The Sun.
London, England, 1849-01-17 00:00:00

WEDNESDAY EVENING, JAN UARY 17, 1849a

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NATIONAL PROVIDENT INSTI-
TITTION-(THIS DAY.)
A Special Meeting of the members of this successful
Assurance and Provident Institution was held by requi-
sition to-day, at twelve o'clock, at the London Tavern,
Mr. Lucas in the chair, for the purpose of considering
the propriety of rescinding one of the rules, which ren-
ders retiring directors ineligible for re-election for two
years.
Mr. LOCKHART, of Dunstable, proposed a resolution
to the effect, that the rule be rescinded, and that retiring
directors be eligible for re-election immediately on their
retirement. He said the feeling of the members was
altogether in favour of the immediate alteration of the
rule, as at present they might lose gentlemen who had
acquired experience in their service, and who might re-
tire at a time when their services were more than usually
valuable.

Mr. BROWN, of Liverpool, seconded the proposition.
Mr. BURR, of Rochester, intimated that he represented
500 mernbe.rs, who were of opinion that the alteration
was most essential for the benefit of the institution.

Mr. RICHARDSON proposed an amendment negativing
the proposition, on the ground that if it was carried they
shout- have a stationary directory; which was seconded
by Mr. BULL&M' of Battersea.
Mr. GAMMON (one of the auditors) said a
careful review of the accounts and proceedings of
the institution for the last few years convinced
him that the greatest injury might result if
the present rule continued in existence. I nasmuch
as the institution had lent 300,0001. on mortgage, it was
most desirable that those who had investigated the se-
curities. and who had conducted their affairs so success-
fully, should be retained, the members having the power,
as now, to dismiss any directors who proved objectionable.
After a prolonged discussion, in which Mr. Shaw, Mr.
Alderman Wilson, and Mr. Tyler took parr, the motion
was adopted by all save six of the 200 members who
constituted the meeting.
Some formal business having been transacted, and a
vote• of thanks passed to the Chairman and directors,
the meeting separated.

LONDON AND WESTMINSTER
BANK.—(THIS DAY.)
The half-yearly meeting of the proprietors was held
this afternoon at the Bank, Lothbury, Charles Gibbes,
Esq. in the chair. The meeting was a very large one.
The CHAIRMAN said that the report was of a more
satisfactory character than that which had been pre-
sented at the meeting in July last.—(Cheers.) They
were now, fortunately, enabled to pay the usual divi-
dend of 61. per cent., to restore to the reserve fund the
amount which was taken away from it, and to make a
little addition to it.—(Cheers.) He assured them that
the bank was in a soundland healthy state, and that the
business continued surely and steadily to increase.
The following is the report of the board:—
" The directors have to report that the net profits of
the bank, during the last half-year, have amounted to
37,2371. 3s. ld. Out of these profits they now declare a
dividend, at the rate of six per cent. per annum. After
the payment of this dividend, there will remain the sum
of 7,2371. 3s. Id. to be added to the surplus fund, which
will then amount to 102,7231. 16s. I Id.
" The three directors, who go out by rotation, are
Thomas Chapman, Esq., Joshua Walker, Esq., and
Henry Buckle, Esq., all of whom, being eligible, offer
themselves for re-election."
Mr. TITE suggested {the expediency, as the rest or
surplus fund amounted to neerly 100,0001., that some
effort should be made on the part of the directors to in-
crease the amount of dividend during the life of the pre-
sent shareholders. It had been felt by many of the
proprietors that the large amount invested in Govern-
ment Securities, 1,200,000 i., was unusual. He wished
to inquire whether there were any circumstances which
made it necessary that so large an amount should be in-
vested in property producing so small an amount of in-
terest ? He also understood that it was thought unde-
sirable to present a statement of the accounts half-
yearly.—(Cries of "No, no !") When he proposed
the resolution for a half-yearly instead of a yearly
meeting, it was in[order that they might meet each other
more frequently. He now thought it better that
the dividend should be considered only once a year,
but they might nevertheless meet half-yearly. Mr.
Tite concluded by proposing an amendment that the
accounts should be submitted, and the dividend declared,
at the meeting in January, and that the June meeting
should be confined to the other affairs of the company.
Mr. LEVY opposed the motion, seeing that the board
had yielded to their wishes to meet twice a year, and
the shareholders were satisfied with the arrangement,
and if the directors thought it inconvenient they were
surely not so mealy mouthed as to be afraid to say so.
The CHAIRMAN stated that the directors would leave
the matter entirely in the hands of the shareholders.—
(Hear, hear.) As to the Government Securities, the
directors thought that they should be of that large
amount to answer the capital of the bank. They were
the best possible security, and when they could be made
available in times of panic the shareholders might be at
their ease; whilst other securities realising, a larger
return could not be made available during the last panic,
although quite good and bona fide.
The amendment was ultimately withdrawn, and the
report received and adopted.
After some further suggestions with reference to the
position and management of the bank, the following di-
rectors, who went out by rotation, were re-elected :
Thomas Chapman, Esq , Joshua Walker, Esq., and
Henry Buckle, Esq.
Alter a suggestion that the salaries of the clerks
should be increased, a resolution was proposed and se-
conded to reduce the allowance of the directors from
4,500/. to 3,0001., which was, however, negatived.
A vote of thanks was then passed to the Chairman and
directors, and the meeting separated.

having one of the best of the French 'generals, if
necessary, as Commander-in-Chief of the army.
The report of an insurrection at Modena turns out
to be unfounded ; but it appears that, on the 4th,
there was great excitement, owing to a rumour that
the whole of the municipal body had resigned. The
shops were shut up, in the fear of a general rising of
the populace, and artillery was brought into the
streets by the Government; but the rumour of the
resignation of the municipal body not being con-
firmed, tranquillity was not disturbed, and the artil-
lery was withdrawn.

trains, but the English-mails did not reach Boulogne.
The captains of the vessels declared that being de-
tained in the port of Dover, where the bad weather
prevented the boat service in the roads for so long a
time as to leave no hope of saving the Boulogne train
of fifty minutes past three, they steered for Calais,
in order to be in time for the six o'clock train on the
Great Northern.

Out of the 305 times that the English mail arrived
at Boulogne, there were 40 times that it arrived too
late for the train of 3b. 50m., viz. :
January 1,5, 7. 9, 18, 26, 28 ... 7 times
February 4,5, 6, 10, 25, 26, 27, 28 8 „
March 2,3, 12, 23 ... ... 4 „
April 12, 13, 14, 18 ... ... 4
May 17 ... ••• ••• .. „
June 14, 28, 29, 30 ... .. 4 „
July 22, 26 ... •••
... 2 „
August 22 1 ~
October 10, 11, 20, 21, 28 5
~
November 7, 21, 26 ... 3 „
December 7 ... 1

40 times.

Out of these 40 delays, that of Jan. 9 was occa-
sioned by an accident to the Princess Alice-that of
April 18 by an accident on the Dover Railroad-and
that of Oct. 20 by an accident to the Undine (3).
Jan. 1,7, Feb. 5, and May 17, a thick fog prevented
the captains seeing the entrance to the port; they
prudently kept off, and were too late (4).
Jan. 18, 28, Feb. 6, 10, 27, 28, March 2, 12, July
22, August 22, Oct. 21, Nov. 21, and Dec. 7, the
road service at Dover was impracticable, the packets
were compelled to remain in the harbour, and could
not get out till it was too late to make Boulogne
before the departure of the train (13).
Jan. 26, Feb. 26, March 23, April 12, and Oct. 28.
-The late arrival of the packets in our roads did not
permit the disembarkation of the mails by boat, a
service so easy in itself, in sufficient time. It should
be remarked that the first five dela3 s would not have
occurred if the station had been then, as now, at
Boulogne (6).
Total, 26 delays, which cannot evidently be attri-
buted either to the difficulty of access to the port of
Boulogne, or to that of communicating by boats with
packets in its roadstead.
There remains, then, 14 delays out of 40, for which
the port of Boulogne may be considered responsible ;
and out of that small number we should not have had
to reckon January 5, February 4, and March 3, if our
port had been provided (which it was not for six
months) with boats suitable to the road service. Since
then two boats have been constructed (3).
Finally, April 13, 14, June 14, 18, 22, 30, July
26, Oct. 10, 11, Nov. 7 and 26, the landing of the
mail, by boats in the offing, was rendered impossible or
dangerous by stress of weather (11).
During the past year the mails landed at Calais
have arrived at Boulogne too late for the eight o'clock
train, 38 times, viz. :-8 times in January, 3 in
February, 2 in March, 1 in April, 1 in May, 1 in
June, 1 in July, 2 in August, 1 in September, 9 in
October, 4 in November, and 5 in December.
We cannot conclude this article without recurring
to the singular coincidence that the last days of
November and the Ist of December should see the
mails go to Calais, and Lord Clanricarde come to
France. To say the least of it, it afibrded an argu-
ment in favour of Calais. We would also inquire, do
the public reap any advantage by the mails going to
Calais when the captains choose, or are compelled to be
too late for Boulogne ? If the dispatches arrived at
Boulogne too late for the 3h. 50m. morning train,
they would go by the eight o'clock night train,
reach Paris at four in the morning, ;and form part
of the first delivery. If they go to Calais to save the
six o'clock morning train they would arrive in Paris
(according to the printed bills of the Great
Northern line), at a quarter to eight in the evening ;
but considering that this arrival is only at the ter-
minus, and that it takes another half-hour to forward
them to the Post-office, to say nothing of the time
required for sorting, are they, or can they be de-
livered that same evening? If not, the public de-
rive no benefit whatever from these voyages de
plaisance a Calais.

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE
OF TUESDAY.
BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED.
William Mager, banker, Lower Team, Durham.
BANKRUPTS.

William Broady, commission agent, Heiken-street,
Belgrave-square, to surrender Jan. 24, at two, and Feb.
27, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, offi-
cial assignee; Clarke, George-street. Mansion-house.
Lazarus Congdon, painter, Spring-street, Paddington,
Jan. 30, at one, and Feb. 27. at eleven, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee; Depree, Law-
rence-lane, Cbeapside.
Christopher Joseph Knapping, cattle dealer, Eastwood,
Essex, Jan. 23, at one, and Feb. 23, at eleven, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee; Chid-
lay, Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall-street.
Thomas Carpenter Dixon, oilman, Gravesend, Jan.
25, at twelve, and Feb. 27, at eleven, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch lane;
Philp, Great St. Helen's.
John Coles, baker, Launton, Oxfordshire, Jan. 27, at
one, and March 3, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Green, official assignee, G uildhall • chambers, Basinghall-
street; Lawrence and Plews, Old Jewry-chambers.
Edward William Hunt, victualler, Nevrgate-market,
Jan 30, at half-past twelve, and Feb. 27, at twelve, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee,
Frederick's-place, Old Jewry; Vaughan, Lincoln's Inn-
fields.

Zebulun Leigh, tea merchant, Manchester, Feb. 1, at
eleven, and Feb. 16, at twelve, at the Manchester Dis-
trict Court. Hobson, official assignee, Manchester;
Johnson and Co., Temple; Ilitchcwk, Buckley, and
Tidswoll, Manchester.

Horatio Kemp, discount agent, Threadneedle-street,
City, Jan. 27, at one, and March 3, at half-past
twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official
assignee, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street;lcote,
George-street, Mansion-house.
Robert William Hunter, baker, Praed-street, Pad-
dington, Jan. 22, at twelve, and Feb. 22, at one, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee,
Basinghall-street; Knight, Basingball-street.
William Childerhouse, jun., builder, Montpelier-
place, Brompton, Jan. 26, at half-past one, and March
2, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stangeld,
official assignee ; Gibbon, Great James street, Bedford-
row.

William Thornley, grocer, Ripley,'Derbyshire, Jan. 26
and Feb. 23, at eleven, at the Birmingham District
Court, Nottingham. Bittleston, official assignee, Not-
tingham; Ingle, Belper.
William Parrott, stone mason, Leicester, Jan. 26 and
Feb. 23, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court,
Nottingham. Bittleston, official assignee, Nottinghan;
Dibben, Leicester; Rowley, Nottingham.
John Jackson, farmer, Clifford, Herefordshire, Jan.
31 and Feb. 28, at twelve, at the Birmingham District
Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham ; Pugh,
Hay, Brecknockshire ; Chaplin, Birmingham.
Henry Richard Benbow, veterinary surgeon, Malvern
Wells, Worcestershire, Jan. 30 and Feb. 27, at ten, at
the Birmingham District Court. Valpy, official assignee,
Birmingham; Blozham, Birmingham.
Daniel Boit, sharebroker, Bristol, Jan. 13 and Feb. 27,
at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Rennie, official
assignee, Bristol; Crosby, Bristol ; Jay, Sergeaut's Inn,
Fleet-street.

John Menhenitt, builder, Plymouth, Jan. 25, at one,
and Feb. 20, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court.
Hernaman, official assignee, Exeter; Kelly, Plymouth;
Stogdon, Exeter; Harris, Sone-buildings, Lincoln's Inn.
Robert Lodge, miner, Starbottom, West Riding of
Yorkshire, Jan. 29 and Feb. 19, at eleven, at the Leeds
District Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds ; Bell
and Co.. Bow Church-yard, London ; Watson, Sed-
bergh ; Bell, Leeds.

John Serjeant, grocer, Worksop, Nottinghamshire,
Feb. 3 and March 3, at twelve, at the Leeds District
Court. Freeman, official assignee, Leeds; Moss, Ser-
geant's•inn; Branson and Son, Sheffield.

William Garret, bookseller, Newcastle-upon-Tyne,
Jan. 24, at half-past one, and Feb. 22, at one, at the
Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, official
assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Birkett and Son,
Cloak-lane ; Jobling and Fleming, Newcastle•upon-
Tyne.

DIVIDENDS.
At tb• Court, Basinghall-street.
Sophy West, Hornchurch, Essex, saddler, Feb. 6, at
eleven C. F. Smyrk, Lavina-grove, Wharf-road,
builder, Feb. 9, at twelve.

In the Country.
J. Roberts, Liverpool, ironmonger, Feb. 12, at eleven,
at the Court, Liverpool—W. Hignett, Liverpool,
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tobac-
conist, Feb. 8, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool!, i
Roberts, Denbigh, innkeeper, Feb. 12, at eleven, at the
hire,
Court, Liverpool—J. S. Manby, Burnley,
it
ironmonger, Feb. 9, at eleven, at the Court,
wen, Ln
—J. F. Fletcher, and IL Fletcher, Over Dar wen,
t. e
Feb. 9, at twelve: V the
ancbester
cashire, cotton manufacturers,
Court, Manct
the Court, Newcastle-
hester—W. B. Briddick Durham, iron and
steel dealer, Feb. 9, at eleven, a
Newcastle-
upon-Tyne.
PAYMENT OF
grocer, 25., on Saturday, Jan.
J. Rutherford, Carlisle, IDIVID. ENDS.
ten
Tend three, at the office
13, or any Saturday, betweense.o n.
yne.
of Mr. Wakley, Newca
It,: 0
in Ireland, draper, ss. 9d., on
T. Browne, Limerick,
Tuesday, between ten and one,
1 Tuesday,. Jan. . f.. ~.Y_
I.s;r°.edoeson, Manchester.
. T. ji. hay, Newton heath, Manchester,
at the office of
S. Detbick and j.
common brewers, 10S. 9d., on Tuesday, Jan. 23, or any
Tuesday, between eleven and one, at the office of Mr.
Fraser, Manchester.
W. F. Fenton, West
Smithfield, City, lead and glass
merchant, ls. 6d., on Thursday, Jan. 18, and three fol-
lowing Thursdays, between twelve and three, at the office
of Mr. Stansfeld, Basinghall-street.
J. Goodcheape, Aldersgate- street, City, and Princess-
street, Marylebone, furnishing undertaker, 4s. Id., on
Thursday, Jan. 18, and three following Thursdays, be-
tween twelve and three, at the office of Mr. Stansfeld,
Basinghall-streat.
J. Trevers, sen., Gloucester-place, Old Kent-road, and
J. Trevers, jun., Apollo-buildings, Walworth, Surrey,
carpenters and builders, 205., any Wednesday between
eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Whitmore, Basing-
hall-street.
G. Duplan, Regent's•place, Westminster, tea dealer,
2s. 4id., any Wednesday, between eleven and three, at
the (Ace of Mr. Whituivre, BuiDghall-street.

G. Webster, Hedge-row, Islington, licensed victualler,
9id., any Wednesday, between eleven and three, at the
dike of Mr. Whitmore, Basinghall• street.
Matilda Sarah Oxley and Margaret Oxley, Norfolk-
crescent, Hyde Park, hotel and bearding and lodging-
housekeepers, 2s. Sid., any Wednesday, between eleven
and three, at the office of Mr. Whitmore, Basioghall-
street.

Jane Dowdier, Shrewsbury, jeweller, aid., any Friday,
between eleven and three, at the office of Air. Whitmore,
Birmingham.
G. W. Dean, High-street, Southwark, jeweller, 2s. 9d.,
on Saturday, an. 13, and three subsequent Saturdays,
between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Groom,
Abchurch-lane.

S. G. Fryman, Rye,'wine and spirit merchant, 78., on
Saturday, Jan. 13, and three subsequent Saturdays, be-
tween eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Groom, Ab-
ehurch-lane.

H. Wyer, Newington-causeway, tailor and draper, 5d.,
on Wednesday, Jan. 17, and three subsequent Wednes-
days, between ten and two, at the office of Mr. Tar-
quand, Guildhall-chambers.
J. Willis, Liverpool, merchant, is., on Wednesday,
Jan. 17, or any subsequent Wednesday, between eleven
and two, at the office of Mr. Follett, Liverpool.
J. Willis and J. T. Swainson, Liverpool, merchants,
Is., on Wednesday, Jan. 17, or any subsequent Wednes.
day, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Follett,
Liverpool.
W. Crankshaw, Preston, cotton-spinner, 3s. 4d., on
Tuesday, Jan. 9, or any subsequent Tuesday, between
eleven and one, at the office of Mr. Fraser, Manchester.
J. Nall, Chesterfield, grocer, second dividend of 6d.
and 2s. 6d., on Tuesday, Jan. 16, or any subsequent
Tuesday, between eleven and one, at the office of Mr.
Fraser, Manchester.

NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES.
At the Court, Basinghall-street.
J. C. Fletcher, Greenwich, coal merchant, Feb. 9, at
twelve—W. Collard, Ramsgate, bread baker, Feb. 7, at
eleven—T. Williams, Jermyn-street, Westminster,
licensed victualler, Feb. 7, at eleven—F. W. M. Collins
and A. Reynolds, Charter-house-square, Aldersgate-
street, engravers and printers, Feb. 13, at twelve—ll.M.
Wells, Ramsgate, baker, Feb. 13, at eleven—J. Thorman,
Grosvenor-street, Camberwell, wholesale tea-dealer, Feb.
9, at eleven—J. F. Wills, Portsmouth, wharfinger, Feb.
13, at one—J. E. Bacon, Upper Russell-street, Ber-
mondsey, and Maismore-square, New Peckham, leather
factor, Feb. 9, at one.

In the Country.
J. Hogg, Walcot, Somersetshire, draper, Feb. $, at
the Court, Bristol—W. and J. D. Couch, Swansea, sail
makers and ship chandlers, Feb. 15, at eleven, at the
Court, Bristol—W. Carpenter, Liverpool, shipowner,
Feb. 9, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—J. Ridgway,
Liverpool, merchant, Feb. 9, at eleven, at the Court,
Liverpool—A. Johnson, Liverpool, licensed victualler,
Feb. 9, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—A. Powell,
Shenstone, Staffordshire, engineer, Feb. 14, at twelve, at
the Court, Birmingham—T. Wright, Hensley, Stafford-
shire, tailor, Feb. 10, at twelve, at the Court, Birming-
ham—G. Hardon, Preston, joiner and builder, Feb. 8, at
eleven, at the Court, Manchester.

At the Court of Review, Feb. 6.
J. B. Murphy, Derby, jeweller—A. Armstrong, Sal-
ford, Lancashire, ironmonger—W. Tanner and J. Ward,
Leadenhall-place and Leadenhall-market, leather factors
—J. Feeny, Liverpool, hotel keeper—G. Cowsill, Black-
ford-bridge, Lancashire, calico printer—R. V. Furlong,
Chepstow, Monmouthshire, wine and spirit merchant—
H. Wynn, Liverpool, broker—M. Preston, Wakefield,
surgeon LI. Buckland, Charles-street, Manchester-
square, cabinet maker—W. Tench, Winlaton, Durham,
grocer —G. Banks, Lymington, builder—N. Denton,
Gorton, Lancashire, hat manufacturer—J. Carter, Swaff-
ham, Bulbeck, Cambridgeshire, grocer—A. Jessop,
Dewsbury, Yorkshire, auctioneer—Betty and James
Crankabaw, higher Booths. Lancr.shire, cotton spinners.

PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
E. Pearce and J. Pearce, Canford Magna, Dorset-
shire, builders—R. Whibley, sen., R. Whibley, jun., and
A. Whibley, Sittingbourne, Kent, hosiers—W. H. Cope
and E. Deeley, Oldswinferd and Kingswinford, Stafford-
shire, glass manufacturers—R. B. Cooper, J. R. Cooper,
W. Scholefield, and J. D. Goodman, Birmingham,
gun-manufacturers (so far as regards R. B. Cooper)—G.
Parbury and W. Thacker, London, general merchants—
H. E. Davey and H. Essery, Blackburn, Lancashire,
curriers—W. Lambert and S. Lambert, Bath, book-
binders—J. Silvester, L. Blackstone, and J. H. Lane,
Manchester, manufacturer of pegged boots and shoes—
J. Silvester and L. Blackstone, Manchester, merchants
—J. Davis and E. F. Hurry, Dalton, Lancashire, steel
converters—W. Jacobson and T. Phillips, Plymouth,
attorneys—G. Forster, J. Barlow, and Mary Fouracre,
Stardish-with-Laegtree, Lancashire, coal miners (so far
as regards G. Forster)—J. G. Waterfall and A. Heath,
Sheffield, confectioners—H. W. Schneider, J. Davis, E.
Hurry, and E. F. Hurry, Dalton, Lancashire, iron-
masters—C. Rogers, T. Lowrey, A. Monday, and J. A.
Bennett, Watling. street (so far as regards J. A„ Bennett
and A. Monday)—T. Tagg and 'l'. A. Tagg, Bishops-
gate-street, furnishing undertakers--G. Macdona and
R. Macdona, Dublin, and Regent-street, wine-merchants
—W. Bird and E. George, Hereford, and Withington,
Herefordshire, English timber merchants —C. T.
Hopkinson and J. H. Milward, Pall•mall, tailors—
E. Bloxome, jun., and A. Jackson, Duraley,
Gloucestershire, attorneys-at-law—J. B. Wagstaff,
S. L. Kenyon, and A. Sandiford, Manchester,
engravers to calico printers—J. Wood and H. Meese%
Northiam, Sussex, grocers—W. Gatliff and R. Hutchin-
son, Leeds, stuff• and blanket merchants—J. M. Robin-
son and T. Ingram, Leicester, attorneys—AV. T. Adcock
and T. Thompson, Manchester, livery stable keepers—
W. B. Fisher and J. Howell, Langthorpe, Yorkshire,
seed•cruhhers—G. C. Fletcher and J. B. Roberts,
Wandsworth, attorneys at Schofield, Ben., J.
Schofield, jun., R. Schofield, and W. W. Schofield,
Rochdale, woollen manufacturers (so far as regards R.
Schofield), and London, Ihnnel manufacturers and ware-
housemen (absolutely)—J. Ford and W. Chadwick,
Glossop, Derbyshire, and Manchester, paper makers—
W. A. Long and J. Smith, Wotton-under-edge, Glou-
cestershire, clothiers.
INSOLVENT PETITIONERS.
Henry Henley, Exeter. •
John Fox Warner, Wolverhampton, schoolmaster.
Henry Butler, Birmingham, carrier's clerk.
William Shiliou, Handsworth, Staffordshire.
Samuel Waterfield,
,Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire,
builder.
Thomas Tutin, jun., Birmingham, journeyman butcher.
John Gray, West Derby, Lancashire, nurseryman.
George Cooper, jun., Leading Post-street, Yorkshire,
jeweller.
Thomas William Nichols, Lower Tranmere, Cheshire,
glazier.
John Pearse, jun.. Bampton, Devonshire, saddler and
harness maker.
Hannah Whitworth, Bingham, Nottinghamshire.
Charles Ley, jun., Nottingham, cooper.
Thomas Edward Carpenter, West Teignmouth, Devon-
shire.

Maria Buxton, Dudley, Worcestershire, stone mason.
Epaphras Seage, Exeter, whitesmith.
Robert Ware, Exeter.
George Butler, Darlaston, Staffordshire, gun lock filer.
Henry Cresswell, St. Michael's, Somersetshire, clerk.
Richard Kelsall, Burslem, Staffordshire, fishmonger.

John Thomas Kent Sloan, Sheffield, comedian.
Ralph Lomas, Manchester, retail beer seller.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.

J. Young, Woodside Ayrshire, grain dealer, to meet
within the Eglinton Arms Inn, Irvine, Jan. 23 and Feb.
8, at twelve.

J. Miller, Crieff, manufacturer, to meet within Robert-
son's Drummond Arms Inn, Crieff, Jan. 22 and Feb. 19,

at one.

THE NIGHTINGALE THAT SINGS IN THE

WINTER.
When the waters aro stark, and the crystalline snow
Sparkles keen and unchanged in the morn's ruddy glow,
And the prism coloured icicles flash in the sun,
The bitter cold stills all the song-birds but one.
Now the linnet. the lark, and the throstle are dumb,
E'en the stout little wren's gallant heart is o'ercome,
And the Nightingale, warbler so wondrous of tone,
That sings iu the winter, is tuneful alone.
Sweetest creature, in song without rival or peer,
Far more inwardly vibrate thy notes than the e_fairi ,:ed
For there speaks in that music, pure, gentle, r'
The exquisite voice of a beautiful mind--
rutb,
Of a spirit of earnestness, goodness, and truth,
Of a heart full of tender compassion and
bless,
Ever ready to comfort, and succour, a
In sorrow and suffering, in want and distress.
'earaised;
faint voices is praised,
the children with 1
And the Nightingale's name
For poverty aided and Ch_
whomby
3 childhood believes—.
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re to a memory revered,
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love
monuments reared,
Nightingale's breast.
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ommunicrn with G •
thrillsc in the Niglitin
The high minded good
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this Nightingale rare,
.in the winter who sings,
Being t sings,
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And her name, which has travelled wide '
as as the wind,
Is kind-hearted, generous, dear JennyLind. p h
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•

THE NEW CITY SEWERS------COMMISSION.—Yester-
day and during the last few days the official gentlemen
connected with the Corporation of the City of London
have been engaged in
operation of the new Actmakingaking arrangements
of Parliament for
appoint-
ment of Commissioners of Sewers forthecityof
Lfourndthone
the
and the liberties thereof, and the due regulation of the
paving and lighting of the said City. The preliminary
steps having been taken by special meeting on the part
of the committee of the Common Council appointed fur
such a purpose, the names selected will, it is expected.
I on Thursday next, be submitted for approval to the
Court of Common Council. It is expected that the seal
of the new commission will be opened on the Tuesday
next following such meeting of the commonalty. The
late chairman of the old commission, it is rumoured.
will he appointed as the president, the members being
chiefly appointed from the late body of Commissioners.
Certain members to represent the district of the City at
the Metropolitan Board will also be chosen.
THE BORDER HIGH PRIEST.—The death of Mr.
Collins seems to have broken the spell of monopoly, for
instead of a single successor there are now, to our
knowledge, no fewer than eight persons offering their
services to the public, willing to :perform the marriage
ev ehdi
m h e
to should
ceremony on the shortest notice possible. One of these
officiators told us that he had this week been oppressed
bwith b
ltheige ad mt
oo upnrtocoufrbaussinnef‘s,
ass"atid he
convey believed
Scot-
land and home again. Another showed us a published
to
announcement of his having commenced business, in
which he states that be will be ready for his duty " by
night or by day." Such industry and accommodation
may well put the sons of Levi to the blush,..-Berwich
.
Aslcertisor.