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• PENCER'S CHINESE LIQUID HAIR DYE.
2 3 I 1,3 The thousands of individuals who for upwards of twenty
3 4 years have used this celebrated liquid, pronounce it to be the only
article extant which effectually changes, in a few minutes, red or
grey hair, whiskers, moustaches, &c., to a dark brown or black,
without trouble (by simply combing it through the hair), and pro-
duces by one application a pleasing and permanent change; and it
can be incontestibly proved, that while many dyes tend to destroy
the hair by their pernicious properties and dangerous process of ap-
plication, that this article promotes the growth of hair, nourishing
the roots till the latest period of life. Price 3s. 6d., 65., and 10s.
per bottle.
To be had of the Proprietors, 29, Nottingham-place, Fleldgate-
street, Whiteshapel-road, London; also of Mr. Johnstone, 68, Corn-
hill Butler, 4, Cheapside ; Prout, 229, Strand ; Sanger, 150, Oxford-
street; Barclay, Farringden-street ; Atkinson, 24, Old Bond-
street; Hooper, 43, King William-street, London-bridge; Finniain,
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COMMERCIAL HOUSE MARINE 'VIEW
HOTEL, GRAND PARADE, PORTSMOUTH.
J. BURGESS, in returning his sincere thanks to his Friends and
Visitors to Portsmouth, for their support since taking the above
Hotel, begs to inform Commercial Gentlemen that at the solicitation
of many, he has appropriated a commodlous Sitting-room and Sets of
Apartments for their use.

The House commands a view of the Isle of Wight, Spithead, St.
Helen's, &c., and is close to the Victoria Pier.
J. B. flatters himself his Table, Wines, &c., win be found wortby
of support. _

N.B. Good Stabling.

DROITWICH PATENT SALT COMPANY.
The Proprietors of the Droitwich Patent Salt Company are
hereby informed that a Special General Meeting will be held at the
King's Head Tavern, Poultry, London, on Ist December next, at
Two o'clock.

called en me this after-
FREEDOM FROM COUGHS •IN TEN MINUTES IS
INSURED BY
DR. LOCOCK'S PULbIONIC WAFERS.
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,i—r.AJagmenestleFmroannd:achcleemrgisytm, Dorchester,
called
March 4, 1847.
noon, and expressed himself watt much pleasure on the decided be-
nefit his sister had received. She had been for some years the sub-
ject of a mest distressing cough. The remedies usually employed by
the profession had not succeeded' in affording relief; but on trying
Dr. Locock's Wafers benefit, was almost instantly derived, and by a
little steady perseverance, the cough, which was before distressingly
troublesome, is now perfectly cured.

By order of the Directors,

W. CLAY.

PHE ROYAL POLYTECHNIC
_ INSTITUTION, REGENT-STREET.

A Lecture on •Sanitary Measures coanected with the Progress of
Cholera and ether Epidemics, by Dr. Ryan, daily, at Half-past
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•'clock.—Als• on the Manufacture of Gutta Percha, by Dr. Bach-
hoffner,' Mornings and alternate Eveaings.—An entirely new Phan-
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—Tbe Chromatrepe, with New Effects.—The Microscope at One
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Open daily from Eleven to Five , and in the Evenings (including
Saturday) from Seven till Half-past Tea.
Admission, ls.—Sch•ols, Waif-price.—The New Catalogue, Is.

"JAMES FROUD

Price Is. I d., 2s. 9d., and Ils. per box. Agents :Da Silva and
Co., 1, Bride-lane, Fleet street, London. Sold by all medicine
Tenders.

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that no question can be raised of its importance to every householder
in the kingdom. From among numerous testimonials, the following
is respectfully submitted : sesusc,cessi n
everyead:er:
are so obvious to all,
of temporary sickness
occurring
" To Mr. Thomas Pront, 229, Strand, London.
"No. 5, David-street, Regent-road, Manchester, March 12,1842.
"Sir,—l have much satisfaction in communicating to you the re-
sult of my experience after repeated trials of Framptou's PM of
Health ; and I feel it but justice to state, that in the coarse of many
years' trial of various Aperient Medicines, I have never found results
at once so salutary and efficient in the relief of the system from
redundant bile, &c., &c., with so little inconvenience ; I am there-
fore warranted in declaring that they supply to isle a means loni,
wanting of being able to recommend to families, Schools, and espe-
cially mercantile men, whether at the desk or on the road, a most
valuable resource in an occasional medicine. And I shall take credit

RACING OFFICE, 301, STRAND.
The Distribution for the LIVERPOOL GREAT AUTUMN
STEEPLE-CHASE will take place at the Strand Theatre, en the
16th and lith of November.
For Prospectuses and Lists, apply to Mr. Joseph Darcy, Secretary,
to whom Post-ortice Orders are to be made payable at the Strand
Post-office.

rIIIHREE-HUNDRED-AND-ONE, STRAND.
11 The Managers sf 301, Strand, beg to announce to the racing
public that they are about forming a BANKING ESTABLISH-
MENT, to be called the Racing Joint Stock Banking Company,
which, amongst ether advantages, will afford facilities of discount to
members of the Turf, as also for the deposit of stakes for races,
steeple-chases, &c., &c. An influential rid monied Directory will
be published shortly.

to myself if, in giving this testimony, I am the means of making
Frampton's Pills more generally known and appreciated.--I am,
Sir, respectfully yours, WILLIAM SMITH."
The unprecedented sale of these Pills, arising from the earnest
recommendations of the many thousands who have derfted benefit
from their use, render any lengthened comment unnecessary. They
are not put forth as a cure for all diseases to which mankind is
liable, but fbr Bilious and Liver Complaints, with their many well.
known attendants, Bilious and Sick Headache, Pain and Oppression
after meals, Giddiness, Dizziness, Singing Noise in the Head and
Ears, Drowsiness, Heartburn, Loss of Appetite, Wind, Spasms, &c.
Two or three doses will convince the afflicted of their salutary
effects. The' stomach will speedily regain its Strength; a healthy
action of the Liver, Bowels and Kidneys will rapidly take place ;
and instead of listlessness, heat, pains, and jaundiced appearance,
strength, activity, and renewed health, extending to -good aid lege,
will be the result of taking this medicine, according to the directiOns
accompanying each box.

CANDLE LAMPS.-By ROYAL LETTERS
PATENT.—Every improvement possible is new secured. A
doable chain spring. A detached cup to receive the overflow. Po-
lity of light, caused by the intimate connexion or oxygen with the
point of ignition ; thus nothing is left undone. The designs are chaste
or gorgeous. All tastes can be suited. English opal, or cut and
gilded Bohemian glass lamps, and papier macbe pillars richly era-
blazoned, to be had at all prices. The best and cheapest stock to
select from is at the Establishment of the METROPOLITAN LIGHT
COMPANY, RICHARD CLARK, Resident Manner, 447, West
Strand, corner of Adelaide-street.

OUGE RE'S CELEBRATED OVERCOATS.
AL. "Mr. Fougere, of 6,Conduit-street, Tailor to his Royal Highness
Prince Albert, and thesuccessfnl patentee of the celebrated WELLING-
TON SIIIITOUT(BOR worn by almost every nobleman awl gentleman In
the kingdom, and suitable for every season of the year), has again
provided for the comfort of the public, having just introduced an-
ther new coat for winter, called 'the ROYAL SIBERIAN OVEACO4T.'
which although perfectly porous, will resist twenty-four hours' in-
cessant rain, and while as light as a cork, is warm, pliant, and com-
fortable as fur. Although richly trimmed, so as to he suitable to
first-class wearers, the price is only Fifty Shillings. We heartily wish
Mr. Fougere the success which his ingenuity and enterprise merit."
—Morning Chronicle.

Sold. by T. Prout, 229, Strand, London. Price Is. I% el. and 2s. 9d.
per box; and by the Vendors of Medicines generally throughout the
kingdom.

Ask for FltAll.ll.TO2fli PILL Of, irmAurn, and observe the
mane and ;address of " Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London,•• on the
Government Stamp.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

COMMAND OF THE INDIAN NAVY.—The vacant Com-
modore superintendentship of the Indian navy was yes-
terday conferred, by a majority of one, on Captain
Stephen Lushington, now in command of the Vengeance,
84, in the Mediterranean. The two candidates for this
appointment—namely, Captain Sir Henry Leeke, K.H.
(1826), and Captain Lushington (1829), had each eleven
votes, but the casting vote of the chairman decided the
election in favour of his relative, the latter gallant officer.
Captain the Earl of Hardwicke will now proceed to the
Mediterranean, and succeed Captain Lushington in the
command of the Vengeance.
PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 15.--SIR CHARLES NAPIER'S
SQUADRON.—The St. Vincent, 120, Captain Dacres,
flag of Rear-Admiral Sir Charles Napier, K.C.8., is
ready to sail from Spithead.
The Prince Regent, 92, Captain Martin, completed
somo days since her exchange of armament, and is also
ready at Spithead.
The Powerful, 84, Captain the Hon. R. S. Dundas
C. 8., is not yet complete in her complement. It is said
she wants 50 or thereabouts to make up 750.
The Orestes, 14, Commander S. 11.
lHawker,. is pro-
greasing rapidly towards readiness for sea.t expected
she will be ready for a cruise on Monday. She was re-
moved from the jetty to her hulk yesterday.
The Stromboli steam-sloop, Commander Lord Arne-
hue Beauclerk, will be ready to go
,to Spithead to-
morrow. She was removed from the
aasin to her hulk
yesterday.
The Reynard, 12, steam-schooner, Commander Cra-
croft, is re-rigged, and will be refitted by Saturday. She
is chiefly waiting for the fitting-up of her new cooking
galley.
steam-schooner, r Commander Nol-
The Plumper, 12, steam
loth, is getting on very well with her fittings; but her
mtarended her prog not havingres all She
arriverwl
auntil to-day necessarily re-
without entering
any,men herself, her complement having
for her from the flag-ships before the pennant
been draughted
pnant The Rifleman and Sharpshooter, the former
was up.
was
of wood
and 100 horse power, and the latter of iron and 200 horse
power, aro ordered to be tried in an experimental
on Saturday,: under the command of cruise
Captain
C. 8., after which, it is believed, they will jointheAanbsotinve,
squadron.
The above are all the ships and vessels fitting at this
port professedly to form members of Sir Charles Napier's
new squadron, and the day of sailing is officially an-
nounced to be the 20th, Monday next, by which time it
is 'expected other vessels, fitting at the eastward and
westward, will be ready to join.
The royal screw-yacht Fairy was undocked to-day,
after sundry little matters connected with her machinery
and under-water pipes had been adjusted and the com-
position
on her bottom retouched. By the way, this
retouching seems very frequent with the Fairy—either
the composition is worthless or the application very im-
perfect. There is something manifestly unfair in this
treatment, too, as the redlead, which is pitted against
the composition, is never retouched in a similar way on
vessels paid over with it being docked or hauled up...—
Times .
Tho Echo steam-tug was docked in the Fairy's place,
to be repaired.
The Pembroke, 72, was undoeked yesterday, having
been repaired as an advanced ship.
The Hermes, steam-vessel, under command of Mr.
Martin, of the Confiance, arrived from Plymouth this
morning with supernumeraries for the ships fitting at
this port. She was on her way to the eastward, to be
returned to her former state of ordinary in reserve, the
master, and crew being to be transferred on her ar-
rival' to their proper vessel, the Confiance, with which
they are to return to Plymouth. She sailed for Wool-
wich the same evening.
A new invention, by retired Captain Sir Samuel
Brown, K.H., patentee of the chain cables and numerous
other improvements in iron work, was exhibited yester-
day in the dockyard by the inventor, to the Hon. Sir
Bladen Capel,K.C.B., Commander-in-Chief, the Admiral.
Superintendent, and several other 'naval and scientific
gentlemen. It is a compass in a glass box, sustained by
a small pillar with telescopic slides, by which it can be
elevated or lowered to any desired height. It is designed
to obviate the local attraction of the ships. The card is
transparent, and the whole apparatus will supersede the
use of a binnacle. There is a mirror attached to it on
which the helmsman will bo able to see the reflection of
the compass-card. A lamp will be placed over it at night.
The whole is a most ingenious contrivance, and if success-
ful, will effect a great desideratum for the nautical world.
Wind north, light breezes, and hazy weather.
PLYMOUTH, Nov. 14.—Her Majesty's steam-vessel
Zephyr, Lieutenant-Commander Andrew R. Dunlop,
came into Hamoaze, from Waterford, on Sunday, and
the next day sailed for Woolwich, to he paid off.
Her Majesty's steam-sloop Hermes, 6, arrived on
Sunday from Pendennis Castle.
Her Majesty's steamer Medina came in this morning
from Portsmouth, bound for Malta.
Yesterday, on board her Majesty's gunnery ship, Hot-
spur, in Hamoaze, a fatal accident occurred to Coleman.
an able seaman, about 50 years of age, employed as
ship-keeper in that vessel. When in the act of shifting
the main hatchway gratings he overbalanced himself and
fell into the hold, a height of about 20 feet. He was
immediately conveyed to the surgery in the dockyard,
where he shortly afterwards expired from the injuries
received

Every Genuine Coat is Stamped
JAMES FOUGERE, 6, Conduit-street, Regent-street, and
Bucklersbury, Cheapside, London.
Country Agents Wanted.

RAIL WAY INTELLIGENCE.
LIVERPOOL, MANCHESTER, AND NE WC ASTLE
JUNCTION.
Yesterday the adjourned half-yearly meeting and
the adjourned extraordinary general meeting of the
shareholders of this Company were held respectively
at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street—George
Leeman, Esq. (chairman of the Board of directors),
presiding. The adjourned half-yearly meeting was
Jrst proceeded with, and in introducing the business,
The Ciaarnmeis explained that some delay had
arisen in effecting the transfer of stock necessary to
be made in order to carry out the resolution of the
24th October last, for the distribution of 10s. per
share. That sum had, however, now been divided
amongst two-thirds of the total number of share-
holders, and the remaining third could obtain their
quota as soon as they chose to apply for it. He had
also to report that the 15,000 Z. Ivan to the Lancashire
and Yorkshire Company, which at the previous meet-
ing was stated to be immediately returnable to this
Company, was not, in fact, so payable, and could not
be made available to the purposes of a distribution
until three months' notice bad first been given that
its repayment was required by this company.
The new directors had, on discovering this mis-
take, given the requisite notice without delay. They
had also found various agreements in existence between
this company and different landowners ; and since the
last meeting they had likewise received several notices
from such landowners, insisting on their right to call
upon that company to fulfil certain of its engagements.
Since these notifications had come to hand the
directors had been using their beat endeavours to
accomplish the most advantageous arrangements they
possibly could in behalf of the company, and there
was every prospect of their successfully doing so in
nearly all cases, only they would require in the first
instance to be empowered by the present meeting to
take the proper steps for settling with the landowners.
The directors also found the company to be bound
by an agreement with the Lancashire and Yorkshire
Company, to contribute one-half of the outlay neces-
sary for constructing three-quarters of a mile of rail-
way called the Burnley link, and the Lancashire and
Yorkshire Company declined at present to relieve them
from their engagements with regard to this line ; but
he hoped they would be induced to reconsider their de-
cision, and that this company would eventually have to
contend against no difficulty whatever on this score. In
order. to enable the directors to adjust this matter, the
meeting would also be called upon to invest them with
power to negotiate. Several other engagements had
also been entered into by this company, under Acts
of Parliament, with the Northern Counties Union
Railway, one of which was to construct a piece of
line, twelve miles in extent, called the Beadle branch
of the York and Newcastle Railway. Now, this was
an obstacle in the way of this company winding up
its affairs ; still they were not liable to be called upon
to fulfil this contract until the Northern Counties
Union had commenced its own operations ; and of
this there was very little probability, because he had
observed notices (whether issued by the directors of
that company or not, he could not say) already adver-
tised, of an intended application to Parliament for
leave to abandon that line. With regard to the loan
of 15,000/. to the Lancashire and Yorkshire Com-
pany, that company held 6,000 shares in this com-
pany, and 3,0001. had been written off from that loan,
in lieu of paying the allowance of 10s. per share upon
the whole of the 6,000 shares. After some further
remarks the chairman concluded by moving
" That powers be and are hereby given to the directors
to negotiate and conclude arrangements with any com-
pany or companies, landowners or other parties who
have or profess to 'have, claims or demands upon this
company on any account whatever, and. to modify or
compromise any existing agreements or liabilities on the
part of this company, and to pay such sums of money for
any of the purposes aforesaid as the directors may, in
their discretion, think proper."
After being duly seconded, this proposition was
carried unanimously; and the adjourned extraordi-
nary general meeting was next entex•Pd upon.
Tha Crwamazir then moved—
" That the resolution passed on the 3d Ootoi4v last,
and subsequently confirmed, for the return of 14s. per
share on the paid-up capital (an instalment of 10s. per
share of which has already been paid) be now again con-
firmed; and that the return of the balance of 4s. per
share be paid in such instalments and at such times as
the directors may think necessary."
Mr. PARSONS was anxious to see some more of the
money refunded to the shareholders as soon as posible,
and wished an early day to be fixed when a further
distribution should take place.
The CHAIRMAN said their next half-yearly meeting
would be held in February, 1849, and it would then
be sufficiently early to attend to Mr. Parson's sug-
gestion, for he was sure the directors would have
enough to occupy them for the whole of the ensuing
three months, in concluding the necessary negotia-
tions with the railway companies and the landowners.
He was, however, of opinion that the interest not ex-
ceeding four per cent. upon the 2/. paid up should be
allowed, agreeably to Act of Parliament, before
Christmas next, and this would be equivalent to
dividing another shilling per share.
The motion having been seconded, was then put
and carried unanimously.
The CHAIRMAN next proposed that the thanks of
the proprietors be given to the committee of share-
holders recently formed at Manchester for the pur-
pose of promoting the winding up of the affairs of the
company, and the return of the available capital to
the shareholders ; and that the directors be authorised
to pay the expenses incurred by that committee in
prosecuting its labours, from a deduction of any
sum not exceeding t;;:eepence per share from the
amount to be returned to every shareholder. The
Chairman said he felt justified in submitting this
proposition, because it was mainly owing to the
active exertions of the Committee of Shareholders
that any money at all had been refunded to the sizare-
holders ; and as they had been compelled to expend a
considerable sum in paying for stamps, &c., and as
the general body of the proprietors had largely par-
ticipated in the benefits accruing from the successful
issue of their agitation, he thought it only just and
fair that all parties should contribute to defray the
expenses incurred by the committee in their behalf.
A PROPRIETOR having seconded the motion,
Mr. PARSONS and others strongly opposed it, but,
after a warm and protracted discussion, it was
eventually carried by a large majority.
Thanks were then voted nem. con, to the chairman,
and the meeting broke up.

EMIGRATION.—Tho ship St. Vincent, Captain Young,
with 62 statute adults, from this place, sailed yesterday
for Sydney. The private ship Diamond, Captain Stew-
art, for Adelaide and Port Philip, arrived yesterday
from London. The Steadfast, Captain Thomas Spencer,
for Sydney, under the orders of the local emigration au-
thorities, has been thoroughly whitewashed, ventilated,
and purified. Her passengers at the Baltic-wharf are,
in a great measure, recovered from their sickness, and
anxious to rejoin their ship.
Light winds, W.N.W.; damp weather.

Early in December will be published, in 2 vols. Bvo.,
THE SAXONS in ENGLAND : a History of
the English Commonwealth until the time of the Norman
Conquest. By JOHN 31. KEMBLE, M.A., F.C.P.S.
London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans.

MR. MACAULAY'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND.
On Tuesday, Docesober 5, will be published, in Bvo., Vols. I. and 11.,
price 325. cloth,
/THE HISTORY of ENGLAND, from the
ACCESSION of JAMES 11. By THOMAS BABINGTON
MACAULAY.
London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Loliginans•

AMALGAMATION OF THE EASTERN
COUNTIES AND EASTERN UNION.
After the proposed amalgamation of the London
North-Western, Great Western, and London and
South-Western Railways, this company will form the
next greatest amalgamation in the railway interest,
representing, as it will, a capital of nearly 14,000,0001.
sterling, having under its control nearly 500 miles of
railway, and, in consequence of its connexion with the
Midland, possessing a beneficial interest in nearly an
equal number more. It will also possess, with a very
slight exception, all the railways in Norfolk, Essex,
Suffolk, Lincolnshire, Cambridgeshire, Huntingdon-
shire, and Herts. The entire capital of the amalga-
mated companies will be—
Eastern Counties and Northern and Eastern £8,500,000
Norfolk Company ... "' 2,300,000
Newmarket
530,000
Eastern Union ... 1,266,666
Lines guaranteed by Eastern Union—
Harwich ...
Ifadleigh Junction...
Stour Valley

... •• 266,666
... ~, ... 100,000

..• 900,000
•.•

£13,053,332
The company will possess the 'absolute control
over the following miles of railway :
London to Brandon ... ... ••• 88i
Brandon to Yarmouth ... ••• 57i
Stratford to Colcbester . . ... 47

y NOVEMBER, 10, 1848.

were av ailable to the public ; 55 miles were opened
in 1846„ and 780 miles in 1847, making the whole
extent of railways completed at the end of 1847,
3,816 miles; of which 3,257 were in England, 440 in
Scotian d, and 219 in Ireland. Between Nov. 1846,
and the end of 1847, the Commissioners directed pre-
liminary inspections, prior to public openings, in 100
instanct a. In 21 cases it was considered necessary
by the Commissioners, on considering the reports of
the ins petting officers, to postpone the opening of
either the whole or a part of many of the railways
inspectel, and, in more than one instance, to point out
to the company applying for the inspection, the im-
propriet'p of requiring the attendance of a public
officer b More the works were sufficiently advanced to
justify t heir proposal to open them to the public. In
40 cases, when allowing the opening, the Commis-
sioners t bought it necessary for the public safety to
make su,rgestions respecting a temporary or perma-
nent rest fiction of the speed on certain portions of
the line, and as to the arrangement of signals.
DISCONTINUANCE or RETURN TICKETS.—Great
dissatisfaction exists in the West of England and
other dist facts at the sudden discontinuance of the
return ticket system, which hitherto, for the accom-
modation. of first and second-class
passengers, had
been earn ad out at a reduction of the fares of from
one-third to one-sixth on the double journey. A
passenger was privileged to use these tickets for any
distance not exceeding fifty miles on the same day,
and if issued on Saturday they were returnable on
Monday. An appeal is talked of on the subject to
Parliament and the Board of Trade, the proceeding
being looked on in the light of a breach of faith to-
wards the public, who, on the strength of the conve-
nience and facility offered, have permanently settled
on the line. Many who have hitherto travelled by
rail for short distances by this method have deter-
mined to take to their vehicles and horses, and those
who hitherto went first-class have, it is said, resolved
to go second. The London and Brighton have an-
nounced that they do not intend to followthis practice.
The argument on the part of the railway companies, in
justification of the measure, appears to be that the
return-ticket system, adopted with the view of what
is called " forcing traffic," does not answer unless it
be on purely pleasure lines, such as the London and
Brighton, and South Devon, on which latter the re-
turn system is continued, and that it interferes disad-
vantageoualy with the business traffic of commercial
lines. By the return and periodical system on the
Brighton line, a man may go to and fro between
London a.nd Brighton as often as he pleases for 12/.
for one month, 201. for two months, 25/. for three
months, 35L. for six months, and 501. for a year.
ULSTER RAILWAY.--REDUCTION OF FARES.—We
perceive by u notice that third-class passengers will
be conveyed by the Parliamentary up and down
trains, at the former rates, viz. :—Belfast to Lisburn,
4d.; Moira, Sd.; Lurgan, ls.; Portadown, Is. 4d.;
is. Bd.; .Armagh, 2s. This reduction
only extends to eight o'clock morning trains. The
departure of luggage trains has been altered to seven
o'clock A.M., and two o'clock P.M.—Armagh Guardian.
BELFAST AND BALLYMENA RAILWAY.—The traffic
on this railway, for the week ending Saturday, the
11th of :November, 1848, was as follows :—Passen-
gers, 5,918 ; amount, 280/. Bs. 3d.; goods, 101/. 6s.
11d. Total =nun; 3811. 15s. 2d. For the week
ending the 4th of November :—Passengers, 7,675 ;
amount, 349/. 6s. 10d.; goods, 89/. 14s. 6d. Total
amount, 439/. ls. 4d.

ULSTER RAILWAY.—The traffic on this railway
was, for the week ending the 12th of November, 1848
(36 miles):—Passengers, 9,310 ; amount, 4711. 7s.
3d. ; goods 3491. 6s. Bd. Total, 8201. 13s. lid.
Corresponding week, 1847 (25 miles) :—Passengers,
13,152 ; amount, 4671. 10s. ; goods, 3021. 10s. Total,
7701. Os. 6d.
AMIENS AND BOULOGNIL—In reply to the memo-
rial of the proprietors to the French Government, it
appears probable that although, in the event of apt
prehended disturbanees, the expensive police staff on
the line will not be reduced, it is likely that relief
will be granted with respect to other imposts, and
that a larger amount of remuneration will be given
for the conveyance of the mails.
FRENCH RAILWAY LAW FOR THE PREVENTION OF
ACCIDENTS.—The orders issued by the Minister of
Public Works upon this important subject are,
that the employment of four-wheeled locomotives for
passenger trains be interdicted, that every carriage do
rest on six wheels at least, in order that if one of the
axles should break the carriage should still rest on
supporters and continue its course. Locomotives to
be placed at the head of the train, and never behind.
At least one luggage carriage always to be placed at
the head of each train of five carriages, and two car-
riages
without passengers, when the carriages in the
Ileain shall exceed five. Carriages with passengers
never to be locked.

CO UHT CIRCULAR.
WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY.
The Queen and Prince Albert took their usual
early morning walk.
The Royal Family walked and rode this morning
in the grounds adjacent to the Castle.
The Right Hon. Sir George and Lady Grey took
theirtleparture from the Castle this forenoon.
The Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert
left the Castle this afternoon, at half-past two o'clock,
on a visit to her Majesty the Queen Dowager, at the
Priory, Stanmore. The royal suite consisted of the
Marchioness of Douro, Lady in Waiting to the
Queen ; Hon. Miss Kerr, Maid of Honour in Wait-
ing ; Lord Waterpark, Lord in Waiting ; and Colo-
nels Buckley and Seymour, Equerries in Waiting.
The royal escort consisted of a troop of the 2d
Regiment of Life Guards.

Major Robinson and Captain Henderson had an in.
terview with Earl Grey yesterday, at the Colonial.
office.

Sir Thomas Fremantle, Chairman of the Customs,
had an interview with the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer yesterday. Colonel Maberly had also an in-
terview with the Right Hon. Baronet, at his official
residence in Downing-street.
The Earl of Clarendon visited Lord John Russell,
yesterday, at Pembroke Lodge, Regent's Park.
Sir George Grey arrived in town yesterday, from
Windsor Castle.

Mr. Jopp, of Aberdeen, and Captain Forth, had
interviews yesterday with Earl Grey, at the Colonial-
office.