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by any q for the Shapter cents to ort they IAY.) ed with Ind four b -street, coffe rs were rided oa easley'is under- Ragged did not e boy's ter then tken by of the -ltl)• the of the a not tle, St , Belfast, ed on lion of i Hes t dal, of fee ey re , ake of nallib bibOtir; en gi T HE PATENT MILE-INDEX CARRIAGE COMPANY. (Registered Provliionally under 7 and 8 Viet., cap. 110.) Capital, 65,0001., in Shares of 101. each. Deposit, ls. per Share, (being the amount limited by Statute.) Deposits will be returned without deduction, if the capital be not subscribed, the registered Promoter bearing all preliminary ex pairs. TRUSTEES. Thehard Bark. r, Esq., 14, Fitzroy-square. R. Hartley Kennedy, Esq., Resington Lodge, :.rotting-hill, BOARD OF DIRECTGIIII. R. Hartley Kennedy, India and London Life Assurance Company. and Deputy Chairman of the Oriental Bank, Resington Lodge, Notting.lol, —Chairman. Captein Tyndale, Director of the South Eastern Railway, 21, Alfred. place, Brompton,—Deputy Chairman. Lieutenant General Wright, Royal Engineers, Army and Davy Club SI. darnes's-square. W. B. Gluier, Esq., Esq., 84, Milton-street, Dorset-square. J. E. B. Curtis, Esq., Linee:n's-lan, and 29, Wellington-road, 8 t John's-wood. Robert Faulder White, Esq., 24, Sussex-gardens, Hyde-park. (With power to increase the number to ten.) MANAGING DIRECTOR, Henry Von 'Cuter, Esq. NAM UR& Messrs, Sapte, linspratt, Banbury, and Co., 77, Lombard-stree ♦uDITOES. F. Kirkham. Fowell, Esq., 60, Moorgate-street, and Devonshire Col tage, Alpha-road, ite4ent's-park. (A. second Auditor to Do appointed by the Committee.) SOLICITORS. Messrs. Wire and Child, St. Swithin's lane, City. BIICII ETA EX. Mr. Lionel Curtis. Temporary Offices No. 82, Charing-cross. The Patent Mile-Index Carriage Company is promoted with the following objects, viz.:- 1. The application to cabs of the Mile-Index, a recently pat+ nted invention, by which the exact distance travelled is readily ascer tained, and the passenger thus protected from overchari s o by the driver. 2. The adoption of a system of mile-tickets to be issued in books of tickets at a reduced tare. 3. The improvement of cab conveyance, by the introduction of carriages of superior stvle and accommodation, with a well-selected Mud and better class of drivers. 4. The substitution, so far as the establishment of the Company Is Concerned, of the control and guarantee of a body of gentlemen, as Managers, for the unsatisfactory means of redress of grievances at present afforded by the Police Courts. The invention of the Mile•lndex is protected by Royal Letters Patent, granted in June, 1846. The Patent Mile-Index has been fitted to a Brougham carriage. The carriage so fitted has traveled several hundred miles over the worst pavements in the metropolis, at different speeds, and in all weathers, and with the most complete success. (For a public testimony to the value of the invention, see the notice in the " Times" of Monday, the 25th of January, page 6, Column 6.) The Provisional Directors have concluded an agreement with the Patentee for a general licence to use the invention in hackney carriages in the metropolle i or within a circuit of twenty miles from the General Post-offlee, for the whole term of the patent. The remuneration to the Patentee is therein made entirely dependent on the successfhl progress of the Company. A copy of the agreement lies at the omces for inspection. The mile-ticket plan is adopted as the most convenient and roman.- Iterative mode of giving to the public the accommodation of a re duced fare. It le calculated that the reduction of fare will (coupled With the patent Rile-Index) eonsiderably increase custom. and pro duce a large profit ; and it is considered that the arrangement by which such reduction in fare is made, through the medium of mile tickets will not only prove a great convenience to the public, by the accommodation which it will afford, but also very remunerative to shareholders. by the certainty of custom and advanced paymesets produced by the arrangements. It is in Contemplation, when the Company has been formed and the capital paid up, to apply to Parliament for an Act of Incor poration. It win bo seen that, as an object of investment, this undertaking presents a most satisfactory prospectof a liberal return on the capital invested. This Company, by the general superiority of its vehicles, horses, end drivers, by the guarantee afforded by the control of gen tlemen as managers. by the mile-ticket system and the reduced fare, and p irticularly by the perfect check on overcharge which the Mile- Index will place in the power of the passenger himself, will un doubtedly command a great share of the cab traffic of the metropolis. The estimates show, that taking revenue at the lowest and expen diture at the highest, a dividend of upwards of ten per cent. will accrue to shareholders, in addition to fire per cent. interest on capi tal, clear of income-tax in both cases ; and taking into consideration the great saving to be effected in large purchases, and by being enabled With money in hand to watch the market, and considering also the Peat traffic which the conveyances of this Company will certainly Command, a very much larger return may be safely anticipated. In submitting this proposal to the public, the promoters of the Indeitaking give unreservedly all particulars of the proposed joint Undertaking, and state explicitly the terms of association. The de posits will be returned without deducting, in the event of the whole capital not being subscribed, unless the subscribers at a general meet ing determine to fore the Company on a scale commensurate with the amount actually eubscribed. The registered Promoter bears all Preliminary expenses, and reserves, in consideration of the informa tion, labour, expense, and risk, given and incurred in the promotion, a per centage remuneration of 10 per cent, on the annual pronto! of the undertaking, that is to say, after paying 5 per cent interest on capital. The estimates en which the calculations are based, and as abstract of the provisions of the Deed of Settlement, are set fl,rth in an appsludix, to the end that the public may judge for themselves of the probability of success, and know the nature of the contract into Which they are invited to enter„ The details of the undertaking are as follows, viz.:— Mile-Index.—The index 13 placed in the body of the cab, being con nected with the wheels by a simple but ingenious apparatus. It is In duplicate for both inside and outside, and is in the form of a double faced clock; miles, half-miles, and fractions of a mile, correspond to hours, half-hour 3, and minutes, and a hand performs the circuit of the dial, marking the progress of the vehicle. At night the index Will be lighted by a lamp. A passenger will, on entry, note the position of the hand on the falter dial, and read the distance as travelled by the dial within. Mile-Tickets.—lt is proposed to issue tickets for miles and half tones, in books for 40 miles each, at the price of 11. Is. per book, or 6 d- per mile. Should this arrangement prove acceptable to the public, due provision will be made to provide a sufficient number of es:Mtges to meet the demand. ----- Carriages, &e.—lt is proposed to start with 200 carriages ; no Pains will be spared to give the public a carriage combining every requisite of design, accommodation, strength, safety, and lightness of draught, with most convenient and handsome fittings. Great care will be taken in the selection of the horses; and har ness, in keeping with the carriages, will be chosen. Stabling, &c.—lt is proposed to purchase or rent a piece of ground in some convenient spot, and to erect a range of stabling, witk the necessary offices. storehouses, workshops, &c., on a comprehensive plan In any plan that may be selected, care will be taken to re- Servo space and make arrangements to meet an increase of the esta blishment at a fixture period. Drivers.—Great care will be taken in the selection of the drivers, Each man will be requii ed to enter into a written engagement with the Company, and to And two householders as sureties for his ob servance of it. A neat and uniform livery will be provided by the Company. With a view of Inducing a better class of men to enter the service of the Company, arrangements will be made for the general comfort of the men, the care of them under accident, in sickness. or old age; and for the protection of the widows and orphans of those who may die in the service. One and a third per cent. on profits (profits as defined above) will be set aside to form a fund for the purposes above stated. The drivers will be placed under strict regulations, and be subject to a rigid surveillance. A Committee of the Board ofDirectora will sit daily to investigate complaints and afford redress. In all cases .n which Application to a magistrate or a prosecution may be neces sary, the proceedings will be conducted at the expense and by the Solicitors of the Company. It will be a special object of the Company to save as much as possible the personal attendance of the com- Valliant. While the Company will visit with the utmost severity any delinquency on the part of their drivers, they will, at the mine time, firmly protect their servants in case of injustice. Management, &c.—The management will be vested in a Board of Directors, not exceeding ten in number, including Chairman and Deputy -Chairman. With a view of insuring the best attention to the interests of the Cernpany, both on the part of managers and officers, the principle of Per centage on profits will be applied to the remuneration of directors for their services, and to the encouragement of officers. In lieu of the usual fixed allowance, directors will receive a per centage of twenty per cent. on prints (profits as defined above), and the Managing Director and Secretary will receive, in addition to fixed salaries, a like per cordage of one per cent. each. As the remunera tion of directors is postponed till shareholders have realised fair interest on their investment, and is then proportioned to the surplus, • shareholders have the best assurance that directors will use every effort both to increase the revenue and economise the expenditure. In the same way the zeal and vigilance of the officers will be stimu lated by the interest which they also will have in the prosperity of the undertaking. Finanoe.—The accounts will be audited quarterly. Interest on capital at five per cent. will be paid half-yearly. Profits will be divided annually. The foregoing are the general features of the undertaking. In Its organisation many modificationse will probably suggest them selves, but its main character will remain the same. As the Di rectors are most desirous of making the establishment as useful to the public as it can be made, any suggestion will receive their most careful consideration. The detailed estimates (see Appendix A) have been compiled With the greatest care. The several items are vouched by written etatetnenta by competent persons. They have been laid before gentlemen of great experience in these matters, who have carefully examined and approve them. The Deed of Settlement (see abstract in Appendix B) contains two important provisions protective of the interests of shareholders. Any new shares to be issued for the purpose of increasing the capital, should it be desirable to extend the Company's e,tablish- Mont, will be offered in the first instanee to shareholders, in pro portion to the number of old shares held by them. 2. If ever the average of yearly dividends shall fall below the five per cent. inte rest on capital, the shareholders shall be convened, to consider the Propriety of dissolving the Company. There are several points deserving attention with reference to this undertaking as an object of investment :-1. There is nothing expe rimental in it ; it proposes to supply a want which all feel, by means the value of which any one can appreciate. 2. The items of the estirnate are of an every-day character, and the actual cost in each case is given ; the calculations are open to Investigation, and can •e easily tested. 3. The money of shareholders will net be sunk in , e uPeriments, or wasted in preliminary expenses ; it will be laid out Ii the purchase of a property which will always find a sale and bear Price. 4. A zealous and prudent management of the affairs of the 401 aCern is insured by the per oentage system of remunerating di looters and encouraging officers. b. The distinction between inte rest on capital and profits, and the provision made for payment o Interest as an item of expenditure, without reference to division of Profits, gives to a subscription in this undertaking the double cha racter of a steady investment and of a commercial speculation. 6. Interests of shareholders are protected in any increase of capital, end they hold ' in their own hands the power to put an end to th e Concern when it ceases to be profitable. RULES OF SUBSCRIPTION. 1. Shares ' , will be allotted on application In the form annexed, ac mapied by a reference to one of the directors, a Loudon bank er orw householders of respectability. 2. The directors aese. - ve power to reject any application, or to allot a number of shares less than the number applied for. 3. Deposits to be paid to the bankers of the Company to the credit of the trustees, who undertake to return the same without loess-^tion, If the whole capital of 65,0001. be not subscribed, un zege otherwise directed by resolutions of is general meeting of sub scribers. 4. On production of the bankers' receipt, and on execution of the deed of settlement (a printed copy of which will be handed to the subscriber for his information), scrip certificates will be issued. 5. When the Company has been completely registered (which will be done when the deed of settlement has been executed by one fburth of the subscribers), due notice will be given in the London Gazette and daily papers. such will be required, ea 6 tion Su e b f e within one month from the publi cation notice , to pay a first call of 11. 19s. per share, and to exchange scrip certiricates for shares. 7. Further calls will not exceedontt s l.per share, and there will be an Interval of not le ss th an two months between each call. I. It will be in the di scretion of the withta directors to forfeit and re-allot shares in cases of non-compli ance to fix r b nis of allotm en t 9. The directors reserve power the London Gazette and daily paper,3' public ad ver ti semen t , i n . any limit of time not herein be fore given. Application fee shares to be made in tha form annexed cretary, a'. the Temporary Offices, No, 32, ce„ ring _ ercm . to the Se- FORM OF APPLICATION FOlt StiAlltel To the Secretary of the Patent Mile-fnd-ex Carriage c o ! ir,— I apply to be admitted a subscriber to the Patent miPany. liile-Index C arriage Company, and I request an allotment of share s in the capital stock of the Company on the terms of the prospectus. / subjoin the particulars required Yours, Dated day of 1846. (Usual signature.).... • • .. sameln full • • • ... ...... .......... Place of business • .. .. Placeof residence . • . • . • • . . • • • • • • • • • Profession or occupation • • • • • • • • • • • • Reference in full. • . • .• • • • • • • • • .. • • • • Appendix A (Estimates) may be obtained at the temporary offices, 52, Charitueeroee. APPendix It (Abstract of Provisions of Deed of Settlement) will be P_Sbliched in a f ew d a y s . Extract from a notice in the "Times" of Monday, 26th Jaanary, 1547, page 6, column 6. _ T he Patent Mlle-Index.---A simple and ingenious contrivance for "'es-luring and indicating the distance travelled by wheel car ria_a_ges•• • • .. • .There is nothing unsightly in the apparatus, which, in can scarcely be seen at all a hen the carriage Is In motion. T he passenger is thus supplied with a perfect check agaMst "lar ge, /still's the proprietor has the means of knowing the amount of mileage actually performed. The convenience and simplicity of "onting, as the index of distance, a method of ealcu!ation so familiar 44 the face of a clock supplies, nee i hardly be pointed out. T he l'atent Mile-Index has been fitt e d t o a B roug h am, w hi ch has, We are told, travelled between 200 aid 300 miles over paving stones 2antt rough road% and under circumstances calculated to t es t severe l y n e Working of the a pp ara t us, an d a l ways with the same satisfac ry result. „We had an opportunity on Satu r d a y o f prov i ng tho accuracy of index by travelling several miles In the carriage in question ; On comparing the revolutions of the hear and minute hand at '4,401 measured mile, we were, we confess, surprLsed by the nicety of result. 111 e Possibility of tampering with the apparatus has been effectually arta erited. reform in oar cab syste become one of the recognised twha,,nta.of city life, and the first treat step In this direction must he in p,rjr"--.fer himself ma.. C.Vert.ll:t ti t ' , parties mu. , t Strkaii.dy interested in such a reform are • •••!..• , puhtit , ,luc,!l. - must often have bat:e rred •to oar reader that a much greater aggregate amount (pro awee;.Y . ne arly double the present su m) would be recei ve d i n f ares Y e ar by cabmen, if they wou ld b e con t en t w ith th e i r l ega l f are, Would receive it with civility. /,~~ ~t_ ....... ...... . ----'*-----' . • .• • -.- - / .7 1 j s' , .. ..,.-: • , '''t.4E3'.4t,;41..7.4.-1-• ' \‘'-?; •$;-. 1%! :;';' ' ...1. - ' . Kt* y "ice!' __. • • No. 16,973. LON DON, TH URS DAY EVENING FEBRUARY 11, 1847. poYAL POLYTECHNIC IN STITU PION, PROFESSOR SCPICENBEIN'S GUN COTTON, and otter Expl .sive Corapoands, with brilliant Experiments, LECTURED on y Pr. I;TAN, daily at Halt past Three o'clock; and on the Evenings of M.o Wedn, sdays, and Fridays. The principle if the various EL. CTRO- MAGNETIC TEL GRAPES explained daily by Professor BACHHOFFNER, including the Patent of 11 essrs. Cook aid Wheatstone, in use of the railways, and tke more recent Patent of Messrs. Nott aid Gamble ; the various Models explained. DlaXnilled Spec:men. ef DISHASED POTATOES, exhibited by the OXTEITDROGEN MICROSCOPE, with tke DE STRUCTIVE INSECT, supposed by A. Slime, Esq., F.R.S., is be the cease of the disease. 1 beautiful Series of NEW DISSOLVING VIEWS. Tke DIVING-BELL and DIVER, with Experiments.. The PHYSIOSCOPE, new CHROMATROPE, tcc. Admission Is. Scheel', kali-prim THE SMALL DEBTS it A Supplementlo the London Gazette r' 1847 *— fished on Saturday evening, and co' Order in Council : At the Court at Windsor, F That on t!,-,6 13th d- _ of March in this year, the sever& courts h:,; i d en f or COUNCIL, No. 1. the rovi • o f QR t D :n E e R r 1 m 7: 0 : 1,,ery 4 0 0 f . 4 s mall debts or demands, p 81064 any Act or Acts cited in one or o r .;ch of thit sche , yd•ittes annexed to the said Act of the last session of Pitekment, and marked (A) and (B) respectively (except tits courts hereinafter - more particularly specified), shall tit abolished ; and that on and after the 15th day of March in this year, the county court of Middlesex, here tofore holden under the provisions of an Act passed in the 23d year of the reign of his late Majesty King George 11., intituled " An Act for preventing Delays and Expenses in the Proceedings in the County Court of Middlesex, nod for the more easy and s p ee d y R ecovery of Small Debts in the said county court," shall be holden under the provisions of the said Act of the last session of Parliament, in the several districts into which the said county shall be divided, by any order to be made by your Majesty, with the advice of your Privy Council ; and also that each of the several courts of request or conscience heretofore holden for the recovery of debts and demands in the several cities, towns, and places hereinafter mentioned within the provisions of some one or more of the Acts cited in the sehedule annexed to the said Act of the last session of Parliament, and marked (A), shall be holden as a county court on and after the said 15th day of March, in the city or town hereinafter mentioned to be respectively appointed or substituted, instead of the city or cities, town or towns, place or places in which such court was or might have been holden under the provisions of any of the said Acts ; that is to say, A court heretofore holden at Bath, under an Act passed in the 45th year of the reign of his late Majesty King George 111., intituled " An Act for the more speedy and easy Reco very of Small Debts in the City Of Bath and the liberties thereof, and in the several p" h d places therein men • tioned, in the countyof ; be holden 'as a county court in the city of Bath : Two courts heretofore holden at Bristol, that is to say, one court holden under an Act passed in the 56th year of the reign of his late Majesty King George 111., intituled "An Act for the more speedy and easy Recovery of Small Debts in the city and county of the city of Bristol, and the liberties thereof, and in the several parishes and places therein men tioned, in the counties of Gloucester and Somerset," and another court holden under an Act passed in the Ist year of the reign of your Majesty, intituled "An Act for granting more effectual powers for the Regulation of the Court of Con science within the city of Bristol," shall be consolidated and holden as a county court in the city of Bristol : A court, other than the Court of Passage, heretofore holden for the recovery of small debts in Liverpool, under an Act passed in the 7th year of the reign of his late Majesty King William IV., intituled "An Act to amend and render more effectual an Act passed in the 4th and sth year of the reign of Liverpool, pesot:,L his present Maje s ty, i n ti tu l e d ' An Act for amending the Pro ceedings and Practi ce o f th e C ourt of Passage of the borough o l e county oaordg e liberties oes intituledo f t h L e a r n e c o s A t i Lancaster,' ,'t Act tdc for u o r ntrtheye of 3 o l r aj t peal an Act p asse d i n the 25th year of th e re i gn o f hi s late and King e G more easy and speedy Rec o v er y o f S mall Debts in the town palatine of Lancaster,' and to give further power for the recovery of small debts within the borough of Liverpool," shall be holden as a county court in the town of Liverpool. A court heretofore holden for the manor of Sheffield, under an Act passed in the 48th year of the reign of his late Ma jesty King George 111., intituled "An Act for regulating the Proceedings in the Courts Baron of the Manors of Shef field and Ecclesall, in the county of York," shall be holden as a county court in the town of Sheffield : And that the district to be assigned to each of the said courts, when so holden as a county court, shall be the dis trict which, by any order to be made by your Majesty, with the advice of your Privy Council, shall be specified as the district of the county court holden in each of the said cities and towns respectively. ORDER IN COUNCIL, No. 2. That on the 15th day of March, in this year, the said Act of the last session of Parliment shall be put in force in every county throughout England and Wales; and that the whole of the said counties, including all counties of cities and counties of towns, cities, boroughs, towns, ports, and places, liberties and franchises, therein contained or thereinto ad. joining (except the City of London), shall be divided into the several districts hereinafter specified, and that the county court of each of the said counties shall be holden for the recovery of debts and demands under the said Act. in each of the districts into which such county shall be so divided, in the several cities and towns hereinafter specified as court towns, or towns in which courts are to be holden, in each county. in conjunction with the said districts respectively except in the districts hereinafter called metropolitan districts, in each of which the court shall be holden in some conve nient place within such district; and in each district, except in the said metropolitan districts, the said court shall be holden by the name of "The County Court of holden at ," inserting in the first blank space the name of the county, and in the second the name of the town in which the court is to he holden ; and in the said metropolitan dis tricts the said court shall be holden by the name of " The • County Court of ," inserting in the first blank space the name hereinafter given to the court, and in the second the name of the county in which the court is to be holden. And that in the description of the said several court dis tricts hereunto annexed, unless where specific mention is made of particular parishes, chaparies, townships, tithings, hamlets, or precincts, the several places named are to be taken to mean and imply the several superintendent regis trars' districts, bearing the like names respectively, which have been constituted pursuant to an Act passed in the 7th year of the reign of his late Majesty King William IV., intituled "An Act for registering Births, Deaths, and Mar• riages in England," or pursuant to any Act passed for the amendment thereof, as the same were severally constituted on the 19th day of December last past; save only that all parts of parishes and chapelries, townships, tithings, and hamlets, which are detached from the main body of the pa rishes and chapelries, townships, tithings, and hamlets to which such detached parts severally belong, and also all places (if any), parochial or extra-parochial, not included in the said descriptions, shall be taken to be within the district of that court within the precincts arid outer boundary of which they severally lie, or by which they are severally surrounded, or with which they 'have the greatest common boundary, if not wholly surrounded by any one court dis trict ; and that each of the said court districts shall be deemed to include also all rivers, creeks, karbours, and waters included within the outer boundary thereof, or there unto adjoining, which are within the body of any county in England or Wales; and that when the districts of any two courts shall be divided by a river, the boundary line between the two districts shall be the mid-channel of such river; and that every place included within the outer boundary of the court districts so specified and described shall be taken to be within the jurisdiction of the county court holden for the purposes of the said Act for the county in which the city, town, or place is situated where the court is ordered to be holden, or when such city, town, or place may be situated in two or more counties, then of the county court holden for that county under which such city, town, or place is mentioned in the description of the said several court districts hereunto annexed, in like manner as if it were part of such county. The following are the names of the court towns :--- BEDFORDSHIRE.—AmpthiII, Bedford, Biggleswade, Leigh ton Buzzard, Luton. BRITISH INSTITUTION; PALL-MALL. The GALLERY for the EXIVE BITION and SALE of WORKS of BRITISLI ARTISTS. Open 9.ily, from Ten till Five. Admission, Is. ; Catalog a e, is. WILLIAM :. BARNARD, Keeper. CT. SUFFOLK.—Beccles, Bury St. Edmund's, Eye, Framling ham, Hadleigh, Halesworth, Haverhill, Ipswich, Lowestoft, Mildenhall, Stowmarket, Sudbury, Woodbridge. SURREY.—Chertsey, Croydon, Dorking, Epsom, Farnham, Godalming, Guildford, Kingston, Reigate, Wandsworth. SURREY METR')POLITAN DISTRICTS.— Sout hwark; 2. Lambeth. SussF.x.—Arundel, Brighto n , Chi c h es t er, C uc kfi e ld , E ast Grinstead, Hastings, Horsham, Lewes, Midkurst, Petworth, Worthing. WARWICKSHIRE.—AIcester, Atherstone, Birmingham, Co ventry, Nuneaton, Rugby, Soliball, Southam, Stratford, Tam worth, Warwick. WESTMORELAND.—AmbIeside, Appleby, Kirkby Kendal, Kirkby Lonsdale. Wwrsiitrix.—Bradford, Calne, Chippenham, Devizes, Malmesbury, Marlborough, Melksham, Salisbury, Swindon, Trowbridge, Warminster, Westbury. WORCESTERSHIRE.—Brornsgrove, Droitwich, Dudley, Eve sham, Kidderminster, Pershore, Redditch, Shipston, Stour bridge, Tenbury, Upton, Worcester. YORKSHIRE ( EAST RIDING). —Beverley, Bridlington, Great Driffield, Hedon, Howden, Kingston-upon-Hull, Pock lington. YORKSHIRE (WEST RIDING ).—Barnsley, Boston, Bradford, Dewsbury, Doncaster, Goole, Halifax, Holmfirth, Hudders field, Keighley, Knaresborough, Leeds, Otley, Pontefract, Ripon, Rotherham ' Saddleworth, Selby, S e ttl e, S heffield, Skipton, Thorne, Todmorden, Wakefield. YORKSHIRE (Nolan RlDlNG).—Easingwold, Helmsley, Leyburn, New Malton, Northallerton, Richmond, Scar borough, Stokesley, Thirsk, Whitby, York. ANGLESET.—Llangefni. BRECIMOCKSHIRE.—Brecknock, Builth, Crickhowell, Hay. CA RMA RTHENSHIRE.—CarMarthen, Llandeilofawr, Llan dovery, Llanelly, Newcastle-in-Emlyn. CARNARVONSHIAE.—Bangor, Carnarvon, Conway, Port madoc, Pwllheli. CARDIGANSHIRE. Aberayron, Aberyswith, Cardigan, Lampeter. DExm cataams. — DenitighrLiaarwsOluabonf-litettrilta4 Asiph, Wrexham. FuriTsinnE.—Holywell, Mold. GLAMORGANSIIIRE.—Bridgend, Cardiff, Merthyr Tydfil, Neath Swansea. MERIONETHSHIRE.—BaIa, Corwen, Dolgelly. Moriroomanysrumr..—Llanfyllin, Llanidloes, Machynl leth, Newtown, Welchpool. PEMBROKESHIRE.-- Haverfordwest, Narbertb, Pembroke. RAnkroa.—Presteign, Rhaider. And their Lordships do further report as their opinion to your Majesty, that notice should be given in the London Ga zette, pursuant to the provisions of the said Act, that after the expiration of one calendar mouth from the date of the publi cation of such notice, your Majesty, with the advice of your Privy Council, will take into consideration the propriety of making the said two several orders for the purposes of the said Act of the last session of Parliament. .4 Friday was pub- Atained the following MIDDLESEX HOUSE OF DETENTION. A GOVERNOR is REQUIRED for this Establishment, who must be a married man or a widower, not less than 30 nor exceed ing 45 years or age, of good health and education, and who will be required to devote his whole time and attention to the duties of the office. The salary will be 4001. per annum, with residence within the walls of the building, rent and taxes free. All gentlemen who intend to offer themselves as candldat,s must send in letters (in their own writing), stating their names and residences, ages and occupa tion, accompanied by testimonials of character and eligibility, ad dressed to the "Committee for General Purposes," on or before TonsnAv, the 16th inst., and must personally attend the said Com mittee, at this place, on WEDNESDAY, the 17th inst., at One o'clock precisely ; and oat of those gentlemen who offer themselves some number, not exceeding six, may be selected, and specially recom mended to the Court on THURSDAY, the 4th of March next, when the election will take place, by voting, from One to Three o'clock. Information as to the duties may be obtained upon application to me, any day between Ten and Three o'clock. CHARLES WRIGHT, Clerk to the Committee. Sessions-house, Clerkenwell, Feb. 4, 1847. EMPLOYMENT. —Persons having a little time to spare are apprised that AGENTS continue to be appointed in London and country towns to the EAST INDIA TEA COM PANY for the SALE of their celebrated TEAS. Offices, 9, Great St. Helen's Church-yard, Bishopsgate-street. They are packed in leaden canisters, from an ounce to a pound, with the price and weight marked on each packet, and but little trouble is occasioned by the rate. The only license required is I is. per annum, and many during the last 20 years have realised considerable incomes by the agency, without Is. let or loss. Application to be made, if by latter, post paid, as abo►e. GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION COM PANY. (Incorporated by Act of Parliament). 69, Lombard-street, London. Notice is hereby given, that the HALF-YEARLY GENERAL MEETING of the Proprietors of this Company will be held at the Company's Office, 69, Lombard-street, on TUESDAY, the 23d hist., at Two o'clock precisely, pursuant to the Act of Parliament, to transact the usual business, and to declare the Dividend for the Half year ending the 31st of December, 1846. JOHN WILSON, Secretary. London, February 1, 1847. DISEASED AND HEALTHY LIVES ASSURED. MEDICAL, INVALID, and GENERAL LIFE OFFICE, 25, PALL-MALL, LONDON, and 22, NASSAU 3TREET, DUBLIN. . Subscribed Capital, 500,0001. This office was established in 1841, and possesses tables formed on a scientific basis for the assurance of diseased lives. The urgent necessity for such an institution may be estimated by the fact that two-thirds of the population are not assurable as healthy lives, and that about one in five of the applicants to other offices is declined on examination. And that during the period of five years, as shown at the Annual General Meeting of Proprietors in November last, upwards of 2,000 proposals had been made to the Society, covering Assurances to above One Minion. It is the only Company possessing tabulated rates of premium for disease deduced from extensive data. Increased annuities are granted on Unsound Lives. HEALTHY LIVES, both at Home and in Foreign Climates, are tssured with as much facility and at lower rates than at most other offices; and a capital of Half•a-Million sterling fully subscribei affords a complete gu rantee for the fulfilment of the Company's engagements. FRANCIS G. P. NEISON, Actuary. N.B. Applications for Agencies to be made to the Actuary. fIOMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS' SUB SCRIPTION; for the RELIEF of the DESTITUTE POOR in IRELAND, and the HIGHLANDS of SCOTLAND. At a Meeting of Commercial Travellers recently held at the " Flying Horst Hotel," Nottingham, it was unanimously resolved:— " That a Subscription be immediately set en foot amongst their body for the relief of the Destitute Poor in Ireland and the Highlands of Scotland." It was also resolved, —in order to enable all to join in this charita ble undertaking,—that the amount of subscription should be limited to five shillings each, and that the lists be completed by the First of March, on which day gentlemen holding subscriptions are requested to transmit the same to Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths, Bankers, London, or Samuel Smith and Co., Bankers, Nottingham, in the names of the Treasurers, Messrs. George Coyne of Leeds, and Thomas Shipton of Hull. The following gentlemen were chosen Members of the Committee, with power to add to their number Mr. John McCartney, London Mr. George Coyne, Leeds. Mr. Charles Townsend, Derby. Mr. W. H. Malpas, Nottingham. Mr. Richard Carter, Greenwich. Mr. Sturdwick, London. Mr. Thomas Shipton, Hull. N.B.—Mr. Allen, of the "Nottingham Mercury," having, at the request of the Committee, consented to act as Honorary Secretary, it is particularly requested that Commercial Gentlemen, and Proprie tors of Hot Is, to whom lists have not been sent, and who are desirous of aiding in the above laudable cause, will apply to him for them. N. * . Post-office orders to be made payable to Richard Allen. NATIO.NAL LOAN r U NI) LIFE ASSUIt.• ANCE SOCIETY, 26 COENHILL, LONDON. Capital £.500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. This Institution embraces important and substantial advantages with respect to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The assured has, on all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense er for eittire of the Policy, two-tkirds of the Drenduras paid (see Table) ; Also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his in ereets to meet ether conveniences or necessity. Assurances for terms of years are granted on the lowest possible ate,. Bonn Bonus I'' iri I prow.. E ' 4 st Assured added. Cask. c it i may p• ; Narrow. I A 11137 £ 217 15 1,4100 011 416 II 4 A 445 • 0 A 48. 1838 192 2 01 87 1 4 13 10 21 396 11 1 01000 3 4 1639 165 11 16 74 1 9 11 3 1 346 23 . 1846 116 7 6 64 010 718 10 296 13 4 1841 111 6 8; 49-10 0 716 4 947 4 5 The division of profits is mantel. and the next will be made in ecemiter of the preseat year. F. FERGUSON CADIROUX. Secretary. BEERSlllnE.—Abingdon, Farringdon, Hungerford, New bury, Reading, Wallingford, \Vantage, Windsor. BUCKINGIIAMSHIRE.—AyIesbury, Buckingham, Chesham, High Wycombe, Newport Pagnell. CAMBRIBOSSIIIIIE.—Cambridge, Ely, March, Newmarket, Soham, Wisbeach. CHESllllZE.—Altrincham, Birkenhead, Chester, C o ngleton, Hyde, Knutsfurd, Macclesfield, Nantwicb, Northw ich ' Bon corn, Stockport. Holston, CORNWALL—, Bodmin, Cam e lf or d, Falmouth, Launceston, Liskeard, P e nza nce , R e d ru th, St. A us tell, St. Colomb Major, Truro. CUMBERLAND.—AIston, Carlisle, Cockermouth, Keswick, Penrith, Whitehaven, Wigton. ,ellßelper DERBYSHIRE. Alfret u n, Ashborne. Bakew ~. , 5 , Chapel-en-le-.Frith, Chesterfield, Derby, Glossop , Rini - worth. DEVONSHIRE.—Axminster, Barnstaple, Bideford, Crediton, Exeter, Holsworthy, Honiton, Kingsbridge, Newton Abbott, Oakhampton, Plymouth, South Molton, Tavistock, Tiverton, Torrington, Totness. DousETsifixE.—Blandford, Bridport, Dorc hester, Poole, Shaftesuury, Wareham, Weymouth, Wimborne Blinster. DußllAM.—Barnard Castle, Bishops' Auckland, Darling ton, Durham, Gateshead, ham. Shields, Stocktm-on-Tees, Sunderland, Vic'i Colchester, e h w a i e n n , t , C N h e i I p v p n i i n .i Chipping- I S , o N d b o r u t r h y : Dunmow, Halstead, ESSEX.—Braintree Brentwood, Chelmsford,._,. ' • di Maldon, Rochford, Roinford, Southampton, Win- Saffron Walden, Waltham. Hairl,wiltia,rtlepool, Shotlay. Bridge, South GLOUCESTER.—BristoI Cirencester, Dursley , Thornbury, Winchco leach, Stow, Stroud, Tewkesbury, Alton, Basingstoke, Bishop's HiorpairinE.—Andover , . , _ Waltham, Christchurch, Fordingbriage,__ Lymington, N ew , chester. HEREFORDSIIIRE.—Brontyard, Hereford, Kington, Led bug, Leominster, Ross. port, Petersfield, Portsmouth, Rumsey, fiEnTFORDSIIIRE. — Barnet, Bishop's Stortford, Hertford, Ilitchen, Royston, St. Albans,.Watford. 1 Gloucester, Ch ci t e N n don, St. "sT HUNTINGDONSHIRE.—IIunting i eot's. ord KENT.—Ashf, • Bromley, Canterbury, Dartford, Deal, tone Rochester, Green '' Dover, Faversham, Folkes , Ramsgate, Romney, Maidstone, Margate,Seven oaks, Sheerness, Sittingbourne, Teuterden, Tunbridge, Tun bridge Wells. nder• Lyne Blackburn, LANCASIIIRE.•••••ASIit On.II _ , ckburn, Bolton, Burnley, Bury, Chorley, Clithero, Coln e, c, ... oulton, Garstang, Haslingden, Kirkham, Lancaster, Leigh, Liverpool, Man chester, Oldham, Ormskirk, Prestpu, Rochdale, St. Helen's, Salford, Ulverstone, Warrington,. a Wigan. , LEICESTERSHIRE.--Ashby-de-i , z, :. ouch, Hinckley, Leices ter, Loughborough, Lutterworth, Market Bosworth, Market Harborough, Melton Mowbray. LuscoufsHinz.—Barton -on- Humber, Boston, Bourne, Bring, Caistor, Gainsborough, Grantham, Great Grimsby, llolbeaeh, ilorncastle, Lincoln, Louth, Market Rasen, Slea ford, Spaldin g , Spilsby, Stamford. MlDDLESEX.—Brentford, Edmonton, Uxbridge. MIDDLESEX METROPOLITAN DISTRICTS.--1, Westminster; 2, Brompton ; 3, Marylebone; 4, Bloomsbury; 5, Clerken well ; 6, Shoreditch ; 7, Bow; 8, Whitechapel. MONMOUTIISHIEE.—Abcrgaven nv, Chepstow, Monmouth, Newport, P ont yp oo l, Tredegar, Usk. NORFOLK.—.Attleborough, Aylsham, Downham Market, East Dereham, Harleston, Holt, King's Lyn n , Li ttle Wal singham, North Walsharn, Norwich, SwafFham, Thetford, Wymondham, Great Yarmouth. .. I .counwarroNsninic.—Brackley, Daventry •Kettering, Northampton, Ouud!e, Peterborough, Thr apst j il Wellingbo roug h. e, Towecater, NORTFIUMBERLAND.—AInwick, Belford, B l • e lingham Bar wick, H a lt w hi st l e, H ex ham, Morpeth, x ' i ewcastle, North Shields, Rothbury, Woolen NornsGrumsutnE.—Bingham, East Retford, Mansfield, Newark, Notti ng h a m, Worksop. OxFonpsiintE.—Banbury, Bicester, Chipping Norton, Ox ford, Thame, Walley, Woodstock. RUTLANDSHIRE.—Oakham, Uppingham, SHROPSHIRE.—Bishop's Castle, Bridgenorth, Cleobury, Drayton, Ludlow, Madeley, Newport, O s Wow, Wrllia,2,ton, Whitchureb. westry, Shrewsbury, Her Majesty is hereupon pleased, by and with the advice of her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, that notice be, and the fame is hereby given, that after the expi ration of one calendar month from the date of the publication of this order and notice in the London Gazette, her Majesty, with the advice of her Privy Council, will take into con sideration the propriety of making the said two several orders for the purposes of the said Act. WM. L. BATHURST. ECONOMICAL COOKERY. THE POOR MAN'S SOUP, OR SOUP FOR THE MILLION. In this season of unexampled distress in Ireland, my attention has been anxiously directed to effect an object which appears to me to be of some importance, namely, that of making a good nourishing soup at a very cheap rate; and, if the opinion of numbers may be trusted, I have the satisfaction to know that my efforts have been successful, and that a wholesome and nutritious soup can be made at an expense of about twopence for each gallon, or one halfpenny per quart, even at the present high prices of the articles of which it is composed. One quart of this soup, with a slice of good household bread, would form n,) despicable meal. This soup is of the sim pleat kind, and is so easily managed that a child can pre pare it—its ingredients are in common use, and of ac knowledged value as articles of food—it requires little time and fuel, and is nearly as soon made as a pot of potatoes is boiled, and will keep perfectly good several days, if required. I have used it myself—l have given it to my children—we all like it. I have also dispensed it to a number of persons, who have expressed their ap probation of it. SOMEIZSET,I tHL.—I3aI Bridgvvvater, t hard, Fronio, Langport, Weston-super-blare, Wiliiton, Wincanton, Yeovil. STAFFORDSHIRE. Burton- on-Trent, Cheadle, Hanley, Stafford ; Stone, Uttozotor, Walsall, Vol vor h airpton . Leek, Lichfield, Newcastle-under -I ' ll e, Oldbury, Eugeloy, 1 This soup would, in my opinion, add a comfort to the cabin in ordinary seasons, even when the potato was abundant; but the loss of this vegetable, and the conse quent scarcity, will, if I mistake not, materially enhance its value. This soup is composed of Swedish turnips (grated), barley ground whole with all the bran, pepper, salt, and water. Estimate of the expense of one gallon of the soup, and the method of making it:- 2 lbs. grated turnip } lb. of barley meal, ground whole with the bran 4 Pepper and salt 4 quarts of water —2d. Add the grated turnip and meal to the cold water in the pot over the fire, well mix the whole, stir occa sionally, and boil for about thirty minutes • a little more time may be nec essar y, if t h e turn i p i s of inferior qua. lity; season with salt and pepper; the turnip is nearly as easily grated as cut into small pieces. Strong graters made at my suggestion can be had at Mr. Daniel's, Grafton-street, and Mr. Maguire's, Dawson•street, for sixpence each. One grater, if required, would answer for two or three families. The turnip can be readily grated by small children, and will keep good in this state for a number of days. Mechanics in very remote or poor districts could make their own graters. A sheet of strong tin plate, sufficient for two graters, would cost only threepence. It is, perhaps, scarcely n ecessary to add, that the soup would be improved in flavour by onions or shallot, &c., cut small, and that it would be rendered more nutritious by bruised bones, a bit of meat, a little fresh or salt fish, &c., but any such additions would of course increase its price. Oatmeal, too, or pottneal, migh t be aresubstitutedm ue h more fort p h e e meal x en s expensive. e. have stated, b u t t h ose substances EDMUND DAVY, Prof. Chem. R.D.S. THE L CHA MBE RLAIN AND THE I SALOONS. Yesterday the managers of the several M e t ropolitan Pa tentPIERTIPOLIT4N THEATRES AND KURD ved the following Circulars rom Sir Willi am Martins, ender i n f der the authority of the Right Hon. Earl S pencer, the and Minor Theatres, dramatic and musical S a l oons, re e L or d High Chamberlain, relative to th e gratuitous admission o f prostitutes and the police into th eatres and saloons. " Lord Ch amberlain's -office, Feb. 8, 1847. Sir,—The Lord Chamberlain having been informed that prostitutes are admitted without payment to some of the theatres and saloons open under the authority of his licence, his Lordship requires you to state in writing whether any such practice exists at the Theatre.—l am, Sir, yo ur obedient servant, " To the Manag er o f the Theatre."W. MARTINS. " Lord Chamberlain's Office, Feb. 8, 1847. " Sir,—ln order to carry into effect the Lord Chamberlain's wish, that the Metropolitan police should have free access to the theatres and saloons licensed by him, his Lordship thinks it right that you should send to this office two tickets for the admission of one person each to the Theatre, the tickets to be annual or permanent, as may best suit your convenience.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, " "To the M anager o f the —.Theatre." N. MARTINS." C I iOHONER'S INQUESTS ON TWO WOOLWICH' CON- VlCTS.—Yesterday an inquest was held at the Ordnance Arms, Woolwich, before C. J. Carttar, Esq., on the bodies of William Abbott, aged 27, convicted at Buckingham, in July, 1843, and sentenced to fourteen years' transportation, and William Wallington, aged 54, who was convicted at Worcester in July, 1843, and sentenced to seven years' transportation. The jury proceeded to view the bodies, which lay in the dead-house in the Arsenal. After this they went on board the Justitia convict hulk, and inspected the food, testing both its quality and weight. They also asked some of the prisoners whether they had any complaints to make, and they replied in the negative. At the request of the jury, the dietary table was produced, and read by the co roner, who remarked that it was superior to the dietary ta bles of any union he had seen. The table was as follows : On Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, the allowance was 14i ounces of beef, a pint of soup, 11b. of bread, 4 ounces of biscuit, and 2 pinta of gruel. On Monday, Wednesday, sad Friday ,4 ounces of cheese and 1 pint of table ale were substituted for the meat and soup, the other articles remain ing the same. Then returned the inquest room, and the first witness called was Mr. Bossey, the surgeon of the establish. ment, who merely spoke to the identity of the deceased. The Coroner then addressed Mr. Bossey, and said that he had consulted with the jury, and without at all reflecting upon him in the remotest degree, or being otherwise than satisfied with the evidence he had given on former occasions, still they wanted to place the matter so clearly before the public, and to exculpate him, if possible, in the clearest and best manner, that they had requested him to make a post mortem examination, in company with some medical gentleman whom he (the Coroner) would send down. The examination would be his (Mr. Bossey's) own, and, if necessary, the other me dical gentleman would be examined as to the medical treat ment. What had transpired in public had created such ex citement that it was requisite to have the fullest investiga tion. Mr. Bossey said, that with reference to what had been stated as to the treatment of the men in the House of Com mons, he could only say, that an inquiry was going on at the present moment by the authorities, and he himself was desirous that the very fullest and fairest inquiry should be entered into, not only as regarded the past, but also the pre sent treatment of the prisoners. He believed that the more the matter was searched into, the more unjustifiable the charges would be fund. They had originated with a convict on board the Justitia, and had found their way through some channel to a place, where, had they been sifted, their false hood would have been at once detected. The inquiry was then adjourned for the postmortem examination. A letter from Ratisbon, 29th ult., states that the son of the President of Cracow, the young Haller, made his escape the preceding day from the prison of that town. It will be remembered that he took part in the Polish insur rection, and was arrested in a Prussian diligence with several thousand dialers in his possession, which were delivered up to the Government. He had been allowed to take exercise in the environs of the town, attended by one of the keepers, and it was during one of these excursions that he got away. It is announced that the railroad from Amiens to Abbeville will b..: opened to the public on the Ist of next month. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —A DISEASED KNEE.—A WON DERFUL CUES By KoLtoway's OINTMENT AND PILLS.—John Weir, aged 19, of Kinnegs, parish of Longhall, near Armagh, was seized with a pain in his knee, which lasted for three months, and then commenced to swell; sig months afterwards, it broke out into a dreadful wound, and discharged for twelvemonths, although every IV that TTlPriii •11 I , l' l l l enf 1 1"! t!i , •" 1 14 - • , • i,l 1l (101 i :•11, , or ulcers, however long standing, can resist the proper use of these li n e medicines. Sold by all druggists, and at Professor Holloway' s establishment, 244, Strand, London. PORTUGUESE BONDHOLDERS. The following is a translation of a letter,' dated the 30t.L tilt., addressed to the chairman of the committee of Portu• guese bondholders by the . Finance Mi n ist er of Portugal " Ministry of the Financial Department, . JAIL 30, 1847. Illustrions Senor,—The Government of her Most Faithful Majesty having bad under its consideration the provisions contained in the fourth' article of the decree of the 21st of August, 1846, by which it was ordaiEe I that the interest of the external funded debt due in the financial year 1846-47 should be subjected to the deduction of two decimas and which has been represented as being in com p a tibl e with the terms contained in the bonds on the loans contracted with the external creditors; the Government have thought it their bounden duty to propose to her Majesty the Queen the revocation of the fourth article of the said decree; and her Majesty, whose greatest solicitude is to maintain invio lable the conditions of the con!racts referred to, and con sidering, moreover, the justice of the complaint made by the foreign creditors against the imposition of two decimas on the said interest, has been pleased to approve the above pro position of her Ministers, ordaining by a decree of yesterday's date (a copy of which is enclosed) the revocation of the fourth article aforesaid, and acknowledging the right of the' holders of the coupons due on the Ist inst., and paid with a deduction of two decima.s, to an indemnification correspond ing thereto, and to be reimbursed as opportunities offer, ac cording to the circumstances of the Treasury. Thus the re presentation which you addressed to her Majesty's Govern ment on the 20th of September last, in your capacity of chairman to the Committee of Per.u.ouse Bondholders, you will consider as being replied to, and I trust you will not fail to give due credit to the justice and right intentions of the said Government, who for many considerations fully ap preciate the services rendered by the foreign creditors to the constitutional cause and to the throne of her Majesty Donna Maria the Second. " May God preserve you, &c. • A"..3/03EAMONIO MARIA P.F. _ SOUSE "To the Illust r i ous S enor Ri chard AZEVEDO. Thornton." DIVISION OF PROFITS. The remarkable success and lacrtasing prosperity of the Society has enabled the Directors, at the last annual investigation. to declare a fourth bonus, 'varying from 35 to 85 per cent. on the premiums paid ea each Policy effected on the Profit scale. EXAMPLES. LONDON JOINT-STOCK BREWERY COMPANY. (Provisionally Registered.) Capital, 500,0001., in 25,000 Shares of 201. each. Deposit, 2s. per share, being the highest amount allowed by Act of Parliament until complete registration, when a call of 11. per share will be made. The principal objects of this company are to supply a perfectly pure and genuine malt liquor to the public, combined with such moderate charges as must ensure a most extensive and profitable business. Our empire in Dulls offers inducements of no ordinary character for the establishment of an immense business of a highly lucrative nature, independently of its most probable permanency and com parative freedom from risk. In South America, the West Indies, and several - parts of the Eu ropean continent also, the malt liquors of this country are beginning to be appreciated and sought after, and a profitable and extensive trade may be confidently anticipated in those parts. Arrangements are in progress, which, when completed, will ensure an extensive and highly lucrative trade to the East and West Indies and to South America, thereby securing at once a handsome per centage to the shareholders. Arrangements are also in progress which will secure an extensive home trade. It is certain there is not in the market at the present time, nor has there been for many years past, any investment likely to pro duce such beneficial results to those concerned in it as the present, as, after a most caretul and deliberate estimate, by talented and competent persons, of all the outgoings, &c., it is proved to demon stration that the net annual dividend will not be less than 40 per cent. en the capital. Under these circumstances the promoters of this undertaking con fidently lay their plans before the public, and will be most happy to give every information in their power, and, as soon as the Commit tee of Directors is formed, more detailed particulars will be pub lished. In the meantime all applications for shares or inquiries may he made to Messrs. Chauntler and Westwood, 8, Gray's Inn-square ; but no applications for shares will be attended to unless accompanied by most respectable references. 11ORDEAU co X T AND T ' UTE D C C O E m T P A T N E , Y. RAILWAY. The MEETING of the SHAREHOLDERS in this Company, at the London Tavern, announced for FRIDAY next, the 12th Instant, is POSTPONED till further notice DAVID SALOMONS, Cha!rman of the English Board of Directors. By order, C. T. BEKE, Secretary. 31, Lombard-street, Feb. 10, 1847. D IRECT BOMBAY AND MADRAS R AIL WAY. The Shareholders are respectfully informed by the Board of Di rectors, that the person styling himself Captain Bouchette is not, and never was, a registered promoter of the Direct Bombay and Madras Itailww•ay. lie has been dismissed from the appointment of engineer to the line, and the Directors have resolutely repudiated his exorbi tant claims on the funds of the Shareholders. Ily order of the Board, JAMES WARD, Secretary, 58, Fenchurch-street, Feb. 6, 1847. A RT -UNION OF LONDON: Incorporated by Royal Charter. President—ll. R 11. the Duke of CAMBRIDGE. The list for the current year Is now open. Subscribers will receive for each guinea paid, besides the chance of obtaining a work of art at the distribution, a pair of prints, the " Last Embrace," and the " Neapolitan Wedding," engraved by Mr. Charles Rolls and Mr. F. A. Heath respectively, after T. Uwins, ILA., with a set of en gravings in outline from seven of the cartoons submitted in compe tition for the premium of 5001. offered by the Society for an historical picture. GEORGE GODWIN Hon. secretaries. EIS POCOCK, II t, Trafalgar-square, Jan L ua N r; 1, 47 WHEAL MARY UNITED MINING COMPANY. In 1,000 Shares, of 101. each. the Cost-Book Principle. The Prospectus may he obtained of the London Secretary, Mr. W. Witconah, 167, 1 , 1 t• t eet, London. s r - - EAST and WEST INDIA DOCit COMPANY. The Directors hereby give it. Lice, that it is intended (unless the charges shall have been previously paid) to SELL, on the 10th day of March next, sueh WINES, RUM, old other Spirits, as from length of deposit or depreciated quality are not considered to be worth the charges thereon, and that sundry parcels for which WARRANTS have been issued will be included in such Sale. A List an of all be inspected at th i s House. East West the n G d o l o a d i s ) map oclt House, GE ORGE COLLIN, Secretary. Billiter-square, Feb. 9, 1847. d Pm mi o nu b t e es the Y only SPENCER'S CHINESE LIQUID The thousands of individuals who for I.,atArdlsitofDtiYenEty. years have used this celebrated liquid, prolinieuanefee,ii,t article extant which effectually changes, grey hair, whiskers, moustaches, &c., to a dark brown o'r red black, without trouble (by imply combing it through the hair), an d ',',,, L n --- • duces by one application a pleasing and permanent change ; an 'di; can be incontestibly proved, that while many dyes tend to destroy the hair by their pernicious properties and dangerous process of ai.. Pheation, that this article promotes the growth of hair, nourishing the roots till the latest period of life. Price 3s. Gd., 65., and los per bottle. To be had of the Proprietors, 29, .Nottingham-plate, Fieldgate -.greet, Whiteehapel-road, London ; also of Mr. Johnstone, 68, Corn !,.ill : Rider, 4. cheßnsid.r : Front. 229, Strand : Sanger, ISO. Oxford .-. • , Eal•ii;,, - . I . ,irriii,;‘% ,-, D7 , -r* '-'' , A I . S.inson, 24, old ii ,n, _.. : fioun.r; 43, Klng - William , London bridge ; Finnigin, street, Itx,h ; Ilinnii,:thani; and of Pertinners and Medicine Vendors ni town and country. Sent to any part of the kingdom by receiving a remittance, pest-paid. Please to ask for " Spencer and Co.'s Chinese Liquid Hair Dye.' Observe, the Proprietor's address is Oa the wrapper. ROYAL HUMANE SOCIETY. The anniversary dinner of the Royal Humane Societe• took place last evening at the Freemasons' Tavern. The Right Hon. Lord Lincoln occupied the chair. The efforts made by the officers of the Humane Society in rescuing the submerged from destruction continue to be most satisfactory. The cases brought under the notice of the Society during the past year amount' to 179. Of this number the report of the committee announce the successful treat ment of 174 persons, and the death of `26, who were beyond recovery. In effecting this great object the exertions of many individuals have of necessity been called into action. Fourteen, honorary silver medals have been awarded for ex traordinary courage and risk of life, and thirty-one honorary bronze medals for cases of less importance. The thanks of the Society, inscribed on vellum, have been presented to nine individuals, and three other persons have received similar testimonials on paper. Sixty-two other claimants have received pecuniary rewards. From the report of the Society it appears. that during the past year, the number of persons who bathed in the Serpen tine exceeded 350,000,42 of whom were rescued from drown ing by the Society's boatmen. Sixteen individuals were prevented from committing suicide by the watchfulness of the boatmen during the daytime. Since the commencement of the present skating season 79 persons have been immersed in the water by the breaking of the ice, but were all saved by the vigilant exertions of the Society's icemen, and only one fatal accident has occurred, which, unfortunately, betel a noble-minded youth who had plunged into the water in St. James's Park to the rescue of two persons who were im mersed, and was himself drawn under the ice out of the reach of assistance.—(Report ) Among the recipients of the medals were Mr. George Clifford, a French sailor named Pierre Victor Trotel, Mr. Edward P. Green (of Exeter College, Oxford), Mr. Mitchell, Lieutenant Fisher, R.N., Captain Finch, R.N., Lieutenant Newman, R.N. (of the Coast Guard), and Jobn Wright (of Brighton). The subscriptions of the evening amounted to 8101. STATE OF TRADE. -- MANCHESTER, FEB. 9.—This market continues very dull and cheerless. There is exceedingly little demand for piece goods of any description, and prices of shirtings and print ing cloth are barely sustained. The yarn market is even worse than that for goods. Prices are, in many cases lower this week ; but the decline has had no influence on the buyers, and scarcely any business is transacted. Under the present circumstances of the market, it is not surprising to find that the working of short time is now making progress in quarters into which it had not previously penetrated. We understand that the principal spinners and manufacturers at Glossop have already commenced, and those of Stalybridge have decided on taking the same course. We have no doubt their example will be extensively followed in the adjoining district. ROCHDALE, FEB. B.—The flannel market has undergone no change since last Monday. The demand continues li mited, and prices much the same as last week's. Wool is heavy of sale, at previous rates. HALIFAX, FEB. 6.—There is little to notice this week, in any department of business. In the piece hall everything wears the same dull appearance; and the yarn trade remains much the same, as to production, price, arid remuneration to the spinner. Not much wool, either long or short, is changing hands; and if there be any alteration, it is in fa vour of the buyer. HUDDERSFIELD, FEB. 9.—There is but little doing in im Cloth Hall to-day ; an d the rise of corn at Mark-l ane yew terday, casts a damp upon our market. The orders for light goods came in so late that much remains unexecuted, and at present there has been no new patterns in dark goods, which we have generally had at this period. LEEDS, Fite. 9.—There has been a rather better b us i ness doing to -day in our market than last month; and, if some slight symptoms do not deceive, a brisker demand for low woollen cloth is likely soon to ensue. Other descriptions of woollen cloth, however, being totally neglected, the dulness of our trade is but very partially relieved. Prices closed rA ther firmer.-llfanchest er Guardian. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. Powrsmount, Fxa. - 20..=—The Court-martial to try Com mander Cragg and -the officers of the Sphynx is ordered to assemble on Friday morning, on board the St. Vincent. Mr. George Biddlecombe; R.N., Master of the flag-ship St. Vincent, has proceeded this afternoon, in the Echo steam vessel, to survey, by order of the Admiralty, that part of the Isle of Wight where the Sphynx is ashore, to ascertain the extent of the reefs, &c. Lieutenant Lionel R. Place (1842), late of the Amphion. 36, is appointed First Lieutenant of the President, 50, flag ship at the Cape. The Electra, 14, Command er W. 11 . M a i tland, was at Port Royal on the 4th ult., expecting to go to Bermuda, where the Captain was in hospital. At the above date, Lieutenant J. M. Cooke was in command of her. The Gipsy tender arrived this afternoon from Sheerness. The Birkenhead steam troop-ship, Commander Ingram, arrived this morning from the river, with the women, chil dren, baggage, &c., of the 56th Regiment. She came imme diately into harbour, and went alongside the Belleisle troop ship, Captain Kingcome, to discharge them, as the latter ship will take the regiment to Gibraltar. POST-OFFICE NOTICES. VIGO, OPORTO, LISBON, CADIZ, GIBRALTAR, MEDITERRA NEAN, EGYPT, INDIA, AND CHINA.—The next mails for Gibraltar, Malta, Greece, the lonian Islands, Egypt, India, China, &c., viii Southampton, will be dispatched from hence en the morning of the 20th inst.—The next mails for the Mediterranean, Egypt, India, China, &c., rid Marseilles, will be dispatched from hence on the evening of the 24th inst. The Tiber sailed the Bth inst., with all letters for the Penin sula, &c., that arrived, or were posted in London, up to the morning of that day inclusive. MADEIRA, BRAZIL, AND BUENOS AYRES.—(From August to January inclusive, the packet touches at Peinanibuco and Bahia on her outward passage to Rio Janeiro, and the other six months on her homeward.) WEST INDIES, &O.—The Clyde, for the West India, &c., mails of the morning of the 17th inst. AMERICA.—The Hibernia, for the mails of the 3d March. DRAINAGE ACT. Applications for loans under this Act, which appear in the London Gazette of Tuesday evening:— 1 Applicant. Lands in Parish of County of Amount. £ s. d. Lovelace.. The Earl of } Not named • • ... •.. • • Surrey .... • • 11 , 60 2 0 0 The Earl of 1 Cales,Wanby,Dean, i Ellesmere.. j Leigh, Wigan .... Lancaster ... , 20,000 0 0 John Wood •• • • Twineham, Hurst.... Sussex ••. • • • 1,950 0 0 Sir E. S. Pri -1 Farway,Southleigh, deauxßart. - Northleigh and Devon ——• • • • 933 1 6 ' ' Widworthy • . • ... Lt.-Gen. Trevor Glynde ......... •• • • Sussex ....... 224 0 0 Lillieshall, Sheriff-1 hales, Kinnersley, 1 The Duke of Salop and Edmond, High } Sutherland . 20,000 0 0 The Marg. of deld, Ereal Redmartb all .. Durham • • .... 9,131 0 0 IT, Thorpe, I Stafford.. 1 and Wellington •• J Long Newton,Sedge Londonderry wick, Wolviso n, Hy. Aglionbyl ,Cum '-in whetton, t-- 1 Cumberland • • 700 0 0 Aglionby ..3 ! stable, Kirkoswald NIGHTLY SHELTER FOR THE HOUSELESS POOR.— Yesterday the committee of the above association made a report of the number of unfortunate individuals who have, since the opening, the 14th December last, availed them selves of its advantages as shelter from the inclemency of the weather. In the central asylum, in Playhouse-yard, St. Luke's, 4,716 men, women, and children have been as, ad mitted ; in the eastern asylum, in Glasshouse-street, Ogle street, 3,511 ; and in the western asylum, Upper . (- I ,V he street, Marylebone, 3,967 ; making a total of 12,194 same period number of rations distributed during h t inclement the present the average is 1,200, and during ' amounted to 131,138. The number adm t it e ted nightly, on weather hundreds cannot be admitte d . No y __ ._ __ Yesterday FATAL ACCIDENT IN C O L/ECT a l tchei l i, CE a costermonger, morning a man named Joseph S the river near Thames Bank, living at No. 11, engaged draggin • g ice out of Pye-street, Westminster, was were both immersed; youne. when they assisted by his son, to the broken ice, and was rescued Satchel!, on rising, clung wo came to his assistance, but though Gee's-court, by some labourers every effort was used the body of his father could not b e recovered. ROYAL. BOUNTY.—Yesterday, by order of his Royal Highness Prince Albert, as head ranger of Windsor t ,of venison was di- • Forest, a large quantity distributed to the poor of the parishes in the vicinity of the Castle. The fallow deer in the Great Park, amounting to near 2,000 head, be sides several herds of large red deer, his Royal Highness con sidered the pasture to be rather overstocked ; and, in obedi ence to the orders issued in consequence, 76 fat does were driven up to the deer pens, near Cranbourne-Lodge, and there shot; and hav;ng been dressed and cut up into suitable por tions, were distributed by the keepers of the various gates around the Great Park, in portions varying from 211bs. to 51bs., the poor people entitled to receive it being furnished v their pari , l , ' fliep rs w i t ,„ ic , : ,,, purpose. for th e LLEAVI I" s.treets :qaribo- full two feet deep; ". tali taktii piace in Whis hire for the last seven years. The Star coach, from Reading to Devizes, yesterday, was stopped at Marlborough, as it was impossible to go further on. , ... '4 al . . .\:1 1 1i: ) t **-.' - ParcE SD. \-A cL / TU_ Tintr. THE GRE4 ST f AGUE OF LIFE't or the , Adventures of Lady ; in Sear c h R I a 000e1 se ) -vant. By one who has bee n " Alinosrworrio to Deoth." Illustrated by Geoige_Cruictlihitn t ro\llt I This is the first par . t,iif . *ilUirlt to be (completed in air numbers) which promtset well. The idea is aeexcelreat one, and as far as the work. has gone, it is excellendy worked out. The description - of the marriage of the* lady is somewhat tedious, - but when sfle gets to the "greatest plague in life," servatitti,wahe',is The adventures with the drunken setYantP are capitally told, and the ill us t ra ti ons by George . thatickshank, are full of fun and character. THE YEAR BOOK OF FACTS ii' SCIENCE AND ART, for 1847. By John Timbs. This is the ninth annual volume of this useful record of discoveries in science and art. It is twenty years since Mr. Timbs began his useful record of science and art by way of abstract. His first annual work of this nature was The " &curia of Science," of which 11 volumes were published and at the conclusion of the'series he commenced the publication of the "Year Book of Facts," being a scientific record in a much more extended scale than the " Arcana of Science." That this extension of the original design has met with the public approbation may be judged of, from the fact, that the sale of each " Year Book" has been nearly treble that of the " Arcana of Scie - ice." The volume for the present year is illus trated by a portrait of Le Verrier, the French mathe matician, and the discoverer of the new planet. The 8 5.4 77 11 5 1 PH a . ; R d m th y e A B SA/ I IT tA r et b ß y o a oA i li a.4 o s r, ta t tor ke . Sergeant of the 13th Light Infantry. The author of this work is by birth and 'education a gentleman. It appears that he was engaged in mercantile pursuits in Dublin, but , that in conse quence of severe losses sustained by a mercantile friend, it became necessary for him to seek other means of support besides those arising from his position as a junior partner. Under these circum stances being compelled to " seek service," end be lieving the service of her Majesty to be less degrading than that of any private individu a l, h e en li s t e d i n the 13th Light Infantry, was sent out to India to join his regiment, proceeded to Calcutta, from thence to Bombay, and from there to Sinde, where he remained ssme - time in garrison at lurrachee and Sukkur, and on arriving home with his regiment, after an absence of two years, purchased his discharge. Considered merely as a book of travels, this is one ofthe most amusing ever published. The author possesses the art of nar ration in the highest perfection. His descriptions of scenery are dashed off with the touch of an artist, and his reflections on the manners and customs of the natives of India are sound and philosophical. The chief value, however, of this book consists in the fact that it shows us the British army as it is—that it rends in twain the veil which has hitherto screened the doings at the Horse Guards and in the army for the public. The great cause of all the evils in the army may be traced to ignorance —the gross and crass ignorance of the officers who, without being subjected to any examination, are per mitted to purchase their commissions, utterly ignorant of military duties, without even the rudiments of an ordinary education unable in many i ns t ances even t o spell, they ar e obliged to delegate their powers to non-commissioned officers, at whose tyranny, bru tality, and dishonesty, they connive, because they are entirely dependent upon them. From the moment a recruit enlists, he is subject to the peculations ofnon commissioned officers at the depot where he may be stationed, who practice all sorts of tricks to deprive him of his pay. " One mode of depriving the recruit of his pay, is to give him an old shattered musket, easily injured ; thus there are ten chances to one, that some part of it gets broken, while it is in his possession ; and he has in consequence a round sum to pay on delivering it into the store, when leaving .the garrison. I have known this to be the case with many persons, some of whom had to pay ten shillings for stocking an old musket in use for the past forty years, and the intrinsic value of which might be ascertained by weighing the barrel, and calculating its worth at twopence per pound. Whether such were ever stocked, is a question the ar mourer alone can decide ; but in any case, he and the pay sergeants quietly arranged it all their own way." The commissioned officer is generally severe, in pro portion to his ignorance. One of these martinets is thus described by our author : " He used frequently to visit the barracks ; and woe then to the unlucky wight who had a fold wrong in his bedding, a knapsack -strap nut of its place, or his chin strap fastened above the number on his forage-cap ; three days taps being his ordinary punishment for offences of this character. Yet I have seen this offi cer, who was so strict a disciplinarian as regarded tri vial matters, at a subsequent period, when he had be come first major of his corps, unable to put the regi ment through the manual and platoon exercise : while on another occasion, when an inspecting-general was on the ground, he could not find where the points were, ' when directed to dress them by his colonel. " There are many such in the service; men who strain at a gnat and swallow a camel; and consequently, our armies will never be destitute of a Braddock or an Elphinstone; in spite of our having a Marlborough in one age, and a Wellington in another, to remodel and mould them anew. England wants a polytechnique' school. She requires that merit, not money, should elevate men in her military service; and were this desi deratum achieved, h e r tro o p s wou ld be indeed invincible. In the existing state of things, many creep in time of peace to the command of corps, by purchase or seniority, who are about as fit to lead a regiment as a peasant from the plough-t a il i s t o turn court i er; their inability being never ascertained until some capital faux pas is committed in front of an enemy, which sullies our na tional honour." These last observations are worthy of most serious , consideration. It is absurd to expect that a better class of men will be induced to enter the army, so long as they are liable to be tyrannised over by officers who are in every respect their inferiors. The true way to elevate the character of the men is to elevate the character of the officers, by doing, away altogether with the system of purchase, and by sub jecting every candidate for a commission to a rigid examination, so as to ascertain that be possesses a certain amount of professional and of genera l knowledge, t o insist upon a certain period of actual service in an inferior grade before pro motion to a superior one, and to precede each step by another examination. As to the necessity of some such reform taking place, if it is considered desirable, to attempt to elevate the character of the soldier, let the reader judge, after the perusal of the following advice given by the author to any young man who is thinking about entering the army : " And now, reader, if you are a young man dissatis fied with your condition in life \because you consider yourself superior to it, and have been induced to sup on you will get into your proper sphere by entering the army, I would offer you, in conclusion, a word of advice. "If dissatisfied with your condition, reflect well before you take a st e p w hi c h w ill h ave t h e mostimpor tant influence on all your after life; a man who binds himself for an unlimited period, must be guilty of the c greatest ratel y. You a fol lyr,e a i should ready :w h a he a d r co, that so esucceed rashlyt or. n o sid e improv ing your condition in the army, you must be patient, in dustrious, methodical, humble, and, as the truth had better be told, servile. Do not suppose for a single moment you can do much good there, without at the least a major part of these qualifications; I thought I could be a soldier without being servile; I was simple enough to imagine that unblemished reputation, zeal for the ser vice, and an earnest desire to be useful, would be my stepping-stones to preferment:—l need scercely say that I was deceived. "In the army, you will have to be your own servant: to perferm all the menial offices so disagreeable to those who have had persons hitherto to wait on them. Yon must not resent insult, if the person offering it be only a lance-corporal; and you will have to listen patiently and in silence to the contemptuous remarks of a man who, very probably, is your superior only because his father was fortunate in trade, and therefore able to pay 4501. for a commission for his son; who has in his turn learned (to him, perchance, an unmeaning phrase) to say, ''Pon his honour,' and to look down on you with all the quaint consequence of little-mindedness, as $ being of an ihferior sprci. s. " If you are a person of intelligence, therefore, and d capable of earning a subsisten c e i n an y respectable I would advise you to e s ch ew t h e arm y t' exist ing state of things there c o n tinues; least, the officer is taught to act agree a bl y tnder him; and to the laws of the service, in his dealings with t hose when he cannot, at any rate, compel them to be servile the or mean, if not themselves so disposed. As matters 7 l h , ile at the very stand at present, the man who may have learned at a hedge school un half read a page or two, an d to scrawl 'hisol to copy ha l f spell,dated, ' will be almost certai n t o get the whip hand of you in the race for promotion ; f or h e is a useful p e rson, and will assist t he lieutenant's ser van t o occasionally, or help to clean the captain's boots. Rest assured, the army, as now administered, is the last place you should go to for the purpose of improving your condition. Resolve rather to be a citizen of the world, and to take the energy and intelligence you may possess to %%here they will have a reasonable chance of being fairly appreci.,ted." A - - .nTrur, ROBBERY. A story - was current on ti Saturday, for the. accuracy of which we will not vouch, as police authorities have no t y e t rece i ve d an y repor t o f t h e transaction. It is sa id t h at a l a d y o f t hi s town stepped from her carriage, opposite the Royal Bank-buildings, passed through the area, .and, entering the bank, presented a cheque for a considerable stun, which she received in bank Rotes. It is believed th a t s h e was minutely watched. She re turned to her carriage, and was just about to step in, when a gentleman in spectacles without his hat, and with a pen in his hand, hastily but politely accosted her, saying, "I beg your pardon, madam, we have forgotten to make a memoran dum ofyour notes. Will you kindly return them to me for a few minutes, and I will restore them to you directly." The lady believing the person who addressed her to be one of the eleilt% of the bank, surrendered the notes at once, and the gentleman hastily retreated up the steps, through the gates, into the area, and ran in the direction of the bank. The lady waited some time, and at length went to the bank to inquire why the notes were not sent back to her. She was assured that no per,son had been sent after her from the hank, and that her business, with the teller had been com pleted when the notes were counted f out to her. She per ceived at once that; She-'h'ad beeti ingeniously robbed, and that thc rPspectable-looking geoticman iii spectacles, after he had obtained the notes, must have made his exit from the buildings through the gates opening into Elbow-lane..-. Liverpool , - - ' _ . .., -.._ • :7 --- , -, , .-:.-:6:', , • . , t . or 4 ..t . ., 1 4 , •*, ~ -.-.„.4 .0.,:.....,.,_ ...,_, 4 4 4 ~ , t, • 7, 111/Pli t s‘V alll . 2'144 : , ? ._ -..g.'\ ,#6;.- 4 i . ~ ...4, , Avief s t44. ) ,6,:; •a * A ~..% V 0)Alk -- • tlk k - 4 . • • ---...-.• Na ..1 l' r ! ``'d - ..-... ~,,, -,. -r ~,,•,:. •• •, , I. , ~-,.• , , PC,,ir,-, -.._____. , - , i.(:)21 1 11 -•:: :t. st, _ - : , ~ . ~,A , ,, t ip ir , i_- 11,- . ..~42GGaz~ PUBLICATIth NS. MR. JAMES'S NEW 1W iIIANCE. 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At Home for Consultation daily, from Nine till Two, and fro • Five till Eight ; and all immediately replied to, if contalnin the fee of 11., for adviee,lte.-9 BEDFORD-STREET BF-Droß).. SQUARE. LONDON( RAILWAY. SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, FFRILL'ARY 10. STOCK Exculsioz.-The sales are - Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston, and Eastern Junction, par-Blackburn, Clitheroe, &c., 6e 3d. dis. - Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton, 6s. 3d. p.- Buckingham. shire, 6s. 3d. p. ex int.-Caledonian, Clydesdale Junction, 15 p.- East Lancashire, 2 p.-Ditto, New, p. -Ditto, New Scrip, 265. 3d. p. -Edinburgh and Glasgow, Halves, 10% p.-Fleet wood, Preston, and West Riding, p.-Great Northern (Nog. 108,001 and upwards), % dis.-11midersfield Canal and Rail way, p.-Ditto, Extension, 1% p.-Lancaster and Pres ton. Three-quarter Shares, 18 1,.-Ditto, Quarters, 1414-Leeds and Dewsbury, Extensions (green), •34 p.-Leeds and Think, I'reference, 1% P.-London and North-Western, 190-Ditto. New, Quarters, 12 P. -Londou and Manchester and Birmingham, Quarters (B), 63; p.- Manchester and Leeds Halves (late L. and it.), 4% p.-Manches ter Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (late Great Grimsby and Sheffield), Quarters, % dis.-Midland, Preferential stock (6 per cent.), 123% ex div.-Ditto, New, 3% p.-North Staffordshire, 3p.-North Stafford shire and Churnet Valley Junction, 1% p.-Preston and Wyre, Halves (B). Gs. 9d.-Shrewsbury and Chester, New, la. 3d. dig.- Shropshire Union Railway and Cat,al, dia.-Mouth-Eastern and Dover, 37- South Staffordshire, 13s. 9d. p.-West Riding Union, 1% p.-Y or k and Newcastle, Preference, 4s, p.--Dutch Rhenish, 2% die. MANCHESTER, FEBIUART 10. ?STOCK Excneras. - The sales are-Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, par-Blackburn, Clitheree, &c., 2-16 di..-Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham, 1% p.-East Lancashire, 1N p.-Ditto, 2% p.- Ditto, New (scrip), 1% p.--Ely and Huntingdon, 1% p.-Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding, %-Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, 31-Ditto, 3 c. p.-Leeds and Thirsk, Prefer entials, 1 1 ,4 p.-Leeds. Dewsbury, and Manchester, New Branches (blue), scrip, 3 p.-Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction, 5-16 dis. -London and North-Western, 192-Ditto, Manchester and Birmingham), 72-Ditto, Quarters (B), 63R c. p.-North Stafford shire, 3% p. - North-Western, p. -Northern Counties Union, I dis.-Oldham % p.-Prestort and `Pyre, 354-Ditto, Halves (B), 3 p. LEEDS, FE 10. STOCK EXCIIANGIC.—The sales arße RUARY —Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, 2s. Gd. clis.--East 'Lancashire, New, 2 n. p.—Ditto, New Scrip, 245. Gd. p.— East and West Yorkshire, 10s. Gd. dis.—Glasgow and Dumfries, 1 o. p.—Great Northern (late London and York), 2s. Gd. n. p. — Huddersfield and Manchester, 3% p.—Ditto, Thirds, 20s. p.—Leeds and Dewsbury, New Extensions Scrip (pink), 17s. 6d. p.—Leeds and Thirsk, 3 n. dis.—Ditto, New, 14 dis.--Ditto, Preference, 245. p.—Leeds, IVakcfield, and Midland, Os. Gd. dis.— Liverpool, Manchester. and Newcastle Junction, 13s. n. dis.—Mitn chester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 12s. n. p.—Midland, Pre ference, 3% p.—North British, Thirds, 525. p.—Ditto, Quarter Shares (late Carlisle Branch), 41s. Gd. p.--Ditto, Extension (scrip), 121. Gds . d . p.—tiorth th- Staffo est rdshire, 21. los. n. p.—N orthern Counties Union, 24ia.—NorWern, n. p.—Sheflield, Rotherham. and Goole, 4s. p.--West Riding Union, 31s. 6d. p.—York and North Midland, S9l c ex div. K z a ß r a e— t lo Y rt l h o. British, Quarters Sa7nsdi THhUe sales —Ditto, Extensions (scrip), 13s. p. cash —Blackburn, Damen: Bolton, p-.—North-Western, 9s. 6d. v.—N orth Staffordshire, 31. STOC 3s. 9d. 9d. p.—West Riding Union, 31. 14s. 9d. SHEFFIELD, FxnatTART 10. STOCK Excisetwis.—The sales are—Great Northern (London and York), Extension (scrip), I p.—Leeds and Thirsk, 25( dis.— London and South Coast, 55 —.Manchester and Lincoln Union, 18s. 6d. dis. Malton and Driffield Junction, 21s. p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (Grimsby and Sheffield), 201. Mum, 2Ss. 6d. dis.— Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland, 9s. dis. GLASGOW, FTBRUAIIIr 9. STOCk FACCEIAN6I.--Thergalesare—Ayr and Galloway, 395. 6d.— Caledonian and Dumbartonshire, 525. 6d.—Direct Nonhem (scrip) s•ls.—Dundee and Arbroath, New, No. 2 , 27 4 — Dundee and Perth , New, 151.—East of Fife, 52s.—East Indian, 9s. 6d.—Edinburgh and Glasgow, QuArters, l9!1, —Edinburgh and Northern, New, 725. 6d.— Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, Halves, No. 2,9/. 15.—Glasgow and Greenock, Halves, 9 1 4—North British, Thirds, 725. ScettiSh Mid land Junction, 213 y. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —TEAS AT WHOLESALE PRICES, No. 2, BUCKLERSBURY, CREAPSIDE.—FamiIies whose consumption is large, and study economy, will derive considerable advantage at this establishment. One uni fdrm price is affixed, by which the purchaser of a sing''‘ pound can obtain it on the same terms as the trade. Black Tea 2s. Bd., 35., 3s. 4d, 3s. Bd., 45., 4s. 4d., ss. Green 3s. 4d., 3s. Bd., 45., 4s. 4d., 55., 65., 75. Coffee 9d., 10d., Is., is. 2d., Is. 4d., Is. 6d., Is. Sd. One pound sent free to any part of town. Orders from the country forwarded the same day; and when the (1 al ~fo. weight (tea oti?y), the c ,, rriago i." paid to sny ritt of England.--AIANaELL aid Co. Ivitolesa!e tea &tilers, 2, Bueldcrsburr, - Letters from Riga of the Ist of February state the exchange 411%d. to 41d., which is also a shade less unfavour able for dais country. ~~~~~~ firm (geld, ,' a nd thee D the )( the 10 5 3 re rcial• of berg, rd of the o the ante, Int of rain• to It it the ; 0(1 ,.. los , . oh-