letter and its answer might be received in London and at Sydney in less time than the letter alone now tames to reach its destination—that, in fact, for all purposes of correspondence and communication, Sydney and London would be almost as near to each other as are London and New York by the sailing packets ;—this knowledge, I say, would remove nine-tenths of the objections now entertained towards the Australian colonies. I abstain from touching on the mercantile bearings of the question ;—that is pot my province; though I cannot help reminding you that, but for Australia, all our manufacturers of the west and north of England, who require line wool, would be totally dependent on the Germans for that commo dity at ruinous prices—not less than 100,000 bales having been received from our southern colonies last year. It must be sufficiently obvious to every one, that an immense impetus would be communicated to the commerce of the settlements by the more increased facilities for the merchants and traders advising their agents of the state of the Australian markets, and being advised in return of the state of the markets of the world suited to the produce of the Pacific; for, it should be remembered, that it is not the English markets only which steam would bring closer to tkese colonies, but the markets of the whole Chinese and eastern seas,from Hong-Kong,Calcutta, and Ceylon, to the southern extremity of New Guinea. On these points I would take the liberty of referring you to my previous pamphlet, and to the map accompanying it. I take for granted, my Lord, that you have no hesita tion whatever to admit the easy practicability of the plan therein laid down, confirmed as it has been by the careful and voluminous report of the sub-committee. The sum and substance of it is—to place adequate steamers, at Singapore, to proceed with mails, passengers, and valuable goods to Port Essington, through Torres Straits, to Wednesday Island. and so to Sydney—the nature of the navigation, coaling, depots, kc., being detai;ed in the former pamphlet, and ample references given to the authorities from whose official reports my calculations have been compiled, and especially from the surveys of the Beagle, conducted by that most able navigator, Captain Stokes, R.N., to whose exertion and intelligence all connected with this project are deeply indebted. To make this invaluable extension to the ends of the earth as it were —to perfect that system which I have be.n the humble in strument of carrying so I,r as Singapore—to belt the world with steam, and consummate the great design of which the Overland Route to India is a part, the sum of 100,0Ctif. per annum only is required,—a sum very much less than one half of what Government now gives towards steam navi gation with our West India Colonies, and a little more than one-half that already given annually for the same object in connexion with Singapore and China. I have said to Mr. Gladstone, and I now•earnestly repeat to your Lordship, that for the Government to work out this great undertaking in a manner worthy of it, and worthy of the objects involved, there should be no niggardly econo mizing attempted at the outset, as that, before long, would prove as bad, or worse, than the most reckless extravagance. Government should make their offer (through me) to the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, and if an exorbitant price be asked, I am perfectly confident that, with a grant from the Crown, a monthly steam communica tion between Sydney and Singapore, and vice versa, may be entered upon by a private company of merchants, which would be forthcoming in the city of London in two or three months, provided your Lordship will at once assure Sir George Larpent and the committee, that the Crown is ready to afford such pecuniary succour as the Australian Colonies are entitled to expect. lam certain that the offer of 100,0001. would in• stantly call forth all needful energies in the city; and for that sum, I repeat, in my former words, you bring into com parative contiguity with England a region far more in want than any other of the harmonizing and moral influences thus to be imparted ;—a region that would repay the generosity and care of the mother country with ten times the good to be expected elsewhere ;—a region that has long cried aloud against our mismangement and neglect, and which accom panies those cries with the bitter and costly fruits which never tail to spring from the discontent that is produced by a sense of indifference at the hands of England. It would be easy, my Lord, to extend these observations to an almost indefinite length; and it would not be a little gratifying to me to lay fully before you the results of my experience, in the prosecution of the Overland Route, as to the vast benefits which I clearly foresee are springing up for England in her relationship with Central Europe through our adoption of that channel in reaching the East. It is because steam to Australia is part and parcel of the Over land design that I advocate it. But vain would be my ad vocacy if the merits of the case did not fully sustain the prayer of this my petition to you, that you will not delay an hour in saying to Sir G. Larpent and the Committee,— " Gentlemen, draw on her Majesty's Treasury for 100,0001. a-year, and place Sydney and London as near together as the existing machinery of the Overland Route will permit, availing yourselves of every possible improvement to in crease their proximity." Do this, my Lord, and you will at once effect a most beneficial revolution throughout an im mense extent of our colonian empire, and lay the founda tion of a prosperity in the New World which the future his torian of the present Administration cannot fail to record to your enduring honour. The cost is as nothing compared with the certain and the lasting advantages that must immediately spring from it. Knowing what I do from my own observation of the ever • gies that France is putting forth—seeing the immense, but at the same time sagacious, expenditure she is incurring in perfecting her steam mails and packets, and accelerating her intercourse in every direction, and by every possible means— labouring, in shert, to become, as it were, the highway of all intercommunication between all other countries; I am quite sure I do not speak extravagantly when I say that site would gladly devote a million pee annum, had she such colonies as ours in the Pacific, to secure the benefits which we may now secure by one-tenth of that outlay, which would diminish yearly after a brief time, owing to the increased traffic on the route rendering the Government bounty less and less necessary. Trusting that the deficiencies of this hasty appeal to your Lordship will, in some respects, be found compensated for iu my letter to your predecessor in the Colonial-office,—again en treating you to believe that much of the value of the grant applied for will depend on the quickness of its bestowal, and begging that you will on that head take the opinion of the Lords of the Admiralty, upon whose co-operation I am war ranted in fully calculating, I have the honour to remain, my Lord, your Lordship's most obedient servant, 111031 AS WAGHORN, Lieut. R.N. Cornhill, Feb. 10, 1847. CITY OF WESTMINSTER LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTION.—The veteran comedian, Mr. J. Russell, gave the members of this institution a very agreeable reading of the "Merchant of Venice" on Friday evening. His concep tion of the characters is just, and his general reading kept up an unflagging interest, while the revulsions of feeling in the scene with Tubal, and the deep, implacable, bigoted vengeance of Shylock, in the trial scene, were delivered with consummate power. The audience evinced, by repeated expressions of applause and the profoundest attention, that they were highly gratified. TESTIMONIAL TO TILE REV. G. T. ANDREWES, A.M., CLIME IN ORDERS OF ,ST. JAMES'S, AND CHAPLAIN TO THE HON. THE HOUSE OF OommoNs.—This is a de monstration on the part of the parishioners of St. James's, Westminster, in order to testify the admiration, respect, and esteem they have long entertained for that Rev. Gentle man, by raising funds sufficient to purchase such a testi monial as would be both acceptable to him, and creditabl e to the subscribers. The articles selected by the committee for presentation, consisting of several valuable works, in elegant and appropriate bindings, and other articles of splendid workmanship, chiefly connected with the library, together with a valuable gold chronometer. &c., have been exhibited during the past week, in a spacio us ga ll ery i n St. James's-street. The address, which accompanies the a testi monial, and which is intended t o be lasting record to his family, is a must elaborate and beautiful piece of penman ship, richly embellished, and written on vellum, by Mr. Robertson, of the writing institution, Coventry-street, Haymarket. The Government are about to allocate a grant in atiedenofmathdegoirapthQarnir charities of Ireland. Similar grants have years,—Lon te r ic h Chronicle. NOTICE. TO CHEERYBLIS, - TMOTHERS.-A. B. begs EMPLOYMENT as CLERK, or IN ANY CAPACITY not menial. He is liberally educated for a profession, well versed in accounts, book-keeping, penmanship, and knowledge of business ; of active habits, good manners and address. Numerous references as to character, &c., age 28, and married. The absconding of a trustee has caused the severest privation and distress, and relief in the shape of employment is earnestly sought.—Reader, know you of any ? If so, pray write to A. 8., 9,..A.11en-street, Lambeth. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. NOTICE IS HEKEBY GIVEN, that the next HALF YEARLY GENERAL MEETING of the PRO PRIETORS of this COMPANY will be held in London, pursuant to the Act of Parliament, at the Padditotten Station, on Tut Tunas, the 18th February next, at Twelve for One o'clock precisely, for the election of Four Directors in the place of .the same umber who will retire by rotation, and for other purposes of business. The Chair will be taken at Ono o'cloek precisely. CHARLES RUSSELL, Chairman. BARRINGTON, Deputy-Chairman. • The Directors retiring are re-eligible under the provisions of the Act. January 21, 1947. By order, CHAS. A. SAUNDERS, Secretary. TO THE PROPRIETORS OF SHARES IN THE DUTCH RHENISH RAILWAY. Notice is hereby given, that a PUBLIC MEETING of the Shareholders in the above Railway will be held Oil SATURDAY, the 20th of February next, at One o'Clock, at the Cotton Sales-room, lixchange-buildings, Liverpool, to receive a Report from the Com. mittee. Parties residing at a distance and unable to attend are particularly r t e h s e en c t o t m he is m itt o e n e, this occasion. requested to authorise some HENRY CHRISTIE BELOE, lion. Secretary. Bp party order d to e rr represent IRELAND. DUBLIN, Flo. 11.—Daily the accounts from Ireland be come more gloomy and alarming. The extreme severity of the weather has aggravated the horrors of destitution, and famine is extending its ravages in the south and west. The very heavy fall of snow throughout the country has caused a general suspension of the public works—almost the sole source of sustenance for at least two millions of human beings, and although the regulation established by the Lord-Lieu tenant entitles the labourers in such a contingency to a moiety of the ordinary wages, yet, where provisions are at a famine price, the poor creatures will not be able to purchase food enough to keep body and soul together. Although arrivals of flour and Indian corn continue at Limerick and other ports, prices continue to advance. Alto getker the prospects are hourly becoming more disheartening. Many more deaths from starvation are reported in the pro vincial journals. The Mayo. Constitution contains the parti culars of ten inquests, on all of which the verdicts were "died from starvation." Various presentment sessions have been held, under the Lord-Lieutenant's proclamations, but the ♦otes were limited to sums required for completing works. At the sessions of Markethill, county of Armagh, on Tuesday, no presentment was passed, because the local gentry and farmers are endea vouring, by employment and voluntary relief, to provide for the destitute. In the King's county and other districts, meetings are in I progress to promote the tillage of the land, and the sowing of the spring crops. Ruraonuorrva EMPLOYMENT CowurrrEE.—Meetings of this committee were held. on Tuesday and yesterday. A petition in favour of George Benthiclea_ Irish railway project was unanimously a dopted, and a vote of thanks to Lord George was passed. It was recommended that peti tions in favour of the project should be adopted throughout the country, and to be forwarded for presentation in the House of Commons to Lord George Bentina, and in the Upper House to Earl Fitzwilliam. With respect to the New Poor-law Bill, a petition was adopted by the committee, strongly objecting to any right of relief, and to the system of out-door relief in any shape. The petition requires that the electoral divisions, instead of the unions, should form the area of taxation, and that even a smaller area than the electoral divisions should if possible be adopted, with a view to protect improving landlords from the pauperism of negligent proprietors. But the most remark able feature of the petition is a suggestion for a general pro perty-tax, limited in amount, for the support of the poor. GOVERNMENT SUPPLY OF SEED POTATOES. The Cork Exatniner contains the following important letter from Messrs. Keeling and Hunt, who have been commis sioned by Government to look out in the different grain markets of the world for a supply of seed. The letter is ad dressed to Mr. D. Kenhealy, of Cork : " Monument-yard, London, Feb. 6, 1847. " Dear Sir,—We regret to state, that all our e xertions to obtain potatoes for seed have turned out a failure. 'France' leas prohibited the exportation. The ' Azores' have like wise stopped the shipment, the drain of Indian corn from that quarter compelling the authorities to fall back upon the crop of potatoes, to prevent a dearth of provisions them selves, in proof of which the shipment of Indian corn is now stopped as well. "We have tried ' Russia,' both by steam and sailing vessel ; both parcels were landed in a bad state, and dis heartened us from another attempt. We have sent out in structions for a supply from 'Bermuda,' which will be our last resource. "It is very evident that Ireland must fall back upon grain food. We look to the present visitation as a provi dential warning as to the futility of depending upon so. pre : : carious a root as the potato. The refl ect i on , no doubt, will be severe, but it will tend to the regeneration of Irelan, and God grant it so, speedily, with the exercise of his mercy.—Faithfully yours, Mr. Owen, of Marlfield, co‘u‘nKtvEEoLf llNYGrexifo2(rl3(l,llhUasNTliu7b lished a letter, with a view of dissuading small farmers rrom sowing potatoes. He states that failures i n the early-sow n potatoes are occurring, and urges those farmers, who are husbanding the remnant of their sickly store for seed, to consume them at once. , WIFE. SHOCKING MURDER OF A HUSBAND AN D LIMERICK, FEB. 10.—A double murder, which cwouasldpneor_t be exceeded in atrocity in the most savag e country', petrated in the town of Askeaton, on Sattuday. n!g.whitfel,uatn. The unhappy victims were David Fitzgerald And u° industrious and inoffending couple. The murders wer found e com was mitted with Fitzgerald's ow hatch et, v isited the covered with blood, and we learn from one who ectacle was which awful scene upon Sunday morning. that the IP. most revolting and hideous—the gashes upon the races of the unfortunate victims, their brains protruding, and the floor of the house was literally deluged with blood deadly force, of The fatal blows must have been rapidly inflicted, and w it h no alarm was heard, although the house wa of s the centre of h p olice-barrack, several others, and within ten yards and at a vary early hour of the night, as Fit zgerald or his wife had not undressed or reti red to bed. Robber to this h o rr if yi ng rrn is.,yingsup posed to have • been the object that led crime, as Fitzgerald's boxes re found unlocked and appa rently rifled. A man. nanrdweaohn ArCarthy, who worked as a journeyman weaver with aFitzgerald, and , who was at Fitzgerald's house on Saturd. y night, was suspected, and o h m An inquest is holding the surrendered himself to th_2 P ag ht, the coroner, and an intelli last two days before Dr. Ear o f Naish, Esq., one of the local gent jury, assisted by parr magistrates of the district. [A DvERT ISEMENT.:I _TEAS AT WIIOL_ESALE P RICES, No. 2, 11 —UCKLERSRUR Y, li llEArsiDE. .eamilies whose consumption is larg e, a nd stu d y economy, will d er i ve considerable advantage at this establishment. One uni form price by which the purchaser of a single P' is affixed , pound can o b ta in it on the same terms as the tr ade. Black Tea ...2s. Bd., 35., 3s. 4d, 3s. Bd., 4v., 4s. 4d., ss, 3s. Sd., 45. 4s. 4d.,_ ; a ., 65 ., ~, Green......... 3s. 4d., , 4 S. Coffee ......... 9d., 10d., Is., is. d 2 ~ is. 4 d., Is. 6d., 18.3 d. of sent free to any parttown. Orders from One pound e • the country forwar ded the sam, and when the quantity is for 61 b. weight (tea only), the carriage is paid to any part of BngIand.—MANSELT. and Co. wholesale tea dealers, 2, Bucklersbury, Cheapside . REMARKABLE RECOVERY Or BANK NOTES.—On Thursday a very singular circumstauce happened to a man named James Wilkins, a person employed in the London Docks. He was in possession of several bank notes, to the amount of 501., which he kept ill his waistcoat pocket. At a late hour in the evening he went into the Town of Rams gate public-house, \y a pping, where he partook of some re freshment in the parlour, after which he departed to his residence. Yesterday morning he missed his bank notes, and hastened to the public•house where he had been on the previous night. He made various inquiries, and had given up the property as lost, when, on searching the parlour, he discovered the missing notes under the wood in the lire grate, which had evidently been picked up by the servant in a hurry and placed there at a late hour the previous night, as it was her usual custom to lay the fire before she went to bed. If the owner had been five minute later the fire would have been lighted, and the p ro perty of course con sumed. 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