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requisite official facilities. As a mere compilation, it is probably the
most wonderful on record.

ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, Nov. 28, 1846.

This huge volume, the forty-eighth edition of the work, well sus-
tains the reputation enjoyed by the " Directory" of late years. In
the preface, the proprietor maintains that the high character of the
work is not referable to its• more connexion with the Post Office ;
for an important change has been gradually introduced into the
manner of collecting, the, information ; and a larger portion of the
work than heretofore has Peen confided to selected agents entirely
unconnected with the Post Office, this being in great part the plan of
compiling the editions for 1845 and 1846. Nor has the proprietor
rested content with his past success, but has introduced many im-
portant alterations in this volume for 1847, and added to its bulk
without any increase in price. The " Postal Directory" is especially
improved; and there are numerous changes throughout the volume
to insure its completeness. The compilation must be a vast labour,
to be accomplished only by systematic subdivision and the most pains-
taking minuteness. The appearance of the volume has suggested a
very lively effusion, to be see in another column ; and we trust the
enterprising proprietor of the " Directory" will find Mathis labours
are duly appreciated and remunerated. To a great commercial coun-
try this is an indispensable volume.

RAILWAY HERALD, Nov. 21, 1846.
The new volume of the Post Office Directory for 1847 Is already
in oar hands, and we can only express our wonder that a work so
laborious, ex' ensive, and minute, could be in ally degree improved.
It would have been a sufficient merit to have maintained its former
reputation, it is a great merit to have surpassed itself. The produc-
tion of a work unequalled for accuracy and for clearness hay placed in
the hands of the commercial pablic a most valuable and indispensable
aid in carrying on the business of this vast metropolis, which would
indeed be subjected to the greatest inconvenience and expense it it
were not for a work of this kind. In a short time our readers will
have theopportunity of judging for themselves on purchasing the new
volume, whether our anticipatory notice is in any degree exaggerated.

ATIONAL LOAN PUND LIFE ASSUR-
ANCE SOCIETY,
• 1,
.26 COENHILL, LONDON.
• -
Capital £500,000.
• Empowered by Act of Parliament.
This Institution embraces important and substantial advantages
with respect to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The assured
has, on all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense or for-
eiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the nremiums paid (see Table) ;
ilso the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his in-
crests to meet other conveniences or necessity.
Assurances for terms of years are granted on the lowest possible
ides.

The division of profits is annual, and the next will be made in
eeember of the present year. •
F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Secretary.

ENGLISH and SCOTTISH LAW LIFE
ASSURANCE and LOAN ASSOCIATION.
12, Waterloo-place, London; 119, Princes-stnet, Edinburgh.
Established in 1839.
Subscribed Capital, One Million.
LIFE ASSURANCE, ANNUITIES, REVERSIONS, AND
ENDOWMENTS.
A union of the English and Scottish Principle of Assurance.
A COMPREHENSIVE and LIBERAL SYSTEM of LOAN in
onnexion with Life Assurance, on undoubted personal or other
ecurity.
The Assured participate in two-thirds of the profits.
J. HILL WILLIAMS, Actuary.

A RGUS ASSURANCE COMPANY,
- - 39, .THROGMORTON-STREET, BANK.
EMPOWERED BY SPECIAL ACT OF PARLIAMENT.
THOMAS FARNCOMB, Esq., Alderman, Chairman.
WILLIAM LEAF, Esq., Deputy-Chairman.
Richard E. Arden, Esq. John Ilumphery Esq., Alderman
William Banbury, Esq.
Edward Bates, Esq. Thomas Kelly, Esq., Alderman.
Thomas can, n. Esq. .leremlah Pllcher, Esq.
James CHB, Esq. Lewis I'ocock, Esq.
Rupert Ingleby,sEsq.
PHYSIeIAN-Dr. Jeaffreson, 2 Finsbury-square.
SURGEON—W. Coulson, Esq., 2, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry.
CONSULTING ACTUAGT—Professor Ball, of King's College.
LOW RATES 'OF PREMIUM.
Persons Assuring in this Office have the benefit of the Lowest
rates of Premium which is compatible with the safety of the Assured,
and which is. in effect, equivalent to an Annual Bonus; they have
likewise the ,security of a large subscribed capital—an Assurance
Fund of nearly a Quarter of a Million—and an Annual Income of
upwards of 60,0001., arising from the issue of between 5,000 and
6,900 Policies.

ANNUAL PREMIUM TG ASSURE £lOO,

Age.
--- -
20 .£0 17 3
30 1 1 3
40 1 5 0
50 1 14 1
3 2 4
GO

For One Year. I For Seven Years. I Whole Term.

£0 19 1
1 2 7
1 6 9
1 19 10
3 7 0

£1 11 10
2 0 7
2 14 10
4 0 11
6 0 10

One-halt of the " Whole Term" Premium may remain on credit
for seven years, or one-third of the Premium may remain for life as a
debt upon the policy at 5 per cent., or may be paid off at any time
without notice.
Policies assigned as a security to others, will not be rendered void
in consequence of death by suicide. duelling, or by the hands of jus-
tice. In case of death by the above causes, where the Policies are
not assigned, the gross amount if Premiums received will be returned.
Claims paid in one moil after proofs have been ftunished.
The Medical Officers attend daily at a Quarter before Two o'Clock,
and Policies issued the same day.
EDWARD BATES, Resident Director.
A liberal Commission to Solicitors and Agents.

FREEMASONS' AND GENERAL LIFE
ASSURANCE COMPANY, 11, WATERLOO-PLACE,
PALL-MALL, London.
Business transacted in an the Branches, and for all objects of Life
Assurance, Endowments, and Annuities, and
furnished by to secure contingent
Reversions, &c. Information and prospectuses
JOSEPH BERRIDGE, Secretary.

NATIONAL BANK O
Notice is hereby given, that the Court of Directors of the
F IRELAND.
National Bank of Ireland have declared a DIVIDE ND on the paid
up capital of the Company after the rate of 5/. per cent. per annum,
for the half-year ending the 31st day of December, 1846, and the
warrants for the payment of the same will b ready for delivery cm
and after MONDAY the 11th day of January, 1847, between the hours
of ten and three o'clock, at the Company's face'
13, Old Broad-
street. London, and at the branches of the society in Dublin, Ath-
lone, Bailin, Ballinasloe, Boyle, Carrick-on-Suit, Cashel, Castelrea,
Charleville, Clonakilty, Clonmel, Cork, DllagarVail, Ennis,
oirthy, Fennoy, Galway. Kanturk, Kilken y, Killarney, Kilrush,
L
Ennis-
emaetreick Mitchelstown,
mo , Nensgh, New lioss' Rathkeale.
be
Thurles, Tipperary, Tralee, Tuam, Waterford, West-
poreen, Tallow,
rt, and Wexford.
_ _ 'Roscommon, Roscrea, tiklb-

And further notice is hereby given, that the transfer books of the
Company will be closed from Saturday the 19th day of Deeem),er
instant, until after the day fixed for the delivery of the dividend
warrant. By order of the Court of Directors,

13, Old Broad-street, London, 9th DecemNbe.rB,.llS%ll.a, Secretary.

4t WHAT GIFT could he more acceptable
than one of those life-like—almost speaking—portraits
which Mr. Beard's art can now produce."—Watelnan.
.‘ From the increased sensitiveness of the plates, they can now be
gtaokoodll
aisni
fthe dtuhlelessutossvheianteh7_,
,irfi
int most densely foggy, in all respects as
Mr. BEARD, sole patentee, 85, King William-street, City 34,
Parliament-street, Westminster; and the Royal Polytechnic Institu•
tion, Regent-street. •

SILVER PLATE, New and Second-hand.--
T, COX SAVORY and Co.'s Pamphlet of Price., with out-
lines, may be bad gratis, or will be sent post free if applied for by
a paid letter. The contents are the prices, weights. and patterns of
new and second-hand Silver Spoons avol Forks; new and second-
hand Pea and Coffee 4ervices, Waiters, Silver-edged Plated Goods,
the new plated' on -White metal Spoons and Forks, Watches, Clocks,
Cutlery, Ladles' Gold Neck Chains and Jewellery.
r. COX SAVORY and Co., 47, Cornhill (seven doors from Grace.
church-street), London.

pATENT ELASTIC BANDS, warranted nr.,t to
be affected by the cold or heat of any season or climate.
These Rings or Bands are uses instead of Tape or String, for hold-
ing Papers and Parcels of every description.
One of those Rings is instantly placed round a Packet of Papers, a
Roll of Maps, Prints, Music, &c., holding the same firmly and se-
ep.rely, saving the_ time cu ,d trouble of tying, yet allowin4 a very
greri,t q.eldition or reduction without any loss of compactness.
Th4Y are Weil adapted for Garters, (a size being selected which re-
quires little stFetphing); also for the Waist and different parts of the
Body; Surgical Ilaiglupst and for a variety of Surgical and Manu-
facturing purposes.
These Bands are also very suitable for Fastening the Covers of
Preserve and Pickle Jars, Bottles, &a.
to ad44lon to the above, there is a great variety of uses, too nu-
merons W tpeation, for which these Bands may be applied with ad-
vantage, and new applications will constantly suggest themselves
when in use.
1;;;:,.v may be had of two thicknesses, and are sold in Box'es of six
dozen eae::, of assorted sizes, price 6d. per box and upwards.
Bands May 40 had to order of various widths and thicknesses.
*.,* The ahove krticles are sold by all Stationers and Dealers in
Metallic Pens. WiWMlt' and for Exportation by Perry and Co.,
at No. 37, Red 4aulon ; and also by Charles Macintosh
cu,, Manufacturers, Manchester and Birmingham.

FQT %TOPPING DECAYED TEETH,
Patronised by her Ido4csty, hls Royal Highness Prince Albert, and
her Reya4 Hui Duchess of K.nt.
THOMAS and W A.14,1)'$ SUCCEDA-
N2EUM for Stopping Decayed eet }! howavUr large the
cavity. It is placed in the tooth in ft soft Stele, Vill; au' pressure
or pain, SPOn becomes as hard as the enema', irftosin
firm in the tocat tOr Inapt' years, rendering extraction untIacPSSUIT,
and arresting the fl4/4ei PrPgrAghl Of decay. All persons can use ibis
41 full directions are enclosed.
Succedanmum themselvet with eig.ei
Price 2s. 6d. Prepared ohly by Whougo and Howard, Surgeon Den-
ts, 64, Berners-street, Oxford.street, lf 41 send it into the
coaatry free by post. by Savory, clO, Itegow,rs4gpt I Sanger,
150, ox:font-West ; Butler, 4, Cheapside ; Johnson, 48, Corlibp;
and all Nediehle Vendors it; the kingdom. Mr. Howard continues to
supply the loss of teeth ,on his ss.• system of self-adhesion, without
springs Of wires. This metiod doss nOf rNtiire the extraction of
any teeth or Toole, IV any Pgo(l4 OPeR,U,V W44iever, and is less
expensive than others. Dlr. gowasd, 514kg004 kcv.i.s7 6¢f Berners-
One; Qzord-streot. At 4v4iG (NM
. • • i i •

EAST INDIA HOUSE, DEc. 9, 1x46.
A_ HE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST
INDIA COMPANY do hereby give notice,
'Plat a PROPRIETOR of EAST INDIA STOCK has given notice,
that at the Quarterly General Court of the said Company, appointed
to be held at their House, in Leadenhall-street, on WEDNESDAY, the
16th inst., he will submit the following motion, viz. :
" That referrine, to the services which the native :truly of India
has rendered to the state, from its first formation, referring more es-
pecially to its more recent services in Ilurrnali, AlTglirtnistan,
in Shte, and upon the !tanks of the Sutlej, this yturt earn:aly re-
commends to the Court of Directors to take such measures Xs they
may think proper for improving theilrospects of tha' artily."
JAMES C. 3IELV ILL. Secretary.

SOCLETY O F ART S.
President—H.R.H. PRINCE .ALBE D.C.L., F.R.S.
SESSION XCIII.
The FirSt Ordinary Meeting of the SOCIETY of ARTS will be
held at the'Great Room at the Society's House, John-street,
on WEDNESDAY, 16th Dr comber, 1846.
ROGET, Sec. R.S., Vice-President, in Rotation.
The Business will commence-at Eight o'Clock precisely.
,The foIIowing,COMMUNICATIONS will be made :
Opening Address of the Council on the recent yrocezdingQ, present
duties, and future prospects of the Socie.y.
On the First Principles of Symmetrical Beauty, and their applica-
tion in certain Branches of the Art of Design. By D. It. HAY,
Decorative Painter to her Majesty in Scotland.
On the Principles employed In the recent Decorations of the Great
Hall of the Society of Arts. By;D. B. HAY.
The following SUBJECTS will be laid on the table:—
A Specimen of American' Photography, presented by Mr. R.
LAWRENCE, of New York., .
Two Specimens of Needlework, in imitation of the Embroidery of
the Middle Ages. By M!ss KING.
Specimens of the Enamelled Pearl Glass. By Mr. LANE.
•

TO be SOLDJURSUANT to a DECREE of
the HIGH COURT of CHANCERY, made in a cause of
SK IPWORTH vends SKIP WORTH, with the approbation of Sir
GIFFIN WILSON, one of the Masters of the said Court, at the White
hart Inn, in Chelmsford, la the county of Essex, sometime in the
month of January next, of which due notice will be given.
A COPYHOLD MESSUAGE, known as the RED LION INN,
with the barns, stables, and outbuildings, thereto belonging, situate
at Latchington, in the county of Essex, late the property of Mr.
William Skipworth, and holden of the Manor of Snoreham, in the
said county of Essex.
Particulars whereof may shortly be had (gratis) at the said Mas-
ter's Chambers, Southampton-buildings, Chancery-lane, London ; of
Mr Thomas Kirk, solicitor, Symond's-inn ; of Mr. E. w. Banks, so-
licitor, Witham, Essex ; of Mrs. Elizabeth Taylor, the tenant of the
ernisegf iitsl'at•the place of Sale.. • - •
Dated Bth December, 1846.

OLBORN-HILL, SNOW-HILL, AND
FARRINGDON-STREET VIADUCT COMJ'.tSY.
(Registered Provisionally,)
Capital 200,0001., in 20,000 Shares of 101. emh.
Deposit :Is. per Share.
COMMITTEE.
Bell, William, Esq., D.P., Grafton-street East, London University
Clay, Richard, Esq., Eastcheap
Duncan, John Busher, Esq., M.A., Barrister-at-Law, Brick-Court,
Temple
Olding, Edward, Esq., Tottenham-court-road, late Union-street,
Southwark
Thomas, Frederick William, Esq., Old Broad-street, City, and South-
gate
With power to add to the number.
ENGINEER —John Stead, Esq
ARCHITECT—George Smith, Esq.
SOLICITORS— llessrs. Carritt and Osgood.
PARLIAMENTATY AGENTS—Messrs. Williamson, Rill, Lefroy and
Smith.
BANKER.S—Ths Commercial Bank of London, Lothbury.
SECRETARY—CharIes Thomas, Esq.
The allotment of Shares in this Company will take place on Turs-
D AY, the 15th of December instant, after which day no further appli-
cations can be received.
In the mesintime all further applications are to be made to Messrs.
Can-itt and Osgood, Solicitors, 5, Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall-
Street, at whose offices plans may be inspected and prospectuses ob-
tained.
December 7, 1846.

GREAT SOUTHERN AND WESTERN
RAILWAY (IRELAND).
LOANS ON DEBENTURES.
The Directors of this Company are prepared to RECEIVE (under
the powers of their Acts of Incorporation) TENDERS for LOA NS of
MONEY for Three or Five Years, in sums not less than 500/, on
security of Denentures, BEARING INTEREST at the rate of
FIVE PER CENT. per Annum. The interest payable half-yearly,
on 30th June and 31st December in each year, in London or Dublin,
at the option of the lender,
Tenders (stating amount and term of years for which it is proposed
to be lent), to be addressed to the Secretary.
By order,
WILLIAM TAYLOR, Secretary.
3, College-green, Dublin, September 9, 1846.

GREAT SOUTHERN AND WESTERN
RAILWAY (IRELAND).
Notice is hereby given, that the TRANSFEft BOOKS of this Corn-
pany will be CLOSED from and after THURSDAY, the 31st day of
December, 1846, to MONDAY, the Ist day of February, 1847.
By order,
WILLIAM TAYLOR, Secretary.
3, College-green, Dublin, sth December, 1846.

DERBYSHIRE, STAFFORDSHIRE, and
WORCESTERSHIRE JUNCTION, and DIRECT EAST
and WEST JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY.
Notice is hereby given, that the Deeds, as required by the Stand-
in/ Orders of Parliament, now lie for Signature at the offices of the
Company, between the hours of Eleven and Four. 01,1 Scrip not
exchanged for New on or before Monday, the 21st instant, will be
declared forfeited.
By order, R. S. MACKENZIE, Sec.
4, Queen-square, Westminster, Dec. 9, 1846.
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE RAILWAY
(Oxford and Bletchley and Buckingham and Beackley
Junction Railways).
Shareholders are informed that the Sealed Certificates in this
undertaking have, during the past week, been sent to all persons (or
their ents) who t.ansmitted their Scrip for Registration before the
24th November last.
WINDHAM HARDING, Secretary.
30, Great George-street, Westminster, Dec. 12, 1846.

THE GREAT NORMERN RAILWAY.
LONDON AND YORK EXTENSION RCRIP SHARES, of
251 each, issued Ist December, 1845. Deposit 2/. 10s, per share, psi
Notice is hereby given, that in accordance with the terms upon
which the London and York Extension Scrip Shares were issued, and
with the resolution adopted at the First General Meeting of the
Shareholders of the Great Northern Railway, hell 25th Ju y,
one year's interest (at the rate of 4 per cent. to the Alth June lass,
and 5 per cent. to 31st December instant), bring 2s. 31 per share,
will he payable upon the said Extension Scrip Shares on and after the

let JANUARY. 1847.
The Holders are required to send in to this Office, after the 15th
DECEMBER instant, their London and York Extension Scrip Shares,
with a ticket attached thereto, containing full particulars of the num-
bers of the Scrip so sent in, their names In full, and addresses. As
soon as examined, the Scrip will be returned, accompanied i y a war-
rant for the interest thereon.

This notice applies only to the London and York Extension Scrip
Shares. By order.

J. R. MOWATT, Secretary.

Offices, 7, Lothbury, London, Dec. 9, 1846.
Nora.—To all proorietors of Great Northern Shares registered
on 31st of December. 1846. warrants for the half.year's Interest at
Five per Cent., due 31st of December, 1846, will be issued, payable
on and after 15th of January, 1847.
Parties who hold London and York, or Direct Northern Scrip
Shares, are reminded that they cannot receive the interest which
_ _

will, on 31st of December, be due thereon, or that due 30th of June
last, until they shall have Registered such Scrip as Great Northern
Shares.

PUBLICATIONS

Now ready, with ten Portraits, a Plan of the Movernentq of the Army
of the Sutlej, coloured, and a Map of the Blst Julindhur, lately
ce,ied to Britain, in two volumes Bvo.
THE WAR between the SIKHS and the BRI-
TISH in 1845-1846. By Dr. W. L. INPGREGOR, Surgeon of
the Honourable Company's Ist European Light Infantry.
James Madden, 8, Leadenhall-street ; Charles Smith, Edinburgh ,
Cumming and Ferguson, Dublin ; Thomas Murray, Glasgow.

LAW REFORM.
Price 2s.
ALETTER to the LORD CHANCELLOR on
the REFORM of the LAW.

By JOHN GEORGE PHILLIMORE.
James Ridgway. Piccadilly; and all Booksellers

MR. PERCY ST. JOHN'S CHRISTMAS TALE,

Now ready, and may be had of every Bookseller in Town and
Country.
Now ready, price 55., profusely illustratrated from Designs by

- -
J. W. Archer,
THE FIRESID E, a Domestic Tale.
By PERCY B. ST JOHN,
Author of " Eagle's Nest," " Trapper's Bride." " The Enchanted
Rock," and " White Stone Canoe.'! Price 3s. Gd. each.
H. K. Lewis, 15, Gower-street North ; Simpkin and Marshall ;
and all Booksellers.

Captain Cuddy arrived in town on Tuesday last
"I'm Brighton.

The Earl of Belmore's plate was lodged in the
Bank of Ireland for safety on Tuesday. It was brought
up from his Lordship's residence at Castlecoole by one
of the Champion's vans, drawn by six horses.—Cork
Southern Reporter.
We learn that the head-quarters division of the
49th Regiment, now stationed in this garris,•n, have
generously come forward with a subscription in aid
of the destitute poor. This act of kindness originated
with the men. Since their arrival in Galway this gallant
regiment have conducted themselves with the strictest
propriety, and their generous contribution on the present
occasion will go far towards strengthening the good will
which subsists between them and all classes of the in-
habitants.--Galway l4!ercurp4

viz.:-

FRIDAY NIGHT S GAZETTE.

. The Gazelle of• last evening contains a notice from the
Speaker that he intends to issue a new writ for the Eastern
Division of the county of Worcester, in the room of the late
John Barneby, Esq.
CROWN-OFFICE, DEC. 11, 1846.

MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PARLIAMENT
County of Renfrew—Colonel William More, of Caldwe
in the room of Patrick Max ,v 4 .1l Stewart, Esq., deceased.
WA R-OFFICE, DEC. 11.

let Regiment of Life Guards—Corporal Major George
Andrews to be Adjutant ( wit h the rank of Cornet and Sub•
Lieutenant), vice Anderton, promoted, Dec. 11.
Is!. Dragoon Guards—Lieut. James Peach Peach to be Cap-
tain by purchase, vice Sands, who retires. Cornet William
Gray Draper to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Peach.
Cornet Emanuel Bradhury; from the 14th Light Dragoons,
to be Cornet, vice Draper, Dcc. 11.
Ist Dragoons—Cornet Harry Croft to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice King, who retires • Michael Stocks, Gent.,
to be Cornet, by purcha e, vice Croft, Dec. 11.
14th Light Dragoons--Cornet William Greenham to be
Lieutenant, by 'purchase, Vice Smith, who retires; Thomas
Barrett, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Greenham.
Dec. 11.

Ist or Grenadier Regimont of Foot Guards—Lieutenant
and Captain Edward G. Wynyard to be Adjutant, vice
Home Purvis, who resigns the Adjutantcy only, Dec. 11.
oth Foot—Captain Felix Ahhpitel, from the 16th Foot, to
be Captain, vice Dutic, n ho exchanges, Dec. 11.
9th Foot—Major Henry Horatio Kitchener, from the 29th
Foot, to be AL,jor, vice Sinith, who exchanges. Sept 21.
12th Foot—Ensign and Adjutant William Edward
Crofton to have the rank of Lieutenant, January
5 ; Design John Reynolds Palmer to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice .Lawrence, dec'ased, January 6 ;
Ensign Thomas George Vereker to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Palmer, whoge promotion, by purchase, has been
cancelled; Gentleman-
ectde George Newton Fendall, from
to be Ensign, without purchase,
vice Vereker; Sergeant-Major Alexader Nesbitt to be
Quartermaster, Dec, 11. •
,t
the Royal Military College,

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16th Foot—Captain Charles Durie, from the sth Foot, to
be Captain, vice Ashpitel, who exchanges, Dec. 11.
21st Foot—Captain Robe-t Spring, from the 53d Foot, to
t.).
29th Foot—MajoreCaptain
,vice Bia
Ffrench,t who' echanges, Sept. 18.
,thew.sirirtk
from the 9th Foot, to
be Major, vice Kitchener, who exchanges;Sekt.:N.
30th Foot—Lieut. Alexander Macdonald to be Captain,
without purchase, vice Brevet Major
.Robert Alexander An-
drews, who retires upon full pay, Dec. 11.
53d Foot—Captain Thomas Ffrench, from the 21st Foot,
to be Captain, vice Spring, who exchanges, Sept. 18.
55th hoot—Lieutenant Edmund Pitman to Ise Captain, by
purchase, vice Edwardes, who retires; Ensign Reginald
Yonge Shipley to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Pitman,
Dec. 11.

80th Foot—Ensign the Honourable John Howe Montague
Browne to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Robert•
son, deceased; Gentleman Cadet William Paterson, from
the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, vice Browne,
Dec. 11.

Ceylon Rifle Regiment—Lieutenant John Bradley to be
Adjutant, vice Remmett, who has resigned the Adjutantcy
only. Serjeant-Major Andre er. Coakley, from the 15th Foot,
to be Quartermaster, vice Macdonald, deceased, Dec. 11.
STAFF.

Brevet Colonel William George Cochrane, on half-pay
Unattached. to be Deputy Adjutant General to the Forces
serving in Ireland, vice Major-General Thomas Erskine
Napier; Brevet-Colonel Robert Christopher Manse!, on
half-pay Unattached, to be Deputy Quartermaster-General
to the Forces serving in Ireland, vice Major-General Philip
Bainbrigge ; Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Alexander
Mackenzie Fraser, on halt-pay Unattached, to be Deputy
Quartermaster-General to the Forces serving in Canada, vice
Major-General the Hon. Charles Gore, Dec. 11.
BREVET.

The following officers were omitted in the list of promo.
(ions, by brevet, published in the Gazette of 10th November,
1846:
To be Colonel in the Army—Lieutenant-Colonel James
Macdonald Robertson, half pay unattached, Nov. 9.
lake,
hbaelfLpieauyteunannat:tCacohloande,lNionv.th9e. Army—
Major J. West-
OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, DEC. 10.
Corps of Royal Engineers—First Lieutenant Philip John
Stapleton Barry to be Second Captain, vice Pipon, deceased ;
Second Lieutenant Berdoe Amherst Wilkinson to be First
Lieutenant, vice Barry, Nov. 17.
MEMORANDUM _

The dates of the promotions of the under-mentioned offi-
cers have been altered as follows, viz.:—
Second Captain 11. St. G. Ord, 29th October, 1846.
Second Captain Richard Tylden, 9th November, 1846.
First Lieutenant E. M. Grain, 29th October, 1846.
First Lieutenant C. S. Akers, 9th November, 1846.
ADMIRALTY, DEC. 10.

This day, in pursuance of pleasure, the fol-
,wing Flag Officers of her Majesty's Fleet were promoted,

Admiral of the White,
John Erskine Douglas, Esq.
To be Admiral of the Red.
Admiral of the Blue,

Joseph Bullen, Esq.
To be Admiral of the White.
Vice-Admiral of the Red,
Sir Eiward William Campbell Rich Owen, K.C.8.,
To be Admiral of the Blue.
Vice-Admiral of the White,
Thomas James Mailing, Esq.
To be Vice-Admiral of the Red.
Vice-Admiral of the Blue,
Richard Curry, Esq., C.C.11,
To be Vice-Admiral of the White.
Rear-Admiral of the Red,
Thomas Browne, Esq.,
To be e Vice-Admiral iorf hatloef tpvehißtel,ue.
Rear-Admiral
Sir Francis Mason, K.C.B.
To be near-Admiral of the Red.
I:car-Admiral of the Blue,
Sir Edward Chetham Strode, K.C.8., K.C.H.
To b 3 Rear-Admiral of the White.
BANKRUPTS.
Thomas Morley, jeweller, Oxford-street, to snrrender Dec.
18, at half-past two, and Jan. 19, at one, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee; Spyer, Broad- street-
buildings, City.
James Jeffs, saddler, Margaret-street, Cavendish-square,
Dec. 1, at half-past twelve, and Jan. 18, at one, at the Court
of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman-street;
Walters and Co., Syrnond's Inn.
John Hallowell, maltster' Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Dec. 22,
at half-past ten, and Jan. 24 at one, at the Newcastle-upon-
Tyne District Court. Wakley, official assignee, Newcastle-
upon-Tyne; Harle, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Chisholme, Hall,
and Gibson, Lincoln's Inn-tields.
Henry Cochr.ane, merchant, Manchester, Dec. 23, and
Jan. 28, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court.
11 bson, official assignee, Manchester; Johnson, Son, and
Weatherall, Temple; Bagshaw, Stevenson, and Lycett,
Manchester.

William Hayes shipwright, Liverpool, Dec. 31,
19, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Morgan,
official assignee, Liverpool ; Keightley and Co., Chancery-
lane; Hetherington and Co., Liverpool.
Nicholas Broad, tea-dealer, Bristol, Dec. 24 and Jan. 26, at
eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Hutton, official assig-
nee, Bristol ; Hartley, Bristol. and Jan.
Charle- Wilcockson and William Sharpe Barrick, stock-
brokers, Kingston-upon-Hull, Dec. 23 and Jan. 20, at ten,
at the Town-hall, Kingston-upon-Hull. Kynaston, official
as •ignee, Hull ; Tilson and Cu., Coleman-street,
and Smith, Hull. City ; Wells

DIVIDENDS DECLARED.
T. Pulvertoft, iron master, Spalding—a div. of 2s. 4d. in
the pound, on Thursday, Dec. 10, and three following Thurs-
days,.at the office of Mr. Ilelcher, King's Arras-yard, Moor-
gat e-street.

IL C. Turner, builder, Iloundsditch—a div. of 2s. in the
pound, on Thursday, Dec. 10, and three following Thursdays,
at the office of Mr. Weller, King's Arms-yard, Moorgate-
street.
T. H. Williams, merchant, Manchester—a div. of 20s. in
the pound, on any 'Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Fraser,
M , uch ester.

J. Parr, corn dealer, South Wharf-road, Paddington—first
div. of Is. in the pound, on Saturday, Dec. 12, and two fol-
lowing Saturdays, at the office of Mr. Groom, Abchurch-
lane, City.
W. Locks, timber-merchant, Leonard-street, Shoreditch—
first div. of 4s. fid. in the pound, on Saturday, Dec. 12, at the
office of Mr. Groom, Abchurch-lane City.
C. Pope, copper manufacturer, Bristol—sixth div. of 314 d.
in the pound, on any Monday, at the office of Mr. Acraman,
Bristol.

DIVIDENDS.
At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street.
A. A. Mackey, N. J. W. Holt, anti J. H. Mackey, mer-
chants, St. Helen's-place, lii,hopsgate- street, Jan. 4, at
twelve—H. W. Aorley, tailor, Dean-street, Soho, Dec. 30. at
eleven--W. M. Morley, warehouseman, Bread-street, Cheap-
side, J4n. 13, at one.

In the Country.
G. Cleverley, builder, Caine, Wiltshire, Jan. 7, at eleven,
at the Bristol District Court—C. Burrows and J. Gliddon,
brewers, Plymouth, Jan. 13. at eleven, at the Exeter Dis-
trict Court—S. Budd, grocer, Newton Abbot, Devonshire,
Jan. 13, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court—H. Morris,
grocer. Stourbridgs, Jan. 12, at ten, at the Birmingham Dis-
trict Court.

(IEItiIFiCATES !a be granted, unless cause be shown to

the contrary, on the day herein mentioned.
R. Bradly, jeweller, Bishopsgate-street Without, Jan. 8—
:nJaj
Jan. I—J.
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baker
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R. Watson, silk mercer, York, Jan. 6—J. Mortimer, wool-
stat,ler, Bradford, Yorkshire, Jan. 6—E. Williams, 'draper,
Northop, Flintsbire, Jan. I—S. Budd, grocer, Newton Abbot,
Devonshire, Jan. 12— F. Butler, ironmonger, Stafford, Jan. 2
—S. Roden, licensed victualler, Wellington, Shropshire,
Jan.
irliir zeeta:tiiw,t—i,cli 1
oiTtwi
lio.snonoT:dnal
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chemist,ititietai
iarirlsno,credri draper,
sp:
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cit!,
Maids-hill(nabi
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lokaoi,s,nutlcse:oe
sojel imanteneseerh.i:tislhree—eirissejhh,
J.ii rrEajte.;la
grocer, Bir-
Redruth, Corth, Cornwall, Jan. I—W. Coulter,
ken head, Cheshire, Jan. I—W. Aston, machine maker,
Lapley, Staffordshire, Jan. I—G. England, clothier, Basing-
Manchester--
hall-street, Jan. I—C. Collins, commission agent, King Wil-
liam-street, City, Jan. I—J. Evans, dealer in guano, Liver-
pool, Jan. 2-0. Grant, tailor, Kidderminster, Jan. I—W,
Conuett, cabinet maker, Exeter, Jan. 1-I,v I)
"• -"rook, stuff
merchant, Manchester, Jan. 1.
tedlyaßnad.nd IL Southern, Manchester), Dix
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED,
, L
,eNlogoatiredn,
ds
rhaapreers,D brokers,ud l e
y, Worcester-
N„rth Riding—W. Hulley and J.
and jidir.jeAlla..7ll3lVd.e.aljAVr.Vd°Ra°alladniock, milliners, Buntingford, Herefordshire—
11. W. and H Herbert, chemists, Langley-place, Commer-
cial-road, East—G. Redgate, J. Brentuall, and T.
Wesson,
lace manufacturers, Nottinghatn—T2 Bird, a Watson, E.
Littia Bolton, Lancashire—L. W.
Bland, R. Coultas, R. N. Cox, and N. King. coal merchants,
Plliteill'teociin,
Wright and R. A. Cochrane, Paper manufacturers, Charlford,
Gloucestershire—J. and B. Hirst, coverlit manufacturers,
Liversedga, Yorkshire—J. Buchanan, J. Ainge, and T.
A hired, umbrella manufacturers, Oxford-street—J. 'Shepherd,
,r, 0
lier Yorkshire,maker:,
W. Wilkinson, G. Hill, and J. Spink, machine makers,
Leeds—J. Barrett and W. A. Phillips, toy manufacturers,
Goswell-street, St. Luke—T. and J. Buinpus, booksellers,
Holborn-bars—W. Heelas, W. lleelas, jun., and J. Ileelas,
hosiers, Wokinghatn, Berkshire—J. and G. Mayall, cotton-
spinners, Ashton-under-Lyne.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS,
Peter Kane, merchant, Fort-William, Dec. 15 and Jan. 12,
at twelve, at the Caledonian Hotel, Fort-William.
W. Teller and Co., Gilgit Waters; GlasPwe Dee, 16 and

Jan. 9. at one, at the chambers of Messrs. Murray and
Smith, Glasgow.
Robert Colville, bookbinder, Glasgow, Dec. 17 and Jan. 14,
at twelve, at the chambers of Mr. Fleming, Glasgow.

Pit.loE SD.

man cannot make the OCCa sion, but he may take good
care to be in a condition to avail himself of it when it occurs. The highest politic ,al, as well as military em-
ployments, are open to the• army; and you are aware
. there generally a military officer in the Supreme
Council of India. With such duties, such responsibili-
ties, and such high rewards before you, I am sure I need
not stimulate you to a continuance of your praiseworthy
xertions, eminently to qualify yourselves for the public
service, not only by protef.sional asquir ments. but by a
a.eneral acquaintance with science tied literature. I urge
study as valuable, not only for its own immediate fruit-
in the acquisition of knowledge, but as a preservativs
against low and demoralising pursuits. I know not,
.n. re wretched being, or one mare exposed to peri,o.e
temptations, than an Indian officer without atis literar
castes or resources. He is frequently liable to be detaelis-1
where there is not perhaps anotheeEuropean ; and ye n are
aware, that when in cantonments, the usual parades an('
drills are over before seven o'clock guring a great port
.f the year. How, let me ask you, are you to pass you
line, perhaps eight or ten hours, when exposure to it
un is attended with imminent danger? The young riffle,
ind of reading, and with literary tastes,will pass his lints
in preparing himself for the duties of his profession, are
in keeping up his classical and scientific knowledge, tha
lie may be enabled to resume his position on his r, •
urn to his native land. I almost dread to place beton
ou the means resorted to by the illiterate sluggard e
kill that time that might be so usefully emplo, co
.Vithaut resources, he lounges about, seeking some com-
anion as vacant and as listless as himself ; sometimes
.ourting slumber that does not soothe, and sleep that
toes not; refresh ; perhaps injuring his constitution by
leedless exposure to the sun, and, I fear, too often ruin
rig his health and his character by the excitement, of
aaming and wine. Why do I place before you a picture
um which I feel assured your youthful mind will shrink
with instinctive horror and disgust? Believe me, it is
not that I doubt the purity of your feelings, or the moral
rectitude of your intention. It is because it is my
anxious and earnest desire to impress you, not only with
the advantages of literary habits and pursuits, but with
the frightful perils and dangers to which idleness—that
parent of all human ill—must inevitably expose you.
Do not suppose that it is my desire to counsel you to
live recluse, or to cl, bar you from the pleasures of society,
or manly amusements and recreations. No such thing.
Indulge in them in all moderation, and they will render
you more useful, and perhaps better men. But I be-
seech you, beware of that listless vacuity of mind which
would equally unfit you for duty and true enjoyment,
and must render your lives useless to the state and bur-
densome to yourselves. You who are about to pro-
ceed to India were present when last I had the plea-
sure of addressing the young gentlemen in this semi-
nary, and I hope I need not again urge the topics I
hen more particularly dwelt upon. I need not tell
English youth to remember in their future career the
country which gave them birth, and never, in camp
or in field, to discredit it. Courage in action, cool-
ness in danger, and calm endurance of fatigue and
privation, are the characteristics of our nation. But
there are qualities, less showy but not less necessary.
which must be cultivated with equal care. The union of
firmness with gentleness in command—the exercise of
promptness and cheerfulness in obedience. Remember
that a soldier's first and paramount duty is obedience—
a ready, willing, confiding, and uninquiring obedience.
I need not tell you that without obedience there cannot
be discipline, and without discipline there cannot be an
army. You may assemble, in countless multitudes, the
bravest, the hardiest, and the most daring of men, but
without discipline they cannot form an army. They will
prove a mere armed rabble, formidable only to those
whom it is their duty to protect. To those under your
command, and subjected to your power, be kind, affable,
and considerate. Depend not for your influence on the
little brief authority with which you may be clad ; so
exercise that authority as to attach to your person the
soldiers under your command, and you will find the in-
dian Sepoy the bravest, the most devoted, the most
grateful of followers. I know not a more interesting
spectacle, or one more creditable to the British power in
the East, than a wellsregulated Sepoy regiment. It unites
the affectionate regard of an attached family with the
strict discipline of a well-organized corps. You see the
Sepoys enjoying, without hindrance or interruption, the
free exercise of those rites and usages consecrated by
time, and which have remained changeless amid the perils
of conquests and the ruin of dynasties. You see the
officers in kind and friendly intercourse with the men,
considerately respecting their prejudices, anxiously at-
tending to their little comforts and wants, and liberally
contributing to their national amusements and sports.
In pleasing testimony of the happiness and content-
ment of the Sepoys, you see their relatives attending
the regiment, in anxious hope of being able to join its
envied ranks. You see the British officer respected and
retarded by the native soldier as a protector and friend,
and you hear him saluted by the affectionate appellation
o' parent. The phraseology is eastern, but the feeling
is genuine and sincere. Need I say how vain must be
your efforts thus to win the confidence and regard of the
Sepoys under your command if not perfectly and fami-
liarly conversant with their language. Without that
knowledge you cannot conscientiously discharge your
duty to the state, or be advanced to the honours and
emoluments of your profession. You are probably
aware that the orders from this country are peremptory
that no officer can hold a staff appointment until be shall
have passed the prescribed examination in the native
languages. It is a fatal error to imagine that habits of
irregularity and extravagance evince spirit, and are
therefore peculiarly becoming a soldier. Nothing can
be more false, though I fear that such an opinion is too
prevalent. If there be any profession in which regu-
larity and abstinence from every species of excess are
peculiarly essential, it is in the military profession,
where an officer knows not the moment he may be called
upon to discharge duties requiring the most entire self-
possess]. . 'on The soldier's training must be moral not less
than professional—a preparation for the duties of life
generally, as well as for duties purely military. Depend
upon it, the best man will be the best soldier. You are
about to join, perhaps the only service in the world
where your pay and allowances are ample to meet all
your necessary expenses, and to afford you most of the
ordinary luxuries of life. Commence your career with
a fixed and unalterable determination never to incur one
rupee of debt. As you value your peace of mind and
independence of character, listen to my warning and
friendly voice, and never incur any expense, no
matter how trifling, when you have not the present
means of meeting it. Don't suppose that I mean to
enjoin penurious habits, or to encourage the propensity
of avarice. On the contrary, I should wish to see you
liberal, hospitable, and charitable, in proportion to the
means with which you may be blessed. But how, I ask,
are you to exercise the office of hospitality, or meet the
demands of charity, if early extravagance has involved
you in inextricable difficulties, and rendered you unable,
and perhaps indisposed, to meet such calls? The Iran
sition may seem strange, but, believe me, it is not unusual,
and you will learn, by experience, that early dissipation
and extravagance, besides ruining the health and cir-
cumstances, tend, like every other vice, to harden the
heart, and render it insensible to the wants of a friend, or
to the cries of the distressed. And now, my young friends,
before bidding you adieu, let me urge my last and
most earnest injunction. You are proceeding to a dis-
tant land, where you will be encompassed by supersti-
tion and darkness; but you bear with you the blessed
light of revelation to guide your path, and illumine
your course. When raising your head from your
pillow implore by fervent prayer that Divine aid with.
out which all human efforts must prove vain; and when
retiring to rest, forget not your humble thanksgiving,
to the Author of all good. Neglect not your religious
duties and observances. Rather cherish and hallow
them the more when assembled together in a foreign
land, -it matters not whether under the dome of a ca-
thedral or the roof of the humblest dwelling. You will
mark the Hindoo, and observe him, with unfailing re-
gularity, seeking the banks of the sacred stream, and
conforming, with undeviating fidelity, to every rite
prescribed by the religion of his forefathers. You will
see the Mahomedan daily prostrating himself in
prayer, at the rising and the setting of the
sun, and hastening, at prescribed periods, to his
mosque, with a fidelity and zeal worthy of a purer faith.
and will you, regardless of the injunction of your Re-
deemer, allow your neglect of the sacred ordinances of
your religion to appear in unholy contrast with the mole
rigid observance of those whose superstition and errors
you profess to deplore ? True it is that the faith you
profess is spiritual, and ought to be seated in the heart,
but be not deluded by the impression that you can dis-
pense with the favours of your religion without perilline.
its substance and your own salvation. This, my youna,G,
friends, is the last time when my duty will call up'en
only to us-ehett
to address you, That duty has been to too most 15i me
ing and grateful, because I have had
language of praise and approbation, you 1,11
think that have e4h(orted you too earnestly atPoso'
the discharge of duties which 'o
tediously to
su are inca-
pable of negleotin. Ilelleve me, it has arisen
doubt of the ;oundness of your Principles loersithreolafirmno-
ness of your purpose, but from that anxious solicitude
that would indlloo iris, under similar circumstances, to
hold the same language to my own children, in the
spirit of affection, not of harshness or suspicion. Allow
me to hid you farewell, and to offer my earnest wishes
and fervent prayers for the health, happiness, and wel-
faro of you all,

CORONER'S INQUESTS ON THE CAUSES OF FIRES.—
The revival, in the metropolis, of the good old custom of
instituting judicial inquests on the causes of fires, has
led to the adoption of measures, at Liverpool, for the re-
establishment of the same practice. A resolution to this
effect was unanimously carried in the Council last week;
when it was stated by Mr. Horsfall, who moved the re-
solution, that during the last five years a million of money
has been consumed in fires at Liverpool alone.—The
Builder.

MALDON, WITHAM, AND BRAINTREE RAILWAY.—
A subscription has been raised among the original share-
holders of this line for the purpose of presenting some
plate to the Rev. Sir John Page Wood, Bart., of Gla-
senwood House, Braintree, the chairman • and to the
solioitors, Messrs. Blood and Douglas, o/Witham, in
testimony of tho valuable services rendered by those
gentlemen in obtaining the Act of Parliament, &C., for
connecting the three towns by railway communication,
and uniting the interior of the county more immediately
with the Von of 14§41oh.—goex Standan4