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NATIONAL LOAN FUN ..
D LIFE
ASSURANCE SOCIETY.

26, CORNIIILL, LONDON.
Capital £500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament.
This Institution embraces Important and substantial advantages
wth respect to life assurances and deferred annuities. The assured
has, on all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense or for-
feiture of the policy, two•thirds of the premiums paid (see Table);
a'so the option of selecting benefits, arid the conversion of his in-
terests to meet other conveniencies or necessity.
Assurances for terms of years on the lowest possible rates.
DIVISION OF PROFITS.
The increasing prosperity of the Society has enabled the Directors
a' the annual meeting held on the 12th May, 1847, to declare a fifth
b,nus, varying from 35 to 85 per cent. ou the premiums paid on each
policy effected on the profit scale.

THE CHARING-CROSS BRIDGE
COMPANY.
A special general meeting of the shareholders in
this company was held at the office, Villiers-street,
Strand, on Saturday (Mr.W. Hawes in the chair), for
the purpose of receiving a report from the directors.
But a small number of shareholders were present.
The advertisement having been read,
The CHAIRMAN said it was only necessary for him
to trouble them with a few observations. He was
glad to say that, following up the wishes communi-
cated by all the proprietors at the last meeting, that
an amicable understanding should subsist between
the two companies, he and his brother directors had
carefully considered the relative positions of both
companies, and their deliberations had resulted in a
general agreement between them as to the course to
be adopted at that meeting.—(Hear, hear.) The di-
rectors, therefore, came before them to propose two
resolutions—first, the rescinding of the contract with
Messrs. Jackson, Sir Joshua Walmsley, and others,
for the sale of the bridge ; and,dsecondly, to obtain
power to raise 20,0001. to pay off the urgent calls on
the finances of the company. The directors had
little more to say beyond the report. Mr. Hawes
then read the report and the proposed resolutions,
which were in the following terms :
" Your directors have little more to say in reference
to the special general meeting convened for this day,
than to report that after the half-yearly general meet-
ing of the proprietors, held in August last, they ap-
pointed a committee consisting of Mr. Seager, Mr.
Child, and Mr. English, to inquire into the financial
position of the company, and to ?report their opinion
as to the best means of proviain#Air the pxytoenit of
the pressing demands on its finances.
" The report of that committee having been adopted
by your directors, it was resolved that a copy thereof,
with the resolutions to be proposed this day, should
be forwarded to the directors of the Hungerford
Market Company. These resolutions, after some
correspondence and discussion, have been arranged
to the satisfaction of both parties, and your directors
with confidence submit the same for the support of
the sharehelders now assembled.
" 1. That the arrangements entered into by the
directors with Mr. Jackson, Sir Joshua Walmsley,
Messrs. Reed and Fuller, for rescinding the contract
with them for the sale and purchase of the bridge and
other property of the company, be approved; and
that the directors be and are hereby authorised to
affix the company's seal to any instrument which
may be required for that purpose.
‘l. 2. That a sum of money not exceeding 20,0001.
be raised, pursuant to the power for that purpose
granted by the Company's Act of Parliament, 6 Vict.,
cap. 19, by the issue of 3,200 quarter shares of 6/. ss.
each ; such shares to be issued by the directors at
such times and in such manner as they may think
best calculated to promote the interests of the original
shareholders in the company.
His first business was to move the reception of the
report. Of course he should feel happy to give any
information that might be required, but he could
hardly conceive that any one would make such a re-
quest after the special appointment of the committee
referred to to investigate the accounts, and which had
led to the calling of that meeting, and after the full
discussion which the whole matter then before them
had undergone at the previous meeting.
Mr. BLUNT thought that the members of the com-
mittee formerly appointed should receive some ac-
knowledgment of their labours in the report of the
directors, who had chasseed their recommendations
and now adopted them in another form.
The CHAIRMAN said the propositions now brought
forward were substantially the same as those recom-
mended by the committee of which Mr. Blunt was a
member.
Mr. BROWNE, a solicitor, here handed in a
protest against the proceedings of the directors, which
he called upon the clerk to read previous to moving
its insertion on the minutes. It was signed by
Messrs. Varnham, Cope, Rudall, and Rose, declining
to recognise the legality of the arrangements entered
into by the directors for the sale of the bridge, and
intimating their intention to prosecute them for the
course they had adopted.
The CHAIRMAN, having read the document, said he
could not look upon it as a protest, and inquired if
Mr. Browne submitted it as an amendment?
Mr. BROWNE replied in the negative : it wonld
speak for itself.
The CHAIRMAN declined to receive it.
A SHAREHOLDER said it was usual at public meet-
r 4.04.0 t. up aiCia thrrninatiou, it th,
pers)ns protesting were disitaisiled :.with the pro.
ceedings.
The CHAIRMAN said that was the usual course.
Mr. ELKINS said the document put forward by the
directors could not be considered a report, as it did
not contain the information which the, shareholders
required before they could decide upon so momentous
a matter as that for which they had been summoned.
He found a statement in it to the effect that a report
had been made by a certain committee, that it was re
ceived by the directors, and approved of by them; and
they now called upon the shareholders to agree to the
reception of a report, of the contents of which they
were ignorant. He wished to have the report read,
but if the Chairman refused to accede to his request,
it would be for the*meeting to consider whether they
would act properly if they adopted such a report.
The CHAIRMAN said he would cut
a long story
short, by consenting to read the report on which e
ions.He accordingly
did based the resolutions.
did so.

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certain conditions, and had withdrawn their
opposition. lie was, therefore, taken by
surprise, and wished to ask if the con-
tract was in writing, and if so to see it, in order to
ascertain if signed, and by whom—if the seal was
attached to it, and if the proper officer was consulted
on the matter before or after it was signed. These
were important matters for consideration when the
question before them was how 10,000/. of their funds
should be expended. If the contract for rescinding
the sale of the bridge was as represented, he had no
hesitation in staking his professional reputation as a
lawyer that, looking at the Act, it was illegal, and
incapable of being enforced in a court of common law
or equity.—(Laughter.) [The Chairman—He gives
that opinion without having seen it.] If ab initio
it was invalid, it was an important matter for their
consideration what course they should adopt.
The CHAIRMAN said the directors declined to allow
Mr. Elkins to see the contract; but if the meeting
wished it produced, he for one had no objection, but
as it was agreed to at a public meeting, and subse-
quently confirmed at a public meeting, and as it had
been prepared by their solicitor, had had the seal
attached to it, and been signed in the usual manner,
the directors considered its production unnecessary.—
(Hear.) Mr. Elkins had been referred to the solicitor,
Mr. Curtis, by the directors, on the subject.
Mr. ELKINS said Mr. Curtis was the solicitor to
the directors, and not to the shareholders; if he were
not he might have communicated with him ; and
concluded by moving an amendment, to the effect
that after the statement of the directors, the further
consideration of the matter be postponed until a
committt-e of,the shareholders., to be appointed at that
meeting, have inspected the accounts, and reported on
the affairs of the company, which was seconded by
Mr. Browne.
A SHAREHOLDER said if the report of the committee,
of which Mr. Blunt was a member, had been attended
to, they would have saved 1,0001., as they would
now, he understood, have to pay 10,0001. instead of
9,000/.
The amendment was lost by a large majority.
The CHAIRMAN then proposed the second resolution,
which was seconded by Mr. Few.
The CHAIRMAN said this resolution was proposed
on the distinct understanding that these new shares
should be merely used as security for the required
loan ; they should, therefore, avoid increasing the
capital. It was the opinion of both the companies
that there should be no increase in the number of
shareholders, and he believed that the understanding
which had been come to would lead to a satisfactory
understanding for the future between the two bodies.
A SHAREHOLDER said, in the present pressure of
the money market, it was absurd to suppose that the
company could raise money from parties unless they
gave them uncontrolled command of the shares.
The CHAIRMAN said the money would only be bor-
rowed for a given time.
A SHAREHOLDER inquired whether it was likely
that the money could be raised as proposed. If not,
they must adopt some other mode of doing so.
The CHAIRMAN replied, when they first proposed
to borrow the money that they had offers from par-
ties to lend it; but even during the present pressure
he had no doubt they should obtain enough to dis-
charge the most pressing claims.
Mr. Baowsix characterised the whole proceedings
of the chairman and directors as irregular, and con-
sidered that the present proposition was only brought
forward for the purpose of screening their previous
grossly culpable misconduct.—(Cries of " Order.")
He repeated the word misconduct. Of course the
directors did not like to be reminded of jvhat they
had done, and he was justified in the strong language
he had used, as they had refused the appointment of
a committee to inquire into the finances of the com-
pany ; they had, besides, not said a word of what
they intended to do with the 20,000/., and had re-
fused to pay the costs to which the shareholders from
whom the protest emanated had been put in
opposing their proceedings and defending their
interests, and those of all the shareholders.
He admitted that they required a portion of the
money to return to the persons with whom they had
improperly entered into a contract. If they had
admitted that they had fallen into an error in this
transaction, and were unlikely to commit a similar
mistake, such a circumstance might have extenuated
their conduct, and: have been some reason why the
shareholders should have voted the money they re-
quired. Then, the chairman had committed
certain errors professedly wrong, and had not care-
fully livalfaiiitletl theft futidn. Thc avlielLor had
recently appointed was his brother-in-law, and he
had, he believed, sent in a bill of 1,200/. for endea-
vouring to carry out the contract, whilst any man
in his senses might, though not a professional man,
have known that the very commencement of it was
wrong, and that it could not be carried out. Further,
the chairman had not said one word in the shape of
apology for causing the gentlemen whom he repre-
sented to spend their money. They had sent their
bill of costs to him, but he had treated it with con-
tempt, and would continue to treat them and others
in a similar spirit until coercive measures were
adopted there and elsewhere. The entering into this
obnoxious contract had prevented the payment of any
dividend for the last year, and the money had been
spent in exigencies, or in some way of which the
chairman was silent. Those who had resisted the
illegal acts of the directors had thwarted the object
which the chairman had in view—namely, the break-
ing up of the company ; and although a copy of their
Bill had been transmitted to each of the directors, not
one of them had the candour or courtesy to acknow-
ledge its receipt, or to propose any arrangement to-
wards its payment, whilst at the same time they could
pay the bill of their solicitor for doing that which the
shareholders did not approve. The gentlemen he re-
presented had preserved the company ; but for them
it would have been dissolved twelve months ago. They
had preserved it for weal or for woe—for good, if
properly managed, but for bad purposes, if they allowed
the directors to borrow money in the way they wished.
He made these observations in order that the chair-
man might, before he left the chair, say something in
exculpation of his conduct, and lead the gentlemen to
believe that he was not what they supposed him to be
—a dishonest man.— (Cries of " Order " and
"Shame.") Unquestionably the shares would be let
loose—they would keep them out of the market if
they could ; but he did not think they could. He
could not understand how the directors now
required 20,0001., after withholding dividends
to the amount of 2,0001. or 3,000/. If
they gave the directors the power to raise
this sum they might depend upon it that they would
get no dividend for the next six or seven years. He
regretted now that he had been instrumental in
causing the election as directors of two gentlemen at
the last meeting. They were elected in the hope
that they would protect the interests of the share-
holders, but it was much to be lamented that they
had not done so; in fact, as soon as gentlemen were
placed on the board they forgot the interests of the
shareholders. Let the shareholders recollect that
they individually become responsible for the money
It did not appear that there was a pressing demand
for more than 5,0001.; for the chairman had told
them that Mr. Jackson would take the 10,000/. in
any way convenient to the company. It seemed to
him disgraceful to seek to take 1,000/. of the money
of those whom they had led into making a contract
with them—he did not believe that one person in that
room would touch the money. Surely there was
sufficient in hand to meet any pressing demand. It
was for this reason that his friend on his right (Mr.
Elkins) moved for the committee which had been
refused, for the chairman set his face against it. If they
acceded to the proposition the shares would get loose, the
company would sink into a worse state than at pre-
sent, and they would find too late that no banker
would lend the money.
Mr. COLES CHILD denied that he or his colleagues
had lost sight of the interests of the shareholders.
The 20,000/. was imperatively required to discharge
urgent claims upon the capital of the company, but
the money would be raised in a way which would
not injure the original shareholders, and the dividends
would be forthcoming at the proper time.

EXAMPLE <.

4, i i i Penna. rum the
...1 ~ Annual ;Policy Bonus in nent Re- Assured
Ise. ii. 2 I Pre- taken addition Bonus In duction of i may bor-
x= n; minim lout In Assured. ; Cash. Annual ! row on
iPremiums. Policy.
I I-
£ s. de £ s d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
11 1837 243 9 3 112 8 5 18 4 6 494 8 10
1838 218 4 8, 99 8 10 15 13 5 445 0 0
X Xs. d. I 1 1839 192 1 10, 86 9 3 13 4 9 /395 11 I
60 1000 74 3 4.1 '
1840 143 5 10; 66 8 4 919 I 316 2 3
I 1841 138 14 2 61 17 6 9 9 2 1296 13 4
L' 1842 111 6 8; 49 10 0 710 4 !247 4 5

The A.anual _Report, with tables of rates, &c., may be had at the
office, or any of its branches in the coantry ; or, on application. will
b: forwarded post free.

F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Secretary,

IFNGLAND to INDIA and AUSTRALIA.
The INDIA and AUSTRALIA. MAIL STEAM-PACKET
COAI PANY, incorporated by Roya! Charter, which limits the re-
sponsibility of the shareholders to the amount for which they indivi-
dually subscribe, and authorises the Company to establish commu-
nications to and and from the United Kingdom, the East Indies,
Australasia, and New Zealand.

Capital One Million sterling.
Divided into series of shares of 201. eaeh.
COMMITTEE.
Sir George Larpent, Bart., Chairman of the London Committee of
1846 for Extension of Steam Navigation to Australia.
Sir William •erner, Bart., M.P.
Hon. Francis Scott, M.P., Agent for Yew South Wales.
Sir Thomas L. Mitchell, Surveyor-General of New South Wales,
London.

Lieut.-Col. Abdy, Indian Army J. Maclean Lee, Esq,
Thomas Browne, Esq. Captain Richard Lloyd, Indian
Captain Cogan, Indian Navy Navy
Archibald Cuninghame, Esq. Mi!bourne Marsh, Esq.
Captain IL M. Denham, F.R.S., It Montgomery Martin, Esq.
Royal Navy J. Monteflore, Esq.
G. 11. Donaldson, Esq. Sir F. Waskett Myers, K.C.S.
Capt. It. J, Fayrer, Royal Navy Alexander C, Ogilvie, Esq.
Captain Ford, East India Maritimeißichard Paterson, Esq.
Service !Robert Henley Payne, Esq,
Captain G. T. Gordon, Royal Navy;John Wilson Pillans, Esq.
E. S. Halswell, Esq., M.A., F.R.S.IG. H. Skead, Esq., Master, Royal
Capt. H. Hamilton, Royal Navy Navy
Gustavus Hamilton, Esq. Colonel Torrens, F.R.S.
James Hunter, Esq. William Gordon Thomson, Esq.
J. A. Jackson, Esq. Lieut. Wagborn, F.R.A.S„ Royal
Charles Joyce, Esq. Navy
Frederick Lambe, Esq. Melvil Wilson, Esq.
BANKERS—Messrs. Currie and Co., Cornhill.
SoLiciToss—Messrs. Barron and Clarke, Bloomsbury-square.
India, Australia, China, and the adjacent regions, contain a popu-
lation of more than half the number of the inhabitants of the
globe, and teem with every product which con minister to the wants
of man.

To carry out effectually and economically steam communication
with those countries is the object of this Company, for whose ope-
rations there is an ample and profitable field, especially as regards
our numerous and valuable colonies in the Southern Pacific, which
have an increasing intercourse with India as well as with England
—are the only portions of the British empire ur.connected by steam
navigation with the parent state, and for which a charter by the
overland route has been exclusively granted to this Company.
The route sanctioned by the Lords of the Admiralty for this Com-
pany is via Ceylon, Singapore, and Torres Straits, the advantages of
which are, that Sydney, the metroplitan capital of the whole of the
Australasian colonies, would be brought to a certainty within 64 or
6.5 days of London (frequently in GO), and within less than 30 days
of India. The coal stations are convenient, excellent coal from the
pits at Newcastle, New South Wales, can be put on board there at
7s. to 7s. 6d. per ton.
Prospectuses, with forms of application for shares, and further
information may be had on application at the offices of the Com-
pany, where a copy of the Royal Charter of Incorporation may be
obtained.
Offices, 34, Cornhill, London.

JOAN YATES, Sec.

PATENT RAMONEUR ASSOCIATION.
(Provisionally Registered.)
COUNTIES of SURREY and KENT.
Capital, 20,0001. in 10,000 Shares of 21. each. Deposit, 11. per Share
on complete registration.
No further call will be mad, without three months' previous
notice. The liabilities of each shareholder limited to the amount
subscribed for.
The PATENT RAMONEUR MACHINE is exclusively used in
the offices of the Right Hon. the Lords of the Treasury, the Royal
Agricultural Society, the Royal Horticultural Society ; the Royal
Exchange-bulldings, &c. The objects of the promoters are ap-
proved by
The Most Noble the Marquis of NORTHAMPTON, President of the
Royal Society.
The Right Hon. Earl DE GREY, K.G., President of the Royal In-
stitute of British Architects.
Sir RODERICK I. MURCHISON, President of the British bssocia-
thou for the Advancement of Science.
The Right Rev, the Lord Bishop The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop
of Norwich of Lichfield
The Right Hon. the Earl of Lei- The Meet Noble the Marquis of
caster Bristol
Tit c Lord Rendlesham, M.P. The Hon. and Rev. Thomas R.
The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop Keppel
of Gloucester and Bristol The Hon. Fred. Byng
The Hon. and Rev. Edward S. The idev. Sir Thomas Gray Cal-
Keppel lum, Bart.
The Very Rev. the Dean of West- Sir William Foster, Bart.
minster, Dr. Buckland Sir Robert Harland, Bart.
The Venerable Archdeacon Shir- Sir Francis Darwin
ley I The Norwich Union Fire Office
Sir John P. Boileau, Bart i'" s'ire (Mee.
war nienara rata Jounrell, Bart. The District Fire Unice of Bir-
Dr. Outram, F.R.S., F.G.S., In- mingham
Spector of Naval Hospitals The Norwich Equitable Insurance
Right Hon. Earl Fitzhardinge , Office
His Grace the Duke of Beaufort The Nottinghamshire and Derby-
Philip W. S. Miles, Esq., M.P, shire Fire Office
Right Hon. F. H. F. Berkeley, The West of England Fire Office,
M.P. &c.
W. Miles, Esq., M.P.

The object of this Association is totally to abolish the use of
climbing boys, who, notwithstanding the penalties to which those
employing them are subjected by the 3d and 4th Victoria, cap. 85,
are continually resorted to. This breach of the law is acquiesced in
by a large portion of the public, from a conviction of the utter lin-
possitility in innumerable cases of cleansing a chimney or flue with
the old machine. For the laudable purpose of furthering the objects
of the law by avoiding all necessity for its infringement, the inge-
nious and effective Ramoneur machine has been invented. This
invention consists of four brushes forming a square head, which
by means of elastic springs contracts or expands, according to
the small or extended space in which the machine moves, thereby
creating an even pressure on all four sides of a chimney. The
rods attached to this head or brush are supplied at intervals with
universal spring joints, capable of turning even a right angle
and the whole is surmounted with a double revolving ball, having
also a universal spring joint, which leads the brush with certainty
past every angle, and into every corner, cleansing its route most
perfectly. The capabilities of this machine are best demonstrated
by the fact, that it is exclusively used in the Government and
numerous public offices, while the patronage bestowed by a large
number of the nobility and gentry in continuing their annual con-
tracts to the patentees evidences their sense of its superiority, as well
as of the philanthropic views of the projectors. Detailed prospectuses
May be obtained, and a working model of the machine seen, at the
offices of the solicitor, F, Dolman, Esq., 39, Jermyn-street, St.
James's; at Messrs. Barry and Co.'s, brokers, 7, Birchin-lane ; at
W. Heath, Esq.'s, Nag's Head-court, Gracechurch-street; and at the
principal office, 1, Wellington-street, London-bridge, Borough, where
applications for shares may be addressed.

The Rev. Dr. M o
The CHAIRMAN replied that
be fully informed on the° RE
also matter before the meeting.
were desirous that the new sharesYshoinuldorndoetr
Would it not be welltthhoeu gi‘hita r k they e
Cy 0
ms should
t to read the resolutions
agreed to by the Mark
the market to the depreciation of the old shares,gt:
how the matter stood Market Company, i
ansnte
doe
re-
solution complying with this
the creation of a temporary
Mr. QUADS inquired,
the directors of the
faith of the company that this
wish'
and pledging the
they should only be used for
epraessseod
used,
what guarantee the
would not be taken into directors could give that they
The CHAIRMAN—I ca the market?
1 fy Company
loan.
he shares
w
gentlemen, except the wordn offer you no guarantee,
so of your directors that it
is not their intentionto issue the shares, and
surely you have sufficient confidence
that we are sincere in what confidence in us to believe
ante is as much as any gentl we
say. Such an assur-
those whom he has elected teman would require from
to Conduct the affairs of 1
any company in which he •
ls a shareholder.—(Hear.)
A SHAREHOLDER recommended that the resolution
should be accompanied with a statement to this
effect.
The CHAIRMAN said it was on record, and was in-
cluded in the resolution agreed to with the Market
Company.
Mr. FOWLER thought it
should be seconded by a
resolution at that meeting.
The report was then received.
The CHAIRMAA moved the •
adoption of the first
resolution, which was seconded b Ar BLUNT.
Mr. BROWNS again pressed his ..r....AUNT.
protest.
The CHAIRMAN repeated that he did not consider
it a protest; it was merely a threat to prosecute the
I directors. If the Lion. Proprietor would submit it as
motion, he would receive it and put it to the meeting.
Mr. BLUNT said it bad nothing to do with the
business of the day.
Mr. BROWNE replied that was a
protest against
" all acts and dealings" in respect to the contract.
He disclaimed against the Chairman having his own
way at all the meetings.
The CHAIRMAN merely wished to conduct
the
business properly.
Mr. CHRISTIE, a director, said that there
was
nothing in the document to indicate its nature
cept the word " protest." If the parties who, ex
had
signed it did not approve of the proceedings, the
might vote against them. It merely said that they-
;
would hold the directors responsible for money they
-
had spent in the opposition they had carried on, and
was a question which would no doubt be decided at
the proper time. It was nothing more than an
amendment.
Mr. BROWNE said—The whole matter was this.
The Chairman would not receive a protest against
what he had done, and wished him to postpone press-
ing r
the reception of the protest until the first esolu-
tion was carried. Now he protested at the proper
time; its consequences would be felt at the proper
time, and it was monstrous that a servant of the
company should refuse to receive it.
A SHAREHOLDER said the protest was nothing
more than a written speech against the resolution.
If the parties objected to it they should proceed by a
substantive motion.
After some discussion,
The CHAIRMAN explicitly declined to receive the
document as a protest. He had, however, no objec-
tion to receive it at the end of the meeting.
Mr. axilis complained that the proposition of a
resolution of so much importance had not been pre-
ceded by some explanation by the chairman of what
had occurred since the last meeting to induce the
directors again to bring it forward. They could not
have forgotten that it had been propounded twice or
thrice, and that each time it had been repudiated.
All that they had heard in addition was, that the
Hungerford-market company had agreed to i

FIELD.

AVEES'S CANDLES, 6d. per lb. ; Genuine
Sperm, 13.9 d. ; Yellow Soap, 483., 545., and 60s. per 1121bs. ;
Mottled, 60s. and 645.; Wax Candles, Is. par lb.; German Wax,
is. 2d. ; Fine Wax, Is. 5d.; Transoarent Wax, Is. I Id. ; Genuine
Wax, 2s. Id. ; Waxed-wick Moulds, 7d.; Sperm Oil, Bs. per gallon ;
Solar, 3s. 3d., Pale Seal, 4s. ; Argand, or Vegetable, 4s. 6d. ; Wind-
sor and Palm Soap, Is. 4d. per packet; Brown Windsor, Is. 9d ;
Rose, 2s. Almond, 2s. 6d. ; Sealing Wax, 4s. 6d. ; Hale's Paragon
Composite, requiring no snuffing, 10d. per lb.
For Cash—At DAVIES'S Old Established Warehouse, 63, St.
Nlartin's-lane, opposite Slaughter's Coffee-house.

SILVER TEA SERVICES OF NEW PATTERNS.
B. SAVORY and SONS, Working
A• Silversmiths, 14, Cornkill, London, opposite the Bank,
respectfully inform their customers that they have recently finished
a few new designs, in accordance with the present improved taste,
and that they are sold at reduced prices from those customary in
the trade.

Uxbridge Pattern.
Strong Silver Tea Pot.. £lO 18 0
Ditto Sugar Basin.— 614 0
Ditto Cream Jug.. •• • . 410 6
Ditto Coffee Pot . • • . 14 10

Thalia Pattern.

Strong Silver Tea P0t..£13 0 0
Ditto Sugar Basin.... 711 0
Ditto Cream Ewer.... 5 2 0
Ditto Coffee Pot •• •• •• 16 17 0

Complete.... •• .. £36 12 61 Complete ..... £42 10 0
A variety of upwards of Fifty Silver Tea and Coffee Services may
be seen the Show-rooms, and on application the illustrated Price
Current, containing drawings, with the weights and price of recent
designs, will be forwarded to any part of Great Britaip, Ireland,
India, or the colonies. Drawback on Silver Plate exported Is. Gd.
per ounce.

DR. LA'MERT ON TME SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH
AND MATURITY.-WITH 40 COLOURED ENGRAVINGS ON
STEEL.

Just published, and may be had in French or English, in a Sealed
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QELP-PRESERVATION; a Medical Treatise
on the Physiology of Marriage, Infelicitous and Unproductive
Unions, and the Secret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and Ma-
turity, usually acquired at an early period of life, which enervate
the physical and mental powers, diminish and enfeeble the natural
feeling, and exhaust the vital energies of Manhood ; with Practica:
Observations on the Treatment of Nervous Debility and Indigestion,
whether arising from these causes, close study, or the influence of
tropical climates: Local and Constitutional Weakness, Syphilis,
Stricture, and all Diseases and Derangements resulting from Indis-
cretion. With Forty coloured Engravings, illustrating the
Anatomy, Physiology, and Diseases of the Reproductive Organs,
explaining their structures, uses, and functions, and the various
injuries that are produced in them by solitary habits, excesses, and
infection.

BY SAMUEL LAWERT, M.D.,
9, BEDFORD-STREET, BEDFORD-SQUARE,
Doctor of Medicine, Matriculated
Edin-
burgh, Licentiate of Apothecaries'
MemberL°llN'of the
,Unnolvneorsrarityy
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of the London Hospital Medical Society, &c.
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arriage requires the fulfilment of several conditions, in order
that It may be really the
cause of mutual happiness. Could the
and Its true source in
cior gin of domestic wretchedness, be raised,
it be traced to playsica
everyi instance disclosed, in how many could
o
pintments. Excesses are always
and their attendant disap-
sl weys injurious ; the gift, which when
used in moderation is fraught
• with advantage, becomes, when
abused, the prolific source of
to the constitutional and vital:chief, and of greater or less injury
powers The particular excesses, on
,he mature and consequence of vi
arc productive of greater severitych this Treatise professes to dilate,
than any other to which it is subjecto.f misery
to
the human frame,
This work contains an acct
Anatomy and Physiology
ofen thee. and complete account of the
their relative conditions in health and
Organs, and of
requires the closest attention and study, for whatdisease.it deservedly
be of mere imnortanee than the rese subject can
and of the physical capabilities ofl) which
of the health,
be possessed. It unfortunately happens that
man should
victim of excessive Indulgence and vicious habits, the
unhappy
in early life or from the follies of advanced ' whether acquired
age, while suffering
from their invariable consequences, unwisely entertains
plying' to a qualified physician for relief. Shame and the taheiear of ap-
dread so
freqaently, but erroneously entertained that these complaints
beyond the reach of art, alike restrict him and prevent isseeking
for assistance where alone it can be procured. In acting thus, rg
he
forgets that accurate discrimination in ascertaining the causes of
disease, sympathy with the sufferer, and, above all, secrecy, inva-
riably characterise the intelligent and practical physician, and to the
medical man who can show by his posse Won of the requisite legal
qualifications that he is entitled to esteem and respect in his profes-
sional pursuits, the utmost confidence should be extended. Dr.
L A'MERT has obtained the highest medical honours, as his diplomas
testify, and the great extent of his practice for many years is a
guarantee for his professional experience, which has reference almost
solely to the treatment of these diseases.
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Mr. ELKINS said the directors, feeling sure that
the resolution would be carried, treated as nought
the remonstrances of those who differed with them.
They had fought inch by inch by the side of the
shareholders, who had now deserted them ; and it
appeared to him that something very extraordinary
must have occurred since the last meeting to cause
so great a change in the conduct of'. those who op-
posed the directors at the last meeting. It was all
moonshine to say that the shares would not be issued
to the depreciation of the old shares.—(Hear, and
laughter.) The shareholders ought to call upon the di-
rectors to postpone issuing the shares until another
meeting, in.order that the directors might ascertain
whether they could raise the money by the mere de-
posit of the shares. He wished that he could believe
that the directors would do no wrong, but a forgetful-
ness of the interests of the shareholders leavened the
whole lump.—(Laughter.) He did not, however,
charge them with making use of the money for their
own purposes; ,but was it not remarkable, after
what they had heard that day, that the chairman
should have stated at the last meeting that they would
rue the day they entered into friendly communication
with the Market Company ?
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kind. What he said was, that the two companies had
but one interest in common, and that they ought there-
fore.to be united.—(Hear.) He thought now as then,
that they should pull together. He never uttered
any sentiment which might lead to an opposite con-
struction. He concluded by moving as an amendment
to the effect, " That the shares should be subject to a
restriction in respect to the security required."
Mr. BROWNE seconded the amendment.
Mr. Les SEAGER, a director, couid not remain
quiescent under the charge imputed to the directors
by the Hon. Proprietor (Mr. Elkins) that they had
grossly misconducted themselves in entering into the
contract with Mr. Jackson and others, because the
proprietors would recollect, that before Mr. Elkins
became a proprietor, that the contract was actually
forced upon the chairman, and the directors who acted
with him at that time, contrary to his judgment and
much to his annoyance.—(Hear.) That contract
emanated entirely from the shareholders, at one of the
largest meetings of the proprietors perhaps ever held
in that room. The chairman and the directors were
forced into an agreement to sell the bridge ; and,
therefore, if the transaction was a blamable one, it
was the fault of the shareholders; the directors must
be exonerated altogether from the unjust charge so
repeatedly imputed to them.
Mr. STUTELEY, the chairman of the Hungerford
Market Company, considered that some explanation
was due to the shareholders, on the part of the com-
pany he represented, with respect to the altered posi-
tion in which that company and the Bridge Company
now stood.—(Hear.) They were aware that the
Market. Company opposed the raising of the money in
the way originially recommended, principally because
the issuing of new shares would injure those who had
originally embarked in the undertaking, and who had
retained their shares through all its fortunes, and as
lung as other means were open they felt they were
justified in their opposition ; and, in order to bring
the matter to an issue, he sought an interview with
Mr. Hawes, in order that they might, as private
gentlemen, calmly consider, at a private interview,
the position of each company, and endeavour, if
possible, to adjust their differences. He found that
the chairman had been unsuccessful in endeavouring
to raise the necessary funds in some other way, and
as he had failed his objection was removed —(Hear,
hear.) It appearing that there was no other alterna-
tive than by issuing shares—(Hear)—and this being
the case, he endeavoured on the part of the proprietors
to obtain such an understanding as should preclude
the share 3 from going into the market, and prevent
their being used except as security for a loan, and it
was agreed that a resolution to that effect should be
prepared at that meeting, and that the directors should
previously furnish the Market Company with a decla-
ratory resolution of the directors to that effect.—
(Hear.) He wished, however, to state that this arrange-
ment must not be looked upon as pledging the Hun-
gerford Market Company to support in any shape or
way whatever proposition might be brought before
the proprietors by the directors. The Hungerford
Market Company would hold itself quite aloof and
independent on the questions which in the future
might be brought forward. He sincerely hoped, now
the differences between them had been adjusted, that
nothing would occur to disturb their relations; he for
one had no anticipation that such would be the
case.—(Hear, hear.)
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was circulated at the last and previous meetings, and
showing how they proposed to spend the 20,0001.,
and nothing had occurred since the last meeting to
alter the financial position of the company. He con-
tended, therefore, that Mr. Elkins' statements were
inconsistent with truth. It was true the solicitor was
his brother-in-law, and he was not ashamed to own
it. He believed him an honourable man, and that
neither himself nor the other directors would pay him
more for his professional services than he was fairly
entitled to.—(Hear.) The opposition of the gentle-
men who had sent in the bill of costs mentioned
by Mr. Browne, had deteriorated the company by re-
ducing its value to 80,0001., whereas it was worth
226,000/. twelve months ago, so great had been the
depreciation of the shares. They must pay Messrs.
Jackson arid the contractors, for the bridge was
almost finished. Their liabilities had been stated
half a dozen times, and yet they were told that
they had withheld information. As long as he had
been connected with the company he lisd
been most anxious. as he was now, to give the share-
holders the fullest explanation of every iota of the
expenses. The accounts had been fully investigated
by the committees which had been appointed. Mr.
Elkins had no right to insinuate that the directors
would act in' a .hostile spirit to the resolution. He
was sure the Hungerford Market Company did not
entertain any such opinion.
The amendment was lost by a majority of 8, the
numbers being—For, 6 ; against it, 14.
Mr. Ei.xisis then demanded a poll, which showed
the following result :—For the amendment, 15 ;
against it, 46; majority against, 31.
The original motion was then declared carried.
The CHAIRMAN declared the business for which the
meeting was convened was at an end, and declined
again to receive the protest.
A vote of thanks was then passed to the Chairman,
and the meeting separated.

DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT WAKE-

At about two o'clock on Saturday morning last a
most destructive conflagration took place at Wake-
field, by which property to a large amount has been
destroyed.
The alarm of fire was first given by the watch-
men of the town, and it was soon afterwards
discovered that the extensive premises of Messrs. W.
and W. Lake, situate in Thorne's-lane, were on fire.
The proprietors are bone and cake crushers and agri-
cultural seed3men, and have carried on business to a
very great extent for some years past. The premises
which they occupy are situated in the midst of a
large number of corn and flour mills, the safety of
which was much endangered by the flames from the
burning pile, and the pieces of ignited materials
which were carried in almost every direction by the
strong wind that prevailed. The mills of Mr. G.
Sendars' M.P. for the borough, of the Messrs. Fer-
nandez, Mr. T. Haigh, and other large firms, were
with difficulty saved, and the dwelling-houses of
those who reside in the vicinity were placed in immi-
nent danger.

A large number of workmen and many of the prin-
cipal owners of property near the spot were soon col-
lected, but some time elapsed before the arrival of the
engine, and the building then being one mass of
flames, and the front part of it completely gutted,
the efforts of the firemen produced not the slightest
effect.

In the interior of the premises was machinery to a
very large amount, the whole of which was com-
pletely destroyed, as well as the stock of linseed, bone
dust, and the other agriculutural seeds in which the
Messrs. Lake deal. The roof of the building ex-
tended from the front along two sides, to which of
course the flames rapidly extended, it being for the
most part covered with wood, and as the different
portions of it fell in with fearful and repeated crashes,
the violence of the raging element appeared to in-
crease and to burn with greater fury.
The further row of buildings from the point at
which the fire commenced was fortunately saved by
great exertions ; but nothing more than the bare
walls of the mill itself aro left standing. No portion
of the stock was saved, but the whole of the books of
the firm were safely removed from the counting-
house.

There was, we understand, a large quantity of
oats consumed, belonging to Mr. Whiteley, of Wake-
field, for which we have heard that the Messrs. Lake
will not be responsible, but their loss will, never-
theless be very serious. The building was insured
in the Leeds and Yorkshire Fire-office, but only to
the extent of 1,0001., a sum much below its real value.
The destruction of property is estimated at no less a
sum than 2,5001., so that the firm will be sufferers to
the amount of 1,5001., for which they are uninsured.
This, of course, is independent of the sacrifice of
capital and time, the mill having been but very re-
cently completed, and a considerable outlay expended
upon its fitting up.
Of the origin of the fire no idea can be formed It
is certain that it must have commenced in the front
part of the premises, and all was left right by one of
the firm previously to locking up the place, at
seven o'clock on the same evening. The flames had
gained such an ascendancy before the arrival of the
fire-brigade, and spread with such velocity in conse
quence of the high state of the wind, that it was
quite impossible to save the premises, and attention
was consequently turned to prevent the extension of
the fire to the other outbuildings, in which they for-
tunately succeeded, as the wind abated a good deal,
although still blowing violently. There was happily
no loss of life, although one of the firemen met with
a serious accident. He was actively engaged in the
interior of the building, when from some cause or
other he fell from his position, and, alighting on his
head, was rendered insensible, and taken home. He
is not, however, dangerously hurt, and is in a fair
way of speedy recovery.

4.°

L

ON DISCIPLINE.

(From the Times.)
We earnestly entreat the attention of our readers to
a report of the proceedings at a meeting of the Mid-
dlesex magistrates, which appeared in our Friday's
number. The iniquities of prison discipline it dis-
closes are scarcely credible at the present day. In
the pages of Fielding and Stnollett we read of such
things, and are amused with them as historical fic-
tions, but we take them to be as inapposite represen-
tations of our present social existence as are Gillray's
caricatures. This, however, is not• so. Jonathan
Wild would have smiled approvingly on the efforts of
his present representatives at the Marylebone Police
Court. Peachum and Lockit, the great masters of
the art, would have allowed that, if not outdone, they
were equalled in the capacity for screwing the last stiver
out of the wretched creatures whose crimes or misfor-
tunes had consigned them to the gaoler's care. The
punishment inflicted by law on the culprits is already
severe enough ; there is no need that it should be
aggravated by the rapacity and tyranny of a series of
gaolers, warders, sham attorneys, and impostors
acting as the clerks of admitted attorneys. These are
the inner cogs and wheels of the machinery of the
criminal law with which the public cannot be ac-
quainted, but, doubtless, in their working they pro-
duce suffering far more intense than the actual
punishment awarded by the judge. A mere narra-
tion of the facts which are said to have recently
occurred at the above police.office will be more
damnatory of the system than any comments we can
offer upon it.
•
The story, as it is told by Mr. Rotch, is as fol-
lows :—A prisoner, whose name does not appear, was
brought up for some offence to the Marylebone
police-office. Whilst he was locked up there his
wife, wishing to communicate with him, could not
obtain permission for the interview from Mitchell,
the gaoler at the office, until she had given him
two shillings, and also paid for some gin. The
prisoner besides, the woman's husband, had previ-
ously given Mitchell 2s. 6d. to carry a message, so
that on the other hand he was turning an honest
penny. Thus much for the extortion at the police-
office. The prisoner was committed. When in cus-
tody, it appears the man stated that as he had done
the act of which he was accused, he should plead
" Guilty." From this course he was dissuaded by
the gaoler, who prevailed upon him to engage the
legal services of a person named Robinson, as the
charge was serious, and Robinson was expert in
bringing prisoners through a desperate case. Robin-
, son was of course waiting in the neighbourhood, and
I demanded five guineas for his services. The method
in which this money was raised, and the result of the
disbursement, will scarcely be credited by those who
have not unhappily been compelled to know that such
proceedings are of every-day occurrence at the Cen-
tral Criminal Court, and at sessions. The poor
woman had not the money. Her first step was,
therefore, to dispose of everything she had in the
world, furniture, clothing, &c. Even so she could not
make up the sum, and Robinson would be satisfied
with no less than the exact five pounds and five
shillings. She then took the shoes off her feet
and pawned them. Still the tale was short, and
Robinson obdurate. She had already borrowed from
a friend, sold all she had, pawned her clothes and
shoes ; one only source of raising a shilling or two
remained--she took the shoes off her children's feet,
and pawned them also. With all this she was still
3s. short, but she gave Robinson all she had raised,
and implored him to save her husband. This legal
gentleman, it appears, was not satisfied, but taking
hold of the poor woman's pocket, shook it, and said,
" This is not all you have got; you have something
more here !" Finally a sum of 51. 14s. Gd. was made
up and given to the legal adviser.
One might have supposed that Robinson's services
were of some value as he set so high a price upon
them. The consciousness that he was in the posses-
sion of a great secret which would enable him to get
the man off might have excused him to his own con-
science. No such thing. As soon as he had pocketed
the money, he coolly informed the poor woman that,
by the advice of counsel, her husband must plead
" Guilty."

The next point in this distressing tale is this :
The unfortunate woman, hearing that her husband
was condemned, was anxious to communicate with
him, to learn what flannel or little necessaries he
might wish to take with him. She waited under-
neath the court for the purpose of speaking to him
as he was being conveyed from the cells to the van.
Before this moment arrived, however, she says she
gave the last sixpence she had in the world to the
warders for conveying a message to her husband, and
with the same view was induced to promise another
official on duty that she would find the means of pro-
curing him a pint of porter from over the way.
The account would stand something thus between
this unhappy couple and the harpies of the criminal
1 MN' :- £
s. d.
Paid Mitchell, gaolerat Marylebone Police-
office, by husband, for bearing a message 0 2 6
rreol dlito, by Wile, for same purpose o 2 u
['aid ditto, price of gin, say
Pawl Robinson, legal gentleman, for pro-
fessional services in recommending hus-
band to plead " guilty," proceeds of sale
of furniture, clothes, wife's shoes, chil-
shoes, &c.
Paid ditto, for same service, by vv We, being
loan from a friend, which caused her ruin 1 11 6
Paid by wife to warder at Court House,
being her last coin, for bearing message
to her husband
Paid by ditto to another warder, for like
services, price of porter, say

4 0 0

0 0 2

17 2
Unless that last item was paid for in Birmingham
inconvertible," it is difficult to understand how
actual payment could have passed. Let us hope that
it will be sufficient to call public attention to the
existence of such iniquities in the very heart of our
social system to procure the immediate dismissal of
all parties concerned By the report it will be
seen that these are not the only acts of extortion
with which the warders stand charged, and the
magistrates have already done what they could in the
matter, having discharged two of the warders and
severely admonished another. So far all is well ;
but we cannot so easily get rid of the impure brood
who batten on the crime and misery of their fellow-
creatures. How are we to deal with such gentle-
men as Mr. Robinson is said to he ? If the fact be,
as is stated, that these persons are, generally speak-
ing, officers of the various police courts, the remedy
would be obvious enough. We greatly fear, however,
that this gives but an imperfect account of them as
a class. In the humanity of the gentlemen practising
at the criminal bar--in the honesty and uprightness
of gaolers who would warn the prisoners of the
character of these harpies, and the inutility of their
efforts in the efforts of the bench to discountenance
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* This person has written to us denying that he re-
ceived any money.

PARDON OF WILLIAM HENRY
BARBER.
(From the Hobart Tou,n Courier of May 1.)
This remarkable man, who acted as attorney for
Joshua Fletcher in the celebrated " -Emma Slack "
will forgery case, is at present in Hobart Town.
He had just come down from Norfolk Island in the
Pestonjee Bomanjee to Impression Bay. A day or
two after his arrival, her Majesty's special warrant
for a conditional free pardon reached him direct from
England. He is therefore free to go to any part of
the world except the United Kingdom. But we
think that this is the precursive step to an uncondi-
tional pardon, which will restore him to his friends,
and home, and happiness. The matter cannot of
course rest here. The Government have either done
too much or too little. In Mr. Barber's case there
can be no medium between the most honourable in-
nocence and the most perfect guilty knowledge of
latter view of the case heanddesaervaersdonno sympathy the fraudulent nature of the transaction. In the
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injustice. Mr. W. H. Barber
was an eminent solicitor,
in excellent practice in
the city
of London. His professional income at the
time of his arrest and trial amounted to 3,0001.,
a year. Of this, by the well-planned fraud of his
client Pletcher, he was deprived at a blow. But Mr.
Barber's moral innocence is now established beyond
all doubt, and full civil and legal exemption will soon
follow. But who can adequately conceive the state
of mind to which a man of eminent abilities and
cultivated tagte must have been reduced by being
thrust down from a highly respectable sphere of lite
to herd with the outcasts of Norfolk Island for nearly
three long years of convict slavery ! How shall he
be recompensed for his sufferings--how shall he 1 e
reinstated in his once exalted professional station ?
llis painful experience of probation tortures will, no
doubt, have put him in possession of numerous facto
illustrative of the effect of prison discipline (!); and
as Mr. Bather is a per-on well qualified to judge and
reason, and write upon the subject, we hope he will
do something towards elucidating the yet enshrouded
question.
Few men could pass through the de-
grading horrors of such a miscreant den, so tyranni-
cally and so absurdly governed as it hasbeen late,
without being the worse for three years' of
Norfolk
Island life ; vet we hear that Mr. Barber has born.
his sorrows and sufferings with the meek fortitude of
true heroism, and that his conduct throughout the
whole period of his island captivity has been mow%
plary and inoffensive.