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APRIL 29, 183 G. u•blicZobito. LIVERPOOL UNION AIILLS NO Applications for Shares will he received afterTtit D.Y. The allotment of Shares will he made o-rtooW. woRTHING" aud HOLT, Solidi ato the Company. Chapel-walia, 29th April, 1836. LIVERPOOL ARCADE COMPANY. THE FIRST GEN ERAL MEETING will ,be held on 11 TUESDAY next, the 341 May, at Two &eh, In the After noun, at the Clarendon-rooms, South John-s et, Liverpool. By order, WORTHINGT and HOLT, Solicitors to the Company. Liverpool, 28th April, 1836. LIVERPOOL ALE AND PORTER BREWERY COMPANY. I f ARTIES having extensive PREMISES f - SALE, or an .eligible Piece of LAND for the erect . ° of an extensive Brewery, containing from 5,000 to 8,000 are-yards, and not exceeding two miles from the Exchange, • re requested to send particulars to my office, 66, Casile-street. WM. FULLER, Share-agent. Harrington-chambers, North John-street, 2S:h Aprit, 1836. A T a MEETING of the PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE .k of the " LIVERPOOL APOTHECARIES' COMPA NY," held Tuts DAY, It was.liesolved,,—T hat no further Applications for Shares, by any person resident in Liverpool, can he received after the 7th I. day of May; but Applications from the F , silty and Chemists and Druggists in the surrounding districts i ill be received until the 14th of the souse tuouth, ou which ay the Allotment of Shares will take place. - A. GILLON, Chairman. SOLICITOR. Mr. Henry Forshaw, Harrin,ltoo-chambers, North John-street. SHAREBROKERS. Sudlow Brothers, 30, Castle•street, Liverpool. Thos. Cardwell, Manchester. A TaMEETING of the PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE 1111.. of the " LIVERPOOL AND NORTH WALES STEAM PACKET COMPANY," held this 2Sth day of April, 1836, It. war Resolued,—That the Application i Skire Book for Li verpool be closed on the 4th day of May n4ift, and .that for the Principality on the 14s h of the same month, on which day the Appropriation of Shares will commence. SAMUEL PIERCE, Chairinan. So LICITOR—Mr. Roger Adamson, Tarleton-street. SHARRO ROE Eas—Sudlow Brothers, 30, Castle-street. GREAT WHEAL PROSPER TIN MINES, and CHINA CLAY WORKS. AGENERAL MEETING of the SHAREHOLDERS, is intended to he held at the CLARENDON-WOONS, SOUTH JOHN -STREET, LIVERPOOL, OD MONDAY next; the 24 of May, at Twelve o'Clock, for the purpose of receiting the Report of the Gentlemen deputed to Visit the Mine. ISAAC MILLER, Share Broker. North Crescent, 2, Lord-stieet,27th April, 1836. THE LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER HIDE, TAN NING, AND LEATHER COMPANY. CAPITAL £300,00U, IN 60,000 SHARES OF £5 EACH THIS Company will secure to LIVERPOOL a proper in fluence in the Leather Trade, an influence not hitherto possessed by this PORT, and place the Market here in a fair competition with the far celebrated Butszot. Fe kg:" To Importets, Butchers, Curriers, and Cordwainers it will form a grand source of mutual advantttby sharing in the profits of each others transactions, withou • fringement on any. To Carriers it will afford an increased profit on transit, it will advance the business and revenues of the port, give to the Ca pitaliit a good interest, and produce to the Public a better article. It is a well known fact that the slow process of Tanning ren ders the business a heavy matter for the private Capitalist, and that in consequence various methods have been adopted to force the process forward and hasten the return; the effect has been the production of Leather predisposed to crack.—See Sir Hum phrey Davy. The Capital is proposed to be raised in 60,000 Shares of £5 each, to be called for in small sums, viz.: one shilling per share to be paid for the scrip, on allotment; one pound per share 'to be paid within 21 days after the Meeting for the Election of Directors; awl a further call of ten shillings per share on each of the days following, viz. the first Tuesday in July, the first Tuesday in September, an d first Tuesday in November next, of which call fourteen days' notice at the least shall be given by •the Directors, and that no further call shall be made urktil after a Report shall have been approved at a General Annual Meeting. That the first allotment shall not exceed 25,000 Shares, in cluding 5000 for South America, and that no application for English shares shall be received after the fifth day of May next; the allotment to take place on the 9th, and the Meeting for the choice of Directors on the 17th of the same month, at Twelve o'clock, at the Clarendon-rootns, Liverpool. Holders of five shares to have one vote; ten shares two votes; twenty shares five votes; thirty shares seven votes.; and one vote for every five shares above thirty. No person holding less than one hundred shares to be a Director. The Books to be made up half-yearly, and if at any time the balance sheet shall exhibit a loss of one-third part of the sub scribed Capital, the ,Company shall be dissolved, and the re maining. Funds divided amongst the Shareholders. All Transfers of Shares to be made under the hands of three Directors. In order to carry this Company into immediate operation, the Provisional Committee have purchased a Tanyard and Premises 4 the Canal side; and when the time arrives for the choice of Directors, the Company will be complete and ready fur exten sive business. _ For further particulars apply to M e ss r s. H E N RY an d T HO MAS BEAEBANK, Tanners, Litherlaud; Mr. WALKER, Solicitor, Duke -street; or to Mr. J. BACH, Share Broker, Clarendon buildings, Liverpool, who is authorised to receive Applications for Shares, undersea', addressed to the Provisional Committee. FORM OF APPLICATION To the Provisional Committee of the Liverpool and Manchester - ' Hide, Mulling, anal-Leather COmpany. Gentlemen,-1 request von will allot me Shares in this Company, subject to the Prospectus of the 18th April, 183 E. —Name. Residence. Profession. LIVERPOOL & MANCHESTER SUGAR REFINING COMPANY.. _ _ NOTICE. —The Provisional Committee hay the pleasure to announce to their Shareholders and e Public, that they have made arrangements with Messrs. rancker and Co. 'for the purchase of their extensive Sugar I finery iu Mathew -street and Harrington street, along wi h e►r interest and ex perience in the trade, as well aB- 1 1,1) necessary advice and superintendence to enable the Conti yto enter into a large •and prosperous trade without the least delay. In consequence of this arrangement the Provisional Commit tee have determined to increase the Capital of the Company from £300,000 to £500,000, in 50,000 Shares of £lO each. Applications for Shares must be made before MONDAY, the l ath of May next, when the List will be closed and the Shares allotted. PROSPECTUS. CAPITAL £500,000, IN 50,000 SHARES OF £lO BEACH. Bankers.—The Royal Bank of Liverpool. The Company shall consist of 50,000 Shares of £lO each, of 'which it is expected that not more than £5 per Share will be 'required, to be called for at such times as the Directors (to be 'Chosen by the Proprietors at a General Meeting) shall appoint. That One Shilling per Share be paid on allotment to defray the expenses of forming the Company. That the first Instalment be £2 per Share, and be paid into Ai. 'the hands of the Company's Bankers within fourteen days after 'the appointment of Directors. • That the remainder of the Calls be made at such times as the Directors shall think fit upon giving one month's previous no 'lice, and no Call to exceed £2 per Share. That a large proportion of Shares will be reserved for the 'trade in Ireland, Wales, or other parts of the country. That Shareholders being customers, shall be allowed the ,benefit of au established credit with the Company in proportion 'to the amount of their Shares, which will enable them to parti vipate in the profits of manufacture without encroaching upon their business -capital. That, in order to limit the liability of the Shareholders ' a clause shall be inserted in the Deed of Settlement, to provide that in case one-fourth of the subscribed capital be any tame lost, the Company shall be dissoived, unless three-fourths of the Proprietors shall determine otherwise. That, as soon as 10,0(X) Shares are subscribed for, the Corn patty shall be c onsidered as formed, and a meeting of Share e nolders 'shall be called for the purpose of choosing a Board of Directors, to be elected from Liverpool and Manchester, pas "sing not less than 50 Shares each, who shall continue in • office one year—one-third retiring each year, who shall be eligi ble to be re-elected. That the qualification of Directors shall cease upon their dis_posing of 'their Shares. That a Deed of Settlement be prepared, containing all necessary provisions for the security of the Company, and for its efficient management. That the holder of ten Shares shall be entitled to one vote, thirty Shares to two votes, and one hundred Shares or upwards to three votes, either by himself or proxy, such proxy being a Shareholder, and nn individual to hold more than five proxies. Farther information and ProspectOsses maybe obtained from lqr. H. B. WALKER, Solicitor, Duke-street and Clarendon. buildings, and Mr. R. BA Y Sharebroker, 66, Castle-street, to * whom all applications for Shares must he directed, postage free. EGREMONT HOTEL AND FERRY COMPANY. lATHER,EAS an Advertisement, headed as above, was published•in the Albion newspaper of this day offering 'certain property called " The Egremont Hotel. and Ferry," for Sale • Ido therefore hereby give Public Notice, That, agreement in 'Writin g, d ate d t h e 25 t h d a y of :filly last, the • ove-inentioned in'operty, with other lands and hereditament in Liscard, was Tontracted to be sold to me, by Mr. John skew, for a con %itterably less sum of money than that me t' ned in the adver rhent, and that I have some time since fit a bill in Chancery 4 Zainst the said Mr. Askew, and also ag nst Messrs. Engel "d Brentano, and others, who have given me notice of claims t 'Pen the pu rc h ase mo n e y, t o o bt a i n a s p ec ific perf o rmance of 811, 1:1 agreement, and I have some time since, under the written consent of the said Mr. Askew, agreed to let such Ferry 1 ,!,' a Public C om p an y, ca ll e d " Th e b gremon t St eam Packet '''nPany," for a term of twenty-one years. And I require all persons not to'enter into any treaty for the purchase of any part ',!f the property a b ove men ti one d ; an d. i n case an y t rea ty h as , 'Pen signed, to suspend any further proceedings, towards con"- Fluding the same; and. particular, to suspend the payment of the purchase-money, and taking a conveyance thereof. jI am ready and desirous to give full information on this sub ect to all persons who may request it, and to lay before them , copies o f th e contract, o f all correspondence between me and lir. Askew, and Mr. Peacock, his solicitor, and the cases sub mitted to very eminent counsel, with their opinions therein. WILLIAM BARLEY. EGREMONT HOTEL AND FERRY COMPANY. A N ADVERTISEMENT under this title having appeared in the Liverrol papers of yesterday- and to-day, offering Abe EGREMONT Roan.. and FERRY for Sale to a' Public Com . Pa!ly to run Packets to such Ferry, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, to all Pet:sons intending to take Shares in the above Company, that sph Ferry was, by lier, 1835, !agreed to b e t a k en f rom Mr. William Bartley, by Messrs. Wil tam Houldsworth, Robert Cooke, John Murphy, and others, for and on behalf of a Public Company, called "The Egremont Steam Packet Company;" which Company was associated by a deed, dated the 28th day of December last, made between the said William Houldsworth, Robert. Cooke, John Murphy, and others, of the one part. and the several subscribers of the said C ompany, of the other part; all the Shares in which Company have tom.): since been allotted; and the same Company is now m aking all preparations for working the Ferry as soon as pos -B"Bsinn shall be obtained under a suit in Chancery, instituted by Mr. William Bartley, the lessor of the said Company, against Mr. John Askew and others. By order of the Committee of Management of the Egremont Steam Packet Company, L. 11. MACINTYRE, Deputy-Chairman. DUNDEE 'AND PERTH PAILWAY. CAPITA r. .C 160,009, in SIiARES OF £25. Dapostr £1 PER SHARE. The Right Honoureble Lord KINNAIRD, Chairman opfte Provisional Committee. T HE present line of Pailway is intended to co ect the large manufacturing town of Dundee with t e city of Perth. The great part. the Capital has been 4 reatiy sub scribed in the district, and a Company formed, a £io,ooo bas been appropriated to Liverpool. The town of Dundee is second only to Gla w, in Scotland, in commercial importance, and it is inereaSi in population in a much greater ratio than any other town in the north. It is the Ceatre of the Flax manufactures in Scotland, and the increase in its Flax-spinning establishments is very great. The Docks and Harbour of Dundee are the most commodious and extensive in Scotland, and so rapidly is the trade increas ing,. that notwithstanding of the completion ofa large additional Wet Dock a - few months ago, the Harbour Trustees are again in Parliament seeking power So- construct two very large ad ditional Wet Dm:ks and a Tide Harbour. There is now Steam amation by magnificent and powerful vessels to London, HO. and Li•ith horn this port, which makes it the main entrance to the north of Scotland, and renders ra pidity and cheapneSs of communication to the interior of the country a great desideratum. The population Of Dundee is nearly 60,0(X). The Railway will form a Junction With the Dundee and Ar brow h Rail Way at the Docks of Dundee, and will from thence proceed through the Carse of Gowrie, which is the richest and most fertile dislrict of country in Scotland, and will terminate at the city of Perth. Perth contains 25A1/inhabitants, and is the capital of the Yorkshire of Scotland. The whole of the Western Highlands draw th'eir supplies of Coal, Lime, and every necessary of life through this town, 'and roads toall pails of the Highlands centre at Perth. The pieseht traffic in Goods and Passengers between the termini of the proposed Railway would , yield a handsome return for the Capital required. The numoer of Passengers from Scotland and England who pass along the line during the sum mer months is enormous. and this number will be increased to a great extent by the easy access to Dundee from all pails of England and Scotland by Steam, and by the facility of com nitNication which thii RailwaV will open to Perth. There is a great scarcity of Water m Dundee, and sites for spinnino , and manufacturing establishments cannot be obtained. The present Railway crosses a number of valuable Streams, which will be immediately turned to the purposes of tiade, and thus become the soutce of increased revenue to the Railway Company. The nature of the country between the two towns is admirably adapted for a Railway—the great part of the line is level, and the steepest gradient is 1 in 1000, which for all practical pur poses is equal to a perfect level. The e•:pense of formation of the Railway will thus be much below the averege sum required for such works. . _ The length of the line is twenty miles. The present Railway will form, a Junction with the Arbroath Railway at Dundee. The Bill for this last-mentioned work has passed both Houses of Parliament, and the work will be immediately proceeded with. The whole Capital for the Dundee and Arbroath Railway was subscribed by gentlemen in the district before the period fixed for the preliminary meeting had arrived, and many Capi talists disappointed. The Shares are now yielding a large pre mium. The present line of Railway to Perth may be looked upon as a continuation of the same line, with this great addi tional advantage, that it will ultimately form a part of the trunk line of Railway from Dundee to Glasgow; between which towns there is a great commercial intercourse. Application for Shares to Cu 111,Es WALKER, tsq., Messrs. SHIELL and SMALL, Writers. Dundee. or to - THOS. FORSYTH, 23, Exchange-build ings. Ltverpoo►, ApriL2s 1536. ;3o (r 5, THE HARRINGTON DOCK COMPANY 911 HE whole the Shares in thisCompanv having been allotterl, tJI a PUBLIC MEBTI N 1.; of the Sharehol tees will be held at ,the Ct.AIIHNDON Rousts, Liverpool , On ' tiESDAY, the 3rd May ne::t, at Twelve o'clock, to elect TEL e s,_ Director?, and other Officers, and to transact the general tisiness of the Com pany. The voting must be either personally or by a written proxy, held by a Shareholder. By order of the Provisional Committee, JOE - 1N NOUTI - 1, jun., Solicitor. LIVERPOOL FOUNDRY COMPANY. r HE undersigned requests those Gentl men who wish to be linterested in a Company for min t carry on in the Town of Liverpool, upon an extensive sca the Business of IRON FOUNDERS, LOCOMOTIVE at MARINE ENGINE MAKERS, BOILER MAKERS, Pc., to communicate with him at their earliest convenience. THOMAS FORSYTH, 23, Exchange-buildings. TRINITY HARBOUR, rpH E DEEDS will lay for SIGNATURE a y Office till . Five o'clock TO-MORROW EVENING, (S rday,) the 30th instant, when they will he forwarded to o on, and all parties who have not executed the same will for t all Claim to the Al lotment of Shares. RICHARD AWSON, Secretary and Share Broker. 11 , i). 10, Exchange-alley, Liverpool, April 28, 1836. THE LIVERPOOL MERCHANTS' JOINT STOCK SALT COM PAN Y. ITIHE PIIOVISIONAL COMMITTEE beg to give Notice, that no A pplications fur Shares in the alm V Conapt.ny will he received ailer Tu.rau ft ROW, (Saturday) i othh insatnt, at Twelve &Clock, when the Allotment will t• .e plore. ' SH AC LETON', WRIGH . and HUNTER. April 26th, 1836. April 19th, At a MEETING of the PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE of the LIVERPOOL MERCHANTS' JOINT STOCK SALT COMPANY, held Tuts DAY, It wcs rescgred, That an Advertisement be prepared and inserted in the Chester and Liverpool Papers for offers of . Salt Mines and Woks. That ail Persons holding /0 Shares and upwards in the Cow -panv. to he allowed an e:Ara Discount of 24 per Cent. upon all ?urebases made from the Company. PROSPECTUS OF A COMPANY TO BE CALLED THE LIVERPOOL ROYAL JOINT STOCK SHIP BUILDING COMPANY. Among the various Plans Submittedto - the Public for the for= illation of Joint Stock Companies to accomplish objects, many of which are beyond the means of individuals successfully to undertake on any very extensive scale, it is strange that I none has yet been put forward, in connection with what is of the last improvement to Great Britain as•aCommercial people, namely the improvement of the Mercantile Marine. Without reflecting on the skill of those to Whom has hitherto been committed the Building of Merchants Ships, it will be ad mitted that something remains to be done in the way of im provement : and that this is more likely to be accomplished by the united talent of a number of intelligent minds, acting in concert, than by the single unaided skill - of any one individual. It is scarcely necessary to say any Mg as to the prospect of e profit which such au undertaking h a out, nor of the extent to which a well canducted establish ent m a y b e carr i e d i n a t port like Liverpool. Those Shipowners and Merchants to whom this notice is principally addressed need not have the advantages of a Joint Stock Company for the building and Re pairing all descriptions of Vesselsoointed out. They must be obvious. In the conviction that a Company for such a purpose will prove advantageous in a national point of view, and also a pro fitable undertaking to Subscribers, it has been determined to form a Company, to be called THE LIVERPOOL ROYAL JOINT STOCK SHIP BUILDING COMPANY. with a Capital of £300,000, in GOOO Shares of £5O each, 2s. 6d. per Share to be paid upon allotment of Shares; and £lO per Share in one .month after the election of Directors (into such Bank as may be appointed.) Future calls to he regulated as the Board of Directors may determine. The management of the Company shall be invested in Twelve Directors; five to be a quorum; three to retire annually, but to be re-eligible. _ The usual details to be submitted and determined on by the Shareholders at the first General Meeting of the Subscribers, after the allotment of Shares. Sealed Applications for Shares to be made to Messrs. THOS. MAIN and Co. 30, Exchange-alley North, or to Messrs. ROW LIN SON, HOWARD, and WYCH E, Solicitors, Drury-lane, of whom. Blank Forms of Application and Prospec tuses may be had. WATERFORD COMMERCIAL COMPANY. CAPITAL £250,000, IN 10,000 SHARES OF • £25 EACH. TRUSTEES. Henry Alcock, Esq. Francis Davis, Es . Thomas R. Cherry, Esq. Nicholas Power sq. David Condon, Esq. William Ric dson, Esq. ITIH E Public are informed that the objects this Company IL are, to provide a more expedition , leap, and certain Steam Communication between Water and the English ports. The advantages held out by this Company for the pro fitable investment must be apparent from the official returns of the immense exports of the port, which amounted, - in the year ending 31st March, 1835, to 164,998 tons, and shows an increase during the last ten years of 78,849 tons. In accordance with the original Prospectus of this Company, the Trustees have great pleasure in informing the Public that they have succeeded in arranging with Sir Johu Tobin for the purchase of his four Steam-ships, he (Sir Juhn Tobin) retain ing an interest in them; and that these four first-.:lass Steam ships, the Margaret, William Penn, St. Patrick, and Gipsy, are now plying between Waterford, London, and Liverpool, with a combined capacity of 1119 tons, and steam power of 74 horses, by which the invested capital is immediately placed to profitable account, which, by documents before the Committee, has not heretofore been less than thirty per cent. And when it is seen that WaterfUrd, situated on a splendid harbour, on the confluence of three rivers,—the Suir, the Nore, and the Barrow,—with water carriage into the heart of the fer tile and populous counties of Tipperary, Kilkenny, and Carlow; and that it is the natural and cheapest port of export andlin port for a large portion of the counties of Cork, Limerick, and the King's and Queen's Counties; and that so large a sum has been paid annually in freight; taking all these into considera tion, it appears to be a fair conclusion, that a trade which has been so increasingly profitable and extensive will still continue to increase; and it is from taking this view that the present Company has been formed. Three thousand Shares are allocated for England, when the Share List will be closed. _ No farther call than £lO per Share will be required for six months. No call to exceed £5 per Share, with three months' notice of said call. Further particulars and Prospectuses may be had at the Of fice of Mr. T. COGLAN, 12, Exchange-street East, and of Mr. 'l'. V. RICHARDSON, at Messrs. WAINWRIGHT, SHEILS, and HIGGIN'S, James-street. Subscriptions to be paid into the Bank of Liverpool. An Account, showing the Number and Tonnage of Sailing Vessels and Steamers cleared from the Ballast-office, Waterford, in each of the following years : _. I 'ESSELS. STEAMit HS. Total of lath classes -_ -_- - - ---- Tons. No. I Tons. Vessels. I Tons. 86,149 None. None. 912 .86,149 84,970 5 1,010 833 85,980 79,505 94 19,079 928 98,584 95.723 120 29,057 1,078 117,780 9.6,952 141 29,665 1,088 12:7,617 95,903 151 31,519 1,103 117,422 95,944 156 32,617 1,122 - 128,571 118,698 157 33,805 1,340 152,503 107,783 . 210 49,010 1,932 156,803 102,279 220 44,198 1,195 146,477 118,076 179 46,922 1,341 164,998 BAILING VESSELS, rEmoo. 1825 912 1826 848 1827 834 1828 958 1829 947 1830 952 1831 - 9G6 1832 1183 1833 I 1021 1834 975 1835 1162 " -.7', Is' THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Z3llT3lfc DENBIGHSHIRE, FI r INTSHIRE, AND CHESHIR R ILWAZ Capital I:230,000, in SWO Shares of 50 each.—Deposit, £1 per PRoVISIONA I. CoMNIITTE.E. Mr. Gfeenhow, Gardden LodgelNr. R. M. Lloyd, Wrexham Mr. W. Harris, Gerwyn Mawr Mr. C. Poyser,Jon., Wrexham Mr. Joseph "iarris, Liverpool Mr. H. Scrivenor, Pen-y-In yn, Mr. W. Kenrick, Wynn Hali Ruabon Mr. Geo. KyAce, Bryn-Mally IM.r. John Wilkinson, Brymbo Mr. it. V. Kyrke, Summer Hall Hall BANKER.—Richard Myddelton Lloyd, Esq., Wrexham. SouctTort.—Mr. Edgworth, Wrexham. THIS line of Railway will pass from Ruabon, in the comity of Denbigh, through the rich mineral district of East Den bighshire, to the Port of Chester, and will there communicate by the Railways projected from that City with Liverpool, Man chester, Birmingham, Gloucester, Bristol, London, &c. - Nutnerous Iron Works have been for some timeNin full opera tion in various parts of the Line, d their number is constantly increasing; and Coals, Iron 1 ue, Lead, Lime. Stone, Free Stone, Fire Clay, and Slates re found in - great abundance throughout the district, but t -re are at present no means of exporting this produce, or any other, except by the Chester and Ellesmere Canal or Land Carriage. The Canal is only accessible at the extreme southern point of Ruabon parish, and consequently available only to a very small portion of the district, and even by this means there is a dis tance of 58 wiles to be traversed to Chester (the nearest port,) and consequently a heavy tonnage and great delay incurred, anti the Land Carriage to ,which the rubor parts of the district are obliged to resort is at once tedious, uncertain, and expen sive; but by the proposed Railway ' the distance from Ruabon to Chester will be reduced to less than 20 miles, and it will be equally accessible to every part of the line; and' from its pro pinquity and this mode 'greedy access to the Ports of Liverpool and Chester, and the Market of Manchester, this- mineral district will become the most valuable and important in the kingdom. ___ The main line will pass in the immediate vicinity of Wrex ham, and through a very populous manufacturing aistrict. Its Southern or Rualy;n terminus will be the nearest point of communication from Liverpool to the projected lihe of Railway from London to Ireland, via Portdynllaen, to' the great Holy, head, Oswestry, Ellesmere, Welshpool, - Newton, Bala, Dol. Belly, and all parts of Montgomeryshire, Merionethshire, and South Wales, and will consequently be the best mode of con veying Timber, Manufactured, Agricultural, and all other produce to that Port:—the Northern or Chester terminus will be the nearest point whence Cheshire can be supplied with Lime, Coal, and Slates. . _ • _ _ Maierial; of the best quality for the construction of the road are readily obtained in every part of it. The whole country has been carefully surveyed, and the committee haVe adopted the line which appears to them most eligible in every respect. The advantages of this line of Railway, in every point of view, are so evident and indisputable that there ca❑ be no doubt of its yielding an ample remuneration for the capital required to be embarked. (*=. Applications for Shares (post paid) to be made to Mr. E. H. EDWARDS, 1, Mitre-court Building, Temple, London; Mr. RICHARD DAWSON, Share-broker, Liverpool; Mr. THOS. CARDWELL, Share-broker, Manchester; Mr. E. GERRARD, Share-broker, Chester; and Mr. EDGWORTH, Solicitor, WreX• ham. 331tinir Bobiro. THE. LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTEI FISH COMPANY. D ECTO S. James -. Bateson, Esq., Hugh James Sanderson, Esq., and .James Spence, Esq. uIIE Committee of Management having made a Call of One Pound per Share, the Shareholders are requested to pay the same on or before TUES DAY. the 10thday of May next, into the " Liverpool Tradesmens' Bank," North John-street, or (on their account) at Birminghain,<into " The Branch of the Northern and Centeal Bank ofengland," and at Man chester, into " The Northern and C tral Bank of g ugland," and in case of nonpayment, the Ski • res of the Persons making default will be recited. The Circulars containing the allotment of Shares, and the note thereon, of the Deposit having been paid, must be pro duced at the respective Banks. WILKINSON and CHRISTIAN, Solicitors to the Company. Liverpool, 27 th April, 1836. LIVERPOOL FLOATING BATH JOINT STOCK COMPANY. AS it appears to be a generally received opinion that Joint Stock Companies are' peculiarly calculated to ensure to the Public the advantages which they ought to derive from Public Establishments, and, by extending the sphere in-. fluence, stimulating the exertions of the parties in their favour whose interests are connected with them, the Proprietor: of the Floating• Bath, at the suggestion of some of his friends, pro poses to place his Establishment- on the same basis as various other Public Companies in the town. Ills avocations and duties, of a public and private nature, rendering it i Ossible for him to devote the time he has hitherto bestowed ' superintending the Floating Bath, is the main circums a which has influenced him in submitting the following an to the Public. The Company now proposed cannot be viewed as a chimerical or doubtful speculation, as the utility of the Floating Bath is generally recognised. It originally cost £3000; and, from the excellent state of repair in which it has been kept every season since it was built, it may now be considered nearly as good as new. It is completed as regards its requisite furniture, it is newly painted, it has three large Anchors, which weigh upwards of three tons, 130 fathoms of strong Iron Chain Cable fur Moorings, 130 dozen of Towels, two good Boats, &c. &c. PLAN. The Floating Bath Joint Stock Company to be formed when 500 Shares of Z:.7) each are subscribed for, of which number the present Proprietor is desirous of retaining 50 Shares. A Proprietor of Five Shares to have a Free Ticket of Ad mission to the Bath. A Proprietor of Ten Shares to have two Free Tickets. The Bath to be placed under the superintendence of a Com mittee of the Proprietors, chosen by themselves. The sum of El per Share to be paid on the first day of May next, and the remainder of the subscription to be paid in the same proportion on the first days of the following months of June, July, August, and Septembe r nex t. A division of the profits to be made at the close of each Season. The Bath will be brought into the river early in Mac; all the usual expenses of titling it out, of repairing, of painting &e. will be borne bp the present Proprietor. The names of Subscribers will be received at T. COGLAN'S Office, 12, Exchange -street East. LIVERPOOL WAREHOUSING COI Y. CAPITAL £lOO,OOO IN 5000 SHA itES OF EACH. PAH) UP CAPITAL £lo, AMONGST the numerous projec now courting public support in this great commerc 1 town, none promise advantages greater than those which may be expected to result from a Liverpool Warehousing Company. To those who are aware of the large revenue, which is derived by the owners and renters of warehouses fur the deposit of goods and nierchandize in Liverpool, it need scarcely be said that the proposed under taking offers a safe and profitable investment, and to the com mercial community, unbounded security. A number of ware houses have already been secured in the immediate vicinity of the docks, and the projectors of the company are in treaty for the leases of others on favourable terms, so that the Capital of the proposed undertaking may be put into immediate and pro fitable employment The company propose, at the uitiaLrates, to discharge, weigh, and cart such ;;nods as are intendeckfor their warehouses, as is done by the 'Condon Dock's Companies, if the consignees shall wish it, and also to effect insurance on the goods from tire, if requested : To importers and consignees of merchandize, the ad van t age of the 'eoniiiany's Undertaking, these details must be apparent, . in thectifity from plunder, and injury to the goods intru s t e d to its care, and as by becoming Shareholders, such persons will also participate iu the profits of the warehousing system, it is contemplated that the undertaking will meet with their cordial sanction. TEN AIS :-A deposit of ten shillings per share to be paid upon the allotment, and further calls (which will be made only when the money is actually wanted) to be ten shillings per share, with one months' previous notice of each call,—Direetors to be holdets of not less than fifty shares- 7 -H olders of 100 shares to have five votes, of 50 shares three votes; 30 shares two votes, and it 10 shares one vote. It will be so arranged that the liability of the Shareholders will be strictly limited to the paid-up capital. Applications for shares to be made to 'Messrs. Rowt.rNsoN, HOWARD. and AN You 4, Solicitors, Drury-l a n e , M r . THoM AS FORSYTH, Sharebroker, Exchange-buildings, orto Mr. THOMAS COGL A N, Sharebroker, Exchange-street East, Liverpool. LIVERPOOL SOCt l'H PACIFIC F iSEVETZ, Y COMPANY. CAPiTAL £1(304;00, Pi I,OCO S6APIIS OF EICOEACH. F HE Provisional Committee are aware that the issuing of their Prospectus at the present pe. iod:mav at fist v.ew lead to the supposition, that they Hie only cool i ittufing one mote to the innumerable schemes now before the public. It will, how; ever, be seen, from the oetline of the mode in which it is pro posed to establish this Company and to conduct its concerns, that it is not an undertabiog calculated to promote the %iews of the mete speculator in Shares, but that on the coat vary it is intended as an investment for a pootioo of the•cupitat of those who can afford and are willing . to unite in a legit itnate mercan tile undertaking, in which the return,,,A ough ultilmatelvimiita ble. cannot besecu+ed within any r v '..• short pet 'otl of time. It is proposed to:..estahlish a CO patty in Live, pool, to be it ii etlled "TnELtv etriPirot. SoUT4 PACIFIC FISHEir Y ComPANY." The Capital of lipl(tompany to be employed in the purchase and outfit of VAgl l ;•tnittei.outherif Whale Fisheries, and in procuring Sperm Oil, Head Matter, (from which Spettn Can dles are piincipally made,) ll'ack. Whale Oil, 'Whalebone, and other products oftflefabove Fisheries. , 'The Company also pro pose to have an Establishinetrfin Live-pool for teflning the Oil. The ComPany to be under the manage ment of fi ve Directors, lb. ee to be a quoi urn, to be chosen "14 , the Shatehoiders, and to be ca. tied on under th ' ,lat.ioes in be particularly detailed in the Deed of Constit - The Directors to be chosen at a General Meeting of the dreholclers within foot teen days enter the JD h of May next, that being the day on which Shares !Hill be approptiated. A holder of one share to have one vote; of three shares, two votes; and of five shales and upwards, ,three votes, at all General Meetings. The Capital of the Company to be £ioo,ooo, in. 1.C,C)0 Shares of £lO9 each; £5 per Share to be paid on. allotment, 1:45 per Share within one month after the appointment of the Directors, and the temainino.: £5O per Share at such pet iods as the Direc tors may coosider . necessary. No Share to he t ransferable until one-bale of the whole sum payable theteon shall have been paid up. The Deed of Constitution to contain provisions for in cieasing the Capital of the Company at a future lime, if such inci ease shall be considered advisable by the holders of two thirds of the Shares. The Shares to be appropriated by' the Provisional Committee on Thu rsday,lile 12th Alay ner.t. The great and increasing consumption of Sperm Oil, not only in Great Britain, but thioughout the civilized world. and the uncertain 3upp!ies of Common Oil from the very frequent failures of Wbale Fishing in the No.thern Seas, seem to point to the importance of the Fisheries in the South Seas, wheve, in consequence of the nurnl,er of Sperm and Black Whales, Speim Oil, Common Oil, Head Matter, and Whale bone, under the direction of experienced Fishers, are easily obtained. The Projectors of this Company, being in possession of Ihe fullest informa►ion upon all matters connected with the trade of the Southern Seas, and particularly its Fisheries, derived flotn persons of experience who have been already engaged in the business, feel assti , ed that an extensive and certa►n trade in the articles above enumerated might be carried on with great profit to a Company established in this town with adequate means. London has hitherto been the only importing place in the kingdom • for the product of the Southern Fisheries, whilst it is well known that immensequantities of Sperm Oil are consumed in the manufacturing counties of England and in Scotland; sad it may be stated that this Oil, owing to its superior fineness, is now coining into ettensive use for the Engines and Ma chinery of Mills and Manufactories. It is a fact, also, that great difficulty, waste, anti actual loss attend the frequent tranship. ment of Sperm Oil, and the advantage, therefore, of an esta blishment for its importation more contiguous to the 'places of ins consumption is veep evident. London has also enjoyed nearly the exclusive manufacture of Sperm Candles, not only for the markets of Great Britain. but also for various parts of the Continent.. Liverpool, which to the present period has not only not par ticipated in the importation of Sperm Oil, but has also, owing to the above circumstances, been precluded from the manufac ture of Sperm Candles, presents every facility for the Establish ment contemplated by this Company. It may be obsessed that the Americans are so fully alive to the advantages of this lucrative Trade, that they have lately dmbled the amount of their South Sea Business. Applications for Shares. addirssecl to the Provisional Com mittee. and containing the names, residence. and business of the Applicant, to be sent to the Offices of Mr. Tooii4As Foe syTH, Share Broker, Exehanue-buildiegs ; or of Mr; TuottAs CAISSON, Solicitor, North John-street. EDINBURGH AND DUNDEE RAILWAY. _ . AT a numerous and highly respectable meeting of the Pro moters of and Subscribers to the Edinburgh and Dundee Railway, held this day in the Royal Hotel, Edinburgh, Captain Donaldson Boswell, R.N., of Wardie, in the chair— the InEmwing resolutions were moved, seconded, and carried unanimously Ist, It was moved by Thomas uncap, Esq., of Grenada, and seconded by Adam Rolland, sici., "younger of Gask, That the advantages of Railway co iunination being now duly appreciated by the Public, the e ecution of a line, having for its object the connexion of the Scottish Metropolis with the Town of Dundee, and the whole of the north-east coast of Scotland, is a measure of the greatest importance, not only to the connected Ports, but also to the District of Country th'rough .which the line will pass. 2d, It was moved by John Learmouth, Esq. of Leuchars Lodge, and seconded by John Shand, Esq., W S., That this Meeting being deeply sensible of the advantages to be derived by the City of Edinburgh' and the country at large, from the best mode of communication with the great seat of manu factures in the, different Towns to the North, as well as with the prospect of a similar connexion by means of a Railway with Glasgow, consider the present undertaking deserving of the warmest support and encouragement of all interested in the prosperity of the Country. 3d, It was moved by Alexander Monypenny, Esq., W.S., and seconded by John Thetnson, Esq. jun., Royal Bank, That from the readiness with which shares have been applied for by parties having the promotion of the above object in view, it is evident that the Public are alive to the advantages of the under taking. 4th, It was moved by James Auchinleck Chevne, Esq., of Kilmaron, and seconded by E. Franklin, Esq., That having heard read the Report by Messrs. Stevenson and Son, on the line of Railway which has been surveyed by them, and taken the same into consideration, along with the Prospectus which has already been circulated,, the Meeting resolve that a company should now be constitued, to be called " THE EDINBURGH AND DON pen RAILWAY CONPANY," having for its object the execution , of the line of Railway through Fife to Dundee, surveyed by Messrs. Stevenson and Son, Civil . Emzineers. subject to such modificatioor,Und Attuatiolis .as the Cotntuittee of Mantige toent shall deem expedient. That the Capital of this Company. should be 1:500,040,. in .ten tho.'sand shares of £5O each, with a deposit of £2 per share, and that no further call be made till the act is obtained. • sth, It was moved by Frederick L. Roy, Esq., W.S., and seconded by A. C. Deunistoun, Esq. That the following Pro visional Committee to be,,appointed (with power to add to their numbers) for the purpose of' proceeding with Parliamentary Surveys, allocating the shares, calling up the deposits, and mak ing all the necessary preliminary arragemeuts for the complete constitution of the Company, viz : Andrew Clephaue, Esq., Sheriff-Depute of the county of Fife,. . , Captain Donaldson Boswell, R.N. of Wardie. John Leariuouth, Esq. of Leuchars Lodge. Provost Ferule of Burntisland. Alexander Monypeony, E s q. W.S., M ora y Place. Thomas Duncan ' Esq. of Grenada. John Riddel Stodart, Esq. one of the Magistrates of Edin buruh. James Anstruther, Esq. W.S. Moray Place. James A. Cheyne, Esq. of Kiimaron. Eagle Henderson, Esq. merchant in Edinburgh. William Robertson, Esq. advocate, younger of Kinloch moidarL Adam. Rolland, Esq. junior of Gask. James Dalgleish, Esq. of West Grange. Frederick L. Roy, Esq. W.S, - bib, It was moved, seconded, and unanimously agreed to' that Messrs. Cunningham and Belt,. W.S., be the Clerks and Law Agents to the Company. On the motion 0f4.1r. Shand , the thanks of the Meeting were voted to Captain Boswell for his conduct in the Chair. (Signed) J. D. BOSWELL. Extracted from the minutes of the Meeting. (Signed) W. G. CUNNINGHAM, , For CUNNINGHAMS and BELL. A Plan of the above •Railway, and Prospectus, may be had on application to B. W. and A. FRANKLIN, 1, Lord-street, Liverpool. . Edinburgh, April 26, 1836. COP Y 01."I'HE PETITION TO THE HOUSE Uk COM MONS OF THE RA'Z'E-PAYERS OF THE LIVER- POOL DOCKS. • , .TO THE HONOCItABLb: rn F. COMMONS OF GREAT BRITAIN AN IRELAND, IN PARIAAMENT ASSEMBEED. The humble Petition of the undersigned Merchants, S • owners, - and Others, Inhoh;tants of the Town of Liverivol ying Rates to the Liverpool Dods, SHOWETH, THAT a Bill has been lately introdu into your Honoura ...l. ble House, intituled, "A -Bill to alter and amend the several Acts for making and maintaining the Liverpool Docks," by which Billoeveral very important alterations in the constitu tion and management of that Trust, and materially affecting the interests of your Petitioners as payers of Dock Rates, are pro posed to be made. That previous to the late Act for the regulation of Municipal Corporations, the management of the immense estate and reve nues of the Liverpool Docks was vested in a Committee of twenty-one persons, of whom thirteen were members of, and elected by the then Common Council of the said town, and the remaining eight were persons elected by the Merchants and Brokers, paying Dock llates to a certain annual amount, out of their own body, That the preponderance of power thus secured to the late Common Council over the general body of Rate-payers, from whose enterprise and industry the whole revenue is derived, has long been, and is a matter of grievance t o th e me r ca ntile com munity of Liverpool, who consider themselves unjustly excluded thereby from the management of their own Estate. That, under the said Act for the regulation of Municipal. Co rporations, the powers and functions of the present Dock Com mittee will expire on the first day of November next, and upon the framing of the said Bill, for the new constitution of the Dock Trust, many conferences have been . had between the As sociated Atercantile Bodies, as repr.-senting your Petitioners, and the Town Council; and your Petitiouers,‘alt hough. strenu ously contending, upon every principle of justice, that by and out of the body of Rate-payers ex c lusively the whole Dock -Com mittee ought to be appointed, proposed, for peace sake,,to make large concessions to the Town Council, ,but• which proposals that body have altogether rejected. That, following up this their opposition to the just claims of your Petitioners, the Members of the Town Council and their supporters attended, in great numbers, a Meeting of Rate payers held'on the 25th day of April instant, for the purpose of discussing the said questions pending between them and your Petitioners; at which Meeting, a resolution, proposed by your Petitioners, to the effect of this their Petition, was, contrary, as your Petitioners believe, to the expressed sense of a majority of the Voters then present, declared to be negatived; and, in like manner, a resolution was pretended to be passed, that a poll upon such questions should be taken, as well of Householders qualified to vote under the Municipal Act, as of Dock Rate- payers, such resolution being not only contrary. as your Peti tioners believe, to the wishes of the major part of the Meeting, but most unjust in itself, inasmuch as upon no principle of right ought householders, as such, to be admitted to vote on a ques tion affecting exclusively the interest of the Dock Rate-payers. That by the said Bill as now framed, it is, as your Petitioners believe, proposed to give to the Town Conticil the power of electing at least half of the Dock Committee nut of their own body, and the casting vote for Chairman : an assumption of power, which (paramount as in effect, it will almost always be over that of the Rate-payers,) is, as your Petitioners contend, extremely unfair, and directly opposed to the great principle of Representation now so generally acted upon by the Legislature. That the Rates of the Liverpool Docks account annually to upwards of £200,000, and the Trustees are indebted for money borrowed on the credit of such Rates, to the amount of more than a million, the management of which vast income, your Petitioners sub m it, as an i n controverO justice, ble prin ciple of usfice, ought to be entrusted to the Hate-payers, by whom exclusively it is created, and who alone are interested in the tine appropriation of it to the benefit of the. Port, and the reduttion of Dock Rates. That, on the other hand, the Town Council who have no such interest—whose trusts and duties are municipal, not commercial—many of whom are not Rate payers, nor acquainted with mercantile affairs—and who as a body were elected by persons,* for the most part having no in terest in, nor contributing to the funds of the Dock Estate, are ineligible for, and'have no right to interfere in the management of the Dock Trust. . That for these reasons, Your Petitioners can ac':,nowledge no system of government to be just, but such as will give the full and entire control of the Dock Estate, to the Rate-pavers, either alone or conjointly with the Bondholders, creditors of the Duck Estate, to whose claims for a participation in the management of such Estate, your Petitioners are friendly; and therefere Your Petitioners pray, that in the proposed Bill, the great principle of Representation may he strictly adhered to, and that the Rate-payers, as the parties who create the revenue and are mainly interested in the good management of the Dock Estate, (conjointly with the Bondholders, if your Honourable House shall so think lit,) may be empowered to elect the whole of the Committee for the Management of the Dock Affairs; and that your Petitioners may be heard before your Honourable House, or any Committee thereof,-by themselves, their counsel, agents, and witnesses, in support of this their Petition, and upon such of the clauses and provisions of the said Bill as affect the rights of your Petitioners. And your Petitioners will ever pray, &c. Liveipool, April 26, 1836. * Of the 5028 Electors who voted at the last Municipal Elec tion for Liverpool, 460 only were payers of Dock Rates. COLONIAL BANK. We take the following from the City Article of the-Times of Tuesday : "The chief business of the share market arose out of the Co lonel Bank shares which were brought forward to-day. This is not to be confounded with the common :un of speculative com panies, which abound so much at present, but is rather to be viewed as a natio,nal undertaking. A charter has been obtained previously to introducing into this market, as a public security, and the directors are already proceeding with arrangements for immediately carrying into effect the important object for which the cfiarter is granted. They have taken care to exclude mere speculators front participation in the undertaking by requiring a deposit of £lO upon each share, and announcing their inten tion to call for an instalment of £l5 more within a very short period. To the West India colonies this company must‘be of the most essential benefit, not only in preventing the fluctua tions of the exchang-es, universally complained of by the mer chants who trade with them, but in the better regulation of the whole monetary system. So many . persons having an i n t eres t n the coloni es h ave b e en desirous of this company, that the directors have had, it is said, considerable difficulty in ap portioning the shares, so as to satisfy their respective preten sions. Of course they have given the preference Co those con nected directly with the West ludies, and have also reserved a considerable interest in it for the residents in the colonies them selves. Considering the very difficult and delicate task they had to perform, they appear to have fulfilled it, on the rhol . :! so as to leave no just ground of complaint." THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL. Fon THE BENEFIT OF MR. DOW' TON, Of the Theatres-Royal, Drury-lane and Covent-garden, and the Last Night but One of his performing in England previous to his departure for Atherica. Fifth Night of Mr. KEAN, of the Theatres-Royal, Drury-lane and Covent-garden, who is engaged far Ten Nights. Fifth Night of the celebrated RUSSIAN ROPE DANCERS, FANNIE DE VINTER and CAREAVAN DE VINTER. t'llfilS present FRIDAY EVENING, the 29th instant, will IL be performed Morton's amired Convidv, called' TOWN AND COUNTRY. Reuben Glenroy Cosey Mr. Dowton. Hon. Mrs. Glenroy—Mrs. Stanley 1 Rosalie.... Miss Faucit. Taffline, Mrs. W. H. Bl an d (late Miss Somerville.) After which, will appear THE RUSSIAN ROPE - DA'NCFAIS. Europe//'den rf Fannie De Vinter and C ar li van li e Vi •er, whose performances have in all the Courts o f Europe en the theme of wonder and admiration. _ _ To conclude with the admired Coinedy of Tam HYPOCRITE, Which was received on Wednesday night with the most enthu, siastic approhati(in. Doctor antwell. Dowton. Yount* Lady Lambe' t.. M vs. Stanley I Charlotte.. Miss Fauc . . To-moairow (Saturday) Shakspeare's Play of HENRYTHE FOURTH. Hotspur, M r . St uar t ; Sir. John Falstaff, Mr. Dowton, his last appearance previous to his departure for America; Prince of Wales, Mr. W. Howard; Francis, Mr. Baker; Lady Percy, Miss Faucit.—After which, the Perform ances of the Russian Bone Dancers.—To conclude with the Musical Farce of BROTHER AND SISTER. Don Sylvio, Mr. G. liorncastle ; Pacheco. Mr. Baker; Donna Isidors, Mrs. W. H. Bland; Agatha, Miss Chaplin; Itosanthe, Mrs. East. THEATRE-ROYAL, CHESTER. GREAT ATTRACTION DURING THE RA WEEK. Mr. RAYMOND respectfully announces t e Visitors of Chester Races, that the T HEATRE-R AL will be Open _every Evening for the above period. ON MONDAY next, the 2d of y, by d es i re , an d u nd er the inrnediate patronage of HN JERVIf, the Entertainments will commence with the celebrated Play called THE HUNCHBACK. • Master Walter Mr. Sheridan Knowles, who is engaged for the week. Julia Miss Elphinstone, fur the same period. Helen .....Mrs. Raymond I Sir Thos. Clifford, Mr. Raymond. To which will be added the laughable Farce entitled IS HE JEALOUS? Harriet ...Mrs. Raymond I Belmour...Mr. Melville. Mr., Mrs., and Miss F. Leclercq will appear iu one of their most popular Dances. To conclude with the Comic Panto mime of HARLEQUIN, THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT. Clown Mr. Usher. Hattequio....Mr. Smith. Pantaloon.. ... Mr. Ridyaril. iss F. Leclerc:l TO CORRESPONDENTS We regret we cannot make room for the sensible letter signed 66 Tiatozny CRABTREE.", We have a similar apology to offer to the author of a communi• cation relative to seine itinerant lecturer. It is a pity to waste so much ink and argument upon a blockhead. We cannot insert the not respecting the "Joint Stock Soap , and Chemical Works," unless paid fur as an advertisement. Ely itibtrpoot gAanbarb. FRIDAY 1110IIN1NG, APRIL 29, 1836. On Tuesday evening the Irish municipal reform bill was voted to be a nuisance, and of courst, a job, by a majority of 203 to 119, in the House of Lords. The ministers were consequently defeated by a majority of 84. In other and better times a ministry would have re tired, after such an adverse reception. The present,. however, love place and pelf too well to sacrifice either the one or the other to a sense of duty or honour. The result of this division will be, we suppose, that the government will abandon the bill, and leave the Irish corporations instate quo. Lord LYNDHURST will, perhaps, persevere with the remains of the scheme, but th 4 are sure to be conveyed to whence they came, and find their grave in tife House of Commons. There was n time when the Commons of Great Bri tain, in parliament assembled, were held in deservedly high estimation, their opinions being respected whi.e their debates were read with deep interest by all classes _of the people. We regret to say that this does not ap pear to be considered the character •of the p►esent House or Commons. Its debates are now more frequently the snbject of jest than of serious remark, and a considera ble number of its members, who, although unfailing in talk, which is still called oratory, possess but a misera ble share of public esteem. We admit that there, are many wen of rare talents, of sorpassing i ntell igence, and commanding eloquence in the House of Commons, but from some cause or other they seem to be lost amid , the din, the altercation, and the commotion of the immense majority of rabble. A well dressed gentleman has no chance in a pot-house of coal porters. Contamination is resistless iu such a place, and the good are swept away with the bad, it being dif ficult, if not impossible, in such a concourse to distin gnich the one from the other. The reader will be pleased to remember that we are writing of a reformed House of Commons, of a House such as our fathers never witnessed, never dreamt of, never could have imagined. There are in this House men who have not been sufficiently educated to be waiters in any respectable tavern—men who are not admitted into good society—who would not b' admitted behind the counter of a bank—men, in short, who have been propelled to the surface in a political crisis like unsa voury lumbar and dead vermin in an inundated tan-yard. These meo are what D'iSRAELI world call the " Curiosi ties or Patriotism," but they are curiosities of so singu lai- a kind that. We do not think they are calculated to adorn any legislative assembly. When a person is travelling and anxious to reach home he is not particular as to the colour, or form, or worth of the cattle which draw the carriage, provided they go along steadily, speedily, and safely. If, how ever, the work he beyond their power or their inclina tion other cattle should be selected. For instance, if the jades go too slow on level ground and too fast down hill, depend upon it_they are destructives, that cannot too soon he got rid of. Nov, this is exactly the case with our reformed House of Commons. The hacks go like furies down hilt ; on even ground they will hardly move, but they bolt off . the road if not carefully held in check, thereby endanger ing life and injuring private property. To speak more plainly, the policy of the whirs, ever since they carne into office, has been a systematic attack upon private property. We defy any man to point out a single measure which they have introduced or carried, und,ir the guise of reform, which has nut had for its main Oject the aggrandisement of their party, the extension of their influence, and the pampering of their adherents and menials. Lord GREY began it, and he provided for his :wilily and relations in a way that, was equally liberal and monstrous; and the example he set has been followed with augmented voraciousness, by his whig successors. They have had the odious felicity of maki ng w hi ggery and quackery synonymous terms, and of melting down the tri syllable "improvement" into " job." They pro mised us peace—we are at war; they promised us re trenchment—the national expenditure is increased ; they promised us reform—we have plund er an d j o bbi ng, job bing and plunder, from one end of the empire to the other—from the Orkney Islands to the Land's End— from the banks of the St. Lawrence to the banks of the Ganges. We owe all this mischief and misfortune to what is called a popular House of Commons—to folly in the people, and ignorance and dishonesty on the part of their representatives. Not many months ago it was a com mon piece of impertinence with certain wiseacres of the lower house, who found their Way there GOD knows how, to ask, " What is the use of the Lords Y" A much more rational question is now becoming popular, name ly, " What is the use of the Common, Y" We answer by saying that they are merely exhibitors, like artists at Somerset House, the lords being the juhes. They send up their pictures, their canvas, their bills, each in genious author deeming his performance to be of trans cendent merit, but all willing to abide the decision of the peers. The result is that their works are generally re jected either as being imperfect r absurd, or hating a tendency to bring art, science, and taste into contempt. The lords administer strict justice—the disappointed com moners rave and foam—the people only laugh. That they pay dearly for their mirth we are quite ready to admit, anO•they have paid for five years for this sort of folly without b Bing aware that it was a lively joke wrapped up in a covering of official gravity. The Irish tithe bill, and the newspaper stamp tax, on Monday evening last, formed the subject of discussion in parlia- - . ment, and the facts then and there, disclosed were well calculated to shOw the by-play for plaCe and the bungling ignorance of his Majesty's servant s the performers. The Irish tithe bill, as a stock piece, has been brou g h t out every season or session for several Years, not with the slightest chance of success, but merely to pleas e certain amateur directors behind the scenes, who are said to be jesuitS and popish priests. It is brought out in a more repulsive form every successive year, and is 'ejected by the lords; the. judges, with a corresponding increase of execration: Lord MORPETH had the honour of announ cing the thing on Monday; but hiS tone was dolorous, his accentuation indistinct, his calculations erroneous, and his propounded fraud so glaring, that it condemned itself.. He proposed to pay clergymen of the Church in Ireland, having cure of souls, at a rate infinitely below that which he pays the footman who brushes his clothes, or the green man who preserVes his father's game. He . offers to gentlemen who have expended at least £2,000 upon an university education a stipend not so ample as that which Mr. BORNE, of the Mersey Hotel, pays to his second-chop waiter—he provides for the highest class an income which, if authorised by law, must exclude from the church every Man of talent, and make the honours of Oxford and Cambridge of no value, except in a mer chant's counting-botise or a gentleman's private library. To speak the truth, the Irish tithe bill is a Studied insult to the protestants of England. It bears all the marks of having been hatched in Maynooth, that nursery of raw boned and broad-shouldered clowns who have imbibed the filth and nasty Latin of PETER DENS, and who are accredited by the Pope In confess the wives and daugh ters of the Roman catholics of Ireland: It is an imprac ticable measure. Lord Mottaorn is conseions that it is so. He knows that it can never pass the lords. He feels ashamed at being compelled by the Irish priests and the political swineherd who besiege him to bring it for ward. But he only does his duty. It is incumbent upon him, inasmuch as his salary is dependent upon the re tention of office by the present imbeciles. He has dune his duty as sheriffs officer to the whigs—they must bear the consequences. If we had no other, this simple fact is evidence enough that the measures of the present administration are mak ing a deep impression u;:on the people of England, and placing their pretensions, and their claiMs to honesty, in a fair but very humiliating light. All their schemes are s o obviously selfish and corrnpt that they have only to be knosed.ta draw down upon them that derision and re prehension which they merit, but which must, sooner or later, lead to their expOlsion and infamy. The commons of a reformed parliament have endeavoured to nsurp the functions of the other estate of the realm. They have failed,in this nefarions enterprise; and we venture to predict that the time will mite, and that speedily, when he Lords will, backed by the voice of the nation, throw its thunderbolts most effectually and powerfully into the arena of the lower house,- in a way to insure its silence, overawe its presuniption,•and Command its respect:' We have :► ripening proof of this in the terror caused :nt the ministerial benches w the presentation of a peti- tion from the leading newspaper proprietors of London on Monday. In that petition, she leading features of which Lord LYNDUMIST e::plained in a masterly manner, the dirty jobbing propensities of Mr. Si , crisn RicE, and the people with whom he is cOnnected, and by which con nexion he is disgraced, are laid bare in a style too graphid ,0 misunderstood. If Mr. ItICE could exiricatil himsel. from this newspaper job on the score of ignorance we , excuse‘liim. But he is not so ignorant. fie must koow that his plan of limiting §ize of papers in Lon don, the model of size being the wretched Morning Chronicle, the worst written and worst printed paper in England—one too of the lowest circulation, and utterly destitute of talent, of foreign intelligence, of efficient re porters, of original contributions, of commanding adver: tisements—he, Mr. SPRING RIcE, most know that his plan, as explained, is not only a job, but a mean and dis reputable fraud upon the people of England. Lord PON declared as much in his speech. The shabby vin dictiveness of the proposition could rot be concealed. The admeasurement plan was too glaring—the inches smelt, of O'CONNELL—the dimensions Were levelled at the Times—and, fur the first in British history, an Irishman from Limerick, whose father was some sort of corn or butter merchant, raised to the situation of Chan cellor of the Exchequer, on the ground that he is totally unfit to be a respectable guager, proposes to make the stamp tax a job, and convert the revenues of the country into a wig engine capable of working double tides for . power! ,It is atrocious—it is indefensible ! Mr. SPRING RICE proposes to take the Morning Chronicle as the model of size. On what ground ? Simply because its politics: evince a slavish adherence to his -majesty's ministers ? and because its proprietors are certain jobbers who are anxious to turn ministerial patronage into a profitable monopoly. The Morning Chronicle is not the largest paper in England; there are at least twenty journals of much larger dimensions, and a majority of these advo cate whig principles. What is to be done with them The answer is, the postponement of the budget for ano ther week ! The right honourable gentleman finds that he cannot—that he dares not—make the Chronicle tho measure of •siie, without bringing down upon him the hostile remonstrances of several of the provincial papers. But the original intention of Mr. SPRING RICE is enough for our argument. His finance reforms have no other object than the extension of whig power ; and so desperate are the party that they seek for this in the vilest channels, with a total disregard for character, impartiality, and indepfmdence. Such is the present House of Commons, with Lord Jon RUSSELL at its head. It never stood so low in public estimation 'as it does now. It has fished for patronage in every quarter where a parliamentary licenSe for fishing could be obtain ed ; and at length it throws its baited lines among the news papers! The lines, we suspect, have not fallen in plea sant places. The, speculation is not a " safe" one ; and the hopes of the: Morning Chronicle, struggling for an ex. istence, and deprived of the services of Lord BROUGHAM, are doomed to disappointment. But what are we to think of a House of Commons which employs its legislative powers in such dirty and huckstering schemes as these ? Much more honest it would be to sell by inch of candle the privileges of ex clusive' dealing, and allow no man to brew beer, or make blacking; or cobble 'Shoes, or sell newspapers, or deal in Greek scrip, or sweep chimneys, who is not a whig or a radical. In fact, thisdisgracefuljobbing must be put an end. to, , or public opinion will, ere long make mince meat of the House of Commons. At present we do not deem that branch of the legislature of any use what ever but to pass railway bills, and correct i❑ this session, if it be possible, the innumerable errors of the last. THE NEW COURT OF REQUEST BILL, Amongst the late numerous attempts at /egislation it has seldom fallen to our lot to witness one more abortive than t h e first-born of our nen borough authorities. This mercantile body have essayed their talents iii legislature by preparing a bill for the amendment of the practiee and e:ttension of the jurisdiction oC the Borate)) Court and also the Court of nerviest. That the latter Court admits of i n ,- provement oone will deny; lint that the T irciposed alterri. co m tionis nie tl i i:; improvement required we are not el'ilou'll i 0 " 0- .c• Serll"'tto3ltZe for any upon the general faultiness of this bill w oilld be a task or little less labour than that of cleansing the .% tigemi stable ; Si) twirl „ dis: , iny of con eZir n e it o v i making, an d grasping avarice has seldom been pro posedblundering:, place to sanction. The safety of ne the bo ,e,Zeil,-,e1a:11'1;;:on our bands a short review and ae e e x or some of its most prominent features. appointment of thfi r 0,,, , ,, ,, at ow very outset of the bill, gives lithe to make bene fit to he derived from its concluding, enactments. It The terms of the e of sheilff , to al l ots t t o ha li t a s :e tu d a e i4 li a t in t : s la t i7; :el t i?h e is ° d il les a hear r e i r )is oftht l,° :nac th e e a S n7 4 ;;; n e t r is s f t t o h l e „ i:r i u i i rt'tb, ,the disposal I()) lossoaitoore::theeeutTeo,i‘i,ti'iocess. er for fulfilment of 21 situation, of «Rave, , C onner , t o . whom security is to ther clause, propose to receive be given by the of& to nay a salary to Vie le duties , rind who, by ano parties 11,, s i l t i in t 4 lie it eondoments of the office, and The analogy in personal responsibility between the officer of ser geant at mace u n d er thi s arrangement iind that of a sheriff, few, ex cept e. thsapient manuf ac t ur e rs o f th e bill, will be able to discover. The former is to give security to the Town Council for the due per formance of the duties of his office by him Self and deputies, from whom he . , in like manner, is to take sectirty for his own indemnity. Does the sheriff give security to answer for the liabilities of his of fice, or is he not responsible in his Own person. and resources 1 Most certainly he is ; and is it not, therefore, a gross insult to compare the high honorary office of sheriff to the office of one held by a bonds man of a bondsman? Where is the analogy, then, in his official re sponsibilities? The sheriff is liable, in the first instance, to all suitors for the acts of any of his officers, and he nominally receives all the ■A