The Sun. — London, England, 1847-01-15 00:00:00

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',;-- -' / ~1, ' ,-•-; _ , ! _-,96,13‘, t. Au", ,„ \f,,,,,, i , , t 144 . ~,~. .. ~,\, C V b...-7, :,, f , A . nvi. ..., rs6 - - +.l - . ---r- * ' . - . !MA ~~~~ ~~ ~ Ce LIFE al nt—pf 'aterstittc icitous Ani LgeS— i v / :spec . PURSUANT to a DECREE of the HIGH So COURT of CHANCERY, made in a cause ATKIN- Reli. a gainst PARKER, all persons claiming - to be the Ileir or ch I-at-law of JOHN TAVERSON, late of Victoria-place, New w e a2 . lton in the county of Kent, Gentleman, deceased, and his of or living at the time of his death, or the personal Repre 44rtive or Representatives, of such Next of Kin, who have since 1847' a ," bY on or before day of February, LO ki come in their and solicitors make , out their claims, the and l9th prove their heirship ndred, before Sir rues Virt, Knight, ono of the 11fasters tlit'ne said Court, at his Chamber , in Southampton-tatildinge, • IterY-lane, London, or in default thereof, they will peremptorily , r teluded the benefit of the said Decree. The said JOHN TAVERSON was (as it is believed) born at Shad fonoln the county of Middlesex, and in the early part of his life ti.,,:vusotne seafaring occupation, which he gave up on his mar .`. and it is not known that he afterwards followed any oecupa • atts . 4 Ile resided in Charlton-terrace, New Charlton, and on Plum, 411.1 ii e ' ai non, In the county of Kent, and afterwards in the Marche tan. a, " 1)08 , Brussels ; and latterly at Antwerp, where he died in the —"", of September, 1844. FREDERICK SMITH, 3, Basingliall-street, for Robert Suter, Greenwich, Kent, Flaintitt's Solicitor. NATIONAL SECURITY BANK. NOTICE.—No applications for SHARES in this undertaking received after To-Monnow, Saturday, the 16th day of Ja -4/07 ov Jog the Directors will, after that date, proceed to make an V e ,,, AP „ Dit eations for shares may be addressed to the Secretary, at 163 , th e :Orch-street, by whom prospectuses and a detailed statement of to linrces of profit, &c., will be forwarded, post free, if written tor; Cap47 l-8 . Sutton and Co., solicitors, 6, Balitighall-street ; Messrs. to Al es an d Co., solicitors, Saville-place, Nmiellurlington-street ; and ors• Sutton and Co., stockbrokers, Royal Exchange_ THE SELF-SUPPORT INSTITUTION, tr th ( aided by Voluntary Contributions.) for the Cure of Stricture 'Urethra, and all other Diseases of Urinary Organs, Nervous, — ;:V, and General Debility. Cit: GE " — r. B. COURTENAX, M.R.C.S.L., 2, Chandos-street, T.ndish-square. genV'Tll tradesmen, clerks, mechanics, and the working classes i ssis la a l , , Y, this Institution offers, in all cases, gratuitous surgical and in others medicine also free3f expense. peat the Surgery adjoinng the Surgeon's residence. I o gROTRERTON'S COMMERCIAL HOUSE, Dld2, WOOD -STREET, ITANOVER-STREET, LIVERPOOL. Brotherton begs leave most respectfully to acquaint her 'Thew, !and the public th a t s h e is c arrying on the above Establish slacel*? long conducted by her late parents, and in returning her hop ei ;lthanks to the gentlemn who so liberally patronised them their unrentitting os care and e attention to merit a continuance of 1 1 : 43 .1 ) D0rt. been • has the satisfaction to state that the house has recently ltoo n ,: u arged to the ext en t o f Six show Rooms and Twelve Bed triZ:Shich, with the acquisition of Hot and Cold Baths, &c., will, add materlaly to its convenience and comfort. • LAZY LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, Fleet-street, January 14, 1847. , rep ri .8 hereby given, that a GENERAL MEETING of the cietr_etors of the Law Life ' Assurance Society will be held at the Soy a laut to ilextre9Fleet-street, London, on TUESDAY, the 2d day of Februar a ,F - Past Eleven o'clock in the forenoon precisely, !nir etving e 60Ciety's Deed of Settlement, for the purposes . of re to the AUditors nual report of the accounts of the Society up ' i n Dr cember a l n ast, and for general purposes. By order of the Directors, GEORGE KIRKPATRICK, Actuary —o3 iness will commence at Twelve o'clock preisely. 1:11- iELICAN LIFE INSURANCE OFFICE, Lai % 70 , LOMBARD-STREET, and 57, CHARING-CROSS Established 1797. BONUS. Bar 4e mths of the net Proflts realised by the Company from In titre " effected upon the Participating Scale of premiums allotted, aft_ bly to the conditions of the policies, every seven years. The Vt ,. lod to commence from the 3d of July, 1840. )4,,,;,,,y leer rates offered to those who prefer insuring upon the Ron neating Scale. -4 " tyro classes of Assurance are kept distinct from each other. 11. TUCKER, Secretary. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY, 26 CORNIIILL, LONDON. Capital £500,000. Thi s „, Empowered by Act of Parliament. It s ith Ins titution embraces important and substantial advantages , IR, on `elPect to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The assured ire ;I occasions, the power to borrow, without expense or for -44°, th thS P olicy, two-thirds of the sremiums paid (see Table) ; l 'rest„, "Punn of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his in 4stir Meet other cenveniences or necessity. Nes, 44 cen for terms of years are granted OR the lowest possible DIVISION OF PROFITS. en kva _nEkable s uccess an d i ncreas i ng prosperity of the Society `nturtZ s Tthe Directors, at the last annual investigation, to declare tact i r o r y , e vargt . if O fr n oT ie 3s r t r o on B t s s p e e a r e cent. on the premiums paid EXAM ge. fetaa d , 137 ‘ ll the ' ;flY health 11UUr subJeC" of iM uiel ;' cre 3r , a tio/ 1 ed Or' .11 tr atil4 ' ef it is a 4 bYlie ft " • it n It . ,n eoth i r 344 4 1 ,440 T hea lth go. d ) to rely t i . :4‘ r naPir ii a' tn , ur otro,„ ' e t h b ` xl e Jaig l N!" r goltisll )f 01 I 1 0 k , tg e of itob el4 0 6 ' 1 Tho s • ert ar eh ae i3e l c s 100' , Co:i V 6 • t s , 11) l oll ° Cliac9tb obe be iclie 41. 1 Verl3"' oC if re ' c oo ! 0 0 No. 16,950. LONDON, FRIDAY MORNING LEEDS AND TIIIRSK RAILWAY. LEEDS AND HARTLEPOOL EXTENSION. CONTRACTS FOR RAILS, CHAIRS, SLEEPERS, AND SPIKES. The Directors of this Company will meet at tie Company's Offices, No. 5, South Parade, Leeds, on Thursday the Eleventh of February next, to receive and open TENDERS for the supply of the following Articles, viz.:-- 5,000 TONS of MALLEABLE IRON RAILS. 1,800 TONS CAST IRON RAILWAY CHAIRS. 120 TONS RAILWAY SPIKES. 77,000 MEMEL FIR and LARCH SLEEPERS. Persons desirous of Tendering for the supply of the above, may ob tain further particulars on application at the Company's Offices on and after the Twenty-first of January next. Scaled Tenders, addressed to the Secretary, will be received until Noon of the Day - of Lotting. The Directors do not bind themselves to accept of the lowest Tender. By order, No. 5, South Parade, Leeds. S. SMILES, Secretary Hj O P LA FE L SSO P R O s L ei T cI 7 ,B C F : I I N L , N s I G C UN IN CO S T 'I T LF U . 1 , 10 0 ;1\ 1 : 0. , Explosive Compounds, with brilliant Experiments, LECTURED on y Dr. EVAN, daily at Halt past Three o'clock; and on the Evenings o' Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. The principle of the various EL'_CTRO-MAGNETIC TEE GRAPHS explained daily by Professor BACIIIIOFFNER, including the Patent of Messrs Cook and Wheatstone, inuse on the railways, and the more recent Patent of Messrs. Nott and Gamble ; the various Models explained. Magnified Specimens of DISEASED POTATOES, exhibited by the OXYHYDROGEN MICROS' 'OPE, with the DE STRUCTIVE INSECT, supposed by A. Smee, Esq , F.R.S., to he the cause of the disease. A beautiful Series of NEW DISSOLVING VIEWS. The DIVING-BELL and DIVER, with Experiments. The PHYSIOSCOPE, new CIIROMATROPE, &C. _ . Admission Is. Schools, half-price. RAVESEND STAR and BLACK\VALL kf PACKETS. Boat and Rail included in One Payment, avoiding the danger and delay of the Pool. From the Brunswick Wharf, Blackwall, at 9%, 10%, 1,3, 4, and 5. Sundays, at 94, 11 , 11, ,4, and 5. The Trains starting one guar ter of an hour before each of these times. New Terrace Pier, Gravesend, at 7%, 8%, 934, 1134, 1,3, and 5. Sundays, at 8%, 1134, 1,3, and 5. N.B.—No other packets call at the Grays or Greenhithe Piers. Star (Mice, Gravesend, Dec. 28, 1846. D OUGLAS JERROLD'S WEEKLY NEWS PARER. ENLARGEMENT OF ONE THIRD, ON THE MEETING OF PARLI iMENT.- In order to give ampler space for all the News of the Week, including The Debates in Parliament—The Miscell ine ous Occurrences—Law and Police Reports—Public Meetings—Foreign Intelligence —Literature—Correspondence—as well as for Original and various New Serial Articles, the Proprietor has determined to enlarge the Paper to the utmost limit allowed by the Stamp Law, and to ADD ONE •Tri IRD, or TWENTY-FOUR COLUMNS, making in the whole THIRTY-TWO PAGES, or NINETY•SIX COLUMNS, thus rendering it equal to the Fullest and Lamest News paper in the extent and variety of its News of the Week, and still retaining the large space heretofore devoted to Original Article; by the Editor, and his Eminent Literary Colleagues. Price (as here tofore) SIXPENCE. Order of all Newsmen, Town or Country, from whom detailed Prospectuses can be had. THE CIGAR WAREHOUSES, LONDON. Fine Foreign Cigars of all Makers, 17s. 6d., 18s. 6d., 205., and 21s. per lb. ; Government Manillas Cheroots, 17s. per lb.. British made, from the finest tobaccos imported, Cheroots, 6s; Mexicans, 7s. 6d. per lb. • Cuba and Havannah Cigars, Is. and Is. 6 d. per lb. ; Silvers and Cabanas, Bs. 6d. per lb.; Principes, Lopez Recompendzas, Esparteros, Dos Amigos, and Estrellos, 9s. 6d. per lb., warranted first quality. The Union Cigar, equal to any foreign, 12s. 6d. per lb. Single pounds may be had. Messrs. Tosswill jtnd Co., Commission Merchants, Importers, and Manufacturers, have a large stock of the above, well worth the attention of large buyers. Warehouses, 6 and 7, Pudding lane, Eastcheap, three doors from Gracechurch street and King William-street, City. DAVIES'S CANDLES, W. per lb. ; Genuine Sperm, ls. 9d. ; Yellow Soap, 485., 545., and 60s. per 112 tbs. ; Mottled, 60s. and 645.; Wax Candles,.ls. per lb. ; German Wax, Is. 2d. ; Fine Wax, Is. sd. ; Transoarent Wax, Is. lid. ; Genuine Wax, 2s. Id. ; Waxed-wick Moulds, 7%d.; Sperm 011, Bs. per gallon ; Solar. 3s. 3d., Pale Seal, 4s. ; Argand, or Vegetable, 4s. ed. ; Wind sor and Palm Soap, Is. 4d. per packet; Brown Windsor, Is. 9d ; Rose, 2s. ; Almond, 2s. 6d. ; Sealing Wax, 4s. 6d. ; Hale's Paragon Composite, requiring no snuffing, 9%d. , er lb. For Cash—At DAVIES'S Old Established Warehouse, 63, St. Martin's-lane, opposite Slaughtsr's Coffee-house. AN INFALLIBLE HAIR DYE. ROWLANDS' MELACONIIA, the most suc cessful liquid preparation ever known in this or anyteitlr country for dyeing the hair of the head, whiskers, mustachios, and eyebrows a natural and permanent brown or black, so exactly re sembling the natural colour of the hair as to defy detection. It is perfqctly innocent in its nature, is free from unpleasant smell, and can 'be used by any lady or gentleman with the greatest ease and secrecy. Its effects are so permanent, - that neither water nor perspi ration will influence them ; and it is entirely free from those properties (usual in heir dyes) which give an unnatural red or purple tint to the hair. Price ss. ROWLANDS ODONTO ; or, o rearl Dentifrice, a white poNyder for the teeth, compounded of the choicest and most recherché ingre dients of the Oriental herbal. It eradicates tartar from the teeth. removes spots of incipient decay, polishes and preserves the enamel, imparts the most pure and pearl-like whiteness, and gives sweetness and perfume to the breath. Price 2s 9d. per box. Sold by the Proprietors, A. Rowland and Son, 20, Hatton-garden, London, and by Chemists and Perfumers. THE PERFECT SUBSTITUTE for SILVER. The high estimate formed by the public during the twelve years WILLIAM S. BURTON'S (late RIPPON and BURTON'S) chemically purified material has been before it (made into every usetul and miutmental article usually made in silver, possessing, as it dces, the charaeteristic purity and durab Illy of silver), has called into existence the deleterious compounds of " Albata Plate," "Berlin Silver," and other so called substitutes ; they are at best but bad imitations of the genuine articles manufactured, and sold only by him. Fiddle Threaded King's Table spoons and Forks, full size pei Pattern. Pattern. Pattern, dozen.. • . ditto.... ditto.. • . Dessert ditto and ditto 10s. Od. 21s. Od. 25.5. Od. Tea ditto and ditto, , ss. Od. I Is. Od. 12s. Od. Gravy ditto •••. • • • • • • .. NICKEL ELECTRO-PLATED. —The REAL NICKEL SILVER, introduced and made only by WILLIAM S. BURTON (late RIBBON and BURTON'S), when plated by the patent process of Messrs. Elkington and Co.,t beyond all comparison the very best anicle, neat to sterling silver, that can be employed as such either usefully or ornamentally. in the lengthened and increasing popu larity of the material itself, and the high character of the method of plating, the public have a Guarantee that the articles sold by w S. Burton (and by him (lily) are, as it regards wear, immeasurably superior to what can be supplied at any other house, while by no possible test can they be distinguished from real silver. Tea Spoons, per dozen ... Dessert Forks ~ Dessert Spodhs Table Forks Table Spoons Fiddle ltis. 30s. 30s. . ...... 40s. .... ..... 40s. Thread. 325. .. 465., 525. .. Us. • . King's, 38s. 58s. 625. 758. Tea an coffee nets, waiters, candlesticks, &c., at proportionate prices. All kinds of re-plating done by the patent process, Detailed catalogues, with engravings, as well as of every ironmongery article, ent (per post) free. WILLIAM S. BURTON (late RIPPON and BURTON'S) Stock ct general Furnishing Ironmongery is literally the largest in the Grand as no language can be employed to give a correct - idea of w itsv l a d ;lety and extent, purchasers are invited to call and inspect it —39, Oxford-street (corner of .Newman-street). Established in Wells-street, 1920. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS: (From The Sun of last Night. The Cotton Market at Liverpool was very inactive again yesterday, at the previous reduction in pricea., Sales, 4,000 bales, 1,500 American and .500 Surat being on speculation. American realised 6di. to 7kd. per Ila. Shares were dull. Relative to cotton in the United Str rtes, the following is the account made up to Dec. 30,. brought by the (7ambria : Receipts at ports of the U. S. since Sept. 1., 1846 564,033 64 " " same period,llast year 604,119 di SI it it " :NJ tr before 710,827 Exports from U. S. since Sept. 1 , 1846 .... 230,381 " "" same period :fast year 350,206 CI it It " • /car before 403,172 Money appears to have been scat tear at New York, and there is naturally much curiosity e_xpnessed to learn the method which Government will ad'op t to raise means fur the Mexican war. It is evident, from an official note, forwarded by Santa Anna to data American Com mander-in-Chief, that the republic wi II continuo the struggles against its invaders as long - as possible ; at least if Santa Anna represents the lei ling of Congress and of the people at large. Some idea: was entertained that Treasury-bills would be issued ins ti tad of a new loan !wing raised, but it is admitted that w hatever may be the sacrifice at which money can be o; tained, it must be submitted to. A writer in the .1 1 Te w York Herald states " that the Secretary of the Tre: is ury will find his financial skill tried to its utmost befo ri 3 he gets out of the embarrassments the changes in the: commercial and financial system of the Government, ci inected with the Mexican war, have produced. There could not have been a more unfavourable period pits had upon for the radical changes made in these two sy s> ',ems than this, particularly on account of the heavy ex,ot mditures grow ing out of this war. The tariff was cut down to a strict revenue standard, at a time above all sat hers, when we wanted double the annual income from i , h. at source ; and had there been no alteration at all, the. old tariff would have been far beloar a revenue standard,. , during the con tinuance of the war. " In connexion with the reduction in ache tariff, came the Independent Treasury Act, establis ttirag the finances of the Government upon a specie basis, -which is calcu lated to increase the value of money a rid reduce the supply, at a time when it is extremely .important that money should be very cheap and plent:a. These mea sures, at a proper time, would have opera to id to a charm; they are perteetly well adapted to each: other, and in favourable times would have had a very fa vourable effect npon the currency and commerce of the country. We are now in an embarrassed position, and ; the emergency requires measures pat titularly adapted tc it, however temporary in their operation they may b e."' The surveys upon the St. Lawrenc e and Atlantic Junction Railway appear to have been p r, ,ceeding well, and the line from Sherbrooke to the bout a ;ary had been found to be easy of construction. The bay of Toronto was frozen over on the 15th 01 Decem h er. The Pro vincial Parliament had been prorogued to tithe 2d of Feb. Advice:, of the 2d of December from I 1 onduras state that there had been a serious outbreak at; San Salvador against the established Government, but. that the in surgents were signally defeated. The English Stocks have to-day been c l ie pressed again to the extent of kto 4 per cent., Consul. s having alter nated from 93* to 931 The New Three -a.nd-a•Quarter per Cents. have been 95 to 4. Bank Stc ick is firm at 2061. Exchequer-bills have realised It )s . to 13s. pre mium, being the previous quotations. The half- monthly account is now in c( is irse of adjust ment, and there is a retrograde movemet i:t again in the quotations. Spanish Five per Cents. ba v e been 251 and the Three per Cents. 351 Portu gr tese Four per Cents. have been marked 36i- to 361 for nh , e new account day. Mexican Bonds are quoted at 23/.. Dutch Two and a-Half per Cents. - have been at a decline to 59 and 581. Railway Shares are again flat, and in the majority of cases rather lower. ONE PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 206% 3 per Cent. Reduced Anns 93% 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 9314%1/ ,A I New 3 1 4 per Cent. Annuities 95% 95 Long. Annuities to expire Jan.lB6o 9 18-16. Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 9% India Stock 254 India Bonds, 1,0001 Ditto under 1,000/. . ....... 15 Consols for Opening 931% 1 % 8 - 92% Exchequer 8i115,.1000/.1 1 / 2 d. ... 10 13 p 6 p ! ate., 500/ Ditto, Small CLOSING IRICES. 206% 93% 92% 95 9 3 / 4 9 5 / 8 252% 15 oNE CLOSING lICES OF FOREIGN f UNDS. O'CLOI ',IC PRICES \lexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 2 3 1 /4 23 1 % Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent Ditto, Account 3 6 1/.2 %.; 36 Russian Bonds . . .. 112 1.f1.1 1 4 111 1 / 4 Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, Passive Ditto, Deferred l 7 l /4 17 Ditto 3 per Cent. Dividends on the above payable in _London. Belgian 4% per Cent . 05- 1 /0 95% Dutch 2 1 4 per Cent. Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates 92 3 / 4 :93% 92% 92 1 Ditto 80nd5...... 92 92 YRICES OF BUSINESS Di )NE CLOSING Rd.U.W&Y SHARES PAI D. AT ONE 0'C1..0 .CS. PRICES Aberdeen Amber., Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction 2%..,... 2% 3 4. .. 2% Belfast & County Down 4% Birmin. and Gleucester..loo Ditto New Birmingham and Ox lard Junction Birmingham, Wolver- 11 3 j hamiton and Dudley 425...... - ' - 4 Birming., irolverlepton, /t 3 ' 3 1 55' P and Stour Va11ey..... 425....... 3%14 . Birkenhead, Lancashire, . and Cheshire June—. 2 3 / 4 Boston, Starnfd, & Birm. 225. . Bristol and Exeter Ditto, New Bristol and Gloucester... 32 ...... . Buckinghamshire _ aledonian Ditto Halt Shares 2% — .... ..... ..... Ditto, Clydesdale June 25 'hester and Holyhead... 27 I, .. i 25 . Cheltenham and Oxford 2 — . .. Clarence lOO Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10 • Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 Do. Government Loan, 4 per Cent. Cork and Killarney ... 21/2 Cork and Waterford ... 1% — . ... ....... ... ~...ornwall Ditto, Half Shares ... 2% — ...... ...... ... Direct Northern Scrip.. 2% Direct Norwich - 1 Dublin and BelfastJunc. 12% — ... ~ Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine Dundalk & Enniskillen 10 Eastern Counties 2O ...... 23 1 4%. Ditto New...... Ditto Perpetual, 5 per Cent, No. 1. 61.135. 4d... 1 ,4 p.. Ditto ditto, No. 2... 61. 13s. 4d... —...— Do., York Extension.. 2 ...... 3% 1 4.. Eastern Union Ditto, Quarter Shares 10 -•.•.... Do. Exten.(Llitrwich) 11 i i —...--.. . . . - . . Do., Camb. and Ely.. 2% — ..... East Lancashire Ditto, New Do.. do., New Scrip... 1 1 4 East Lincolnshire ... .. 1 1 4 — Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 Ditto Half Shares ... 10 Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% ...... .... . Edinburgh &Northern.. 12% — "•• "•• Ditto, New Ditto, Newport . 5 ..-.. .. Ditto, ditto, New .... . 1% — ... Edinburgh and Perth... 3 Ely and Huntingdon ... 124 13%,. Exeter,Yeovil,& Dorset 2% .... Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle 5 — Glasgow,Kilmar.,&Ayr 50 ...... ..... Ditto, New .... . .... .. 15 . — Do., % Shares (5 per cent. guar.) Great Nortkern (London and York Regd. ) 2%.• ... 3% 1 4 Do. (Direct Northern Regd.) .. 3 3 /4 . 4 14 ..... Great South. and West (Ireland) Great Northof England.. 100 Ditto New 3 /j P p 287 k 25:.. i l~;j 23 1 % % r ..._ 314 17% 8% 27/8 78 21 181/2 13% Ditto, New . l5 . Ditto, New l;reat Western B5 13 1 1,( 131% Ditto %Shares SO Ditto LA Shares 12% 2l Ditto Fifths .. . 30 Ditto, New •••.... Huddersfield & Marches. 13 ~,,,... _ Ditto, Extension Hull and 5e1by............ 50 Do. Half Shares 25 ••• •........•• Ditto M Shares ...... 12% — Ipswich & Bury St. Edm. 14 ... Do., do., and Norwich 5 Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 Do. New .......... . .... Leeds and Bradford...... 30 Leicester and Bethrd... 1 6 s. ...... .... l4 dia. Leeds, Dewsbury, &c.... 27% ...... .:•••• ...... ..• Do., Branch 1% Shares 2 1 / 2 Do., Branch (Blue) ... 2 1 / 2 ..•... Do:Extension(Green) VA.—. st• , Leeds , d Thirsk l7l ...... —...— ......... Ditto, New Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct 3 l/ ...... ••••"'"" ... Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport..... ....... 2 Liverp., Mnchstr& New castle Junction 2%. 2% London and Blackwall. 161. 13s. 4d Do. New Ditto Extension ... 71 , ,2••..•• .• . . ...... • London, Brighton, and South Coast 5O .. .. 57% ............... Ditto, Fifths 44 16 5% Do. Consol. Eighths.. 10 Do. Guarant. 5 per ct. 9 - ••• •• •• 0. ••• ''... London and Greenwich 19/ 15s 4d — ............... Do. Preference ...18/17s 2d — g• London and N. Westernloo l9B ............... 1951,4 Do. Quarters .. Do., do., Now Ditto Fifths ...- .... 2 Do. I ,i Shares (G. J.) 10 Do 40/. Shares (L.M. ) 8 Do. 40/. (M. & B.) ... '4O ••••. ********** Do. 10/. (M. & B.) A. 5 Do." 10/. (M. & B.) B. 5 Do. 10/. M. & B.) C. 1 London, :Qiifoid,:,. and Cheiterb44 ~., • 2 .. - Lond. kt.i.Wekiifn 411 6s 10d Do. NeW klOnsol. Bths 40 Do. Now Do. New . 18 ... . Ditto Tenths •—• .. 5 Ditto Tenths ... ..... 4 Ditto Scrip , Ditto ditto ...... . .... 4 London and York Scrip 2 1 4 Do. Extension 6: 1 / 2 London. Salisbury, and Yeovil -, . .. .2% — L •ndonderry& vl,4eraint.. 15 - Londonderry anti Ennis !: illen l5 .•••• ..... ••• Lynn and Ely Lynn and Dereham ...... 15 gancliester and Leeds 82 Ditto 1 Shares . ... 38 5l .. ....... • 51 Do. Quarters .12 .... 17:% 1 i 3 / 4 Do. Fifths 5 ... . 11 1 4 l l l4 Do. Sixteenths ' ... 6 1 4 - Do. Extension 42s. Do. Liverp. and Bury 21 Do. do. Fifths ..... -.. 1 Ditto 1 4 (late Hud- 1 1 : 4, p 1 Ij. P 3 .9% • dersfield'and Sheff.) 23 ... .. Matuthester,Buxtort,and Matlock 42e. Manchester, Sheffield, - and Lincolnshire 100 .•, , . — Do. Quarters (No. I) 8 Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25 . .. , — Ditto dittpCisT9. 3 )--ft. / 2.1i.., —•,.-. *"** ' - Ditto - and - . 5 “ '-'..::- ,-- ---. ' =--- - ..a. Ditto ditto - - .. 3 .. - - Ditto ditto . ... ..... 174 — Ditto Sheffield and Lincolnshire 2% Manchest. &Southampt. 2 ..... - 1 3fi Midland ......100 l2B ...... ..... ... Do. fifths 2 Do. New 1 V i 1261/2 Ditto, New Do. Binn., and Derbyloo Midland Great Western Irish Newcastle and Berwick '2O Newcastleand Carlisle-100 Ditto New 2O ...... - ...... .... .... Ditto Quarter Shares 6 1 4.-- - Newmrket &Chesterfrel ii - - Do. Extension - ... - Newport& Ahergavenny 2%...... - - INT.wry and Enniskillen 7 - - Newry, Warrenpoint, and RoArevor lO ...... - _ ......... ... -. Norfolk ° ...100 - .... -. ...... 129 Ditto Half Shares .. 9 Do. Extension - Do. Scrip, 1847, North of Norfolk:. - Do. do. Wavenev Val. 2 - Northern Courities . Union 2% l a / 4% North British ... ..... ... 25 Do. Half Shares Do. Quarters Do. Extension Ditto Thirds - 3 %... Northern and Eastern 5O - Do. Quarter Shares... 12% - _ Do. New - North Staffordshire 5 ..„.. 8:14 98% North Wales - • •• Northern and Southern Connecting - North Western 2%...... - Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Oxford, Witney, and Cheltenham.... - ....... • •••••• • Portsmouth Direct 3 3/ .... - - Preston and Wyre 25 - - Do. % Shares - - Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 3/. 123. .... - dis. - Itoystcn and Hitchen ... 1% ...... - ... - Scottish Central Scottish Midland l 2 l /2 l4 . Sheffield, Rotherham, knd Goole - .. • - Shrewsbury and Birm... 3 .... Ditto ditto, Class B. 1 1 / 1 2% 2' Shropshire Union - - South Devon South Staffordshire June. 1/. 13s. 4d - 7. , outh E' stern & Dover. 33 1 / $ 39%.. Do., No. 1 2O Do., Nc , 2. Do., No. 3 Do~ No. 4 South Wales 5 - South Yorkshire, Don caster, and Goole Swans. & Loughor & Ca meron's Stns. C0a1... 2 - - ...... .. . Taw Vale Extension s . . - - 3 - 3 A I 4 ••• Trent Vdl ley, Midland, & Grand Junction 425. - .. Vale of Neath ..• .. ...... 2 - Wakefield, Pontefract, & Goole - ••• ......... •• Waterford and Kilkenny 11 . - .• Waterford and Limerick 27% - •• • Waterfd,Wxfnl,Wicklw, and Dublin - .............. - Wexford, ve aterford, and Valentia - ............... 2 West Riding Uni0n...... 425. - West Cornwall .... 2 ... .. - ............... Windsor, Staines, and South Western: .... ... 425. W ilts, Somerset, & Wey- - ••• ••' ...... . mouth - ..... ••• •.•.• fork and Newcastle. . .. 25 Ditto New Do. Preference 37 3 / 4 61/2 3514 1% • •• ork and North Midland 50 Ditto 5hare5........ 25 Do. Selby ... Do. Extensio , Ditto, Preference Do. ast and W est Rid ing Extension FOREIGN RAIL WA 8 7/8 12 1 A 39!4 24 14 1 / 4 41A, 3 14 3 / 4 P 12 1 4 9? 4( 9: 3s 13% 1 81 4 Anglo- Belgian Barbadocs 1 Belgian Eastern Junctn. 2% Boulogne and A •••• ........ .•• miens:.. 18 15 4 V •• .. 2 ........ Bordeaux,Toulouse, and -.. Catte (Mackenzie's)... 2 ..... Do. (Espelete's) 2 - -- . ......... •••• .... . 3 s —.. ......... Calcutta and Diamond. Harbour ....•... ... 7s. Central of Frcnce ( Or- - leans and Vier zon) ... 10 Central of Spain ... .... 2 Ceylon Demerara —. Dendre Valley Direct Bombay and Madras - ..... ... •• . • Dutch Rhenish 7 . 5%............. .• 5, East Indian ... ..... .... ss. t. ••.............. % Fampoux & Hazebrouk 4 ••• ...... Great Indian Peninsular ss. 7a Great Western Bengal.-ss. Great Western Canada... 3 1 4 - ............... Italian and Austrian.... 4 — - ............ — l3/ 4 Jamaica S.Mid. Junction 1 Louvain ala Sambre ... 6 ... • ••"" ........ 2% Luxembourg.-- ..... .. 6 .... - ..... Lyons and Avignon 2 ...... .... Nladras - ........... •• -- Madras. Nellore, and -. Arcot ...... -- ..... .. ...... 14 Madrid and Valentin 2 ..• .. ............... ..... --- Mauritius ... 1 ...... ..... ........ ......... Namur and Liege 8 ...... -- 5 ,; ... ' d l2%xd Northern of France....... 8 •• •• 12/s AI North Jamaica... ........ . 1 ...... 3 x d Orleans and Bordeaux... 6 ..... 8 7 .. 7 3 / al Over Yssel ............ 4/ 3s 4d ...... — 7% .. Paris and Lyons ... •••• 8 ..... Paris and 0r1ean5......... 20 .• •• • • _. Paris and Rouen ........ 20 ...... Paris and Strasbourg 5 .... - 2_ Rouen and Havre .....• 20 •...... 4% Sambre and Meuse ...... 10 •••• •• Strasbourg and Bale ... 1 ! ...... Tours and Nantes .....• 4 -' ...... Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and Hasselt. ...... 8 ...... ............... Trinidad ................... 2% ...... 6 ...... 2 3 4 ....... West Flanders ...... .... JOINT STOCK BANKS. • ........ Australasia ............... Provincial of Ireland ... 25 ...... 46 xd ............... MINES. . . . _ % 7% 4y 8 - 2% 46xd Real del Monte Unregd• ...... 31% •••••••••••• 31A FRENCH vessel arrived a t th e port of _ Liverpool from Bordeaux, has brought an ent i re cargo of plums and prunes, th e p roduction of France, i n a d r i e d state, consisting of 220 barrels, 203 half barrels, and 130 quarter barrels of the latter description of fruit, and 57 cases and 122 boxes o f the fitter kind, k nown i n the trade and by the public as French or imperial plu ms . A complete cargo, and to such an ex tent , of the se art i c l es is most unusual, and must be attributed to the produc tiveness of the past season for such fruit s . DURATION OF THE LIVES OF NOBLES AND SOVE REIGNS.—ExcIuding dea ths b y viole nce, the average duration of life among the English aristocracy was at a very low point in the fourteenth century ; i t rose to a maximum in the early part of the sixteenth century ; and thenceforward it gradually declined till the close of the eighteenth century. The average duration of life (as inferred from the age at death) of sovereign princes since the Christian era (excluding violent deaths), is, on the contrary, gradually and steadily increased ' from about 52 years, in the first five centuries, to ahcut 58 years in the last century. The most recent comparisons give the whole expectation of life at 21 years of a;.;e in the three classes of the sovereigns, the aristocracy, an d the gentry of this country, as 54, 65, and 671 }'ears respectively, and at the age of 51 the expectation is 64, 72, and 74 years. Thus kings are placed at the bottom of the scale. THE LATE ACCIDENT ON THE SOU TH -W ESTERN RAlLWAY.—Wednesday an inquest was held at Weybridge, before Mr. Woods, coroner for the western division of Surrey, on the body of Clifford Elisha, aged 59, schoolmaster of the Chertsey Union, who was killed at the Weybridge station on the evening of Saturnay last. After a long inquiry the jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death, and that no blame was attachable to the company's servants." PUBLICATIONS. T HE EDINBURGH REVIEW, No. CLXXI., Is this day published. CONTUNTS :- DAVID HUME. THE STREETS OF PARIS. LOCAL TAXES OF TUE UNITED KINGDOM. BANCROFT'S HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES. THE CHEV. BUNSEN ON THE BASILICAS OF ROME THORNTON ON OVER-POPIT LATION. GENIUS AND WRITINGS OF PASCAL. ON CENTRALIZATION. London : Longman and Co. Edinburgh : A. and C. Black. NEW VOLUME OF SIR. JAMES'S WORKS. Just published, hi medium Bvo., price Bs. cloth, with finely engraved Frontispiece, T HE KING'S HIGHWAY; BEING THE ELEVENTH VOLUME of the Works of G. P. B. JAMES, Esq. The previous volumes (each complete in itself) may he had separately ; contents — Vol. VI. Henry of Guise. VII. Morley Ernstein. VIII. rhe Robber. IX. Darnley ; and X. The Brigand. and Co., 65, Corhhill. 'ol. T. The Gipsy. 11. Mary of Burgundy. 111. The llugnenots. IV. One in a Thousand. V. Philip Augustus. London : Smith, Elde: TO ALL ENGLAND. Shortly will he published a pamphlet , entit led HOW to LET DAYLIGHT into the LAW. Also, A FEW HINTS on GETTING a BILL out of CHANCERY, which will be interesting to the celebrated Georgo Robins and others connected wills the knock-down system. By the same Author, PUGIN'S GROTTO, taken from the Bridge. Edmonds, 154, Strand. --............. EXAMPLES. Edmonds, 154, Strand. co . t ig 't ?i- ,—. ez ium. ~.;, Bonus Bonus in g g Assured T Just published, the Second Edition, price ss. coloured, : 1 4 added. Cash. '2? c may HE BOOK of the FEET; a History of Boots 5. g Borrow. and Shoes, with upwards of One Hundred Illustrations of s-...,............__ • a -.- the fashions of the Egyptians, Hebrews. Persians, Greeks, aid 1 Romans, and the prevailing style throughout Europe during the 4 , tOOO ~ s. d. 1837 £217 15 l'lloo 0 11 1 £16 0 4 £445 0 0 Middle Ages down to the present period. Also, Hints to Last gA 18 38 192 3 0 87 1 4! 13 10 2; 395 11 1 makers, and Remedies for Corns, &c. By J. SPARKESHALL, ' 1839 165 11 101 74 19 1 11 3 1; 346 2 3 Patent Elastic Boot-corker to her Majesty the Queen, the Queen 1 18 40 116 7 6 54 010 718 10, 296 13 4 Dowa ge r, and the Queen of the Belgians. ,:-----....._____ 1 841 111 6 ii 49 19 Oi 710 41 247 4 3 London: Slmpkin, Marshall, and Co. N! ' 41 '441 4 the pr -rne r - of pesentrofit s year is annual, and the next will be made in ". F. FERGUSON CAIIROUX, Secretary BRITISH WHALE FISHERY. This day, with a Map, price Is. 6d., DROPOSAL for RE-ESTABLISHING the BRITISH SOUTHERN WHALE FISHERY, through the medium of a Chartered Company, and in combination with the COLONIZATION of the AUCKLAND ISLANDS as the Company's Whaling Station. By CHARLES ENDERBY, Esci., F.R.S. Effingham Wilson, Publisher, 11, Royal Exchange. 4 1%111 ER CURE OF COUGH AND HOARSENESS BY tparila m 1311 . LOCOCK'S PULMONIC WAFERS. fled ent-street, Liverpool, Jan. 1, 1846. Sir,—l had boen ),)),; ler,,„ il . a couyh and hoarseness for nearly two years, without tae. "" I Was induced to try Locock's Wafers, the effects of e, _ ere I soon visible, for one large box (2s. 9d.) has quite cured I hey h it i v ave recommended them to several of my friends, and e 4 . 0 experienced the greatest relief from them. fir e ' J. WILLIAMS. n 'talit DR. LOCOCK'S WAFERS er s „„ relief and a rapid cure of asthma, coughs, and all die- II ' the breath and lungs. b„'Y ere „ TO SINGERS AND PUBLIC SPEAKERS - "''e " v aluable for clearing and strent,thening the voice , they Pricerust pleasant taste. kr ,,Aßei l t„ s ' ~,1 / 01.. 25. 9d., and 11 s. per box. -4 by , 11 -1 Silva and Co., 1, Bride-lane, Fleet-street, London ; • l medicine vendors. FOGS AND D 13IP AIR. AR CLAY'S ASTHMATIC CANDY has, for ni tu n effeet a Y Years, been proved an effectual preservative from the „ I re se of the Fogs and Damp Air, which, in the Winter Season, f,rese r Pvalent in this Climate. Its effects are to expel Wind, to Vsse t Stomach froni the admission of Damps, and to relieve rcla, ° suffer from Difficulty of Breathing. Prepared only by 'aelr a " ) , and Sons, 95, Farringdon•street, London; and sold retail, by Bis liu ra -vP° , l utment, 13 Sano•er. 150 Oxford-street Gifford, 104, and 1 180, Str y and • Sanger. 68, Cornhill ; Hallows, Drug %tee `, n igh-street, Islington ; Heudebourck, Druggist, Church c„ et, ; and all respectable Medicine Venders in Town and . 114 1 .;',_•" - --Observe • none can be genuine, unless the names of and Sous" ' are on the Stamp affixed to each Box. This Day, in foolscap Svc), price Gs. THE BATTLE OF NIBLEY GREEN: from the MSS. of A TEMPLAR ; with a PREFACE, 1 ,- .OTES, and OTHER POEMS; by J. B. KINGTON. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Just published, post Bve., cloth, 75., ON NEAR SIGHT, AGED SIGHT, AND IMPAIRED VIMON : with Observations on the Use of Glasses. By W, WHITE COOPER, F.R.C.S., Senior Surgeon to the North London Ophthalmic Institution. " Truly practical, and consequently truly valuable, we recom mend this volume to all eyes. There is nothing connected with the sight upon which its advice is not most significant ant valuable. Founded on the most thorough scientific knowledge of his subject, Mr. Cooper goes into details of [forms to improve the vision, to choose glasses, and adopt every course which can strengthen or pre serve the most precious of our senses."—Literary Gazette. London: John Churchill, Princes-street, Soho. ELEGANT AND USEFUL GIFT BOOK—A PICTURE OF GERMAN HOME LIFE—WITII A VALUABLE COLLEC TION OF ENTIRELY ORIGINAL KNITTING PATTERNS. Dedicated, by permission to her Royal Highness the Duchess of GLOUCESTER. NOW ready, in 1 vol. Bvo., full gilt cloth, illustrated with Engravings, price 10s. Gd., THE GERMAN CHRISTMAS EVE. Edited by Mrs. ALFRED MONTGOMERY. Being a Pic ture of Heine Life in Germany. With Instructions for, and Illustra tions of One Hundred beautiful and Original PATTERNS for KNIT. TING. Translated from the German ofMaaame A. FLOUR. MOUSTACHIOS, and WHlS ,..keve produced in a few weeks, and Baldness removed and 4 r 4 4/A t . by the use of GRIMSTONE'S AROMATIC REGENE few _, an essential spirit, drawn from aromatic herbs and flowers, urops of which cure headache in a few minutes ; it Is guar botti " 1 - 1 6litfhl, fragrant toilet perfume. Sold only in trial ", Protected by the Government stamp, at 4s. ; double the size, and doub in a Pamphlet, coi• k.,„, i ng testimonials ot ' undeubt . ecl aut ; hority, entitled " Three Minutes' tt 3 ,c o e ,t on the Growth and Preservation of the Human Hair. &C." Post, 4s. 6d., 7s. Sel„ and 125., for money orders only". tsold wholesale only at Grimstone's Ilerbary, Highgate, near Zutidon ; and by Messrs. 'Barclay and Son, Farringdon-street ; Sanger, ford-street; If essrs. Butler and Co., Cheapside • Fisher and Teller, bndult-street ; Mr. Johnston, medicine warehouse, 6S, Cernhlll • tbd by all Chemists. Perfumers, and others For Edinburgh, J. and Itairnes, Leith-walk ; for Manchester, eresehe and Son, Advcr "%I-office. London : George C. Caines, 5, lialkin-street West, Belgrave-square. TOUGLAS JERROLD'S WEEKLY NE S- PAPER ENLARGED, with Various New Features, ou the 23d January, to 32 Pages or 96 Columns. Price, as heretofore, Six pence. Order of all Newsmen, Town or Country, of whom fuller prospectuses may be obtained. DOUGLAS JERROLD'S WEEKLY NEW S PA,PER, ENLARGED, with Various'New Features, to the utinust Limit allowed by the Stamp Law, on the 23d January. Price, as heretofore, Sixpence. Orders of all Newsmen, Town or Country, of whom detailed prospectuses may be had. TO THE LADIES. This lady had the follig - letter inserted in the " Times" news i4Der on 7, 1846.. Reader, remember, this letter was put into . 1 Dap by Aug.he lady herself, as a testim ony to me. tn,:: - Ylrs e . r Weekley, of No. 3. Swan-stree t, Borough, takes this oppor b.'. of publicly thanlng s l4 Aro fr. W m . a G o rimstone, of the ilerbary, High f;r the e ffi cacy o f ti Regenerator, in having coin t hair on her head, after using itabont luxuriantthao, '''ltil e r vr es l t a ' O r l: d of i h le er hair is much stronger and mere ever was before the baldness appeared. „Mrs. Weekley inserts this testimony to the virtues of Mr. G.'s ttuy i u nor, feeling assured that many its virtues as she is, from ex ladies would gladly purchase of lleri,, B • battle if they were as cert ain an e ,:fe, not only in the restoration and.produotion of hair in abund be3.o unt as a cure of nervous headac h e ,as a toilet perfume it is far lad o f any to her taste. She will feel a pleasure in answering any In;_ r eaPectability to the above facts.-3, Sw o a r n t -street Borough." in; grey, a few „, Ases of the hair becoming thin, weak, I ;' r en v t s ti ?n • the crown of the head occasionally, every week, will pre vree.hair from coming away with the comb, make it strong, and I "? dr e ' it t urning grey, rendering the hair lux uriant and curly. A l aairb ri ll s en Your hairbrush before brushing the hair, will give the h e cY, causing it to curl. ties, nlest delicate ladies may use this delightful product of the alon,areniatic herbs and flowers with confidence ; its refreshing oo on %e'en:loves headache and makes it a most necessary companion the toilet. In cases of nevous headache, pour ten or twe l ve 1 hoot own of the head ;if very bad, repeat it every quarter oa n s tlair In most cases relief is certain in ten minutes. It produce hertati-i,e,_lnidl'en' beads in a few appplications. If lised on infants: lent 4',llas such a peculiar cooling influence on the bnasto pre D44l llhle " j uistu ns, as well as promoting the growth of hair.—see Au letter testimonials. are addressed to William (}rimstone Harbarv. Highgate. Tere'on-tror-ti 11 T WO FEET.—AN ANECDOTE. e ; sat o oo S o E v S ers A e N d AND s S t h O o N y ' S h o ß p BOOTS And th e AND S HOES. rea4er shall hear what was said by the feet. 0 1 :1 1 7; , "; , hat For in d° You honestly think (said the one), booty and the shoes made by MOSES and SON? With '„ ) ;: w n Part a full satisfaction feel. That, v in eu t d ru oo th e , The b oo " a so le and my instep, my toes and my heel. We have on are so stylish and neat, !we're co uple of beautiful feet."l (sal l a th left with a stamp of the foot), .-;,"-`11itre right, alr ht ' with regard to your boot ; li,ve oftentimes thought I'd begrudge sot a ran Qom A e O r d a n bont or a shoe that would make me look handsome ; Such have got it, and so have you, too, i t „,a t Pair of neat feet very seldom we view. As r prime feature which ev'ry one views Is m e rging to MOSES and SON'S boots and s hoes , Neh,, t act that they are faultless in fit and in style, xrue theY answer their purpose a very long while. t y ,Z rf.eft would do well to attend our advice tor m ta n i ning such goods at a very low price. vSES end SON, in their boots and their shoes e deterrninei that a 1 folks shall4ain and not lose. LIST OF PRICES. READY MADE. - - --- £ s. d ItCltt," I•aglionls front ..... ...... • • ........ ••• • 0 180 6 NshaArnr,el;l,3 an d ' Coirluiitons .. ••••••••--• • • • • • • . • • • • 0 1 ,2 f 1%4 '-',yrsays, and Chesterfields, and every description 5 0 -93,,, Tinter l.l, er c o.. •.. . 1 11'Weed Coats, in every style and make • ... •••••••••••• • 00 8 4 6 e,skirt,:easers, lined .. . .. • • .; .. 0 10 6 ''''''' •''tl.. .... • • - • • • • • • • • • • • ...... • ... . b r : ek Coats . ••• • • ..... •• •• . ..... ......... 1 5 0 hll,,lbt-trea.ti,...; .: . " ........ . - ..... -.0 2 0 • • • N•''ll"sar - Vests • • ..... ..... ...... 018 6 .....1% Nv.,...,_ IN Tunic Suits ..... • • • • • • ....... „. ~.... 0 3 0 kjilittt, eigii;e.r. ............. •• • ''' ... 7 . 1. .•• • ' • •••• • • • • • 0 1 6 '4llll i ll B to an• y •• c • x • t • e • nt • a •• t . ....e . minutes'notioe. W iate r C MADE TO MEASURE. kl„MdsrnotlB,:arranted Waterproof, made to . any style, 1 5 0 Iritc,td eq4 ol i t n : n r d • • 't we ed O vercoas , . , rimmed, velvet col! : ir . and cuffs, cuffs, lined ( 2 ) i ( ) ) 0 8 6 11,t,„." TrOUSers • ..... • •• •• •• •• •• • B eet us T rouspr 1 2 1 6 ) b r - bres B T 4• 8 . 6, 4 "...:al Vt:h • e •• rn • most ;p • p • roved French pa . t . Le .. rn .. s 1 1 6 2 0 E 4 T Coats ..'.. ' •••••••• ** • • - - " .... Fiat goalit y mad ' ..... '' • • 2 15 0 PZtj -kCl'ats e ........ .......... 1 15 0 . lua lltY ••-: • • - ......... • • • • • • . • ......... - . ....... ..... ..... .. • • • • • - • 3 3 0 lig11e). Pests made ........ .... . ........ • . • • • • • • • • • :,, ti n ...... ...... ...... 0 8 6 1 0 , ro Y b a s' lir I v u a s t e s n . a t e. . ir a t Tunic fancy..: : Suits : : : 1. •: .: •: .• : : .: ... •• :. I •• :. •—• : : : .° :r: l'n: a: d: e tOI o-1m52 e- aooe e, if ~,, AnY article purchased, ready made, hey ~ ".• aPproved of, will be exchanged, or if preferred, ill t ... etur ned ' 44 0 SE • , eaters and SON, Tailors, Woollendragers, Clothiers, flatters, 454 , l'ur r i ... , 155 ern, ` and General Outfitters, for Ladies and Gentlemen, 4 .1 , , Loi%driound 156, 157 Minories, and 83, 84, 85, and 86 Aldgate, 1),„ :) ,. 1 .1tie r ,.__,,,. L k oc a rmi „ , Moses and Son regret being obliged to guard the TfaisehO"st ir nPostors, but have learned that the untradesman- T: been r - e - s ' O f being connected with them, ), h a __ norteo to in many instances, and for obvious reasons. or it's the same concern, ,7:41,5e"_,.0 connexion with any other house in or out of London; 4yliencl to:l t , l i ° desire genuine and clie , p clothing, &c., should call at, et,ea.....,. nories and Aldgate, City, London. ~E trt,_ AO business transacted at this establishment from sun ' ele t i'V, till sunset Saturday, when business is resumed till twelve Iti t l je entranr Aldgate, opp os i te the sh on and to th e fur department ur is eh at . 83, Aldgate, corner of the 't S N JANUARY 15, 1847. 9 CONVEYANCE OF TROOPS BY RAILWAY. There is some interesting testimony on this subject to be found in the recently issued (by order of Parliament) minutes of evidence taken before them. The following are extracts therefrom. The first witness q uoted is W. Hosking, Esq. : Supposing a separate terminus to be made for the North Kent at Union-street, what effect would that have upon the thoroughfares ?--Any terminus in that neigh bourhood would, of course, have some of the advantagc s which I claim for the neighbourhood of the York-road, hut it would want the Advantage which seems to me likely to arise from the railways north and south all meeting at the same place, and the interchange of pas sengers and goods without the necessity of driving them through London. The streets of London would be re lieved, in the way I propose, of a useless traffic, that is, of the mere through traffic from railway station to rail way station. I contemplate also an advantage from bringing all the railways as far as possible to the same terminns that an interchange would take place. You speak of passengers only ?—Passengers mainly. Would not that apply to one particular class of pas sengers, viz., those going by unotherrailway ?—Of course; but it is an incident merely to the general scheme, though not an unimportant one in a military point of view, and especially as it regards the transmission of troops and stores from one part of the country to another, when it may be necessary that such should pass by or through London. Do you contemplate, in connexion with the general terminus which you propose, that the termini now exist ing in the outskirts to the northward and westward, be longing to the Great Northern and Western Railways, should still remain?—That might be left entirely with the companies. I should urge merely that they ought not to be allowed to advance further into the town; that they should not be alleiwed, indeed, to advance beyond their present positions, so as to come within the belt formed by the Edgware-road, the New-road. and the City-road; and that no public advantage would be de rived from bringing them forward, for some parts of the town would suffer more from greater difficulty of access to the railway than others would benefit fkm vicinity. I submit, that tile position which I have indicated would be more accessible than any other from every part of the town, and more accessible than most oth er tlaces, taken as independent termini. [General Sir James Willoughby Gordon, irt„ ' G.C. H., and Major-General Sir John F o Burgoyne; K.C.B , examined.] To Sir J. W. Gordon—The Conatnissic'en-are vi • ty anxious to have your o pi n i on u p on t h e advantages wlik:h might be expected to be derived, urinary speaking,lrciin a connexion between the railways on the rvorth bank of the Thames and the railways on the southlptink of the Thames; and also to have any opinion that‘you may:be prepared to give them as to the best means of conneUt • ing those railways for military purpose6?- 7 11efore I answer the question, let us see whether we understand the present termiri in the same way. The termini of the railways that I use are these, viz , the Paddington, the Euston-square, the Shoreditch, and the Black wall: Railway in Biditer-square; those are all on that bank of: the river. When we come to , the other side r - there arp the London-brid ge s t a ti ons , t h e B r i c klayer's' Arms, station, the New Cross, and the Vauxhall, or nine Elms. Those are all the termini that I know of. Now, nothing can be more convenient for my purposes than those ter mini. Ido not see any advantage that would arise from any change in them. I may understand it wrongly, but if I am to understand that anything like a central ter minus is intended, I should say it would be attended with inconvenience. Your termini now, as I have described them, are central, in a circle of somewhat large diameter, but still it is one. If you make it smaller, so as to bring the thing, as it were to the nave of a wheel, from which the raddii diverge like spokes, it for military purposes might be attended with very serious inconvenience. I need not, perhaps, tell you that in the assembling of large bodies of troops with all their necessary accompaniments, equipments, and baggage of all kinds, women and children, it is a difficult matter to put them in regular motion from any given place at any time ; but when you bring them from different parts to one central place, and under different commanding officers, I can conceive nothing more calculated to create very great confusion. I did not intend the question to apply so much to a central station as to a connexion, (putting stations out of view for the moment,) by railway, between the rail ways already existing on the north, and the railways already existing on the south ?—I do not see any ne cessity for it. For example, our troops are moved up from Hampshire to London, with a view to being sent to Birmingham; they disembark at Vauxhall, and then they are moved to Euston-square ; there is no difficulty in that movement. Except the loss of time ?—As far as regards the march ; but if I am to understand by a connexion a con tinuous connexion, that instead of stopping at Vaux hall, they would go on, that would be a different think. That is the question, a connexion by railway ?—lier tainly, that would' be a convenience ; they would not have to stop and be billeted about ; but if they are to be removed from one railway station to another, then I should say it is hardly worth while to do it. It is specially with a view to a junction by interme diate rails ?—lt would be convenient, no doubt, if, in stead of being disembarked at Vauxhall, they could go straight on to Paddington, or straight on to Euston square, or any other place to which they might require to go onwards. It would be a saving, probably. of three or four hours between Ninij Elms and Euston-square ?—Yes • in sending troops by railway we must consider this. When the Government has particularly desired it for special public purposes, troops have been conveyed on the same day from Goiport to Weedon, vid London, but that is not a thing to be practised, for various good reasons. If such a connexion as I have described were to be established, should you consider it a matter of much im portance whether the connexion were very direct ; that is, f o r instance, whether the connexion between the South-E.stern Dover Railway and the London and Bir mingham Railway passed through the heart of London, or should you consider that it would equally answer your purpore if the connexion were circuitous an d 4 ffected by it railway making half the c i rcu it o f L on d on, an d perhaps crossing the river as far up as Vauxhall or Battersea, and coming round to the London and Bir mingham ?—The answer to that questi on wou ld b e mer ely a matter of time ; if you went direct it would be a quarter of an hour ; and if you went in the way you propose, it would be twe n ty-fi ve m i nutes. As to the extent of the use to which railways are applied under t ry direction, I would state, that in the course of the four last years, there have bee n move d b y railways 250,000 people, of which about 12,000 h ave b een wo men, and some 14,000 children ; ar.d the extraordinary part of it is, that they have b een moved without an accident of any kind. I know no ot h er conveyance which would show this ; so that it is not only rapidity, but security. 1)o you think, for the d e f ence o f the country, in the event of an invasion or threat ene d i nvas i on, it would not be very desirable to form a communication between the northern and southern lines of railway ?--No doubt it would be. Would not an unbroken connexion between the northern and southern railways ho particularly desirable for the purpose of moving cavalry and artillery ?—Yes; in moving troops generally the more continuous the bet. ter ; cavalry and artillery are seldom moved without great expense attending it, and very imperative necessity for doing so ; but move what you will, in a military sense, by railroad, a continuous line is better than a broken one. I take that as a general view of it. Any thing that requires to be taken from a railway at one point, and moved to another, is very inconvenient ; and the more you can avoid it the better for the public. service. One finds, in private life, that the inconvenience and the risk of transporting horses, i s cerainl s? m — uchfreater than h m th o a v t ing of o tr f a h ns l p r o se r s tin b g y human reiiway bein g s?—Certainly. i c n o'mes exp ensive y. The this e way, not only that the weight is l arger , but that you have nothing to set off against it. A horse marching costs no more to the public than he does when in the stable; his food is the same. You nothing have to set off against the ex p ense o f th e rail way with a horse, but with a man y ou b are . Th e men and the o ffi cers cost the public m ore w h en th ey are i n marc h than w hen they are at rest. That cost put against the expense of the railway makes the expense of the railway for them less. With respect to stations in the heart of London more central than they - are at present, I understand you to say you have a decided objection to it?—l should say they are not necessary, and they might be very inconvenient. If you bring great bodies of people to one centre, there will be a great confusion in getting them out of one place and into another, which might be extremely in convenient, and particularly if there were horse and artillery, with all those impediments that must attend the moving of bodies of that description. I should con ceive that nothing could be more inconvenient. I con sider that the termini now, as I have described them, viz., at Paddington, Euston-square, Shoreditch, Billiter square, London-bridge, and Vauxhall, are quite central enough. If you reduce it to the nave'of a wheel and make all the spokes branching out from it, it will be attended, I think, with great embarrassment, but any thing that is continuous is good as a general principle. The less interrupted your line of movement is, the more convenient; whether you move by your fret, or on horse back, or by railway, the principle is the same. You would see no objection to a connecting railway avoiding London, and skirting instead of going through it ?—I understand the question to be, whether if you make a turning, instead of going in a straight line, it would be inconvenient. I say not at all ; it is a mere question of time whether ,I go round that curve, which takes ten minutes longer than the straight line, You are constantly using railways for the purpose of moving troops at present, I believe ?—Yes, I have said to the extent of about 60,000 a year ; but not always, for this reason—that a soldier carries, or ought to carry, a considerable' weight upon Ms back, and no man can do that, however strong he may be, without practice. If you take the strongest fellow you see in the street, and strap a package on his back of the same weight as a - soldier earries,lt will be very inconvenient to him before he has gone six miles. It is necessary to practise it. Troops are moved by railways more when the public service requires celerity of movement. Would there be any great object in cot necting Wool wich with Portsmouth by railway ?—I think so. Wool- Ptt ICR SD. with is an ordnance depot, and therefore any explana tion required with regard to the moving of ordnance supplies would be much better given to you by an ord nance authority than by me ; but on general principle, I think it convenient. The same principle applies to mili tary stores of all sorts. To Sir J. F. Burgoyne—l believe you have turned your attention very much to the system of national de• fence and the degree to which railways might contribute to it ?—I have. ... Do you consider it a great object to connect Wool wich with the southern and western ports of England England by railway ? —Certainly, of very great import ance. The old mode of conveyance was chiefly b 3 water round the coast, and, of course, was subject to great in terruption in time of war. But that communication would be just as well afforded by railway for your purposes if it did not come nearer to London perhaps than two miles or, thereabouts 7—Per fectly. It is not necessary to come through the heart of the metropolis to effect the object which you have in view ? —No, certainly not. Perhaps it is better avoided, as in the case of transport of ammunition, &c. And the same would apply, I suppose, to a connexion between Woolwich, or between the south of England and the north ; it might be just as well carried round London as through it ?—Just so. I imagine that a few miles in increase of length would make very little diffe rence in that respect, the great object is the continuity and non-interruption of the intercourse. Do you think it very desirable to connect all the nor thern and southern lines, in the event of national defence being required ?—I think it of very groat importance, and one particular reason would be that the carriages would be universally available. I should say, that about 2,000 men require at least 100 carriages ; 2,000 men would be a small number for an emergency upon an invasion, or in any case of that kind, where you want to assemble a large number of troops ; 100 carriages is a large number to carry on ore line ; therefore, it would be of considerable importance to make the carriages of one line available for any other. With the power that the railways ought to give us, I Aink that every soldier of Great Britain might be as- Vembled on any one point within twenty-four hours, and even from any part of Ireland within a few hours more. :But in bringing them by the different railways to Lon Aoa, and moving them from London, unless you can :take all the carriages available, you would have to take jhem down by driblets to the point of action; that Tither be very objectionable, and lead to two things, littler in that way they must be taken near the enemy, in which case they would be beaten in detail, or you must take them at a distance of fifty or sixty mile:, which would be an inci , nvenience. It would take as long to march from Guildford to the coast as for them eto get all the way from Eclu.burgh to London. I think it a point of very great importance to preserve the co 1- itinuity of the line. So that the carriages of one railway might be avail abl;i for all7—Yes. Sir J. W. Gordon—That is to say, to have the same gauge. Sir J. F. Burgoyne—And the same gauge, of course. At present the northern and southern lines are severed by the Thames ?—Yes, unless you had a continuous line; if the troops got to the terminus of the Portsmouth line from the Birmingham line, for instance, they would find only such a number of carriages as that 2,000 or 3,000 could go at a time ; if you had a continuous line you could bring them all down from the northern lines, and they would only be subject to the one inconvenience of a single column. Supposing an invasion on the south coast, you could bring the whole of the northern forces down, and they could cross the Thames ?—Yes, you could have 20,000 or more men all at once. One of the lines is proposed to run down from the Great Western and the London and Birmingham, to cross the Thames near Battersea, to join the South- Western line?—Any communication, though it might be circuitous, that would enable all the carriages to be ap plicable, I think, would meet the point I allude to. Sir J. W. Gordon—l would mention, with regard to all lines of road by which military supplies of any kind are to be moved, that the Government ought certainly to be consulted in the tracing of the line, and to have ' the report of the proper military and civil authorities before that line is traced ; and for this reason, that in case of military operations being carried on in the country, if those lines which are intended only for com mercial purposes were found to interfere with those operations, either by impeding our own movements or facilitating those of the enemy, the duty of the com manding officer would be to destroy them. To Sir J. F. Burgoyne—Are there any observations which you can offer to the commission upon the subject which they have before them, beyond what has been stated by yourself and Sir Willoughby Gordon ?—I am not aware that there are. The facility and rapidity of steam navigation render us very susceptible of being attacked on a sudden on the breaking out of a war, mid it is very necessary to improve our means of defence. The only resources which we have are the navy, fortifications, and the concentration of the troops ; the navy might not be able to come in at particular periods ; the fortifications have all yet to be made ; therefore it would be of still more importance to facilitate the concentration of the troops. I conceive that you might be able to concentrate your forces faster than the enemy could land them ; there is great diffi culty in landing a large number of troops ; It takes a very long time. We are to understand that you attach very great im portance to a line being carried across the Thames to connect the northern and the southern railways ?—Cer tainly, it is of very great importance, more particularly in London than in any part of Great Britain. [Alderman J. Humphery, M.P., examined.] And the advantage of the extension (of the South- Western) to London-bridge as regards the telegraph, would be, that it would bring the telegraph nearer to Lloyd's ?—lt would bring• it to Lloyd's within a very short distance. . It would bring it safely to a point so near Lloyd's, that it might be continued to Lloyd's?—lt would. An other advantage, I think, of having the terminus here would be with respect to the steam-boats coming east and west of London-bridge, bringing troops going south, south-west, or south-east. The Gravesend boats come no further at present than Loudon. bridge ; they come just through the bridge ; they are larger boats than the penny boats, and bringing troops up from any part of the Thames, they would bring them and land them on the wharf. and those troops would go into the railway carriages without being perceived by any person ; they might walk up the staircase from the river to the plat form, and the Government would be able to transport these troops without being incommoded by the crowd, d streets, or by any portion of the traffic that :might be in that neighbourhood. Troops, also, earning from the South-Western and proceeding by the South-Eastern, or vice versa, could pass under the dry arches of London bridge to either ntation, without going through the public streets, which I consider would be a great conve nience. The company having such a large frontage to the river, I have been measuring, since I have been here, the frontage of Somerset House ; I find it is 500 Let, and thw frontage which the South-Western Company propose taking at London Bridge according to their plan is 700 feet, consequently it is by 200 feet a larger front age next the river than the Somerset House frontage, and therefore it would be a very imposing sight, and it would be a place of very great traffic. INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS. The first meeting of the session, Sir John Rennie, President, in the chair, was held on Tuesday evening, when a paper by Mr. Shears Assoc Just, C.E., was read, descriptive of the iron dock gates constructed by Messrs. Rennie for the Russian Government, and erected at Sevastopol on the Black Sea :—" Sevastopol is very peculiarly situated amidst rocky ground, rising so abruptly from the shore that there was not space for the buildings necessary for a dockyard. On account of the depth of water close in shore, and other natural advantages, the Emperor determined to make it the site of an extensive establishment, and as there is nut any rise of tide in the Black Sea, and the construction of cofferdams would have been very expensive and difficult in such a rocky position, it was decided to build three locks, each having a rise of ten feet, and at this level of thirty feet above the sea to place a main dock with lateral docks, into which vessels of war could be introduced, and the gates being closed, the water could be discharged by the subterranean con duits to the sea, and the vessel being left dry, could be examined and repaired even beneath the keel. A stream was conducted from a distance of twelve miles to sup • ply the locks, and to keep the docks full. This, how ever, has been found insufficient, and a pumping en gine has since been erected by Messrs. Maudslay and Field, for assisting. The original intention was to have made the gates of the docks of timber, but on account of the ravages of a worm, which it appears does not, as in the case of the &redo naval's, or the tcrebrans, confine itself to the salt water, it was resolved to make th em with cast-iron frames, covered with wrought. iron plates. There are nine pair of gates whose 4opainhe rf,s vary from 64 feet in width , and 34 feet s in height, for ships of 120 guns, to 46 feet 7 inches in width, and 21 feet in heigh t, for frigates. The man'- festation of such masses of metal as composed these gates demanded peculiar machines ; accordingly, Messrs. Rennie fitted up a building expressly with machines con structed by Mr. Whitworth, by which all the bearing surfaces could be planed, and the holes bored in the ribs, end all the other parts, whether their surfaces were curved or planed. The planing was effected by tools which travelled over the surfaces backward and forward, cutting each way ; the piece of metal being either held its blocks if the surface was plane, or turned on centresbinl; if it was curved. The drilling was performed 1 chines, so fixed, that the pieces could b e b rought b Y en or against the drills in the requi re d di rect i on, and guideda so as to insure perfect uniformity and accordance between them. Travelling cranes were so arranged as to take the largest pieces from the wharf, and place them few men, notwithstanding the various machi nes b y the agency notwithstanding their formidable dimensions of a very rPn mensions ; the h eel parts in seine cases being upwards of 34 feet lung. Each endless screw, for giving progressive motion to the cutting tools, was 45 feet long. Some idea may be formed of the manua l labour avoided by the machines, when it is stated that the surface planed or turned in the nine pairs of gates equals 717,464 square inches, and in some cases a thickness of'three-qtrtk"ters'WFlN'.n c h was cut off. The surface in ; the drillett.:; 6 Plis equals 120.000 square inches." . The paper gave all the details of the' eoisfrtrpction of the gates and the tnachint2s for '6Skriietlid - t;- and was illustated by a series of detailed drawing, An interesting discussion followed,' chiefly . on the peculiarity of the site selected for,the 40,` a and the supposed ravages Gf the worm in fresh:xi - it:J(l4.e- s it was of unusual occurrence. It seemed to be , tiwbisinion that the temperature of climate- influenced aid - wages of . . these insects. „ The meeting was held in the. library, •Itsi the new theatre was yet to damp to be used ieith safVty- , It was announced that the meetings would: be held - 4here in February, when we s h a ll g i ve a n ac coun t -of altera tions to the building during the recess.- • • The annual general meeting for the` 'rlectPon of the council, was announced to take" place. an -Tuesday, January 19. , . STATE OF THE TRADE OF GREAT BRITAIN. The Board of Trade have published their accounts re lating to trade and navigation for the ten mouths ended sth November, 1844, 1845, and 1846. As respects the imports of the country, there has been on Most articles a steady improvement. This is especially shown in liv ing animals, bread stuffs, and such commodities as are convertible into food. The number of oen 'and bulls imported in th e fi rst ten months of 1841 was 2,889; in 1846 it rose to 13,087; cows increased from 836 to 18,029; sheep from 1,272 to 61,113 in the same period; and other living artimalein the same, proportion. This is a matter of no little censequenc'e at the present time, as it is pretty well known that the steek of beasts in the United Kingdom is rot so great as ie has bceiti. -- In some localities there may be sufficient, but if Ireland be taken into account, it will be evident that there is a: falling off. These remarks will apply especially to a - subject which appears to have been overlooked, viz., the supply of fowls for the enuriug spring. From whative can learn it will be defic. , ioN. Food being scarce, the breeders havi been induccd to bring their 'hells to an early 'inarliet, and judging from this tact, and also from the present price of eggs, we arrive at the conclusion that there will be a 'g,t eat deficiency. Those who have kept up theit ; ,,stock will realize g)ocl prices for two years to come. The imports of bacon, butter, and cheese, have been much extended. Of bticoa 26 cwt. was imported in 1844; in 1846 the import was 1,668 cwt. A large portion of this, and a butter, which has increased 35 per cent. on the ten months, finds its way into the London market. We allude now to the imports from Ostend and other continental ports, from which places the qualities are superior. The import of cheese, all of which hes been entered for home consumption, was 153,178 cwt. in 1814; in 1846 it was 242,442 cat. Bread studs continue to pour in abundantly. The articles chiefly increased are—flour, wheat, oats, beans. ludilda corn, Indian meal, and buck wheat. In the first ten months of 1844, 2,430,516 quarters of such bread stuffs as are entered by the quarter were imported ; against 2,842,454 quarters in 1846. Of those entered by the cwt., the imports, in 1844, were 908,697 cwt. ; against 2,768,401 ewt,., in 1846. Showing an increased importation which may challenge a parallel. t'ea, sugar, and coffee increase bath in the quantities imported and onsumed. The uq.orts of tea, in 1844, were in round numbers 33,000 000 lbs.; and, in 1846, 43,000,000 lbs. The consumption, in 1844, was 34,000,000 lbs. ; and, in 1846, 39,000 000 lbs. Of un refined sugar di," imports, in 1844, were 3,902,406 cwt., against 4,753,328 cwt., in 1846 ; whilst the consumption was 3,494,403 cwt, in the former period, against 4,468,313 cwt. in the latter. The imports of coffee, in 1844, were 34,000,000 lbs. ; and, in 1846, 41,000,000 lbs. The consumption in the first 'ten months was 26,000,000 lbs.; and in the latter 30,000,000 lbs. An increased import and consumption is also to be noted in rice, foreign fruits, tobacco, timber, and spirits. Thus it will appear that, in the staple imports of th• country, there is great encouragement. The exports of British produce and manufactures are a little less, in the aggregate value, than in 1844. The difference arises chiefly from cotton manufactures, of which the exports appear to be a million sterling less than in 1844. Cotton yarn and other articles, how ever, increase ; so that, on the whole, the falling off is only 100,0001., an amount which is less than the work of a day. In the tonnage of vessels employed in the foreign trade of the United Kingdom there has been an increase of 600,000 tons outwards, and 750,000 tons inwards. Vessels in the Irish and coasting trade have been in creased 950,000 tons inwards, whilst the clearance out wards have increased by 1,300,000 tons. The excise charged upon articles of home production is given for nine months. Upon the whole, there is an improvement. This is apparent in bricks, paper, hops, malt, and soap. On all the articles named there has been a decided increase. It is curious to observe, with regard to spirits, that while in England and Scotland the quantities retained for home consumption present no marked feature of increase, in Ireland there has been an excess of consumption, in 1846, over 1844, of no less than 1,435,927 gallons. ADVANCE IN THE PRICE OF BRITISH SPIRITS. A public meeting of the licensed victuallers of the metro polis was held yesterday at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, for the purpose of adopting such measures as might be con sidered necessary to meet t he advance on the price of British spirits made by the distillers. Mr. George Smith, of Sloane square, was called to the chair. The Cumer.m.sx said that the advance in the price of spirits by the distillers had been so great that it would be impossible to continue retailing them at the present prices, and it was therefore necessary that some uniformity of price should be adopted, in order to place themselves right with the public, at the same time that they protected themselves. An advance of Is. 9d. on every gallon of gin had already been made, and a resolution had been framed which, he trusted, would meet it. But the advances were not confined to British spirits, for rum, because deficient in quantity, was increasing in price. He mentioned these facts to show that they were driven by circumstances to increase the prices to the public. Mr. licamEn, in moving the fir,t resolution, that the price of gin be advanced one shilling and fourpenee a gallon, said he believed that if Government would relax the present ex cise laws the result would be not only satisfactory to the dealer and the public, but would be found most advantageous as respected the revenue of the country. Mr. You No seconded the resolution. Mr. MARRYAT moved, as an amendment, that the mini mum price be 9s. 4d. a gallon, which being added to the original words, the resolution was carried unanimously. On the suggestion of the Chairman the rise was deter mined to take place on Saturday. Mr. HOLLEBONE moved the second resolution, that no rum be sold under 4%e1. per quartern. Mr. SIANDON seconded the resolution. Mr. JONES, of the Two Brewers, Borough, moved as an amendment that the price be sd. per quartern. Mr. Fox, in supporting the amendment, said that it was somewhat singular, that while " rums" were rising to the retailer, they should lower the prices to the public. Such a course might suit those gentlemen who :stuck great bills in their window promising gin at Is. 4d. a bottle, when others, and he among the number, could not sell the same article under 2s. True, the difference might be that the latter par ties did not poison the public. Mr. HOWELL, of the Savoy Palace, followed in support of the amendment, and the original resolution was carried thus --" That rum be raised in the same proportion as gin," and the rise to take place on Saturday. Thanks having been voted to the Chairman, the meet ing broke up. DESTRUCTION OF WORTH-PARK HOUSE BY FIRE. LATEST PARTICULARS. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.—From inquiries instituted on the spot yesterday (Wednesday) afternoon, it was ascertained that the mansion which has been destroyed contained thirty-taco rooms. During the day a gentleman connected with OA London Insurance Companies visited the ruins for the purpose of inquiring into the origin of the calamity, and ascertaining the amount of damage done. From the in quiries mare, it appears, that besides the great destruc tion of property that has taken place, it was truly mira culous that not one of the inmates had perished in the flames. The contents of the library, we regret to state, were entirely destroyed, as well as-the whole of the furniture in the upper rooms. Most of the rare plants were uscued from the conservatory, and a number of large looking•glasses were saved. The property, however, that was removed, of course was seriously injured by breakage, Sic. It is impossible at present to tell the exact amount of property that has been consumed, but it must reach, at the lowest, to several thousand pounds. It has been ascertained that the proprietor was insured for only 4,700/., viz. :-3,0001. on the mansion, and 1,7001. on the furniture. At five o'clock last evening (Wednesday) the ruins were still smouldering. ° to r m ye a a rr r y s bone gonßenaACinKa nIII namedAN s ppeßteErACM,;—oreAr iinauprpnebneerd entitled to. Having of our fair townswomen , who did not u se him with that tenderness that he conceived himself l as t resolved to wor k u p on her fears of punish - Peter at tried all other ar ts to retrieve her lest affections in vain, ment in a nother world for her conduct in this. Pretend ing, therefore, to swake, one morning, extravagantly alarmed, his helpmate was full of anxiety to know what was the matter ; and having sufficienly, as he thought,. whetted her curiosity by mysteriou s ly hi nt i ng that ‘he co uld a tale unfold," at length Peter proceeded as fol lows :—" H-11 of a dream last night. I dream Igo to hebben and rap at the doa, and a gent'man came to do dua wid black coat and powda hair. Whoa dere ? Peeta Coopa ! Whoa Peeta Coopa ! Am not know you. Not knowa Peeta Coopa ! Look de book sa. He take de book, an he look de bcok, and he couldna find Peeta Ckopa. Den I say, Oh ! lad oh ! look again, finda Peeta Coopa in a coma. He took de book, an he look de book, an at last he finda Peeta Coops in lilly, coma. Peeta Coopa cook ob de Royal Char lotte, ob Greenock.' Walk in sa. Den I walk in, and there was every ting, all kind of vittal, collyflower too, and I eat, and I drink, and I dant, and I Ling, and I neva he done ; seg , tr, t-o, by gum. Den I say, Oh ! lad, oh ! look for Peeta Coopa wife. Ile take de book, and he look all oba de book, many, many, many a time, corns an all, and he eo,:ldna find l"eeta Coopa wife. Den I say, Oh ! lad, oh ! look de black hook. He took de black book, and lie findim, Peeta Coopa wife first page, Peeta Coopa wife, buckrawoman, bad to her husband .? " " Cervantes laughed Spain's chivalry away." So says Byron ; and if the English were not made of sterner stuff, what might not the absurdities of Punch, and such like ridiculous publications, produce on the British Lion. We must beg pardon, however, of the Spanish ghost for coupling his name with such abortions. How different the mission of the Messrs Ross and Sons, of Bishopsgate street, whose productions and art give ad ditional dignity and grace to the " Human face Divine." 1 I _, , T , ~,,,,. , A ' 1 L. „i,-;