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IPUP.,,gITANT to a DECREE of the HIGH to , COURT of CHANCERY, made in a causo - against PARKER, all persons claiming to be the Heir or eirs-at-law of JOHN TAVERSON, late of Victoria-place, New Ch arlton, in the county of Kent, G en tl eman , deceased, and his Of Kin living at the time of his death, or the personal Repre rntative or Representatives, of such Next of Kin, who have since l e d , are by their solicitors forthwith to come in and make out their !claims, and prove their heirship a nd kindred, before Sir GIFFIN e} , 44 ON, Knight, one of the Masters of the said Court, at his C'ambers in Southampton-buildings, Chancery-lane, London, or ' default , thereof, they will be t xcluded the benefit of the said D ee. v The said JOHN TAVERSON - was ( a s It Is believed) born at Shad • r „„ e ll• in the county of Middlesex, and in the early part of his life '"oWed some seafaring occup Aloft, which he gave up on his mar .;;ege, and it is not known that he afterwards followed any occupa - e n- He resided in Charlto n-terrace, New Charlton, and on Plum stead - common, in the county of Kent, and afterwards in the Marche X llerbes, Brussels ; and latterly at Antwerp, where he died in the 410 4th of September, 1844. eh, Kent, FREDERICK SMITH, Agent for ROBERT SUTER, Plaintiff's Solicitor. PURSUANT to a DECREE of the HIGH COURT of CHANCERY, made in a Cause ROAKES • amain MASSER, the ere(!Rocs of WILLIAM MASSER, late of je, in the county of Sunex, yeoman, who died in the month of : I _°,.rember, 1831, are forthwith to come in and prove their debts Fore Sir GIFFIN Wit.soN, one of the Masters of the said Court, at 'us Chambers, in Southampton-buildings, Chancery-lane, London ; 1 : 1 1 ; ite r ee. default Vaereof, they will be excluded the benefit of the said GR- and KEWELL, 8, Angel-court, Throgrnorton , ttrer,t, Agents for It. YOUNG, Battle Susses, Plaintiff's (IRA:VESEND STAR, and BLACKWALL. PACKETS. Boat a vot ,„ and Rail included in One Payment npon every passe, og the danger and delay of the Pool. v, 4. " orn the Brunswick Wharf, Blackwall, at 9%, 10Y, 12, 1%, 3, i b %ncl 5 o'clock. Sundays, 9%, 10%, 4, and 5 o'clock. The ' l ns Starting one quarter of an hour before each of these times. The New Te rrace Pi er , G ravesen d, a t 7%, 8%, 9%, 11%, 1,3, and le New Sundays, 7%, 11 4,1, 3, and 5 o'clock. ' 1 • 13 . —moo other packets call at the Grays or Greenhithe Piers. _Star Office, Gravesend, Nov. 24, 1846. STEAM TO ABERDEEN REDUCTION OF FARES. T ae CITY of ABERDEEN will leave on Saturday, December 26, a• Ken uight, Vft lees. Spread Eagle, Regent-circus, or Aberdeen Steam Wharf, Wapping. CHARLES WILLIAM WILLOUGHBY, Agent. T he Company's new iron steam-ship Duke of Sutherland will be i— d on the Inverness station early in the spring. IaROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. Y PERMISSION.—PROFESSOR SCHCENBEIN'S GUN COTTON, differing from all other spe iitnns recently before the public, is LECTURED on, with other ex i.,"lre compounds, by Dr. RYAN, daily at Half past Three; and on evenings of Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. ~ -110 1 .11 e principle of the ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH DEMONSTRA -4 daily, by Professor BACIIHOFFNER, especially with reference c o :, e new patent of Messrs. Nott and Gamble, By the OXYHYDRO '46„N MICROSCOPE are exhibited specimens of the DISEASED PO ait 'OE, showing the Leaves, Cuttings of the Tuber A. &c., together t.....tt1e DES fRUCTIVE INSECT, supposed, by . Since, Esq , ... to be the cause of the disease. The PHYSIOSCOI'E, DI VING EXPERIMENTS, DISSOLVING VIEWS, by Smith, &c. Admission Is. Schools, half-price. pan entire NEW and BEAUTIFUL SERIES of DISSOLVING b e O EVYS will be introduced at CHRISTMAS, and the Institution will ...Len on the evening of Saturday, the 26th. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY, 26 CORNIIILL, LONDON. Capital J. 400,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. *ll ll , Institution embraces important and substantial advantages respect to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The assured Z Ol l all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense or for e:7re of the P o li c y, t wo -thi r d s o f th e prem i ums paid (see Table) ; 178 the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his in- Ls to meet other conveniences or necessity. tiZrrances for terms of years are granted on the lowest possible e DIVISION OF PROFITS. remarkable success and increasing prosperity of the Society 4ets.bled the Directors, at the last annual investigation, to declare ' l4l- th bonus, varying from 35 to 85 per cent. on the premiums paid each Policy effected on the Profit scale. EXAMPLES. EXAMPLES. u 5 .. ..., 2. ~ '.: l premium. 1 , 0 1-4 Bonus 8011118 in gi ~3 4 Assured /.. add d. I Cash. ..-.• F, i'; may 1 p O O g Borrow. t 4s. d. n1cK31,4 10 00 3 4 1:1839, 11840 i ilB4ll A 217 15 I'.£loo 0 11„ 192 3 0 87 1 4' 166 11 10 74 1 116 7 6 54 0 10 1 111 6 8 49 10 0; £l6 0 4'.£445 0 0 131 Q 21 395 11 1 11 3 11 346 2 a 718 10 296 13 4 7 10 4' 247 4 b b,N division of profits is annual, and the neat will be made in -,eruber of the present year. F. FEIIOUSON CAMROUX, Secretary. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASS RU ANCE SOCIETY. 26, Cornhill, Dec. 24, 1846. et ti tles is hereby g i ven th a t th e H a lf-yearly Interest, at the rate du e :vet Per Cent. per annum on the Capital Stock of this Society, t tm un the 31st instant, will become payable on the 1 lth January Ofil e and Proprietors may receive the same on application at this kle v Lon that, or any, subsequent day, between the hours of "" and Three o'clock By order of the Directors, F. FERGUSON CA3IROUX, Secretary. B ° VEREIGN LIFE ASSURANCE COM- PANT, No. 5, St. James's-street, London. TRUSTEES. Sir Augustus Brydges Henniker, Bart, Benjamin Bond Cabbell, Esq., MX enrY Pownall, Esq. Claude Edward Scott, Esq. DIRECTORS. AIRM AN -Li eu t enan t-Colonel Lord Arthur Lennox. ImruTv-CmAramAri—T. C. Granger, Esq., M.P. John Ashburner, Esq., M.D. T. M. R. Batard, Esq. Philip Patton Rlytb, Esq. Henry Broadwood, Esq., M.P. Charles Farebrother, Esq., Alderman. Wm. Tulloch Fraser, Esq. , rohn Gardiner, Esq, Aaron Asher Goldsmid, Esq. Lord Macdonald. Alexander Ogilvie. Esq. Henry William Pownall, Esq. A ssurances and annuities granted on favourable terms. The Rates of Premium, of which the following are specimens, are II the lowest scale consistent with security. ANNUAL PREMIUMS FOR ASSURING 1001. Age. I For For For One Year. Seven Tears. Whole Life, 4 "-----.—_-- — 20 I £s. d. £I. (1. £s. d. 11011 8 1 13 7 ~.k.,.. v‘Yib 11 ,„: Plan of Accumulative Assurance , by d ep ositin g instead of Ili . n. r reiniums, thus : es ittl lz . "q 1 d. th -- : Posit plan, commencing at the age 20, 401. per Annum ' %wired at the age of 29 X s. d. 3 3 ar. oli ey for 49 *. 1779 1 0 59 ~ 2495 0 0 69 ~ 3111 19 8 bet._ 3650 9 0 tith.,:-,eci An ' huitles to commence a r t re a m nL m sp s e , ci fled age, granted Ithf c i l With or without return in case the age at the annuity is to commence is not attained. ...---------._ H. D. DAVENPORT, Secretary. UNITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANC?7-, a l2 te , rl s o t o COI - h W ; - p lr l ' a i ri c e ce n -place, p a l l a l 'ette-rrreen, Dublin. Established by Act of Parliament in 1834. - c in e, al In 1841, the Company Glasgow; 4 : , Y added a bonus of 2 per cent. per annum on the sum assured to all policies of the participating class, from the Mme they were effected. Parties wishing to secure the benefit of the lieu division of profits in 1848 should make immediate ap,lication. ~ When the Insurance is f..r life, only one half the Annual Premium e ed be paid for the first 5 years. Every information will be afforded on application to the Resident Director E. Lennox Boyd,B. a tendon here Prospectuses , &c., may be hWad ter loo-place, Pall-mall, ENGLISH and SCOTTISH LAW 12 ASSURANCE and LOAN ASSOCIATI ON. . Waterloo-place, Lo st ndon; 119, P 839 .rinces-street, Edi nburgh, Eablished in 1 Subscribed Capital, One Million. ZEE Subscribed ANNUITIES, REVERSIONS, AND ENDOWMENTS. A. u A nion ef the English and Scottish Principle of Assurance. o t y,29 II PREIIENSIVE and LIBERAL SYSTEM of LOAN i n i-- ' 4Oll with Life Assurance, on undoubted personal or other aunty ~ 1 .4 e ; —.sawed participate in two-thirds of the profits. J. HILL WILLIAMS, Actuary. tNGLISII AND SCOTTISH LAW LIFE ASSURANCE AND LOAN ASSOCIATION. 12, Waterloo-place, London, and 119, Princes-street, 14 Toti, " Edinburgh. . —°ek hereby given that the half-yearly interest on the capital Me" Assocation, to Christmas, 1816, will be payable at the Win ,olland after i the 1 lth of JanuarY, 1847. The Transfer-books "c closed from the 25st inst. to the 11th proximo. By order of the Board. J. HILL WILLIAMS, Actuary. NA.TIoNAL AIERCANTILE LIFE ASSUR li'greE SOCIETY, Poultry, M an sion house , London. tri _ " ERT WILcOXON, Esq., Chairman. SIDNEY, Esq., , Deputy Chairman. 1847 Fames must send in thr Pro Alderman bore Ist be entitled MAS to participate in the posals next divefisionthe of Profits. January, J. JONES, Actuary and Secretary. k ji 3 MAIERCIAL and GENERAL LIFE AS tokN BuRASCE ASs ANNUITY, FAMILY ENDOWM ENT, AND O CIATION, 112, CMEAPSIDE, LONDON. Asstirso o ` GEORGE WARD, Esq., Ml'' , Chairman. tet radt ipai tun n e i t s i revery acted on known system ; immediate an d de e aDproy .. ea up sa d tai endowments, &C.; 6 per cent. interest all owed on to rs Perso nal ans granted jp policy holders upon re al and and agents, secur ity a libefal commission allowed to solici- JAMES DANIELL, Secretary. KED I3 Q, R °WS, MOUSTACHIOS, and WIIIS- Ov enteci — , - , Produced in a few weeks, and Baldness removed , and ,, ' 4l Cripit by the use of GRIMSTONE'S AROMATIC REGENE b.,""v d; es sential spirit, drawn from aromatic herbs and flowers, tit d „ Q PI of which c ure h ea d ac h e i n a few minutes ; it is also a l ' B . protected egtf nl, fragrant toil e t p e rf u me. Sold only in triangular Is. ; an by the G overn ment stamp, at is. ; double the size, gilt!n d n. do uble this siz e , Il s. eac h ; enc l os ed in a Pamphlet, co testi I.o~q_ raoniah of undoubted authority, entitled " Three Minutes , : ce 40 , 1! the Growth and Preservation of the Human Hair, Ste. Sold 7s. Eld„ and 125., for money orders only. s.e wholesale only at Grimstone's Herbary, Highgate, near Orct.„:' n arid by Messrs. Barclay and Son, .Farrington-street ; Sanger, Con-""stre t.Teller, Messrs. Butler and Co.,Cheapside ; Fisher and Toll kid Ir. . street ; Mr. Johnston medicine warehouse, 65, Cornhill 11.1.2 all Chemists, Perfumers , and others For Edinburgh, J. and thZurnea, Leith-walk ; for Ilan chester, cresche and Son, Adver -..0m. This 1A TO THE LADIES. k i4 D6lr on 'Y had the following remember, dTimes" neiwts 'as D a - ' O B- 7, 1846. Reader, this letter was put n o m Per by the lady herself, as a testimony to me. titott.". Weekley, of No. 3. Swan-street, Borough, takes this oppor • Rate, ," Publicly thanking Mr. W. Grimstone, of the Herbary, High- Di e .,.__"r the efficacy of his Aromatic Regenerator, in having cothrns kki7 restored the hair on her head, after using it about four mon ths, t eve n t !' Whole of her hair Is much stronger and mere luxuriant t h an s tr vas before the baldness appeared. k agen wO Q>U inserts this testimony to the virtueso a n 11., . feeling assured that many ladies . would g ladl yi s, p_ M u o r r m Ch G e a:s ' e s - Deri c ;;* bottle if they were as certain of its virtues as s he s.fr _ /kn ee h e e. Lot only in the restoration and ;pasroduction of hair in is a* a cure of n ous headache a toilet perfume it is far Lady of any to her taste e" She will feel a pleasure in answering any res pectability t o . the above facts.— 3, Swan-street, Borough." dr o „.. - ases of the hair becoming thin, weak, or turning grey, a few on the crown of the head occasionally, every week, will pre d - Dr,vethriteihair from coming away with the comb, make it stron l g, an A _ fai r dro t turning grey, rendering the hair luxuriant and cur y. ..alr en Your hairbrush before brushing the hair, will give the Th e `anuY, causing it to curl. roo s t 'non delicate ladies may use this delightful product of the aromatic herbs and flowers with confidence; its refreshing t ^ P.nc7eB headache an 4 makes it n m , st net - xssary companion the tetict. In of nevous 113adaehe, pour ten or twcive drop, hour. vrovsu of the heal ; if wry bad, repeat it every quarter of an In most cases relief is certain in ten minutes. It products to children's lu.:; - 6 in a few uppplieltions. it used on ltnbots' ye n rl it has such a peculiar cooling influence on the brain as to pre- F o nvulsions, as well as promoting the growth of hair.--See r..,uShiet of testimonials. letters addressed to William Gringos Herbary, Highgate. No. 16,932. LON DON, F RIDA Y EVENING BY COMMAND OF HER MAJESTY'S POSTMASTER' GENERAL. CONTRACT for CONVEYING the LONDON DISTRICT POST LETTER BAGS. Notice is hereby given, that her Majesty's Postmaster-General will be ready to receive Tenders on or before the 22d day of JANUARY next, for conveying the London District Post Letter Bags, twice a day, to Woodford Bridge, and twice to Woodford, by mail-carts, stage coaches, omnibuses, or any other carriage conveying passengers or parcels The conditions, and full particulars, may he seen on application to the Superintending President of the London District Post-office, General Post-office. . . Tenders are to be scaled up, and addressed to "Der Majesty's Postmaster-General," and endorsed, " Tenders for conveying the London District Post Bags," and delivered before Twelve o'clock on the 22d January next. General Post-office, Dec. 22, 1846. REFORMATION IN CLEANING CHIM NEYS.—The use et the PORTLAND PATENT SPRING BRUSH and CHIMNEY-SWEEPING APPARATUS obviates all the annoyance and inconvenience consequent upon the present dis gusting plan. By it a flue is completely cleansed without one particle of soot entering the apartment. A short time ago an experiment was made with this apparatus at the House of Common, the success of which was complete. Sheets of writing paper were placed upon the chimney-piece, and in various ether parts of the room, and after the completion of the sweeping mot one particle of soot was discernible upon any of the sheets of paper. To be seen at 69, Welbeck-street, Cavendish-square. N.lt. The Proprietor is willing to grant licenses for the use of this patent invention in the provincial towns of England. Agents for the Metropolis are required. THE SELF-SUPPORT INSTITUTION, (aided by Voluntary Contributions,) for the Cure of Stricture of the Urethra, and all other Diseases of Urinary Organs, Nervous, Local, and General Debility. SURGEON—F. B. COURTENASY, M.R.C.S.L., 2, Chandos-street, Cavendish-square. To small tradesmen, clerks, mechanics, and the working classes generally, this Institution offers, in all eases, gratuitous surgical assistance, and in others medicine also free of expense. Apply at the Surgery adjoinng the Surgeon's residence. In Weekly" Numbers, price 3d., THE CHESS - PLAYERS CHRONICLE. NEW SERIES. Edited by H. STAUNTON, Esq. - - The first Number will be published on the let of January, 1847, and will contain three first-rate Gaines, a Chapter of Elementary Lessons and Four Problems on Diagrams. 11. Hurst, 27, King William-street, Strand. To be had of all Booksellers, Newsvenders, &c. It) 1110STON, STAMFORD, and BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY, (STAMFORD TO WISBECH,) At the first ordinary :Meeting of Shareholders under the Act of In• co , poration, held at the Company's offices, No. 18, Abingdon-street Westminster, on Tuesday, the 22d day of December, 1846, THOMAS MACAULAY, Esq., of Leicester, in the Chair, The report having been read by the Secretary, the following resolu tions were proposed and unanimously adopted : It was moved by the CHAIRMAN, seconded by Mr. MIDDLETON, and carried unanimously, " That the Report now read be received and adopted, and pr'nted and circulated amongst the Shareholdora." It was moved by Mr. BADGER, seconded by Mr. WATKINS, and carried unanimously, " That the terms offered by the Great Northern Railway to this Company, as specified in the Report, are approved of by this 3feetin;." It was moved by Mr. CRADDOCK, seconded by Mr. WILSON, and carried unanimously, " That the following gentlemen be chosen or re-elected Directors of this Company Edmund Denison, Esq , 111. P., Doncaster. James Arl , ,onin, Esq., 3, Brunswick-square. ItoUert Gill, Esq., Mansfield Woodhouse, Notts. Captain I,,ws, R.N., 20, Sussex-square, Hyde Park. William Skinner Marshall, Esq., 4, llyde Park-square. George Hussey Packe, Esq., Caythorpe, GraLthani. Francis Parker, Esq., Manchester. Archibald Frederick Paull, Esc., 33. Devonshire-place. William Wilberforce Pearson, Esq., 2S, Chapel-street, Belgraye- square. William Atkinson Gardner, Esq., 4 ,Suffolk-street, Pall-mall. Charles Holle Bracebridge. Esq., Atherstone Hall. Thomas Macaulay, Esq., Leleester. It was moved by Mr. GATTIE, seconded by Mr. HA.vszs, and carried unanimously, " That 1,0001. be allowed to the Directors of this Company, as a re muneration for their services during their ensuing year of office, the same to be divided in such a manner as they shall deem ex pedient." It was moved by Mr. GARDNER, seconded by Mr. PEARSON, and carried unanimotisy. " That Edward James Hawker, Esq., of 4, Wilton-street, Belgrave square, and Ashford Lodge, near Petersfield ; and William Thomas Preston, Esq., of 2, Figtrce-court, Temple, and Flasby Hall, Gar grave, Yorkshire, be appointed Auditors of this Company's Accounts, at salaries of 201. each ; and that Mr. George Seward be appointed Secretary, at 1501. per annnm." THOMAS MACAULAY, Esq., Chairman. It was moved by Mr. WILSON, seconded by Mr. BOWMAN, and carried unanimously, "That the thaaks of this meeting be tendered to the Chairman and Directors of this Company, for their services in obtaining the Act, and in conducting the affairs of the Company." GEORGE SWARD, Secreta-y. LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY (SOUTHERN DIVISION). ALTERATION OF TRAINS. NOTICE.—The public are informed that on and after the Ist of DECEMBER next, the following Alterations will be made in the Trains on this Railway FOGS AND D OLP AIR. has, for many years, BARCLAY'S ASTHMATIC CANDY preservative from the in the Winter .season, e been proved an effectual ill effects of the Fogs and Damp Air, which, preserve the Stomach from the admission of )}amps, are so prevalent in this Climate. Its effects axe to expel Wind,. y t e those who suffer Irom Difficulty of Breathing. Prepared only by Barclay and Sons, 95, Farringdon-street, Loral - on; and sold retail, by their appointment, by Sanger, 150, Oxford4Areet ; Gifford, 104, and H. Hurneld, 180, Strand ; Johnston, 68, - ' Vornhill ; Hallows, Drug gist, 2, High-strett, Islington Deudebotirek, Druggist, Church street, Hackney ; and all respectable Medicine Venders in Town and and to relic Country.-Observe : none can be genuine, unless the names of .` Barclay and Sons" are on the Stamp afffiea to each Box. THE BARON DE BODE.—Another lamentable con sequence of the opposition offered by the Government to the generally admitted just claims of the recently deceased Baron de Bode is announ•.ed in the latest letters from Russia, bearing date Deceraber, by which it appears that the lady of the surviving claimant, Baron Clement de Bode, has expired under excitement and anxiety, oc casioned by the responsibilities and peculiar position in which her family are placed by the recent decision of the court 4 ,3n relation to 'ais case. At the same time we learn that it is the determination of the present Baron to prosecute the long 'ending suit with energy, assisted by the mcst talented, n,nd distinguished counsel of the day, in defiance of any opposition that may hereafter be offered by the law and its technicalities, ¶he arrival el the Baron is hfaurly expected: AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION IN IRELAND. The following are quotations from the appendix to minutes of evidence taken before Commissioners on the occupation of land in Ireland, and consist of the leading portions of a paper on agricultural education, by Mr. Thomas Skilling, Model Farm, Glasnevin, Dublin, printed among the documents in that appendix:— That Ireland and her population are to be improved by the people themselves is, in my mind, an incontro vertible fact ; I mean the people of all classes. Tin poverty, discontent, and turbulei.ce of the great body of her inhabitants arise from ignorance, neglect, and mis management of their affairs. That the lower orders arc ignorant is not perhaps so much their own fault as that of the superior or higher classes, who have been placed in power and authority over them ; who ought to hay( been their natural guardians and instructors, but why have overlooked their duties and trust, and are now reaping the hitter fruits of their previous neglect. Tli chief cause, however, of the poverty of the masses arises from their own apathy, indolence, - and mismanage ment. This cannot he too frequently brought forward, inculcated, and placed in the strangest point of view befure the public mind. It is very wrong—it is cruel and wicked to make the people believe that the power of raising them from a state of degradation, wretchedness, and poverty, does net rest with themselves, but is pos sessed by some superior or extern power, whose caprice or malevolence is withholding their just rights, nay, the very necessaries and comforts of life from them. Nothing is so easily accomplished as to make a man be lieve that there is an excuse for all his errors, faults, and frailties ; and that there is a power over which be has no control, and which he may lay the blame that is producing all his embarrassments. This is peculiarly the case with farmers. It is no difficult matter with a farmer who is labouring his land in wet, among weeds, without stock, without manure, without any of the auxiliaries which would produce successful cultivation ; it is no difficult matter, I say, to convince him that all his evils arise from being rack rented, no matter what the rent he pays may be. He complains of the want of stock, the want of capital, at the same time he cannot be induced to use judiciously the producers of all capital, his hands and his soil. The want of competent know ledge among landed proprietors and their agents, has produced more misery and turbulence in Ireland than perhaps any other existing cause. It is pure igno rance that prompts a landlord or his agent to -dis possess the small holders on his property, and to throw his estate into large farms, because he sees large farms in Great Britain, in a country differently circum stanced in every respect; and it is want of knowledge and something more that induces him to allow his land to be comparatively useless, grazing sheep and cattle at 20s. or 30s. per acre, yet charges the poor cottier from 8/. to 121 for raising his wretched subsistence, a crop of cup or lumper potatoes. It must be ignorance that pro duces these and a multitude of other evils. It is not any inclination or morbid desire on the part of the higher classes to persecute, distress, and render miserable their fellow-creatures under them; and though I point out the errors of the great, I by no means wish to adopt, the too prevalent habit of attributing all the evils of Ire land, all the discontent and misery of her people, to the tyranny and oppression of her landlords. An unjust and malignant shout has been raised against them, kept up and joined in by those who should have known better. The great majority of them are kind, bene volent, and in every way disposed to promote the hap piness and comfort of the people under them. A bad landlord is the exception, not the rule. I do believe the greatest anxiety prevailing among the landlord class at present is, how they shall best promote the pros perity of their tenants, and thereby increase their in come and improve their property ; but their almost general want of practical knowledge in the proper ma nagement and true value of land, and their supplying the vacancy with silly, sometimes pernicious advice, pre vents their accomplishing what they so much desire. We hear much of rack-rents and oppressive landlords, but if there were more improving tenants there would be fewer bad landlords. The people are steeped in igno rance and poverty. They are waiting in listless apathy, and calling on Parliament and Government to relieve their distress ; it never occurring to them that for the real purpose of improving their social condition, remov ing discomfort, and attaining a degree of prosperity and happiness, they have more in their own power than both the Government and Parliament ; like the waggoner in the fable, they must "whip the horses, and put their shoulder to the wheel." Were all classes, from the landlord to the labourer, to lay their heads and minds together—have but one object in view, the improvement and happiness of the whole—act with mutual confidence, friendly feeling, and a continued reciprocal interchange of gocd offices; if ever this state of things arrive, the duties of Parliament and of Government will be very easily discharged. A man possessed of even a moderate share of agricul tural knowledge, scientific and practical, travelling on the top of a coach through Ireland, may easily explain the cause why the agricultural population aro wretched and poor. Let him drive east, west, north, or south, even through the best cultivated districts, and he will find ample cause for the poverty of the people. He will see the whole face of the best natural soil and country intersected and covered with an immense number of large crooked and useless ditches and gripes ; the ground saturated with wet, from the rain that falls and cannot get off; or from the large open gripes, which keep up a regular supply in the fields ; or from land springs or main springs, rising unheeded in different points through his fields ; at the same time the surface of the ground covered with stones, as if supplied for the necessary pur pose of drainage; .He will see a portion of the land scratched and turned over by the plough three or four inches deep, the same portion and depth, that has been scratched and turned over by himself and his ancestors for centuries, completely exhaused by a succession of grain crops, and filled with roots of weeds which supply the chief crop of the following year. Ile will remark the total absence of anything like a regularly formed or respectable dung heap; the wretched steels running over two-thirds of his holding, summer and winter, it lying in miserable pasture for that purpose, without green food or sustenance for cattle to produce manure during the winter, or milk for the use of himself and family ; at November lie finds the whole produce in the yard, a few small stacks of grain and a few pits of potatoes are all the man has to pay his year's rent, taxes, and other charges, clothe, and feed his family, and support his stock during the winter. Should the traveller go in another direction, he finds the scene changed —the whole face of the country has a different aspect, the farms are largo, and all in pasture, with numerous splendid flocks of sheep, and bullocks grazing upon them. This is the country for fattening the bullocks and starving the people ; here the oxen are luxuriating on the richest pastures, and the people starving on lumper potatoes in their miserable huts, without even a potato garden. Here the agent or middleman will let an. acre of land to fatten cattle for 305., hut charge the poor labourer or cotter from 8/. to 12/. for the iniquitous con-acre. The fair green of Ballinasloe annually presents one of the most singular anomalies on the face of the earth, and a fair specimen of the effects of true Irish misrule, not Parliamentary or Executive misrule, but the mis rule and mismanagement of the proprietors of the soil, their agents and middlemen. We there see a spe cimen of the most beautiful, well-conditioned, highly-fed cattle and sheep in the world, and along with them the most wretched, lean, half- starved, ragged, and miserable looking human beings to be found!, and the very parties who create and perpetuate this injustice and oppression, this anomalous state of things, which produces discon tent, turbulence, periodical famine, continued suffering and misery, these are the parties who are loudest in their shouts for justice to Ireland, and who even go so far as to take the benefit of this misery, to excite the u:4 wh ich three the ir old times pastures, thePthtrrhrealesvaieeset p r esent t l ti passions of the people to further their own sel fi sh and political ends—these are the people who cry loudest for Government interference and Acts of Parliament to re pave i t a y n de of cattle e c crops, by neve the miser whic h b d; yet ld we b re the Go n vernment to pass law by t ey wou e compelled to break mp paid, , the an d vre well num b er fed—ifef people su b would with their iniquitous customs, it would be ned and virulent opposi a keptlawsupported, o n y e t r h e e all announcedl a n d, employed,and d interferec 1 the enforcing of martiallaw trnioent indolent, bt3hatnb absurd, eamc oweirt eh i 0 n in the country. broughtl s and a change round themselves, who by the combined efforts of the classes tem, a change by all classes, date the It is not new laws we wan , t is a new chane of sys- Bil , or it i desi rable s not laltoinsenhetavlaewtl,iebuptormeerwtloedagcehlw.eeve hwsaunet; trumsi of the Legislature, but the instruction from the schoolma s t er . Tor e e d a u d e , a w ti r o i n te itora and c c i l p o h d e b r o , p i r s e c r o ; ns a i nd dere t d be qti of a family i s a l most un i versa ll y se lected for far mer. Every o th er tra d e or ca lli ng has a regular time, more or less, f or i ts acqu i rement—t h e car p e nter, mason, b i l t o t e h ck e a h feaar suf ficientd blacksmith, tailor, even the brogue-maker and chimney sweep must serve a certain apprenticeship before he is allowed or considered competent to practise his business. Not so the farmer. Any person capable of handling a spade, holding a plough, or performing any of the com mon practical farm operations —even those without any degree of practical knowledge —will without hesitation engage in a speculation to conduct all the various and complicated operations, managing in various soils, sea sons, courses of cropping, &c., which would require the highest degree of scientific knowledge and practical skill. Such things have kept the knowledge of the science and practice of agriculture so far behind al most all the mechanical trades and other profes sions, and steeped the great masses of the agricul tural population of the three kingdoms in compara tive ignorance. Such is this state of ignorance, that it has been, and I believe in. some places is still de bated, whether it is possible or practicable to teach the great leading principles of the science and practice to schoolmasters and scholars, and diffuse this important education through the community the same as any other branch of knowledge. Thanks to the Commissioners of Education, this great question has been settled and set at rest. They are the sirst public or private body in the crapire who conceived the idea, and put it in practical ereration. of having the leading principles of the scien ce 'tin.' practice of agriculture taught in every school, to the children of the middle and lower classes,' who attend these schools; and after several years of trial and expo rience, the system has sueceedt-d far beyond their most sanguine expectations, though the experiment has by no means been fairly carried out, nor did it get anything like justice. The want of funds and of books to carry forward the system has been much against its successful operation, yet we have seen as much as must convince the most sceptical that, with increased means, and some slight improvement in the mode of conducting the thing, in an incredibly short time, and at a trifling expense, this imlortant and indispensable branch of knowledge may be spread over the whole face of the country; incul cated and impressed on the youth and rising generation, whereby a thirst for knowledge- and a taste for all kinds of improvement will be the consequence, and an entire change in the habits and couditiun of the lower orders will be produced. The Board have begun at the right end of the subject —they propose to commence with the children, not the old people; and there is demonstrative proof that they are right. The plan adopted at the model farm for the purpose of training the masters, may be pointed out and explained. During the time the masters are in training in the lite. rary department is that chosen for giving the agricul tural knowledge aho; all the teachers in connexion with the Board, amounting to 2,800 or more, are intended to be trained in Loll departments. Of this number nearly 700 have been already trained in agriculture during the past six years, since the model farm has been established. The men are brought up in classes, averaging sixty indi viduals at a time, and remain five months. They are lodged and fed in the neighbourhood of the model farm, and fed on the produce. Five mornings in the week they attend a lecture on gardening during half an hour; and a h cture on the science and practice of agriculture during one hour—lectures and examinations alternately. The forenoon of eveT,Saturday they go upon the farm and see all Mir practices - bperations going on there, and have everything important explained to them. During the course the lectures comprise the following sub jects:— " The usual and common errors prevailing in the management of land ; the effects of such and the reale. dies." " The importance of clearing off and levelling useless ditches and fences." " The laying out farms in a regular and judicious manner, and according to a scien tific rotation." " Draining—its neglect, its importance, and effects ; different modes of." " Deepening the soil, different modes of, and its importance." " The c.inse quences of following a succession of grain crops." "The importance of a rotation ; and the raising a sufficiency of green crops for cattle feeding." "All the most useful rotations explained." " The consequences of weeds growing upon land, and the best methods of extirpating them." " The importance of a large stock of cattle on all farms, particularly s.nall." " Cattle make money and mar ure ; house-feeding them for that purpose summer and winter ; the kinds and quantities of food during the different seasons ; with the inip.oved methods of care and feeding." " The error of keeping too many horses, or any at all, on a small farm ; the expenses attending a horse during the year, one horse displacing two cows ; the comparative profit or loss between cows and horses on small farms." " General state of housing—dwelling and offices ; modes of planning and laying out, how to place the different apartments ; the dung heap—how to collect and manage it during the year, to place it in rear of the houses ; the cowhouse, dairy, piggery," &c. "Habits of the people—indolence, carelessness, want of energy and economy, want of early h a bi ts o f i n d ustry ; regardless of the value of time, &c." This is the first course. SECOND COURSE. " The importance of science to agriculture." " The sciences that ought to be studied—chemistry, geology, botany, vegetable physiology, animal physiology, and veterinary practice; mechanics, architecture, and a course of agricultural chemistry." " Nature of simple and compound bodies." " Nature of suits, chemical combi nations in ditto." " Use of soils, permanent improve ment of ditto." " Crops suitable to each; modes of cul ture and management." " Manures—organic and mineral ; their nature and chemical properties, modes of management, and proper application ; kinds suited to particular soils and crops." This is the second course. THIRD COURSE. " A general course of farm management during the year." " The various operations of ploughing (science of ditto), sowing, harrowing, digging, mowing, reaping, and housing crops." " Management of cattle, various breeds of ditto, feeding for milk and flesh, medical treat ment of cattle and horses, dairy management, milk, butter, and cheese, feeding of pigs," &c. All these subjects are discussed during the time of training. The men take a deep interest in the matter, and are extremely anxious to acquire knowledge; being mostly from country parts, the suns of labourers or farmers, and having previously some practical know ledge, they become very clever before the course is over, and always excel at the examinations. They ac quire this knowledge with much facility, and they agree in stating that they can teach it to the children with the same facility, much easier and quicker than the common branches of a mathematical and commercial education. As a reward (to the teachers having a few acres) fur proficiency in the management of their small holding, and for an efficient manner of teaching the science in the school, a small premium or gratuity be given them annually to pay the rent of their holding, or so, according to merit, upon the report of the agricul tural inspector or superintendent; one or more of these superintendents to be appointed by the Board for the purpose of looking after suc h matters , a nd particularly the district agricultural schools. There can be no doubt but agricultural schools and model farms attached, established on correct principles, and conducted on a proper system, &c., placed in diffe rent parts of the country, would tend more than any thing else to accelerate the progress of agricultural im provement. The people must have an example before their manage ment eyes of superior and modes of money making, before they will give up their absurd practices, and adopt an improvement. These schools and farms would be the cent ra l s i tuat i on and the me di um o f con veying information through an extended district. It is on such farms that absurd practices can at once be broken through and expo se d, and a new pr i nc i p l e carried out with success. These ought to be experimental as well ac model farms ; for they ought to be not alone placed in different situations and localities, but on different soils and in different heights in the atmosphere, by which the most valuable and important experiments could be carried out. In fact they might be an immense and efficient machine fur disseminating in the shortest possible time, and at the lowest possible cost, a su perior and important education through every part of the country. The great question next arises, how is this machine to be co ns t ructed in the shortes t ti me , in the simplest manner, an d at the cheapest rate ? f or expensive machinery is entirely out of the quest i on in this country, and cannot be a p roper example.. M y own opinion is, that in establishing such schools and farms in any part of Ireland, or on any gentleman's property, no portion of the public money voted by Parliament for the education of the poor, ought to be expended in making perma nent improvements on, or embellishing any private pro perty. I should say th at a l andlor d w h o i s to enjoy the benefits of such an institution among his tenants, and secured in the due pay ment of the renta l, is entitled to give a lease at a f a i r rent, accord i ng to t h e qu ality and situation of the land, and construct all the necessary farm buildings, likewise make, or assist to make, all permanent improvements, such as fencing, draining, &c. The Board may be fairly called on to build and furnish a school-room, but no more. They ought also to train and prepare a competent teacher at the model farm establishment. Glasnevin, and give him a fixed salary as an agricultural teacher. There ought at all such dis trict schools to be two teachers, an in-door literary teacher, and an out-door agricultural head teacher, the latter to pay the rental and all expenses of the farm, and to have the produce and income for his use, the same as the model-farm, Glasnevin, Lough Ash, and Cloghan. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S.—YESTERDAY. Very few subscribers were present, and business was on too small a scale to call for any introductory re marks. We subjoin a list of the bets NEWMARKET HANDICAP. 50 to 1 offered on the field, and give a nomination The entry closed in town and at Newmarket. CHESTER CUP. 50 offered on the field 650 to 10 agst Lord Chesterfield's Pam—taken 4000 to 55 ag,st SirC. Cockerell's The Dake of Richmond 300 to 5 taken about Mr. Meiklam's Diomed, with a nomination. DERBY. 350 to 50 agst Lord Eglinton's Van Tromp —t. and aft. of. 13 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Epirote-15 to 1 taken to 201. 1000 to 25 agst Duke of Richmond's Red Hart—taken and afterwards offered. 500 to 10 agst Mr. O'Brien's Liberator—taken 500 to 10 agst Mr. W. Scott's Christopher —taken twice 500 to 10 agst Colonel Anson's Bingham —taken 1000 to 15 agst Mr. Wreford's Whirligig Monimia colt— taken and afterwards offered 1400 to 20 agst Mr. A. W. Hill's Will o ' the Wisp—taken 1000 to 10 agst Mr. O'Brien's Bedlam —taken Captain Maynell's Severus, named by Lord G. Bentinck, ,wo or three days ago at Newmarket. OAKS. 3000 to 200 agst Mr. J. Day's The Farmer's Daughter—t. Mr. Plummer, breeder of the celebrated Alice Haw thorn, and of her darn Rebecca (the dam also of the Provost, Rowena, Annandale, and Fair Helen), died on Sunday last. His steed will come to the hammer. Mr. Peart's Oaks filly, by St. Martin, out of Mar chioness, named by Mr. A. Johnstone, has been named St. Margarets. THE EPSOM MEETINGS.—Four of the principal stakes to be run for at the two meetings close on the Ist of January, viz. :—the Metropolitan Handicap, with 5001: added ; the Grand Stand Plate, with 2001. added ; the Woodcote Stakes, with 100/. addt•d ; and a second Two years•old Stake, with 251 added ; making the total of public money 8251. Nearly forty men have been em ployed for a considerable period oti the new Derby course, which will be run on in 1848. The Minister of the Interior has just sent a cir cular letter to the rrefects of the dep ar t ments, ca lli n g upoq them to exorcise a very rigid surveillance over it:: hospitals, for the purpose preventing of further attempts at proselytism on the minds of the patients. The Mi nigter regards these atteinpteas contrary t..) the funtia mental laws of the state, which guarantee liberty of conscience and an equal protection to all persons, whatever_may be their relig ious faith.--Galignarii. BEDFORD BRANCH. The Train now leaving London at 10.45 axe. will leave at 11 a.m., arriving at Bedford at about 1.45 p.m. The Trail' now leaving London at 4 p.m. will leave at 3.45 p.m., arriving at Bedford at abut 6 p.m. A Train will leave Bletchley at 3.15 p.m., arriving at Bedford at about 4 p.m. . . "" . The irain now leaving Bedford at 10 a.m. will leave at 9.0 a.m., arriving at London at about 12 noon. A new Trainwill leave Bedford at 11.50 a.m., arriving at London at about 2.45 p.m., and at Birmingham at about 3.35 p.m. LEAMINGTON BRANCH The Train now leaving Coventry for Leamington at 8.45 a.m. will leave at 8.30 a.m.. The Train now leaving London for Rugby at 3.45 p.m. will leave at 4 p.m. . _ The Train now leaving Aylesbury at 10.30 a.m. will leave at 10.45 a.m., arriving at London at about 12.30 noon. The Train now leaving Birmingham at 8.0 a.m. will leave at 7.45 a.m., arriving at the intermediate stations and London 15 mi nutes earlier than at present. By order, Euston Station, Nov. 24, 1846. MARK HUM, Manager. D AVIES'S CANDLES, 6d. per lb. ; Genuine Sperm, Is. Bd. ; Yellow soap, 485., 545., and 603. per 112Ibs. ; Mottled, 60s. and 645.; Wax Candles. ls. per lb.; German Wax, Is. 2d. ; Fine Wax, Is. sd. ; Transparent Wax, Is. 10d. ; hl ermine Wax, 2s. Id. ; Waxed-wick Moulds, 7d.; Sperm Oil, Bs. per gallon; Solar, 3s. 3d. , Pale Seal, 4s. ; Argand, or Vegetable, 4s. 6d. ; Wind sor and Palm Soap, Is. 4d. per packet; Brawn Windsor, Is. 9d ; Rose, 2s. ; Almond, 2s. 6d. ; Sealing Wax, 4s. 6d.; Bale's Paragon Composite, requiring no snuffing, 910. ter lb. For Cash—At DAVIES'S Old Established Warehouse, 63, St. qartin's-lane, opposite Slaughter's Coffee-house. T HE PERFECT SUBSTITUTE for The high estimate formed by the public during the twelve SILVER. years WILLIAM S. BURTON'S (late IIII"PON and BURTON'S) chemically purified material has been before it (made into every useful and ornamental article usually made in silver, possessing, as it does, the characteristic purity and durability of silver), has called a into existence the deleterious compounds of " Albata Plate," " Berlin Silver," and other so called substitutes; they are at best but bad imitations of the genuine articles manufactured, and sold only by him. Fiddle Threaded King's Table Spoons and Forks, full size per Pattern. Pattern. Pattern, .. 12s. Od. 28s. 01. 30s. Od. Dessert ditto and ditto ditto. • • 108. Od. 21s. ed. 255. Od. Tea ditto and ditto, ditto ••• • .. ss. Od. Ils. Od. I 2s. Od. Gravy ditto •••••••• •• • • • • • • NICKEL ELECTRO-PLATED. —The REAL NICKEL SILVER, introdulted and made only by WILLIAM S. BURTON (late RIPPON and BURTON'S), when plated by the patent process of Messrs. Elkington and Co., is beyond all comparison the very best article, next to sterling silver, that can be employed as such either awfully or ornamentally. in the lengthened and increasing popu larity of the material itself, and the high character of the method of plating, the public have a guai•autee that the articles sold by W. S. Burton (and by him only) are, as it regards wear, immeasurably superior to what can be supplied at any other house, while by no possible test can they be distinguished trom real silver. Fiddle. Thread. King's." 30s • • 465. .. 58s. Tea Spoons, per dozen ........ 19s. .. 325. .. 38s. Dessert Forks •• "''• • • ' s Dessert Spoons Table Spoons ***** • •• 4 0$ . Elsa.• ••• 725. Table Forks• • 40s 80s. • • Ten and coffee nets, waiters can dlesticks, &c., at proportionate Prices. All kinds of re-plating 'done by the patent p rocess, Detailed catalogu es , its variety —39, Oxfoarr sent (per nos') free. with engravings,as well as of every ironmongery article, WILLIA.M S "f general Fu S. literally the largest in the world, and Furnishing Ironmongery is BURTON (late RIPPON and BURTON'S) Stock as no language can be employed to give a correct idea of Wens-street, -street (corner of Newman-street). Established in extent, purchasers are invited to call and inspect it INFLUENZA, COUGHS, AND COLDS. SIMCO'S ESSENCE of LINSEED is the most efficacious remedy ever discovered for the relief ofpersons suf fering from irfitonza ; the two , first doses generally arrest the pro gress of this distressing complaint, and a little perseverance com pletely removes it. Children's coughs, as well as recent ones in adults, will be removed by a few doses (frequently by the first), and asthmatic persons, who previously had not been able to lie down in bed, have received the utmost benefit from the use of Simco's Essence of Linseed. Sold by all Medicine Vendors. in bottles at Is. I%d. and 2s. 9d each. THE BEST REMEDY FOR INDIGP:STION. NORTON'S CAMOMILE PILLS are confidently recommended as a simple but certain remedy to all who suffer from Indigestion, Sick Headache, Bilious and Live Complaints ; they act as a powerful tonic and gentle aperient, impar ing strength to the stomach, and composure to the nervous system, Sold in bottles at Is. I jid., Js. 9d., and Ifs. each, in every town in the kingdom. 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' s - =•- , :.7, - (.' 1152 7.z. 4 .-- /..,., • ), , - . ),.. ~e_%.-,.__,. e -z ~~ -_ ~ :-~. "~~~ DECEMBER 25, 1846. THE NAVY. (From the Times.) It is very much to be wished that some competent authorities would complete the task which Admiral Bowles lately projected, and give the country a popular and intelligible view of the state of its naval force. Such a report would be fully as serviceable to the Adminis tration as satisfactory to the people ; for there is no -ingle subject on which misrepresentations are so easily made, or alarm so readily taken. No doubt a certain measure of trouble and inquiry would produce the re quired information, but jt is not every person who has leisure to collect the details, or is competent to form the estimate. The force of the French and American navies is perhaps more clearly understood thanjhe strength of our own, for succinct tabular statemeats are frequently issued by these Powers ; and we lately trans ferred to our own columns a royal ordinance of Louis Philippe, which conveyed as clear a view of the French marine as could possibly be desired. So far are we from anticipating any exposure, or conceiv ing that any discreditable considerations dissuade the publication of such documents, that we firmly believe the subject would be set at rest at once by a simple statement of facts. We are convinced that. to say the least, since 1840, our navy and our coast de fences have been improved and strengthened more quietly perhaps, but more effectually, than during any similar period previously, and that these reforms have been radical and not superficial, going to the very source of any mal-arrangements affecting the efficiency of our ships or the condition of our seamen. We have doubt less much to learn in the construction of war _steamers, and in that perhaps of sailing ships too; but, though our experience might possibly be purchased at a cheaper rate than the present, yet we have no idea of represent ing the rivalry of two architectural schools as franght Kith ruin to our marine. Our ships will be good enough for our sailors, whether built by Sir William or by the college which he superseded; and probably the worst craft ever constructed by either is far better than the vessels furnished to Nelson or Jervis, even if considered relatively to the improved materiel of our opponents. We know of no person more competent to discharge the task in question than Admiral Bowles himself, if lie would only satisfy the conditions he so clearly enounces, and make his pages mare in accord with his preface. In fact the Gallant Admiral seems to be entitled to some of the credit of the regulations we have so lately recorded in our naval intelligence, and which promise so much towards our security and our strength. We detailed last week the particulars of the measure, by which a reserve force of nearly 5,000 men, always available, will be added to the ordinary guard of our dockyards and arsenals, an addition gaiao.d at a very small expense and in the best possible fashi by organising and training in gunnery practice and simple military evolutions a hardy and robust body of men, already possessed of an esprit de corps, and who, by a little judicious management on the part of their officers, may easily be brought to look upon their new duties as a source of amusement and pleasure. Some measure of this sort we presume Admiral Bowles was contemplating when he suggested, in August last, "a complete revision of all our existing establishments,with a view of bringing every person employed in the mili tary departments into a general arrangement for the defence of his own locality, which would enable him to repair to his post without alarm or confusion." No doubt can exist of the expe diency of such an arrangement, and we are sure that if it is only conducted with proper tact, the men themselves will be the last to complain of it. We wish we could now state, that on the most important 'point ef all—that of providing an effective supply of trained sailors to man our ships in case of an emer gency—we were aware of any satisfactory measure at present in contemplation. There are here two questions to be considered,—the method of engaging the services of able seamen, and the method of retaining them ; and hitherto we have been as improvident in one respect as we were arbitrary in the other. We had no sooner col lected a ship's complement with some trouble, and trained them with great pains, than we turned them adrift on the world again ; and as the small number of men-of-war's people found in the merchant service— barely four per ceat of the whole—shows that they did not mainly resort to this quarter for employment, it follows, almost as a matter of course, that our trained and disciplined seamen betook themselves to another country for the wages they could no longer find in their own. There was, however, a circular issued from the Admiralty about three months ago, which cannot be too generally published, as it obviates this mischief in no inconsiderable degree- Its tenor was as follows : " Memorandum.—ln all future cases when any of her Majesty's ships are about to be paid off, their Lordships desire it may be distinctly explained to the men that it they choose to continue in the service they may have a month or six weeks' leave of absence, during which time their time and pay will go on, and that they will be at liberty to join any of her _Majesty's ships fitting out at any ports upon their return from such leave. " Their Lordships further desire that every facility may be given to the men to deposit their hammocks, clothes, &c., in the doAcyards during their stay on shore, in the manner prescribed by their memorandum, dated April 13, 1842, the object of which their Lordships de• sire may be fully impressed upon the men, and the regu lation strictly attended to. " By command of their Lordships, " Sept. 1, 1846. ‘• 11. (1. WARD. " To all Flag-officers, Commanders-in-Chief, " Captains, and Commanders of her " Majesty's ships and vessels." Perhaps, it is hardly worth While to contend for the exclusive credit of so obvious a suggestion; but we may remark, that Admiral Bowles had hinted a month before, that "Ships returning from foreign service, in good con dition (not requiring more than two months' repair) should not he paid off, but that the crews should have six weeks' leave of absence, offering all those who had served above a certain period their discharge or re-entry for another term." But little difficulty is apprehended, by persons acquainted with the subject, in retaining the services of those sailors who have been lately afloat. A good seaman is rarely desirous of changing his berth. .The Queen's service is anything -but unpopular to those who know its character; and though the pay is small, yet there is a compensation in the allowances and other matters which does raise it above its nominal value. It is certainly found, in practice, that the men are content enough with their plight, and far from wishing to roam. The disinclination to the pennant is discovered precisely in those quarters where the tradition of the last war, and the mischievous libels of crimps, and others interested in scaring the sailor from his best service, are least cor rected by experience and observation. There are no ports where the Queen's service is so popular as at Ply mouth or Portsmouth, while our greatest shipping towns scarcely supply a volunteer. It is clear, however, from the readiness with which eligible lads entered for the navy the other day, when a week's opportunity was offered them—and which was such as to satisfy the de mand in a much shorter space than might have been pre sumed—that we have the means at hand for providing against any calls not very immediate. The difficulty of the main question is this:—We cannot meet an emer• gency without a reserve; and we cannot keep a reserve without an expense which might be misrepresented and censured. The problem, therefore, in the solution of which many heads have been occupied, is the reconcile ment of these differences; or the division, if possible, of both the cost and services of the reserve corps between the State and some other body ;—in other words, it is sought so far to alienate those services as to make it worth while for another party to hire them; and so far to retain them, that they may be secured at a few days' notice. Some of the plans proposed fur this purpose we may notice on a future occasion. P.R./C1?. SD. late strong south-west gales, may be considered almost miraculous. The Dundee Merchant had 150 barrels of sperm oil on board when cast away. The three boats were sold at auction, yesterday, for 401.—Sydney Herald of Aug. 19. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE, DEPUTATION FROM DIRECTORS OF IRISH LINES TO GOVERNMENT. Yesterday an influential deputation from the aggregate meeting of Irish directors, held with a view of consi dering how the progress of their works might be made available towards relieving_the present alarming and in creasing destitution of the poor of Ireland, waited upon the Right Hon. Charles Wood, Chancellor of the Ex chequer, at his c fficial residence, Downing-street. The deputations, who were introduced by Mr. George Moffatt, M.P., comprised the following gentlemen:— Mr. Alderman Joseph Boyce, director of the Midland Great Western and Royal Canal Company; Messrs. James Perry, director of the Midland Great Western and Royal Canal Company; Joseph Kincaid, director of the Dublin and Kingstown Railway; George Tyrrell, director of the Londonderry and Enniskillen; Henry Currie, F. H. Hemmings, B. Layard, and William Frith. The interview lasted upwards of two hours. Mr. Alderman BOYCE informed the Chancellor of the Exchequer that the deputation had the honour of waiting upon him in order that they might submit their views respecting the expediency of the Go vernment affording aid by direct loan to Irish railway companieF. Some days ago another de putation, of which he also was a member, waited upon his Excellency the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland with a similar object. His Excellency promised to for ward their statement to the government backed by such recommendation as he considered the extreme urgency of the country in which he was placed imperatively re quired from him; but while they felt deeply grateful to his Excellency for the courtesy extended towards them, and for the interest manifested by him in a subject of such vital imporLanoe to the people of Ireland, they felt that it would be a dereliction of duty on their part if they did not communicate personally with the heads of the government at the seat of legislation; particularly as but a very brief period would elapse before the assem bling of Parliament, and exertthemselves to the utmost in demonstrating the necessity that existed for the re quired loan at a crisis of so awful and alarming a nature. Several of the Irish railway directors assembled in Dublin last Friday week, and it appeared to them that government aid to Irish railway companies, by way of loan, would enable them to assist very materially in relieving the present distress, and afford the same relief for a considerable period, by providing an imme diate and ample field for unemployed and prodne tive labour in the acceleration of their works. They further considered that this employment would not be confined to any locality, but would be spread over large districts of the country, from north to south, and to carry out that object the meeting empowered the depu tationista to submit to the Government the following -suggestions :—That previously to a loan from Govern ment to any Irish railway company, 20 per cent, of their capital shall be bona fide paid up, and expended on the undertaking ; that the Government shall advance to such company a sum not exceeding 30 per cent. of their capital, in instalments of 5 per cent., at such times as an equal amount sh a ll b e p a id up b y the shareholders. The Right Hon. Gentleman would perceive that the amount cf loan thus re quired was less than that now authorised by their Acts to be borrowed, but it brought that power into action sooner. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER asked the amount of capital of the Irish Railway Companies al ready incorporated. Mr. KINC AID said that in the statement drawn up by the deputationists for the perusal of her Majesty's Go vernment, there was a table showing the number of Irish railways incorporated in the years 1845 and 1846, to gether with the amount of their capitals. In the former year there were eleven companies incorporated, the aggregate of whose capitals exceeded by a few hundreds 7,425,0001., and in 1846 the number of incorporated rail way companies was increased by twenty-one, their capitals figuring in the aggregate 8,817,9001. Now if the plan suggested were carried out, the total amount to be advanced by Government would be 4,890,0001. ; namely, in 1847, 1,250,0001. ; in 1847-8, 1,000,0001. on the incorporated companies of 1845 ; and in 1847-8, 1,320,0001. ; in 1848-9, 1,320,0001. on the incorporated companies of 1846. During the same period the sum total to be paid up by shareholders was estimated at 9,910,0001. The CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER observed, that it he understood the suggestions of the deputation aright, they required a Government loan of 4,890,000/. to be expended on the construction of Irish railway com panies incorporated in 1845 an d 1846, an d t o be Ld vaneed in the following proportions, at stated periods, 1.250,0001. in 1847, 2,320,0001. i n 1847.8, an d 1,320,000/ in 1848 9. Mr. Alderman BOYCE said that was what the meeting of directors bad instructed them to suggest, and to urge upon the Government the propriety of conceding it at as early a period as possible. Mr. PERRY explained that if the required Government loan were granted, there would be arising from that grant and the deposits of shareholders suffitimt capi tal to warrant an expenditure of 4,260,000/. in 1847, 4,640,0001. in 1847.8, 4,140,0001. in 1848 9, and 1,760,0001. in 1849. The advantages to the Government Crom adopting the plan suggested were fully detailed in the statement prepared by the director's deputation, and lie would take the liberty of directing the Chancellor of the Exchequer's particular attention, to them. Instead of advancing an immerse amount of monex, unassisted, for carrying Out works for the most part of i fquestionable ,utility, and in many instances worse thate.useless, from the pauperising effect already so apparent upon the in dustrial habits of the labourer by the present system of baronial relief, and with the prospectof repayment at best but doubtful, by advancing five millions dating the next :three years to Irish railway companies, an additional 'sum of ten millions would be paid by the shareholders, 'thereby causing fifteen millions to be expended on Irish railways, the advintages of which can scarcely be over- Fated, as, whatever improvements are in, Contemplation for Irela id, t 'ese must prove to be most important auxiliaries. It appears from the present weekly expen iliture by the Government for the relief of distress, and ;which has been rapidly on the increase, that by August :rext the amount will probably be above 6,000,0001., thus exceeding the bans required fir railway companies for the next three years. The security would be ample for the repayment of the loans, which would only amount to three-eights of the money ectually expended on the works, whilst the direct profits to Government, by bor rowing at 3 per cent., and lending at 4 per cent., would be as follows :-5.000,0001. to be returned by annual instalments in 20 years, commencing soon after the ad yance, would bear a gross amount of interest equal to an average of ten years ; 41. per cent. per annum un ,000,000/. would yield 200,000/., from which deduct 31. per cent; per annum on the same sum, 150,0001 . , leav ing a clear profit of 50,000/, to the Government, which, upon an average of ten years, would amount to 00,000/. To this might be added the direct buy not unimportant advantage in the greatly increased con 4umption of tea, coti , e, su,..ar, and other articles pay , Vg duties, as well as of low-priced manufactured corn lnodities. An animated discussion then took place between the phancellor of the Exchequer and the deputationists, re specting the progress of public works in Ireland, and details connected with the prospocts of railway compa nies. Upwards of an hour having been uccupied in an exceedingly interesting conversation, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, who received tivith marked attention the statements submitted to him, Said it was not to beexpeetcd he could undertake to give the deputation any definite promise. The subject they had brought under his notice was one of a highly im portant nature, and they might rest asiared that in all Its details it would receive the most attentive considera tion of Government, who were anxious that labour should he directed into productive channels, and not expended on useless or unproductive works. i The deputation then retired, impressed with the desire inanifested by the Chancellor of the Exchequer to further their views. LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN EXTENSION. Yesterday another Court of Compensation was held at the Horns Tavern, Kennington, before Mr. R. Wal linger, assessor, and a special jury. Mr. Montagu Chambers, Q.C., and Mr. Lush, ap peared for the claimant, and the Attorney-General, Mr. M. D. Hill, and Mr. Merewether for the company. The claimant, Mr. Miskin, is a practising surgeon and dispensing chemist, carrying on his profession and oc cupying a house and back premises, being No. 59, in the Westminster-bridge. road, under a lease, of which twenty six years remain unexpired. at a rent of 551., in addition to some stabling at the back, also occupyed by him under lease. On notice being givene by the railway company that these premises were required for the pur • poses of the railway, Mr. Miskin sent in a claim for the loss of his interest in the unexpired term of years in the lease and for the fixtures on the premises amounting to 9041. 103. 5d., and a further claim of the enormous sum of 1,5431. 12s. Bd. for the good .will of his profession, by sudden removal, and the removal of his furniture and stock. The railway conipany it appeared conceived the claim to be far above wh . at tbe claimant was fairly en titled to, and refused to piy. The ATTORNEY GENERAL said, addressing the jury, he was happy that he had succeeded in rendering it unnecessary to occupy their time; he had on the part of the company (who wore disposed in all cases to-act with fairness and libtltdity)rnda6 it'pfdp•Osition to his Learned Friend, Mr. Chambere, which had been accepted. The claimant had made out a claim amounting to 2,4481. 3s. Id., but, acting under the advice of his counsel, had con sented ; that a verdict should be taken for 1,2001., the amount offered by the company. The jury then returned a verdict of 1,2001., being 1,2481. 3s. Id. less than claimed; the verdict including damages or compensation for value of property, good will, and removal. The court was crowded by the inhabitants of adjacent premises: W ARRA NG EMENT OF THE RE AT WESTERN MAlL.—Atter Wednesday next, in compliance with the orders of the Postmaster-General, the night mail from Exeter to Paddington will start a t 9 p.m., instead of 9.35 _'"9.-- -z-_-e---c__,,. . . p.m., as heretofore ; it will leave Bristol tit. 11 . 5 0 p.m. ; Gloucester, 11.40 p.m.; Oxford, 1.45 13... ca, .; and the other stations in like proportion. OPENING OF THE IPSWICH AND BURY ST. ED. MINDS.—This line was opened yesterday for passenger trains. The distance from London to Bury, by - road, is 71 miles ; by rail, via Ipswich, 95 miles. The inha bitants of Bury were in hopes that they would .not be charged by the circuitous route of the line, but by the road distance. The following scale of fares issued by the Eastern Union Company shows, however, that such is not the fact. From London toßury, first class, 18s., second class, 124.; third class, 7s. With a view of comparing the circuitous with the direct fares, we may mention that the Eastern Counties Company charge for a distance of 71 miles, on the Cambridge line, at the rate of—first class„ 14s. ; second class, 10s. ; third class, ss. 11d. The sin gularity of the fares on the Bury line is, that the same amount is charged for going 84 miles from the metro polis as the whole distance, 95. INDIAN LINES. (From the Overland Delhi Gazette.) RAILWAY TRAFFIC. —We have been favoured with detailed table, giving the actual traffic on the grand trunk road, near Cawnpore. The results are, briefly, a. daily average for the month of September, of 67 - 2 hackeries, laden and unladen ; 13.8 camels, ditto ; 14 2 bullock and ponies, ditto ; 9.4 coolies and banghies, ditto. 1 . 3 carriages ; 15 . 9 native bailees ; 1.2 palkees ; 1.1 doolees ; 0 . 4 elephants ; 94 0 horses ; 1.022.2 foot passengers. There is, perhaps, no country in the world, with any pretence to civilisation, in which there is such an im mense mass of unproductive labour, as in India, and, stranger still to say, in that species of labour, the car rying trade, if we may so term it, which, above all others, entails a constantly recurring expense. Out of 4,032 hackeries which passed over the Ca ..npore Trunk-road, from the Ist to the 30th of September, inclusive, 3,228 were laden, and 804, or one-fifth of the whole number unladen. We could scarcely have selected a more strik ing instance in proof of our hypothesis. The fact itself is sufficiently trative of the carrying trade, and of the expense of carriage generally—for the unproductive labour must somehow be paid for ; and what process so simple, we do not say so expedient, as that which compels the owners of goods to pay at the rate of lf tons of goods for every ton thus carried ; and yet such is the system iii practice generally in India, and such, perhaps, it must necessarily be with such lumbering and crazy conveyances as we see daily passing before us. The same remark applies, and, perhaps, with still greater accuracy, to the transit of smaller parcels as effected by coolies and banghies. The proportion of unproductive labour must be, in this instance, still lamentably greater, and serves to show how backward this country is in its several, and even in its peculiar, modes of transit. With these preliminary remarks we may proceed to examine the valuable registry of traffic already noticed, IA the same time premising that such information as we may glean from the statistical details of one month must necessarily be very imperfect, and more especially when that one month happens to be, as iu the present instance the most unfavourable month for traffic in the year. Our acquaintance, moreover, with that particular dis trict is not sufficiently intimate to enable us to draw any definite conclusion from the traffic on any one par ticular line of read, as that from east to west, as to what it may bP also from north to south. Taking the usual loads as undermentioned—for a four •bullock hackery, 20 maunds ; an elephant, 20 ; camel, 6 ; bulleck, 2i ; pony, ; coolie, i—and, making due allowance for such conveyances as passed unladen, we find, with that safe proviso, errors excepted, that the average daily amount of goods exceeded in weight 43 tons. On the principle that money makes money, and that railways create traffic, this amount would be consi derably increased, arid there would be, supposing the charge not very exorbitant, at least 60 tons of goods available for dispatch daily, and as the average weight of a Manchester and Liverpool train is, if we recollect rightly, about 47 tons, there would be a sufficient supply, under any circumstances, for a daily train up and down in one isolated district. The averag e cost for conveyance of goods by l an d carriage in ndia may be estimated at 30 rupees per ton (271 maunds) every 100 mile s. By a railway at the or dinary rate of 2138 pence per ton per mile, at the ave rage velocity, it would be 13 rupees per ton per 100 miles. Here, then, there would be an actual saving, in the mere cost of conveyance, of nearly 200 per cent., and this saving, in addition to the other unnumbered ad vantages which increased speed affords, would act more powerfully to bring into action the productive resources of India than any legislative enactment or any system of bolstering privileges whatever. •In the registry of traffic on which these remarks aro founded are not included, we have reason to infer, any returns of Government stores, which ara constantly passing through the country. These latter, we understand, except in time of war, or when there is any unusual emergency, are forwarded by river transit, when such is available, and must therefore have been overlooked when the statement of traffic was being pre pared. But as the railway companies may reckon with every confidence on the employment which Government c•in furnish, we have only to add the amount of those stores to the general traffic of the country, and we shall form by no means a disheartening estimate of the amount of goods available for transit. It wouidbe difficult, or perhaps next to impossible, to form even any approximate guess of the number of tra vellers who could afford to pay the fare, however low it may be, for railway travelling. The table under con sideration furnishes us with a sufficiently distinct >vials", of the number of travellers on that particular road. The total is somewhat startling ; more than 1,200 are daily passing on that road, and yet bow few of these could afford to pay even at the rate of a pice per mile. The number passing daily in carriages and native convey ances, palkees and doolies, at the lowest average, exceeds 48, and of these perhaps 20 could afford to pay for a seat in a train. The number passing on horses and ponies is placed at 94, and of these perhaps a fifth part would give up the horse for the rail. We have at this rate, without including any from the foot-passenger class, about 35 travellers daily likely to avail themselves of the accom modation thus offered. If the charge for third-class passengers be sufficiently low, something slightly in excess of that charged for goods, we might multiply this number by ten, and give the result as the average daily amount of railway passengers. We have to add to this the charge for conveyance of the mails and Government servants,:and shall even then:form a very inadequate idea of the extent of travelling which railwa; s would create. We have only to multiply these results by ten—per haps by a hundred—in order to gain a more correct estimate of the amount of traffic in a single section of the country. The railway system, like the human frame, is wonderful and complex in all its parts ; and if the system be healthy, all its movements are regu lated with unerring precision. As it is impossible to guess from the infant in arms whether he may turn out eventually a giant or a pigmy in stature and strength, so is it impossible to guess, especially under circum staaces so novel and in such an immense breadth of country, whether a railway can ever here possibly present those gigantic combinations which elsewhere it has confessedly displayed. A raily may be easily projected, and, as tar as the difficulties of engineer ing are concerned, as easily made ; but it can only thrive by unremitting vigilance on the part of its conductors, and by the line having been so judiciously selected as to embrace the requirements of the country, and to unite its main arteries. A railway, so we are told, now connects the Falls of Niagra with the re motest parts of Albany, and what was formerly a fatiguing tour of many weeks, may now be passed over With ease at the rate of sixteen miles an holm. Cities containing a population of 20,000 souls now occupy sites on which, about twenty-five 3 ears ago, long cabins Were constructed. The extremes of civilization may be ',here said to meet, for groups of Indians, lately the an (/):).irite,tirtraobrlesaolewraietrtshoef v il l b ju ri s iai s i ta la ti e o d n s h a ou rou se n s d, ti ts ir em si b m le pl t e o trinkets, and gaze at the ponderous machine as it rushes o,rward to its destination. And why may not the same eesults be anticipated in a country like India, in which eiver)thing is in an infinitely higher state of advance [bent, and which has enjoyed, m such an eminent de „iree, so long an interval of rest and security? Th e .eport of the railway directors proves, if any proofs are tequired, the feasibility of railways. The registry of . traffic, on which we have commented, proves likewise that there is a sufficiency of goods for transit; and thus has the first pebble been thrown, which, in due time, by the zeal of l assers by, will be converted into 'a mountain. ALARMING FL/MS.—Last night a fi re , near l y at tended with fatal consequences to a mother and infant, broke out at No. 4, Victori a -pl ace , U n i on - street, Borough, in the occupation of Mr. Alfred Wilson. It appeared that Mrs. Wilson, whohad been confined only a few days, was sleeping with her infant in the first floor back, when a spark flew from the grate, and alighting on the bed set it in flames. The screams of the poor woman brought the other inmates and several neighbours to the room, who, after much trouble, succe eded in rescuing the infant and its parent from destruction. The brigade engines quickly attended, . and the fire was confi ne d t o that part of the premises i n it commenced. Un fortunately the occupier was uninsured. A second fire broke out at 12 ; Dover place, New Kent-road, the pro perty of Mr. J. Hepburn. It originated in a similar manner to the above. The brigade and West of England engines promptly attended, and th e fire was soon ex tinguished, the damage done not being very considerable. Fortunately Mr Hepburn was insured in the Sun-office. At the fire that broke out yesterday morning, in Edward-street, Portland-place, the escape belonging to the Royal Society for the Protection of Life from Fire, stationed in Great Portland-street, was the means of saving the lives of seven or eight persons. The flames had obtained such a firm hold of the premises before the discovery was made, that had it not been for the timely assistance afforded, all these persons must have been burnt to death. CEIRISTMAS-DAY AT THE WouttlionsEs.—From an elaborate report we have received of the number of pau pers in each of the metropolitan workhouses, and the fare with which they are to be regaled to-day, we learn that roast beef, potatoes, and plu:n pudding, with porter, tobacco, and snuff, for the males, and tea, sugar, &c., to the females, are to be dispensed with more or less liberality. We also learn, which is them , laueholy fact, that a very considerable increase has taken place since last Christmas in the number of in-door and out-door paupers in the metropolitan unions. Pauperism is making frightful progress in Belgium. The number of poor persons inscribed on the registers of the charitable institutions is from 7 to 800,000, out of 4 millions of inhabitants, or nearly the fifth part of the • population. The proportion is still more considerable in lri:Julcr, %here pauperism Lipp; ars to be passing into a _hogs is chronic htute. Irclaud. i'l.ls stalc! of organic —the dar;►ess ot articlus of feud, and the deca dence of the linen manufacture; occasioned by the revo lution which has taken place in the method of fabrication. - SHIPWRECK. MORETON BAY, AUG. 13.—This port has again afforded a place of refuge to a shipwrecked crew, cast away among the numerous reefs to the northward on the 17th of July last. The particulars of the loss of this vessel are here subjoined : Schooner Dundee Mer chant, Owen Davis master, of and from Hobart Town, the sth of January last, upon a whaUng voyage, was, whilst cruising on the east coast of New Holland, set (before daylight of the morning of the 11th ult.) by the current upon the extensive reefs stretching out from New Caledonia. Owing to the chronometer being broken, and thereby rendered useless, the vessel had, by being worked by dead reckoning, got nigh upon 200 miles out of her course ; no indication of the vicinity of danger was observed the evening before the unfortunate occurrence, nor was any broken water discovered by the watch pre vious to the vessel striking, and it was only upon day light breaking they were enabled to discover their true position. A very short time after the schooner grounded she bilged, all hopes were therefore at once abandoned of saving the craft, and instant preparations made to leave the wreck in the three whale boats. A small quantity of biscuit, about two cwt., was got into the boats, with a few breakers of water, with which the boats shoved off to a small sandy island lying about 12 miles distant, at which place they remained two days, fitting their little crafts with canvas wash-streaks, to en able them to contend against the boisterous waves. Finding it impossible to get to windward so as to fetch New Cale donia, they bore away for New Holland, the Northum berland Isles were sighted on the 24th ult., and they were enabled to land shortly afterwards on this coast, near Kepple Bay, to procure water ; as usual, te blacs watched an opportunity to attack the weary mar h iners, k at a moment when they were unfortunately unprepared, t h e ir fire-arms being unloaded, having previously been fired off at some birds ; upon the men retreating to their boats, one Poor fellow received a spear wound in his breast, several others had very narrow escapes, spears passing through their clothes, and the feet of those who were very destitute of shoes were much cut and lacerated with running over the oyster-shells ; fortunately the whole got into the boats and pushed elf from this inhospitable shore, leaving behind some of their water-kegs. After enduring incredible hardships and privations, by land and sea, they made this port on the 31 instant, when happily the schooner Wil liam was working up to the river; Captain Ereeman immediately administered to their inclividual wants, and brought the whole , q them, 15 in nun:be:r, to L'lisb.tue. Captain Allen, of the steamer Tamer, kindly gives a passage to Sydney to the master and mate. with four of the s‘utueu Thu tlistaucu traven,ed these unfortu nate seamen, in their boats, is little short of 1,200 miles; their escape ut this particular season of the year, in the -_,---- / ; PEARL DEN 'ROWLANDS' TIFRICE , a WHITE POWDER . for the TEETH, com pounded of the choicest and most reserche-ingredients of the Oriental Herbal, of inestimable value for preserving a n d beautifying the Teeth and strengthening the Gums. It extirp a t es all tartarous adhe sions to the Teeth, and ensures a pearl-lfke Whiteness to the melted surface. Its Anti-Septic and Anti - Scorbutic Properties arerneasi the further progress of decay of the Teeth, Induce a healthy action of the Gums, and cause them to assume the Ijcightness and colour indi cative of perfect soundness. T'ne Breativ also attains a fragrant sweetness truly grateful to its possessof.: Its truly efficient and fragrant aromatic properties have obtained - its selection by the Court and Royal Family of Great Britain, and the Sovereigns and Nobility throughout Europe, while the general demand at once announces the favour in which it is universally held. Price 2s. 9d. per box. CAUTION. —To protect the public from fraud, the lien. Com m i s _ stoners have directed the proprietors' name and tioddress to be en graved on the Government stamp, thus "A. ROWLAND and SON, 20, H a tton-garden," and which is affixed on each box. S o ld by hens, and by Chemists and Perfumers. ,-t-; ____ 4