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No. 16,767.

ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARTS, TBAFAL
GAR-SQUARE.
The EXHIBITION of the ROYAL ACADEMY is now OPEN.
Admission (from Eight o'clock till Seven), One Shilling.
Catalogue, One Shilling.
HENRY HOWARD, R.A., Sec.

ROYAL BOTANIC SOCIETY.
The LAST EXHIBITION' this season, in the Gardens of
the Society, in the R- gent's .cark, will be HELD on WEDNESDAY,
July 1, and will include FRUIT.
Tickets ca be obtained at the Gardens, by presenting an order
from a Subscriber, price ss. ; or on the day of the Exhibition, 7s. 6d.
each. . _ .

PROMENADES, to which Fellows have the privilege of admitting
their Friends, will continue to be held every Wednesday in June and
July, except July 1

J. D. C. SDWERBY, Secretary.

IS lIGRACEpR THEEsIDENT DUKE
ofthel OF-lORTIC IT DEVON-
SHIRE,LTURALSO-
ciE has kindly directed the GROUNDS of CEISWICK
HOUSE to he O'ENED for the RECEPTION of VISITORS to
the SOCIETY'S tARDEN at tha Next Exhibition on the 11th JULY.

Tickets are issued to the orders of Fellows of the Society only at
thi+ office, price 55., or at the Garden in the afternoon of the l lth
July, at 7s. td. each, but then also ONLY TO ORDERS SIGNED DE
FELLOWS OF THE SOCIETY.

N.B. No tiekots will bo issued in Regent-street on the day of
Exhibition.

21, Regent-street.

THE LAST WEEK OF
THE NEW ZEALAND AND AUSTRA
MAN EXHIBITION.

This Exhibition, consisting of the most complete illustration of the
natives, buildings, customs, and scenery, of these important colonies,
will close on the 24th inst., and will never again be open to the pub-
lic. The Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly. _ .

Admission, Is. (Catalogues, 6d,

VrESSRS. WICKHAM and CO.'s PUBLIC
IL SALES of RAILWAY SHARES, &c., are held at the Hall
of Commerce. Threadneedle-straet, EVERY MONDAY and
THURSDAYS, at One o'clock.

Orders received until Four o'clock of the day previous to each sale.
London, 1846.

THE PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL
BENEFIT ASSOCIATION AND BENEVOLENT FUND,
42, Moorgate-street.

Thomas Baring, Esq., M.P,
Thomas Hank ey, Jun., Esq,

TRUSTEES.
1 W. G. Prescott, Esq.
! Baron L. de Rothschild

TREASURER. OF THE BENEVOLENT FUND.
John Abel Smith, Esq., M.P.
Forms of prop^sal for MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE, to meet
every contingency, Annuities, Endowments, Loans, &s., and the
FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT, with every information, may be had
at the Offices, where donations and subscriptions to the Benevolent
Fund are received.

Table of Prtmium payable yearly, half-yearly, or quarterly, by a
person of the age of 25, to secure the sum of £lOO, to be paid at
death, or on his attaining the respective ages of 50, 55, and 60,
whichever event shall first occur :

Age F.fty

Age Fifty-five.

Age Sixty,

NATIONAL LO A N Nl4 LIFE ASSUR
ANCE SOCIETY,
26, CORNHILL LONDON.
Capital £.500,000.
Empowered by Act of Parliament.
This 'lnstitution embraces important and substantial advantages
with respect to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The assured
has, on all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense or for-
feiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the nremitues paid (see Table) ;
also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his in-
terests to meet other conveniences or necessity.
Assurances for terms of years are granted on the lowest possible
rates.

RAILWAY Y.
'l,ol‘l,!tllrrfEES

(YESTERDAY.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.

DIRECT LONDON AND POrt.TSDIOUTN.
Guz-2.r.inwortn, CEICL7.ESTZII,PCSASIUOUIII

AND PAIZEHAId.

The Ccmmittee on these competing Bills resumed their labours at
eleven o'clock this morning. They met in room B (New House of
Parliament). Lord Beaumont took the chair, and all the members
were present.
Mr. TALBOT, on the part of the
DIRECT LONDON AND PORTSMOUTH',

proceeded to call ➢ir. W. Cubitt, jun., the engineer to the line (con-
jointly with his father), who gave the usual engineering evidence.
In cross-examination by Mr. MEREWETHER on the part of thEGuild-
ford and Chichester Company, he said that it was proposed in the first
instance to work the line by locomotive power, but if the experiments
now going on as to the applicability of the atmospheric principle
ended favourably, the atmospheric power would be adopted for the
working of the line. There was a gradient of I in 80 for 14 miles,
and another of 1 in 100 for nearly 25 miles. It would not be neces-
sary to have the engines constructed in a d!fferent manner from
other engines. It would require the diameter of the driving wheels
to be not more than 5 feet 6 inches. This would not be too small to
run at the ordinary speed on the more level parts of the line, al-
though a greater speed would be obtained if the driving wheels were
of greater diameter. _ .

W. Cubitt, sen., was next called, and gave similar evidence to
that of Mr. W, Cubitt, jun. He said that the line was laid down by
tke latter under his direction, and subject to his approval or disap-
proval. He himself went over the line in the first instance.
In cross-examination he said, that the engines would be adapted
to the gradient of I in 80, by reeking the cylinders somewhat larger
than in ordinary engines.

This being the case for the London and Portsmouth,
Mr. HOPE proceeded to open the case for the Guildford, Chiches-
ter, Portsmouth, and Fareham. Having addressed the Committee
at great length, the Learned Counsel called Mr. Locke, the engineer,
whose evidence occupied the Committee for nearly an hour, and was
not concluded at four o'clock,. at which hour they rose, and ad-
j ourned till to-morrow at eleven.

GROUP Ir.

WISEZICII, ST: XiMs, /16ND CILIVEBRIDGE

S UNCTION.

The Committee appointed Lo hear the eases in this group met
to-daxat ,

Mr. CROWTHER appe'ired for the promoters of the above line,
which was opposed by the Lynn and Ely. After a brief address, the
promoters proceeded to call evidence.

TUE LONDON AND YOE2 (v,raivariELD

BE.EINCII).

The Committee met this day at eleven o'clock.

Mr. Sergeant WKANGRABI appeared for the promoters, and in a
speech of great length and ability laid the points of the case before
the Committee.

After the Learned Sergeant concluded evidence was called. '
Mr. Beckett Denison, Mr. Laseslles, and several merchants were
called, who spoke to the great necessity of the Wakefield branch of
the London and York line.