CUSTOM HOUSE REGULATIONS For Landing and Examining Passenger's Baggage arriving from Foreign Parts. That passenger's baggage, unaccompanied by the proprietor, be landed under baggage sufferances, for which sufferances no charge is to be made. That passenger's baggage, accompanied by the proprietor, be brought to the warehouse without sufferances, in charge of the proper officer, as at present. That books, plate, or other articles contained in passenger's baggage on which drawback might have been received on exportation, be delivered, upon the declaration of the passenger that no drawback was received thereon. That when a package containing passenger's baggage has no article liable to duty, the same shall be immediately delivered without any charge for warehouserent, provided the package has not been more than a week in the Queen's warehouse. That the proprietor be allowed to abandon any article he may consider not worth the duty. That in all cases in which there is found in the baggage of any passenger any article liable to duty, brought for private use, and not as merchandise for sale, no charge be made for passing the entry. Note. It is to be distinctly understood that the above regulations apply solely to the baggage of passengers, and not to any goods brought as merchandise for sale. Such goods must be regularly manifested, reported, and entered, and the regulation of the law in all respects strictly complied with. All baggage, accompanied by the proprietor, arriving by steam-packets, is taken to the respective baggage depôts appointed for that purpose. At the several docks where passengers arrive by sailing vessels the same regulations are observed. RATES OF PARCELS FROM INNS IN LONDON. For any parcel not weighing more than 56lbs., and when the distance does not exceed a quarter of a mile, 3d.; half a mile, 4d.; mile, 6d.; a mile and a half, 8d. two miles, 10d.; and 3d. for every additional half mile. Porters exacting Duty paid in the Year 1840. more to be fined 20s., or not less than 5s.; misbehaving, 10s. to 20s. A ticket to be sent with every parcel, with the charge for carriage and porterage marked on it, under a penalty of 40s., or not less than 5s. Parcels are to be delivered within six hours after arrival, under a penalty of 20s., or not less than 10s. Parcels arriving between four in the evening and seven in the morning to be delivered in six hours from the latter period, under the like penalty. 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. Fares according to Time.-For every hackney-carriage drawn by two horses any time not exceeding half an hour, one shilling, and sixpence for every additional quarter of an hour, or fractional part thereof. CABRIOLETS. For every hackney-carriage drawn by one horse only, two-thirds of the rates and fares above-mentioned. WATERMEN'S FARES. By Distance-Every half-mile, scullers, 3d., oars, 6d. Scullers take four and oars six persons at those fares. By Time--Oars 1s. per half-hour; scullers, 6d. By the day (which is from 7 to 8 o'clock from Michaelmas to Lady-day, and from Lady-day to Michaelmas, from 6 to 6), oars, 12s., scullers, 6s. Watermen are liable to a penalty of 51. for not having a book of their fares. RATE OF ALLOWANCE TO WITNESSES. For Attendance and Expenses. per day. Surgeons, Surveyors, and Attorneys £2 2 0 Merchants Tradesmen. For Travelling. The Attorney in the cause 116 0 15 0 070 Is. Od. per mile. 1 8 Amount of Farm. ing Stock Insured exempt from Duty: in 1840. 1,237 {Independent and West Middlesex, disc.t... 6,061..Licensed Victuallers'. Amount of Farm exempt from Duty OFFICES. in 1840. * 14,483..London.. 4,550,436 1,529.. Farmers' General*. 32,246..Globe.... 5,594.. Protestant Dissenters'. 106,975 233,619 2,482 595 .... 1,115,780 Total Country.....22,410,713 99,407 Total Scotch & Irish 3,726,300 655,383.. London......... 233,619..Country 99,407..Scotch and Irish... 3,726,300 988,409 Total ..... .......54,714,316 Many of the Country Insurance Companies have offices in London also. LIFE ASSURANCE. Companies in which the assured do not participate in the Profits. Agricultural and General-Bridge-street, | Globe-73, Pall Mall, and 5 and 6, Corn Blackfriars Albion-42, New Bridge-street, Black friars Argus-39, Throgmorton-street Asylum-71, Cornhill, and 5, Waterlooplace, Pall Mall Britannia-1, Princes-street, Bank Companies in which the Assured and British Commercial-Belongs to the 1st and 2nd classes, at different premiums British and Colonial-440, West Strand British Empire-5, Whitehall, and 64, Cornhill Caledonian-27, Moorgate-street Church of England-6, King William-st., and 4, Parliament-street City of Glasgow-57, Moorgate-street Clerical, Medical, &c.-78, Great Russellstreet, Bloomsbury hill London Life Association-81, King Wil- Pelican-70, Lombard-street, and Spring Royal Exchange-29, Pall Mall, and York and London-King William-st. Crown-33, New Bridge-st., Blackfriars English and Scottish Law-147, Strand Guardian-11, Lombard-street, and St. James's-street Hand-in-Hand-1, Bridge-st., Blackfriars Law Assurance-Fleet-street London Assurance-19, Birchin-lane, and 10, Regent-street London, Edinburgh, and Dublin-3, Charlotte-row, Poultry Metropolitan-Princes-st., Bank-Temp. Office, 1, St. Michael's-alley, Cornhill National Loan Fund--26, Cornhill National Provident Institution-13, Nicholas-lane, King William-street National-2, King William-street National and Mercantile-Arthur-st. West New Equitable-22, Cockspur-street North British-4, New Bank Buildings Palladium-7, Waterloo-place, Regent street Philanthropic-412, Strand Protestant Dissenters'-62, King Williamstreet Provident-Regent Quadrant, and 12, Cas tle-alley, Cornhill Rock-14, New Bridge-st., Blackfriars Scottish Union-449, Strand, and King William-street Sun-101, Cornhill, and Craig's-court, Union-81, Cornhill, and 70, Baker-st., United Kingdom-8, Waterloo-place Universal-1, King-William-street Victoria-18, King William-street West of England-20, New Bridge-street, Westminster-429, Strand, and 21, Corn Westminster General-King-street, Covent-garden Companies in which there is no Proprietary, and where the Contributors are consequently mutual Assurers. The Tower of London. The British Museum-Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, and the whole of Easter and Whitsun weeks except Saturday, from 10 till 4; from May to Sept., 10 to 7; closed the first week in Jan., May, and September, and on Christmas Day, Good Friday, and Ash Wednesday.-Young Children not admitted on Holidays. National Gallery-Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, and the whole of Easter and Whitsun weeks except Saturday, from 10 till 5; closed for six weeks from the end of the second week in Sept. and on Christmas Day and Good Friday. St. Paul's-Each week-day from 9 to 11, and from 3 to 4; and on Sunday during the time of divine service. East India House Museum — Saturday, from 11 to 3; all the year except in Sept. Soane Museum-Thursday and Friday during April, May, and June, from 10 to 4. Tickets must be applied for previously, and will be sent by post. Society of Arts-Any day except Wed nesday, to strangers and mechanics. Hampton Court Palace-Every day from 10 till 4. Kew Gardens-Pleasure Grounds, Sunday and Thursday, from 12 till sunset, from Midsummer to Michaelmas; the Botanical Gardens and Arboretum every day, to strangers, from 1 to 3, at any sea sou. Dulwich Gallery-Each week-day, except Friday, from 10 to 5 in summer, and from 11 to 3 in winter. Tickets to be had gratis of most of the respectable printsellers in London. London Missionary Museum, United Service Museum, Middle Scotland College of Surgeons Museum-Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, with orders from members. PUBLIC NOTICE, ORDERED BY THE POOR LAW COMMISSIONERS TO BE ISSUED BY BOARDS OF GUARDIANS AT THEIR DISCRETION. Places dangerous to Health.-Whereas | parish, or the churchwardens and overmuch contagious disease has arisen in houses where due cleanliness in proper whitewashing and in the due removal of filth has been neglected, and by such neglect not only has disease and destitution been occasioned to persons living in such houses, but the disease has often spread and attacked other persons. And whereas, for the prevention of the evils which have arisen from such causes, the powers and duties hereinafter specified have been conferred upon the guardians and medical officers, and the magistrate acting within the district, by the 41st section of the New Police Act, 2 and 3 Vict. c. 71. "If the guardians of the poor of any Union or seers of the poor of any parish within the metropolitan police district, together with the medical officer of any such parish or Union, shall be of opinion, and shall certify under the hands of two or more of such guardians, churchwardens, or overseers, and also of such medical officer, that any house or part of any house within such Union or parish is in such filthy and unwholesome condition that the health of the inmates or of the public is thereby affected or endangered; it shall be lawful for any magistrate, acting within the district in which such Union or parish is situate, if he shall think fit, to cause notice to be affixed on the door or other con |