The Sun. — London, England, 1846-09-02 00:00:00

Es, dog- °2 2 --/ 01-0. r ° . ib vi 130 11 41. 1 : 5 : 1 1 . 13 6 ga 15 140 RSA 141 114 1 6 1 40i Itl thank you ; but I entreat you to let me see if only onc. more. THE GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION sir, CMPANY'S splendid end powerful . first-class STEAM -11"t5 are you to leave—. AAILm, The Custom House or Tower for— tita tarrying her Majesty's Mails —Every Wednesday Sattirday Morning. From Blacliwall Pier, for tviIITT E RDAM and the RHINE, carrying her Majesty's Mails— ednesday and Saturday, at Ten, Morning. at Ten IV ERP and th e It IIINE—The Wilberforce, every Th urs d ay, OsTE., muning. Morni n i": ,l)— Every Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday RAva From St. Katharine's Steam Wharf, for— E— Every Thursday and Sunday, at Nine, Morning. From London-bridge Wharf, for— ipg-'4uGNE—Every Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday Morn krs.___t-", verY Thursday and Sunday Morning. YAR A .,'verY Tuesday and Friday, at Ei g ht, Morning. at ,; u-P UTll—lteduced Fares—Every Wednesday and Saturday, Past Ni„„ ;V l;— Every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, at half jtorning ; Biackwall, Quarter-past Ten. EDIFrom Brown's Wharf, Poplar, -.Jut/ROI-I—Redced Fares—Sept. 2,5, and 12, at Ten, Night. Nre,,.. From Column's Irongate Wharf, for— " u ' A ' ST LE—Every Wednesday and Saturday, at Eight, Even lIRIGHTON bov E , and DIEPPE—Every day, Sundays excepted. fteept ed ' and BOULOGNE—The Magician, every day, Sundays To s ee ,,,. Partu r -- f e Berths, for Freight, and for Bills, containing hours of '' e gerit-ei,..,.._ " ' res, &C., apply at the Offices, 69, Lombard-street; 37, ; and 35, Leadenhall-street. ANTWERP, BRUSSELS, and the RHINE. 4.oovion t 0 Co CHANGE IN TIME OF STARTING. Cologne In Thirty Hours.—(Sea Passage Seven Hours Antw,, only.) !--411U-shi,„ were Company's powerful, splendid, and very favourite (klendi ANTIVERPEN THOMAS JACKSON Commander Wki-rt dly decorated for the season), leaves the St. Katharine's 1 001 An'trower, ev ery Sunday morning at Ten o'clock ; returning 1,,..ner over, every Wednesday atternoon at One o'clock. By this and the railroad from Antwerp, travellers going to the ~_4 o aru r— n ' T reach Cologne in thirty hours. The general accomrnoda- Vgles' L as ., "ngers on board this renowned ship, as well as her spacious wages Private cabins, are entirely unequalled. Carriages and t t artilij n . a T, be sent to the Wharf up to one hour before the time of aad e 1 0 011 t all applications for the shipment of goods must be ettreh e London Agents, Messrs. Lightly and Simon, 123, Fen *ells -street, where, as well - as at the Packet Office, 33, Regent iSiabeleeadilly, berths may be secured and every information li ii/ EFORD and TAVISTOCK RAILWAY L I% , r ,„, COMPANY. ,„"tett e ,`„ 4 ,ter Proportion of the Scrip of the above Company having ln, and the Final and only Return of Ten Shillings per Q Ultre s ate -av ing been made thereon, the Holders of the remaining it tile are informed that attendance will for the future be given 1 4 -4 1 , e tnpattY's Offices, 24, Finsbury-pavement, on TUESDAY ay t ° III Y In each week, and they are requested without Tea s hm._ ° send in their Scrip for examination, and the Return of gs Per Share will forthwith be made thereon. .Y order, FRANCIS CLOWES, Secretary. rr 29, 1846. 4 I V AQ E RPOOL, MANCHESTER, and NEW " 4 ,4 l e , 7;,'TLE-ITPON-TYNE JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPAN . Y, rajrPool, Manchester, add Newcastle-upon-Tyne Junction, Aucashire and North Yorkshire Railway Companies, now ~, The I: Ma ted). .et. Easter of Sh ares i n thi s un d er t a ki ng b e i ng now nearly corn eitti;L4llholders of scrip who have not yet forwarded the same for re bewun are requested to do so without delay, as the share register itil i l ° ,, l telY closed on the Ist day of OCTOBER next, after which 4111 1 e... '" a res not transmitted for that purpose will be registered It i,'"`rues of the original allottees. j„,,Ttluested that the Scrip in the original Liverpool, Menehee krW-"s4eweastle upon -Tyne Junction Railway may be CA3mP"Y d and e,'" Seri the Secretary at 22, Parliament-street, Lon m . , , tit pa .? in the original L;neashire and North Yorkshire Railway ges q to the Secretary, at 31, Princess-street, Manchester, who T he e, an acknowlegrnent for the same. rteomee?,solier:dieefiticva.etes under the common seal of the Company will be . ry in a short time, of which due notice will be given 'Diners By order, signed) THOS. ROB. WILSON FRANCE, Chairman. W. H. INGRAM. I Secretaries. 4n glitt MOORE WILSON 1.: . " 1/II N - G, READING, AND' BASINGSTOKE RAILWAY. 1 1 1 8 4 :Si L t u o e k e .a n nde ., r signed Shareholders in the Tring, Reading, and e. `auwaY Company, having, on the Bth day of August, :-di as of an Act of Parliament male and passed in the 1 4 1tni ed I °th Years of the reign of hft Majesty Queen Victoria, ~Paalegsold ,An Act to facilitate the dissolution of certain railway Co left a notice in writing at the registered office of the I, Van suPan.. callequi the Committee of Management of the said r ,0 a meeting of the Shareholders of the said Company, d a3 ,l , i rlu?se of determining if the same should be dissolved, and — l)° er a b y vi i : elapsed since the said notice was so left as aforesaid, 17uren o a further pursuance of the provisions of the said Act, e l el at th... Meeting of the Shareholders of the said Company to be ~" London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, in the city of , Lon reciki:'crttnav the 12th daof September 1846, at One o clock (1 1384 edfurthe purpose of considering ' if the said Company shall SMITH as witness our hands, this 27th day of August, 1846. "ARLIrc Ch. -- SER N. WILKINSON CLEMENT UZIELLI HOWA 1%7' HARDSO RD J. WW. D SCOTT N J. P. E PARAVICINI LorwaraSha rebo lders are requ es t e d t o a tt en d with their Scrip, or to "TT Old ,S. ' ,the S ame, or the proxies required by the Act to J. W. Broad -street, London. " „kiK INGHAMSIIIRE RAILWAY. .Ltiy.."IICICINGILAM and BRACKLEY, and OXFORD and ,ttLEY JUNCTION RAILWAYS. -`44teed Four per ' Cent., ' and Half Surplus Profits, by the London and North Western Railway Company. _lll e on NOTICE TO SCRIPBOLDERS. why- of Acts of Parliament having been obtained for the 14m:ruction of Part only of the lines deposited, the capital of this b laki l r t l ' akt "g has been reduced to 45,428 shares of 171. 103. each, g a total capital of 795,000/ , divided as under : Buckinghamshire and Brackley •• .• £200,000 Oxford and Bletchley • •• " ***** "•• • • 595,000 ,Tbes e £795,000 s'urtl o „ s nares will be appropriated to the scripholders, in the pro ef one share of 171. 10s. for every two shares of 201. sub ;,litor, the full deposit being returned on fractional allotments. will be given for a payment of 4/. 4s. on account of each be % p a i d 'Share, and interest at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum will Osfrom the Ist of July, 1846, on this deposit, and on future 0„' 0 1:n the time of payment. eVpgs' e share in the Buckinghatn and Erackley line will be allotted to three ebarea in the 0-crord and Rletchier line. REGISTRATION OF SCRIP. jarties claiming to be registered, or holding scrip or bankers' re iins of this Company, are required to transmit the same for refits qAtion to the Secretary, at the office, 29, Great George-stree, West kinster, on or before Monday, the 15th day of September next. Mpanied by an application to be registered of the proper form, to" 4l ch is annexed, and of which copies can be obtained at the office, ' Great George-street, Westminster; from Mr. Ashworth. 13, Nor and Manchester ; Mr. S. Wood, 3, India-buildin g s, Liverpool; at 24 , Waterloo-street, Birmingham. 15stiihlres in respect of which scrip is not received on or before the te i .,,,,`Jay of September will (at the option of the Directors) be regis -. in the name of the original allottees. For th e parties are recommended to send their , sake of security . 1 , 0 ;4 , In registered letters, writing across each certificate " Sent in t; „rogis tration," with date and address, and informing the Secre -71 of the numbers of the scrip so sent by a separate post letter. mireeipt of th e scrip will be acknonledged, and certificates of elders after the completion of the registry. By order of the Board of Directors, HARRY VERNEY, Chairman. %all Onk e n WYNDHAM HARDING, Secretary. ' 9 , Great George-street, Westminster, Aug. 10, 1846. At , A PPLICATION TO BE REGISTERED TO ACCOM latex PANT SCRIP. RAILWAYS.—OXFORD AND BLETCH- ItAD,'ND BUCKINGHAM AND BRACKLEY JUNCTION of ilha e p i l eb Y, request to be registered as the proprietor of such number m the ahoy; I am entitled to in accordance t t he t °- _ors of me advertisement s of the 10th August, in resp 201. shares, viz.:— 4e11 1) for Jae Share • Five Shares '''''''' Ten Shares . Fifty Shares ''''' • • • Denoting Numbers From I To I • "b e na ° gecl4Bt a s follo You to issue to me sealed certificates, In which de ws : Christian name in full Surname ...... ............ Description Wlt heft ••.• • • • • ........ Address • • • • • ..... ............ the DIY h B, t , r , and this day of 1846 . 'WY of the Buckinghamshire Railway. obit; REMOL. C - ULVERWELL h VA as REMOVED to No. eB t4 A RGYLL-PLACE, REGENT-STREET, (leading to tiii n „, or ough-street,) where he may be consulted, as usual, tre -! , L?"ee, and in the Evening from Seven till Nine ; and grki f r e . h is several publications, of which entirely new and en " rts have recently been published, may be obtained. ~ vv ,. ..ATHER,.-TRAVELLING.-SEA- T (] or, - ." ) E. —The REGISTER )) PALETOT in London, only at oth whillt oPposite the Royal Exchange ; and the chief Llama ;71111,rit arehouse, 114, Regent-street. Do not be deceived by a 1,q411h, 3 ' or name. placed in the windows of a few petty shops in the 4). zci,,,:ltrhood of the Patentees. Each Paletot is stamped " H. J. and tti LL, 114, Regent-street." PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT. THE 110USE3 ARE CLOSED. T he Houses are clos'd, and the sound of dis-cussion , agreeably chang'd for the sound of per-cussion; Reports of committees" must cease for the present, For a " powder report," which is ten times more pleasant. The Houses are clos'd, and the Lords and M.P.'s Nave return'd to their " seats," and are taking their ease ; The " seats" in St. Stephens's are now quite forsaken, And the " seats" in the country are happily taken. The Houses are clos'd, and the business is done; Not so with e " houses" of MOSES and SON ; These houses are open, and busy as ever, In serving the public with constant endeavour. day the fords and M.P.'s who have gone to their sport May the glad autumn recess as they ought ; 411 ,,.ay the coats which they purchas'd of MOSES and SON `'we additional zest to the sport of the gun. we eannot refer to such garments as these, r ithout thanking our patrons, the Lords, and M.P.'s, With numberless friends who have equally done weir best in supporting E. MOSES and SON. li. ew work, entitl e d " P as t, P resen t, an d Future," with full "ch ra " , for self-measurement, may be had on application, or 61, " Post Free." LIST OF PRICES. READY MADE. N.,, £ I. d. Chjd T 1 4;110111 .. q e 81 4 Meld and Codrlngton Taglionis th: 4 er Coats in every description and make, including 1 2 0 Ttlor; re gistered Coat ...... •• • • •• •'"" lim e *es in every ma t er i a l .......... Ca 3 p,ndid Pattern Summer Vests .. •• •• -• •••••• • • •• •• u 2 0 4 6 ............from a 2 3 tia::rnere and Persian ditto, in endless variety ••• • • • 0 6 0 P, u ;' ) , and Fancy Satin ditto .• ••••••••" '• • • • • • • 4 6 Du c k ,- it ' • • • •• • • •• • • • • • • 0 ditto. •• •• ••••—•• • " •• " • „.••• "•• • • ° 9 6 t w , 44 Ceat, ******* •••••••••••" •• •• '• ** ......... 1 0 0 ditt o ::: ••• •"• '• •• '• •• • • ******** ... 1 3 0 •••—••••—•—• ***** ••••••••••..• C gelltinet- °f 4;,51 ,1 MADE TO MEASURE. 'VRI4 Of MADE material adapted for the season, in any style and fashion, to order .... from 0 16 0 tash—g Vests, 63.6 d. each, or three for.. 0 8 6 Fim.!re ditto, iu every variety of pattern ..... • .. 1 . . .. .. 0 19 0 .. 0 14 6 Ditt o ° .'t ,l 3. plain. and fancy •• •• •••••• • • • • • • ...... 0 8 0 bitto. k.loth or Cashmere ditto • • • • • • • • • • • • • ' • • .. ... 0 13 6 Driii" 11,lack Si ngle -milled ditto .............. Ringi: trousers, in every pattern. •• .. • • •• " ': .... 0 19 0 o, best :... 0 10 6 Iltu e l illed and Albert Victoria ditto • • • • • • • • • ... 1 6 0 b res lack Dress ditto bitt' e Qats.... ** • • ' —••— • -. 1 12 0 caann.f.actured ••••" ". : : ::......... `rom • 0 ............ •• b r iZ n k C,...oats t 15 0 ;.''',. t la an ufact **** • ** : : : ...• : • • • • • • • • • • • • • • . .. 3 3 u* l ',,nY am, ° , 4llli ng, to any extent, at five minutes notice. 'to 4 i--,,,,,e Purchased or made to measure, if not approved of, llbaerv""tectiately exchan ed. or the money returned. -41 . Cl t• MOSES d g SON Tailors, Woollen Drapers. Tia' e ‘hligm athiers, Ou tiltter b a s, n , and general Warehousemen, regret to d Ik t hat ° gUard the 1 ainst imposition, but, having lea wi rne th arti,!he "trad esmill u 'k .e false hood of being connected in 4ce or i t . zi the 9 , i e rn has been resorted to in many with 4 3' 4 ; :, a ! 1 ,a for ob viou e s e° r n ea ce se , ns% they have no connexion diliAnd tii•oB':°sc ill or out 3f London. h 4 Dooln trn WllO desire genuine heatsCheClothing should, to prevent ' idch en t , call at or send to nories, a ,i' AlOgr,,, and ___Aidgate, City, and 806iniiti-e..tea/llid OS3ON. Tailors, Woollen Drapers, Hatters, Hosiers, Ati Isiol4,latitate, cit., 15 4, 155, 156,157, 85 liinories, and 83, 84, . , gate:s..---Th. entYr,ailt.e,o3ndtoon. the Bespoke Department is at 84, t. z . 1 40 4 t t43:„cVellinbtivn"s . tr „,. a nsacted at this sunset on S a t u rd a y Establ evening ishment , when frosnit I resumeds "sere o . e ' 'at lok Premium. `„ 4 Bonus Banns in Assured o y o = added. Cash. g• c g may g 9 Borrow. • , {. 1837 £217 15 I£loo 0 11! X £s. d. 1838 192 30, 87 1 41 1 1000 3 4 1839 165 11 10, 74 191 18401 116 7 6 54 0 101 18411 111 6 8, 49 10 01 1 .£16 0 41X445 0 0 13 10 2' 395 11 1 11 3 1 346 2 3 718 10 296 13 4 7 10 41 247 4 5 The division of profits is annual, and the next will be made in December of the present year. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Secretary. ..._ , ... . .. , . S IT Ar .:. , i _ s . . . ~ ,Warrti.' e ll' -.„ . - .;.. .„ I ...---,.." 7 ~.. 1 ,-__ - ---- •,------.......) , .e. -,, • , „ 4111111 6,116. -- c v , t . mr k. 1.• IA-.1 , 7-,,,,, ~..,-- 7 K ' 6 . 14' ."' THE RAJAH OF SATT f,17:-7::: —.. , ,' 0 . , ~..,—, -. o- ..,, ez fr , --- •'.. .. ..,,,,, Att: L ' -,--:,,:: ortjr ah talan. f , ~......... , ,::...& , 4 - 7 , -) - ViktrA w . 1 , 44 't_cgr ' ' *lt- ,"" : ', l ttN i., ' Yrt.., A. . _ . ,;,, _,,, . ~...., -.- 4,,--,g - „; ii. „„ 0,„.......,,,,, .. , 4,, . s . ~„ ...o%` ei:. i f :1 , ~. 111,3,., lk• i L,4 , 7 .4 : , ~.- , °' - 't ~.._"O \, 4F - - 7 - -- ,, 7 .---,......„ 11 , 744 , , „, . 0 ~ , , .....t.,;, , - ,_ , , . - i - / N 41_,F0 - i:*. -' -'1 . 4 " '--': : / C )---- - - ""-Trp , 41--.-.. - ‘•g.'"..,- - - - 1 elio-, gr-u a.•,._ ', . ","V•' , •. , . ------- i..., ir e i) /p: 1 j ,w,A , ' ,_:-.....Z) wp , ' 1 . x;,,iT . ;, — „ ~.. --,...A,1-41.. - Y ..., r i : ___,...r....11.7..C......,....1=111..........„,............ -,- _ _ •., A public meeting was held last night in of the Literary Institution, Edward-street, square, to consider the wrongs of the ex. Sattara, and the claims he had on British juAil JOHN WILLIAMS, Esq., having been call , to ti l e, 1"; . chair, said his brother electors in the borough of Mary. lebone had done him the honour to call on him to pre side over that meeting, and he did so with great pleasure, as he always did if he thought be could be the instru ment of good. He said this meeting originated in a meeting of some of the electors of Marylebone, who were convened to hear the tale of the wrongs of !he I Rajah, and who from what they heard on that occasion Iwere desirous that others should be made aware of the same facts. He said the Rajah was a native of the Marattah nation, and illustrious for his descent. In 1818 the fortunes of war had put him in the power of the British Government, but in consquence of an agree ment with the British he was established on the throne of his ancestors. Fur 18 years he conducted the affairs of his territory in a manner to gain the applause and call forth the commendation of tue Indian authorities. In 1836 the Rajah appealed to the sovereignty of England against an infringement of his sovereign rights, and his enemies then preferred a charge against him of con spiracy, which charge was entertained by the Bombay Government. The Rajah requested a copy of the de positions against him, which was promised to him, but that promise had never been redeemed. In 1828 two other charges were preferred against him—one of con spiracy with the governor of Goa to expel the English— the other with having corresponded with the ex-Rajah of Nagpore, but n o ev id ence h as ever b een adduced against him. In 1839 h e was requested to sign a paper acknowledging that he bad acted treasonably to the British Government; he refused to sign the document, and thereupon was dethroned, banished, and stripped of his private property. The Earl of Auckland, the late Governor-General of India, and Sir Robert Grant, both agreed that injustice had been done the Rajah in not having put him on a public trial, so as to give him au opportunity of meeting his accusers. But, he said, he ' would not detain the meeting when others were to ad dress them better able than himself. Mr. G. TIIOMPSON then came forward amidst great applause to address the meeting. After entering Upon the geography and history of the Maratah country, he said it was not till 1817 that this country was fully subdued under the British power ; and at that time the Prime Mi nister of the Rajah, afterwards of Sattara with his com panions in arms, was overthrown. The Rajah was then under age, but the Governor-General of India, the Marquis of Hastings, thought it proper to . set him °ti— the throne of a small principality called Sattara. This was done in 1818 ; in 1819 a treaty was executed be tween him and the British Government ; for 18 years after this he had ruled with a wisdom which drew forth the approbation of the authorities in that country. He said the gentleman who would follow him, Bungo Ba pojee, was the Ambassador of the Rajah of Sattara, a man who, for honest uprightness, for talent, and :or zealous devotedness to his exiled sovereign, deserved and received the confidence of all who knew him. Be said this of him though he was present, as, from his im perfect knowledge of the language, he did not under stand the just eulogy which was being pronounced upon him. Vali) PRICE SD. BUNGO BAPOJEE then came forward to address the meeting, but said, as he could not use the English lan guage with ease, he would hand over a written docu ment which he had prepared, and which he hoped would be read to the meeting. The document stated that he appeared as the representative of an injured and an exiled sovereign, on whose behalf he appealed to the British people.—(Cheers.) He was acknoe lodged neither by the East India Company nor by the Government ; he could have no communication with the one or the other ; but he appealed to the nation, knowing the power of popular opinion. He then referred to the particulars which had already been stated to the meeting concerning the previous history of the Rajah and his 18 years' rule. During that time the East India Company had thought so well of his policy at home, and his faithfulness to them, that they sent him a letter of approbation, ac companied with the present of a splendid sword. A translation of the actual letter, the terms of commen dation from the British authorities, was read to the meeting. He said the Rajah had appealed to the au thority of the Directors of the Company. He after wards sent an agent, but was dethroned ultimately on the representation made to a secret commission. There was the evidence of Major-General Lodwick to show that there was subornation and other vile means em ployed to ruin the Rajah. The Prince had never been allowed to see a copy of the depositions made against him. General Lodwick, who refused to join in the plot, was dismissed, and Colonel Ovens appointed to carry out the nefarious scheme. Bongo Bapojee then referred to the letters on which the charge of conspiracy against the Rajah had been founded before this commission, and said the documents were now proved to have been forgeries, concocted for the purpose, some of which were signed under the effect of terror. One of his ac cusers was discovered now to be the captain of a gang of robbers, who was paid 50/. for his evidence. Other documents, purporting to have been received from the Government of Goa, had been declared by that Govern ment to be forgeries. The Directors of the East India Company admitted the documents to have been forged, and a British barrister had declared, on examination of the evidence, that it was a mass of subornation and perjury, whilst no English lawyer had yet stood forward to sanction the decision of the Bombay Government. Under all these circumstances, the Rajah had determined to make this his last application to the justice of the 13ritiEh people. lie then stated that this was one of a number of meetings proposed to be held in all parts of the country. A list of forged seals and documents, purchased by Lieutenant Charles Ovens, ex-resident at Sattara, of a gang of robbers, for the an n s e u dv n s iedxe of cnict ee 4 d o a / gp . araionnrdsotuant the r ed ee ißsg p au a ia r sh d t o o n i w s • a h t i t c a h ra w:ez a e s p t r h o e d n uc r e e d ad i , Mr. GEo. THOMPSON then addressed the meeting. He said he had been in the habit, for six years, of bringing the question before the India House. He said that the Directors were never able to substantiate a single charge against the Rajah. His very accusers believed him to be a noble and enlightened prince; illustrious for 'virtue, and untainted with a shadow of crime. The gentleman then gave an animated description of the birth and an cestors of the Rajah of Sattara, of the institutions of his country, up to the time of the collision with the English power; and of the defeat of the Marattahs, when the infant Rajah and his mother were taken prisoners. He then showed the superior education and moral attri butes appertaining to the Rajah. In 1821, Captain Duff, his tutor, notified that be aas competent to rule Sattara. Instances were then adduced of his prudence in the management of his monetary affairs. He parti cularly alluded to a noble instance of liberality exhibited in the declaration of the Rajah—that every individual in his dominion should be educated. He entered into a minute detail of the circumstances which first brought on a collision between the Rajah and the East India Company, in a very eloquent strain; observing that it had been admitted, even by the Court of Directors, that the principle document against the Rajah was a forgery, and that the evidence in proof of its being forged was withheld from the Government by the British:political agent at the Rajah's court. He then gave a humiliating description of the interview between Sir Charles Grant and the Rajah, in which the duplicity of the former was such as to make General Lodwick, who was present, to blush crimson for his countryman. He said the chief evidence, of the charge of conspiracy with the native governments against the Company's power had been given by two sepoys, in the British army, then stationed at Sattara. These men had entered upon a plot to ruin the Rajah, at the instigation of a Brahmin, and took the most sacred oath which a Hindoo could swear that they would preserve inviolable secresy. These two men had subsequent interviews with an officer of their own troop, to communicate first hints, then fuller statements, respecting a treasonable combination be tween the Rajah and the native powers, saying that they confidential %I_as forwardedinter interviews the with m b t a h y e Prince. I'adhad T pr h i i v s a t t e e st a im nd on Government, and proceedings against the Rajah were immediately founded upon it ; the result of which was as had been already stated to the meeting. For the past six years the Rajah had been incessantly labouring to pre vail on the Indian authorities to give him an opportunity of rebutting the evidence ; but the only answer he could get, was, that it was inexpedient to re-open the question. He then stated that several gen tlemen, British residents at the Rajah's court for a long series of years, Generals Briggs, Robertson, and Lod wick, had laboured with him in the same cause, but all in vain. He said if any charge that he bad urged on the attention of the meeting was found incorrect or false, he was liable to be committed to Newgate for libel, but he reiterated every charge, and challenged disapproval. He then made a stirring appeal to the British public, adding that ho hoped he would not appeal to them in vain to redress a flagrant wrong, committed and per sisted in by the Indian authorities. Some other gentlemen afterwards addressed the meet ing, which, after thanks had been voted to the chairman, broke up. MR. GREEN, JUN.'S ASCENT AT BERLIN.—The Ber lin papers contain elaborate accounts of the ascent of Mr. Green, son of the celebrated aeronaut, in a balloon 38 feet in diameter, and 67 feet in length, from the top to the bottom of the car. This is about a middle size between Mr. Green, sen.'s, large and small balloons. The spot from which the balloon ascended was granted for the purpose by the King of Prussia, who honoured the expedition with hi 3 patronage. About 40,000 spectators assembled to witness a sight which in this part of the world is a perfect novelty. Among the most distinguished were the young Prince of Prussia, the Prussian Ministers, and all the foreign ambassadors. Mr. Green was accompanied by Count Schafgotsch and Herr Kiihnel. The balloon alighted on the plain of Gross-Beeren, and it is a remarkable coincidence that this was on the anni versary of the victory gained on that spot by the Prussians over the French. The balloon has been designated the " Gross-Beeren Balloon," on account of this circumstance. Our ambassador, the Earl of Westmoreland, showed great attention and kindness in assisting Mr. Green in this novel enterprise. Mr. Green purposes to make similar visits to other German cities. INQUEST. —Yesterday the inquiry was again resumed at the Eight Bells public-house, Greenwich, to investigate the cause of the death of Catherine Donovan, whose ir...ai lated remains were picked up off the College Wharf on the 9 2,1 of last month, an account of which has already ap peared. James Barry, a tailor, living in Tottenham court-road, gave evidence to the effect that on last Easter Sunday he, in company with three other p:irtie, named Wallace, Grant, and Evans, met a young woman, and after drinking some beer went out to the Hungerford pier to go to Greenwich. It then happened that a plank, on which the deceased female with six or seven other persons wereio standing, gave way, and the whole were precipita t ed the river. A gentleman apparently dead w a l t lie and also a female, but he did not see the- oil y ec corroborated woman again. Wallace and Grant' s testimony up, the jury the above facts. The coroner having returned a verdict, "Fou nd drowned. 3,oun ou g t, eas u ed g ot fur Ireland. The High Lion. IL Labou chere left town on Monday, No. 16,834. LON DON, WEDNESDAY EVENING CONTRACT for the SUPPLY OF WOOD for Lighting Fires at the following BARRACKS, in and near Londm : Croydon; Hotu.slow and Hampton Court; Hyde Park and Kensington ; Regent's Park, Portman Street, and St. John's Wood ; Tower ; Wellington, St. George's, and Horse Guards ; Woolwich. Sealed Tenders, addressed to " The Secretary to the Board of Ord nance, Pall-mall," will be received at this (Mice until Thursday the 3rd Sept. next, :rom such persons as may be willing to contract for the supply of Split, Dry, Sound, Fir Wood, or of Split Birch, Ash, and Hazel, mixed, made up into bundles of one and a half, - and three pounds weight, and nine inches long ; to be firmly bound with Rope Yarn, and delivered free of every expense (except the Contract price) into the Barrack Stores, at the respective Stations, at such times and in such quantities as the Barrack Masters may require, from the Ist October, 1846. to the 30th September, 1849. Blank forms of the Tender, and other information relating to the Contract, may be had on application at the Barrack Office, 83, Pall- Mall, or to the respective Barrack Masters. The Terms for each station are to be stated separately. It is to be clearly understood that the Board of Ordnance reserve to themselves the power of accepting or rejecting any of the Tenders, without assigning any reason or entering into any correspondence on the subject. By Order of the Board of Ordnance, R. BYIIAM, Secretary. Office of Ordnance, 19th August, 1846. NVENTORS and DEPOSITORS of WORK INGG MODELS and of other Specimens of the Useful Arts (as well as the Visitors ofthe ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION) are respectfully informed that the Directors have given their anxious consideration to the new appointment of DEMONSTRATOR in MECHANICS, whose duty will be to explain to thco Visitors the Principles and Uses of the above Specimens with clearness and simplicity. The Lectures now comprise the ELECTRIC TELE GRAPH, as well as other objects of present interest. The beautiful Optical Instruments, &c. &c. Admission, Is.; Schools, Half-price. HALL OF STREET ROME, IA GREAT . WINDMILL- The great attraction and enthusiastic applause which honoured the GRAND REHEARSAL of the MOVING POSER PLASTIQUE en Wednesday and Monday last, induce Professor TURNOUR to repeat the same TABLEAU every Morning and Evening this week. Stalls. 2s. ; Boxes, Is. 6d. ; Pit, is. Performances at a Quarter past Three in the Afternoon, and Half-past Eight in the Evening. B EARD'S COLOURED PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAITS. " A great improvement has been effected by the patentee ; the method of colouring renders the portraits agreeable and lite-like." —Times. " Mr Beard's portraits are most brilliant in effect."—Spectator. Establishments, at the Royal Polytechnic Institution, Regent street ; 34, Parliament-street, Westminster ; and 85, King William street, City. RAIL WAY INTELLIGENCE. FATE OF THE LINCOLNSHIRE LINES. In December last we published a list of the thirty-nine Lincolnshire lines(projected)for which applications were to be made to Parliament; now that the session is over, and the warfare closed, the result of the contest will be interesting. Of these thirty-nine lines, twenty-two were intended to come to or through Lincoln; out of these, seven lines have been passed, and the branch of No. 12, and of these three lines only come to the city. GROUP I. No. 1. The London and York.—Passed in its in tegrity. Loop included. The SheffieM and Wakefield Branches (separate Bills) were rejected. No. 2. The Direct Northern.—The shares amalga • mated with the London and Yolk. The line itself aban doned. No. 3. The Cambridge and Lincoln.—Rejected in Committee of House of Commons. No. 4. Eastern Counties. —Extension from Cambridge to York, rejected with No. 3. No. 5. Eastern Cc unties.—Extension from Lincoln to York, rejected with No. 3, No. 6. Eastern Counties. —March and Lincoln Exten sion.—Terms made with the Wisbech and St. Ives. No. 23, line passed from March to Spalding. GROUP H. No. 7. Lincoln and Hull Line.—The money was not deposited. Dropped through. No. 8. Hull and Lincoln.—Preamble declared not proved in the Commons. 17s. 6d. per share has been re turned on deposit (21. 25.). No. 9. Great Grimsby and Sheffield Extension from Lincoln to Market Rasen.—Passed. This line commu nicates at Market Rasen with the Great Grimsby and Sheffield line, passed last year. It gives a through line from Hull to Lincoln, and running into the Nottingham and Lincoln station there, with the Midland Counties and the West of England. It will join the Loop line of • the Limd3n and York, about six miles east of Lincoln, and thus give a direct line from Hull to London. No. 10. The Great Grimsby, Louth, Horncastle, Lin coln, and Midlands Junctions.—Dissolved before going into Committee. 1/. Is. per share has been returned on the deposit (21. 25.), and 10s. 6d. more is expected. GROUP M. No. 11. The Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction line, from Lincoln, through East Retford and Worksop to the station of the Sheffield and Manchester line at Sheffield, with a branch from Retford to Gainsborough, there join ing the Great Grimsby and Sheffield line. Passed. This line gives a direct communication from Lin coln to Sheffield, Rotherham, Manchester, and Liverpool, and the branch to Gainsborough gives the same advantage to North Lincolnshire, Great Grimsby and Hull. The Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction passed last year was somewhat mis named, being, in fact, only a line from Gainsborough to Great Grimsby, with one branch northwards to New Holland, and another southward to Market Rasen. The Sheffield and Lincoln line now passed gives the junction with Sheffield and the west, and it is expected that the Sheffield and Manchester, the Sheffield and Lincoln, and the Great Grimsby and Sheffield will be shortly amalgamated into one company. No. 12. The Manchester and Lincoln Union. This was an opposing line with the Sheffield and Lincoln, over exactly the same ground, with the addition of a branch from Worksop to Chesterfield. This branch (by arrangement with the Sheffield and Lincoln) is passed. The line itself abandoned. No. 13. The Direct Lincoln, East Retford, and Sheffield did not collect sufficient funds to make the deposit. No. 14. The Lincoln, Wainfleet, and Boston Haven. The plans were found to be very defective, and the line never went before Standing Orders' Committee. 21. ls. 6d. per share of the deposit (21. 12s. 6d.) has been returned. NATIONAL SECURITY BANK. Established under the Statute 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 113, and to be incorporated under Letters Patent. Temporary Office, No. 163, Fenchurch-street, London. CAPITAL, 500.0001., With power to increase it, if neeessary, in FIVE THOUSAND SHARES of 1001.—First Deposit 101., to be increased to 501. per share, as required by the Act before commencing business. Should the Letters of Incorporation not be obtained, the amount subscribed will be returned to the shareholders without any deduc tion whatever. DIRECTORS. Barkly, Henry, Esq., M.P., No. 3, Fenehurch-buildings. Cadogan, William Hodgson, Esq., No. 15, St. James's-place. Cockburn, W. T., Esq., No. 27, Davies-street, Berkeley-square. Henry, Esq., So. 14, Mincing-lane. Denny, George, Esq., No. 64, Cornhill, and 21, Austin Friars. Hampden, Renn, Esq., M.P., Marlow House, Little Marlow, Bucks. Hodgson, Richard, Esq., 31. P., :No. 13, Upper Brook-street, Gros- venor-square. Kirkpatrick, Sir Charles S., Bart., Hammersmith. Stokes, Henry Graham, Esq., No. 2, Great Knight-rider-street, Doc . . , tors' Commons.- Upton, Hon. Edward, No. 7, Eaton-terrace, Eaton-square. Wright, Augustus, Esq., North Beak Cottage, Regent's-park. With power to add to their number. GENERAL MANAGER—CharIes Twlgg, ESQ. AUDITORS. Henry Bruce, Esq., Mincing-lane. Robert Roscoe, Esq.. Torrington-square. William Tucker, Esq., Comhill. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Sutton, Ewens, Ommanney and Prudence, No. 6, Easinghall- street. Messrs. Capron, Weld, Dawson and Brabant, Saville-plaee, New. Burlington-street. BROKERS. Messrs. Sutton, Gribble and Sutton, Royal Exchange. Messrs. Cardwell and Sons, Manchester. Messrs. Dowling and Howden, Edinburgh. This Bank will combine the advantages of complete security to shareholders, depositors, and others, with an ample return upon the capital invested in the undertaking. This will be accomplished in the following manner:— All the funds of the Bank, with the exception of those required for current purposes, will be invested in Exchequer Bills, India Bonds, or the Public Funds, and in no other securities whatever. The various branches of business transacted by other banks will be undertaken by this Establishment, with the exception of discounts; but accommodation in this respect will be procurable on the most favourable terms, through the agency of this Bank. Advances will be made solely upon the securities specified above, and no per son will be allowed to overdraw his account. Interest, at the rate of 134 per cent., will be allowed upon Special Deposits, and the dexter halves of Exchequer Bills, or India Bonds, of a corresponding amount, will be given, if required, to the depo sitor; such deposits, if. under 10,0001., may be withdrawn without notice; and if amounting to 10,0001., and upwards, at One day's notice. With a view to assure the shareholders and depositors of the con stant management of the Bank under the rules laid down, and to keep them at all times acquainted with its condition and security, there will be three auditors, whose duty it will be at least once in every month, and as much oftener as they may think proper, to in spect the accounts and securities in the Bank, and who will have a discretionary power to call a special general meeting of the proprie tors, at any time they may think such a measure advisable. A preliminary account has been opened with the Bank of England, in the names-of six of the directors above-mentioned. The unequalled security which this Establishment will afford to all classes associated with it, is perhaps a sufficient guarantee for the patronage of the public, and its consequent success. The shareholders will find in it a perfectly safe, and at the same time a more profitable investment than that presented by any Esta blishment subject to the well known general risks of the Banking business, since it will be free from those losses which operate in other cases as a drawback on the dividend. Depositors will have, in their own possession, indisputable proof of the safety of their property, and other persons employing this Establishment will find all the conveniences attending private or Joint-Stock Banks. The outline whichlias been given will convey a general idea of the plan. In the prospectus will be found the fullest information, and an address in which is discussed the system of Banking now in opera tion, and the necessity for the introduction of a new system, con forming itself to the regulations of the above-mentioned Act of Par- liament, for the purpose of affording greater security than could hitherto be obtained, the want of which has been manifested by the heavy losses which many Joint-Stock Banks have sustained. - Applications for shares, in the annexed Form, may be addressed to the Secretary, at the Office of the National Security Bank, No. 163, Fenchurch-street ; to the above Solicitors and Stockbrokers of the Company; and to the following Solicitors in the country, of whom copies ofthe Prospectus ant any information may be obtained :—An dover, H. Footner, Esq. ; Bath, Messrs. Taylor, Kemp and Co., and Messrs. Crutwell ; Berwick, It. B. Weatherhead, Esq.; :Birmingham, Messrs. W. and E. S. Palmer ; Bideford, Arthur Ley, Esq.; Boston, Messrs. Hollway and Harwood ; Brighton, Messrs. G. and IL Faithful ; Cheltenham, Messrs. Newman, Gwinnett and Ticehurst ; Dublin, F. T. Mostyn, Esq.; Edinburgh, Messrs. Anderson and Trotter; Fakenham, I. I. Overton, Esq. ; G'asgow, It. Sword, Esq.; Grant ham, Messrs. Manners and Son ; Halstead. G. P. Arden, Esq. ; Haverfordwest, G. Parry, Esq. ; Holt, W. Withers, Esq. ; Kettering, Messrs. Lamb and Nettleship ; Mansfield, W. Woodcock, Esq.; Newcastle, Messrs. J. Adamson and Sons; Newnort, (t. of W.) Messrs. Griffiths and sons ; Preston, Messrs. Grimshaw ; Ross, W. P. Hooper, Esq. ; Salisbury, J. Cobb, Esq. ; Stoke, J. H. Jardine, Esq. ; Stratford, J. Otway, Esq. ; Stroud, G. Edwards, Esq. ; Sudbury, Messrs. Ransom and Tiffin ; Tamworth, I. B. B. Stevens, Esq. ; Teignmouth, Messrs. Tozer and Mackenzie; Ware, J. F. Green, Esq. ; Weymouth, R. C. Phillips, Esq. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Directors of the National Security Bank. I desire to subscribe for shares in the National Security Bank ; and I hereby engage to pay the deposit of 101. per share on such numl.er of shares as may be granted to me, and to sign the deed of settlement. I am, &e. Name .... Profession ........................ Address ............. ....... ...... Name and Address of Referee.... • • . Date ..... ......... .... NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR- ANCE SOCIETY, 26, CORNHILL. LONDON. Capital X 500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. This Institution embraces important and substantial advantages with respect to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The assured has, on all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense or for feiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the premiums paid (see Table) ; also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his in terests to meet other conveniences or necessity. Assurances for terms of years are granted on the lowest possible rates. DIVISION OF PROFITS. The remarkable success and increasing prosperity of the society has enabled the Directors, at the last annual investigation, to declare a fourth bonus, varying from 35 to 85 per cent. on the premiums paid _ . on each Policy eff4 n 1 on the Profit scale. EXAMPLES. UNITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, No. 8, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London. Established by Act of Parliament in 1834. DIVISION OF PROFITS AMONG THE ASSURED. DIRECTORS. JAMES STUART, Esq., Chairman HANANEL DE CASTRO, Esq., Deputy-Chairman. Samuel Anderson, Esq. Charles Graham, Esq. Hamilton B. Avarne, Esq. F. Charles Maitland, Esq. Edward Boyd, Esq., Resident William Railton, Esq. E. Lennox Boyd, Esq., Assistant- John Ritchie, Esq. Resident F. H. Thomson, Esq. Charles Downes, Esq. Surgeon—F. Hale Thomson, Esq., 48, Berners-street. This Company, established by Act of Parliament, affords the most perfect security in a large paid•up Capital, and in the great success which has attended It since its commencement in 1834, its annual income being upwards of 82,c001. In 1841 the Company added a bonus of 2/. per cent. per annum on the sum assured to all policies of the participating class front the time they were effected. Tile bonus added to policies from March, 1834, to the 31st of De csmber, 1840, is as follows: Sum Assured. Time Assured. Sum added to Policy. £5,000 .••• • • • • 6 years 10 months .. • • X 683 6 8 5,000 .• • • .... 6 years ........ ••• • • • 600 0 0 5,000 •• • • 4 years ••• • • • 400 0 0 5,000 •• . • .... 2 years .. •.• • . . The premiums, nevertheless, are on the most moderate scale, and only one-half need be paid for the first five years, where the insu rance is for life. Every information 'will be afforded on application to the Resident Directors, Edward Boyd, Esq., and E. Lennox Boyd, Esq., of No. 8, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London. T" UNIVERSAL GAS BURNER 30 to 50 per Cent. Saved! The Patentees beg to call public attention to the following facts, The advantages resulting from the invention are various and striking. Independently of a saving of 30 to 50 per cent„ the com bustion is perfect, and the brilliancy produced superior to any light hitherto discovered. It emits neither smell nor smoke, and burns steadily for any period ; and such is its purity, that it neither affects or soils the most delicate colour or the finest fabric. Objections have made to the introduction of gas in dwelling-houses, to the expense of fittings, to its destruction of furniture, draperies, gold moulding, &c. ; these are entirely obviated by the "PATENT UNIVERSAL GAS BURNER." As the cost of laying on gas is much lower than is com monly supposed, it is adapted for private dwellings, as well as for club-houses, hotels, manufactories, and public buildings. One of the small burners is amply sufficient to light a good-sized room, at a sum immeasurably lower than spirit, oil, or candle, with the avoidance of waste or trouble. The merits of the " Burner," its brilliancy and economy surpassing every other known light, are shown by the annexed authentic opinions of the qualities of the UNIVERSAL GAS BURNER. Extract from the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil EngineerS, Tuesday, 2Gth May, 1846, Sir.Tomq BENNIE, President, in the Chair. " A gas burner of a novel and ingenious construction was exhibited. The principal novelty was the introduction of a stream of air to the centre of the flame by a hollow button in the middle of the burner. the air passing up through the hollow stein of the button, was ilea* ed, and passed out by two series of fire-boles around the periphery, and gi with force on the flame of the gas curved it outwards in the shape of a tulip, while the oxygen of the air, mingling with the carburetted hydrogen gas, produced a very perfect combustion, The flame was quite white down the top of the burner, was very steady, as was amply demonstrated by the excellent light of the Institution, where these burners have been used. In comparing the consumption of these burners with that of the concentric ring burners, and trying the power of the two lights by the photometer, the new burner gave a better light, with a saving of rather more than one-third." CERTIFICATE. POLYTECHNIC CHEMICAL SCHOOL.—" In testing Clark, Mend', and Co,'s Universal Gas Burner with one of the best shawdowless turners, it gave a more pure and brilliant light, with a saving of 20 to 25 per cent." GEORGE CRISP, Engineer, ROUT. LONGBOTTOM, Secretary, CERTIFICA TE. " In a series of experiments made upon Clark, Mc Niel], and Co.'s Patent Universal Gas Burner, its superiority was satisfactorily esta blished in economy and the quality , of the light. Tested against argand burners, Nos. 4 (12 holes), and 6 (15 holes), it afforded a saving of at least 25 per cent., and against three fish-tail burners, Nr , . 4, 40 per cent. The colour and brilliancy of the flame is supe rior to any other burner." T. W. KEATES, Consulting Chemist, J. D. PALMER, Mechanical Inspector. The UNIVERSAL GAS B be URNER is us ed fromed night ll ly a till t t 4, he at Poly technic Institution, and may had andthe Patentees, 60, St. Martin's-lane, Charing-cross ; and of all Gas Fitters in London. PUBLICATIOSS. TO SPORTSMEN IN THE HIGHLANDS. This Day is published, post Bvo., ss. QIIORT SKETCHES of the WILD SPORTS LY and NATURAL HISTORY of the HIGHLANDS. From the Journals of CHARLES ST. JOHN, Esq. John Murray, Albemarle-street. WORKS by ROBERT J. CULVERWELL, M.D. M.R.C.S. &c. One Shilling each, by post One and Sixpence. 1. ON SINGLE and MARRIED LIFE: (An Original Medical History.) CONTENTS: Analysis of the Affections—Early Conventional Restraint—Mis direction—Marital Anticipations and Realities—Laws of Paternity— Maternal Influence—Phenomena of Gestation—On Infelicitous and Infertile Unions—lncongruous Alliances —Late Marriages—Love Matches—Curiosities of Twenty-three Years' Medical Experience, &c. &c. 2. On CHASTITY and its INFRINGEMENTS. (An Essay for 1846.) " Of human ills and frailties I discourse, Those taught by nature, and by art acquir'd. Of griefs conceard, and disappointments keen, Which young and gentle, the matured and sage, The lonely and the mated—all sustain. In kindly spirit, herein counsel's giv'n, How health, how hope, how happiness to gain." 3. WHAT to EAT, DRINK, and AVOID With Diet Tables for all Complaints. Contents :—How to ensure puled digestion, tranquil eelings, a good night's rest, a clear head, and a contented mind. By an ob servance of the instructions herein containeL the feeble, the ner vously delicate, even to the most shattered constitution, may acquire the greatest amount of physical happiness, and reach in health the full period of life allotted to man. " How we should live—what eat, what drink, what shun, To reach in health full threescore years andten." These interesting little volumes, although bearing upon subjects of very delicate import, as their titles imply, will be found of immea surable and general utility, fer they tell of matters everyliving crea ture able to understand ought to know, but which information in these enlightened times, except that quality promulgated through questionable channels, is at a very terrible discount. In the exposition hereby offered of the till Mew hidden truths of nature, of huixan disappointments and their ways of relief, it is not contended that every reader shall become his or her own physician any more than their own lawyer, but it is insisted upon that we should know the simple principles of our owu organization, the laws whereby our existence and the issue thereof in their several healthy states depend, the duties that are expected of us in our individual capacities In the family circle, and the terms on which the health and happiness of the present and future race of mankind have to rely. By such knowledge, and which is herein faithfully imparted, health will be found to be in our own keeping, and happiness within the attainment of all ; by the availment hereof in fulfilling our duty to ourselves, we secure the like advantages on our offspring to follow, and finally by the cultivation )f our faculties, which is in consistent with degenerate health, the mind as well as the body may be exalted to the summit of perfection, as bast becomes the highest of God's creations. The author's justification for this seeming eulogy of his own writ ings, and the avowal of their integrity of purpose, must be measured by their perusal—his accredited qualifications guarantee that the topics broached involve his legitimate study and pursuit. To be had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Carvalho, 147, Fleet-street ; Hannay, 63, Oxford. street ; Mann, 39, Cornhill ; or direct from the Author, 10, Argyle-place, Regent-street (leading to Great Marlborough-street), who may be advised personally on these matters daily till Three, and in the Evenings from Seven till Nine. Just published, price 55.„ f:ee by post, 6s. 6d FRANKS - on URINO-GENITAL DISEASES. Part I. On Gonorrhma and Gleet, exemplifying the influence of a Scrofulous or Scorbutic state of system in producing those Morbid Secretions, and showing that the true nature of their diseased action Is irritative, not inflammatory. Published by the Author, 90, Blackfriars-road, tendon ; and may be had of Johnston, 68, Cornhill; Starkie, 4, Strand; Sanger, lbo, Oxford-street ; and by order of all booksellers. NOTICES OF THE PRESS. From the Mark-lane Express.—" The work now before us will he appreciated by the professional man who is aware of the importance of distinguishing between ' irritative' and `inflammatory' action in determining the course of treatment of disease. The author is of opinion that the symptoms of the former are frequently mistaken for the latter, sometimes even by experienced practitioners. Mr. Franks does not content himself with asserting the fact, but pro ceeds to show, by argument and demonstration, which appears to us conclusive, that the position he assumes is correct. Having careftilly perused Mr. Franks's book, we can state with confidence, that it ought to be read by every man, inasmuch as the information it con tains may not only afford relief to the mind upon the appearance of symptoms which are not really indicative of the disease supposed, but may be the means of guarding the patient against the practices of the unskilful and the empiric." From Bell's Life in London.—•• We recommend this little troAtige to those who, suffering under deserved penalties, wish to pay them off as speedily and safely as possible, without having recourse to the ruinous banks founded by manalaughtering quacks." From the London Mer Candle Journal.--'; Mr. Franks is evidently an original thinker, and follows not the path of his predecessors in treating the subject upon which he has written. There is a vast amount of truth in his book. It is ignorance which often causes un happiness in the married state, and such a work as this may be the means of displacing many of those serious heart-burnings and jea lousies which sever the peace of families." A POPULAR TREATISE on the HEALTH, LIFE. and VlGd of the BODILY FUNCTIONS. NINETEETH EDITION, price 2s. 6d. ; Free by Pest (in a Sealed Envelope) 3s. Gd., THE SILENT FRIEND. A Medical Work on the loss of the reproductive powers, with means of restora tion. The baneful effects of Indulgence, neglected Strictures, Se condary Symptoms, &c., are fully pointed out. Illustrated by En gravings ; followed by observations on Marriage. By R. and L. PERRY and Co., Consulting Surgeons, London. Published by the Authors, and may be had at their residence. Sold by Strange, No. 21, Paternoster •row ; Gordon, 146, Leadenhall street ; Purkis, Compton-street, Soho ; Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford street, and 37, Roy al Exchange ; and all booksellers. Part I. of this Work is particularly addressed to those who are prevented from forming a Matrimonial Alliance, through fear of cer tain disqualifications, and will be found an available introduction to the means of perfect and secret restoration to manhood. Part 11. treats perspicuously upon those forms of diseases, either in their primary or secondary state, arising from infection, showing how numbers who neglect to obtain competent medical aid, entail upon themselves years of misery and sqffering. The CORDIAL BALM OF SYRIACUM is exclusively directed to the cure of norvous and sexual debility, irregularity, weakness, bar renness, loss of appetite, indigestion, consumptive habits. and debili ties arising from venereal excesses, &c. Price lls. aad 335. per bot tle. The Five-pound cases may be had as usual. The CONCENTRATED DETERSIVE ESSENCE. An anti syphilitic remedy for searching out and purifying the blood from ve nereal contamination, scurvy, blotches on the head, face, and body, ulcerations, and those painful affections arising from improper treat ment, secondary symptoms, and all eruptions of the skin. Price lls. and 335. per battle. PERRY'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS, price 2s. 9d.. 4s. Gd., and I is. per box, aro the most effectual remedy for strictures, in flammation, irritation of the bladder, &c., without hindrance to business. Consultation fee, If by Letter, 11. A minute detail of case is ne cessary. Messrs. Perry are in daily attendance at their residence, 19, Berners-street, Oxford-street, London, from eleven till two, and five till eight; and on Sundays from eleven till twelve. ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. WITH TWENTY-FIVE COLOURED ENGRAVINGS. Just published, Sixteenth Thousand, in a sealed envelope, price 2s. fid., or post paid, to any address, for 3s. 6d. in Postage Stamps or Post-office Order. ELF- PRESERVATION : A Medical Treatise • on the Secret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and Maturity. Illustrated with Twenty-five Coloured Plates on the Anatomy, Physiology, and Diseases of the Urinary and Reproductive Organs, explaining their various structures, uses, and functions, and showing the injuries that are produced in them, by solitary habits, and other excesses. *With Practical Observations on the Treatment of Nervous Debility, Local and Constitutional Weakness, and other diseases of the Urethra. By SAMUEL LA'MERT, CONSULTING SURGEON, 9, Bedford-street, Bedford-square, London; _ __ Matriculated Member of the University of Edinburgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c., &c. CONTENTS OF THE TREATISE. nArriat 1. On:the Philosophy of Marriage, with its Hindrances and Obligations, and on Infelicitous and Unproductive Unions.— CuAvma 2. On the Anatomy and Physiology of the Generative Organs, their functions, structures, and secretions, proving that great Mental and Physical Power are dependant upon their healthy action. —CHAPTER 3. On Solitary Habits; their various effects on the Animal Economy ; the concealed cause of Debility of the functions of the Stomach, Lungs, and Brain, and general weakness of the Mental Faculties. CHAPTER 4. On the Secret Disorders of Touth and Maturity, and the Treatment of Nervous and Local Weakness, Mental Debility, and Premature Decay.—CHAPTERS 5 and 6. On the Disorders arising from indiscriminate Excess, GonnOrhcea, Gleet, Strictures, and other Diseases of the Urethra. REVIEWS OV THE WORK. "The author of this singular and talented work is a legally quali fied medical man, who has evidently had considerable experience in the treatment of the various disorders arising from the follies and frailties of early indiscretion. The engravings are an invaluable ad dition, by demonstrating the consequences of excesses, which must act as a salutary warning to youth and maturity, and by its perusal many questions may be satisfactorily replied to, that admit of no ap peal, even to the most confidential friend."—Era. Published by the Author, and may be had at his residence; also from S. Gilbert, 52, Paternoster-row; Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford street; Starie, Tichborne-street, Quadrant; Gordon, 146, Leaden hall-street, London; Newton, 16, Church-street, Liverpool; and by all Booksellers. At Home for Consultation daily, from Nine till Two, and from Five till Eight ; and all letters immediately replied to, if containing the fee of 11., for advice, &c.-9 ,BEDFORD-STREET BEDFORD. SQUARE. LONDON LADIES TRAVELLING, Visiting the Sea Coast, or otherwise exposed to the scorching rays of the Sun, will And - ROWLAND'S KALYDOR a most refreshing preparation for the Complexion, dispelling the cloud of lan guor and relaxation, allaying all heat and irritability, and immedi ately affording the pleasing sensation attending restored elasticity of the Skin. The numerous varieties of Cutaneous Eruptions, Sun burn, Freckles, Tan, and Discolourations, are pleasingly eradicated by the Kalydor, and the skin rendered delicately seft and clear. Its purifying and refreshing properties have obtained its exclusive selec tion by the Court and the Royal Family of Great Britain, and those of the Continent of Europe, together with the " Rite" of the Aris tocracy and " Haute Volee," from the sultry climes of India, and the Drawing-rooms of Calcutta and Madras, to the frozen realms of the Czar and the Salons of St. Petersburgh and Moscow.—Price 4s. W. and Bs. 6d. per bottle. *.* Beware of spurious "Kalydors " containing mineral astrin gents utterly ruinous to the complexion, and which, by their repel ant action, endanger health. The only genuine has the words " ROWLAND'S KALYDOR" on the wrapper, and A. ROWLAND and SON, 20, Hatton-garden, is also engraved (by desire of the Hon. Commissioners) on the Government Stamp affixed on each bottle. Sold by the Proprietors, and by respectable Chemists and Per. umers. All other " Kalydors" are fraudulent counterfeits. [ADVERTISEMENT.] -THE RAJAH OF TRAVANCORE AND HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT.—On HA 11th of July, 1846, .Professor Holloway was honoured with an order for six of the largest pots of Holloway's Ointment, from no less a person than his Royal Iligimers the Rajah, or reigning soverPLgn of Travancore, through the eminent firm of Messrs. J. Cockburn and Co., East India merchants, No.ll, New Broad-street, London. The ointment, it appears, is for the personal use of the Rajah. and will be employed under the super intendence of his private physician. Holloway's ointment is sold all over India, being a certain cure for ulcers, wounds, at res, and abscesses, even If of twenty years' standing, and naay be obtained of the Pro prietor, 244, Strand, London, and of every medicine vendor. GROUP IV. No. 15. The Northampton and Lincoln.—The money was never raised to make the deposits. No. 16. The Hull, Lincoln, and Northampton.—The deposits were not collected. This line was brought out under the London and York auspices, intended as a dernier ressort to take traffic off the Midlands, if their own line was rejected. No. 17. The Lincoln and Grantham.—Could not ob tain any deposits. No. 18. The Lincoln and Oakham.—The same. GROUP V. No. 19. The Isle of Axholme, Gainsborough, and Goole.—Preamble declared not proved in the House of Commons, the levels being defective. Returned 21. 2s. per share on each deposit (21. 12s. 6d.). No. 20. The Wakefield, Pontefract, and Grimsby Junction.—Never made their deposits. No. 21. The Cambridge and Lincoln Extension, or Lincoln, Leeds, and York line. Preamble declared not proved in Committee of the Lords. 11. per share re turned, and 10s. 6d. more expected on the deposit (21: 12s. 6d.). No. 22. The Gainsborough, Epworth, and Leeds.— Never collected the deposit. The following are not grouped:— No. 23. The St. Ives, Wisbech, and Spalding (passed). —Arrangements made with the Eastern Counties, March, and Lincoln Extension. The Eastern Counties have bought the line, and the York Extension shares are ap propriated to it. At St. Ives it joins the Eastern Coun ties, Cambridge, and Huntingdon, runs through Somers ham, Chatteris, and March, to Wisbecb, thence to Spalding, giving a through line by the Eastern Counties from thence to London. No. 24. The Direct Birmingham, Leicester, and Bol ton.—Dropped through ; never collected the deposits. No. 25. The Peterborough and Boston.—The same. No. 26. The Boston, Grantham, Leicester, Midland Counties Junction.—The same. No. 27. The Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston. — Passed. From the Ambergate station of the Midlands, through Nottingham, Grantham, and Folkingham to Boston,with a branch from nearFolkingham to Spalding. No. 28. The East Coast Railway (Boston to Lynn and Wisbech).—Abandoned all the line before Committee of the Commons, except from Sutton to Boston. Preamble of that declared not proved. No deposits yet returned. No. 29. The Louth and Gainsborough.—Deposits not collected. No. 30. The Grand Union from Nottingham to Lynn. —The shares to be amalgamated with the Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston. Th e li ne i tse lf a b an d one d. _ —. No. 31. The Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham.— Only went to Parliament for that portion of the Lynn Branch between Stamford and Wisbech. Passed. At Wisbech this line joins the Lynn and Ely Branch, and gives a direct communication from the west to Wisbech, Lynn, Norwich, and Yarmouth. No. 32, The Boston and Lincoln.—Never collected deposits. No. 33. The Spalding and Linenln.—The same. No. 34. The Spalding and Brandon Junction.—Aban doned. No. 35. The Lincolnshire and Eastern Counties Junc tion from Hull to Cambridge. —The plans were defec tive, and very few deposits were paid; abandoned in December last. No. 36. The East Lincolnshire, from Grimsby to Boston.—Passed. No. 37. The Boston, Newark, and Sheffield.—Pre amble declared not proved in Committee of Commons; IL per share deposit returned (21. 12s. 6d.). No. 38. The Huntingdon, Wisbech, and Sutton Union. —Standing orders not complied with; 11. per share re turned on 21. 12s. 6d. No. 39. The Lynn and Ely Branch, from Wisbech to Spalding.—Passed through the Commons, preamble de cla: ed not proved in the Lords.—Chronicle. EXCURSION TRAINS ON THE GREAT WESTERN.—On Monday afternoon the first excursion train from Bristol and Gloucester arrived at the Paddington Terminus of the Great Western. The train was an unusually heavy one, the number who availed themselves of the trip amounted to nearly 1,800 persons ; the train was im pelled by one engine (tbe Ajax), and performed the ' journey at an average speed approaching 35 miles an hour. The return journey will take place this afternoon, when it is expected a much larger number will go down, as several missed the train on the up-journey, and were passage by the next conveyance. obliged to take their EXPERIMENTAL TRIP ON THE ROUEN AND HAVBE. —The first experimental trip on the Rouen ;and llavre Railway took place on Sunday last, and pro red to be a remarkably successful one. The extent of the trip was from the station at Havre to the magnificent viaduct at Mereville, a distance of about eighteen Eng lish miles. The train was under the special and personal direction of Mr. Charles Laffitto himself, who was de sirous of practically exhibiting to the residents of Havre and its neighbourhood the solidity and safety of the line as far as it has been prepared. He was accompanied. by the sous-preret of Havre, the mayors of Havre, Ingou ville, and Graville (through whose communes the Fine ruus), the engineers of the Ponts et Chaussees resident at Havre, the principal editors of the Havre and Rouen journals, and many of the most eminent merchants of Havre, who unanimously and unreservedly expressed their approbation of the ease with which the train per formed its work, and the solidity of the bed of the road, which was declared by competent judges to be equal to that of any line in existence, either in England or France. The train ran at the rate of twenty miles an hour, stopping at Harfleur, and at Etainhus, the first station on the Une from Havre. Arrived at Mereville the company alight,sd, and, with M. Laffitte at their head, partook of a cold col lation, laid out on the crown of the viaduct, after wbdch they made a cursory inspection of this truly magnificent pile of brick and mortar. It has fifty-two arches, stretch ing over one of the loveliest valleys in Normandy,wlere valleys are not " few and far between;" and its app ear• ante impressed every one present with a thorough con viction of its great solidity. Whatever feeling of dais gust might have been entertained respecting this line since the fall of the Batentin viaduct, the experiment made on Sunday last is calculated entirely to remove it. All present acknowledged that the company had well profited by that unfortunate accident to place the works on the line in such a condition of solidity and security as to avoid any possible recurrence of the like misfortmles. Even the local journals, whose hostility towards thecoan pany and the contractors had become almost proverbial, are at length constrained to give their unqualified praise to both. Everything bids fair to see the line per ma nently opened, according to the present intentions or the company, in the course of the month of October. The S N7 SEPTEMBER 2, 1846. great works, that is, the viaducts at Mereville, Barentin, and Malaunay, are on the eve of completion. Indeed, the latter is entirely finished, and the rumours spread abroad of its defectiveness happily proved to be un founded. Fur several days back it has been subjected to a very severe test; a dead weight consisting of a quantity of ballasting, estimated at several times the weight of the heaviest train that will ever pass over it, has been laid on the top, and over that again trains have been passed. Hitherto no symptoms of sinking has been observed. It is reported also that the interests of the Rouen and Havre and Paris and Rouen lines will shortly be amalgamated. Those persons who are interested in either of these lines will be glad to learn that measures are about to be taken that must secure to the Havre line nearly all the traffic between that town and Paris. The Rouen people have succeeded at length in obtaining a Government grant for improving the bed of the Seine, to enable them to compete with the railway in the carriage of merchandise. To contend against this rival, the rail way company have commenced erecting in the vicinity of the Havre station, and parallel with the rails, an immense pile of warehouses, which are intended to serve as a grand entrepilt for merchandise of every description, whether going to or returning from Rouen to Paris. On the opposite side of the rails, and adjoining the Bassen Vauban, a series of dry docks will also be prepared, so that vessels with wine, spirits, &c., may land their car goes into the railway warehouses, where they will be ready for transmission into the interior. We believe an association, in connection with the railway company, is about to be formed for the purpose of carrying out this object; and, independent of the beneficial consequences that are likely to resultfrom it in a commercial sense, it will meet with encouragement by the people of Havre from the fact that it will be the means of conferring a lasting benefit on the town, by removing to a distance the danger of destructive fires. There are few if any sea ports in Europe so inconveniently and dangerously crowded, or as it were conglomerated together; ao much so, that should a fire of any extent break out in the vicinity of the docks, it would, in all probability share the fate of Hamburgh.—Brighton Guardian. RETURN TICKETS ON THE GREAT WESTERN.—AS an erroneous idea prevails respecting the new regulation on the Great Western Railway, which came into operation yesterday, relative to return tickets, it is necessary to caution the public that they will only be available for a distance not exceeding 50 miles on the same day, except those issued for this distance on Saturday, which are available for the return journey on Monday ; not ex ceeding 100 miles on the same or the next day (Sunday not being counted) ; exceeding 100 miles on the same day, or either of the next two days (Sunday not being counted)o; and then subject to the following conditions —viz., the ticket is not transferable. It is to be shown at the end of the first journey, to be marked by the ticket collector, and upon the return journey it must be shown to the clerk at the station, to - have it restamped ; otherwise the person will be liable to pay the full fare back. The rate charged for return tickets is one-third less than the full fare for the double journey, and they are only allowed to first and second-class passengers. EASTERN UNION RAILWAY. IPSWICH, MONDAY EVENING.—The half-yearly meet ing of the shareholders of this Company was held this afternoon, at the company's offices, in Brook-street. The meeting was also made special to confirm the purchase of the Hadleigh Junction Railway, to authorise the directors to call in the old Harwich line scrip, and to re• issue new scrip in such a manner as might be deemed expedient ; to sanction an application to Parliament for powers to construct a branch line to Harwich from Man ningtree, and to raise 20,0001. by issuing new shares. Mr. J. C. Cobbold took the chair. Mr. J. F. SAUNDERS, the secretary, read the report. It stated the Eastern Union line was opened for traffic on the 15th of June, and the results hitherto have ex ceeded the expectations which your directors enter tained of the first receipts upon it. 'With only three engines the returns have varied, since the first week, between 4001. and 475/. A slight re-action in pas senger traffic occurred during the operations of the harvest ; but such has invariably been found to be the case in agricultural districts, and naturally ex plains itself. In the last week for which the returns have been made, namely, to 231 August, the receipts arc again 4781. 15s. 7d., and in the week just concluded, at your own stations they have still further increased, and the through trains have been better than any since the line opened. The traffic, although large (for it now exceeds 1,4501. per mile annually), is limited much by the want of locomotive power ; and your directors have been subjected to delays in procurin g it which were be yond their control. The works of Messrs. Hawthorn and Co., from whom they were to receive, in July, three engines, were destroyed by fire; but from that establish ment, and from Messrs. Sharp, Brothers, and Co., six other engines are expected in a very short time. The opening of the line to Bury, and successively to Dies (to which point the works are comparatively easy), and onwards to Norwich, justifies them in expressing a con fident opinion that, with the traffic fully developed, the seventeen miles of lino will give the proprietors as large a dividend as any railway in England. Economy will be practised, and the working ex penses kept down as much as possible, consistent always with the observance of regularity, and with the perfect safety of the public. Up to this period not an accident, or even misfortune, has happened between Ipswich and Colchester, and a solitary instance only has been reported of a train being behind time on arriving at Colchester. Those details will not be deemed by the proprietors trivial and unnecessary, as the directors are desirous that the arrangements, which really do credit to the engineer of your Company, and to the superintendence of the traffic and stations, should be known to the public. The directors have the means of assuring you that the contracts for making the line from the junction of the present line at Haughley to Norwich, have been determined upon by the Ipswich and Bury Company, that the ceremony of turning the first sod at the Nor wich end is fixed for an early day, and further, that the whole undertaking will be prosecuted with undiminished vigour into the city of Norwich, where an excellent station will necessarily command the largest and best portion of the through traffic. The CHAIRMAN said, since the opening of the line 50,000 persons had travelled by it, giving an average of 5,000 weekly. With a view of developing the merits of the line and the ports of Ipswich and Har wich, experiments had been made to the opposite coast, which, as they would be aware, proved .the most satis factory, and in the course of next year an arrange ment would be made that would give the shareholders the benefit of those experiments. He now wished to allude to two memorials which had been pre sented to the directors, soliciting the withdrawal of all trains that arrived in or departed from the town on Sunday. They were signed by many clergymen and gentlemen of much weight in the neighbourhood. He could assure them that the board of directors were anxious to pay every observance to the Lord's day; but, after giving the matter every consideration, they found they could not consent to the prayer of the memorialists. There were only two trains that ar rived and departed in the course of the day, and they were so arranged that they did not run during the periods of Divine service. To effect that alteration they were obliged to apply to the directors of the Eastern Counties Railway to change the time of one of the trains, who met their desire in the most honourable way, and acceded to the proposition, notwithstand ing they would and had received a practical loss in income. There were a great many parties who, being closely confined during the week, had only the Sabbath to visit their friends or enjoy the puro air of heaven, and now that the ordinary means of travelling had been removed by the construction of the railway, he did not think that they ought to close the only con veyance left them, and that on a day on which only they could avail themselves of it.—(Hear.) Therefore, in justice to the public and the poorer and industrious' classes, the directors could not accede to the suggestions contained in the memorials. He for one did not think that they ought to prevent the poor from breathing pure air even on a Lord's day. Mr. JOHNSON, of Halesworth, regretted the determi nation the directors had come to. They were reaping the fruits of Sunday trading, a traffic which created drunkenness and many other abominations on the Sab bath. He intreated the board to reconsider the subject, and use their influence to stop the trains running on that sacred day. The Rev. Mr. SMYTIIERS, of Colchester, approved of the course the directors had taken. The making re ligion a bugbear did more harm than good. It was monstrous to curtail the enjoyments of the poorer classes on the Sabbath, the only day they could recruit their strength by breathing the fresh air of the country. After some further discussion on the matter, nearly all persons concurring in the conduct of the directors, the report was adopted. The resolution confirming the purchase of the Had leigh Junction was then put and carried, as also those for creating 20,000/. by new shares, and the sanctioning of another appeal to Parliament for leave to construct a branch to Harwich. MAN C HESTER and SOUTHAMPTON RAILWAY. ANDOVER, MoNDAv.—A large and influential meet ing of the clergy, gentry, and other respectable in habitants of this borough and neighbourhood, interested in this line, was held in the Town-hall this day, con vened by requisition to the mayor. The requisitionists basing heard with regret that the Bill recently before Parliament, for making a railway communication between Manchester and Southampton through Andover, had been thrown out by the Committee of the House of Lords, and feeling the gnat advantages that would arise to the town and neighbourhood, and to the public generally, if such an undertaking were carried out, con sidered it advisable to urge the directors of the under taking to renew their application to Parliament in the next session. The disappointment, says our corre spondent, in this borough among the shareholders and inhabitants generally, scarcely knew bounds on its first becoming known that the Committee of the Lords had rejected the Bill, as not only Andover, but Whitchurch, Stockbridge, Marlborough, and other important towns, lare yet without railway communication, much to the pecuniary injury of every tradesman, it costing at the present time more for the transmission of heavy goods from the station to Andover (ten miles) than it does for the whole of the other distance, either from London or Southampton —to the groat deterioration of trade generally —as the price of articles, such as groceries, coals, building materials, &c., have to be kept up in price in this borough, so that the retailers or tradesmen may get a profit, or compete with tradesmen at Winchester, and other towns on the line. Henry Earle, Esq., was voted to the chair. Mr. HENRY MAnsu, of Hatherden, stated the benefits that must be derived by this line passing through Andover. Were not all the inns half shut up? There was nothing to bring people to Andover at the present time without railway ; therefore the more they had through the town the better it would be ; therefore he said persevere, and you must eventually prosper. Mr. B. Haw Kin, draper, seconded the resolution. All the opposition had been withdrawn or overcome, but from the Great Western, and they, it appears, had in fluence sufficient with five of the Lords to cause the re jection of this measure. He concluded by expressing a hope that the second attempt would be more successful than the first.—(Applause.) Mr. HENRY LOSCOMBE, solicitor, proposed as an amendment, " That the meeting should not bind them selves to any particular line of country." His opinion was, that a line by way of Didcot would be more direct and of greater advantage than through Marlborough. Mr. FONVLE thought not, as the present proposed line went more into the heart of the iron and other large manufacturing districts. Mr. W. H. HEATH, banker, expressed himself in favour of the original plan. After some further discussion the amendment was withdrawn. Mr. Joux Pooaz, spirit merchant, proposed the second resolution. He feared some under speculation contributed to getting it thrown out—(Cheers)—while such noblemen as the Earl of Aylesbury supported and approved of the line, he thought the had but little to fear, WilitLite km/xi was the chief op ponent, and haft the; eellier s ril getting this Bill rejected, he at first thought it was the present Prime Minister. Mr. FOWLE, of the firm of Tasker sad Fowle, large iron -founders, seconded the resolution. Mr. SANDERS proposed an amendment to the follow ing effect :—That this should be a free and independent line, unconnected with the Great Western or the South Western Companies, which was ultimately negatived. The following resolution was passed unanimously " Tnat the inhabitants of this town, having learnt with deep regret that the Manchester and Southampton Rail way Bill has been rejected by a committee of the House of Lords, upon the opposition principally of the Great Western Railway Company, and not from any deficiency of its merits or want of proof of its necessity or im portance to the district through which it was intended to pass, and being fully convinced of the immense utility and advantage such a line of railway, if made, would prove to the public generally, and to this town and neighbourhood in particular, do earnestly request the committee of management and directors of the Man chester and South-Western Railway Compaay to renew their application to Parliament in the ensuing session, for an Act for making the same, and in that case do engage to give their cordial support to such applica tion. '—(Cheers.) EFFECTS OF RAILWAYS ON AGRICULTURE. The advantages which have accrued to agricultural pro duce from the facilities afforded by railway communication of conveying their produce to market, as well as the reci procal advantages derived by the consumer, have been rendered apparent wherever the railway system has been adopted. In the neighbourhood of large cities, such as London, Paris, and New York, the fact is particularly re markable. It has been proved that since the opening of the London and Birmingham, the Great Western, the South-Western, and the Eastern Counties lines, the metropolis has been better supplied with milk, butter, cheese, poultry, and the general articles of farm produce, than at any former period. Nor has it been only with re spect to the quantity supplied that the advantages of rapid communication have been demonstrated. The quality, too, of the articles referred to has undergone pro portionate improvement, and it is well known with respect to milk, that that article as now sold in the metropolis, is no longer of a quality so artificial that it might bo doubted whether, in strict propriety of language, the name milk could be applied to it. From the means of transport which are now so abundantly within their reach, the farmers of Essex, Warwickshire, Oxford shire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, and Hampshire find a rt ady market in the metropolis for articles which they formerly never dreamed of sending thither. In former times London was chiefly supplied with arti cles of a perishable nature from a circuit comprehending parts of Middlesex, Essex, Kent, and Surrey, with a radius of not more than three or four miles. The speed of railway conveyance being seven or eight times that by cart or waggon (in the times referred to the means of conveyance) the consequence has been, that such articles are now supplied to the metropolis from a circuit seven or eight times the length of that which formerly supplied them ; consequently the land now available for the metropolitan markets is from forty-nine to sixty-four times its former extent. The profits accruing to dairy farmers from their sale of milk have increased 300 or 400 per cent., and the number of cows now reared for the purposes of the dairy, are eight to one what they were formerly. Equal encouragement has arisen from the same cause for the cultivation of vege tables of every denomination. But the advantages of railways to farmers are almost more remarkably evinced in the superior supply which now exists of animal food to the metropolis. Before the com mencement of the railway system, the animal food supplied to the London market was not only defective in quantity, but unwholesome in quality—comparatively, at least, with what it might have been had the tract from which it could have been supplied been rendered more ex tensive. Formerly, cattle from a long distance were always driven to Smithfield ; now they are conveyed in railway carriages adapted for the especial purpose. More or less injury was always sustained by the animals from the fatigues of the journey, and their value was considerably lessened owing to the inferior quality of the meat from being slaughtered in a diseased state. But it was not merely the fatigue of travelling which injured the animal, but also the absence from its eccustomed pasture. The transport of calves and lambs from a greater dis tance than 30 miles was formerly altogether impractic able. Now, however, these and other live cattle ere brought from all parts to London, in as many hours as they formerly took days to travel. To convey cattle without injury, not only speed, but evenness of motion is indispensable, which two requisites are answered by railway communication. The same results have been shown in connexion with the lines which now diverge from different parts of Paris. A French man consumes, on an average, triple the quantity of milk consumed by an Englishman ; and from the facilities which the farmer, to a distance of 40 or 50 miles from Paris, now enjoys of conveying his produce thither, Parisians are supplied with abundance of their favourite article. Fruit and all kinds of vegetables, grown at a distance, also find a new market in Paris ; while the increase which has taken place within the last two years, in the French capital, in the consumption of butcher's meat, also forms a no less interesting subject of observation as springing from the same cause. Cattle are now brought to the Parisian market from Brittany . and Normandy by railway, as also from all other loca lities with which the same means of communication exist. A New York paper makes known the fact, that the factitious value which tracts of land immediately surrounding that city maintained previous to the esta blishment of railways, has been since moderated, and a portion of their advantages transferred to the more re mote districts ; thus equalising the value of agricultural property, and rendering it, in a great measure, inde pendent of local circumstances. SUMMER CHOLERA-ITS CAUSES There is a much more efficient and much more proba ble cause than either pickled salmon or plums. Under the streets of our best-drained towns and cities there is a widely extended magazine of miasmata. That magazine is hidden from our view, yet it is übiquitous. It enters every court and alley, and during the heat of summer it is put into fearful activity, and night and day evolves many thousand cubit inches of foul air; and that foul air is often imperceptible to the senses. Nobody suspects it is evolved and ascends from every gully-hole, until pre viously to or during rain, when it is held in solution in the aqueous vapour of the atmosphere, and becomes per ceptible to the sense of smell. People will answer you, if you inquire the condition of their house drainage, " Oh, it is very good ; the drain in the back kitchen never smells except against rain ; it is very sweet in deed." Yet night and day a miasm is ascending from the cesspool called the sweet drain, through the sink hole in that " sweet back kitchen," and infecting the air of the whole house. But wiether it stinks or not it is of very little consequence ; it may have no smell, or no unpleasant smell, and yet be a deadly poison. There is no smell in pure carbonic acid gas, and it is only an in nocent odour of rgarlic that characterises th e fumes of arsenic ; yet both these are deadly things. What is offensive to the sense of smell is injurious to the system, or some part of it ; that is generally true ; but the reverse is not true ; you cannot say that what is inoffensive to the sense of smell is not injurious. I hold it, then, as an established principle, that the malaria arising from the abominable sewers, especially in the metropolis, where water-closets and crowded churchyards„ abound, is the fruitful source of our summer epidemics ; and you may rely upon this, that wherever you have cholera or typhus epidemic, there you have is source of malaria. I always inquire into this matter, and I always give the sufferer or sufferers a practical lesson in hygiene, whether they be poor or rich. You find a family suffering from cholera or fever, and there is a filthy drain close by. You say to the head of that family, " Would you like to know why you all have the cholera? It is that abominable drain." The answer will be, "It is really most nauseous, sir, but our landlord will do nothing." " Well, then," answer, " pay a pound or two a-year more rent, in a healthier spot, where the landlord will do something ; you will more than save the sum in escaping sickness." Now, this is away of effect ing sanitory reform without an Act of Parliament, and a very effectual way too.—Medical Gazette ; Dr, Lay cock's Lectures. ) siSG , Friel Yri 6. 75 X 55 165 75 6% 56 1 4 4, 10, 2205 IL ". 23.„ C~ • 1 66 1 65 154 4 1 1:C I A' pie; I ki s 7 - ttg Pre.°9o.o, , te r, i g• 8• ./ I s f t o it 0 1 1.1 0 ;e, ej ) PO' . OA°