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It is his intention to persevere in that course which has already given such general satisfaction, viz., to combine the best Wines, Viands, Attendance, and Cleanliness, with lioderate Charges. The salubrity of Lowestoft, the ex ce ll en t bathing, and beauty of I , _ nei ghbaurhood, for riding and walki n g, a re too well known to Vre comment. S. HO WETT has only, therefore, in conclusion, V i attenVon to the easiness of access and lowness of fares front b e e places, a li st of which is subjoined, and to express his hope tha t ' lll continue to experience that liberal support with which he alr eady been favoured. Wednesday and Saturday, until further notice, Passe n g ers ~,o iced as under : After- Fares to Lowestoft and back. From noon ----..--- _.--.- ".."4 "'"•••........__.___ ' at Ist Class. 'LI Class. 3d Class --- to n Won. . H. M . s . d. s. d. s. d. I , lltabrid„: ..... ••• • • • .... 2 0 20 0 15 0 106 0 6 bt.b. e . - ... • ...... ....... .. 345 12 0 9 0 Chatt ee ii• • 2 5 ?et s•••••• • • • • .. . 233 14 0 10 0 7Os pr, s ,.--rough ••• • • 3 0 )Ise t h ath • ••• ........ ....... 315 Fay '" • 340 12 9 0 9 0 G 0 .-----:'' ••• • . ..... ........ 420 0 6 9 4 6 --._ * Arriving at Lowestoft at 7 45. L will be available for the return journey by the trains thin seven at 3 r.m. on week days, or any train on Sundays, '!,'eyen days of the date of Issue. audition to the ordinary established trains, rad Express Trains plll 744:riving in Lon 4. _ , , 0n and aft er t h e I s t o f August, leave Lowesto ft at IA before 7 ton at II o'clock ; IA past 4 v.m., arriving in Lo wee „at 10 . And from Bishopsga t e Station at 5 P.M., arriving at , oft at 25 min. past 9. u.,.. a nulY Tickets are issued at the Lon don Station by all trains to ~..festoft at about the charge of a single fare, available for the re "lnliOurtiej any time within 28 days of issue. STEAM to ST. HELENA. p The General Screw Steam S hi pp ing Company's Steamer ~,„ 2 4 - Z r ONTIS, Captain T. W. GLOVER , w ill sail from London OR the tia lp and Plymouth on the 27th instant , for the Cape of Good Hope, R e „„ n g at St. Vincents and St. Hele na. This vessel has excellent eZi u : modation for passengers, and space for a limited quantity of Ap • ft,,, pllcatlon as to passage money to b e made at the Company's ii . ; BB , 2, Royal Exchange-buildings; and for freight, to Messrs. ,7!'° ll r, Laming, and OWen, 157, Fenchurch-street, City. GRAVESEND STAR PACKETS. Fore Cabin. Saloon. To or from Gravesend and London...• • • .... 10d. . Is. 2d ' » Gravesend and Blackwell and Woolwich Bd. .... Os. Rid. p:''ween Gravesend and Intermediate Piers.. 6d. .... Os. Bd. rickets call at the Grays, Greenhithe, and Purfieet Piers. `lollst the pismcas underlined.,(woaSher perr.aitiing), FROM TERRACE PIER, GRAVESEND. WEEK DAYS SUNDAYS. to m 3 ti t ti 1 - Time. i 4 'B 1 - ! - 5 - 6% Dir ect o Trains from the Boats marked t .2 u libuses from Fenchurch-street Station to all parts of Lon don 7r e quarter of an hour. 11 BRUNSWICK WHARF, BLACKWALL, on the arrival of the following Trains from the Fenchnrch-street Station. WINK DAYS SUNDAYS. m 1 Vti 4) l 2 - •= 4 3 t F c. ~ I c7 1- !_ - _ _ _ _ . 4 r.s' 8 6 At I rine; Time. 8 91i 9 1a % 145% 9 '- 93( - 10% - 11 1% - 5 -i s.,. B EAT irr ranages marked * are run direct. 10 . TS.—Twelve Months, 51.05. • Six Months, 81. tack ee eV nths, 21. Os.; to be had of the Collectors on boar *Lu _ r Mr. Monk, Terrace Pier, Gravesend. Y 31852 CORNWALL R A.ILWAY. Notice HALF YEARLY OPINARY MEETING. is Hereby Given, that the - next II ALF-YEARLY ORDI; MEETING of the Shareholders of the Cornwall Railway $ will be held at th e Council Chamber , within the Town On SATI7B „ "LI in the b orough of Truro in the coun ty of Corn! , all T the 28th day of August ' next, at One o'clock in the afternoon P r ecisely. Ar l s olution will be submitt e d t o the Meeting a b o ve mentioned to 1„,.511e1 the forfeiture of c er t a i n Sh ares a nd to directZOrfeite th e Sharon so con. d to be sold er otherwise disposed of. T he t ransfer books will be closed on the 14th ins tant and will not -c re -opened until after the said half-yearly meeting. M. WILLIAMS, Chairman. W. M. TWEEDY, Deputy Chairman. e° rnwall 11, • Truro, Aug. 10, 1852. lir EMIGRANTS.—The following GUTTA ~..._ PERCHA ARTICLES will be found of great value to DETGI - especially such as are proceeding to the GOLD . - 1, 1 „'"S. Gutta Percha Lining for Boxes, Buckets, Drinking 1 ,„‘57, Life Buoys, Flasks, Washing Bowls, Syphons, Outta 134 7 . Za Tubing, Suctions for Pumps, Jugs, Carboys for Gun dry ir' M iners'. Caps, Boot and Shoe Soles. To keep the feet ftecured the utmost importance to the emigrant. This may be evat ermo b Y r the use of Gutta Percha soles, which are . perfectly be put on ,4,ebeaper, and more durable than leattn-. '11,,y can kno wn am with ease by any one. This'eannot be too extensively shoemakerTgst Australian emigrants, as it is now difficult to find a of shape, 4 that country. Gold Washing Vessels of every variety Gutta box, — w i t /r i laY be to order. Directions to emigrants for lining Ici ary b ~ '' ma sea be had pereha Sheet (so as to preserve the contents from &e y sea water), also forputting on soles of boots and shoes, ,craPatirs Dealers GRATIS,on application to any of the Outta Percha PATENTEES, Ti lt GIFTT . A PERCIIA COMPANY, .__ 18, IVIIARF-ROAD, CITY-ROAD, LONDON. GOLD ! GOLD ! GOLD ! ! This day is published, price One Shilling, "A-CTICAL EXPERIENCE at the DIG GINGS of the GOLD FIELDS of VICTORIA. B 7 WILLIAM H. HALL, Fourteen Years Resident in Australia. Effingham Wilson, Coloal Publisher, 11, Roal Exchange. Or b® m g may be had all neniw Publications relating to the Colonies. PATRON —H. R. H. PRINCE ALBERT. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. LECTURES. J. H. Pepper, Esq., on Testing Gold, and on the Australian Gold Districts ; and also on the Alleged Adulteration of the Burton Bitter Ale with Strychnine. 4 3 , Dr. Bachhoffner :on the Patent Polytechnic Gas Fire : and on the Mode of Preserving Fresh Provisions, illustrated by Specimens from Messrs. Ritchie and M'Call, and Samples of Moore's Patent Concentrated Milk and Fadeuilhe's Solidified Preserved Milk. ; , ,Y Mr. Crispe, on Morrall's Patent Needles. tIY George Buckland, Esq., on Music, illustrated by Patriotic and Old English Songs, assisted by Miss Blanch e Younge, R.A. of Music. A ew Series of Dissolving Views.—Exhibition of the Microscope, Ste. Admission, la. ; schools and Children under Ten years of age, alf - Price. For Hours, see Programme. Superb Specimens of Patent Silvered Glass. tAS T AND W E S T d,re- The rising and the setting of t he sun was anciently consi - the compass of the whole world. a circumstance illustrated by 'MOSES an SON'S East and West Establishments for seasonable attire, now replete with all the novelties in the world, in elegant andi serviceabl e dress. For Sportsmen. the style which gives comfort s?'..r a sporting on th e sea - co ast, o Porting exercises from the novelty and peculiarity of the cut. any ot her place of popular ome aa:, le ; for tra ve lli ng purpose s andr aw for general su mmer wear ; for la 'o7.llor gentlemen, tradesmen or mechanics ; for youths, and for nd in styles surpassing all Prevren, in the most elegant materials, a ti a ris productions. Cheaper at the Eastablishments of E. MOSES ON than at any other house in the world. privet.MlGß A NT for passage by ernment —...TS.—The amazing number of applications at the Go p Offices, and the advanced rates charged Ivo. by "Ps, seem impediments to your welfare, but t A he p r p e l .„16,...), Which you may at once remove the difficulty. y is to o E ne . (l e nS and SON for your Outfit, and for Clothing required for your cos t o f your p . 1 5 , - s.2" l ation, and you will save mere than the t extra MOSES and SON 69 j,if, let this is not all you will gain, for a . t taZl3...ness is associated with quality, superiorli3v,,oaynd perfect adap age, your wants and n u to Your circumstances, the events of your thousands in the country to which you emigrate. Though het .; 4aci ' have made application to E. MOSES and SOS for Outfits, ha., all, article has been charged a higher price on that . account, nor ther can any der anu e migrant been disappointed in his orders . ; sou . be made but they can fulfil it from their l m 'el gniflcent and ac% ac cumulated by unequalled connexions, unlimaited capital, perienne, airalleled exertions. Their Stock, selected with perfect ex lanigraentns O utfitting, is arranged in a department kept expressly for or at any of its lir a ' and at E. MOSES and SON'S Establishments, libiderably and at below) Outfits may be procured at ' very c.on °use la the Charges an d far better quality than at any other Pull List s u niverse, lag of vas t:t . Outfits and ail requisite information relative to sail or Post free, tolai\ye"t of passage, &c., may be had on application, :No C oy , P ar t Of the kingdom. lON LONDON, WITH ANT OTHER MINE IN OR OUT OF London eZ eePt their own Establishments, as follows r— nories, 83, 84, eitY Establish 154, 155, 156, and 157, pli ti London' and 86, Aldgate, o m pp e o n s t ito te Church, all commnnica ng. and 3, west -end Branch, 506, 507, 508, Now Oxford-street, 1,2, ar; treet, all communicating. BradfordSl:hefhed Branch, 3g, Branch, 19, Brldgo-street. Fargato. and Shoemakers, Tabors Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, 0 tiernen. ' '----, for Ladies and en and General Outfittersfurriers, Boat The Establ,.,ishments are losed from sunset Friday_ Saturdays ' w "en hnsi c d till Twelve o'clock. to guesvt on mks is resume A ne w 1 - 1 Ulf list , ()oft, entitled " Th e Lib r ary of Elegance," containing a ~'• Vat s ", s Prices, and directions for self-ineasurement, can be had , kii, g d a ' n 7 . aPPlication, or forwarded, post-free, to any part of the ".Pplic ha ndsolne Almanac f or th e y e ar ending ati on. 'dr 1852 can be had, gra tis °n Paris Fran ca i s. Qui Si parla Itali ans. .r snricht man De u t sc h. Aqua se liable Espanol. ON . Tree , PHILOSOPHY OF MARRIAGE, AND THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. ;PITH FIFTY COLOURED ENGRAVINGS ON STEEL. 11: 11°4 English, German, Dutch Spanish, and Italian, in a a led Envelope, 2s. 6d., or post-free, for Forty-two Stamps, SELP-PRESERVATION; an I,l,,._,aAnalytical Investigation of the Physiology and Functions otsf th eu rn;44,alg all the bearings in which that important subject Mice and happiness of Man, with its qliti and Impe yon,Z,s, tracing their origin to the effecto a fjuvenile solitary habits, v ea l Lul excess, tropical climates, or close study ; followed by prac e i,j e merks, founded on twenty years' experience in the treatment sy,fpnissance, Nervous Debility, Local Weakness Spermatorrheea, and all diseases of the Urinary and Generative System. ll ductred by 50 coloured Eneravinge, on the Anatomy of the Repro ve Organs and their relative conditions in Health and Disease. By SAMUEL LA'MERT, D tr. BEDFORD-SQUARE, LON DON, c ;'. e , t°l. of Medicine, Matriculated Member of the Universit y o f Edin .lrgh, Honor ar y M em b e r of the London Hospit a l M e di cal Society, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c., &c. tThe essential object of this treatise is to point out the fearful e,silsequences resulting from irregularities and excesses, Which h q,n Produced more misery in Youth, .degradation ia Man tt7u, and premature decay at all stages of life, than, perhaps, any other class of disease known to modern pathologists. The treatment ado pted is found e d on exper i e nce gained in the most celebrated T he of medi c i ne both in this countr y and in continental E urope. the results of th e knowledge thus acqu i re d a re here condensed un d er 1 44 Personal supervision of Dr. La'Mert, himself one of the few d e j a vi al d lY qualifi ed Physicians who . have devoted their whole and 'M ed studies to this important branch of medical science. In short, ery Peculiarity relatinto the treatment of the diseases incidental to the generative system, and the means of immediate relief and 11)11ate cure are d escr ib ed in detail. The pro fessional reputation of r. LteMert, who has taken the most distinguished medical and academic honours at home and abroad, is in itself a sufficient guarantee that those who Will, in every instance, may his secrecy meet with pl that t themselves con u s n id d e e r r at h io is n care and eases. which are so requisite in the treatment of these Published by the Author, and may be had of J. street, Static Titchborne Vaster-row ; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street ' '' for forty-two 49,!ater- Maymarket ; Mann, 23, Cornhlll ; or free by post onally or by tnlPs, from the author, who ins ted per 2 - - ' 3+ be consul Gilbert, ittigri ate• trona den till Two, and from six till Light. N°.18,691.] LONDON, TUESDAY = a • 4 .4 1 AUGUST 17, 1852. THE CHIRIQUI ROAD COMPANY, for the Junction of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, Provisionally Registered under 7 and S Viet., cap. 110, to be Incorporated by Royal Charter, by which the liability of the Shareholder will be limited to the amount of his shares. Capital £200,000, in 40,000 Shares of £5 each. The first payment (not to exceed 1/. per Shore) will be required when the Royal Charter shall be completed. DIRECTORS. Jonn David Barry, Esq., Director of Orleans and Bordeaux Bail- way Company. James Davidson, Esq., merchant, Walbrook. William Brand, Esq., merchant, Fenchurch-street. Colonel Landmann, Kingsland (late R.E.) William Matheson, Esq., Gillingham, Kent. John W. Rathbone, Esq., Bell Vue, Lancashire. Tames Walkinshaw, Esq., Regent-street. A UDITORS. James Atkinson, Esq., 13, Clement's-lane, Lombard-street. J. C. Hardy, Esq., Managing Director of National Assurance Company. BAN tuns. —The Commercial Bank of London. BROICERB.—Thomas Moxou, Esq., Austin-friars; Messrs. Field, Son, and Wood, Warnford-court. SECRETARY. .lames M‘Queeu, Esa., F.R.G.S Temporary Offices of the Company, 4, Princes-street, Bank, London. This Company is formed for the purpose of connecting the Atlan tic and Pacific Oceans by the construction of a plank road across the province of Chiriqui, situated in Terra Firma Proper, in the Re public of New Grenada, under many advantages unattainable by any analogous Undertaking, especially the essential ones of good termin able harbourage, and safety, facility, and directness of access. A grant from the Government conferring all the land necessary for the construction of the road, and all necessary buildings, has already been obtained, with the exclusive privilege to the Proprietors of the road to establish and collect such toll and passage money as they shall think proper. The grant is for the period of 60 years ; at the expiration of that term the road is to be surrendered to the Governor of the province as provincial property, and the entire amount of the original ca pital accumulated by a reserved fund to be laid aside from the profit of the enterprise will then be repaid pro-rata to the proprietors of shares. The termini of the proposed road are in the Lagoon of Chiriqui, on the Atlantic coast, and in the Bay of Chiriqui, on the Pacific side. The harbours and anchorage at these termini are excellent. Through the whole line the country is ,very healthy: The coast on 41trAtlantie termirftis was Sttriiyed by her Majesty i nitialp and that on the Pacific by her Majesty's ship herald. These offi cial surveys, copies of which have been obtained fromthe Admiralty, fully establish the advantages here asserted, and are highly favour able to the proposed enterprise. The route has been long known and used as a provincial road. The highest elevation of tke line of road between the two oceans is only 160 feet, and the steepest gradient only 18 feet to the mile. The distance from the Atlantic to the Pacific In a direct line is only 40 geographical miles, and the length of wood will not exceed 50 miles. The facilities for its construction are very great. The Chiriqui road may be open for traffic in one year, and in full working order within 18 months from the period of its commence ment. When completed the whole distance may bo travelled within eight hours. This route is in the most direct line from Europe to the colonies of Australia and New Zealand, and as the route for the California emi gration, it is far superior to either the Panama or the San Juan de Nicaragua. It must also insure the transit of merchandise con signed to and from the west coast of America, both north and south, and a considerable portion of the specie from the same coast. A por tion of the trade between Great Britain and Australia and New Zea land, and that of the other islands of the Pacific, may also be fairly calculates' upon. A considerable portion of the gold procured in Aus tralia will be transmitted across this route. Notwithstanding the existing difficulties upwards of 100,000 persons crossed the Isthmus of Panama during the last year, and it is computed that the in creased inducements and facilities for trade and emigration fur nished by new lines of steam -ships will vastly Increase the amount of traffic and travel across the Isthmus, placing it beyond doubt that this undertaking will produce immense returns. The amount of capital necessary to complete and open the road in perfect working order will be only 200,000/., and the revenue to will derived from it, computed from the sources above indicated, will yield a net profit on the entire capital of about 30 per cent., after making a very liberal deduction for expenses, and also laying aside a reserve fund sufficient to replace the original capital, and provide for any unforeseen contingencies. In submitting this undertaking to the public, the Directors deem it unnecessary to enlarge on its importance, or the vast advantages and facilities which will be given to commercial intercourse by a safe, speedy, and economical means of intercommunication, with excellent harbours adapted to all purposes of trade, between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. They are permitted to state, as a gurrantee of its feasibility and realisation, that the Messrs. Warings, of London, railway contractors, are ready to undertake the con struction of the road at the estimated cost, and will immediately at their own expense send their surveyors and staff to the locality to make the final survey. The Directors have the satisfaction of announcing that her Majesty's Government have acceded to the request of the pro moters for the grant of a Royal Charter of Incorporation, by which the liability of the shareholders will be limited to the amount of their shares, and no payment will be required until the Charter shall have been completed. Applications for shares to be made to the brokers of the Company, or to the Secretary, at the temporary offices of the Company, No. 4, Princes-street, Bank, London ; where also may be obtained prospectuses, with accompanying maps, showing the situation of the I proposed route relative to the Panama and Nicargua routes, and the proposed Tehuantepec and other routes, as also the relative distances of these routes across the Isthmus of Central America, and the dis tances to San Francisco, and to Sydney (New South Wales), by New Zealand, from England, New York, Sss. • JAMES MACQUEEN, Secretary. TO THE DIRECTORS OF THE CHIRIQUI ROAD COUPANY, FOR THE JUNCTION OF THE ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC OCEANS. Gentlemen,—l hereby apply for parts or shares of 5/ each in the above Company, and agree to accept the same, or sad lesser number as may be allotted to me, and to pay the amours thereof by instalments when required so to do. Dated this day ofJuly, 1852. Name ••. • • . ..... • • .......... Address .. ••• • . • • ....... .............. Occupation ...... • • .. • • .......... • • . • • Reference and addre55.................... REPUBLICA. DE LA NUEVA GRANADA, 3, Winchester -buildings. 1;011sulaR0 en Lowlres. Londres, 7 de August, 1832. TO THE EDIToS, OF THE MORNING 1p.R.A.0. SIR, —My attention having been called to an advertisement of a company, called the " Costa Rica Company," in which it assumes that the district and harbour of Bocas del Toro (be'onging to the state of New Granada) is within the territory of Costa Rica, I feel it my duty, in the interest of the State of New Granada, which I represent, to protest against its being assumed that the State of Costa Rica has or had any power or right upon said territory, or to make any concession of land which is beyond the boundary of that State. I have caused a notification to be made to that effect to the Costa Rica Company, and shall immediately make the necessary represen tations to my Government for its guidance. I have the honour to be, Sir, your Oedient servant e , A. MON TOYA, Vic Consul. C" MORNE GARDENS On the Banks of the Thames, King's-road, Chelsea. ^ ' Waterside Entrance close to Battersea-bridge Pier. Fare by Steam-boat from London-bridge or any of the interme diate Bridges or Wharf Piers, 3d. Strangers should request to be anded at Batters3a-bridge for Cremorne. Fare by Omnibus from Charing-cross, ad.; from the City and remotest parts of the East end, 6d. Proprietor, Mr. T. B. SIMPSON. The Pyrotechnic Displays by the Chevalier Mortram. Open for the Season. THIS DAY, THURSDAY, and SATURDAY, the Italian Brothers in their Double Trapeze Performance, at an Plevation of 90 feet. TAB DAY, THURSDAY, and SATURDAY, Signor Devani, the celebrated Ourang-Outang Contortionist. TO-MORROW, and FRIDAY, Grand Globe and Wheel Ascents, by Herr Franz de Bach, on a Narrow Platform, 160 feet long. TO-MORROW, and FRIDAY, Mr. Mackney, the Astonishing Negro Clown. On THURSDAY, August 19, a most extraordinary Hippodromatic Spectacle, conducted by M. Soullier, who has engaged the cele bra' ed Parisian Aeronaut, Poitevin. Admission on that occasion, 2s. until Seven ; atter Seven, Is. A new Grand Spanish Ballet is in active preparation. An uninterrupted succession of Entertainments from Three o'clock until near Midnight, including The Last Week but One. Every evening, at a Quarter to Nine o'clock, in the newly-decorated Pavilion, in addition to the following attractions. Louis Soullier's Cirque Oriental, and the best Equestrians of the age. For particu ars, see Special Bills. Principal Artistes:—Messrs. M'Cullom, Albert de Bach, Franz de Bach, Jean de Bach, Devani, Macney, Victor Soullier, Kemp, Leon 6oulller, Signor Vilderini ; Madlles. Clementine and Olga Soullier. The renowned Devil Rider, Herr Wehle. Admission to the Circus from the Gardens :—Promenade, Pit, and Boxes, Is.: Amphitheatre, 6d. Daily, this week, Great Musical, Terpsichorean, Equestrian, and Pyrotechnic Festivals, with all the immense resources of the Esta blishment. Open at Three o'clock. Admission, Is.; Children, Half-price. On Sundays, after Four o'clock, by Refreshment Card, price 6d. Table d'Hote at Six o'clock, 2s. 6d. Private Room for Dinners and Coffee. PRESERVED FRUITS, &c. THE "TIMES" and "ANTIDOTE." METALS IN THEIR 'VARIOUS CHEMICAL COMB NATIONS. TO THE EDITOR or TIIE DAILY NEWS. Sir, —A letter appears in the "Times" of Tuesday, the 10th, under the signature of " Antidote," in which it is stated that certainpe serv ed fruits are sn ore or less impregnated with copper. We shall not attempt to controvert this statement in the " Times," but we would ask that journal whether it is not well aware that in all chemists' shops are contained the metals in their various chemical combinations which are from day to day administered as remedies. Of courie the public are told that when such metals are taken by the advice of the an with a diploma in his pocket t oerate a remedies, but when u sed in any othe r form they then hey beco p me poi sonous, as they truly are under any circumstances. The only thing we can understand in the matter is this, that when such metals are advised by the doctor, lie may know how to give so little that im mediate death may not be the consequence, whereas when taken unknowingly, as with fruits, the q uantity may be so great as to kill, but that they lead to death in bot h instances we feel most positive. In short, sir, are we to be told by the " Times " that deadly poisons are turned, by a sort of hocus-pocus, into most W benign me up di on all cines, when taken under the sanction of the doctor ? e loot such pharmaceutical poisons as anti-medicinal, and that the only effect they can have must be detrimental to health, whether taken medicinally or otherwise. If doctors sanction, for their own profit, pharmaceu tical poisons as medicines how can they be surprised at tradesmen not thinking it much harm , in using such poisons for giving a fine colour to their fruits, &c.? We are, Sir, your obedient servants, THE MEMBERS OF THE BRITISH COLLEGE OF HEALTH FOR THE SOCIETY OF lIYGEISTS• New-road, London, August n, 1852. P.S. What a pity that the Analytical Sanitary Commission of the Lancet" does not give the public the benefit of its researches in the chemist's shop. What a tile it would unfold. R. CULVERWELL'S NEW WORMS. To be had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Carvalho, 47, Fleet-street; Mann, 39, Cernhill ; or direct from the author ; price One Shilling eac E h N ; jboyypmosELNlTs. OF LIFE. 4, H e alth, Recreation, and Rational Use of Time." CowrEsirs :—Early Rising —Spring and Summer ➢fornings—Ea c irsions about the Environs of London—The Parks, Lanes, Hills, Forests, Fields, High-roads, and other pleasant places—Country Trips and Rambles —The Sea—London at. Night—Evenings at Home —Music—The Drama—.on Eating, Drinking, Sleeping, g Bathing, Occupation, &c., gr.c. Rest, Ease,ll FRAGMENTS FROM VIE MOUNTAINS. Vol. I. Two Vols. A VISIT TO TILE LAKES 4 SKETCH OF &C, TUE LAKES OF SILL k.RNEY ; REMINISCENCES OF DUBLIN, &C. NVIIAT TO EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID, "That three score years and ten our course May run .” A popular review of almost every form (cause and cure) of nor vouity-debilitated health and eateeble,d constitution, that hara , ses the Yount.,-, besets the man of pleasure, business, or !Andy, and bitt3r3 o ld a¢©; with tables and rules for the diet and physical regu atlon,of every-day life. • _ _ IV. T UE PASSIONS. "What passions hurt the body—what irnproVe, Truths as refined as Athens ever heard." SuarrcT:—Life's pilgrimage , fr om infancy to old ago. The ad vent of tho pa ! ,: on s. Chastity and its infringements. The casual. i.sorlicentiousness and dissipation , with illustrations graphic, nar. at,v ei and remediative. Advocacy of early marriage& -- __ - V. THE MARRIAGE STATE. . ~.,. To be or not to bc, teat is the questioro'ciety., and Tell- PitoottAmytE :—Laws and obligations of nature, s and complexion, e g h l T ie r e 7 a o r: b a o g th irt s a i r d rzg e u , s to t o b be . o l.e b , se t r e v m ed pe b r y a m eitherent, sex. them. figure to. . secure health offspring, with the art of rearing Physical defectiveness Y Sterility d its conversion. and its removal. az Bases, &c. By R. J. CULVER 11827) L .S.A . 1824). Twenty-uv o WP.LL, M.D. (1841), M.R.C.S. . , Time and matter. Reception hours daily till Five . 1 F enings, Seven till ,1 .'? Masi LI% Artip-placa, lt,eg eutratxeet. Years Medical and Forensic Referee in these . , NATIONAL ASSURANCE AND! 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For the YOUNGER AGES the Premiums of Life Assurance re quired by this Company will be found lower than those of most other Offices; while the BONUS ADDITIONS that are periodically made to the sums assured from the Company's profits, tend still further to lessen the outlay , on account of premium. Life Annuities are granted by the Company on terms exceedingly favourable to the assured. Prospectuses may be had on application. T. BELL, Secretary and Actuary. Chief Agencies—Manchester, 1, Dude-place ; Glasgow, Buchanan street ; Hall, Ixchange-buildings ; .Neweastlo-on-Tyne, Royal Ar cade; Plymouth, b, Frankfort-street and. 6, nerm4ll4-straSse , liamburgh. Applications for Agencies, in places where none are appointed, may be addressed to the Secretary. THE INDISPUTABLE LIFE POLICY COMPANY, No. 72, Lombard-street and 24, Connaught-terrace. mum Es. Richard Spooner, Esq., M.P. J. Campbell Renton, Esq., M.P. I James Fuller Madox, Esq. Richard Malins, Esq., Q.C. William Wilberfotce, Esq. The POLICIES are INDISPUTABLE, in terms of the Deed of Settlement of the Company, duly rs, and are thus rendered CERTAIN FAMILY PROVISIONS egi tered , and NEGOTIABLE DOCU MENTS OF SECURITY. This Company has introduced, as more peculiarly applicable to the Middle and Industrious Classes, a plan of SELF-PROTECTING IN SURANCE, whereby in one Policy for one rate of Premium, are combined an Insurance of a Sum payable either at death or on at taining a specified age, and a pension or annuity after that age ; gh a u nd giving the full benefit of all Premiums that have been paid, altho the payments should at any time be discontinued. ALEXANDER ROB ERTSON, Manager. TO MERCANTILE, BANKHER ERS C, LERK PROFES. S SIONAL, AND ALL OT THE PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE ASSOCIATION and BENEVOLENT FUND HEAVY PENALTY FOR IMPERILLING THE PUBLIC HEALTH. Yesterday, at the Middl esex S ess i ons , three of the Paddington dust contract ors —J o h n G ore , Henry Tame, and Stapleton—appeared pursuant to their recognizance% to receive judgment. Mr. Sergeant Adams, the assistant. judge, attended the court for th e espec i a l purpose o f g iving judgment in these cases, s a id, b e f ore proc eeding to state what the decision of the court was, he wished to make allusion to an anonymous letter he had received from some person who appeared interested in the sub ject of these prosecutions, for that letter related en tirely to matters connected with them, and was signed " A Sufferer." The terms in which the letter wa' couched showed the author of it to be a person of education ; but it was a disgraceful production, and though it was written in a superior female hand, it clearly originated from a man, for it contained words which no educated female would use, so he supposed that, for the purpose of disguise, the real author had pro Cured some female to copy a letter written by himself. If what was stated in that letter were true, the author ought to have affixed his name ; but as he had not done so, he (the Assistant -Judge) should take no further notice of but would caution the writer —who he hoped heard what he said, and who would be really a sufferer were he before the court—the next time he wrote anonymous letters not to use words too coarse to be repeated, and then seek to make it appear that the author was a female. He then proceeded to give a history of the circumstances attending the cases be fore the court, and the steps that had been taken sub sequent to the conviction of the defendants. They were convicted in the year 1350, on the prosecution of the parish of 'Paddington, of keeping on wharves in that parish immense collections of refuse, sweepings, and dirt, the effect of which was to create a public nuisance by the stench arising from them, and he with the consent and sanction of all parties, took upon himself the task of personally satisfying him self of the state of the wharves, on the under standing that the defendants were to adopt any suggestions he might make for the abatement of the nuisance or the removal of their business to less objectionable places. It appeared in evidence on the trial of one of the cases that the whole of the refuse of Covent-garden Market was deposited on Stapleton's wharf, and on his going there he found that such was the fact, and the stench arising from the deposits of such large quantities of vegetable matter no doubt was a serious nuisance and annoyance to the neighbourhood. It was a sine qua non with regard to Stapleton that such deposits should be removed, and the sweepings in future taken else where, or that the contract for clearing Covent-gar den arket should be given up. He promised that this should be done. On subsequent visits to the premises he was not satisfied with what the defen dants had done, and Stapleton denied that any fresh deposits of Covent-garden sweepings had been made there, but he thought from the smell that there had, and as he was leaving he saw three cart loads going to the wharf. Stapleton had said that it was only oc casionally that Covent-garden sweepings were taken there, when a cart might come in late at night, but he found on questioning the man in charge of the three loads that the supply had been going on. Mr. Stapleton—l wish to impress on your Lord ship's memory that the Covent-garden contract was for seven years, and that two and three-quarters of it are unexpired. Tue Assistant-Judge — Mr. Stapleton promised to elsewhere ; that elsewhere. He had not putfor was fora a n w shi end anre f t g o t no it b , eo non,r pmr and dr ettdhh there er le r s refuse been ample time o thought it necessary to require Darke or Holdsworth to appear ; Collins had had the good sense to give up ; Gore, who was an old offender, had rendered it ne cessary to threaten him severely, but both he and Tame appeared now to have their wharfs in a satis factory state ; but it must be clearly understood that, if any further accumulations took place, severe punishment would follow. All they had to do was to have boats in readiness to convey the sweepings to other premises, for which they must look out. With some reluctance he should further respite the sentence on Gore and Tame until the 2d of November ; but, in justice to the parish by which these prosecutions were instituted, and the court itself, he could not act in the same way to the defendant Stapleton. During the time he had sat in that chair he had made it a principle that those who made promiaes should honestly perform them, or feel the very serious con sequences of not doing so ; and those who did make promises, and then failed to carry them out, must learn that there was a heavy hand over them. Sta pleton had not performed the promise he had made with regard to discontinuing to receive Covent -garden sweepings at his wharf, and he must pay a ve ry heavy penalty ; but even when h e h a d p a id that penalty , he would not be at liberty t o snap hi s fi n gers, and go on as before, for the Court w ou ld requ ire ample secu rit y for his good behaviour, a n d h e would be indicted again if the nuisance was con ti nue d in that dens el y populated neighbourhood. Th e sen tence was — t hat the defendant Stapleton pay a fine of 3001., and enter into a recognizance of 500/., with two sureties of 50/. each, to be of good b e h av i our f o r twelve mo nths. The defendant said he was a young beginner, and that that sentence would be his ruin. for a mitigation, and urged that he had understood all along that he was to have a carrying trade at his wharf. b e d been The Assistant-Judge said am ple warning given, and the sentence was passed. If the defendant that found another place for the Coveat-garden refuse,• might be the means of the sentence being Mr. Clarkson having alluded to a considerhedt to t a elsewhere, but he could hold out no assuran ce effect—that was all he could say. He begged m ade by his clients, Gore and Tame, as to the state of their . premises, said he hoped the Court would permit him to say a few words for Stapleton. Would the t our () be pleased to give that defendant an opportunid. t Y ect put himself in a better position before it, ordirect 2d that the fine should not be enforced until after th e of November. Mr. Stapleton's Covent.garden. n. con tract was for seven years, and be had two sureties 500/. each for its performance. 't find The Assistant-Judge—Well, w hy e on said he another place for the refuse ?—Mr. Stapleton ffidavits had tried everywhere, but could not get The Assistant-Judge said that answer was a rubbish had ample admission that the Covent-garde ee el _ been taken as usual to the Paddington iv Da" raise that it though he had given his solemn Pro should not, ddington had Mr. Clarkson said the parish of Pa these poor quite grown out of what it was when eached a de s place. an de fendants took their wharves, and had real time. An gree of refinement quite unknown at the but ordinary stink was not then unacceptable, huh®xpected they a point were matters coming that ßan de Co would soon water their streets W logne.— (A laugh.) but to such After some further discussion, The Assistant-Judge said the defendant mu st p a y the fine. 0/. The defendant said he had not 30 he d As the money was not forthcom in g' t the ef endant day the was removed in custody ; but la ter s amount was paid, and the recogni za llae being entered into, he was discharged. EMIGRATION FROM" ST. MARTIN'S WORKHOUSE. Some short time since we record guardiansactive measure of benevolence, propounded by the of the poor of the pari s h of St. Martin-in -the-fields, and . sanctioned by the vicar, for the benefit of the able-bodied poor and the relief of the rate-payers. The plan proposed was that of emigration, w hi c h was to b e effected by means of a penny -rate, and it will be remembered that a consider able number of the able-bodied recipients of parochial vestry which relief petitioned that this means of obtaining an honest and independent livelihood might b . e afforded them. An about 1,0001., insignificant section of the parish objected to the proposed plan, and it was in consequence.found to be necessary to ddit t t o ona poll the rate-payers on the subject. The po . ll resulted in a triumphant majority for the proposed emigration rate. Penny-rate, Immediately the numbers were declared a special was unanimously agreed to. The guardians who had shown so active a spirit were, not men to sleep u p on their work, and t ad g journals advertisements were w w o a u s l d sauraniOMUonnteWd 'hellatiCltll collectede out inserted in the leadinfor . tenders for the fit, and conveyance of a number of paupers under the regulations of the Poor-law Board,. to Port Adelaide, in South Australia. In the meantime numerous persons had a nx i ous ly petitioned the board to be included in the emigr at i on li s t. An adj ourned meeting of the guardians was :held, and these persons were asked if they still wished to emigrate. Their answer was uniformly " Yes." Upon this they were submitted to a medical examination, and fifty-two have been reported as healthy in body, and of moral and exemplary charac ter, so that it is confidently hoped the first batch of Pauper emigrants may prove highly acceptable to the Colony. It should be stated that . they are all aupaupers who . have bond fide settlements in the parish, gained i either by renting tenements, or apprenticeship , by birth, by acknowledgment, or . by irremovability. consequent 1 1 1 30 n a five years' continuous. residence. On the 12th inst. a li s t o f the proposed emigrants was forwarded for the approval of the Poor -law Board, whose answ er is eagerly anticipated bo th by the poor creatures who are anxious for ever to forget the name of pauper, and who anticipat e a brighter destiny in the other hemisph ere . Many other inmates o f the workhouse who also posses; a legal settlement have expressed themselves equally desirous of proceeding to Australia, but their applica tion cannot be entertained without a further appeal to the rate-payers. The title to settlement required is of such a nature as to set at rest any apprehensions that persons who do not of right belong to the parish can be come recipients of the well timed charity. Other pa rishes will no doubt speedily f o ll ow t h e examp l e set b y the royal parish. ELECTRIC TELEciRAPH UOMPA.NY. Yesterday the half -yearly meeting of the proprie tors was held at the centr4 station in Lothhury, Mr. I,V. F. Cooke ' one of the directors, presiding, i n th e place of Mr. J. L. Ricardo, M.P., the chairman, who was absent. There was no report, and the balance - sheet,. which luBrBBol on the was taken as read, showed the folio wing ir s t as to the capital l i t a 3i c e3 c so o there a u sls n op t o , elr. ;1 e d d : e a l r i e p 4 o ; p 4 r 0 0 5 c — n d s r h uy a nl r i e da, s b , 73,8671. ls. 6d 1.1 ' t a4nse l debenture figuresa: appeared s.t : s — het. a t nced by cost of *.' ,* * tot telegraphs, 391 3811 property in London , 12,3911. 19s. 4d. ; : 2 59T 2 dsh , .. creditsi ;6s o dr O w.e l ; a . s s es ; i houserds v u e he ad l due from sundries, 32,3001. 14s. lOd 3,2771.55. 4d.; shares in trust, 292/. 103. ; reinsula tions and renewals, 9,474/. 183. ; and cash securities i n hand, 19,1361 . 165 4 11d 1 The revenue account showed —receipts from messaes, disbursements , o and contracts, 27,437/. 4 1 3 e . av 8 in d a . ; asurplusin h l e o n , d l77 o / f . 143. ld. • balance, 17,2592. 10s. 7d. ; out of which a dividend ' of 6 per cent, or 9,8911.41. 6d., was pro 213o8sT6eldh. e9tCso.u7s.db;eampLairid,congratulated the meeting upon the rapid progress-which had taken place in the business of the company. On the 18th December last A reduc tion had been made •in the charges of the company lequal to very nearly 50 per cent., and this had of course acted as a certain check upon the receipts ; but they were aided by the political events which had taken place at the commencement of the year, and now the receipts bad fully recovered themselves. It r would be interest in g to compare the results of the half -1851, comparison w with that e eendingmade with the corresp onding half of last year the results Juneyear e 3 n o d , inf Bs D 2 w ould be even more gratifying. The number of 5 messages which had b een sent had been as follows: 1851. 182 Ju1y......... 6,902 January 9,262 December d be if 31, th 7,160 'ebruary August ... September 8,7 45 8,342 8,034 s Oc o t v o e b m er be; .. December 1 3,774 Total ... 5 2,957 Total Thus there had been an increase of 33,000 messages, or considerably more than one-half the total number sent during the former half-year. The receipts for the former half-year were 24,396/., and those for the latter 27,4371. Of this a small portion (about 5000 was for subscriptions, so that the figures would be 24,3001. against 26,900/. No doubt the increase would have been materially greater had the telegraph which had been in the course of erection during the last nine months bee n com p leted ; but they had not as yet derived any benefit to any great extent from their new works. When the new line from London to Plymouth should be finished, no doubt their busi ness would be greatly augmented, and he hoped that before they next met , they would be able to show that a very handsome profit had accrued to the com pany from this extension. Upon their other lines very considerable sums had been expended in multiplying the number of their wires, in order that they might be able to keep pace with the increase of their business. It was difficult, perhaps, to distinguish any direct benefit arising from these dis bursements, but they had enabled them to assist the small towns which lay along their great lines ; and it had been found absolutely essential to make these ad ditions so as to meet the increasing demands upon the company ; besides which they would thus be able to ensure two or three lines across the country between the metropolis and the chief cities of the kingdom. He need not trouble the meeting with details, which were very important to the directors, as showing the manner in which the different localities availed them selves of the telegraph. Wherever the board found ufawunnnerti faciliti es ore t h weta et watch cnp t n_ h o .. a saocle dispositionffvxnetoertrt extend tdweehdnoo stttheho eeidtnr hi t sb o ehtetrap m nhinn:e a dhti. i k s: t e i tokih, u nieont s yfh e gwedw: Ivooesioflr kingdom g t hl h dret e awyhkpee a hht ie d riri pcie d eh i w.a t c i oov o s rmdt n i kigi a lmdsil I i p p rreoefiitasthele; the diminution in h u e tion b t e h live e e yh d ad there latel wa s a made as in h a t r h d e l i y r charges.—(Hear, hear.) With their additional re ceipts there had been, as might be supposed, a consi • derable augmentation in the expenditure—greater, perhaps, than the increase in the receipts might seem to warrant; but he could assure the proprietors that the additional disbursements were absolutely neces sary, and no doubt their next year's accounts would prove, not only that they had received a just return for the capital they had invested, but that they had a right to look forward to better times.—(Cheers.) He Th t e h m at o i t f io t n he w The CHAIRMA a Ii s begged to move the adoption of the balance-sheet. leftthe r t a h t e e e o e f m si p x a p h motion n secondedcent. eh e tn proposed a dividend after present might receive company's offices.—(A lau h A Ca f r te r r ied a unanimously. v e we r etarhneenaugdmri dividend ie b dd e e ntos beforet he declared, gentle menadd- ing, they t and conversation , the given to the chair , t ivnoggt ebroke t h u e: . k s was meea ELECTRIC TELEGRAPHS IN INDIA. The East India Company have just determined to es tablish a very extensive system of electric telegraphs in India, under the superintendence of Dr. W. B. O'Shaugh nessy, of their medical establishment. It is intended to connect Calcutta, Agra, Lahore, Bombay, and Madras, and as many of the principal towns and stations as can be embraced in the routes be tween these places. The distance to be traversed is up wards of 3,000 miles, and it is intended to proceed with such expedition in its construction that its completion may be expected before three years from the present time. Dr. O'Shaughnessy has lately been employed in India in carrying on experiments with the electric tele graph, in order to disoover the best system which could be adopted. The result of these experiments was highly satisfactory to the Governor-General and to the Court of Directors, who immediately resolved to take measures for giving to India the inestimable advantage of this marvellous means of communication. WRECK OF THE CENTAUR. The following is Captain Salmon's narrative of this accident, and of the circumstances by which it was attended : " Thursday, May 13, laeo—At 5 P.M. (civil , iale), sighted the land of Arabia below Ras llouze, distant from 20 to 25 miles, bearing from W. by S. es. W. by N. Steering from that time N E., which eourfe would have taken the vessel to the eastward of Rasjews, and itAselhad, about seven to eight mass. Wind fell light at sunset. A due north coarse would have taken me clear ef any of these capes by seven miles, but I allowed a little off, to be o n th e sate side, as the weather was hazy. Breeze freshening at 8 P.M. from S.S.W., weather hazy. 10 P.M., I went and laid down, leaving ord ers to be called immediately the land was seen again. 11 Pea. sent for the chief officer, who reported nothing in sight. Midnight, called by chief officer, who reported nothing to be seen, and in about ten minutes afterwards I went on feels, but could see nothing. "May 14—About 00 30 A.M. (civil time) gunner reported broken water ahead, and on larboard bow. I ran on deck, and ordered the helm to be put hard a-port. The vessel paid off, but not quickly enough , and struck. N o land to be seen, but the broken wa tcr was close to. Water under the stern 3 fathoms, under main chai n :1, forward 2i fathoms. Furled all sails, 2. lowered th e quarter boats, and ran out a stream S.E., anchor an d h awser to vessel striking, butnot very ha r d. T he b ottom I found was sand. hove taut on the hawser, but finding that the vessel did not move, I commenced from fore hold to lighten to heave rice overboard the vessel forward, she being free abaft. About three half-past, I saw the black broken cliffs of a cape to the N.E., and knew then that we were about two es to southward of Ras" el-kubba, 120 miles from Muscat; h and as the day broke, saw a sandy beach ahead, from which we were distant about 300 After daylight, observed the current to set y strong r to S.W., which, taking the vessel on the starboard bow, had forced her to the west of her course. Saw some large boats coming down tou m s e from southward, and ca shortly afterwards theyalongside, and all hands came on deck, in number about7oTheyap peered very friendly, and offered to a ss i s t us in taking I out our bower anchor if I paid them. made several bargains, each rising in price. At last, perceiving that I was losing time, I declined their assistance, thisand began to put the anchor into our own boat, but they would not allow, and with their drawn daggers drove the crew from their work. Their numbers were now fast increasing, as they were swimming off from the shore on inflated goats skins, every one armed with a creese, and some with swords. They now began to show their thievish propensities, the brass belaying pins going one by one. Still they tried to persuade me that they were willing to assist, only they said that the three parties which were on board could not agree about the division of the money, but In shallah they would get the vessel afloat. By de grees they threw oft the mask of friendship, and told us that the ship was theirs, having come ashore on their land, and was a gift from the Almighty to them. I begged of them to allow us to work, but their answer was " Wait," and " The ship is ours." Some now went into the galley, where my breakfast was cooking, and seizing the saucepans, to the dismay of the cook, who hid himself, emptied the curry, stew, &e., upon the deck, ate them, and jumped overboard with the saucepans, and swam to their boats, returning again for any thing else they could get. I never in my life saw such a set of perfectly wild savages. Every time the ill-fated ship struck, they capered about the deck, and yelled like demons, and were answered from the shore by the women (of whom about a hundred had col lected) and by those of the men who could not reach the vessel. They now held long and loud consulta tions, after one of which they cut our hawser, and I knew their diabolical intentions. They then told us that they were determined to have both the veseel and cargo, but that we should be allowed to leave her, and take our,private property, at the same time saying, that on my paying them a thousand dollars they woe'. get the vessel afloat, and respecll, prop I assured them that I had no monk' on board, which they would not believe. One fellow now made a thrust at me with his dagger, en my trying to prevent him from breaking open the cabin doors, but ray stepping back, and the others holding his hand, I avoided the blow. They also drew a dagger across the third mate's throat', and asked the chief mate how he should like his throat cut. The vessel up to this time (about 9 A.m.) made no water, but they now took the sounding rod from the carpenter, and cut the line in pieces. They now set to work plundering in earnest, but before com mencing, one whom they called Raschid stood upon the rail, and called out Allah Acbar ; the rest all re sponded. The cry was taken up on the beach, and after being told by Raschid to begin, they went to work heartily. All the chests belonging to the lascars and passengers were broken open, and the contents thrown into the boats, and any one who secured a better prize than others was set up on and in his turn plundered. Daggers were drawn and several were w ounded deck in , and the many places was dyed with blood. The deck plunder being disposed off, they now had another consultation the purport of which was whether to kill us at once, or wait till night. Our better star prevailed, and we were left till evening, and in the meantime d they.wouertold commence upon the cabin , which they ha hith refrained from entering. I stood at the larboard door for a minute or two, trying to persuade them not, to enter, as there was a woman (the wife of a Moham medan priest, one of the pass engers) and ava her children in one of the cabins, but it was of no il. went doors and venetians, and in less than five mi nutes every side cabin was broken open. The poor woman had to run out half-naked, the brutes ha one I My cabin being locked, bear struck or pushed h er. they knocked out a panel and entered. The chrono meters were saved by being passed up through the q uarter galley window by some of the lascars, and also the barometer, Itly drawers were nearly smashed to atoms, and all the chests broken open. After the first rush was over I went down to try and save a few clothes ; but I was too late, they had not left a rag to be seen. My books were untouched, under which I found my watch. My papers, letters, &c., were lying strewed about the deck. Money, sextant, quadrant, pistols, &c., all gone. Two sm a ll drawers bad escaped their notice, in one of which I found a ring, one rupee, one or two little mementos of happy days, and the ship's papers. In the other were some pyjamas, towels, and pillow cases. lily servant had managed to save one shirt, three pair of trousers, and two silk coats, which with what on constituted my all. My chief and third I had ma t e only saved the cloth es the y had on. Afew small ar ti c l e s were strewed about the deck, from which picked the most useful, and put into . an old blanket, but a fresh gang came down and took even this frcm n m i e e . th O at ne ti, !) . f y th w e oro sec l u ,,, h i i . e i s came in and told me fast and to force me b t o . n t g e I r av u l% et; o t the mTin fl e l. ; was. I went out of theca in to go on the poop, but they were so busy plundering that no notice was taken of me, and the o only show of violence I met was the point of m an inch of my face.y wn spear being thrust e within e fore and after hatchwa s They a had now bhraontgoptuin th e indigo chests and thro y wing them dow n into their 113g t e he boats. The appearance of the shi was totally eh a Brass rails gone, the front of th e poop cabin deck covered with the stuffing couches, which they had unripped t° n " b°o-ard, perhaps beatebneids and There were, I suppose, Affairs more, yelling and shouting about more large boats but I hoped were getting desperate, were bearing down for 50,11F:wen, diversion in our favour as we that these might makes an d they could only do as 2501n0 a°ldinikeun;:7 money. therefore had a could hardly b e w orse i r us. a l consul they had promised „ and we came to the conclu tation with the chile: our staying on ~board to be sion that it was u t s . e ng to Muscat we could perhaps ob killed, as by g e s t i , i d i n all probability save the ship Itwin assistang,of the cargo. I therefore went to the and great pAn d begged him to allow us to leave with head She and cutter (the gig they stole early in our long boat 11 to order his people not to molest us the day 1 1 ande at work. After a long pal I aver ie con while d we prepared to get our boat out, when sent- a boat came alongside from the threeboats before men tioned, and I offered the Nacoda 100 dollars to take es to Muscat, where he was bound. The woman and children and some of the crew were put into the c utter and sent off to the buggalows, and retu and took some more men and some proviat into pro v i s ions. Fried Chief and third mate went into the jolly h e which I managed to throw several books from the stern windows. At 1.30, havi ng , en out of the ship, I left in the cutter with th e s all y rang, cassaub, and my servant, and went on board one of the buggalows. While I was waiting on board for the return of the cutt er, the fellows we re very civil to me, and allowed me in one or two instances to take articles which I assured them were m y own. Though I had not much tim e for reflection in such a time of exc itement, yet I remarked that the Nacoda of our buggalovv, Syedbin Narseet, a terms with all the pirates. Thisppeared to be on capital a nd s till more so that they shouldhaveseemed allowediglie m, to Established .1840. TRUSTEES. Thomas Baring, Esq., M.P. W. G. Prescott, Esq. I Thomson Hankey, Jun., Esq. Baron L. de Rothschild, M.P. TREASURER OF THE BENEVOLENT FUND. J o hn Abel Smith , Esq., M.P. The Directors, whilst ca llin g the attention of the public in general to the advantages offer ed b y this longestablished n, are desirous to impress up on the mindoff all Clerks whon o ar rder e not secure - berg, the importance of joining ht delay, ito a d van t ag es which no other off ice in the kingdom can present, viz.:— 1. Being enrolled under the Friendly Societies' Acts, the sum as can be secured to tee Widow, Widower, or Children without payment of Probate or Legacy Duty, or the risk of loss occasioned by unfortunate circumstances. 2. Division of P rofits every five years on Policies of three years' standing, nine-tenths of which are given to the assured, and the re maining one-tenth is appropriated to the Benevolent Fund. 3. Loans are granted to all assurers on the security of their Poli cies, and Members who are Clerks and about to emigrate, may obtain Loans on personal security. Clerks becoming Members by an assurance of 1001. or upwards, and subscribing ss. annually, or by the annual subscription of 11. Is. without assurance, are eligible for all the important advantages of the Benevolent Fund, viz.:— A nnu ities to Clerks of.. ' Do. Widows of C1erk5........ 151. 151. Gratuities, Loans for Two Years, Medical Advice. Clerks who have paid Five Annual Premiums, and who are from misfor t un e unable to keep up their payments, may have their Pre miums paid from the Benevolent Fund. The Association at the present time has on its funds— Ei Aged Clerks, with pensions of 251. per annum each. 23 Widows of Clerks „ 15/. If By order of the Board, P. H. BYRNE, Secretary. 42, Moorgatc-street, August 4, 1852. IMPORTANT MEDICAL AND SURGICAL WORKS, Just published, by IL Railliere, 219, Regent-street, London. Wo I. Bvo., in cloth, price 55., by post free, ss. 6d., ON TRUE & FALSE SPERMATORRHCEA ; with the View to the Correction of wide-spread Errors in relation to the Treatment and Cure of Sufferers from Debility of the Generative System, or Sexual Ilypochondriasis. Translated front the German or Dc. i - icicPORD. "Dr. Pickford is known to English readers by his frequent practi cal contributions to German medical literature. This is the first Lime, he informs us. that ho has addressed himself to the non-medi cs, reader. We trust this may not be the last, if he shall detect any other equally flagrant evil which it may be in his power to correct."—London Medical Gazette, May 30, 1851. —" The editor has conferred a great boon on the sufferers from this distressing malady by translating this little book, and by laying bare the scandalous practices of unqualified adventurers, who other f object than to fill their own purses. The difference between true Sperma torrhma and the various forms of disease which resemble it are accurate ly described, and thus a sate g uide is offered for the treatme nt of the malady " — Medic al Circular, May 5, 1852. We have delayed so long up on the contents of the preliminary c h ap ter, that we have scarcely l eft ourselves space for any notice of the subject specially treated of by Dr. Pickford; butn t the he reach of every one interested in the matter."—Dublin Medico' Press, April 8,1852. - , No. 11. Svo., in cloth, price 3s. Gd., by post free, 4s. THE CURE OF STRICTURE OF THE URETHRA, on Princi ples at once Simple, Safe, and Efficient, in even its most Inveterate and apparently Intractable Forms. To which is added, PRACTICAL OBSERVATIONS ON THE TETMENT OF SPERMATORR IICEA BY CAUTERIZATION ;its Inefficiency and Danger. BY F. B. COURTENAY, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons my who "Those who complain most loudly are those only who know not bow to use the common instruments ..... The practice of sur geons has been maf.ed with all kinds of violence, an indifference about the simple cure of diseases, and a passion for operations and proof of his views he (Mr. Ceurtenay) has an. the excesses and horrors of surgery."—John Bell's Surgical of a great many cases successfully treated, as bad as any which Mr. Synae adduced, and on which he had operated. ear, both given Observations : tne ni s tory " I n Such are cases ix., xi., xii., and xviii. No. ix. had resisted, for a period of twelve yeirs, the treatment by dilitation, and was finally and complication of symptoms, of a more ag irnemduovraectlinirni,assevmearintyy,weeks. But cases IN di. and xix. app gravated chrracter than any d e tailed by Mr. Syme, and yet the treatment adopted by Mr. Courtenay proved eminently successftil.,, —Protesscr Lizars on the Treatment of Stricture. . _____,________-------=--_______ only sale re monitieadn, RAIL WAY SHARE MARKET.. BRISTOL, AUG. 16. s x Exmarioz.--The business done to-day Exeter, 101. ported was—Bristol and A LIVERPOOL, UG. 16. and prices had a downward tendency. The STOCK EXCIIANGE.—Our share market to-day i s again depressed, and only a limited amount ..er _ of business doing. 31 was• Cal e l d i 191/4—Eastern Count , / 'es 105 f Lncashire, 16 / W e L ' cashire and Yorkshire, 77'4 doneand Lo North- The transactions were as follow : Ab deen, 1 - an stern Lincolnshire, 30 120%—Manchester, Sheffield, and Alidland 71 1 4 —South-Eastern and D o ver, 20 3 / B —York and N or th Mid land, 23%—Irish Great Southern and 16 . Western, 44% . MANCHESTER, AUG. S T OCK EXCIIANGE.—W O had a very quiet market t t ,..d ay The business was principa ll y confined to the larger stocks : and prices had a downward t e ndency. The transactions were as follow :—Eastern Counties, 105/8 —East Lancashire, 17— Lancashire and Yorkshire, 77—Ditto (West Riding u n i on), 3 1 4 dis.—London and North-Western, New Quarters, 30% Ditto, Manchester and Birmingham (C), Quarters, 1% p . = Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, • 30—Ditto, 104 Preference, V s —Midland, 70 3 / 4 . BIRMINGHAff, AUG. 16. STOCK EXCELANGE.—The share market opened heavily this morning, and throughout the day there was compara tively but a small amount of business transacted. There 'we B no material alteration of prices from Saturday's quotations. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, MONDAY. - The Fire Queen steam. yacht, under the command of First-Lieutena nt Mason, of the Victory, embark s her Im p erial Hi g h ness the Grand Duchess Catherine of Rus..ie, and his Serene Hi g h n ess the Prince George of M e ckl enburg , from the King's-stairs, in the Admiral's barge, this evening,, at six o'clock, for conve y ance to Ryde, where the royal equipages will bo in wa itin g to conve y them to Shatiin Isle o f Wight. , Tho Niger, 14, Commander Heath, has been He r crow 130 rbte.dockedpsaihde to-day for repair and refitment. wages down to six months, and have leave. The Harpy iron steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander Williams, was paid off to-day. The Simoom iron steam -troop frigate, Captain Di ng _ came, was removed from dock to the steam-basin to-da - and the Termag,ant, 24, taken into the vacant dock. Y, The Stromboli steam-sloop, 6, has been refitted, to qumaderrnoninogf, r a e n s d erv tr e ie a d t t t h h e is working of ig:oei T rtn steamu h etp e nhge L i o se n ts d e. London ni thisn Americans n, night h t , a ll n i d bb wei r i t l , s a a r i r l i t v e e . d m a e t rr S e p w ith fe e t a . d s f e r w om y t e h r e k T .: hamesl Th e Alfred Indianian arrived at Spithead this morn ing from the Thames to e mbark passengers for C a l cutta. Th e Sprightly steam -vessel, Mr. George Allen master. comm anding, sailed t his afternoon with supernumeraries for Plymouth. _ APPOIN TMENTS. to WthrW"a'sipclisi uG. 16 0 Naval Cadets — Cha rles J. Vidal end S. R. Huntly, to the Hogue, co, screw stea m -ship, at Portsmouth ; ti on cAatn-sloPTaLtieWutoconlawitc—h.james M* Bruce, F. G. Crofton, from the Victory flag-ship, to the P r i nce . Regent, 90, at Portsmouth. It was Vice-Admiral Llyde Parker, C. 8., who visited Woolwich Dockyard on Saturday last, and not Admiral Sir William Parker, as we inadvertently stated. CEIATHAM, :4ATURDAY.—The Daphne,, 18, 1 . 8, Captain B. G. Fatishawe, was paid off int o ordinary tins orenoon. Meander, 44, Commodor e Talbot, was towed from Chatham H ar b our to Gillingham Reach yesterda y , to take on board th e rema inder of her stores, and com p lete her fittin g . She is expected to sail about the Bth o f September. The ship is about 70 short of complement. ____.------- It is stated that Mr. Fearon, the Attorney-General's Solicitor for Charities, was last year on a visit to William of WYkeham's much a b use d f ou ndation, St. Mary's College, Winchester; with, it may b e hope d, a v iew to the better a dministration of the no bl e en d ownie nta ) Which cannot be , leg li9vf than 20,000 t. “ year. Os.; !4 the FIRE IN TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD. Yesterday morning a fire broke out in the narrow pas sage called Fitzroy-court, in Tottenham-court-road, which resulted in the total destruction of one house, and in injuries, more or less extensive, to six others. The details of the disaster are thus summarised in Mr. Braidwood's report:—" 1852. August 16. Called by a cabman to a fire in the premises of Mr. R. Eadie, baker, No. 3, Fitzroy-court, Tottenham-court-road, which was extinguished by six engines of the London establishment and one of the parish. The cause of firo unknown. The contents were insured in the Westminster, and the pre mises were supposed to be insured /a thy 0[4.40 officit. The house numbered 3, Fitzroy-court, belonging to Mr. Eadie, and its contents consumed. No. 4, in the same court, let out in tenements, the property of Mr. Andrew Wallis, of Mornington-place, about two-thirds of build ing and contents destroyed. The contents were insured; the premises were supposed to be insured in the West minster-office. No. 2, in the same court, Mr. Reardon, marine-store dealer, side doors burned and front of pro mises damaged by fire. Not insured. No. 5, in the same court, Michael Egan, chandler, front of premises damaged by the action of the fire, and contents injured by hasty removal, &o.; uninsured. No. 6, in the same court, Mr. Charles Ireland, perfumer and hair-dresser, similar damage; uninsured. No. 7, in the same court, Mr. Ro bert Lake, front shutt ers burned, doors demolished, and contents damaged by fir e, water, and removal; not in sured. No. 8, in the same court, Mr. Jasper, f ront of premises considerably scorched and furniture broken by removal; uninsured. E [ADVERTISEMENT.] — T R R OYAL EXIIIRITION.—A valuable, newly-invented, very small . powerful waistcoat pocket glass, the size of a . walnut, by which a person can be seen and known 14 miles distant ; they answer every purpose on the Race-course, at the Opera-houses ; coun t ry scenery and ships are clearlyseen at 12 to 14 mil es; th ey are i nva l ua bl e for shooting , deer stalking, yachting, to Sportsmen, Gentle men, Gamekeepers, and Tourists.—To be had at M essr s. S. and 13. Solomons, Opticians, 39, Albemarle -street, Piccadilly, ob serve, opposite the York-hotel. T e l esco p es —A new an d most i mpor t a nt invention in Telescopes, possessing such extra ordinary powers, that some, 34 inches, with an extra eye piece, will show distinctly, Jupiter's Moons, Saturn's Ring, and the Double Stars. With the same Telescope, weighing ounces, can be seen a person's countenance 31 miles distant,, and an object from 16 to 20 miles. They supersede neye_l)i only. three other kind for the waistcoat pocket, and are of larger,a B a ac a e _ sizes, with increasing powers accordingly. Opera sed an be course glasses, with wonderful powers; an o bjec; . and . .. 11. clearly seen from 14 to 16 miles distant . . , bi r e . preserving Solomons, Opticians, have invented inval g e s d before impel-- Spectacle Lenses, immediately they are p itaaistinct, the most feet vision, every object appears clear The Invisible 0 .. - -is .brought to aged defective sight becomes bright anbnr(illiant, its youthful, natural, and original static instruments for relief oanic Vibrator, and all kinds of Aco f extreme deafness.-39, Alberrna 45de-street, Piccadilly, ob serve opposite the York Hotel. The Peninsular and SCREW V. PADDLEBOX•eatner Bombay, which left Oriental Company's scre ultimo, reached Gibraltar in four isal the quickest passage Southampton on the 29Z 8 hours. days thirteen hou i eve , by la paddle-box steamer. The the Bombay is about two ever known to be nIS. . o :: r b d ° paddle-box a a rd consumption of coal thirds what it is on ie b ss persons employed in the engine de- Size, and there are pier than in the latter. p a rtment Of the f" [PRICE SD. V N / „ I..** Azttake us away without any opposit = 1, - 7W4c. afterwards that he was sheik of One et:Art - boa - - '," l " 4 / • e - (Jenaher) which were plundering us. "nattlieta - -- --- the other tribe was Beni-hoo-ali. In th of the day they quarrelled, and ranging &t at maffl each side of the poop were going to fight, but they thought better of it and made friends. On Saturday, May 15, anchored at Soor, and were visited by Syed bin Abdullah, Sheikh of Soar, and liamood bin Ali, the Resident, sent here from the Court of the Imaum. They condoled with me on my misfortunes, and requested me to tell them in what way they could assist roe. With many thanks for their kindne ss , I begged of them to go down to the wreck and endeavour to stop the plundering, which they promised to do, and then took leave, assuring me that they would leave Soor immediately after the afternoon prayers. Left Soor in the evening, and anchored at Kelhat next day, as we were in want of water. On Wednesday, May 19, we all arrived safely at Muscat, and were received with great kindness and hospitality. I shall ever remember with feelings of deepest gratitude th e greet kindness and attention shown to me by hii Higbness ed Ssed, the 'maim, and also by Mejor Hamer;on, the Ucitieh Consul. This gentleman infested on myself and officers making hiS house our home nnd did all in his power to Make ti , l forget our troubles.---1115 ili e rbeess, immediately on hearing of our ,arrival, sent hisV,zier not ones, but many times, in the course of the afternoon to inquire after our health, and to know what assistance we required. With many thanks to hi 3 Highness for his condescension and generosity, I a , ked for one of his men of war to proceed down to the wreck. Orders were sent to prepare the Artimise for tea. Our crew were all sent on board her, and our passengers on board the Fain Allum with pro visions and money. The next morning I called on his Highness to thank him for his good ness. He received me in a most fatherly manner, and said that be hoped I bowed with resignation to the will of the Almighty, who was afflicting me for his own good purposes. He told me that he had placed the sloop-of-war Artimise entirely at my disposal, every one on board being under my orders, and that he had written to the Sheik of Soor to supply me with any number of b o ats that I required. H e a l so s ent a guard of twenty-five sepoys to protect us when at the wreck. After again thanking him, I took leave, and returned to the consulate, and found that his Highness bad sent a bolt of black broad cloth and twelve pieces of fine shirting, to make clothes for my officers and my self. The Artimise was lying with topmasts down at 4 in the morning, and by 8 P.M. that night was all a taunto, sails bent, water, &c., on board, and at 9 was untnoored, hauled outside, and reported ready." .Bengal Hurltaru, June 2.2.. --- CHEAP COALS in the COMING WINTER. Everything at the present moment indicates great cheapness of coals in the ensuing winter. Nowhere in the world has fuel been at all times so dear as in London ; and but for the numerous gifts of coals constantly dispensed during the winter months by charitable societies and benevolent individuals in the metropolis, the sufferings of the poor from the want of this article alone would not unfrequently of neces sity be attended with fatal results. For the last three years coals in London have been selling on raentaaivieedragteo, t a h t e th p e o r o a r te a o t f t f h r e om pric 9 e 2s o . f t f o rom 9 ss l . s p . er ton, 2d. to Is. ad. per cwt. cheap years, as nnm A p n ar d ed a e t r e e l y selling precedi n g, h y these h have been considered retail isn'it thethe two or three years 2s. per inL winter of 1847-8, i c m orls ed as i known h nd i even higher rate as Is. 10d. tocwt , ondon at so high a prices than this have been kno . e e 0 u l s o l o y k s i t t u o a t otherwewhii within with towns respect a very recent period. W N ll ,fi e n n ta w g the empire, more ad to the facility of obtaining coals at a l ow pr i ce, we can not but be of opinion, that even although th e Lon don workman earns several shillings more weekly than the provincial one , the latter, i f resident in a quarter where coals are to be had direct from the pit, is always nearly equa l in the winter months, -in point of actual money in pocket, to his London fellow workman ; and this from the saving alone effected in the price of coals. A London workman, with a wife and family, must necessarily have always one fire burning at home, while he himself is out at work ; and to keep up this fire he must consume at least 2 cwt. of coals per week, which will cost him, on the cheap average, about 2s. 6d., or Is. 3d. per cwt. Now, the workman in the coal quarters of the kingdom—at Newcastle, Glasgow, and other places—pays about 3d. for what the London one pays is. 3d. Thus, if the London workman earns, say 20s. per week, and the provincial one ISs,, the latter is as well off as the former.. The price of coals in London is even more severely felt by persons in lodgits, than by any other makisers of the community. The ordinary lodging s tduse charge for a week's burning is 3s. 61, the lodger being stinted generally to about 1 cwt. ;in the higher class of lodging-houic, again, the usual charge is about ss. per week for the sLine amount of coals consumed. A reduction in the enormous existing price of coals must undoubtedly, from these facts, be a great boon not only to the poor strictly so called, but also to the class above them. The anticipated cheapness in the ensuing winter arises from the circumstance of the rivalry now be ginning to be carried out by the steam-vessels on the Thames and the railways. Till a very recent period, no coals were brought from Newcastle to London, except in the ordinary old-fashioned coal vessels, such as have been trading from time immemorial, as it were, between the great coal port of the north and the harbour of the metropolis. The enormous rate of freight charged by these vessels, so long as there was no competition, had, of itself, the effect of keeping coals at a very high prices when unloaded at London ; while, in addition, the circumstance of the whole coal traffic being in the hands of a comparatively few great brokers, or merchants, the opportunity of mo nopoly which they enjoyed induced them to combine together for the purpose of keeping this necessary of life at an extravagantly high rate of cost to the inter mediate dealer, and of necessity also to the consumer. The influence of railways, however, has made itself evi dent in beginning to effect a change. Recently a com pany was formed for the sold purpose of conveying coals from the coal di s t r i cts to London, and the cost of freight is so m uc h b e l ow that charged by the anti quated coal-vessels, that a great difference in the price of coals would Soon become evident to the con sumer, were the operations or business of the com pany as yet of so extended a nature as sensibly to affect the competition of the vessels. But an by a effect will, without doubt, be immediate) produced is sprung up i n new competition in the carrying trade having another quarter. A steamsvessel com pany" an antagonist to the Railway Coal veying about to commence operations immediate.lh Company; and as their freihts are those charged bythe the advantage is sure railway, e consumers. e on lower . than to be gained to a great degree by th . n days of The days of monopoly in of life, are hap monopoly in most other necessariestrs, Men of science, pily nearly over -in this co suunbiee.t, assure us, also, who have inquired into the st Britain are yet incal that the coal-fields of tGnste c oals, like . t e and that no panic need culable in point of s' ire e n countless generations yet be experienced by to the failure of our native coal unborn, with respect mines. ___...................1 RA AIL vrAY INTELLIGENCE. -"--GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. A f e w days sinceivve gave t a short analysis of the past f‘,T,sl,griep'e;ty, showing that tslilicleollictione,arigi4dortt. paid . u p share capital _had . increased 9,350c2a, , the e :917tlailreet 103 , 0 had increased 4,13 i ,54 31., the gross traffic ha d . in creased 193,8211., and the net balance hadthdecreasedw77 o,2sote9rl.ri paid -up pro ductive capital, gross receipts, and net balances in 1846 and IS52: Ilalf-year end- Ralf-year end inz June, 1846. ing June, 1852. Paid-up share capital.-- £4,679,695 £8,075,935 Debenture ditto Productive ditto Gross receipts 449,665 456,009 Net balances In this statement we have assumed that the Great Western Company neither gained nor lost by the Bristol and Exeter lease; and we have deducted from the pro ductive capital for the past half-year 400,0001. (a very liberal allowance) for the rolling stock not worked upon the Great Western line further. The 13,400,0001. pro , ductive capital includes the capital expended upon lines abandoned or not completed, and upon unfinished por tions of the O x f or d and Rugby, and Wilts, Weymoutn and Somerset li nes, as well as upon the unfinishe d works at the Paddington terminus—in other words, t i do not at about 2 ,000,0001. from which the company_ benture in present derive any income. In 1846 the 9B 0/.; last half- Sear charged against revenue was 71 against revenue was year the debenture interest charged includes -a 93,1601., i n a ddi t i on to w hi c h re venue with 39,476/. f or i nteres t ou the fixed f oursnwa also charg ed -half per cent. stock.—Morning Herald. IMMENSE 't 5a NEW IRON S TEAMER —We under that Messrs. Burns have contracted with Messrs. Willial She is Denny and Brothers of Dumbarton to build an immense iron steamer for the Cunar d line of Royal mail packets. to be upwards of 3,000 tons burden , and will , eore than 50 feet longer tha n the Great Britain. From u may judge that her lines will be very fiTle i the m o d e I , we material of which she is to be built will indeed, which the engines are to be by Napier, and are to also facilitate. The horse-power, although capable of being be equal to 1,000 higher force. From the great length worked to a much it will not be too much to say that thi and other proportions , pass in speed any other vessel on th 'iri?n ship will fat • sus the world what the Clyde can e station, and will show transaction, which will involveproduce. In addition to this the Messrs. Burns are about a cost of upwards of 100,0001., steamers, to be called the to build two very large screw An des and Alps, the ni Jura and lEtna, as consorts to the ost forward of which is to be launeied on Tuesday. These are in addition to the Baalbec and tie litta, now fast pr ogressing towar d s completion, for their Constantinople r ul e.-..-North *British Daily Mail.