The Sun.
London, England, 1846-01-13 00:00:00

LONDON, TUESDAY E E '4l
S 117 Ny
AN U 13,_ 1846,

No. 16,665.

/STOTICE.-ALTERATION OF TIME AND
REDUCTION OF FARES. GRAVESEND for 64. or 9d.,
boat and railway included. The STAR and ELACKWALL
PACKETS are now running at the above reduced fares from the
Brunswick Vi.-11r., Biackwall, at 9%, 10%, 12, 1%, 333, and 5.
Sundays, 12 and 33( excepted. From the New Terrace Pier,
Gravesend, at 8%, 9%, 11%, 1,2%, and 5. Sundays 9% and 1 ex-
cepted. Fare : Fore Cabin and Second Class Railway, 64. ; Saloon
nd First Class, 9d.
Star Office, Gravesend, Oct. 11, 1845.

SEIRE IV SBURY AND BIRMINGHAM
k RAILWAY.
The Committee of Management of this Company have effected an
amalgamation with the Dudley, Madeley, Broseley, and Tronbridge
Railway Company, on terms which are advantageous to the Share-
holders of both Companies. The liability of the Shareholders of this
Company will be reduced from 501. Shares to Shares of 251., and Two
Shares will be issued to the Shareholders of the Dudley and Madeley
Company for Three of their Shares. By this arrangement the Capital
and Parliamontary Deposit requisite for the entire scheme of this
Company, including a line from Dudley to Madeley next year, will
be secured.
The reduction of the nominal amount of the Shares renders it ne- I
cessary for the Shareholders of this Company to exchange their Scrip,
and sign a now Parliamentary Contract.
They are, therefore, required, on or 'before SATURDAY, the 17th
inst., to lodge their scrip certificates at the Company's Office for that
purpose, and to fill up the following form.
By order,
GEORGE KNOX, Secretary.

4 RTICLED PUPIL FOR A TERM.—A corn-
prehensive and highly-finished education, under the tuition of
masters, may be secured to a 1 OUNG LADY, above the age of
fourteen, in an Establishment known to an extensive connexion for
its high character and standing. The instruction to comprise French,
Italian, Latin, Marp, Pianoforte, Singing, Drawing, Dancing, Globes,
Composition, and General Literature. Premium for Two Years,
Fifty Guineas. Half-yearly instalments would be preferred.
Address It. G., Post-office, Turnharn-groen, Middlesex.

3, 3foorgate-street, Jan. 10, 1846.
(This form must be tilled up in the handwriting of the applicant.)
To the Committee of Management of the Shrewsbury and Binning-

EAST DEREIIAM and NEWARK DIRECT
RAILWAY.
The Committee of Management hereby give notice to those
olders of Scrip in this C.,mpany who have not sent in the same
r registration, that it cannot be received after the 15th instant.
The Committee will then proceed to declare such shares forfeited,
and allot the same to other parties.
By order, JOHN C. NORTON, Secretary.
Norwich, January 6, 1846.

ham Railway Company.
Gentlemen,—Herewith are Scrip Certificates for Shares of 501.
each, in the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway Company, which
I request may be exchanged for the same nnmber of Shares of 251.
each, and I agree-to execute the Parliamentary contract and Sub-
scribers' agreement in respect of the same.
Date ... ......... • • • • • • • •
Name in full.. • ..... • • • • • • • • • • •
Description .. •••. • • • • •• • •• - • •• • .
Private address in full • • • • • • • • • • • •
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PARIS AND LYONS RAILWAY
(LAFFITTE'S COMPANY).
Shareholders wh• have not received the CIRCULAR REPORT
of the Directors, dated 31st December last, may be furnished with a
copy, by sending to this office for it.
The forms to he signed for the purpose of obtaining constituted
Shares, as well as for the repayment of the surplus deposits, are now
ready for delivery at this office, daily, between the hours of Eleven
and Three, until the 24th inst. ED. AIME, Secretary.
62, Ring William-street, City, Jan. 6, 1846.

DUDLEY, MADELEY, BROSELEY, and
IRONBRIDGE RAILWAY COMPANY, with EXTEN-
SION to SHREWSBURY.

The Committee of Management of this Company have much sa-
tisfaction in announcing to their Shareholders, that an amalgama-
tion on mutually advantageous terms has been agreed on between
this Company and the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway Com-
pany.
By tke agreement which has been entered into, it is stipnlated
that Two of the Shares in the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Company
shall be given in exchange for Three Shares in this Company. That
six members of the Managing Committee of this Company shall be
added to the Committee of the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Com-
pany, and that application shall be made by the amalgamated Com-
pany in the next practicable session of Parliament for power to make
the line between Dudley and Madeley.
Notice is hereby given, that the Shareholders in this Company
must forward their scrip to the Secretary, at Stourbridge, on or
before SATURDAY, the 17th instant, and signify (in the form given
below), their election either to rec lye back their deposit, less their
proportionate share of the expenses incurred, or to take in exchange
their proportionate number of shares in the Shrewsbnry and Bir-
mingham Company.
Parties who may elect to receive back their deposits, may at once
receive V. per share on account, and the balance as soon as the
amount of the expenses incurred shall have been ascertained.
Parties who may elect to take shares in the Shrewsbury and Bir-
mingham Company, may, in like manner, on depositing their scrip,
obtain a letter of allotment for their proportionate number of shares
therein, which letter will be forwarded to them as soon as the Di-
rectors shall be satisfied of the sufficiency of the applicants.
In cases where the proportion of the Shrewsbury and Birming-
ham shares to be received shall amount to a fractional part of a
share, the Shareholders will have the option of paying or receiving
the difference in value between the proportion and an entire share.
Parties who shall not be considered by the Directors responsible
will receive back their deposits on the terms already mentioned ;
and parties v ho shall fail to send in their scrip on or before SATURDAY,
the 17th instant, will be considered as having elected to receive back
their deposit less the expenses.
Arrangements will be made and announced, as soon as possible,
for procuring the signature of the Shareholders to such deeds as the
altered circumstances of the Company have rendered necessary.
By order of the Committee,
W. S. DARKIN, Secretary.
Offices of the Dudley, Madeley, Croseley, and Iron-bridge
Railway, Stourbridge, Jan. 10, 1846.
FORM.

DIRECT LONDON and EXETER RAIL-
WAY.—This day is published, price Is., Eposition of the
Circumstances attending the Promotion and general Management of
the Company, showing its present Condition and Prospects.
By D. E. COLOMBINE, Esq.
London: Effingham Wilson, Royal Exchange.
Of whom may be had, price Is.,
The Author's LETTER, addressed to the Landowners of Cornwall,
relative to Railway Communication through that District.

THE DIRECT NORTHERN RAILWAY
COMPANY, FROM LONDON TO YORK.
COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT.
The Hon. William Ashley, Stable-yard, St. James's
Major Amsinck, 22, Upper Montagu-street, Montagu. square
William Scott Binney, Esq. 27, Bryanstoue-square
William Sprott Boyd, Esq. 1, Sussex-gardens, Hyde-park
John Brightman, Esq. 30, Cornhill
Samuel James Capper, Esq. 1, Adelaide-place, London-bridge
Robert Walter Carden, Esq. 61, I hreadneedle-street
Edward Trust Carver, Esq. Forest-lodge, Tulse-hill
The Chisholm, 37, Chapel-street, Gros - enor-place
Lieut.-Colonel Colquhoun, R.A. Woolwich
William Morley, Esq. Blackheath
William Mountford Nurse, Esq. Kensington-gore
John Pickersgill, Esq. 8, Warnford-court
Robert Rodger, Esq. Glasgow, 31. Montagu-street, Montagn-square
ENGINEER—John Miller, Esq. Edinburgh
SOLICITORS—Messrs. Johnston, Farquhar, and Leech, 65, Moorgate-
street
PARLIAMENTARY AGENTS—Messrs. Webster, 26, Great George-street,
Westminster
SECRETARY— Mr. W. H. Clark
Offices of the Company, 64, Moorgate-Street.
EXTRACT FROM REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF MA-
NAGEMENT TO THE SHAREHOLDERS, DATED THE
29TH DECEMBER, 1845.
" By the scheme promoted by the Direct Northern Railway Com-
pany it is proposed to bring York (to the n rth of which city there
is a population exceeding five millions) within the dista ce (as mea-
sured by time), of four hours and a half from London ; to reduce by
42 miles the distance now traversed by the existing means of railway
communication between those termini ; to lessen the distance as
projected by the competing plan least favourable to the public) that
of the Eastern Counties Extension by Cambridge and Lincoln) by
211% miles, and as projected by the most favourable rival scheme
(that of the London and York) by ten miles ; and yet so to reconcile
this result with local wants, as to place, without in any instance
sacrificing the principle of directness, every town of importance in
the districts to be served by this Company's main line nearer Lon-
don, either by means of the main line itself, or of well-deised lateral
lines, than they are by the -theme of the London and York, which,
for the sake of passing through certain towns, pursues a devious
route to York, thereby inflicting a serious injury on the country north
of the Humber.
" Thus the scheme of the Direct Northern Railway offers to the
North of England, and to all Scotland, advantages presented by no
other project whatever. These advantages it also immediately con-
veys to Bedford, St. Neots, Huntingdon, Peterborough, Stamford,
Grantham, Newark, Lincoln, East Retford, Sheffield, Gainsborough,
Doncaster, Pontefract, Selby, and Hull ; whilst it lessens by twenty-
eight miles tha roue to Leeds, the great manufacturing capital of
Yorkshire, itself rapidly becoming the centre of an important railway
system.
" With perfectly unexceptionable gradients, that in no case ex-
ceede 11 in 200, with upwards of sixty-nine miles of level on its main
line, with no works of any engineering difficulty or of peculiarly ex-
pensive execution, with only 3,900 yards of tunnelling in eight tun-
nels, with no opening or swing bridges, with only one viaduct, and
that of 500 yards, and with remarkably easy curves, the Direct North-
ern Railway, whilst its primary object is to unite in the directest
manlier London and York, will at the same time serve a rich, fertile,
and populous country, will reciprocate the advantages of easy and
inexp'nsive communication between the manufacturing towns of the
north and the agricultural and grazing counties of eastern and central
England, and will connect by the shortest route the south of England
and the continent of Europe with York, the north of England, and
Scotland.
The shareholders will observe the suggestion made by Mr. Miller,
which proposes to introduce a new element of safety, regularity, and
speed into ra lway travelling, by the conveyance of passengers and
goods upon separate lines. This suggestion will, uo doubt, receive
the consideration due to its importance in the ensuing sess'on.
" The Committee entirely concur with Mr. Miller in the important
bearing which the Holborn Terminus project has on the Direct
Northern. It is In effect, though under different management, an ex-
ten.sionagna, line into the keprqLfUndon..By its means the London
Terminus of the-Direct Northefh Railway will be ,immediately avail-
able for the Post-office and the City of London generally (between
Furnival's inn and Gray's-inn-lane), and will itself form a portion
of one side of the widest thoroughfares in London, will be in the
immediate vicinity of the Courts of Law and Inns of Court, and
comes more into the heart of London, with less sacrifice of valuable
property, than any metropolitan terminus which has been suggested.
"In accordance, therefore, with Mr. Miller's recommendation,
and in pursuance of the powers entrusted to them by their proprie-
tary, the Committee have taken steps to secure control over this
project, satisfied that it affords the most central, and, at the same
time, the most accessible and least expensive London terminus.
" the Committee refer the shareholders to the map accompanying
this Report; it fully shows the course and relations of the Direct
Northern Railway, and its national character.
" Up to the 30th of November, all the standing orders of Parlia-
ment have been complied with ; and the solicitors report their per
feet ability to fulfil all that remains to be completed within the time
limited by the Legislature.
" Thus prepared, and with deposits paid, and the proper deeds
signed by a body of most responsible Shareholders, the Com-
mittee intend to make their application to Parliament at the earliest
possible day, confident that a project of such undoubted public utility
as the Direct Northern, in which the public service itself is deeply
interested, will there receive what it only needs to ensure its success
—a fair and impartial hearing."
The following tables, appended to the Report of the Company's
Engineer (John Miller, Esq.), will show the relative advantages of
the Direct Northern in point of distances, as compared with Its com-
petitors for legislative sanction, and with existing lines.
It may here be observed, that the distance between the cross of
St. Paul's Cathedral, in London, and the centre of tie Great Tower
of York Minster, as measured along the earth's surface, Is, according
to the Ordnance Survey, 920,108.7 feet, or very nearly 17414 miles ;
an i that the main line of the Direct Northern, between London and
York, is 176 miles.
L Table showing Comparison of Distances by the proposed Direct
Northern Railway and by the London and York Railway.

To the Provisional Committee of the Dudley, Madeley, Broseley, and

Iron-bridge Railway Company

. „
Herewith are Scrip Certificates for-Shares in the Dudley, Made-
ley, Broseley, and Ironbridge Railway, in respect of which I re-
quest you* to cause to be allotted to me Shares in the Shrewsbury
and Birmingham Railway Company, in the proportion of Two
Shares in the latter, for Three in the former Company, and I agree
to execute such Deeds and Agreement as may be required in re-
spect of the same.

Name in full•
Description .... •
Private Address.— • • • • • • • • • •
Place of Business • • • ..... • • • .
Reference .. • .... ......... •• ..

This form must be filled up in the handwriting of the applicant.

* Parties preferring to receiYe back 21. per Share, and such further
amount as may be unexpended, can substitute the following for the
remainder of the form, " to return to me the amount of deposit
thereon, less the proportion of expenses incurred.

Notice.—The Scrip must be presented at the time of payment to
the Bankers, in order that the acknowledgment may be stamped
upon It.

(By order)

JOHN GOUGH, Secretary.

AMBER GATE, NOTTINGHAM AND BOS-
TON, AND EASTERN JUNCTION RAILWAY.
The Committee of Management, without condescending to notice
any of the anonymous and false statements which have from time to
time appeared in several of the public prints, have the satisfaction to
assure the Shareholders that the Plans, Sections, and Books of
Reference have been most minutely examined by the Englacer, in
conjunction with the Parliamentary Agent, Mr. Coates, of the firm
of Dyson, Han, Parkes, and Coates, who se ably checked the Plans
and Sections last session of the London and York Railway, and that
the whole are found to be most accurately prepared, and that every
measure has been adopted which the Committee feel confident will
insure the passing of the Bill through standing orders.
By order of the Beard,
Nottingham, 9th Jan., 180. JOHN GOUGH, Secretary.

NEWRY and ENNISKILLEN RAILWAY.
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

The Directors will meet at their Office in Newry, en FRIDAY,
6th February next, at Eleven o'clock in the forenoon, to receive
TENDERS for CONTRACTS for the following WORK 4, viz.:—
To make and lay the railway from the east side of Edward-street,
No. 1, in the townland of Ballinlare, in the parish of Newry, to a
field, -o. I. in the townland of Drumbanagher, in the parish of
Killeavy, all in the county of Armagh, a distance of 9,166 yards,
being about 51,E miles; with all the excavations, embankments,
bridges. culverts, gates, fences, roads, &c. &c., complete, and to keep,
the whole in repair for one year after completion, finding all ma-
terials except the permanent rails, bolts, screws, chairs, treenails,
and sleepers.
Nuns and Specifications are open for inspection at the Company's
Offices in Newry, and at No. 19, Moorgate-street, London, where
printed forms of tender may be had, and no others will be attended to.
Tenders are to be delivered, sealed, before Eleven o'clock on the
sth February next, and parties tendering must attend the Directors'
Meeting in person, or by some one duly authorised on their behalf.
The party whose tender is accepted will be required to enter into a
bond, with sureties for the due performance of the contract, in a
penalty of not less than ten per cent. on the gross sum contracted for,
and the names of the proposed sureties are to be specified in the
Tender. _

The— Directors do not bind themselves to accept the lowest offer.
NEWRY and MORNE, Chairman.

Dated, 7th January, 1846,

LEEDS and CARLISLE, and YORKSHIRE
and GLASGOW UNION AMALGAMATED RAILWAY
COMPANY.

_
COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT.
W. lieresford, Esq., M.P., Chairman.
Marmaduke Wyvill, Esq., Deputy-Chairman.
W. J. Anderson, Esq. J. Middleton, Esq.
W. Anning, Esq. W. H. 0. Powlett, Esq.
W. R. Collett, Esq., M.P. R. Robinson, Esq.
R. Dutton, Esq. G. P. Robinson, Esq.
C. H. Elsley, Esq. T. Salkeld, Esq.
T. Hutton, Esq. J. Steel, Esq.
W. Lodge, Esq. J. Underwood, Esq.
M. Mangles, Esq.
At a Meeting of the Shareholders of the Leeds and Carlisle Rail-
way Company, held at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, on
the sth January, 1846, the following resolutions were unanimously
carried, viz.:—
On a motion from the CHAIR, and seconded by W. R. COLLETT,

By the Direct By the London
Northern Rail- and York Rail- Difference in
way and its way and its favour of
Branches and Branches and the Direct
existing and existing and Northern
authorised authorised Scheme.
Railways. Railways.
From London to Miles. Chains. Miles. Chains. Niles. Chains.
Hatfield - - 16 60 17 50 0 70
Stevenage -- - 26 74 28 6 1 12
Baldock - - - 32 13 No line to it.
Httchin - - - - 30 70 32 0 1 70
Shefford 37 40 No line to it.
Bedford - - - - 46 14 52 31 6 17
Biguleswade 39 40 41 21 1 16
St. Moots - - - 49 0 51 25 2 25
Huntingdon - - 58 4 58 61 0 57
Peterborough - - 73 47 76 0 2 33
Stamford - - - 82 28 88 4 5 56
Grantham - - - 99 64 105 12 5 28
Newark - - - - 115 13 119 3 3 70
Lincoln - - - - 126 10 136 53 10 43
East Retford - - 135 24 137 2 1 58
Sheffield - - - 159 4 160 43 1 39
Gainsborough - - 133 73 146 53 12 60
Doncaster - - - 150 19 154 30 4 11
Pontefract - - 164 69 No line to it.
Wakefield -- - 173 77 173 16
Leeds .. -- - 176 77 184 6 7 9
Thorne - - - -
65 172 24
Selby - - - - 163
150 0 No line to it. 8
3,
Hull by Selby - - 194 65 203 24 8 39
York --- - - 176 0 186 0 10 0
From Lincoln to
Doncaster --- 34 37- 34 '72 0 35
Pontefract - - - 48 77 No line to it.
Wakefield •• - - 57 5 53 58
Leeds -- - - 61 5 68 48 7 43
Selby --- - 47 73 52 66 4 73
Hull
York 6O 8 66 40 6 32
Sheffield -- - 43 9 48 64 5 55

" That the report now read be adopted, printed, and circulated
among the Shareholders."
On the motion of J. HARRISON, Esq., and seconded by GIDEON

Note.—The distances to Sheffield, East Itetford, and Galnsborough,
are calculated upon the assumption that the Sheffield and Gainsbo-
rough Railway receives the sanction of Parliament.

Table showing Comparison of Distances by the proposed Direct
Northern Railway and by the Cambridge and Lincoln Scheme.

----- ' By the Direct By the Cam-
Northern Rail- bridge and Lin-
coln scheme Difference in (a-
Branches. and way and its and its your of the
Branches, and Direct Northern
existing and existing and Railway.
authorised authorised
Railways. Railways.
1------
Frem London to'Miles. Chains. Miles. Cha4ions. Mille4s. Chains. 73
Peterborough --1 73 47 88
Lincoln - - - -1 126 10 140 26 11 16
Gainsborough - - 133 73 155 32 21 39
Thorne - - - - 150 0 172 28 22 28
Selby - - - - 163 65 185 18 21 33
Hall
York 176 0 197 56 2l 56

Table showing Comparison of Distances by the proposed Direct
Northern Railway, and by the existing lines of Railway :
By the Direct
Northern Rail
way and its Difference in fa-
Branches, and By existing vour of the
existing and Railways. Direct Northern
authorised Railway.
Railways.
---- ------ ---.
47 102
From London to Miles. Chains. Miles. Chains. Miles. Chains 3.
60 36 1
Weterborough -- 73 28 122 76 40 48
Stamfo -82 rd - - 44 121 60 18 16
Melton -- - - 103 4 177 20 18 1G
Sheffield -- - 159 13 148 0 33 67
Newark - - - 115
- 126
10 163 40 37 30
Lincoln - - - 77 200 0 26 3
Wakefield -- - 77 205 173 20 28 23
Leeds - - - - 176 0 42 0
York 176 0 218 , •

By order of the Committee,
W. H. CLARK, Secretary.
Direct Northern Railway Company's Offices, 64, Moorgate.street,
January 6, 1846.
The Map of the Line and Reports above-mentioned may be had at
the Offices in London, and at the following local agents
St. Neots - - Messrs. Pedpercorn and Wilkinson
Biggleswade - T. Chapman, Esq.
Stamford - - Messrs. W. and R. M. Thompson
Grantham - - R. H. Johnstone, Esq.
Lincoln - - Joseph Moore, EEL,
Louth - - - John Gray, Esq.
Gainsborough - William Robinson, Esq.
Leeds - - E. J. Teals, Esq.
york . - . Messrs. J. and D. Russell
Aberdeen - William Gordon, Esq. sharebroker
Edinburgh - - Robert Allen, Esq. sharebroker
Glasgow - - Buchanan, Aitken, and CO. 15114rOlgoltera
Liverpool - Messrs. Buchanan and Son, sharebrokefe
Manchester - Messrs. Bradley, Ford, and Parker, sharebrokers

cmusrmas HOLIDAYS.
R'Y A L POL Y TEL kiN IC INSTITUTION, I
Lectures for this period of the year, by Dr. liyan and
Professor Bachoffner in CHEMIATRY and NATURAL PHILO-
SOPHY will be illnvrated by interesting and brilliant experiments.
A. Lecture on the PREVALENT DISb:ASE in POTATOES will ne
slivered by Dr. Ryan, and also on the I..TMOSPHERIC RAIL-
WAY, by Professor Bachoffner, a Working Model of which, ear-
ryicg several persons, is exhibited daily. The additions to the
OPAQUE MICROSCOPE, DISSOLVING VIEWS, and CHROMA-
TROPE are very effective. The PHYSIOSCOPE. Submarine Ex-
periments by means of the DIVF.It and DIVING BELL. Among
the various additions to the Working Models is i_7oleman's NEW
AMERICAN LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE, for as .enditr and de-
scending Inclined Plst,,es. A rnagn.ficoit Collection of TROPICAL
FRUITS. M. Downs, the celebrated Flute Player, will take part
in the Music, conducted by Dr. Wallis. Open from Eleven to Gall-
past Five, ant from Seven to Half-past Ten in the Evening.
Admission, One Shilling. Scheejs,

ENERAL TOMTHUMB.-IMPOSITION
General Tom Thumb (now in Scotland, from whence be pro-
ceeds to Ireland), respectfully announces that in consequence of
many persons having been disappointed in seeing him in London (as
his Levees were suspended on account of a slight cold), he will visit
London in March or April next, for a short time only, previous to
sailing for America. To save the public from Imposition, they are
informed that various persons at the penny shows in Holborn and the
Fairs, and one also at the Egyptian Hall, have assumed the name of
" TO AI THUMB," but that the smallest among them is at least four
times the General's weight and size.

G

THE AUSTRALASIAN, COLONIAL, and
GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE and ANNUITY COlll-
- 125, Bishopsgate-street, corner of Cornhill.
Capital, 200,0001., in 2,000 Shares.
DIRECTORS.
Edward Barnard, Esq., F.R.S. Gideon Colquhoun, Esq.
Robert Brooks, Esq. C. E. Mangles, Esq.
Henry Buckle, Esq. Richard Onslow, Esq.
John Henry Capper, Esq. William Walker, Esq.
TRUSTEES—Edward Barnard, Esq., F.R.S.; J. IL Capper, Esq.;
Edward Thompson, Esq.
AUDITORS—James Easton, Esq., End C. Richarlson, Esq.
SOLICITORS—Messrs. Maples, Pearse, Stevens, and Maplo;.
BANKERS The Union Bank of London. _ _

COLONIAL BANNEas—The Bank of _Australasia (incorporated by
Royal oikartcr, Ism), S, Mari, London.
rItYpICIAN—Dr. Fraser, 62. Guildford-street, Russell-square.
ACTUARY AND SECRETARY—Edward Ryley, Esq.
The following are the spec•.mens of the rates of premium charged
by this Company for the Assurance of 1001.:

[TII PROFITS,

WITF.

[OUT PROFITS.

Ate. Annual Premium,
20 £1 17 1
25 2 2 1
30 2 8 2
35 2 15 2
40 3 4 0
45 3 15 6
50 4 11 8
55 5 9 7

Annual Premium.
41 10 3
1 14 11
2 0 7
2 7 0
2 15 3
3 6 6
4 1 8
5 0 5

in the Australasian or
ood Hope.
urance of the lives of
Indies.
iu Australasia and the

Peculiar facilities are afforded for the ass
persons proceeding, to or residing in the East 1
Premiums msy be paid, and claims settled,
East Indies, by indorsement of the policy.
Immediate and Drferred Annuities are granted by the Company'
on very favourable terms, and it is a peculiar feature in its constitu-
tion that Annuitants participate in the profits.
The following are specimens of the rates of annuities granted for
every 1001. sunk :

Male I Female Male Female
Age. Lives. Lives. Age. Lives. Lives.
35 £7 1 5 £6 13 5 65 £l2 12 0 £lO 19 0
45 7 18 1 7 4 9 75 18 9 2 16 3 5
55 9 13 0 8 8 9 80 25 8 9 20 2 7

Prospectuses, with Tables, Forms of Proposal for the purchase of
an Annuity or for making an Assurance, and every Information,
may be obtained by application at the Office of the Company.
E. RYLEY, Actuary and Secretary.

DUDLEY, MADELEY, BROSELEY, and I i ',il iv .0 5
IRONBRIDGE RAILWAY. a I ~• o =2l
~, 0 .1 ‘.4
For the convenience of Shareholders in London, the Scrip Certitl- ki. cg
Premium ' 'cc" Bonus Bemis in 11 q Nl, .., rs
mites may be sent to the Office of the Shrewsbury and Birmingham s. p premium. , added. Cash. s- 5-
Company, 3, Moorgate-street, London. I I : g 41 5
By order, W. S. DARKIN, Secretary. 1 , ,4. 4 la.
Stowbridge, Jan. 12, 1846. - -- _
AMBER GATE, NOTTINGHAM AND BOS- solute B.
, 1837 £l9l 13 5 £B7 13 5 £l3 17 1 4395 11 1
, 1838 163
13 0 '74 13 10 11 8 6 346 2 3
TON, AND RASTERN JUNCTION RAILWAY. ,74 3 ' 1839 133 13 6 61 14 3 9 210 296 13 4
Notice.—The Scrip must be presented at the time of payment to I I 1840 89 0 0 41 13 4 69 0 247 4 6

Tie (I,7lsion of profits is annual, and the next will be made in De-
ceinlJer of the present year.

F. FERGUSON CAMROUX. Roe.

THE TONTINE LIFE ASSURANCE
COMPANY.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital 2,000,000 r., in 100 000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, in compliance with the provisions of the statute 7 and 8
Vict., c. 110, Two Shillings per Share, until the complete Registra-
tion of the Company, when the same will be increased to It. per
Share, which, with the assistance anticipated from the Tontine De-
partment, will, it is expected, be sufficient to carry out the objects
of the Company.
The plan of this Company offers considerable and peculiar advan-
tages to the Shareholders, as in addition to the profit arising from
Life Assurance transactions, it is proposed to raise a capital of
1,000,0001., or more, by the grant of Tontine Anithities, in classes
to be regulated by the ages of the Subscribers or their Nominees ;
which capital, on the death of the survivor in each class, will be
divided exclusively among the Shareholders. The principle of the
Tontine Annuities is explained below.
TRUSTEES.
John Elijah Blunt, Esq., 4, New-squire, Lincoln's Inn
John Conolly, Esq., M.D., Lawn-house, Hanwell
James Martin, Esq , 68, Lombard-street.
PROVISIONAL DIRECTORS.
John Elijah Blunt, Esq., 4, New-square, Lincoln's Inn
Walter Wyndham Burrell, Esq., Knepp Castle, near Horsham, and
5, Richmond-terrace, Whitehall
John Charritie, Esq., Voorgate-street Chambers, City
John Conolly, Esq., M.D., Lawn house, Hanwell
John More Douglas, Esq., Belvedere-road, Lambeth
Walter Etty, Esq., Lombard-street Chambers
Edward Hamilton, Esq., 31. D., Grafton-street, Piccadilly
William Henderson, Esq., 16, ltishopgate-street Within
Hector Monro, Esq., Walsham le Willows, Suffolk
Savile Craven Henry Ogle, Esq., M.P., 84, Eaton-square, Pimlico.
1 Ambrose Frederick Proctor, Esq., Ware, Herta
C oke Taylor, Esq., LL.D., Fleet-street
John Alfred Trimmer, Esq., Haslemere, Surrey
Forbes Winslow, Esq., M.D., Sussex-house, Hammersmith.
BANK
SOLICITOR—WiIIiamEs -- ls BANKERS—Messrs. A 3 f a r t ' G,
Dimes,Stone, and Esq
~ Martins,46 Lincoln's 6B, Lombard-street.
nO 1,111-ig terd -.S. treet.
MEDICAL AND SURGICAL REFEREES.
Thomas Callaway, Esq., F.R.C.S., Wellington-street, Southwark
James Copland, Esq., M.D., F.R.S., &c., &c., Old Burlington•street:
DISTRICT MEDICAL REFEREES IN LONDON.
William Preston Lauder, Esq., 31. D., F.R.S.E., Sloane•street,
Knightsbridge
Edward Lloyd, Esq., M.D., Jewin street, City
Walter Hayle Walsh, Esq., M.D., Professor of Pathology at Univer-
sity College, Upper Charlotte-street, Fitzroy-square.
CONSULTING ACTUARY—David Jones, Esq., Author of " Tables on
Annuites," kc., King William-street, City.
ACTUARY AND SECRETARY—WiIIiam Clark, Esq.
Temporary Offices, No. 16, Lincoln's Inn-fields.
It is unnecessary in this Prospectus, to enlarge upon the advan-
tages of Life Assurance, or its adartation to most of the exigencies
and relations in life. These benefits have been so extensively pub-
lished, that they are already well understood and appreciated.
This Company is formed for granting every description of Life
Assurance, Annuity, and Endowment ; Loans either for long or
short periods to persons effecting Assurances, upon receiving satis-
factory security for the payment of premium and interest, and the
repayment of the principal, by instalments or otherwise, as may be
agreed ; also for the purchase of Reversionary Interests, Policies of
Assurance, and every other description of property.
Persons borrowing money of the Company, upon approved se-
curity, and effecting a policy of Assurance for the amount bor-
rowed, will not be called upon for the repayment of the loan, so
long as the interest and premium are regularly paid. Thus a Party
borrowing 1,0001. upon security of his estate, and an assignment of
a policy on his life, would at his decease leave his estate unencum-
bered, the sum assured being applied by the Company to repay its
advance.
The premiums are based upon data derived from the most recent
and authentic sources, presenting a moderate and equitably-adjusted
scale.
One of the principal objects of the Company is to assimilate its
benefits as nearly as possible to those of Mutual Assurance
Societies, with the additional security of a subscribed capital. With
this v ew, four-fifths of the profits, arising from Policies affected by
parties on the terms of participation, will be divided every three
years, after the first five years, among those who assure for the
whole term of life. The sum so divided among the Assured to be
applied to the reduction of the annual premium, or added to the
sum assured as bonus, or paid in present value, at the option of the
' Assured.
For persons who may wish to assure for short periods, or for the
whole of life, without participation in the profits, a scale has been
adopted, which is as moderate as it can be rendered consistently with
the interests of the Company.
Parties may also effect the assurance by payment of one-half only
of the premiums for a stipulated term of years—the interest upon
the unpaid portion of the premiums, at the rate of 5 per cent. per
annum, being annually paid in advance. Upon payment of the
arrear of the premiums, the Assured will be entitled to a fall parti-
cipation of the profits.
The Assured may at all times borrow an amount equal to the value
of the policy, on its security.
In all the transactions of the Company the utmost liberality will
be exercised.
hosShintine Annuities to
e:O
Life Assurances will be effected with all the advantages to the
assured afforded by the most respectable established companies.
.
the public, hpTiusabbl
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Company
, ofis PremiumsTONTlNE
submitting
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subject
tere are many persons,l
who from the hope of longevity, and the desire of ease and affluence
hey will secure a lar
as they progress through whichbeenleolroLtyheeacehl,astshehlynowrhtiheehirtrheespaencs:
nwle of investment ;--by tlarge remunera-
tive and increasing income, guaranteed to them by the Company
during their own lives or the lives of their nominee.
The following is an illustration of the principle of the Tontine An-
nuity granted is 61. per cent. per annum, each subscriber or nominee
will, during the continuance fall
the lives, receive an annuity of 61. ;
nuities :—lf 1,000
tive nominees,
but as the lives drop, the share of the deceased parties will be
divided among the survivors, until they are reduced to six, each of
whplgersoofnasnsuagbsectrio
whom will then receive 1,0001. per annum for life; but as they re=
spectively die off, the 1,0001. per year which the deceased party re-
ceived will fall into the funds of the Company, for the benefit of the
p ro
deposit ldt for tohfc
Two
r w children.
shinigs
per
shareholders ; and so in proportion for a larger or smaller number of
subscribers or their nominees.
This mode of investment will place it in the power of almost every
individual, at some period of life, by prudently and legitimately ap-
propriatingstances would be otherwise uselessly expended, to secure indepen-
dence a comparatively small sum of money, which in many in-
stances
and comfort in their declining years.
rer relations.
Wealthy relatives for their poo .
Parents may also by
. to be directed to
Lincoln Inn-fie
Char es Barker, Esq., No. 46, Line Inn-fields :
To the Directors of the Tontine Life Assurance Company.
Gentlemen,- -I request you to allot me Shares in this
accept the same, Company ; and I hereby agree to
Applications for Shares, In the following form
or any less num-
ber you may allot me, and to paythe the
Share thereon, and also to execute Deed of Settlement of the
these means
Company when required to do 50.

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661R0N TIMES" NEWSPAPER,,
COMPANY.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital 63,0001., in shares of 11. is.
'qeach.
Offices of the Company, No. 41 , Moorgate-street.
For some years before the late mischievous movement against
railway Interests on the part of the " Times" newspaper, it hail
been evident to all persons engaged in business, that In giving their
advertisements to that journal they were themselves encouraging
and fosteriag a newspaper which, while it derived the principal part
of its support from the industry and energy of the mercantile and
commercial classes of the community, was acting in every way
against their interestr.
nut however unwilling those classes might be to lend their aid to
such a journal by sending to It their advertisements, it was compul-
sory upon them to do so, from the fact of the large circulation of the
" Times" rendering it the only existing medium for obtaining the de-
sirable publicity. A remedy or an alternative was sought in vain ;
the existence of a journal, with a circulation to answer the purposes
of a sufficient publicity for advertisements, remained a desideratum.
This want appears to be now supplied by the " Iron Times," and
the projectors of the " Iron Times Newspaper Company have per-
ceived—ln the manner in which that journal has recently assumed
the character of a General Morning Newspaper, and the skill and
talent which have been displayed in supporting that character—a
power of expansion and development which, if duly supported by an
amount of capital immediately available, must inevitably render the
" Iron Times " the leading journal of the age. .
Founded on the basis of the " Iron Times" as a Railway News-
paper, the -" Iron Times," ..astst General Newspaper. has a point
d'appui to start from, such as it has never Iltledrto been the good
fortune of any journal to attain.
To the success of a newspaper there are two points necessary—
circulation and advertisements. These combined—or even one of
them singly—have never, in any instance, been arrived at without a
great outlay and risk of capital ; both of these, however, the " Iron
Tithes " has at starting. It has but to add to them.
Actuated by this impression, and desirous to insure the perma-
nence of an honest and independent Daily Morning Newspaper, the
property of no clique, either political or literary, a Company has
been constituted for the purpose of purchasing the " Iron Times,"
and infusing into it that amount of immediately-available capital,
which alone appears necessary to insure its increased usefulness as
j a public journal, and an increased ratio of profits to all parties con-
Lperned.

Asa commercial speculation the success of the " Iron Times" is a
atter of public notoriety, and the Committee of Management of
the Company, front the examination of the books, accounts, &c.,
have no hesitation in announcing the probability of a return of at
least twenty-five per cent., or ss. per share, on the capital invested.
To carry into effect the objects of the promoters of the Company,
it is intended to create a capital of 63,0001., divided into 60,000 shares
of It. Is. each—the whole to be paid up. None of these shares will
be allotted to the public until complete registration, which will be per-
fected in the course of a few days.
By arrangements with the present proprietor of the journal, a
limited number, not exceeding 4,000 shares, will be issued in the first
instance, at par; after which there will be a further issue of a
similar number at 11. prem. per share ; the remainder at such
periods and at such prices as the Committee of Management shall de-
termine, and the augmented value and importance of the property
of the Company shall demand.
The arrangements for the protection of the interests of the share-
holders—for a pre-emption in favour of original subscribers, for sub-
sequent issue of shares, for the limitation of their liability, and
for the regulation and management of the undertaking—have been
matured; and the deed of settlement to carry these arrangements
into legal effect, is now under the consideration of counsel.
Application for shares, and all communicatio is respecting the un-
dertaking, are to be addressed to H. Edwards, the Secretary, at the
office of the Company, 41, Moorgate-street, London.
To the Committee of Management of the " Iron Times" News-

paper Company.
Gentlemen,—l request you will allot me Shares, or
such less number as you shall determine, in the Capital Stock of
the " Iron Times" Newspaper Company; and I hereby engage to pay
the sum of One Pound One Shilling upon each Share that shall be
appropriated to me, and to execute the Deed of Settlement of the
Company when required, it being distinctly understood that my
liability is limited to II Is. per Share, and that under no circum-
stances I shall be called upon for any further or other sum.
I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant.

! RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

AMEETING, most respectably attended, of
landowners and occupiers of land, was held at the Bear Inn,
Vantage, this 12th day of January, for the purpose of taking into
consideration the propriety of opposing the Oxford and Salisbury
Direct Railway Company for an Act of Parliament to form their line

WEST-END AND SOUTHERN COUNTIES.

SMITH COXE, Esq., in the chair.
The following resolutions were proposed, seconded, and carried
unanimously :
That, in the opinion of this meeting, the suggested line of railway
from Oxford to Salisbury Direct is quite uncalled for, inasmuch as
there is neither passengers or goods traffic along the proposed line
requiring such accommodation, and consequently, that whilst a great
sacrifice of private property must take place, no adequate, if any,
benefit can possibly arise to the public by the formation of such
a line.

That as the line throughout presents one unbroken agricultnral
district, possessing within easy distances markets and fairs amply
sufficient to absorb all the produoe thereof, the scheme in question
appears to this meeting a mere wanton speculation of the day,
possessing neither merit in itself, or a reasonable prospect of a re-
turn for capital required for the undertaking.
That, with these impressions, the members of this meeting do use
their best endeavours, individually and collectively, to defeat the
proposed measure in Parliament, and that for such purpose a sub-
scription be entered into, and placed in the Bank of Messrs. Barnes
and Medley, Wanta;e Bank, to the credit of
PHILIP SMITH COTE,
WILLIAM STONE, .
CHARLES ROBEY,
as trustees of a fund for carrying on and defraying the necessary ex-
penses attending a petition against the Bill, and the support thereof
in Parliament. . . .

Yesterday afternoon a meeting of the subscribers to
this line was held at the Company's offices, Chatham-
place. Blackfriars, Mr. Carter in the chair.
Before the business of the meeting was entered upon,
some discussion took place as to whether the scrip-
holders who had not signed the agreement should be ad-
mitted to take a part in the proceedings ; and, after
touch debating, p 0 and col, it was determined that no
getaLmen should be admitted to the meeting but those
who had signed the deed.
Mr. PAYNE, the enginer to the Company, then pro-
cee,.ded to enter into a statement as to the intention of
the Company to carry their line to Waterloo-bridge, and
the advantages that a terminus in the Strand would
aff ;rd.

Several shareholders expressed themselves desirous of
hearing from the Committee what was the original object
in view when the line was formed.

s,rs. PAYNE and PENRY both said that the prin-
cipal object of the railway was to form an amalgamation
with any line of railway south of the Thames, and to
form a connecting line from them to the western part of
metr ,polis, so as to have themselves the benefit of
the short traffic, and to give to the line with whom they
joined the long traffic, as very considerable disappro-
bation bad been expressed with regard to the principle
of having short traffic on long lines.
Mr. SMITH said that these statements were not the
business for which they had met. They wished to know
the state of the Company in a finaacial point of view.
Mr. TAYLOR then inquired what proportion of the
shares had been paid upon ?
The CHAIRMAN said about one-half.
Mr. SMITH wished to know whether the Chairman
had no stareMezt4
accounts to make to them.

The CHAIRMAN said that there were certain reasons
why the report that had been prepared should not be
read that day. The circumstances were such, that the
laying any statement before them would be imprudent.
Mr. FORREST said that it was very strange that they
should be called to receive a report of the state of affairs
of the Company, and when they did come they were to
hear nothing at all.
The CHAIRMAN said that the report had been pre-
pared, but certain reasons were in existence why it
should not be read. It would be ready in a week or
two. The Committee had all subscribed, and were all
in the iame boat with the shareholders. _

That Messrs. Bischoff and Coxe be requested to undertake the
conduct of such proceedings, and the following gentlemen do form a
Committee for the general direction and conduct of the business
generally, viz.:—

P. S. COXE, Esq., Chairman.
Mr. CHARLES ROBEY,
Mr. WILLIAM STONE,
Mr. RICHARD BARNARD,
Mr. THOMAS DEAaLove,
MR. THOMAS GOODWIN. •
That all cheques be signed by the Secretary and two of the
Committee of Management, and countersigned by the Chairman.
That all other landowners and occupiers on the line, who may
dissent from the proposed measure, be communicated with, and
requested to join and co-operate in tke proposed opposition, and to
forward their subscriptions accordingly as soon as possible.
That Mr. J. H. Ansell be appointed Secretary.

Mr. FORREST—Have you done anything at all ?
The CHAIRMAN said that there was a negotiation with
another line then in progress.
Mr. TAYLOR said that the shareholders ought to have
been desired not to come, by the insertion of an adver-
tisement, if nothing could be done.
Mr. H. ARROWSMITH (one of the Committee) said
that the board appeared before the shareholders with
much pleasure, as all was to be fairly transacted. There
were certain clauses in their deed, and the question was,
whether those clauses should be acted upon this session.
Mr. KEMP said that there were gentlemen in the room
who would make their proceedings public, and he wished
that those gentlemen should not leave without taking
with them some explanation of what had occurred. The
only explanation that had vet been given was, that the
Company had been formed with the view of amalgama-
tion with other lines, and a portion of their shares had
been reserved as an inducement, so that they were
formed Kith the view of giving to other persons the
fruits of their money and labour. The gentleman who
offered this explanation certainly intended to give it as a
reason that the Company was formed for the purpose of
giving a direct line of traffic from the Greenwich Railway
to the West-end, but to do that it would be necessary to
get the consent of several other companies. They had
met that day expecting a statement of affairs, and
nothing had been said except that it was their intention
to amalgamate with another good company, so as to
benefit themselves, and unless such a thing could be ac-
complished, it would be of no use to go on at all. He
did not wish :o tamper with the proceedings of the Com-
pany, but he certainly thought that an adjournment,
until some more tangible information could be obtained,
vi as necessary, as it would be unwise to spend any more
money until such information was given.
Mr. ARROWSMITH said that, in his opinion, no blame
could be attached to any of the officers of the line, as
they had amply proved their capacities on a previous
line of railway.
Mr. KEMP wished to put a motion—'
ing do adjourn."
Mr. PENRY said that it was only half an hour before
the meeting was to have taken place that a communica-
tion was received which rendered it necessary that no
report should be read. The solicitor had been consulted,
and his advice was, that no report should be read, but
that the meeting should take place, as the closing of
their doors on such an occasion would have a very bad
appearance.
I'kt assistant to the solicitor to the line expressed
his concurrence to this statement.

That this meeting feels called upon to notice, in strong terms,
the use made of the names of several respectable individuals, who
were placed on the list of the Provisional Committee, without pre-
vious consent being obtained, or their knowledge of the matter.

That these resolutions be printed in some of the leading journals
and local papers, for the information of all concerned.
That the thanks of this meeting be presented to P. S. Come, Esq.,
for his kind interest in this undertaking, and for his impartial con•
duct in the chair.
Subscriptions immediately entered into-1051. collected.

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MANCHESTER AND BIRMINGHAM.

MANCHESTER, MONDAY, HALF-PAST FOUR.—This
day, at noon, a special general meeting of the proprietors
of the .Manchester and Birmingham Railway was held at
the effies of the Company at the station in London-road,
for the purpose of considering the propriety, and if so
determined, of authorising the Manchester and Birming-
ham Railway Company to subscribe towards or pur-
'chase shares in the following railways or undertakings,
or some one of them ; that is to say, the Manchester,
Buxton, Matlock, and Midlands Railway—the Shrop-
shire Union Railway and Canal Company—th 3 Man-
chester and Hyde Railway ; and also for the purpose of
obtaining or refusing the authority or sanction of the
said proprietors to the Directors proceeding to obtain
an Act or Acts of Parliament, in the next or some subse-
quent session of Parliament, for power to construct the
certain branch railways in connexion with the Manches-
ter and Birmingham Railway, for which plans and sec-
tions have already been deposited, pursuant to the stand-
ing orders ; and also for obtaining or withholding the
approbation and sanction of the proprietors to the Direc-
tors opposing any other railways projected, which may
in their judgment or otherwise be considered prejudicial
to this Company ; and for effecting any arrangement
with other companies for the purpose of such opposition,
or which may appear likely to promote the interests of
this Company.
Mr. J. I'. WEsTutun, Chairman of the Board of Di-
rectors, took the chair, and opened the business of the
meeting by calling upon the law clerk to read the notice
convening the meeting.
The CHAIRMAN then said, that a; regarded the pro—
jects adverted to in the notice convening the meeting, he
would offer a few observations. Some time back this
Company was waited upon by parties connected with the
neighbourhood of Hyde and Denton, who complained that
they had not adequate accommodation in that district;
and it was suggested that more complete accommodation
might be afforded by a branch from the Manchester and
Birmingham line at Longsight, the line to branch off
in that direction. The Directors were informed that
such a project would not interfere with any existing in-
terest, and they agreed to take an interest to the ex-
tent of 75,0001. in the line, the estimated cost of which
was 150,0001. Two of the Directors had inquired into
the amount of traffic likely to be derived upon that
branch, and they had recommended the London and
Birmingham Company to give their sanction to the
project. The next subject they had met to consider was
their connexion with the Shropshire Union Company.
At the last half-yearly meeting it was stated that there
were several projects afloat on the other side of the
Grand Junction line. There were the Ellesmere and
Chester Canal, the Shropshire Canal Company, and
Birkenhead and Shropshire, the Trent Valley Junction,
the Shrewsbury and Worcester, and Worcester and
Crewe, all of which it was proposed to consolidate into
one company, and this Company was to take an interest
to the extent of 200,0001., subject to the sanction of the
proprietors. These Companies were to be proposed to
be included in one company, to be called the Shropshire
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much regretted by the promoters of the Shropshire
lines ; but, consid • ering that they had deposited the
greaterpart of
their plans in a satisfactory manner, it
had been determined to go on with their application for
one part of their scheme, and try for the remainder in
the next year. The line between Worcester and
Shrewsbury, with the other projects which were re-
commended by the Directors, would reqnire an outlay
from this Company of 200,0001. The London and Bir-
mingham Board had sanctioned the proceeding. There
was next the Buxton, Matlock, and Midlands Com-
pany, which was also referred to at the last half-
yearly meeting, and in which it was proposed
by the Directors to take an interest to the
extent of 190,000/. At the time of their last half-
yearly meeting, the arrangement between this Company
and the London and Birmingham was concluded, but no
arrangement had been at that time come to between the
latter Company and the Grand Junction. Since that
time, an arrangement of an highly satisfactory character
had been come to, and the Directors thought that the
sanction of the meeting should be given to a Bill which
would incorporate them not only with the London and
Birmingham, but with the Grand Junction.—(Cheers.)
A Bill would be submitted to them for approval, in
accordance with the standing orders of Parliament.
These were the substance of the resolutions which he
would submit to the meeting. The amount which this Com-
pany would have to subscribe, would be for the Buxton,
Matlock, and Midlands, 190,000/.; the Shropshire Union,
200,000/. ; and the Manchester and Hyde, 75,0001.
Amongst the improvements of their own line, the
Directors recommended a diversion from Adswood to
Poynton, another from the line near Maeclesfield to
Bollington, an extension from Wilmslow to Prestbury,
and a branch from Wilmslow to Northwich and the
Grand Junction Railway. The Chairman then alluded
to the necessity which existed for the construction of the
above-named lines, so as to make their line as perfect as
possible. If the line from Wilmslow to Northwich were
made, the traffic in coals would be great. At preser.t great

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A NOBLE CELEBRATION OF CHRISTMAS.—At mid-
night, on Christmas-eve, in Berlin, all the licensed
houses of ill-fame were closed for ever, by order of the
authorities. Whatever debts had been incurred by the
unfortunate women towards the proprietors of these es-
tablishments, were discharged, and they were afterwards
dispatched to their relations in the country. Surely such
stringent but admirable measures are not undeserving of
imitation !
EXCISE CAsE.—A case of considerable importance
came on for hearing before the county magistrates at
Rochester, at the instance of the supervisor of Excise
for the Rochester division. The information was laid
under the 56th Geo. 111., chap. 58, sec. 2, which subjects
the party on conviction to a penalty of 2001. Robert
Batten, supervisor of Excise, stated that, on the 27th of
November, accompanied by George Varley, an officer of
Excise, he visited the house of John White, the defendant,
a retailer of beer on the Brook at Chatham. They found
on the stairs a can, containing about six quarts of a mix-
ture composed of sugar and salt, which they seized, being
a forbidden article, but sometimes used Tor adulteration, as
a substitute for malt and hops. The defendant, in reply
to the charge, stated that he was petisimed off and in-
valided borne from her Majesty's ship Castor, then in
China, about 18 months ago, in consequence of a com-
plaint under which he then and has ever since laboured,
and that the mixture in question was only a part of a
preparation from a prescription given him in China, and
which he had been in the habit of taking daily for his
complaint. A witness who resided in his house deposed
to the truth of th,t statement. The defendant also pro-
duced a certificate from a medical man in the neighbour-
hood, to the effect that he was in the habit of using this
composition for the relief of his complaint. The de-
fendant was convicted in the mitigated penalty of 501.
LORD MORPET/I.—We have the pleasure to state
that this Noble Lord has given his honoured name to a
document prepared by the Peace Society, recommending
addresses from merchants and other classes in this coun-
try to similar classes in the United States, in favour of
perpetual amity, and the reference of all points of mis-
understanding to the arbitration of disinterested parties.
—Leeds Mercury.