The Sun.
London, England, 1847-02-15 00:00:00

LONDON, MONDAY 1111 CORNING SUN9 FEBRUARY 15, 1847.

No. 16,976.

THE BENEVOLENT INSTITUTE for the
TREATMENT and CURE ofSTRICTURE of the URETHRA,
and all DISEASES of the GENITO-URINARY ORGANS.
Surgeon, F. B.COURTENAY, M.R.C.S.L.
This Institute founded, and partly supported by subscriptions, and
placed under the supervision of a Committee of Subscribers, offers to
the indus!rioue classes, IN ALL CASES, THE GRATUITOUS
ADVICE of an able and experienced Surgeon, and, in some cases,
Medicines also free of exo,iist:. The guarantees for uniform, humane,
and skilful treatment, wkich such an Institute affords, will, it is
hoped, induce the afflicted humbler classes to seek its aid, and
thereby avoid the 'matte of pecuniary means, and the risk to life
they are sure to incur, by applying for surgical, or medical, relief to
ignorant and unprincipled quacks, and nostrum-vendors.
Applicants for relict must apply at this Surgery adjoining the
Surgeon's private residence, 2, Chandos•street, Cavendish-square.

_ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
CHEMICAL LECTURES y Dr. 'CYAN, with brilliant and
aried Experiments, daily, and on the Evening. of Mondays, Wed-
',kW-a; and Fridays. On the commencement of Lent, Dr. BACH-
110FIN ER will deliver a Series of Lectures on AS i'RONOMY, ex-
hibiting the latest discoveries, on the Mornings and Evenings of
Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, with new and appropriate
Music, by Dr. Wallis. On the alternate Mornings and Evenings he
will Lecture on the EL ECTRO-MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH, including
the recent Patent of Messrs. Nott and Gamble. The Models and
ether Works in the Useful Aria are daily described. The beautiful
Optical Effects include the NEW DISSOLVING VIEWS. Experi-
ments by the DIVER and DIVING-BELL, &c.
Admission Is. Schools, half-price.

IMPERIAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY,
CORNHILL, LONDON. •

DIRECTORS.
HENRY JAMES PRESCOTT, Esq., Chairman.
GEORGE FIELD, Esq., Deputy Chairman.
James C. C. Bell. Esq. Daniel Mildred, Esq.
Michael Bland, Esq. James G. Murdoch, Esq.
Charles Francis Cobb, Esq. John Horsley Palmer, Esq.
Andrew Celvile, Esq. Henry Pearce, Esq.
George henry Cutler, Esq. George Reid, Esq.
George Hibbert, Esq. William R. Robinson, Esq.
Thos. Newman Hunt Esq. Newman Smith, Esq

FOUR-FIFTIIS, or SO per CAR., of the PROFITS will be as-
signed to policies every fifth year, and may be applied to increase the
sum insured, to an immediate payment in cash, or to the reduction
and ultimate extinction of future premiums, as shown in the follow-
ing example:—
PROFITS to POLICIES of 3b, YEARS STANDING, entitled to

participate in the Bonus declared in 1846.

X
low

30 i 1000
40 I 1000
50 1 1000
60 I 1000

!Cash paid on Or Prem
surrender ;reduced
of Bonus. I to.

Annual B.nus
Pruniaru. added.
£ s. d. £ e. d. s. d. X
19 5 10 451 5 0 174 12 3
21 15 10 451 5 0 193 12 2
26 14 2 4SI 5 0 236 18 7
33 19 2 451 5 0 284 0
45 6 8 451 5 0 335 9 11 ..
63 13 4,4i1 5 0 384 12 5

And an
nual re-
turn ef.

d. 14 H. d.
S 6 9
S 15 0'
7 10 5
4 9 8

4 19 4
•• •• •• 136 10 6

Insurances without participation la profits effected at redu,

rates.

Prospectuses, and an explanatory statement of other advantages
now given by this Company, may be had at the Chief Offices as
above; at the Branch Office, 16, Pali-mall; or of the Agents.
SAMUEL INGALL, Actuary.

INVESTMENT for LARGE or SMALL
sums.

The attention of the public is invited to the following notice :

The Deeds for carrying nut the resolutions of the Shareholders in
the Guarantee Fund of the ER ITISII MUTUAL LIFE ASSUR-
ANCE SOCIETY are now ready, and the respective Shareholders
arc hereby requested to attend at the offices, between the hours of
Eleven and Three, to sign and execute the same, when the old shares
may be exchanged.
Applications may be addressed to the Secretary for the remaining
unappropriated Shares entitled to the advantages set forth in the
following

NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR-
ANCE SOCIETY,
26 COENRILL, LONDON.
Capital .£500,000.
Empowered by Act of Parliament.
This Institution embraces important and substantial advantages
%ith respect to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The assured
has, oa all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense •r for-
eiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the premiuras paid (see Table) ;
sls• the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his
crests to meet other conveniences or Necessity.
Assurances for terms of years are granted ost the lowest possible
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 fourth bonus, varying from 35 to 86 per cent. ex the premiums paid
ea each Palley effected ea the Prof
Pit scal
ES.e.
EXAML

1 g
56.1
1 rrermuni. a 4 Banns Bonus F;): S Assur
added. Cash. la a
:5 may ed
S M Borrow.
• St
e 1. r 1837 £217 15 I,XIOO 0 11A16 • 4!L445 8 0
,183/3 112 3 0 A 7 1 41 13 10 2, 395 11 1
01000 34 j 11839 165 11 11, 74 1 9 11 31, 346 2 3
01848 116 7 6, 64 010 718 10 296 13 4
1.,841, 111 6 8, 49 10 0, 710 4i 247 4

The division of profits is tannal, and the nest will Se made ht
ecember of the present year.
F. FERGUSON CAMROCX. Sectrstary.

ItOWLAND'S KAL Y DOR
an ORIENTAL BALSAMIC PREP kRATION" of singular
efficacy in thoroughly purirying the Skin from all Pimples, Spors,
Blotches, Freckles, Tan, and Discolourations, producing a healthy
freshness and transparency of Complexion, and an admired softiies,
and delicacy of the hands, arms, and neck. Its purifying and re-
freshing properties have obtained the exclusive patronage of the
Court and the Roy al Family of Great Britain, as well as the
principal Court; of Europe, and the most distinguished Nobility and
Gentry of all civilised nations.
+►ax Beware of Spurious " KALYDORS," containing mineral as-
tringents utterly ruinous to the complexion, and which, by their re-
pellent action, endanger health. Some are announced under the im-
plied sanction of Royalty, &c., &c. Each bottle of the genuine kas
the words " ROWLANDS' KALI/DOR" on the wrapper, and A.
ROWLAND and Son, 20, Hatton-garden, is also enzraved (by desire
of the Hon. Commissioners) on the Government stamp affixed on
each. Price 4s. 6d. and 83. 6d. per bottle.

Sold by the Proprietors at 20, liatton-garden, London, and by all
espectable Chemists and Perfumers.

THE OBNOXIOUS, VEXATIOUS, AND OPPRESSIVE RATE
AI)N TAX-PAYING CLAUSES IN THE REFORM AND RE-
GISTRATION ACTS.
APUBLIC MEETING will be held at the
Crown and Anchor Tavern, Strand, on WzDNESDAT EVENING
next, Feb. 17, 1847, at Half-past Seven o'clock.
THOMAS WAKLEY, M.P., in the Chair,
To petition the Legis'ature to repeal these much detested clauses.
Many 3l.P.'s and other Friends stand pledged to attend.

FEHALE SERVANTS' HOME SOCIETY,
For the Encouragement of Faithful Servants.
Established 183 G.
Homes : 21, Nntworth-place, Edgeware-road ; 110, Hatton-garden.
The PUBLIC MEETING of the above Society will take place
To-Moaaow, February 16th, at the lIANOVER-SQUARE ROOMS.
The Right non. Lord ROBERT GROSVENOR, 31. P., will take the
Chair at Two o'clock. By order of the Committee.
JOSEPH BROWN, M.A., Chairman.

COMMERCIAL INN, BIRMINGHAM.
TO be DISPOSED of by PRIVATE CON-
TRACT, with IMMEDIATE POSSESSION, the LEASE and
GOOD-WILL of that old-established and well-known Commercial
Inn, the WHITE HART, Digbeth, Birmingham. It has been in the
occupation of the present proprietor and family for the last twenty-six
years, and is now, and for years past, doing a very profitable busi-
ness of upwards of 4,0001. per annum. The Rent and Taxes are
exceedingly moderate. The premises are in excellent repair. The
only reason for disposing is in consequence of the present proprietor
retiring from the business.
For particulars apply to Mr. G. W. Cockerel], 47, Blackman-
street, southwark ; or to Mr. B. Bull, on the premises.

HENRY RUSSELL at the STRAND
TrIEATRE.
HENRY RUSSELL, composer of "Woodman spare that Tree,"
" The Ivy Green," " The Old Arm-cirair," "The Ship on Fire,"
" The Gambler's Wife," " The Maniac," " Some love to Roam,"
" I'm .Afloat," "A Life on the Ocean Wave," " The Newfoundland
Dog," &c. &c., will have the honour of giving his VOCAL EN-
TERTAINMENTS on MONDAY EVENING, Feb. 22, and following
evenings, interspersed with Anecdotes of Negro Life and Character.
Boxes, 35.; Stalls, 25.; Pit, Is.; Gallery, Gd. Doors open at
Half-past Seven; commence at Eight. Private Boxes, 11. is. pox-
wake open from One till Four.

PUBLICATIONS.

NEW NOVEL BY JAMES SHERIDAN KNOWLES.
Just published, in 3 vols.,
GEORGE L O V E L L.
A Novel. By JAMES SIIERIDAN KNOWLES.
In the Press, in 3 vols.,
A New Work. By Mrs. BUTLER (late FANNY KEMBLE.)
Edward Minton, 4t, Dover-street.

FLORENTINE HISTORY.
Just published, in small Bvo., trice 9s. c:oth, Vol. IV. of
FLORENTINE HISTORY, from the earliest
authentic Records to the Accession of Ferdinand the Third,
Grand Duke of Tuscany.
By Captain HENRY EDWARD NAPIER, R.N.
To be completed is six monthly volumes.
Edward Moxon, 44, Dover-street.

Just published,
TUCK'S MAP of the RAILWAYS, showing in
a bold and novel manner the entire lines worked by each
Company, and the lines projected for next session ; the termini,
length, route, &c., of all the railways in England ; with tables of re-
feretkce, showing the lines leased and amalgamated. &c. Ste. ; the
whole forming the most complete map ever published. Price 53.
mounted en canvas, in cloth.

Wilson, railway publisher, 11, Royal Exchange ; and all booksellers.

CULVERIVELL on lIEALTII, lIAPPINESS, and
LONG LIFE.
In pocket volumes Is. each, by post (in stamps), Is. 6d. each.
II 0 W TO BE HAPPY
" Jucunde Viyere."—Cle.

WHAT to EAT, DRINK, and AVOID.
(With Diet-tables for all Complaints )

MARRIAGE and its MYSTERIES.
" T• be, or not to be, that is the question."—Shakspeare.

The PASSIONS—Their ADVENT and CONTROL.
" Cura ut •ateas."

These publications are free from cropyrical mysticism, and are
adapted to the intelligence of the times.
To be had of -4berwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Mann, 33, Corn-
hill; Carvalbo, 147, Fleet-street; and all Booksellers, or direct from
the Author, whose practice is exclusively devoted to home consulta-
tion, Mornings till Three, and is tke Evenings from Seven till Mae,
at IS, Argyle-place, Regent-street.

ON THE CONCEALED CAUSE THAT PERTS ON THE
HEALTII AND SHORTENS TPIM DUMATION OF IiELTMAN
LIFE.

WITA (MAIMED INGIEVOIN6B,
Just Published, ii a sealed Envelope, price 2s. Gd., Sr free
by pest, 31. Gd.
CONTROUL OP THE PASSIONS : a Popular
Inquiry into the Concealed CauseceosfoiftsexperecisnsiavtouriieieDulegcelnitcme:
with Instructions for Its Complete Restoration. Addressed to those
suffering frora the destructive consequ.
termixatiag in Mental and Nervous Debility, Local or Constitutional
Weakness, ludigest'on, and Consumption. Inclading a comprehen3
sive Dissertation on :MARRIAGE, Incontinence, and Celibacy.lllastrated with Coloured lingravings, explanatory of the various
63, .
Oxford-street" New man" ;
Cases, &c.
By C. J. LUCAS and Co., Consulting Surgeons, N. 6
streot, Oxford-street, London. .
Published by the authors ; Hannay and t
Noble, 114, Chancery-lane; Mansell, 1 IS'
, Fleetilt,remetar;kmitl..
Wlnhal, 78, High-street, Birmingham; 11. Whitmore, l
street, Manchester ; J. Howell, 54, Church-street, Liverpool; W.
and H. Robinson, 11, Greenside street, Edinburgh; I. n.
10, Westraoraland-street, Dublin; and sold by ltrittain, 11, Pater-
uoster-row ; J. Gerdon, 116, Leadenhall -street ; and all Booksellers
" The best of all friends is the professional friend, and ia no shape
can he bo consulted with greater safety and secrecy than 1a " Lucas
siternidgearo.t wishing to
onrtfrasnolnys h."—The
gB etlhl 'es
aliib'oe
ve lwy
03rIkes,
apply to a bookseller for the same, may, to insure secrecy, have it
direct from the Authors, by enclosing 3s. Gd., or Postage Stamps.
The security of happiness in the Marriage state is the chief anxiety
soef, alrel ; b t
fe,turtotrnuatiti.nvtnder.cadforelte
the discharge
w e
oreid,,dactdrimuon,iioian h
l,
obligations.lrigoantgih a
obligations.
This essay is most particularly addressed to all suffering under a
despondency of the character alluded to ; and advice will be found
calculated to cheer the drooping heart, midpoint the way to renovated
health.

Messrs. Lucas and Co. are to be consnited from Ton till Two, and
from Five till Eight iu the evening, at their residence, No. 60,
Newman-street, Oxley. ...street, London, and eountry patients may
be successfully treated, so inieutely describing their case, and enclos-
ing the usual fee of I/. for advice.

A POPULAR TREATISE on (he HEALTH, LIFE and VIGOU,

of the BODILY FUNCTIONS.

NINETEENTH EDITION price 2s. 6d. Free by POst (in a Seale
Envelope) 3s. 6d.,
TIIE SILENT FRIEND. A Medical IS-or;,
on the loss or the reproductive powers, with means of restora-
tion. The hanclnl effects of Indulgence, ,:eglecteri Strictures, Se.
condary Symptoms, Arc., nre fully pointed out. Illustrated by Era
grooms; 1011V1Ved b.) observations on Marriage. icy R. and L.
PERRY and Co., Consulting Surgeons, London.
Pahlished by the Authors, and may ne hart at their residence.
Sold by Strange, No. 31, Paternoster .row ; 4;ortioa, 146, Leadenhal,
street ; Purkis, Compton-street, Soho ; Hannay and Co., 63, Oxfor.:-
street, and 37, Royal Exchange , and all booksellers.
Part I. of this Work is particularly addressed to those who ar,
prevented from forming a Matritnontal Alliance, throagh tear et cer-
tain disqualifications, and will bee cued an available Introduction t
the means of perfect and secret restoration to manhood.
Part 11. treats perspicuously *pots those torsos of diseases, dth.
in their primary or secondary state, arising trout infection, showi•4
how unmhers who neglect to obtain competeut medical aid, eau:,
upon themselves years of misery and sneering.

The CORDIAL BALM OF gYRIACUM is exclusively directed to
tke cure et nervous and sexual debility, irregularity, weakness, bar-
renness' loss of appetite, indigestion, consamptive habits, and dekiii.
ties arising from venereal excesses, &c. Price lls. and 331. per bet-
tie. The Five-pound cases may be had as usual.
The CONCENTRATED DETERSIVE ESSENCE. An anti.
syphilitic remedy Par searching out and purifying the blood from ve-
nereal contamination, scurvy, blotches en the head, race, and bedv
ulcerations, and those painful affections arising from improper treat.
neut, secondary symptoms, and all eruptions of the skin. Price lis
and 335. per bottle.
PERRY'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS, price 2e. 9d., 4s. gd.,
and l le. per box, are the most efectual remedy for strictures, in.
Ilaramation, irritation of the bladder, &c., without hindrance is
business.
Consultation fee, if by Letter, it. A minute detail of ease is ne
cessary. Messrs. Perry are in daily attendance at their residence,
19, Benton-street, Oxford-street, London, from eleven till two, and
five till eight; and on Sundays from eleven till twelve.

ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTiI AND
MATURITY.
WITH TWENTY-FIVE COLOURED ENGRAVINGS.
Just published, Twentieth Thousand, in a sealed envelope, price
ss. ftd. or post paid, to any address, for 3s. id. in Postage tamps
direct from the Author's residence.
SELF. PRESERVATION: A Medical Treatise
on the Secret infirmities and Disorders of Youth and Maturity.
illustrated with Twenty-five Coloured Plates en the Anatomy.
Physiology, and Diseases of the Urinary and Reproductive Organs,
explaining their various structures, uses, and functions, and showing
the injuries that are produced in them, by solitary habits, and other
excesses. With Practical Observations on the Treatment of Nervous
Debility, Local and Constitutional Weakness, and other diseases of
nG B,I"on9EON,
the Urethra.
s'
t 3
eEe Ti
3. e
dCrO.
rNd
sUg Lu
aTrIeN,
the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate
LoMember of
London, &c., &c.
CONTENTS OF TEE TIEATISE.
Matriculated Member of the University of Edinburgh, Honorary
Apothecaries' nail'
By SA9M,UREedfLorLdA.

CaArras I. Oa the Philosophy of Marriage, alth its hindrance.
and 0 hligations, and on Infelicitous and Unproductive Unions
CHAPTER 2. On the Aiatomy and Physiology of the Generative
Organs, their functions, structures, and secretions, proving that grea•
Mental and Physical Power are dependant upon their healthy action
—CiIArTHR. 3. On Solitary habits; their various effects on t!i
Animal Economy ; the concealed cause of Debility at the function,
of the Stomach, Lungs, and Brain, and general weaknos. or t;
Mental Faculties. CLIAPTIA 4. On the Secret Disorders of Youti.
and Maturity, and the Treatment of Nervous and Loci' Weakness,
Mental Debility, and Premature Decay.--enorrias 5 and 6. Or
the Disorderr arising from indiscriminate Excess, Gonnorthee
Gltet, Strictures, and other Diseases of she Urethra.

VIIVIEW6 OP TILE WORK.
"The author of this singular and talented work is a legally quail.
fled 4.3 heal man, who has evidently had cousiderable experience of
the trr stment of the various disorders arising from the lollies mil
ftailtied of early indiscretion. The engravings are an invaluable ad-
ditiou, by demonstrating the consequences of excesses, which inus:
act as a salutary warning to youth and maturity, and by its perusal
many questions may be satisfactorily replied to, that admit I no ap-
frtah:::mfeebKycoanfltzlttaiLlfkoir:eiadenviarsroett,,,ae.s2.:9'4.tiserrmikirip.-::, ;
peal, eves to the most cotifidential friend."—Era.
o:l:ertiud.. Publishedeire_e:b:..r thes,ut
aori,ettd,ihtT,o,
itire,abi Erdt:,7l
y.sa.4yrre:::eiitsclx.siali
ra:aeltrathh.n,l4ls
;,rr e3/400S,i,d3,re:aocy4lei: a:4_4,7,,
eadenhall-stret, London; Newton, l'i, Church-street, Live.P3o,
At lionae Llaimay and Co., il:.
A , ~, ..
Eft" , and F. 41 IctLet's tram •diat-is- re;lied to, h. contakilu
@QUASI% LONDOzt, SREET BEDFORD

OUTH WALES RAILWAY.
1. .NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the next HALF-
YEARLY GENERAL MEETING of the Proprietors of this Com-
pany will be .held, pursuant to the Act of Parliament at the
Paddington Station, London, on WEDNESDAY, the 24th of February
instant, at Twelve, for One o'clock precisely, for the election of four
Directors and one Auditor, in the place of the same number who wi❑
retire by rotation, and for other purposes of business. The Chair
will be taken at one o'clock precisely.

RUSSELL, Chairman.
The Directors and Auditor retiring areCHARLES re-eligible under the Pro-
visions of the Act.

The Transfer—Books will be closed on and after the 14th instant,
and will not be re-opened until after the said Half-]early General
Meeting on the 24th instant.

BY order,

- N. ARSTRONG,
South Wales Railway Office, 449, West Strand, London Secretary.
,
February 1, 1847.

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the next
HALF YEARLY GENERAL MEETING of the PRO-
PRIETORS •f this COMPANY will be held in London, pursuant to
the Act of Parliament, at the Paddingtoss Station, on TuURSDAY, the
18th February next, at Twelve for coo o'clock precisely, for the
election of Four Directors in the place cit the same number who will
retire by rotation, and for other purposes of business. The Chair will
be taken at One o'clock precisely.

CHARLES RUSSELL, Chairman.
BARRINGTON, Deputy-Chairman.
The Directors retiring are re-eligible under the proTisions of the
Act. By order,
January 21, 1947. CHAS. A. SAUNDERS, Secretary.

LONDON and SOUTH WESTERN
NOTICE.—The resolutionsßAlLWAY of the Special General Meeting of
Proprietors and of the Board of the London and South Western
Railway Company om the 17th November last, having allowed an
option to all Proprietors of New Shares of 501., formed out of Tenths
of 31. each, and to all Proprietors of New Shares of 401., formed out of
Tenths of 41. each, who shall be registered as such Proprietors of
Shares on the 16th February, 1847. The Holders of Letters repro.
stinting Tenths, are hereby reminded that their Letters and Bankers
Receipts must be sent into the Treasurers Office forthwith, in order
to the completion of the Registration on or before the said 16th
day of February next, and that the above mentioned option will be
lost in respect of all Tenths for which the Letters and Bankers
Receipts shall not have been sent in for Registration on or before
such day. Immediately after the 16th prox;mo, the proper form for
declaring his option to take New Shares, ".1 be forwarded to each
Proprietor of Shares formed from such Tot. .
By order of the Directors,
P. LAWRENTZ CAMPBELL, Secretary.
Nine Elms, Vauxhall, Jan. 22, 1847.

NORTHERN COUNTIES UNION
RAILWAY COMrANY.
Notice is hereby given, that the ordinary HALF-YEARLY
MEETING of the SHAREHOLDERS of this COMPANY will be
held at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-strect, in the city of London,
on WZDNESDAY, the 24th of February next, at the hour of Twelve
for Half-past Twelve o'clock, upon general business, when the Report
of the Directors will be submitted for their approval.
And notice is hereby further given, that at the said Meeting, pur-
suant to notice already published, and in 2ompliance with the Stand-
, ing Orders of the House of Lards, the 11111, for which a petition is
already deposited, to enable the Northern Counties Union Railway
Company to make certain regulations in their railway in the parishes
of Aysgarth and Wensley, in the North Riding of the county of
York, will be submitted to the approval of the Shareholders.
CHARLES LOCOCK WEBB, Secretary.
WM. BSFOR Chairman.
The Register of Transfers willE bRe E
closed, D,
and remain se, from the
12th day of February until the 24th day of February, 1847, both
tiers Inclusive.

CHAS. LOCOCK WEBB, Secretary,
Dated, Company's ()Mess. I, Poet's-corner, Westminster,
February 3, 1847.

TO THE PROPRIETORS OF SHARES IN THE
DUTCH RHENISH RAILWAY.
Notice is hereby given, that a PUBLIC MEETING of the
Shareholders in the above Railway will be held en SATURDAY, the
20th of February next, at One o'Clock, at the Cotton Salea-room,
Exchange-buildings, Liverpool, to receive a Report from the Com-
mittee.

Parties residing at a distance and unable to attend are particularly
requested to authorise some party to represent them on this occasion.
By order of the Committee,
HENRY CIIRISTIE BELOE, Hon. Secretary.

MARYLEBONE PARISH AND THE
POOR-LAW COMMISSIONERS.
On Friday, at a very fully, attended meeting of the direc-
tors and guardians of the poor of St. Maryligbone (Mr. Malli-
lieu in the chair), a communication was received from the
Poor-law Commissioners, announcing that they had taken
the opinion of the Attorney-General and Mr. Tomlinson,
and were prepared to declare all the rules and regulations of
the directors and guardians, since August, 1834, illegal and
invalid. The case and opinion accompanied the communi-
cation, and was read by Mr. Thorne, the secretary.
The case set forth the various acts of the board from time
to time, which had been carried out without the approval of
the Commissioners, and then proceeds to ask--
" Whether, since August, 1834, under sections 155 and
156 of the local Act, 35th Geo. 111., c. 73, the directors and
guardians of the poor of St. Marylebone, not having sub-
mitted the rules and regulations made by them for the ap-
proval and confirmation of the Poor-law Commissioners, such
rules and regulations are valid?"
" Opinion.—We are of opinion that the rules and regula-
tions made since August, 1834, by the directors and guar-
dians of the poor of St. Marylebone, under the • sections 155
and 156 of the local Act, 35th George 111., c. 73, but not
submitted to, and not approved and confirmed by the Poor-
law Commissioners, are not valid or binding, as far as they
concern the regulations and Government of the workhouse,
or as far as relates to the poor, or the officers connected
therewith, or in any way relating to the administration of
relief to the poor, within the 4th and sth Wm. IV., c. 76,
sections 15, 21, 22, and 2.4.
(Signed) "JOHN JERVIS,
" Temple, January 29,1847." " T. TOMLINSON.
Sir JAMES HAMILTON moved, and Mr. Poromt seconded, a
resolution to the effect that all the notice to be taken of
the communication by the board, be a simple acknowledg-
ment of its receipt from the Poor-law Commissioners.
The motion was carried nem. con., and the board, after
some routine business, separated.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
LIVERPOOL, Faint-any 12.
Srocx EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Ambergate, Nottingham.
Boston, and Eastern Junction, 4 dis.—Birmingham and Oxford
Junction, 8% p.—Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham, 1% p.—East
Lancashire, New, 2 p.—Ditto, New (scrip), 1% p.—Lluddersfield Canal
and Railway, 3% p.—Leeds and DevrsbUry, ExtenSions (green),
p.—London and North-Western, 188 —Ditto, New, Quarters, 11% P.
—Ditto (Grand Junction), Quarters, 20 p. —3ianchester, Sheffield,
and Lincolnshire, Eighths, 34 dis.—Midland, 120 ex div.--Ditto,
New, 3) p.—Newcastle and Carlisle, 112% —North British, Quar-
ters, 2% p.—North Staffordshire and Churnet Valley Junction, 1% P.
Preston and Wyre, 34—Shrewsbury and Birmingham, 151. 7s. 9d.
(A), Xp. —Ditto, 9/. 12s. 3d. (B), p. —South Yorkshire, Doncaster.
and Goole, par —Wharfdale (late North-Eastern), % (11.5*—Wast
Bid-
lug Union, I%:p.—Dutch Rhenish, 2% dls.
MANCHESTER, FEBRUARY 12.
Szoca EXCHANGE. —The salts are—Ambergate, Nottingham, and
Boston, 3-16 dis.— Birmingham and Oxford Junction, 834 P.—East
Lancashire, New (scrip), 1 3-16 p.— Fleetwood, Preston, and West
Riding, 7-16 p.—Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester,
New Branches
(blue), Scrip, 3 P.—Manchester Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (late
Sheffield and Lincolnshire), 1 dis.—North Staffordshire, 3 1).—
South-Eastern and Dover, 37 c.—Ditto, No. 4, %
p.—West Riding
Union, 19-16 p.—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction, Nip.

LEEDS, 12.
Srock EXCHANGE.—The salesF
aEßßUAßYre—Ambergate, Nottingham, and
Boston, 3s. 9d. dis.—East Lancashire, c. p.—Ditto, New, 1%
p.—Ditto, New Scrip, 245. Gd. p. - East and West Yorkshire, is. 3d.
dis.—Great Northern (late London and York), 2s. 6d. P.—Hudders-
field and Manchester, 3 p.—Leeds and Br Ilford, 46 c. c•
Leeds and Dewsbury, 7% c. p.—Leeds and Thirsk, dis•—Ditto,
Preference, 235. Gd. p.—Leeds, Wakefleld, and Midland, lie.
Leicester and Bedford, 2s. Gd. die. - Mahon and Driflield Junction-
-225, p.—Manchester and Leeds, Extensions 213. s. p.—Manchester„
,
Buxton, Matlack, and Midland, 12s. p.-31:dland, Preference, 3
North British (late Carlisle Branch) 2% p.—Ditto, Extension (scrlP/S
138. 6d. p.—North Staffordshire, 3 p.—Northern Counties Linton, 25,r--
dia.—North-Western, 81. p.—Sheffield, Rotherham,
and
and, 1
—West Riding Union, 31s. 611. p.— York and North Midland,
refer
..
tare, 10% p.

Insium 12.
SToex Excuallott.--The sales are-Eastern Counties, York
tension,
1 .s. p. -North British, Extensions (scrip), 13S. 6d. P-
Lancashire, Lancashire, New, Scrip. I sip.
SHEFFIELD, IruannAuy 12.
"'W'K EXeKAN,a.-- Tho fqtle. are -Ambergate Nottingham, and
Boston, 4s. dic.- London and S,,uth Coast,
Lincoln Union, Idi • S.- -Manchester, Sheffield, and colnshire
654:- Manchester and
(Grimsby and Sheffield), dis,-Ditto, 201. Shares, 15i nis•-
Ditto, 121. 10s. ft:hares, 153. 6d. dis.-Newcastle and Berwick, 12/
- Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole, 4s. 62. p.-West Riding
325. p. -York and Newcastle, Preference, 43,i IL-Sauth Y""bire'
Doncaster, and Goole, 34 dis.
GLASGOW, Fiasusar 11.
STOCK EXCIIANOE. -The sales are-Aberdeen, 237.---Caledonian,
and Dumbartonshire, 495.-Clydesdale Junction, 39%-Direct Born--
bay and Madras, 38. 9d. -Dundee and Perth, New„.151.-East Indian,
95.-East Lothian Central, 423.-Edinburgh and Giagg"'' 765 k
-
Edinburgh and Northern,
New, 725. - Edinburgh and :'erth,so
cum new-Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, Halves, No. 2, 91' -
Ditto, Quarters (5 per cent. guar.), 164 --Glasgow' nurnfried., Ad
Nor':
--Glasgow'Carlisle, 61. 2s. -Glasgow Harbour Mineral, 378. 0.-Great ISOI,A
of India, 3s. 6d.-Great Southern of 31adras, 3s. 6d.-Kilmarnock.
and Ayr Direct, 335.-Manchester and Southampton, 325. 6d. Noy
British, Thirds, 735. W.-Scottish Central, 21711 11 Midi.: ,d
Junction, 224 .

RAIL WAY RETURNS-
RAILWAY THATFIC.—The following are the Total Receipts • if Rau.
ways for the past week—that is to say, up to the date to w hich the
respective returns ate made, together with the receipts of the
Baum
week in the previous year

Week
ending

NAME OF RAILWAY.

Last
Week.

Arbroath and Forfar •••• • • • •
Chester and Birkenhead . • • • • •
Dublin and Droeda • •
Dublin and King sewn
• • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Dundee and Arbroath . •
Durham and Sunderland . • • . • •
Edinburgh and al.asgoff_ • •• • • • " •"•
Eastern Counties and North Eastern • .
East Lancasihre • • • • • • • • • ..... • •
Eastern Union .• •• • • •
Glasgow. Kilmarnock, and Ayr • . • •
Glasgow and Greenock• • ....... • • •
Gravesend and Rochester • • • . • • . • • • • •
Great Southern and Western • • . • • • • •
Great Western, &0..................
Ipswich and Bury ..... • • • • • .
London and North
Western, &c. .....
London and Blackwell • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
London and Brighton . • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
London and Croydon. • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
London and South Western . • •
Manchester, Bolton, and Bury •• .•
Manchester, Leeds. and Bull Assoc..
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire
Maryport and Carlisle • • • • • • • • . • • • • •
Midland, Bristol, and Birmingham....
Newcastle and Carlisle • • • • • • • •
Newcastle and North Shields• • • . • •
Newcastle and Beryl- ck • • • • • • . • • ..•
Norfolk.. • • • • • • .. • • • • • • • • • • • • ......
North British .• • • • • • • • ...
Paris and Rouen . • • •• • • • • • • • -• • • ..
Preston and Wyre • • • • • • •
Shrewsbury and Chester • • • • • • • • . . • •
South Eastern and Branches • ... • • •
South Dev0n.......................
Taff Vale ...... ............
Ulster ........... ••••• • • • • • •••
•
York and Newcastle . ••••• • • • • • •
York and North Midland . • • . •

lan. 31
Feb. 6

7;
4,
t -

16 0
51 2
60 9
706
24 2

3,140
9,290
671
456
1,859
859

995
15,902

2,4, II
6.3 30

1,6 66
668

15, 847

394
34,445

65a
5,333

35 .441

5,800

734
4,501

5,108

7,371
1,648

Jan. 31
Feb. 6

7,107
1,476

498
16,698
1,784.

443
14,864
1,612

46g
1,194
1,344
6,004

414
1,14 P

541
243
5,940
907
1,357

5,0(19,
493

1,476 ,

I,o' ta

7 iti
7,949
5,120

- ..
6 8,5
6,( )34
4, 111

SUICIDE FROM DISTRESS.—On Friday Mr. Bs ea.
ford held an inquest in the Shamrock, Houghton-at- reet, Clare-market, on the body of James Mills, shoemaker, aged
atv-nine. The deceased, who lived in Drury-court, w in veft' straightened circumstAnce& and was thre.itened
proceedings,lax - which greatly of eted him ; while ham).
ming-
-I;,der despondency froui those causes he cut his throat ,
itl
,lioetnaker's . 11.?, was instantly removed
tu,t3
Kingasequeuce o's Col glee hosdital, where he died from erysipel 7
cof the wound.—Verdict accordingly. r'

PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS.

(From the Votes and Proceedi;;;; of the House of Common

FRIDAY, FEB. 12.
The following Railway Bills were presented, read a first
time, and ordered to be read a second time :
Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, and Eastern Junc-
tion (Alteration of Line and Branches to Nottingham)—" to
enable the Arnbergate, Nottingham, and Boston, and Eastern
Junction Railway Company to alter the Line of their Rail-
way, and to construct certain Branch Railways connected
therewith into or near the town of Nottingham."
Great Northern ( Branch to King's Lynn)—" to enable the
Great Northern Railway Company to make a Branch Rail-
way to King's Lynn, in Norfolk."
Ayrshire and Galloway (Smithstown to Dahnellington)—
" for making a Railway from Smithstown to Dalmellington,
in the county of Ayr."
Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne Junc-
tion (Alteration of Main Line and Hawes Branch)—" to
authorise certain alterations in the Line of the Liverpool,
Manchester, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne Junction Railway,
and for other purposes."
Dundee and Perth (Alteration and Extension and Inch-
ture, Polgavie, and luchmichael Branches)—" to enable the
Dundee and Perth Railway Company to alter and extend
their Line near to Perth, and to make Branches therefrom to
Inchture, Polgavie, and Inchtnichael."
Dundee and Newtyle—" for widening, altering, and im-
proving the Dundee and Newtyle Railway."
South Staffordshire (Cannock, Wyrley, and Norton
Branches, &c.)—" to empower the South Staffordshire Rail-
way Company to make divers Branch Railways, and for
other purposes."
Eastern Counties (Peterborough to Folkinghazn)—" to
enable the Eastern Counties Railway Company to make a
Railway from the Syston and Peterborough Railway, in the
parish of Etton, in the county of Northampton, to the Am-
bergate, Nottingham, and Boston Junction Railway, near
Folkingham."

Braintree and Halstead—" for making a Railway from the
Maldon, Witham, and Braintree Railway near Braintree, to
Halstead."

Eastern Counties (Spalding to Newark)—" to enable the
Eastern Counties Railway Company to make a Railway from
the Great Northern Railway, near Spalding, to the Notting-
ham and Lincoln Branch of the Midland Counties Railway."
Eastern Counties (Wisbech to Spalding).--." to eambhit this
Eastern Counties Railway Company to make a nallway irom
Wisbech to Spalding, and to construct Docks at Wisbech in
connexion therewith."

Midland (Erewash Valley, &c.)—" to enable the Midland
Railway Company to purchase the Mansfield and Pinaton
Railway, and to make a Railway from the Erewash Valley
Railway to the _Nottingham and Mansfield Railway, with
Branches to Mansfield, and also to the Alfreton Iron Works."

The following Railway Bills were read a second time, COM•
mitted, and referred to the Committee of Selection :
Midland (Masbrough and Normanton Stations Enlargement)
London and South-Western (Widening, &c.)
Southampton and Dorchester (Blandford Branch).

NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL-OFFICE.
The following Railway Bills are appointed to be read a
second time:—

MONDAY; YES. 15.
Caledonian (Edinburgh Station anti Branches to Granton).
Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland.
London and North-Western (Bescot and Wolverhampton
Branch, &c.).
London and North-Western (Ormskirk and Raintord
Branch, loc.).

TUESDAY, FEB. 16.
Great Northern (Isle of Axholme Extension).

STANDING ORDERS COMMITTEE.
The following Resolutions were reported from the above
Committee :

1. That in the case of the South Yorkshire, Doncaster,
and Goole Railway (Penistone, See., and Purchase of Shef-
field, Rotherham, Barnsley, Wakefield, Huddersfield, and
Goole Railway, Dun Navigation, and Dearne and Dove
Canal) petition, the standing orders ought to be dispensed
with : That the parties be permitted to proceed with their
Bill. on striking out from that part of the Contract Deed
which contains the names and description of Subscribers,
those of the Sheffield Town Trustees, and substituting that
of Thomas Asline Ward, who has executed the deed as sub-
scriber for 26,0001.

2. That in the case of the Portadown and Dungannon
Railway petition, the standing orders ought to be dispensed
with :—That the parties be permitted to proceed with their
Bill, on proving before the Committee on the Bill the inser-
tion of the Notices in the Newspapers of Londonderry and
Ant rim.

That the Committees on the two preceding Bills do exa.
mine, in the first place, how far such orders have been com-
plied with ' • and do report the same to the House on the re•
port of the Bills.

3. That in the case of the Midland Railway (Sheffield,
Barnsley, Doncaster, and Goole Line) petition, the standing
orders ought not to be dispensed with.
4. That in the case of the Eastern Counties Railway
(Hertford to Hitchin) petition, the standing orders ought to
be dispensed with :—That the parties be permitted to proceed
with their
5. That in the case of the Wishaw and Coltness Railway
(Branches to Auchinheath Mineral Field and Canderside)
petition, the standing orders ought to be dispensed with :
That the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill.
First, second, fourth, and fifth resolutions agreed to.—Re..
port to lie on the table.

PETITIONS ON PRIVATE BILLS
HOUSE OF COMMONS.

(Room 22, before Mr. Examiner SMITH.)
There were no unopposed railway cases in Mr. Smith's
list to-day, and the Learned Gentleman was occupied till the
close of his sitting with the opposed Caledonian cases.
In the case of the Canobie Branch the opposition failed,
and the standing orders were complied with.
In the other two cases the opposition was withdrawn, and
the customary formal proofs were completed.
BLANDFORD AND BANTON RAILWAY.
In this case the customary formal proofs were completed.
The Examiner then adjourned.
(Room 23, before Mr. Examiner MAT.)
UNOPTOSED LIST.
EAST LANCASHIRE RAILWAY.
In the case of three of this company's unopposed Bills the
standing orders were complied with.
OPPOSED LIST.
EAST LANCASHIRE (BURY AND CLITHEROE
EXTENSIONS).
The Examiner was occupied the rest of the day with these
two opposed petitions. The allegations, however, were not
maintained in the first extension Bill ; but in the second the
standing orders were found not to have been complied with.

DESTITUTION IN THE HIGH-
LANDS AND ISLANDS OF SCOTLAND.
We understand that a meeting of noblemen and gentlemen
connected with the Highlands and Islands, assembled at 18,
Parliament-street, on Wednesday last, the 10th instant, for
the purpose of considering the expediency of applying to the
Government on some points in which the population of these
districts of the kingdom are at present deeply interested.
A deputation from this meeting, consisting of the Marquis of
Northampton, Mr. James Matheson, M.P., The Chisholm,
Mr. H. Willie, M.P., Mr. Frederick Dunda, M.P., Mr.
Maclean, of Coll ; the Reverend Dr. Mscleod, of Glasgow ;
Mr. Hugh limes Cameron, and Mr. George Bain, lion.
Secretary of the Highland Society of Lindou, waited
yesterday, by appointment, on Sir George Grey, and were
most courteously received. They submitted to Sir George the
expediency (1) of Government aiding proprietors in the High-
lands and Islands by a loan, for the purchase of aired for the
smaller tenantry; (2) the affording aid to local relief com-
mittees in supplement of the subscriptions and collections
obtained from private sources; and (3) the desirableness
of having a depot ship or ships on the eastern coast, for the
purpose of allaying the apprehensions of the people in
the north-eastern counties of Scotland, that there will not
be a supply of food procurable throughout the spring
and summer, and the fears of which have occasioned dis-
turbances and riots along the whole of the east coast. The
deputation sub witted to Sir George that snob a measure as
the last would effectually, they believed, allay the fears of
the people, and be the most economical, as well as, in every
view, the most humane mode of restoring peace and confi-
dence among them.
On the first point (the giving a loan for the purchase of
seed) Sir George stated, that he thought no such aid would
be required from the Government, 116 he understood the
central committee in Edinburgh were directing their special
attention to it ; and, moreover, that the required
accommodation would, probably, be obtained from the
Scotch banks ; and also, that it would be very
inexpedient for the Government to hold out any expectation
of aid in this particular, as this would naturally, and very
probably, lead to improvidence on the part of the people in
the consumption of the stores they might otherwise preserve
for seed.

On the second matter (the affording of aid to local. relief
committees), Sir George stated that th conduct of the Scotch
proprietors and people generally had been so exceedingly
praiseworthy, that he was very averse to giving
what might be considered an ungracious answer to
this request, but, that hitherto such aid had not
been afforded generally, and it was hoped that
it might not be generally required. In two special
instances the Government had given son.e help
to local committees, and they would be pre-
pared to consider special applications from parti-
cular localities, peculiarly needing such assistance, though
every case must depend entirely on its own circumstances.
But that, as a general rule, the Government were exceed-
ingly unwilling to encourage such applications or expecta-
tions, as they much feared that the result eventually would
only be injurious to the people by tending to pauperise
them, and to lower the feelings of self dependence which new
distinguished, he was happy to say, the Northern population.
On the third point (the proposal to establish a Government
depot on the east coast), Sir George stated, that the expor•
tation of food from that quarter clearly proved there was
no scarcity there, and, therefore, it would be inconsistent
with the rules of the Government, and the motives which
led to the establishment of depOts on the west coast, to
send a ship to the east. It was urged in reply, that
although wheat, and cattle, and live stock were exported
:from the east coast, these do not constitute the food of the
ipoorer classes. Sir George, however, would not hold out
.any expectation that any depot would be established by
the Government on the east coast.

CRUD DROPPING.—On Friday the police received
information that a female infant apparently about three
weeks old had Leen found abandoned on the step of the
door No. 41, Ely-place, Ilolborn, between nine and ten
o'clock on Tuur.day night, and notwithstanding the inch:-
Jimmy of the weathe, was b,urely covered witti a piece nt 010
blanket, and au old cotton cap and shift. It was taken to
the llolbornWorkhouse.
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.consumption is large, and study economy, will derive
considerable advantage at this establishment. One uni-
fovm price is affixed, by which the purchaser of a single
pound can obtain it on the same terms as the trade.
Black Tea ...2s. Bd., 35., 3s. 4d, 3s. Bd., 45., 4s. 4d., ss.
Green......... 3s. 4d., 33. &1., 45., 4s. 4d., 55., 65., 7s.
Coffee ......... 9d., 10d., ls., Is. 2d., 11. id., Is. 6d., Is. Sd.
One pound sent tree to any part of town. Orders from
the country forwarded the same day; and when the
quantity is fur 61b. weight (tea only), the carriage is
paid to any part of England.-41ANSELL and Co,
wholesale tea dealers, 2, Bucklersbury, Cheapside .

PRICE SD.

NAVAL IN
COURT-MARTIAL.
Porcramouvrr, FEB. 12.—A court-martial was assembled
this day on board her Majesty's ship St. Vincent, to inquire)
into the circumstances attending the running on shore of her
Majesty's steamer Sphynx, on the rooks near Brook Bay,
in the Isle of Wight, en the morning of Saturday, the 16th
of January last, and to try Commander J. B. Cragg, and the
officers and crew, for their conduct on that occasion.
The court was composed of Rear- Admiral Parker, C. 8.,
president; Captain J. Pasco, of the Victory; Captain Chads,
C. 8., of the Excellent ; Captain Henderson, C. 8., of the
Sidon; Captain Kingcome, of the Belleisle ; Captain Milne,
of the St. Vincent; with Mr. G. L. Greetham, as deputy
judge-advocate.
Commander Cragg was assisted in his defence by Mr
James Hoskins, solicitor, of Gosport.
After the usual forms had been gone through, and Com-
mander Crags's report of the affair read by the Judge-
Advocate, be was desired by the court to point out on the
chart the course he had shaped for the Sphynx to be steered
to clear St. Catherine's Point after making the Portland
Lights at midnight; this being done, he was asked to pro-
duce his night orders, and if the lead was going. He had
not issued any night orders, as he was on deck all the night,
middle and morning watches, with but little intervals. The
lead was not going.
Further evidence proved that the course was, as imagined,
properly shaped, but on pricking it off in court it appeared
that no allowance had been made for currents or tides, and it
was, therefore, doubtful, if the bearing of the Portland
Lights were correctly taken. Commander Cragg, Mr. Wallis,
and every man and officer in the vessel, used their utmost
exertions in trying to preserve her after she had.struck. The
witnesses to ability and character, and the defence to be
produced by Mr. Hoskins, will occupy the court until late in
the evening, and may probably produce an adjournment
until to-morrow.
Her Majesty's surveying vessel the Herald was at San Bias
on the 21st of November, all well. Captain Kellett had just
returned from surveyicg the Columbia River and Vancouver's
Island. The officers had been most successful in their duties,
and had experienced many comforts at the latter place, con
siderably more than anticipated. The Herald intended to
Aril for Panama early in December, to complete, for another
..9arvey. ,4hlkihapfrinens,and crew were in good health.

__
THE NA V Y.--
A Return " of the Number of Commissioned Officers of a:
Grades on the Navy List, on the lat day of January, 1846."
Admiral of the Fleet
Admirals
Vice-Admirals
Rear-Admirals
Ditto, superannuated 32
Captains

Ditto, superannuated and retired 36
Commanders
Lieutenants, superannuated with rank of
Commander..
Lieutenants..

4,014
J. W. INNES, for the Chief Clerk.
Admiralty, Feb. 5, 1847.