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London, England, 1845-12-31 00:00:00

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CHRIS f'MAS HOLIDAYS.
ROYAL Pub -Y 1L INSTITUTION,
Lectures for this period of the year, by Dr. Ryan and
Professor BachotTner In CHEMISTRY and NATURAL PHILO-
SOPHY will be illuvrated by interesting and brilliant experiments.
A Lecture on the PREVALENT DISEASE in FoTA.ToEs will be
dslivcred by Dr. Ryan, and also on the ATMOSPHERIC RAIL-
WAY, by Professor Bachoffner, a Working Model of which, car-
rying several persons, is exhibited daily. The additions to the
OPAQUE MICROSCOPE, DISSOLVING VIEWS, and CHROMA-
TROPE are very effective.. The PIIYSIOSCOPE. Submarine Ex-
periments by means of the DEVER and DIVING BELL. Among
-the various additions to the Working Models is ,--'olenian's NEW
AMERICAN LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE, for asending and de-
scending Inclined Planes. A magnificent Collection of TROPICAL
FRUITS. Mr. Downs, the celebrated Flute Player, will take part
in the Music, conducted by Dr. WalPs. Open from Eleven to Half-
past Five, ant from Seven to Half-past Ten in the Evening.
Admission, One Shilling. Schools, Half-price.

TUNT, 57, STRAND, LONDON.-WEL-
LINGTON BOOTS, made to Measure, ONE GUINEA. Su-
prrior workmanship, the finest French leather, very durable, and
pleasant fOr Wader feet.—Cash on delivery.

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY
On and after the Ist January, 1846, an additional Third
Class Train will run daily (Sundays excepted) between Paddington
and Bristol in both directions, Dorn at 10.30 A.M., Up at 6.30 A.M.
The stospages at the interinediatc stations may be teen by refer-
ence to the titre bills.
Third Class Passongers,'and Horses will no longer be conveyed
between Paddington and Bristol by the 2.15 P.M. Down Goods Train;
or by the 2 p.m. (10 P.M. from Bristol) Up Goods Train.
Third Class Passengers between Exeter and Swindon will be con,
veyed by the 5.15 P.M. Train, instead of by the 2 P.M. Goods Train,
as heretofore.
From Bristol to Exeter Third Class Passengers will continue to
proceed by the 2.15 P.M. Goods Train, as at present.
The usual Passenger Train, from Bristol to Bath, at 6.30 A.M.,
will NOT be discontinued.
By order of the Directors,
CHAS. A. SAUNDERS, Secretary.
Paddington, Dre. 20. 1845.

EAST DEREHAAI AND NORWICH
RAILWAY.
The Committee of Management beg to announce to the Share-
holders that a large proportion of the Scrip has been sent in for re-
gistry, and they request that persons who hold the remaining por-
tion will send it forthwith to the Secretary in Norwich, in order that
their arrangements may be completed in ample time for the require-
ments of Parliament.

Ey order of the Committee,
EDWARD WILLETT, Chairman.

)rwich, Dee- 27, 1845.

LENDS AND CARL ISLE RAILWAY
COMPANY. - -
Notice is hereby given, that a Meeting of Shareholders of
this Company, will take place at the London Tavern, Bishops-
gate-street, on MoNoss, the sth of January, 1846, at One
o'clock precisely, to lay before the Proprietors the terms of the
amalgamation which has been agreed to with the Yorkshire and
Glasgow Union Railway Company, and the general state of this
Company. By order of the Committee of Management,
C. LOCOCk WRBB, Secretary.
Gresham-rooms, Basingliall-street.

THE OXFORD AND SALISBURY DIRECT
RAILWAY.
The Committee of Management beg to announce that, in compliance
with the applications and suggestions of several gentlemen of expo
rience, they have instructed the several bankers named in their
Letters of Allotment to continue to receive the preliminary deposits
from this time until the 7th of January next, in order that those
parties to whom Shares in'thls Company have been allotted may con
suit their own convenience, by paying thcfirst deposit at the present
time, or paying the whole deposit en or before the 7th of January
next.

Sy order of the Board,
Z. HUBBERSTT, Secretary.
Moorrate-chambers, Moorr„ate-street, Dos, 19, 1845.

GRAND UNION RAILWAY.
ISSUE OF SPALDING AND BRANDON JUNCTION
RAILWAY SHARES.
Notice is I•ereby given, that the Shareholders of the Grand Union
Railway who are desirous of taking shares in the Spalding and Bran-
don Junction line, are required to send in the original scrip for re-
gistry on or before the 6th of January, 1846.
The scrip must be accompanied by a letter, signed by the owner
with his name in full, his occupation, and residence, stating the quan-
tity of scrip, and the respective numbers sent in for registry, together
with the name of a party in Londou to whoM reference may be made
as to responsibility, Otherwise it cannot be received. A receipt will
be given for the scriti deposited, and at the expiration of two days (if
the holder be considered sufficiently responsible by the Directors) it
will be returned, together with a letter of allotment for the Spalding
and Brandon Junction' Railway shares. The allotment will be in
the proportion of one share for every five of the Grand Union Rail-
way scrip. Application- must be made on er before the day above-
named, otherwise no Claim for the Spalding and 'Brandon Junction
shares will be recognised.
The diuosits will be payable at the several Bankers specified on
the Letter of Allotment, on or before the 15th of January, and the
Deeds will lie for signature, as under, when the Bankers' receipts may
be exchanged for Scrio Certificates.
London—At the CompanY's Offices, 78, Cornhill, and at the Offices
of the Norfolk Railway Company, Guildhall-buildings, from tke
to 20th January, 1846, inclusive, between the hours of Ten and Five
o'clock.
Nottingham—At the Offices of the Grand Union Railway Com-
pany, St. Peter's- square, Friday, 16th January, 1846.
Leeds—At the White Horse, Saturday, 17th January, 1846.
Manchester—At the Albion Hotel, Monday, 19th January, 1846.
Liverpool—At the Angel Hotel, Tuesday, 20th January, 1846.
As it is understood that Parliament will meet on the 22d -January,
the time for payment of Deposits and execution of the Deeds can on
no account be extended. The Plans, Sections,- and Books of Refe-
rence were deposited with the Board Of Trade and the several Clerks
of the Peace on Saturday, the 29th November, and'
.all necessary
arrangements have been made for obtaining an Act in the 'ensuing
session of Parliament. •
By order,
78, Cornhill, Dec. 24, 1845

ALFRED BEESTON, Secretary.

EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY.
The Public are informed that the following ALTERATIONS
iu the arrangement of the PASSENGER TRAINS will come into
operation on the Ist January, 1846, viz. :
CAMBRIDGE
.LINE.—DOWN TRAINS. •
Two additional Traing, consisting of First, Second, and Third
Class Carriages, will leave Louden for Hertford and intermediate
Stations, at 10.30 a.m., and 130 P.M. respectively, every day
except Sundays.
The Trains leaving London for Hertford at Twelve o'clock }Toon,
and 4.30, and Seven o'Clock Evening, will consist of First, Second,
and Third Class Carriages, and not First and Second Class only as
heretofore, and will stop, if required, to take up or set down passen
gers at any of the intermediite Stations.
The 2.30. P.M. Train from London to Ely and intermediate Stations
.will have First and Second Class Carriages attathed, in addition-to
Two aiditional Trains of First, Second, anu
riages will leave Hertibrd for London at 10.45 a.m., and
2.30 P.M. respectively,. stopping, if required, at any of the interme-
diate stations.
The 8.15 and 9.15 (not 9.30, as heretofore) A.m., and 12.30 TIC
trains will take Firit,. Second, awl Third Class Passengers, and not
First and Second Class only, as at present, and the 9.15 train will, If
required, stop at ally of the intermediate stations between Hertford
and London.
The 9.30 A.M. train from Ely to London, and intermediate sta-
tions, will hereafter consist of First, Second, and Third Class carriages.
The Mail train, heretofore arriving in London at 5.22 A.m., will be
due at five o'clock.
COLCHESTER LINE.—DOWN TRAINS.
The 7.30 A.M. Train from London will bo discontinued, Third
Class Carriages being attached to the 8.30 Ax. Train.
The One o'Clock P.M. Train from London will consist of First,
Second, and Third Class Carriages, and 'goods will be diSeontinned to
be sent by this Train?
The 1.30 P.M. '1 rain from London wilLbe discontinued, and a Train
at 2.15 substduted.
The Train leaving London at Three o'clock will be EXPRESS,
stopping at Romford, Brentwood, and Chelmsford, and arriving at
Colchester at about 4.30 o'clock.
The 6.30 P.M. Train from London to Brentwood, and intermediate
stations, will have Third Class Carriages attached, in addition to First
and Second as at present.

UP TRAINS.
The Six o'clock P.M. Train, from Colchester, will consist of First,
Second, and Third. Class Carriages.
The Seven o'clock r.x. Train from Colchester will be discon-
tinued.
The Six o'clock• P.M. Train from Colchester on Sundays will be dis-
continued, and a Train substituted to leave Colchester at 5.30 r.x.
A considerable Reduction will take place, on the Ist of January
in some of the Short Fares on both lima. For particulars, see Time
Bills, which may be had on application, at any of the Company's
Stations or Coach-offices in connexion with the Company, on and
after the 29th instant.

By order,
C. P. RONEY, Secretary
Offices, Shoreditch Station, London, Dec. 23, 1845.

NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUIt. 1
ANCE SOCIETY,
26, CORNIIILL, LONDON.
Capital 46600,00 e.
Empowered by Act of Parliament.
This institution offers Important and substantial advan-
tages with respect both to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities.
The assared has, on all occasions, the power to borrow, without ex-
pense or ferfeituro of the Policy, two-thirds of the premium paid,
(see table); also the option of selecting benefit:, and the cozversion
of
to
ms to meet other convenionces or necessity. Assurances
for terms of years are granted on the lowest possible rates.
DIVISION OF PROFIT-g.
The s iccess pad increasing pre:parity of the Society has enabled.
the Directors, at the last annual investigation, to declare a thirst
Bonus, varying from 30 to 75 .per cent. on the premiums paid on
each Policy effected on the Profit scale.
EXAMPLES.

• a m:1 0 5,
1' I
Premium. a Banns' Bonus in tv r
p•
• added. Cash. • .1 ►a•k,,,tl
CJ
s 4 5
1 • a • • 1:1 ca.
1837 £i9l 13 5 XB7 13 5 Al 3 17. 1 .£395 Il 1
£ a. ". 1838, 165 13 0 74 13 10 11 8 6 346 2 3
60,1000 74 3 4 :1839 138 13 6 61 14 3 9. 210 296 13 4
I ilB4O, 89 0 0 41 13 4 6 I 247 4 5

The dixision of profits is an.unalt and the next will be made in De-
cem ser of the present year•

P. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Bite.

LAW . FIRE INSURANCE SOCIETY.
(Completely Registered under the Act 7th and Bth VicL
cap. 110).

Offices, Nos. 5 and 6, Chancery-lane.
Subscribed Capital, Five Millions Sterling
TRUSTEES.
The Right Hon. the Earl of Devon
The Right Hon. Lord Cottenham
The Right Hon. the Vice Chancellor of England .
The Right Hon. the Lord Chief Baron
The Right Hon. Sir Herbert Jenner Fast (Dean of the Arches, &c.)
William Wingfield, Esq. (Master in Chancery)
Richard Richards, Esq., M.P. (Master in Chancery.)
DIRECTORS.
(The * denotes a Director of the Law Life, and the t a Director of
the Legal and General Life Insurance Society.)
Bethell, Richard, Esq., Q.C.
t Bigg, Edward Smith, Esq., Southampton-buildings
Boodle, John, Esq., Davies-street, Berkeley square
* Brown, Anthony, Esq. (Chamberlain of London)
Budd, Thomas William, Esq., Bedford-row
Chichester, J. 11. It., Esq., Lincoln's Inn.
Chisholine, William, Esq., Lincoln's Inn-fields
Clarke, Thomas, Esq. (Solicitor to the Ordnance)
Cox, John, Esq., Lincoln's Inn-fields
Jortin, Lee, Esq., Lincoln's Inn-fields
Kinderley, George Herbert, Req., Lincoln's Inn
Lee, John Benjamin, Esq., Dean's-yard, Westminster
Lyon, James Wittit, Esq., Spring•gardens
Rose, the Hon. Sir George (one of the Judges of the Court of
Bankruptcy and Master in Chancery)
Simplcinson, Sir Prancis, Q.C.
Smeuley, Francis, Esq„ (High Bailiff of Westminster)
Tatham Meaburn, Esq. Lincoln's Inn-fields
Tilso,i, Thomas, Esq , Coleman-street
Twiss, Horace, Esq., Q.C. (Vice-Chancellor of Lancaster)
Tyssen, John R. D., Esq., Manor Offices, Hackney
Vizard, William, Esq., Lincoln's Inn-fields
White, Edward, Esq. (Auditor of the Duchy of Cornwall)
Wilde, Edward Archer, Esq., College-hill
[Wing, Thomas, Esq., Gray's Inn-square.
AUDITORS.
Bailey, Charles, Esq., Stratford-place
Bockett, Daniel Smith, Esq., Lincoln's Inn-fields
Broderip, Francis, Esq., Lincoln's Inn
Scadding, Edwin Ward, Esq., Gordon-street.
ARCHITECTS AND SURVEYORS." •
Thomas Bell Amy, Esq., Charlotte-street, Bedford-square
George Pownall, Esq., Bedford-row.
SECRETARY—Edward Blake Beal, Esq.
SOLICITORS—Messrs. Edward and Charles Harrison, 19, Bedford-row.
BANKERS —Messrs. Coutts and Company.
The terms are In general the same as those of the other principal
insurance onices. Tue advantages to the insured consist in the
magnitude of the capital responsible for losses, and in the known
character of the Trustees, Directors, and Proprietary, •
ThS 13911P4 if prepared .0 ROM, propoulo for Cus insurivace.'

PUBLICATIONS.

NEW MAGAZINE.
(To be continued Monthly,)
On January Ist, 1340, will be published, price 25., with an Illustra-
tion by PHIZ, and several Wood Engravings,
THE UNION MAGAZINE.
Contents of No I. :-
1. Thoughts on the Astheties of Milton's Counts.
2. Easy Chairs.
3. Letters from a IlPuloo Gentleman travelling in England.
4. The Crusades.
5. Baron Parentlorf. A Satire. A.D..1900.
G. Pope Gregory XVI.
7. A Musician's Plea for his Art.
8. The Adventures of a Stick.
9. The Inquisition.
10. The Scholar's Death Summons, and other Miscellaneous Poetry.
11. A Sporting Excursion in the Backwoods of Canada.
12. General Rosas, Monte Video, and Buenos Ayres.
13. Kordofan.—lteviews, &c. &c.
Published by Messrs. Madden and Malcolm, Leadenhall-street ;
Cumming, Dublin; Smith, Edinburgh ; and to be had of all Book-
sellers in town or country.

NEW VOLUME.
THE BUILDER, an Illustrated Weekly
Journal for the Architect, Operative, and Artist, price 3d.,
No. 152, to be published on SATURDAY NEXT, will contain a tine
Engraving of Princess Elizabeth's Garden Porch, o)ombe Abbey,
from a drawing by Mr. C. J. Richardson—Opening Address—Paper
on the Old Exchange, by Mr. Tite, F.R.S.—Report of Institute of
Fine Arts on Competitions—lnterior Decoration—Equilibrium of
Piers—Laws Relating to Buildings—On Study of Design, and other
important Papers, with all the Architectural and Building news.
Early orders are solicited to prevent disappointment.—Office, 2,
York-street, Covent-garden; and of all Booksellers.

rir WEN TY PO UN DS FOR SIXPENCE.
Thousands of Pounds Steeling Money will be given away with
the CENSOR, or SATIRICAL TIMES NEWSPAPER, to be
published January the 3d, 1846. Lose no time. For prospectuses
and particulars apply at the Publishing Office, 136, Fleet-street,
London, where all communications to the editor, and all advertise-
ments, are to be addressed.

frTODD'S MAGAZINE, FOR JANUARY,
-LA. No. 25., price 2s. 6d., edited by CHARLES ROW-
CIiGIT, Author of the " Tales of the Colonies, or the Adventures of
an Emigrant," contains:-1. The Bushranger of Van Diemen's
Land, by the Editor-2. The Bar of England-3. Chroideles of the
Fleet-4. The Three Letters-5. The Two Minstrels-6. A State
Secret-7. Greystone Hall—S. Reviews of Books-9. The Feast of
Bells-10. English Etymology-11. Currency and Corn—with the
Index, &c., to Vol. 4.
London: Henry Renshaw, 356, Strand.

COLBURN'S NEW MDICTHLX
MAGAZINE. -
Edited by W. HARRISON AINSWORTH, Esq.
Contents for JANUARY. No. CCCI.
I. The Murderer's Confession. By Horace Smith.
11. The Westminster Play. By Sergeant Talfourd.
111. Echoes from the Backwoods. By Captain Levinge.
IV. The Vision of Carl Van Quiet. By Charles Hooton.
V. New Year's Day. By Dudley Costello.
VI. The Privateersman. By Captain Marryat, R.N.
VII. The Robertses on their Travels. By Mrs. Trollope. (Concluded.)
VIII. Beauchamp. By G. P. R. James, Esq.
IX. Sonnet to Sergeant Talfourd. By E. Kenealy.
X. Old Romances concerning Bernardo del Carpi°. By John
Oxenford.
XI. Sketches of the Lives of Lords Stowell and Eldon.
XII. Lights and Shades. By W. 11. Maxwell, Esq.
XIII. The Old Pilgrim Ferry. By Andrew Winter.
XI V. Travels and Opinions of Mr. Jolly Green.
XV. Revelations of London. By the Editor.
XVI. Literature of the Month.
Embellished with a Portrait of
W. HARR' SON AINSWORTH, Esq., by DANIEL MACLISE,
Chapman and Hall, 186, Straxd. •

WITH AN, ILLUSTRATION BY GEORGE URUIK.HANK.
AINSWORTU'S MA,GAZ IN E.
Contents for JAI4IJARY;

No. xLvm.
I. The Count of Monte Christ°.
11. The Guerilla's Daughter. • ,
111. Tom Walker's Story. By Jackson Lee.
IV. The Miseries of a Prize. By George Raymond.
V. Life and Writings of Nimrod.. By the Author of `: Handley
Cross."
VI. Deeds not Words. By J. E. Carpenter. -
-V 11. How Miss Mountnorris got a Husband.. By Shirley Brooks.
VIII. Saib and Nourmahall. By Thomas Miller.
IX. The Diamond Lance and the Golden Basin. A Breton Le-
gend. By W. Hughes,Esq.
X. Shelley. By E. Kenealy.. •
XI. Dreams. By J. L. Forrest.
mr. SIR LIONEL FLAMSTEAD. r.
By W. HARRISON AINSWORTH, Esq.

WITH. ILLUSTRATION BY GEORGE oRIAKSIIANK.

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An extensive system of Foreign Coriespondence in all parts of the
world has been for some time, and is no, in course of organisation.
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Among the writers of its Leading Articles, its Criticisms on Bbolui,
the Drama, Music, and the Fine Arts, are some of the most distin-
guished names of this time.
The Literary Department of " The. Daily News" will be under the
direction of Mr. Charles Dickens. . .
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the World, particular attention will be paid to the arrangement of
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DR. CULVERWELL Is.,
MARRIAGE,
its HINDRANCES and OBLIGATIONS.
" To be or not to be, that is the question."—Shaksptare.
Contents :—On Matrimonial Eligibility and Unfitness—Laws of
Paternity—Phenomena of Gestation—On Maternal Influence—On
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.?'O E 1 and COMMERCIAL NEWS
(From The Sun of La. 4 Night.)
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool, yesterday, were 7,000 to
8,000 bags, 2,000 bang on speculation, and all at very full
prices. There was a good business done is shares, and a con-
siderable advance took place in prices.
The commercial accounts which have been received from
India and China are consEiered to be of a satisfactory tenor.
The current of trade between the British and the Chinese
ports, which have been opened by the treaty with the Em-
peror of the Chinese, had become more steady, and
the great desire previously existing for extensive
speculations in goods appears to have given place
to a more wholesome and regular description of
business. Still, however, there were many difficulties
yet to be overcome before an entire and free intercourse will
be had with the Chinese. The mode in which the merchants
having exclusive privileges heretofore transacted operations,
especially as regards the Chinese, appears to be incompatible
with a free trade, and old prejudices will take a long time
ere they be swept away. Still, however, the private
accounts we • have seen are full of hope that a few
years will afford ample proof that the Chinese
merchants must give way to the neceedary forms for conduct.
ing business, and that as much -confidence will be placed in
ii.dividuals of British origin trading with them, as was so
eminently displayed towards the representatives of the East In-
dia Comp;m3,-, down to the very moment when that establish-
ment ceased to be a commercial community. Itis understood
that shipments recently made to Chinese ports have turned
out well, thus making up in some measure for the heavy
losses which many of our merchants sustained by overloading
the markets of China with goods when the trade was first
opened.
There are no later accounts of importance from the co-
lonies to-day.

The advice given yesterday, under this head, that the
Metropolitan bankers should take into due and liberal con-
sideration the severe labour imposed upon their clerks during
the railway mania, and by which the bankers themselves are
such large gainers, may be extended we think with even greater
force to the sharebrokers. In the majority of cases these
have been overwhelmed with business, which, night and day
combined, scarcely sufficed to bring them comfort-
ably through, and a very ample " Christmas-box" may
not probably cover the injury done i....lthe health of those in
their service. At present, it is true, he hours of business
are greatly circumscribed, and much "more like those for-
merly observed by iitock,brokers, but-'4l7,,taust not an that
iseevant, fort ttiat therhave had the ,fegerbrtad, andlioik
refuse to give those who zealously _a?'histed them, a trifling
portion of " the gilt."
The Public Securities have been moderately active, and
the quotations are pretty steady.
Consols have been 95 to 943/4 for time. On Exchequer-
bills the premium has been 255. to 285., being higher again-
The New Three• and- a-Quarter per Cents. have realised
97 97%, and the Three per Cents. 95 to %. Bank
Stock is 203;4 to 2041 , having given way slightly. The
premium on test India Bonds is 38s. for those under I,oooi.
Portuguese Stock has been rather lively, but it seems to
be rather on account of sellers than purchasers. The. Four
per Cents. have realised 591 to 60%. Mexican Active
i3onds have been steady at 31%, and the Deferred at 17%
Chilian Stock is worth 99; S. ..ish Bonds are flat, and
quite neglected; Dutch Two-an',-Half per Cents. have
been 61 to LA.
The Share Market has been very buoyant again, and
rices are nearly all better, both for English and Foreign

ORE • CLOSING
PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. . PRICES.
sank Stock ...- ..... .. ..... 203% 20414 2041/2
3 per Cent. Reduced 954% 95 9514 9514
New 314 per Cents
LongAnnuitiestoexpireJan.lB6o 101/2 9-16 10 9-16
India Bonds, „1,0004.
Ditto under 1,000/... ...... .- 38 38
Consols for Account ... .-.: 95 94% - 94%
,-xchequer Bills, 1,0004 I%d ;27 25 28 pm. 26
Ditto 5001. ... - 27 pm. 26
Ditto Small

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oNE CLOSING
i RICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK PRICES.
Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 ver Cent. 41 41
Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent.... • ...... 99 100
Granada Bonds, 1 per Cent. —
Ditto Deferred ,.
341%8
Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837 31%
Ditto, Deferred ...-• 17%% ' 173/4
Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents 40% 42 42
Portuguese 5 per Cents. —
Ditto, Converted. - 60$ 6034
Ditto, 4 per Cent. 60% 59%:603/ 59%
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. ,. 28%
t.htto, Passive . —6%
Ditto. 3 per Cent 4O 40
Ditto. Account .. 40
Dividends on the above payable in London.
French Rentes, 5 per Cent. ...... —f. —c. 118 f. 50c.
Exchange f. —c. 25f. 70c.
Dutch, 2% per Cent .
Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates 933/4 91%
PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE ("LOSING
RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. IBICES.
Aberdeen - ••
Aberdeen,Barift, &Elgin 2%
Armagh, Coleraine, and ,
Portrush l%
Aylesbury and Thame.. 1%
Belfast & County Down 2%
Bideford andTavistock... 1%
Birmin. and Gloucester. 100
Ditto New 17%
Birmingham and Ox-
ford Junction
Birmingham & Leicester
Direct 42s. — ..,. _
Boston, Stamtd, & Birm -225.
-Bridgewater & Minehead 425. ... .. -
Bristol and Exeter
Ditto, New
Bristol and Gloucester... 30 ...... 5-1' :.. ..
Bristol and Liver. J).inc • 21.412-2 k• . ---i- ..... ' .....
cate-tronnui - - it., . ... -1- -;47.2 1.) ..•• •
Ditto Extension ... .. 2% -3-12%... ••• •••
Cambrian & Grand Jane 42s
Cambridge and Lincoln 1% - 5
s/s
Do. New -
Cambridge and Oxford.. 1?4 ...... ..
Canterbury and Dover.. 1%
Central Kent
Chelmsford and Bury
Chester and,Helyhead... 15
Chester and Manchester 425. —
Chelteaham and Oxford 2 ...... • •-•
Clydesdale Junction 5
Cork Blackrock, and
Passages
Cork and Killarney ... 21A
Cork and Waterford ... 1%
Cornwall
Coventry, Nuneaton, Bir.
and Leicester...
Dartmouth, Torbay, and
Exeter
Derby and Crewe ...... ...
Derby, Gaillsbrco', and
Great Grimsby ...... ... 'l% — -
Derby, Uttoxeter, and
Stafford -- 2 %...... ........ ...... -
Direct Manchester
(Remington's)
Ditto (Rastrick's)...... 5
14 ..„.„ 414 .. . '.. . 4
Direct Northern ......... 2 ...... 2
Direct Norwich . ........ .. I ......
Dublin and Armagh 1N.....
Dublin and Belfast June. 5 ......
Dublin, Belfast, and
- Coleraine
Dublin and Galway._ .. 4
Dudley, Madely, and
Bruseley-
Dundalk & Enniskillen 2%
EuterriCourities 14/. 16s 22y % 223/4 ... 22%
Ditto New 61. 16s• •••••• '8%2 P••• B% P
Ditto Perpetual, 5 par
Cent, No. 1.......6/. 13s- 41... ••- ........ •••
Ditto
t-astern t
oe .rni
pdusi
Nint.
iioco.hnNa. o. 1
..1
....................
2135: 4: d. . ..•.. .% p % P
EastDereh'm andNoech 1 -
Ditto, Quarter Shares 33‘4 -
Ditto Extension •••••• 1A 43 '•"'•"' •..
. ,
Do. Exteren to Norw'h 2 —
Do., Camb. and .Ely.. 2 A...... .
East Lincolnshire ...... 1 ......
2%
East & West of England 1 s••••••
Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ••••••
Ditto Half Shares ••• 5
Ditto, Quarter Shares 12 yz -•••• 184
Ditto, New ......... ... 7
Edinburgh & Northern.. 14 — ... ........ -.
Edinburgh and Perth... 1%.....•
Ely and Huntingdon ••• 5 •••••• . ,
EssexE
Enniskillen
senaunffdllig.o. ...A.: 21.14
__--
'
Exeter, Dorchester, and
Wemouth ............ 425.
••
••
•• •
Exeter Yeovil,& Dorset 23/4
Glonc.,Aberystwith,and
Central of Wales ..•••• 1%......
Goole and Doncaster .. 425•
G
Ditto Quarters... ...... x
Grand Union... ............ 1
&Western 2%.....
......
r Dittoa n dJ un
Halfc t i °ist
a. .r .
e. .5 ............... : :
..,... : _
...

~ ~..-

Is'
3%
3
3%

1
16%

18%

Great Eastern..
GreatGrimsby and Shef-
field .......... 5
.....
Great South. and West.
(Ireland) ............... 15
Ditto Extension
12% .... ••.•.•..
Great 3Nlunster ......... ... 21/
Great North of Scotland 2g...... _
Great North of England..loo 213 iie- . ••••••.
Ditto New ............... 5
Do. New .... .. ........ 2
Great Western BO 163 162 ..
Ditto % Shares 5O
Ditto LA Shares 2l/i is
Ditto Fifths ............20
Guildford, Fare'm,Ports. 5 .....
Harwich
(lull and Selby O.
••••• ....
_
50
Ditto I,i Shares
Do. Half Shares 2
Invernessand Elgin 1
Ipswich, Norwich, and
Yarmouth
Irish North Midland _
•••
1%
Isle ofAxhohne 2%
Killarney Junctions l4
.
Kendal and Windermere 114
LAncaster and Carlisle... 30
•••
Larne, Belfast, and Bal-
lymena
' - grid Carlisle 2% —

Leeds an, ,arli..
Leeds and West Riding
Junction
Leicester & Birmingham 225. — ••"" ''
Leicester and Bedford... 225.
Leicester and Tamworth 425. —
Liverp. and Manchester.loo ... .. _
Do. 1/2 Shares
Do. Quarters 25
Liverpool& Leeds Direct 2% .. /00000 ..".
A's a/
ppool., Mnchstr, & New-
cutle Junction