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No. 16,679. LONDON THURSDAY
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G S 1417 JANUARY 29, 1846.

UNITED MEXICAN MINING
ASSOCIATION.
Notice is hereby given, that a DIVIDEND of FIVE SHILLINGS
per SHARE will be payable at the Office of the Association, on and
and after WEDNESDAY, the 11th of February next, between the hours
of Eleven and Three.
Forms for claiming the Dividend may be obtained at the Com-
pany's Office, and must be left two clear days for examination, pre-
vious to payment.
By order of a Court of Directors,
JOHN MATILEE, Secretary.
No. 8, Great Winchester-street, London, Jan. 28, 1846.
The holders of Scrip Shares will not be entitled to receive the Divi-
dend until their Shares are registered.

CHEPSTOW, FOREST OF DEAN, AND
GLOUCESTER JUNCTION RAILWAY.

X Meeting of the Shareholders in this Company will be held at the
London Tavern, ilishopsgate-street, on FRIDAY next, at Two o'clock
precisely.

WM. PROTIIEROE, Secretary
25, Bridge-street, Westminster, Jan. 28, 1846.

WORCESTER, TENBURY, and LUDLOW
RAILWAY COMPANY.
The Committee of Management have now the satisfaction to an •
flounce to Shareholders,. that the standing orders of both Mouses of
Parliament have been fully complied with, the requisite amount of
the subscribed capital has been deposited in the Court of Chancery,
and the petition for the Bill will be immediately presented in the
Howe of Commons.
And notice is hereby given, that a Meeting of the Shareholders of
the above Company will be holden at the City of London Tavern,
Bishopsgate-street, on TUESDAY, the 3d day of February next, at
Twelve for One o'clock precisely, for the purpose of the Committee of
Management having the pleasure of consulting with them on the pro-
ceedings necessary to be hereafter adopted for the final completion o'
the object in view.

By orler, WM. PULSFORD, Secretary.
Offices, No. 5, New Palace-yard, Westminster,
Jan. 27, 1846

OXFORD, THAME, HIGH WYCOMBE,
AND UXBRIDGE JUNCTION RAILWAY.

HUBERT DE BURGH, Esq., Chairman.
Viscount CURZON, Deputy-Chairman.
The Committee of Management, being impressed with the great
importance and practicability of this undertaking, which must ulti-
mately become one of the most important lines in the kingdom, and
in accordance with the suggestions of several landowners and par-
ties locally interested, have withheld their allotment until they
could assure their subscribers and applicants for shares that all the
standing orders of Parliament had been complied with. They now
beg to state that, pursuant to their resolution they have, out of their
own resources, provided all the expenses required for completing the
surveys, depositing plans, serving notices, &c., .and or complying
with all other formalities up to the 31st of December ult., and they
have, therefore, this day allotted the shares.
R. MORTON CALM'.
43, Moorgate-street, Jan. 23, 1846.

W ARWICK and CHELTENHAM JUNG
TION RAILWAY.

The !Shareholders who have not sent in their Scrip Certificates,
are reminded that the 31st inst. Is positively the last day the same
can be received. If not sent by that day to the Secretary, and the
required sum of ss. 6d. per share paid to the Bankers, they will lose
all the benefit of the amalgamation with the Warwickshire and Lin-
coln Railway Company.

EASE INDIA HOUSE, JAN. 28, 1846.
THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST
INDIA COMPANY do hereby give notice,
That a QUARTERLY GENERAL COURT of the said COMPANY
will be held at their House, in Leadenhall-street, on WEDNESDAY, the
18th March, 1846, at Eleven o'clock in the forenoon.
JAMES C. MELYILL, Secretary.

EAST INDIA HOUSE, JAN. 28, 1646.
THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST
INDIA COMPANY do hereby give notice,
That the TRANSFER-BOOKS of the said COMPANY'S STOCK
will be • SHUT on TUESDAY, the 3d March next, at Three o'clock,
and OPENED AGAIN on THURSDAY, the 9th April following.
That a GENERAL COURT of the said COMPANY will be held at
their HOUSE in Leadenhall-street, Oil WEDNESDAY, the Bth April,
1846, from Nine o'clock in the Morning until Six o'clock in the
Evening, for the ELECTION of SIX DIRECTORS of the said
Company for Om years.

_ .
Printed forms may be had, on application at the Offices of the Corn.
parry, No. 3, Church court, Old Jewry, London.

lIENRY CASSIN, Secretary.

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, Bryanstoae-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, Grosvenor-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, 30, Montagu-street, Montagu-square

January 23, 1846,

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 north of whichclty there
is a population exceeding five millions) within the distance (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
21% 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-devised lateral
lines, than they are by the 'theme of the London and York, which,
for the sake of passing through certain towns, pneues 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 the route 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-
ceeded 1 in 200, with upwards of misty .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
manner London and York, will at the same time serve a rich, fertile,
and populous country, will reciprocate the advantages of easy and
inexpmslve 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.

T[ARWICH DOCKS COMPANY
(Provisionally Registered).
Capital 300,0091., in 15,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit IL 2s. per Sha-e.
Offices, 19, Birchin-lane, Cornhill, London.
COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT.
John Attwood, Esq., MP.
JameS Henry Attwood, Esq.
Lord Ingestrie, M.P.
Richard Spooner, Esq., M.P.
William Richardson, Esq.
ENGINERS—Messrs. Walker and Burgess, Great George-street,
Westminster.
SOLICITORS—Messrs. George' and Charles Pollock, 25, King-street,
Westminster.
PARLIAMENTARY AGENTS Messrs. Dyson, Hall, Parkes, and
Coates, Parliament-street.
BANKERS—Messrs. Masterman, Peters, and Co., Nicholas-lane.
SECRETARY—Mr. George Rush.

The Committee of Management of this Company having.completed
arrangements with the Harwich Docks and Birmingham and Cen-
tral England Railway Company, in respect to the plan for construct-
ing Docks at the Port of Harwich, are now in a condition to proceed
in the present session of Parliament, to obtain as Act for that pur-
pose. All the necessary preliminaries have been complied with, as
to the deposit of plans and sections, and the service of notices.
Applications for shares, in the annexed form, accompanied with a
satisfactory reference, may be made to the Secretary, at the offices
of the Company, No. 19,. Dirchin-lane ; to the Solicitors ; or to the
following stock and share brokers :—Messrs. Field, Son, and Wood,
9, Wornford-court, Throgroorton-street ; Messrs, Martin and Ilesle-
tine, Finch-lane ; Mr. Barton, 10, Throgmorton-street ; Messrs.
Haynes and Tindal, Manchester; Messrs. Highfleld and Withers, Li-
verpool; Mr. C. S. Gilman, Norwich; from any of whom prospectuses
may be obtained.

TO RAILWAY SCRIP PROPRIETORS.
MONEY ADVANCED on RAILWAY SCRIP
to any amount (either Foreign or English).
Apply to Messrs. Wetenhall and Co., No. 1, Angel-court, Throg-
morton-street, London.

N.B. None but principals will be communicated with

NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR•
ANCE SOCIETY,
26, CORNHILL, LONDON.
Capital £500,000.
Empowered by Act of Parliament.
This insidintlon offers important and substantial advan-
tages with respect both to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities.
The assured has, on all occasions, the power to borrow, without ex-
pense or forfeiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the premium paid,
(see table); also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion
of hi i interests to meet other conveniences or necessity. Assurances
for terms of years are granted on the lowest possible rates.
DIVISION OF PROFITV.
The success and increasing prosperity of the Society has enabled
the Directors, at the last annual investigation, to declare a third
Bonus, varying from 3u to 75 :per cent. on the premiums paid on
each Policy effected on the Profit scale.
EXAMPLES.

V. gs ..14
A Beam Benas in F g °,gi
11 I Premium.
5 added. Cash. 0 g 0 2
0 g g 4
s. • 4 .

.X 1£

1837 £l9l 13 6

601000 4- 1838, 10 13 0'
1839, 138 13 6
1840 89 0 0

487 13 5 Sl3 17 1
74 13 10 11 8 6
61 14 3 9 210
41 13 4 6 8. 0

That the form of a Letter of Attoniey, and of a Declaration for
enabling Proprietors of East India Stock to Vote by Proxy on this
occas'on, may be obtained on application at the Treasury in this
House.

That the LISTS of the MEMBERS of the said COMPANY
will be ready to be delivered on MONDAY, the 23d March next.
JAMES C. MELVILL Secretary.

LONDON and WESTMINSTER BANK.—
Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of
the Proprietors of this Company will be held at the Bank, in Loth-
bury, on WEDNESDAY, the 4th day of March next, at one o'clock
precisely, to declare a Dividend, and for other purposes.
At this Meeting, Joseph Esdaite, Esq. ; John Stewart, Esq., M.P. ;
and Sir John Kirkland, retire by rotation, but, being elegible for re-
election, offer themselves accordingly.

BY-Order of the Board,
JAMES WILLIAM GILBA.RT, General Manager.
Lothbury, January 21st, 1846.
The Transfer Books will be close to prepare for the Dividends
from Feb. 17 to March 10, 1846.

"TITILITIA B A L L OT.
111. THE LONDON and PROVINCIAL MILITIA SUBSTI-

TUTE ASSURANCE COMPANY.
(Provisionally Registered.)
The stock of this Company being fully subscribed, the Company is
in course of complete registration. Prospectuses will be published
on the promulgation of Government orders for proceeding with
the ballot, the object being to assure sums of M. and upwards at
proportionably low premiums, such sums being secured by the capital
stock of the Company.
Parties liable to be drawn will have ample time for consideration.
Further information may he obtained on application to the under-
signed, at No. 3, Bond-court, Walhrook.
Letters from the country promptly replied to.
By order, JAMES STEVEIAS, Manager.

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, no doubt, receive
the consideration due to its importance in the ensuing session.
" 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-
tension of that line into the heart of London. By its means the London
Terminus of the Direct Northern 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.

£395 Il 1
346 2 3
296 13 4
247 4 5

T. &vision of profits is ammal, and the neat will be made in De-
cember of the present year.

F. FERGUSON CAHROUX, See.

THE TONTINE LIFE ASSURANCE
COMPANY.

(ProTisionally Registered.)

" Up to the 30th of November, all the standing orders of Parlia-
ment have been complied with ; and the solicitors report their per
ability to fulfil all that remains to be completed within the time
limited by the Legislature.

" Thus prepare-d, ant 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 the 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 174►( miles;
an 1 that the main line of the Direct Northern, between London and
York, is 176 miles.

Table showing Comparison of Distances by the proposed Direct
Northam Railway and by the London and York Railway.

Capital 2,006,0001 g in 100,000 Shares of ROI. each,

Deposit, in compliance with the previsions of the statute 7 and ES
c. 110, Two Shillings per Share, until the complete Registra-
tion of the Company, when the same will be increased to 1/. per
Share, which, with the assistance anticipated from the Tontine De-
partment, will, it is expected, be sufficient to carry eat 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 Annuities, 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 *1 the
Tontine Annuities Is explained below.

TRUSTEES.'
John Elijah Blunt, Esq., 4, New-square, Lincoln'. T
John Conolly, Esq., M.D. Lawn-house, Hanwell
James Martin, Esq., 68, Lombard-street.

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POST-OFFICE LONDON DIRECTORY
for 1846.
The earliest copy of the work has been but a few days issued, and
the following reviews have already appeared in the leading metropo-
litan journals:—
SUN, December 27, 1845.
This work has now reached the forty-seventh annual edition, and,
to the credit of Mr. Kelly, the proprietor, who has spared no expense
or labour in the compilation, keeps progress with the times, and
marks, more than any similar publication, the great changes which
have taken place, not only in our trade and commerce, but in the
appearance and extent of this vast metropolis. Ito other nation
could furnish materials for such a work, and to these is the compiler
partly indebted for such a mass of useful information, useful, not to
a few classes only, but to the whole community. There is not one
class in the community to which some of the directions are not ab-
solutely necessary. It extends to 2,074 pages, printed in a close, but
clear and bold type, and is accompanied by a beautiful, minute, and
as far as we have had an opportunity of judging, a correct map of
all the streets of London, with the names of each distinctly marked.
The work does great credit to Mr. Kelly, and we have no doubt that
the excellent manner in which it is prepared, and the information
which it conveys, will insure for it universal approbation and com-
plete success.
GLOBE, Jai. 17, 1846.
It is only necessary to say of this established work, that it sustains
the high reputation for accuracy and comprehensiveness which
the former volumes, in Mr. Kelly's hands, at once obtained for it.
In fact, to all London residents this annuallas been an indispens-
able volume. In the present year several improvements have been
added.

TIMES, January 9,.1846

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 Charetle, Esq., Moorgate-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 HtiMilton, Esq., M.D., Grafton-street, Piccadilly
William Henderson, Esq., 16, Bishopgatc-street Within
Hector Monro, Esq., Walsham le Willows, Suffolk

Sarile Craven Henry Ogle, Esq., M.P., 84, Eaton-square, Pimlico.
Ambrose Frederick Proctor, Esq., Ware, Herta

BISHOPSGATE-STREET, in the City of London.—To HOTEL
• and TAVERN KEEPERS, Speculators, and others.—Valuable
FREEHOLD PROPERTY (lani tax redeemed), comprising
the BULL INN and TAVERN, Coach and Waggon Offices,
and extensive Premises in the rear, Dm, producing Rents

amounting to 8451. per Annum.
NE It. W. W. SIMPSON has received instruc-
tions from the Trustee under the will of Isaac Laughton
Marsh, Esq., deceased, to offer for SALE by AUCTION, at the
Mart, on TucsnAv, Feb. 17, at Twelve, in Two Lots, the follow-
ing valuable property:---

Lot 1 comprises that extensive and old-established Tavern and
Hotel, designated the Bull Inn, desirably situate in Bishopsgate-
street within. The property comprises a spacious coffee-room,
bar, bar.parlour, with several well-arranged sitting-rooms, and 36
convenient sleeping apartments, appropriate domestic offices, and
servants' rooms; arched beer cellars and wine vaults, of an extent,
commensurate with the business which has heretofore been carried
on. A house and Tap in the yard, which, from the situation,
commands a good trade, under let to Mr. John Kerrison. The
above property is let to Mr. Thomas Ginger, who holds until Mid-
summer Day next, under the terms of an expired lease, at a re-
duced rest of 3001. per annum. A Dwelling-house in the
yard, in the occupation of Mr. It. M. Shorter, at 251. per annum.
Lot 9. Extensive range of Premises, adjoining the last Lot, and
in the rear of the inn, comprising coach and waggon-offices, spa.
cious warehouses, coach-houses, stabling for 74 horses, with lofts
over, in the occupation of Mr. R. M. Shorter, whose businest is of
that magnitude as to require and fully sccupy every portion of these
premises, under an agreement, at a rent of 5201. per annum. The
above property is situate in the heart of the City, immediately ad-
joining the Excise Office, and Leing in the vicinity of the improve-
ments now in progress, greatly enhances its present and prospective
value. It is well adapted for a depot or terminus, should it be
required by any railway companies now about to be formed, or for
a brewery or distillery, or for any other purposes where extensive
premises and surface are required.

The property may be viewed by permission of the tenants; and
particulars, with, plans annexed, may be badof Messrs. Desborough
and Young, solicitors, 6, Sise.lane, City; at the Mart; and of Mr.
W. W. Simpson, 18, Bucklersbury. 4

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. Miles. Chains
Hatfield - - - - 16 60 17 50 0 70
Stevenage - - - 26 74 28 6 1 12
Baldock - - - 32 13 No line to it.
liitchin -- - - 30 70 32 0 1 70
Shefford - - - 37 40 No line to it.
13edford - - - - 46
14 52 31 6 17
Biggleswade - - 39 40 41 21 1 16
St. Neots -- - 49 0 51 25 2 25
Huntingdon -- 58 4 58 61 0 57
Peterborough - - 73 47 76 0
Stamford - - - 82 2 33
28 88 4 5 56
Grantham - - - 99 64 105 12 5 28
Newark - - - - 115 13 119
Lincoln - - - - 126 10 136 3
3
53
10 70
East Retford - - 135 24 137 2 1 43
Sheffield - - - 159 4 160 43 58
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 i 7 s
Thorne - - - - 150 0 No line to it.
Selby - - - - 163 65 172 24 8 39
Hull by Selby - - 194 65 203 24 8 3f)
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 6 53 68
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

Note.—The distances to Sheffield, East Retford, and Gainsborough,
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 „„,, ',-
way and its —
coin scheme Difference in fa-
Branches, and and its your of the
existing and Branches, and Direct Northern
authorised existing and Railway.
Railways. authorised
Railways.
From London to Miles. Chains. Miles. Chains. Miles. Chains.
Peterborough - - 73 47 88 40 14 73
Lincoln - - - - 126 10 140 26 1 I 16
Gainsborough - - 133 73 155 32 21 39
Thorne - - - - 150 0 172 28 22 28
Selby - - - - 163 65 185 18 21 33
Hull
York , 176 0 197 56 21 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 your of the
existing and Railways. Direct Northern
authorised Railway.
• Railways.
---
From London to Miles. Chains. Miles. Chains. Miles. Chains.
Peterborough - - 73 47 109 60 36 13
Stamford - - - 82 28 122 76 40 48
Melton - - - - 103 44 121 60 18 16
Sheffield - - - 159 4 177 20 18 16
Newark - - - 115 13 148 0 33 67
Lincoln - - - - 126 10 163 40 37 30
Wakefield - - - 173 77 200 0 26 a
Leeds - - - - 176 77 205 20 28 23
York 176 0 218 0 42 0

!Sy order of the Committee,
W. H. CLARK, Secretary.
Direct Northern Railway Company's Offices, 64, Moorgate.street,

January 6, 1-846.

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theTholll 3creasp
inofLtohnedLonin,eananddaßt etphoerftosllaob:neg-mloecnatlioangedents7z. be had at
St. Neots - - Messrs. Pedpercorn and Wilkinson
Biggleswade - T. Chapman, Esq.
Stamford - - Messrs. W. and R. M. Thompson
Grantham - - R. IL Johnstone, Esq.
Lincoln - - Joseph Moore, Esq.
Louth - John G.-ay, Esq.
Gainaborough - William Robinson, Esq.
Leeds - - E. J. Teals, Esq.
'fork - Messrs. J. and D. Russell
Aberdeen - - William Gordon, Esq. sharebroker
Edinburgh - Robert All an, Esq. sharebroker
Glasgow - - Buchanan., Aitken, and Co. sharebrokers
Liverpool Messrs. Rueluutan an cl Son, sharebrokers
MUNkOger Men. IhroAlen Ford, an 4 Polor, rlattrebrokets.

This volume unlike many others, as it increases in bulk, increases
correspondently in value ; thus every succeeding edition is more
valuable than its predecessors, and the book of 1846 contains more
information than the book of 1845. The volume for the current
year surpasses anything of a similar kind that has ever been offered
to the public as a guide-book to the names, occupations, professions,
and habitations of the hundreds of thousands of the inhabitants of
London, or that has ever yet been issued from the press. In it,
whoever has a " local habitation and a name" is noted down—that

is, if he be a housekeeper, an office-keeper, or the proprietor or
keeper of anything beyond a furnished lodging or the humble oc-
cupant of an attic. There is an " Official Directory," a " Street
Directory," a " Trades' Directory," a " Law Directory," a
" Court Directory," a " Parliamentary Directory," a " Postal Di-
rectory," a " City Directory," a " Conveyance Directory," a
" Banking Directory," and a mass of other matter, explanatory of
many things which are nece'sary to be known, and which are net to
be found collected together and easily accessible in any other volume.
This is the 47th annual publication of the work, which is now so fully
established in public estimation, for the accuracy and multi-
plicity of its intelligence, requisite for every class and for every
day, that to be without it is almost an imputation on the common
sense of all persons connected with the trade of London or the
common business of life.
MORNING HERALD, December 27, 1845.
This excellent work, the 47th edition of which has just reached ns,
keeps pace with the commercial requirements of the times. The
" Post Office Directory" of some twelve years since, and the "Post
Office Directory" for the coming year present a remarkable contrast.
Then it was confined to a meagre list of names, comprised within a
circle of two or three miles, and might have been put very conveniently
into one's coat pocket. Year after year it has increased in size, and
added various and valuable stores of information to its columns ; its
hundreds of pages have grown into thousands, and it now embraces
the metropolis and its suburbs, from north to south, east and west,
and comprises within its voluminous pages of information (now
absolutely indispensable to the merchant and tradesman) an
" Official Directory," a " Street Directory," a " Commercial
Directory, " a " Trades' Directory," a " Law Directory," a "Court
Directory," a "Parliamentary Directory," a "Postal Directory,"
a " City Directory," a " Conveyance Directory," a " Booking
Directory," and A Variety of other copious lists of information,
the mere transcription Of which would occupy considerable time..
Its list of "Provincial Inns" extends over 31 pages of three columns
each. ; its " Post Office London Official Directory" over 48 pages,
twenty-eight of which are of four and twenty of two columns each ;
its "Street Directory" 472 pages of three columns each; its
"Commercial and Professional Directory" 504 pages of two columns
each ; its " Trade Directory" 623 pages of three columns each ; its
" Law Directory " 64 pages ; " Court Directory " 110 pages ;
" Parliamentary Directory" 36 pages ; " Postal Directory " (most
elaborately compiled) 67 pages, &-e. This portion of the work has
been much enlarged and improved. It now supplies us with the
hour of delivery of the London leittrs at each town and village in
'heaocuhse, place and
; thea
the United Kingdom at which there id Post-office or Receiving-
lsotimthe time
at which
thofeealcehttefrr-obnioat
thef.o putt town throughr London closes at
distance
which the London letters are transmitted. We also obSeße that the
valuable Map of London, which has for some years past accompOied
the volume, and which has been frequently much improved, is ren-
dered still more valuable in the present edition. The names of each
street are most distinctly printed, and we hesitate not to state that
it is one of the best Maps of London extant. The Work is printed
in a clear bold type. We can scarcely think it requires special re-
commendation, for no man who really has business to transact can
well do without it.

MORNING CHRONICLE, Jan. 17, 340.

IN THE ciTv or s.u.NDurr:=-VAITYArr.i! FREELIor

The annual volume just published of this laborious and valuable
work deserves the same meed of approbation which has peen ,so de-
servedly bestowed upon its predecessors. In mere size, it is con-
siderably larger than any of them, not only by the introduction of
new information, but in consequence of the yearly growth of the me-
tropolis, to the avocations and whereabouts of whose inhabitants it is
intended to form the " directory." The enormous multitude of facts
which are condensed in the bulky volume before us is really over-
whelming; yet they are not more than are requisite to make the
dwellers in our overgrown city duly acquainted with one another's
business and residences. The facts are presented in the same available
form, and with the same attention to accuracy and recentness of in-
formation which characterise the volume for 1845, and rendered it a
model of perfection as a directory. We observe some useful ad-
ditions to the contents of the present publication, especially in the
section devoted to the Post- office arrangements, which are so rapidly
becoming extended lid complicated under the double impulse of
new railways and the penny postage.
MORNING ADVERTISER. Dee. 24, '1845.
This wet., p„.,13..1...1 belly and Co., which has now made its
annual appearance for forty-seven ears, is decidedly one of the most
useful works of the day. It contains an immense amount of infor-
mation of the greatest importance to all in any way connected w;th
the metropolis. It comprises among other information, an " Official
Directory," a "Street Directory," a "Commercial Directory," a
"Trades' Directory," a " Law Directory," a "Court Directory," a
" Parliamentary Directory," a "City Directory," a "Postal Direc-
tory," a "Conveyance Directory," and a " Bank Directory." Under
these various divisions will be fbund masses of information, com-
bining the attributes of accuracy and completeness. The amount of
labour bestowed on the compilation of this work must necessarily
have been very great, aid nothing but a liberal pi tronage from the
public could remunerate the enterprlsing proprietors for their outlay
and labour. The " Post-office London Directory" is singularlycheap,
considering the nature and quantity of the information it contains.
It extends to no fewer than 2,000 large closely-printed pages, in
double and treble columns. All things considered, we look upon it
as the cheapest, as assuredly it is the most valuable and useful,
itnnual work which emanates from the press of England. The map
accompanying it appears to us to be mach improved ; it is certainly
equally excellent and perfect.
WEEKLY DISPATCH, Dec. 28, 1845.

PROPERTY, situate No. 91, Bishopsgate-street.
MR. W. W. SIMPSON has received instruc-
tions from the Trustee under the will of Isaac Laugh-
ton Marsh, Esq., deceased, to offer for SALE by AUCTION, at
the Mart, on TUESDAY, February 17, at Twelve,
A valuable FREEHOLD PROPERTY, comprising a substan.
tially.built Freehold House and Shop, desirably situate No. 91,
Bishopsgate-street, containing five bed-rocms, handsome drawing-
room, dining and breakfast parlours, two kitchens, cellars, water
closets, &c., the whole well arranged and fitted up in a superior
style. The premises, which are in excellent repair, are let on
lease,to Mr. Henry Peacock for an unexpired term of 21 years, at
a ground rent of 391. per annum, and in the occupation of Mr.
Tyler, at a rent of 1401. per annum. The commanding situation
of this property renders it very desirable for investment.
The premises may be viewed by permission of the tenant, and
particulars, with plan annexed, may be had of Messrs. Desbo-
rough and Young, solicitor% 6, Sise-lane, City ; at the Mart j and
of Mr. W. W. Simpson, 18, Bucklersbury.

PRICE SD.

THE GREAT BELL OF ST. PAUL'S
will strike ONE on the Bth of FEBRUARY.

On Saturday, Jan. 31st, No. 2, price IIalf•a-Crown, of
JIIIE PLOUGH; a Journal of Agricultural and
Rural Affairs.

CONTENTS.—The Plough—Prince Albert's Ox—Rotaria. Cymo, or
the Rotation of Crops ; by Professor Donaldson—Philosophy of Agri-
eultnre (continued)—On the General Management of Sheep in En-
closed or Arable Land—Oh Cultivation—Acogunt of an Argyleshire
Bullock—Dr. Lyon Playfair's Lectures upon the Disease of the Po-
tato—On French Agriculture—Reviews--Cheap Rooting—General
Intelligence—Agyieultaral Report—Calendar of Farming Operations
forFebruary—Calendar of Horticulture for February—Meteorology
of January—Markets, Railway Share Lists, &c. &c.
London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans.

URGESS'S NEW SAUCE, for general pur-
poses, having gained such great approbation, and the demand
for it continuing to increase, JOHN BURGESS and SON beg most
respectfully to offer thus their best acknowledgments to the Public
for their liberal patronage of the same ; its utility and great conveni-
ence in all climates have recommended i, to the most distinguished
°reign connections, who have all spoken highly in its recommenda-
tion. It is prepared by them only ; and for preventing disappoint.
ment to families, all possible care has been resorted to, by each
bottle being sealed on the cork with their firm and address, as well
as each label having their signature, without which it cannot be
genuine.
JOHN BURGESS and SON'S long-established and mach-esteemed
ESSENCE of ANCHOVIES continues to be prepared by them after
the same manner that has given the greatest satisfaction for many
years.
BRITISH

LAMERT ON DEBILITY. NERVOUSNESS, AND ALL
DISORDERS ARISING FROM EXCESS, &c.
"He, who in pleasure's downy arms
Ne'er lost his health or youthful charms,
A hero lives, and Justly can
Exclaim, in me behold a man!"
Just published (in a sealed envelope), Tenth Edition, price 2s. 6d., or
sent by post, free, to any address, 3s. 6d.,
CI ELF-PRESERVATION : a Popular Essay on
those concealed disorders, originating in youthful excesses,
and tenuinating in Nervous Debility, Local and Constitutional
Weakness, and all those Sinkings, Anxieties, and Tremors, which
afflict the Weak, the Sedentary, and the Delicate. With Practical
Observations on Marriage.

oke Taylor, Esq., LL.D., Fleet-street

John Alfr;cl Trimmer, Esq., Hasiemere, Surrey
Forbes Winslow, Esq., M.D., Susses-house, Hammersmith.
BANKERS-11E3SM. Marti), Stone, and Martins, 68, Lombard-street.
SOLICITOR—WiIIiam Dimes, Esq., 46, Lincoln's Inn-fields.
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.

LOWESTOFT, SUFFOLK.
BREWERY, INNS, PUBLIC AND BEER-HOUSES.

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W. W. SIMPSON has received directions
IL to SELL by AUCTION, at the Mart, in the ensuing
month (unless an acceptable offer be previously made by Private
Contract),

The FREEHOLD BREWERY, with Spirit Trade attached,
situate in the High• street, Lowestoft, and carried on successfully
for many years by Messrs. G. and W. Everitt, but in consequence
of the death of Mr. George Everitt the property will be sold, and
offers an eligible opportunity for investment, as skil:alness and
industry only would be required in the management to
realise an extension of the free and private trade, which is
at present considerable. The home premises comprise an
excellent residence, brewheuse, with tun rooms and stores,
yard and stabling. The fixed plant, which will be included in
the purchase, consists of a 15-quarter tun, two brewing coppers,
one of 38 and the other of 19 barrels, and all other requisite
plant in proportion. Also 14 inns, public and beer-houses, which
are all freehold, with the exception of one copyhold ; six of the
houses are in Lowestoft, and those in the country are generally at
convenient distances from the brewery : a malthouse with 15-
quarter steep, two working boars, &e., ml►ltster's cottage and
yard. A considerable portion of the purchase-money may remain
on mortgage.

This colossal guide to the great metropolis is a striking illustration
of tha results of British perseverance properly directed, and British
capital judiciously employed. For many years the French " Al-
manack of Fifty Thousand Addresses" was considered one of the
wonders of the world; but the Messrs. Kelly have achieved a work
which may be aptly termed a wonder upon wonders. Large
though the volume be, the mass of information contained in it is
traly surprising ; and every department is arranged with so much
care, judgment, and accurate discrimination, that the business of
reference to its pages is as plain and simple as to a dictionary or
lexicon, whose scheme is alphabetical. We have, in this volume,
" Official," " Street," " Commercial," " Trades' " " Law," " Court,"
" Parliamentary," " Postal," " City," " Conveyance," and " Rank-
ing Directories." But these heads only comprise a portion of the
information contained in the work. There are other departments
which will be found invaluable to the commercial public. The fol-
lowing extract from the preface should be quoted :—" The advan-
tages possessed by the proprietor are of no ordinary character ; the
most important being the means placed at his disposal through the
favour of her Majesty's Postmaster-General. The General Post
letter-carriers, tinder the direction of his Lordship, collect, each in
his own district, the information from which the volume is compiled.
To ensure accuracy in such a book, the collection of the information
should bo simultaneous ; and how completely this is effected, is
proved by the fact that an intelligent letter-carrier performs within
twenty-four hours all the duties annually required of him for the
purposes of the Post Office London Directory." We need not
add any recommendation of this work ; its reputation is established
on a solid basis.

M A lU,.Ter. Coll,l4iting SUrg""'
9, BEDFORD-STREET, REDFORD-5t1y.....v,
Matriculated Member of the University of Edinburgh, lionorarj
Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate

Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c.
" The various positions of Lover, Husband, and Parent, the in
herent privileges of mankind, are frequently marred and prevented
through the follies and frailties of early indiscretions. To such, among
others, this Essay addresses itself; and by its perusal many questions
may be satisfactorily adjusted that admit of no appeal even to the
most confidential friend."—Stafford Gazette.

Particulars are in preparation, and may be had in due time of
Mr. William Everitt, the proprietor, who will now on application
show the premises, and give all informatio. required ; of Henry
Ling, Esq., solicitor, St. Giles's, Norwich; and of Mr. W. W.
Simpson, estate, brewery, and distillery agent, &c., Bucklersbury.

"Long experience in the treatment of a class of diseases hitherto
neglected and most imperfectly understood by the great bulk of the
medical profession, has enabled the writer to prove that there an
concealed causes of Nervous Debility in existence, where the men
routine practitioner would never dream of finding them ; traceable
to certain habits, forming the most secret, yet deadly, and fate
springs of domestic misery, and premature mertali*y."—Wakefiele
Journal.

Published by the Author, and sold in London by S. Gilbert, 51 and
52, Paternoster-row; Stacie, 23, Tichborne-street, Quadrant, Regent-
street; Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford-street; Noble, 114, Chanter
lane Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street ; and by all Booksellers.
At home every day till Three. and from Five till Eight.

APARTY who has for many years attended the
Bradford, Huddersfield, and neighbouring markets, and done
business for a first-rate firm, would be glad to make arrangements to
buy goods for a house of known respectability. The Advertiser's
time, at present, is only partly occupied. Satisfactory references
can at once be given, as the party is well known,
Please address Box It 349, P. 0., Leeds.

UNITED MEXICAN MINING AS-

FOR COUGHS, COLDS, ASTIMAS, AND CONSUMPTIONS.
C tr.N DELL'S IMPROVED BALSAM OF
HONEY.
For t.pwards of fifty years, this invaluable medicine has main
tained its reputation as a most effective remedy for the above com-
plaints, and, unassisted by advertisements, has found its way into
almost every family in the United Kingdom. It is still prepared
with the smile care and attention by Mr. Henry Cundell, 47, Mino-
ries, London, who refrains from all eulogy on its valuable properties,
as one trial suffices to prove its efficacy to the most sceptical.
May be hail in bottles at 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., and 1124. of all re-
spectable medicine veudera in the 'United wdore
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SOCIATION.

A half-yearly meeting of the proprietois of this
company was held yesterday at the London Tavern,
Sir John Easthope, M.P., in the chair.
The SECRETARY, having read the notice convening
the meeting, then road the minutes of the last half-
yearly meeting, which were confirmed. He then read
the report of the Directors for the present half-year,
which stated that in the mines of Mayes no material
changes had been made, and the amount received there-
from was 18,810 dollars, while the Reyes' Contract would
expire in 1852. At Apientes, the claims on the Mexi-
can Government had been urged by Mr. Beckett, and
would, no doubt, be shortly settled. No new mines had
been purchased. With respect to the management, a
gentleman of much expreience in mining at Asturias
had been selected to succeed the late manager of the
company's affairs there—Mr. Hoobred, that gentleman
being about to return to England. With respect to the
management in England, three vacancies had been
created by the deaths of Messrs. Humphreys and Bid-
dulph, and by the resignation of Mr. Majoribanles,
Messrs. R. Biddulph, J. Flockton, and J. M. Hoobred
were candidates to succeed them. From the financial
statement it appeared that there was a balance of
22,605/. 15s. Bd. in the hands of the treasurer. The re-
port concluded by recommending that a dividend of ss.
per share be made on or after the 11th of February
next.
The CHAIRMAN said, he scarcely know whether ho
could add any thing to what the report that had been
read to the meeting had stated. If any person present
wished for any information on any part of that report,
it would be given, and every explanation would be af-
forded. With respect to the different points of that re-
port, ho would offer a few observations. It appeared, in
the first place, that there was in hand, unencumbered,
16,759/. 13s. 2d., out of which it was proposed to pay a
dividend of 10,7931., which was at the rate of ss. per '
share, and to reserve 5,000/. for any contingences that
might arise. The amount of interest that had been re-
ceived was 300/. They had, as the report stated, not
yet been able to make any engagements for new mines,
for Mr. Iloobred, who represented them, could make no,
contract satisfactory to himself. The gentleman who
was to succeed him was acquainted with the
Spanish language, and bad been engaged in se-
veral mines in Spain. He had joined them
with a desire to put his shoulder to the wheel, and to
co-operate with the people. Mr. Hoobred would remain
with him for some time to put everything right. He
would have no power to make any new engagement, as
Mr. Hoobred was authorised to do, but he would com-
municate with the parties at home, and they would be
regulated by the advice of Mr. Hoobred, who possessed
a perfect acquaintance with the scene of their opera-
tions. The debts of the mine had been decreased to
18,800 dollars. There was one other point to which he
would advert, that was, the election of their directors.
They were aware that vacancies had been created by the
deaths of two of their directors, and by the resignation
of a third. The plan the directors proposed was, to
elect one of their auditors, Mr. Flockton. Mr. Robert
Biddulph proposed himself to succeed his father, and
would, no doubt, ho acceptable to them, from his qua-
lifications. The third candidate was Mr. Hoobred, who
would leave Mexico in a short time, as had been stated,
and come over to England, and take his place amongst
them. He would conclude by recommending them to
adopt the report.
Mr. M'KILLoa proposed a resolution to the effect
aenort just read be adopted, and said he thought
that the _
-neet every reasonable advantage from the
and approved highly of the coa-
tphreeysenmtigmhaineaxgerne!,
auct of the directors not making any new engage-
ments at the present time.
The resolution, being seconded,
mously. was carried unani-
Resolutions to the effect, thaththoef dnievxidteFnedbaruofarzys;ll:nedr
share be paid on or after the 1
in 1t
the report as candidates b‘a
that the gentlemen named
elected to till the vacancies in the Board of Directors.
on ed for them to
The CliAinmAN said
The meeting they separated.
pay the deposits.

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,DERS, &c.

LAW-WRITERS' (OFFICE-KEEPERS) PROTEC-
TION SOCIETY.
Yesterday aftetnoon a meeting, which had been ad-
journed from Thursday last, of the iLw-writers' (office
keepers) took place at the Ship Taverhichesterßents,
Lincoln's Inn. Mr. Gardner in the chair.
The CHAIRMAN, in addressing the meeting, said that
they had now met for the purpose of completing that
.which they had began, viz., that of forming themselves
into a society, to be called The Law-Writers% Office
Keepers Protection Society." The Association which
they were about to form had for its primary object the
employment of those only who, by having served their
apprenticeship, or by five years occupation in the profes-
sion, shall have acquired a competent knowledge of it in
its various branches. It was therefore necessary that
there should be' a good organization and understanding
existing amongst them.
Mr. BARNARD said that the formation of snob a society
would be the means, not only of keeping their business in
the proper channels, viz., the law stationer; and them-
selves, but would secure to the attorney his work, being
accomplished in a business-like and proper manner, and
thus prevent the possibility of shareholders in the various
railways having their hopt,s frustrated and their expecta-
tions blighted, by the defeat of Bills before the House,
in consequence of the informality and want of correctness
in matters of technicality and form, arising from the em-
ployment of inexperienced persons in the different de-
partments of writing.

Mr. NARSTON observed that office-keepers, who were
unbusiness-like enough to employ unqualified persons,
did so, to the injury of the trade, as well as the public,
for they paid to their labourer a miserable pittance, and,
like most work badly paid for, it were better it had not
been done at all.

Messrs. Charles, Chefferiel, Edmonds, Still, and other
office-keepers, addressed the meeting, and the rules and
regulations by which the society is to be governed, hav-
ing been read and agreed to, a finance committee, and the
proper officers were appointed, and the society separated.

GREEN PEAS IN JANUARY.
(FROM A CORRESPONDENT).
The mildness of the weather has forced on vegetation
to a state, that in other years it had not attained in
March. In a garden, near West Cowes, there aro
three rows of peas in blossom and in pod—they we re
planted in October. Broad beans are to be seen in
blossom ; and potatoes, which were early planted, are
an inch above ground. We cannot expect February
and March to pass over without any frosts ; and the
first frost will carry destruction with it. At present
we hardly feel the loss of the potato-crop, there is such
a vast quantity of green vegetables forced into the mar-
ket. The turnips are all running away, and the land
is so sagged with water, the sheep cannot be turned
into them, nor can they be carted off. Is this weather
they can last but a very short time, and should Febru-
ary prove what February generally does, it will be
serious work R ith the sheep and cattle ; no green fodder
can be expected in February, March, and April, and
there are no potatoes to fall back upon, as in other years,
for man or beast.

MINERAL WEALTH OF SOUTH
AUSTRALIA.
Intelligence to so recent a date as the 7th of October
has been received from Adelaide, by the overland mail.
A special survey of 20,000 acres has been secured by
the combined efforts of a number of the colonists, who
have paid 20,000/., in terms of the last Act, for regu-
lating the sales of land in the Australian colonies. By
this purchase a district of that extent has been ob-
tained, singularly rich in copper ore.
We are particularly pleased that the enterprising co-
lonists, whose exemplary conduct we have had frequent
occasion to commend, have secured this rich prize. It
would have been a great pity if they had allowed it to
slip through their fingers, even although it had been
picked up by our friends, the Australian Mining Com-
pany. There is, we believe, enough for them in re-
serve; but they must seek it out, and must not grudge
those who have " borne the burden and beat of the day,"
enjoying the benefit of their own discoveries.
The purchase is very satisfactory, too, in another
respect. It would never have taken place if the Gover-
nor had made any reserve of the minerals. By the terms
of the Act he was authorised, in the case of special sur-
veys of 20,000 acres, to impose " such terms and condi-
tions as to him shall seem meet." We know little more
than the fact,of the purchase having been made, the
money paid, and lodged by the Governor in the banks ;
but we have every reason to believe that the price was
twenty shillings per acre, and that certainly the abso-
lute freehold of the property has been obtained.
The value of the purchase cannot be estimated. We
have seen a very interesting report, from a scientific
gentleman, who accompanied thither some friends who
intended to take an interest in the special survey, from
which we extract the following account, which might be
supposed to be exaggerated, but which, on the contrary,
those who knew the writer rely on as a faithful and un-
questionable account of what he actually saw :
" Itemealttess OF COPPER ORE.—Having walked over
ficetz' formation, we approached a hill which is al-
most detached from the main range, and, ascending it
from its south-west base, we quickly found ourselves
travelling over the older series of rocks, where quartz
and greenstone, with fragments of imperfect porphyry,
have been thrust up boldly through the old clay-slate ;
and there we saw, at almost every step, strong indica-
tions of the presence of rich copper lodes.
" These indications at first appeared to us in the shape
of spar, containing crystals of the azure-blue carbonate
of copper ; and, as we ascended higher up the hill, we
found numerous fragments of grey and green sulphuret
or —rec.- attaeneu w quaa to umt gieeostone ; ascending
still higher, we found a continuous outcrop of grey sul-
phuret of copper exhibited on the surface, averaging
about eighteen feet in breadth, and extending over the
brow of the hill, and down again to the south-eastern
base or gully, more than a mile in length.
" From this gully another hill arose, which was not so
much detached as the first one we inspected, but rather
appeared to be a spur from the main range ; and just at
the point of junction, where the above-mentioned exten-
sive outcrop of grey sulphuret cf copper disappeared in
the gully, we saw a broad and beautiful display of azure-
blue carbonate of copper, intermixed with quartz, crop-
ping out through the surfac", and traceable for upwards
of two hundred paces, exposing an average breadth of
about fifteen feet.

At this place we opened the ground about three or
four feet, and found the most favourable indications of a
large and regular lode being near at hand—abundance
of gossan' presented itself, and masses of spar, con-
taining highly crystalline carbonate of copper, were fre-
quently encountered.
" We then proceeded higher up the hill, and found,
at different elevations, three other distinct and well-
defined traces of ore : indeed the hills appeared to be
full of it I—almost every stone we picked up betrayed
either directly or inferentially the presence of rich copper
lodes. A fragment, struck off at random from the corner
of a large quartz boulder, exhibited no less than three
varieties of ore (the grey sulphuret, the blue carbonate,
and the copper pyrites) ; and we could scarcely move a
step without observing some kind of mineralogical evi-
dence indicating the proximity of metalliferous veins."
We are aware that in this country it is considered an
unfavourable symptom when metallic lodes crop out on
the surface of the ground ; but in South Australia it
is otherwise. Short as has been the experience of the
colonists in mining operations, it has been sufficient
to show that this rule of judging does
The
apply to the minerals in that c?unstrjo''n their
party having visited the pt.inda
return to Adelaide, the same Writer
outcrop of copperrexpressly states—
"" At the Kepunda mines, where ,T mine
states—
been opceed to the
ye surface, as usual in
and the lodes have been found
thisore r''country,as a t
firstth
depth of fifteen fatho.nis,
evegrryo-unipsa
irent olreathd
und but also to improve in richness and
not only to increase in size and regularity, as they go
deeper underground,
As there is at one
place a continuous outcrop of metal, extending
value, according to their depth." ea
more
than a mile in length, and averaging about eighteen feet
in breadth ; and as on the termination of that outcrop
another is found, traceable for upwards of two hundred
paces, exposing an average breadth of about fifteen feet;
if these, too, like those
at Kapunda, shall improve in
richness and value,
according to their depth, who can
estimate the value of that purchase?
At the time of the framing of the Act sth and 6th
Viet., cap. 36, for regulating the sale of waste land
belonging to the Crown in the Australian colonies, we
believe that no man expected that the clause relative to
" blocks of unsurveyed land comprising 20,000 acres,"
would ever come into operation; it was regarded as
providing for a contingency, merely possible, but in the
highest degree improbable ; yet it has already been
twice acted on, and measures, we understand, are in
progress for rendering it available a third time—another
company being in the course of formation for the pur-
pose of securing a special survey in some other rich
mineral district in South Australia. They must quicken
their motions.
The survey secured by the colonists lies beyond the
northern boundary of the county " Light," in lat. 33d.
40m. South, and long. 139 d. Bm. East, bearing from
Adelaide north by east, about 85 miles in a direct line,
or, by the route to which parties must travel, about 100
miles distant ; the road from Adelaide, however, being
for the most part over level ground, or gently undulating
country. It is not far distant from the Kapunda mines.
The emigration fund has now been replenished to an
extent beyond what the most sanguine of the friends of
South Australia ever anticipated in so short a time from
the passing of the last Act. But the sale of waste land
in the Australian colonies, under that Act, has been
almost entirely confined to South Australia. Surely, We
shall hear no more of Lord Stanley's Bill No. 1, nor of
Mr. Hope's Bill No. 2, " to reserve to the Crown, far the
use of her Majesty," the minerals in these colonies.—
Colonial Gazette.

COMMERCIAL
-- ,,--------w4-Thave received a
BUaN'S U IiLANcE.
goods during the last
annual amount of exports of r_
copy of this useful sheet of cotton d statistics, giving the
five years,-ISII-1845. g.a,ntlie annual exports of yarn
fromln(elB37 inclusive to the present
are given in each year, e131,937,9351b.; in 1844 they were
time. Those of !840
a-prorts of plain calicoes have increased
9Saellbecle2'in 1844, to 613 138 645 yards in 1815
rcsalicoes, n the ;the; han'd,.theamouni
decreaseddyed
from 313,111,455 yards in 1844, to
f1r030n,115068,99,6133:7.
la printed and
of
0715 V 37 ars in 1845. The chief sources of the in-
creasedl export.s. of yarn are in the Haute Towns, Holland,
Naples, and Sicily ; and those of plain calicoes, are Chili and
Peru (to which the exports have increased from 9,000,000
yards in 1844, to 20,000,000
yards in 1846); the foreign
West Indies; China, Turkey and Levant, and the United
States. The sources of diminished exports in printed and
dyed calicoes, are Egypt, France, Gibraltar, Portugal and
lladeira, and Turkey nd the Levant.
COAL—In consequence of the advance in wages, and
the increasing demand for labour in the mining districts, a
general rise in the price of stone coal and culm has taken
place in this and the adjoining neighbourhoods. The ad-
I vance was agreed upon at a meeting of coal owners held a
short time since.—Moratoutheure Merlin.