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I • - . s 4or 4 rr • • ALA. - /40 4 • • 141, -411111 aut. • At Din) , CTO t ß o : 4tr j for . i 4 )7jigg J: Par mtnt • ' tt,tA t 40111111 , ' . 41111104, •• ____- - • - le act * , i- I • ' ir . A , - ' 610i' b iE '4.7514;. 4 , 0 - oRofi•A -e9 z fl REPRESENTATION OF MAN CHESTER. /:J/7A 4l ( ‘- -7 - - 7 The deputation appointed to present the requisition of the electors of this borough to the Earl of Lincoln, rfiuesting him to become a candidate for the representation of the bo rough, have received the following answer:— " Whitehall-place, Feb. 23. "Gentlemen,—lt is not without great reluctance that I have arrived at the determination to decline the requisition which, on the part of a large number of electors of Man che.;ter, vou have this day dune me the honour to present to me, inviting the to become a candidate for the distinction of representing your borough in Parliament. " With a lively recollection of the favour and kindness with which I was lately received amongst pat, it is impossible for me to refuse this invitation. Irck€o. as it is by the recorded promi se , votei., without mingled frelings of regret and gratitude. "1 cannot be unaware that so great A number of promises would reisoer my aucoess. if I were to bt•coute a candidate, highly probable, but at the same Cline 1 must not forger the peculiarity of my po,iift n—until lardy almost a stranger to your town, and possessihg no local claim won you, and no thing short of certainty as to the result of a contest would, as it appears to me, justify me in aspiring to the honour so freely and generously cff red to me.- " A genera! election will not, in all probability, occur for some too 'tits, and I cannot reconcile it to my sense of duty to involve so great aid itnportsnt a coestittunicy, at a moment ilk.: the pr.-sent, in a protr , ctecl s rugnle, the issue of which, howev er hopeful, cannot be free f. om uncertainty. Perso nally I have said, this decision is to the a source of much re gret ; but it would al-o be the cause of no little pain, if I. could be consider:d ungrateful to those to whom I am in- Lted for an inttoduction to the constituency, or to thasi who have since exerted themselves so strenuously on my behalf. i n• 74 fit W d ris 'tea ever; that the; ,3 they N 16,988. LON DON, MO N DAY MORNING SUN, MARCH 1, 1847. PRICE SD. CONTRACT for- COALS for GIBRALTA R. Departmentof the Storakee; , er-General of the Navy. Somerset, place, Feb. 27, 1847. The COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING the OFFICE of LORD Ii GII ADMIRAL. of the UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT IlltlT IN and IRELAND, dohereby give notice that on THUItSDAY, the II th March nest at One o'Clock. they will be ready to treat with such Persons as may t.e willing to Contract itY Su,rplying and Delivering at Gibraltar, by the 31st March, 1848, 3,51)0 TONS of COALS, fit for the Servioe of her Majesty's St am-Vessels. The Conditions o' the Contract, and a Form of the Tender, may be seen at the said &lice. No Tender will be receiv d after o'Clock, on the Day of Treaty, nor any iced, un'ess the p A rty at tends, or an Agent for him duly authorised In writing. Every Tender must be addressed to the Secret ry of the Admit r. My, and bear in the left hand corner the words " Tender for Co as," :tn must also be delivered at Somerset place, a •companied be a Letter s gned by Two responsible Persons, engaging to became bound with the Person Tendering, in the sum of ,I1)01. for the due per formance of the Contract ONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAII JLA WAY (BISHOPSTOKE and SALISBURY BRANCH), Notice is hereby given, that it is intended to open the branch of his Railway front Bishopstoke to Salisbury on MONDAY NEXT, the Ist of March. The times of starting and arrival of the trains, and the fares, WM In the first instance be as follows: PARLIAMEN TARY BUSINESS. ETON MONTEM. requisite official facilities. Is a mere compilation, it is probably the most wonderful on record. ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, Nov. 28, 1846. From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) On Friday afternoon a meeting of noblemen and gentlemen educated at Eton was held at the Britisii Hotel, Coekspur street. Charing-cross, for the purpoie of taking measures to prevent the proposed suppression of Eton Monti-M. Amongst the nobleme❑ and gentlemen present were the Marquis of Londonderry. Lord Castlereagh, M.P.. Lord John Manners, M.P., Lord Allred Hervey, the Hun. Edward Upton, Ralph Seville, Esq., M.P., &e. &c. The tollowing resolution was proposed :—" That this meet ing views with sorrow any changes likkly to lessen the inter course of &maims." _ . This huge volume, the forty-eighth edition of the work, well sus tains the reputation enjoyed by the " Directory" of late years. In the preface the proprietor rsiaintains that the high character of the work is n.)t referable to its mere connexion with the Post-office ; for an important change has been gradually introduced into the man ner of collecting the information ; and a larger portion of the work than heretofore has been confided to selected agents entirely uncon nected with the Post-office, this being, in great part, the plan of compiling the editions for 184.5 and 184 G. Nor has the proprietor rested content with his past success, but has introduced many impor tant alterations lu this volume for 1847. and added to its bulk with out st , y increase of price. the Postal Directory' is especially im proved, and there are numerous changes throughout the volume, to insure Its completeness. The compilation must be a vast labour, to la accomplished only by systematic subdivision :Ind the most pains taking minuteness. The appearance of the volume has suggested a very lively effusion, to be seen in another column; and we trust the enterprising proprietor of the " Directory" will 11,.d that his labours are duly appreciated and remunerated. To a great commercial country this is an indispensable volume. RAILWAY HERALD, Nov. 21, 1846. The sew volmno of the l'ost-o2ice Directory fur 1847 is already in our hands, and we can only express our wonder that a work so laborious, extensive, and minute, could be in any degree improved. It would have been a sufficient merit to have maintained its former reputation ; it is a great merit to have surpassed itself. The pro duction of a work unequalled for accuracy and for clearness has placed in the hands of the commercial public a most valuable and indispensable aid in carrying an the business of this vast metropolis, which would indeed he subjected to the greatest inoGnvenience and expense if it were not for a work of this kind. In a short time our readers will base an opportunity of judging for themselves an pur chasing the new volume, whether our anticipatory 'totter is in any degree exaggerated. lIERAP.-5T11%.4 RAILWAY JOURNAL, Nov. 21, 1846. The Post-office Directory for 1847 appears with additions and improvement§ neon its valuable predecessor, but with no enlarge ment in the price. The continued enterprising spirit with which this important, and it is net a misapplication of terms to say, national work is conducted, merits the highest commendation We know net whether the same illiboral and unjustifiable attempt will be made in the ensuing session as was done in the last, to wrest it from the hinds of the present proprietary, and to place it by the force of might over right in the possession of Government. But should It be attempted, surely the following statement of its con ductoro will go home to the conscience* If they have any, of the parties seeking to draw down the grasplng Interference of Govern ment. "It can only be necessary to refer to a copy of the work pub lished before the purchase of the copyright by its present proprietor, to be convinced that the mere connexion of the Directory' with the Post •office has little, if at all, contributed to its present high cha racter. That the improvements (the result of many years of un wearied toil and application on the part of these engaged in the com pilation of the work) are duly appreciated, is now happily beyond all question; prior to the ' Directory' passing to its present proprietor, rival books contended successfully with this. They have dl-appeared." Kelly and Co., 19 and 20, Old Boswell-court, Temple Bar, and all booksellers. FRIDAY, TER. 26. The following Railway Bills were presented, read. a first time, and ordered to be read a second time:— Cambridge, St. Neot's, and Bedford Junction. London and North-Western (Litne• street, Liverpool, Station Extension, &c.) Vale of Neath. South Wales. Swansea Valley. Blandford and Bruton. Edinburgh and Glasgow, Monkland and Kirkintilloch, Bal lochney and Slamannau Amalgamation, Sale, or Lease. Harwich and Eastern Counties Junction Railway and Pier (from Harwich to the Eastern Union at Ardleigh). Ipswich and Bury St. Edmund's (No. 4—Branch from Stow market to Sudbury). Dublin. Dundrum, and Rathfarnhana (Extension to Ste. phen's 'green ). Swansea end Amman Junction. Midland (Cheltenham. Warwick, and Leamington Line). Midland (Gloucester and Storehouse Junction). The following Railway Bills were read a second time, com mitted, and referred to the Committee of Selection : York and North Midland (East Riding Canals Purchase). York and North Midland (Harrogate Branch, Boroughbridge, and Knaresbcrough Extension). York and North Midland (Knottingley Branch ). York and Newcastle i s Pelaw Tyne Dock, &c., Branches). York and Newcastle and Newcastle and Berwick Amalga mation. Sheffield, Rotherham, and Doncaster Junction (Masbrough - to Doncaster). Northampton and Banbury. The undernamed Railway Bill was withdrawn : Great Northern (Deviations between Peterborough, Boston, and Doncaster). DOWN Tr.Atm. Leave Nine E ins. st & 2(1 Class Ist & 2d Class lat & 2dClass Ist 2cl &II Class Ist & 2d Class 7 0 A.m. 9 0 A.m. 11 0 A.M. 330 P.m. 5 0 P.M. 10 50 A.m. 9 0 Y.M. Arrive at Salisbury. 1 0 P.N. 230 r m. 8 30 P.M. UP TRAIN*. Leave Salii,burv. st &2d Class Ist, & 3,1 Class Ist &2d Class let &2d Class 6 0 A.N. li 30 A.M. 12 0 5 0 P.M. RALPH NEVILLE:, Esq., M.P. for Windsor, said that these were not d.sys whe t a time-honoured institution should be sent to the dogs without any just cause. He movel, " Ttist the meeting is of opinion that Eton Montem is useful in brinoing together men of all ages, stations, and opinions, and that its present inconveniences are capable of control" ~Mr. Cominis , ioner L'ut.cout. seconded the tesolation, which was put from the chair, and carried unanimously. The 1?r JOHN WILDER said that her Majesty had ex pressed her great reluctance to see the Montem discontinued, and as the abuses niLlit be remedied, he had no doubt that the object of the meeting would be successful. He proposed a motion to the effect that the authorities should allow an opportunity to all old Etonians to express their opinion be fore a decision is m :de. Lord 'CASTLEREAGH, M.P., seconded the resolution, and said that in discussing the question they should not con sider the boy who became " captain," or the suoression of Montem as it affected him, but should confine their atten tion to the broad principle. They should make up their minds that the abuses of Montem should be got rid of, and if instead the custom were altogether discontinued, then they must protest against it. They should get de many sig natures as possible to a petition to her Majesty, for by a ge neral expression of their opinion he had no doubt they would succeed. The Marquis of LONDONDIRRY said that he would wil lingly lend his humble aid to prevent the destruction of their Montem. It was now 50 years since lie was a 'Scholar at Eton, and truly could he say that he never spent his time so happily as when visiting the scenes of his youth 6 garded the suppression of Montem, he doubted very, whether .theituttukeitiee beAphe j'emaar,,,o(4l46tyrh_ • contemplated.' What return lool thiat.Ww— for his loss? How would they remunerate him? e 0 0 A.m. 8 50 r.x. Arrive at Nine Elms. 1 30 rM. 4 0 P.M. SUNDAY Dow's TRAINS. Ist and 2d Class. Ist, 2d and At ClitS.S. Leave Nine Elms .... 10 0 A.M. 330 P.Y. Arrive at Salisbury .. 2 0 Y.M. 830 P.M. SUNDAY UP TRAINS. Int, 2d, and 3d Class. Ist and 2.1. Class. Leave Salisbury .. • Arrive at Nine Elms • • • • I 30 P.M. 850 P.M. PA.SSENG:-.lt FARES TO AND FROM SALI`I3UItY. Double Journey. st Class 24 Class 3d Class Ist Class 24 Cla ss 15s. Od. 10s. Bd. 7s. 01. 245. 0.1. 18s. 6d. The following trains will run between Salisbury and Gosport, and Fallsbury and Southampton, viz. PUBLICATIONS. Pith Milled This Day, in fep. Bvo , price gewed, APLEA to POWER and PARLIAMENT f. , r the WORKING CLASSES. By R. A. SLANEY, Esq., late M.P. for Shrewsbury, and one of 11. M. Commissioners Mr the Health of Towns. By the same Amber, AN ESSAY on RURAL EXPENDITURE. 6s. 6th OUTLINE of the SMALLER BRITISH BIRDS. 4s. London: Longman, Brown, and Co.; J, Ridgway ; and Hatchard am! Son. I have endeavoured to act in a manner best for the in.. terests of all. I have certainly not been guided by selfish considerations—in success, the advantages would, I fear, be' 01l personal to myself—in failure, the loss would be largely shared b 3• those whom a contested election bad placed at variance with neighbours and friends. " Still, if the gentlemen who have consented to act on the executive committee had been unanimously of opinion that the canvass insured success. I should at once have placed myself unreservedly in their hands ; but, feeling that, under all the circumstances, a positive determination ought to be no longer delayed, I have reluctantly mine to a decision which, if it is opposed to the wishes of those who have signed the requisition, is not less at variance with my own inclinations. of oactlY Class 1,2, 3. Class 1, 2. Class 12. Class 1, 2. Class 1, 2, 3. Class 1, 2 . SUNDAYS. Leave Salisbury. Leave Salisb ur y . 8 30 12 0 245 ' 5 0 8 30 5 0 Arrive at Gosport. Arrive at Gosp ort. 3 13 4 30 8 0 10 25 s 0 Leave Gosport. Leave Gosport Class 1,2. Claes 1,2. Class 1,2. Class 1,3, 3. Class 1, 2. Class 1,2,3. 830 10 30 12 30 530 730 530 Arrive at Salisbury. Arrive at Salisbury. 1 0 3 50 830 9 . 36 830 SUNDAYS. Leave Salisbury. Leave Salisbury. Class 1,2, 3. Class 1, 2. Ciass 1,2. Class I, 2. Class 1,2,3. Class 1, 2. 830 12 0 245 5 0 830 5 0 Arrive at Southampton. Arrive at Southampton. 10 0 150 4 0 630 le 0 630 Leave Southampton. Laava Southampton. Cbtss 1, 2. Class 1, 2. Class 1.2. Class 1,2, 3. Class 1, 2. Class 1, 23. 9 20 11 30 1 0 655 8 0 655 Arrive at Salisbury. Arrive at Salisbury. 1 0 250 9 26 8 30 cperienee, simPlY l e Thou and chef or a ong " ue )u ld be to in the 10 15 LO V) "Though I cannot attach myself to your town by the strong ties of its representation in Parliament, I shall ever esteem the friendship which I have already termed amongst you, and shall value the requisition which you have presented to me a. one of the proudest honours which I could receive from aty body of my fellow-countrymen, and as entailing .upon me fresh obligations to render my humble assistance to ►teat course of policy upon Which the interest of your com munity, perhaps,- more inuilteilitelyi pot eventually *vea all classes in the country, greatly depend. " To you, gentlemen, and the other members of the exe cutive committee, I beg to tender the warmest expressions of my esteem and gratitude. "1 have the honour to be, gentlemen, " Your faithful and obedient friend and servant, "LINCOLN. r recoil- re wag a pen ditere had be ' off , pro".- of Urge NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL-OFFICE. The following Railway Bills are appointed to be read a second time WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3. Ipswich and Bury St. Edmund's (No. 3—Extension from Bury St. Edmund's to Thetford). London and North-Western (Birmingham and Lichfield Line, &c.) York and North Midland (Hull Station and Branches). Newcastle and Berwick (East Coast Line, Blyth, Seaton - 2t 10 50 830 FARES. Salisbury to Gosport, and vice versa. Double Journey. 24 Class. 3.1 Clais, Ist Class. 24 Class. 5s Od. 3s. 2d. 121. Od. Be. Gd. Salisbury to Southampton, and vice versa. 3s. 104. 2s. 4d. Bs. ad. (For further particulars see Time Bills.) For the convenience of persons attending Salisbury Market on Tuesday morning a Second Class Carriage will be attached to the Morning Goods Train, leaving Southampton at 6 ♦.m. ' By or& ,r LAUItENTZ CAMPBELL, gee. did not think that the authorities could be guil , y of an act of such gross injustice as to put an end to the custom with out compensating the sufferer. He implored them.to use their best exertions, to use all their influence, and they might still preserve Montem. The Noble Marquis then moved that a committee be appointed to draw up a memo rial to het Majesty, expressing the sense of those Etvnians who are favourable to the preservation of the Eton Montetn, and that a copy be forwarded to the Provost, Head-Master, and Fellows. JAMES BUTLER, Esq., having eeconded the resolution, it was carried. It was resolved that another meeting should be held shortly to carry out the desired object. Est Class. 75. Od. Sluice, and other Brandies). Newcastle and Berwick (Cramlington and Percy Main, and Killiugworth and other Branches). York and North Midland (Harrogate Branch Extension ss. Od. 65. Otl. " To William Neill, Esq., John Peel, Esq., and Thomas B. Potter, Esq." and Terminus). Coventry, Nuneaton, Birmitg,•ham, and Leicester. Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton ( Leith and Granton Junction). Midland (Extension of the Nottingham and Lincoln Branch at Lincoln). London and North-Western (Coventry and Nuneaton Branches). London and North-Western (Kenilworth to Berkswell, NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. 1 OST -OFFICE LONDON EDlTlON.—Corrected in the - a e postal divisions to the latest p real. To how recent I ta .Tuoll , have been brought down may be juged from th. that ""angea cone quent on the deinis vf the is e Duke of Northum 'sud have been introduced in their proper order n the Parilamen ws7 thvision of the work. It, MORNING CHRONICLE, Nov 20, 1846. powers of expansion exhibited by this most useful annual . M ne aPPear real y unlimited. Publish*. during it-series of forty , years, in a metropolis whose dwellings increase in number by I 'aq average of some fourteen thousand, and whose commerce ea in St.ll larger measure, the "Post-otfloe Directory" has be enormously enhanced in bu.k, as also in the complicated o IL S . 7etY of its italispensable contents•• The admirable success with ZSSL . 9I the reallyenormous difficulties of his task have been overcome ;ft th e indefatigabl e p u bli s h er has been proved by the exper i ence 4" Years ; and we need say little more than that , the present suttee ph:seine the same tokens as its predecessors, of intel igent e on ,and ingenuity of arrangement in packing into reasonable yek? au, and producing i n l uc id or d er i ts m il ions of facts and " Mee. Within two thousand pages every man may learn ...I n i ar Y ir t e ln at n m g c h t e r z ois, Ought to know about every one of his co-dwellers in their businesses. as wel as everything neces ra s to facilitate hint in his own. The very rapid fail ension of our i t s t ;a l.. systein, and the new necessarym with some .conttio tSeee,tates, have rendered some extensive additions w • " (- . ) ns aPpropriated to Conveyance he 1 ost-office. i iiformation given under those headsnet t only as lull and ac e ;7 4t t . as seas well possibl e to make them, but more new and re - L han sve should have thought attainable its a work of such mag -L:se. Pretixel t o t h e volume is about the best Map of London we pet to have met with. The for' TIMES, Nov. 18, 1846. annual publication of this work—the volume for Neje,' I 'w 'Med. It is a wonderfully different affair from the the ee naY, which used to consist of little or nothing more than 1 01 habetieal list of tradesinen ; it comprises now. and has for IStr ee eYar t Street Directory," a " Trades' Directory," a " Court 1, 8 ;' 4 Y , Postal Directory," a " Conveyance Directory," with o of other little digests. The volume appears to have been very ille e p o % ll7rev ised, and supplies the latest information. Of course, Point treaty with Prussia has not been overlooked ; and hi minor werk seems to bear the test of search into matters in changes have been very recent. , The f 0,.. MORNING POST, Nov. 19, 1846. Nub ,',.Yssighth annual publication of this admirable work has ant s ° l e o ' ) A sued. Any 4issertation on the usefulness of this volume, rash. "ell-proven service in almost every counting-house in the 141;ltolis far so many years oast, must be quite unnecessary. sar i say, the present edition posseeses all the merit of its pre. c , u ss Z's while the alterations and corrections in the various depart :sil na.ve been carried down to the latest period. 11„,,_ MORNING HERALD, Nov. 21, 1546, s e , t s( l as the pr oport i ons of this indispensable work have hitherto l'art'er e voluine for 1847 comes forth under circumstances of still erasiotTargernent. The experience of 47 years has obviously 13tnnev by Proprietor, Mr. Frederick Kelly, to produce a D rec wes ota ' s a , ed completeness, wherein every species of fact convenient be a esss „:' ois the merchant and trader is placed within oc ii v ss o The volume contains upwards of '2,000 closely-printed royal ef eaam ll t ges. betokng awakeningul amount of industry as a matter Ogee - II : Lan ; andastonishment at the comprehensive nieoh 'machinery which could brim; within a common focus timiti p t ki l ar ied and scatttes4 Intenlgence—erebracing, as it dots, ts of sorari 'Y of heads evevolg the servioes of a vast number kb hn t n rs. We ' bel that the present volume is not to be met ad I n the Whole world, for such a mammoth aggregate of local e mit Vile i nformation is no less a typographical wonder than a of eas g f a s sa Monument of diligence and enterprise. Some dozen or so ena. r at Directors are included in this huge periodical—the only e, 6atn s , of the annual tribe destined to a permanent existence nrnarti e n h t t able t riumph, indeed, of the utilitarian principle over the essiven t ,.., ll ; The "Official Directory" is a key to the whole of the I tho ssr r ed ou b a y b i a :.; )ftle ea. and a record of official personages. This is fol- Street Directory" exhibiting the tradesmen in eve b ry , thos e at t e , , and the points at which the streets are intersected by ire s t, , , I ; synths the "Commercial and Professiona a 1,,,,an a lphabetical arrangement of the above. Then comee L es tosetive e X et urY." in which the names are alloested untier their eo r T, 43 . The "Law Directory" is a list of judges, +We of t i t . "e. , s ergeants, barristers, attorneys, &c., with a cats 'los of ja r ia",, a r,,i o Us Courts of Law, their 'officers, and their peculiari -151 Use resbi t ruun- The " Court Directory" comprises the addresses "curd oess' Y an d geatry ; and the " Parliamentary Directery • el p h ab o sse N ternbers of the house of Lords and Commons, with . Uer e b ass , e ucal list of the boroughs, cities, and counties returning Th e ? " . 0 ‘.O Parliament, the surnames and eldest sons of peers, &c. every p o ;: l Directory" contains the hour of receipt and delivery o thro,,""ofilce in the kingdom ; the cities and principal places tate a - ` o r u t the world to which moils are dispatched from London ; the Throreig es • "agrailway mails and the cross-road mails, col limate. Cif Directory" registers the civic authorities, the public l "'rectos lite brokere, the incumbents and ministers of t ector ;; n- Ch apels, the newspapers, Ste. ; and the " Conveyance th e wh , includes the railway tables, the coach and booking offices, &c. The volume closes with Banking and Assurance tardsLirse'`'nes. These various heads will servo to indicate the multi at,ips natare of the contents for out of them come a variety of %se t . 'nate directories. which ' meet every conceivable want, pre the thulegtr4oc4ri°'" analysis of the public and private institutns be tee m polis.and of the commercial world. Every person is to w Sliseine a s n der his k ikitif he editor, in his proper section, from a prime minister down a house The establishment, from a palace to a lodging preface, takes occasion to congratallue Kielpar the many improvements ne has this year introduced, 4 r th e u Y! l ° . .fing from the employment of " selected agents," instead alterati oi TnarY carriers ot the Post-office. Among the specific °Persti a ,_ the MOW postage treaty with Prussia, which came into 44, 4 On the Ist ot January 1847, and disturb. to aconsiderable th e ° rates of Pottage over , a great part of the Continent, seems )ho trePortants The MORNING ADV ERTIER, Nov. 18, 146. I.ondon Directory , 1847, B just delivered. *ors! apparent limited to London, It is in reality a national None of the leading towns tan well he without it ; tt must abeery Place of business in and about the metropolis. It is au amuseinlce. Work of Its kind ; and the extent and minuteness of its useful de • :.ire truly wonder ful. Being prepared " under the immediate and s ad al Patronage of her Majesty's Postmaster-General," the amplest tuiet"nildetest means were, of course, at the command of the pro wl or, C. Kelly, to secure the entire accuracy ot the voluminous si s e s a r( Jwded contents of the bulky work. The present is the forty tt-rul minuet publication. Few commercial and trading men can i s , * require particular description of the real' , important and useful 'eortnation, to almost every party in any sort of business, occupying t* S thousand closely but clearly printed octave pages of this Di teretory, Preceded by an admirable and pereolcuous Map of London, t here expressly, it is declared, fbr the work, by Mr. B. It. Davies, are divisions comprising. among other information, " Official," Strs et.'' " Commercial," "Trades," " Law," " Court," " Partin " Foetal, " City," " Conveyance," "Buskins," and many *th '„tr Directories. 7 i he hope is expressed is the preface that this forty-eighth annual Ition of the " rust-office London Directory" may be found "in all consider abl e and rom varied v contentse r very een a r l D t e e cts to equal thus b t r l e e t m oci " ts e vetc y es f so ui r l s. isalerrniaatiouninoanti°matters which it must be so difficult, ',abort us, and -a l'elosive to collect, we hesitate not to say, that this unassuming " , sh is liberally realised. It not only equals the best of its prede (4lio, but in several particulars it surpasses all its predecessors 'he information is blot only fuller in many respects, but there are L e 'etal -important alterations and addition*, largely adding to the Intinsated, and truly, that although all ‘ , - "efelness of the bo..k. It is —4 nPetltion has disappeared, the present volume is conspicuous proof feet• in the multifarious labours to par thethere has been no relaxation extraordinary work. In speaking of past success, it is n i ) setv e it " •nin a pecuniary point of view, bene est , e that has beets, eNe a Lto the public, is proved by the fact that importaut improve nrl.7 44(1 melltions are mutually made without any increase .1 's." —is result that, it Is declared, "Could not Stave been the rate t the tublic patronage been divided." With reference h ° ° ,; Pack we certainly must acknowledge that it is wonderful _alt eats be profitable to provide such varied materials ss , materials constantly changing and requiring CO napch ~."`". such ceaseless labour and cost to procure, and then to classify. but A ga tremendous sale could make the speculation answer. 1.1 .7 i ng the important alterations will be found these introduced into ss s Postal" Directory. It is, indeed, Angularly full, useful, and 41 : 1 "Plete • and must much increase the drill), might n.. mo tru l y pre,c'u ed ' its hourly value, particularly to the merchant, th e ir t a u der . , -I :4P the ro t ee sienal man. As the new treaty with Prus s i a t very emtsiderable changes In the rates of postage as eff e ctin g ed the Atistrinn dominions, Baden, Bavaria, Bremen, Denmark, the ~, 1 °lad - ertnan States, Hamburg, Hanover, Lubeck, Mecklenburgh, Olden d, Prussia, Saxony , S weden and Norwa y , Wu rt e m b urg , ssechanges are detailed " precisely WI they arranged to • &e, ice. ' those crone into operation on the lit of January, 1847." The other V:beties bye are h not only to a numParierous, but all the intelligence is announced period as late as was compatible with the ati3,4rar,ig oft w s d u o ch n a v volume in sufficient time for general circulation, Drier to the commencement of the year for which it is designed. The mites merits of the work are of the hignest order, and render It % t o . 1 , 1 , kind. we imagine, a publication unexampled in the world for `‘• a npleteueas, fulness, and usefulnew. SUN, Nov. 18.184 i. y Th e Present is the forty-eighth annual edition of the " Post-office ndon Direstory," and a truly marvellous eflbrt of compilation it The " Poet-office Directory" has been for some years under —k nit tof Mr . Eelly. Until he became she manager of th ls gemen h.,' Work, there were divers other Directories in the field. They .."ve, however, all disappeared, and the " Post-office Directory" riOw th, 'nes alone. This astonishing success, however, has not had effect of making the proprietor of this gigantic work careless. th e „. ts too thorough a man of businees not to be perfectly aware er - ,`,..1e fruits of his success can euly be reaped by a continuance le o " same untiring energy by which the success was in the first 1 . ),." 141 ce achieved, and accordingly we nd that the " Pest-office n . .;, etu rY" for 1847, is even more highly snished in all its elaborate - ,, gsn 'ents than any former edition of the book. The extent and to e 4 , - , - " s aels et the details furnished , render the work indispensable h .... er Y commercial and mercantile establishment. So admirably, 1 1 ° 1 - ever, is this multifarious information digested and arranged, that el. ' s ! ! not the slightest difficulty experienced in referring to the ice Page required to furnish the information—a marvellous si ss-ece of clearness of arrangement in a a ork consisting of upwards bir',wo thousand closely but clearly printed octavo pages. This offesestas to is certainly the most complete work of the sort ever s at , ' to the public. Of not only the usefulness, but the indispen tteeri:faisnessity of such a work, no man of business can for a moment & doubtcotuneering the completeness and fuleess of gewall'orMatieu furnished, and the enormous,outlay of time and o that tuust have been made in order to acquire and digest the is eeall Yrrpation Wonderful , the ester ! reasonable price at which the work is published ' Kell , GLOBE, Nov. 21, 1846. t ome Y 5 invaluable work, the " Post-obice Directory," has just hi ' t a eePearance for the ensuing year. The Tait mss of juror. 4tl " 'which this book oontains, makes it not only desirablebui 14 °Ititel be ii i„ . Y necessary as a part of the office furniture of every man 0, eth„ .7... and scarcely less necessary, indeed, for every one else, .„_."e-etitures to know anything concerning the trades, professions, ',Z.i.t.ocalities of the great metropolis. In its present extended form, 14.' - ' ° lie an absolute curiositylabour aud expense which it ,t_cost to bring it to its present state of perfection must have been e n ,.,'"lse. Iu turning over its two thousand pages, one hardly ~„;:we which most to be struck with and a d m i re — the excellent ti:;_gmetit and utility of such a compilation, or th e magn i tude of e„, 4 "tY which requires such a directory. The volume, moreover, 4,.....unti as excellen'. map of London and the suburbs, corrected te the latest strides of " bricks and mortar." WEEKLY DISPATCH, Nov. 15, 1546. ei lbe forty-eighth annual publication of this highly important and 17 'work kiwi just been issued ; and we must confess that its th a tY appearance has surprised us not a little ; and when we reflect the ,- • e unaltered, although the expense of collecting t hit _ . PrAce remain t . Material. must have increased, we are pleased at the liberality hap Kelly, the propriet in or._ so ln a commercial point of view, per mach useful matter. Among other 1 ., no book ever con t a in e d ed ,u ormation, there is au Official Directory," a " Street Directory," a • Trades' Directory," a " Law Dime !'" Commercial Directory,' Ler e o Court Directory," a", Y, a Parliamentary Directory," a "City tereetory." a " Conveyance Directory," and a " Banking Direc t'r7,"—in fact, the volume contains much that is interesting and 'lluable to the tradesman, the merchant, the lawyer, and pens ns In th ilus.ry life, as well as to the gentleman who occasionally dabbles In trade. Every description of information has been corrected to the latest possible period, and that information is arranged with a ti_eartioss and simplicity which must have involved great activity o f 'lnd and exertion of body. Sewed with the book is an excellently "graved Map of London, more. extended and accurate as to the tohurbs than any map we have seen ; and to make it as com pl e t e a I.B rthee X possible, an almanac is introduced. In the " Postal Itrectory 8 t " a there are the new rates with various parts of the Cone 'tient which will come into operation on the Ist of January. 41 ., t6 il e ther this new issue surpasses any of its pr e d ecessors ; an d we '`‘e net surprised that other Directories should have gone to the toinb of all the Capalets. • ISBIT.kNXIA, Nov. 21, 1146. 4 The French p eo pl e h ave d one t h emse l ves some cred i t b y their in tl-t," rit l expositions. But it must be acknowledged that, tho ug h in -4 t i l ll l and pretty, they appear quite insignificant compared with industrial exposition presented to the mind by this mighty 4,, u Pe• Keeping pace with the advancing trade and population of ti c t "eell. it still Increases in bulk, and keeping pace with the move ‘,nt of society in a more important particular, it vigilantly seizes 9 ,, i r Y s tMortunity of Improveent to insure mere perfect accuracy etZ, l nnre cotnplete classificatio m n. We find in this volume many in tei f il e " ef Superiority to former issues, which, though cotnparatively re;. n g , Olow the intelligence and care exercised over every depart ..-", It may he mentioned, that by the employment of private 15 - pte the changes of residence are new brought down to a later ee.t 4 , than formerly, and the value of the " Directory" is conse 11,—"tly enhanced. We have before spoken of it as indispensable to P ali enProper mauagement of business. Its authority is now so univer ,„„Y established, both at the Post-office and throughout the metro " 4% that any further recommendation of it is superfluous. Thi s JOHN BULL, e, 1146. ii, a nnual leviathan is already , com p letedp and published ; but tl,Proor that the rapidity with which it must have passed through . the et t i esi bas not operated against its careful accuracy, we rn . ay t 4, 46 _11 that the changes rendered ilecessery by the very recen t to : of lir. Stewart, for Rearewshire, are duly attended ite pr s e Pages 1 669 and 1676) M.P. We have so frequently expressed our u, eb ation of thi s most valimble work, that we hardly know how , 1 4_ 4 r, ear commendation. It contains everything that can pos -I,:Zyne required I n a directory —so full, so complete, so compre- Zlk are all Its details. And when to this we add the extreme eitzreYwhich permutes every department, we know not what else 4 1 11 l er h f:u r . its praise. The machinery by which such volt'. 4, 7 ,4 1 0 di tfortuation is obtained, arranged, and superintended, so as I:;si,nmust oi itself be among the " curiosities" of modern wo A book n ATLAS, Nov. 28, 1846. ~.. f this kind. brought out even without much pretension, tudispens bl - pmte,..,___ ae to every gentleman's library, every merchant's and every trader's shop. But edited as this is, with thll t e 47 °_' " tc u n e h r e e ' —its materials being collected through the most mi lted e c ' a a lels, and embracing in its range every head of personal ~,,„,r,. wnunercial intelligence essential to the completeness of such a tuiafroi. cenuot suppose that any house, public or private, which `Mar a ,. u ,p, b 10k of reference, will be without this compendious Y vi,n, . ie arrangement is admirable. You can find any name ~......t l a 4 moment. All the heads are clear and complete—the tat —agea— streette—oftces—hotele, forming, upon the whole, a 1111""ai llfertuation such as could not be brought together With -. 6 'KUIP4r 4II4 Ar7 . 1 4guatry, misted by sia mire Gormand of rill )oint" ideals f the Itain his ATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR ANCE AOCIETY, 26 COENHILL. LONDON. Capital .C. 500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. This Institution embraces important and substantial advantages wall respect to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The assured as, on all occasions, the power te borrow, without expense •r for ettare if the Policy, two-thirds of the orensiuras paid (see Table); Iv+ the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his in erests to meat other conveniences or necessity. Assurances ter terms of years are granted on the lowest possible ales. DIVISION OF PROFITS. The remarkable success ant increasing prosperity of the Society has enabled the Directors, at the last annual investigation, to declare ourth bonus, varying from 35 to 115 per cent. on the premiums paid on each Policy effected on the Profit scale. EXAMPLES. Banns Bonita in added. Cash. g 6 9 Assured • i •• in*y 5 • It t Borrow. • _ X fs. i. 0 1000 3 4 1837' 1838 1839 1841 1841 £21715 I ' £loo 011 192 3 0 87 1 4 165 11 10 74 1 9 116 7 6 54 010 111 6 8, 491• 0 £l6 0 41 13 10 2! 11 3 1 7 18 10 7 10 4, 4445 • 0 395 11 1 346 2 3 296 13 4 247 4 5 iu Ike division •f profits Is annual, and the next will b• made cember •f the present year. F. FERGUSON' CAD/ROUX. Secretary. IMPERIAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, CORI4HILL, LONDON. DIAECTOES. HENRY JAMES PRESCOT DeT, Esq., Chairman. GEORGE FIELD, Esq., puty Chairman. James C. C. Bell. Esq. Daniel Mildred, Esq. Michael Bland, Esq James G. Murdoch, Esq. Charles Francis Cobb, Esq. John Horsley Palmer, Esq. Andrew Celvile, Esq. Henry Peaces, Esq. George Henry Cutler, Esq. George Reid, Esq. George Ilibbert, Esq. William R. Robinson, Esq. Thos. Newman Hunt, Esq. Newman Smith, Esq. FOUR-FIFTHS, er SO per Cent., of the PROFITS will be as signed to policies every fifth year, and may be applied to increase the sum insured, to an immediate payment in cash, or to the reduction and ultimate extinction of future premiums, as shown in the follow ing example : PROFITS to POLICIES of 25 YEARS STANDING, entitled to participate in the Bonus declared in 1846. Age Cash paid on Or Prem. , And air at I Sum Annual Bonus surrender reduced I steal m- Intry.' Insured. Premium. added. of Bonus. 1 to. turn of. Xs. d. £ s. d.l X s. d. £s. d. s. d. 15 1000 19 510 451 50 1 174 12 3 $69 •• •• 20 1000 21 15 10 451 50 1 193 12 9 8150.• •• •• 30 1000 26 14 2 451 i 0 236 18 7i7115• • . . • • 40 1000 33 19 2 151 5 0 284 0 6, 4 9 8 •• •• 50 I 100 J 45 6 8 451 5 0, 35 $ll .... 419 4 60 10 , !0 63 13 4 451 5 0 384 12 5 1 1 ..... 36 10 6 Insurances without participatiou iu profits effected at reduced rates. Proßpeetusca, and an explanatory statement of other advantages now Orel, by this Company. may be had at the Chef Offi..m. xs above ; at the Branch °Mee, 16, Pall-mall; or of the Agettta. SAMUEL INGALL, ..tettary. LECTURES on DESCRIPTIVE ASTRONOMY during LENT, at the RO YA L POLYTECHNIC IN sTrru noN, by Dr. BACIIIIOEFNER, en the Mornings and Evenings .1 Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, with Illustrations, in which the latest discoveries are included. accompanied with new and appropriate Music, by Dr. Warne. Lectures on the EL LCTRO MAGN ETIC TEI,ILGItAPI4 on the alternate Mornings and Even ings. illustrated by a variety of Models, including those of the the recent Patent of Messrs. Nott and Gamble. The Models and Chemical Lectures. The Optical Effects include the last beautiful DISSOLVING VIEWS. Experiuseuts with the DIVER and DIVING-BELL, kc., kc. ♦dmission Is. Schools, half-price. DIAMOND CARCEL LAMP ! NEW LIGHT 1 I—The Diamond Carrel Light is the beat Light in the World. The Carcel Lamp is used in all the Palaces in Europe. It burns oil, but is free from all imperfections of ordinary oil lamps ; burns from sunset till morning without attention. No cleaning required for years. Is so simple, It cannot be mismanaged. It never will be outdone. The Diamond Carrel Lamp is perfection in light. The public will have none ether. Designs the moat chaste and elaborate to suit every taste.—To be had only, and seen daily, at CLARK'S, the Immense Lamp repot, 447, West Strand, tea doors from Lowther-arcade. Every person's Lamp can be fitted with the Diamond Burner. N.B. The pretended Carcel Lamp only Os., (but sold elsewhere at 14s. 6d.) What a delusion THE LIGHTS for FUTURE DAYS. All can now be pleased, whatever is desired in Light. The PEARL C /LADLE LAMP is the perfection of Candle Lights, and must succeed ; its simplicity myriads will admire. To sell the ordi nary Candle Lamps is now impossible—the public have long enough been pestered with such rubbish. The DIAMOND CARCEL OIL LAMP is the best oil light in the world. The Cared Lamp is used in all the Palaces in Europe ; this is sufficient guarantee for all—it never will be out-done. The STARLIGHT NIGHT LIGHT is a beautiful little light to illumine the bedchamber. ♦ll other night lights will be used no more ; its econoiny and simplicity all will:admire, for what can be desired more than perfection? To what conclu , ion can we come? Certain, henceforward the only lights will be—the Sun, the mighty gem of Heaven by day ; the Pearl and Diamond Lights at evening ; and the Star at night, to illumine the British territory. These splendid Lights burning continually at CLARK'S, the immense LAMP DEPOT, 447, West Strand, ten doors from Low ther Arcade. ROWLANDS' ODUNTO, or, PEARL DEN TIFRICE , a WHITE POWDER for the TEETH, com pounded of the choicest and most resorchi ingredients of the Oriental Herbal, of inestimable value for preserving and beautifying the Teeth and strengthening the Gums. It extirpates all tar tarous adhe sions to the Teeth, and ensures a pearl-like whiteness to the ena melled annul... Its Anti- Septic and Anti• Scorbutic Properties arrest the further progress of decay of the Teeth, induce a healthy action of the Gums, and cause them to assume the brightness and colour indi cative of perfect soundness. 'I he Breath also attains a fragrant sweetness truly grateful to its possessor. Its truly efficient and fragrant aromatic properties have obtained its selection by the Court and Royal Family of Great Britain, and the Sovereigns and Nobility throughout Europe, while the general demand at once announces the favour in which it is universally held. Price 2s. 9d. per box. CAUTION.—To protect the public from fraud, the lien. Commis sioners have directed the proprietors' name and address to be en graved ou the Government stump, thus " A. ROWLANI) and SON, 20, Hatton-garden," and which is affixed ou each box. Sold by hem, and by Chemists and rerfumers. T This political topic is HE CHANCELLOR'S BUDGET. Many very good hinte ce w rt Which is very well suited ' to cheap dress ; The Chancellor' snudget to MOSES and SON. Y e o r n ta e i u appears to possess But the part of the speech c 1 Is the grant of " Ten Millions " wbicls appears to stand chief, This certainly sounds veryl, for yielding relief, But good is the purpose , and nerveuin the Budget, Both Scotland and Ireland, twosis er t ill begrudge it : Will quickly revive with the help w e e rs b in to w y.. " ' Much, much of this vast sum of mone y, es-- -. By the poor of each country will 5.0 no doubt, be laid cut, Not only in buying provision to eat, But dress for the body, and shoes for the feet ' - And here may a treble a dvanta g e be wo n , By obtaining tie garments of MOSES and SON. If all the "Ten Millions" in dress were laid out, E. MOSES and SOS would be ready no doubt. Success to the poor, may the hungry be fed, May a table to very man's cottage be spread ; May the naked be clad, and many thousands put en The very cheap garmenlSTts of 7510 ICE, ..ESS . and SON. L OF PR !JUDI lIADII. X 13. d ever y description 6 Beaver Tagilonls, from .• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • , 'hystsriields and Cotringtons .. •• • ....... 6 16 6 • • Pashas. D'Orsays, and Chesterfields. and ••.. •. ••• • :: .... :. . 0 6 of winter coats ..... ........ ...... - I 5 0 0 8 6 Boys' Winter Coats, hi — every style and tuaks•• .. • • • 4 6 Tweed Trousers, lined • e 10 6 Doe-skin ....... .... • Dress Coats ...... ...... . 1 • 6 Frock Coats ....... . ..... ....... ..... ...........• •• •• •• I 5 Double-breasted Tests 0 2 0 Boys' Hussar and Tunic Suits I Boys' Winter Trousers ....... ...... .. . :. o Ditto Te5t5........ Mounting to any extent at No minutes' notice. WADI TO 31111.51:11. Winter Coats, warranted waterproof, made to any style, handsomely trimmed .......... I :5 0 Milled Cloth Coats, trimmed, velvet collar and .. . ** .11;ed 2 6 0 Tweed Overcoats. ................. ....... .......... is e 'I weed Trousers approved French patterns 1 'A 6.. Winter Trousers, in all the most Best Dress Trousers .... Dress Coats .......... .. .... •"•••••• • • • • • • . Best quality made ... .... Frock Coats .. Best quality made Farley Vests • ...... Satin, plain or fancy ................... Boys' Hussar and Tunic Sults • ... ••• • . ........ I 5 0 A sew Work, entitled " Costume Castle," wit h ful l directions for self-measurement, may be had on application, or forwarded post free. Observe. —Any article purchased, ready made, or Lade to mea sure, if not approved of, will be exchanged, or if preferred, the money returned. E. MOSES and SON, Tailors, Woollendrapers, Clothiers, Hatters, u 0 .1 4„. ., F u rriers, Boot and Shoemakers, and General Outfitters, for Ladies and Gentlemen. 154, 155. and 156, 157 Minories, and 83, 84, 45, and 86 Aidgate, London. Caution.—E. Moses and Son regret being obliged to guard the pablic against impostors, but have learned that the nntradesman like falsehood of being connected with them, or It's the same concern, has been resorted to In many instances, and for obvious reasons. They have no connexion with any other houve in or out of London; and those who desire genuine and che• r clothing, &c., should call at, or send to, Minories and Aldgate, City, London. apioti. No business transacted at this establimlunent from sun when boluses is resumed WI twelve V io lr e ri k. dAh sunset SaturdaY. • 1 Premium. In January was published, price 3s. 6d. with Map, and Questions attached to each Chapter, AN ACCURATE HISTORY OF ROME. By Miss CORNER. From the earliest period to the clese of the Western Empire; from accepted modern English and Foreign autho rities, including Dr. Arnold, Adams, Niebuhr, Macpherson, Smith, &c. &c.; and printed uniformly with CORNER'S HISTORICAL LIBRARY; particularly suited for School and Family Reading, forming a complete History of every Nation in Europe. Bounit, with Without The Histories of the Questions. Questions. England and Wales; five fine plates, and map 4s. - 3s. 6d. [Wand ; three fine plates, and map - 3a. - 2s. 6:1. Scotland ; three fine plates, and map 3s. • 2s. Gd. France ; three flue plates, and map - 35. - 2s. Gd. Spain and Portugal ; three fine plates, and map 3i. - 2s. 6d. Denmark, Sweden, and Norway; two line plates, and map 2s. Gd. Germany, including Austria; three fine plates, and map 35. 6d. Turkey and Ottoman Empire ; three fine plates, and map 3s. 6d. Poland and Russia; three tine plates, and map 3s. 64. Italy and Switzerland; three fine plates, and map - 3s. 6d. Hellind and Belgium; two fine plates, and map - - 2s. 6d. The object of these xorks, is to furnish the reader with a faithful History of each Nation, interspersed with an accurate account of the Religion, Customs, National Characteristics, state of Civilisa tion, and Domestic habits of the people, in various periods of their history,—to attract the attention of the rising generation by pu rity of language and clearness of detail ; and thus render easy and pleasant, the attainment of a knowledge of the leading events of History. To show how these truthful Histories are appreciated, it may be mentioned that 8,000 England, 5,400 Ireland, 5,000 Scotland, 6,000 France, and 4,000 Spain and Portugal, have been sold. CHARLES BUTLER ' S EASY GUIDE TO GEOGRAPHY and USE of the GLOBES. With Seven Glyphographic Maps, 2s. cloth. CHARLES BUTLER ' S GUIDE TO USE FUL KNOWLEDGE. Second Edition, enlarged, Is. 641. cloth. London : Dean and Co., Threadneedle-street ; and may be ob talned, by order, of all Booksellers. DR. CULVERWELL on HEAIFE.LT, HAPPINESS, and LONG L H In pocket yoltunes I. each, by post (in stamps ), Is. CAI. each. H" %V TO B E HAPPY. " Jimmie Tivere."—Clc. 2. WHAT to EAT, DRINK, and AVOID. (With Diet-tables for all Complaints ) a. MARRIAGE and its MYSTERIES. " To be, or not to he, that is tke qu stion."—Shakspeare. 4. Tie PASSIONS—Their Ai)TENT and CONTROL. " Curs at raleas." These publications are free from etnpyrical mysticism, and are adapted to the intelligence of the times. To be had of -herwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Mann, 39, Corn hill ; Carvalho, 147, Fleet-street ; and all Booksellers, or direct from the Author, whose practice is exclusively devoted to home consulta tion, Mornings till Three, and in the Evenings from Seven till sine, at IC, Argyle-place, Regent-street. ON THE CONCEALED CAUSE THAT PREYS ON . THE HEALTH AND SHORTENS Tfl DURATION OF HUMAN LIFE. ILLUSTRATED WITH COLOURED ENGRAVINGS, Just Published, is a Sealed Envelope, price 2s. 61., •r free by post, 3s. 6d. CoNTRouL OF TILE PASSIONS : a Popular Inquiry into the Concealed Cause of Its premature Decline, with Instructions for its Ccmplete Restoration. Addressed to those suffering front the destructive consequences of excessive indulgence, terminating in Mental and Nervous Debility, Local or Constitutional Weakness, ludigest on, and Consumption. Including a comprehen sive Dissertatiou on MARRIAGE, Incontinence, and Celibacy. Illustrated with Coloured Engravings, explanatory of the various Cases, &e. By C. J. LUCAS and Co., Consulting 7zurgeons, No. 611, Newman. _ . street, Oxford-street, London. Published by the authors ; Hannay and 4., 63, Oxford-street ; Noble, 114, Chancery-lane; 0. Mansell, HS, Fleet-street; 11. Winhal, high-street, Birmingham; It. Whitmore, 119, Market street, Manchester ; J. llowa, 54, Church-street, Liverpool; W. and 11. Robinson, 11, Greenside street, Edinburgh; •I. x. rowel!, 10, Westrnoraland-street, Dublin ; and sold by lirittain, 11, Pater noster-row ;J. Gordon, 116, Leadenhall-street ; and all Booksellers " The best of all friends is the professional friend, and IS Re shape can he be commited with greater safety and secrecy than 11 " Lucas on Manly Health."—The New Bell's Weekly Messenger. Persons desirous of obtaining tne above work, and net wishing to apply to a bookseller for the name, may, to insure secrecy, hare it direct from the Authors, by enclosing 3s. 6d., or restage Stamps. The security of happiness in tbs Marriage state *the thief anxiety of all ; but mane dread entering open wedded.tinune tkreugh secret fear of unfitness for the distharge of matrimonia l obligations. This eisay is most particularly addressed to all suffering tinder a despondency of the character alluded to ; and advice will be found calculated t• cheer the drooping heart, And point the way te renovated health. Messrs. Lucas and Co. are te be consnited from Ten till Two, and tlom Five till Eight in the evening, at their residence, No. GO, Newman-street, Oxforl-street, London, and country patients may bo successfully treated, on minutely describing their case, and encha in; the usual tee of 11. for advice. ON NERVOUS DEBILITY AND GENERATIVE DISEASES. JUST PUBLISRED, THE TIIIRTIF:TII THOUSAND, An Improved Edition, revised and corrected, 120 pages, price 25., is a sealed envelope, or forwarded, ii•st-paid, to any address, secure from observation, for 2s Gd. in postage stamps, illustrated with numerous Anatomical Coloured Engravings, - - H 0 D In A 0 The Causes of Its Premature Decline; with Plain Direr. Lions for its Perfect Restoration. A Medical Essay on those diseases of the generative organs, emanating from solitary and sedentary habits. indiscriminate ex cesses, the effe •ts of climate, and infection, &c , addressed to the sufferer in youth, manhood, and old age ; with practical remarks on marriage, the treatment and cure of nervous and mental debility, impotency, syphilis, and othe , urino-genital diseases. by which even the most shattered constitution may be restored, and reach the full period of life allotted to man. The whole illustrated with numerous Anatomical Engravings en steel, in colour, explain ing the various functions, secretions, and structures of the reproduc tive organs in health and disease ; ith instructions for private cor respondence, cases, &c. By J. L. CURTIS and Co., Consulting Surgeons, 7, Frith-street, Soho-square, London. REVIEWttikOr THE WORK. nee). for man 'ears been Crafts ON MANHOOD. ( Stra.Jge). __ly yea. the standard work on these diseases, its origin‘lity is apparent, and its perusal breathes consolation and hope to the mind of the patient." —Naval and Military Gazette. Published by the Authors, and may be had at their residence ; sold also by Strange, 21, ratentoster-row ; Hannay, G 3, Oxford-street; Mann, 39, Conthill, London; Sow let, 4, St. Ann's-square, Man chester; Philip, South Castle-stree 1, Liverpool ; Campbell, 146, Argyle-street, Glasgow ; Robinson, 11, Greenside-street, Edinburgh; and in a sealed envelope by all booksellers. Mews CURTIS and CO. are to he consulted daily at their resi dence, No. 7, FRITH-STREET, SIO-SQUARE, LONDON, and l'atients can have this work privately torwardol them, by initial or otherwise, to any part of the United Kingdom, direct front the Author's Residence, or from any of the above agents, on remitting 2s. 6d. in postage stamps. A ?OVULAR TREATISE on he llE..kurn, LIFE and YIGOU . of the BODILY FUNCTIONS. 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Part 11. treats perspicuousl; upon those forms of diseases, eithe In their primary or secondary state, arising from infection, showin how numbers who neglect to obtain competent medical aid, outs upon themselves years of misery and suffering. The CORDIAL BALM OF SYRIACUM is exclusively directed is the cure et nervous and sexual debility, irregularity, weakness, bar renness, loss of appetite, Indigestion, cot.samptive habits. :to4 debili ties arising tom venereal excesses, &c. Price Ils. and 335. per hot tie. The Five-pound cases may be had as usual. The CONCENTRATED DETERSIVE ESSENCE. An anti syphilitic remedy for searching out and purifying the blood from vc• nereal contamination, scurvy, blotches on the head, taco, and boils ulcerations, and those painful affections arising from improper trim sent, secondarysymptoms, and all eruptions ot the skin. Price Its and 335. per bottle. TERRY'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS, price Is. 9d., 45.1 A. and I Is. per box, are the most effectual remedy for strictures, in. tlaismation, irritation of the bladder, lOC., without hindrance It business. Consultation fee, if by Letter, 11. A minute detail of case Is ne. cessary. Messrs. Perry are in 'tally attendance at their residence ly, iteruers-street, Oxford-street, London, from eleven till two. am flue Sill eight; and on eindse.va from eleven till twelve ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND .F.I IK VE AT C U O R L I O TA p W ub j li T s n hed T , W T E w N en TY tieth Thousand, In ED a sealed envelope, pile. direct frora the Auther's an ties and Di 4aELF. PRESER 't lION Peet paid, to residence.Yal . dresa, t . or as. Gd. in Postage tarns% Ju h s e t . 64. ,r Coloured Plates sorders A m A Y i t e ni d th iC a a n Oxibrd-street. Starts, Tichborne-street, Quadrant; clorolon, lac, , the e e till Eight tj on the Secret Infirmi m hc t e Urine solitary habits, ' . uses, and functions, and showii.g i l . 11 h u; s + t r o ll 'rated . with and D Tvr i. ent u y-fle. Urinary y and ft e o p n r .. the tdi Treatise yAM n s o a t r t o u r ir i t ... Y y s . .. the Treatment of Nervous explaining their various structures the excesses.l uri es that With are l, ra e p t r i c o 42 Observationsced hith em ,by i i : u o e t s h i o r f Debility, Local and Constitutional Weakness , and ether diseases liibi ,- L.„h, Honorer) the Urethra. By SAMUEL LA'MERT, CONSULTING 9, Bedford-street, Bedfird-square, London; SUIEON. Matriculated Member of the University of Ed Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate Apothecaries' Hall, London, tic., kc. contenrs Or THE TREATISE. CHAPTER I. On the Philosophy of Marriage, with its hindrance and Obligations , and on Infelicitous and Unproductive Unions,_ CHATTER 2. On the Anatomy and Physiology of the Geller:ln; Organs, their Nnctions, structures, and secretions, proving that grea Mental and Physical Power are dependant upon their healthy actin —Cuarrga 3. On Solitary Habits; their various effects on th. Animal Economy; the concealed cause of Debility of the function of the Stomach, Lungs, and Brain, and general weakness of th. Mental Faculties. Cmarrta 4. On the Secret Disorders of Youtt and Maturity, and the Treatment of Nervous and Local Wegikn em Mental Debility, and Premature Decay.—Coarrsful 5 and 6,, o r the Disorderr arising from indiscruninate Excess, Gonnorlicea Gleet, Strictures, and other Diseases of :he Urethra. REVIEWS OF TUE WOll. "The author of this singular and talented work Is a legally quo which mss tied et; Ii cal man, who has avidently had consido•able experience of the trr ttment of the various disorders arising train the lollies an I Pram', of early indiscretion. The engravings are an invaluable ad dition, by demonstrating the consequences of excesses, act as a salutary warning to youth and maturit ,at d by its peruse' many questions may be satisfactorily replied to, thadmit I uo ap peal, even to the most confidential friend."—Era. Published by the Author, and may be bad at his residence; alas from Kent and Richard.i, 52, Paternoster-row ; Hannay and Co.. 63 Leadenhall-street. London • Newton, 16, Church-street, Liverpool and by all Booksellers. ' ' F At Honie for Consultation daily, from Nine till Two, and Iron. ; and all letters immediately replied to, If contanin fee of 11., for advice, &c.-9 BEDFORD-STREET Di:DIVER %VAAL LONDOX, 3 ,I IDLAND RAILWAY. The Midland Railway Conpany are prepared to receive LOANS on Security of their Debentures, fur periods of three, Ave. or seven years, in sums of not loss than 1,0001. each, at interest after the rate of 41. 10s. per cent. per annum, payable Half Yearly. Ap plication to be made to the Secretary, at the Company's Office, Derby By order, J. F. BELL, Secretary. Feb. 211, 1847. G RAND MEETING on the Subject of CRACOW. The MARQUIS of NORTHAMPTON in the Chair. TG-Molutow. the 2d of March, a Meeting to petition Tli6 CROWN on the annexation of the free c ty of Cracow to the Austrian Empire. in ♦iolation of the Treaty of Vienna, will be held at FREEMASONS' HALL, Great Queen•street, Lincoln's Inn-fields. The Marquis of Northampton will take the chair at one o'clock preeisely. AN ENTIRE and ELEGANT EXEMPTION from ENVELOPE EXPLORATION. BROWN'S PATENT CONDUPLICAT! . :II METAL SEAL EN VELOPES arc now trustingly confided to the attention anti employ ment of the public at large, as otisriug the only inviolable Letter Seal ever invented. Securely and protectively closed by one single second's amount of pressure , th is new Envelope is fastened by a de vice lighter than sealing-wax, of handsome and attractive appear ance, and whether employed by the nobleman er the merchant, can be embellished either with tke armorial bearings of the former, or the trading cognomen of the latter. The Official and Ban,er's Security fewit d Ei ) v .s •e . lope, prepared hi the mos t s p lendid st y le, will be ready in ,0 O 4 rd . e e rs as a ti n e d -s e t o re m e, mtsinilociabotirioin! to be addressed to the Manufacturer, RAIL WA Y SHARE 111 ALIKE Ib. t jo t? . STOCK p. — ai T: LIVERPOOL, FESEUARY 26. N in ba p aut P• -Birmingham ghn Eastern an J d n o n; told Junction,') % p.,-Blackburn, Clitheroe, Szc.. 3s. 9d. dis. - Eastern Counties, 21%-Ditto, York Extension, 5, p -East Lancashire, 2 p. -Ditto (late B. and P.), p. -Ditto, New, 234 p.- Ditto, Ni:w Scrip, I% p.-East Lincolnshire, 3 p. -Great Northern (Nos. 1 a e n s d ale D ' ud a l r e w y -, to lOs,000), Bs. 9d. p.- Great Western , Halves, 70 ex div.-Leeds and ThirA, I% dis.-Ditto, New, 4 dis. -Ditto ['reference, 15,4 p. —London and North-Western, ISO ex div.-Ditto, New, Quarters, 12% p.-London and York, (Direct Northern), Bs. 9d. p.- Manches ter and Leeds. Fifths, 6 p.-Ditto Halves (late L. and B.) 5% p,- Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (late Great Grimsby and Sheffield), 4% dis.---Ditto, 201. Shares, 114 Ms.-Manchester and Southampton, % dis.-Midland, 401. Shares, 6 p.-Ditto,'New, 4 1 4 P.-North Staflordstilre, 3% p.-Sheffield, Rothe! ham, and Doncas ter, par--Shrewsbury, and Chester, New, Is. 3d. dis.- -Shropshire Union, % dis.-West Riding Union, 38s. 9d. p.-Bellast and Bally. tuella, dis.-Dutch Rhenish, 2% Ms. IIII,NCIIESTER, FEB/WAIT 26. STOCE Eecaasoe. The hales are-Asibergate, Nottingham, and Boston, par.- East Lancashire, '2 p.- Ditto, 2 p. - Ditto, New (scrip), 1% c. p.-Elinbargh and Glasgow, Quarters, 19-Fleetwood, Pres ton, and West Riding Junction, S,z p.-Hudderstield and Man chester Railway and Canal, 314 p. Ueda, Dewsbury, and Man chester, New, Extension, scrip (pink), l iB p.- London and North. Western, New, 12 13-16 p.-Ditto (Manchester and Birmingham), 73 -London and South-Western, Scrip ; 5-16 p.- • anch,ster, Shef field, and Lincohishi;v, .5100 , •thester said Southampton, 74 dia. -North British, Extension, % p.-North Stallordshire p.- North Westsrn, 1%-Preston and Wyre, 35% -Ditto, delves (A), 4Y4 c. p.-Ditto (B), 3y p.-Scottish Central, 7% p.-South-Eastern and Dover, No. 3, 2;4 p.-Ditto, No. 4, 13-16 p.- West Riding Union, 2 p.-Wharldale (late North• Eastern), dis. LEEDS, Fkintuaar 26. STOCK EXCPIANGE.-The sales are -Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston. 2s. p.- Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham, l / 4 p.-Buck inghamshire, 9s. u. p. -East Lancashire, 2% p. - East and West Yorkshire, 7s. 6d. p. -Great Northern (Nato Direct Northern), ss. p. -Huddersfield and Manchester, 3% p.-Leeds and Bradford, 455( p. ex dlv.-Leeds and Dewsbui y, Branches Scrip (blue), 3/. 3s. 6J. p.- Ditto, New Extension Scrip (pink), 155. p -Leeds and Thirsk, dis.--Ditto, New, ss. dis.-Ditto, Preference , 31s. P.- iverFool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction, 10s. c. dis.-Malton and Driftleld Junction, 265. p.-Midland, Preference, 3N n. p British, Extensions (scrip), 15s. W. p.-Northern C o unties Union , 245. dis .-North-Western, 81. c. p.- South Yorkshire , Doncaster, a6ndd. Goole, 9s. p.--5% est Biding Unios, p..-Whft rfda l e Junction, 7s. a dis. -York and Newcastle (late New. and Dar. June .), 10i P. ex StlEillELD. FEBRUARY 26.. -North STOCK Excianok.-The sales are -East Lincolnshire, 3 P- - Manchester and Lincoln Union, 19s. dis.-31 anc hester, Sheffield' and Lincolnshire, Quarters, No. 1, 21( p.-Ditto, Eighth Shares, 18s. dis. -Ditto, Grimsby and Sheffield, 201. Shares, ig d s i o t u to th , ,,, D m oc p k t s on , -South 2 43 - Midland, New, 4 p.-West Riding Union, 38 5 . p,-31anc hester and and Goole, . . — BULL, Exaaay 26. STOCK EICUANGZ.The sales ar a e— n Midland Bailvray Con sols d 501. —(,real Shares, 4 p.—North British, Extension (scrip), 15s. 6d. P* Northern (London and York), 21. 17s. —West Riding Union, 31. lvs.— Mstnehester and Southampton, 21s. Gd GLASGOW, FLIMUAIT 25. bartonshire, 465. -Direct Bombay and Madras, A v and Aro:ma EXCIIANGX. —The sales are--Aberdeen , 231 * ---- r Galloway, 443.—Caledonian, New, 49a. 6,1.--Caledonian and Duni -5 51u—vendee —Dundee al d (scrip), 565. Dundee and Arbroath, New, No. 3, Perth, 36/.—Ditto ditto, New, 241. —East Indian, 9s.—East Lothian 6d.—Glas - Central, 513. 6d.—Edinburgh and Perth (New Co.), 533 • gow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, 65 14—Ditto. Naives, No. 1,6% —Ditto, Gla 2 s- Halves, No. 2, B%—Ditto, Quarters (5 per cent. guar.), 16 % gow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, GE. 3s.—Great Southern of Madras, s. 9d.—Manchester and Southampton, 23a. 6d. —North British, Halves, 6d. 17 —l)itto, Thirds, 778. Paisley, Itarrhead, and iturlet, 520. Scottish Midland Junction, 23%--York and North Midland, 8%. 4s.—Direc t Norther!? ASHFORD MECHANICS' INS A There existed a few years ago society, not occupying of human intelligence, a very exalted position in the scale a rather numerous class of but still what might be termed a re spectable clam, one distinguishing character i st ic of which was—a great dread of education. distinguishing y did not know much themselves, and they considered e unpardonable it annpar d on able piece of presumption for any one with an empty pocket to have a full head. The marked improvement in the Al 3 the poor, far as that improvement falls short of what it ought to be, was C schools for the first thing that drove these objectors half de mented; but when Mechanics' Institutes began to spread, and the tradesman and artizan dared to emploY onee devoted to the pipe and the glass, in listening to scien the film-, tific lectures, or in studying politic al economy, bounds. deed their disdain and amazemen t knew then in no Now, perhaps, their wisest course would have been to have attempted, out of the resources of a moderately furnished but little-used library, to keep in advance of Mechanics' Institutes and their frequenters. _But, alas! this would have driven the advocates of anti quated prejudice sadly out of their usual routine. So they adopted tee much easier plan of vilifying and traducing and one of the commonest accusations brought against Me chanics' Institutes was, that they were untavou t rah ha le in pre to, or substituted human knowledge for, religion, and t par to i II ; the lecturi-room was attended, the church would no tie,erted. In effectual coefutatien of Vaese charges, we point triumphantly to such lectures as the one delivered before the Mechanics' Institute of Ashford, on Thursday, the ISth List., by the lieu ;John Dutton, M.A., Rector of sV are- Lorne. We have been favoured with a perusal of that lec may be most advantageously lure, and never were we more deeply convinced that science, far from being the antagonist. a The Moral Condition and Relations employed as the able handmaid of religion. The lecture of which we speak is on of Man," wherein the lecturer clearly and eloquently reveio of de monstrates that the claim to mental freedom can only » sustained upon the theory of a Divine morals. His arguments are forcible, his l anguage perspicuous, and his conclusions just; and we cannot but thinkut, that such a lecture must have produced a g effect for good upon all who heard it. We cordially cotig reat tulice the members of the Mechanics' Institute of Ashford ra. qualifiedintellectual improvement, as Mr. Dutton. And we would venture to why should not the clergy more generally take part in ask institutions? Why should they not seize the opportunity of And why should ,wcl) b m e e n n t e h d a e t t y h o directing that march of mind which they cannot, if would, restrain? their auspices, pursue her researches, with th e la and edified vealed religion burning in her right hand? We lamp of re his brother clergy, the example of Mr. Dufton excellent led lieve now for the third time, has delighted be lieveclose, con- Mechanics' Institute of Ashford with a truly the talented lecture. It was sustained throughout b and his propo sitions, argument, the spirit of chastened liberty a highly edu cated, liberality, whilst the illustrations, supporting 1 d Chris sitions, were striking and powerful, showing comprehensive, and philanthropic mind ,. —Maidstone Gazette. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —TEAS AT WHOLESALE PRICES, No. 2, BUCKLERSBURT, CHEAPSIDE.—FamiIies whose consumption is large, anti study economy, will derive considerable advantage at this establishment. One uni form price is affixed, by which the purchaser of a single pound can Obtain it on the same terms as the trade. Black Tea 2s. Bd., as. , 3 s. 4d, 3s. 8(1 , 4 g., 4s. 4d., ss. Green 3s. 4d., 3s. Bd., 45., 4s. 4d., 5 3 ., 6c, 7s. Coffee. 9d., 10d., Is., Is. 2d., Is. 4d., ls. 6d., Is. Sd. One pound sent free to any part of town. Orders from the country forwarded the same day; and when the quantity is for 61b. weight (tea only), the carriage is paid to any ? ,er of EngIand.—MANSXLL and Co. wholesalet 3 % t • ' .1, Bucklersbury, Cheapside. Ne.sti's .i i t " .L STATEMENT. —Mr. Charles Nash, formerlittV - 2 witi , .:..l Great Western, is in no 1 way connected by a Mr. R. Lucas Nash. Branches and Extensions, &c.) London and North-Western (Atherstone and Whitacre Branch). THURSDAY, MARCH 4. Groat Northern (Deviations betK•een London and Grantham.) Edinburgh and Northern, and Edinburgh, Leith, and Gran ton Amalgamation. FRIDAY, MARCH 5. Great Northern (Branch to Horncastle and at Bray ford lucre, Lincoln). East Lancashire(Clitheroe, Mitton and Padiham Branches). RAILWAYS. The Committee of Selection have nominated the following Select Committees on Railway Groups : A Committee consisting of—Viscount Sandon (Chairman), Sir P. Egerton, Mr. M. J. O'Connell, Mr. Warburton, and Mr. Brownrigg, to whom they have referred the Bills com prised in Group No. 6, viz. Bristol and Exeter (Branch from Bleadon to Wells, Glas tonbury, &c.), Bristol and Exeter (Taunton and Castle Cary Branch), Great Western (Extension of the Berks and - Hants, &c.), Yeovil and Bridport to Exeter, with Branches, Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Amendment (No. 1), Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Amendment (No. 2), Chard Canal and Railway Company, Southampton and Dorchester (Blandford Branch), Salisbury and Yeovil, Exeter, 'Yeovil, and Dorchester Railway and Branches, Exeter and Exmouth Railway Act Amendment, • Blandford and Bruton, •Great Western (Amendment and Extension). The Select Committee to meet on Wednesday, March 10, at one o'clock. A Committee consisting of—Mr. Kemble (Chairman), Mr. Evans, Hon. C. W. Howard, Sir W. Jollitle, and Mr. Dodd, to whom they have referred the Bills comprised in Group No. 9, viz. : Liskeard and Caradon Railway Act Amendment, West Cornwall Railway Branches and Improvement, Cornwell Railway Act Amendment and Deviation, Plymouth and Dartmoor Branch (dropped), Falmouth and Helstone. The Select Committee to meet on Thursday, March 11, at twelve. A Committee consisting of—Right Hon. E. Ellice (Chair man), Mr. Disraeli, Viscount Acheson, Mr. Lefroy, and Mr. hntwisle, to whom they have referred the Bills comprised in Group No. 5, viz. : Great Western ( Branches to West London Railway, &c.), Great. Western (BrAnche4 to Egham. Staines, &c.!. W tad aor, London and South-Western, widening thereof, &c., Windsor, Staines, and South-Western ( Richmond to Windsor), Windsor, Staines, and South-Western (Staines to Ascot, &c. ) The Select Committee to meet on Friday, March 12, at 12. Those Bills marked thus have not bsen read a second time; but as soon as the second rea ling takes place, they will be referred by the Committee of Selection to the Select Committee on the Group. The Committee of Selection have appointed the Select Committees on Groups Nos. 13, 16, and 18, to meet in the week commencing Monday, March 15. The full raving is the List from which Members will be selected to serve on the Select Committees on Railway Groups appcinted to meet in the week commencing Monday, March 15:— Earl of Arundel Viscount Mahon Mr. Baine Mr. Mangles Captain Boldero Earl of March Mr. E. Buller Mr. M. Milnes Alderman Copeland Captain O.borne Hon. 11. Fiter,y Mr. A. Oswald • Captain W. Gordon Mr. E. J. Shirley Mr. Ilindley Lord J. Stuart Hon. 11. Liddell Mr. Tancred Earl of Lincoln Hon. E. Yorke. Mr. Mackinnon PETITIONS ON PRIVATE BILLS. HOUSE OF COMMONS. (Room 22, before Mr. Examiner Satan.) UNOPPOSED LIST. Wexford and Valencia.—Complied with. Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr.—Further adjourned. Edinburgh and Perth.—Complied with. (Room 23, before Mr. Examiner MAY.) OPPOSID LIST. NORTH BRITISH. This case was partly heard, and the further hearing ad. journed until Thursday next. RAILWAY RETURNS. RAILWAY TRAFFIC.—The following are the Total Receipts of Rail ways for the past week—that is to say, up to the date to wlaich the respective returns are made, together with the receipts of the same week in the previous year : •to Week Last a dtt ending NAME OF RAILWAY. week. E t z Feb. 20 Arbroath and Forfar ••••••••• •• • • • • 261 :64 19 Chester and Birkenhead. •• •• ••" •• 433 507 It Dublin and Drogheda. .. • . 23 Dublin and Kingstown 21 Dundee and Arbroath .•••••••• •• • • •• 288 253 Durham and Sunderland .•• •••••• •• • • 20 Edinburgh and Gl asgow . 3,112 2,746 21 Eastern counties and North Eastern.. 8,010 6,374 20 East Lancasihro • • • 641 14 Eastern Union • • • . •• •• •••• • • 424 20 Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr •••• •• 1,9:13 1,842 20 Glasgow and Greenock.. 875 764 Gravesend and Rochester.. •• •• •• •• •• 20 Great Southern and Western •••• • • •• 1.060 21 Great Western. &c .• ••••• • • • • • • 14,145 14,978 14 Ipswich and Bury 357 20 London and North Western, &c..• • 33,224 34,583 21 London and Illackwall • • 688 689 20 London and Brighton ....... ..... 4,500 4,104 London and Croydon •• 21 London and South Western , ........ 4,955 4,896 Manchester, Bolton, an 4 Bury ...:.. 20 Manchester, Leeds, and Ilull Assoc • • 7,030 7,008 2 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire 1,686 1,496 14 Maryport and Carlisle ............. 549 433 20 Midland, Bristol, and Birmingham.... 15,477 14,859 20 Newcastle and Carlisle .............. 1,483 1,660 Newcastle and Icorth 20 Newcastle and Berwick •• • ... 21 Norfolk • 1,3 - •6 1,170 20 North British .• •• •••••••••• • • • • •• •• 1,149 22 Paris and Rouen .•• • • • • 5,610 5,643 20 Preston and Wyre•• •••••••••• •• •• •• 530 575 19 Shrewsbury and Chester 20 South Eastern and Branches •••• • • • • 5,299 5,275 • 637 - - 19 South •Devon.. ••• • • •• • 20 Taff Vale •• • • • • 673 646 21 Ulster . 4 4,626 20 York and North Midland. •• •••••••• 20 York and Newcastle . .............. 6 ; 6 99 37 6,110 DISTRESS AT MALTA FROM HIGH PRICES, AND THREATKNID FAIIINIL — T he avi dit y with which all grain is bought up at Malta, chiefly for the wants of Great Britain, at prices which the poorer classes have not the means of Paying, added to the circumstance of the further exports from Egypt having tren stopped by Government, and those from the Russian ports in the Black Sea by the frost, threaten to be productive of much misery at Malta. We have seen a letter from this island of a recent date, stating as:follows :-- " Matters are coming to a very pretty pitch in this island. There is only about one month's consumption of wheat in the place 1 People in the country are starving ! I A re spectable inhabitant of Gasel Zebbug states that the poor are boiling the heads of the clover for soup 1 In England all the ports are open for the introduction of grain of every description, free of d u t y; the Government should follow the same i exa n, example here, and ought instantly to takeoff the duties on pulse until the approaching harvest, otherwise the most direful consequences must ensue." CLOSE OF THE BOROUGH COURT OF REQUESTS.— On. Friday the Commissioners of this Court sat for the last time, their functions being superseded by the new Small Debts Act, which comes into operation on the 15th of March. The offices of the court were closed on Tuesday last, with the exception of the receiPt and payment of suitors' money and the issue of executions, which will confirm. I , the 10th of March. REDUCTION IN THE PRICE OF BREAD. — On Fri day a general reduction in the pricecheap of breadbakers took pkers lace throughout the metropolis,olis, hose de t selling the 41b loaf at being a reduction of one half in the loaf. In the City and West - en d the best bread P enny es avcra from lOid• to lid. the 41 b. loaf. Common r y e or browngbread *ells at 7d. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. LOND(N, FEB. 27.—Wind at noon E.N.E., fresh breeze and cloudy. DEAL, FEB. 26.—Wind S.S.W. to N.W. from E.S.E.—SId. John Gray, Calcutta; Canada, Mauritius; Nautilus, ditto; Chieftain, Cuba ; Carshalton Park, ditto ; Byron, New Orleans; Henry Skelton, Baltimore; Eliza Franks, Staten Island. _ _ _ PooTsmourn, Fan. 26.—Wind N.E. to E.S.E.—SId. Pem berton, New Orleans. Cow .s, FEB. 26.—Arrd. Indefatigable, Rickmers, Monte Video, for Antwerp. FALMOUTH, FEB. 26.—Wind E.S.E., strong.—Arrd. The rese, Meitche, New Orleans, for Hamburgh. BRisTol, FEB. 26 —Wind E.—Sld. Fanny Allan, Barba does; Augusta, Havannah ; Philadelphia, New York. LIVERPOOL, FEB. 26.—Wind S.S.E., moderate.—Arrd. Hermes, Donough, Arica; Sarah, Barclay, Savannah ; Ada, Wilson, Charleston ; Invoice, Rolling., Karamatie. Sid. Princess. Royal, Calcutta ; Pakenham, Bouillay ; Camilla, Demerara; Trin idad; Emma, La Guavra ; Helen Hamilton, ditto ; Ellen Brooks, New Orleans ; St. George, Baltimore. The Mercurius, Ardrossan to Kilts, struck on the North Rock 23d inst., and it is feared will become a wreck. CLYDI, FEB. 23 —Sid. Maria, Eutolier, Havannah ; Brenda, Trinidad; Leguan, Greuada • British Princes, New Orleans • Cronstadt, New ork ; Trident, Boston; Nautilus, Philadelphia. PLYMOUTII, FEB. 26.—Wind E.—Acrd. John Cock, Stetting, Monte Video. CORK, FEB. 24. —Wind E.S.E.—Arrd. Meteor, Turner, Maracaibo. Sid. Mechanic, Africa; Malabar, New Orleans; Village Girl, Philadelphia. GALWAY, FEB. 24.—S1d. Manchester, Tyler, New Orleans. HULL, FED 26.—Wind N.E.—Sld. Edina, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Waterloo, ditto ; Tuscany, New York ; Vener able, St. John's. COMMISSION OF LUNACY. On 'Friday, in pursuance of a:commission de lunatiro in quirendo from tile Lord Chancellor, Mr. Winslow, a Master in Lunacy, and a jury, assembled at The Jack Straw's Castle Tavern, Hampstead-heath, to inquite into the state of mind of Major Richard Toulmin North. a gentleman residing with Mr. J. M. Crooke, a surgeon at Hendon. Mr Cockburn and Mr. Tennant were counsel for the peti tioner, and Mr. C. Roupell for Major North. It was given in evidence that Major North was fonne-ly an officer in the 'Coldstream Guards, and more recently in the Lancashire Alilitii. He is 64 years of age, and was never marrie.. Ile I.osaesses large estates in Yorkshire, Lancashire, and Ireland, which, though encumbered to a large extent by mortgages, yield him an income of nearly 3,0001. His family residence is at Thurland Castle, near Kirby Lonsd,le ; though of late years he has only resided occasionally there, having travelled much on the Continent. The petitioner is Mr. .tonn Burton, of Andover lodge, Chel tenham, formerly of the medical stair of the Madras army, who married a niece of Major North's, and whose children are the next of kin of the latter. The characteristics of the unfortunate gentleman's insanity were of the most extra ordinary kind. It appeared from the evidence given on the inquisition that from the early part of January, 1827, down to the present time, he has not been in a sane state of mind. Certain charges of a painful kind having been circulated respt sting him in 1826, the officers of his regiment refused to associate with him, and that cir cumstance is supposed to have led to his insanity, he having been previously a very clever man. In the spring of 18 . .!7 his insanity became so marked and notorious, that his tenants refused to pay their rents to him until they obtained a bond of indemnity from a Mr. Noel, a friend of his. On one occasion, when Mr. Francis Pearson, his solicitor, was sitting in his company, he suddenly started up and dashed through the window of the apartment. Though his mother was alive then, he told Mr. Pearson she was dead, and that she frequently revisited Thurland Castle, coming through the key-hole. On another occasion he deliberately set fire to the curtains of his bed with a candle, and he said that he did that to make his escape from the castle. He used to assert that Jane Ward, his housekeeper, was a witch, and once asked her to take the broom and convey him from Underley Park to Thurland Castle, stating his object to be to make a funeral pile of it. In 1829 he went abroad, and for a long time his friends heard nothing of him. Whilst at Lou vain he made a will, by which he bequeathed 10,000/. to a clerk in a diligence-office, a mere casual ac quaintance which he made. At Brunswick, where he was known by the name of " the mad Englishman," be was found living with a stable-boy, a discharged servant of the Duke of Brunswick, in unseemly familiarity, whom he calved his brother. He bad given his watches to some common soldiers, had parted with his clothes, and was found at Bn,ns wick possessed only of the clothes which he wore. The authorities in that place had excluded him front that town for having demoralised the soldiery. He told one of the wit nesses, who met him there, that he had an idea of buying an old castle between Wolfenbuttel and Brunswick, which was situated on the edge of a forest and in ruins, for the purpose of giving grand parties in it ; and he said that he inherited it from Queen Caroline, also was a relation of his. He desired the witness to invite the Duke of Brunswick and his suite to dine with him there. He talked also of being about to purchase the whole dukedom of Brunswick. While at this place he in vited five or six soldiers to dine with him, whom he made drunk, and afterwards threw bottles of champagne over thaw. At Wolfenbuttel, lie gave a ball at the hotel where he was staying, and stationed several men with paper lanterns at the door, to invite every one that passed to join in the dance. A witne-s saw him dancing on that occasion with prostitutes, end peophi of the lowest order of the population, and on re monstrating with him, he said he meant shortly to hsve a grand illumination in honour of his coming into possession of his dukedom. At a public saloon in Hamburgh, the same witness saw him dancing with prostitutes, and after leaving the saloon take out handfuls of sovereigns from his pocket and throw them right and left among the crowd in the garden of the saloon. At Stockholm he was found fishing in a small muddy stream, and told the witness who saw him thst he had caught five large salmon, which he had just given away. Other witnesses spoke to a great number of extravagant acts committed by the unfortunate gentleman. Mr R , ,upell having briefly addressed the Court on behalf of his client, and the Learned Commissioner having shortly summed up the case, the jury, without consultation, unani mously returned a verdict that Major North had been insane from the 31st of December, 1627, and from that period down to the pn sent he had been incapable, and still is incapable of managing himself and his property. We hear that there is a very good attendance of Nimrods at Melton Mowbray this year, and since the openir g of the railroad the journey from London can be performed in a very short time ; and Mr. Hudson has made an arrange ment which enables Noble Lords and M.P.'s to hunt all the morning in Leicestershire, and to be in their places iu Parlia ment the same evening. ROYAL VISIT TO TIIE TELE OF WIGHT. Great exertions are making to forward the work at Osborne. Some of the finest shrubs have been sent there from the different gentlemen's grounds in the neighbourhood, several waggon loads from Northwood Park alone. The Royal family are expected to arrive on Wednesday next. TILE CONDE MONTEMOLL.N.— The Conde Monte • molin visited on Thusday the department of . Somerset House containing the ship models , and minutely ! nspected its cu rious and interesting contents . In the eveni n g the illustrious Prince honoured with his presence the performances at her Majesty's Theatre for the benefit of the suflerin* Irish and Scotch: The Prince was attended by the Marquis of illa franca, General Montenegro, Colonel Merry, and Coblt) Gariemsrtin. On Fr &lay the Conde, attended by the Ma. quit of Villafranca, accompanied the Earl of Lonsdale to Trui,,, where they enjoyed the sport of hunting with his Lordship's harriers. The Conde de Montemolin has signified his inten tention of visiting the Lyceum Theatre to-night. ROBBERY Os' 801. BY A PAUPER.—Thursday the police received information that a pauper, named George, an inmate of Clerkenwell workhouse, had committed a rob bery of 801. It appears that George had often been entrusted with small sums to pay tradesmen, and on Vi e d n e, c b t was sent with a cheque of the above sum to settle 3he souse i, acco unts, none of which have been liquidated, Nothing had been heard of him up to last night. George was formerly a tradesman in the parish, and hence the confide nce p l aced in him on various occasions. ..... - - - ROME.—Mr. Freeborn gave a dinner on the 341 to Mr. Ci , bden, and in the evening a Conversazione, attended by his Excellency the Governor of Rome, the Governor of the Bank, many of the Roman authorities, several English artiets and ocher gentlemen, invited to meet the above-named tinguished person.—Roman Advertiser. PonrsNtou'rn, FRIDAY.—A large amount of money has been collected from the officers and crew of the St. Vincent, Victory, and Excellent ti,wardq the relief of the distressed Irish and Scotch, the officers subscribing handsomely, each according to his means, and the men giving a day's pay each, setting a noble example to the rest of the fleet. Mr. George Allen, of the Admiral-in -Chief's tender Fanny, is appointed to command the Undine, steam-tender pro. tent. to the royal yacht, which is to be manned by a crew of men picked from the Victory. Mr. James Scarlett, second master, commanding the Mercury tender, is nominated to succeed Mr. Alien in the command of the Fanny. Mr. Scarlett has been employed for many years afloat, and has earned the reputation of being one of the best cutter sailors in the fleet. The Vengeance, 84, Captain Lushington, was at Malta on the 17th instant, and was to sail on the 21st for Bermuda. Extract of a letter from the Herald, 26, Captain Kellett, 'erwaged in surveying in the Pacific, dated St. Blas, Mexico, Noven. , er 26 :—As soon as we have completed water, which we are hard at, we shall start for Panama. On the 26th of April we left Panama for the straits of San Juan de Fuca, and at rived there, at Port Victoria on the 26th of June, after a passage of seventy-three days, without once seeing land. ti e remained surveying the straits until the 9th of Septem ber, and as far as the clima.e and living go it is a second England in the summon Salmon cheaper than ma.ckarel at home ; for a unit. rm button I have bought one weighing 351 b., plenty of good potatoes and venison, be- sides wild fowl and partridges; but the natives are perfect savages, s ) much so, that our boats are always armed ; and very necessary we have found it in many instances I assure you, being 100 miles away from the ship for a fortnight at a time. The men are perfectly naked, and the women but very slightly covered, having a piece of cloth or other mate rial, about as large as a handkerchief, tied round their hips; they are governed by no laws, subject to no control, reckless and passionate —a word and a blow, and frequently the latter (with a knife) comes first, upon the slightest provocation. • . . Our survey being finished, we made the straits, and autumn getting late, we left for the south again; and arrived at San Francisco on the 21st of September, where, finding the Americans at war with the Mexicans, and in possession of the place, we thought it as well to start again post haste; accordingly we left on the following day, and surveyed the whole c ast down as far as Mazatlan, 100 miles to the north ward of this. We remained there three or four days with the Fisgard, 42, Captain Duntze, and came on for our lettere and to water before our departure to Panama, where we shall be about the end of next month (December)." The Hydra steam sloop, Commander Morrell, the Tortoise store and guard ship, and the Grappler iron steam-vessel, Lieutenant. Commander Lysaught, were at Ascension on the 23d of January., The Dauntless, having nearly completed her lading of meal, was warped from the jetty this mornirg to a buoy off the King's Stairs,where alto bent sails. Mr.-J.- Macdonald. Master of the Victoria and Albert ro al yacht, will navigate her to Glasgow, with a crew composed of about 30 riggers, and 60 or 70 hands from the Victory. The Drake lighter came in from Freshwater this morning, bringing in fr• m 12 to 15 tons of the Sphynx's machinery. The three steam tugs are to take down to morrow two mooring lumps, the two repaired camels, some paddle box boats, and the same artisans and seamen that were sent the last time. In Harbour—The St. Vincent, Victory, Excellent, Dragon, Rattler, Myrtle, Echo, and Undine steamers. In Dock—The Victoria and Albert, Prince Regent, Leander, Ajax, Champion, Kestrel, and Serpent. In the Basin—The Sidon and Edinburgh. At Spithead—None. CHATHAM, FES. 26.—The Semarang, 26 guns, in dock, repairing and fitting for a guard ship at Gibraltar, has got her foremast rigged; her main and miters masts are found to be defective, ',he will, therefore, require new ones; she is to have wood sheathing, and felt over it, and the bottom new coppered, and she will go out of dock the middle of next m , nth. The Arab, 16 guns, building and fitting for sea, is to be launched at the end of March next. The Aid, Smallman, master, remains loading with stores for Ply m oui h- yard. The Goodwill, Pledge, master, arrived with stores from Portsmouth ; and the Rochester, Sedgewick, master, arrived yesterd3y from Sheerness, and is waiting for orders to load. On Tuesday the 23d inst., Captain Sir W. Symonds, Sur veyor of the. Navy, arrived at this yard, and after inspecting the several ships building proceeded , to Sheerness, whence he returned the following day, and again inspecting the works proceeded to London the same afternoon. THE RIVER PLATE. The following important intelligence from Monte Video has been received:— MONTE VIDEO, DEC. 17, 1846, 8 o'CLocK IN THE _ _ Since closing my letter of ibis morning intelligence of this most important character has reached me from a perfectly auttie. tie a ,urce. A Commissioner has this day arrived from Entre Rios, bearing dispatches from General Urquiza to this Govern ment iu which he undertakes the office of mediator be tween the Banda Oriental and Roses, on the peremptory ground of the war being put an end to. He admits the propositions of the Monte Vide:in Government, and will use all his influence to gain their admission by Governor Rosa', wi,leh is tantamount to a determination to take part in the war should Rosas and Oribe resist his views. Urquiza's letter is full of the most just and noble sentiments regarding the welfare of the State, and that of all the sur rounding republics; and there can be no question that this pronunciemUnto, so long desired, will restore peace on a solid fuundat POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION . There has lately been deposited in the mu s eum of this establishment by the patentee, Mr. Allen, a very ingenious apparatus, called the Archimedean Store : it is called the Archimedean, or Screw Stove, from the flame or heat from the furnace or place containing the fire, being made to revolve in its ascent through a spiral funnel, so that it passes through a considerable length of space, and in so doing conveys and emits a vast decree of caloric influence to the surrounding atmosphere. There is no varour, dust, or disagreeable smell—no generation of unpleasant gases, and no danger in curred. The mode of feeding the furnace or fire-place is by a tube round which the screw or worm revolves, the coke or coal being put in at the top and falling into the fire-place as the fuel is burnt out or consumed. There is also appur tenances for receiving the deb/ is of the fire, conveying away the smoke, &c., which are simple yet complete. The cost of the apparatus is very trifling, the expense of the fuel scarcely a fourth part of what a common chamber requires. The in vention is that of a practical working mechanician, and is the more valuable on that account, as it is the result of ex perience, and not the plaything of a mere theorist. SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETT.-1 ne performance of anthems and cathedral music customarily given by the Society at this period of the year, is fixed for Thursday next. W n h r y r° Purcell, Gibbons, b e° o u n it, tTahinesl6!aroiecgrtaiomnms eiromarratnhgeedwoasrksuosufaHl, Boyce, Croft, Blow, Greene, Weldon, Wise, Creyghton, Bat tishill, Kent. and Mendelssohn. On Wednesday the Duke de Nemours gave his annual party to the literary and a rtistical world of Paris. All the eminent litterateurs, painters, and musicians of the capital were present, be sides a great number of the members of both Chambers. The on:v Minister present was M. d t e h S e al F y r a e n n ci c Z the Minister of Public Instruction.giaNnso,naenodf t t h h e e m c . o h ri o ps le d o i f p t l h o: matique were invited. The K gßu in ee g ist a s. nd T Q h u e eett only of eminent troh3e.aNfignial3ndwQerueeaemn o o n f g the Belgians, was N. Alexandre lite rary loan whose absence was remarked, Dumas, who, it appears, has fallen into disgrace since his re cent7,us e n treprene u r exliib himselfitionas ari advocate in his own case . Th e illus trious gives out that he has been obliged to cut his royal frkud. FEB.BERLIN, B.—Thou g h, accor di ng t o asser tions that may be depended upon, the finances of the Prus sian states are in such a satisfactory state that no special resources are required to meet the regular expenditure, yet sevenl public works are contemplated to be executed at the public expense; for instance, some important iron railways, and likewiso , the construction of fortifications in the province of Prussit , , for which it is necessary to open an extraordi nary credit, which is to be procured with the co-operation wai guarantee. 3t the United Diet. The Ministers of St.ste, Von Ruhon and Von Arnieu are appointed marshals of the l)iet for the assembly of the nobles and that of the deputies, ~f the knights, the cities, sod the communes. THE WIDOWS' FRIEND SOCIETY.--H n Friday the C at meeting of the subscribers to this charity was 13 London Coffee-house, Ludg the Bev. cCaseleslunwrhoicinh the chair. 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