The Sun.
London, England, 1847-03-16 00:00:00

No. 17,001. LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING Ny MARCH 16, 1847.

lIESTON and LAMPTON, near HOUNS-
LOW, MIDDLESEX.
VALUABLE FREEHOLD and COPYHOLD ESTATES, Tithe Free.
To be PERE.MPTORILT SOLD, pursuant to an Order of the
HIGH COURT of CHAXCERY, made in certain Causes of TRI-
VITT v. BENSON, TIIIVITT v. BENSON, and TRIVITT
ROSE, With the approbation of Sir GIFFIN WILSON KNIGHT, 0118
of the Masters of the Court, at the George Inn, Hounslow, on WED-
NESDAY, the 31st day of March, 1847, between the hours of Two
and Three in the afternoon, in Five Lots,
A DETACHED DWELLING-HOUSE, adjoining the road from
Hounslow to Lampton. The residence comprises, on the upper floor
two bed-chambers and closet; on the first floor, five principal bed-
chambers, water-closet, dressing-room, and ante-room ; groand
floor, large dining-room and drawing-room, with bow windows, and
handsome marble chimney-pieces, also breakfast room ; together
with kitchen, scullery, pantry, wine cellar, dairy, and wash•house ;
entrance hall approached by flight of stone steps, and portico, lawn
in front of house, two orchards, pleasure and kitchen-gardens, partly
walled, and conservatory ; carriage yard, with folding gates, coach-
house and room over, four-stall stable and harness TOMO, loft over in
excellent condition ; also another stable, two stalls, loft over, tool-
house, piggery, cow-house, hen-house, and eart-shed. The two
orchards, gardens, and lawn, with the house, contain together about
two and a half acres of land.

All of copyhold tenure, held of the Manor of Heaton.
These premises ware formerly the residence of Robert How, Req.,
and lately occupied by his widow, Mrs. Esther How, now deceased.
The land tax on the above premixes Is redeemed. The fines are
2s. 6d. en alienation, and Gd. for a heriot on death of tenant.
Also TWO FREEHOLD PIECES of MEADOW LARD, contain-
ing together 6A. 3a. 15r., adjoining the premises above mentioned.
And also a small Piece of Freehold Land, formerly part of the Waste
containing 21. 18r., adjoining the same premises, and situate in front
of the dwelling-house. These premises were late in the occupation
of Thomas Mitten, Esq.
Also TWO OUT COTTAGES, held of the Man r of lies-
ton, abutting on one of the orchards above mentioned, end adjoining
the said road, from Hounslow to Lampton, with small gardens, at-
tached, and respectively occupied by Mr. Payne and Mr. Buckle, as
tenants, from year to year, at an annual rent of 121. each. These
Cottages are in good condition, and the tenants very respect ,ble.
Also a FREEHOLD ORCHARD. situate in the parish of Heston,
containing la. 2a., now in the occupation of James Gilbert, the
younger, under a Lease for 14 years, from Michaelmas 1838, at a
yearly rent of 101. 10s., granted by the Trustees of the Will of the
said Robert How. The land-tax on these premises is redeemed.

Also a PADDOCK, held of the Manor of Heston, containing la, 2a,
and situate in the pariah of /lesion, late In the occupation of Thomas
Mitton, Esq. _ _

Also .a
FiEEFIOLD PIECE of MEADOW LAND, formerly part of
the Waste, called the Bridge Piece, containing la. 3a., situate in the
parish of Heston, adjoining the aforesaid road, from Hounslow to
Heston and Lampton, and late In tne occupation of Thomas Mitton,
Esq. The whole of the land of the above lots is Tithe free. This
Estate was late the property of the said Robert How, and was
enjoyed by his said widow during her life.
Particulars may be bad (gratis) at the said Master's Chambers,
Southampton-buildings, Chancery-lane, London ; of Messrs. Holme,
Loftus, and Young, Solicitors, New Inn ; of Mr. Thomas Cooper,
Solicitor, No. 24, Lincoln's Inn-fields ; of Messrs. Rogers, Solicitors,
22, Manchester-buildings, Westminster; at the principal Inns at
Brentford, Isloworth, Richmond, and at thtplace of Bale.
Dated this 6th day of March, 1E147.

LECTURES on DESCRIPTIVE ASTRONOMY during LENT, at the
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Evenings, Chemical Lectures. The Optical Effects include the last
beautiful DISSOLVING VIEWS. Experinseuts with the DIVER
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. . . .

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GRA.TESEND STAR and BLACK WALL
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Boat and Rail included in One Payment, avoiding the danger
and delay of the Pool.
From the Brunswick Wharf, Pliackwall, at 9%, 10%, I, 3,4, and
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New Terrace Pier, Gravesend, at 7%, 8%, 9%, 11%, 1,3, and
S. Sundays, at 8%, 11%, 1,3, and b.
N.B.—No ether packets call at the Grays or lireenkithe Piers.
Star Office, Gravesend, Dec 28, 1846.
BRITISH GUARANTEE ASSOCIATION.
Incorporated by Act of Parliament, 9, Waterloo-place, Lon-
don, and 127, Princes-street, Edinb.rgh.
The Association will grant Bonds of Guarantee for the fidelity of
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Feb., 1847).
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Banks
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Railway Companies
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against
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By order of the Directors,
A. CHAMBRE, Secretary to the London Board.

MORTGAGE MONEY, at 41. per Cent. and
Si. per Cent.
TRUST MONEY TO INVEST.-6,0001. in one sum, on Freehold
or Copyhold Land or Ground rents only.
This sum only advanced upon the above-named property by way
of MORTGAGE, at 41. per cent. N.B. 1001., 2001., 3001., 5001.,
and 8501., on freehold or leasehold houses; term of leases unexpired
from 21 to 50 years ; at 51. per cent. Also several sums upon re-
versions and temporary security by way of anticipation of rents or
otherwise. None but principals and respectable parties can be
treated with, as this emanates from a respectable source.
Ap; ly to 31r. Green, money scrivener and conveyancer, 38, Wal-
broek, City, from Eleven to Four o'clock.

TNNUAIERABLE Persons having been debarred
from availing themselves of the aperient effects of simple water,
through the inability of applying it ix an effective and easy manner,
W. PINE begs to apprise the public that by means of a new inven-
tion, sold only by him, at 369, Strand, and called the APERITIVE
VASE, this natural and wholesome physic may be applied in an in-
stant, even by the most infirm persons. Those who are subject to
indigestion, costiveness, &c., will in this manner find water to be the
most agreeable aperient in the world.
W. PINE l agent also for SONIFERS, by which deaf persona may
magnify voices to the exact degree which their deafness requires.
Descriptions sent post free, on receipt of two label stamps.

UNDER THE PATRONA.OI3 OF ROYALTY AND, TUN AU-

TDORITY OF TILE FACULTY.
KEA TING'S COUGH LOZENGES.
A Certain Remedy for disorders of the Pulmonary Organs—
in Difficulty of Breathing—in Redundancy of Phlegm—in Incipient
Consumption (of which Cough is the most positive Indication) they
are of unerrinc efficacy. In Asthma, and in Winter Cough, they
have never been known to fail.
Prepared and sold in Boxes, Is. 1%(11., and Tins, 2s. 9d., 4s. tid.,
and 10s. 6d. each, by THOMAS KEATING, Chemist, kc., No. 79,
St. Panl's Churchyard, London. Sold retail by all Druggists and
Patent Medicine Venders in tho Kingdom.
Birkenhead, near Liverpool, Jan 8, 1847.

. .
Sir, I have been afflicted with a severe cough and shortness of
breath tor nearly eight years, and alter trying numerous remedies, dill
not find myself any bettor. I purchased a small box of Keating's
Lozenges of you, from which I found great benefit. The second box,
2s. 9d. size, completely cured me, and I can now breathe more freely,
and am as free from cough as ever I was in my life. Hoping that
others, similarly afflicted, will avail themselves of so certain and safe
a remedy, I remain, Sir, yours, faithllilly,____

WILLIAM ANDERSON.
To Mr, Geo. 11. Howell, Chemist, 72, Dale-street, Liverpool.

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A NEW LIGHT REPELLENT OYER-COAT FOR THE
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so as to improve the figure, and which (owing to its elasticity) sits
equally well either as an over-coat or LIGHT SIMMER FROCK,
Is nude of a peculiar cloth, manufactured in the west of England,
expressly for this coat, of double twist warp and weft, and finest
Saxony wool. It is guaranteed to endure and maintain its primitive
appearance at least twice the time of ordinary cloth, however good
the quality, as it does not wear white or rough, and although re-
pellent, is perfectly porous. The sleeves &relined with ar ich dura-
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softness, lightness, and elasticity, the wearer experiences perfect
ease and freedom when the coat is buttoned.
The WELLINGTON SURTOUT commends itself fo all who desire
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leading colour, ready for immediate wear, price Two Guineas and a
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Illustrated with Twenty-five. Coloured Plates on the Anatomy.
Physiology, and Diseases of the Urinary and ItepreAuctive Orgai.s,
explaining their various structures, uses, and functions, and showing
the injuries that are produced in them, by solitary habits, and °tint'
excesses. With Practical Observations on the Treatment of Nervous
Debility, Local and Constitutional Weakness, and ether diseases of
the Urethra. _

_ _
By SAMUEL LVMERT, CONSULTING SURGEON,
9, Bedford-street, Bedford-square, London;
Matriculated Member of the Unirersity of Edinburgh, Honorary
Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate
Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c., &c.

CONTENTS OP THE TREATISE.
Cairn:a 1. On the Philosophy of Marriage, with its Hindrance
and Wellgations, and on infelloitona and Unproductive Unions.—
CHAPTEIL 2. On the Anatomy and Physiology of the Generatiy,
Organs, their flinctions, structures, and secretions, proving that great
Mental and Physical Power are dependant upon their healthy action
—Clients/I. 3. On Solitary Habits; their various effects on th,
Animal Economy ; the concealed cause of Debility of tho function•
of the Stomach, Lungs, and Brain, and general weakness of tit(
Mental Faculties. CHAPTER 4. On the Secret Disorders of Tout'
and Maturity, and the Treatment of Nervous and Local Weakness,
Mental Debility, and Premature Decay.—Cnarrnte 5 and 6. Or
the Disorder arising from indiscnminate Excess, Gonnorbeea
Gleet, Strictures, and other Diseases of he Urethra.

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TO the PROPRIETORS of EAST INDIA

LAMBS AND GENTLEMT-17,_

The lamented death of the highly-respected Mr. Astell, whose
conduct during the protracted period of forty-seven years was
eminently calculated to preserve the best interests of this country
and promote the well-being of our Indian empire, having created a
Vacancy in the House List of the gentlemen now out by rotation, I
have the honour to intimate, in accordance with my former an-
nouncement, that it is my intention to proceed to the Ballot to be
holden in the East India House on the 14th of APRIL, and most
respectfully and earnestly to entreat your support.
The grounds upon which I solicit your favourable reception of my
pretensions to a seat in the direction of your affairs having been long
submitted to your consideration, it only remains for me to assure
you that should my efforts, aided by your influence, prove success-
ful, it shall be my constant and anxious desire and care to justify by
my conduct the good opinion and confidence of those by whose
suffrages I shall have been placed in that responsible situation.

I have the honour to remain,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Tour most obedient and faithful servant,
J. CAULFLILD, Major-General.
London Tavern, March 9, 1847.
My Committee will sit daily at the London Tavern.

MA SQUERADE.
ST. JAMES'S ASSEMBLY ROOMS (Late St. James's Club).

GRAND

MASQUERADE.

In consequence of the distinguished patronage bestowed on the
Bal Masque of the 25th ult., the Proprietor of the above splendid
and aristocratic establishment begs to announce a second Grand
Masquerade Ball To-Nnlirr, the 16th inst., by subscription. To
convey an idea in which this fete will be conducted, the following is
a brief outline:—The whole suite of the magnificent Saloons, acknow-
eged to be the most costly In the world, will be thrown open on the
occasion, their massive decorations of burnished gold, rendered more
dazzlingly brilliant by the addition of myriads of light so arranged as
to produce the effect of a scene of perfect enchantment, equalled only
in the florid descriptions of the most fairy-like scenes, but in this
instance realized to the senses. The Band, considerably augmented,
will perform the most Fashionable Quadrilles, Waltzes, and Polkas,
and be conducted by Monsieur Dubreuil,—the acknowledged supe-
riority of the Band of this famed temple is proverbial. Tho wines
will be supplied in every variety, and of the choicest character.
"The nectar of old, quaff 'd by God's as we're told,
And dubb'd by the poet's divine ;
Is now called Champagne, and the reason Is plain
Champagne's the divinest of wine.
To us mortals below, 'tie fit we should know,
Where this may be put to the teat,
On the night of the masque, you've only to ask,
There's the choicest as well as the best."

The Supper will be provided in the Lower saloons, and thrown
open at One o'clock precisely, profusely supplied with every con-
ceivable delicacy. No Pantomimic Character will be admitted, the
number of Subscribers will be limited, therefore early application is
solicited for Tickets, which may be bad as follows, 10s. 6d. each :
Mr. Turner, Poultry ; Mr. t'rowse, Cheapside ; Mr. Fentum, Strand ;
Messrs. Ebers, Alleroft, ant; 011ivier, Bond-street; M. Julien, and
Messrs. Cramer and Beale, Regent-street ; and of the principal
Costumers, also of Mr. Clarke, 53, St. James's-street, adjoining the
establishment.

STAR-LIGHT NIGHT-LIGHT 11 PERFECTION ! 1 !
WHAT is a MORTAR LIGHT? What are ordi-
nary NIGHT LIGHTS' Certainly, things that are bye-gones,
and will be used no more. The Star-Light Night-Light is a charming
little light to illumine the darkness of the bedchamber ; it mast suc-
ceed ; its economy and simplicity myriads will admire ; for what can
be desired imore than perfection ? This beautiful little Light burns
candles, and can be had complete from 3s. 3d. to bs. each. Burning
continually at CLARK'S hamease Lamp Depot, 447, West Strand.
Ten deers from Lowther Arcade.

PEARL CANDLE LAMP.-NO FICTION!!
—The Lamps hitherto used have created ♦ast inconvenience,
and it is high time they were annihilated—thanks to the gigantic
improvements of oar age, the time is at hand. To offer a Lamp—
perfection —is, we deem, rendering a public service ; for what are we
without light ? The Pearl is so simple, it canaot be mismanaged.
No cleaning required. To sell the ordinary Caudle Lamps is now
impossible ; the public have long enough been pestered with such
rubbish. The Pearl Candle Lamp is the perfection of candle lights.
The pubis will have nose other. Designs to suit every taste.
Burning continually at CLARK'S, the Immense Lamp Depot, 447,
West Strand, Ten doors front the Lowther-arcade Please writs
down address.

N.B.—Every persons Candle Lamp mat be altered t• the pearl
rinciple.

VINAIGRE DE BORDEAUX.— The first
quality of FRENCH WHITE 'WINE VINEGAR is a pure
vinous acid, and surpasses all other in delicacy of flavour and strength.
It is sold, throughout the kingdom, at a moderate price, by Chemists,
Grocers, and Wine Merchants, whose names may be learnt by applying
to the importers W. and S. KENT and SONS, Upton-upon-Severn,
or W. lt. liumsey, 3, Queen-street place, Cheapside, sole Wholesale
Agent for London and surrounding Counties.

PARISS' PULMONIC ClGARETTES.—Phy-
sicians have long discovered that in diseases of the lungs and
air passages, a remedy to be really efficacious must come in direct
contact with the diseased organ, and this cannot take place unless it
be administered under the form of vapour or smoke. The diseases
in which the Cigarettes have been found so beneficial are, difficulty
of breathing, tightness of the chest, spasmodic asthma, catarrhs,
hoarseness, sore throats, aphony (loss of voice), ear-aches, rheuma-
tism of the jaws, tooth-ache, neuralgia, &e. In the first stage of
consumption their beneficial effects arc surprising, and in the ad.
venced stages they relieve the cough, lessen the expectoration, check
the night perspiration, and produce calm and refreshing sleep.
Said by Messrs. Barclay, Butler, Edwards, Hannay, Johnstoie
Sanger, Schooling, and all respectable medicine venders in Great
Britain and France, in boxes at 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., and lie,
Observe that the same P. Pariss, 2d, Place Vendome, Is engraved
on the Government stamp.

Dlt. CULVERWELL on HEALTH, HAYTI:JESS, and
LONG LIFE.
Ix pocket volumes Is. each, by post (ix stamps), is. Gd. each.
‘0 V TO BE
" Jucande Tivero."—Clc. HAPPY.

WHAT to EAT, DRINK, aid ATOM.
(Witk Diet•tables for all Complaints.)
3.
MARRIAGE and its MYSTERIES.
'„ To:be, or not to be, that is tie cinestion."—Sliakspeare.
4.
The PASSIONS—Their ADVENT and CONTROL.
" Cura ut ♦alent."

These publications are free from enipyrical mysticism, and are
adapted to the intelligence of the times.
Tu be had of ,herwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Mann, 39 , Corn-
hill; Carvalho, 147, Fleet-street; and all Booksellers, or direct from
the Author, whose practice is exclusively devoted to home consulta-
tion, Mornings till Three, and in the Evenings from Seven till _Nine,
at 10, Argyle-place, Regent-street.

EYEBROWS, MjUSTACHIOS, and WHIS-
KERS produced in a few weeks, and Baldness removed and
prevented by the use of GRIMSTONE'S AROMATIC REGENE-
RATOR, an essential spirit, drawn from aromatic herbs and flowers,
a few drops of which cure headache in a few minutes ; it is also a
most delightful, fragrant toilet perfume. Sold only in triangular
bottles, protected by the Government stamp, at 4s. ; double the size,
7s. ; and double this size, I Is. each ; enclosed in a Pamphlet, con.
taming testimonials of undoubted authority, entitled " Three Minutes'
Advice on the Growth and Preservation of the Human Hair, Ste."
By post, 4s. 6d., 7s. ad„ and 125., for money orders only.
Sold wholesale only at Grimstone's Herbary, Highgate, near
London ; and by Messrs. Barclay and Mon, Farrlngdon-st; cut ; danger,
Oxford-street; Messrs. Butler and Co.,Cheapside • Fisher and Teller,
Conduit-street ; Mr. Johnston, medicine warehouse, 68, Cornhlll
and by all Chemists, Perfumers, and others For Edinburgh, J. and
Raimes, Leith-walk ; for Manchester, ereache and Son, Adyeri-
tiler-office.

RAILWAY BILLS.
REPORT of the COMMISSIONERS of RAILWAYS
on certain RAILWAY BILLS comprised in Groups
Nos. 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14.
By the first of the above Bills, the Ipswich and Bury St.
Edmund's Railway Company are desirous to obtain powers
to construct a railway from a point on their present line near
Ipswich to Woodbridge, and to increase their capital by
200,0001., and to borrow 66,666/. for that purpose. This Bill
is comprised in Group 10.
By the second, the same company would obtain power to
construct a Branch Railway from Btowmarket to Sudbury,
and to raise 360,0004 and to borrow 120,000/. for that pur-
pose. This Bill is comprised in Group 11.
By the third, to raise 350,0004 and to borrow 116,666/.
for the construction of a railway from Bury St. Edmund's to
Newmarket and Ely ; and by, the fourth, to raise 180,000/,
and to borrow 120,0001. for an Extension of their railway to
Thetford. The excess of amount proposed to be borrowed
beyond the proportion allowed by the standing orders, is
stated to have been an accidental error in preparing the Bill,
which it is the intention of the company to correct, by re-
ducing the amount to be borrowed from 120,000/. to 60,000/.
By the two Bills, therefore, comprised in Group 12 the com-
pany would be empowered to raise a capital of 530,0001.,
and to borrow 236,666/., or (should the Bill be corrected as
proposed) 176,666/.
By the fifth, it is proposed to raise 460,000!., and to
borrow 153,3331. for the purpose of making a railway
from the Norwich Extension Line to Yarmouth. This Bill
is comprised in Group 13.
By the sixth, it is proposed to raise 100,0001,and to borrow
33,3331., for the continuation of a. railway from Aylsham to
North Viralsham; and by the wreath, or last, to make a
railway from Norwich to join a railway from Dereham to.
Wells, with a branch to Aylsham; and to raise 500,0004
and to borrow 166,666!. for the purpose. By the two Bills,
therefore, comprised in Group 14 power is taken to raise a
capital of 600,001., and to borrow 199,999/
By these Bills the Bury St:Edmund's Railway Company
proposes to obtain power to increase their capital by .
2,150,0001., and to borrow 716,664!. (assuming the fourth of
the above-named Bills, on No. 8 in the Appendix, to be cor-
rected); and by another Bill before Parliament, which will
be again alluded to in another report, they propose to obtain
power to amalgamate with the Eastern Union Railway
Company.
The Bury St. Edmund's Railway Company was incorpo-
rated by an Act passed in 1845, and by that Act was enabled
to raise a capital of 400,000!., and to borrow 133,333/. By
another Act, passed in the last session, the company was
further authorised to raise 550,0001., and to borrow 183,333/.
Under these two Acts power has been obtained to raise a
capital of 950,0004 and to borrow 316,666/., or to employ,
altogether, upon their works, 1,266,666/.
The share capital has been created by the issue of 16,000
shares of 251. each, under the Act of 1845, and by the issue of
22,000 of the same value, under the Act of last session. On
those first issued, calls to the extent of 14/. per share, er for
224,0001., have been made, and 204,3051. received. On the
shares last issued, 51. per share, or 110,0004 have been called,
and 91,7071. 10s. received; the difference in each case being
the arrears in the payments on the calls. The whole amount
called up is therefore 334,0011/.
No money has been borrowed under the Act of 1846, but
this power has been employed to its full extent in the Act of
1845. The money has been borrowed at five per cent. in-
terest on debentures, varying in value from 1,000/. to 5,0001.,
but a few being of smaller value, A part of these securities,
to the amount of 61,9431., will expire in January, 1850,
2,0001. in 1851, 59,090/. in 1852, and the remainder in 1855.
The shareholders have authorised the directors to create new
shares for the payment of the loans.
The company has at present power to call up 616,000!. on
the shares, and to borrow 183,333!., or to employ altogether
799,3331. on the works in progress, and this, it is stated,
will be fully required for them.
No nominal additions have been made to the capital of
this company; nor has it subscribed to any other company,
nor made any guarantee, nor bought, nor sold, nor taken
a lease of any other railway, nor amalgamated with any other
company ; but by the Act obtained in 1846, it has powers
either to sell or let the Ipswich and Bury St Edmund's Rail-
way to the Eastern Union Railway Company; and for an
amalgamation with that company, as before stated, a Bill is
now before Parliament.
The Chairman also of this company concluded, in
December, 1845, an agreement with the trustees of
the Stowmarket Navigation, for a lease of • the Naviga-
tion, and this agreement was confirmed by a general
meeting of the proprietors of the railway in January, 1846.
Under that agreement it was arranged that each party should
apply to Parliament for powers to carry the agreement into
effect, and until these powers were obtained, it was
arranged, among other temporay provisions, that
the tolls of the Navigation should be regulated by
the railway company. In the last session the trustees
obtained power to let the Navigation, and also for the
lessees to exercise the provisions of the Navigation Acts;
but the railway company did not obtain, by any Act of
their own, the power to take the lease, although they in-
serted a clause for this purpose in their Bill of last session,
when originally introduced. It is, however, considered by
the company that no further powers are necessary, and the
lease either has been, or is about to be concluded. The
Commissioners of Railways, in reporting this transaction to
the House of Commons, feel it to be their duty to call at-
tention to the circumstances under which this interference has
taken place with the tolls of a navigation by a railway
company.
The subscription contracts for these Bills, deposited in
compliance with the standing orders, have no signatures
attached to them, except those of 13 directors of the com-
pany. The amount of these subscription contracts is
1,612.5001., so that each director has on an average signed for
124,000/. It is admitted that these directors have not signed
on their own account, but only on behalf of the company,
and with a distinct understanding among themselves that
they are never to be called upon for any portion of their sub-
scriptions, and that the proposed new works are not to pro-
ceed unless the funds can be procured from other sources. It
is also stated that the deposits required by the standing
orders were paid out of the funds of the company.
The Commissioners have already, in their report on the Bills
of the South. Eastern Railway Company,remarked upon this
mode of proceeding as a manifest evasion of the intentions of
Parliament, and they have expressed their opinion that
means ought to be taken to put an end to such practices in
future. It will be for Parliament to determine how far the
adoption of a course which may be supposed to have received
the tacit permission of the House of Commons, should pre-
judice the promoters of a Bill, in any instance in which" the
circumstances of the case aflord a fair guarantee for the bond
fide character of the scheme, as well as for the completion of
the proposed works. The Commissioners, however, feel it to
be their duty to call the special attention of the House of
Commons to the extent which in the present cue this prac-
tice has been carried. The company were by their former
Acts empowered to raise a capital of 950,0004 and to borrow
316,6661. ; they have at present actually raised 296,0121. 103.,
and borrowed 133,3331. The line from Ipswich to Bury was
only opened for passengers at Christmas last, and no other
part of the work being completed, they are unable to make a
declaration of surplus profits. Under these circumstances
they seek powers from Parliament in the present session to
raise an additional capital of 2,150,0001., and loans to the
amount of 716,6641., making together 2,866,6641., a sum
little short of ten times the amount of capital which the
shareholders have at present contributed towards the hitherto
incomplete undertaking authorised by their former Acts;
The only guarantee which they offer for the compleonoo
their new and more extensive schemes is a subscription by
the directors themselves, for a sum which they state they
have subscribed solely on behalf of the company'
In addition to the important considerations regarding the
interests of the public which are suggested by such a pro-
posal, the interests of the present creditors of the company
appear to be very materially concerned in it.
_Tar.l4eYai:
ve
ent,
lent their money under the sanction of an Act of Parliament,
on the security of a comparatively limited under ; taking but
by the present proposal they evidently would find that
security involved with undertakings of a much more exten-
sive character, which, of course, could not have been contem-
platedln by them at the time when they
their money on
the credit of the original works. For preovtkling the means
andguarantee is
of completing these larger works no adequate
yet on the
offered by the proposed subscription contract,
successful completion of them the validity of their security
must essentially depend.
By order of the Commissioners of Railways,
FREDERICK W. A. BRUCE, Secretary.
REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF RAILWAYS
ON GR X
By the first of these Acts the Newmarket and Chesterford
Railway Company would be empowered to increase their
capital by 475,0004 and to borrow 158,333/. By the second,
to increase their capital by 425,000!., and to b0rr0w.141,6661.
The third Bill Is only intended to repeal a clause in thesfoo
former
Act of this company, by which the- mutual
and the to u
the Newmarket and Chesterford Railway Eastern
Counties Railway is given to their respective companies.
This Bill
ill.is not promoted by the Newmarket and Chesterford
Coand would not confer any powers for raising
money.
Under the two former Bills the Newmarket and Chester-
ford Railway Company would be enabled to raise an ad-
ditional capital of 900,000!., and to borrow 299,9994 or to
apply a further sum of 1,199,9991. to railway undertakings.
This incorporated an Act
to
rpaaissseeda
capitalin—t
This companythe
last session of Parliament, andauthorised
of 350,0001., and to borrow 116,6661. 13s. 4d.
The share capital has been created by the issue of 14,000
shares, of 251. each, on which a deposit of 2/. 12s. was paid;
and two calls, one of 2/. Bs., the other of 5/., have been made;
the whole amount demanded from the shareholders being 10
per share, or 140,000 L, the sum received is 108,3001., the ar-
rears on the calls amounting to 31,7001. Mt per share, or
210,000/., remain to be called; and as no money has been
borrowed, 326,666/. may be considered available for the works
in progress.
No nominal additions have been made to the capital
stock; no guarantee given to other companies; no leases,
sales, or purchases of other lines effected; nor has the com-
pany power to make any.
Each of the Bills for which the company has applied in
the present session contains a clause empowering the Eastern
Counties Railway Company to take a lease of the line to
which the Bill applies; and by one of the Bills the same
company would be empowered to subscribe towards the un-
dertaking. But as the Eastern Counties Railway Company
have notified their desire that these clauses should be with-
drawn, drawn, and the Newmarket and Chesterford Railway Com-
pany have stated in their returns that they shall be with-
drawn, it will not be necessary for any report on the powers
which have been given by former Acts to the Eastern Coun-
ties Railway Company to be in the hands of the Committee
to which these Bills are referred.

Regular subscription contracts have been deposited for the
Bills in question, and no signatures have been affixed to
those contracts, or to those of any other Bill now before Par-
liament by the directors, or other persons, on behalf of this
company.
By order of the Commissioners of Railways,
FREDERICK W. A. BRUCE.

IMMENSE DRAUGHT OF MACKEREL.--Yesterday
(Thursday) morning, one of the Hastings Fishing Luggers,
which frequent this port during the season, enclosed
so large a quantity of Mackerel, that in order to
prevent the nets being dragged away, the crew were
obliged to have the assistance of another boat. The
nets of which were placed so as to surround the others, and
by this means the two strings succeeded in securing upwards
of 40,000 Mackerel, besides a large number which escaped
prior to the assistance of the second boat. The fish realised
about 2001., being, to use the fishermen's words, a good
Wtakt—.Deronport Telegraph,

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
LIVERPOOL, MARCH 15.

STocx EXCIIINGE.—The sales ai'e —Ambergate, Nottingham, Boa-
ton, and Eastern Junction, % dis.—Binningharn and Dudley, 5 p.
—Birmingham and Oxford Junction, 8 p.— Cheater and Birkenhead,
47 —Eastern Counties, 20—Ditto, York Extension, 6s. 3d. die.—East
Lancashire, New, 1% p.—East Lincolnshire, 2% p. —Fleetwood and
West Riding ~Junction, 6s. 3d. p.— Great Northern; (Nos. 105,001,
and upwards), dis.—Great Western, 27 p.— Huddersfield and
Manchester, 214 p.—Leeds and Thirsk, dis.—Ditto, New, 34 dis.
—Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 1% p.—London and North-
Western, 175—Ditto, Quarters (G. J.), lb% p.—Ditto, 401. Shares (L.
and M.), 27% p.--Ditto, Quarters, New, 10% p.—Manchester and
Leeds (West Riding Union), 1% p.—Manchester and Southampton,
dis.—Midland Stock, 114%—Ditto, 40/. Shares, 3% p.—Ditto,
New, 2% p.—Newcastle and Bernick, New, 3% p.—Newcastle and
Carlisle, New, 14% p.—North Staffordshire., 2 p.—Nortk-Western,
% dis.—Shrewsbury and Birmingham, (A), p.—Shropshlre Union
Railway and Canal, 1 dis.—Belfast and Ballymena, 7 dis. —Dutch
Rhenish, 3% dis.
_7 .

PRICE SD.

PARIS ACADEMY OF SCIENCES.

SITTING OF MARCII 8.

M. C. Combes read a paper on the means of destroying
thoroughly or partially the influence of what he calls the
espace nuisible in steam-engines. The espace nuisible is the
space which necessarily exists between the piston when it
arrives at the extremity of its curve, the bottom of the
cylinder, and the opening for the emission of the steam.
The space is always filled with steam at the same degree of
tension as that which exists in the portion of the cylinder
situated on the sameside with relation to the piston. The
plan proposed by M. Combes is to be examined by a com-
mittee charged to make a report upon it.
M. Flourens made another communication relative to ex-
periments on animals with ether, but it does not add any fact
of importance to what has already been stated.
M. Roux also communicated the results of some experi-
ments with the inhalation of ether on patients. lie states
that in some cases the patients lose the equilibrium of mo-
tion without the slightest disturbance of the intellect,
and that the suffocation from ether differs from all other,
and particularly from that caused by the vapours of char-
coal, in which the blood, completely deprived of its oxygen,
i 3 black, whereas, with all the persons whom he had
etherised, the arterial and venous blood retained the natural
colour. The blood, however, according to MM. Lenoir Yoil.
lemier, and many other surgeons, has greater fluidity than
when in its normal state.

M. Jacques Cardan gave an account of some serious re-
sults from the administration of ether to females in a state of
pregnancy. He considers it highly improper to etherise
females when in this condition.

M. Bouchut made a statement relative to the pretended
discovery of the means of ascertaining real from apparent
death by burning. It has been asserted that if life be in the
body a burn of the second degree will cause a blister to rise,
whereas no blister can be raised by this means upon a corpse.
M. Bouchut states that he tried the experiment upon four
dead bodies, and produced blisters precisely similar to what
would have been raised by the same means upon living sub-
jects. M. Bouchut thus confirms the experiments already
made, and with similar results, by several other surgeons.
He proposes, as the best means of ascertaining whether life
be extinct or not, a prolonged ausculation of the region of
the heart ; but he does not pretend that this alone is con-
clusive.

"There were several other communications read at this sit-
ting, but they were not of a nature to interest the public.

WILFUL FIRE-RAISING:An important CILSO Of
wilful fire-raising was brought before the High Court of
Justiciary,'.Edinburgh, on Monday last, against John Adams,
smaliware dealer, &c., who occupied a shop at the Cross of
Glasgow, immediately adjoining the Cross Steeple. It ap-
peared that Adams had insured the goods in his shop for
4001., and within a few days after getting possession of the
policy he put the greater part of the goods away out of the
shop, and subsequently sent them to Liverpool ; and upon
the very day that the goods were shipped for that port the
fire took place. Luckily, when it was discovered (which
was late on a Saturday night), Mr. Robertson, the superin-
tendent of fire-engines, who happened, to be near the spot,
broke open the back-door, and got the fire immediately ex-
tinguished, just in time to show the amount of goods in the
premises, which consisted principally of a few coarse cotton
goods strung on wires throughout the whole premises. The
goods were traced to Liverpool and brought back ; and
Adams was committed for wilful fire-raising. Upon being
brought to trial on Monday last he pleaded guilty to the
minor charge of " attempt at wilful fire-raising," which the
Court accepted. The sentence was delayed from Monday
till Friday, in order that the judges might have time to con-
sult as to the amount of Punishment to be awarded. Adams
was brought up yesterday morning, and, after a severe ad-
monition from the judges, sentenced to seven years' trans-
portation.—Edinburgh Paper of Saturday. _

THE LATE Mx.Mx.WILLIAM CLowEs.—The stock
in trade and personal property of this very celebrated printer
has been valued at 90,0004 With the exception of a few
bequest's, viz., to his executors, and to his friend and old as-
sistant, Mr. D. Phipps, and to his servants, he disposes of the
whole of his property amongst his eight children in certain
proportions, and the residue equally amongst them. To his
sons, William and George, he,leaves the business, stock, and
materials, the steam-engines and apparatus, printing ma-
chines and presses, type, machinery, and foundry, and the
premises both at Charing-cross and Duke-street, Stamford-
street, the latter, perhaps, the largest of the kind in Europe;
and as a compensation to his son Edward for not having a
share in the business, he leaves him 6,0001. and an annuity
of 4001. His private library of books he leaves to his sons,
Winchester and Edward, and daughter Ann. The plate to
his four daughters, for each of whom he has made a liberal
provision. He executed his will in December, 1845, and ap-
pointed as executors Mr. James Duncan, late of Paternoster-
row, and Mr. Daniel Nash, of 61, Strand, his son-in-law,
in conjunction with his sons, William and George. The de-
ceased was in his 68th year, and was a native of Chichester,
in which town he -served his apprenticeship to the trade;
upon its completion he came to London and started for him-
self, with limited means, and by unremitting attention and
perseverance raised those extensive establishments. It
was most approprititely termed of him, in the record of
his death, that he had been " the architect of his own for-
tune."

HOTEL AND TAVERN-R,EEPERS' PROVIDENT INSTI-
Tunos.—The eighth annual meeting of the members of the
above institution was held yesterday, at the Craven Hate!,
Strand. Mr. Clark, late Mayor of Windsor, having taken
the chair, the secretary read the report, which stated that
the large increase in the subscriptions and donations, during
the past year, had now completed the sum required by the
rules of the institution, before giving temporary relief to its
members. The balance at the last audit was Gs. 7d.; the
subscriptions and donations amounted to 1,0501. Bs. 5d.; the
dividend to 1551. 15s. Gd. ; making a total of 1,20E1. Bs. ad.
The suns of 855/. 15s. had been invested during the past
year, which, added to the original funded capital, amounted
to 4,176/. 16s. 10d. After deducting expenses, which amounted
to 1001. Os. 2d., there remained the suns of 238/. :k 2d. to be
funded; which sum completed the 5,000/. required befoie
they could commence giving temporary relief. The institu-
tion now consisted of 218 members, and 785 honorary mem-
bers and donors. The subscription lists at the last dinner
amounted to 175/.; and, in consequence of the unusually
small amount of this sum, it was suggested that 500/. should
be raised by subscriptions of 501. each ; and the thanks of
the meeting were given to the gentlemen who had kingly
taken up the subscription lists. The Lord Mayor's collection
amounted to 1791.,85. The amounts collected at the two last
dinners were respectively 530/. and 1701., making together
700/. The proceeds of a private ball amounted to 53/, which
sum had been handed in., The thanks of the meeting were
unanimously voted to the auditors, secretary, and chairman,
for their unremitting attention to the well-being of the insti-
tution, and the meeting separated.

EXTENSIVE ROBBERY AT THE UNION ' BANE,
LIVERPOOL—About one o'clock on Saturday, a gentleman
went into the Union Bank, Brunswick-street, for the purpose
of depositing notes to the amount of 750. He had the'
bundle of notes in his hand when he entered the bank, and
while he took up a pen to write a note upon the counter, he
placed them in the outside pocket of his top coat. When, in
a minute or two after, he put down hishand to feel for them,
they were gone, and no trace of them has since been dis-
covered. it is believed that the thiet was one of the London
swell mob, who made his way there in search of what he
could find. There are several of the London swell mob now
in town, and most of them are of very fashionable exterior.
One was apprehended on Saturday, who was believed to have
been concerned in this robbery, but he was discharged, as he
bad not any notes, although he had 23 sovereigns in his pos-
session. The numbers of the notes stolen at the bank are
known, and bills have been printed offering a reward of 50/.
for the apprehension of the thief and recovery of the pro-
perty. It is singular that the exposures recently made have
not taught caution to gentlemen depositing and receiving
sums of money at banks and other public places. Indi-
viduals who place cash in loose outside pockets are the very
victims whom sharpers use all vigilance to discover. The
notes consisted of six 1001. and three 50/. notes, all of the
Bank of England.—Liverpool Albion of yesterday.
SERIOUS MILL ACCIDENT.—MANCHESTER, MARCH
15.—An accident of a very serious nature occured in a
building attached to the spinning mill of Messrs. Gray,
Pollard-street, this morning, at about twenty minutes past
ten o'clock. The building is a boiler-house, containing
three boilers, and is 32 feet wide ; over the boilers is a room
in which there are twelve jack-frames, a heavy kind of ma-
chinery. The floor on which the machinery stands is sup-
ported with three iron beams, and which appears to be very
strong, and weigh 66% cwt. Between the beams are heavy
brick arches ; these beams are unsupported by pillars, in
consequence of the flues of the boilers not being able to
bear the weight. It was supposed by the architects that the
beams were of sufficient strength to bear twice the weight
that would be required. Over the jack-frame room there
is an asphalte cistern, which is seventeen inches deep, and
is supported by iron beams and brick-work, as the floor
beneath, and two iron pillars, are fastened to the beams
which -support the floor of the room containing the ma-
chinery. One of the beams gave way, and whether it was
the beam which supports the roof and the asphalte cistern,
or that which supports the floor of the jack-room, is not yet
known ; the latter seems to be the most probable. One
end of the building has given way. The roof of this build-
ing and the floor underneath are broken through. Six of
the jack-frames on the boilers underneath have fallen in.
The other six frames and the remaining part of the building
stand Uninjured, with the exception of the outside walls.
The machinery was at work, and one woman named Eliza-
beth Cooper was killed, and two others were injured, one of
whom we understand is now in the infirmary, but is not
dangerously hurt ; the other walked home and seemed not
to have sustained much injury. The woman that was killed
we have been informed was married, and had three children.
THE LATE CONFLAGRATION AT BATTERSEA.—An
investigation was yesterday gone into to ascertain, if possi-
ble, by what means the fire which destroyer) largean
amount of property occurred, upon Mr. Bethall's premises
in Battersea-fields. The result of that inquiry failed in
throwing any additional light on the cause of the calamity.
The watchman, in whose charge the premises were left at
night, and whose duty it was to look after the furnaces on
the works, stated, in answer to inquiries made by his em-e
ployer, that whilst the tar was running out of
one
of the
boilers in the tar-house he left the place for a few seconds,
and on his return found that a considerable quantity of that
article had, from some cause, which he is at a loss to ac-
count for, become ignited. He positively affirms that
neither lamp nor candle had been taken near the vessel into
which the tar was running. When the fire commenced he
tried all he possibly could to prevent the flames from extend-
ing, and he kept at his post until he became almost encir-
cled in flame, when, in order to save his life, he was at last
compelled to rush out of the place and run to a distant part
of the premises, for the fire extended so rapidly that in the
space of a few seconds several square yards of ground in the
vicinity of the still-house were covered with burning tar
and pitch. Tha exact amount of property that has been
consumed cannot be ascertained as yet, but Mr. Bethall's
loss alone, it is stated, will be several thousand pounds. His
saw-mills were fitted up with expensive machinery and fix-
tures, all of which are destroyed. The only building on the
premises not destroyed was the still-house, the escape of
which was an exceedingly fortunate circumstance, for
there were several thousand gallons of naptha in the
place. The firemen in saving this property were exposed to
great peril, and several of them have been severely injured
over the face and hands by the lighted tar.

LIVERTOOL, MONDAY AFTERNOON.- -We are as yet
without any tidings of the steamer Cambria, from BOkon,but
as her sister ship the Hibernia did not arrive in March, 1845,
till the 17th, entirely owing to bad weather, she cannot yet
be considered as overdue. The saralt Saida has al not yet
wade lier appearance. -