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Th's Institution embraces important and substantial advantages pith respect td life assuranctA and deferred annuities. The assured has, on all occasions; the power to borrow, without expense or ior ,felture of the policy, two•thirds of the premiums paid (see Table); also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his in terests to meet other conveniencies or necessity. - Assurances for terms of years on the lowest possible rates. The increasin DIVISION OF PROFITS. g prosperity of the Society has enabled the Directors bo at the ar.nnal meeting held on the 12th May. 1847, to declare a fifth , ‘ n,.tts, varying from 3.5 to 85 per cent. on the premiums p aid on each l'uncY effected on the profit scale. EXAMPLES. . h.. _ .4 —). Animal !Polley Perms- Sum the A Bonus in 'lent lie- Assured ' E f a ' . Pre- j taken addition Bonus in duetion of may bor ,to 1 Mium. lout In to ~..nt "" C as h. Annual row on --... I I Assured. Premiums. Po.icy. X s. d. l £ a d. £ s. d. £ s. d. r 1837 243 9 3112 8 5 18 4 6 494 8 10 n ,ti Xs. 3 d. I 1838 218 4 8 99 8 10 15 13 5 445 0 0 60 100 0 74 ,i. 1839 192 110 86 9 3 13 4 9 395 11 1 1850 143 5 10, 66 8 4 919 1 346 2 3 1841 138 14 21 61 17 61 9 9 2 296 13 4 • -_______ l 1842 111 68 , 4910 01 710 4 1 247 4 5 The ~‘ .. A offic e. Report, with tables of rates, Re., may be had at t he b e " r * nY of its branches i n the country ; or, on application. will 'forward ed post free. F. FERGUSON" CAIIROUX, Secritary - NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASU RANC.',E SOCIETY. OFFICE, 25, COR Nll IL 1., LONDON. Capital 500,0001. • The g Empowered by Act of Parliament. .ti on . i Ylltein andef Annuities. originally proposed by the Na te:t ‘ , o l .an FLife Assurance Society, for the better advance. • th e the objects of Benefit and Friendly Societies, having received F a PProbatiou of a considerable body cf the active membei and ce.rs of those Instit u ti ons, an d th e Di re ctors of the National Loan Eki So ciety having been urgently solicited by them to establish a sZtl i l Office in connexion with those Cocieties and the Operative gag e d FnerallY , in which their services might be successfully en tem ' ,0 111Mittee has been sanctioried by the Directors to open eft4 u nication with the diff e rent Societies, with the view of more Q ua llY disseminating the valuable benefits amongst the Indus aB classes, and a plan has been . .)roposed with that object. ADDRESS OF THE COMMITTEE. ManY Praiseworthy but ineffectual attempts have been made to • b rine witin Mon n the scope and operation of the laws of mortality and the savings of the industrious classes, as well as various cal culationsinnuedi regulatieg their distribution, having for their object either A _ate. contingent, or deferred benefits. !Ira e tion " ',Wit examination, however, will demonstrate that the con a free choice of investment, of these associations or societies is defective; and that in 'l,7ad of affording an easy access and . suet ehoniel be the privilege of every one , they confine too nar rowly this 'cannel through which a benefit can alone be secured ; w;7 4 ' I° P r oPertion as their action is circumscribed and embarrassed, tndividt eir utility is limited. For example, it is not to every individual t° every class amongst the industrious community, that provision ell" Of Sickness Is an object of such importance as to call for more a att r .„,, "ein iarY aaerinee ; while to others such a provision appears . .---...,.. Ye. and the loss of employment caused by siekness t ' 017 - th " a i twhlch they desire to be guarded. For this anoma o a 5,,,,, there is an effective an l u s s a st rt a a t it e „,—, et covering, by one weekly d simple re a r p e a d y y m ; o t t li t. a t t w i o s or annu each separate r e lluneent or deferred benefits, so to arrange it that o th r more a y , !Al,ef.ist should have its separate contribution. e w ", l , to not having observed this rule, and a to sie t k he m as lo s w oc a i n a e t e ior a i n o d f a „ ° ‘nesirnilar funations. and by confounding aqsnnuity fund in one and the self-same P a3 t . Benefit Societies. andMismai t has arisen among 144 ) of a sick - mechanismessAwnac can be so perfect for the management constant sectional asso ciation Provision as that afforded by Mi._ and watchftilness of the several membertsucoomyeeoxseirncgisietd,, allnyd fi !earis a thorough and constant check is mu I t - n " t e4 i )ut tee really sick are likely to become chargeable upon it. aso 4 farad is to be accumulated through a successio . i n i v o e f s y m e j a e r n s t , . b o i l ; where results arc to bear out calculations, money i Po e t. ess i° It th e o ne ui r d al beyond the ek kn uese reasons it is clear that the fends destined for a pro ed l a experience of the industrious vi c s l i aszt Provhdon for old age : be kept entirely distinct from the fund intend as silitt• R eeause tke laws of sickness and mortality, though apparently sr e _ted. do not depend on the same calculation. secure a ls-7 Bed' there are a great number who, in order . to for Provision in old age are willing to take the risk of providing ro !Able sickness on themselves. c o ._ a n ecanse the responsibility of managing a provisien for old age. with to a distant period is, in a great measure, ineemPat rr ib e l s .. "n htar aPonsibil,, ui Y assocaions, fluctating laws, and dividual i Im ola nY, and more i t exposed to n a failure in the performance of oree mr r n tract , that when undertakes on the same principles that AA ,. .IY themmercial kodie;. "a Recause expenses of providing for sickness must, when flatted nish the same payment with provision for old age, tend to dimi a_nesallil more this p rov i s i on : nor is it wisdom or goo d policy to arim en het one for the sake of the other. of theessed with these convictions and with an intimate know Ledge ,a,_,en discussions passing within the bosom of many of the existing adoapttintached 'flante Sty and Benefit Societies, the parties whose names are here eri, have had several meetings, with a view to 4.1..- an a reMedy for those and other evils ; and in h e t f o hi p s r i e n p a e n a n n e g r od, unity, '_' a additional force to the principles of brother s._ l niitUal aid, on which friendly societies are based, by guarding 'e.nn.errorn the risks of sudden dissolution. Pr:n much diligent search amore:st the combinations ingeniously objects from time to time for the attainment of one of the principal in sink e t Frie ndly and Benefit Societies, they have found none equal an , a ,. P city and c omprehensiveness of design, as well as forethoug p ro '3lllPathy for the wants of the industrious classes, as the plait tre e that the National Loan Fund Life Assurance Society. I . t otherne- ar Proeisio ne author of that plan has furnished an argument against ment &gains Pedie ; in si ckness; but, without concurring in the immediate WE enn,,ert or Rreatlabandoning a provision in sickness, no one can read the the plan itself, without being fully satisfied that the .ence and safety of Friendly and Renefit Societies will be alloway,.. secured and consulted, by separating the payment of a sick IpaA A u p .: from an annuity for old age. in.e_tation having waited on . the directors of the made National Loan them 1 ....7 , !? met in the handsomest manner the overtures bu s e to ,7 me establishment of a separate office for the transaction of of dustrtoese connected with Friendly and Benefit Societies, and the in stltutin classes in general, resolutions have been entered into, coint nent,..s the undersigned as a Committee, with power to add to s e 0 ,,7±1 for the promulgation of the benefits contained in the atn and wrOhsPectus, under the guarantee of the Capital of the sociey, wi th ,`_c. , without interfering with the numerous objects connected . opio,,ie Institution of Benefit and Friendly Societies, will in their t o 4 , " a n greatly enlarge their oldsphere of utility, and afford a protection t he li e .._. '".°r king classes in age and adversity, which nothing up to -*yin day e Th orn ,. -,,e h as adequately secured to them. John isurthorn, P.C.R., Ancient Order of Foresters. J ohn - Vlssell. C• l l_,, Ancient Order of Foresters. Jai n cordon D.% , Ancient Order of Foresters. Re m ; u"aule, D.C.R.;Ancient Order y of Foresters. Jceepe s i Ti t , P.O. Manchester Unity of Odd Fellows. Jos eph n ' neent w.. ..,,,, Ls ;0. C.S., Manchester Unity of Odd Fellows. Same 1 - 3,F,X...0.F Order of Old Friends. e - ` nu rell, D.C.R.. " Ancient Order of Foresters. . LiF b'ERRED ANNUITIES. t j u l t a e te t. 117.- ; I L Nrsoi, aged 24 next birthday, by the annual pay • l's or i a meat of 75., or monthly payments of 21 . 2d " q uarter yp y Al May secure, on attaining the age of 60, the.opt ion or re- . n g Annuity, 101. les. 2d. ; Cash down, lO7f. SC; era hhl Life, 1371. 17s. Example. —A person aged 26 next birthday , may secure , on at taining the age of 60, a n Annuity of 101.. w ith the other options, by payment the a nnual o f It. as. 93.. or a single payment of 221 . 17 s. 34 .; d or on pay ment of 61. 14s. 3d. for disparity, he will be entitled to the same benefits by an annual payment of 18s. I Id., the same as erag xa e m 2a ple le . 1 person aged 30 next birthday, by the annual pay of It. 65., or quarterly payment of 75., or monthly payment :r e 2 R s t . 2d., may secure on attaining the age of 65, the option of re- Ileiving nuity, 18/. Os. 4d.; cash down, 1481. 128. ;or a policy on his life 1751. I Is. Example.—A person aged 35 next birthday, by the annual pay ment of 11.65., or quarterly payment of 75., or monthly payment of 2s. Id., may secure, on attaining the age of 65, the option of re ceiving Annuity, 181. Os. 4d. ; cash down, 148/. 123. ; or a policy on MS life, 1751. ids. LIFE ASSURANCE. Example. —A person at the age of 30 next birthday may secure the sum et 1001. payable at his death, whenever it may happen, and also Participate in the Annual Division ‘f Profits, by the annual pay ment of 21. 9s. 3d. Example. -1 person at the age of 25 next birthday, by the pay tent of 4s. p er mon th, or I s . per week, may secure the sum of 11w?"s• payab l e at his death, whenever it may happe n, and like se share in the annual profits of the Society. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Secretary. IMPERIAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, CORNHILL, LONDON. DIRECTORS. nENRT JAMES PRESCOTT, Esq., Chairman. j ai , GEORGE FIELD, Esq., Deputy Cha i rm an. C. C. Bell. Esq, Daniel Mildred, Esq. 'Michael Bland, Esq. James G. Murdoch, Esq. Charles Francis Cobb, Esq. John Horsley Palmer, Esq. int irevf Colvile, Esq. Henry Pearse, Esq. Geo rge Henry Cutler, Esq. George Reid , Esq. ,rhGeorge Hibbert, Esq. William R. Robinson , Esq . Pou°,. B • Newman Hunt, Esq. Newman Smith , Esq. sig rm .-FIFTHS or 80 per Cent., of the PROFITS will be as semi t ° Policies every fifth year, and may be applied to increase the ..Ti.ured, to an immediate payment in cash, or to the red uction e'folate extinction of future premiums, as shown in the follow rßOFlTS `4n,Ple to POLICIES of 25 TEARS STANDING, entitled to participate in the Bonus declared in 1846. tee` at Cash paid on' Or Prem. And an- Sum' Annual Bonus surrender reduced nual re 'Mired.ed. Premium. added. of Bonus. to. turn of. 13 ,t £s. d. £s. d. £s.d. £ s. d.l £ s. d. 20 100 0 19 510 451 5 0 174 12 3 8 691 30 1000 21 15 10 451 5 0 193 12 2 815 0 40 1 050 26 14 2 451 5 0 236 18 7 710 5 1 0 10 00 33 19 2 451 5 0 284 0 6 49 8 60 I 10 00 45 6 8 451 5 0 335 911 4.19 4 Imo 63 13 4 451 5 0 384 12 5 ...... ,36 10 6 nstira rat" . flees without participation in profits effected at reduced now given and an explanatory statement of other advantag es "'w given by this Company, may be bad at the Chief Offices as abe Ve , at the Branch Office, 16, Pall-mall ; or of the Agents. SAMUEL INOALL, Actuary. ROWLANDS' ODONTO, or, PEARL DEN TIFRICE, a FRAGRANT WHITE POWDER, prepared frarn oriental herbs of Inestimable virtue for preserving and beauti fying the TEETH and strengthening the GUMS. It eradicates tartar from the teeth, and thus lends a salutary growth and freshness to the gums. It removes from the surface of the Teeth the spots of Incipient decay, polishes and preserves the enamel, imparting the most pure and pearl-like whiteness; while, from its salubrious and disinfecting qualities, it gives sweetness and perfume to the breath. Being an anti-scorbutic, the gums also share in its corrective powers; Scurvy is eradicated from them, and a healthy action and redness are induced, so that the teeth (if loose) are thus rendered firm in their sockets. As the most efficient and fragrant aromatic Tooth Powder ever know, ROWLAND' ODONTO has for a long series of years occupied a distinguished place at the toilets of the Sovereigns and the Nohility throughout Europe. Price 2s. 9d per box. CACTION.—To protect the public from fraud, the Hon. Commis sioners of Stamps have directed the proprietors' name and address to be engraved on the Government stamp, thus "A. ROWLAND and SO X. 2 0, Hatton-garden," which is affixed on each box. Sold by the Proprietors, and by Chemists and Perfumers. ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AI)N MATURITY. Just published, TWENTY-FIDE COLOURED ENGRAVINGS. dust published, Twentieth Thousand, in a sealed envelope, prick 2s. 6d . ar post paid, to any address, tor 3s. 6d. in Postage tam;,s direct from the Author's residence. SELF. PItESERVATION : A Medical Treatit.e on the Secret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and Melte,' y. oe'rated with Twenty-five Coloured Plates on the Anatomy. 1 , r Y ,t b) i.gY, and Diseasee of the Urinary and Reproductive Organs, the their various structur es, uses, and functions, and showing e injuries that are produced in them, by solitary habits, and ether ;j e a ses • With Practical Observa tions on the Treatment of Nervous th "" 4 Y. Local and Constitutional Weakness, and other diseases of e Urethra. / 1 3' SAMUEL T.&'MERT, CONSULTING SURGEON, 141 ttr 9, iledforki-street, Bedford-square, London; Membulated Member of the University of Edinburgh, Honorer. er of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate Pe fhecaries' Hall, London, Ste., B De. CONTENTS Or THE TREATISE. CU T ., Endo" 4 / 1- On the Philosophy of Marriage, with its Hindrance US A?i .„,g ati onsi , and on Infelicitous and Unproductive Unions.- o,'" 2. On the Anatomy and rhysiology of the Generativ• their functions, structures, and secretions, proving that gres and Physical Power are dependant upon their healthy action Ani m t PT i v E lt On Solitary Habits; their various eflects on th. of the e°n°l° 3' ; the concealed cause of Debility of the function e _e Stomach, Lungs, and Brain, and general weakness of th• and n t . Faculties. CusrrEtt 4. On the Secret Disorders of Tout' .. M .ecet and the Treatment of Nervous and Local Weakness, n al Debit', the -.Y. and Premature Decay.—Crierrans 5 and 6. Or arising from indiscriminate Excess, Goanorlicea t, Strictures, and other Diseases of .he Urethra. I. E VIEW 2 07 TUE WORK. "The auth or of this singular and talente d w ork is a legally quail nllllllcal man, who has , vidently had consider able experience o, the trr tnient of the various disorders arising from the wines an.' 7 n alltie, of early i n di scretion. The engrav i ng s :.re an invaluable ad litio--. . h 1 . demonstrating the consequences of excesses, which Intl: . tna as a salutary warning to youth and maturity, and by Its Penis t De Its may be satisfactorily replied to, that admit i no at). t, t i h e e ha tu tu tt:o s r 2 , ; Published to the most confidential friend."—Era. ~ entedanbc?' Mtn K aPnadtemnaley,stebre-Ir ; at his residence, Also Hannay and Co. , 61 , ,: rd- street Starts, Tichborne-street, Quadrant; Goriton, 14 . . e I hnitall-stfbet, London • Newton, IG, Church-street , L iver p ool and Y ail Booksellers ' ' ny A e t lloine f or Consultation daily, rota Nine till. Two, and Ito. , h° fe tili e 1 gla ; and all letters immediately replied to, if Contain in g ErAu. LOlexm. ° f°r ad viceilk.-8 BEDFORD-STREET BEDFORD- taCk e ! )COS ..-- F olll° Di °lir to , of agog ° Kosre' KI II°6 ..'''. leorg t e ,; ter , 4 Ili 01 oil; G. LONDON, MON DAY MORNING SUN, TO THE ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF LONDON. GENTLExEN, IHAVE been invited by a large number of my fellow Citizens to become a Candidate for the representation of the City in Parliament, at the ensuing Election, and I respect fully announce to you my intention to solicit your suffrages so soon as Parliament shall be dissolved. Having spent the win le of my life In active pursuits, both official and commercial, within the Cities of London and Westmin , ter, my character and my opinions upon the great political subjects which have for some years bean u der public discussion, are too well known to require explanation. I profess a firm adherence to those opinions and a determination to act upon them, whenever occasion shall require. I shall, at the same time, be always ready to unite with men of all parties in endeavouring to effect such improvements in our social institutions, as may be considered IPtely to tend to the pre servation of our admirable Constitution in Church and State, and the bettering the condition of the people. Being an Alderman of the Corporation of London, if it should be your ,:easure to honour me with your confidence, I shall have an additional satisfaction in teeing a revival of the period when it was the custom that the representation of the City, should include one or more of that body. I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, your most obedient JOHN SO. London, May 14, 1847. TO THE ELECTORS OF THE BOROUGH OF MARTLEBONE GENTLTAIEN AND BROTHER ELECTORS, MANY of your body having invited me to an nounce myself as a CANDIDATE for the Representation of the Borough. I hesitate to take any step whatever till the feelings of the Electors shall be known—whether, notwithstanding Sir Charles Napier's present position, it is their intention again to support him. As probably a few days will determine this question, I shall act most in accordance with my own feelings (especially as I acted as Chairman of his Committee at the last Election) to respectfully wait that decision. I have the honour to be, Gentlemen and Brother Electors, Your faithful servant, JOHN BAJSHAWE 17, Gloucester-place, Portman-square, May 15, 1847. GUILDHALL, 13th MAX, 1847.—The COM MITTEE for LETTING the CITY'S LANDS will meet at Guildhall, on WEDNESDAY, the 26th day of May instant. at One o'Clock precisely, to receive TENDERS for a BUILDING LEASE of 61 years, from Midsummer next, of a WHARF and PREMISES on the east side of Puddle Dock, on the south side of Upper Thames street, and on the north side of the River Thames, and also for let ting on lease for 91 years from Midsummer next, a House, No. 6, on the south side of St. Mary-axe, Houndsditch. The conditions for letting the said premises may be seen by apply ing at the Office of Works, Guildhall. THOS. SAUNDERS, Comptroller, E ASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. YORK EXTENSION SHARES. The SECOND INSTALMENT of the FIRST CALL upon the B QUARTERS of THESE SHARES will be due on the 19th instant, and must be paid on or before that day. By order, C. P. RONEY, Secretary. Bishopsgate station, May 7, 1847. L ONDON and SOUTH WESTERN RAIL WAY COMPANY. TENDERS FOR LOANS ON DEBENTURES. This Company is willing to receive TENDERS to the extent of 150,000/. en DEBENTURES, bearing interest at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum, payable half-yearly, in sums of not less than 1,000 1 ., and for periods of Three or Five Years. Applications to be made to Mr. Morgan, Treasurer of the Company, Nine Elms. By order of the Directors, P. LAURENTZ CAMPBELL, Secretary. Nine Elms, Vauxhall, May 11, 1847______________ ASCOT RACES.-GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—.Notice is hereby given, that on TUESDAY, the Ist of June, and on THURSDAY, the 3d of June, SPECIAL TRAINS will run between Paddington and Slough, for the conve nience of parties attending Ascot Races. Additional booking offices will he opened at Paddington, and in order to prevent as far as pos sible, the inconvenience ex! erienced in endeavouring to procure tickets during the crowded state of the booking offices, the Directors have determined to bane First and Second Class Tickets at the Paus d dington Station for any or all of th e race da y s upon any previo evening, the holders of which, upon showing them, will be admitted to the platform through the iron carriage gates, without having to pass through the booking offices. Tickets so taken will not require to be stamped on the return journey, but merely shows on entering the the trains. These tickets can als o be obtained on application Railway Offices, No. 449, West Strand ; 29, Gresham-street. Bank ; and at Messrs. Tattersal's, Grosvenor-place, Hyde Park Corner, on MONDAY and the subsequent days. Persons wishing to send carriages or horses to Slough or Maiden .head for Ascot Races, must make early application at the railway stations to secure a truck or horse-box for that purpose. Handbills giving full particulars of the Trains, &c., will be issued, and may be obtained at the Railway Offices on and after WEDNES DAY, the 19th of May. By order of the Directors, CHARLES SAUNDERS, Secretary. PaddTngton, May 17, 1847. ASCOT RACES.—Mr. DYSON, of Winds or, :Contractor for the Omibuses to and from the Slough Station of the Great Western Railway, begs to inform the public that he has arranged for the plentiful supply of well appointed OMNI BUSES, to coach from the Slough station to ASCOT and back on the four race days. These Omnibuses will be conveniently placed in the station yard. with the sanction of the Railway Company, ready to start for the course on the arrival of the several trains. They will be conspicuously marked with Mr. Dyson's name, and numbered so that gentlemen may easily recognize, in the afternoon, the vehicles that conveyed them in the morning. All the Omnibuses will leave the course a quarter of an hour after the last Race on each day. The fare will be 103. for the journey from Slough to Ascot and back. BUILDING LAND. L WANTED from THREE t o TEN acres o f FREEHOAND at a convennt LONDON, contiguous LD to a Railway Station o r otherwise distance easy from of access, applicable for the erection of Alms Houses. Information with particulars (post free) to be addressed to Robert Thomas Cracefix, L.L.D., Grove, Gravesend. N THE CONCEALED CAUSE THAT PREYS ON THE HEALTH AND SHORTENS THE DURATION OF HUMAN LIFE. ILLUSTRATED WITH COLOURED ENGEAVINGS, Just Published, in a Sealed Envelope, price 2s. 6d.. or free by post, 3s. 6d. coNTilouL OF - THE PASSIONS . • _a P opular Inquiry into the Concealed Cause of its premature Decline ' with Instructions for its Ccmplete Res t o r a tio n. Addressed to those suffering from the destructive consequences of excessive indulgence, terminating in Mental and Nervous Debility, Local or Constitutional Weakness, Indigestion, and Consumption. Including a comprehen 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. Member of the London College of Medicine, &c. &c, CONTENTS OF THE WORK, Chap. I..—Bodily and Mental Exhaustion induced by inordinate indulgence of the Passions, illustrated with Coloured Engravings. Chap. 2.—Baneful Results of a Secret Vice on the Mind and Body, evidenced in the production of Consumption, Epilepsy, and other convulsive diseases, Insanity, Idioey, moping Melancholy, Indiges tion, Stricture, Impotence, and Sterility, with Observations on the Duties of Married Life, and on the unhappiness caused by Unfruitful Unions. Chap. 3.—Debility and Exhaustion of the principal Vital Functions, the nature and treatment of Impotence and Sterility, and the imperfect performance of the Marital act, caused by t he practice of self-indulgence. Chap. 4.—Gonorrhoea, its symptoms, complica tions and treatment, Gleet, Stricture, and disease of the Prostate. Chap. s.—Syphilis, and its attendant maladies and treatment. Cases, and concluding observations, Plates, &c. Sold by Brittain, 11, Paternoster-row ; Gord in, 116, Leadenhall street ; Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford-street ; Noble, 114, Chancery lane; Mansell, 115, Fleet-street; Wlnhal, 78, High-street, Bir mingham; Whitmore, 119, Market-street, Manchester ; Howell, 54, Church-street, Liverpool; Robinson, 11, Greenside street, Edinburgh ; Powell, 10, Westnioreland-street, Dublin ; and all Booksellers. 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. Messrs. Lucas aid Co. are to be consnited from Tenti 11 rwo, and from Five till Eight in the evening, at their residence, No. 60, Newman-street, Oxford-street, London, and country patients may be successfully treated, en minutely describing their ease, and enclos ing the usual fee of 11. for advice. ALIVELY LAY for the DERBY DAY. Oh, my muse awakes, for the pending stakes Have tempted her to sing, A lively lay for the Derby Day, That glorious day of spring. What crowds will resort to the scene of the sport. To gaze on the Epsom course. And, oh, how the " start" will thrill through each heart, While the eye swiftly follows each horse. That day, with its " ride," at once must decide How hundreds of thousands will fare, • Importance is In it. and one single minute Must apportion to each one his share. Hurrah for the course, and hurrah for each horse. May the Derby be worthily won, And may all who obtain, improve what they-gain, By visiting MOSES and SON. Their's, the'r'e is the mart for a suit that is smart, And a suit that is flt for the sport ; And the grand Derby day, on the eighteenth of May, Will show you what dresses are bou;ht. Ev'ry race that is run speaks of MOSES and SON, And a proof of their merit discloses, And the grand Derby day will proudly display The trading achievements of MOSES. Observe—This Establishment will be closed on Thursday evening, May 20, at seven o'clock, till Saturday evening at eight o'clock, when business will be resumed till twelve. A new Work, entitled " FASHIONS FAVOURITE," with a List of Prices, and DireCtions for Self-Measurement, can be had on application, or forwarded post-ree. LIST OF PRICES. MADE TO XIWIERI. Cashmere Codrington, front • • .......... ......... • 1 2 0 . .£ 16 6 Taglionts, silk collar and cuffs .. • • • • • • •• " •• •••• •• • Cambridge Coat, lined throughout ••• • • • •• 25 0 ...... 0 16 0 Tweed Coats . Sporting Coat ••.••••• • • • •• .................. 0 13 6 Dress Coat.. ...... . . 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The state of the Money' Market is still the absorbing topic, and there can be little doubt it will continue to be so, until something is done to mitigate the existing pressure. Minis ters may persevere a little longer in their resistance to any alteration in the Bill of 1844, but they must, in the end, succumb to the force of circumstances. Even now we fancy we can discern indications of their feeling a presentiment that t hey must yield. The Chancellor of the Exchequer did not speak on Monday in the same decided terms not to relax the rigours of Peel's Bill which he did on previous occasions. Nor need we wonder at this, when we reflect on the nume rous deputations which have, within thelast fortnight,waited on him from London and Liverpool, to urge upon him the Inevitable ruin which will be brought on the mercantile ill • terests, should Ministers persevere in their adherence to the measure of 1844. And if the Right lion. Gentleman were beginning to waver before, he must have been still more shaken in his attachment to Peel's Bill, by the number of influential and intelligent Members, who, on Monday. ascribed to the operation of that Bill the terrible state things which now prevails. But what will be considered still more surprising and hopeful, is the fact, that even Sir Robert Peel himself, the author of the measure, manifestly begins to have misgivings as to the practical workings of the measure, in a season of adversity. On Monday night the ex- Premier distinctly stated that if it should be found on trial not to -work in the manner anticipated, no foolish parental affection for the measure would induce him to cling to it. Sir Robert, it is true, does not admit that a case has yet been made out against his Bill, but it is a great thing to extract from him an admission that its failure is within the bounds of possibility. He would have made no such admission three months ago. Altogether, indeed, we see abundant grounds to believe, that if Ministers be only sufficiently pressed they will: consent to capitulate. The Opponents of the measure must give the Premier and the Chancellor of the Exchequer no rest. Deputation after deputation must wait on them, to bring before them the disastrous effects which are daily pro duced by the Bill of 1844, and to repeat, over and over again, the expression of the universal belief prevailing among mer cantile men, that if some modification of the measure be not speedily made, there will be a complete extinction of trade and commerce. The complete failure of Peel's Bill has not taken by surprise the banking interests of the metropolis, nor the more intelligent of our City merchants. On the contrary, matters have just turned out as they expected and predicted. The measure was strenuously opposed, when before Parlia ment, by nearly all the London banking establishments. The only exception of note was that of Loyd Jones and Co., and the name of that firm was put down to a memorial against the Bill, though afterwards withdrawn from personal considerations, at the instance of one of the partners. The metropolitan banking opponents of the Bill drew up and pre sented to Sir Robert Peel a strong memorial on the question. And as that question is at this moment one of the gravest kind that ever came before the Legislature, we give, in this prominent part of our paper, the document referred to. Though brief, it is pregnant with force and full of meaning. It is this:— " TO THE RIGHT HON. SIR H. PEEL, BAR?., M.P. " Sir,—We, the undersigned bankers of London, are in duced, by the importance of the measure, and our interest in its success, to address you upon the subject of the Bank Charter Bill now before Parliament. " We were led to believe, when the measure was first brought forward, and we feel confident it was generally un derstood throughout the country, that although it was the intention of her Majesty's Government that the paper cir culation of the Bank of England in their issue department should lie limited to an amount not exceeding 14,000,0001., upon securities, yet that in the event of any particular crisis arising, a power was to be reserved by the Bill enabling the Bank of England, with the consent of the First Lord of the Treasury, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and the Master of the Mint, to extend their issue upon securities beyond that amount. " It is with considerable surprise that we find that the Bill now before the House of Commons does not contain any pro vision for an extension of the issue beyond 14,000,000 E upon securities, excepting under the special circumstances named in the sth clause of the Bill now before Parliament. " We are apprehensive that the absolute limitation of the issue to 14,000,0001., without any power of expansion being reserved, whether that amount be in itself a proper amount or not, will create a general feeling of uneasiness throughout the country, and by preventing the satisfactory reception of the measure, will deprive the scheme of many of the advan tages it posseses, and interfere with its success. " We respectfully submit that the effect of such an abso lute limitation will be to restrict the business of the country by leading to general withdrawal of legitimate accommoda tion unless some power be reserved by the Bill for extend ing the issue, with the sanction of the authorities above alluded to, in cases of emergency, to be made apparent to such authorities. Robarts, Curtis, and Co. Fullers and Co. Hanbury, Taylor, and Barnard, Dimsdale, Barnard, Lloyd. and Co. Bosanquet, Franks, and Co. Barnett, lioares and Co. Browu, Janson, and Co. Lubbock, Forster, and Co. Barclay, Bevan, Tritton, Stevenson, Salt, and Sons. and Co. Price Marryat, and Co. Hankey and Co. Spate, Banbury, and Co. Smith, Payne, and Smiths. Weston and Co. Willis, Percival, and Co. Twining and Co. Masterman, Peters, and Co. Dixon and Co. Rogers, Olding, and Co. Coutts and Co. Spooner, Attwood, and Co. Herries and Co. Currie and Co. Ransom and Co. Glyn, Halifax, Mills, and Strachan and Co. Co. Scott and Co. Williams and Co. Cockburn and Co. " Lombard-street, June, 11, 1844." It might have been supposed that such a document, pro ceeding from such eminent anthorities on the subject to which it related, would him 'induced the ex-Premier to pause and re-examine the grounds on which he had based his measure. He did no such thing. Priding himself on his fancied superiority to everybody else, as regarded a know ledge of currency and banking, he paid no attention to the representations of the bankers of the metropolis, but pressed the Bill through its various stages. Few will envy him his feelings now, when the event has so strikingly shown that he was altogether wrong, and that they were altogether right. The latter must experience no slight g ratification in the reflection, th a t they foresaw what the consequences AA the measure would be, and foretold them in th e most ex plicit terms. " When surrounded," says the Backers' Cir eular, "by the di s t ress of their oppressed and broken-hearted ,is one of those anomalies customers, what a s ource of satisfaction it must be to these men of foresight th at t h ey exerted themse l ves to avert the evil which now th reatens the ruin of the i r f r i e nds and the safety of their ow n pos i tions. Why the aut h ors of this mea sure should be a ll owe d to escape without the expr ession of public censure and i n di gnation re sulting from servil e convention, over w hi c h w e can do no thing but meditate, mourn, and murmur." RAILWAY LEGISLATION. _— The public are genera l ly aware that t h e present average of railway calls is a b out one million sterl i ng a week. They are also aware by thi s ti me that railway ca ll s a re not a mere that these calls den o t e an matter of account. P a i n f ul exp er i en ce has brought it ho me to every class, and to almost every perso n in the empire, materials, and labour, in works of prospe ct i ve utility, and an equivalent demand on th e existent stock, leading of course to a corresponding enhanc ement of these commo dities. In the green days of hope and cr e d u l ity, when c h ea p food was con sidered a national calamity , when the immediately available equivalent expen diture of food, resources of Europe and America were believed inexhaustible, and any undertaking whatever that returned 5 per cent. on calls paid up was thought to be therefore actually and at once reproductive, we found it impossible to fix the atten tion of the public or the Legislature to the serious character of the engagements in which the country at large was in volving itself. The present aspect of affairs, however, is one calculated to sober the most volatile minds, and tie them to the rigours of arithmetic. A Parliamentary return, of which we publish an abstract to-day, informs us exactly what we have already undertaken to spend and to pay. The Acts passed in the two last sessions authorise new calls and loans to the atount of 124,675,6551. The portion of this sum ac tually so raised is 28 ,320,020/. It follows that the sum yet to be raised in order to complete the lines granted in 1845 and 1846 is 96,355,635/. Supposing this to be spread over two years, it results that the popular average of a million a week is not far from the truth. There are, indeed, very few of the lines which the projectors do not contemplate finishing by May, 1849. We have our own opinion—the opinion we have always entertained and de clared—as to the possibility of this gigantic aggregate of un dertaking. We believe that it will involve the whole mer cantile world, and with it all the industrial classes, in diffi culties beyond our present experience. However, what is done cannot be helped. It seems agreed on all hands that this part of the experiment must work itself out. Nature: vis medicatriat, as exhibited in the spontaneous movements of commerce and trede, is to reduce the disorder. and heal the wounds inflicted by the public cupidity and rashness. The public attention is rather directed to the fresh undertakings now before Parliament. They can be confined to a safe compass, or subjected to prudent conditions. What, then, is their extent? The question is answered by the same Par liamentary return. The capital proposed to be raised by the Bills of this session is altogether 47,486,6741., of which 31,161,6741. is for extensions and other improvements of lines Bills xp e n w d i i l t l u r p e ass. already opened, and 16,325,0004, is for railways not yet en gagements, entailing a probable outlay of opened. Some of these are unopposed lines. Some are competing. Supposing all the objects to be sanctioned, con -01. a week for 120 weeks to the end of August, pass, there will then be an addition of about 24,000,0001. to soalibouBdr4eu,rriabai2llnyNooydam,3oo;oariesint hganthheal,vfeetkhley 1,200,000/. Two motions bearing upon the pending_ and all future Bills are now before the Commons. Mr. Hume has given notice of one for this evening, which proposes to put a serious check on the borrowing powers hitherto conceded to all railway companies. The power of contracting loans in the proportion of a third of their capital has immensely • creased the ability of the directors to push on the l nprogress of their lines. The object of the motion is that no company shall be allowed to use any new powers of raising m 3 with which it may be furnished by Parliament till it ht thoroughly exhaused its existing powers ; that, for e a. ex ample, I the Great Western,which has only x- t called for 851. out of every 100/. share, but which now, on the strength of cer tain extensions, is asking for power to issue new shares, loans, shall not be allowed and to contract new • its Bills to raise this new for tlwfo oynelyarshatlof capital, should it obtain .. this session, till it has called for, and realised, the remaining 15/, from the original share holders. Such is the remedy Mr. Hume proposes. Mr. Mackinnon has one of a less artificial character, and which certainly does look a very rude piece of le g i s l at i on. It is that n o railway company whose Bill shall have passed this ses sion, and which as yet has made no ca ll , shall be empowered to do so until the Ist day of January, 185 0. Such is the motion of which he has given notice for next Thursday, by which time he will probahy either give it a more definite withdrawll character, or withd raw iili al together. Of thi s l a tt er lan it is therefore needless to speak. O f the former, plan will con f ess an opinion that it promises to be than effective. more ve xat ious It will be a con siderable hardship e n the holders of original shares, many of whom are trustees, or people li v i ng on their divi dends, and wholly out of the sphere of the Money-market, to Lind themselves suddenly dunned for " calls," and obliged either to sell their shares at a loss, or t o b orrow money at a high rate of interest. The measure would, in fact, necessi tate an infinite number of small transactions, accompanied with much inconvenience, confusion, and loss; nor is it by any means certain that it would limit the enterprise or thwart the ingenuity of those potent and versatile person ages, the monarchs, and cabinets, and legal advisers of the great railway com panies. For our own part, we still abide by the view which from first to last we have maintained, N o. 17,054. Piucx SD. MAY 17, 1847. that it was not only competent to Parliament, but was its most obvious course, and its bounden duty, to lay down at the commencement of each session some general rules, with a view to an ultimate selection from the Bills. A Parliamen tary Committee, after using and reviewing the reports of the Railway Commission, might have indicated the chief railway desiderata of the country—viz., the districts most in want of communication, the aggregate of undertakings to which it was prudent to go with reference to the available resources of the country, and various o th er use f u l p re liminaries of legislation. We believe that nothing could be more easy and definite than such an inquiry. However the Fates were against us. A vain conceit of the infinitely expansive resources of the country, and of a certain tide o f prosperity which it was necessary to take at the flow, pre vailed' against our cautions. It was pronounced a heresy against free trade, and beyond the scope of Government, to assign any limit to mercantile speculation; and in a few short months, in great confusion, in the midst of blunders, squabbles, technicalities, jobbing, canvassing, haphazard, rascality, and chaos, there was passed an amount of Bills, under the burden of which this nation is now bowed to the ground. What is already done will not be mended till it mends itself, as it probably will, without the intervention of Ministers and Parliaments. But something may yet be done with the Bills now before the Legislature. There is still time to make a judicious and limited selection from them, marking out some few for immediate execution, and giving to others only a prospective sanction. There is no valid ob jection to such a measure. Railways are not simply com mercial speculations. They are distributions and assignments of the British territory; they are the foundation of a new heptarchy in these islands. Surely they are amenable to any sort of control the State may think fit to apply ; and surely the State is also bound to see, especially in these times, that the realm should suffer no hurt, and receive no wrong, as it certainly does by the enforced monopoly of its resources in speculations of remote and precarious advantage.—Times of yesterday. WATERFORD AND KILKENNY RAILWAY COMPANY. The half-yearly general meeting of this company was held on Friday, at the London Tavern ; P. S. Butler, Esq., M.P., President of the Board of Directors, in the chair. Mr. FAGAN said he would wish to ask the Chairman, be fore the reading of the report, whether it was intended to elect directors at the present meeting P The CHAIRMAN explained that three directors were to go out by rotation, and might be re-elected. Mr. Paonsr said he objected very strongly to that net being mentioned in the advertisement. Mr. EDWARDS, the solicitor of the company, thought though it might be usual; it was not necessary by the terms of the Act that such specification should be made. After some conversation on the subject it was arranged that, if it should be the wish of the company, the election of the directors should be postponed. The SECRETARY then read the report, which stated that in consequence of the Board of Works in Ireland having refused to lend the company any assistance in their undertaking except upon impracticable conditions, and the motion in Par liament for an advance of money for Irish railways having failed, the directors applied to the Prime Minister, by whom they were referred to the Public Works' Loan Commissioners, and on the 21st ultimo, as they announced, they succeeded in obtaining a promise of a loan of 83,0001. This loan was to be advanced on the following conditions, viz. The whole of the property possessed by the Company, both real and personal will have to be mortgaged as secu rity for the money advanced, and this preliminary ar rangement perfected, a sum of 23,000/. will be immedi ately paid to the Company, to be expended on the works of the line, and concurrently therewith, they will be required to expend a like sum of 23,0001. from their own funds, this (and more the directors trust)will be met by the arrears now in course of payment; upon the loan commissioners being satisfied of the due application of these two sums, amounting in the agregate to 46,0001., a further advance of 30,0001. will be made under similar conditions, which will (in October or November) involve the necessity of a call of 21. 10s. per share, to meet the outlay as before explained of an equivalent sum on the part of the company—this call, however, may be reduced in amount, in proportion as the arrears now duo shall be paid—satisfaction being again adduced of the expen diture of these sums, amounting to 60,000/., a third and last advance of 30,0001. more will be made, to meet which, a fur ther call of 21. 10s, will be required about a twelvemonth hence ; and it is much to be desired for the benefit of the best interests of the company, that these calls should be responded to in such a manner as to enable the directors to embrace the full advantages of the loan now conceded." The line between Kilkenny and Thomastown would have been completed as far as earthwork, bridges, &c., in March last, but for the backwardness of the shareholders, but those eleven miles, under all disadvantages, were in a very forward state, and would be ready to receive the traffic from Carlow to Dublin before the Irish South-Eastern Company would be in a position to avail themselves of it, whether the company would open their line between Kilkenny and Thomastown before the Irish South-Eastern Company opened their line between Carlow and the Waterford and Kilkenny line. The Government engineer, J. Walker, Esq., who had been sent over by the Loan Commissioners to inspect the line, had reported most favourably of the portion of the works already executed, and in reference to a portion between Kilkenny and Thomas Town, that there would be a clear revenue to pay the interest and repay the capital, not only of the first instalment of 23,0001„ but of the whole loan of 83,0001. The engineer's report stated that since November last no new works had been entered upon on that railway, excepting some small works at the Kilkenny station, which were necessary for making that station sufficient for traffic. The surveys had been completed as far as Waterford-bridge. The contracts already entered upon were proceeding, and every effort would be made to complete the works. From the financial statement, it appeared that the amount of deposits was 12,500/., that there was a balance of loan from the Carlow Extension Railway. The Parliamentary and law expenses amounted to 12,002/. Its. 111, and the balance at the bankers was 1,8751. The CnAinm.tx said that the report they had just heard read was so full as to leave him but little to notice. The specula tion in which they were embarked would turn out far more lucrative than was expected some time back. That he had received from the highest authority, and he would take the liberty of reading to them a passage from the speech of Lord George Bentinck on the subject of an advance of money for Irish railways. The Hon. Gentlemen here read the passage in question, in which the Noble Lord stated that there was a bona ,fide traffic of 1,500/. on the Great Southern and Western Irish Railway, and which spoke of the present line very favourably. As far as the direction was concerned, the directors were most anxious to promote the interests of the shareholders, and expedite the works. The Chairman concluded by proposing the adoption of the report. After an irregular and protracted discussion, Mr. LAYARD seconded the resolution, which was agreed to. The following gentlemen were then re-elected as directors, viz.:—Mr. Colman, Mr. Greene, and Mr. Lecombe ; and Mr. Webster was re-elected an auditor; and a resolution was passed reducing the remuneration of the auditors to 104 per annum. A special meeting was then held for the purpose of consi dering the confirmation of the forfeiture of sundry shares in arrear of calls. The SECRETARY read a statement, from which it appeared that the directors proposed to forfeit 1,692 shares, which was confirmed by that of the meeting. Thanks were voted to and acknowledged by the Chairman. The meeting then separated. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, MAT 14. STOCK EXCIIANGE.-The sales are-Eastern Counties, 19- East Lancashire, New 1 5 / dis.-London and North-Western, Quarters 14% p.-Ditto. New,Quarters, 9 1 ,4 p.-Manchester and Leeds, Fifths, (late W. R. U.), 3s. 9d. p.-Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Eighths, 2 1 ,4 dis.-Midland Stock, 114 3 /4-Ditto, New, 2 p.-Leeds and Thirsk, 6 dis.- Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire, 1 3 / 4 dis.-North Staf fordshire, 1 3 / 4 p.-Shropshire Union Railway and Canal, 2 dis.-Dutch Rhenish, 3 1 2 dis. MANCHESTER, MAY 14. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Ambergate, Notting ham, and Boston, 13i -Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Che shire, 134 dis.-Birmingham and Oxford Junction, 63' c. p. -Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding, 1 1 4 dis.-Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland, 1 dis.-London and North-Western, (Manchester and Birmingham), 66 1 A -Ditto, Quarters (A), 51 c. p.-Manchester and Leeds, halves (H. and S.), 5-16 p.-Ditto, 32/. Shares (late Extension), % p.-Ditto, Fifths (late West Riding Union), % p.-Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Quarters, No. 2, 20%-Ditto (Grimsby), 201. Shares, 3 1 ,4 2 dis.-Ditto (Sheffield and Lincolnshire), 3 1 / 2 die. -Manchester and Southampton, 28s. 6d. dis.-Newcastle and Berwick, New, Fr i p.-North British, Extension, 1 3 ,4- North Staffordshire, 1% -North-Western, 134 dis.-Royston and llitchin, oar-South-Eastern, dis.-South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole, 3 % die. LEEDS, MAY 14. STOCK EXCHA NC E. -The sales are-East Lancashire, New, n. die.-Ditto, New (scrip), par-East and West York shire, dis.-Great Northern, 30s. n. dis.-Leeds and Bradford, 43% p.-Leeds and Dewsbury, par-Leeds and Thirsk, Preference, 4s. p.-Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland, 19s. dis.-London, Brighton, and South Coast, Fifteenths, Is. p.-Malton and Driffield Junction, 17s. Gd. dis.--Man chester and Leeds 321. Shares (late Extensions), ss. p.- Ditto, West Riding Union, 2s. 6d. n. p.-Midl an d, Pre ference, 2 p.-North British, Thirds, 1% p.-Ditto, Exten sion (scrip), 2s. Gd. p.-North Staffordshire, 1 3 4 n. p.- Northern Counties Union, 2 3 / 4 dis.-North-Western,l34 dia. GLASGOW, MAY 13. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Aberdeen, 25 h - Caledonian, New, 375. 6d.- Dundee and Perth, New, 10 1 , g Ditto, Quarters, 525. 6d.--East Indian, 2s. 6d.-East Lo thian Central, 395.-Edinburgh and Glasgow, Halves, 221.- Edinburgh and Northern, Newport, 71.-Edinburgh and Perth (New Co.), Halves, 9s. 6d.-Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and.Ayr, 1181.-Ditto (5 per cent. guar.), 35 1 ,4-Ditto, Halves, No. 1,6/. 45.-Ditto, No. 2, 51. 25.-Great Western of Bengal, is. 6d.-Kilmarnock and Ayr Direct, 205.-Man cheater and Southampton, 10s.-Monkland and Kirkintilloch, 261.-North British, New Quarters (scrip), 18s. ACCIDENT ON TILE NORTIF•WESTERN RAILWAY.— The express train from Liverpool, which was due at Euston square at eleven o'clock on Thursday night, did not arrive till five minutes past one on Friday morning. The delay arose from the train running into a goods train, on a curve in the line, a little below Wolverton, by which the guard's break-waggon was broken to pieces. Happily no lives were lost, but the guard and several of the passengers were slightly injured. Whether the accident occurred through the signals not having been properly attended to, or whether the goods train carried no " tail-lights," we could not ascer tain in the confusion which prevailed on the arrival of the train. TIIE ARMY.—Lieutenant -General Sir Colin Camp bell, late Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Cape of Good Hope, is on his return home, after a long absence. The gallant Officer will be succeeded in the command of the tro ops at the colony by Major-General Smelt. This officer served with much distinction during the American war, and received some severe wounds. TERMINATION OF THE TIEDENHAM POISONING CASES.—This inquiry was resumed at Tibbenliam, a t the Greyhound, on Thursday last, before Mr. Pilgrim, the coroner, and the jury. The names of the latter having been again called over, the Coroner, in making a few remarks, said the case was still enveloped in great mystery and suspicion, which he feared nothing that would come before them this day would clear away. The evidence b roug h t f orwar d added but litt le to the facts of the case, as detailed in the previous inquiry. The jury, after heari ng th e ev id ence, re turned a verdict "That Mary Ann Pearson and Elizabeth Event died from the effects of arsenic wilfully administered • by some peraon or persona unknowu.” THE CASE OF MRS. CUMMING. The following is a full report of the important trial in this case (illustrating the evils of the present state of the law of lunacy), which took place in the Court of Queen's Bench in the latter part of last week: — Mr. Cooenuaar (with whom was Mr. Hance) for the plaintiff, stated that this was a proceeding by way of in terpleader, to determine whether a certain arrangement, entered into by the plaintiff in the month of September last, was a valid arrangement to be maintained nrinst her. The circumstances of the case were these : Mrs. Cumming, the plaintiff alas a woman entitled to certain freehold property, She was a person consider ably advanced in life, and was perhaps rather iraseinle and impatient. Between herself and her two daugh ters, the wives of Messrs. Ilooper an 3 Ince, dfferenees had arisen, and these persons had thought fit to apply for a commission of lunacy against their mother. Tins commission issued on the 29 t h o f J u ly ; i t l a y fo r s o me time without execution, but towards the middle cif August the parties proceeded to put it into execution. The plairaiff had been put into a lunatic asylum as early as the 13th of May, and she was brought up from that place to be examined under the commission. On the 29th of August the investigation began, before Mr. Bar low, the Commissioner, and after continuing for four or five days an arrangement was entered into. In con sequence of that arrangement, the title-deeds of the plaintiff were delivered up. It was to set aside this arrangement that the present proceeding had been instituted. In the first instance an action of trover sea; brought against the persons with whom the title deeds had been deposited, but those gentlemen, who had no interest whatever in the matter, applied to the Court for a rule under the Interpleader Act, by which the persons who %sere really interested in the matter were brought into court to litigate the matter with the plaintiff, and an issue was framed, with a view to try whether, not withstanding the arrangement, the plaintiff was not en titled to the absolute and uncontrolled possession of the title deeds of what was undoubtedly her property. That she was entitled to them, he thought the jurors would entertain no doubt. The consent she had given to this arrangement was not a free and voluntary consent. She was under duress, which the existence of restraint and the fear of continued abode in a lunatic asylum imposed upon her. Under such circumstances, the law did not allow a consent to be binding on the unfortunate party from whom, by such means, it had been extracted. To render valid any arrangement, freedom of consent to its creation was necessary, and if it was created under cir cumstances which showed that the party acceding to it was not free, the law would relieve the party from it. Mr. WATSON (with whom was Mr. MANISTY) for the defendants, here said that almost all, if not quite all, the facts were incapable of dispute, and the question was one of law as to the effect of them. Here the arrange ment wes entered into d ur i ng th e cont i nuance o f t h e in quisition before the Commissioners, and had been signed by two Learned Counsel who represented the different parties. The plaintiff had been at her own home all the previous night. The issue here was, whether the plain tiff was entitled, notwithstanding the arrangement, to the possession of the title-deeds, and was not a question as to whether that arrangement had or had not been ex ecuted under circumstances of duress. The issue did not in form impeach the arrangement . Mr. Justice ERLE—Your argument is, that the ar rangement is to be assumed to be valid in itself. Then you want to know whether, notwithstanding this ar rangement, the plaintiff is not entitled to the possession of the deeds. Is not that your point ? Mr. WATSON answered in the affirmative, and ob served that the other side had opened a question of duress, but that question did not properly . arise on the issue as now framed, and the fact of duress, tf it existed at all, wan answered by the other fact, that the ar rangement was made by the plaintiff after free com munication with and upon the advice of her attorney and counsel. Mr. Justice EaLE—Still the question will arise ; for if they are treated as ber agents, the question is whether the duress prevented her from properly and lawfully constituting them her agents. Mr. WATSON contended that that was a question not of fact, but of law. Mr. Cocanurese admitted that in fact the plaintiff had consented to the arrangement, but insisted that she was not in circumstances to give consent. She had been in a lunatic asylum. She was brought before a Commis sioner ; it was true that she was allowed to go home for the night, but it was under a promise to return the next day, Mr. Haines, who anted for her, undertaking to produce her ; and she did return, and was therefore again in custody, with the influence of that custody and her previous detention still operating on her mind. It was agreed that the Learned Judge should take upon his notes the circumstances that were admitted. Mr. Justice Erie accordingly took from the statement of Mr. Haines the following detail of the circumstances of the case. The plaintiff was a person 69 years of age, the defendants were her two daughters, and their two his bands. She was taken to a lunatic asylum on the 12:11 May, 1846. On the 19th July the plamtiff's husband died. On the 29th July a commission in lunacy was taken csut s Notice of executing it was given on the 22(1 of August. The plaintiff was taken to a madhouse on the opinion of one medical man. After three days' in quiry had taken place on the part of the promoters of the commission, and two days' inquiry on the part of the plain tiff; an arrangement was proposed between the legal advisers of the parish; this was proposed by Mr. James. who appeared for the commission, an adjournment took place, the plaintiff was allowed to go home for one night, Mr. flaines, who acted for the alleged lunatic, under taking to produce her on the next morning. Mr. Haines did produce her according to the understanding. She attended before the Commissioner and the jury,and then, after a conference with the legal advisers, the arrange ment in question was made, and was signed by the counsel en both sides. Mr. Haines was then cross-examined by Mr. WATSON —I had never known the plaintiff before then. I saw her on the first day of the inquiry. Mr. Parry ap peared on the first and second day for my client, then Mr. Petersdorff. On the 22d August the case on my part of the promoters had been closed, but they talked e witnesses in reply. The proposal had been made in the early part of the inquiry. That proposal had been made on the part of Mrs Cumming for the arrangement. That was made by me without Mrs. Cumming's knowledge. It was about the middle of the day on the 22d Sept. that Mr. James made another proposal to Mr. Petersdorff. That gentleman and I saw Mrs. Cummings. Her friends Mr. and Mrs. Hutchinson, took part in the discussion with us. We saw the parties the next morning at the Horns, Kennington. Mr. and Mrs. Hutchinson were pre sent. It was agreed between Mr. James and Mr. Peters. dorff that this arrangement should be come to. I think that on the morning of the 23d it was discussed by me and Mr. and Mrs. Hutchinson, and then we applied to Mrs. Cumming, and she authorised it. The arrange ment would have been made on the night of the 23d, but that the Commissioner wished to see the Lord Chancel lor on the subject. The matter was ratified next morn ing, in presence of the Commissioner, Messrs. Peters dorff, James, and myself were also present, likewise Mrs, Cumming. She saw Mr. Petersdorff, for the purpose of his explaining the reasons why he should not carry out the arrangement. Re-examined—ln the early part of the business I made a proposal, which, however, they would not listen to for a moment. I only did so because I thought she was so ill that she could not lire through the inquiry. She was in great tribulation, and showed the greatest anxiety to get out. She would have consented to any thing in order to get out of confinement. Mr. Ince was there, and took part in the proceedings. Mr. Watson contended that the question of the vali dity of the arrangement was not now open to discussion There was no evidence of any duress at the time tb. arrangement was entered into. Mr. Justice EZLE was of a different opinion. The plaintiff was brought, on the 22d September, from a lunatic asylum, in the ordinary Ray in which lunatics were brought before a commissioner. On that night she was allowed to go home. On the 23d she returned to the same position as that in which she had originally appeared. She was, therefore, a lunatic under confine ment in the presence of the jury when that arrangement was made. Mr. WATSON then contended that the law as to duress did not apply to a case where a party had executed a deed by and under the advice of attorney and counsel. The law of duress applied cnly to a deed executed by the party where the obligee of a bond or the releasee of an estate, was put by the obligor, or the releasor into restraint or custody, and by such means possession of the deeds was obtained. All the cases showed that there was a distinction between duress and legal impri sonment. A deed was not avoided by the fact that it was executed while the party executing it was under legal imprisonment. It was only when the party was under illegal imprisonment, and while in that situation executed a deed, that that deed could be impeached. But even when the imprisonment was illegal the deed could not be impeached, if at the time of executing nie t the party was attended by an attorney an d solicitor. therefore contended communicating with could not now question the deed which, with their advice h that ' her as attorney the plaintiff and here solicitor,was freely sh and consent, she had executed. Mr. Justice ERLE was of a different opinion. and read a passage from Viner's Abridgement to the following effect, that if a man is lawfully in prison, yet, if he makes an agreement against his will, he may avoid it on cithe ground of duress. He thought thatonthteendleedartnheadt iinrs.el„mrlursstoaliddarceesosrdthinegjluyrydiodn so, and a fa u c d ts e . there was in fact no pretence of duress that could excuse the plaintiff from executing her agreement. She was with her friends, aided b y h er counsel and attorney, and in the presence of the commissioner who, under the authority of the LordCohancellor, was i nvest i gat i ng The erced uld not have allowed her condition, and wh herto er. be agreement inth wo doing h anything that was proper one. It a perfectly gave the plai e n r t e iff was her property for life, with a power of appointment of one-third of it after her death, and divided the remaining two-thirds between her two daughters, persons to whom by all the I • ties of nature she was bound to afford a provision. All the property, such as jewels, &c., of which possession had previously been taken, had been given up to the plaintiff, and in every respect the defendants had per formed their part of the agreement. There was no pre tence, in equity or fairness, for the present claim of the - Mr. Justice ERLE repealed the opinion he had before expressed, and told the jury ih it au agreement derived all its force from the mental consent of the party Who made it. It might be valid as to externals, and yet void in law if the mind of the party making it had not gone along with it when made. Where there was an appa rent consent and an apparent execution, still if it wag shown that it was obtained under duress, and not by the free will of the party, the agreement would be void. His Lordship, therefore, put this question to the jurors— whether the plaintiff's apparent consent for Mr. Pe tersdorff to sign the agreement on her behalf was ob tained by the effect of the restraint she was under, and without the exercise of her free will ? If the arrange• ment had not been made the inquiry would have gone on. The jury was empanelled, and the plaintiff knew that a verdict must he taken. If the jurors now thought that the plaintiff had consented to this agreement with out any exercise of her free will, they would find for the plaintiff ; if they thought she had consented of her own free will they would find for the defendants. This gees ' tion was entirely for them. The jury consulted for a few minutes, and then re turned a vertiict for the plaiutiff. SHOCKING ACCIDENTON THE BELGIAN RAILWAY. NARROW ESCAPE OF THE QUEEN OF THE BELGIANS. The following account of a very serious accident on th e Belgian Railway is taken tr.an Galignani:—" The I n d, pendance of Brussels, which arrived this morning, gives the fdlowing account of an accident on the Belgian Railroad, by which the Queen of the Belgians was placed in imminent danger:—' The Queen left this morning to accompany his Majesty, who is going to the baths of Wiesbaden, as far as Verviers, and was to return at five o'clock in the evening. As some delay was experienced at the station at Verviers, the train which conveyed her Maje,ty proceeded at rather a rapid rate; on arriving near the station of Ans, it was met at the intersection of the two lines and run into by the train which left Brussels at eleven o'clock. The concussion was terrible. Her Majesty happily received no injury, but several of her suite were less fortunate, and it is with regret we state that General Chazal was severely wounded, and has, it is said, two ribs broken, but it is stated that no fears are en. tertained for his life. General d'llane received a con tusion on the head, and one of the other officers of the palace had an arm broken. The Baronne de Stassart received some slight bruises. Her Majesty arrived this evening at Lacken. General Chazal was carried to Leige. This melan choly accident took place between two and three o'clock in the afternoon ; a special engine was immediately sent of with a letter from the Queen to his Majesty, who was to pass the night at Deutz (Cologne) and who would receive the account about seven in the evening. The Queen displayed the greatest firmness and presence of mind, and her first care was to inquire after the individuals composing her suite, and those who were in the other trains. Our informant saw the carriages of the royal train which experienced the greatest injury, and many parts of which are literally crushed to atoms. The escape of her Majesty was most miraculous, for the fauteuil on which she was sitting was much damaged. In giving this account, we cannot retrain from again express ing our astonishment that the legislative bodies of the different countries in which there are railroads do not adopt more severe precautionary measures against offences—we will not call them accidents—of this sort. Collisions would be almost impossible, if proper regulations as to the hours of starting were enforced. Sine-tenths of the accidents, as they are called, on railroads, are not acci dental, in the true meaning of the word; they are the result of the negligence of the persons employed, and this will be the case so long as the directors are not made personally re sponsible for the conduct of the agents whom they em ploy. It is not sufficient to punish with imprisonment the subordinates, who are the immediate authors of these calamities, or to inflict fines upon directors, which come from the pockets of the shareholders, who are rather to be pitied than blamed. The directors of railroads should be taught that they have something else to do than get up companies, and receive salaries for sitting at a board and exercising patronage. They should be compelled in turn to inspect and verify the regulations, and be made to feel that tor any casualty arising from causes which their con stant and close attention could have prevented, they will have to pay a severe penalty. If this were done, we should have no more collisions, or they would be of very rare occur rence indeed. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTN, MAY 14.—The Driver steam-sloop, Com mander C. 0. Hayes, arrived at Spithead this afternoon from New Zealand and Rio, having left the former place on the 28th of January and the latter on the 27th of March. The Driver was commissioned on the 30th of August, 1841, since which period she has been employed on the East India and China station, until September, 1845, when she was ordered to New Zealand, having been employed on that sta tion upwards of twelve months, performing must valuable and important services. She has been in commission longer than any vessel since the peace, surveying vessels perhaps ex cepted, and is the first steam-vessel that has circumnavigated the globe. She sailed from Auckland, New Zealand, on the after noon of the 28th of January, having been relieved by the Im• flexible steam-sloop, Commander Hoseason, on the 25th. She arrived off the entrance of the Straits of Magellan on the 2d of March, but thick hazy weather prevented her attempting them, so she bore up and steamed round Cape Horn, being only 35 days from New Zealand. She arrived at Rio on th* 22d of March, at which time the Satellite, 18, Commander Rowley, was beating out round to the river Plate. The Cure , a, 24, Captain Broughton, was at anchor, expecting relief daily. The Driver completed coal and water , and sailed from Rio on the 27th of March. During her passage home she had four deaths, namely, Mr. J. G. flops, late master of the Racehorse, on the 12th of February ; Mr. Goodman, late carpenter of the Racehorse, on the sth of March, from the bursting of a blood. vessel ; James Bath way, stoker of the Driver, tound dead under his mess table on the afternoon of the 9th of April, of apoplexy ; James Cooker, seaman of the Driver, on the Ist of April, from locked jaw, occasioned by a wound received in the foot when assisting in turning the wheels of the engine whilst at Rio. The Driver has lost 32 men by death and 47 by invaliding during the period of her commission ; many of the latter died on their passage home from China. She has gon• over a distance of 75.696 miles. Commander Maxwell Falcon. late First Lieutenant of the Castor, came home passenger. She brings home invalids from the Castor, 26, Captain Gra ham ; Calliope, 26, Captain Stanley ; Racehorse, 18, Com tnander Sotheby ; and the Inflexible. At the time of her departure the Calliope and Racehorse were at Wellington, the Castor and Inflexible at Auckland. The only officers who left England in the Driver and returned in her are—the First Lieutenant, Master, Surgeon, and Pureer. She came into harbour this evening to replenish fuel, prior to going to the eastward to be paid off. We give the news of New Zea land, &c., in another place. M. Leon, a Brazilian naval officer, has come in her to join the British navy. Retired Rear-Admiral John Fordyce Maples, C. 8., died on the 12th inst., at Kilburn Priory, aged 79. The services of the gallant deceased are thus recorded in the New Aar! List :—Was midshipman of the Penelope at the capture of a French corvette and of the French frigate Inconstante, 1793 ; and Lieutenant of the Magicienne at the reduction of Port au-Prince, 1794; in the same ship at the capture of several large privateers and French corvette Cerf Volant, 1796 ; and in 1797 commanded her boats in cutting out two privateers at Porto Rico. Was senior Lieutenant at the capture and destruction of vessels and guns in the harbour of Cape Roxo, and in the same year boarded and brought out a sloop from under the batteries of Tiberoon, and performed other services equally important in the two following years. Served as a volunteer at Copenhagen, 1801 ; and was senior Lieutenant of the Naiad at Trafalgar. Commanded the Etna bomb at the defence of Isle de Leon, 1810 ; and, in command of the Pelican, captured the United States' 20-gun brig Argus, 1813. Gazetted, 1797, 1813. His commissions bear date:— Lieutenant, May, 1794 ; Commander, October, 1810 ; Cap tain, August, 1813; Retired Rear-Admiral, let of October, 1846. An extract from a letter received from the Adventure naval transport, Mr. Tozer, master commanding, lying — at Kenmare, Ireland, as a provision depot, states that a large boat, with a crew of nine persons, was sent to the ship from the shore on the 12th ult. for some Indian meal, into which were placed 45 casks, and that on returning to the shore, when about a mile and a half from the ship, she filled and sank. The accident being observed from the ship, a boat was instantly manned and dispatched to render assist ance, and six out of the nine were rescued from a watery grave and conveyed to Kenmare, but the other three were drowned. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. and tine. Casaib, Heaton, Loin" MAY 15.—Wind S. by W., light pleasant biome DEAL, MAY 14.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Taylor, Clio, Mules, Barbadoes • Bahia; Naiad, Rose, Antigua ; , Princess Victoria, New Orleans; Emil and Johanna, Dram, China ; Royal Sovereign, Breary, Calcutta ; Helen, for Rouen, with loss of bowsprit , a nd b ow s damaged , from con tact with a barque; Fraduens Minde, St. Croix f or Copenhagen. Sld. Thomas Blythe, Mauritius ; Spheroid, St. Vincent; Charles Brooke, St. Vincent; Caroline T 3 ler, Jamaica. Arrd. from the River, Hector and Highbury , Jamaica. DOVER, MAY 14.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrd. Steadfast, Disney , Oratavia. Off port, Mary Ann, Hend, rsnn, Popo. PORTSMORTII, MAY 14—Wind W.S.W.—Arrd. her Ma jestv's steamer Driver, New Zealand, left 28th January, Rio Janiero, 27th March. Sid. Sappho, Canton. LivEarooL, MAY 14,—W ind S.W., moderate.—Arrd. Iligginson, Hogg, Barbadoes ; Goverrair :Smith, St. Do mingo ; Manchester, Brown, New Orleans ; Edward Ban stead, Arnold, do. ; Broom, White, do. ; Erin's Queen, David son, do. ; Commodore, Pritchard, Mobile ; Switzerland, Nicholson, Baltimore ; Charles Sanders, Wilmington. Oft port, Queen Isabel, Caledonia, Enterprise, Joseph Christall, Rockshire, and Syria. Sld. Siberia, New Quebec The Zephyr, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Asia , 1 ork ; Margaret, at Savanilla on the 30th ofMarch, and remained, but would be got o for this port, got on shore The Mary, Pleasants, off. New Orleans, to this sisippi on the 17th ult. rF ult.,e C at the S.W. pass of the Mis port, was seen on the 19thrt,rewmasohoz the Bar of the Ms from New Orleans to thia h po WATERFORD, MAY 13.—Wm •W. to S.S.W—Arrd. Florence, Choate, New Orleans. Orr 1 , or, ' KERTONE, MAY 14.—Rattler, Goldsmith, Hobart Town, sailed Jan. 20. a t T Launceston; 14.-I.—W in d PLYMoUrIi, MAT 14.—Wind S.W.—A rr d . H e l ena Catha rine, Knudson, Porto Cabello. S G Ar ua ” rd f i r a e n s , ll Patagonia;breeze Winchester, O D u i r u li ll ' ig Narraganset, New York. Cattx, MAY 12.—Wind S. to S.W.—Arrd. Reindeer, Tin dall, Pernambuco ; Kathleen, Pettvgrove, Philadelphia ; Andrew Ring, Franklin, New York: Sid. Principe, Radili, New .York. A barque, painted black outside and yellow inside, female figure head, house on deck, apparently timber laden, waterlogged and abandoned, was passed, Bth inst., lat. 52, lon. 12, by the Andrew Ring, arrived here. BRISTOL, MAY 14. —Wind S.W.—Arrd. Adelaide, Tobago. CLYDE, MAY 13.—Wind N. W.—Arrd. Nina, Gillies, Ber bice. Sld. Jamaica, Barbadoes. 12th, Augustus Julius, Aux Caves. 13th, Hudson, New York; Charlotte, Quebec. DUBLIN, MAY 13.—Wind S.—Arrd. Mary Louise, Camp bell, Demerara. DUBLIN, MAY 13.—A barque of about 500 tons, apps. rently timber laden, with loss of for e an d main masts, and ' part of stern and decks burnt , was p as sed waterlogged and abandoned, sth inst., lat. 42, long. 10, by the Happy Return, arrived here. c MAT 12.—S1d. Louisa , M'Rinlay, Quebec ; Ac iERIK h'lsmahMo'rrell, Quebec; Agnes Kaig, Jameson, Quebec. T or/ , MAY B.—S l d. Orion , Broadrib, Bahia. ...ILO MAY 12.—Arrd. Little Pet, T regar th en , P or t o 'DUBLIN, Rico. Sid. Eagle , Pattiscn, Q ue bec. ' CLYDE MAY 11.—Sld. Verona, V oss , N ew Y or k ; Bar ' rington, CLYDE, [ Orr TORQUAY, MAY 13 .—Republic, Landis, Baltimore. i OFF FALMOUTIE, MAY 13.—Ceres, Hodge, New Orleans. Ponrsmourx, MAY 14.—The wreck of *vessel, supposed of a schooner of about 180 tons, waterlogged and abandoned, with only bowsprit standing, inside of stern painted white, t was passed 7th inst., lat. 41, long. 22, by her Majesty's steamer, Driver, arrived here. TAMUR AND LIEGE RAILWAY Statements of the Traffic on this line are now ready, and may be had, on application, at the Offices of the Company. JOSEPH CARY, Secretary. Offices, 52, Moorgate•street, 15th May, 1847. THE RACE S -LIGHT WEIGHT. ANTI-DUST, RAIN, &c. NICOLL'S PALETOT D'ETE, ONE GUINEA. 114, REGENT-STREXT„ and 22, CORNIIILL—not elsewhere in London. - ied CO col '(s )3 ; Irt - Ira! tad r 0 ' Arb" MI! hie? lore+ illed Pt 6 fit• fen if ere 3.- - , 00 0 Isrg° ler -ir Or