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ADVERTISEMENTS INSERTED in ALL THE THREE PAPERS, Morning, Noon, and Night, thereby insuring a TOWN and COUNTRY CIRCULA7'ION at ONE CHARGE.

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 :7-Mr. J. Seaborne May, and Mr. Laurie,
Liverpool; Mr. C. Forster, Cork; Mr. Hone, 5, Foster-place, and
Mr. Henry Lanauze, 17, College-green, Dublin ; and Mr. T. J. Hun-
gerford, and Mr. M'Carthy Downing, Skibbereen.

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, Joint Solicitors for the Warwick
JOHN CH IN NE It Y, 5 and Cheltenham Railway.
HAYNES and MOORE, Warwick, Solicitors for the Eve-
sham Valley Company.

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES,

TO THE PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE BANDON

AND BANTRY RA [WAY.
Gentlemen—l hereby request you will apportion me Shares
in the above proposed Railway, and I agree to pay the deposit or 1/.
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,
. ... ••••••• ...... • ••••••
Profession, trade, or calling . • • • • • • • ......
Residence ...
Date of application •• • • •• • • • •• • • • • • •
Reference .. .•. • • • •• • • ... ••••• • • • •

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 infor-
mation of the public :

HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS 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 is so great an imrove-
ment on the old wrap-rascal, that its general acoption by men of taste
is inevitable."—The Sum, 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 ono, 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."—The Times, April 4. Registered
Paletot, two guineas.
114, Regent-street, London, four doors north of Quadrant.

7TARVVICK and CHELTENHAM JUNC-
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,
May 14, 1845. HENRY CASSIN, Secretary.

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 Shelford •
T. Crafts, Esq., Burbage
W. Clark, Esq., Mayor of Coventry
Cottrill, Esq.. llinckley
John Smith Crosland, Esq., Burbage Lodge
J. M. Cottle, Esq., Leamington
Rev. J. M. Cooper, Hinckley
Rey. George Dealtry, Vicar of Hinckley
Rev. John Fisher, Rector of Higham
Mr. T. Gilbert, Burton Hastings
Edward Gaiston, Esq., Assistant Poor-law Connnbisiener, Dublin
Lattion;r4iy.)r '
James Iloilfdf,"Esq., Hinckley
Joseph Knight, Esq., Director of the Chunk Valley Railway
Mr. William Law,llinckley
Rev. G. Mettam, Harwell
Charles Noel, Esq., Kitby
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, Loudon'
J. E. B. Curtis, Esq., Grove-end-road, St. John's-wood
Henry Plumptre Gipps, Esq., Montague-place, Bryanston-
square
R. H. Kennedy, Esq., Emscote House, Leamington
Captain Lindsay, Leamington
Archibald Spens, Esq., Manor Honrso, 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

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

COMMITTEE OF DIRECTION.
B. H. Kennedy, Esq., Emscotc-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. 11. Chapman, Esq., Leadenhall-street
J. M. Cottle, Esq., Leamington
Henry Plumptre Gipps, Esq., Montagu-place, Bryanston-square
B. 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 Spens, 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, Chureh-court, Old Jewry, Wednesday, May 14, 1845.

(IZIHRE WSBURY, HEREFORD, and NORTH
10 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 501. each.
Deposit 2/. 15s. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.

J. Winder Lyon Winder, Esq., Vaenor Park, High Sheriff of Mont-

- ,
gomeryshire.
Sir Robert Williames Vaughan, Bart., Dengwrt, Dolgelley.
The Hon. Henry Hanbury Tracy, Gregynnog Hall, Montgomeryshire.
Sir Charles Thomas Jones, Montgomery, Magistrate of Montgome-
ryshire.
George Coleman, Esq., Hill Top, Dilwyn, Herefordshire._

Rev. Richard John Davies, Obeihafosg, Magistrate of Montgomery-

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

lands, Radnorshiie. - - -
Major Newcombe, 4, Upper Gloucester-place, Regent's-park.

. •
The Rev. John Robert Smythies, 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 nigh:Esq., I;laneiChyddol, Magistrate of Montgomeryshire,

and Iloitimer:sireet, Cavendish-square,
NlWam Mainwaring, Esq., Leominster.

Francis Woodhouse,Esq., Leominster.

Edward Jolmes, M. D.,-darthmyl, Magistrate of Montgomeryshiro.
William Morris, Esq., Pentrenant, Magistrate of Montgomeryshire.
John Kerr Hastings, Esq., Hereford.

John Nelson Carpenter, Esq., Glan Arrow, Herefordshire.
Andrew Turton Peterson, Esq., Guildford-stregt, Russell-square.

Re[ Deveroux J. Myttou, Llandysil, Magistrate of Montgomeryshire.
Rev. John Arthur Herbert, Glanhafren, Magistrate of Montgomery-

shire.
John Foulkes, Esq., Milford House, Magistrate of Montgomeryshire
Thomas Reginald Kemp, Esq., 3, Abehurch-lane, London.
Arthur Thomas Morley, Esq., Newtown Hall, Montgomeryshire.

John Baker, Esq., DolfOrvryn Hall, Montgomeryshire.
Phillip Morris, Esq., The Hurst, Magistrate of Shropshire.

Edwisd Bernard Coleman, Esq., Church Stretton. Salop.

gamuel George Beamish, Esq., Maesmwr.

John Owen, Esq., Broadway, Magistrate of Shropshire.
Wythen Jones, sq., Rhiewport, Magistrate of Montgomeryshire.
J. H. Lyon, Esq., Vaenor, Montgomeryshire.
Captain Herbert, Glanhafren, Montgomeryshire.

George Meares, Esq., Dollys, Llanidloos, Magistrate of Montgomery-
shire.

Edward Price Lloyd, Es 4., Glansevin, Magistrate of Carmarthensldre,
William Dongal Christie, Esq., M.P. _ _

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

Samuel Haines, Esq., Ehid House, Edgbarton, Birmingham.
Edward Elcock 3lolyneux, Esq., Inner Temple, London.
_ _

J. Young Kemp, Esq., Stone-buildings, LiuCelit's Inn, and 41, Wey-
mouth-street.

John Wheeton, 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 Ranking 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.
Solacrroas.—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.
SECRETARY.—George S. Sidney, Esq.
The importttnt Line of Railway proposed to be constructed 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 populous and increasing manu-
facturing town of Newtown, in Montg6naeryshire.
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 from North to South on 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-brokers, 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. Ridsdale and Co., Messrs. Standish, Blackett
snd Co., and James Jamieson, Leeds ; Messrs. Allsop and Son, and
Mr. Francis Stamp, Hull; Mr. L. Weatkerburn, jun., Huddersfield ;
Mr. Themes Boardman, Blackburn ; Mr. George Clark, and Mr.
Samuel Hutchinson, Bra iford ; Mr. William Cronhcim, Halifax ;
Mr. J. Stark, Gainsborough ; Mr. Charles Spencer, Nottingham ;
Mr. Samuel Eyre, Derby ; Messrs. Grayston and Earle, York ; Mr.
William Farrer, Ripon ; Mr. E. H. Armitage, Wakefield ; Messrs.
Joseph Carr and Son, Whitehaven ; Mr. James Stokes, Cheltenham ;
Mr. Joseph Clarke, jun., Southampton ; Messrs. Tate and Nash, and
Mr. W. 11. Land, Bristol ; Mr. Thomas Sandford, and Messrs. Beau-
mont and Langworthy, Exeter ; Mr. Joint Thomas Holland,
Coventry; • Mr. Jonathan Drewry, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Messrs,
Reid and Nicholson, Messrs. Thomas Farquharson and Co., and Mr.
Andrew Moffat, Edinburgh; Messrs. Duncan and Hutchinson,
Glasgow ; Messrs. Oswald, George and Co., ♦berdeen, and to Messrs.
Boyle, Pim, and Co., Dublin.

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FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES
To the Provisional Committee of the Shrewsbury, Hereford, 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/. 15s. 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
Residence.- . • • . • .
Trade or Profession • • • • • • • •
Reference .. . .....

1645.

S FIREWSBURY, 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 no application for Shares in this Com-
pany will be received after SATUaDAT NEST, the 17th day of
May, instant.

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 can-
not encumber free movement, worn riding or walking ; it will also,
from the neatness of its form, admit its being used as a light Frock
Coat—a desirable advantage in our wannest summer months, or
abroad, where heat is found oppressive. H. J. and D. Nicoll, sensi-
tive to the importance of that vade mecum—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,
pined 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 be allowed. There being a large and increasing demand, many
are kept ready in the extensive warerooms, 114, Regent-street, four
doors north of Quadrant.

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

ITWALKER'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, haying improved
points, temper, and finish, they are made of every length or sub-
stance, and for every purpose ;'the labels are correct likenesses of her
Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, in relief, on coloured
grounds. They can be sent free by post, by any 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.
H. WALKER, mannfacttirer to the Queen, Maiden-lane, (now
called Greslhun-street), New Post-office, London.

mEciirS ELEGANCIES for PRESENTS and
USE, manufactdred on the Premises, 4, LEADENHALL-
STREET, near the India House, London, Wholesale, Retail, and
for Export. Ladies and Gentlemen's Dressing-cases, in leather,
wood, and papier mache, from 100 guineas down to 255. Writing-
desks, 25 guineas down to 12s. Work-botes, 20 guineas to 10s.
Ladies' Cabinet and Jewel-cases assorted ; Tea-caddies, the most
elegant in the world, 121. to 6/. each, down to Is. 6d. Ladies' papier
mache Work-boxes, 101. each down to 31. Netting-boxes, 30s. to
235. Card-boxes, 51. ss. to 115. Sot of Tea-trays, 20 guineas to 51.
Bottle-cases, 30s. each. Companions, 21. 10s. to 10s. 6d. each. Poll-
screens, 9/. the pair. Hand-screens, 50s. to 20s. the pair. Card-
racks, 40s. to 255. per pair. Note and Cake-baskets, 50s. to 20s.
each. Bagatelle-tables, 101. 10s. to 3/. 10s. Leather Writing-cases,
containing a complete Dressing Apparatus, 151. 10s. to 51. 10s. Pearl
and Fancy Card-cases, 31. 10s. to 108. each. Ivory Hair-brushes, 41.
to 21. 10s. per pair. Splendid Cases of Seven-day Razors, 101. to
2/. 10s. the set. Ivory-handle and other highly-finished Strops from
255. to 3s. each. Wharncliff Penknives, Sporting Knives, and faxey
Scissors, 31. to 55. each. Splendid Case of Agate, Pearl, and Ivory
Dessert-knives and Table-knives, from 421. to 4/. 4s. the case. A rich
variety of Plate, Bronze, Gilt, and Papier Mache and Table Ink-
stands, from 61. to 78. 6d. each. ,
The quality generally of Mechi Manufactnres--the elegance of
their display, and the rare combination of excellence and economy,
with a very extensive choice of Stock-wlll amply repay the trouble
his Depot, 4, Leadelthall-ftreet.

FIDDLE AND PRINCE AL,
AB. SAVORY an(
. Silversmiths, 14, Cornhill
England—The beat wrought SILVI
Pattern, 7s. 2d. per ounce ; the 1
ounce. The articles may be had 11
per ounce:—
The Fiddle. oz. s. d. Xs. 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 Lattice 10 at 7 2.. 3 18 8
1 Sauce ditto 10 at 7 8.. 316 8
4 Salt Spoons (gilt strong) 1 0 0
1 Fish Slice •. • • •••• • • • • 2 10 0
12 Tea Spoons 10 at 7 8.. 316 8
Pair Sugar Tongs ••• • • • 0 15 0
Messrs. iluvory and Sons recoin'
it 18 Tel 7 will and of LilleEttillplea

LSERT'S PATTERN PLATE.

d SONS, Manufacturing
LI, London, opposite the Bank of
'ER SPOONS and FORKS, Fiddle
Prince Albert's Pattern, 71. 6d. per
ighter or heavier, at the same price

Prince Albert's. oz. s. d. Xs. d.
112 Table spoons 40 at 7 6..15 0 0
12 Dessert ditto 26 at 7 6.. 9 15 0
112 Table Forks 40 at 7 6..15 0 0
12 Dessert ditto'26 at 7 6.. 9 15 0
2 Gravy Spoons 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 Fish Slice . 3 10 0
112 Tea Spoons 14 at 8 0.• 512 0
1-Pair Sugar Tongs.. •• .. 1 5 0
intend the Prince Albert's pattern.
I beauty,

NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR-
ANCE SOCIETY,
26, CORNIIILL, LONDON.
Capital 4;500,000.
Empowered by Act of Parliament.
DIVISION OF PROFITS.
The steady SIIICCOSS and Increasing Prosperity of the Society has
enabled the Directors, at the last anlmal investigation to declare a
second Bonus, averkling 60,per cent. on the amounts 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.

Admission, ls.—Catalogue, Is.
WILLIAM BARNARD, Keepet.
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., &c.

...1F,.., .ig ---- riIHE COLOSSEUM, Regent's Park, is NOW
~; rs . . 1.. OPEN, under the patronage o: her Most Gracious Majesty and
Pi Bon
sod "5* his Royal Highness the Prince Albert, who have been pleased to ex-
. 0 Premium. ° ns nen" in p 'ltic. '
r 11 n added. • Cash. a, g & 0 g Press their high approbation of the entire exhibition. The chief
14 It '? g g novelties of this gigantic e.stabllshinent consist of the Glyptotheca, or
, 2, ... 4 a. Museum of Seulpturo—the Grand Panorama of London—the Classic
Ruins of the Temples of Theseus, Vesta, and Arch of Titus, &c.—
I £ s. d. £ s. d. X ',A. X a. d £ a. da the magnificent View of Mont Blanc, Mer de Glace, and Alpine
1837.170 9 3 77 6 1 12 3 9 346 2 3 Torrent, &c.—the Conservatories and gorgeous Gothic Aviary—the
GO 1000 74 3 4 1 zi3ii 144 2 2 64 5 6 916 4 296 13 4 'lVonderftil Stalactite Caverns at Adelsberf,f, and various splendid
1839,116 16 0 51 511 711 9 247 4 5 Promenades and Fountains, forming togethar 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.
cember of the present year.

This instiaition offers many important and Substantial advan-
tages with respect both to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities.
The assured has, on all occasions, the power to borr wr, 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
tor terms of years ars granted on the lowest possible rates.
F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, See.

PRESERVER FIRE, LIFE, AND FAMILY
ENDOWMENT OFFICE,
BOND-COURT HOUSE, WALBROOIC.
As an Indemnity to the Assured, a Deed„if Settlement has been
executed, :whereby Property, produotm-- *wards of Five Thou-
send 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 redaction 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 en 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.

f,.* Prospectuses and Tables, calculated with Me greatest pre-
cision, may be had at the Mee.

JOAN WIDOWSON, Secretary.

EGYPTIAN-HALL, PICCADILLY.
THE 0-JIB-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, Ice., 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 TILE 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, 21. 10s. per Share.
PATRONS.

Lord ASHLEY, M.P.
The Right Hon. the Earl of DEVON.
The Viscount EBRINGTON, M.P. •
The Right Hon. Lord FRANCIS EGERTON, M.P.
Tho Right Hon. Lord ROBERT GROSVENOR lii.P.
The Moqt Noble the Marquis of LANSDOW.NE.
The Right Hon. Viscount MORPETH.
His Grace the Duke of NORFOLK.
The Most Noble the Marquis of NORMAN-By.
The Rai. JOSEPH BOWLES, D.D.
The Rev. W. W. CHAMPNEYS, M.A.
CHARLES COCHRANE. Esq.
The Rev. THOMAS DALE, M.A.
The Rev. W. S. GILLY, D.D.
Sir BENJAMIN HEYWOOD, Fart.
Major JEBB, R.E.
The Rev. DENNIS KELLY, M.A.
F. A. MAC GEACHY, Esq., M.P.
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CAMBRIDGE AND LINCOLN RAILWAY
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14th May, 1845.

GREAT BRITAIN MUTUAL LIFE AS-
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THE CHISHOLM, Chairman.
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branch of literature or science, what it might, he eou
find no better advis,_T, no kinder friend, than rd
Brougham. People might fancy, from wh some-
times said in the House of Lords, that is Noble Friend
was not a very good-tempered man ; but let any man
try him out of- the house, and, whatever the real diffi-

ctilties 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 littlQ 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 trz.
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 eir-
eninstanees, 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
fa• now so long a period, and he attributed the honour
miw conferred upon him by coupling his name with the
a ricers 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 Philosophical Transactions on
subjects of mathematics and natural philosophy.—
(Cheers.) He was deeply sensible of the value of this
admirable and useful institution; and he 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 not 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 literary
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
wound 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
Ellcnborough 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, in
looking around him for one whose name he might pro-
pose as a toast, he beheld those who had fought and bled
in their country's service. Here were divines, law_yers,
poets, masters of sacred song ; here were pious prelates,
whose lives were 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
were 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.) Ile 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
timer, had there been any example of a more brilliant
vice-royalty than he exercised in India.—(Cheers.) Ln-
der his protecting influence, guided by his masterly
councils, land inspired by that without which no states-
man, be 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 ELLENBOROUGH, 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 haying praised me in my
presence, but fur 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 to the success
that attended my administration in India. 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 those nobe hearts by
which that success was achieved. I never had to com-
plain of any civil servant of the company with whom I
came into personal communication ; I never had to com-
plain of 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 your
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 Ilistory."—(Cheers.)
Lord MAnom acknowledged the compliment in a neat
speech, which was loudly applauded.
Mr. MURCHISON, being called upon by the Chairman,
proposed " the health of Baron Leopold 'Von Bach, and
the Writers on Geology," which the Baron briefly ac-
knowledged.

THE LITERARY FUND.
Yesterday.the 56th anniver,ary of the Literary Fund
was celebrated by a public dinner in the Freenias,ins'
Tavern, Great Queen-super, Lincoln's 1 en- Its. The
Right Hon. the Earl of Ellenborough officiated as chair-
man, and was supported on the right by the Archbishop
or Dublin, Chevalier Bunsen, Lord Colchester, Leis]
Mahon, Major-General Pasley, aud Mr. James, and on
the left by Lord Brougham, Mr. Murchison, Mr. M.
Milnes, Sir 11. Mr. Sergeant Talfourd, the Rev.
1)r. Russell, Mr. Waster, 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 hal 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 welfare. I
—(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 li
of their bounden duty as subjects, but an expression
coming from the heart, knowing, as they did, that her
Majesty illustrated her great station by the high qualities
she brought to the performance 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.
Ile 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 doted 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 most distingaished 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," czilitributed to the full extent
of their scanty means. As the most expedient mode of
bestowing patronage on literature, and one he had inva-
riably 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 Pes-
ky, 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
he 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 ho would
at all times encourage those who, with good characters,
honestly pursued literature as a professional pursuit.—
(Cheers.) He would not attempt to exaggerate the
advantages cf that society. He did not apprehend that
any man would devote himself to literature from the
expectation of deriving assistance from such a fund; nor
did 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 pointed 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 man might resort to it,
and at the same time preserve the dignity of his per-
sonal character and independence.—(Cheers.) He valued
literature 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 1544, 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 1,0001. He also
read the new list of contributions, from which it appeared
that the Noble Chairman, in addition to his annual con-
tribution of 101 103.' had added a second subscription of
25/.—(Cheers)—Lord Brougham, 251.—(Cheers)—Che-
valier Bunsen, 5/. ; Lord Mahon, a third donation of
101 10s.; Sir P. Shelly, 101.; Lord Colchester, 51.; Mr.
Macready, 5/. ; Mr. Twiss, 5/. ; the Bishop of Ely,
5/.; Mr. Macaulay, 101; Mr. Hallam, 5/.; Mr. D'lsraeli,
let ; Mr. B. B. Cabbell, 10/.; Mr. Walter, lot. ; Mr. J.
Walter, jun., 101., &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 case 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. MILNL's was glad of the opportunity of extending
his view, even on political subjects, further than the at-
mosphere of the House of Commons. Ile would
rather, in fact, be among 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. lie 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 fur 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 Upper
of Parliament because he had sown broadcast
House
tthe 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—
Ile 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.) He 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 ago whom he might, he would
find it difficult indeed to contend, in the opinion of pos-
terity, 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. He could not trust
himself with this subject ; but this hew 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

The CIIIIRMAN, in an eulogistic speech, uext pro-
posed " Mr. Sergeant Talfourd and the Poets ;" to which
the Learned Sergeant responded in ,a long and energetic
harangue.
The next toast was, " Mr. James and the Novelists,"
to which Mr. James replied in a speech of considerable
length.
" Mr. Kemble and the Dramatists" was next given,
and duly honoured by the company. Mr. Kemble
replied, also at great length.
A second list of contributors having been read, - - -
Lord ELLENBOROUCH said it would be very ungracious
if they did not drink the health of those visitors who
had favoured them with their company. Ferber', there-
fore, Mr. Walter would allow him to associate his namo
with that toast. Mr. Walter had contributed a great
deal to literature—a great deal more in one week than
others in a year.—Cheers.)
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 princes
and rich nobles went out of fashion to the present time,
and the support of literature was thrown upon the mass
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 seient»
and literature ; and to authors, by a greater number of
readers, and of course more ample means of support.
If, spooking 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
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ence on mankind obliged them to
those failures occurred; but it should be with a thorough
recommendation to the aspirants to literary distinction to
consider well their talents, and whether they had really
the vocation they supposed--(llear, hear)—for if there
were error in this respect in the first instance, the less
distinguished walks of life would be deprived of mem-
bers who might be useful—and families, of exertions
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 extremely
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 no
further exertions, be left to suffer want, either in their
own persons, or in the persons of those who had looked
up to them for support. He, therefore, heartily withed
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.
Tho meeting broke up about half-past 11 o'clock.