The Sun.
London, England, 1844-10-09 00:00:00

No. 16,270. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, E V E NING,

S vN7 OCTOBER 9, 1844.

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T , OND 0 N and YORK RAILWAY.
A Several advertisements having of late appeared, headed
"DIRECT NORTHERN RAILWAY," and having attached
thereto the names of Sir John Rennie, Mr. Grivatt, Major Amsinc,
and others, in which it is asserted—that by the Direct Northern
Line the distance from London to York will be twenty miles less
than by the line proposed by this Company—that the scheme to
connect London with York originated with, and was first projected
by, Sir John Rennie amt Company—and that upwards of seventy
miles of their scheme has been appropriated by the London and
York Company—the Committee of Direction feel called upon, in
justice to themselves and the shareholders, to give these assertions
the most direct and unqualified contradiction.
Te the first they reply—that the difference in distance between the
projected lines from London to York, instead of being twenty miles,
is not more than too miles and a half. Sir John Rennie's, by la is
own account being 180 miles in length—that of the London and
York being in reality upon the line, as finally laid down, 1851
miles.

OXFORD, WORCESTER, AND WOLVER-
HAMPTON RAILWAY.
Capital, 1,500,000/. Shares, 501. each. Deposit, 21. 10s.
COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT.
Frederick Pratt Barlow, Esq., London, Directors of the Great
Thomas Richard Guppy, Esq., Bristol,
Henry Simonds, Esq., Reading, Western Railway
William Tothill, Esq., Bristol, Company.
John Rogers, Esq., Chester.
Mr. George B. Thorncycroft, iron master, Wolverhampton.
Mr. John Barker, iron master, Wolverhampton.
Mr. Joseph Walker, merchant, Wolverhampton.
Mr. John Perks, edgetool.manufacturer, Wolverhampton.
Edward Terry, Esq., Mayor of Dudley.
Thomas Badger, Esq., Dudley.
Mr. J. Joseph Bramah, iron master, Dudley.
Mr. 'William Mathews, iron master, Corbyn's Hall, Kingswinford.
Mr. Benjamin Gibbons, iron master; Shut.end House, Kingswinford,
James Foster, Esq., iron master, Stourton Castle, Stourbridge.
Michael Grazebrook, Esq., iron master, Audnam, Stourbridge.
Richard Hickman, Esq, Clay Works, Stourbridge.
Joseph King, Esq., Stourbridge.
Mr. Francis Burford, banker, Stourbridge.
Thomas Simcox Lea, Esq., Astley Hall, Kidderminster.
Mr. George Hooman, carpet manufacturer, Kidderminster.
Arthur Skey, Esq., Spring-grove liiewdley.
Mr. Enoch Baldwin, ironfounder, Stourport.
William Lewis, Esq., Mayor of Worcester.
John Lilly, Esq., nigh Alderman of Worcester,
John Parker, Esq., Worcester.
Mr. William Stallard ,jun., wine.merchant, Worcester.
George B. Hudson, Esq., Wick, near Pershore,
Mr. Thomas N. Foster, merchant, Evesham.
Mr. H. G. Busby, merchant, Moreton.in-the-Marsh.
Mr. Robert Beaman, merchant, Stow-on-the- Wold.
With power to add to their number.
ENGINEER—I. K. Brunel, Esq.
RANKERS.
Messrs. Spooner, Attwoods, and Co., London.
Messrs. Ruffords and Wragge, Stourbridge.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. W. 0. and W. Hunt, Whitehall, London.
Mr, Robert Rising,
Mr. Fred. Thomas Elgie, } Worcester.
The Line is proposed to branch out of the Grand Junction Rail.
way near to Wolverhampton, and to have a station within a quarter
of a mile from the centre of that town. From thense it will pass
ever a densely populated mining and manufacturing district in the
immediate vicinity of extensive iron, nails, iron hardware, glass,
fire-brick, and numerous other manufactories, through the popu.
lous towns of Bilston, Tipton, and Dudley, to Stourbridge, with a
Branch Line between the two last-named places to Kingswinford,
a neighbourhood abounding in mines and manufactures; and which
towns and district, containing together a population of upwards of
200,009, are now (with the exception of Wolverhampton) deprived
of the advantages arising from railway communication. From
Stourbridge the Line will proceed to Kidderminster, which, with
the neighbouring towns of Bewdley and Stourport, contains a po-
pulation of about 28,000. The great carpet manufactories of Kid-
derminster are too well known to need comment, and the principal
portion of their productions is sent to London for sale. From Kid.
derminster the Line will proceed to Droitwich, where there are
large manufactories of salt.
Between Kidderminster and Droitwich a Branch Line will be
made to Stoke Prior (joining there the Birmingham and Gloucester
Railway), where there are extensive salt, soap, and chemical
manufactories.
The works at Droitwich and Stoke already consume not less
than 100,000 tone of coal per annum, and if brought into imme.
diate connection with the extensive coal-field through which this
Railway will pass, the consumption will no doubt be materially in-
creased. From Droitwich the Line will proceed to the City of
Worcester (where there will be a Branch, about one mile, to the
Severn, for the purpose of communicating with that river for
goods). This City contains a population of 27,000, and is an im.
portant market for agricultural produce, hops, fruit, cider, &e., as
well as the principal seat of the glove and porcelain manufactures
in the kingdom. It is intended that the Line shall cross the Birm-
ingham and Gloucester Railway about four miles from Worcester,
between that city and Pershore, so as to afford a direct Railway
communication with Cheltenham, Gloucester, Bath, Bristol, and
the West of England.
From Worcester, to Pershore, Evesham, Chipping Campden,
Moreton-in.the-Marsh, and from thence, by the valley of Even.
lode, to Oxford, the district is principally agricultural. A com-
munication with the Stratford and Moreton Railway will be made
at the latter place; and in reference to the advantages of this por.
tion of the Line it will perhaps suffice to make the following ex.
tract from the Report of Lieut.-Colonel Sir Frederick Smith, the
late Inspector-General of Railways, who, with Professor Barlow,
was employed by her Majesty's Government in 1840, to examine
and report on the best Line of communication between London and
Dublin :
" We cannot close this Report without observing that, from
the favourable nature of the country for a Railway from the Great
Western Railway at Dudcot, and from thence to Worcester, and
from the skilful manner in which it is proposed to extend the Line
to the last-named city, we are of opinion that at no distant period
this project will be carried into effect. This Line would take from
Oxford nearly a central course between the Birmingham and Great
Western Lines, and afford railway accommodation to a district
which cannot derive much advantage from any other Line.
" This convenience would extend even to Worcester, notwith.
standing that the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway will pass
at no great distance, for the length of the journey from London
round by Birmingham will be at least 138 miles ; whereas, by the
projected Line through Oxford to 'Worcester, it would be only
118 miles—a distance of twenty miles in favour of the latter ; and,
taking into account the greater average speed of the Great Western
Railway, there can be no doubt that at least one hour in time
would be gained between London and Worcester, and the traveller
would save from ss. to 6s. in his fare."
With reference to the portion of the Line from Wolverhampton
to the point of junction with the Birmingham and Gloucester
Railway below Worcester, it may also be observed that, is the
year 1837 a Bill was introduced into Parliament for making a
Railway between those places, called the Grand Connection:ltail-
w ay, the Line of which was greatly inferior to the one now se-
lected in respect of contiguity to the most important towns ; and
the following is an extract from the Report of the Committee of
the House of Commons, who sat upon that Bill :
" The present means of conveyance and communication have
been proved to be insufficient for agricultural, commercial, manu-
facturing, and other purposes, as well between the proposed ter-
mini as between the towns on the Line of Railway and towns to
be connected with them by other Lines of Railway already sanc-
tioned.
" The average amount of traffic by land is 61,11 W. 4s. ; by
water, 45,3141. 2s. 3d.
passengers expected on the proposed Railway
is
a
:I:BTTAhh,4ee4nie.migbhetr of
of goods expected on the Railway is 182,890
tst,,
and;.ns w
oftih,iechdethscerißptaiiolnway approaches, goodspro arcchm
besides thestaple
wool,
hops, cider, Manchester goods, groceries, teazles, coal, and other
general merchandise and agricultural produce.
manufactures
grain,
fruit,of
the
" The amount of income expected to arise from the conveyance
of passengers is 31,7514 18s. 4d., and for goods, 74,680/. This
amount of income is independent of that which the promoters of
the Bill expect to derive from a new or increased traffic on the Line.
The largest revenue on goods is expected to be derived from the
carriage of the produce of the various staple manufactures of the
to was which the Railway approaches, and a considerable income is
anticipated from the carriage of coal."
In addition to the Passenger traffic specified in the above Report
of the Committee of the House of Commons, this Line will af.
ford communication for Passengers from Ireland landing at Liver.
pool, and from the northwest with the south-east of England, by
means of the continuation of the Great Western Railway from
Reading to Basingstoke, where it will be connected with the South.
ampton and Portsmouth Railways, as well as its being a direct line
to London, via Oxford, from the important towns and districts
through which it passes.
The Passenger traffic alone ought to afford a satisfactory return
on the capital proposed to be invested; but when it is shown that
this Line will supply the existing want of a direct Railway con-
veyance to London and the south-east of England, for the produce
of such extensive Colleries, Iron Manufactories, and other Works
as support a population of upwards of 200,000 persons in the South
Staffordshire and Worcestershire Mining districts, and will
also provide for conveying the produce of Kidderminster, Stoke
Works, Droitwich, and Worcester, and the agricultural districts
intersected by it, to their appropriate markets, it may confidently
be asserted that there is not a district of country in the kingdom
now unoccupied by railway which affords so great a prospect of re-
muneration.
In addition to these claims on public attention and support, the
Committee of Management have concluded an arrangement with
the Directors of the Great Western Railway Company, conditional
on the necessary preliminaries for proceeding with the Bill in Par-
liament being completed, and subject to the sanction of their Pro-
prietary, by which a guarantee of Three and a Half per Cent. per
Annum on the estimated Capital, with half the surplus profits, will
be secured to the Shareholders in this undertaking. And in the
event of its being found necessary to expend a greater sum than
1,500,0001. in constructing the Line (but which amount is esti.
mated to be more than sufficient for the purpose), the Directors of
the Great Western Railway Company have agreed that interest on
such additional amount, provided the same does not exceed
250,0001., shall be paid previously to any division of profits being
made.
• The gradients on the larger portion of the line will be favour.
able. The length of the line will be 90 miles ; and the length of
the branch to Kingswinford two wilts, to Stoke Prior between two
and three miles, and to the Severn about one mile. The esti-
mated population in and closely adjoining to the Line amounts to
upwards of half a million.
The surveys for the best Line are being proceeded with under
the superintendence of Mr. Brunel, with a view to the introduction
of a Bill in the next session of Parliament.
Power will be taken in the Act of Parliament to allow interest at
the rate of 4/. per cent. per annum on the deposits, as well as on all
future calls, from the dates of each payment till the opening of the
whole Litre.
A Subscribers' agreement and Parliamentary contract have been
prepared, and lie at the Company's offices for signature,
The Scrip Shares, and all payments thereon, will be forfeited,
without notice, should the holders thereof not sign the Subscribers'
agreement and Parliamentary contract on or before the 31st De.
cember next.
Shares will only be allotted to parties either personally known to
any member of the Committee of Management, or properly intro.
duced to them by letter; and, to prevent trouble, no other applica-
tions will be attended to.
Applications for Shares may be addressed to the Solicitors to the
Company, or to the following gentlemen :—Messrs. Clarke and
Hancocks, Solicitors, Shipston-on•Stour ; Mr. Griffith,, So.
licitor, Chipping Campden; Mr. Oswald Check, Town Clerk,
Evesham; Messrs. T. and W. G. Hallen, Solicitors, and Messrs.
Bird, Saunders, and Bird, Solicitors, Kidderminster; Messrs.
Grazebrook and Wragge, Solicitors, Stourbridge; Messrs.
Robinson and Fletcher, and Mr. John Bolton, Solicitors,
Dudley; Messrs. Phillips and Bolton, and Mr. Charles
Corser, Solicitors, Wolverhampton ; Messrs, J. S. Wells and Son,
Share Brokers, 75, Old Broad-street, and Mr. J. W. Scott, Share
Liverpool
iWithers,er pSAti
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sr s BTr kers,
Cardwell R oaynadl
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hbauri d
Bi sk,
Broker, 3, Bartholomew.lane, London; Messrs. Hightield and
S
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aslre; tcrheeeet.,
erDs,
ter ; Messrs. George Edwards and Son, Share Brokers, Bristol; Mr.
William Welch, Share Broker, Lancaster ; Mr. Thomas Sanford,
Share Broker, Exeter; Messrs. T. Earp and Son, Share Brokers,
Derby; Messrs. Tempest and Butchart, Share Brokers, Hudders-
field; Messrs. Collinson and Flint, Share Brokers, Hull; Messrs.
Ridsdale, Share Brokers, Leeds; Mr. James Hervey, Share Broker,
Halifax ; Mr. J. Brooke, Share Broker, Dewsbury ; Mr. Payne,
Share Broker, Wolverhampton; Mr. Nathaniel Lea, Share Broker,
Birmingham ; Mr. Wm. Lee, Share Broker Cheltenham • Mr.
William Bolton, Share Broker, Stratford -on-Avon ; and Mr. Wm.
Miles, Share Broker, Worcester.
Worcester, September, 1644.

BRITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE COM-
PANY, 1, Princes-street, Bank, London.
Empowered by Special Act of Parliament (4 Vict., cap. 9.)
HALF CREDIT RATES OF PREMIUM.
Persons assured according to these rates are allowed credit (with.
out security) for half the amount of the first seven Annual Pre-
miums, paying interest therecn at the rate of Five per Cent. per
Annum, with the option of paying off the Principal at any time, or
having the amount deducted from the sum assured when the Policy
becomes a claim.
Policies may thus be effects at lower rates than are generally
required for the term of seven years only ; whilst the holders have
the same security for the payment of their claims, whenever death
may happen, as if they paid dcuble the amount of premium, which
would be charged for assurances effected its the usual way.
Extract from the Half Credit Rates of Premium.
Annual Premium required for an Assurance of 1001., for the Whole
Tern of Lite.
Age. (Half Premium for Seven

METROPOLITAN POLICE FORCE.
The following instructions and orders have been
issued from time to time to the New Police by the
Rome Secretary and the Police Commissioners.
They are in general deserving of praise, and, were
they faithfully obeyed, we should hear fewer 'com-
plaints against that body. They are taken from
a useful publication, entitled " The Police and Con-
stabulary List" for October, 1844 :
EXTRACTS FROM INSTRUCTIONS.
POLICE CONSTABLE.
Every police constable in the force may hope to rise
by activity, intelligence, and good conduct, to the supe-
rior stations. He must make it his study to recommend
himself to notice by a diligent discharge of his duties,
And strict obedience to the commands of his superiors,
recollecting, that he who has been accustomed to submit
to discipline will be considered best qualified to com-
mand.
Ile will devote the whole of his time and abilities to
the service. He is at all times to appear neat in his per-
son, and correctly dressed in his established uniform ;
his demeanour must always be respectful towards his
officers.
He should clearly understand what powers are given
to him by law for the efficient execution of his duties.
For this purpose, he is recommended to read carefully
the instructions given to him respecting the general
duties of a constable.
On no pretence shall he enter any public-house, except
in the immediate execution of his duty : such a breach
of positive order will not be excused : the publican him-
self is subject to a severe fine for allowing him to remain
in his house. No liquor of any sort shall be taken from
a publican without paying for it at the time.
If during the tour of his duty he observes in the
street anything likely to produce danger or public incon-
venience, or anything which seems to him irregular and
offensive, he must report it to the sergeant.
He will be civil and attentive to all persons, of every
rank and class ; insolence or incivility will nut be
passed over.
While on duty, he must not enter into conversation
with any one, except on matters relating to his duty.
lie must be particularly cautious not to interfere idly
or unnecessarily ; when required to act, he will do so
with decision and boldness ; on all occasions he may ex-
pect to receive the fullest support in the proper exercise
of his authority.
lie must remember that there is no qualification more
indispensable to a police-officer than a perfect command
of temper, never suffering himself to be moved in the
slightest degree by any language or thereats that may
be used ; if he do his duty in a quiet and determined
manner, such conduct will probably induce well-disposed
by-standers to assist him, should he require it.
In case of a fire taking place, the constable at the spot
will give immediate alarm, by springing his rattle ; he
should, as soon as possible, send information to the divi-
sion station, and, until the arrival of some superior
officer, from whom he may receive further orders, he will
exert himself in any way likely to be most useful, as in
keeping the space near the spot clear, assisting in remov-
ing property, sending for a police force from the nearest
section residences, giving notice to the fire-offices, en-
gine-keepers, turncocks, &c. No man who is any great
distance from the fire should leave his beat ; as depre-
dators may take advantage of his absence.
For his exertions upon these or any other extraordi-
nary occasions, the commissioners may recommend him
to the Secretary of State for a reward ; but on no pre-
tence shall he receive a gratuity from any person for
anything relating to his duty ; this will always be visited
with immediate dismissal.
EXTRACTS FROM ORDERS.
The commissioners direct that in future the inspectors
OR duty shall not take into custody any person brought
in by a police constable on tho vague charge of " ob-
structing the constable in the execution of his duty."
[f such charge is to be made, it must be accompanied by
a specification of particulars.
The commissioners have to draw the attention of the
whole force to the frequent recurrence of charges, " ob-
structing police officers in the performance of their
duty ;" the commissioners wish to discourage this prac-
tice, and expressly state, that the police constable is not
authorised to take any one into custody without being
able to prove some specific act by which the law has been
broken. No constable is justified in depriving any one
of his liberty for words only, and language, however
violent towards the police constable himself, is not to be
noticed ; the constables are particularly cautioned not to
answer angrily, or enter into altercation with any per-
son while on duty. A constable who allows himself to
be irritated by any language whatsoever, shows that he
has not a command of his temper, which is absolutely
necessary in an officer invested with such extensive
powers by the law.
The inspectors on duty are to examine strictly all
cases of this sort brought before them, and upon every
occasion explain to the constable the necessity of discre-
tion and forbearance in an officer of the law. The com-
missioners will feel themselves compelled hereafter to
punish with the utmost severity any disobedience or
neglect of this order.
The commissioners having received information from
various sources, that the constables aro in the habit,
while on duty, of entering into conversation with ser-
vant-girls and other females, it is necessary to call to the
notice of the constables that such conduct is directly
contrary to the orders of the 20th of April last ; and if
any one should be reported hereafter for rnisconductine
himself in this way, he will be dismissed from the
police force.
The commissioners perceive, from several cases that
have lately come before them, that a proper degree of
order is not preserved in the watch or station-houses ;
that parties coming there on business have not met with
that civility and attention which ought to be shown to
every one. It is now ordered, that in future, a police
constable shall be posted at the door of the station-house,
and he is to answer in the first instance any one who
comes there ; if the party has business there, or otherwise
wishes it, he is immediately to be shown to the inspector
on duty, who will give him the necessary information,
or direct him where lie is to apply. No one shall be
allowed to remain in the station-house, except for the
necessary time his business requires ; and the inspector
is to be immediately informed, should any ono remain
contrary to these orders.
The commissioners have again to point out to the
police constable the impropriety of interfering with per-
sons for standing or talking together in the streets. It
has appeared in several instances lately, that people who
were merely talking together have been desired to
" move on ; ' and much opposition to the police con-
stables and bad feeling towards them, has been in conse-
quence created. The constables are also to recollect
upon all occasions, that they are required to execute their
duty with good temper and discretion ; any instance of
unnecessary violence by them, in striking a party in
their charge, will be severely punished. A constable
must not use his staff because the party in his custody
is violent in behaviour or language. 'the constables are
not to use language towards parties in their custody cal-
culated to provoke or offend them ; such conduct often
creates a resistance in the party, and a hostile feeling
amongst the persons present towards the constable. The
constable is always to bear in mind that, in taking any
one into custody, he is not justified in doing more than
is absolutely necessary for the safe custody of the par-
ties. whilst he conveys them to the station house.
The commissioners take this opportunity of acquaint-
ing the police force, that they have heard, from several
quarters, praise of their conduct at the former levees;
and the commissioners wish strongly to impress on their
minds the necessity, on all such occasions, of their acting
with the utmost temper and forbearance towards all per-
sons, and giving assistance to all who may require it ;
the people should be treated with good humour and
civility, and no severity used, except in cases of the
utmost necessity.
The commissioners think it right again to caution
every man in the police force, at a time when an attempt
is made to create a strong prejudice against them, that
they should do their duty with every possible moderation
and forbearance, and that they should not furnish a just
ground of complaint against themselves by any mis-
conduct. This caution is to be understood as applying to
all occasions, but particularly to those on a hich they are
called out in large bodies. It is highly desirable that
the constables should not use their truncheons in any
manner that may cause annoyance or irritation, except
when absolutely necessary.
The prisoners in every place of confinement under the
charge of the police aro to be visited once every hour ;
the cells are to be entered, and a particular observation
of each individual made by an officer appointed for that
purpose, who is to report to the inspector or officer on
duty the state all the prisoners are in. Immediate
attention is to be given to any case requiring assistance
or medical aid.
Tho commissioners feel it necessary again to call the
attention of the inspectors on duty at the station to the
orders repeatedly given respecting the treatment pfpa
.n.
ties coming on business to the station-houses.
,a..Tappear
specters may rest assured, that whenever it
that there has been a want of calmness and propriety of
of
manner by them of the utmost civility to all persons, Aeir
commissioners will mark by severe punishment
sense of so great misconduct:
A constable is not authorised to arrest or assist in ar-
resting, or to take into custody a person charged with an
assault, when the assault was not committed in the pre-
we ° , within view of the constable ; but if a person
slitalsbeern out or wounded, and gives into custody the
party charged with having cut or wounded him, the
constable is authorised to take the party into his custody,
and keep him in safe custody until he can be brought
before a magistrate.
EXTRACTS FROM RULES AND REGULATIONS.
SERGEANT OR CONSTABLE.
Qualification.—llis age must not exceed forty years. He must not be less than five feet seven
inches high
without his shoes.
He must be able to read and write, intelligent and
active, and certified to be free from bodily complaint,
and of a strong constitution ; and recommended as of
irreproachable character and coilnexioui.

Whether this difference of five and a half miles eon be realised
by Sir John Rennie's line is yet to be proved, and, if realised, whe.
ther such a difference would be compensated for by the London
and York line having its course through the towns of Hitchia,
Huntingdon, Peterborough, Grantham, Newark, Tuxford, Retford,
Bawtry, and Doncaster, not one of which is approached by Sir John
Rennie's line, the public will be able to determine.
To the second and third allegations the Committee of Direction
of the London and York Company reply, that while Sir John Ren.
nie and Co. state that their surveys were commenced in October,
1843, and their prospectus published in April last, the project for
a new railway between London and York was formed by Mr. Gibbs
in 1836, and in that year carried into Parliament That in 1840 Mr.
Gibbs again brought his scheme before the Parliamentary Coratnis-
sioners, and it is detailed by them in their report of 1841. That
such scheme was never abandoned by him, but in February of the
present year the details of the London and York Railway, as now,
with modifications adopted, were explained by him to Mr. Beckett
Denison, M.P , who suggested several alterations, and Mr. Francis
Mowatt, the Vice-Chairman, and arrangements were made for per-
fecting the plan by levels and surveys, which were completed in the
month •f March following, and on the 16th of April the project
was announced by advertisement in the Times, under the name of
the " Great Northern Railway," before any advertisement of Sir
John Rennie had appeared : and the Committee of Direction die.
tinctly affirm that the course over the first seventy miles from
London was adopted on actual surveys made by Mr. Gibbs, and not
suggested to them by any other parties; and they beg further to
observe, it is only now within these few days, that after the Lon-
don and York Company has been before the public for a period of
five months, after its whole capital of five millions has been sub.
scribed, and its shares has attained a high premium in the market,
that Sir John Rennie and Company have come forward with what
is intended to be a counter project, and with the mis-statements
here disposed of.
All comment upon this course would, in the opinion of the Com-
mittee, be idle.

Whole Premium afteS.
Seven Years.

Years.

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1 4 11
1 9 2
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R MORRISON, Resident Direstor.

NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR-
ANCE SOCIETY,
26, CORNHILL, LONDON.
Capital .£300,000.
Empowered by Act of Parliament.
DIVISION OF PROFITS.
The steady success and increasing prosperity of the Society has
enabled the Directors, at the last animal investigation declare a
4ocond Bonus, averaging 60 per cent. on the amounts rove ed on each
Policy erected on the Profit scale.
EXAMPLBS.

Subjoined, for the information of the Shareholders and the public,
is an accurate table of the actual distances, and also a list of the
Provisional Committee of the London and York Company, pub-
lished in May last, including names that will be taken by the pub-
,:

. .
lic as a guarantee against any such conduct as is implied by the as.
sertions of Sir John Rennie and Co.

By order of the Committee of Direction,
J. R. MO WATT, Secretary.
Offices, 7, Lothbury, London, October 3, 1844.

TABLE OF DISTANCES.

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previously- employed in any branch of the public service,
civil or military, he shall not be eligible for appointment,
unless he produces satisfactory testimonials of his cop-
duct in such service ; and a person who has been dis-
missed from any police, shall not be eligible for appoint-
ment in any other police force.
No person shall be appointed or retained in any of the
preceding offices, who shall hold any other office or em-
ployment for hire or gain (sec. 10, 2 R 3 Vict. cap. 9);
or who shall sell or have any interest in the sale of any
beer, wine, or spirituous liquors.
When vacancies occur in the office of superintendent,
inspector, or sergeant, it is desirable that encourage-
ment should be given to meritorious men serving in the
subordinate stations, by their promotion to the higher
stations, when they are qualified.
Pay.—The following rates of pay are intended to be
exclusive of any expenses for the purchase of a horse or
forage, for which, when a horse is necessary, a separate
allowance should be made:—

The chief constable's pay is to be not less than 2501. or
more than 500/, a year.
The superintendent's pay not less than 75/. or more
than 1501.

The inspector's pay not less than 651. or more than
201. a year.
The weekly pay of the sergeant is to be not less than
9s. or more than 255.

The weekly pay of the constable is to be not less than
ss. or more than 21s.

Constables are not to receive any fees, which, by tha
17th section of the 3d and 4th Vict., c. 88, are to be paid
to the treasurer of the county; but the above rates of pay
are intended to be exclusive of any allowance under the
18th section of the 2d and 3d Vict., c. 93.

MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS.

FROM TIER MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY.
CITY, TUESDAY EVENING.
TIMES.—The premium on gold at Paris is 103- per mille,
which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. Witt. per
ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 2 5
41 ; and the exchange at Paris on London at ahor t
being 25 50, it follows that gold is 0.35 per cen'.
dearer in London than in Paris.
By advices from llarnburgh the price of gold is 434}
per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 100.
per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13 9-1 ;
and tie exchange at llamburgh on London at short
being 13 91-, it follows that gold bears the same price at
both places.
We are requested to state, for the information of the
Spanish bondholders, that the Committee are daily expect-
ing a reply to their letter, dated the 19th of August last,
forwarded through the Foreign-office. The delay may be
accounted for by the absence of Mr. Bulwer from
Madrid ; and as the Minister of Finance has in a great
measure satisfied the claims of the local creditors, he can
scarcely refuse to give his attention to the further liqui-
dation of the foreign debt.
A correspondence between the London and Liverpool
Societies for the registration of Bristol and foreign ship-
ping has just been printed. The first letter of the series,
which is dated last July, is from the Liverpool Society,
and represents to the London one, that the time has ar-
rived for defining more clearly the rules and regulations
that relate to the building of new ships, and generally
for revising the rules for classification. The London So-
ciety (Lloyd's) in answering this communication, ad-
mits the truth of the assertion made on the Liverpool
side, that over-production of British shipping since 1838
has partly caused the depression under which this inte-
rest is labouring ; but while they profess their willing-
ness to receive suggestions, they are averse from making
alterations in their rules. In a subsequent letter, the
Liverpool Society, after several suggestions relative to
shipping, make the following observations, which are
the most important part of the correspondence :
" Experience has convinced them, that a local com-
mittee is essential to the public interests of the impor-
tant port of Liverpool, and to the merchant-shipping,
which resort to it, the work of which cannot consistently
with those interests be left to the mere reports of the
surveyors, owing (with other reasons) to the peculiar
regulations of the port and the arrangements of the
public graving docks. The underwriters and merchants
require this protection rio less than the ship-owners.
Should these views be adopted, one book of registry
would be sufficient, the local committee would super-
intend the work of this port, and transmit the decisions
and surveys to the London committee for publication.
The surplus fees, after paying the local expenses, would
be transmitted to London also."
The answer to this letter is the communication of
a resolution passed by the London committee, that
no alteration can be made in the fundamental rules
of the society. This of course implies that the sug-
gestion quoted above is not to be adopted, and the
Liverpool party publish the correspondence, to show
the shipping interest the pains they have taken for their
welfare.

A correspondent, adverting to the favourable accounts
recently transmitted of financial affairs in Portugal, is
of opinion that the creditors may now with propriety
look for a more rapid increase of the interest on the Con-
♦erted Stock, considering that the foreign debt does not
exceed 9,486,0004—a small sum in proportion to the re-
sources of the country. The interest on this sum at 2i
per cent., the rate which Portugal has paid for the last
three years, amounts to 237,6501. sterling ; and our let-
ters from Lisbon state, that by the economical plans of
Baron Tojal an annual saving of 118,0001., or half the
amount required for interest, has been effected, with every
prospect of fresh benefits to be derived from new judi-
cious plans. Under these circumstances, it is not unrea-
sonable for creditors to hope to participate in the general
prosperity.
In consequence of the attention which is now paid to
this stock, we subjoin the article of the Portuguese decree
of the 2d of Nov., 1840, regulating the rate at which the
interest is to increase :

" Article 5. The interest on the new stock will be pa
able half-yearly on the Ist of January and Ist of July
each year, at the rate of 21 per cent. per annum from
January, 1841, to December, 1644 ; of 3 per cent. from
1845 to 1848 ; of 4 per cent. from 1849 to 1852 ; of 5
per cent. in the following eight years, from 1853 to 1860;
and of 6 per cent. from 1861, as long as may be neces-
sary lbr the integral reimbursement of the part of the
interest unpaid during the first 12 years, returning af-
terwards to the rate of 5 per cent. until the stocks shall
be completely redeemed."

SUN.—Consols closed at about tho quotations of the
morning, viz., 100 -a for Money, and 1001 4for Account.
New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. were 103. Bank
Stock receded to 2084.
The Foreign Bonds remained about the same. Spanish
Actives were 23k, and the Three per Cents. 34i 4, Por •
tuguese Converted were 504 to 51. Mexican brought
34} 4 ; Brazilian 86 to 86i ; Belgian 1041 ; and Dutch
T wo-and-a-llalf per Cents. 624.
The additional transactions in Railway Shares have
been these :—Harwich were 4 ; Hull and Selby, 16 ;
Lancaster and Carlisle, 4 ; South-Western, 34k; Croy
don, 2i ; Ditto, Guaranteed, ; London and York, 14;
Lynn and Ely, 2i ; Newcastle and Darlington, 27 ;
North British, ; Norwich and Brandon, 6} ; South-
Eastern, Gi ; Ditto, New, fq ; Trent Valley, 7.1 ; Central
of France, ; Orleans, Tours, and Bordeaux, 1 ; Paris
and Lyons, ; Paris and Rouen, 19 premium. Eastern
Counties have been 11 to 11 discount. London Joint-
Stock Bank Shares were 33- premium.
The exchange on Amsterdam improved yesterday,
and on Trieste and Paris also, but was rather lower on
Hamburgh. Frankfort and Antwerp were steady.
The following is the official return of the exports of
bullion from the port of London for the week ending
Thursday last:—

Silver Coin to Rotterdam
Gold Coin to Ceylon

SUDDEN DEATH OF LADY lIAYTER.—An inquest
on the body of Lady Sarah Hayter, wife of Sir G.
Hayter, painter in ordinary and painter in history to her
Majesty, was held last evening, at the Coach and Horses
Inn, Brighton, before Mr. Gell. Her Ladyship, who is
64 years of age, had been lodging at Brighton for a fort-
night, and on Sunday went to dine with her neices, the
Misses Cannon, in Montpelier-road. On her way thither
she was attacked by paralysis, of which, notwithstanding
the efforts of Mr. Drummond, a surgeon, residing in
Regency-square, who was immediately sent for, she died
between 16 and 7 o'clock in the evening. The Misses
Cannon had engaged other lodgings in Broad-street, and
had to leave Montpelier-road by noon on Monday ; and,
under these circumstances, the body was sent to Mr.
T'onne's, the undertaker, early on Monday morning, in
order to be encoffined preparatory to being sent to Lon-
don for interment. The circumstance got bruited abroad
on Monday ; in consequence of which the High Con-
stable interfered to prevent the further removal till an
inquest could be held. The jury returned a verdict of—
" Died by the visitation of God," and condemned in strong
terms the removal of the body, which took place with the
surgeon's sanction, as a course which, if carried into
practice, would rendercoroner's inquest a complete nullity.
THE AMERICAN LlNERS.—Another new vessel has
been built at New York, and is intended to take her
place as one of the regular line of packet ships trading
between London and New York, in addition to the
already extensive fleet of ships
She is called the Northumberland, and i!
am
for
New
York on her return passage on the station.ectcti
daily
to arrive, having been advertised to sa27iltimost.Sheis
reported to be larger and altogether
employed
on
itlhya et xp
on a moresplendid
scale than either of
last new ones, the Victoria or
Prince Albert, splendid as they t" are acknowledged to be.
The St. James, which arrived in the St. Kalherine's
Dock a day or two since, had, in addition to a large
passengers and an immense cargo, consisting
descriptions of American provisions. including
beef,
o f numberalall
pork, of
cheese,
eese &c., of which articles large quantities
are imported since the passing of the new tariff, a con-
siderable quantity of specie, amounting to several
thousand dollars. The Westminster left the dock for
New York yesterday morning, with a large number of
cabin and steerage passengers, and a full cargo of British
manufactured goods. A vessel sails from either port
every ten days, and the voyage is invariably made with
remarkable regularity and exactness.
CHURCH BELLS.—The Irish Ecclesiastical Journal
informs the clergy that they can substitute cast steel
bars for the ordinary church bells with considerable ad-
vvntage, as regards both tone and cheapness. Any
clergyman can procure for thirty shillings a bar of cast
steel producing a better tone than the ordinary small
church bells, which cost from 41. to 61.—Limerick
Chronicle.

TIM PROVISION CONTRACT.—We are happy to per-
ceive that the highly respectable firm of John Russell, of
this city, has obtained the greatest portion of the con-
tract, which must be productive of greatilocal benefit.
It is:almost needless to add that the entire provision con-
tract will be made up in Ireland. There was no con-
tract last year. The present prices are such as will
have a favourable influence on the fair of Dallinasloe.--
Limerick Chronicle,