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London, England, 1847-03-08

LTG HT DUES.

Mr. lIUME presented a petition numerously signed
by shipowners, praying for a reduction or abolition of the
light dues.
An How. MEMBER presented a petition from the
magistrates, clergy, and rate-payers of the parish of
Moira, in the county of Down, against the out-door
relief of the able .bodied poor, and against any extension
of the present electoral divisions.
NOTICES OF MOTION.

ABOLITION OF RATE-PAYING CLAUSES.
Mr. T. S. DUNCOMBE gave notice that after
Easter he should move the following resolution ;
—" Whereas an Act which was passed in the reign
of his late Majesty William the Fourth, entituled an
Act for amtnding the representation of the people of
England and \Vales, has failed to fulfil the just and
lawful expectations of the people, aid such an Act ought
not, and cannot, be final; ani it is expedient to amend
the same by a repeal of the rate-paying clauses in that
Act, and by the insertion of provisions calculated to pre-
vent any undue influence being exercised in boroughs or
counties, whereby the representation of the people may
be prejudiced."
London, England, 1847-03-08

IItISII MISCELLANEOUS ESTIMATES.

Mr. HUME gave notice that on an early day he
would move that the Irish Miscellaneous Estimates be
referred to a Select Committee up stairs.
THE RAJA OF SATTARA.

The Hort. MEMBER also gave notice that on Thursday
next he would move for leave to lay before the House
certaiu documents of the Court of Directors of the East
India Company relative to the ex-Raja of Sattara.
JUVENILE OFFENDERS.
Sir JOHN PAKINGTON presented a petition
from the Mayor, Aldermen, and Corporation of Carlisle,
praying for a more summary mode of dealing with juve-
nile offenders.
London, England, 1847-03-08

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TATTERSALL'S-THIS EVENING.
SIX O'CLOCK.

NEWMARKET ILANDICAP.
9 to 1 agst Footstool
14 to 1 agst Lynceus
14 to 1 agst Vanish
20 to 1 agst Euclid colt

brETAOPOLITAN HANDICAP.
9 to 1 agat Sheraton
15 to 1 agst Jenny Wren
15 to 1 agat Lady Sarah
18. to 1 agst Pink Bonnet

CHESTER. CUP.
20 to 1 agst Mendicant
25 to 1 agst Antler
28 to 1 agst The Lamb
30 to 1 agst Punch
33 to 1 agst Mickey Free
40 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond
50 to 1 agst Flitch
50 to 1 agst Sir Tatton Sykes
50 to 1 agst Newcourt
50 to 1 agst Inheritress
66 to 1 agst Fitzallen

DERBY.
13 to 2 agst Van Tromp
10 to 1 agst Epirote
11 to 1 agat Planet
20 to 1 agst Glentilt
25 to 1 agst Conyngbarn
25 to 1 agst Horn of Chase
33 to 1 agst Allertonian
40 to I agat The Liberator
50 to 1 agst Christopher

BRITISH AMERICAN LAND
CO MPANY.—(T HIS DAY.)
The annual general court of proprietors in this company
was this day held at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street,
for the purpose of receiving the report of the directors, and
for the purpose of electing four directors and one auditor, in
the room of those who retire by rotation, and to fill up the
vacancy in the direction occasioned by the death of the late
P. M. Stewart, Esq., M.P.
A. Gillespie, Esq., took the chair at two o'clock.
The CLERK having read the notice convening the meeting,
the minutes of the last meeting were confirmed.
The CLERK then read the report of the directors, from
which it appeared that a marked improvement in every
branch of the company's business had taken place. The
sales amounted to 17,3503/4 acres, for 12,6391. 13s. Bd.
currency, being an average of 12s. Bd. per acre for unim-
proved lands, and 1411. 108. for town lots in Sherbrooke.
And showing an increase above the sales of last year of 3,220
acres, and 2,8501. ss. 2d., and in average price of Is. 2d. per
acre; notwithstanding every care had been exercised to avoid
sales to irresponsible parties, The subject to which the
directors adverted with most pleasure was the very im-
portant increase in the receipts of the company in Canada
within the past year. The total sum collected had been
7,574/. currency, being, as compared with last year, an in.
crease of 4,652/. Bs. 4d. as thus shown

1845. 1846. Increase.
Mortgage Debts .... £2,283 17 7 £5,081 11 11 £2,797 14 4
Real Estates . •• 539 2 11 1,239 16 9 700 13 10
Sherbrooke Town... 15 7 7 463 5 0 447 17 5
Rents ............ 33 4 8 667 16 3 584 11 7

£2,921 12 9 £7,452 911 £4,530 17 1

Premium of
Echange•- X2ll 1 2
Less Trans-
fers ...... 89 0 0
London, England, 1847-03-08

30 11 8
415 13 7

£2,617 14 11
The CHAIRMAN then said that the report which bad just
been read was one of the most satisfactory nature that had
been laid before the proprietors for some years. He congra-
tulated the meeting on the improved state of the finances of
the committee, and looked forward with interest to the com-
pletion of the St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railway, which
would give an increased stimulus to the interests of the town-
ships, and the cultivation of the land of the company,
in immediate proximity with the line of the railway,
along which considerable quantities of Indian corn
and other agricultural produce would be carried•
London, England, 1847-03-08

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THE WEATHER.—SIIN OFFICE, ALlacu 7.
THERMOMETER, Lowest, 35; Highest, 40 ; Noon, 42

BAROMETER, 30 05.

WIND E.; dull and rainy in the morning: afternoon, fine

MARCH 8.
THERMOMETER, Lowest, 34 ; Highest. 42 ; Noon, 4
BAROMETER, 30.18.—Wind N.N.W., cloudy.

&TER AT LONDON-BRIDGE TILLS DAY.
Venting .. 23 minutes after 5. I Evening .. 40 minutes after 5,1

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MARRIAGES IN SCOTLAND BILL.
1 tie following is a copy of the Bill to amend the lair
of Scotland affecting the constitution of marriage, which ni.ll
introduced by the Lord Advocate, and read a first time In
the House of Commons on Monday :
Sec. 1. Whereas it is ismpedient that the law of Oar:
riage in Scotland should ho amended as far as the eat
affects the cons:itution of marriage in that country;
it enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, u_?,
and with the advice and consent of the Lords spiritual e!:
temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament asee,t,
bled, and by the authority of the same, that from and after
the last day of March, 1848, excepting as hereinafter
cepted and provided, no marriage to be contracted in
land shall be valid or effectual unless it shall be regist7ci
by the parties contracting the same, in terms of en
passed in the present session of Parliament, intituled_
Act for Registering Births, Deaths, and Marriages in Nov:
land," by the said parties appearing in presence of the TLer:i
trar, and then and there signing before witnesses the entry
/e,,
their marriage in the register, and having the same ow
wise registered in the manner provided by the said Act,
tile°
the case of the registration of marriages by the parties,
selves contracting marriage; upon which registration
the marriage shall be held to be contracted or valid,or
tual to any effect or purpose whatever : and it is hereby...La
Glared that such registration shallof itself constitute mama]
and such parties shall thereafter be held and deemed
to
married parties to all effects and purposes whatea er. nig
2. Provided always, and be it enacted, that nothing Ithr
contained shall affect, or be held or construed to 80060
validity of any marriage where the marriage h114„„f
solemnised in presence of a clergyman, or of a part)" the
ing to be acting as and believed to be a clergyman, nr, Of the
case of Jews, has been solemnised according to the rites the
served by persons professing the Jewish religion, or, in, be/
case of Quakers, according to the rites or form observed
persons belonging to the Society of Friends, commonly call
Quakers.
3. And be it enacted, that the word " clergrne.
dial( . ligion •

she, include all clergymen or_ ministers of re. to
thorised to solemnise marriages, whether belongingso
the Established Church or any other church, or to tics
s‘et or persuasion, by whatever name or denomiol
known. Aij or
4. And be it enacted, that this Act may be alnen__.,Th .0,4
repealed by any Act to be passed during the present sga''
of Parliament.
London, England, 1847-03-08

FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Central of France (Orleans and
Vierzon) .. • • • • .. 12 .. • • 15 ..........
Dutch Rhenish
.. 7 .. • • 4 •• ••••• ••
Northern of France 8 .... 12% ••• • •
Orleans and Bourdeaux •
6 .... 7% ....
Paris and Lyons • • .. 8
Sombre and Meuse .. .. 12 .... 614 .
JOINT-STOCK BANKS.
MINES.
Real del Monte, Unregistered —•••• 3% • •••

Union of London ..
Union of Australia

LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.)
LONDON, MAncir 8.-IVind N.N.W., moderate breeze,
and cloudy.—The Rose, from Exeter to London, which sunk
off Holyhead 28th ult., has been raised.
LIVERPOOL, MARCH 6.—Wind N.N.E., mod. 7. E.N.E.,
ditto.—Sld. Fry, Manilla, llenrietta, Rio Janeiro; Thames,
Rio Janeiro; Indus, Bahia; Vigilant, Barbadoes; Trenton,
New Orleans; Meteor, New Orleans; Columbia, New York;
Nova Scotia, Yarmouth, N.S. ; Helen, Havannah, Miltiades,
New Orleans; Frederica, Hampton, United States; Cour-
tenay, Staten Island ; Queen of the Ocean, New York
Eng-
land, New York ; Elleelie, New York; Republic, New York.
WATERFORD..—Put back, Orinoco for Baltimore.
CoRK, MAncir 5. Arrd. Empress, Strut, Valparaiso;
Howard, Smith, St. John's for Liverpool. Sid. R. N. Parker,
Philadelphia; Regina, New York; Caminho, Caminho.
FAVERSHAM, MARCH s.—The Sally, from Newcastle, is
aground between the Sluice-bridge.
PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 7.—Wind N.N.E.—SId. Windsor,
Madras and Calcutta; Northumberland, New York.
BRISTOL, MARCH 7.—Wind N.N.E.—SId. Abbotsford,
Calcutta.
CowEs, MARCH 7.—Wind N.E.—Std. Robert M‘Williami-
M‘Donald, Philadelphia.
FA LAI° r, MARCII 7.—Wind N.E. —Arrd. Flora III'Donald;:
Broad, Calcutta. Sid. Crane packet, Brazils.
OPE DOTER, MARCH 7.—Prcgress, Atwell, St. John'ff-
CL ME, MARCH s.—Wind N.E.—Sid. Christian, !Balti-
more; Ellen, Boston; Esquimaux, Halifax; Mogul, Bar-
badoes ; Robertson, Trinidad; Queen Pomare, St. John's,
New Brunswick.
DEAL, MARCH 7.—a.m. Wind N.N.E, moderate; P.M.
N. E., fresh.—Arrd. Countess of Egliatoun, Grange, Whampoa.
Sld. Adelaide, South Australia; Agnes, Antigua; Esk,
Bahia; Druid, Barbadoes; Mary, Philadelphia.
DUBLIN, MARCH s.—Sld. Nereid, Baltimore, St. Sebastian.
NEWPORT, March 6.—Wind N,E.—Arrd. Edward Moller,
St. Thomas.
ABERDEEN, MARCH s.—Sld. Flamingo, Greenland.
DUNDEE, MARCH 2.—Sld. Fairy, Greenland. •
FALBtounr.—Off port, Christian, Peterson, Batavia, for
Flushing; Irene, Bahia; Regina, Kreeft, Monte Video.
KINSALE, MARCH 4.—Wind E.S E.—Arrd. Clio, Massam,
Rio Janeiro.
London, England, 1847-03-08

THE LOAN.

It appears to be admitted on all hands that Lord
John Russell and Sir Charles Wood acted most adroitly
in the merle its which they tetra, the onntvenit far the
eight million loan. But a bare chance of realising pro-
fits, so large as those made in previous contracts, exists
in taking 1001. Consols for 891. 10s. of real money. The
coalition of the firms of Rothschild and Barings was
effected at about eleven o'clock on Sunday night—mark,
Sunday night! The Chancellor of the Exchequer was
perfectly aware of the result of the meeting between the
heads of the two wealthy establishments we have above
named, and he, we believe, with prudential motives,
altered his previously formed intention as to the mini-
mum quotation at which the biddings were to be ac-
cepted. There is not a doubt but that, originally, and
before the coalition took place, that 891 per cent. was
the intended value to be placed in the sealed letter,
by, which, had the occurrences named not have been
in the knowledge of the financial functionary, the con,
tract would have been either accepted or refused. What
was the minimum price in the sealed letter which was
placed on the table at ten o'clock on Monday morning
last is of course a secret, the Chancellor, though requested,
after the contract had been settled, politely declining to
open the document. The quotation however was, we
have reason to believe, very closely approximating to
891 and "a fiddle"—to use a Stock Exchange term.
Be that as it may, there was a most praiseworthy exer-
tion shown by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in ascer-
taining what would be about the price bid for the eight
million loan. Sir Charles was ia-most influential circles
on Saturday, to obtain the information he required, and
he obtained it. While, however, giving praise to the
head of the financial department of the country, there
were a few details, connected with the modus operandi
in carrying cut the contract, which somewhat puzzled the
parties present, nearly all of whom were intimately con-
nected with loans and monetary operations. Among
the capitalists who took part in the conversation were
Mr. Baring, of the firm of Baring Brothers, Mr. Capel,
Baron Rothschild (as already named), Mr. Mildmay
(who very frequently, and to the purpose, addressed the
Chancellor of the Exchequer), with others.
From practical parties connected with trade and com-
merce, and intimately connected with the Money
Market, conversational hints and remarks are often
useful, confidence on such occasions not being infringed
upon by the person recording there. At the request
of the Premier and the Chancellor of the Exchequer,
London, England, 1847-03-08

NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR-
ANCE. SOCIETY,
36 CORNHILL, LONDON.
Capital £500,000.
Empowered by Act of Parliament.
This Institution embraces important and substantial advantages
with respect to Life Assuraneel and Deferred Annuities. The assured
has, on all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense or for-
eiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the premiums paid (see Table);
Also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his in-
crests to meet other conveniences or necessity.
Assurances for terms of years are granted on the lowest poseible
ates,

DIVISION OF PROFITS.
The remarkable success and increasing prosperity of the Society
has enabled the Directors, at the last annual investigation, to declare
a tourth bonus, varying from 35 to 35 per cent. en the premiums paid
on each Policy effected on the Profit scale.
EXAMPLES.
London, England, 1847-03-08

HOUSE OF COMMONS•

The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'Clock.
Returns from the Poor-law Commissioners, and other
public bodies, were then laid upon the table of the house.
NEW WRIT.
On the motion of Lord MARCUS HILL, a new writ
was ordered for the city of Canterbury, in the room of
J. Bradshaw, Esq., deceased.
SECOND READINGS.
The following Bills were read a second time, and
ordered to be committed:—
The Birmingham and Oxford Junction, and Birming-
ham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley Railways Amalga-
mation Bill.
The Dublin, Dundrum, and Rathfarnham Railway (Ex-
tension to Stephen's Green) Bill.
COMMITTEES ON PRIVATE BILLS.

Mr. GREENE moved that no Committee for markets
and fairs—for appointing commissioners to carry out
London, England, 1847-03-08

1847.

Balance at bankers
415 13 7
Exchequer-bill 9,000 0 0
x 2,415 13 7
1846.
Paid the Deputy Govornor for super-
intending for one year the Of-
fice Business £l5O 0 0
„ Clerk's Salary for one year 75 0 0
~ Rent of Offices in Barge yard 60 0 0
Office Laundress, for cleaning and
Coals 15 17 6
„ Stationery ••• 4 17 9
~ Postage, expense of meetings, and
other small charges during the
year „. 14 0 0
„ Printing Annual Accounts, Cir-
cular, &c. 5 3 0
FP Solicitors Bill for 1845
329 6 7

„ Dividend of 1839 on 20 shares,
on which call and interest is
TOW paid ll 16 1
„ Commissioner's bills for St. Law-
rence and Atlantic Railway de-
posit l,BOO 0 0

~ to the following persons, for
money received by the Com-
missioner from their friends in
Canada :
~ to H. Leonard 6 0 0
„ to Mary French
„ to A. M'Leod 2O 7 0
---- 30 7 0

„ on account of the Commissioner,
to be repaid by him in Canada
Balance at bankers
London, England, 1847-03-08

STATE OF TRADE.

THE LACE TRADE.—PIain bobbin nets are scarcely so
mach in demand as at our last report. There is, however,
no surplus ssock, and they maintain their price. Quiflings
have a very dull sale. Many parcels of lever thread fancies
are cleared off, placing that department in a more healthy
state. Prices for these things have risen to some extent, for
best new patterns. Goods for American orders are in course
of preparation ; and German buyers are beginning to operate
for the Leipsic fair. There is, however, unusual caution mani-
fested on the part of buyers, which makers of goods will do
well to notice, so as to regulate their production by it. It
will be most profitable and safe for all parties.
Hosts RY.—The cotton hosiery branches are a shade better.
The drawer and pantaloon branch in some shops is consider-
ably better, but others are aho t of employment. The silk
glove branch is in a lamentable slate, foreign lace gloves
being more in fashion. The plain silk hose trade keeps a
shade improved.
The rniaranture et figured muslins and muslin laces con-
, tinues to occupy the attention of trechAnics in ih. e: ~,t.
several :1,7. e,.:1-ef::ctere: will shortly be i, , . ,
,$)
ithe fashionable world from the bobbin-net machine.—Not-
tbsghant Review.
London, England, 1847-03-08

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L'ECO DI SAVONAROLA. No. I.

We have here submitted to our notice the first number
of a little publication of an unusual and interesting
character ; namely, an Italian periodical, written,
printed, and published in London. We have
examined it with care and impartiality, and confess
ourselves singularly disappointed. To us religious
tolerance is everything; and we reverence that prin-
ciple so truly, that we are prepared to contemn bigotry
at home as much as the bigotry of an Inquisition, or a
Smithfield artto-da-fe. Here is an example of the toleration
of the Eco di Savonarola, page 27 .—" La religion di Gesu
a religione di amore, rappresentandoci ii Signore come
padre delle anime the egli ha create, specialmente di
coloro the credono nel Vangelo del suo Figlio Gesu. Le
religione di Roma a religion di terrore. Ella
rappresenta it nostro Dio come un giudice severo,
seduto sorra trono di maesta, guardando con piglio
sdegnoso le sue creature, e lanciando folgori per puuire
i loro peccati, ole loro fralezze. In una parola Roma ha
modellato le sue credenze sulle tavola delle Legge dettata
sul Sinai, e not sul Nuovo Testamento dove sta
seritto Dio e Carita." That is not the to-
lerance we can applaud ; that is not a mode
of argument in accordance with the liberalising spirit of
the age ; it is not the toleration which was avowed by
the Ministers of her Majesty's Government on the second
reading of Mr. Watson's Bill, or the toleration pro-
nounced, on Tuesday evening in the House of Commons,
by the late Secretary for the Home Department.
London, England, 1847-03-08

THE PATRICIAN.

In this number we have an interesting account of
Hagley, the far-famed domain of Lord Lyttelton, situated
in the most picturesque part of Worcestershire—the
glories of which have been sung by Thomson, and which,
from its connexion with the literary history of our
country, may be regarded as classic ground. The curious
trials connected with the aristocracy are continued, and
we have in the present number the two trials of Lord
Mohun for murder. These trials are curious, giving a
singular insight into the state of the streets and taverns
of London towards the close of the seventeenth century,
and a view of the outrageous lives and conduct of the
roués and gallants who frequented them. On the 9th of
December, 1692, Lord Mohun agreed to assist Captain
Hill in an endeavour to abduct Mrs. Bracegirdle,
the celebrated actress. Capt. Hill's suit to that lady had
been previously rejected by her at the instance, as he ima-
gined, of Mr. Mountford, an actor. Mrs. Bracegirdle
had been spending the day at the house of a Mr. Page, in
Drury-lane; as she was quitting, at ten o'clock at night,
Captain Hill and Lord Mohan seized her and attempted
to force her into a carriage. Her cries brought Mr.
Page and his friends to her assistance, the assailants
were overcome, but they insisted on accompanying Mrs.
Bracegirdle and her friends to her house, in lloward-
street. Having done this, they left, and, with drawn
swords, paraded before the house of Mountford,
in Norfolk-street, awaiting his return, and vow-
ing vengeance against him. While thus engaged
they were encountered by the watch, who demanded of
Lord Mohun why he had his sword drawn, to which
he replied that he was a Peer of the realm, and bid them
touch him if they durst. Mountford shortly afterwards
arrived, and Lord Mohun engaged him in a conversation,
during which Hill came up and stabbed him. Hill
escaped, and Lord Mohun was taken, tried, and acquit-
ted by his peers. A few years afterwards he was again
tried for the murder of Mr. Coote, who had been killed
in a duel, and again acquitted ; and at length his turbu-
lent career was cut short by a violent death. He was
killed in a duel with the Duke of Hamilton in Hyde-
park, who also fell. The present number likewise con-
tains several literary articles of merit, besides reviews of
various new publications, and critiques on the dramatic
productions t A t,, Zbibitions of the month.
London, England, 1847-03-08

THE POOR-LAW.

We understand that the following is an abstract of the
opinion given by the Attorney and Solicitor-General, which
was referred to by Lord John Russell on Friday night. It is
dated Oct. 16, 1846 :
"1. Two of the commissioners should sit as a board, and
they are not at liberty, as they seem to have considered
themselves to be, to distribute the business of the commission
amongst themselves, without eventually referring it to the

board.
" 2. The commissioners are not bound to have the attend-
ance of their secretary at their board meetings.
"3. The commissioners Night to exclude from the record
none of their correspondence that refers to their business
as commissioners.
"4. The commissioners are not bound to enter a minute of
opinion in every case, unless they shall finally differ. [lt
has even been suggested that they should register opinions.]
" 5. Every communication relating to the conduct of any
of the officers, or to the business of the commission, should
be addressed to the party concerned in an official shape
(although private correspondence respecting the business
they have to do is not forbidden to all, or any of the commis-
sions, for thus they may obtain information which is neces-
sary and useful, and need not be communicated to the board
under all circumstances).

The following is the opinion of an Assistant Poor-law Com-
missioner
‘,haN.
eonf
othe
hesitationP or Removal
ingiving
c m
Act s—y
opinion that the Poor
Removal Act operates most harshly upon the aged and in-
firm poor—upon the class of poor most deserving of our
sympathies. I have no hesitation in saving that, during
the whole period since the passing of the Act, I have never
visited a board of guardians, I have never visited a union, I
have never conversed with a person, without hearing the
greatest dissatisfaction expressed at the measure. 1 have
never known an instance in which approbation of the law has
been (*pressed. I have heard the greatest dissatisfaction.
expressed at the measure by ratepayers, and by the poor
applying for relief. lam bound to say the sooner the Act of
list Session is repealed the better. The Act has a tendency
to induce the proprietors of close parishes to pull down their
cottages, and drive the poor from the place of their labour.
Everything is now done to force au irremovable person oat
of a parish. The only paupers who have derived belied
from the Act are the Scotch and Irish."
London, England, 1847-09-06

Ages. I 20 I 25 I N I 35 I 40 I 45

males 0135018414811492112479
Females .. I 0 14 7 0 19 9 1 6 8 1 17 712 14 11 4 10 10

V.—IAIMEDIA.TE ANNUITIES.
Annuity 1001. will purchase.

Ages. I 20 I 25 I 30 I 35 I 40 I 43

Males .... I" 7
15 9 915 14 516 0 516 8 916 19 10
Females .. 5 4 8 15 8 615 12 11 15 18 316 5 416 14 9

VI.—WIDOWS" ANNUITIES.
To secure a Widow au Annuity of 501., commencing at death of
Husband, and continuing as long as she lives.

.Husband's Age.

30 I 41 I 50 I 60

Wife seine age.• .. • • 12 1 9 I 13 10 7 15 13 3 20 711
Wife Ten years younger .. 114 17 11 117 13 11 22 3 3 30 16 1
Wife Twenty years younger I 121 12 0 28 7 4 41 12 11

PROPOSAL.

To the Actuary of the British Empire Mutual Life Assurance
Company, 37, New Bridge-street, London.
Date 1847.
Sir,—As I wish to effect an Assurance for by Table*
shall feel obliged by yJur supplying the requisite forms.

Name and Address.- . • .. • • ..
* This blank to be filled up with the number attached to the
'Specimen Table by which the Applicant wishes to assure.

INVESTMENT ASSURANCES.

With the option on the part of the Assured to withdraw there De-
posits at any time with interest thereon.
London, England, 1847-09-06

HAMBIJR,GH MAIL.

- - -----
DISCOVERY Or THE BOI)Y OF THE MURDERER Or
THE ROMAN CATHOLIC PRlEST.—Yesterday, the
24th, the body of the person who murdered the
Roman Catholic priest on tbe steps of the altar of his
own church, was discovered in the Brijettenau, on the
side of the Danube, in a fearful state of decomposi-
tion. He had poisoned himuelf by means of .Prussic
acid, and his corpse lay hidden among the bushes and
reeds, which accounts for it not having been dis-
covered sooner.

DESTRUCTITS HAIL-STORM.—Letters from Elber-
feldt state that several villages have been visited by a
most tremendous hail-storm, which commenced at
four o'clock in the afternoon of the 24th August, and
lasted several hours. In some districts the oats and
vegetables, as well as the fruit, have been destroyed,
the oats have been clean threshed in several fields.
So great was the quantity o! hail, that at nine o'clock
the next morning large baskets full were taken up,
some of which were even then an inch thick.
FROM THE ELBE, AUG. 29—'The new law respect.
ing the Jews is gradually coming into operation.
Judges have already been appointed throughout the
whole of the country, who are to conduct the civil.
condition ~f the Jews. The constitution of congre-
gations, with their districts, is to be organized forth-
with. The courts also are in a state of activiity, and
preparations are being made in many places to get
ready every document against the time when the
respective administrations shall he in operation. In
Pomerania and Silesia meetings of the deputies of
several congregations have taken place. In Cologne
a committee has been formed for the Rhenish pro-
vinces, and other provinces will doubtless speedily do
the same.

FllO3l THE SEINE, AUG. 22.—We are authorised
to state that the negotiations relative to the union of
Hanover, with the English and Prus,sian Convention,
on the international rights of the people, are eon-
eluded, and that Hanover will join quite unshackled.
The proposed union, determined upon by the pleni-
potentiaries, on both sides, must be ratified and put in
force in two months.

NORWAY.—By a proclamation issufml on the 21st
ult., his Majesty King Oscar, in reference to the
twenty-third section of the Fundamentri Law, has in-
stituted a new Norwegian knights' on ier, under the
name of the Order of St. Olaf. This on ler is a white
enamelled cross, with the national am Is (a golden
lion, crowned with a portrait of St. Ola f, on a white
field), surrounded by a red, blue, and d ouble white
enamelled ring. At the extremities of the cross is
the letter 0 surmounted by a coronet, designating
the name of the founder. The riband is w atered of a
deep red colour, with blue and double whit borders.
The order is intended as a reward for dis, tinguished
services to the king and country. Baron `'on Hum-
boldt, the Danish Minister of State, and M.. Ochlen-
schlager, the poet, have been nominated Gran ci' Crosses
of the order. Several other nominations 15;ave also
been made.
London, England, 1847-09-06

AUDITOES.

BANNERS.
London and Westminster Bank, Lothbury.
SußazoN—John Mann, Esq.
SURVEYOR —Thomas Turner, Esq.
SommToas--Messrs: Watson and Sons.
Auulay AND SECRETARY—WiIitAM Sutton Gover, Esq,
GENERAL OUTLINE.

Burge, George William, Esq.

Porter, Joseph Long, Esq.

Entire mutuality
Policies issued from 201. to ,000/. Females assured at low rates.
The Directors are appointed by the members at the annual meeting
of the Company. • One-thifd "go. oat of office every year, but are
eligible for re-election ; so that the, members have full control over
the management of the Company. • •
The funds of the Company are em,loyed in loans to the members
()many description of available. security, such loans being repayable
by monthly instalments. .

The first division of profits will lake place on the Ist of January,
1852, and the subsequent ones' every three* years. The profits will
be applied in addition to the• policies or reduction of the annual
premiums, or will be paid in cash, as the parties may prefer.
SPECIMEN TA'I3LES
(From the larger Tables obtainable at the London and Agents'
Offices).
I.—ANNUAL PREMIUMS.
To Assure 100/. at Death with Profits,
London, England, 1847-09-06

EXAMPLE,

A party can assure for 1001., receivable at the end of twelve and a
half years, by the monthly payment of 10s. during that period ; but
should the Assured die previously-, the whole amount of his pay-
ments, together with 4 per cent. per annum interest, will be re-
turned to his representatives.
ADVANTAGES.

A party, taking out a I::licffora7nKvestment Assurance, has
these great advantages over an Investor in a Building Society—
there is no uncertainty as to the arootmt to be received out, or the
number of monthly pryments required to secure the object—nor is
he obliged to wait till a distant period, should his circumstances re-
quire the amount deposited, or any part thereof; there are no fines
on wlthdrawment, no entrance or postage fees, and 4 per cent. dis-
count will be allowed upon all prepayments.
APPLICATION.

To the Actuary of the British Empire Mutual Life Assurance Com-
pany, 37, New Bridge-street, London. •
_ _ _

Date

1847.

Sir,—rlease register my name for * Investment As•
surancei in the Books of the above Company. I enclose Two Shillings
and Sixpence per Assurance, as a Deposit off the first payment.
Name and Address,
* This blank to be filled a p with a number of Assurances of 1001.,
501., or 251. each that the Applicant may desire ; the Monthly Pre-
mium for 501. being ss. and for 251. 2s. 6d.
The General Prospectus, and Rates for all other Assurances, &c.,
may be had at the Company's Offices, or of the Agents throughout
the Empire.
London, England, 1847-09-06

-`l"es Will appear in a subsequent
J. W. CODDINGTON, Secretary.
TING of Merchants, Manufacturers,
ltitittink47 held at the Clarence Hotel, Manchester, Sep-
ktssZ.:he Resolutions passed here and in London, on the
Noißth, baling been read and fully discussed, it was re-
irei:l4l and uncertain Measures complained of by the
tigetwhilltireis7trttsociation' have unavoidably arisen out of the
for tlftevle.4albyor elainchpeiTiliadseta—odn Trade—one d;iffanernl frat, inom
tttlyt or Meeting, afixed or uniform rate of Measure, on
11uhDertZ°°ds can be at'ained only by the universal adop-
-41.A. Standard of Thirty-six Inches to the Yard."

ART-UNION OF LONDON.
FREE EXHIBITION.
The Works of Art selected by the Prizeho'clers of the year 1847,
exhibiting et the Gallery of the Society of British Artists, Suffolk-
street, Pall-mall East, will be open to the Public without Tickets,
Free, from the 6th to the 11th September inclusive, from Ten till Six
o'clock; and by Tickets from Seven till Ten o'clock, on the Evenings
of the Bth, 9th, 10th, and 11th.
GOERGE GODWIN,I Honorary
LEWIS POCOCK, Secretaries.
2d September, 1847.
- - -
London, England, 1847-10-23

ANTIION'S XENOPHON.

New Edition, Corrected and Revised, and adapted for Colleges and
Schoo's, &c. In One Volume, 12m0., bound in roan, price 7s. 6d.
THE ANABASIS of XENOPHON, with Eng-
lish Notes, Critical and Explanatory, a Map arranged accord-
ing to the latest and best authorities, and a Plan of the Battle of
Cunaxa. By CHARLES ANTHON, LL.D.

London : William Tegg and Co., Pancras lane, Cheapside.
31,,,* A. List of Professor Anthon's Woaks can be had of the Pub-
lishers, on application.

On the Ist of November, price 2s. 6d roan, gilt edges,
PUNCH'S POCKET-BOOK FOR 1848,
in addition to all the requisite BUSINESS INFORMATION,
will contain numerous Comic Articles, in prose and verse, with a
Coloured Frontispiece and Six Steel Etchings, by JOHN LEECH,
together with Seven Woodcuts, by RICHARD DOYLE.
London : Published at the Punch Office, 85, Fleet street.

Published This Day, in 12m0., price 4s. cloth,

rHE PRINCIPLE S and PRACTICE of
I_ ARITHMETIC and MENSURATION ; with the Use of
Logarithms. Adapted for the use both of Public and Private Schools
and the Universities. By J. WHARTON, M.A. With the Sanction
of the College of Preceptors.
London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans.

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.
OPENING TO CHELTENHAM.
On and after SATURDAY, October 23, 1847, the London Trains of
this Company will run over the Line between Gloucester and Chel-
tenham. The Trains will leaxe Cheltenham for London at 645 A.M.,
7 50 A.M. (Express), 8 20 A.M., 10 40 ♦.M., 11 15 A.M. (Parliamen-
tary), 12 45 P.M., 1 20 P.M. (Express), 3 55 P.M., 5 50 P.M., and 11 30
P.M. (Night Mail).—Trains from London will arrive at Cheltenham at
10 o'clock A.M., 12 5 rat., 12 45 P.M. (Express), 2 30 P.M. (Perna-
nientary),2 50 P.M., 4 24 P.M., 6 25 P.M., 8 30 P.M (Evening Express),
9 30 P.M., and 1 30 A.M. (Night Mail).
The Express Trains arriving at Paddington at 11 o'clock A.m., and
leaving Paddington at 5 30 P.M. will, on and after the 23d instant,
convey Passengers to and from Cheltenham, Gloucester, Stroud, and
Cirencester Hand Bills, giving full particulars of the above, may be
obtained at the Railway Stations.
By order of the Directors,
C. A. SAUNDERS, Secretary.

THE REGISTERED SYRIAN PALETOT,
pursuant to 6 and 7 Vic., cap. 65.
_ .

Messrs. SWAIN and CO., in announcing the preparation of this
garment, desire to have known that it bears no affinity to the com-
n:on produce vaunted as built of the " Llama wool ;" a material pos-
sessing no property by reason of which it can be woven to a cloth,
and which is, to every manufacturer in the empire, or of Europe, a
thing unknown. In securing to their house the entire and exclusive
importation of the costly material from which the SYRIAN CLOTH
is formed, they are enabled to preserve it in its unmixed character ;
and to impart its beauty to the garment formed from it, which is of
too select a species to be approached by any other extant, or to be
devised.-379, OXFORD-STREET.
London, England, 1847-10-23

Mayor to grant another remand of the prisoners for
some time. The only additional evidence necessary
was the strict legal evidence as to the fact that the
notes were forged. The moral evidence of guilt was
quite strong enough. The authorities here had com-
municated with the Bank at St. Petersburgh, and
the moment the evidence to prove that the notes were
forgeries should arrive the case should be sent to the
proper tribunal for trial. It would, he thought, be
necessary to go over the next sessions of the Central
Criminal Court. There were two or three other wit-
nesses whom it might be considered necessary to pro-
duce, one of whom was a servant girl at the house at
which Solomon Muscovitz had lodged, which girl
could prove that Friedeburg and Aaronson had been
constantly in the room with Muscovitz.
Mr. M'lntyre said, that sort of evidence only
proved that Muscovitz had stated facts in accounting
for the possession of the notes he was accused of
having on his person. Muscovitz was an illiterate
man, and was incapable of judging of genuine notes,
a circumstance not calculated to excite surprise, as
there was scarcely a person in the justice-room who
could declare that they were forgeries.
Mr. Blllantine said that his Learned Friend seemed
to forget that amongst the notes found upon his client
was a skeleton note, the condition of which was ample
proof that it was a forgery.
Mr. APlntyre argued that Muscovitz ought either
to he discharged or committed at once. He had
taken the notes as genuine ones, and it was out of his
power to call evidence to that fact, as his witnesses
were arraigned at the bar.
Mr. Vincent said he should postpone Aaronson's
defence to a future occasion.

Mr. Ballantine submitted to the Lord Mayor that
Mr. Dl'lntyre's observations with respect to Al usco-
vitz might be exactly adapted to a jury, but they
had nothing to do with the Lord Mayor, who had to
consider merely whether the case was such a one as
ought to go to a higher authority. Here was a man
found in the possession of a forged note, fabricated
by the parties with whom he was found to be con-
stantly associated.
The Loan MAYou said he had made up his mind
to remand all the prisoners till Saturday, the 20th of
November.

[ln all the notes found upon the prisoners, or in
their rooms, there are several verbal and other inac-
curacies, and in the notes which appear to have been
intended as the most finished, there is a gross error in
the last word of the note, which, as written, was
stated not to be a Russian word at all, and indeed to
be no word in any language. The notes were three
rouble notes, intended for circulation no doubt
amongst the ignorant peasantry, the bulk of whom
cannot read.]
London, England, 1847-10-23

PUBLICATIONS.

A.NTIION'S XENOPHON.
New Edition, Corrected and Revised, and adapted for Colleges and
Schoo's, &c. In One Volume, 12m0., bound in roan, price 7s. 6d.
11HE ANABASIS of XENOPHON, with Eng--
11 lish Notes, Critical and Explanatory, a Map arranged accord-
ing to the latest and best authorities, and a Plan of the 'tattle of
Cunaxa. By CHARLES ANTIION, LL.D.
London : William Tegg and Co., Pancras lane, Cheapslde.
',V' A List of Professor Anthon's \\'oaks can be had of the Pub-
London, England, 1847-10-23

lhliers, on application.

On the Ist of November, price 2s. Gd. real), gilt edges,
PUNCH'S POCKET-BOOK FOR 1848,
in addition to all the requisite BUSINESS INFORMATION,
will contain numerous Comte Articles, in prose and verse, with a
Coloured Frontispiece and Six Steel Etchings, by JOAN LEECH,
together with Seven Woodcuts, by RICHARD DOYLE.
London : Published at the Punch Office, 85, Fleet. street.
London, England, 1847-10-23

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Oct. 22.
(Before Mr. Commissioner EvaNs.)
There were several meetings for the choice of as-
signees in this court, but the three following alone
deserve mention :

In the case of William Pithey, of Philpot-lane,
merchant, Mr. Munt, of the firm of Munt and
Brown, merchants, was appointed assignee; in the
case of W. H. Lewis, of Ludgate-street, shoe manu-
facturer, Mr. Swift, a shoe dealer in Hatton-garden,
was appointed assignee ; and in the matter of G. W.
Jones, in which debts to a large amount were proved,
Mr. Laxton, of Pall-mall East, surveyor, and Mr.
Thomas Martin, of 21, Whitechapel• road, silk manu-
facturer, were chosen assignees. Mr. Jones was a
shoe manufacturer in Birchin-lane, Cornhill.
(Before Mr. Commissioner GOULBURN.)
IN THE BANKRUPTCY OF WILLIAM THOMAS.

The last examination of this bankrupt, who was a
publisher and newspaper advertisement agent in
Catherine-street, Strand, was further adjourned.
IN THE BANKRUPTCY OF STIRLING AND STIRLING.

The bankrupts, who were slate merchants at Strat-
ford, in Essex, came up for their certificates. They
were the inventors of a peculiar description of fuel,
for which a patent has been granted. The Commis-
sioner observed, that this patent had been offered for
sale, and a person agreed to give a considerable sum
for it, but owing to the pressure in the money market
had not yet paid in the amount to the official assignee.
From a review of the whole of the transactions in
which the bankrupts had been engaged, and from the
official report, it gave him pleasure to say that both
bankrupts had conducted themselves like honest men.
He would grant the certificates.
London, England, 1847-10-23

RAILWAY RETURNS

RAILWAY TRAFFIC.—The following are the Total Receipts of Rail
ways for the past week—that is to say, up to the date to which the
respective returns are made, together with the receipts of the same
week in the previous year:

Last
week.

b.;
231:::
t -
0 b.
C.)
London, England, 1847-10-23

ling I NAME OF RAILWAY.

17 Amiens and Boulogne . .............
16 Arbroath and Forfar ••••• • • • • •
15 Chester and Birkenhead. •.• . . • •• • •
14 Dublin and Drogheda...." .•••• • • • •
19 Dublin and Kingstown • •••• • • • •
Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen
16 Edinburgh and Glasgow .• • •
17 Eastern Counties and North Eastern..
16 East Lancashire • • ...... ............
10 Eastern Union.. ........ ••• . • .......
16 Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr ......
16 Glasgow and Greenock
16 Great Southern and Western
17 Great Western, &c •
16 Lancashire and Yorkshire
15 Lancaster and Carlisle • .......
17 London and North Western, &c.
17 London and Blackwall
16 London and Brighton
17 London and South Western . ........
Manchester, Leeds, and Hull Assoc..
16 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire
16 Maryport and Carlisle .....
16 Midland, Bristol, and Birmingham....
17 Midland Great Western (Irish) ......
16 Newcastle and Carlisle •• • • •. • •
- Newcastle, Berwick, and North Shields
17 Norfolk ............................
16 North British .. •••••••••• • • • • • • • • • •
16 Paris and Rouen .••••••••• • •• • • • • ••
Preston and Wyre.... ••• • • ••• • • • •
16 Rouen and Havre •• • •••••• • • •• • •
15 Shrewsbury and Chester • ..... ••• • • •
16 South Eastern and Branches ........
15 South Dev0n.......................
16 Taff Vale • .
17 Ulster. •••••• • • • • • • ...... •• • •
16 Whi teh aye n Junction ... •• • • .. •• • •
16 York and Newcastle . •••••• • • • • • •
16 York and North Midland ... • •

664
170
877
806
863

4,040
12,748
906
1,163
2,703
1,002
2,150
20,909
9,931
1,406
43,504

932
9,555
8,678

2,342

665
22,862
1,058
2,181

2,093
2,481
7,613

305
4,278
10,099
818

2,831

2,306
988
1,081
20,056
9,567

630
10,980
1,663
1,515

42,060

846
8,328
6,813

1,812

473
19,067

184
11,569
9,742

2,013

1,553
1,208
7,122

9,460
' 851
1,303
754

5,949
7,0G9

DEATH OF Ma. J. CRISTALL.—Joshua Cristal],
one of the originators of the Society of Painters in Water
Colours, and many years president of that institution,
died on the 18th instant, at his residence in St. John's
Wood, in the 80th year of his age. He was a constant
exhibitor at the old water colour exhibition, and had de-
dicated much of his time to the higher branches of his
art, though with not more success than Mr. Howard,
who died the other day, achieved in oils. He will be
remembered with Girtin and Barrett, and the earlier
painters, whose labours assisted in obtaining for our
school of water colours the European reputation which
it now enjoys.
The Jews of Aix, in gratitude to Pius IX., for
what he has done for persons of their faith at Rome,
have put up prayers in their synagogue for his Holiness.
London, England, 1847-10-23

ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
The Last Week of the LECTURES on CHARACTER, with
Musical IllustraVons, by Mr. J. RUSSELL, each Evening, at
Eight o'clock, except Monday and Saturday. A LECTURE oa the
PHYSICAL. PROPERTIES of a JET of STEAM, in reference to
YE.NTiLATION; dte:, with Novel and Interesting Experiments, by
Dr. BACHHOFFNER, daily at Half-past Three. CHEMICAL
LECTURES. Tile ELECTRIC 'TELEGRAPHS worked. The
WORKING MODELS, explained daily. The beautiful OPTICAL
EFFECTS include an entirely New Series of:DISSOLVING VIEWS.
DIVING BELL and DIVER, with HYDE'S NEW APPARATUS
for CONVERSING with PERSONS under WATER, &c, Ste.
Admission, Is.; Schools. Half-price.