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THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST it
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INDIA COMPANY do hereby give notice- to
Itefelrodlsr'S. tshSulPTuOphplNeoe in
their following
last /
arein q theui-
That a SPECIAL GENERAL COURT of the said Company will /-
-be held at their House, in Leadenhall-street, on WEDNESDAY, the ' "4sista.sas /
13th of March next, at Eleven o'clock in the Forenoon, at the desire ak:el. g_a_._
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of nine Proprietors Of East India Stock, as expressed in the following 1,,. ts /
letter, viz.:- a Cl' a
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" London, lath Fob., 1848. ••:e ,
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" To the Chairman and Directors ef the East India Company. .
" Honourable Sirs,-We, the undersigned Proprietors of East se_ _____gs _ lINIIINICION ow beg leave to )mit •
ii,
India Stock, duly qualified by law, request teat you will convene a
That the disease, u. ..
special General Court of Proprietors, for the purpose of taking into
consideration the accompanying resolution, and that you will be '''' I
IN O. 1 99 I ] LON
:Ant' Titsrepbrie:n-d-e, and in Russia, is 11..,
pleased to publish the same with this our requisition.-We have the 13'"' • F EBR UAR 24 1848. [P
*aster; and tbat it is at the present time
' -test informrtion, in a similar position to that in
honour to be, Honourable Sirs, your obedient servants, 111 N 9 )
;Et 1831, when itsi,ga arrested by
(Signed) " JOSEPII HUME. - ---____ .__ _
" ALEX. RAPHAEL. .. . • . _
L 0 N DONti:fethise
Proprietors
togris,eonf,this
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C°tl,paAnNy WESTMINSTER
N,uillAbre,
GENERALheIeI BANK. - ---
ARTHUR J. LEWIS. GUILDHALL, Fan. IL 1848.-- . . .
J.
J. SULLIVAN. THE COMMITTEE for LETTING the CITY'SPUBLICA TIONS.
"Y:I R ICE SD.
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" ROBERT J. BAGSHAW. LAN DR, will meet at Guildhall, on WEDNESDAY, the Bth day MEETINN(oa
SAlNilulsTraAtißon
" CHARLES FORBES. or March, 1848, at One o'clock precisely,in aotabury, on WEDNESDAY, the Ist day of March neaxtLthaet
ofR r5A.—_,.....---etxth,paiL.grleNenciisn , ~r,rre_
"J. W. GRAHAM. to receive tenders for Bank I. In
LETrING in BUILDING LEASES, for Eighty years, frets Lady- One o'clock precisely, to declare a DIVIDEND, to submit for con- Just ready, Bvo.,
-
"J. WILLIAMS. day next, a large net of (armed, on the east side of ?Lome firrnation the Election of James Dennis De Vitre, Esq., who has
GEO. TIIOMPSON." Deck, on the south side of Upper Temaee.etreet, and on the been nominated by the Board of Directors in the room of Matthew lllTSTCNTlo,ll;yiGit;ilVsliaZAs.uloatf.ll, ,
184 s. icing
,w i Sketches
th. Plates. ar ~ •
" Resolved- north side of the River Thar" ; and also a piece of Gregnd en Boulton Rennie, Esq., :resigned; also to submit for confirmation cross Hospital. to its advance upon Europe edi"
That it appears by the official documents laid before this Court the north side of tt at the corner et Crises-street, the Election of George Hanson, Esq., who has been nominated by .LLroe_Nc Lecturer on
p,ouani:llliiisoit,rieie,ein,:Bl ceveole.is,espdi
rti)ic.c.tenoefl,siclhar it place.
that, its the year 1836, a secret inquiry was instituted, by order of Ratciffe. Also to receiyerrToZserresefo'r 'Letting on Leases. for Twenty- the Board of Directors in the room of Sir John Kirkland resigned ; -Hence in Russia has led to
the Government of Bombay, into an alleged broach of the treaty of one years from Lady-day next, a Ham, No. 19, on the north Side to appoint three Directors in the room of Frederick Burntester, Measures.
the 25th September, 1819, subsisting between the East India Cons- or Droadooreet-buildings ; and also a Douse, No. 6, *a the north Esq., Charles Gibber, Esq., and Henry Harvey, Esq., who go outtheory of its propaga-
pany and his Highness l'ertaub Sheen, the Raja of Sattara. by rotation, but being eligible, offer themselves for re-election ; and London: John Churchill, Princes-street, Soho. L'ich, after a full
side of Crescent-place, Slackfleare.
Further particnlars may be obteMe4l, and plans seen, NT arplytrws for other purposes.
"That on the 26th of October, 1836, the Raja appeared before the Us, we fully
Secret Commission, consisting of Colonel Lodwick, Mr. Willoughby, at the Office of Works, GLtildliall. SIR THOMAS MITCHELL'S AUSTRALIAN EXPI
and Colonel Ovens, and requested a Mahratta Copy ()fan much of the By order of the Board, EXPEDITION.
THOMAS SAUNDERS, Comptroller.
'depositions of the two Soobandars and the Brahmin as affected him-
y:Aelliii:4yi,
Longman,
tomo fatil:
On Siturcley next will be published, in Sys., with 9 'ho
self, which was not at the tithe objected to.' Lothbury,Febraary, 16, 1848.
The Transfer-books will be Closed from the 15th February to the numerous Lithographic Plates and Wood Eng,r
" ' That on the 27th October the Commission were occupied the CALEDONIAN SOCIETY OF LONDON.
Route,JOURNAL
OLfrUoo 1 i nitoNSiian EXPEDITIOI`
greater part of this day in preparing Mahratta translations of the The ANNIVISOSARY BALL will take place at the 10th of March, to prepare for the Dividend. INTERIOR of TROPICAL AUSTRALIA.
,e (Blurolfoiglf,
evidence regarding the interview at the Palace, for the ultimate use HANOVEn-SQUARE ROOMS, on TIIORSDAT, March 2.
RAISING WATER discovered by the FOUN- Sir THOMAS S. MITCHELL, Kt., D.C.L., *S
Coarrnecenn:araira
of his Highness the Raja of Sattara.' (Par. Pa. No. 569 of 1843, Lists of the Stewards for the Issue of Vouchers can be obtained
p. 348.) at the Rooms, and of the Honorary Secretary, at Mr. Clarke's, 15, TATS PUMPS, which roll the water upwarde, without New South Wales.
" That Sir Robert Grant, Governor of Bombay, recorded in a King Williem-strect, City. either friction or faltering, therefore cats never be surpassed ; conse-
Minute ef Council, on the 15th of August, 1837, (Par. Pa. p.
86, para. 15):- '1 hat he was strongly of opinion TENDERS O nt,
•
' l that, before FOR LANS. servant,' of life and property either at Sea or on Land.
IT ORKS by Dr. ROBFRTSC
the case is conclusively disposed of, the Raja should be made THE LONDON, BRIGHTON, and SOUTH AT SEA
acquainted with the fresh evidence that has been elicited against // T HEALTH OF TOWNS ;4the (a
COAST RAILWAY COMPANY will numerous ships it has already saved, and the captains gratefully ne-
lain. and should be allowed the opportunity of offering defence or receive TENDERS in their several bearings and dependencies
e e .lorious
explanation.' And again, in his Minute of Council of the 20th ofknowlede Use •Two testimonial extracts shall Dr. ROBERTSON'S TREATISE o
for LOANS on Mortgage, in sums of 1,0001. and npwards, at i a results. n Dl'
er cent. interest, payable half-yearly, and suffice :-
September, 1837, (Par. Pa. p.lOO, para. 13,) suggests, ' That Colonel r , - „ completing in Six Parts.
Captain Gregg,i from Quebec to London, statue that the Fountai
Ovens should be instructed to prepare a complete statement of ug seven years. •It Just published, Part V. (CLIMAT'
By order,
the case which has been established against the Raja, in order T. J. BUCETON, Secretary. Pump tieing fitted in the Caroline, its great power was the means of fee.), price 2s. Also Vol. 1. (DIETE'
London Terminus, Jan. 31, 1843. saving the ship and 230 souls on board, two seams in the bottom
that when his inquiries are concluded, it may be furnished to his 6s. cloth.
being partly left without calking."
Highness for any such explanation, or answer, as he may choose Soo., cloth, pp. 372
SPECIAL NOTICE. " The Argus brig, front Cadiz, sprung a leak when three days out
to offer.'TllE NATURE AM.) TP
effected on or before at sea, and soon after her common pump elm:skeet and became use-let March next, will secure the Advan-
" That Mr. IVathen,Chief Secretary to Government of Bombay, Policies London : John Churchi
Cage of a full year's standing ever those effected thereafter, and of less. Captain Rutherford states all then depended upon her Foun-
in his letter to Colonel Ovens, dated the 27th of September, 1837, a Vested Addition
.. at the Allocation of Profits in March, 1853, tain Pump, which for nineteen days and eighteen nights was in
'directed Colonel Ovens to prepare a complete statement of the case Just published, '
equivalent to Six Years' Bonus. tion withoutac.
a minute's respite, when all arrived safely in London
established against the Raja, that it may be furnished to the Raja,' (PRECIS de la N
and that if this statement be denied, his Highness should be con- UOl ISH EQ,U ITABLE LIFE ASSUR- with
a
5 - 'I
thank God for the Fountain Pump."
A. MEDICALE de JAM'
fronted with the witnesses, the most effective measures being adopted ANC E SOCIETY. ON LAND
for their protection.' (Par. Pa., p. 422, para. 48.) Incorperated by Act of Parliament. the New Portable Fire-engines are of infinitely better service titan a College of Health, London
• •
"That Sir Robert Grant, again, in a Minute of Council, dated the Edinburgh-26, SL. Andrew-square. fire brigade. They act Instantaneously at the outbreak of a fire. et suivies de guerisons et d'
31st of May, 1838, says, `The Raja has not been told of the evidence London-61A, Moorgate.itreet.: "We are delighted with the invontion-it is a great boon to so- maladie.
taken by Colonel Ovens, and undoubtedly has a right to be heard in This Is a Mutual Assurance Society, in which the whole Profits are clety."-Editors tors Liverpool Mail. May be had at the Brit
his vindication.' ' I repeat) this opinion (which he) expressed iu divisible amongst the Policy Holders every Three Years. The New Portable Fire-engines have preserved a large portion of 's
aßookseller, 6.1
fr. field,
a Minute of Council, in August. 1837, not meaning that there should The existing Assurances, including additions, amount to Two Mil- Norwich from destruction, for out of eighteen different properties on and of all the Hygeian a
be merely the form or farce of a trial, to be closed by a ready-made liens Nine Hundred Thousand Pounds. fire in aid near the city, they saved eleven solely and seven mainly,
judgment, but that the defence should be fairly heard and impar- Tho Accumulated Fund exceeds Four Hundred Thousand Pounds. including in the seven the Queen's Cavalry Barracks ; and in the
Horton'
Bally weighed.' (Par. Pa., p. 205, para. 53.) The Annual Revenue exceeds One Hundred and Seven Thousand eleven, Messrs. s dyery, and 12,0001. worth of consigned pro- Vi RAMPT
" That Lord Auckland, the Governor-General of India, In a Pounds. perty ; Stoke mustard, starch, and flour mills, and Messrs. Butcher's -IL The manilla
r Minute, dated 23d of September, 1838, ordered in the following View of the Progress of the Society down to Ist March, 1847. grocery warehouses, just is time to prevent a large quantity of gin- possession of ame
Words .1-, Amount Annual Accumulated powder therein from exploding, which mast have spread tumid de- with confidence,
I would, as suggested by Sir Ellibert Grant, request that the Assured. Revenue. • Fund. • straetion and death. occurring in tan,
Rata should be furnished with a written statement, embodying a At Ist March, 1835 .. •• £325,611 .• .. £11,364 .. • • X 2,61 " North I'Valsharn.-At this fire the Portable Engine was •f great that no mzestio
full and clear detail of the facts connected with the several charges, Do. 1841 .. •• 1,569,570 -.. 55,536 .... 153,329 service, and by having one of them ready, there is no doubt but half in the kingdor
and of the names (with any reservatious which may be absolutely Do. 1847 .. •• 2,763,381 •• .. 99,270 .... 400,503 the property now destroyed might have been saved."-Norfelk Chro- is respectfully
niche, August 22, 1846.
required for the Safety of the party) of the witnesses by whom they Additions to Policies.
are-proyekbritlra-notioe of the circumstances under which the evi- A Policy effected before let Starch, 1832, for 2,0001., and becomingAt a Norwich fire June 2, 1847, the two Portable Engines were o No. a
the pets of the bli
demo wee obtained, and call for from him, within a certain reason- a claim sifter Ist March next, will receive Two Thousand Eight Hun- will do the work, which proved true. The four large unglues present stilt of in'
• able time to be fixed, a similar written statement of whatever lie Bred and Four Pounds, being an additien of Forty per Cent. on proved useless. Health •
stay desire to urge in his own behalf.' (Par. Pa., p. 229, para. 12.) the sum Assured. Other Policies have received additions in pro-
, Portable ' • speedily steam-boilers ' '
Engines prove to a dozen atm,- years t
" That notwithstanding the preparations of the evidence promised by portion.
L the Commission (which closed its proceedings on the 4th November, ROBERT CHRISTIE, Manager. spheres. at one
Now the fact is this, all former, Force Pumps, Lift-force Pumps, redur
' 1836), and the repeated desire expressed by the Governor of Bombay, Prospectuses and Forms of Proposal may be had by application at
I sued- the Governor-General of India, that a statement of the whole of the Loudon Office, 61, Moorgate•street. Lift Pumps, and Chain Pumps are bad machines: they rub, grub, and fore
the evidence taken against the Raja should bosons placedan his Highness's WILLIAM COOK, Agent, scrape the water upwards by friction, which wastes two-fifths of the WE'
;power used, and progressively falter by leakage, which Drs. Young cif
hand, such statement was withheld, for rea secretly stated by
1 Colonel Ovens, Colonel Ovens personally informing his Highness,
COTTISII EQUITABLE LIFE ASSUR- and Mitten, with many other eminent experimenters. lamented v
thee :-The quantity of water actually raised by any machine seldom
' That the proceedings of the Commission being strictly secret, it did S ANCE SOCIETY. exceeas half the power consumed, after overcoming friction and
not consider itself authorised to grant a copy or any part of thoso
Proceeditiga to any person whatsoever.' (t'ar. Pa., p. 367.) 26, St. Andrew-square, Edinburgh. leakage ; and notwithstanding the best engineers in the world had
"That thestethronement of the late Raja of Sattara,,when 'no sod- 6 la, Moorgate-street, London. tried in vain for two thousand years to abate these palpable defect'
1 den emergency, nor imminent danger, nor any preparations made by In order to secure the Benefit of this Year's Entry, Proposals must ti
machydra es
hin, neyertheless, at last the victory is wo
bins tor; commencing' hostilities,' threatened, without obtaining be lodged, either at the Head Office in Edinburgh, or with any of the won for everaulic r
friction and leakage are Now both annihilatedn, ar
the previous and express sanction of the Home authorities for the Society's Agents, ON OR BEFORE IsT MARCH. the new rolling principle in pumps, and their effect augmented P
I • act, was a violation of the 33d George Third, cap. 52, sec. 42 and WILLIAM COOK. twelve ti twenty (or about seventy per cent.), and fregaently I'
r 43, Made and provided to guard against and prohibit the exercise of file, Moorgate-street, Feb. 24, 1848. out more outlay.
• Mich dangerous and despotic power by any subordinate authority in Most men can sustain heavy rapid pump trials for 40 sceon
India, viz. :- • some men drop at minute time. With a best new heavy worki
1 HE PROVIDENT CLERKS' & GENERAL time l'ump an active sound-winded young man of 140 lbs. av,
" Section 43-'.lt shall not be lawful for the Governor-General in T
. Council, without the express command or authority of the Court BUILDING AND INYESTMENT SOCIETY. raise 10,000 lbs. of water one foot high in a minute, and wit'
I of Directors, or of the Secret Committee, by the authority of Office, No. 15, Old Broad-street. twin Pump 9,000 lbs. in half a minute. Thus a continua'
the, Board of Control, in any case (except where hostilities Shares 1001. each. Entrance. fee, 2a. 6d. per Share. extraordinary lucrative advantage is gained over perpetv
rversa' ignorance,
have actually been commenced, or preparations actually made Subscriptions per Share-Monthly, I2s. ; Quarterly, 1/. 15s. lid. ; JohnclearlyprovingYearly, Clanton Roberts, Esq., la Isis popular work, "
well inplacing Gosset sFrench I um ' ' Abortion (that '
1 . India), either to declare warr, commence hostilities, or cutter . .. -e. - . P
In this Society there will be no bidding for Shares-no iteuemp- upward) side by side with the Fountain Pump, whi
1 into any treaty for making war, &c.' tie* Fees-nor any Fines ea withdrawal. Advances made according deal of Folly. Because Mr. Mallett
- • . ,Dublin, a then
"Resolved,-That this Court, taking all these circumstances into . • • • • Fixed " 1
to priority of application, and subject tolab es. Calculated maker, Mr. Baddley, London, an everlasting pum
Consideration, is of opinion that the dethronement of the Raja of duration of the Society,Years. Ewbank, America, an ignorant pump book-maker
Sattara, by Sir James Carnac, without furnishing him with a copy Ten
taorraao. two pumps were identical. But the Yankee •
of the evidence taken in secret against him, and thereby withholding J. Jones, Seq., J. Teulmin, Esq. ; J. C. Hardy, Esq. and Paddy in No. 1,183, and in No. 496, Boo'
from him the means of making a defence, and without the previous DIRECTORS. remarks are preposterous. However, on the •
consent and authority of the Court of Directors, or the Secret Com•
1 Entice of that Court, and of the Board of Control, was unjust, pre- Mr. W. L. Allen, Murray-street, New-road beck, Aberdour, Ilay, I'arkington, with mane
Mr. Edward Devonshire, East and West India Dock Horne after witnessing the perfect effect and the be
i mature, and contrary to law ; and, therefore, the guilt or innocence Mr. Samuel Eastman, Crawford-street rolling principle, gave the invention the fo
of the late Raja of Sattara, and the conduct of the Bombay Govern- Mr. Samuel Gilbert, Little Tower-street able character:-The Fountain rump is th
Govern-
ment, in these transactions, ought to be made the subject of a public
• Mr. Thomas Si. James, Messrs. White and Greenwell, Cheapeide ment in the art of raising water that has r
end impartial inquiry, alike for the protection of the Princes of India
1 In alliance with the East India Company, from the perpetration of Mr. W. Kettlewell, 5, Great Winchester-street thousand years-the greatest atlYaitee,
Mr. C. I'. B. Keep, Lindsay-wharf, Chelsea moiler" times.
similar wrongs, for the satisfaction of the ends of justice, and for Mr. T. A. Pott, Henry-street, Pentonville The Censansination Fountain PM`
the vindication of the honour of the British nation, and the security
a Mr. George Richards, 51 and SY, Paternoster-row far private and public uses, at lifts be
Of the British Empire in the East."
1 JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary. Air. I. Whitehead, son., Somerset Mouse, and Chelsea for man, horse, and steam power:
Mr. George Winter, Professional Life Assurance Office, stroke to 100 barrels of water per
II . ltattinag-The Commercial Bank of London. trial at competitive ridiculous, wt
t •
EAST INDIA lIOUSE, Fon. 23, 1848. STANDIXO COVESEL-W. C. looks, Esq., 30, Chancery-lane. at less cost than common pumps,
WHEREAS, in pursuance of the By-Law of Some:Teas-Messrs. Devonshire and Wilson, 29, Austin-friars.
SUILYETeItS-Mr. Cornelius Wheeler, 28, Leadenhall-street ; Fountain Pump Works, Nen
r the EAST INDIA COMPANY, cap. 7, sac. 6, it is or- 51r. William Lambert, 40, Coleman-street. See Mechanic's Magazine
O , dallied__ Becottrear. -Mr. John Whitehead, jun., No. 6, the Crescent, 482, 486, 487, 489, 492, 49'
2 "That a List shall be published thirty days before the Annual Albany-road, Camberwell. 727, 8114, 1,040, 1,110., 1,1
Zlectlon of Directors, containing the names of such Proprietors
a clialitled agreeable to law as shall signify in writing to the Secretarywith the view of af-
This Aeeociation has been formed principally , ,
their • • online to gentlemen engaged In GOVERNMENT and PUBLIC SPENCER'S CF
dash-Goof becoming Candidates for the Direction thirty-two days
OFFICES, BANKING HOUSES, and MERCANTILE beforeESTA-
such Annual Election." The thousands
BLISIIMENTS, a safe and advantageous mode of investing a portion
The Court of Directors of the said Company do hereby give notice, years have used this ee'
6 a their incomes, either by way of deposit, at 71. per Cent. compound
Is order that the Proprietors may conform to Clue said By-Law, that article extant which c'
ieterest, er in the purchase of freehold or leasehold residences.
,the ensuing ELECTION if SIX DIRECTORS of the East India grey hair, whiskers,
The operations of this Society will be regulated by Tables prepared without trouble (by
O Puny for four years is appointed for WEDNESDAY, the 12th of
expressly for that purpose by two eminent actuaries. duces by one appli,
esprit text, and that such list will be published thirty days before
The leading principles of this Society are- can be incontestibl
the said Election, as the above-mentioned By-Law directs.
• JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary.
1. Perfect equality of benefit between all the Members, whether the hair by their •
borrowers or not. plication, that 0
'a • 2. Certainty in the amount of advance to which each Member the roots till tt
WHEREAS by a DECREE of the HIGH wishing to anticipate his Shares will be entitled at any given period per bottle.
COURT of CHANCERY, made in two causes of of the Society's existence, with the means
of ascertaining precisely To he had
:COLLyEB v. ASHBURNER," and "COLLIER v. ASH- at any date the amount payable to retiring Members, and the value street, Whit
" BURNER," it is referred to Sir GIFFIN WILSON, one of the Masters at the Silent of continuing Members. hill ; Butte
"a the Court, to inquire who are the persons designated in the Will Moinbers may pay up the whole er any portion of their subselip- street; I'
I of Robert Pounds, late of 15, High-street, Camden- town, in the tious for the ten years, in advance, and discount, after the rate of 4/. street; I'
county of Middlesex, Esq., (who died on the 24th April, 1846), as per Cent. per annum, will be allowed for the sums so paid. Milsem-
O arnes Pounds, Robert Walker founds, and John Pounds, sons of Meinbers wishing to withdraw their Subscriptions may do so after Perfurr
a. u
0 ga•ftr'a•'ca Pounds, formerly of Philadelphia, in North America ;" aunt the first year, without flue; and subsequently to that period cum- any p
e they they are respectively living or dead, and if living where pound interest at the rate of 61. per Cont. per annum will be allowed , yr
-‘'23- r`niPectively resale, and if dead who are their legal, personal upon t lie sums withdrawn. Ohs
representatives. Tkereibre the persons so designated, if living, or if Shares may he transferred free of stamp duties.
_
11 dead their legal, personal representatives, are forthwith to COMO ill By the plan adapted in this Society new Members entering at
before the said Master at his chambers, in Southampton-buildings, lit any period, and all Members taking up additional Shares, may have -
the county of Middlesex, and e.stablisit their claims to be the persons OSTIS advanced to them without paying up amen: of Subscriptions ;
a
above described as the sons of the said James Pounds, in order that and the precise amounte that will he advancedeither to old or new
' .7 they may not be excluded the benefit of the said decree. The said Members, are set forth in the Tables, a copy of which will he stip-
-1 oatnes Pounds, the father, resided at No. 6, Parker-street, Philadel- pliel to every Member. This is manifestly far preferable to the mu
1 Iffila, in the State of Pennsylvania, North America, and died on the equal a..d objectioaaele system usually adopted of putting the shar,
diet MAY, 1842, leaving his sons, the said JAIDeS Robert Pounds, a up to auction, and advancing the money to three who subunit to t.
~
...
Founds,
(in the will called James Pounds), the said Robert Walker largest discount ; by which means the object of the Legislat,
and John Pounds, a printer, him surviving. which contemplated that each Member should derive precise]'
' C . James Robert Pounds and John Potuicia are, it is believed, residing came advantage, is entirely frustrated.
in Philadelphia. Robert Walker Pounds in the year 1842 was sere- The monthly subscription, both to the borrowing and non-b
Ng an apprenticeship to a tin-plate worker, in Philadelphia, and left Ing Members, is precisely the same, and continues Clue sum
r that place in the early part of the year 1844. In the month of end of the Society; borrowers are, therefore, relieved '
a January, 1845, he was in tke employment of Mr illaise Rossetti, of heavy monthly " redemption fee," and the mutual mina
I
,29, Drury-lane, London, coachmaker, and was afterwards employed tied into full operation.
1 ul the capacity of porter at a store or warehouse in Liverpool, where Net Member lies any responsibility beyond the paymer
he was living in the month of June, 1845. In the month of August subscriptions.
1 In the same year he went on hoard the "DANIEL WEBSTER " Prospectuses and copies of Rules may be obtained 9
i (supposed to have been bound for Philadelphia), and nothing has s'nee the Society, 15, Old Broad-street.
been heard of him. Applications for Shares should be addressed to th
r Dated this 23d day of February, 1848. the following form :-
Date,
1
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ROCKEDON'S PURE CUMBERLAND Sr,- iI authorise you to register my name
B r
Shares in the Provident C
LEAD, for DRAWING PENCILS. The Patentee having Building and Investment Society.
a Company,
the entire Stock of Crude Black Lead from the Cumberland Name •• • • • •
. "mnany, is now ready to supply Pencil Manufacturers with this Address .. •
important article in rt state of perfect purity, free from grit, and con- Occupation
13 dented by his Patent Process to all degrees of hardness. Note.-It Is proposed to limit the numb
a .
29, Devonshire-street, Queen-square. _
that the entrance fee shall not exceed 2s. '
It '-• lst February, 1848.
PATENT RAMONEUR ASSOCIATION More than 100 Shares are
il
(Provisionally Registered.) FINGLAND to INDIA,
C
COUNTIES of SURREY and KENT. A The INDIA and AUSTRa
I t
Can.,
..., 20,0001. in 10,000 Shares of 2/. each. Deposit, 11. per Share Cost I'ANY, Incorporated by Roya
on cemplete registration. sponiability of the shareholders to
I „N• further call will be made without three months' previous dually subscribe, and authorises
...-Istice• The liabilities of each shareholder limited to the amount Meatione to and and from the
"auseribed for. Australasia, wed New Zealand.
r t,The PATENT RAMONEUR MACHINE is exclusively used in Capital 0'
a"ordlices of the Right Hon. the Lords of the Treasury, the Royal Divided into s
7Cricitltural Society, the Royal Horticultural Society ; the Royal
I ,
✓ "'ellange-baildings, Sec. Tho objects of the promoters are ap-
-1 ' **Tea b
Th y Sir George Larpent, Bart
. a Meat Noble the Marquis of NORTHAMPTON, President of the 1846 for Extensir
' , aa Royal Society. Sir V
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Hon. Earl DE GREY, K.G., President of the Royal It-
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sub: the chief conclusions
which appear to us to be deductable from the investiga-
tions we have made since we submitted our first report.
Having received much additional information as to the
progress of cholera towards Europe, and as to the means
of its prevention, we find—
That the disease, as it has recently appeared in Persia,
in Trebizonde, and in Rnssia, is unchanged in its general
character; and that it is at the present time, according
to the latest informrtion, in a similar position to that in
which it was in 1831, when its progress was arrested by,
the frost, previously to its advance upon Europe immedi-
ately after the thaw took place.
That the more recent experience in Russia has led to
the general abandonment of the theory of its propaga-
tion by contagion; a conclusion in which, after a full
consideration of tho evidence presented to us, we fully
concur.
That the views which we adopted in relation to the
inexpediency of special cholera hospitals, except in
cases of peculiar necessity, have been confirmed by the
coincident adoption of the same conclusions in Russia.
That we have received much information, tending to
establish the conclusion, that cholera is not the sudden
disease which has hitherto been supposed ; that the
commonly known form of the malady is, in reality, its
second stage ; and that its first stage is manifested by
the premonitory symptom of diarrhoea, which is com-
monly unattended to, but which, if met by the strict
observance of proper regimen, and by appropriate me-
dicine, may be arrested before passing into the more
violent and fatal stage of the disease.
That, in addition to our former recommendations, we
further recommend, that preparation be made for what
appears to us to be one of the most important measures
of alleviation, the establishment of local dispensaries,
where persons affected with the first stage of the disease,
as manifested by the premonitory symptoms, may be
immediately placed under the proper treatment for ar-
resting the further progress of the malady.
Having examined, as closely as the time and means
at our disposal would permit, the late extraordinary
increase of mortality in the metropolis, amounting in
eleven weeks to 6,145 deaths above the usual average,
an excess of mortality during those eleven weeks
greater than the entire mortality from the cholera in the
metropolis during the twenty-one weeks when it pre-
ruiled in the year 1832, we find—
That of this excess of 6,145 deaths 1,522 deaths were
registered as deaths from epidemic influenza, but that
the deaths from epidemic typhus and from pneumonia,
bronchitis, and the whole class of diseases of the lungs,
commonly brought on at all times by cold, damp, and
atmospheric impurity, have also been very numerous;
the number of deaths from typhus having been during
the eleven weeks 999, and the number above the average
from diseases in the lungs (apart from influenza) 2,655.
That sickness and mortality from diarrhoea and from
typhus of precisely the same type as that which preceded
the former vistation of cholera have been excessive
amongst the population of the low, ill-drained, ill.
cleansed, and over-crowded neighbourhoods that aro
marked as the cholera tracts of 1832.

REPEAL OF THE WINDOW-TAX.
Last night, a meeting of the inhabitants of St. Mary,
Islington, was held in the Fox Tavern, Islington-green,
for the purpose of petitioning Parliament to repeal the
window duty. The room was densely crowded by
respectable and influential inhabitants of the parish.
1). W. WIRE, Esq., the chairman, opened the pro-
ceedings by stating the object of the meeting. They
could not have been called together to consider a more
unjust species of taxation.—(Cheers.) There was no
doubt that all taxation was in itself an evil ; but as
society was constituted, it was one which had to bo sub-
mitted to, in order that we might obtain the protection
and security of a settled Government. But there was a
just and an unjust system of taxation.—(hear, hear.)
A just system of taxation apportioned the burdens fairly
to all classes of the community, and raised no more
than what was absolutely required for the services of the
State. Every farthing required beyond that was an in-
justice.—(Hear.) There was the other side of the ques-
tion, in which the taxes were unduly apportioned, and
in which more was raised than was absolutely requisite;
and, unfortunately, the older that the Governments
grew, the more they adopted this unjust system of taxa-
tion, and the more necessary it became for the people
to review from time to time the national burdens, is
order to see whether a reduction in these burdens could
not be effected.—(Hear, hear.) Of all the taxes that
could possibly be imposed, that was surely the worst
which went directly to deprive the poor of air and light,
two of the primary requisites to healthy existence. Yet
he saw, by the report of the interview of a deputation
which had recently waited upon the Chancellor of the
Exchequer on the subject, that he told them the revenue
could not afford it, and asked them what they would
propose as a substitute? The deputation, he regretted
to say, did not answer that question—and indeed, it was
none of their duty to do so, or take upon themselves
the office of the Chancellor of the Exchequer.—(Hear.)
But if they had chosen to answer the question, he thought
that there were many substitutes which might easily have
been named. Their Hon. Representative (Mr.Wakley),
who was present, and who, indeed, was always at his
post—(Cheers)—would tell them better than he could,
what were the evils resulting from the window-tax.
He could tell them professionally, that the exclusion of
air was not only the source of uncleanliness, but of
disease in the dwellings of the poor.—(hoar, hear.)
Darkness and dirt generally went together, and in the
wake of these two generally followed worse evils.—
(Hear, hear.) For so injurious an impost as this surely
they might have found a substitute in the revenues de-
rived from the land and property of the country, which
at the present time possessed almost an immunity from
taxation.—(Cheers.) But he did not see why they
should talk of substituting at all.—(Hear, hear.) lie
thought that it would be more just, and was certainly
'more necessary, to see whether they could not effect a
reduction by a revision of our whole system of taxation.
—(Cheers.) If such an inquiry was entered into, he
was sure that many of the items upon which the money
wrung from the. struggling, industrious classes was
expended, would be found to be of a character not
only most unnecessary, but most wasteful and mis-
chievous.—(Hear, hear.) Why, take for instance
one item in the recent budget. We were called upon
to pay 1,100,0001., not for the protection of the people—
not for the advancement of commerce—not for the
promotion of public health, the spread of education, or
the diffusion of morality, but for a miserable war with a
horde of savages in a distant colony, the whole of the
houses.and property in which was not worth as much, as
purchase-money, of this Kafir war had coat us. He said,
therefore, that it was the duty of the Chancellor of the
Exchequer to revise the whole system of our taxation,
with the view of imposing the public burdens more
equally, of pruning all unnecessary expenditure, and of
taking off such taxes as the window duty, which had
been indisputably proved to be detrimental in the highest
degree to the health, the comforts, and the morals of the
poor.—(Cheers.) If such an inquiry was honestly and
fairly entered upon, he had no doubt that a clever Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer, instead of coming down to the
House of Commons to propose additions, would be ena-
bled to propose changes which would save four or five
millions a year after he had fairly tried the experiment.
—(Cheers.) He would not longer trespass upon the
attention of the meeting, but call upon it to give an im-
partial hearing to the speakers who might address it,
and concluded by stating his entire and cordial concur-
rence in its object.—(Cheers.)
Mr. Jusnes, in moving the first resolution, expressed
his pleasure at seeing their excellent Member (Mr.
Wakley) in his place; and he would at the same time
say, he only regretted that their Hon. Chairman was not
in the House of Commons, assisting him.—(Hear). The
motion he had to submit was the following: —" That of
all species of taxation, that which affects the health, re-
tards the cleanliness, and, consequently, tends to de-
moralise the people, is the most objectionable to the
c9infort, the cleanliness, and the health of the people."
The deputation alluded to by the chairman, when asked
for a substitute, might have asked the Chancellor why
real property was exempted from burdens which fell
upon other kinds of property ?—(Hear, hear.) The tax
upon light and air was not only a violation of the prin-
ciples of social morality, but of the first principles of
taxation themselves. When he and others were com-
pelled to block up their windows, in order to escape the
tax-gatherer, it was not because he did not want light
and air, but because necessity compelled him and them
to do so, and thus convert into an unhealthy dwelling
that which might have been otherwise.—(Hear.) They
had of late years done much towards sanitary reform;
but until they let in a plentiful supply of light, all their
efforts would be comparatively abortive.—(Hear, hear.)
As for the means by which the deficiency might be
made up, there could be but little difficulty in finding
one so long as the land and the real property of the
country were so lightly taxed.—(Cheers.)
Mr. VOUSLEY seconded the resolution.
The resolution was then carried unanimously.
Mr. G. SEIEW moved, and Mr. BOYKETT seconded the
next resolution :—"That the window duty, which shuts
out the air and the light of heaven, which renders the
homes of the poor dark, unwholsome, and damp, is as
impolitic as it is unjust, inasmuch as it is opposed to all
sanitary regulations, and to the cosnfort, the cleanliness,
and the health of the people."
Upon being put to the meeting, it was unanimously
adopted.
Mr. KEASLEY moved the third resolution :—" That a
petition, founded on the foregoing resolutions, be pre-
pared, signed, and presented to the House of Commons
by Thomas Wakley, Esq., M.P. for the borough, and
that he be respectfully requested to support its prayer."
To this resolution Mr. Maims moved an amendment,
which was subsequently adopted as a substantive reso-
lution, and the motion proposed by Mr. Beasley was
carried with two dissentients.

RAILWAY SHARE TRANSACTIONS.
Mr. John Field, jun., of the firm of Field, Son, and
Bayley, of 9, Warnford-court, Throgmorton-street,
stock-brokers, appeared before the Court, in answer to
the petition of Mr. Horatio Folliott Nelson, charging
him with having acted in violation of the rules laid down
by the Court for the observance of brokers for the pre-
vention of fraud. Much interest was excited by the
ease, as it related to railway matters.
Mr. Edward James attended for the plaintiff, and Mr.
Clarkson for the defendant.
The petition, which was presented by Alderman Cope-
land, stated at considerable length, that of which the
following is a summary: —The petitioner in 1843, and
up to May, 1847, employed the firm of Field, Son, and
Bayley, as his brokers, in the purchase and sale of
shares and stock, and during that period there
was an account current between them, which never
had been closed or settled. In June, 1845, having
reason to believe that the Wexford, Waterford, and
Valentia Railway Company, then about being formed,
would soon after the allotment be at a high premium,
communicated with the defendant, one of the partners of
the firm, and agreed to give him the name of the com-
pany, and other information, provided he would pur-
chase with his own money, on their joint account, a con-
siderable number of shares, profit or loss to be equally
divided between them. The defendant accordingly
purchased in June, 1845, letters of allotment or scrip
for 670 shares in the company, 500 being purchased
at 2s. premium upon, and in addition to the deposit of
1/. 7s, 6d. per share; 50 more at 2s. 6cl. premium, and
the remaining 120 at ss. premium. Subsequently to
that agreement, the petitioner had 100 shares in the
said railway company allotted to him, in which the
defendant claimed to be equally interested, on pay-
ment by him of the deposit of 1/. 7s. 6d. per share,
which deposit, amounting to 1371. 10s., was ac-
cordingly paid. About the 4th of September, 1845,
when a rise began to take place in the value of the
shares, the petitioner received from the defendant, but
in the name of the firm, a sale-note of the 670 shares,
purporting that a sale of them had been effected at a
premium of ss. per share, the settlement for which
was to take place on the 16th of the same month ;
and in that sale-note was unduly included a charge
for commission amounting to 411. 17s. 61, which
the petitioner never agreed or understood he was to
pay. The petitioner never received from the defendant
any intimation of intention to sell the shares at that
time, and never having authorised or consented to sale,
complained to the defendant of the great want of judg •
ment in so selling them, believing at the time that they
were actually sold. Ou the Bth and 10th of the same
month the shares were selling at 10s. premium,
and the defendant in those days purchased, on
account of the petitioner, 120 shares in the company, at
that price ; and on the 26th of the same month they
were selling at 1/. premium ; and early in October
were selling at 2/. 10s. premium. In or about the
same month the petitioner received from the defend-
ant, but in the name of the firm, a cash account re-
lating to his dealings with the shares, together with a
charge for interest on the money advanced by the defend-
ant for the purchase of 670 shares, and the payment of
the deposit on the 100 shares allotted to the petitioner,
at the rate of 101. per cent., which he never agreed
or understood he was to pay; and by such account
it appeared that a heavy loss had accrued to both
by the purchase of the shares. About June, 1847,
the petitioner, on the examination of the second ac •
counts existing between him and the defendant and
the firm, having strong reasons for believing that
the 670 shares were not sold at the time, and in the
manner specified in the sale-note, requested the de-
fendant to furnish him with the name of the purchaser,
and the date of the sale, and for a long time repeatedly,
endeavoured to obtain such information, but the de-
fendant refused and still continued to refuse to afford
him any information of the kind. The defendant
admitted to the petitioner and a friend of his that
the shares were not sold at the time and in the manner
stated in the sale-note, but were subsequently sold
at a large premium, and offered the petitioner
a proportion of the sum, as alleged by him, they actually
realised, but refused to give him the particulars of the
case and the name of the purchaser. By the accounts as
sent in to the petitioner from the firm, there appeared to
be a largo balance due from the petitioner, . against
which the firm held numerous shares, or certificates for
shares, belonging to the petitioner, and they were
unable to agree and settle them. The petitioner con-
cludes with praying that Mr. Field might be required
to produce his broker's book, and to deliver
an account of full particulars of identity, and of
the names and addresses of the sellers and purchasers,
and the dates, prices of the 670 shares, and also of the
100 shares allotted to the petitioner, and also that the
firm might be required to produce their broker's book,
and to deliver full particulars of all Falls of stock, scrip,
and shares effected by them during the before-mentioned
period, on account of the petitioner. and of all shares,
Sc., now in their possession or power belonging to him,
or that the court would grant him such other relief as
should seem meet.

" Resolved—
" That it appears by the official documents laid before this Court
that, in the year 1836, a secret inquiry was instituted, by order of
the Government of Bombay, into an alleged breach of the treaty of
the 25th September, 1819, subsisting between the East India Com-
pany and his Highness Pertauti Sheen, the Raja of Sattara.
" That on the 26th of October, 1836, the Raja appeared before the
Secret Commission, consisting of Colonel Lodwick, Mr. Willoughby,
and Colonel Ovens, and requested a Mahratta copy of so much of the
' depositions of the two Soobandars and the Bralunin as affected him-
self, which was not at the tithe objected to.'
" ' That on the 27th October the Commission were occupied the
greater part of this day in preparing Mahratta translations of the
evidence regarding the interview at the Palace, for the ultimate use
Of his Highness the Raja of Sattara.' (Par. Pa. No. 569 of 1843,
p. 348.)
" That Sir Robert Grant, Governor of Bombay, recorded in
Ilinute of Council, on the 15th of August, 1837, (Par. Pa. p.
$6, para. 15) 1 hat he was strongly of opinion that, before
the case is conclusively disposed of, the Raja should be made
acquainted with the fresh evidence that has been elicited against
biol, and should be allowed the opportunity of offering defence or
explanation.' And again, in his Minute of Council of the 20th of
September, 1837, (Par. Pa. p.lOO, para. 130 suggests, That Colonel
Ovens should be instructed to prepare a complete statement of
the case which has been established against the Raja, in order
that when his inquiries are concluded, it may be furnished to his
Highness for any such explanation, or answer, as he may choose
to offer.'
" That Mr. IVathen, Chief Secretary to-the Government of Bombay,
iill6s letter to Colonel Ovens, dated the 27th of September, 1837,
'directed Colonel Ovens to prepare a complete statement of the case
established against the Raja, that it may be furnished to the Raja,
and that if this statement be denied, his Highness should be con-
fronted with the witnesses, the most effective measures being adopted
for their protection.' (Par. Pa., p. 422, para. 48.)
"That Sir Robert Grant, again, in a Minute of Council, dated the
31st of May, 1838, says, The Raja has not been told of the evidence
taken by Colonel Ovens, and undoubtedly has a right to be heard Its
his vindication.' -` I repeat) this opinion (which he) expressed iu
a Minute of Council, in August, 1837, not meaning that there should
be merely the form or farce of a trial, to be closed by a ready-made
judgment, but that the defence should be fairly heard and impar-
tially weighed.' (Par. Pa., p. 205, para. 53.)
" That Lord Auckland, the Governer-General of India, in a
Minute, dated 23d of September, 1838, ordered in the following
Words
would, as suggested by Sir Ititert Grant, request that the
Raja should be furnished with a written statement, embodying a
full and clear detail of the facts connected with the several charges,
and of the names (with any reservations which may be absolutely
required for the Safety of the party) of the witnesses by whom they
nee-prthgekevitlre-notioe of the circumstances under which the evi-
dence wee obtained, and call for from him, within a certain reason-
able time to be fixed, a similar written statement of whatever he
may desire to urge in his own behalf.' (Par. Pa., p. 229, para. 12.)
" That notwithstanding the preparations of the evidence promised by
the Commission (which closed its proceedings on the 4th November,
1836), and the repeated desire expressed by the Governor of Bombay,
and-the Governor-General of India, that a statement of the whole of
the evidence taken against the Raja should be piaced,in his Highness's
hand, such statement was withheld, for reasons secretly stated by
Colonel Ovens, Colonel Ovens personally informing his Highness,
That the proceedings of the Commission being strictly secret, it did
not consider itself authorised to grant a copy or any part of thoso
proceedings to any person whatsoever.' (t'ar. Pa., p. 367.)
That thedethronement of the late Raja of Sattara,when ',no sud-
den creergency, nor imminent danger, nor any preparations made by
him for' commencing' hostilities,' threatened, without obtaining
the previous and express sanction of the Home authorities for the
act, was a violation of the 33d George Third, cap. 52, sec. 42 and
43, made and provided to guard against and prohibit the exercise of
such dangerous and despotic power by any subordinate authority in
India, viz. : •
",Section 43—'.It shall not be lawful for the Governor-General in
Council, without the express command or authority of the Court
of Directors, or of the Secret Committee, by the authority of
the, Board of Control, in any case (except where hostilities
have actually been commenced, or preparations actually made
for the commencement of hostilities against the British nation in
India), either to declare war,:or commence hostilities, or enter
into any treaty for making war, &c.'
"1 Resolved,—That this Court, taking all these circumstances into
Consideration, is of opinion that the dethronement of the Raja of
Sattara, by Sir James Carnac, without furnishing him with a copy
of the evidence taken in secret against him, and thereby withholding
from him the means of making a defence, and without the previous
consent and authority of the Court of Directors, or the Secret Com•
mittee of that Court, and of the Board of Control, was unjust, pre-
mature, and contrary to law ; and, therefore, the guilt or innocence
of the late Raja of Sattara, and the conduct of the Bombay Govern-
ment, in these transactions, ought to be made the subject of a public
and impartial inquiry, alike for the protection of the Princes of India
In alliance with the East India Company, from the perpetration of
sinallar wrongs, for the satisfaction of the ends of justice, and for
the vindication of the honour of the British nation, and the security
Of the British Empire in the East."
JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary.

AISING WATER discovered by the FOUN-
TAIN PUMPS, which roll the water upwards, without
either friction or faltering, therefore can never be surpassed ; conse-
otently this is Om most important discovery ever made tor the pre-
servation of life and property either at Sea or on Land.

V ORKS by Dr. ROBERTSON, of BUXTON.
T HEALTII OF TOWNS; the Great Sanatory Questions,
in their several bearings and dependencies, in the Fourth Edition of
Dr. ROBERTSON'S TREATISE on DIET and REGIMEN, now
completing in Six Parts.

Just published, Part V. (CLIMATE, CLOTHING, BATHING,
&c.), price 2s. Also Tol. 1. (DIETETICS), post Svo., pp. 355, price
tis. cloth.

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That the climatorial changes observed, as antecedents
to this recent excess of mortality in the metropolis, have
been an excess of humidity in the air, and rapid and
extreme changes of temperature; tied that such exces-
sive humidity has been the chief observed antecedent to
former visitations of influenza.
That the inmates of a model lodging-house, and the
prisoners in the chief prisons in the metropolis, where
the drainage, cleansing, dryness, ventilation, and
warmth, are better than ordinary, have been distin-
guished by proportionate immunity from typhus, in-
fluenza, and other epidemic diseases affording an exem-
plication of the freedom from such disease, which would
probably follow the extension of similar sanitary ar-
rangements.

That in the lower, the ill-drained, and the worst
cleansed districts, in the close streets, courts, and alleys,
chiefly occupied by the poorer population, typhus, and
other epidemics are now prevalent, with an increasing
frequency and intensity, constituting, in our opinion,
the state of evil contemplated by the Contagious Disease
Preventive Act, which authorises the appointment of
local boards of health, with powers for cleansing and
the adoption of other preventive measures.
That :seeing the advantages derived from the visits
and exertions of such boards in 1832 and the probable
length of time which must elapse before new and com-
bined works of drainage, cleansing, and water supply
could be executed, we recommend that beards of health
should be immediately constituted with a view to carryout, more especially in the districts where the visita-
tions of epidemics have, of late, been most severe, such
measures as may be practicable, as well for checking
the progress of typhus and other prevalent maladies as
for making preparation against the probable invasion of
Asiatic cholera.

•
EAST INDIA HOUSE, FEB. 23, 1848.
WHEREAS, in pursuance of the By-Law of
the EAST INDIA COMPANY, cap. 7, sec. 6, it is or-
dained—
" That a List shall be published thirty days before the Annual
Zleetion of Directors, containing the names of such Proprietors
qualitled agreeable to law as shall signify in writing to the Secretary
their dosirooof becoming Candidates for the Direction thirty-two days
before such Annual Election."
The Court of Directors of the said Company do hereby give notice,
uk order that the Proprietors may conform to the said By-Law, that
the ensuing ELECTION of SIX DIRECTORS of the East India
company for four years is appointed for WEDNESPAY, the 12th of
hext, and that such list will be published thirty days before
the said Election, as the above-mentioned By-Law directs.
JAMES C. 3IELYILL, Secretary.

Having observed the excessive mortality in the
northern districts and certain of the suburbs, as com-
pared with the central portions of the metropolis, we
directed our attention to their sanitary condition, and
we find—

WHEREAS by a DECREE of the HIGH
COURT of CHANCERY, made in two causes of
:C,OLLyER v. ASHBURNER," earl "COLLIER v. ASH-
'''I,RNER," it is referred to Sir GIFFIN Witsos, one of the Masters
of the Court, to inquire who are the persons designated in the Will
of Robert Pounds, late of 15, High-street, Camden town, in the
county of Middlesex, Esq., (who died on the 24th April, 1846), as
"James Pounds, Robert Walker Pounds, and John Pounds, sons of
araes Pounds, formerly of Philadelphia, in North America ;" and
hether they arc respectively living or dead, and if living where
they rfsPectively reside, and if dead who are their legal, personal
representatives. Tkeretbre the persons so designated, if living, or if
!iead their legal, personal representatives, are forthwith to come in
before the said Master at his chambers, in tielltilaMptoll-buildings, is
'l,e county of Middlesex, and e.stablisk their claims to be the persons
Above described as the sons of the said James Pounds, in order that
they:r may not be excluded the benefit of the said decree. The said
'Tames Pounds, the father, resided at No. C, Parker-street, Philadel-
Dhia, in the State of Pennsylvania, North America, and died on the
alst
~, May, 1842, leaving his sons, the said James ltobert Pounds, a
Vacksmith (in the will called James Pounds), the said Robert Walker
Founds, and John Pounds, a printer, him surviving.
James Robert Pounds and John Pounds are, it is believed, residing
in Philadelphia. Robert Walker Pounds in the year 1842 was serv-
ing an apprenticeship to a tin-plate worker, in Philadelphia, and left
that place in the early part of the year 1844. In the month of
January, 1845, he was in the employment of Mr Illaise Rossetti, of
29, Drury-lane, London, coachmaker, and was afterwards employed
In the capacity of porter at a store or warehouse in Liverpool, where
he was living in the month of June, 1845. In the month of August
In the same year he went on hoard the " DANIEL WEBSTER "
(supposed to have been bound for Philadelphia), and nothing has since
been heard of him.
Dated this 231 day of February, 1848.

That large tracts of suburban land, namely, the Poplar
Marsh, the I,le of Dogs, the Essex marshes, and the
Greenwich and Plumstead marshes are in e7ccedingly
bad condition; and that much of the uplands in the 011,,,r
suburbs consist of stiff, undrained clay land, exten-
sively charged with moisture.
That theca. marsh and undrained lands are exces-
sively intersected with open, ill. kept, and stagnant
ditches.

That, these being no systematic land drainage, and
no proper pre-appointed system for the drainage of hind
intended to be used for the sites of houses, or of new
suburban dwellings, when new dwellings are constructed
a greAt part of the drainage from the suburban houses
is carried into these open stagnant ditches.

Mr. CLARKSON objected in limine to the Court's juris-
diction, inasmuch as Mr. Field was, and had acted as a
partner with Mr. Nelson in these railway speculations,
and not as a broker, and he contended that the produc-
tion of the books and the investigation applied for
would be likely to prejudice the case before the only
tribunal to which it could properly be referred. Ile
thought it would be infinitely more beneficial to
refer the matter to arbitration, and he considered
the City Solicitor, to whose inspection every
book and every document should be submitted, as one of
the best qualified persons to decide upon its merits. He
was prepared to go at length into all the transactions in
which the two gentlemen had been concerned, but he
thought that a great deal of trouble and unnecessary
exposure would be avoided by the course he suggested.
Mr. JAMES declined any course but the direct interfe-
rence of the Court in an affair wholly within their juris-
diction and authority. The object of the defendant in
seeking to be considered a partner, was to get rid of the
serious liabilities which he had incurred by the myste-
rious sale of shares, in the disposal of which he had
evidently acted without due sanction, and in refusing to
give regular accounts of which, he had violated the rules
laid down by the Court for the prevention of frauds. The
Learned Counsel confined his charge to the mere trans-
action of the 4th of September, 1645, and only wanted
the name of the party to whom the shares had been sold.
Mr. Nelson had oddly enough charged commission upon
the sales of the shares, and then appeared, when required
to give the name of his principol, not in the character of
a broker, but in that of a partner and a principal.
Mr. CLARKSON said the fact was that Mr. Field had
been engaged in the transaction about these shares of
himself, without any participation as to the firm with
which he was connected ; that Mr. Nelson, who had
been concerned in boundless speculations of the
kind, became so involved in liabilities for the pur-
chase of them, that the firm whom Mr. Field actually
employed in the transaction, had been obliged to sell
the scrip for what they could get upon the approach
of the panic, and that the petitioner took the opportu-
nity of appealing to the Court of Aldermen, on the
ground of an alleged violation of their rules, in order to
counteract the effect of an application against himself
elsewhere.

That in one of these marshes the proportion of open
ditch is 181 to 450 acres, or one acre of ditch to 24 acres
of land ; stagnating and giving oil' r maLations from the
decomposition of animal as well as vegetable refuse ;
and that in the Surrey district of sewers alone there are
fieoals-erbuedindgitcshuegsnaanntd, oapsernecyketivtienrg-
cnoeuarrsl3e.s,7ocommpilleasinoedf uoi
house-drainage, and as giving off much offensive mois-
ture.

That marsh diseases prevail at times amongst the
agricultural population of the Essex, Plumstead, and other
marshes, and that, after the wind has prevailed for some
time from these ill-drained lands in the direction of
dwelling-houses, marsh diseases aro constantly noticed
among the adjacent population.
That there is no doubt that the mists and humidity
arising from the suburban ill drained land is carried
amidst the habitations of the adjoining districts, and
exercises, at all seasons, a pernicious influence on the
health of the population.
That there are perceptible differences in the amount
of epidemic disease in the agricultural suburban dis-
tricts, according as they are well or ill-drained; and that
where drainage works are properly carried out the
amount of humidity and mist is speedily diminished.
That the excess of moisture on the marsh and ill-
drained land is detrimental to the productive power and
value of the land and to good husbandry.
That the operations for improving the land by drainage
are obstructed by the exceedingly imperfect drainage
arrangements; only some of those arrangements being,
while all of them ought to be, within the general drain-
age jurisdiction of the Commissioners of Sewers.
That powers should bo given to the Commissioners of
Sowers enabling them to cover in all open ditches, to
drain roads, and to substitute for ditches tubular drains,
in connexion with the general drainage levels.
That, if such drains are properly laid down, and con-
nected with the general drainage works, the quantity of
stagnant surface water will be diminished to a very im-
portant extent; the roads will be kept drier, in conse-
quence of the greater depth of their drainage and the
more rapid discharge of surface water; the lands adja-
cent to the roads will be greatly relieved of surplus
moisture; and valuable outfalls will be formed for the
land drainage, which is now much obstructed by the
state and construction of the open ditches used for the
drainage of roads.

BROCKEDON'S PURE CUMBERLAND
LEAD, for DRAWING PENCILS. The Patentee haying
l°,lght the entire Stock of Crude Black Lead from the Cumberland
)Company, is now ready to supply Pencil Manufacturers with this
nPortant article in a state of perfect purity, tree from grit, and con-
densed by his Patent Process to all degrees of hardness.
29, Devonshire-street, Queen-square.

p ATENT RAMONEUR ASSOCIATION.
(Provisionally Registered.)
COUNTIES of SURREY and KENT.
Capital, 20,000/. in 10,000 Shares of 21. each. Deposit, 11. per Share
on complete registration.
No further call will be made without three months' previous
.2tice• The liabilities of each shareholder limited to the amount
()scribed for.
t,eee PATE
thNT RAMONEUR MACHINE is exclu used in
they ffices of e Right HHI
the
Treasurysiv el ,
the Royal
;Clictiltural Society, the Royal Horticultural Society ; the Royal
wed b&c. The objects of the promoters arc ap-
e Most Noble the Marquis of NORTHAMPTON, President of the
Royal Society.
-▪
Right Hon. Earl DE GREY, K.G., President of the Royal It-
lititute of British Architects.
ir,IIODERICK I. MURCHISON, President of the Bridals Associa-
."
~..9* for the Advancement of Science.
Ehe
-s.ght Rev. the Lord Bishop The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop
tr. Norwich of Lichfield
6 tight Hen. the Earl of Lei- The Most Noble the Marquis of
Thecester Bristol
Lard Rendlesham, M.P. The Hon. and Rev. Thomas It.
`ea Right Rev. the Lord Bishop Keppel
et Gloucester and Bristol The Hen. Fred. Ilyng
1,!. 'n on. and Rev. Edward $. The Rev. Sir Thomas Gray Cal-
ePpel lusts, Bart.
sh,,-s
'.e Very Rev. the Dean of West- Sir William Foster, Bart.
~..e
thinster, Dr. Bnekland Sir Robert Harland, Bart.
aa Venerable Archdeacon Shir- Sir Francis Darwin
ley
The Norwich Union Fire Moe
air John P. Boileau, Bart. The Suffolk Fire Office
air
Richard Paul Joddrell, Bart. The District Fire Office of Bir-
'r• Outrun, F.R.S., F.G.S., In-' mingham
v,,al?ector of Naval Hospitals The Norwich Equitable Insurance
81st Grace
Hon. Earl Fitehardinge i Office
b i'litirace the Duke of Beaufort The Nottinghamshire and Der y-
)11,..,P W. B. Miles, Esq., M.P, I shire Fire Office
--eut Hen. F. H. F. Berkeley, The West of England Fire Office,
sr, lte. &c.
Esq., M.P.
tulle object of this A.ssociation is totally to abolish the use of
:2bing boys, who, notwithstanding the penalties to which those
• ,loYing them are sulsjeoted by the 3d and 4th Yictoria, cap. 85,
I,: continually resorted to. This breach of the law is acquiesced in
~t large portion of the public, from a conviction of the utter im-
thy.'l,lllty in innumerable cases of cleanshsg a chimney or flue with
or; d inuchine. For the laudable purpose of furthering the objects
,11 tbelaw by avoiding all necessity for its infringement, the inge-
-14.„d effective Ramoneur machine has been invented. This
by mien consists of four brushes forming a square head, which
th„7cans ef elastic springs contracts or expands, according to
m.ea' et,lall or extended space In which the machine moves, thereby
rod, ing an even pressure on all four sides ef a chimney. The
attached to this head or brush are supplied at Intervals with
sZci'
m_c spring joints, capable of turning even a right angle
la% "ue whole is surmonated with a doable revolving ball, having
Past :41Yersal spring joint, which leads the brush with certainty
PorfeeerY angle, and into every corner, cleansing its route most
by th,„").,,• he capabilities of this machine are best demonstrated
.act,T that It is exclusively used to the Government and
aihntr„s" Alibi's offices, while the patronage bestowed by a large
of
, the nobility and gentry in continuing their annual ml-
- the patentees evidences their sense of its superiority, as well
'La Philanthropic views of the projectors. Detailed prospectuses
0914 ebtained, and a working model of the machine seen, at the
di,,,,ae_of the solicitor, F, Dolman, Esq., 39, Jermyn-street, st,
h at Messrs. Barry and Co.'s, brokers, 7, Birchin-lane ;at
Mi tt icath, Esq.'s, Nag's Head-court, Gracechurch-street ; and at the
lipig?.P al office, 1, Wellington-street, Lodon-bridge, Borough, where
CatiOna fog shares may be addressed.

Mr. WAKLEY, M.P., then made an eloquent and
powerful speech on the financial policy of the Govern-
ment, and at the conclusion of his address,
On the motion of Mr. MABBS, it was unanimously
resolved—" That however unjust and odious the window-
tax may be, it is the opinion of this meeting that a de-
termined effort should be made to oppose the imposition
of any addition to the income-tax—that as reduction of
expenditure must precede any diminution of taxation,
this meeting earnestly requests the Members for the
borough to insist upon a searching inquiry into the
present enormous expenditure of the Government, for
the purpose of making a very considerable reduction
therein, and to strenuously resist the voting of any sup-
plies until such a thorough investigation has been made."
It was also resolved to call a public meeting of the
inhabitants of the borough on Friday evening, to
strengthen the hands of its representative in opposing
the budget.
Thanks were voted to the Chairman, on the motion of
Mr. WAKLEY and Mr. C. COCHRANE; and the compli•
ment having been acknowledged by that Gentleman, the
meeting broke up.

After arguments of considerable length from both of
the Learned Gentlemen engag.d, the Court decided to
hear evidence upon the transaction referred to as having
taken place in the case of the sale of the 670 shares on
the 4th of September, that transaction aloae, without
any reference to partnership appearing to come within
the cognizance of the Court of Alderman.

That in connexion with the general drainage works,
under the direction of the commissioners of sewers,
facilities should be given to owners and occupiers for
the drainage of the lands adjacent to the suburban dis-
tricts by advances on loan, repayable by instalments,
with the advantage of the general survey, and the aid of
the superintendence of the officers of the commission.
That where land continues in a state of mash in-
jurious to the health of the population compulsory
powers of drainage should be given and exercied in re.
lation to it. •!4"-
That, however perfect the drainage of the interior of
the urban districts may be, the beneficial effects on the
population must be greatly diminished unless the drain-
age of the suburban land be put in proper relation
with it.
All which we humbly certify to your Majesty.
ROBERT GROSVENOR.
EDWIN CHADWICK.
T. SOUTHWOOD SMITH.
RICHARD OWEN.
RICHARD LAMBERT JONES.
Gwydyr House, Whitehall, Feb. 19.

Mr. Nelson was then called and examined, and he dis-
tinctly proved the allegations in the petition with regard
to the sale of the particular date referred to, and stated
that his repeated applications for the name of the pur-
chaser of the shares had been ineffectual.:
The books of the defendant were called for and pro-
duced, and examined, and there was no entry of the
name of the purchaser or of the seller of the shares, as
required by the regulations of the Court of Aldermen.
Mr. CLARKSON admitted that his client had not com-
plied with the regulations, but declared that so far from
having entertained a thought of fraudulent dealing, he
had been a most serious loser by the unfortunate con-
nexion he had formed in these share speculations, which
so many had reason to deplore.
The court was then cleared, and the Aldermen re-
mained some time in consultation.

MATCH AGAINST THE CALEDONIAN RAILWAY.-
In a cottage not very far from the well-known village
of Ecclefechan, which can boast of more bridges than
even the metropolis itself, there wons a gudewife who is
now in her 92d or 93d year, and is able, notwithstanding,
to read without the aid of spectacles, and use her legs
with more vigour than many who are her juniors by a
couple of scores of years. From her cottage abe com-
mands a view of the Caledonian Railway for nearly five
miles, and often amuses herself with watching the trains
careering along, speculating on the unto changes
which lave taken place since the days of her girlhood.
While discussing these matters the other day she laid a
bet of a crown piece with her son that she would start
from her house, which is three-quarters of a mile from
the line of railway, as soon as the mail train came in
sight, and reach an accommodation bridge which
it crosses before the train came up, The proposal
agreed to, she kilted up her petticoats as soon as the
locomotive showed its fiery nose, and away she ran, three-
fourths of a mile against four and three-quarters ; but
for the one a 7ery elderly pair of legs, for the other the
steam steed rushing along with more than the velocity
of the race-horse. For once, however, even steam was
too slow, and, with wind in very fair order, the nonage-
narian gained the bridge, ran below and back again, ere
the ponderous train whizzed above the arch. During
the race she met a younger female acquaintance, who
wished to speak to her. " I hue nae time the noo—eh,
eh—l'm riunin' a race wi' the train, ye see—eh, eh—
unless—eh, eh—ye keep up wi' me." This her friend
attempted to do, but soon found she had bellows to mend,
and was forced to give in. The winner went home
triumphantly, pocketed the stakes with great gusto, and
was so little the worse of her exertions that she offered
to run the same distance against her son, who, after the
specimen he had just had of his mother's powers in the
racing line, very prudently declined the proposal. There
is evidently no great need of sanitary reform among the
braes of Annandale.—Dumfries Courier.

When the doors were re-opened,
The RECORDER informed the parties that Mr. Field,
jun., had committed, in the judgment of the Court, an
infraction of the law, in not having registered in his
books the names of the purchaser and seller, and that if
ho required to be heard on the question, whether his
bond should be put in force against him, the Court
would appoint an early day for hearing him.
Mr. CLARKSON intimated, that such was the anxious
wish of his client, and next Tuesday week was appointed
for the decision.

CAUTION TO SUOPIEEPERS.—The public had better
be on their guard, as two respectably-dressed and rather
interesting young females are in the habit of calling on
silk mercers and drapers, generally in the dusk of the
evening, turning over a variety of goods, and causing
great confusion. This they often manage especially if
the salesman be inexperienced. A favourite plan s to i
ask for gentlemen's silk handkerchiefs, and try to get as
the pretence
i
many pieces on the eounter as possible, on
of looking for a particular make. When this s managed,
they open a piece fully out over the others, as if for the
purpose of seeing the size; they then, if not too narrowly
watched, manage to sly a piece or two under their
shawls as a prize for their ingenuity.—Scotch Reformers
Gazette.
THE EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW AND NORTH
BRITIBII itAILWAYS.—We understand that an arrange-
ment has been entered into between these companies
to work the traffic of both lines, so far as the station
at the North Bridge is concerned, under one manage-
ment. This arrangement is made on the score of
economy t and we believe the saving thereby effected
will amount to no inconsiderable item.—Scotsman.
We have great pleasure in announcing that Mr.
Colson, of Lincoln's Inn, has been appointed by Sir G.
Grey to succeed Mr. Bethune as Parliamentary counsel
to the Home-office, his duty being to prepare the Bills
originating with any department of the Government, and
revising or reporting upon any Bills brought before Par-
liament, and referred to him by the Secretary of State.
Mr. Bethune, Mr. Colson's predecessor, proceeds imme-
diately to India, where he will fill the place formerly
occupied by 111 r, Macaulay.

A R R I A G E.
litlApoee._°he half the world are desolately single, and the other
:ease J% them married, questionably contented. Diffidence, or a
11t of right determine the former, and miscalculata hopes ern-
or 4 `4e latter. The solitary one may shield himself under the plea
teelegNstioll and worldly prudence, and the indissoluble, regret un-
r„l.lll'4 hurry • but the truth lies deeper. Physical incapacity,
d e),-,.,7_,en health' are the great hindrances to domestic happiness
usteer,—`. Content'. The dowry should net be the only marriage set-
-111 the Honour and Justice defined that health should form au item
liegie„c°olPact ; it alone dignifies the alliance. Blighted hopes or
thee,— woand more sorely than poverty or misfortune. Reader, if
ktm( hrniises concern you, procure Dr. CULYERWELL'S little
eAch ' On Single and Married Life, " pub. in 2 vols., Is.
reflpe4'-'Y bolt, in stamps, Is. 6d. each). Let no imaginatively
oy `4r Prudish feeling deter you, by their titles, nor be kludered
,het t"„,nterpretation of their supposed contents, from obtaining
they the They are not intended certainly for mere idle cariosity, but
the
closet,,,, perusal of those mere deeply interested, to whom
;" ab"lered as antagonistic to the empyrical trash put forth on
bale
'subjects by anqualided authors, which alone or
ettae a disgrace' to the age. Furthermore, two other
b> guputationsclaim your attention (same price Is. each,
4veld,,s‘ IL 6d.) called " What to Eat, Drink, and
~
vitrnPhietealna " How to be Happy." They are not merely
freer, , but equal in quantity a library volume, ner are they the
life,,,,Centeral serthblings of the hour, but the study of the author's
at,„,rl'ance°,.," his present existence, health, and position to this oh-
°lald be' done` the maxims he would inculcate 0 do unto others as he
on theunto—to live after nature's laws—and to keep always
l',,,berwoa, "„111Y side of the way." The above works may be bad of
"22 Co 430 Paternoster-row • Carvalho, 147, Fleet•street ; Mann,
:Ise) Nelson, 457, West Strand ; or direct (by post or other-
itftiagi.''...tihe anther (who may be conferred with personally,
—vvbell -.4egg; 6YeaLl2l3), 10, Argyll-place regent-street; and all

CONTEMPLATED RETIREMENT OP MR. MACREADY
PROM THE STAGE.—On Friday night, Mr. Macready took
his benefit at the Theatre Royal, Newcastle-on-Tyne. At
the conclusion of the comedy, Mr. Macready was called
in front of the curtain, and on making his appearance
was hailed with loud cheers,- which were again and
again repeated. On silence being gained, Mr. Mac-
ready, who was labouring under deep emotion, thanked
the audience very sincerely for their kind expression
of regard to him. He said he looked upon Newcastle
as an old home: his visits to it wero anticipated with
pleasure, and he left it with regret. It was amongst
the first to encourage his juvenile efforts, and their
kindness he had never forgot. The next visit
ho should pay them, would, in all probability,
bo his last, he would then have to say the word
" Farewell," a word always painful to utter, but to
him on that occasion doubly so. He proposed retiring
from the stage at an early day, not because ho felt ago
creeping upon him, or his faculties or energies im-
paired, but because of the present deplorable condition
of our national drams. Wishing them all health and
prosperity, he now for a season bade them adieu.
The Overland Mail via Marseilles for India, Egypt,
and the Mediterranean, will be dispatched from the
General Post-office, St. Martin's-le-Grand, this owing,
the 24U WOW.

FOUR MEN SMOTHERED.—The sloop Mary, from
Shieldaig, of Applecross, with a crew of four, while at
anchor in the harbour of Lochinver, was boarded on
Sunday, the 13th inst., by two sailors from a vessel
lying alongside the quay there, who, on looking into the
forecastle, were horrified to observe one man dead. Oa
farther inquiry it was found that the whole crew, con-
sisting of other three persons, were dead. After a mi-
nute investigation of the circumstances, it was satisfac-
torily ascertained that the cause of their death was suf-
focation from smoke. They bad been dead three days
Wore they were dilmerel—lioss-shire Advertiser.