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'N°.17,869.] LONDON, TUESDAY d •
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G
t^,' JANUARY 1 1850,

VATIONAL ASSOCIATION " FOR PAR-
LIAM ENTARY AND FINANCIAL REFORM.
A PUBLIC MEETING of the Members and Frieals of the Asso-
ciation will-be held iu•the London Tafern, Mshopegate.street, On
MONDAY, January 7111, 1850,
The Chatr.will.be•taken by. Sir JO WALMSLEY, M.P., Pre-
sident, at Twelve for One o'clock precisely.
' At. this Meeting the plans of th.! Association for the year 1850
will be developed.
H. TINDAL ATKINSDN, lion. Secretary.
It-Poulhry, December 28, 1850.

BRITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE
COMPANY.
• . 1 ' 1, Princes-street; Bank, London.
ltrapowered by special Act of Parliament, 4th Yid., cap. 9.
.ADVANTAGES OF THIS INSTITUTION.'
MUTUAL ASSURANCE BRANCIL, •.. •
Complete seem-Up afforded to the Assured by mons of an ample
subscribed CAPital; and the large thud accumulated from the pre-
miums on stptdin'a of 9,000 Policies.
HSU the amount only of the annual premium .required during the
first-live years, the remaining half premiums being paid out of the
profits, which, after five years, will be annually divided among the
Assured.
PROPRIETARY BRANCH.
The lowest rates consistent with security to the Assured.
An scale of preMiums, peculiarly adapted to cases where
assurances are effected for the purpose of securing leans or debts.
Ilalf-credit rates of premium, whereby credit is. gives for half the
amount of premium for seven years, to be then paid off, or remain a
charge upon the policy, at the option of the holder.
" EXTRACTS FROM THE TABLES.
Annual Prominate reilltiredior an Assurance of 1001. for the whole
Term of Life.

MUTUAL ASSUAANCI BRANCH.

PEOPZIETARI 'RANCH.

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Pfirre:
mWihuole rrtreer-
Ages tnithn, first" .ntitan,at ter 1 Wholp_Pre-
Are.
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fits years. ' ! live years. seven years. 'seven years.
X .s.- d. • •••1 s.- d. . ' £s. d. £s. d.
20 1 0. 0 . ...2 0 0 20..,0 lB 0 1 16 0
25- 1 2 2 2 4 4 25 0 19 I 1 19 2
30_ 1 4 11 2 9 10 30 1 1 9 2 3 6
35 1 8 6' —2 17 0' 35' 1 411 2 910
40 1 13 3 1 6 6 40 1 9 2. 2 18 4
45- 1•`19-'6 -•-3 19' A • •45 114 18 3 9 8
60' 5.4...18,-.• • • ~4 kir 6- .80-I • 2 2't 6 , 4- i 0
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ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE
CORPORATION,
(Established by Royal Charter of his Majesty George 1., A.D. 1720),
For FIRE, LIFE, and MARINE ASSURANCES.
OFFII'Es—ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON.
BRANCH OFFICE-29, PALL-MALL.
GOVERNOR—Thomas Tooke, Esq.
Sus-GOVERNOR—WiIIiam Sampson, Esq.
DEPUTY-GOVERNea—The Hon. J. T. Leslie Melville.
DIRECTORS. _

Henry Bainbridge, Esq. V Sir John Wm. Lubbock, Bart.
3corge Pearkes Barclay, Esq. Charles John Manning, Esq.
Edmond S. P. Calvert, Esq. Henry Nelson, Esq.
John Garrett cattley, Esq. Edward Howley Palmer, Esq.
Alexander Colvin, Esq. John Henry Petty, Esq.
Edward Maxwell Daniell, Esq. Abraham Georze Robarts, Esq.
William Davidson, Esq. Charles Robinson, Esq.
John Deacon, Esq. Thomas Smith, Esq.
Riversdale Wm. Grenfell, Esq. William Soltau, Esq.
Robert Amadeus Heath, Esq. Joseph Soames, Esq.
William Tetlow Hibbert, E q. Octavius Wigram, Esq.
Lancelot Holland, Esq. Charles Baring Young, Esq.
MEDICAL REFEREE—SamueI Solly, Esq., F.R.S.
Notice.—The usual fifteen days allowed for payment of Fire Pre-
miums falling due at Christmas will expire on the 9th January next.
Insurances in all the branches may be effected on the most advan-
tageous terms with this Corporation, which has tad upwards of a
Century and a Quarter's experience; and which affords unquestion-
able security by its capital-stock.
The Reversionary tiONUS declared on British Life Policies effected
on the system of participation in profits, has amounted on an averag,,e
to rather wore than 2 per Cent. per Annum on the sum assured, or
46 per Cent. on the amount of Premium paid.
Equivalent reductions have been made in the Annual Premiums
payable by those of the Assured who desired that their share of profit
should be so applied
The cast :miry Fees are allowed to medical practitioners referred
to by persons proposing Life Insurances.
ALEX. GREEN, Secretary.

THE LONDON INDISPUTABLE LIFE
POLICY COMPANY
No. 31, LOMBARD-S TREET, LONDON.
INCORPORATED BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT.

TRUSTEES.
John Campbell Renton, Esq., M.P. Richard Spooner, Esq., M.P.
Richard Mitlins, Esq., Q.C. I James Fuller Madox, Esq.
William Wilberforce, Esq.
DIRECTORS.
Robert Henry Forman, Esq.
John Hamilton, Esq.
James Fuller Madox, Esq.
John Matthews, Esq.
C. 0. Parnell, Esq.
AUDITORS.
Samuel Field, Esq.
William Ghrimes Kell, Esq.

William Adams, Esq.
John Atkins, Esq
henry Augu<tus Bevan. Esq.
J. Thompson Bramwell, Esq.
Jelin Dangertleld, Esq.

George Cumming, Esq.
rames Turner, Esq.

MEDICAL ADVISER.
Benjamin Phillips, Esq., F.R.S.
BANKERS.
Messrs. Spooner, Attwoods, and Co.
sEcamtair.
David Alison, Esq.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Atkins and Andrew.

MANAGER.
Alexander Robertson. Esq.
The POLICIES are INDEFEASIBLE and INDISPUTABLE,
:he Company being prohibited, by the 84th clause of their Deed of
Constitution, which is duly registered in terms of the Act, from dis
auting a Policy upon any ground whateverrm
The Rates of Premium are calculated upon Carlisle mortality, and
are as low as a due regard to complete security will justify.
II ALF PRE MI UM SYSTEM. —By this plan only one-half of the
eremiums. with interest of the retained halves, is required to be paid
for the first five years—the retained halves, being payable at the
convenience of th assured. or allowed to continue, to form
a deduction from e the claim on the Policy ; and as the As-
surance may be relinquished at any time without payment
of the rf.11431P11 enables a --4rearbr ta
assure for the first five years at little more than half the usual rate.
and to discontinue a Policy at about one-half the usual sacrifice.
WHOLE WORLD POLICIEg are granted. •ffinersby the security
OT a v, ifulacr ur a ropey, continues unimpaired, although the
&guyed life should go beyond the prescribed limits.
Sall s are assured payable to the parties themselves on attaining a
specified age. or at their death, whichever shall first occur.
PARTNER POLICIES are granted, whereby ajoint assurance
effected by partners, at the charge of the firm, secures the capital in-
vested. Os the death of either, the survivor is benefited by retain-
ing the whole capital, and the representatives of the deceased obtain
their share without having to wait until it can be recovered from
outstanding debts.
There is no extra charge for residence beyond 35 degrees of the
equator.
No Admission or Entrance Fees are required, nor is any charge
made for the Policy beyond the amount of the Stamp.
Claims are payable within three months after proof of the death of
the assured life.
The usual Commission allowed to Solicitors, and also to persons,
approved by the Board, who extend the business of Life Assurance in
connexion with this Company.

NATION-AL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSU-
RANCE SOCIETY,
2G, CORNHILL, LONDOIf.
Notice is hereby given, that the HALF-YEARLY INTEREST on
the CAPITAL STOCK of this SOCIETY, at the rate of 5 per Cent.
per Annum, this on the 31st ult., will become PAYABLE on the 10th
instant, and Proprietors may receive the same on application at this
Office, on that or any subsequent day, between the hours of Eleven
and Three o'clock.
By order of the Court of Directors,
W. S. B. WOOLHOUSE, Actuary.
January 1, 1850.

••
E A FIRE, LIFE ASSURANCE OFFICE.
Established by Act of Parliament,
31, CORNIIILL, LONDON.
Capital 100,0001., in Shares of 20s. each, to be paid in full on allotment,
bearing a guaranteed interest of 5 per cent. in perpetuity (irrospectiye
of further dividends) upon the paid-up capital.
Application for Shares to be addressed to the Directors at the
Offices of ill, Society. Marine, Fire, and Life Assurances granted
on the most liberal terms.
Immediate and Deferred Annuities granted on terms especially
advantageous for investmentßy
capital.d
of
_ . .

AUG. COCLINGiIDGE, Maiaging Director.

ARC HITECTS', BUILD ER S', and
GENERAL FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY,
69, Lombard-street, London.
CRAIRMJ.N—SIDNEY.SMIRKE, Esq., A.R.A.
The rates for both Fire and Life Insurances are as levr as can
with safety be taken. Those for Life Insurance may be paid
either yearly, half-yearly, or quarterly; one-half the atinual pre-
mium may be left unpaid for seven years, or one-third to the ead
of life. Thus large sums may be insured at the smallest present
outlay.
Prospectuses, Forms of Proposals, &C., may be had at the Office,
69, Lombard-street, or of the agents.
JOHN REDDISH, Manager.

EYEP.EOWB MUSTACHIOS, and WHISKERS produced in a
few weeks, and Baldness removed and prevented, by the use of
G ' STONE'S AROMATIC
REGENERATOR.
If you are in want of that beautiful adornment of the human
figure, a natural supply of human hair, obtain through the post, or
of ally wholesale or retail chemist or druggist, or perfumer, an 11 s.
bottle of Grimstone's Aromatic Regenerator, This is an essential
spirit, drawn from aromatic herbs and flowers (grown at his Her-
bory, Highgate), which has been long known to the nobility and
trby, whom it is Highly appreciated for its manifold virtues, too
gneunmeYrOus to be set forth in an advertisement, but may be read in his
pamphlet, In which the bottles are enclosed.
Each pamphlet has the signature of William Grimstone, Merchant,
1i Highrate, and will be found at page 11, under the copy of
:firs. aWreckly's Letter to the Editor of the " Times" newspaper, 7th
of August, 1846.
This pamphlet is forwarded through the post, on receiving two
postage stamps.
The Aromatic Regenerator can be forwarded through the post on
receiving a post-office order for 40. 6d., 7s. Bd., or 125., which in-
cludes the postage with the case.
The lie. size contains four of the 4s.
A few of its many virtues, as thousands can prove, are published
in the pamphlet enclosed with each bottle.

Reader, reflect for a few minutes, and if You are 40 years of age,
you will remember the thousands of blind you meet with in your
walks, others with various coloured eye-shades ; indeed, such was
the demand fer eye-shades, that it was a business. What has re-
moved those sightless beings, and given place to a straightforward,
clear-sighted people (the climate is the same) ? I'll tell you the cause
—the universal use of Gemstone's Eye inuff ! and because it cured
Ophthalmia, Gutta Serena, Cataract, Nervous Readach, and Deaf-
ness, the Lords of the Treasury directed it to be denominated a medi-
cine, and to be stamped. Although this advanced its character, 67
cases of cure being proved by the informers, still it was an act of
oppression ; as in 1825 the Solicitor of Stamps, Godfrey Sykes, Esq.,
altered the label, and sanctioned its sale under order of the Lords of
the Treasury; the letter of protection, signed by Berries, Fsq., to
Mr. William Gemstone, bearing date 18th February, 1525. This was
on account of its curative qualities, being sold at that time in canis-
ters, within the reach of every poor family. But ander this order of
Government it is obliged to be stamped.
GRIMSTONE'S MEDICATED EYE SNUFF, sold in canisters,
imbued in a pamphlet of medical and other testimonials, tinder the
Government order, at Is. lid., 2s. 9d., and 4s. 6d. each. The
Pamphlets sold at Id. each. If through the post, Is. Bd., Is. 6d., and
ss. Bd., including postage, &c. The following letter is one out of the
many thousand proofs.
Read the following Medical Testimony to the cure of five cases
of Gutta Serena, front G. 11. Boutell, Professor of Galvanism :
" Seuthsea, near Portsmouth, Hants, sth Nov., 1848.

" MR. W. GRIMSTONE.—Sir--I must in justice to you send the fol-
lowing Testimonial with regard to the extraordinary efficacy of your
Eye Snuff in canes of Gutta Serena. I have used it in five eases with
the most astonishing benefit and cure. Sir, you may advertise this ! !
or make what use you please. The cures have wholly astonished
me and thousands of ethers.--I am, Sir, icc., • .

G. H. BOUTELL, Professor of Galvanism."
All letters to Mr. William Grimstone, Herbary, Highgate, near
London, at which establishment he continues to manufacture his
far-famed HERB TOBACCO, so much esteemed in all foreign parts.
The following letter, in testimony of its delightful qualities, is from
the author of the " Pleasures of Home :"
" Springfield Cottage, Honiton, Devon, 15th August, IS4B.
" cannot deny myself the pleasure of stating how highly I
esteem your Herb Tobacco. I have now found in it a substitute for
the choice leaf, hitherto obtained by me from a friend in Constanti-
nople. I am sure that lovers of Rind, fragrant Tobacco would find
yours a great and acceptable gift, at a very reasonable price.
am your obedient servant,
" STUART FARQUHARSON, D.C.L.
" To Mr. William Grimstone, Ilerbary, Highgate."
This extensively-famed Tobacco is sold by all chemists and drug-
gists, and others, with W. Gemstone's signature attached, at 754 d..
111. 1 M., 2s. 9d., and 49. 6d. each, including the G9Teruraent stamp

COUR.T PALACE ROYAL
KiTCHEN GARDENS.
These GARDENS to be LET en LEASE for 23 years, from the
,th of January next, together with the Melon-ground, the Glass-
houses, the Dwelling-houses (except the Head Gardener's House),
Stables, and other buildina
belonging thereto; and also the Fruit
frees, Pine Plants,
• Shrtf.:s. Stock, Crop, Utensils, &c. &C.
-
'ln
Any persons deOrous of obtaining a Lease of the same, are to
sm(' in Tenders in writing, under sealed covers, indorsed " Tenders
for Hampton Court Kitchen Gardens," and addre.sed to the Com-
missioners of. her Majesty's Woods &c.,
No. 2, Whitehall-place, on
or before T walvo o'clock on FRIDAY' next, the 4th day of January,
stating the amount of rent they are willing to pay for the same.
The premises may be viewed by application to Mr. Turrell, the
[lead Gardener, and the schedules may be inspected, and particulars
of the terms and conditions may be obtained by applying at the
°Mc.: of Mr. Pennethorne, Architect to the said Commissioners, 7,
Whitehall-yard, London.

p FECT lON-THE OFFSPRING OF
CONIPE fITION
Gentlemen desirous of seen garments cut in the purest style of
art should call at the fashionable Estill,ll4mi/tits of
L. HYAM and CO.
Merchant Tailors, Woollen Drapers, and Outfitters,
86, OXFORD-STREET, am 38. GRACECIIIIItCII-STREET,
LONDON.

pALTOTS, PARISIAN SACS and OVER-

fhe largest, cheapest, and most recherche stock in the great me-
tropolis of the above fashionable girments is now to be seen at the
Establishments of _ _ _

L. lITIEM and CO.,
Merchant Tailors, Woollen Drapers, and:Outfitters,
86, OXFORD-STREET, and 36, G (ACECLIURCII-STREET,
LONDON.

WELCOME NEWS for WINTER DAYS.
If.you are desirous of attiring yourself in the warmest and
most beautiful garments, at the lowest scale of ,harges, visit the ex-
tensive Establishments of " _ _

L. IIYAM and CO.,
86, OXFORD-STREET, and 36, GRACECIIIIRCII-STREET,
LONDON.

Excellence in fabrics, perfection in cut, and superiority in workman_
ship are the great characteristics of these fashionable Establish_
ments.
I&IT T01113,1113.P05E TO SAVEAONEY ?
If so -patronise the extensive Establishtnente of
,n Drapers, and Outfitters.
:STABLISIIMENTS.
;, GRACECHURCH-STREET,

- Merchant Tailors, Woolle
METROPOLITAN E
SG, OXFORD-STREET, and 3

LONDON. •
BaANCII ESTABLISHMENTS.
63 and 65, Lord-street, Liverpool 61, King-street, Manchester.
23, New-street, Birmingham. 26, Market-street, Manchester.
42, Wine-street, Bristol. 42, Brlggate, Leeds.
6, Union-street, Bristol. 17, Market-place, Hull.
193, High-street, Exeter. 48 Argyle-street, Glasgow.

FOGS AND DAMP AIR.
BARCLAY'S ASTHMATIC CANDY has, for
many years, been proved an effectual preservative from the
ill effects of the Fogs and Damp Air, which, in the Winter Season,
are so prevalent in this Climate. Its cffects are to expel Wind, to
preserve the Stomach from the admission of Damps, and to relieve
those who Puffer from Difficulty of itreathing. Prepared only by
Barclay and Sons, 95, Farringdon-street, London ; and sold retail,
by theiroappointment, by Sanger, 150, Oxford-street ; Gifford and
Cc., 104, and H. Barfield, 180, Strand ; Johnson, 68, Cornhill ;
MA all respectable Medicine Venders in Town and Country.
Observe:—None can be genuine, unless the names of " Barclay
and Sons" are on the Stamp aftiXed to each Box.

L' A K Lt I a CI • E.
e. one hall the world are desolately single, and the other
mppoximg them married, questionably contented. Diffidence, or a
:.ease et right determine the former, and miscalculated hopes em-
•.tier the latter. The solitary one may shield himself wider the plea
,f caution and worldly prudence, and the indissoluble, regret nu-
,osaerosier harry ; but the truth lies deeper. Physical incapacity,
nd broken health, are the great hindrances to domestic happiness
•nd goal at content. The dowry should not be the only marriage set-
ilaneur and:Justice deraand that health should form an item
a the compact; it alone dignifies the alliance. Blighted hopes er
• eglect wound more sorely than poverty or vaistbrtune. Reader, if
.e.ese surmises concern you, procure Dr. CULVERWELL'S little
"EMOIRS "On Single and Married Life, " pub. in 2 vols., Is.
ach (by vest, in stamps, Is. 6d. each). Let no imaginatively
'etined, or prudish feeling deter you, by their titles, nar be hindered
ly misirterpretatior of their supposed contents, from obtaining
hen. They are net intended certainly for mere idle curiesity, hut
.r the closet perusal of those more deeply interested, to whom
teey are offered as antagonistic to the empyrical trash put forth on
the above subtects, by unqualified authors, which alone er
e:ether, are a disgrace to the age. Furthermore, two other
itle publications claim your attention (same price Is. each,
rest ls, 6d.) called "What to Eat, Drink, and
,void," and " How to be Happy." They are not merely
pa(np lets, but equal in quantity a library volume, nor are they the
mere ephemeral scribblinga of the hour, but the study of the author's
,ife who owes his present existence, health, and position to this ob-
iervasea of the maxima ho would inculcate—to do unto others as he
woLia ho cione unto—to live alter nature's laws—and to keep always
on the "suuny side of the way." The above works may be land of
iherwood, 23, Peternester-rew Cnrvalho, 14Y, Fleet-street • Mann,
3.94Vorlthill; Spokes, 5, ; or direct (by post or other-
wise) Seem the author (
,who may be conferred with Personally,
mornings ••ad ay.ebeysl. re. A rgvll-D7*.• Rewent-stroat: and all
Booksellers

TIIIRTY-FIRST EDITION.
Illustrated by lb Anatomical Coloured Engravings on Steel.

)14 PUYSICALDISQUALICATIONB, GENERATIVE INCiPA
CITY, .IND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE.

ew .:dition, enlarged to 196 pages. Just published, price 2s. 6d., or
by rest, direct from the Establishment, 3s. 6d. in postage stamps,
lIIHE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on
the ingrniities and decay of the generative system, from ex-
:e.,:sive indulgence, infection, and the inordinate use of mercury,
•Ith remarks on darriage, and the means of obviating certain d:a-
-,tudiflcatlons. Illustrated by 26 Coloured Engravings. By R. and
PERRY and CO., Consulting Surgeons, ID, Berners-street, Ox-
erd-street, London. Published by the Authors: sold by Strange,
Paternoster-row ; Rauxay, 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street ;
4tarie,23, Titchberne-street, Haymarket; and Gordon, 146, Leaden-
all-street. _ .

PART I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the re-productive
and is illustrated by Six Coloured Engravings.
PAET 11. treats of the consequences resulting iYom excessiveinani-
,,lce, and thoir lamentable effects on the system, producing mental
d bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative neapacity.
iwitrated -7.llgrAVinio.
PAar 111. treats of the diseases resulting tram lenbelarn, either-in'
..e primary or secondary form, and contains explicit directions for
'• etr treatment. This section is illustrated Seventeen Coloured
Eugravh,gs.
vaaT IV. contains a Prescription for tho Prevention of DJceast
ly a simple application, by which the danger of infection .a ob-
viated. This important part of the Work should no osci.,e the
cadet's notice.

Y. is devoted to the considetation of marrtsge, and its
I.it'ss. The causes of unproductive anion are also e.cnsidered, and
?be whale subject critically and philosophically inctaired into.

Tat ..,oantii. BALM 01, iltissitirm is exclusi;•sly employed in treat-
nervous anti sexual debility, impot4nce, &c., I la. and 335. per
bottle. The Concentrated Deters!ie rssence, as anti-syphilitic
remedy, for purifying the blood 1- case, ofinfection, secondary r7mp-
toms, eruptious, and the abuse ~f tr"_•cury, I lit. and Us. per bottle.
Perry's i'uritying :specific 'tr. 9d., 4s. 6d., and i is. per box, a
certain remedy for gonorrteca, clect, stricture, and chroalc intianima-
ion of the bladder. _thnstltatioa feo, if by letter, 11. A minute
detail of the case is lequiyed : ago, habits, and position in society.
rackets, advice, to be had at the Establishment only, by
:blob the foe, L. i" saved. Messrs. Perry, Surgeons, aro in atter -
Be • at t', tier'.ern-etreet. Oxford-street, London, from Ele-
♦en till T • - vic,“ Annelavl fro, Vlov on to Mme''

BANK OF FRANCE.
The following is a return of the situation of the Bank
of France on Dec. 27:

ASSETS.

Cash and ingots . . f. 298.913,847 91
Ditto in branch banks . . 132,307,308 0
Bills past due 253,375 15
Bills falling due in Paris 42,449,651 53
Bills in the branch banks 73,306,140 0
Advances on coins and ingots... 4,345,200 0
Ditto by the branch banks 438,138 0
Ditto on French public securities ... 18,765,814 40
Ditto by branch banks... ... 2,328,559 0
Ditto to the State on Bons du Tr6sor... 50,000,000 0
Ditto on the loan of 150 millions ... 50,000,000 0
Loan of 3,000,000 f. to the city of Mar-
seilles ...
Advance to the department of the

1,075,000 0

Seine ... ... ... ...
Rentes of the reserve fund ... ... 10,000,000 0
'Rentes, disposable funds ... 42,529,988 13
Investments of the new branch banks in

the public funds ...
Hotel and furniture of the Bank
Real property of the branch banks ...
Interest in National Discount Bank ...
Ditto branch banks
Bills protested at Paris
Ditto at the branches ...
Expenses of administration of the Bank
Ditto of the branches ...
Miscellaneous

... 12,826,541 39
4,000,000 0
2,912,126 0

LIABILITIES.

Capital ... .
Ditto of the Branch Banks ~.
Reserve fund ...
Ditto of the branch banks ...
kteserve-immobiliere
Notes to bearer, in circulation ...
Ditto of the branch banks

200,000 0
230,000 0
... 2,280,537 65
1,830,665 0

28,461 0
3,174,862 12

E 754,196,415 28

... f. 67,900,000 0
... 23,350,000 0
... 10,000,000 0
... 2,980,750 14
... 4,000,000 0
... 368,466,400 0
.., 67,863,850 0

Ditto to order (post-bills) ... 2,135,347 15
Account-current with Treasury creditor 75,496,714 35
Various accounts current ... 81,782,637 69
Ditto in branches ... 27,163,357 0

Bills payable at sight ...
Ditto at branches ...

... 4,756,500 0
... 1,437,804 0

Bills of the branch banks payable by
the Bank ... ...
... ... 6,567,026 92

Ditto of the Bank payable by branches.. 3,677,272 0
Dividends payable ... 4,987,029 25
Liquidation of the Algiers Bank ... 153,222 99
Discounts, interest, and expenses ... 514,764 0
Ditto branch banks 79,606 0
Re-discounts of the last six months 135,244 27
Ditto in branch banks ... 286,632 0
Miscellaneous ... 462,357 52

f. 754,196,415 28
Certified by the Governor of the Bank of France,
D'ARGOUT.

STRANGE AND FATAL ACCIDENT.-011 Thursday
last Thomas Toon, a watchmaker living in Coventry-
street, about 58 years of age, whose duty it was to
wind up the Guildhall clock daily, went up for that
purpose about eleven o'clock, A.m. He was seen
to ascend up stairs into the roof by some persons
at work in the lower part of the building, but no
notice was taken of his neglecting to return till six
o'clock in the evening, when his wile sent to the super-
intendent, Merrefield, to inquire about him, as she had
not seen him since the morning. At his direction Ser-
geant Lloyd went up into the loft to look after him,
and he was then found lying stretched on his
back on the clock floor quite dead. The back
of his head was badly cut from having come in
contact with a beam, and there was a mark on his
cheek bone, as if he had been struck there by one of
the weights, which were large pieces of stone, and one
of them, weighing about 601 b., was found broken to
pieces. He had no doubt been meddling with the
weights, but the manner in which the accident occurred
is quite inexplicable, and it is singular that a number of
carpenters working in the room beneath should have
heard not the slightest noise throughout the day.—
Worcester Herald.

SIR JAMES Ross's SEARCHING
EXPEDITION.
(Continued from the The Sun of Saturday.)

" Monday-, Aug. 21.—Weather cloudy ; strong
,breez, from the N. W.; steering course for Pond's Bay;
temperature of air, 35; sea, 35.
" Tuesday, 22.—Weather cloudy; wind from the
N.W.; 2 30A M sighted the land a little to the south-
ward of Pond's Bay; remainder of the day beating to
windward in order to 'fetch it ; temperature of air,
36 ; sea, 37.

" Wednesday, 23—Weather cloudy, with rain ;
wind, N.IV.; turning to windward for Pond's Bay ;
temperature of air, 37 deg. ; sea, 38 deg.
"Thursday, 24—Weather cloudy; wind from the
southward; looked into Pond's Bay; nothing to be
observed as regards ships or people; continued our
progress to the northward, keeping the shore close
aboard ; 2 P At., threw a cask overboard containing a
cylinder, enclosing a paper mentioning the object and
progress of the voyage; from this date a cask was
thrown overboard daily ; temperature of air, 38 deg. ;
sea, 37 deg.
" Friday, 25—Weather cloudy; wind from the
southward; 4 P.M. shortened sail off. Papisum Bay ;
sent a boat on shore ; found there bu under a cairn
arof stone a bottle deposited by Capt ' -Parry in 1819,
thirty years ago; it contained a, paper with ship's
name and date of deposit; 6 r.m., made sail, and
steered for'Lancaster Sound; temperature of air, 36
' deg. ; sea; 37 deg.
' Saturday, 26—Weath4 cloudy; wind from the
westward; running to windward up Lancaster Sound;
1 temperature of air, 36 deg..; ilea, 38 (kg.
" Sunday, 27—Weather cloudy, with flying
I-showers ;. wind from the went,/ ; running to
fy,fillOynrd thron&tigt - - - t130491-gifo,
32 deg.; sea, 31 From this date kept firing alarm
guns in thick weather, burning blue lights and firing
rockets during the night, as an alarm to the shore,
should any person be there. _ .

" Monday, 28—Weather cloudy at times snowing ;
Wind from the eastward ; made attle progress to the
Westward, in consequence of a strong current against
us; kept close in shore, in order to reconnoitre; tem-
perature of air, 32 deg.; sea, 32 deg.
"Tuesday, 29 Weather clear, fine; wind from
the eastward; steering course, under all sail, but
making little progress, in consequence of a strong
current against us ; 12 noon, Cape Hay, bearing
westward, distance, about 20 miles; temperature of
air, 31 deg. • sea, 34 deg.
"Wednesday, 30—Weather cloudy; fresh breeze
from the S.E. ; steering course along shore ; 8 A.M.,
Navy
the topsails;
Board Inlet bearing south ; Cape Warrender
N.N.W. ; 12 noon, breez a freshens; double reefed
from 2 P.M. to 4 P.M , passing Admiralty
Inlet; 7 Psi, lay to, Cape Crawford bearing S.S E.,
distance abut 15 miles; temperature of air, 32 deg. ;
sea, 34 deg.
" Thursday, 31—Weather cloudy; blowing fresh
from tke eastward; lying to under three reefed top-
sails ; blowing too hard to approach the shore close
enough for reconnoitering; temperature of air, 31i
deg. ; sea, 33 deg.
" Friday, Sept. I—Weather clear; wind from the
westward, 4 A at. made all sail, and stood in for the
land ; 11 a.m. sent a boat on shore, with a cask con
taining a cylinder, to be placed on a conspicuous spot,
with a flag on it; 11.30 A.m. Mr. Cheyne and boat's
crew killed a Polar bear; temperature of air, 29 deg.;
sea, 31 deg.
" Saturday, 2—Weather cloudy; wind from the
westward ; our farther progress to the westward
checked by a barrier of pack ice, extending from Cape
York to the opposite shore; dodging off the pack
during the whole of the day ; temperature of air, 26i
deg.; sea, 29 deg. • Leopold Island in sight.
" Sunday, 3—Weather fine; wind from the west-
ward ; in the early part of the day got through the
pack which checked us yesterday; during the remain-
der of day working our way amongst loose ice across
Regent's Inlet towards Cape Clarence (in sight) ;
temperature of air, 26 deg. ; sea, 28 deg.
" Monday, 4—eather hazy, at times snowing;
wind from the south-east, blowing fresh ; lying to
and working under sail ; unable to make any progress
to the westward, in consequence of a barrier of pack
ice extending across the straits between us and
Cape Clarence ; temperature of air, 26 deg. ; sea,
28 deg.

" Tuesday, s—Weather, snowing greater part of
the day ; wind from the westward ; dodging to the
eastward of the pack; temperature of air, 27 deg.;
sea, 28 deg.
" Wednesday, 6—Weather cloudy ; blowing fresh
from the eastward; ship under three rqyal topsails;
made
tur4,l„,...i_,...„..priTh_w. no progress to the wri:vvikward. tol
" Thursday, 7 Weather fine, clEkiN
min ri calm
y tempera-
;
greater part of the day; temperature of air, 29 deg.;
sea, 29 deg. "
Friday, B—Snowing early part of the day ; wind
from the eastward; pack, which obstructed us yes-
terday, cleared away. 8 A.M.—ln endeavouring to
reach Port Leopold, got into a heavy pack of ice off
the harbour; made every effort to get through it, by
carrying sail and warping. 12 midnight—Had made
but little or no progress; temperature of air, 27 deg.;
sea, 29 deg.
"Saturday, 9—Weather clear; fresh breeze from
the northward; from midnight to 7 A.M. straining
every nerve to endeavour to heave the ships through
the pack—all to no purpose ; 8 Ant., got ship's head
round, and forced our way out again into open water;
dodged under easy sail during the remainder of the
day; temperature of air, 26 deg.; sea, 29 deg.
" Sunday, 10—Weather, clear, fine, calm fore part
of the day; towards evening stood in towards Port
Leopold; temperature of air, 26 deg.; sea. 29 deg.
" Monday, "—Weather, hazy ; wind, N.E. from
midnight to 10 A.M. ; standing towards Port Leopold;
sent a boat to sound in the harbour, after which boat
returned and reported harbour clear of ice, and good
anchorage ; from 12 to 2 P.M. beating into the har-
bour; 2.15 P.m. let go the anchor in three fathoms
water; lat. 73 deg. 50 in., long. 90 deg. 12 m.; tem-
perature of air, 27 deg., sea, 30 deg.
" Tuesday, 12—Weather, fine ; wind from the
crew employed landing provisions on
shoretemperature of air, 25 deg. ; sea, '29 deg. ; 12
westward ;
; .
midnight, moon totally eclipsed.
" Wednesday, 13—Weather, fine; wind from the
westward ; landing coke and coal ; got steam pinnace
under way in order to try her machinery; steamed
round the harbour; temperature of air, 26 deg. ; sea,
29 deg.

" Thursday, 14—Weather clear, fine ; wind north ;
crew employed clearing decks and restowing hold;
temperature of air, 22 deg. ; temperature of the sea no
longer given.

"Friday, 15—Weather clear ; fresh breezes from
N.W.; killed a polar bear ; a stream of heavy ice
across the
40 deg. harbour's mouth at sunset; temperature,

" Saturday, 16—Weather snowing, and blowing
fresh from the N.W. ; temperature, 18 deg. ; harbour's
mouth clear of ice.
"Sunday, 17—Weather cloudy; wind from the
N.W;
temperature 20 deg.; tide across harbour
mouth.

"Monday, 18—Weather cloudy; blowing strong
from the N.W. ; 7 A.M., let go small bower anchor
underfoot ; temperature, 20i deg., ice across harbour
mouth.

" Tuesday, 19—Weather clear ; light breeze from
the N.W. ; 8 A.m., up small bower; afternoon,
hauled steam pinnace up on shore; temperature, 20
deg. ; harbour mouth clear of ice; no ice to be seen
in Barrow's Strait.

" Wednesday, 20—Weather, fore part of the day,
dear, blowing fresh from the westward; latter part
wind veered to S.W. ; blowing strong, with snow;
harbour covered with young ice ; 7.40 P.M.; let go
small bower anc:hor underfoot; temperature 20 deg.;
young ice pact. ing in the Barbour ; no old ice to be
seen of the harihour.

"Thursday, 2l.—Weather, snowing; wind from
the S.W. ' • fram midnight to 7 A. 14.; young ice pack-
ing in the barb our, after which it becomes stationary;
young ice as fs ras can be seen of the harbour; tem-
perature, 20 deg.
"Friday, 22—Weather cloudy ; light breeze from
the N.E. 10 A.m., up small bower ; harbour solid ice ;
outside harbour's mouth heavy pack ice ; no water to
be observed )s•om the masthead in Barrow's Strait ;
6.45 P.M., breeze: freshens; whole body of ice in the
harbour ; parted from the land and drifted out to
sea ; let go small bower anchor; temperature,
22 deg.
" Saturday, 23—Weather hazy; wind from the
westward, 2 r •m. ; up small bower; from 6 P.M. to
midnight blow ing fresh; temperature, 14 deg.
"Sunday, 9A—Weather cloudy ; wind NV.; snow-
ing towards evening ; temperature, 12 deg.; per-
formed Divia to service.

" Monday, 25—Weather cloudy ; greater part :of
the day cal in ; temperature, 20.
"Tuesday, 26—Weather, snowing during the
whole of ti ie day; blowing fresh from the N.W.; no
old ice at 4;he harbour's mouth ; temperature, 12 deg.
" Wed, aesd ay, 27--Weather cloudy ; wind N.W.,
fore part, of the day blowing fresh, latter part calm ;
harbour , and outside as far as can be observed,
covered. with young ice; temperature, 91 deg.
" TI ura day, 28—Weather cloudy ; ice in harbour,
strong enc ugh for people to walk on ; temperature,
10 deg.
"Friar( y, 29.—Early part of the day enoxieg

latter part clear; light breeze from the northward; from
10 A.M. to 6 P.M. people employed cutting through
the ice so as to get the ship closer in shore; 7 P.M ,
hauled the ship into 15 feet water ; temperature, 12
(leg.
a Saturday, 30—Weather, snowing the greater
part of the day ; wind from the westward; after
working h,,urs officers and crew amusing themselves
on the ice by playing at cricket; temperature, 10 deg.
" Sunday, Oct. I—Snowing ; blowing strong from
the southward; temperature, 20 deg; performed Di-
vine service.

" Monday, 2—Weather cloudy ; moderate breezes
from the southward; crew employed cutting the ship's
into deeper water. 5 P rd.—Moored the ships in 17
feet low water ; temperature, 24 deg.
" Tuesday, 3—Weather cloudy ; wind W.N.W. ;
crew employed watering ship, that is—getting ice on
board to make water of; caught an Arctic fox ; tem-
perature, 5 deg.
"Wednesday, 4—Weather cloudy; wind N.N.W.,
watering ships ; after working hours officers and
crew amusing themselves playing at cricket; tempera-
ture, 3 deg.
" Thursday, s—Snowing greater part of the day ;
wind N.N.W.--; watering ship ; officers and crew, after
hours playing at cricket; temperature, 7 deg.
" Friday, 6—Snowing the greater part of the day ;
wind veering from N.N.W. to W.S.W., blowing
fresh ; watering ship; temperature, 3i deg.
"Saturday, 7—Weather cloudy, at times snowing;
blowing strong from N.N.W.; watering ship; caught
an Arctic fox ; thermometer at zero.

" Sunday, B—Weather clear; calm ; thermometer
at zero; performed Divine service.
"Monday, 9—Weather cloudy; light -airs from
N.N.W..;, crew employed, covering: the mile over on
Mb' yards, Oile, preparatory to housing
over' for the winter; temperature, 1 deg.
"Tuesday, 10—Snowing and blowing strong the
whole of the day ; crew cutting blocks of ice for the
purpose of building an observatory; temperature, 2
or 3 deg. below zero.
" Wednesday, 11—Weather clear ; light breeze
from N.N.W.; crew assisting to cut the Investigator
into deeper water; temperature 2 deg.
" Thursday, 12—Weather cloudy; wind N.N.W.;
crew assisting to cut the Investigator into deeper
water ; temperature 2 deg.
" Friday, 13—Weather clear; light bre,eze, from
the southward; crew landing coke, and 'banking
ship's side up with snow • temperature, 4i deg.
" Saturday, 14—Weather clear; light breeze from
the northward; landing coke ; temperature, 4 deg.
"Sunday, 15—Snowing greater part of the day;
wind N.N.W.; thermometer at zero; performed
Divine service.

" Monday, 16—Blowing strong from the eastward,
with snow; crew employed below in the hold; tem-
perature, 17 deg.

"Tuesday, 17—Weather cloudy; moderate breeze
from the N.N.W.; crew assisting to cut the Investi-
gator into deeper water • temperature, 14 deg.
" Wednesday, 18—Weather cloudy ; blowing fresh
from the westward ; crew banking ship's side up ;
temperature, 2; deg.
" Thursday, 19—Snowing ; wind from the S.E. ,
crew landing coke; temperature, lit deg.
" Friday, 20—Snowing and blowing fresh; crew
employed in the hold; temperature, 8 deg.
" Saturday, 21—Weather clear ; calm ; landing
coke ; captain and a party of men measuring the
harbour ; temperature at zero.
" Sunday, 22—Weather clear ; calm ; temperature,
7 deg. ; performed Divine service.
" Monday,.23—Snowing greater part of the day,
and blowing fresh from the eastward; making pre-
parations for hou-sing over; temperature, 6 deg.
Tuesday, 24—Weather cloudy ; wind S.S.E.;
preparing the housing; temperature, 14 deg.
" Wednesday, 25—Weather cloudy; wind S.E. ;
preparing the housing; temperature, 20 deg.
"Thursday, 26—Weather hazy; passing snow
showers; wind from the southward and eastward;
preparing the housing ; temperature, 24 deg.
" Friday, 27—Snowing greater part of the day ;
wind southerly; preparing the housing; tempera.
ture, 27 deg. ; man died on board Investigator.
"Saturday, 28—Weather cloudy ; wind N.E.;
preparing housing; temperature, 27 deg.
" Sunday, 29—Weather clear ; calm ; temperature,
16 deg. ; performed Divine service ; caught a fox.
" Monday, 30—Weather cloudy; wind N.N.W.;
housing the ship over ; temperature, zero.
"Tuesday, 3l—Weather clear ; wind N.N.W.;
housing ship over; temperature, 10 deg.
" Wednesday, Nov. I—Weather clear; wind
N.N.W. ; housing ship over; temperature, 15 deg.
gi42. part ..)f. the any ;
tvnierrrtrm 8 sployed
the decks with snow to the t

ickness of two feet;

temperature, 4 deg.
" Friday, 3—Snowing; wind from the north-
ward, covering the decks with snow ; temperature,
4 deg.

" Saturday, 4—Weather clear; wind northerly,
covering the deck with snow ; temperature, 14 deg.
" Sunday, s—Weather clear; wind north; tem-
perature, 23 deg. ; performed Divine service.
" Monday, 6—Weather clear; wind north, cover-
ing deck with snow; temperature, 11 deg.
" Tuesday, 7—Weather cloudy ; wind northerly,
covering deck with snow ; temperature 12 deg.
" Wednesday, B—Weather cloudy, blowing fresh
from the N.N.W.; covering deck with snow; tempe-
rature, 20 deg.
"Thursday, 9—Weather clear ; wind northerly ;
crew banking ship's side up with snow; temperature,
17 deg. ; sun's altitude at noon, 7 min.
" Friday, 10—Weather clear; wind north; bank-
ing ship's side up ; temperature, 31 deg. ; sun at noon 7
min. below the horizon.

" Saturday, 11—Weather cloudy; wind from the
southward and eastward ; banking ship's side up ;
temperature, 10 deg.
" Sunday, 12—Weather cloudy ; wind from the
southward and eastward; temperature, 31 deg. ; per-
formed Divine service.

"Monday, 13—Weather cloudy; wind S.E. ;
banking ship's side up; caught a fox, put a ;collar
round his neck, with the following inscription en-
graved on it :—' Her Majesty's ship Enterprise, Port
Leopold, lat. 73 50 N., long. 90 s 2 W., then started
him off. From this date all that were •aught during
the winter, about 40 in number, were served in the
same manner. Temperature 5 deg.

" Tuesday, 14—Weather thick from the effects of
drift; blowing a strong gale from the S.E.; crew
employed below; temperature zero.
" Wednesday, 15—Weather cloudy ; wind north ;
banking ship's side up; temperature, 10 deg.
" Thursday, 16—Weather misty ; calm ; banking
ship's side up; temperature, 30 deg.
"Friday, 17—Weather clear; calm; banking
ship's side up; temperature, 5 deg.
" Saturday, 18—Weather clear; wind north ;
c ew employed about the housing; temperature,
17 deg.
" Sunday, 19—Weather clear ; wind north ; blow-
ing fresh ; temperature, 20 deg. Performed Divine
service.

" Monday, 20—Weather clear ; wind north ; this
day completed housing over, covering decks, and
banking up ship's side with snow ; all snug for the
winter. From this day crew variously employed
inboard and outboard, for the good of their health,
a certain number of hours a day.

[PRICE 6D.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
THE STEAM-FRIGATE SHARICIE, &C.

PORTSMOUTH. DEC. 31, 1849. —lt appears by
letters from Egypt that the retrograde ing.vement
which set in with the reign of Abbas Pasha is still
going on. We are inform d that Hafuz Bey, the
Commodore of the Sharkie, has been sent to the
White Nile—i. e., to banishment ; which was speedily
followed by hil murder, as customary in such cases.
The alleged ground of this, and of Mohammed Bey's
degradation, is the long time that the Sharkie was
detained in England to have her engines fitted, the
expense consequent thereon, &c. The punishment is
most unjust, for neither the Egyptians nor the engi-
neers who fitted the engines were able to dispatch the
work in the time required, owing to the great pre.sure
of engineering work in England at the time the ship
was here. The s hole seems to have been instigated
by French intrigue—Frenchmen who hold offices
under the Government and Egyptians who have been
educated in France being the movers. The result
of the liberal policy on which the late
Mehemet Ali proceeded, in having young men
educated in England and in France to fill
plaoes of trust in Egypt, is now being abused to
stir up a general hostility on national partialities
against all who have been educated in Europe. It is
clear that the late far-seeing Pasha considered he
should by such an arrangement accumulate skill
from the different countries, and it appears that the
skill obtained from England has preponderated. He
was, as is well known, an acute discriminator of in-
dividual merit, and observed this ; and daring his
reign an intrigue was formed to discredit in his
regard the persons who had been in England; but he
saw through the attempt, and the effort failed. It
does not seem that Abbas is yet aware of the motives
in which the hostile feelings towards some of his
servants who have been in England have originated,
nor of the danger of acting on those feelings. National
jealousy lies at the bottom, and the result is the loss
of talent and worth, which he has not the means of
realising elsewhere.
The Devastation steam-frigate, after passing about
fifteen months in dock, was taken out to-day, after
incurring expenses for repairs to the tune of-something
approaching 14,000 t. " But then," said our informant,
" she is a new ship again now." She was only
launched in 1841, and has served the time of only
one good commission since.
The Terrible steam-frigate, Captain Hope, ar-
rived at Spithead this morning from the river, much
improved in appearance since she was last here. The
" reduction" of the stack of chimneys, and the sub-
stitution of one sensible looking funnel, is a feature
more in accordance with " shipshape" ideas.— Times.
The Adventure transport, Master Commander
Wellington, arrived from the river this afternoon.
She will sail to-morrow fur Plymouth, and ship stores
for the Coast of Africa squadron.
The Bungalore convict ship, for Leveton Bay, em-
barked convicts for that penal colony from the Stirling
Castle and other hulks this morning.
The Comet steam surveying vessel, Commander
Otter, arrived in the night from the Irish coast to
refit.

PLYMOUTH, Dgc. 29.--Iler Majesty's brig Brito-
mart, Commander Chamberlayne, was on Wednesday
towed alongside the jetty, preparatory to ber being
paid off on Monday next. Her masts are unshipped
and sent into the yard for examination. It is reported
that her Second Lieutenant will shortly be tried by
court-martial on board her Majesty's ship Impreg-
nable for disobedience of orders.

It was intended that her Majesty's ship Indefati-
gable, Captain Smart, should have been this day
towed out of Hamoaze, and her bridles were slipped,
and the Confiance steam tug lashed alongside, when a
report was brought that the moorings in Barn•pool
were not fit to receive her, and she.then was re•mcored
in Hamoaze.

By letters from Port Royal, dated November 18,
it appears that her Majesty's frigate Alarm had ar-
rived there all safe, after a passage of forty-eight days,
from Plymouth.
The Arethusa will be taken out of dock on Tues-
day, and be masted for commission.
The Octavio, having refitted for ordinary, has been
towed to her moorings by the Confiance.
Wind—North-west; fine weather.

WOOLWICH, Dxc. 31.—The Right Hon. Sir T. F.
Baring, Bart., and Rear-Admiral Dundas, C. 8.,
returned to their official duties at the Admiralty to-
day. Captain Lord John Hay, C. 8., returns on
Wednesday.
The Hon. Miss Courtenay Boyle, Mrs. Brodie,
and the Misses Boddington, Spring-gardens, near
relations of Captain Sir John Franklin, visited Wool-
wich Dockyard to-day, accompanied by ',Commander
terprise, where they were received by ,Uaptain C Eol-
linion, C 8., and shown all the proparvitions making
on board that vessel preparatory to prckceeding on a
searching expedition to Behring s Straits, The Hon.
Miss Courtenay Boyle and party were the" conducted
to the Investigator, where they were received by
Commander M'Clure, and, after going over the vessels
and witnessing the ample preparations made for the
for the relief of the missing voyagers, and the quantities
of preserved meats and potatoes which have been ship-
ped, they left Woolwich highly gratified with their
visit. Lady Franklin intended visiting the vessels to-day
with the relatives of Sir John Franklin, but was
detained in town in correspondence with some of the
naval authorities.

The Enterprise was taken out of the inner basin to-
day, and will be taken into the stream to-morrow.
The Violet Dover mail steam-packet was taken out
of dock to-day, and the Lizard taken into dock.

COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS CLUB. --• Yesterday 8
meeting of commercial travellers was held at the London
Tavern, for the purpose of considering the propriety of
establishing a central club-house in the metropolis, for
the benefit of the above-named class, which is computed
to approximate to thirty thousand in number for the
entire kingdom. Mr. A. H. Moore, of Gray's Inn, oc-
cupied the chair, and pointed out the necessity that
existed for the establishment in the great metropolis of
a central home for commercial travellers, where they
could communicate with one another, and receive or
deliver letters without any extraordinary delay. A
resolution was moved by Mr. Rumsey, in a lengthened
address, explanatory of the objects of the proposed
institution, and which were to the following effect:—
" That a club-house, with dormitories, &c., and which
shall be exclusively appropriated to the promotion of the
comfort and convenience of the commercial travellers of
the United Kingdom, be established in a central part of
the city of London, thereby meeting the universally
admitted necessity for some gathering point in the me.-
tropolis; that such shall be conducted in an unostenta-
tious and consistently economical manner, but with due
and close regard to substantial respectability and com-
fort, and which, with its reading rooms and appropriate
library, will promote habits of mutual and intelligent
intercourse that cannot fail to bo of advantage to its
members generally, hence to the trade of the country
and society generally." Having been seconded by Mr.
James, the motion was unanimously agreed to. The
proceedings terminated with the appointment of a com-
mittee to carry out the foregoing resolution.
ACCIDENT TO PROFESSOR SRDOWICK.We regret
to have to state that an accident of a serious character
occurred to Professor Sedgwick on Monday, December
24. The professor was on his return to Cambridge by
the Huntingdon-road, between two and three o'clock,
when, between How-house and the turnpike, sad on a
slight descent, the horse trod upon a round stone, slipped
up. and rolled over. The Professor fell, and the horse
fell partially upon him. On regaining his feet the Pro-
fessor's first impulse was to catch the horse, and in this
ho succeeded; and it was not until he went to take the
rein on his right aria to lead the animal home that he
discovered that the bone was fractured between the
elbow and the shoulder. The knees of the horse were
badly cut, and in this lamentable condition the Professor
reached the turnpike, leading his steed. On his arrival
at the gate a fly was sent for, and the Professor was
conveyed to his rooms. Mr. Humphrey, surgeon, was
in immediate attendance, and reduced the fracture, which
is a simple one, and we are happy to be enabled to add
that the latest accounts represent the patient as pro-
ceeding favourably. Tho Professor was riding at an
easy canter at the time of the occurrence. He was, in
addition, seriously bruised by the fall.—Cambridge
Chronicle.

Oux STATUES.—There are two very prominen ob-
jects in the centre of our renowned city (London) which
seem to be little cared for. I mean the statues of our
beloved Queen and the Duke of Wellington. I have
been taught that statuary marble is a suitable emblem ofl
purity; but the marble statue of the Queen in the Rclya
Exchange denotes anything but that; the dingy, grimy.
&ac"lingering look
almost forbids
appearance
persona
behind. Oh, Sir, what sort of opinion will our country
tll
taste
from
drapery,om
taking
cousins and forbigners form, who. may visit our metro-
polis during the Christmas. holidays, when they see
Majesty in a condition so pitiable, and the Noble Duke
close by, the greatest general of the age, and a man of
mettle, exhibiting almost the appearance of a sweep
with a soot bag wrapped around him? Really, Sir, I
think soap, sodalmter, and other requisites may be
obtained at something less than war prices. I do, there.
fore, most sincerely hope that these few hints will be
sufficient to stimulate our worthy City authorities, with-
out any delay, to pay those necessary little attentions to
royalty and merit, and prevent any further reference to
the subject.—Correspondent of the Builder.
TRING, READING, AND BASINGSTOKE RAILWAY.
—The official manager appointed to wind up the affairs
of this undertaking announces that a dividend will be
paid out of. he estate to all holders of scrip on which
the depostt five
paid• guineas per share was originally