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EXCISE OFFICE, OLD BROAD-STREET,
LONDON, SEPT. 14, 1846.
For Sale, by order of the Honourable the Commissioners' of her
Majesty's Excise Revenue, in a spacious room at the Chief Office,
Old Broad-street, on THURSDAY, 24th, and FRIDAY, 25th of September,
1846, at One o'olock in the afternoon of each day (precisely), the fol-
lowing goods, in Lots, suited to various purchasers :—About 1,0981b5.
of nitre and sulphuric acids, 104 gallons of spirits of naptha, 400
gallons of Irish illicit whisky, 400 gallons of strong plain spirits, 170
gallons of spirits of wine, 119 bottles of patent medicine, 4,6101b5..
of molasses ; an excellent steam-boiler, of high pressure (about six
horse power) ; iron tank, three earthern chemical stills (about 60
gallons each) as fixed in a strong deal case to be heated by steam ;
8 large deal wash backs, iron bolted, 3 serviceable carts and harness,
and a ship's boat : also foreign biandy, rum, Scotch whisky, medi-
cated spirits, gin, compounds, British wine, Scotch ale, oatmeal,
paper, button-board, soap, scales and weights, old copper, 3 copper
pumps, brass cocks, lead-pipe and old lead, stone pitchers, jars, a
large vat, a quantity of old tubs and staves, and various utensils,
&c. &c.

Samples of the spirits, paper, &c., and the utensils, to be seen at
the warehouse, Old Broad-street, three days preceding sale, from Ten
till Two o'clock, and on the mornings of sale from Ten till. Twelve
o'clock, when Catalogues may be had at Sixpence each.

GUARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSUR-
ANCE COMPANY.
Igo. 11, LOMBARD-STREET, at the Entrance of the Old Post

office, London.
DIRECTORS.
JOHN LABOUCHERE, Esq., Chairman.
JOHN DIXON, Esq., Deputy-Chairman.
Henry Hulse Berens, Esq. George Lyall, Esq., M.P.
Francis Hart Dyke, Esq. . Stewart Marjoribanks, Esq., M.P.
Sir Walter R. Farquhar, Bart. John Martin, Esq., M.P.
Thomson Hankey,jun., Esq. Rowland Mitchell, Esq.
John Harvey, Esq. Robert Mitford, Esq.
ahn Gellibrand Hubbard, Esq. James Morris, Esq.
George Johnstone, Esq. Henry R. Reynolds, jun., Esq.
John Loch, Esq. John Thornton, Esq.
Lewis Loyd, jun., Esq. James Tulloch, Esq.

AUDI'

A. W. Robarts, Esq

[TORS.
Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq.

Samuel Jones Loyd, Esq.
ACTUARY—Griffith
In the LIFE DEPARTMENT,

Henry Norman, Esq.
lavies, Esq., F.R.S.
a Bonus was declared in June

1829, exceeding one per cent. per annum on the sums insured, on an
average of the different Ages ; and two subsequent divisions of nearly
equal amounts were made up to Christmas 1835 and Christmas 1842.
On an average of the three divisions the Reversionary Bonuses added
to the several Policies at the end of every seven years amounted to
about 27 per cent. on the total premiums paid thereon during those
seven years, and the whole amount of Bonuses allotted at the three
Septennial divisions exceeded 530,0001.
Loans granted on Life Policies to the extent of their values, pro-
vided such. Policies shall have been effected a sufficient time to have
attained in each case a value not under SQI.
In the FIRE DEPARTMENT, a Return of profit was declared
on the 4th of June, upon the premiums received on all Policies
which had been in force seven years at Christmas 1844, and the same
is now in course of payment daily (Friday and Saturday excepted),
between the hems of ten and three o'clock, at the Head Office; and
also by'the Agents in the Country Districts.
Notice is hereby given, that assurances which expire at Michael-
mas Day must be renewed within fifteen days at this Office, or
with Mr. Sams, 1, St. James's-street, corner of Pall-mall; or with
the Company's agents throughout the kingdom, otherwise they
become void.

GEORGE KEYS, Seeretary

PUBLICATIONS.

NEW MUSICAL PERIODICAL.

On the First of October will be published, price6d., printed from En-

graved Plates, on paper of the usual Music size, No. I, of
THE MUSIC BOOK, a Weekly Periodical of
ORIGINAL MIISI 1 by the most Eminent Composers, com-
prising Mrs. a Beckett, Balfe, Benedict, Alex. Lee, E. Lodar, F. G.
Reed, J. H. Tully, V. Wallace, &c. &c.
No. I. will contain " SING, MAIDEN, SING," the words (by
permission) by Barry Cornwall, the mimic by Balfe.
London : publlshed at the Office of The Music Book, St. Bride's
Avenue, Fleet-street, and sold by all Booksellers and Newsmen ; of
whom, and at the office, Prospectuses may be had.

PRICE EIGHTPENCE-HALFPENNY.
THE PE OP.LE'S JOURNAL.
Part VIII., (or SEPTEMBER, contains :

ENGRAVINGS

Haydon's Dentatns.
r Joshua Reynold's Infant Hercules.
Portrait of Father Mathew, with Memoir, by William Howitt.
Scott Memorial, Edinburgh.
Faust and Margaret, by Scheffer.
ORIGINAL PAPERS.
Harriet Martineau's Survey from the Mountain, Lake arid Moun-
tain Holydays, and Household Education.
The Kafirs of the Cape of Good Hope, by G. C-Munto.
Story of a Penny, by Mary Leman Gillies.
William Howitt on Flogging ; on Grey, the Author of the Railway
System ; and the Robber Band at Tusculum.
Mademoiselle Rachel, by Angus B. Reach.
The Birmingham Athenic Institute.
Life in New South Wales.
Ragged Schools of Liverpool.
Life of a Sailor, by Franklin Fox.
muol„—rare. singing, oy n, r.
Democracy in Europe, by J. Mazzini ; No. 1.
Poems, Tales, Essays, &c., by H. F. Chorley, R. H. Horne, Richard
Howitt, Mary Howitt, Thomas Campion, Caroline A. White, &c.
In preparation, Portraits of and Papers ou Lloyd, Garrison, Chart,.
Knight, W. C. Macready, W. J. Fox, &c.
London : People's Journal Mace, 69, Fleet-street. Sold by all
Booksellers and Newsmen.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
MANCHESTER, SEPTEMBER 17.
STOCK ExcultsoE.-The sales are-Birmingham and Dudley, 2 p.
-Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham, 11 s. c. dis.-Chester and
Birkenhead, 201. Shares, % p.-Eastern Counties, York Extension,
1 9-16 p.-East Lancashire (late Blackburn and Preston), 8% p.-
Huddersfield, Halifax, and Bradford, 2% p.-Huddersfield and Man-
chester Railway and Canal 1% p..-Huddersfield and Sheffield
Junction, 6 p.-Lancashire and North Yorkshire, 34 dis.-Leeds and
Thirsk, 4 dis.-Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester, 2% p.-Leicester
and Bedford, % dis.-London, Manchester, and Birmingham, Quar-
ters (A), 734 p.-Ditto, ditto (Li), p.-Ditto, ditto (C), 7% P.-
London and York, % dis.-Manchester and Leeds Extension, 1% p.
- Manchester and Southampton, 17s. dis.-North Eastern, 265. c.
dis.-Oldham Districts, % c. p.-Oldham, Birkenhead, &c., 9-111 elis.
-Sheffield and Manchester, Quarters, No. 3, par-Shropshire Union
Railway and Canal, 7-16 die.-South-Eastern and Dover, Halves,
No. 4, 9.16 c. p.-Trent Valley, Midlands, &c., % p..-West Riding
Union, 2 5-16 p.-Whitehaven and Furness, 3 dis.
LEEDS, SEPTEMBER 17.
STOCK EXCIIANGE.-The sales are-East Lancashire, 8% p.-Hud-
dersfield and Manchester, 1% c. p.-Huddersfield and Sheffield, p.
-Leeds and Bradford, 44% p.-Leeds and Dewsbury, 2 p.-Ditto,
Branches, 20s. p.-Leeds and Thirsk, 4% 'dis.-Ditto, New, 3 die.-
North British, Carlisle Branch, 565. 6d. p.-Ambergate, Nottingham,
and Boston, 12s. 6d. dis.-Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham,'l is. dis.
-Clitheroe Junction, 18s. 6d. dis.-Direct Northern, 16s. dis.-East
and West Yorkshire, 1% dLs.-Grand Union, 15s. dis. s.-Liverpool,
Ormskirk, and Preston, 31. 19s. p.-Malton and Driffleld Junction,
12s. s. p.-Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 255. p.-
North Western, 3s. 6d. s. p.-Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole, 10s.
dis. s. -Shropshire Union, ss. dis.-West Riding Union, 4%.
• HULL, SEPTEMBER 17.
STOCK ExcnatmE.-The sales are-North British, Carlisle, 81s.
-Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, 375. 6d.-Bqckinghamshire,
10s. dis.-Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding, 9s. 6d.-North
Western, 245.-North Staffordshire, 3% p.-Shropshire Union, % die.
-West Riding Union, 41.8x.-Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland, 295.-
Leicester and Bedford. 12s.
NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, SEPTEMBER 17.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Caledonian, Extension, 18s.
6d. dis.--Ipswich and Bury Extension, 15s. dis.-Lancashire and
North Yorkshire, % dis.-Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle
Junction, % dis.-Manchester and Leeds Extension, 2 p.
YORK, SEPTEMBER 17.
STOCK ExcKANGE.-The sales are -Grand Union (Nottingham and
Lynn), %-London and York, 21. ls.-Malton and Driffield Junction,
21. 14s. 6d.-North British, Half Shares, 16-Ditto, Carlisle Exten-
sion, 4-North Western, 1% scrip-West Riding Union, 41. Bs.-York
and Newcastle, New, 101. 16s. 3d. scrip-York and North Midland
(East and West Riding Extension), 12% scrip.
EDINBURGH, SEPTEMBER 16.
STOCK Excamsom.-The sales are -Airdrie and Bathgate, 855.-
Caledonian, New, 325.-Direct Northern, 345.-Dundee and Perth,
253(-East Indian Railway, 14s. 9d.-East of Fife, 205.-Edinburgh
and Glasgow, 70-Ditto, Quarters, 17%-Edinburgh and Northern,
Newport, 495.-Great North of Scotland, 14s. 6d.-London and York,
425. 6d.-North British, Extension to Carlisle, 825.-Ditto, Fifths,
7 4 7-Scottish Central, 19 % -Scottish Central and Caledonian Junc-
tion, 335.-Scottish Grand Junction, 12s.
GLASGOW, SEPTEMBER 16.
STocx Excrismax.-The sales are-Caledonian, New, 325.-Cale-
donian and Dumbartonshire Extension, 235. 9d.-Cornwall and
Devon Central, 275. 6d.-East Indian Railway, I4s. 9d.-Glasgow
General Terminus, 91.-Glasgow and Belfast Union, 495. 6d.-Glas-
gow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, Halves, 51. 173. p.- Glasgow, Kilmar-
nock, and Ardrossan, 28s. 9d.-Glasgow, Airdrie, and Monkland
Junction, 405.-Glasgow Harbour Grand Junction, 17s. 6d.-Great
North of India, ss. 3d.-Lanark and Lothians, 455.-London and
York, 435.-Manchester and Southampton, 235.-Scottish Grand
Junction, 12s. 6d.-South Midland, 545.-Stirling and Dunfermline,
205.-Strathem Junction, 425. 6d.

THE AFGHAN TRIBES.—The state of society in
Afghanistan is now, and seems from time immemorial
to have been, entirly different from that which prevails
in other countries of Asia. In name, the government
is monarchical ; but the authority of the monarch, ex-
cept in the great towns and throughout the districts im-
mediately dependent upon them, extends no farther
over his subjects than the authority of the first Jamese3
extended in Scotland over the clans which occupied the
most inaccessible of the Highland districts. Indeed,
the Afghans bear, in this respect, a striking resemblance
to the Celtic portions of the population both of Scotland
and of Ireland, that they are divided into tribes, clans,
and septs, which pay little or no obedience, in the inter-
nal management of their affairs, to any power except
that of custom and of their chiefs. To be sure, there is
a point in the spirit of clanship in Afghanistan which
acts differently, and on principle too, from its manner of
operation either in Scotland or in Ireland. In the latter
countries, the head of the tribe used to demand and ob-
tain the fealty of his clansmen to his person ; in the
former this fealty is paid more to the community than
to the chief ; and hence it comes to pass that there is
much more of individual independence of character
among the Afghans than seems to have prevailed among
the ancestors of the M`Neils or the O'Connors ; for
though there aro instances in the history of the Celtic
clans of the setting aside by his people of one chief, and
the appointment, on the same authority, of another, the
proceeding was not only rare in itself, but seems never
to have been resorted to except in the last emergency ;
whereas in Afghanistan the practice is of constant oc-
currence, as often as by the representatives of the prin-
ciPal families the chief is held to be incompetent, or is
found guilty of having transgressed those unwritten
laws which are understood by all, and by all reverenced
and obeyed from one generation to another.—Sale's
Brigade in Afghanistan.
KILMARNOCK—THE HARVEST.—The weather for
some weeks has been uncommonly fine and favourable
for the completion of the harvest. The fields are ge-
nerally clearned, and the produce of them ' bulky ; th-e
yield, so far as it has been tried, is not in proportion
Some of the new crop has been brought to market, and is
selling at Is. 3d. per peck of 7 lbs.—Ayr Observer. -
OSTEND, SEPT. 13.—Prince Louis Napoleon landed on
Saturday, on his way from London, and put up at the
Hotel des Baines, where he is to wait till he receives the
' necessary permission to go to Florence, to receive the
fortune left by his father.