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No. 16,821.

TTAVE YOU SEEN VENUS RISING
• FROM THE SEA?
At tie HALL of ROME, Great Windmill-street, Haymarket; and
the much-admired New Group, the RAINBOW NYMPI.S. Ex-
planatory Expositions by Mr. C. Sioman, the only English Impro-
visatore of the various Poses. Performances commence at Three
o'clock is the Afternoon and Eight in the Evening. Stalls, 25.;
Boxes, ls. 6d. ; Pit, Is.

CI B.A.VESEND STAR and BLAUKWALL
PACKETS.
Packet and Railway Fare included in one payment upon every
Passage.
N.8.-No other Packets call at the GRAY'S or GREENHITHE
PIERS.
FROM THE NEW TERRACE PIER, GRAVESEND.
WEEK DAYS.-At 7, 714 834, 954, 1134, 1,2, 3,4, 5,6, 634,
7, 734, and 8.
SUNDAYS.-At 7, n, 834, 1154, 1,2, 3,4, 5, 6. 6%, 7, 734,
and 8.
FROM THE BRUNSWICK WHARF, BLACKWALL.
The Trains starting One Quarter of an Hour before each of
these times.
WEEK DAYS.-At 9, 934, 1034, 11, 1134, 12, 1%, 234, 334,
434, 5. 6,7, and 734.
SUNDAYS.-At 834, 9, 934, 1034, 11, 134, 234, 3%, 434, 5,
6,7, and 734.
Fares.-To or from London-Fore cabin, and Second Class Rail-
way, 9d. ; Saloon and First Class Railway, ls.
To or from Blackwall and intermediate Piers-Fore Cabin, 6d. ;
Saloon, 911.
Packets for Excursions.-Apply to Mr. W. Morgan, Star Office,
Fenchurch-street Terminus of the Blackwall Railway.
Tickets.-For Twelve months, 41. 45.; Six months, 21. 15s. ; Three
months, IL 15s. To be had of the Collectors on board the packets ;
Mr. Monk, Terrace Pier, Gravesend ; or of Mr. Saunders, Bruns-
wick-wharf, Blackwell.

MILITARY FLOGGING.—A Public Meeting
will be held at Exeter Hall, on WEDNESDAY, the 19th inst.,
for the formation of a Society to promote the abolition of Flogging in
the Army and Navy, or for the adoption of such other measures as
may appear requisite.
'THOMAS WAKLEY, Esq., M.P., has kindly consented to preside.
The Doors to be open at Four, and the Chair taken at Five
o'clock precisely.
AdmiQsion Cards to be had of Messrs. Cramer, Beale, and Chappell,
201, Regent-street; Messrs. Jaws N;sbet and Co., 21, Berners-
street ; Messrs. Aylott and Jones, 8, Paternoster-row; and Mr.
Pelham Richardson, 23, Cornhill ; and Messrs. Ackerman and Co.,
96, Strand (opposite Exeter Hall).

CLERICAL, MEDICAL, AND GENERAL
LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY.

Established 1824,

Notice is hereby given that the usual DIVIDEND of 5 per cent.
(less income-tax), on the paid-up Capital on the Shares of the So-
ciety, will be payable at this Office on and after THURSDAY, the
20th day of August Instant.
Proprietors living at a distance may obtain their Dividends either
by sending an order to the Secretary, or by applying to any of the
Society's agents.
GEO. H. PINCRARD, Resident Secretary,
78, Great Russell-street, Bloomsbury, London.
August 18, 1846.

EDINBURGH and LEITH ATMOSPHERIC
RAILWAY.

Notice is hereby given, that in pursuance of the provisions con-
tained in an Act passed in the present session of Parliament, dated
July 3, 1846, intituled " An Act to facilitate the Dissolution of certain
Railway Companies." a MEETING of the SHAREHOLDERS of the
EDINBURGH and LEITH ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY COM-
PANY will be held within the Waterloo Hotel, Edinburgh, on TUES-
DAY, the Ist day of September next, 1846, at Two o'clock, afternoon,
for the purpose of determining whether the said Company shall be
dissolved in terms of the Act.

THOS. HUTCHISON, Chairman.
JOHN PATTEN, Secretary.
And immediately after the above statutory Meeting, another
Meeting of the Shareholders will be held, at the same place, when a
Report by the Committee of Management, and an Abstract of the
Accounts of Expenditure will be laid before the Meeting, and the
Instructions of the Shareholders taken as to certain CLAIMS against
the Company still unadjusted, and as to the payment to the Share-
holders of the balance of deposits.

THOS. HUTCHISON, Chairman.
JOHN PATTEN, Secretary.
Edinburgh, 7, Drummond-place, Aug. 18,1846.

WAKEFGIELLEDL
ir,wPpy NE
ITEE FIT
SRI
OANCS T, AND
METHLEY, ASKERN, AND OAKENSHAW BRANCHES.

The Act for the construction of these Extensions having received
the royal assent, the Proprietors of Scrip Certificates are requested
to transmit the same, with their names, occupations, and places of
residence, distinctly endorsed on the back of each Certificate, to
Mr. GEORGE FOX, the Secretary, at Pontefract, on or before
Tur.snex. the Ist day of September, 1846, for the purpose of being
registered, in accordance with the provisions of the Company's
Clauses Consolidation Act.

An acknowledgement will be returned for the Scrip, and on the
completion of the registry, certificates under the seal of the Com-
pany will be given.
Ail shares, in respect of which no application for registry shall be
made on or before the said Ist day of September, will be registered
in the names, and according to the description and residence, of the
persons to whom they were allotted.

ULU/LUZ. ul, secretary.
Forms of application for registry may be obtained at the Secre-
tary's office, in Pontefract.

BIRMINGHAM and OXFORD JUNCTION
RAILWAY.
Capital, 1,000,0001.. in Shares of 201. each.
The Act for the incorporation of this Company having received
the royal assent, the Holders of Scrip Certificates are requested to
make immediate application to be registered for their respective
shares, according to the subjoined form (printed copies of which will
be supplied. if desired), and transmit the same, accompanied with the
Scrip Certificates, either to this Office or the London Office,
No. 449, West Strand, on or before TUESDAY, the 15th day of
September next,
An official receipt will be given on the deposit of the scrip, which
receipt will afterwards be exchanged for the sealed certificates, with
as little delay as the preparation of the same may require ; and due
notice will be given when the sealed certificates are ready for delivery.
Shares, in respect of which no application for registry shall be
made on or before the above date, will be registered in the name of
the original subscriber, after which no share can be passed otherwise
than by formal transfer, under the provisions of the Act.
By order of the Board,
THOS. HOLROYD, Secretary.
Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway Offices, No. 34, Ben-
nett's-hill, Birmingham, and No. 449, West Strand; London,
August 12, 1846.
FORM OF APPLICATION TO REGISTER.
Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway.
I hereby deposit Scrip Certificates for Shares in the above
Company, viz.,
No. to --
and I claim to be registered as the Proprietor of the said Shares,
subject to the general rules, regulations, and conditions contained
in the Act of Incorporation, all of which I hereby undertake to fulfil
and discharge. I also require sealed Certificates to be prepared in
exchange as under.
Christian Name and Surname at ftrll length
Designation
Address
Usual Signature
Witness to the Signature -
Dated this: 184

VALE of NEATH RAILWAY.
Notice is hereby given, that the Act authorising the con-
struction of this railway having received the Royal Assent, all per-
sons holding Scrip Certificates for Shares in this Company, are re-
quested to transmit the same to the Secretary, for Registration, at
the Offices of the Company, No. 449, West Strand, London, on or
before Turisuat, the let of September next, with their names, pro-
fessions, and residences distinctly written, in order that the same
may be correctly entered in the Register of the Company.
An Official Receipt will be given on the Deposit of the Scrip, which
receipt will be afterwards exchanged for the sealed certificates, with
as little delay as the preparation of the same may require, and due
notice will be given when the sealed certificates will be ready for
delivery.
Shares, in respect of which no Application for Registry shall be
made on or before the above date, will be registered in the name of
the original subscriber, after which no share can be passed otherwise
than by formal transfer, under the provisions of the Act.
Forms of letters, claiming to be registered, may be had at the
Offices of the Company.
By order of the Board,
FRED. G. SAUNDERS, Secretary
449, West Strand, London, Aug. 5, 1846,
FORM OF APPLICATION TO REGISTER.
Vale of Meath Railway.
I hereby deposit Scrip Certificates for

Shares in the above

Company, viz.:-
1 No. to I No. to
and I claim to be registered as the proprietor of the said shares, sub-
ject to the general rules, regulations, and conditions contained in the
Act of Incorporation, all of which I hereby undertake to fulfil and
discharge. I also require sealed certificates to be prepared i n ex-
change asunder:

Christian and Surname at fullle ngth..
Designation .
Address
Usual Signature
Witness to the Signature
Dated this . 1846.

OYSTERS.—J. S. SWEETING, ever anxious
to meet the wishes of his friends, the public, has -made
arrangements to supply them per rail with the best and real NA-
TIVE OYSTERS. They are taken from the beds at Burnham, near
Maldon, in Essex, every morning, transmitted by the Eastern
Counties Railway, and are delivered daily betore 'Twelve o'clock, at
his Fish and Oyster Establishment, 159, CHEAPSIDE, adjoining
the General Post•olfce. Very superior Oyster Rooms. Reid's Stout
and Crowley's Alton Ale.
N.B. Wenham-lake Ice and Refrigerator Depot.

DAVIES'S FINE SPERM CANDLES
Is. sd. per lb. ; Genuine Sperm, .s. 6d.; Yellow Soap, 425.,
165., 525., and 58s. per 1121 be.; Mottled, 54., 611 s. and 645.; Wax
Candles. Is. per lb. ; German, Is. 2d. • Fine Wax, Is. sd. ; Trs-
parent Wax, Is. ; Genuine Wax, an;
2s. Id. • Store Candles, sd.
Extra Waxed-wick Moulds, 6%d.; Genuine iperm 011, 78. per gallon ;
Solar, 3s. 3d., Pale Seal, 3s. 6d. ; Argand, or Vegetable, 4s. 6d. ;
Wind,.or Soap, 18.1 1. per packet ; Palm, Is. 4d. ; Old Brown
Windsor, Is. 9d. Rose. 2s. ; Almond, 2s. 6d. ; Sealing Wax, 4s. 6d.
ner lb. ; Hale's erior Paragon Composite, requiring no snuf-
fing, 934 d.
For Cash—At DAVIES'S Old Established WarehOuse 6 St.
Martin's-lane, opposite New Slaughter's Coffee-house.

ACROS fie addresed to MR. GRIMSTONE
ON HIS INCOMPARABLE EYE SNUFF.
O ifted of men, who by thy wondrous art,
R enowned in every clime, through every part,
I n Europe's wide and civilised domain;
M idst Asia's countless millions, and again,
S tretching from Afric's broad and scorching shorei
T o where the mighty Niagara roars :
O h ! here accept this tributary lay,
N or deem that I can ever well repay,
E 'wept in gratitude sincere, profound,
'S uch wondrous benefits I so long have found.

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Observe—The gigantic balance of all, the Public Press ! eulogise
t•lis excellent compound of British Herbs. The reader will remem-
ber that this celebrated Eye Snuff has been before the Public up-
wards of thirty-three years, advancing in the favour of all who use
it. This odoriferous Snuff is sold loose at Gd. per ounce, or in canis-
ters bearing the above Royal Authority, and the sanction of her
.Maiesty's Lords of the Treasury on each canister, at Bd., ls.
2s. 4d., 4s: 4d., Bs., and lbs. 6d. each ,by all Tobacconists, Merchants,
and others. This Eye Snuff is exported in white stone canisters to
all quarters of the globe. A liberal discount allowed :to Merchants,
Shippers, Agents, and others, on taking large quantities.
Look well to the Signature of the Inventor, W. GRTMSTON
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434, OXFORD STREET, and 24, KING STREET, LONG ACR
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quantities, they can be now suppled with canisters containing ten
pounds, or upwards, if required.
By sending a Post Office Order for 3s , a 2s. 4d. canister will be
returned, with fall partfettlarse postage included, and so on in like
proportiOli."—.

EASE IN WALKING,
vitTILLIAM BADDELEY, of 130, STIUND,
is induced to give publicity to his much-admired PRE-
PARED LEATHER (so noted for extreme SOFTNESS and
DURABILITY), in consequence of the patronage he has received,
and the general satisfaction given by him in manufacturing the above
Into BOOTS, &c., on his peculiar fitting principle 'of combining
elegance with ease. An extensive assortment of best made articles
always ready on sale. Established In 1767.
No. 130, Strand, corner of Waterloo-bridge, London.

ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
A CHEMICAL LECTURE, by Dr. Ryan, daily, and on
the Evenings of Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Professor
Bachhoffner's LECTURES, on NATURAL PHILOSOPHY, with
brilliant experiments, daily. MACINTOSH'S REVOLVING EN-
GINE. COLEMAN'S PATENT LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE for as-
cending and descending Inclined Planes. FARRELL'S ARCM-
MEDIAN RAILWAY. The ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY. all in
action. HALLETTE'S ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY VALVE.
The OPAQUE MICROSCOPE. The OXY-HYDROGEN MICROS-
COPE, exhibiting a 'fine • Collection of Living Objects. A beautiful
Picture of the CHAPEL in the CONVENT of St. CATHERINE,
near Jerusalem, by Mr. Charles Smith, is one of the Series of DIS-
SOLVING VIEWS.

Admission. Is. 1 Scools, Half-price.

REMOVAL.
DR. .CULVERWELL- has REMOVED to No.
I 0; ARGYLL-PLACE, REGENT-STREET, (leading to
Great Marlborough-street,) where he may be consulted, as usual,
Daily till-Three, and the Evening from Seven till Nine; and
where also his several publications, of which entirely new and en-
larged editions have recently been. published, may be obtained.

FLINT and STEEL, 311, HIGH HOLBORN,
corner of Chancery-lane, importers and manufacturers, have
consigned to them monthly ffttn Gerville's; and other celebrated
manufacturers in Paris and Brussels, the best WELLINGTON
BOOTS, of the finest Bordeaux Calf; which they offer at 11. is. per
pair; the price of the same quality at Gerville's is 26 francs, and
there are houses in London, both French and English, selling the
same quality at 11. 10s. per pair: French Well,ngton Boots, of the
best patent leather, 11. Bs. per pair. Best French Polish, Is. and
2s. 6d. the bottle.

FLINT and STEEL, importers and manufactu-
rers, have a large BTOCK of BOOTS for, SPORTSMEN, con-
sisting of stout enamelled leather and cow-hide, which approach as
near to waterproof as any that can he made. Also, Hunting Boots,
Antigropelos, and stout Drab Cloth Boots, lined throughout with
leather.-311, HIGH HOLBORN, corner of Chancery-lane.

PUBLICATIONS.

Just published, price 55.,

FRANKS on URINO-GENITAL DISEASES.
Part I. On Gonorrhea and Gleet, exemplifying the influence
of a Scrofulous or Scorbutic state of system in producing those Morbid
Secretions, and showing that the true nature of their diseased action
is irritative, not inflammatory.
Published by the Author, 90, Blackfriars-road, Landon; and may
be had of Johnston, 68, Cornhill; Starkle, 4, Strand; Sanger, 180,
Oxford street ; and by order of all booksellers.

WORKS by ROBERT J. CULVERWELL, M.D. M.R.C.S. &c.
One Shilling each, by post One and Sixpence.
1.
N SINGLE and MARRIED LIFE:
(An Original Medical History.)
CONTENTS:
Analysis of the Affections—Early Conventional Restraint—Mis-
direction—Marital Anticipations and Realities—Laws of Paternity—
Maternal Influenee—Phenomena of Gestation—On Infelicitous and
Infertile Unions—lncongruous Alliances —Late Marriages—Love
Matches—Curiosities of Twenty-three Years' Medical Experience,
&c. &c. 2.
On CHASTITY and its INFRINGEMENTS.
(An Essay for 1846.)
"Of human ills and frailties I discourse,
Those taught by nature, and by art acquied.
Of gr!efs conceal'd, and disappointments keen,
Which young and gentle, the matured and sage,
The lonely and the mated—all sustain.
In kindly spirit, herein counsel's giv'n,
How health, how hope, how happiness to gain."

WHAT to EAT, DRINK, and AVOID
With Diet Tables for all Complaints.
Contents :—How to ensure perfect digestion, tranquil eelings, a
good night's rest, a clear head, and a contented mind. By an ob-
servance of the instructions herein contained the feeble, the ner-
vously delicate, even to the most shattered constitution, may acquire
the greatest amount of physical happiness, and reach in health the
full period of life allotted to man.
" How we should live—what eat, what drink, what shun,
To reach in health full threescore years and ten."
These interesting little volumes, although hearing upon subjects of
very delicate import, as their titles imply, will be found of immea-
"t a"ncralemta untailiotyu,gfhotr
ttoheymtleolwl
,ofbmutatwtershicekveryinfolinnvinagticorneain-
thrraibleld
understand
these enlightened times, except that %natty
questionable •
In the exposition hereby offered of the till now hidden truths of
nature, of human disappointments and their ways of relief, it is not
contended that every reader shall become his or her own physician
any more than their own lawyer, but it is insisted upon that we
should know the simple principles of our owu organization, the laws
whereby our existence and the issue thereof in their several healthy
states depend, the duties that are expected of us in our individual
capacities in the family circle, and the terms on which the health and
happiness of the present and future race of mankind have to rely.
By such knowledge, and which is herein faithfully imparted,
health will be found to be in our own keeping, and happiness
within the attainment of all; by the availment hereof in fulfilling
our duty to ourselves, we secure the like advantages on our offspring
to follow, and finally by the cultivation of our faculties, which is in-
consistent with degenerate health, the mind as well as the body may
be exalted to the summit of perfection, as best becomes the highest
of God's creations.
The author's justification for this seeming eulogy of his own writ-
ings, and the avowal accredittegrity of purpose, must be measured
by their perusal—his d qualifications guarantee that the
topics broached involve his legitimate study and pursuit.
To be had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row; Carvalhe, 147,
Fleet-street; Hannay, 63, Oxford. street; Mann, 39, Comhill ; or
direct from the Author, 10, Argyle-place, Regent-street (leading to
Great Marlborough-street), who may be advised personally on these
matters daily till Three, and in the Evenings from Seven till Nine.

A POPULAR TREATISE on the HEALTH, LIFE. and VIGOUR

of the BODILY FUNCTIONS.
NINETEETII EDITION, price 2s. 6d. ; Free by Pest (In a Sealed
.. ...

Envelope) 3s. 6a., -
THE SILENT FRIEND. A Medical Work
on the loss of the reproductive powers, with means of restora-
tion. The baneful effects of Indulgence, neglected Strictures, Se-
condary Symptoms, &c., are fully pointed out. Illustrated by En-
gravings ; followed by observations on Marriage. By IL and L.
PERRY and Co., Consulting Surgeons, London.
Published by the Authors, and may be had at their residence.
Sold by Strange, No. 21, Paternoster-row ; Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-
street ; Purkis, Compton-street, Soho ; Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford-
street, and 37, Roy al Exchange ; and all booksellers.
Part I. of this Work is particularly addressed to those who are
prevented from forming a Matrimonial Alliance, through fear of cer-
tain disqualifications, and will be found an available introduction to
the means of perfect and secret restoration to manhood.
Part 11. treats perspicuously upon those forms of diseases, either
in their primary or secondary state, arising from infection, showing
how numbers who neglect to obtain competent medical aid, entail
upon themselves years of misery and suffering.
The CORDIAL BALM OF SYRIACUM is exclusively directed to
the cure of nervous and sexual debility, irregularity, weakness, bar-
renness, loss of appetite, indigestion, consumptive habits, and debili-
ties arising from venereal excesses, See. Price 1 is. mid 335. per tat-
tle. The Five-pound cases may be had as usual.
The CONCENTRATED DETERSIVE ESSENCE. An anti-
syphilitic remedy for searching out and purifying the blood from ve-
nereal contamination, scurvy, blotches on the head, face, and body,
ulcerations, and those painful affections arising from improper treat-
ment, secondarysymptoms, and all eruptions of the skin. Price ils.
and 335. per bottle.
PERRY'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS, price 2s. 9d.. 4s. 6d.,
and 11s, per box. aro the most effectual remedy for strictures, in-
flammation, irritation of the bladder, &c., without hindrance to
business.
Consultation fee, if by Letter, IL A minute detail of case is ne-
cessary. Messrs. Perry are in daily attendance at their residence,
19, Berners-street, Oxford-street, London, from eleven till two, and
Ave till eight ; and on Sundays from eleven till twelve.

ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND
MATURITY.
WITH TWENTY-FIVE COLOURED ENGRAVINGS.
Just published, Sixteenth Thousand, in a sealed envelope, price
28. Gd., or post paid, to any address, for 3s. Gd. in Postage Stamps
or Post-office Order.
SELF. PRESERVATION: A Medical Treatise
on the Secret Infirmities and Disorders of 'Youth and Maturity.
Illustrated with Twenty-five Coloured I'lates on the Anatomy.
Physiology, and Diseases of the Urinary and Reproductive Organs,
explaining their various structures, uses, and functions, and showing
the injuries that are produced in them, by solitary habits, and other
excesses. With Practical Observations on the Treatment of Nervous
Debility, Local and Constitutional Weakness, and other diseases of
the Urethra.
By SAMUEL LA'MERT, CONSULTING BURGEON,
9, Bedford-street, Bedford-square, London;
Matriculated Member of the University of Edinburgh, Honorary
Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate of
Apothecaries' Hall, L0!!1221,1i±c:,&...c._
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NEWSPAPER CORRESPONDENTS.—AssuredIy they are
a curious class ; but we have seldom received a richer com-
munication than the following, which we print verbatim et
literatim :—" Sir,—when I send you anything I should Like
you to print it nearly the same and not to do as you did re-
specting the anneveraity of the odd fellows Such blunders is
not approved off."—Nottingham Journal..
CAUTION TO CYDER MAKERS.—An inquest was re-
cently 'held by T. Fooks, Esq., coroner for the liberty of
Sherborne, Dorset, on a labourer, who died from the effects of
drinking cyder which had been boiled in a brass or copper
furnace. It appeared by the" evidence of the person who
made the cyder, that a quantity of hops, loaf and moist
sugar, ginger, and liquorice, was put into the liquor to fine
it, and that to prevent the 'recipe being -discovered by a
person who assisted, a small portion of• brick-dust was added.
The mixture 'was then boiled in the furnace. Mr. E. Turner,
surgeon, gave it as his opinion that the ingredients named
were harmless, but the boiling in a brass furnace would pro-
duce the acetate of copper, and ulceration of the bowels, such
as he had found on' a post mortem examination. The jury
found, that death had been occasioned by drinking cyder
boiled in a brass furnace for the purpose of Truing.

RA tIWA Y C 0 31 37117.17 TE ES.

(YESTERDAY)

HOUSE OF LORDS.
aNCREF.TER AND SOUTHAMPTON.
' The Committee to whom this Bill had been referred, con-
sisting of Lout Monteagle (chairman), Lord Foley, Lord
Churchill, and Lord Sondes, met this morning, at 11 o'clock,
in Room A.
Mr. Sergeant Wrangham, with whom were Mr. Gurney,
Mr. James, Mr. Wheeler, and Mr. Cripps, appeared
for the promoters of the Bill ; Mr. Talbot, Mr. Rickards,
and Sir Thomas Phillips for the Great Western, and
South Western, and the landowners.
Mr. Sergeant WItAIiGIIAM proceeded to open the case on
the part of the promoters. He said the line would be S 8
miles in length, and that it would cost, in round numbers,
1,000,0001., and was intended to afford direct railway com-
munication from Manchester, in the north, to Southampton,
in the south. He could start from Southampton at a point
on the quay which offered great facilities for
loading and unloading, acs would take nearly a direct course
north, passing through Andover, Marlborough, Swindon,
Cirencester, and even to Cheltenham, where, at a place called
Swindon, it would form a junction with the Gloucester and
Birmingham, and pass on to the north of the existing lines.
The cost per mile would be between 17,0001. and 18,0001., and
they had no engineering difficulties to contend with except
at the Cotteswold Hills, which would have to be tunnelled ;
but the difficulties at this point were only of the ordinary
character. The whole district south of Swindon, which was
traversed by the line, was, at the present moment, lamentably
deficient of railway communication, and, in fact,
a great portion of the counties of Hampshire, Wiltshire, and
Dorsetshire, must also be considered as being shut out from
that railway communication which other districts now pos-
sessed. Persons in the north, who carried on an extensive
trade with every portion of the empire, had had their opera-
tions crippled, atsi their means of extending their corn-
,. mercial-transactibils cut away from them, owing to the want
of direct railway communication with this district. It was
true a portion of the district had water communication
afforded to it by the Andover canal, from Andover to
the sea, which had lingered foryears, and "lingeringly lived,"
affording no great accommodation to the district, and certainly
with no great profit to those who had embarked their pro-
perty in the undertaking. They intended to use this canal
by an agreement with its proprietors for the purpose of this
railway, which would obviate the necessity of interfering
with residential or other property along the line, and also
save the protnoters considerable expense. The line would
reduce the price of coals to the whole district traversed, and
convey to the north for manufacture clay from Poole, and
sand from the Isle of Wight to be transmuted into glass, in
addition to large quantities of goods for exportation. By
the existing railway communication the distance from Chel-
tenham to Swindon was forty-four miles, which the
Manchester and Southampton would reduce to twenty-nine
miles, effecting a saving of fifteen miles. The distance
was not the only objection, for even if the recommendation
of Parliament was carried out, there would still be a break of
gauge at Cheltenham. To show the necessity of such a rail-
way, he might state that the Great Western had in the pre-
sent session proposed a line from Oxford to Cheltenham
which had been unsuccessful. But they had not abandoned
their intention of ultimately obtaining the sanction of Par-
liament to the line. So great was the objection to that
route that many persons preferred using coaches and their
own private vehicles in order to get to Swindon and Ciren-
cester. A great portion of the district was agricultural, in
which there were a number of sheep fairs; but the
case of the Peterborough line, which ran through an
agricultural district, and yielded an ample revenue, set
the question at rest, that agricultural districts could sup-
port railways. Great quantities of cattle and sheep were
sent to the north, which would go by the line if it were made.
They were now driven as far as Gloucester, and there placed
on the railway. Salt would be brought from Droitwich for
agricultural purposes. The only means of obtaining goods
by railway from the north was by the London and Birming-
ham, then by cart to Nine Elms, and by the South-Western
on to Southampton, involving a circuit of ninety miles. The
Great Western had obtained permission to make a line from
Oxford to Rugby, but that route would be 19 miles longer
than the Manchester and Southampton, besides a break of
gauge at Rugby ; but if an intermediate gauge was laid down
then there would be a break of gauge either at Oxford or
Basingstoke. Another line, from Birmingham to the north
of Banbury, passed this session, reduced the distance from
19 to 14 miles. After referring to the local distribution of
the shares of the company, to the importance of Southamp-
ton as.the southern outlet to southern Europe, and, in fact,
to the whole world, to the expression of feeling in favour of
the line by the inhabitants of the towns it was to traverse
(a petition from Manchester in favour of it having been
signed by persons representing one-fourth of the entire as-
sessment of the town) he concluded by calling on the Com-
mittee to pass tke preamble of the Bill. He then objected to
the appearance of the Great Western on the ground that the
line only passed under that line; that t hey only in terfered with
a small strip of land, and not with the works or property of
the Great Western. They held a statutory title to the land,
but then they had obtained it for the purpose of a railway,
and that gave them no authority to come there in the guize
of landowners to delay the investigation, and to put them to
unnecessary expense.

Mr. TAiuoTreplied, and held that the Great Western
had an undoubted right to appear in opposition.
rognwftiCTeiled:

On the re-admission of parties,
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The CHAIRMAN said, the CoMmittee had considered the
point raised, and had come unanimously to the opinion that
the Great Western Company sbould be heard on the point,
but only so far as their interests might be affected by the
crossing of the proposed line below the Great Western at
Swindon, and with respect to any damage likely to result
from such crossing. The Chairman added, that this would
not touch upon the right of other landowners to appear there
against the project.
Witnesses were then called.

Mr. W. C. Somers, an-extensive ironmonger at Mil'brook,
immediately adjacent to Southampton, detailed the advan-
tages which the line would confer on him individually, in
extending his trade and preventing delay in thetrausmission
of the goods he used and sold.
Mr. Edwards, collector of the port of Southampton, was
examined at great length and cross-examined. His evidence
generally went to show that the salvation of Southampton
depended on the construction of the line, that it would be
14% miles shorter than any authorised route, would obviate
the necessary breaks of gauge in other lines, and would, in
short, create a considerable traffic. Goods landed at South-
ampton might be warehoused in Manchester within 24 hours.
The imports would be materially increased from all parts of
the world. The existing route to the north, as compared
with the Manchester and Southampton was, as 282 to 212,
thus effecting a saving of 70 miles.
The CHAIRMAN said, he imagined it would not be con-
tended on the other side that this line would not increase
the traffic. What they contended was, that the advantages
it proposed to afford could be obtained by other lines running
north and south. There could be no question that a direct
communication with the north would be advantageous.
Mr. TALBOT had no hesitation in admitting that a direct
line to Manchester was required ; but then the question arose
whether there was traffic enough to justify the construction
of a new line eighty-eight miles in length.
Mr. JAMES said if that was the ground of his Learned
Friend's opposition, the promoters would be compelled to
enter into detail as to the traffic.

The witness having given further evidence in favour of the
line, Mr. Sturge, corn merchant of Gloucester, Mr. George,
general merchant, Romsey, and Mr. S. Payne, dealer
In earthenware and glass at Southampton, all gave
evidence in favour of the line. The last witness said he
had some goods forwarded from Staffordshire on
the 27th of October, which reached Bristol on the
21st of November, but they did not reach Southampton
until the 27th of November following. He paid 7001. per
annum now for carriage, half of which he considered be
should save by the proposed line.—=Adjourned till to-morrow.

E'ILBROW'S ATMOSPHERIC RAIL-

WAY AND CANAL PROPULSION COMPANY.
An adjourned general meeting of the proprietors in this
Company took place yesterday at the London Tavern, for the
purpose of receiving a report of a committee, appointed at a
former meeting; J. Jones, Esq., in the chair.
The state of the affairs of this Company is most
unsatisfactory. It appeared from a report, which
they refuse to publish at the present time, that
the officials of the Company have been guilty of
frauds in issuing an immense number of shares without
having been so authorised to do by the airectors. A Mr.
Collins, a former secretary of the Company, is charged
with haVing sold between eight and nine thousand shares for
his own immediate benefit, he never having placed the sum
received in lieu of the shares to the credit of the Company.
It appeared also that a cheque for 5001. was given to a
Captain Britten for "rigging " the market. The directors
paid themselves ten guineas a day for their attendance,
which money they have since returned. The directors
allege that the frauds have arisen in consequence of their
misplaced confidence In their officials. Shares have been issued
without the names of the holders being filled up ; and it is
asserted that they were offered for sale at any price the pur-
chaser might fix upon at Mr. Lamond's, the sharebroker.
The Earl of Besborough and the Earl of Essex being among
the directors, have offered 1,0001. each to assist the share-
holders.
The report was adopted, and the meeting adjourned to
that day three weeks for the purpose of a communication
being opened between the directors and the shareholders,
with the view to a final and amicable adjustment of the
affairs of the Company.
It appears that the Company was not registered, as it
should have been under the Joint-stock Act ; and that even
by
all the shares recognised the directors were issued and
paid upon before the registration took place. The affairs
of the Company present one mass of inextricable confusion.

SHARE RAILWAYMARKETS.
MANCHESTER, AUGIUST 15.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—nie Sales are—Ambergate, Nottingham, &c.,
5-16 c. dis. —Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham, r,
72 dis.—Eastern
Counties, York Extension, 1
11,4 C. dis.—Huddersfield and Manchester Rail-
way and Canal,lli P.—East Lancashire, EA( p.—Great
1% p•—Leeds and Thirsk, 3%
Grimsby and Sheffield,
dis.—Leeds, Dews-
bury, and Manchester, 534—Leicester and Bedford, % dis.—Liver-
pool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 334 p.—Liverpool, Preston, Man-
chester, and Southport, 17s. C. dis.—Manchester and Birmingham,
Quarter Shares (II), 10% P. _I-,__ tto, ditto (C), 9% p.—London and
York, % dis.—Manchester and Southampton, 7-16 dis —North East-
ern, 1% dis.—North Staffordshire, 3% p.—Oldham, Birkenhead, &c.,
1 dis.—Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction, is dis. —Sheffield and
Manchester, Quarters, No. 1, 4 P.—Shropshire Union, % dis.—
South-Eastern and Dover, NO. I, 6% p.—West Riding Mile., 3 4 p.
LEEDS, AUGUST 15.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The purchases of stock in the early part of
the account, made under strong apprehensions of Continued advancing
prices, were very considerable, and most of that having been thrown
on the market for re-sale, prices receded for the account. This has
been observable in all the markets. In Leeds the settlement is pass-
ing over satisfactorily, and Prices are improving again with a pro-
bability of steadiness, and A more healthy trade. Our London cor-
respondent writes, that " when the stock which has been bought on
speculation has been cleared Off, we may expect some further im-
provement ;" and the same feeling exists in Liverpool and Manches-
ter, though not quite so strongly in the former as in the latter place.
The over-speculation having so speedily proved its own corrective,ought to prevent speculators dealing too largely, and no doubt for a
time will have that effect. London aftd Birminghams are recovering
from the effect of their chairman's speech, and the Great Western
meeting having passed off very satisfactorily, those shares have ad-
vanced. Eastern Counties are steady, Lancaster anl Carlisles lower,
as also are Brightens, Davers, Manchester and Leeds, and Midlands,
In Midlands the fall has been excessive within the last few weeks,
they having declined since the meeting, to the extent of about fifteen
pounds per share ; surely they have seen their worst for the present.
In local stocks, Huddersfield and Manchesters, and Dewaburys, are
in most demand i East Lattcashires, and Ormisklrts, arc considered

safe for purchase at quotation.. In foreign shares the variations are
trifling, and the business passing limited in extent. It Is but among
a comparative small number of capitalists that other than English
shares meet with much attention. The sales are—Blackburn and
Preston, 9 p.—Eastern Counties, York Extension, 395. p. —East Lan-
cashire, 9% p.—Great Grimsby and Sheffield, 1 dis.—Ditto, Exten-
sions, 12s. 6d. dis.—lluddersfield and Manchester, 2N p..—Ditto,
Extensions, 10s. p.—Huddersfleld and Sheffield, 8 p.—Leeds and
Bradford, 43 c. p.—Leeds and Dewsbury, 5 p.—llitto, Extensions,
Is. p.—Leeds and Think, 3 dis.—Ditto, New, 3—Manchester and
Leeds, Extensions, 21. 18s. p.—North British, Carlisle Branch, 2%
s. p.—York and North Midland, East and West Riding, 12i p.—•
Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, Iss. dis.—Clitheroe Junction,
16s. dis.—Grand Union, 13s. Gd. dis.—Lancashire and North York-
shire, • 10s. dis.—Lancashire, Yorkshire, and North-Eastern, 245.
dis.— Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland, 17s. dis.—Leicester and Bed-
ford, 10s. dis.—Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 3% p.—London
and York, 6s. 6d. dis.—Halton and Driffield Junction, 9s. Gd. p.—
Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 21s. s. p.—North Staf-
fordshire, 3% p.—North Western, 7s. p.—Oxford, Witney, and Chel•
tenham, 18s. dis. —South Midland, 15s. p.—Welsh Midlands, 335. 6d.
dis.—West Riding Union,; Si. 2s.—Yorkshire and Glasgow Union,
1% dis.

SHEFFIELD, At'OrST 15.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Midland, 141—Grimsby and
Sheffield, Extension, Us. dis.—Ditto, Quarter Shares, Sc. 6d. dis.
—Huddersfield and Sheffield, 8% p.—Boston, Newark, and Sheffield,
dis.—Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland, 17s. dis.—Manchester, Shef-
field, and Midland Junction, I9s. dis.—NorthWestern,7s. Sheffield
and Lincolnshire, Is. dis.—South Yorkshire Coal Railway, lie. dis.

PRICE SD. '

THE LATE DESTRUCTIVE HAIL

STORM.

A public meeting was held yesterday, at the London Tavern,
Bishopsgate-street, for the purpose of devising the best means
to alleviate the distress, and preserve from utter ruin the
fla-
rists and nurserymen who have suffered so severely from the
violence of the late storm.
His Royal Highness the Duke of CAMBRIDGE took
the chair, and said that he appeared before the meeting in
consequence of an application that had been made to him
from some gentlemen eonuected with the Horticultural So-
ciety to assist in relieving the gardeners and nurserymen
of the metropolis and the suburbs who have been so
severely visited by the late storms. He believed that
all the gentlemen whom he had then the honour
to address felt the same sympathy with himself for those
unfortunate individUals who were now experiencing the
greatest calamity, which was induced, not from any negli-
gence on their own parts, but a visitation of Providence, over
which, of course, they could exercise no control.--(Hear.)
He believed there was ro more deserving or hard-
working class in the community than those whom
they had assembled to assist. He could bear testimony to
what he asserted from personal observation in his own
neighbourhood. Those resident in the neighbourhood of
Stockwell, Clapham, and Brixton, were the chief suf-
ferers, and it appeared from the report of the South
London Horticultural Society that the losses sustained by
those engaged in horticultural trade there amounted to
no less a sum than 18,0001. He had the satisfaction to state
that the room in which they were then assembled had been
given them gratis for the present occasion, and an offer had
been made by the proprietory of the Hall of Commerce of the
use of their establishment, either for a floricultural show
or for any other purpose calculated to promote
the object of the present meeting.—(Hear, hear )
A subscription had also been commenced, and Dr. Leyden,
who was unable to attend, had forwarded 101. 10s. Mr.
Barclay, of Lombard-street, had also sent them 51.55., and
he only hoped that they might have the satisfaction of
being able, in a considerable degree, to ameliorate the
distresses of those poor persons.—(Hear, bear, and cheering.)
Mr. J. ALLNUT stated that 3,000 squares of glass had been
broken in his conservatory, and proposed the following reso-
lution :—" That the severe losses which the nurserymen,
florists, and gardeners in the neighbourhood of the metropolis
have sustained, in consequence of the dreadful hail-storm en
the Ist day of August instant, call for our warmest sympathy,
and demand all our efforts to alleviate the distress occasioned
thereby."
Mr. IIiFF said be would not detain the meeting, but
second the resolution, in which he fully concurred.
The resolution was then put from the chair and carried
unanimously. _ _ _

Mr. Comi, of the firm of Trueman and Cook, proposed the
next resolution—" That a public subscription be now corn-
menced, and a fund raised for the relief of the sufferers."

Mr. SELDOM seconded the resolution, which was passed
unanimously.
Mr. JA3iEs COOK, of Mincing-lane, was appointed trea-
surer, and Messrs. Barclay and Company, Coutts and Com-
pany, Cocks and: Biddulph, Jones, Loyd, and Company,
and Young and Son, to receive subscriptions.
Several subscriptions were then announced, among which
were twenty guineas from the Duke of Cambridge ; ten
guineas from the Lord Mayor; Barclay and Co., five guineas.
A committee was then appointed to carry out the objects
of the meeting, and a vote of thanks having been passed to
the Chairman, the meeting separated.

AMERICAN TARIFFS OF 1842 AND
1846 COMPARED.
(From the Washington Union.)
A Comparison of the Rates of Duties upon some of the arti-
cles as actually paid under the Tariff of 1842, and to be
levied on the same by the Tariff to come into operation
December 1, 1846 :
Luxuntaa. 1842. 1846.
• ... 12 30
• ... 9 30
• ... 5 30
... 23 30
... 28 30
••• 27 30
••• ..• 22 30
21 30
13 30

Wines—Champagne
Burgundy ...
Madeira
Carpets—Wilton carpets
Turkey
Glass—Polished plate, 22 in. by 14 in.
Gloves—Gentlemen's real kid
Ladies' ...
Gentlemen's real French buck
Braces— India rubber, costing 17 each and
above
Paper—Billet-doux, or fancy note
Gilt ...
Pastes—Balsams, cosmetics, and perfumes...
Silks—Pocket-handkerchiefs made from fine
silk ... --
Silk velvets
Brocade silks for dresses ...
Flannels—Archer's unshrinking, costing 60c.
Silk and wool flannels, costing 1
dol. the square yard ...
Hair curled for mattresses
Chocolate ...
Sardines, and other fish prepared in oil ...
Furniture of cedar wood, satin wood, &c.
Gems—Pearls and precious stones when set
Imitations thereof ••• •• •••
Cameos and imitations thereof, and on
mosaic ... . - 7
Jewellery—Com posed or gold,. silver, or pl atin a 20
ARTICLES OF GENERAL USE, &C.
ST3ices—Phiientii
Ginger
• Cassia ••• •••
Carpeting—Treble ingrain ...
Ingrain ...
Iron—Bar or bolt ...
Nail or spike rods
Cut or wrought iron spikes
Hoop iron ••• ••• •••
Blacksmiths' hammers and sledges ...
Iron chains other than chain cables ...
Wrought for ships, locomotives, and
steam engines ••• •• •••
Smoothing-irons, hatters' and tailors'
pressing ditto ...
Wood screws ...
Glass—Plain, moulded, or pressed tumblers
Gloves—Yellow sheep, called Hoxamtan
(waggoners' and reaping gloves) ...
Imitation buck ...
Women's imitation kid
Braces—lndia rubber, costing sf. or 93c. the
dozen ..
Paper—Medium, foolscap, &c. •••
Sugar, commonly called brown sugar
Vinegar ••• ••• •••
Salt ...
Cloths of wool Broadcloths, cassimeres,
coatings, and padding ...
Low flannels, bookings, and baizes •••
Silks—Calcutta and other silk pocket-hand-
kerchiefs, costing in India 2 dolls. 50c.
for the piece of 7, and weighing 8 oz. ...
Ditto, costing 3 dolls. 75c., and weighing
Black gros de Naples, or taffeta silk, for
dresses, weighing 1 oz. to the yard, and
costing in England or Franco 32c. ...
Black crapes, low priced ...
Pins—Called pound or mixed pins ...
Velvets—C6tton ..•
Shirtings—Costing 6Vic. per yard ...
Cotton prints, or calicoes, costing 12c. the
running yard ••• ••• •.• •••
Mousseline de laine Cotton worsted, 24
inches wide, costing 12c•
Cotton and worsted Orleans and alpaca cloth,
costing 18c. the square yard ...
MISCELLANEOUS.

... 30 30 -

... 30 30
25 30
25 30

... 16 25
20 25
14 25
23 30

1.0 40

... 53 40
... 61 40
... 73 30
... 36 30
... 73 30
~. 99 30
... 168 30
... 116 30
52 30
101 30

88 30

66 30
66 30
69 30
137 30

90 30
... 55 30
70 30

... ... 62i 30
53 30
62 30
... ... 52 30

76 20

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NAVAL AND MILITARY WEL,
LIGE NCE.
APPOINTMENTS AND PROMOTIONS, AUGUST, 13, 1846.
Mate Edwin Augustus Porcher, to Excellent; for rant
only. Seniority, June 8, 1844.
Mate Charles Oakes Blackwood Hall, to Excellent. St
niority, February 6, 1846.
Mate Henry Harvey, to Excellent. Seniority, April
1846.
Master's Assistant George Wall Burtchael, to Caledonia.
Master's Assistant Charles Frederick Rickett, to Caledon'
Additional.

AUGUST 14, 1846.
Surgeon James Salmon, to Sidon. Commissioned.
Assistant-Surgeon Richard Croker Russell, to Sidon. Com
missioned.
Surgeon John Read, to Actaeon. Confirming appointmen
of the senior officer on the coast of Africa.'
Assistant-Surgeon James Campbell (a), to Actaeon.
firming acting appointment. Seniority, June 9, 1845.
PORT,MOVTII, SUNDAY.—A striking instance of the indis-
position of officers to serve on the coast of Africa has been
' manifested in the state in which the Contest, new twelve gun
brig, Commander M•Murdo, has been compelled to put to
sea. This vessel, when commissioned, was expected to have
been destined for service on a healthy station. The
applications for appointments to her were most nu-
merous. We are told that as many as four hundred
lieutenants applied for appointments to her. It is well
known she was manned in a few hours. Well, the usual
number of officers were appointed to her: among them three
lieutenants, the complement for vessels carrying commanders.
All these officers left the Contest. Why ? She was ordered
to the coast of Africa; and the vessel, after shipping her
mails and Admiralty dispatches, was detained at Spithead
for more than a week, because she could get no lieutenants
to join her. She has at last B%,ne to sea with only one officer
of that class, Lieutenant W. H. Hood.(1846), and he has
been for years past engaged in the coast-guard service.
The same state of things is exhibited in the Columbine, 16,
Commander Booth, which arrived here on Thursday from
Chatham. This vessel came round from the eastward with
only one lieutenant, and he debilitated from service on the _
coast of Africa (Lieutenant Daniel Dawes). The ship was
also without any master, mate, or midshipman, and in this
disgracefully inefficient state has worked round during
very severe weather. The Columbine will be ordered to sea
in a few days.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by the Countess
Jocelyn, Lady in Waiting, the Hon. Miss Napier, Maid of
Honour, Lord Alfred Paget, and Baron Stockmar, will pro-
ceed on Tuesday (weather permitting), in the royal yacht
Victoria and Albert, Captain Lord A. Fitzclarence, to
Devonport, where the royal party will remain two days,
inspecting the various objects of interest at that port,
sleeping, &c., on board the yacht. From Devonport her
Majesty will proceed to Falmouth, thence to the Scilly
Islands, and cruise about; the entire excursion occupying
about a week or ten days. The Fairy and the Black Eagle,
Admiralty yacht (which arrived at Cowes from Woolwich last
night), will accompany the Victoria and Albert. It is pre-
mised that one or two members of the Board of Admiralty
will go in the Blach Eagle. The Royal Family will remain
at Osborne.
The Aurora, Sardinian corvette, Captain Spinola, sailed
yesterday for the downs.
The Mariner transport, Lieutenant Still agent, sailed yes-
terday with military invalids and returned stores for Chatham
and Deptford.
The Sylvia cutter, tender to the Seafiower, arrived yester-
day from Jesey to refit.
The Tagus, with the India mails, arrived this morning at
the Motherbank.
The Queen, Peninsula steamer, arrived at Southampton,
about the same time.
Some remarkable results have been produced by the shot
practice from the Excellent on the Ruby iron steamer, ordered
by the Admiralty to be experimented upon, in order to test
what resistance the iron hull of a ship would offer to a shot;
and it is expected that the Admiralty will, in consequence,
stop the building of iron steamers, and other vessels for the
present. The shots which struck the Ruby not only pene-
trated the side first struck, but in several instances passed
through the other side, carrjing with it whole plates of iron.
In action this would risk the total loss of the vessel, for on
heeling over to leeward, such a body of water must rush in
that she would inevitably sink with all on hoard. A repre-
sentation of this important result has been made to the Ad-
miralty, and should further experiments prove that serious
risk will be occasioned to iron vessels of war when exposed
to the chance of being struck with heavy shot, it is doubtful
if the Board will not abolish them as men-of-war.
The committee of management for erecting a tablet to
the memory of the late Commander Estcourt, of the Eclair
steam-sloop, having more than sufficient funds in their hands
for the completion of their patriotic object, have most consi-
derately presented the surplus (151. 4s. ld.) to the building
fund of the Seamen and Marines Orphan Schools, Portsea.

APPOINTMENTs.
Commanders—C. L. Hockin (1846) to the Star, vice Dun-
lop, deceased.

Lieutenants—W. G. Stanbridge to the Hound.
Surgeon—J. Rend (1840) to the Actaeon.
Mates—E. A. Blacket and H. J. Blomfield to the Royal
Naval College for study.
Assistant-Surgeons—R. C. Russe;l to the Sidon; C. L.
Lester to the Recruit.

Clerk—J. G. .111essnm to the Cyclops.
Naval Cadets—W. B. Bingham to the Hound; A. F. Duff
to the Cullingwood ; J. A. Forbes to the Queen.
Gunner—U. Chamberlain to the Victory.
The following mates have passed for Lieutenants at the
Royal Naval College :—Messrs. H. Harvey, E. A. Porcher,
and C. 0. B. Hall.

ROYAL MARINES.
Second Lieutenants Crocket, Buck, Digby, and Adair have
left the Excellent and joined the Artillery Companies.
First Lieutenant 11. C. M. Hawkey, of the Portsmouth
division, has gone on Admiralty leave for three months.
Marine Cadet—J. Poore appointed to the Excellent.
The Rev. H. J. Harrison has passed the College for naval
instructor and schoolmaster.
The sergeants of the 13th Light Infantry (Prinrp Alh•re.
Own), quartered in this garrison, gave a ball and supper 4t
thz..(;-nr.n,e.oa. t Lnevecalun vi LaTettwhient being pre-
sented with new colours, by Prince Albert, on the previous
day. The gallant non-commissioned most liberally invited
all their brother officers of the 74th and 8d Regiments, quar-
tered here, as also some of the chief tradesmen of Ports-
mouth, Portsea, and Gosport. About 300 guests were pre-
sent; and the arrangements of the ball and supper, which
were completed by Sergeant-Major Browne and Quarter-
master Sergeant llawenham, well deserve mention. The
rooms were most handsomely decorated, presenting a coup
d'ceil at once imposing and characteristic.
The 74th Highlanders are ordered to embark at this port
for Scotland. They will leave the latter end of this, or the
early part of next week.

The 3d Regiment (Buffs) will be removed from Gosport to
Portsmouth, on the 74th leaving. This celebrated regiment
will be presented with new colours in about a month
hence, their present time-honoured ensigns being literally
bare poles.
The 2d Regiment (Queen's) Hill leave Winchester for the
quarters of the 3d at Gosport, on their being vacated by that
regiment, and the 40th Regiment succeed to Winchester.
Sergeant Rombillow, of the Buffs at Gosport, who was
tried by court-martial a few weeks since for embezzling
moneys belonging to the captain of this company, has been
sentenced to be imprisoned for the term of two years, one
half of which period is to be spent with hard labour, the
other half in solitary confinement; and at the expiration of
this sentence he will (if he survives it) be returned to his
regiment, and placed under " stoppage.% until the sum em-
bezzled is repaid.

ROYAL ARTILLERY.
(GENERAL ORDER.)
WOOLWICM, Atra. 13.—His Lordship the Master-General
directs the accompanying letter from the Horse Guards, con-
veying her Majesty's pleasure upon the proceedings of a
General Court-martial, held for the trial of gunner and driver
Richard Gilbertson, to be promulgated to the Royal Artillery,
and read at three parades.
(Signed) H. D. ROSS, Der uty Adjutant-General.
Horse Guards, Aug. 10.
Sir,—Field Marshal the Commander. in-Chief, having had
the honour to lay before her Majesty the Queen the pro-
ceedings of the General Court-martial, holden at Government
House, Devonprt, on the 23d and 25th of July, 1846, for
the trial of gunner and driver Richard Gilbertson, No. 1,325,
of the 9th battalion of Royal Artillery, who was arraigned
upon the undermentioned charges, viz.:-
1. For being absent from his barrack in Plymouth citadel
at a quarter before eleven o'clock on the 9th of July, 1846,
when the check roll call was called, and not returning until
seen in his barrack-room about a quarter past eleven o'clock
the same night and then drunk.
2. For having on the night of the 9th of July, 1846, at
half-past eleven o'clock, in his barrack-room, Plymouth
citadel, threatened, or avowed an intention, that he would
superiorcabe
shoot Company Sergeant Archibald Reid, his his
officer, the prisoner having his carbine loaded with _ carbine
powder from him
and was wrested.
powder and ball, percussion cap on
. the nipple, and the car-
bine in the position of ready,
and he secured as a prisoner—such conduct being insubordi-
nate and outrageous and subversive of good order and mili-
tary discipline.
3. For violently assaulting the guard when taking him
to the guard-room in Plymouth citadel on the night of the
9th of July, 1846, between the hours of eleven and twelve
o'clock.
4. For damaging one round of ball cartridge entrusted to
his charge, value fourpence.
Upon which charges the Court came to the following de-
cision:—
The Court having maturely weighed and considered the
evidence in support of the prosecution, together with what
the prisoner has urged in his defence, is of opinion, with
regard to the first charge, that the prisoner, gunner and
driver Richard Gilbertson, No. 1,32.5 of the 9th battalion
Royal Artillery, is guilty, and that he is also guilty of the
second, third, and fourth charges.
The Court having found the prisoner guilty of all the
charges preferred against him, which being in breach of
the Articles of War, and taking into consideration his
former convictions and general bad character, do now sen-
tence him, the prisoner, gunner, and driver Richard Gilbert-
son, No. 1,325, of the 9th battalion Royal Artillery, totun-
dergo an imprisonment of three hundred and sixty-five (365)
days—eighty-four of which are to be solitary, divided into
six periods of fourteen days each, and the remainder with
hard labour, and furthermore that he be placed under stop-
pages, not exceeding two-thirds of his daily pay to the
amount of 4d., the value of one round of carbine ball
ammunition.
The Court consider it their duty to remark on the good
conduct of Sergeant M'Lain and gunner and driver Colley,
Royal Artillery.
1 have his Grace's directions to acquaint you that her
Majesty was pleased to approve and confirm the finding and
sentence of the Court, but under all the circumstances to
remit so much of the sentence as inflicts solitary confinement.
I have, &c.,
(Signed) FITZROY SOMERSET.
Major-General the Hon. Henry Murray, &c.
EMBARKATION Or TROOPS.—UrRAVESEND, AUG. 13.—This
morning arrived from Chatham six detachments of regiments
now stationed in India, viz., 24th, 29th, 51st Light Infantry,
61st, 80th, and 94th, to the number of 173 men, with IS
officers. The troops embarked in boats from the Custom-
house quay on board the ship Alfred, of 1,291 tons burden,
Captain Alexander Hennesy, for Bengal. Colonel Weare,
K.H., the commanding officer of the provisional battalion,
was present at the embarkation. These drafts close the
embarkation of troops for India for this season. Sir Thomas
Willshire, K.C.8., the Commandant of Chatham Garrison,
and the Major of Brigade, Captain J. S. Wood, arrived from
Chatham yesterday, and inspected the ship.

We have much pleasure in announcing the safe return
of Lieut. H. J. Warre, of the 14th Regiment, Aide-de-Camp
to the late Commander of the Forces in Canada. Mr. Warre
was dispatched upon a confidential mission to the Oregon
Territory, whence he has returned direct, across the continent
of ef North Amsrica, and his long absence Iron'. Canaredpaortsd
given occasion to the most absurd, but a/arm
t bat anxiously waiting
which time both Parties were "le eli,tsof the long pending
Mr. Warre left the Columbia riyer he kstinol'April, at.
the decision by
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