Cercles des Etrangers, 27, Regent-street City of London, 19, Old Broad-street City of London Commercial, 38, Throgmorton street Clarence, 12, Waterloo-place Garrick, 35, King-street, Covent-Garden SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES. President-Earl of Elgin & Kincardine General Secretary-Alex. Smellie Foreign Secretaries-A. Brunton, D.D., W. B. D. D. Turnbull SOCIETY OF ARTS. President Andrew Fyfe, M.D. WERNERIAN SOCIETY. President-Robert Jameson, Esq. Secretary-Patrick Neill, LL.D. DUBLIN. COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS. President-G. A. Kennedy, M.D. COLLEGE OF SURGEONS. President-Robert Adams, Esq. ROYAL DUBLIN SOCIETY FOR IMPROVING HUS+ President The Lord Lieutenant Hon. Secs.-J. Weld and R. B. Bryan Professor of Botany and Agriculture-S. Professor of Chemistry-Ed. Davy Professor of Mineralogy and Geology-Dr. J. Scoules Prof. Nat. Philosophy-R. J. Kane, esq. ROYAL HIBERNIAN ACADEMY OF PAINTING, SCULPTURE, AND ARCHITECTURE. President-Martin Cregan Secretary-George Petrie ROYAL IRISH ACADEMY. President-Sir Wm. R. Hamilton Secretaries-J. H. Singer, D.D., and Rev. Foreign Sec.-Professor McCullagh Graham's, 87, St. James's-street Guards', 43, St. James's-street Junior St. James's, 54, St. James's-street: Junior United Service, 11, Charles-street, St. James's-square Oriental, Hanover-square Oxford and Cambridge University, 10, Pall Mall Parthenon, St. James's-square Portland, 1, Stratford-place, Oxford-street Royal Naval, 160, New Bond-street- Union, Trafalgar-square, Charing-cross United Service (Candidate), 9, Grafton street, Bond-street United Service, 116, Pall Mall United University, Pall Mall East, corner of Suffolk-street West India, 60, St. James's-street- Wyndham, 11, St. James's-square. 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.") It has been generally assumed that the theory of "the king never dies" has been in practice since the Norman conquest; consequently, William L.'s reign has been usually dated from the day of the battle of Hastings, October 14, 1066, and all subsequent reigns from the death or deposition of the previous king. But the reigns of the first eight kings after the Conquest did not commence till their coronation. The principle of hereditary right was first distinctly recognised on the accession of Edward I., whose reign, however, did not commence till the day on which he was proclaimed king, four days after his father's death. The reign of Edward IV. is dated from the day on which he deposed Henry VI.; but it did not become law and practice to date a reign from the death of the previous king until the accession of Edward VI., on the death of his father Henry VIII.,-a practice only since interrupted by the events following the death of Charles I. and the expulsion of James II. + 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 and Sum mer Esser-Chelmsford, L. and S. Kent-Maidstone, L. and S. Sussex-Lewes, L. and S. Surrey-Guildford,alternate, S. OXFORD.-Berks- Reading, L. Abingdon, S. 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. MIDLAND.-Northampton- Northampton, L. and S. Rutland Oakham, L. and S. Lincoln and City-Lincoln, L. and S. Leicester & Boro'-Leicester, L. & S. Buckingham, S. Bedford-Bedford, L. and S. Suffolk-{ Bury St. Edmund's, S. NORTHERN.-York & City-York, L. and S. Newcastle and Town-Newcastle, L. 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 misdemeanors, 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 1841-42:-1841, Nov. 29, Dec. 13. 1842, Jan. 3, Jan. 31, Feb. 28, April 4, May 9, June 13, July 4, Aug. 22, Sept. 19, Oct. 24. These sessions always commence on Monday. Mr. John Clark is Clerk of the Court. LAW AND OTHER PUBLIC OFFICES, With Hours of Attendance. Accountant General's Office, Chancerylane, 9 to 2; and for delivery of Drafts, 11 to 2 Adjutant-General's Office, Crown-street, Westminster Admiralty Court, College-square, Doctors' Commons, 9 to 7 Appeals for Prizes, Doctors' Commons, 10 to 3 and 4 Admiralty Register Office, Paul's Bakehouse-court, Godliman-street, 10 to 3 and 4 Admiralty Office, Charing-cross, 10 to 5 Affidavit Office, Symonds' Inn, 10 to 4, in term; in vacation 11 to 1 Candles not lighted from the last Seal after Michaelmas Term to the first Seal before Hilary Term. Alien Office, Crown-street, Westminster Allowance Office for spoiled Stamps, Somerset-place, Tues. and Thurs. 12 to 2 Apothecaries' Hall, Water-lane, Blackfriars, 9 to 8; Solicitor's Office, 1 to 3 Appearance Office (Q. B.), King's Bench Walk. Hours as Seal Office. Archdeacon of London's Office, Knight Rider-strect, 9 to 7 Archdeacon of Middlesex's Office, 3, Godliman-street, 10 to 5 Archdeacon of Surrey's Office, 3, Paul's Chain Archdeaconry of Rochester, 19, Bennett'shill, 10 to 7 Arches' Registry, 20, Great Knight Riderstreet, 10 to 5 Army Pay Office, now called Paymaster General's Office by Act of Parliament. Whitehall Auditor's Office, Somerset-place, 10 till 2 Bankrupts' Office, Quality-court, 10 to 3 and 6 to 8 Bankruptcy Court, Basinghall-street Bishop of London's Office, 3, Godlimanstreet, 9 to 5 Bishop of London, Commissary Registry for Middlesex and Barking, 16, Knight Rider-strect, 10 to 5 Bishop of Winchester's Office, 12, Knight Board of Control for East India Affairs, Borough Court of Southwark, St. Margaret's-hill, Monday, 3 to 4 Church Commission, &c., and Commissioners of Charities, 13, Great Georgestreet, Westminster City Solicitor's Office, Guildhall Clerk of the Juries and Hab. Cor. Office, 10 Commander-in-Chief's Office, Horse Guards Commissary of London's Office, 16, Great Knight Rider-street Commissary of Surrey's Office, 12, Knight Rider-street, 8 to 9 Commissary of London Registry for Wills, 16, Knight Rider-street, 10 to 5 Commissioners of Police, Scotland-yard Commissioners of Sewers for City of London, Guildhall-yard Commissioners of Sewers for Westminster and parts of Middlesex, 1, Greek-street, Soho-square Commissioners of Sewers for Finsbury and Holborn, Hatton-garden Common Pleas Office, Chancery-lane, 11 to 5 in term; 11 to 3 in vacation, except from Aug. 10 to Oct. 14, when 11 to 2 only Corn Exchange, Mark-lane, Fenchurch-st. Council Office, Whitehall, 10 to 4 Crown Office (Q. B.), 2, King's Benchwalk, Temple, 10 to 2, and 5 to 8 Crown Office, in Chancery, Rolls-yard Cursitor's Office, Rolls-yard, 10 to 2, and 6 to 8 in Term time, and 11 to 2 in vacation Custom-house, Thames-street Dean and Chapter of Westminster's Office, Bennett's-hill, 9 to 7 Declaration Office, Queen's Bench Office, Inner Temple; hours same as Seal Office Dispensation Office (C.), 4, Elm-court, Temple Doctors' Commons, south side of St. Paul's Churchyard Duchy of Cornwall Office, Somerset-place, Duchy Office, Lancaster, Lancaster-place Waterloo-bridge, 10 to 4 East India House, Leadenhall-street, 10 to 3 Error Office for Allowance and Transcript (Q.B.). at Lord Chief Justice's Chambers Error Office (C.P.), 4 Serjeants' Inn, 10 to 4 in Term, 12 to 2 in vacation Examiners' Office, Rolls-yard, Chancerylane, 10 to 4 in Term, and 12 to 2 in vacation Exchequer Chamber Office, Garden-court, 10 to 12, and 5 to 7 in Term, and 10 to 12 in vacation Exchequer of Pleas Office, 9, Lincoln's Inn Old-square, 11 to 5 in Term; 11 to 3 in vacation, except from Aug. 10 to Oct. 24, when 11 to 2 only Exchequer Loan Bill Office, S. Sea House Exchequer Seals Office, Whitehall-yard, 10 to 4 Excise Office, Broad-street, 9 to 3 Excise Export Office, 40, Crutched Friars, 9 to 3 Faculty Office, 10, Knight Rider-st., 9 to 7 Fen Office, 6, Serjeants' Inn, 10 to 2, Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays First Fruits' Office, Dean's-yard, Westminster, consolidated with Queen Anne's Bounty Office Foreign Apposer's Office, Somerset House, 11 to 4 in Term, 12 to 2 in vacation Gazette Office, Cannon-row Gazette Advert. Office, 42, Chancery-lane General Register Office, 7 and 8, Somersetplace Grand Junction Canal Office, Surrey-st., Strand Greenwich Pension Office, Tower-hill Habeas Corpus Office, Chancery-lane Hackney Carriage Office, Storey's Gate, 9 to 4 Half-pay Office. See Army Pay Office Heralds' College Office, St. Bennett's-hill, Insolvent Debtors' Ct., Portugal-st., 10 to 4 Land Revenue Office. See Board of Works Land Tax Office for London, Guildhall yd. Land Tax Office for Middlesex, Red Lionsquare Land Tax Register Office, Somerset-place Legacy Duty Office, Somerset-place, 9 to 3 Lord Chamberlain's Office, Stable-yard, St. James's Lunatic Office, Southampton-buildings, Chancery-lane Marine-Office, New-street, Spring-gardens Marshalsea and Palace Court Office, Chancery-lane Masters in Chancery Office, Southamptonbuildings, 10 to 3 and 6 to 8 Master's Office, Paper-buildings, Temple (Q.B.) Hours as Seal Office Metropolitan Commissioners of Lunacy, 19, Margaret-street, Cavendish-square Metropolitan Roads, North of the Thames, 22, Whitehall-place Metropolitan Police Office, Scotland-yard Navy Office, Somerset-place Nisi Prius Office, Queen's Bench Office. Hours as Seal Office Office of Coroners for Middlesex, 77, Chancery-lane Office for taking Affidavits in Chancery, Plantation Office, Whitehall, 11 to 3 Poor Law Commission, Somerset House Prerogative Will Cffice, 6, Great Knight Rider-street, 9 to 4, and 9 to 3 in winter Presentation Office, 2, Hare-court, Middle Temple Prevention of Cruelty Society, 2, Pantonstreet, Haymarket [place Privy Seal and Signet Office, SomersetPublic Accounts Office, Somerset-place Public Office in Chancery, Southamptonbuildings, 10 to 4 in Term; 11 to 1 in vacation Public Office, Portugal-street, 10 to 4 Public Record Office-Head Office, Rolls' House, Chancery-lane. Branch Offices, Rolls' Chapel, Tower, Chapter House, Poet's Corner, 3, Whitehall yard, and Carlton Ride, 10 to 4 Queen Anne's Bounty Office, Dean's-yard, Westminster Queen's Bench Office, King's Bench-walk, Temple; hours as the Seal Office Queen's Remembrancer Office, Eq. Ex, Queen's Bench, Temple, 9 to -past 4 in term and sittings; past 9 to 4 at other times. No attendance from Christmas till after Twelfth Day Receiver's Office for Greenwich Hospital, Tower Hill Register Office, Chancery-lane (C.), 10 to 2 and 5 to 8 Register Office of Deeds in Middlesex, Bell-yard, Temple-bar, open daily from 10 to 3. Register attends 11 to I only, but not on Saturdays Register Office of the Dean and Chapter of Report Office, Chancery New Buildings, Seal Office, 3, Inner Temple-lane, 11 to 2 and 5 to 7 in Term; 11 to 3 in vacation, except from Aug. 10 to Oct. 24, 11 to 2 Secondary's Office, 5, Basinghall-street, 11 to 3 and 5 to 7 Secretary's Office, Rolls, Chancery-lane, 10 to 2 and 6 to 8 Sheriff of Middlesex's Office, Red Lionsquare. Hours as Seal Office Writs Office (Q.B.), Queen's Bench Office, Temple. Hours same as Seal Office Signet Office, see Privy Seal Six Clerks' Office, Chancery-lane, 10 to 4 in Term, and 10 to 2 in vacation. Occasionally 10 to 4 in vacation. from Aug. to Nov. Closed Society for Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, 59, Lincoln's Inn Fields Sons of the Clergy, Paper-buildgs., Temple Stage Coach Duty Office, Somerset-place Stamp Office, Somerset-house, 9 to 4. No money received after 3 Stamp Office, Irish, 47, Chancery-lane State Paper Office, Duke-street, Westminster, 10 to 3 Stock Exchange, Bartholomew-lane, Bank Tax Office, Somerset-place, 10 to 2 Tithe Commissioners' Office, Somersetplace, Somerset-house Transport Office, Somerset-house Wine Excise Office, Excise Office, Broadstreet, City Wine Licence Office, Somerset-place Woods, Forests, and Land Revenues Office, Whitehall-place, 10 to 4 METROPOLITAN WATER COMPANIES, WITH THEIR OFFICES. Chelsea-16, Great Queen-st., Westminster | New River Myddelton-place, Spa-fields East London-16, St. Helen's-place South London-Upper Kennington-lane, Grand Junction-South Molton-street Vauxhall Hampstead-43, Frederick-place, Hampstead-road Lambeth,Temple pl.-139, Blackfriars-rd. Southwark-Park-street, Borough West Middlesex-20, Nottingham-place, New-road Independent-Old Haggerston Poplar King-street, Poplar METROPOLITAN GAS LIGHT COMPANIES, WITH THEIR OFFICES. South Metropolitan-Surrey Canal Bridge, United General-6, Austin Friars 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, Holborn Portman-square-King street, corner of street Near Union Westminster-Horseferry-road Rotherhithe-Paradise-row St. Mary Axe-Jeffries-square Finsbury-Whitecross-street Waterloo Bridge road-Next door to Zion Shadwell-Schoolhouse-lane The Floating Engines lie off King's Stairs, Superintendent-Mr. J. Braidwood, 68, Watling-street. |