The Sun.
London, England, 1846-12-30 00:00:00

WITH rlorrrs,

4112_20 I I/. 16s. Ild. 130 I 21.98.24. I 40 I 31. 6s. 6d.1 50 141. 145.21

Bonus in ready money, at the rate of 15 per cent. on the pre-
Wha received (equivalent to a reversionary bonus of about 30
Pei
cent.) was declared in May, 1042, on all beneficial policies on
er),,.... three annual premiums had been paid in the December
1.4.1.10u5.
division of the profits takes place every five years, and the hold-
▪ er
beneficial policies can receive their bonuses in ready money, or
of UM applied in augmentation of their policies, or in reduction
their fliture premiums
▪ .lasnrers may contract to pay their Premiums either in one sum, in
it. !fen number of payments, in annual, half-yearly, or quarterly pay-
. ig, or on the ascending or descending scale.
~,,ricers in the Army and Navy, on active service, Persons afflicted
h,,",4 chronic and other diseases, and such as are going beyond the
—"ZtS of Europe, are also Assured at moderate rates.
.rospectuses and ell necessary infbrmation may be obtained at the
%tee. MICHAEL SAWARD. Secretary

TURNTABLES, WATER CRANES, &c.
CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY.
The Directors of this Company will meet at the Company's
Office, 61, Moorgate-street, London, on Wednesday, the 6th day of
January neat, at two o'clock, to receive TENDERS for the supply of
Crossings, Switches, Turntables, and Water Cranes, according to the
IPectications, drawings, and other particulars, which may be seen at
the office of Mr. Robert Stephenson, 24, Great George-street, West-
Minder.
nice,
to be delivered in to the Secretary, at the Company's
nice, by one o'clock on the 6th of January, and parties tendering,
"4 their authorised agents, to be in attendance at two.
The Directors do not bind themselves to accept the lowest tender,
By order,
GEORGE KING, Secretary.

s>>. , oorgate-street, Dec. 14, 1846,

IRECT BOMBAY and MADRAS RAIL-
WAY.
otles.—The FIRST HALF YEAR'S INTEREST, at 4 per cent.
itie' annum, will continue to be PAID till the 31st inst. Scripholders
hoZegtlestod to present their Scrip at the offices of the Company
th;'
,'._een the hours of Twelve and Three, when it will be stamped and
wtareet paid at the same time.
By order, JAMES WARD, Secretary.
°Mem of the Company, 58, Fenchirch-street.

THE SELF-SUPPORT INSTITUTION,
of the U
(aided Voluntary Contributions.) for the Cure of Stricture
rethra, Local, and General Deb anility other Diseases of Urinary Organs, Nervous,
sußGEois—F.
Cavendish-square.B. COURTIEbTAT, 11.R.C.5.L.„ 2 ChandoS-street,
To Mill tradesmen, clerks, mechanics, and the working classes
generally, this Institution offers, in ,„
-- cases, gratuitous surgical
Apply
and in others medicine also tree of expense.
Apply at the Surgery abetting the Surgeon's residence.

FOR PORTRAITS in Lockets, Broaches
-- or
Rings, the PHOTOGRAPHIC PROCESS is in,
.e,,,ruddi-
, " So certain is the likeness" (Atlas), and now ..
most
nxerctithly adapted
=nail their natural hues of colour—the flush on the Cheek "tilhe plate
,ness of the lip—the ininutite of dress—r.ll reflected with tn
verfect truth."—Britannia.
Mr. BEARD (sole Patentee), Royal Polytechnic Institution'
R
kent-street ; 34, Parliatnent-street, Westminster ; and 85, King WIZ
11AM-street, City.

UNDER DISTINGUISHED PATRONAGE. ------.
TUE HALE, OF ROME, GREAT WIND_
This MILL-STREET, FIA.TMARKET.
vlth N Slendid POSESVA, el
and Exhibition is now open with
attentionr hail been paid
ginal TABLEUx
te
e warmth and comfort of the Visitors. In addition to the much-
" Mired company will be added male and female artistes, arrived ex-
pre, --
Y from Italy, Germany, France, &c. Amongst the new series of
Tableau will be represented, the Four Seasons, the Mistletoe Bough,
~!the Christmas Fete, and the Spirit of the waters.
half-pat to commence at Three o'clo in theftrnoon, and
Eight in the Evening. Stalls, 2s. ick
d.; BoxesA i
, s.; Pit, Is.;
OallerT, 6d

WISE CHOICE;
OR, THE JUVENILE'S WISH.
new year's gift I'm it sk'd to choose,
A thing I never eau refuse ;
And as the choice is left to Inc
I'll fix on what it is to be.
They've offered me a rocking-horse,
But that will never do, of course.
I've something better in my eye,
Which Messrs. MOSES can supply.
The Braided Suits, at MOSES' Mart,
Will make me look so very smart,
That I have only one desire,
A suit of juvenile attire.
'Tis MOSES'Mart, where Master Tom
Gets all his genteel dresses from ;
And Dick, and Will, tern up their noses,
At any but the dress of MOSES.
In fact, my school-mates, ev'ry one,
Boast about MOSES and his SON.
The choice I make, then, in my heart
Is this—a Suit from MOSES' Mart;
Ind none can readily despise,
A wish so good—a choioe so wise.
LIST OF PRICES.
READY DUDE.

X ii. d
0 * 6 ••••••••••••
11 elver Taglion's, from ...... ••••• • " " • • • • Chesterfields and Cogringtons .. •••• • • ' • ........ ••• • • •
r "has. D'Orsays, and Chesterfields, and every description 0 10 i
.... of winter coats ........ ••••• • • • • • .• • ••... •.••• • • • •
-noYs oa Winter Cts, in every style and make • • .. • • • • • • • •
Tweed n
rousers lined
Dress C0at5..........................Frock Coats .
. • ......... •• • •
•
•
•
Double-breasted Tests
•
It oys' linssar and Tunis Suits • • • • • • • • • • •• •• • • • • • •
keys' Winter Trousers
Ditto re5t5......,,., .
. • •
/deeming to any extent at No minutes' notice.
NDI
MEASURE!.
Winter Coate, warranted watersoof, made to any style,
handsomily trimmed .... • • .... • •
Tweed.MilCd ,
.t.ri.m.
.na.
.e.d., . v. e. I.v.e.t. c011ar..... t.t.nd. calls,
... lined.. 0
16s (Si
COlT°ethrcCoa°tastg.
Tweed Trousers _ ............................
..... 0 8 6
\V, inter TrOUSere, in all the most approved French patterns I 2 6
'lest Dregs TroU9ers • • • • ......
......
.................. I 6 0
•. • • 1 12 0
s
II de . ....... ............ ,
...... .... 2 lb 0
itnality m 2
. . ... 1 15 0
rick Coate • • • • • • ' • • • • .......
••• • • • .. 3 3 0
tqnslity made • • " ' ..... • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
0 e 6
1.8.4cY Vests • • • • • • • ' • • • • • • • • • •
Sat, '•" ' • ' • ••• • • • ...... 012 0
11, plain or fancy • • • • •..
...
IL

1 b 0
O ii 8
O 4 6
O 10 6
1 0 6
1 5 0
O 2 0
0 18 6
O 3 0
0 1 6

Igo ;“ , 1 5 0
Onbe -.."gar and Tunic Suits
purchased,
ready
made, or made to mea-
.n. erve,—Any article pure
if not approved of, will be exchanged, or if preferred, the
717 e? returnd
IC; 110 ES N, Tailors, Woollendrapers, Clothiers, Hatters,
154,5n0cl- General Outfitters, for Ladies and Gentlemen,
"5, and Furriers,lsBa, 167 Minories, and 63, 84, 85, and 86 Aldgate,
London.
Cautiaa•—E. Moses and Son regret being obliged to guard the
Dublie
like against impostors, but have learned that the untradesman-
‘ea e falsehood of being connected with them, or it's the same concern,
teen resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons.
They have no connexion with any other house in or out of London;
and tho.e who desire genuine and elle. p clothing, &c., should call at,
or send to, Minories and Aldgate, City, London.
Oitallotice.—No business transacted at this establishment from sun-
day, till sunset Saturday, when business is resumed till twelve
211• entrance to the far department is at 83, Aldgate, cornet' of the
.9.111111 And Aldgete, opposite the church.

ROWL.A.ND'S KALYDOR,
an ORIENTAL BALSAMIC PREPARATION of singular
efficacy in thoroughly purifying the Skin from all Pimples, Spots,
Itietchea. Freckles, Tan, and Discolourations, producing a healthy
freshness and transparency of Complexion, and an admired softness
ancLdellcacy of the hands, arms, and neck. Its purifYing and re-
freshim properties have obtained the exclusive patronage of the
Court and the Ro3 al Family of Great Britain, as well as the
principal Courts of Europe, and the most distinguished Nobility and
Gentry of all civilised nations.

••* Beware of Spurious " KALYDORS," containing mineral as-
tringents utterly ruinous to the complexion, and which, by their re-
pellent action, endanger health. Some are announced under the im-
plied sanction of Royalty, &c., &c. Each bottle of the genuine has
the words " ROWLANDS' KALYDOR" on the wrapper, and A.
ROWLAND and son, 20, Hatton-garden, is also engraved (by desire
of the Hon. Commissioners) on the Government Stamp affixed on
each. Price 4s. 6d. ani Se. 6d. per bottle.

Sold by the Proprietors at 20, Hatton-garden, London, and by all
respectable Chemists and Perfumers.

MORE CURES of ASTHMA and COUGH by
Dr. 'LOCOCK'S PULMONIC WAFERS.
Extract of a letter from Mr. W. Tomlinson, bookseller, Stodman-
street, Newark :

" July 4, 1846.

" Gentlemen,—l can fully prove the value of Loeock's Wafers, ail
a near relative of mine was speedily cured of a most severe asthmatic
cough of long duration by them, and many other cures equally asto-
nishing constantly come under my notice, so that I can confidently
recommend them, which I do with very great pleasure.
"(Signed) W. Tommrsox."
Dr. Lococa's WAFERS give instant relief, and a rapid cure of
asthma, coughs, and all disorders of the breath and lungs.
To SINGERS and PUBLIC SPEAKERS they are invaluable for strength-
ening and clearing the voice ; they have a most pleasant taste.
Pricy Is. lid., 2s. 9d., and I ts. per box. . . _

Agents : Da Silva and Co., 1, Bride-lane, Fleet-street, London ;
and sold by all medicine-venders.

THE PERFECT SUBS FITUTE for SILVER.
The high estimate formed by the public during the twelve
years WILLIAM S. BURTON'S (late RIPPON and BURTON'S)
chemically purified material has been before it (made into every
useful and ornamental article usually made in silver, possessing, as
it does, the characteristic purity and dumb li.y of silver), has called
into existence the deleterious compounds of " Albata Plate," " Berlin
Si:ver," and other so called substitutes; they are at best but bad
imitations of the genuine articles manufactured,
elan
Threade sold only by
King him.
Fid 's
Table Spoons and Forks, full size per Pattern. Pattern. Pattern,
12s. Od. 28s. 01. 30s. Id.
dozen.. • • •• • " • • • •
Dessert ditto and ditto •ditto. .
Tea ditto and ditto, ditto. •• •• •• • ss. Od. Ils. Od. 12s. 0,1.
Gravy ditto .......... ....... ...... . 3s. Od. 6s. Od. 7s. oa.
NICKEL ELECTRO-PLATED. —The REAL NICKEL SILVER,
introduced and made only by WIL !JAM S. BURTON (late
HIPPON and BURTON'S), when plated by the patent process of
Messrs. Elkington and Co., is beyond all comparison the very best
anicle, next to sterling silver, that can be employed as such either
palrar4ft(ti,h,:dinaterial itself,.
awfully er ornamentally. In the lengthened and increasing popu•
and the high character of the method of
Burton
Tea Spoons, wear, immeasurably
poioe,p,lblic have a guarantee that the articles sold. by W S.
supertor to
Dessert roricis'er house, while by no
possible .chat l
can him
beonslu3p. ) plied are,
atas anyit regards
test can they be distinguished from real silver.
Fiddle. Thread. King's.
3Ss.
dozen ........ liis. • . 325. ••
Dessert spoon. ,t •• ••
Table Forks "
Table Spoons " ••• •
prices. Tea and All ekoiffnede,
osits, • •
catalogues, with engravin
re-waters. candlesticks,3os..ac.l,2ast. proportionate
sent (per pose) free. v., as
„tting clone by the patent process, Detailed
well as of every ironuiongery article,
WILLIAM S. BURTON (late -,,,,,
of general Furnishing Iron ""'Ll'ON and BURTON'S) Stock
nmnger
its variety and extent, purchasers")
__ are invited to call and inspect it
world, and as no language can bc, e Y is literally the largest in the
—39, Oxford-street (corner of Pl.Yed to give a correct idea of
Wells-street, 1520. isie,,,,—._ .
"-1.41. street). Established in

most distressing DISTRESS IN THE H T
---GHLANDS.
at
iceilsing ac-
We have received the following
count of the state of the poor people
We mentioned lately that a government vesselermory.
the bay there loaded with provisions ; but frorawatshiins
source the unemployed and destitute creatures to whom
the following letter relates derive no advantage, as the
officers in charge of that ship are only authorised to 3dl
the food on board. We do most earnestly hope that this
and many similar appeals will open the hearts and hands
of all who have it in their power to render the suffering
and patient people prompt and liberal assistance :
" Tobermorry, Dec. 17, 184 G.
" I would have written sooner, but the state of our
poor people prevents my thinking of or doing anything
else. I did not, indeed, anticipate that so soon the
famine would have appeared with such grievous effects.
There arc hundreds now in this little village who have
not a morsel of food, except what is given them by those
who have still some ; many who have never begged be-
fore are almost famished before they leave home to ask
for food ; and some have been a day, or two days, or even
more, without food. One person, well known to us, had
been from Saturday morning till Monday afternoon
without a mouthful. Three of a family subsisted two
days on a very little milk given by a half-starved cow
which inhabits the same room with themselves. A
household of four grown persons had nothing but one
brown biscuit divided among them for a day, and most
respectable well-behaved people. The children may be
heard outside crying for food, which the miserable
parents have not to give. We dread the dependent
spirit that may be fostered among them by giving them
aid without any return, though at present, when there is
no work for man or woman, what can be done ? I have
not space to tell of the many sad cases that surround us.
--'s meal was a most seasonable sapply, from which
twenty famishing families got aid. At present the snow
aggravate!! our distress, as it prevents draining, in which
a few of the people could get employment. I want to
know if you can help us in getting work for the women;
they can card, spin, dye, knit, and weave ; most but not
all, can spin flax. Let no time be lost for human lives
are at stake. They will be perishing about our doors
ere long, if something is not done. Our poor people
are naked as well as hungry, for all their means have
gone to purchase food for their children, and anything
in the way of clothing would be received with much gra-
titude,— Greenock Advertiser.

- Mr. F. B. PIIILBRICK, one of the solicitors, read the
report, which set out with recommending the adoption
of a resolution to enable the board to pay interest upon
the calls, the provisions to that effect having been in-
advertently omitted in the Act of Parliament. The next
subject treated of was the agreement with the River Stour
Navigation Company for purchasing their interest in
such river at the rate of 7001. per share, half the amount
to be paid in cash, and the other half in Stour Valley
Railway shares of 251. each; to raise the capital re-
quired for this purpose, as also to convert such portions
of the work as might be deemed desirable from a single
to a double line of rails, it was proposed to create 10,000
new shares of 10/. each, to be first offered share for share
to the holders of the original shares in the company, and
to rank in all respects as part of the original capital of
the company, such new stock to be called upon from
time to time as the payments of the river shares became
due. The report next noticed the proposed extensions
to Milford, Lavenham, and Clare, and from Lavenham
to Bury St. Edmunds, all of them called for by the wants
of the districts. The additional capital, which would be
thus required, the directors recommend to be raised
by extension scrip to be allotted as they might judge
expedient.

The Midland are about to remodel the old Leicester
and Swannington line, by—lst, the formation of the line
from Burton-upon-Trent to Moira, including the Swad-
lincote branch, a length of 81 miles ; and 2d, by widen-
ing of the line from the 14th to the Bth mile on the
existing line, including the formation of two miles of
new line for the alteration of the Bagworth incline. This
is one of the oldest lines, incorporated in 1830, and con-
structed by George Stephenson. It connects the coal-
fields near Ashby with Leicester, and is principally,
though also a passenger line, used by the collieries and
quarries. It was opened in 1832, and only cost B,OOOL
per mile.
NEWCASTLE AND BERWICIL—The opening is likely to
be postponed until April.
GREAT NORTHERN.—The Colebrooke Dale Company
and the firm of Bailey Brothers have taken the contract
for 35,000 tons of rails, at 101. per ton, 721 b rails.
Railways, while they are the ready means for the con-
veyance, are thought, anomalously enough, to be instru-
mental in the diminution of sheep, if we may believe
Mr. Waddington, M.P., who, at the West Suffolk agri-
cultural dinner, is reported to have said—" He was
afraid that the sheep of the country were very fast eimi-
fishing. What was the reason for this diminution he
could not make out, unless it was that many of the
labourers were employed on the railroads at good wages,
that they worked very hard, and required greater
sustenance than formerly, and that they had caused an
increased consumption of mutton."
LOCOMOTIVE PATENTS.—The following are some of
the patents for improvements applicable to railway pur-
poses, registered from October 21 to December 15 :
G. Borelli, Milan—for improvement in bridges, via-
ducts, acqueducts, and other similar erections ; J. Todd,
Glasgow, and W. Johnson, Birmingham—for improve-
ments in arranging the rails on certain parts of railways.
Wheels and Axles : W. Adams, Croydon—for certain
improvements in railway wheels ; G. Eddy, Waterford,
America—for an improvement in the manufacture of
cast-iron wheels for railway and other carriages ; W.
Exall, Reading—for improvements in the construction
of wheels, and in certain implements employed therein,
and in the mode of forming the tires, metallic rings,
bands, &c. Steam-engines : Mr. Leahy, Westmin-
ster for certain improvements in steam-engines ;
E. Galloway, Middlesex—for improvements in rota-
t iry engines, and in locomotive carriages and railways ;
T. Craddick, Birmingham—for improvements in steam-
engines and boilers, and in machinery connected there-
with. Electric Telegraph : A. Bain, Edinburgh—for
certain improvements in transmitting and receiving
electrical telegraph communications, and in apparatus
connected therewith ; M. Poole, Lordon—for improve.
ments in the construction and working of electric tele-
graphs Propulsion and Motive Power : F. H. Ma-
berly, Stowmarket, and T. Branwhite, Rattlesden, and
D. Lusten, Finborough—for improvement in machinery
for obtaining and applying motive power, and for accele•
rating and retarding the same ; W. Eaton, Surrey—for
improvements in obtaining motive power ; W. H. Talbot,
Wilts—for improvement s in obtaining and applying mo-
tive power ; W. Johnson, Millhank—for certain improve-
ments in propelling carriages on railways. Carriages :
W. Aitken, Aberdeen—fir improvements in four-
wheeled carriages ; J. Boydell, Dudley—for improve-
ments in applying apparatus to carriages to facilitate the
draught.
SUNDAY TRAINS.—At a meeting of the town •ouncil
of Stirling on Monday, Mr. Burden moved that_ the
council should express their disapproval of the conduct,
of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway directors in
discontinuing the Sunday morning and evening trains.
Bailie Morrison moved the previous question. In the
course of the discussion the Dean of Guild said " he had
seriously, and for some time, considered this matter, and
had at first felt some difficulty, but his mind was now
made up, and he could see no right that these director:,
had to dictate to people who thought it a duty to travel
on the Sabbath. The directors of a public company,
having the sole traffic between Edinburgh and Glasgow,
had no right to dictate to a million of people composing
the inhabitant of these two cities and the other towns
along the line." On the vote being taken, the mo-
tion, censuring the directors, and requesting the
resumption of the trains, was carried by eleven to
three=h--the provost, three bailies, treasurer, and dean
of guild voting in the majority. The minority of
three are free churchmen. Three elders of the estab-
lishment, and all the Dissenters (with the exception of
one, who declined voting) supported the motion. We
understand that the council are prepared to fellow up
the first step of memorialising the directors in the same
way as the councils of Edinburgh and Linlithgow. All
the town councils in the neighbourhood of the line—
Edinburgh, Leith, Falkirk, Stirling, Linlithgow, Queens-
ferry, Cupar, Dunfermline—have now condemned the
conduct of the directors, who have obtained countenance
from no responsible and representative public body, ex-
cept at such places as Inverness and Rothesay, where
people are in utter ignorance of the facts of the case.
—Scotsman.

THE EDINBURGH SUNDAY TRAIN MEETING.—The
hall was crowded chiefly by ladies, and the quantity of
clergymen present was great. It was truly what Mons.
Michelet would have called a meeting of "priests, wo-
men, and families."—Fifeshire Journal.

EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW ACCIDENTS.
Some strange fatality seems to attach to the manage-
ment of this railway. Scarcely a week elapses without
the occurrence of an accident more or less serious in its
results, and we are again called upon to record below
another of those unfortunate casualties, in addition to
those given in other parts of this sheet, by which a
considerable number of passengers have been severely
injured. The officials connected with the working of
the line seem now to be so much accustomed to these
affairs, that the matter of broken legs, dislocated arms,
or other dangerous bodily hurts, are described by
them as trifling injuries ; in fact, when applied to for
information on the subject they appear to be utterly im-
pervious to the knowledge of a serious accident. They
are used to it, like the eels to skinning, and whether by
the instructions of their superiors, or from an instinctive
perception of what is for the interests of the company,
they are perfectly alive to the importance of refusing all
details of collisions, break downs, overturns, and those
numerous other incidents to which their trains seem
heir to. It was lately suggested by Punch—and we
think not without propriety—that, for the sake of rail-
way passengers, railway trains should be accom-
panted by a party of the directors of the company;
and so far as oar knowledge of the management—or ra-
ther micmansgement—of this line is concerned, this ap-
pearstousasthtehoatnlydreptraailcetdicablewloawy.of oc-
currenceslpvreeveanretinagwsarucehthat
the
directors of this railway have, upon many occasions,
travelled upon the line, in an individual and collective
o f capacity,the them.
: but
S peWc •
iea
In etvrear yet i
nst
oh eaanr
dd of
rf 0 an
rn Edinburgh accident t o any
hnr
e
fifteen the
minutes,
n spaceu es.
t
ofrfeotenhtolynrand conveyedz
half, andm b
one
eof
hourthe and min
and no accidents have occurred ; and this, of course,
number
arose from the caution and circumspection exercised by
those in charge of the line. How does it come, then,
that with the. slow trains of the company so many acci-
dents should ha en ? The subject is one entitled to
prompt and serious attention ; and as such we hope it
will be appreciated by the public.
Since
the above was witten, a meeting of the passen-
gers by the quarter to eight o'clock, P.M., train from
Edinburgh,
was held to day in the Black Bull, at which
the details connected with the accident of last night
were embodied in the form of a memorial and adopted.
The following is an
meeting, which was outline of
with their lives, and were able
composed principallylarge and hihl respect I°l ' been
bruised of passengers who had been
bruised and Otherwise injured, but who had escaped
;toh
attend
proceedings t
o
the proceeding. Nearly all them, however, were
complaining, and some so ranch
difficulty adhiliit their signaturesso, that they could with
to the memorial which
was agreed to. takea. :—Theepalt' ai in
Mr. WALRER, of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Bank,
one of the passengers, having been
to the chair, opened the business by explaining called
ject for which the meeting- had Y explaining the beenob. called. He then
read the follcrvving memorial:—
" TO THE DIRECTORS OF TIIE EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW
... RAILWAY.

" Glasgow, Dec 26, 1846.
" We, the undersigned, passengers by the quarter
to eight o'clock, P.M., train from Edinburgh, on Friday,
the 25th inst„ beg to address your board relative to the
serious collision which tools place last night, near Bishop.
bridge station, which was occasioned by the grossest
carelessness and mismanagement on the part of your
servants, and the results of which might have been of a
more appalling nature. The train was about 400 or
500 yards from the above station, which it passes, and
going at full speed, when it ran into a coal train, luckily
for us, proceeding in the same direction, but at a ma• 11

slower rate. Had it been stationary it is impossible to
say how many lives must have been sacrificed. The con-
cussion was tremendous, and one at least of the passen-
gers was severely cut and wounded, while all were much
bruised and shaken. The engine was thrown off the rails
completely disabled, while the tender was dashed to
pieces. The parties in charge of the coal train said they
showed the danger signal lamp three-quarters of a mile
before they were run into, and, if so, the blame attachable
to the engineer of the passenger train is of a very serious
nature, and calls for the most searching inquiry, in justice
to the community at large, whose lives are thus put in
such imminent danger, when unfortunately compelled to
be passengers on the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway."
The CHAIRMAN said the memorial embraced an ac-
count of the accident as nearly as he could recollect the
circumstances. He understood since that one of the
passengers (Dr. Ballantyne) had been dangerously
wounded, and all were more or less bruised. It wai
for those present to say if they would adopt the above
memorial, or what other steps they were prepared to
take. He had written to the secretary of the com-
pany that morning, requesting his attendance here.
along with any other of the directors he might think
it necessary to bring with him, but as yet none of them
had made their appearance.
Mr. CRUICKSHANILS, another passenger, next ad
dressed the meeting. He entirely approved of the terms
of the memorial. There was evidently the grossest mis-
management on the part of the officers en the line, and
it could not be reprehended in too strong terms. When
this accident occurred at Bishop-bridge, the passengers
on coming out to the cold wintry air, found the door of
the station-house there locked, and no one in attendance
upon it. Women and children in a state of the greatest
distress were running to and fro. Not a drop of water
could they obtain for the faint and wounded, and a full
half hour elapsed before they could get any assistance
from the railway servants.
Mr. WRIGHT, secretary of the company, here entered
the meeting, and.was accommodated with a chair. He
explained that he had received a ilotice inviting him te
attend, and he had been prevented from appearing
sooner, as he wished to have the chairman or deputy-
chairman along with him. He believed, however, that
one or both these gentlemen would be here immediately.
Mr. MORTON, a passenger, said--It was evident there
was gross carelessness manifested in regard to the con-
duct of the line. After the collision occurred they were
coolly told by the engineer in charge of the train, that
if they had unfortunately been going at greater speed,
and been three minutes earlier in coming up, all of the
passengers might have been killed.
Mr. WRIGHT, secretary to the company, said it was
evident that there had been some gross irregularity on
the part of the servants, but the fullest investigation into
all the circumstances would be made by the directors,
when he believed it would be found that this accident
was not occasioned by the want of regulations, but from
the carelessness of the servants, for which the directors
could not be found fault with.
Mr. DAVIES, jun. (to Mr. Wright)—Why is it that
engines are sent out that are insufficient ?
Mr. WRIGHT—Some of the late accidents happened
to new engines.
Mr. ORR suggested that they should do nothing to
injure the interests of the company, while they took
every means in their power to obtain a satisfactory ex-
planation p
rev e n t o
a f accident,thisrecurrenceof any s
andsainawitlhar casualty.
Mr. s were taken
Mr. MORTON proposed that the Board of Trade have
their attention called to the mismanagement on this line,
and that they be memorialised to interfere to prevent a
repetition of those numerous accidents that had occurred
of late.

Mr. GREINE, a shareholder, suggested that the
meeting deal with the directors, who were not to blame,
in a mild and conciliatory spirit, because it was evidently
their interest that such things should not take place, and
it would be their duty to make the most searching inquiry
into the whole facts of this case.
Mr. HENRY DUNLOP, of Craigton, who had by this
iime arrived, after having had read over to him the me-
morial proposed by the chairman, said—He had only a
short time previously been informed of this accident, and
he thought that in the meantime they ought to express
their thankfulness that no loss of life had occurred in
connexion with it. At the same time, he thought it right
that the gentlemen present should take every necessary
step for the safety of the line. The directors of late bad
been quite annoyed at the number of accidents on the line,
and had done everything they could to prevent them, but
with all their care and attention they had been unable to
prevent such occurrences. For his brother directors, he
could assure this meeting that every attention would he,
given to any memorial which might be addressed to
them on the subject. In the meantime they had not
had time to inquire into the cause of the accident ; but
the servants of the company were to be examined on
Monday first, when the strictest investigation would be
made of their conduct. It was only a few days ago
since an accident occurred from the neglect of orders by
the servants of the company. On inquiry into the cau e
of the accident, the directors had dismissed the station
keeper, who ought to have seen that his servant did his
duty; nand along with him —the- servant who had
neglected the signals. That was all the directors could,
do, and otherwise he could assure this meeting that nc,
effort was wanting on their part to prevent such casual-
ties, which were obviously not for the interest of the
company.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. DAVIES, jun., said those present had nothing to
do with the pecuniary interests of the company. They
were here for the protection of their lives, and the ful-
lest investigation should be made into the facts of the
case. For this purpose, and for the sad-faction of the
public, he wished to know from Mr. Dunlop if, at the
inquiry on Monday, the reporters of the public pres.‘
,-ould be admitted.
Mr. DUNLOP said—Certainly. The directors were
anxious for the fullest inquiry, and he would propose
that the sheriff of the county, or some other official
person, ought to superintend the inquiry.
Mr. CRUICKSHANKS, who had previously moved a re-
solution calling upon the Board of Trade to interfere in
the management of this line, and to supersede the di-
rectors, until they were satisfied that the directors had
taken all proper steps for the efficient working of the
line, here intimated his willingness to withdraw his mo-
tion, on the understanding that the fullest and most
satisfactory inquiry would be made by the directors, and
everything done to satisfy the public, and put the line in
a position of safety. At the same time Mr. Cruick-
shanks assured Mr. Dunlop that the resolution he had
moved was not dictated by any other motive than a de-
sire for the public safety.
After some further conversation, the above memorial
was unanimously adopted, and a small committee was
appointed to attend the investigation by the railway
company on Monday first.
The meeting, after voting thanks to the chairman,
broke up.

EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW.—QUICK
reference to the manner in which the trains on this line
of railway are usually conducted, and the speed at
which the engines are sometimes worked, a corre-
spondent says :—" On Wednesday last I left Glasgow
for Edinburgh by the eleven o'clock forenoon train,
and :was fortunate enough to reach the latter town by
two o'clock, thus accomplishing the di
stance, by
one of the fast trains of the company, in the in-
credibly short space of three hours—putting me in the
position of being just one hour behind the time
appointed for transacting the business for which I set
out. The reason assigned for the delay by those in
charge of the train was, the condition of the engine and
the want of steam. So much was this the case, that on
the road the engine several times nearly came to a full
stand, perhaps with a view to a friendly salute from the
next train which followed it. On returning by the after-
noon slow train at five o'clock—which ought, in the
ordinary course, to have reached Glasgow at half-past
seven—another of the excellent engines of the company
(No. 3, North British) broke down when about four miles
out of Edinburgh. Luckily, on account of the snail way
pace at which the train was going previous to the occurrence
no lives were lost, and no bones were broken. The passen-
gers, however, had the agreeable alternative of going out
into the open air with the prospect of being nearly frozen
to death, or remaining in the carriages with the risk of
having themselves cool'(ey)d. After an elapse of two
hours, during which the passengers amused themselves as
they best might, in an atmosphere by no means sultry,
an engine was brought from Edinburgh, not much supe-
rior to its predecessor, by which the train reached Glas-
gow at ten o'clock, thus accomplishing the distance in
five hours." Looking to the frequency of such casual.
ties, our correspondent suggests that the railway com-
pany might in future not improperly provide each train
with a truck containing a team of horses to draw the
engine in the event of similar accidents, and a few bas-
kets of refreshments for pic-nic parties, that may neces-
sarily require to be formed on the line.--Glasgow Satur-
day Post.

THE PAVEMENTS OF PARIS.--From official returns
latelyt
he
pavements
published,
of on
Paris, the pavingi
t
appearsandmaintenance surface of the streets of that capital is 3,321,000
that t h e
square yards, of which the state maintains 1,083,000
square yards, and the Corporation of Paris 2,238,000
yards. The charge of keeping up
this pavement
is fixed et 53,0001. To this must be added the
cost of keeping up the public roads laid with gravel,
bitumen, or small flints, such as the roads, side-
walks, and alleys of the promenade of the Champs
Elysees, the quid Montebello, the exterior and inte-
rior Boulevards, and a great number of other placeF. A
square yard of pavement cost 3id per annum for keep
ing up • The most considerable operation, and which.
from its expense, only occurs at distant periods, is taking
up and replacing the old pavement, which costs Is. 10d.
per square yard, not including, of course, the cost of
the new stone. The budget of the Corporation of Paris
allots 10,000/. per annum for this purpose, a very in-
sufficient sum, as the complete repaving takes place
every 25 or 30 years, in the quarters situate in the centre
of Paris, such as the neighbourhood of the Palais Royal,
the Boulevards, the Bourse, and the Place Vendome. In
the suburbs and more distant quarters, however, a com-
plete repaving is required only every 40 years. In spite
of the care shown in keeping the pavement of the richest,
most central, and most frequented streets of Paris in good
order, it is remarkable that these are exactly in the
most unsatisfactory condition, being the rues de 10,
Chaussee-d'-Antin, Laffitte, St. Lazare, St. Denis, Mont-
martre, du-Bac, de la Harpe, the boulevards and quays.

BIRMINGH AM INSTITUTION FOR
THE RELIEF OF DEAFNESS.
(From the Midland Counties Herald, Dec. 24.)
The subscribers to the Institution for the Relief of
Deafness, held their annual meeting on Tuesday, at the
Public Office, in this town. Lord Calthorpe presided.
In opening the proceedings, his Lonnsmp remarked
that, under any circumstances, deafness must be a se-
rious privation, and often a very great affliction, but par-
ticularly so in a state of society such as that in which we
live, which offered so many opportunities cf action and
employment, and so many means of rendering the power
of hearing a channel of instruction, improvement, and
enjoyment to its possessors. In such a state of society,
of course, deafness or deficiency of hearing must be felt
as a peculiarly aggravated affliction ; but, happily, the
very circumstances which aggravated its pressure brought
with them the means of alleviation ; since it was in ex-
actly such a state of society that there was the
highest advancement of skill and medical science,
and of that humane and patient attention which was
instrumental in alleviating the infirmity. The object
of that institution, he need not say, was to promote
that species of benefit to the poor ; and it was, there-
fore, with great satisfaction he was able to say,
not merely that a benefit such as that was contem-
plated by the institution, but that it had to a certain ex-
tent been realised by it. Within the last few days, he
had himself seen some of the patients under the care of
Mr. Dalton, and certainly the degree of benefit which
they derived spoke strongly in favour of the claims of
the institution, restricted as its operations had neces-
sarily been. 'ln the cases of two or three females in sei-

vice, whose hearing had been seriously affec ed, he had
been gratified to find that they had become fitted again
for services for which they must have continued other-

I wise to be totally disqualiffed. In the case of one per-
son, 55 years of age, who had been for several years suf
feting from deafness, a complete cure had been efiected.
I Several very young children, too, had derived very great
benefit from the institution. In the case of one child,
' which from its infancy had been quite deaf, the power
of hearing bad been, he would not say restored, but
conferred : and as a consequence it had since obtained
the power of speech. Instances of this kind were
calculated in the highest degree to recommend the in
,titu bon, since they proved most strongly what
immense advantages were obtained through the
means used by those who were already under the care of
the institution. Those means were the more satisfactory
to himself, because they did not involve painful or distress.
ing operations, or the use of remedies which might be
trying or injurious to the constitution of the patient, but
consisted in the careful and patient attention of the sur-
geon, and the use of those remedies which his experi-
ence had approved as most conducive to the relief of
deafness, and which, therefore, offered the strongest
ground of hope that tt.e recovery would not be tempo-
rary but permanent and effectual. After the great satis-
faction which he had felt in having bad the opportunity
of judging for himself as to the operation of the institu-
tion, he felt quite strongly called upon to state the re-
sult of his inquiries. Those facts showed that not only
in its object, but in its management, that institution de-
served the support of every humane and philanthropic
person. If in its very infancy and dawn those benefits
had been reansed, there was every ground to hope that,
when its claims on the public were more generally under-
ally understood, its sphere of operation would be en-
larged, and it would receive a greater degree of public
support.
The report was then read by Mr. SARGANT, in the
absence of Mr. W. Chance, jun. It appeared that
the number of patients during the year had reached
241 ; of whom 110 were males, and 131 females ; that
229 had been deaf in both ears, and 22 in one ear
only; and that in 18 cases the deafness had been here-
ditary. Of the 94 cases cured, 22 had been deaf less
than one year, 36 between one and five years, 25 between
five and ten ditto, 6 between ten and fifteen ditto, 4
between fifteen and twenty ditto, and 1 had been deaf
for thirty years. Of the 83 cases relieved, 20 had been
deaf under five years, 26 between five and ten ditto,
21 between ten and fifteen ditto, 6 between fifteen and
twenty ditto, and 10 between twenty and thirty ditto.
Of the 41 incurable cases, 24 had been deaf under twenty
years, and 17 between twenty and sixty ditto. There
were 23 cases still under treatment, making a total of
241 cases. The statement of accounts showed a balance
in hand of 501. 16s. 70.
The report was unanimously adopted, and various
resolutions moved and seconded by the Rev. Isaac
Spooner, Alderman Geacb, Mr. Sargant, &c.; the
speakers narrating various instances in which the insti-
tution had conferred much benefit, and passing the
highest eulogiutns on the skill and kindness of Mr.
Dafton.

Thanks having been voted to the Chairman, and
suitably acknowledged, the proce.-dings terminated.

FARRINGDON WARD (WITHOUT )--111 our report
of the election of common councilmen for the above ward

it will be recollected that, on the presiding alderman (Sir
James Duke) announcing the numbers to be—for Wal-
ter, 330 ; Harding. 330 ; Hodgson, 327, a scrutiny was
demanded on behalf of the latter gentleman; We under-
stand that, at an investigation which has since taken
place, an error has been discovered, the actual numbers
being found to be—for Hodgson, 315 ; Walter, 310 ;
Harding, 309. Mr. Harding consequently loses his elec
don by ore vote.

We are glad to find that the Queenborough oyster-
grounds are at length let, and that there is a prospect of
some employment for the dredgermen of that place.
The parties who have hired the grounds are Mossr-.
Gibbs and Fletcher, who have for several months been
in communication with the trustees under the new
" Queenborough Act" on the subject, and terms were
finally agreed upon on Monday last.—Canterbu y Journal.
TUNNELLING THE ALPS.—The Moniteur Beige
announces that experiments have been made within the
last few days, in order to test the efficacy of a machine
just invented, for the purpose of effecting a new and
speedy method of boring tunnels. It is proposed to
apply this machine to the construction of the great tun-
nel about to be commenced in connexion with one of the
Italian lines. The machine was placed in front of the
web, and effected a bore to the depth of 18 centimetres
in 35 minutes. At this rate the new invention will com-
plete upwards of five metres of bore per day, and the
proposed tunnel through Mount Cenis will be finished
in the space of three years. The experiments have been
repeated twice before several of the fir.t engineers of
France, and with the most complete success.
THE ACTOR AND THE AUTHOR.—After continu-
ing his dramatic apprenticeship at the Odeon, where he
was still condemned to play the confidants, though in
tragedy instead of in spectacle, Frederick offered his ser-
vices to the manager of the Ambigu, who had just ac-
cepted 1 'Aubcrye des Adrets, a melodrama which appeared
to him (and was in reality) sufficiently commonplace to
admit of the principal character being entrusted to a
Mutant. Ho did not, therefore, scruple to admit
the young actor into his company, and gave him
the part of Redmond to study. The eventful
night came, and the two first acts of the piece
having gone off very heavily, I 'Auberge des Adrets
was generally regarded as a failure; Fiklerick, how-
ever, suddenly hit upon the ingenious idea of making
Redmond a comic instead of a melodramatic rascal, and
began to introduce all kinds of drolleries into his part,
which, backed by the equally laughable acting of Serres,
put the audience into an ecstacy of delight, and decided
the triumphant success of piece and performer. One of
the authors had sent his bonne to see the first represen
tation, and was waiting anxiously for her return in order
to know the result, when, to his surprise, she came back
hat dly able to speak for laughing. "Ah, sir," she ex-
claimed, as soon as she had recovered her breath, "what
an excellent piece ! how funny it is ! lam sure I never
laughed so much in my life !" " What !" cried the
amazed and indignant author, "laugh at my melodrame I
This comes of entrusting the leading character to an
actor sans conscience 1" However, on going himself to
see the piece, he laughed like the rest, and following the
example of his collaborateur, pocketed his author's dues
with great good humour.— Hervey's Theatres of Paris.
TRAGICAL SUICIDE AT LETOISIIAM.—A suicide of a
melancholy character was committed on Saturday after-
noon by a youth named Sandon, aged 18, the son of a
person in independent circumstances, residing in King's-
place, Lewisham. In the course of the evening he had
been playing at cards with a younger brother, and during
the progress of the game he seized a knife, which he
flourished about frantically, declaring that he would cut
his throat. The threat was treated with carelessness,
being viewed in the light of a joke. Having repaired to
the garden, his prolonged absence excited some ap-
prehension, and it was discovered by those who went to
seek him, that he had inflicted a wound of so deadly a
character upon his throat that his head was severed from
his body, with the exception of being connected by a
small piece of skin. The medical assistance of Mr.
Steele, a neighbouring surgeon, was called in, but it was,
of course, unavailing.
WICKED Hoax.--A hoax, doubtless in imitation
or, and prompted by, that practised on a tradesman in
London lately, was played off here this week, with con-
siderable effect. On Tuesday morningnumerous trades-
men received, through the post, letters (unpaid) dated
" George Inn, Snargate-street," containing orders of
various kinds, and purporting to be written by the
worthy landlord, Mr. Philpott, or Mrs. Philpott. The
parties were generally required to be at the " George "
at half past ten o'clock, A.m. Accordingly, punctually
at that hour an undertaker was in attendance, to take
the measure of a gentleman, just dead, for a coffin, and
to do the other requisites appertaining to his calling
on the solemn occasion ; nor had sufficient time
elapsed for explanation as to the hoax when
up came a carriage to drive out a party for a
morning ride. Presently there came two butchers' men
with legs of mutton, two grocers' lads with each a huge
cheese, a tobacconist with a box of the best Havannalis,
and other such like necessaries, as per order. Mean-
while, also, a fashionable hair-dresser, "kit in hand,'
entered to shave the dead man ; and apace the chimney-
sweepers were seen to enter, shouldering the implements
of their craft ; while the dustman called in to ascertain
"further particulars" about fetching the night-cart. In
the midst of the hubbub, a gentleman, from the upper
end of the town, dropped in to inquire what it was "to
his interest" that Mr. Philpott had to tell him. The
perpetrators of this wicked hoax, who, as yet, remain un-
discovered, are doubtless chuckling over the success of
their project ; but it is not unlikely they may soon be
brought to light, and made to answer for their wanton
cruelty.—Dover Chronicle.

TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE.
DOWNING-STREET, DEC. 28.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint George Grey, Esq ,
to be Governor-in-Chief of and over the islands of New Zea-
land, and Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over
each of the two separate provinces of New Ulster and New
Munster.
Her Majesty has further been pleased to 'appoint Edward
John Eyre, Esq., to be Lieutenant-Governor of each of the
two said separate provinces of New Ulster and New Munster.
DOWNING-STREET, Die. 28.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Sir John Gaspard
Le Merchant, Lint., Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army, to be
Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over the island of
Newfoundland and its dependencies.
WAR OFFICE, DEC. 29.
Ist Regiment of Life Guards--Lieutenant the Honourable
Wellington Henry Stapleton Cotton to be Captain, by pur-
chase, vice Anderton, who retires; Cornet and Sub-Lieutenant
Hugh William Boulton to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Cotton; Edward John Cornwallis Lord Eliot to be Cornet
and Sub-Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Boulton, Dec. 29.
3d Light Dragoons-Cornet Edward Joseph Thackwell to
be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Ireland, who retires ;
Thomas Clement Belmore St. George, Gent., to be Cornet, by
purchase, vice Thackwell, Dec. 29.
4th Light Dragoons-Major Lord George Augustus Frede
rick Paget to be Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Van-
deleur, who retires; Captain Henry Fane to be Major, by
purchase, vice Lord George Paget; Lieutenant Fenwick
Boyce Barron to be Captain, by purchase, vice Fane; Cornet
Conrad Montgomery to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Barron; Henry Astley Sparke, Gent. to be Cornet, by pur-
chase, vice Montgomery, Dec. 29.
9th Light Dragoons-Surgeon Robert Joynt Gordon
Grant, from the 16th Light Dragoons, to be Surgeon, vice
Wood, who exchanges, Dec. 29.
16th Light Dragoons-Surgeon Arthur Wood, M.D., from
9th Light Dragoons, to be Surgeon, vice Grant, who ex-
chang(a, Dec. 29.
Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards-Lieutenant-Colonel
Lord Thomas Cecil, from half-pay Unattached, to be Captain
and Lieutenant-Colonel (repaying the difference), vice John
Henry Pringle, who exchanges ; Brevet Major Lieutenant
and Captain Charles Ash Windham to be Captain and Lieu-
tenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Lord Thomas
Cecil, who retires, December 29. . Ensign and
Lieutenant (Adjutant) Poulett George Henry
Somerset to have the rank of Lieutenant and Captain, Dec.
28; Ensign and Lieutenant George John Whyte Melville to
be Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, vice Windham ;
William Henry Reeve, Gent., to be Ensign and Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Melville, Dec. 29.
Ist Regiment of Foot-Bingham Henry Edward Muller,
Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Rivers, pro-
moted in the 36th Foot, Dec. 29.
sth Foot-Captain Samuel Barton Jeffries, from half-pay
25th Light Dragoons, to be Captain; Lieutenant William
Chester Master to be Captain, by purchase, vice Jeffries, who
retires; Second Lieutenant William Robert Crawford Potter
to be First Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Master ; George
Bennett, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Potter, Dec. 29.
13th Foot-Assistant Surgeon Frederick William Tupper,
from 57th Feet, to be Assistant Surgeon, vice Prout, ap-
pointed to the Staff, Dec. 29.
19th Foot-Ensign James Cole Taylor, from the 74th Foot,
to be Ensign, vice Palmer, who exchanges, Dec. 29.
27th Foot-Acting Sergeant Major William Crozier to be
Ensign, without purchase, vice Dickson, appointed to the sth
Foot, Dec. 29.
30th Foot-Ensign James Rose to be Lieutenant, without
purchase, vice Whitmore, appointed Adjutant, Dec. 28 ;
Ensign Frederick Augustus Edwardes to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Shum, promoted, Dec. 29; Gentleman Cadet
Thomas William Cator, from Royal Military College, to be
Ensign, vice Rose; William Warren Hastings Greene, Gent.,
to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Edwardes, Dec. 30 ; Lieu-
tenant Edmund Augustus Whitmore to be Adjutant, vice
Macdonald, promoted, Dec. 28.
36th Foot-Ensign Cecil Rivers, from Ist Foot, to be
Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Carew, promoted, De-
cember 29.
48th Foot-Staff Assistant Surgeon James Dickson to be
Assistant Surgeon, vice Johnston, promoted on the Staff,
Dec. 29.
56th Foot-Lieutenant Richardson Anderson to be Captain,
by purchase, vice Barclay, who retires • Ensign Henry John
Tolcher to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Anderson ;
Frederick John Gothleipe Saunders, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Tolcher, Dec. 29.
61st Foot-Captain George Fitzßoy, from half-pay Royal
West India Rangers, to be Captain, vice William Ward,
who exchanges; Lieutenant John Fortescue Brickdale to be
Captain, by purchase, vice litzßoy, who retires, Dec.
29 ; Ensign Edward Shawe Powys to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice Maher, deceased, Oct. 3 ;
Ensign Richard Gunn Brackenbury to be Lieutenant by
purchase, vice Brickdale; Gentleman Cadet John Nagel,
from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, vice Powys,
Dec. 29. Thomas Harrison Harrison, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Brackenbury, Dec. 80.
64th Foot-Ensign Robert Bickerstaff to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Maddi-on, who retires; Edward William
Armstrong., Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Bicker-
staff, Dec. 29;
66th Foot-Joseph Thomas La Presle, Gent., to be As-
sistant-Surgeon, vice Cowper, promoted in the 56th Foots
Dec. 22.
67th Foot-To be Captains without puschase-Lieutenant
Capel Coape, Dec. 29 ; Lieutenant Stonehouse George Bun-
bury, Dec 30.
To be Lieutenants, without purchase-Lieutenant William
Du Vernet, from 50th Foot ; Ensign James Graham ; En-
sign Fizttnaarice Pratt, vice Coape, Dec. 29.
To be Ensigns, without. purguisa-Geotleman Cadet Ed-
ward Daubeney, from Royal - Military College; Gentleman
Cadet Alfred Addington Jones, from Royal Military College,
Dec. 29; William Wallace Davy, Gent., vice Graham, Dec.
30; William Cumming Sheila, Gent., vice Pratt, Dec. 31.
74th Foot-Ensign Henry Wellington Palmer, from 19th
Foot, to be Ensign, vice Taylor, who exchanges, Dec. 29.
77th Foot-Ensign Robert Mostyn to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Walpole, who retires; William Ronald:,
Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Mostyn, Dec. 29.
85th Foot, Brevet Colonel Benjamin Chapman Browne,
from half-pay Unattached, to be Lieutenant Colonel, vice
Sir J. G. Le Marchant, who exchanges; Major Brook Taylor
to be Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Browne, who
retires; Captain John Blackburn to be Major, by purchase,
vice Taylor, Dec. 29 • Lieutenant Evelyn Latimer Parrett to
be Captain, by purchase, vice Patterson, who retires, Dec. 28 ;
Lieut. Lord Spencer Scott Compton to be Captain by pur-
chase, vice Blackburn, Dec. 22; Ensign William Alexander
Filder to be Lieutenant :by purchase, vice Parrett, Dec. 28 ;
Ensign the Hon. William Stuart Knox to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Lord S. Compton, Sir Henry Hope, Edwards,
Baronet, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Filder, Dec. 28 ;
Frederick Thistlethwaite, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Knox, Dec. 29.
94th Foot-Lieut. William Henry Dore to be Captain,
without purchase, vice Deere, deceased; Ensign Herbert
Taylor M'Crea to be Lieutenant, vice Dore. Dec. 17 ; Richard
Hull Lewis, Gent., to be Ensign, vice M'Crea, Dsc. 29.
2d West India Regiment-Ensign Archibald W. Dickson
to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hill, who retires ;
Charles De Blaquiere, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Dickson, Dec. 29.
BREVET.-Lieutenant Colonel Lord Thomas Cecil, of the
Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards, to be Colonel in the
Army, Nov. 9 ; Captain Samuel Barton Jeffries, of the sth
Foot, to he Major, in the Army, Jan. 10, 1837; Captain
George Fitzroy, of 61st Foot, to be Major in the Army, June
28, 1838.
Unattached.-Lieutenant Henry Capadose, from Bth Foot,
to be Captain, without purchase, Dec. 29.
Chaplain.-The Reverend William Walrond Jackson,
M.A., to be Chaplain to the Forces, Dec. 21.
HOSPITAL STAFF. -Assistant-Surgeon James Townsend
Oswald Johnston, M.D.,
from the 48th Foot, to be Staff-
surgeon of the Second Class, Dec. 29; Assistant-surgeon
Alexander Adam Prout, from 13th Foot, to be Assistant-
surgeon to the Forces, Oct. 1.
OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, DEC. 28.
Errata in Gazette of the 22d instant.-For Gentleman
Cadet the Honourable John James Bury, to be Second Lieut-
enant, in the " Royalißegiment of Artillery," read, to be
Second Lieutenant in the Corps of Royal Engineers, vice De
Butts, promoted.
And for Gentleman Cadet Alexander Mackenzie, to be
Second Lieutenant, in the Corps of Royal Engineers, vice De
Butts, promoted, read vice Stace, promoted.
Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire.
Oxfordshire Regiment of Militia-Thomas Kemp Story,
Gent. to be Lieutenant, vice Gardiner, promoted, Dec. 3.
Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Gloucestershire.
Royal Gloucestershire Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry-
Frederick Marcus Callaghan, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice
Haythorne, resigned, Dec. 14.
BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED.
Thomas William Clark, brewer, Strood, Kent
BANKRUPTS.
Mary Ann Shenston, scale manufacturer, Brewer-street,
Somers-town, to surrender Jan. 15, at half-past twelve, and
Feb. 9, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official
assignee, Abchurch -lane, Lombard-street; Kell and Chaffers,
Bedford-row.
William Whitsed Coleman, provision merchant, South-
ampton, Jan. 5, at two, and Feb. 9, at twelve, at the Court
of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee ; Messrs. Free-.
man, Bethamley, and Benthall, Coleman-street.
Henry Brewer, draper, Great Waltham, Essex, Jan. 9, at
twelve, and 30, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Fol.
lett, official assignee, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street ;
Soles and Turner, Aldermanbury.
John Beddleton Morris, shoemaker, Hull, Jan. 13 and
Feb. 3, at ten, at the Leeds District Court. Kvnaston, official
assignee, Hull; Hicks, Gray's Inn, London ; Bell, or Levett
and Champney, Hull.
John Percy Moore, chemist, Plymouth, Jan. 14, and Feb.
4at one, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzell, official
assignee, Exeter; Cross, Plymouth; Gregory and Co., Bed-
ford-row, London ; Terrell, Exeter.
Thomas Norton, builder, Birmingham, Jan. 9, and Feb. 6,
at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie,
official assignee, Birmingham ; Chesehire, Birmingham.
DIVIDENDS DECLARED.
W. Croser, merchants, Newcastle-upon-Tyne-first and
final div. of Bs. lid. in the pound, on any Saturday, at
the office of Mr. Wakley, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
G. S. Coxwell, merchant, Newcastle-upon-Tyne-first and
final div. of Is bd. in the pound, on any Saturday, at the
office of Mr. Wakley, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
G. Nelson, farmer, Lazonby, Cumberland-first and final
div. of ss. in the pound, on any Saturday, at the office of
Mr. Wakley, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
T. Langston, share broker, Manchester-first div. of 9d.
in the pound, on any Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Fraser,
Manchester.
J. Gray, upholsterer, Manchester-first div. of Is. in the
pound, on any Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Fraser, Man-
chester.

W. Dunnett, auctioneer, Manchester—second div. of 3d.
in the pound, on any Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Fraser,
Manchester.
T. Oxton, cart owner, Liverpool—first div. of 11/id. in the
pound, on Wednesday, Jan. 6, or any subsequent Wednes-
day, at the office of Mr. Morgan, Liverpool.
R. Brown, printer, Pemberton-row, Gough-square--first
div. of 3s. 414 d. in the pound, on any Wednesday, at the
office of Mr. Whitmore, Basinghall-street.
W. M'Dowall, printer, Pembertorrow, Gough-square—
irst div. of 4s. 3d. in the pound, on any Wednesday, at the
office of Mr. Whitmore, Basi ngh all- street.
DIVIDENDS.
At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street.
R. Beckley, grocer, North Audley-street, Hanover-square,
Jan. 19, at half-past eleven.
In the Country.
W. E. Acraman, ehip builder, Bristol, Jan. 21, at twain

REVIEW OF THE BRITISH CORN
TRADE, DURING THE PAST WEEK.
The weather was, in the early part of the week, wet,
and the ice, by which many of the canals and water-
courses were blocked up when we last addressed our
reader, has entirely disappeared. There is, conse-
quently, no longer any impediment to the conveyance
of grain by water-carriage ; and if similar weather
should have been experienced on the Continent, some
of the rivers there have probably been set free from their
icy bonds: in which case, a few more cargoes of corn
might probably reach us from the north of Europe. The
change from severe frost to comparatively mild weather
would, under ordinary circumstances, have been followed
by a re-action in the trade; but we are at present placed
in such a peculiar position, that past experience scarcely
affords a parallel. Events which in common seasons
might have a great influence pass now without Producing
any effect ; and so has it been with the recent change in
the weather. The facility afforded by the re-opening of
the inland navigation to procure supplies, is viewed as
favourable rather than otherwise ; and no ono appears
for a moment to believe diet t`e demand will not prove
-ufficiently extensive to take eff all the corn the farmers
are likely to be enabled to bring forward. That the
merchants, millers, end bakers are generally but indif-
ferently stocked in all parts of the kingdom, is a fact
which admits of no question ; and an opinion daily
gThining ground, that the liberal manner in which the
growers have brought forward their %%heat, ever since
harvest, has so greatly diminished their stocks, as to
leave much less on hand than is generally the case at this
period of the year. Meanwhile, the old foreign wheat
is fast disappearing from our granaries. At the princi-
pal ports of the west coast, nearly a clearance has been
made by shipments to Ireland; en I the demand from the "
rame quarter is beginning to tell on the London stocks.
All that has hitherto been sent from England to the
sister isle has gone into consumption as soon as received:
fro accumulation has taken place there, and as it is quite
evident that with the loss of the potato crop, the re.
sources of Ireland are not sufficient to support her
people, further supplies will have to be drawn from this
side of the Channel. In this state of affairs, we feel no
surprise that the somewhat dull advices from Mark-lane,
of Monday, should have failed to produce much effect
on quotations in the provincial markets ; indeed, it ap-
pears clear to us that the upward movement has not yet
reached its height. Those wh are of an opposite
opinion seem to ground their hopes solely on the sup-
plies from America ; they do not attempt to deny that
the 1. otato crop has almost wholly failed in Ireland—
that the produce in England has hardly come up to half
a crop ; neither is it disputed that the extraordinary
heat and the want of moisture, by which the summer
was characterised, caused the yield of all kinds of spring
corn to fall materially short of what is usually grown in
these islands ; but all these drawbacks are to be made
good by overwhelming supplies of American produce.
We have, on former occasions, asserted over and over
again our conviction that the supplies likely to reach us
from the other side of the Atlantic had been exaggerated
and we see no reason to retract this opinion. During
the two months terminating November 30th (all shipped
previous to that period has, of course, long ere this
reached our shores and been mostly consumed) the ex-
ports of Flour from New York scarcely amounted to
200,000 brls.; and we question whether all the other
ports of the United ;States together, shipped an equal
quantity. For argument's sake we will say that 500,000
brls. have been despatched in October and November,
from the American ports. How much of this unimpor-
tant quantity (unimportant when our necessities are
taken into consideration will go to France ? how much
to Newfoundland and the West Indian Islands ? and what
quantity are we likely to receive ? If the whole were
intended for Great Britain, and there were no French
buyers of bonded flour ready to take all they can get, it
would still be a mere trifle, but in our actual position we
have no hesitation in saying, that to expect the arrivals
of bread-stuffs from America to stop the rise in prices
in the British markets is perfectly ridiculous.
REVIEW OF FOREIGN CORN TRADE.
In consequence of the non (trivia of the Hamburg
mails of 19th and 22d, we are without our usual advices
from the north of Europe. We have, however, Ham-
burg papers up to the 19th instant by way of Holland,
but very little information respecting the grain trade
can be collected from these. The frost appears to have
partially given way, but the chief rivers and harbours
were still closed by ice ; nor was it deemed probable that
the navigation would again be practicable until spring.
Letters from Dantzic, of the 12th inst., inform us that
the receipts of wheat from Upper and Lower Poland had
fallen materially short of expectation, a large number
of tee barges having been frozen up on their passage
down the Vistula. This circumstance had assisted to
give confidence to holders ; and the advices from Great
Britain, France, and Belgium being of a character calcu-
lated to lead to the impression that buyers from all
those courtries will in spring appear in the Baltic, few
holders of the article at Dantz;c had manifested incline-
oon to enter into contracts for sprin, shipment. The
only sale reported as having taken place since the pre-
vious post-day had been that of a parcel of ordinary
wheat, about 50 last, weighing per bushel 591b5., for
which equal to 525. per qr., tree on board, had been ob-
tained. Fine mixed, of eolbs. weight, had been held at
545., and fine high-mixed pares Is, weighing 6 llbs., at
565. per qr., with charges and interest till spring.
From Rostock and Stettin we have no advices ; and
the reports from Hamburgh, of the 19th, are of so
meagre a character as to afford little real information
relative to the state of affairs there. Thus much is,
however, certain, that the Elbe was then effectually
blocked up by ice, and that it was deemed very impro-
bable that further shipments of grain would be made
either from thence or from Danish ports tall spring.
Stocks of wheat were extremely small, and for local use
good qualities of red had brought what would be equal
to 565. per quarter in English money.
At all the Dutch and Belgian markets quotations of
wheat have lately risen considerably; and though there is
hardly a margin at present for profits on shipmen s from
this country to the Netherlands, still there is a proba-
bility of buyers from thence visiting our markets.
In France wheat also continues to rise in value; and
whilst Marseilles affords so much better a malzet for
wheat than is to be met with in Great Britain there is
no prospect of supplies reaching this country from any
of the ports lying east of the Straits of Gibraltar.
Since writing the above, we have received Hamburgh
letters of the 22d, and advices from Dantzic of the 19th
inst. At the latter place the weather was then still
severe, but at Hamburgh a rapid thaw set in; the Elbe
was, nevertheless, yet frozen up. The lively accounts
from hence had caused an advance of 2s. per quarter, as
well in the Baltic as at Hamburgh, on wheat;anfl_
kinds of spring corn had risen in value.—Mar k lane
Express.

FIRE IN THE HAYMARKET.—Late on Monday
night the premises belonging to Mr. Stray, a tailor, of
39, Haymarket, were discovered to be on fire by a police-
man. He succeeded in arousing the inmates, not, how-
ever, before the flames completely cut off all means of
effecting a retreat by the usual way. The parties ma-
naged to get upon the roof of the premises, and they ,
were taken into the adjoining house. The fire was not
subdued until it had passed through almost every apart-
ment in the house, destroying a considerable amount of
stock, furniture, and other effects. Mr. Stray was in-
sured in the Pheenix Office, but not to the amount of
his loss.

AMELIORATED CORN-LAW AT ROM.E.—An edict
was published the Ist of the month, signed by the Sec-
retary Cardinal Gizz7, in referrAce to the cereal com-
merce of the States of the Church, to the purport that
the limits of the price of grain established by the tariff
of 1823, shall be lowered at the rate of 2 scudi for
every article, whether for exportation or importation.
That the extraction of grain from the Mediterranean
shores shall be free, and its importation forbidden,
till the price arrives at 12 scudi the rubbio
(6401 b. Italian), from which sum shall commence the
ancient gradations and taxes, up to the value of 14 scudi,
when shall be in force the prohibition against the ex-
portation of indigenous grain, and the importation of fo-
reign shall be free. Likewise that for the cast of the
Adriatic the exportation shall be free, and the imports-
lion forbidden, till the price shall arrive at 10 scudi the
rubbio; from which sum the ancient gradation's and
taxes shall come into force, up to the value of 12
scudi, when the exportation of corn is forbidden, and
the importation is to be free. That for Turkish corn,
the exportation shall be free, and the importation for-
bidden, till the price shall arrive at 7 scudi, 50 bajocchi
the rubbio ; and arriving at the cost of 9 scudi, 50
bajocchi, the exportation is prohibited, and the impor-
tation rendered free. This ulterior proof of his paternal
care, in removing all occasion for disquietude from his
subjects, his Holiness trusts will be corresponded to by
submission and confidence on their part.—Roman Ad-
vertiser, Dec. 5.

ANGLING EXTRAORDINARY.—A very r(in Irkable
scene occurred on the beach at Musselburgh c n Monday
last, in which a small dog signalised himself in a m tnner
well worthy of record. It appears he had be( n. in the
practice of swimming occasionally for any unfortunate
bird which may have come under the range of his
master's gun, and upon the occasion alluded to I e was in
waiting for this purpose. An ineffectual shot at a bird
was followed by a sudden rush of the dog into the water,
which at this particular spot is rather deep, and in which,
to his master's estonishment,'h almost immediately dis-
appeared. In a few moments he again came to the sur-
face, and got footing on terra firma ; but this time he was
not alone, for struggling fiercely with him was (as was
at first supposed) some monster which he had caught,
and by which he appeared abuut to be overcome. Once
or twice he was fairly overturned, but still he fought
bravely, and at length he succeeded in proving victor.
The mora-Ilr, when landed, turned out to be nothing less
than a salmon of about 51bs. weight—a capture rarely,
if ever before, made by a dog.—Edinburgh Witness.