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No. 17 01-6'• ON DON) MONDAY
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STANDARD LIFE ASSURANCE
COMPANY.
(Constitnte,d by Act of Parliament, 1825.).
• GOVERNOR:
ills Grace the Duke of BITCCLE UCH and QUEENSBERRY.
DePUTT-GOWERNOR.
*The Right Hon. the 14r1 of ELGIN and KINCARDINE.
ORM/41T DIRECTORS.
John Robert Ted, Esq.
John S. Newbigging, Esq,
George Patton, Esq.
Alexander Clapperton, Esq.
Charles Pearson, Esq.
David Smith, Esq.
Eagle Henderson, Esq.
. die, Esq.
Sir James Eyre. M.D. I Edward Tho. Whitaker, Esq.
James Gadesden, Esq. George Frederick Young, Esq.
William Haigh, Esq. Jchn Lindsay, Esq. •
Progress of the Standard Life Assurance Company during the
year 1846:—
The new Policies issued from the 15th of November, 1845, to
51592 t ot
hf
eNnouvme mb
number
,of 1p8r4.6p,.
st
sh e Cmoamd
cp
tuotyt"ts
eb
cu
nu ert:as
n year,
during am amounted
es da
„it oe
period being 769.
The amount of New Assurances, covered by the 592 New Policies
issued during the year, WNS 368,6791. 7s. 10d. (an average of 6251.
for each Policy) ; the amount of Assurancetbapplied for during the
year being 476,1351. 17s. 9d.
The claims were moderate, botjt In number and amount, and
considerably less than shown by this mortality tables on which the
Company's calculations are founded.' The results in other branches
of the business were favourable.
The business of the Commercial Life Assurance Company of Scot-
land was transferred to the Standard Company during the year
1846, being 398 Policies, covering about 200,0001. of assarance' and
being in addition to the new bushiest' of the year above reported.
The business 01 the York and London Assurance Company, which
was transferred to the Standard Company in 1844, continued to exhi-
bit satisfactory results in its progressive development.
The revenue of the Company tbleeeded 120,000/. per annum.
The Standard Life Assurance COmPe.ity Is so constituted as to afford
the benefits of Life Assurance to all who may seek its protection in
that form which is best suited to Attain their object; while to those
who look to the advantage to be• derived by way of bonus to their
Policies from the favourable results of the business, there is every
Inducement to connect themselves with the Company.
Bonus additions to Policies have been declared on three °ma-
siona—in 1835, in 1840, and in 1845:
The following are the examples oflr additions made :
Policy of 1825 for £1.„00 inc sad to £1,600 0
Do. 1830 " 'taw. .-'4lO. 1,412 10 0
Do. 1835 do. do. 1,225 0 0
Do. 1840 do. do. 1,087 10 0
An investigation of the Company's affairs, and a division of pro-
fits, are made every five years, the next being in 1850.
Forms of proposal and every information may be obtained at the
Company's Offices
3, George-street, Edinburgh;
82, King William-stree', London ;
66, Upper Sackville.street, Dublin ;
35, St. Vincent-place, Glasgow ;
or at any of tbo Agencies which are established in the principal
towns of Scotland, England, and Ireland.
By order of the Directors,
WILL. THOS. THOMSON, Manager.
PETER E WART, Resident Secretary,
82, King William-street.

George Moir, Esq.
J. M. Melville, Esq.
Humphrey Graham, Esq.
John Sligo, Esq.
Alex. James Russell, Esq.
William Wood, Esq.
William Keith, Esq.

ITALY YEA BELGIUM, TIIE RHINE, SVirITZERLAN9, AND

THE ALPS.
A Family of the highest respectability,' going to
fALY by the above picturesque route, world hays no objec-
tion to take charge cf any YOUNG LADY or GENTLEMAN in-
edited tor the tour. ;,As they intend to reside permanently in the
most salubrious and aristocratic capital of the south, .where they
will h.ve access to the society of the court and nobility, arrange-
ments might be made to secure to a respectable young person these
rare and most desirable advantages, No applications attended to,
which do not be►r the name and address.
Address 0.P,Q., Peel's Hotel, 178, Fleet-street, London.

James Col

EASTER lIOLIDAYS.
OYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
RAJ LECTURES in illustration of ANIMAL MECHANISM, by
T. Rymer Jones, Esq., F.R.S., Professor of Comparative Anatomy at
King's College, Mornings and Evenings curing the week. The
GYMNOTUS ELECTRICUS, or ELECTRICAL EELS, exhibited
in a TRANSPARENT VESSEL. LECTURES on ARMSTRONG'S
HYDRO-ELECTRIC MACHINE, by Dr. Bachhoffner. The WORK-
ING MODELS and MACHINERY clearly explained. The varied
Owical Effects include a New Series of DISSOLVING VIEWS.
Experiments with the DIVING-BELL and DIVER, &C., &C.
Admission Is. Selmols,half-Price.

GUARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSUR-
ANCE COMPANY.
No. 11, LOMBARD-STREET, at the Entrance of the Old Post

office, London.
DIRECTORS.
JOHN LABOUCHERE, Esq., Chairman.
JOAN DIXON, Esq., Deputy-Chairman.
Henry Hulse Berens ,Esq. George Lyall, Esq., 51. P.
Francis Hart Dyke, Esq. Stewart Marjoribanks, Esq., M.P.
Sir Walter R. Farquhar, Bart. John Martin, Esq., M.P.
Thomson Hankey,jun., Esq. Rowland Mitchell, Esq.
John Harvey, Esq. Robert Mitford, Esq.
John Gellibrand Hubbard, Esq. James Moat 4, Esq.
George Johnstone, Esq. Henry R. Reynolds, Jan., Esq.
John Loch, Esq. John Thornton, Esq.
Lewis Loyd, jun., Esq. James Tulloch, Esq.
RITDI TORS.
A. W. Roberts, Esq Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq.
Samuel Jones Loyd, Esq. I Henry Norman, Esq.
Acruattv—OrMith Davies, Esq., F.R.S.
In the LIFE DEPARTMENT, Assurances may be effected at
'ow Rates without participation In the Profits ; or at moderate Rates
with participation in one moiety of the Profits every seven years. At
each of the three Septennial divisions which this Company has made,
the Bonuses amounted to about 1 per cent. per annum on the sum
assured, or about 27 per cent. on the amount of premium received ;
and the whole amount of Reversionary Bonus allotted by the Com-
pany exceeded 530,0001.
Loans granted on Life Policies to the extent of their values, pro-
vided such Policies shall have been effected a sufficient time to have
attained in each case a value not under M.
In the rEIE DEPARTMENT, a Return of profit was declared
on the 3th of June, upon the premiums received on all Policies
which had been in force seven years at Christmas 1845, and the same
s now in course of payment daily (Friday and Saturday excepted),
between the hours of ten and three o'clock, at the Head Office ; and
also by the Agents in the Country Districts.
Notice is hereby given, that Assurances which expire at Lady-
day must be reneweA within fifteen days at this Office, or with
Mr. Sams, No. 1, St. James's-street, corner of Pall-mall, or with
the Company's Agents throughout the Kingdom, otherwise they be-
come void.

GEORGE KEYS, Secretary.

BOWL ANDS' ODONTO, or, PEARL DEN-
TIFRICE, a FRAGRANT WHITE POWDER, prepared
from oriental herbs of inestimable virtue for preserving and beauti-
fying the TEETH and strengthening the GUMS. It eradicates
tartar from the teeth, and thus lends a salutary growth and freshness
to the gums. It removes from the surface of the Teeth the spots of
incipient decay, polishes and preserves the enamel, imparting the
most pure and pearl-like whiteness; while, from its salubrious and
disinfecting qualities, it gives sweetness and perfume to the breath.
Being an anti-scorbutic, the gums also share in its corrective powers;
scurvy is eradicated from them, and a healthy action and redness
are induced, so that the teeth (if loose) are thus rendered firm in
their sockets. As the' most efficient and fragrant aromatic Tooth
Powder ever know, ROWLAND'S ODONTO has for a long series of
years occupied a distinguished place at the toilets of the Sovereigns
and the Nobility throughout Europe. Price 2s. 9d. per box.
CAUTION.—To protect the public from fraud, the Hon. Commis-
sioners of Stamps have directed the proprietors' name and address to
be engraved on the Government stamp, thus "A. ROIVLA.ND aid
EON, 20, Batton-garden, " which is affixed on each box. Sold by
the Proprietors, and by Chemists and Perfumers.

" rr0B .E S 0 L D."
now oft on the newspaper sheet wo behold
This inviting advertisement-phrase, To be Sold."
E. MOSES and SON beg to copy this jargon
In its fullest extant —" To be sold a great bargain."
Many " Lots' of attire at this warehouse appear,
And the public aro coming to bid far and near ;
While thousands of " bargains" are daily `‘knock'd down"
At the -Dress Mart of MOSES—that Mart of renown.
One " Lot" is a very remarkable " Lot,"
Such as no other House in the kingdom has got.
Fifty thousand light Wrappers are offer'd for sale,
The fashions of which you will heartily hail ;
And as many choice Dress Coats are here " To be sold,"
And Frock Coats as well, which you all should behold.
Another prime " Lot" is a " Lot" of rich Vests,
And Trouse w
rs, hose elegant fashion arrests.
In addition to these there are "Lots" of prime Shoes,"
And " Lots" of prime Boots, such as none would refuse.
E. MOSES and SON would invite your attention
To their " Lots" of choice Hats, so deserving of mention.
And they also refer, with the greatest of pride,
To the Hosiery goods at their Warehouse supplied.
till night ;
TTohetia.titrensatiloens,owfmalelhMeoosnstirs, nu,letOfroSEmSmino;nitieag
And they trust you'll remember the Auctioneer's jargon,
Which they quote for themselves, "To be sold a great
bargain."
This lISTABLISIIMENT will be CLOSED on TUESDAY EVENING,
SIX o'clock, till FRIDAY MORNING, Seven o'clock, when business
will be resumed as usual,

LIST OF PRICES.
NAM TO MICABVILL.
Cashmere Codrington, from .... ••••.. • • . • •
Taglionis, silk collar and cuffs ••
Cambridge Coat, lined throughout • • ... ••• . • ..-• • • 2 6 0
Tweed Coats • • • .... •••••• • • .. • .
Sporting Coat ••..••.•• • • • . • • • ••• • • • 013 6
Dress Coat.... • ...... ..... ............... 112 0
Bost quality manufactureti
Frock Coat .. .
Best quality manufactured ••••..••• • • • .. • • • ... • • 3 3 0
Rich pattern Vests • • .... •••••• •• • • • . .............. 0 8
Cashmere, or cloth. •••..••• • • • • • • • .......... 9 8 6
Tweed Trousers ... • ..... •••• .. • • 0 8 0
Single-milled Docskin ditto .... • • • • • • • •
Best, or Dress ditto .. • • .... • ..... ••• • •
Boys' Hussar or Tuaic Suits ........ • • ........ • .. • • 1 5 0
READY MAHE. -

Casinnerotte Codrington •
Cambridge's, Chesterfield Polka's, and all the newest
patterns ........ • • • •
Tweed Coat ••.••• • • • • • ••• • • from 0 lit fi
Spr ting dittio ••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • • •• • •• • 6 6
Dress Coat ••••••..•.. •••••• ..•..•.. I 0 0
Extra SuperflsP, a superior cs.tt .••••... . •• • .. ..• .. •• I I IS 0
Frock Coat .•••• • • • • • •• • ..... • ...... •• .. from 1 4 0
Extra Superfine, a superiJr coat .... •• • • • • 2 2 0
Vests .. ••• • .. ••• • • • • ..... •• .• 0 Z 0
Fancy Satins ...... ... ••.•••• • •• • • • 0 6 6
Cloth, or Cashmere •••••••• • • • • • • • • • •••••••••••••• e 4 6
Tweed Trousers. ...... ••••••• • • • . • .. ••••••.. • • .. 0 4 6
Fancy Cassimere or Doeskin
Boys Tunic and Hussar suits• ••••• • • • • ......... .....0 18 6
Observe.—Any article purchased, ready made, or made to mea-
sure, if net approved of, will be exchanged, or if preferred, the
money returned.
V. MOSES and SON, Tailors, Woollendrapers, Clothiers, *Flatters,
Hosiers, Furriers, Boot aid Shoemakers, and General Outfitters, for
Ladies and Gentlemen, 154, 155, and 156, 157 Wineries. and 83,
84, 85, and 86 Aldgate, City. London.
Caution.—E. Moses and Bon regret being obliged to guard the
public against Impostors, but have learned that the untradesman-
like falsehood of being connected with them, or it's the same concern,
has been resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons.
They have no connexion with any other house in or out of London;
and those who desire genuine and cheep clothing, &c., should call at,
or send to, Minories and Ald,gate, City, London.
Notice. -No business transacted at this establishment from sun-
set Friday, till sunset Saturday, when business is resumed till twelve
O'clock.

DR. CULVERWELL on lIF,ILTII, DIMNESS, and
LONG LIFE.
In pocket voluraes Is. each, by post (in stamps), Is. 6d. each.
Ii 0 W TO BE
" Jucando Ylvere."—Cle. HAPPY.
2.

Disease in the Potato satisfactorily accounted for on Hygeian
principles—The People's Petition against Poisons as Medicines—
More Poison Victims—Ether a new Poison to gull the Lieges and
sometimes kill them.--Chemistry, Hygoists declare, has been the
ruin of the Healing Art.—All the cases of poisoning throughout the
country have been effected with the deadly chemical preparations
used " Medicinally." Hygeists deny that such poisons should ever
have been held out or used medicinally; in their eyes they only ap-
pear as infernal engines of death.
THE SIXTY-NINTH NUMBER OF "THE
HYQEIST," for APRIL, contains Articles on the above

subject.
Office, 368, Strand. Price Id., or 2d. per post ; and may also be had
of all the Hygeian Agents to the British College of Health through-
out the country.
The public is hereby informed, that a Supplement to this " lIY-
GEIST" will appear on the 15th of April, containing the case of
Miss Collier.

A POPULAR TREATISE on the HEALTH, LIFE and VIGOLT ,

of the TIODILY FUNCTIONS,

NUTETEENTREDITION price 2s. 6d„.; Free by Pest (1 a Seale

Erielopc) 3s. 61., -
THE SILENT FRIEND. A Medical Wort
on the loss of the reproductive powers, with means of restora

Lion. The baneful effects of Indulgence, Neglected Strictures, SC3-
condary Symptoms, &c., are fully pointed out. Illustrated by Eu
grarings ; followed by observations en Marriage. By R. and L.

PERRY and Co., Consulting Surgeons, London.
Published by the Authors, and may be had at their residence.
Sold by Strange, No. 11, Paternester•row ; Gorden, 146, Leadenhal:-
street ; Purkis, Compton-strect, Soho ; Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford-
street, and 37, Roy al Exchange , and all booksellers.
Fart I. of this Work is particularly addressed to those who arc
prevented from forming a Matrimonial Alliance, throagh fear of cer-
tain disqualifications, and will bef ound an available introduction to
the means of perfect and secret restoration to manhood.
Part 11. treats perspicuously upon those forms of diseases, either
in their primary or secondary state, arising from infection, showing
how numbers who neglect to obtain competent medical aid, entail
upon themselves years of misery and suffering.
The CORDIAL CALM OF SYRIACUM is exclusive
eaknely directed
bar
the cure of nervous and sexual debility, irregularity, wss,
renuess, less of appetite, indigestion, consumptive habits, and debili-
ties arising from venereal excesses, &c. Price lle. and 335. per bet'
tie. The Five-pound cases may be had as usual.
• The CONCENTRATED DETERSIVE ESSENCE. An anti-
syplillitic remedy for searching out and purifying, the blood from ve-
nereal contamination, scurvy, blotches on the head, face, and body
ulcerations, and those
tompaintlil affections arising from improper
ment, secondarysymps, and all eruptions of the skin. Pricerlls
and 335. per bottle.
PERRY'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS, price Ss. 9d., 4s. id.,
and is. e box, are the most effectual medy tor strictures, in.
flammation, irritation of the bladder, &cre., without hindrance to
business.
Consultation fbe, if by Letter, U. A minute detail of ease is ne-
cessary. Messrs. Perry are in *tally attendance at their residence
19, Berners-street, Oxford-street, London, from eleven till two, and
dye till eight; and on Nundave from eleven till twelve.

WIIAT to EAT, DI4INK, and ATOP).
(With Diet-tables for all Complaints.)
3.
MARRIAOI and its MYSTERIES.
Tiobe, or not to be, tkat is tie cptestion."—Shakspeare.
4.
The PASSIONS—Their ADTENT and CONTROL.
" Cura ut ♦aleas."
These publications are free from erapyrical mysticism, and are
adapted to the intelligence of the times.
Te be had of .:berwoed, 23, Paternoster-row ; Mann, 39, Corn-
hill; Carvalho, 147, Fleet-street; and all Booksellers, or direct from
the Author, whose practice is exclusively devoted to home consulta-
tion, Mornings till Three, and in the Evenings from Seven till Nine,
10, Argyle-place, Regent-street.

ON THE CONCEALED CAUSE THAT I'HEYS ON THE
HEALTH AND SHORTENS THE DLIIU TION OF H UMAN
LIFE.

ON NMRVOUS DEBILITY AND GENERATIVE DISEASES.
JUST PUBLISHED, TIIE THIRTIETH THOUSAND,
An Improved Edition, revised and corrected, 120 pages, price 25., in
a sealed envelope, or forwarded, post-paid, to any address, secure
from observation, for 2s. 6d. in postage stamps, illustrated
with numerous Anatomical Coloured EllgraViliga,
A 0 D :
M The Causes of Its Premature Decline; with Plain Direc-
tions for its Perfect Restoration.
A Medical Essay on those diseases of the generative organs,
emanating front solitary and sedentary habits, indiscriminate ex-
cesses, the effects of climate, and infection, &c., addressed to the
sufferer in youth, manhood, aid old age ; with practical remarks on
marriage, the treatment and cure of nervous and mental
debility, impotency, syphilis, and other urino-gemital diseases.
by which even the most shattered constitution may be restored, and
reach the full period of life allotted to man. The whole illustrated
with numerous Anatomical Engravings on steel, in colour, explain-
ing the various functions, secretions, and structures of tho reproduc-
tive organs in health and disease; ,sith instructions for private con
respondence eases &e.

-- -
Consulting Surgeons, 7, Frith-stroct,•

ILLUSTRATED WITH COLOURED ENGRAVINGS,
Just Published, in a gealed Envelope, price 25. Gd., er free
by peat, as. 6d.
CONTROUL OF THE PASSIONS : a Popular
Inquiry into the Concealed Cause of its premature Decline,
with Instructions for its Complete Restoration. Addressed to those
suffering front the destructive consequences of excessive indulgence,
terminating in Mental and Nervous Debility, Local or Constitutional
Weakness, Indigestion, and Consumption. Including a comprehen-
sive Dissertation on MARRIAGE, Incontinence, and Celibacy.
Illustrated with Coloured Engravings, explanatory of the various
Cases, &c.
By C. J. LUCAS and Co.,' Consulting Surgeons, No. GO, Newman-
street, Oxford-street, London.
Member of the London College of Medicine, Ste. Su,
CONTENTS OP TUE WORE,
Chap. 1. —Bodily and Mental Exhaustion induced by Inordinate
indulgence of the Passions, illustrated with Coloured Engravings.
Chap. 2.—Baneful Results of a Secret Vice on the Mind and Body,
evidenced in the production of Consumption, Epilepsy, and other
convulsive diseases, Insanity, Idiocy, moping Melancholy, Indiges-
tion, Stricture, Impotence, and Sterility, with Observations on the
Duties of Married Life, and on the unhappiness caused by Unfruitful
Unions. Chap. 3.—Debility and Exhaustion of the principal Thal
Functions, the nature and treatment of Impotence and Sterility, and
the imperfect performance of the Marital act, caused by the practice
of self-indulgence. Chap. 4.—Gonorrhoea, its symptoms, complica-
tions and treatment, Gleet, Stricture, and disease •f the Prastate.
Chap. s.—Syphilis, and its attendant maladies and treatment. Cases,
and concluding observations, Plates, &c.
Sold by Brtttain, It, Paternoster-row; Gord in, 116, Leadenhall-
street ; Hanny and t'o., 63, Oxford-street; Noble, 114, Chancery.
lane; Mansell, 114, Fleet-street; Winhal, 78, high-street, Bir-
mingham; Whitmore, 119, Market-kreet, Manchester ; Howell,
51, Church-street, Liverpool; Robinson, 11, Greenside street,
Edinburgh; Powell, 10, Westmoreland-street, Dublin ; and all
Booksellers.
Persons desirous of obtaining the above work, and not wishing to
apply to a bookseller for the same, may, to insure secrecy, have it
direct from the Authors, by enclosing 3s. 6d., or Postage Stamps.
Messrs. Lucas and Co. are to be consulted from Tenti 11 Iwo, and
from Five till Eight in the evening, at their residence, No. 60,
Newman-street, Oxfor 1-street, London, and country patients may
!)e successfully treated, on minutely describing their case, and enclos-
ing the usual fee of IL for advice.

lly J. L. CURTIS and 0.,
Soho-square, London.
REVIEW OF THE WORK.
" CURTIS ON MANHOOD. ( Strange). Having for many years been
the standard work on these diseases, its originality is apparent, and
Rs perusal breathes conyolation and hope to the mind of the patient."
—Naval and Military Gazette.
Published by the Authors, and may be hail at their residence ; sold
also by Strange, 21, raternoster-row ; Hannay, G 3, Oxford-street ;
Mann, 39, Cornhill, London; Sowlel, 4, tit. Anti's-square, Man-
chester; Philip. South Castle-street, Liverpool ; Campbell, 146,
Argyle-street, Glasgow; Robinson, I 1, Greens:de-street, Edinburgh;
and In a sealed envelope by all booksellers.
Messrs. CURTIS and CO. are to he consulted daily at their resi-
dence,FßlTH-STREET, 80'10-SQUARE, LONDON, and
privately iorwardegl them, by initial or
optlteier,v
'tisi'sree°,l.‘t 7''
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Author's Residence, or from any of the abode agents, on remitting
2s, 6d, in postage stamps.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
NEWCASTLE-UPc/N NE, APRIL 3.
STOCK ExcIiANGE.-The sales are-Midland, New, 238 p.-New-
castle and Berwick, New, 3% p.-North :Staffordshire, 3 p.
EDINBURGH, APRIL 1.
SrocK EXCIIANGE.-The sales are-Aberdeen, 281.-Airdrie and
Bathgate, 31. 1 Ss.- Arbroath and Forfar, 271. 155.-Ditto, half
Shares, 151.-Ayr and Galloway, 21. Is. tic-1.-Caledonian, 271. 10s.-
Ditto, New, 21. 9s. -Caledonian and Dumbarton, 21.7x-Clydesdale
Junction, 39/. 88.-Deeside, 3/. 55.-Direct Northern, 21. 10s.-
Dunhlane, Donne, and Callender, 11. Ids. 6d.-Dundee and Ar-
broath, 421. 10s.-Ditto, New, No. 1, 301.- Ditto, New, No. 2, 30/.-
Ditto, New, No. 3, 41. 155.-Dundee and Northern Junction, 2/.
Bs.-Dundee and Perth, 37/. 10s.-Ditte, New Shares, 191. 7s. Gd.
-East of Fife, 21. 165.-East Lothian Central, 21. 19s.-Edinburgh
and Bathgate, 6/. 'Oz.-Edinburgh and Ilai4ove, 71/. 10s. ex div.
-Ditto, Half Shares, 19!. 15s. cx div.-Ditto, Quarter Shares, 171.
17s. Gd. ex div. -Edinburgh, Leith, and Gran'oil, 20/. 2s. Gd.-1 dtte,
Preference, 21/.-Ditto, New, 2/. 17s. 6d.-Ditto, Quarters, 155.-
Edinburgh and Northern, 16/ 7s. 6d.-Ditto, New Shares, 41. 2s. Gd.
-Ditto, Newport, 71. 12s. 6d.-Ditto, ditto, New, 21. 125.-Edin-
burgh and Perth (New), 21. 175.-Ditto, Halves. 11.-Glasgow and
Ayrshire, 62/. -Ditto, New Stoe'4, 381.-Ditto, Halves, No. 1, 51. ss.
-Ditto, ditto, No. 2, 81.-Ditto, Quarter Shares, 161. 10s.-Glas-
gow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 51. 155.-Glasgow and Garnkirk, 391.
-Glasgow General Terminus, 121. 55.-Glasgow and Greenock, 18/.
-Ditto, llalves, 91.-Ditto, Preference, 8/. 55.-Glasgow, Kilmar-
nock, and Ardrossan, 51. 188.-Great North of England, 232/. 108.-
Great North of Scotland, 21. I Is.-Great Northern (late Direct North-
ern), 31. 135.-Ditto (late London and Yorkl, 21. 155.-Manchester
and Leeds, 1081.-Ditto, Sixteenths, 81. 55.-Newcastle and Berwick,
281. bs.-North British, 331. Its. cx div.-Ditto, Halves, 161. 10s.-
Ditto, Quarters, at. 19a. 6d.-Ditto, Now Quarters (scrip) 11. 7s.
6d.-Ditto, Thirds, 31. 9s. 6d.-Ditto, Fifths, 61. ISs. -Scous t h
Central, 221. 125. 6c1.-Scottish Grand Junction, 11. is.-Scottish
Midland, 211.-Shrewsbury and Hereford. 1/. 125. 6d.-Shrewsbury,
Owestry, and Chester, 81.--Ditto, New. 11. 2s. 6d.-Stirling and
Dunfermline, 41. 2s. 6d. -Stirling and Midland, 21. 74.-Wishaw and
Coltness, 481. 15s. ex div.-York and Newcastle, 301. 158.-Dltto,
New, 151.75. Gd.-Ditto, Preference, 81.-Direct Bombay and Ma-
dras, 3s. Gd.-East Indian, So.-Great North of India, 35.-Great
Southern of Madras, 35.-Madras, Nellore, and Arcot, Is. 9d.
GLASGOW, APRIL 2.
STOCK EXCHANGE. -The sales arc-Caledonian, New, 475. Gd.-
Direct Bombay and Madras, 3s. 6d.-Dunblane, Donne, and Cal-
lender, 293.-East Lothian Central, 585.-Edinburgli and Glasgow,
Quarters, 17y, -Edinburgh Leith, and Granton, Quarters, I 55.-
Edinburgh and Northern, 161,2-Edinburgh and Perth (Now Co.),
665. 6d.-Ditto, Halves, 205.-Glasgow General Terminus, 131.-
Glasgow, Barrhead, and Ncilston Direct, New, 7%-Glasgow, Kil-
marnock, and Ayr, Halves, No. 2,7% - Ditto, Quarters (5 per cent.
guar.), 15%-Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan,
nock and Ayr Direct, 38s. Gd.-Manchester and Southampton, 28s.
-Midland, Halves, 51.- Stirling and Dunfermline, 80s. Gd.

THE WEATIIBR IN MANCHESTER.—MANCIIESTER,
SATURDAY.—The snow which fell so heavily on Thurs-
day continued during the night and Good Friday. On
Friday the sun was powerful enough to melt it nearly
as quickly as it fell, and during the night we were visited
by a severe frost, with a strong northern breeze, by
which the fruit trees have been much injured. To-day
the wind is not so high, but still very cold.
A case, in which Mr. Thomson, an English resi-
dent in Paris, was plaintiff, and the proprietors of the
Mossageries Royales defendant, was decided a few days
ago, by the Judge de Paix of the third arrondissement
of Paris. The diligence establishment agreed with Mr.
Thomson to receive from him in London, and deliver in
Paris, a considerable amount in Belgian bonds, at the
rate of 3f. for every I,OOOE value. But, when the packet
arrived, Mr. Thomson was charged, in addition to the 3f.
for 1,000 f., three several sums under the following
items :—Disbursements at Dover, commission at Calais,
and porterage in Paris. Against this extra charge Mr.
Thomson remonstrated, hut ineffectually. Requiring
another remittance of Belgian bonds, he desired his
bankers in London to pay the carriage of the second
parcel in full, in order to avoid all question with the
diligence office here. But still additional charges were
laid on, and Mr. Thomson was obliged to apply for re-
dress to the magistrate, who decided in his favour, by
granting the Messagerics Royales the terms agreed upon
and no more.
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HULL AND SELBY • RAILWAY.
THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR'S REPORT ON
THE LATE ACCIDENT.

The following is the report of Captain Coddington,
the Government railway inspector, on the late accident
on this line, near Hessle. Though the report is not very
clear, on the specific cause to which the accident is trace-
able, it discloses quite enough to show that there is, so
far as the public safety is concerned, room for ameliora-
tion in the management of this section of the railway
monarch's dominion, tit matters more particularly relat-
ing to the coupling Of engines, intermixture of goods
waggons with passenger trains, and the general inade-
quacy of the permanent way and rails, which were laid
down, it seems, seven years ago, without at all partaking
since of those modern improvements in structural strength
which would have been calculated to carry with security
engines of a size and weight at present apparently dis.
proportioned to the stamina of the line'spermanent way:—
"Railway ,
Department, 29, Great George-street,
Westminster March 19, 1847.
" Sir,—l have to report, for the information of the
Commissioners of Railways, that, according to my in-
structions, I proceeded to Hull, and on the 15th and
16th instant made an inquiry into the circumstances
relating to an accident which occurred on the 21st of
February to the mail train, on the Hull and Selby
Railway : the inquiry having reference to the applica-
tion of the mayor and council of Hull, requesting an
investigation, as the cause of the accident did not ap-
pear to have been traced at the coroner's inquest which
was held upon the bodies of two persons who were killed
by
_it. _ - .

arranged a meeting
" On my arrival at Hull, I waited on the mayor, and
at the offices of the railway company,
at which the passengers by the train, who had not an
opportunity of appearing before the coroner, might come
forward, as well as any other parties who considered that
they had information to impart.
" I also made a;
.insr,fction of the line at the spot
where the accideatippen6d, and examinedthe engines,
carriages, and waggons, their mode of construction and
connexion.

" The meeting was attended by the mayor and seve-
ral ma-gisrates and gentlemen. The coroner was also
present, the gentlemen of the press, and several of the
public. The evidence occupied that day and part of the
following. The *minutes which I took are annexed td
this report.
" They did not supply any information explanatory
of the cause of the accident, but detailed its effects.

" But from the inspection I made both of the line and
the carriages, &e., I feel confident that the following
account will •be ds near the truth as the circumstances
afford means to arrive at.

" The train was drawn by two engines in front; then
followed—a passengers' luggage van; three fish waggons;
eight passengers carriages, of different classes; one fish
waggon.
" The leading engine, the Kingston,' is a single en-
gine, having 5 feet 6 driving wheels, 13 inch inside
cylinders, 18 inch stroke, weighing, according to Mr.
Cabrey's judgment, about 14 tons, of which eight tons
were on the driving wheels. It is connected to its
tender by shackle bolt, withcut springs. The tender
has springJmffers in rear, and a draw-chain and hook,
3 feet four inches long, the projection of the buffers being
1 foot 8 inches.

•' The second engine, No. 63, is one of 'Mr. Stephen-
son's long boiler patent, made by Wilson, of LeEds.
It has six feet driving wheels (four coupled together),
15 inch outside cylinders, 22 inch stroke, weight 22
tons.

" The whole length of this engine is 22 feet 6 inches,
an.l the distance from front to hind axle is 11 feet 8
inches. The cylinders overhang in front of the leading
wheels, and the fire-box overhangs in rear of the trailing
wheels. It is connected to its tender by shackle with
tapvred bolt, and India-rubber buffers kept in contact.
The tender has spring buffers behind, and draw-chain
and hook, length 2 feet 6 inches, projection of the buffers
1 foot 1 inch.

" The middle wheels of the engine are without flanges.
" The passengers' luggage van is a covered carriage,
on four wheels, and is provided with spring buffers and
screw couplings.
" The three waggons used for fish are the ordinary
goods waggon pattern, with solid framing, the cheeks
projecting about a foot, hooped with iron, being without
stuffing, springs, or any mode of deadening concussion,
when they come in contact ; they have no screw
coupling, but are connected together by draw-chains,
which, when hooked up as closely as the links admit,
leave an interval between of 9i inches.
" The carriages are all provided with spring buffers,
and screw couplings of a proper description.
"As I observed from the evidence of Mr. Mennen,
the station-master, given before the Coroner, that The
carriages were all properly coupled in the usual way'
when the train started, I attended in the station the
arrival of four trains, and examined the manner in
which they were coupled.
"The first was a market train, having four waggons
next the engine, followed by ten carriages. The wag-
gons had chain couplings only; when in draught the in-
tervals between them were as follows:—Engine and first
waggon, four inches; first and second waggon, seven
inches; second and third waggon, eighteen inches; third
and fourth waggon, seven inches; in every case being
connected by the full length of the chain. The three
other trains had each a covered waggon without buffers,
next the tender, and before the carriages. The inter-
vals varied between seven and ten inches. The carriages
were all properly screwed up, and the spring buffers in
contact.

"The permanent way is laid on longitudinal timbers,
the rail being of the old Croydon pattern, in fifteen
feet lengths, fa,stened by a joint chair at each end, and
spikes at the centre of the rail driven into the timber,
not through the rail, but closely touching it, one on the
inside and one on the outside; in addition a spiko is
driven on the outside, o'ne foot from each end.
"It appears from the evidence that the train started
nearly to its time, beidg between two and four minutes
late; that its calculated time for arriving at Castleford,
forty-two miles, is one hour and three-quarters, leaving
ten minutes more to adjust its meeting the mail from the
north. It had eight intermediate stations at which it
was liable to call if there were
passengers to take up or
set-down. To do this the train must travel, while in
motion, at a considerable, but not at an unusual speed.

"CAUSES OF THE ACCIDENT.
" The accident appears to me to have arisen in this
manner. The two engines were not coupled closely to-
gether, as is proved by the fact that after they stopped
they remained coupled, the second engine beidg twelve
inches off the line. The second engine, therefore, had
sufficient room to acquire considerable lateral oscillation,
and it is known that engines of that peculiar construc-
tion, owing to the leverage of the heavy overhanging
extremities, are more subject to acquire oscillation at
considerable speed than any other kinds. This oscine.
tion may have been increased by the fact that the driv.
ing wheels of both engines were not of the same diameter,
so that they could not beat together, and might at certain
moments be oscillating in opposite directions, the pull
then nggravating such tendency.
" The permanent way, which has been laid down seven
years, is laid according to what at that time was con-
sidered of full strength, with a rail of 511b5., but which
was not contemplated to carry engines of the size and
weight now constructed, as No. 63 ; it has therefore
proved insufficient, to resist its oscillations. The mode
of fastening also, which leaves six feet six inches of rail
without lateral support, is against its power of resistance.
"In my opinion, these oscillations having acquired suf-
' ficient violence to bend the rail at A, in the rebound
towards B (see Mr. Cabrey's drawing), the engine bent
that rail so suddenly, that it formed an angle, over
which it mounted, its weight eutting off the inside web,
and breaking the chair at the joint ; it then rolled
along the longitudinal timbers,; being restrained by the
coupling of the leading engine, which did not give up,
from going completely off the line.
"The waggons following, noa,being fastened closely,
didas not to fall in to. the spot where the bent rail
wa
s o
happenndsopassed on in safety ; but in the waving
motion which a train assumes, a carriage further back
was the first to enter the bend, when it immediately went
on as the engine did ; but its coupling having broken,
it came to a sudden stop upon the ballast, when all the
remainder of the train was dashed against it with suffi-
cient force to destroy and throw them all off, except the
two last.
" I think, therefore, that a variety of causes, each
perhaps insufficient to produce danger, have, by an un-
fortunate concurrence, contributed to produce the
disaster.
a ny
are
tolt
em-
ployment of two and even more engines is of daily occur-
rence on almost every line, and is not considered unsafe;
and, in this case, bad not the engine which went off been
blamei s difficult
under to
tdhenfi define .
The e
circumstances. to what extent the com-
p
restrained by the leading engine, the consequences would
in all probability have been more serious. On the other
hand, had the waggons which escaped been of proper
construction, and tightly connected together, they would
have been the first to go off, and having to bear the
brunt of the collision, the passengers in the carriages
behind might have escaped better than they did. The
rails are certainly, in my opinion, too light, with their
present system of fastening, to bear very heavy engines
at high velocities; and although I do not trace this acci-
dent to the presence of common goods waggons in a
passenger train, yet I think the attention of the company
should be called to the subject, and its discontinuance
pressed upon them.
" It is not that the sending of fish by the passenger
trains is objectionable ; but that in the same way as car-
riages;trucks, horse-boxes,luggage.une
, guards' breaks,
&c., are all made with the same care, and provided with
the same springs and fastenings as the
.passenger car-
riages are made with. So, if the company require to
transport fish with passengertrains, they should be bound
to provide proper carriages for their conveyance. These
fish waggons may not have tended to produce the acci-
dent, and yet the. looseness or want of solidity they gave
the train may possibly have enabled the engine (No. 63)
to acquire greater oscillation than it otherwise would,—
I am, Sir, your very obedient servant,
(Signed) CODDINGTON, Capt. ILE• ,
" Inspector of Railways.
" The lion. Fred. W. A. Bruce, Secretary, &c., &c."

• The members of the Royal Yacht Club of RuFsin
have lately purchased the schooner, yacht Georgia, 173
tons, from NV. Lyon, Esq. ; the Syren, 161 tons, from
Lord Keane ; and the Reindeer cutter, 107 tons, from J.
White, Esq.