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Gcnerati o ig that great althy aeries. ects on tho he function/ kness of ti!• rs of Tons , Woaknoit i • and G. On tionsorbte. egaill 411311 0 ; ;xpertence, lollies I *valuable Ag!: which 021 nit t Ile " Melted); * b. " and C0.. 4 7 , ;onion. . LiverVA" -o, and f r ,ei It contsh.., — BEDYO SP don nV ;ht negrbi ieSS. fended, team- bo .th a sii 7og cies' STOVE )11 Friend s : 'e work ay now b : novels ilr 110 of the 3orgis, 11 ; hitefriar s, 3 1 ,010% °. in SPil ln : —G. Afi tr i l ion, 3 Yo ht 11. Mi ll 3 vols.. -Drinkla EeSpear e. l 'unelt, 0 0 and So !i: ir DOW 111 eaL'' [SEASg u; iTmENT AS6, 0101110n-10 r g he alth to a der 2 lo se i z ed 0 0 , often esunco pite of of 1 cont l e and toins e bi solj g ran (/ ' t 441 . . ~ . • ' ' . ' . 1 rthamptoir Ighter. es hiuzleY► teck, of rden, BD* Bartlett , °I the lath wife of I. ,n-Th aille's' ha d' Cowes , 6 of Faill e 'es Wslke6 only , ° II trat l i blail, i e r ' , John 1 i laughter ° Ll(.2.s.f>r' , Lip,a the Lieut. ll' ddell 1 1 I L a POUlide' t of Relit' , o ad -new" . 0 o 1 111 110 -mill, noir nd Th°/11‘ Esq. , cf ad-terrace, Esq., lilt ° equer' of 14 °poi the Tr imly OY:a :.rOtt'TECHNIC INSTITUTION. PROF.EMOR SCHGENBEIN'S GUN COTTON, and other Z4ll.olliVe Compounds, with brilliant Experiments, LECTURED on by .11r. RYAN. daily at Half past Three o'clock; and on the Evenings et IWO., Wednerolkys, and rrinaye. The principle of the various EL r.CTRO-MAGNETIC TELE GRAPHS explained daily try Professor BACHIIOFFNER, including it le - Patent or 11 stars. Co At and .Wheatst one, in use on he railways, and tho.wore recent Patent of-Xessrs. Nott and Gamble • the various hl' is explained. Magnifi e d Sp ec i mens o f DISEASED ; POTATOES, exhibited by the ORTHTDROGEN MICROSCOPE, with the DE IITIIIICTIVII INSECT, supposed by A. Smee, Esq , F.R.S., to be thi cause of ihe• disease. A beautiful Series of NEW DISSOLVING VIEWS. :rho DI.VINC4 , IIELL and DIVER, with Experiments. The PHYSIOSCOPE. net* CHROM.A.TROPE, ko:. 4.43lthislon 11. &hogs, half-price. GRAVESEND -STAR and BLACKWALL • • - . Boat and. Rail I P .included ta One ACKETS Payment, avoiding the danpr and delay of 111 e Pool. • From the . Brunswick Wharf, Blackwall, at 9%, 10%, 1,3, 4, atld 6 . -AundaYs, at 934, 11, 13,i, 4, and 5. The Trains starting one quar ter of an hour before each of these times. New Terrace* Pier; Gravesend, at 734, 834, 9%, 11y,, 1,3, and 1. Sunda) a, at 834, 11%, 1,3, and 5. 11 ; 13 .—N6 other packets call at the Grays or Grecultithe Pions. Star Office, Gravesend, Dec. 28, 1846. THE' SELF-SUPPORT INSTITUTION, (aided by Voluntary Contributions.) for the Cure of Stricture Of the Urethra, and all other Diseases of Urinary Organs, Nervous, Local, and General Debility. gu acEoy7-F. 11. COURTENAY, 31.11.C.5.L., 2, Chandos-street, Cav endish-square. To small tradesmen, clerks, mechanics, and the working classes generally, this Institution offers, in al 1 cases, gratuitous surgico asilitance; and to others medicine also free3f expense. APPIy at the Surgery adjoinng the Surgeon's residence. ;WESTM INSTER 13-RIDGE. ~y_v A PUBLIC MEETING will be held at the Literary, 'e , enti! o,' and Mechanics' Institute, Great Smith-street, West ,Minster, on MONDAY evening next, January 11th, at 7 o'clock pre cisely. General SIR DE DE LACY EVANS, MP., in the chair, AlTo con4ider the proposed Bill for the removal of Westminster ridge, and the erection of a bridge in lieu thereof at Charing-cross. The attendance is earnestly requested of the inhabitants of West tniniter, Pimlico, Lambeth, and of all those desirous of opposing a 'Measure so inconvenient and costly to the public, so destructive cf Important -existing interests and so fatal to all improvement in the densely peopled districts of Westminster. Any communication from gentlemen, disposed to aid, in this opposition may, in the mean time, be addressed to the " Westminster Bridge Committee," King's Arms, New PalaCe-yard. -"FIR OTHERTOIT • Brotherton begs leave S COMMERCIAL HOUSE, Mir 2, WOOD-STREET HANOVER-STREET, LIVERPOOL. friend. - most respectfully to acquaint her and the public that she is carrying on the abo7e Establish- Ment, so long conducted by her late parents, and in returning her h sin cere thanks t o these gentlemen who so liberally patronised them, py unr emitting care and attention to merit a continuance ( Miss their support. B. has the satfactin state the house has b een enlar ge d to the e is xtent , 0 0t to Six Show that Rooms and Twelve recently Bed she "°nut, which, with the acquisition of Hot and Cold Baths, &c., will, trusts, add materia ly to its convenience and comfort. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY, 26 CORNHILL, LONDON. Capital 5...500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. w . T h u Is Institution embraces important and substantial advantages respectthe to Life As po suran wer to ces and borrow, without Deferred Annuitiexpense or foes. The assuredr on all fei ture of the P o li c y, two-thirds of tho oremiums paid (see Table) ; also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his in- I crests to meet other conveniences or necessity. Assurances for terms of years are granted on the lowest possible Dates. DIVISION OF PROFITS. The remarkable success and increasing prosperity of the Society enabled the Directors, at the last annual investigation, to declare I fourth bonus, varying from 35 to g 5 per cent, en the premiums paid each Policy effected on the Profit scale. EXAMPLES. e Premium. 2*l Bonus Bonus T g 4 Assured added c— . Cash. . - 2 .- may IBorrow. 4 4s. d. 1837 i .£217 15 I'ZlOO 11..£16 0 4 1 £445 0 € O.lOOO 2 A k 222 1381 19 • L ,n. O 87 1 4; 13 10 2! 395 11 IA t al ,•e n £ t 4. d. r 11837; ! 18381 MOO a 4 111839 1 1840 1 !1841, £217 15 I . ZIOO 011' . 16 0 4',E445 0 0 192 3 0 87 1 4; 13 10 2; 395 11 1 165 11 10 74 1 9,' 11 3 l j 346 2 3 116 7 6 54 010 ' 718 10; 296 13 4 111 6 8; 49 10 0, 710 4! 247 4 5 The division of profits Is annual, and the next will be made is December of the preseat year. F. FERGUSON CAIIROUX. Secretary. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY. 26, Cornhll!, Dec. 24, 1846. Notice is hereby given that the Half-yearly Interest, at the rate 4 F rive per Cent. per annum on the Capital Stock of this Society, "us on the 31st instant, will become payable on the litk January next, and Proprietors may receive the same on application at this —cc on that, or any subsequent day, between the hours Of Eleven and Three o'clock. By order of the Directors, F. FERGUSON CA.3fROUX, Secretary. PELICAN LIFE INSURANCE OFFICE, 70, LOMBAJW-STREET, and 57, CIIARING-CROSB LONDON. Established 1797. DIRECTORS. M.P. J. A. Gordon,Esq.,M.D.,F.R.S. Esq. Kirkman D. Hodgson, Esq. Richard 11. Lawrence, Esq. J. Petty Muspratt, Esq. Charles Hampden Turner, Esq. Matthew Whiting, Esq. BO \ Fog-fifths of the net Profits realised by the Company from In sarances effected upon the Participating Scale of premiums allotted, a greeably to the conditions of the policies, every seven years. The first period to commence from the 3d of July, 1840. Very low rates offered to those who prefer insuring upoi the Icon hnielPating Scale. These two classes of Assurance are kept distinct from each other. Rs. TUCKER, Secretary. Matthias Attwood, Esq., Robert Gurney Barclay, W. Cotton, Esq., I.R.S. Sir W. Curtis, Bart. Wm. Davis, Esq. Richard Fuller, Esq. THE PERFECT SUBSTITUTE for SILVER. ~, The high estimate formed by the public during the twelve 4 4r e WILLIAM S. BURTON'S (late RIPPON and BURTON'S) 2nlically purified material has been before it (made into every 1 71 1 11 and ornamental article usually made in silver, possessing, as ,"ea. the charaeteristic purity and durability of silver), has called 1„ t e existeace the deleterious compornds of . Albata Plate," " Berlin .mtver," and other so c a ll e d su b s tit u t es ; th e y are a t b es t b u t bad 4 raitations of the genuine articles manufactured, and sold only by him. A^~-1 Fiddle Threaded king's Table Spoons and Forks, Hill site per Pattern. Pattern. Pattern, . Dessert ditto and ditto ditto.... • 10s. Od. 21s. d. 255. Od. Tea ditto and ditto, ditte•• • • es. Od. 1 Is. Od. 12s. Od. Gravy ditto . .............. ........_ 35. 0d.6 5. Od. 7.. 04 . NICKEL ELECTRO-PLATED. —The REAL NICKEL SILVER, Introduced and made only by WILLIAM S. BURTON (late BIPPON and BURTON'S), when plated by the patent process of Messrs. Elkington and beyond all comparison the very best ankle, next to sterling silver, that can be employed as such either *Wilily or ornamentally. In the lengthened and increasing popu larity of the material itself, and the high character of the method of Plating, the public have a guarantee that the articles sold by W S. Burton (and by him only) are, as it regards wear, immeasurably 4 Perior to what can be supplied at any other house, while by no Possible test can they be distinguished from real silver. Tea S . Fiddle. Threall. Kin g ' s . goons, per dozen •• •• •• .. 111 s. • • 325. .. 38s. Dessert Forks „ ••.•• • • • • 305. • • 465. .. 58s. Dessert Spoons „ •• .••• • • . • 30s. . • 525. .. 625. Table Forks „ •• .. 40s. • • 6ss. • • 755. Table Spoons ~ . 40s. • • 725. 80s. „Yea and coffee :lets, waiters, candlesticks, &c., a t p ropor ti onate ' l ees. All kinds of re-plating done by the patent process, Detailed eatalsgues, with engravings, as well as of every Ironmongery article, ' li t (Per post) S. free. _WILLIAM BURTON (late RIPPON and BURTON'S) S toc k "j B eneral Furnishing Ironmongery is lit era lly t h e l argest i n the its wc, rl,l, and as no language can be employed to give a correct idea of variety and extent, purchasers are invited to call and inspect it "Z 4 9, Oxford-str ee t ( corner o f N ewman -street). Established in -e lls-street, 1820. THE PAST YEAR AND THE PRESENT YEAR.—A DIALOGUE. On last New Year's evening, the past year and present Shook hands, and convers'd in a style rather pleasant. sl " How d'ye do?' said the Old Year, a dd ressing the New ; Well, I'm nicely, I thank you, old friend, how are you?" Thus awhile did they chat, and, be!ore they had done, -They touch'd on the projects of MOSES and SON. ' " 1 have often felt proud (said the Yeer that is past), 1- Vhen a glar.ce on the warehouse of MO7 , ES I cast; For this vast speculation—this trading domain— Open'd all its vat prernis:a during my reign. Whenever I look at this mercantile throne I rejoice that my honours will rival your own." " Stop! stop ! (said the Present Year), talk not so fast, I'll prove that the present shall rival the past. Although in your ' mayoralty' much has been done Rp thee v:onderful tradesmen, E. MOSES and SON, Don't suppose for one instant that less will appear At MOSES and SON'S in the present new year. Ox !ON is the maxim on which they would 11x, A nd thus will they rival the year Forty-six. -, Tl 'e Year Forty - seven , long, long ere it cicses Will add a fresh wreath to the laurel of MOSES. ONE WORD OF On an an nua l occasion like this we THANKS. would thank OuOur numberless patrons, whatever their rank; r warmest a cknowledgments let us express, Since the Forty-six has display'd such success; And let us make promise that much shall be done, As a public return by E . MOSES and SON. - _ LIST 01' PRICES *JUDY MADE. Deaver Taglionts, from . ...... ......... 0 10 6 , ...... ........ S si 6 d Chesterfields and CoA .... ... .. e ringtons .............. .. . P ashas, D'Orsays, and Chesterfields, and e very descripti on of Winter coats ••• Low Winter Coats, in every style and nialce...„. .... _ 8 6 .. g Tweed Trousers, lined • • • bc'ebresskis i c;ts . • .• .• .• .• 1 .• .• .• . . . ... 1.1 . .. .• • • • • • : • •• • • • ...... • • • • • • •• .• : 1: 68 Frock Coats • 2 Dock Vests • • • • • • • • • • • 0 i ll au,., o oi t y yt o s s : Vests e u si s nt s st a .e r .r ................ ..Suits . .: :. : .• : : : : : : : : : : • .• : .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. : : 0 0 1 3 8 () ••• • • • • • " • • • • 0 1 6 Mottrning tawny extent at five minutes' .. notice. ADE TO MBASIIRB• Winter Coats, MADE warranted waterproof, made to any style, 1 4 0 _handsomely trimmed •• • ************* •• • • and • cuffs, lined 2 6 0 Alined Cloth Coats, trimmed, velvet collar an . ...... .. • 0 18 e T weed Overcoats. .. ....••.•••• • • • ' • " • • • 0 8 6 . . . i Weed Trousers .......... ••••• • • • 1 1 2 6 t s kl W , l i r, t te z r T ess rotts Tr e o rs u , se ln rs ali . t . h . e .. rt . lt:!! . a . p . p . r . o . v . e . . .... 1 12 0 ~..uress Coats . ' • • • • •• • • . approved patterns 2 15 0 • .. • _meat quality made 1 15 0 l'reek Coats • • ......... Luest quality made ............ •• . • • • • • • • • ' • • • • .• ••• • . 0 8 6 r ancY Vesta .............. ...... .. 0 12 0 atin, plain or fancy .... soya Hussar and Tunic Sults • • . • • . Observe.—Any article purchased, ready made, or ma de to mea. baoney r *Ur; if return not approved of, will be ezc h ange d, or if pre-erred, the HestE. MOSE S and SON, Tailors, Woollendrapers, Clothiers, Hatters, ers, Furriers, and General Outfitters, for Ladies and Gentlemen, 4, 155, and 156,•157 Minorles, and 83, 84, 85, and 86 Aldgate, city, London. jblic Ca ution.—E. Mose s and Son regret being obliged to guard the against imp ostors, but have learned that the untradesman 't.ke falsehood of b e i ng connected with them, or it's the same concern, been resorted t o i n many instances, and for obvious reasons. .._They. have ao connexion with any other house in or out of London; 'nu those who desire genuine and cho l4 . ll,ansl to, Minories and Ahigate, City, ? Lo clothing, kc., should call at, ndon. set . etice.—No business t ransacted at this establishment from sun -0 ,clock ' 1144 .7. till sunset Sat ur d ay, when business is resumed till twelve ~,._,_ Th e entrance t o th e fur department is at 83, Ald gate, corner of the —4 triel and Aldgate, opposite the church. LONDON, FRIDAY MORNING SUN 9 JANUARY 8, 1847. No. 16,944. TO the SHAREHOLDERS of the BIRMING HAM and OXFORD JUNCTION RAILWAY. The shareholders in this Company are aware, from the course which was adopted at the general meetings, held in November and December;lrist, of the strong dissatisfaction entertained by an in fluential body of their brother shareholders with the proceedings of the Directors, both as regards the proposed amalgamation with the Birmingham, Dudley, and Wolverhampton line, and the proposed sale of the two undertakings conjointly to the Great Western Company. At both meetings distinct notice was given, in the most formal manner, that these questions would be submitted for the re-consi deration of the proprietors, so soon as those then entitled to hold the shares were enabled, by obtaining the transfer and symbol of their property, to give their votes upon subjects of such vital importance to the shareholders. Upon general principles the dissenting shareholders are opposed to anything that would bdar the character of repudiation ; hut the un precentesd circumstances connected with this case (amongst which the following are most prominent) fully warrant them in the course they have adopted. I he non-issue of the certificates for the shares for upwards of four months, the consequent impossibility of obtaining legal transfers; the admission by the Chairman himself of the fact of a refusal to re ssisttr transfers ; the extraordinary circumstance that before the cer tificates were issued, and when, therefore, none of the changes of property which had taken place since the passing of the Act could be recognised, and the real owners of the shares were thus precluded from expressing their opinion as to the disposition of their own pro perty, the Directors call a special meeting, for no less an object than to alter the nature of the property by an amalgamation with:another undertaking (not being authorised to do so by any power in their Act, owing to which most Inadequate terms were offered for the Birming han and Oxford line itself), and then to sell the line so amalgamated —a proceeding equally unauthorised by their Act —clearly justify the ' holders of the shares in the Birmingham and Oxford Railway, who are dissatisfied with the result of these irregular proceedings, in re sisting to the utmost of their power the accomplishment of the ob jects so proposed, and in protecting their property and interests by those means which the law has provided. The dissentient share• holders were satisfied that, as soon as the opinions of the real holders of the shares could be ascertained, these views would be readily responded to ; and all doubt upon this subject is now re moved by the large measure of support which they have already received, placing beyond a question the fact that a considerable majority of the shareholders are decidedly opposed to the arrangements proposed by the Directors, and are determined to annul them, and to secure for the Birmingham and Oxford Company at least as good terms as those offered by the London and North Western Company-151. per share premium. The shareholders are well aware of the argument which has been adduced by the Directors to justify their proceedings—that in conse quence of the views entertained by Parliament on the subject of com petition, there was no alternative but to dispose of this line to the Great Western Company, although the result might be that they must have it on their own terms. To this it is replied—firstly, that the Directors, in making terms, were at least bound, as trustees for the proprietors) to obtain a full value for their property ; and the uni versal admission that the Birmingham and Oxford is a ten per cent. line (more was originally stated), sufficiently indicates, without further reference to the offer of the London and North-Western Company, that the price offered by the great Western is inadequate. Secondly, as tit, dissenting shareholders consider that the only result which can be expected from competition is to secure (ultimately) the lowest charges to the public consistent with safety, they contend that this would have been more cer tainly and readily accomplished by an arrangement with the London and North-Western Company, who, while they are ready to give increased terms to the Birmingham and Oxford proprietors, are also prepared to secure to the public a scale of charges lower than those provided for by the Birmingham and Oxford Act, and con siderably lower than those of the Great Western Railway. As the dissentient shareholders are now desirous of at once com pleting their arrangements for effecting the objects above alluded to, and as they will be greatly facilitated by a knowledge of the entire support they may rely upon, they request that their brother shareholders who concur with them in opinion will tra emit their names, with the number of shares held by them, without st lay, to the following parties :—Mr. E. J. Mosley, Liverpool ; Mr. Thomas Gasquoine, 15, New Market-buildings, Manchester, Messrs. Col more and Beale, solicitors, Birmingham, by whom any necessary information will be furnished ; and all shareholders are particularly requested to retain their proxies until applied to by the Committee of the dissentient shareholders. (Signed on behalf of the Dissentients,) B. J. MOZLEY, Liverpool. January 5, 1547. L ONDON, SALISBURY, and YEOVIL JUNCTION RAILWAY. The Committee hive now concluded the arrangement with the London and South-Western Company, enabling them to make the return of 20s. per share on the shares in this Company. They have also received a guarantee from the London and South-Western Company for payment of the further sum of 30s. per share on each of the shares in this C, mpany, in the event of the Bill for which the said London and South-Western Company intend to apply to Parliament, in the next session, for making a railway in continuation of or out of the Basingstoke and Salisbury Railway at Salisbury to Yeovil, obtaining the Royal assent. The Committee, therefore, beg to give notice, that in accordance with the resolutions of the Shareholders of this Company, passed at the general meeting, held at the London Tavern, on the 11th of November last, the Committee are now prepared to make a return of 20s. per share on the shares in this Company, and to grant a cer tificate entitling the holder to the payment of the further sum of 30s. per share in the event above•mentioned, on their sending in their scrip to the office of the Company, No. 64, Moorgate-street, on or after WEnstEsnar next, the 6th instant, accompanied by a letter in the farm subjoined. By order, L. CROJIBIE, Secretary. 64, Moorgate-street, Jan. 1, 1847. To Lewis Crornbie, Esq., Secretary of the London, Salisbury, and Yeovil Junction Railway Company. Sir,—Herewith I enclose scrip certificates,, numbered as at foot, for shares in the above Company, which I request the Committee of Management to cancel, and to remit me by post, addressed as below, an order on the bankers of the Com pany for a sum equal to twenty shillings per share (being the amount agreed to be immediately paid by the London and South-Western Company, on the number of shares issued in this Company), with a certificate or certificates entitling me to claim the further sum of thirty shillings per share on each of the above shares, in the event of the Bill for which the said London and South-Western Company intend to apply to Parliament in the next session, for making a railway in continuation of or out of the Basingstoke and Salisbury Railway at Salisbury to Yeovil, ob• bluing the ltoyal assent, and which I agree to accept, in settlement of all claims by me as the holder of the above scrip certificates. Dated the 6th day of January, 1847. Address •.•• • • .. Description Number of Value of each. Certificates. Numbers. 1 Number of Shares._ to Shares. Forms of application may he had at the Office, 64, Moorgate-street. T, NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE MANCHESTER, and NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY.—ORDINARY HALF-YEARLY MEETING. Notice is hereby given that the ORDINARY HALF-YEARLY MEETING of the SHAREHOLDERS of this COMPANY will be held at the Palatine Hotel, in Manchester, in the county of Lan caster, on the 2d day of FEBEVANY next, at the hour of Eleven o'clock in the forenoon of that day. And notice is hereby Rather given, that, in aecordance with a re quisition signed by more than twenty shareholders in the said under taking, holding, in the aggregate, not less than one•tenth of the capital of the said Company, an EXU:AORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of the SHAREHOLDERS of the said COMPANY, will be held at the Palatine Hotel aforesaid,on the day and year afore said, at Twelve o'clock at noon of the same day, or immediately on the termination of the business of the said ordinary Meeting, for the following purposes, namely—" To receive, consider, and decide, on :he steps to be taken with respect to the report of Messrs. William Gibb, George William Cram, and William Nichol, the Committee of Investigation appointed on Saturday, the 25th day of July last, and to determine on the propriety of reducing the number of the Directors from twelve to six, and if thought advisable, specifically to remove six of the present Directors. Ind notice is hereby further given, that at the said last-mentioned meeting the Directors will apply for powers to proceed with, and en deavour to obtain, in the ensuing Session of Parliament, Acts for alteration of Main Line and Hawes Branch, with power to purchase, rent, or use the Northern Counties Union Railway, and amendment of Acts relating to the Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle-upon- Tyne Junction Railway, and to the Northern Counties Union Railway Companies; Railway from the East Lancashire Railway near Burn ley, to join the Burnley Branch of the Manchester and Leeds Rail way, with power to sell or lease to the East Lancashire Railway Company, or to the Manchester and Leeds Railway Company ; and Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne Junction and Northern Counties Union Railways Amalgamation. And the Directors do hereby convene the said meetings aecordingly. THOS. ROBT. WILSON FRANCE, Chairman. C. MOORE WILSON,I Secretaries. W. H. INGRAM, Company's Principal Office, 31, Princess-street. Manchester, Dec. 24, 1846. "The Register of Transfers" will be closed, and remain so from the 19th day of January, 1847, until after the aboW-named meetings. C. MOORE WILSON,/ Secret a ries, W. H. INGRAM, A F .. 4 STERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. By COMMAND of the POS f-MASTER-GENERAL. The 11.30 A.M. Train to NORWICH will on and after MoNDAY, the 11th instant, STOP at HARLOW STATION. By order, C. P. RONEY, Secretary. Offices, Bishopagate Station, 7th January, 1847. DATRONISED hyhis IMPERIAL MAJESTY the KING of the FRENCH, JR. The ORIGINAL METALLIC TABLET STROP, with four sides invented by Mr. GEORGE SAUNDERS, of New York. This article has been in general use for the last thirty years, and has been pa tronised by the first cutlers of Europe and America, by ail of whom it is pronounced to he the only article that will give to the razor a keen and snaiothe edge, and make shaving a luxu. y. The American Institute for the Encouragement of Science awarded to the inventor of this article a silver medal in token of their approval of the inven tion. This strop may be obtained of the principal cutlet's in London and Paris THE BRITISH and FOREIGN INSTITUTE AL. enters on its fifth year in 1847 ; and Members joining it at the present time will have the advantage of the full Session of the Soirees, Lectures, Conversazione, and Discussions, which will com mence on FRIDAY, January 21, a nd be contintiedon the Friday Even ings of each week from January to June. The Club attached to the Institute is now ready for the reception of New Members, and particulars of each may be had at 13, George street, Hanover-square. JAMES S. BUCKINGHAM, Resident Director. LORD GEORGE BENTINCK. 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The remains were respec tively proved to be those of AN'illiarn Assup, aged twenty two years, engine-driver, and George Mathurs, aged thirty-two years, fireman. James Owen was the firit witness called. He said—l am an engine -driver in the service of the North-Western Railway Company. I came into their service in April last. On Monday last, being in charge of the engine No. 16, I was directed to pilot (assist) the goods train, which left Camden station at half-past one, to Wolver ton. I did so, and remained at Wolverton until half-past eleven at night, at which time a luggage train, consisting of twenty-six waggons, came up from Rugby. Eight coke trucks were here attached, and I was directed 'to pilot (assist) this train on to London. The . first station we stopped at after leaving Wolverton was Leighton, where we left one waggon. The deceased William Assup was the driver of the engine behind me, and after the waggon had ben detached - I asked him whether I should take in water there or 'at Tring. He said, as he had nothing to, leave at Tritig, it would be better to take water at Leighton, and I- did so. The conducting of a train, where the same is driven by two engines, is under the control. of the driver of the second engine, except with regard to looking out for signals, which devolves upon the firatisdriver. We did not stop at any station after leaving *gluon natil we came in here, about three minutea-ate4 axle• o'Cidea" on Tuesday morning. CORONER—And when you got in here what hap pened ? Witness—l saw a red signal. CORONER—Was the night foggy ? Witness—Yes, very. I did not see the signal until we were within about two hundred yards of the post. I then opened my whistle, let off the steam, reversed my engine, and put the steam against her. Ido not know whether my mate had actually applied the break. When we advanced a little further I saw three red lights on the main line, and the next instant a red hand signal lamp. lat once saw the danger we were in, and jumped off the engine on to the line. On a clear night there would have been no difficulty either in observing the signal or in stopping the train. CoRoNER—Did Assup let the steam off his engine ? Witness—l cannot tell. I was too busy in minding my own duty. CORONER—You can surely tell whether his steam was let off or the engine reversed? Witness—lndeed I cannot. He might have been working his engine by expansion, and then I could not hear its beat. If I must answer the question, my impression is that Assup had certainly not reversed his engine. CORONER—What happened after you jumped off your engine? Witness—The luggage train ran directly into the coal train. Examination in chief—After the collision I went to look for the guard of my train. I found that he had been sent back by the policeman on duty at the Langley station, to stop all up trains. That policeman's name is Thomas Smith. He was the only man on duty at the station when the accident occurred. When a train passes a station, it is the duty of the policeman to turn on the red signal for so many minutes, and subsequently the green for a similar time, before showing the white light. After the accident, the policeman gave me two fog signals, and directed me to follow the guard down the line towards Boxmoor, and place them upon the rails. I went down the lino until I overtook the guard. I did not see the station master. On my return, the police man told me he had gone on to Watford, on the coal train engine, for assistance. CORONER—And what had become of the poor fellows who were killed all this time? Do you mean to say they were left unattended? Witness—Yes. The po liceman told me they were dead very shortly after the accident, but owing to the steam and water, which was flying about in all directions, it was impossible to afford them any assistance, or indeed to get near them until nearly an hour after the accident. The witness was further pressed by the Coroner, with a view to show that unnecessary delay had taken place before any attempt was made to extricate the deceased parties, but nothing of a character to bear out such a presumption was elicited. _ . Exan - iination in chief—My engine lay upon her side athwart the rails of the up and down lines. The leading wheels of the second engine had mounted upon my ten der, and the second tender had crushed the footplate of the deceased's engine. The bodies of both the deceased were crashed by the second tender. The fireman was fastened between the ieversing lever and the fire box when I first saw him. He was very much crushed anti quite dead. I did not see the driver. I was so shocked at the sight of the firemen that I did not go to look fur ther, but I heard that he was in a similar position on the other side of the engine. My opinion that deceased had not reversed the engine arises from this fact ; for had he done so, both men would in all probability have been found on the reversing lever side of the engine. When on the road the driver and stoker generally stand one on each side of the boiler, as the deceased parties were found. CORONER (addressing the witness)—Now, Owen, one word as to your regulations. Does any one time the luggage trains? Witnes—Yes, the guard. Our train was late on Monday night. We were late in leaving Wolverton. CORONER—What time did you expect to get to Wat ford? Witness—l cannot say exactly, CORONER—The policeman at the Langley station knew that goods trains wire likely to pass between one and two o'clock? Witness—Yes, there can be no doubt of that fact. CORONER—And, knowing that, he leaves a number of waggons on the line? Witness—lie was going to put some of the trucks back into the siding. The luggage trains have been very much behind of late. We have had a difficulty in getting through our journeys some • times, especially during foggy weather, when the rails have bt en damp. CORONER—And, in the face of all this, a number of carriages are left on the line, on purpose to cause an accident. Mr. Hayes (the company' s so li c itor) here rose and ob jected to the Coroner m a ki ng remarks , un supported by evidence, which were calculated to bias the jury. The CORONER express e d hi s regre t if he bad implied any wilful neglect by his observation, and begged to re• tract the same. Examination of Owen continued—Under ordinary circumstances we can stop a train in 500 yards; but in foggy weather, and when the rails are damp, we require a longer distance. The deceased, Assup, had been em ployed four years as a stoker on the line, and about three months as a driver. The CORONER here suggested that perhaps the jury would like to visit the scene of the accident before they proceeded further with the evidence. Several members of the panel expressed a wish to o so, one juror remarking that he thought they had already heard enough to prove that extraordinary rules ought to be enforced in foggy weather. Mr. Bruyeres, the superintendent of the railway, re marked, that he thought there could be little doubt, if the driver of the second engine (No. 115) had observed and acted on the signals as Owen had done, the jury would not have had to sit there that day. Mr. Bruyeres kere read the foliowing rule from the book of regula tions :—" The engine-man is at all times to use great r on approaching the reula caution in foggy weather, and esp eciall y s tations, from the difficulty of dis ce rning signals until close upon them ; i and heis to be pre g pared to bring his engines to a sta nd should tbe required. In cases of this sort the whistle is to be kept frequently going." the witness Owen Mr. Bruyeres (addressing )—You - have said that on observing the signals at the L ang l ey ' e station you shut off the steam and reversed the engine. Do you not think that if Assup had been equall y in- vigilant, your train might have been stopp ed in ed in ti me to avoid th e collision ?—I am not sure of that, _I. but, a t any rate, he would have been prepared to jump off as did. CORONER—The fact is, Mr. Bruyeres, this is where the shoe pinches. Although it was perfectly understood that another train was coming up the line, a number of waggons were left directly in the ordinary track. Mr. Bruveres hoped that this matter had been satis factorily explained. The fact was simply this. If the Coroner or any other gentleman, in coming up from t Birmingham and wishing to ge o no ut at T r i ng, were brought on all the way to London, it would b e d by t h e satis faction to him to be inform e d guard that the train was a quarter of an hour late, and therefore could not stop at Tring. Th e proper course would be to stop at Trine, as usual, taking care to exhibit proper signals. So, with a coal train, having to detach waggons, the same principle applied. In the present t e nd the signals had been all duly exhibited, and he contended that the accident could not have happened but for the neglect of the deceased parties. The jury then left the room with Mr. Bruyeres, who accompanied them to the station, an d explained scienti fically all that had occurred to him in explanation of the manner in which the accident happ ened. On the return of the jury, , William Heaver, stoker to the last witness, was exa mined. He stated no new fact. After jumpi ng off the engle in of e, h what had occurred. e becaine, for a time, insensibl e , and knew very litt Thomas Smith, police-constable, 211, in the service of the North-Western Company, was next called. He said— I have been in the service four years and four months. It is my duty to turn on the red signal on the arrival of a train, and also to start all trains which arrive durin g the night. I recollect the night of M on d ay last. On that night, or rather on Tuesday morin passed up the line about half-past twe n lve. g, a goods tran A coal train was the next to arrive ; it was a special train, and came about one o'clock, five minutes under or over. This train consisted of eighteen waggons and • one engine. CORONER—When was the next train due? Witness- They come so irregular, I cannot say exactly. CORONER—Oh, indeed. Did you expect any before daybreuk ? Witness—Yes ; I am always expecting trains. CoitoNEß-013, then, am I to suppose they run at pleasure? 'Witness—No, sir ; but there is a great un certainty as to the time of the goods trains arriving. CORONER—How long had the coal train been at the station when the collision occurred? Witness—About three minutes. CORONER—Did you start it ? Witness—No, sir. I was assisting the breaksman to detach some waggons when the collision happened. I had previously turned on the red signal lamp on the stationary post. CORONER—Have you not got fog signals? Witness— Yes, but there was no time to use them. CORONER—How do you mean no time? You have, I believe, only to throw them down on the line? Witness —On, dear no, sir. They would have had to be placed on the rail at a distance of 500 yards from where I was to be of any service. ConoNa—Did you not think it requisite to employ them on such a night? Witness—highly requisite, and after the collision I gave some such signals to the driver of No. 16, in order to place on the rails as a caution to any advancing train. _ The witness here stated at length the course he had adopted after the collision, in order to obtain assistance; and explained to the Coroner that so soon as the steam and fire allowed any one to approach the spot, every exertion was made to extricate the deceased parties. He further stated that on hearing the approach of the goods train he ran down the line about a hundred yards, waving his red lamp, and doing all in his power to stay its progress. The - foreman said he thought if the fog signals had been used no accident would have happened. Several other members of the jury expressed a similar opinion. Patrick Tomey, police-constable 232, in the service of the company, was next called. He said, I remember the night of Monday last. I was on duty at the Boxmoor station about twenty-five minutes to one, at which time the special coal train arrived. I expected this train in consequence of a signal attached to the preceding train. When it arrived the driver told me he had five waggons to detach at my station. The night being very foggy, I brought out the porter and asked him to uncouple the waggons and attend to the points while I returned down the line to stop any train which might come up. I went about a quarter of a mile, and remained until I heard the coal train go on. I then returned to the station, and went into my hut, where I trimmed my hand lamp, on which I came out on to the line again, when I fancied I heard a train coming up the Boxmoor Bank. I ran down to the signal post, exhibiting my hand lamp as I went, but before I could get there the driver of the leading engine blew his whistle, and I believe he slackened his pace. The coal train had been gone by at this time about 11 minutes. As soon as I arrived at the signal post I showed a green light, to denote that the driver ought to proceed cautiously. Had there been no coal train so recently in advance I should have shown a white light. Even as it was, the time had expired for the exhibition of the green light, but being a foggy night I was in no hurry to take off the red signal, and had allowed it to remain eleven minutes instead of five, as laid down in our regulations. If the red light had been allowed to remain on, the effect would have been to stop the goods train. As it was I was under no apprehension that the goods train would overtake the coal train. The foreman thought that if the same degree o caution had been shown at Langley as at Boxmoor no accident would have happened. Mr. Bruyeras—But, sir, you will remember that there was not the same time between the arrival of the trains. The foreman—Had there been a porter at Langley as at Boxmoor, even then I think the collision might have been avoided. Mr. Bruyeres—l assure you, under ordinary circum stances, the hands employed at Langley are more than sufficient for the work they are required to perform. Mr. John Weaver, foreman of the locomotive depart ment at the Rugby station, said he knew the deceased, Assup, who was an industrious and intelligent man. Wit ness had furnished deceased with the necessary rules on his entering the service, and so late as the 29th ult. had examined him as to his knowledge of his duties. Before being employed as a driver he had acted as a stoker in the company's service, Mr. Weaver was examined at some length as to his opinion whether the deceased had reversed his engine or shut off the steam. He was inclined to believe that the position in which the lever was found was attribut able to a blow from the tender, and not from the driver having touched it. • Richard Ashby, the driver, and Langley, the breaks man of the coal train, were successively questioned, but their evidence threw no new light on the matter. Ashby said he travelled about sixteen miles an hour, and was not aware of having lost any speed between Boxmoor and Langley. The foreman said an impression had gone abroad that the deceased men had been overworked, and in conse quence had fallen asleep while on the engine. He should be very glad to have this point cleared. Mr. Weaver was then recalled. He said they came on duty at seven o'clock on Monday night, having had 14 hours' rest previously. The jury expressed themselves satisfied on this point, and no other evidence being forthcoming, The CORONER summed up. He said the case appeared to him to be a very simple one. If blame attached to any person, he thought it was to the poor fellows who had lost their lives. He thought it quite unnecessary to read over the evidence, inasmuch as he bad no doubt the jury would agree that neither the railway company nor• any other person were - to blame in the matter. Ti e law of deodand, as no doubt they were all aware, had been abolished, and in its stead, a statute, entitled "The Accident Compensation Bill" had been passed. This measure, by the way, he might remark, was a most ex traordinary one, for while it professed to give a remedy, it took away the means of obtaining it (so the Coroner was understood to say). He did not know whether the royal Member for Sunderland was in the House when the Bill passed, but for his own part he should think it was him who prepared it. However, without making any further remark, he would leave the case in the hands of the jury, who would say whether, in their opinion, the accident had arisen from the negligence or carelessness of any individual. The jury, after consulting for a few moments, found " That the deceased, William Assup and George Mathurs, were accidentally killed;" and in returning this verdict the panel felt it their duty to recommend that more servants should be employed iu futuro at the King's Langley station. Mr. Bruyeres remarketl, that if twenty servants had been employed he felt satisfied the accident would still have occurred under the circumstances proved in evi dence. The proceedings, after extending over four hours, here terminated. CONVICTS UNDER SENTENCE OF TRANSPORTATION. A letter, of which the following is a copy, has been transmitted to the visiting magistrates of all the county and borough gaols in England, and has caused consi derable discussion at the several quarter sessions, many of the prisons not being sufficiently capacious to accom modate more than the usual number of prisoners sentenced to short terms of imprisonm en t : — " Whitehall, D ec . 3 1 , 1846. " Gentlemen -- am directed by Secretary Sir George Grey to acquaint you that, in consequence of the sus pension of transportation of male convicts to Van Dieman's Land, it will be requisite to make immediate provisions for the confinement and imprisonment in this country of the greater portion of such offenders. In order to facilitate the measures requisite for the accom plishment of this object, it appears to Sir George Grey that the temporary imprisonment in the county and borough prisons of a proportion of male convicts under sentence of transportation may be necessary, where there is sufficient accommodation for their reception, and where proper arrangements exist for reformatory discipline. I am, therefore, to request that you will state, for the information of Sir George Grey, what number of prisoners can be conveniently lodged in the prison under your superintendence without interfering with its discipline and good order—what has been 'the greatest number of prisoners actually confined in the prison at any one time during the past year, and what system of discipline is now in force in the prison. Sir George Grey directs me to inform you that a vote having been taken in the last session of Parliament for defraying the cost of maintaining convict prisoners in gaols, no additional expense will be imposed upon the counties and boroughs in respect of the maintenenca of prisoners who may be retained in, or sent to, any prisons in pursuance of the convict arrangements. " I am, gentlemen, your most obedient servant, " S. M. PHILLIPPS. " To the Visiting Justices, &c. &c." which B ythe has adoption t ()n of h between t l i , s oG plan and the l,so Milbank 0 under sentence of transportation within its walls, will be pre vented from being overcrowded. In consequence of the public announcement from Mr..Byng, that it is not his intention to offer himself again as a representative for the county of Middlesex, we understand that the electors in the different districts, who have carried their venerable Member through so many struggles, are taking steps to get up a requisition to Lord Robert Grosvenor, requesting him to come for ward as a candidate for the metropolitan county, when ever a dissolution may take place.— Tunes. THE FAMINE IN IRELAND AND SCOTLAND.—Up to Wednesday, the total amount raised in the metropolis for the relief of the existing distress in the remote parishes of Ireland and Scotland, was 13,6511. 14s. 6d., of which her Majesty contributes 2,0001, and frinee Albert 5001. CONFESSION OF BURGLARY. —At Worship-street Police-court on Wednesday, two men, named H. Tur man and W. Kemp, were charged with having com mitted a burglary in the premises of Messrs. Giles and Beniger, lucifer match makers, near the City-road, on the Monday night before Christmas-day. It appeared that Turman, not having received his " regulars" from his accomplice in the burglary, made a confession to a policeman for the purpose of having his revenge. Both prisoners were remanded. DIE FOG.—Wednesday morning London N% as darkened by a dense fog, which made gas-light neces ssry in all the shops and other places of business. The navigation of the river was altogether suspended, as it was impossible, with safety, to propel steam-boats through the darkness. In the afternoon the fog cleared away. PRICE SD. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, JANUARY 6. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are —Bristol and Exeter, New, 9—Caledonian, New, 2,i —Eastern Counties, 23 % Great Western, Fifths, 31—Leeds and Thirsk, Preference, 1 1 / 2 p.—Manchester and Leeds, Extension, 1% p.—Manches ter and Southampton, 2—Midland, New, 7—West Riding Union, 2 1 / 2 p. 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Order of all Newsmen, Town or Country, front whom detailed Prospectuses can be had. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. -- - LONDON, JAN. 7.—Wind E., light breeze, and thick hazy, weather. DEAL, JAx. 6.—Wind S.S.E. to S.S.W., light.—Arrd. Lord William Bentinck, Allan, Honduras; Dredalus, New Orleans. Arrd. from the River, Bussorah Merchant, Beale, for-Sydney, New South Wales; Worcester, Ferris, Madras; Lotus, Head, Barbadoes ; Naiad, Rose, Antigua. Sld. Sarah Charlotte, Dunnett, Cape of Good Hope; Audacia, Bahia. FALMOUTH, JAN. 6.—Wind calm.—Arrd. Patmos, Peton, Rio Grande, sailed Nov. 6. Livaarooi., JAN. 6.—Wind S.S.E., moderate.—Arrd. Favourite, Allen, Demerara; Emma Watts, Watts, New York ; Columbus, Cowan, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Ab botsford, Locke, Restigouche ; Alcyon, Hick, Quebec ; Midas, Law, Montreal. Sld. Montezuma, Lowher, New York. Off port, Leonidas, Denia, Lady Sale, and Devon shire, —. Siam, Hong-Kong; Walker, Headwith, Moul mein ; Tweed, Hands, Rio Janeiro ; Lady Mona, Perkins, Valparaiso ; Irt, Young, Pernambuco ; Madagascar, Bal purdo, Havannah ; Catalina, Riambeur, Havannah ; Glen lyon, Muirhead, New Orleans; Virginia, Eaton, New Orleans; Oneco, Drew, New Orleans ; Naomi, Wilson, Savannah ; Aurora, Henderson, Charleston. CLYDE, JAN. 5.—W ind E.—Arrd. Agamemnon, M‘Kandy, Quebec ; James Dunlop, Harvie, Honduras. Sld. Ybararan, Havannah. _ _ _ YARMOUTH.—Arrd. Sandwich, Mann, St. Lucia; West Indian, Rich, Sierra Leone • Margaret Evans, New York. PORTSMOUTH, JAL 6.—Her Majesty's ship Daphne has returned to Spithead, having taken the ground on the Horse Sand. HULL, JAN. s.—The Ocean brig is on shore between Grimsby and Cleethorp. The brigiStella is sunk near Grimsby outfall. LYNN, JAN. 5.—A vessel, supposed a screw steamer, schooner rigged, painted green, with loss of mainmast, sunk in about nine fathoms water, was passed on the 27th ult., about ten miles N.W. of the Dudgeon float light, by the Vulcan, dodder, of this port. FOWEY, JAN. 5. —Wind E. to S.E.—Arrd. Good Intent, Warburton, Quebec. CARDIFF.—SaiIed, Splendid, Hawley, New York. LLANELLY.—Arrd. Mercury, Hayton, Quebec. DUBLIN, JAN. 4.—Wind S.E.—And. James Fagan, Mor ris, Quebec. Kenella, Jones, Africa. CORK, JAN. 4.—Wind calm.—Arrd, Brigand, Parker, St. Andrew's, New Brunswick. The Giaour for Jamaica, has not c sailed, AsT as LE T r e o pztg ai,j yesterday. AN. 2. -- Arrd. Mary Ali ce , Mon treal for London, with loss of topmast, bowsprit, and all her canvass. SLIGO.—SId. George Reed, Cuba; Gem, New York. LONDONDERRY.—Arrd. Pera, Norris, New York; Superior, Mason, Quebec ; Cly desdale, Fraser, Q u ebec. LouGnswiLLY, JAY. L—Maria, Campbell, New York. LErrir ROADS, JAN. 4.—Pioneer, Seager, Miramichi for Sunderland, with loss of sails and spars. MELDS, JAN. 6.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Whitwell Grange, M'Donald, St. Andrew's, N.B. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 6.—A vessel, apparently a coasting schooner of about 120 tons, was seen to capsize and founder, 3d inst., off Point Linas, by the John Campbell, arrived here. G R EENOCK, JAN. s.—The Little Aggie, of Berwick, sank this morning off the port, after being in contact with tha Town of Dundee steamer. Hum. JAN. 6.—The Lady Ann , from Goole to Lynn, has , arrived in the Roads leaky, after being on the Whitton Sand TROTTING MATCH AT -MITCHAM.—The two-mile match for 251. a-side, between Jem Crow, the property of Mr. M'Donald, and Peggy, came off on Wednesday, across Mitcham. common. Jem Crow, although he gave the little mare 300 yards start, was the favourite, from hi; welt-known performances. The ponies, harnessed to light match carts, were started at a little after four. For the first half•mile Jem Crow did not get much of the advantage he had given; in the middle of the distance he had somewhat pulled ahead, but by no means enough to alarm those who stood on little Peggy. Eventually, Peggy went in an easy winner by a couple of hundred yards. The road was dreadfully heavy. The time was a second or two under eight minutes. LIVERPOOL, JANUARY 6. STOCK ExcifANGE.—The sales are—Ambergate and East ern Junction, is p.—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction, 134 p.—Birmingham and Dudley, 67( 3 p.—Bir mingham and Oxford Junction, 9 3 / 4 p.—Blackburn, Clitheroe, and North- Western, % dis.—Buckinghamshire, dis.— Caledonian (Clydesdale Junction), 15 p.— Chester and Bir kenhead, 50 1 / 2 —Ditto,New 201. Shares, % p.—Eastern Coun ties, New, 7 3 j 4 p.—Ditto, York Extension, p.—East Lan cashire, New Scrip, 1 3 4 p.—East Lincolnshire, 23 p.—Great Western, 171. Shares, 6IA p.—Huddersfield, Halifax, and' Bradford Union, 2% p.—Leeds and Dewsbury, 9 1 / 2 p.—Ditto, Extension (green), 1 1 4 p.—Leeds and Thirsk, 1% dis.— Ditto, Preference, 1 1 4 p.—Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, p.—London and North- Western, 199—Ditto, New Quar- ters, 14 p.—Ditto, Quarters (G. J.), 224 p.—London, Man chester, and Birmingham, 77—London and Brighton and South Coast, Consolidated Eighths, 4 1 4 p.—London and York, 16s. 3d. p.—Direct Northern, 1 4 p. —Manchester and Leeds, 32 p.—Ditto, (late Huddersfield and Sheffield), 6% p. —Ditto, Quarters, s:y i p—Ditto, Fifths, 6 5 / 8 p.— Ditto, Ex tension, 1% p.—Ditto, Halves (late London and Birming ham), 6 3 / 4 p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 100 —Ditto, Quarters, No. 1, 4 p.—Ditto (late Great Grimsby and Sheffield), 212 dis.—Manchester and Southampton, par —Matlock and Midland, 1% p.—Midland, 131—Ditto, New, p.—Newcastle and Berwick, 15 p.—North Staffordshire, 4'4 p.—North Union (A), 224—North-Western, 13s. 9d. p.— Northern Counties Union, % dis.—Shrewsbury and Hereford, 6s. 3d. dis.—Shrewsbury and Chester (late N. W. M.), 5 p. —Shrewsbury,Oswestry, and Chester, 1 dis.—Ditto, New, 1 1 / 8 p.—Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A), 2 p.—Ditto (B), p.—Shropshire Union, 14 ilis.—South- Eastern and Dover, New, No. 4, % p.—South Staffordshire Junction, 1 1 4 p.— Trent Valley, Midland, and Grand Junction, 1 p.—West Riding Union, 2% p.—York and Newcastle, New, PA p. —Ditto, Preference, 5 3 %-p.--Dublin and Belfast Junction, 7 dis.—Newry and Warrenpoint, p.—Great Luxembourg, 3 1 4 dis.—Orleans, Tours, and Bordeaux, p. MANCHESTER, JAiuAii-6. STOCK EXCHANGE.7—The sales are—Ambergate, Notting ham, and Boston, IA p.—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire, 1 7-16 p.—Birmingham and Oxford Junction, 9 15-16 p.—Birmingham, Wolverhampton, &c., 3 p.—Black burn, Clitheroe, &c., lj dis.—Caledonian, Halves, 1 / 2 p. Great Northern (late London and York), 3 / p.—East Lan cashire, 3 3 4 c. p.—Ditto, New (scrip), 1 3 / 4 p.—East Lincoln shire, 2 3-16 p.—Leeds and Thirsk, 1 1 % dis.—Ditto, Prefer entials, 1% p.—Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester, Halves, 5 1 / 2 p.—Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction, .—London and South-Western (scrip), 1 1 ,E p.—Man chester and Leeds, Halves (Liverpool and Bury), 6 1 4 p.— Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (Grimsby), 1 dis.— Ditto, Sheffield and Lincolnshire, 7-16 dis.—Ditto, Grimsby Dock, 1% dis.—Manchester and Southampton, 1-16 dis.— North British, Thirds, 2 13-16 p.—North Staffordshire, 4 c. p.—Northern Counties Union, % dis.—Oldham Alliance, 7f 3 ' p.—Royston and Hitchen, % p.—Shrewsbury and Birming ham (A), 2 1 4 p. c.—Shrewsbury and Hereford, dis.— West Riding Union, 2% p.—Wharfdale, 3 / 4 dis. LEEDS, JANUAILY 6. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Ambergate, Notting ham, and Boston, 6s. 6d. p.—Birmingham and Oxford Junc tion, RN c. p.—Eastern Counties, York Extension, 13/ p.— East Lancashire, New, Scrip, 1 3 / 1 p.—East and West York. shire, 7s. dis.—Great Northern (late London and York), 17s. 6d. (scrip), p.—Huddersfield and Manchester, 4 1 / 2 n. p.— Leeds and Dewsbuy Extension Scrip (green), 1 1 4 p.—Ditto, New Extensions Scrip (pink) 27a. p.—Leeds and Thirsk, 1% dis.—Ditto, New, ss. c. p.—Ditto, Preference, 30s. 6d. p. —London, Manchester, and Birmingham, Quarters (A), 7 9.16 p.—Ditto (B), 7 9-16 p.—Malton and Driffield Junc tion, 21. 2s. p.—Manchester and Leeds, Half Shares, (late Had. and Sheff.), 6 1 / 2 p.—Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 28s. 6d. p.—North British, Thirds, 565. 6d. p.— Ditto, Quarter Shares (late Carlisle Branch), 475. c. p.— Ditto, Extension (scrip), 18s. 6d. p.—North Staffordshire, 41 % c. p.—Northern Counties Union, 18s. dis.—North-West em, 14s. p.—Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole, 14s. p.— Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A), 21. 3s. 6d. p.—Wharfdale Junction, ss. c. dis.—York and North Midland, Preference, 11% p.—Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland, 7s. dis.—West Riding Union, 4%. HULL, JANUARY 6. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—York and North Mid land, Preference, 12 1 s p. cash—Great Northern (London and York), 1 p.—Leeds and Thirsk, New, Bs. 6d. p.—Northern Counties Union, 365. 6d.—Leicester and Bedford, I ls. 6d. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, JANUARY 6. STOCK EXCIANGE.—The sales are—Direct Northern, ls. 3d. p. reg.—Eastern Counties, York Extension, 335. 3d. p.— East Lincolnshire, 2 1 / 2 p.—Liverpool, Manchester, and New castle Junction, Is. p.—London and York, % p. reg.— Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midl an d, 1% p.—Man chester and L e eds Extensions, 13y p.—Northern Counties Union, IA dis.—North British, Thirds, 565. 4d. p.—Ditto, Quarters, 475. p. ,SHEFFIELD, JANUARY 6. STOCK ExcHANGE.—The sales are—Ambergate, Notting ham, and Boston, 1 % p.—Manchester Grimsby, and Shef fild, 25 dis.— Ditto, 20/. Shares, 18s. dis.—Ditto. Docks, 1 1 ,4 dis.—Ditto, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 11a. dis.—North British, Extension (scrip), 18s. 6d.—North. Western, l6s. p.—West Riding Union, 2 g p.—Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland, Bs. dis.—Sonth Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole, 9s. p.—Shef field, Rotherham, and Doncaster, 21s. p. EDINBURGH, JANUARY 5. STOCK ExctrAxGE.-The saljs are-Aberdeen, 25/. 155.- Airdrie and Bathgate. 41. Bs.-Arbroath and Forfar, 281.- Ditto, Halves, 151. 55.-Armagh and Portrush, 6s. 6d.- Ayr and Galloway, 21.-Caledonian, 301.-Ditto, New, 2/. 16s. 6d.-Caledonian and Dumbartonshire, 2'. 65.-Clydesdale Junction, 391. Ss.-Cornwall and Devon Central, 11. 155.- Deeside, 3/. 55.-Direct Northern. 2/. 188. 6d.-Dunblane, Donne, and Callender, I/. 155.-Dundee and Arbroath, 41/. ex new-Ditto. New. No. 1. 344-Ditto, New, No. 2, 294- Dundee and Perth, 274 17s. 6d.-Ditto, New, 14/. 55.-East of Fife, 2/. 17s. 6d.-East Lothian Central, 31. is. 6d.-Edin burgh and l3athgate, 31.-Edinburgh and Glasgow, 781.- Ditto, Halves, 224-Ditto, Quarters, 19/. 17s. 6d.-Edin burgh, Leith, and Granton, 211.-Ditto, Preference, 21/. 12s. 6d.-Edinburgh and Northern, 151. 10s. ex new-Ditto, New, 51. 1 s.-Ditto, Newport, 6/. 7s. ex new-Ditto, ditto, New, 31. 14s. 6d.-Edinburgh and Perth, 21.-Ditto, Si. 2s. 6d.-Glasgow and Ayrshire, 69/.-L-Ditto, New Stock, 381. 155.-Ditto, Quarters, 171. 7s 6d.-Ditto, Halves, 94 10s. -Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 6/. 10s.-Glasgow and Dundee Junction, 1/. 165.-Glasgow and Garnkirk, 411.- Glasgow General Terminus, 121.-Glasgow and Greenock, 174-Ditto, Halves, Si. 10s.-Ditto, Preference, 8/. 55.-Glas gow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 4/. 17s. 6d.-Great North of England, 2384-Great North of Scotland, 24 165.-Great Western, 1261.-London, Bristol, and South Wales, 1!. 3s. 6,1. -London and York, 21. 155.-Ditto, Extensions (scrip), 21. 10s.--Manchester and Leeds, 105 L-Ditto, Sixteenths, 81.- Ditto, Extensions, 3!.75.-Newcastle and Berwick, 351.- North British, 36/. 7s. 6d.-Ditto, Halves, 151. 10s.-Ditto, Thirds, 3/. 195.-Ditto, Quarters, 3/. 12s. 6d.-Ditto, New, scrip, 1/. I ls. 6d.-Ditto, Fifths, 71.-Scottish Central, 21/. 155.-Scottish Grand Junction, I/. 13s. 6d.-Scottish Mid land, 144 10s.-Shrewsbury and Hereford, 155.-Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester, 71: 55.-Ditto, New, IL ls.-Stirling and Dunfermline, 31. 18s.-Stirling and Midland, 21. 10s.- Strathern Junction, 44 -Wishaw and Coltness, 49L-York and Newcastle, 38/. ex new-Ditto, New, 151. 55.-Ditto, Preference, 71. 12s. 6d.-Direct Bombay and Madras, ss. 3d. -East Indian, Ils. 6d.-Great North of India, 4s. 3d.- Great Southern of Madras, 55.-Madras, Nellore, and Arcot, 3s. 3d. V C ' IS • 4 - SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING AMENDMENT OF THE LAY, r.` . - 1.4 A meeting of this society was held on redneidaiiit their rooms, 21, Regent-street, for the purpose of admit ting some new members, and of hearing a conpatinksitiiiii\J;%- , k -t from Mr. Boyle, of the state of New York (acti_cidate") s upon the law and practice of registering cleeelsa i luts instruments in the United States of Arneridi: The attendance of members was very thin. Lord Brougham presided. The SECRETARY having read the minutes, the following gentlemen, having been ballottcd for, were admitted members :—Messrs. Alexander Colvin, EdwardLawrance, A. E. Cockburn, F. N. Walsh, Alexander Pulling, and Peter Cator. Mr. STEWART, Q.C., then read the report upon the subject of registration of deeds in the- United States. The document, which was of a voluminous character, described the great facility for registering legal instru ments in the United States, and the economy with which letters of administration and probates of wills were obtained. The practice referred to was that which prevailed in the State of New Yerle, but the law, with differences of detail, was the same in all the states. In the State of New York there is a registrar of deeds, who takes custody of the legal records to which the report referred, but where there is no registrar of deeds, the state is divided into two counties, each county having an officer, bound in sureties, who, by virtue of his office, is the recording officer of that county, and takes charge of all records, which may be examined at his office without fee or reward. There is, in addition, another officer in each county, called the Surrogate, or Judge of Probate, who is empowered to grant letters testamentary and administration of wills. The registration of instruments affecting title to real estate is constituted, by filing the instrument in the office of the surrogate or clerk of the county in the county in which the estate exists, or in the several counties sepa rately, in which it may be situated, if there should be several, that being done, the registration is completed for all legal purposes. Parchment is seldom or never used, and on receiving the paper, the clerk of the county minutely examines it, and notes the day and even the hour when it is received, after which he has it carefully transcribed, and placed in the volume of public records. The instruments entitled to be thus recorded are all deeds and instruments conveying real estate, or creating an interest in real estate for more than a year, or other wise charging real estate for more than a year with effect to be valid against subsequent purchasers and mortgagees, and those instruments are only valid from the moment when they are thus formally recorded. In struments affecting less than freehold require one sub scribing witness, but if more than freehold, two sub scribing witnesses, and in every case a subscribing witness must appear before a judge of the Court of Record, or other person properly qualified, such as a commissioner of records, and prove that the party sign ing and sealing did so in his presence, and with the purpose set forth in the instrument. The greatest care is taken to secure the proper authentication and regis tration of such records, and any neglect of this is fatal to the validity of the document. Judgments and devises can by that record become liens for twenty years, and then, if necessary, the lien can be renewed by wire facing. The facility thus afforded of obtaining access to the volume of records has proved of great advantage to the public, and renders the expense of examining for records, &c., comparatively trifling. The report, which is very ably drawn, went at length into the details of the law upon this subject, the above being merely an outline of its leading features. The report was received, but without any decision on the part of the meeting either as to the approval or dis approval of the whole or any part of the details. There having been no other business before the society for that evening, the meeting adjourned to the first Wed• nesday in February. HIGHWAY ROBBERY AND AT- TEMPTED MURDER. A highway robbery, accompanied by very consider able violence, was, committed in the neighbourhood of Bristol on Monday night. It would seem that a young man, named John Tucker, bad hired himself as servant to a Mr. Watkins, who rents the rabbit warren and farm belonging to Sir John Smith, Bart., in Leigh woods, and on Monday evening, as he was on his way to bis place, he happened to call in at a roadside beer-house to have a little refreshment. There were several men drinking there, and not being suspicious of anything wrong, the young man incautiously pulled out his money in their presence. He paid for his beer and pro ceeded on his way, when, at about half a mile from tho beer-house, one of the men whom he had seen drinking there overtook him. They proceeded some distance in company, when, upon coming to a by part of the road, the man jumped before him, seised hold of his hands, and in a menacing tone demanded his money or his life. At the same moment a second man came up, and poor Tucker was knocked down and beaten. The man whe had demanded his money then began to plunder him, steal ing 19s. 6d. in money from his pockets, stripping him of his wearing apparel, and robbing him of a bundle of wearing apparel. Tucker struggled with them, and cried out " Murder," upon which the fellows swore they would kill him for making an alarm, and one of them seized him by the throat and tried to strangle him. After a time they ran off with their booty, leaving him upon the ground in a state, of exhaustion and alarm. As soon as he came to himself he vient back towards the beer house, and gave information of the injuries done him. The police of the Bedminster division immediately went in quest of the robbers, and in the course of the night they apprehended two men, named James Flower and Edward Milkins. Upon Milkins's person they found a portion of the stolen property, and several articles were likewise found in his liou , e. The fellows were taken before the magistrates on the following morning (Tues day), when Tucker identified them and the property found with Dinkins. He swore positively to Flower as having been the man who followed from the beer house and first attacked him, and to Milkins as having aided and abetted him in the robbery. Evidence was called to prove that the prisoners had been seen to follow the prosecutor from the beer•house, and they were both committed for trial. THE MYSTERIOUS ROBBERY BY A YOUNG FRENCHWOMAN. On Wednesday, at Winchester Sessions, Malvina F. de Saumarez, described in the calendar as of 19 years of age, and of superior education, was tried for having stolen, at Farehant, on the 28th of October last, a ja panned cash-box, containing 135 sovereigns, 23 half sovereigns, a guinea, and other articles, the property of Thomas Purkis. The extraordinary nature of this robbery, and the somewhat romantic circumstances attending it, of which a full notice appeared in this journal about two months since, created an intense interest in Hampshire, and long before the case was called on every available seat was occupied. A great number of ladies were in attend ance, and some belonging to the first families in the country were on the bench. The fact of the prisoner being a Frenchwoman had created considerable sympathy on her behalf, so much so as to induce several benevolent individuals to furnish the means of providing her with counsel. The prisoner, who was led into the dock, appeared to have suffered much during her lengthened imprisonment. She was respectably dressed, and wore a black veil, ap parently to conceal her features from the public, and during the whole proceeding avoided observation as much as possible. The facts stated in evidence were to the same effect as those deposed by to the witnesses during the examination before the magistrates. The CHAIRMAN (Sir W. Heathcote, Bart.), summed up the evidence with great precision, and the jury, after a short consultation, returned a verdict of Guilty. The prosecutor recommended the prisoner to mercy. The CHAIRMAN then said, notwithstanding the recom mendation to mercy, he could not discover any exte nuating circumstances in the ease. He had seldom seen cases where the advantages of education had been applied to such deep -laid schemes of vice. The sentence of the Court was, ten years' transportation. The decision appeared to create extreme surprise, and the prisoner fainted. PUNCH'S MESSAGE TO CONGEESS.—Gentlemen,— Brevity is the soul of Punch; he will not, therefore, like Polk, write you a letter as long, but not so lively, as a volume of " Sam Slick." Your thanks are due to your national stars for the successful settlement of the Oregon question. You will learn with regret that you are in a decided fix. With a view to business you have marched into Mexico; but you have no business there. You are likely to meet with more drubbings than dollars. You had better imitate a former King of France, with his thirty thousand men, and march back again. If you do not take care, you will involve yourself in a national debt. You owe quite enough already; and I recommend you to pay it as soon as possible. I advise you to repu diate—not indebtedness, but—slavery. Industry is more profitable, and less hazardous, than annexation. The amendment of the law of Lynch is worthy of your con sideration. Gentlemen, a happy new year.—Punch. p L re co s n s po tr tr ain An o n ft I wish you a merry sessio n, a n d BRIGHTON MIRACULOUSxp it z E so sc T s itA PE IN. O ZTh r e uE ex Monday morning reached London an hour and ten minutes behind its time, owing to an accident of a very a larming character. The train started from Brighton. gn i o gge a , r se but.ibh othe x immediatelyfelt first some thing oc ar riage, a s usual, ten minutes before nine o'clock, and proceeded s a a f l l t erri it right ta passedt far as taahsse attached Stoat's station t Nest thoe tphae s s t is a ue tn thing give way, and almo s t a t the luggage-box , instant the carriage sunk, but still kept on its course. The pas sengers were greatly a l arme d , not knowing what was the matter. The passengers in the third carriage were still more alarmed on finding the wheels of that car riage protruding through the bottom. All of them had the presence of mind to keep their seats, but in a dreadful state of alarm. In a few moments they were somewhat relieved by finding the pace gradually slacken, till they came to a stand-still, and the whole of them got out in safety. On examining the train, it was found that the axle and the wheels were entirely gone from the first carriage, which, when stopped, was off the line, but was still attached to the other carriages by the coupling chains. The second and third carriages were off the line on the opposite side, and greatly damaged. Mr. Rowland Hill, Mr. Peter Clarke (the manager of the London and Brighton Railway), and Colonel Lane Fox, were in the train at the time. SUDDEN DEATH OF THE COMPTROLLER-GENERAL AT SOMERSET-HOUSE. —Wednesday evening an inquest was held bet ore Wm. Carter. Esq., on the body of WM. Furdige, Esq., the Comptroller at Somerset-house. It appeared by the evidence, that on Monday week last the deceased, who resided close by the Duke of York in the Camberwell New-road, where the ir quest was held. was putting on his boots, when he became suddenly ill, and fell from his chair and died. Verdict " That the de. ceased died from natural causes." GLASGOW, JANUARY 5. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Aberdeen, 25 1 ,4—Ayr and Galloway, 42s.—Caledonian, New, 575. 6d.—Caledonian and Dumbartonshire, 455., stock—Direct Northern (scrip), 58s.—Dundee and Perth, 271. 14s.—Eastern Counties. York Extension, 76s.—East of Fife, 57s.—East Indian, u s. 6d.— Edinburgh and Bathgate, 60s.—Edinburgh and Glasgow, Quarters, 19%—Edinhurgh and Perth, 64s.—Glasgow, Kil marnock, and Ayr. 701.—Ditto, Halves, 91. 9s.—Glasgow Dumfries, and Carlisle, 6/. Ils. 6d.—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, sX—Glasgow, Airdrie, and Monkland Junc tion, 72s.—Great North of India, 3s. 3d.—Manchester and Southampton, 395. 6d.---Midland, Halves, 7%—Newcastleand Berwick, 351. —North British, Thirds, 78s.—Paisley, Barrhead, and Hurlet, 75s.—Scottish Grand Junction, 28s. '6d.—Stirlibg and Dunfermline, 78s. 6d. THE OLD YEAR AND THE NEW (From Punch.) 1846 speaks : I faint upon December's lap of snow, I watch my lees of life drop one by one; Young forty-seven is on the watch below, To fill my shoes, almost ere breath be gone. But listen, greedy heir, though faint and old, My heart is big with work, not worked in vain ; This hand, now palsied, 'forced Protection's hold, And loosed the giant Commerce from his chain. And all this night, the last night of my life, Ere I go hence to join the ghosts of Time, I have had glorious visions.—War and Strife Lay dead, and by them Hunger, Hate, and Crime. And Peace and Plenty, Knowledge, Hope, and Love, Shone round my bed like angels, and bowed down To my dim eyes; and then there came a dove, That placed on my frore hair an olive crown. Who will crown thee, young upstart? What remains Of glory such as mine beneath the stars? The year, that shook from industry her chains, The year that spoke the doom of human wars! 1847 answers:— Scowl not in death, old sire, nor think my hand Would break one leaf from off thy crown :—in thee I bow to a great year; but through the land Achievement large enough is left for me. Thy boon is incomplete; what thou hest given, Material blessing to material man, — Who waits what I must do, ere he have striven Up to the compass of his human span. Thou gayest wealth—l'll teach him how to use it; Thou gayest peace—its arts I must bestow ; War, thanks to thee, is such, that they who choose it Choose isolation, beggary, and woe. But ignorance is left, and where that is, Is war 'twist light and darkness; be it mine To chase that darkness back to the abyss, To lift that light, wide as age, sex, or clime. What schools must I not build? What prisons purge? What self-conteuted foulness clear a wa y ? - Oh, there is work for me—and in my dirge Deeds may be told great as in thine to-day I MANCHESTER BOROUGH ELECTION.—We are now in a condition to announce that the Earl of Lincoln will speedily be amongst us. We understand that a latter was received yesterday from his Lordship, by Mr. Alderman Neild, intimating his compliance with the request of the committee to attend a meeting of his supporters. We believe the Noble Earl will arrive hero on Monday, and the meeting will in all probability take place on Tuesday evening next. We understand that his Lordship, during his stay here, will be the guest of Mr. John Peel, of Swinton Park.—Manchester Guardian. _ ~. _.y. ... 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