The Sun.
London, England, 1845-05-15 00:00:00

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made to the Secretaries, at the Company's offices, 63, Moorgate-
street, London, and South Mall, Cork ; Mr. T. K. Sullivan, Bandon ;
and to the following brokers :—Mr. J. Seaborne May, and Mr. Laurie,
Liverpool ; Mr. C. Forster, Cork; Mr. Hone, b, Foster-place, and
Mr. Henry Lamaze, 17, College-green, Dublin; and Mr. T. J. Hun-
gerford, and Mr. M'Carthy Downing, Skibbereen.
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.

'WARWICK and CHELTENHAM JUNC-
TION RAILWAY, and EVESHAM VALLEY RAILWAY.
An arrangement, mutually satisfactory, having been entered into
between the Provisional Committees of the above two Companies,
notice is hereby given, that the Evesham Valley line is merged in
the Warwick and Cheltenham. Dated this 14th day of May, 1845.
BRIDGES and MASON,I Joint Solicitors for the Warwick
JOHN CIIINNERY, 3 and Cheltenham Railway.
HAYNES and MOORE, Warwick, Solicitors for the Eve-
sham Valley Company.

NATIONAL LOAN FUND ASSUR-
ANCE SOCIETY,
26, COILNIIILL, LONDOI.
Capital .E 500,000.
Empowered by Act of Farnatant.
DIVISION OF PROFITS
The steady success and increasing presy.erit. of the Society has
enabled the Directors, at the last annual invitigation to declare a
second Bonus, averaging 60 per cent. on the amults invested on each
Policy effected on the Profit scale.
EXAMPLES.

CLOSING OF THE PRESENT EXHIBITION.
BRITISH INSTITUTION, PALL-MALL
The GALLERY for the EXHIBITION and SALE of the
WORKS of BRITISH ARTISTS is OPEN DAILY, from Ten in
the Morning till Five in the Evening, and will be closed on Saturday,
the 17th instant.

TO THE PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE BANDON
AND BANTRY RAILWAY.
Gentlemen—l hereby request you will apportion me Shares
In the above proposed Railway, and I agree to pay the deposit of 11.
10s. per share upon such allotment as you may be pleased to make,
and to sign the subscription contract required by Parliament, and also
the subscribers' agreement,
I a n, Gentlemen, your obedient servant,
Name •• • .
Profession, trade, or calling.... • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Residence . .
Date of application • • • • •• • • •
Reference • .. . • • •• • •

Admission, I,s.—Catalogue, Is.

WILLIAM BARNARD, Keeper.
N.B.—The GALLERY will be RE-OPENED early in JUNE, with
a COLLE TION of PICTURES by ANCIENT MASTERS, and Sir
AUGUSTUS CALLCOTT, R.A., &e.

IVAR WICK and CIIELTENIIAAI J
UNC-
TION RAILWAY.

The Provisional Committee has the pleasure to announce to their
Shareholders that they have this day concluded a most satisfactory
arrangement with the Provisional Committee of the Evesham Valley
Railway, whereby the Evesham Valley Line is merged In the War-
wick and Cheltenham, and the valuable support of the Projectors and
Committee of the former Line transferred to the latter.
By order,
lIENRY CASSIN, Secretary.

1
' ,
ra 1 Bonus Renziit In ei li. :t.... r;—:
THE COLOSSEUM, Regent's Park, is NOW
1 , :,rli.' Pr. OPEN, under the patronage of her Most Gracious Majesty and
a- 7' , , ! _
m N1..4 rig his Royal Highness the Prince Albert who have been pleised to ex-
premium.
press their high approbation of the' entire exhibition.. The chief
P 5
i added. Cash. 4—g- . -n- '
.., a 45, ,
''' 2. F. • ';'4 & novelties of this gigantic establishment consist of the Glyptotheca, or
Museum of Sculpture—the Grand Panorama of London—the Classic
Ruins of the Temples of Theseus, Vesta, and Arch of Titus, &c.—
_ ______ ___—
£ £S. d. Xs.d.£ s. d £ 11. d£s. da the magnificent View of Mont Blanc, Mer de Glace, and A'pinc
1897;170 937751 12 3 2 346 2 3 Torrent, &c.—the Conservatories and gorgeous Gothic Aviary—the
i0;1000 74 3 4 1838 144 2 2 64 5 6 916 4 296 13 4 Wonderful Stalactite Caverns at Adelsberg, and various splendid
i 1839 116 16 0 51 511 711 9 247 4 5 Promenades'and Fountains, forming together an exhibition unrivalled
----- . in the world.
The division of profits is annual, and the next will be made in De- Open from Ten till Six. An entrance'also in Albany,street.
eember of the prevent year. --
.. .

May 14, 1845,

GREAT INDIAN PENINSULAR RAIL-
WAY.—At a Meeting of the Provisional Committee of the
above line, held at the office of Messrs. White and Borrett, 35, Lin-
coln's Inn-fields,
It was resolved, That as the dispatch to the Governor-General of
India, on the subject of railways in that country, has appeared in the
newspapers, the following prospectus be at once issued for the info!,
oration of the public

COVENTRY and LEICESTER JUNCTION
RAILWAY.
Provisionally registered pursuant to 7 and 8 Victoria, c. 110.
PROVISIONAL 'COMMITTEE.
Rev. A. A. Aylward, Hinckley
Samuel Bonner, Esq., Hinckley
Mr. John Blakerly, Hinckley
Mr. Beale Sholford
T. Crafts, Esq., Burbage
W. Clark, Esq., Mayor of Coventry
Cottrill, Esq.. Hinckley
John Smith Crosland, Esq., Burbage Lodge
J. M. Cottle, Esq., Leamington
Rev. J. M. Cooper, Hinckley
Rev. George Dealtry, Vicar of Hinckley
Rev. John Fisher, Rector of Higham
Mr. N. Gilbert, Barton Hastings
rawarn-Outston, r.sq-.,-AlSTfffilit- Poor-law Commissioner, Dublin
E. 11. Murat, Esq., Clifton, near Bristol
James Holier, Esq., Hinckley
Joseph Knight, Esq., Director of the Chunk Valley Railway
Mr. William Law, Hinckley
Rev. G. Mettam, Harwell
Charles Noel, Esq., Kirby
Charles Preston, Esq., Hinckley
Mr. Thomas Short, Hinckley
Mr Thomas Cooper Scott, Burton, Hastings
T. Spencer, Esq., East Shilton
H. Townsend, Esq., Stanton House
G. Townsend, Esq., Sapcote
Frederick Wollaston, Esq
R. S. J. Winterton, Esq., Sketchley Hall
Edward Henry Chapman, Esq., Leadenhall-street, London
J. E. B. Curtis, Esq., Grove-end-road, St. John's-wood
Henry Plumptre Gipps, Esq., Montague-place, Bryanstou-
square
R. H. Kennedy, Esq., Emscote House, Leamington
Captain Lindsay, Leamington
Archibald Spells, Esq., Manor Hourse, Inveresk, N.B.
William Trentham, Esq., Leamington
Major-General Sir Thomas Valiant, K.C.B. and K.H.
T. S. Wright, Esq., Leamington
T. H. Thorne, Esq., Leamington
COMMITTEE OF DIRECTION.
R. H. Kennedy, Esq., Emscote-house, Leamington, Chairman
Major-General Sir T. Valiant, K.C.8., and K.H., Deputy-Chairman
John Biggs, Esq., Leicester
T. E. Bigge, Esq., Bryanston-square
W. Clark, Esq., Mayor of Coventry
J. E. B. Curtis, Esq., Grove-end, St. John's-wood
E. H. Chapman, Esq., Leadenhall-street
J. M. Cottle, Esq., Leamington
Henry Plumptre Gipps, Esq., Montagu-place, Bryanston-square
R. Harris, Esq., Leicester
H. Jephson, Esq., M.D., Leamington
Joseph Knight, Esq., Leicester
Mr. William Law, Hinckley
Captain Lindsay, Leamington
G. B. Bunbury, Esq., Leamington
Archibald Spells, Esq., Manor House, Inveresk, N.B.
The Committee of Direction have the satisfaction to announce to
their Shareholders that they have secured the active co-operation
and support of all the principal landowners and other influential per.-
sons on the line, many of whom are members of the Provisional Com-
mittee, and that all the shares have been allotted and the deposits
paid. By order, HENRY CASSIN, Secretary.
3, Church-court, Old Jewry, Wednesday, May 14, 1845

This instLution offers many important ant stibstantial advan-
tages with respect both to Life Assurances ant Deferred Annuities.
The assured has, on all occasions, the power ts
borrow, without ea.
pence or forfeiture of the Policy, two-thirds 4 premium paid,
(see table); also the option of selecting benefits, the conversion
of his interests to meet other conveniences or See tY• Ass"anc"
tir terms of years are granted ou the lowest possible.rates.
F. FMROUSON CANIROUX. See.

WHITSUN HOLIDAYS.
ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
The ATMOSPIIBRIE RAILWAY, exhibited by a work-
mg Model, having a power to carry visitors. A Curious
MECHANICAL HAND ou a person who has lost his
natural hand. Dr. Ryan's LECTURES on the Cheatis-
try of Domestic Life daily. Professor Bachhoffner's varied
Lectures with brilliant experiments. Lectures en Character, with
Musical Illustrations, by Mr. J. Russell, accompanied by Dr.
Wallis on the Piano-forte, every evening except Saturday, at Eight,
o'clock. -New and beautiful Objects in the CIIRms monow,
ruYSIOSCOPE, PROTEOSCOPE, Ste. New DISSOLVING VIEWS.
Submarine Experiments by the DIVER and DIVING BELL.
Working Models described daily.
Admission, Is. ; Schools, Half-price.

PRESERVER FIRE, LIFE, AND FAMILY
.
_ •,._ _ • •

D -C
tOhl Ts s r
d, U
As an IndemnityiN to A SaII: VDIAI7IR
Deed of Settlementir has been
executed, whereby Property, producing upwards of Five Thou-
sond Pounds per Annum has been secured to Trustees for the
fulfilment of all engagements entered Into at this Office.
The peculiar advantages offered over those of similar Institutions
are, amongst others—
TO ASSURE FROM LOSS BY FIRE EVERY DESCRIPTION
OF HOUSE, CHARITABLE, and CHURCH PROPERTY, Farm-
ing Stock, Goods, &c., at a considerable reduction from the charges
usually made.
TO ASSURE THE LIVES OF INDIVIDUALS OF ALL AGES
the payment of the principal sum to be made EITHER ON THE
DEATH OF THE ASSURED, OR ON A FIXED DAY, IF HE
BE THEN LIVING.
ADVANCES OF MONEY FOR LIMITED PERIODS on the
deposit of Title Deeds, without the expense of Mortgage Securities.
LOANS TO NOBLEMEN AND GENTLEMEN of established
position, in conjunction with Life Assurances, upon their personal
responsibility alone.
The ASSURED MAY PASS FROM ONE COUNTRY TO AN-
OTHER without forfeiting their Policies, and MEDICAL EXAMI-
NATIONS are dispensed with.
Vacancies for a few Agents.

Direc-
tors of
the War-
wick and
Chelten-
ham
Junction
Railway

'o** Prospectuses and Tables, calculated with the greatest pre-
cision, may be had at the Mice.
JOTP7 WIDOWSON, Secretary.

EGYPTIAN-HALL, PICCADILLY.
THE 0-JIH-WAY INDIANS.—_A Party of
these interesting and romantic "Children of the Forest," from
the western wilds of North America, will APPEAR EVERY DAY
THIS WEEK, when they will perform their Novel Ceremonies,
Games, Dances, &c., in full native costume ; and the Interpreter will
deliver a Lecture, each performance, descriptive of Indian Charac-
ter, at two each afternoon, and at eight in the evening.
Admission Is. Children and Schools half-price.

METROPOLITAN ASSOCIATION
FOR IMPROVING TOE DWELLINGS OF THE IN-
DUSTRIOUS CLASSES.

Capital, 100,0001., in 4,000 Shares of 251. each.
The liability of the Shareholders, and the rate of interest to 5 per
cent., limited by Royal Charter.
Deposit, 2/. 103. per Share.
PATRONS.

Lord ASHLEY, M.P.
• • The Right Hon. the Earl of DEVON.
The Viscount EBRINGTON, ALP.
The Right Hon. Lord FRANCIS EGERTON, M.P.
•
Tho Right Hon. Lord ROBERT GROSVENOIt, ALF%
The Most Noble the Marquis of LANSDOWNP,
The Right Hon. Viscount MORPETH.
His Grace the Duke of NORFOLK.
The Most Noble the Marquis of NORMANBY,
The R.:v. JOSEPH BOWLES, D.D.
The Rev. W. W. CIIAMPNEYS, M.A.
CHARLES COCIIRANE, Esq.
The Rev. THOMAS DALE, M.A.
The Rev. W. S. GILLY, D.D.
Sir BENJAMIN HEYIVOOD, Bart.
Major JEBB, R.E.
The Rev. DENNIS KELLY, M.A.
F. A. MAC GEACIIY, Esq., M.P.
The Hon. and Rev. BAPTIST W. NOEL, M.A.
Sir JOHN PIRIE, Bart.
The Rev. JOSIAII PRATT, B.D.
It. A. SLANEY, Esq., &C. &c.
W. R. C. STANSFIELD, Esq., AI.P.
Tho Rev. W. STONE, M.A.
Sir FREDERICK TRENCH, M.P., K.C.H.
The Rev. CHAItLE i GIRDLESTONE, M.A.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
John Dunlop, Esq. J. D. Powles, Esq.
John Finlaison, Esq. John Reid, Esq.
Charles Gatliff, Esq. James Smith, Esq., of Deatiston.
T. F. Gibson, Esq. Thos.Southwood Smith, Esq.,M.D.
Sir Ralph Howard, Bart., M.P. John \Valiant Tottie, Esq.
Edward Hurry, Esq. Joseph Toynbee,
George A. Kilgour, Esq. W. A. Wilkinson, Esq.
The Right Hon. Viscount Morpeth
BANKEll3.—Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, Tritton, and Co., 54, Lombard-

HIS ROYAL lIIGEINESS • PRINCE
ALBERT has of late taken great interest in the
breeding of the Llama, from which a very tine wool is obtained. The
cloth made of this is of a peculiarly soft and agreeable texture, and
as some curiosity has been raised by the announcement of the registry
of a coat under the new Act, by Messrs. NICOLL, of Regent-street,
Tailors to the Court, it may be marked that such was made of this
material. The coat Itself is termed the REGISTERED PALETOT,
and in Its appearance there is nothing very singular beyond a very
gentlemanly neatness and an absence of all unsightly vulgarity.
Upon being submitted at Court, it met with high approbation."—
Morning Post, April 19. " This garment 13 so great an imrove-
ment on the old wrap-rascal, that its general acoption by men of taste
is inevitable."—The Sus, April 30. " Amongst the registration of
designs, according to the new Act, that of a coat is to be found. The
notions of securing the particular substance and cut of a coat is cer-
tainly a new one, but it speaks well for the working of an Act which
thus secures the profits of a good judgment and well directed ingenuity
to those to whom alone it is due."—Tho Times, April 4. Registered
Paletot, two guineas.
114, Regeut-street, London, tbur doors north of Quadrant.

GOVERNMENT PROTECTION, under 6 and
7 Vic., cap. 65, for three years, obtained by H. J. and D.
NICOLL, COURT TAILORS, 114, Regent-street, London, for their
new introduction, the REGISTERED PALETOT, which is a summer
overcoat, light In weight, embracing the convenience and comfort of
the wrapper of tweed and its moderate price, without its inelegant and
universally admitted common appearance.
The material is of a peculiar softness, made expressly of the finest
Llama wool, and in its fashion is neither trop neglige ni trop habille,
but whilst showing to advantage the proportions of the figure, it ean-

not encumber free movement:worn riding or walking lit will also,
from the neatness of its form, admit its being used as a light Frock
Coat—a desirable advantage lu our warmest summer months, or
abroad, where heat is found oppressive. H. J. and D. Nicoll, sensi-
tive to the importance of that vade mecnin—a moderate light over-
coat—in a climate so changeable as that of Great Britain, would not
submit to the public the Registered Paletot till themsetves satisfied of
its being perfect, and that when used as a pardessus, riding or walking,
or as summer frock, the above firm might pledge a reputation, which,
g-ined by matured skill and honoured by royal patronage, is of some
standing. This they can do with safety; as their new introduction,
they respectfully submit, will not compromise that characteristic of
an English gentleman, the unassumed neatness of his attire. As a
wide extended sale is sought, the very moderate price of Two Guineas
is fixed. Respectable firms will alone be treated with relative to an
agency for the sale of the Registered Paletot, to whom alone a discount
can he allowed. There being a large and increasing demand, many
are kept ready in the extensive wareroums, 114, Regent-street, fenr
doors north of Quadrant.

FIDDLE AND PRINCE AL]
A B. SAVORY an(
L 1 Silversmiths, 14, Comfitll
England—The best wrought SILV]
Pattern, 7s. 2d. per ounce ; the
ounce. The articles may be had li
per ounce

BERT'S PATTERN PLATE.
d SONS, Manufacturing
11, London, opposite the Bank of
'ER SPOONS and FORKS, Fiddle
Prince Albert's Pattern, 7s. 6d. per
lghter or heavier, at the same price

The fiddle. oz. s. d. s. d.
12 Table Spoons 30 at 7 2 10 15 0
12 Dessert ditto 20 at 7 2. • 7 3 4
12 Table Forks 30 at 7 2••10 15 0
12 Dessert ditto 20 at 7 2 7 3 4
2 Gravy Spoons :0 at 7 2 3 11 8
4 Soup Ladles 10 at 7 2 3 18 8
1 Sauee ditto 10 at 7 8 3 16 8
4 Salt spoons (gilt strong) 1 0 0
1 Fish Slice • • • • • • • .
12 Tea Spoons 10 at 7 8 3 16 8
Pair Sugar Tongs ..
Messrs. Savory and Sons recomr
It 1. very uovel and of umixampled

Prince Albert's. oz. s. d. 11. d.
12 Table spoons 40 at 7 6..15 0 0
12 Dessert ditto 26 at 7 8.. 9 15 0
12 Table Forks 40 at 7 6..16 0 0
12 Dessert ditto 26 at 7 6.• 9 15 0
2 GravySpoone 12 at 7 6. • 4 10 0
1 Soup Ladle 12 at 7 6.• 410 0
4 Sauce ditto 12 at 8 0.. 416 0
4 Salt Spoons (strong gilt) 2 2 0
1 Fl.sh Slice ..... . 3 10 0
12 Tea Spoons 14 at 8 0.. 512 0
1 Pair Sugar T0ng5...... 1 5 0
mend the Prince Albert's pattern.
beauty

CZEIREWSBURY, HEREFORD, and NORTH
WALES RAILWAY COMPANY, In continuation of the Mon-
mouth and Hereford Railway, and in connexion with the ether lines
of the Great Western Railway Company.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital 1,250,0001., in 25,000 Shares of 50/. each.
Deposit 21. 15s. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.

J. Winder Lyon Winder, Esq., Yaenor Park, High Sheriff of Mont-
gomeryshire.
Sir Robert Williames Vaughan, Bart., Hengvert, Dolgelley.
• •

The Hon. Henry Hanbnry Tracy, Gregynn4 Hall, Montgomeryshire.
Sir Charles Thomas Jones, Montgomery, Magistrate of Montgome-

ryshiro.
George Coleman, Esq., Hill Top, Dilwyn Herefordshire

:ev.:Richard Johu I;ivies, Abelhafosp, Magistrate of Montgomery-

shire.
Arthur Henry Wall, Esq., Lady Meadow, Herefordshire, and Wood-
_ .

lands, I•Zadnorshi re.
Major Newcombe, 4, Upper Gloucester-place, Regent's-park,

The Rev. John Robert &'inytines, Lynch Court, Herefordshire.
George Beadnell, Esq., 1, Lombard-street, London.
William Oakley, Esq., Oakley Park, Magistrate of Salop.
Martin Williams, Esq., Brongwyn, Magistrate of Montgomeryshire.
James Henry Levin, Esq., 23, Coleman-street.
David Pugh, Esq., Llanerchyddol, Magistrate of Montgomeryshire,
sal Mortimer-street, Cavendish-square.
William Mainwaring, Esq., Leominster.

Francis Woodhouse, Esq., Leominster.
Edward Joknes, M. D., Garthtnyl, Magistrate of Montgomeryshire,
William Morris, Esq., Pentrenant, Magistrate of Montgomeryshire.
John Kerr Hastings, Esq., Hereford. _ _ _

John NelsowtiarpenteriEsq., than Arrow, Herefordshire.
Andrew Turton Peterson, Esq., Guildford-street, Russell-square.
Rev. Deyercux J. Mytton, Llandysil, Magistrate of Moutgotneryshlre.
Rev. John Arthur Herbert, Glanhafren, Magistrate of Montgomery-

• • _ _ _
shire.
John Foulkes, Esq., Milford House, Magistrate of Montgomeryshire.
Tl:omas Reginald Kemp, Esq., 3, Abchureli-lane, London.
Arthur Thouuts Merley, Esq., .Newtown Hall, Montgomeryshire.

John Baker, Esq.,-DOlforwyn Hall, Montgomeryslilie.
Phillip Morris, Esq., The Hurst, Magistrate of Shropshire,
Edward Bernard Coleman, Eaq., Church Stretton„ Salop.

Samuel George Beamish, Esq., Maesmwr.

John Owen, Egg. Broadway, Magistrate of Shropshire.
Wythen Jones, Esq., Rhiewport, Magistrate of Montgomeryshire.
J. H. Lyon, Esq., Vaenor, Montgomeryshire.

Captain Herbert, Glanhafren, Montgomeryshire.
George Metros, Esq., Dollya, Llanidloos, Magistrate of Montgomery-

shire.
Edward Price Lloyd, Esq., Glansevin, Magistrate of Carinarthenshire.
William Dougal Christie, Esq., M.P.
_ .

. .
Christopher Temple, Esq., Q.C., Lansdewn place, Brunswick-square
Rev. Richard E. Owen, Ilysslngton, Salop.

. . ... . .
Samuel Haines, Esq., Chad House, Edgbarton, Birmingham.
Edward Elcock Molyneux, Esq., Inner Temple, London.
J. Young Kemp, Esq., Stone-buildings, Lincoln's Inn, and 41, Wey-

mouth-street.
John Wheetou, Esq., Mespham Bank, near Tunbridge, Kent.
(With power to add to their number.)
BANKERS.
London.—Messrs. Smith, Payne and Smiths.
Messrs. Barnard, Barnard and Dimsdale.
Newtown.—The National Provincial Bank of England.
Hereford and Leominster.—The Herefordshire lianking Company.
Bishop's Castle.—North and South Wales Bank.
ENGINEER.
J. K. Brunel, Esq.
STANDING COUNSEL.
Horace W. Meteyard, Esq., and John K. Smythies, Esq.
SOLICITORS.—Messrs. Lewis and Ford, 28, Essex-street, and 41,
Moorgate-streeet ; and Edwin Smith, Esq., Gray's Inn, London ;
James Thomas Woodhouse, Esq., Leominster; John Owens, Esq.,
Newtown, Montgomeryshire.
SECRETARI.—George B. Sidney, Esq.
. . _ .

The important Line of Railway proposed to be construeted by this
Company will commence at Shrewsbury, and proceed from thence
by way of Church Stretton, Ludlow, and Leominster to Hereford
and a Branch will leave the Line at or near the Craven Arms, and
be carried by Bishop's Castle to the milieus and increasing manu-
facturing town of Newtown, in Montgomeryshire.
The intended Railway will form, by a junction at Hereford with
the Hereford and Monmouth Line, the important link completing the
great chain of Railway communication frora North to South en the
western side of England, and by the branch to Newtown command
the extensive traffic arising from North Wales and Cardiganshire,
open this valuable district in the most direct course to London and to
the South as well as to the North of England, and ultimately form a
portion of a great line from London to Dublin.
Applications for Shares must be made in the form appended, at the
Office of the Company, 41, Moorgate-street, London ; to Messrs.
Carden and Whitehead, stock-brekers, Threadneedle-street ; Messrs.
Lewis and Ford, solicitors, 28, Essex-street, Strand, and 41, Moor-
gate-street, London ; Edwin Smith, Esq., solicitor, Gray's-inn,
London; J. T. Woodhouse, Esq., solicitor, Leominster; John Owens,
Esq., solicitor, Newton, Montgomeryshire ; Messrs. Parsons and
Townley, and Mr. Robert Cartwright, Liverpool ; Messrs. Cardwell
and Sons, Manchester; Mr. W. H. Collis, and Mr. James Pearson,
Birmingham ; Messrs. Ridsdaie and Co., Messrs. Standish' Blackett
and Co., and James Jamieson, Leeds; Messrs. Allsop and Son, and
Mr. Francis ..tamp, Hull ; Mr. L. Weatkerburn, Jun., Huddersfield ;
Mr. Thomas Boardman, Blackburn ; Mr. George Clark, and Mr.
Samuel Hutchinson, Bra iford ; Mr. William Cronheim, Halifax
Mr. J. Stark, Gainsborough ; Mr. Charles Spencer, Nottingham ;
Mr. Samuel Eyre, Derby ; Messrs. Grayston and Earle, York ; Mr.
William Ferrer, Ripon • Mr. E. H. Armitage, Waketleld ; Messrs.
Joseph Carr and Son, Whitehaven ; Mr. James Stokes, Cheltenham ;
Mr. Joseph Clarke, Jun., Southampton ; Messrs. Tate and Nash, and
Mr. W. H. Land, Bristol ; Mr. Thomas Sandford, and Messrs. Be ru-
mont and Langworthy, Exeter ; Mr. John Thomas Holland,
Coventry; Mr. Jonathan Drewry, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Messrs:
Reid and Nicholson, Messrs. Thomas Farquharson and Co., and Mr.
Andrew Mont, Edinburgh ; Messrs. Duncan and • Hutchinson,
Glasgow; Messrs. Oswald, George and Co., Aberdeen, and to Messrs.
Boyle, Pim, and Co., Dublin.

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES
To the Provisional Committee of the Shrewsbury, Heretbrd, and

• North Wales Railway.
Gentlemen—l request that you will allot me shares of 501. each
In the above proposed Railway ; and I undertake to pay the deposit
of 2/..155. per Share thereon, or on any less number you may appro-
priate to me, and to execute the Subscribers' Agreement and Parlia-
mentary Contract when required.
Dated this day of
Name • ....
Residence. .....
Trade or Profession
Reference .

1645.

. ... "

S EIREWSBURY, HEREFORD, and NORTH
WALES RAILWAY COMPANY,
In continuation of the Hereford and Monmouth Railway, and in
continuation with the other lines of the Great Western Railway

Company.
Notice is hereby given that ne application for Shares in this Com-
pany will be received after SATURDAY NEXT, the 17th day of
May, instant.

By order,
GEORGE SANDS SIDNEY, Secretary
41. Moorgate-street, May 12, 1845.

WALKER'S NEEDLES (by authority the
• "Queen's Own") with the new large eyes, are easily threaded
(even by blind persons), and work with great ease, having improved
points, temper, and finish, they aro made of every length or sub-
stance, and for every purpose ; the labels are eorrect likenesses of her
Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, in relief, on coloured
grounds. They can be sent free by post, by auy respectable dealer,
on receipt of thirteen penny stamps for every shilling value. A.
Walker's Hooks and Eyes, Fish-hooks, Steel Pens, &c., are re-
commended. . _ -

, •
11. WALKER, manufacturer to the Queen, Malden-bane, (now
called Gresham-street), New Post-office, London.

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THE LITERARY FUND.

Yesterday the•s6th anniveNary of the Literary Fund
was celebrated by a public dinner in the..Freemasons'
Tavern, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's Inn7field,=. The
Right lion. the Earl of Ellen borough officiated as chair-
tnan, and wag supported on the right by the Archbishop
of Dublin, Chevalier Bunsen, Lord Colchester, Lord
Adahon, Major-General Pasley, and Mr. James, and on
the left by Lord Brougham, Mr. Murchison, Mr. M.
Milnes, Sir 11. Ellis, Mr. Sergeant Talfourd, the Rev.
Dr. Russell, Mr. Wa:ter, Mr. B. B. Cabbell, &c.

The company, which '
comprised some of the leading
literary characters of the day, numbered about 100.
The cloth having been removed, Non nobis was chanted
by Messrs. Hobbs, Francis, Chapman, and Hatton.
The Noble CHAIRMAN, in rising to propose the first
toast, intimated that her Majesty had been graciously
pleased to permit the royal crown to be borne on the
Arms of the Literary Fund Society ; and it was stated
in the communication of this her Majesty's gracious
favour towards the society, that her Majesty and Prince
Albert entertained the most lively interest in its welfare.
—(Loud cheers.) He had now to propose that they
should drink her Majesty's health, and he was sure
they would do so, not merely giving a cold expression
of their bounden duty as subjects, but an expression
corning from the heart, knowing, as they did, that her
Majesty illustrated her great station by the high qualities_
brought to-the pea-furanance of her public duty.—
(Cheers.) Indeed, in whatever station she might have
been born—however low—she would have illustrated
that station by the highest points' of domestic virtue.
He gave her Majesty's health, which was drunk with all
the honours.

The CHAIRMAN next gave " The health of her Ma-
jesty the Queen Dowager, the respected consort of the
Late Sovereign ; of Prince Albert, the chosen and
beloved consort of our excellent Queen ; the Prince of
Wales and the rest of the Royal Family ;" which was
drunk with three times three.

The CHAIRMAN next called upon the company to
drink to the health of the Archbishop of Dublin, who
was not only one of the first dignitaries and luminaries
of the Church, but himself a man most distinguished in
literature, who had devoted for a series of years the
tenth of the produce of all his literary works to the ser-
vice of that society.—(Loud cheers.) He asked them to
combine with his name that Church of which he was an
ornament, in which at all times there were found men of
the inost distinguished learning and literature, and that
which was above all other advantages, the first of Chris-
tian virtues—charity.---(Loud cheers.)
The Archbishop of DUBLIN acknowledged the com-
pliment in a long and able speech, advocating the diffu-
sion of knowledge, and the cultivation of human intellect
—a cause in which the clergy, as servants of Him who
said " Let there be light," c3ntributed to the full extent
of their scanty means. As the most expedient mode of
bestowing patronage on literature, and one he had inva-
riahly adopted himself, he recommended those who had
the power not to encourage persons to enter any field of
literature whose compositions were not likely to be en-
couraged by the public. His practice had been, when he
found literary men having a particular work in view, in
a department in which they were likely to succeed, to
encourage them by guaranteeing them against loss, and
in this way he had found the best results, not only to the
individual, but even to the cause of literature and science.

The CHAIRMAN next proposed " the Health of Lord
Colchester, and the Navy," and "Major-General Pas-
ley, and the Army." Than the former the navy had
not a warmer friend; and he particularly congratulated
the officers of the East India Company on the fact that
they had the advantage of being examined by Major-
General Pasley as to their fitness for the situations they
would be called to fill in India. There was not a more
highly educated body of officers than those whom the
Gallant General was called on to examine.
Lord COLCHESTER and General PASLEY severally re-
turned thanks.

The CHAIRMAN next proposed "Prosperity to the
Literary Fund." It was now, he believed, 21 years
since he became a subscriber to this charity—certainly
not as a literary man, for he could not pretend to lite-
rature. In that society of men of literature and science
!re was, in fact, the last to fill the chair—(Cheers)—but he
recognised the vast influence of literature on the happi-
ness of mankind, and to the best of his ability he would
at all times enc)urage those who, with good characters,
honestly pursued literature as a professional pursuit.—
(Cheer:4.) He would not attempt to exaggerate the
advantages t f that society. He did not apprehend that
.my man would devote himself to literature from the
expectation of deriving assistance from such a fund; nor
he think it desirable that such should be the case.
It was far better that men should take that line which
their own genius and disposition painted out to them as
that in which they were most likely to succeed. The
great advantage of the Literary Fund always appeared
to him to be this—that in the occasional distresses and
calamities which might overtake almost any man in the
course of his life, the literary than might resort to it,
and at the same time preserve the dignity of his per
sonal character and independence.—(Cheers.) He valued
iiterature as highly as any man, although he did not
possess it—he valued science as highly as any man—but
he valued independence cf character in the man possess-
ing either the one or the other highly too.—(Cheers.)
In conclusion, the Noble Chairman strongly recommended
the interests and objects of the society.
The Rev. Dr. RUSSELL, the treasurer of the fund, then
read a list of the grants awarded in 1844, and stated that
the sum distributed between nineteen men and twelve
women, six of the latter being authors and six the
widows of authors, amounted to nearly 1,000/. He alto
read the new list of contributions, from which it appeared
that the Noble Chairman, in addition to his annual con-
tribution of 10/. 10s. had added a second subscription of
251
Brougham,;l;43l4o:d
Mahon, 2
a5l.
third (C
donation
h eers ) C h 251.—(Cheers)—Che-
valier
10a/. 1
lli—eOs,• uhneSseierrns, P. L
5. 1
Shelly,lo/.; Lord Colchester, 51.; Mr.
Macready, 51. ; Mr. Twiss, 51. • the Bishop of Ely,
vBC.)
51.; Mr. Macaulay, 101; Mr. Hallam, 51.; Mr. D'lsraeli,
10/.; Mr. B. B. Cabbelt, 10/.; Mr. Walter, 10/. ; Mr. J.
Walter, jun., 10/., &c.
The CHAIRMAN next proposed the health of Cheva-
lier Bunsen, and paid a high compliment to the King of
Prussia, whose representative the Chevalier was in this
country.
The toast was drunk with great applause.
The Chevalier BUNSEN, in acknowledging the toast,
bore testimony to the liberal and generous spirit in which
the Literary Fund conferred its grants, irrespective
alike of party and of country, and instanced the ease of
Chateaubriand, who in the day of misfortune, almost un-
known personally in England, which still, however, ap-
preciated his merits and his genius, received that assist-
ance from the funds of this Institution which enabled
him to emerge from embarrassing difficulties.
The CHAIRMAN next proposed the health of Mr.
Monckton Milnes, and the Members of both Houses of
Parliament who had favoured the fund with their pre-
sence.—(Cheers.)

Mr. MILNES was glad of the opportunity of extending
his view, even on political subjects, further than the at-
mosphere of the House of Commons. He would
rather, in fact, be an them as a writer than as
a Member of the House. He eulogised the conduct of
the Noble Lord in the chair in presiding over the des-
tinies of India, and looked forward to the distant
futurity when that race of men, different from ourselves,
but growing up under our rule in India, would enjoy
the advantages of a common situation with ourselves.
He was also glad to look to the west, and see not only
" a little cloud," but a great and magnificent empire,
with the same laws, literature, and language, which,
whatever collisions might happen, must be a bond of
sympathy between the two countries. He lamented the
wretched pittance doled out by Parliament to literary
men, and hoped the time was coming when more ample
provision would be made in this matter. He eulogised
the most judicious and kind manner in which Sir Robert
Peel had, in the cases of the sister of Burns and the
late Mr. Thomas Hood, afforded the means in the one in-
stance out of his own funds, and in the other by a pro-
vision for life, and after death for his widow, secured the
comfort of two most deserving persons. The claims of
literature were becoming every day more generally and
justly appreciated, even when combined with other pur-
suits. No one ever heard that Sergeant Talfourd was
the worse lawyer because he had written poetry. Lord
Brougham was not the less idolised in the Uppor House
of Parliament because he had sown broadcast the seeds
of knowledge in almost every field of science and phi-
losophy. Lord Mahon and Mr. Macaulay were not less
able Members of the House of Commons because they had
written history ; nor was Mr. D'lsraeli less attended to
because he wrote such very clever novels.—(Cheers.)
The CHAIRMAN, in proposing the next toast, said—
He really knew not how to propose it, for how could he
attempt to describe the great claims possessed by Lord
Brougham to honour from men of literature and science?
—(Loud cheers.) lie was about to propose " The Health
of Lord Brougham and the Writers on Science." But
with what class of writers might he not almost with
equal justice associate his name ? It was not only in
every branch of literature and science that Lord
Brougham had been distinguished ; he had done much
more—he had not only benefited the existing race and
future races by his own writings, but he had done more
for education, more to extend the pleasures derived from
the improvement of the human mind amidst the middle
and even poorer classes of his countrymen, than any
living man.—(Cheers.) Contemporaries might rail
against what his Noble Friend might say or do upon this
or that subject; jealous men might attempt to underrate
his great abilities and great actions; but he might deride
all those futile attempts to interfere with his right to
eternal fame, which would be acknowledged by all pos-
terity.—(Cheers.) He did not speak in the language of
exaggeration ; he told them that which they all knew
—that be the man of his age whom he might, he would
find it difficult indeed to contend, in the opinion of pos-
trity, with the name of Lord Brougham.—(Cheers.)
Posterity would do justice to his great exertions in the
cause of civil liberty—in the cause of the general happi-
ness and improvement of mankind. Ile could not trust
himself with this subject ; but this he m ould say of his
Noble Friend, that be the position of a man struggling
to come forward in life in any profession, or in any

branch of literature or science, what it might, he could
find no better adviser, no kinder friend, than Lord
Brougham. People might fancy, from what h some-
times said in tl se of Lords, that h.^ e Friend
was not a very good-tempere n ; ut let any maa
try him out of the House, and,. whatever the real diffi-
culties in which he might be placed, he would find, there
was not a better-natured, kinder-hearted man in the
world. His Noble Friend had had but little justice done
him ; but he (Lord Ellenborough) had felt it right to
do him justice. He had said nothing more than he knew
to be true, and which, if not now, posterity would so.
knowledge to be true. Without detaining them longer,
he proposed the health of Lord Brougham, which was
drunk with three times three and one cheer more.
Lord BROUGHAM thanked the company for the very
kind and indeed affectionate manner in which they had
received his health. He felt a peculiar pride in consi-
dering himself a literary man, although accidental cir-
cumstances, professional and political, had estranged
him for a season more than he otherwise wished from

literary pursuits. He regarded it as a peculiar privilege
and happiness to have cultivated literature and science
for now so long a period, and he attributed the honour
now conferred upon him by coupling his name with the
writers on science, to the tact that he believed he was
at that moment one of the oldest cultivators of science
now living in this country; it being just half a century
since he first became known to the mathematical world
by a publication in the Phi!osophical T•ansartions on
subjects of mathematics and natural philosophy.—
(Cheers.) He was deeply sensible of the value of this
admirable and useful institution; and ho agreed parti-
cularly in the grounds on which his Noble Friend, the
Chairman, had rested its commendation; he meant, its
tendency not to encourage men who had no natural call
to devote themselves to literature—for that was not de-
sirable on the part of others; above all, it was cot de-
sirable on their own particular account. Indiscriminate
charity was no part of the object of the Literary Fund.
Certainly it was no part of its object to teach literacy
men to rely on the benefactions of this or any other
institution. But, as men of letters were perhaps more
subject than others to reverses of fortune, to losses and
calamities, to penury and privation, its object was to
hold out the helping hand occasionally, temperately,
discriminately; and, after full examination and cautious
inquiry, to give its assistance secretly, and not to
-ound the feelings of the most sensitive of nature's
sons. To befriend such an institution became not
only a duty, but ought to be a peculiar pleasure and
highest gratification of all who had the means. The
Noble and Learned Lord then complimented Lord
Ellenborough on the manner in which he had dis-
charged the duties of Chairman, and the debt of gratitude
the institution owed him for his energetic advocacy of
its claims. He spoke in a noble presence; and, to
looking around him fur one whose name he might pre.
pose as a toast, he beheld those who had fought and bled
in their country's service. Here were divines, lawyers,
poets, masters of sacred song ; here were pious prelates.
whose lives si ere pure as the faith they professed and
preached ; here were men who had adorned and culti-
vated social life by the arts they had invented ; here
ware they who had also stamped their name on the end-
less memory of the world, for the services they had
rendered mankind : among all these, whom was he to
choose—whom but their most distinguished Chairman ?
—(Loud cheers.) He had a grateful recollection of those
countless millions over whom his Noble Friend had borne
sway with such illustrious distinction, that he would
venture to say, in neither ancient, middle, nor modern
times, had there been any example of a more brilliant
vice-royalty than he exercised in India.—(Cheers.) Un-
der his protecting influence, guided by his masterly
councils, and inspired by that without which no states-
man, he his wisdom ever so profound, could hope to, suc-
ceed, because it would not merit success, and could not
earn it,—with that steady and unflinching firmness
which, in statesmen as in warriors, is the grand title to
success, our armies in that country had been led to
victory and renown. Without further preface, he would
prose " their Noble Chairman."—(Cheers.)
Lord ELLENBOROUGII, in acknowledging the toast,
spoke as follows :—I thank you most sincerely for the
kindness with which you have been pleased to drink my
health, and I owe especially a debt of gratitude to my
Noble Friend for the very much too flattering a manner in
which he has proposed it. But I owe a debt of gratitude
to my Noble and Learned Friend far beyond that. I
have to thank him, not for having praised me in my
presence, but for having defended me in my absence. Gen-
tlemen, this is not the place for me to say one word
with respect to the measures which led teethe success
that attended my administration in Ir.dia. This only I
will say, that success was unbroken by one single mo •
mentary reverse. Every measure succeeded ; and I owe
a debt of everlasting gratitude to thole noble hearts by
which that success was achieved. I never had to cent.
plain of any civil servant of the company with whom I
came into personal communication ; I never had t 9 cum •
plain cf any military officer. Every one served me with
the utmost zeal and the most unbounded devotion. No
time shall ever obliterate or diminish my gratitude to
them for those services. Gentlemen, I drink all yovi•
good healths, heartily wishing prosperity to this Society;
and I hope every year will have a report yet more
favourable than that we have heard to-night.—(Cheers.)
The CHAIRMAN then proposed the health of " Lord
Mahon and the Writers of History."—(Cheers.)
Lord Mituom acknowledged the compliment in a neat
speech, which was loudly applauded.
Mr. M uncutsox, being called upon by the Chairman,
proposed " the Health of Baron Leopold 'Von Ikeh, and
the Writers on Geology," which the Baron briefly ae-
knowledgal.
The CuAIRMAN, in an eulogistic speech, next pro-
posed " Mr. Sergeant Talfourd and the Poets ;*. to which
the Learned Sergeant responded in,a long and energetic
harangue.

Thz;-next toast was, " Mr. James and the Novelists,"
to which Mr. James replied in a speech of considerable
length.
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"Mr. Kemble and the Dramatists" was next given,
and duly honour, d by the company. Mr. Kemble
replied, also at great length.
A second list of contributors having been read,
Lord Eeenzenonorcir said it would be very tut 'us
if they did not drink the health of those visitors who
had favoured them with their company. Perhaps, there-
fore, Mr. Walter would allow him to associate his name
with that toast. Mr. Walter had contributed a great
deal to literature—a great deal more in one week than
others in a year.—Chters,)
Mr. WALTER said, that any services which he might
have rendered to literature, or any cause which litera-
ture knew best how to diffuse and defend, were amply
repaid by their kind reception. Though he was a
stranger to the meetings of this society, he was not
ignorant of its merits. Dr. Johnson said, that the best
patrons of authors were the booksellers; and, in truth,
from the period when flattering dedications to princee
and rich nobles went out of fashion to the present time;
and the support of literature was thrown upon the mss
of the people—(" Hear, hear," from Lord Brougham)--.
upon the daily increasing number of readers and students
—from that time to the present the advantage had been
mutual; to the public, by a more ready access to scientist
and literature; and to authors, by a greater number of
readers, and of course more ample means of support.
If, speaking generally, in our day there had been less of
great genius than in preceding times, there had certainly
been a more extensive diffusion of minor intelligence,
which was perhaps more necessary than even genius
itself for the ordinary purposes of every-day
practice. Hence they had throughout the coun-
try a great number of literary institutions ;
and where there were so many professors of literature,
there must, of course, be a proportionate number of
failures. The duty, therefore, of every one who re-
verenced learning and science for their beneficial influ-
encethose on
failuresm ank
occurred; n d obl i g e obliged
utth ei
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ledn lend
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rwohoegrhe
recommendation to the aspirants to literary distinction to
consider well their talents, and whether they had really
the vocation they supposed—(Dear, hear)—for if there
were error in this respect in the first instance, the less
distinguished walks of lifewonld
families, of
er
ivedeoxfticoi
mem-
bers who might be useful—and
which might at least repel want and procure moderate
comforts. It was the object of that society, and of others
of a similar character, to heal the evils which resulted
from such a state of things, and it would be elitremely
hard if those who had dedicated their lives to the im-
provement of their countrymen should, when life ap-
proached so near its close that they could make na
further exertions, be left to suffer want, either in their
own persons, or in the persons of those who had located
up to them for support. He, therefore, heartily wished
prosperity to the benevolent objects of this institution,.
which he hoped would long continue to be the resource
of unfortunate merit in literary pursuits of every kind.
"The Stewards" was the next toast, which was
responded to by the Rev. Sir John Wood.
The final toast of' the evening was " The Ladies,"
given in right gallant style by the Chairman, and heartily
responded to by the company.
The meeting broke up about half-past 11 o'clock.

COURT CIRCULAR.
The Queen and Prince Albert and the Prince of
Leiningen took a drive in the grounds of Osborne House
on Tuesday afternoon.
Yesterday morning her Majesty and Prince Albert
took their usual early walk, accompanied by the Prince
of Leiningen.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales•and the
Princess Royal were taken airings yesterday, in the
grounds around Osborne House.
Her Majesty the Queen Dowager took an airing yes-
terday in a carriage.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge left Cam-
bridge House at seven o'clock yesterday morning for the
Royal Military College at Sandhurst.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Douglas gave
dejeune yesterday at their residence in Connaught-place.
The following were among the company present :—Her
Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, her Royal High-
ness the Grand Duchess Stephanie of Baden, the Duke
and Duchess of Somerset, the Duke and Duchess of
Hamilton, the Countess of Lincoln, Lady Anna Maria
Dawson, Viscountess Ashbrook, Hon. Miss Flower,
Baroness de Strumfeder, and Baron Roth de Schrecken-
stein.

Her Royal Highness the Grand Duchess Stephanie of
Baden dined with the Marquis and Marchioness of
Douglas yesterday evening.
Their Ro)al Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge
and the Hereditary Grand Duchess of Meeklenburgh
Strelitz took a drive to Kew yesterday, returning to
Cambridge House in the afternoon. Their Royal High-
nesses honoured the performance of the French play
with their presence yesterday evening.
The Archbishop of Canterbury had an interview with
Lord Stanley yesterday at the Colonial office. ,
Count de St. Aulaire, the French Ambassador, tran
r.-
vitr
sacted business yesterday at the Foreign -office.
nle)eiss in Dispatches from
Nmottrieth AmericaGnvernors
wofere received the
e different
yes t
day at the
Colonial-office. Dispatches were al4O re-
ceived from the Governor of Van Dieman's Lougsl.

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