The Sun.
London, England, 1845-08-23 00:00:00

Provisionally Registered.
WILTS,• SOMERSET, AND SOUTHAMP.
TON JUNCTION RAILWAY.

Ak:T the HALF-YEARLY GENERAL MEET-
ING of the PROPRIETORS of the NORFOLK RAILWAY
COMPANY held at their Offices, Guildhall-buildings, London, ou the
22d day of August, 1845,
ADAM DUFF, Esq., in the Chair.
The Report of the Directors having been read, and also a statement
of the accounts of the late Yarmouth and Norwich and Norwich and
Brandon Companies,

Connecting the English with the Bristol Channel, and forming a
omplete communication, on the broad gauge, between Southampton,
Salisbury, Bath, Bristol, and every other town in the West of Eng-
land and South Wales.

Bankers' Receipts may now be exchanged for Script Certificates, and
the Deeds now lie for Signature at the Company's Office, 26, Gre-
sham- street, City.
The Deeds will shortly be removed into the country, of which du
notice will be given.

The following resolutions were unanimously agreed to :-
Ist. That the common seal of the Company be allied to the Regis.
ter of Proprietors.

H. B. SHERIDAN, Secretary.

2d. That the Report now read be received and adopted, and printed,
and circulated among the Proprietors.
3d. That interest at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum be paid to
the proprietors of the late Yarmouth and Norwich Company, upon
their paid up capital to the 30th of June last.
4th. That pursuant to the provisions of the Act of the last session
for altering the line of this Railway, and making a branch to East
Dercham, an additional capital of 220,0001. be raised by the creation
of 22,0: 0 new shares of the value of 101. each, to be appropriated
among the Shareholders of the Company in manner provided by the
same Act.

London, August 21, 1845.

LEICESTER and TAMWORTH JUNCTION
R AMWAY.

No further Applications for Shares in this Company can be re-
ceived, except from parties locally interested, or Shareholders in the
Trent Valley Railway, who must apply on or before Monday, the
25th day of August instant.

- _
I. E. RATHBONE, Secretary.
4, Coleman-street, London, August 18,1845.

sth. That the Directors be empowered to make arrangements
with the Shareholders in the Diss and Colchester and Wells and
vereham Railways, for admitting them to subscribe (upon terms and
conditions to be agreed upon) for part of any new capital which it
may be necessary to raise for making extensions or branches from
the line of this railway.
6th. That the number of Directors of the Company be increased to
Twelve, and that the present Directors be authorised to elect the ad-
ditional members that will be necessary to make up the number.
7th. That the agreement entered into by the Directors of this
Company with Mr. Charles Cory, on the 16th flay last, for securing
to him an annuity of 8001. per annum in lieu of all tolls and
charges upon the passenger and goods traffic of this railway passing
across the river Bure at Yarmouth, redeemable on payment of the
sum of 24,0001., and giving this Company the power of building a
bridge for the purposes of their traffic across the said river at a
point mentioned in the said agreement be, and the same is hereby
confirmed.

OU T 11 WALES RAILWAY.
The royal assent having been given to the South Wales Rail-
way Bill, holders of Scrip in that undertaking are desired to forward
the same to this office oil or before MONDAY, the Bth of September
next, with a letter requesting to be registered for their respective.
Shares, a form of which letter will be furnished on application to
me. The receipt of the Scrip will be duly acknowledged, and sealed
certificates prepared for exchange as soon as possible, of which due
notice will be given. _ . _

Shares, in respect of which no application for registry shall be
made on or berme the above date, will be registered in the names of
the original Subscribers, after which no Shares can be passed other-
wise than by formal transfer ander the Act.—By order,

N. AR3ISiIIONG, Secretary.
South Walesrallway Office, 449, West Strand,
London, August 8, 1845.

C HESTE and MANCHESTER DIRECT
RAILWAY.
With a Branch to Birkenhead.
(Provisionally Registered).
Capital 1,000,0001., in 50,000 Shares of 201. cash.
Deposit 21. 2s. per Share.

Bth. That the Directors be authorised to make, arrangements with
the Lowestoft Railway and Harbour Company for leasing of their
line to apply to Parliament in the next session for the power to carry
the same into effect.

The Chairman having quitted the Chair, it was unanimously re-
solved, That the thanks of this meeting be presented to the Chair-
man and Board of Directors for the zeal and ability shown by them
in the conduct of the affairs of this Compsny.

COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT.
Colonel the lion. LEICESTER STANHOPE, Ashburnham House,
London, Chairman
Major JOHN T. CROFT, Regent-street, London, Deputy Chairman
David Ainsworth, Esq., Manchester
- Samuel Barton, Esq., Didsbury, Manchester
Hugh Beaver, Esq., Manchester, and Glys Garth, Anglesey
John Burgess, Esq., Boroughreeve of Manchester
James Far.sh, Esq., I.ancaster-place, London
Major Ford, of Bodlondet, Carnarvonshire
Lieut.-Colonel Henry Hamner, Bear-place, Berke, and 7, Devon-
shire-place, London
Fraser B. Renshaw, Esq., Lower Seymour-street, Portman- square,
London, a Director of the Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle
Junction Railway
Captain Sir John It. Hilton, R.N., Isle of Wight
J. Harney liigson, Esq., merchant, Manchester
Lieutenant-Colonel Hutchinson, 8.E.F.R.5., Director of the College
of Civil Engineers
T. D. Johnson, Esq., Aldermary Churchyard, London
John Joseph Keene, Esq., St. John's Wood, London, Director of the
National Provincial Bank of Ireland
W. King, Esq., Director of the Freemasons' Life Assurance Com-
pany
George Peter Living, Esq., the Grove House, St. Cuthbert's, and
Cauldwell Priory, Bedford
Horace W. Meteyard, Esq., 8.C.L., Middle Temple, and Chatham-
place
Benjamin Oliveira,,Esq., F.R.S.,Upper Hyde Park-street, London, a
Director of the Liverpool, anchester, and Newcastle Junction
Railway
James Orrell, Esq., Culcheth Hall, Kenyon
James Ogden, Esq., M.D., Manchester
David Price, Esq., Manchester
Major James Waller, K.H., St. James's-square
C. J. S. Walker, Esq., Longford, near Manchester
Sir George William Prescott, Bart., of Theobalds, Herts.
(With power to add to their number.)
ENGINEERS.
Sir John Rennie, F.R.S.
George Remington, Esq:, C.E.
BANKERS.
Messrs. Rogers, Olding, and Co., London
National Provincial Bank of England, Manchester
SOLICITORS.
London"--Messrs. Sir George Stephen and Hutchinson, 29, Moorgate-
street.
Manchester—Messrs. Higson and Robinson, Cross-street R. B. B.
Cobbett, Esq., Marsden-street.
LOCAL AGENT—Chester—John Walker, Esq.
The promoters of this Railway, encouraged by the favourable sup-
port which has been given to the project, and In compliante with
various recommendations they have received, ha'e determined upon
the addition of a branch to Birkenhead, which, although it will
manifestly tend to the advantage of the Shareholders and the public,
will be attended with comoratively little additional outlay. The
project will still retain its chief characteristic of a direct railway,
and by its connexion, near Warrington, with the Grand Junction
Company, is sufficiently comprehensive, without resorting to a com-
plicated system of branch lines, or materially conflicting with the in-
terests of existing companies.
The line will commence at the city of Chester, and proceed by way
of Trafford, Frodsham, and Preston Brook, to Warrington, thence
by Lymm and Stretford direct to Manchester. From a point on the
main line, near Frodshum, a branch will be taken to join the Chester
and Birkenhead Railway, so as to unite Manchester in the most
direct manner possible, with the docks now being formed at Bir-
ken! ead.
As Manchester, from its geographical position, is the centre of rail-
way communication between Scotland and the most populous dis-
tricts of England, so Chester, from a like cause, is the great centre of
railway communication between the capitals of Ireland and of Eng-
land. To connect these two points by a direct and independent line
of railway must, therefore, be of the utmost importance, not only in
a local point of view, but to the whole commercial intercourse of the
country.
This line will be the most direct route, by Holyhead, to Ireland,
and will be. in all respects, by far the preferable channel of inter-
course and transit between Ireland and the great manufacturing dis-
tricts of Engl and. By the railways connecting Chester with Wrex-
ham, Oswestry, Shrewsbury, Hereford, Gloucester, and South Wales,
this will be the nearest route from Manchester to the south-
western parts of England, and to the minerals of Monmouth and
Glamorganshire The communication with Bristol, Gloucester, and
Exeter will be speedy and direct. On reference to the map, it will
be seen that a very considerable distance will be saved by this line,
as compared with the present circuitous routes by Crewe and by
Birkenhead; the former being 52 miles, and the latter 46 miles,
while the proposed line is only 31 miles, saving in the one case 18
miles, and in the other 12 miles, besides the serious inconvenience, loss
of time, and expense of passing through Liverpool, and crossing the
water at that place.
It is confidently expected that this line will be the precursor of
another scheme, of no ordinary importance—namely, to render
'pester an efficient port for large vessels.
This subject was entertained by Sir John Rennie in 1835, and sub-
sequently, in the same year, by the late Mr. Chapman, who wrote an
able report upon the capabilities of the ever Dee. It was again
nvestigated, in 1837, by Sir John Rennie and Mr. George Remington,
and the practic bility of forming a good navigable channel for vessels
of large burden, together with docks at Chestsr, was then fully and
clearly established.
The entrance channel would commence at Dawpool. which is easy
of access (and infinitely preferab e, in point of access and safety, to
the docks at Liverpool or Birkenhead), for vessels of large burden,
during eight hours every tide, both at springs and neaps; and the
till of the lock would be sufficiently low to admit vessels drawing 20
feet water to enter at all tides.
This railway, therefore, in connexion with the proposed docks,
will render to Chester and Manchester incalculable advantages. To
the former it will restore the proper position natural to so important
a city ; to the. latter it will give another outlet, by sea, to the ma-
nufac,uring districts, free of the heavy port charges, dues, and
risks to which the produce is now subject. It has not been thought
advisable to combine the two objects in one company at present,
hut should it be fottid requisite, the two may hereafter be amalga-
mated.
Merits of no ordinary degree, therefore, may fairly be claimed for
this railway, whether taken in connexion with the proposed docks,
eras standing alone, combining as it does all the advantages of any
other lines, with this great addition, that it will be the high road to
the most convenient outport of Manchester, and will be quite inde-
pendent of any associations or influences that might tend to oppose
the growing desire for a means of direct and independent communi-
cation between Manchester and the port of Chester.
The line has been carefully examined. There are no difficult
earth-works to be encountered ; on the contrary it will be cheap,
and of easy formation. Power is reserved to the Committee to de-
viate ftom the proposed line in the vicinity of Manchester, should
ulterior arrangements render it expedient.
Applications for shares in the subjoined form, and for maps and
prospectuses to be made to the Solicitors, and to the following Share-
orokers :—Messrs. Shewell and Son, 25,Tokenhouse-yard ; Messrs.
Preece and Evans, 8, Comhill ; and Messrs. Taunton and Bush, 26,
Austin-friars. London; Messrs. Houghiand and Leese, Mr. Locke,
Messrs. A. Birchall and Co., Thomas Leeds and Son, Henry Benton,
J. B. Lo-k, and Samuel Slater, Manchester ; Messrs. Neilsons,
Nesers. Healey, Mr. Crisp, and Mr. Morris Reynolds, Liver-
pool ; Messrs. T. N. Bardwell and Sons, Sheffield; Messrs,.
Wellbeloved and Oastler, Leeds; Mr. E. A. Armitage, WAke.
fled ; Messrs. Grayston and Earle, York ; Mr. Thomas -ssoard..
man, Blackburn ; Mr. W. H. Collis, Birmingham ; M:. Francis
Stamp, Hull ; Mr. L. Weatherburn, Huddersfield Mr. Wm.
Crouhetre, Halittx ; Mr. Charles Speucsr, N'Atingham ; Mr.
Samuel }lyre, Derby ; Mr. James Stokes, Cheltenham; Mr. Joseph
Clark, jun., Southampton ; Mr. Joan Thomas Hol'and, Coventry;
Mr. William Meson. Bradford, York hire ; Messrs. Payne and Freer,
Leicester ; Mr. Wm. Tonikinsott, Newcastle-under-Lyne ; Mr.
Richard- E. Hine, Macclesfield ; Mr. Lea, Cheltenham ; Messrs.
Tate and Nash, Bristol ; Mr. William Miles, Worcester ; Messrs.
Read end Nicholson, Edinburgh; Messrs. Ross, Perth, ,N B • and
• .
Messrs. 11. and W. A. Tas.sie, Glasgow.
Applications for shares must be accompanied by a reference to the
Solicitors of the Company, the sharebrokers, or some other respell.
,ibis person

RICHARD TILL, Secretary.
Guildhall-buildings, London, Aug. 22, 1845.

BIRMINGHAM and OXFORD JUNCTION
RAILWAY,
With a DIVERGING LINE through STRATFORD-ON-AVON, to
UNITE with the MORETON-IN-MARSII RAILWAY.
Capital 600,0001., in Shares of 201. each.
Deposit 2/. per Share.

Provisionally Registered: purttant'to Act 7th and Bth Vict.. c. 110.

Offices. 449, West Strand.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
The Mayor of Birmingham
John Adams, Esq., Sergeant-at-Law, London
J. T. Alston, Esq., Liverpool
W. C. Alston, Esq., Elmdon Hall, near Birmingham
John Aston, Esq., Birmingham
Robert James Atty, Esq., Ingon Grange, Stratford-on-Avon
F. P. Barlow, Esq., London
Matthew P. W. Boulton, Esq., Great Tew Park, Oxon
Colonel Charles Oldfleld Bowles, North Aston Park
W. E. Boyer, Esq., Alkerton, near Banbury
James Butlln, Esq., Westfield House, near Rugby
C. H. Corbitt, Esq., Adminton
w, alter Cowan, Esq., Offchurch Bray, near Leamington
John Crosthwaite, Esq., Liverpool
Sir George Dashwood, Bart., Birtlington Park, Oxon
William Dickens, Esq., Cherrington, near Shipston
Rev. John Ellis, Wooton, Henley-in-Arden
Edmund Darby Ford, Esq., Stratford-on-Avon
John Branston Freer, Esq., Stratford-on-Avon
J. Gardiner, Esq., Southern
Darwin Gallon, Esq., Edstone Hall, near Stratford-on-Avon
Robertson Gladstone, Esq., Liverpool
J. Haddon, Esq., Leamington
W. Judd Harding, Esq., Baraset House, near Stratford-on-Avon
Lawrence Heyworth, Esq., Liverpool
Captain Hitchins, Idlicote House, near Shipston
Charles Lawrence, Esq., Liverpool
John Lechmere, Esq., Steeple Aston
Charles Mann, Esq., Leamington
William Marshall, Esq., Husbands' Bosworth, Leicestershire
William Mathews, Esq., Edgbaston, Birmingham
J. W. Miles, Esq., Bristol
John Moss, Esq., Liverpool
P. H. Muntz, Esq., Birmingham
Rev. Charles Palmer, Lighthorne
J. G. Reeves, Esq , Birmingham
John Rich, Esq., Bearley
John Roskell, Esq., Bath
Francis Rufford, Esq., Bellbroughton, near Stonrbridge
Charles Russell, Esq., M.P., London
Charles Shaw, Esq., Birmingham
Major-General Smith, Rugby
Gustavus T. Smith, Esq., Goldicote, near Stratford-on-Avon
Samuel Edward Steward, Esq., Leamington
Thomas Thomson, Esq., M.D., Mayor of Stratford-on-Avon
T. H. Thorne, Esq., Leamington
Rev. Henry Townsend, Hennington, near Shipston
George Richard Walker, Esq., Heathfield-house, Bletchington, Oxon
Charles Woodiness, Esq., Avonhurst, near Stratford-on-Avon.

(With power to add to their number.)

BOARD OF MANAGEMENT.

J T. Alston, Esq. J. W. Miles, Esq.
F. P. Barlow, Esq. Joh Moss, Esq.
J. B. Freer, Esq. P. H. Muntz, Esq.
Robertson Gladstone, Esq. F. Rufford, Fsq.
J. Haddon, Esq. C. Russell, Esq., M.P.
Charles Lawrence, Esq. Chas. Shaw, Esq.
W. Mathews, Esq.

BANKERS.
Messrs. Robarts, Curtis, and Co., London
Messrs. Attwood, Spooner, and Co., Birmingham
The Birmingham Banking Company, Birmingham
Messrs. Miles, liarford, and Co., Bristol
The Leamington Priors and Warwickshire Banking Company, and
th. Warwick and Leamington Banking Company, Leamington
and Warwick
Messrs. Moss and Co., Liverpool.
The Stourbridge and Kidderminster Banking Company, Stratford-on-
Avon.

QOUTHWARK ELECTION.
At a PUBLIC MEETING of the ELECTORS of the Borough
of SOUTHWARK, held at the Bridge House Hotel, pursuant to
public advertisement, on Friday, the 22d day of August, 1845,
CHARLES SHAW, Esq., of Horselydown, in the Chair,
It was moved by EDWARD PALMER, Esq., of Saint George's, and
seconded by WILLIAM GRISENTHWAITE, Esq., of Saint John's, and
Resolved, That upon hearing an exposition of the sentiments of
Jeremiah Pllcher, Esq., the resident candidate for the representation
of the borough, vacant by the decease of our late lamented fellow-
townsman, Benjamin Wood, Esq., this meeting entertains the fullest
conviction that his return to the Commons House of Parliament as
their representative is of the greatest importance to the constituency
at large.

The thanks of the meeting to the Chairman was proposed by
Thomas Camplin, Esq., and seconded by Thomas Dare, Esq of
St. °lave's.

ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
A MAGNIFICENT, EXTENSIVE, and UNIQUE COLLEC-
TION of TROPICAL FRUITS, modelled by Mons. Grimaud during
his long residence in the Isle of France, is just deposited.
The ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY is Lectured upon by Professor
Bachhoffner, and exhibited Daily and in the evenings. A NEW
AMERICAN INVENTION, COLEMAN'S PATENT LOCOMO-
TIVE ENGINE, for ascending and descending inclined planes on
Railways without the aid of stationary power. SWIMMING and
DIVING ILLUSTRATED by the son of Captain Stever.s, the ce-
lebrated teacher of swimming, on Mondays, Wednesdays, and
Fridays, at Two o'clock, and on the Evenings of Tuesdays and
Thursdays at half-past Eight o'clock. The other exhibitions, &c.
as usual.

14-141111GRATION to the CAPE of GOOD
ROPE.
FREE PASSAGE ; TINDER the SANCTION of GOVERNMENT.
The undersigned are authorised by her Majesty's Colonial Land
and Emigration Commissioners to grant a FREE PASSAGE to the
above eminently healthy and prosperous Colony, to married Agri-
cultural Labourers, Shepherds, Male and Female Domestic and Farm
servants, Bricklayers, Carpenters, Masons, and Smiths, of sober in-
dustrious character. The demand for labour at the Cape is urgent,
and is well remunerated in wages, provisions, clothing, and lodging.
The passage is comparatively short, and the arrangements for the
voyage will be as perfect as they can be rendered. The first ship
will embark her pas engers at Southampton on the 23rd October, for
Table Bay and Algoa Bay, and will be followed at frequent intervals
afterwards by other First-class Poop ships, of large tonnage, with
very superior accommodations for all classes of passengers ; and each
ship will carry a thoroughly competent Surgeon. They will all t all
at Plymouth for the convenience of passengers from the South-
Western Counties, and from Ireland. Persons coming by way of
London will be conveyed by railway in three hours alongside the
skip in the Docks at Southampton, free of charge. Such steerage-
passengers as are not eligible for a free passage will be conveyed
at 121. for adults, and 61. for children. Poop cabin-passengers
24/. each:

All particulars will be furnished on application, personally, or by
letter, to JOHN MARSHALL and Co.,
26,Birchin-lane, Comhill, London ; or 79, High-street, Southampton.

A FRESH ARRIVAL OF NEW PROVIDENCE PINE APPLES.
MESSRS. J. and J. ADAM will SELL, by
AUCTION, at their Sale-room, 11, Pudding-lane, Lower
Thames-street, on MONDAY, August 25, at Three o'clock precisely,
5,600 NEW PROVIDENCE PINE APPLES, In fine condition, now
landing by the William Forster, from Eleuthera.
To be viewed on the meriting of sale, and Catalogues had of
J. and J. ADAM, Brokers, 11, Pudding-lane.

INCOME WITHOUT RISK.
THE LONDON GENUINE TEA COM-
PANY, established Nov. 5, 1818, at 23, Ludgate hill, are
now filling up their Lists of AGENTS; and Persons desirous of such
gm appointment, by which many have derived considerable incomes
without risk during the last twenty-six years, are requested to
apply to the Company, at their Warehouses, 2, Laurence Pountney-
hill, London.

rp() THE EMBARRASSED.-IMPORTANT.
—There are thousands Of persons who have struggled long
against the force of misfortane, but few are awmre that by a very
recent act all small tra:.t. ers owing debts not exceeding 3001., farmers,
and all others 0w174 to any amount, cal he entirely raised trom
their difficulties ,-,;e small expense, and without imprisonment or bank-
ruptcy. All
ouch Mr. Weston begs will apply to him, at Moira
Chambers
Ironmonger-lane, Cheapside, by letter or personally.

ONDON REVERSIONARY INTEREST
I.L SOCIETY, Estabiished 1836, for the purchase of Reversionary
Property, Policies of Insurance, Life Interests, Annuities, &c.
4, New Bank-buildings, and 10, Pall-mall, East.
Sir PETER LAURIE, Alderman, Chairman.

FRANCIS WARDEN, Esq. (Director H. E. I. C.), Vice-Chairman.
Parties desirous of disposing of Reversionary Property, on liberal,
terms, and without unnecessary delay, may obtain blank forms of
proposal on application to the Secretary, Henry T. Thompson, Esq.,
4, New Bank-buildings, or to the Actuary, 10, Pall-mall East.

JOIN KING, Actuary,

NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR-
ANCE SOCIETY,
26, CORNRILL, LONDON.
Capital L 500,000.
Empowered by Act of Parliament.
This institution offers important and substantial advan-
tages with respect both to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities.
The assured has, on all occasions, the power to borryw, without ex-
pense or forfeiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the premium paid,
(see table) ; also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion
of his interests to meet other conveniences or necessity. Assurances
Mr terms of years are granted on the lowest possible rates.
DIVISION OF PROFITS.
The success and increasing prosperity of the Society has enabled
the Directors, at the last annual investigation, to declare a third
Bonus, varying from 30 to 75 per cent, on the premiums paid on
each Policy effected on the Froth scale.
EXAMPLES.

ort 3 .0
i ~.rcueb aq 0
as Bonus Banns in rig '24;
k 5 Premium. 4 added. Cash. -
5
4,a
ca to
=-. C Lo•r ••• e low •

A I £ s. d.
1000,1 74 3 4

1437 El9l 13 51E87 13 51E13 17 1
1838 165 13 01 74 13 10 11 8 6
1839 138 13 61 61 14 3 9 210
1840 89 001 41 13 4 60 0

Il 1
346 2 2
296 13 4
247 4 E

The division of profite is annual, and the next will be made in De•
ember of the present year.

P. FERGUSON CAMROUX. See.

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES,
To the Provisional Committee of the Chester and Manchester
Direct Railway
Gentlemen,—l request you to allot me Shares of 201. each
In the above Railway, and I undertake to accept the same, or such
less number as you may appropriate to me, subject to the Regula-
tions of the t.ompany, and to sign the necessary Deeds, and to Pay,
when required, the deposit thereon of 21. 2s. per Share.
Dated this day of 1845.
Name and Residence in full •• ..... • • • • • • • •
Profession and professional residenze in full..
Reference

1r R E PRO ECTIVE and GENERAL
I,BUILDINGS IMPROVEMENT COMPANY, for the PRE-
SERVATION of LIFE from FIRE, and PROPERTY from
ROBBERY.

(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital, 150,0001., in Shares of 251. each.
Deposit, 2s. 6d. per Share.

The Provisional Committee hereby give notice, that all Applica•
tions for Shares must be made on or before MONDAY, the 25th inst.
as on the following day the Committee will proceed to the Allotment
M. BRAY, Secretary.
(Mee, 9, Lincoln's Inn-fields, Aug. 19, 1845.

GREiT BRITAIN MUTUAL LIFE AS-
SURANCE SOCIETY,
14, WATERLOO-PLACE, PALL-MALL, LONDON.
THE CHISHOLM, Chairman.
WILLIAM MORLEY, Esq., Deputy-Chairman.
Great advantages offered by this Institution.
The whole of the profits divided annually among the MEMBERS.
after payment of live annual premiums.
An ample guaranteed Capital, in addition to the fund continually
accumulating from Premiums, fully sufficient o afford complete
security.
Credit given to MEMBERS for half the amount of the first TO
annual premiums, without security.
Claims on Policies not subject to be litigated or disputed.
An extremely low rate of Premium, without participation in the
Profits, but with the option, at any time within five years, of paying
the difference between the Reduced Rates and the Mutual Assur-
ance Rates ; and thus becoming Members of the Society, and entitled
to a full participation in the Profits.
Extract from the Reduced Scale of Rates, for an Assurance of 1001.

CHESTER and MANQIIESTER DIRECT
RAlrzwAy.
At a meeting of the Conl:nittee of Management of this under-
taking, held this day, it '":a.S resolved that, in order to comply with
the standing orders of ttie House of Lords, as recently altered, it is
expedient to reduf.,e the amount of each share to 201., and to extend
the number t 0 50,000, and that the deposit required be 21. 2s. on each
share, tuu.'etbSt, in consequence of this alteration in the amount and
number of shares and the deposit required, the period within which
shares must be applied for be extended to the 28th instant for the
London applications, and to the 30th instant for country applications.
By order,
29, Moorgate-street, August 14, 1845 A. BARRETT, Secretary.

THE MIDLAND and EASTERN COUNTIES
RAILWAY, from CAMBRIDGE, by NORTHAMPTON to
Wile ESTER.
(Provisionally Registered, pursuant to 7 and 8 Viet., cap. 110.)
Capital 1,500,0001., in Shares of 251. each.
Deposit 11. 7s. 6d. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
AlintOn, Rev, John, Little Barford, Bedfordshire, and Letchworth,
Hertfordshire
Booth, Williamson, Esq., Woodbury Hall, Cambridgeshire
Banbury, 8., Esq., Leamington, a Director of the Warwick and
Cheltenham Hallway
Barman, William, Esq., Stratford-upon-Avon
Carrington, John, Esq., St. Neots
Cochrane, Hon. Horatio William Bernardo, Little Stoughton
Cottle, J. M., Esq„ Leamington, Directors of the Warwick and
Curtis, g. E. 8., Esq., London, 5 Cheltenham Railway
Dabbs, Thomas William, Esq , The Newarke, Leicester
Day, John Hill, Esq , St. Neots
Day, Thomas, Esq., Wornditch, near Kimbolton
Ellgood, Thomas, Esq., St. Neots
Falconer, Robert, Esq., Goldington Hall, Bedfordshire
Gee, William, Esq., Bishop Stortford, Hertfordshire
Hewlett, Thomas Bernard, Esq., Northampton, a Director of the
South Midland Railway
Hun-Utley, Captain, Waterloo Cottage, Eynesbury, near St. Neot a
Lange, T. F. J., Esq., Brighton
Norris, ltcv. Frederick, Little Gransden
Onslow, Denzil, Esq., Stoughton House, near St. Neots
Page, Captain, Charlton House, Somerton, a Director of the Warwick
and Cheltenham Railway
Parker, Francis, Esq., Albion-place, Northampton, a Director of the
South Midland Railway
Simpson, Richard H., Esq., Long Stow Hall, Cambridgeshire
St. John, the Right Hon. Lord, Melchbourne Park, Bedfordshire
Slaney, George Deane, Esq., Offord Clancy, Huntingdonshire
Webb, Dr., Master of Clare Hall, Cambridge
Webb, Theodore Vincent, Esq., Great Gransden, Huntingdonshire
Welstead, Benjamin, Esq., Kimbolton
Weistead, M., Esq., Stoneley Hall, Kimbolton
(With power to add to their number.)
BANKERS—Messrs. Glyn, Halifax, Mills, and Co., London.
SOLICITORS.

Annual Premium.

Age' I One Year. Seven Yearg.liThole Life.

5. d. 8. d.
109 1 1 6
129 1 3 3
156 1 7 6
1 15 9 2 1 6
3 3 5 317 0

£ s. d.
1 13 11
2 2 1
2 16 4
4 1 11
6 8 3

Full particulars are detailed in the Prospectus.
A. R. IRVINE, Managing

Director.

,IFE ASSURANCE.—The BRITISH MU-
TUAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY entertains proposals
of any description involving the contingency of human life ; and offers
the following advantages to its members : ,
A BONUS ANNUALLY (in shape of low premiums) equal to those
of other offices, granted every three, five, or seven years, and
The PROSPECT of a LARGER BONUS than can possibly be ob-
tained at those offices, in the peculiarly beneficial mode adopted in
the distribution of the surplus.
Prospectuses and every information may be had on application at
the Office, 17, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars.

John Chinery, Esq., Leamington, and 3, Church-court, Old Jewry
Lone.o2,
Messrs. Lay, St. lsreots
Messrs. Harris and Sumpter, Cambridge
Me,,srs. Umbers and Bowdon, Stratford-upon-A?on
Charles Jones, Esq., Alcester.

No further Applications for Shares In this Railway will be received
after Tuesday Next, the 26th of August instant, except from Land-
owners, or parties living in the country, or locally interested, who
must apply on or before Saturday, the 30th instant.
In the meantime applications thr prospectuses and shares may be
Made to the Solicitors, or to the following Sharebrokers, viz. :
Meors. P. W, anct Son, 50, Threadneedle-street, London ;
Forskthhuifilfiltetat4 o}. T. Crewdson, Liverpool; Johnstone and
Bradley, or S. Wr9rareltDianehester ; E. Wilson, or W. Collis, Bir-
zninghain ; White and aoh,Leamington ; George Edwards and Son, or
pike Arnold, Bristol; W. I4e, or Hall Brothers and Co., Cheltan-
brn ; Kirk. and Co., or Scott. and Co., Leeds ; John Doy, or Filet
d Tootal, Hull; —paglesfield, Leicester; Freeman and Son,
orthampt9OLlohn Langwortliy, Exeter; Wm. Bolton, Stratford-
vtiko.Avoit win..Mee, Wataitater ; Hugh Munro and Co., Eft-
Oeerge -Brown, Glaitalow Bruce and Byrne., Dublin •B = , WU
Cerfeatal i -144 Ps t ruin Boa. ITOttlitglaar&

Fliurr SEASON.--The experience of past yeors
having prbved the advantage, at this season, of acting upon
the advice of the Faculty, in tha substitution of weak Brandy-and-
water, as an ordinary beverage, for Beer or other fermentable
liquors, and at no greater cost, J, T. BETTS, jun., and CO. trust
that they need oily to caution the public against any of the spurious
articles offered for sale being foisted upon consumers in lieu of their
Patent Brandy, awl, at the same time, to refer to its superiority and
economy for preserving fruit.
BETTS'S PATENT BRANDY Is protected against fraudulent
substitution, when sold in bottles, by being secured with the Patent
hletullic Capsules, embossed with the words " BETTS'S PATENT
BRANDY, 7, SMITHFIELD-BARS." Purchasers of single bottles,
at 3s. 6d. each, cannot be too particular in observing that the Cap •
sules are so embossed.

This pure and healthful spirit is preferred by the highest medical
authorities to any other, and is used, to the exclusion of Foreign
Brandy, at St. Thomas's, Guy's, St. George's, the Westminster, and
other Hospitals ; at the Brighton, Bristol, Manchester, and other In-
firmaries ; awl, indeed, at the principal sanative institutions through-
out the country.
__

BETTS'S BATENT BRANDY may be obtained, in the capsuled
bottles, by way of sample, and at 18s. per gallon in bulk, of the most
respectable wine and spirit merchants In every locality.
The DISTILLERY, 7, SMITHFIELD-BARS, LONDON, is the
nly Establishment of J. T. BETTS'S, Jun., and CO., where quan-
ti es of not less than TWO GALLONS, to bottle or bar., are
upplied.

THE SUN, LON DON, SATURD Y EVENING, AUGUST 23, 184 S.

visitation on any debtor to him, under judgment, in a
sunk not exceeding 204 ; or for arbitrarily interfering with
the representative of capital and with its employment
these , indeed, are carefully exempted from this unceremo-
nious handling. One would suppose that the Premier could
not sleep soundly in his bed, during the recess, without, in
the first place, disburdening his conscience of the duty
of previously seeing every objectionable or oppres-
sive measure conducted through all its stages to
the effective maturity of a statute. When the Earl
of LLNCOLN, with Lord Woasnnv's assistance, has
fenced out, warned off, and thrust back the hardy but poor
yeomanry—the laborious but vulgar peasantry of England
and Wades—the ever-toiling but ill-clothed and worse fed
artisans of our manufacturing districts—from all the
healthful fields of exercise and relaxation that yet re-
mained to them in the wild commons and healthful
waste-lands of their native country ; he can rush
down by rail or steam-boat to the moors of the far north.
Sir JAMES GRAHAM, after breaking open the letters of
M. MAZZINI, libelling his character, and then discovering
" that he believes he must have been mistaken" in the ter-
rible imputations that he had thus cast on a foreigner, to
whom the State had accorded the protection of its sanctuary ;
after " running-amuck" against all the "general practitioners'
of the medical profession ; and replying to communications
touching the disgusting mismanagement of paupers in
union houses (to the unimagired atrocities of which every
day has since supplied fresh evidence), by vague and worth-
less protestations of his own incredulity on the subject,—Sir
JAMES likewise, in his impatience " to be off," throws
overboard all his pledges on matters of poor-law
amendment, the improved sanatory condition of towns,
&c. &c. The grouse of Cumberland are still better
flavoured than those of Inverness-shire, and the sport
is little inferior. So this Lord of Netherby hastens from the
haunting appeals of poor-law misery, and of dear connexions
untowardly mixed up with sorry explanations about
the buying and selling of railway shares. The Premier,
having been again beaten off in his attempt to strangle
the monetary system of Scotland, from which she has
imbibed the energy and buoyancy that have sustained her
for a century and a half, advancing her by slow, but always
established, steps from one stage of political strength and
improvement to another, contents himself with deter-
mining to complete for that kingdom next year the same
process of monetary disorganisation and ruin which he has
already succeeded in applying to this. But all adequate
provision for " Harbours of Refuge" on our southern and
eastern coasts—all conservative measures of an enlightened
humanity, for the better protection of industrial labour—
all efforts towards the modification of admitted
deficiencies in the social systems of which he has assumed to
himself no small degree of credit, for being the great
orignator (let us instance particularly the Metropolitan
hiliee,courts and force, and the Courts of Petty Session in
their jurisdiction of summarily convicting) ;—all these the
Right Hon. Premier leaves either wholly uncommenced, or,
if began, in the plight of the " adventure of the bear
and fiddle,"—broken off "in the middle." He is content
to leave the several recommendations of the numerous
" Commissions" which he has granted or supported—as dead
letters ; untouched or unimproved. No progress has been
made in enforcing the regulations reported to Parliament as
necessary to be adopted " for the better prevention of ship-
wrecks ;" and as little in carrying out the practical advice 01
the first naval men in and out of Parliament, as to the best
means of keeping up a sufficient number of able seamen on
service, and of reinforcing that number with any required
addition, through the grant of half-pay, or pensions, to such
men from the moment of their being first paid off out of
active service; their title thereto being the condition of re-
ceiving such provision, in the nature of a retaining fee
for their services, whenever these are called for by the
Government. Nothing more consolatory has yet been
effected to ensure the adoption of those principles 01
ameliorated construction, improved efficiency, and increased
armament which have ever and again been pressed upon their
attention, and acknowledged by their reluctant admissions to
be absolutely indispensable to the maintenance and security
of our naval supremacy (especially as to the steam arm of
the force) in any future maritime war.
All this is " true, 'tis pity—pity 'tis, 'tis true." But of
how much less moment to the community, these instances of
a graceful, well-bred neglect of the " bores" of official duty,
than would be the serious moral evil which must ensue from
a failure in the First Lord of the Treasury, the First Secre-
tary of State, and the First Commissioner of Woods and
Forests, to respond to those more exciting and interesting
appeals—the calls of the grouse at this time of year I
What would be said if Right Honourable Minis-
ters of the Crown did not discharge that most
important of their functions which is identified with tht
discharge of their double Max.:Tom and PURDYS on the 120.
of August ? The " wastes" over which the Earl of LINCOLN
sports were never meant to be " inclosed " by that loft
genius which presides over the spluttering of flower-pot
fountains—the ornamental (I) decoration of mock••asphalte
pavements, that almost rival the magnificence of a pri
son tennis-court—or the hopeless contrivances for re-
deeming the anomalous cockneyisms of a "National
Gallery," into which the exquisite connoisseurship of
her MAJESTY'S principal servants has admitted
two or three of the most palpable forgeries, paid for by price,
that should have nurchased the P ........
MICHAEL ANGELO, or TITIAN. The wastes to be shut
were those from which, without these iniquitous Acts of
Parliament, the poor could not have beers shut out.
Some injury to the national service may still be
to be dreaded from discontent among the best and
bravest of our seamen, labouring under the im-
pression that their' interests are neglected, their
just expectations thwarted by a niggardly economy, the only
attempted excuse for which is, that it enables the Chancellor
of the Exchequer to make a better array of balances in the
financial statements that he delivers, with so much
unction, every year to the House of Commons. But
what of all this ? Not to hurry down to ac-
complish for the birds their illustrious destiny of
dying by Ministerial guns would, doubless, create a spirit of
the most dangerous disaffection and resentment among
the grouse and black game of the North. Let public busi-
ness, therefore, take care of itself ! Still, to speak seriously,
the interests of human life demand somewhat more of decent
attention, of external manifestations of consideration, if not of
active sympathy, than they receive at the hands of our rulers.
How often have we had occasion to refer, as each new recur-
ring casualty has been announced, to the scandalously neg-
lected resolutions and propositions of the Select Committee
on Accidents in Mines. The most urgent and the most simple
precautions by which vigilance and care may hope to guard
against the operation of powerful subterranean agents of
destruction, are still but partially adopted throughout
the kingdom ; and the sacrifice of all the hecatombs of
human victims which in a single year they sweep
away, seem powerless to arouse either the First
Lord of the Treasury or the First Secretary of State, in the
closing period of a session, to the great duty of steadily and
strictly enforcing their general introduction in the localities
that must necessarily suffer from the absence of them. In
addition to the sad, the appalling catalogue of colliery
explosions we have had to record within the present year,
our paper of to-day gives an account of two more, which,
in our present deficiency of absolute evidence in these
cases, we will not undertake to say, have been caused by a
similar neglect of the similar precautions we allude to. But
they powerfully corroborate all the solicitude we have ex-
pressed on this painful subject. At the Tividale Coalworks,
near Dudley, no less than six unfortunate labourers
have been killed by fire-damp—many more wounded; but
at Jarrow Colliery, near Newcastle-upon-Tyne, thirty-
five dead bodies have already been brought up, out of, pro-
bably, many more victims, exterminated by an explosion of
the tire-damp ; and of 14 others who were retrieved alive, but
severely wounded, three or four have since died. The fate of
others who still remain entombed were, at the last advices, un-
known, but may be too readily anticipated ! These terrible
accidents have signalized one short week ! Had the duty of
that supervision of such mines been adequately fulfilled
before Parliament separated for the holidays, which the
reports of the Committee in question devolved on the Home
Department, and the head of the Government, we may
surely assume that it is very possible they might have been,
and would have been averted.

TO COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS.
WANTED, a PERSON of FIRST•RATE
v BUSINESS QUALIFICATIONS, to repreSent a leading
LONDON HOUSE. But few samples Used.
Apply by letter, with fitil particulars of present or late employment,
to S. Y., Deacon's Country Newspaper Office, 8, Walbrook.

FIRST-RATE COMMERCIAL HOTEL.
TO BE LE 1, that commodious and well-esta-
blished7loTEL, situate near the NORTH UNION RAIL-
WAY STATION In WIGAN. The House is replete with modern
conveniences, and contains 26 bed-rooms, travellers' room, dining-
rooms, sitting-rooms, bar-parlour, tap-room, &c. &c. In the yard
there is stabling for 20 horses, with loose boxes, large assembly-
room, &c.
Possession may be had on the 12th of November next. The rent
is moderate, and this is such an opportunity as seldom occurs for
any active person, wishing to embark in business, with every pros-
pect of success.

For further particulars, or treaty, ap, ly to Mr. Thompson, Wigan,
August, 1845.

PUBLICATION S.

Now ready, in Bvo., with Portrait, ss. bound,
THEFOURTH VOLUME of M. 'TIERS
HISTORY of the CONSULATE and EMPIRE,
A Sequel to his " History of the French Revolution."
Translated by D. FORBES CAMPBELL, Esq.
With the sanction and approval of the Author.
The present volume comprises, among other important and inte-
resting topics, the Rupture of the Peace of Amlens—The Camp and
Flotilla of Boulogne and Threatened Invasion of England—The Con-
spiracy of Georges—The Death of the Due D'Erighien, &c.
" The publication of M. Thiers' History of the Consulate and Em-
pire is au event of an interest not confined to the world of literature.
The charms of so facile a style, the method of so lucid a narrative,
and the abundance of its authentic and hitherto unexplored mate-
rials, place this work amongst the most important productions of
our times.".—Times.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
LESSEE. MR. B. WEBSTER.
THIS EVENING
Will be repeated the Comedy of CAPTAIN TARIIADIDDLE; or,
What will the World Say? Captain Tarradiddle, Mr. W. Farren ;
Pye Hilary, Mr. Hudson ; Mrs. Tarradiddle, Miss P. Horton.
The celebrated Planisto,Leopold de Meyer, will perform this
Evening, after the Comedy, Introduction and Marche Marocalne."
To a followed by the admired Drama of GRANDFATHER
WHITEHEAD. Grandfather Whitehead, Mr. W. Farren ; Dray-
ton, Mr. Tilbury; Langley, Mr. Stuart; Louisa Drayton, Mrs. E.
Yarnold; Susan, Mrs. Stanley.
After which will be repealed a New Dramatic Sketch, entitled
MRS. CAUDLE'S CURTAIN- LECTURES; or, MatrimonialChap-
tors. Mr. Caudle, Mr. Buekstone ; Mrs. Caudle, Mrs. W. Clifford.
Private Boxes, Two Guineas and vne Guinea and a-Halt each.
Tickets and Places to be had of Mr. I. T. Archer at the Box-office,
tom Ten till Five o'clock.

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII.
UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTI.
THIS EVENING

Will be performed the MYSTERIOUS STRANGER. The Stranger,
Madame Celeste.

After which, SWEETHEARTS AND WIVES. Billy Lackaday,
Mr. Munyard ; Eugenia, Mrs. Yates; Laura, Miss Woolgar.
To conclude with Tll E IRISH DRAGOON ; or, Wards in Chan-
cery. Paddy Murphy O'Brallaghau, Mr. Hudson.
On Monday, ro.,t,r4y will De yw a, mrs. Caudle Abroad
and at. Home.
Prompter, Mr. Gallot ; Principal Painter, Mr. Pitt ; Leader of the
Band, Mr. Mellon.

THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM.
UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY.

The Third Juvenile Night, and positively the Last Night of Cinderella

THIS EVENING

Will be performed a New and Original Comedy, to be called THE
GOVERNOR'S WIFE, with entirely New Scenery, Dresses, and
Appurtenances. Principal Characters by Messrs. iliddear, Keeley.
F. Mathews, F. Vining, and Collier, ,:iss Dawson. and Mrs. Keeley.
Atter which, an entirely New, Original, and Novel Grand Fairy
BALLET DIVERTISSEMENT, entitled LES FEES. In which Les
Danseuses Anglaises will appear.

.. -
To be followed by an entirely New Operatic, Dramatic, Chivalric,
Fairy, Romantic Burlesque, entitled CINDE BELLA. The Principal
Characters by Mr. Keel,y, Mr. A. Wigan, Mr. Frank Mathews, Mr.
J. W. Collier, Mrs. Keeley, Miss Vlllars, Miss Falrbrother, Mrs.
Woollidge, Miss Grove, Miss Howard, &c
To conclude with A MODEL OF A WIFE.

PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET.
LEMSEE, MR. J. M. MADDOX.
OPEN EVERY EVENING TILL THE END OF THE MONTH.
THIS EVENING,
Will be revived THE DEVIL'S IN IT. The Grand Duke, Mr.
Lynne; Albert Holstein, Mr. Walter Lacy; Bernard Bunne, Mr.
Compton ; Rollo, Miss Emma Stanley.
To which w►ll b 3 added A COURT BALL IN 1740. In which will
be introduced the Dances as performed at her Majesty's Bal Cos-
tume,with the Original Music.
To be followed by THE BRIG \ND. Alessandro Massvoni, Mr.
Wallack ; Itubaldo, Mr. Rance; Ottavia, Miss Grey; Maria Grazie,
Mrs. Brougham.
After which, TEDDY TIIE TILER. Teddy Mullowny, Mr. Collins.

- ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITIIr ATRE.
PROPRIETOR, MR. W. BATTY.
Last Week but One of the Engagement of the French Equestrians
—The New Grand Spectacle is nightly hailed with shouts of appro-
bation.

DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE.
Fecoud Week of Madame Vestris ,and ➢lr. C. Matthews.
THIS EVENING

Will be performed TILE BUSY BODY. Marplot, Mr. C. Ma•
; Miranda, Madame Vestris.

, .
After which, USED UP. Supported by .Messrs. C. Matthews,
It. llonner, Neville, Heslop, Fredericks, Lewis, Mrs. B. Horner, and
Miss Martin.

To conclude with LES MLLE ; or, The Wrecker's Bride. Simon
Potts, Mr. R. Honner; Pierre La Roche, Mr. H. Hughes; Jean
'Chime, Mr. N. T. Hicks; Lestelle. Mrs. R. Renner.
Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner. at the Boa-
olic,e, from Eleven to lour.

MGR WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY.
211 nAing 30 mutes after 5 Evening •• 49 minutes after 5.

THE IVEATIAIr—Sus OFFICE, AUG.. 23.
THERMOMETER, Lowest, 4A; Hikhost, 68 ; Noon, 67,

BAROMETER, 30.19.
WIND S.W., fine sunshiny weather.

The assembling, on Thursday last, of a jry, or inquest, sum-
moned by the City of London Coroner, " to inquire by what
means a certain house in Aldermanbury had been burned,'
is an event of sufficient interest to call for especial notice. In
modern practice it is quite a novelty to assemble the Coroner's
cou►t after a fire, where there has been—as fortunately the
case was in the recent destruction of the Messrs. BRADBURY
and CourAstir's enormous premises and stock—no sacrifice of
human life. Mr. PAYNE justly observed, however, that he
was only acting in strict conformity with the ancient usage
of his office; and a most salutary usage we conceive it to be,
and we heartily trust that it will be generally revived by
coroners. On every ground of policy and protection, it is
desirable that, when serious accidents have happened in large
towns, their origin and history should be narrowly inquired
into. The result may be to prevent their recurrence in fu-
.ture, or to bring to light important facts in relation to the
.caWltrvestigated. It is well that there should be some juris-
diction to make inquisition into affairs which, as really con-
cerning every body, would otherwise be-affairs looked after by
nobody. There are a thousand conceivable, though generally
latent, causes to which the firing of dwelling-Louses and
warehouses may be attributable, the knowledge of which
can only be arrived at by means of such inquiries. It is
highly probable (though we put the matter hypothetically,
of course,) that had there been an inquest on the last pre-
ceding fire which had occurred in the City, without loss of
life, the destruction of the Fenchurch Chambers, with loss
of life, might have been prevented. Unsuspected agents of
spontaneous combustion may be possibly detected, every
now and then, by inquiries of this kind, which will be thus
serviceable, not only to the protection of life and property,
but to the interests of science. Setting aside all considera-
tions of this latter nature, fire inquests (if we must so call
them) would undoubtedly demonstrate dangerous and de-
fective modes of lighting the interior of private dwellings,
and also of warehouses and store-rooms ; of constructing
flues and setting up fire-places; and running main timbers,
the indication of which would assuredly operate to produce
their removal, where convenient or practicable, from
existing houses, &c., and to prevent their intro-
duction into such tenements and premises in future.
It might be well if a public notice of the par-
ticulars of every such case, and the finding of the
jury in full, were affixed to the church doors, or other public
places, for the information and guidance, of the parochial or

district community. The inquest. of Thursday was fur-
ther retnarklible for the additional proofit has supplied of tin,:
culpable, almost criminal, and altogether unintelligible net;
lent and apathy, with which the securities and resource:
supposed to be provided, and very largely paid for, in fact
by the community, are allowed in the most dense and wealth:
sections of the city of London to fall into desuetude ant;
oblivion. One of the unfortunate partners in the house of
BRADBURY, GREATORF-X, and BEALL, stated, in his evidence,
that the fire-plug could not be found for a considerable time,
although the directing-board on the house-front clearly indi-
cated that the distance was 17 feet in a specified direction.
It turned out, on the information of a juror, that this plug
had long previously been removed from the position so indi-
cated at the request of another of the partners in the same
firm. Now, what the public at large is clearly interested ut
ascertaining is—Was this alteration of the communication
with the fire-pipe or main duly reported ?to what quarter?
by whom ? and does there exist any registered evidence
of the fact ? If there be no officer charged by the Water-
works Company, or other authority, with the duty of reporting
such alterations, and no certain ascertained department en-
trusted with the care of noting such reports, the neglect of
such ordinary precautions in a matter of such signal import-
ance is a strange deficiency in the precautionary police or
municipal regulations of a great city. If there be such an
officer or department, how comes it that the old directing-
board has not long since been replaced by an amended one,
showing the altered position of the plug? It was
proved before the inquest in this case, that when, at length,
the true plug was found, considerable difficulty and delay
were experienced before any supply of water could be ob-
tained. This does appear to us to be a state of things per
fectly unpardonable in such a city as London, and such a
portion of it as Aldermanbury, where there is nothing to pre-
vent the supply from being, at all times, most abundant. It

is not too much to assume that, in all probability, a timely
and adequate supply of water might have caused, with com•
partitively little injury to the stock, the extinction of a fire
which has probably consumed a more enormous amount of
property than any burning of private premises which
has happened iu London for several years past. The
early hour at which the flames were first discovered,
and the fact that they were seen, by all the evidence
which was taken, to have originated in the basement or
cellars of the house, raise the very strongest presumption that
had the water-mains been duly supplied, a calamity that has
probably visited upon a hitherto opulent and very ex-
tensive trading firm losses to an enormous amount, might
have been averted. We lament that the Coroner did not
call before him the turnkeys and others, who are bound to
explain why there was all this fatal " unreadiness" for such
an exigency as that of Monday night last. Again, we repeat
that had a similar species of inquest sat, and returned its
verdict, upon the last preceding fire, without loss of life, there
would, in all likelihood, have been a speedy and effective
check upon the conflagration in Aldermanbury. In
the next place, it was stated by Mr. BEALL that great diffi-
culty had been always experienced in turning off
the gas below, a difficulty which, where the supply
is so large, is evidently an element of constant
danger. If we mistake not, the Corporation of London,
in reply to the repeated applications that have been made
to it by other parties for a participation in the supply of gas
to the city, under the newest and most scientific improve-
ments fur its safe and efficient regulation, have persisted in
upholding their Chartered Company, or a strict monopoly of
the gas contract. It would have been important to ascer-
tain, and we recommend the point to the next" fire inquest"
that may be impannelled in the City, whether or not the diffi-
culty spoken to of turning oil' the gas is one which is ex-
perienced, in an equal or a less degree, by those who use the
fittings and apparatus of the more modern but excluded
companies, with those who are compelled to adhere to the
supply and management of the chartered monopoly ? In
,elation to these and other such points, interesting to a
conservative municipal policy, we are rejoiced to find Mr.
PAYNE coming forward to re-establish an ancient, and, as we
conceive, valuable employment of the functions of his impor
tant office.

We have received accounts front Leipsic of the 17th. The
students had continued to do military duty up to that time,
but they are now relieved from it, and replaced at all the
points they occupied by the Communal Guard. The troops
were still confined to their barracks. On the 15th the Ktzto
and QUEEN arrived at Leipsic from Dresden. Their Majesties
went among the people, by whom they were received with en-
thusiasm. The KING promised that a rigid inquiry into the af-
fair of the 12th should take place, and that he would provide for
the children of the victims. He then went to the hospital to
console the wounded. On the same day about thirty persons,
who had assembled before the barracks hooting the soldiers,
were arrested. On the 17th the Municipal Council and the
officers of the Communal Guard, met at the Town-hall, to
receive the reply of the KING to the addresses that had been
presented to him. The KING'S Commissioner, M. DE LAN-
GEUN, read the following as the answer of his MAJESTY
" I have received the Deputies of the city of Leiptic, who came
to express to me the pain that had been inflicted upon them by the
events of the 12th, and to give me the assurance of their fidelity
and devotedness. I think it right to communicate what follows to
the city of Leipsic, and I desire that the public may be made ac-
quainted with it. I was happy and proud to reign over a faithful
people, respecting law and just..., ana a. mani-
fested their attachment to the dynasty, under the most difficult cir-
cumstances. iespecting the constitution of the
country, I was justified in hoping that the Saxon people, penetrated
with its spirit, would remain faithful to it even in the most
stormy times, and that they would netcr depart from the
constitution and the laws. I have been the more grieved that
the second city of the kingdom, in which I loved to reside,
and in which I have received so many proofs of fidelity and
devotedness, a city so happy and flourishing as Leipsic, should
have been the theatre of such an attack, inasmuch as the law
has been violated in the person of my beloved brother, who,

to perform a patriotic duty, had, full of kindness and confi.
deuce, presented himself in the midst of the citizens. I am
profoundly afflicted to see that the public opinion has been
shamefully excited by reports as ignoble as unfounded. I recom-
mend, paternal y and seriously, that no faith should be placed in
them. I pity deeply the victims, perhaps innocent, who have fallen
in consequence of the necessary intervention of the troops. A se-
vere and impartial investigation into the conduct of the authorities
will throw light on all this affair, and if well.thinking citizens unite
their efforts, order will be maintained, and more severe measures,
to have the laws respected, will not be necessary. But I must de-
clare, with profound grief, that my previous confidence in a city
in which the idea of such acts could arise, and be put into execu-
tivn, is shaken. Therefore is it that I address with kindness and
firmness sty royal word to the great number of the loyal citizens
of Leipsic, who have at heart the welfare of their country and of
the city, and the honour of the Saxon name. May they rally
round the Throne and the Constitution, and resist with force and
dignity the efforts of those who are opposed to constitutional
order, so that the law may remain inviolable, and that my ancient
confidence, in a city which has always been dear to my heart, may
be restored."

After the reading of the reply, the President of the assem-
bly exclaimed, "Long live the King!" and the whole of the
persons present repeated the cry. On the same day the
King's reply was posted up on all the walls of the town, and
the Municipal Council announced that an extraordinary com-
mission had been formed for receiving such claims as any
individuals may have to make. The Municipal Council also
announced that, according to the tno.A precise information, the
persons ki!led were Messrs. .Nordmann, Prieur, Jelin, Frey-
gang, Muller, Kleeberg, and Arland, and that five persons
were wounded.

Prince JOHN, immediately on his arrival at Dresden, went
to the Castle of Pilnitz, but is about to leave Germany for

The Leipsie Gazette of the 15th contains a declaration by
Major DE JECHAN, adjutant of the staff of the communal
guards of that city, to the effect that Prince JOHN did not
give the order to lire on the 12th.
General ROCHOW, the new Prussian Ambassador at St.
Peteriburgh, has arrived in that city. Before proceeding to
his post, he had been charged by the King of PRUSSIA with
s secret mission to the King of HANOVER.

It would appear from the following extract, from a letter
dated Athens, Aug. 8, that COLETTI still persists in carrying
out the designs of himself and his co-conspirators to swindle
the Greeks out of their Constitution :—" On the sth inst.
the KING yielded to the long-persisted-in solicitations of
CoLErn, and swamped the Senate by the creation of 16
new Senators. Their names are CIIRISTIDES, MAESOLAS,
A. DOUCAS, TIIEOTOKY, KARACATZANI, KARAMENO,
DELYLTI, CANELOPULO, DARIOTTIS, ELIOrOLIS, MELAIKIS,
HADGI PETROS, MEXIS, D. BULGARIS, GLARAKIS, and CON-
TOUMAS. The two last named are KING's men. The others
are all creatures of COLETITS. Immediately on his MAJES..
rv's signing their diplomas, Al ETAXA, the Minister of Finance,
gave in his resignation, which was accepted. He stated that
his reason for resigning was, that he considered this-act (the
nomination of the new Senators) as both prejudicial to the
throne and to the nation.

It is the general opinion of the best-informed persons here
that a violent crisis is approaching, and it is clear that a de-
termined conspiracy exists against the Constitution, which
conspiracy is most warmly supported, and almost openly, by
more than one of the Ministers of the European Powers.

Madrid Papers to the 16th have arrived. The Gazette
publishes a convention between the Governments of Spain
and Portugal, fixing the precise attributes of the consuls of
the two nations, and which was signed at. Lisbon on June 26.
The Progressist and Moderado journals of all shades attack
with extreme violence the Ministry of NARVAEZ and the acts
of the Government. The Tiempo and Globe, maintain that it
is impossible for NARVAEZ and his colleagues to continue in
power in opposition to the unanimous manifestations of the
press and public opinion, and that it is their duty to retire or
immediately convoke the Cortes.
The Tiempo has a long article attacking the Government
fur having authorised the buke of SOTOMAYOR to offer a
building at the Havannah to the English Government as a
depot for freed negroes. The same journal states, that the
proprietors of houses were preparing a remonstrance against
the impost on house-rent.

According to El Espcctador, a rumour, believed to be well
founded, is iu very general circulation, of an approaching
modfication of the Cabinet. It adds, that two additional
Ministers were to be named, one of Public Works, and the
other of the Colonies. Among the rumours afloat were those
of the Minister of Foreign Affairs having tendered his resigna •
don, and of a Carlist plot having been detected at Tolosa;
bat neither report obtained much credence. The two
younger sons of Don CARLOS have, according to the .Heraldo,
entered his Sardinian Majesty's service, one as colonel of the
cavalry regiment of Savoy, with a pay of 6,000 francs; the
other as major in the regiment of Arqui, with a pay of
4,000 francs.

The Herald() publishes the instructions issued by the Finance
Minister, according to which the unsold Church property is to
restored to the clergy. The same journal mention.; the fact
of spriest in Avila having extorted from a man in his dying