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ROYAL POL,'ITECHNIO -INSTITUTION.
'1 Y PER NI t S ON. 0 F }IS SD It
SCH(ENBEIN'S Gi,IN COTTON, diff:ring from all other spe-
cimens recently before the public, is LECTURED on, vr!th et4r. ex-
plbsive compoundt, by Dr! RYAN; dAlly at Half past Threo ; and on
the evenings of Mondayt,•oWedn slays, and FrPays.
The princirld. of .the RI. CTRIC TELEGRAPH DEMONSTRA-
TED, by Professor BACH HOFFNEIL In. the OXYHYDROGEN
NI 'OROS-OPE is exh ed *specimen?. of the'DisMASED POTATOE,
showing Cuttings of ihe. Albers end Leaves, together with the
)F,StiItUCTIVE INSEC".I%, supplietlliy A; Since, F.P. S. The FHY-
sroscaPF., pm NG EX ?MUNE:NTS, the DISSOLVING 'VIEWS,
y Charles Smith, &,e.
Adm.ssio n Is. Schools, half-price.

ETHIOPIAIN SERENADERS.
. ST. JA..W:iiS'S THEATRE. ,
The. celebrated gthloplain , Serenaders, Pell, Harrington, White,
Stanwood, ant sermon, who le entertainments last -season rat the
St. James's Theatre were so ;eminentirsuccessful ana. whose recent
performances In the Provinces have been atte ,ded with unexampled
success, will have the honourl of resuming their entertainments at the
'awe theatre on TUESDAY EVENING, Dee. 15. and of s!o,tinuing
the- same eVery-`Tueiclay, TD relay, and Saturday- evenings, during

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the Christmaiholidays.
The public is resnectfully- cau`ioned that the Songs and Melodies,
as suuc hy the above party At.the St. James's Theatre, are Published
Illy at Mr. Mitchell's I,ibtAry, 33, Old Bond-street. None others
ire authentic.
St. James's Theatre, Dec. 1, 1846.

moNsoN's ARMS, COMMERCIAL and
AGRICULTURAL, INN, lIIGII-STREET, LINCOLN. '
.fOl-1N INMAN begs mix A respectfully to return his best thanks to
11,s agricultural and con, mereial friends in particular, and to the
public in general, for the '.ncreased and increasing support conferred
upon him ; and to merit which it will be 'his constant endeavour and
- uieriltting study. l
, Commercial gentlemen.-will at the Monstm's Arms find accommo-
dation equal to any house.. however celebrated for commercial resort
--,an excellent.conimerela t room, well aired beds, and good stal ling.
Travellers by railway ',siting the ancient city will receive every
attention. . . , ,
An- 'omnibus to and :from the railway station on the arrived and
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.. , parture of each train.
November 28, 1846.
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0 R.G. E El OTE L, DALE-sTABE
IC,E4n, EXCHANGE, LIVERPOOL.

Families and Travellers staying or pasting through Liverpool, will
.dad the GEORGE HOVEL, from Its contiguity to the Exchange, the
Docks, and the centre of business, the most comfortable and conve•
cement estabtishment In the town. It is excellently situated for the
sojourn of Passengers proceeding by the Halifax and Dublin Mail
Boats. • _ _ . _ _

Night Porters are kept to attend upon visitors by the Railway
Trains. Lock-up Coach-houses and Stabling.
THOMAS CASTLE, Proprietor.

BIRKENHEAD DOCK COMMISSIONERS.
- - • 'LOANS OF AIONEY. _ . _

The Birkenhead Dock Commisskmers are ready to receive Loans
of Menev for period: Ji five or seven years, under the authority 01
their Acts of Parliament, at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum. The
interest will he paid halt-yearly; on the Ist of January and Ist of
July, in London or elsewhere, as the parties lending may prefer._

Seitled tenders, stating the amount and term of years for which the
money is proposed to-he'lent, to tie addressed to the Commissioners,
endorsed "Tender for Loans."—Birkenhead, Sept.-21, 1546.
By order, RICHARD HIND, Sec.

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THE SELF-SUPPORT INSTITUTION,
(aided by Voluntary Contributions.) for the Cure of Stricture
of the Urethra, awl all other Diseases of Urinary Organs, Nervous,
local, and General Debility.
SURGEON —F. B. COURTENAY, M.R.C.S.L., 2, Chandos-street,
Cavendish-square.
To small tradesmen, clerks, mechanics; and the _workinz classes
generally, this Institution offers, in all cases, gratuitous surgical
assistance. and in others medicine also free of expense.
Apply at the Surgery adjoinng the Surgeon's residence.

TIE „GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.
LONDON AND YORK EXTENSION SCRIP SHARES, of
251-each, Issued Ist December, 1845. Deposit 21. 10s. per share, pall.

Notice'is hereby given, that in accordance with the terms upon
which the London and York Extension ,trip Shares were issued, and
with the resolution adopted at the •Finit General Meeting of the
Shareholders of the Great Northern Railway, held 25th JWy, 1846,
one year's interest (at the rate of 4 per cent. to the titilth June last,
and 5 per cent. to 315,. December instant), being 2s. 3.1. per share,
will be payable upon the said Extension Scrip Shares on and after the
lst JANUARY, 1847.

The holders are required to send in to this Office, after the 15th
DECEMBER instant, their London and York Extension Scrip Shares,
with a ticket attached thereto, containing full particulars of the num-
bers of the Scrip so sent in, their names in full, and addresses. As
soon as exanaineil, the scrip will be returned, accompanied by a war-
rant for the interest thereon.

This notice applies only to the London and York Extension Scrip
Shares. By order.
J. R. MOWATT, Secretary.

Offices, 7. Lothbury, London. Dec. 9, 1846.
NOTE.—To all pro rietors of Great Northern Shares registered
on 31st of December. 1846, warrants for the•half-year's interest at
Five per Cent., due 31st of December, 1846, will be issued, payable
on and after 15th of January, 1847.
Parties who hold London and York, or Direct Northern Scrip
Shares, are reminded that they cannot receive the interest which
31st of December, be due thereon, or that due 30th of *June
last, until they shall hare Registered such Scrip as Great Northern
Sharer.

12ND ON AND NORTH-WESTERN
• RA ILWAY.
Office, Euston Station, Dec. 12, 1846.

The Directors are ready to receive Tenders for Loans, on the
security of the Company's Debenture Bonds, for sums of not less
thin 1,0001. eac,, at Four per cent. Interest, payably half-yearly, and
for terms of front Five to Ten years certain.

33y order,
R. CREED I Secretaries.
H. BOOTH

REFORMATION IN CLEANING CHIM-
NEYS.—The use of the PORTLAND PATENT SPRING
B MISR and CHIMNEY-SWEEPING APPARATUS obviates all
the annoyance and inconvenience consequent upon the present dis-
gusting plan. By it a flue is completely cleansed without one
particle of soot entering the apartment. A short time ago
an experiment was made with this apparatus at the House of
Common•, the success of which was complete. Sheets of writing
paper were placed upon the chimney-piece, and in various other
oarts of the room, and after the completion of the sweeping not one
particle of soot was discernible upon any of the sheets of paper.
To be seen at 69, Weibeck-street, Cavendish-square.
N. is. The Proprietor is willing to grant licenses for the use of this
patent invention in the provincial towns of England.
Agents for the Metropolis are required.

REMARKABLE CASE of RESTORATION.
A striking instance of the power of scientific art to remedy
the detects of nature has lately occurred In the case of a Mr. F. Balls,
a gentleman residing at Wortham, in Norfolk, who, in the year 1842,
on returning from arlestone ilarket to We, bred, where he then re-
sided, sustained so severe a fa II from his horse, as to bring on an ill-
ness of several months' duration, during which period his hair con-
tinued to come off, till he becaine, to use his OWII terms, " as perfectly
bald as if his hea I had been shavedthe Rev. J. E. Daniel,
then clergyman of the parish, offered him a wig as a substitute for
his loSt hair. Under these circumstances, he was induced to try the
effect of ROWLAND'S MAC A SSA rt OIL, and it is highly gratifying
to add, with the most happy results. As soon as part of a bottle was
•us,l the growth recommenced, and he has new to ho st of a very
thick and luxuriant head of hair, which presents this peculiarity,
that, though prior to losing his hair it evinced no tendency to curl,
the new growth Is curly and strong. This fact speaks too strongly
for itself to requ re observation..—Bell's Messenger.
RO ,VLAND'S MACASSAR OIL preserves and reproduces the
flair ; prevents it • from falling off or turning Grey ; Changes Grey
flair to its Original Colour; frees it from Scurf and Dandriff, and
makes it beautitulb soft and curly.
c* Beware of "spurious compounds" under the title of "MA-
heSS OIL some wider implied" sanction ot Royalty and
Government Departments, with similar attempts at deception.
ROWLAND'S MACASS AR OIL is sold by the proprietors, at 20,
HATT° >I-GARDEN,
.LONDON. and all respectable Chemists and
Lens. _ _,„

Pertum
INFLUENZA, CoUGIIS, AND COLDS.
‘Z I MVO'S ESSENCE of LINSEED is the most
CT efficacious remedy ever discovered for the relief of persons suf
feria, from it flurnza; the two first doses generally arrest the pro-
distr ssin
rress of thisov , a lile corn.
pletely remes it. Children'scomplain cto ughs and ,
as well asperseverance recent ones in
Adults, will be removed by a few dos..s (frequently by the first), him
.tsthmatie persons., who pre7lously had not been able to lie down it,
!red, havo received the utmost benefit ft-oin the Use of Simco's
Essence of Linseed.
scld by all 'Medicine Vendors, in bottles at is 11/id. and 2s. 9d

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THE BEST REMEDY FOR INDIG,STION.
NORTON'S CAMOMILE PILLS
are confidently recommended as a simple but certain remedy
to all who suffer trom Indigestion, sick Headache, Bilious and l.ive
l'omPlaints ; they act as a powerful tonic and gentle aperient, impar
t ):kiti gdo
persuaded .
t.
~. ,
ing strength to the stomach, and coinposnre to the nervous system,
Sold in bottles at Is. 114 d 2 9d and Its. each, in every town in
9 s• ~
purChase an imitation.
theAuTioN.—Be sure to ask for" NORTON'S PILLS," and do not,
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Y SUIT.
•• A CHRISTMAS CAROL. H O T--M A $
I hope, my friends, you'll not refuse,
A simple (Mt, from my muse!
And do u t smile, I,...cause I choose
My Christmas
I know that MORES could supply
Prime artic'es,*by no means high,
And, therefore, 011 I start to huy
My Christmas Suit.
And have I rued my hargain?—No!
'Tis such that I wi I alwa% s go,
A.,.! buy at MOSES' vast depot.
My ''hrirmas Suit.

The CAL t, tl‘e Vest, the ,rowse s, too,
To MOSEs' Malt much credit do,
And 50 you'l say, wnen once you view
My Christmas Suit.

The winter wrapper can adorn
And comror, when-oever worn,
And nobody can just'y scorn
My Christmas Suit.

My Hat is elegant to view,
Its make is good, it: style is new ;
And thus it adds a beauty to
My Christmas Suit,

And now my friends, I trust you'll go
To MOSES', at their vast depot,
Where'l Obtain% for prices low,
My Ch;istmas.Sult.
LIST OF PRICES.
HEADY BLADE.

S s. d
Beaver Taglionls, from
Chested],lds and t2o4ring.ons .. •••••••••• • • • • • • • • • •
•• • 0 10 6
Pashas,. D'Orsays, and Chesterfields, and every description
Boys' Winter Coats, in every style and make............ 0 6
Tweed Trousers, lined •••••• • • • • .
Doeskin •••••• • .
Dress Coats ••••• • • • • • • •
1 5 0
Frock Coats.. ••• • • • . • • .
Double-breasted Vests • .• • ••••••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • • • • 0 2 0
Boys' Hussar and Tunic Suits • •••••• • • • • . •• . .• • is 6
oys' Winter Trousers .••• • • • • •
•• • ... ........ .
Ditto Vests •• • • . ,
Mourning to any extent at five minutes' notice.
MADE TO 'MEASURE.
Winter Coats, warranted waterproof, made to any style,
handsomely trimmed . •
Milled Cloth oats, trimmed, velvet collar and cuffs, lined 2 6 0
rw.ed Overcoats • ••• • • • • •
0 18 0
Winter Trou.ers, in all the most approved French patterns 1 2 6
Best Dress Trousers ..... ••.•••• • • • • • • • •••• • • .. 1 6 0
Dress Coats•-.. • ..... ...••.•••• • • • • • • - • • ••••• • • • • • 12 0
Best quality made ••••••.•••• • • • • • • • • • • • •• • . • 2 15 0
Best quality made .. • . .
0 8
Satin, plain or fancy •••••••••- • • • • • • • • • ••••• • • • • .
Boys' Hussar and Tunic Suits .... ••• • • • •... •• • • 1 5

Observe.—Any article purchased, ready made, or made to mea-
sure, if not approved of, will be exchanged, or if preferred, the
money returned.
E. M SES and SON, Tailors, Woollendrapers, Clothiers, 'Flatters,
floaters, Furriers, and General Outfitters, for Ladies and Gentlemen,'
154, 155, and 156, 157 Minories, and 83, 84, , 85, and 86 Aldgate,
tlty. Loudon.
Caution.—E. Moses and Son regret being obliged to guard the
public against impostors, but have learned that the untradesman-
like falsehood of being connected with them, or it's the same concern,
has been resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons.
They have no connexion with any other house In Or out of London;
-d those who desire genuine and'elte p clothing. should call at,
• r imd to, .111inores and Allgate, City, Leaden.
Ltisill S 6 transacted at this establigunent from sun-
, Friday, till st,,,set Saturday, whLit lousiness ,s resumed till twelve
o'clock
The entrance to the far department is at 83, Aldgate, corner of the
Mined% and Aldgate, opposite the church.

PUBLICA 1'14)

NEW CHRISTMAS 1100 K 'DV MR. DICKENS.
Oa the 19thinstani, will be pub./14.1a 1, price 55., smallBl'o.,
T E•l3 A. T E...;
A LOVE ;.STOr: Y. ".
By CIIAULES DIU LENS..
The Illustrations by Daniel ILaqllise, . 11. A. ; Cl cksou Stsunleli.
R.A. ; John Leech ; and Richard -Doyle.
London : Bradbury and Evan, 1, Whit /friars.

ALISON'S HISTORY OF EUP O E..
'TIE FIRST ?VOLUME of tfh.e NEW EDI-
TION of THE HISTORY OF El/11t.)k,E will be publiehed,
and copies delivered to the Trad'e on Si;.Tekol.V , the 19th instant.
Specimens of the Work may now be -had vl7 Boq 31u town
or comitry.
37, Pateinostet-row; London, Dec. 11, 1.84 E

MR. DEMPSTER'S SRI INAL BALLAD
SOIREES.
Mr.,DEMPSTER,
,Composer of the " Lament of the Irish Emi-
grant," "Blind" Boy," " May Queen," arud other American Melo-
dies, has the honour-to announce that Mg FIRSVMUSIOAL EN.
TERTAINMENT wilt, be giten at I he Princess's Concert-room,
-Castle-street, Oxford-street, On WEDN &DAEEVENING, 'l6ih:Decem-
-I,er, on which occasiou he will sing a tselection from his ottn Com-
nositionS To commence at Eight o'c'
. Tickets, is. 6d.; Reserved Seats, 2a.6d .; Gallery, Is. TO be had
at Duff and godson's, 65, Ox,cord-s.tm4 ; the doors ; and' of Mr.
Dempster, 11. 'Howard-street, St,"end. . . •

CAUTION TO NOT HERS.
1,1 RS JOHNSON'S AMER ICAN SOOTHING
SYRUP.. •
kVA_
This efficacious remedy has been its. general use for. upwards o
Chirty Years, and has preserved numesi am Children when suffering
frc,m Convulsions arising from painful The Anion. As soon as the Syv-:
en is rubbed on the Gums, the Chilli will be relieved, the Gums
end the inflammittion reduced. It is as innocent as efficitions,
tending to produce the Teeth with ~:as ; and so pleasant that no
Child will refuse to let its Gums be re R 3131 d with it. Parents suould
be very p,a7ticular to ask for JOHNSOI L'S AMERICAN SOOTHING
SYRUP, and to notice that the names bf Barclay and Sons, $5, Far-
cingdon-street, London (to whom Mrs. Johnson hits scld the :recipe),
are on the Stamp affixed to each Boit A . rrle a 2s. 9d. per Bottle.

TO MR. ?ROUT, 229, CR AND, LONDON
Done tste r, September 26th 1844.

Six,—The following particulars have' • heen handed to US with a
request that they might be forwarded to• you, with permisSion for
heir publication, if you should deem them• worthy yf such.

J. BROO, 'iE and Co., Doncaster.

Elizabeth Brearley, residing in Duke -street, Doncaster, aged
4etween forty and fifty, was severely aftlicto I with Rheumatism, and
confined to her bed for a period of nearly tis o months, with scarcely
the power to lift her arm ; she was signall3 • benefited after taking
two doses of BLAIR'S GOUT and RHEUM ATIC PILLS, and after
finishing two boxes was quite recovered ' -
The above recent testimonial is a curt her p roof of the great efficacy
of this valuable medicine, which is ti o onost effective remedy for
Gout, Rheumatism, Sciatica, Lumbag( Tic Doloroux, Pains in the
Head and Face, often mistaken for tooth ',ache, and for all Gopty and
Rheumatic Tendencies". .

It is also gratifying to have permissli n to refer to the following
gentlemen, selected from a multitude I) lothers, •whose station in
society has contributed to advance this Topular medicine in public
esteem R. Mandan, Esq., 'Coroner, .Doncaster; the Rev. Dr.
Blomberg ; the Chevalier de la Garde ; Air. Miskin, brewer and
maltatir, Dartford ; Mr. Richard Stone, Li aton ; Johri J. Giles, Esq.,
Frimley ; Mr. Inwood, Perbrlght ; WV Liam Conrtenay, Esq.,
Barton Stacey, near Andover Railway Sta tion, Rants. ; all of whom
have received benefit by taking this medic ine, and have allowed the
proprietor the privilzge of publishing the as une for the benefit of the
afflicted.

Sold by Thomas Pront, 229, Strand, Lo ndon ; and by his appoint
ment by all respectable Medicine Vend . hroughout the United
Kingdom. Price 2s. 9d. per box.
Ask for BLAIR'S GOUT AND RHEUM ATIC PILLS, and observe
the name and address of "Thome- Pratt' z, 229, Strand, Londoon,"
Impressed upon the Government Stamp affixed teasel' box of the
genuine Medicine.

RAILWAY SHARE' MARKETS.
BRISTOL, DECEMI lER 11.
STOCK Excuitsio3E.--The sales se-Bristol and Exeter,
New, 73,1-Caledonian, New, 21. :is. 9d.-Great Western,
Fifths, 304-Midland, New, 04- Ditto, 6 per Cent. Bir-
mingham and Gloucester, 129-Shrewsbury and Birmingham,
1% p.-York and Newcastle, Preference, 5 p.
LIVERPOOL, DECEMBI tR 11.
STOCK Excaustax.-The sales are-, Chester and Birken-
head, Halves, 25%-Ditto. 201. Shares , % p.-East Lanca-
shire, New (Nos. 1 and 2), 314 p.-Ditto, New (scrip), 1%
p.-London and North-Western, 193-Ditto, Quarters; New,
13 p.-Manchester and Leeds Fifths, 5% p.-Ditto. (late
L. and B. ), 4 p.-Midland, 125-Newcastle and Carlisle,
1134-North British, Quarters. 21/s; p.-Ditto, Thirds, 25/8
p.-North Union (B), 155-Preston and Wyre Halves (B).
1% p.-Runcorn Gap, 25-South-Eastern and Dover, New,
No. 4,1 A p.-York and Newcastle,. New, 5 p.-York and
Selby, New, 251. Shares, 10 p.-Belfast and Ballymena, 6%.
dis.-Caledonian, Halves, 14 dis.-Ditto; Guaranteed, 14 p.
Great Grimsby and Sheffield, 4 dia.-Dit to Extenston;.l 9-16
-Leeds and Dewsbury, 11 p.-Le'riids ai id Thirsk, 2 A dis.-
North Wales Mineral, 1% dis.-Ditto, N:ew, 1-16 dis.-Am-
bergate and Eastern Junction, par-Biro .enhead, Lancashire,
and Cheshire Junction, 1 p.-Birminghs .m and Oxford Junc-
tion, 63A p.-Backinghamshirei 1/4 clis- -Glasgow and Dum-
fries, 114 p.-Liverpool, Manchester, And Newcastle June-
tion, 3-16 dis.-Newport, Hereford, and Abergavenny, 11A
dis.-Newry and Warrenpoint, 3 p. -North Staffordshire,
3% p.-North-Western, % p.-Shrewsbury and Hereford-
shire, 1/4 dis.-Shrewsbury and Birinilngham (A), 15S IL-
.. •
Ditto (B), 1 p.-West Riding Unipn;', 1 11-16 p.-Dutch
Rhenish, 11/4 dis.-Great Luxernbburgi 31/4 dis:
MANCHESTER, DEdE3O3iR IL
STOCK XCILINGE.=The sales are-LiAnitergate, &Wing.
hsur, and Boston/ 1/ dis.-Birkeribtiad, Lancashire, and
Cheshire Junction, lt,fi p.- Eastern C ounties, York Exten-
sion, 15A p.-East Lancashire, New (sdrip), 1 7-16 p.-
East Lincolnshire, 3% p. -Fleetwood,' Preston, and West
Riding, 1/4 c. dis.-Glasgow and Dumfries, 11/4 p.-Great
Grimsby and Sheffiield, 4 c. dis.-Ditto, Extension, 1:7-16
dis.-Leeds and Thirsk, Preferential, j 4 p.-Leeds, Dew's-
bury, and Manchester, 9% c.-Ditto, .Extension (green),
1 3-16 c. p.-Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junc-
tion, 14 dis.-London, Manchester, and Birmingham, 75-
London' and York, dis.-Manchester and Leeds Ex-
tension, 1 p.-Ditto, Halves (late Liverpool and Bury), 41/i
p.-North British Extension, 'lf, p.-North Staffordshire, 3%
'J.-North-Western, p.-Oldham Alliance, %
field and Lincolnshire, 13-16 dis.-Sheffield and Manchester,
Quarters, No. 3, % dis.-Shropshire Union,- % clia.-South-
Eastern and Dover, No. 3, Ph p.-Ditto, No. 4,1/ p.-
West Lancashire Coast, 1,4 c. dis.-West Riding Union,
1 1-16 p.
LEEDS, DECEMBER 11.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-East Lancashire, 41/4;p.
c. n.-Ditto, New, 31/4 p.-Ditto, New Scrip, 1% p.-Glas-
gnw and Dumfries,2ls. p.-Huddersfield and Manchester, 3%
p.-Ditto, Thirds, 11,4 p.-Leeds and Dewsbury, Half Shares,
61A p. c. n.-Ditto, Extensions (green), 21s. 6d.-Leeds and
Ilirsk, 21/4 dis. c. n.-Ditto, New, par c. n.-Ditto, Pre-
ference, 19s. n.-Malton and Driffield Junction, 21s. p.-Man-
chester and Leeds, Half Shares (late Huddersfield and Shef-
field), 41% p.-North British Extension (scrip), 18s. p.-
North Staffordshire. 3 5-16 p.-North-Western, 7s. 6d. c. p.
-Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole, 15& p.-Wharfdale Junc-
tion, 9s. n. dis.-York and Newcastle, Preference, 474 p.-
Am bergate, Nottingham, and Boston, 3s. dis.-leeds, Wake-
field, and Midland, lls. 6d. dis.-Northern Counties Union,
295. dis.-West Riding Union, 31. i 16s.
SHEFFIELD, DECEMBER 11.
STOCk EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Atnbergate, Notting-
ham, and Boston, 3s. 6d. dis.-Great Grimsby. and Sheffield,
4/. dis.-Huddersfield and Manchester, 41/4 p.-Midland,
New, 41,s p.-North-Western, Bs. 6d. p.-Sheffield and Lin-
coln, 17s. dis.-Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole, 14s. p.-
West Riding Union, 174, p.
RULL, DECEMBER 11.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The amount of business transacted
to-day is very limited in amount, big, although our quota-
tions a'e rather tending downwards, no particular alteration
is yet observable. The sales are-North British, Half :shares,
15;4-Ditto, Thirds, 2% p.-York and Newcastle, Prefer-
doce, 4/. 16s. p.-Ambetgate, Nottingham, and Boston, 2/. Bs.
6d.-Lynn and Dereham, 1614-North-Western, 78. 6d. p.-
North Staffordshire, 31. Bs. 6d. " cer." p.
YORK, DECEMBER 11.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Ipswich and Bury,
1114-London and York, 21. 35.-Manchester, Buxton, Mat-
lock, and Midland, 3/. 25.-Newcastle and Berwick, 34%
-North British, Thirds. 3/. 1 ls.-Ditto, Quarters, 3/. 65.-
Ditto, Extension, IL Is.-North Staffordshire, 8%-North-
Western, 2% --Sheffield, Rotherham, &c, 31/-York and
Newcastle, New, 12 j,-Ditto, Preference, 7-York and North
Midland, 93-Ditto, Preference, 12.
GLASGOW, DECEMBER 10.
•
STOCK l XCHANGE.-The sales are-Aberdeen, 23%-
1 Caledonian, New, 455. 61-Caledonian and Dumbartonshire.
365. 6d.- Direct Bombay
1014
-East
GiaNslgaesi,wkillitarnock, and Ayr, 69/.-
6Pur,
.rtr_ttml:l,4:ll.,2ui
stnitt
tuol-r2g%Dh3Bl.
is
rind
Halves, Bs. Ils.-Glasgow,
Dumfries, an'd Carlisle, 6/. 75.-Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and
Ariltissa-n, 478 6d.-Great Indian Peninsular, ss. 3d.-Great
35.-alancliester andMa(ira ssS.u6tllla.-miAloaidi,r2as,,s.
0 thirds-Scottish Mid •
N9d4.-I"Nelorathndßri
745.-Ditto, Quarte-e, 8. ex
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at 15/.), No. 4,60 s. Stirling.and Dunfermline, 625. 6d.
land Junction, 14t-South-Eastern and Dover, (iss.

Lll A JOR LAMES, OF
An inquest was
lace Leicestei -square, before
Wales Hotel, Leicesttr-p , _
SUICIDE
°Tl;zl' B 47TH FOOT.
held on Frlday evening at the Prince of
f Major R. F Eames, aged
Mr. Bedford, on the body
forty-five, 6 t lh, eJe
above m y
hotel, tr e e t
said S t .
James's.
t hall at nine o'clock
Having shoy.n him to a room up stairs,
hatA atntnheLditn,icafieteatisidYedrcechsai2tdrimienbgienrtarnootatihNdeof.ron
ink, and paper, and sat down to write.
on Wednesday morning last, and dmagteedatllhareedcehfooar,mcplboceenrk:
she again e
could
n t llpt a stairs
inno answer
)
to see
to her
repeated
at the door. At length she entered the room, and found
him lying dead across the fender, with a pistol by his
nocks
but
she d obtain
side. She heard no report of fire-arms, but even if she
had she should have paid no attention to it, as there was
a shooting-gallery at the back.
Mr. Ribert Cross, surgeon, of No. 21, Leicester-
square, said he was immediately called to the deceased.
He found a pistol shot wo:ind over the sixth rib, in the
region of the heart. The ball had broken the rib, and
buried itself in the heart, so that death must have been
instanter', ous. The vest, flannel, and shirt had been
opened, and he thought the deceased had pressed the
muzzle of tke pistol close to his body. There was another
load, d pistol on the table.

wiii am
Ling, gunmaker, of No. 61, Jermyn•street,
said the deceased had resided in his house for the last
fortnight, but he had known him for some time before.
He was whimsical in his manner. He left home shortly
before nine o'clock on Wednesday morning, saying that
he should be bank to breakfast. He had held the rank
of major in the 47th Foot, but lately was unattached.
Witness could not in any way account for the act the
deceased had committed.

After some further evidence, the inquest was adjourned,
in order that the deceased's friends and relations might
be communicated with.

Tae ROYAL STAGHOUNDB.—In consequence of the
sharp frost which set in on Thursday night, together
with a fall of snow at an early hour in the morning, the
royal seaghounds were not able to hunt yesterday. We
are happy to bo enabled to state that Earl Granville is
so far recovered from his recent accident as to lead to
the impression that his Lordship will be able to resume
his duties in the course of the ensuing week.

ADDISCOMBE.
The usual half-yearly public examination of the Gen-
tlemen Cadets educated at the East India Company's
Military Seminary, took place on Friday in the presence
of the Chairman (Sir J. W. Hogg, Bart., M.P.), the
Deputy-Chairrnin (Henry St. George Tucker, Esq.),
some members of the Honourable Court of Directors,
and the following visitors, viz.:—Major-Generals Sir G.
Scovell, K.C.8.; Sir Robert Cunliffe, Bart. Colonels
Sir F. Smith, R.E; English, R.E. Lieutenant-
Colonels Dundas, R.A.; Chalmers, R.A.; Hall, R.E.;
Sabine. R A.; Hardinge, R.A.; and Pettingal, Osborn,
Hy, Honywood, and Sym, of the East India Company's
Service. Majors Shadwell Clerk, Cuppage, R.A.; and
Roxbergh, Bartleman, Sotheby, Amsinck, Wlllock,
Geot:e. Fisher, (3.8„ Hallett, Macdonald, and Fitz-
tierisld, .the East India Company's Service. Captains
Smith, R.N.; M'Kerlie, R.E.; Stotherd, R.E.; Wit
hiami, RE.; .and Ea.stwick and Hillersdon, of the East
India Company's Service. Right Hon. G. S. Byng,
NI. P.; Reverends G. Hodgson G. Coles. J. A.
Craigie, Bengal Civil Service; S. H. Christie, Rnya:
MilitaryiACademy; J. R. Martin, Esq.; and C. Fraser,
Esq., Bengal Civil Service.
Thirty-feu; gentlemen cadets were brought forward
for public examination, of which number eight were se-
lected for the Engineers, twelve for the Artillery; and
fourteen for. the Infantry, viz.:—
Engineers—Duncan Charles Home, Benjamin Martin
trutchinian, Frederick Weston Pell, George Edward
Watson,- Augustus Satchwell Johnstone, Richard
Hierom Sankey,
John Baptist Graniille Close, John
AugusterkFullen
Artillery—John Zark Worthington, James Henry-
Reid, Walter James Henry Stevenson, William Frederick
Quayle, John Henders-r Lamb, Edward William Day,
Daniel Clare Aloftnder, Thoinz?s Poynder GArrnt, Per-
Mimi Smith, George Willoughby, Elliot Minto Playfair,
Steward Raby Smith.

Infantry—Frederick Ernest Gammell, Frederick
George Stewart, Shadwell Saunders Boulderson,
Augustus Hall Cooke, John Macdonald, Oliver Weans-
land Span, John Elphinstone Milton, Thomas Woollas-
ton White, Stanley Scott, Mainwaring Arthur Worsop,
Robert Yeld Chambers, William Carnell, John Arthur
Henry Moore, Frederick Nicolas Miles.
The following prizes were distributed at the close of
the examination :

FIRST CLASs.
Duncan Charles Home—First•Mathematics, first Hin•
dustani, French, second good conduct.
Benjamin Martin Hutchison —First Fortification, Mili•
tart' Surveying, first Good Conduct—a handsome sword.
in presenting which the Chairman addresSed Mr. Hut-
chinson in the following words :

It affords me the truest gratification to present you
with this sword, in testimony of the high approbation of
the Court of Directors for your exemplary conduct
during your residence at this seminary. The sphere of
action you are now entering upon is more extended, but
the duties are unaltered, and the exercise of the same
qualities which have here won for you this hon*rable
trophy cannot fail to ensure in your future Career the
regard of your associates in arms, and the confidence of
the Government you serve. I cannot doubt that
throughout your service you will fulfil this early pro-
mise of distinction, and-when you retire from it, may
you be attended by honours and regrets such as those
which accompany your departure from this institution.
Augustus Satchwell Johnstone—Second Mathematics.
Richard Hierom Sankey—Second Fortification; Civil
Drawing.
Jonathan York Worthington—Latin.
James Henry Reid—Second Hindustani.
Daniel Clare Alexander—Military Drawing.
SECOND CLASS.

James F. Tennant Mathematics, third Good
Conduct.
Julius G. Medley—French.
Frederick F. 'Taylor—Fortification, Military Sur-
veying-.
Samuel Humfrays—Military Drawing.
Henry R. Brownlow--Latin.
John S. Trevor—Hindustani. 'F
Henry St. Clair Wilkins—Civil Drawing.
Francis W. Stubbs—Geology.
THIRD CLASS.
J. Goddard—Fourth Good Conduct.

The report, which was publicly read by T. R. Carice,
Esq., chief of the cadet department, spoke •of' the atis-
factory conduct of the gentlemen ead,ts during the term,
and of :Abe remarkable degree of discipline, good drder,
and gentlemanly propriety, which had prevailed dOring
the whole period. Due praise was bestowed on Mr.
Hutchinson, and the other corporal cadets, for their
strict yet concilitary mode of performing their duties.
At the close of the proceedings Sir JAMES HOGG
rose, and addressed the cadita in the following impress
sire words:—

Young Gentlemen,—lt is one of the most pl4sing
duties devolving upOn my colleagues and myself to visit
this institution when we are able, as upon the present
occasion, to congratulate _ you on the advance-
ment made in your studies, and to express our high
sense of your steady, orderly, and gentlemanly' conduct
and demeanour. An unusual number of cadets have
been declared fit for the more scientific branches
of their profession ; and I am happy that the
exigency of the public service has enabled us to receive
into these branches all who have proved themselves
duly qualified. Eight have been selected for the Engi-
neers and twelve for the Artillery, being, I believe, the
greatest number ever chosen for those services. Thanks
to you, my young friends, who have so nobly seconded
the efforts of your instructors in producing results so
honourable to yourselves and so creditable to this insti-
tution. I venture to hope that the commendation of
those to whom you are indebted for your appointments,
and to whom is entrusted the government of that
country for which you are destined, will not be' unac-
ceptable to you; and I trust it is only an earnest of the
approbation and distinction that await your future
career. You are about to join your families and your
homes at the approaching sacred and festive season, and
you will do so with the happy consciousness that your
conduct has been such as to carry joy to your parents,
and to diffuse gladness around the circle ready to wel-
come
you, I am fully aware that your studies here '
are numerous and severe, and that you are as much oc- '
copied as is consistent with that relaxation equ.ally
necessary for body and mind. But I entreat of you to,
consider how important to your future interests '
in life are ,the two years passed in this seminary,
and how varied are the objects to be attained.
You join this institution at an age when you can have
acquired little more than the elements of education, and
when your general studies must be carried on simul-
taneously with your professional pursuits. It is no easy
matter, in the short space of two years, to acquire a
competent knowledge of those branches connected with
a military profession, and, at the same time, tO pursue
the studies indispensably necessary for the culture of
your mind, and taste, and the formation of your cha-
racter. I believe it to be most injudicious, when ad-
dressing youths of your age, to underrate the duties YOU
are called upon to discharge, and the difficulties with
which you have to contend.On the contrary, I broadly
admit them, and I call upon you to summon energy and
perseverance to overcome them. You have not, I am
sure, so mean an estimate of the noble profession for
which you are destined as to suppose that mere physical
strength and animal courage, combined with a know-
ledge of the ordinary military manceuvres, would enable
you adequately to discharge your duties. I should deem
a youth unfit for the British ranks who had such an
as or ltd ifeorn. n
dTe
dh eo
ne exercise ipsrei
no!f
pwi
eaar
ntofy
science,civilised
annadt i
wo
ts
ignoble impression as to the character and duties of a
hoisutana
competent knowledge of that art no officer can success-
fully direct the operations of an 'army, or even under.:
stand a series of extended and c.a.Mbined movements.
In Europe an officer is rarely ',entrusted with Ahe
most limited command until he has attained cbm.
,iclerable rank in his profession ; not so in India.
There our troops are necessarily much detached, and
the command often devolves upon a subaltern on occa-
sions requiring the soundest judgment, and he must
not have to require the requisite knowledge at the mo-
ment when he ought to be exercising it. There is no royal
road to knowledge. It can only be attained by long
and patient application, and he who will not undergo the
toil must not hope to reap the fruits. If the occasion
should arrive when an officer has an opportunity of
winning honourable distinctions, and an enduring name
in the annals of his country, how bitter must be his
regret to feel that he is unable to avail himself of it, that
he is unequal to the emergency, that the time which
should have been devoted to study has been wasted in
frivolity, and that to him the path to renown is irrevo-,
cably closed ? Most, serious is the responsibility at-
tached to the exercise of an independent command, how-
ever limited. An officer thus entrusted is accountable
fin the lives of his men, not less than for the accom-
plishment of the object which he is ordered to effect.
Whatever that object be, it must be achieved. The word
" impossible" has no place in the soldier's vocabulary,
but the duty of achieving it, with the least possible
sacrifice of human life, and the least possible human
mind, and thus military
skili win bmeufsotubnedeayserborne in
an aid to the cause of
valuable
humanity as to the successful prosecution of war. India
is the country eminently calculated to bring into notice
suffering,
and distinction the officer of judgment
and talent ; but
it is equally calculated to expose the incompetence of
the man unequal to the discharge
of his duties. There
every man is thoroughly kno ,vn, and bared to the
view of his superiors. The Government, in their
selection of individuals, are influenced by no con
siderations but those of the public weal. There,
politics and family. connexions are of no avail ; and
every man is public corn
• advanced according to his
potence to the discharge . of his duties. You may
sometimes hear it alleged, that a particular young
officer has been entirely indebted to what is termed good
fortune in having an opportunity to distinguish himself.
Depend upon it that such observations are always made
spirit that s
either in ignorance, or in t it of detraction in-
dulged, in too commonly by the indolent and incompetent
towards those of enterprise and talent. It is true, that a
man cannot make the occasion, but he may take good
care to be in a condition to avail himself of it when it
occurs. The highest political, as well as military em-
ployments, are open to the army; and
you are aware
there is generally a military officer_ in the supreme
Council of India. With such duties, stich responsibili-
ties, and such high rewards before you, kliosure I need
not stimulate you to a contiuttance of -pair .praiseworthy
exertions, eminently to qualify yourselves for the public

service, not only by professional acquirements, but by a
general acquaintance with science and literature. I urge
study as valuable, not only for its own immediate fruits
in the acquisition of knowledge, but as a preservative
against low and demoralising pursuits. I know not a
more wretched being, or one more exposed to perilous
temptations, than an Indian officer without any literary
tastes or resources. He is frequently liable to be detached
where there is not perhaps another European; and you are
aware, that when in cantonments, the usual parades and
drills are over before seven o'clock during a great portion
of the year. How, let me ask you, are you to paSs your
time, perhaps eight or ten hours, when exposure to the
sun is attended with imminent danger? The young officer
find of reading, and with literary tastes,will pass his time
in preparing himself for the dutiesof his profession, and
in keeping up his classical and scientific knowledge, that
he may be enabled to resume his position on his re-
turn to his native land. I almost dread to place before
you the means resorted to by the illiterate sluggard to
kill that time that might be so usefully employed.
Without resources, he lounges about, seeking some com-
panion' as vacant and as listless as himself ; sometimes
courting slumber that does not soothe, and sleep that
does not, refresh ; perhaps injuring his constitution by
needless exposure to the sun, and, I fear, too often ruin-
ing his health and his character by the excitement of
gaming and wine. Why do I place before you a picture
from which I feel assured your youthful mind will 'shrink
with instinctive horror and disgpst? Believe me, it is
not that I doubt the purity of your feelings, or theneeral
rectitude of your intention. It is because it is my
anxious ancrearnest desire to impress you, not only with
the adiantages of literary habits and pursuits, but with
the frightful perils and dangers to-which idlenes,—that
parent of all human ill—must inevitably expose you.
Do not suppose that it is my desire to counsel you to
live recluse, or to &liar you frord the pleasures of society,
or manly amusements and recre itions. No such thing.
Indulge in them in all moderation, and they will render
you more useful, and perhaps better men. But I be-
seech you, beware of that listless vacuity of mind which
would equally unfit you for duty and true enjoyment,
and must render your lives useless to the state and bur-
densome to yourselves. You who are about.- to pro-
ceed to India were present when last I had the plea-
sure of addressing the ,young gentlemen in this semi.
nary, and I hope I need not again urge the topics I
then more particularly dwelt upon. I need not tell
English youth to remember in their future career the
sountry which gave them birth, and never, in camp
or in field, to discredit it. Courage in action, cool-
ness in danger, and calm endurance of fatigue and
privation, are the characteristics of cur nation. But
there are qualities, less showy but not less necessary.
which must be cultivated with equal care. The union of
firmness with gentleness in command—the exercise
promptness and cheerfulness in obedience. RenAmb,e-
that a soldier's first and paramount duty is obedience—
a ready, willing, confiding, and uninquiring obedience.
I need not tell you that without, obedience there 4annot
be discipline, and without discipline there cannotibe an
army. You may assemble; in countless multitudis, the'
bravest, the hardiest, and the most daring of Mei, but
without discipline they cannot form an army. TheY will
prove a mere armed rabble, formidable only tolthose
whom it is their duty to protect. To those under your
command, and subjected to your power, be kind, affable,
and considerate. Depend not for your influence on the
little brief authority with which you may be clad ; so
exercise that authority as to attach to your person the
soldiers under your command, and you will find the in-
dian Sepoy the bravest, the most devoted, the most
grateful of followers. I know not a more interesting
spectacle, or one more creditable to the British power in
the East, than a well-regulated Sepoy regiment. It unites
the affectionate regard of an attached family with the
strict discipline of a well-organized corps. You see the
Sepoys enjoying, without hindrance or interruption, the
free exercise of those rites and usages consecrated by
time, and whiCh have remained changeless amid the perils
of conquests and the ruin of dynasties. You see the
officers in kind and friendly intercourse with the men,
considerately respecting their prejudices, anxiously at-
tending 6 their little comforts and wants, and liberally
contributing to their national amusements and sports.
In pleasing testimony of the happiness and c a:tent-
:Dent of the Sepoys, you see their relatives attending
the regiment, in anxious hope of being able to join its
envied ranks. You see the British officer respected and
reearded by the native soldier as a protector and friend,
.4nd you hear him saluted by the affectionate appellation
of parent. The phraseology is eastern, but the feeling
is genuine and sineere. Need I say how vain must be
your efforts thus to win the confidence and regard of the
Sepoys under your command if not perfectly and fami-
liarly conversant with their - language. Without , that
knowledge you cannot conscientiously discharge your
duty to the state, or be advanced to the honours and
emoluments of your profession. You are probably
aware that the orders
- r vow this country are peremlitoty
that no officer can hold a staff appointment until he shall
have passed the prescribed examination in the native
languages. It is a fatal error to imagine that habits of
irregelarity and extravagance evince spirit, and, are
therefore peculiarly becoming a soldier. Nothing can
be more false, though I fear that such an opinion is too
prevalent. If there be any profession .in which regu-
larity and abstinence from every species of excess are
peculiarly essential, it is in the military profession,
where an officer knows not the moment he may be called
upon to discharge duties requiring the most entire self-
possession. The soldier's training must be moral not less
than professional—a preparation for the duties of life
generally, as well as for duties purely military. Depend
upon it, the best man will'be the best soldier. You are
about to join, perhaps. the only service in the, world
where your pay and allowances are ample to meet all
your necessary expenses, and to afford you most of. the
ordinary luxuries of life. Commence your career with
a fixed and unalterable determination never to incur one
rupee of debt. As you value your peace of mind and
independence of character, listen to my warning and
friendly voice, and never incur any expense, no
matter how trifling, when you have- not the present
means of meeting it. Don't suppose that I mean to

enjoin penurious habits, or to encourage the propensity
of avarice. On the contrary, I should wish to see you
liberal, hospitable, and charitable, in proportion to the
means with which you may be blessed. But how, I ask,
are you to exercise the office of hospitality, or meet, the
demands of charity, if early extravagance ka.s involved
you in inextricable difficulties, and rendered you unable,
and perhaps indisposed, to meet such calls? The tran-
sition may seem strange, but, believe me, it is not unusual,
and you will learn, by experience, that early dissipation
and extravagance, besides ruining the health and cir-
cumstances, tend, like every other vice, to harden the
heart, and render it insensible to the wants of a friend, or
to the cries of the distressed. And now, ray young friends,

„
before bidding you adieu, let me urge my last and
most earnest injunction. You are proceediing to a di;-
tant land, where you will be encompassed by supersti-
tion and darkness; but you bear with you the blessed
light of revelation to guide your path, and illumine
your course. When raising your head from your ,
pillow implore by fervent prayer that,Divine aid with
out which all human efforts must prove vain; and when
retiring to rest, forget not your humble thanksgivings
to the Author of all good. Neglect not your religious
duties• and observances. Rather cherish and hallow
them the more when assembled together in a foreign
land, •it matters not whether under the dome of a ca-
thedral or the roof of the humblest dwelling. You Rill
mark the Hindoo, and observe him, with unfailing re-
gularity, seeking the banks of the- sacred stream, and
conforming, with undeviating- fidelity, to every rite
prescribed by the religion of his forefathers. You will
see the Mahomedan daily 'prostrating himself in
prayer, at• the rising
_and the setting of the
sun, and hastening, at prescribed periods, to his
mosque, with a fidelity and zeal worthy of a purer faith,
and will you, regardless of the injunction of your Re-
deemer, allow your neglect of the sacred ordinances of
your religion to appear in unholy contrast with the mm e
rigid observance of those whose superstition and errors
you profess to deplore ? True it is that the faith you
profess is spiritual, and ought to be seated in the heart,
but be not deluded by the impression that you can dis-
pense with the favours of your religion without perilling
its substance and your own salvation. This, my young
friends, is the last time when my duty will call upon me
to address you. That duty has been to me most pleas-
ing and grateful, because I have had only to use the
language of praise and approbation. You may, perhaps,
think that I have exhorted you too earnestly and too
tediously to the discharge of duties which you are inca-
pableness of your purpose, but from that anxious solicitude
doubt ooff ntebgelescotuiundgu.
esßs colfieyveour me,priint,
ohipalseas,risoerntbfroomfi rmno.
that would induce me, under similar circumstances, to
hold the same language to my own children, in the
of harshness
and
to
offer or suspicion. pic o n
earnest. Allowwishes
and fervent prayers for the health, happiness, and wel-
fare of you all.
me
eint of
t'ob
idaffyecoutiofna;cnwoetll,

MALDON, WITHAM, AND BRAINTREE RAILWAY,--
A subscription has been raised among the original share-
holders of this line for the purpose of presenting some
plate to the Rev. Sir John Page Wood, Bart., of Gla-
zenwood House, Braintree, the chairman ; and to the
solicitors, Messrs. Blood and Douglas, of Witham, io
testimony of the valuable services rendered by those
gentlemen in obtaining the Act of Parliament, Sze., for
connecting the three towns by railway communication,
and uniting the interior of the county more immediately
with the Port of Maldon.—Essex Standard.
A FEW THINGS TO AVOID.---A bottle of wine at a
public dinner ; a short cut when you are in a hurry ;
metaphysics at five o'clock in the morning ; walking
between two umbrellas on a pouring wet day ; a man
who carries bill-stamps in his pocketbook ; " just an-
other glass before you go ;" taking a pocket telescope
or oranges to the Opera, or asking for a bill of the play ;
sitting next to the orchestra when they are playing on,.
of Halevy's light operas ; going into a church without a
shilling ; being the mediator of a quarrel between a man
and his wife ; bowing to a lady from the top of an om-
nibus ; and taking a new hat to an evening party,—
Almanack of the Month.
RUNNING MATCII FOR TWENTY POUNDS—On Fri-
'day afternoon Brooks and Kirby, of London, ran their
two hundred yards' foot-race in the Waterl..o-road.
At the start Brooks took the lead, and was making hard
for_the goal when he slipped up, and his opponent ran
him and won the stakes. in betting Brooks was tie
favourite, and his backers lost large sums of money upon
him.

CHINA.
We find the folloiaiiig valuable statistics on he Chi-
nese empire, in a work by Mr. Montgomery Martin, on
that inisportant and interesting. country ; they are
chiefly compiled, as we )(awn from Mr. Martin's state-
ment, froni official records furnished to him in China, the
population census being considered correct by Dr. GUIS' •
laff and other Chinese scholars :—" In China Proper
(says Mr..M. Martin) there are 367,000,000 inhabitants,
and in the dependencies of Muntehourie , Mongolia,
Turkestan, and Tibet, about 40,000,000, making a total
of four hundred million people under one Government !
fhe population of the whole earth is' estimated at from
300 to 1,000 millions.
Mc number of inhabitants to each square mile is about
the same as in England, and less than the number in
Ireland.. The most dense population in China is along
the hanks of the great rivers, particularly near the great
Zang-tze-Kiang, and the central districts of the country,
.berm the waters furnish large supplies of food. The fes
cundity of the Chinese is visible in every village. The area
of China Proper is given at 1,297,999 square miles, or
' 330,829,100 acres, of which 140 million acres are in culti-
vation. Of the 18 provinces into which the empire is di-
vided, 11 are inland, and the remaining seven on the sea
coast. The average. population to each square mile
is 283 ; tho total fixed revenue 35 million taels (a tae!
is 61 ); the army 1,232,000. The description given of
each province, with their principal productions, is as
follows Pe- Chibte, 'inland ; westward, very flat,
-sloping tawards•the sea, sterile—millet, ginseng, fruits.
tobacco, coal, saltpetre, skins. Shan-Tung, sea coast ;
mountainous, a bracing climate, bold audgoodharbour—
corn•and. fruits, drugs, wines, skins. Shan=Se, inland ;
very. mountainous, sterile, and woody—silks, wines, iron,
salt, marble, jasper, musk. Ho-Nan, inland; flat, very
fertile, climate agreeable—the garden of China—rhubarb,
musk, indigo. - Kang-Soo, sea-coast ; very low and fer-
tile, climate good—medical herbs, chinaware, gold, lead
tin, salt. Gan-Furey, sea-coast ; romantic scenery and
fertile, on the banks of Yangtze-Kiang—varied trees.
green teas, silks, rice, millet. Kiang-Si, inland ; sterile:
and hilly, climate healthy--coarse
cloths, chinaware,
drugs. Koo-Bien, sea-coast ; very . mountainous, good
harbours, fertile. where capable of cultivation—black
teas, camphor, sugar, indigo, tobacco. Che-Keang, sea-
coast ; on the sea coast very hilly, but fertile—silk,
paper, wines, lungtzing-cha, a costly species of tin.
Eloo-Pih, inland ; well watered, numerous lakes and
rivers—teas, paper, rice, musk,. tobacco. Hu Nan,
inland ; slightly elevated and fertile, a good cli-
m'ate—gold, silver, tin, drags, mercury, hemp. Shen._—
Ses inland ; plains and
mountains, cold and barren—
woollens, iron, copper, furs, drugs, millet. Kan-Suh,
inland; thountainous, fertile fields, and sandy deserts—
ga Id, quicksilver, musk, tobacco; Sze-Chuen, inland—
bold coast, good harbours, fertile, fine climate; copper,
iron, tin, rhubarb, rice, salts, drugs. Kwang-Tung, or
Canton, sea-coast excellent harbours, fertile soil,
climate good; rice, silks, fish, vegetables, copper, iron,
tin. Kwang Si, sea-coast—ltold mountains, fertile val-
leys, large forests; fruits, rice, cassia, sugar, iron, lead,
tin. Yan-Nan, inland; the Switzerland of China, very
wild and jungly—rich in metals, rice, musk, betel-nut:
'Civet Choo, inland; wild and mountainous, intersacted
by several rivers—considerable metallic wealth, tobacco,
drugs. The annexed brief extract, from the preface to
the work, will be read with some irterest:—
"If wealth and power involve a responsibility to
Him who permits their acquisition—if England have
been almost miraculously raised from a small insular
kingdom, .to become the dominant empire_ of the
earth— if her destiny be, through the apparent
instrumentality of her commerce, to civilise man-
kind—then, indeed, a fearful responsibility attends
her proceedings in China. The .onward progress of
England, in political and commercial freedom—in the
practical application Of science—in the accumulation of
capital—in the extension of maritime communication—
indicates that she cannot be passive ; action is essential
to her existence—it is the main spring of her life—tht
animating impulse which produces evil or good ; if not
rightly directed, it will tend to her downfall, after Om
manner of other states ; but, under wise and righteous
principles, this very law of her -being will conduce to the
establishment of her supremacy over the earth so long
as Christianity shall exit. It is the directinterest of all
other nations that this supremacy be maintained ; re-
public of kingdoms is as utopian as a republic of
duals:--some powerful empire has always swayed the
world, but whoever possessed the dominion has unfor
tunately used its power for the subjugation 'and:enslave-
ment rather than for the elevation and liberty of weeks'
states. • This has not - been -the' career of Englanu ;
her insularity has happily prevented' the -neces-
'sitar' of seeking continental European territory ;
her free political institutions tiavo siesta any ren-
dered hey desirous of extending their advantages
to other nations; and her pure and tolerant religiori has
made her the ark to which the oppressed can flee for
safety and repose; and, while placing a salutary check
on ambition or mare aggrandisement, it has inspired the
desire, and furnished the means, of contributing to the
advancement of all countries. What, then, have the
nations et Europe to fear from the supremacy of Eng-
land? She has thrown open the ports of her wide-
spread maritime dominion to every nation ; whatever
new territory she conquers, or reclaims from the desert,

it is freely opened to mercantile competition; she retains
no selfish monopoly—claims no undue privilege—Exer-
.

cises no arbitr'ari sway to the prejUdice of Europe.
Possessed of a power which could at any moment arouse
a general war—with' resources at her command far
greater than she ever possessed—of a magnitude which
strangers cannot see, and which are comprehended but
by few, she yet earnestly seeks peace, because it is a
Christian duty, and desires no other rivalry with her
surrounding competitors than that of extending the bles-
sings of order; industry, and intelligence—of promotinf_
the interchange of commodities—and of facilitating inter-
course with the most distant regions. These unqUes-
tionable facts demonstrate, that whatever position
England may acquire in China, it will not be for her ex-
clusive advantagd ; the time as happily arriving wen
nations, as well as individuals, learn: that a benefit con-
ferred returns to the donor with a blessing, that injuries

reflect punishment on the perpetrators ; and thus, even
hi a selfish point of view, the exercise of good is a far

better policy- than thetommission of injustice. A con-
viction of the truth of this divine precept is slowly dawn-
ing on the minds of men ; it is the high behest of England
to prove the reality by its practical application. No
sphere could be .more appropriate for its exercise than
China, where. myriads of our fellow-creatUres seem
srecially adapted for, and prepare 3 to receive, the influ-

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once of a Chii)tian civilisation. It is impossible to esti-
mate fully the effects of such an influence on so vast a
mais of mankind ; it is difficult to calculate the extraor •

dinar; commercial power which would be created by four
hundred million active and intelligent beings, with nu-
merous desires, keen perceptions, and indomitable in-

dustry, having full seoie given to their singular energies
—it is deeply interesting to consider the physical, moral,
and intellectual results which would accrue not only to
the continent of Asia, but also to those of Europe and
America, from the Christianisat;_on of China. Under
Providence, this glorious consummation may be wit-
nessed-by the existing generation ; but whether this' be
permitted or wit, it is the bounden duty of all Christians
to aid in its accomplishment."

THE MAILS.—Mueh irregularity has taken place
in the arrival of our mails from the south within these
few days. This has been partly accounted for by the
change of weather, a good deal of snow having fallen
in Berwickshire and the north of E .gland. But the
extraordinary detention of the last two London mails
has partly arisen from other causes, which we think,
with a little forethought, might have been provided
against. The mails due on Wednesday, at nine o'clock in
the morning, did not reach our po,t-office till twenty
minutes past one o'clock in the afternoon. On inquiry
we learn that half an hour was lost south of Newcastle;
thence to Berwick, where it is horse-coached, about two
hours more were lost from the same cause, namely, a
rather deep fall of snow, and the horses not being frost-
shod. But at Berwick, when the mail came up, there was
neither engine nor carriage to forward it, and it had to
wait an hour or two for he return of a train from the
north. A more extraordinary case of what we might call
omission occurred the day previous. The London mail,
due at eight o'clock on Tuesdayevening, did not reach here
till half-past two on Wednesday morning, upwards of six
hours behind time. This was also partly owing to the
weather; tut there was another cause, and it requires
explanation. There are about ten miles of the way, we
understand, between Cockburnspath and Renton, where
at present there is only a single line of rails. Well, the
mail comes up to one eud of this space, and, finding that
it had not yet passed an expected train from Edinburgh,
it very properly stopped, fearing a collision on the single
rail. The Edinburgh train comes td the other end, and
makes a halt from the same cause. Very proper precau •
tions. Better delay a short time, rather than risk the
loss of life and property. But how long did they thus
stop looking for each other? Three mortal , hours, by
Shrewsbury clock! Now, we would ask if communica-
tion could not have been had between the two ends of

the single line—only eight miles long—by the most lazy
conveyance, in a shorter space of time than three hours?
It might have been done on foot in less time. The mail
was the first to take courage and proceed on this occa-
sion, and, happily, no_collision took place. But, really,
such exigencies as these ought to be looked•to, and pro-
vided for.—Caledonian Mercury.
WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET, FRIDAY.—Owing to
adverse winds we have no arrivals freni. the East coast,
which causes our market to be very bare of samples.
The quantity of wheat offering is inadequate to the de-
mand, and an advance of is. to 2s. per qr. is re,adily ob-
tained. Barley is in fair request at an improvement of
Is. per qr. Oats and shelling are both scarce, the former
is from id. to id. per stone, and the latter Is. to 2s. peiv
load dearer. New Beans are eagerly taken at Is. per
or more money, in old ones no, alteration.

The South-Eastern Railway have just decided upon
the following alterations :—Passengers leaving Londoi
for Folkstone will be placed in separate carriages, as in
the case of branch lines, and on arriving at the Folk-
stone station will be conveyed by a tram road over a
swing bridge, which crosses the harbour to the oppo ;it,
side into a large and very capacious station„ whit h
being' erected, Abqut 200 feet of the station will be
upon piles; as it is intended to carry it out

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These alterations are of area`:
passengers, and will dispegth with tile use -01
and flys. The length of the bridge and station will be
400 feet.