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No. 16,645. LUNDUN SATURDAY 14' E G S Ny DECEMBER i 845.

ROYAL YOLYTECONIC INSTITUTION,
A Lecture on the PREVALENT DISEASE in POTATOES,
and the Means of extracting the Starch as an Article of Food, will
be delivered by Dr. Ryan, daily, at Half-past Three, and on the
Ev#nings of Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fri:lays, at Nine.
Professor Bachoffner's varied Lectures, with experiments, in one
of which he clearly explains the principle of the ATMOSPHERIC
RAILWAY, a model of which is at work Daily. Mr. Downe, the
celebrated Flutist, will perform, at Three o'Cleck, on Tuesdays,
Thursdays, and Saturdays. doleman's NEW AMERICAN LOCO-
MOTIVE ENGINE, for as .ending and descending inclined Planes.
A beautifhl series of DISSOLVING VIEWS. New OPTICAL IN-
STRUMENTS, &c. Experiments with the DIVER and DIVING
BELL, &c &c.
Admission, One Shilling. Schools, Half-price.

MR. CAR.FER'S MAMMOTH HORSE.
The colossal Horse, GENERAL WASHINGTON, the pro-
perty of Mr. Carter, the Lion King, has been visited by many thou-
sand persons, including the nobility and gentry, and numerous ladies,
who have declared that he is the most extraordinary horse in the
world. The principal journals have spoken in the highest terms of
this remarkable animal General Washington Is the largest horse in
the world - he is twenty hands in height, and weighs twenty-five
hundred pounds.
He will be exhibited by Mr. Carter for a short time, previous to
his departure to America, at the. Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly, from
Eleven, A.M., till Nine, rac—Admission, Is.

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Brooks, J. W. Ridley, R.
Carter, I. D. Roberts, T.
Child, H. M. Rumsey, W. S.
Crampton, T. H. I Satchel], T. H.
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Cuftley, J. R. Starr, F.
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Evans, J. L. Stokes, J.
Godshall, Sutton, T. P.
t oodall, M. Tilt, W.
Hewitt, G. Toleman, J.
Hicks, M. Walsh, J.
Ilodgkinson, W. 5... Williams, W.
Jones, S. Wilson, C.
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THE BUILDER, an Illustrated Periodical,
devoted to the Arts of Construction and Decoration, No. 150,
for December 20, price 3d., contains:—Action at Law to recover
Architects' Commission—Chimney-piece at Netting House, Bath,
with an Engraving—Cross at St. Peter's Church, Wisbeach, with an
Engraving—Mr. Tite v. Mr. Roach Smith —The Public Health—
Camden Town Church Competition—Railway News from Paris—
Restoration of the Holy Trinity Church, Hull—Round Towers in
France—Freemasons of the Chureli—Merit in Mumble Life not to be
Disregarded Notes in the Provinces—Railway Jottiugs—Notices of
Contracts, Tenders, Timber, Sales, &c.

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FRIDAY NIGHT S GAZETTE.
ST. JAMES'S PALACE, Dsc. 18, 1845.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Colonel the Hon.
Sir E. Cust, K.C.H., to be her Majesty's Assistant Master of
the Ceremonies, in the room of Thomas Seymour Hyde, Esq.,
deceased.

W. Lee, hosier, Charing-cross—first div. of Sid. in the
pound, any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Graham, Cole-
man-street.

W. Crosby, B. Vallentine, and B. White, hardwaremen,
Hounsditch—third div. of 1 d. in the pound, any Wednes-
day, at the office of Mr. Graham, Coleman-street.
J. Curtis, Liskeard—first div. of 4s. 4d. in the pound, any
day, at the office of Mr. Hernaman, Exeter.
J. Pitt, grocer, Plymouth—first and final div. of 2d. in
the pound, any day, at the office of Mr. Hernaman, Exeter.
J. F. Buisson, merchant, Brabant-court, Pliilpot• lane—
first div. of Is. sd. in the pound, Dec. 20, and three follow-
ing Saturdays, at the office of Mr. Groom, Abchurch-lane.
J. Hodgson, scrivener, Liverpool—first div. of is. 9d. in
the
Ipound, any Monday, at the office of Mr. Turner, Liver-
goo.

and J. M. Gilchrist, merchants, Liverpool—a div. of
n the pound, any Monday, at the office of Mr.
Liverpool. _

-TAlLaurie, chemist, Fleetwood-upon-Wyre, Lancashire—
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Monday, at the office of Mr. Turner, Liverpool. .
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scconds of a penny in the pound, any Monday, at the office
of Mr. Turner, Liverpool.
DIVIDENDS.
At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street.

J. Plowman, ironmonger, Oxford, Jan. 9, at one—G.
Chapman, cowkeeper, Pullin's-place, Islington, Jan. 9, at
eleven—A. Jameson, surgeon, Yarm, Yorkshire, Jan. 9, at
half-past one—F. A. de Wilde, cabinet ironmonger, Wells-
street, Oxfortl-street, Jan. 9, at twelve—R. Hutchinson,
leather seller, Jewry-street, Aldgate.
In the Country. _ _

E. Thomas, wine merchant, Bristol, Jan. 13, at twelve, at
the Bristol District Court—G. Seaborn, baker, Berkeley,
Gloucester, Jan. 13, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court
-H. Malpas, victualler, Bath, Jan. 16, at eleven, at the
Bristol District Court—R. Warr, auctioneer, Beaminsteri
Dorsetshire, Jan. 14, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court
—W. Dakin, glass manufacturer, Manchester, Jan. 14, at
twelve, at the Manchester District Court—J. Marland, jun.,
roller maker, Todmorden, Lancashire, Jan. 14, at twelve, at
the Manchester District Court—H. Whittaker. silk throwster,
Macelesfielst, Jan. 13, at twelve, at the Manchester District
Court—J. Wood, merchant, Lee-side, Yorkshire, Jan. 1.5, at
eleven, at the Leeds District Court.

CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to
the contrary, on the day herein mentioned.
W. Webber, grocer, Horndean, Hampshire, Jan. 12—W.
Cato, tea dealer, Hexham, Northumberland, Jan. 9.—W.
Parfitt, engineer, Bristol, Jan. 15—T. B. Vaughan, farmer,
Poulton-cum-Spittal Chester, Jan.: 13—J. Kirkby, dyer,
Kirkbeaton, Yorkshire, Jan. 13—W. Turner, cabinet maker,
Manchester, Jan. 10—J. Fisher, spirit merchant, Lynn, Nor-
folk, Jan. 9—R. M'Entire, commission agent, Paternoster-
row, Jan. 9—J. Home, veterinary surgeon, Woodstock-mews,
Blenheim street, New Bond-street, Jan. 9—G. F. S. Isher!,
wood, engraver to calico printers, Manchester, Jan. 9—J.
M. Pratt, wine merchant, Berners-street, Oxford-street,
Jan. 9—J. Middleton, hay and straw salesman, Aveley, Essex,
Jan. 9—H. Kimber, wine merchant, Water-lane, City, Jan. 9
—E. Barry, victualler, Bristol, Jan. 9—R. B. Clarke,
plumber and glazier, Gower-street North, St. Pancras, Jan. 9
—J. Wild, glazier, Bristol, Jan. 9—J. S. Williams, master
mariner, Clement's-lane, Lombard-street. Jan. 9.

whose prospects of; Parliamentary success are not the
brightest; and it must be remembered, too, that the present
unsettled aspect of the political world has lessened the
likelihood of remuneration. from several of the new rail-
way plans, at least for a time. The decision of the San-
quhar and Muirkirk Junction directors contrasts most
fevourahly with the dead lock system of some of the En-
glish
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itehhe
stleanin s inoeni ;Ire
neither
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tooffiacoi officials
companies which have recently been figuring before
nor to return any of the deposit money which
ict)holiniriecoemrt Lord Mae
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meettiwa-
they have received from the allot tees.— Glasgow Herald.
LUBECK AND SCLINVERIN.—HAMBURG, DEC. s.—The
news arrived by express to-day that the States of Meck-
lenburg had refused to grant the law of appropriation
for the projected r.,ilway between Lubeck and Schwerin.
In consequence, the scrip of the Hagenow, Schwerin, and
Rostock, which might have been bought at 87 yesterday,
rose immediately to 91, but fell again at the close of the
Exchange to 89. In my opinion the accomplishment ( f
the line between Lubeck and Schwerin would operate
wore in favour than to the disadvantage of the other
Mecklenburg line, as the joint use of a town like Lu-
beck, and all the localities between that town and this,
would have contributed a great deal to the traffic of the
whole net, without injuring Rostock and Wismar. The
refusal is ase vere blow to Lubeck, and it falls heavily
on one part of Mecklenburg.
CASSEL AND HANOVER.—It is now certain that the
negotiations with Hanover, on the subject of this line,
have been brought to a favourable termination. The
Commisioner from Cassel, Herr Schwedes (upper min-
ing diree'or), is expected to return in a few days, and
there is some ground for believing that the presence of
his Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Co-Regent in
Hanover has done much towards softening down the
difficulties. These negotiations were more on the sub.
ject of the Minden and Hanover line •, but it is believed
that, in the many leisure hours. of the two commis-
sioners, the Hanover and Cassel line was brought on the
tapis, and the question of its terminus at Cassel dis
cussed. That would be of great importance to Frede-
rick William's northern line, as no decision on the direc
lion of the line in the circle of Cassel can be arrived
at previously. The works on the whole of the rest of
the line, from the Prussian boundary at the Diemel to
the Saxon and Thuringian line, will be allotted on the
sth of January, in the coming year, to the several con-
tractors, so that the works on the whole of the line will
he, at one and the same time, in operation in the year
1846. The works for the tunnels will be continued dur-
ing
the winter.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
fLIVERPOOL, DEC.. 19.
STOCKEXCHANGE.—me sales are—Birkenhead and Holy-
head Junction, 3% p.—Boston, Newark, and Sheffield, ss. p.
--Caledonian, 2 p.—Chester and Birkenhead, New Shares,
27%—Ditto, New 201. Shares, ss. p.—Clitheroe Junction,
par—Derby and Crewe, 17/8 p.—Glasgow, Perth, and Greenock,
Half Shares, 914—Grand Junction, 236—Dittc. Quarter
Shares, 33 p.—Ditto, New Quarter Shares, 321,4 p.—Great
Grimsby and Sheffield, Quarter Shares,lss. p.—GreatWestern,
Quarter Shares, 13% p.—Huddersfield and Sheffield, 8:p.
—Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 114 p.—London and
Birmingham, Fifth Shares, 20 p.— Matlock and Midland,
111,4 p.—Midland, 140—Preston and Wyre, 3014—Sheffield
and Manchester, Quarter Shares, No. 2, 4 p.—Ditto, Quarter
Shares No. 3 (scrip), 3 p.—Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton,
and South Stafford, 7( p.—South. Eastern and Dover, Con-
solidatec Thirds, Half Shares, 7s. 6d. p.—West Riding
Union, 8% p.
MANCHESTER, DEC. 19.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Blackburn, Derwen,
and Bolton, New, 244—East Lancashire, No. 1, 16—Fleet-
wood, Preston, and West Riding, 22s.—Lancashire and North
Yorkshire, 435.—Manchester and Leeds, Fifths, 114—Man-
chester and Southampton 2—North Staffordshire, 945. 6d.—
Sheffield and Manchester, Quarters, No. 2, 81/2—Ditto,
ditto, No. 3, 514—South-Eastern and Dover, Consolidated
Thirds, Halves, 3.

LEEDS, DEC. 19.
STOCK EXCIIANGE.-The sales are-Great North of Eng-
land, New. 10 p.-Manchester and Leeds, Fifth Shares, 10 p.
-Sheffield and Manchester, Quarter Shares, No. 3,5 -
Huddersfield and Sheffield, i6IA-Leeds and Bradford. 18-
-North British, New Carlisle Branch, 2- Wakefiold, Pon-
tefract, and Goole, 32-Direet Northern, 134-West Riding
Union, 51.145.-Leeds and Liverpool Direct, 11A-Leeds and
York, 10s. dis.-Northumberland and Lancashire Junction,
12s. 6d. dis.-North Western, 24-South Midlands, 24 p.
-Wakefield and Bradford, 17s. 6d. p.-Wakefield and Har-
rogate, ss. di&-Welsh Midlands, 1:11.
HULL, Di 19.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-In the absence of news of the new
Ministry being formed, cur market presents few trans-
actions, although some buyers at low figures presented them-
selves. The sales are-Derby and Gainsborough, 1-Ax-
holmes, 2.
YORK, DEC. 19.
STocK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-York and North Mid-
land Extension, 25-London and York, 314.
BRISTOL, DEC. 19.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Bristol and Exeter.
New, 53/a-Midland, New, 2334-Taff Vale, Quarter Shares,
271 A.
SHEFFIELD, Dix. 19.:
STOCK ExcirAxcE.-The sales are-Blackburn, Darwen,
and Bolton, 6-Leeds and Bradford, Dewsbury, 94-Isle of
Axholme and Goole, 2%-West Riding Union, 5!4.
EDINBURGH, DEC. 17.
STOCK EXCITANGE.-The sales are-British and Irish
Union, 595.-Caledonian Extension, 525. 6d.-East of Fife,
355.-Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Dumbarton, 15s. -Edinburgh
and Northern, 71s. -Ditto, Newport, 215.-Ditto, Lochgelly,
305.-Edinburgli, Portobello, and Musselburgh, 305.-Forth
and Clyde Junction, 405.-Glasgow and Lesmahagow, 575. 6d.
-Great North of Scotland, 545.-Lanark and Galloway,
405.-London and Hounslow, 405.-North British, Exten-
sion to Carlisle, 365. 6e1.-Scottish Central, 131 A-Abe-
rdeen, 476.

GLASGOW, DEC. 18.
STOCK EXCHANGE. —The sales are—Airdrie and Bath-
gate, 46s.—Caledonian, 131.—Dundee and Forfar Junction,
525. 6d.—East Indian Railway, 18s.—Glasgow, Kilmarnock,
and Ayr, 671.—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 595.
Great Indian Peninsular, 7s. 6d.—Lesmabagow, 55s.—Paisley,
Barrliead, and Hurlet, 414—Perth and Inverness, 355.
Scottish Central, 131.—Scottish South Midland Junction,
378.6d.—South Midland, 414—Stirling and Dunfermline, 465.