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PREMIUMS.

LONDON, 111,'N1)AY. SEPTEMBER, 9, 1839.

ONDON AND BRIGHTON RAIL-
WAY COMPAY.
Incorporated by Act of ParliamentN, 15th July, 1837.
CALL FOR THE SIXTH INSTALMENT, 8/. PER
SHARE.
Notice is hereby given, that the Directors of the Londor.
and Brighton Railway Company have this day made a Call of
8/. per Share in this undertaking, and the same is directed to
be paid on or before the 24th day of September next, to either
of the undermentioned Bankers, viz.—
LONDON—Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths; Messrs.
Ladbrokes, Kingscote, and. Co.
(The Manchester and Liverpool District
LIVERPOOL,
MANCHESTER—
Bank, on account of Smith, Payne, and Smith. ,
BRIGHTON, HORSHAM, The London and County Joint
Z
LEWES, TUNBRIDGE— S Stock Branch Banks.
GLASGOW—Glasgow Union Bank.
DUBLlN—Provincial Bank of Ireland.
Proprietors of Shares are therefore requested to pay the
same accordingly.

JOHN HARMAN, Chairman.
London and Brighton Railway Office,
10, Angel-Court, Throgmorton-street,
August 29, 1839.

S T. PANCRAS, MIDDLESEX.
CONTRACTS.

TO BAKERS, BREWERS, BUTCHERS, CHEESE-
MONGERS, CORN-CHANDLERS, COW-KEEPERS,
GROCERS, LEATHER-SELLERS, OILMEN, POTA-
TOE-DEALERS, and TALLOW-CHANDLERS.
The Directors of the Poor of the above Parish will meet at
St. Pancras Workhouse on TuEsnAv, the 24th day of Sep-
tember instant, at Ten o'Clock in the Forenoon precisely, to
receive PROPOSALS from, end to CONTRACT with, Per-
sons in the above Businesses for the SUPPLY of their respec-
tive ARTICLES for the use of the Poor of the said Parish for
the ensuing year, or such period as shall be agreed on.
Forms of Tender, with particulars, may be had on applica-
tion at the Workhouse, St. Pancras-road.
By order of the Directors,
JOHN M'GAHEY, Clerk.
1, Gordon• street, Gordon-square, Sept. 9, 1839.

TO MERCANTILE HOUSES.
AN ENGLISH GENTLEMAN, of Busi-
ness Habits, speaking fluently the French, German,
and Italian Languages, acquired during a residence of some
years on the Continent, would be glad to make arrangements
with a Mercantile House as AGENT in any large City or Sea-
port ABROAD. The Mediterranean, whence he has lately
comt, would be preferred. The most respectable references,
as well as security to any amount, can be given.
Letters (post paid), with real names and address, to H. P.,
16, Gower-place, Euston-square, will be duly and confidentially
attended to.

EDUCATION—SIXTH EDITION.
Price Is. 6d.
RECENT MEASURES for the PROMO-
TIUN of EDUCATION in ENGLAND. Sixth
Edition.

James Ridgway, Piccadilly ; also,
1. THE MARQUIS of LANSDOWNE'S SPEECH
on EDUCATION, price Is.
2. LORD JOHN RUSSELL'S SPEECH on EDUCA-
TION, price Is.

Now ready, price 2s.
THE RECTORY OF ST. JAMES'S AND THE DIS-
PUTED PEWS.
THE PROPRIETY of CONCEDING to
the RECTOR of ST. JAMES'S and his SUCCES-
SORS, the DISPUTED PEWS. Urged on Reform Princi-
ples, in A LETTER to JOSEPH BROWN, Esq.
By JOHN PIKE, Esq.
" I aos not one of those jealous lovers of freedom who would
fain keep it all to themselves."—Archbishop Whately.
Ridgway, Piccadilly.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION.HOUSE.

A PHILOSOPHICAL TOPER.—A well-dressed,•good-tem-
pered-looking fellow, named George Freak, was brought
before Sir Peter Laurie, the locum tenens for the Lord
Mayor. He had been. remanded to the Compter by the
Lord Mayor for having not yet recovered from a drunken
it, in which he had disturbed the quiet inhabitants by sun-
dry vociferations. Upon that occasion the following scene
took place :

The LORD MAYOR (to the policeman who had the de-
fendant in custody): Did he strike or abuse you ?—Po-
(iceman : No, my Lord. He was in the best temper in
the world, but nothing could equal the noise he made,_
Defendant (after a tipsy shake of the head): Why, my
Lord, the fact is, I got comfortably seated in the Guild-
hall Shades last night, and a pleasanter night I never spent
since I was born, for the punch they make there bangs all
the punch I ever drank. It is quite irresistible. If you
had been there—

The LORD MAYOR But people are not to be disturbed
even by such convivialists as you.—Defendant : If they did
as I do, my Lord, they would not be disturbed —( A laugh.)
The LORD MAYOR : Then you will probably not be dis.
turbed if I send you back to the Compter to get sober ?
Defendant : Not a bit, my Lord. But you don't suppose
that lam drunk ?

The LORD MAYOR-411 talk to you on that subject to-
morrow. You, and men like you, ought to have the fear
of seven days in the House of Correction before you.—
Defendant : Why, my Lord, to a man who is determined
to find enjoyment everywhere the House of Correction has
no terrors.

The defendant was then sent back to the Compter.
On Saturday, upon being brought before Sir Peter
Laurie, who was informed by Mr Hobler of what took
;Awe on the preceding day, the defers nt appeared at the
bar perfectly sober, bet as much a phiWepher as ever.
Sir PETER LAURIE—WeII, Mr. Freak, you see what it
is to get drunk in the City; you've bad a second night in
the Compter ?--Defendant ; Yes, my Lord, and I never
spent a more delightful night in my life.—(Laughter.)
Sir PETER LAURIE Delightful I—Defendant Yes,
my Lord, it was delightful ; all nay companions delighted
me, and it would appear that I delighted them, for they
were going to sign a memorial to your Lordship requesting
that you would be so good as to remand me for a month.—
(Laughter.)
Sir PETER LAURIE—I hope your delight was in your
own reflections upon the new course of life you intend to
substitute in the place of drunkenness, and not arising
from any beverage you took ?—Defendant ; They did all
they could to gratify me; and I do assure you that I was
not the person to refuse good treatment.
Sir PETER LAURIE—I dare say you treated them?—
Defendant—No ; I left all the money in the station-
house, where I have no doubt the inspector is looking pro-
perly about it.
Sir PETER LAURIE—NO doubt of it.

such a case.

Defendant—l trust that it has been kept separate from
any other money, and that an exact account will be ren-
dered.

Sir PETER LAURlE—Certainly. Inspector, what money
had the gentleman about him ?—lnspector ; Threepence,
my Lord.—(Loud laughter, in which the defendant and
Sir Peter most heartily joincd.)
. Defendant—l had some valuable property about me,
however.

Inspector—The gentleman had two pieces of half-
smoked cigars, and a small string of dried sprats.—
(Laughter.)
Defendant—The sprats are the finest thing in the world
to relish a cold pot of heavy, my Lord. They are im-
portant to me, for I want some provocative.

Sir PETER LAURIE- Well, you certainly have neither a
heavy heart nor a heavy purse—but I must beg that you
will not drink to such excess either heavy or light wet.
Defendant—The police used me so well, my Lord, that
I am determined never to give them the trouble to take
care of me again.—( Laughter.)
Sir P. LAURIE —Then you will promise me that you will
become a teetotaller? Defendant—No, my Lord—that's
melancholy madness—in media tutissimus ibis—my opinion
is that the most unexceptionable character is the man who
gets neither drunk or sober.—( Laughter.)
Sir P. LAURIE—I hope I shall never see you here
again. You may go now, and don't forget to take your
money with you—it will procure bread and beer, and you
can breakfast upon your dried sprats.—(Laughter.)
The defendant then declared that he was much indebted
to the Lord Mayor for having sent him to the Compter,
where he had made so many pleasant acquaintances; and
he thanked Sir Peter Laurie, who was so worthy a locum
tenens as to exercise his brief but large authority in the
most kindly manner.

fondant 40s. and costs, and ordered his offence and convic
tion to be indorsed on his license.

MARLBORO UGH. ST BEET.
EXTRAORDINARY APPLICATION.—A COI'P DR SOLIEL.—
Mr. Willsher, pastry.cook, Regent-street, applied to Mr.
DYER for a warrant, under these singular circumstances :
The applicant, who appeared. with a shade over his eyes,
and as if labouring under considerable pain, stated that he
was s-ated in his shop on Friday morning, about ten
o'clock, reading the newspaper, when his attention was
attracted by sudden flashes of light, which seemed to him
to come from the opposite side of the way. He raised his
eyes, and at the same instant was struck by a flash, which
he at once discovered had been caused by some person in
the attic of an opposite tradesman's shop, who had, by the
mischievous means of a lens, contrived to direct the rays
of light, from the sun right upon his countenance. The
effect of the last shock was such as nearly to deprive him
of his eyesight, and to force him to have recourse to his
doctor, who told him that had he not possessed very strong
the effect of it would have been to have struck him
bl

Mr. DYER inquired if applicant could identify the indi-
vidual, and if he could swear that the injury which had
been inflicted had been done maliciously?—Mr.Willsher
said he knew the shop from whence the occurrence had
originated, but it was totally out of his power to swear
that the suffering he at present endured was wilfully
inflicted.

Mr. DYER remarked that under the circumstances he
was quite unable to give any effectual assistance to the

• Mr. Willsher, having thanked the Magistrates, wen.
away.

Inspector Beresford, C division, wished to hear if he
was justified in apprehending a person under these cir-
cumstances :—A gentleman, residing temporarily at the
Clarendon Hotel, had his desk lock picked, and about
130/. in money abstracted. The police were applied to,
and be (applicant) had succeeded in discovering upon the
person of one of the domestics a knife which exactly cor-
responded with the marks upon the desk. He (Mr. Be-
resford) wanted to know if he was justified in taking bim
into custody, or if he could have a warrant under such
circumstances.

Mr. DYER said he could not give advice upon the mat-
er ; he must ask the police to use their own discretion in

MARYLEBONE VESTRY.

THE GAS MONOPOLY IN MARYLEBONE.

Oa Saturday at the usual meeting of the Marylebone
Vestry, Mr. A. Daniell in the chair,
A Deputation waited upon the Board for the purpose
of presenting a petition which had been signed by four
hundred and eighty inhabitants of Oxford-street, and
the streets adjoining, praying that the Vestry would be
pleased to grant permission for the Equitable Gas Com-
pany to lay down pipes in Oxford-street, for the purpose
of supplying the inhabitants of Marylebone with gas
at a lower rate than they were served under the existing
monopoly.
Mr. JACKSON wished to know if the Equitable Com-
pany vrould be prepared to light the whole parish as
Oxford-street was the cream of it, and the other parts
were r.ot so profitable.
One of the deputation replied that he understood the
Company would be willing to do so after a short period.
Mr. GIBSON said, unless the Equitable Company
would be prepared at once to take the whole parish, if
the Vestry consented to let them into Oxford-street,
they would subject themselves to the liability of the
Charter and Imperial Gas Companies putting out all
their public lights and refusing to supply them.
Mr. THEOBALD wished to know what amount of sav-
ing would result to the consumers if the Vestry agreed
to the application ?

One of the Deputation sakl, the saving would be 15
per cent., which had been the result of competition in
the other parishes where it had been introduced.
Mr. FREEMAN wished to know if the Equitable
Company was likely to coalesce with those already ex-
isting in Marylebone, as that would bo a great point of
consideration.

Another of the Deputation belonging:to the Com-
pany said they were ready to enter into a bond to that
effect.

Mr. GIBSON moved that the memorial should be re-
ferred to a Committee, which having been seconded,
Mr. JACKSON contended that it would be a folly to
subject the eighty miles of paving to being torn up in
the parish without a guarantee that the Company were
in a position to carry the lighting out. He would move
as an amendment, " That as soon as the Equitable Com-
pany showed themselves to be in a position to light the
whole of the parish lights, the Vestry would be most
happy to entertain their application."
Mr. HOBBERT seconded the amendment.
Some discussion ensued, and the original motion was
carried by a large majority.

THE FINANCES OF THE PARISH.

Mr. JACKSoN called the attention of the Vestry to
the state of the finances of the parish, and the extra-
ordinary delay occasioned by the collectors in getting in
the rates. When the rates were reduced to the present
low ebb, it was expected they would have come more
freely into the coffers of the Vestry than previously ;
but although they have ten collectors, he found that
during the past week but 1,470/. had been collected,
instead of at least four or five thousand pounds. At the
present time the parish was in debt to the amount of
twenty-six thousand pounds ; and instead of the members
of the board quibbling about the supply of half-a dozen
pounds of candles to a church, they had better urge on the
collectors to get in the rates. Were it not for the kindness
of their bankers the parish would be in a very pretty pre-
dicament. The week before last they had honoured a
draft fcr four or five thousand pounds without the slight-
est notice, charging only five per cent., when, in the'present
state of the Money Market, they could have got in the
City a great deal more. Mr. Jackson concluded by
moving " That the collectors should be urged on to an
immediate collection of the rates."
Mr. GrasoN seconded the motion, and said he should
follow it up by a vote of thanks to the bankers. The
resolution being carried,
Mr. GrasoN moved, and Mr. JACKSON seconded, a
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