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LONIION, ritipAy EVENII•TG-, NOVEMBER 26, 1847

by the Chairman of Ways and ' Means with as
much advantage to the House and the country as
resulted from his labours in disposing of unopposed
Bills. There was another point also which he thought
would be found well worthy of the consideration of
this Committee. He alluded to the amendments
which the Lords sometimes introduced into private
Bills, the duty of eousidering which had hitherto
devolved upon the House, bat he thought it could
be transferred with advantage to Out Chairman
of Ways and Means. It would be readily
seen that, if these improvements were agreed to, the
duties of the Chairman of Ways and Means, which
were already very onerous, would be greatly in.
creased; and he thought another question this Com-
mittee ought to take into their consideration was,
whether the duties of Chairman of Ways and Means
could not be separated from the duties of attending
to the private business of the House.--(Hear, bear.)
He was not aware that he had any necessity to trou-
ble the House further, and be would con-
lcude with simply moving the appointment of
the Committee of which be had given notice.
He should be anxious to hear the sentiments of the
Members whom he proposed should sit upon the
Committee. He had proposed them from both sides
in order that the sentiments of the whole House on
the subject might be represented. He had selected
them from amongst those who had paid during the
past much attention to the private business.
Mr. HUME seconded the motion. He said it was
in the power of the House, if it followed up the,
recommendations made, to materially reduce the.
private business to one quarter of, its present amount,
and if they were to do this he apprehended that the
business would be better transacted than heretofore.
The resolution passed last session reducing the number
of Members on Committees to five, to compel the
attendance of all, and to take away the
power of voting from those who did not attend, had
proved very salutary, and had also redounded to the
credit of the House. They had the means of compel-
ling local hoards and others to carry out the im•
proved instructions which had been laid down,
and which, whenever followed, prevented much
unnecessary expense and saved the time of the House.
He wished the. Committee would review what had
been done, and in their recommendations take espe-
cial care it much of the onerous duty which de-
volved,upon Hon. Members was removed.
Mr. THORNELY said he had invariably deriveth
great information from the breviates of. Bills, and
considered that without them the House would be
totally uninformed with respect to the private business
before it.

Mr. G. 13ANKES -considered that the recommen-
dation of the Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Labouchere) would
render the employment of another officer in the ser-
vice of the House necessary.—(" Hear, hear," from
Colonel Sibthorp). He could not consent to the
additional expense in conducting the business of the
House during the present depression, when, as ia
matter,of course, the business would be necessarily
limited.

Mr. LABOUCHERE explained that all those were
merely matters for the consideration of the Committee.
The great object which they should have in view was
the proper conducting of the business of the. House •
and surely if two gentlemen, at the cost of l;2001.
a year, were enabled to save 200,0001. a year, they
could not say that the money was wasted.
Colonel SIBTHORP - concurred with the Hon.
Member for Dorchester (Mr. Bankes) that so far from
an increase in the expenditure of the House in respect
to salaries being required, that a diminution in the,
sularies of those now paid was absolutely necessary.
During the many years le bad sat in. the House he
had heard a great deal about economy, but
it consisted only of words—mere words, for the
principle had never been practised. Money hid
been lavished, cast away upon Commissioners,
the good accomplished by which for the country he
never could find out. They .bad little in the Ex.
chequer, and he apprehended that they would have
less ; he, therefore, should oppose the motion.
Dr. BOWRING eonsidered that a great deal more
of the time of the House might be saved at a trifling
expenditure.
Mr. HUDSON could not 'see that there had been
much saving in the cost of transacting private busi-
ness. , Every change added to the expenses. Towns
were put to great expense by the commissions sent
down _ by the Woods and Forests, and
though it might not. become him, to speak
of the Railway Commission, he could not help
saying that, in his opinion, it would do much
good; yet it added to the expense. Besides the
private business had been reduced two-thirds.
.The railway regulations of last session bad incurred
much additional expense to railway companies.
Economy should be well considered.
Mr. S'TRUTT said much greater economy was
psactised last session than during its predecessors.
He recollected that in the session before last
serious complaints had been made that parties had
been put to great expense moat unnecessarily.
The effect of the improvements made the last
session had been considerably felt, and he must
therefore deny the statement of his Hon. Friend the
Member for Sunderland. He was sure that if the
Committee was appointed it would not consent to the
expenditure of the public money unless that expen-
diture tended to the conducting of the private busi-
ness of the House in a more satisfactory manner.
After some observations from Mr. EWART, the
motion was agreed to, and the Committee appointed.

House the reasons which had induced the Go-
vernment to pursue the course they had done.
and also the views they had formed of the causes of
the present commercial pressure. Among those
causes he should have included as one the great
absorption of capital by the demand of railway com-
panies. He did not mean to say that that
was the sole or principal cause of the
pressure which had recently existed. He did
not wish to ask any Hon. Member to give up the
opinions he bad formed of other causes to which the
pressure was to be attributed. He thought that it
was a great mistake to attribute any great result to
one single cause, and all that he asked of Hon. Members
who might entertain opinions different to his own
was, that for this night they should only admit that
the absorption of capital by railways had been one of
the causes which had led to the production of the
present state of commercial embarrassment.—(Hear,
hear.) It would have been more satisfactory to
him had be been able to state to the
House the whole case at once, but as it
was necessary that no time should be lost in
bringing forward this measure, it was not a matter of
choice but of necessity that be should undertake this
portion of the case at once. One of the many
points which had frequently pressed upon him. was
the inconvenience which commerce had sustained
by the absorption of the floating capital of the
country.—(Hear, hear.) The floating capital of
a country is that which is employed in carrying on
the ordinary operations of agriculture and commerce,
and in their further development; in the erection of
buildings which were required from one end of the
country to the other ; and also in the construction of
permanent works, including docks and railways, which
ultimately contributed to the welfare and improvement
of the country. If that floating capital were too
rapidly converted into fixed capital, a pressure must
of necessity arise upon the commerce of the country.
Floating capital was employed in reproductive
works, whereas fixed capital sunk in perma-
nent works, however useful they might ulti-
mately be, would only produce for a considerable
time an annual dividend or division of profits. The
case could be easily illustrated—suppose, for instance,
the case of a farmer conducting a large farm, and
employing a. certain amount of capital for the
purposes of his farm, he might employ
the surplus of his capital in useful works,
such ' as draining and fencing, but if be ab-
stracted any portion of the capital necessary for car-
rying on the ordinary duties of the farm for the pur-
pose of those improvements, however valuable they
might ultimately prove to his farm, still the ordinary
operations of his farm would, no doubt, be crippled.
—(Hear.) The same illustration would apply with
equal force to the case of the manufacturer.
Now, what was applicable to an individual farmer or
commercial man was applicable to .the -whole com-
munity, and there could be no doubt that the whole
Country had latterly been pushed for money in con-
sequence of the immense amount of railway specula-.
tions that had been going on. Railway companies
had been borrowing money, ilia commercial world
had been borrowing money, and the result of all this
Voinpetition 'of borrowers was to make money more
difficult to be got at. He did not know that be could
better state that part of the case than by using the
words of the Economist of last Saturday, wherein it
was stated that 'large supplies of capital, which
hitherto had been applicable to commercial purposes,
"had latterly been absorbed in railways, and the
dOnsequence was they had not the large sums at
their disposal noiv* that they had' formerly, nor
had the bill-brokers the means at their command to
make advances upon dock warrants, or good paper of
any sort. Now, he believed that to be a true state-
'meat of the case, and from all the sources of infor-
mation open to him he had collected the same con-
clusive facts.—(Hear, hear.) Having accurately
stated the course which events had hitherto taken, he
,would now put the House in possession of the
various documents he had been able to collect which
in any way bore upon this subject. He Would pre-
, mise, however, that the subject was so complicated
that it Was utterly impossible to obtain strictly
accurate information. He thougat, however,
that the 'accounts he was about to read to
them would approximate to the truth as near
as accounts possibly could ; and, although they
might not be correct within a million 'or two, they
would afford them a tolerable good idea of the amount
of speculation that of late years had been going on in
railways. Now; so far back as 1826, no less a sum
than two millions and a half was authorised to be
raised for the purpose of investment in railways. In
the period extending from 1826 to 1835 Parliament
authorized 19,000,000/. to be raised. In 1836 and 1837,
Which were years of great commercial prosperity,
Parliament authorized thirty-six millions and up-
wards to be raised. In 1844 and '1845 the sum
authorized to be raised for the purpose of railways
was seventy-four millions. In 1846, Parliament
authorized no less a sum than one hundred and thirty-
two millions to be raised for the purposes of rail-
ways; but in the present year of 1847 the amount
authoriied to be raised for the purposes of rail-
ways was only thirty-eight millions.—(Hear, hear.)
From a calculation made by Mr. Porter, it appeared
that there remained to be raised, after the end of
1845, 145,000,0001., to which must be added the
38,000,0001. empowered torbe raised last year. From
a calculation made by tlic(4iiilway Board, which he
should presently show to be based upon facts, it ap-
peared that the capital authorised by Parliament to
be raised—
In 1840 was £4,000,000
In 1841 was 3,500,000
In 1842 was.
In 1843 was 4,000,000

In 1844 was. ........... 18,000,000
In 1845 was . . 69,000,000
In 1846 was . ............124,000,000
In 1847 was 3B 000 000
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Here were the sums authorised in these years to be
expended upon land and the construction of works
in the years mentioned—each year a greater amount
being authorised than in its predecessor. The Noble
Lord opposite (Lord G. Bontinct) had stated (as we
understood) that the average expenditure during the last
two or three years had not amounted to more than
12,500,000/. :Now this was contrary to the fact.—
(Hear.) Now, another statement, showing the ex-
penditure as nearly as could be ascertained, proved
that the expenditure of railway companies had borne
heavily lately,and for a considerable time past,
upon the resources of the country, but latterly that
expenditure had borne upon the country with great
and increased severity.—(Hear.) The expenditure,
from the calculation of the Board, was estimated as
follows :

In 1841 £1,407,000
In 1842 2,980,000
In 1843 4,435,000
In 1844 6,100,000
and in the first half of 1845, 3,500,0001.; in the
second half, 10,600,0001.; making 14,000,1001. for the
year. The expenditure for the first half of
1846 was 9,800,0001., and during the last half,
26,675,0001., or for the whole year, 36,485,000/. ;
and for the first half of 1847, 25,700,0001. This
might be tested by reference to facts. So
much, then for the statement of the Noble
Lord. For the last eighteen months, from Ja-
nuary, 1846, until the beginning of the autumn,
the expenditure could not be estimated at less than
62,000,0001. The half-yearly statements of the
Commissioners tallied with this calculation, with
the exception of a few hundred thousands.
The expenditure of late years had gone on increasing
in an extraordinary manner, and that caused the
railway companies to press upon their available
capital, and had in some measure led to the commercial
pressure. In 1845 the expenditure on railways was
14,000,000/., in 1846 it was 33,000,001,1., and the
expenditure in 1847, if things had been allowed
to have gone on the same way, would have
probably amounted to 64,000 0001.: in 1848
to 70,000,0001.; in 1849, to 90,000,000/.; and in
1850, to 110,000,000/. Now it was sufficient
for .his purpose to show that the extraordinary
outlay in railways had had a considerable effect
in the depression of commerce, the represen-
tations
that had been made to him and the
Government would have sanctioned a much
stronger course than the Government now
proposed to pursue. They were even called upon to
put a stop to the proceedings on railways, but the
Government did not think it advisable to adopt such
a course.—(llear.) The measure he was about to
propose was not one of a compulsory nature, it
being thought by the Government to be extremely
injudicious to adopt such a course. The object of
the Bill he was about to introduce was to give to
railway companies an extension of time for the pur-
chase of land for the completion of their works. He
proposed, with respect to railways that were being
constructed, to relieve them from the obligation of
buying the land, and completing the works in the
time prescribed. The only persons injured would be
the landowners, and he proposed to give them com-
pensation.
Mr. HUDSON—How are the, damages to be
ascertained ?

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
said the damages would be assessed in precisely the
same way as damages with respect to land were as.
certained. With regard to railways in which the works
were not commenced, he thought that a stronger
course might be adopted with respect to them. Ho
proposed to extend to them the time for the purchase
of land, and he proposed to enact that the directors
of such companies should not be empowered
to commence the works without the con-

sent of a certain proportion of the shareholders.
With regard to those Bills which were introduced
last session, and Bills proposed to be brought forward
this session, he proposed to appoint a Committee,
to
which all those Bills should be referred, in order

to determine which of those Bills should be proceeded
:.with. It was obvious that there were many Bills in-

volving merely deviations, or small extensions of lines
which would not involve any large outlay of capital,
which it would be desirable to pass this session. He
thought that it would be very desirable that
o Bilk involving a large outlay should be allowed
a pasi' this session.— (Hear, hear.) They had all,
torhaps, to take some blame to themselves for the
many Bills which had been allowed to pass upon
former occasions.--(Hear, bear.) In earlier years it
would have been a very difficult task to persuade the
House to endeavour to check any of these nu-
merous railway Bills. A Committee was appointed
in 1846, to inquire into the subject, but no sug-
gestion bad been made by that Committee. After
he (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) had been
appointed to office several friends waited upon him,
and urged him to adopt some measure to check
the progress of Railway Bills through Parliament.
He did not at, that time see how his suggestion was
to be carried out. Opinions •upon that subject had
materially changed latterly even among railway
companies themselves ; and he expected that he
should receive the cordial support of many of those
companies to his measure.—(Hear, hear.) lie had
communicated with the chairmen of several of the
lines, and had found them most anxious to co-operate
in checking the demand for the construction of rail.
ways, and he hoped that the course which he was
about to take would receive general consent.—(Hear,
hear) A Bill had recently passed to facilitate the
dissolution of railway companies whose Acts'
had not been obtained ; but in cases where
the Bills had been passed, or the works partly
commenced, the company had entered into contracts
and engagements with landowners and others. He did
not think therefore that it would be advisable to
bring in any measure to allow companies so solicited
to release themselves from the obligations they had
entered into with numerous penalties.
Mr. DIVETT—What will be the extension of
time ?

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER,
then proposed to allow either two or three years
beyond the time limited by the Acts already passed
for the purchase of land or the completion of the
works. With respect to the proportion of share-
holders, it was immaterial to him whether the powei•
should vest -in two-thirds or three-fourth% of
the whole Company. That was a subject which could
be discussed in Committee upon the Bill. He would
therefore move for leave to bring in a Bill for the
extension of time for the purchase of land and the
completion of the works of those railways for which
acts had obtained the sanction of 'the • Legislature,
rod also for the prohibition for a limited time upon
the directors of those railways, whose works were
not commenced from commencing the same until
the consen of a given number of the shareholders had
been previously obtained.'
CoIoneI,SIBTHORPE did not rise for the pur-
pose of opposing the measure of the Chancellor of
the Exchequer. He had always endeavoured to press
upon the Government the necessity of putting a
stop to these works. A sense of duty' alonehail made him
rise in his seatand express fearlesslyhis reasons for press-
ing that subject upon the attention of the Government.
Railway speculation had throughout been nothing
more than a gross attack upon the rights of private
property, and in his opinion a stop ought long ago to
have been put to it. The Right Hon. Gentleman
the Chancellor of the Exchequer talked of compensa-
tion to the landholder. Why, what compensa-
tio^, in the name of common sense, could be afforded
to the man who had his land taken from
him by main force, and what compensation could be
made to the Englishman who had his property
snatched from him against his will by a power that
did not exist even in Russia, and he was glad com-
mercial necessities of the country had stepped in to put
a limit to this abominable system` of • robbery ?
He had no wish to oppose the bringing in of the Bill,
but he called upon the Right Hon. Gentleman to
say to those railway companies, I,‘ Unless you pay
for the construction of the railways for which you
have obtained Bills by a certain time you
shall not make • them at all."—(Hear, hear.)
If the parties who had' sought such powers could
not carry them out let the Legislature abrogate what
it had done. He spoke thin on behalf of his coun
trymen, and as a disinterested individual ; when the
second reading arrived, he should propose a clause
compelling railway companies to pay for the land
they had included, in their survey, or else to give
it back to its proprietors.
Mr. E. ELLICE approved of that part
of the Bill which gave railway companies
power to defer the construction of their works.
At a former time he offered a proposition
to the House, which, if it had been acceded to,
would have averted some of the evils which had since
become alarming; to curtail the enormous . powers
which those corporations possessed of borrowing mo-
ney, canals as well as railway companies might
obtained permission to borrow one-third of their capi-
tal. Now, be blamed the 'Executive for not reducing
those persons within proper bounds. But railways
were merely one of the causes 'which had led to
the present monetary. crisis. It was an
abuse of credit, not unlike that practised with respect
to the South American mines. Railway companies
went into the market with more available securities
than the trader, and prevented him from obtaining those
discounts which previously he had been able to obtain.
There was another point in connexion with this sub-
ject which he wished to direct the attention of the
House to a 'point which both the present and past
Government had lamentably neglected. The House
was aware that by law a railway company could only
divide amongst its shareholders 10/. per cent., but
during the late mania instances without end had oc-
curred of ' companies dividing profits, to the ex-
tent of 1001. per cent. The Legislature
winked at such extravagance, and allowed it to
go on against the remonstrance of a Committee which
considered the point, but he hoped, now that they had
seen the folly of such lukewarinness, measures would
be taken to prevent the recurrence of these abuses.
He thought that some protection ought to be claimed
fOr those parties who were subject' to the monopoly
of great railway companies. It was the duty of the
House to limit the powers granted to railway com-
panies in such a manner as not to interfere with the
interests of other classes of the Country, and 'the
individual exercise of other brandies of industry. It
was very difficult for any individual man of that
House, unaided by the GovernMent parties, upon
either to carry out any 'reform in these great subjects,
but he hoped that the. Government would adopt some
measure to regulate the mode of borrowing large
.sums of money, and thereby crippling other branches
of ordinary commerce and industry.—(Hear.)
Mr. HUDSON said that it would• be in the recol-
lection of the House that one of the most strenuous
supporters, of the extension of railway Bills had been
the 'Right Honourable Member' who' had just ad-
dressed the House. The Bill to which he more
particularly referred was the extension of a Bill to
Southend, near Coventry, the object, of which was to
save about three minutes of time to that importan
town.

(LEFT SPEAKING.)

EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.)
(Sitting' at Nidi Priue, before the LORD CHIEF BARON
awl COMMON JURIES).

The cause list contains GI remanets, of which 24 are
set down for special juries. There are three Crown
cages only.

A large number of undefended causes wero dis-
pos. d of:
_ _

ELLIOTT V. ItURRELL.
This was an action in which the plaintiff sought to
recover compensation in damages for the injuries which
he had sustained in consequenco of a nuisance arising
from the smoke of the defendant's chimney.
Mr. Martin appeared for the plaintiff and Mr. Knowles
for the defendant.

A number of Witnesses ware called on behalf of the
plaintiff, to prove the nuisance in question ; before,
however, the plaintiff's case was concluded, it was ar-
ranged that a rule of court should be made, compelling
the defendant either to carry up the chimney to a con-
siderable height, or discontinue its use, each party
agreeing to pay their respective costs.

COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.)
(Sittings at Nisi Prins, at Westminster, before, Mr.
Justice CuEsswzi.L.)
THOMSON V. WEBS.
This action was brought to recover the sum of
1,305 i. 13s. 4d., balance due for work and labour done in
surveying and mapping a projected line of railway from
York to Lancaster. The plaintiff is an engineer, and
the defendant is Sir Henry Webb, Bart., who was
chairman of the company.
Mr. Humfrey and Mr. Peacock appeared for the
plaintiff, and the defendant's ease was conducted by Mr.
Cockburn and Mr. Montague Smith.
The trial occupied nearly the whole of the day, and
was not concluded when the Court rose.

CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.)

EXPLOSION OF THE CRICKET STEAM BOAT
(Continued from our Afternoon Edition.)
Mr. Sergeant WILKINS addressed the jury at length,
contending that the evidence of Mr. Lloyd was con-
clusive as to the fact that the • boiler was made
of inferior material, was of bad construction, and
had been subjected to very bad management,
so as to be in a most dangerous state, when the prisoner
was placed in charge of it. There was not a tittle of
evidence that he had in any respect neglected his duty,
or that he had followed • his predecessor's (Clark's) dan-
gerous practice of tying down the valves.
The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE summed up ; and the jury,
after deliberating for about half an hour, returned a
verdict of Guilty ; but recommended the prisoner to the
merciful consideration of the Court, in consequence of
his ignorance and the culpable conduct of the company
in not giving him proper instructions for the manage-
ment of the. boiler.
The LORD GRIEF JUSTICE, in an impressive address,
during which the prisoner wept bitterly, sentenced him
to ituprisouuaeut for two mouths, without hard labour.

THE LONDON GAZETTE.

(THIS EVENING.)

At the Court at Windsor, the 22d day of November,
1847, present, the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in
Council. This day the Right Hon. Richard More
O'Ferrall was, by her Majesty's command, sworn of
her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, and took
kis place at th♦ Board accordingly.
ST. JAMES'S PALACE, No*. 211.
The Queen has been pleased to appsint Dominic John
Corrigan, M.D., to be Physician in Ordinary to her
Majesty in Ireland.

WHITEHALL, Noy. 13, 1847.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed Eugene Hard-
wieke, of Kidderminster, in the county of Worcester,
Gent to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court
of Chancery.____

CROWN-OFFICE, Nov. 26, 1847.
Days and places appointed for holding the Special
Commissions of Oyer and Terminer and Gaol Delivery
for the under• mentioned places:—
County of York, Saturday, th• 11th day of December,
at the Castle of York.

City of York, on the same day, at the Guildhall of
the said city.

WAR OFFICE, Nov. 26.
3d Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant-General Charles
Muri ay Earl Cathcart, K.C.8., from the 11th Light
Dragoons, to be Colonel, vice Lieutenant-General Francis
Newbery, deceased, Nov. 19.
11th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant General Henry
Wyndham, to be Colonel, vice Lieutenant General Earl
Cathcart, appointed to 3d Dragoon Guards, Nov. 19.
12th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant John Borlase
Maunsell to be Captain, by purchase, vice Clerk, who
retires; Cornet John Wilson Fox, to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Maunsell; Cornet Arthur Wellesley
Williams (Riding-master), from 3d Dragoon Guards, to
be Cornet, vice Fox; Nov. 26.
9th Foot—Major Brownlow Villiers Layard, from the
37th Foot, to be Major, vice Lushington, who exchanges,
November 26.

17th Foot—Lieut. Archibald W. Dickson, from 2d
West India Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice E. J. Gar-
diner; who exchanges ; Edward David Latouche Colt-
burst, from 37th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Lamert, who
exchanges, November 26.
28th Foot—Ensign Mowbray Baumgartner to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Macdougall, who retires;
William Gordon Shute, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur
chase, vice Baumgartner, Nov. 26.
36th Foot—Lieutenant John Shaw Kennedy, from
half-pay 63d Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Betteswortli,
deceased, Nov. 26.

37th Foot—Major Franklin Lushington, C. 8., from
9th Foot, to be Major, vice Lavard, who exchanges';
Ensign George Feed Lamert, from 17th Foot, to be
Ensign, vice Colhurst, who exchanges, Nov. 26.
40th Foot—Brevet Lieut.-Colonel James Stopford t
be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase, vice Hibbert,
deeeased ; Captain John Macduff to be Major, vice Stop-
ford ; Lieut. Henry Halkett to be Captain, vice Mac-
duff, Nov. 13 ; Gentleman Cadet Henry Christopher
Wise, from the Boyal
_ Military College, to be Ensign,
without purchase, Nov. 26.
53d Foot—Lieut. 'George Herbert. Cox, from 63d
Foot, to be Lioutenant, vice Grey, who exchangesi
Nov. 26.

54th Foot—Lieut. Aylmer Strangfurd Craig, from
62d Foot, to be Lieutenant, ♦ice Hewett,' who ex •
changes, Nov. 26.
62d Foot—Lieutenant John M. M. Hewett, from 54th
Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Craig, who exchanges,
Nov. 26.
63d Foot—Eniign John Lawrie, from 82d Foot, to
be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Howard, who retire's,
Nov. 7; Lieutenant francis Douglas Grey, from 53d
Foot, to be Lieittenant, vice Cox, who exchanges,
Nov. 26.

73d Foot—Ensign Henry Hope Bruce Bannatyne to
be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Owen, who retires;
Thomas Walsh, Gent.,
,to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Bannatyne, Nov. 26.

_ - --
75th Foot—Lieutenant George William Muriel, frost
84th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Keats, who exchanges,
Nov. 26.

82d Foot—William Barron, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Lawrie, promoted in 63d Foot, Nov. 26,
84th Foot—Lieutenant William M`Gecchy, Keats,
from 75th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Muriel, who
exchanges, Nov. 26.
2d West India Regiment—Lieutenant Edmund- John
Gardiner, from 17th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Dick-
son. who exchanges, Nov. 26.
HOSPITAL STArr.—William Freeman Daniell, Gent.,
to be Assistant Surgeon to the Forces, Nov. 26.
MEM,,IIANDUM.—The exchange of Lieutenant John
Lavison, from 71st Foot, to half-pay unattached, on sth
September, 1835, is without the difference, he having
paide the amount to the credit of the public. The corn
mission of Lieutenant William Henry Howard Ellison,
in the 86th Foot, has been ante-dated to 12th January,
1847, in order to place him in his proper position in that
corps.

Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Lancashire.
James Heywood, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant,
Nor. 19.

Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenent of Gloucestershire.
Royal Gloucestershire Regiment of Hussar Yeomanry
—Edward Bloxsome, jun., Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice
Austin, resigned ; Henry Wentworth Foley, Gent., to
be Cornetoice I3ln,taome, promoted, N0v.,23,
ADMRALTY, Nov. 20.
Corps of Royal girmesT-Second Lieutenant William
Henry horwood Branch' to be First Lieutenant, vice
Denman, deceased; Second Lieutenant John Crocket to
be First Lieutenant.
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
Michaelmas Term, in the eleventh year of the reign of
Queen Victoria.
Thursday, the 25th day of November, 1847.
This Court will, on Monday, the 6th day of Decem-
ber next, and three following days, bold sittings, and
will proceed in disposing of the busir.ess now pending
in the paper of New Trials, commencing with the New
Trials in Middlesex and London ; and will also proceed
to give judgment in certain of the matters standing over
for the consideration of the Court.

THO. WILDE,

BANKRUPTS.
John Bannister Falkner and Bentham Fabian, mer,
chants, Old Broad-street, to surrender Dec. 1, at eleven,
and Jan. 6, 1848, at half-past eleven, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Follett, official-assignee, Sambrook court,
Basinghall-street; Peddell, Cheapside.
Lyon Samuel, eweller, Bury-street, Dec. 10, at twelve,
and Jan. 12, 1848, at eleven, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Green, official-asaigneo, Aldermanbury ;
Sydney, Finsbury-circus.
Josef Badcock, draper, East Ilsloy, Berkshire, Dec. 3,
at one, and Jan. 5, at twelve, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street;
Helder, Great James-street, Bedford-row.
William Carter, druggist, Liverpool, Dec. 7 and 30,
at eleven. at the Liverpool District Court. Cazenove,
official assignee, Liverpool; Keightley and Co., Chan-
cery-lane, London; Holden, Liverpool.
James Abraham Richmond, brewer, Frederick-place,
Hampstead•road, Dec. 9, at half past twelve, and Jan.
13, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official
assignee, Coleman-street-buildings ; Miller and Horn,
King William. street.
Francis Garland, tailor, North Shields, Dec. 7, at
eleven, and Jan. 13, at half-past twelve, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane,
Lombard-street ; Dickson and Overbury, Frederick's•
place, Old Jewry.
James Baine baker, Whitechapel•road, Middlesex,
Dec. 9, at two, and Jan. 13, at one, at the Court of'
Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee,Frederick's place,
Old Jewry ; Jenkinson and Co., Lumbard-street, City.
henry Ash, Gustavus Heerlein, and Henry Clarke
Ash, ironmongers, Birmingham, Dec. 4 and 30, at twelve,
at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official
assignee, Birmingham ; lvemy, Chancery-lane, London;
Wright, Birmingham.
Joseph Boucher, draper, Birmingham, Dec. 14, ft
eleven, and Jan. 11, at half-past eleven, at the Bir-
mingham District Court. Valpy, official assignee, Bir-
mingham ; Weeks, Cook's court, Lincoln's•inn-fields ;
Smith, Birmingham.
Thomas Williams, ribbon manufacturer, Coventry,
Doc. 8, at eleven, and Dec. 29, at twelve, at the Bir-
mingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee,
Birmingham; Troughton and Lea. Coventry ; Austen
and Hobson, Raymond-buildings, London.
Henry Dyer Cossins, miller, Ilmioster, Somersetshire,
Dec. 7, at eleven, and Dec. 30, at one, at the Exeter
District Court. Hernaman, official assignee, Exeter ;
Brown, Ilminster ; Stogdou, Exeter ; Rickards and
Walker, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London.
Christopher Samuel Flood and Harry Buckland Lott,
bankers, Honiton, Devonshire, Dec. 13, and Jan. 20, at
ten, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzel, official as-
signee, Exeter; Gidley, Exeter; Raven, King's Bench-
walk, Temple, London.
James Lawton, grocer, Heywood within Heap, Lan-
cashire, Dec. 7 and 28, at eleven, at the Manchester
District Court. Fraser, official assignee, Manchester;
Clarke, Gray, and Woodcock, Lincoln's Inn-fields,
London; Grundy, Bury, Lancashire.
Thomas. Gardiner, hotel keeper, Holt Fleet Inn, Wor-
cestershire, Dec. 14, at eleven, and Jan. 11, at twelve, at
the Birmingham District Court. Valpy, official as-
signee, Birmingham; Jones, Worcester;
.Smith, Bir-
mingham.

Samuel Hobbs, confectioner, Camberwell-green, Sur-
rey, Dec. 9, at one, and Jan. 13, at twelve, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Ab
church-lane, Lombard-street; Bromley and Aldridge,
South-square, Gray's Ina.
John Capel, coal merchant, Bouverie•street, Fleet-
street, Dec. 3, at one, and Jan. 5, at eleven, at the Court
of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-
buildings; Lawrence and Flews, Old Jewry-chambers.
William Fly, Daniel Frost, and Donald Oliver
Matheson, railway contractors, Swaffham, Norfolk, Dec.
7, at half-past two, and Jan. 11, at two, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abehurch-lane,
Lombard-street ; Lawrance and Flews, Old Jewry-
chambers; Pillars, Swaffhain.
John Blackburne, tailor, Liverpool, Dec. 17 and Jan.
5, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Cazeaove,
official assignee, Liverpool Bankruptcy Court ; Reed,
Langford, and Co., Friday-street, City ; Sale and Co.,
Manchester; Jenkins, jun., Liverpool.
Samuel Ilaildsconab and Ebenezer Handscomb, dealers
in watcheS, Woburn, Bedfordshire, Dec. 10, at eleven,
and Jun. 13, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-buildings; Dc
Medina, Crosby-hall•chambers.
William Cusse, grocer, Christchurch, Southampton,
Dec. 3, at half past one, and Jan. 5, at half past eleven,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee,
Basinghall•street; Temple, Temple; Tanner, Christ-
church.
Sibson Rigg, cotton spinner, Manchester, Dec. 8, and
Jan. 3, at eleven, at the Mcnchester District Court.
Pott, official assignee, Minehester; 'Amer, Tokenhouse• ,

yard, Lothbury^; Joynson, Manchester; Foster,- Alan.
ch ester.

James Hudson, marine store dealer, Newcastle-upon-
Tyne, Dec. 6, at half-past ten, and Jan. 7, at twelve, at
the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Baker,
official assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Hoyle, New-
castle-upon-Tyne; Crosby and Compton, Church-court,
Old Jewry.
Ttohert Imeary, alkali manufacturer, East Jarrow,
Darhatn, Dee. 9, at half-past ten, and Jan. 11, at one. at
the Newoastle-upon- Tyne District Court. WAkley,
official assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Harle, New-
castle-upon-Tyne; Chisholme,. Hall, and Gibson, Lin-
coln's Inn fields.

Jonathan Thompson, bookseller, Tamworth, Dec. 4
and 30, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court.
Valpy, official assignee, Birmingham; Nevill and Sons.
T =worth; Hodgson, Birmingham.

PRICE OF SUGAR.
The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed
from the returns made in the week ending November 28
1847, is 28s. 714 d. per cwt.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

•
PORTSMOUTH, Nor. 25.—The Lightning steam
tender embarked the Treasurer of her Msjesty's
Household, Lord M. Hill, this afternoon for convey*
ante to Osborne. . _

_ .
The Bellerophon, 78, Captain Baynes, will be reedy
to go out of harbour about the 3d proximo. Her
crew turned over to her from their hulk this day. She
is nearly complete in complement.
The Prince Regent, 92, and the RetributiOn steam
frigate, were returned to the basin to-day to complete
their respective fittings.
The Firefly steam-sloop will be commissioned
to-
morrow at this port.
Last evening General the Right Hon. Lord Frede-
rick Fitzclarence, G.C.H., Lieutenant-Governor of
Portsmouth, and Commander-in-Chief of the South-
Western district, gave a brilliant entertainment at
the Government-house to a select circle` of twenty
guests, comprised of Admiral Sir Charles Ogle, Bart.;
the Commander-in-Chief ; the Mapir of Portsmouth;
Captain Lord Adolphus .Fitzdarence, R.N.; Sir G.
Wombwell, Bart. ; Colonel Lewis, commanding the
Royal Engineers ; Colonel Armstrong, commanding
the Royal Artillery; Captain Yates; of the Vistory
Captain Ramsay of the Terrible ; Major Travers/
; Colonel Gibsone, R.M.A.; Major Davies. and
Captain Campbell, of the 62d ; Major.Calamy, R• 111.;
Major Harvey, Aide-de-Camp; Flag-Lieutenant
Cochrane, R.N. ; Mr. Haig, Secretary to the Com-
mander-in-Chief; Rey. T. Milner, Garriiop Chap'
lain, &c. . • .

ROYAL IiARINX ARTILLERY. • '
Major-General Lord Frederick Fitxclarence, the
Lieutenant-Governor, &c., accompanied by his Aid."
de- Camp, Major Harvey, his gallant brother Lord
Adolphus, Sir George Wombwell, and Colonel Bal..
linghall, R.M. proceeded this afternoon to East Cum"
berland, for the purpose of inspecting the practice of
the new levies of the Royal Marine Artillery, under
the command of Colonel D. A. Gibsorie,
anxiety to complete this invaluable addition to the
strength of the navy, deserves the highest commends:
tion, the drilli being under pi. Own constant control
and daily superintendence.. The practice was .such 11.5
to merit the warmest encomiums: from theLirePani
General and Lord Adolphus.

ARCTIC EXPEDITIONS:- ,
SIR JOHN FRANKLIN.,
We are averse to crude, or indeed to much speculation
of any kind, upon the subjects headed above. Yur°u/
the sailing of. Sir John Franklin, to the Present tits*
we have laid befOre our readers' all the dais upon which
that expedition proceeded,' -and the views entertained
its probable course, and the periods when we might e3O
pect to hear of it from one..quarter.pr, another. of.: cir-
cumstances might affect its movements. or delay co si,
mwhuanliecrastirit.ho
Theutinitteellpigoertnaoef. Mharv.i lingii.e, and the return.o
public feelink, we Must offer afew linehsotowWeveirder,lie-axicrilitiedingli
at. right conclusions in the whole ;natter.
Mr. Rae has done his work in a very. • crejitsbil.
manner. He has Confirmed the accounts of the Ekcith;
maux respecting the formition of the land and:bill!"
of Boothia, as given in the narrtatiees".of the aeietiti
journeys of 'Commander (new Sit James Crark Ross'l
in the book published by Sir John Ross.; and' although
his (Mr. Rae's) longitudes' May not be depended upos
(as we before remarked, in consequence of the
of hit chronOmeters), yet' the continniti of the con:
line cannot be doubted, se•far as we can .yet learn fro
the official account of his, prOceedings. We Shall look
with much interest to the larger publication wilicht we
understand, he is now preparing, and whioh Will show II:
more in detail what can be done with small means *hew
direCted by judgment and "firmness. There only no_
remains the'Western coast of the land he has discovered
and the western shore of New'Somerset and 'Boothia,
failure
to complete the whole outline of the Ainericanicor
tinent I
With regard to expeditions in -search of Sif,Jobt
Franklin, though there i 9. yet no reason ta`doubl of his
success- and safety, it is, certainly advisable thatlrt.
should if
rp anrga.tsi nsbst
er
as
iht
tbosuunitddh bets h
that
met
aahsdeoenh.tan,
Ts
notehnidi
passedtcoanhni so t a
tsbhs
eirsot
uakichoew,
Behr
st f
is
England until the middle-or near the -ot jantisrl;
but we are much gratified to learn that the Adeuirellil
are adopting prompt measures to afford" etir gallant
countrymen most effectual aid, should it turn• out that
they are in need of it. We believe we may confideatlY
state that in addition to - the overland journey to be
conducted by the enterprising companion of Sir.Jetu
Franklin, Dr. Sir John Richardson, two naval expo";
ditions are being prepared under the superintendence o'
Captain Sir James Clam Ross, -than 'whom nd z"1/
living is more able to get thorn Out and direct theta
aright. The first of these, destined for Behring'eStiTitt
I Will sail as soon as it can be got ready; and the, 9.91
intended to follow the track of. Sir T. Franklin; .
de-
part so as to arrive in Baffin's Bay at the propel' se 110.1
for navigating these regions, 10 that the
on board, and the English people, may feeFassure
can
nothing will be left undone, which .huthan' power
should
is
accotoplish, to rescue our fillow4olintryniesi,
`exertions. 'dint* These—utilatifen so
unfortunately prove that 'suCcesa 'has liOt.ittentied4beit
But we are still sanguine ,
Mena'
afdthtlipal
may be .rendered unnecessary y
spey a
Sir John Franklin and 'his brsve- comt.
.tt Lyter ry
judiciously and generottsir begbutt.t:hll...htahe
Gazette. ' telhatuirarailfoi

RAILWAY SHARE:
MARKETAS.
LIVERPOOL, NovYMBKR 25.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—Our Share Market continues tO an! •
prove. A good business, at'advanced prices, was done t.o
day. The sale" are—Birkenhead, Lancashire, idle! ctimhir
Junction, 22/. Shares, 5% dis.—Birmingham and 'Oxford.
4 p.—East Lancashire, 21—Lancashire and Yorksahire,jlittsh:
P.—Ditto (late Extensions), 4N dis.—Leed
521143Thi
Quarters, New, 714 p.—London, Manchester an =lug.
Manchester, Sheffield,
ew, 1l dis.—London and North-Western, 1 d Ditto,
ham, Quarters, New (C). '01;1 c.
17
and-Lincolnshire, T4—Midland Stock,lll—Di tot, 401 th . Shares,
43—North British, New Quarters (scrip), par—Nor Stsf..
fordshire, I,k p.—North Union (B), 142—Shrewsbury and
Cheshire, IA p.—Ditto (8. 0. C.), dis.—Ditto; 107. Pre.
ference, p.—South-Eastern and Dover, 3C ittO,4—D
No. 3, 51,lsdis.—Ditto, No: 4, Thirds, 2 c. New,
castle, and Berwick, 136—Ditto, Extension, No. l, 371 P."
Ditto, No. 2, p.—Ditto (G. N.-E. ), 1% p.
MANCHESTER, Nov. 25. •• -
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Birkerthean,
cashire, and Cheshire Junction; 5N dis.---;lio.1013,
&c., No. 1 (A), 44 dia.—Ditto, Preferential' (B). 13:1:
Eastern Counties, 16%—Huddesfield and Manchester Bal
way and Canal, Thirds, dis.—Lancashire and Yorkshil
Fifths, 1/4 p.—Ditto, 321. Shares. 4% dia.—Ditto (NY"
Riding. Union), dis.— Leeds and Thirsk, 1314
• MO'
Clitheroi,
chester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Quarters, No. 2, 17--
Ditto, Preference, 14 c. p.- Ditto (Sheffield and Lincolnshire),
41/i dis.—Manchester and Southarrinton,l3, dis.— North Bri'
tish, Extension, par—North Staffordshire, 14 p.
Western, 4A, die.—South-Eastern and Dover, _orth-
No. 4,1, dia.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick, Prefereocs,
2 P.
LEEDS, NOVEMBER 25.
;,re
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—East LIMICKII.I3--. 3
Ditto, New, 3!4 dis.—Ditto, Quarters, 12s. 6d. dis.l
East and West Yorkshire, 51,/,i n. 113
Yorkshire, 32/. Shares, 5% dis.—Ditto, Fifths, 2s. 6d.
Ditto (West Riding Union), 475. n. dis.—Leeds and Thirst,
dis.—Ditto Now, 12% dis.--Ditto, Preference, I,it
—Sheffield,
castle,s
North
hpt he.
ffi—saeDtnladdif
ft,
otßoitedorstwhhßerwick,
Quarters,
asmii ,
Preference,
d.
NGo . Dig
p.—North-Western,
dis.—Leicester and'
Bedford, 3s. dis.—North British, 'f
Berwick'), 2314 c. p:
• NEIVCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, NOYEMBEIt 25. 4,
STOCK EXCHA,NGX.—The sales are—Liverpool, MancP d
ter, and Newcastle Junction, 21. Is. 6d. dis.—Newcastle
•
Carlisle, 901A2—.North British, T •p.—North
Stsf
2s.
fordshire, par. 4tepolAsi—t eErpfinxiltiet-4:l:li3:llolnsorll;:26ddt:lPeidt":o..tw°.'

HULL. Novlumen 25. • ,r
shirM
STOCK EXCHANGE —The aides are—East Lium--ur'..,
New, 3% dis.—Hull and Selby, Helves, 484—North
tish, Quarters, 3s. p.—Ditto, Extension' (Scrip). 16'
p.—Ditto, Thirds (Scrip), 3s. p.
EDINBURUH, NOVEMBEZ 24. Nair,
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Caledonian, d
228.—Dundee and Perth, Quarters, 465. 6d.—.EdinbA
Glasgow, 93 x. d.—Edinburgh, Leith, and Grantor!, ,41rfitto,
Reg., 3s. 6d.—Edinhurgh and Northern, 17% ex ,_.Glas"
Newport, 51/9 ex int.—Ditto, ditto, New. Reg.,
bow and Ayr (5 per cent. guar.), 113—Great .Norther,..
—North British, Quarters, 938. 6d. ex 1)4"e;
Quarters (scrip), 12s.—Ditto, Thirds, • Reg,' 42s* ~ar.)r
Shrewsbury' and Cheater, IW. Share ,(8 per cent.' g-
-925. 6d. rghtassrO,

On the 19th inst., in raris, the lady of Charles W. ileg-
nell, Esq., of a daughter. J.
On the 19th inst., at ureat Tarmoutb; the ivife of
lnyey, Esq., M.D., of a eon. •
On the 20th inet., in the Seven Siaters'-road, Upper 11°I.
to
On
Mrs. Adolphus Lewis, of a daughter.
()-
9 Jolla
On the 23d inst., in Berkeley-square, the lady
Martin, Esq., 11. P., of a daughter. - Ur/ V'.
On the 23(1 inst., at Acacia-road, Regeat's-pla-ir ,
J. Cutler, of a daughter.

AIARID.
On the 24th inst., at St.L
Cle N
ment Danes ahurcb• gr.
lloulton, to Idary Ann, daughter of Mr. John Cant.

lED.
On the 22d inst., at LavD
ender-hill, Battersea-risen /4"
Matthew, Esq., aged 79..
On the `i3d inst., at Colney-hatch, George Smith.
On the 23d inst., at Tingrith Rectory, Frances Ell%1"
relict of the late Rev. E. Tanqueray, aged 71. ,
„„. bar-
On the nd inst., Maria, the wife of John Gray,-"so
rister-at-law. • •

No.
a;
London: Printed- and Published by MURDO bio. 11"
O. 112, Strand, Printer, at Tha Sun Officie,, fly
Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, is
Middlesex N9yliiper:26A 1147.:

W. 0. and W. HUNT, 10, Whitehall, Condom
OSBORNES and CO., Bristol.

GREAT WE TIS ft N R/ILWAY
TENDERS FOR LOANS.
Ilse Directors 01 this Company are ready to receive TENDERS
531. LOANS on security of the Company's Debentures, In suns of
lot leas than 1,0001. eacb, at It. per Cent. interest, payable halt=
'early, and for terms of Three, Five, or Seven years.
APPlicatiens to be made to the undersigned.
Landon CH A SAUNDERS, secretary.
don Terminus, Paddington, August 2f, 1847.

RATESEND Til BLACKWALL RAIL-
WAY, and STAR and BLACKWALL PICKETS.
REDUCED FARES.
Railway and Boat included in one Payment.
Pore Cabin and Second Class Railway, SIXPE SCE ;
Saloon and First Class ditto, EIGHTPENCE.
No other Packets call at the Grays or Greenhithe Piers.
2
..__ro 6. unt The Terrace Pier, Gravesend, at 7%, 11%, 934, 11%, 1,3,
4n, Sundays, at 7%, 3%, 11%, 1,3, and A.
mom the Brunswick Wharf, Blackwall, at $l4, 11, 13, 1%, 3,4,
• e• Sundays, at 634, 11, 1%, 1,4, and 5. The TRAINS starting
-(6) quarter of an hour before each of these times.
Minibuses from Fenchurch-street Station to all parts of London
rquarter of an hour.
OAT TICKETS.—TvreIYe Months, 41. 4s. Months,lbs.
....111!, Months, 11. lbg.; to be had of the Collectors on board the
Mr. Monk, Terrace Pier, Gravesend ; or of Mr. Sunders,
runavrick Wharf, Blackwall.
Xsvernbor 22, 1147.

Eby CLUB.—THE LONDON
lIEN..EUM,
Committee'has been formed for the purpose of estab-
Le c 5 a SUPERIOR CLUB and LITERARY IN-VTITITTION in
hag 7een situated as nearly as possible to Om Royal Exchango.
one
Th determined at present to limit the number of Members
onsand. The Entrance-fee 11. Is., and Subcription 21. 25.
,„,_, • Gentlemen desirous of joining the Institution will be
Cfaed with full detailed particulars, on applying to the Solicitors,
e,i.".,!_rrta• Devonshire and Wilson, 29, Austin-friars, Old Broad-street,
,Teen the hours of One and Two o o'clock P.M. ONLY, and to the Se-
learl. Mr. John Whitehead, un., at the temporary Offices of the
eloo„INT°• 15, Old Broad-street j
betvreea the hours of Six and Eight
Vas Evening. _ . . _

JOHN WHITEHEAD, Jung Hon. Sec.

'3PFICE of the GAS:LIGHT and COKE

COMPANY,

19, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars, London,
Ikreti November 24, 1847.
• A 5.,." la hereby given, that the COURT of DIRECTORS of the
un'IGHT and COKE COMPANY do hereby declare that a VA-
itui'3l bag occurred in the Uourt of Directors by the resignation of
ant Morley, Esq.
ilite_e Is hereby also given, that a SPECIAL GENERAL COURT of
RIETORS of this COMPANY will be held at Radl's Ho-f
„„fi Now Iridge-street, Blackfriars, on FRIDAY, the 14th. day o
next, at Eleven o'clock in the Forenoon, for the ELECTION
micl-anECTOR to supply: the said vacancy, and that shoul a
" required it 'will continue open for Four hours from its
--"uanCement,

By order of the Court of Directors,
NIL 1, CHARLES BURLS, Secretary.
,Thebia popriete Chair will be taken at Twelve o'clock precisely, and
admitted.

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,ed 111 trimmed • • • • • • • ••c•.fi 21
cloth O ver-coats, velvet collar and ulT:ra*
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komning to any extent at Five Minutes notice.
j4l!atteation of Ladles is especially directedMOSES and
eal:itock of furs, w hich will be found on inspectioe to be the
saes, assorted, and cheapest in the trade. Reserve year pur-
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nY article purchased, ready made, or made to ca-
teolle ~_ ▪
mturnedpproved of, will be exchanged, or if preferred, the
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evSE3 amid SON, Tailors, Woollendrapers, Clothiers, /letters,
1•041 es )„,_rurr, len, Root and Shoemakers, aid General Outltters, for
54 5, •••,‘ Gentlemen, 154, 155, and 156, 157 Minories, axd 83,
(4414:11t 66 Aldgate, City, London.
.4131, 4.--E. Moses and Son regret being obliged to guard the
tott f j..kleinst impostors, but have learned that the uetradesman-
ls4 hZekbod of being connected with there, or it'a the same colleens,
411orted to in mazy instances, and for iobvioes reasons.
ti,_`ve 10 connexion with any other hew, in or out of Leedom;
31. Re,7lts who desire genuine ant cheap clothing, &a., should call at,
lieu" or liimorlos and Aldgate, City, Londe.
ktt ter42•—•llo business. transacted at this establishment frosa sum-
Aitoik:47. till misfit Saturday, witea business is resumed till twelve

ItO
WLANDS' MACASSAR OIL,
its b., This mild, yet powerful and infallible renovator, insinuates
14 I,...oattlie properties into the pores of the head, nourishes the Hair
iteZ ernbryo state, cleanses it from scurf and dandriff, accelerates
h„.,soWth, sustains it in maturity, and continues its posse/taloa of
Armed
vigour, silky softness, and luxurious redundancy te the latest
of human life. Its operation in cases of baldness is peculiarly
j7.4lve, so that in numerous instances wherein other remedies have
j'ett tried in vain, ROWLANDS' MACASSAR OIL has superseded
eitl* Ornaments of art, by reinstating In full plenitude the permanent
hs's and graces of nature. For Children, it is especially recom-
-00,,,..
(14;7.0a as forming theft basis of a Beautiful Head of Hair, and ren-
Tit the use of t ne comb unnecessary.
her Invaluable properties have obtained the especial Patronage of
of% aleaty the Queen, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the whole
het ?anti Family of Great Britain, and of every Court of the civil-
tetherc.33l ; and the high esteem in which it is universally held, to-
'e ret Zrith numerous 'Testimonials constantly received of its efficacy,
Pri..7 best and surest proofs of its merits.
411. 64- .4* 64. and 75.; or Family Bottles (equal to four small) at
Q4uti, and double that size, 21s. •
th,e:/_1"-n the Wrapper of each Bottle of the Genuine Article
wards. in Two lines,
astolci by " ROWLANDS' IfICAS6AR OIL."
:sin at 20, !fatten-garden, London; and by ari Ckesnists
ere.

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mARR,AGE.
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b, ditleu, enlarged to 196 pageo. Just P
pirkg; tram from the Establishment, 3a..,,
TOEsbNlEishrtedlT,
'E SILENT FRIEND, a Medical
gnivarioEcas 2s. 6d.,
~., in poutagwo sotarmicpso,n
-.Col the lan
e' mercury,
, Mathes and decay of the generative
inordinate ro
dis-
Vrlth r,„:".l,olBeace, Infection, and the system, from eg-
lalille7," ea Marriage, and the means of
i.__''. Pktlitaa• Illustrated by 26 Coloured Esgfor
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Ox d street, London.
erbarviiantgisi, certainy
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iubdishog i."„tl CO., 1, Berners-stroet, —x., paternoster-row ;
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rest
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PA.— IYraitrket ; and Gordon, 146, LeadsahSall
of the re-productive
erirartB4.l4:eats of the at and physiology
Engravings.
i.A.,',,',T1 and illustrated by Six Coloured Engravi
-st.reet.
bri-,it at. treats of the consequences resulting from
8,471
„nd their lamentable effects on the system, producing 1,....9t..r 4 ted by Tbre7e Explanatory Engravings. elcessiTemißenditall-
It 14"AulquY Weatnele, n mous excitement, and generative incapacity.
Elio ---` a- Troata of the diseases resulting from infection,
trimary er secendary form,and contains explicit directions f
of treatment Th -
k Melt, - e consequences of early Reg either
for
oy tp 17, are also clearly pointed cut. This section is innstrated
p eteAt
-(4., oast coloured Engravings.
Ahi,ll i.islV- Treats of Perry's l'reventative Lot use of
Vito, she clangers of infection are obviated. It combines with the
by the i
P c'en'teallY, and destroys its power an the system.
d 4a'r 1".
Attu
The Ia devoted to the consideration of marriage, and its
the ,il_, ceases of unpredactive union, are also considered, and
i Tiu".Toe_authiet crcally and philosophically inquired intdo.l
btii,i
vebaD AL BALM or STRIACCM Ls exclusively employe n treat-,,t41 us and sexual debility, impotence, &c., lls .and 335. per
tethoih., ?be Concextrated Detersive Essence, as anti-syphilitic
~, • or porgying the blood in cases el infection, secondary symp-
:eapLellPtions,, and the abuse or mercury, 11s, and 335. per bottle.
ctii' a'.'"urifYingSiecific Pills 2s ad 4s 6d., and par box. It
tinnain renle_dy in gonorrhcea,gleet., s.trictur. es, and chronic inflamma-
h-g Of the bl
°"ate th 'qder• Perry's Preventative Lotion, an application to
Ily bit.._ e danger of infection, Ms. a bottle. Consultation fee, if
hin,;III.
.'''. 11. 51. Packets with athico tube had at the Lat.abl;,h,,,,,iii.
~ry Which the fee, 11. saved. Attendance daily at 19, Bar-
toilhii.teetarora Eleven till Two, and Five to Eight; on Sundays
.46114 to ons.

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY
COMPANY.
To confer Additional Powers on the Company 'with reference to the
Agreement hereinafter mentioned for the Purchase of the Bir-
iningham and Oxford Junction and the Birmingham, Wolver-
hampton, and Dudley Railways.
Whereas, an Agreement was catered into on the 12th day of No-
vember, 1846, between the Directors of the Great Western Railway
_Company and the Directors of the Birmingham and Oxford Junction
Atailway, and if the Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley Rail-
way Companies, for the purchase of the said two Lines by the Great
Western Railway Company; whereby provision was, among other
Things, made for the purchase by the Great Western Railway Com-
mpany, of the said Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway and the
irrilingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley Railway, by certain pay-
ents, to be made at the times and in the manner and subject to
the conditions therein specified ; for providing that the Great West-
-971 Railway Company should supply any further capital required
for the purposes of the said Companies beyond the capital of such
u°olPanies respectively ; for the Amalgamation of the Birmingham
and Oxford Junction and la irmingham, Wolverhampton, and Dud-
ley Companies ; and for obtaining powers to lay down the broad
'Maga, in addition to the narrow, on the said two Railways ; and far
blending the Great Western Heard with the Directors of the Amal-
Van
__mated Companies, in such manner as to give the Great Western
'allwaY Company an effectual control over the expenditure of the
Said Companies; and providing that all necessary powers should be
sought for from Parliament to give effect to the said Agreement:
W NOTICE is hereby given, that application is intended to be made
to Parliament, in the ensuing Session, for an Act, for the purpose of
granting to the Great Western Railway Company such powers as
may be necessary to give erect to such (if any) of the provisions of
the 5514 Agreement hereinbefore mentioned, as may be facilitated or
better effected by the further aid of Parliament.
And it is proposed by the said intended Act, and So far as may be
,deemed requisite for the purposes thereof, to alter, amend, repeal, en-
. large or extend the powers and provisions of the several Acts of Par-
!lament hereinafter mentioned : (that is to say) the several Acts fel-
relating to or affecting the Great Western Railway Company,
• the Birmingham and Oxford Junction Rahway Company,
and the Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley Railway
C"PanY, which Acts (Local and Personal) are distinguished
0 the Queer's Printers' copies thereof as the 5 and 6 William
IV. cap. 107 ; 6 William IV. cap. 36 ; 6 William IV. cap. 34 ;
William IV., cap. 77 ; 6 William IV., cap. 79 ; 1 Victoria, cap. 91;
1 Victoria, cap. 92 ; 1 Victoria, cap. 24 ; 1 Victoria, cap. 26 ;
2. Vicria, cap. 27 ; 3 Victoria, cap. 47 ; 3 and 4 Victoria, cap. 105 ;
a antod 5 Victoria, cap. 41 ; i Victoria, Session 2, cap 28 ;
6 Victoria, cap. 10 ; 7 Victoria, cap. 3 ; 7 ands Victoria, cap. 68 ;
8 and 9 Victoria, cap. 40 ; 8 and 9 Victoria, cap. 83 ; 8 and 9 Victoria,
BP. 155 '; 8 and 9 Victoria, cap. 156; 8 and 9 Victoria, cap. 184 ;
• and 9 Victoria, cap. 188 ; 8 and 9 Victoria, cap. 190 ; 8 and 9
Victoria, cap. 191 ; 9 Victoria, cap. 14 ; 9 and 10 Victoria, cap. 166;
9 and 10 Victoria, cap. 181 • 9 and 10 Victoria, cap. 236: 9 and 10
Victoria, cap. 239 ; 9 and 10' Victoria, cap. 240
;Victoria, ; 9 and 10 Victoria,
9caP. 278 9 and 10 cap. 313 ; 9 and 10 Victoria, cap. 315 ;
and 10 Victoria, cap. 335 ; 9 and 10 Victoria, cap. 337 ; 9 and
10 Victoria, sap. 338 ; 9 and 10 Victoria, cap. 369; 9 and 10 Victoria,
c,aP. 402 ; Victord 11 Victoria, cap. 60 ; 10 and 11 Victioria, cap 72 ;
:0 and 11 ia, cap. 76 ; 10 and 11 Victoria, cap. 91 ; 10 and 11
Victoria, cap. 101 ; 18 and 11 Victoria, cap. 109 ; 10 and 11 Victoria,
caP. 149 ; 10 and I i Victoria, cap. 154 ; 10 and 11 Victoria, cap.
-226 ; 10 and 11 Victoria, cap. 243.
'Dated 9th November, 1841.