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LONDON T Es DAY
SU NY FEBRUARY 9, 1847.

No. 16,971.

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MR. JAMES'S NEW ROMANCE.
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rwi HE CASTLE OF EHRENSTEIN; its
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One Volume, small Svo., bound hi cloth, price 10s. 6d.,
RATOR S OF THE AGE.
By G. H. FRANCIS, Esq.'
Editor of "Maxims and Opinicris of the Duke of Wellington ;"
Comprising Portraits, Critical, Biographical, and Descriptive of Con-
temporary Orators.
" We recommend this work, as containing a gallery of portraits,
all delineated by the same hand, and given with the accuracy of the
Daguerreotype, combined with the grace and finish of a Lawrence.
Independent of the accurate, and therefore valuable, information to
be found in his volume, Mr. Francis is entitled to the highest praise
for its literary merits."—Morning Herald.
G. W. Nickissen, 215, Regent-street.

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divulged I Above one thousand entirely new and practical dishes,
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in less than seven months from its publication. Dedicated to his
Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, and under the special pa-
tronage of his Majesty the King of the French, his Majesty the King
of Hanover, the King of Prussia, and the Crown Prince, his High-
ness Ibrahim Paella, and also patronised by the English and Conti-
nental Nobility. For the opinion of this economical and useful work,
see the review of two columns in the Times of the 19th of August,
IB4G, and the whole of the public press.
Published by Slmpkin and Marshall, Stationers'-hall-court; sold
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GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the next
HALF YEARLY GENERAL attimnto of the PRO-
PRIETORS of this COMPANY will be held in London, pursuant to
the Act 01 Parliament, at the Paddington Station, on THURSDAY, the
18th February next, at Twelve for One o'clock precisely, for the
election of Four Directors in the place of 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 provisions of the
Act. By order,
January 91, 1947. CHAS. A. SAUNDERS, Secretary.

A_MBERGATE, NOTTINGHAM, AND BoS-
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Notice is hereby given, that the BOOKS kept for the registration
of TRANSFERS of SHARES in this Company will be CLOSED
from WEDNESDAY, the 10th, to TUESDAY, the 23d day of February
instant both days inclusive.
By order,
W. F. N. NORTON, Chairman.
THOMAS BISHOP, Vice-Chairman.
JOHN GOUGH, Secretary.
Company's offices, Wheeler-gate, Nottingham, Feb. 1, 1847.

pARIS S' PUL MONIC CIGARETTE S.—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, &c. In the first stage of
consumption their beneficial effects are surprising, and in the ad-
vanced stages they relieve the cough, lessen the expectoration, check
the night perspiration, and produce calm and refreshing sleep.
Sold by Messrs. Barclay, Butler, Edwards, Hannay, Johnstone,
Sanger, Schooling, and all respectable medicine venders in Great
Britain and France, in boxes at 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., and I Is,
Observe that the Name P. Perim, 26, Place Vendome, is engraved
on the Government stamp.

EYEBROWS, MuUSTACHIOS, 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-
taining testimonials of undoubted authority, entitled " Three Minutes'
Advice on the Growth and Preservation of the Human Hair, &c."
By post, 4s. 6d., 75.8 d„ and 125., for money orders only
wholesale only at Grimstone's Ilerbary, Highgate, near
London ; and by Messrs. Barclay and Son, Farringdon-street ; Sanger,
Oxford-street; Messrs. Butler and Co.,Cheapside ; Fisher and Teller,
Conduit-street ; Mr. Johnston, medicine warehouse, 66, Cernhill •
and by all chemists, Perfumers, and others For Edinburgh, J. and
R. Raimes, Leith-walk ; for Manchester, eresehe and Son, Adver
User- office.

TO THE LADLES.
This lady had the following letter inserted in the "Times" news-
aper en Ang. 7, 1846. Reader, remember, this letter was put into
the paper by the lady herself, as a testimony to me.
" Mrs. Weekley, of No. 3. Swan-street, Borough, takes this oppor-
tnalty of publicly thanking Mr. W. Grimstone, of the ilerbary, High-
gate for the efficacy of his Aromatic Regenerator, in having com-
pletely restored the hair on her head, after using Bailout four months,
nd the whole of her hair is much stronger and mere luxuriant than
ever was before the baldness appeared.
" Mrs. Weekley inserts this testimony to the virtues of Mr. G.'s
Regenator, feeling assured that many ladies would gladly purchase
an I Is. bottle if they were as certain of its virtues as she is, from ex-
perience, not only in the restoration and produotion of hair in abund-
ance, but as a cure of nervous headache; as a toilet perfume it is far
beyond any to her taste. She will feel a pleasure in answering any
lady of respectability to the above fact:,.-3, Swan-street, Borough."
In cases of the hair becoming thin, weak, or turning grey, a few
drops on the crown of the head occasionally, every week, will pre-
vent the hair from coming away with the comb, make it strong, and
invent it turning grey, rendering the hair luxuriant and curly. A
few drops on your hairbrush before brushing the hair, will give the
hair brilliancy, causing it to curl.
The most delicate ladies may use this delightful product et the
most aromatic herbs and flowers with confidence ; its refreshing
adour removes headache and makes it a most necessary companion
to the toilet. In cases 'of nevous headache, pour ten or twelve drops
on the crown of the head ; if very bad, repeat it every quarter of an
hoar. In most cases relief is certain in ten minutes. It produces
hair on children's heads in a few appplications. It used on infants'
heads, it has such a peculiar cooling influence on the brain as to pre-
vent convulsions, as well as promoting the growth of hair.—See
pamphlet of testimonials.
Ali letters addressed to William Gemstone llerbary, Highgate.

ON THE SECRET INFIRMITITYIES OF YOUTH AND
MATUR.
WITH TWENTY-FIVE COLOURED ENGRAVINGS.
Just published, Twentieth Thotuand, la a sealed envelope, pric,
2s. 64.. or post paid, to any address, for 3s. 6d. in Postage tamps
direct from the Author's residence.
SELF. PRESERVATION: A Medical Treatife
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 ftutctions, 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 ether diseases of
the Urethra.

By SAMUEL LVIIERT, CONSULTING SURGEON,
9, Bedford-street, Bedford-square, London;

Matriculated Member of the University of Edinburik, lionorar,
Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate
Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c., &c.

CONTENTS OF THE TREATISE.

CHAPT33, 1. On the Philosophy of Marriage, with its Hindrance
and Obligations, and on Infelicitous and Unproductive Unions.—
CIIAPTES 2. On the Anatomy and Physiology of the Generativ.
Organs, their functions, structures, and secretions, proving that gres
Mental and Physical Power are dependant upon their healthy action
—CnerrEa 3. On Solitary Habits; their various effects on th.
Animal Economy; the concealed cause of Debility of the function
of the Stomach, Lungs, and Brain, and general weakness of th
Mental Faculties. Cuarras 4. On the Secret Disorders of Tout'
and Maturity, and the Treatment of Nervous and Local Weakness,
Mental Debility, and Premature Decay.—CHAPTIERS 5 and 6. 0'
the Disorderr arising from indiscriminate Excess, Gonnorluna
(fleet, Strictures, and other Diseases of :he Urethra.
RRVIZWiI of TIIK WORK.
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fled a 4441 cal man, who has evidently had considerable experience of
the trr-stment of the various disorders arising from the follies an
frailties of early indiscretion. The engravings are an invaluable ad
dition, by demonstrating the consequences of excesses, which inns
act as a salutary warning to youth and maturity, and by Its peruse'
many questions may be satisfactorily replied to, that admit t no al•
peal, eves to the most confidential friend."—Era.
Published by the Author, and may be had at his residence , aloe
from Kent and Richartl4, 52, Paternoster-row; Hannay and Co., 6.i.
Oxford-street. Staris, Tichborne-street, Quadrant; Gordon, 14,
Leadenhall-street, London; Newton, 16, Church-street, Liverpool
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At Home for Consultation daily, from Nine till Two, and froa
Five till Eight ; and all letters immediately replied to, if containin
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EXTRAORDINARY SPEED.—A train on the Great
Western Railway was, a few days ago, urged at the aston-
ishing speed of seventy-two miles an hour. This is at the
rate of one mire in tifty seconds, or thirty-five yards and one-
fifth per second. If this speed could be maintained, a train
would pass over 1,728 miles in twenty-tour hours; and, if
there were a railway round the world, the entire distance
would be performed in about fourteen days and a half.
MILITARY MOVEMENTS.—The depot of the 27th
Regiment, now at Gosport, is under, immediate orders to
embark in London on board the Royal Tar, for Fort George,
Inverness, there to be stationed. Since the above order
was issued, the wreck of the Royal Tar has been reported.
The reserve battalion of the 56th Regiment will arrive at
Winchester from Chatham, on Tuesday, Wednesday, and
Thursday next, per the South-Western Railway. They will
remain at Winchester until the Belleisle, 72, Captain King-
come, is ready to embark them for Gibraltar. The 88th Re-
giment of Connaught Rangers have embarked at Malta for
the West Indies, in the Herefordshire transport.
THE ATRAFILATORY, OR LIQUID HAIR DYE—the
only dye that really answers for all colours, and does not
require re-doing but as the hair grows, as it never fades or
acquires that unnatural red or purple tint common to all
other dyes. Botanic Water and Bear's Grease,—When the
hair is becoming thin, and falling off, the only effectual
remedy besides shaving the head is the use of the two above-
named articles, applit d alternately—the botauic- water to
cleanser the roots from scurf, and as a stimulant, and the
a a grease as a nourisher. The New Tooth-Pick Brush,
thoroughly cleansing between the teeth when used up and
down,
and polishing the surface when used cross-ways. The
hair warranted never to come out. The Union and Triple
Hair Brushes. The Double Anti-Pressure Nail Brush.
The Medium Shiving Brush. The Railway Strop and
inventions
e bo
Powder. The above new andeleganttfio articles, in addition
to a very extensive
She sole manufactures aonrtdni beautifulof
Messrs. perf ußmoesss ,
and
sons, 119, and 120, Bishopsgate-street, London.
[ADVERTISEMENT.] —TEAS AT WHOLESALE PRICES,
No. 2, BUCRLERSBURY, CHEAPSIDE.—FamiIies whose
consumption is large, and study economy, will derive
considerable advantage at this establishment. One uni-
form price is affixed, by which the purchaser of a single
pound can obtain it on the same terms as the
65., 7s.
single
pound Tea ...2s. Bd., Ss., 3s. 4d, 3s. Bd., 4g., 45. 4d., ss.
Green......... 3s. 4d., 3s. Bd., 45., 4s. 4d.,_
Coffee ......... 9d., 10d., ls., ls. 2d., Is. 4d., Is. 6d., ls. Bd.
Ono pound sent free to any part of town. Orders from
the country forwarded the same day; and when the
quantity is for 61b. weight (tea only), the carriage is
paid to any part of EngIand.—MANSELL and Co.
wholesale tea dealers, 2, Bucklersbury, Chcapside -
[ADVERTISEMENT.] REMARKABLE CURE OF UL-
CERS BY HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT AND PlLLS.—Extraet of a letter
from Hampton, New Brunswick, dated Feb. 10, 1846. "To Pro-
fessor Hol oway.—Sir, A son of mine, sixteen years of age, was
ted with ukers on his limbs and body for min. flan Vireo. years,
:rum whict, :inali pieces of bone had been removal from time to
tip'''. I .11,pilcd to several medical men in sf. .3< las, but al to th.
t, I to try your Oil,:iura and pills, whicl.
made a complete cure. Several months have since elapsed, and
there Is not the slightest appearance of their return.—(Signed) Jains
WrrstolE." These medicines are sold
Strand by all dru
London
ggists, antl pro-
e
timer Hollow's establishment,

THE PRUSSIAN CONSTITUTION.
The following is a translation of a decree, dated Berlin,
Feb. 3, 1847:
We, Frederick William, by the Grace of God King of Prussia,
&c., give notice and herewith ordain to be known :
Since the commencement of our government we have con-
stantly applied particular care to the development of the re-
lations of the States of our country.
We recognise in this matter one of the weightiest problems
of the kingly calling bestowed on us by God, in the solution
of which a twofold aim is marked out for us—namely, to
transmit the rights, the dignity, and the power of the Crown
inherited from our ancestors of glorious memory intact to
our successors on the throne ; but at the same time to grant
to the faithful States of our monarchy that co-operation
which, in unison with those rights and the peculiar relations
of our monarchy, is fitted to secure a prosperous future to our
country
In respect whereof—continuing to build on the laws given
by his late Majesty, our Royal Fatter, now resting with
God, particularly on the ordinance respecting the national
debt of the 17th of January, 1820, and on the law respecting
the regulation of the provincial Diets of the sth of June,
1823—we decree as follows:-
1. As often as the wants of the State may require either
fresh loans or the introduction of new taxes, or the increase
of those already existing, we will call together around us the
provincial Diets of the monarchy in an United Diet, in order,
firstly, to call into play that co-operation of the Diets pro-
vided by the ordinance respecting the national debt;
secondly, to assure us of their consent.
2. We will for the future ell' together at periodical times
the Committee of the United Diet.

3. To the United Diet, and, as its representative, to the
Committee of the United Diet we entrust.

(a) In reference to counsel of the Diet in legislation, the
same co-operation which was assigned to the provincial Diets
by the law of June sth, 1823, sec. iii., No. 2, so long as no
general assemblies of the Diet take place.
(b) The co-operation of the Diets in paying the interest
on, stimiliquidatim of, the State debts prov►ded by the law of
January 17th, 1820, in so far as such business is not confided
to the deputation of the Diet for the national debt.
(c) The right of petition upon internal, though not merely
provincial, matters.
All the above, as is more closely defined in our ordinances
of this day respecting the formation of an United Diet, the
periodical assembling of the committee of the United Diet
and its functions, and the formation of a deputation of the
Diet for the national debt.

While we thus far refer to the promises of that Gracious
Sovereign our Royal Father, on the raising of new loans, as
well as the increase of existing taxes, which are founded on
that system of the German Constitution, bound up with
the assent of the States; and in thereby giving to our sub-
jects a special proof of our royal confidence; so we expect in
return the like confidence from their often-proved fidelity and
honour, as was shown when we ascended the throne of our
father, and also we expect that they will support us and our
efforts directed solely to the welfare of the country, on which
effort success under God's gracious assistance cannot fail to
await.
Officially authenticated by our own subscription, and sealed
with our royal seal.
FREDERICK WILLIAM.
Given at Berlin, Feb. 3,1847.
(L. S. )

ORDINANCE OF THE 3D OF FEBRUARY, 1847, FOR THE
FORMATION OF THE UNITED DIET.
We, Frederick William, by the Grace of God King of
Prussia, &c., having taken the opinion of our Ministers of
State, make the following ordinance, in pursuance of our
letters patent of this day, in the matter of the affairs of the
Diets, respecting the formation of a United Diet.
Sec. 1. We shall unite the eight Provincial Diets of our
Monarchy in one Diet as often as is necessary according to
the tenour of our letters patent of this day, or on any other
occasion when we think it needful on account of urgent
matters of State.
With regard to the place of assembly and the continuance
of the session of this United Diet, as well as with regard to
its opening and close, we will make a special determination
in each particular case.
Sec. 2. We grant to the Princes of our Royal house, as
soon as, according to the prescriptions of law, they. have
attained majority, the right of sitting and voting in the
Estate of Princes, Counts, and Lords at the United Diet.
The Estate of Nobles in this Diet is composed, besides, out
of the Princes and Counts of the old Imperial constitution
who have seats in the Provincial Diets, as well as out of the
Silesian Princes and Noblemen, and all other founders,
Princes, Counts, and Lords of the eight Provincial Diets,
who are entitled either to a single or collective vote in those
Assemblies.
The Princes of our House may, under our sanction, in case
of hindrance, intrust some other Prince of our House with
the disposal of their votes.
Single members of the Estate of Nobles who are invested
with full powers in the Provincial Diet retain this privilege
in like manner for the United Diet.
In respect to the organization and enlargement of the
Estate of Nobles, we reserve to ourselves the right of further
regulations.
Sec. 3. The Deputies of the Estate of Knighthood, and the
commoners of the eight provinces of our monarchy, are to
appear in the United Diet in the same numbers as in the
provincial Diets.
Sec. 4. To the United Diet we entrust the co-operation
reserved to the Provincial Diets in case of State loans by
Art. 2 of the ordinance relative to the national debt, dated
January the 17th, 1820; and, accordingly, no new loans for
which the collective property of the State may be assigned
as security (Art. 3 of the ordinance of January 17, 1820)
shall be contracted without the concurrence and guarantee
of the United Diet.
Sec. 5. If new loans, of the nature mentioned in Sec. 4,
are required for covering the expenses of the State in time
of peace, we will not contract them without the consent of
the United Diet.
Sec. 6. If, however, in the event of expected war, or war
already broken out, the funds in our Treasury and other
reserve funds are insufficient for the requisite purpose,:extra.
ordinary supplies and loans must, therefore, be raised; and,
if urgent political circumstances should not admit of our ap-
peal to the United Diet, the said loan shall be raised with
the concurrence of the deputation for the national debt,
which concurrence shall stand in lieu of the co-operation of
the States. Loans for the above-mentioned objects. con-
tracted with the concurrence of the deputation, will be
raised on the same security as that which in Art. 8 of the
ordinance of January 17, 1820, is assigned for the national
debt.

Sec. 7. Should a loan be raised in the manner mentioned
in Sec. 6, we wili, on the removal of the obstacles which
prevented an appeal ,to the United Diet, call it together,
and explain the object and application of the loan.
Sec. 8. Moreover, the United Diet, conformably with Art.
9 of the ordinance of January 17, 1820, must propose to us
the candidates for vacant posts in the chief department for
the administration of the national debt; and, conformably
with Art. 13 of the said ordinance, the accounts for the
administration of the national debt, drawn up by the depu-
tation, must be carefully examined by the United Diet, and
submitted to us for discharge in separate resolutions.
When the United Diet is not sitting, this business must
be transacted by the Committee of the United Diet.
Sec. 9. Without the consent of the United Diet we will
not introduce any new imposts, nor increase the amount of
the existing taxes, either generally or in any particular
province.
This condition does not, however, extend to import, ex-
port, and transit duties, nor to those indirect taxes the
specification, levying, or administration of which may be the
subjects of an understanding with other powers; neither
does that condition refer to domains or royal property
(whether the arrangements relate to income or to substance),
or to taxes for objects relating to provinces, circles, or
communes.
Sec. 10. In the event of a war, we reserve to ourselves
the right of levying extraordinary taxes without the assent
of the United Diet, when urgent political circumstances do
not permit us to call it together. In such cases, however, we
will, as soon as circumstances permit, or at latest on the
termination of the war, make known to the United Diet the
object and application of the extraordinary taxes which may
have been levied.
Sec. 11. Should the Diet be called together on any of the
occasions specified in Sec 4-10, copi,s of the finance estimates
and the accounts of the State for the intervals between the
sittings of the Assembly shall be submitted to the members
fur their information.
The fixing of the finance estimates, as well as determining
the employment of the State revenue, and the application of
the surplus to the wants and welfare of the State, remains au
exclusive privilege of the Crown.
12. Conformably with the law of the sth of January,
1823, we reserve to ourselves the right of demanding extra-
ordinary counsel from the United Diet in framing laws re-
lating to alterations in the rights of persons and property, or
on other matters than those alluded to in Sec. 9, which
have for their object alterations in the taxes—whether those
laws concern the whole monarchy, or several provinces.
The Diet is authorised to give the required counsel, with
full lawful effect.
Should we deem it necessary to seek counsel of the Diet
concerning ehanges in the constitution of the Diet—changes
which, not being limited to any particular province, are not
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Sec. 13. To the United Diet belongs the right
of laying
affairs of the whole kingdom, or of several pro- vinoese i.notnertnhael
before us petitions and complaints relating to th
other kand, petitions and complaints which concern merely
the interests of particular provinces, must be referred to the
provincial Diets.
Sec. 14. When the United Diet has to determine on
raising new State loans (Sec. 5), or the introduction of new
taxes, or increasing the existing rate of taxes (Sec. 9), the
Estate of the Nobles must take part with the other Estate ;in
the discussion and decision. In all other cases the delibera-
tions and votes of the Estate of the Nobles in the United Diet
are to take place in a separate assembly.
Sec. 15. Every member of the Estate of the Nobles is en-
titled to a full vote in the United Diet; but when (as men-
tioned in Sec. 14), the Estate of the Nobles isunited with the
other Estates in one assembly, the membersof that Estate,
taking part in the discussions of the United Diet, have only
that number of votes which belongs to them in the provincial
Diets.
Sec. 16. Resolutions are to be carried by the majority of
votes.
Petitions and complaints are only to be brought under our
cognizance, when they have been deliberated on in both as-
semblies (that is, in the assembly of the Estate of Nobles,
and in the assembly of deputies of the knighthood and com-
moners), and when in each of those assemblies at least two-
thirds of the votes have been in favour of such petitions and
complaints.
When the two above-named assemblies, or one of them,
after the discussion of a law, or of certain articles of a law,
shall decide against that law by a majorit:; less than that
above-named, the views of the minorit— shall be submitted
to our consideration.
Sec. 17. If on a subject in r:;,,pOct to which the interests of
two different estates or ';;,.ovinces may be at variance with
each other, a Parti.':,itar estate or province should have rea-
'll of a resolution according to the terms ci
:.'ectdon a separation of the Assembly into its component
takes place if a majority of two-thirds of the said estate
or province be obtained.
lu such case the estate or province must discuss the matter
separately, or pass a separate vote, and the various views en-

tertained on the subject will afterwards be submittA to ~u.
decision.

Also, in other cases, we reserve to ourselves the privilege
of requiring, when we think fit so to do, a separate opinion
from each of the estates and provinces.
Sec. 18. For the Estate of Nobles of the assembled Diet, as
well as for the Assembly of the Knighthood and Commoners,
we will appoint a Marshal to conduct the business and to
act as president. The places of both these Marshals may, in
be event of their being disabled from attending, be supplied
by Vice-Marshals.
When, as mentioned in Sec. 14, the Estate of Nobles and
the other estates unite together, the Presidency of the As-
sembly devolves on the Marshal or Vice-Marshal of the Estate
of Nobles.'

Sec. 19. The United Diet is not connected in its functions
with those of circles, communes, or corporations; its func-
tions are likewise independent of the classes or persons which
it represents ; and these are not allowed to give to the Depu-
ties either instructions or commissions.

Sec. 20. Petitions and complaints must not be presented
or delivered by any except the members of the United Diet.
Sec. 21. Petitions and complaints which we have once re-
jected must not again be presented to us by the said Assembly,
and must only be renewed when new causes give occasion
for them.

Sec. 22. In all deliberations of the United Diet, or of
single estates or provinces of the same (Secs. 14 to 17) our
Ministers of State, and also such of our high officers as we
appoint to attend during the whole sitting, or for particular
occasions, shall be present, and shall take part ,in the discus-
sions when they think necessary. They are not, however,
to vote, except when they are authorised to do so as members
of the Diet.

Sec. 23. The business of the tnited Diet is to be regulated
according to rules approved by us.
Given under our autograph signature and royal seal,
• FREDERICK WILLIAM.

Berlin, Feb. 3, 1847.
(Here follow the regulations for the assembling of the Diet.

PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS.

(From the Votesoii Proccgfipag4.4lk. ROUBe.(I-(ingLatt%)
MOND" -VMS. 8. - ---
The following Railway Bills were presented, read a first
time, and ordered to be read a second time:—
Salisbury and Yeovil—" to enable the London and South-
Western Railway Company to make a Railway from Salis
bury to Yeovil, with Branches to Shaftesbury and Wincan-
ton, and to the Exeter. Yeovil, and Dorchester, and Wilts,
Somerset, and Weymouth Railways, and to purchase or lease
the said Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester Railway."
London and North-Western (Ormskirk and Rainford
Branch, &c.)—" to empower the London and North-Western
Railway Company to make divers Branch Railways in the
county of Lancaster, and for other purposes."
London.and North-Western (Bescot-and Wolverhampton
Branch, &c.)—" to empower the London and North-Western
Railway Company to make a Branch Railway from Bescot
to Wolverhampton, and for other purposes.
Great Northern (Isle of Axholme Extension)—" to enable
the Great Northern:Railway Company to make an Extension
of their Railway &on-lithe parish of Saundby, in Nottingham-
shire, to the Askern Branch of the Wakefield, Pontefract, and
Goole Railway, in the parish of Owston, in the West Riding
of Yorkshire, with a Branch to rejoin the Great Northern
Railway, in the parish of Snaith, in the said West Riding.
Eastern Counties (Cambridge, Royston, and Ware Line,
&c.)—" to enable the Eastern Counties Railway Company to
make a Railway from the Eastern Counties Railway, near
Cambridge, to the Hertford and Ware Branch of the Northern
and Eastern Railway, with Branches.
Eastern Counties Extension (Cambridge to Bedford, &c.)—
" to enable the Eastern Counties Railway Company to make a
Railway from the Eastern Counties Railway, near Cam-
bridge, to the Bedford and Bletchley :Railway, at or near
Bedford, with Branches.
The following Railway Bills were read a second time, com-
mitted, and referred to the Committee of Selection:—
Midland (Syston and Peterborough Railway, Deviations, and
Aberdeen and Great North of Scotland (Am g
AberdeenA P pral amation or
Leasing).
oac(hßtroeeMbianntßornanScthatDioenv)i.ation).
•
Arbroath and Forfar and Scottish Midland Junction Con-

necting Railway.
Manchester and Leeds (Branches, Extensions, Deviations,
Alterations of Lel els, and other Works).
Clarence and Leeds and Thirsk Amalgamation.
Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr (No. 5).
Midland (Extension from near Leicester. via Bedford, to
Hitchin, and to Northampton and Huntingdon, and En-
largement of the Leicester Station).
Midland (Leicester and Swannington, Widening, Deviations,
and Branches, Enlargement of Leicester Station, and ex-
tending powers as to Ibstock Branch).
Gloucester and Dean Forest (Construction of Docks).
West Cornwall (Branches to St. Ives and Norwayman's
Wharf, and Construction and Enlargement of Quays at
Hayle).
Eastern Unien (Branch from Manningtree to Harwich).
Ipswich and Bury St. Edmund's (No. 2—Extension from
Bury St. Edmund's to Newmarket and Ely).
Huddersfield and Manchester (Deviation and Alterations

~in Oldham Branch, &c.).
Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal (Branch
from Oldham to Ashton and Guide Bridge).
Manchester and Leeds (Branch from the Huddersfield and
Sheffield Junction to Barnsley, and Extension of Holm-
firth Branch).
Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding Junction (Burnley and
Colliery Branches).
London and North-Western (Lease and Purchase of the
Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, and the
Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester Railway).
Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport Railway and Branch.
Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, and Glasgow, Paisley, Kil-
marnock, and Ayr (No. 1).
South-Eastern (Widening of the Greenwich Railway, and
Arrangement and Enlargement or the London-bridge
Station).
South-Eastern (London-bridge Station Arrangement and
Enlargement).
Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester (Extension to Wakefield,
and Junction at Methley with the Wakefield, Pontefract,
and Goole, and the York and North Midland).
Manchester and Leeds (
R Alteration of Levels of Brighouse
Branch of the West ding Union, and new Line into
Leeds).
Buckingham and Brackley Junction, and Oxford and Bletch-
ley Junction Railway Companies Amalgamation and Ex-•
tension of Lines.
Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester Railway and Branches.
Southampton and Dorchester (New Forest Deviation and
Branches).
Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth (No. 2).
Caledonian and Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock Amalga-
mation.
Caledonian (Lease or Purchase of the Glasgow, Barrhead,
and Neilston Direct, and the Glasgow, Strathaven, and
Lesmahagow Railways).
Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock (Amendment and Branches
to the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr,
Glas-
gow, Barrhead, and Neilston, and the Glasgow, Strath.
aven, and Lesmahagow, and to Haugh Pits). the

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Southampton and Dorchester (Blandford Branch).
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London and South-Western (Widening, 84e.)

IMPORTS FROM THE UNITED STATES.--The -e
York-
shire, from New York, Sarah, from New Orleans,l and
Thomas Bennett and George G. Hopley, from Char es inn,
g
which were reported at Liverpool on the 6th instant,
4,508 barrels flour, 4,846 sacks and 13,220 bushels Indian
corn 500 barrels Indian corn meal, and 991 packages rice.
DINNER TO ALDERMAN JOHNSON.—On 'Thursdayat .
last an entertainment was given at the Albion, Aldersl
on
street, to Mr. Alderman Johnson, the late Lord rs Y.o.
his retirement from office and public life, by thi_eao,‘_t_ssateeyr
(John Taylor, Esq.) and Wardens of the Ancient L; inP
of Faiimakers. The arrangements were on a
see
hl . cre-
liberality, and the dinner was served in a style h 3
• l;
musical
ditable to the proprietors of the Albion. An effective
in
the
corps was in attendance, and the evening Was
spenthonour to
highest enjoyment by the party assembled to do
the occasion. '
Baroness
The Right Hon. Mary Anne Katherine,
made
Coleraine, who died on the 27th of December leaving her
her will only three days before her death, 19 of great
heid in trust for
same into two equal parts, one moiety to be
estates, real and personal, to her executors, t
crate use, the
the lady residing with her, and for her sep
resent on the
other moiety for the husband of the lady, at P
continent. a On Saturday
EXTENSIVE FIRE IN NORWIC •
of
Messrs. Kittore
night the anti-friction grease mant.ifacet.o;yetfa,
1 Norwich, was
and Locket, near the Found% rid ge
„,„ the fire originated is not
:edivide the
entirely destroyed by fire. - entertained that it was not
-ascertained, but suspicions are
accidental. formation was forwarded
BURGLARY.—Yesterday,ilia
burglary having been
to the the various police-stations of
1 ck in the morning, at the
fected between six and eight o c .
6, Lansuowne-terrace, Citledo-
residence of Mr. J. `'Forge, 1 ertv stolen consisted of five
nia-road, Islington. The prop
land notes, as also several
10!. and three 51. Bank ofd g
eJles, gold-mounted brooches,
valuable gold and silver
herarticles,
to the value of
diamond pins, rings, and other
about 150/. POLICE.—The annual finan.
THE METROPOLITAN
published pursuant to Act of Par-
the year 1846 have been
receipts on account of the service
of The gross total
__
~_ _
.. d service
cial accounts of the Metropolitan Police Establishment for
of the metropolitan police amounted to 81 5931, an the gross
total disbursements to 326,9251., leaving a balance in hand,
208n6t,h97e631.11svtasofdeDri evceedmfbrnenir
receipts last,of/504,n6.6r8a/t.e.
rate-warrants
rtrhaen
traeciseai receipts,
during the year 1846, the remaining items being iniseella.
neous ones of comparatively trifling amount.pp
Of the amount
conocoulr. r ean3t,leya• r
each; expended,
1,70/. to law charges; 281,4531. to the
expenses, including the salaries of two commissioners at
1,2
pay, clothing, and equipment of the police force; 2,003/. to
medical expenses; 7,290/. to horses, vans, &c.; 12,339/. to
the expenses of police-stations and station-houses; 9,4521.
to fuel and light; and 1,0731. to miscellaneous charges. The
total receipts on account of the service of the Metropolitan
Police Courts amounted to 47,9604 of which 10,646/. was
derived from fees and penalties, levied at the aforesaid police
courts, and paid over to the receiver, in pursuance of the Act
2 and 3 Victoria, chap. 76; whilst the concurrent disburse.
ments amounted to 47,2081., of which 33,6561. was swallowed
areup by 22
policethe salaries
magistrates, of
1,0004 and one who receives 1,2001. The total number of
persons belonging to the metropolitan police force on the Ist
gisentrnahteso:fl whom receives a salary of
clerks,iand others. There
of January, 1847, amounted to 4,792, of whom 18 were
superintendents, 11.4 inspectors, 493 sergeants, and 4,166
constables.
THE FORGERY AT GURNEY'S BANK, FAKENHAM,
NoßroLic.—John Church, who was formerly a surgeon at
Bradenham, Norfolk, and who has been described in the Hue
and Cry for some weeks past, was, on Saturday last, appre-
hended at a tavern in the neighbourhood of Regent-street,
by Sergeant Grey, of the Detective Force, assisted by Sup er-
ini,., 1.-c: P Jr'. of :13:: N0,1,11c (I"nsttbillarv, and conveved
inanediatily to I.loc,2nitam, etiall,;(l Nsith oofraucling the
1
1,,1_,, i,ini, ;.f 1,, /.. h\- ~- 0)• 91- zi f,.r. A olhililo On the
prisoner s tiers of %% ao iuthia be‘ C 1,,, 0l Lie ikne.l IN 11 IC h were
paid to hint by the cashier, and his endeavouring to procure
change for one of them led to his apprehension.

LYCEUM THEATRE.

Miss Dickenson, from the Newcastle Theatre, made
her debut here last night im the character of Fanny
Curry, in Morton's popular farce of the Eton Boy.
Miss Dickenson's debut was most successful. Her figure
is good ; and as Tom, the Eton Boy, she was full of mis-
chief, fun, and espieglierie. She is tall, and her form is
perfect ; her features are most expressive, and she will
be a great acquisition to the Lyceum corps. Keeley's
Dabster, is too well known to stand in need of eulogy ;
and it would he unjust to pass over the Captain
Popham of Wigan. He is the best Captain Pop-
ham on the stage, and this we say with the
full recollection of Charles Matthews and of Hudson in
the same character. At the conclusion Miss Dickenson
was called for, and was led on by Keeley, and received
with that applause which she had fairly earned. The
Eton Boy was preceded by the Wigwam, in which Keeley
as the little White Buffalo, kept the audience in a roar
of laughter, and was followed by Mrs. White, with
Oxberry as the redoubtable Peter.

3 p
b./ ~!. ~Y p

ADVICE TO CROFTERS AND

COTTARS.

We are glad to perceive that the Scottish Patriotic
Society established in Edinburgh has published a very
useful and timous address to crofters and cotters on the
emergency occasioned by the failure of the potato crop,
which is as follows :

" The distressing visitation of Providence in the gene-
ral failure of the potato crop of 1846, and the extreme
destitution which it has brought upon multitudes who
depended chiefly or entirely upon it for subsistence, is
calling forth the benevolent efforts of proprietors and
others to mitigate the existing distress, and to prevent,
as tar as possible, the recurrence of it in future. These
efforts must be rendered effective by your own exertions
and industry. From the kail gardens of the labourer to
5, 10, or 15 acre allotment of the crofter or cotter, a
neglect of the first and most obvious principles ofsgood
husbandry, almost universally prevails. The manure,
or fertilising substances from the dwellinp, which ;would
render the ground productive, it properly applied,
in the vast majority of instances, is not 'only wasted,
but is wasted in such a manner as frequently
to occasion fever and death to those who live near it.
Were the ensuing season to be ever so productive, there
is every human prospect that, in a vast many cases, on
account of no seed being left, the distress, so severe and
great at present, must be still heavier in 1847. It thus
becomes the duty of every one to economise the means of
subsistence. If you are now able to provide for yourself
and those dependent on you, it will be your duty to see
whether you cannot by-economy and improved cultiva •
tion, raise additional produce from your ground during
the next season inasmuch as there is every prospect of
your less successful neighbours being in such destitution
as to require your friendly sympathy and aid. if you are
now unable to provide for your Ismily, there is a still
greater necessity foe your usine every effort to render your-
self independent of public charity in IttgAtaakhetker
rpint„sli,--..zry. garden or a croft bear itt mina these
truths, that if you would reap good crops'you must tho •
roughly drain your land, it must be well trenched with the
spade or grape, well dunged, not only with the usual man-
ure, but with the liquid portion, which contains the most
fertilising elements, and is almost universally wasted,
must be carefully saved and applied to your crops during
their various stages of growth. Your crops must be laid
down at the proper time, and kept clear of weeds. Crops
are mentioned, because it is evident that far too much
reliance has been placed on the potato as an article of
food. Before its introduction into the Highlands, the
people lived much upon peasemeal, a substance con-
taining great nourishment ; instead. therefore, of plant-
ing the ground you may have, exclusively or chiefly
with potatoes, even should they be within your reach,
no time should be lost in adopting such a variety of
crops as may in all probability save you from the
destitution which has resulted from relying chiefly
upon the potato. The crofter having prepared his
land in the manner above described, should lose no time
in planting some potatoes, if he can obtain sets fur seed,
but we recommend him only to plant one•fourth of
his usual quantity, as it is probable from successive
failures in other countries, that the same disease may
here again affect them. Autumn and winter planting
has proved the most successful way of escaping failure.
The potato sets being put six inches below the surface
have invariably escaped injury from frost, and the crop
has arrived at ripeness before the disease commenced, so
that of those early planted potatoes, in some instances,
not more than one potato in ten was effected by disease.
A variety and succession of green crops must, however,
be your aim, if you wish your cultivation to be success-
ful and remunerating, and you should be prepared by
the middle of February to cut them down. We strongly
advise your procuring a number of early cabbage plants
to put out in clean dry land. They will be ready to cut
in June, and those who have not been accustomed to
grow cabbages little know how valuable an addition such
a crop will be found at that time of the year, and what a
check it will give to the continual demand for meal.
Plant the cabbages in rows about 20 inches apart, and 18
inches between each plant, and dibble potatoes between
the rows, which will come on as a second crop, after the
cabbages have been cut and used. The cotter should
have two objects in view—first, making the ground so
rich with fertilizing substances as to grow the crop to
the highest perfection; and, secondly, to grow two
crops in the same season on part of his land. Thus,
in the case of potatoes dibbled between the rows of
cabbages, the latter will be used before the potato tons
are injured by them, and in this manner two crops may
be obtained in the season. Jerusalem artichokes also, a
very valuable vegetable, which gives as large a return as
the potato, is equally nourishing, will grow in any soil,
and the tops and leaves of which form good and whole
some food for cows, may be dibbled between the rows of
cabbages, and will give a certain and useful second crop;
or late beans may be planted, between the cabbage
rows, and will give as good a crop as if no cabbage had
grown on the ground; or after each day's cutting
of the early cabbages, drumhead cabbages may be
planted in the same ground, which will probably, if the
land be rich, grow from ten to forty pounds each be-
fore winter arrives. It is desirable tohave late cabbages
prepared for this purpose, by having them transplanted
several times in a garden before finally planting out, as
their roots thus get into a fine state, and if, when
planted, a little liquid manure be poured over the
loose earth, round the stem, so as to settle it about
the roots, it will never flag, but will at once com-
mence to grow vigorously, whereas one not previously
I transplanted will not grow for ten days or a fortnight,
which is a great loss. Two crops may also be se-
cured by sowing rye, oats, or barley early, to be cut in
July as foggage, or used for hay, and late cabbages
planted by the Ist of August will give a good crop before
winter, as we have ourselves experienced this year, al-
though the cabbages were not planted till the 12th of that
month. Next to the cabbage tribe in value to the cotter,
especially if he has cows, comes the parsnip, which
should be sown in March. Pease' turnips, beetroot, car-
rots, and mangle. wurzel, should be all tried this season,
in addition to the barley and oats which the crofter may
have been in the habit of sowing.
The destitution which has arisen through the ne-
glected cultivation of the crofts and small tenantcies is
deeply to be regretted, the longer, however, you defer
improving your lots, the greater and more protracted
your sufferings must be ; the Scottish Patriotic Society
would therefore urge on you the duty of immediate and
diligent improvement. The society will place in your
hands monthly directions for garden and field labour,
and plain instructions upon draining, on fertilizers, on
spade husbandry and its successful results, on stall
feeding, on green cropping, on liquid manuring, on the
management and value of bees, and on similar subjects
of utility, in order to excite, and to facilitate your efforts.
The promoters of the S. P. Society to take this op-
portunity of respectfully inviting proprietors and all who
have the present and permanent welfare of the labouring
classes at heart, to co-operate and to communicate with
them, and as without the adoption of the most provident
means, great Ind augmented destitution must await vast
masses of the community during the ensuing year, the
society urgently advises proprietors and influential per-
sons in parishes and districts where distress may exist,
to lose no time in employing the able-bodied male and
female population, to whom railway or other works are
unsuitable, in trenching and cropping land, in order to
produce in each district the staple articles of food at
prime cost, which will be urgently needed for their sus-
tentation ; and as the society is established for promoting
such improvements, it is prepared to supply such bene-
volent parties with well matured plans, and every re-
quisite information."