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' D i tto, PA. lat.locict icCar News lisle Lte ed. cll3' inshiref g s . dis 6s r• — ; 4w3by an Selby (10 igham, ' West 1 3 * -- ian, 24 2f. —Dirvs hem June ;lst Loth illll MEd 2— h c Cii msrnoer lalres, ;So, Intl s °l" !ott iAl Lien -635' ts of the to vvile t ' " w e of die 0 c- 4 ,, • A 625 741; • 1,7 31 311 3,270 8,333 2, 024 • 899 • 19, 24 ' ---,/ :r 39, 09 , 1, 03 v • 5, 356 7, 15 ! 7, 9 1 10 5 ' • 43 5 15,° 2 1, 542 42 1 1, 2°6 6: 1 ; 22 51 3 • • 6; 51 1, -176 823 , 6, 356 • ' 4,801 The °ri d rif - e k s , , e d braltari arge .e C re f or h d a ta Iler0901; 3bon, - ,d has a g - . 50. ts, Witte, er of sat' tied are th e vith respect re imagined is and other feelings or account for medical au.. of temper , r and othe r e occasions ntle in ll° the 1%1- °` l lied 11 ° u ' . t ided, sur; U J'• L ot , CAP oci Lieu )f liedford• it wa s be lt the offer ..........,.._.- m on o f a the wi fe 0f y of 11611 -park, Mr°. ife of J. .ngston-or ',earn o f 5 , the A' the —° aged 58. gCrawed 85,• '°- , the °rib' of Gt the rt ec ' sY 9 110 - fili 00104 MANI) fir II k It WO ti4i'Vei t . OSTALASTft Willi Wi"l. T OWN CONTRACT for CONVEYING the LOND DISTRICT POST LETTER BAGS. be Notice is herebyOE given, that her Majesty '8 Postmaster General will re ady to receive TENDERS on or before the Ist of June next, for Carts the Lond on Di s t r i ct L etter Bags by Horse Rides an d M a il •-•aus to and from the following places : Charing Cross - - - -20 despatches per day. North Row Stepney • l2 do. Southwark - - - 12 do. s t r rn ed ou iteit thStrf .. - 2 Street - : ... - 1 12 do. do. Southwark to Rotherhithe - - 6 do. Greenwich RallWay, London Bridge 5 do. Sloane Street - - 1 do. . York Street. Maryleboue - - 1 do. New Kent Road - - - - 1 do. • Radcliffe .. _ _ _ - 1 do. Camden Town - - .. - 3 do. Holloway - - - t do. South Lambeth - - . .- 3 do. Camberwell - .. _ . 3 do. ~,, Hackney _ _ _ - 5 do. - °•it. The above Rides are employed every day, Sundays excepted. t h tho Particulars and full conditions may be seen on application t o General SaPerlntendin". President of the London District Post-office, — ' e ral Post-office; and of whom Forms of Fenders may be obtained. ~,y_enders are to be sealed up and addressed to " Her Majesty's " una ster-General," and endorsed " Tenders for conveying the Town L o n,' 4 , •• ,, on District Post Bags ," and delivered before Twelve o'clock on ""e Ist of June next. IN n prinied— f-Noo Tenders will be received unless made on the proper eneral Post-office, May 1, 1847. RY c f ,„. MAND OF HER MAJESTY'S POSTMASTEg-GENERAL. COUNTRY CONTRACT, fur CONVEYING the LONDON DISTRICT POST-LETTER BAGS. b e '" ° tlcs Is hereby given, that her Majesty's Postmaster-General will n ext. "dY to receive TENDERS on or before the Ist day of JUNE b y no mr Conveying th e L ou d on Di s trict Post Country Letter Bags , "5 ' Rides, Mail Carts, Stage Coaches, Omnibuses, or any other age conveying Passengers, or Parcels, to and from the following COUNTRY lIIDES. Despatche3 per Day. Barnet - Bromley - Enfield - - Enfield Highway - - Hampt o Harrown - - - Croydon - Highgate - Stanmoro Ilounsl ow - Twickenham - - - Kilburn Putney - E dgeware - - - Claph am _ - - - Tottenham - - Norwood Tooting - - - - - Leytotistone - Wandsworth Hampstead Hammersmith Streatham Kensington - P addington - -- -- - - 1 BRAN CII COUNTRY RIDE S. Despatches per day From Bexley t o Bl ackheath2 Carshalton to Mit c h am w Kingston t o Wandsworth - - - - 1 2 w Kingston t o Putney - Itgmford to Str a tf or d - - - - - 2 w Fulham to Brompt•on - " 3 ++ Woolwich to Deptf or d Railway Station - - 3 w Norwood to Dalwich - - - w Waltham Cross to Edmonton - " - 1 „ Barking and Ilford to Stratford - - 1 t N.B.—The above Rides are employed every day, Sundays excep eL • BR ANCH COUNTRY RID ES. D es patch Daily. Prom Hounslow to Brompton - - 1 w Hounslow to Ki ngogate Station - - 1 w Barnet to llighgate w Waltham Cross to Stoke Newington - - w Croydon to Brixton " 'Woolwich - - - 1 These rides are employed every day throughout the year. the ahe Conditions and full Particulars may be seen on application to Superintending President of the London District Post-Office, t-yeneral P ost-Office, and of whom Forms of Tendg i r may be obtained. .IflaTenders are to be sealed up and addressed to her Majesty's Post ster-General, and endorsed " T en d ers f or conve yi ng the Country Loudo n District P ost Bags," and delivered before Twelve o'clock on m Ist day of June next proper • 1 , ; . o Tender will be received unless made on the primed form. General Post-Office, May Ist, 1847. F JACOB EVERARD MEYER, who was 5,_. formerly of Howard•street, in the parish Clement's nes, Strand in the county of Middlesex, and afterwards of Sha 7, 11 1 1 1 n the same county, will apply to Messrs. Hale, Boys, and r 1 101 4:„,/ 4 0. 6, Ely-place, Holborn, London, solicitors, he will hear o It ey ' JE LIN° , TO HIS ADVANTAGE. The said Jacob Everard cZer-)Bl°believed to have been a Russian or German by birth, and he t a: iy on Z t : a mercantile business for some time prior to the year e If Morin, London, trading, or having connexion amongst P . aces, with St. Petersburg. Or any person giving inf0rma m...............eyetr, w th il e i s be ald al s s o o lic r i e to w rs ard % d f . the death of the said Jacob Everard --------- LYCEUM THEATRE, The Hol OPERAHOUSE. late ENGLISH 111 der. of Debentures on this Theatre, are requested to meet ; 4 _._le Saloon, on FRIDAY NEXT, the 14th May instant, at Eleven 'wet precisel Ado y for the purpose of consid er i ng the best means to be pt e d f Y. or recovering the arrears now due on the Debentures. MAY 7, 1847. EYING, &c. ENGINEERS'SURV COLLEGE, LONDON. Conductors. Messrs. SMITH and LEWIS. 1. Co I.—Railway S urvey i ng and Levelling will commence on uemte aday next, the 11th instant. , Co urse 2.—La n d an d Estate Surveying will commence on Wednes day next, the 12th instant. Course 3 . — Engineering and Government Surveying will commence on Thursday next, the 13th instant. C ourse 4.—A rc hi tecture, Building, Draughting, Measuring, and Valuing of Land, Timber, Buildings, Townships, &c. will commence on Friday next, the 11th instant. Pl Proti „ , Is, on clency guaranteed. Terms, till p er f ec t, ver y mo d era t e . Pu completing the Course, may be introdnced to employment. ~ or P rospectuses, &c., apply at the offices, 4, Harpur-street, Red Li "'square. ......_ 'HE CITY OF LONDON LIFE ASSURANCE SGCIETY. No. 2, ROYAL EXCHANGE-BUILDINGS. -no T his Society Is established on the principle of co m bi n i ng a ll th e w , scale, and and conveniences of the oldest Life offices, with i t 74 le e lanesults of their experience. urn Tables are adjusted on the most economical yet safe T h i n 4 er nbrace three distinct divisions or departments : TITE , Po licies may he effected on ` MUTUAL SYSTEM, securing all its advantages without its riSks or liabilities. AN IMPORTANT CONSIDERATION TO ASSURERS. TUE PItOI.ItiETAUY SYSTENLsvith the full benefits of its acknow ledged SECURITY, SIMPLICITY, and ECONOMY; and THE ACCUMULATIVE 011 DEPOSIT SYSTEM, INTRODUCED BY THIS SOCIETY. which perfects the principle of Life A , suratice, the dill amount of the Deposit—Premiums being at all times available to the Assured. ALSO HALF-CREDIT PREMIUMS for stipulated periods, a pecu liarly advantageous arrangement for YOUNG LIVES and for all per sons WITH ADVANCING MEANS OR INCOMES. Ind, Tables expressly calculated for NAVAL and MILITARY aims in all quarters of the world, on the most moderate terms. Together with all the usual divisional rates, accomniedatiolut, and conveniences. EDWD. F. LEEKS, SECRETARY. GUARDIAN FIRE ANCE CO: Irk 11 • LOMBARD-STREET, at office, I JOHN LABOUCHE JOHN DIXON, Esq near/ Hulse Berens, Esq. Francis Hart Dyke, Esq. 81 1 Walter H. Farquhar, Bart ...anison Hankey, jun., Esq. I.eba Harvey, Esq. deka Gellibrand Hubbard, Esq. _merge Johnstone, Esq. doh* Loch, Esq. Lewbt Loyd, jun., Esq. AND LIFE ASSUR IMPANT. t the Entrance of the Old Post London. :CTORS. itE, Esq., Chairman. I. ' Deputy.. Chairman. George Lyall, Esq., M.P. Stewart Marjoribanks, Esq., M.P. John Martin, Esq.. M.P. Rowland Mitchell, Esq. Robert Milford, Esq. James Morri4, Esq. Henry It. Reynolds, jun., Esq. John Thornton, Esq. James TuHoch, ESQ. AUDITORS. k W. Roberts, Esq 1 Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq. S amuel Jones L oy d , Esq. 1 Henry Norman, Esq. ACTUARY—Griffith Davies, Esq., F.R.S. j In the LIFE DE PARTM ENT, Assurances may be effected at sc, Rates without p ar ti c i pa ti o n in the Profits ; or at moderate Rates "Mt participation in one moiety of the Profits every seven years. At 2.e.11 of th e th ree Septennial divisions wh i c h this Company has made, " Bonuses amounted to about 1 per cent. per annum on the sum , or about 27 per cent. on the amount of premium received I ;;;', 'he whole amount of Reversionary Bonus allotted by the Com y exceeded 520,000/. aid ed granted on Life Policies to the extent of their values, pro.. attmiistteh Policies shall have been effected a sufficient time to have In t tli , each case a value not under 501. the' (IRE DEPARTMENT, a Return of profit was declared which th of June, upon the premiums received on all Policies ' 8 tow been in force seven years at Christmas 1245, and the same betw e ,_" course of payment daily (Friday and Saturday excepted), also ‘ , Li the hours of ten and three o'clock, at the Head Office ; and by the Agents in the Country Districts. (IBORGE KEYS, Secretary. --..... IjN_ITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE o e „,,,,uompANy.-8, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London : 97, leg47: e, tr i r i ts u Edinburgh; 12, St Vincent-place, Glasgow; 4, Col blin. Established by Act of Parliament in 1834. the 1841 th next divislrre . a Company added a bonus of 2 per "`e aunt y cent. per annum on assured to all policies of the participating class, from the UM* the effected. Parties wishing to secure the benefit of the need be paid When then of profits in 1848 should make immediate application. Director, Insurance is for life, only one half the Annual Premium Every for the first 5 years. i nformation will be afforded on application to the Resident London ,E. Lennox Boyd, Esq., Ns. 8 Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, i where Prospectuses, Eitc.. may be had. 97, GEORGE-STREET, EDINBURGH. 12, ST. VINCENT-PLACE, GLASGOW. DIRECTORS. JAMES STUART, Esq., Chairman. HANANEL DE CA.STRO, Deputy Chairman. Samuel Anderson, Esq. F. C. Mattiand, Esq. Hamilton Blair Avarne, Esq. William Renton, Esq. E. Lennox Boyd, Esq., Resident. John Ritchie, Esq. Charles Downes, Esq. F. U. Thomson, Esq. Charles Graham, Esq. This Company, established by Act of Parliament, affords the most perfect security in a large paid-up Capital, and in the great success which has attended.it since its commencement in 1834-118 ANNUAL INCOME. BEING UPWARDS OF 84,00/. In 1841 the Company added a bonus of 2/. per cent. per annum on the sum insured to all policies of the participating class from the time they were effected. The bonus added to policies from March, 1834, to the 31st of De cember, 1840, is as follows: NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY, 26, CORNHILL. LONDON, Capital 1,600,060. Empowered by Act of Parliament. This Institution embraces important and substantial advantages Zith ou respect to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The assured all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense or for sittlre of the Policy, two-thirds of the premiums pa id ( s ee Table) ; :'2!_o the option of selecting benefits , and the conversion of his in 'welds to meet other conveniences or necessity. Assurances for terms of years are gr anted at the lowest possible rates. _ DITISION OF PROFITS. h _The remarkable success and increasing prosperity gat of the Society " e nabled the Directors at the last annual investiion, to declare ! fourth bonus, varying from 35 to 85 per ce t. on the premiums paid ' ll eeelt Policy effected on the Profit scale— EXAM PLES. h , ??' Bones p Premium. Bonus in ma ned u n Borrow. 10 added. Cash. E" . 0 may •q. Ei7 1 4 13 . I r, 837 £ 217 15 I'£loo ft 11 .£l6 .(c 2~ 395 i? g £ £s. (1. 1400 3 4 1837 1838 1839 1840 1841 £217 15 1 1 .£10 0 41 11 192 3 Oi 87 1 4 165 11 10, 74 1 9 116 7 6 54 0 10 111 6 8 49 10 0 £l6 0 ~X 445 0 0 13 10 2 395 11 1 11 3 1 34 , 2 3 , 713 10 296 13 4 1 710 4 247 4 5 D The di vi , 'ecexh,.;' —° , n _ a Profits is annual, and the next will be made in °' the present year. F. FERGUSON C AMROUI. Secretary. D R. CULTERWELL on HEALTH., HAPPINESS, ant LONG LIFE. ,Tn pocket • ° l umes . each, by post (in stamps), 13. 11 O\V Is TO B E HAPPY rA—.. each. Jucande Tivere.."—Clc. 2. WHAT to EAT, DRINK. and ATOP). (With Diet-tables for all Complaints.) 3. MARRIAGE and its MYSTERIES. To'be, or n o t to b e , tkat is the queahakspeare. d." ion-- 4. The P ASSIONS—Their ADYENT and COITTROL. These publications are free from envP3 " Cum ut valenr..." adapted to the intelligence of the times. To b. h .„, 39, Corn bin —. of •;herwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Mann,. deal mysticism , and are ; Carvalh^ tke A.,4l__ - ••••9 147, Fleet-street ; and all - Booksellers, or direct from ti en — i f ""or. whose practice is excluseldevoted to home till Eva tr ait -PlaCe, Regent-street. ,)' ~3~r „ . „ , • : T, ,I r i~ No. 17,047. T HE UNITED KINGDOM ARTESIAN WATER COMPANY. Capital 500,0001., in 50,000 Shares of 101. each. Deposits 7s. 6d. per Share. Provisionally Registered, pursuant to 7th and Bth Victoria, chap. 110 ; and Notices, Specifications, &c., for an Act of Incorporation served on the Woods, Forests, and Land Revenues, pursuant to 9th and 10th Victoria, chap. 106. PATRONS. The Most Noble the Marquis of NORTHAMPTON, Belgrave-square. The Right Hon. Lord ASHLEY, Upper Brook-street, Grosvenor-sq. TRUSTEES. Lord Chas. Beauclerc, Lowndes- Benjamin Bond Cabbell, Esq., street, Lowndes-square. M.l'., Portland-place. William Alexander - INCKinnon, Luke Jas. Hansard, Esq., South- Esq., M.P., Hyde-park-place. ampton-st., Bloomsbury-sq , MANAGING DIRECTORS Jo' Bowl, Esq , N.D., L and E., George-st., Portman-sq. .ward Smith, Esq., R.N., John-street, Adelphi. Gerrard Barry, Esq., M.D., M Chariest-st., St. James's-sq. Jo hua Stopford, Esq., East India Chambers, City. Charles Blunt, Esq., Montagu-place, Russell-square. William Henry Mayne, Esq., M.D., 31.1t.C.5.L., Howland-street, Fitzroy-squalls. Ellis Price Sutton, Esq., Great Ormond-street. (With power to add to their number.) BANKERS. Loadon Joint-Stock Bank, Princes-street, Bank : Commercial Bank, Lothbury. SECRETARY —Joshua Stopford. ASSIST ANT-SECILETABY —RiChard St. George Graham. 21, East India Chambers, Leadenhall• street. PROSPECTUS. When we look to the vast population, and consider the eminence, the trade, the enterprise, the great manufacturing and commercial interests of this metropolis, it becomes a matter of no little surprise that the most active means have not, long since, been taken to ob tain a better supply of water, and to get rid of the mud-and-water monopoly which has so grievously existed for many years past. The subject is one upon which so much has been said, and such universal complaints made, that it is altogether unnecessary to dilate upon the crying evil, or to offer a single remark beyond that which is rendered so self-evident to every disinterested and dispas • sionate mind. Of the eight companies supplying London with water, the New River is the most extensive. It was constructed •by Sir Hugh Middleton, at an expense of about 150,0001. When, in 1834, the public were much excited in consequence of the bad water supplied, a Parliamentary inquiry on the subject took place, and Commis sienerS were appointed. From the evidence then given it speared that the capital invested by the New River Company was 1,116,964/., by the other Companies 2,127,5951., making a total of 3,224,5591. Although the New River Company paid an enormous bonus (300 per cent. on the paid-up capital) yearly to the shareholders, there was a balance of 157,2061. 10s. 6d. remaining, which ;s more than the ori ginal cost of construction. The average number of houses supplied ku 1834, according to the minutes of evidence, was 196,492, at the annual value of 276,2001., about 11. 10s. yearly per house. Pure water can be supplied for one-third that sum, and leave a profit, to the capitalist who invests in this' speculation, more enormous than that of the New River Company. Hence the opportunity has presented itself for the formation of a Company for the supply of pure water at au inconsiderable outlay, and upon those sure and unerring principles of Artesian Springs which have been so generally adopted on the Continent —unfailing and succes•fully established to the satisfaction of the most sceptical individuals. With reference to supplying London with pure spring water, let it be unders . ood, that the surface of chalk on which London is built re ceives and retains rain on an average of twenty-one inches per an num. This chalk-bed or basin has an extent of 12,000 squire miles. Each square mile contains, allowing one-third for evaporation, no less than 3,208,228 hogsheads of water per annum, or on a hundred square miles, one-twelfth of the surface, 320,822,800 hogsheads. The snpply of water last year by the different companies was 314,553,012 hogs heads. Thus the London bed is capable of supplying more than twelve times the quantity needed, sufficient for all the towns in Great Britain and Ireland. So certain and conclusive have been the experiments tried, that the most successful result has attended every instance in procuring water upon the principle stated. The metal pipes, as now used by the London Water Companies will n be adopted by the United Kingdom Artesian Water Com pany.et Glass, and some such tubes as cannot be c orroded, will only be in use. The recent repeal of the duty on glass and porcelain make such pipes cheaper than metal. Shareholders shall be protected from all responsibility beyond the actual amount of shares taken. All applications for Shares must be addressed to the Secretary of the United Kingdom Artesian Water Company, at the Office, East India Chambers, Leadenhall-street. City, London. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. Sir,—l hereby request you to allot me shares of 101. each in the United Kingdom Artesian Water Company ; and I gua rantee to pay, when called en, a deposit of 7s. 6d. per Share for such Shares, or any lesser number that you may allot to me, and to sign the deed of partnership when necessary. Name ....... • •• • • Residence • •• • • • • • • • Names of two Refereences, FREEMASONRY. THE TWELFTH ANNUAL FREEMASONS, will FESTIVAL in aid of the ASYLUM FOR AGED take place at the Freemasons' Hall, Great Queen-street, on WEDNES DAY, the 16th of JUNE, 1847, under the direction of the following toard of Stewards : Brother The Right Hon. LORD SOUTHAMPTON, No 652, President. ~ S. H. LEE, No. 107, Vice-President. „ H. B. LEESON, M.D., No. 324, Treasurer. J. WHITMORE, No. 329, Ho n. Secretary. Brothers Major Gen. Cooke, LL.D. ; James Harmer, Y.G.D. ; 1 Wil liam Pringle, (Edinburgh) ; J. J. Blake , P.G.W., (Surrey), Francis Crew, No. 1 ; W. E. Walmisey. No. 1 ; William Rayner, No. 3 ; J. A. Joseph, No. 4; T. B. Barnard, No. 49: Douglas Jerrold, No. 49 ; P. F. Martin, No. 108 ; Z. Watkins, No. 108 ; T. M. Bacon, No. 108 ; Richard Farmer, No. 113; W. Foster White, No. 229 ; S. Scoltock, No. 328. TICKETS, 15s. each, to be had of the Stewards, of Bro. John Whitmore, Secretary, 125, Oxford-street, and of Messrs. Bacon and Co., at the Freemasons' Tavern. Dinnet• on Table at five for six precisely. THE CONCERT. The Stewards have much pleasure in an nouncing that several Professional Ladies and Gentlemen have, in the most obliging manner, volunteered their kind assistance and powerful support, so as to sender the usual Concert in the Hall and Glee Room as effective as on the preceding Anniversaries of this Institution. LOUVAIN A LA SAMBRE RAILWAY. DIRECT TO NAMUR AND TO CIIARLEROY Notice is hereby given, that the SECOND ANNUAL GENERAL MEE LING of the SIIAREIIOLDERS of this Undertaking - will be held at the LONDON TAVERN, Bishopigate-street, London, on TCZSDAT, 11th of May Next, at ONE o'clock precisely, on the Gene ral Business of the Company. Resolutions will also, on this occasion, be taken relative to the Shares upon which the Call of 21. per Share, due on the 2d of Octo ber last, has not been paid, the time for which payment was, by a resolution passed by the Board, and duly advertised, extended to the 31st of March last past; and a proposition will be submitted en the subject of the formation of the important line from Brussels to Namur. JOHN BARNES, President. GEO. DANCE, Secretary. 28, Threadneedle-street, March 16, 1847, N.B.—By the Statutes of the Company it is necessary that all Shareholders intending to be present at the above Meeting should deposit their Share Certificates with the Secretary at least Ten Days before the 11th of Alay proximo, in order to Witte them to take part in the proceedings. OUVAIN a la SAMBRE RAILWAY. DIRECT to NAMUR and to CHARL'EROY. The Shareholders are most respectively informed that on MONDAY next, May 10, the day previously to that fixed upon for the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, there will be ready for delivery at the Office of the Company 1. Proposed sketch for aveement for making and working, jointly with the Great Luxemburg Company, the hue from Brussels to Namur, with branch line to Wavre. 2. proposed plan for the creation of the portion of capital to be provided by the Louvain a la Sambre Company for the construction of the line from Brussels to Namur, which line it is intended to make jointly with the Great Luxemburg Company.. 3. Proposed plan for the revival of Shares in the Louvain a la Sambre Company which have becom J f OH rfe N ito BedAR. NES, Chairman. GEO. DANCE, Secretary. No. 28, Threadneedle-street, May 6, 1847. GOLD, SILVER, DIAMONDS, PEARLS, and all the most precious and costly gems, are imitated to such perfection, that but very few uninitiated persons can positively tell a paste brooch or a ring from a diamond, the real pearl from the imitation, or German Silver from the genuine ; but put them into the hands of the connoisseur, how soon the delusion vanishes when he affirms they are but vile and base imitations. So it is with the most valuable inventions as well as stones and metals. None but the inimitable in value are imitated in appearance, and as soon as the consumer (the best connoisseur) attempts to use them, how soon he finds out their utter uselessness. Thus it is with the most valuable of all inventions ; the celebrated METALLIC RAZOR TABLET of GEORGE SAUNDERS has been the target for imitation for the last thirty years. To Gentlemen who shave themselves the following query is pro posed.—Why do all the first cutlers in Europe use and recommend Saunders' Four-sided Tablet Razor Strop ? The answer is simply because it is the only one that gives to a razor a keen and smooth edge. DEPOT, 278, STRAND. To wholesale purchasers a liberal discount will be made. FREEHOLD and LEASEHOLD ESTATES at BRADFORD and BOWLING, in the County of YORK. TO BE PEREMPTORILY SOLD, pursuant to a Decree of the HIGH COURT of CHANCERY, made in a cause of " ROUSE versus ROUSE,'! with the approbation of Sir GIFFIN WILSON, one of the Masters of the said Court, on THURSDAY, the 27th of May, 1847, at five o'clock in the afternoon, at the Tallest Inn, Bradford, in the County of York, in Seven Lots, Freehold and Leasehold Estates, consisting of several pieces of land, with mills, warehouses, reservoirs, steam-engines, machinery fixtures, yards, outbuildings, and other premises, situate in the town of Bradford, and in Bowling. near Bradford, in the County of York, lately occupied by Messrs. William Rouse and Sons, as worsted spinners and worsted manufacturers. Particulars and conditions of sale may be obtained (gratis) at the said Master's office, in Southampton-buildings, Chancery-lane, London ; of Messrs. Hawkins, Bloxam, Stocker, and Bloxam, New Boswell-court, Carey-street, Loudon, solicitors ; of Messrs. Walter and Pemberton, Symond's Inn, Chancery-lane. solicitors; of Mr. William Wells, Bradford, solicitor; of Mr. Richard Tolson, of Bradford, solicitor; of Mr. Joseph Smith, of Bradford, land agent and surveyor ; of Mr. George Thompson Lister, of Bradford, auctioneer; at the place ofstde, and at the principal Inns at Bradford, Leeds, Wakefield, Halifax, and Huddersfield. ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-SIXTH SPECIAL SALE. CUSTOM-HOUSE, LONDON, MIT, 1847. FOR SALE, by order of the Honourable Com. missioners of her Majesty's Customs, at the Commercial Sale Rooms, Mincing-lane, at Twelve o'clock at noon precisely, on THURSDAY, May 13, 1847, for home consumption, sundry SHAWLS, EMBROIDERY and NEEDLEWORK, consisting of CURTAINS, COLLARS, CAP-PIECES, CAMBRIC HANDKERCHIEFS, &c. &c. To be viewed at the Queen's Warehouse, Custom-House, on the day preceding, from Ten in the Morning until Three in the After noon, and on the Morning of Sale, from Ten in the Morning until the hour of Sale. Take notice, that the Goods sold at this Sale may be paid for on u az iol d t a in y i et after t, the t y n, Sale, b o ae f itdwem e uns a ti t h E h e toa o uk f firesnc of faowf Tanat b y e ionnto reßeceiverbefore Morning Thurs day, renssd.., day, the 3d June. Catalogues may be had, Two Days before the Sale, at the Queen's Warehouse, price Sixpence. THE COLLAPSIBLE SHOWER BATH, the only real novelty of the season, by the aid of Vulcanised India-rubber, only occupies (out of use) a space of 11 inches diameter and 3 inches deep, while it holds three gallons of water. It is thoroughly simple, and not likely to get out of order. Price 155.; if packed complete in a japanned case, 12 inches in diameter and 5 inches deep. 3s. 6d. extra. To be had of the proprietor and ma nufacturer, WILLIAM S. BURTON (late Rippon and Burton), whose BATH SHOW ROOM contains, besides toilet sets japanned in imitation of fancy woods, china, marbles, &c., in enormous va riety, all the requisites for the season, so arranged in one room, de voted exclusively to articles of that character, that patterns, sizes, and sorts can be instantly selected, and at thirty per cent. under any other house where attention is paid to the quality. Full-sized Port able Shower Baths, very strong and japanned, with curtains and copper valve, As, each. Pillar Shower Baths, with copper conduct in..; tubes, brass force-pump and top, complete with curtains and japanned, from 60s. Hand Shower Baths, japanned, 3s. Ad. The Omni-directive Bath Detailed catalogues, with engravings, as well as of every ironmongery article, sent (per post) free.-39, Oxford street (corner of Newman-street). Established in Wells-street, 1820. LA REINE DES ALPES. A beautiful new Perfume, made from the above-named flowers, expressly for ROSS and SONS, who can strongly recom mend it. Also, their ESPRIT DE LAVANDE, one of the most lasting and agreeable Perfumes extant. They have likewise the largest and most fashionable assortment of Scents, four times the usual strength, the Foreign from the South of France, Italy, &c., and the English their own peculiar manufacture, so well known and highly approved of by the first nobility and gentry in the country. Address, ROSS and SONS, 119 and 120, Bishopsgate-street, London ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND M. WITH TWENTY-FIVE COLOURED ENGRAVINGS. Just published Twentieth Thousand, in a sealed eovelope, price 2s. 6d. or post paid, to any address, for 3s. 6d. in Postage tamps direct from the Author's residence. Q ELF- PRESERVATION : A Medical Treatise 1.._7 on the Secret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and Maturity. Illustrated with Twenty-five Coloured Plates on the Anatomy. Physiology, and Diseases of the Urinary and Reproductive Organs, explaining their various structures, uses, and functions, and showing the injuries that are produced in them, by solitary habits, and ether excesses. With Practical Observations on the Treatment of Nervous Debility, Local and Constitutional Weakness, and other diseases of the Urethra. By SAMUEL LA'MERT, CONSULTING SURGEON, 9, Bedford-street, Bedford-square, London; Matriculated Member of the University of Edinburgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c., &c. _ CONTENTS OP THE TREATISE. CHAPTER 1. On the Philosophy of Marriage, with its Hindrance . and Obligations, and on Infelicitous and Unproductive Unions. — CHAPTER 2. On the Anatomy and Physiology of the Generative Organs, their .functions, structures, and secretions, p r oving that gres l Mental and Physical Power are dependant upon their healthy action —Unarms 3. On Solitary Habits; their various effects on the Animal Economy; the concealed cause of Debility of the func tion. of the Stomach, Lungs, and Brain, and general weakness of the Mental Faculties. CHAPTER 4. On the Secret Disorders of Youth and Maturity, and the Treatment of Nervous and Local Weakness, Mental Debility, and Premature Decay.—CnArrixs 5 and 6. On the Disorders arising from indiscruninate Excess, Gonnorheaa Gleet, Strictures, and other Diseases of the Urethra. REVIEWS OP TIIE WORK. "The author of this singular and talented work is a legally quau tied modi cal man, who has evidently had considerable experience of the treltrnent of the various disorders arising from the follies and frailties of early indiscretion. The engravings are an invaluable ad dition, by demonstrating the consequences of excesses, which must act as a salutary warning to youth and maturity, and by its perusal many questions may be satisfactorily replied to, that admit f no ap peal, even to the most confidential friend."—Era. Published by the Author, and may be had at his residence; also rom Kent and Richard.f, 52, Paternoster-row; Hannay and Co., 63, ford-street Starlit, Tichborne-street, Quadrant; Gordon, 146 Leadenhall-street, London; Newton, 16, Church-street, Liverpool and by all Booksellers. At Home for Consultation daily, rom Nine till Two, and froni Five till Eight ; and all letters immediately replied to, if containin_ he lee 0 1 for advice,Etc.-9 BEDFORD-STRZET BEDFORD iIkE,E, LONDON • _ 4Li gA it " - , - , • , , .4 0 r-X • . :k, A, • , ~ ) . 4 WI. , • \ I t' 7 41 . l • . • 6" - ee' ' . e r 41^ • nizo r r. ' •, , ) 4;>. I - Ny LONDON, SATURDAY E SALES BY AUCTION. IN NORT lIAMPTONSIIIRE. CATESBY ABBEY, with its important ESTATE of 646 ACRES of the RICHEST GRAZING _LAND in the COUNTY, divided S E , D, an NO A B N L C E IE A N IT T EN ItA B N o O f R EL II M A S L a L n , w d o il t h - I BER. MANORIAL' RIGHTS, and EVERY CHAPELANI n T Ato T M, R EF A NI C VT T EAA I O LT N FTTAA , a RESIDENCE, in a TRULY BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY. . • • ROBINS is favoured with instructions to SUBMIT to PUBLIC SALE, at the Auction Mart, London, on TutrasnAt, July at Twelve o'clock. in One Lot, A MOST INTERESTING ANCIENT MANORIAL ESTATE, FREEHOLD of INHERITANCE, CATESBY ABBEY, situated in a beautiful part of Northamptonshire, four ifilles from Daventry, six from Weedon Station, about fourteen from the county town, not far distant from Leamington, and within sight of War wickshire.- This famed property is briefly noticed in " Dugdale's Monasticm " as Catesby Nunnery, and since more particularly described in the " Beauties of Northamptonshire ;" and to which the reader is re ferred. It pr, , sents strong claims to those who would invest with security, and at the same time pos.ess some feeling of admiration for, and who know how to appreciate the charm and importance con nected with an estate possessing so many interesting relics of an tiquity, and since that period the true stamp of the good old English time. The first object of importance to be noticed is THE ANCIENT MANOR HALL, an abode of singular pretension, erected with due regard to dura bility, placed in the centre of the domain, and commanding from its front a quiet, picturesque, and lovely scene. It is a quaint and sin gular building in stone, of a very early period, containing aumerous lofty and well-proportioned chambers, many of them enriched with fine old carved oak, offering every accommodation for a large family, which, if assisted by a tasteful and judicious outlay for embellishment and furniture, in accordance with its character, a residence not only of the first importance but of extraordinary attraction would be obtained. A PORTION OF ONE WING IS DEVOTED TO A CHAPEL, DULY CONSECRATED, fitted up with carved oak pulpit; reading-desk, and pews, arid con stantly used for Divine service. The oiltces are numerous, and open to a spacious court-yard, opposite to•which is a capital range of stabling, coach-houses, &c. A pleasure garden of some extent, laid out with much taste is in front, and a ROOKERY, WITH A BEAUTIFUL GROVE OF LOFTY LIMES close to the mansion, whilst a road through A NOBLE AVENUE OF STATELY ELMS, leads to an ancient cemetery, and the' ruins of a chapel, a time hallowed spot of singular beauty, presenting a highly interesting feature, the interesting village of eatesby, in all its pristine quietude, being close at hand, forming no small Addition to the importance and rental of the estate. Several Ash-ponds adorn the grounds, particu larly one of considerable proicnise, encircled - by a grove of finely grown trees, where numerous wild-fowl congregate, and a, never failing supply of fish is obtained. THE DOMAIN INCLUDES 64& ACRES OF FIRST-R t,TE LAND, principally the richest pasture, well supplied with water, and several woods, affording excellent preserves for game, in the parishes of Catesby and Ilallldon, divided into FIVE CONVENIENT FARMS, each with suitable residences, the principal farm having a newly erected abode, with capital buildings, let upon leases to a highly respectable tenantry, and producing a rental exceeding 1,0001, a-year, but there can be no question a considerable increase may be obtained. The annual value, with the mansion house and land attached to it, being estimated under the most adverse times for a farmer, at snore than 1,5001. A YEAR, !eluding the manorial rights and other sources of profit. Mr. Robins cannot close this announcement without calling upon the capitalist to pay a visit to Catosby Abbey, in the full rssurance that it possesses true elements for permanent investment of capital and real enjoyment of country life. The estate may be viewed twenty-eight days prior to the sale, by applying at the mansion ; and particulars, with a plan and sketch of the hall, then had ; also at the George, Weedon ; Da ventry ; George, Northampton ; S p read Ea g le, Ru g b y ; of M essrs. Fuller and Saltwell, solicitors, 12, Carlton Chambers, Regent-street; at the Auction Mart ; and at Mr. Robins's offices, Covent-garden. IN SUFFOLK, close to the Town of DEBENHAM. A most inviting FARM of 80 ACRES of SUPERIOR MEADOW, PASTURE, aud ARABLE LAND. MR:ROBINS is directed to OFFER to PUBLIC SALE, at the Auction Mart, London, on THURSDAY, June 10, at Twelve, in One Lot, A most inviting property, part. Freehold and part Copyhold. ad joining THE RURAL TOWN OF DEBENHHM, in SUFFOLK, About 14 miles from Ipswich, and 9 from Needham, comprising 80 ACRES OF THE BEST FAR ‘IING LAND in this excellent County, at present divided into Upland Pasture, Meadow, and Arable; the position admirable, lying most compact in a ring fence, and divided by the excellent turnpike-road to Eye. There are two sets of farni-buildings, and at present three Tenants upon lease, PRODUCING 211!. PER ANNUM; and there can be no question tkat the situation is irresistibly tempt ing, and a little judicious outlay in improvements would render the Farm WORTHY OF X RESIDENT PROPRIETOR. The rich and deep loamy soil, under skilful management, being ca pable of the most abundant return; indeed, it offers an excellent op portunity to form AN EXAMPLE FARM, ON A SMALL SCALE, May be viewed until the Sale, by applying to Mr. Crow, one of the Tenants, and Particnlars had at the Cherry Tree, Debenham Swan, Needham ; White Horse, Ipswich ; of Messrs. Rackham` Cooke, and Rackham, Solicitors, Norwich; at the Mart; and at dr. Robins's offices, Covent-garden. LIBRARY of Valuable BOOKS, including many Works splendidly and uniquely Illustrated, and a Collection of Rare Engravings and Original Drawings of Ancient and Modern Masters, the property of a Gentleman of acknowledged judgment, culled from the most renowned Sales of the last few years, no expense having been spared in the selection. MESSRS. ROBINS are instructed to SELL by AUCTION, at their Rooms, in Covent-garden, on MOND AY and TUESDAY, and FRIDAY and S AT URDAY, hi next week, at Twelve, a collection of choice BOOKS, including numerous highly prized works, selected chiefly from the libraries• of Richard Collinshaw Sale, Esq., William Fletcher, Esq., Thomas Walter, Esq , the Rev. Dr. Wordsworth, &c., including a very fine copy of Grainger's Ho garth's Works, from the original plates ; Hogarth illustrated by Cook, and another copy, in 3 vols., ; Picturesque Works of Ireland ; a very fine series of engravings by Holler, extending to near 500 ; the Works of Guercino, a fine and original s.thscription copy ; a splendid edition, in red morocco, of Boydell's Shakespeare ; Itapin's History of England, by Tindal ; 'Horace Walpole's Catalogue of the Royal and Noble Authors of England, with numerous portraits ; the Bridgewater Treatises ; Schench zeri (-Ir. J.) -Physic-I. „Sacra, .1 Iconibus .lEneiS, Illustrated curs J. A. Pfeffel, portrait and 750 plates; Shakspeare and Moliere illustrated by the works of Gravelot, Virtue, Walker, and L. Cars ; Chambers's Imitation of the original Drawings by Hans Ilolbein for Henry VIII., 2 miniatures and 81 portraits, finely coloured, an ori ginal subscription copy; a matchless selection of engravings, illus trating the subject of St. George Slaying the Dragon, many of them unique, by Aldegrever, Albert Durer, Cranach, Wolgemirt, Col laert, Lorraine, Vasterman, Titian, Francis, Barlow, &c. ; splen did gallery of engraved theatrical portraits ; series of classical sub jects, after Mengs, by Campanella; Shakespear Gallery, comprising Boydell's large illustrations; besides an extensive selection of en gravings and drawings, comprising gems from the collection of Sir Joshua Reynolds, Benjamin West, Sir Thomas Lawrence, the Mar gelsine aawsvrlnt oroedd Robert enomo li i histhhe,esE,etNaes,Ecarga. artists, s a syegtobiesmlcasluoplstvursi particularly osei a d gefli trrsAt o ako x r.l , 3o: E fßf qt bhe I T rt nah proofsdma ti s na dhb Dutch,eabnnr.ei, ai Etnsdqt Vandyke,r. , impres sionsJosiahemi Ph : Albert e Reynolds, y py nuoorlfedrs: whichvf s r s cTh arehe r o , m uc a i ill s Lawrence aquudelmb ilidaens t , many interesting Drawings by the old Masters. Catalogues will be prepared one week previous to the sale. May be viewed on Friday and Saturday preceding the sale, at the Auction Rooms, in Covent Garden. GUILDII-it.L. Aram 30, 1847. THE COMMITTEE for LETTING the CITY'S LANDS will MEET at Guildhall, on WEDNESDAY. the 12th day of May next, at One o'clock precisely, to receive TENDERS ihr LP: fTING, on Lease, for thirteen years, from Lady-day last, a HOUSE on the north side of LIME-STREET, and on the east side of Beehive-passage ; and also for LETTING, on Lease, for twenty • one years, from Midsummer next TWO HOUSES, Nos. 2 and 3, SAINT JAMES'S, - DUKE'S-PLACE, near BOUNDSDITCH. Further particulars may be obtained, and plans seen, by applying at the Office of Works, Guildhall. THOMAS SAUNDERS, Comptroller. GUILDHALL, Aram 30, 1847. THE COMMITTEE for LETTING the CITY'S LAND will MEET at Guildhall, on WEDNESDAY, the 26th day of May next, at Twelve o'clock at Noon, to receive TENDERS for a DEPUTATION-and LEASE for three years, from Midsummer next (subject to a power of resumption), of the office or place of COLLECTOR and RECEIVER of the CITY'S TOLLS and DU TIES at Whitechapel Bars and all the liberties of this City from thence ssuthward to the Custom-house, together with the same Tolls and Duties. Also a like Deputation and Lease of the City's Tolls and Duties at Bishopsgate Bars, and all the liberties of this City from thence west ward to the site of the late Buthlem Hospital, and eastward to White chapel Bars exclusive, together with the seine Tolls and Duties. Also a like Deputation And Lease of the City's Tolls and Duties at Aldersgate Bars, and all the liberties of this City from thence east ward to the site of the late Bethlem Hospital, including Cripplegate and Moorgate, together with the same Tolls and Duties. Also a like Deputation and Lease of the City's Tolls and Duties at Smithfield Bars, and all the liberties of this City from thence east ward to Aldersgate Bars, 'exclusive, together with the same Tolls and Duties. Also a like Deputatiim'and (Rase Of this City's Tolls and Duties at Holborn Bars, and all the liberties of this City from the southward to Temple Bar and eastward to Smithfield Bars exclusive, together with the same Tolls and Duties. Also a like Deputation and Lease of this City's Tolls and Duties at Temple Bar, and all the liberties of this City from thence southward to Puddle Dock, together with the same Tolls and Duties. A Deposit of three calendar months' rent on each district of the Tolls is to be made at the time of the Meeting of the Committee on any tender being accepted, and to be forfeited on non-performance of the contract, and three calendar months' rent is to be continued to be paid in advance. The conditions for letting the said tolls may be seen at the Comptroller's-office, Guildhall. The Tenders are to be sealed up and delivered at the said office before Twelve o'clock on the day of the Committee's Meeting, after which time no tender can be received, and the party tendering must attend the Committee at One o'clock precisely, THOMAS SAUNDERS, Comptroller. pHILHARAIONIC SOCIETY, HANOVER-SQUARE ROOMS. 'Programme of the FIFTH CONCERT, MONDAY Evening next: Siufonia, G Minor, Haydn—lria, Signor Salvi—Concerto, Vic - Herr Joachim, Beethoven—Aria, Mad. Persiani—Overture, Obe; Weber—Sinfonia in A, Beethoven—Duetto, Mad. Persiani and Saivi—Overture, Les DeuxJournees,Cherublni. Conductor, Single Tickets, One Guinea, and Double Tickets, IL 10s., of Messrs. Addison and Hodson, 210, Regent-street. ;Gs ta. be had __ it ° YAL POLYTECHNIC' IN STIIi t UTION. LECTURES in illustratioliof ANIMAL MAI! HANISM, by 0 T. Rymer Jones, Esq., F.R.S., Professor of Comp at vt Anatomy at King's College, on Tuesday, Thursday, mid S day, at Half-past Three o'clock. On CHEMISTILY, on Mo , Wednesday, and Friday Evenings, at Nine, by F. H. Holmes _ On ARTIFICIAL LIGHT, and the Agents employed in its Li on , by Dr. Bath hoffner. Experiments with ARMSTRON YDRO-ELECTRIC MACHINE. The WORKING MODELS' id MACHINERY ex plained. The varied Optical Effects include, New DISSOLVING VIEWS, the OXY-HYDROGEN MICROSCOPE, &c. EXPERI MENTS with the DIVER and DIVING-BELL, Ice.. &c. The Evening MUSIC, under the direction of Dr. Wallis, commences at Seven o'clock. Admission Is. Schools, half-price. ROYA.L ADELAIDE INSTITUTE. EXHIBITION OF PICTURES. The Committee beg to state that in the course of a few days Artists will be admitted to view the alterations which the Gallery will have undergone to render it lit for this Exhibition. In order to correct any misconception which may exist upon the subject, the Committee deem it necessary to state that - the Gallery will be exclu sively devoted to the purpose explained in the Prospectus, which may be had of the Secretary. Works of Art intended for exhib tion must be sent in immediately. THOMAS HARRINGTON WILSON, Secretary. Royal Adelaide Gallery, Strand, May 5. EXTENSIVE AND VALUABLE LIBRARY OF TIIE LATE VENERABLE ARCHDEACON POTT. MESSRS. S. - LEIGH SOTHEBY and CO. , Auctioneers of Literary Property and Works illustrative f the Fine Arts, will SELL by AUCTION, at their house, 3, Welling ton-street, Strand, on SATURDAY, May 15, 1817, and Six following Days, (Sunday excepted), at One o'clock precisely, The VALUABLE LIBRARY of the late Venerable ARCH. DEACON JOSEPH HOLDEN POTT, Chancellor of Exeter, Pre bendary of St. Paul's, and late Archdeacon of London, comprising a valuable Selection of Works in the various departments of Theology, Biblical Criticism, Classical and Historical Literature ; also a very , extensive assemblage of Controversial Tracts, Philo logical Dissertations, &c. To be viewed on Thursday and Friday prior, and Catalogues had of Messrs. Parker, Oxford; Deighton, Cambridge ; Langbridge, Bir mingham; Hodges and Smith, Dublin; Blackwood, Edinburgh; and at the place of sale. PUBLICATIONS. GRATIS! GRATIS! GRATIS! Every person who shall subscribe for T " DISP A fA I CII.. During the Month of JUNE next, Will be presented with a finely Engraved Portrait of ELIZA. COOK. The likeness of this poetic genius is most striking, and the En graving is by Allard, In the first style of the art. An Edition of the DISPATCH is published at Five o'clock every Saturday morning, for transmission by the First Trains and Morning Mails, so that persons residing in towns 250 miles from London may receive it the same evening. This Edition contains the London Markets of the week, including those held on Friday ; also the spirited letters of Publicola, Caustic and Censoritts ; and frequently original poems by Eliza Cook. Persons desirous of being supplied with the WEEKLY DIS PATCH, may give their orders and pay their subscriptions to any News-agent, or to Mr. Richard Wood, at the DISPATCH Office, 139, Fleet-street, London, who, by a remittance of 25., or postage stamps to that amount, will supply the DISPATCH throughout June next. The terms for the 'DISPATCH are, per Quarter 67:: Od. °d • Per Year, in advan ce - - - x' Ditto on Credit, pay a bl e b y reference in Lon d on LI 10s. Od. N.B. Arrangements h ave been made with res pectable manufac turers to supply elegant F rames, at p r ices varying from 35. to 2 5 s' ' and any Subscriber to th e DISPATCH may, by transmitting to Mr. Wood the sum for th e F rame he wishes to obta i n , be suPPlied with the same. QOYER'S CHARIT ABLE COOKERY; or, L 3 the POOR MAN'S REGENERATOR, price 6d., out of which one penny is for the poor Irish. ; Published by Simpki n , M arshall, and Co.; J o hn 011ivier, P r, Hodges and Smith, Dublin, and all Booksellers in the United king dom.- U Mons. Soyer begs to -- acquaint the public that the extraordinary sale of that little work Li Dublin, where it was first p ublished, has obliged him to have a London edition printed. be ready for sale.loo,ooo will shortly COMFORT FOR TENDER FEET, AND A CERTAIN CURE FOR CORNS AN D BUNIONS. PAUL'S EVERY MAN'S FRIE ND, which gives RELIEF on the FIRST APP LICATION. PAUL'S EVERY MIN'S FRIEND (CORN PLAISTER) is ge nerally admitted to be the b est emollient application for Corns and Bunions, and is worthy of a trial on the part of those who are afflicted with such unpleasant companions. Testimonials have been received from . upwards of one hundred Physicians and Surgeons of the greatest eminence, as well as from many Officers of both Army and Na an d nearly one thousand private letters from the gentry in to vy and country, speaking in high terms of this valuable remedy. Prepared by John Fax, in b oxes a. t Is 1%d., or three small boxes in one for 2s. 9d. ; and to h., with , 0111 directions for use, of C. Kiag, 34, Napier-street, Hoxton New-town, London; and all whole sale and retail medicine vendors, in town and country. The genuine has the name of "John Fox" on the stamp. A - 2s. 9d. box cures the most obdurate corns. Ask for " Paul's Every Man's Friend." Sold also by Barclay and Sons, Farringdon-street ; Edwards, 67, St. Paul's Church-Yard ; Butler, 4, Cheapside ; Newberg, St. Paul's ; Sutton, Bow Church-yard ; Johnston, 16, Greek-street, Soho ; and 68, Comhill ; Sanger, 150, Oxford -street ; Willoughby and Co., 61, Bishopsgate-street Without; Owen, 52, Marchmont-street, Burton crescent ; Bade, 39, Geswell street ; Prout, 229. Strand ; Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford-street; Hunter and James, Webber-row; and retai by all respectable chemists and medicine vendors iR every town in England. F RAMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH. Price Is. I%d. per box. This excellent Family Pill is a medicine of long-tried efficacy for correcting all disorders of the stomach and bowels, the common symptoms of which are costiveness, Ratnlency, spasms, loss of appe tite, sick head-ache, giddiness, sense of fulness after meals, dizziness of the eyes, drowsiness, and pains in the stomach and bowels. In digestion, producing a torpid state of the liver, and IL consequent inac tivity of the bowels, causing a disorganization of every function of the frame, will, In this most excellent preparation, by a little perse verance, be effectually removed. Two or three doses will convince the afflicted of its salutary effects. The stomach will speedily regain its strength ; a healthy action of the liver, bowels, and kidneys will rapidly take place; and, instead of listlessness, heat, pain, and jaun jlioed appearance, strength, activity, and renewed health, will be the quick result of taking this medicine, according to the directions ac companying each box; and if taken after too free an indulgence at table, they quickly restore the system to its natural state of repose. Persons of a full habit, who are subject to head-ache, giddiness, drowsiness, and singing in the ears, arising from too great a flow of blood to the head, should never be without them, as many dangerous symptoms will he entirely carried off by their immediate use. For Females these Pills are most truly excellent, removing all *1)- revalent with the structions ; the distressing Head• e a s c s he, excel very p sex ; depression of spirits, dulness of sight, nervous affections, blotches, pimples, and sallown 011 f the skin, and give a healthy and juvenile bloom to the complex ea sy aperient, they unite the recommendation As a pleasant, safe, of a mild operation with the most successful effect, and r equ i re no restraint of diet or confinement during their use; and for Elderly People they will be found to be the mo st comfortable medi c i ne hi therto prepared. Strand, London. Price Is. l , %ro: th Sold by T. Prom, 229, d. throughout 2. 9t per box, and by the v enders of medicines generally til kingdom. Ask for FRAMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH, and observe the name and address of Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London," on the Government Stamp. ..---- ---__ EADVE RTISEME NT.]—BOTANIC WATER AND BEA R ' s GREASE.—When the hair is beconling thin and falling off the only effectual remedy, besides shaving the head, is the use of the two above•named articles, applied alternately, the botanic water to cleanse the roots from scurf and as a sti mulant, and the bear's grease as a nourishes . Reny further evidence was requi red of the virtues of bear's grease for reno vating and preserving the hair, Mr. Catlin'a account of the quantity used, and the length of hair obtained by some of the North American Indians would be a sufficient answer.— Ross and Son's, 119 and 120, Bishopsgate• street, who first introduced the use of bear's grease in this country, and who fat and kill the animals, recommend the public to purchase none other but with their names and address printed on the a purius ar pot, or the cha nces are they are obtainin g ticle. All vegeta ble oils applied to the hair are worse o than useless. ALL KINDS OF [ ADVERTISEMENT.] —A CURE FOR SWELLINGS AND TIMMINS, HoLLowe ' o f Worcester-street, Kidders s Kidderminster, had been OINTMENT AND PILLS.— Mr. John Young, afflicted for nine years with a g Z swelling on his leg, which business. He had used at times prevented him from attend ( i )f n:,: got worse instead of everything that could be thought e but_ ea only cured by Holloway's Pills better. In two months he was Perfectly Mark, vouch .r the correctness of this the very respectable and Ointment. Messrs. Penwiliil booksellers, Kidderminster, statement. Glandular swellings, unnatural enlargements, contracted or stilt joints , may speedily be cured Professor by these celeb ra t ed medicines.— Sold by all Drugg ists, and at Holloway's Establishment, 294. Strand, London. Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening from the Co lonial-office for the Gover nor of Ceylon, and also for the Lord I High Commissioner of the lonian Islands. ROWLANDS' MACASSAR OIL It celebrated throughout the world for its genial and nour ishing qualities for the Human Hair! It produces and restores hair; ,tops it from falling off or turning grey ; restores Gray Hair to its wiginal colour; frees it from scurf and dandriff, and renders it soft, silky, curly, and glossy. For Children, it is especially recommended as forming the basis of a Beautiful Head of Hair, and ren dering the use of the fine comb unnecessary. Its invaluable properties have obtained the especial Patronage of her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the whole of the Royal Family, and of every Court of the civil ised world ; and the high esteem in which it is universally held, to gether with numerous Testimonials constantly received of its efficacy, afford the best and sorest proofs of its merits. Price 3s. 6d., is., or Family Bottles (equal to four small) at 10s. 6d., and double that size, 21s. Caution.—On the Wrapper of each Bottle of the Genuine Article are these words, in TWO lines, "ROWLANDS' MACCASSAR OIL." 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Mr. Cocaeurix (in continuation from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday) said —lf, however, you look back to the 9th and 10th of Victoria, with the 13irming• ham and Oxford Railway Act, _von will find that three-fifths of the proprietors may he present at such meeting personally w by proxy; but here you have the fact, that 33,000 out of 50,000 shareholders declare that they will have nothing whatever to do with the undertaking. The Act states that die assent of three-fifths of the proprietors is necessary. I rave got the dissent of more than three-fifths of the pro orietors : this I am prepared to prove. But I am not to be heard. Upon what ground am I to be refused ? Siin;dy because the directors are in pos session of the seal of the company, and have .-eftised to affix that seal to the _petition of the shareholders— rhat because they would not issue the sealed certificates ii time for the meeting which they had convened. lied they done so the present Bill could not, of course, have been allowed to go on. If, then, those facts ire proved, what would be the result? Would you pass this Bill in defiance of the opinions of the shareholders? I know that a notion has got abroad which perhaps the Committee may have heard, a notion that the Great Western Company had a right under the Act of the 9th and 10th of Victoria, to purchase that line; that it was the intention of the Legis lature that the Great Western Railway Company should have the Bill; and that we, the shareholders, are standing', in the way. Turn, however, to that Act, and you 1 will find that no such thing as that is contained in it. It is A mere permission to the shareholders to sell, and it is a mere 1 permission to the Great Western Company to buy ; or, it they don't agree to sell, to rent, or to lease, then all parties are to be allowed to do as they like. If the Great Western Company got a provision inserted in that Bill, :hat in case no such transactions as sale or lease was altered into, that they would have the power of running over that line. All parties were therefore, left in complete static quo. When Mr. Russell was asked at that meeting whether the Great Western Company were prepared to lease or to purchase thifillit ; on that occasion he said, "We have power already to Use the line for all the purposes that we may require; but if you coins into a new scheme and agree to be amalgamated with the Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley Railway Company, we will buy you. We shall then get you both. We don't want your tine • we want the Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley. In order to obtain the Birmingham, Wolver hampton, and Dudley; we will have no objection to purchase you. You know a great number of the directors of the Oxford and Birmingham Company happen to be either shareholders or directors in the Birmingham, Wol vethampton, and Dudley. They are, therefore, perfectly willing to enter into an arrangement, because they see that the Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley Railway, which was of less value in the market than the 'Birmingham and Oxford, would be able to com mand in consequence of that connexion." The share holders of the Oxford and Birmingham Company, however, said " Stop a minute ; we are not prepared to do it; we don't like to do so, and we will remain perfectly independent. While we remain an independent company, we shall have the traffic not only of the Great Western, but also of the London and North-Western Railway running over the line, and if you (the Great Western) will not buy us as an inde pendent line, why there are others who will. If we remain independent we shall get the traffic of the London and North- Western, but if we sell to the Great Western we shall not get it. That company will exclude it." No human being can look to the Act of Parliament and say that what I have asserted is not true. The Great Western Company had power to run over the line, and no arrangement with the London and North- Western could possibly deprive the Great Western of that right they had so acquired, but subject always to thisright so acquired by the Great Western Quelipanyl but it remained open to the Birmingham and Oxfoa Company to make the best terms they could with the London and IsTorth-Western Company, or to remain independent and secure what traffic they could for themselves. That being the case the shareholders had a right at the meeting held for that purpose to object to the pro posed arrangement with the Great Western Company. But the Great Western Company say that your directors entered into certain arrangements with us; and the answer is that arrangement is not a binding one, for it was not entered into with the consent of the proportion of three-fifths of the shareholders, as required by the Act of Incorporation. The position of the parties, therefore, is this—if the agreement entered into between the directors and the Great Western Company, on the 12th November, is one which the Great Western Company has a right to enforce—if that agree ment is binding, either in law or equity, they can go into a court of equity and enforce the performance of the con tract, and compel the shareholders to come to Perna. ment to obtain the sanction of the Legislature for the union of this company with the Great Western Company. It is clear that the directors have exceeded their powers. The directors had power given to them, when they asked for their Act, to constitute the Birmingham and Oxford Co in pany. They had power which entitled them either to let or sell the line to the Great Western Company, if the proper proportion of the shareholders assented to such a proposition, but we say they had no power whatever to amalgamate with the Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley Rail way Company, if the Great Western Company sought to en force their contract. That would be met by the answer, that the directors of the Birmingham and Oxford Railway had exceeded their power, and had been acting in defiance of the wishes of the shareholders, and had sacrificed the property entrusted to them by the Act of Incorporation. If that argu ment were used, the. Great Western. Company would be un able to enforce their agreement by suit in any ordinary court of law or equity, and in the next session would be compelled to come to Parliament for new powers to carry out their Act. But, if before that question can be discussed or decided, you pass an Act which will effectually sanction the object of the Great W estern Railway, the theory is settled, and no steps that can be taken by the shareholders to set aside the pro ceedings of their directors can then be of the slightest use to them. Ido say that, under these circumstances, to proceed to legislate and determine upon this question would be—and I say with it due submission, and with unfeigned sincerity --I do say that it appears to me that it would be the most flagrant violation of all the fundamental princi ples of justice. This is a matter in which you cannot legis late without interfering with the rights of individuals. It may be, after a due consideration of the whole ques tion, that you may come to the conclusion that in cer tain cases you are called upon, on grounds of public necessity, to look over private interest ; but surely for the purposes of this Bill such a conclusion is not required. The object of this Bill is to enable the directors to dissolve the present company, and to transfer their interest to another party. This is manifestly a Bill introduced for the purpose of interfering with private interests existing under an Act of Parliament already sanctioning it. Can you doubt of the result of passing this measure? I admit that in the case of an individual shareholder, that shareholder, not being satisfied with the acts of his governors, would, of course, be bound by the acts of the majority; but surely there never was such a case brought before any Committee as the pre sent. Here are twelve directors, the very legality of whose office has been called in question, and been de cided upon in courts of law and equity. and still these twelve directors have the hardihood, for I cannot call it by any milder term, to retain themselves in office, and come to Parliament for a Bill seriously affecting the interest of the shareholders. The shareholders being adverse to the measure, surely then it does not lie in their mouths to take up a technical objection, and say you shall not appear under the seal of the company. I should at least have expected some precedent from them. These are such powers, I will say, that if no precedent ex isted for the adoption of the course which I propose, you ought to take the initiative, and I will endeavour to show you that in point of principle and justice, and in point of pre cedents, that the shareholders have a right to be heard in this Committee upon the present occasion. The precedents were those of shareholders coming to oppose an original Bill brought into Parliament, and for the purpose of constituting a company, and in such cases the petitions have been very properly rejected, andfor this simple reason—if a man signs his name to a contract, under which he binds himself to assent to an application to Parliament for the purpose of obtaining certain conditions, with an end to the execution of certain works, that such a person should not be allowed afterwards to come forward and say, I, as an in dividual, object to that being done, to which I, as an indi vidual, had given my sanction to be done, or should go to Parliament to obtain powers to perform. This, however, is not such a case as that. I will allude, with the permission of the Committee, to various authorities for the course which we are now proceeding to take. I will go back as far as the year 1844. If we had searched the records of Parliament further back no doubt a number of more precedents might be found. The question as between shareholders and directors has been very much opened and brought out ' by the vast number of companies that have been established since that time, for the purpose of forming railways. I can find, however, a considerable number of pre cedents for the course which I now propose to take. I find the Midland Railway Consolidation Act .. in that case there were three Bills sought to be fused into one, they were the North Midland Railway, the Midland Counties Railway, and the Birmingham and Derby Railway. This Act was brought forward in the session of 1843. The Committee upon that Bill repoited that they had heard counsel on the petition of Mr. Jessop, a shareholder in the Midland Counties Railway ; that petition set forth that the objects sought to be obtained by the Bill would be injurious to his interests as a shareholder. There was also a number of petitions of share holders in the company against the Bill,for whom my Learned Friend Sir J. Bailey appeared. There was also the petition of several miners, colliers, and others interested in the line, who opposed the passing of the Bill; the whole of which pe • titions were referred to the Committee, and reported upon by them. There was also a petition of Lieut.-Col. Blane, a di rector of the Birmingham and Derby Railway, stating that he disapproved of the amalgamation of these companies, the same having been brought about by . improper means, and the effect of it would be prejudicial to his interests as a shareholder of that company. Counsel were heard in support of the several petitions. Mr. Austin, Mr. Sergeant Wrangbarn, and Mr. Edwin James, appeared for Col. Blane. Mr. Dorrington was the agent. CHAIRMAN—Was there any objection taken to those peti tions? Mr. COCKBURN—You may depend upon it, Sir, that wherever you see our friend Mr. Austin's name, if any objec tion can possibly be taken, he will be quite prepared to take it. The next case is one taken in the same year. It is the Eastern Counties Railway Bill. The object of the Bill was to transfer the North-Eastern line to the Eastern Counties Company. In that case petitions were presented against the Bill, and the allegations in these petitions were considered, counsel were beard thereon, and clauses were inserted pro tective of the rights of the shareholders. CHAIRMAN —What was the object of that Bill? Mr. COCKBURN—The object of that Bill was to effect the lease to the Eastern Counties Company of the railway and works of the North and Eastern Counties Company. In fact, it was a Bill the object of which was to authorise the letting on lease to the Eastern Counties Company of the works of the North and Eastern Counties Company, and the petitioners in the case were shareholders stated that the amalga of the Northern and Eastern Counties Company. y mation would be prejudicial to their interests as share• ' holders. What I wish to sho w is, that sh areholders not consenting to the sale or amalgamation of the company were heard in opposition to the views of the directors, they being willing to amalgamate with the Eastern Counties Company. Thi s showed that the shareholders were entitled to come forward and complain of a sale which might affect their interests, and they were heard in opposition. PRICE SD. CHAIRMAN--I don't think that they complained against the preamble of the Bill. Mr. COCKBURN-With great submission, I do Rot see that that can make any distinction in my argument. The share holders come forward and say " We oppose the passing of this Bill." Whether they opposed the preamble of the Bill or not does not matter. The allegations in the petition were considered, counsel were heard thereon, and a clause was inserted. CuAmmAN—lt appears to me that they appeared in oppo sition to certain clauses. Mr. CocKniTaN—Perhaps you are right, but in point of principle it is the same thing; for if the shareholder can be heard against any part of the provisions of the Bill, he can surely be heard against the Bill at large. It is hearing one part only, instead of the whole. In the one case he has an objection to the whole, and in another to a part of the Bill. ,„ . . It' it is in accordance with the principle or practice of this House to prevent me being heard against the whole Bill, why should I be allowed to be heard against a part? The question which we are now to discuss is a question of locus standi. The ques tion is whether certain parties have a right on the substantial distinction as against the Bill to be heard. I will now call the attention of the Committee to the report of the Com mittee of Inquiry upon the Garnkirk, Glasgow, and Coat bridge Railway, in the year 1815. In this case petitions were presented, complaining of certain extensions as calculated to be injurious to them. The allegations in this petition were considered by the Committee, and counsel were heard thereupon. That, Sir, is of considerable importance. That was the case of a Scotch Bill. Now the pertinacity and pugnacity—l say this without meaning any offence to any Scotchmen—•with which counsel, agents, and all the parties on Scotch Bills struggled was well known. We have two or three more Committees at the further end of the gallery, and I can assure the Committee that all parties do fight the thing to the very hone itself. I am sure that if such objection could have been taken with any propriety or any chance of success, the counsel concerned in this case, and the agents, would have been sure to have taken an opportunity of making that ob jection. But, at all events, there is another opportunity for the shareholders being heard against the Bill. Then again there was the Newcastle and Darlington Railway (Brandling Junction). Lord Worsley reported on the 30th of May, 1845, that they had heard the petition of the Rev. Robert Greeen, a shareholder in the Northumberland Railway, who objected to the power of selling the Brand ling Junction to the Newcastle and Darlington Rail way. Counsel were heard in support of his petition, and an arrangement was come 'to with the petitioner and promoters of the Bill. It is often the case that parties, in course of a discussion, compromise the matter, and come to some terms with the parties, in order to save further expense and trouble. In that case counsel were heard upon the pe tition, and the Committee would have reported upon the matter, had not a compromise been come to between the parties. The petition, however, was referred to the Committee, Then there was the report of Committee on the Taff Vale Rail way on the 12th of May, 1844. The object of that Bill was to make a short deviation of a branch, and to raise additional capital for that purpose. A petition was presented from the holders of certain shares in the capital stock of the com pany; they objected having an additional sum raised, and that the works of the line extended beyond the works authorised to be constructed under the Act. Then there was a petition from the Glamorganshire Canal Company— counsel were heard in support of the petition. Then, again, in the report of the Glasgow Junction Railway, Mr. Ellice reported that they had heard counsel on the petition of certain shareholders of the Glasgow, Paisley, Kil marnock, and Ayr Railway against the purchase of the pro posed line, as it would be injurious to the property which they possessed in that railway. The Committee made a spe cial report to the House upon the subject of allowing the petition of shareholders to be heard against the Bill. In the case of the Dublin and Enniskillen Railway, my Learned Friend Mr. Whateley appeared for the shareholders of the company. Perhaps my Learned Friend will recol lect the circumstance. Then, again, there was the case of the Great Western Railway in Ireland, at which Committee Mr. Thomas buncombe presided. The question was there discussed, and'it was decided that the shareholders should not be heard against the Bill. But mark what was the result. There wire competing parties in that line, not, as in the present case, depending upon mere ex-parte statements. After the Committee sat for a week they sent for the counsel, who had been excluded. Now, I put this as a pretty strong illustration of the impolicy of laying down a general rule for the exclu sion of parties under such circumstances. Now, lam per fectly aware that such cases may be said to stand upon their own merits; I state them in order to show to the Com mittee, upon the authority of these precedents, that even though a general rule may be laid down, it is not always convenient to adhere to it in the discussion of these questions. Then, again, there was the Colchester and Stour Valley Railway. That railway wanted to purchase the navigation. Mr. Forbes Mackenzie in this case allowed the petitioners to be heard by counsel. There was the decision of Lord Brougham in the case cf Ware against the Grand Junction Railway, in 1831. The opinion of this person, holding a high position and station, will be entitled to same weight. The case which came before his Lordship was the' case of an individual against the board of directors which had for its object to restrain them from going beyond the powers which they possessed by the Act of (Parliament. It was the case of a single shareholder against the acts of the directors. What said Lord Brougham ? His Lordship said this—and I beg the Committee to bear in mind these words Although I may be disposed to support the injunction I will not interfere and restrain the pro ceedings of a public company. It belongs to Parlia ment to legislate.and to interfere with all matters of this kind. I can see nothing to prevent that body so dealing with itself in the manner so complained of in the petition, and asking for an alteration in its own constitution ; indeed, of this there is no doubt." His Lordship went on to state that he would not grant to a single shareholder as against the company any injunction ; if he were to do so, there was not a single individual who fancied himself aggrieved with the proceedings of his directors but would appear before that tri bunal where, by his agents and counsel, he might oppose the Bill passing into law. " Was not that (said his Lordship) the old and constitutional mode and regular mode of procedure ? If this Bill is listened to every time a new Act is applied for a single individual who might choose to differ from the rest might come before the court and obtain his injunction. I for one will not assist in encouraging such litigation. The proper place for persons to oppose will be before the Committees of that Legislature before which the Bill is placed." That, Sir, is the proper place for persons to seek to be heard by their counsel, their agents, and their witnesses. That this autho rity is entitled to some weight is clear, because we have the present Lord Chancellor refusing individual shareholders the relief which they pray, on the express ground that, in another place, before a Committee of the House of Commons or House of Lords, they might appear in support of such cases. I ask, then, what are all these cases to which I have referred your Committee, compared with that which is now under your consideration? In all these instances we have a few dissentient shareholders objecting to the eourse about to be pursued, and these all pray to be heard in their individual capacity against the direc tors of the body of which they were members, on the ground that they had certain rights vested in them by existing Acts. You cannot, therefore, deprive them of their rights; but if shareholders are to be set at defiance by directors retaining possession of the common seal of the company, they would be enabled to do so, and might proceed without the sanction of the shareholders. In the present case the body of directors were proposing to do something which was beyond the scope of the power vested in them. The shareholders consider that this ought to be prevented. Can anything offer a stronger case than this, where the directors come to this House for power to do that which is beyond the scope of their Act, and against the wishes of the direc- tors? The shareholders in this instance come forward and proclaim the directors traitors to their interests, and they say that, at the only meeting where their voices could be heard, they called upon the directors to affix the corpo rate seal to the petition which was the result of their unani mous feeling. I now present with all humility, but with the most perfect confidence, to you the petition of Sir IL Verner and live other persons, because the directors refused to affix the corporate seal to that which was in fact the petition of the corporate body. Unless that petition be heard, unless the allegations contained in that petition be proved — and I pledge myself to do so—except, I say, these allegations are beard, and you give the oppor tunity of proving the same, you will not only be doing a most crying injustice, and establish a most fearful and fatal precedent, and that, too, in:the face of all those precedents to which I have already called your attention, and which are weak indeed, compared to the case which 1 have now to present to you, you would allow, by such a cours,e, any directors who were in the possession of the corporate seal of the company to dispose of, without appeal, without the possibility of the shareholders coming forward to protect their rights and interests. Surely, Sir, that is a state of things you can never sanction, or for which you would not surely establish a precedent. For the purpose of my argu ment every allegation in that petition must be taken as proved. If they were proved, could you then pass the Bill? Would .you so far interfere with the indisputable rights of the parties whom I represent? I cannot for a moment sup pose that you would do so. It would be a most mon strous thing. Can you, if this be proved, which is the foundation of my application—if these) allegations, I say, are proved, can you report to the House, of which you are so honoured a member, that the preamble of this Bill has been proved? Can you report that it is the desire of the share holders that the preamble of this Bill should be reported as proved, aad that it is brought forward with their concur rence. Sir, I am prepared to show you that it is not so. If those facts and allegations contained in the petition are to be proved, how are they to be proved? Are they to be proved by es parte statements, or are they to be openly met by the shareholders at once before this Committee ? But when you find the directors, from the beginning of the concern evidently to avoid an opportunity for taking the sense of the body at large, postponing the issue of the sealed certificates, and at the last moment, taking care to call the meeting at such a time as they could command the majority—when you find them refusing to postpone the meeting, in compliance with the unanimously-signed requisition of the shareholdersfi nd the you find them taking care no t to issue the sealed certificates in time for the general meetin g —when y ou the directors refusing to go out of office, so as to give legal opportunity to elect others—when, on the 13th of March, the shareholders did what the directors could no longer prevent them from doing, namely, appoint six directors who would be willing and careful for their interests, —when, I say, you find these other directors doing a ll they could to make that election a mere mockery and a delusion, by the appointment of a committee, by delegating the whole functions of the directors to that Committee nominated by, the directors themselves—the directors of that new company, of which they had been charged by the shareholders as g u ilty o f selling their in terests to the Great Western Company —I am sure, Sir, you will not lend your sanction to a course stem of proceeding lik e thi s . statement They cannot suffer if myis proved. The Great Western were b oun d in r e i n ght by virtue of what they have done, and there will be abundant opportunities hereafter for them of proving th ose r i g ht s ; b u t if you now put the final seal of your sanction upon this nefarious transaction there is an end to the possibility of any justice in any court of law or equity afterwards being suc cessfully appl ie d f or on this subject. I submit, there fore, that upon the grounds of principle, upon the grounds of precedent, upon the grounds of justice, and upon the grounds of common sense, that we should be heard on this petition, and be allowed a Lull opportunity of proving the allegations contained therein. But when, as is the MO in the petition before you, this WAS only a want S • • -•,-.1•„ . . . tai the fortulity of the etantaeimityctuka-einapinpi.Vitat atlixed upon it, and but for Which lepthetdditave ha un doubted, an impreseriptible right : teippOte. - before you=- , if you refuse to hear us on theSsigeountle,` 'ion' will, 't kP. by the misconduct of the directory--I-'can apply - /so milder term—refuse us an oppoittur .-'6f'l>i•Oillgltliela° al legations. if the . corporate seal.t eolllf.finy hadt een o affixed to that petition w e should; icle,tiVod to be heard ; - and, are we then to be refused in conseq uence of the mismanagement of the directors, by their retusing to perform the duties which devolved upon them namely , that of affixing the common seal of this company to the petition ? Suppose that this were a question between this company and another, then that company which had a measnre before Parliament affecting the interests of the first parties--sup pose that the parties or directors of the company' were en trusted—from some motive or other should refuse to affix the seal to the petition to Parliament, could it be said til'at the absence of a mere formality of the company's seal woui,d be allowed to stand ill the way of the company being hea'r'd upon the petition? From the time I made myself acs quainted with the allegations of the petitions, and that the seal of the company had been improperly withheld, I tl.ught that it would be impossible for the Committee to refuse to hear the petitioners; and I thought it was impossible that they should not alloy , ' the parties to stand in the same position as though that %%dile! was ' necessary had been done, seeing that upon the pet;illu to which I shall call your attention, all these matters will arise which ii eccess.iry to be brought before you. One single word with respect to the prayer of the p o i t i on. The petition is in the common form of petitions, and I believe all my experience warrants me in snaking the aesertion, that the statement of the grievance is always contained in the body of the petition, and the prayer of the petition is ir. the usual ferns. If we are allowed to go into the petition the fate of the Bill will net remain Lang in suspense. The facts of the petition can all be proved. I trust, therefore, that von will not establish a fatal precedent in this case, and I trust that von will think that we ought to be heard in support of the prayer of the petition. The Learned Counsel having concluded, , Mr. WHATELEY addressed a few observations to the Committee against the right of reply on the part of the opponents. The Committee then adjourned. LAW INTELLIGENCE. VICE-CHANCELLORS' COURT, May 7. (Before Vice-Chancellor Sir J. WIGRA3I.) DIONEYVICNNY V. DERING. This cause turned upon the construction of a will. The facts have already appeared in this journal, and the question came before this Court with the view of overruling the deci sion of the Court of Exchequer, which determined that the word " son" in the will of one of the devisees limited the estate to the last male. His HONOUR said it was the practice of the Court in cases such as the present to carry out the intention of the testator, but he should refer the case to a court of law. • It was then arranged that the case should be brought before the Court of Common Pleas. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, May 7. (Sittings in Banco.) HARE V. ATTWOOD. In this case an application was made for a new trial on the ground that the plaintiff omitted material evidence at a previous trial, when a verdict had been entered for the de fendant. An application having been made at the time, the point was reserved for argument. The COURT refused the application, as it was not supported by affidavit. Several other cases of no importance were then disposed of. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, May 7. (Sittings in Bunco ) MISCHKIN V. AOSCI. In this case an application was made for an attachment against a Mr. Levi, a Sheriff's officer of the county of Mid dlesex. It appeared that the plaintiff owed 161. 18s., and that this officer continued to levy sums of money to the amount of 251. 10s., and afterwards made a seizure on the goods of the plaintiff, a Mr. Rosci, a merchant residing in Regent street, to the extent of 121. The COURT were of opinion that a rule should issue calling on the Sheriff and Mr. Levi, or one or either of them, to re fund the money. SHERIFFS' COURT, Miip 7. (Before Mr. Under-Sheriff BNRCHELL.) CRIM. CON.—BOODE V. WILSON. This was an action for criminal conversation. The da• mages were laid at 10,0001., and judgment had been suffered to go by default. The Attorney-General, Mr. M. Chambers, and Mr. Cow ling, appeared for the plaintiff, and Sir F. Thesiger and Mr. Ellis for the defendant. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said, the plaintiff, Mr. John Christian Boode, was a gentleman of large property, residing at Lucknam Park, near Bath, and having estates in the West Indies. His real property was about 50,000/. or 60,0001. His lady was the daughter of the late Admiral Sir Henry Bayntun, and she had, in her own right, a property of 1,500/. or 1,6004 a year, and was, besides, a lady of great attractions. The marriage took place in 1834. and, until the unfortunate occurrence which he had to mention, in Decem ber last, they had lived on terms of the greatest happiness. The fruits of the marriage were five children, of whom two were now living. They were ill, and required the daily, nay, hourly, superintendence of a mother. They had been deprived of that loss, and had to deplore the fall of one whose presence they had so much needed. The defendant, Herbert Lowther Wilson, was a gentleman of some fortune.—be tween 2,0001. and 3,000/. He was the son of Sir John Wil son, and was, besides, an officer in the Grenadier Guards. He had been on the greatest terms of friendship with the plaintiff, and at the time of the occurrence was a guest at the house of his friend, the plaintiff; at Lucknam Park. The 27th of December last was a Sunday, and on that day Mrs. Boode attended church in the morning, as well as the school. She was unwell, and left church, but returned and partook of the sacrament. She was again present at the evening service. Mr. Boode had occasion to be out late the same evening, writing letters connected with his estates in the West Indies, and about one o'clock returned. Not finding his wife in her bed-room, he thought she was perhaps unwell, and went in search of her. On passing the long gallery, and the room of his guest, he thought he would go into his room, and there he discovered his wife. There was no donbt of the criminality of the _ _ parties, and the discovery then made had led to the present proceedings. Mrs. Boode bad left the hcuso of her hus band. Before the discovery there was no suspicion of his wife's infidelity. The defendant was a guest at his table, and until the occurrence nothing had happened to awaken the slightest suspicion as to the conduct of the parties. The jury would learn that the plaintiff had been attentive and kind to his wife ; there was no disparity in their ages, and as to the defendant, he was a young man of about twenty years old. Sir F. THESIGER (interposing)—Twenty he is a little more than 17. The ATTORNEr-Gx)rEzem said he nndorstood he was more than 17. Sir F. THESIGER (holding up a document) said it had been admitted, and would show that the defendant was little more than 17. The ATTORNET-GENERAL proceeded—The lady, he be lieved, was 30 or 32. Be the age of the defendant what it might, he had lived long enough in the world not to violate the rights of hospitality in the manner he had done ; he therefore called npon the jury to give such substantial damages as would mark their sense of his conduct. Mr7Dowding, a solicitor at Bath, stated that the plaintiff married in 1834, when 30,0001. was settled. Mrs. Boode had an income at the present time, in her own right, of 1,5001. a year. Mr. Boode was a very kind and indulgent husband, and they had lived happily together. Two daughters were now alive, one about 12 or 13, and the other very young. Mr. Mowens, a West India merchant, had known the plain tiff twenty years, and had visited him since his marriage at Lucknam Park, where they resided when not on the conti nent. They lived on the most affectionate terms. The youngest child was between one and two years old. The plaintiff, who was of a Dutch family, and whose relatives re sided abroad, had a very agreeable house, and had gone to great expense to please his wife. - Mr. FUller, of :Neston Park, Wiltshire, also gave evidence as to the terms on which the plaintiff and his wife lived. He described them as a happy couple. He knew Sir H. Bayntun, Mrs. Boode's father, as also her brother. Mr. J.Neeld, M.P., gave similar evidence as to the terms on which the parties lived. He knew Mr. Wilson, the de fendant, also; he was a young man, between seventeen and eighteen years old. He was not aware that Mrs. Boode re ceived visits in her bed-room. Sir F. THESIGER asked whether she did not, according to the French style, receive such visits? Mr. Neeld said he was not aware that such was the case. In answer to the ATTORNEY. GENERAL, Mr. Neeld said the defendant appeared to be twenty-four or twenty-five; he was six feet high. He had not been long in the army. Sir F. MESIGER said commissions could be obtained at sixteen years of age. Mrs.Wylde, wife of the Rev. Mr.Wylde, rector, had known the plaintiff and his wife fcr twelve years. They lived hap pily together. She never heard of Mrs. Boode receiving visits in her bed-room. _ _ A document was put in evidence, at the requ es t of Sir F. THasIOER, from which it appeared that on the death of the defendant's parents he would be entitled to 2,7411.95. 6d. in the Three per Cent. Bank Annuities. Sir F. TMaSIGER addressed the Court. The seducer in this case, as the jury had heard, was between 17 and 18 years old, and the object of this painful inquiry was 31 or 32. He was not aware that an appearance in height had anything to do with a youthful mind, but he was sure that in no ether manner was the defendant to be regarded than as a mere boy, a circumstance which was of the utmost im portance in estimating the damages, but which his Learned Friend had avoided in his address to the jury. The duty of a jury, in a case of the present description, was no doubt a difficult and perplexing one; they had to weigh andto l esti mate the amount of damages to be awarde o d underer notice.a l tb circumstances which had bean presen ted There were three part ies he e shou l d in thefl b case,e ca lled and the seducer, or, as could he be considere d. . seduced, for in no other lig ht t he i t a husband, t ia c t aa he e, w Tt i hh fe ee , of the three parties to an Learned Counsel drew a pictur t more than action of the and that order to obtain a divorce, sent publicity in itiodnaaml damages. He for them to once cll a th ra a c t te t r he b plaintiff he Co ha u d rt- su T b h m e it i t ur eert h o a t d h th eheard He now had give what were term ed circum stance had been urgedas substantial anadd the satisfaction to inf orm the jury that, to insure success in the House of Lords, large damages were not required, for he remembered a case in which 40s. were awarded by consent; and, in that case, the plaintiff succeeded in his object. What means had the defendant of paying any damages? They had heard of his property, 2,7001., on the death of his parents. He besought the jury to consider that the gallant officer, the father of the youthful defendant, would have to pay the damages, and he was sure they would not inflict an addi tional injury on him. The Learned UNDER-SIIERIFF, in his directions to the jury, told them they would, in estimating the damages, con sider the loss the plaintiff had sustained by the act of the defendant, who, by not pleading, had admitted that he was a wrongdoer. The jury had nothing to do with subsequent proceedings ; they had to estimate the loss sustained, under all the circumstances, and to give their verdict ac cordingly. The jury consulted for half-an-hour, and then assessed the damages at 40s. Bell's Life in London, Sunday, May 9, will give a chart of Newmarket race-course, with references ; the pugilistic contest between Sparkes and Langharn ; Second Newmarket Spring Meeting; and all other sporting events. A sixpence enclosed to Mr. Clement, junior, will ensure a copy of Bell's Life by return of post to any part of England, Scotland, or Ireland. BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, MAY s.—The business done this week has not exceeded 300 hbds. of West India sugars , principally to the refiners, at about last week's rates. At a public sale to-day of 1,593 mats d amage d M an ill a s ugar, ex Ripley, the whole were sold at 16s. 6d. and 17s. 6d. in bond. A few small sales have been made in rums: Lee wards, 3s. 2d. to 3s. 6d• $ • Demeraras, 4s. fid. ; Jamaica, 4s. 10d.—Bristol Gazette. THE WELLINGTON SURTOUT CAUTION.—The great success of the Wellington Surtout having caused several unprincipled persons (against two of whom proceedings have been commenced) to imitate this registered coat, although in a material derogatory to Its reputation , all persons art hereby warned that to make any garment (having sleeves) whether worn by male or female, WITIIOUT SHOULDER OR SLEEVE TOP SEAMS, whatever may be its shape in other respects, is a direct infringement of the patentees designs, and will in every case be visited by an action at law. Every genuine coat has a stamp bearing the royal arm, with a number indicative of the 'site, also the name and address of thi patentee, JAMES FOUGERE, 6, CONDUIT-STREET, REGENT STREET, and I I, POULTRY, near the Mansion-llouse, LONDON, to imitate which is felony. _ ,