MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION. KINGS AND QUEENS OF ENGLAND, FROM THE CONQUEST. (Corrected by the Table of Regnal Years in Sir Harris Nicolas's "Chronology of History.") * In some historical, and in all legal documents, the reign of Charles II. is reckoned from his father's death. CIRCUITS OF THE JUDGES. HOME.-Herts-Hertford, Lent & Summer Kingston, L.-Guildford & Surrey-{ Croydon, alternate, S. OXFORD. Berks— { Reading, L. Oxon-Oxford, L. and S. Worcester & City-Worcester, L. & S. Stafford Stafford, L. and S. Salop-Shrewsbury, L. and S. Hereford-Hereford, L. and S. Monmouth--Monmouth, L. and S. Gloucester & City-Gloucester, L. & S. Rutland Oakham, L. and S. Derby-Derby, L. and S. Leicester & Boro'-Leicester, L. & S. Suffolk Bury St. Edmunds, S. Newcastle and Town Newcastle, L. Lancaster- {Lancaster, L. and S. Liverpool, L. and S. WESTERN-Hants-Winchester, L. and S. Wilts {New Sarum, L. Devizes, S. Dorset-Dorchester, L. and S. Devon and Exeter Exeter, L. and S. of Haverfordwest- west, L. & S. Merioneth_{ Carnarvon-Carnarvon Chester Chester CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. By an Act of 4 William the Fourth, cap. 36, a Central Criminal Court is constituted for London and Middlesex, and certain parts of Essex, Kent, and Surrey, the Sessions of which are to be holden in London or the suburbs at least twelve times in every year. The Judges are the Lord Mayor, the Lord Chancellor, the Judges, the Aldermen, Recorder, and Common Serjeant of London, and such others as her Majesty may appoint. The jurisdiction of this Court extends to all treasons, murders, felonies, and misdemeanours, including all places within ten miles of St. Paul's Cathedral. By this Act, also, offences committed on the high seas within the jurisdiction of the Admiralty of England are to be tried in this court. The following are the sittings for 1849-50: 1849, Nov. 26, Dec. 27; 1850, Jan. 7, Feb. 4, March 4, April 8, May 6, June 10, July 8, Aug. 19, Sept. 16, Oct. 21. These sessions always commence on Monday. Mr. John Clark is Clerk of the Court. *The city has a separate jurisdiction, and tries by its own Recorder. LAW AND OTHER PUBLIC OFFICES, | Chancery Enrolment Office, Chancery-lane, With Hours of Attendance. Accountant-General's Office, Chancerylane, 9 to 2, and 4 to 7; and for delivery of Drafts, 11 to 2 Acknowledgment of Deeds by Married Women, Serjeant's Inn, Fleet-street, 11 to 5; vacation, 11 to 3; long vacation, 11 to 2 Adjutant-General's Office, Horse Guards, 10 to 5 Admiralty Court, College-square, Doctors' Commons, 11 to 7 Admiralty Register Office, Paul's Bakehouse-court, Godliman-st., Oct. 1 to Mar. 31, 10 to 3; Apr. 1 to Sept. 30, 10 to 4 Admiralty Naval Depart., Whitehall, 10 to 5 Admiralty Civil Department, Somerset House, 10 to 4 Affidavit Office, Southampton-buildings, 10 to 4; in long vacation, 11 to 1 Alien Office, at the Home Office, 11 to 4 Allowance Office for spoiled Stamps, Somerset-place, Tues. Thurs. and Sat. 12 to 2 Apothecaries' Hall, Water-lane, Blackfriars, 9 to 8; Solicitor's Office, 1 to 3 Appeals for Prizes, Doctors' Commons, 10 to 3 and 4 Appearance Office (Q. B.), King's Bench Walk, Temple. Hours as Writ Office Archdeacon of London's Office, Great Knight Rider-street, 9 to 7 Archdeacon of Middlesex's Office, 3, Godliman-street, 10 to 4 Archdeacon of Surrey's Office, 3, Paul's Chain, 10 to 4 Archdeaconry of Rochester, 19, Benet'shill, 9 to 5 Arches' Registry, 20, Great Knight Riderstreet, 10 to 4 Army Pay Office, now called PaymasterGeneral's Office by Act of Parliament, Whitehall, 10 to 4 Attorney-General's Office, 3, Essex-court, Temple, 10 to 4, and 6 to 10 Audit Office for Public Accounts, Somerset House, 10 to 4; Saturday, 10 to 2 Auditor's Office for Land Revenue, 11, Spring-gardens, 10 to 4 Bankruptcy Ct., 82, Basinghall-st., 10 to 4 Bishop of London, Commissary Registry 12, Great Knight Rider-street, 10 to 5 Board of Control for East India Affairs, Cannon-row, Westminster, 10 to 4 Board of Trade, Whitehall, 10 to 4 Board of Works, consolidated with Commissioners of Woods and Forests and Land Revenue by Act of Parliament, 1 and 2, Whitehall-place, 10 to 4 Bocking, registry of the Deanery of, 10, Great Knight Rider-street, 9 to 7 Borough Court of Southwark, St. Margaret's-hill, Monday, 10 to 4 Chancellor of Exchequer, 11, Downing-st. 10 to 4; vacation, 10 to 2 Chancery Office, Southampton-buildings, 11 to 4; vacation, 11 to 1 Church Building Commission, &c., 13, City Police Commissioners' Office, 26, Old City Solicitor's Office, Guildhall, 9 to 7 Clerk of the Crown Office, Roll's-yard, Chancery-lane, during the sitting of Parliament 10 to 3, and at House of Lords 5 to 7; at other times 10 to 2 Clerk of the Essoigns Office, (C. P.) Elmcourt, Temple, 11 to 2, and 4 to 8 in Term, and 4 to 6 in vacation Clerk of the Juries and Hab. Cor. Office, 11 to 2, and 6 to 8 in Term. Executed at Chief Justice C. P.'s Chambers, Rolls Gardens, Chancery-lane Clerk of the Peace (City) Office, Sessions House, Old Bailey, 10 to 5 Clerk of the Peace, for Surrey, Northstreet, Lambeth, 10 to 4 Ditto, Middlesex, Sessions-house, Clerkenwell, 10 to 3, and 5 to 8 Coal Exchange, Lower Thames-street, Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, 12 to past 2 Colonial Land and Emigration Board, 10, Park-street, Queen-square Colonial Office, 13 and 14, Downing-street Commander-in-Chief's Office, Horse Guards, 10 to 5 Commissary of London's Office, 16, Great Knight Rider-street, 9 to 4 Commissary of Surrey's Office, 12, Great Knight Rider-street, 10 to 5 Commissary of London Registry for Wills, 16, Knight Rider-street, 9 to 4 Commissioners of Police, 4, Whitehallplace, 10 to 4 Commissioners of Sewers for City of London, Guildhall-yard, 10 to 4 Commissioners of Sewers for the Metropolis (exclusive of the City of London) 1, Greekstreet, Soho-square, 9 to 4 Common Pleas Office, Serjeant's Inn, Chancery-lane, 11 to 5 in term; 11 to 3 in vacation, except from Aug. 10 to Oct. 24, when 11 to 2 only. Copyhold Commission, Somerset House, 9 to 6 Corn Exchange, Mark-lane, Fenchurchstreet, Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, 10 to 3 Court of Review, Registrar's Office, Quality-court, Chancery-lane, 10 to 4 vacation, 11 to 3 Council Office, Whitehall, 10 to 4 Temple, 11 to 3 vacation, 11 to 5 in Term; in Rule Department, in Term, 6 to 8 Crown Office, in Chancery, Rolls-yard, 10 to 3 Cursitor's Office, Rolls-yard, 10 to 6, in Term time, and 10 to 4 in long vacation Custom-house, Lower Thames-street, Indoor Offices 10 to 4; Waterside Offices, from 1st March to 31st Oct., 8 to 4; from 1st Nov. to 28th Feb. 9 to 4 Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's Office, 5, | Judgment Office (Queen's Bench Office), Dean's-court, 9 to 5 Dean and Chapter of Westminster's Office, 19, Benet's-hill, 9 to 5 Declaration Office, Queen's Bench Office, Inner Temple; hours same as Writ Office Doctors' Commons, south side of St. Paul's Churchyard Duchy of Cornwall Office, Somerset-place, 10 to 4 Duchy of Lancaster Office, Lancasterplace, Waterloo-bridge, 10 to 4 East India House, Leadenhall-street, Treasury, 9 to 3; other departments, 9 to 4 Ecclesiastical Commission, 5, Whitehallplace, 10 to 4 Education, Commissioners for, Whitehall Error Office for Allowance and Transcript (Q.B. and C.P.), Serjeants' Inn, Chancerylane, 10 to 4 in Term; 12 to 2 vacation Examiners' Office, Rolls-yd., Chancery-la., 10 to 4 in Term, and 11 to 3 in vacation Exchequer of Pleas Office, 7, Stone-bldgs., Old-square, 11 to 5 in Term; 11 to 3 in vacation, except from August 10 to Oct. 24, when 11 to 2 only Exchequer Bill Loan Office, S. Sea House, 10 to 4 Exchequer Rule Office, 7, Stone-bdgs., Lin coln's Inn, in Term, 11 to 3, and 6 to 8; in vacation, 11 to 3; long vacation, 11 to 2 Excise Office, Broad-street, 9 to 3 Excise Export Office, 49, Great Towerstreet, 9 to 3 Factories Inspectors' Office, 15, Duke-st., Westminster, 10 to 4 Faculty Office, 10, Gt. Knight Rider-st., 9 to 7 First Fruits' Office, Dean':-yard, Westminster, consolidated with Queen Anne's Bounty Office, 10 to 4 Foreign Office, 15 and 16, Downing-street Gazette-office, St. Martin's-lane Gazette Advert. Office, 42, Chancery-lane General Board of Health, Gwydyr House, Whitehall-place, 10 to 4 General Register Office of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, 7 & 8, Somerset-place, 10 to 4 Great Seal, Patent Office, Quality-court, Chancery-lane, 10 to 4 Greenwich Out-Pension Office, Tower-hill, 10 to 4 Hackney Carriage Office, at Excise Office Heralds' College Office, St. Benet's-hill, Insolvent Debtors' Ct., Portugal-st. 10 to 4 Irish Office, 18, Great Queen-street, Westminster, 11 to 5 Joint Stock Company's Registration Office, Serjeants'-inn, Fleet-street, 10 to 4 Judge Advocate's Office, 35, Great Georgestreet, Westminster, 10 to 4 Judges' Chambers, Rolls' Gardens, Chancery-lane, 11 to 5; vacation, 11 to 3; long vacation, 11 to 2 Inner Temple; hours the same as the Writ Office Land Revenue Office. See Board of Works Land Tax Office for London, Guildhallbuildings, 10 to 4 Land Tax Office for Middlesex, 24, Red Lion-square, 10 to 4 Land Tax Register Office, Somerset House, 10 to 4 Legacy Duty Office, Somerset House, 10 to 4 Lord Chamberlain's Office, Stable-yard, St. James's, 11 to 4 Lord Chancellor's Secretary's Office, Quality-court, 10 to 4 Lord Mayor's Court Office, 7, Old Jewry, 10 to 4 Lunatic Office, Quality-court, Chancery. lane, 10 to 4 Lunatic Visitors' Office, 45, Lincoln's Inn Fields, 10 to 4 Marshal and Associate's Office, (Q.B. and C.P.) Rolls'-gardens, 11 to 2 and 6 to 8; in vacation, 11 to 2 Ditto (Exchequer), 5, Child's-place, 11 to 3 and 6 to 8; in vacation, 11 to 2 Masters in Chancery Office, 25, Southampton-buildings, 10 to 4; vacation, 11 to 2; long vacation, 11 to 1 Masters' Office, Q.B., King's Bench-walk, Temple; C.P., Serjeants'-inn, Chancerylane; Exch. Stone-buildings, Lincoln'sinn, 11 to 5; in vacation, 11 to 3; from 10 Aug. to 23 Oct. 11 to 2 Metropolitan Buildings, 3, Trafalgar-sq., 10 to 4 Metropolitan Commissioners in Lunacy, 19, New-street, Spring-gardens, 10 to 4 Metropolitan Roads, North of the Thames, 22, Whitehall-place, 10 to 5 Metropolitan Police Office, Scotland-yard, 10 to 4 Middlesex Registry, Bell-yard, Templebar, 11 to 3 for searches; 11 to 2 for leaving deeds Navy Office, Somerset House, 10 to 4 Office of Coroners for Middlesex, 35, Bedford-square Office for taking Affidavits in Chancery, Q.B., C.P., and Excheq, Ireland, and Irish Deeds Registry Office, 10, Southampton-buildings, Chancery-lane, 10 to 4 Ordnance Office, 86, Pall Mall, 10 to 6; and Tower, 10 to 4 Patent Bill Office, 13, Serle-st., Lincoln'sinn, 10 to 4 Patent Office, Great Seal, Quality-court, 10 to 4 Pay Office of the Army consolidated. See Navy Army Pay Office. Peculiar of Archb. of Canterbury's Office, 5, Bell-yard, Doctors' Commons, 9 to 7 Petty Bag Office, Rolls'-yard (C.), 10 to 6; long vacation, 10 to 4 Plantation Office, Whitehall, 11 to 3 Poor Law Commission, Somerset H., 10 to 4 Prerogative Will Office, 6, Great Knight Rider-street, 9 to 4, and 9 to 3 in winter Presentation Office, Quality-court, 10 to 4 Privy Seal and Signet Office, 28, Abingdon- Property-Tax Department, Stamp Office, Public Accounts Office. See Auditors' Office Westminster; Treasurer's Department, Railway Board, 22, Great George-street Record and Writ Clerks' Office, Chancery- Register Office of the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's, 5, Dean's-court, Doctors'commons, 9 to 5 Registrar Office, Chancery-lane (C.) 10 to 2 Registrar of Metropolitan Surveys, 3, Trafalgar-square Registry of Designs, 35, Lincoln's-inn-fields Report and Entries Office, Chancery-lane, 9 to 3; vacation, 11 to 1 Royal Marine Office, 22, New-st., Spring- Rule Office (Q.B.), Queen's Bench Office, Walsall... Scottish Corporation Office, Crane-court, Secondary's Office, 5, Basinghall-st., 10 to 7 Signet Office. See Privy Seal Solicitor-General's Office, 6, New-square, Sons of the Clergy, 2, Bloomsbury-place, Stage Coach Duty Office, at Excise Office Stamp Office, Somerset House, 10 to 4. No money received after 3 State Paper Office, 12, Duke-street, Westminster, 11 to 4 Stationery Office, James-street, Bucking- Stock Exchange, Capel-court, Bank, 10 to 4 Tax Office, Somerset-place, 10 to 4 Tenths Office, consolidated with Queen Tithe Commissioners' Office, 9, Somerset- Transport Office, Somerset House, 10 to 4 Office, Clerkenwell Sess.-house, 10 to 3 Woods, Forests, and Land Revenues, Public Writs Office (Q.B.), Queen's Bench Office, IRON-MASTERS' QUARTERLY MEETINGS, 1850. Wolverhampton... Birmingham.. Thursday.... Friday. HACKNEY-CARRIAGE FARES. All vehicles, whether on two or more wheels, plying for passengers in any part of the metropolis, within five miles of the General Post Office, with the exception of those licensed as stage-coaches, are deemed hackney-carriages within the provisions of the Act. Fares according to Distance.-For every hackney-carriage drawn by two horses any distance not exceeding one mile, one shilling, and sixpence for every additional half-mile or fractional part of half a mile. April 9 July 9 October 8 9 10 10 9 10 11 11 10 For Attendance and Expenses. per day. 220 110 0 15 O 070 1s. Od. a mile. For Travelling. 1 3 Fares according to Time.--For every hackney-carriage drawn by two horses any | The Attorney in the cause METROPOLITAN WATER COMPANIES, WITH THEIR OFFICES. square Hampstead-43, Frederick-place, Hamp stead-road Kent--Mill-lane, Deptford New River-New River Head, near Sad- Southwark and Vauxhall-Sumner-street, West Middlesex-20, Nottingham-place, METROPOLITAN GAS-LIGHT COMPANIES, WITH THEIR OFFICES. LONDON FIRE ENGINE ESTABLISHMENT, 68, WATLING-STREET. The following are the stations at which Engines are to be found, both Day and Night. Ratcliffe Wellclose-square Cheapside-68, Watling-street Holborn No. 254, High Holborn Portman-square-King-st., Baker-street St. Mary Axe-Jeffries-square Finsbury-Whitecross-street Blackfriars Farringdon-street St. Giles's-George-yard, Crown-street Waterloo Bridge-road The Floating Engines lie off King's Stairs, Superintendent Mr. J. Braidwood, 68, Watling-street. GENERAL POST OFFICE, LONDON. THE Receiving Houses are open for general post letters till half-past five, or till six P.M., if the letters be pre-paid by stamps, and bear an additional Id. stamp as a fee; and at St. Martin's-le-Grand and the Branch Offices, at Charing Cross, Old Cavendishstreet, Stones' End, Southwark, and Lombard-street, till six without fee; at the first three Branch Offices táll a quarter to seven; at Lombard-street and the General Post Office, St. Martin's-le-Grand, till seven, with an additional 1d. stamp; and at St. Martin'sle-Grand till half-past seven P.M., with a fee of 6d. The extra penny on all inland letters to be paid by a stamp, but upon foreign, colonial, or ship letters the penny must be paid in money. General post letters are charged by weight, as follows: Letters not exceeding Do. Do. oz., one postage 1 oz., two postages 2 oz., four postages 3 oz., six postages; and so on, adding two postages for every ounce; but parliamentary papers are an exception. The price of a postage is 1d., which must be pre-paid, either by money or the use of a stamp, or it will be charged double, and if the weight of the letter should exceed the value of the stamps attached, the excess will be charged double: thus, a letter weighing more than half an ounce, but not exceeding an ounce, if bearing ld. stamp only, will be charged an additional 2d. on delivery. Stamped enve lopes are to be purchased at every postoffice, as well as at most stationers, at the rate of 1s. 1 d. per dozen of penny and 2s. 2d. per dozen of twopenny envelopes, and this rate is most rigidly ordered to be observed in all fractional parts of the dozen. Shilling stamps and tenpenny stamps are also now issued. Newspapers, to go the same day, must be put into the General Post Office before six o'clock; but those put in before half-past seven o'clock will go the same evening by paying a halfpenny with each. In the branch offices they must be put in before half-past 5, and at the Receiving Houses before 5. They must be sent in covers, open at the sides, and, to go free, no words or communication must be printed on such paper after the same shall have been published, nor any writing or marks upon such printed paper, or the cover thereof, other than the name and address of the person to whom it is sent; but, by affixing a stamp conspicuously on the cover, the paper itself may be written on, but this exemption does not apply to papers sent abroad. If addressed to persons who have removed, they may be re-directed, and sent free of extra charge. Failure in these conditions subjects the paper to the same rate of postage as an unpaid letter. Single books may also be sent by post, open at the ends, at the rate of 6d. per pound, which must be pre-paid by stamps, every fraction being reckoned as a pound. British newspapers sent to foreign coun |