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ADVERTISEMENTS INSERTED in ALL THE THitEE PAPERS, Morning, Noon, and Night, thereby insuring a TOWN and COUNTRY CIRCULATIOIr, al ONE CHARGE.

NATIONAL ANTI-CORN-LAW LEAGUE.
COUNCIL OF THE LEAGUE beg to
11 announce that t e next Meeting in COVENT-GARDEN
THEATRE, will take place on WED:rEsDar EVENING, the
20th instant.
The Right Don. the EARL of RADNOR will take the Chair pre-
cisely at Seven o'clock.
Richard Cobden, Esq., M.P., Mr. Charles Lattimore, of Whethamp-
stead, Hertfordshire, and other gentlemen, will address the meeting.
Tickets of admission may be had on application at the Offices of the
League, 67, Fleet-street, from eleven to fon?, o'clock on Monday and
Tuesday.
Registered Members admitted as heretofore.—Doors to be opened
at Dalf-past Six o'clock.

BURGESS' ESSENCE of ANCHOVIES
Warehouse, 107, STRAND, corner of the Savoy-steps, London.

JOHN BURGESS and SON, being apprised of the numerous en-
deavours made by many persons to impose a spurious article for their
make, feel it incumbent on them to request the attention of the
public, in purchasing what they conceive to be the original to ob-
serve the Name and Address correspond with the above. The gene-
ral appearance of the spurious descriptions will deceive the un-
guarded ; and, for their detection, J. B. and Son, submit-the following
cautions:—Some are in appearance at first sight, " the,genuine," but
without name or address ; some " Burgess's Essence of Anchovies,"
and others " Burgiss's ;" and many more without address. John
Burgess and Son, having been many years honoured with such dis-
tinguished approbation,,ol every sentiment of respect towards the
public, and earnestly solicit them to inspect the labels previous to
purchasing what they conceive to be of their make, which they hope
will prevent many disappointments.
BURGESS' NEW SAUCE, for general purposes, having given such
great satisfaction, continues to be prepared by them, and is recom-
mended as a most useful and convenient sauce ; will keep good in all
climates.

ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
The various ARTIFICIAL LIGHTS in Ancient and Modern
Use are familiarly explained by Dr. Ryan, at Two o'clock daily ,
illustrated by the LAMP of the ANCIENTS, the FIRT IMPROVE-
MENT by Aiio AND, the BUDE, the DRUMMOND, the BOCCIUS,
the PELLETAN, the CAMPHINE LIGHTS, New FRENCH
LAMPS, BEALE'S LAMPS, &c., &c. The First Lecture, by Pro-
fessor Bacithoffner, Ph. D. M.A., is at a Quarter-past Three o'clock.
ARMSTRONG'S HYDRO-ELECTRIC MACHINE at Three o'clock
and at Eight in the Evenings. NEW DISSOLVING VIEWS,
DIVER and DIVING BELL, Among the recent Deposits is the
HEAD of a MUMMY from THEBES, very remarkable.
Ad:nission, Is.; Schools, Half-price.

Warehouse, 107, STRAND, corner of the Savoy-steps, London,

The Original Fish-sauce Warehouse.

IirjONDON, EDINBURGH, and DUBLIN
LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY,
3, Charlotte-row, Maasion-house, and:lB, Chancery-lane, London.

KENNETT KINGSFOAD, Esq., Chairman.
BENJAMIN IFILL, Esq.. Deputy Chairman.
Alexander Anderson, Esq. James Hartley, Esq.
Johu Atkins, Esq. John M'Guflle, Esq.
James Bidden, Esq. John Maclean Lee, Esq.
Captain F. Brandreth. J. Marmaduke Ilosseter, Esq.

• TO THE HOLDERS OF MEXICAN BONDS.
NOTICE is hereby given that the undersigned
are prepared to PAY the remaining half of the COUPON for
October, 1843. Lists, &c., to be had, as usual, on application.
Coupons received every Mcnday, Wednesday, or Friday.
F. DE LIZARD' AND CO.,
Finance Agents to the Mexican Government.

AUDITORS.
Canaan, Esq. I Robert E. Alison, Esq.
Mantoet. ADVlSER—'Marshall Hall, M.D., F.R.S., L. anti R.
SacarrAar--John Emerson, EF.9.
Soucrrons--Messrs. Palmer, France, and Palmer.
_ .

26, Austin Friars.

BY AUTIIORITY of his MAJESTY the
EMPEROR of AUSTRIA.
•
Will take place irrevocably, the DISTRIBUTION ofNINIC bearitithl
ESTATES of a value from 1,480,054 Francs, and MONEY PRIZES
trom 150,000 Francs down to 125 Francs of Common Bonds, and in
he Special Distribution of the Red Bonds 32,509 gains will be obtained,
and each Red Bond must gain a higher or lower amount. Price of a
Common Bond, 11. ; a Red Bond, 21. ; for 51. Five Common Bonds and
one Red Bond ; for 10/. Eleven Common Bonds and Two Red ; for
201. Twenty-three Common Bonds and Three Red.
Apply, without delay, to Messrs. JACOBS and Co., Bankers, Frank-
fort-on-the-Maine ; or to save Postages, Letters may be addressed:to
Mr. Jacobs, 34, Wellclose-square.

THIS IS TUN ONLY COMPANY who are bound by their deed
of constitution not to dispute any policy, unless they can prove that
It was obtained by fraudulent misrepresentation ; the great aim and
object having been to render Life Policies COMPLETE BECITEI-
TIES and NEGOTIABLE DOCUMENTS, which shall owe their
value to the certainty of the contracts upon which they are founded,
and be independent of the liberality or caprice of those who shall be
in the management of the affairs of the Company when the claims
arise ; and fir this purpose the Company have, by a clause in their
deed of constitution, unhesitatingly deprived themselves of the
power of objecting to any policy, unless they undertake to prove that
It was obtained from them by fraudulent misrepresentation. The
regulations common to all other Life Companies, which make the
validity of assurance contracts dependent upon the perfeot correct-
aces of the many statements required from a proposer for a Life
Policy, and which have give' rise to almost all the questions which
have been argued in the Courts, and to many extra Judicial com-
promises, are thus entirely abrogated ; and nothing but fraud, proved
to have been committed against them, can vitiate a pulley granted by
this Company.
THIS IS THE ONLY COMPANY from whom the assured oa the
mutual principle, receive the whole of the mutual accumulations,
and also a guarantee from the Shareholders for the sums assured.
THIS IS THE ONLY COMPANY who bind themselves to pay
the sums in the policies, although the debts for which they were
effected shall have been liquidated before the claims arise. The
Company considering it only just towards the assured that where
premiums have been paid for assuring a given amount, that amount
should be paid ; and they undertake to do so without reference to
the state of the accounting between the assured and his debtor.
THIS IS ALMOST THE ONLY COMPANY who grant la favour
of creditors whole world policies, whereby the debt LS secured,
although the debtor should go beyond the limits of Europe.
The premiums calculated according to the Carlisle Tables, are
lower than usual upon young lives, where participation in the melts
Is not required ; and for short assurances, which, at the option of the
assured, may be confirmed for life, the rates are as low as a due re-
gard to complete security will permit.

PARISH of SAINT GEORGE, HANOVER-
SQUARE.
To Butchers, Cheesemongers, Cornchandlers, Gr•cers, 3iilkmon,
Potatoc-dealers, Oil and Tallowchandlers, Colourmen, and Collin-

makers,

Such Persons as are willing to CONTRACT with the GOVER-
NORS and DIRECTORS of the POOR of the said PARISH for
SUPPLYING the WORKHOUSE for Six Months, from the 25th day
of March to the 29th day of September, 1844, may deliver in their
scaled Proposals at the Board-room, in Mount-street, on or before
half-past nine o'clock on WEDNESDAY, the 20th day of March next.
Persons tendering are desired to be in attendance, and to take
notice that all offers must be made upon, and strictly in accordance
with, the printed form of tender, which may be obtained on applica-
tion to the Master of the Workhouse, in Mount-street, as well as
any further particulars.—By order, T. B. CHAPPELL, Clerk.

F. X T E N SI V E SAL ].
The SPLENDID STOCK of FANCY JEWELLERY,
GOLD and SILVER WATCHES, SILVER PLATED GOODS,
TORTOISESHELL WORKBOXES, and TEA CADDIES, and a
great variety of other Fancy Articles, are sow SELLING OFF, at a
heavy sacrifice, by Messrs. HORTON' and CO., of 36, Ludgate-
street, opposite Messrs. Evcrington and Co.'s, in consequence of Mr.
Horton retiring from the retail business.
It is seldom the public have an opportunity like the present of pur-
chasing, at little more than one-half to two-thirds the usual charge,
the variety of genuine articles now offered for sale—comprising Gen-
tlemen's and Ladies' Gold and Silver Watches, of workmanship the
first class of excellence, Gold Neck and Guard Chains, Seals and
Keys, Fancy and Mourning Brooches, Rings, Pins, and Ear-rings,
Pencil Cases, Silver Card Cases, Scent and Snuff Boxes ; also Silver
Plated Tea and. Coffee Sets, Candlesticks, Cruet Frames, Dish Covers.
Corner Dishes, Waiters, Ice Pails, Butter Coolers, Bread Baskets,
&c., all warranted the best Sheffield make ; Table and Dessert Forks
and Spoons, Soup Ladles, Grape Scissors, Asparagus Tongs, Nnt-
cracks, Dessert Knives and Forks in Case, Jet Necklaces, aid nu-
merous other Fancy Articles, all at a considerable sacrifice.

WATCHES, by WEBSTER and SON, Chro-
nometer Makers to the Lords of the Admiralty, established

134 years.
WEBSTER and SON have REMOVED to 74, CORNIIILL,
where the advantages of the premises will enable them to bring the
workmen under their immediate inspection in the manufacturing
department. An extensive Stock, finished with the utmost care,
and at lower prices, considering the quality, than can elsewhere be
obtained, consisting of Compensated Duplex and Lover Watches,
adjusted to the variations of temperature, on the principle of their
Chronometers, to which Government awarded the prizes three years
in succession ; the Detached Lever and Horizontal Watches for
Ladles, of the smallest and most elegant patterns ; Marine and
Pocket Chronometers, with long and accurate rates ; also a large se-
lection of Second-hand Chronometers and Watches, by the most
eminent makers, at half their original cost. Superior workmen are
employed en the premises in the repairing department, both for
watches and clocks. Foreign work of every description carefully
repaired by workmen engaged expressly for the purpose. Watches
taken in exchange. rest letters will meet with immediate attention.
W. and Son's publication, with the Equation of Time for 1844,
will be sent, post free, on the receipt of two stamps.

SILVER SUPERSEDED, and those corrosive
and injurious metals called Nickel and German Silver sup-
planted by the introduction of a new and perfectly matchless ALBATA
PLATE.
C. WATSON, 41 and 42, BARBICAN, and 16, NORTON:IOGL-
GATE, aided by a person of science in the amalgamation of metals,
has succeeded in bringing to public notice the most beautiful article
ever yet offered ; possessing all the richness of Silver in appearance
—with all its durability and hardness—with its perfect sweetness in
use—undergoing, as it does, a chemical process, by which all that is
nauseous in mixed metals is entirely extracted--resisting all acids—
may be cleaned as silver, and is manufactured into every article for
the Table and Sideboard. _ .

Fiddle. Threaded. King's.
Table Spoons and Forks, per doz• • 16s. 6d. • . 3es. Od. •• 358. Od.
Dessert ditto, per doz.• • ..... 12s. 6d. .. 255. Od. •• 28s. Od
Tea Spoons, per doz. •.. . ss. Gd. 12s. 6d. • • 13s. 6€l
Sugar Tongs, each . Is. 3d. 3s. Od. •• 3s. Gd
Salt and Mustard Spoons, each .... 6s. Od. • • 13s. 6d. • • 13s. 6d

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" He who in plersure's downy arms
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El 4P- PRE S E RVA TION : a Popular Essay on
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Observations on Marriage, and on the Anatomy, Physiology, and
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By SAMUEL LAMERT, Consulting Surgeon,
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the University of Edinburgh, Honorary Member of the London
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PROVIDENT LIFE OFFICE,- 50, REGENT-
STREET, FEL 15, 1844.

REAT BRITAIN. MUTUAL LIFE AS-
`VIgURANCE SOCIETY,
14, WARTERLOO-PLACE, LONDON.
THE CHISHOLM, Chairman.
WILLIAM MORLEY, Esq., Deputy-Chairman.
. PECULIAR ADVANTAGES OF THIS INSTITUTION.
Credit given for half the amount of the first five Annual Premiums,
by which means Assurances may be effected with the least possible
present outlay, and after payment of the arrears, the Policy-holder
will become entitled to participate In the entire profit of this Institu-
tion, precisely in the same manner as if he had paid the whole amount
of his premiums in advance, in the usual way.
Thus, for example—a person in the twenty-fifth year of his age,
instead of paying 21. 6s. per annum for an Assurance of 1001., would
be, required to pay IL 3s. only during the first five years, when, on
payment of the arrears of Premium, amounting to 51. 155., his share
of the Profits would be such as to reduce his future Annual Pre-
miums to very little more than the half Premium of 1/. 3s. originally
paid by him. The Great Britain is the only Mutual Assurance
t.inciety in which this very great accommodation is given to the As-
sured.
Credit allowed for the whole of the first five Annual Premiums, on
satisfactory security being given for the payment of the same at the
expiration of five years.
All the profits of the Institution divided annually among the Policy-
holders who shall have paid five Annual Premiums.
Fall particulars are detailed in the Prospectus, which, with every
requisite information, may be obtained by application to
A. R. IRVINE, Managing Director.

BONUSES DECLARED, 529,3061. I7s. 7d.
Notice is hereby given, that all persons who hpld Policies In this
Office, bearing date prior to the year 1834, may receive the present
value of the Bonuses which have been added to their Policies, upon
application at the Head Office, or to the Agents through whom the
Policies were issued.

NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR
ANCE SOCIETY,
26, CORNIIII.L, LONDON., -
Capital .£500,000.
Empowered by Act of Parliament.
The many novel and varied advantages bestovied by this Institu-
tion, both in Its life assurance and deferred annnitydepartments, par-
ticularly the power to borrow two-thirds of premiums without ex-
pense or forfeiture—the great reduction of rata en short policies—
the option of selecting benefits and converting, policies so as best is
stilt the interest sr necessity of the policy-holdet during life, as well
as to afford the full benefit to his family at death, and annual division
of profits, have already been so well appreciated by the public, that
the Society's great success and growing prosperity enabled the Di-
rectors, at their Oeueral Meeting in ➢lay last, to add to each policy
en the profit scale a bonus averaging fifty-five per cent. on the
amount already invested ; and this bonus, according to as equitable
scale, may either be paid in cash, or applied in reduction sf nature
premiums.

EXAMPLES.

Entry. Policy.
ey Ago. Sum. Annual Bonus Cash Prem.
s Prem. Added. Bonus. Redneed. NATIONAL MERCANTILE LIFE ASSUR-
s.d X s. s. d. s. d. (E
~ ANCH SOCIETT,
sta blis Arthed in 1837.)har-street, West, London-bridge.
18371 39 59 1,000 67 8 4 132 14 58 19 9 Sl9 4 DIRECTORS.
1838 ll4 56' 3,000 175 lb 0 296 9 7 123 0 6 16 9 7 CHAIRMAN--Robert Currey, I'4q.

Another Bonus will be declared in the preser►t year.
DEFERRED ANNITITIDS.

The best and most varied provision for after-Bfe hitherto offered—
every 21. 12s. per annum, paid from the age of twenty, will, at sixty-
five, give the policy-holder the choice of an annuity of 471. 16s. id.,
or 34W. 1 le. cash, or policy at death of 4661. -,Aintilar advantages at
fifty, fifty-live, and sixty, through an incredited Mutual payment—
two-thirds payments lent at any time, and two`-thirds returned to re-
presentatives in eases of premature death.
F- FERGUSON CAMROUX. gee.

GrRIAT SOUTHERN and D'ESIERN
RAILWAY.
FIRST DIVISION from DUBLIN to CASHEL,
11'!tita ARANCH to ATHY and CARLOW.
Length, 123 Statute Miles.
Capital, One Million Sterling, in 20,000 Shares at 501. each.
No Shareholder to be liable beyond the amount of his subscription.
Deposit, 21. 10s. per Share.
Future mils not to exceed 21. 10s. per Share, at intervals of not
lees than Three Months, until after the commencement of the works,
the progress of which will regulate the amount of the subsequent calls.
PROYISIONAL COMMITTEE.
PETBR ?URCELL, Esq., Chairman.
The Earl of Devon John Ennis, Esq.
Lord Monteagle Peter Eckersley, Esq.
Edward Divett, Esq., 31 P. R. R. Guinness, Esq.
James Hartley, Esq. Thomas Hutton, Esq.
lidward Can, Esq. Williani Houghton, Esq.
Simeon H. Hardy, Esq. Thomas Mooney, Esq.
Sir Edward Borough, Bart. Edward M'Donnell, Esq.
Sir John Burke, Bart. - James Perry, Esq.
Sir Thomas Butler, Bart. Sir David Roche, Bart., M.P.
Alderman Joseph Boyce. David Henry Sherrard, Esq.
Richard Cane, Esq. Richard Williams, Esq.
George Carr, Esq.
ENGINEER—John Macneill, L.L.D., F.R.S.
SOLlClTORS—Barrington, Son, and Co,,
cDet,ib4l,iict ;ollaendge-grFeleandg.
DUBLIN ate,
Young, and Jackson, London.
grelurrAlT ffi
laialnitinEtts
Taylor,— Esq., Office,
The Bank of Ireland.
ENGLISH BANKERS—GIyn, Halifax, Mills, and Co, 67, Lombard-
street, London; The Manchester and Salford Bank, Manchester;
The Bank of Liverpool, Liverpool.
The traffic which exists between Dublin and the south and south-
western districts of Ireland, fully justifies the construction of a main
trunk line of railway from Dublin to Cashel, with a branch to Athy
and Carlow. From this main trunk the country is most favourable
for branches to Clontnel, Limerick, and Galway, and of being exten-
ded to Cork, as pointed out in the Report of Mr. Macneill.
The country to be traversed is singularly favourable for the con-
struction of a railway, and, with a slight variation, is the line recom-
mended by the Government Commissioners in their Report, present-
ing no difficulties or obstacles of any kind, and requiring but little
cutting or embanking, which enables the Engineer to pledge himself
that the cost will not exceed 1,300,0001. for the entire work, including
stations, carrying establishment, &0.. complete, being at the rate of
11,0001. per mile.
From Mr. Macneill's great professional experience, and from the
succeasful and ecenordical manner in which he has just brought the
Dublin and Drogheda Railway works to a completion within his es-
timate, the Committee has every confidence that the calculations fur-
nished by him for the present work will be found sufficient.. It is
fortunate that the natureof the country through which the line is to
be made is such, that, in the event of the atmospheric principle of
transit being found from experience to be preferable to that of loco-
motive engines, it may be applied to this Railway without any in-
convenience or disadvantage, as, no deeper cuttings or embankments
would be required for the locomotive, than would be prudent or desir-
able for the atmospheric principle.
The traffic is probably not exceeded on any line of equal extent in
the United Kingdom at present unoccupied by a railway, and holds
out very great inducements for the investment of capital. The re-
turns on which the calculation of traffic is founded, are taken from
those published by the Railway Commissioners, and which, by a
subsequent inquiry, are found to be considerably underrated.
Give -a yearly income of . .
From which deduct maintenance and
**king at 40 per cent . . • .

Edward Baker, Esq.
Jasper Capper, Esq.
Thomas Dakeyne, Esq.
Giles Redmayne, Esq.
Janes Spicer, Esq.
Henry Sterry, Esq.

73,900

Leaving a profit of . • £109,000 per ann.
Which, on a capital of One Million, and a loan of £300,000, would
give a dividend of 91 per cent. It is to be observed, that any amount
obtained by loan from Government, thereby lessening the extent of
capital to be called up, must neeessarily be attended by an increase
of disidend to the subscribers.
Application for shares to be made to the Secretary, at the office,
No. 4, College-green, and to Messrs. Richard Williams and Sons,
Dublin ; to Messrs. John Banton and Son. Manchester ; Mr. James
Pearson, Birmingham ; and to Mr. George King, Secretary to the
Chester and Holyhead Railway Company, 62, Moorgate-street,
London.

WEST LONDON RAILWAY.
At a General and Special General Meeting of the Share-
holders of the West London Railway Company, held at the Com-
-pany's offices, 11, Abchurch-lane, in the City of London, on Wed-
nesday, the Gth day of March, 1844, it was unanimously resolved :-
1. That this General and Special General Meeting of the Share-
holders of the West London Railway Company, called and sum-
moned in pursuance of the provisions of the Company's Act of In-
corporation, do resolve that the Directors of the said Comaany shall
proceed in the next session of Parliament to apply for an Act or Acts
of Parliament, authorising the said West London Railway Company
to extend the West London Railway from its present Terminus, at or
the
nn:hr to the.intyuso as f
Kensington
Canal-basin, to, at, or near to Knightsbridge,
Middlesex, by such line and such direction and with
the said Directors shall determine upon and think
most expedient, and that the said Directors shall take all the neces-
sary county
Fiery steps for the purpose.
2. That the Directors shall in the meantime, until such Act or
I
Acts of Parliament be obtained, make such purchases of land and
other property, and enter into such contracts for works and other
purposes, and cause such works, excavations, embankments, and
other things to be carried on and completed, as they shall think !
proper for the purpose of making and completing such extension
railway.
3. That a capital or sum of 129,200/. shall be raised for such ex-
tension, divided into 6,460 shares, of 201. each, to be called " West
London Railway Knightsbridge Extension Shares."
4. That the Directors be authorised, when they shall have ob-
tained Parliamentary power for the purpose, to issue such shares,
and in the meantime to issue such certificates or scrip receipts in
lieu thereof, as they shall think fit.
5. That the said sum of 20/. per share shall be paid as follows,viz. :
a deposit of 21. per share at such time and place as the Directors
shall appoint, and the remaining 18/. per share in calls of such
amount and at such times as the Directors shall from time to time
require. Each call, howevei, not to exceed 3/. per share, and to be
payable at intervals of not less than three calendar months from
each other, and not less than twenty-one days' notice of every such
call to be given by advertisement in, at the least, two London
newspapers.
6. That interest, after the rate of 5/. per cent. per annum, be paid
on such deposits and calls from the respective times ef the same
being paid to the time of the said extension line being opened for
public traffic, such interest to be payable on the sth July and the
sth January in each year.
7, The preference dividends to he payable to the first-class pre-
ference and Thames extension Shareholders shall not be postponed or
prejudicially affected, but shall continue to have the priority assured
to them by the former resolutions of the Proprietary.
8. The Knightsbridge extension Shareholders shall, from the time
of the completion of their extension line, haste (Stibject to the pre-
ference given to the Shareholders referred to in clause 7) a preference
rental dividend of 11. per share, to be payable out of the
profits of the whole line of railway belonging to the Company, as
well original as extended, with priority over the second class pre-
ference and original shares of the Company ; and that, Subject to
such dividends, and to:such preference as aforesaid, any surplus profit
there may be in the current year shall be divided equally amongst
all the Shareholders, whether holders of original, first or second class
preference, or Thames or Knightsbridge extension shares, in propor-
tion to the number of their respective shares, the holder of each ex-
tension share being in the division of such surplus profit entitled to

the sane dividend as the holder of an original share.
9. As the capital proposed to be raised far exceeds the estimated
cost of the site and works of the proposed extension line, and is in-
tended to provide also a fund for the purchase of land, and ether va-
luable property, which the Directors have reason to believe the Com-
pany will be required to buy, and which, if so bought, may be resold
without injury t• the undertaking,
such excess of property, if so pur-
chased, shall, with all convenient speed, be resold, and the proceeds
applied in the purchase and extinction of Knightsbridge extension
shares, in manner mentioned in clause 10, next following; and if the
Company be not required to purchase more land than Ls actually
wanted for the site of the line and terminus, then the surplus capital
arising from calls shall in like manner be applied in the purchase and
extinction of shares in manner after mentioned.
10. When and so often as there shall be, either from the resale of
land and property, or otherwise, as before mentioned, an excess of
capital to the amount of 4,0001. at the least, the Directors shall (hav-
ing previously obtained the consent of a General Meeting of Share-
holders) cause advertisements to be inserted in two London news-
papers, informing the holders of Knightsbridge extension shares that
a sum, to be specified in such advertisement, is applicable to the pur-
chase of Knightsbridge extension shares, and calling on such Share-
holderss to send in tenders of the lowest price at which they may be
disposed to sell their shares, and the Directors shall accept the lowest
tenders, and apply the money mentioned in the advertisement in
the purchase of shares so far as such money will extend, and, from
the time of such purchase, the shares so to be bought shall be extin-
gurepischaudted an
as d
often
available for the purpose.
11. A portion of the shares mentioned in the third reselntion to be
mergasedtihnere the
shallund ebertaftkimds in the hands of the Directors
n ; and this operation shall be
fixed by the Directors shall be set apart for the present Shareholders
of the Company, and the remaining shares shall be offered to the
public.
12. That by notice, in at least two of the London newspapers, each
registered Proprietor of shares shall be required to give notice, in
writing, to the Directors, of his intention to take and become the
Proprietor of the BMWs to be appropriated to him, and that the same
new shares, or as many of them as shall be required, shall be appro-
priated to such of the Proprietors as shall, on or before the 16th day
of March instant, give notice in writing to the Directors, at the
Company's offices, Abchurch-lane, London, of the intention to take
up such new shares.
13. That every Proprietor not duly paying, on or before the day to
be named by the Directors, such deposit of 21. for each new share, or
neglecting, by himself or his assigns, to sign the Parliamentary under-
takings when required to do so, which will be prepared for the signa-
ture of the Proprietors engaging to pay the above remaining inetal-
ments, shall be deemed and taken to have rejected his proportion of
such new shares, or of so many of them in respect of which he shall
have refused or neglected to pay such deposit punctually, or to sign
such Parliamentary undertakings as aforesaid ; and the Directors are
empowered and directed by this Meeting either to distribute and
appropriate suck of the said shares upon which the said deposit shall
not have been duly paid, or in respect of which the Parliamentary
undertakings have not on:request been signed, or which shall not have
bees duly applied for, amongst those Proprietors of the Company
who shall in such form as the Directors may require have expressed
their willingness to take and purchase a larger number of such shares
than the proportion to be appropriated to them, or to offer the same
to the public, as the said Directors shall think fit ; and in making such
finther distribution or dffer the Directors shall fix such terms of im-
mediate payment of the deposit as they shall think fit.
14. That in case any holder of such scrip or new shares aforesaid
shall neglect to pay punctually any one of the said instalments on any
of his shares, at the respective times hereinbefore mentioned or re-
ferred to, he shall be charged with Interest at the rate of 5 per cent.
per annum upon the instalment or instalments in arrear until duly
paid ; and furthermore, so long also as and during the time such in-
stalment or instalments shall be in arrear and remain unpaid on any
of his shares, the instalments he shall have paid to the Company on
all the shares held by him shall cease to carry interest, and no inte-
rest shall accrue or become due thereon until his arrears of calls on
each and every share held by him shall have been duly paid and sa-
tisfied ; and ffirther, that in the event of any instalment being in ar-
rear and unpaid for the space of two months from the time appointed
for payment, the said Directors shall be authorised to declare the
share or shares forfeited on which such instalment shall be in arrear,
and the same shall immediately on such declaration being passed
wby
the Board of Directors become and be absolutely forfeited.
15. That this Meeting do authorise and empower thepirectors to
cam out the foregoing resolutions by all proper legal instruments.

Currey, r4q.
Thomas Bax, Esq.
Joseph Cooper, Esq.
Russell Jeffrey, Esq.
William R. Spicer, Esq.
Joseph Sterry, jun., Esq.
Robert =cozen, Esq.

ST. PATRICK'S DAY.
THE SIXTY-FIRST ANNIVERSARY.
The sixty-first anniversary dinner, in celebration of
the Benevolent Society of St. Patrick, was held, on
Saturday, at the Freemasons' Tavern, Great Queen-
street. The dinner took place in the room which is
usually devoted to such purposes. The chair was taken
by Lord Viscount Morpeth. To the right and left of
the Chairman we observed the following noblemen and
gentlemen :—Lord Rossmore, General L'Estrange, Right
lion. A. R. Blake, Hon. Villiers Stuart, Sir T. B. Len-
nard, D. R. Ross, Esq., M.P.; W. C. Collett, Esq., /vI.P.;
Tuite, Esq , M.P.; Hon. Mr. Stopford, &c.
After the removal of the cloth, the CHAIRMAN gave
the health of " Her Majesty the Queen"—" The Queen
Dowager"—" Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, and
the rest of the Royal Family." These toasts were drunk
with all the usual demonstrations of devotion and loyalty.
The CHAIRMAN, in rising to propose the toast of the
evening, " The Benevolent Society of St. Patrick," said
the subject on which he had to speak, and the statistics
connected with it, were so well known already to all
present, that he could not think of trespassing on their
time by alluding to topics that were so familiar and so
obvious to them all. The Benevolent Society of St.
Patrick had during the past year clothed and educated
550 poor Irish children ; but the peculiar merits of the
Society rested on this ground—that it was not content
with merely educating the children ; it extended its
'ostering aid and superintending care to them even long
after they had passed from its immediate guardianship
and protection. Even in the last year no less a sum
than 1121. had been given by them as premiums to those
children who had conducted themselves properly to
the end of their apprenticeihip.- He had always felt
on these anniversary rites that the appearance
of the children themselves spoke more forcibly
to the feelings and more touchingly to the
heart than all the eloquence and the logic that could
possibly be parades! before them in support of this most
estimable Institution. If he were rejoiced at the salu••
tary ordinance which forbade the introduction of poli-
tical topics, he should feel more than ever disposed to
applaud that wise and discreet regulation, at a time like
the present, when subjects assumed so heated and inflam-
matory a character that it would be in the power of
any person mischievously disposed to create a disturb-
ance, even in so quiet, orderly, and harmonious an as-
sembly as the present.—(Cheers.) He was not sure
whether we could even hear the songs of Moore or Lo-
ver with safety. "Rich and rare" might pass quietly
by, but " He who adores thee," or " Blame not the
Bard," might be received with very different feelings in-
deed. He did not speak of what might have been sung
in other places, but this much he would say, that
whatever might be thought of contempory min-
strels, a triimphant proof had lately been
given that the glow .of Irish eloquence and
the lustre of Irish genius in our days had not been ex-
tinguished—(Cheers)—nay, that on the contrary, it
was burning with undiminished fire.—(Cheers.) What
he wanted to bring home to the meeting was, that
whenever the storms of party conflicts are at rest, and
the turbulence of political animosity is at an end, a
still small voice will still be heard—the voice of charity.
Its soft cadences will float along, surmounting the
surge, and surviving the battle, and its last notes will be
mingled with the general chorus of the skies. It was
obvious, however, that this period had not yet arrived.
He had now matters of fact to deal with. What and
how great were the claims of Irish destitution he need
not attempt to pourtray in an assembly like the present.
They were not asked to encounter it on its own soil,
beneath its own weeping skies, near the wilds of Con-
nemara, or in the neighbourhood of bleak Innis-
howen. The chilling blasts of penury might beat
with a more killing effect upon the sufferer's heart
in the streets and alleys of the metropolis, away from fa-
miliar scenes and beloved companionships. The sons
and daughters of poverty met there with much more
temptation than in their small and humble homesteads.
And for the privations which were to be encountered,
when they looked upon the children who were to be
ranged before them, when they traced in their appearance
and demeanour the change which it is in their power to
effect between the privations at which he had hinted and
the comfortable means of education afforded by this So-
ciety—what further could he possibly adduce to create
their sympathies and to stimulate their bounty. Those
who were present, and who felt the force, the overpower-
ing :force of this appeal, should not limit their ex-
ertions and charitable sympathies to what they had
done before. No words ought to be wanting from strange,
though they might be Saxon lips, to urge them on in the
cause in which they were engaged. He was addressing
men who, like himself, had carried from their own green
isle memories of kindness received, of friendships ri-
vetted ; and he would now, without further preface, give
them " The Benevolent Society of St. Patrick."
The CHAIRMAN next gave " the Health of the Lord-
Lieutenant of Ireland." It was a charter toast of the
Society, and the present Lord-Lieutenant had proved
his attachment to it by forwarding a subscription of 50
guineas.
The next toast was, " The Duchess of Kent, Duchess
of Northumberland, Lady Kinnaird, and the other pa-
tronesses."
The CHAIRMAN then gave them " The Duke of Wel-
lington, the deliverer of Europe, and the hero of the
world."
The CHAIRMAN then read the following list of sub•
scriptions
Her Majesty the Queen £los 0 I
Queen Dowager
Viscount Morpeth
Lord De Grey 5O 0
Duke of Northumberland .... 30 0
Bishop of Derry lO 0
Marquis of Lansdowne 2l 0
. .

Marquis of Downshire
Marquis of Thomond 2O 0
Marquis of. Anglesey 25 0
Marquis of Normanby
The Earl of Portarlington

Earl of Desborough - lO 0 0
Earl of Mayo 2O 0 0
Viscount Templeton
The Lord Sandes
Lord Rossmore
Lord Stanley
Lord. Eliot
Dowager Lady Kinnaird
Lord Bloomfield 5 5 0
Lora Kenmare
Lord Lurgan
Baron Rugby lO 0 0
Lord G. Hill
H. W. Bligh, Esq.
Right llon. A. R. Blake
Sir H. Howard
Emerson Tennent
Admiral Sir R. H. Ritchie
Colonel W. H. S. Blake
E. H. Lynch
Right Hon. Villiers Stuart
Lieut. G. O'Neill
Tuite, Esq. 5 0 0
D. O'Connell
W. R. Collett
Charles Green, Esq.
Isaac Walker
Dr. Pugh 5 0 0
The Right Hon. A. R. BLAKE then gave " The health
of the Chairman."
His LORDSHIP returned thanks.
The " Healths of the Stewards" were then given,
" The Members of the House of Commons," &c. The
musical department, under the superintendence of Mr.
Hobbs, was conducted in the most creditable manner.
The Misses Williams sang in such a manner as to elicit
frequent plaudits from the company. About a quarter
past eleven Lord Morpeth left the chair, and the meeting
separated.

THE PRINCETON STEAM-ENGINE
AND GUN.
The "Trenevese Traveller," the New York cor-
respondent of the Times, in his last communication,
says—" A great object of interest to our citizens at
this time is the United States war steamer Princeton,
tbslelotb.ulkltsregenugiriende
biys
tbejust built under thedisssiumpp el
pa r ilceendtoeefnnedtoei
rnnesclteyroubfeetli
below
wn o Captaincthceu
pwyaitnegr
Stock-
ton, which now lies in this harbour, and is daily
visited by crowds of interested spectators. This
steamer is constructed with Ericsson s propeller. Its
line, out of the
grheatehhooff
machinerynisealneimarine engine of the same power.
onlyo steamrdiex-
tremelynaa about
yo lightu
British
rone-eighth
It gives a direct motion to the axis of the
propeller without the aid of cog-wheels or
auxiliary • gearing of any description. It is
styled the semi-cylindrical steam-engine, and is
the invention of Captain Ericsson. For the vast
power which it includes in so small a compass, and
for the exquisite symmetry and proportion of all its
working parts, this engine is the theme of general
admiration.clud
Captain Stockton), placed one at each end of the ship,
es t l a
rge Thew
raor mu
gahmt Inot n ofg guns
se
(introducedP rinceto n
the largest weighing ten tons, and with a bore of 12
inches, carrying a ball 2131b5. This gun is placed on
a wrought-iron carriage, contrived by Captain Erics-
,,,on, and which, without the use of the ordinary
breaching, checks the immense recoil, and the vessel
suffers *)nit a very slight shock from the discharge.
By mean of this carriage, this huge gun is managed
by half a dozen hands with perfect facility. - The
peculiarity of the steam machinery of the Princeton,
and its beiog placed out of the reach of the shot, are
supposed to give her obvious advantages over all
other steame, rs now afloat intended for naval warfare."

A TRULY V ENVIABLE CHARACTER.—Mn. Fanny
Myers, one of the
inmates of St. Thomas's Hospital, in this
town, will, provid.o her life be further spared,lcomplete her
103 d year In Aug;i4o.,next.—Doncaster Gazette.