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London, England, 1847-02-06 00:00:00

EVENING, FEBRUARY 6, 1847

PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS.

(From the Votes and Procadincs of the House of Commons.)

FRIDAY FEB. 5.
The following Railway Bills were presented, read a first
time, and ordered to be read a second time:—
Manchester and Southport Railway and Branches—" for
making a Railway from Southport through Wigan to Pen •
dleton, near Manchester, with several Branches, to be called
The Manchester and Southport Railway.' "
London and Blackwell Railway Improvement and Branches
to the St. Katherine's and London Docks—" to amend the
Acts relating to the London and Blackwell Railway, and to
authorise the Company to alter the Gauge of their Railway,
and to make certain Improvements in the Approaches to the
said Railway, and to make Branches to the London Ind St.
Katherine's Docks."

Midland (Masbrough and Normanton Stations Enlarge-
ment)—" to enable the Midland Railway Company to en-
large their Stations at Masbrough and .Normanton respec-
tively, and to construct additional Sidings or Branch Rail-
ways."
Caledonian (Glasgow, Garnlirk, and Coatbridge Railway ;
Branch to Glasgow and Station)--" to enable the Caledonian
Railway Company to make a Branch Railway from the
Glasgow, Garnkirk, and Coatbridge Railway to Glasgow, and
to enlarge the Station in that City."
London and South-Western (Widening, &c.)—" to enable
the London and South-Western Railwa Company to widen
and improve the Lcndon and South-Western Railway from
the junction thereof with the Richmond Railway to the Ter-
minus at Nine Elms, and to enable them to enlarge their in-
tended Station at the York-read, Lambeth."
The following Railway Bills were read a second time, com-
mitted, and referred to the Committee of Selection :
Glasgow, Airdrie, and Monklands Junction (Cowlairs, Car-
myle, Central Junction, and Coplaw-hill Branches, and
Montrose-street Terminus).
Glasgow, Airdrie, and Alen klands Junction (Cowllirs B ranch).
Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, and Ayrshire and
Bridge of Weir (No. 3).
Preston and Wyre.
North -Western (Diversions at Skipton, Casterton, and
Sedbergh).
London and North-Western (Purchare of the Earl of Elles-
mere's interest in the Manchester South Junction and
Altrincham Railway).
Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne Junction.
Liskeard and Launceston Branch.
Lynn and Ely (Extension to Spalding and Holbeach).
Lynn and Ely (Extension to Bury St. Edmund's).
Direct London and Portsmouth, and London, Brighton,
and South Coast Amalgamation.
Manchester and Lincoln Union (Deviation).
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (Louth and Horn-
castle and East Lincolnshire Junction Branches).
Norfolk (from Thetford to the Lowestoft Railway near

Reedhain, with a Branch to Haleaworth).
Reading, Guildford, and Reigate.
Glasgow, Damfries, and Carlisle, and Glasgow, Paisley, Kil-

ma-rno'ck and Ayr (No. 2).
Bristol and South Wales Junction and Aust Ferry.
Wharfdale (Skipton and Cayley Hall Deviations).
Wear Valle.y, Bishop Auckland and Weardale, Weardale
Extension, and Wear and Der-went Railways, and Shildoa
Tunnel Amalgamation.

MAGAZINES (CONTINUED).
TAIT'S MAGAZINE.

Another of Gilfillan's Literary Portraits is prefixed t
the present number. It is me of the m'st interesting
and not the least brilliant he has hitherto produced.
His theme is the character and writings of Thomas H 00.3„
As might have been anticipated, Mr. Gilflllan restricts
his critical observations principally to the serious poetry
of the deceased author. The discrimination of the
merits of that poetry, and particularly of the " homely
tragic narratives" and the " grave pathetic lyrics" is
keen and generous. Upon Eugene Aram's dream is
uttered an earnest panegyric, but not a jot more earnest
than that powerful poem deserves. On the celebrated
" Song of the Shirt," again, the strictures are forcible
enough, the writer fully appreciating the harden of that
strange and stirring chaunt—" now shrunk down into the
whispers of weakness, now shuddering up into the
laughter of despair." One remark upon the idiosyncrasy
of Hood is well conceived and clearly worded. "If he
cannot get rid of the grim gigantic shadow of himself,
which walks ever before him as before alt men, he can
at least make mouths and cut antics behind its back."
That sentence in itself is a fine eulogium upon the genial
disposition and, we had almost said, the profound wisdom
of poor Hood. "Some will continue to follow the un-
baptised terror in tame and helpless submission," con-
tinues Mr. Gilfillan, "others will pay it vain homage ;
others will make to it resistance equally vain ; and
many will seek to drown in pleasure, or forget in busi-
ness, their impression, that it walks on before them—
silent, perpetual, pausing with their rest, running with
their speed, growing with their growth, and stren*hen-
ing with their strength, forming itself a ghastly rainbow
on the fumes of their bowl of festil al, lying down with
them at night, starting up with every start that disturbs
their slumbers, rising with them in the morning, rushing
before them like a rival dealer into the market-place,
and appearing to beckon them on behind it, from the
death-bed into the land of shadows, as into its own do-
main." Was there not wisdom in that fitful laughter
and those fantastic gambols of Hood ? And did
that laughter and those gambols deteriorate in
any measure the effect of his deep and enthral-
ling pathos ? Did they not rather enhance
in a wonderful degree the emotions produced by his
impassioned verse, breaking in with a jest upon the me-
lancholy wail of the sempstress, mingling a quaint smile
with her tears, throwing " a dimple on the red waves of
hell ?" Upon this apparently rich eccentricity, Mr Gil-
fillan observes, " Hood, as well as Shakspere knew that
to deepen the deepest woe of humanity, it is the best
way to show it in the lurid light of mirth." That is part
of the secret of that charm, half-pensive, half jocose,
which pervades the metrical writings of Hood. He
laughs, and jokes, and puns, and exaggerates, and sets
the table in a roar, becaute, as Mr. Gilfillan surmises,
he felt that "if he wept at all, it were floods of terrible
and burning tears." It is with the deepest pleasure we
hear that ono hundred pounds has been obtained from
the Royal Bounty for the pressing necessities of the
two orphan children of Thomas Hood, and that it is the
intention of the Prime Minister to ensure them a com-
petent pension in June. The nation owed sane trivial
mark of honour like this to the memory of as true a
man
.and as gentle a heart as England ever
possessed. The " Letters and Dispatches of Napo-
leon," as well as the " Lives of the English
Chancellors," by Lord Campbell, are severally
reviewed, at some length, with copious quotations.
Thomas do Quincy contributes ar.other article upon
" Walter Savage, Lander ;" and John O'Connell com-
mences certain "Arguments for the Repeal of the
Union." The principal excellence in the latter paper
is, that it condenses into a few pages the plea of the
Liberator, and his millions of followers. " Sketch( s in
Cities," beginning with Glasgow, promises to be a very
readable series, and calculated to do good service in the
way of municipal improvement. Contrast begets emu-
lation and emulation necessitates advancement. The
remainder of the magazine is of inferior importance, not
excepting the Political Register.

FRIDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE.
At the Court at Windsor, the 4th day of February, 1547,
I Present, the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council.
Her Majesty having been pleased to appoint Lloyd Vaughan
Watkins &q., to be Lord-Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum
of the county of Brecon, he this day took the oaths up-
pointed to be taken thereupon, iastead of the oaths of
Allegiance and Supremacy. Her Majesty in Council was
this day pleased, upon the representation of the Right Hou.
the Lords of the Committee of Council on Education, to ap-
point -Edward Carleton Tufnell, Esq., and Joshua Fcstin
Rucldock, Esq., to be two of her Majesty's Inspectors of
Schools.

DUCHY OF LANCASTER, FEB. 4, I 847.
The Queen has been the day pleased to appoint William
Gale, of Lightburn-house, Ulverstone, Esq., to be Sheriff of
the county palatine of Lancaster for the year ensuing.
WHITEHALL, FEB. 3.

The Queen has been pleased to appoint Dr. William
Pulteney Alison to be "First Physician to her Majesty in
Scotland, in the room of Dr. J. H. Davidson, deceased.
The Queen has also been pleased to appoint Dr. I:obert
Christison to be one of her Almjesty's Physicians in Ordinary
in Scotland. _ _ _ . : _

The Queen has also teen pleased to appoint Dr. James
Young Simpson, to be Physician Accoucheur to her Majesty
in Scotland.

FOREIGN-OFFICE, J. 25.

The Queen hilsl;eenplea.sed to appoint Charles Frederick
Rothery, Esq., in the room of Henry William Macaulay,
Esq., deceased, to be her Majesty's Commissioner in the
Mixed British and Portuguese Commission established at
the island of Boa Vista (one of the Cape de Verde Islands),
under the treaty between Great Britain and Portugal for
the'suppression of the slave trade, signed at Lisbon on the
3d of July, 1842.
CBOWN-OFtICE, FEB. 4.
BIEJIDERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS lIIESENT
EARLI.A3IENT.
County of Sussex ("Western Division)—Richard Prince, of
Walberton, in the county of Sussex, Esq., in the room of
Charles Wyndham, Esq., who has accepted the office of
Steward of her Majesty's Chiltern Hundreds.
County of Middlesex—The Right Honourable Robert
Grosvenor, commonly called Lord Robert Grosvenor, in the
room of George Byng, Esq., deceased.
City of Chester—Hugh Lupus Grosvenor, commonly
called Earl Grosvenor, in the room of the Right Honourable
Robert Grosvenor, commonly called Lord Robert Grosvenor,
who has accepted the office of Steward of her Majesty's Chil-
tern Hundreds.

WAR OFFICE, FEB. 5

Royal Regiment of Horse Guards—Lieutenant Lord George
John Manners to be Captain, by purchase, vice Brunt, wEir
retires; Cornet Francis Howard Vysc to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Lord G. J. Manners ; Thomas Leslie, Gent.,
to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Vvse, Feb. 5.
Ist Regiment of Foot—Charles Miuchin, Gent., to be En-
sign, by purchase, vice Evans, who retires, Feb. 5.
9th Foot—Captain William Cookson, from the 80th Foot,
to be Captain, vice Creagh, who exchanges, Nov. 21, 1846.
18th Foot—Ensign Charles Frederick Kelly to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Bernard, who retires; Ensign
Charles Thickness° Came, from the 41st Foot, to be Ensign,
vice Kelly, Feb. 5.
41st Foot—Captain Robert Donaldson to be Major, by
purchase, vice Astier, who retires; Lieutenant Thomas
Andrews Rawlins to be Captain, by purchase, vice Donald-
son ; Ensign Campbell Graham to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Rawlins; Charles Palgue Bertram, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Came, appointed to the 18th Foot,
Feb. 5 ; Henry Dixon, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Graham, Feb. 6. _ _ .

46th Foot—Edward Wemyss, Gent., to be Ensign, with-
out purchase, vice Pretyman, deceased, Feb. 5.
73d Foot—Neil Alexander 11fackellar, Gent., to be En-
sign, without purchase, vice Hickson, promoted in Ceylon
Rifle Regiment, Fcb. 5.
80th Foot—Captain Charles Myers Creagh, from 9th
Foot, to be Captain, vice Cookson, who exchanges, Nov. 21,
1846.

84th Foot—Captain William Radcliff, from the 87th Foot,
to be Captain, vice Campbell, who exchanges, Feb. 5.
87th Foot—Captain Charles F. Campbell, from 84th Foot,
to be Captain, vice Radcliff, who exchanges, Feb. 5.
3d West India Regiment—Ensign John O'Flanagan to be
Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Muttlebury, deceased.
Oct. 1, 1846; William John Russwurm, Gent., to be Ensign,
vice O'Flanagan ; Lieutenant Frederick Jesee Hills to be
Paymaster, Feb. 5.
Ceylon Rifle Regiment—Second Lieutenant John. Hender-
son to be First Lieutenant, without purchase, vice L. S. C.
Fraser, deceased, Dec. 2, 1846 ; Second Lieutenant John
MacDougall to be First Lieutenant, without purchase, vice
Henderson, whose promotion on Jan. 9, 1847, lies been can-
celled ; John Brown, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, vice
MacDougall, Feb. 5. _ _

,
UNATTACHED.—Lieutenant Puilip Glubb, from 35th Foot,
to be Captain, without purchase, Df.c 8; Lieutenant Wil-
liam Mason, from Royal Newfoundland Companies, to be
Captain, without purchase, Feb. 5.
ME3IORANDUM.—The Christian names of Ensign Morgan,
of the 4th Foot, are George Augustus.
Erratum in the Gazette of Aug. 7, 1846.

90th Foot—For Alexander Allean 'racer, Gent., to be
Ensign, without purchase, vice Blackburn, promoted. in the
6th Foot, read, vice Blackburn. killed in action.

BANRRUPTS.

Charles Hallett and Charles Parker, linendrapers Thorn-
ton-street, Dockhead, Bermondsey, to surrender Feb. 15, at
half-past twelve, and March 15, at half-past eleven, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman-
street; Lawrance and Flews, Old Jewry-chambers.
Alexander Fletcher, bookseller, Shaftesbury-street, Pim-
lico, Feb. 15, at twelve, and March 15, at eleven, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Old Jewry-
! chambers : Baylis and Co., Basinghall-street.
Samuel Bradley, corn-factor, Mark- lane, Feb. 12 and
March 19, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher,
official assignee; Husband and Wyatt, Moorgate.
Joseph ElaM, rug-manufacturer, Etham-street, Kent-
street, Surrey, Feb. 12, at eleven, and March 19, at twelve,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee;
Wilson, Al derm anbury.
George Messenger, draper, Uxbridge, Feb. 17, at two,
and March 18, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. John-
son, official assignee, Basinghall street;. Reed and Langford,
Friday- street, Cheapside.
John Titley, woollen draper, High-street, Southwark, Feb.
11, at two, and March 11, at half-past eleven, at the Court
of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee,
b 'Coleman-street-
buildinos ; Sole and Turner, Aldermanbury.
John Fabry, grocer, Strattieldsaye, Hampshire, Feb. 18,
at two, and March 18, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street; Holmes and
C Bedford-row.
Thomas Young, leather-seller, Canterbury, Feb. 16, at
two, and March 19, at &even, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry ;
Ford, Bkomsbury-square.
William Frederick Cowper, Benjamin Farren Cowper, and
Paul Edwin Cowper, linen drapers, Darlington, Durham,
Feb. 9, at half past ten, and March 15, at one, at the
Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, official as- '
signee ; Alison, Darlington ; Philipson, Newcastle- upon-
Tyne; Tilson, Squancc,Clark, and .Morrice, Coleman-street.
John Ilaskins Gandell and John Brunton, commission
agents, Birkenhead, Feb. 23, and March 12, at the Liverpool
District Court. Turner, official assignee, Liverpool ; Parker
and C 0.., Gray's Inn, London ; Reid and Searle, Birkenhead.
Thomas Brown Fairhurst, painter, Liverpool, Feb. 19, and
March il9, at e'even,. at the Liverpool District Court. Mor-
gan, official assignee, Liverpool; Vincent, Temple, London •
Atkinson, Liverpool.
John Ross, woolstapler, Enderby, Leicestershire, Feb. 18.
and March 13, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court.
Valpy,,offieial assignee, Birmingham; Smith, Birmingham.
DIVIDENDS DECLARED

J. Partington, attorney, Rochdale, Lancashire—first (Ey.
of 61/td. in the pound, on any Tuesday, at the office of Mr.
Hobson, Manchester.

J. Pulman, blacksmith, Whalley-, Lancashire—first div. of
is.o%d. in the pound, on any Tuesday, at the office of Mr.
Hobson, Manchester.

J. Pie, jun., slater, Preston, Lancashire—first div. of
104 d. in the pound, on any Tuesday, at tho office of Mr.
Hobson, Manchester.
J. Warburton, builder, Stockport, Cheshire—first div. of
7d. in the pound, on any Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Pott,
Manchester.
T. Gregory, chemist, Macclesfield—first div. of 2s. 5(1. in
the pound, on any Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Pott, Man-
chester.
W. Taylor, oil merchant, Saddleworth, Yorkshire—final
div. of I%d. in the pound, on any Tuesday, at the office of
Mr. Pott, Manchester.
J. C. Cockroft, stuff manufacturer, Addington, Yorkshire
—first and final div. of 10s. 9d. in the pound, on any Friday,
at the office of Mr. Kynaston, Leeds.
S. Askham, stuff manufacturer, Bradford, Yorkshire—a
div. of 4d. in the pound, on any Friday, at the office of Mr.
Kynaston, Leeds.
J. Rawlinsen, tailor, Spalding, Lincolnshire—first div. of
45. in the pound, on any Thursday, at the office of Mr.
Valpy, Birmingham.
A. Applegath, silk printer, Crayford, Kent—second div. of
4%d. in the pound, on any Thursday, at the office of Mr.
Pennell, Guildhall-chambers.
J. IL Spencer, farmer, Halsted, Essex—first div. of 7d. in
the pound, on any Thursday, at the office of Mr. Pennell,
Guildhall-chambers.
Currie and Seignette, merchants, Mincing-lane—second div.
of Id. in the pound, on any Thursday, at the office of Mr.
Pennell, Guildhall-chambers.
J. Cornish, painter, Bridport,Dorsetshire—a div. of 4s. 6d.
in the pound, on new proof, towards the first div. of ss. in
the pound, on any Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Hirtzel,
Exeter.

J. Cummins, bookseller, Weymouth, Yorkshire—a div. of
Is. 2d. in the pound on new proofs, towards the first div. of
ss. in the pound,: on any Tuesday, at the office of Mr.
Liirtzel, Exeter. _ _ _ _

R. L, Harness, spirit dealer, Dulverton, Somersetshire—
first div. of 3s. 214 d. in the pound, on any Tuesday, at the
office of Mr. Hirtzel, Exeter.
R. L. Dawson and P. Vance, merchants, Liverpool—
second div. of I%d. in the pound upon general proofs, and
Bd. in the pound upon new proofs, at the office of Mr.
Morgan, Liverpool.
W. Tweddle, soap manufacturer, Leeds—first div. of 9d.
in the pound, on Wednesday, Feb. 17, or any subsequent
Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Morgan, Liverpool.
J. Senior, brewer, Salford, Lancashire—first div. of 4s. 6d.
in the pound, on any Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Hobson,
Manchester.
W. Hatton, silk manufacturer, Macclesfield—first div. of
Is. 63%d. in the pound, on any Tuesday, at the office of Mr.
Hobson, Manchester.
J. Wright, tavern keeper, Manchester—first div. of 2s. 9d.
in the pound, on any Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Hobson,
Manchester.

DIVIDENDS.
At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall:street.
J. Sims, wheelwright Tollard Royal, Wiltshire, Feb.
u2_6r,eaatt
one—B. L. M. Rothschild, dealer in precious stones,
Queen-street, Lincoln's Inn-fields, Feb. 26, at one T. L.
Powell, cabinet maker, Romsey, Hampshire, Feb. 26, at two
—J. and T. Batt, silkmen, Old Broad-street, City, Feb. 26, at
half-past one—F. K. Fowell, wine merchant, Piccadilly
Feb. 26, at eleven—J. Denew, auctioneer, Charles-street,
Berkeley-square, Feb. 26, at twelve—J. K. Bullen, tailor,
Peterborough, Feb. 26, at two—F. Macqueen, merchant,
Leadenhall-street, Feb. 2G, at one—S. York, upholsterer,
Cambridge, Feb. 26, at half-past twelve—R. T. Fletcher,
money scrivener, Brentford, Feb. 26. at twelve—W. Ransom,
corn merchant, Stowmarkct, Suffolk, Feb. 26, at half-past
eleven—T. A. Curtis, merchant, Tokenhouse-yard, City,
Feb. 26, at twelve—J. Cuthbert and M. Clarke, jun., wing
merchants, Colchester-street, Savage-gardens, City, Feb. 26,
at eleven-78. Lawrence, merchant, Crown. court, Old Broad-
street, City, Feb. 26, at eleven—R. Clarke and J. Burgess,
coal dealers, Coal Exchange, City, Feb. 26,. at half-past
eleven—H. Sandys, sen., Crane-court, Fleet-street, Feb. 6,
at eleven—W. Palmer, hosier, Strand, March 1, at one.
In the Country.
C. Harris, tailor, Sheffield, March, 5, at eleven, at the
Town-hall, Sheffield—W. Bradley, flax spinner, Leeds,
Feb. 27, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court—J.
clothier, Aldmondbnry, Yorkshire, March 2, at eleven, at the
Leeds District Court—H. W. Hobhouse, J. Phillott, and C.
Lowder, bankers, Bath. March 9, at twelve, at the Bristol
District Court—H. W. Hobhouse, banker, Bath, March 2, at
twelve, at the Bristol District Court—H. and W. Graham,
merchants, Liverpool, Feb. 26, at twelve, at the Livepoel

District Court—J. A. Lee, ironfounder, Liverpool, March 11
at eleven, at the Liverpool District Coa—C. Taylor, brush
manufacturer, Birmingham, March 1, at twelve, at the Bir-
mingham District Court—J. B. Duokerley, draper, Blau-
cbester, Feb. 26, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court
—W. Barker, cotton spinner, Tottington Iligher-and, La,!-
I March 4, at twelve, at the Manchsster District
Court.
CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to
the contrary, on the day herein mentioned.
C. Burrell, cheesemonger, Northumberland-place, G.l-1-
merclal-road, Feb. 27—J. Lamont, ship owner, Wellclo.,N.
square, Feb. 26—P. Howard, wine merchant, Hingham,
Norfolk, Feb. 2-I—J. Mousley, builder, North Brlxtt.,o,
March I—T. Marsh, chair manufacturer, Camomile-street,
Bishopsgate- street, March I—C. Boror, grocer, Eiliot's-row,
Lower-road, Islington' Feb. 26—W. Trice, grocer,
Iligti-
street, Stepney, March I—J. Mears, builder, Bristol, Feb. 'A
—J. Sutcliffe and Company, cotton spinners, Birstal, York-
shire, March 2—J. Sutcliff,, cotton spinner, Whallev, Lan-
cashire, March I—A. Burton, coal merchant, Pimlico,
March I—T. Broady, chemist, Chester, Feb. 26—J. Lest• r,
farmer, Pen- y-gelle -lodge, Denbighshire, Feb. 26—J. Hui.-
bard, auctioneer, Ranrgite, 'Feb. Rifford, brewer,
Holloway; Feb. 26;

-PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
A. Simms and E. A. Power, cigar dealers, Birmingham-..
T. Begbie, F. T. Young, and G. Young, corn factors, Mark-
laud—H. D. Coggan and R. Matthews, hot pressers, Fit-
chett's-court, Noble-street, City—G. Rav anti H. In-their,
surgeons, Milton, Kent—F. and A. -Carter, attorney 4,
Coventry—E. Cooper, E. P. Cooper, and B. Cooper, wooll,
cloth manufacturers, Staverton, Wiltshire—W. J. llill at).l
F. Bates, linen drapers, Kentish-town—'I'. Parry and I'. Light-
foot, sugar refiners, Liverpool—P. Littlejohn and J. V..
Thomas, wino merchants, Liverpool W. Stubbs and W.
Walker, china manufacturers, Stoke-upon-Trent—J. and 11.
Reeves, colourmen, Chearside—F. F. Davis and G. (7.
Stewart, ale merchants, Water-lane, City—J. Blackall anti
E. Webb, shoemalzers,Corbet-court, Graceelturch-street—A.
D. Young and W. Ridge, tea dealers, Gracechurch-street—J.
and J. Ilobson, scissor manufacturers, Sheffield—W. E. 13t 17,
H. Hunter, E. Bell, and J. Hargrave, general commissiol
agents, City (so far as regards 11. Hunter)—M. Birkbeele
and A. Quitvow, merchants, Bradford, Yorkshire—J. Masolt
and J. Williams, builders, Liverpool—H. M. Soole and A.
Duncan, lightermen, Hull—A. Parker and F. Shield, ship
brokers, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—J. Letts and C. T. Cook;.,
millers, Leamington Priors, Warwickshire—T. Holt and F.
White, drysalters, Manchester.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
John Callum, contractor, Glasgow, Feb. 10 and March 3,
at twelve, at the chambers of Mr. Gilmour.(lla,gcw.
Alexander Turner, cabinet maker, Glasgow, Feb 10 atd,
March 8, at twelve, at the chambers of Mr. Dick, Glasgow.
PRICE OF SUGAR.
The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed
' from the returns made in the week ending February 2,
1847, is 375. 41j.2d. per cwt.

SHERIFFS FOR 1847.
Bedfordshire—Robert Newland, of Kempston, Esq.
Berkshire—William Henry Stone, of Streatley House, Esq.
Buckinghamshire—Baron Meyer Amschel de Rothschild, c.f
Mentmore.
Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire—Robert Francis Pate,
of Wisbecb, Esq.
Cumberland —Gilfrid William Hartley, of Rose Hill, Esq.
Cheshire—Ralph Gerard Leycester, of Tuft Hall, Esq.
Derbyshire—John Bell Crompton, of Milford, Esq.
Devonshire—Henry Champernowne, of Dartington, Esq.
Dorsetshire—Thomas Bowyer Bower, of I werne Minster, Lg.
Durham—John Fawcett, of North Bailey, Esq.
Essex—William Coahead Marsh, of Park Hall, Thoydon
Garnon, Epping, Esq.
Gloucestershire—Thomas Barwick Lloyd Baker, of Hardwick
Court, Esq.
Herefordshire—Sir Velters Cornewall, of Moccas, Bart.
Hertfordshire—Humphrey Harper Burchell, of Bushey
Grange, Esq.
Kent—Jobs Pelly Atkins, of Halsted, Esq.
Leicestershire—Wm. Wootton Abney, of Sweepstone, Esc.
Lincolnshire—Thsephilus Fairfax Johnson, of Spalding, Esq.
Monmouthshire—William Mark-wood, of Rumney,
Norfolk—Sir Jacob Henry Preston, of Beeston St. Law-
rence, Bart.
•Northamptenshire—Thomas Tyron, of Bulwick Park, Esq.
Northumberland—James Henry Hollis Atkinson, of Anger-
ton, Esq.
No:tirghainsb ire—John Vere, of Carlton-upon 'Trent, Esq.
Oxfordshire—Henry Baskerville, of Crosley Park, Henly-
on-Thames, Esq.
Rutlandshire—Richard Lucas, of Edith Weston, Esq.
Shropshire—Joseph Venables Lovett, of Be;niort, Esq.
Somersetshire—John Matthew Quantock, of Norton-sub-
IJ unden, Esq.
Staffordshire—sir Edward Dolman Scott, of Great Barr, Esq.
County of Southarnoton—Lancelor Archer Burton, of Wood-
lands Emsworth, Esq.
Suffolk—Henry James Oakes, of Newton Court, Esq.
Surrey—Joseph Bousor, of Poulsden, Esq.
Sussex—Wm Gratwicke Kinleside Gratwicke, of Ham, Esq.
Warwickshire—George W Weldon, of Springfield-house,
Wiltshire —Wadham Locke, of Ashton Gifford-house, Esq.
Worcestershire--Edward G. Stone, of Chambers-court, Esq.
Yorkshire—Joseph Dent, of Ribston-park, Esq.
WALES.
Anglesey—The Right Hon. Spencer Bulkeley Lord Newbo-
rough, of Treiddon.
Breconshire—Rhys Davies Powel, of Graig-y dros, Esq.
Camarvonshire —Thomas Wright, of Derwenfawr, Esq.
Cannarthenshire-4.-Ar James Cockburn, of Ddolgwm, Bart.
Cardiganshire—Matthew Davies, of Tanybwlch, Esq.
Denbighshire—Richard Lloyd Edwards, of Bronhaulog,,
Abergele, Esq.
Flintshire—Llewelyn FrOkner Lloyd, of Nannelch, Esq.
Glamorganshire--Nash Vaughan Edwards Vaughan, of
Rheola, Esq.
Montgomeryshire—John Offiey Crewe Read, of Llandinam-
Hall, Esq.
Merionethshire—John Griffith Griffith, of Faltreuddyn-firwr,
Esq.
Pembrokeshire—William Henry Lewis, of Clynfiew, Esq.
Rainorshire—Henry Miles, of Downfield, Esq.

BANK OF ENGLAND.
(From last night's Gazette.).

An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria, cap. 32, for
the Week ending on Saturday, the 30th day of January, 1847.
ISSUE DEPARTMENT.

dotes i55ued........ 26,172,870

Government debt 11,015,101
Other securitiel •• • . 2,981,9 c
Gold coin and bullion 10,199.101
Silver builiox •• • • 1.673 V 9

X 26,172,870

26,172,70
74. MA 11SMILL, Chief Casiiier.
Dated the 4th clay of February. 1847.
DANK MO DEr.ISTMEN T.

Proprietors' capital 14,553,000
Rest ••••••• • • • • • • • 3,613,711
bile deposits (in-
cluding Exchequer,
Commissioners of
National Dcbt, Sav-
ings-banks, and Di-
vidend accounts) •
ether deposits
Seven day and other
bills

Government securi-
ties (Including Dead

Weight A n niii ty) 12,722 A 19
Other securities •• • • 14,10i,,72
tiotes.. ••• • • ..... 5,70 5
Gold and silver coin.. 723,7

4,452,72
9,0'4940

•• 941,181

X33,261,0'31

.£33,2q1,0:14
MARSIIALL, Chief C:lstiler.
,847.

Dated the 4th day of Febraary.

THE FIRST CONCERT -OF THE

AMATEUR MUSICAL SOCIETY.
The Amateur Musical Society will do for instrumental
music in this country even more than the Sacred Har-
monic Society has done for chorus singing. The mem-
bers of this society are dilatanti of the highest clas,t,
both in social rank and musical sch-nci-. It numbe,s
among its members his Royal highness Prince Albert,
his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, the Duke
of Leinster (the favourite pupil of Dragonerti, who
is one of :the contrabassi in the orchestra), the
Earl of Westmoreland, the Earl of Fahnouth,
Viscount Anson. Lord Saltoun, Lord Templemoz,,
the Marquis of Kildare, the Earl of Liverpool, Earl
Cawdor, Lcrd Arundel (who is also one of the per-
formers in the orchestra), and several other noble and
distinguished personages. The object of the society is
to promote the study and the performance of classical
instrumental music, and the orchestra is complete in
every department. Last night the first concert took
place at the Music Hall, Store-street, under the direction,
of Mr. Balfe, to whom infinite credit is due for the ad-
mirable manner in which he has drilled his orchestra.
It is no easy task to drill a number of per-
formers unused to each others play into an orchestra
that shall perform a classical piece of music as a great
whole, yet this task has Mr. Balfe accomplished, and
the Amateur Musical Society, under his direction, last
night worked together in a manner which might put
many professional orchestras to the blush. It was evi-
dent that one spirit animated alike the conductor and
the performers—the love of art for its own sake. No
wonder, therefore, that they succeeded. The following
was the programme for the evening:—

PART L
OVERTURE " L'ltaliana in
Svmtuolly No. 1. C Beethoven.
Adagio Molto.
Allegro Con Brio.
Andante Cantabile Con Moto.
Minuetto Allegro Molto e Vivace.
Finale Adagio, and
Allegro Molto e Vivace.
',AIM 11.
OPERATIC SmascrioNs, by Negri, from " Don Giovani" Mozart
Sriuruozir ln G, letter Q Haydu.
Adagio.
Allegro Spiritoso.
Adagio Cantabile.
Minuetto Allegretto.
Finale Presto.
OvErrruaz ....... ...Weber.

Hon. Conductor...... Mr. Balfe.
From this programme it will be seen aim
that they ed
high, and they succeeded in their aim. Beethoven's
symphony was admirably given • each movement, each
feeling was accurately marked, arid the idea of the great
composer was completely developed. The overtures and
the selections from Don Gioranni were performed with
perfect accuracy and with great spirit ; and Haydn's
symphony was given with care and attention. We hail
the formation of this society as a giant's stride in the
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