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26, 1847. , Bre.• Apply by letter, NELAGH-STV / 1 4 to the DRAP ne o'clock, 's -STREET, LOgll l IGHBOURFICky' ON CLUB ar c ituated as above., ement story, whir!, e alterations ma,' mid story . upwarq • annum is the willing to enga& of the Union CIO' -000 ute of interest' £5O, upon amP, Tres in Register reign Stock, Doc' e Property. iddresged to D. IP a immediately al' IN RAILWAY. ready to receil fonds, for SumsY i ars, at the rater mas and Whits*, CON, and Co., ULLINS, I'LD, Secretary. ERE 3Y GIVE e TENDERS 0 INDRED Lantern Fram es ' , and to be made osited for insper" nwick-street._ 4} nor more than d Pitching Irooli 1 with Two Coat] state a price] ler made of the seavenger!, lay of April ne t month from tly pplication at the must be left IT addressed td (Alderman amp. Posts." IN, Secretary. OSTON AND GATE, NOT tN JUNCTION S for the CO2' from GRANT' miles. unnel, the usnia ces, Permanent Draft Contract, ffices, Wheeler. annary instant , !!itained, on ar Engineer. erm, to be deli- Tottingbam not ay of Febivarl sed Agents, are !cept the lovves ?, are requested . e, Nottinghaul , ck, for the pa' to take out tbe J, Chairman. :retary. BENT of the AT BRIVAINY in connexion e ALARMING ►, Brown, and. s : Baines and few Edition' of many Neo l iced. In roll" ners, and old at their Hall) into_ • est ion of !d their appr°' LNCE. !ace, each Pa o Lae paper, ROMANCE es will include France, Spain' Poland, sa , r ages ; and tb e k or passage eted, will furl , the public n i Vith occasion, y three volut e ads ; and the cloth) what Half. 7EERS, by "1' HAUFF, VW lAR WORD con t a i n i ng op abridgment' HIE MOST TALES, q, AND . COP 82 Parts, .74 prices varYl,,, had in 18 Vo Datalogues f tye ty part of Jlished in tbi° GODOLPII O gamma suf. y F. Sou suits. By $ ll tra, 2s. 6d. By EuOSP THE GOTH ..„,: SIMMS, 3, I in cloth, ed Rover, rater Witcb, pagination• the slight t-street ; rue I ; H E ywoo Y EERS, w A: 6 l 'arty direo c i apocatioll, o i and _pertnati ; ,* Of lieserYo' ,PHALTEp with the Materials, - e executed , r protectiot i tol tractors shti e ir hat the prop ks which -A , hment i n lirJ ks represel i d sresulted tocy., C Se ompal'' tted Rug, gl „d, of an 01 1, '" . It is 0, 0 0 .e severely th,purticu i d Tome abs° tr been preselot nt Piasterfe i ne a RAD Ay t the Core' INDED rsing the or ful throbl' Ir cruciating erfectly el° 00 move th e cre'l callouc „10, a, are ref 7 • nee rel kitchens ra ose pains i e j lividuals if prove SP j, ~ Bunions vi ' o , ies Mc Lie ; Scbo • :table PI Jan. 26, 1547. anration. INSTITUTION SCHOOL, Head Matter, The Rev. DAWSON W. TURNER, Will REOPEN To-moattow, (Wednesday,) the 27th instant. T HE ROYAL TOXTETH LODGE. rirHE DUTIES of the SCHOOL conducted by the Rev. H. W, BECKWITH, of University College, Oxford, Will be RESUMED on THURSDAY, the 28th instant. LODGE -LANE, LIVERPOOL. DESIRABLE TUITION. THE Rev. SAMUEL FENTON, M.A., residing in the very healthy add accessible village of Wavertree, near Liverpool, and taking a very limited number of Pupils, has now TWO VACANCIES. The strictest attention is paid to the health and comfort, and to the secular and religious Education, of the Pupils. Further particulars will be afforded, in reply to written or Personal communications to the Rev. S. FENTON. PI R. ED.GARW EBSTER begs to inform h i s Friends, that he will RESUME hi s PROFESSIONAL GAGEMENTS on THURSDAY next, the 28th instant. DANCES, &e. PRIVATE INSTRUCTION given in all the FASHIONABLE , at the ACADEMIES, 26, B OL D-STREET, LIVERPOOL, and 2, ARGYLE -STREET, BIRKENHEAD. ---____ SIGNOR SAPIO, Giaduate a n d A ssoc i a t e o f th e Royal Academy of Music, London, and Member of the Musical Societies, Dublin, has the honour to announce to the Nobility and Gentry of Liverpool and its Vicinity, that he has taken up his RESIDENCE IN LIVERPOOL, and intends giving Instruction in ITALIAN, ENGLISH, FRENCH, AND SACRED SINGING. For Terms apply at his Residence, 6, SEYMOUR-STREET, London-road. N.B.—SCHOOLS ATTENDED. Attends on the Cheshire side twice each week pENRY CHAPUIS, P R O FESSOR o f th e F RENCH LANGUAGE, late of 42, Sey mour - s t ree t, an d now of 62, EMBROKE-PLACE, begs to inform his Friends and the Public, that he continues giving INSTRUCTION in FRENCH on quite a New Method, by %Inch, Theory and Practice being blended together, Fluency 4uid a correct Pronunciation are secured to his Pupils. Classes are now open for Young Ladies on Tuesdays and Fri days at 2 p.m., and for Young Gentlemen on Mondays and Thursdays at 5 o'clock. The Quarter to begin en the First Lesson. Sc'hools and Families attended. For further partitulars and terms apply at M. C.'s residence. THE LIVERPOOL GUARDIAN GAS COMPANY, DIRECTORS' REPORT TO THE SHAREHOLDERS, TITHE Directors having already advised the Share holders in this undertaking that the Committee on the dill in the House of Commons had rejected it, have now to communicate a more detailed report of the proceedings during the progress of the Bill in Parliament, and also the further - steps which the Committee have deemed it necessary to take, 'as well to secarre the important objects for which the Guardian Gas Company was called into existence, as to protect the inte rests of the Shareholders. A Deputation from the Directors attended in London while the Bill was before the Committee, and spared no pains in theft effort to bring the case of the Company to a successful issue They were most ably supported citor of the Company, and also t Wrangham and Mr. Forsyth, the counsel employed to conduct the case. The Bill met with the:most determined opposition from the two existing Gas Companies in Liverpool, under cover of peti tions professing to come from various classes of people in Li verpool, but which were in reality of their own getting up, and with the sole object of protecting their own interest, regardless of the interests of the consumers, and the general body of the • inhabitants of Liverpool. At At an early stage Of the proceedings the Parliamentary Com mittee interrupted tilt case, and, after deliberation, directed the existing Companies, through their counsel, o prove by one of their own witnesses, the next day, at what rate Gas could be m anufactured, supposing the entire consumption of Liverpool Were in the hands of one Company. the existin On the f o ll ow i ng day such witness was brought forward by g Companies, and gave evidence which entirely bore pro , out the correctness of the principle on which this Company a ceed el, namely, that Gas could he supplied to the consumer at considerably less price than at present charged. The evidence of this Company was thereupon further pro ceeded with, but was soon again interrupt hl as before by the C ommittee, who, after deliberation, passed the following reso lution : " That the Comtnittee, from what they have seen so far, are disposed to think that the object of the Bill would be better secured by an amalgamation of the existing Companies on terms which would be advantageous to the public, if such can be secured, than by the formation of a tlard Company : but L, they are pre pared to go The Committee adjourned to give time to the existing Com panies to reply to this resolution; and they-accordingly,•on the next day of meeting, communicated their reply to the same as follows : " The Deputations representing the two existing Liverpool Gas Companies have had under their consideration the resolu tion of the Committee of the 11th instant, and have devoted their anxious attention to the best mode of carrying out the views of the Committee. " The COiiioratiOnof - Liverpool having within a short period called upon the Companies to furnish the Watch Committee with data to enable them to ascertain the expediency of •the * Corporation purchasing the Cempanies, the Committee of the latter disclosed to the Watch Committee the whole of their affairs, and expressed their willingness to sell both under takings to the Corporition. " The Deputations are at present of opinion, that the princi ple of amalgamation can be best carried out for the benefit of the public by the municipal authorities of the town becoming the purchasers of the existing Companies,.and that a legislative amalgamation upon any other principle -can only be of very limited benefit, and that, in fact, the greater part of the benefit can be secured by arrangement between the two Companies. "To illustrate this, it may be mentioned, that in order to onomise the capital on which the profits are divisable, the Companies have some time since arranged a division of the borough and out-townships, by which the cost of duplicate mains is saved, and by which the Companies are now enabled to tender to the Watch Committee to light the public lamps at a less price than either Comp any could tender to light the whole " " The Deputations, however, hare, since-the resolution of the Committee, considered the subject of amalgamation as between the two Companies, and have no doubt, that although the several and various interests under their Acts of Parlia ment which would be affected thereby are complicated, and would require much consideration in arranging the terms of amalgamation, yet such amalgamation could be effected, and that the several classes of Shareholders, on being satisfied of the security of their property, would acquiesce therein. The Deputations, however, feel that it is a subject requiring such serious consideration, under the peculiar existing circum stances of both Companies, that, with the permission of the Committee, they would postpone the question of amalgamation lor further and.more mature deliberation. " The Deputations have also considered the possibility of a `Very early further reduction in the price of Gas to all consu mers; and they cannot lose sight of the fact which has been proved to the Committee, that the price of ss. per 1000 cu bi c feet on th e fi rst instant is a losing price on the present con sumption •, still, in order to meet any question of reduction o and to prevent that ultimate detriment to the consumer ? ; `l, ll ' the public generally which would arise from the introduc tw'yy:atannt,eer:tfeCeooampatiloin, n rd i Company on the principle of competition, (a Rrlnciple shown by exp erience to be injurious in Gas and es,)anato meet the objections-of the Corpora missioners of Paving and Sewerage, and the their se ve n : l l 4,l 'es, to a third Gas Company, as expressed in Pledge the it,,,_Petitions, the Deputations are willing, an d now next to 4 8 6d "nPanies, to reduce their price , on Ist January • per 1000 cubic feet. mat one De putations, again adverti n g to the subject of amalga proceed 110-w assure the Committe e th a t th e C ompan i es w i ll _ to consider thi s i mportant question, in order to ascer zin i bring a bout a furthe r re d uct i on of price ; and if this result s apparent, it will be both the interest and.desire of the Companies to seek suc h complete amalgamation,. and further on this point, th e d eputat i ons are ready to accedelo any direc lions which the Committee may be pleased to convey to them."' The Committee, after deliberation, then passed the following esolution : " The Committee are not prepared to decide upon the terms upon which the amalgamation between the two Companies •should take place; at the same time they are genera lly satisfied , with the terms whichlhvaeveeNbeeent proposed in the pruned paper read to us this day. -of the amalgamated Compare however, that the Chairman ett o nt :tall deliver to the Corporation -Of the town of Live them placed upon their re -cords, a declaration, that on and the price of Gas in Liverpool shall be no mor e i t j h a a n n ua -is l .. Y 6d , 11 . 84 pe 6 ; 1000 cubic feet. Your Directors stated their dissatisfaction with the proposal of the existing Companies, and declined to have anything to do with any such arrangement ; and that having come to Parlia ment for their-own Bill, and, as they conceived, having made t their case, they could only leave it with the Committee to "u 6 e-such course as appeared to them proper, with reference to the interests of all parties. ~,The case of this Company having been summed up, the Com ' - t 14 ee , a utifteon r some deliberation , rejected the Bill by the follow -2 sol L—' hill that the Committee have decided th a t the preamble of the ot Proved; and they rely, at the same time, on those f ,'avei,4'Panies carrying out the sort of arrangement that they 6Tnam t La , to the Committee ; and also the resolution that the en - ,, Tn iaknie„lltn,Posed to them last, namely, that the two Gas th Tgeukrj,".'_ ll deliver in to the Coration of Liverpool, an „ -- „e the Corporation of to be placed on n '"ot afte r to fix the maximum Liv erpool , of Gas at 4s. Gd. on Ist January, 1846, and also the terms that are ••tlair Ttl - e n i f An that paper, handed in and signed by . the two b„Wli, r i e of :the Companies." l an d s etting r egard the failure of the Bill, your Directors cannot nd they hope the Shareholders who are consumers result " 44 're f exceptions .are) will also regard, the 1 teild..) 4B not ew c0n:...1 'or as been • • nosuLisiaciory, since Inc principle con h t.g ed• P h i . ii;JVCompany . has been,. to a certain extent, rum January last, the community of Liverpool In suPphed with Gas at a price et' 4s. 6d. per 1000 feet. estimating the advantages which hve resulted to the "1811Mers of Gas in Liveool from the labours of this Coin- PanY, it needtorm„„ Only be Pointed out that at Ole time of its original with that 78. p;i l : l l °l o ' o 4. n f 1843 ) the maximum price of Gas in Liverpo9l was feet : it was then lowered to 65., no doubt in the hoPe that the promoters of this Company Would rest satisfied tield. A small messure of benefit, and withdraw from the ....__ ii the session of 1845 approached; and preparations hainent te price was were made for the renewed application by this Company to Par • further reduction to be the price again lowered, and ss. was declared the further result of 6d. per 1000 cubic feet ; and the public have had a oftir y ~al_o_urs ofotfhtillecontinisa per 1000 feet, as from January last, as 1845.ga inntousthtehceownhsioimleerressuloft Which 'etPool to Companyhextent of 2s. 6d. per 1000 cubic feet, .t37,500an annual saving oi the . 1 present consumption of about Your Directors wh"le important a dvant'ag e :,,- eo agratulating the consumers on the not. 11, nor in their cl ; i ;fetsied, beg to assure them that it is which may yet be se e ,„4/ 1 nearly all, they are entitled to, and la the opinions of your Di are Shareholders in this c o j n e e n t ots, the consumers of Gas who plain that they should, as sucfin,'ll have great reason to corn penseParliamentary contest, l ;A ? ; Iteen put to a heavy ex ing that they have long been payi„ c ,," only resulted in show what may be called a necessary of tradeu it price for it heir,- .1 • th t ' the existine• Companies could, at the m ei . n ( ear a If P arliamentary Committee, consent to red ur e , B t u,KFestion of a the Ist January, 1846, to •Its. 6d ., _ (their ow', their Price, on same time going to show that nothing less than 5:1157• at the save them from actual loss, on the consuruptioo of th • would 1 %19 they were equally bound to do So without a reiePrelii?"s Parliament at all ;, and therefore, whether judging by reference to Perience of . these 'Companies, or by their course of action oi: .the occasion now referred to, your Directors must state that ' 4l , have, and can have, no confidence in them. Your Directors have already stated that they declined to be %consenting parties to the ar rangement w hi c h fi xe d t h e pr i ce of 6d. per 1000 cubic feet, inasmuch as the Guardian bps Company had even then oireral to supply the public at a l e :.imum price of 45., and which they were quite able to do, we i v i lag on this price a considerable margin for reduction as _ as profit ; and thus they kept themselves entirely free to rit!ue such a course as, upon further consideration, they 59ght deem best calculated to: promote the interests of the Shareholders Sie ge the close of the fiession of 1843, your Pirfttors have devoted much time and the most anxious attention to this subject; they deemed it unnecessary to trouble their Share holders by making any communications until they had decided on the best course to be pursued ; but a new Company having now been formed, which will proceed to Parliament this session for an Act of Incorporation, your Directors have now to lay before you their views and intentions. as detailed in the Pro spectus, a copy of which accompanies this report. Beyond this it need only be briefly stated here, that your Directors, in recommending all the old Shareholders to transfer their inte rests to the new Company, entertain confident hopes of success on the present occasion, and will spare no pains to bring about that result on behalf of the Shareholders. _ _ J. M. MACDONALD, Hon. Secretary Liverpool Guardian Gas Company's Office, Prince's-buildings, corner of North John-street and Harrington-street, January 19, 1847. LIVERPOOL GUARDIAN GAS COMPANY. (PROVISIONALLY REGISTERED.) CAPITAL .tlOO,OOO, in 10,000 SHARES of £lO eaeh. DEPOSIT, 10s. per Share. No Shareholder liable beyond the amount of his Shares. LIST OF PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. Mr. John Finch, Jun., Sir Thomas's-buildings. „ Jas. Reddecliffe Jeffery, Church-street. „ Adam Pringle, Bold-street. ~ George Woods, Ditto. „ John Rogers, St. James's-street. „ E. C. Hindley, Bold-street. ~ Thomas Urquhart, Ditto. „ John Daniel, Lord-street. ~ William Medley, Whitechapel. „ F. L. Hausburg, Church-street. „ Thomas Morris, Lord-street. „ William Okell, Paradise-street. • „ Charles Gillham, Lord-street. „ John B. Johnson, Scotland-road. „ Thomas Bailey, Aigburth. „ Henry Danson, Cook-street. „ Edward 'Futon, Lord-street. „ Ellis Wilde, Sparling-street. „ Henry Laffer, Lord-street. „ Walter Bostock, Paradise-street. „ William Bolderston, St. James's-place. With power to add to their number. COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT. John Finch, Jun. E. C. Hindley. James R. Jeffery. John Rogers. Adam Pringle. John Daniel. George Woods. ENGINEER—John Cox, Esq., C.E. BANKERS—The Royal Bank of Liverpool. SOLICITORS—Mess rs . Clay, Swift, and Wagstaff. SECRETARY—MT. Macdonald. PARLIAMENTARY AGENTS—Messrs. Plitt, Venables, RINI 'CO This Company is formed to secure a better supply of Gas within the Borough of Liverpool, and on lower terms than that charged by the existing Companies. The Public of Liverpool will be aware that a Company 'under the same title, and consisting chiefly of the same individuals, went to Parliament in the year 1844, and again in 1845, with a view to securing an Act for Incorporating such Company to carry out the same objects. It is only necessary here - to state, that while that 'Company had, in their Bill of 12345, fixed a maximum price of 4s. per 1000 cubic feet, against a then selling price by the existing Companies of 6s.—reduced by them to ss. almost at the moment of the meeting of Parliament—the Parliamentary Committee, after hearing the evidence of this Company, and also that of the existing Companies, bound the existing Companies, on their own offer, to reduce fheir price to 4s. 6d., notwithstanding that the evidence previously offer e d by themselves showed that they were selling Gas at a ruinous price" at ss. per 1000 cubic feet, and that no price less than ss. sd. could save them from actual loss on the then consump. tion. It is 'scarcely necessary to state, that the promoters of the Guardian Gas Company were in no way consenting parties to gm+ a eaftlarnar, • •. y :since nauovious must be, , and has been, to perpetuate a higher price of Gas result to the community of Liverpool than would produce a fair dividend on the really . needful amount of capital. One of the existing Companies proceeds to Parliament in the present Session for power to raise additional capital, and also 'to borrow money on the security of their works to meet the increasing demand for Gas ; but it must be remembered, that for every pound so raised or borrowed, the community of Li verpool, as consumers of Gas, wii , ' hc" der ...ti nave to pay a higi. aividena, which thus bids fair, if strong efforts be not made to resist it, to become a tax in perpetuity. The object of this Company is to furnish Gas to the commu nity at a priee which will enable every householder, of whatever degree in life, to use it; and having received the best engineer ing advice, they proceed for a price not exceeding 3s. Bd. per 1000 cubic feet, against the sum of 4s. 6d. now charged by the existing Companies ; the dividend on capital not to exceed 7a per cent. As tht consumption incre ases b e y on d th e li m i te d quantity now estimated by them, the price of Gas will be still further reduced. It may be also stated, that from the. great increase of late Years in the population of Liverpool, —an increase far beyond that of any other town in the kingdom within a similar space of time—there is ample room for a thi r d C ompan y, w i t h ou t in any way interfering with the fair interests of the existing Companies. All requisite preliminary steps have been taken to enable tale Company to prosecute their Bills in the approaching Session. proportion of the - Shares beino• already taken, the • ), time ; ana tnos parties who were Shareholders in yin the old iiiiiiieu Guardian Gas Com e pany will have a preference in the:allotment. Applications for Shares, in the form annexed, to be made to the SECRETA R Y , at the Office of the Company, Prince's-build ings, corner of North John-street and Harrington-street, Li verpool. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. TO THE MANAGING COMMITTEE OF THE LIVERPOOL GUARDIAN GAS COMPANY. Gentlemen,—l request you to allot me Shares of ,elO each in the above Company; and I hereby undertake to accept the same, or any less number which may be allotted to me, and to pay the Deposit thereon, and to execute the Parliamen tary Contract, Subscribers' Agreement, and all other legal do cuments, when required. Dated the day of 1347. Name in full Profession or Trade Residence. LIVERPOOL EXCHANGE BUILDINGS. COMMITTEE -1847. ROBERT MATHER, Esq., Chairman. J. Nelson Wood, Esq. John Myers, Esq. John C. Molyneux, Esq. Jo na th an Hi gginson, E sq. Harmood Banner, Esq. Thos. Bolton, Esq. Henry R. Sandbach, E sq . Wi ll. Titherington, Esq. James H. Wrigley, Esq. It. Sellar Henderson, Esq. James Bateson, Esq. John A. Tinne, Esq. and John Dickinson, Esq. J as. H ardy Macrae, Esq. T HE Proprietors of the Liverpool Exchange will be paid a DIVIDEND of Seven Pounds Seven Shillings on their respective Shares for the Year 1846, on applying to Mr. JOHN SuoLow, the Cashier, upon and after MONDAY, the First of February next; and also the farther sum of Three Pounds Three Shillings, for each-share, in lieu of the Right of Nomination to the Newsroom for the present year, provided the same be demanded on or before the 24th of December next. Proprietors should be prepared to produce their Certificates, if required, to Mr. Sudlow, and the Personal Representatives ..vva acwi co, 11 IIbLeVS anu orners, whO have not already obtained Certificates, will be required to produce the Wills or Instruments under which th ey c l a i m to Mr. THOMAS CAM.SON, Solicitor , Barued's-buildings, S wee ti ng - street. By order of the Proprietors, at the General Meeting held this 25th day of January, 1847. Exchange-court, Exchange-str JOHN S eet East. o DLOW, Secretary GREAT SOUTH TOLGUS COPPER AND TIN MINING COMPANY. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN , t h at the allotment of Shares in this Company having been made, no further applications can be received. • By orderof the Provisional Directoh, JOHN PAINTER and CO., Secretaries, pro tem. Dated Company'.! Offices, 25, Castle-street, Liverpool, January 19, 1846. GREAT SOUTH TOLGUS COPPER AND TIN MINING COMPANY. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the nomina tion,of the Provisional Directors has taken place, and that the FIRST GENERAL MEETING of the PROPRIETORS mill be held at the Offices of the Company, 25, Castle-st ree t, Liverpool, on MONDAY, the Bth day of February next, at One o'clock in the Afternoon, for the purpose of confirming or otherwise the nomination of the Directors, and for the transac tion of such general business as may be necessary to the com mencement of active operations. The Directors being in treaty for a Steam Engine, all Share holders who have not yet paid their Deposits are requested im mediately to do so. ROBERT TAYLOR, 1 Provisional FREDK. A. TAMPLIN, Directors. GEORGE WOOD, JOHN PAINTER and CO., Secretaries, pro tem. Dated Compann's Offices, 25, Castle-street, Liverpoe4 January 21, 1847. Observe that the Signature of the proprietor, "G. C. Serjeant," is written on the Government Stamp. S ER.TEANT'S LOTION , the only effectual Remedy against Rheumatism, Rheumatic Gout, Sciatica, and Lu mbago. Sold by the Proprietor, G. C. SER.IEANT, No. 1, Lo, London; Paterno s t er -row, and 2, Bell-yard, Temple-bar, London; and by all Venders .of Medi c i ne. Price 2s. 9d. per Bottle. Amongst many which are being daily received are the follow. ing testimonials :- 14, Belmont place, Wandszcorth-road, Oct. 26, 1844. SIR S I feel in duty bound to acknowledge, that after suffer ing acute pains from Sciatica, or severe Rheumatic affection in the hip-joint, and being deprived of rest, I was persuaded to try your embrocation, and have the pleasure to say that after three applications I was restored to my usual health ; and, al though two years have passed, I have no return of the disorder. —I am, Sir, gratefully yours, EDWARD NOYES. Well-street, Cripplegate. have been several weeks confined to my bed by Gout and Rheumatism, not a part from my head to my feet free from pain, and as helpless as an infant : not even a finger could 1 move. in MIS unpleasant situation I was informed by my me dical attendant he had applied all the usual remedies, and that I might remain months in my deplorable situation. Fortunately your remedy was made known to me, or I might have been to this day confined to my bed. After a close appli cation of four days, my troublesome companion • began to dis appear; in a week I was capable of walking abouemy , room, and icy another week's perseverance in the use of your Medi cine was enabled to leave Loodon. Fearful of another attack, you will please to send six bottles.—l Sir, your obedient servant. D. W. STONE. 4. Paternoster-rat.. " SlR,—Having been informed of tne surprising cure of Mr. Barnes, of St. Paul's Churchyard, who was so severely afflicted by Rheumatism, the intense pain causing delirium, that he was compelled to be confined by a strait waistcoat to prevent his committing any violence, and whose case was considered en. tirely hopeless, I was induced to ascertain the particulars, and being satisfied of the truth of my information, encouraged me to make a trial of your most invaluable Medicine, entertaining little hopes ofauccess, having been many years so severe a suf ferer, and tried many said to be very valuable remedies. lam very happy iu being able to add my testimony of.the benefit I derived: after a few days' application the use of my limbs are perfectly restored, and I am now able to attend Inv business, nd, making an allowance for my age, never was better in my life. To those, however severely afflicted and hopeless their case may have been pronounced, I beg of them to make a trial, feeling quite satisfied they will be restored to the use of their limbs, from the severe cases that have yielded to this Medicine. Health is a great blessing to those who can enjoy it, but to hose who are deprived, none feels it so severely as the trades man or mechanic, as it generally causes loss of business, and brings ruin on families. I shall at all times feel it my duty to make it known to those afflicted, to evince how grateful I ant for my restoration, and inn, sir, yours truly, GEORGE POLLARD Oe(ober 20, 1841 Such a r e the properties of this invaluable Specific t hat p p er 50118 labouring under the most distressing Rheumatism, nen- utatic Gout, and Lumbago, and rendered thereby incapable of assisting themselves, have been relieved in a few hours. - Sold by Pendlebury, Russell-street; Titherington, Oxford street ; Hogarth, Great George-street; Fisher, Bold-street; l';ouplanl P arker -street ; Geri ard, Oldhaill-street ; 'Parkinson, New Scotland -road ; Neal, Scotland-road; Simpson, Scotland road, oPposite St. Martin's Market; MackoW, Britten, corner of Dale -street and Haymarket ; Great Vauxhall-road; Homer -street ; Cx, lox -street ; Gillard, Richmood-row ; Low, Islington; Waker, London - r oad; Parry, Christian...street ; Wagstaff, Great Georgelace ; Pries,tleY,: Lord-fitc.eeti ftitb, Woodside. Prire, • • DISTRICT PROVIDENT SOCIETY, OFFICE, 4, QUEEN-SQUARE. THE Treasurer. of the DISTRICT PROVIDENT SOCIETY begs to acknowledge the receipt of•the following Donations : s. d. The Earl of Sefton 7O 0 0 George Riding, Esq., Treasurer of Lime-street Ward Relief Fund, being part of a balance left in his hands for the relief of the poor in the said Ward..... Moiety of a Collection made at St. Michael's Church, Toxteth-park, ' after a Sermon by the Rev. William Hesketh, M.A. Incumbent, one-half of the amount collected, i. e., £9O, being appropriated to the fund for Ireland, the other to the District Provident Society 70 0 0 Henry Jhmp and Son William Myers, Esq. William Rathbone, Esq William Reynolds and Son Messrs. Shand, Higson, and Co Messrs. Bailey Brothers and Co, J. Weightman, Esqq. Messrs. Francis and James Mill Messrs. Livingstone 45 0 0 30 0 0 30 0 - 0- 25 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 o'o 15 0 0 James titlltillan, Esq. Richard Houghton, Esq. Mrs. Hugh Jones, Lark-hill Victor Pouts, Esq. T. H. The Misses Alexander Messrs. Massey and Robertson Messrs. Tennant, Clow, and Co Messrs. Grundy, Wright, and Crossley Messrs. Dirom, Davidson, and Co E. Lister, Esq C. S. G., per Rev. J. B. Monk Mrs. Jane Lowe Miss Anne Brancker Miss Mary Hughes Robert Macfie, Esq. William Potter, Esq Mrs. Potter C. E. Rawlins, Esq Thomas Davenport Esq Messrt. Wren and Sons F. Shand, Esq James Rigby, Esq J. E Thomas Morecroft, Esq. John Van Zeller, Esq. T. B. Barclay, Esq G. H., Chester-street J. Gibbon, Esq. M. M., per Presbyter Mr. John Stamper Mr.. William Bruce Mr. Thomas Roberts Miss Bowring Mr. W. H. Woods Mr. James Halliday Mr. William Lynne Mrs. O'Donnell, Rodney-street Mr. Edwin Leece A Lady, Great Charlotte-street A few lqembers connected with Zion Chapel, Elizabeth street Mr. David Tyrer • A Lady Mr. H. Crosthwaite A Friend to the Poor C. P • 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 12 6 0 10 6 0 10 0 O 10 0 O 5 0 O 5 0 O 6 0 O 5. 0 Mr. Thomas Johnson Mrs. Latham TCS OtChRHePOOGOREALNT GENERALBLIND.duIAyNcoNZA ne L d a M m E I h E o T d I e N . G at o ti f ie tl l t i i i s . stitution, the 22d of January 1847 HENRY LAWRECE, ks q ., in the Chair. I.—The accounts for the year 1846 having been exhibited and approved, it was ordered that a Report of th e state of this Cl 2 la .— riti te b so e l p v u ed b , li t s t h a e t d th as e s t pe ha e n d k i s ly oafs thispos isibleee. tine he to the Earl of Sefton, the late President ; to Mr. Henry Law rence, Mr. W. Todd Naylor, Mr. Harmood Banner, and Mr. R. Brodhurst Hill, the late Vice-Presidents; to Mr. R. W. Houghton, the Treasurer; and the Rev. Edward Hull, the Chaplain, for their attention to the interests of the institution, 3::—Reiolved, that the thanks of this Meeting be presented to the Physician, the Surgeons, the Visitors, the Auditors, and the Committee for the last year, for the attention they bestowed upon the duties which devolved upon. them. 4.—Resolved, that the thanks of this Meeting be presented to those Ladies and Gentlemen who have presented Donations in aid of the funds of this Charity. s.—Resolved, that the thanks of this Meeting be presented to Mrs. Cross, and the Misses Chaffers, of Everton, and to Mrs. Tetley, Fremont, West Derby, for excellent piano-fortes ; and to Mrs. Wordsivorth, of Highfield, for an excellent harpsi chord, which they have been pleased to present for the use of the musical pupils._ 6.—Mr. R. W. Houghton produced a Notice from the Lon don and North-Western Railway Company.—Resolved, that the Committee be requested to see that nothing be done detri mental to the interests of the Institution. 7.—Resolved, that the special thanks of this Institution be given to R. W. Houghton, Esq., the late Treasurer, for his in. valuable services during the period of fourteen years. The following Officers were appointed for the year 1847 : PRESIDENT. - - • WILLIAM BROWN, Esq., M.P. VICE-PRESIDENTS. Mr. R. W. HOUGHTON, I Rev. J. BROOKS, ILA Mr. Mr. EDWD. G. DEANE, Mr. JAQUES MYERS. TREASURER. Mr. THOMAS MILLS COMMITTEE. Rev. A. Campbell, M.A., Mr. Samuel Minshull, Mr. Henry Lawrence, Mr, J. W. S. May, Mr. Wm. Todd Naylor, Mr. F. S. Hull, Mr. Edward Parry, Mr. Ad am S. Gladstone, Rev. Edward Hull M.A., Mr. John Lockett, Rev. Thomas Bold , M.A., Mr. Abraham Gartside, Richard Formby, M.D., Mr. William Bennett, Mr. Harmood Banner, Mr. John Nicholson, • Mr. James Bateson, Mr. J J. Currie, Mr. Minshull, Mr. Charles Melhuish, Robert Lewin, M.D., . Mr. E. T. Kearsley, Mr. J. H. Turner, Mr. A. Thompson, Mr. William Jackson, . Mr. Wm. Reynolds, jun., 41 ' Mr. John Baron, Mr. P. Vance, Mr. William Ashley, M r . Hugh Craig, Mr. Latham Hamner, Mr. Edmund Molyneax, Mr. William M‘Cracken, Mr. John Swainson, Mr. Charles Groves, Mr. Laurence R. Baily, Mr. James Aspinall, Mr. John Claypole, Mr. R. Brodhurst Hill, Mr. William Oxley, Mr. Nicholas Crooke, Mr. Thomas Shaw. The thanks of the Meeting were presented to the Chairman for his impartial conduct. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS' SUBSCRIPTION, FOR THE RELIEF OF THE DESTITUTE POOR IN IRELAND, AND _THE HIGHLANDS OF SCOTLAND. AT a MEETING of COMMERCIAL TRAVEL LERS held at the " Flying Horse Hotel," Nottingham, on the 18th January, it was unanimously resolved :—" That a Sub scription be immediately set on foot amongst their body for the relief of the Destitute Poor in Ireland and the Highlands of Scotland." It was also resolved,—ln order to enable all to . join in this charitable undertaking—that theamount of sub scri ption should be limited to five shillings each, and that the lists be completed by the first of March, on which day gentlemen holding sub scriptions are requested to transmit the same to Messrs. Samuel Smith and Co., Bankers, Nottingham, in the names of the Treasurers, Messrs. • George Coyne, of Leeds, and Thomas Shipton, of Hull. The following Gentlemen were chosen Members of the Com mittee, with power to add to their number : Mr. JOHN M`CARTNAY, London. Mr. RICHARD CARTER, Greenwich. Mr. STURDWICK London. Mr. THOMAS SHIPTON, Mr. GEORGE COYNE, Leeds. Mr. CHARLES TOWNSEND, Derby. Mr. W. H. MALPAS, Nottingham. Flying Horse Hotel, Nottingham, 18th Janurry, 1847. __ N.B.—Mr. ALLEN; of the Nottingham Mercury, having, at the request of the Committee, consented to act as Honorary Secretary, it is particularly requested that Commercial Gentle men, and Proprietors of Hotels, desirous of aiding in the above laudable cause, but who are not in possession of lists, will M them.r. LEi Subscriptionsanevery rayi information theatVianndw giveni wilt a a Fs p o ly b to e r h ec im eiv f e r d on receipt of (pre-paid) applications. POstoffiCe orders to be made payable to RtCHARD ALLEN. LIVERPOOL DISPENSARIES. Rev. JONATHAN BROOKS A.M., President. WILLIAM FOSBERRY, Esq., Vice-Presidents. Rev. CYRUS MORRALL, A.M., WALTER F. M`GREooR, Esq., Treasurer. THE GENERAL ANNUAL MEETING o f t h e GOVERNORS of this INSTITUTION will be holden in the BOARD-ROOM, PARISH-OFFICES No. I, Fenwick-st ree t, on FRIDAY, the sth Febru ar y nex t, a t 'f'wo 'o'Clocic. to transact the usual business of the Charity, and to elect Officers for the ensuing year. Subscriptions will be thankfully received at the DISPENSARIES' OFFICE, 21, South Castle street, daily from Three to Four o'Clock 0, or at the NORTH DISPENSARY, VflUX hall-road ; or at the SOUTH DISPENSARY, 1, Upper Parlia ment-street, at all hours. The Tree Surer begs to acknowiege receipt of the following Contributions received during the past year : DONATIONS. - David Hodgson, Esq., Everton £4o 0 0 Jos. Mathews, Esq., Pattinghaiu, per Johnl 25 0 0 North, Esq M. B.,:an unclaimed balance Mrs. Hugh Jones, Lark-hill 2O 0 Messrs. 1). and C. M`lyer, being proportion of money received from visitors on board 15 0 0 the Royal Mail Steam-ship, for the benefit of the Public Charities Richard Houghton, Esq., Rodney-street Robert Woodward, Esq John Holt; Esq Wm. Nevett, Esq Miss Stavert, Breckside-house S. P. Hope, Esq., Springfield C. W. Reade, Esq., Shaw-street Mrs. Susannah Boardman, 46, Soho-street, } lO Q per C. W. Reade, Esq J. Hardy Wrigley, Esq. • A Friend from a distance per Rev. J. H. Thom Miss A. J. Brancker, Oxford Miss E. Corrie, Oxford-street Mrs. Ellison, Rodney-street A Thank-offering by a Lady on recovery from 1 . a protracted illness, per R. A. Payne, Esq. f Rev. Robert Cort, Klrkdale, per Mr. Conway 5 O. 0 Arthur Thompson, Esq 5 V 0 Mr. David Bland, Vauxhall Foundery 3 0 0 Weliwood Maxwell, jun„ Esq-, being a gra tuity paid to him by the loser"of a purse, 2 0 0 containing .i 25 10s.per W. C. Fosbery, Esq The Clarendon Building Society, per Mr Cunliffe A. Jones and Co., Goree-piazzas 1 1 0 Robert Wm. Ashley, Esq., annual 1 1 0 Mr. Tomlinson, Manchester Miss Baitson, Bootle 0. Burchardt Esq. 1 0 0 Rev. R. H. Bentley, MA., Cambridge 1 0 0 F. F., per Smith, Rogerson, and Co 1 0 0 Mr. Thos. Smith, per Capes Ashlin, Esq llO 0 Miss Hatton, Hardman-street - 0 10 0 Mr. Edward Roberts, per Rev. W. Hughes.. 010 0 Mr. Daniel Chadwick 0 .10 0 Mr. Robert Parry, 60, Oldhall-street ...... 0 5 0 15 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 5 0 0 LEGACIES. The late Mrs. Mary Leece, Edge-hill, 'per } Mr. Dalrymple, Executor, £35, less duty 31 10 0 The late Charles Horsfall, Esq., per Mr. T. Bt 50 0 0 Horsfall, Executor The late Mrs. Moore, Prince's-park, per Mr 1 50 0 0 Williams, Executor.. COLLECTIONS. • St. Mary's Church, Edge-hill, after a Sermon }2l 0 0 by the Rev. F. Barker, A.M The ScOtch Church, Oldham-street, after at 22 0 7 Sermon by the Rev. John Reid St. Andrew's Scotch Church, Rodney-street, }3l 0 0 ' after :a Sermon by the Rev. Todd Brown Crescent Chapel, Everton, after a Sermon by } 22 9 6 the Rev. J. Kelly, A.M Part of Collections at Pall-mall, Rose-place, Burlington - street, and Mulberry - street Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Chapels, p er 4 0 0 Mr. D. Davies .... CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY, HALF-YEARLY ORDINARY MEETING, The HALF-YEARLY ORDINARY MEETIK6 . of the SHAREHOLDERS of this COMPANY will be held at the Company's Offices, 61, Moorgate-street, London, on WEDNES DAY, the 10th day of February next, at One o'clock precisely. SPECIAL MEETING , And NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that an EXTRAOR DINARY or SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING of the SHARE HOLDERS of this COMPANY will be held, at the Company's Offices, 61, Moor ate-street, London, on the said W EDNESDAY , the 10th day of February next, at Half-put One o'clock pre cisely, to approve of the Bill to be submitted to Parliament in the ensuing Session, for extending the Line of the Chester and Holyhead Railway, at Chester and Holyhead respectively; for authorizing certain alterations in the levels of the said Railway ; and for empowering the Company to subscribe towards the construction of a Harbour at Holyhead, and to purchases, hire, and use Steam Boats. And also to approve of a Bill s to be submitted to Parliament in the ensuing Session, for making a Railway from Mold, in the county of Flint, to join the Chester and Holyhead Railway in the parish of Hawarden, in the same county, with Branches, to be called "The Mold Railway." The Register of Transfers will be closed from the 31st of Ja nuary, until after the Meeting. WY By order, V GEORGE KING, Secretary 61, Moorgate-street, London, 6th January, 1847. LIVERPOOL, MANCHESTER, & NEWCASTLE UPON-TYNE JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY. ORDINARY HALF-YEARLY MEETING. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Ordinary HALF YEARLY MEETING of the SHAREHOLDERS of this COM PANY will be held at the Palatine Hotel, in Manchester, in the county of Lancaster, on the 2nd day of FEBRUARY next, at the hour of Eleven o'clock in the Forenoon of that day. And NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN, that, in accord ance with a requisition signed by more than twenty Share holders in the said undertaing,. holding, in the aggregate, not less than one-tenth of the capital of the said Company. an EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of the SHARE HOLDERS' of the said COMPANY will be held at the Palatine Hotel aforesaid, on the day and year aforesaid, at Twelve o'clock at Noon of the same day, or immediately on the termi nation of the business of the said Ordinary Meeting, for the following purposes, namely, " To receive, consider, and decide on the steiss to be taken with respect to the Report of Messrs. William Gibb ? George William Cram, and William Nichol, the Committee of Investigation, appointgd on Saturday, the 25th flay of July last, and to determine on the propriety of reducing the number of Directors from twelve to six, and, if thought ad visible, specifically to remove six of the present Directors." AND NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN, that at the said last-mentioned Meeting the Directors will apply for .Pogerslo proceed with and endeavour to obtain, in the ensuing Session -of -Parliament, Acts for alteration of Main Line and Hawes Branch, with power to purchase, rent, or use the Northern Counties Union Railway, and amendment of Acts relating to the Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle-upon- Tyne Junction Railway, and to the Northern Counties Union Railway Companies ; Railway from the East Lancashire Rail way near Burnley, to join the Burnley Branch of the Manches ter and Leeds Railway, with power to sell or lease to the East Lancashire Railway Company, or to the Manchester and Leeds Railway Company; and Liverpool, Manchester and Newcastle upon-Tyne Junction and North ern Counties Union Railways Amalgamation. Ana the Directors do hereby convene the said Meetings accordingly. THOS. ROBT. WILSON FRANCE, Chairman C. MOORE WILSON, 1 Secretaries W. H. INGRAM, Company's Principal Office, 31, Princess-street. Manchester, Dec. 24, IS4G. " The Register of Transfers" will be closed, and remain so from the 19th day of January, 1847, anti! after the above-named Meetings. C. MOORE WILSON,) Secretaries, W. H. INGRAM. THE 'BOMBAY MARKET. (Prom the Chamber of Commerce Overland Price Current .) BOMBAY, DECEMBER 15, 1846. The dulness which prevailed in our import market at the close of our last issue has continued unabated throughout the fortnight, ---i The uncertainty as to the result of till cutta opium sale, which then interrupted all legitimate busi ness, can scarcelyyet be said to be removed. Theannexedex tract from the Calcutta Star, of Dec. 1, will show the na ture of the measures adopted by the " sellers for account" in the opium time-bargains to defeat the operations of their opponents, and arrest the progress of the Government sale. How far, however, the success of their plan may accom plish the object contemplated, and be legally sufficient to quash the time-bargains in which they were involved, seems to be a matter of doubt, involving legal questions of no small difficulty, and which may give rise to litiga tion between the parties interested. Whilst, however, there is still sufficient uncertainty existing in respect to these matters to keep up in same measure the prevailing distrust, and divert merchants from their usual and legiti mate dealings, a respite at all events has by the events in Calcutta been obtained, and the impending serious con sequences, which we before wrote of, as exciting much anxiety throughout our native mercantile community, have been for a time averted. The account of these events having, however, only reached us a few days ago, there has as yet not been sufficient time for the excite ment connected with them to subside, and chiefly there fore in consequence of them there has, during this, as in last fortnight, been but little business doing in imported goods. TRADE WITH THE EAST. The annual comparative statement of British shipping entered inwards and cleared outwards from and to places within the limits of the East India Company's charter for the years 1845 and 1846 has just been published by the East India and China Association : " The total number of vessels entered inwards was 852, with 360,039 tonnage, against 860, with 354,260 tonnage showing a decrease of eight vesse 5,779 tonnage, compared with 1845. an increase of The retui ports of London and Liverpool exhibit on the first station a decrease of vessels, but only of 19 tonn age ; an d on th e second station of 18 vessels, and 4,184 tonnage. Bristol and Hull, on the other hand, show an increase of two ves sels, with 369 tonnage, and Clyde and other Scottish ports an increase of 25 vessels, with 9,613 to nnage . Th e great est increase is observed in the entries of vessels from China and the Mauritius. In the former case the num ber was eleven vessels, with 4,792 tonnage : in the latter case 24 vessels, with 7,328 tonnage. The greatest de crease is observed in the arrival of vessels from the Cape of Good Hope, Bombay and Singapore, and Penang. The decrease in the case of the Cape of Good Hope vessels is stated at 18 vessels, with 2,732 tonnage; in the case of Bombay at 17 vessels, with 9,865 tonnage ; and in the case of Singapore and Penang at 13 vessels, with 7,663 tonnage. . _ _ " The comparison of the total clearances outwards during the year with those which took place in the year 1845 establishes a decrease of 28 vessels, with 8,299 tonnage, the respective numbers being 979 vessels, with 413,849 tonnage, against 1,007 vessels, with 422,148 tonnage, last year. The returns for the port of Liverpool show the greatest decrease, the comparison being 282 vessels, with 111,612 tonnage, in 1846, and 338 vessels, with 135,198 tonnage, in 1845 ; leaving a difference of 56 vessels, with 23,586 tonnage. The London return furnishes an increase of 6 vessels, with 7,425 tonnage, the departures in 1845 having been 502 vessels, with 222,556 t onnage , an d i n 1848, 508 vessels, with 229,981 tonnage. The returns for Bristol and Hull and the Scottish ports likewise give an increase, it amounting in the first case to 4 vessels, with 1,300 tonnage, and in the second case to 16 vessels, with 6,562 tonnage. The greatest decrease occurs in depar tures for Calcutta, the result being 49 vessels, with 18,214 tonnage. To Madras and the South Seas there have also been fewer vessels despatched. New South Wales figures for the largest increase, but in that respect it merely reaches 10 vessels, with 4,475 tonnage, compared with last year. Bombay, Ceylon, Java and Sumatra, and the Mauritius, appear to be the chief points to which the remaining increase of departures is directed." CRUELTY TO ANIMALS, TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL *STANDARD.I SlR, — Yesterday I witnessed a shocking act of cruelty 1 on the part of a carter to his horse I at once to his barbarity, and noted down the few particulars I was there and then able to collect, with the view and determination of bringing the case before a society which I understood was in existence and active operation in this town for the prevention and suppression of cruelty to animals, and for the prosecution and punishment of those parties who were culpable of infringing its laws—the laws of humanity—by cold-blooded, hard-hearted savageness of conduct to the inferior animals On inquiry, immediately afterwards, I was extremely sorry to learn that the society had become extinct, not withstanding that its signboard was still conspicuousl• displayed in Bold-street. I shall not rest till it is resus citated ; and I appeal to all friends of the brute creation —the enemies of torture—the ladies of Liverpool in par ticular, for assistance in raising a small sum for that purpose. I think £l5O per annum would cover all expenses, including the pay of a steady and active ow- I will cheerfull' - , tbseribp __ • Ay subscribe my mite, and tender my free services as an assistant in any way, except as treasurer, who must, in my opinion, be connected with the news paper press.. Should this suggestion be adopted, I wi►" as a volunteer, furnish you with my add• Liverpool, 23rd January, 1847. . P. 8.-1 have not yet done, with the carter above alluded to. 'ess ; and A. am, &c M. B. Another morning performance will take place at the Amphitheatre on Friday next. • The equestrian exercises' are of the first order, and all our juvenile readers will be . glad of another opportunity of witnessing them. STATUARY, PAINTINGS, AND WORKS OF ART.—An advertisement appears in our paper to-day, announcing the disposal, by allotment, of an immense assemblage of works of art, which our limited space prevents us notic ing this week. We shall, however, reserve a corner on another occasion ; and, in the meantime, advise the pa trons of sculpture and painting to visit the Gallery, 19, South John-street._ A;weepfoithe Derby has been started at Mr. Alder sey's, Dansie-street, the advertisement for which an nouncing particulars appears in another column. IMPROVED DRAWING' PENCILS.—Messrs. Rowney and Co., of London, have introduced some l ea d penc il s, w hi ch are extremely well adapted for drawin g p urposes , an d beinginto extensivesold at an use. extraordinarily oirdigunualiritl), of the le a d i s excellent,y cheap ra t e , must come . and the manufacturers possess numerous testimonials from persons well qualified to form an opinion as to their freedom from grit, and general value for .the purpose of sketching, &c. They are very neatly finished, and we , understand are sold by Mr. Grundy, and. M r . M'Corquo dale, of this town. THE DIAMOND CAREE', LAMP.—We have had some experience both in London and in this town of the excel lence of this beautiful table-lump, when used with the patent oil, and can recommend our readers to adopt it wherever lamps are required. Mr. Higgs is advertising it in our present paper.—Journal.----We can add our testi mony to the excellence of this lamp. The principle on which it is constructed is excellent, and the patent oil, though cheap, is perfectly pure. The flame emitted is most brilliant and free from the smoke usually arising from camphine or naptha lamps. THE OPENING OF THE SESSION INDIA : THE DUTY AND INTEREST OF ENG LAND TO INQUIRE INTO ITS STATE.* The motion was seconded by Mr. G. Bankes, (Protec tionist) who intimated that no opposition would be offered by the country party to any measures having for their ob ject the relief of the existing distress in Ireland. A some what long discussion, however, took place, with respect to the mode in which relief had already been distributed n I ' 1 • • manifest responsibility which Providence has thrown upon us by consigning its destinies and the moral and social welfare of its vast population to our care. Such is, and we think justly, the position taken up by the author of the pamphlet before us, who, by his past official position • the adn- _reland, in which the Chancellor of the Exchequer proved with tolerable clearness that Lord Grey was a very dear bargain - to the Premier, at the price put by himself _ tne administration of the affairs of India, has been ena, bled to throw important lights upon the subject in question. It is an acknowledged fact with all commercial men that pon his official talents, viz he intercourse between t his country and British India has with him, and foisting into one of the most important posts of government the very mediocre and bungling gentleman who now fills that office—Sir Charles Wood. An episode from his speech, in reply to charges urged by the Irish members, that government had n eg l ec t e d th e duty of providing food for the people of Ireland, by the establishment of depots in various parts of the country, •11 I .• • not, since the opening of the trade, progressed as it ought to have done, and as was anticipated. In 1845, as we find. from Burns' Commercial Glance, just published, our ex ports of cotton yarn to that country fell from 17,522,841 lbs in 1844 to 14,116,237 lbs ; and although the export of the same article rose in 1846 to 20,412,228 lbs, we have to bear in mind that cotton yarn is only an imperfect manu facture, and not one in which the greatest amount of as a~uaxu in likely to derive from this luminous personage. Govern ment, he said, were disinclined from interfering with pri vate mercantile enterprise, by coming into the market as avowed purchasers of food, from a fear lest, " instead of having to support - -o'c• ml 'd hey labour is employed. In plain calicoes we retrograded in 1845 ; and barely regained ourselves in 1846 in our direct shipments. In our shipments to China we retrograded in the latter year, the shipments being to China direct a large aer of poor in _tend, t_ would have to maintain those whom their own operations had deprived of a supply of food upon reasonable terms. The orders therefore given were, to buy, always following, but never leading the market." A pleasant kind of oper ation this for the speculator, who knew that for every shilling per quarter extra he gave for a cargo of grain or rice, he had a government buyer "following " him ! But, what was done with those purchases ? is the question. We quote from the right hon. Bart., as reported in . the London Times : 72 in 1846. As a portion of this deficiency Of export may have been made by Chinese imports from the Indian ports, the actual con sumption of Hindoston has been most probably less' last year than either of the preceding. In printed and dyed goods—another important article—our exports to India fell off from 26,083,138 yards in 1845 to 16,456,528 yards in 1846. We have no doubt that our general exports to that country will show similar results ; and the state of profits during the year and the amount of stocks held are not encouraging. The following statistics, furnished by Mr. Ma rr i o tt, with blished in different parts of Ireland. Up to the present time there were 26 depots in all . : 25 of which were to the east of the Shannon. There were two in Galway, one in Clare, three or four in Cork, besides one at Banager, &c. rrn. respect to , the growth of cotton in India, has an important bearing upon the subject of the pamphlet before us, and are especially worthy of consideration in the present state of our supply of that raw material : " Shipments of cotton from Bombay, from Ist January management of depots, which an hop. gentleman seemed to think the government had entirely neglected, measures it appeared had been Men for meeting the emergency when the time arrived to fall back on the resources thus provided. It was perfectly true that, generally speaking, those depdts had not recently been opened. Last year there was a pressure to open the depots at an early period of the year, which was resisted by the Government. It was thought desirable that the depots should be reserved for the coming emergency; and that so long as the peo ple could they should be left to maintain themselves. Some of these dep6ts never had been opened throughout the whole autumn. The depOts in Galway were opened from time to time in the course of the autumn. also those those in Sl , Ttd ume, from To China 'and ngapore. To Great I les. Bales 1843.. 1844 120,149 1845 134.824 1846 133,065 178,326, Total Bales . 299,058 . 298,4.75 118,246. 146,894' Nor do the deliveries of Bombay cotton from the ware houses of Canton shew a more encouragingorospcct These were, as shewn by Mr. Manic " In all 1843 „ 1844 231,510 Bales 1845 -41( estport, a..go, and other places. But in many cases it was found that the moment the Govern ment interfered all private enterprise ceased." Clearly, whilst the people of Ireland have been dying of hunger by thousands, and food has been at fa mine prices, the Government has had an ample supply stored up in their depOts ; yet they have looked calmly on, waiting until the last penny of the famishing population was exhausted. They kept their stores closed "in reserve for the coming (!) emergency"—could there be any greater emergency than that of the people dying of hunger in their miserable cabins or dropping exhausted to perish on the roads or the ditches ? Can Skibbereen be expected Itsumg concurrently to produce a gradual depreciation in the inducements of the Indian population to cultivate and in their ability to consume. The leading one of these causes is the mode in which the government of India is carried on and its taxation conducted, with a view to the amount of immediate revenue to be derived by the holders of stock, rather than to the development of the resources of the country. In 1845, as stated by the chairman at a meeting of proprietors held at the India House on the 28th February, India paid to the mother country, in the shape of home charges, what must be considered the annual tribute of £3,000,000 sterling, and daily poured into the lap of the mother cou n t r y a conti to outdo itself ? Can any population be in a much more dire emergency than when the emaciated living have not strength left to carry their dead to the grave, or to heap the earth over their coffinless remains ? Political eco nomy—what amount of cold-blooded policy may not be done in thy name ! nual stream of wealth in the shape of private fOrtunes." And this, Mr. Mairiott says, " was levied under a fiscal system radically opposed to an improvement in the state of the people (if it does not indeed produce positive retro grade consequences), by its effect in deterrin g investiture of capital in the cultivation of vas t t rac t s of land highly favonred by nature for the production of staples and various articles of life." That system, we need not say, is the ryot system, by which the government, standing in , the position of the owner of the soil, through the cum- But the - Chancellor of the Exchequer and his fellow-offi cials were afraid that opening their depots of food would check the enterprise of private individuals. Yet this wise official, in the . very next sentence of the speech, from which, we have quoted above, virtually acknowledges that Id other a,gents, ,ence of a depot in any local sty de- i Mm the cu " Of one place Where there was a depot it had been stated that— The destitution in the neighbourhood of Castletown (Bearhaven) has been greatly aggravated by the argival of a commissariat officer, rumours having gone abroad that the Government was about to, open a food deptit, which has prevented commercial people f rom send ing in supplies offood as heretofore. The consequence has been that the supplies in the town are exhausted, and the whole district is now without food.' It was found the up to about Christmas there would be food to be ob tamed, but that after Christmas the Government must open their depots. Orders had been issued to open them then, so soon as it should be found necessary." It was found—(query)—blabbed by some Government underling ?—that after Christmas Government would open its stores ; and orders had been given to open them when necessary. Hence the supply from private enterprise was kept so bare—so totally from hand to mouth—that at the bare rumour of the presence of a commissariat officer, with a key in his pocket, " the whole district is now with out food." taking away all encouragement for the improvement of the soil by the outlay of additional capital and labour upon its cultivation. The effect of this system upon the production of the particular article of cotton, and upon its conductors, is thus stated in an' extract from a recent article in the Indian News:— " ' The roots' (the cultivators of the cotton) poverished and overburdened with debt : the bunians (the village money-lenders) ' have made large advances to the ryots, and cannot get them repaid : the dealer, who buys from the bunians, has been selling his cotton in Bombay at a loss ; while the exporter knows to his cost that the chances are against his making a profit upon shipments to England, and but few in his favour to those to China and Singapore.' It is added, that the govern ment land tax amounts to above forty-three rupees upon a total value of the article in Bombay of eighty-two are im- rupees, or more than half the price of the'st Le itself." The condition of the entire native cultivators of India Mr. Marriott describes as similar to that 'of the cotton growers, and seriously deteriorated since they came under our rule. Another incident which took place during the same de bate, or rather conversation, upon the subject of the suspension of the navigation laws, leaves it a matter of question whether the Right Hon. Sir Charles Wood or Mr. John Bright are the best informed personages. The worthy quaker asked whether it was intended to suspend the navigation laws in the case of foreign vessels bringing other merchandise along with grain. The Chancellor of the Exchequer replied that such vessels will be allowed to discharge all the corn they bring, which will be admitted duty free ; but the rest of the cargo will not be admitted duty free. Mr. Bright said the question was not one of duty ; he had asked merely whether they would be per mitted to, land their cargoes. The Ch ance ll or o f th e Ex chequer stated that the portion of the cargo not consisting of grain would be subject to the existing (navigation) laws. Mr. Roebuck thought the Chancellor did not understand the question, and asked, " Suppose a Dutch bottom were to go to the United States, take in there a cargo partly of corn and partly of cotton, would she be permitted to come into the Mersey with her cargo and discharge it ?" • The bemused Chancellor said, " He had already answered the question. He could only repeat that the vessel would be. allowed to land the corn duty free, but not the cotton. (` Hear,' and laughter.)" Honest John thought the Chancellor could not have bestowed We have gone to too great a length already to give in detail the remedies which the writer points out for adop tion, or to notice the many other valuable facts which are contained in his pamphlet. For these, and for some striking intimation of the danger which we are incurring by our treatment of a noble people, capable of the utmost amount of civilisation, we must refer our readers to the pamphlet itself. Our object has been merely to draw the attention of this great mercantile community to the whole question, as one worthy of their serious and anxious consideration. * India: the Duty and Interest of England to enquire into its state. By Saville Marriott, Esq., late of the Civil Service, &c., Bombay. London : Longman and Co., Paternoster Row. TIIE SNOW STORM.—On Wednesday forenoon, (aft er a long spell of extremely cold weather, with south-easterly winds,) snow began to fall in this town and neighbour hood, and lasted, without intermission, until early on the morning of Friday. We have known heavier falls as limited to time, but cannot recollect, for a series of many years, so continuous a drift ; and few of any that left so thick and lasting a deposit on the ground. On Friday. much attention upon the subject, or he would not have given such an answer ; and his opponent replied by reading the clause of the Suspension Act of 1817, by which corn was admitted duty free, and stated that it was upon this bill that government 'had acted. During the whole of this scene, which a minister of ordinary 'ity would ha' '..41 at once. ' .yrua apiu thaw set in ; but the snow, winch on the average of the ground, without drift, had reached an height of about a foot, was but slowly dissolved, and in some corners it still (Monday night) remains in blackened masses. The streets and roads were exceedingly heavy and swashy,—delaying vehicles, and compelling pedestrians to look cut for the one.., ay rendering the point in debate intelligible even to the dull capacity of the Rochdale Leaguer, the house was in a roar of laughter, which must have been anything but gratifying to Lord John Russell, who had himself, at length, to afford the , required information. ( - - post feasible crossings, albeit their shoe-leather became so saturated by the penetrating element that they might have waded through in any direction without further de triment. On Wednesday afternoon, the London express train was an hour beyond its time; and the North Union Railway was so blocked up that the last train to Man chester could not accomplish the journey, and that to this town reached with difficulty in four hours and a half. The fall of snow in Manchester was nearly equal to that here. The land will, howeVer, be benetitted by the storm. 9n .. Sundtty forenoon, we haci_heavy rain, with a )n Friday - night, the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced the measures which government intended to introduce, with reference to sugar, molasses, and rum, partly as a return to the West India interest for the sacri fices demanded from them last session. The measures in question may he very briotiv ctutail T- h.-. __,..ere was dismiali black, until after noon, - when it brightened up, the sun shining cheerfully out, and the succeeding moon equally clear. Yesterday was fine, but still cold, with a v southerly wind. he proposed to admit'sugar into breweries, but to exclude molasses, because it would render necessary a minute excise survey to prevent fraud. He expected, however that the substitution would only be very nar4' acieptecU, except when malt is very high. Sugar is al- lowed to be used in distilleries, but not molasses ; the material to be taken from the bonded warehouses, and a duty to be levied upon it equivalent to what would have accrued to the revenue from the malt displaced.. The. duty on colonial rum he proposes to re duce from Bs. 10d., its present amount, to Bs. 6d., in Eng -land ; in Scotland, to 4s. 2d. ; and in Ireland, to 3s. 2d. The right hon. baronet concluded by.stating that "if this measure should have the effect of setting free a Treat amount of barley for human food, he should feel rejoiced, * * he did not expect that they would reduce the prices of grain, but they would tend to keep them from rising higher." This is one of the Whig specifics for the relief. of Irish distress. Prices are to go no higher, but they are not to be reduced by the admission of sugar into distilleries—as strange a piece of politico-economical doctrine as we have lately met with. A financial state ment from the Right Hon. Sir Charles Wood will be a curiosity in its way. - Romtitt TOLERATION.—The funeral of M. chairman of the bar of Perigueux, France, was near causing disturbances in that town on the 17th instant. The deceased was originally a Roman Catholic clergy man, who; during the revolution, had taken the oath of allegiance to the Civil constitution of the clergy. The Bishop of Perigueux having been applied to by the family to authorise a funeral service to be celebrated for the repose of his soul, declined granting that authorisa tion, because Mr. Freytand had repeatedly refused to re tract that . oath. The prelate was inexorable, and confined himself to replying to the authorities, who subsequently interfered :—" You have force on your side, I have my right and.conscience—act as you please!' The Mayor and Prefect took the necessary measures to insure the presentation of the corpse in the church, which was occu pied by a detachment qf a hundred men. At one o'clock the funeral procession entered the edifice . ; but the altars had been-divested of their ornaments, and the tabernacle was empty and open. A baker- - ' lled the offs - in the Freytand, Inc last stem (a. Interest in vie ministerial proceedings of the week is the scheme ot•Lord John Russell; for amending the working of the new poor law system. Lord John.thinks that the commissioners have exercised their powers to the best,of their judgment, and that their ad- Mini.tration has been conducted upon sound principles. Parliament, however, he regrets to find, have sometimes thought otherwise. He proposes therefore, in order to facilitate the prods; of •their being whitewashed from time to'time by parliament—to avoid such straits as the ice of serpent ILL _.athedral, chanted the miserere and read prayers over the body, after which the funeral quietly proceeded to the cemetery, preceded by the com missary of police and the municipal authorities. Public order was not disturbed, nor was any insult offered to anybody. PICTURE FRAMES BY MACILINERY.—We had yester day the pleasure of a cursory glance at some of these extraordinary frames. Unlike what we anticipated, they are not entirely of timber—a thin coating of papier machee is supplied by mechanical power to the face of a length of timber cut in an ogee or other form, which being passed under engraved steel rollers, receives a beautifu ll y sharp and perfect impression of the most costly designs. They arc in gold, in oak; and in bronze—all of which styles are effective—and so cheap that the magnificent . Print_of the are being ob- London Art Union, Jephtha's Daughter, can be fram e d and glazed for about seven ; and, by-the -bye, prints oirk.cis t w pa il t ich ha ni ve us h t ee b n e , d ari es., (l 44atea, frames t t a h m e ned nu , m i l: l er 3 s f .a rs f . allotment, are m os t a d m i ra bl y suited for the to m i t l i l l i e o se n *a tn a • - ..ie secretary was driven to by such troublesome persons as Mr. Ferranti—to do what ? To forin a new commission,— to, centralise a little more-- to form a g•ntr,• ~; • - - - popularity of the connnissioners to the fact of their having no -official person within the house, to earwig members—to promPt the government to have an swers ready cut and dry for all imaginable charges. He proposes, therefore, a new controlling board—a set of kings over the three kings of Somerset-house—one of them, the head, to have a seat in Parliament, the re mainder being made up of persons holding ministerial offices, but who are not to interfere with his dicta, any more than his colleagues do with the President of the This interesting event,—the opening of the first session Board of Control. The head of the new commission, in of a Russell-Whig Administration,—to which the country • fact, is to be a king absolute! He is, moreover, to have has been looking forward, for months past, with an inte- two secretaries, one of whom is to have a seat in Parlia rest deepening in intensity, as day by day fresh difficulties ment—provided always that he can get it. There is also have been added to the complicated web of evil which the to be a separate administration of the poor law in Ireland. legislative wisdom is called upon to unravel, has at length In that country there is to be a President of the Board, taken place. Parliament has met. The Que en ' s s p eec h assoc i a t e d w ith th e S ecretary for Ireland ; and the Lord has been spoken—a meagre, bald affair, as ever was put Lieutenant is to have the same authority to make general into the hands of royalty to utter. The address has been ordere there possessed at present by the Queen in council. moved in both houses and agreed to, with scarcely the That this precious scheme can ever be carried out—that semblance of an opposition, and certainly nothing like the people of England can be driven to lay down their the materials out of which a vigorous opposition can be strong disgust against this unconstitutional and heartless formed ; and the Premier, like an apprentice upon trial, system —we cannot believe. has been patronizingly permitted by the elder hands to Taking the past week's proceedings as a whole, the handle his tools and set at once about his work. Government of Lord John Russell have certainly not, The first' great task to which his lordship set himself either in the liberality or the wisdom of their proposed has been to provide a remedy for the existing distress in measures, bid very high for the support of the nation Ireland, and to give facilities for providing an increased supply of food for the whole empire. For this purpose he proposed the suspension of the existing corn laws, by which foreign grain is admitted at a duty of 4s. the quarter, and to allow it to come in duty free. This step he justified on the ground that France is at present allowing importations to take place at a merely nominal duty of 7d. per quarter ; and stated that his proposal was necessary to prevent thv surplus grain of other countries going to that country in stead of coming to our own. A further measure to pro mote his object was the repeal of the navigation laws in favour of foreign vessels freighted with grain. This course he stated was necessary, from the fact that there was a great scarcity of shipping in American ports, from which our principal supplies must come, owing, in part, to the underwriters there being averse to insure large grain -laden vessels, and in part to a great quantity of American tonnage being employed in the transport of stores to Mexico In the present situation of the commerce and industry of this country, and with the prospects before us, which it will be readily admitted are not the most flattering, it is incumbent upon us to take serious thought with respect to the quarter to which we can most profitably turn for increased markets for our paralysed industry and increased supplies of food for our suffering working classes. Besides our other involvements, we are afflicted with a scarcity of one of our most important raw materials—cotton ; and, for these objects, to what quarter of the globe can we look with a greater probability of a profitable result, than to our vast Eastern empire. We have another and a higher ground for looking to the state of that empire. It is our duty, as it is our interest, to inquire whether we are acquit ting ourselves, in our treatment of that empire, of the